BLACKPOOL MENCAP
ANIYUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS
I OCTOBER 2022 TO 30 SEPTEMBER 2023
Charit3. Commission Referenee Number 249596

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Content$
Trustee5 Report
3&4
Charity Infomiaiion
Inde￿ident Examinerf$ Report
Swemeni of Financial Activities
Balanc¢ She
Notes ¢0 the Accounts
9-13

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TRUSTEES. REPORT
Thc prts¢ni thcir 108¢ther with thc financial of the charity for the yt4r
'pILmbcr ?023.lTh¢ financial S￿￿eMen1S have IKcn PTq)ard in *c(fftlan(¢ ￿1th th¢ K¢ouniing wTrli¢i¢$ Sei oui on
pag¥ 9 atml LX)mpl)' iiith th¢ sts¢UlOry r¢4uiMen￿ the SWCM￿I of Rccornmcndcd p￿tl￿- AC￿lIn8
an¢J R¢p)rtin@ b). Chjritics ISORP FRS1021.
SinErlurt
ovtrnante And ￿1￿￿1
tmen
DLiai1s (IfTru5te¢s ¢an k 5¢¢D pagc 5. ANw)inimeni of Twsi¢¢s IS 8ovcrnryJ by t￿.1.￿¥ Ikcd ofthc Charity.
The Board of TTUSttts is authori5ed io ￿p￿in1 new Truskes ￿ fill v4xancies uising through th¢ r¢5igwi(m or
d￿1h of an ¢xiqing Tms*c.
In%'estmeN
Politits
I'he Trust D¢¢d auUK)riscd thc Tn￿l￿5 ￿ mak¢ WKI hold invcslrnuts using thc fundsof th¢Charity.
tii¢s *ud Artivities
ThL S(K'icty' cllabli5hvJ untsaTnM Dccd in or&r to TW(¥k *J the so¢ial awareness aThJ inie8ration
into 50ci¢I)' forrwle *'ith leamingdisabililie5.
Thc Poli¢y ofthe Socicly Contin￿ to be th x¢k *1djiion￿ fmance WKI to to wowid¢ care and to
ak"e available furth¢rpTO￿i1eS within the I￿lIlY Ls fvnts Pe￿
Achievements and Performance
The Tnjlltts considLY ihai th¢ of1￿ Charity this y¢w mtrnll h&5 bc£n satisf￿￿ry. th¢ ¢h¥ity
had a )'tarof ini'¢sthi¢ni with monc). kin8 spem on th¢ re&ild of the ¢¢ntr¢ Whiiewe Drive.
Th¢ Chorits. would noi k th1¢ ¢0 ryowidc such a wide seryirc lo our bencficiwits Witho￿ CQO1in¥AI supp)n of
a Iwge number of *'illih8 SLqJPm sthff who 8iv¢thcir ser¥i¢es volwxthrily.
Fill*ntiil R￿leW
Incomitt8 Resources hait intr￿d th £39.037 from £35.104 laa
Resou￿￿ ¢¥pKndcd ha%¢ rduccd to £56.5(Kl fmm £66.759 This has rewjlitd in ovcrall nrtwwingrtsou￿ this
vear of £14.619 comporcd ￿ £411X13 of nc¢ tn the PTCViOUS)'tar.
Tot￿ unrestrictrd fund5 of thc chukry have £1.471L032 from £1.484ffj81 in 2022.
Total fund5 ar¢ SUff￿lent to Fwmil th¢ Charity to ctmlirnK in in the medium kn lonB i¢mi
giv¢n th¢ ¢oni1Th￿d of voiun*tr
Risk Assessm
Th¢ main risk" lo futK150f th¢awity 15 th¢ hel
The ideniified this risk and moivj th¢ futhls ￿ loM'¢r risk fiuxls w'ith Fidclity Fund5 Nctwork iti
Sepiemkn 21M.
*rture frtsm Accountin
Stsndards
The Trusitts ofthe Sociery. httit sp￿0}.￿1 the d￿1$1￿[ rnt ￿d¢w￿l* ljnd buildiThg5 a5 sho*Tr on pllge 13
of the rtnancial SWeMen￿ a5 thtswould show. the &)tiety iti a true and fair sity4lion.

