REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 05177066 (England and Wales)

REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1106908

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND

UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2026

FOR

BASSETLAW ACTION CENTRE

(A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)

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Reference and Administrative Details

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Report of the Trustees

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Independent Examiner's Report

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Statement of Financial Activities

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Balance Sheet

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Cash Flow Statement

15

Notes to the Cash Flow Statement

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Notes to the Financial Statements

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TRUSTEES

M E Browne (resigned 12.9.2025)

J Caley

D M Colton

M Storey

A A D Tromans

J E Coyne

S J F Lamb

H J Derby

D A Humphries (appointed 21.11.2025)

S B Brown (appointed 17.3.2026)

COMPANY SECRETARY

D M Colton

REGISTERED OFFICE

The Warehouse

Canal Steet

RETFORD

DN22 6EZ

REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER

05177066 (England and Wales)

REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER

1106908

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER

Glover & Co

Chartered Accountants

13/15 Netherhall Road

DONCASTER

DN1 2PH

BANKERS

Unity Trust plc

Four Brindley Place

BIRMINGHAM

B1 2JB

The day to day management of the charity is carried out by the Senior Manager Mrs L Tupling.

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 31 March 2026. 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

Our five-year business plan for 2025-2031 was agreed and adopted by our board of Trustees and was drawn together to illustrate the strengths of our organisation, to assess the resources we have, to recognise where our organisation is at the moment and where we are aiming to be in the future. We accept this is a living document that will change over time but we captured our plans and vision for the future of our development and can now reflect on our plans and acknowledge the achievements we have made.

In this process we have identified that the Bassetlaw Action Centre is a significant operator in the voluntary sector in Bassetlaw, now delivering services throughout Nottinghamshire, and to reflect this we have added a strapline which says "making a difference throughout Nottinghamshire" in acknowledgement of where our service delivery now takes place. With approximately 100 staff and volunteers (combined), every member of staff and all volunteers are fully DBS checked and competent in delivering a quality service to older people and people at risk throughout Nottinghamshire.

We offer a range of services through our own projects and through the strong partnerships and signposting arrangements that we have developed which allows us to provide a holistic approach to the clients we serve. Our partners include voluntary and statutory sector organisations and we continue to nurture the relationship with our partners to ensure that a quality service is delivered.

The process of developing our business plan (and in drafting our 2025/2031 plan) has allowed us to critically analyse our organisation, acknowledging our strengths and achievements whilst recognising our threats and opportunities. Our committed and dedicated team of staff and volunteers are undoubtedly our most valuable resource - without whom we could not perform as an organisation.

Our opportunities for the future continue to include the collaboration with other voluntary sector providers, expansion into new areas, consolidating our services and continue developing more paid-for services which will allow us to provide additional services without the reliance on traditional grant aid.

There are challenges ahead; in particular, the changing demographics of older people means that undoubtedly there will be greater demand for our services. Traditional forms of grant aid are being replaced with competitive tenders and contracts which puts greater pressure on achieving the core costs of the organisation. This additional demand for our service has been challenged further by the unprecedented cuts in funding to the sector as a whole.

We recognise that we have to remain focused in what we do, yet be willing to adapt and change to meet the demands of the future. Our staff and volunteers are our greatest asset, we need to ensure that we support them, train them, manage them, and steer them through the challenges ahead whilst ensuring that our customer focused approach is always at the forefront of our organisation.

Our vision for the next five years is one of continued development to ensure that Bassetlaw Action Centre continues to be the quality service delivery organisation that it is today. Our challenge when developing our strategic plan was to identify and agree on some strategic objectives which are tracked on an annual basis to ensure the plan is in line with the evolving external context. These objectives and our results against our business plans are as follows:

Strategic Objective 1

To ensure that the organisation adopts a balanced budget and maintains necessary levels of turnover.

Achieved: A balanced budget for year ending 31st March 2026, and ended the financial year with a surplus. We have also been successful in preparing a balanced budget for the forthcoming year ending 31st March 2027.

Strategic Objective 2

To increase income through paid-for services

Achieved. Income from the Home Support Service has continued to grow and is showing excellent results, with the income generated from Home Support now exceeding £200,000.00 per annum. At the end of March 2026 the income generated by the Home Support Service topped £1m since its launch.

Strategic Objective 3

To Increase the Volunteer base.

