Company no. 03107835 Charity no. 1049945
## **The Brigstowe Project Report and Unaudited Financial Statements**
**31 March 2022**
## **The Brigstowe Project**
## **Reference and administrative details**
**For the year ended 31 March 2022**
|**Company number**|03107835||
|---|---|---|
|**Charity number**|1049945||
|**Registered office and**|Easton Community Centre||
|**operational address**|Kilburn Street||
||Bristol||
||England||
||BS5 6AW||
|**Trustees**|Trustees, who are also directors under company law, who served during||
||the year and up to the date|of this report were as follows:|
||Matthew Areskog|appointed 1 September 2022|
||Jonathan Downing|appointed 13 June 2022|
||Dominic Eastham||
||Vicky Harwood||
||David Henshaw||
||Jeremy Horwood||
||Mark Hubbard|appointed 13 June 2022|
||Carole Johnson|appointed 22 June 2022|
||Sheila Ollis||
||Diane Perry||
||Simon Purkiss||
||Alison Scott||
||Thomas Sharkey||
||Henroy Brown|resigned 2 March 2022|
||Jane Nicholls|resigned 30 June 2021|
|**Chief executive officer**|Rami Ghali||
|**Bankers**|The Co-operative Bank||
||14 Broadmead||
||Bristol||
||BS1 3HH||
|**Independent**|Godfrey Wilson Limited||
|**examiners**|Chartered accountants and|statutory auditors|
||5th Floor Mariner House||
||62 Prince Street||
||Bristol||
||BS1 4QD||
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## **The Brigstowe Project**
## **Report of the trustees**
## **For the year ended 31 March 2022**
The trustees present their report along with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2022.
Reference and administrative information set out on page 1 forms part of this report. The financial statements comply with current statutory requirements, the Memorandum and Articles of Association and the Statement of Recommended Practice - Accounting and Reporting by Charities (effective from January 2019).
## **Structure, governance and management**
The Brigstowe Project is a charitable company limited by guarantee. Its objects and powers are set out in the revised Memorandum and Articles of Association adopted on 28 November 2018.
The organisation is governed by a Board of Trustees.
New trustees are normally recruited through advertisements amongst the charity’s service users and the wider community, as well as through existing members’ professional and personal contacts. All appointments are based on the need for particular knowledge, skills and experience.
All trustees are members of the company. Membership of the company is open to anyone aged 18 years of age or over who lives or works in the South West of England and who is interested in promoting the objects of the charity.
The members of the company elect trustees at an annual general meeting, though trustees may coopt additional trustees to hold office until the next annual general meeting. One third of trustees must retire at each annual general meeting, but a retiring trustee who remains qualified may be reappointed.
New trustees are provided with comprehensive information covering the charity and its work, together with the roles and responsibilities that they are expected to fulfil. Throughout their tenure, all trustees are encouraged to take part in relevant training and development events (funded by the charity as appropriate).
The trustees set the charity’s policies and take all major strategic decisions. Day-to-day operational decision-making is delegated by the trustees to the Chief Executive Officer, who reports to the trustees.
The major risks to which the charity is exposed, as identified by the trustees, have been reviewed and systems or procedures have been established to manage those risks.
## **Objectives and activities**
The Brigstowe Project’s objects are:
- To promote the welfare and good health of people living with long-term health conditions in Bristol and the surrounding areas, in particular but not limited to people living with HIV and related conditions, by the provision of support and assistance; and
- To advance the education of the general public: in all areas relating to long-term health conditions, in particular but not limited to HIV and related conditions, and to eliminate discrimination towards people, in particular but not limited to people living with HIV, on the grounds of race, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
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## **The Brigstowe Project**
## **Report of the trustees**
## **For the year ended 31 March 2022**
We aim to enhance the quality of life for people living with or affected by HIV and other long-term health conditions in the West of England. To achieve this, our strategic objectives are as follows:
- Help people living with HIV and other long-term health conditions increase and maintain their independence through responsive and relevant services;
- ▪Educate people about HIV and challenge stigma and discrimination;
- Meet the changing needs of people living with HIV and other long-term health conditions in the West of England; and
- ▪Secure the strength and sustainability of The Brigstowe Project into the future.
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Impact Report
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## **Vision**
A world where people living with HIV and other long-term health conditions live long and healthy lives, free from poverty, stigma, prejudice and discrimination.
## **Mission**
To enhance the quality of life for people living with HIV and other long-term health conditions.
