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|Legal and Administrative|Details|||||
|Report ofthe Trustees|incorporating|the Strategic Report|||2 —15|
|Report ofthe Independent<br>Auditor|||||16—19|
|Statement<br>of Financial|Activities incorporating||the Income and Expenditure|Account|20|
|Balance Sheet|||||21|
|Cash Flow Statement|||||22|
|Notes to the Financial Statements|||||23 —36|





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|Company<br>registratio|Company<br>registratio|n<br>number|:<br>01792921|||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Charity registration||number:|515060|||||||||
|Registered|office:||Mount Vernon Green|||||||||
||||Hall Lane|||||||||
||||Liverpool|||||||||
||||L78TF|||||||||
|Trustees:|||Hazel J Snell||||Chair from1 April 2021|||||
||||Helen R Heap*||||Chair, Finance, Audit & Risk Committee|||||
||||Rev Dr Crispin Pailing*||||Chair, People 8 Culture Committee|||||
||||Louise C Towers'||||Chair, Operations||||&Development|
||||Katie E Clubb|||||||||
||||Niranjana<br>Patel|||||||||
||||Dr Bruce W Taylor|||||||||
||||Jonathan<br>H Mounsey||FCA||Honorary||Treasurer to 31 March 2021|||
||||Andrew J Cooke|QPM|||Retired|11||April 2021||
||||Robert T H Owen, JP, DL||||Retired 31|||March 2021||
||||Richard<br>M White||||Retired 2||October||2020|
||||Nigel SLanceley|FCA, DL|||Chair, retired 31 March 2021|||||
||||Jillian<br>M Jones||||Appointed|||20 May|2021|
||||Ellie J Acton||||Appointed|||20 May|2021|
||||||||Committees|||formed 11 February 2021||
|Chief Executive:|||Steve Hawkins||||Retired|1|January||2021|
||||Robert Thomas|Harrison|||Appointed|||Chief Executive 15March 2021||
|Secretary;|||Karen Paton|||||||||
|Bankers:|||National Westminster||Bank|Pic||||||
||||Commercial<br>Banking|||||||||
||||Union Street|||||||||
||||Chester|||||||||
||||CH1 1UA|||||||||
|Solicitors;|||Brabners LLP||||Weightmans|||LLP||
||||Horton House||||100Old|Hall Street||||
||||Exchange Flags||||Liverpool|||||
||||Liverpool||||L39QJ|||||
||||L2 3YL|||||||||
|Auditor:|||BDO LLP|||||||||
||||5Temple Square|||||||||
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|interventions<br>required|by an individual,<br>and im|prove the quality of life|prove the quality of life|for those requiring|social care.|
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|During the year, Local|Solutions<br>has delivered|the following services:||||
|~|Scheduled<br>domiciliary|care visits during|the|day and night||
|~|Unscheduled<br>emergency<br>response totelecare alerts throughout||||the day and night|
|~|Carers respite service|||||
|~|Short term discharge|to assess reablement||service for people|coming home from|
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|~|Housing<br>and social care support<br>in Extra Care setting|||||
|~|Support to access community<br>facilities|||||
|The majority of people|using the service were|older people and|require support due to||either:|
|~|frailty,|||||
|~|managing<br>long terms|health conditions,||||
|~|have a physical or sensory<br>impairment,||or|||
|~|living with dementia|||||



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||Note|Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
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|||Funds|Funds|2021|2020|
|Income and endowments||||||
|from:||||||
|Donations<br>and legacies|1|111,552|29,598|141,150|145,599|
|Income from charitable||||||
|activities|1|13 116014|935396|14)051)410|14 126,239|
|Coronavirus<br>Job Retention||||||
|Scheme||272,586||272,586||
|Income from investments||735||735|4,161|
|Total income||13,500,887|964,994|14,465,881|14,275,999|
|Expenditure<br>on:||||||
|Charitable<br>activities|2|13,457,951|907,882|14,365,833|14,739,671|
|Total expenditure||13,457,951|907,882|14,365,833|14,739,671|
|Net (expenditure)/income||42,936|57,112|100,048|(463,672)|
|Net movement<br>in funds||42,936|57,112|100,048|(463,672)|
|Reconciliation<br>offunds||||||
|Total funds brought<br>forward at||||||
|1 April|1 1|1,849,234|87,742|1,936,976|2,400,648|
|Total funds carried forward||||||
|at 31 March|11,12|1,892,170|144,854|2,037,024|1,936,976|





