# Annuan Repo} ## **April 2023 – March 2024** **Enfield Women's Centre** **Vicki Scarlett House, 31A Derby Road, Ponders End, Enfield, EN3 4AJ** **0208 351 8934** **info@enfieldwomen.org.uk** **Registered Charity No 1002117** 1 **Contents** **Chair’s Report** **Treasurer’s Report** **Centre Activities** **Long Covid Project** **Enfield Pathways Integrated Consortium** **Freedom Programme** **Counselling Service** **Food Distribution Project** **External Activities and Events** **White Ribbon** **Acknowledgements** **Networking and Partnership** **EWC Personnel** 2 ## **Chair’s Report** We continue to use Teams and Zoom a great deal for service delivery and inter-agency meetings. This year, we have successfully offered a mix of remote and in-person services. Demand for our services continues to increase. Our counselling service continues to see great demand. However, we are fortunate to have a team of excellent counsellors who are able to take on the complex cases referred to us. Likewise, The Freedom Programme has seen no let-up in demand. Referrals come from courts, social services, and voluntary and community service organisations, as well as individual women. The food, clothing and toy bank have had another busy year. We were delighted to be able, thanks to a local church, to distribute Christmas food and gift parcels. Our thanks go to local voluntary and community organisations, and supermarket customers, who donate to this work. On behalf of our clients, we are grateful for the generosity of the public. My colleagues on the Management Committee are once again, due enormous and heartfelt thanks for their support during the year, ensuring that our vital work continues. Barbara Le Fevre Chair ## **Treasurer’s Report** It would be wrong not to mention the pressure on the small team over the last year – they have dealt with a range of difficulties including loss of personnel who have been integral to the work over the last years. We also lost Mary midway after many years with us. Funding continues to be sought – sometimes with more success than others. We struggle with the constant requests from funders for ‘new and innovative’ projects. Our core services need ongoing funding, the training, counselling, Freedom Programme are all key to helping women move on and yet we need to fight to justify their provision. We don’t give up and thank our funders for their support. Thanks to all the team and fellow trustees for another year of hard work and dedication. Beverley Woods - Treasurer 3 **Centre Activities** This has been a year of consolidation **Long Covid project – funded via NHS Charities Together, Royal Free Trust –** This covered a range of services to people who had experience of Long Covid including Counselling, Confidence Building, Support group (Compassionate Crew) and Digital Inclusion training to build confidence in accessing services and information online. This project completed successfully in the period - contacts made are working together – we are encouraging the support group members to continue contact – and have offered the TEAMs facility to help this along. ## **Enfield Pathways Integrated Consortium Funded by HM Government: Department for Levelling- Up, Housing and Communities** Counselling continues with our team of counsellors continuing to provide sessions. This will continue as a mainstream project. ## **Freedom Programme** For women and girls who have experienced violence. We continue to provide a course each team. We have a wonderful new provider from Living Keys and are delighted with the work they are doing. The courses are always oversubscribed. We would like to find funding to provide an extra course each year – to run in the evenings for women who work in the day. Referrals come from a range of professionals including courts, social services, health, children and family support, DV support professionals. ## **Counselling Service** Counselling continues – a constant stream of referrals from a range of Referrals from a range of professionals and agencies. ## **Food Distribution Project** We continue to be supported by two local Sainsbury stores. We also receive a generous donation of bread, fruit loaves, crumpets and other goods from Warburtons. Cooking Champions generously supply us with arrange of precooked and fresh foods (including fruit and vegetables) for our clients. These make a major difference to our clients. We continue to be supported by faith groups, schools and individuals. Once again we were able to provide our clients with Christmas Hampers including a turkey, fresh foot, stuffing, treats etc. The local Body Shop collected donations of a range of beauty products and toiletries which enabled us to provide the women with a gift. Exodus Youth Works were magnificent and provided us with enough toys and games to ensure every child received a gift. It is wonderful to be part of a local community which supports one another. We thank them all and salute them for their generosity. 