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TRUSTEES, REPORT
t&tement of Trust¢¢5' Re
0115ibilltles
Cliarity law requiTL'5 Ihe Tnjstees lo prepare 5talcmenis ofaccount for each financial year which give
true and foir ViLiV of ihe stale of alTairs ofthe Charity and of its incoming rc50urces and application of
resource5 for thal period. In preparing those financial 5talements, Ihe Trustees are required io-
seleci suitable accouniing Folicies and apply them ¢onsisienily.
makc judb>emenls and eslimales ihat are ￿&s0￿able and prud¢nt.
prepar¢ the financhal 5tDt¢rnents on the going concem basis unless li is inappropriate to presume ih
the charity will continue in operaiion.
to value ￿Sets and liabiliiies in accordance with the Ststemenl of Recornmended Prnetice
Accounting by Charilie5.
The Trusiees are responsible for keeping proper xcounling records which are sufficient to show and
explain ihe Charity's tfdnsactions and io di5¢1ose with fvdsonable ac¢urdCy at any time ihe financial
position of the Society. and io enable them to ensu￿ Ihal any statements of account comply with the
requiremenis of ihe Charity {Accounts and Reports) Regulations 1995. They are also responsible for
safeguarding the assets of the Charity and henee for tsking reasonable step5 for the prevention and
deieciion of fraud and oiher irregularities.
Approv￿ by the T￿J￿¢¢S on ......... ..... and signed on their behalf by Ms L. Hinds (T￿Stee}.
Ms L.Hints

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CHARITY INFORMATION
Charlty Commisslon Number- 249596
orrittrs
Chairpcrson:
Mrs. S Scholey
Genernl Secretary:
Mr. S Hinds
TreAsurer".
Ms L Hinds
Trn5tees:
Mr. R Sharples
Ms. K Dodgson
Miss E Hinds
Mr. P Cooper
Mr. M Cooper
Mr. D. Segev
Miss O GMIt
M$. Haley-Kett
Ms. A Timrn5
Advisors
Bankers:
HSBC Bank
l Newhouse Road
Ox'ford Squar¢
Blackpwl
FY4 4YH
Aecountants:
Goss & Co. Chartere&l Certifkd Accowtsnts
15 Olympic Court
Boardmans Way
Blackpool
FY4 5GU
Solicitors:
Barker B(N)th & BlackFwI
Property Valuers:
Bentley Higgs & Co.
49 Ivhilegaie Drive, Blackwl
FY3 9DG
Registered Office:
86 Whiiegate Drive
Blackp(M)I

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INDEPF.NDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED30 SF.PTEMBER 2023
IndeptThd¢n¢ ¢x•miTher's rtport lo the Tr￿Stee$ of
Bla¢kpoDI Socitt). for M¢nl&lly HandieApped Children ¥nd Adwlts
I report on ihe accounls of the frusi for ihe year ended 30 September 2023. which are sei out (m pages
7t0 13.
Respective responsibilitie5 of trns¢ffs and examiner
The Charity's tnistees are resp)nsible for ihe pwaT*ion of the accounts. The charity's Iruslees
consider thai an audit is required for ihis year under scction 144 of ihe Chariiies Aci ?01 l (the
-Charilies Aci") and that an independent examinaiion is nttded. l am qualified io undeTthke the
c¥aminalion by being a qualified metnb¢r of the Associaiion of Chartered Certified AcCoun￿nts.
1¢ is my responsibility to-
examine the accounts wider sethion 145 ofthe ChaTiies Au;
to follow ihe procedures laid down in ihe general Directions given by the Charity Comrnission
under seciion 145(5Xb) of the Charities Aci- and
to 5ts1e wheiher panicular maners have come to my attention.
Basis of in
i examiner's
My examination was carried oui in accordance with the general Direction$ given by the Charity
Commission. An examIn￿10n includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a
compari50n of the accounts F￿eSertIed with those records. It a150 includes considerdiion of any unusual
item5 or di5closure5 in the acwunts and seeking explanations from you as ￿￿llees concerning any such
matters. The procedures undertaken do noi provide all the evidence th￿ would be required in an audii
and consequently no opinion 15 given as to whetherthe accounts preseni a'trne and fair view, and the
reEK)rt is limited to those mattels sd 4)ut in the smement below.
deni examiner's 51alernent
In cotjnection with my examinalion. no matw h&$ come to my atteniion..
(l} which gives me rtsonable cause io believe that in any material Tespeci the requirements:
to keep attouniing in accor￿ with seciion 130 of the Chariles Act; and
to prepare accounts which accord M'ith the accouniing records and compty with the A¢¢ounting
requirements of the Charites A￿ have been met; or
(2) io which. in my opinioty allenlion should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding
of the accounts to be reached
C. F. Coss FCCA
Goss & Co.