## **Values**
- **Inclusive**
- **Respectful**
- **Non-Judgemental**
- **Person-Centred**
- **Responsive**
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|Contents|
|An Overview from our CEO – Rami Ghali|7|
|Who are our Service Users|8|
|Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Report 2022|9|
|Advice and Support Service|11|
|Engagement Support Service|11|
|A brand new service!|
|Migrant and Asylum Support Service|12|
|Positive Voices|12|
|One-to-One Peer Mentoring|13|
|"All In" Peer Support Group|13|
|Peer Support Self-Reported Outcomes|14|
|HIV Awareness Training|14|
|The Peer Partnership|15|
|Type 2 Diabetes Peer Mentoring|15|
|Type 2 Diabetes Peer Mentoring - Outcomes|16|
|The Peer Partnership - Service Delivery,|
|Consultancy, Training|17|
|Common Ambition Bristol|18|
|Fundraising and Campaigns|19|
|World AIDS Day 2021|19|
|Fast-Track Cities Bristol Initiative|20|
|Fast-Track Cities Bristol Initiative - What's Next|21|
|GSK 2022 IMPACT Awards|21|
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## **An Overview from our CEO – Rami Ghali**
The last year has been eventful and exciting, including the launch of several new services and national recognition for Brigstowe’s work.
The year started well with news from the National Lottery Community Fund that they had awarded us a further five-year grant towards: our HIV peer mentoring; HIV awareness training and general awareness raising; and our peer support group. We’re very grateful for the certainty this gives us to continue to develop these services. One of the first changes we made, in consultation with people living with HIV, was to train HIV positive “Peer Facilitators” to start running our “All In” peer support group sessions.
In January 2022, we launched a new year-long pilot of an Engagement Support Service working closely with HIV clinicians at Southmead Hospital. The worker provides support to people living with HIV who are experiencing difficulties in adhering to their prescribed medication or attending appointments. We are grateful to the Rank Foundation and Bristol City Council Public Health Team who are funding this service.
After a great deal of partnership and co-production work, our Common Ambition Bristol (CAB) project interventions went live at the end of this financial year (April 2022). The project aims to increase HIV testing and reduce HIV stigma amongst African & Caribbean heritage communities. You can find more information at www.commonambitionbristol.org.uk.
There has been a lot to celebrate this year. In January 2022, we found out that Brigstowe was one of ten organisations from around the UK who won the GSK Impact Awards 2022. Find out more about this further on in this report.
Shortly afterwards in March 2022, we marked Brigstowe’s 25th Anniversary (belated due to COVID) with a wonderful celebration looking back at the many developments over the years and the outstanding contribution of staff, volunteers and trustees.
The Peer Partnership (www.peerpartnership.org) is our new brand, delivering services and providing consultancy to other organisations around peer support. In January 2022, we set up our Long COVID peer support service, working in partnership with Sirona Care & Health to provide peer support groups and workshops. We are also continuing to develop our mentoring service for people with Type 2 diabetes, also in partnership with Sirona Care & Health. We also have several consultancy projects underway with a lot of interest in the services we can provide.
Brigstowe are committed to promoting Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all aspects of our work and also in wider society. In order to do this, from October 2021 to May 2022 we carried out an EDI audit with the support of an external consultant funded by Lloyds Bank Foundation. For more information, please see pages 6 and 7. We are now planning to complete and publish an EDI Strategy which includes a three-year action plan.
We have had more staff and trustee changes during this year than previous years. We’ve welcomed four new members of staff, said a fond farewell to Annie Pollock who retired in June 2021, and also said goodbye to two trustees (Henroy Brown and Jane Nicholls) whose contribution has been greatly valued. We’re excited about what the future holds.
I would like to end by saying a big thank you to all our staff, volunteers, trustees, clients, partners and funders on whom we depend and who enable us to achieve our goals.
**Rami Ghali,** _Chief Executive Officer_
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Who are our Service Users
Bristol Total number of service users: 35-44 45-54
204 273 28% 28%
Where do
Age
they live
34
South
18%
14%
Gloucestershire
21
7% 4%
14 25-34
55-64
Other 1%
North Somerset 18-24 65-74
75-84
African
27%
White
Ethnic Male
50% Caribbean 47% Gender
Group
10% 51%
Female
2%
5%
3%
3% 2%
Asian
Other
Black British Non-Binary
Mixed Heritage
other
Heterosexual
68%
Sexuality
27%
Gay/Lesbian
5%
Bisexual
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## **Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Report 2022**
From November 2021 to May 2022, Brigstowe undertook an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) review of our organisation as a whole. Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion is important in all of the work Brigstowe does and we want to make sure we are doing all that we can in this very important area. If you were one of the 89 people who completed the survey or one of the people who attended the two focus groups we want to say a big THANK YOU. We really appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts and experiences.
