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2022-2023
Annual Report
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Supporting people with disabilities to develop and live the lives they choose.

Trustee’s Report (including Directors’ Report and Strategic Report) for the year ended 31 March 2023

3 Reflections on 2022-23
5 Trustees’ Report (Including Directors’ Report and Strategic Report) for the year ended 31 March 2023
5 What the Aldingbourne Trust does
6 Our values & how we live them
12 The story of 2022-23
14 Living by our values – some achievements
17 Student’s comments on the end of Placement Report
18 Areas which didn’t go to plan
19 Thank you
21 Safeguarding
22 Trustees’ Report (Including Directors’ Report and Strategic Report) for the year ended 31 March 2023
27 Independent Auditors’ Report to the members of the Aldingbourne Trust
31 Statement of financial activities (including income and expenditure account) for the year ended 31 March 2023
33 Balance sheet as at 31 March 2023
34 Statement of cash flows for the year ended 31 March 2023
35 Notes forming part of the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2023

Trustee’s Report (including Directors’ Report and Strategic Report) for the year ended 31 March 2023

Reflections on 2022/23 – our Chair & Managing Directorflections on 2022/23 – our Chair & Managing Director

2022 – 2023 continued to be dynamic due to covid (prevention measures for social care remained in place throughout most of the year) and conditions were exacerbated when an early wave of flu also appeared. The cumulative impact was evident in ‘pandemic fatigue’, with cycles of infections in the community, the ongoing requirement for people to use PPE (personal protective equipment) and restrictions in people mixing, all challenging the very nature of our work.

Despite claims of social care being “fixed” by our government, our sector would challenge this assertion, with many senior decision makers in central government seeing social care mainly through the lens of the NHS and responsible for ‘bed blocking’. Our report gives a more accurate outline of the diversity and impact of social care in practice.

One of the main challenges over the year was recruitment and retention. This has been a national, cross sector issue, with most businesses reporting higher levels of staff turnover, vacancy levels and sickness rates. The workforce challenges increased as inflation and the cost of living rose. Maintaining a decent standard of living is an issue for everyone and we worked hard to ensure people we support were aware of how to manage their finances, what additional help they might be entitled to and how to ensure that any care charges from local government were appropriately calculated. We are pleased to be able to pay support workers the Real Living Wage, thanks to prudent financial management and our diverse funding.

Our welfare benefits advisor was funded by the generous support of grant making trusts, and enabled us to support 73 people with complex benefit issues, some had to go through appeal processes to secure the correct level of benefits. We saw more people have their benefits withdrawn at reviews, to have them subsequently reinstated, often where their needs had increased, and we supported more people with the personal toll this takes on household finances and individuals’ wellbeing. We were pleased to be able to offer more support with the cost of living thanks to a grant from Aviva.

West Sussex County Council appointed a new Director of Adult Services, and we were pleased to be part of the recruitment process. We have invested in working alongside both the County Council, social care colleagues and the new Integrated Care System to embed the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector into health and social care systems across our areas – hopefully to reduce duplication and share resources/skills.

Thank you to our teams across the Trust, who pulled together to maintain and improve service levels, support functions and at the same time looked ahead to continuously improve. Thank you to Peter Stanley our General Manager for the essential IT back up and infrastructure.

Special thanks to Lu Dash our Head of Support and Gemma Baldwin our Head of People and Development, who ensured we focused on supporting wellbeing across our workforce and crafting a People Strategy which moves us further towards embedding self managing principles. Our aim is to ensure the Aldingbourne Trust is experienced as a great place to work. This includes more peer support groups, including menopause and neuro diversity and our team of mental health first aiders.

We have referred many times to the dual challenge of demand for social care support increasing and funding reducing. We recognise the uncertainty faced by local authorities and were relieved that the proposed reduction in sleep in payments was not implemented. Delays in confirming fee levels and contract extensions has been a greater challenge this year. Thank you to Clive Owen, our Head of Finance for managing this. We are concerned at social care reforms being put on hold and long term planning on the national stage being absent.

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We believe we are still in a recovery phase from the peak of the pandemic but we have much to look forward to in 2023-2024.

Our strategy for developing more independent income to enable us to meet our aims relies heavily on the success of the Aldingbourne Country Centre. We recruited our first Visitor & Enterprise Operations Manager to put the Centre on the map to attract visitors and supporters. Throughout the year Karen has been researching ways of extending and improving our social enterprises at the Country Centre and building on local support. As the year closed we had welcomed almost 55,000 visitors to the Centre – it was so good to see many familiar faces return and welcome a new generation. This level of activity provided more learning and vocational opportunities for the people we support, who had slowly returned during the year. Their enthusiasm, sense of pride and peer support has been a powerful tonic after all the recent challenges.

A highlight of the year was being a charity partner at the renowned Goodwood Revival. The sun shone and we were boosted by the level of support & generosity of our team of volunteers and the Goodwood visitors. Our thanks to the Duke of Richmond and his team.

Thanks to Michelle McKinley-Bell and our WorkAid colleagues, we will continue to build on the inspirational ‘Kitchen Impossible’ and success of job carving to recruit more colleagues who have a learning disability/autism.

We appreciate the support we have received from families and friends and would like to thank everyone for their encouragement and kindness over the past year.

Frances Russell Sue Livett Sue Chair Managing Director

Our thanks to Portsmouth City Council for their support with the premises at MAKE and for their ongoing encouragement of the work we do in and around Fratton. MAKE continued to experience high demand and we extended our opening days to meet this.

We have been busy working with organisations across the country on a form of direct payment for people who are eligible for social care support. We are now working with West Sussex County Council on introducing ‘Individual Service Funds’ which will enable more flexibility, creativity and value for money for the people we support.

Work is progressing well on ‘Jasmine Lodge’ – which will replace one of our supported living places in Bognor Regis.

Trustee’s Report (including Directors’ Report and Strategic Report) for the year ended 31 March 2023

Trustees’ Report (Including Directors’ Report and Strategic Report) for the year ended 31 March 2023

The trustees are pleased to present their annual directors’ report together with the financial statements of the charity for the year ending 31st March 2023 which are also prepared to meet the requirements for a directors’ report and accounts for Companies Act purposes.

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the financial statements and comply with

the Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006, the Memorandum and Articles of Association, and 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) (as amended for accounting periods commencing from 1 January 2019).

What the Aldingbourne Trust does

The Trust’s mission

To support people with disabilities to develop and live the lives they choose.

Public Benefit

The trustees confirm that when reviewing the charitable company’s activities and devising future programs, they have referred to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit and complied with their duties under Section 17 of the Charities Act 2011.

All our charitable activities are planned to ensure we deliver public benefit and we continue to place great emphasis on our charitable objects. In particular, the trustees consider that the Aldingbourne Trust makes a significant contribution to support services in West Sussex and the surrounding area and that our services are of public benefit to people living with disabilities and the wider local community. The activities undertaken in 2022/23 which contribute to our charitable aims are outlined in more detail within the ‘Activities and Impact’ section of this report.

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Our values & how we live them

‘Our Plan’ sets out why, what and how we work, Our aim is to support autistic people and people who have a learning disability to live the lives they choose, continuing the ambition of our founding families. We provide support which includes housing, employment, leisure, education, training, getting out and about and living good lives. We work in West Sussex and Portsmouth.

Why & how

We believe in continual change & challenge. We know that people society, technology and attitudes change – sometimes this is out of our control, sometimes change is not as fast as we would like. Our approach is to keep pushing expectations, boundaries and beliefs.

People who have a disability regularly experience difficulties in having ‘ordinary lives’ - access to community life, including friendships, health, housing, jobs, education is often restricted. We must learn from the lessons of segregating and excluding people from their communities and networks of support.

There have been many exposés and scandals which highlight the challenges experienced by people when they are isolated and ‘care/assessment/support’ just fail to deliver. Recent scandals have involved criminal actions and poor practice involving people in various settings & there are still thousands of people in long stay institutions, often miles away from their families. The legacy of Winterbourne View continues. The stats on life experiences if you have a learning disability are staggering:

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Employment On average, Rates for People men with with Disabilities learning 2020-21 disabilities die 13 years The employment before men rate for people in the general with a learning population and disability has for women, 20 fallen to 5.1%5.1% years younger (BASE) (Mencap).

People with learning disabilities are 3 times as likely as other citizens to have a death classified as potentially avoidable (Mencap).

Belonging

All of these metrics have worsened since the pandemic. The importance of local, ordinary connections cannot be underestimated. People who do not just rely on paid support and have opportunities for ordinary lives are more likely to have good lives. Research shows the value of inclusive support, and confirms the link between risk factors and isolation.

