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|Trustees|||Professor SJBanks|Professor SJBanks|Professor SJBanks|||
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||||Mrs LC Bird|||||
||||Mrs P Buckley-Atkins|||||
||||Mrs J Flynn MBE|||||
||||Mrs A Hawkes|||||
||||Mrs E Kilgannon||MBE|||
||||Mr MJ Litchfield|||||
||||MrJ Robinson|||||
||||Professor JFFRobinson|||||
||||Mrs CA Smith|||||
||||Mrs JM Worters|MBE||||
|Secretary|||Mrs KJ Burrows|||||
|Charity number|||229119|||||
|Company|number||00309329|||||
|Registered||office|8St.Stephens|Court||||
||||Low Willington|||||
||||Crook|||||
||||County Durham|||||
||||England|||||
||||DL15OBF|||||
|Independent||examiner|Robson Laidler|Accountants|||Limited|
||||Femwood House|||||
||||Fernwood<br>Road|||||
||||Jesmond|||||
||||Newcastle<br>Upon|Tyne||||
||||Tyne and Wear|||||
||||England|||||
||||NE2 1TJ|||||
|Bankers|||Lloyds Bank|||||
||||54 Fawcett St|||||
||||Sunderland|||||
||||SR1 1SF|||||
|Solicitors|||Muckle LLP|||||
||||Time Central|||||
||||32 Gallowgate|||||
||||Newcastle<br>Upon|Tyne||||
||||NE1 4BF|||||
||||Swinburne<br>Maddison|||LLP||
||||Venture House|||||
||||Aykley Heads Business Centre|||||
||||Durham|||||
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|Trustees' report||3-16|
|Independent<br>examiner's|report|17|
|Statement offinancial activities||18-19|
|Balance sheet||20|
|Statement ofcash flows|||
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|Priorities|Keeping<br>in touch<br>with volunteer<br>led community<br>groups,<br>and providing<br>a range o|
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||information,<br>updates<br>&news, advice, and guidance.|
||Supporting<br>groups with funding<br>and training,|
||Providing<br>opportunities<br>for networking<br>and training,<br>plus on-going<br>support<br>for th|
||wider VCSE.|
||Supporting<br>community<br>groups<br>providing<br>informal<br>mental<br>health<br>support<br>through|
||the Cree network|
||Assisting<br>local groups planning<br>for community-led<br>housing<br>initiatives.|
|chievements|871 VCSE groups and organisations<br>were supported<br>with information,<br>advice, an|
||guidance.|
||The Share and Learn Network<br>for community<br>organisations<br>and groups continue|
||to thrive on-line and we provided a fully subscribed<br>programme<br>of networking<br>an|
||training<br>activities.<br>Membership<br>ofthe network<br>increased<br>to 339organisations<br>and|
||gl'cups.|
||809 people<br>participated<br>in<br>themed<br>workshops,<br>including<br>Meet<br>the<br>Funder,|
||Community<br>Buildings,<br>Themed<br>Meetings<br>&Good Food Network|
||Collaborating<br>with colleagues<br>in the VCSE, we continued<br>to provide<br>information|
||and training,<br>particularly<br>promoting<br>safeguarding<br>and risk awareness<br>for staff and|
||volunteers<br>in the sector. We also contributed<br>to Adult<br>Safeguarding<br>Awareness|
||Week in November 2022 through a series ofon-line activities and events.|
||We delivered<br>the Community<br>Hubs Development<br>Programme,<br>supporting<br>a coho|
||of 68 community<br>organisations<br>through<br>consultancy,<br>case work and<br>training<br>fo|
||volunteer trustees, to put governance<br>and business<br>planning<br>into place particularl|
||focusing<br>on energy<br>efficiency<br>measures.<br>We also provided<br>funding<br>advice<br>an|
||access to small grants.|
||39 organisations<br>in<br>the<br>Cree<br>network<br>were<br>supported,<br>with<br>developments|
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|Object|ive<br>1 - Suppo|rting<br>Community<br>Organisations<br>(continued)|