## **Participants**
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As part of our EDI review, we released a survey to all our clients, volunteers, trustees, and staff. We received a total of 89 responses.
- 37 Clients
- 21 Staff & trustees
- 17 Volunteers
- 8 Volunteers who are also clients
- 3 Prefer not to say
## **Learning from Survey**
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2%
Think Brigstowe
92% Values Diversity 6% Strongly Agree
Agree
22%
Brigstowe
87% Think Brigstowe Values Neutral
Values My Identity Diversity
70% Disagree
Strongly
Think Brigstowe
82% Disagree
Offers Equal Opportunity
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_**"Brigstowe definitely makes everyone feel welcome and does a good job of this. They obviously take time to think about how to make sure they are inclusive as an organisation."**_
Volunteer, 2022
**Our survey participants overwhelmingly view Brigstowe as valuing diversity, valuing the personal identities of the individual, and offering equal opportunities for people to advance their lives.**
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Brigstowe Values My Unique Identity EQUITY
The quality of
being fair and
32%
impartial
9%
13%
4%
55%
Strongly Agree Disagree DIVERSITY INCLUSION
The action of
Including people
Agree Strongly from a range including or being
Disagree of different included in a
group or structure
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## **Room for Improvement**
We were really pleased to hear you feel Brigstowe are doing well, but we also recognize we still have work to do in this very important area, as some of you said:
_**" You’re doing a great job, though would like to see ALL types of diversity take the lead on events you are doing**_
_**"As a married HIV+ heterosexual male, I don't seem to see much information relating to me."**_ Client, 2022
- _**" Ensure staff and volunteer roles are advertised as widely as possible to encourage diverse applications**_
_**"" Include diversity training as part of induction of volunteers Focused work to be done for the organisation to be more trans-inclusive**_
We are busy writing a **strategy** and detailed **action plan** to help us progress in equity, diversity and inclusion for all our clients, volunteers and members of staff. We really value the constructive feedback we have received which will inform this process.
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## **Advice and Support Service**
Our advice and support service can help with a range of matters from financial to housing to employment and other issues. The service can be accessed by anyone living with or affected by HIV as many times as they need. We offer a person-centred service, which can range from one-off advice to regular meetings for those who need ongoing support. Our aim is to improve the quality of life and independence of those we assist.
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very good support”
Engagement Support Service
A brand new service!
Following consultation between Brigstowe and the Brecon Unit
(Southmead Hospital’s HIV department), a need was identified to
create a holistic support service for patients with a regular pattern
of non-attendance or non-adherence to medication, resulting in
non-suppressed viral load. Funding for a 12-month pilot project
was obtained through the combined generosity of Bristol City
Council’s Public Health Team and The Rank Foundation.
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## **Engagement Support Service A brand new service!**
Following consultation between Brigstowe and the Brecon Unit (Southmead Hospital’s HIV department), a need was identified to create a holistic support service for patients with a regular pattern of non-attendance or non-adherence to medication, resulting in non-suppressed viral load. Funding for a 12-month pilot project was obtained through the combined generosity of Bristol City Council’s Public Health Team and The Rank Foundation.
The resulting Engagement Support Service at Brigstowe works closely with Brecon to address the hurdles clients face in engaging with their HIV treatment. These are often not directly related to their HIV treatment. Housing, substance misuse, financial pressures, stigma, accessibility, and mental health are just some of the wide-ranging factors we work closely with clients to overcome. The aim of the service is to improve the individual’s attendance at clinic and ultimately achieve an undetectable viral load through consistent adherence to medical treatment.
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## **Migrant and Asylum Support Service**
This is a specialist service for individuals seeking asylum, experiencing immigration issues or who have been trafficked and are living with HIV. This service offers a safe, confidential and supportive space and can offer ongoing emotional and practical support.
**clients granted leave as a result of referring to solicitors, helping to gather evidence and contacting MPs to expedite cases**
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**clients supported in accessing education**
**clients supported into work once permission to work was received**
_**“They have granted my leave!!!! I am thrilled, it has been a long road but now it is over. I want to thank you for all the help you have given me, I know for a fact that without your assistance we would still be fighting for my immigration status. Thank you is such a little word, it doesn’t seem anywhere near big enough for all the support and help you have given us in our very dark times. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for getting our lives back.”**_
**clients saw a reduction 16 in poverty**
## **Positive Voices**
This service encompasses a range of different programmes all designed and delivered with people living with HIV to help and support other people living with HIV. Learning to live with HIV can be difficult and even overwhelming at times. It can help to speak to someone who has been in the same position and experienced similar challenges. With the COVID-19 pandemic still having an undeniable impact during this reporting year, we are proud of what we have still been able to achieve. A huge thank you to all of our volunteer Peer Mentors for being so understanding and adaptable whilst maintaining their unwavering passion and dedication to supporting people living with HIV.