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||||Note||2021||2020|
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|Fixed assets||||||||
|Tangible assets|||||1,100,003||1,042,053|
|Current assets||||||||
|Debtors|||9|1,157,191||1,393,142||
|Cash at bank and in||hand||1,613,603||996,325||
|||||2,770,794||2,389,467||
|Creditors:|amounts|falling due||||||
|within one|year||10|(1,833,773)||1,494,544)||
|Net current|assets||||937,021||894,923|
|Net assets|||||2,037,024||1,936,976|
|Funds||||||||
|Restricted|||11||144,854||87,742|
|Unrestricted|||11||1,210,355||1,153,119|
|Revaluation|reserve||11||681,815||696,115|
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|Cash flows from operating||activities|||||||
|Surplus for the financial year|||||||100,048|(463,672)|
|Adjustments<br>for:|||||||||
|Depreciation,<br>impairment<br>and amortisation|||||offixed assets|8|34,185|36,860|
|Net interest (receivable)||||||3|(735)|(4,161)|
|Decrease<br>in trade and other||debtors||||9|235,951|673,177|
|Increase<br>in trade and other|creditors|||||10|339,229|(574,370)|
|Cash from operations|||||||708,678|(332,166)|
|Taxation paid|||||||||
|Net cash generated<br>from operating|||activities||||708,678|(332,166)|
|Cash flows from investing||activities|||||||
|Purchases<br>oftangible<br>fixed|assets|||||8|(94,268)|(4,409)|
|Interest Received|||||||735|4,161|
|Proceeds from disposal of Fixtures,|||Fittings||& Equipment||2,133|2,437|
|Net cash from investing<br>activities|||||||(91,400)|2,189|
|Cash flows from financing||activities|||||||
|Interest paid|||||||||
|Repayment<br>ofloans|||||||||
|Net cash used in financing||activities|||||||
|Net increase/(decrease)<br>in||cash and cash equivalents|||||617,278|(329,977)|
|Cash and cash equivalents|at beginning|||of|year||996,325|1,326,302|
|Cash and cash equivalents||at end|of|year|||1,613,603|996,325|
|Cash and cash equivalents||comprise:|||||||
|Cash at bank and<br>in hand|||||||1,613,603|996,325|
|Bank overdrafts|||||||||
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|Freehold properties|2% ofdeemed cost|
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|Leasehold<br>improvements|Remaining<br>life ofleases|
|Motor vehicles|5Years|
|Fixtures, fittings, equipment||
|and computer<br>software|2 to 5Years|



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||2021|2020|
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|Donations<br>deferred at 1 April 2020|23,072|29,409|
|Donations<br>receivable<br>in the year|118,078|139,262|
|Donations<br>deferred at 31 March 2021||(23,072)|
||141,150|145,599|
|Project income deferred at 1 April 2020|240,716|168,929|
|Project income receivable<br>in the year|14,552,760|14,198,026|
|Project income deferred at 31 March 2021|(469,480)|(240,716)|
||14,323,996|14,126,239|
|Analysis ofincome|||
|Project income for charitable<br>services provided|14,051,410|14,126,239|
|Donations|141,150|145,599|
|Investment<br>Income|735|4,161|
|Coronavirus<br>Job Retention<br>Scheme|272,586||
||14,465,881|14,275,999|
|Project income is analysed<br>as follows:|||
|Social Care &Inclusion/Enablement|10,486,313|10,707,339|
|Young People &Families/<br>Engagement|3,268,990|3,342,334|
|Central Services|568,693|76,566|
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|Restricted Grants within Proj|ect Income|||
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|||2021|2020|
|Liverpool<br>City Council —AIMS2||25,000|50,000|
|Government<br>& Local Authority|COVID-19|513,025||
|Others||256,137|154,750|
|Lottery Funding|||35,130|
|Comic Relief||125,406|79,844|
|Sports England||15,828|84,172|
|||935,396|403,896|



|2|ANALYSIS OF EXPENDITURE|ANALYSIS OF EXPENDITURE|ANALYSIS OF EXPENDITURE|ANALYSIS OF EXPENDITURE||||||
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|||||costsf|costs<br>f|Depreciation|f|2021<br>f|2020<br>f|
|Direct|charitable||expenditure|11,796,037|2,478,633|34,185||14,308,855|14,673,561|
|Governance||costs|||56,978|||56,978|66,110|
|||||11,796,037|2,535,611|34,185||14,365,833|14,739,671|
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|||||costs|costs|Depreciation||2020|2019|
|Direct|charitable||expenditure|12,133,399|2,503,302|36,860||14,673,561|13,861,845|
|Governance||costs|||66,110|||66,110|77,832|
|||||12,133,399|2,569,412|36,860||14,739,671|13,939,677|





