**Annual Report 2022/23** Charity no. 801171 Company no. 02328627
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Charitable income Trustee’s Responsibilities Statement Independent Examiner’s Report Statement of Financial Activities Notes to the Financial Statements The Charity, Its Trustees And Advisers
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FINANCIAL REVIEW
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Message from the Chair of Trustees The Year in Numbers: Adaptation, Innovation and Resilience A Strategic Approach to Charity Activity Supporting and Empowering Championing Research Changing Policies and Attitudes Looking Ahead to 2023/34 Elliott’s Story Key Areas and KPI Targets
THE YEAR IN REVIEW 2 4 6 OUR IMPACT 10 16 18 PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE 24 25 26
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Chair of Board of Trustees Dame Jane Roberts
ASC | Trustees’ Annual Report 2022/23
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media
1m+
People engaged via social
projects
53
200 research priorities
and therapy through our partnership
1
Children accessed specialists assessment
Individuals contributed to development of our
publication
New research
12
our mentoring scheme
Beneficiaries participated in
Views of ‘Me & My Stammer’
27,000
2
to raise awareness about stammering
Award winning films
The Year in Numbers: Adaptation, Innovation and Resilience
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|**The three key areas align**|**with our six strategic goals:**|||**To increase access to effective therapy services**|**for children and young people across the UK**|**who stammer.**|||**To empower children and young people who**|**stammer by giving them a voice within our**|**organisation and in society.**|||**To assist the parents of children and young people**|**who stammer, so that they are better able to**|**support their child.**|||**To improve the ability of speech and language**|**therapists to provide effective services to children**|**and young people who stammer.**|||**To promote research into the most effective**|**treatment of stammering in children and**|**young people.**|||**To promote awareness of stammering and the**|**impact it has on children and young people’s lives,**|**and to change public perceptions.**|
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|**to Charity Activity**|||||||**To achieve its mission, the**||**Charity undertakes activities**|**and projects across the**|**following three key areas:**||||**Supporting**|**and empowering**||||||**Research and policy**|||||**Lobbying**||**and infuencing**|||
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(Below) Youth Panel members attend our Parliamentary reception to celebrate the success of our ASC mentoring programme for young people who stammer. Photo by David Madden
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Key Area 1
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We brought together 14 representatives from across the stammering community to drive forward the priority setting partnership project. Over 200 individuals with experience of stammering have contributed to the research priorities project – ensuring the experiences of young people who stammer, parents and clinicians are represented in future research. One publication in an international, high impact academic journal.
Impact
James Lind Alliance. Through engagement with young people who stammer, their families, and clinicians who routinely work with them, we are seeking to determine the key priorities for future research into childhood stammering as identified by those with experience of stammering. This will provide the foundations to lobby for much-needed funding into stammering research and promote the voice of lived experience in future research studies. We will be launching the final Top Ten in Autumn 2023. • • •
(Below) ASC Chief Executive Dr. Ria Bernard talks to families about our priority setting partnership with The James Lind Alliance during our ASC-sponsored ‘Family Day’ at ‘STAMMAFEST’ 2022.
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Language, Speech & Hearing Services in Schools
Doctoral Research Programme Since 2018, we have co-funded doctoral research into the association between stammering and risk for anxiety and depression in children. The timescales for this research were affected by the pandemic. However, despite the challenges, the second study in this PhD project was published in February 2023. The study examined the factors associated with anxiety and depression symptoms in a group of school- aged children who stammer living across the UK. Bernard, R. F. L., & Norbury, C. F., (2023). Factors associated with symptoms of anxiety and depression in children who stutter. 5353 – 549. Priority Setting Partnership: Childhood Stammering Over the last 18 months, we have been busy leading the very first priority setting partnership (PSP) into developmental childhood stammering in the UK, in collaboration with the
Key Area 2 At Action for Stammering Children we support and promote research into childhood stammering. This builds understanding and feeds into our advocacy work, informing positive changes in policy and practice.
Championing Research
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(Left) Young people having fun alongside Talking Out facilitator Ben Bolton-Grant during a confdence-building outdoor activity at an ASC- stammering course.
funded Talking Out residential
Planning for the future
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“We were incredibly lucky to be joined by Elliott who talked to all of the children about his mission to ensure people with a stammer are seen in the public eye and feel comfortable and proud of their stammer. He is a fantastic advocate for celebrating what makes us all ‘unique’, which is of course a big part of our vision.” - Whiteshill Primary School
I was really proud when I saw the film for the first time and hoped it would help lots and lots of children. A few months later ‘Me & My Stammer’ won Gold People’s Choice at the Smiley Charity Film Awards and that day I was happier than ever. Since then I have talked about my experience at my school and at some other schools too. Children ask me questions about the film, about stammering and I explain why I am not ashamed to have a stammer and I am proud to be different. Stammer awareness is very important to me. I want to carry on raising awareness and talking about accepting what makes you unique – and one day I might even be a national radio presenter!
