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|Statement<br>offinancial|activities|15-16|
|Balance sheet||17|
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|The Trust undertakes||||||||a formal||||Risk Assessment||||on||an annual<br>basis. The Risk Assessment<br>and||Risk Register is||
|updated<br>alongside<br>Assessment.<br>Risks|||||||the 5Year Business <br> are colour coded.||||||Plan. <br> Red is||The 5 Year Business Plan takes account of risks identified<br>in <br> critical, Amber is highly<br>Important<br>or significant,<br>and Green||||||the Risk<br> is minor.|
|Risks are categorised as either Management<br>and <br>place to reduce or eliminate<br>each identified<br>risk. <br>management.<br>For example,<br>before any operational<br>and,<br>within<br>Senior<br>Management<br>and<br>Registered||||||||||||||||Governance,<br>Operational,<br>Financial<br>or External.<br>Controls are in<br> The mitigation<br>of risk is considered<br>on an ongoing<br>basis by key<br>changes or any developments<br>In activities<br>provided<br>by the Trust,<br>Management<br>meetings.<br>Any<br>newly<br>identified<br>critical<br>risks are||||||
|flagged||up to||Trustees||||either||before or|||at the||next|planned trustee meeting.||||||
|At November||||2022|||the|principal||||risks facing||the charity||||and the strategies to manage them were as||follows:||
|Risk||||||||||||||||||Controls||||
|he|Trust|||is|unable|||to||respond|||to|placeman||||Communicate<br>closely with commissioners,||||
|requests||||||||||||||||||Explain ethos ofthe Trust as a permanency|provider,|||
|||||||||||||||||||Use<br>existing<br>capacity<br>to<br>best<br>effect||withou||
|||||||||||||||||||compromising<br>quality,||||
|||||||||||||||||||Build placement<br>capacity,||||
|||||||||||||||||||ork with commissioners<br>to understand<br>their||needs.||
|Local Authorities||||||stance on|||Staying Put placements|||||||||Review potential<br>impact over next 5years,||||
|||||||||||||||||||Maintain<br>dialogue<br>with local authorhies<br>concerned,||||
|||||||||||||||||||Lobby government<br>via FFP group,||||
|||||||||||||||||||Review<br>Budget<br>8 5 Year Plan to earmark||potentia||
|||||||||||||||||||carer support,||||
|||||||||||||||||||Look at staff training<br>to meet needs of Staying<br>Put||||
|||||||||||||||||||Over 18support.||||
|Government||||/|Local Authority||||||cuts push down fees||||||t|Review service provision,||||
|unsustainable|||||levels|||||||||||||Review staff utilisation,||||
|||||||||||||||||||Find ways of making<br>savings<br>in delivery,||||
|||||||||||||||||||Reduce central cost base,||||
|||||||||||||||||||Find value suppliers e.g. Insurance,<br>IT, HR,|etc.,|||
|||||||||||||||||||Review policy of limiting the number<br>ofplacements|||i|
|||||||||||||||||||ach area - increase<br>placement<br>numbers||at lowe||
|||||||||||||||||||ee,||||
|||||||||||||||||||Co-operate<br>with other smaller providers<br>in the sector,||||
|||||||||||||||||||Support<br>the<br>development<br>of FFP<br>and||develo||
|||||||||||||||||||influence<br>in government<br>/ local authorities.||||
|Sector||consolidation||||||harms||small operators||||||||Monitor<br>changes<br>to<br>the<br>number<br>of||agencie||
|||||||||||||||||||perating<br>in the sector,||||
|||||||||||||||||||Research possible merger/purchase<br>targets,||||
|||||||||||||||||||Get<br>to<br>critical<br>mass<br>and<br>maintain|placeman|||
|||||||||||||||||||numbers,||||
|||||||||||||||||||Compete on fee rates and foster carer fees,||||
|||||||||||||||||||Continue to build add on services,||||
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|||Notes|2022|2022|2022f|2022<br>6|2021<br>8|
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|Donations<br>and legacies||3|34,525|||34,525|15,550|
|~Ch<br>'t<br>bt<br>di t'||||||||
|Foster care local authoriity <br>recharges<br>Student fees|fees and||8,636,947<br>7,400|||8,636,947<br>7,400|7,637,892<br>5,400|
|Investments||4|20,239|||20,239|44,577|
|Total income|||8,699,111|||8,699,111|7,703,419|
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|R~ii<br>t<br>Fundraising<br>and publicity<br>Investment<br>management|||198<br>64,688|||198<br>64,688|272<br>32,562|
||||64,886|||64,886|32,834|
|Ch<br>bth<br>Foster care<br>Fostering<br>independence<br>Lifetime carer costs||6<br>8<br>6|8,385,212<br>3017|68,453||8,385,212<br>3,017<br>68,453|7,478,778<br>2,700<br>63,414|
|Total charitable expenditure|||8,388,229|68,453||8,456,682|7,544,892|
|Total expenditure|||8,453,115|68,453||8,521,568|7,577,726|
|Net gains/(losses)<br>on investments||9|102,120|||102,120|218,493|
|Gross transfers<br>between|funds||(68,453)|68,453||||
|Net income for the year/<br>Net movement<br>in funds|||279,663|||279663|344 186|
|Fund balances at 1 January 2022|||2,224,693|1,145,571|412|3,370,676|3,026,490|
|Fund balances at 31 December||2022|2,504,356|1,145,571|412|3,650,339|3,370,676|





