**REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1195487**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND**
**UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2023**
## **FOR**
## **THE HEALTHY LIVING PLATFORM**
Berringers LLP Chartered Accountants Lygon House 50 London Road Bromley Kent BR1 3RA
**THE HEALTHY LIVING PLATFORM**
**CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 30 September 2023**
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|**Report of the trustees**|1 to 11|
|**Independent examiner's report**|12|
|**Statement of financial activities**|13|
|**Balance sheet**|14 to 15|
|**Cash flow statement**|16|
|**Notes to the cash flow statement**|17|
|**Notes to the financial statements**|18 to 24|
|**Detailed statement of financial activities**|25|
## **THE HEALTHY LIVING PLATFORM**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES for the year ended 30 September 2023**
The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 30 September 2023. 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 Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).
## **Chief Executive Reflection**
I feel a mixture of pride, excitement and concern when I look back over the past year. Pride, at the amazing people working our team and especially at their unfaltering commitment to help people lead healthier and more sustainable lives.Our 200 volunteers gave back to their community 13,050 hours of support. Excitement regarding the transformation of the organisation from one that supported the local community to deal with the very real immediate needs of the COVID-19 pandemic, to one that is working on delivering long term change within communities. And concern that our emergency food provision service has almost doubled in size, reflecting the dire economic circumstances that many people in Lambeth find themselves.
We would not be making such an impact, if it was not for 3 key things. Firstly, the confidence our external stakeholders and funders have in what we do. Their support demonstrates that they believe we are best placed to deliver food and food-based initiatives at a hyper local level. Secondly, our approach of co-creation when working with communities which enables us to build trust and shape projects and activities to meet the needs of the locality and environment. And finally, through our volunteering and training programmes enabling people to learn new skills, gain qualifications and build resilience both at an individual and community level.
This report will cover in detail the achievements of the year across our 5 main activities: The Food Distribution Hub, Pantries, our partnership with LEAP (Lambeth Early Action Partnership), Food Ambassadors training and the Community Kitchen.
Looking forward to next year, Healthy Living Platform will face some different challenges. Our work with LEAP concludes in March 2024 and we are working with them on the formation of the First 5 Lambeth Consortium.The Community Kitchen is still proving difficult to reach a sustainable level of income and this will need to be addressed.
As the demand for food continues to grow, we will have installed an additional fridge and freezer space by November 2023, to help with storage. We just hope our surplus food suppliers can keep meeting our needs.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Board, the Team, our external stakeholders, volunteers, employees and communities for all their support, good will and patience over the past 18 months.
I have learnt a lot, laughed a lot and cried a little - but I have always been immensely proud to be part of the Healthy Living Platform family and wish it every success in the future.
Kate Bull CEO
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## **THE HEALTHY LIVING PLATFORM**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES**
## **for the year ended 30 September 2023**
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
## **Objectives and aims**
At Healthy Living Platform we make it easier for local communities to lead healthier and more sustainable lives. Our focus is on connecting people through food across neighbourhoods.
We do this by:
- Creating proactive partnerships centred around food
- We work collaboratively and respectfully
- Flexible and responsive to need
- Developing and delivering community food-based activities that promote the physical and mental health benefits of eating nutritious food
- Engage directly with people and communities
- We are focussed on delivering the best outcomes for the communities and people we interact with.
- We seek understand and help resolve the barriers a community may have to accessing healthy food.
- Campaigning for better access to fresh food for the communities we serve.
- Developing narratives that give a voice to people's lived experiences
- Recognising the personal and human
- Using our expertise and knowledge to influence food policy
- Providing insights and data
- Operating at a grass roots, micro level
- Developing models that can be replicated across a multiple locations and communities
- Providing pragmatic and easy ways for corporates, charities, communities and individuals to reduce waste and use food in more sustainable and economical ways.
- Meeting our ambitions by keeping it real and relevant on a hyper local level.
