2024-12-31-accounts

Trustees	Andrew Neil McCallum
	Michael Edward Young MA (Oxon) Retired TEP Solicitor
	Jennifer Elizabeth Sproston RGN DN OND CAT
	Peter Aubrey Latronico BA PGCE
	David Longdon BSc FRICS
	Julia McGhie B.Ed (Hons)
	Samantha McCallum AIDTA
	Joanne Louise Meredith	(Appointed 22 May 202
	Gareth Roberts	(Appointed 19 March 2
	Jackie Roberts	(Appointed 19 March 2
	Simon Ashleigh Millard	(Appointed 30 April 202
Executive Committee	Rona Moroney	Chief Executive Officer
	Andrew Neil McCallum	Chair
	Michael Edward Young MA (Oxon) Retired TEP Solicitor	Secretary
	Julia McGhie B.Ed. (Hons)	SEN Co-ordinator
	Jennifer Elizabeth Sproston RON DN OND CAT	Trustee
	Peter Aubrey Latronico BA PGCE	Trustee
	David Longdon BSc FRICS	Trustee
	Samantha McCallumAIDTA	Trustee
	Joanne Louise Meredith	Trustee
Charity number	1197017
(England and Wales)
Incorporation number	CE027533
Principal address	Wingate Centre
	Wrenbury Hall Drive
	Wrenbury
	Nantwich
	Cheshire
	CW5 8ES
Independent examiner	Afford Bond Holdings Limited
	31 Wellington Road
	Nantwich
	Cheshire
	CW5 7ED
Bankers	HSBC Bank PLC
	Crewe Branch
	30 Market Street
	Crewe
	Cheshire
	CW1 2ES
Solicitors	Hibberts LLP
	25 Barker Street
	Nantwich
	Cheshire
	CW5 SEN

		Unrestricted	Restricted	Total	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total
		funds	funds		funds	funds
		2024	2024	2024	2023	2023	2023
	Notes	£	£	£	£	£	£
Income from:
Donations and legacies	3	207,087	45,495	252,582	336,238	32,291	368,529
Charitable activities	4	55,836		55,836	132,741		132,741
Other trading activities	5	24,298		24,298	17,603		17,603
Investments	6	2,872		2,872	1,696		1,696
Other income	7	210,737		210,737	41,660		41,660
Total income		500,830	45,495	546,325	529,938	32,291	562,229
Expenditure on:
Raising funds	8	32,741	13	32,754	21,302		21,302
Charitable activities	9	496,326	7,109	503,435	406,912	5,690	412,602
Other expenditure	10				17,968		17,968
Total expenditure		529,067	7,122	536,189	446,182	5,690	451,872
Net income/(expenditure)		(28,237)	38,373	10,136	83,756	26,601	110,357
Transfers between
funds	12	50,259	(50,259)		74,546	(74,546)
Net movement in
funds	14	22,022	(11,886)	10,136	158,302	(47,945)	110,357
Reconciliation of funds:
Fund balances at 1 January
2024		1,163,495	21,388	1,184,883	1,005,193	69,333	1,074,526
Fund balances at 31
December 2024		1,185,517	9,502	1,195,019	1,163,495	21,388	1,184,883

		2024		2023
	Notes	£	£	£	£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets	19		1,026,061		1,028,342
Current assets
Stocks	20	803		582
Debtors	21	22,827		28,259
Cash at bank and in hand		320,535		165,613
		344,165		194,454
Creditors: amounts falling due within	22
one year		(35,207)		(37,913)
Net current assets			308,958		156,541
Total assets less current liabilities			1,335,019		1,184,883
Provision for other liabilities	23		(140,000)
Net assets			1,195,019		1,184,883
The funds of the charity
Restricted income funds	26		9,502		21,388
Unrestricted funds	27		1,185,517		1,163,495
			1,195,019		1,184,883

	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total
	funds	funds		funds	funds
	2024	2024	2024	2023	2023	2023
	£	£	£	£	£	£
Donations and gifts	193,020	45,495	238,515	336,238	32,291	368,529
Grants	14,067		14,067
	207,087	45,495	252,582	336,238	32,291	368,529
Donations and gifts
Donors => £25,000	55,000		55,000	165,000		165,000
Donors £10,000 <£25,000	30,292	33,859	64,151	50,855	19,000	69,855
Donors £5,000 <£10,000	40,434	5,507	45,941	38,000	7,520	45,520
Donors £2,500 <£5,000	29,415	4,131	33,546	29,408		29,408
Donors £1,000 <£2,500	23,607	1,598	25,205	19,259	5,771	25,030
Donors < £1,000	9,295	400	9,695	15,861		15,861
Gift aid	4,977		4,977	17,855		17,855
	193,020	45,495	238,515	336,238	32,291	368,529