Not Achieved. We had 88 volunteers last year (of which 84 were active) across our projects at the end of the last financial year compared to 82 this year. However, in the year we recruited an astonishing 32 new volunteers but lost 38. Volunteer recruitment continues to be a challenge as demand still outstrips supply.

Strategic Objective 4

To seek and pursue new opportunities to develop complementary services within the aims and objectives the organisation. Achieved. We successfully renegotiated the Supported Hospital Discharge Service (SHDS) Tender from Nottinghamshire County Council for a further year with a reduction in contract value from 1 April 2026. We successfully secured funding to extend the Warm Pack allocation. We secured funding from Citizens Advice to delivery an Energy Advice Service and overachieved the KPIs resulting in an additional payment being received.

Strategic Objective 5

To strengthen and extend our existing offer.

Achieved. Whilst funding from NCC for our housing service and transport services have been withdrawn from 1st April 2026 we have worked with new and existing partners to seek collaborative funding opportunities. This has resulted in a 3-way bid to a Countywide Homeless prevention fund with CANNs and BEAM being submitted - the outcome of which will be known in June 2026. We have also delivered a Digital Skills programme of support to digitally excluded people and a Centres for Warmth project in partnership with BCVS.

Strategic Objective 6

To ensure we identify and proactively manage risks and emerging threats.

Achieved. We continue to develop and refresh our risk assessments to ensure that we identify emerging threats at the earliest opportunity to enable us to minimise impact on the organisation. Our financial risk assessment is also continuously monitored and whilst in current financial year we have achieved the necessary levels of turnover, there remains a risk to the organisation that future funding could reduce. We celebrated 30 years in February and took the opportunity to showcase our organisation to a range of partners including funders.

A separate and full Annual Report for year ending 31st March 2026 has also been produced and details the significant achievements the organisation has made against the specific projects delivered, and this is available at www.bassetlawactioncentre.org.uk.

Over the past couple of years, we have significantly re-engineered and strengthened our organisation and the rise in turnover demonstrates this. We had yet again, predicted a significant reduction in income for the organisation for the financial year ending 31st March 2026 and agreed to utilise reserves to enable us to maintain our charitable activities, however, due to significant fundraising activities, we have managed to generate a trading surplus without using any of our reserves

Public benefit

The services offered by the Bassetlaw Action Centre are aimed at improving the skills, knowledge, health and well being of older and vulnerable people within Nottinghamshire and to promote independent living for longer. The trustees have had regard to Charities Commission guidance on public benefit.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

Charitable activities

The services offered by the Bassetlaw Action Centre fall under several main project headings as follows:

Staying Well Programme - This is a six-week self-management programme for people living with a long-term condition. A number of virtual courses have been delivered throughout Bassetlaw during the year, alongside face-to-face courses. The programme is designed to empower individuals to better manage their long-term condition; and to date has been very well received by other people with long term health conditions. In addition, participants are signposted to health intervention services where appropriate. We are delighted to report that the ICB have agreed to fund this programme for a further year.

Get Out Get Active (GOGA) - Funding for GOGA has now ended and this area of work has significantly reduced since 1 April 2024. Although the development activity has ceased there is a legacy of individuals who continue to participate in being active as a direct result of this intervention.

Community Car Scheme - offers a transport service for those individuals who for a variety of reasons (mobility/rurality etc.) cannot utilise public transport methods. Cars are available to individuals for hospital appointments, dental appointments, hairdressing appointments etc., to name just a few. Individuals using the service are expected to pay an annual registration fee, and a booking fee to assist with the running costs of the scheme, clients also pay a mileage rate to contribute to volunteer expenses. The scheme is in need of additional volunteer drivers and recruiting new drivers remains a challenge.

Car Scheme Plus - operates in a similar way to the Community Car Scheme above but is designed for service users with limited mobility who would be unable to access a non-adapted volunteer's car. The Car Scheme Plus vehicle is fully wheelchair accessible. Journeys in the Car Scheme Plus are quoted on an individual basis. The fully electric vehicle now enables the costs of operating the service to be in line with the Community Car Scheme therefore no disproportionate charges apply to people with disabilities in need of a wheelchair accessible vehicle. In addition, operating a fully electric vehicle significantly reduces emissions and therefore supports the green agenda.

The Home Support Service is currently available across the community offering a range of domestic services from general cleaning, shopping and a sitting service. The service is open to all residents in Bassetlaw who need some additional support to help them remain independent at home. This is a chargeable service and can be offered as a long term or ad-hoc arrangement.

