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2022-03-31-accounts

REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 02497437 (England and Wales) REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 900565

Report of the Trustees and Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31st March 2022

for Essential Drug and Alcohol Services (A Company Limited by Guarantee)

Hammond & Co 74 Blandford Road Corfe Mullen Wimborne Dorset BH21 3HQ

Essential Drug and Alcohol Services

Contents of the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31st March 2022

Page
Report of the Trustees 1 to 12
Independent Examiner's Report 13 to 14
Statement of Financial Activities 15
Balance Sheet 16 to 17
Cash Flow Statement 18
Notes to the Cash Flow Statement 19
Notes to the Financial Statements 20 to 31

Essential Drug and Alcohol Services

Report of the Trustees

for the Year Ended 31st March 2022

The trustees who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31st March 2022. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES Objectives and aims

From April 2021 - November 2021, the company's object and principal activities were to:

Benefit the public by promoting the prevention of drug misuse and to support those suffering from drug and alcohol misuse within the area of Bournemouth, Poole and Dorset and surrounding areas and the

main objectives and activities for the year were to continue to focus upon the promotion of the prevention of the misuse of substances and the support of drug/alcohol users and others affected by their drug/ alcohol use.

The strategies employed to assist the charity to meet these objectives included the following:

However, in November 2021, the charity lost a major contract from Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch Council for the Better Together Service with an annul income loss of approx. £850,000.00. The Charity then changed its objects with the Charity Commission to the following:

The relief of poverty, sickness and distress amongst persons within the County of Dorset and across the United Kingdom (hereinafter referred to as "the area of benefit") who are suffering, or at risk of suffering, from mental distress and/or addictions of any kind and/or the misuse of alcohol, narcotic drugs and other similar substances or compounds of potential or suspected danger to the individual and the community or both; the prevention of such misuse or addictions of any kind or both through the provision of education and training for professionals and volunteers in the health, education and social care field, and the advancement of the education of the public in the area of benefit about the incidence and effects on society of mental distress, addictions of any kind and/or the abuse of and dependence upon substances.?

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Essential Drug and Alcohol Services

for the Year Ended 31st March 2022

Report of the Trustees

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES Significant activities

Poole Project

From April 2021 to 31st October 2021, The Poole project encompassing Poole adult Psycho-social care, Poole Young people's project (YADAS), the SMART assessment team, FitDAS and a needle & syringe provision continued from its commencement on 1 November 2017 under the name Poole Better Together. This is therefore the fifth year of the contract. However, the retendering process carried out by BCP Council concluded that the service was to cease on 31st October 2021 and staff be TUPE'd across to a new provider in the local area.

From April 2021 - end October 2021, the Poole Adult PSI service continued to provide a day programme which was a real alternative to residential rehabilitation. It was cost effective, whilst allowing service users to remain in the community. The service was designed to allow service users to regain control over their lives following drug/alcohol misuse and allows them to make changes to achieve and maintain a healthier and safer lifestyle.

The day programme ran a combined programme for drug and alcohol users and stable and abstinent service users. The service ran social groups which included such activities as complementary therapy, structured groups and workshops. Service users could be in the programme between 12-28 weeks depending on their bespoke treatment journey.

During these first seven months of the year, the Poole Adult programme continued to deliver a mentoring programme, offering clients the opportunity to accredit their learning at NOCN Level 2 in Mentoring and provide mentoring services across Poole. To date, EDAS has provided mentors to Poole General Hospital, SMART, Sea View Learning Centre and the EDAS core programme. In 2013/14, the Mentoring and Befriending Quality Standard Award was achieved for EDAS.

From April 2021 to end of October 2021, the YADAS (Young Adults Drug & Alcohol Service) in Poole had a fully equipped team of professional staff ready to engage with young people aged 10 to 24 who live in Poole and have drug and/or alcohol problems. The YADAS team offered a full range of treatment options, from 1 to 1 advice, counselling, group work and detoxification if needed. The service was set up to offer appointments in locations suitable and convenient to the young person. This could be within the school, home, youth club, advice centres or any other location suitable and conducive for change talk.

The SMART team (Substance Misuse and Referral Team) also continued to accept self-referrals, referrals from GPs, other agencies, and any other health care services or professionals for any adult who would like support with their substance misuse. The project offered an assessment and care coordination service to anyone wishing to seek help for drug and alcohol related issues and point them in the right direction to making the positive steps into recovery.

In addition, the static NSP (Needle Syringe Provision) was situated in the EDAS premises at 54a Ashley Road. It provided a service offering harm minimization advice and support and the distribution of clean and sterile equipment to drug users. This could range from clean needles, swabs, filters, syringes and condoms to training and dispensing of Naloxone.

During the year, the education provision for clients has continued to provide Level 1, 2 & 3 qualifications and non-accredited resilience building training to clients engaging in its education pathways.

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Essential Drug and Alcohol Services

Report of the Trustees

for the Year Ended 31st March 2022

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

The Harm Minimisation Worker also delivered the NSP provision from some outreach locations across the conurbation and offers support and input into strategic and operational policy development.

From 1st November 2021, this Poole project ceased operation and in line with due diligence nineteen eligible staff were transferred under TUPE to the new provider.

Training

During 2021/22 EDAS continued to secure a stream of funding from Skills and Learning Dorset Bournemouth and Poole; Project and Partnership funding for non-accredited training. This funded Life Compass workshops which have mainly run online but also in the Poole training centre when possible. A wide range of accredited and non-accredited training continued to be offered to service users, professionals in the field and the general public.

