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2025-03-31-accounts

Charity registration number 1171882

THE BUS SHELTER DORSET

ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

THE BUS SHELTER DORSET

LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Trustees S Sawtell H Wilson F Brown J A Galbraith (appointed 1 May 2025) J I Donald (appointed 1 May 2025) K Luton (appointed 1 May 2025) D J Corben (appointed 1 May 2025) Charity number 1171882 Independent examiner Matthew Haines FCA CB Reid Limited Wadebridge House 16 Wadebridge Square Poundbury Dorchester Dorset DT1 3AQ

THE BUS SHELTER DORSET

CONTENTS

Page
Trustees' report 1 - 12
Independent examiner's report 13
Statement of financial activities 14
Balance sheet 15
Notes to the financial statements 16 - 23

TRUSTEE ANNUAL REPORT 2024/25

Link to Bus Shelter Dorset film https://youtu.be/MtWJuFFhUzA

Independent Examiner

Accountant name

CB Reid Limited

Wadebridge House

16 Wadebridge Square

Poundbury

Dorchester

DT1 3AQ

Objects of the Charity

Charity Objective

To relieve the needs of homeless persons or those at risk of homelessness by the provision of temporary accommodation, advice, signposting and support.

Trustees’ Commitment

Trustees ensure all charity activities align with its mission and compliance.

Strategic Guidance

Charity’s objectives guide decisions, operations, and new initiatives to address need.

2

Achievements

March 2025 marked our 8[th] year as a charity. We feel we have come a long way from operating a night shelter for male and female rough sleepers in a converted bus in Weymouth.

Since the opening of The Bus Shelter in January 2018 we have helped 113 guests with accommodation. We are proud to provide “first stop” accommodation for rough sleepers and those at risk of homelessness with very high/complex needs and to see the change in our guests lives during their time with us.

This year we provided accommodation for 21 guests at The Bus and 7 guests at Next Stop. 16 men and 5 women, ranging in age from 24 to 64. Throughout the year both services had high levels of occupancy. A reflection of the high demand for our service and the need it meets. Positive moves from The Bus were 60%. Last year the figure was 50%. This shows that the approach we took in ensuring guests are engaging with services before moving in is working.

Partnership working remains fundamental to what we do. We continue to work closely with Dorset Council, the police, probation service and other local charities and agencies.

3

Achievements

This year we were delighted to be chosen to work with Jazzbones to launch our new website. The new site provides a clearer, more engaging platform to showcase our work, share impact stories, and improve access to information for supporters, partners and those we support. Visit our new website here for regular updates – www.thebusshelterdorset.org

This year we awarded a pay increase in line with the Real Living Wage to our Support Workers, a pay increase in line with funding to our Drug and Alcohol Worker and 5% to team members with management or supervisory responsibilities

We currently have 10 volunteers. We are very grateful for the many hours they spend supporting our guests both directly and indirectly. Without this valuable contribution of time, energy and expertise we would be unable to achieve so much. Volunteer contributions have included – donated food collections, site work, befriending guests, providing cooked meals or baked treats, supporting craft sessions and sourcing donations from local businesses.

This year by demonstrating the work we do with former guests when they move to independent accommodation we have developed a positive working relationship with Aster, one of the main accommodation providers in the area, and Dorset Council’s allocations team.

We would like to thank our staff for their continuing hard work and dedication. The absence of our Chief Executive for a prolonged period placed additional responsibilities on our management team whose commitment and collaborative effort ensured the continuity of our service and upheld our organisational standards.

4

Project Development

We had always wanted to become more sustainable and reduce our carbon footprint and electricity bills through the use of renewable energy sources, but had found the costs prohibitive. Our increasing energy bills were also diverting resources away from essential guest services.

This year we secured a Groundwork grant to cover the installation of solar photovoltaic panels and through a successful bid to Low Carbon Dorset installed an air source heat pump.

We are already seeing the benefits! The installation for Phase 1 was completed in midFebruary. Our electric bill for February was 37% lower than the previous year and our March bill 63% lower. Phase 2 will be included from April 2025.

The initiative will also contribute to Dorset’s broader environmental goals and set a practical example for other organisations, showcasing the feasibility of low-carbon technologies, even for organisations with limited resources.

The planning permission for our site included permission for additional accommodation at a later date.

Last year Dorset Council made a successful bid to the Ministry for Housing Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) for funding from the Single Homeless Accommodation Programme (SHAP) to provide 5 one bedroom self-contained modular units on the remaining part of the site.