Chgrttrtd Ctrtified Aecounlanlg
15 oli'm
bt c.ourt Bo¥rdman% II'A
'hiithi11s Busints$ P•rk
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YEAR ENDED 30TH SEPTEMBER 2023
Stalement of Flnanclal Activities
2023
2022
nre511￿￿ed F
Incomlng R*￿u￿•S
IncomiTrJ rE50urce$ Irtyn Iw
Donations aThl legacaes
Cxher tradry acliviies
IKome Irom In￿StMents
IrKome from tharblable a¢lM*S
ot￿r in¢￿1￿j rEsowces
91S
3.535
30.355
4.232
690
3.326
28,417
2,671
Totsl In¢¢mlrtg mources
39.037
35.104
R¢sourcas Expended
EwKlilwe on rnsing fvr¥Js
54.074
GO¥eMan￿ costs
9.695
12.685
Totyl resour¢rf expond*l
56,5fy)
66.759
Nel IlossesVgain5
2.814
(10.3481
NET INCOMINGIIOUTGOINGI
RESOURCES
NET INCOmING￿0[￿rGOtNGl
RESOURCES BEFORE OThER
RECOGNI$￿ GAINS AND LOSSES
{14.649)
(42.003)
Othor rq¢ollnts•d galnsll088
Gainslllos5esl revalualb￿ offuejj
assets forthanty5 own we
Total gal[￿/ ￿)sSeS
NET MOVEMENT IN FUNOS
(14,649)
(42.0031
FuTrY bolarKes IwblfowR￿t
1s1 October 2022
Tran5ferof realised woffts
FuThY balaKes carried forward
301h Seplemkn2023
1.484.681
1.526,684
1.470 032

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YEAR ENDED 30TH SEPTEMBER 2023
Balance sheet as at 30th Se
rn￿r 2023
Notes
2023
2022
Assets and Ilabilitios
FIXED ASSETS
Fixed assets for charity use
Fixed assel inveslmenls
10
9&12
61)4,854
4￿,480
363.718
502.947
1.101.314
866,665
CURRENT ASSETS
Prepayments
Cash at bank and in han(J
370.689
619.986
370.689
619,988
CURRENT UABILITES
Creditors
Accrued expenses
470
470
1.500
1.970
1.970
NET CURRENT ASSETS
368.719
618.016
TOTAL ASSETS LE55
CURRENT LIABILITES
1.470.033
1,484,681
THE FUNDS OF THE
CHARITY:
UNRESTRICTED INCOME
FUNDS
Unre5trtcted income funds
1.202.092
1.216,740
Revalualron reserye
11
267.941
267.941
Totsl unrestricted funds
1.470.033
1.484.681
APPROVED BY THE TRUSTEES ON ..Wliil
AND SIGNED ON THEIR BEHALF BY:_
TRUSTEE

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THE ACCOII%TS FOR TI
30 sE￿EllBER 20LI
REND
cco
NTING POLICI
B•5is of Ateounting. The finarKiaJ ￿￿1¢M¢nts arc prcpar¢d uTMkrth¢ hisloriEaJ ￿$1 ¢onvethiion la8
M￿lfied b%. the in¢lu5ion of InYesth%nts Fix•J A55cls at vhluationl and in a¢cordance wilh the Financial
R¢pDrting Stsndard for Smaller Enlili￿ the Charitie5 Aa 2011 aThJ follo7A' thc rc¢ommend&iions ofthe
s￿¢￿￿1 of R¢rOmTr￿ P￿￿1¢¢"ACcoUnIin8ar￿l Rg￿ing by Chariiics. ISORP FRS1021.
ChiritAble Fund-rai5111
Intomt. Donaiions #NI l¢gxi¢s aff xcoun*d *hen rttavcd by the Sothcty. Other income is ¥4HJn*d
for on ￿ ￿￿JaI5 basis a5 it 15 to th 50. Incorn¢ in¢lth incornc ￿ I￿¥￿ble.
Gifts in killd. Thc chariN' rcctiics the b¢n¢fii orm.￿k ca￿led oui by %'oluntc¢rs and receives thc usc of
facilities and M"ithDUt th￿¢. No Val￿ 15 pl¥ed on thue i*rTh& Wh¢rt ihe bcnefit ¢x*nds over
se¥¢rnl p￿10d% tho. arr 8T￿ tnclth in th¢ bHknce sheet at a rc4sonabk waluaiion.
CrAnt& Revcnuc Br¥nts we credi￿d to the incl￿¢ •¥JcKptydiwT¢ account as rettivoj.
