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REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: NI047633 (Northern Ireland)
REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 100855












REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND

AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 FEBRUARY 2024

FOR

ACCEPT CARE LTD

ACCEPT CARE LTD






CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 FEBRUARY 2024




Page

Report of the Trustees 1 to 5

Report of the Independent Auditors 6 to 9

Statement of Financial Activities 10

Balance Sheet 11

Cash Flow Statement 12

Notes to the Cash Flow Statement 13

Notes to the Financial Statements 14 to 23

ACCEPT CARE LTD (REGISTERED NUMBER: NI047633)

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 FEBRUARY 2024


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 29 February 2024. 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
Accept Care Ltd offers bespoke supported living care packages to people with learning disabilities, mental health issues and other diverse and complex needs. A unique plan is created for each service user that aims to meet their needs, wishes, preferences, ambitions and aspirations. This allows, where possible, for the individual to retain as much control as possible around their care. Accept Care Ltd also provides an individualised approach to support planning and positive risk management. Each individual is supported by a team of well-trained staff to ensure that the support provided is consistent in areas of social, emotional, physical, medical, educational, vocational, financial, leisure activities, along with recreational needs and wishes. Service users are actively involved in the recruitment of their staff wherever possible.

Significant activities
The supported living services are provided in properties rented directly by the individuals from a social care landlord.
Accept Care Ltd operates within two blocks of eight flats, one seven-bedroom house, one nine-bedroom house, and a further two bedroom house. Supporting thirty-four service users in Ash Grove, Consett, Co Durham. There is a further four bedded house at Bearpark for people with complex autism and twenty flats at Esh Winning, Co Durham for clients with a mild to moderate learning disability.

Accept Care Ltd supports approximately fifty-seven people in their own homes and in the three main locations in Consett, Bearpark and Esh Winning. It also supports an additional six people within the inspiring Lives day service.

The services are funded by Durham County Council, Tees Esk and Wear Valley NHS Trust and the County Durham Clinical Commissioning groups. The service has 0 vacancies as of 7th October 2024 The service continues to work closely with commissioners and provides best value services that look hopeful for the future with high demand for the skills and expertise offered by the Charity.

The main aim of the Charity for the coming year is to continue to develop the inspiring lives day services so as to increase capacity and to move to paperless ways of working. We were inspected in February 2024 and have maintained our current grading with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and that is rated "Good" in four areas. Safe, Effective, Caring, Responsive. Our rating for Well led was uprated to outstanding.

Public benefit
Accept Care Ltd aims to improve the lives and well-being of individuals with learning disabilities, mental health issues and other complex needs enabling them to live in and be part of the community. Accept Care Ltd strive to improve the self-esteem and confidence of the individual enabling them to take part in day care activities, which will enhance their ability to make choices and live a more independent life.

Accept Care Ltd, is registered with the Care Quality Commission for England and Wales and registered as a charity in Northern Ireland on 19 November 2014.

Success for Accept Care is measured over a longer period of time than it is for most organisations. We have twice yearly surveys which are sent to service users, professionals, families and staff. This measures our success in the five areas identified by The Care Quality Commission. We are also responsive to comments, compliments and complaints which come into the organisation from time to time. The Care Quality Commission undertakes contactless monitoring of the organisation through third party stakeholders on a regular basis. We get reports of this once undertaken.

ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE
We have managed our reserve well in the face of significant pressures to support staff with the cost of living increases. We have plans to fill all vacancies. We have improved on staff satisfaction, staff turnover and reduced the number of complaints we have received. We continue to reduce the number of behavioural incidents we deal with which demonstrate that staff are reducing conflict and maintaining positive interactions with clients. We are embracing the principles of Positive Behavioural Support and are benefitting from a more person centred way of working.

ACCEPT CARE LTD (REGISTERED NUMBER: NI047633)

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 FEBRUARY 2024

FINANCIAL REVIEW
Reserves policy
The Trustees have reviewed the charity's needs for reserves and have agreed that financial reserves (the "Emergency Operating Reserve" - EOR) should be held.

It has no endowment funding and is entirely dependent for income on funding from year to year which is inevitably subject to fluctuation.

The target level for the EOR has been set at 60 days operating costs, excluding wages costs, a sum of approximately £60,000.

