|Index to the Unaudited|Financial Statements|
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|for the Year Ended|31March 2023|



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|Society Information|||
|Report ofthe Trustees|||
|Independent<br>Examiners'|Report||
|Statement ofFinancial|Activities||
|Balance Sheet|||
|Notes to the Financial Statements|||





|for the Ye|ar Ended 31March 2023|ar Ended 31March 2023|
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|JOINT PRESIDENT:|Hon Ald Mr M JDodgson MBEJP||
||Mr M CA Smith JPMA||
|ACTING CHAIR:|Mr JHixon||
|TREASURER:|Mr D Taylor||
|TRUSTEES:|Ms D Burrows||
||Mr WFinney||
||Mrs SFoster||
||MrJHixon||
||Mr P Landey||
||Mr H Mahmood||
||Mr D Robinson||
||Ms CRoche||
||Mrs A Spear||
||Mr EWickremaratne||
|REGISTERED OFFICE:|The Centre||
||StMary's Street||
||Leeds||
||West Yorkshire||
||LS97DP||
|CHARITY REGISTRATION|||
|NUMBER:|227169||
|COMPANY REGISTRATION|||
|NUMBER:|00146281 (England|and Wales)|
|INDEPENDENT EXAMINER|Andrew Wilkinson|(FCA)|
||Malcolm Jones k, Co Limited||
||Accountants<br>and Business Advisors||
||West Hill House||
||Allerton Hill||
||Chapel Allerton||
||Leeds||
||LS73QB||
|BANKERS:|Yorkshire Bank Plc||
||94-96Briggate||
||Leeds||
||LS1 6NP||
||Virgin Money||





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|||Statement ofFinancial|Statement ofFinancial|Statement ofFinancial|Activities||||
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|(including|||Statement ofComprehensive<br>Income)||||||
|||for the Year Ended 31March 2023|||||||
|||Notes||Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment|31.03.2023|31.03.2022|
|||||Funds|Funds|Funds|Total Funds|Total Funds|
|Incoming resources|||||||||
|Incoming resources &om generated|funds:||||||||
|Donations<br>and legacies<br>Investment<br>income and interest<br>Rental income<br>Incoming resources &om charitable||||17,271<br>4,268<br>25,520|18,962||36,233<br>4,268<br>25,520|3,064<br>3,308<br>21,244|
|activities||||296,124|||296,124|244,117|
|Total incoming resources (before|||||||||
|exceptional items)||||343,183|18,962||362,145|271,733|
|Resources expended|||||||||
|Charitable<br>activities<br>Governance costs<br>Expected deficit on scheme asset||||370,743<br>16,074|4,353||375,096<br>16,074|365,759<br>15,975|
|returns||13||18,000|||18,000|33,000|
|Total resources expended||||404,817|4,353||409,170|414,734|
|Net (outgoing) resources before transfers||and|||||||
|government<br>grants<br>Government<br>grants<br>Transfers between funds||||(61,634)|14,609||(47,025)|(143,001)<br>42,072|
|Net (outgoing) resources before other|||||||||
|recognised gains and losses||||(61,634)|14,609||(47,025)|(100,929)|
|Other recognised gains and losses|||||||||
|(Loss)/profit<br>on investments:|||||||||
|(Unrealis<br>ed)<br>(Loss)/profit<br>on investments:<br>(Realised)<br>Actuarial<br>and past service gains||10<br>10<br>13||(9,422)<br>(3,859)<br>1,896,000|||(9,422)<br>(3,859)<br>1,896,000|5,648<br>123<br>961,000|
|Net movement<br>in funds||||1,821,085|14,609||1,835,694|865,842|
|Reconciliation offunds|||||||||
|Total funds brought<br>forward at 1 April 2022||||208,479|10,508|18,081|237,068|(628,774)|
|Total Funds carried forward at|||||||||
|31March 2023||||2,029,564|25,117|18,081|2,072,762|237,068|





