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2022-03-31-accounts

Charity number: 1187188

Expert Link

Report of the Trustees and Unaudited Financial Statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

Expert Link Contents Page For the year ended 31 March 2022

Report of the Trustees 1 to 8
Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees 9
Statement of Financial Activities 10
Statement of Financial Position 11
Notes to the Financial Statements 12 to 18

Expert Link Report of the Trustees

For the year ended 31 March 2022

The Trustees have pleasure in presenting their report and the financial statements for 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 the Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

The Objects of the CIO are, for the public benefit, to relieve poverty, sickness and need amongst people suffering severe and multiple disadvantage including but not limited to homelessness, substance and alcohol misuse, mental illness, people affected by the criminal justice system, and victims of abuse and domestic violence, through the provision of education, training, advocacy and other forms of support.

Expert Link is a peer-led organisation that champions the voices of people with lived experience of multiple disadvantages (including homelessness, mental health issues, substance misuse, offending and domestic violence and abuse).

We aspire to a world where people with lived experience of multiple disadvantages are treated as equal partners in decisions made about our lives. To reach this vision, we influence national policies and equip local policy-makers, service providers and individuals with lived experience, to work together to design policies and services that are driven by the voices of people with lived experience.

We encourage genuine collaboration between policy-makers, service providers and people with lived experience of multiple disadvantages. We believe that co-production process should be guided by principles of collective power, equitable decision-making and by a strengths-based approach.

All the work that we undertake is driven by our purpose to inspire, support and champion co-production, with the voices of people with lived experience at our heart and guide by our values; belief in humanity and the potential of all people and when we come from a place of honesty, we can create the change that we want to see and bring hope into our world.

Network

The growth of our organisation provided us with the resources to recruit a Network and Communications Manager in September 2021 to improve and increase the opportunities for people with lived experience to engage in our work, and amplify their voices in national and local policy decision making.

The Network and Communications Manager developed a communications strategy, One Voice, One Channel, that identified our four key stakeholder groups:

The strategy details four communication goals and how to meet them so that we can engage successfully with our broad audience and deliver our organisational purpose to 'inspire, support and promote co-production'. They are:

We started to implement the strategy in December 2022. Initial results have been positive and we will continue to review the strategy over the next 12 months.

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Influencing

Expert Link have continued to actively seek opportunities to amplify the voices of those with lived experience of severe and multiple disadvantage in order that they may influence local and national policy and decision making.

With and on behalf of the network, we have responded to a number of enquires and calls for evidence including:

Expert Link recruited, trained and facilitated an 'Experts by Experience' group to support MHCLG rough sleeping policy development. This group engaged with senior members of the department along with the Minister for Homelessness and Rough Sleeping.

We have continued to influence change in the welfare system with the primary objective of improving the process of claiming benefits for people experiencing multiple disadvantage (including homelessness, mental health issues, substance misuse, offending and domestic violence and abuse), in particular those who are not currently engaged with local Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) agencies.

In February 2021, Homeless Link & Expert Link were commissioned by Housing and Public Health leads from The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea council (RBKC) to carry out research into housing needs in the borough. Expert Link trained a group of peer researchers who also interviewed residents. The final report, submitted to RBKC in September 202, included 13 recommendations one of which was “Co-produce with disabled people to improve access to suitable housing”.

Expert Link supported the Crisis campaign “ Ending Homelessness for EEA Nationals living in the UK ”. We did this by supporting the recruitment and development of a national Lived experience group and by facilitating their meetings whilst they worked with the Crisis policy and campaigning staff to develop the campaign.

In December 2021 Expert Link partnered with Westminster City Council and others as part of the Changing Futures Programme. The programme is funded by the DLUCH and National Lottery to improve outcomes for people experiencing multiple disadvantage - homelessness, offending, mental health needs, substance misuse, domestic abuse. Expert Link will be supporting the development of lived experience groups within the programme. The learnings from the programme will influence both local and national policy and ways of working.