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Work together, All aboard! – encourage, value, inclusion at every Make a positive Work sustainably, share info & support opportunity recognise we are difference at every each other opportunity interdependent

Offer & create real life opportunities – be We will drive change Listen, then do curious, adventurous in social care, we will and enterprising, not break the law but discover individual Have fun will challenge it when needed creativity & flair

The Aldingbourne Trust is a charity and is mindful of the requirement to operate for public benefit. We do this because people with learning disabilities/ autism are over-represented in studies which highlight health, education, housing, financial and social inequalities. Studies (ONS, Learning Disability Mortality Review) continued to show that the pandemic added to the challenges the people we work with encounter. To challenge and counteract inequality we focus our resources to build social value by discovering what is possible, available and good. We have 6 guiding themes – collaborating, efficiency, influencing, enterprising, innovating and proving. We encourage people to try new things, to make choices and to step out of their (and our) comfort zone when it feels right.

Our support for living services are committed to enabling people to live ordinary lives. By this we mean having a job, living in ordinary homes, on ordinary streets, doing things that matter.

We expect our staff to understand people’s individual needs and take the most appropriate approach for people to live good lives and do what is important to them. Living an ordinary life isn’t boring, it is up and down, it is rich with friends, family, neighbours, colleagues and things to do, community possibilities, with all the challenges and achievements which we all should have a chance to experience.

We provide a range of support, ranging from dropin’s to intensive, 24 hour support.

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We are social entrepreneurs – with the Aldingbourne Country Centre, near Chichester, Number 73 in Aldwick and MAKE in Fratton, Portsmouth all providing supportive places for people to learn, train and become more confident by working across a range of enterprises:

Retail

Hospitality, including cafes & hosting conferences
Creative arts, including workshops for all
Horticulture, including the Adopt a Station scheme at railway stations
Events for visitors – eg, birds of prey, lots of bouncy castles
Wood recycling & wood workshop – the unique Littlehampton Long Bench and Hotham Park bench schemes
Our Open Farm
Camping

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We also host social enterprises and were delighted to welcome the Seasons Nursery to the Aldingbourne Country Centre:

“[Seasons Nursery opened its] doors in October 2022 and has quickly become established at the centre, now providing much needed childcare for nearly 60 local families. Offering a wonderful mix of unique and enriching activities, children also use their newly refurbished nursery building in the heart of the site as their base. As well as their established Forest School curriculum, the nursery has been working in partnership with Aldingbourne staff to offer a Farm School programme which has been a very popular addition to the nursery timetable. Children learn about all aspects of farm life from growing their own produce to feeding and caring for the animals on site as well as walking the ponies and bathing the guinea pigs. The nursery now operates at full capacity with a waiting list for 2024 intake and offers a discount for ” Aldingbourne Staff.

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As the year progressed we were pleased to welcome previous and new people to our enterprises, building up our visitor numbers after all the down time over the last 3 years.

MAKE also hosts Portsmouth’s Gig Buddies – matching people based on their interests and appetite for adventure.

Here at the Aldingbourne Trust we also support people to obtain and maintain paid and voluntary work, building on skills and interests to find the right fit for the employee and employer across West Sussex.

We also invest in providing prevention support – our My Network Plus, My Network and LIMA (low intensive management of autism), services, all carried all carried on throughout the pandemic and increased the number of people getting support in their own homes.

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The story of 2022-23

Volunteers gave 1,425 hours per week

We were supported by 241 wonderful volunteers , including 43 matched pairs through Gig Buddies.

During the year we worked with 1,747 people who have a learning disability/ autism/a lifelong condition – up 10% compared to last year.

During the year we supported 115 people to get a paid job, 8 into training courses and 15 people to get voluntary work . We also supported 20 people to retain their job, working closely alongside employers on working practices/reasonable adjustments and through furlough/pandemic related issues.

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We employed , and supported 252 staff 4 apprenticeships .

Our Workforce Development Fund supported 141 employers (up by 29% on last year) to provide 2,554 colleagues in the health and social care workforce access to funded developmental training. We worked with organisations across the country, from the North East, Midlands, South West and London and the South East.

10.8% of our workforce have 10.8[%] a disability (Skills for Care benchmark is 2%).

Our Adopt a Station team brightened the journey for commuters across 20 railway stations in West Sussex by providing and maintaining colourful plant displays and at a whole range of venues, including pubs, community centres and village halls, hotels, cricket clubs, town centres, cemeteries and local businesses. We had to reduce the number of stations we support due to reductions in funding.

Our wood recycling social enterprise collected the equivalent of 46 double decker buses of wood, which may have otherwise been sent to landfill. 963 cubic yards came through our Country Centre, for making items and selling on, and 212,939 kg of wood was recycled at our local chipper plant.

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Living by our values- some achievements

Collaborating

A recruitment task & finish group guided a redesign, which resulted in people we support and staff becoming key decision makers in how we attract and appoint colleagues – it works!

We are pleased to support more networks within Aldingbourne for colleagues to support our teams around areas of interest, including menopause, mental health, neurodiversity and LGBTQ+. Activity across these areas informs our wellbeing strategies.

We worked with Citizens Advice to guide parents/carers on how to apply for Personal Independence Payments, running several workshops.

We also hosted a Cost of Living conference with advisors across a range of organisations in West Sussex, and are part of an advisors network which reduces duplication and shares information to support people as effectively as possible.

Sue is a trustee of the Bognor Makerspace CIC, a venue where we rent space to support local people who have a learning disability and/or autism. Many people we support are able to walk or get public transport there. We supported the Makerspace with a successful lottery application to develop the opportunities available.

We were pleased to support 4 apprentices during the year, working in marketing, human resources and data management.

Sue has been working alongside colleagues in the NHS as a workforce representative for the voluntary and community sector in Sussex. The aim is to integrate health and care systems, increase opportunities to share skills and resources and innovate to improve practice and experience across health and social care.

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Spotlight on emerging from the pandemic

Jack* lives on his own in a flat in the heart of town. During covid he spent many hours/days on his own, with only essential support going into him due to him being on the ‘vulnerable’ list from the Department of Health & Social Care.

At the time this didn’t seem to affect Jack too much as he was happy enough staying in and watching his TV. When the restrictions were finally lifted and ‘vulnerable’ people were given more freedom, Jack didn’t have any interest in picking up his old routines. He was happy to remain in his flat, not seeing anyone but one staff member at a time and not going out. His family became worried about him, he started to decline even going to visit them occasionally. Time went by and we tried many things to support Jack to get out of his flat and take part in more. We put a referral into West Sussex’s health team to get some more external help. We decided to try a new keyworker, one of our newer staff members, who Jack seemed to get on with. The support worker and the health team explored ideas on how to give Jack reassurance about getting back

out into the world, as well as being more involved in his daily support.

It took a while, but slowly Jack and his support worker found something that would motivate Jack to leave his flat. They arranged a trip to Portsmouth to visit the wrestling (which is one of Jack’s favourite things). The support worker then tried to keep the momentum going and managed to support Jack to go out more and to visit his friends.

Recently his key worker has been putting plans in place for Jack around Active Support. Jack has been starting to take on some domestic tasks, like he used to do before covid. He is preparing his main meal with support, as well as doing more things independently around the house.

Although it is still early stages with Jack and to someone on the outside it may look like very small achievements, to him they are huge. He is rebuilding his confidence to do things again and seems to be happier for it.

*we have changed names to protect people’s privacy

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Spotlight on our Transition Service – Dave Wyatt, Manager

Several of the young people we support are now either in employment or are seeking work with the assistance of Workaid. Luke* has been volunteering in the Scope shop in Bognor Regis for some time, but is now one of the Trust’s Recruitment Ambassadors, and Chloe has a small cleaning job, for example. Before this neither had much of interest to engage with outside. Both have been reticent to explore opportunities in work, so to be able to have a job and earn some money has made a real difference to them. Luke has now asked Workaid to find him a job with more regular hours, and recently had an interview at Iceland supermarket, which shows a definite growth in confidence for him, who was too anxious to try anything before.

meet every Tuesday. This is a great outcome for him, who had up until now shown little interest in engaging in other community activity since he left his day service and college.

Of course, the young people at Transition are always ready to find ways to celebrate and enjoy life. Many of them make the most of Karaoke nights and LOL events but are often out on trips with staff or friends. Since Laura and Lauren returned, groups are now regularly going to Weight Watchers and swimming at the local pool. It is so great to see everyone going out to enjoy themselves and pursue their interests again.

