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2023-03-31-accounts

Sheffield Women’s Counselling and Therapy Service Limited

trading as Saffron Sheffield

Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2023

Charity Registration Number 1010129 (England & Wales) Company Registration Number 02443288

Sheffield Women’s Counselling and Therapy Service Limited (Saffron Sheffield) Reference and administrative information for the Year Ended 31 March 2023

Reference and Administration Details

Charity Name: Sheffield Women’s Counselling and Therapy Service Limited, also known as Saffron Sheffield

Charity No: 1010129 (England & Wales)

Company No: 02443288

Registered Office & Operational Address:

289 Abbeydale Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire S7 1FJ

Trustees:

Trustees who are also directors under company law and who served during the year and up to the date of this report were as follows: Pamela Marshall (Chair, until resignation at AGM on 21/11/22) Emma Draper (Chair from 21/11/22) Teresa Allewell (Stepped down as Treasurer at AGM on 21/11/22) Judith Dodds (Treasurer from 21/11/22) Ahmina Akhtar (Deputy Chair) Olivia Sinclair Gillian Godden

Afolasade Ladejobi

Key Management Personnel:

Sarah Smart (Chief Executive Officer) Ingrid Harris (Head of Clinical Services) Keren Bramman (Finance Manager) Danielle Hogan (Office Manager)

Bankers:

Co-operative Bank plc

PO Box 250, Delf House, Southway, Skelmersdale WN8 6WT

Independent Examiner:

Christy Lau FCCA CTA DChA, Slade & Cooper Limited Beehive Mill, Jersey Street, Ancoats, Manchester, M4 6JG

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Sheffield Women’s Counselling and Therapy Service Limited (Saffron Sheffield) Trustees’ Annual Report for the Year Ended 31 March 2023

Saffron Sheffield’s Board of Trustees present their report and the unaudited financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2023. The trustees’ report includes the directors’ report, as company law requires.

The reference and administration details on page 1 form part of this report. All financial statements comply with current statutory requirements, the memorandum and articles of association of Sheffield Women’s Counselling and Therapy Service Limited (“ the company ” or “ the charity ” or “ Saffron Sheffield ”) and the Statement of Recommended Practice - Accounting and Reporting by Charities: SORP applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with FRS 102.

Structure, Governance and Management

Sheffield Women’s Counselling and Therapy Service Limited is a charitable company limited by guarantee, incorporated on 15 November 1989 and registered as a charity on 26 March 1992. The Saffron directors established the company under a Memorandum of Association, which sets out its objects and powers, and its Articles of Association govern it. Sheffield Women’s Counselling and Therapy Service Limited adopted the trading name Saffron Sheffield in 2019.

Day-to-day responsibility of the charity is delegated by the trustees to the CEO, supported by the Head of Clinical Services. The management and governance of Saffron Sheffield are guided by local, regional and national policy and informed by feedback from both current and past clients.

We hold memberships with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), and the Association of Chief Executives for Voluntary Organisations (ACEVO).

Board of Trustees

The board usually comprises 7 - 10 trustees. A person wishing to become a trustee must be aged 18 or over and recommended by the trustees after an appropriate recruitment process. Trustees must retire at each AGM but can offer themselves for reelection or further co-option. Trustees can at any time co-opt someone to be a trustee, but the total number of co-opted trustees can be, at most, half the number of elected trustees.

Trustees meet 11 times a year. Quarterly reports are provided by the CEO, Head of Clinical Services and Finance Manager, covering financial performance, clinical outcomes and staff well-being.

All trustees give their time voluntarily and receive no benefits from the charity. Any expenses reclaimed from the charity are set out in Notes to the Accounts, Note 11. The trustees of Saffron Sheffield guarantee to contribute an amount not exceeding £1 to the charity’s assets in the event of winding up.

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Risk Management

Although Saffron Sheffield's current turnover is below the threshold requirement to report on Risk Management, the trustees believe it remains good practice to carry out reviews appropriate to the scale and risk of our service.

Saffron Sheffield’s Risk Register and Risk Appetite Framework, reflecting all aspects of the charity’s operations, is annually reviewed to be confident that there is the appropriate management of any organisational risks.

We have appropriate and robust policies and processes for our service, such as safeguarding, health and safety, data security and finance. We ensure all staff have read and understood each one and have continuous access to those relevant to their post and responsibilities.

The following are specific risk reviews and actions undertaken during the reporting period.

We manage any specific client risk through assessments at several stages throughout the therapy journey. Our therapists undertake structured assessments and have

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support from the Head of Clinical Service to share decision making and ensure any intervention is proportionate.

All clinical staff receive clinical supervision from either the Head of Clinical Services or another qualified and approved therapist. We ensure all supervisors follow best practice guidance from the BACP.

Objectives and Activities

The trustees have given due regard to the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit when annually reviewing the charity's objectives and planning its activities, complying with the duty in section 4 of the 2006 act.

The objectives of Saffron Sheffield, as set out in its governing document, are

This report will examine how Saffron Sheffield’s activities in the reporting year have contributed to its objectives. It will also highlight how the charity has benefited the people it aims to help.

Who We Help

The direct beneficiaries of our activities are women in Sheffield aged 16 and over who have experienced trauma in childhood or adulthood. Our clients usually suffer from complex post-traumatic stress symptoms due to chronic or repeated instances of trauma.

Women self-refer to our service, having been signposted in 2022-23 by their GP (19%), Sheffield Talking Therapies - IAPT (15%), Online search engine (13%), friends (10%), Social Services (4%), Community Mental Health Teams (2%), university counsellors (2%), or other organisations or individuals (35%).

The women who accessed our service during 2022-23 relayed to us the following experiences and trauma responses;

Traumatic experiences

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Traumatic responses

The women who access our support frequently disengage with other services, suffering additional distress, thereby increasing the risk of further abuse or exploitation.

We work with women who are often denied access to other services because

We also monitored those accessing our service during 2022-23 to show our reach into the Sheffield community. 37% lived in postcode areas of Sheffield that are ranked in the lowest 15% of wards in the Indices of Deprivation 2019. The correlation between deprivation and poor mental health is well documented. As a further indicator of our clients' often challenging circumstances, 29% were unemployed. Feedback tells us that those in work (28% full-time, 21% part-time) routinely struggled to hold down a job due to trauma symptoms.

Alongside this, we monitored that;

External Impacts

Several external impacts have exacerbated the mental health fragility of many women we support.

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Cost of Living Crisis

Research from the Living Wage Foundation has shown that the cost of living crisis disproportionately impacted women. Many are trapped in low-paid and insecure jobs, such as cleaners, catering staff and care workers. Over half of low-paid workers have been forced to rely on food banks. Poverty and financial stress extend the symptoms of previous trauma experiences and put women at higher risk of severe mental health problems.

