2025-03-31-accounts - Doorstep Of Hull

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Company Number 01940104

DOORSTEP OF HULL

A company limited by guarantee and

a registered charity no. 518713 REPORT AND ACCOUNTS

for the year ended 31 March 2025

HPH Chartered Accountants 54 Bootham YORK YO30 7XZ

DOORSTEP OF HULL

REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

CONTENTS	*page*
Report of the Directors and Trustees	1 to 6
Auditor's Report	7 to 10
Statement of Financial Activities and Income and Expenditure Account	11
Balance Sheet	12
Cash Flow Statement	13
Notes to the Accounts	14 to 21
The following pages do not form part of the statutory accounts
Summary Income and Expenditure Accounts	22 and 23

DOORSTEP OF HULL

REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS AND TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

The directors, who form part of the Management Committee and are Trustees of the Charity, have pleasure in presenting their report and the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025.

Reference and Administrative Information

Charity name:	Doorstep of Hull
Charity Registration
Number:	518713
Company Number:	01940104
	Denis Scanlon
Board of Directors and	Karl Robinson
Trustees	Rosalind Saunders
Company Secretary:	Gwyneth Sargent
Management Committee:	Karl Robinson (Chair)
	Denis Scanlan (Treasurer)
	Rosalind Saunders
	Robbie Olsen
Project Director:	Peter Drinkell
Registered Office and	151 Fairfax Avenue
Administration Office:	HULL
	HU5 4QZ
	Telephone: 01482 345006
Bankers:	Santander	Lloyds TSB plc
	Bridle Road	63-67 Newland Avenue
	Bootle	HULL
	MERSEYSIDE	HU5 3BG
	L30 4GB
Auditor:	HPH
	Chartered Accountants
	54 Bootham
	YORK
	YO30 7XZ
Solicitors:	Andrew Jackson Solicitors	LLP
	Marina Court
	Castle Street
	HULL

DOORSTEP OF HULL

REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS AND TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

Structure, Governance and Management

The Charitable Company is limited by guarantee No. 01940104 and itself and its officers are governed by the Memorandum and Articles of Association dated 16 August 1985, as amended by special resolutions passed on 21 August 1986 and 14 November 2001. The Company received charitable status, No. 518713, on 8 January 1987. In the event of the Company being wound up members are required to contribute an amount not exceeding £5.

The Directors and Trustees confirm that they believe they have complied with the duty in section 17(5) of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission.

Recruitment and Appointment of Management Committee

The officers in office during the year were:

Karl Robinson - Chair Director and Trustee Robbie Olsen Management Committee Rosalind Saunders - Deputy Chair (appointed 13/06/2025) Director and Trustee Gwyneth Sargent Company Secretary Denis Scanlan Director and Trustee

The Directors are appointed by the Management Committee at any time, provided that a maximum of fifteen is not exceeded. Directors are required to seek re-election at the first annual general meeting following election, and one third by rotation must seek re-election at every annual general meeting.

No remuneration or benefits were received by any Directors or Trustees during the year in respect of their services to the Charitable Company.

The Directors and Trustees confirm that the attached accounts comply with current statutory requirements, the requirements of its governing document and the requirements of the FRS102 Charities SORP.

Training of Directors/Trustees

All Directors/Trustees are expected to be familiar with the objectives of the Charity, the practical work of the Charity, the financial position of the Charity, and the obligations of Directors/Trustees.

Trustees are appointed based on their experience in other fields and their commitment to the objectives of the Charity. New Trustees are familiarised with the work of the Charity by the Charity’s Project Director and visits to the Charity’s projects. They are also provided with information on their obligations as Charity Trustees.

Risk Management

The Directors/Trustees have examined the principal areas of the Charitable Company’s operations and considered the major risks which

may arise in each of these areas. In their opinion the Charitable Company has established resources and reviewed systems, which under

normal conditions should allow the risks identified by it to be mitigated to an acceptable level in its day-to-day operations.

Policies and procedures are in place to ensure the health and safety of staff, and of services users and visitors to the Charitable Company's premises. Controls and procedures are in place for the authorisation of all transactions and projects.

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Risk Management (continued)

However, it should be recognised that the complexity of issues and challenging behaviour of our clients continues to escalate to the point both our day staff and night cover are stretched to capacity. Welfare of and retention of staff has to be considered a priority going forward both from the point of view of the Health and Safety of staff and the continued operation of the Charity.