Case Study Elliott’s Story My name is Elliott, I am 11 years old and I have a stammer. I have learned that a stammer can’t be cured and it is just part of who you are – it can be annoying, but it’s nothing to be ashamed of. My journey started by talking about having a stammer on my TikTok account and my followers grew quickly. One day my Mum posted about what I was doing online, and then Action for Stammering Children asked me if I wanted to be involved with the charity. First, I did a ‘Top Tip’ and then they asked if I would like to be involved in a small film about stammering. Of course I said yes. I auditioned for the role and I got it and from that moment everything just got better and better.
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Looking ahead to 2023/24
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Above: Elliott appearing in our award-winning short film
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1 completed doctoral thesis Publication of the Top Ten research priorities A new service mapping project to understand the services available locally in England.
Key Area 2 Research & policy KPI Targets • • •
We intend to work with our partners, including the Michael Palin Centre, Talking Out Ltd, and City University, to fund access to specialist assessment and therapy that would otherwise be unavailable via the NHS. We are planning to make the mentoring programme a permanent component of our offer to young people who stammer. In doing so, young people who want it can access advice and guidance from a mentor who understands the challenges that living with a stammer can pose when taking the next step in their academic or career journey. Launching a new nationwide support service for young people, families and professionals. Working closely with our current Youth Panel, we are planning to recruit new members who will get involved in our projects and support our advocacy work.
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Provide 100 families access to one of our partnership projects. Extend the number and representation of the Youth Panel, and develop plans to engage young people from all four UK nations.
Key Area 1 Supporting & empowering KPI Targets • •
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Behind the scenes shots from our award-winning short film ‘Me & My Stammer’: (Above) Simon Matthews directs comedian Ed MacArthur as the character of ‘Elliott’s Stammer’. (Below) Elliott and Ed having fun between takes.
We will continue to invite adults who stammer to become part of our Stambassador Programme, and intend to develop this into a network that is beneficial both to those who are part of it and to the charity in terms of outreach. We intend to develop a new England-wide schools project to ensure that children who stammer are better supported in the classroom. We will continue to work with key organisations in this space, such as the Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists, to ensure children and young people who stammer and their families have access to the support they need. We are planning to run more campaigns informed by our Youth Panel and the families we support to raise awareness about the impact of stammering on children, and the ways society can better support them.
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Hold a special event to officially launch the Stambassador Network. Run at least one online campaign that aims to change attitudes and raise awareness about stammering impact in society.
Key Area 3 Lobbying & influencing KPI Targets • •
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|**Risk Policy**|The Board of Trustees continues to review and||evaluate the key risks faced by the charity at||Board meetings throughout the year. A formal||risk register is maintained to record ongoing||risk assessments and track key mitigating||activity. The key risks of the charity include||risks associated with its governance, delivery|of key strategic objectives, safeguarding|of charitable assets and compliance with|regulation.||The Board of Trustees ensures that robust|The Board of Trustees ensures that robust|policies, procedures, systems and fnancial|policies, procedures, systems and fnancial|controls are in place to mitigate key risks to
protect the reputation of the charity.|controls are in place to mitigate key risks to
protect the reputation of the charity.|The risks to the Charity have been reviewed||throughout the year and the Risk Register|maintained, together with any risk mitigating
plans.|The key risks continue to be fundraising,|due to the diffculties in obtaining large or||multi-year grants and the recent loss of a key|long term funder. Additionally, the current|economic environment and limited operational
capacity has been noted as contributing to|economic environment and limited operational
capacity has been noted as contributing to|economic environment and limited operational
capacity has been noted as contributing to|fundraising issues. New risks include the
changing relationship with Whittington Health|NHS Trust in terms of communicating this|new association and managing future funding|arrangements.||**Public Beneft**|**Public Beneft**|The Trustees have taken in to account the|Charity Commission’s general guidance on|public beneft when reviewing our aims and|objectives and in planning our future activities.|objectives and in planning our future activities.|The Trustees’ report demonstrates our|commitment to providing public beneft.|commitment to providing public beneft.|||