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|Governance<br>Costs||2021f|2020f|
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|Professional<br>8 Legal||39,378|49,408|
|Auditors'<br>remuneration|—statutory<br>audit|17,600|16,702|
|Auditors'<br>remuneration|—other services|||
|Governance costs at|31 March 2021|56,978|66,110|



|Contained<br>within|Restricted<br>Expenditure<br>are the|following costs in respect of the Resources|Unit funding:|
|---|---|---|---|
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|||2021f|2020f|
|Salaries and on|costs|583,845|240,820|
|Maintenance/repairs||38,298|74,988|
|Utilities||83|130|
|Volunteers<br>expenses|||218|
|Office expenses||18,111|28,791|
|Telephone/internet||10,612|5,067|
|Equipment||24,689|8,436|
|Bank Charges||||
|Insurance||2,261|2,182|
|Travel||955|4,060|
|Local Authority|Rates|21,998||
|Sundry expenses||207,005|64,961|
|Leasing costs||25|368|
|||907,882|430,041|



|The follo|wing<br>amounts|are included|in expenditure:|||
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|||||2021f|2020f|
|Depreciation||||34,185|36,860|
|Operating|Lease rentals:|||||
|Land|& Buildings|||306,671|343,864|
|Other||||9,382|10,269|
|Auditors|Remuneration|—statutory|audit|17,600|16,702|
|Auditors|Remuneration|—other services||||





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|Wages and|salaries|||10,787,979|11,141,031|
|Social security costs||||744,432|760,727|
|Other pension costs||||263,627|251,640|
|||||11,796,038|12,153,398|
|The average|number ofemployees||during the year was 743 (2020:768).|||
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|Project staff||||736|760|
|Fundraising|and publicity|||2|2|
|Management|and administration|of|the charity|5|6|
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|||land and|Assets under|Motor|computer||
|||buildingsf|Constructionf|vehiclesf|softwaref|Totalf|
|Cost|||||||
|At 1 April|2020|1,125,111||10,699|52,002|1,187,812|
|Additions|||94,268|||94,268|
|Disposals|||||(10,693)|(10,693)|
|At 31 March 2021||1,125,111|94,268|10,699|41,309|1,271,387|
|Depreciation|||||||
|At 1 April|2020|112,500||3,026|30,233|145,759|
|Provided|in the year|22,500||2,136|9,549|34,185|
|Eliminated|on disposals||||(8,560)|(8,560)|
|At 31 March 2021||135,000||5,162|31,222|171,384|
|Net book|amount at||||||
|At 31 March 2021||990,111|94,268|5,537|10,087|1,100,003|
|Net book|amount at||||||
|31 March|2020|1,012,611||7,673|21,769|1,042,053|





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||2021f|2020|
|Accrued income|242,851|596,169|
|Trade debtors|726,682|607,831|
|Other debtors|21,931|19,432|
|Prepayments|165,727|169,710|
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||6|5|
|Trade creditors|65,582|31,952|
|Other creditors|528,133|693,301|
|Social security and other taxes|120,188|180,139|
|Accruals|650,390|325,364|
|Deferred<br>income|469,480|263,788|
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|11<br>FUNDS|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Revaluation|Restricted|Unrestricted||
||Reserve<br>6|funds<br>6|funds|Totalf|
|At 1 April 2020|696,115|87,742|1,153,119|1,936,976|
|Incoming<br>resources||964,994|13,500,887|14,465,881|
|Resources expended||(907,882)|(13,457,951)|(14,365,833)|
|Reserve transfer|(14,300)||14,300||
|At 31 March 2021|681,815|144,854|1,210,355|2,037,024|
|At 1 April 2019|710,415|82,205|1,608,028|2,400,648|
|Incoming<br>resources||435,578|13,840,421|14,275,999|
|Resources expended||(430,041)|(14,309,630)|(14,739,671)|
|Reserve transfer|(14,300)||14,300||
|At 31 March 2020|696,115|87,742|1,153,119|1,936,976|
|12<br>ANALYSIS OF NET|ASSETS BETWEEN|FUNDS|||
||Revaluation|Restricted|Unrestricted||
||Reserve|funds|funds|Total|
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|Tangible Fixed assets|681,815||418,188|1,100,003|
|Current assets||499,993|2,270,801|2,770,794|
|Current<br>liabilities||(355,139)|(1,478,634)|(1,833,773)|
|Liabilities over one year|||||
|Net assets at 31 March 2021|681,815|144,854|1,210,355|2,037,024|
|Tangible Fixed assets|696,115||345,938|1,042,053|
|Current assets||87,742|2,301,725|2,389,467|
|Current<br>liabilities|||(1,494,544)|(1,494,544)|
|Liabilities<br>over one year|||||
|Net assets at 31 March 2020|696,115|87,742|1,153,119|1,936,976|





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|||||properties||properties|
|||||2021||2020|
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|Not later than one year||||70,750||84,229|
|Later than|one year and not later than|five years||80,000||80,000|
|Greater than five years||||24,712||44,712|
|||||175,462||208,941|
|15|ANALYSIS OF CHANGES|IN NET DEBT|||||
|||At 1 April|Cash flows|Other|At 31 March||
|||2020||changes||2021|
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|Cash and|cash equivalents|996,325|617,278|||1,613,603|
|||At 1 April|Cash flows|Other||At 31 March|
|||2019||changes||2020|
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|Cash and|cash equivalents|1,326,302|(329,977)|||996,325|



