## — Trustee Annual Report 1st April 2023 31st March 2024 ## **Charity Management** A board of trustees comprised mainly of parents of children with additional needs oversaw the activities of the charity: - Vikki Walters - Chair - Helen Baker –Vice Chair - Vikki Fellows -Secretary - Pam Jones - Treasurer - *Ann Parry—Trustee (resigned October 2023) - Rosie Powell—Trustee (resigned 23.10.23) * Lorraine Styles—Trustee - Nessa Thulbon—Trustee - Simon Brown—Trustee - Chantel Gardiner - Trustee (resigned 10.05.23) ## **Aims & Objectives** To promote the education, welfare and benefit of children and young people with disabilities up to the age of 25 years who live or who attend school/college in the Forest of Dean, and their families. To provide activities and services in relation thereto: * A range of accessible social, sport and recreational activities provided locally giving our members choice about things they do and places they go— something non-disabled children and young people take for granted. * Support, advice and guidance for parents/carers • Opportunities for parent members to meet for mutual support. • To empower parents/carers to access the services they need for quality of life for them and their fam-ily members, both individually and by being part of a local group. • To enable families as a whole to benefit from the group - not just the child with disabilities/additional needs. • To promote interaction and good relations between the members and the community as a whole. ## **Staff** ## **Volunteers** Pamela Jones—C.E.O (retired 30.09.2023) Kimberly Roberts—C.E.O Amy Millin—Activity Manager Sasha Snelling —Assistant Activity Manager Jean Wilkinson— Office Administrator In addition, 25 sessional staff. We had 23 volunteers join us over the period. We would encourage all our members to share our volunteering opportunities with family members, friends and acquaintances and let us know of anyone who might be interested in working with us:- - As a minibus driver/escort - Helping at some of our fun activities - *On our fundraising committee We are delighted to say that we have the opportunity to appoint new Trustees to our Management Board so please contact us if interested. Forest Pulse, 4th Floor, Carlson Suite, Vantage Point Business Village, Mitcheldean, Glos, GL17 0DD Website: www.forestpulse.co.uk Phone: 01594 826357 Forest Pulse, 4th Floor, Carlson Suite, Vantage Point Business Village, Mitcheldean, Glos, GL17 0DD Website: www.forestpulse.co.uk Phone: 01594 826357 An increasing number of families are receiving support from Kim and Amy throughout the year via phone calls, home visits, providing supporting documents to complete forms, supporting to implement strategies, creating tools for families to use within the home etc. Management staff also attend multi agency meetings. oe Membership increased from 302 to 330 families over the course of the year, incorporating 385 children/ young people with additional needs. 112 children/young people actively involved in activities over the year oea *493 people are part of the private Forest Pulse Facebook page. *528 people follow the Forest Pulse Fundraising page on Facebook. *67 followers on the Forest Pulse Twitter page. a In this period, Pam retired as C.E.O after managing the Charity for nearly 35 years, but joined the Trustee Management Board as Treasurer. Kim remains as C.E.O of the Charity with increased hours. a We appointed 3 new sessional staff members to support children and young people attending activities. ~~a~~ Forest Pulse, 4th Floor, Carlson Suite, Vantage Point Business Village, Mitcheldean, Glos, GL17 0DD Website: www.forestpulse.co.uk Phone: 01594 826357 **----- Start of picture text -----**
After School/ Weekend Activity Sessions