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|**Relationship with Related Parties and co-**
**operation with other organisations**|||The work of Action for Stammering Children||is centred around three key action areas: (I)||support and information; (ii) championing||research; (iii) infuencing societal attitudes and||public policy. Direct work with benefciaries||is largely delivered through our partnership|projects to ensure that children receive expert|support that would not be available through|the NHS. For example, specialist stammering|courses. This year, we have collaborated with a||number of project partners to deliver effective||support to our benefciaries, including Talking||Out Ltd., the Michael Palin Centre, City
University, 50 Million Voices, and Redefning|Stammering.||In addition, Action for Stammering Children
has worked with the Hear in Hull team, the
Media Trust, and the James Lind Alliance, to||meet its strategic objectives around advocacy|and promoting research.||The Charity has a strict confict of interest
policy and declarations are made at the start|||of every trustee meeting.||**Pay Policy for Senior Staff**|All Trustees give their time freely and no|Trustee received remuneration in the year.|The Board has overall responsibility for the|pay policy and the salaries of staff. The Chair,||Treasurer and Company Secretary oversees|the administration of the pay policy, evaluates|employee performance and decides on any|changes to pay.||Our general principles are to pay our
employees a fair salary that is competitive|||within the charity sector, proportionate to the|complexity of the role, and responsible in line|with our charitable objectives.|
|The Board of Trustees is committed to|being a diverse and inclusive body. The skills||and experience of Trustees are reviewed||regularly, which also informs recruitment of||new Trustees. New Trustees take part in a full||induction programme covering all aspects of||the work of the Charity, its governance and||fnances.||**Board of Trustees**||The Trustees are directors for the purpose of||company law and trustees for the purpose of||charity law. Trustees who served during the||year and up to the date of this report are set
out on page 55.|The members of the charitable company||include the Trustees. Members of the|charitable company guarantee to contribute an
amount not exceeding £1 to the assets of the|charitable company in the event of winding up.||**Method of Appointment or Election of**||**Trustees**||The management of the Charity is the|responsibility of the Trustees who are elected
and co-opted under the terms of the Articles of
Association.||||||||||||||||||
|**Constitution**||The Charity is registered as a charitable||company limited by guarantee and was set||up by a Memorandum of Association on 15||December 1988, which was last revised in||September 2014, and as a charity on 21 March||1989.||The company was established under|a Memorandum of Association, which|established the objects and powers of the|charitable company and is governed under its||Articles of Association.||||**Organisational Structure**|The Charity’s Board of Trustees meets in|person or online, at least fve times per annum.
At the end of March 2023, the Board comprises
13 members from a variety of professional
backgrounds, many of whom have experience
of stammering, either personally or through a
family member. Trustees retire by rotation after||||||three years, but are eligible for re-election for
up to three terms of offce.|||The Chief Executive of the Charity implements||the strategy set by the Trustees and has a
prime responsibility for fundraising.||**Trustees Recruitment and Induction**|The Board of Trustees seeks to ensure that|the interests of children who stammer are||appropriately represented in the Trustee body.|Prospective board members are appointed by|the board either after an external recruitment|or, less often, having been nominated by a|board member. The Trustees also aim to||maintain a broad mix of backgrounds and|business skills on the Board.||||
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20 December 2023
Accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or The accounts do not accord with those records; or The accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view’ which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or The accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Report Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: • • • • I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Date: Michael Cooper-Davis ACA FCCA For and on behalf of Price Bailey LLP Chartered Accountants Causeway House 1 Dane Street Bishop’s Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 3BT
Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of Action for Stammering Children I report to the Charity Trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2023, which are set out on pages 40 to 53. Responsibilities and basis of report As the Charity Trustees of the Company (and also its Directors for the purposes of Company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (‘the 2006 Act’). Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your company’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act. Independent examiner’s statement Since the company’s gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales which is one of the listed bodies.
