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2022-03-31-accounts

VOLUNTARY ACTION - LEEDS

Charity Registration No. 225863 Company Registration No. 00555150

TRUSTEES’ REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the year ended 31[st] March 2022

VOLUNTARY ACTION - LEEDS Annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31[st] March 2022

Contents

Page:
1 Legal and administrative information
2 Report of the Trustees
10 Statement of Trustees’ responsibilities
11 Report of the independent auditors
15 Consolidated statement of financial activities
(incorporating statutory income & expenditure account)
16 Balance sheets
17 Cash flow statement
19 Notes to the financial statements

VOLUNTARY ACTION - LEEDS Legal and administrative information

TRUSTEES Mrs L A Evers
D J Boutle
A N Curtis
Professor T M Devinney
C N Hollins
P Landey
A F Morgan
Ms N Mort
Ms E Barrow
Mrs C Ineson
Ms J R Fishenden (resigned 10/03/2022)
F McAllister (resigned 10/05/2022)
R Londo
Miss J E Tomlin
Miss L Whitton
Mrs S J Rogers
A P Ogilvie (resigned 24/09/2021)
Ms P Ramchandani (resigned 30/09/2021)
Miss G P Boyer (resigned 30/09/2021)
Miss J M Roper (resigned 16/01/2022)
Miss E Holmes (appointed 30/09/2021)
Senior Management: R Jackson (Chief Officer)
C Sawyer (Strategic Finance Manager)
Mrs M Woods (Operations Manager)
Ms H Bailey (Social Action Manager)
G Blake (Social Action Manager)
COMPANY SECRETARY Mrs M Woods
REGISTERED OFFICE Stringer House
34 Lupton Street
Hunslet
Leeds
LS10 2QW
REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER 00555150 (England and Wales)
REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 225863
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS Thomas Coombs Limited
Statutory Auditor
Chartered Accountants
3365 The Pentagon
Century Way
Thorpe Park
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS15 8ZB

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Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31[st] March 2022

The trustees who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31st March 2022. 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).

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Objectives and activities for public benefit

VA-L receives funding from Leeds City Council and other statutory bodies as well as from trusts and other charities from time to time. It generates other revenue by social enterprise activities (selling certain services and products), by project management activity on behalf of statutory bodies, and by membership fees and individual donations.

The objects of the charity, as defined in the Memorandum of Association, are:

To promote, assist and encourage social service and all or any purposes for the benefit of the community in the city of Leeds which now are or hereafter may be deemed by law to be charitable

In particular by assisting the work of Statutory Authorities and Voluntary Organisations engaged in advancing education, the furthering of health, relieving poverty, distress and sickness or in pursuing any object which now or hereafter may be deemed by the law to be charitable.

Voluntary Action - Leeds exists to support and build the capacity of other third sector organisations in the Leeds area. To this end we provide a variety of services and resources. These include training, volunteering (including brokering, development and support), small group development work, a communications service (including a website, information service, an electronic newsletter and marketing/publicity support), a payroll service, facilitation of strategic representation and engagement (both overall and within thematic groupings e.g Funding, Children, etc.) and management of a range of projects which fit within our overall aims. Our work can be summarised under the nationally-defined five core functions of a Council for Voluntary Service, which are Service Provision, Liaison, Representation, Development, and Strategic Partnerships. We have been offering these and similar services since 1945, and we are an acknowledged source of support and information for and on the third sector in Leeds.

Significant activities

Voluntary Action Leeds is in the first year of our current strategic plan with a three year vision of being the key strategic provider of Support and Development services for the Third sector, whilst also demonstrating strong and effective Civic Leadership. Offering services which meet the primary needs identified by third sector organisations of all sizes, but also including a relevant offer to the statutory and private sectors.

As mentioned above we continue to provide a range of services under three key teams, these are:

These are explained in more detail in 'achievement and performance' section of the Report of the Trustees.

Grantmaking

Grants made from VA-L's own resources (Stringer Grants) are paid out of interest earned on quoted investments held by VA-L. No Stringer grants were awarded this year.

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ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE

Chairs comments

It is through the everyday lives of people and communities that the impact of the third sector is seen. If you have come to reading this report, the chances are you need no persuasion of that, nevertheless as we emerge from the pandemic nothing is quite as it was a couple of years ago, and your involvement in or with the sector may have been in one or more of a myriad of different ways. I don’t hesitate to say that almost no-one in our large and diverse city will have remained untouched by the way the third sector has contributed to the ongoing life, culture and economy of the city.

There is a phrase going round - “build back better” – and the third sector will play it’s part in ensuring that is not a hollow aspiration as we all plan for the future. In doing so we build on strong foundations, and I will take this opportunity to give recognition that as we neared the end of the year, our Chief Officer – Richard Jackson, who has been the key part of establishing those foundations for over a decade - has stepped down. Richard will be missed by those who worked with him over many years. We welcome his successor in post – Hannah Bailey – who inherits a strong organisation and team with which to build. That team has continued to be at the root of our strengths for the past year, it would be an understatement to say that there have been “challenges” from technical to continuity in delivery of services, the VAL team have risen to those challenges time and time again during the course of the year, far beyond expectation.

This report demonstrates the ways in which the vision of the trustees, staff and volunteers of Voluntary Action Leeds is being put into practice. There is so much that needs to be done in our city and that is not achieved by any single organisation. The issues of promoting health, delivering education, combatting inequalities, providing sports, social and cultural activities, reducing crime, and dealing with the climate emergency – all engage people throughout the city, either delivering servicers, campaigning for a better future, or researching solutions. The public sector, and private employers, alongside the third sector, share a responsibility for ensuring that every community, and every person within those communities can live the lives they deserve to lead, and play their own part in building back better.

In March there was an event which celebrated the inspirational role played by the staff and members of the community hubs throughout Leeds who played their part in the pandemic. It epitomised the role that is played every day in our City of people from all walks of life who are brought together by a common cause. It demonstrated the need for partnership and collaboration between organisations and individuals. A partnership which has been enabled by those working in the background, by changes in technology and communications, by those who took strategic decisions to channel resources to the right places and supported by a long history of working together. Voluntary Action Leeds fills that space of enabling cooperation across the city and looks forward to doing that for many years to come.

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Significant Activities

Our Services

During 2021/22, our services continued to be impacted by the pandemic, whilst beginning to return to some normality in the latter part of the year. A strategically significant part of our operations continued to be ensuring the basic needs of people in Leeds who were impacted by COVID-19 were met through a network of community care hubs across Leeds (in each electoral ward) who provided their local communities with support. Much focus throughout the year was on developing this work to ensure that people were supported to return to independence and sustainable support mechanisms. This was impacted through the ever-evolving nature of the pandemic, particularly the emergence of the Omicron variant in late 2021. As a longer-term legacy, work began in earnest this year to develop the Leeds Community Anchor Network – using the learning and experience of the Community Care Hubs – in order to ensure that all communities across Leeds thrive.

During the past year our core services have been maintained, often continuing to work in new ways to respond to the challenges presented by the pandemic; a brief description is below, broken down by team, then service:

SUPPORTING ORGANISATIONS

This team aims to provide support to individual VCSE organisations through a package of services:

Group Support

Provision of one-to-one support (e.g., fundraising and governance advice) to VCSE groups in Leeds.