provided:
Holiday Activities Provided:
 Forest Friends — 31 sessions
 Easter — 6 sessions
 Whit — 4 sessions  Whirlikidz — 32 sessions
 Youth Club — 32 sessions
 SAC — 20 sessions
 Music — 29 sessions
 October — 5 sessions
 HAF — 5 sessions  WAC — 21 sessions

February — 5 sessions
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3,325 activity places provided Po ##  **Change of Activity Venue** We started the process of moving all of our activities to our own space at Vantage Point in Mitcheldean. Once in we hope to not only continue our current activities but also open an adult day provision and an alternative provision during the day time. Forest Pulse, 4th Floor, Carlson Suite, Vantage Point Business Village, Mitcheldean, Glos, GL17 0DD Website: www.forestpulse.co.uk Phone: 01594 826357 We would like to acknowledge our appreciation for grants towards our activities from:- £65,000 Gloucestershire County Council £35,000 National Lottery £1,500 Gloucester Masonic Lodge £10,613. FVAF We would also like to thank Gloucestershire Community Council for all their support in seeking grants. We are delighted to have received £11,346.81 in donations e.g. from local businesses, social groups, in memory of loved ones - a huge Thank You to everyone who supported us. The trustees are delighted the charity has remained strong and in a healthy financial position, with a surplus of £19,295 for this financial year. The policy of the charity is to retain sufficient reserves to ensure the financial stability of the charity in the next financial year, whilst building up our designated funds as detailed below:- £198,095 reserves held, and designated funds remain unchanged: • £85.000 Building Fund • £15,000 Redundancy/Maternity/Sickness Fund Signed by Vikki Walters, chair of Trustee Management Committee: Date: 10th October 2024 Forest Pulse, 4th Floor, Carlson Suite, Vantage Point Business Village, Mitcheldean, Glos, GL17 0DD Website: www.forestpulse.co.uk Phone: 01594 826357 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES FOREST PULSE Cl'iarily No 900216 Annual accounts for the 0110412023 eriod Pèrlod end date Period start date 3110312024 Section A Statement of financial activities Rostrlcted Unrèstrlcted Income funds funds Recommonded catègorle8 by ac￿vItY Endowment funds Prlor year funds Total funds Incoming resources (Note 3) Incomg and endr)wments from: DonatKSn$ arKI legacles ch8n7a￿? 8¢tlv5U85 F01 F02 F03 F04 F05 S01 11.347 168 160 11,347 227,185 15,213 206,955 S02 Other tr8dlng acuvltles Investments S03 S04 3,958 3,958 907 Separate mAterial iltm of inco Other S05 SQ6 Total Resources expended (Note 4) Expandltur8 on: Raising funds Charftable aCt￿ltI6$ S07 183,465 59.025 242,490 223,075 S08 880 141,895 880 222,315 1,031 212,909 S09 80.420 Separaie rnalerial item of expen¥9 Othgr S10 S11 Total S12 142,775 80,420 223,195 213,940 Net Incomel(expenditure) before Investment galnsl{losses) S13 40,690 21,395 19,295 9.135 Ngt gain￿lI05$eSI on im185tmgnts S14 Net incomel{8xpendlture) Extraordlnary Items Transfers between funds Other recognised gainsl{losses}: S15 40,690 21,395 19,295 9.135 S16 S17 Galns and105588 ￿ revaluatlon of fixed assets the ¢harWs own us9 other galnsllb33esl Net movement In funds S18 S19 S20 40,690 21.395 19.295 9,135 Reconcillation of funds.. TotBI funds brought foNard Priory8ar adjustment Transfer be￿en funds S21 157,405 21.395 178.800 169.665 Total funds carrled forward S22 198,095 