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|Report of the Trustees|2 to|6|
|Report ofthe Independent<br>Auditors|7 to|10|
|Statement<br>of Financial Activities|||
|Balance Sheet|12||
|Cash Flow Statement|13||
|Notes to the Cash Flow Statement|14||
|Notes to the Financial Statements|15 to|25|
|Detailed Statement of Financial Activities|26||





|TRUSTEES||D Goldsmith||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||G D Gittoes||||
|||C Rowles (resigned|6.8.21)|||
|||5 Green||||
|||DJ Hunt||||
|||N J Chatley (resigned 6.8.21)||||
|||D M Wood||||
|||AJ Cook (appointed 6.5.22)<br>A Hall (appointed 4.8.22)||||
|COMPANY SECRETARY||RJ Griffiths||||
|REGISTERED OFFICE||Holmer Road||||
|||Hereford||||
|||HR4 9SX||||
|REGISTERED COMPANY|NUMBER|1475237 (England|and Wales)|||
|REGISTERED CHARITY|NUMBER|512976||||
|AUDITORS||Thorne Widgery Accountancy||Ltd||
|||Chartered<br>Accountants||||
|||Statutory<br>Auditors||||
|||2 Wyevale<br>Business Park||||
|||Kings Acre||||
|||Hereford||||
|||Herefordshire||||
|||HR4 785||||
|SOLICITORS||Lanyon Bowdler||||
|||12The Business Quarter||||
|||Eco Park Road||||
|||Ludlow||||
|||Shropshire||||
|||SY8 1FD||||
|BANKERS||Lloyds Bank PLC||||
|||8 High Town||||
|||Hereford||||
|||HR1 2AE||||
|KEYMANAGEMENT||N Morgan|Chief Executive|||
|||JJones|Head of Organisational||Development|
|||A Jones|Head of Engineering|||
|||V Smith|Head of Commerce|||
|||BGriffiths|Finance Manager|||





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|Re<br>of the Truste<br>s<br>for the Yea<br>ed 31 Jul<br>2022|Re<br>of the Truste<br>s<br>for the Yea<br>ed 31 Jul<br>2022||||||||
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|ACHIEVEMENT<br>AND PERFORMANCE|||||||||
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|The <br>1.|priorities for the year were to:<br>Meet the training<br>needs of the Members<br>and other||customers,<br>evidenced||by feedback|surveys|and|continual|
|2.|demand<br>for services<br>Deliver apprenticeships<br>for employers to the criteria ofthe Education 8 Skills Funding|||||Agency|and|Institute|
||for Apprenticeships<br>and Technical Education||||||||
|3.|Maintain<br>high levels of achievement<br>and progression<br>Contribute<br>to regional<br>and national<br>skRI priorities<br>through<br>memberships<br>of local and national||||||network||
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|5.|Progress the 'ideal' ofemployer-led<br>training||||||||
|The|Association<br>operated out of two sites located in Hereford<br>and Worcester.||||||||
|The|Association<br>has again continued<br>to work in achieving<br>Further developing<br>existing Apprenticeship<br>Standards|its priorities as <br>and introducing||set out above whilst:<br>new Apprenticeship||standards||as a lead|
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||Addressing<br>the lack of applicants<br>onto apprenticeship<br>Collaborating<br>with local authorities<br>to tender for and||programmes.<br> deliver funded|training|programmes.||||






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|||Unrestricted|Designated|Restricted|Total|Total|
|||fund|fund|fund|funds|funds|
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|FIXEDASSETS<br>Tangible assets<br>Investment<br>property|10<br>11|3,989,452<br>845 000|||3,989,452<br>845 000|4,008,477<br>845,000|
|||4,834,452|||4,834,452|4,853,477|
|CURRENT ASSETS<br>Debtors<br>Cash at bank|12|577,578<br>936 520|||577,578<br>936 520|432,276<br>1 281 164|
|||1,514,098|||1,514,098|1,713,440|
|CREDITORS|||||||
|Amounts<br>falling due within one<br>year|13|(333,190)|||(333,190)|(417,366)|
|NET CURRENT ASSETS||1,180908|||1 180908|1 296 074|
|TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT<br>LIABILITIES||6,015,360|||6,015,360|6,149,551|
|CREDITORS|||||||
|Amounts<br>falling due after more<br>than one year|14|(2,152,446)|||(2,152,446)|(2,269,796)|
|NET ASSETS||3 862,914|||3,862 914|3 879,755|
|FUNDS|18||||||
|Unrestricted<br>funds:<br>General fund|||||3 862 914|3 879,755|
|TOTAL FUNDS|||||3 862.914|3 879,155|