||The Leeds Society for Dea|f&Blind People (R|egistered number<br>0014628|1)|
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|||Balance Sheet|||
|||31March 2023|||
||||31.03.2023|31.03.2022|
|||Notes|||
|FIXEDASSETS:|||||
|Tangible assets<br>Investments||9<br>10|712,208<br>105,565|719,030<br>114,985|
|CURRENT ASSETS:|||817,773|834,015|
|Debtors<br>Cash at bank and in hand|||66,956<br>53,669|46,447<br>61,246|
|CREDITORS:|||120,625|107,693|
|Amounts<br>falling due within one year||12|(20,636)|(17,640)|
|NKT CURRENT|ASSETS:||99,989|90,053|
|TOTAL ASSETS|LESS||||
|CURRENT LIABILITIES:|||917,762|924,068|
|NON-CURRENT|ASSETS/(LIABILITIES):||||
|Employee Benefits||13|1,155,000|(687,000)|
|TOTAL NET ASSETS|||2,072,762|237,068|
|FUNDS:|||||
|Unrestricted<br>funds<br>Restricted funds<br>Endowment<br>funds||16<br>15<br>14|2,029,564<br>25,117<br>18,081|208,479<br>10,508<br>18,081|
|TOTAL FUNDS||16|2,072,762|237,068|



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|DONATION|S<br>AND LEGA|CIES|||||||
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|||||Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment|31.03.2023|31.03.2022|
|||||Funds|Funds|Funds|Total Funds|Total Funds|
|Donations,<br>Legacies|appeals and fundraising||events|1,272|6,337||7,609|3,064|
|Grants received||||15,999|12,625||28,624||
|||||17,271|18,962||36,233|3,064|
|INVESTMENT INCOME AND INTEREST|||||||||
||||Unrestricted||Restricted|Endowment|31.03.2023|31.03.2022|
|||||Funds|Funds|Funds|Total Funds|Total Funds|
|Dividends —UK equities<br>Interest —UK fixed interest <br>Interest on bank and building||securities<br>society||2,714<br>1,056|||2,714<br>1,056|2,150<br>1,082|
|deposits||||498|||498|76|
|||||4,268|||4,268|3,308|
|INCOMING|RESOURCES|FROM|CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES||||||
||||Unrestricted||Restricted|Endowment|31.03.2023|31.03.2022|
|||||Funds|Funds|Funds|Total Funds|Total Funds|
|Fees income<br>Other||||276,335<br>19,789|||276,335<br>19,789|238,147<br>5,970|
|||||296,124|||296,124|244,117|