198.095 178,800 PAGE 1 Section B Balance sheet Restrlcted income funds Unrestrlcted funds Endowment Total thls funds year Total last year Fixed assets Intanglble assets Tangible assets Herltage assets Investments F01 F02 F03 F04 F05 801 (Note 8) 802 11,241 11,241 18,371 B03 B04 Total flxed assets B05 11,241 11,241 18,371 Current assets Stocks Debtors Investments Cash at bank and in hand (Noto 11) Total current assets B06 {Note 9) 807 8,174 8,174 27,939 809 126.544 154.483 810 199,431 199,431 Creditors: amounts falling due wlthln one year (Note 10) B11 12,575 12,575 3.189 Net current assets/(liabllltles) B12 186,856 186,856 151,294 Total assets less current liabllitles 813 169,665 Creditors: amounts falling due after one year Provisions for Ilabilitles B14 B15 Total net assets or liabilltles Funds of the Charity Endowment funds B16 198,097 198,097 169,665 B17 Restricted incomo funds (Note 12) Unrestricted funds Rovaluatlon reserve B18 18.877 150,788 B19 198.095 198,095 B20 Total funds 821 198,095 198,095 169,665 Signed by one or trustees on bohalf of all the trustaes Date of approval ddlmml Slgnatur8 Prfnt Name P&KKOLA- PAGE 2 Section C Notes to the accounts Note 1 Basis of preparation 1.1 Basls of accounting These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts. The accounts have been prepared In accordance with: the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014 and with and with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and with the Charities Act 2011. The charity does not constitute a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102. 1.2 Going concern There are no material uncertainties related to events or conditions that cast significant doubt on th6 charitys ability to continue as a going concern. 1.3 Change of accounting policy The accounts present a true and fair view and the accounting policies adopted are those outlined in note 2. 1.4 Changes to accounting estlmates No changes to accounting estimates have occurred in the reporting period (3.46 FRS 102 SORP), 1.5 Materlal prlor year errors No material prior year error have been identified in the reporting period (3.47 FRS 102 SORP). PAGE 3 Section C Notes to the accounts Icontl Nots2 2.1 INCOME Accountlng pollcle$ Thls slanderdlistof8GcoUnl￿Upollc1O$fvas been applied byth8 ch8rf1y8xc6pI lorth05e Nck8d"No'or"N/8'. Wh8r8 8 drffervRforaddllw&lpolkyh8& &eFn 8dopledlhen Ihts 1sdelail8d￿ the box below. Recognltlon ol In¢om• ThèAq are Induded In th8 Slalemenl of Fhanci41 Actlvttbs ISoFAlwhen'. the charlty bepfjm8$ 8ntSllÈd to the rasources: YÈig mor6 Ilktlythan nol thatlhe Iru5tees vill receDie the resour￿5.. Bnd the monelaryvafuo can be me8sured Wlh sufflclant rdlabS1ty. Yes No Nla Thare has bo8n no offsetllnu of 85sets and Ilibil￿&s, orkncom8 8nd 8XPonsBs, unlgM r¢qulred orpermllted tsythe FRS 102 SORP or FRS 102. Nla orfs8itlng Yès Nla Gr8nt8 and donalons art Dnty Included kn Iho SOFA ￿then Ihe g8n8r81 Income rocognknn crtsrla are m8t15.10 to 5.12 FRS102 SORPI. In the casè of perforniance relatad grants. iD¢tsmè rnU￿ onty b8 r8cognls8d to trLe O¥lentlh8tthe Charity has provldad the 8pedled gocds or seNlces as enbtl8mant lo the grnntonty¢xcur8when the p8rfornanc0 related conditk)n$ aro Th¥115.16 FRS 102 SORP Orlnts and Yes No N18 LggA¢loS Leuor4es are widuded Ni Ihè SOFAwh8n receiptis probabl&. thal Is, %th8n there has bean grantof probat8, lh8 8x8cutorn have oSt6bl&hed that thereare $uffjttlÈni a$sel$ Ihe 05tate and ony¢ondttbn$ attachad to tho18gacy are eYth8rvAthln the control olthe charityoi haye been m81. Yes No Nla Yes Nla Qo¥ommènt grants Tha charliyh89 