Our Values
- Compassionate
- Non judgemental
- Open
- Innovative
- Energetic
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## **THE HEALTHY LIVING PLATFORM**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES for the year ended 30 September 2023**
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES Significant activities**
||**Q1 Oct - Dec**|**Q2 Jan - Mar**|**Q3 Apr - Jun**|**Q3 Apr - Jun**|**Q4 Jul - Sep**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**(kg)**|**(kg)**|**(kg)**||**(kg)**|**Annual TOTALS**|
|All Food IN|49,499|59,492|55,085||74,057|**238,133**|
|All Food OUT|54,463|59,164|62,318||75,166|**251,111**|
|Surplus Donated|40,016|44,094|45,022||64,612|**225,674**|
|Household Fund|7,715|15,389|10,063||23,103|**56,270**|
||**Q1 Oct - Dec**|**Q2 Jan - Mar**|**Q3 Apr - Jun**||**Q4 Jul - Sep**||
||**(kg)**|**(kg)**|**(kg)**||**(kg)**|**Avg/Quarter**|
|Groups|43|41|44||48|**48**|
|Av/wk|||||||
|Households|1,562|1,959|1,866||1,842|**1,802**|
|Av/wk|||||||
|Individuals|6,248|7,7836|7,465||7,296|**7,211**|
|Public|||||||
|Donations Food|1,826 kg|480 kg|351 kg||280 kg|**2,937 kg**|
|Swim for Soap|||||21 kg||
|||||||**Total volunteer**|
||**Total training**|
**Total attendees at**||**Total**|**volunteers**|**hours/wk (based on**|
||**sessions**|**training**||**supporting HLP**||**4h per shift)**|
|October - December
0||0||12||48|
|January - March|1|3||7||28|
|April - June|0|0||8||31|
|July - September|1|2||10||40|
|**Total**|2|5||37||**148/wk x 52 = 7,696 h**|
## **Beneficiaries**
## Demographics
- 75% those in receipt of surplus food are over the age of 35
- A third of all beneficiaries are over 55yrs old
- 44% - Male / 54% - Female
- 51% of respondents have a disability or impairment.
## Employment
- 40% Wholly retired from work
- 19% Unemployed and available for work
## Housing
- 79% of respondents are renting in either council or social housing
- 48% are rental tenants of Lambeth Council
- 31% are rental tenants of a Housing Association
## Ethnicity
- 3 largest ethnic groups identified in our sample are; Caribbean, African and Portuguese
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**THE HEALTHY LIVING PLATFORM**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES**
## **for the year ended 30 September 2023**
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
## **Public benefit**
The trustees have had regard to Charity Commission guidance on public benefit and consider that the objectives, aims and achievements of the charity described in the report enable it to meet its duty to the Charity Commission as per section 17 of the Charities Act 2011, and to the benefit of the public.
## **Volunteers**
This Summer we held a Volunteer Summer Celebration for volunteers at Brockwell Greenhouses to thank them for their continued support and hard work. We recognise that without our large pool of volunteers, the vast amount of our work would not be possible. We celebrated with a hot buffet, massages for volunteers, outdoor games, live music and face painting for children in the sunshine on a warm August afternoon.
||**Total training**|**Total attendees at**|**Total attendees at**|**Total attendees at**|**Total volunteers**|**Total volunteer**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**sessions**|**training**|||**supporting HLP**|**hours**|
|October - December|6|8|||36|983|
|January - March|7|27|||37|936|
|April - June
July - September|7
6|18
1467|||36
40149|1,401
1,538|
|**Total**|**26**|**67**|||**149**|**4,858**|
A total of 4,858 hours of support committed by LEAP volunteers over the year across our pantries and community cooking projects. The London Living Wage for 2022/2023 is £11.95 which equates to a cash equivalent of £58,053.10 for hours that volunteers have contributed to Healthy Living Platform during this period.
||**Weekly avg.**|**No. weeks open**|**Total visits**|
|---|---|---|---|
|Jubilee School|32|25|812|
|Myatts Field North|44|49|2,141|
|St Stephens Children's|30|39|1,194|
|Centre||||
|Southwyck|79|48|3,757|
|Liz Atkinson Children's||||
|Centre|33|51|1,673|
|**Total**|||**9,577**|
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## **THE HEALTHY LIVING PLATFORM**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES for the year ended 30 September 2023**
## **ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE Charitable activities** Relocation - December 2022
In December 2022 the building works for the new hub at 336 were completed transforming a disused carpark/loading bay into a functioning food warehouse complete with an insulated wall, electric shutter, new lighting, electrical sockets, a sink and a newly painted floor. The new, compact space with direct loading bay has enabled us to improve and increase our work efficiency, further improved with the arrival of a pallet stacker. This has enabled us to receive and store large bulk orders quickly and with less manual labour whilst gave us the opportunity to our warehouse team.
The experience for groups and suppliers has also been improved with better communication and rapport with a simplified collection process with less stress and chaos of the long distances and confusion experienced at Brixton Recreation Centre.
## Equipment Donation February
We received a donation of 77 un-used domestic fridge freezers, from the Other Hotel Group for us to donate to Lambeth residents in need.
## Doing the Lambeth Walk - June
We invited representatives from Hounslow Council, Spelthorne Council and Redhill Council to learn more about how we distribute and connect communities through food and the HLP model working in partnership with Lambeth Council. The group were especially impressed with the link-up between pantries and community organisations and public health services via the Lambeth Health and Wellbeing bus.