Training

Provision of relevant training linked to the priorities of VCSE organisations in Leeds, including bursaries (paid from reserves) for groups with an annual income of below £20,000 per year. Much of our 2021/22 training offer was delivered virtually, however in person training returned in the latter part of the year for some courses.

Volunteering

Management of Volunteer Centre Leeds which matches individuals to volunteering opportunities and provides and advice and support to organisations in finding and working with volunteers using a range of methods including online and outreach in communities. During 20221/22 we continued to build and promote our new online volunteering infrastructure (Be Collective) as well as our new base in Kirkgate Market in Leeds city centre, which is enabling us to reach a broader range of people interested in volunteering. We also facilitate and support the Leeds Volunteer Managers Network , which enables people working with volunteers to come together, share best practice and jointly shape solutions.

We also have several discreet, time limited projects within the Volunteering Team including:

Research and evaluation

Leading on the production of community-based research, working with a range of partners including the Universities in Leeds.

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SUPPORTING THE SECTOR

This team aims to support the VCSE sector strategically through a package of support including:

Leeds ACTS!

Supporting Academic Collaboration with the Third Sector (ACTS!) through building relationships between researchers, charities, voluntary and community organisations to foster joint working for the benefit of the communities of Leeds.

Leeds Culturally Diverse Hub

Supporting the forum of organisations and people from culturally diverse communities tackling racial inequalities. A key role for the Hub is to act as a critical friend to Leeds City Council and other key stakeholders, providing feedback on services and proposed developments along with solutions and new ideas.

Leeds Crime Reduction Network

Supporting the forum for organisations working to support both the victims and perpetrators of crime to help create safer communities by discussing shared problems and finding shared solutions.

Leeds Voices

Aiming to ensure the voices of marginalised communities are heard within public consultations. Delivered through three complementary elements:

This project closed at the end of 2021 due to funding ceasing. Prior to this an online toolkit was produced as a legacy from the project.

Third Sector Leeds (TSL)

Supporting the VCSE Assembly for Leeds, giving the VCSE a united voice and influence at strategic level.

Young Lives Leeds (YLL)

Supporting the forum of VCSE organisations that work with children and young people in Leeds; providing strategic representation, influence, information and support to the VCSE.

Climate Action Leeds

Leading a partnership of five organisations in a five-year, £2.5m programme aimed at creating a zero-carbon, nature friendly, socially just Leeds by the 2030’s through supporting communities to undertake activities to reduce the negative impacts of climate change, city movement building and sector and campaign support.

OPERATIONS

Administration and Building Management

A package of services (mostly chargeable) offered to a range of customers including:

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Communications

Provision of a package of communications and marketing support including regular e-newsletters, social media, design, training, and information. We also manage and maintain www.doinggoodleeds.org.uk which is the social action portal for Leeds.

Payroll

Provision of a comprehensive payroll service for VCSE organisations in Leeds and beyond.

Recruitment service

Provision of an end-to-end recruitment service for VCSE organisations in Leeds.

FINANCIAL REVIEW

Principal funding sources

Core funding for Services work:

Leeds City Council Citizens and Communities Development (funding for Small Group Development, Communications, Volunteering and Third Sector Leeds and Culturally Diverse Hub).

Project funding:

Leeds City Council Children's Services Department (funding for Young Lives Leeds) NHS Leeds Clinical Commissioning Groups (Leeds Voices)

The National Lottery Community Fund Reaching Communities (Giving Time Adult Project phase 1 and phase 2) The National Lottery Community Fund Reaching Communities (Giving Time Youth Project) The National Lottery Community Fund -Covid Response

The National Lottery Community Fund -Climate Fund Action

Other project funding is detailed on note 4 of the financial statements

VAL's own income generation: Advertising, subscriptions, training courses, payroll services, etc. Tenancy and Room Hire income VAL Essentials fees Bank interest and investment income.

Investment Policy

The trustees have considered the most appropriate policy for the investment of funds and decided that given the amount of cash held and the low level of interest rates that around £180,000 of the funds previously held in the COIF account should be invested through our account with our stockbrokers – Redmayne Bentley – in the expectation of generating better returns over a 5 to 10 year period. So funds are now invested in the COIF Charities Deposit Funds, and investment account with Redmayne Bentley which consists of a specific investment in permanent interest bearing shares in Leeds Building Society and a spread of listed equity investment funds.

In accordance with the Trustee Act 2000, the trustees continue to review their investment policy to ensure that the maximum investment returns are achieved, whilst not compromising the operational requirements and having regards to the acceptable level of investment risk.

The charity looks to invest its funds ethically in accordance with our aims and objectives together with sensitivity to social and environment issues.

Review

The financial statements comply with the Companies Act and the Statement of Recommended Practice on Accounting by Charities and the conditions in the Company's Memorandum and Articles of Association. The movement in funds is shown on the Statement of Financial Activities on page 14.

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Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31[st] March 2022 (continued)

The financial results of the Charity are shown in the annexed Financial statements. The surplus of total income over total expenditure and losses on investments was £42,659 (2021: £201,141) for the year. The property has been revalued in the year causing a gain of £100,000 on revaluation. As such the total movement on funds in the year is £142,659.

Overall Charity Income in the year was £1,424,659 (2021: £1,338,208). The reasons for this increase are the growth of grant income of £74,180 as a result of higher grants for the Climate Action project and funding received from Leeds City Council for the Community Anchor project which is offset by the drop in Covid specific funding received compared to 21/22.

Overall expenditure on Charitable activities in the year was £1,373,161 (2021: £1,145,787). This is explained by the increase in partner organisation pass through funding of £205,356 mostly related to the Climate Action project.

Trading Subsidiary

The wholly owned subsidiary carries on the business of the provision of the payroll bureau services and other income generating activities. The company generated a trading profit of £32,950 (2021: £19,492) which it donated to the charity by Gift Aid.

Reserves Policy

The trustees consider it prudent to hold an adequate level of financial reserves in order to enable the continuation of activities in the event of a drop in funding, to allow alternative funding to be sought, to enable the charity to take advantage of any funding opportunities which might require an initial outlay, to demonstrate to potential funders that resources are being managed effectively, to meet cash flow requirements, meet contractual liabilities should the charity have to close, and to meet unexpected costs such as legal costs, and staff cover for illness, maternity and paternity leave etc.

In order to do this, the trustees consider it prudent that unrestricted reserves should be sufficient to cover running costs for a minimum of 3 months (6 months ideally) and the amounts held as designated reserves.

Based on the above policy the target level of reserves as at 31st March 2022 was £343,000 (£686,000 ideally). The actual level of free reserves was £548,693 together with designated funds of £50,000 for a redundancy and restructuring reserve, £19,500 for building and IT works, £20,084 for Developing Community Anchors and trading company funds of £41,480.

FUTURE PLANS

Plans for the Future

Over the coming years, working together with the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Sector and key partners, we will continue to work to develop solutions that tackle key issues in Leeds and West Yorkshire.