recefved governmentgranl& In tha repc*thg p6rfod GrftAkl rec8ivabl81s hthded in w￿n Ih8r8 L8 a valid d8d8rath)n from the donor. Any GKIMd amtyjnt r8cov8r8d on a donalkn Is con5idgied lo be parlofthatslft and Is treated as aTr 8ddMors lo the samo fund a$ tho Inttkl donalion unlèss tha donoror the lerms ofthe app0al h8va specmed oth&r*Ase. T￿ ro¢lalm* on donatlons and glfts Yes Nla Gonlraclual In¢omo and Thls Is onty Induded lTrthe SOFA onc8 Ihè charfty has provld8d the ￿kS￿d gfX)08 01 porform&n¢é rnlat8d $•Ni¢os or mat Iho perforn)anca re18tsd condfth?n& es Nla Yes No Nla DoA4t8d gooth O¢n8led goods are mep$ufed atfalr value (the amount fu%vhlch the 88561 could be exchanged) un￿85 knpTadcal to do so. ThtycostofBny s{￿k of goods donated lordlslrfbulbn to knneffcL7rfes is doemed to bo Ihe falr value of ihose o1ft5 al Ihg tlm2 of Ih8lrrac8lpt8nd Ih&y are rtcogntsed on rÈ￿p( In the rèportlng In wh(ch the slock5 aro d￿trIbule￿, they aig iecwnlsod aB an expens8 atthe Car￿ng amountof th6 stock8 81 dtslrfbulb)n. Donated good8 lor res810 ar8 measured al latr v&luè on Inmal rteognthon, 1$ tho expected proreed5from Bale lèss tha 6xp8cled o)sts ef 5818, and r80)gn180d In 'Incom• from olherlrading 8clJvthes' wilh Ihe corrgspDnding 510th recogniggd in th bal8nc8 she81. On lis B819 the valu¢ of 8tsk Is chatg8d 8gainsl'lncome fvom olhar tr8dlng ac11v￿*S. ynd tho proc88d8 from sde are aLs0 Tecogni$6d a5'1nMme from o1hertrad￿9 aclivii*'. Y8S Yos Nla Yes r418 Goods donated fcr u$0 bylhe charftyarv recognlsed 85 tangltle flx8d assets and Indudtd In lh• SOFA as Incomlng re5DurGes roceivawo. Yes Nl GN8 In kind lor usa by the ch8rlty aT8 In¢KJdod in th• SeFA as In¢om8 from donalon$ when rec8lYabkn. Oonaled 4gryk•s •nd fgcllllles Donated ser¥kes and rec11￿￿9 orfj in¢lud8d In the SOFAvthen r8celv8d atthe value of Ihg gmt 10 the ¢harfty prov￿6￿ th8 value Dflhe gKt cvn be mgasvred fglgbty. DonalBd seNk¢$ snd lacllHles that are con$urned irnmed*lely #re re¢ognL%ed a$ hcome wRh an equ￿818n1 amount r¢¢¢gnls8d 88 8n e￿anse undarthe approprlate heading in tho SOFA. Ye$ No Nla Yes Nla Yes Nla Support CO818 Thecharftyhas hcurred expendituffj on supportcoBts. Yea Nla Voluntser holp The vth8 efanyvoluniary he￿ f8f*N8d 1$ not Includ8d In the 8ecounis i* d88¢rfb6d In ihe trVsleBs' 8nnu81 r¢port. e5 Inmmo from Int•reJ Thisls thdudod in the awounts whers recelpt Ls proboblB Hnd the omovnt royaltbp• dlvldenth be measured rellabty. Nla Incom•from m•mb•r¥hlp MernberSh￿ 5ub$crfpUons rE¢elved In the nablro of a ghl are r8cogn15ed In DonaUM5 Bub8crlptlons and Logar￿8. e5 Pl8mbersh￿l sub8crfpUons whth gfves H memborthe iiuhttrJ buy seT¥lces orother boneflts aro r8cognlBBd kwm8 88m8d Irom Ihe provkkn ofgoods 8nd s8rwkeB es Ir&)me from charltabb aclfvltbs. Insuran￿ Glairns arF clnty Niclud8d in the SoFAwhen tho g8npral income re￿g￿lI￿)n crfierte ar8 m8tl5.10 to 5.12 FRS102 SORPI and are InGlud8d 88 an ￿0th￿r income In Ihe SOFA. es Yes Nla SetdeThentof Insurnn¢• elalm8 No PAGE4 PAGÉS 4 8nd S In¥eilmgnt galns and 1088•S Thls Indude$ any r8alL8ed orunreawsed 98￿8 orb5S85 on thè sale ¢f hv951ments gnd yny galn or knss resullng from ravabjlng hv&stment81o marketV81ue at the eftd ofth8 year. Nla 2.2 EXPENDITURE AND LIABILITIES U4bllltyr•oognlllon L￿bi1￿jaS aro reGognlsod whpra tt L8 tnere Iketythan not that there18 818gal or consiWct￿e oblbJation comrnttung ttre charlty lo pay out rgsourceB and the gmountof Iho obfig81kn c4n be me8sur8d rea80Tr8bK8 certalnty. Supp(¥t Costs have been alkicated belwpen govem?nc8 Costs and other support. Gov6mance costs comptha all costs Involvlng publkatCC*untablllty of the