**REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1179560**
**REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022**
## **FOR**
## **EAST SUSSEX RECOVERY ALLIANCE**
Ashdown Hurrey Auditors Limited Statutory Auditors 20 Havelock Road Hastings East Sussex TN34 1BP
**EAST SUSSEX RECOVERY ALLIANCE**
## **CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022**
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|---|---|---|---|
|**Report of the Trustees**|1|to|8|
|**Independent Examiner's Report**||9||
|**Statement of Financial Activities**||10||
|**Balance Sheet**||11||
|**Notes to the Financial Statements**|12|to|15|
**EAST SUSSEX RECOVERY ALLIANCE**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022**
The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2022. The trustees have adopted the provisions of 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).
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES Objectives and aims**
## 1. To maintain our work with clients, develop what we do and evidence clear outcomes.
To ensure that we can continue to offer comprehensive support to all those who are ready to engage in their recovery journey. To be able show clear evidence of change using Quantitative and Qualitative data.
2. To cover rural needs more adequately across the county to ensure there are no barriers to accessing the appropriate services.
ESRA is the only service of its kind in East Sussex. We have hubs in Eastbourne and Hastings, supporting over 320 clients a year (average across last 3 years) but we are not adequately addressing rural need across the county.
## 3. To secure adequate funding
To look at all funding opportunities, giving time to write the bids and get support from a 3rd parties if required.
## 4. To take a more active and planned approach to promoting ESRA's work
As a unique service in the county, we need to develop a plan for promoting ESRA and developing public relations. As well as develop our communication strategy.
## 5. To encourage diversity to enable us to expand our client base.
To work in collaboration with recovery partners to look at how we jointly engage with the community to show how to access treatment or recovery services.
## 6. To embed a transparent staff culture
To ensure all staff are clear of what is expected of them working at ESRA. How they will be supported. As well as to improve staff retention.
## 7. To improve relationships with External Stakeholders
To improve our relationship and communications with our key external stakeholders to ensure we are aligned and supported.
## 8. To collaborate Partners
To work together with partners to help ESRA grow.
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## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022**
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES Our Services**
ESRA delivers its services from 2 Recovery Hubs located in Eastbourne and Hastings. Our service users can expect:
Professional assessment by trained staff during which they design their own Programme of recovery with the help of the generic SMART assessment tool, followed by 8 weekly reviews.
A range of therapy groups and social activities (art, fishing, yoga etc.), health checks, self-development courses, and face to face appointments.
Signposting to other resources (community assets) relating to advice and treatment, support for wellbeing, and skills and employment services. (We don't want them to become dependent upon us!)
An alcohol and drug free safe space in which to have snacks and nutritious meals in the company of others with lived experience
## **Volunteers**
Staff Level as of 31st March 2022
Full time equivalent - 7.5
Volunteers - 13
## **Executive Summary**
Our vision is that clients in recovery from substance misuse can have a positive future.
Our mission is that all clients can maintain their recovery and live a full and meaningful life, free from substance misuse.
Our values - We are empowering, non-judgmental and inclusive.
ESRA faced several challenges, including staffing issues this year, however we have continued to grow and develop as an organisation.
Working closely with Lloyd's foundation who has provided not only funding but enhance support has made a huge difference to ESRA.
The staff team worked extremely hard this year to ensure we provide the support our clients require. We strengthened the board with two new trustees joining and we were delighted to have this additional resource to focus on HR and Finance.
Having secured the funding from Lloyds Foundation we were able to work on our Strategy. The team has been working alongside a consultant to develop a 3-year strategy, alongside writing funding bids. ESRA now has a new website. Our data base Charity Log is being used and we are now able to pull comprehensive reports and we now can ensure that we can collate data regarding our clients. This is particularly helpful in funding applications.
We also are delighted to have secured Lottery Funding for three years, which will go a long way to supporting ESRA.