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|**Balance Sheet**|Company no. 02328627|For the year ended 31 March 2023|**2023**
**2022**|Note
£
£|**Fixed Assets**|_Tangible Assets_
11
592,000
592,000|**Current Assets**|_Debtors_
12
455
14,269|_Cash at bank and in hand_
945,026
787,739||945,481
802,008||**Creditors**
13
(77,940)
(17,159)|**Net Current Assets**
867,541
784,849|**Net Current Assets**
867,541
784,849|**Total Net Assets**
**1,459,541**
**1,376,849**|**Total Net Assets**
**1,459,541**
**1,376,849**|**Total Net Assets**
**1,459,541**
**1,376,849**|||**Funds**|_Designated funds_
15
300,000
150,000|_Unrestricted funds free reserves_
15
422,937
479,516|_Restricted fxed asset funds_
15
592,000
592,000|_Restricted funds_
15
144,604
155,333|||**Total funds and reserves**
**1,459,541**
**1,376,849**|||The fnancial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to companies|subject to the small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.|For the year ended 31 March 2023 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the|Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.||**Directors’ Responsibilities:**|•
The members have not required the company to obtain audit of it accounts for the year in question in|accordance with section 476|•
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with|respect to accounting recorded and the preparation of accounts.|The accounts were approved by the Board of Trustees on 16th November 2023 and signed on their behalf on 4th|December by:|||**Dame Jane Roberts**|Chair of Trustees|
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|**Statement of Financial Activities**|(incorporating expenditure and income accounts)|For the year ended 31 March 2023|**Restricted**
**Total**
**Total**
**Unrestricted Funds**|**Funds**
**2023**
**2022**
**General Designated**|Note
£
£
£
£
£||**Income and Expenditure**||**Income from:**|||_Donations and legacies_
2
97,980
285,183
–
383,163
523,515|_Other trading activites_
3
–
1,689
–
1,689
3,408|_Investments_
4
–
3,423
–
3,423
1,073||**Total Income**
**97,980**
**290,295**
**–**
**388,275**
**527,996**|||**Expenditure on:**|||_Raising funds_
5
-
71,435
–
71,435
61,194|_Charitable activities_
6
108,909
125,239
–
234,148
262,845|**Total expenditure**
**108,909**
**196,674**
**–**
**305,583**
**324,039**|_(Loss)/gain on investments_
–
–
–
–
–|||||**Net (expenditure)/income**
**(10,929)**
**93,621**
**–**
**82,692**
**203,957**|**Transfer between funds**
200
(150,200)
150,000
–
–||**Net movement in funds**
**(10,729)**
**(56,579)**
**150,000**
**82,692**
**203,957**||**Reconciliation of funds**|_Total funds brought forward_
747,333
479,516
150,000
1,376,849
1,172,892|||**Total funds carried forward**
15
**736,604**
**422,937**
**300,000**
**1,459,541**
**1,376,849**|||There are no recognised gains and losses other than those in the statement of fnancial activities. Therefore no statement|of total recognised gains and losses has been prepared. All the above amounts relate to continuing activites.|The notes on pages 43 to 55 form part of these fnancial accounts.|||
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||||||For the Year Ended 31 March 2023||**1. Accounting Policies**|**1. Accounting Policies**|||**1.1 Basis of preperation of fnancial**
**1.3 Fund accounting**|**statements**|General funds are unrestricted funds which|The Financial Statements have been prepared
are available for use at the discretion of|The Financial Statements have been prepared
are available for use at the discretion of|The Financial Statements have been prepared
are available for use at the discretion of|in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS
the Trustees in furtherance of the general|102) - Accounting and Reporting by Charities:
objectives of the Charity and which have|102) - Accounting and Reporting by Charities:
objectives of the Charity and which have|102) - Accounting and Reporting by Charities:
objectives of the Charity and which have|Statement of Recommended Practice
not been designated for other purposes.|applicable to charities preparing their accounts
Designated funds comprise unrestricted funds|in accordance with the Financial Reporting
that have been set aside by the Trustees for|in accordance with the Financial Reporting
that have been set aside by the Trustees for|Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of
particular purposes. The aim and use of each|Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 October 2019), the
designated fund is set out in the notes to the|Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 October 2019), the
designated fund is set out in the notes to the|Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the
fnancial statements (page 54).|UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the
Companies Act 2006.
Restricted funds are funds which are to be
used in accordance with specifc restrictions|UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the
Companies Act 2006.
Restricted funds are funds which are to be
used in accordance with specifc restrictions|UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the
Companies Act 2006.
Restricted funds are funds which are to be
used in accordance with specifc restrictions|Action for Stammering Children meets the
imposed by donors which have been raised by|defnition of a public beneft entity under
the Charity for particular purposes. The cost|FRS 102. Assets and liabilities recognised at
of raising and administering such funds are|FRS 102. Assets and liabilities recognised at
of raising and administering such funds are|historical cost or transaction value unless
charged against the specifc fund. The aim and|historical cost or transaction value unless
charged against the specifc fund. The aim and|otherwise stated in the relevant accounting
use of each restricted fund is set out in the|policy notes. The functional and presentational
notes to the fnancial statements. Investment|policy notes. The functional and presentational
notes to the fnancial statements. Investment|currency used in the fnancial statement is
income, gains and losses are allocated to the|Pounds Sterling.