To achieve our goals, we will maintain our commitment to “collaboration over competition” and the belief that the best solutions are co-designed and co-delivered with communities; and that the VCSE sector is the gateway to achieving this – as evidenced by the city’s strong response to the pandemic. We will look to build on this achievement through the development of the Leeds Community Anchor Network as a positive legacy of the covid crisis.

Our unique position in the city requires that we undertake our work with the guidance and support of the VCSE sector in Leeds, therefore we continue to work towards being owned and led by our sector.

The pandemic has impacted on the way we deliver our services, but we are beginning to build them back up – we know that many within the sector face the same challenges and that the sustainability of the sector is a key concern, at a time when our role is more important than ever. We will continue to adapt our services to ensure they meet the needs of the sector and our organisational sustainability.

All of our work over the next few years has already been outlined in our current strategic plan and summarised as a series of goals, outlined below. We undertook a review of our plan during 2021/22 and found that it is still fit for purpose, with the addition of three new underpinning areas of focus:

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STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Governing document

The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust, and constitutes a limited company, limited by guarantee, as defined by the Companies Act 2006.

The legal status of Voluntary Action - Leeds is that of a Company Limited by Guarantee established in 1955.

The company is registered as a charity under The Charities Act 2011 and is governed by its Memorandum and Articles.

At 31st March 2022 there were 325 members whose liability is limited to £1 each in the event of the liquidation of the company.

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Recruitment and appointment of new trustees

Details of the Trustees who have served during the year are listed on page 1.

The directors of the charitable company are also its trustees for the purposes of charity law and sit on the Trustee Board. As set out in the Articles of Association the directors are either appointed by the Trustee Board during the year or nominated at the Annual General Meeting. All new appointments are subject to approval by members at the Annual General Meeting.

The Trustee Board shall be composed of individuals on a three year rotation selected for their abilities to manage and for the expertise and commitment they are able to give to the company. The Trustee Board shall be at least three and no more than fifteen people, including up to 5 co-optees.

Organisational structure

VAL is governed by its board of Trustees (composition explained above). The Chief Officer is answerable to the Trustee Board. There are three operational teams, Supporting the Sector, Supporting Organisations and Operations. These teams are headed by senior managers, who report to the Chief Officer and are responsible for the day to day supervision of employees.

Induction and training of new trustees

Trustees receive a full Trustee Handbook, which is updated annually, containing briefings on legal responsibilities, detail of the organisation's structure, work and plans, and other relevant information. They are offered an induction visit and discussions, and are required to complete a training needs audit form, a checklist to ensure that they have received all the information/training they need, and a trustee agreement and code of conduct for board members.

Key management remuneration

The trustees consider the board of trustees, the Chief Officer and Strategic Finance Manager as comprising the key management personnel of the charity in charge of directing and controlling the charity and running and operating the charity on a day to day basis. All trustees give of their time freely and no trustee remuneration was paid in the year. Details of trustee expenses and related party transactions are disclosed in notes 9 and 17 to the accounts.

Remuneration is based on National Joint Council Local Authority pay grade scales.

Trustees are required to disclose all relevant interests and register them with the Chief Officer and in accordance with the Charity's policy to withdraw from decisions where a conflict of interest arises.

Related parties

The charity's wholly owned subsidiary, VA-L Trading Limited provides a payroll bureau service and other income generating activities. The subsidiary gift aids its profits to the charity, see note 5 to the financial statements.

Any individual with an interest in a matter being discussed at a meeting must declare the interest to the meeting. The chairman of the meeting will then decide whether that individual should withdraw during the discussion and, if not, whether the individual should be entitled to vote on the matter under discussion

Transactions related to Trustees are detailed in note 9 to the financial statements.

Risk management

The Trustees have reviewed their strategy for risk management in accordance with the requirements of the Statement of Recommended Practice on Accounting and Reporting by Charities. The major risks were identified and appropriate action taken to minimise each of the risks.

ACCOUNTABILITY UNDER PUBLIC BENEFIT REQUIREMENTS

In accordance with their duties pursuant to section 4 Charities Act 2011, the Trustees have considered the Charity's objects and activities in light of the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit, "Charities and Public Benefit."

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In relation to the first limb of the public benefit test set out in the guidance, the objects are defined in the Memorandum of Association and the trustees are satisfied that each of these is of benefit to the public. The Objects emphasise the role of social service to the community of Leeds, along with the role of Statutory Authorities and Voluntary Organisations in order to advance education, the furthering of health, relieving poverty, distress and sickness. This is of considerable value to the public, for a number of reasons, including the provision of advice, support and services to over 2,000 third sector groups all of whom, in turn, provide support to those most in need in the general community.

In relation to the second limb of the test, the trustees ensure that the public at large benefit from the activities of the charity and that there is no private benefit, incidental or otherwise. By the nature of the objects, the work performed by the charity supports the community at large. This can be seen by the successes that have been achieved in the year, including the support of over 11,000 volunteers in Leeds and the ongoing development of the strategic networks, which offered facilitation, support and information to hundreds of third sector in the year. The trustees regularly keep the activities the charity under review, to ensure that they are of sufficient benefit to the public.

STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES' RESPONSIBILITIES

The trustees (who are also the directors of Voluntary Action - Leeds for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Report of the Trustees and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

In so far as the trustees are aware:

AUDITORS

The auditors, Thomas Coombs Limited, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.

Approved by order of the board of trustees on 2[nd] September 2022 and signed on its behalf by:

.............................................................................. C N Hollins - Trustee

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Independent auditors’ report to the members of VOLUNTARY ACTION - LEEDS

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Voluntary Action - Leeds for the year ended 31[st] March 2022 which comprise the Group Statement of Financial Activities, the Group and the Parent Charitable Company Balance Sheet and the Group Cash Flow Statement and the related notes. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice) including FRS 102 ‘‘The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland.

In our opinion the financial statements:

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charitable company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the trustees annual report2, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. The trustees are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report2. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

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Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of our knowledge and understanding of the group and parent charitable company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the directors’ report.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

Responsibilities of Trustees

As explained more fully in the Trustees’ responsibilities statement, the Trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the Trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the Trustees are responsible for assessing the charitable company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the Trustees either intend to liquidate the charitable company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, was as follows:

-The engagement partner ensured that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

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-Identified laws and regulations ere communicated within the audit team regularly and the team remained alert to instances of non-compliance throughout the audit.

We assessed the susceptibility of the charity’s financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by:

-Considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations.

To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:

-Performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships.

-Identified and tested journal entries and identified any significant transactions that were unusual or outside the normal course of business.

-Investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions.

-Challenged assumptions and judgements made by management in determining significant accounting estimates.

In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed audit procedures which included, but were not limited to:

-Reading the minutes of meetings of those charged with governance.

-Reviewing correspondence with HMRC and relevant regulators including the Charities Commission.

At the completion stage of the audit, the engagement partner’s review included ensuring the team had approached their work with appropriate professional scepticism and thus the capacity to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations and fraud.

There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above and the further removed non-compliance of laws and regulations is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely we would become aware of it.