The 25[th] March 2025 saw the official opening of the units which like Phase 1 we will lease from Dorset Council. The units will provide accommodation for guests from The Bus who need more support than those moving to Next Stop. Guests will be able to move in from 1[st] April 2025.

This marks an exciting new chapter for the team and our guests. Given our small numbers it is rare we have more than one vacancy at any time. With existing guests moving into Phase 2 and new guests moving into Phase 1, we are conscious the new units will result in a period 5 of greater change than we have experienced before.

Project Development continued

Over time the amount of space available to hold confidential sessions with guests, meetings with team members as well as general office space has proved limited. During the year we acquired an additional unit to use as office space.

Our chosen location, outside the entrance, required additional planning permission obtained through the hard work of our former chair and her husband.

The unit itself was refurbished by a local builder, the husband of one of our trustees. He volunteered a lot of his time, and worked closely with one of our guests who thoroughly enjoyed working with him.

As not all visitors need to enter the site, the location has improved security and privacy for guests and staff.

6

Operational Challenges

The serious illness of a family member shortly before Christmas led to the unexpected and prolonged absence of our Chief Executive. We are pleased to share that she has now returned to work and has resumed her duties, bringing renewed focus and continuity to the organisation after this challenging period.

The absence of a key member of staff particularly in a small organisation is always difficult. As Trustees we were really impressed by the way our managers rose to the challenge, taking on additional work at what was a very busy time.

The absence of our Chief Executive, a member of our 4 person on-call team, made us acutely aware of the lack of resilience in our on-call service and the need for review.

With over 90% of our income derived from grants or Housing Benefit the need to diversify our income remains a priority. We need to do this in a planned way and recognise this may take longer than we would like.

The increase in National Insurance contributions from 6[th] April 2025 will have an impact on our payroll costs. Although a concern, at this point in time we do not see it affecting our staff numbers.

7

Trustee Update

Throughout the year we operated with three trustees. Well below our target of 7. Our low numbers together with the absence of our Chief Executive restricted our ability to effectively move the charity forward.

Our annual skills audit had identified the need for trustees with backgrounds in finance (to replace our existing Treasurer who wanted to step down from the role), law and media. Our efforts to recruit through our own networks had been unsuccessful. However, through our relationship with Lloyds Foundation we were able to use TrusteeWorks and recruit 4 trustees.

We were really impressed with the support our TrusteeWorks consultant provided and the quality and quantity of the applications we received. We have now appointed and are looking forward to working with our new trustees in the future.

Our Strategic Plan covering the period 2025 to 2028 is in draft. We delayed approval until our new trustees have had the opportunity to contribute and comment on it during an Away Day.

8

Finance and Funders

The Trustees continue with their efforts to raise funds to support the charitable activities and to build up a level of reserves sufficient to meet its overheads for the following 12-month period.

Our reserves are £125,000 and on target. Our site has temporary planning permission. If we were to cease to operate, we need to cover redundancy pay and clear the site

We would like to thank our funders this year who include:

Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales,

Dorset Council,

The Garfield Weston Foundation, The Clothworkers Foundation, The Tudor Trust, The National Lottery, The Albert Hunt Trust,

Alice Ellen Cooper-Dean Charitable Foundation, Help the Homeless, The Silver Lady Fund, The Morrisons Foundation, The Screwfix Foundation,

The Anton Jurgens Charitable Trust, John Langham Foundation, Wessex Water, Leeds Building Society, Portland Port, Weymouth Rotary Club, Waitrose, Lidl and Neighbourly.

9

Case Study

Guest X moved into The Bus Shelter in October 2022. He had experienced an unsettled childhood and hadn’t ever really known anything that resembled stability. Guest X arrived with a poor self esteem and quite a short fuse!! He was the first to admit that his way of coping with obstacles he had faced in the past, was to run away and he had spent the previous ten years moving from place to place hoping to find something that resembled a ‘home’.

However what really stood out to us was his eagerness to receive help. He lapped up snippets of advice and implemented change without challenge. He hadn’t been at The Bus very long before an opportunity to move into a Next Stop property became available. It was within a two bedroomed house and he began sharing with another guest.

Guest X took a little while to settle into the property and struggled with negative thoughts; he had convinced himself this new life wouldn’t last and one day it would all be snatched away from him and he would be back to square one. Our twice weekly support visits focused on helping him to begin to see things more positively and to start the process of him learning to trust people, after a life of being let down by others.