Depre¢ii¢loo. of Tangibk Fixal As%ts is ￿Dy)d￿ 4t th¢ following *)nval Mcs in ordcr to
Tit¢ off ¢xh assd owtr 115 e51im•ted u*ful lif¢:_
Fixwrcs and fillin85- 15% ncl ¥¥lut
ImprovemenLS ￿ protthy- 1S%(m a stiaight4irt b￿15
No &prt¢i¥ion is prolided on frechom w(wls¢5 ¥ the fek as the Homc5 krpt ￿ a very
high 5thndard ofrepatr no dcpreciaiion necessm.. Had deprecI￿lOn iMI Eharged ￿ 4Y•On 1 5uaighi
lin¢ ba51& deprteiaiion of £34.799 7A'oukl hawe Tr￿¢n charged in ihc accouTht>
The trus￿%$ believe th¥ F￿0VidiNg forthprccidion sncctssjry forth¢ accounts ￿ giv¢ atru¢ aNJ fair
Rev4lu%lion ofi•nd buildin￿ 8fMI iwildin8sare s¢a¢¢d * theirm05t recent i'aluation as * th¢
balance 5h¢d date. Re%atuaiion of th¢12nd and E￿Ilding5 is urthrtaktn on the fifth anniv¢￿ or wh¢0 th￿¢
h&$ bcen a rna*ri￿ ¢hanBe in the property mark¢L during th¢ *W￿l]n8peri¢￿1. A Valuati￿ M'as perform¢d
on 14 Jarbuwy 2014.
Fund-ni5iDg •nd Cb*rit•bk ObjtttiV¢5 Costs. FuTh&raI￿ftg ex￿ditu￿ p)mprises COSLS ITh¢1￿ in
inducin8 peq>lc wiswiorLS 10 COThtsibu￿ fmancially th the ChariTh' s
l*nxgemeot *nd Adoinistr*tioii. ExpeJJdiiUTe on managemeni and *Jmini5Mion ofthe CTharity included
all t￿￿￿1*￿Te dire¢tl)' rclat¢d io the ch￿l￿ble xtivity of fund-raisiThg i¢niur¢% This inrlwkd Costs of
TunniT¥ the office cha
T*xati0o. As b re8isrcred ¢hariD... the &xIc￿. b￿rits fTOffl Rates reli¢fand isgerttally ￿eMpt fr
Incoffle T&x 8fKI Capita] GOI￿$TaX hji fmm VAT. Irrecov¢Tabl¢ VAT is incllkled in the COSLof thD5e
ilems ￿ ￿h1¢h li reltk&
Investth¢nt& Rcalis¢d gains and105¢5 arc thkcn ￿ th¢ Inc(rfn¢ Ac¢ounL All ini'¢stsn¢Nts
havc been valucd ai i'alucat the Bajantt All i1￿85￿ detr¢￿ in value dwin8 the
y¢arar¢ shown on the Sthiem¢ni of Financial Acii%i¢i¢&

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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
YEAR ENDED 30th SEPTEMBER 2023
2. Donatlons andlfjgacles
Society Rosebery The Lodge
Ave
4 Rosebeny
Av&
Arg￿1
Court
Total
2022 10ts1
Donations
Legacies
915
915
690
Totals
915
915
690
3. Income from charltable actNlties
Roseberry The Lodge
Ave
4 Roseberry
Ave
Argyll
Court
2022 totsl
Outings & events tickets
4,232
4.232
2,671
Rent
Totals
4,232
4,232
2,671
4. Other tradlng actlvltes
4 Roseberry
Ave
Aryyll
Court
Tolal
2022 total
Ave
Raffles and draws
1.205
1.205
1.301
Membership sUb￿riptiOnS
2.330
2.330
2.025
Totals
3.535
3.326
5. Investment Income
6Ka
&vety Roseberry The L
4 Roseberry
Ave
Argyll
Court
Total
2022 tolal
Deposit account interest
Rental income
11,C66
5.215
8.224
5.850 30.355
28.370
Dividend5
47
Totsls
11.066
5.215
8.224
5.850
30.355
28,417
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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
YEAR ENDED 30th SEPTEMBER 2023
6. Charitable actlvltles
4 Roseberry Argyll
Ave
Court
Tcrtal
Ave
2022 totsl
Events and Ijrtirys
Council L
Lighl & heal
Sundries
Repair5 and renthvals
Gardening, cleaning and laundry
Insurance
Lodge runnir¥J costs
Sile fees
DepreciatKin
Service eharge
9.419
9.419
10.557
760
820
11.629
1.095
1.095
4.258
2.670
558
248
1,176
248
1.162
228
11.320
2,816
5,180
20.621
8,930
20.668
8,250
Totals
21.834
3.022
12A64
7.386 46.805
54,074
7. Expenditure on ralsing funds
4 RoseiErry Argyll
Ave
Court
Ave
2021 total
Licences
Events and oUti￿S
Totals
8. Goveman¢e costs
4 Roseberry Argyll
Ave
Court
2022 total
Ave
Accountsncy fees
Secretary costs
Bwkkeeping and admin
Postage. printirvJ slaiwy
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Insurance- office
Telephone
Light & heat
Water
R*es
Cleaning
Bank Charges
Storage
Honorarium
Trustee expenses
Legal & profewonal fees
2.760
2.760
1.025
1.W25
973
312
109
2.033
109
2,033
1.471
3.227
165
231
173
289
289
9.629
9.695
12.685
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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
YEAR ENDED 30th SEIryEMBER 2023
9. Fixed Asset Investment•
Freehold Leasehold Improvements Fixturns
Property Property to property
& fittln
Tot*1
Cost orvaluatlon at 1110122
Rosebeffy Ave 4
Rosebeffji Ave 6ffja
Court
135.(MK)
150,trfM)
11.689
154.549
175.126
119.536
449.211
24.