Organisational Structure

The Directors and Trustees are known collectively as The Management Committee and they meet six times a year. Latterly by "virtual" meetings, to administer the Charitable Company, setting and monitoring the strategic direction of the Charitable Company.

The Project Director, Mr Peter Drinkell, is delegated by the Directors/Trustees to manage the operations of the Charity. The Project Director is responsible for ensuring that the Charity delivers the services specified in the contracts that the Charity has entered into and that performance indicators are met, including performance against budget. The Project Director also attends Management Committee meetings but has no voting rights. The Practice Manager, Neil Scott, is responsible for the day-to-day operational management of the Charity’s projects, including staff supervision and the further development of skills and working practices in line with good practice.

Related Parties

The Charity works within the Hull City Council’s Homeless Strategy, Housing Strategy and Prevention of Rough Sleeping Strategy. It continues to play a significant role in the strategies, especially in the provision of Supported Accommodation.

The Project Director is a member of the Hull Hostel Forum.

Objectives and Activities

The principal activity of the Charitable Company is to provide, and work with other agencies for the provision of, suitable accommodation for young homeless persons.

The Charitable Company also manages hostel accommodation for a national housing association (Places for People), collecting rents and meeting expenses. This association also provides accommodation for special needs and elderly people.

The charitable objectives of the Charitable Company are the care and support of young persons and others, who are homeless and in need, or where by reasons of adverse circumstances are in need of help in acquiring a settled way of life, by providing, developing and or maintaining residential accommodation or similar facilities and to further assist those so accommodated who by reasons of any physical, psychological, emotional or social infirmity are in need of advice, counselling and any other form of aid to acquire employment, more permanent accommodation, education, training and any other benefit to assist them towards a more settled way of living in the community.

The day to day running of the Charitable Company is delegated to Peter Drinkell, Project Director, and Gwyneth Sargent, Deputy Project Director, who are appointed directly by the Directors/Trustees. Major decisions and expenditure are agreed by the management committee who meet on a regular basis.

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Objectives and Activities (continued)

Ensuring our work delivers our aims

The Charitable Company reviews its aims, objectives and activities annually to ensure that that the work remains focussed on its purposes; and that its activities and the benefits achieved through those activities are continuing to meet the needs of the customers that the Charity was set up to help. We have referred to the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit when undertaking our review and planning future activities.

Achievements and Performance

During the year, Doorstep have continued to provide a comprehensive service through its own resources and in partnership with other agencies. The Charity has maintained and developed working relationships and protocols with other specialist agencies providing services which complement those provided by the Charity and meet the support needs of our residents.

There has been no reversal of cuts in Government Funding to the Local Authority and so the lack of ancillary services we referred to last year continues and we continue to attempt to "plug the gaps" where possible. With the upcoming “autumn statement” we expect this situation to worsen. Again, we have seen a significant increase in the complexity of issues of people who are referred to us.

It continues to be quite difficult to move people on into their own accommodation. "Move on" property is in extremely short supply leading to "silting up" of our accommodation. Young single people are especially at risk of re-occurring homelessness as their benefit level make it almost impossible to manage the cost of living independently and budgeting their money to cover heating and light costs, council tax, water rates and food etc. Recent geopolitical events have conspired to exacerbate this problem.

Plans for Future Periods

We have gone someway to achieving our plans to purchase properties having purchased five, two bed properties over the past 10 months. These are now operational. We used the reserves of the Charity to fund this. This is not entirely satisfactory as financially, two bed properties are challenging as there are no economies of scale. We are still finding that many properties which appear on the market, when we investigate, do not have the relevant planning consent or cannot be purchased with vacant possession. We are also in the process of acquiring a further 22 bed spaces over five properties. We will probably now pause in the acquisition of more properties until the outcome of the implementation of the Oversight Act.

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Plans for Future Periods (continued)

The regulatory oversight bill for supported accommodation has received royal ascent. It is quite concerning that this bill appears to hand a great deal of power to local authorities and we feel there is a danger that they will wield this power in quite a draconian manner. We are still unsure as to the full effects of this. The Act empowers the Government to finalise the detail and implementation of the Act, but we are not sure when this will happen.

Financial Review

The Charity has been able to fulfil all its commitments and submits a satisfactory financial report.