Serenitea

In October 2017, EDAS secured a three-year lease for 50 - 52 Ashley Road. In addition to providing much needed extra office space this allowed us to launch our new recovery café which commenced trading in December 2018. Serenitea provides an alcohol-free social environment for people in recovery. Despite being a growing trend, recovery cafés are still in short supply in the UK. The lease has been renewed for a further 3 years.

The objective of the Serenitea Café is to provide a safe and nurturing environment where individuals can increase their social, emotional and financial capital as they move through their journey of recovery. The support offered at Serenitea offers individuals the chance to grow, heal, discover, take risks, and surprise themselves by doing and becoming what they never thought possible. While the word "recovery" does not appear in the Café's name, every visit is designed to provide support, wisdom, and companionship for the challenging work of making healthier choices as people deal with issues from whatever substance/ vulnerability it is they are recovering from. Throughout 2021/22 the delivery of accredited courses from within Serenitea continued in Level 1 and 2 Healthy Living Awards, Level 2 Extended Certificate in Health & Social Care.

The café was awarded the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) 'Health on the High Street' Award in 2019 for its excellent work in bring in the community together with shared learning and social experiences. As a consequence of this award, EDAS has now secured the delivery rights to provide accredited RSPH courses from their sites to deliver the following qualifications:

Unfortunately, Serenitea had to remain closed for a large part of the year due to the COVID restrictions but recently reopened in June 2021.

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Essential Drug and Alcohol Services

Report of the Trustees

for the Year Ended 31st March 2022

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Public benefit

The trustees have given due regard to public benefit when planning the charity's activities, in accordance with the Charity Commission's Guidance on Public Benefit. The activities carried out have been described above and are directly related to the objects and purposes for which the charity exists. The charity achieves its principal objects and purposes through general and specialist advice, delivered free to any member of the public in the local community, to provide immediate and lasting assistance with all types of problems relating to substance misuse. These benefits are directly related to the aims of the charity and the Charity Commission's General Guidance on Public Benefit. The paragraphs below set out our activities, achievements and performance during the year, which are directly related to the objects and purposes for which the charity exists. The charity achieves its principal objects and purposes through general and specialist advice and are fully compliant with the Charity Commission Principles on Public Benefit.

Volunteers

Our highly trained EDAS volunteers serve a vital role in supporting service users who access the clinical projects. They support the delivery of brief interventions and psychosocial one to one support and group work interventions alongside qualified clinical staff.

STRATEGIC REPORT

Achievement and performance

Charitable activities

EDAS performance is measured by The National Drug Treatment Monitoring Service (NDTMS) via Public Health England by a number of key performance indicators for it's Young People's services. Most commonly: numbers of planned and unplanned discharges, waiting times and time in treatment.

2021/22 was a year of two halves. EDAS continuing to build on our service contracts with Public Health and delivering a continuously successful and effective clinical service whilst adapting to the loss of major contract mid-way through. As a subsequence, EDAS extended its objects with Charity Commission to offer support for people with all addictions and or mental heath across Dorset and the UK.

First Connect

A new digital counselling platform was created named EDAS First Connect. This provision provides a fee paying subscription counselling service and as launched in November 2021.

Be Mindful

EDAS secured £5,000.00 of funds from Dorset Healthcare Charity Trust in November 2022 to launch a new project to support clients form the Poole Community Mental Health Team and create a social/therapy group on a fortnightly basis. The project has gone from strength to strength with over 25 members.

Our new Trustees have contributed well to strategic debates and discussions and provided a sound Board which has driven clinical and non-clinical development in a secure, yet innovative way.

The REACH Young People's programme continues to be funded by EDP and continues to support young people with substance misuse issues across Dorset, with the main delivery being on an outreach basis.

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Essential Drug and Alcohol Services

Report of the Trustees

for the Year Ended 31st March 2022

STRATEGIC REPORT Financial review

Financial position

During 2022, EDAS had income from donations, fundraising, trading, investment and other income of £770,332 (2021: £1,143,008). The most significant drop was due to the loss of the contractual services with BCP.

Expenditure in 2022 was £1,047,314 (2021: £1,115,934). While the expenditure appears comparable to that of 2021, it includes one-off payments for redundancies, meaning expenditure in the next few years should be at significantly lower levels.

Principal funding sources

We are very grateful to have received a total of £2,406 during 2022.

EDAS receives most of its income from charitable grants to provide contractual services. In 2022, these amounted to £685,000 (2021: £1,051,853).

In addition, EDAS generates income from training activities. In 2022, this amounted to £51,550 (2021: £35,623).

Reserves policy

The charity aims to retain sufficient free reserves to cover its unrestricted costs for approximately eighteen months. This level would enable the Charity to continue providing services and support in the short term. This would amount to approximately £160k.

If the brought forward unspent funds for restricted projects were insufficient and project funding were cut, the free unrestricted reserves would also be needed to enable an orderly cessation of those activities. In addition to this, further reserves are needed as a contingency as it is anticipated that in the current climate there is the risk of further considerable government funding cuts. It is therefore essential to maintain reserves to:

The Trustees have set aside amounts to designated reserves to cover these obligations and the future depreciation charges on fixed assets.

At the year end, that leaves approximately £35k of free unrestricted funds available, with an additional £190k set aside for potential cessation of activities to cover any operating costs.