	Unrestricted Unrestricted
	funds funds
	2024 2023
	£ £
Residential - Accommodation
Fees contributed	7,972 90,246
Recreational - Sport and recreation
Fees contributed	47,864 42,495
	55,836 132,741

	Unrestricted	Unrestricted
	funds	funds
	2024	2023
	£	£
Fundraising events a)	8,882	13,379
Cafe sales	8,423	2,845
Room hire	875	1,379
Community meals	6,118
	24,298	17,603
a) Analysis offundraising events
Quiz night	2,219	2,188
Wingate 35		1,135
Family fete	2,408	6,002
Wingate skydive		1,670
Christmas raffle	826	1,014
Easter raffle	428	1,101
Bryony bounce-a-thon	2,850
Other fundraising activities < £1 ,000	151	269
	8,882	13,379

Unrestricted Unrestricted
funds funds
2024 2023
£ £
2,872 1,696

		Unrestricted	Unrestricted
		funds	funds
		2024	2023
		£	£
Miscellaneous income		557	638
Non-disability activities	b)	47,886	41,022
Insurance claim		162,294
		210,737	41,660
b) Analysis of non-disability activities
Childrens' parties		5,589	5,629
Mini play		6,366	5,408
Pilates		3,330	3,924
Cheerleading		9,825	9,725
Gymnastics club		22,776	16,336
		47,886	41,022

		Unrestricted	Restricted	Total	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total
		funds	funds		funds	funds
		2024	2024	2024	2023	2023	2023
		£	£	£	£	£	£
Fundraising and	publicity
Staff costs	17	24,964		24,964	17,236		17,236
Support costs	16	5,937	13	5,950	4,066		4,066
Governance costs	16	1,840		1,840
		32,741	13	32,754	21,302		21,302

	Residential	Residential	Recreational	Total	Total	Residential	Recreational	Total
	2024		2024	2024		2023	2023	2023
		£	£		£	£	£	£
Direct costs
Staff costs 17	156,007		160,515	316,522		127,677	121,502	249,179
Depreciation and 19
impairment	1,756		24,514	26,270		2,061	19,319	21,380
Coaching fees			1,518	1,518			5,458	5,458
Residential fees						1,950		1,950
Catering supplies	9,489			9,489		12,205		12,205
Prizes and awards			69		69
Replacement
equipment and
consumables		639	1,050	1,689
Hosting fees		725			725
	168,616		187,666 356,282			143,893	146,279	290,172
Share of support and	governance		costs (see note 16)
Support 16	73	,540	40,107	113	,647	61,403	31,011	92,414
Governance 16	29	,255	4,251	33	,506	28,699	1,317	30,016
	271	,411	232,024	503	,435	233,995	178,607	412,602
Analysis by fund
Unrestricted funds	269	,809	226,517	496	,326	228,305	178,607	406,912
Restricted funds 13	1	,602	5,507	7	,109	5,690		5,690
	271	,411	232,024	503	,435	233,995	178,607	412,602

13	Restricted funds expenditure
			2024		2023
				£	£
	Staff costs		4,451		2,327
	Residential fees				1,950
	Prizes and awards			69
	Replacement equipment and consumables		1,050
	Light and heat			700
	Repairs and renewals			694	141
	Computer expenses				1,023
	Motor and travel			145	249
	Printing, postage, stationery and advertising			13
			7,122		5,690
	Analysis by expenditure type:
	Raising funds	8		13
	Charitable activities	9	7,109		5,690
			7,122		5,690
14	Net movement in funds		2024		2023
				£	£
	The net movement in funds is stated after charging/(crediting):
	Fees payable to the charity's independent examiner:
	- for the independent examination of the charity's financial statements		1	,150	1,100
	- for tax advisory services				850
	- for other financial services		3	,865	3,969
	Depreciation of owned tangible fixed assets		31	,233	24,607
	Loss on disposal of tangible fixed assets				17,968