appropriate fund.|**1.2 Company status**
**1.4 Critical accounting estimates and**|The Charity is a company limited by guarantee
**areas of judgement**|The Charity is a company limited by guarantee
**areas of judgement**|and is incorporated and domiciled in England.
Estimates and judgements are continually|The members of the company are the Trustees
evaluated and are based on historical|named on page 55. In the event of the Charity
experience and other factors, including|being wound up, the liability in respect of the
expectations of future events that are believed|guarantee is limited to £1 per member of the
to be reasonable under the circumstances. The|Charity. The Charity’s registered offce is The
Trustees make estimates and assumptions|Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children,
concerning the future.|13-15 Pine Street, London, EC1R 0JG.|**ASC | Trustees’ Annual Report 2022/23**
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||**2022**|||£||203,957|||-|(1,073)|(11,040)|(58,276)||||133,568|||||1,073|1,073||**1,073**
134,641|||653,098||**787,739**||||**787,739**|||||653,098||134,641||**787,739**|||||||||||||
||**2023**|||£||82,692|||-|(3,423)|13,814|60,781||||153,864|||||3,423|3,423||**3,423**
157,287|||787,739||**945,026**||||**945,026**|||||787,739||157,287||**945,026**|||||||||||||
||||||**Cash fows from operating activities**|_(Defcit)/surplus for the fnancial year_|**Adjustments for:**|_Depreciation of tangible assets_||_Investment income_|_Decrease/(increase) in debtors_|_(Decrease)/increase in creditors_||||**Net cash generated from operating activities**||||**Cash fows from investing activities**|_Income from investments_|||**Net cash from investing activities**
_Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents_|||_Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year_||**Cash equivalents at the end of the year**|||**Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year comprise:**|**Cash at bank and in hand**||||**Net debt reconciliation:**|_Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year_||_Net cash outfow in the year_||**Cash and cash equivalents at the year end**||||||||||||**ASC | Trustees’ Annual Report 2022/23**|
|**1.15 Taxation**|The company is considered to pass the tests
set out in Paragraph 1 Schedule 6 of the Finance|Act 2010 and therefore it meets the defnition
of a charitable company for UK corporation tax|purposes.||Accordingly, the company is potentially exempt|from taxation in respect of income or capital|gains received within categories covered||by Chapter 3 Part 11 of the Corporation Tax||Act 2010 or Section 256 of the Taxation of|Chargeable Gains Act 1992, to the extent that
such income or gains are applied exclusively to
charitable purposes.|Chargeable Gains Act 1992, to the extent that
such income or gains are applied exclusively to
charitable purposes.|Chargeable Gains Act 1992, to the extent that
such income or gains are applied exclusively to
charitable purposes.||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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|**1.10 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.||Accrued income and tax recoverable is|included at the best estimate of the amounts|receivable at the balance sheet date.||||**1.11 Creditors**|Creditors are recognised as soon as there is|legal or constructive obligation committing the|charity to pay out resources.||**1.12 Financial instruments**|The Charity only has fnancial assets and|fnancial liabilities of a kind that qualify as|basic fnancial instruments. Basic fnancial|instruments are initially recognised at|transaction value and subsequently measured|at their settlement value. Fixed assets are|recorded at depreciated historical cost.|||**1.13 Cash at bank and in hand**|||Cash at bank and cash in hand includes cash|and short term highly liquid investments with a|short maturity of three months or less from the|date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or|similar account.|**1.14 Pension costs**|The Charity operates a defned contribution|pension scheme for employees.|The assets of the scheme are held separately||from those of the Charity. The annual|contributions payable are charged to the||statement of fnancial activities.||||
|in connection with administration of the|Charity and compliance with constitutional and
statutory requirements.|**1.8 Tangible fxed assets and appreciation**|All assets costing more than £1,500 are|capitalised.||Tangible fxed assets are stated at cost less|depreciation. Depreciation is provided at rates||calculated to write off the cost of fxed assets,||less their estimated residual value, over their|expected useful lives on the following basis:|Computer and other equipment – 3 years on a|straight line basis|Freehold Property – over 50 years to an|estimated residual value of £592,000||**1.9 Foreign currencies**|Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in
foreign currencies are translated into sterling
at rates of exchange ruling at the balance sheet
date. Transactions in foreign currencies are
translated into sterling at the rate ruling on the||||||date of the transaction.||Exchange gains and losses are recognised in||the Statement of Financial Activities.|||||||||||||||||
|The resulting estimates and assumptions|will, by defnition, seldom equal the related
actual results. There are not deemed to
be any estimates and assumptions that
have a signifcant risk of causing a material
adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets
and liabilities within the next fnancial year.|||||**1.5 Going concern**||The Trustees consider that the resources||available to the Charity will be suffcient for
it to be able to continue as a going concern.