Principal Funding Sources

The Charity is now principally dependent on the rental income for its core work, which totalled £2,096,181. The majority of other income consists of grants income totalling £77,913.

Investment Policy

Under the Memorandum and Articles of Association, the Charitable Company has the power to make any investments which the Directors/Trustees see fit. The Charitable Company held two Time Deposit investments with the company's bankers, Santander during the year ended 31 March 2025.

Reserves Policy

It is the policy of the Charitable Company to hold reserves. Reserves are held in accordance with the Charitable Company’s charitable objects, in order that the Charitable Company can continue to provide accommodation and support for young homeless persons. As advised in the report last year, the Reserves Policy has been reviewed by the Trustees and it now states that Reserves should be equal to 12 month's operating costs.

At 31st March 2025 unrestricted general purpose funds amounted to £3,481,634, which includes £1,998,156 relating to fixed assets. Free reserves available as working capital amounted to £1,483,478 which represents approximately 8 months running expenditure. This falls short of the Trustees' policy of having 12 months running costs. The charity is building back up capacity through property purchases, after handing back leased propertes last year, which it hopes will result in the charity making surpluses and increase the reserves position.

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Responsibilities of the Management Committee

Company and charity law requires the directors and trustees respectively to prepare financial statements which give a true and fair view of the Charitable Company's state of affairs at the end of the year and of its financial activities for that year. In preparing those financial statements the directors and trustees are required to:

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

The directors and trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charitable Company and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006 and applicable charity law. 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 or other irregularities.

Members of the Management Committee

Members of the Management Committee who served during the year and up to the date of this report are set out on page 1.

Provision of Information to the Auditor

So far as the Directors and Trustees are aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the Charitable Company's auditor is unaware and we have taken all the steps that we ought to have taken as Directors/Trustees in order to make ourselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the Charitable Company's auditor is aware of that information.

Auditor

HPH were re-appointed as the Charitable Company’s auditor during the year and have expressed their willingness to continue in that capacity.

Exemption

This report has been prepared in accordance with the small companies regime under the Companies Act 2006.

Approved by the Management Committee on 12 November 2025 and signed on its behalf by:

Denis Scanlan Director and Trustee

HPH

Chartered Accountants

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF

DOORSTEP OF HULL

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Doorstep of Hull for the year ended 31 March 2025 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities and Income and Expenditure Account, the Balance Sheet, the Cash Flow Statement and notes to the financial statements, including 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 2025 and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure 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 financial statements 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 the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any 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 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 trustees are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. 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 any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

HPH

Chartered Accountants

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF

DOORSTEP OF HULL

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 this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. 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.

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 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 included within the trustees’ report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In 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 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
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 or
the trustees were not entitled to prepare the financial statements in accordance with the small companies regime and take advantage of the small companies exemption in preparing the trustees’ report.

Responsibilities of trustees

As explained more fully in the trustees’ responsibilities statement on page 6, the trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes 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 charitable company’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.

HPH

Chartered Accountants

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF

DOORSTEP OF HULL

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 or 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 the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

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

We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory frameworks within which the company operates, focusing on those laws and regulations that have a direct effect on the determination of material amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The laws and regulations we considered in this context were the Companies Act 2006 together with the Charities SORP (FRS102). We assessed the required compliance with these laws and regulations as part of our audit procedures on the related financial statement items.
In addition, we considered provisions of other laws and regulations that do not have a direct effect on the financial statements but compliance with which might be fundamental to the charitable company’s ability to operate or to avoid a material penalty. The laws and regulations we considered in this context were various housing and homelessness acts, Health and Safety legislation, Employment legislation, Charity Commission regulations and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Auditing standards limit the required audit procedures to identify non-compliance with these laws and regulations to enquiry of the Trustees and other management and inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any.
We also considered the opportunities and incentives that may exist within the charitable company for fraud.
We identified the greatest risk of material impact on the financial statements from irregularities, including fraud, to be the override of controls by management and income recognition.

In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations and risk of fraud, we designed procedures which included but were not limited to: sample testing on the posting of journals, timing of recognition of commercial income, review of trustee’s minutes and any correspondence with regulators.

