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|Report ofthe Trustees|2|to|14|
|Report ofthe Independent<br>Auditors|15|to|17|
|Statement ofFinancial Activities||18||
|Balance Sheet||19||
|Cash Flow Statement||20||
|Notes to the Cash Flow Statement||21||
|Notes to the Financial Statements|22|to|32|





|TRUSTEES|Karen Elizabeth Dowman|
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||Bozena Benton|
||Melvena Morton|
||Salma Parween Ali|
||Victoria Rebecca Harris|
|COMPANY SECRETARY|Sara Jane Ward BSc(Hens) PG Dip Hou|
|REGISTERED OFFICE|Landchard<br>House|
||Victoria Street|
||West Brotnwich|
||B708HY|
|REGISTERED COMPANY|02791788|
|NUMBER||
|REGISTERED CHARITY|1032298|
|NUMBER||
|AUDITORS|Copia Wealth Jk Tax Limited|
||Chartered<br>Accountants|
||Statutory Auditors|
||8Pendeford Place|
||Pendeford Business Park|
||Wobaston Road|
||Wolverhampton|
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|INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM<br>Donations<br>and legacies||2|91,994||91„994|107,115|
|Charitable<br>activities<br>Refuge based support<br>Community<br>based support<br>Modern day slavery<br>Capital projects|||755,201<br>1,099,480<br>2,724,260|119)428<br>2,581,000<br>60,519|874,629<br>3,680,480<br>2,724,260<br>60,519|891,031<br>3,569,581<br>1,292,703<br>284,255|
|Other trading activities<br>Other income||3<br>5|79,767||79,767|34,672<br>27,$52|
|Total|||4,750,702|2,760,947|7,511,649|6,207,209|
|EXPENDITURE ON|||||||
|Raising funds||||||438|
|Charitable<br>activities||7|||||
|Refuge based support<br>Community<br>based support<br>Modern day slavery|||792,366<br>572,701<br>1,868,179|101,268<br>2,335,352<br>17,090|893,634<br>2,908,053<br>1,885,269|991,307<br>3,197,779<br>946,455|
|Total|||3433,246|2,453,710|5,686,956|5,135,979|
|NET INCOME|||1,517,456|307,237|1)824)693|1,071,230|
|Transfers between funds||19|(29,018)|29,018|||
|Net movement<br>in funds|||1,488,438|336,255|1,824,693|1,071,230|
|RECONCILIATION|OF FUNDS||||||
|Total funds brought|forward||2483,152|981,983|3,365,135|2,293,905|
|TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD|||3,871,590|IPI8838|5,1$9,828|3,365,135|





||BALANCE SHEET|||
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||31MARCH 2022|||
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||Notes|||
|FIXEDASSETS||||
|Tangible assets|14|1,204,023|1,145,331|
|CURRENT ASSETS||||
|Debtors|15|2,088,076|1,367,719|
|Cash at bank and in hand||2,094,072|1,466,839|
|||4,182,148|2,834,558|
|CREDITORS||||
|Amounts<br>falling due within one year|16|(196,343)|(614,754)|
|NET CURRENT ASSETS||3,985,805|2,219,804|
|TOTAL ASSETS LESSCURRENT||||
|LIABILITIES||5,189,828|3,365,135|
|NET ASSETS||5,189,828|3,365,135|
|FUNDS|19|||
|Unrestricted<br>funds||3,871,590|2,383,152|
|Restricted<br>funds||1,318,238|981,983|
|TOTAL FUNDS||5,189,828|3,365,135|