General reserves at year end were £Nil (2021: £206,531), designated reserves were £223,193 (2021: £255,905, restricted reserves were £37,102 (2021: £74,841). Total funds held were £260,295 (2021: £537,277).

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Essential Drug and Alcohol Services

for the Year Ended 31st March 2022

Report of the Trustees

STRATEGIC REPORT Financial review

Funds in deficit

The organisation moved from a deficit of £24,107 in the year ended 31 March 2021 to a deficit of £276,982 in the year ended 31 March 2022. The deficit for the two years were made up as follows:

31.03.2022 31.03.2021
£ £
Unrestricted Funds (260,182) (18,794)
Restricted Funds - Projects (16,800) (31,416)
Restricted Funds - Grants and donations - 26,103

Financial and risk management objectives and policies

During the year the trustees considered the major risks to which the charity is exposed and the procedures currently in place to mitigate these. The management of these and any other risks will be kept under annual review.

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Essential Drug and Alcohol Services

Report of the Trustees

for the Year Ended 31st March 2022

STRATEGIC REPORT

Future plans

The EDAS Executive Leadership Team have drawn up plans in light of the reduction in annual income as of 1st November 2022 and the sustainability of the charity moving forward. The development of the First Connect Counselling service and the collaboration with Dorset Healthcare for mental health clients will allow for further growth, coupled with strong support from other Charitable Trusts, Skills & Learning, Groundwork UK, Active Dorset and Communities Against Cancer.

In November 2021, staffing was reduced to minimum without risk to clients, leases on two existing properties were cancelled and maximum use made for the remaining two.

What has happened since 1st November 2021

In April 2021, EDAS were subject to a tendering process that involved the procurement of an all-age drug and alcohol service from BCP Council covering the three geographical areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. At this point, EDAS had been delivering an all-age drug and alcohol service to residents of Poole only via BCP Council Commissioning Team for the sum of £840,000.00 per annum and as such, there was a threat to the loss of this service if EDAS were unsuccessful in the bidding process, or indeed the gain of two new areas and a larger contract award (approx. £1,200,000.00 per annum) to deliver services in the other two geographical areas. Unfortunately, EDAS were unsuccessful in the winning of the award and therefore suffered a large financial loss in November 2021 of £840,000.00 per annum plus an additional loss of £17,000.00 from their REACH Young People's service due to ringfenced funds being part of the Christchurch bid from funding from Dorset Council Commissioners.

To this end, EDAS needed to restructure, re-configure, and re-establish itself to remain financially viable and operational moving forward whilst keeping its charitable status. A newly costed business and delivery plan was created, with the following objectives and activities:

Reduce premises costs : As soon as EDAS were aware that they had been unsuccessful with the BCP tender award, the Charity gave notice on two of their buildings to reduce the cost of premises on what would be a very stretched budget moving forward. Two properties, collectively costing approx. £50,000.00 per annum including rent and utilities, were vacated on 31st October 2021 and the Charity now operates from one location for the Training and clinical/office functions and one property for their community café.

Reduced expenditure on Management cost : The EDAS Finance Manager was made redundant on 31st October 2021, and both the Chief Executive and Deputy Chief Executive negotiated new terms and conditions of employment and took a 10% salary reduction. All financial checks and balances, payments, invoicing, and banking is now undertaken between the CEO, Deputy CEO and EDAS Bookkeeper, who meet fortnightly to reconcile balances and have created a schedule of payments that is monitored weekly and checked off by the CEO. The monthly pay run has been outsourced, at a very competitive cost, to a qualified accountant who is also responsible for creating the HMRC and pension contributions. Collectively, this has proven a cost saving to EDAS of approximately £35,000.00.

Expansion of Charity Objects : EDAS were aware that with such a large multi-national company being awarded the drug and alcohol services contract in BCP, they needed to expand their Charity Objects to attract new clients to service and be able to continue to use the excellent and professional skills base that the EDAS staff have. To this end, an application to the Charity Commission was submitted in October 2021 to expand the Charity Objects to include support to those suffering from all addictions and/or mental distress across the United Kingdom.

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Essential Drug and Alcohol Services

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Report of the Trustees

STRATEGIC REPORT

Change of name : Once the Charity Objects have been approved by the Charity Commission, to enhance the above and to attract a widened range of individuals affected by a range of addictions, not solely drugs and alcohol, EDAS proposes to change its name and strapline from Essential Drug and Alcohol Services - GROW PROGRESS ACHIEVE EMPOWER, to EDAS Engage, Develop, Adapt, Succeed. They have also branded a new logo to offer the Charity a fresh look and re-birth after the large loss of income.

Meeting the demands of the new Digital Age : EDAS had been evolving rapidly its digital therapy interventions during the recent COVID pandemic and had created a mobile app for contact with clients which proved successful. The next step was to further expand this digital intervention by creating the offer a fully functional, multimodal digital therapy platform. This is to be called EDAS First Connect and is due to be launched in December 2021. First Connect will allow clients to have virtual face to face therapy, chat box options, online journaling, access to hundreds of therapy resources at the touch of a button and to schedule appointments with their chosen Therapist via the platform. EDAS will provide 100 free charitable spaces per annum to clients on low income via the employment of the EDAS Digital Therapist, but the platform will also be open to the public to subscribe monthly to a fee-paying service. To reduce costs, EDAS has outsourced qualified and accredited Therapists who will be paid a proportion of the client monthly subscription cost only as and when the client subscribes. The platform is to be marketed to large and small local and national employers who may wish to seek confidential support for their employees, Universities, Employee Assistance programmes, Mental Health services, and to registered professional bodies.