Owing to the inherent limitations of an audit, there is an unavoidable risk that we may not have detected some material misstatements in the financial statements, even though we have properly planned and performed our audit in accordance with auditing standards. We are not responsible for preventing non-compliance and cannot be expected to detect non-compliance with all laws and regulations. These inherent limitations are particularly significant in the case of misstatement resulting from fraud as this may involve sophisticated schemes designed to avoid detection, including deliberate failure to record transactions, collusion, or the provision of intentional misrepresentations. We are not responsible for preventing fraud and cannot be expected to detect all fraud.

HPH

Chartered Accountants

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF

DOORSTEP OF HULL

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

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 auditor’s 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.

Sarah Wearing Senior Statutory Auditor

For and on behalf of

HPH

Statutory Auditor 54 Bootham York YO30 7XZ 20 November 2025

DOORSTEP OF HULL

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES AND INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

Notes Income and endowments from: Donations and legacies 2 Charitable activities 3 Other trading activities 4 Investments 5 Total income Expenditure on: Charitable activities Total expenditure 7 Net expenditure Transfers between funds Net movement in funds Reconciliation of funds: Total funds brought forward Total funds carried forward	Unrestricted Fund £ 1,120 77,913 2,096,181 47,208 2,222,422 2,312,434 2,312,434 (90,012) - (90,012) 3,571,646 £ 3,481,634	Endowment Funds £ - - - - - 1,360 1,360 (1,360) - (1,360) 166,398 £ 165,038	*Total* *31 March* *2025* £ 1,120 77,913 2,096,181 47,208 2,222,422 2,313,794 2,313,794 (91,372) - (91,372) 3,738,044 £ 3,646,672	Total 31 March 2024 £ 1,272 75,996 1,963,011 47,589 2,087,868 2,135,338 2,135,338 (47,470) - (47,470) 3,785,514 £ 3,738,044

The notes on pages 14 to 21 form part of these accounts.

DOORSTEP OF HULL

BALANCE SHEET AT 31 MARCH 2025

Registration number: 01940104

Notes Fixed assets Tangible fixed assets 9 Current assets Debtors 10 Bank balances and cash Creditors : amounts falling due within one year 11 Net current assets Total assets less current liabilities Net assets Capital and reserves Endowment funds Unrestricted funds General purpose fund Funds 12	2025 £ £ 2,163,194 116,622 1,545,105 1,661,727 178,249 1,483,478 3,646,672 £ 3,646,672 165,038 3,481,634 £ 3,646,672	2024 £ £ 1,985,064 108,187 1,811,017 1,919,204 166,224 1,752,980 3,738,044 £ 3,738,044 166,398 3,571,646 £ 3,738,044

The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to small companies subject to the small companies regime under the Companies Act 2006 and are for circulation to members of the company.

Approved by the Board on 12 November 2025 and signed on its behalf by:

Denis Scanlan Director and Trustee

Kingston upon Hull

The notes on pages 14 to 21 form part of these accounts.

DOORSTEP OF HULL CASH FLOW STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

Note 17 Cash flow from investing activities: Purchase of tangible fixed assets 17 Net cash (used in) / provided by operating activities Dividends, interest and rents from investments Net cash used in investing activities Change in cash and cash equivalents in the year Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the year Cash and cash equivalents at end of the year	£ £ (74,001) 47,208 (239,119) (191,911) (265,912) 1,811,017 £1,545,105 2025	£ £ 24,719 47,589 (173,848) (126,259) (101,540) 1,912,557 £1,811,017 2024

The notes on pages 14 to 21 form part of these financial statements.

DOORSTEP OF HULL

NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Legal entity

Doorstep of Hull is regulated by the Charities Commission (518713), limited by guarantee and is registered in England and Wales. The address of the registered office and principal place of business is 151 Fairfax Avenue, Kingston upon Hull, HU5 4QZ.

The charitable company constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102.

The principal accounting policies are summarised below. The accounting policies have been applied consistently throughout the year and in the preceding year.

Basis of Accounting

The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with;

i) the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime under the Companies Act 2006; and ii) the Statement of Recommended Practice ("SORP(FRS102)") iii) Financial Reporting Standard 102.

Going concern

The Trustees/Directors have prepared financial projections, taking into consideration the current economic climate and its potential impact on the sources of income and planned expenditure. They have a reasonable expectation that adequate financial resources are available to enable the Charitable Company to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, and have adequate contingency plans in the event that income streams are reduced. Consequently the financial statements have been prepared on the basis that the Charitable Company is a going concern.