## - Swim for Soap Campaign June to September
We heard via our pantries of the difficult decisions that community members were having to make during the cost-of-living crisis. Whilst access to affordable food is vital, not being able to afford basic self-care products was impacting further on people's dignity and well-being. So, we launched our Swim for Soap campaign to raise donations and awareness of hygiene poverty that many people are experiencing. This generated the donation of 21kg of items, plus £1,300 in cash. Lambeth Council also agreed to release some funds towards the purchasing of essential paper-based hygiene products.
## New Team member - July
Prince first joined the team as a work placement student through Diverso Project - a GLA funded programme linking London colleges with local SMEs with the aim to give young people with SEND suitable work placements that could lead to meaningful work. In July we were delighted to offer Prince a paid role within the team, continuing his 2x 3h shifts.
## Milk Float Launch - September 2023
Our mission is to help communities in Lambeth live sustainable and healthier lives, which is why we are committed to support Lambeth Council's Air Quality Action Plan. In September, we switched to an emission-free vehicle, a converted milk-float, which we officially launched "Huey".
## Lambeth Early Action Partnership (LEAP)
LEAP funding has enabled us to deliver an incredible total of over 380 sessions for early years families to attend this year. This includes access to our Children's Centre and School based pantries, food growing sessions, physical activity sessions, Food Ambassador training and food-based activity sessions including mini-chef sessions and volunteering opportunities within our community kitchen spaces.
Our twice weekly gardening sessions for 0-3-year-olds continue to be a big hit with families at Liz Atkinson Children's Centre and Loughborough Children's Centre. The children love to get involved with the planting, watering and harvesting of produce with surplus offered to families to take home or for distribution via pantries.
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## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES for the year ended 30 September 2023**
During the Summer holidays, we offered 4 cookery sessions from the gardens with the children, facilitated by our Food Ambassadors. This included harvesting potatoes, cucumbers and lettuce for salads and tomatoes for pasta sauce.
"The gardening session gave my son the opportunity to dig freely. He was able to plant a bulb in the compost and also take one home in a pot. We also had the opportunity to taste and pick the produce, especially the beetroot and tomato."
To support local pregnant mothers, we offer weekly yoga sessions to support with physical activity and signposting to further opportunities. Each month we also offer a Story Stompers session, for 0-3-year-olds to explore the allotment space at Brockwell Greenhouses and participate in a nature-based storytelling and craft session. At the same venue, we also collaborate once a month to offer breastfeeding mothers an opportunity to come together and share lunch together prepared by our Food Ambassadors.
Our Mini-Chef sessions are always some of our most popular for families. Offering simple cookery sessions for toddlers to get involved in, parents say that the little ones love learning about their food. We ran a series of 4 sessions this March and a one-off blackberry crumble session at Brockwell Greenhouses, with children foraging their own berries. We hope to be able to develop our offering of these sessions, even as our LEAP funding comes to an end, as we see great engagement during them.
## Food Ambassadors
We have recruited a dedicated Food Ambassador Lead who comes with a degree in Nutrition and has brought valuable skills and knowledge to the course. Our LEAP funded courses are now consistently over-subscribed and have a 100% completion rate of Level 2 Food Hygiene and Safety too.
The course has had a re-vamp and now includes the exciting addition of a celebratory lunch on the final week - with friends, family, funders, staff and external stakeholders being invited. It provides participants an opportunity to showcase their skills and congratulate them for their hard work. We trained 26 new Food Ambassadors this year, taking our total network of Food Ambassadors to well over 100.
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## **THE HEALTHY LIVING PLATFORM**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES for the year ended 30 September 2023**
## **ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE Fundraising activities** Lambeth Public Health
We are in year 3 of our 5-year contract with Lambeth Public Health, to manage and deliver services connected to the Surplus Food Distribution Hub.
## Household fund
Over the past 24 months date we have been awarded £260,000 from the Government's Household Support fund via Lambeth Council. This funding runs until April 2024. With this money we have been able maintain stocks of 20 key essential food items ie. dried pasta, rice, cooking oil, tinned fruit and veg etc. which supplements the fresh surplus food we receive.
We also maintain a stock of emergency food parcels, which we distribute to those identified by Lambeth Social Care as in dire need.
## Clothworkers
We received a grant of £44,000 from the Clothworkers Foundation as match funding for the building work and relocation of the Hub from Brixton Recreation Centre to 336 Brixton Road.
## Kusuma Trust
We were awarded £10,000 from the Trustees at Kusuma Trust in December 2022 to support with core costs and day-to-day operations throughout 2023.
## IDL
We received pro bono architecture, quantity surveying and project management support, from IDL Group Ltd, for the refurbishment of space and creation of the new Hub at 336 Brixton Road to the approximate value of £12,000.
