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|Mr R Harris|Chairman|A,B|
|Mrs SFairbrace||B|
|Mrs M Barker||8|
|Mr R Coleman||A,B|
|MrJWootten (Resigned|19'"October 2022)|A,B|
|Mrs VWebster||B|
|Mr A Gray||B|
|Mrs BFisher||A,B|
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|The Trustees<br>have assessed<br>the major risks|to which|the group is exposed,<br>in|the group is exposed,<br>in|particular|particular||those|related to the|related to the|related to the|
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|operations<br>and finances<br>of the group.<br>This|involved|identification|of the types of||risk|the group|||faces|and|
|prioritising<br>them<br>In terms ofpotential<br>impact and likelihood ofoccurrence and identifying|||||and|tracking||the progress|||
|of measures<br>to manage<br>them. The ongoing<br>risks associated<br>with|||the aftermath|of COVID-19 pandemic||||||were|
|considered as part ofthe assessment<br>as were|the risks|related to the ongoing Cost of Living|||||Crisis.||||
|The principal<br>risks identified<br>are:|||||||||||
|Risk identified||Strata|to miti ate risk||||||||
|Decline<br>in reserves<br>from<br>an excess of expenditure||Recruiting|and training|staff|and|Trustees||to develop|||
|over income.||funding<br>and promotional||strategies.|||||||
|Ability to build sustainable<br>and predictable<br>income to||Establishing<br>a prudent||and|sustainable|||expenditure|||
|meet funding<br>demands<br>and ensure long term||plan<br>to|maintain<br>reserves||at|sufficient|||levels|to|
|sustainability.||maintain|||||||||
|||solvency.|||||||||
|Competition<br>for donations<br>and<br>the<br>group's|profile|DevelopingandimplementingaStrategicPlanfor|||||||||
|relative to other charities especially<br>during the period||the period|2023 to 2025.||||||||
|ofthe cost of living crisis.|||||||||||
|Possible<br>financial<br>cuts made<br>by the National|Health||||||||||
|Service towards the running<br>ofthe hospice<br>in|addiTion||||||||||
|increases<br>in demand<br>for end of life hospice|services||||||||||
|which<br>could<br>lead<br>to the<br>charitable<br>company<br>to|||||||||||
|increase its payments<br>to maintain<br>hospice services at|||||||||||
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|Income from:|||||||
|Donations<br>and legacies||4|446,426|135|446,561|523,990|
|Other trading<br>activities||5|622,122||622,122|572,258|
|Investments||6|4,599||4,599|498|
|Other income||7||||64,383|
|Total income|||1,073,147|135|1,073,282|1,161,139|
|Expenditure<br>on:|||||||
|Raising funds||8|614,103|107|614,210|545,845|
|Charitable<br>activities|||724,092||724,092|689,577|
|Total expenditure|||1,338,195|107|1,338,302|1,235,522|
|Net (expenditure)/income<br>losses on investments|before net||(265,048)|28|(265,020)|(74,383)|
|Net losses on investments|||(40,993)||(40,993)|(25,044)|
|Net movement<br>in funds|||(306,041)|28|(306,013)|(99,427)|
|Reconciliation<br>offunds:|||||||
|Total funds brought forward|||2,190,775|2,446|2,193,221|2,292648|
|Net movement<br>in funds|||(306,041)|28|(306,013)|(99,427)|
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|Forthe Year Ended 31March 2023||||
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|Net cash used<br>in operating<br>activities||(358,507)|20,413|
|Cash flows from investing<br>activities||||
|Dividends,<br>interests<br>and rents from investments||4,599|483|
|Purchase cftangible<br>fixed assets||(42,003)||
|Purchase ofinvestments||(854,070)|(1,888,199)|
|Proceeds from the sale of investments||1,051,401|1,899,375|
|Cash movement<br>on investment<br>account||(89,060)|1,401|
|Net cash provided<br>by investing<br>activities||70,867|13,060|
|Change<br>in cash and cash equivalents<br>in|the year|(287,640)|33~73|
|Cash and cash equivalents<br>at the beginning|ofthe year|584,441|550,968|
|Cash and cash equivalents<br>at the end of|the year|296,801|584,441|
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|Donations||261,290|135|261,425|272,588|
|Legacies||185,136||186,136|236,794|
|Government|grants||||14,628|
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|Lottery income||142,671|142,671|139,735|
|Sales ofmerchandise||6,279|6,279|5,751|
|Sales ofdonated|items|382,312|382,312|322,720|
|||622,122|622,122|572,268|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|Fundraising|costs||250,257|107|250,364|211,509|
|Porffolio management||fees|12,920||12,920|13,044|
|Purchase for resale|||1,895||1,896|4,155|
|Fundraising|staff costs|- wages and salaries|308,025||308,026|278,529|
|Fundraising|staff costs|- social security costs|21,107||21,107|18,565|
|Fundraising|staff costs|- pension costs|7,272||7,272|7,105|
|Depreciation|||12,627||12,627|12,937|
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||||funda|funds|funds|
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|Rent, rates and utilities|||110,296|110,296|85,520|
|Staff welfare,|training|and entertainment|2,024|2,024|2,300|
|Recruitment|costs||1,757|1,757|1,144|
|Travel expenses|||1,998|1,998|766|
|Repairs and|renewals||4,243|4,243|2,286|
|Professional|fees||850|850||
|Audit and accountancy||fees|18,677|18,677|11,935|
|Fundraising|expenses|and event costs|48,690|48,690|48,883|
|ITand office|costs||28,855|28,855|25,981|
|Insurance|||10,794|10,794|10,741|
|Subscriptions|||2,338|2,338|2,478|
|Bank charges|||11,782|11,782|9,378|
|Depreciation|||(23,366)|(23,366)|9,012|
|Sundry costs|||1,273|1,273|1,085|
|Total 2023|||220,211|220,211|211,509|