We have 13 volunteers, without whom ESRA would not function. We are indebted to our volunteers who help with so much.
Lastly and most importantly I would like to thank all the volunteers, staff and trustees for all their hard work and commitment to supporting our service users.
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## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022**
## **ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE**
## **Our Clients**
ESRA supported over 250 individual people this year. The graph below shows what substance they were addicted to before they were in recovery.
Our client's demographics: 79% White British
42% Female
53% Male
0.1% Transgender
49% of clients report they have some mental health issues, we acknowledge that addiction and mental health go hand in hand.
At ESRA our clients are supported by:
- people with lived experience who bring a particular knowledge and insight to supporting them to aspire to and achieve a positive future
- Meaningfully involved in their own aftercare and reintegration plans, reviews, so that the way forward is owned, feasible, and motivational.
- Have opportunities to join peer support groups and social activities in alcohol/drug free safe spaces where our trained volunteers (connectors) who are in recovery themselves can provide shared experiences and encouragement.
The value of the above approach has been noted and evidenced by Public Health England in their 2015 publication: Service user involvement: A guide for drug and alcohol commissioners, providers, and service users.
'SUI (Service User Involvement) comes in various forms, but one common factor is the positive impact it has on service users. Their involvement in services at all levels increases confidence in, and the suitability of, those services and can make services more attractive to new users. Visible recovery (i.e., recovered alcohol and drug users actively involved across the treatment system) is likely to motivate those in treatment and those ambivalent to treatment. Increasing SUI makes recovery much more visible, encouraging current and potential service users to see peers successfully addressing their drug and alcohol problems, while also having an opportunity to engage in activities other than treatment.'
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## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022**
## **ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE Impact and Value:**
- ESRA supported 250 individuals across both hubs in Eastbourne and Hastings, which included a small 3% of clients who live in the rural areas of East Sussex
- 53% of our referrals came from CGL the East Sussex Treatment service, other refers included Adult Social Care, NHS, housing providers, probation, SWIFT and self-referrals
- ESRA staff have made 5,287 contacts with clients (some of whom attended several times a week) across all services, this includes one to one contacts, assessments, telephone, email and text contacts support and encouragement to people on a wide range of issues not just substance misuse. We spend a lot of time supporting client's emotional wellbeing/mental health, housing issues, relationships problems, benefit amongst other
- 297 people visits to our cafés on multiple occasions
- 345 people attended a range of groups including SMART recovery groups, wellbeing groups, art, yoga amongst others.
People reported that when they are attending our Start SMART group they want to make a change. Clients said the most important reason I want to make these changes were:
- For my children and family
- For a healthy lifestyle
- For my future
- To break the cycle
- For self-worth, peace, ease of anxiety / anger
- To improve my mental health, to improve my health
- To calmly grow into a sustainable person, with solid attainable goals.
- Get a career that suits me and allows me to support my family.
- To better myself for myself and my family
- To improve my mental and spiritual wellbeing and feel like I'm moving my life forward
- To get away from drug dealers and old friends that use.
- To have more time doing the things I enjoy.
- Be more present in the moment, healthier for me and my family
- For my own health and my wellbeing, to be able to look at my life in a more positive way also to possibly go on to help others
- Not to be trapped in doors.
- Being active to make sure I don't drink again
- To be a good member of society and help others with my own experience to show you can beat it. whether through volunteering or employment
87.5% of those who attended and completed SMART reported they had made a change. This chart shows the number of individual people who have had a referral, how many new clients are getting support, and accessing the service. The support workers contacts are not individual but number of different contacts that have happen in the year.
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## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022**
## **ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE**
We capture case studies from individuals on a regular basis this show how ESRA has supported clients to make changes and continue to maintain their recovery.
Clients are asked on a regular basis what activities they would like to see at the hubs, and this informs our planning. Feedback is captured at at the end of each activity block and we operate an anonymous suggestions box.