## Partners
We receive the majority of our surplus food donations from a number of companies, in descending order The Felix Project, City Harvest, Morrisons and Britain Loves Baking.
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## **THE HEALTHY LIVING PLATFORM**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES for the year ended 30 September 2023**
## **ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE**
## Myatts Field North
Myatts Field North is in partnership with Lambeth Council and Pinnacle Housing, and has been running since February 2022. This year was made possible from a generous donation from Equitix Foundation. We were nominated as one of 3 charities to receive unrestricted funding of £32k.This meant we could stabilise the model and running of the pantry, employing a long-term pantry volunteer to lead the team and manage the day-to day running.
This year we expanded the community services we partnered with, began a hot, affordable lunch service in the cafe and saw our attendance figures steadily increase.
## Southwyck
Thanks to the dedicated pantry space offered as in-kind support from Metropolitan Housing, the pantry has a stable secure home. The team at Southwyck Pantry continue to offer a service every week of the year with free refreshments. From October, a group of residents joined forces to begin serving low-cost, affordable hot lunches alongside the pantry with a meat option every other week. Popular dishes include chicken, rice and peas and jollof rice and vegetable stew - serving on average 40 -50 portions a week with many taking extra portions home.
## St Stephen's and Liz Atkinson Children's Centres - Supported by LEAP
We have seen a particular increase in Sanctuary Seekers attending our St Stephen's Pantry in Stockwell, due to the proximity to their residing hotel. This has sparked conversations with local support services and the individuals themselves about ways in which we can support them best.
## - Jubilee Pantry Supported by LEAP
We launched at Jubilee Primary School in October 2022 and this has been our fastest growing pantry to date, which has demonstrated the want and need for the food provision service in Tulse Hill, one of Lambeth's most deprived wards. This was set up with funding from Co-Create and utilises our connections made through LEAP. However, we've had to close the pantry through the school holidays. Therefore, we have made the decision to relocate the pantry to further into the Tulse Hill Estate.
## Community Kitchen
In September 2022, Healthy Living Platform (HLP), in collaboration with Lambeth Accord (now WeAre336), unveiled a vibrant community cooking space, marking a significant milestone in the organization's mission to foster healthier and more connected communities through food. The official launch event brought together individuals from diverse local organizations to savour delectable dishes prepared by HLP's talented food ambassadors.
With the establishment of the Community Kitchen, HLP reaffirmed its core objectives:
- Providing a well-equipped space for local community and faith organizations to prepare meals.
- Empowering individuals with the skills and knowledge to prepare balanced, sustainable meals.
- Bringing people in Lambeth together through shared learning and experiences centred on food and sustainability.
As interest in the Community Kitchen grew, HLP welcomed a diverse range of organizations with varying objectives: - Waterloo community counselling organized a communal cooking session with their service users, an initiative that resonated deeply with the participants. Lucian Dee, one of the organizers, remarked, "It was an absolute highlight for the asylum-seekers (as well as me and the volunteers) who took part!"
- A local South London CIC, "Get rid of it and donate," utilized the kitchen to prepare fifty kilos of chicken wings for a communal barrel-smoked lunch in support of Jamaican schools.
- GMAS Community Kitchen, a CIC supporting sanctuary seekers, leveraged the Community Kitchen's facilities to prepare a buffet for their extensive network of over 150 individuals.
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## **THE HEALTHY LIVING PLATFORM**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES for the year ended 30 September 2023**
## **ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE**
- Melanin Health & Wellbeing harnessed the spacious Community Kitchen to host online cook-a-longs, resulting in rewatchable videos for their wider network.
Beyond providing support to community organisations, HLP provided support to Brixton-based food start-up, SolQuench. We offered use of our Community Kitchen facilities through heavily subsidised rent and 24h access to the Hub enabling him to operate his street vending business.
HLP takes immense pride in the progress made towards establishing a thriving and sought-after space at 336 Brixton Road. Recognizing that renting the space was just the beginning, HLP, equipped with the Community Kitchen's facilities, actively pursued catering opportunities within the community:
- HLP established itself as a core caterer for events organized by Lambeth Public Health.
- The Community Kitchen empowered HLP to support its partners at Lambeth Early Action Program (LEAP) in a variety of collaborative summer events.
- HLP partnered with Kings College London to provide healthy and sustainable buffet food for their workshops.
- HLP delivered culturally diverse packaged meals for Kings Health Partners' workshops and meetings.
Through these dedicated efforts and unwavering support from Lambeth Council and WeAre336, the Community Kitchen is well on its way to achieving financial self-sufficiency.