Expert Link secured funding from Trust for London to support homelessness Day Centres across London to develop their ways of working so that people accessing the services are treated as equal partners in strategic decisions within them. Those accessing services will also be empowered to collectively influence key Government policies affecting rough sleepers in London.

The trustees have considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit, including the guidance 'public benefit: running a charity (PB2)'.

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ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

Building a GB Network of People with Lived Experience of Gambling Harms

In February 2021, Expert Link, commissioned by GambleAware, started to design and create a GB-wide network of people with lived experience of gambling harms, to be delivered through consultation with people with lived experience. In March 2021 we brought together a group of 12 motivated people with lived experience of gambling harm to form the National Expert Advisory Panel (NEAP), to direct and steer the project. Over the course of the 2021/22 financial year, with support and training from Expert Link the NEAP set about developing the network.

Research

The NEAP were supported to develop and disseminate a survey to the gambling community. The survey was conducted primarily to understand what people with lived experience of gambling harms would want from a network and to engage discussion within the Panel around a clear focused output.

Respondents indicated that they would want a network to support people with lived experience of gambling harms, prevent people from experiencing gambling harms and to influence change to the gambling sector.

Group Development

Expert Link facilitated a series of on-line meetings and training sessions for NEAP members. The purpose of the meetings was to encourage group work between panel members and develop working relationships, to support people identify their skills and talents, develop a roadmap and schedule of future meetings, allocate budget for the different aspects of work e.g. Governance, communications, training, develop a Terms of Reference for the Panel, with detail of how we will together operate a safe space and develop draft purpose and values for the network (with input from the research), so that future direction and activities align and potential discussions and disputes can be resolved.

Through these discussions, the NEAP chose to name the network the Gambling Lived Experience Network, GLEN. Their ambition is for the network to be able to make a real difference to people's lives, with a voice that can meaningfully participate and influence national debate and policy making across the gambling sector.

“GLEN is our opportunity to drive the agenda, to make lived experience at the forefront of development and implementation of the reduction of gambling harms on society”

Their purpose to be “An independent voice raising awareness and support for people with gambling related harms” whose values are “Through honesty and integrity we bring hope without judgement”

Communications

Expert Link hosted an in-person event for the NEAP members to develop an external communications strategy that they could put in place as the network developed. The strategy was completed in January 2022.

The Communications Strategy identifies the GLEN audiences, including stakeholders, who are key ambassadors in meeting their purpose. The strategy sets out four communication goals to support meeting their purpose:

Governance

The NEAP underwent a series of training and workshops focused on governance. It was important for the panel to decide which governance structures they would use to govern themselves and the wider network. In order to make an informed decision, understanding how different governance structures work, the benefits of each and the longer term implications for each was critical.

Based on the above training and further discussions the panel settled on becoming a Charitable Incorporated Organisation or CIO with the option of a membership - but with that membership initially limited to the Trustees themselves.

The decision was made in the March 2022, but now it has been made Expert Link are in a position to appoint solicitors to develop a constitution and application to the Charities Commission.

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Funding

During the development of their Governance, in particular around power influence and responsibility, the Panel discussed various possible stakeholders and with that potential forms of funding.

Although at the moment the panel does not have any clear funding strategy for GLEN, there is an awareness around funding and ideas on how they might develop the income streams. Expert Link have started to plan an in person funding event early in the new financial year.

'Experts by Experience' group to support MHCLG rough sleeping policy development.

Although not one of our larger pieces of work, developing and facilitating an Expert by Experience group to support MHCLG, was probably one of the most influential pieces that we have under taken to date.

We were commissioned to bring together a panel of up to 10 people with recent lived experience of rough sleeping and homelessness to join a series of meetings with senior policy makers at MHCLG and to meet the Minister for Rough Sleeping and Housing, Eddie Hughes MP.

We drew the panel from around the country with an aim to be as inclusive and diverse as possible. Each of the panel members went through an application process that included an interview. They then participated in a series of online training events in preparation to meet with MHCLG officials and the Minister.