A recent study by Women’s Aid also reports that the cost of living crisis is devastatingly impacting vulnerable women, with nearly three-quarters of domestic abuse victims saying the spiralling cost of living has stopped them from escaping their abusive partner safely.

In response to this crisis, we offered free essential hygiene and toiletry products in our premises bathrooms for our clients to take discreetly. We also introduced an emergency assistance fund for clients who need help to afford transportation to and from their therapy sessions, which helps to manage the risk of interrupted therapy.

Covid-19

The Covid-19 pandemic has continued to impact women’s mental health, exacerbating trauma symptoms such as flashbacks, anxiety, self-harm and suicidality.

We continued a blended offer of face-to-face, online or telephone therapy alongside returning to offering an additional opportunity for evening face-to-face appointments one evening a week at our premises on Abbeydale Road. Learning from this period has been that some clients engage more readily with online sessions, mostly from their homes, and monitoring shows that this has not impacted our effectiveness.

We continued to follow safeguarding and risk management protocols for remote working, carefully managing any signs, symptoms or disclosures of abuse and selfharm. We have appropriately trained all new therapeutic staff recruited since the implementation of remote working.

Media & World Events

The strain of living through and absorbing news headlines and social media commentary on femicide and domestic abuse - alongside the ongoing pandemic, political corruption and the war in Ukraine - has been continuous over the past twelve months. For our clients, this barrage of bad news has resulted in additional emotional distress, fear, concern and an ongoing lack of trust in the police and others whose purpose is to protect society.

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Our Service

We provide free, accessible, high-quality psychotherapy and wellbeing activities for women in Sheffield who have experienced trauma. We help women understand that their trauma is not their fault, alleviate their distress and help them rebuild their lives. We continue to see how essential our specialised service is in Sheffield, especially with the disproportionate impact of external forces on women becoming increasingly apparent.

1:1 Therapy

In the face of growing demand and rising costs, there are limits to the service we can safely provide. Despite the generosity of our donors, our capacity only allows us to work with an average of 65 women at any given time. Alongside this, exacerbated trauma symptoms relating to external impacts have increased the number of sessions each woman needs. 91% of our clients now require 20 or more sessions, and the number of those needing 40 sessions has doubled. Because of this, our waiting list has to remain closed longer as women are moving more slowly through our service.

We opened our waiting list in June 2022, and 320 women registered for 1:1 therapy, a 133% year-on-year increase on our previous intake in 2021. Of the 320 women registered in June 2022, 88 started their first therapy session during this reporting year. These 88 had an average waiting time of 39 weeks (9 months) from registration to their first therapy session. During this waiting time, They also undertook their starting point and first full assessment.

As of the 31st March 2023;

We are hoping to be able to open our waiting list again in early 2024.

As an agile organisation, we have continued to learn and adapt our working processes to maintain expanded delivery levels. We have also implemented a sixmonthly communication process for women registered for our service, advising them of an estimated waiting time.

● Assessments

We conducted comprehensive clinical assessments to obtain a detailed picture of

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client symptoms, assess their risk to themselves and others, and inform an appropriate personalised therapy offer. For each client, we undertook the following;

During 2022-23, we offered 511 assessments (2022: 366). 214 women attended 442 assessments (2022: 143).

● Therapy Sessions

Helping women walk free from the severe and multiple traumatic experiences of their past can take time. We offered long-term, tailored, specialised therapy of 6 - 40 sessions, focusing on the woman and her needs. This approach helped therapy progress at a manageable pace. It gave clients time to feel stable and trust enough to go deeper and share the details of their traumatic experiences.

175 women benefited from 1:1 therapy sessions (2022: 153) from the 2,485 1:1 therapy sessions offered (2022: 2,372). 70 clients completed therapy in this time (2022: 75). This year-on-year decrease is due to the number of women needing more sessions, as detailed earlier in this report.

Wellbeing

● 1:1 & Groups

We offered tailored wellbeing support to help manage risk for clients waiting for 1:1 therapy. We provided 184 sessions of 1:1 wellbeing support (2022: 155), attended by 71 women (2022: 55). We provided 24 sessions of online group wellbeing support (2022: 30) attended by five women (2022: 5).

Accessibility

● Premises

In the first year of the pandemic, our premises at Daniel Hill in Sheffield became unfit for purpose. The Trustees agreed to use 289 Abbeydale Road, a building we own, for all our service operations moving forward. The Trustees gave one month's notice to the local authority to terminate the tenancy of 44 Daniel Hill, and we fully vacated the premises on 18 May 2022.

We have developed a Building Accessibility Statement for 289 Abbeydale Road, available on our website.

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● Non-English Speakers

This year we developed processes and pathways to support working clinically with clients for whom English is not their first language. Development included procuring a working relationship with a professional interpreter service and providing specific therapist training.

Recruitment and Team Development

At Saffron Sheffield, we employ and engage highly skilled professionals. During this reporting period, we recruited a new staff therapist, one associate therapist and two volunteer therapists to the clinical team. All underwent rigorous selection and demonstrated they had a good depth of experience in delivering psychotherapy for trauma and abuse before starting with us. We also recruited to the part-time post of Fundraiser.

Our Senior Therapists have now completed supervision training and have taken responsibility for supervising some of our clinical staff and volunteers. We hold a monthly reflective practice for our clinical team.

At the end of the current reporting period, we had eleven employed staff (7 FTE), seven associate staff and four volunteers.

Several staff CPD opportunities took place during this reporting period:

Client Engagement

A client engagement project in 2021 had limited take-up from former clients. Although this proved helpful learning, we felt a different approach would yield more beneficial results in the future. Early in 2023, we reached out to a broader pool of former clients by email, asking a range of service-related questions and inviting additional feedback. We received a high response rate (30%). We also proposed a regular focus group for client feedback, which was exceptionally well received (73% of respondents said they would attend). Further development work for client engagement will continue into 202324.

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Awareness Raising

Saffron Voices

Our first ‘Saffron Voices’ impact event took place on Thursday, 23rd November 2022. The Sheffield company Gripple donated the use of their building Glide House for the event. The 40 attendees included donors and representatives from other Sheffield services and organisations.

“There was a wide range of information, people to talk to, and activities to participate in. The speech was especially moving and brought home what a huge impact the support of the charity can have. The outcome measures were also very impressive.”