Our team are now settled and established so that we only need to recruit for bank staff. Staff are motivated and engaged in their work and working together to ensure the well-being and quality-oflife that is meaningful to those in our care.

Owen*, in partnership with Casper at no 73, has developed a Dungeons and Dragons group that

Spotlight on My Network and My Network + service

Achievements & the difference we make

Volunteers are able to spend time with customers to check they understand information/guidance and encourage mutual support.

Providing support to more individuals within the same funding envelope: we have expanded venues, to ensure cover across rural and urban areas.
Peer support: this is a strong theme across My Network services, playing a key role in people developing friendships & spending time independently of our services. Our coordinators have encouraged people to become more independent by providing travel training & using buddy systems.
Robust knowledge & networks of support: we link with voluntary and statutory partners across West Sussex. We hosted a Cost of Living conference in September 2022 for information, advice and guidance staff across these sectors. The report has been shared with commissioners. We have secured a private sector grant to support people with a learning disability/autism around cost of living issues, and are producing films and fact sheets. As a result of the conference and our networking a specialist information, advice and guidance network has been set up by Citizens Advice, of which we are a member.
People at the heart of their support: we support individuals and often their families. People are involved in planning & reviewing our support. It is clear people experience our services positively & value the support available.

People we support:

“[I really enjoy the support I get from My Network,] it makes a huge difference, allowing me to feel more confident”

Added value with volunteers: we have volunteers who are from our local communities, including some who were users of our services, who support the high numbers of people on our contract. This promotes progression & diversity.

“[The My Network service is my safety blanket,] the staff have given me a greater understanding with managing my paperwork”

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Student’s comments on the end of their placement

Spotlight on supporting student placements – a student social worker’s experience at the Aldingbourne Country Centre

It has been useful to see how the project really and truly fulfils its aims and objectives in practice and how well all the staff work with and care for the people they support. I would like to re-iterate how I have exceptionally been well supported by my Practice Educator and my onsite Supervisor. They have been an invaluable source of knowledge, providing me with resources and advice that I needed to complete

my tasks successfully. Their enthusiasm and encouragement kept me motivated and inspired me to strive for excellence. I am confident that I have gained valuable knowledge and experience that will help me in my second placement. Overall, I am very pleased with my progress, and I will continue to learn and act upon all the feedback given. Thank you for this amazing experience! ”

Enterprising

Thank you to the Creative Arts Studio team for supporting Charlene Villiers to set up her t shirt enterprise – ‘Wear the Rainbow’.
Our social enterprises became more active again as society re-opened. We welcomed almost 55,000 visitors to the Aldingbourne Country Centre during the year. These visitors provide a diverse range of opportunities for people we support to develop skills in hospitality, events, retail, horticulture and wood recycling.
We were delighted to welcome Seasons, a forest school nursery at the Aldingbourne Country Centre. This has provided more development opportunities for the people we support, and a wonderful nurturing and learning place for toddlers.
Renovation work was completed on the unique Littlehampton Long Bench. The Bench is enjoyed by thousands of visitors a year along the seafront and involves one of our enterprises at the Country Centre.

Efficiency

Improvements to our IT and phone infrastructure and support were undertaken. This ensured staff were able to work from home and on the job effectively.
We introduced more in person and digital ways to connect with our colleagues, including revamping our induction and learning and development opportunities.

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Influencing

MAKE is playing an important role with the Dynamite group in Portsmouth – getting people involved and having a say on what matters to them.
Access All Areas, our self-advocacy/coproduction team of people with a lived experience of learning disability/neurodiversity worked with universities in Chichester, Surrey and Brighton – this means that AAA are influencing tomorrow’s social workers and psychologists. AAA also worked with the Springwell team at Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, in the library in Bognor Regis, with Out in Leeds, and with East Sussex County Council to develop their relationship policy for people with learning disabilities. AAA presented at the Learning Disability England national conference.
Alongside representatives from West Sussex Partners in Care and colleagues working in local and national organisations we produced updates and met with West Sussex MP’s to outline the challenges in social care.

Innovating

MAKE hosted the “This is Me” art exhibition at Treadgolds Warehouse in Portsea, showcasing the talent of people we support. Our thanks to Alice Mitas for this inspirational event.
Our cost of living project ran workshops and has put together films and printed information to help people to manage their £. This information has reached over 30,000 people.
Our Transition support team are developing a complex counselling service, working in conjunction with the psychology department of Chichester University. This will be an invaluable service offering young people a safe space to work through developmental traumas, anxieties, and worries. Currently people we support are offered counselling through a mainstream service, who do not necessarily understand the full impact of a person’s learning disability, autism, or developmental complexity. Therefore, this service will fill a gap in the community offer and will provide an opportunity for counselling adapted to people we support.

Proving

All of our Care Quality Commission registered services have a rating of good.
We achieved Level 2 Disability Confident status.
Congratulations to MAKE for winning the Radio Solent ‘Together’ award.
Congratulations to Katie Green, from Access All Areas, on winning the Dimensions Learning Disability and Autism Leaders Award 2022.
The Aldingbourne Country Centre was awarded ‘Visit England’ status.
We reviewed our metrics on recruitment and benchmarked these. Key measures on turnover and time to hire indicated our interventions in these areas were bearing fruit.
Skills for Care awarded us another contract to support workforce development for social care workers, thanks to our super organised colleague Rachel Swanton. As the year progressed so did the award level, which almost quadrupled to over £1m to disburse to organisations across the country.

Areas which didn’t go to plan

Plans for ensuring Number 73, our venue in Aldwick, meets the needs of local people were interrupted as we went in and out of prevention measures during the year. A consultation is now underway again.
Some people were anxious about returning to the Country Centre after being away for some time due to covid protections. We recognise this is a journey for people, as outlined in Jack’s story.
We decided to close Support Workers Direct and develop new ways of attracting permanent and relief staff. We would like to thank Julie Williams and Barbs Pescott for their work at SWD.
Some people we work with have declined their social care support due to cost of living pressures and their concern at being able to pay their care charges. We have tried to mitigate this via volunteering and social activities to stay in touch.

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Thank you

People across the Aldingbourne Trust went beyond their usual tasks and roles to continue to provide direct and indirect support throughout the year. We must thank all staff, volunteers, trustees and families for coming together to keep everything running and stepping in to other roles as needed. We have seen acts of determination, generosity, kindness and creativity and wish to thank you for always doing what was needed.

Compliments to staff and volunteers - Nick Sanderson, Debbie Mott, Allan Tripp, Liz Miles, Karen Berry, Karen Thorpe-Fairall, Andrei Munteanu, Lisa Palmer, Stephen Brown, Emma Lennox, Jennifer James, Rachel Sells, Wendy Ford, Charis Lawrence, Scarlett Parker, Jen Sears, Kerry Lane, Jackie Gubby, Abigail Rowe, Michelle McKinleyBell, Tracy Milward, Lena Richards-Laird, Katie Schmidt, Keith Stroud, Nicky Clark, Woody Chandler, Clare Hennin, Clare Seaby, Debbie Bagnall, Elaine Goddard, Kerry Anne Dudley, Lisa Scutts, Louise Chambers, Sam McGann, Val Philips, Holli Hart, Dave Tolpliss, Adelle Spindlove, Annette Wincott, Jason Brummell, Jane Cumpstey, Jackie Flux, Debbie Allsopp, David Henry, Dave Ansell, Anthony Impey, Alison Terry, Nicola Woolfenden, Alice Mitas, Katie Green and Julia Pascoe, who were recognised for their contribution to our work and for some outstanding support.

Thank you to our work experience people, including Duke of Edinburgh students.

Volunteer Activity - over the last year, our wonderful volunteers have been involved in regular support and in a variety of activities across Aldingbourne, including helping with the Halloween Spookatcular, the Bognor Regis Community Library garden events, driving our new train, aRTie, repairing our yurt and supporting people one to one with literacy and numeracy.

Adopt a Station – with 27 volunteers on this project, the stations have been kept tidy and colourful with our hanging baskets and troughs. Not only have the volunteers been involved in the local stations, they have attended Eastergate Community Hall, and maintained other community gardens/displays.