Bringing Communities together : The EDAS Serenitea Café remains a major part of the EDAS Charity, and some restructuring has been undertaken since November 1st 2021 to ensure it remains solvent and viable and does not 'bleed' valuable funds from the Charity reserves. A new full-time Manager has been appointed to oversee the function of the café (freeing up the CEO and Deputy CEO to concentrate of sourcing and applying for funds) and to seek new leads and promote events that generate income throughout the year. Close working relationships have been created with the local Mental Health Teams to support employment and volunteer opportunities in the café and the charity is in the shortlisting stage of a recent NHS bid submission for the sum of £16,000.00 to delivery fortnightly peer support group supper events for low level mental health clients, including weekly therapy intervention with the EDAS Digital Therapist via First Connect.

The café has also started to open for early breakfast customers and has started to take bookings for private hire party and meeting events. An annual schedule of ticketed events has been created including activities such as Carer's nights, Breakfast with Santa, Valentine dining, Mother's Day Cream Teas, Menopause café, Veterans peer support groups, older people's get togethers et al. All of which aim to bring communities together and reduce stigma and isolation, helping to battle mental distress and promote positive well-being.

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Essential Drug and Alcohol Services

for the Year Ended 31st March 2022

Report of the Trustees

STRATEGIC REPORT

Retaining and growing the Training income : EDAS was aware that there may have been a risk that with the loss of such a large clinical service, professionals and members of the public may have been under the impression that the EDAS Training department had also gone. So, to maintain and grow on the Training Departments success, the Charity ensures that there is wide publicity of the training courses available and continues to employ their EDAS Digital Specialist to promote workshops, training courses, events and activities via social media and the EDAS website. The EDAS CEO and Deputy CEO are working tirelessly to source new tender opportunities with a range of different councils across England who are seeking training for their council employees and as such, currently have bids submitted for Leadership and Management training with London Borough of Merton for £80,000.00 per annum x 2 years and Torbay Council for £20,000.00 per annum x 4 years and are awaiting the outcome of the award. Bids have also been submitted to ESFA Groundworks for £15,000.00 to support training for individuals to get back into employment.

Due to the ever-pending changes in government guidelines due to the COVID pandemic, EDAS has moved much of its training delivery to either in person, hybrid, or completely virtual attendance. All workshops have now been redesigned to deliver in all of these options to ensure continuity of delivery and income generation should stricter restrictions be enforced at any point in time.

EDAS has also created its new 'Online School' within the Teachable platform and currently host four self-study short CPD accredited courses completely online which require no tutor input but generate income for the Charity in the background. The plan is to add another 12 courses throughout the year to the platform at a cost of £72.00 per person.

EDAS has also been approved to deliver its extremely successful Access to HE Diploma in Practitioner in Substance Misuse course completely online in September 2022 which will open up access for learners from across the country to access as opposed to local attendees currently undertaking the course in the classroom environment.

Maintaining effective and safe interventions for young people : The EDAS REACH Young People's Service that operates across Dorset (except for Christchurch) was impacted by a reduction of £17,000.00 per annum commissioned funding in November 2021. As such, a new delivery and operational model was created and approved by Commissioners which involved the restructuring of the current staffing team leading to the loss of two posts. Nervous that the loss of two posts could have a major impact on delivery and safety, a new model was created that is now in successful operation and the service has become the REACH Young Person's Consult and Therapy Service. A new triage system has been put into place reducing the number of clients on keyworkers caseloads who are being supported by the newly formed Consult Team, freeing up caseload spaces for the keyworkers to focus delivery on the more complex cases. The service also supports a training package for the wider children's workforce across Dorset to receive monthly 'bite size' training workshops to keep them up to date with current drug trends, signs, symptoms, referral pathways which in turn increases their confidence to support some of the 'would be' referrals themselves. The EDAS REACH Young People's keyworkers also have access to the First Connect platform to offer tele/digital interventions to their clients thus reducing travel time and travel costs across the County.

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Governing document

The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust, and constitutes a limited company, limited by guarantee, as defined by the Companies Act 2006.

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Essential Drug and Alcohol Services

Report of the Trustees

for the Year Ended 31st March 2022

The organisation is a charitable company limited by guarantee, incorporated and registered as a charity on 30 April 1990. 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. In the event of the company being wound up, members are required to contribute an amount not exceeding £1. The original name of the company was East Dorset Drugs and Alcohol Advisory service; the name was changed in August 2006 to reflect the fact that operations had expanded throughout the whole of Dorset. A Certificate of Incorporation on change of name was issued on 31 August 2006. A new governing document was introduced during the year ended 31 March 2014 which was approved by Companies House and the Charities Commission. The new governing document widens the powers of the organisation to operate in Dorset and surrounding areas.

Recruitment and appointment of new trustees

The directors of the company are also charity trustees for the purposes of charity law and under the company's Articles are known as members of the EDAS Board. Under the requirements of the Memorandum and Articles of Association the members of the Management Committee are elected to serve for a period of three years after which they must be re-elected at the next EDAS Board Meeting.

One new Trustee joined the EDAS Board during year and five resigned. We continuously strive to attract additional potential Trustees form our continuous networking and communication opportunities.