Guest X soon took on the role of keeping the Next Stop property beautifully clean, hoovering more often than his housemate realised was possible and generally taking pride in his new home.

During his first summer at this Next Stop property Guest X undertook a windsurfing course and it wasn’t long before he looked a natural on the board – he loved the opportunity to try something new, get out on the water and take on a new challenge.

This accomplishment and his apparent enjoyment of keeping things clean and tidy seemed to spur him on to try other new things and it was around this time he began volunteering doing end of tenancy cleans for The Bus Shelter and Next Stop. When the vacancy for a cleaner became available, one day a week at The Bus Shelter he was the perfect candidate! As well as his attention to detail when cleaning, he also spends this time encouraging other guests and pointing them in the right direction for getting help. It has been great watching him grow in confidence week by week.

In the early days of Guest X arriving at The Bus we began the long process of applying to get on the housing register. At each house visit he would bid for a property and then in the summer of 2025, after three years of bidding, he received the call to say he had been nominated for a flat in Weymouth with Aster.

Moving him into his new flat in June 2025 was such a great day! Witnessing someone who was convinced he would never be able to settle anywhere then move into his own property and start turning it from an empty flat to a home has been incredible!

10

Future Plans and Strategic Goals

As part of our initial work to diversify our income and raise our profile we want to develop a Marketing and Communications Strategy. Through Lloyds Foundation a consultant is working with us on this .

We appreciate that the latter quarter of this year was a difficult time for the team. We want to involve staff and guests in improving our services.

We need to recruit more volunteers.

We need to consider how we can take this work forward.

We continue to need to build on our programme of activities to help our guests improve their life skills and create work experience and work opportunities.

We appreciate a small number of our guests will be unable to live independently. We need to consider what other accommodation we can source or work in partnership with 11 11 others to achieve this.

Status

The trustees present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in the financial statements and comply with the charity’s governing document, the Charities Act 2011 and “Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standards applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)”

Financial Review

During the year the total income was £630,924 (2024: £462,305). Total expenditure was £489,770 (2024: £432,388) in the year, resulting in net income of £141,154 (£2024: £29,917) for the year. Total funds at the year end were £318,899 (2024: £177,745).

Public Benefit

The trustees have considered the Charity Commission guidelines on Public Benefit and consider that these are being met through the charity’s objectives and activities.

Structure and governance

The Bus Shelter Dorset registered as a charity on 3 March 2017 (No 1171882) and is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation.

Trustees’ responsibility for the accounts

Charity law requires the trustees to prepare accounts for each financial year. In preparing those accounts the trustees are required to:-

The trustees are responsible for keeping accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The trustees’ report was approved by the board of trustees.

Signed: …………………………………………

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22 Jan 2026
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F Brown Trustee (chair)

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THE BUS SHELTER DORSET

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT

TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE BUS SHELTER DORSET

I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of The Bus Shelter Dorset (the charity) for the year ended 31 March 2025.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (the 2006 Act).

I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s financial statements carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011. In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act 2011.

Independent examiner's statement

Since the charity's gross income exceeds £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I can confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of ICAEW, which is once of the listed bodies.

I have completed my examination. I can confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the financial statements to be reached.

Matthew Haines FCA

CB Reid Limited Wadebridge House 16 Wadebridge Square Poundbury Dorchester Dorset DT1 3AQ

22 Jan 2026

Dated: .........................

THE BUS SHELTER DORSET

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

Unrestricted
Restricted
funds
funds
2025
2025
Notes
£
£
Income and endowments from:
Donations and legacies
2
272,813
354,126
Charitable activities
3
3,782
-
Gain on asset disposal
4
203
-
Total income
276,798
354,126
Expenditure on:
Raising funds
5
26
-
Charitable activities
6
246,226
243,518
Total expenditure
246,252
243,518
Net income
30,546
110,608
Transfers between
funds
86,678
(86,678)
Net movement in
funds
117,224
23,930
Reconciliation of funds:
Fund balances at 1 April 2024
177,745
-
Fund balances at 31 March
2025
294,969
23,930		 Total
Unrestricted
Restricted
funds
funds
2025
2024
2024
£
£
£
626,939
280,776
178,748
3,782
2,781
-
203
-
-
630,924
283,557
178,748
26
859
-
489,744
252,781
178,748
489,770
253,640
178,748
141,154
29,917
-
-
-
-
141,154
29,917
-
177,745
147,828
-
318,899
177,745
-		 Total
2024
£
459,524
2,781
-
462,305
859
431,529
432,388
29,917
-
29,917
147,828
177,745