A big thank you to our corporate volunteers and community connections during the year. Thank you to everyone who arranged events and supported us, including the many people who have run marathons, trail marathons and for donating a week of their time at Landmark Trust houses and our corporate supporters:

Albert van den Bergh Trust ALTRAD Aviva Foundation Chantry Quire Chichester College Cowdray Park Golf Club Eaton Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust Excelesior Masonic Lodge Henry Smith Charity Invest4 John Lewis Leathersellers Company Lewis Brownlees Lloyds Bank Montezumas Chocolates Nineveh House Players Pat Wright Portsmouth City Council Portsmouth Lottery Seaford College Selsey Golf Club Southern Water Sparsholt College Sussex Police Windruff Charitable Trust Worthing Sussex Scooters Show.

Special thanks are due to the Duke of Richmond and his team at the Goodwood Estate. We were delighted to be a charity partner with Goodwood, to showcase what we do at the Aldingbourne Trust.

Special thanks are also due to the Friends of the Aldingbourne Trust, who continued to make sure people we support were well and could enjoy various events and activities as a result of their generous funding, including providing an interactive TV for Longford Road, frames for a pop up art gallery in Chichester, travel costs for people we support to take part in national conferences, tickets for the infamous Bognor Regis pantomime, supporting a talk from Brent Lodge Wildlife Hospital, a tour of the Chichester Festival Theatre, supporting the Art Sparks communities engagement day at the Bognor Regis Library Community Garden.

“[ From the library’s point of view, it was brilliant! All ] the activities seemed really well attended and the people running the events were amazing, even when the heavens would open up.

I hope it goes without saying, but just in case… we would be more than happy to support you in any future events you’d like to run out of the community garden, the volunteers do an amazing job maintaining the space and it’s great to make use of it and see it enjoyed by the community.”

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Safeguarding

Governance: The Charity Commission requires the Board of Trustees to take an active role in ensuring safeguarding policies and procedures are proportionate to the level of vulnerability of the main client group that an organisation works with. This means that Trustees of the Aldingbourne Trust:

Are advised of serious safeguarding concerns.
Receive a written update of all safeguarding concerns that relate to the organisation as part of quarterly reports to the Board.
Receive an annual review of safeguarding issues that relate to the organisation. The review highlights main areas of concern, detailing the learning and actions taken to prevent further issues arising.
Take part in training appropriate to the responsibilities of a Trustee.

For the Trust as a whole, staff are trained in best practice regarding prevention, recognition and reporting safeguarding concerns. This includes recruitment practices, understanding relevant law and policies.

Quality audits continued throughout the year, observing working practices, checking support plans, risk assessments, safeguarding alerts, accidents and incidents and fire safety checks.

Our review of safeguarding over the year has noted there do not appear to be any trends/patterns and referrals have been made for Section 42 enquiries where appropriate. Managers have been encouraged to ensure reflection takes place after any concerns to ensure learning is embedded in our approach. We noted there were no RIDDOR (Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 2013) incidents.

Approve changes to our safeguarding policy.

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Fundraising Standards

We abide by the guidelines of the Fundraising Regulator. In line with published guidelines, the Charity reports as follows:

Aldingbourne Trust always seeks to ensure that everyone supporting the charity understands how their money will be used to improve the life of people with learning disabilities and autism.
We raise a significant amount of money from the public and our aim is to ensure that we do this in both a respectful and compelling way.
In all our fundraising, we work diligently to comply with the Fundraising Code of Practice and to champion the standards it promotes.
All fundraising is carried out with the oversight of the Board of Trustees and the Senior Management.
To date, we have not received any complaints about any of our fundraising. We do not contact people from cold lists, nor do we give or sell supporters’ details to anyone else.
Details of our fundraising campaigns are on our website and we actively encourage supporters to contact us with any feedback. It is vital that we communicate with our supporters in the manner they prefer and we are very keen to respect their privacy and preferences. We therefore maintain a detailed CRM system. To that end, we continuously check we never intrude on privacy and the vulnerable. We support measures that will improve public trust and support for the sector.
Where we use the services of professional fundraisers, we maintain written agreements for clarity of our operations. We only engage with professional fundraisers that subscribe to the Institute of Fundraising. We currently retain on a contract basis one fundraiser that works for the Charity two days per week to assist on grant applications.
We ensure that fundraising is done in compliance with the code of fundraising practice.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

The Aldingbourne Trust recognises it is essential to provide equality of opportunity to everyone, without discrimination. The Trust is committed to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity amongst our workforce and in providing goods and services. The Trust has a policy to promote equality of opportunity, ensure our workforce is representative of all sections of society and promote good working practices with the people we support, other agencies and one another.

Our recruitment and employment policies and practices adhere to the Equality Act 2010 and ACAS Codes of Practice, ensuring fairness, consistency, and transparency. At the Trust we believe a diverse workforce brings innovation, strength, and choice to the people we support. Our commitment to implementing reasonable adjustments and creating dedicated opportunities for those with a disability, has resulted in an increase in the number of staff we employ who have a disability (over 10% of our workforce) and nationally recognised by an increase in our Disability Confident accreditation. Selection for employment or promotion is purely based on aptitude and ability to fulfil the essential duties, responsibilities, and skills required for the role.

All staff receive full equality and diversity training including on the nine protected characteristics of the Equality Act 2010 and the prohibited conduct around discrimination, victimisation, and harassment. The Trust facilitates peer support groups on areas such as neurodiversity and mental health and wellbeing. Our Trust policies are drafted specifically to be gender neutral and inclusive of all personal characteristics.

In relation to inclusion, the Trust disseminates information and seeks feedback through regular team and project meetings, site visits, bi-monthly staff association meetings, through our ‘All Staff’ channels on Microsoft Teams, and via the annual staff, volunteer, and people we support surveys. This feedback shapes the direction of the Trust, for instance our recruitment task and finish group consisting of staff representatives from across the

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Trust and people we support. The discussions, feedback, and ideas from this group informed our new approach to recruitment, including the creation of a new Recruitment Coordinator post, introduction of tailored on-boarding training, and a greater strategic focus from our Marketing Department.

Risk management

The Trustees have reviewed the Trust’s Risk Register, identifying major risks to which the Trust and its stakeholders need to be aware of. Systems have been established to mitigate these risks.

This year we have continued to use external experts to advise on health and safety across the Trust, due to the scope of our activities. This supplemented ongoing audits which are undertaken by the General Manager and our Quality Manager.

Internal risks are minimised by the implementation of procedures for authorisation of all transactions and projects and specific procedures to the Trust’s activities, including ongoing appropriate training for staff throughout the Trust. These procedures are reviewed periodically to ensure they continue to meet the needs of the Trust.

Reserves Policy

The principal sources of funding for the Trust’s activities are ultimately sourced from the government (either via the County Council for training and care services or the District Council for the provision of residential accommodation). However, the Trustees note on going changes to central and local government strategy, priorities and funding which will affect future contract tenders. While they consider it unlikely that funding would cease without adequate notice to allow the Trust to cut costs and dispose of assets in the areas affected, it has been decided that reserves should be increased, over the medium term, to three months of running costs (currently approximately £1.5M). This is in addition to the working capital requirements of the Trust. Dedicated reserves

are £1.2M. Free reserves (net current assets and investments) stand at £2437540.

Plans for the future

In order to make the Trust more financially secure the Trustees are continuing to develop the visitor attraction at the Aldingbourne Country Centre so that as well as providing work and training for the people we support it will make a significant surplus that will be used to further the Trust’s aims. To this end, a dedicated visitor attraction manager has been recruited and a number of improvements to the Centre are planned in the next 2-3 years.

Trust details

Registered Charity Number: 276484 Company Number: 01385053 Registered Office: Thomas Eggar House, Friary Lane, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1UF Principal Office: Aldingbourne Trust, Blackmill Lane, Norton, Chichester,West Sussex, PO18 0JP Website: www.aldingbournetrust.org Telephone: 01243 544607

Structure, governance and management

Charitable Company Limited by guarantee. The governing document of the Trust is the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the charitable company.

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Patron

The Duke of Richmond

In accordance with the Articles of Association, Mr Bath, Ms Lochhead, Ms Russell and Mrs Tout, retire by rotation and have offered themselves for re-election.

Trustees

The Trustees during the year ended 31 March 2023, who were also directors of the Aldingbourne Trust, were as follows:

Mr A M Bath Mr R D C Bunker Mr J Dixon Mr D J Godsmark Mr J D Hilditch Mrs P C James Mrs E Lochhead Mrs A C Parsons

Vice Chairperson Resigned 16th June 2023

Mr J Pitts Mr N D Rowe

Appointed 20th September 2022 Chairperson

Ms F Russell Mr J H S Shippam, JP DL Mrs R D Tout Mrs J Williscroft

Trustees are appointed following informal visits and as observers on the Board, subject to a vote by the Board. The Trustees meet four times a year to consider the activities of the Trust and its objectives and ensure the Trust works within the aims and objectives of its Articles of Association. Trustees also participate in training and sub-groups of the Board.