The more traditional business and medical skills are represented on the Board of Trustees with trustees from medical and business backgrounds. In an effort to maintain this broad skills mix, members are requested to provide a list of their skills (with annual updates) and in the event of particular skills being lost due to retirement, individuals are approached to offer themselves for election to maintain this skills base.

Organisational structure

The EDAS Board now has a membership of seven who meet every two months and are responsible for the strategic direction and policy of the charity. At present the members come from a variety of professional backgrounds relevant to the work of the charity. The CEO also sits on the Board but has no voting rights.

A scheme of delegation is in place and day-to-day responsibility for the provision of the EDAS services rest with the Chief Executive supported by the Deputy CEO and her Senior Management Team. They are responsible for ensuring that the charity delivers the services specified and that key performance indicators are met. The Service Managers have responsibility for the day-to-day operational management of the centres, individual supervision of the staff and volunteers within their projects and ensuring that the teams continue to develop their skills and working practices in line with good practice. Working alongside them is the new Senior Leadership Team and monthly 'Navigation Meetings' are held to ensure all Managers and Leads communicate and share information that will benefit the whole organisation as opposed to their specific area of responsibility.

Pay for key management personnel is set using a management pay scale that offers increments of £600 per year subject to good performance and/or financial constraints.

Day to day management

The Chief Executive is delegated the day-to-day management of the charitable company by the Board of trustees. In addition, management duties are performed by Michele Lyall (Deputy CEO).

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Essential Drug and Alcohol Services

Report of the Trustees

for the Year Ended 31st March 2022

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Induction and training of new trustees

Most trustees are already familiar with the practical work of the charity having been encouraged to take part in the trustee training events and by tours of the EDAS projects.

Additionally, trustees are invited and encouraged to attend project team meetings throughout the course of the year to familiarise themselves with the charity and the context in which it operates.

Related parties and co-operation with other organisations

None of our trustees receive remuneration or other benefit from their work with the charity. Any connection between a trustee or senior manager of the charity with a supplier, commissioner, co-provider or employee must be disclosed to the full board of trustees in the same way as any other contractual relationship with a related party.

Risk management

During the year the trustees considered the major risks to which the charity is exposed and the procedures currently in place to mitigate these. The management of these and any other risks will be kept under annual review.

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Company number

02497437 (England and Wales)

Registered Charity number

900565

Registered office

54a Ashley Road Poole Dorset BH14 9BN

Trustees

Ms L J Sanger (appointed 31.1.22) Dr G Roberts (appointed 24.9.21) Mrs B L Plumbridge E J Taylor Ms N K Plumb (resigned 3.10.21) Dr D G L Phillips (resigned 28.9.21) P L Norman Ms D M Exon (resigned 28.9.21) Ms D L Evans Dr L Cartwright (resigned 29.9.21) M Del Llano Mrs D R Wood (resigned 15.10.21)

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Essential Drug and Alcohol Services

Report of the Trustees

for the Year Ended 31st March 2022

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Independent Examiner

Hammond & Co 74 Blandford Road Corfe Mullen Wimborne Dorset BH21 3HQ

Bankers

CAF Bank 25 Kings Hill Avenue Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4JQ

Report of the trustees, incorporating a strategic report, approved by order of the board of trustees, as the company directors, on 29th November 2022 and signed on the board's behalf by:

Mrs B L Plumbridge - Trustee

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Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Essential Drug and Alcohol Services

Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Essential Drug and Alcohol Services ('the Company')

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31st March 2022.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity's 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 charity'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.

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Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Essential Drug and Alcohol Services

Independent examiner's statement

Since your charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a listed body. I can confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a registered member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants which is one of the listed bodies.

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:

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or

  2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or

  3. 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

  4. 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 Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)).

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.

John Cordner Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Hammond & Co 74 Blandford Road Corfe Mullen Wimborne Dorset BH21 3HQ

30th November 2022

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Essential Drug and Alcohol Services

Statement of Financial Activities

for the Year Ended 31st March 2022

31.3.22
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
funds
funds
funds
Notes
£
£
£
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Donations and legacies
2
2,406
-
2,406
Charitable activities
Drug and Alcohol Services
7,245
678,355
685,600
Training
51,550
-
51,550
Other trading activities
3
25,041
-
25,041
Investment income
4
1,675
-
1,675
Other income
6
2,954
1,106
4,060
Total
90,871
679,461
770,332
EXPENDITURE ON
Charitable activities
7
Drug and Alcohol Services
291,015
696,254
987,269
Training
57,808
-
57,808
Other
2,230
7
2,237
Total
351,053
696,261
1,047,314
NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)
(260,182)
(16,800)
(276,982)
Transfers between funds
20
20,939
(20,939)
-
Net movement in funds
(239,243)
(37,739)
(276,982)
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward
462,436
74,841
537,277
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD
223,193
37,102
260,295
31.3.21
Total
funds
£
26,752
1,051,853
35,623
6,579
2,549
19,652
1,143,008
1,115,934
39,976
11,205
1,167,115
(24,107)
-
(24,107)
561,384
537,277

The notes form part of these financial statements

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Essential Drug and Alcohol Services