Also, the risk of not detecting a material misstatement relating to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Report of the Independent Auditors

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charitable company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006, and to the charitable company’s trustees, as a body, Part 4 of the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charitable company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditors' report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and the charitable company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

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Independent auditors’ report to the members of VOLUNTARY ACTION - LEEDS

Christopher Darwin FCA (Senior Statutory Auditor) for and on behalf of Thomas Coombs Limited

Statutory Auditor & Chartered Accountants 3365 Century Way, Thorpe Park, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS15 8ZB

Date: 2[nd] September 2022

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VOLUNTARY ACTION – LEEDS (Company number 00555150) Consolidated statement of financial activities for the year ended 31[st] March 2022 (incorporating statutory income & expenditure account)

Unrestricted
Designated
funds
Unrestricted
General funds
Notes
£
£
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Donations and legacies
2
-
1,243
Charitable activities
Grants and similar income
4
-
24,175
Charitable activities
4
-
182,154
Provision of support services to charities and
similar organisations
5
-
200,324
Investment income
3
-
4,531
Total income and Endowments
-
412,427
NET INCOME/ (EXPENDITURE)
-
(12,776)
Expenditure on
Charitable activities
-
416,364
Total expenditure
6
-
416,364
Net gains/(losses) on investments
-
(8,839)
Transfers between funds
Other recognised gains/(losses):
Gains/(losses) on revaluation of
fixed assets
19
(86,416)
-
96,980
100,000
Net movement in funds
(86,416)
184,204
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward
176,000
911,457
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
89,584
1,095,661		 Restricted
funds
£
-
941,851
70,381
-
-
1,012,232
55,435
956,797
956,797
-
(10,564)
-
44,871
90,388
135,259		 2022
2021
Total funds
Total funds
£
£
1,243
4,325
966,026
891,846
252,535
251,774
200,324
185,572
4,531
4,691

1,424,659
1,338,208
42,659
201,141
1,373,161
1,145,787

1,373,161
1,145,787
(8,839)
8,720
-
100,000
-
-
142,659
201,141
1,177,845
976,704
1,320,504
1,177,845		 2022
2021
Total funds
Total funds
£
£
1,243
4,325
966,026
891,846
252,535
251,774
200,324
185,572
4,531
4,691

1,424,659
1,338,208
42,659
201,141
1,373,161
1,145,787

1,373,161
1,145,787
(8,839)
8,720
-
100,000
-
-
142,659
201,141
1,177,845
976,704
1,320,504
1,177,845
201,141
-
-
201,141
976,704
1,177,845

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VOLUNTARY ACTION – LEEDS (Company number 00555150) Consolidated Balance sheet at 31[st] March 2022

Group
Note
20222021
£
£
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets
12
505,488
384,969
Investments
13
208,498
67,120
_
________
713,986
_452,089
_
________
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors
14
90,357
_9,557
Cash at bank and in hand
1,419,372
1,274,065
_
_
1,509,729
1,283,622
CREDITORS
Amounts due within one year
15
(900,576)
(527,007)
_
_
NET CURRENT ASSETS
609,153
756,615
_
_
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES
1,323,139
1,208,704
PENSION LIABILITY
20
(2,635)
(30,859)
_
_
NET ASSETS
1,320,504
1,177,845
_
_
FUNDS
Unrestricted funds
Free Reserves
19
548,693
485,008
Fixed asset reserves
19
505,488
384,969
Other designated funds
19
89,584
176,000
Trading company funds
19
41,480
41,480
Restricted funds
19
135,259
90,388
_
_
TOTAL FUNDS
19
1,320,504
1,177,845
_
_		 Charity
20222021
£
£
505,488
384,969
208,500
67,122
_
________
713,988
_452,091
_
________
127,033
_41,383
753,700
772,879
_
_
880,733
814,262
(313,058)
(99,127)
_
_
567,675
715,135
_
_
1,281,663
1,167,226
(2,635)
(30,859)
_
_
1,279,028
1,136,367
_
_
548,695
485,008
505,488
384,969
89,584
176,000
2
2
135,259
90,388
_
________
1,279,028
_1,136,367
_
_

The Trustees have prepared group accounts in accordance with Section 398 of the Companies Act 2006 and Section 138 of the Charities Act 2011.

Approved by the board of Trustees on 2[nd] September 2022 and signed on its behalf by:

T M Devinney (Trustee) C N Hollins (Trustee)

The notes on pages 18 to 34 form part of these financial statements.

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VOLUNTARY ACTION - LEEDS Consolidated Cash Flow Statement For the year ended 31[st] March 2022

Note
Cash flows from operating activities:
Cash generated from/ (used in) operations
a
Net cash generated from/ (used in) operating
activities
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchase of tangible fixed assets
Investment additions
Interest received
Net cash (used in)/ generated from investing
activities
Change in cash and cash equivalents in the
reporting period
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the
reporting period
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the
reporting period		 2022
£
323,641
323,641
_
(32,312)
(150,553)
4,531
(178,334)
_
145,307
1,274,065
£1,419,372
___		 2021
£
247,825
247,825
_
(3,685)
_4,691
1,006
_
_248,831
1,025,234
£1,274,065
____

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VOLUNTARY ACTION - LEEDS Consolidated Cash Flow Statement Notes For the year ended 31[st] March 2022

a. RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE) TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES OPERATING ACTIVITIES
2022 2021
£ £
Net income/(expenditure) for the reporting period (as per the statement
of financial activities) 42,659 201,141
Adjustments for:
Depreciation charges 11,793 6,992
Unrealised (gain)/loss on investments 9,175 (8,720)
Interest received (4,531) (4,691)
Interest paid 117 1,877
(Increase)/decrease in debtors (80,800) 19,928
Increase/(decrease) in creditors 373,569 38,880
Difference between pension charge and cash contributions (28,341) (7,582)
__ ____
Net cash generated from/ (used in) operating activities
£323,641 £247,825
__ __

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Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31[st] March 2022

VOLUNTARY ACTION - LEEDS

1 Accounting Policies

Basis of Preparation

The financial statements of the charitable company, 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 Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, with the exception of investments which are included at market value, as modified by the revaluation of certain assets.

The financial statements are presented in sterling which is the functional currency of the charitable company and rounded to the nearest £.

The significant accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all years presented unless otherwise stated.

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis as the trustees believe that no material uncertainties exist. The trustees have considered the level of funds held and the expected level of income and expenditure for 12 months from authorising these financial statements. The budgeted income and expenditure is sufficient with the level of reserves for the charity to be able to continue as a going concern.

Basis of Consolidation

The consolidated accounts incorporate the accounts of the Charity and its wholly-owned subsidiary undertaking. The Charity has taken advantage of the exemption allowed under section 408 of the Companies Act 2006 and SORP 2015 and has not presented its own Income and Expenditure account in these financial statements. A separate Statement of Financial Activities for the Charity is not considered necessary because the activities of the Charity and the wholly owned subsidiary undertaking are easily distinguished within the consolidated Statement of Financial Activities.