4 ## **External activities and events** We were invited to speak at an International women’s Day event by the Local Authority Women into Leadership programme at the Dugdale Centre. Oasis Hadley Community Awards Event for writing the True to Me programme for girls which has been used by the school for some years. ## **White Ribbon Day 2023** One of the team attended the Borough’s conference at Trent Park country club. We continue to support and promote the White Ribbon campaign. The annual vigil for women and girls who had been attacked and killed around the world was held online again. It was good to be joined by women from the community and also the statutory sector. 5 ## **Acknowledgements** It is time to thank people for their help, support, donations and encouragement in enabling us to carry out the activities of the Centre. Thanking everyone who has helped and supported us can be a challenge each year in that we are always conscious that we may miss someone important. So - **thank you** to all who have helped, supported and encouraged us and apologies if you have been missed in the comments below. Do please contact us to enable us to rectify the situation. Huge thanks to staff and customers at **Sainsbury** who have been magnificent in ensuring the donation boxes in their stores are generously filled. Many people contact us to donate direct having seen the Sainsbury boxes. These donations are welcomed by the families who are referred to us. **Edmonton Rotary Club** for their much appreciate continued support for our clients. They provide us with tokens to share among our clients. They also provided us with a magnificent Santa and two elves for the Christmas event in Enfield town market place. Thanks again to Pastor Nick and the Revival Christian Church of Enfield for the turkey hampers as well as a supply of toiletries for our clients. No acknowledgements would be complete without mention of the help and support from the Community Development Team at the Civic, Shaun Rogan, Debbie Gates, Jany Badoye. Their prompt responses to our varying queries have helped a tremendous amount. Louise Nicholson is due a massive vote of thanks for her continued support with our website. We often rush off emails with requests for amendments and she responds immediately helping us to promote our work. **Enfield Voluntary Action** – for their invaluable support and information on a range of issues. The various fora they provide for community groups to come together to discuss concerns is invaluable. Thank you to all our **members and individual** donors – without your support we would not be here. We also recognise that for some of you this is a big deal. We again owe a debt of gratitude to Paul and Mick for carrying out deliveries of food to our families needing foodbank services. Again – working with this dedicated team is a privilege, one for which I am truly grateful. So, thank you to all the Team and the Trustees for keeping the focus in these unfocussed times. 6 ## **Networking and Partnerships** We value working with colleagues and partners in the Borough including a range of professionals, groups and networks/fora including Domestic Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategic and Operational Groups, Citizens Advice Enfield, Enfield LGBT Network, Enfield Voluntary Action, Local Motion (Core Group and Mental Health sub group members) Enfield Food Alliance, Ponders End Community Development Trust, Voluntary Sector Strategy Group, North Central London CCG stakeholders group, Early Help Network, Voice It Out Women, Enfield Children’s and Young People’s Services, Enfield Saheli, IKWRO, Imece, Naree Shakti, Samafal Women’s organisation. This means we have an extensive list of groups and professionals to which we can refer clients for help we cannot provide . We operate knowing we cannot do everything and celebrate the vastness and variety of the people we work with. ## **EWC Personnel** We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the wonderful band of women who assist us in various ways including turning up to stuff envelopes, meet and greet people at events, registers, tea duty, stalls at festivals and various events, help with walks and other activities. ## **This band of wonderful women is vital to us being able to provide quality, low-cost services in the borough. A big thank you to everybody.