|---|---|---|
|Public|benefit|As a broker and information<br>point for the VCSE, we were able to ensure the secto|
|||had<br>rapid access to relevant,<br>timely<br>guidance<br>and advice as they<br>built back u<br>after Covid restrictions.<br>We supported<br>and advised<br>community<br>services about ho|
|||they<br>could<br>manage<br>the issues<br>and<br>problems<br>which<br>emerged<br>for volunteer<br>led|
|||groups,<br>such as sustaining<br>their volunteer<br>base, and dealing<br>with fuel costs and|
|||increasing<br>demands<br>on services.|
|||Advice, guidance,<br>and interventions<br>helped<br>to sustain<br>community-based<br>services|
|||delivered<br>by volunteers,<br>and<br>community<br>buildings<br>managed<br>by local<br>people,|
|||helping<br>them<br>to establish,<br>grow<br>and<br>develop<br>the resources<br>they<br>need<br>(staff,|
|||volunteers,<br>and funding)<br>to continue<br>supporting<br>their beneficiaries.|
|||Peer to peer<br>networks<br>for volunteer<br>trustees<br>were<br>expanded<br>and<br>supported,|
|||ensuring<br>greater shared<br>learning,<br>problem<br>solving<br>and confidence<br>building<br>to plan|
|||and to sustain their offer.|
|||Knowledge,<br>understanding<br>and<br>access<br>to a changed<br>funding<br>climate<br>wer|
|||improved<br>within the Voluntary,<br>Community<br>&Social Enterprise<br>Sector.|
|||Volunteers<br>and<br>front-line<br>staff were<br>able<br>to work<br>together<br>across<br>sectors,<br>t|
|||develop good practice and help them to provide<br>stronger<br>support<br>for their dient|
|||and user groups.|
|||Lessons<br>learned<br>and<br>intelligence<br>were shared<br>and disseminated,<br>to ensure<br>a clea|
|||iew ofsocial infrastructure<br>issues arising through<br>cost-of-living<br>pressures<br>and throug|
|||onger term adjustments<br>to different ways ofworking<br>and the tools required e.g., digital|
|||ervices and reach for the most vulnerable<br>and isolated people.|



|wellbeing<br>programme|s,<br>and local community<br>action).|||||
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|Priorities|Sustaining<br>our<br>online<br>County<br>Durham|Volunteering||plafform<br>for<br>recruiting||
||volunteers<br>and promoting<br>opportunities.|||||
||Supporting<br>networking<br>with the Volunteer<br>Co-ordinators<br>Network membership.|||||
||Sustaining,<br>developing<br>and evaluating<br>the|Volunteer|Bank for Covid vaccinations|||
||and immunisations<br>approach;<br>the development<br>ofcloser|||relationships<br>with Social||
||Prescribing<br>Link Workers<br>and the Primary|Care Networks<br>(PCNs), so they ar||||
||better connected<br>to the Volunteer<br>Bank to inform||longer<br>term<br>opportunities||fo|
||development.|||||
||Support<br>and<br>training<br>for volunteer<br>led<br>groups,<br>advice,|||funding<br>and access|to|
||resources and training.|||||
||Supporting<br>organisations<br>with<br>volunteers,|with<br>advice||and<br>training,<br>particularl||
||regarding<br>safeguarding.|||||
||Collaboration<br>with partners<br>to support<br>the|on-going|development<br>ofa scheme fo|||
||Employee<br>Supported<br>Volunteering<br>(ESV).|||||
||To ensure that volunteer<br>involving<br>organisations<br>have||the|resources and skills the||
||need to support<br>volunteers<br>and their beneficiaries||safely and<br>in full complian|||
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|chievements|We were<br>one<br>of the<br>first<br>three<br>organisations<br>nationally<br>to be awarded<br>th|
