Annual Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2023
## Youth With A Mission Holmsted Ministries
Charity registration number: 1184255
Independent Examiners Ltd 2 Broadbridge Business Centre Delling Lane Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8NF
## **YOUTH WITH A MISSION HOLMSTED MINISTRIES**
## **CONTENTS**
|Reference and Administrative Details|1|
|---|---|
|Trustees' Report|2 to 6|
|Independent Examiner's Report|7|
|Statement of Financial Activities|8|
|Balance Sheet|9|
|Notes to the Financial Statements|10 to 15|
## **YOUTH WITH A MISSION HOLMSTED MINISTRIES**
## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS**
## **Trustees**
Laura Mudd Emmanuel Entee (resigned 24 June 2023) Raphael Hartmann Rachel Burnet Stephen Bishop Alexandra Allen Bruce Goodwin (resigned 8 September 2023)
**Charity Registration** 1184255 **Number**
**Principal Office** Holmsted Manor Staplefield Road Cuckfield West Sussex RH17 5JF **Independent Examiner** G W Schulz ACMA Independent Examiners Ltd 2 Broadbridge Business Centre Delling Lane Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8NF
**Bankers** CAF Bank Ltd 25 Kings Hill Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4JQ
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## **YOUTH WITH A MISSION HOLMSTED MINISTRIES**
## **TRUSTEES' REPORT**
The trustees present the annual report together with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 August 2023.
## **Structure, governance and management**
## _**Nature of governing document**_
Youth With A Mission Homsted Ministries is a registered charity, number 1184255, and is established as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation under a constitution dated 4 July 2019.
## _**Recruitment and appointment of trustees**_
The management of the charity is the responsibility of the trustees who are elected and co-opted under the terms of the constitution.
## _**Risk management**_
The trustees have assessed the major risks to which the Charity is exposed, in particular those related to the operations and finances of the Charity, and are satisfied that systems and procedures are in place to mitigate exposure to the major risks.
## **Objectives and activities**
## _**Objects and aims**_
The objects of the charity are:
• To advance the Christian faith worldwide by, but not exclusively by, teaching of the Bible, worship and praise, evangelism, study, prayer, children and youth work and community service;
• To relieve poverty both in the UK and overseas by any means such as acts of service, gifts, donations, contributions, loans and advances with or without interest;
• To fulfil such other purposes which are exclusively charitable according to the law of Engalnd and Wales and are connected to the chaitable work of the charity as the trustees from time to time shall determine.
## _**Public benefit**_
The trustees confirm that they have complied with the requirements of section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission for England and Wales.
## **Achievements and performance**
## _**Review of activities**_
2023 has been a year full of the unexpected, however, in the midst of unforeseen events, the YWAM Holmsted Manor team has been holding on to Isaiah 43:19 as we have felt like God has repeatedly encouraged us with it, “ _See I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland_ .”
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## **YOUTH WITH A MISSION HOLMSTED MINISTRIES**
## **TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED)**
We have gained four new team members over the course of the year but also said goodbye to seven and will soon be saying goodbye to another. We are currently a staff team of sixteen.
## Training
The September 2022 DTS ran with twelve trainees, two of whom have since returned to join our team here. The DTS went on outreach to Argentina and then half the group went to Thanet while the other half went to York.
January saw the start of our first Foundations of Counselling Ministry course (FCM) with thirteen trainees, four of whom are full-time team members here at Holmsted. It was a blessing to have Terra Kaiser come from the US to assist in staffing the school and her willingness in unexpectedly stepping into leadership of the course when the planned course leader did not get his visa to the UK. Terra Kaiser has agreed to lead the 2024 FCM as well.
In April we ran our second Bible Core Course (BCC) with four trainees, two of whom were former Holmsted team members.
During the summer we sent out three teams of young people through Mission Adventures, with a total of 18 young people being involved. A team of four worked with YWAM York, three with YWAM Thanet, and in partnership with the Point Church, eleven of their youth helped Erin Butler and Holmer Parish Church to reach out to the city of Hereford.