The panel then attended a series of meeting with MHCLG officials to discuss a number of topics. These included what support had worked well for them over the last 18 months and what support hadn't? Their aspirations for 6 months time and the challenges with adopting online systems for benefits, system navigation, and proof of documentation needed for jobs.

The panels final policy meeting was attended by the Minister. In the meeting they discussed the importance of Early Years Interventions, difficulties of engaging with support when experiencing mental health difficulties and the need for mental health interventions similar to physical health interventions.

They then went on to discuss the need for a housing-led, holistic approach to ending homelessness which does not prioritise work. Finally they shared with the Minister what had worked about 'Everybody In' which was the collaboration and that agencies and people with lived experience had worked together.

After final de-briefs and feedback and ensuring all panellists left the project in a better place than when they arrived, they each received a personalised letter of thanks from the Minister.

It is our understanding that the information shared by the panellists helped to inform and support the Departments negotiations in the Governments annual spending review.

Well done Andreea, Andrew, Anthony, Charlotte, Jason, Paul, Roy, Terry and Valentin.

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Co-production in London Day Centres

Thanks to the generosity of Trust for London, Expert Link has started working with five day centres across London. The funding is for homelessness Day Centres across London to develop their ways of working so that people accessing the services are treated as equal partners in strategic decisions within them. Those accessing services will also be empowered to collectively influence key Government policies affecting rough sleepers in London.

Individual people experiencing homelessness or rough sleeping and involved with the project will receive opportunities to gain skills to influence decisions within services and national Government. As a consequence of this work, a wider cohort of people experiencing homelessness or rough sleeping will benefit through improvements to service delivery where decisions are made that affect them. This includes decisions:

This absence of voice leads to a sense of disempowerment for individuals, support that is not tailored to individual need, and political decisions made that are not congruent with all the relevant evidence and wisdom.

Although there is a will to change this, Day Centres face a number of barriers to effectively doing so. These include limited access to evidence of how to change practices (particularly given the transient nature of the population the service is supporting), and the absence of safe spaces for on-going learning.

Each Day Centre will receive training tailored to the specific needs of the organisation and the individuals within it, and have access to guidance, information and resources to support their work. Collectively, people experiencing homelessness and relevant staff will also become part of a peer-support network of people who have been a part of Day Centres across Greater London, with bi-monthly online meetings, an online platform and a programme of work to support national Government influencing.

To date Expert Link have recruited 4 of the day centres, The Passage, The 999 Club, NewWay and Restart. Together they have been planning and mapping out how the programme will fit into their work over the next 2 years, with the training beginning in the next financial year.

Influencing change in the welfare system

Expert Link secured grant funding from the Lloyds Bank Foundation as part of their Influencing Change in the Welfare System programme.

The primary objective of this work is to improve the process of claiming benefits for people experiencing multiple disadvantage (including homelessness, mental health issues, substance misuse, offending and domestic violence and abuse), in particular those who are not currently engaged with local Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) agencies.

Through meeting this objective we aim to increase the number of people experiencing multiple disadvantages who have live benefit claims and thus a potentially stable base to support other areas of their lives. Secondary to this, the work is likely to facilitate improvements to the support offered to claimants, including that by Work Coaches and others in support agencies.

To date we have recruited and trained a group of people with lived experience of multiple disadvantages and the benefit system to form the Welfare Change Lived Experience Group, who meet regularly to discuss related issues and progress of the project. This allows a mechanism to collect evidence of change needed and a forum that decision makers can utilise to understand the practicalities of any policy change.

We are very proud of the establishment of an effective group, that regularly meet. We are particularly proud that group is diverse. The group meet regularly, and have been skilled to produce a large amount of outputs. We have utilised vlogs as a good way of getting peoples voices public. The group have also made some clear, practical recommendations for change and have these well-articulated for use with decision makers.