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||Volunteer<br>Centre<br>Quality<br>Accreditation<br>(VCQA);<br>this<br>is the<br>quality<br>mark<br>fo<br>organisations<br>delivering<br>volunteer<br>centre functions<br>and the assurance to voluntee|
||centre stakeholders<br>ofthe quality ofour provision<br>(administered<br>by NAVCA).|
||681 people, new to volunteering,<br>were supported<br>via the Centre for Volunteering,<br>with advice, information,<br>and guidance.|
||We developed<br>and expanded<br>training<br>and support<br>sessions<br>and<br>provided<br>good|
||practice<br>support<br>for organisations<br>that are<br>run<br>by, and<br>support<br>volunteers<br>in:|
||volunteer<br>recruitment<br>& management,<br>volunteers<br>and the law, safeguarding,<br>and|
||with new workshops<br>on Disdosure and Barring, and Cyber Secudity.|
||46 training<br>sessions attracted 434 delegates<br>from 149 organisations<br>and groups,|
||with 71 organisations<br>attending<br>more than one training session.|
||The Volunteer<br>Co-ordinators<br>Forum<br>ended<br>the year with a membership<br>of 23|
||organisations<br>that work with volunteers.<br>We organised<br>and hosted 4 meetings<br>o|
||the Forum on-line, attracting<br>increased<br>participation<br>from the membership.|
||We continued<br>to inform<br>and consult<br>with the VCSE Safeguarding<br>Network<br>and|
||provided<br>representation<br>on both the Children<br>and Adult<br>Safeguarding<br>Boards<br>in|
||County<br>Durham.<br>Contributions<br>from the Network<br>are fed through<br>to Safeguarding|
||Board meetings<br>and training<br>events,<br>helping to inform and shape resources.|
||We sustained<br>contact and support<br>for spontaneous<br>and emergency<br>volunteerin|
||actMty, and assisted<br>Town and Parish Councils<br>with support<br>for development<br>o|
||Community<br>Resilience Planning.|
|Public benefit|As a result of this work, volunteer<br>involving<br>organisations<br>in County<br>Durham<br>ar|
||more effectively<br>networking,<br>sharing<br>good practice, and offering mutual<br>support fo|
||tackling and finding<br>solutions to problems.|
||There are improved<br>pathways<br>for volunteers<br>to access opportunities,<br>develop thei|
||experience,<br>and make<br>contributions<br>that are both valued<br>and add value<br>to civil|
||society.|
||There is now a robust<br>and efficient system<br>of communication<br>and collaboration|
||between<br>front<br>line<br>staff<br>in<br>the<br>NHS<br>and<br>the<br>VCSE sector<br>with<br>respect<br>t|
||recruitment,<br>support,<br>and placements<br>for volunteers.|
||Volunteer<br>led groups<br>and organisations<br>have support and ready access to advi|
||and help when they need it. They are better informed<br>and have the resources<br>on|
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|Objective 3 - Voice: Representing<br>and championing<br>the VCSE (Voluntary,<br>Community<br>SSocial Enterprise<br>Sector)<br>voice, through<br>the range of strategic<br>multi<br>sector partnsrships,<br>and<br>through<br>continuing<br>reviews<br>of partnership<br>working across the sector.|Objective 3 - Voice: Representing<br>and championing<br>the VCSE (Voluntary,<br>Community<br>SSocial Enterprise<br>Sector)<br>voice, through<br>the range of strategic<br>multi<br>sector partnsrships,<br>and<br>through<br>continuing<br>reviews<br>of partnership<br>working across the sector.|Objective 3 - Voice: Representing<br>and championing<br>the VCSE (Voluntary,<br>Community<br>SSocial Enterprise<br>Sector)<br>voice, through<br>the range of strategic<br>multi<br>sector partnsrships,<br>and<br>through<br>continuing<br>reviews<br>of partnership<br>working across the sector.|