## Outreach and Partnerships
We are continuing to reach out to our local area through projects, practical help and evangelistic efforts. Every Saturday and Sunday members of the Holmsted team go down to Brighton in partnership with Crossover, our food truck ministry that gives a hot breakfast to the street homeless community. Most weeks you can also find us in Crawley and Cuckfield engaging with people in conversations about faith. Before Christmas 2022 we hosted our annual ‘Live Nativity’ and ‘Carols at the Manor’ events and on Good Friday our annual ‘Easter Egg Hunt’ which were all well attended by the local community. Partnership with the Easter Team foodbank and Love Your Neighbour Crawley continues well and we have been working in partnership with St. John’s Crawley where a few of our team members have been helping to run a football night for asylum seekers and an Arabic Alpha course. In March we led a week of mission for a team of ten students and two teachers from the King’s Academy, a Christian secondary school in South Carolina, USA.
## Hosting Events
Through our Coach House facility, we have welcomed several church retreats and gatherings, as well as provided space for churches to have ‘Away Days’ as part of their Alpha Courses. The Coach House has been used monthly to host ‘Filling Station’, an international initiative by believers to create a space where people can be ‘refilled’ by worship and good teaching to go back to their local churches.
We’ve also had the privilege to host YWAM-related events such as the last month of the Nordland DTS’s lecture phase in January.
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## **YOUTH WITH A MISSION HOLMSTED MINISTRIES**
## **TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED)**
## Leadership
We continue to have a leadership team of four, Raph Hartmann, Kim Sullivan, Steve and Jo Bishop. However, Steve and Jo are currently on a Leave of Absence, with the intention to return in early 2024 and then to take a sabbatical from April - September 2024.
## Closing Remarks
Despite some challenging situations and a fluctuating staff team we remain hopeful that the God we serve will continue to sustain us through the next year and will be faithful to help us continue the work here, in all areas. We are specifically asking the Lord to bring the skills we need to help Holmsted Ministries move into a new and fruitful season. We are believing the Lord for the growth He has spoken about and believe he is doing something new among us.
## YWAM Thanet
We were officially commissioned as YWAM Thanet at the Holmsted Manor Community Days, November 2022, after 4 years of being in location and 9 years of consistent outreach.
In 2022, Gather was awarded a Women Rising Enabling Neighborhoods Grants (funded by the tampon tax) by St Giles Trust, enabling many dreams and visions for our project to be brought forwards through:
- Christmas & Valentines events - widening our reach to an additional 200+ women.
- Training, materials & resources for our volunteers: The WREN packing included a toolkit & City & Guild’s training - Mental Health, Trauma Informed Practice and Learn To Advise. We purchased additional therapeutic resources, learning aids, and an e-learning suite, to support our Gather guests & volunteers.
- We also commissioned our own volunteer training package for caring for those in crisis, which we aim to roll out in 2024.
One of the biggest things to emerge from the grant was the Digital Skills Workshops (DSW’s)- a completely new project - offering IT training and support to people facing digital exclusion. Ashley Crowell led our ‘pilot’ DSW and has continued to develop these further by integrating the training into our Gather drop-in’s and multiplying the courses to those outside of Gather - men & our ESOL participants.
ESOL THANET YWAM We continue to run free English classes & a ‘Conversation Cafe, led by Beulah Richards. These groups are aimed at refugees, asylum seekers & those with low/no income. Our learner numbers fluctuate, but we have a core group of about 15 learners, from 9 countries.
There is overlap between Gather, ESOL & DSW with people participating in more than one group.
We already use music for ministry, but are developing visual art & movement/dance in prophetic worship, intercession & evangelism. This is at BURN 24-7 and at the Sailors Church where Pete Weichselbaum-Barlow paints weekly.