The Managing Director of the Aldingbourne Trust, Sue Livett, works closely with the Board of Trustees and has responsibility for ensuring the Trust’s objectives are implemented. During the year trustees and managers spend time working alongside and visiting the Trust’s projects. Two trustees meet with people supported by the Trust throughout the year to discuss areas of interest and to obtain feedback. These meetings are well attended and discussions are reported directly to the Board.

Professional Advisors

Investment advisors: Close Brothers Asset Management 2 Chapel Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1BU

Changed on 27th July 2023 from Atomos Investments Limited, St John’s Street, Chichester, PO19 1UP Principal bankers: Lloyds plc 10 East Street Chichester West Sussex PO19 1HJ Solicitors: Irwin Mitchell Thomas Eggar House Friary Lane Chichester West Sussex PO19 1UF Auditors: Jones Avens Ltd Piper House 4 Dukes Court Bognor Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 8FX

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Statement of trustees’ responsibilities

The trustees, who are also the directors of The Aldingbourne Trust for the purpose of company law, are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted 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 financial year.

In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements, and
prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in operation.

The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and 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.

Disclosure of information to auditor

Each of the trustees has confirmed that there is no information of which they are aware which is relevant to the audit, but of which the auditor is unaware. They have further confirmed that they have taken appropriate steps to identify such relevant information and to establish that the auditor is aware of such information.

Review of transactions and financial position

The surplus for the year was £191118 (2022£637655). Total reserves stood at £9064754 (2022£8873636), with free reserves of £2437540 (2022£2484993).

The charitable company continued to successfully operate the Trust’s various activities, and to raise sufficient funds to enable it to carry forward its work at the level of activity anticipated by the Trustees. All investments held by the Trust were acquired in accordance with the powers available to the Trustees and are managed by qualified external advisers who follow an agreed investment policy and risk profile. Financial performance and liquidity is monitored by comparing actual results with the phased annual budget and cashflow forecast. Credit risk on amounts owed in respect of incoming resources is low.

At 31 March 2023, and at the time of writing, the charitable company’s financial position was satisfactory.

Assets on hand at 31 March 2023

The charitable company’s assets are held by each fund to enable it to continue with its established activities and to respond to any need which might be identified in the future and are considered to be adequate to meet all foreseen obligations.

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Auditors

The auditors Jones Avens offer themselves for re-election at the Annual General Meeting.

The trustees’ report, including the strategic report, was approved by the Board of Trustees.

Signed on behalf of the Trustees

Date

Ms Frances Russell (Chairperson)

Registered office:

Thomas Eggar House Friary Lane Chichester West Sussex PO19 1UF

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Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of The Aldingbourne Trust (the ‘charity’) for the year ended 31 March 2023 which comprise the statement of financial activities, the balance sheet, the statement of cash flows and the notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion, the financial statements:

give a true and fair view of the state of the charitable company’s affairs as at 31 March 2023 and of its incoming resources and application of resources, for the year then ended;
have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

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 accounts 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 preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified 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 the date 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 annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. The trustees are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. 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 and 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 audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. 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 our audit:

the information given in the Trustees’ Report, which includes the directors’ report and the strategic report prepared for the purposes of company law, for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
the directors’ report and the strategic report included within the trustees’ report has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the charitable company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the directors’ report or the strategic report included within the trustees’ report.

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

adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
certain disclosures of trustees’ remuneration specified by law are not made: or
we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit

Responsibilities of trustees

As explained more fully in the statements of trustees’ responsibilities, the trustees, who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purpose 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 charity’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 of 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 aggregate, the could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: http:// www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.

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Identification and assessment of irregularities including fraud

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

we focused on specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the charity, including The Companies Act 2006 and the Charities Act 2011.
we obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory framework applicable to the entity and how the entity is complying with that framework by making appropriate enquiries of management as well as considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and noncompliance with laws and regulations;
we made enquiries of those charged with governance and management concerning:
the risks of fraud;
instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations or knowledge of actual, suspected, or alleged fraud is documented during the period;
we allocated an engagement team that we considered collectively had the appropriate competence and capabilities to identify or recognise non-compliance with laws and regulations.

Audit response to the risk of irregularities including fraud

Based on the results of our risk assessment, our procedures included, but were not limited to:

performing analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships.
evaluating whether the selection and application of accounting policies by the entity that may be indicative of fraudulent financial reporting resulting from management’s effort to manage earnings.
assessing whether judgements and assumptions made in determining the accounting estimates set out in note 1(q) were indicative of potential bias.
agreeing financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation.
reading the minutes of meetings of those charged with governance.
reviewing the correspondence with relevant regulatory bodies.
testing of journal entries to address the risk of fraud through management override.
incorporating an element of unpredictability in the selection of the nature, timing, and extent of our audit procedures.
corroborating the business rationale for transactions outside the normal course of business.

Conclusions regarding the risks of irregularities including fraud

There are inherent limitations in our audit procedures described above. The more removed that laws and regulations are from financial transactions, the less likely it is that we would become aware of non-compliance.

Material misstatements that arise due to fraud can be harder to detect than those that arise from error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion.

We considered our audit was capable of detecting irregularities due to:

the effectiveness of the entity’s internal controls;
the nature, timing and extent of audit procedures performed; and
the absence of contradictory evidence.

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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. 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.

Mr. Jordan Abbott BSc ACA (Senior Statutory Auditor)

For and on behalf of Jones Avens Ltd

Piper House 4 Dukes Court Bognor Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 8FX

Chartered Accountants

Statutory Auditor

Date

Note

The maintenance and integrity of the Aldingbourne Trust website is the responsibility of the trustees; the work carried out by the auditors does not involve consideration of these matters and, accordingly, the auditors accept no responsibility for any changes that may have occurred to the financial statements since they were initially presented on the website.

Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

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Statement of financial activities (including income and expenditure account) for the year ended 31 March 2023

Unrestricted Funds 2023 £ 292949 - - 1731192 - 1023727	Restricted Funds 2023 £ - - 1803569 - 2930821 1081090 -	Total Funds 2023 £ 292949 - 1803569 1731192 2930821 1081090 1023727	Total Funds 2022 £ (restated) 307782 208672 1655818 1684563 2807149 561020 689651
68446	-	68446	55043
3116314	5815480	8931794	7969698

56000 30236 2137 - 1187965 - 291316	- - - 2262948 - 3541999 1081090 -	56000 30236 2137 2262948 1187965 3541999 1081090 291316	54000 23085 1544 1938914 1162647 3201503 561020 169933
271155	-	271155	218043
1838809	6886037	8724846	7330689

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Statement of financial activities (including income and expenditure account) for the year ended 31 March 2023 contd.

Unrestricted Funds 2023 £ 1277505 (1056083)	Restricted Funds 2023 £ (1070557) 1056083	Total Funds 2023 £ 206948 -	Total Funds 2022 £ (restated) 639009 -

221422	(14474)	206948	639009
(13660) (2170)	- -	(13660) (2170)	4374 (5728)

205592	(14474)	191118	637655
8688833	184803	8873636	8235981

8894425	170329	9064754	8873636

The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year.

All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

The statement of financial activities also complies with the requirements for an income and expenditure account under the Companies Act 2006.

The notes on pages 35 to 54 form part of these financial statements.

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BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MARCH 2023

£ 39211 769277 2168849	2023 £ 6708270 260689	£ 27898 647172 2218197	2022 £ 6638643 270814
	6968959 2176851		6909457 2214179
2977337 (800486)		2893267 (679088)
8819425 75000		8613833 75000
	9145810 (81056)		9123636 (250000)
	9064754		8873636
	8894425 170329		8688833 184803

	9064754		8873636

The financial statements were approved by the trustees on ……………………..

………………………………… Mr D Godsmark Trustee

………………………………….

Ms F Russell Trustee

Company Registration No. 01385053

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STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

31 MARCH 2023
Note CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITES 27 INVESTING ACTIVITIES Dividends Interest income Rents received Purchase of fxed asset investments Proceeds on disposal of fxed asset investments Proceeds on disposal of tangible assets Purchase of tangible fxed assets NET CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES FINANCING ACTIVITES Payment of obligations under fnance leases Proceeds of borrowing Repayment of borrowing Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents in the year Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year Total cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year	2023 £ 312176	2022 £ 833345
	6293 5798 56355 (315964) 310260 1000	2526 90 52427 (343484) 217985 -
	(125266)	(238910)
	(61524)	(309366)

	- -	(10830) 300000
	(300000)
	(300000) (49348) 2218197	289170 813149 1405048
	2168849	2218197

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NOTES FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Charity information

The Aldingbourne Trust is a private company limited by guarantee incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Thomas Eggar House, Friary Lane, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1UF.