Depreciation

Depreciation is provided on all tangible fixed assets in use, other than freehold land, at rates calculated to write off the cost or valuation, less estimated residual value, of each asset over its expected useful life, as follows:

Freehold buildings	- over 50 years
Office equipment	- over 1 year
Fixtures and fittings	- over 1 year
Motor vehicles	- over 4 years

A full year's depreciation is charged in the year the asset is first brought into use.

Debtors

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.

Cash at bank and in hand

Cash at bank and cash in hand includes cash and any short term deposit accounts with a maturity of three months or less from the date of opening.

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. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.

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NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

Financial instruments

The charity only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value with the exception of bank loans which are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Income and endowments

Other trading activities and investments

Rents and interest receivable are recorded in the financial year in which they are earned. Interest is received on the bank deposits.

Grants and other income

Grants from Government and Public Bodies are credited as income received in the period in which the conditions for receipt have been satisfied.

Local authority and Lottery grants

i) Revenue grants

These grants are credited directly to the statement of financial activities (income and expenditure).

ii) Capital grants
These grants are credited directly to the statement of financial activities (income and expenditure account) as an endowed fund. This fund is reduced by a transfer of amounts equivalent to any depreciation charges over the useful life of the assets to which the grants relate. The amount of the fund which has not been spent at the end of the financial year is carried forward in that fund.

Income from donations and funding grants, is included in incoming resources when these are receivable, except as follows:

When donors specify that donations and grants given to the Charitable Company must be used in future accounting periods, the income is deferred until those periods
When donors impose conditions which have to be fulfilled before the Charitable Company becomes entitled to use such income, the income is deferred and not included in incoming resources until the pre-conditions for use have been met.

Expenditure

Expenditure is accrued as soon as a liability is considered probable, discounted to present value for longer-term liabilities. Expenditure attributable to more than one cost category is apportioned to them on the basis of the estimated amount attributable to each activity in the year, either by reference to staff time or the use made of the underlying assets, as appropriate. The irrecoverable element of VAT is included with the item of expense to which it relates.

Charitable expenditure includes all expenditure directly relating to the objects of the Charitable Company and costs are charged on the basis of the accruals concept, including irrecoverable value added tax where applicable.

Funds structure

Unrestricted funds consists of the general purpose fund and designated funds. Designated funds are funds established by the Trustees from time to time for specific purposes. They are not in any way restricted and any surplus or deficit will be transferred to/from the general purpose fund when the designated fund is closed.

The endowed fund shows monies received from the National Lottery Charities Board for the purchase of land and buildings to enable the Charitable Company to provide accommodation in line with its objectives. Incoming resources from endowed funds are treated as unrestricted.

DOORSTEP OF HULL

NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

Pension cost

The Charitable Company makes contributions to personal pension schemes for employees. Contributions are charged to the SOFA for the year in which they are payable.

Unrestricted Fund £ 2. DONATIONS AND LEGACIES Donations and covenants £ 1,120 3. CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES James Reckitt grant 25,000 Hull University - Places for People management fee 52,913 £ 77,913 4. OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES Rental income £ 2,096,181 5. INVESTMENTS Bank & other interest 6. NET INCOME FOR THE YEAR Net income for the year is stated after charging: Auditor's remuneration - audit - other services	Endowment Funds £ £ - - - - £ - £ -	Total 2025 £ £ 1,120 25,000 - 52,913 £ 77,913 £ 2,096,181 £ 47,208 2025 £ 3,474 4,776	Total 2024 £ £ 1,272 25,000 1,400 49,596 £ 75,996 £ 1,963,011 £ 47,589 2024 £ 3,100 3,903

DOORSTEP OF HULL

NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

Basis of allocation 7. TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED Costs directly allocated to activities Staff costs direct Property insurance direct Property repairs and renewals direct Other property expenses direct Other operating expenses direct Depreciation and profit on sale direct Support costs allocated to activities Staff costs staff time General office costs usage Legal and professional usage Depreciation usage Audit and accountancy usage Bank charges and interest usage	Charitable activities £ 496,428 37,921 370,898 893,249 174,051 59,590 212,973 22,772 35,876 1,399 8,250 387 £ 2,313,794	Governance costs £ - - - - - - - - - - - - £ -	Total 2025 £ 496,428 37,921 370,898 893,249 174,051 59,590 212,973 22,772 35,876 1,399 8,250 387 £ 2,313,794	Total 2024 £ 429,053 35,605 472,579 708,243 161,846 56,049 223,173 21,457 18,541 1,399 7,003 390 £ 2,135,338