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|||Notes|||6||
|Fixed assets<br>Tangible assets<br>Investment<br>properties<br>Investments||10<br>11<br>12||1,517,571<br>1,100,000<br>6,093||1,702,924<br>1,100,000<br>11,093|
|||||2,623,664||2,814,017|
|Current assets<br>Debtors||13|516,344||560,160||
|Investments<br>Cash at bank and in hand|||1,002,832||3,398<br>441,910||
||||1,519,176||1,005,468||
|Creditors: amounts<br>one year|falling due within|15|(446,501)||(338,182)||
|Net current assets||||1,072,675||667,286|
|Total assets less cunsnt liabilities||||3,696,339||3,481,303|
|Creditors: amounts<br>more than one year|falling due after|16||(46,000)||(110,627)|
|Net assets||||3,650,339||3,370,676|
|Income funds<br>Restricted funds<br>Unrestricted<br>funds - <br>General unrestricted|designated<br>funds|17||412<br>1,145,571<br>2,504,356||412<br>1,145,571<br>2,224,693|
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|Cash flows from operating<br>activities<br>Cash generated<br>from operations|24||324,836||79,355|
|investing<br>activities||||||
|Purchase oftangible<br>fixed assets||(5,873)||||
|Proceeds from disposal oftangible fixed<br>assets||138,692||||
|Proceeds from disposal of investments<br>Investment<br>income received||110,518<br>20,239||65,270<br>44,577||
|Net cash generated<br>from investing<br>activities|||263,576||109,847|
|Financing<br>activities<br>Repayment<br>of bank loans||(27,490)||(27,962)||
|Net cash used in financing<br>activities|||(27,490)||(27,962)|
|Net increase in cash and cash equivalents|||560,922||161,240|
|Cash end cash equivalents<br>at beginning|ofyear||441,910||280,670|
|Cash and cash equivalents<br>at end of|year||1,002,832||441,910|





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||||Foster care|Fostering<br>independence|Llfegme<br>carer costs|Total<br>2022|Total<br>2021|
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|Depreciation<br>and impairment<br>Families costs<br>Foster panel and carers recruitment<br>Salaries and related|||30,277<br>5,466,628<br>96,763<br>1,418,478|2,412|8,573<br>47,872|38,850<br>5,516,912<br>96,763<br>1,418,478|41,208<br>4,871,203<br>88,222<br>1,237,774|
||||7,012,146|2,412|56,445|7,071,003|6,238,405|
|Share ofsupport costs (see note 7)|||1,292,501|570|11,316|1,304,387|1,120,363|
|Share ofgovernance<br>7)||costs (see note|80,565|35|692|81,292|186,124|
||||6,385,212|3,017|66,453|8,456,682|7,544,892|
|Analysis<br>by <br>Unrestricted<br>Unrestricted|fund<br>funds<br>funds -|designated|8,385,212|3,017|68,453|8,388,229<br>68,453|7,481,478<br>63,414|
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||Support <br>costs|Governance<br>costsf|2022|2021|Basis ofallocation|
|Staff costs|700,531|60,916|761,447|765,888|On time spent|
|Depreciation<br>General ofgce costs|13,684<br>590,172|5,293|13,684<br>595,465|22,553 <br>397,809|Direct usage<br> Pro rata FTE Staff|
|Audit fees||9,013|9,013|18,690|Governance|
|Legal and professional<br>Bank charges<br>Trustees expenses<br>reimbursed||1,163<br>2,831<br>604|1,163<br>2,831<br>604|92,094<br>2 391 <br>1,648|Governance<br> Governance<br>Governance|
|Trustee board meetings||1,472|1,472|5,414|Governance|
||1,304,387|81,292|1,385,679|1,306,487||
|Analysed<br>between<br>Charitable<br>activities|1,304,387|81,292|1,385,679|1,306,487||