A further success has been hosting a group meeting with DWP policy leads in 'Disability and Housing Support' to discuss advocates. This gave people with lived experience of multiple disadvantage a direct voice with policy makers who are leading on the forthcoming Advocate programme. We are proud that we pivoted towards concentrating more of our efforts on advocates after the Health and Disability Green paper showed that this was an area of policy interest to the DWP. A number of our suggestions go against what has initially been proposed, and we have also provided some important detail relating to how advocates could work with people experiencing multiple disadvantages, so we are hopeful we can track a direct link from the group's efforts to what a final advocate programme may look like.

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The group wrote to (now former) Minister for Welfare Reform Will Quince to outlining our request for changes to benefit claims. We received a response, which led to a meeting with the DWP policy leads from 'Poverty, Families & Disadvantage (homelessness, ex-offenders) Directorate.'

We have also hosted a group meeting with DWP policy leads in 'Disability and Housing Support' to discuss advocates. It is likely that DWP will pilot an advocate programme before next Spring, and we are working to play a part in these pilots. We are also hopeful that our recommendations discussed in the meeting will inform the pilots and the forthcoming White Paper.

FINANCIAL REVIEW

The income for the year was £155,598 (2021: £146,011) and expenditure was £145,369 (2021: £40,256). The balance sheet shows total funds of £115,984 split between restricted funds of £19,422 and unrestricted funds of £96,562. Restricted funds of £19,422 comprise unspent balances on grants subject to grant conditions. Full details of these restricted funds can be found in note 11 to the financial statements.

The trustees propose to build and maintain the organisations/charity's reserves at a level which is at least equivalent to three/six months' operational expenditure and are doing so having regards to its manner of operation of likely funding streams. The trustees review the amount of reserves that are required to ensure that they are adequate to fulfil the charity's continuing obligations on a quarterly basis at their finance meeting.

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STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Governing document

The recruitment and development of trustees.

Expert Link are proud that the majority of its trustees have direct experience of severe and multiple disadvantage including but not limited to homelessness, substance and alcohol misuse, mental illness, people affected by the criminal justice system, and victims of abuse and domestic violence.

Along with the formation of the board of trustees, two sub-committees were formed. Membership of the sub-committees is drawn from the trustees. The subcommittees are

Learning and Development Committee (LaD)

Purpose

Finance and Governance Committee (FaG)

Purpose

Expert Link has a long standing relationship with Practical Governance who have supported the development of Expert Link from a small project to the now charity. Practical Governance continue to support the development of the organisation.

Policies and policy development

With support from Practical Governance, Expert Link have developed a comprehensive set of policies. That include

The policies are constantly monitored as the organisation develops and are subject to a review on a biennial basis. Monitoring and reviews ensure that our policies stay both relevant and accessible

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Name of Charity Expert Link Charity registration number 1187188 Principal address 2nd Floor Minories House

2-5 The Minories

London, EC3N 1BJ

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Trustees

The trustees and officers serving during the year and since the year end were as follows:

Peter James Smith (Chair) Lee Dale Ryan Snape Paul Anderson Marnie Burden Joseph Paul Doran Kim Kaur Nicola Plumb Steven Mark Neville

Independent examiner

Amanda Hall Counterculture Partnership LLP Unit 115, Ducie House Ducie Street Manchester M1 2JW

Approved by the Board of Trustees and signed on its behalf by

Peter James Smith (Chair) 15 January 2023

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Expert Link

Independent Examiners Report to the Trustees For the year ended 31 March 2022

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2022.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act').

I report in respect of my examination of the charity'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 examiners statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no 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 Charity as required by section 130 of the 2011 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.