8. EMPLOYEE INFORMATION

The aggregate payroll costs of the Charitable Company for the period are as follows:

Salaries Social security costs Other pension costs Average number of employees for the period Services Management and administration	£ 608,175 57,658 43,568 £ 709,401 16 4 20	£ 561,700 53,243 37,283 £ 652,226 16 3 19

During the year no employees were paid emoluments amounting to £60,000 or more.

The key management personnel of the charity, comprise the Project Director, Deputy Project Director, Administrator and Practice Manager. The total employee benefits of the key management personnel of the charity were £213,766 (2024 £183,558 comprising the Project Director, Administrator and Practice Manager).

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9. FIXED ASSETS

Cost At 1 April 2024 Additions At 31 March 2025 Depreciation At 1 April 2024 Charge for year At 31 March 2025 Net Book Value At 31 March 2025 At 31 March 2024 All fixed assets held are for charitable use.	Land and Buildings £ 2,870,360 238,322 3,108,682 891,746 58,042 949,788 £ 2,158,894 £ 1,978,614	Plant and machinery etc. £ 202,278 797 203,075 195,828 2,947 198,775 £ 4,300 £ 6,450	Total £ 3,072,638 239,119 3,311,757 1,087,574 60,989 1,148,563 £ 2,163,194 £ 1,985,064

There were no freehold property additions made from the endowed funds during the year. Under the terms of the endowed funds received from the National Lottery Charities Board (the board) the land and buildings acquired with those funds may not be disposed of, nor used as security for a loan or any other financial purpose without the prior written approval of the board. This restriction is in force for a period of 80 years from the date of acquisition. £1,998,156 of fixed assets relates to unrestricted funds and £165,038 to endowed funds.

10. DEBTORS

DEBTORS Income debtors Other debtors Prepayments and accrued income	2025 £ 38,851 18,830 58,941 £ 116,622	2024 £ 264 19,737 88,186 £ 108,187

An amount of £13,483 (2024 - £12,406) is included in the above in respect of debtors due after more than one year. All debtors relate to unrestricted funds.

11. CREDITORS Trade creditors Other creditors Accruals	2025 £ 96,850 8,810 72,589 £ 178,249	2024 £ 85,470 9,532 71,222 £ 166,224

All creditors relate to unrestricted funds.

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12. ACCUMULATED FUNDS 2025 Unrestricted: General purpose fund Endowment fund - Lottery Total funds 2024 Unrestricted: General purpose fund Endowment fund - Lottery Total funds	Opening balance £ 3,571,646 166,398 £ 3,738,044 Opening balance £ 3,617,756 167,758 £ 3,785,514	Incoming Resources £ 2,222,422 - £ 2,222,422 Incoming Resources £ 2,087,868 - £ 2,087,868	Resources expended £ (2,312,434) (1,360) £( 2,313,794) Resources expended £ (2,133,978) (1,360) £( 2,135,338)	Transfers £ - - - £ Transfers £ - - - £	Closing balance £ 3,481,634 165,038 £ 3,646,672 Closing balance £ 3,571,646 166,398 £ 3,738,044

13. ANALYSIS OF THE CHARITY'S NET ASSETS BY FUND

2025 Endowment funds Unrestricted funds - general purpose fund 2024 Endowment funds Unrestricted funds - general purpose fund	Fixed Assets (charity use) £ 165,038 1,998,156 £ 2,163,194 Fixed Assets (charity use) £ 166,398 1,818,666 £ 1,985,064	Current assets £ - 1,661,727 £ 1,661,727 Current assets £ - 1,919,204 £ 1,919,204	Current liabilities £ - (178,249) £ ( 178,249) Current liabilities £ - (166,224) £ ( 166,224)	Total £ 165,038 3,481,634 £ 3,646,672 Total £ 166,398 3,571,646 £ 3,738,044

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14. TRANSACTIONS WITH DIRECTORS, TRUSTEES AND RELATED PARTIES

The project director, Peter Drinkell occupies the first floor of the Charitable Company's offices under a tenancy agreement at a market rate. During the year he paid rent to the Charitable Company amounting to £2,081 (2024 £3,072).