The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

THE BUS SHELTER DORSET

BALANCE SHEET

AS AT 31 MARCH 2025

2025 2024
Notes £ £ £ £
Fixed assets
Tangible assets 10 89,407 13,298
Current assets
Debtors 11 18,803 16,932
Cash at bank and in hand 220,662 166,658
239,465 183,590
Creditors: amounts falling due within
one year 12 (9,973) (19,143)
Net current assets 229,492 164,447
Total assets less current liabilities 318,899 177,745
Income funds
Restricted funds 13 23,930 -
Unrestricted funds 294,969 177,745
318,899 177,745

22 Jan 2026

The financial statements were approved by the Trustees on .........................

.............................. .............................. fo Duy F Brown D J Corben Trustee (Chair) Trustee (Treasurer)

THE BUS SHELTER DORSET

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

1 Accounting policies

Charity information

The charity is a CIO, registered on 3 March 2017.

1.1 Accounting convention

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the charity's governing document, the Companies Act 2006 and "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)". The charity is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102.

The charity has taken advantage of the provisions in the SORP for charities applying FRS 102 Update Bulletin 1 not to prepare a Statement of Cash Flows.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the charity. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below. The comparative period was prepared under a receipts and payments basis.

1.2 Going concern

At the time of approving the financial statements, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

1.3 Charitable funds

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of their charitable objectives.

Restricted funds are subject to specific conditions by donors or grantors as to how they may be used. The purposes and uses of the restricted funds are set out in the notes to the financial statements.

1.4 Income

Income is recognised when the charity is legally entitled to it after any performance conditions have been met, the amounts can be measured reliably, and it is probable that income will be received.

Cash donations are recognised on receipt. Other donations are recognised once the charity has been notified of the donation, unless performance conditions require deferral of the amount. Income tax recoverable in relation to donations received under Gift Aid or deeds of covenant is recognised at the time of the donation.

1.5 Expenditure

Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to transfer economic benefit to a third party, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is classified by activity.

The costs of each activity are made up of the total of direct costs and shared costs, including support costs involved in undertaking each activity. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs which contribute to more than one activity and support costs which are not attributable to a single activity are apportioned between those activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.

THE BUS SHELTER DORSET

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

1 Accounting policies

(Continued)

1.6 Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.

Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:

Plant and equipment

Straight line over 10 years

The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is recognised in the statement of financial activities.

1.7 Impairment of fixed assets

At each reporting end date, the charity reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any).

1.8 Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.

1.9 Financial instruments

The charity has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.

Financial instruments are recognised in the charity's balance sheet when the charity becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

Basic financial assets

Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.

Basic financial liabilities

Basic financial liabilities, including creditors and bank loans are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.

Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of operations from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

THE BUS SHELTER DORSET

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

1 Accounting policies

(Continued)

Derecognition of financial liabilities

Financial liabilities are derecognised when the charity’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.

1.10 Employee benefits

The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.

Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the charity is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.

2 Income from donations and legacies

Unrestricted
Restricted
funds
funds
2025
2025
£
£
Donations and gifts
31,292
-
Charitable trust grants
30,000
142,900
Government grants
-
211,226
Income housing benefit
211,521
-
272,813
354,126
Income from charitable activities
Miscellaneous income and refunds
Sale of goods made
Other income
Net gain on disposal of tangible fixed assets		 Total
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
funds
funds
2025
2024
2024
2024
£
£
£
£
31,292
20,363
-
20,363
172,900
25,000
66,140
91,140
211,226
4,000
112,608
116,608
211,521
231,413
-
231,413
626,939
280,776
178,748
459,524
Unrestricted
Total
Total
funds
2025
2025
2024
£
£
£
2,617
2,617
1,342
1,165
1,165
1,439
3,782
3,782
2,781
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
funds
funds
2025
2024
£
£
203
-		 Total
2024
£
20,363
91,140
116,608
231,413
459,524
Total
2024
£
1,342
1,439
2,781

3 Income from charitable activities

4 Other income

THE BUS SHELTER DORSET

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

5 Expenditure on raising funds

Unrestricted Unrestricted
funds funds
2025 2024
£ £
Fundraising and publicity
Support costs 26 859