Balance Sheet

31st March 2022

Notes
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets
14
CURRENT ASSETS
Stocks
15
Debtors
16
Cash at bank and in hand
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year
17
NET CURRENT ASSETS
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES
NET ASSETS
FUNDS
20
Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
TOTAL FUNDS
Unrestricted
funds
£
28,774
3,500
-
206,747
210,247
(15,828)
194,419
223,193
223,193
Restricted
funds
£
-
-
42,906
612
43,518
(6,416)
37,102
37,102
37,102
31.3.22
Total
funds
£
28,774
3,500
42,906
207,359
253,765
(22,244)
231,521
260,295
260,295
223,193
37,102
260,295
31.3.21
Total
funds
£
35,444
3,500
324,087
238,617
566,204
(64,371)
501,833
537,277
537,277
462,436
74,841
537,277

The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31st March 2022.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31st March 2022 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for

The notes form part of these financial statements

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Balance Sheet - continued

31st March 2022

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 29th November 2022 and were signed on its behalf by:

B L Plumbridge - Trustee

The notes form part of these financial statements

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Essential Drug and Alcohol Services

Cash Flow Statement
for the Year Ended 31st March 2022
Notes
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash generated from operations
1
Interest element of hire purchase or
finance lease rental payments paid
Net cash used in operating activities
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of tangible fixed assets
Interest received
Net cash used in investing activities
Change in cash and cash
equivalents in the reporting period
Cash and cash equivalents at the
beginning of the reporting period
2
Cash and cash equivalents at the
end of the reporting period
2
31.3.22
£
(30,035)
(173)
-
(30,208)
(4,865)
1,675
(3,190)
(33,398)
238,617
205,219
31.3.21
£
(27,036)
(611)
1,088
(26,559)
(15,499)
2,549
(12,950)
(39,509)
278,126
238,617

The notes form part of these financial statements

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Essential Drug and Alcohol Services

Notes to the Cash Flow Statement

for the Year Ended 31st March 2022

1. RECONCILIATION OF NET EXPENDITURE TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING RECONCILIATION OF NET EXPENDITURE TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING RECONCILIATION OF NET EXPENDITURE TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING RECONCILIATION OF NET EXPENDITURE TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING RECONCILIATION OF NET EXPENDITURE TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING
ACTIVITIES
31.3.22 31.3.21
£ £
Net expenditure for the reporting period (as per the
Statement of Financial Activities) (276,982) (24,107)
Adjustments for:
Depreciation charges 11,535 13,040
Loss on disposal of fixed assets - 181
Interest received (1,675) (2,549)
Interest element of hire purchase and finance lease rental
payments 173 611
Decrease/(increase) in debtors 281,181 (30,499)
(Decrease)/increase in creditors (44,267) 16,287
Net cash used in operations (30,035) (27,036)
2. ANALYSIS OF CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
31.3.22 31.3.21
£ £
Cash in hand 299 959
Notice deposits (less than 3 months) 207,060 237,658
Overdrafts included in bank loans and overdrafts falling due
within one year (2,140) -
Total cash and cash equivalents 205,219 238,617
3. ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET FUNDS
At 1.4.21 Cash flow At 31.3.22
£ £ £
Net cash
Cash at bank and in hand 238,617 (31,258) 207,359
Bank overdraft - (2,140) (2,140)
238,617 (33,398) 205,219
Total 238,617 (33,398) 205,219

The notes form part of these financial statements

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Essential Drug and Alcohol Services

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31st March 2022

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements

The financial statements of the charitable company, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

Income

All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds after any performance conditions have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.

Expenditure

Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.

Tangible fixed assets

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.

Plant and machinery - 30% on reducing balance
Fixtures and fittings - 25% on reducing balance
Motor vehicles - 25% on reducing balance

Stocks

Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items.

Taxation

The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.

Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.

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Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31st March 2022

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits

The charitable company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the charitable company's pension scheme are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate.

2. DONATIONS AND LEGACIES

Unrestricted
Restricted
funds
funds
£
£
Donations
1,584
-
Donated goods
-
-
Fundraising Income
822
-
2,406
-
3.
OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES
Unrestricted
Restricted
funds
funds
£
£
Café takings
25,041
-
4.
INVESTMENT INCOME
Unrestricted
Restricted
funds
funds
£
£
Deposit account interest
1,675
-
31.3.22
Total
funds
£
1,584
-
822
2,406
31.3.22
Total
funds
£
25,041
31.3.22
Total
funds
£
1,675
31.3.21
Total
funds
£
6,452
300
20,000
26,752
31.3.21
Total
funds
£
6,579
31.3.21
Total
funds
£
2,549

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Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31st March 2022

5. INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES

31.3.22
Activity
£
Contractual services
Drug and Alcohol Services
685,600
Training
Training
51,550
737,150
6.
OTHER INCOME
31.3.22
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
funds
funds
funds
£
£
£
Other income
-
-
-
CJRS Income
2,954
1,106
4,060
2,954
1,106
4,060
7.
CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS
Drug and Alcohol Services
Training
8.
DIRECT COSTS OF CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
31.3.22
£
Staff costs
834,662
Insurance
10,532
Light and heat
10,071
Telephone
10,709
Postage and stationery
40,287
Advertising
3,677
Sundries
5,375
CAB costs
2,222
Serenitea costs
9,158
BBV testing
2,509
Drug testing
1,490
Canteen
191
Building repairs
1,779
Equipment repairs
13,844
Donated goods
-
Carried forward
946,506
31.3.21
£
1,051,853
35,623
1,087,476
31.3.21
Total
funds
£
1,515
18,137
19,652
Direct
Costs (see
note 8)
£
987,269
57,808
1,045,077
31.3.21
£
965,376
8,456
4,590
14,908
23,456
2,168
6,946
2,925
3,591
2,808
3,324
264
1,957
14,625
300
1,055,694