The Recovery Hub Managers report monthly to the CEO who in turn reports to the trustees on performance, quality and finance. The CEO meets regularly with our funding partners to discuss the progress of the projects and identify areas where best practice can be rolled out further or where there are changes required to improve project design.
The management team meeting at least quarterly meetings where they can discuss, record and share information and outcomes across both hubs. This again enables us to identify and replicate best practice or implement solutions where risks to project performance, finance or quality are developing. We will develop a sharing protocol where data and outcomes can be shared with our partners and partner agencies to offer ongoing support and advice to our members and staff alike.
## **FINANCIAL REVIEW**
## **Financial position**
At the start of the finance year, we were just coming out the other side of covid. We were looking at ways to cut outgoings and reduce the monthly costs. Due to the dedication of the team, we managed to secure funding from many different sources. With the on-going support of Lloyds; this included a business advisor, help with funding bids and supporting and guiding ESRA to a brighter future.
The year has been challenging, ESRA has found it hard to fill staff vacancy due to staff leaving. However, this has helped reduce the cost of wages, but had a big impact on the remaining staff. Funding bids had become harder to obtain, due to so many applications, but we have been successful and received the below amounts.
|**Organisation**|**Allocated**|**Amount**|**Date Received**|
|---|---|---|---|
|CGL|Eastbourne hub running costs|£131,141|May 2021|
|Sussex Community Foundation|Alcohol support worker post|£10,000|April 2021|
|Hastings Big Local|Café to support volunteers|£1,066|April 2021|
|Hastings Borough Council|Café support|£2,700|May 2021|
|Hastings Borough|Unrestricted|£8,000|June 2021|
|Awards For All|Café supervisor post salary|£10,000|June 2021|
|Hastings Lions|Fishing group|£500|July 2021|
|Sussex Community Foundation|For therapeutic activities|£10,000|January 2022|
|Lottery Community grant|For Hastings hub staffing costs|£280,200|February 2022|
|Food security grant for Eastbourne|To provide cookery course for clients|£1,000|January 2022|
Once again, I recommend keeping Hastings Hub on limited opening hours. This helps reduce the costs of running the hub, and wages.
We received a lottery grant in February 2022, to be implemented from April 2022, this has helped secure the Hastings Hub for the next 3 years, leaving a shortfall of £30,000, we hope to apply for smaller funding bids to help cover this amount.
Looking forward into 2022/2023 the trustees need to look at funding for the Eastbourne hub, as the CGL contract comes to an end in 2024.
Both Hubs have a café, offering a safe space and affordable healthy meals, we seem to be making a small profit on each hub.
We have done little fundraising, due to covid restrictions still being in place, which is something ESRA could improve on.
Computer and accountancy costs seems to be our biggest outgoing apart from the general running costs. I do not see a way to cut these costs as the project cannot function without them.
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## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022**
## **FINANCIAL REVIEW Funding:**
Funding remains one of biggest challenges and the management team continue to focus on this as one of their key tasks.
The trustees and the team would like to thank Lloyds Foundation and The National Lottery as well as many other organisations and charitable trusts for their donations and invaluable support.
## **FUTURE PLANS**
Our main plans for the year ahead continue to be providing a safe space for our service users to flourish. We will also build resilience into ESRA so that we can maintain the service.
To meet our objectives, we intend to focus on the following:
- Providing a range of services which are reflective of relevant quality standards and address the potential needs of our service users.
- Focus on limiting the harm which comes with the misuse of drugs and alcohol, not only for the individual but also their family and friends and the wider community.
- We will continue to work in partnership with other agencies to secure the widest range of services is available that best matches the needs of our service users.
- We will continue to strengthen the board adding more trustees, looking for skills to complement the existing team.
- We will continue to recruit volunteers to support our work and help to develop the volunteer programme.
- We will value our people and support them in doing their jobs well. We will look to provide the necessary training and education required.
- We will seek regular feedback and input from all staff and volunteers and involve them during this period of wide-ranging change.