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|Priodties||Health<br>and<br>wellbeing<br>- to sustain,<br>and<br>ensure<br>that a social<br>and<br>communit|
|||infrastructure<br>is in place, and has access to resources<br>which<br>help<br>it to thrive and|
|||re-build.|
|||Consulting<br>VCSE organisations<br>and<br>service<br>providers<br>to<br>build<br>stronger<br>loca|
|||connections<br>with<br>Primary<br>Care<br>Networks<br>and<br>supporting<br>Social<br>Prescribin|
|||models and new systems foraccess to health care.|
|||Consulting,<br>surveying,<br>and analysis of intelligence<br>gathered<br>from the VCSE secto|
|||and disseminating<br>it through<br>partnerships.|
|||Representing<br>community<br>and<br>voluntary<br>sector<br>interests<br>as a member<br>of the|
|||County<br>Durham<br>Together<br>Partnership,<br>and as a member<br>of the<br>Board of th|
|||County<br>Durham<br>Partnership<br>(CDP). This enables<br>DCA to collaborate<br>with<br>publi|
|||sector colleagues<br>to promote a joined-up<br>policy for commissioning<br>and funding,|
|||engaging<br>with<br>communities<br>of interest<br>in<br>the<br>development<br>of new<br>fundin|
|||programmes,<br>and<br>inRuencing<br>the provision<br>of key services<br>by engagement<br>wit<br>Heads ofServices.|
|||Consulting<br>and<br>surveying<br>VCSE sector service<br>providers<br>to gather<br>and shar|
|||intelligence<br>about needs, and issues arising<br>from support<br>work<br>in the community.|
|||Disseminating<br>important<br>information<br>and<br>best<br>practice<br>through<br>multi<br>secto|
|||partnerships.|
|||Ensuring<br>that the VCSE sector is fully engaged<br>with co-production<br>on responsive|
|||services to support<br>mental<br>health, access to advice providers<br>and health care.|
|||Ensudng<br>that Advice<br>in County<br>Durham<br>(AiCD) and 'Better Together' are mobilise|
|||to share insights<br>and experience, as networks<br>of countywide<br>VCSE and specialis|
|||providers,<br>and contributing<br>to development<br>and delivery ofobjectives arising<br>from|
|||the Poverty Action Group.|
|||Chairing<br>and supporting<br>the development<br>ofthe Advice<br>in County<br>Durham<br>multi|
|||agency<br>network as the 'go to' practitioner<br>network for all advice agencies to corn|
|||together<br>and join up services.<br>Network<br>members<br>provide advice and one to on|
|||casework support across County Durham.|
|||Continued<br>development<br>of a<br>shared<br>approach<br>to<br>system<br>and<br>workfor|
|||development<br>in order that<br>front<br>line staff and<br>volunteers<br>have access to th|
|||training<br>and<br>support<br>they<br>will be needing<br>remained<br>critical<br>(plus the tools t|
|||provide<br>support e.g., access to referral<br>pathways<br>and<br>link workers,<br>funding<br>fo|
|||initiatives,<br>and<br>for addressing<br>needs<br>highlighted<br>by people<br>in crises, triggered|
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|otal reserves<br>comprising<br>Restricted|and Unrestricted|Funds||||f592,123|
|Deduct Restricted Funds<br>which are|rin<br>fenced to su|ort specific||pro'ects)||f108,412|
|Deduct fixed assets (which are necessary forthe operation ofthe|||charity)|||(620,623)|
|Free reserves||||||8463,088|
|Free reserves are ring-fenced<br>for the followin:|||||||
|ix months' core costs and estimated|redundan<br>costs|||||6243,692|
|ocover the<br>ro'ected shortfall<br>in DCA's budget for the||current year||||830,000|
|Desi nated investment<br>to im<br>lement|a rural catalyst project in Coun|||Durham||627,000|
