Registered CIO number 1191968
Armed Forces Community Support Hub (Devon)
Report and Unaudited Accounts
30 September 2025
Armed Forces Community Support Hub (Devon) Report and accounts Contents
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| CIO information | 1 |
| Trustees' report | 2-3 |
| Independent Examiners' report | 4 |
| Statement of Financial Activities | 5 |
| Balance sheet | 6 |
| Notes to the accounts | 7-8 |
Armed Forces Community Support Hub (Devon) Charity Information
Trustees
S E Shadbolt MBE T Henderson (appointed December 2024) M Peat FRSA R Rochester
Reporting accountants
Morgan Accountants Limited Duke Court Bridge Street Kingsbridge Devon TQ7 1HX
Registered address
Armed Forces Community Support Hub (Devon) 6 Southernhay West Exeter Devon EX1 1JG
Registered CIO number
1191968
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Armed Forces Community Support Hub (Devon)
Annual report for the year to 30 September 2025
The trustees present their report and the financial statements of the CIO for the year ended 30 September 2025. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in the notes to the accounts and comply with the CIO's governing document and applicable law.
Constitution and objects
The CIO is constituted and operates under the provisions of a Scheme of the Charity Commissioners dated 23rd October 2020 (the 'Scheme') and is a registered CIO, No. 1191968.
The registered address is Armed Forces Community Support Hub (Devon), 6 Southernhay West, Exeter, Devon EX1 1JG.
In setting the objectives and planning the activities, the Trustees have given consideration to the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit.
In general, the objectives of the charity are to relieve veterans and their families who are in need by reason of their age, ill health or disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage, by the provision of specialist information, advise and support.
Trustees
The CIO's trustees during the year were:
S E Shadbolt MBE Chair T Henderson (appointed December 2024) M Peat FRSA R Rochester
Trustees are normally appointed following recommendation and agreement amongst the current Trustees.
Review of activities
The CIO activities are those of providing support veterans and achieving positive outcomes, including access to work and mental health support. It is also intended to offer an innovative special purpose intensive programme of person-centred, accessible, joined up and end-to-end provision of rehabilitation and family support for Military Veteran offenders.
Application of income
The CIO supports those military veterans struggling in transition back into civvy street also providing support veterans and achieving positive outcomes, including access to work and mental health support.
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Armed Forces Community Support Hub (Devon)
Annual report for the year to 30 September 2025
Donations and grants
Included in the grants and donations secured and received this year by the CIO are amounts totalling £22,950 from Invictus Games. Other grants and receipts during the year amounted to £1,000 These grants and donations are in order to cover the associated running and activity costs involved in trying to achieve the objectives of the CIO. At the year end there remained £84,303 in the unrestricted fund to continue to fund the objectives of the CIO.
Reserves policy
It is the policy of the CIO to maintain unrestricted funds to provide sufficient funds to cover management, administration and support costs and to respond to applications needs which may arise.
Risk management
The trustees have examined the operational risks which the charity faces and confirm that systems have been established to enable steps to be taken to lessen those risks.
S E Shadbolt MBE
Dated .........................
On behalf of the trustees.
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Armed Forces Community Support Hub (Devon) Independent Examiners Report
Independent examiners report on the unaudited accounts to the trustees of Armed Forces Community Support Hub (Devon)
We report on the accounts of the CIO for the year ended 30 September 2025 which are set out on the following pages.
Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner
As the CIO's trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts; you consider that the audit requirement of section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011(the 2011 Act) does not apply and that an independent examination is required.
It is our responsibility to:
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-examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
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-to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission
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under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and
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to state whether particular matters have come to our attention.
Basis of independent examiner's report
Our examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion as to whether the accounts present a "true and fair" view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
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 which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
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the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
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the accounts did 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.
D J Cotton FCA for and on behalf of Morgan Accountants Limited
Duke Court Bridge Street Kingsbridge Devon TQ7 1HX
Dated ….............