Income

All income is included in the statement of financial activities when the charity is entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income:

Voluntary income is received by way of grants, donations and gifts (including gifts in kind). These amounts are included in full in the Statement of Financial Activities in the year in which they are receivable. The value of services provided by volunteers has not been included. Grants, where entitlement is not conditional on the delivery of a specific performance by the charity, are recognised when the charity becomes unconditionally entitled to the grant. Where grants are received during the year in respect of future periods, the amount of the grant, which relates to the future periods is shown as deferred grants and is included within creditors.

Grants, where the income is related to performance and specific deliverables, are accounted for as the charity earns the right to consideration by its performance.

Income arising from grants and similar contracts specifically for the provision of activities or services which are provided as part of the charitable activities of the company is recorded under the heading of incoming resources from charitable activities.

Expenditure

Expenditure is recognised in the period in which they are incurred. Expenditure includes where relevant value added tax, which cannot be recovered under partial exemption rules, and is reported as a support cost.

Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities and services for its beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them

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Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31[st] March 2022 (continued)

1 Accounting Policies (continued)

Governance costs include those costs associated with meeting the constitutional and statutory requirements of the charity and include the audit fees and costs linked to the strategic management of the charity.

Allocation and apportionment of costs

All costs are allocated between the expenditure categories of the Statement of Financial Activities on a basis designed to reflect the use of the resource. Costs relating to a particular activity are allocated directly while others are apportioned on an appropriate basis. The charity records the apportionment of indirect costs via the charging of administration fees, internal rent and other management costs.

Tangible fixed assets

Freehold land and buildings are shown at market value, all other tangible fixed assets are stated at cost less depreciation. Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost less estimated residual value of each asset over its expected useful life as follows:

Fixtures, fittings and office equipment 10% to 33% straight line

No depreciation is provided on freehold land and buildings as the trustees consider any charge for the year and any accumulated depreciation to be immaterial. The trustees have therefore performed an impairment review of freehold buildings, based on the year end valuation, and are satisfied that the open market net realisable value for existing use is not materially different to the carrying value.

Taxation

As a registered charity the company is exempt from taxation. The wholly owned trading subsidiary is subject to corporation tax on its taxable profits.

Fund accounting

Funds held by the charity are categorised as follows:

Unrestricted general funds are funds that can be used for the objects of the charity without further specified purpose and are available as general funds.

Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular purposes.

Restricted funds are to be used for specific purposes laid down by the donor or specified in the request for funding by the charity. Expenditure that meets these criteria is charged to the fund. As part of the agreements with a number of funding bodies, the charity charges a proportion of management and support costs to the restricted funds from those funding bodies.

Investments

Investments are included at the closing mid market value at the balance sheet date. Any gain or loss on revaluation is taken to the Statement of Financial Activities.

Debtors and creditors receivable / payable within one year

Debtors and creditors with no stated interest rate and receivable or payable within one year are recorded at transaction price. Any losses arising from impairment are recognised in expenditure.

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___________________

2 Donations and legacies

2
Donations and legacies

Donations
Total 2021
3
Investment Income

Deposit account interest
Leeds Building Society 13 3/8% PIB
Total 2021
4
Income from Charitable Activities

Grants (see breakdown)
Secretarial fees
Training fees
Online job advertising
Consultancy
CCG Patient Engagement
Asda
Other income
Furlough income
Stringer House rental income
Room hire
Membership subscription		 Unrestricted
Funds
£
1,243
__
£1,243
_

£1,825

Unrestricted
Funds
£
251
4,280

£4,531


£4,691

Unrestricted
Funds
£
24,175
2,110
-
-
41,501
85,500
-
300
7,870
22,497
11,643
10,733

182,154
_
£206,329
______		 Restricted
Funds
£
-
______
£-
 2022
Total
£
1,243
_
£1,243
 2021
Total
£
4,325
_
£4,325
__
____
£1,825
 __
____
£2,500
 _
2021
Total
£
411
4,280
_
£4,691
_
2021
Total
£
891,846
1,930
8,751
14,100
34,190
114,000
40,344
1,486
7,690
15,495
2,765
11,023
__
Restricted
Funds
£
-
-
_
£-


£-

Restricted
Funds
£
941,851
-
24,192
33,593
12,546
-
-
50
-
-
-
-
70,381
_
£1,012,232
_____

251,774

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Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31[st] March 2022 (continued)

4 Income from Charitable Activities (continued)

Grants received, included in the above, are as follows:

Unrestricted
Funds
The National Lottery Community Fund
-
– Giving time adult project phase 2
WYPCC Community Safety Fund
-
Leeds City Council – Young Lives Leeds
-
The National Lottery Community Fund
-
- Giving time youth project phase 1
Leeds City Council - Black history
-
Leeds City Council – Infrastructure Support Fund
-
Leeds City Council - Greenhouse Project
-
The National Lottery Community Fund
-
-Safeguarding Training
The National Lottery Community Fund – Climate fund
-
The National Lottery Community Fund
-
– Covid 19 Leeds City Response
The National Lottery Community Fund – Crisis to Cohesion
-
Leeds Community Foundation – Covid 19 Infrastructure
-
Screwfix Foundation – Stairlift
-
NAVCA – EP Grant
1,500
Forum Central – Be Collective
-
Leeds City Council Covid 19
-
Forum Central – TS Outbreak Plan
-
WYPCC – Violence Reduction Units Grant
-
Leeds Older Peoples Forum-Hey Neighbour
-
National Association of Safeguarding
-
Leeds City Council-Community Champions
-
Leeds City Council-Community Anchors
22,675
_
£24,175
_		 Restricted
Funds
87,060
6,000
73,100
-
500
221,674
-
14,811
418,338
-
-
-
-
-
11,500
-
-
2,899
4,980
2,375
98,614
-
_
£941,851
__		 2022
Total
87,060
6,000
73,100
-
500
221,674
-
14,811
418,338
-
-
-
-
1,500
11,500
-
-
2,899
4,980
2,375
98,614
22,675
_
£966,026
_		 2021
Total
95,811
6,000
81,225
15,409
230
246,300
2,252
17,510
155,520
50,027
75,210
23,885
5,000
3,000
20,800
80,000
11,667
2,000
-
-
-
-
_
£891,846_
__

5 Commercial trading operations

The charity has one wholly-owned subsidiary, VA-L Trading Limited (Company No. 02709342), which carries on commercial activities that are ancillary to the operation of the charity.