“I was impressed by the outcome measures, having never seen such detail of stats related to a therapeutic relationship before. It felt very powerful to have the quality of the work defined with so many clear figures. The personal account of a previous client was incredibly humbling and inspiring. Hearing about the journey of recovery a survivor can experience was an inspiration.”

“There was a sense of calmness, kindness & strength to the service.”

“Understanding the vision and aims for Saffron and having the info tables and person with lived experience speak helped to reinforce Saffron's importance within Sheffield.”

“Thank you for a well-thought-out, inspiring event.”

Fundraising

In the post-COVID environment, our services are in high demand. Yet, the end of emergency grants has meant that income diversification and financial sustainability remain a high priority.

Recognising that fundraising capacity within the charity was limited, a part-time fundraiser was recruited in the latter part of 2022 to focus on larger, multi-year grant applications, allowing the CEO more time to focus on major donor, corporate and individual fundraising activities. Alongside this, we stayed updated with charity regulations and data protection developments to ensure we were legally compliant.

Partnerships

Saffron Sheffield plays an active role in several networks within the Sheffield and South Yorkshire area and nationally.

Sheffield Psychologies Board (SPB)

This board meets monthly to share practice, collaborate on service improvements and develop client/patient pathways. Consequently, mental health practitioners across the

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city are better aware of our specialist service and how to signpost clients to us. We can also better support clients to access other mental health services. We are wellembedded in existing pathways and regularly liaise with other health and social care practitioners to ensure continuity of care.

End Violence Against Women and Girls (WAVES)

WAVES is a Sheffield voluntary sector forum for organisations whose primary purpose is working to end violence against women and their children. Saffron is a member organisation and works collaboratively to share resources, information, and best practices to develop a strong voice to tackle domestic and sexual abuse, rape and other forms of male or gender-based violence.

Mental Health Partnership Network (MHPN)

This network was developed to support and sustain Sheffield's strong mental health voluntary sector. It exists to ensure that the mental health voice is heard, its diverse perspectives are represented in several inter-agency forums and opportunities are maximised to influence policy and decision-makers, funders and commissioners and other partner agencies. Saffron Sheffield’s CEO has been a member of the Steering Committee of the MHPN since September 2021.

The Survivor’s Trust

The Survivors Trust is the largest umbrella agency for specialist rape and sexual abuse services in the UK. It has been providing infrastructure support to members for the past 15 years. Saffron Sheffield is one of 124 member agencies based in the UK and Ireland.

Synergy (Sheffield Mental Health Alliance)

Saffron Sheffield’s CEO has been involved in the Governance and wider Steering Committee, which worked towards forming this alliance. The alliance comprises a group of Voluntary and Community Sector partners who will come together, along with Experts by Experience, to improve the provision of mental health services across Sheffield and to influence the sector and the wider system positively.

Sheffield City Council’s Domestic and Sexual Abuse Provider Consultation Group

This group exists to provide a formal forum for commissioned and non-commissioned providers working in and around domestic abuse and sexual abuse to consult and be consulted on local, regional and national initiatives and developments.

Clinical Lead Network

This is an informal network for all heads/leads of third-sector therapeutic services in

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Sheffield, Doncaster, Rotherham and Barnsley. They meet every other month, allowing peer support discussion and consultation on clinical and professional topics. The Head of Clinical Services represents Saffron Sheffield at these meetings.

Achievement and Performance

This year, we have successfully helped many women deal with the consequences of broken relationships, sexual or domestic abuse, bereavement and other traumatic experiences.

Women accessing our service told us that due to our support, they could better recognise the potential for unhealthy relationships, enabling them to make better choices, build resilience and keep themselves safe. We also understand our long-term impact when, some time after completing therapy, former clients have said:

“Saffron helped me understand my issues, process them, and gave me the tools to turn my life around. I am still using these now”.

“I still reflect on the experience as it has been so meaningful and impactful on my life.”

Our work has wider, additional benefits for the families and communities of the women we directly support. Our clients told us that therapy has made them better parents. Many also found it easier to attend or volunteer in community activities. Therapy has also helped women keep or find new employment.

We are confident that our blended therapy offer achieved the same standards for building therapeutic relationships, ensuring client satisfaction and reducing trauma symptoms, anxiety, and depression. Our clinical results have continued to be as strong as before the pandemic, and client testimonies demonstrated that our service remains critical for the women of Sheffield.

Our activities have proved life-changing for clients. Our in-depth assessment process has proved invaluable, and significant psychological change has occurred due to our specialist 1:1 therapy.

Client Outcomes

We capture a balance of quantitative and qualitative data, and the combination of clinical monitoring using the Trauma Symptom Inventory-II (TSI-2) and self-reported changes whilst identifying personal goals reflects our holistic, collaborative approach.

Our monitoring system is customised, and we are confident that it provides the best outcomes in data collection for our organisation, clients and funders. We are mindful of the value and profoundly personal nature of focused therapy time for our beneficiaries, so we endeavour to monitor change with minimal client disruption.

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From April 2022 to March 2023, we collected information on 24 different trauma symptoms from all 70 clients who had completed therapy. Although we monitor and capture data from various points in the therapeutic journey, we focus our reporting of outcomes primarily on women who have completed therapy with us to provide a more conclusive reflection of change.

The below outcomes for this reporting period show the continuing effectiveness of our work.

Of the 70 women that completed therapy in the reporting period:

We received feedback forms from 63 of the 70 clients who completed therapy. These showed a positive trend among clients in self-reported improvements in physical health and mental health-related emergency visits:

Feedback forms also showed how clients felt about Saffron Sheffield:

Of the 33 clients who completed their 1:1 wellbeing sessions, 28 (85%) saw a reduction in depression symptoms as measured by the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ), and 30 (91%) experienced a decrease in their general anxiety as measured by the Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD) 7 scale.

Client Voices

“Saffron has been a safe haven, a place for guidance and support without judgement and with care. Of the many services I have found myself involved with, Saffron has been where I have felt heard, respected and cared for. The service has been somewhat of a lifeline and the place which has significantly helped my life circumstances. I have always felt appropriately supported and respected during all interactions from admin to therapist. I am grateful to the service and for the integrity and care of the staff.”

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“My therapist helped me enormously from learning more about myself to helping me realise my feelings count much more than I ever would have accepted. Also learned the long chain of events which was to become my life were to stem back right to my childhood. I grew up believing I was useless and deserved everything. I left therapy with a change of heart. My therapist showed me I could believe in myself and the more time I had with her the taller I grew. Thank you so much.”

“I have tried other types of counselling before but this has genuinely been the most helpful. I can notice a real change in how I feel and how I deal with past and present issues. As well as helping me process a difficult time in my life, I feel like it has equipped me to deal with difficult situations in the future too.”