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## **One-to-One Peer Mentoring**
This service allows individuals to meet regularly with a mentor who is living well with HIV. They can share experiences, provide emotional support and discuss coping strategies, all in a safe and confidential space.
**15** mentors
_**“I was a bit lost, and now I feel like I’m back on track with making decisions and being comfortable with my status because of all the tips, support and options I was given.”**_
**4** senior mentors **4** new mentors recruited
mentors attended the National Conference of People Living with Peer Mentee HIV & the National Peer Mentor Development Day
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CHIVA (Children's HIV Association) worked in partnership with Southmead Hospital’s HIV clinicians to launch a unique service for young people transitioning from paediatrics to adult care. The Youth Clinic runs quarterly, and Brigstowe trained a young adult as a Peer Mentor to contribute to the support available at the Clinic.
_**“The workshop helped me to be able to open up when I am dating as well as helping me think about when to disclose or not”**_
## **"All In" Peer Support Group**
All In is our HIV peer support group which is run in partnership with THT (Terrence Higgins Trust).
**6** Peer Facilitators recruited
**2** Social Events
**4** Skills-Based Workshops
**2** HIV-Focused Sessions
HIV & Dating Workshop Attendee
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## **Peer Support Self-Reported Outcomes (One-to-One Peer Mentoring and "All In" Peer Support Group):**
**Reported an increase in confidence and self-esteem – 28 people**
**Reported an increase in forming close supportive relationships and a reduction in isolation – 26 people**
**Reported an increase in confidence in sharing their HIV status – 10 people**
**Reported an increase in skills or knowledge – 16 people**
**Reported an increase in understanding of HIV and related issues – 12 people**
## **HIV Awareness Training**
HIV-related stigma is one of the main challenges facing people living with HIV. Involving those with lived experience sharing their story, this training busts many myths, dispels fear and educates participants so people living with HIV can live in a world that doesn’t discriminate. In response to the pandemic, we developed a digital training offer. Training was delivered either digitally or face-to-face this reporting year. Delivery of digital training has been very successful and all training has been well received. Sessions continue to be delivered with a Positive Speaker sharing their experiences of living with HIV.
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of attendees reported an
96% increase in knowledge “The speaker was able
on how to get an HIV test
to share their personal
experience as well as more
nuanced options pertaining to
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of attendees reported an
that allowed me to understand
10 93% increase in knowledge and
how it can negatively impact
sessions understanding of HIV issues
people’s lives – including
delivered those who do not have HIV”
of attendees reported a HIV Awareness Training
93% positive change in attitude Participant
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## **The Peer Partnership**
The Peer Partnership launched in November 2020, with the goal of taking the model of peer support that we have used for HIV over the past 7 years, and applying this approach to other long-term health conditions and protected characteristics. This past year we have undertaken new service delivery, consultancy work and training.
Please contact info@peerpartnership.org if you would like to know more about the services we can offer.
## **Service Delivery Type 2 Diabetes Peer Mentoring**
Our Type 2 diabetes peer mentors meet with individuals to share their own experience of living with the condition. They provide them with the right information and support to help them learn more about Type 2 diabetes and live well. Sessions have continued to be delivered by a blended approach, i.e. digital and face-to-face. In partnership with Sirona Care & Health, this year our peer mentors have started having a presence at the Type 2 diabetes course ‘Living with Diabetes’. These are delivered by Sirona Care & Health to people diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes within the last 18 months. This past year we have undertaken service delivery (Type 2 Diabetes and Long COVID), consultancy work and training.
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**21 6 19 completed new mentors current relationships recruited mentors**
_**“My knowledge and understanding around diabetes, health and diet has increased significantly. I am better equipped to make decisions about food, which I wasn’t prior to having a mentor”**_
Mentee
_**“Before the mentoring I ate what I wanted, sugar and everything. XXX [mentor] has given me guidance on what to eat and not to eat. I have lost 20kg through walking, being active and eating well. I take no sugar in tea or coffee now. I am aware that I am young, I have a long time to live with diabetes, and now I really understand it. The mentoring has also really helped me with my mental health, I have been isolated and XXX [mentor] has helped me get out and go into the community”**_
Mentee
**Type 2 Diabetes Peer Mentoring - Outcomes**
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**71% of mentees reported an increased ability to maintain lifestyle changes**
**76% of mentees reported an increase in their knowledge of how to prevent problems with their health**
**95% of mentees reported increased confidence in being able to manage their diabetes**
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**Service Delivery**
## **Consultancy**
**Long COVID** – Our Long COVID service started in November 2021, and went live in February 2022, following a 3-month lead-in period. We are now providing peer support workshops and structured peer support groups in partnership with Sirona Care & Health. This contract runs until January 2023, with the possibility of extension.