Retain in subsidiary

£- £- _ _

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Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31[st] March 2022 (continued)

5 Commercial trading operations (continued)

A summary of the trading results of the subsidiary is shown below: Profit and loss account

Profit and loss account
2022 2021
£ £
Turnover 200,324 185,572
Intercompany turnover 2,840 3,549
Administrative costs (170,214) (169,629)
_ _
Operating profit 32,950 19,942
Gift aid obligation and donations to charity (32,950) (19,942)
_ _
6
Total Resources Expended
Direct Support 2022 2021
Costs (note 7) Costs (note 7) Total Total
£ £ £ £
Charitable activities 1,205,652 167,509 1,373,161 1,145,787
_ _ _ _
£1,205,652 £167,509 £1,373,161 £1,145,787
_ _ _ _
7
Charitable Activities
Direct costs Unrestricted Restricted 2022 2021
Funds Funds Total Total
£ £ £ £
Wages 132,972 454,407 587,379 595,614
Social security 48,097 - 48,097 50,717
Pension 37,059 - 37,059 39,397
PPS and telephone 1,024 3,116 4,140 1,592
Sundries 1,716 4,676 6,392 2,983
Project deliverables 5,079 17,131 22,210 16,585
Partner organisation pass through funding (Climate Action)
with Voluntary Action-Leeds as lead organisation - 330,168 330,168 120,804
Professional fees and IT 14,237 110,575 124,812 99,969
Travel and subsistence 360 2,367 2,727 329
Rent, rates, heat, power, insurance and recharges 8,241 34,104 42,345 39,349
Repairs 70 253 323
______ ______ _ _
£248,855 £956,797 £1,205,652 £967,339
______ ______ _ _
Total 2021 £219,042 £748,297 £967,339
______ ______ _

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Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31[st] March 2022 (continued)

7 Charitable Activities (continued)

Support costs Unrestricted Restricted Restricted 2022 2021
Funds Funds Total Total
£ £ £ £
Wages 5,000 - 5,000 5,000
Auditors remuneration 5,000 - 5,000 5,000
Wages 120,846 - 120,846 127,304
Social security 9,848 - 9,848 10,782
Pensions 7,588 - 7,588 8,376
Rent, rates, heat, power, insurance and recharges (10,403) - (10,403) (15,056)
PPS and telephone 5,679 - 5,679 6,447
Sundries 2,346 - 2,346 708
Project deliverables 21,423 - 21,423 9,566
Travel and subsistence 50 - 50 55
Professional fees and IT (4,606) - (4,606) (4,124)
Repairs 3,493 - 3,493 4,767
Pension unwinding interest 178 - 178 822
Pension assumption amendments (61) - (61) 1,055
Pension contribution amendments (20,532) - (20,532) -
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets 11,793 - 11,793 6,992
Trading company operations 9,867 - 9,867 10,754
______ ______ _ _
£167,509 £- £167,509 £178,448
______ ______ _ _
Total 2021 £178,350 £98 £178,448
______ ______ _

8 Net Income/(Expenditure)

Net income/(expenditure) is stated after charging/(crediting):

Auditors remuneration-charity
Auditors remuneration-subsidiary
Depreciation – owned assets		 2022
£
5,000
2,000
11,793
_		 2021
£
5,000
1,931
6,992
_

9 Trustees Remuneration and Benefits

There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31st March 2022 nor for the year ended 31st March 2021.

Trustees' expenses

There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31st March 2022 nor for the year ended 31st March 2021.

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Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31[st] March 2022 (continued)

10 Staff Costs
Group Group Charity Charity
2022 2021 2022 2021
£ £ £ £
Wages and salaries 710,385 727,918 710,385 727,918
Social security costs 57,945 61,499 57,945 61,499
Other pension costs 44,647 47,773 44,647 47,773
______ ______ _ _
£812,977 £837,190 £812,977 £837,190
______ ______ _ _

The Charity considers its key management personnel comprise the trustees, the Chief Officer and the Strategic Finance Manager. The total employment costs of the key management personnel were £84,274 (2021: £78,550).

Reimbursed expenses, which are all subject to the Charity’s processes of internal controls, do not form part of remuneration and are not included above.

No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.

The average number of paid employees (including part-time) was:

Permanent staff
Trustees		 Group
2022
34
18
_
52
_		 Group
2021
33
16
_
49
_

The average full time equivalent of employees during the year was 24.8 (2021: 25.3).

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Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31[st] March 2022 (continued)

11 Comparatives for the Statement of Financial Activities

Unrestricted
Designated
Funds
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Donations and grants
-
Charitable activities
Grants and similar income
-
Charitable activities
-
Trading income
-
Investment income
-
__
Total Income and Endowments
-
_
Expenditure on
Charitable activities
-

Total
-
Net gains/(losses) on investments
-
NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)
-
Transfers between funds
56,000

Net movement in funds
56,000

RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward
120,000
___
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
£176,000
__		 Unrestricted
General
Restricted
2021
Funds
Funds
Total
£
£
£
1,825
2,500
4,325
149,694
742,152
891,846
218,456
33,318
251,774
185,572
-
185,572
4,691
-
4,691
__
_
_
560,238
777,970
1,338,208


_
397,392
748,395
1,145,787


_
397,392
748,395
1,145,787
8,720
-
8,720
171,566
29,575
201,141
(84,304)
28,304
-


_
87,262
57,879
201,141


_
824,195
32,509
976,704
_
_
_
£911,457
£90,388
£1,177,845
__

_____

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Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31[st] March 2022 (continued)

12 Tangible Fixed Assets

Group and Charity:

Fixtures and
Freehold fittings
Property Total
£ £ £
Cost/valuation
As at 1stApril 2021 350,000 125,020 475,020
Additions - 32,312 32,312
Disposals - - -
Revaluation 100,000 - 100,000
_ _ ______
As at 31stMarch 2022 450,000 157,332 607,332
_ _ ______
Accumulated depreciation
As at 1stApril 2021 - 90,051 90,051
Charge for the year - 11,793 11,793
Eliminated on disposal - - -
_ _ _____
As at 31stMarch 2022 - 101,844 101,844
_ _ _____
Net book value
At 31st March 2022 £450,000 £55,488 £505,488
__ _ _
At 31st March 2021 £350,000
£34,969		 £384,969
__ _ ______

The freehold property was professionally valued at £450,000 by Adair Paxton, chartered surveyors, in August 2022 on an open market existing use basis, subject to existing tenancies. The Trustees consider £450,000 an appropriate valuation of the property as at 31st March 2022.

Comparable historic cost note for land and buildings included at valuation

Freehold land and buidlings
Historic cost
Impairment provision
Valuation		 2022
£
464,651
(14,651)
_
450,000
__		 2021
£
464,651
(114,651)
_
350,000
__

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Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31[st] March 2022 (continued)

13
Fixed Asset Investments
Quoted investments
Market value at 1stApril 2021
Additions
Net unrealised gains
Subsidiary undertaking: cost
VAL Trading Limited
Market value at 31st March 2022		 Group
£
67,120
150,553
(9,175)
_
208,498
-
_
£208,498
___		 Charity
£
67,120
150,553
(9,175)
_
208,498
2
_
£208,500
___

As at 31[st] March 2022 30% of the investment portfolio was represented by permanent interest bearing shares in Leeds Building Society. The rest of the portfolio was held in a spread of listed equity investment funds.

Cash held with the broker of £34,023 (2021: £14,900) is included within the cash at bank and in hand asset heading on the balance sheet.

All investments are carried at their fair value. Investment in equities and fixed interest securities are all traded in quoted public markets, primarily the London Stock Exchange. Asset sales and purchases are recognised at the date of trade at cost (that is their transaction value).

The significance of financial instruments to the ongoing financial sustainability of the Trust is considered in the financial review and investment policy and performance sections of the Trustees' Annual Report.

The main risk to the Charity from financial instruments arises from uncertain investment markets resulting in variable income and capital returns from the portfolio of assets.