Promoting Independence is currently offered in Bassetlaw Hospital to support patients within 48 hours of discharge to make informed choices about maintaining independence. This can be to provide information and advice on preventative services available, welfare benefits support and access to other sources of advice to empower patients to make informed decisions. The funding for the Promoting Independence service has been ceased by the ICB from 31st March 2026 and therefore this area of work will end.

Community Minibuses - Bassetlaw consists of some 250 square miles, two thirds of which is very rural and isolated, and as a result of reductions in national transport arrangements (buses in particular), a community minibus is beneficial to the Bassetlaw community. The community minibuses can be hired with a driver by community groups for a variety of social, health and business activities, and in addition the Bassetlaw Action Centre offers day trips to shopping centres, the coast, and other interesting sightseeing trips. The project continues to grow, with lunch clubs to reduce loneliness amongst our older population being very popular. The charity has a designated Minibus replacement fund which will be utilised in due course to replace the older vehicle but we now have a second vehicle to enable us to meet the additional demand.

Befriending - Additional volunteer befrienders have been recruited, with face-to-face befriending taking place in addition to a menu of befriending options to complement the traditional face to face service which includes: telephone befriending, group befriending, WhatsApp befriending and peer to peer befriending.

The Supported Hospital Discharge Service is a Nottinghamshire wide service and therefore available at Bassetlaw Hospital, King's Mill Hospital and Queen's Medical Centre. This service is aimed specifically at P1 patients. P1 patients are those who require some form of care package or reablement service to enable them to be discharged home. The SHDS advisors put a range of practical services in place to speed up discharges and are predominantly offered to patients that have no family or support services in place when they are discharged from hospital. Supported Hospital Discharge Service is currently offered across the whole of Nottinghamshire, and provides support to patients discharged from hospital with the certainty that their home is ready, i.e. heating, food, adaptive equipment etc., prior to them returning to their homes.

Keeping Warm and Well Campaign - Bassetlaw Action Centre in conjunction with other statutory organisations i.e. Bassetlaw District Council, Nottinghamshire County Council and Citizen's Advice offered a range of initiatives. In addition to the allocation of information packages for sustainable warmth, Bassetlaw Action Centre opened as a Warm Space between 1st October and 31st March, issued Warm Packs (including oil filled radiators, electric blankets, electric throws, flasks and thermometers) to vulnerable clients unable to afford the cost of the soaring gas and electricity costs. In addition, the Bassetlaw Action Centre Energy Advisors exceeded targets of supporting vulnerable customers. All interventions exist to reduce excessive winter deaths in older people.

NNSP - The North Nottinghamshire Support Partnership is a multi-agency advice and support network for adults in Bassetlaw through a single point of access. NNSP works by enabling people to access a wide range of services through a single point of access. The simple checklist helps to identify the support, information and advice a client might benefit from. Completed checklists generate referrals to partner agencies prompting them to contact the customer with the support, information and advice required.

A range of other services and facilities are available for individuals and organisations, including advice on funding sources and applications and the provision of low-cost space and meeting rooms.

In February 2026 Bassetlaw Action Centre celebrated 30 years of delivering services to the local community and invited a range of partners to a celebration event where the organisation showcased its achievements over the past 30 years.

FINANCIAL REVIEW

Financial position

The target for income generation was met, and expenditure has been contained within the parameters set by the Trustees. The Trustees consider the financial results to be very satisfactory and funding for the next twelve-month period has been agreed for all existing provision with a balanced budget being set. The charity anticipates a reduction in funding for year ending 31 March 2028 so will still pursue funding opportunities for the continuation and expansion of services over the next eighteen months and will maximise on income generation to offset the predicted downturn in expected historic income sources.

Our success in increasing income streams to provide services at manageable costs for the year ending 31st March 2026 has resulted in a surplus of funds at year end.

Principal funding sources

The principal funding sources over the past twelve months for the Charity have been: -

- Health Transport, Befriending, Promoting Independence, Expert Patients Programme 'Staying Well', - Funded by Nottingham ICB (through the Bassetlaw Place Based Partnership).

- Community Car Scheme - Funded by Nottinghamshire County Council and Nottingham ICB (through Bassetlaw Place Based Partnership).

- Car Scheme Plus - Funded by Nottinghamshire County Council.

- Community Minibus - Funded by Nottinghamshire County Council and Motability Foundation.

