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Our 2030 action 2030 action action plan sets out how we we can get the get the the most out of resources in four key areas - people, money, care and support, housing - in order for L'Arche to survive and thrive in the years to come.
In 2024-25, we piloted a new Soulful Internship programme in L'Arche Kent, Edinburgh and Manchester, combining a year of living and working ina L'Arche Community while developing spiritual and reflective practice. Three of the six interns from year one chose to stay on in L'Arche. After the success of year one, we are doubling doubling the cohort cohort of interns in year two. two.
When the Government's 2024 budget imposed a 42% increase in our National Insurance contributions, adding over £1m to our annual pay bill, the immediate priority became our Stronger Finances Plan, which would enable us to weather the storm.
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We introduced monthly management account meetings with all Communities, empowering Community Leaders to have more ownership over their budgets and take swift corrective action where necessary.
We recruited credit control specialists to reduce debts owed to L'Arche by local authorities. Between February and August 2025, we reduced outstanding debts from £2.8m to £1.9m.
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Thanks to generous funding grants, we invested in new digital care (Nourish) and digital rostering (Sona) systems. These have already improved recordkeeping, enabled more efficient rostering of assistants, and helped us become more responsive to the changing needs of those we support.
We improved the professionalism in responding to behaviour that can be challenging, by building and training a group of ten practice leaders to upskills our teams in Positive Behaviour Support (PBS), and we provided training ina trauma-informed approach fo care for our support feams and members of our National Speaking Council.
We invested in a system (Carecubed) to audit our care contracts against national benchmarking data, including market rates and salaries, to ensure our contracts reflect the real cost of the care we provide. Using this data, we have successfully renegotiated care packages - in some cases, resulting in an additional £1k income per week.
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We have audited the usage of the properties we own and manage. Asa result, we are selling one property that is no longer an essential asset, in order to replenish our reserves.
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## 2024 - 2025 Expenditure
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## STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES RESPONSIBILITIES
The trustees (who are also the directors of the Charitable Company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the trustees’ report including the Strategic report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under company law, the trustees must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Charitable Company and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- observe the methods and principles of the Charities SORP (FRS 102):
- make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- State whether applicable UK Accounting Standards (FRS 102) have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Charitable Company will continue in business.
The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the Charitable Company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charitable Company and enable them fo ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Charitable Company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
## Disclosure of information to auditor
Each of the persons who are trustees at the time when this trustees’ report is approved has confirmed that:
- so far as that trustee is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the charity's auditor is unaware, and
- that trustee has taken all the steps that ought to have been taken as a trustee in order fo be aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the charity's auditor is aware of that information.
## Auditor
Sumer Auditco Limited were appointed as auditor to the company following BHP LLP becoming part of the Sumer Group on 31 December 2025, which required a change in audit firm to comply with applicable regulatory requirements.In accordance with section 487(2) of the Companies Act 2006, Sumer Auditco Limited are deemed to be reappointed annually.
Approved by order of the members of the board of trustees and signed on their behalf bu:
Acdan Marareevy Aedan MacGreevy
Chair of Trustees Date: 19.2.2026
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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF L'ARCHE
Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely fo become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation.
A further description of our responsibilities is available on the FRC's website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities.
This description forms part of our auditor's report.
## Use of our report
This report is made solely to the charitable company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006, and to the charitable companu's trustees, as a body, in accordance with Regulation 10 of the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charitable company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and the charitable company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
## Neil Baldwin (Senior statutory auditor)
## for and on behalf of
Sumer Auditco Limited New Chartford House Centurion Way Cleckheaton West Yorkshire BDI19 3QB
Date: 20.2.2026
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L'ARCHE BALANCE SHEET AT 31ST JULY 2025
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£|2024
£|2024
£|
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|Fixed assets|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|Tangible assets|||||||||||||||||||||12||||8,567,325||||||||8,892,006||||
|Investments|||||||||||||||||||||13||||98,347||||||||103,178||||
|Current assets|||||||||||||||||||||||||8,665,672||||||||8,995,184||||
|Debtors|||||||||||||||||||||14||3,435,510||||3,632,474||||||||||
|Cash||at||bank|||and in hand||||||||||||||||1,459,425|||||874,183|||||||||
||||||||||||||||||||||||4,894,935||||4,506,657||||||||||
|Current Liabilities|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|Creditors:|||||amounts falling||||||||||due|||within one year
15|||||(1,402,042)||||(1,232,291)||||||||||
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|Net current assets|||||||||||||||||||||||||3,492,893||||||||3,274,366||||
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|Total||assets lesscurrent liabilities|||||||||||||||||||||||12,158,565||||||||12,269,550||||
|Creditors:
amountsfallingdue|||||||||dueaffermore|||||more|morethanoneyear
6||||||||||(112,210)||||||||(222,492)||||
|Total||netassets|||||||||||||||||||||||12,046,355||||||||12,047,058||||
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|Charityfunds||||funds|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|Endowment funds|||||||||||||||||||||17||||24,150||||||||34,965||||
|Restricted funds|||||||||||||||||||||17||||516,622||||||||506,316||||
|Unrestricted funds|||||||||||||||||||||17||||11,505,583||||||||11,505,777||||
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|Total||Funds|||||||||||||||||||||||12,046,355||||||||12,047,058||||
The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and preparation of financial statements.
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the trustees and signed on their behalf bu:
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Aedan MacGreevy Jonathan Carter
Chair of Trustees Trustee
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Date: 19.2.2026
The notes on pages 42 to 63 form part of these financial statements
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## You can join us in the life-changing L'Arche journey in many ways:
- Donate
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- Fundraise
- Campaign
Find out more at:
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## Memberships and Associations:
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## AUDITOR
Sumer Auditco Limited, New Chartford House, Centurion Way, Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, BD19 3QB
## BANKERS
## National Westminster Bank plc
63 North Street, Keighley, West Yorkshire BD21 3SB
## Royal Bank of Scotland plc
PO Box 5663, Ist Floor, Affric House, Beechwood Park, Inverness IV2 3YR
L'Arche A company limited by guarantee Registered in England and Wales, No. 1055041 Registered Charity Nos. 264166 and SCO38493
Registered Office: L'Arche National Office, Romero House, 55 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7JB Tel: 0161 438 2832 Email: info@larche.org.uk Website: wwwlarche.org.uk
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