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|Cash flows from operating<br>activities<br>Cash generated<br>from operations|||||718,945|1,075,262|
|Net cash provided<br>by operating<br>activities|||||718,945|1,075,262|
|Cash flows from investing||activities|||||
|Purchase oftangible<br>fixed|assets||||(91,712)|(306,379)|
|Net cash used in investing|activities||||(91,712)|(306,379)|
|Change in cash and cash <br>the reporting<br>period||equivalents|in||627,233|768,883|
|Cash and cash equivalents<br>beginning<br>ofthe reporting||at the<br>period|||1,466,839|697,956|
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|Net income for the|reporting|period (as per the Statement ofFinancial|||
|Activities)<br>Adjustments<br>for:|||1,824,693|1,071,230|
|Depreciation<br>charges<br>Loss on disposal offixed assets|||33,020|36,141<br>530|
|Increase in debtors|||(720,357)|(371,689)|
|(Decrease)/increase|in creditors||(418,411)|339,050|
|Net cash provided|by operations||7'18,945|1,075,262|



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|Cash at bank and in hand|1,466,839|627,233|2,094,072|
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|DONATIONS<br>AND|LE|GACIES|||||
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|Donations|||||91,994|107,115|
|OTHER TRADING|ACTIVITIES||||||
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|Management<br>and training||fees|||79,767|34,672|
|INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES|||||||
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|||Activity|||8||
|Grants and contracts||Refuge based||support|425,407|471,967|
|Accommodation<br>charges||Refuge based||support|449,222|419,064|
|Grants and contracts||Community|based support||3,680,480|3,569,581|
|Grants and contracts||Modern day|slavery||2,7245260|1,292,703|
|Grants and contracts||Capital projects|||60,519|284,255|
||||||7,339,888|6,037,570|
|Grants received, included||in the above, are as follows:|||||
||||||2022|2021|
|Refuge: Sandwell MBC -||Supporting<br>People|||305,979|305,979|
|Refuge: Sandwell MBC -||DCLG|||119,428|59,378|
|Refuge: MHCLG COVID-19||||||106,610|
|Community:<br>Sandwell|MBC - Specialist DV||and SV Support||328,143|321,297|
|Community:<br>Sandwell|MBC - Safer Sandwell|||Partnership|40,000|40,000|
|Carried forward|||||793)550|833,264|





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|---|---|---|
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|Brought forward<br>Community:<br>Dudley MBC - DA Support Service<br>Community:<br>Dudley MBC - ED Advocacy Project<br>Community:<br>Walsall MBC - DV/ Children<br>Community:<br>West Midlands<br>Police and Crime Commissioner<br>Community:<br>West Midlands<br>Police and Crime Commissioner<br>-DVPP<br>Community:<br>West Midlands<br>Police and Crime Commissioner<br>-New Chance<br>Community:<br>West Midlands<br>Police and Crime Commissioner<br>-COVID<br>Community:<br>West Midlands<br>Police - VRU<br>Community:<br>West Midlands<br>Police - Secondment<br>Community:<br>SWM Probation Trust -Female Service Users<br>Community:<br>Changing<br>Lives - Female Service Users<br>Community:<br>Home Office - CSEand Our Future<br>Community:<br>Ministry ofJustice - Rape and SA Support Fund<br>Community:<br>Ministry ofJustice -COVID<br>Community:<br>NHS Sandwell<br>and West Birmingham<br>-ED Advocacy Project<br>Community:<br>NHS Sandwell<br>and West Birmingham<br>CCG - IRIS<br>Community:<br>NHS Dudley CCG - IRIS<br>Community:<br>NHS Walsall CCG - IRIS<br>Community:<br>Change, Grow, Live (CGL) - Early Help Service<br>Community:<br>Children<br>in Need - Young People's Advocate<br>Community:<br>Homeless<br>Link<br>Community:<br>SCVO<br>Community:<br>RSVP<br>Community:<br>Eveson Charitable<br>Trust<br>Modern Day Slavery: Salvation Army|793,550<br>123,424<br>57)135<br>359,957<br>1)391,652<br>44,109<br>6,915<br>73,902<br>170,792<br>363,055<br>385,542<br>19,156<br>11,123<br>24,761<br>50,881<br>3,262<br>29,000<br>2,724,260|833,264<br>123,424<br>58,848<br>335,403<br>863,075<br>108,455<br>45,000<br>240,095<br>12,664<br>33,520<br>291,657<br>358,183<br>226,486<br>46,228<br>88,622<br>73,843<br>76,113<br>76,113<br>40,516<br>30,757<br>74,282<br>5,000<br>1,292,703|
|Modern Day Slavery: Capital Projects: Heart ofEngland -Building Better<br>Lives|60,519|284,255|
|Community:<br>NHS IRISCombined<br>Authority|197,671||
||6,890,666|5,618,506|
|OTHER INCOME|||
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|Coronavirus<br>JobRetentionScheme||27,852|