The fnancial statements do not contain any|||adjustments that would be required if the|Charity were not able to continue as a going|concern.||**1.6 Income**|All income is included in the Statement of|Financial Activities when the Charity is legally|entitled to the income and the amount can be|quantifed with reasonable accuracy. Grant|income is recognised when there is a frm|commitment and certainty that the funds will|be received.||Income tax recoverable in relation to||donations received under Gift Aid or deeds||of covenant is recognised at the time of the|donation. Income tax recoverable in relation to|investment income is recognised at the time|the investment income is receivable.|**1.7 Expenditure**|All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals|basis and has been included under expense|categories that aggregate all costs for|allocation to activities. Where costs cannot be|directly attributed to particular activities they||have been allocated on a basis consistent with|the use of the resources.|Support costs are those costs incurred directly|in support of expenditure on the objects of the|Charity. Governance costs are those incurred|
||**Total Funds**|**2023**|||£||||89,392|13,236|7,531|40,837|63,830|14,163|5,159|**234,148**|||||**Total Funds**|**2022**|£||222,871|6,245|34|32,069|1,626||**262,845**|||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Unrestricted**|**Funds 2023**|||£||||21,455|13,236|3,631|14,304|57,296|10,728|4,589|**125,239**|||||**Unrestricted**|**Funds 2022**|£||44,098|1,245|34|9,613|-||**54,990**|||||||||||||||
|**6. Expenditure on Charitable Activity**|**Restricted**|**Funds 2023**|||£||**Summary by Fund Type**||_Michael Palin Centre (MPC) - London_
67,937|_Stambition Mentoring project_
-|_Stammering Tap project_
3,900|_ASC Elevator Pitch project_
26,533|_‘Talking Out’ residentials_
6,534|_JLA Research Project_
3,435|_Other charitable expedinture_
570|**Total**
**108,909**||||**Prior Year - Summary By Fund Type**|**Restricted**|**Funds 2022**|£||_Michael Palin Centre (MPC) - London_
178,773|_Stambition Mentoring project_
5,000|_Stamback in Time project_
-|_Residential programmes_
22,456|_Research programmes_
1,626||**Total**
**207,855**|||||||||||||||
|**2. Donations and Legacies**|**Restricted**
**Unrestricted**
**Total Funds**
**Total**|**Funds**
**Funds**
**2023**
**Funds**|**2023**
**2023**
**2022**||||£
£
£
£|||_Grants and donations_
97,980
261,620
359,600
456,515|_Legacies_
-
23,563
23,563
67,000|**Total donations**
**97,980**
**285,183**
**383,163**
**523,515**||_Income from donations in 2022 included £250,400 of unrestriced income and £273,115 of restricted fund income._||**3. Trading Activities**||**Restricted**
**Unrestricted**
**Total Funds**
**Total**|**Funds 2023**
**Funds 2023**
**2023**
**Funds 2022**|£
£
£
£|**Charity trading income**|_Books and DVD sales_
-
1,689
1,689
3,408|**Net income from trading activities**
**-**
**1,689**
**1,689**
**3,408**|||_Income from charitable activities in 2022 was all unrestricted._|||**4. Investment Income**|||**Restricted**
**Unrestricted**
**Total Funds**
**Total Funds**|**Funds 2023**
**Funds 2023**
**2023**
**2022**|£
£
£
£||**Bank interest received**
**3,423**
**3,423**
**1,073**|_Income from charitable activities in 2022 was all unrestricted._|**5. Expenditure on Raising Funds**|**Restricted**
**Unrestricted**
**Total Funds**
**Total Funds**|**Funds 2023**
**Funds 2023**
**2023**
**2022**|£
£
£
£|_Events and fundraising_
-
10,125
10,125
5,394||_Voluntary income staff costs_
-
61,310
61,310
55,800|**71,435**
**71,435**
**61,194**|
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31 March 2023 £ 50,000 75,000 25,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 300,000 422,937 722,937 350,000 242,000 000592, 74,571 - 22,464 42,967 400 1,030 3,172 144,604 1,459,541 31 March 2023 £ 300,000 422,937 722,937 592,000 144,604 1,459,541
Transfers £ (100,000) 75,000 25,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 150,000 )(150,200 (200) - - - 200 - - - - - - 200 - Transfers £ 150,000 (150,200) (200) - 200 -
£ - -
£ - - - - - - - )(196,674 (196,674) - - - (67,937) (6,534) (3,435) (26, 533) (3,900) (570) - (108,909) )(305,583 Expenditure (196,674) (196,674) (108,909) (305, 583)