- Keeping Warm and Well - Funded by Citizen's Advice, Bassetlaw District Council, National Grid Electricity Distribution.

- Housing - Funded by Nottinghamshire County Council.

- Supported Independent Living Service - Funded by The National Lottery.

- Home Support - self funding (and income generating).

- Supported Hospital Discharge Service - Funded by Nottinghamshire County Council.

Investment policy and objectives

The Trustees within the terms of the Memorandum and Articles of Association have the power to invest all funds not immediately required by the charity, and as such have set out procedures to do this in the longer term.

Reserves policy

The Trustees have set out a formal Reserves Policy, and in so doing have determined the following:

The unrestricted reserve account should not fall below 1% of turnover.

The unrestricted, non-designated reserve account should not exceed 75% of turnover.

The reserve account should be used specifically for the following purposes:

Unexpected expenditure

Redundancy payments where there is a shortfall in funding Emergency provision

Cash flow

Free Unrestricted funds will be used to ensure continuity of services

In the event that the reserve account is required for any other purpose, approval from a minimum of 3 trustees must be sought.

The 1% and 75% limits should be reviewed by the finance sub-group at least annually.

The total funds held at the year-end are £1,007,826.

£324,944 is restricted and £682,882 is unrestricted.

£317,211 of the restricted funds is tied up in fixed assets so would only be realised upon disposal.

£27,552 of unrestricted funds also relates to fixed assets.

The unrestricted funds available after taking into consideration the fixed assets is £655,330.

The available funding required to cover amounts identified by the trustees is as follows: -

£

Funding retained to cover the financial risk assessment

119,243

Funding needed to operate for a minimum of six months

448,000

567,243

Any funds held over and above these amounts will continue to be utilised to carry the cost of developmental activities and furtherance of the aims and objectives of the Charity.

Designated Funds

The charity has designated a Motor Vehicle replacement fund of £40,000. The timing of this expenditure will be as stated when the current vehicles require replacing.

Employee Pension Contributions

As last year, the charity has undertaken to increase the pension contributions made to the employee pension scheme. Pension contributions will continue to be paid at the percentages set for each employee, but in addition, and based upon affordability and the financial situation of the charity at the end of each financial year, 50% of any operating surplus is to be paid into pension funds for employees as follows, 1/3rd to the Chief Executive and 2/3rds to the remaining staff pro-rata. For those staff who do not have a pension fund or for staff who prefer to have the performance bonus paid to them rather than into pension funds, it is paid through payroll. For the year ended 31 March 2026 the charity showed an operating surplus of £79,841. Therefore £13,307 (2025: £13,332) was allocated to the Chief Executive and £26,614 (2025: £26,664) to the remaining staff.

There are sufficient funds in place to cover necessary costs for year ending 31 March 2027.

FUTURE PLANS

Bassetlaw Action Centre, in conjunction with partners, will continue to identify funding and resources to develop the services as identified previously in this report to enable older people, people at risk, frail and socially isolated people to access services and activities throughout the Bassetlaw Area.

Bassetlaw Action Centre also plans to expand income generation through their Home Support Service, transport services and room hire and to secure additional external funding to continue to meet the needs of the charity and the local community. A pilot income generating project will also be launched in 2026 to offer support to clients with form filling, applications etc. that do not qualify for the charitable services.

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Governing document

The charity (which was established in February 1996) is a private Company Limited by Guarantee and was incorporated on 12th June 2004. It is governed by a Memorandum of Association, which sets out the powers of the charitable company, and is governed under its Articles of Association.

Recruitment and appointment of new trustees

The Directors of the Company are also Trustees for the purpose of Charity law.

From time to time the existing Trustees need to review the skills, experience and knowledge of the Trustee members, and new Trustees may need to be appointed.

The procedures to do this are:

- Identification by Members of the Board of Trustees of suitable candidates (ie their skills, experience, knowledge of the work and local community issues) via networks, and network organisations.

- Senior Manager discusses the vacancy opportunity with potential candidates and outlines the nature of the business.

- Interested candidates are invited to meet existing Members of the Board of Trustees at a Trustee meeting.

- Job description/roles and responsibilities are discussed and agreed, and subject to agreement by existing Trustees, interested candidates are invited to join the Bassetlaw Action Centre board.

