FIBR￿oNNEcT TS
ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDrrED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025

FIBRO£ONNE¢T TS
LEGALAND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATK)N
MrJVV8
MSEF
Ms F FYPK￿ft
(AFw*knd 8 Octdjw 2024)
2024)
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2024)
Ch•vlty
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TS24 OLE
Le¥W Q
TS18 3HR

FIBRO4ONNECT TS
CONTENTS
8-17

FIBRO£ONNFFT TS
FOREWORD FROM THE CHAIR OF TRUSTEES
FOR ThE PERIOD ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025
ft gives me great rleasure to wes•rt the TA￿ees.AnrmA RerK*t for TS cro ended 31
October 2025.
This ha$ teen a posittrve ￿n0d for ￿ thanty. ￿￿e continL*d to streroll*n our SUPFAXt lor pfjop
lÉ¥ing Vthryth fitxomyalgia. pain. chronic f*gue ¥KI relaled Cor￿￿. Every week, we see 1rsl.hand
dIffe￿nCe that a welcomirmj. understandir*J communty make to sorne￿ may be feeling wlated. unheard
or o¥er*kndmed ty ts thalenges oflivty *ith a Sryterm ccffidrtwi.
actKal adv￿ arKI meanirw fr￿f￿1￿Ps. A￿r•)5￿ thFS. our ccrfnmurrity ha5 Mt onty pnerated vrt81
Income to SUPFQrt wr chantabSe act1w1￿ has also l)ecome an impcthil of contact wrthin tho local
None of ttw"s be po$￿te ￿Lrt Il* Incredible commrtM￿I of YO￿nteerS Dunng Ihe penod. 25 4Jedi¢xed
volunteefs gave Iheif bme and energy lo run support groups. staff shop. Or9￿￿￿ ILxtraNng events, undertake
•Jmini5tT8tJve tasks arKI serve as truslees On of the Boart. l exlerKI my s￿•?￿e Ih¥tk3 to ew volunteer
The Board has also to ￿uS w streiww I￿ d￿nty'S wlemance. recA•ting new Injstees lo
Ixoaden the ran￿ ot Skdls and expenence within the or9￿8￿. and plannry for ts futu￿. As demand for our
Tee￿de and the surToUr￿lng artas
I W￿ld also like to thank oui fundefs. dor￿$. SUPF#Mers •KI parkner OrgaiNS￿ gfjnerosÈty and
confidence in our wolk enable us to conb.nue makry a feal thffere￿ Their 5uprKrfl. Ihe ded￿110
of our volunteer5. all¢x5 Fibrrpconned TS lo pro¥th seNKes thal improve ￿'ng. redu¢e isol8b'M ar
AJthQi￿ r6main. Ihe trusiees aFE Confl￿ that ltte ¢harty is ￿ rAac¢d to Cc1rt￿Ve ils development.
look th4arO lo bLHIth"r¥J fm the prtrJress made this pen￿. expanding aThJ ￿ that no one living
V*ith chronic pain or fawjue rnL￿t I￿"rICA￿leY alone
•rKI look forward to a ye¥ ol makiry a posthe dfflereru in ow c(XTtmm.
Jame8 8e
Chalr ol TrMt•
Date.. 24 thjty 2028

FIBRO-CONNFFT TS
TRUSTEES. REPORT
FOR THE PERIQD ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025
The trustees presenl ttr￿ annual repjl aThJ financ4al Stateme￿ the i)*xxl erthd 31 Ocloter 2025.
The financial statements have been prepwed in acLxKdarre with the accowrting pdK*5 sd out in note 1 to the
fina￿19[ sl8lemènts and CoM￿Y the ch•rty'5 &viemRwJ ¢knrnt. It* Charw ALI 2011, FRS 102 ￿hfj
FinarKial Rep￿"ry Standard aPF4icable In Ihe UK and Repu￿1¢ of Irelarrf and #Ie CW5 SORP "Pccountin9
d ReF¢>ling by Ch8rit*s' Statement of Recommended PractKe applicable lo chanties preparrng V)th"f accounts in
£orfa￿e *tyth the Financial RefthrKJ Standard aFpIKatAe in the UK arKI Retthk of lor￿d IFRS 1021-
ObJ•ctl¥tt ind actlvltles
The objeclive of the chanty is
The 01th05e suffenng from fkn>myaltya and other pwn cOThJ.rt￿ by me•ts ot
1. Provigon of yrfofmation on suppjrt aThJ health awarew".
2. A ￿er.t￿Peer support nets¥ofk".
in thè Tees Wley.