No remuneration, benefits or expenses were received by any directors or trustees during the year in respect of their services to the Charitable Company.

There are no other related parties or related party transactions.

15. CONSTITUTION

Doorstep of Hull is a company limited by guarantee, number 01940104. In the event of the Charitable Company being wound up, the liability of the members is limited to five pounds. The Memorandum of Association of the Charitable Company prohibits the distribution of any properties to members upon winding up or dissolution of the Charitable Company.

16. TAXATION

As a registered charity, Doorstep of Hull is exempt from the tax on income falling within sections 466 to 493 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 to the extent that this is applied to its charitable objects. No tax charges have arisen in the Company.

17. RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

Net expenditure for the reporting period Depreciation of tangible fixed assets Dividends, interest and rents from investments Increase in debtors Increase in creditors *Net cash (used in) / provided by operating activities*	2025 £ (91,372) 60,989 (47,208) (8,435) 12,025 £ (74,001)	2024 £ (47,470) 57,448 (47,589) (12,618) 74,948 £ 24,719

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17. RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES (continued)

ANALYSIS OF CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

ANALYSIS OF CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS Cash at bank and in hand Total cash and cash equivalents ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET DEBT Cash	At 01/04/2024 £ 1,811,017 £ 1,811,017	2025 £ 1,545,105 £ 1,545,105 Cash-flows £ (265,912) (265,912) £ (265,912)	2024 £ 1,811,017 £ 1,811,017 At 31/03/2025 £ 1,545,105 £ 1,545,105

18. COMPARATIVE CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES AND INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT

Income and endowments from: Donations and legacies Charitable activities Other trading activities Investments Total income Expenditure on: Charitable activities Total expenditure Net (expenditure) / income Transfers between funds Net movement in funds Reconciliation of funds: Total funds brought forward Total funds carried forward	Unrestricted Fund £ 1,272 75,996 1,963,011 47,589 2,087,868 2,133,978 2,133,978 (46,110) - (46,110) 3,617,756 £ 3,571,646	Endowment Funds £ - - - - - 1,360 1,360 (1,360) - (1,360) 167,758 £ 166,398	Total 31 March 2024 £ 1,272 75,996 1,963,011 47,589 2,087,868 2,135,338 2,135,338 (47,470) - (47,470) 3,785,514 £ 3,738,044

The following pages do not form part of the statutory accounts and contain unaudited information

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DETAILED TRADING ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

Income Rents Donations James Reckitt grant Hull University grant Places for People management fee Bank interest receivable TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES	2025 £ 2,096,181 1,120 25,000 - 52,913 2,175,214 47,208 £ 2,222,422	2024 £ 1,963,011 1,272 25,000 1,400 49,596 2,040,279 47,589 £ 2,087,868

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DETAILED INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES Direct charitable expenditure Staff costs Night cover Bad debts Rent and service charge fees Repairs and renewals Heat and light General rates Water rates Insurance Conversion costs Cleaning, consumables and sundries Health and safety compliance Motor and travel expenses Depreciation Training Telephone Gardening and equipment hire Miscellaneous expenses Administrative expenditure Heat and light Insurance General rates Water rates Depreciation Staff costs Printing, stationery and postage Computer and equipment costs Bank charges Auditor's remuneration Accountancy fees Donations Cleaning, consumables and sundries Subscriptions Legal and professional fees TOTAL EXPENSES NET OUTGOING RESOURCES	2025 £ £ 2,222,422 496,428 84,448 24,137 394,844 370,898 243,410 51,036 35,344 37,921 113,610 45,878 24,989 26,687 59,590 - 13,790 9,127 - 2,032,137 4,847 1,660 344 418 1,399 212,973 4,272 2,367 387 3,474 4,776 1,380 1,766 5,718 35,876 281,657 2,313,794 £ ( 91,372)	2024 £ £ 2,087,868 429,053 81,371 20,741 374,199 472,579 202,563 39,486 33,727 35,605 3,349 46,709 17,221 24,213 56,049 264 17,796 8,210 240 1,863,375 4,583 1,559 353 133 1,399 223,173 4,284 4,140 390 3,100 3,903 474 1,659 4,272 18,541 271,963 2,135,338 £ ( 47,470)