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Intro
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Statistics
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Disadvantaged Backgrounds
World Impact
Charities Supported
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2023 Stats
Stats ata glance
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|Trustees'report||1-5|
|Statement oftrustees'|responsibilities||
|Independent<br>auditor's|report|7-10|
|Statement offinancial|activities||
|Balance sheet||12|
|Statement ofcash flows||13|
|Notes to the financial|statements|14-21|





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||||funds|funds||funds|
||||2023|2023|2023|2022|
|||Notes|6|6|6|6|
|Ittcomeftom:|||||||
|Donations and legacies||2|14,955,916|3,335,036|18,290,952|1,515,000|
|Investments||3|175,074||175,074|241|
|Total income|||15,130,990|3,335,036|18,466,026|1,515,241|
|Kgpennli31irkyn:|||||||
|Charitable<br>activities||4|1,191,539||1,191,539|642,531|
|Net income for the year/|||||||
|Net movement|in funds||13,939,451|3,335,036|17,274,487|872,710|
|Fund balances at 1July 2022|||872,710||872,710||
|Fund balances|at30June 2023||14,812,161|3,335,036|18,147,197|872,710|





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|Fixed assets||||||||
|Investments|||10|7,524,657||||
|Current assets||||||||
|Debtors||||883,874||||
|Cash at bank|and in|hand||9,748,921|882,250|||
|||||10,632,795|882,250|||
|Creditors: amounts||falling due within||||||
|one year|||12|(10,255)|(9,540)|||
|Net current|assets|||10,622,540|||872,710|
|Total assets|less current liabilities|||18,147,197|||872,710|
|Income funds||||||||
|Restricted funds|||13|3,335,036||||
|Unrestricted|funds|||14,812,161|||872,710|
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||Notes|6||6||
|Cash flows from operating activities||||||
|Cash generated<br>from operations|16||2,091,597||882,009|
|Investing activities||||||
|Proceeds from disposal of investments||6,600,000||||
|Investment<br>income received||'I75,074||241||
|Net cash generated<br>from investing||||||
|activities|||6,775,074||241|
|Net cash used in financing activities||||||
|Net increase in cash and cash equivalents|||8,866,671||882,250|
|Cash and cash equivalents<br>at beginning ofyear|||882,250|||
|Cash and cash equivalents<br>at end ofyear|||9,748,921||882,250|





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|Donations|and|gifts|14,955,916|3,335,036|18,290,952|1,515,000|



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|||Unrestricted<br>Unrestricted|Unrestricted<br>Unrestricted|
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|||funds|funds|
|||2023|2022|
|||f.|6|
|Interest receivable||175,074|241|
|Charitable activities||||
|||Charitable|Charitable|
|||activities|activities|
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||||f.|
|Website costs||10,178|9,292|
|Grant funding ofactivities (see note 5)||1,150,241|601,287|
|Share ofsupport costs (see note 6)||20,865|22,412|
|Share ofgovernance|costs (see note 6)|10,255|9,540|
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|Grants to|institutions|(75grants):|||||
|Charities,|CICs, Educational||Establisments|&Clos|1,150,241|601,287|



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|||Support|Governance|2023|Support|Governance|2022|
|||costs|costs||Cos'ts|Costs||
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|Staff costs||10,601||10,601||||
|Administration|costs|4,626||4,626|1,706||1,706|
|Legal &professional||||||||
|fees||4,703||4,703|20,706||20,706|
|Investment||||||||
|management|fees|935||935||||
|Audit fees|||10,255|10,255||9,540|9,540|
|||20,865|10,255|31,120|22,412|9,540|31,952|
|Analysed<br>between||||||||
|Charitable<br>activities||20,865|10,255|31,120|22,412|9,540|31,952|



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|8|Employees|||(Continued)|
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||Employment|costs|2023|2022|
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||Wages and salaries||9,800||
||Social security|costs|301||
||Other pension|costs|500||
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||investments|
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|Cost or valuation||
|At 1 July 2022||
|Additions|14,124,657|
|Disposals|(6,600,000)|
|At 30June 2023|7,524,657|
|Carrying amount||
|At 30June 2023|7,524,657|
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|||||2023|2022|
||Amounts<br>falling due||within one year:|6|6|
||Prepayments|and accrued income||883,874||
|12|Creditors: amounts||falling due within one year|||
|||||2023|2022|
|||||6|6|
||Accruals and|deferred|income|10,255|9,540|



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|in funds||in funds||
|incoming|aalance at|Incoming|aalance at|
|resources|1July 2022|resources|seJune 2023|
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||||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Unrestricted|
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||||funds|funds||funds|
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|Fund balances at 30June 2023are|||||||
|represented||by:|||||
|Investments|||7,524,657||7,524,657||
|Current|assets/(liabilities)||7,287,504|3,335,036|10,622,540|872,710|
||||14,812,161|3,335,036|18,147,197|872,710|





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||There were no disclosable|related party transactions|related party transactions|related party transactions|during the year (2022- none).|during the year (2022- none).|during the year (2022- none).||
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|16|Cash generated<br>from operations||||||2023|2022|
||||||||8|8|
||Surplus forthe year||||||17,274,487|872,710|
||Adjustments<br>for:||||||||
||Investment<br>income recognised||in statement|offinancial||activities|(175,074)|(241)|
||Gift ofshares - non cash||||||(14,124,657)||
||Movements<br>in working capital:||||||||
||(Increase) in debtors||||||(883,874)||
||Increase<br>in creditors||||||715|9,540|
||Cash generated<br>from operations||||||2,091,597|882,009|



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