- We will ensure financial stability and long-term viability by focus on securing the appropriate funding for our future.
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT**
## **Governing document**
The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust and constitutes an unincorporated charity.
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## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022**
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Organisational structure**
Senior Management Team
Jacqui Skilton Chief Executive Alison Bissett Hub Manager - Hastings Karlie Allaway Hub Manager - Eastbourne
The ESRA staff team 31.03.22:
Chief Officer - Jacqui Skilton. The Chief Officer is responsible for oversight and planning of all of the day to day running of the organisation under the board of trustees. Jacqui has a background in management in community settings and working with vulnerable people
Hub Manager Hastings - Alison Bissett. Alison supports the Chief Officer and runs the day-to-day operations of the Hastings Hub.
Hastings Staff team: Senior support Worker Alcohol support worker Receptionist Café supervisor
Hub Manager Eastbourne - Karlie Allaway. Karlie runs the day-to-day operations of the Eastbourne Hub. Karlie also supports the CEO in managing the relationship and contract with CGL.
Eastbourne Staff team: Senior Support Worker Support Worker Café supervisor
Cross county: Asset Based Community Development Worker
## **Risk management**
The committee maintains a risk register and conducts regular reviews of major and minor risks faced. Systems and procedures have been established to mitigate these and external risks to contract funding have led to regular reviews of the business plan and publicity and fundraising campaigns to help diversify funding sources.
Internal control risks are minimised by the implementation of procedures for the authorization of all transactions and projects. Procedures are in place to ensure the health and safety of staff, volunteers, clients, and visitors.
## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Charity number**
1179560
## **Principal address**
5 Harold Place Hastings East Sussex TN34 1JA
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## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022**
## **Trustees**
G Trevitt S Milton J Travis (appointed 4.2.22) D Lacy (appointed 4.5.22) N Tapsell (resigned 31.5.21) C Pugh (resigned 31.12.21) A Gayton D Mitchell M Connolly (appointed 17.1.23)
## **Board of Trustees and Advisers**
Governance responsibility for ESRA lies with the Board of Trustees. Some of these have supported ESRA for many years and bring a wealth of experience to the organisation.
They are: o Anton Gayton - Chair - expertise in sales, marketing and has lived experience o Danielle Mitchell - Treasurer - expertise in the charity sector o Gareth Trevitt - expertise in management and has lived experience o Sarah Milton - expertise in strategy and IT o Jackie Travis - expertise in HR o David Lacy - expertise in Fundraising and the charity sector
The Board of Trustees meets every twelve weeks and in addition trustees will attend some ESRA events. We also hold strategy and planning sessions periodically.
There is a process of trustee induction and training. Additionally, potential and new trustees are invited and encouraged to spend time at the project getting to know the staff and services.
New trustees are provided with information and support regarding the following areas: o Their role & responsibilities as trustees
o The main documents which set out the operational framework for the charity, including the Memorandum and Articles of Association
o The complex funding of ESRA and the current financial position as set out in the latest published accounts o Future business plans and objectives Services Provided by ESRA
o We also hold regular strategy and planning sessions to ensure that ESRA is aligned to their charitable aims and have a clear plan for the future.
## **Independent Examiner**
Ashdown Hurrey Auditors Limited Statutory Auditors 20 Havelock Road Hastings East Sussex TN34 1BP
Approved by order of the board of trustees on 31 January 2023 and signed on its behalf by:
A Gayton - Trustee
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## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF EAST SUSSEX RECOVERY ALLIANCE**
## **Independent examiner's report to the trustees of East Sussex Recovery Alliance**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of East Sussex Recovery Alliance (the Trust) for the year ended 31 March 2022.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act').
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under Section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by Section 130 of the Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
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 accounts to be reached.