## Cooking programs
In 2023, we were commissioned as caterers for Lambeth Council's Half-Term Activities and Food (HAF) initiative during the summer holidays.
To complement our pantry offerings at Myatts Field Community Centre and replicate our successes at Moorlands Community Centre, we initiated the Myatts Meals project - a volunteer-led initiative that provides healthy meals to our service users. Since its inception in January 2023, the project has delivered over a thousand meals to residents surrounding Myatts Field and has achieved financial self-sufficiency. The project has also provided volunteering opportunities for a diverse range of community members, including sanctuary seekers, totalling 500 hours to date.
Over the summer, we actively participated in numerous outdoor events hosted by community groups such as SE5Forum and Southern Housing Group.
## Creating work for our community
Throughout 2023, our organization has actively pursued opportunities to deepen its engagement with the extensive and ever-expanding network of food ambassadors. Recognizing their pivotal role in shaping our future operations, we have embarked on a collaborative journey to integrate their expertise and passion into our endeavours.
During the year, our catering projects have generated a substantial 290 hours of paid employment for our food ambassadors. Their contributions have been instrumental in the success of our workshops, large-scale catering events, charitable initiatives, educational programs, and even cleaning services. Their unwavering dedication and culinary talents have not only enhanced the quality of our offerings but also fostered a spirit of camaraderie and shared purpose within our team.
Our cooking projects have exceeded our expectations for the first year of activity. We've been able to supply culturally diverse community lead catering to groups across Lambeth.
## **FINANCIAL REVIEW**
## **Financial position**
At the balance sheet the charity held reserves of £199,733. Income for the year was £717,553, with associated expenditure £627,250. Of the total reserves, £46,390 was held in restricted funds and £153,343 in unrestricted funds.
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**THE HEALTHY LIVING PLATFORM**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES**
**for the year ended 30 September 2023**
## **FINANCIAL REVIEW**
## **Reserves policy**
HLP’s Reserves Policy is not static and can be subject to change annually. HLP’s reserves policy considers designated funds that are allocated to specific projects. HLP’s current Reserves Policy is to keep sufficient funds in Reserves to cover 3 months of salaries, any leases HLP is liable to pay and money to support legal costs.
HLP agrees that if it receives more funding that can be allocated to Reserves as an extra contingency then this will be done at the Board’s discretion.
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT**
## **Governing document**
The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust and constitutes an unincorporated charity.
## **Induction and training of new trustees**
Trustees are initially elected by email application. The applications is review by the Chair and CEO. Following successful interviews, new appointments are decided and new Trustees are invited to join board meetings.
## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Charity number**
1195487
## **Principal address**
Southwyck House Community Hall Southwyck House Moorland Road London SW9 8UR
## **Trustees**
Ms H J Ratcliffe (resigned 18.10.22) Ms J A Baker G Gibson Mr M Marotta Mrs J Marie (resigned 1.2.23) Ms E M Lang de Gomez (appointed 15.11.22) (resigned 14.1.24) G A Laylee (appointed 10.10.22) (resigned 25.9.23) A Martinowsky Ms B Osas
## **Independent Examiner**
Paul Allan BSocSc FCA Berringers LLP Chartered Accountants Lygon House 50 London Road Bromley Kent BR1 3RA
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**REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES for the year ended 30 September 2023**
01/08/2024 Approved by order of the board of trustees on ............................................. and signed on its behalf by:
.......................................................................... Mr M Marotta - Trustee
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## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE HEALTHY LIVING PLATFORM**
## **Independent examiner's report to the trustees of The Healthy Living Platform**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of The Healthy Living Platform (the Trust) for the year ended 30 September 2023.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees of the Trust 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 Trust's accounts carried out under Section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
Since your charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a listed body. I can confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, which is one of the listed bodies.
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 the Trust 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 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.
Paul Allan BSocSc FCA
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
Berringers LLP Chartered Accountants Lygon House 50 London Road Bromley Kent BR1 3RA
01/08/2024 Date: .............................................