(a) Accounting convention

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the charity’s governing document, the Companies Act 2006 and “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)” (as amended for accounting periods commencing from 1 January 2019). The charity is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the charity. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, modified to include the revaluation of fixed asset investments at fair value. The principal accounting policies are set out below.

(b) Going concern

At the time of approving the financial statements, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, the trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

(c) Charitable funds

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.
Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the Management Committee for particular purposes.
Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms of an appeal.

(d) Income

Items of income are recognised and included in the accounts when all of the following criteria are met:

The charity has entitlement to the funds;
Any performance conditions attached to the income have been met or are fully within the control of the charity;
There is sufficient certainty that receipt of the income is considered probable; and
The amount can be measured reliably.

For legacies, entitlement is taken as the earlier of:

The date on which the charity is aware that probate has been granted;
The estate has been finalised and notification has been made by the executor(s) to the Trust that a distribution will be made; or
When distribution is received from the estate.

Receipt of a legacy, in whole or in part, is only considered probable when the amount can be measured reliably and the charity has been notified of the executor’s intention to make a distribution. Where legacies have been notified to the charity, or the charity is aware of the granting of probate, and the criteria for income recognition have not been met, then the legacy is treated as a contingent asset and disclosed if material.

Income received in advance of any service is deferred until the criteria for income recognition are met.

Investment income is included when receivable.

(e) Expenditure

Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be recovered, and is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates:

Cost of generating funds comprises the costs associated with attracting voluntary income and the costs of trading.
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

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(e) Expenditure (continued)

those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them, including a share of the governance costs which include those costs associated with meeting the constitutional and statutory requirements of the charity and includes the audit fees.

Management and administration costs include those costs linked to the strategic management of the charity.
All costs are allocated between the expenditure categories of the SoFA on a basis designed to reflect the use of the resources. Costs relating to a particular activity are allocated directly, others are apportioned on an appropriate basis set out in note 7.

(f) Fixed assets – Tangible Assets

Fixed assets (excluding investments) are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. The costs of minor additions or those costing below £1000 are not capitalised. Depreciation is provided at annual rates calculated to write off the cost of each asset over its expected useful life, as follows:

life, as follows:
Buildings	1% to 2.5% straight line or
	estimated useful life, if shorter
Glasshouses	15% reducing balance
Furniture, fxtures and equipment	15% reducing balance
Plant and equipment	17.5% reducing balance or
	straight line for assets with a
	fxed life
Motor vehicles	25% reducing balance or 8 years
	straight line

(g) Impairment of fixed assets

At each reporting end date, the charitable company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any).

(h) Fixed asset investments

Interests in subsidiaries, associates and jointly controlled entities are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost less any accumulated losses. Investments are initially measured at transaction price excluding costs and are subsequently measured at fair value at each reporting date. Changes in fair value are recognised in net income/(expenditure) for the year. Transaction costs expensed as incurred.

(i) Stocks

Raw materials, consumables and growing crops are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value.

(j) Debtors

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount.

(k) Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents are basis financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.

(l) Creditors and provisions

Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably.

(m) Financial instruments

The charity has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.

Financial instruments are recognised in the charitable company’s balance sheet when the charitable company becomes party to the contractual provision of the instrument.

Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability

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simultaneously.

Basic financial assets

Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.

Basic financial liabilities

Basic financial liabilities, including creditors are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.

Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of operations from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Derecognition of financial liabilities

Financial liabilities are derecognised when the charity’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.

(n) Leases

Leases are classified as finance leases whenever the terms of the lease transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to the lessees. All other leases are classified as operating leases.

year so as to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.

Rentals payable under operating leases, including any lease incentives received, are charged as an expense on a straight line basis over the term of the relevant lease.

(o) Employee benefits

The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received. Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the charity is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.

(p) Retirement benefits

The Aldingbourne Trust stakeholder defined contribution pension scheme was closed to new entrants on 31 December 2013. Employees in this scheme make a net contribution of at least 3% and the Trust makes a contribution of 7% gross. A workplace defined contribution pension scheme was started on 1st April 2014 and all staff not in the stakeholder scheme who earn over the threshold are auto enrolled in a workplace pension. Employee and Trust contributions for the year under review are 4% and 3% respectively.

(q) Critical accounting estimates and judgements

In the application of the charity’s accounting policies, the trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.

Assets held under finance leases are recognised as assets at the lower of the assets fair value at the date of inception and the present value of the minimum lease payments. The related liability is included in the balance sheet as a finance lease obligation. Lease payments are treated as consisting of capital and interest elements. The interest is charged to net income/(expenditure) for the

Trustee’s Report (including Directors’ Report and Strategic Report) for the year ended 31 March 2023

NOTES FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 contd.

2. INCOME FROM DONATIONS AND GRANTS

Donations and grants received during the year were as follows:

Leathersellers Guild The Henry Smith Charity Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust Aviva Foundation Reconnecting Communities Hive Dynamite Baily Thomas Cullum Family Trust Nationwide Building Society ndividual grants not exceeding £5,000 ndividual donations not exceeding £75,000 Covid-19 – Government grants	2023 £ Unrestricted 15000 10000 15000 18000 21000 20734 - - - 7576	2022 £ Unrestricted 15000 - - - - - 10000 125000 10000
	185639 292949	147782
		307782

	- 292949	208672
		516454

Government grants relate to support provided under Covid-19 support measures, including claims under the Job Retention Scheme of £Nil (2022- £59711).

3. INCOME FROM ACTIVITIES TO FURTHER THE CHARITY’S OBJECTIVES - TRAINING SERVICES

From Local Authorities for training services	2023 Restricted Total £ 1803569 1803569	2022 Restricted Total £ 1655818 1655818

Sponsorship fees paid by local authorities for the training of clients at the Aldingbourne Country Centre and the Creative Arts Service training facilities can only be used for these purposes and are accordingly classified as restricted income funds.

Trustee’s Report (including Directors’ Report and Strategic Report) for the year ended 31 March 2023

NOTES FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 contd.

4. INCOME FROM ACTIVITIES TO FURTHER THE CHARITY’S OBJECTIVES – RESIDENTIAL CARE

From Local Authorities for residential care	2023 Restricted £ 2022 Restricted £ 2930821 2930821

Funds received from local authorities in respect of support services provided to residents of the Trust’s residential units can only be used for these purposes and are accordingly classified as restricted income funds.

The costs of providing these care services are part of the overall costs of running the Trust’s residential units, and it is not considered cost-beneficial to prepare detailed cost analyses as between the residential and the care elements. Trust management believes that the cost of these care services is broadly equivalent to the Government funding received, and accordingly in order to provide a link between the incoming and expended resources, an amount of costs equal to the restricted income funds has been classified as restricted expenditure.

5. INVESTMENT INCOME

Dividends Interest Rent receivable	2023 Unrestricted £	2022 Unrestricted £
	6293 5798 56355	2526 90 52427
	68446	55043

Trustee’s Report (including Directors’ Report and Strategic Report) for the year ended 31 March 2023

NOTES FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 contd.

6. RAISING FUNDS

ntd. RAISING FUNDS
Negotiation of funding Cost of fundraiser and fundraising events Investment management fees Total raising funds For the year ended 31 March 2022 Unrestricted funds Restricted funds	Unrestricted Funds £ 56000 30236 2137 88373	Restricted Funds £ - -	Total 2023 £ 56000 30236	Total 2022 £ 54000 23085
		- -	2137 88373	1544 78629 24629 54000 78629

Negotiation of Government and other funding and of partnership arrangements is an important aspect of the work done by the senior management team, and an estimated portion of their salaries and related costs has accordingly been allocated to Costs of Generating Funds. These costs relate principally to the generation of restricted income funds and in the past have been classified as restricted expenditure, however the funds are not actually restricted and have now been reclassified.