|for the Year Ended 3|1Ju|(<br>2022|||||||
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||||||||31.7.22|31.7.21|
|||||Unrestricted|Designated|Restricted|Totai|Total|
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|INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS|||||||||
|FROM|||||||||
|Charitable<br>activities|||||||||
|Provision of training||||3,182,804|||3,182,804|2,839,019|
|Investment<br>Income<br>Other income|||2|91,146<br>~4855|||91,146<br>~4855|257,270|
|Total||||~3278,805|||~3278 805|~3096 289|
|EXPENDITURE ON|||||||||
|Raising funds<br>Investment<br>management||costs|4|~3542|||3,542|2 984|
|||||3,542|||3,542|2,984|
|Charitable<br>activities|||||||||
|Provision of training||||~3,292 104|||~3292 104|~2689 674|
|Total||||~3295 646|||~3,295 646|2,692,658|
|NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)||||(16,841 )|||(16,841)|403,631|
|RECONCILIATION<br>OF FUNDS|||||||||
|Total funds brought|forward|||3,879,755|||3,879,755|3,476,124|
|TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED|||||||||
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|f rthe Year Ended 31Ju|2022|||||
|||||31.7.22|31.7.21|
||||Notes|E||
|Cash flows from operating<br>activities<br>Cash generated<br>from operations<br>Interest<br>paid<br>Rental income||||(136,809)<br>(46,076)<br>~88 292)|439,048<br>(35,447)<br>~255 331|
|Net cash (used in)/provided|by operating||activities|~271 177)|~148 270|
|Cash flows from investing<br>activities<br>Purchase of tangible<br>fixed assets<br>Sale oftangible fixed assets<br>Interest received<br>Rental income||||(55,188)<br>11,500<br>2,854<br>~88 292|(10,680)<br>1,939<br>~255 331|
|Net cash provided<br>by investing<br>activities||||~47 458|~246 590|
|Cash flows from financing<br>New loans in year<br>Loan repayments<br>in year|activities|||120925|250,000<br>~80 301|
|Net cash (used in)/provided|by financing||activities|~120 925)|~169699|
|Change in cash and cash equivalents<br>the reporting<br>period||in||(344,644)|564,559|
|Cash and cash equivalents<br>beginning<br>ofthe reporting|at the<br>period|||~1281 164|716,605|
|Cash and cash equivalents<br>the reporting<br>period|at the end|of||~936 520|~1281 164|





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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||||31.7.22|31.7.21|
||||||||E|E|
|Net (expenditure)/income||||for the reporting|period (as per the||||
|Statement of Financial <br>Adjustments<br>for:||Activities)|||||(16,841)|403,631|
|Depreciation<br>charges|||||||67,568|78,528|
|Profit on disposal of|fixed assets||||||(4,855)||
|Interest received|||||||(2,854)|(1,939)|
|Interest paid|||||||46,076|35,447|
|Increase in debtors|||||||(145,302)|(190,467)|
|(Decrease)/increase|in|creditors|||||~80 601)|113,848|
|Net cash (used in)/provided||||by operations|||~136 809)|~439 048|
|ANALYSIS OF CHANGES|||IN|NET DEBT|||||
|||||||At 1.8.21|Cash flow|At 31.7.22|
|||||||E|E|E|
|Net cash|||||||||
|Cash at bank||||||~1281 164|~344 644)|~936 520|
|||||||~1281 164|~344 644)|~936 520|
|Debt|||||||||
|Debts falling due within|||1 year|||(139,059)|3,576|(135,483)|
|Debts falling due after||1|year|||(2,269,796)|117,350|~2, 152,446)|
|||||||(2,408,855)|120,926|(2,287,929)|
|Total||||||j1,127,691)|~223,718)|(1,351,409)|