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## **THE HEALTHY LIVING PLATFORM**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES for the year ended 30 September 2023**
|Unrestricted
funds
Notes
£
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**
Donations and legacies
2
**5,288**
**Charitable activities**
3
General
**108,653**
**Total**
**113,941**
**EXPENDITURE ON**
**Charitable activities**
4
Support Costs
**4,500**
General
**65,919**
**Total**
**70,419**
**NET INCOME**
**43,522**
**Transfers between funds**
13
**22,146**
**Net movement in funds**
**65,668**
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**
Total funds brought forward
**84,429**
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**
**150,097**|Restricted
funds
£
**-**
**603,612**
**603,612**
**-**
**556,831 **
**556,831 **
**46,781**
**(22,146) **
**24,635**
**25,001**
**49,636**|**2023**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
**5,288**
**712,265**
**717,553**
**4,500**
**622,750**
**627,250**
**90,303**
**-**
**90,303**
**109,430**
**199,733**|2022
Total
funds
£
126,672
371,780
498,452
41,687
347,335
389,022
109,430
-
109,430
-
109,430|
|---|---|---|---|
The notes form part of these financial statements
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## **THE HEALTHY LIVING PLATFORM**
## **BALANCE SHEET 30 September 2023**
|Unrestricted
funds
Notes
£
**FIXED ASSETS**
Tangible assets
9
**83,388**
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Debtors
10
**87,343**
Cash at bank
**8,748**
**96,091**
**CREDITORS**
Amounts falling due within one year
11
**(29,382)**
**NET CURRENT ASSETS**
**66,709**
**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT**
**LIABILITIES**
**150,097**
**NET ASSETS**
**150,097**|Restricted
funds
£
**-**
**29,748**
**113,185**
**142,933**
**(93,297)**
**49,636**
**49,636**
**49,636**|**2023**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
**83,388**
**117,091**
**121,933**
**239,024**
**(122,679)**
**116,345**
**199,733**
**199,733**|2022
Total
funds
£
3,279
1,937
176,121
178,058
(71,907)
106,151
109,430
109,430|
|---|---|---|---|
The notes form part of these financial statements
continued...
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## **THE HEALTHY LIVING PLATFORM**
## **BALANCE SHEET - continued 30 September 2023**
|**FUNDS**
13
Unrestricted funds:
General fund
Pantries
Lambeth Winter Fund
Restricted funds:
LEAP
THE HUB
Co-Create
Community Kitchen (HAF)
Food Ambassadors
Pantries (Equitix)
Lambeth Winter Fund
**TOTAL FUNDS**|**141,349**
**8,748**
**-**
**150,097**
**6,451**
**-**
**7,049**
**18**
**18,000**
**7,195**
**10,923**
**49,636**
**199,733**|47,386
18,435
18,608
84,429
11,093
6,579
7,329
-
-
-
-
25,001
109,430|
|---|---|---|
01/08/2024 The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on ............................................. and were signed on its behalf by:
............................................. M Marotta - Trustee
The notes form part of these financial statements
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## **THE HEALTHY LIVING PLATFORM**
|**CASH FLOW STATEMENT**
**for the year ended 30 September 2023**
**2023**
Notes
**£**
**Cash flows from operating activities**
Cash generated from operations
1
**18,251 **
Net cash provided by operating activities
**18,251 **
**Cash flows from investing activities**
Purchase of tangible fixed assets
**(104,500)**
Net cash used in investing activities
**(104,500) **
**Change in cash and cash equivalents in the**
**reporting period**
**(86,249)**
**Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning**
**of the reporting period**
2
**176,121**
**Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the**
**reporting period**
2
**89,872 **|2022
£
180,493
180,493
(4,372)
(4,372)
176,121
-
176,121|
|---|---|
The notes form part of these financial statements
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## **THE HEALTHY LIVING PLATFORM**
## **NOTES TO THE CASH FLOW STATEMENT for the year ended 30 September 2023**
## **1. RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES**
|**Net income for the reporting period (as per the Statement of financial**
**activities)**
**Adjustments for:**
Depreciation charges
Increase in debtors
Increase in creditors
**Net cash provided by operations**
**2.**
**ANALYSIS OF CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS**
Notice deposits (less than 3 months)
Overdrafts included in bank loans and overdrafts falling due within one year
Total cash and cash equivalents|**2023**
**£**
**90,303**
**24,391**
**(115,154)**
**18,711**
**18,251 **
**2023**
**£**
**121,933**
**(32,061)**
**89,872 **|2022
£
109,430
1,093
(1,937)
71,907
180,493
2022
£
176,121
-
176,121|
|---|---|---|
## **3. ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET FUNDS**
||At 1.10.22|Cash flow|**At 30.9.23**|
|---|---|---|---|
||£|£|**£**|
|**Net cash**||||
|Cash at bank|**176,121**|**(54,188)**|**121,933**|
|Bank overdrafts|**-**|**(32,061)**|**(32,061)**|
||**176,121**|**(86,249) **|**89,872 **|
|**Total**|**176,121**|**(86,249) **|**89,872 **|
The notes form part of these financial statements
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**THE HEALTHY LIVING PLATFORM**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 30 September 2023**
## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
## **Basis of preparing the financial statements**
The financial statements of the charity, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared 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' and the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
## **Income**
All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
## **Expenditure**
Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
## **Tangible fixed assets**
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.