PublK benefAI
The Trustees confirm ihey have compl*d vthh the Ikty fft sec*"on 17 of tr* Ctwabe8 2011 to have due
regard to Ihe publ￿ bel￿ w(lar￿e pubtsshed by Chanty Commis5Kfft Tt* Trustees have cM5Mlw•d ths
rKe ¥4twi sha￿.Ng the chanty's otpctNes in pl#r￿1￿ cmnt aThJ f￿ule xt4fjbes.
Achhvem•nts •fftl p•rfornthnce
Swnrfranl aclivities and achevemgnts agamst obptttrves
Duriry the 2024Q5 financ3al pentrj, F1bro-Ccffl￿t TS"
. Conbnued lo deliver regUt* peer supwt sessions
. Expandeil our peer supwt sessions to PAthlesbwh aThJ Redcar.
. SupForted Inthvftll￿l8 across Tee551dp exper*rw cfv¢yK pam and fa* ec¥%1iti￿8.
mulkn"pFe Sccations to Increase ac￿ts1
Trs shafed aThJ validated.
Fln•nel•l revl•w
The thanty's inccrfne for tl* tWK>J totalkd £64.476. denved from grants. dmtws. ctwty sw safes and
fundf8iSllVJ aclivit￿S.
ExpeTrJbturt totslt¢d £37.020. prinwty co¥enrg
. Slaff wages and on costs
. Ver#R hire- Supwt UTht arKI Chanty Sl
. Retreshmenls fry suppNt sesstWS.
Volunteer eypenses.
Operalthal costs
ReseTres
statHIty and ensure the conts'nimty ol the chariW$ acbvrtRs. The trustees aFm to MaJnts￿ free reserves equNalerrt to
approximately ttsee rnonth$' Wlfestrnled expwth"tLbre. level lo meet ongoin9
Al 31 Oeiober 2025. the ¢tharty held ffft reser¥es 01 £5.161 7AtMth ts Ifuslees to b• ethk￿enI *ryth this
psicy. The twslees VAII contsnue lo revitrw Ihe level al rnser¥e5 rewbty to rt ￿￿1n$ appropriate to the
chanty's activi1￿$ and futurè pJan$.

FIBRO£ONNECT TS
TRUSTEES. REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025
A18Jorrtsk$
The trustees have ¢owdwed Ihe major rt%ks to the charty Is exFwed aThJ have systerns lo
mthgate these rths. Key r￿kS Include.
. Volunt¢er capacity- managed thwh onpry recnNWt and Suprth.
The trustee5 review risks TegLrtarty take apWc￿"atÈ a(XK)n TewKed.
StruetUT¢, gov•maTbC• and manag•w￿t
The charity is a ChantatAe Incowèted OrwF&*K>n ICIOI goveii*d ty a Constituti￿ Oaled 15
January 2024.
The twstees seryed durry the period and up lo the date ol sonatwe Oftt￿ finawal &at•ments were".