S R Sampson BFP FCA FCIE DChA Ashdown Hurrey Auditors Limited Statutory Auditors 20 Havelock Road Hastings East Sussex TN34 1BP
Date: 31 January 2023
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## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022**
|||||31.3.22|31.3.21|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
|||fund|funds|funds|funds|
||Notes|£|£|£|£|
|**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**||||||
|Donations and legacies||38,034|152,670|190,704|380,399|
|**Charitable activities**||||||
|Charitable activities||9,183|-|9,183|4,277|
|Investment income|3|6|-|6|-|
|Other income|4|39,370|-|39,370|-|
|**Total**||86,593|152,670|239,263|384,676|
|**EXPENDITURE ON**||||||
|Raising funds||13,117|-|13,117|32,066|
|**Charitable activities**||||||
|Charitable activities||99,421|173,110|272,531|275,066|
|**Total**||112,538|173,110|285,648|307,132|
|**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**||(25,945)|(20,440)|(46,385)|77,544|
|**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**||||||
|Total funds brought forward||81,019|52,473|133,492|55,948|
|**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**||55,074|32,033|87,107|133,492|
The notes form part of these financial statements
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## **EAST SUSSEX RECOVERY ALLIANCE**
## **BALANCE SHEET 31 MARCH 2022**
||||||31.3.22|31.3.21|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Unrestricted|Restricted||Total|Total|
|||fund|funds||funds|funds|
||Notes|£|£||£|£|
|**CURRENT ASSETS**|||||||
|Debtors|9|11,558||-|11,558|2,125|
|Cash at bank and in hand||82,720|32,033||114,753|140,404|
|||94,278|32,033||126,311|142,529|
|**CREDITORS**|||||||
|Amounts falling due within one year|10|(39,204)||-|(39,204)|(9,037)|
|**NET CURRENT ASSETS**||55,074|32,033||87,107|133,492|
|**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES**||55,074|32,033||87,107|133,492|
|**NET ASSETS**||55,074|32,033||87,107|133,492|
|**FUNDS**|11||||||
|Unrestricted funds|||||55,074|81,019|
|Restricted funds|||||32,033|52,473|
|**TOTAL FUNDS**|||||87,107|133,492|
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 31 January 2023 and were signed on its behalf by:
D Mitchell - Trustee
The notes form part of these financial statements
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**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022**
## **1. STATUTORY INFORMATION**
East Sussex Recovery Alliance is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, registered in England & Wales. The charity's registered number and registered office address can be found in the Report of the Trustees.
## **2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
## **Basis of preparing the financial statements**
The financial statements of the charity, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) '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)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
## **Income**
All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
## **Expenditure**
Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, 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 accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
## **Taxation**
The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.
## **Fund accounting**
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.
## **Hire purchase and leasing commitments**
Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities on a straight line basis over the period of the lease.
## **Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits**
The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the charity's pension scheme are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate.
## **Government grants**
In accordance with s24 of FRS 102 these are treated using the accruals model and so are recognised in income on a systematic basis over the periods in which the charity recognises the related costs for which the grants are intended to compensate.
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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022**
## **3. INVESTMENT INCOME**
|**3.**|**INVESTMENT INCOME**|||
|---|---|---|---|
|||31.3.22|31.3.21|
|||£|£|
||Deposit account interest|6|-|
|**4.**|**OTHER INCOME**|||
|||31.3.22|31.3.21|
|||£|£|
||Government covid-19 grants|39,370|-|
The entity has received the following from the UK government in respect of COVID 19 grants and reliefs:
||
31.3.22|
|---|---|
||£|
|Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS)|28,703|
|Small Business Grant Fund|10,667|
|||
|||
||39,370|
|||
There are no unfulfilled conditions or other contingencies attaching to any of the above amounts.
## **5.**
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS' REMUNERATION**
|**INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS' REMUNERATION**|||
|---|---|---|
||31.3.22|31.3.21|
||£|£|
|Fees payable to the charity's independent examiners for the independent
examination of the charity's financial statements|1,800|300|
|Fees payable to the charity's independent examiners for the preparation of the
charity's financial statements|1,440|-|
||||
||3,240|300|
||||
## **6. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS**
There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 March 2022 nor for the year ended 31 March 2021.