||for th|for th|e Year Ended|31March 202|3|||
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|6.|CHAMTABLK ACTIVITIES|||||||
||||Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment|31.03.2023|31.03.2022|
||||Funds|Funds|Funds|Total Funds|Total Funds|
||Direct services and grants payable<br>Indirect services and support costs<br>Interpreting<br>Service||132,649<br>238,094|4,353||137,002<br>238,094|160<br>138,765<br>226,834|
||||370,743|4,353||375,096|365,759|
|7.|GOVERNANCE COSTS|||||||
||||Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment|31.03.2023|31.03.2022|
||||Funds|Funds|Funds|Total Funds|Total Funds|
||Salaries<br>Premises||10,705<br>849|||10,705<br>849|10,097<br>675|
||Professional<br>fees<br>Sundry expenses||3,492<br>857|||3,492<br>857|4,222<br>787|
||Depreciation||171|||171|194|
||||16,074|||16,074|15,975|
|8.|TOTAL RESOURCES|EXPENDED||||||
||||Staff|Depreciation|Other Costs|31.03.2023|31.03.2022|
||||Costs|8cFixtures||Total|Total|
|||||Revaluation||||
|||||Adjustment||||
||Charitable<br>activities<br>Governance<br>Expected deficit on scheme asset returns||248,777<br>10,705|6,651<br>171|119,668<br>5,198<br>18,000|375,096<br>16,074<br>18,000|365,759<br>15,975<br>33,000|
||31.03.2023||259,482|6,822|142,866|409,170||
||31.03.2022||253,350|7,766|153,618||414,734|
||Other costs:|||||||
||Premises<br>Repairs<br>Direct services and allowances|||||33,972<br>6,388|26,988<br>5,618<br>160|
||Independent<br>examination<br>fees<br>Accountancy<br>charges<br>Freelance<br>Others<br>Expected deficit on scheme asset returns|||||1,365<br>2,127<br>48,787<br>32,227<br>18,000|1,325<br>2,896<br>56,520<br>27,111<br>33,000|
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|||||||31.03.2023|31.03.2022|
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|The average number|ofemployees||ofthe Society during|the year was:||||
|Management||||||||
|Interpreting<br>service||||||||
|Administration||||||||
|||||||31.03.2023|31.03.2022|
|Staffcosts include:||||||||
|Current pension service cost<br>Employers<br>national<br>insurance||contributions||||42,950<br>17,463|48,842<br>12,049|
|No employees<br>received emoluments|||in excess off60,000 (2022—None)|||||
|TANGIBLE FIXED|ASSETS|||||||
||||||Freehold|Fixtures and||
|COST OR VALUATION|||||Property|Equipment|Totals|
|At 1 April 2022<br>Additions|||||705,807|58,830|764,637|
|Disposal||||||||
|At 31March 2023|||||705,807|58,830|764,637|
|DEPRECIATION:||||||||
|At 1 April 2022<br>Charge for year<br>Disposal||||||45,607<br>6,822|45,607<br>6,822|
|At 31March 2023||||||52,429|52,429|
|NET BOOKVALUE:||||||||
|At 31March 2023|||||705,807|6,401|712,208|
|At 31March 2022|||||705,807|13,223|719,030|





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|Notes to the Financial Statements<br>for the Year Ended 31March 2023<br>FIXEDASSETINVESTMENTS|||
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|Market value at 1 April 2022<br>Additions<br>Disposals||114,985<br>28,115<br>(28,113)|
|Net unrealised<br>(deficit)/surplus||(9,422)|
|Market value at 31March 2023||105,565|
|Historical cost at31March 2023||108,402|
|Investments<br>held comprise:|||
|Equity investments<br>listed on recognised stock exchange<br>Debt and other fixed income securities listed on recognised stock exchange||79,197<br>26,368|
|||105,565|
|DEBTORS:AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR|||
||31.03.2023|31.03.2022|
|Fees receivable<br>Other debtors and prepayments|66,403<br>553|44,109<br>2,338|
||66,956|46,447|
|CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR|||
||31.03.2023|31.03.2022|
|Other creditors and accruals<br>Other taxes and social security|14,902<br>5,734|12,595<br>5,045|
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|DEFINED BENEFIT PENSIO<br>|N SCHEME continued|||
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|13.2<br>The amounts<br>recognised|in the statement offinancial activities|are as follows:||
|||31.03.2023|31.03.2022|
|Current service cost<br>Past service cost||36,000|37,000|
|Interest cost<br>Expected return on plan assets||175,000<br>(157,000)|145,000<br>(112,000)|
|Net resources expended before <br>Actuarial<br>(gains)|other recognised gains and losses|54,000<br>(1,896,000)|70,000<br>(961,000)|
|Net (credit)||(1,842,000)|(891,000)|
|13.3<br>Changes in the present value ofthe defined benefit obligation||are as follows:||
|||31.03.2023|31.03.2022|
|Opening<br>defined benefit obligation<br>Service cost<br>Member contributions<br>Interest cost<br>Benefits paid<br>Past service cost||6,550,000<br>36,000<br>5,000<br>175,000<br>(135,000)|6,974,000<br>37,000<br>5,000<br>145,000<br>(120,000)|
|Actuarial<br>(gains)||(1,966,000)|(491,000)|
|Closing defined benefit obligation||4,665,000|6,550,000|
|13.4<br>Changes in the fair value ofplan assets are as follows:||||
|||3103.2023|31.03.2022|
|Opening realisable<br>value ofplan <br>Expected return on plan assets<br>Actuarial<br>(losses)/gains<br>Benefits paid<br>Employer contribution|assets|5,863,000<br>157,000<br>(70,000)<br>(135,000)|5,396,000<br>112,000<br>470,000<br>(120,000)|
|Member contribution||5,000|5,000|
|Closing realisable value ofplan assets||5,820,000|5,863,000|
|13.5<br>Analysis ofrealisable<br>value|ofplan assets between asset categories is as follows:|||
|||31.03.2023|31.03.2022|
|Equities<br>Government<br>bonds<br>Corporate bonds<br>Property||4,732,000<br>349,000<br>250,000<br>192,000|4,679,000<br>434,000<br>281,000<br>235,000|
|Cash/liquidity<br>Other||169,000<br>128,000|170,000<br>64,000|
|Total||5,820,000|5,863,000|