Mr S Pidon
(Apwnted 1 ￿ne 2026)
Mr J 114 Bell
{AwJnted 8 O¢lobw 20241
Ms E Fahey
(Ar¥￿￿.rrted 1 Odober 20251
F FIrP￿Tr￿
(Appwied 14 November 20241
Mr R R8dford
IAppJnte(f 14 November 20241
Ms S Sunpson
(Apwnted 14 November 2024)
Ms S St8DhÈnson
{*wted 14 Novembw 2tr241
Ms M Thompson
(IM￿led 1 Odcthr 202S)
Recnthm8nl and 8ppwtTr￿nI oflnjslees
The trustees recognise tr* importarKe ol mairtsirtm9 a dwer5e and skdled 8c4wd to ensuro the elkthe
govemance and lo￿terM susl•"Dabilty of the tharty t)unw the pen£¥l. the chanty actrrfely SO￿ lo recrurt
addrt￿l trustees wth a range of PTofessKyW skiTh5. INed expeiwts. *xl bpckgrrwKls io strengthen the 808rd's
capacty and reflect the o)mmunrt￿S rt seNes
Re¢rUbt[￿l o ￿dertaken thrrJJgh OFen and transp3Tent pr￿sSeS. the ch8n"ty's websrte,
sctkql media. ¥c4unteef reuurtmerrt platForms. arm1 b31 ￿tIv0rk8. Prospec*ve Intstees a￿ prDwded
apwintmenl.
The ¢h8fi"ty is crynmrtted lo pr￿TrY equ8hty. thversty. arKI Yjdwn in trustee reciurknenl and WeIts)￿S
icab.ons from indNthals vKth lived experience of pain. dtsabtsty. arnj from ￿￿eTrep￿Sented
respon&bilths ellectNely.
ensuriro the ehanty remains govemed and Tvilienl a$ rt

FIBRO4ONNE.CT TS
TRUSTEES. REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 ocfoBER 2025
The Iruslee$ wisK1er &)aid ol Tfttstees to Il* key manw pers￿￿￿. Coltec4i¥ety. thty
are respo￿l>le for thr•cbThJ and cc*)trolling the charty. Se￿n9 rts stTategK 1)t¥&￿Ve5. overswng finarv31
niarwent, ensufirrfj c￿&￿4ar￿ wth legal wulatw rewrements. and rnonrtw the delivery of the
The cttanty dwj not eM￿0Y any pa•J senK>r managemert rwscrt d￿ThJ the 2024f2S periDd. Day.ttyday
oper81ions were delivered thrix4h the tharws empbyees Volun￿ urthr and 0¥￿￿￿1 of the
Board ol Trv5tees.
their dutie5 are remibursed in a￿Or￿a￿e Ihe tharty's expenses pcA
communty shop. oT9aniww f￿￿&sIng ath¥rt￿, and SUFP)rtry the athn1r4stral￿ of the chanty. Vbtu
ihese vd*JTrteers F4ay a vrtal role In the charty's Su￿5$. re5Fw&￿.hty lty Ihe Strateg￿ man8gtrnenl and
)vemance ofthe organi8ati.cm remans Boaril of Tnjstees
Iuni•er Imp•ct
Fibr¢>Corne¢t TS 18 prwj to be a ¥￿￿te8T.1e(l clianty. and ts Iruslees recwtsé Ihal the orgaThsatitM'S
achievoments durirrfJ the peric¥J *rutd rni have ljeen wsstAe coffththrrt. c%Mnpas$¢on, and dedKai
ol rts volurrteers
During 2024r25 finaT￿￿t FWlCrtI. charty was s￿￿ted ty 25 athe ¥oluntews. generr￿sty gave their
bme, skills. and INed exper*nce to hew (leliver the otharty's amns.
Ow ¥￿￿teerS made a c(kn ty."
. Fa¢tlrt*ing ano suppm peef 5UFVOrt grwps. provbthrg a safe. ￿￿￿7)￿, and understwdiry
en￿rOnment fof people liwrrfj ch￿￿1C pain and faw CC*￿￿tiOnS
. Staffjng the charrty's communty $hop. help¢ng to gererate vrtd ￿lestr￿ted 1￿me eng8yiry with Ihe
¢al ￿mm￿rtY and rarsw averess ol cws
adthb"cffi81 i1￿me and Strer￿ ￿tat￿*shIpS SLWWS and orgaThs8ts0ft8.