** ## **Centre Personnel 2022 - 2023** ## **Management Committee** Chairperson – Barbara Le Fevre Treasurer – Beverley Woods Yewande Bright, Brenda Landers, Marylyn Spencer, Ann Fahy, Sue Ward ## **Office Team** Ginnie Landon, Laurie Dengel, Mary Bright, Rhianna Conway ## **Assessors & Clinical Supervisors** Cilla Hintz, Susan Snow, Ersin Osman, Amanda McDermott ## **Counselling Team** Sadaf Butt, Daisy Williams, Colette Bailey, Fiona Hasani, Gulsum Mankir, Helen Bennett, Jade Kelly, Melody Ableson, Ersin Osman, Rebeca Oben-Pepra, Romina Zuccolo, Samina Hussain, Susan Snow, Sarah Noel ## **Facilitators, Trainers and Tutors** Nadine Johnson, Ersin Osman, Susan Snow, H Bennett, Angela Campbell ## **Ad hoc Volunteers** Claudia Deutschmann, Hasibe Dulgeroglu, Julia Mountain, Emine Mustapha, Cardina Beckford Marylyn Spencer, Sue Ward, Fiona Hasani, Brenda Landers, David Le Fevre, James and Paul Dengel 7 ' 3E is fficrE er OIFff5 dGe5n'k deleflnine If *e isl Enfield Women's Centre Unaudited Financial Statements for the ear ended 31st March 2024 Charity Registration No= 1002117 Enfield Womens Centre Contents of the Financial Statements for the ear ended 31 March 2024 Independent examinerfs report ststement of financial activltles Balance sheet Notes to the financial statements Enfield Women's Centre (Charity no: 1002117) Year ended 31st March 2024 Independent Examiner's Report on the Financial Statements I have examined the financial statements on pages 2 to 4 which have been prepaied under the historical cost convention and the accounting policies set out on page 4. This report is made solely lo the charity's Trustees as a body. in accordance with section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 2nd regulations made under sedion 154 of Ihal Act. My work has been undertaken so that I might state to the charity's Trustees those matter51 am required to state lo them in an Independent examinerfs report and for no olher purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law. I do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the Gharily's Trustees as a body. for my work regarding this report. Respectlve responslbilities of the trustees and examiner The Trustees responsibilities for preparing the annual report and financial stalements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards are sel out in the Statement of Trustees Responsibilities on page 2. The Trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility as examiner= lal to examine the financial statements under section 145 of the Act Ibl to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by Charity Commissioners.. and Icl to state whether any particular matters have come to my altention My exarninalion was carried oul in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of Ihe accounting records kepl by the charily and a comparison of the accounts presented with those record5. 11 also includes consideralion of any unusu21 items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanatlDns from you as Trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit. and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'lrue and fair view, and report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. Independent Examiners Statement In connection with my examination. no matter has come to my attention which gives me reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect, the Trustees have not Met the requirements lo ensure that.. (a) proper accounting records are kept in accordance with section 130 of the Ad., and (b) accounts are prepared which agree with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Act Peter Duboff Chartered Accountant Independent Examiner Kingsbury House 468 Church Lane London NW9 8UA Dated.. Page 1 Enfield Women's Centre Statement of Financlal Activlties for the ear ended 31 March 2024 2024 2023 Incomlng resources London Borough of Enfield grant Royal Free Charity Other grants Membership Counselling Sundry donations Miscellaneous income Bank interest received 25,000 10,150 6.204 10 54,393 4,465 15 4,841 8,925 83 31 Total Incoming resources 50,404 63,714 Resources expended Salaries Travel and subsistence Counselling Refreshments Training Food project Events and activities Room hire IT mainlenance Electricity and water Poslage Printing and stationery RPS equipment Membership subscriptions Insurance Independent accountant's fees Legal and professional Cash expenses Telephone Cleaning and maintenance Sundries Bank charges Depreciation of garden office Depreciation of compuler equipment 23.164 1.580 3.590 354 4.594 20,969 2,422 9.095 173 2,090 4.250 12,747 3,903 5,018 823 485 804 88 1,205 1,291 216 782 300 950 2,617 2,451 1,100 198 1,084 250 200 2,180 2,04S 1,607 2,100 238 107 546 358 359 Total resources expended 50,094 68,790 Net Incomlng resources Fund balance brought forward 310 2,533 (5.076) 7,609 Funds balance carrled forward 2.843 2,533 Page 2 Enfield Women's Centre F4 Balance Sh At 31 March 2024 Tanglbl• Flxed Assets 2,713 Currant Ass*s Cash at bank and in hand Sundry debtors . 