|Desi nated fund for future o<br>anisational<br>development||||||630,000|
|Designated<br>fund for the provision of|services in the next|business|plannin||c cle (2024-27)|6100,000|
|Contingency<br>fund||||||632,396|
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|Loss ofincome||Over-reliance||||on|a small||Work to secure<br>multi-year<br>grant<br>funding<br>resources<br>from a|
|||number||of||significan|||range<br>of key funders<br>e.g., National<br>Lottery<br>Communities|
|||funders|||||||Fund,<br>to provide<br>greater<br>security<br>and reduce dependency|
||||||||||on short term income.|
||||||||||Reduce<br>reliance<br>on any single<br>funder<br>by broadening<br>and|
||||||||||diversifying<br>income streams e.g., through<br>the developmen|
||||||||||of<br>income<br>generating<br>activities<br>such<br>as<br>bespoke|
||||||||||consultancy,<br>training<br>etc that<br>build on the strengths<br>of the|
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||||||||||Support the above objective by continuing<br>to develop<br>niche|
||||||||||specialities<br>within<br>the<br>staff<br>team<br>that<br>enable<br>DCA<br>to|
||||||||||respond<br>to need,<br>increase<br>its reach<br>and<br>to<br>fill gaps<br>in|
||||||||||service<br>provision<br>that open<br>up, ensuring<br>that services a|
||||||||||cost effective & relevant.|
|||Diminishing|||opportunities||||Continued<br>close<br>working<br>with<br>thematic<br>partnership|
|||to<br>fund||infrastructure,|||||(Volunteering<br>and Advice) to address<br>needs<br>and develo|
|||policy,|and||||suppo||improved<br>collaboration<br>in<br>service<br>provision<br>(shared|
|||services|for|||communi|||resources,<br>co-locations, and shared intelligence).|
|||organisations.||||||||
|||Public<br>service|||||prioritie||Review and consolidate<br>partnership<br>working where possible|
|||focused|||on|||crisi|to streamline<br>and<br>build capacity<br>for shared<br>resources<br>with|
|||interventions||||||an|partner organisations/service<br>providers.|
|||removed||||||fro||
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|||initiatives|/|develo||||ment||
|Large|seal|Lack<br>of||capacity||||and|Ensuring<br>formal,<br>relevant,<br>and<br>bid ready<br>consortia<br>are<br>in|
|ransfers|of publi|resources||to|bid||for larg||place<br>with<br>Memoranda<br>of Understanding<br>and<br>partnership|
|ector|service|contracts.|||||||agreements.|
|and contracts||Payment|by||results||||Spread<br>the<br>risk and share<br>resources<br>and<br>liabilities<br>with|
|||Bankrolling|||||||balance<br>of larger<br>and<br>smaller,<br>niche<br>organisations<br>and|
|||TUPE implications|||||||partners.|
||||||||||Ensure<br>that<br>Durham<br>Community<br>Action<br>retains|
||||||||||organisational<br>scale<br>and<br>resources<br>that<br>are<br>sufficient<br>to|
||||||||||deliver<br>realistic<br>levels<br>of<br>service,<br>whilst<br>also<br>reactin|
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|Business||Impact of|pandemic|||||e.g.,|Business<br>Continuity<br>Plan updated<br>with details of actions t|
|interruption||Covid-1 9|||||||be taken, and regularly tested.|
|||Loss<br>of|use|||of||ofii|Health<br>& Safety Risk Assessments,<br>and Staff provided<br>with|
|||premises|due|||to||flood,|appropriate<br>equipment<br>to enable remote working.|
|||fire,<br>storm||||damage,|||Use of IT systems e.g., video conferencing<br>etc to maintai|
|||terrorism,|vandalism|||||etc|regular contact with clients, partners,<br>and team members.|
|||Loss of IT|services||||||Use<br>of<br>cloud<br>services,<br>and<br>IT<br>back-up<br>systems<br>and|