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|Property<br>Improvements|Straight|Line|over 10years|
|Fixtures ft Fittings|Straight|Line|over 4 years|
|Plant ft Machinery|Straight|Line|over 10years|
|Hardware<br>ft Software|Straight|Line|over 3years|
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|INVESTMENT INCOME||||||31.7.22|31.7.21|
|||||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
|||||funds|funds|funds|funds|
|||||E|E|E|C|
|Rents received<br>Investment<br>income<br>One-off investment|income|||88,292<br>2,854||88,292<br>2,854|88,679<br>1,939<br>166,652|
|||||91,146||~91 146|~257 270|
|INCOME FROM CHARITABLE|||ACTIVITIES|||31.7.22|31.7.21|
|Government<br>funds|||Activity<br>Provision|of training||E<br>2,666,658|E<br>2,354,131|
|Employers<br>contributions<br>other course income<br>Room hire<br>Grants - CJRS<br>Other income||and|Provision<br>Provision<br>Provision<br>Provision|of training<br>of training<br>of training<br>of training||513,921<br>2,225|453,592<br>3,166<br>26,480<br>~1650|
|||||||~3182 804|~2839 019|
|Grants received, included||in|the above,|are as follows:||31.7.22|31.7.21|
|||||||E|E|
|Covid Job Retention|Scheme||||||26,480|
|INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT|||COSTS|||31.7.22|31.7.21|
|||||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
|||||funds|funds|funds|funds|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
||||31.7.22|31.7.21|
||||E|E|
|Depreciation|- owned assets||67,568|78,528|
|Surplus on disposal offixed assets|||(4,855)||
|Auditors' fees|- statutory|audit|7,134|7,134|
|Operating<br>lease payments|||30,091|~32 980|



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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|Wages and salaries||||||||1,487,804|1,362,082|
|Social security costs<br>Other pension costs||||||||156,438<br>~74 470|143,975<br>74,138|
|||||||||1,718,712|1,580,195|
|The average|monthly|number of employees||during the year was||as follows:||||
|||||||||31.7.22|31.7.21|
|Key management||||||||5|5|
|Trcdning||||||||34|31|
|Administration||||||||10|9|
|||||||||49|45|
|The number|of employees||whose employee|benefits|(excluding|employer|pension|costs) exceeded|E60,000w|
|||||||||31.7.22|31.7.21|
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|Association<br>Limited<br>arantee<br>othe Fina<br>' ISt tement<br>- conti<br>r Ended 31 Jul<br>2022|Association<br>Limited<br>arantee<br>othe Fina<br>' ISt tement<br>- conti<br>r Ended 31 Jul<br>2022|Association<br>Limited<br>arantee<br>othe Fina<br>' ISt tement<br>- conti<br>r Ended 31 Jul<br>2022|Association<br>Limited<br>arantee<br>othe Fina<br>' ISt tement<br>- conti<br>r Ended 31 Jul<br>2022|||||
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|COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES<br>Unrestricted||||Designated|Restricted||Total|
||||fund|fund|fund||funds|
||||f.|L|E||E|
|INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS||FROM||||||
|Charitable<br>activities<br>Provision of training|||2,839,019||||2,839,019|
|Investment<br>income|||~257 270||||~257 270|
|Total|||~3096289||||~3096 289|
|EXPENDITURE ON||||||||
|Raising funds<br>Investment<br>management|costs||~2984||||~2984|
||||2,984||||2,984|
|Charitable<br>activities<br>Provision of training|||~2689 674||||~2,689 674|
|Total|||~2692 658||||~2692 658|
|NET INCOME|||403,631||||403,631|
|RECONCILIATION<br>OF FUNDS<br>Total funds brought forward|||3,476,124||||3,476,124|
|TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED|FORWARD||~3879,755|-||-|~3879 755|