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## **TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED)**
CELEBRATE THE NATIONS is an opportunity to invite local people to join us in praying for the nations. We try to connect with people within the country for which we are praying. We’ve prayed for Ecuador and the Galápagos, ‘Blue & White flag nations’ and Japan. The Holy Spirit leads us in powerful times of intercession. Our heart is to encourage and provide a space for the next generation of interceders to find and build their desire for prayer.
We continue to pursue ongoing connections with YWAM Holmsted Manor, hosting the September DTS & Mission Adventures. Lucy Weichselbaum-Barlow taught a Bible overview on the DTS and Luke on the Bible Core Course.
In February we joined with a team of intercessors from YWAM Cévennes, visiting Kent, to pray about Huguenot roots in the area; this is part of our ongoing connection with Europe.
We also hosted a DTS outreach team from YWAM Ships, who joined us for 6 weeks of ministry and walking the Way of St Augustine pilgrimage, which we do annually.
As a team we attended the Western European DTS Workshop, as we are working towards our first DTS in 2025.
We continue to have other formal partnerships with Burn 24-7 Thanet, Tehilla Prayer House and Ramsgate Sailors Church. We also attended David’s Tent as a team, where we are serving & growing in worship through, hospitality & prophetic art ministry.
We anticipate two new YWAMers in the next year. Our ministry hub (office) will probably serve us for another year, but we are starting to plan for further expansion.
Aside from our formal YWAM Thanet ministry connections, we all attend and serve within a local church congregation. Beulah & Ashley both serve as Thanet Community Pastors.
## **Financial review**
Income for the year amounted to £242,417 (2022 - £202,471) and expenditure £200,036 (2022 - £178,198). The surplus was added to funds brought forward leaving an unrestricted fund balance of £155,239 at the year end.
## _**Going concern**_
After making appropriate enquiries, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.
## _**Policy on reserves**_
Our aim is to hold a reserve of £10,000. The Trustees consider that reserves at this level will ensure that in a time of crisis we will be able to fulfill our financial obligations with enough time to recover financially or reduce our monthly obligations.
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## **YOUTH WITH A MISSION HOLMSTED MINISTRIES**
## **TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED)**
## **Statement of Responsibilities**
The trustees are responsible for preparing the trustees' report and the financial statements in accordance with the United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice) and applicable law and regulations.
The law applicable to charities requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008, and the provisions of the constitution. The trustees 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 annual report was approved by the trustees of the charity on 8 January 2024 and signed on its behalf by:
......................................... Raphael Hartmann Trustee
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## **YOUTH WITH A MISSION HOLMSTED MINISTRIES**
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF YOUTH WITH A MISSION HOLMSTED MINISTRIES**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Youth With A Mission Holmsted Ministries for the year ended 31 August 2023.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees of Youth With A Mission Holmsted Ministries 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 Youth With A Mission Holmsted Ministries's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the 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 Youth With A Mission Holmsted Ministries 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 accounting 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.