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Notes to the Financial Statements - continued

for the Year Ended 31st March 2022

8. DIRECT COSTS OF CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES - continued

Brought forward
Legal and professional
Members' activities
NRT Supplies
NSP Supplies
Rent and rates
Training
Travel
Depreciation
Loss on sale of assets
Interest payable and similar charges
31.3.22
£
946,506
7,535
1,187
-
1,682
57,063
10,943
8,453
11,535
-
173
1,045,077
31.3.21
£
1,055,694
2,889
2,255
3,781
5,146
58,367
7,925
6,021
13,040
181
611
1,155,910
9. SUPPORT COSTS
Governance
Finance costs Totals
£ £ £
Other resources expended 1,117 1,120 2,237

10. NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)

Net income/(expenditure) is stated after charging/(crediting):

31.3.22 31.3.21
£ £
Auditors' remuneration - 10,000
Independent examiner's fee 1,500 -
Depreciation - owned assets 11,535 13,040
Deficit on disposal of fixed assets - 181

11. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS

There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31st March 2022 nor for the year ended 31st March 2021.

Trustees' expenses

There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31st March 2022 nor for the year ended 31st March 2021.

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Notes to the Financial Statements - continued

for the Year Ended 31st March 2022

12. STAFF COSTS

STAFF COSTS
Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Other pension costs
31.3.22
£
772,330
49,444
12,888
834,662
31.3.21
£
878,964
68,339
18,073
965,376

The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:

Project workers
Administration and support
Training and Outreach
Advisors and Counsellors
31.3.22
8
5
8
8
29
31.3.21
12
13
13
5
43

The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was:

£60,001 - £70,000
£70,001 - £80,000
£90,001 - £100,000
31.3.22
-
1
1
2
31.3.21
1
-
-
1

Note, the emoluments' bands include redundancy payments made to the employees during the year.

Wages and salaries includes employee benefits of £2,973 (2021: £3,653)

The total employee benefits (including redundancy payments) of the key management personnel of the charity were £182,035 (2021: £126,105)

During the year the charity made redundancy and/or termination payments which totalled £123,275 (2020: £NIL)

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Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31st March 2022

13. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
Unrestricted Restricted Total
funds funds funds
£ £ £
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Donations and legacies - 26,752 26,752
Charitable activities
Drug and Alcohol Services - 1,051,853 1,051,853
Training 35,623 - 35,623
Other trading activities 6,579 - 6,579
Investment income 2,549 - 2,549
Other income 18,070 1,582 19,652
Total 62,821 1,080,187 1,143,008
EXPENDITURE ON
Charitable activities
Drug and Alcohol Services 32,317 1,083,617 1,115,934
Training 39,976 - 39,976
Other 11,158 47 11,205
Total 83,451 1,083,664 1,167,115
NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE) (20,630) (3,477) (24,107)
Transfers between funds 26,652 (26,652) -
Net movement in funds 6,022 (30,129) (24,107)
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward 456,414 104,970 561,384
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED
FORWARD 462,436 74,841 537,277

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Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31st March 2022

14.
TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Fixtures
Plant and
and
machinery
fittings
£
£
COST
At 1st April 2021
86,204
29,764
Additions
4,865
-
At 31st March 2022
91,069
29,764
DEPRECIATION
At 1st April 2021
61,914
22,272
Charge for year
8,747
1,873
At 31st March 2022
70,661
24,145
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31st March 2022
20,408
5,619
At 31st March 2021
24,290
7,492
15.
STOCKS
Finished goods
16.
DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
Trade debtors
Prepayments
Motor
vehicles
£
20,572
-
20,572
16,910
915
17,825
2,747
3,662
31.3.22
£
3,500
31.3.22
£
42,906
-
42,906
Totals
£
136,540
4,865
141,405
101,096
11,535
112,631
28,774
35,444
31.3.21
£
3,500
31.3.21
£
293,296
30,791
324,087

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Notes to the Financial Statements - continued

for the Year Ended 31st March 2022

17. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
Bank loans and overdrafts (see note 18)
Trade creditors
Social security and other taxes
Accrued expenses
Deferred income
31.3.22
£
2,140
4,084
7,813
1,791
6,416
22,244
31.3.21
£
-
4,533
21,805
11,070
26,963
64,371

18. LOANS

An analysis of the maturity of loans is given below:
31.3.22 31.3.21
£ £
Amounts falling due within one year on demand:
Bank overdrafts 2,140 -

19. LEASING AGREEMENTS

Minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases fall due as follows:

Within one year
Between one and five years
31.3.22
£
32,000
21,833
53,833
31.3.21
£
32,000
53,833
85,833