. &Thing as Irustees. pro￿￿"ng stratew leaderstdp. govemarte, fina￿* ¢yMgghl. and ertsury
. Supportiry the Oay.ltrday Funr#ng of the •am￿l51￿1K￿. ath"wt*s. communty
engageme￿. and prnctKal assislance auoss a rarKJe ol serwKes
conln"bultOD extends far beyond Ihe I￿vr$ they gwe. they prtr•ide empathy. exper￿￿e, erKouragèrnent. ar¥J 8
8ense of communrty thai Is at the heart ol F￿1￿COnneCt TS
The charty remwns ccrfnmrtted to rewitiry. trainiNJ. and SbJPP)rting vdmteer5. recogntsmg them as or* of rts
9reatesl assets and e$sentFal to ts con*nued grrmth and susi*nabilty of the 0rwtsa￿0n.
The trLtstees' ffjport was aFwoved by the goard of T[L￿ee$
MTJWBdl
24 J￿Y 2026

FIBRO£ONNECT TS
INDEPEXDENT EXAMINER% REPORT
TO THE TRUSTEES OF FIBRO4ONNECT TS
I report to the trustees on my examinati￿ of the fir￿￿al ststemenls of F*￿￿c¢￿Trie¢I TS (the c*arrty} lor the
penod ended 31 Octoter 2025
RMpon8lblllll•¥ and basts of rpport
As the INstees of ihe thanty you afe responsible lor Ihe prepara[￿ ol the fin￿lat ￿aternents sn aCc￿￿nCe wTrth
Ihe requirem8rts ol chan11esA￿ 2011.
l ￿pOrt In respecl of my examination of the chanty s fiftar￿￿ slater￿n15 wl under section 145 01 the
Charitse5 Act 2011. In caTryirrtJ out my examinat￿ l tsve fotto**d the tyven ty Ihe Ch8rty Ccfftmissic
under sedion 145I5llbl ol the charit￿s Act 2011
Ind•p•nd•nl examlMrf$ ¥t•l•m•nt
I have COM￿eted my examinatxjn. I confirn) that no matters have corr* to my *lenlion in c0tv*(*.￿ wilh tho
ex8mlna￿n gNing me cause lo beheve that In any mater￿[ respect.
ccourrting recLYds not kept m iesFect of Ihe charty as rewired by Sect￿ 130 of the ch¥Til￿ACf 2011.
the Ifnan¢vdl 5tsIeff￿n1s do rK)t accord those recryds. (
f¥)anual *alethents set 04rt In Charths lkncxmls and Re¥vtSl Re￿￿￿tr￿S 2008 other than any
requirement Ihal the fin8rwl statements give a true and laK vtw. is not a matter c0nsHle￿d os part of
independent ex8mfftatrJn.
should be draw this report In orfer lo en4￿￿ a proper [￿￿er51and￿yj of ts finarthl ststemenls to be re8ched.
Abo¢us8ean Lrmrted
Level Q
TS18 3HR
27 J￿Y 2026

FIBRO£ONNqCT TS
STATEMENT OF FINANCIALACTMTIES
IINCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDffURE ACCOUNT)
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025
Unrnstrlctèd R•8trScled
nds
lunds
2025
2025
Tot41
2025
19.734
15.854
28
1.122
27.738
47,472
15.854
28
1.122
Totrl Incom•
36.738
27.738
64,476
Raiiirvj funds
11.0%
12.1*
3.648
10 120
14.704
22,316
Tot•1 •xp•fidlluf•
23.252
13,768
37,020
13,486
13.970
27.456
R•wKlll•llon ol fund8:
Fw*d bala￿ at 8 OcloL*r 2tr24
Fund balAnc•• at 31 Oclob•r 2025
13,486
13.970
27,456

FIBR￿oNNEcT TS
BALANCE SHEET
ASAT31 OCTOBER 2025
Flxed
Taryibk as8ets
14
8.325
16
5.610
19,961
Cash * bjnk •TKI in h8rn1
25,571
16.4401
C¥•dllor4". •mounts falllng du• withln one ye•r
16
19,131
Total •$8•ts1•s• ¢uTh•nt Ilablllll••
27.456
Th• fund¥ of th• charfty
13.970
13,486
Unrestri¢X•d furmas
27,456
MrJWBeN

FIBRO4ONNECT TS
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025
Accountlng poll¢l•s
Ch*rfty Inlormatlon
Fibw>Connett TS is 8 Charrtabk Inccwated (h98n￿ (CIO) by a FouThJation Cor￿￿thI0n
dated 75 January 2024
1.1 Roportlng p•rlod
The fina￿181 statements cover the F*nc4J trom the CIO'S iegtstratK)n ￿ 8 0￿0t￿l 2024 to 31 Othr 2025.