“Saffron is a brilliant organisation. I've been in the system a long time and to get the opportunity to talk to someone professional is rare, but the situation here has been great, I feel at ease and able to open up.”

“I just want to say I started at the lowest of the low, really depressed, and now my sessions have given me the strength, the confidence and the right way to go about things, which is amazing, thank you. There should be more places like Saffron for people like me.”

“This is my first ever face to face counselling, and it has been invaluable. I started as a rather lost woman with low self-esteem, feeling unvalidated and not knowing how to navigate my way through family trauma and starting my own, individual life all over. My therapist has been there to listen and help me discover my way through this fog, helping me to find my worth and values and leading me to find my own standards and boundaries. I am still on this journey every day, but now I have found my selfconfidence to be proactive in creating the life I want. I would not be at this point without the wonderful weekly accountability check-in that I found with our meetings, which I always looked forward to, and will miss. *A funny note: I always found your lovely loo so welcoming! :) Apart from it being so clean and having such kindly worded notices, the wicker chest of drawers in there smells homely. The free toiletries, apart from being so practical, are just such a kind and thoughtful gesture, that just made me feel cared for and protected.”

“It's hard to describe the difference that this therapy has made in my life, but that doesn't detract from the huge change and shift I feel - I am more in touch with my own feelings as well as more able to express them. I'm not having debilitating flashbacks and anxiety any more. I still have work to do but I know how to do it and I don't feel scared of it any more. Thank you.”

“It's hard to find a therapist or organisation that will listen or understand neurodiversity. I have found that the approach Saffron has provided is person-led, I have experienced being validated in my own experiences and within myself rather than experiencing someone telling me how I am or what will work for me without actually knowing enough

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about neurodivergent individuals. It is important to me that my mental health support professionals actually know accurate and authentic information, as I know what not knowing this looks like. Overall I have felt heard and validated, which enabled me to trust.”

“This service has saved my life in a way I will never forget. I now understand and accept what I have been through. I know myself for the first time in 24 years and am happy. I know I can now deal with any situation with confidence. This service has turned my life around, and I will always be grateful. I felt safe, not rushed, understood and supported from start to finish. I hope this service continues and saves a lot more lives of women who have been in my situation.”

“I can't thank Saffron enough. My therapist has helped me unlock feelings I had shut away for years. It's been a long time since I was this happy with myself. I would recommend Saffron to anyone who is struggling. They're all angels on earth.”

“The beacon of hope that Saffron Sheffield offers its clients in times when no other avenues are accessible is truly remarkable, and I hope they continue to be able to offer many more women the chance to reclaim their independence, autonomy, and ability to live and enjoy their lives to the fullest.”

Service Evaluation

In January 2023, we undertook three separate surveys to evaluate the effectiveness of our service.

Lived Experience

We asked our staff and trustees about their experience with trauma and therapy. The below statistics show that we are empathetic professionals who truly know and understand our client's circumstances.

Client Experience

We asked 40 ex-service users why they came to Saffron Sheffield for therapy.

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External Organisations

We asked 18 external organisations in Sheffield what they thought about our work.

They went on to say;

“The service has an excellent reputation in Sheffield.”

“We work with victims of domestic abuse who have experienced long-term trauma, and this service allows them to enter a recovery period and offers vital support to our victims. There are no other services in Sheffield like this. Our clients speak really highly of the service.”

“There are long waiting lists within services for people with mental health problemswe know that Covid pandemic has impacted on women's mental health- increase in trauma and abuse. Women need access to safe and effective services such as Saffronthey provide complementary and different services to the standard NHS offer within Sheffield.”

“Saffron is a vital part of the offer for women, given the level of expertise and compassionate support that they give, and clearly the demand outweighs the supply of available resources.”

“It's an amazing service. It would be great to see the service expand to support more women.”

“The work of Saffron Sheffield is absolutely vital to Sheffield's mental health offer. There are very limited options for women seeking longer-term mental health support in a space that feels safe for them, and Saffron offers just that.”

“Saffron is one of the many jewels in the crown in the voluntary sector landscape in Sheffield due to the nature of their bespoke therapeutic support, their 40-week offer and that the service is free to women who need this specialist help. Without Saffron, there would be countless women for whom their recovery would not be possible, and their life potential would be further blighted.”

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Financial Review

Overview

At the end of the reporting period, the charity held total funds of £311,647 (2022: £316,915). Of this, £4,544 (2022: £15,770) is held in Restricted funds and £307,103 (2022: £301,145) in Unrestricted funds. The Unrestricted funds total of £307,103 comprises the value of Saffron Sheffield’s main premises (289 Abbeydale Road), which is a fixed asset of £138,650, free reserves of £108,000 and a designated fund of £60,543 which is allocated towards service delivery in the new financial year 20232024. This breakdown is shown in the Notes to the Accounts, Note 20.

Net current assets at the end of the reporting period were £173,087 (2022: £174,610).

Income

Total income for the reporting period came to £292,799, an increase from the previous year (2022: £249,272). The Sheffield Integrated Care Board (ICB), formally the Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), has continued to acknowledge the importance of our work in Sheffield, awarding us £83,021 in the reporting period. We appreciate that the ICB continues to recognise our role as a specialist service provider.

In addition, we were fortunate to have been awarded 20 grant donations totalling £201,706 (2022: £154,785) from a range of local and national charitable trusts, which are detailed in the Notes to the Accounts, Notes 3 and 4. 4 of these grants are multiyear funding agreements which we specifically targeted to help ensure future funding security.

Per our funding strategy, we continued seeking opportunities to diversify our income streams with more individual donor fundraising activities. These included an ongoing partnership with Sheffield Wednesday Football Club - taking a bucket collection outside Hillsborough Stadium on match days, a matched funding Christmas appeal, peer-topeer sponsored events and the ‘Step out for Saffron’ walking challenge. We have also increased our digital presence, including supporter emails, social media channels and website development, enabling a more straightforward process for online donations.

The total income from individual donors and campaign activity during the reporting period was £8,072 (2022: £9,945).

We are encouraged that our income from individual donations is only slightly lower than the previous year, despite the current cost of living pressures. Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) have reported that in 2022, 4.9 million individuals chose not to give to charity, and 3.2 million people said they recently reduced or stopped a regular gift to a charity as a direct result of the rising cost of living. We will continue to monitor the situation, managing risk and being agile in our strategic decision-making around our fundraising activities.