...................................... G W Schulz ACMA Independent Examiners Ltd 2 Broadbridge Business Centre Delling Lane Bosham Chichester West Sussex PO18 8NF
8 January 2024
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## **YOUTH WITH A MISSION HOLMSTED MINISTRIES**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023**
|**Note**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
**Income and Endowments from:**
Donations and legacies
2
7,102
Charitable activities
3
225,223
Total income
232,325
**Expenditure on:**
Charitable activities
4
189,584
Total expenditure
189,584
Net
income/(expenditure)
42,741
Net movement in funds
42,741
**Reconciliation of funds**
Total funds brought
forward
112,498
Total funds carried
forward
8
155,239|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
317
9,775
10,092
10,452
10,452
(360)
(360)
1,304
944|**Total**
**2023**
**£**
7,419
234,998
242,417
200,036
200,036
42,381
42,381
113,802
156,183|**Total**
**2022**
**£**
9,203
193,267|
|---|---|---|---|
||||202,470|
||||178,198|
||||178,198|
||||24,272|
||||24,272
89,530|
||||113,802|
The notes on pages 10 to 15 form an integral part of these financial statements. Page 8
## **YOUTH WITH A MISSION HOLMSTED MINISTRIES**
## **BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 AUGUST 2023**
|**Note**
**Current assets**
Debtors
6
Cash at bank and in hand
**Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year**
7
**Net assets**
**Funds of the charity:**
**Restricted income funds**
Restricted funds
**Unrestricted income funds**
Unrestricted funds
**Total funds**
8|**2023**
**£**
26,390
137,019
163,409
(7,226)
156,183
944
155,239
156,183|**2022**
**£**
13,046
108,849|
|---|---|---|
|||121,895
(8,093)|
|||113,802|
|||1,304
112,498|
|||113,802|
The financial statements on pages 8 to 15 were approved by the trustees, and authorised for issue on 8 January 2024 and signed on their behalf by:
......................................... Raphael Hartmann Trustee
The notes on pages 10 to 15 form an integral part of these financial statements. Page 9
## **YOUTH WITH A MISSION HOLMSTED MINISTRIES**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023**
## **1 Accounting policies**
## **Statement of compliance**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the second edition of the Charities Statement of Recommended Practice issued in October 2019, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011.
## **Basis of preparation**
Youth With A Mission Holmsted Ministries meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. The accounts (financial statements) have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts.
## **Going concern**
The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
## **Income and endowments**
Voluntary income including donations, gifts, legacies and grants that provide core funding or are of a general nature is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the income, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured with sufficient reliability.
## _**Donations and legacies**_
Donations and legacies are recognised on a receivable basis when receipt is probable and the amount can be reliably measured.
## **Expenditure**
All expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to that expenditure, it is probable settlement is required and the amount can be measured reliably. All costs are allocated to the applicable expenditure heading that aggregate similar costs to that category.
## _**Charitable activities**_
Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities and services for its beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them.
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## **YOUTH WITH A MISSION HOLMSTED MINISTRIES**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023 (CONTINUED)**
## **Taxation**
The charity is considered to pass the tests set out in Paragraph 1 Schedule 6 of the Finance Act 2010 and therefore it meets the definition of a charitable company for UK corporation tax purposes. Accordingly, the charity is potentially exempt from taxation in respect of income or capital gains received within categories covered by Chapter 3 Part 11 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 or Section 256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992, to the extent that such income or gains are applied exclusively to charitable purposes.
## **Debtors**
Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.
## **Cash and cash equivalents**
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.
## **Liabilities**
Liabilities are recognised when there is an obligation at the Balance Sheet date as a result of a past event, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefit will be required in settlement, and the amount of the settlement can be estimated reliably.
Liabilities are recognised at the amount that the charity anticipates it will pay to settle the debt or the amount it has received as advanced payments for the goods or services it must provide.
## **Fund structure**
Unrestricted income funds are general funds that are available for use at the trustees discretion in furtherance of the objectives of the charity.
Restricted income funds are those donated for use in a particular area or for specific purposes, the use of which is restricted to that area or purpose.