As this is tl* first Feriod ol aC0￿nI. Tr) compwalwe figures a￿ wesenleo
1.2 Basls of Pf•paratlo
The finaro* statemerrts have teen ￿pared in accudance chanty's govemir¥J document. the
Charrties Act 2011. FRS 102 Tr Finanoal Re&M)￿￿ Star¥Jèrd applKatAe Trn UK Jnd Republic of IrelaThr
and Chaniies SORP "Accwnts"ng arKI ReFm ty Chafrties. Stslement ol Recommended Ptath'ee
icable to charibes wepaTrng their aco)unts ￿ ￿¥dance the Repo￿ng stai￿rd
ap￿ICable in the UK and Rep[kn1￿ of Irdand {FRS 1021- The tsity rs a Public Benefft Enty as ￿fine￿ by
FRS 102.
The cl)anty has taken a* of the WOWSKfft sn the SORP for r￿1 kn prepare a stat￿1?1￿ ot
cash ft)ws.
The financial 5tatemerrts have departed from tt)e Charrt*s (Accounts af¥J ReFAMsl RegulatK)n5 2008 onty lo
the extent req￿red to prowde a In￿ ts"r This departure has involved follrrwmg the Swemenl
Recorftmend¢d Practi￿ for ¢hants5 apptyry FRS 102 ratlv Ilian tr* ver5K￿ of the Skitgment of
The finanual statements afe prepared m sterling. t*hch fu[Ka￿l (Awrefw of Ihè chanty. Pknnetary
amounts in these financ411 stalwnents a￿ roLThJed lo the nearest £.
The finanual statements have prepared wmjer tsslort41 c*xt CLThenkn. kVInc￿ accounting
F#)Iiues adopted arg set out below.
1.3 Golng concern
Al Ihe limg of app￿1.￿ finanual slatemwrt5. tre trustees have a reasorth exp&*tion thal
has adequate resour￿ lo conbnue In operaknal eyjstence ior the 1￿EeatrAe lutufe Thus the trnslees
1.4 Ch•rllable fund8
unreStr￿ted are available for use al the dIstre￿ of the trustees ¥1 fIKltr￿ce of lh￿r chaftiatile
obJectNes.
Restricted fund5 are suty.ect to 6peofit conthlions by or gran￿$ as to tr￿Y may be used. The
purFoses and uses Of1￿ restrQed funds are set out m tbe r¥)les to the finarnJ* statements
1.5
the 8mwnts can be rI￿aS￿ed rel￿tsy. aThl tt 1$ Ihat inoxne be r￿ed
of Ihe donab"on. unless performance conditths rewre aefefral of ￿ amcwi 1￿me tax reco¥erabJe in
relat￿n to donabons received GIftAKI or deeds of covenènt o reCLY￿ at lh8 t￿e of ttte dortal￿1.

FIBRO£ONNqCT TS
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025
A¢countlng ￿1¢
IContlTruedl
Legacies are reo)grnsed on receipt N Ott￿￿Tse rf charity has t*1 ￿rtrf*d of an impendiNJ dBtrtbLrtion.
the amount is known. and Tec491 is exffjed 11 the amc#Jrt is rK)I krKp•n. tr* *acy Is treated as a
conbr￿1 asset
1.6 E¥p•ndhur•
Expenditure is recognised 15 a W or c￿51￿￿t￿e to tran5ter econom￿ beneftl Io 8
third rwty. rt is probable ttTrat a Iranslet ol ecorK4Thc beneffts w￿1 be wured In settleTh￿. and l*)e 8mount of
the oblvJation can be Measur￿ fel¢abty.