THE BUS SHELTER DORSET

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

6 Charitable activities

Unrestricted
Restricted
2025
2025
£
£
Cost of Goods Sold
948
Advertising
1,358
Accountancy fees
1,560
Cleaning
649
Consulting
3,000
Days out
1,571
DBS checks
105
Food
5,437
5,300
Electricity
21,521
Guest Supplies
-
2,965
Hospitality
-
1,511
HR costs
1,932
Insurance
7,112
IT Software
4,706
Laundry
27
Legal fees
648
Non payroll staff costs
69,116
Operating Lease
89
Pensions Costs
5,744
Printing & Stationery
1,615
Postage
47
Rent and Rates
40,581
Repairs & Maintenance
964
Replacement costs
3,746
6,000
Salaries NI & PAYE
53,532
226,979
Staff Training
1,823
720
Subscriptions
216
Membership
193
Telephone
1,881
Travel
3,344
43
TV Licence
175
Waste & Pest Control
2,018
Depreciation
10,568
246,226
243,518		 Total
2025
£
948
1,358
1,560
649
3,000
1,571
105
10,737
21,521
2,965
1,511
1,932
7,112
4,706
27
648
69,116
89
5,744
1,615
47
40,581
964
9,746
280,511
2,543
216
193
1,881
3,387
175
2,018
10,568
489,744		 Total
2024
£
878
150
1,572
137
-
1,959
149
10,507
22,212
2,693
1,216
1,800
5,279
4,041
11
-
22,062
85
14,822
1,013
123
42,803
3,530
4,350
276,325
2,261
216
536
2,285
4,700
159
1,755
1,900
431,529

7 Trustees

None of the trustees (or any persons connected with them) received any remuneration or benefits from the charity during the year (2024 - None).

THE BUS SHELTER DORSET

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

8 Employees

The average monthly number of employees during the year was:

Total
Employment costs
Wages and salaries
Other pension costs		 2025
Number
12
2025
£
280,511
5,744
286,255		 2024
Number
14
2024
£
276,325
14,822
291,147

There were no employees whose annual remuneration was more than £60,000.

9 Taxation

The charity is exempt from taxation on its activities because all its income is applied for charitable purposes.

10 Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets
Plant and
equipment
£
Cost
At 1 April 2024 23,098
Additions 86,677
At 31 March 2025 109,775
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 April 2024 9,800
Depreciation charged in the year 10,568
At 31 March 2025 20,368
Carrying amount
At 31 March 2025 89,407
At 31 March 2024 13,298

THE BUS SHELTER DORSET

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

11 Debtors

Debtors
Amounts falling due within one year:
Guest contributions
Donations
Grants
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Credit card
Wages and pension
Other creditors		 2025
£
115
230
18,458
18,803
2025
£
1,479
4,796
3,698
9,973		 2024
£
-
10
16,922
16,932
2024
£
209
6,479
12,454
19,142

12 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

13 Restricted funds

The restricted funds of the charity comprise the unexpended balances of donations and grants held on trust subject to specific conditions by donors as to how they may be used.

At 1 April Incoming Resources Transfers At 31 March
2024 resources expended 2025
£ £ £ £ £
Restricted funds - 354,126 (243,518) (86,678) 23,930
Previous year: At 1 April Incoming Resources Transfers At 31 March
2023 resources expended 2024
£ £ £ £ £
Restricted funds - 178,748 (178,748) - -

14 Unrestricted funds

The unrestricted funds of the charity comprise the unexpended balances of donations and grants which are not subject to specific conditions by donors and grantors as to how they may be used. These include designated funds which have been set aside out of unrestricted funds by the trustees for specific purposes.

At 1 April Incoming Resources Transfers At 31 March
2024 resources expended 2025
£ £ £ £ £
General funds 177,745 276,798 (246,252) 86,678 294,969

THE BUS SHELTER DORSET

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

14 Unrestricted funds (Continued)
Previous year: At 1 April
Incoming		 Resources Transfers At 31 March
2023 resources expended 2024
£ £ £ £ £
General funds 147,828 283,557 (253,640) - 177,745
15 Analysis of net assets between funds
Unrestricted Restricted
**Total **		 Unrestricted Restricted
Total
funds funds funds funds
2025 2025 2025 2024 2024 2024
£ £ £ £ £ £
Fund balances at 31
March 2025 are
represented by:
Tangible assets 89,407 - 89,407 13,298 - 13,298
Current assets/(liabilities) 205,562 23,930 229,492 164,447 - 164,447
294,969 23,930 318,899 177,745 - 177,745

16 Related party transactions

There were no disclosable related party transactions during the year (2024 - none).