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Notes to the Financial Statements - continued

for the Year Ended 31st March 2022

20. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS

Unrestricted funds
General fund
Closure reserve
Depreciation reserve
Restricted funds
Voluntary Income Projects
Poole Better Together Project
Reach YP Project
TOTAL FUNDS
Net movement in funds, included in the
Unrestricted funds
General fund
Restricted funds
Poole Better Together Project
Reach YP Project
TOTAL FUNDS
At 1.4.21
£
206,531
220,461
35,444
462,436
21,761
40,947
12,133
74,841
537,277
above are as
At 1.4.21
£
206,531
220,461
35,444
462,436
21,761
40,947
12,133
74,841
537,277
above are as
Net
Transfers
movement
between
in funds
funds
£
£
(260,182)
53,651
-
(32,712)
-
-
(260,182)
20,939
-
-
(20,008)
(20,939)
3,208
-
(16,800)
(20,939)
(276,982)
-
follows:
Incoming
Resources
resources
expended
£
£
90,871
(351,053)
518,961
(538,969)
160,500
(157,292)
679,461
(696,261)
770,332
(1,047,314)
Net
Transfers
movement
between
in funds
funds
£
£
(260,182)
53,651
-
(32,712)
-
-
(260,182)
20,939
-
-
(20,008)
(20,939)
3,208
-
(16,800)
(20,939)
(276,982)
-
follows:
Incoming
Resources
resources
expended
£
£
90,871
(351,053)
518,961
(538,969)
160,500
(157,292)
679,461
(696,261)
770,332
(1,047,314)
At
31.3.22
£
-
187,749
35,444
223,193
21,761
-
15,341
37,102
260,295
Movement
in funds
£
(260,182)
(20,008)
3,208
(16,800)
(276,982)

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Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31st March 2022

20. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

Comparatives for movement in funds

Net
Transfers
movement
between
At 1.4.20
in funds
funds
£
£
£
Unrestricted funds
General fund
172,754
(20,630)
54,407
Closure reserve
205,898
-
14,563
Dilapidation reserve
40,000
-
(40,000)
Depreciation reserve
37,762
-
(2,318)
456,414
(20,630)
26,652
Restricted funds
Voluntary Income Projects
22,264
26,103
(26,606)
Poole Better Together Project
62,644
(22,435)
738
Reach YP Project
20,062
(7,145)
(784)
104,970
(3,477)
(26,652)
TOTAL FUNDS
561,384
(24,107)
-
Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
Incoming
Resources
resources
expended
£
£
Unrestricted funds
General fund
62,821
(83,451)
Restricted funds
Voluntary Income Projects
26,751
(648)
Poole Better Together Project
886,436
(908,871)
Reach YP Project
167,000
(174,145)
1,080,187
(1,083,664)
TOTAL FUNDS
1,143,008
(1,167,115)
Net
Transfers
movement
between
At 1.4.20
in funds
funds
£
£
£
Unrestricted funds
General fund
172,754
(20,630)
54,407
Closure reserve
205,898
-
14,563
Dilapidation reserve
40,000
-
(40,000)
Depreciation reserve
37,762
-
(2,318)
456,414
(20,630)
26,652
Restricted funds
Voluntary Income Projects
22,264
26,103
(26,606)
Poole Better Together Project
62,644
(22,435)
738
Reach YP Project
20,062
(7,145)
(784)
104,970
(3,477)
(26,652)
TOTAL FUNDS
561,384
(24,107)
-
Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
Incoming
Resources
resources
expended
£
£
Unrestricted funds
General fund
62,821
(83,451)
Restricted funds
Voluntary Income Projects
26,751
(648)
Poole Better Together Project
886,436
(908,871)
Reach YP Project
167,000
(174,145)
1,080,187
(1,083,664)
TOTAL FUNDS
1,143,008
(1,167,115)
At
31.3.21
£
206,531
220,461
-
35,444
462,436
21,761
40,947
12,133
74,841
537,277
Movement
in funds
£
(20,630)
26,103
(22,435)
(7,145)
(3,477)
(24,107)

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Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31st March 2022

20. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined position is as follows:

Net Transfers
movement between At
At 1.4.20 in funds funds 31.3.22
£ £ £ £
Unrestricted funds
General fund 172,754 (280,812) 108,058 -
Closure reserve 205,898 - (18,149) 187,749
Dilapidation reserve 40,000 - (40,000) -
Depreciation reserve 37,762 - (2,318) 35,444
456,414 (280,812) 47,591 223,193
Restricted funds
Voluntary Income Projects 22,264 26,103 (26,606) 21,761
Poole Better Together Project 62,644 (42,443) (20,201) -
Reach YP Project 20,062 (3,937) (784) 15,341
104,970 (20,277) (47,591) 37,102
TOTAL FUNDS 561,384 (301,089) - 260,295
A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined net movement in fund
included in the above are as follows:
Incoming Resources Movement
resources expended in funds
£ £ £
Unrestricted funds
General fund 153,692 (434,504) (280,812)
Restricted funds
Voluntary Income Projects 26,751 (648) 26,103
Poole Better Together Project 1,405,397 (1,447,840) (42,443)
Reach YP Project 327,500 (331,437) (3,937)
1,759,648 (1,779,925) (20,277)
TOTAL FUNDS 1,913,340 (2,214,429) (301,089)

A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

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Notes to the Financial Statements - continued

for the Year Ended 31st March 2022

21. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

During the year the charity made the following related party transaction:

Marc Del Llano - Partner in Aldridge Brownlee

There were no legal fees paid to Marc Del Llano in the year to 31 March 2022, however, in the previous year, legal fees of £2,841 were paid to Aldridge Brownlee in respect of lease renewals for 50-52 and 54a Ashley Road.

Edward Taylor - Trustee of Citizens Advice Bournemouth and Poole

During the year £1,950 (2021:£2,925) worth of purchases were made from Citizens Advice Bournemouth And Poole. There were no amounts outstanding at the balance sheet date.

Mindy Bartlett and Michelle Lyall

During the current and previous year relatives of Mindy and Michelle were employed by the charity, the terms of employment are the same as for any other employee.

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