Expenditure
£ - -
£ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 98 Income 290,295 290,295 97,980 388,275
Income 290,295 290,295 93,882 4,000 97,980 388,275
£ - - - - - £
1 April 2022 150,000 150,000 479,516 629,516 350,000 242,000 592,000 48,426 2,534 25,899 69,500 4,300 1,600 3,074 155,333 1,376,849 1 April 2022 150,000 479,516 629,516 592,000 155,333 1,376,849
Designated funds Michael Palin Centre Talking Out Residentials Mentoring Programme ASC Stammering Support Hub Schools Project Capacity Building General funds General funds Restricted Fixed Asset Funds Freehold Pine Street Training Room Extension Restricted Funds Assessments / Clinical Work Talking Out Residentials JLA Research Project ASC Elevator Pitch Project Stammering Tap Project ASC Youth Panel Michael Palin Centre Total Funds Summary of Funds Designated funds General funds Restricted fixed asset funds Restricted funds The transfer of funds reflects an adjustment to the balance carried forward incorrectly from a previous grant which had been utilised in the previous year.
Total 2022 £ 14,269 14,269 Total 2022 £ 14,712 2,416 31 17,159 43,826 10,668 (43,826) 10,668
Total 2023 £ 455 455 Total 2023 £ 75,350 1,864 726 77,940 10,668 - - 10,668
Other debtors Total 13. Creditors Accruals and Deferred Income Social Security Other Creditors Deferred income at 1 April 2022 Resources deferred during the year Amounts released from previous periods Deferred income relates to grant funding recieved in advance of the 2023/24 financial year. 14. Pension Commitments The charity operates a defined contributions pension scheme. The total contributions for the year amounted to £2,476 (2022: £2,515). No amounts were payable to the fund at the year end (2022 £Nil)
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|**Prior Year - Summary of Funds**|**1 April**
**31 March**|**2021**
**Income**
**Expenditure**
**Transfers**
**2022**|||£
£
£
£
£|_Designated funds_
124,000
-
-
26,000
150,000|_General funds_
366,819
254,881
(116,184)
(26,000)
479,516|490,819
254,881
(116,184)
-
629,516|_Restricted Fixed Asset Funds_
592,000
-
-
-
592,000|_Restricted Funds_
90,073
273,115
(207,855)
-
155,333|**1,172,892**
**527,996**
**(324,039)**
-
**1,376,849**|**1,172,892**
**527,996**
**(324,039)**
-
**1,376,849**|||_The prior year funds have been restated to classify the charity’s property of £592,000 from desginated funds to restricted_|_fxed assets to better classify their true nature._|_fxed assets to better classify their true nature._||**16. Analysis of Net Assets Between Funds**|**16. Analysis of Net Assets Between Funds**|**Restricted**
**Unrestricted**
**Total Funds**|**Restricted**
**Unrestricted**
**Total Funds**|**Funds 2023**
**Funds 2023**
**2023**||||£
£
£||_Tangible Fixed Assets_
592,000
-
592,000|_Current Assets_
155,292
790,189
945,481|_Current Assets_
155,292
790,189
945,481|_Current Assets_
155,292
790,189
945,481|_Creditors Due Within One Year_
(10,688)
(67,252)
(77,940)|||**736,604**
**722,937**
**1,459,541**|||||**Prior Year - Analysis of Net Assets Between Funds**||**Restricted**
**Funds 2022**
**Unrestricted**
**Funds 2022**
**Total Funds**
**2022**||£
£
£|_Tangible Fixed Assets_
592,000
-
592,000|_Current Assets_
166,021
635,987
802,008|_Creditors Due Within One Year_
(10,688)
(6,471)
(17,159)|**747,333**
**629,516**
**1,376,849**||||**17. Related Parties**|During the year the charity received donations of £7,644 (2022: £5,155) from Trustees and related parties of the charity,|During the year the charity received donations of £7,644 (2022: £5,155) from Trustees and related parties of the charity,|there were no other related party transactions in the year.|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
||**31 March**|**2022**|||£||150,000|**150,000**|||479,516||**629,516**|||||£||350,000|242,000||**592,000**||||||£|||||1,215|||-||35,211|10,000|2,543|25,899|1,600|4,300|69,500|-|-|-|2,000|3,074|**155,333**||**1,376,849**||||
|||**Transfers**|||£||26,000|**26,000**|||(26,000)|||**-**||||£||-|-||**-**||||||£|||||-|||-||-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|**-**||-||||