Organisational structure

Each year the organisation undertakes a pay review for all staff and makes recommendations to board for implementation from April. In 2025 a market review was undertaken to benchmark and compare the pay of key management personnel to ensure that the organisation was providing a pay scale attractive enough to ensure the right calibre of people were engaged in the organisation and that key management personnel were paid comparable to other similar organisations in the UK.

Induction and training of new trustees

New Trustees are encouraged to meet with the Senior Manager to enable familiarisation with the charity and the complexity of the working environment and client needs, to gain an understanding of the current financial position and funding arrangements, staffing and other resources, and the future plans and objectives of the charity.

New Trustees are encouraged to visit the Charity Commission website, where documents outlining Trustee responsibilities, charity law and other issues are available.

Related parties

There are no Directors or Trustees related party issues.

Risk management

The Trustees operate a risk management approach to the charity's business and the process involves:

- Setting out objectives/targets to be achieved annually.

- Setting out an annual budget.

- Delegating authority to ensure objectives and targets are achieved.

- Undertaking an annual Financial Risk Assessment

In addition, the Trustees have also set out and implemented policies and procedures to cover quality assurance, equal opportunities, health and safety, environmental issues and recycling, IT data and financial policies covering investment, reserves and limits of authority for expenditure.

These policies are reviewed annually, and monitoring takes place to measure the impact of the implementation of these policies the results of which are used to improve the quality and effectiveness of staff and the services by the charity.

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 14 September 2026 and signed on its behalf by:

D M Colton - Secretary

Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Bassetlaw Action Centre ('the Company')

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2026.

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.

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 member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, 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.

Mrs Jane Mellor FCA

Glover & Co

Chartered Accountants

13/15 Netherhall Road

DONCASTER

DN1 2PH

14 September 2026

2026

2025

Unrestricted

Restricted

Total

Total

funds

fund

funds

funds

Notes

£

£

£

£

INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM

Donations and legacies

2

2,140

-

2,140

4,394

Charitable activities

3

Bassetlaw Action Centre

12,717

11,557

24,274

76,328

Car Scheme

29,649

8,175

37,824

59,400

Car Scheme Plus

7,496

-

7,496

6,534

Minibus

16,353

100

16,453

13,128

Housing Choice

-

13,625

13,625

13,625

Home Support

203,439

-

203,439

170,667

Staying Well

-

25,088

25,088

52,544

Warm & Well

-

18,235

18,235

24,750

Befriending

-

-

-

12,544

North Notts Support Partnership

15,000

-

15,000

-

GOGA (Get Out Get Active)

-

-

-

833

Mens Walk Talk

-

-

-

2,606

POV (Points of View)

-

-

-

2,350

Promoting Independance

-

25,088

25,088

12,544

Supported Hospital Discharge

151

297,100

297,251

275,000

Digital & Social Inclusion

-

20,000

20,000

5,000

Focus on Farmers

500

1,000

1,500

4,211

Supported Independant Living

-

88,661

88,661

89,740

Volunteer Coordinators

-

9,918

9,918

29,773

Motability

-

138,353

138,353

100,060

Futures

-

16,591

16,591

-

Other income

4

29,836

15,325

45,161

21,481

Total

317,281

688,816

1,006,097

977,512

EXPENDITURE ON

Charitable activities

5

Bassetlaw Action Centre

1,487

26,882

28,369

86,124

Car Scheme

403

8,175

8,578

10,900

Car Scheme Plus

-

8,609

8,609

3,063

Minibus

19,567

26,540

46,107

12,895

Housing Choice

-

3,813

3,813

23,437

Home Support

198,862

-

198,862

128,183

Staying Well

-

25,088

25,088

52,544

Warm & Well

-

18,235

18,235

24,750

Befriending

-

-

-

12,544

GOGA (Get Out Get Active)

-

-

-

833

Mens Walk Talk

-

-

-

2,606

POV (Points of View)

-

-

-

2,350

Promoting Independance

-

25,088

25,088

12,544

Supported Hospital Discharge

-

297,100

297,100

275,000

Digital & Social Inclusion

-

20,000

20,000

5,000

Focus on Farmers

494

1,000

1,494

4,211

Supported Independant Living

-

86,277

86,277

89,740

Volunteer Coordinators

-

9,918

9,918

29,773

Motability

-

159,156

159,156

59

Futures

-

16,591

16,591

-

Total

220,813

732,472

953,285

776,556

NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)

96,468

(43,656

)