Designated Funds Reserves
In addition to the EOR it was agreed that a designated funds reserve must be held to cover project costs outside the current operating budget and/or outside the current financial year. The level of this reserve will be the accumulated sum of all such funds in the accounts of the charity at each year end.

Items covered this year:

We have increased the designated funds for the cost of replacing the minibuses to £100,000. The sustainability fund which is to help reduce the cost of overheads and to help improve our environmental footprint remains at £127,600. Due to the current economic climate, we don't feel that the time is right to invest in new technology. We will of course continue to monitor the situation in the coming year.

£150,000 remains in the Emergency Support Fund to support the organisation if another pandemic happens has also remained the same.

A further £20,000 has been added to the Development Refurbishment fund, the Activity equipment fund remains at £36,743.

We have no restricted funds on 29 February 2024.

When taking the commitments into account, the charity is left with £342,626 of unrestricted and undesignated reserves.

Tracking and managing shared payments between the Clinical Commissioning Groups and Durham County Council has been successful enabling us to recover a large amount of debt owed. We are now more accurately checking and tracking payments We remain challenged by poor communications between both parties and failures in notifying us in changes of funding split changes, hourly rates and agreed dates for the start of funding splits. These have all been contributory to the issues we have faced in getting clarity over funding. Moving to scheduled payments has though improved matters though some individual amounts remain incorrect.

The hourly rate offered by Durham County Council for 23/24 was £17.64 per hour. The new hourly rate for 24/25 has increased to £19.20, an increase of just under 9%. This rate comes into effect in April 24.

Our main risk is the unknown and the impact of further pandemics and changes in the economy and how that affects us to recruit, train and retain staff. To that end we are actively recruiting, and our retention is carefully monitored. Over the past year we have seen the effects of the cost of inflation. This has had a direct impact on us with staffing having the biggest impact. To ensure we stayed competitive and to support our employees through this period we increased the Personal Support Worker basic hourly rate has increased over the year by 10% to £12.64 to ensure we remain competitive and attract good quality staff. As a result, it has had reduced our reserves. For the current year we will monitor the economic climate and staffing levels closely. We still have sufficient levels of reserves to temporarily increase salaries or provide hardship bonuses to staff in the event of further inflation.

Our focus for the coming year is to increase and retain staffing levels, reduce the use of agency staff and to develop Inspiring Lives. The Development Centre is in the final stages of completion. Once the building is complete, we will be advertising to try and increase the number of clients who attend. We will continue to deliver a good quality service which is respected by all. We are still moving to more paper free ways of working and are currently moving to a new electronic recording system for all staff and client information.


ACCEPT CARE LTD (REGISTERED NUMBER: NI047633)

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 FEBRUARY 2024

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.

Accept Care Ltd is a company limited by guarantee, having no share capital and governed by a Memorandum and Articles of Association.

Organisational structure
The current Management team is currently D M Nixon as Registered Manager and Managing Director. Mrs T D Nixon is Head of Quality and Compliance. Ms T Daley as Head of Operations. Ms J Peacock is HR and Finance Manager. Mrs J Malpass is Training and Development Manager ( now part time) Mrs Jan Lawrence is the Quality Manager.

Risk management
The trustees have a duty to identity and review the risks to which the charity is exposed and to ensure appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error.

The biggest threat to services and disruption to services remains covid-19 and any other future pandemics. We continue to manage any outbreaks well and all have been contained relatively quickly and no one has been affected in the long term, with no deaths or additional disability as a result. We continue to be vigilant and have acquired significant stocks of PPE in the event of future shortages.

The Charity has been made aware of funding errors from its main funders at Durham County Council and the NHS Clinical commissioning groups. The charity continues to track and recover any under payments. We have improved our financial tracking processes to give greater evidence in the event of disputes.

Recruitment in an almost saturated environment continues to be challenging and as a result we have increased pay scales in an attempt to ensure we recruit the best staff possible. We have also upgraded our website which has been an excellent recruitment tool. We also use web promotion tools with Indeed to increase our rankings and viewability on line. Our recruitment continues to be strong coupled with improved rates of pay for staff with retention rates improving as well.