	2024	2023
	Number	Number
Volunteers	5	6

	Fundraising	Residential	Recreational	Office	Total	Total
	2024	2024	2024	2024	2024	2023
	£	£	£	£	£	£
Bas/s of allocation
Staff training Direct		370	3,183	444	3,997	100
Staff expenses Direct		92	977	263	1,332	970
Water rates Direct		4,940		260	5,200	5,230
Cleaning costs Floor area		2,961	987		3,948	4,169
Light and heat Floor area		28,486	11,626	2,447	42,559	35,265
Repairs and renewals Floor area		21,825	6,959		28,784	20,540
Computer expenses Direct				1,938	1,938	2,666
Motor and travel Direct			156	617	773	714
Printing, postage, stationery and advertising Usage	4,465	377	1,617		6,459	5,492
Bank, card and fundraising charges Income	159	147	915		1,221	1,991
Insurance Risk	243	5,654	12,721	243	18,861	15,091
Telephone Usage	661	1,136	773	125	2,695	2,363
Sundry expenses Direct	276	899	193	316	1,684	1,889
Bad debts Income	146				146
Governance c)	1,840	7,743	4,251	21,512	35,346	30,016
	7,790	74,630	44,358	28,165	154,943	126,496
Expenditure on support and governance costs within:
Raising funds - support 8	5,950				5,950	4,066
Raising funds - governance 8	1,840				1,840
Charitable activities - support 9		66,887	40,107	6,653	113,647	92,414
Charitable activities - governance 9		7,743	4,251	21,512	33,506	30,016
	7,790	74,630	44,358	28,165	154,943	126,496

16 Support costs allocated to activities			(Continued)
		2024	2023
		£	£
Support costs from raising funds of £5,950 (2023: £4,066) and
charitable activities of £113,647 (2023: £92,414) gives total support
costs of:		119,597	96,480
Governance costs from raising funds of £1,840 (2023: £-) and charitable
activities of £33,506 (2023: £30,016) gives total governance costs of:	c)	35,346	30,016
Total support costs allocated to activities		154,943	126,496
c) Governance costs		2024	2023
		£	£
Staff costs	17	11,327	13,115
Depreciation	19	4,963	3,227
Independent examination fees		1,150	1,100
Accountancy		3,865	2,000
Legal and professional		5,796	6,812
Consultancy fees		8,245	3,762
		35,346	30,016
17 Employees
The average monthly number of employees during the year was:
		2024	2023
		Number	Number
Staff		25	21
Employment costs		2024	2023
		£	£
Wages and salaries		330,895	264,523
Social security costs		16,216	11,120
Other pension costs		5,702	3,887
		352,813	279,530
Analysed between:
Residential	9	156,007	127,677
Recreational	9	160,515	121,502
Fundraising	8	24,964	17,236
Governance	16	11,327	13,115
		352,813	279,530

Remuneration of key management personnel
The remuneration of key management personnel was as follows:
	2024	2023
	£	£
Aggregate compensation	39,552	37,354

angible fixed assets
		Freehold	Fixtures,		Total
		land and	fittings and
		buildings	equipment
		£	£		£
Cost
At 1 January 2024		941,537	512,287	1	,453,824
Additions		15,683	14,188		29,871
Disposals		(175)	(20,669)		(20,844)
At 31 December 2024		957,045	505,806	1	,462,851
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 January 2024			425,482		425,482
Depreciation charged in the year			31,233		31,233
Eliminated in respect of disposals			(19,925)		(19,925)
At 31 December 2024			436,790		436,790
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2024		957,045	69,016	1	,026,061
At 31 December 2023		941,537	86,805	1	,028,342
All tangible assets are used for charitable purposes.
Depreciation charge allocated to:
Residential	9		1 ,756		2 ,061
Recreational	9		24 ,514		19 ,319
Governance	c)		4 ,963		3 ,227
			31 ,233		24 ,607