ExFeThtilure is clas%figd ty ac*Jvty The (z6ts of each xbvty are made tre total of dFwa costs arKI
sh*ed costs. indudng Support Costs Invofved In undertaking each acbvity (￿re¢l costs attn"trArtatYe to a 5wwle
¥cb"vty are allocated ¢Jirectty lo Ihal actsvrty Sh*ed costs cwkntxrte lo rn(Ye than one activty
pport costs which afe not éttn.bjtab￿ to a * activity are bet*wi those aeli¥itss on a b￿$
consistent the use of TesoLirces. Central stall co*s a￿ alkxgw on basis of time spent. arKI
depreaation charge5 we 3lkrated on the ol Ihe asset's use
1.7 Tangl1￿• Ilx•d a$s•ts
TangiNe fixed assets are Kth'ally measured ai co& and sUbse￿r￿ty rmagxed at cost or ¥*￿. net of
reciab.on arKI any impaTrrment losses
Deweo"ation is reCOgn￿ed so as to V•mte off cosl ty vatuatxm of ￿ets less resithjal ¥alues over Ihew
useful tives on Ihe f¢4h￿r￿j tA5es'
Fixtures and fittrys
Motor vehides
25% redu¢mg balance
The go￿ or loss ariyn9 on Ihe th"stosal ofan asset ￿ (Setefmrnd as Ihe thThwence the Sa￿ proceeds
1.8 Impalrn￿nt of fixed a*•ets
Al each re￿￿.￿9 end d*e. the cw reviews Ihe wy4ng amtrjnts of rt5 tsrytAe assets to determTne
whether the￿ 15 any th* those 855ets have s[￿ered an ￿￿"MIent loss. If any s￿h mdtai
exists, Ihe recoverth of the assd is e5knated fft orfer to delern)me extenl of the imwm)ent
loss Irf any).
1.9 Cash aftd cash •qulv•l•nt•
Cash and cash equivalent$ indude &ish ￿ hand. derK)Sts hdd at call tmth t>anks. other Short￿ Iwd
Inveslments wih ¢)wnal maturi1* of rnon￿ Of less and bank overdrafts Bank overdrafts •e Sh
within turowirvjs in L￿rIeftt
1.10 Flnanclal InstNm•nt8
The charity has ele(*ed to appty the prowsrf>ns of Seebm 11 'BasÈc Firwwl ￿￿￿￿ents, and se￿￿ 12
'Other Fin8neial Inslnunents Issues" ol FRS 102 to aty ol rts fi￿￿al MtrUm￿.
Fin*r￿la* ins1wn￿l)ts are recogntsed in the bolartt SI￿et ¥kn Its chkn becomes party lo Ihe
contractual proviS￿S of the Enstrl￿enl
Financial asse1$ and Iiatsknes are offsel. kn the ryesented in the ￿n*￿ial ststements. **
It￿e is a legally enfoTceabte rwJhl to set off the rec4yJnised amounts and Itwe s an Jnlention to Sett￿ on a net
basis u lo realise the asset ar*J setue the $KnuIta￿•usty

FIBRO£ONN4CT TS
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025
A¢countlng
Icoftllnvèdl
B•sk finan¢l•lassets
8asc firsancial assets. Ind￿le debtors e85h and bar* l*lartes. are inth'alty measured a
transaction pnce irththrg transacbon cosls and a￿ subsequenty came(l at amort￿ cc61 ￿￿n9 ts effedive
interest methc*Y unless Ihe arrangement cOnStst￿eS a finarory trarwkn. ¥rt￿re the Iransaetion is
measured al the wesert vatsje of Ihe fu￿re recwpts al a m*kel late of Interest. Fwtanual assets
Buc Iln•nci•l l￿b￿lJeS
885ic financial I￿1111￿5 including credrtors and t)a* 508ns are recowse¢J at Itansactwa price uths
the arrarwenl conslrtutes a firwictng trantsact￿. *there the debt ¢s measured at the wèse
Val￿ of the fvture payments dtscoLrted * a marld rate of Mlelest FinaiKwl tsatshtEs dasstfi8d as pay4We
7Mthin one year are not airnrhseo
Debt irtstruments a￿ subseqLW CA￿led at a￿￿11$ed eost. effé¢b've wrtttest rate fflelhod.