The development of day services will create more opportunities for the Charity and prevent other organisations from offering superior services to people, we support. It allows for a new range of opportunities for service users and better range of opportunities for income generation lessening dependence on the current main funders. We are now supporting some complex individuals within the service that have been unable to sustain similar placements in the past. This includes a number of external attendees that live at home with families. The day service is also now making a contribution to the overall service and hopes to eventually generate a small profit whilst adding value to the reputation of the Charity.

We have had no tribunal cases this year and HR processes have been further refined and enforced to help ensure full compliance with employment law.


ACCEPT CARE LTD (REGISTERED NUMBER: NI047633)

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 FEBRUARY 2024


STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Directors/Trustees
The board that was formed in 2015 continues to perform well with improved communications and performance being noted as the service transforms itself into a very credible and professional service. We have retired two trustees to ensure that only one trustee now remains who is indirectly funded by the charity. No trustees are now employees.

We aim to add further volunteer trustees with the aim of adding bid writing and fundraising experience in the near
future. We are advertising with the VONNE network and want to attract people with previous experience of the care industry, we are mindful not to appoint people who do not share the aims and values of the charity, which has made recruitment of new trustees more difficult.

On appointment of a trustee they would have an opportunity to meet the rest of the board. The Managing Director would develop an induction plan for the trustee dependent on their area of expertise and interest. The Training and Development Manager would identify any training needs in accordance with the Trustee.

The board delegates much of its functions to the managing director who in turn consults the board on areas such as high-cost purchases (over £2k), salary changes and legal issues. It would also consult on things like legal issues and where the Charity is affected by changes in legislation.

All managers pay are discussed and approved by the board of trustees, In the event of the Managing Director and Head of Quality and Compliance these are discussed in private by the other trustees without the Managing Director and Head of Quality and Compliance being present. All Managers have an appraisal and the increase in salary is determined by performance and after an annual appraisal.

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
Registered Company number
NI047633 (Northern Ireland)

Registered Charity number
100855

Registered office
Glendinning House
6 Murray Street
Belfast
BT1 6DN

Trustees
D M Nixon - Managing Director
P Smith
F B Grand
G M Mcardle

Senior Statutory Auditor
David Holloway BA (Hons) FCA DChA

Auditors
Sumer Auditco Limited
The Beehive Building
Beehive Ring Road
Crawley
Gatwick
RH6 0PA


ACCEPT CARE LTD (REGISTERED NUMBER: NI047633)

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 FEBRUARY 2024

STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES' RESPONSIBILITIES
The trustees (who are also the directors of Accept Care Ltd for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Report of the Trustees and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice) including Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland".

Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to

-select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
-observe the methods and principles in the Charity SORP;
-make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
-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 proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. 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.

In so far as the trustees are aware:

-there is no relevant audit information of which the charitable company's auditors are unaware; and
-the trustees have taken all steps that they ought to have taken to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the auditors are aware of that information.

AUDITORS
The auditors, Sumer Auditco Limited, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.

This report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Approved by order of the board of trustees on 18 November 2024 and signed on its behalf by:





P Smith - Trustee

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF
ACCEPT CARE LTD

Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Accept Care Ltd (the 'charitable company') for the year ended 29 February 2024 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet, the Cash Flow Statement and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice), including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'.

In our opinion the financial statements:
-give a true and fair view of the state of the charitable company's affairs as at 29 February 2024 and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for the year then ended;
-have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'; and
-have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

Basis for opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charitable company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC's Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information
The trustees are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report, other than the financial statements and our Report of the Independent Auditors thereon.

Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
- the information given in the Report of the Trustees for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
- the Report of the Trustees has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF
ACCEPT CARE LTD


Matters on which we are required to report by exception
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the charitable company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Report of the Trustees.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
- adequate accounting records have not been kept or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
- the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
- certain disclosures of trustees' remuneration specified by law are not made; or
- we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit; or
- the trustees were not entitled to take advantage of the small companies exemption from the requirement to prepare a Strategic Report or in preparing the Report of the Trustees.

Responsibilities of trustees
As explained more fully in the Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities, the trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charitable company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF
ACCEPT CARE LTD


Our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue a Report of the Independent Auditors that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

Our audit must be alert to the risk of manipulation of the financial statements and seek to understand the incentives and opportunities for management to achieve this.

