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2025-04-30-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 01 05 2024 To 30 04 2025

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Lincs Digital Other names charity is known by N/A Registered charity number (if any) 1183424 Charity's principal address 6 Harrison Close Horncastle Lincolnshire Postcode LN9 5ER

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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20		 Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole
**year **		 Name of person (or body) entitled
to appoint trustee (ifany)
StanleyAvison Chairman
Anne Aley Volunteer Support
AnthonyFincham Tutor Support
Ann Avison Treasurer/secretary

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser
Name
Address		 Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser
Name
Address		 Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser
Name
Address
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

Constitution adopted May 2019

How the charity is constituted

CIO

Trustees are appointed or reappointed annually at the Annual General Trustee selection methods Meeting held in May

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

Trustees oversee the day to day running of the Charity. They seek views You may choose to include of project managers, volunteers, and learners to decide on funding additional information, where projects to apply for. relevant, about: • policies and procedures CRB checks are carried out for all people associated with the Charity. adopted for the induction and Procedures and policies are in place for: Finance, Conflict of Interest, Constitution, Data Protection, environmental, training of trustees; Safeguarding, Vulnerable Adults protection, equality and diversity, Health • the charity’s organisational & Safety, and Volunteering. All policies are updated as per current structure and any wider legislation. network with which the charity works; Lincs Digital are registered with the ICO for Data Protection. • relationship with any related Insured by Hiscox Insurance.

Risks are minimised by using a project manager for each contract and keeping reporting information separate which makes sure all targets are met and, in most cases, over-achieved. Regular meetings and monitoring keep track of all contract requirements.

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Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the
charity set out in its
governing document
Summary of the main
activities undertaken for the
public benefit in relation to
these objects (include within
this section the statutory
declaration that trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit)		 To advance the education of the public in Digital Literacy and Skills by
providing classes, hands on training, workshops, and drop-in sessions
In planning our activities for the year, we kept in mind the Charity
Commission’s guidance on public benefit and the requirements of
individual funding bids at our trustee meetings.
The main activities this year have been:
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Community Based learning sessions
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Online learning Support
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Virtual Learning Sessions
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Targeted project for over 50’s in East Lindsey
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Targeted project for isolated rural communities
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Development of website
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Community based drop-in sessions offering Digital Support
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Support for online Health, Housing and Financial needs
These activities benefit all age groups by developing their self-confidence
and social skills, their practical IT skills, and life skills. General well-being
and mental health of individuals and introducing them to a digital support
system for the future.
Setup and introduced virtual learning sessions as a result of the Covid
pandemic and to be able to support the local residents.
We have also developed opportunities for individuals to volunteer and
support their local community. This makes the project sustainable beyond
the funding and once we have completed the projects.
Unless specified by a project funder all sessions are available to anyone
over 16, regardless of personal background, faith, gender or personal
circumstances.

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Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

We are grateful for the many hours volunteers have supported learners at community venues, via phone and online. This year we have supported volunteers to develop virtual support and provided equipment and zoom access to enable this.

Without this valuable contribution we wouldn’t have been able to achieve so much and reach out to so many learners.

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

All projects have been achieved or are on target to achieve where funding overlaps the year end.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

During this year we increased the return to community venues after the covid restrictions of previous years. We also continued promotion and increased our recognition with partners, community groups and individuals locally and around the country. Thanks to recognition of work done by one of our project managers we won more contracts which allowed us to develop further this year.

For the purpose of this report, it will be easier to breakdown the contracts: East Lindsey District Council Community Hubs. To deliver community-based drop-in sessions. These consisted of 2 Tutors delivering sessions to at community venues. We also supported the ELDC Age Friendly project with some community sessions. Sessions covered safety, NHS website, GP Services, Zoom, online searching, online banking, online shopping, keeping in touch, media and family history online.

We also helped people access online services including ELDC, LCC and .GOV websites. There were also some people who required assisted digital help because they didn’t want to be online but needed to complete forms etc online. Good Things Foundation Ambassador Project: The Network Ambassador Programme will see Good Things Foundation working with four existing community partners on a variety of pieces of work. Areas of focus include strategic partner stewardship, advocacy, network recruitment, network training and communications, as well as other tasks that don’t fit into these five categories. We are one of the four centres and have supported with development projects and delivered training sessions for other centres. This project will continue into next year. Capability Grant: This grant allowed us to develop systems and equipment for the charity to improve their services. This was an unreserved grant with flexibility to develop the Charity needs. GDF Theddlethorpe

We received confirmation of a successful bid to deliver community support sessions across the search area of the GDF project. Setup costs covered this year with delivery during next financial year.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Voluntary Centre Services

Multiply:

This project is to improve numeracy skills using IT. We are using Excel to do budget sessions and online banking and shopping sessions. These are community-based sessions using local venues.

East Lindsey District Council UKSPF

To deliver community-based drop-in sessions. These consisted of 2 Tutors delivering sessions at ELDC Community Venues.

Sessions covered safety, NHS website, GP Services, Zoom, online searching, online banking, online shopping, keeping in touch, media and family history online.

We also helped people access online services including ELDC, LCC and .GOV websites. There were also some people who required assisted digital help because they didn’t want to be online but needed to complete forms etc online.

South Holland District Council UKSPF

To deliver community-based drop-in sessions. These consisted of 2 Tutors delivering sessions at SHDC Community Venues.

Sessions covered safety, NHS website, GP Services, Zoom, online searching, online banking, online shopping, keeping in touch, media and family history online.