1,(100 1,01)0 1,334 120 Creditors: amounts falling du6 within one )par r< (300) (300) Net Current Asset8 1.034 (180) Net A8•ets 2.843 2.533 Repre$ent8d By: UnrestrTCteA funds Restricted funds 2,533 2.843 2,533 The financlal slatemants have been prepared in aceordaijce th the Cherlty Commls8ion recommended guld8fines and best prdckn. Approv8d by the Management Commlttee and slgned on their behalf ty. Barbarn le Fwre Chalrpernon Dated". 20 Page 3 Enfield Women's Centre Notes to the Financial Statements At 31 March 2024 ACCOUNTING POLICIES BASIS OF ACCOUNTING These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with applicable Accounting Standards. In preparing the financial statements the charity follows best practice as set out in the Statement of Recommended Practice "Accounting and Reporting by Charities" (SORP 20051 and applicable UK standards and the Charities Act 2011. INCOMING RESOURCES All income from grants. donations, deposit interest, and similar incoming resources 1$ recognised on a receipt basis. In¢ome from fund raising events is recognised based on the year in which the event tskes place. RESOURCES EXPENDED All expenditure is recognised on a payments basis. FUNDS For this year funds held by the Charity are unrestricted. Garden Computer Office equipment TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS Totsl COST Brought foNard Additions during the year 12.539 1,434 13,973 Carried forward as at 31 March 2024 12,539 1,434 13,973 DEPRECIATION Brought forward Charge for the year 10,902 545 359 358 11,261 903 Carried forward as at 31 March 2024 11,447 717 12,164 NET BOOK VALUE At 31 March 2024 1,092 717 1,809 At 31 March 2023 1,637 1,075 2.712 DEBTORS 2024 2023 Deposit held by EDF 1,000 1,000 Page 4 Enfield Women's Centre Notes to the Financial Statements continued At 31 March 2024 CREDITORS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR 2024 2023 Accwals 300 300 TAXATION Enfield Women's Centre is a registered charity and accordingty is exempt from taxation on its income and gains where these are applied for charitable purposes. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS None of the trustees were paid any expenses or remuneration by the charity during the year ended 31 st March 2024. DESIGNATED AND UNDESIGNATED FUNDS All funds are undesignated. Page S Enfield Women's Centre (Charity no: 1002117) Year ended 31 st March 2024 Independent Examiner's Report on the Financial Ststements I have examined the financial statements on pages 2 to 4 which have been prepared under the historical cost Convention and the accounting policies set out on page 4. This report is made solely to the charity's Trustees as a body, in accordance with section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 and regulations made under Section 154 of thal Act. My work has been undertaken so that l rnight state to the charity's Trustees those matters l am required to state to them in an Independent examiner's report and for no olher purpose. To the fullest extent permilled by law, I do not accepl or assume fesponsibility to anyone other than the charity and the charity's Trustees as a body, for my work regarding Ihis report. Respectlve responsibilities of the trustees and examlner The Trustees responsibilities for preparing the annual report and financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Slandards are set out in the Statement of Trustees Responsibilities on page 2. The Trustees considef that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Acl 2011 (the Act) and that an independent examination is needed. 11 is my responsibility as examiner.. lal to examine the financial statements under seclion 145 of the Act Ib) to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by Charily Commissioners: and {c) to State whether any particular matters have come to my attention My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Comrni55ioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kepl by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those record5. 11 also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanation5 from you a5 Twstees conceming any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit. and consequently no opinion is given as lo whether the accounts present a 'lrue and fair view, and report 15 limited to those malters set out in the statement below. Independent Examiners Statement In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention which gives me reasonable cause lo believe Ihal. in any material respect. the Tiustees have not mel the requirements lo ensure that.. la} proper accounting records are kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act.. and Ib} accounts are prepared which agree with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Act Peter Duboff Chartered Accountant Independent Examiner Kingsbury House 468 Church Lane London NW9 8UA Dated: Page 1