## **Trustees' expenses**
There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31 March 2022 nor for the year ended 31 March 2021.
## **7. STAFF COSTS**
|**STAFF COSTS**|||
|---|---|---|
||31.3.22|31.3.21|
||£|£|
|Wages and salaries|200,688|203,991|
|Social security costs|10,958|10,945|
|Other pension costs|6,107|6,905|
||217,753|221,841|
The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:
||31.3.22|31.3.21|
|---|---|---|
|Direct charitable|11|8|
No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.
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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022**
|**8.**|**COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**|**COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Unrestricted|Restricted||Total|
|||fund|funds||funds|
|||£|£||£|
||**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**|||||
||Donations and legacies|139,480|240,919||380,399|
||**Charitable activities**|||||
||Charitable activities|4,277||-|4,277|
||**Total**|143,757|240,919||384,676|
||**EXPENDITURE ON**|||||
||Raising funds|32,066||-|32,066|
||**Charitable activities**|||||
||Charitable activities|34,052|241,014||275,066|
||**Total**|66,118|241,014||307,132|
||**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**|77,639|(95)||77,544|
||**Transfers between funds**|(52,568)|52,568||-|
||**Net movement in funds**|25,071|52,473||77,544|
||**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**|||||
||Total funds brought forward|55,948||-|55,948|
||**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**|81,019|52,473||133,492|
|**9.**|**DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**|||||
||||31.3.22||31.3.21|
||||£||£|
||Amounts recoverable on contract||10,928||-|
||Other debtors||630||824|
||Prepayments||-||1,301|
||||11,558||2,125|
|**10.**|**CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**|||||
||||31.3.22||31.3.21|
||||£||£|
||Trade creditors||995||1,687|
||Social security and other taxes||1,936||7,350|
||Other creditors||33,033||-|
||Accrued expenses||3,240||-|
||||39,204||9,037|
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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022**
## **11. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**
|**MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**||||
|---|---|---|---|
|||Net||
|||movement|At|
||At 1.4.21|in funds|31.3.22|
||£|£|£|
|**Unrestricted funds**||||
|General fund|81,019|(25,945)|55,074|
|**Restricted funds**||||
|3VA - Food|416|(416)|-|
|ABCD - Rory Quigley|-|60|60|
|ABCD Fund - (CGL) Fishing|-|360|360|
|Awards for All|-|122|122|
|CGL|42,709|(25,405)|17,304|
|Hastings Big Local|-|922|922|
|John Jackson|-|454|454|
|Mind|9,348|(7,181)|2,167|
|Sussex Community Foundation|-|10,644|10,644|
||52,473|(20,440)|32,033|
|**TOTAL FUNDS**|133,492|(46,385)|87,107|
|Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:||||
||Incoming|Resources|Movement|
||resources|expended|in funds|
||£|£|£|
|**Unrestricted funds**||||
|General fund|86,593|(112,538)|(25,945)|
|**Restricted funds**||||
|3VA - Food|-|(416)|(416)|
|ABCD - Rory Quigley|2,500|(2,440)|60|
|ABCD Fund - (CGL) Fishing|500|(140)|360|
|Awards for All|10,000|(9,878)|122|
|CGL|110,604|(136,009)|(25,405)|
|Devonshire West Local|1,000|(1,000)|-|
|Hastings Big Local|1,066|(144)|922|
|John Jackson|2,000|(1,546)|454|
|Mind|-|(7,181)|(7,181)|
|Sussex Community Foundation|25,000|(14,356)|10,644|
||152,670|(173,110)|(20,440)|
|**TOTAL FUNDS**|239,263|(285,648)|(46,385)|
## **12. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES**
There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 March 2022.
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