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Expenditure

Total expenditure for the reporting period came to £298,067, an increase in spending compared to the previous year (2022: £274,996). As a provider of specialist services, our staff costs continue to be our main expenditure, and we have increased capacity across the staff team in the year in response to the increased demand for our services. Due to the rising cost of living and significant growth over recent years, we undertook a full remuneration review in January 2023 for all salaried posts. Benchmarking was against charities of a similar size and activity to ensure fairness. The trustees agreed to increase all staff salaries in line with the benchmarking data from April 2023 and will review again before the 2024-2025 financial year starts.

In the reporting period, we also invested in improving our data security, engaging the services of data specialists Custodia Continuity, and allocating additional resources to awareness-raising activities which included our annual impact event and report.

Reserves Policy

The trustees review the reserves each year in line with Charity Commission guidance. We hold reserve funds to;

The level of required reserves agreed by the trustees is an amount sufficient to cover at least four months of fixed and essential running costs (as per the budgeted costs for the financial period). The trustees have therefore approved an increase to the level of reserves held up to £108,000 for the financial year ahead (£103,000 for the financial year ending 31 March 2023). The increase reflects the increased monthly operational cost in the financial year 2023-2024 budget.

As part of the charity’s ongoing risk management, the trustees agreed to open a separate bank account to hold Saffron Sheffield’s reserves, enabling the charity to benefit from increased protection for its cash deposits under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). The Trustees reviewed a range of options to select a bank suitable to the charity’s needs, and a new account will be in use within the new financial period 2023-2024.

Plans for the Future

As we finalise this report, we are focussed on several ongoing fundraising activities to diversify our income, including individual appeals, sponsored events and community activities.

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Our CEO is also exploring additional income opportunities through the delivery of external CPD training to therapists and other professionals across South Yorkshire. At the time of writing this report, we have already provided a ‘Neurodiversity 101’ workshop to 23 delegates from 14 Sheffield organisations. We received good feedback from the delegates and plan to hold this workshop again before the end of the year. “I think it was a great training. I feel I have come away more confident and equipped to be Neurodivergent affirmative in my practice.”

We will also hold a day-long training event with Zoe Lodrick in March 2024. Zoe is a Psychotherapist and Sexualised Trauma Specialist and a highly regarded expert in her field. Having had experience in training and consultation with police forces, social workers, teachers, crisis workers, and therapists, we believe there will be significant demand for this event across Sheffield.

Our CEO has also begun working with a former client and a student volunteer to develop our Client Engagement plan to reach out more widely to former clients and structure our approach to become an integral part of service delivery/development.

As a team, we are currently working with Sheffield Women’s Aid to design and deliver a collaborative wellbeing group for Sheffield women.

Alongside this, our premises requires some external maintenance, and we hope to secure funding and complete any building work in 2023-24.

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Sheffield Women’s Counselling and Therapy Service Limited (Saffron Sheffield) Trustees’ Annual Report for the Year Ended 31 March 2023

Statement of Responsibilities of the Trustees

The trustees (who are also directors of Sheffield Women’s Counselling and Therapy Service Limited for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the trustees’ annual report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year, which give an accurate and fair view of the charitable company's state of affairs and the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period.

In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and 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 to prevent and detect fraud and other irregularities.

Additionally, the trustees are responsible for maintaining the integrity of the corporate and financial information on the charitable company's website.

Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions. The trustees have prepared this report in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companiesí regime of the Companies Act 2006.

The trustees’ annual report has been approved by the trustees on 16[th] October 2023 and signed on their behalf by:

Emma Draper Chair of Trustees

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Independent examiner’s report to the members of Sheffield Women’s Counselling and Therapy Service Limited (Saffron Sheffield)

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the company for the year ended 31 March 2023 which are set out on pages 22 to 42.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity 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 company’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 the company’s gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, 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 that in any material respect:

  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.

Christy Lau FCCA CTA DChA Slade & Cooper Limited Beehive Mill, Jersey Street, Ancoats Manchester, M4 6JG Date 26/10/2023

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Sheffield Women's Counselling and Therapy Service Limited

Statement of Financial Activities

(including Income and Expenditure account)

for the year ended 31 March 2023

Unrestricted
funds
Note
£
Income from:
Donations and legacies
3
11,430
Charitable activities
4
33,250
5
-
Total income
44,680
Expenditure on:
Raising funds
6
31,941
Charitable activities
7
6,781
Total expenditure
38,722
9
5,958
Net movement in funds for the year
5,958
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward
21
301,145
Total funds carried forward
21
307,103
Other trading activities
Net income/(expenditure) for
the year		 Restricted
funds
£
-
248,119
-
248,119
-
259,345
259,345
(11,226)
(11,226)
15,770
4,544		 Total funds
2023
£
11,430
281,369
-
292,799
31,941
266,126
298,067
(5,268)
(5,268)
316,915
311,647		 Total funds
2022
£
11,945
235,806
1,521
249,272
19,436
255,560
274,996
(25,724)
(25,724)
342,639
316,915

The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derives from continuing activities.

A full comparative Statement of Financial Activities is available on the last page of the financial statements.

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Sheffield Women's Counselling and Therapy Service Limited Company number 02443288

Balance sheet as at 31 March 2023

Note
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
14
138,560
Total fixed assets
138,560
Current assets
Debtors
15
9,494
Cash at bank and in hand
16
216,636
Total current assets
226,130
Liabilities
Creditors: amounts falling
due in less than one year
17
(53,043)
Net current assets
173,087
Total assets less current liabilities
311,647
Net assets
311,647
The funds of the charity:
Restricted income funds
19
4,544
Unrestricted income funds
20
307,103
Total charity funds
311,647
2023		 £
£
142,305
142,305
17,110
255,380
272,490
(97,880)
174,610
316,915
316,915
15,770
301,145
316,915
2022		 £
£
142,305
142,305
17,110
255,380
272,490
(97,880)
174,610
316,915
316,915
15,770
301,145
316,915
2022
142,305
174,610
316,915
316,915
15,770
301,145
316,915

For the year in question, the company was entitled to exemption from an audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Directors' (trustees') responsibilities:

These accounts are prepared in accordance with the special provisions of part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies and constitute the annual accounts required by the Companies Act 2006 and are for circulation to members of the company.

The notes on pages 25 to 42 form part of these accounts.

Approved by the trustees on 16/10/2023 and signed on their behalf by:

Emma Draper (Chair)

Judith Dodds (Treasurer)

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Sheffield Women's Counselling and Therapy Service Limited

Statement of Cash Flows for the year ending 31 March 2023

Note
2023
£
Cash provided by/(used in) operating activities
23
(38,744)
(38,744)
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year
255,380
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year
16
216,636
Increase/(decrease) in cash and cash
equivalents in the year		 2022
£
(993)
(993)
256,373
255,380

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023

1 Accounting policies

The principal accounting policies adopted, judgments and key sources of estimation uncertainty in the preparation of the financial statements are as follows:

a Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with 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), second edition - October 2019 (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), the Companies Act 2006 and UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice.