_**“What I’ve taken from this session is that I am not isolated, that others have had their lives impacted, that good people are helping us.”**_
**Step Together Volunteering** - We have supported the development of peer support for female ex-offenders in Manchester, including 4 days of consultancy and outside supervision for their peer support coordinator. Step Together were very happy with the service.
_**“The Peer Mentoring training delivered to our staff and volunteers was very well received, as well as the external supervision provided to our new Peer Support Coordinator. The drafting of our Terms of Service over several meetings enabled us to consider our needs every step of the way and we now have an extremely useful document to support our pilot programme, from recruitment and training, through to delivery.”**_
Operations Manager, Step Together Volunteering
Long COVID Workshop Attendee
**University of Bristol** – We began our consultancy contract with UoB in June 2022 to provide students who identify as trans or non-binary with one-to-one peer support at the university. We have completed focus groups and will be helping university staff to develop the service.
## **Training**
The Peer Partnership has provided 6 core training sessions within Brigstowe and 1 external core training (Step Together), with an additional 1 internal (Long COVID), and 1 external (University of Bristol) planned before September 2022. A total of 36 days has been spent organising and delivering training.
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## **Common Ambition Bristol**
Common Ambition Bristol (CAB) is a 3-year community-powered project led by Brigstowe and the African Voices Forum (AVF), working in partnership with Unity Sexual Health, Bristol City Council and the University of Bristol (UoB) to improve HIV and sexual health services for people of African and Caribbean heritage in Bristol.
## **Achievements this year**
1x logo designed - incorporating all the colours of African and Caribbean flags brought together in a heart and the ribbon symbolising the bringing together of communities.
## 6x Community Researchers recruited
## 8x areas of focus
Public consultation - this directly fed into our areas of focus, evidencing that we truly are a community-led project.
Launch of the website - the website is a one-stop shop for accurate, informative and essential information.
**Areas of focus for the next stage of this project are:**
**Testing** - including clinic, community and at-home (self-test) **Barbershop/Men’s outreach** - Specific outreach tailored for men **Women’s Events** - Specifically designed to ensure a safe space for women **CAB Table Talks** - Events where we host round-table discussions **Event Presence** - Attending community events
**Roadshows** - Events Common Ambition Bristol organise specifically around our aims **Resources** - Creation of leaflets, posters, educational materials etc. **Multimedia** - Social media, website, films, shorts etc.
Keep updated with all of our news by following us on socials or by visiting the website: **www.commonambitionbristol.org.uk**
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Fundraising and Campaigns
World AIDS Day
Bristol 10k 2021
£35,000
raised Donations from
individuals,
organisations and trusts
Regular giving from our
“Friends of Brigstowe”
£7,000
£17,000
£4,000
£7,000
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This was a truly outstanding year. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all those individuals and organisations who have donated, fundraised and volunteered to help us achieve this phenomenal total which will help us to continue to meet the needs of people living with HIV and other long-term health conditions.
## **World AIDS Day 2021**
**10x events** - Our online and in-person events were the heart of our World AIDS Day programme. All of these events included at least one positive speaker sharing their powerful and inspirational stories. We pay tribute to all those individuals who had the courage to share their personal experience.
**2x headline sponsors** - Bristol Health Partners & GMB Union (Avon & Wessex Branch)
_**“Thank you both so much (for the lunch & learn), we can aspire for more participants next year to hear your stories and insights as they were truly inspirational”**_ Chief Nurse and Midwife UHBW NHS Foundation Trust
**7x lunch and learn sessions** - Through exceptional corporate leadership, 7 lunch and learn sessions were delivered to: RPC, EPIC, DAC Beachcroft, Triodos Bank, Bank of Ireland, Burges Salmon and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust.
- **£2,000 raised from community fundraisers** - A huge thank you to Don’t Tell Your Mother and Queenshilling for your amazing support.
**22 fundraising volunteers** - Not all heroes wear capes. This inspirational team helped us raise nearly £600 at Bristol Temple Meads.