charity Bnd Its complanGe wlth rtyuladon and good praBlk8. Support costs Inc￿de ¢8ntr81 fvndion$ and have ￿en allocatsd to 8cIfvtycosi ategodaB on a ba515 con$lsl8nt wlth the uso of resource5p eg alorallng propertycosts by fioor gr£g8, or par capM8. Staflc05ts by tho sponl and othar by tho usage. Wh8ra tho charfty glve5 8 grant cC￿dI1￿ns lorlts payment b8lng 8 speclfk level of 88rvlto or output to be provld8d. such grants are only re￿9Th￿ad in tt)e SoFA4nce tho reclpK8rst of tho grant has pTDv￿éd th6 8pacthad 8ervk8 or ouiouL Yes Nla Govomanc• •Dd aupport C08ts Y8s Nla Grants wFth Perfo￿an￿O eondttlon8 es Qranl# pay*bl8wlthout porfomMnt• Condltlons Wher• there are no c￿ndtt￿n$ ¥ttÈchlng its Ihe giant that anab￿8 th8 donorcharttyto r681i$ti¢alty av￿ tho commKm8nl. a Ik8bilty ior the full fundlllg oblgAtion must rec03n￿ed. Yes N18 Ye5 Nla R•dund4ncy eoll Tho charfly made no r8dundancy pHymèn19 dwbng tha f¢POrting pek10d. No rnat8ri?l il¢rn ofdofvrrod Nitomg has been Included h thB accounts. Yes No Nla Deferrnd In¢orno No Crodltorn The charlty has credkors whkh aro mgasured at 58thementamounts less anytrade lsrount9 Aliablity L8 m888ured on re¢ognilh)n al its hk%torf¢al ¢o$l and than subsequ¢nUy measw*J atlh8 best esljmatg of th8 8mount ￿qUIred to 88lde th8 Ob￿8140Tr at kne rePOr￿n9 da The charflyaccounts forba5k fJ)4n¢lo1 kn8trumani8 on In1￿1 reCogn￿on 88 Per P8rAgffjph 10.7 FRS102 SORP. SubsBqUODt moesuremèntb as perpaT89oph$ 11.17 10 11.19, FRS102 SORP. Provt8lon8 lor llabUthIo8 Yes Nl B•il¢ Ilnantlal In¥trurn•mts Yes No Nla 2.3 ASSETS ranglbl•ffix•d 4$40ts for Those are caP11al￿ed Ifthoy¢gn bo used for more Ihan one ye8r, and cost 8tl8ast us• by charfty £4 Yos Nla Thayara valued al CDSI. Thè d•pre¢Iai￿￿n rales and rnelhodB used ar¢ dlsclosel In ngte9.2. Tha ¢h8rlty hBS Inlanglble Y￿8d asseis, thBtls, th0￿mDn0tOry8s$&ts that do nol have physic81 substBnco bui $r& Iden1ffiab￿ 8nd are contrclk8d by the chariiylhrough cusiody or legal rights. Th8 8rn0rtL8at￿Th r8185 8nd mtsthods used sre disdtssed In nal8 9.5 Intonglble flK•d a•¥•ts Yes Nla es They arovelu¢d 8t¢ost Th• ¢hathy has hgrilago 8$881ts. that ￿, noTrmonetsry a¥5915 with hblort¢. artslk, sdontlfic, 18chnologlc81. 9eophysical or envtronmenlal quallUè8 that are hdd and rnHinl8lned prfnGipally ￿￿theirLO￿tribut￿)n to knowledgB and cullure. The depreckgtlon r8168 and meihods used as dL%dos8d In 9.6.1A. Nla Yes Nl$ They ara v8lu8d atcosi FL¥ed 8ssetlnv88tm8nts in quotfjd shaTe8. traded bond8 and simuar inve6tments are valued 81 ￿llIallY 01￿8t and sub5epuenUy at lalr va￿? Ithdr market valu&l 8tthe year énd. Th8 50rn8 treaknenl ts 8pph8d to unllslod knvestrnents un1è6s falr value ￿nr￿¢ bè measur8d relvabty In ￿thIch case il is measured atcost18ss ImpalrnienL Investments he￿ forresalo or pendkng theksal8 and cash and ¢a5h equivabnts with maturtiydato olles8 Ihan l yearare trealjd ¥$ ￿n8n1 8$$01 Inv8Stment8 Yes Nla Yes Nl8 Sitsck¥ and work In progi¢s9 Stgcks hpld fur aÉ part of nondi8rh8bl¥ tradè m8aÈured Btlhe Iow8rer co&tornet rBo1158ble value. Yes No Nla Goods or StrNk8S PTovkd8d as part ofo tharttabk aetlvity 8ra measured at n61 r8alL8able value b￿ed on th8 $ervke poi$Trllal provkled by ttem2 of Btock. 