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|||funding of|Total|Total|
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|||2023<br>K|2023<br>K|2022f|
|Medway Community|Healthcare|724,092|724,092|689,677|
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|Social security costs|||21,107|18,565|11,383|11,340|
|Contribution|to defined contribution|pension|||||
|schemes|||7,272|7,106|4,770|5,109|
||||336,404|304,200|179~9|181,681|



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|At 1 April 2022|378,448|8,596|113,714|7,213|507,971|
|Additions||1,760|38,002|2,241|42,003|
|At 31 March 2023|378,448|10,356|151,716|9,454|549,974|
|Depreciation||||||
|At 1 April 2022|98,029|6,077|65,512|5,530|175,148|
|Charge for the year|5,046|919|11,707|1,741|19,413|
|At 31 March 2023|103,075|6,896|77,219|7,271|194,561|
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|At 31 March 2023|275,373|3,360|74,497|2,183|355,413|
|At 31March 2022|280,419|2,519|48,202|1,683|332,823|





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|At 1 April 2022|378448|7,213|385,661|
|Additions||2,241|2,241|
|At 31 March 2023|378,448|9,454|387,902|
|Depreciation||||
|At 1 April 2022|$8,029|5,530|103,559|
|Charge for the year|5,046|1,741|6,787|
|At 31 March 2023|103,075|7,271|110,346|
|Net book value||||
|At 31 March 2023|275,373|2,183|277,556|
|At31March 2022|280,419|1,683|262,102|
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||investments|manager|Total|
|Group and Charity|6|5|6|
|Valuation||||
|At 1 April 2022|1,181,022|61,290|1,242,312|
|Additions|854,070|201,681|1,055,761|
|Disposals|(1,051,401)|(111,930)|(1,163,331)|
|Revaluations|(41,009)||(41,009)|
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|Equities (listed)|||650,937|528,052|
|Fixed interest|||209,328|428,667|
|Balanced|management|fund||162,390|
|Cash|||151,051|61,290|
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|Other debtors||12,209|59,986|831|3,220|
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||Other creditors|||5,123|4,169|1,636|2,335|
||Accruals and deferred|income||17,997|13,370|12,309|9,785|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|General<br>Funds||2,190,775|1,073,147|(1,338,195)|(40,993)|1,884,734|
|Restricted funds|||||||
|D Hoskins fund||200||||200|
|Mrs Jameson|fund|440||(72)||368|
|RWatts fund||1 133||||1 133|
|LAvery fund||133||||133|
|L Humphreys<br>fund||50||||50|
|D Swatton fund||350||(35)||315|
|Linda Richards|Art Therapy|140||||140|
|P Hum phreys|fund||100|||100|
|Curry's<br>Sittingbourne|||35|||35|
|||2,446|135|(107)||2,474|
|Total offunds||2,193,221|1,073,282|(1,338,302)|(40,993)|1,887,208|





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|General Funds - all funds|2290,603|1,160739|(1,235523)||(25044)|2,190,775|
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|General funds|2,290,603|1,160,739|(1,235,523)|(25,044)|2,190,775|
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|Tangible fixed assets|355,413||355,413|
|Fixed asset investments|1,093,733||1,093,733|
|Current assets|548,692|2,474|551,168|
|Creditors due within one year|(113,104)||(113,104)|
|Total|1,884,734|2,474|1,887,208|
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|Tangible fixed assets|332,823||332,823|
|Fixed asset investments|1,242,312||1,242,312|
|Current assets|713,641|2446|716,287|
|Creditors due within one year|(98,201)||(98,201)|
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||Adjustments<br>for:||||||||
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||Gains on|investments|||||40,993|25,044|
||Dividends,|interests and rents|||from investments||(4,599)|(498)|
||Increase|in stocks|||||(1,280)|(5)|
||Decrease/(increase)|||in debtors|||(167,939)|57,611|
||Increase|in creditors|||||54,218|5,740|
||Net cash|provided|by/(used||in) operating|activities|(365,207)|20,4'l3|
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