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||||Notes|2023|2023f|2023<br>8|2022<br>8|
|Income from:||||||||
|Charitable<br>activities<br>Other trading<br>activities||||18,010|815,791|815,791<br>18,010|858,931<br>28,631|
|Investments||||13,630||13,630|525|
|Total Income||||31,640|815,791|847,431|888,087|
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|Charitable<br>activities|||5|150,991|785,206|936,197|867,528|
|Net (outgoing)/incoming||resources before||||||
|transfers||||(119,351)|30,585|(88,766)|220,559|
|Gross transfers|between|funds||180,859|(160,659)|||
|Net income/(expenditure)||for the year/||||||
|Net movement|in funds|||41,308|(130,074)|(88,766)|220,559|
|Fund balances|at 1 April|2022||442,403|238,486|680,889|460,330|
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|||||funds|funds||
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||||Notes|8|8|F|
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|Charitable<br>acbvities|||||858,931|858,931|
|Other trading activities||||28,831||28,631|
|Investments||||525||525|
|Total income||||29,156|858,931|888,087|
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|Charitable<br>activities|||5|97,160|570,368|667,528|
|Net (outgoing)/incoming||resources before transfers||(88,004)|288,563|220,559|
|Gross transfers|between|funds||216,969|(218,969)||
|Net income/(expenditure)||for the year/|||||
|Net movement|in funds|||148,965|71,594|220,559|
|Fund balances|at 1 April|2021||293,438|168,892|460,330|
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|Fixed assets|||||||
|Tangible assets||||20,623||4,435|
|Current assets|||||||
|Debtors||12|7,002||18,134||
|Cash at bank and in|hand||616,340||889,419||
||||623,342||907,553||
|Creditors: amounts|falling due within||||||
|one year||13|(51,842)||(231,099)||
|Net current assets||||571,500||676,454|
|Total assets less current liabilities||||592,'l23||880,889|
|Income funds|||||||
|Restricted funds||||108,412||238,486|
|Unrestricted<br>funds||||483,711||442,403|
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|Cash flows from operating||activities|||||||
|Cash (absorbed<br>by)/generated||from|19||||||
|operations|||||(263,056)|||345,889|
|Invesgng<br>activities|||||||||
|Purchase oftangible<br>fixed assets||||(23,653)|||||
|Investment<br>income received||||13,630||525|||
|Net cash (used in)/generated||from|||||||
|investing<br>activities|||||(10,023)|||525|
|Net cash used In financing||activities|||||||
|Net (decrease)/increase<br>in|cash and||cash||||||
|equivalents|||||(273,079)|||346,414|
|Cash and cash equivalents|at beginning||ofyear||889,419|||543,005|
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|Income|from Charitable|||Activities||521,756|294,035|815,791|858,931|
|Income|from Charitable|||Activities||||||
|ACRE|||||||42,585|42,585|42,585|
|Durham|County|Council||||338,304|120,000|458,304|308,069|
|Durham|Police,|Crime and|||Victims Commissioner|10,000||10,000|10,000|
|National|Lottery|Community|||Fund - RC North East and|||||
|Cumbria|Region||||||116,200|116,200|100,386|
|SoilAssociation||||||2,000||2,000|18,000|
|County|Durham|CCG|||||||79,970|
|MHLDF||||||116,000||116,000|116,000|
|County|Durham|Community|||Foundation|35,000|6,750|41,750|15,000|
|Supporting<br>Community|||Buildings||||||123,000|
|Other||||||20,452|8,500|28,952|37,336|
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|Staff costs||567,439|471,414|
|Consultancy||66,246|40,675|
|Meeting expenses||3,887|744|
|Grants to small communities||194,718|89,249|
|||832,090|582,082|
|Share ofsupport costs (see note 6)||97,881|81,833|