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## **Fast-Track Cities Bristol Initiative**
Now in Year 2 of delivering on our action plan, Fast-Track Cities (FTC) is a global initiative to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030. By being a Fast-Track City, Bristol commits to:
- Work to exceed the UNAIDS 95:95:95 HIV targets: o 95% of people living with HIV knowing their status, o 95% of people with diagnosed HIV on treatment, o 95% of people on treatment with suppressed viral loads
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FAST-TRACK CITIES
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- End new HIV infections in the city
- End HIV-related stigma and discrimination: Zero Stigma
- End preventable deaths from HIV-related causes
- Work to improve the health, quality of life and well-being of people living with HIV in the city
## **Bristol is currently achieving:**
- **93%** of people living with HIV knowing their status
**98%**
of people with **97%** diagnosed HIV on treatment
of people on treatment with suppressed viral loads (undetectable)
## **Fast-Track City Bristol:**
Co-chaired with CHIVA the FTC Bristol Stigma Subgroup
- Presented work on Peer Support at the annual UK & Ireland Fast-Track Cities Conference
- Presented work on reducing HIV stigma at the Europeans AIDS Clinical Society (EACS) Conference
- Partnered on an HIV Prevention England funded pilot project called ‘Hearts and Minds’ aiming to reduce HIV stigma within healthcare
- Launched the ‘More Than 3 Letters’ campaign - a campaign to promote U=U (Undetectable=Untransmittable) using the stories of people living with HIV and what they would say to themselves on the day they were diagnosed
- Bristol-wide HIV Stigma log initiated where any incidents of stigma can be recorded
- HIV Awareness Training and Policy Strategy developed – the strategy was written in consultation with people living with HIV and our FTC Bristol partners. The aim of the strategy is to outline the best way to use our limited resources to reduce the stigma and discrimination experienced by people living with HIV.
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## **Fast-Track Cities Bristol Initiative - What's Next**
- Work with Bristol City Council and their homecare agencies and North Somerset Council and their licensed tattoo and piercing premises to reduce HIV stigma by delivering HIV Awareness Training and policy work
- A billboard campaign to promote U=U (Undetectable=Untransmittable)
## **More Than 3 Letters**
- Undertake a Bristol-wide public knowledge and attitudes survey on HIV
## **GSK 2022 IMPACT Awards**
Brigstowe won a major national award for our work to support people living with HIV and other long-term health conditions.
The GSK IMPACT Awards, run in partnership with The King’s Fund, are designed to recognise the outstanding work of community-based healthcare and wellbeing charities.
Following a rigorous selection and assessment process, Brigstowe was chosen from more than 350 charities across the UK as one of the 10 winners. The award judges were particularly impressed with Brigstowe’s strong focus on supporting some of the groups and communities most vulnerable to the potential impacts of an HIV diagnosis.
Judges comments were: “Brigstowe’s work is user-led and rooted in the experiences of people living with HIV, delivering a range of support services including its exceptional peer-support model. Its small but extremely passionate and skilled team has recently expanded their services to support people with other long-term conditions, including Type 2 diabetes and Long COVID. We were also particularly impressed by the strong partnerships the charity has built with health service commissioners, Bristol City Council and local businesses. Brigstowe is really punching above its weight and has been a catalyst for change for HIV services in Bristol.”
As a winner, we received £40,000 of unrestricted funding, a video produced of our work and an invitation to take part in a tailored leadership development programme run by The King’s Fund.
To watch our video please visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7a7pecKhGE
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## **We would like to take this opportunity to thank our funders**
**Become a Friend of Brigstowe** Everyone needs friends and we at Brigstowe are no different.
Brigstowe, Easton Community Centre, Kilburn Street, Bristol, BS5 6AW
**Just £10 a month (the price of a cup of coffee a week) could be used to provide transport costs to one of our most destitute clients to access community services.**
**Tel:** 0117 9555038
**Web:** www.brigstowe.org **Email:** info@brigstowe.org **Twitter:** @brigstoweinfo
**Facebook:** www.facebook.com/brigstoweinfo
To donate please visit: **www.brigstowe.org/donate**
Support people living with HIV and help raise awareness of HIV in Bristol by making a regular monthly donation to Brigstowe.
Registered Company No: 03107835 Registered Charity No: 1049945
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## **The Brigstowe Project**
## **Report of the trustees**
## **For the year ended 31 March 2022**
## **Plans for future periods**
We have plans to develop and improve our services and activities. We want to help more people and to campaign for a more equal, tolerant and fair society.