20	Stocks
		2024	2023
		£	£
	Raw materials and consumables	266
	Finished goods and goods for resale	537	582
		803	582
21	Debtors
		2024	2023
	Amounts falling due within one year:	£	£
	Trade debtors	3,909	3,420
	Payments on account		10,000
	Other debtors	7,529	3,797
	Prepayments and accrued income	11,389	11,042
		22,827	28,259
22	Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
		2024	2023
		£	£
	Taxation and social security	4,529	3,571
	Income invoiced in advance	13,166	1,195
	Trade creditors	7,646	8,758
	Accruals and deferred income	9,866	24,389
		35,207	37,913
23	Provisions for liabilities	2024	2023
		£	£
	Deferred donation - The Edward Gostling Fund	140,000
	Movements on provisions:
			Deferred
			donation - The
			Edward
			Gostling Fund
	At 1 January 2024
	Additional provisions in the year		140,000
	At 31 December 2024		140,000

tirement benefit schemes
	2024	2023
Defined contribution schemes	£	£
Charge to profit or loss in respect of defined contribution schemes	5,702	3,887

	At 1 January Incoming Resources	At 1 January Incoming Resources	At 1 January Incoming Resources	Transfers At 31	Transfers At 31
	2024 resources expended December
					2024
	££		£	£	£
Annette Duvollet Trust	162		(72)		90
Boshier Hinton Foundation	399			(399)
Cheshire Community Fund	2,041		(1,126)	44	959
CRH Charitable Trust	5,000		(2,198)	574	3,376
Duchy of Lancaster	4,750			(4,750)
Fence Club	3,463	1,598	(23)	(4,844)	194
Peter Colyer	2,754		(264)	(2,139)	351
Sport England	2,469		(3,091)	622
Strasser Foundation	350				350
Cheshire East Council		4,131		(4,131)
Cloth Workers		12,800		(12,800)
Hobson Charity		21,059		(21,059)
Screwfix Foundation		5,507		(1,377)	4,130
Warburton Foundation		400	(348)		52
	21,388	45,495	(7,122)	(50,259)	9,502

Previous year:	At 1 January	Incoming	Resources	Transfers	At 31
	2023	resources	expended		December
					2023
	£	£	£	£	£
Annette Duvollet Trust	620			(458)	162
Barbara Shuttleworth Trust	400		(400)
Boshier Hinton Foundation		1,943	(70)	(1,474)	399
Cheshire Community Fund	1,319	1,920	(1,198)		2,041
CRH Charitable Trust	5,000				5,000
Duchy of Lancaster	4,750				4,750
Fence Club	3,463				3,463
Morrisons Foundation		7,520		(7,520)
Peter Colyer	47,963	19,000	(1,023)	(63,186)	2,754
Percy Bilton		1,908		(1,908)
Radio City	1,500		(1,500)
Sport England	3,847		(1,378)		2,469
Strasser Foundation	350				350
Ursula Keyes	121		(121)
	69,333	32,291	(5,690)	(74,546)	21,388

	At 1 January	Incoming	Resources	Transfers	At 31
	2024	resources	expended		December
					2024
	£	£	£	£	£
General funds	1,163,495	500,830	(529,067)	50,259	1,185,517
Previous year:	At 1 January	Incoming	Resources	Transfers	At 31
	2023	resources	expended		December
					2023
	£	£	£	£	£
General funds	1,005,193	529,938	(446,182)	74,546	1,163,495

		Unrestricted	Restricted	Total
		funds	funds
		2024	2024	2024
		£	£	£
	At 31 December 2024:
	Tangible assets	1,026,061		1,026,061
	Current assets/(liabilities)	299,456	9,502	308,958
	Provisions	(140,000)		(140,000)
		1,185,517	9,502	1,195,019
		Unrestricted	Restricted	Total
		funds	funds
		2023	2023	2023
		£	£	£
	At 31 December 2023:
	Tangible assets	1,028,342		1,028,342
	Current assets/(liabilities)	135,153	21,388	156,541
		1,163,495	21,388	1,184,883
29	Cash generated from operations		2024	2023
			£	£
	Surplus for the year		10,136	110,357
	Adjustments for:
	Investment income recognised in statement of financial activities		(2,872)	(1,696)
	(Gain)/loss on disposal of tangible fixed assets			17,968
	Depreciation and impairment of tangible fixed assets		31,233	24,607
	Movements in working capital:
	(Increase) in stocks		(221)	(285)
	Decrease/(increase) in debtors		5,432	(12,286)
	(Decrease)/increase in creditors		(2,706)	14,687
	Increase in provisions		140,000
	Cash generated from operations		181,002	153,352
30	Analysis of changes in net funds