Currency translation risks remain for those companies and bonds that are exposed to overseas earnings and assets.

Liquidity risk is anticipated to be low as all assets are traded on recognised exchanges with good liquidity and high trading volumes. The Charity's portfolio has no material investment holdings in markets subject to exchange controls or trading restrictions.

The Charity manages investment risk by appointing professional investment managers and operating an investment policy that provides for a high degree of diversification of holdings within investment asset classes that are quoted on recognised stock exchanges.

The Charity does not make use of derivatives and similar complex financial instruments as it takes the view that investments are held for their longer term total return.

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Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31[st] March 2022 (continued)

14
Debtors: Amounts falling due within one year:


Amounts recoverable in the

ordinary course of activities
Amounts owed by group undertakings
Other debtors

Prepayments and accrued income

15
Liabilities: Amounts Falling Due Within One Year

Amounts due in the ordinary course of activities

Funds held for partner organisations
Funds held for payroll services
VAT
Other creditors
Deferred income
Accrued expenses
Group
2022
£
87,252

-

139

2,966

_
£90,357
_
Group
2022
£
24,904
211,213
479,612
12,560
99,781
31,068
41,438
_
900,576
_
Charity
2021
2022
£
£
6,251 70,136
- 54,667
1,246 (736)
2,0602,966
_
_
£9,557
£127,033
_
_
Charity
2021
2022
£
£
1,052
24,902
14,710
211,213
388,841
-
17,077
12,560
8,250
889
65,332
22,056
31,745
41,438
_
_
527,007
313,058
_
_		 2021
£
5,728
33,142
453
2,060
_
£41,383
_
2021
£
1,052
14,710
-
17,079
901
35,240
30,145
_
99,127
_

Within partner organisations funds the Charity received funds of £306,300 and paid out £109,797 to organisations where Voluntary Actions-Leeds fulfilled the role of agent at the direction of a third party funder.

16 Taxation

Voluntary Action - Leeds is a registered charity and therefore is not liable to income tax and corporation tax on income and gains derived from its charitable activities as it falls within the various exemptions available to registered charities.

The subsidiary does not have charitable status and is fully subject to taxation.

17 Trustees Interests and Related Party Disclosures

During the year £160,347 (2021: £158,505) was recharged to VA-L Trading Ltd the only 100% owned subsidiary of the group.

Gift aid donations under a deed of covenant from VA-L Trading amounted to £32,950 during the year (2021: £19,942)

The balance owed from VA-L Trading Ltd at the year end was £54,667 (2021: £33,142)

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Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31[st] March 2022 (continued)

17 Trustees Interests and Related Party Disclosures (continued)

A number of the Trustees are involved with other charities and voluntary organisations within the local area. Membership, training and job advertising income is received from a number of these charities however due to the small values involved it is not felt relevant to disclose each charity and related values.

18 Capital

Voluntary Action - Leeds is a charitable company, limited by guarantee and has no share capital. The members have agreed to contribute £1 each to the Charity's assets in the event of it winding up, if its assets should prove insufficient to cover its liabilities.

19 Movements in Funds

Unrestricted funds
General fund
Redundancy & legal costs
Building
refurbishment
and
IT
improvements
Fixed asset reserve
Non charitable trading funds
Developing Community Anchors
Restricted Funds
Supporting the sector
Third Sector Leeds
Young Lives Leeds
WYPCC Community Safety Fund
CCG Asset Based Engagement
Leeds Culturally Diverse Hub
Safer Communities
Talent Match
Climate Fund Action
Supporting Organisations
Training
Volunteering
Small Groups
Communications
The National Lottery Community
Fund: Giving Time Adult
Funding Support
City Ambassadors
Leeds City College: Social Action and
Digital Badges
The National Lottery Community
Fund Giving Time Adult Phase 2
Be Collective
LCC: Greenhouse-Wythers
LCC: Community Champions
Total		 At 1st
April
2021
485,008
50,000
46,000
384,969
41,480
80,000
_
1,087,457
-
11,731
4,847
13,260
-
1,729
5,946
8,497
-
-
78
-
981
1,404
441
702
30,339
8,611
1,822
-
_
90,388
_
£1,177,845
_		 Incoming
Resources
Resources
Expended
412,427
(416,364)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
_
_

412,427
(416,364)
53,873
(47,907)
73,725
(71,366)
8,000
(9,966)
-
-
30,252
(31,178)
17,186
(19,635)
-
-
418,338
(415,780)
29,072
(18,266)
63,550
(75,591)
30,608
(32,506)
90,454
(81,155)
-
-
-
(58)
-
-
-
-
87,060
(48,563)
11,500
(9,989)
-
-
98,614
(94,837)
_
_

1,012,232
(956,797)
_
_
£1,424,659
£(1,373,161)
_
_		 Other
Transfers
Other
Gains & Losses
At 31st March
2022
76,461
(8,839)
548,693
-
-
50,000
(26,500)
-
19,500
20,519
100,000
505,488
-
-
41,480
(59,916)
-
20,084
_
_
_
10,564
91,161
1,185,245
(5,966)
-
-
-
-
14,090
-
2,881
-
-
13,260
926
-
-
720
-
-
-
-
5,946
-
-
11,055
(10,806)
-
-
12,041
-
-
1,820
-
-
(9,299)
-
-
(981)
-
-
-
-
1,346
-
-
441
-
-
702
981
-
69,817
-
-
10,122
-
-
1,822
-
-
3,777
_
_
_
(10,564)
-
135,259
_
_
_
£ -
£91,161
£1,320,504
_
_____
___

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Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31[st] March 2022 (continued)

19 Movements in Funds (continued) Designated Funds

Redundancy & Legal Costs

An amount of £50,000 (2021: £50,000) is designated to cover redundancy payments and legal expenses in the event of the charity no longer being viable.

Building Refurbishment and IT Improvements

An amount of £19,500 (2021: £46,000) is designated to cover the cost of repairs and improvements to the property and investments in IT systems.

Developing Community Anchor

Funding to enable VAL to continue its work developing a network of Community Anchor organisations across Leeds.

Fixed Asset Reserve

An amount of £505,488 (2021: £384,969) is designated to cover the cost of replacing the existing tangible fixed assets.

Supporting the sector

Third Sector Leeds

Through this investment, VAL provides supports the operation of Third Sector Leeds which is the alliance of key networks and organisations in the sector that gives it a voice at strategic level.

Young Lives Leeds

Through this investment, VAL provides supports the operation of Young Lives Leeds and its membership. Young Live Leeds is a forum for third sector organisations who work with children and young people.

CCG Asset Based Engagement

Funding to facilitate Third Sector engagement with the Clinical Commissioning Groups.

WYPCC Community Safety Fund

WYPCC Community Safety Funding is used by VAL to support Third Sector engagement with the Office of the West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner.

Talent Match

Funding provided by the The National Lottery Community Fund to support opportunities for Young People not in employment, education or training. During an initial two year programme VAL acts as the Young People's Engagement and Partnership Coordinators in both Leeds and Calderdale.