|h|thl|numberofemployees|during the year was:|||
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|Direct charitable<br>purposes<br>Management<br>and administration||||9|8|
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|Wages and salaries<br>Social security costs<br>Other pension costs||||1,821,786<br>200,567<br>157,572|1,681,342<br>174,467<br>147,853|
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|The number ofemployees|whose annual|remuneration|was more than E60,000|||
|isas follows:||||||
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|In the band E60,001 -E70,000||||||
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|||||funds|funds|
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|Gain/(loss)<br>Revaluation|on <br>of|sale of investments<br> investment<br>properties||102,120|200,000<br>18,493|
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||At 1 January 2022<br>Additions||1,874,911|115,278|265,675<br>5,872|2,255,864<br>5,872|
||Disposals||(167,756)|||(167,756)|
||At 31 December 2022||1,707,155|115,278|271,547|2,093,980|
||Depmciatfon<br>and impairment<br>At 1 January 2022<br>Depreciation<br>charged<br>in the year<br>Eliminated<br>in respect ofdisposals||203,932<br>28,487<br>(29,064)|97,183<br>12,992|251,825<br>11,054|552,940<br>52,533<br>(29,064)|
||At 31 December 2022||203,355|110,175|262,879|576,409|
||Carrying<br>amount<br>At 31 December 2022||1,503,800|5,103|8,668|1,517,571|
||At 31 December 2021||1,670,980|18,095|13,849|1,702,924|
|11|Investmentproperty|||||2022f|
||Fair value<br>2022|31Db2022||||1,100,000|



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||investmsnts<br>f|Related<br>f|Investments||
|Cost or valuation<br>At 1 January 2022 &31 December 2022|5,000|6,091||11,093|
|Canying<br>amount<br>At 31 December 2022|5,000|6,091|2|11,093|
|At 31 December 2021|5,000|6,091|2|11,093|





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|eors<br>Amounts<br>falling due within one year:||2022f|2021<br>8|
|Trade debtors<br>Other debtors<br>Prepayments|and accrued income|388,048<br>10,652<br>117,644|414,135<br>9,670<br>136,355|
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|Payable<br>Payable|within one year<br> after one year|67,247|30,110<br>64,627|



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|<br>|Notes|2022<br>6|2021f|
|Bank loans<br>Other taxation and social security<br>Trade creditors<br>Other creditors<br>*ccruals and deferred<br>income|14|67,247<br>58,647<br>64,003<br>14,319<br>242,285|30,110<br>48,442<br>63,922<br>14,386<br>181,322|
|||446,501|338,182|
|Creditors: amounts<br>falling due after more than one year||2022|2021|
||Notes|6|8|
|Bank loans<br>Dilapidstions<br>provision|14|46,000|64,627<br>46,000|
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||||Incoming<br>resources|Balance at<br>1January<br>2S22f|Resources<br>expended|Balance at<br>31 December<br>2S22<br>8|
|Lifetime|carer|costs|||(68,453)|(68,453)|
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||represented<br>by:<br>Tangible assets<br>Investment<br>properties<br>Investments<br>Current<br>assets/(fiabilities)<br>Long term liabilities|1,517,571<br>1,100,000<br>6,093<br>1,072,263<br>(46,000)|412|1,517,571<br>1,100,000<br>6,093<br>1,072,675<br>(46,000)|1,702,924<br>1,100,000<br>11,093<br>666,874<br>(110,627)|412|1,702,924<br>1,100,000<br>11,093<br>667,286<br>(110,627)|
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||There are no events requiring<br>disclosure|after the balance sheet|||date.|||||
|24|Cash generated<br>from operagons||||||2022<br>8||2921f|
||Surplus<br>for the year||||||279,663||344,186|
||Adjustments<br>for:<br>Investment<br>income recognised<br>in statement<br>offinancial<br>Gain on disposal of investments<br>Fair value gains and losses on investment<br>properties<br>Depreciation<br>and impairment<br>oftangible<br>fixed assets|||activities|||(20,239)<br>(102,120)<br>52,534||(44,577)<br>(200,000)<br>(18,493)<br>63,759|
||Movements<br>in working<br>capital:<br>Decrease/(increase)<br>in debtors<br>Increase in creditors||||||43,816<br>71,182||(560,160)<br>354,072|
||Cash generated<br>from/(absorbed<br>by) operations||||||324,836||(61,213)|
|25|Analysis ofchanges<br>in net funds||||At|1Jsseery<br>2e22f|Cash flows<br>8|At $1Oeoember<br>2022<br>8||
||Cash at bank and in hand|||||441,910|560,922||1,002,832|
||Loans falling due within one year<br>Loans falling dus after mors than one year|||||(30,110)<br>(64,627)|(37,137)<br>64,627||(67,247)|
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