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Armed Forces Community Support Hub (Devon) Statement of financial activities for the year ended 30 September 2025
| Note Unrestricted Funds £ Donations, legacies and similar incoming resources Invictus Games funding 22,950 Other grants, donations and funding 1,000 23,950 Other income Sundry income - Fundraising activities and events 2,984 2,984 Total incoming resources 26,934 Resources expended Charitable expenditure Exeter PCC (Hall rent) - Fundraising - - Charitable Activities Wages and salaries (Note 2) 47,020 Employers National Insurance 4,163 Employers NI allowance (4,163) Employers pension costs 927 Motor and travel costs 3,071 Support services, consultancy and events 2,790 Governance and running costs Office hosting and rents 14,335 Leasing of equipment 1,911 Repairs and renewals 112 IT software and consumables 682 Printing, stationery and advertising 523 Telephone 1,087 Subscriptions and sundry expenses 1,475 Bank charges 531 Insurance 564 Accountancy and independent examiners fee 2,678 77,706 Total resources expended 77,706 Net incoming resources before transfers (50,772) Gross transfers between funds - Net incoming resources before revaluations and investment asset disposal (50,772) Unrealised gains on revaluations of investment assets - Net movement in funds (50,772) Total funds brought forward 1 October 2024 135,075 Total funds carried forward 30 September 2025 84,303 |
Restricted Funds £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Permanent Endowment Funds £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Total 2025 £ 22,950 1,000 23,950 - 2,984 2,984 26,934 - - - 47,020 4,163 (4,163) 927 3,071 2,790 14,335 1,911 112 682 523 1,087 1,475 531 564 2,678 77,706 77,706 (50,772) - (50,772) - (50,772) 135,075 84,303 |
Total 2024 £ 34,929 2,079 37,008 59 1,173 1,232 38,240 315 693 1,008 58,511 1,447 - 1,052 3,290 252 16,954 1,752 107 627 442 826 910 543 520 2,193 89,426 90,434 (52,194) - (52,194) - (52,194) 187,269 135,075 |
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Armed Forces Community Support Hub (Devon) Balance Sheet as at 30 September 2025
| Notes Current assets Other debtors Cash at bank and in hand 3 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 4 Net current assets Net assets Funds 5 Unrestricted Accumulated fund |
Unrestricted Funds £ - 85,743 (1,440) 84,303 84,303 84,303 84,303 |
Restricted Funds £ - - - - - - - |
Permanent Endowment Fund £ - - - - - - - |
Total 2025 £ - 85,743 (1,440) 84,303 84,303 84,303 84,303 |
Total 2024 £ - 136,513 (1,438) 135,075 135,075 135,075 135,075 |
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The trustees are satisfied that the company is entitled to exemption from the requirement to obtain an audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006.
The Members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Act.
The Trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
The accounts were approved by the Board of Trustees on ……………….. and signed on it's behalf by:
S E Shadbolt MBE M Peat FRSA Chair Trustee Dated …............ Dated …............
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Armed Forces Community Support Hub (Devon) Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 30 September 2025
1 Accounting policies
Accounting convention
The accounts 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. The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011.
Incoming resources
Donations, grants and other income are all included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) in the year in which they are receivable.
Resources expended
All expenditure is included on an accrual basis. All costs have been attributed to one of the categories of resources expended in the SOFA. Expenditure includes any VAT, which cannot be recovered, and is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates. Office and IT equipment are included on the SOFA at cost in the year of purchase.
Grants and donations payable are charged in the year when they become payable.
Fund accounting
Details and the nature and purpose of each fund is set out in notes to the accounts.
2 Staff costs
No wages were paid to the charity's trustees during the year.
The total wages paid in the year was £47020. The average number of employees during the year was 3.
| 3 Cash at bank and in hand Natwest Account 4 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year Other creditors and accruals |
2025 £ 85,743 85,743 2025 £ 1,440 |
2024 £ 136,513 136,513 2024 £ 1,438 |
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Armed Forces Community Support Hub (Devon) Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 30 September 2025
5 Funds
Unrestricted funds comprise those funds which the trustees are free to use in accordance with the charitable objects.
Restricted Funds are funds which have been received in regard to specific projects or activities.
6 Outline summary of funds movements
| Fund balance brought forward Income Expenditure Transfers between funds Resources expended transferred from unrestricted fund Fund balance carried forward |
Unrestricted Funds 135,075 26,934 (77,706) - 84,303 |
Restricted Funds - - - - - |
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7 Related parties
The Trustees received no remuneration or expenses during the year.
8 Controlling party
The CIO is controlled by the Trustees shown on the Trustees report.
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