We undertake the following procedures to identify and respond to these risks of non-compliance:
- the engagement partner ensured that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations;
- we identified the laws and regulations applicable to the charitable company through discussions with Trustees and other management and from our knowledge and experience of this sector;
- we focussed on specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the charitable company, including the Companies Acts, Charities Acts, tax legislation, employment, environmental and health and safety legislation;
- we assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management and inspecting legal correspondence; and
- identified laws and regulations were communicated within the audit team regularly and the team remained alert to instances of non-compliance throughout the audit.

We assessed the susceptibility of the charitable company's financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by:
- making enquiries of management as to where they considered there was a susceptibility to fraud, their knowledge of actual, suspected and alleged fraud;
- considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations.

To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:
- performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships;
- tested journal entries to identify unusual transactions;
- assessed whether judgements and assumptions made in determining any accounting estimates were indicative of potential bias;
- investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions.

In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to:
- agreeing financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation;
- reading minutes of meetings of those charged with governance;
- enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation claims;
- reviewing correspondence with HMRC and the company's legal advisers.

Through these procedures, we did not become aware of actual or suspected non-compliance.

We planned and performed our audit in accordance with auditing standards but owing to the inherent limitations of procedures required in these areas, there is an unavoidable risk that we may not have detected a material misstatement in the accounts. The further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely we would become aware of it. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve concealment, collusion, forgery, misrepresentations, or override of internal controls. We are not responsible for preventing non-compliance and cannot be expected to detect non-compliance with all laws and regulations.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Report of the Independent Auditors.

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF
ACCEPT CARE LTD


Use of our report
This report is made solely to the charitable company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charitable company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditors' 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.




David Holloway BA (Hons) FCA DChA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of Sumer Auditco Limited
The Beehive Building
Beehive Ring Road
Crawley
Gatwick
RH6 0PA

20 November 2024

ACCEPT CARE LTD

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
(INCORPORATING AN INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 FEBRUARY 2024

2024 2023
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
funds fund funds funds
Notes £    £    £    £   
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Donations and legacies 2 122 - 122 12,100

Charitable activities 5
Care Services 3,627,665 - 3,627,665 3,277,962

Other trading activities 3 782 - 782 -
Investment income 4 32,416 - 32,416 13,211
Total 3,660,985 - 3,660,985 3,303,273

EXPENDITURE ON
Charitable activities 6
Care Services 3,728,801 - 3,728,801 3,405,126

NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE) (67,816 ) - (67,816 ) (101,853 )


RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward 1,085,794 - 1,085,794 1,187,647

TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 1,017,978 - 1,017,978 1,085,794

ACCEPT CARE LTD (REGISTERED NUMBER: NI047633)

BALANCE SHEET
29 FEBRUARY 2024

2024 2023
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
funds fund funds funds
Notes £    £    £    £   
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets 13 246,861 - 246,861 280,018

CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors 14 323,578 - 323,578 301,965
Cash at bank and in hand 939,589 - 939,589 1,015,050
1,263,167 - 1,263,167 1,317,015

CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 15 (492,050 ) - (492,050 ) (511,239 )

NET CURRENT ASSETS 771,117 - 771,117 805,776

TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

1,017,978

-

1,017,978

1,085,794

NET ASSETS 1,017,978 - 1,017,978 1,085,794
FUNDS 16
Unrestricted funds 1,017,978 1,085,794
TOTAL FUNDS 1,017,978 1,085,794

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to charitable companies subject to the small companies regime.