## **2 Income from donations and legacies**
|Donations and legacies;
Donations|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**General**
**£**
7,102
7,102|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
317
317|**Total**
**2023**
**£**
7,419
7,419|**Total**
**2022**
**£**
9,203|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||9,203|
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## **YOUTH WITH A MISSION HOLMSTED MINISTRIES**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023 (CONTINUED)**
## **3 Income from charitable activities**
|Training income
Hospitality and facility hire
Ministries
Operational
Contribution to expenses
Reimbursement of
expenses
Other income
Sales|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**General**
**£**
82,088
23,484
4,657
4,314
63,034
21,903
25,021
722
225,223|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
-
-
9,775
-
-
-
-
-
9,775|**Total**
**2023**
**£**
82,088
23,484
14,432
4,314
63,034
21,903
25,021
722
234,998|**Total**
**2022**
**£**
64,823
12,540
3,797
4,634
68,837
16,521
21,490
625|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||193,267|
## **4 Expenditure on charitable activities**
|Building and ground
maintenance
Utilities
Training
Household and hospitality
Ministry and outreach
Vehicle costs
Operational
Equipment
Professional services
Insurance
Communication
Reimbursable expenses
Gifts given
Sundry
Independent examination|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**General**
**£**
11,123
59,519
25,376
27,875
2,861
10,636
2,882
3,216
6,301
11,357
2,213
21,869
1,292
2,104
960
189,584|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
458
-
-
-
9,730
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
264
-
-
10,452|**Total**
**2023**
**£**
11,581
59,519
25,376
27,875
12,591
10,636
2,882
3,216
6,301
11,357
2,213
21,869
1,556
2,104
960
200,036|**Total**
**2022**
**£**
11,975
50,277
25,501
28,703
3,450
7,050
3,092
5,401
6,435
9,306
2,076
16,335
4,075
3,562
960|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||178,198|
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## **YOUTH WITH A MISSION HOLMSTED MINISTRIES**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023 (CONTINUED)**
## **5 Trustees remuneration and expenses**
No trustees, nor any persons connected with them, have received any remuneration from the charity during the year.
The only payments made to the trustees, or any person connected with them, consisted of reimbursements of expenditure incurred on behalf of the charity in furthering the charity's objects.
## **6 Debtors**
|Trade debtors|**2023**
**£**
26,390|**2022**
**£**
13,046|
|---|---|---|
|**7 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
Trade creditors
Accruals|**2023**
**£**
5,306
1,920
7,226|**2022**
**£**
7,133
960|
|---|---|---|
|||8,093|
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## **YOUTH WITH A MISSION HOLMSTED MINISTRIES**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023 (CONTINUED)**
## **8 Funds**
||**Balance at**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**1**||||**Balance at**|
||**September**|**Incoming**|**Resources**||**31 August**|
||**2022**|**resources**||**expended**|**2023**|
||**£**|**£**||**£**|**£**|
|**Unrestricted funds**||||||
|**_General_**||||||
|General Funds|112,498|232,325||(189,584)|155,239|
|**Restricted funds**||||||
|Specific gifts|944|10,092||(10,452)|584|
|Lodgehouse|360|-||-|360|
||1,304|10,092||(10,452)|944|
|**Total funds**|113,802|242,417||(200,036)|156,183|
|**Restricted funds**||||||
|Specific gifts represent donations received for specific workers||||or ministries.||
|The Lodgehouse fund is for the purchase of the building.||||||
||**Balance at**|||||
||**1**||||**Balance at**|
||**September**|**Incoming**|**Resources**||**31 August**|
||**2021**|**resources**||**expended**|**2022**|
||**£**|**£**||**£**|**£**|
|**Unrestricted funds**||||||
|**_General_**||||||
|General Funds|87,871|197,576||(172,949)|112,498|
|**Restricted funds**||||||
|Specific gifts|1,299|4,894||(5,249)|944|
|Lodgehouse|360|-||-|360|
||1,659|4,894||(5,249)|1,304|
|**Total funds**|89,530|202,470||(178,198)|113,802|
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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023 (CONTINUED)**
## **9 Analysis of net assets between funds**
|**9 Analysis of net assets between funds**||||
|---|---|---|---|
|Current assets
Current liabilities
Total net assets
Current assets
Current liabilities
Total net assets|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**General**
**£**
162,465
(7,226)
155,239
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**General**
**£**
120,591
(8,092)
112,499|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
944
-
944
**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
1,304
-
1,304|**Total funds**
**at 31**
**August**
**2023**
**£**
163,409
(7,226)|
||||156,183|
||||**Total funds**
**at 31**
**August**
**2022**
**£**
121,895
(8,092)|
||||113,803|
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