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|13.6<br>The actual|return<br>on plan assets|is as follows:|||
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||||31.03.2023|31.03.2022|
|Actual return on plan assets|||87,000|582,000|
|13.7<br>Amounts|for the current period|and previous periods are as follows:|||
||||31.03.2023|31.03.2022|
|Present value offunded obligations<br>Realisable value ofplan assets|||(4,665,000)<br>5,820,000|(6,550,000)<br>5,863,000|
|Surplus/(deficit)|||1,155,000|(687,000)|
|13.8<br>Principal|actuarial assumptions|at the balance sheet date (expressed as weighted|averages):||
||||31.03.2023|31.03.2022|
|Discount rate<br>Rate ofsalary increase<br>Rate ofinflation<br>Rate ofpension increase<br>Rate ofpension accounts revaluation|||4.70'/o<br>3.95'/o<br>2.70'/o<br>2 70o/o<br>2.70'/o|2.70'/o<br>4.25'/o<br>3.00'/o<br>3.00'/o<br>3.00'/o|



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|NDOWME|NT<br>FUNDS|||||
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|||Balance|Incoming|Outgoing|Balance|
|||1April 2022|Resources|Resources|31March 2023|
|Permanent|Endowments:|||||
|FW Spruce|Charity Fund|18,081|||18,081|



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|ESTRICTED|FUNDS|||||
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|||Balance|Incoming|Outgoing|Balance|
|||1 April 2022|Resources|Resources|31March 2023|
|WHeath Trust<br>Garden Fund<br>Groundworks|UK|10,508|13,537<br>1,425|1,242<br>3,829<br>524|10,508<br>9,708<br>901|
|Power to Change|||4,000||4,000|
|||10,508|18,962|4,353|25,117|





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||Tangible|Tangible||Net|Non|||
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|||Fixed||Current|Current|31.03.2023|31.03.2022|
|||Assets|Investments|Assets|Assets/|Total|Total|
||||||(Liabilities)|||
|Endowment<br>Funds||||18,081||18,081|18,081|
|Restricted Funds:||||25,117||25,117|10,508|
|General fund||712,208|105,565|56,791|1,155,000|2,029,564|208,479|
||712,208||105,565|99,989|1,155,000|2,072,762|237,068|
|STATEMENT OF CHANGES||IN EQUITY||||||
|||||||31.03.2023|31.03.2022|
|Deficit for the financial year<br>Unrealised<br>(deficit)/surplus<br>on investments<br>Realised (deficit)/surplus<br>on investments<br>Actuarial<br>gains||||||(47,025)<br>(9,422)<br>(3,859)<br>1,896,000|(100,929)<br>5,648<br>123<br>961,000|
|NET INCREASE IN EQUITY||||||1,835,694|865,842|
|Opening<br>funds||||||237,068|(628,774)|
|CLOSING FUNDS||||||2,072,762|237,068|
|REALISED FUNDS<br>PENSION SCHEME SURPLUS/(DEFICIT)<br>UNREALISED FUNDS||||||920,599<br>1,155,000<br>(2,837)|917,599<br>(687,000)<br>9,469|
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