During 2022/23 we will:
- Seek long term funding to ensure the sustainability of our Migrant & Asylum Support Service. This service provides holistic support to some of our most vulnerable clients. The service has been running for 12 years. In March 2022 funding from two long term funders came to an end. We recently secured a number of smaller short term grants to continue the service but our aim is to secure long term funding for this vital service;
- Continue the pilot of our Engagement Support Service and evaluate the effectiveness of this new service. The service supports people living with HIV who are struggling to adhere to their medication and/or attend HIV clinic appointments, working closely with local HIV clinicians;
- Deliver, evaluate and develop effective interventions designed by and for African & Caribbean heritage communities through Common Ambition Bristol (CAB). The project aims to increase HIV testing and reduce HIV stigma;
- Write and publish an Equity Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Strategy incorporating a three year action plan. The strategy will be based on our findings from the EDI audit completed between November 2021 and May 2022. The strategy will be reviewed and amended at least annually; and
- Continue to develop The Peer Partnership brand which we are using to deliver services and provide consultancy on a variety of peer support services. In particular we aim to: promote and expand the services we offer, establishing The Peer Partnership as a hub for peer support in Bristol and the surrounding area; set up a steering group, meeting at least quarterly, to guide the work and report to the Board of Trustees; and review the scope of The Peer Partnership to ensure that it falls within our charitable objects.
## **Public Benefit**
The trustees have complied with the duty in section 4 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission.
## **Financial review**
The charity made a surplus (net income) of £109,957 for the year (2021 (restated – surplus of £85,713), with a surplus on unrestricted general funds of £84,873 (2021 (restated) – deficit of £1,667), including the £40,000 GSK impact award from The King’s Fund.
The charity’s financial position remains healthy. At the year end, short-term investments and cash totalled £424,340 (2021 - £285,962). Net current assets have increased to £449,352 (2021 (restated) - £337,713). Total funds at the year end were £454,397 (2021 (restated) - £344,440), including restricted funds of £282,506 (2021 (restated) - £257,422).
The majority of our income is from government and institutional funders. The funders and the services they are funding are identified in notes 3 and 4 of the financial statements.
Support from the public continues to grow, which is both humbling and fantastic. Donations including gift aid increasing to £38,081 (2021 - £20,051). Income from individual donors and fundraising events supports services not fully funded by government or institutional funders.
The growing success of The Peer Partnership brand and delivery of consultancy services has led to an increase in income from non-charitable trading to £13,447 (2021 - £2,354). This provides unrestricted funding to support the development of the brand and pilot projects.
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## **The Brigstowe Project**
## **Report of the trustees**
## **For the year ended 31 March 2022**
The charity had £270,978 (2021 - £81,990) of investments of cash on deposit at the year end. It is the trustees’ policy to invest reserves that are not immediately required into low risk fixed-term cash deposits in order to generate interest income for the charity. Due to the short-term commitments from some of our funders, no long-term investments are made; the maximum term on any deposit is 12 months. As well as rates of return, the trustees take social, environmental and ethical considerations into account when selecting deposit accounts for investment.
As described in note 20 of the financial statements, the charity has corrected its recognition of grants. This has the potential to increase the volatility in the charity’s reported financial performance. For example, approximately £190k of income recognised to 31 March 2022 is not budgeted to be spent until after the year end, so this year’s surplus may be followed next year by a deficit, even while our services remain financially sustainable.
The principal risks and uncertainties facing the charity identified by the trustees and the related mitigations are:
- Retention and development of brilliant staff - we provide a staff thank you package and regularly review pay and benefits to ensure they remain competitive. We provide supervision and training opportunities to enhance staff skills. We maintain up-to-date job and work procedure descriptions to facilitate the rapid recruitment and induction of new staff.
- Insecurity of funding - we have developed a fundraising strategy and increased fundraising and application writing skills and capacity within the charity. We maintain reserves to fill short-term funding gaps.
These are not the only risks facing the charity. The trustees manage a risk register to monitor and manage risks.
## **Reserves policy**
'Free reserves' describes the charity's funds that are freely available to spend. It therefore excludes restricted funds (which may only be spent in accordance with the wishes of the relevant donors), any designated funds (which the trustees have committed to expend on particular assets or activities), or funds that could only be realised by disposing of fixed assets held for charity use.
The trustees view the charity's reserves as a 'buffer' to be employed in the event of unexpected costs or shortfalls in income. However, the level of reserves should not be excessive and unnecessarily limit the amount spent on charitable activities. Therefore, the trustees seek to balance the needs of future and current beneficiaries.
The trustees set the level at which reserves should be maintained after considering:
- the risks associated with each stream of income and expenditure being different from that budgeted;
- ▪planned activity levels and working capital requirements;
- ▪restricted funds available to spend on existing services;
- ▪the charity's commitments to its beneficiaries, donors, staff and other parties; and
- the length of time reserves might be required to fund activities while alternative funding is sought or - should that prove impossible - an activity is reduced or discontinued in a planned and responsible fashion.