Sheffield Women's Counselling and Therapy Service Limited meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note.

b Preparation of the accounts on a going concern basis

The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern.

The trustees do not consider that there are any sources of estimation uncertainty at the reporting date that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities within the next reporting period.

c Income

Income is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the item(s) of income have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably. Income from government and other grants, whether ‘capital’ grants or ‘revenue’ grants, is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the grants have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably and is not deferred.

Income received in advance of a provision of a specified service is deferred until the criteria for income recognition are met.

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023 (continued)

d Donated services and facilities

Donated professional services and donated facilities are recognised as income when the charity has control over the item, any conditions associated with the donated item have been met, the receipt of economic benefit from the use by the charity of the item is probable and that economic benefit can be measured reliably. In accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102), general volunteer time is not recognised; refer to the trustees’ annual report for more information about their contribution.

e Interest receivable

Interest on funds held on deposit is included when receivable and the amount can be measured reliably by the charity; this is normally upon notification of the interest paid or payable by the bank.

f Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds are available to spend on activities that further any of the purposes of the charity.

Designated funds are unrestricted funds of the charity which the trustees have decided at their discretion to set aside to use for a specific purpose.

Restricted funds are donations which the donor has specified are to be solely used for particular areas of the charity’s work or for specific projects being undertaken by the charity.

g Expenditure and irrecoverable VAT

Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.

Irrecoverable VAT is charged as a cost against the activity for which the expenditure was incurred.

h Operating leases

Operating leases are leases in which the title to the assets, and the risks and rewards of ownership, remain with the lessor. Rental charges are charged on a straight line basis over the term of the lease.

i Tangible fixed assets

Individual fixed assets costing £1,000 or more are capitalised at cost and are depreciated over their estimated useful economic lives on a straight line basis as follows:

Land & buildings 50 years
Improvements to property 4 years
Fixtures & fittings 3 years
Equipment 4 years

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023 (continued)

j Debtors

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.

k Cash at bank and in hand

Cash at bank and cash in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.

l Creditors and provisions

Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.

m Financial instruments

The charity only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value with the exception of bank loans which are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

n Pensions

Employees of the charity are entitled to join a defined contribution ‘money purchase’ scheme. The charity’s contribution is restricted to the contributions disclosed in note 10. There were £nil outstanding contributions at the year end.

The money purchase plan is managed by The Pensions Trust and the plan invests the contributions made by the employee and employer in an investment fund to build up over the term of the plan a pension fund which is then converted into a pension upon the employee’s normal retirement year age when eligible for a state pension. The total expense ratio of the plan is 0.45% for the main fund, and total expense ratio is less than 0.52%, and this is deducted from the investment fund annually. The trust has no liability beyond making its contributions and paying across the deductions for the employee’s contributions.

2 Legal status of the charity

The charity is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales and has no share capital. In the event of the charity being wound up, the liability in respect of the guarantee is limited to £1 per member of the charity. The registered office address is disclosed on page 1.

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023 (continued)

3 Income from donations and legacies

Donations
Arnold Clark Community Fund
Ecclesiastical Movement for Good
Total
All donations and legacies income is unrestricted.
4
Income from charitable activities
Unrestricted
£
-
-
25,000
-
-
J.G. Graves Charitable Trust
-
1,000
-
2,250
South Yorkshire PCC / MoJ
-
-
2,000
-
-
-
2,000
1,000
Total
33,250
Sheffield Town Trust
Henry Smith Charity
The Brelms Trust CIO
James Neill Trust Fund
The Talbot Trusts
Charles and Elsie Sykes Trust
Current reporting
period
Individual Giving, Gift aid and
The Big Give campaign activity
The Cooperative Bank
The Gripple Foundation
The Big Give
Evan Cornish Foundation
The Tramlines Trust
Sheffield City Council Covid recovery
Zachary Merton & George Woofindin
Convalescent Trust
Lloyds Bank Foundation for England
& Wales
The Cutlers’ Company Charitable
Trust
Sheffield City Council Tackling
Inequalities
NHS Sheffield CCG
The Leathersellers' Foundation		 Total 2023
£
8,072
1,000
1,000
1,000
358
-
11,430
Restricted
£
83,021
50,000
-
10,000
2,000
3,000
-
60,000
-
23,382
3,466
-
2,500
750
10,000
-
-
248,119		 Total 2022
£
9,945
1,000
-
-
-
1,000
11,945
Total 2023
£
83,021
50,000
25,000
10,000
2,000
3,000
1,000
60,000
2,250
23,382
3,466
2,000
2,500
750
10,000
2,000
1,000
281,369

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023 (continued)

4 Income from charitable activities (cont.)

NHS Sheffield CCG
Sheffield Town Trust
Henry Smith Charity
South Yorkshire PCC / MoJ
Rosa’s Covid-19 Response Fund
The Brelms Trust CIO
James Neill Trust Fund
The Talbot Trusts
Wesleyan Foundation
The Big Give
Hyman Winstone Foundation
Rethink Mental Illness
Total
Previous reporting
period
J.G. Graves Charitable Trust
Lloyds Bank Foundation for England
& Wales
Zachary Merton & George Woofindin
Convalescent Trust
The Cutlers’ Company Charitable
Trust
South Yorkshire’s Community
Foundation		 Unrestricted
£
-
-
3,000
-
-
25,000
-
-
-
-
1,000
-
-
-
-
-
500
29,500		 Restricted
£
83,021
2,000
-
1,000
59,200
-
22,440
3,264
5,000
3,431
-
15,000
10,000
750
700
500
-
206,306		 Total 2022
£
83,021
2,000
3,000
1,000
59,200
25,000
22,440
3,264
5,000
3,431
1,000
15,000
10,000
750
700
500
500
235,806

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023 (continued)

5 Income from other trading activities

Income from other trading activities
Room hire 2023
£
-
-		 2022
£
1,521
1,521

All income from other trading activities is unrestricted.

6 Cost of raising funds

Cost of raising funds
Staff costs
Fundraising costs		 2023
£
26,942
4,999
31,941		 2022
£
12,970
6,466
19,436

All expenditure on cost of raising funds is unrestricted.