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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||Improvements||
||||Freehold|to|Plant and|
||||property|plopelty|machinery|
||||E|E|E|
|COST||||||
|At 1 August|2021||3 740 656|326,821|402,687|
|Additions<br>Disposals|||||40,78S<br>~43 675)|
|At 31 July|2022||~3740 656|326,821|~399800|
|DEPRECIATION||||||
|At 1 August|2021|||160,794|306,895|
|Charge for <br>Eliminated|year<br>on disposal|||32,682|24,084<br>~37,030)|
|At 31 July|2022|||~193476|~293 949|
|NET BOOK|VALUE|||||
|At 31 July|2022||~3740 656|133,345|105 851|
|At 31 July|2021||~3740 656|166,027|~95 792|
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|At 1 August|2021|34,001|64,045|33,766|4,601,976|
|Additions<br>Disposals|||14,400||55,188<br>~43 675)|
|At 31 July|2022|34,001|78,445|33,766|~4613 489|
|DEPRECIATION||||||
|At I August|2021|34,001|58,043|33,766|593,499|
|Charge for <br>Eliminated|year<br>on disposal||10,802||67,568<br>~37,030)|
|At 31 July|2022|34,001|~68 845|33,766|624,037|
|NET BOOK|VALUE|||||
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|DEBTORS: AMOUNTS<br>FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR|31.7.22|31.7.21|
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|Trade and other debtors<br>Prepayments<br>and accrued income|532,479<br>45,099|388,290<br>~43 986|
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|CREDITORS: AMOUNTS<br>FALLIHG DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR|31.7.22|31.7.21|
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|Bank loans and overdrafts<br>(see note 15)<br>Trade and other creditors<br>Social security and other taxes<br>Accruals and deferred<br>income|135,483<br>105,219<br>61,105<br>31,383|139,059<br>186,361<br>44,189<br>47,757|
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|Deferred<br>Income at 1 August 2021<br>Released from previous years<br>Resources deferred<br>in the year|3,763<br>(3,763)<br>3 763|16,608<br>(16,608)<br>3 763|
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||Bank loans|(see note 15)||||||~2152,446|~2269 796|
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||An analysis|of the maturity|of|loans is given below:||||||
|||||||||31.7.22|31.7.21|
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||Amounts<br>falling due within||one year on demand:|||||||
||Bank loans<br>Coronavirus|Business Interruption|||Loan|||93,816<br>~41 667|97,392<br>~41 667|
|||||||||135,483|~139059|
||Amounts<br>falling between one|||and two years:||||||
||Bank loans <br>Coronavirus|- 1-2years<br>Business Interruption|||Loan|||93,816<br>~41 667|97,392<br>~50000|
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||Amounts<br>falling due between|||two and five||years:||||
||Bank loans|- 2-5 years||||||281,449|292,176|
||Coronavirus|Business Interruption|||Loan|||~125000|~158333|
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||Amounts<br>falling due in more than five years:|||||||||
||Repayable|by instalments:||||||||
||Bank loans|more 5yr by instai||||||1,610,514|1,671,895|
|16.|LEASING AGREEMENTS|||||||||
||At 31 July|2022 the total future<br>minimum||||lease payments|under non-cancellable|operating<br>leases|were:|
||Other operating<br>leases|||||||||
|||||||||31.7.22|31.7.21|
||Expiring:|||||||E|E|
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||Between one and five years|||||||~30 861|30 336|
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|||||At 1.8.21|in funds|31.7.22|
|||||E|E|f.|
|Unrestricted<br>Generalfund|funds|||3,879,755|(16,841)|3,862,914|
|TOTAL FUNDS||||~3 879 755|~16 841)|~3 862 914|
|Net movement|in funds, included||in the above are as follows:||||
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|Unrestricted<br>Generalfund|funds|||3,278,805|(3,295,646)|(16,841)|
|TOTAL FUNDS||||~3278 805|~3295 646)|16,841|
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|TOTAL FUNDS||~3096 289|~2,692 658)|~403 631|



|A curren|t yea|r 12months<br>and prior year 1|2months combined<br>position<br>is as follo|ws:||
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|General|fund||3,476,124|386,790|3,862,914|
|TOTAL|FUNDS||~3 476 124|386,790|~3 862 914|



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|General|fund||6,375,094|(5,988,304)|386,790|
|TOTAL|FUNDS||6,375,094|~5 988 304)|~386 790|



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|||||E|E|
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|Investment<br>income||||||
|Rents received||||88,292|88,679|
|Investment<br>income||||2,854|1,939|
|One-off investment|income||||~166652|
|||||91,146|257,270|
|Charitable<br>activities||||||
|Government<br>funds||||2,666,658|2,354,131|
|Employers<br>contributions||and|other course|||
|'Ineoale||||513,921|453,592|
|Room hire||||2,225|3,166|
|Grants - CJRS<br>Other income|||||26,480<br>~1650|
|||||3,182,804|2,839,019|
|Other income<br>Gain on sale oftangible fixed|||assets|~4855||
|Total incoming<br>resources||||3,278,805|3,096,289|
|EXPENDITURE||||||
|Investment<br>management||costs||||
|Bank loan interest||||3,542|2,984|
|Charitable<br>activities||||||
|Staff salaries||||1,487,804|1,362,082|
|Socialsecurity||||156,438|143,975|
|Pensions||||74,470|74,138|
|Training<br>and courses||||701,186|533,375|
|Development<br>and acquisition|||expenditure|16,320|7,458|
|Premises costs||||417,409|186,780|
|Office Costs||||328,375|270,875|
|Improvements<br>to property||||32,682|37,260|
|Depreciation<br>plant 8 machinery||||24,086|15,017|
|Fixtures and fittings|||||4,905|
|Depn of hardware<br>R <br>Bank loan interest|software|||10,800<br>~42 534|21,346<br>~32 463|
|||||~3292 104|~2,689 674|
|Total resources expended||||~3295,646|~2692 658|
|Net (expenditure)/income||||(16,841)|~403 631|