Amanda Hall Counterculture Partnership LLP Unit 115, Ducie House Ducie Street Manchester M1 2JW

15 January 2023

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Expert Link Statement of Financial Activities For the year ended 31 March 2022

Notes
Income and endowments from:
Donations and legacies
2
Charitable activities
3
Total
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities
4/5
Total
Net income/expenditure
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward		 Unrestricted
funds
£
51,000
35,170
86,170
(34,989)
(34,989)
51,181
45,381
96,562		 Restricted
funds
£
69,428
-
69,428
(110,380)
(110,380)
(13,695)
60,374
19,422		 2022
£
120,428
35,170
155,598
(145,369)
(145,369)
10,229
105,755
115,984		 2021
£
90,905
55,106
146,011
(40,256)
(40,256)
105,755
-
105,755

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Expert Link Statement of Financial Position As at 31 March 2022

Notes
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
10
Current assets
11
Debtors
Cash at bank and in hand
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
12
Net current assets
Total assets less current liabilities
Net assets
The funds of the charity
Restricted income funds
13
Unrestricted income funds
13
Total funds		 £
2022
2,597
2,597
24,770
92,975
117,745
(4,358)
113,387
115,984
115,984
19,422
96,562
115,984		 £
2021
-
-
4,575
104,841
109,416
(3,661)
105,755
105,755
105,755
60,374
45,381
105,755

The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Board and signed on its behalf by:

Peter James Smith (Chair) 15 January 2023

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Expert Link Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ended 31 March 2022

1. Accounting Policies

Basis of accounting

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, except for investments which are included at market value and the revaluation of certain fixed assets and 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 (FRS 102), and the Charities Act 2011.

Expert Link meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note(s).

Going concern

The financial statements are prepared, on a going concern basis, under the historical cost convention.

Funds

The charity maintains a general unrestricted fund which represents funds which are expendable at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the objects of the charity. Such funds may be held in order to finance both working capital and capital investment.

Designated funds comprise of unrestricted funds that have been set aside by the Trustees for particular purposes.

Restricted funds have been provided to the charity for particular purposes, and it is the policy of the board of trustees to carefully monitor the application of those funds in accordance with the restrictions placed upon them.

There is no formal policy of transfer between funds or on the allocation of funds to designated funds, other than that described above

Incoming resources

All incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when the Charity is entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy.

Resources expended

Liabilities are recognised as resources expended when there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the Charity to the expenditure

Taxation

As a registered charity, the company is exempt from income and corporation tax to the extent that its income and gains are applicable to charitable purposes only. Value Added Tax is not recoverable by the company, and is therefore included in the relevant costs in the Statement of Financial Activities.

Irrecoverable VAT

Irrecoverable VAT is included in the Statement of Financial Activities, and is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates.

2. Income from donations and legacies

Grants received Unrestricted
funds
£
51,000
51,000		 Restricted
funds
£
69,428
69,428		 2022
£
120,428
120,428		 2021
£
90,905
90,905

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3. Income from charitable activities

Unrestricted funds
Charitable activities
Income from charitable activities		 2022
£
35,170
35,170
35,170		 2021
£
55,106
55,106
55,106

4. Costs of charitable activities by fund type

Charitable activities
Support costs
osts of charitable activities by activity type
Support costs
Charitable activities
nalysis of support costs
Charitable activities
Management
Finance
IT
Insurance
Repairs and maintenance
Bookkeeping
Governance costs		 Unrestricted
funds
£
22,051
12,938
62,246
Activities
undertaken
directly
£
129,842		 Restricted
funds
£
107,791
2,589
110,380
Support costs
£
15,527		 2022
£
129,842
15,527
145,369
2022
£
145,369
2022
£
2,309
24
7,965
212
-
4,117
900
15,527		 2021
£
35,202
5,054
40,256
2021
£
40,256
2021
£
2,201
174
659
208
33
879
900
5,054

5. Costs of charitable activities by activity type

6. Analysis of support costs

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7. Net income/(expenditure) for the year

This is stated after charging/(crediting):

2022 2021
£ £
Depreciation of owned fixed assets 649 -
Auditor's fees 900 900
Staff pension contributions 3,839 1,311

8. Staff costs and emoluments

Total staff costs for the year ended 31 March 2022 were:

Salaries and wages
Social security costs
Pension costs		 2022
£
99,590
7,342
3,839
110,771		 2021
£
31,970
3,402
1,311
36,683