7a. CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES EXPENDITURE

CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES EXPENDITURE
TRAINING Staf costs Depreciation Repairs and renewals Other direct costs Share of support costs (see Note 7f) Share of governance costs (see Note 7f) Total	Unrestricted Funds £ - -	Restricted Funds £ 1570976 102820	Total 2023 £ 1570976 102820	Total 2022 £ 1237161 104001
	- - - - - -	170306 13 9104 1983206 268496 11246 2262948	170306 139104 1983206 268496 11246 2262948	142015 213876
				1697053 233540 8321
				1938914

For the year ended 31 March 2022

Unrestricted funds - Restricted funds 1938914 1938914

Trustee’s Report (including Directors’ Report and Strategic Report) for the year ended 31 March 2023

NOTES FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 contd.

7b. CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES EXPENDITURE

Unrestricted Funds £	Restricted Funds £	Total 2023 £	Total 2022 £
1039576	-	1039576	1133444
1039576 142424 5965	- -	1039576 142424 5965	1133444 28451 752
1187965	-	1187965	1162647
			1162647 -
			1162647

7c. CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES EXPENDITURE

Unrestricted Funds £ - -	Restricted Funds £ 2420192 16200	Total 2023 £ 2420192 16200	Total 2022 £ 2186318 -
-	663174	663174	365421
- - -	3099566 424647 17786	3099566 424647 17786	2551739 638930 10834
-	3541999	3541999	3201503
			- 3201503
			3201503

Trustee’s Report (including Directors’ Report and Strategic Report) for the year ended 31 March 2023

NOTES FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 contd.

7d. CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES EXPENDITURE

Unrestricted Funds £ -	Restricted Funds £ 1081090	Total 2023 £ 1081090	Total 2022 £ 561020
291316	-	291316	169933
291316	1081090	1372406	730953
			169933 561020
			730953

Unrestricted Funds £	Restricted Funds £	Total 2023 £	Total 2022 £
271155	-	271155	218043
271155	-	271155	218043
			218043 -
			218043

7e. CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES EXPENDITURE

Trustee’s Report (including Directors’ Report and Strategic Report) for the year ended 31 March 2023

NOTES FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 contd.

7f. CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES EXPENDITURE

Unrestricted Funds £ 435007 39947 360613	Restricted Funds £ - - -	Total 2023 £ 435007 39947 360613	Total 2022 £ 647222 40144 213555
- -	13500 21497	13500 21497	13000 6907
835567	34997	870564	920828

Unrestricted Funds £ 268496 142424 424647	Restricted Funds £ 11246 5965 17786	Total 2023 £ 279742 148389 442433	Total 2022 £ 241861 29203 649764

835567	34997	870564	920828

Support Costs have been split between unrestricted and restricted expenditure in the same proportion as the related split of resources expended from training and residential services, as this is deemed to reasonably reflect the actual split of resources expended.

44 Trustee’s Report (including Directors’ Report and Strategic Report) for the year ended 31 March 2023

NOTES FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 contd.

8. TRUSTEES REMUNERATION

The Trustees neither received nor waived any remuneration or expenses during the year (2022 - £nil).

9. STAFF COSTS

Salaries Social security costs Pension costs Life Assurance Employees earning more than £60,000 during the year: £60,001 - £70,000	2023 Unrestricted £	2022 Unrestricted £
	4271358 336865 126301 18805	3853652 282126 140585 16106
	4753329	429469

	2023 Number 1	2022 Number 1

The member of staff earning in excess of £60,000 participated in the defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions of £4,763 (2022- £4,763) were made in relation to this individual.

The key management personnel of the charitable company comprise the trustees, the Managing Director, the General Manager, the Head of Finance, the HR Manager and the Head of Support. The total employee costs of the key management personnel of the charitable company were £327,154 (2022- £317,688).

The average number of employees, calculated on a head count basis was:

Residential projects Training projects Management and administration of the Charity	2023 Number	2022 Number
	128 109 27	131 108 25
	264	264

There were a total of 145 (2022- 148) full time equivalent employees in the year. During the year there were redundancy costs of £8709 which are included in staff costs and termination payments of £10000 which are included in legal and professional fees. The latter amount related to a settlement reached on 3rd February 2023 as a result of conciliation action, without any admission of liability.

Trustee’s Report (including Directors’ Report and Strategic Report) for the year ended 31 March 2023

NOTES FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 contd.

10. TRANSFERS BETWEEN FUNDS

Certain income funds and related expenditure are classified as restricted, but the net results of this activity forms part of the Trust’s general funds. It is therefore necessary to make a transfer between restricted and unrestricted funds, in order to bring fund balances into line with the year-end Balance Sheet position (see note 23).

11. CORPORATION TAX

The charitable company is exempt from tax on income and gains falling within section 505 of the Taxes Act 1988 or section 252 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 to the extent that these are applied to its charitable objects.

12. PRIOR PERIOD ERRORS

The Workforce Development income funding of £561020 and the related costs of £561020 were not included in the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2022. The comparative amounts have now been corrected. As the income and expenditure are the same amount, there is no effect on the reserves brought forward at 1st April 2022.

13. VOLUNTEERS

The charity was supported by 241 volunteers (2022- 212), which provided 1425 hours per week of assistance in various areas of the charity’s activities.

Trustee’s Report (including Directors’ Report and Strategic Report) for the year ended 31 March 2023

NOTES FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 contd.

14. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

Cost or valuation: 1 April 2022 Additions Disposals 31 March 2023 Depreciation: 1 April 2022 Charge for the year Disposals 31 March 2023 Net book value: 31 March 2023 Net book value: 31 March 2022	Land and Buildings Freehold £ 7513074 - - 7513074 1086433 94837 - 1181270 6331804 6426641	Land and Buildings Short Leasehold £ 252605 - - 252605 192345 16343 - 208688 43917 60260	Furniture Fixtures & Equipment (inc Glass Houses) £ 66833 - - 66833 66404 64 - 66468 365 429	Plant & Equipment £ 428722 218825 - 647547 330641 31973 - 362614 284933 98081	Motor Vehicles £ 148605 9995 (3570) 155030 95373 15750 (3344) 107779 47251 53232	Total £
						8409839 228820 (3570)
						8635089
						1771196 158967 (3344)
						1926819
						6708270
						6638643

The net book value of tangible fixed assets includes the following in respect of assets held under finance leases or hire purchase contracts. The depreciation charge in respect of such assets amounted to £nil (2022- £5275) for the year.

Plant and equipment	2023 £ 2022 £	2023 £ 2022 £
	103404	-

The charity took advantage of the transition exemptions available upon transition to FRS 102 in the 2017 accounting period to elect to use previous revaluation as deemed cost.

Trustee’s Report (including Directors’ Report and Strategic Report) for the year ended 31 March 2023

NOTES FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 contd.

14. INVESTMENTS

Cost or valuation: At 1 April 2022 Additions Valuation changes Disposals At 31st March 2023 Carrying amount At 31st March 2023 At 31st March 2022	Listed Investments £ 270814 315964 (2170) (323919) 260689 260689 270814

The listed investments are recorded at fair value which is their market value.

Included within Cash at bank and in hand within the balance sheet are funds held in the brokers income and trading accounts of £8323 (2022 - £9873).

15. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
Carrying amount of fnancial assets Instruments measured at fair value through proft or loss
	2023 £ 260689	2022 £ 270814

Price and credit risk is managed by employing professional investment managers who work within an agreed investment policy and risk profile.

16. STOCKS

STOCKS
Raw materials, consumables and growing crops
	2023 £ 39211	2022 £ 27898

Trustee’s Report (including Directors’ Report and Strategic Report) for the year ended 31 March 2023

NOTES FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 contd.

18. DEBTORS

td. DEBTORS
Amounts falling due within one year Trade debtors Other debtors and prepayments Amounts falling due after one year Other debtors and prepayments
	2023 £ 471167 287610	2022 £ 461308 175364
	758777	636672
	10500	10500
	769277	647172

19. CREDITORS - Amounts falling due within one year

Bank loan (note 18) Trade creditors Obligations under fnance leases (note 19) Other creditors Other taxes and social security	2023 £ - 139785 22498 480836 157367	2022 £ 50000 93674 - 400280 135134
	800486	679088

Included in other creditors is £26014 (2022 - £51661) relating to pension commitments.

20. CREDITORS - Amounts falling due after one year

Bank loan Obligations under fnance leases (note 19)	2023 £ - 81056	2022 £ 250000 -

The bank loan was a loan advanced under the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme, which was guaranteed by the UK government as part of Covid-19 relief measures.

Disclosure of the loan as being due after one year in the 2022 accounts reflected the position at the year end, although the loan was fully repaid in June 2022.

Trustee’s Report (including Directors’ Report and Strategic Report) for the year ended 31 March 2023

NOTES FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 contd.