Tfade credrtors are obl￿￿On$ lo pay tr gc(¥ls or ser￿(¢5 th* l>een wuwed in the ordwwy c￿rSe tsl
operatKJnS from suppliers AMI￿ payab￿ are dassfjed as ojrrenl i0tx￿beS rf payrnent is due within one
year or le$5 If rK>l. are presented as fi￿￿rent It3￿￿"es. Trade rJethtys are recogrn5ed Inilialty at
Derncognltlon of fin•n¢ial liabililies
Fin8rteFal liabilth.es afe derewrwd ¥&tten dwity's c(xtra(￿ eywe ￿ are {
cancelled.
1.11 Employ•• ￿n•11￿
The cost ol any unused holty entillement is reccwised in the perKxJ in ￿ the *oyee'$ seryKes are
recthved.
Tennirtrat￿ benefits are recogntsed irnmethatety as an ¥then rs demonstrabty uynmthed
lo lerminate the employment ol an empkiyee ry lo terMInat￿fi beneffts.
1.12 R•t6r•n*nt beneflts
Cthl acc¢yJnllng eslimats• and Judgenwnts
and as¥umpb"ons about the carryiTrJ amount of assets and lio￿"1jb.es that are not readily apparent frcmn Olhef
si)urces. The eslimales and asscoaled a$3umrrtKw afE t￿Sed IMst(YKal expefwtt arthy other I￿t￿¥ t1￿¢
aTe e¢rf￿dered lo be Tesevani A(au81 results may *Mef from Ihese esb"maies
imate5 are In the peri¢)d tr* esbwnate is re¥￿ert whtye the re￿SU)n affects thy that
, of in the wod of the rewsian and future wn¢Ats *tsre the revismjn affects both eurfent WKI ftrture
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FIBRO£ONNECT TS
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (COIITINUED)
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025
Totsi
lun•J•
2025
2025
2025
Oonatsons and gtfts
Grants
2.679
2.679
27,738
17.055
27.738
17.055
19734
27,738
47.472
Oth•r
Other rrwne of £17.055 represents Ihe transfer of cash and assets from the predecessor CIC folk>winy the
. estabhshment of tr* chanty
chority twefrts greatly from the team of vohmteers. In accrydartt FRS 102 and the chanb.es ￿)Rp
IFRS 1021. Secbon 6. the benefft ol ¥01￿￿e¢s Is rnl reccgnised In the fnanc4al statemerts dug to
the absence of a rewle ff*asurement basis
Incorn• from oth•rtradlng •¢tlvltles
Unrestrlcted
funds
Total
2Q26
2025
354
15.500
15.500
15,854
15.8S4
TrA•l
2028
2025
28
28
28
28
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FIBRO-CONN4CT TS
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025
Oth•f Incom•
Unr•strkted
funds
Totsl
2025
2Q25
Empbyment
1.122
1.122
1.122
1,122
Exp•ndltur• on rnknlng ftmd•
Totsl
funds
funds
2025
2025
2025
Fundrnlllng and p¥blklty
448
3.450
313
448
7.098
313
3.648
4.211
3.648
7.859
Tr•dlng costs
Operating ctharty slws
461
461
684S
6.845
11.