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|Fundrais ing||||||438|
|CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS|||||||
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|Refuge based support||||828,533|65,101|893,634|
|Community<br>Modem day||based support<br> slavery||2,484,887<br>1,705,422|423,166<br>179,847|2,908,053<br>1,885,269|
|||||5,018,842|668,114|5,686,956|
|DIRECT COSTS OF CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES|||||||
||||||2022|2021|
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|Staffcosts|||||4,035,041|3,462,063|
|Activity costs|||||180,526|206,517|
|Offrce costs|||||1575315|246,183|
|Properly costs|||||645,960|549,029|
||||||5,018,842|4,463,792|
|SUPPORT||COSTS|||||
||||||Office|Property|
|||||Depreciation|costs|costs|
|Refuge based support|||||25,484|15,432|
|Community||based support|||165,647|100,313|
|Modern day||slavery||17,090|63,711|38,582|
|||||17,090|254,842|154,327|
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|||||travel|Governance||
|||||etc|costs|Totals|
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|Refuge based support||||23,189|996|65,101|
|Community|based support|||150,732|6,474|423,166|
|Modern day||slavery||57,974|2,490|179,847|
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||Refuge|Community|Modem|||
||based|based|day|Total|Total|
||sUpport|sUPPolt|slavery|activities|acttvtttes|
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|Depreciation oftangible<br>fixed assets|||17,090|17,090|36,671|
|Offtce costs|25,484|165,647|63,711|254,842|209,085|
|Property<br>costs<br>Staff costs &travel etc|15,432<br>23,189|100,313<br>150,732|38,582<br>57,974|154,327<br>231,895|65,920<br>349,313|
|Auditors'<br>remuneration|996|6,474|2,490|9,960|10,760|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Wages and salaries|||||||||||||||3,178,022|2,853,015|
|Social security|||||||||||||||270,630|239,654|
|Pension|||||||||||||||124,527|103,682|
||||||||||||||||3,573,179|3,196,351|
|The average monthly||number ofemployees|||||during||the year||was|as follows:|||||
||||||||||||||||2022|2021|
|Direct charitable|work||||||||||||||141|135|
|Administration|||||||||||||||18|17|
||||||||||||||||159|152|
|The number ofemployees||||whose employee|||benefits||(excluding|||employer||pension costs) exceeded||f60,000was:|
||||||||||||||||2022|2021|
|f80,001 - f90,000|||||||||||||||I|1|
|Black Country<br>Women's|||Aid considers|||its|key|management|||personnel||to be||the Chief Executive|Officer .<br>The|
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|COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES||||
||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|
||funds|funds|funds|
|INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM||||
|Donations<br>and legacies|107,115||107,115|
|Charitable<br>activities||||
|Refuge based support|772,697|118,334|891,031|
|Community<br>based support|1,145,301|2,424,280|3,569,581|
|Modem day slavery|1,292,703||1,292,703|
|Capital projects||284,255|284,255|
|Other trading activities|34,673||34,672|
|Other income|27,852||27,852|
|Total|3,380,341|2,826,868|6,207,209|
|EXPENDITURE ON||||
|Raising funds|438||438|
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|13.|COMPARATIVES|FOR THK STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES -continued||||
||||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|
||||funds|funds|funds|
||||f|||
||Modem day slavery||936,901|9,554|946,455|
||Total||2,674,369|2,461,610|5,135,979|
||NET INCOME||705,972|365,258|1,071,230|
||Transfers<br>between|funds|42,070|(42,070)||
||Net movement<br>in funds||748,042|323,188|1,071,230|
||RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS|||||
||Total funds brought forward||1,635,110|658,795|2,293,905|
||TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD||2,383,152|981,983|3,365,135|
|14.|TANGIBLE FIXEDASSETS|||||
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||||Freehold|and||
||||property<br>f|fittings|Totals|
||COST|||||
||At I April 2021<br>Additions||1,204,812<br>91,712|138,123|1,342,935<br>91,712|
||At 31March 2022||1,296,524|138,123|1,434,647|
||DEPRECIATION|||||
||At 1 April 2021<br>Charge for year||73)663<br>25,929|123,941<br>7,091|197,604<br>33,020|
||At 31 March 2022||99,592|131,032|230,624|
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|Rent Receivable||18,211|
|Other debtors|$82,508|356,409|
|Prepayments|73,247|9l,833|
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|Trade creditors<br>Social security and other taxes|41,192<br>72,652|261,677<br>156,518|
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|Deferred income|18,901|160,011|
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|Current|assets|3,682)231|499,917|4,182,148|2,834,558|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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||||movement|between|At|
|||At 1.4.21|in funds|funds|31.3.22|
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|Uarestricted<br>funds<br>General fund||1,684,134|1,517,456|(1,201,022)|2,000,56$|
|Service Continuity<br>Fund<br>Strategic Development<br>Fund<br>Property Contingency<br>Fund<br>Redundancy<br>reserve<br>Capital reserve||522,018<br>102,000<br>75,000||(25,996)<br>73,000<br>25,000<br>100,000<br>1,000,000|496,022<br>175,000<br>100,000<br>100,000<br>1,000,000|
|||2483,152|1)517,456|(29,018)|3,871,590|
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|Refuge Based Support<br>Community<br>Based Support<br>Heart ofEngland<br>Capital Grant||238,285<br>743,69$|18,160<br>245,64$ 43,429|(2,176)<br>31,194|18,160<br>481,757<br>818,321|
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|TOTAL FUNDS||3,365,135|1,824,693||5 189828|
|Net tnovement<br>in funds, included||in the above are as follows:||||
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||||resources|expended|in funds|
|Unrestricted<br>funds||||||
|General fund|||4,750,702|(3,233,246)|1,517,456|
|Restricted<br>funds||||||
|Refuge Based Support<br>Community<br>Based Support<br>Heart ofEngland Capital Grant|||119,428<br>2,581,000<br>60,519|(101,268)<br>(2P35)352)<br>(17,090)|18,160<br>245,648<br>43,429|
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|||||At 1.4.20|in funds|funds|31.3.21|
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|General fund||||1,004,088|705,972|(25,926)|1,684,134|
|Service Continuity|Fund|||493,022||28,996|522,018|
|Strategic Development||Fund||88,000||14,000|102,000|
|Properly<br>Contingency||Fund||50,000||25,000|75,000|
|||||1,635,110|705,972|42,070|2,383,152|
|Restricted<br>funds||||||||
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|Community<br>Based Support<br>Heart ofEngland<br>Capital Grant||||179,351<br>477,702|92,819<br>274,700|(33,885)<br>(8,704)|238,285<br>743,698|
|||||658,795|365,258|(42,070)|981,983|
|TOTAL FUNDS||||2,293,905|1,071,230||3,365,135|
|Comparative<br>net movement|||in funds, included|in the above are as follows:||||
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||||||resources|expended|in funds|
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|Unrestricted<br>funds||||||||
|General fund|||||3,380,341|(2,674,369)|705,972|
|Restricted<br>funds||||||||
|Refuge Based Support|||||118,334|(120,595)|(2,261)|
|Community<br>Based Support<br>Heart ofEngland<br>Capital Grant|||||2,424,280<br>284,254|(2,331,461)<br>(9,554)|92,819<br>274,700|
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|TOTAL FUNDS|||||6307309|(5,135,979)|1,071,230|





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