52,812

200,956

RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS

Total funds brought forward

586,416

368,598

955,014

754,058

TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD

682,884

324,942

1,007,826

955,014

2026

2025

Unrestricted

Restricted

Total

Total

funds

fund

funds

funds

Notes

£

£

£

£

FIXED ASSETS

Tangible assets

12

27,552

317,211

344,763

376,233

CURRENT ASSETS

Debtors

13

11,013

-

11,013

10,190

Cash at bank and in hand

650,056

7,733

657,789

729,118

661,069

7,733

668,802

739,308

CREDITORS

Amounts falling due within one year

14

(5,739

)

-

(5,739

)

(160,527

)

NET CURRENT ASSETS

655,330

7,733

663,063

578,781

TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES

682,882

324,944

1,007,826

955,014

NET ASSETS

682,882

324,944

1,007,826

955,014

FUNDS

15

Unrestricted funds

682,882

586,416

Restricted funds

324,944

368,598

TOTAL FUNDS

1,007,826

955,014

The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 March 2026.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2026 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for

(a)	ensuring that the charitable company keeps accounting records that comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and

(b)

preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company as at the end of each financial year and of its surplus or deficit for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the charitable company.

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 14 September 2026 and were signed on its behalf by:

A A D Tromans - Trustee

H J Derby - Trustee

Cash flows from operating activities

Cash generated from operations

1

(62,730

)

351,759

Net cash (used in)/provided by operating activities

(62,730

)

351,759

Cash flows from investing activities

Purchase of tangible fixed assets

(9,083

)

(197,096

)

Sale of tangible fixed assets

484

-

Net cash used in investing activities

(8,599

)

(197,096

)

Change in cash and cash equivalents in the reporting period

(71,329

)

154,663

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the reporting period

729,118

574,455

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the reporting period

657,789

729,118

1.	RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

2026

2025

£

£

Net income for the reporting period (as per the Statement of Financial Activities)

52,812

200,956

Adjustments for:

Depreciation charges

54,116

29,421

Loss on disposal of fixed assets

953

743

Property revaluation

(15,000

)

-

(Increase)/decrease in debtors

(823

)

3,745

(Decrease)/increase in creditors

(154,788

)

116,894

Net cash (used in)/provided by operations

(62,730

)

351,759

2.	ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET FUNDS

At 1.4.25

Cash flow

At 31.3.26

£

£

£

Net cash

Cash at bank and in hand

729,118

(71,329

)

657,789

729,118

(71,329

)

657,789

Total

729,118

(71,329

)

657,789

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, as modified by the revaluation of certain assets.

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.

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.

Fixtures and fittings

-

20% on cost

Motor vehicles

-

20% on cost

Computer equipment

-

33% on cost

The property is shown at it's latest valuation, undertaken in December 2025 and provided by an independent property professional. The trustees undertake to have the property revalued by an independent professional every 3 years.

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 trustees report.

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

2026

2025

£

£

Donations

2,140

4,394

3.	INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES

Bassetlaw

Car

Action

Car

Scheme

Centre

Scheme

Plus

Minibus

£

£

£

£

Charitable activities income

(3,283

)

29,649

7,496

16,353

Grant aid and contracts

27,557

8,175

-

100

24,274

37,824

7,496

16,453

North

Notts

Housing

Home

Staying

Warm &

Support

Choice

Support

Well

Well

Partnership

£

£

£

£

£

Charitable activities income

-

203,439

-

-

-

Grant aid and contracts

13,625

-

25,088

18,235

15,000

13,625

203,439

25,088

18,235

15,000

Supported

Digital &

Supported

Promoting

Hospital

Social

Focus on

Independant

Independance

Discharge

Inclusion

Farmers

Living

£

£

£

£

£

Charitable activities income

-

151

10,000

500

-

Grant aid and contracts

25,088

297,100

10,000

1,000

88,661

25,088

297,251

20,000

1,500

88,661

2026

2025

Volunteer

Total

Total

Coordinators

Motability

Futures

activities

activities

£

£

£

£

£

Charitable activities income

-

-

-

264,305

234,545

Grant aid and contracts

9,918

138,353

16,591

694,491

717,092

9,918

138,353

16,591

958,796

951,637

4.	OTHER INCOME

2026

2025

£

£

Gain on sale of tangible fixed assets

485

-

Bank interest received

10,564

11,546

Rental income

19,031

9,935

Property revaluation

15,000

-

Solar income

81

-

45,161

21,481