The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 18 November 2024 and were signed on its behalf by:





P Smith - Trustee

ACCEPT CARE LTD

CASH FLOW STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 FEBRUARY 2024

2024 2023
Notes £    £   

Cash flows from operating activities
Cash generated from operations 1 (106,256 ) (74,206 )
Net cash used in operating activities (106,256 ) (74,206 )

Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of tangible fixed assets (1,621 ) (22,022 )
Interest received 32,416 13,211
Net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities 30,795 (8,811 )

Change in cash and cash equivalents in
the reporting period

(75,461

)

(83,017

)
Cash and cash equivalents at the
beginning of the reporting period

1,015,050

1,098,067
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of
the reporting period

939,589

1,015,050

ACCEPT CARE LTD

NOTES TO THE CASH FLOW STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 FEBRUARY 2024

1. RECONCILIATION OF NET EXPENDITURE TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING
ACTIVITIES
2024 2023
£    £   
Net expenditure for the reporting period (as per the Statement of
Financial Activities)

(67,816

)

(101,853

)
Adjustments for:
Depreciation charges 34,778 37,540
Interest received (32,416 ) (13,211 )
Increase in debtors (21,613 ) (52,143 )
(Decrease)/increase in creditors (19,189 ) 55,461
Net cash used in operations (106,256 ) (74,206 )


2. ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET FUNDS

At 1.3.23 Cash flow At 29.2.24
£    £    £   
Net cash
Cash at bank and in hand 1,015,050 (75,461 ) 939,589
1,015,050 (75,461 ) 939,589
Total 1,015,050 (75,461 ) 939,589

ACCEPT CARE LTD

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 FEBRUARY 2024

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, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.

Income is generated from contracts with the local government and/or NHS Trust to provide health and social care to a number of individuals for an agreed number of hours per a week. Any hours over the contracted amount for a specified purpose (e.g. emergency hospital visits) are invoiced on top of the contracted amount.

Grants are recognised once the charity becomes entitled to the funding and the amount can be measured reliably.

Where there are terms or conditions attached to incoming resources, particularly grants, then these terms or conditions must be met before the income is recognised as the entitlement condition will not be satisfied until that point. Where terms or conditions have not been met or uncertainty exists as to whether they can be met then the relevant income is not recognised in the year but deferred and shown on the balance sheet as deferred income.

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.


Freehold property - 2% on cost
Improvements to property - 10% on cost
Plant and machinery - 25% on cost
Fixtures and fittings - 15% on cost
Motor vehicles - 25% on reducing balance
Computer equipment - 25% on cost

Items over £250 which have an estimated useful life of 2 years or greater are capitalised within the balance sheet and depreciated.

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.


ACCEPT CARE LTD

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 FEBRUARY 2024

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

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

Going concern
The board recognises that the impact of inflation will influence the charity's ability to achieve a surplus in the coming year. The increase in overheads and cost of employment, with changes to taxation and labour rates, will lead to an adverse impact on results. The management team have worked hard to ensure overheads remain controlled to give employees a competitive salary and to offer investment and training opportunities to ensure the best care is given to clients. Overall, the trustees feel that the charity has adequate reserves to absorb the impact and can continue as a going concern.

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.


Financial Instruments
The company has elected to apply the provisions of section 11 'Basic Financial Instruments' and Section 12 'Other Financial Instruments Issues' of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.

Financial instruments are recognised in the company's balance sheet when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

Basic financial assets
Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.

Classification of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.

Basic financial liabilities
Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans, other loans, and preference shares that are classified as debt, are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.

Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.


ACCEPT CARE LTD

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 FEBRUARY 2024

2. DONATIONS AND LEGACIES
2024 2023
£    £   
Donations 122 100
Grants - 12,000
122 12,100

Grants received, included in the above, are as follows:

2024 2023
£    £   
COVID - 19 Support Grants - 12,000

3. OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES
2024 2023
£    £   
Fundraising events 192 -
Sundry income 590 -
782 -

4. INVESTMENT INCOME
2024 2023
£    £   
Deposit account interest 32,416 13,211

5. INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
2024 2023
Activity £    £   
Client care fees Care Services 3,448,088 3,101,474
Client contributions Care Services 154,279 165,314
Workforce development fund Care Services 12,321 11,174
Grants Care Services 12,977 -
3,627,665 3,277,962


ACCEPT CARE LTD

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 FEBRUARY 2024

6. CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS
Support
Direct costs (see
Costs note 7) Totals
£    £    £   
Care Services 3,548,033 180,768 3,728,801

7. SUPPORT COSTS
Governance
Finance Other costs Totals
£    £    £    £   
Care Services 2,124 167,463 11,181 180,768

Support costs, included in the above, are as follows:

Governance costs
2024 2023
Care Total
Services activities
£    £   
Auditors' remuneration 7,738 5,720
Auditors' remuneration for non audit work 3,443 3,567
11,181 9,287

8. NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)

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

2024 2023
£    £   
Depreciation - owned assets 34,778 37,540

9. AUDITORS' REMUNERATION
2024 2023
£    £   
Fees payable to the charity's auditors for the audit of the charity's financial
statements

7,738

5,720
Other non-audit services 3,443 3,567


ACCEPT CARE LTD

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 FEBRUARY 2024

10. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS

There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 29 February 2024 nor for the year ended 28 February 2023.