14.701
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FIBRO£ONNFFT TS
NOTES TO ThE FFNANCIAL STATEMENTS ICONTINUED)
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025
Exp•ndllur• on cha￿•bIl *thld•%
Charttable
actlvltl
2025
Stsff ￿sts
5.120
1,350
516
918
2.670
418
205
240
4,752
Unil costs
Telèphrme
18.189
8har• of Support *nd goY•rn•nc• co•ts (•tt not• 9)
4.447
1,680
22.316
An￿￿1$ ty fvnd
12,196
10.120
22,316
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FIBRO-CONNFCT TS
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025
2026
3.451
181
Bank fees
Legal and professic
47
Unil ¢>)sts
Slaff tra#iing
129
104
51
6.127
CharitatrAe a#ivilies
6.127
10 M•1 ￿￿¥*￿￿t In fund•
2026
380
1,320
11 TnM¢•
12 ENWgy•
Ilumb•r
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FIBRO£ONNECT TS
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEAIENTS {CONTINUEDI
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025
lcon￿￿*d)
2026
V*$ and salw
14.224
1.122
323
15.669
13 T•x•lh)n
14 T•nglbh fa•d •u•ts
Totsl
6.430
4.200
10,630
Ai 31 Oclober 2025
6.430
10.630
D•pr•cl•llon aThl tsylrn￿t
At 31 Octrts 21Y25
C*rylng wnount
At 31 Ortober 2025
4.821
8.325
2025
Amounts falllng du• 4vlthln one yur:
5.610
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F1BRO£ONN￿T TS
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEAIENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025
16 Cr•dltor•: •mounts hlllffj du• on• y•ar
2025
4.752
1.680
6,440
17 R•tlr•Mt￿ b•n•fft schem8*
2026
Defined ¢ontrlb¥rtion sch•n
Charge to profft or loss in respecl ol ¢Jefine<l contntxrtk)n scl
323
The diarity cwates a defwed ¢￿tri￿JE￿)n Fen51￿ scheme for all q4Alfyng em￿yeeS Tr assels of Ihe
scheme are hdd separatety If￿n t￿e of the charrty in an I￿￿endenty adM￿￿&￿ed fiJn¢J.
18 Re8trict•d lunds
The restncted Ivnds of the charty cf)mwse u￿Xpended balances of dona￿ grants Iru#
subject lo Specif￿ condth.ons ty dornrs as to tsy may be used
Al 8 OCto￿r
2024
Incmthw R•sou￿•S Ai 31 October
resou￿￿ exp•nd•d
2025
Poirrt North
Sy Jame5 KTr)It Twst
Natthal Lottery COMM￿ty Fund {ReachiryJ
Communities)
Suththx Foundati¢
{5.0001
10.363
875
18.7681
9.595
875
27.738
113,7681
13,970
P•nt Nc*1h donated £5.000 twrds payr￿1 costs and soThice le1resP￿S £248 spent
refreshmen15. £4.752 was relumed to Ptsnl Idh)wThJ the of activit￿$ from CIC Io
the CIO.
The Sir Jame5 Krmxt Tr￿1 donated £3.500 uTht rent. D￿ to bA￿ve$een circJJm*3nee$. Fibr*>
Connect have had to fdocate lo a new venue Th? Tru* r4$ its to use tr* d¢￿a￿"￿tLY ront
e05ts at rw venue
The NatFonal Lottery CoTnmwwty Fund . Reachir¥J QThmmrtbes a￿ a Proje￿ FYomot#)g the
£8.768 h8s been spent oft slaff r￿sts at 31 10 25
The Screvffix F<JundatK)n donaieo £875 towards repairs. to w10re￿ tsrcumstan￿s. FILY
Connocl have had lo relocate to a rew venue. Tr* F￿￿KIa￿ I￿S cr%)fir￿ rts suppJt to use the donab'on
lor repair costs 8t the nvw ven¢*
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FIBR￿oNNEcT TS
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEKfs ICONTINUED
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2025
19 Unrnjtrfcted l¥nd$
The unrestn.cted fvnds ol the tharty the LmexFervJed batartts of drmations ar￿ grarrts ththicti are
not subject lo coThJrtws by ¢Jonors and grantors as to tThv they may be used.
At 8 Octob
2024
In¢omlng Resources At 31 October
expendod
2025
36.738
123.252)
13.486
Tolal
nds
¥J25
fund*
202S
2026
At 31 Octob•r 2025:
Tary1￿* assets
8.325
5161
8.325
19.131
13.970
13486
13,970
27,458
disclosed in nDlo 11
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