Leeds Culturally Diverse Hub

Investment to support the operation of the Leeds Culturally Diverse Hub which facilitates engagement of BME communities with Leeds City Council

Safer Communities

Jointly funded by the DCMS and the National Lottery Community Fund to promote and champion a safeguarding culture to all charities.

Climate Action

Funding provided by the The National Lottery Community Fund over five years for the project to engage a range of communities and individuals in the climate emergency by developing eight hubs across Leeds to deliver community-led activities that bring sustainable change beyond the duration of the funding. VAL acts as lead partner on the project working alongside Leeds Love It Share It, Tidal and Together For Peace.

Supporting Organisations

Training

This funding supports VAL to provide coordination for all training available to third sector organisations in Leeds and subsidised training to smaller third sector organisations

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19 Movements in Funds (continued)

Volunteering

This investment helps VAL to run the Leeds Volunteer Centre. The role of the volunteer centre is to match individuals to volunteering opportunities and support organisations to find suitable volunteers along with providing advice on all areas of setting up volunteering programmes and volunteer management.

Small Groups

This funding helps provide organisational development support to Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) groups with an annual income of less than £100,000.

Communications

Funding to provide a communications hub to and from the Third Sector in Leeds along with relevant information, support and advice.

The National Lottery Community Fund: Giving Time Adult

Funding provided by the The National Lottery Community Fund Reaching Communities Fund to continue the work of the VAL Prisoner and Ex Offender Volunteering project which aims to encourage prisoners to consider volunteering as an option to help them increase their employability skills, self-esteem and self-confidence whilst reducing reoffending and re-admittance.

The National Lottery Community Fund: Giving Time Youth

Funding provided by the The National Lottery Community Fund Reaching Communities Fund to enable VAL to set up volunteer centres in young offenders institutions.

LCC Greenhouse Wythers

Funded by Leeds City Council, the project aims to work with a local community and encourage them to identify, develop and then run activities that meet their own needs

Leeds City College – Social Action and Digital Badges

Working as a partner of Leeds City College in their Social Action project, which is funded by Sports England, to develop a model for social action projects for Further Education establishments.

Be Collective

Funding provided by HPoC to roll out the Be Collective volunteer management tool across organisations in Leeds. It is a volunteer recruitment platform that is now being utilised by both third and statutory sector organisations across Leeds. The management tools in the system will allow us to better quantify the amount of formal volunteering happening across Leeds.

BL Crisis to Community Cohesion

Funding provided by the National Lottery Community Fund so that VAL could further develop its work supporting Community Hubs in Leeds. The funding provided training for both volunteer and volunteer managers and also a series of thematic workshops. Community Hubs also received support and resources to deliver different best practice pilots around volunteer management.

LCF – Covid Infrastructure

Funding from Leeds Community Foundation under its Strategic Infrastructure grant programme so VAL could work with two partner organisations to build on and strengthen local approaches taken to working with individuals and communities during COVID and to apply the lessons from these approaches to our ongoing work as an infrastructure organisation.

Transfers

LCC provide funding for a range of activities. Given that the costs of these activities exceed the grants provided, transfers are made to the general fund to reflect that some of the costs of these activities are met by Voluntary Action from other income sources.

£981 has been transferred from The National Lottery Community Fund Giving Time Youth to The National Lottery Community Fund Giving Time Phase 2 given that this funding is for a continuous ongoing project.

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20 Employee Benefit Obligations: TRT Retirement Solutions – The Growth Plan

The company participates in the scheme, a multi-employer scheme which provides benefits to some 950 non-associated participating employers. The scheme is a defined benefit scheme in the UK. It is not possible for the company to obtain sufficient information to enable it to account for the scheme as a defined benefit scheme. Therefore it accounts for the scheme as a defined contribution scheme.

The scheme is subject to the funding legislation outlined in the Pensions Act 2004 which came into force on 30th December 2005. This, together with documents issued by the Pensions Regulator and Technical Actuarial Standards issued by the Financial Reporting Council, set out the framework for funding defined benefit occupational pension schemes in the UK.

The scheme is classified as a 'last-man standing arrangement'. Therefore the company is potentially liable for other participating employers' obligations if those employers are unable to meet their share of the scheme deficit following withdrawal from the scheme. Participating employers are legally required to meet their share of the scheme deficit on an annuity purchase basis on withdrawal from the scheme.

A full actuarial valuation for the scheme was carried out at 30th September 2020. This valuation showed assets of £800.3m, liabilities of £831.9m and a deficit of £31.6m. To eliminate this funding shortfall, the Trustee has asked the participating employers to pay additional contributions to the scheme as follows:

Deficit contributions

£3,312,000 per annum (payable monthly and increasing by 3% each From 1 April 2022 to 31 January 2025: on 1st April)

Unless a concession has been agreed with the Trustee the term to 31 January 2025 applies.

Note that the scheme’s previous valuation was carried out with an effective date of 30th September 2017. This valuation showed assets of £794.9m, liabilities of £926.4m and a deficit of £131.5m. To eliminate this funding shortfall, the Trustee has asked the participating employers to pay additional contributions to the scheme as follows:

Deficit contributions

£11,243,000 per annum (payable monthly and increasing by 3% each From 1 April 2019 to 30 September 2025: on 1st April)

The recovery plan contributions are allocated to each participating employer in line with their estimated share of the Series 1 and Series 2 scheme liabilities.

Where the scheme is in deficit and where the company has agreed to a deficit funding arrangement the company recognises a liability for this obligation. The amount recognised is the net present value of the deficit reduction contributions payable under the agreement that relates to the deficit. The present value is calculated using the discount rate detailed in these disclosures. The unwinding of the discount rate is recognised as a finance cost.

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20 Employee Benefit Obligations (continued)

PRESENT VALUES OF PROVISION

31st March 2022 31st March 2021 31st March 2020
(£s) (£s) (£s)
Present value of provision 2,635 30,859 36,564
RECONCILIATION OF OPENING AND CLOSING PROVISIONS
Period Ending Period Ending
31st March 2022 31st March 2021
(£s) (£s)
Provision at start of period 30,859 36,564
Unwinding of the discount factor (interest expense) 178 822
Deficit contribution paid (7,809) (7,582)
Remeasurements - impact of any change in assumptions (61) 1,055
Remeasurements - amendments to the contribution schedule (20,532) -
Provision at end of period 2,635 30,859

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE IMPACT

Period Ending Period Ending Period Ending
31st March 2022 31st March 2021
(£s) (£s)
Interest expense 178 822
Remeasurements – impact of any change in assumptions (61) 1,055
Remeasurements – amendments to the contribution schedule (20,532) -
Contributions paid in respect of future service * *
Costs recognised in income and expenditure account * *

*includes defined contribution schemes and future service contributions (i.e. excluding any deficit reduction payments) to defined benefit schemes which are treated as defined contribution schemes. To be completed by the company.

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20 Employee Benefit Obligations (continued)

ASSUMPTIONS

31st March 2022 31st March 2021 31st March 2020
% per annum % per annum % per annum
Rate of discount 2.35 0.66 2.53

The discount rates shown above are the equivalent single discount rates which, when used to discount the future recovery plan contributions due, would give the same results as using a full AA corporate bond yield curve to discount the same recovery plan contributions.

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