|||**Expenditure**|||£||-|**-**|||(116,184)||**(116,184)**|||||£||-|-||**-**||||||£|||||-|||(28,000)||(7,461)|-|(22,456)|(1,626)|(773)|-|-|(5,000)|(9,185)|(133,354)|-|-|**(207,855)**||**(324,039)**||||
|||**Income**|||£||-|**-**|||254,881||**254,881**|||||£||-|-||**-**||||||£|||||-|||28,000||42,672|10,000|24,990|27,525|-|1,500|-|-|-|133,354|2,000|3,074|**273,111**||**527,996**||||
|**Prior Year - Statement of Funds**|**1 April**|**2021**|||£|**Designated funds**|_Michael Palin Centre_
124,000|**124,000**||**General funds**|_General funds - all funds_
366,819||**490,819**|||||£|**Restricted Fixed Asset Funds**|_Freehold Pine Street_
350,000|_Training Room Extension_
242,000||**592,000**||||||£|||**Restricted Funds**|_Assessments_
1,215|||_Julia and Hans Rausing Trust_
-|||_City Bridge Trust_
-|_Harrison Frank Foundation_
-|_Peter Sowerby Foundation_
-|_Woodroffe Benton Foundation_
-|_The Weinstock Fund_
2,373|_Other Trusts & Foundations Restricted_
2,800|_PIMCO_
69,500|_Mentoring Project_
5,000|_Bain Capital_
9,185|_Stuttering Foundation of America_
_Pat Bartle Charitable Trust_
-
-||_Income from MPC Carol Concert_
-|**90,073**||**Total Funds**
**1,172,892**||||
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Company Registered Number 02328627 Charity Registered Number 801171 Company Status A company limited by guarantee Day-to-Day Management The trustees delegated day-to-day management to the Charity’s Chief Executive Ria Bernard Registered Office Action for Stammering Children Michael Palin Centre for Stammering Children 13–15 Pine Street, London EC1R 0JG Bankers Lloyds Pall Mall St JameS London SW1Y 4BE
Trustees Jane Roberts (Chair) David Broom (Honorary Treasurer & Vice-Chair) Alison Lowton (Company Secretary - April 2022) Richard Murray Vicky Slonims Anya Paul Samira Ahmed (retired November 2022) Anne Whateley (retired November 2022) Balshen Izzet (retired January 2023) Juliet Leach (joined April 2022) Felicity Baker (joined November 2022) Zain Ghani (joined June 2022) Joe Allen (joined June 2022) Natalie Carver (joined January 2023) Archna Rahul (joined January 2023) Stephen McAteer (joined January 2023) Independent Examiners Price Bailey LLP Chartered Accountants Causeway House 1 Dane Street Bishop’s Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 3BT
The Charity, Its Trustees And Advisers For the Year Ended 31 March 2023
in Hull. service. the NHS
who stammer
in North Yorkshire. post for one-year.
channel support service. childhood stammering.
Michael Palin Centre (MPC) work of the ASC Youth Panel. phases of the schools project.
Funds are designated to running two course for teenagers who stammer.
Funds are being used to provide access to specialist consultations provided by the Funds were used to create a new animation film aimed at parents in partnership with Hear Funds are being used to refine and develop the charity’s brand strategy and visual identity. Funds contributed towards the cost of delivering the residential stammering courses Funds are being used to support the advocacy Funds will be used to establish a new omni- These funds are being used for the priority setting partnership into developmental residential stammering courses and one online Designated funds will be used to support the first year of the new omni-channel support Funds will be used for the scoping and design Funds designated for an income-generating Designated for a third cohort of adolescents Designated for activity not otherwise funded by
Youth Panel
Talking Out Ltd. Schools Project Capacity Building
Stammering Tap Project Talking Out Residentials Mentoring Programme Michael Palin Centre
ASC Elevator Pitch Project
ASC Stammering Support Hub JLA Research Priorities Project ASC Stammering Support Hub
Specialist Assessments and Therapy
Purpose of Restricted Funds Designated Funds
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(Left) ASC supporter Rob Newbery completed the Ford Ride London cycling challenge, raising over £1,200 for our charity
(Left) ASC Youth Panel member Thomas receives his Duke of Edinburgh award at Buckingham Palace. He completed his volunteering requirement through our charity.
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