Improvements to property - 25% on cost Fixtures and fittings - 25% on reducing balance
## **Taxation**
The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.
## **Fund accounting**
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.
## **Going concern**
The trustees have reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue for the foreseeable future. The charity therefore has adopted the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.
continued...
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## **THE HEALTHY LIVING PLATFORM**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued for the year ended 30 September 2023**
## **2. DONATIONS AND LEGACIES**
|Donations
**3.**
**INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES**
Activity
Grants
General
Service income
General
Grants received, included in the above, are as follows:
GENERAL
LEAP
PANTRIES
Co-Create
Lambeth Winter Fund
The Clothworkers' Foundation
Changing Lives
Food Ambassador
Garfield Weston Foundation
**4.**
**CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS**
Support Costs
General|Direct
Costs
£
**-**
**622,750**
**622,750**|**2023**
**£**
**5,288**
**2023**
**£**
**235,222**
**477,043**
**712,265**
**2023**
**£**
**-**
**105,074**
**33,648**
**-**
**-**
**44,000**
**7,500**
**20,000**
**25,000**
**235,222**
Support
costs (see
note 5)
£
**4,500**
**-**
**4,500**|2022
£
126,672
2022
£
210,026
161,754
371,780
2022
£
50
130,309
500
8,667
70,500
-
-
-
-
210,026
Totals
£
**4,500**
**622,750**
**627,250**|
|---|---|---|---|
continued...
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**THE HEALTHY LIVING PLATFORM**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued for the year ended 30 September 2023**
## **5. SUPPORT COSTS**
|**SUPPORT COSTS**||
|---|---|
||Governance|
||costs|
||£|
|Support Costs|**4,500**|
## **6. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS**
There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 30 September 2023 nor for the year ended 30 September 2022.
## **Trustees' expenses**
There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 30 September 2023 nor for the year ended 30 September 2022.
## **7. STAFF COSTS**
## **8.**
|Wages and salaries
The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:
Staff
No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.
**COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**
Unrestricted
funds
£
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**
Donations and legacies
118,221
**Charitable activities**
General
113,494
**Total**
231,715
**EXPENDITURE ON**
**Charitable activities**
Support Costs
13,473
General
133,812
**Total**
147,285||**2023**
**£**
**292,266**
**292,266**
**2023**
**11**
Restricted
funds
£
8,451
258,286
266,737
28,214
213,523
241,737||2022
£
265,114
265,114
2022
13
Total
funds
£
126,672
371,780
498,452
41,687
347,335
389,022|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||
||||||
continued...
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## **THE HEALTHY LIVING PLATFORM**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued for the year ended 30 September 2023**
|**8.**
**COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES - continued**
Unrestricted
Restricted
funds
funds
£
£
**NET INCOME**
84,430
25,000
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**
84,430
25,000
**9.**
**TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS**
Improvements
Fixtures
to
and
property
fittings
£
£
**COST**
At 1 October 2022
**-**
**4,372**
Additions
**67,196**
**37,304 **
At 30 September 2023
**67,196**
**41,676**
**DEPRECIATION**
At 1 October 2022
**-**
**1,093**
Charge for year
**16,799**
**7,592 **
At 30 September 2023
**16,799**
**8,685**
**NET BOOK VALUE**
At 30 September 2023
**50,397**
**32,991 **
At 30 September 2022
-
3,279
**10.**
**DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**
**2023**
**£**
Trade debtors
**85,407**
Other debtors and prepayments
**1,936**
Prepayments and accrued income
**29,748**
**117,091 **||Total
funds
£
109,430|
|---|---|---|
|||109,430|
|||Totals
£
**4,372**
**104,500**
**108,872 **
**1,093**
**24,391 **
**25,484 **
**83,388**
3,279
2022
£
-
1,937
-
1,937|
||||
continued...
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## **THE HEALTHY LIVING PLATFORM**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued for the year ended 30 September 2023**
## **11. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**
|**CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**|||
|---|---|---|
|Bank loans and overdrafts (see note 12)
Trade creditors
Taxation and social security
Other creditors|**2023**
**£**
**32,061**
**-**
**7,195**
**83,423**
**122,679**|2022
£
-
1
8,860
63,046|
|||71,907|
## **12. LOANS**
An analysis of the maturity of loans is given below:
|Amounts falling due within one year on demand:
Bank overdrafts
**MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
Pantries
Lambeth Winter Fund
**Restricted funds**
LEAP
THE HUB
Co-Create
Community Kitchen (HAF)
Food Ambassadors
Pantries (Equitix)
The Clothworkers' Foundation
Lambeth Winter Fund
**TOTAL FUNDS**|At
1.10.22
£
**47,386**
**18,435**
**18,608**
**84,429**
**11,093**
**6,579**
**7,329**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**25,001 **
**109,430**|Net
movement
in funds
£
**1,957**
**41,565**
**-**
**43,522**
**(4,642)**
**(9,825)**
**(280)**
**18**
**18,000**
**7,195**
**44,000**
**(7,685) **
**46,781 **
**90,303**|**2023**
**£**
**32,061 **
Transfers
between
funds
£
**92,006**
**(51,252)**
**(18,608) **
**22,146**
**-**
**3,246**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**(44,000)**
**18,608**
**(22,146) **
**-**|2022
£
-
At
30.9.23
£
**141,349**
**8,748**
**-**
**150,097**
**6,451**
**-**
**7,049**
**18**
**18,000**
**7,195**
**-**
**10,923**
**49,636**
**199,733**|2022
£
-|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
## **13. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**
continued...