93 No Nla Work n progMs$ Ls vgluad 8tco$l ￿88 any frjreseeable b5$ thot b Ukelyto vxuron th¥ corstr8cL Yes No Nla Deblcf5 (thcbdlng trad8 deblDTr and loans Trea￿St￿e> are measured on Inlual reCognI￿n at SBttlefflBnt amountoft•r any tr4de dbcounts or amount qdvan¢ed by IhB rharw. Subwuonlly, theyare mè88ur8d at tho cash or Othercons￿Or0￿on expectsd to be recefved. The chaFty has has in¥051rngfbts %vhlch it hdds for resa￿ orpendlng Ih*sae and cè5h and ¢a8h equlvalents wHh a maturlty dats le55 I￿Tr one year. ii¢hJd¢ ¢Hfjh ijn dpF¢sN and C85h equlvalents wlih 8 mabjiiiydale of19$8 than on8 year h8k1 lor Inve8lm8nl Pu￿0385 rolher Ihan tp meet shorttÈm ca8h commllmen15 BS theyf8M due. No N18 08btor¥ Yes Nla Curr¢nt astset Yes Nla They4re valued Btfalrvalug WPt%there they qualfyas baNk ffnanckl Instruments. PAGE54 and S Section C Notes to the accounts Icontl Noto 3 Analysls of Income R•strletod Unr88trl¢t•d Incom• fund funds Endowmènt l￿d$ Tot41 fund• Prioryegr Ana Donations and Ifts Gift Aid Le acie5 General grants provlded by gov8mmenUother charities Membership $ubscriptions and sponsorships which are In $ubstanG6 donauons Donatlons and lega¢lo8: 11,347 13.901 Donated ¢)ods, facilities and service8 Other Total 11.347 11,347 15.213 Charltabl• activltlgs: Oth&r 168,160 168,160 59,025 59.025 227 185 227 185 206 955 206.955 Total Other tradlng actlvltle$'. Other Total In¢ome frorn Invastmont¥: Interest income Dividend income R8rslal and leasin Oth¢r 3.958 income Total 3,958 3.958 907 Separate matorlal Itom of Income: Total Other: Conversion of endowment funds into Incomo Gain on dlsposal of a tangible fixed asset held for charit s own use Gain on disposal of a programme relatèd investment Royalties from the exploitation of Inlelle¢tual hls other Total TOTAL INCOME 242 490 223 075 Other Informatlon.. All Incomtr In the prlor yfrAr was unr•strlGtsd gx¢èpt for: Ipl•as• provlde d•scrlptlon and arnounts) PAGE 6 Section C Notes to the accounts Icontl Note 4 Analysis of expendlture Restrf¢tgd Unrostrleted Income Endowmonl funds funds fundo Total funds Prfpr year Anal sls Incurred seeking donations Incurred seeking legacies InCu￿ed Seeking grants Operating membership schemes and social lotteries Slaging fundraising events Expendlture on ralslng funds: 880 880 1.031 Fudraising agents Operating charity shops Operaling a trading company undertaking non-ch8ritable trading activi Advertising, marketing, direct mail and ublici Start up costs incurred in generating new source of future income Database d6velopment costs Other trading activilies Investment management ¢osts'. Portfolio mana ement costs Cost of oblalning investment advice Investment administralion costs Intellectual property licencing costs Rent collection, property repairs and Maintenan￿ charges Tolal expgndlture on ralslng funds 880 1,031 Expendlture on charitable actlvltles other 141.895 80,420 222.315 212,909 Total expondlture on charltablo activltles 141.895 80,420 222,315 212,909 Soparats rnatorlal Item of expense Total Other Total other expendlture TOTAL EXPENDITURE 142,775 80,420 223,195 213,940 PAGE 7 SectioH C Notes lo the accounts Icontl Notg 8 8.1 Cost or valuatlon Tanglblo fixod ass¥ts Froehold land a buifthng0 Oth•r land & bulldlngs Plllnt, mwchln•ry and motor hlclè¥ Tolal ffttlngs and gqulpmenl At Ihg beglnning ol the yèar Addltlons 66,817 33.782 100.599 Rovaluallons DL8pDsals Transfers. At ond of thg yoar 66,817 33,782 100.599 8.2 D¢preclailon and Impalmi•nts Ba•ls Reduclng 88lance R8duclng Balance stralght Llna I'SL'I or Reduclng Balance C'R8.1 *• Rat• 25% 15% At boglnnlw of th? yoar $posals DepT8Ciatk S62 3,125 ImpBlrrnenl Tran8f6rs' At end ol the yoar 68,052 21,306 89.358 8.3 Net book valu• Net book value al the beginnlng of the ygsr Net book v8lu8 81 the end of the yoar 1,328 13,038 14,366 1,235 12.478 11.241 Note 9 D•btorn and pr•payments Thls year Last year Trade dabtors Prepaymgnts and ¥ccru¢d Incom• othgr deblor6 5,382 2.792 4.794 1.781 Tot•1 Not• 10 Credltor¥ and accruals Amounts fallln Thls yoor duè wlthln Last ypar ArnouniB f•lllng du• aftsr Th15 yoor Last ygèr AcGNals for orants payabl? 