Trustees' expenses

There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 29 February 2024 nor for the year ended 28 February 2023.


11. STAFF COSTS
2024 2023
£    £   
Wages and salaries 2,991,178 2,766,471
Social security costs 234,081 226,441
Other pension costs 56,097 50,292
3,281,356 3,043,204

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

2024 2023
Employees 143 136

No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.

All Key Management personnel are paid through Inspire Insight CIC. Please refer to the Related Party Disclosures note in these financial statements for more information. The total fees paid to Inspire Insight CIC this financial year was £130,863 (2023: £119,467).

12. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
Unrestricted Restricted Total
funds fund funds
£    £    £   
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Donations and legacies 12,100 - 12,100

Charitable activities
Care Services 3,277,962 - 3,277,962

Investment income 13,211 - 13,211
Total 3,303,273 - 3,303,273

EXPENDITURE ON
Charitable activities
Care Services 3,397,152 7,974 3,405,126

NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE) (93,879 ) (7,974 ) (101,853 )


RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward 1,179,673 7,974 1,187,647

ACCEPT CARE LTD

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 FEBRUARY 2024

12. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES - continued
Unrestricted Restricted Total
funds fund funds
£    £    £   

TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 1,085,794 - 1,085,794

13. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Improvements
Freehold to Plant and
property property machinery
£    £    £   
COST
At 1 March 2023 158,748 145,243 29,146
Additions - - 179
At 29 February 2024 158,748 145,243 29,325
DEPRECIATION
At 1 March 2023 22,468 54,081 22,236
Charge for year 3,175 13,259 4,267
At 29 February 2024 25,643 67,340 26,503
NET BOOK VALUE
At 29 February 2024 133,105 77,903 2,822
At 28 February 2023 136,280 91,162 6,910

Fixtures
and Motor Computer
fittings vehicles equipment Totals
£    £    £    £   
COST
At 1 March 2023 7,402 50,015 31,858 422,412
Additions 998 - 444 1,621
At 29 February 2024 8,400 50,015 32,302 424,033
DEPRECIATION
At 1 March 2023 1,212 26,315 16,082 142,394
Charge for year 1,211 5,925 6,941 34,778
At 29 February 2024 2,423 32,240 23,023 177,172
NET BOOK VALUE
At 29 February 2024 5,977 17,775 9,279 246,861
At 28 February 2023 6,190 23,700 15,776 280,018


ACCEPT CARE LTD

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 FEBRUARY 2024

14. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2024 2023
£    £   
Trade debtors 83,254 53,186
Other debtors 17,276 1,953
Prepayments 23,631 32,922
Accrued income 199,417 213,904
323,578 301,965

15. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2024 2023
£    £   
Trade creditors 3,106 1,738
Social security and other taxes 93,795 89,325
Other creditors 361,177 383,720
Accruals and deferred income 33,972 36,456
492,050 511,239

16. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
Net Transfers
movement between At
At 1.3.23 in funds funds 29.2.24
£    £    £    £   
Unrestricted funds
General fund 433,619 (51,382 ) (39,611 ) 342,626
Building fund 227,832 (16,434 ) (389 ) 211,009
Development Centre refurbishment fund 30,000 - 20,000 50,000
Minibus replacement fund 80,000 - 20,000 100,000
Activity Equipment 36,743 - - 36,743
Sustainability fund 127,600 - - 127,600
Emergency fund 150,000 - - 150,000
1,085,794 (67,816 ) - 1,017,978
TOTAL FUNDS 1,085,794 (67,816 ) - 1,017,978

Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

Incoming Resources Movement
resources expended in funds
£    £    £   
Unrestricted funds
General fund 3,660,985 (3,712,367 ) (51,382 )
Building fund - (16,434 ) (16,434 )
3,660,985 (3,728,801 ) (67,816 )
TOTAL FUNDS 3,660,985 (3,728,801 ) (67,816 )


ACCEPT CARE LTD

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 FEBRUARY 2024

16. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

Comparatives for movement in funds

Net Transfers
movement between At
At 1.3.22 in funds funds 28.2.23
£    £    £    £   
Unrestricted funds
General fund 537,942 (77,269 ) (27,054 ) 433,619
Building fund 232,783 (16,610 ) 11,659 227,832
Development Centre refurbishment fund 35,815 - (5,815 ) 30,000
Minibus replacement fund 70,000 - 10,000 80,000
Activity Equipment 37,133 - (390 ) 36,743
Sustainability fund 116,000 - 11,600 127,600
Emergency fund 150,000 - - 150,000
1,179,673 (93,879 ) - 1,085,794
Restricted funds
Staff Wage uplift grant 7,974 (7,974 ) - -

TOTAL FUNDS 1,187,647 (101,853 ) - 1,085,794

Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

Incoming Resources Movement
resources expended in funds
£    £    £   
Unrestricted funds
General fund 3,303,273 (3,380,542 ) (77,269 )
Building fund - (16,610 ) (16,610 )
3,303,273 (3,397,152 ) (93,879 )
Restricted funds
Staff Wage uplift grant - (7,974 ) (7,974 )

TOTAL FUNDS 3,303,273 (3,405,126 ) (101,853 )

ACCEPT CARE LTD

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 FEBRUARY 2024

16. 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 1.3.22 in funds funds 29.2.24
£    £    £    £   
Unrestricted funds
General fund 537,942 (128,651 ) (66,665 ) 342,626
Building fund 232,783 (33,044 ) 11,270 211,009
Development Centre refurbishment fund 35,815 - 14,185 50,000
Minibus replacement fund 70,000 - 30,000 100,000
Activity Equipment 37,133 - (390 ) 36,743
Sustainability fund 116,000 - 11,600 127,600
Emergency fund 150,000 - - 150,000
1,179,673 (161,695 ) - 1,017,978
Restricted funds
Staff Wage uplift grant 7,974 (7,974 ) - -

TOTAL FUNDS 1,187,647 (169,669 ) - 1,017,978

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

Incoming Resources Movement
resources expended in funds
£    £    £   
Unrestricted funds
General fund 6,964,258 (7,092,909 ) (128,651 )
Building fund - (33,044 ) (33,044 )
6,964,258 (7,125,953 ) (161,695 )
Restricted funds
Staff Wage uplift grant - (7,974 ) (7,974 )

TOTAL FUNDS 6,964,258 (7,133,927 ) (169,669 )

As well as the general fund, the charity currently maintains six further designated funds, all of these funds are unrestricted:

Building Fund
It is the charity's policy that the development centre, along with any improvements made, are carried in a capital fund to reflect that these funds would only be released if the property was ever sold.

Minibus Fund
The Trustees ringfenced £80,000 to replace the current minibuses with electric minibuses in the coming years. At the balance sheet date £80,000 remains unspent.

Development Centre Refurbishment Fund
The Trustees designated £137,899 to invest in the continued refurbishment of the development centre. At the balance sheet date £30,000 remains unspent.



ACCEPT CARE LTD

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 29 FEBRUARY 2024

16. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

Activity Equipment
The Trustees designated £40,000 to acquire activity equipment for the development centre to be used by the beneficiaries. At the balance sheet date £36,743 remains unspent.

Sustainability Fund
The Trustees earmarked £127,600 to the sustainability fund to help reduce the cost of overheads and to help improve our environmental In footprint. At the balance sheet date £127,600 remains unspent.

Emergency Fund
The Trustees had earmarked £150,000 to the Emergency Fund to support the organisation if another pandemic happens. At the balance sheet date £150,000 remains unspent.

17. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

During the year the company paid consultancy fees totalling £130,863 (2023: £119,467) to Inspire Insight CIC, a company controlled by a Trustee of the charity and his spouse. This remuneration was paid in respect of services provided to the charity not in connection with the role of Trustee.