34.536
67.362
370.&XI
11.849
Addition8lD5sposals
Cost or valu•tlon at 30109r23
370.1)xJ
67.362
11.849 449,211
Depreciation
At 111012022
Charge for year
Roseberry Ave 4
Roseberry Ave 6
Argyll Gourt
At 301912023
9.874
64.942
1.179
2.813
5.180
64.240
126
2.816
5.180
74,243
10,003
Disposals
64.240
10.003
74.243
Net book value
At 301912023
370.000
3.122
374.96e
AI 3019r2022
370.(
12,294
1.975 384.269
10. Fixèd Assets for charlty u8e
Freehold Lease1￿Id Improvements Fixtures
Property to proprty & ffttings
Total
Cost or valu•tlon at 1110r2022
Swety- Whitegate Drive
247.528
8.652 344,648
7￿,940
8.652 445.588
252.456
1CK1.940
1(Ki.940
247.528
252.456
AdditlortslDlsposal$
Cost or valuation at 3010912023
499.984 1LX1.940
8.652 698,044
O•prnelatlon
At 111012022
Charge for year
Society
Lodge
8.471
81.870
11.184
136
11.320
At 301912023
84.583
8.607
93,190
DIS￿•1#
8,607
93.190
Net book value
At 301912023
499.984
100,940
3,885
604,854
AI 30W2022
247.528 1￿).940
15.(
181
363.718
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OTFS
ACCOUNTS FOR TIIE Y
30 SEPTEhlBER 20
LE ASSET
Tl
IT
4 Roseberr%' Avcnue. Bla¢kwl
DuLk vil￿ LLKlg¢
86 WhilL%aic Driv¢
616a RosL'trL'rr% Avenue
AT8JII Coufl
142.8(rf1
l(Kl.940
588.452
174.
19,536
RevAlll*tion of Ch*ritie5 A55el
14 V*lu*tio
Phiic8a* Drive
4 Ros¢be￿ Avenue
6 RosL'berr%' Avcnue
£170.(KX)
£135.IXN)
£150.(XX)
220.
170.
NIA
RevalU￿L0ns W¢Te Carri￿ oul in Januar). 2014 by MC[kn￿o Bcnilcy Hi88s and Co ChAn¢red Sur¥¢yors. The
iru.stLrs ￿lieve Ih¢w ￿0￿]d ￿ liiilc differ¢nc¢ beNtrn the val￿10n5 at the tAlance shed date. The
pr¢viou5 valuaiion wa5 carried kn Mdrch 2(*W).
12. INvEST￿lENTs
Inve￿ments are held whth Fidelity funds NeiwThk.
Vll]ue ￿ l Odobcr ?022
£11&678
In￿r￿Se in voiuc
£2.814
Value * 30 kpthber 2023
13. STAFF COSTS.
2023
2022
Gross ￿?8•￿ EmploycT5Tr11 and rtdwthc).
14. l￿DE￿INITy INSURANC
An amouni of £289 has bcen pwd ofchty fuWJ$￿ iThJemnify. trus￿*$ again# the con*ucTK¢5
of any negle￿ or dcfault on their parL
IS. TRUSTEE EXPENSF
Twsiees rcc¢ive Small amounL¢ fmm thc chaFity' fwthc re-imlxwsemeni of Lxt¢nses
20?3- £230 {2022- £61M)I.
16. TRUSTEE RENUhlERATION.
The tharti>' tre&surLr r¢c¢i%d an honorarium of £nil (2022 £nill for the ￿ork she kn5 on ￿ bookkeepin8 of
Ihe ¢harity including commvnicaiion ￿lIh the ch*ity
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