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023 (continued)

7 Analysis of expenditure on charitable activities

Staff costs (see note 10)
Recruitment
Supervision
Associate therapists
Staff training
Staff travel & subsistence
Volunteer costs
User costs
Subscription & reference
Office supplies
Consultancy fees & expenses
Awareness raising
Premises costs
Office costs
Equipment & repairs
Depreciation
Governance costs (see note 8)
Restricted expenditure
Unrestricted expenditure		 Total 2023
£
198,996
1,280
1,275
30,067
3,071
237
76
5
293
792
4,617
3,212
9,560
4,323
1,694
3,745
2,883
266,126
2023
£
259,345
6,781
266,126		 Total 2022
£
189,806
6,604
1,425
37,936
2,174
301
-
127
407
1,037
1,230
161
13,015
5,303
2,324
3,745
2,935
268,530
2022
£
252,811
2,749
255,560

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023 (continued)

8 Analysis of governance and support costs

9

Basis of
apportionment
Independent examination fees
Governance
Accountancy services
Governance
Legal and professional
Governance
Basis of
apportionment
Independent examination fees
Governance
Accountancy services
Governance
Legal and professional
Governance
Net income/(expenditure) for the year
This is stated after charging/(crediting):
Depreciation
Operating lease rentals:
Property
Other
Independent examiner's fees (net of VAT)
Accountancy fees
Independent examination
QuickBooks Online subscription
Previous reporting
period		 Governance
£
480
1,700
703
2,883
Governance
£
480
1,927
528
2,935
2023
£
3,745
423
-
1,207
400
210		 Total 2023
£
480
1,700
703
2,883
Total 2022
£
480
1,927
528
2,935
2022
£
3,745
2,750
-
1,133
400
472

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023 (continued)

10 Staff costs

Staff costs during the year were as follows:

aff costs during the year were as follows:
Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Pension costs
Allocated as follows:
Cost of raising funds
Charitable activities		 2023
£
199,685
10,547
15,706
225,938
26,942
198,996
225,938		 2022
£
169,669
6,836
13,301
189,806
12,970
176,836
189,806

No employee has employee benefits in excess of £60,000 (2022: Nil).

The average number of staff employed during the period was 11 (2022: 10).

The key management personnel of the charity comprise the trustees and Chief Executive Officer. The total employee benefits of the key management personnel of the charity were £41,814 (2022: £39,510).

11 Trustee remuneration and expenses, and related party transactions

Neither the trustees nor any persons connected with them received any remuneration or reimbursed expenses during the year (2022: Nil).

Aggregate donations from related parties were £651 (2022: £595).

There are no donations from related parties which are outside the normal course of business and no restricted donations from related parties.

A declaration of interest was made in the year which relates to the supplier Custodia Continuity who were contracted to provide data security consultancy and support (to the value of £4,617 in the year ended 31 March 2023 which is shown under Consultancy fees in Note 7, Expenditure breakdown). One of the Directors of Custodia Continuity is the partner of a key staff member (Finance Manager) and therefore, in the interests of transparency, the Trustees consider it appropriate to disclose this as a related party transaction. The decision to engage Custodia Continuity was reviewed by the Chair of Trustees at the time prior to the contract being issued.

No other person related to the charity or Trustee had any personal interest in any contract or transaction entered into by the charity, including guarantees, during the year (2022: Nil).

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023 (continued)

12 Government grants

The government grants recognised in the accounts were as follows:

NHS Sheffield CCG
South Yorkshire PCC / MoJ
Sheffield City Council		 2023
£
83,021
23,382
60,000
166,403		 2022
£
83,021
22,440
-
105,461

The unfulfilled conditions and contingencies attaching to the grants were to complete restricted projects (see note 19).

13 Corporation tax

The charity is exempt from tax on income and gains falling within Chapter 3 of Part 11 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 or Section 256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 to the extent that these are applied to its charitable objects. No tax charges have arisen in the charity.

14 Fixed assets: tangible assets

Property &
improvements
Cost
£
191,840
Disposals
-
191,840
Depreciation
49,535
Charge for the year
3,745
Disposals
-
53,280
Net book value
138,560
142,305
At 1 April 2022
At 1 April 2022
At 31 March 2023
At 31 March 2023
At 31 March 2023
At 31 March 2022		 Fixtures &
fittings
£
3,607
-
3,607
3,607
-
-
3,607
-
-		 Equipment
£
2,283
-
2,283
2,283
-
-
2,283
-
-		 £
197,730
-
Total
197,730
55,425
3,745
-
59,170
138,560
142,305

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023 (continued)

15
Debtors
Grants receivable
Other debtors
Prepayments and accrued income
16
Cash at bank and in hand
Cash at bank and in hand
17
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Other creditors and accruals
Deferred income
18
Deferred income
Deferred grant brought forward
Grant received
Released to income from charitable activities
Deferred grant carried forward		 2023
£
7,521
238
1,735
9,494
2023
£
216,636
216,636
2023
£
6,343
46,700
53,043
2023
£
88,250
46,700
(88,250)
46,700		 2022
£
12,735
1,141
3,234
17,110
2022
£
255,380
255,380
2022
£
9,630
88,250
97,880
2022
£
59,600
88,250
(59,600)
88,250

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023 (continued)

19 Analysis of movements in restricted funds

NHS Sheffield CCG
Sheffield Town Trust
The Brelms Trust CIO
Total
Current reporting
period
The Talbot Trusts
The Big Give
Henry Smith Charity
South Yorkshire PCC /
MoJ
Sheffield City Council
Covid recovery
Sheffield City Council
Tackling Inequalities
South Yorkshire’s
Community Foundation
J.G. Graves Charitable
Trust
Zachary Merton &
George Woofindin
Convalescent Trust
Evan Cornish
Foundation		 Balance at
1 April
2022
£
13,581
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,489
-
-
-
700
-
15,770		 Income
£
83,021
50,000
10,000
2,000
3,000
60,000
23,382
-
3,466
2,500
750
-
10,000
248,119		 Expenditure
£
(92,058)
(50,000)
(10,000)
(2,000)
(3,000)
(60,000)
(23,382)
(1,489)
(3,466)
(2,500)
(750)
(700)
(10,000)
(259,345)		 Transfers
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Balance at
31 March
2023
£
4,544
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4,544

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023 (continued)