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## **THE HEALTHY LIVING PLATFORM**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued for the year ended 30 September 2023**
## **13. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued**
Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
|**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
Pantries
Garfield Weston Foundation
**Restricted funds**
LEAP
THE HUB
Co-Create
Community Kitchen (HAF)
Food Ambassadors
Pantries (Equitix)
The Clothworkers' Foundation
Changing Lives
Lambeth Winter Fund
**TOTAL FUNDS**|Incoming
resources
£
**13,513**
**75,428**
**25,000**
**113,941**
**105,074**
**235,390**
**-**
**5,000**
**20,000**
**33,648**
**44,000**
**7,500**
**153,000**
**603,612**
**717,553**|Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
**(11,556)**
**1,957**
**(33,863)**
**41,565**
**(25,000) **
**-**
**(70,419)**
**43,522**
**(109,716)**
**(4,642)**
**(245,215)**
**(9,825)**
**(280)**
**(280)**
**(4,982)**
**18**
**(2,000)**
**18,000**
**(26,453)**
**7,195**
**-**
**44,000**
**(7,500)**
**-**
**(160,685) **
**(7,685) **
**(556,831)**
**46,781 **
**(627,250) **
**90,303**|
|---|---|---|
## **Comparatives for movement in funds**
|**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
Pantries
Lambeth Winter Fund
**Restricted funds**
LEAP
THE HUB
Co-Create
**TOTAL FUNDS**|Net
movement
in funds
£
47,386
8,435
28,608
84,429
11,093
6,579
7,329
25,001
109,430|Transfers
between
funds
£
-
10,000
(10,000)
-
-
-
-
-
-|At
30.9.22
£
47,386
18,435
18,608
84,429
11,093
6,579
7,329
25,001
109,430|
|---|---|---|---|
continued...
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## **THE HEALTHY LIVING PLATFORM**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued for the year ended 30 September 2023**
## **13. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued**
Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
|**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
Pantries
Lambeth Winter Fund
**Restricted funds**
LEAP
THE HUB
Co-Create
**TOTAL FUNDS**|Incoming
resources
£
118,292
42,922
70,500
231,714
128,678
128,494
9,566
266,738
498,452|Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
(70,906)
47,386
(34,487)
8,435
(41,892)
28,608
(147,285)
84,429
(117,585)
11,093
(121,915)
6,579
(2,237)
7,329
(241,737)
25,001
(389,022)
109,430|
|---|---|---|
## **14. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES**
There were no related party transactions for the year ended 30 September 2023.
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## **THE HEALTHY LIVING PLATFORM**
|**DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**
**for the year ended 30 September 2023**
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS**
**Donations and legacies**
Donations
**Charitable activities**
Grants
Service income
**Total incoming resources**
**EXPENDITURE**
**Charitable activities**
Wages
Insurance
Purchases
Contractors
Rent
Cleaning
Travelling and motor expenses
Printing and stationery
Training costs
IT & communication
Recruitment costs
Sundry expenses
Bank charges
Accountancy and legal
Improvements to property
Fixtures and fittings
**Support costs**
**Governance costs**
Accountancy and legal fees
Total resources expended
**Net income**|2023
£
**5,288**
**235,222**
**477,043**
**712,265**
**717,553**
**292,266**
**3,408**
**171,068**
**36,533**
**37,261**
**5,478**
**10,518**
**4,902**
**4,222**
**6,580**
**2,760**
**1,784**
**560**
**21,019**
**16,799**
**7,592 **
**622,750**
**4,500**
**627,250**
**90,303**|2022
£
126,672
210,026
161,754|
|---|---|---|
|||371,780|
|||498,452
265,114
612
55,334
25,794
22,259
-
7,339
975
1,181
2,037
275
768
322
1,419
-
1,093|
|||384,522
4,500|
|||389,022|
|||109,430|
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