|Share ofgovernance|costs (see note 6)|6,226|3,613|
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|Depreciation|7,465||7,465|1,554||1,554|
|Operating<br>lease charges|27,128||27,126|27,126||27,126|
|Marketing<br>and promotion|858||856|2,430||2,430|
|Cleaning<br>and welfare|3,654||3,854|2,539||2,539|
|Electricity, gas and water|11,421||11,421|5,635||5,635|
|Repairs and renewals|||443|2,846||2,846|
|Insurance|2,689||2,689|3,250||3,250|
|Staff travel and training|2,732||2,732|1,654||1,654|
|Pdnting,<br>postage and|||||||
|telephone|9,083||9,083|7,523||7,523|
|Publications<br>and|||||||
|subscriptions|8,044||8,044|7,700||7,700|
|Computer costs|24,308||24,308|19,519||19,519|
|Sundries|60||80|57||57|
|Independent<br>examination||3,564|3,564||3,360|3,360|
|Legal and professional||2,662|2,682||253|253|
||97,881|6,226|104,107|81,833|3,613|85,446|
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|Executive director||1|1|
|Field workers||14|14|
|Administrator||1|1|
|Total||16|16|
|Employment|costa|2023|2022|
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|Wages and salaries||499,067|417,492|
|Social security|costs|46,033|35,904|
|Other pension|costs|22,339|18,018|
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||Additions||||23,653|23,653|
||Disposals||||(2,884)|(2,884)|
||At 31 March|2023||9,539|73,724|83,263|
||Depreciation|and impairment|||||
||At 1 April 2022|||9,539|48,520|58,059|
||Depreciation|charged|in the year||6,951|6,951|
||Eliminated<br>in|respect|ofdisposals||(2,370)|(2,370)|
||At 31 March|2023||9,539|53,101|62,640|
||Carrying<br>amount||||||
||At 31 March|2023|||20,623|20,623|
||At 31 March|2022|||4,435|4,435|
|12|Debtors||||||
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||Amounts<br>falling due||within one year:||8|E|
||Other debtors|||||734|
||Prepayments|and accrued income|||7,002|17,400|
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||||1April 2022|resources|expended||31INarch 2023|
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|CDCF Mental Health|Emergency|Welfare||5,000|(5,000)|||
|CDCF Pathways<br>toAccessible||||||||
|Volunteering||||30,000|(30,000)|||
|Community<br>Buildings|Energy Audit|||120,000|(120,000)|||
|Community<br>Hubs Project|||22,081|116,200|(138,281)|||
|County Durham<br>Community<br>Foundation|||3,000|6,750|(9,750)|||
|Covid 19Vacdnafion|Centre||22,912||(22,000)||912|
|Crook hall Community|Development|||||||
|Project||||4,927|(4,927)|||
|DCC - Volunteering<br>and Infastructure||||||||
|Support||||338,304|(177,645)|(160,659)||
|Defra - ACRE Funding||||42,585|(42,585)|||
|Durham<br>PCVC Fund||||10,000|(10,000)|||
|MHLDF Right Care Right Place Support|||120,000|116,000|(136,000)||100,000|
|NAVCA VCS Emergencies<br>Partnership||||8,500|(8,500)|||
|North East &Cumbria|ICB|||15,000|(7,500)||7,500|
|Sport England TIF Fund|||201||(201)|||
|Supporting<br>Community|Buildings||52,292||(52,292)|||
|Sustainable<br>Food Places Phase||3|18,000|2,000|(20,000)|||
|Wesrdale Area Action|Partnership|||525|(525)|||
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||(Deficit)/surpus<br>for the year||||(88,766)|220,559|
||Adjustments<br>for:||||||
||Investment<br>income recognised<br>in statement<br>Loss on disposal oftangible<br>fixed assets||ofgnancial|activities|(13,630)<br>514|(525)|
||Depreciation<br>and impairment<br>oftangible fixed assets||||6,951|1,554|
||Movements<br>in working<br>capital:||||||
||Decrease/(increase)<br>in debtors<br>(Decrease)/increase<br>in creditors||||11,132<br>(179,257)|(9,722)<br>134,023|
||Cash (absorbed<br>by)/generated|from operations|||(263,056)|345,889|