9. Comparative for the Statement of Financial Activities

Income and endowments from:
Donations and legacies
Charitable activities
Total
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities
Total
Net income
Total funds carried forward		 Unrestricted
funds
£
-
55,106
55,106
(9,725)
(9,725)
45,381
45,381		 Restricted
funds
£
90,905
-
90,905
(30,531)
(30,531)
60,374
60,374		 2021
£
90,905
55,106
146,011
(40,256)
(40,256)
105,755
105,755

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Expert Link Notes to the Financial Statements Continued For the year ended 31 March 2022

10. Tangible fixed assets

Cost or valuation
Additions
At 31 March 2022
Depreciation
Charge for year
At 31 March 2022
Net book values
At 31 March 2022		 Computer
equipment
£
3,246
3,246
649
649
2,597

11. Debtors

Amounts due within one year:
Trade debtors
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Trade creditors
Other creditors
Accruals and deferred income		 2022
£
24,770
24,770
2022
£
3,650
(192)
900
4,358		 2021
£
4,575
4,575
2021
£
975
1,786
900
3,661

12. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

13. Movement in funds

Unrestricted Funds

General
General		 Balance at
01/04/2021
£
45,381
45,381		 Incoming
resources
£
86,170
86,170		 Outgoing
resources
£
(34,989)
(34,989)		 Balance at
31/03/2022
£
96,562
96,562

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Expert Link Notes to the Financial Statements Continued For the year ended 31 March 2022

Unrestricted Funds - Previous year

General
General		 Balance at
01/04/2020
£
-
-		 Incoming
resources
£
55,106
55,106		 Outgoing
resources
£
(9,725)
(9,725)		 Balance at
31/03/2021
£
45,381
45,381

Purpose of unrestricted Funds

General

Delivery of services

Restricted Funds

Gamble Aware
Lankelly Chase
Trust for London
Welfare Influencing
Programme		 Balance at
01/04/2021
£
19,358
27,257
-
13,759
60,374		 Incoming
resources
£
48,988
-
9,500
10,940
69,428		 Outgoing
resources
£
(56,935)
(27,257)
(6,413)
(19,775)
(110,380)		 Balance at
31/03/2022
£
11,411
-
3,087
4,924
19,422

Restricted Funds - Previous year

Gamble Aware
Lankelly Chase
Welfare Influencing
Programme		 Balance at
01/04/2020
£
-
-
-
-		 Incoming
resources
£
24,494
50,001
16,410
90,905		 Outgoing
resources
£
(5,136)
(22,744)
(2,651)
(30,531)		 Balance at
31/03/2021
£
19,358
27,257
13,759
60,374

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Expert Link Notes to the Financial Statements Continued

For the year ended 31 March 2022

Purpose of restricted funds

Gamble Aware

Lankelly Chase

Trust for London

For homelessness Day Centres across London to develop their ways of working so that people accessing the services are treated as equal partners in strategic decisions within them.

Welfare Influencing Programme

Improve the process of claiming benefits for people experiencing multiple disadvantage, in particular those who are not currently engaged with the local DWP

14. Analysis of net assets between funds

Unrestricted funds
General
General
Restricted funds
Gamble Aware
Trust for London
Welfare Influencing
Programme		 Tangible
fixed assets
Net current
assets /
(liabilities)
Net Assets
£
£
£
2,597
93,965
96,562
-
11,411
11,411
-
3,087
3,087
-
4,924
4,924
2,597
113,387
115,984

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Expert Link Notes to the Financial Statements Continued For the year ended 31 March 2022

Previous year
Unrestricted funds
General
General
Restricted funds
Gamble Aware
Lankelly Chase
Trust for London
Welfare Influencing
Programme		 Tangible
fixed assets
Net current
assets /
(liabilities)
Net Assets
£
£
£
-
15,571
15,571
-
24,494
24,494
-
50,000
50,000
-
(270)
(270)
-
15,960
15,960
-
105,755
105,755

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