21. FINANCE LEASE COMMITMENTS

Amounts falling due within one year Within one year Within two and fve years	2023 £ 22498 81056 103554	2022 £ - - -

The finance lease commitments of £103554 (2022 - £nil) are secured on the assets held under finance leases or hire purchase contracts. The finance charges for the year are £nil (2022- £nil).

22. OPERATING LEASE COMMITMENTS

At the reporting end date, the charitable company had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases, as follows:

Within one year Within two and fve years	2023 £ 203179 191256 394435	2022 £ 203179 394441 597620

The lease payments recognised as an expense in the year are £203179 (2022 - £250430).

Trustee’s Report (including Directors’ Report and Strategic Report) for the year ended 31 March 2023

NOTES FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 contd.

23. FUNDS AND ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS

Restricted Funds £ 170329 -	Designated Funds £ 75000 -	General Funds £ 6462941 260689	Total 2023 £ 6708270 260689
- - -	- - -	2977337 (800486) (81056)	2977337 (800486) (81056)
170329	75000	8819425	9064754

Restricted Funds £ 184803 -	Designated Funds £ 75000 -	General Funds £ 6378840 270814	Total 2022 £ 6638643 270814
- - -	- - -	2893267 (679088) (250000)	2893267 (679088) (250000)
184803	75000	8613833	8873636

Restricted Funds: Construction of the principal properties at the Aldingbourne Country Centre have been funded by specific development fund appeals, and accordingly use of the assets acquired are restricted by the terms of the appeals. Certain other fixed assets have been purchased with WSCC funding and are restricted for the provision of training services.

Designated Funds: These funds have been designated for specific purchases relating to various projects. The designated tangible asset fund is released over the useful life of the assets purchased in accordance with the grant received from Social Enterprise Investment Fund (SEIF).

General Funds: These represent the free funds of the Trust which are not designated for particular purposes and are constituted by the balance of Net assets not classified as restricted or designated.

Trustee’s Report (including Directors’ Report and Strategic Report) for the year ended 31 March 2023

NOTES FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 contd.

23. FUNDS AND ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS (CONTINUED)


1 April 2022 £ 184803 - - -	Income £ - 1803569 2930821 1081090	Expenditure £ (14474) (2248474) (3541999) (1081090)	Transfer £ - 444905 611178 -	31 March 2023 £ 170329 - - -
184803	5815480	(6886037)	1056083	170329
1 April 2021 £ 199277 - - -	Income £ - 1655818 2807149 561020	Expenditure £ (14474) (1924440) (3201503) (561020) (54000)	Transfer £ - 268622 394354 - 54000	31 March 2022 £ 184803 - - - -
199277	5023987	(5755437)	716976	184803

Workforce development funds are received from the Government and paid to organisations for staff training expenses incurred.

24. RECONCILIATION OF MOVEMENTS IN RESERVES

RECONCILIATION OF MOVEMENTS IN RESERVES
Surplus for the fnancial year Opening reserves	2023 £ 191118 8873636	2022 £ 637655 8235981
	9064754	8873636

Trustee’s Report (including Directors’ Report and Strategic Report) for the year ended 31 March 2023

NOTES FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 contd.

25. COMPANY

The Aldingbourne Trust is a charitable company limited by guarantee. Every member of the Board of Trustees of the Trust undertakes to contribute to the assets of the Trust, in the event of the same being wound up while they are a member or within one year after they cease to be a member for payment of the debts and liabilities of the Trust contracted before they cease to be a member and the costs, charges and expenses of winding up and for the adjustment of the rights of the contributories among themselves such amount as may be required not exceeding £5.

26. RELATED PARTY RELATIONSHIPS AND TRANSACTIONS

27. RECONCILIATION OF NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

Net movement in funds Depreciation charges Fair value gains (losses) on investments Investment income recognised in statement of fnancial activities (Proft) / loss on sales of fxed assets Decrease (increase) in stocks Decrease (increase) in debtors Increase (decrease) in creditors ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET (DEBT)/FUNDS At 31 March 2023 1st April 2022 £ Cash at bank and in hand 2218197 Loans falling due within one year (50000) Loans falling due after more than one year (250000) Obligations under fnance leases - Total 1918197	2023 £ 191118 158967 15830 (68446) (775) (11313) (122105) 148900	2022 £ 637655 144145 1354 (55043) - 141 (3820) 108913	31st March 2023 £ 2168849 - -
	312176	833345

	Cashfow £ (49348) 50000 250000
-	-	(103554)	(103554)
1918197	250652	(103554)	2065295

28. ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET (DEBT)/FUNDS

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NOTES FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 contd.

29. STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES COMPARATIVE FUNDS – YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

Unrestricted Funds 2022 £ (restated) 307782 208672 - 1684563 - 689651 55043	Restricted Funds 2022 £ (restated) - - 1655818 - 2807149 561020 - -	Total Funds 2022 £ (restated) 307782 208672 1655818 1684563 2807149 561020 689651 55043

2945711	5023987	7969698

- 23085 1544 - 1162647 - 169933 218043	54000 - - 1938914 - 3201503 561020 - -	54000 23085 1544 1938914 1162647 3201503 561020 169933 218043

1575252	5755437	7330689

Trustee’s Report (including Directors’ Report and Strategic Report) for the year ended 31 March 2023

NOTES FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 contd.

29. STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES COMPARATIVE FUNDS – YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022 (CONTINUED)

Unrestricted Funds 2022 £ (restated) 1370459 (716976)	Restricted Funds 2022 £ (restated) (731450) 716976	Total Funds 2022 £ (restated) 639009 -
653483 4374	(14474) -	639009 4374
(5728) 652129 8036704	- (14474) 199277	(5728) 637655 8235981
8688833	184803	8873636

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Contents

Reflections on 2022/23 – our Chair & Managing Directorflections on 2022/23 – our Chair & Managing Director

Trustees’ Report (Including Directors’ Report and Strategic Report) for the year ended 31 March 2023

What the Aldingbourne Trust does

The Trust’s mission

Public Benefit

Our values & how we live them

Why & how

Belonging

Retail

The story of 2022-23

Volunteers gave 1,425 hours per week

Living by our values- some achievements

Collaborating

Spotlight on emerging from the pandemic

Spotlight on our Transition Service – Dave Wyatt, Manager

Spotlight on My Network and My Network + service

Achievements & the difference we make

People we support:

Student’s comments on the end of their placement

Spotlight on supporting student placements – a student social worker’s experience at the Aldingbourne Country Centre

Enterprising

Efficiency

Influencing

Innovating

Proving

Areas which didn’t go to plan

Thank you

Safeguarding

Trustees’ Report (Including Directors’ Report and Strategic Report) for the year ended 31 March 2023

Fundraising Standards

Equality, diversity and inclusion

Trustees’ Report (Including Directors’ Report and contd. Strategic Report) for the year ended 31 March 2023

Risk management

Reserves Policy

Plans for the future

Trust details

Structure, governance and management

Trustees’ Report (Including Directors’ Report and contd. Strategic Report) for the year ended 31 March 2023

Patron

Trustees

Professional Advisors

Trustees’ Report (Including Directors’ Report and contd. Strategic Report) for the year ended 31 March 2023

Statement of trustees’ responsibilities

Disclosure of information to auditor

Review of transactions and financial position

Assets on hand at 31 March 2023

Trustees’ Report (Including Directors’ Report and contd. Strategic Report) for the year ended 31 March 2023

Auditors

Ms Frances Russell (Chairperson)

Independent Auditors’ Report to the members of the Aldingbourne Trust

Opinion

Basis for opinion

Conclusions relating to going concern

Other information

Independent Auditors’ Report to the members of the contd. Aldingbourne Trust

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

Responsibilities of trustees

Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Independent Auditors’ Report to the members of the contd. Aldingbourne Trust

Identification and assessment of irregularities including fraud

Audit response to the risk of irregularities including fraud

Conclusions regarding the risks of irregularities including fraud

Independent Auditors’ Report to the members of the contd. Aldingbourne Trust

Use of our report

Mr. Jordan Abbott BSc ACA (Senior Statutory Auditor)

For and on behalf of Jones Avens Ltd

Chartered Accountants

Statutory Auditor

Note

Statement of financial activities (including income and expenditure account) for the year ended 31 March 2023

Statement of financial activities (including income and expenditure account) for the year ended 31 March 2023 contd.

BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MARCH 2023

STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

NOTES FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

(a) Accounting convention

(b) Going concern