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  The following is a summary of our finances. A copy of the full Trustees' Report and Financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2007 has been lodged with the Charity Commission, and is available in .pdf format elsewhere on this site

 

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SOCIETY FOR THE ASSISTANCE OF LADIES IN REDUCED CIRCUMSTANCES
 
SUMMARY STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
for the year ended 31 December 2007 2007 2006
 
INCOMING RESOURCES
 
Voluntary income 111,830 40,702
Investment Income 825,257 746,131
 
Total 937,087 786,833
 
RESOURCES EXPENDED
 
Cost of Generating Funds
 
Costs of generating voluntary income

2,962

Investment Management costs 74,591 73,628
 
Charitable Activities
 
Grants payable to women in financial need 707,302 715,643
Support costs 175,993 181,254
Governance costs 16,329 15,293
 
Total 977,177 985,818
 
 
NET INCOMING/(OUTGOING) RESOURCES (40,090) (198,985)
 
GAINS/(LOSSES) ON INVESTMENT ASSETS 573,725 1,844,762
 
NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS 533,635 1,645,777
       
 
BALANCE SHEET
(as at 31 December 2007) 2007   2006
 
FIXED ASSETS
 
Tangible fixed assets 9,967 11,804
Investments  23,345,799 23,704,668
 
CURRENT ASSETS
 
Debtors 58,240 54,835
Investments - short term deposits 1,455,901 620,082
Cash at Bank and in hand 590,636 527,209
 
CREDITORS
 
Amounts falling due within 1 year (28,073) (27,713)
 
PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES AND CHARGES
 
Underfunding of staff pension scheme (64,950) (57,000)
   
NET ASSETS 25,367,520 24,833,885
 
REPRESENTED BY:
 
Unrestricted Funds 1,507,357 1,530,039
Endowment Funds 23,860,163 23,303,846
   
TOTAL FUNDS 25,367,520   24,833,885

 

Summary Financial Report

The summary figures have been extracted from the Society's full financial statements, which are available separately from Lancaster House, 25 Hornyold Road, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1QQ.

These summary figures may not contain sufficient information to give a full understanding of the Society's financial affairs. The full financial statements, which were approved by the Trustees on 16 April 2008 have been audited by haysmacintyre and their audit opinion on those accounts is unqualified. A copy of the accounts will be submitted to the Charity Commission.

S D Ginn (Chairman of the Trustees)
on behalf of the Trustees
16 April 2008

Auditors' Statement to the Trustees of Society for the Assistance of Ladies in Reduced Circumstances

We have examined the summary accounts as set out above, which comprise of the statement of incoming and outgoing resources and balance sheet.

Respective responsibilities of Trustees and Auditors

The trustees are responsible for preparing the summarised accounts.

Our responsibility is to report to you our opinion on the consistency of the summary accounts with the full financial statements and Trustees’ Annual Report. We also read the other information contained in the summarised annual report and consider the implications for our report if we become aware of any apparent misstatements or material inconsistencies with the summarised accounts.

Basis of Opinion

We conducted our work in accordance with Bulletin 1999/6 ‘The auditors’ statement on the summary financial statement’ issued by the Auditing Practices Board for use in the United Kingdom.

Opinion

In our opinion the summarised accounts are consistent with the full financial statements and the Trustees' report for the year ended 31 December 2007.

haysmacintyre
Chartered Accountants and Registered Auditors
Fairfax House, 15 Fulwood Place, London WC1V 6AY

16 April 2008