8#nk loans and overdrafts Trad• credltors Payments rKelvod on aG¢ount ktr contradj or perfonnan¢9￿è7èt9d 9rant8 A¢cruDls and delerrod In￿rne Taxatlon and $0¢101 8p¢urlty Oth•r credltors 2,421 1.747 8,153 1,096 1,402 Total PAGE 8 Notes to the accounts Section C Note 5 Detalls of certain items of expenditure Fees for examlnation of the accounts This year Last year 360 Independent examiner's fees Assurance services other than audit or Indep¢ndent examination 360 Tax advisory fèes other fees (for example: flnanclal advlce, consultancy, accountancy servlces) paid to the independent examlner 522 522 Note 6 6.1 Stsff Costs Paid employees Thls year Last year 148,353 4,290 9.027 148.353 4,290 9,027 Salaries and wages So¢lal securlty costs Penslon costs (defined contrlbution scheme) other employee beneflts Total staff costs 161,670 161,670 TRUE No employees received employee benefits Thls year Number Last year Number 6.2 Average head count In the year The parts of the charity In whlch the employees work 19 Charltsble Actlvlties other 19 21 21 Total Note 7 Defined contribution pension scheme Amount of contributlons recognised in the SOFA as an expense £11,039 The Ilablllty and expense of the ststutory auto-enrollment deflned contrlbution pension scheme Is allocated to unrestricted funds and Is all In relatlng to the charltsble activltles. Please explain the basls for allocatlng the Ilabllity and expense of deflned contrlbutlon penslon scheme between actlvlties and between restrlcted and unrestricted funds. Page 9 Section C Notes to the accounts Icontl Note11 Cash at bank and In hand Th1$ year Last year Short tem) cash Inve8tmgnts I188s than 3 months maturlty dats) Short torn1 d•poslts Ca$h at bank and on hand other Total 191.257 161,884 Nots 12 Charlty funds 12.1 Translers between funds Re￿On for transfgr and wh*r¢ gndowmtnt 1$ convorted to Incom•, le9￿ powor fDT Its converslon Amount Between unrestricted and restricted funds Be￿e8￿ endowment and reslricled funds Btrtween endownent and unrestricted funds Non8 None None 12.2 Desl nated funds Planned us• M8tsmlty, Sickness ond Rgdundancy Fund Purpose of th• d￿IgnatIon To 8nsur¢ provision Is maintslned by ensuring abllily to pay cosls rf required in fvlure To bulld up a provlslon in readlnoss for the purchaso of a sullable buildinglsile Jknount £15.000 £85.000 Buildlng Fund Nots 13 Transactlons wlth trusteos and relatsd partles 13.1 Trust80 romuneratlon and b?￿fft$ None of the twsleès have begn pald any remuneration QT rec8iv8d any Othor benefits from an employment wilh thelr charty or TRUE 13.2 Trustees, expenses No trustee expenses have bean Incurred ffrue or Falsg) TRUE 13.3 Transactlonls) wllh rolated partles There have beon no ielaled party transactions In the reporting perlod (True or Falsel TRUE PAGE10 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of FOREST PULSE On accounts for the year ended 31 sl March 2024 Charity no (if any) 900216 Set out on pages 1 to 10 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ('the Trust") for the year ended 3110312023. Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ("the Act.). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examiner's ststement I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed: Date: a6 aci Name: Clare Phillips Relevant professional qualification{s) or body (if any).. ICAEW FCA Address". Aubrey & Co 19 Church Street, Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, HR9 5HN Section B Disclosure None IER October 2018