We also helped people access online services including SHDC, LCC and .GOV websites. There were also some people who required assisted digital help because they didn’t want to be online but needed to complete forms etc online. Boston Borough Council UKSPF To deliver community-based drop-in sessions. These consisted of 2 Tutors delivering sessions at BBC Community Venues. Sessions covered safety, NHS website, GP Services, Zoom, online searching, online banking, online shopping, keeping in touch, media and family history online. We also helped people access online services including BBC, LCC and .GOV websites. There were also some people who required assisted digital help because they didn’t want to be online but needed to complete forms etc online.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

The Charity decided to try and keep the initial donation as a reserve amount. If possible, this will be increased future years if funds allow.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

N/A

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

Our main source of funds this year has been from grants. Each of these comes with a specific target and guidance for expenditure as per the bid submitted.

This information was included with all the relevant bid documents at the time of application and approval by the committee.

All expenditure has been relevant to the project and manged by individual project managers specific to the funding.

A breakdown can be seen in the receipts and payments section below.

Section F Other optional information

Future Plans

We will look for additional funding to develop our support sessions and cover a wider area.

We are exploring options to offer our sessions across Boston Borough and South Holland District Council areas beyond the UKSPF contract.

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Ann Avison Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Secretary etc)

Date 24/01/2026

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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Charity Name members of Lincs Digital On accounts for the year 30[th] April 2025 Charity no 1183424 ended (if any) Set out on pages One to Three (remember too include the page numbers of additional sheets)

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 30/04/2025.

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives 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 order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signed: Name: R P Ellis Relevant professional Chartered Accountant qualification(s) or body A practising member of the ICA&W (if any):

Date: 24/01/2026

Address: 414 Newark Road Lincoln LN6 8RX

Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

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Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

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Charity Name No (if any) Lincs Digital 1183424 6

Receipts and payments accounts

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For the period Period start date Period end date To from 01/05/2024 30/04/2025

Section A Receipts and payments

Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds

Total funds Last year

to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £

A1 Receipts

A1 Receipts
LCC Wellbeing - - - 55,000
GDF Theddlethorpe - 8,753 - 8,753
Good Things Foundation Ambassador - 10,000 - 10,000 11,250
VCS Move - - - -
VCS Multiply - 21,310 - 21,310 26,763
Carers First - - - - 128
Pinchbeck Parish Council 5,000 5,000
East LindseyDistrict Council - 15,000 - 15,000 10,908
ELDC UKSPF - 29,509 - 29,509
BBC UKSPF 10,072 - 10,072
SHDC UKSPF 13,712 - 13,712
Office WorkingFund 511 - - 511 916
Good Things Foundation CapabilityGrant 2,400 - - 2,400 3,600
South Holland District Council - - - 8,400
Sub total(Gross income for
AR)		 2,911 113,356 - 116,267 116,965
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
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~~Sub total~~ -
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**Total receipts ** 2,911 113,356 - 116,267 116,965
A3 Payments
ELDC UKSPF - 29,509 - 29,509
Boston UKSPF - 10,072 - 10,072
SHDC UKSPF - 13,712 - 13,712
GDF Theddlethorpe - 3,383 - 3,383
VCS Move admin and support - - - -
Carers First Equipment Distributed - - - -
Carers First Sessions - - - - 128
Carers First Support - - - -

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Carers First Resources - - - -
Magna Vitae device support - - - -
East LindseyDistrict Council Sessions - 4,342 - 4,342 8,445
ELDC Support 945 - 945 2,408
ELDC Resources 18 - 18 450
LCC WellbeingEquipment for distrtibution - - - - 20,406
LCC WellbeingSupport - - - - 21,853
LCC WellbeingAdmin - - - - 2,748
LCC WellbeingResources - - - - 9,993
Digital Health Equipment - - - - 472
Digital Health Sessions - - - - 15,797
Digital Health Resources - - - - 3,396
GTF Ambassador Equipment 4,496 - 4,496 1,621
GTF Ambassador Support - 2,906 - 2,906 4,114
GTF Ambassador Admin - 330 - 330 2,687
GTF Ambassador Resources - 2,165 - 2,165 328
VCS MultiplySessions - 19,300 - 19,300 22,400
VCS MultiplyAdmin - 2,010 - 2,010 4,363
Office Support - 709 - 709 1,191
South Holland District Council Support - - - - 8,400
GTF CapabilityGrant 4,900 - - 4,900 1,100
**Sub total ** 4,900 93,897 - 98,797 132,300
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
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**Sub total ** - - - - -
Total payments 4,900 93,897 - 98,797 132,300
Net of receipts/(payments) - 1,989 19,459 - 17,470 - 15,335
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 8,389 5,589 - 13,978 -
Cash funds this year end 6,400 25,048 - 31,448 - 15,335

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Categories
B2 Other monetary assets
B4 Assets retained for the
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it ’
B5 Liabilities
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
B1 Cash funds
B3 Investment assets		 Signature
Details
Total cash funds
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Details
Details
Details
Details		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
to nearest £
to nearest £
6,400
25,048
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6,400
25,048
OK
OK
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
to nearest £
to nearest £
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Fund to which
asset belongs
Cost (optional)
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Fund to which
asset belongs
Cost (optional)
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Fund to which
liability relates
Amount due
(optional)
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Print Name
Ann Avison		 Endowment
funds
to nearest £
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OK
Endowment
funds
to nearest £
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Current value
(optional)
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Current value
(optional)
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When due
(optional)
Date of
approval
Ann Avison 24/01/2026

CCXX R3 accounts (SS)

06/02/2026

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