19 Analysis of movements in restricted funds (cont.)

NHS Sheffield CCG
Sheffield Town Trust
The Brelms Trust CIO
The Talbot Trusts
Wesleyan Foundation
The Big Give
Total
Rosa’s Covid-19
Response Fund
South Yorkshire PCC /
MoJ
Hyman Winstone
Foundation
Coronavirus Mental
Health Response Fund
Previous reporting
period
Zachary Merton &
George Woofindin
Convalescent Trust
Henry Smith Charity
People's Postcode Trust
The Cutlers’ Company
Charitable Trust
South Yorkshire’s
Community Foundation		 Balance at
1 April
2021
£
48,429
-
-
-
-
9,626
-
4,220
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
62,275		 Income
£
83,021
2,000
1,000
59,200
22,440
-
3,264
-
5,000
3,431
15,000
10,000
750
700
500
206,306		 Expenditure
£
(117,869)
(2,000)
(1,000)
(59,200)
(22,440)
(9,626)
(3,264)
(4,220)
(3,511)
(3,431)
(15,000)
(10,000)
(750)
-
(500)
(252,811)		 Transfers
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Balance at
31 March
2022
£
13,581
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,489
-
-
-
-
700
-
15,770

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Sheffield Women's Counselling and Therapy Service Limited

Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023 (continued)

19 Analysis of movements in restricted funds (cont.)

Name of fund

Description, nature and purposes of the fund

NHS Sheffield CCG Towards the running costs of the charity, enabling the provision of Saffron
Sheffield’s service which offers women who have suffered sexual abuse an
opportunity to explore their feelings and experiences in a safe, supportive
women only setting.
Sheffield City Council - Towards the cost of maintaining increased service delivery levels in the
Community Covid financial year 2022-23 and enabling the charity’s longer-term therapy
Recovery Fund offer.
Sheffield City Council - Towards the core costs of the charity and in particular to maintain the
Tackling Inequalities core post of CEO.
Fund
Sheffield Town Trust Towards the running costs of the organisation, enabling the provision of
therapy and counselling sessions for women who have experienced
trauma or abuse.
The JG Graves Towards the cost of specialist therapy provision for women, supporting
Charitable Trust women to recover and rebuild their lives after trauma or abuse.
The Henry Smith Towards the running costs of the charity and in particular to maintain the
Charity core post of Head of Clinical Service and to fund Senior Therapist posts.
South Yorkshire Police Towards the cost of therapy provision for women who have experienced
and Crime trauma or abuse by contributing to the cost of Therapists.
Commissioner - Victim
Services / Ministry of
Justice
South Yorkshire’s Towards the cost of running Wellbeing sessions as part of the ‘Skills for
Community Foundation Wellbeing after Trauma and Abuse’ project.
- Community Grants
Programme
The Brelms Trust CIO Towards the cost of maintaining the core post of Head of Clinical Service.
The Talbot Trusts Towards the cost of specialist therapy provision for women, supporting
women to recover and rebuild their lives after trauma or abuse.
The Zachary Merton & Towards the running costs of the organisation, enabling the provision of
George Woofindin therapy and counselling sessions for women who have experienced
Convalescent Trust trauma or abuse.
The Big Give - Digital Towards the cost of enhancing data security for the charity.
Capacity Grant
Evan Cornish Towards the cost of specialist therapy provision for women, supporting
Foundation women to recover and rebuild their lives after trauma or abuse.

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Sheffield Women's Counselling and Therapy Service Limited

Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023 (continued)

20 Analysis of movement in unrestricted funds

Current reporting
period
Contingency fund
Business continuity
fund
Business continuity
fund
General fund
Previous reporting
period
General fund		 Balance at
1 April
2022
£
245,305
55,840
301,145
Balance at
1 April
2021
£
247,023
25,000
8,341
280,364		 Income
£
19,680
25,000
44,680
Income
£
42,966
-
-
42,966		 Expenditure
£
(18,425)
(20,297)
(38,722)
Expenditure
£
(22,185)
-
-
(22,185)		 Transfers
£
-
-
-
Transfers
£
(22,499)
(25,000)
47,499
-		 Balance at
31 March
2023
£
246,560
60,543
307,103
Balance at
31 March
2022
£
245,305
-
55,840
301,145

Name of Description, nature and purposes of the fund unrestricted fund

General fund The General Fund figure after allowing for all designated funds. This figure comprises Saffron Sheffield's free reserves of £108,000 and the value of its fixed asset (property at 289 Abbeydale Road) £138,560. Business continuity Designated to fund otherwise unfunded operating costs in the 2023-24 fund operational budget. This fund includes £25,000 received from The Leathersellers Foundation which has been designated to fund operating costs in the 2023-24 financial year. Contingency fund Development fund for renewals at 289 Abbeydale Rd

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Sheffield Women's Counselling and Therapy Service Limited

Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023 (continued)

21 Analysis of net assets between funds

Tangible fixed assets
Net current assets/(liabilities)
Total
Tangible fixed assets
Net current assets/(liabilities)
Total
Previous reporting
period
Current reporting
period		 General
fund
£
138,560
108,000
246,560
General
fund
£
146,050
100,973
247,023		 Designated
funds
£
-
60,543
60,543
Designated
funds
£
-
33,341
33,341		 Restricted
funds
£
-
4,544
4,544
Restricted
funds
£
-
62,275
62,275		 Total
£
138,560
173,087
311,647
Total
£
146,050
196,589
342,639

22 Operating lease commitments

The charity's total future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases is as follows for each of the following periods:

Less than one year 2023
2022
£
£
-
2,750
-
2,750
Property		 2023
2022
£
£
-
-
-
-
Equipment		 2023
2022
£
£
-
-
-
-
Equipment
-

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Sheffield Women's Counselling and Therapy Service Limited

Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023 (continued)

23 Reconciliation of net movement in funds to net cash flow from operating activities

Net income/(expenditure) for the year
Adjustments for:
Depreciation charge
Decrease/(increase) in debtors
Increase/(decrease) in creditors
Net cash provided by/(used in) operating
activities		 2023
£
(5,268)
3,745
7,616
(44,837)
(38,744)		 2022
£
(25,724)
3,745
(9,750)
30,736
(993)

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Sheffield Women's Counselling and Therapy Service Limited

Statement of Financial Activities

(including Income and Expenditure account) for the year ended 31 March 2022

Note
Income from:
Donations and legacies
3
Charitable activities
4
5
Total income
Expenditure on:
Raising funds
6
Charitable activities
7
Total expenditure
9
Net movement in funds for the year
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward
Net income/(expenditure) for the
year
Other trading activities		 Unrestricted
funds
£
11,945
29,500
1,521
42,966
19,436
2,749
22,185
20,781
20,781
280,364
301,145		 Restricted
funds
£
-
206,306
-
206,306
-
252,811
252,811
(46,505)
(46,505)
62,275
15,770		 Total funds
2022
£
11,945
235,806
1,521
249,272
19,436
255,560
274,996
(25,724)
(25,724)
342,639
316,915		 Total funds
2021
£
9,680
292,669
719
303,068
12,962
197,089
210,051
93,017
93,017
249,622
342,639

The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derives from continuing activities.

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