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## **The Brigstowe Project**
## **Report of the trustees**
## **For the year ended 31 March 2022**
Since the charity is reliant on relatively few donors, the loss of any one is likely to result in a major impact on the charity's operations and beneficiaries. In addition, the trustees consider that the current economic climate and budgetary pressures being experienced by the charity's government funders increase the probability of a loss of funding and difficulties in securing new funding. In response to this increased funding risk, the trustees consider it prudent to maintain a higher reserve level than would be necessary in a more secure and stable funding environment.
The trustees have determined that there should be sufficient restricted or free reserves to cover between three and six months’ expenditure for each service. Given the significant restricted funds available for the advice and support services, this means that free reserves – which exclude the value of fixed assets – should be between £106,000 and £212,000.
Free reserves as at 31 March 2022 were £169,329 (2021 (restated) - £83,601). This is within the target range. Trustees are watchful for opportunities to apply reserves in productive ways to achieve the charity’s objects.
## **Statement of responsibilities of the trustees**
The trustees (who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the trustees' report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102: The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year, which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the income and expenditure of the charity for that period. In preparing those financial statements the trustees are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- ▪ observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
- make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- ▪ state whether applicable UK accounting standards and statements of recommended practice have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and which enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. The trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included 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.
Members of the charity guarantee to contribute an amount not exceeding £10 to the assets of the charity in the event of winding up. The trustees are members of the charity but this entitles them only to voting rights. The trustees have no beneficial interest in the charity.
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## **The Brigstowe Project**
## **Report of the trustees**
## **For the year ended 31 March 2022**
## **Independent examiners**
Godfrey Wilson Limited were appointed as independent examiners to the charitable company during the year and have expressed their willingness to continue in that capacity.
Approved by the trustees on 15 December 2022 and signed on their behalf by
## T M Sharkey
Thomas Sharkey - Chair
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## **Independent examiner's report**
## **To the trustees of**
## **The Brigstowe Project**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of The Brigstowe Project (the charitable company) for the year ended 31 March 2022, which are set out on pages 28 to 46.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the trustees of the charitable 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 charitable 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 the charitable 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 charitable 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 Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), which is one of the listed bodies.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material 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 charitable 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.
## Alison Godfrey
Date: 16 December 2022 **Alison Godfrey FCA Member of the ICAEW** For and on behalf of: **Godfrey Wilson Limited** Chartered accountants and statutory auditors 5th Floor Mariner House 62 Prince Street Bristol BS1 4QD
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## **The Brigstowe Project**
**Statement of financial activities** _(incorporating an income and expenditure account)_
## **For the year ended 31 March 2022**
|Restricted Unrestricted
Note
£
£
**Income from:**
Donations and legacies
_Grants for services_
3
472,901
-
_Other grants and donations_
4
16,079
75,082
Charitable activities
5
-
70,323
Other trading activities
6
-
13,447
Investments
-
1,504
**Total income**
488,980
160,356
**Expenditure on:**
Raising funds
-
18,916
Charitable activities
463,896
56,567
**Total expenditure**
8, 9
463,896
75,483
**Net income and net movement in funds**
10
25,084
84,873
**Reconciliation of funds:**
Total funds brought forward as previously stated
99,408
88,144
Prior period adjustments
20
158,014
(1,126)
Total funds brought forward (as restated)
257,422
87,018
**Total funds carried forward**
282,506
171,891|Restated
**2022**
2021
**Total**
Total
**£**
£
**472,901**
417,364
**91,161**
38,136
**70,323**
29,700
**13,447**
2,354
**1,504**
1,516
**649,336**
489,070
**18,916**
23,349
**520,463**
380,008
**539,379**
403,357
**109,957**
85,713
**187,552**
192,548
**156,888**
66,179
**344,440**
258,727
**454,397**
344,440|
|---|---|
All of the above results are derived from continuing activities. There were no other recognised gains or losses other than those stated above. Movements in funds are disclosed in note 18 to the accounts.
The notes on pages 31 to 46 form part of these financial statements.
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## **The Brigstowe Project Registered company number 03107835 Balance sheet**
## **As at 31 March 2022**
|Note
**Fixed assets**
Tangible assets
13
**Current assets**
Debtors
14
Investments: cash equivalents on deposit
Cash at bank and in hand
**Liabilities**
Creditors: amounts falling due within 1 year
15
**Net current assets**
**Net assets**
17
**Funds**
18
Restricted funds
Unrestricted funds
General funds
**Total charity funds**|**£**
**74,848**
**270,978**
**153,362**
**499,188**
**(49,836)**|**2022**
**£**
**5,045**
**449,352**
**454,397**
**282,506**
**171,891**
**454,397**|Restated
2021
£
6,727
144,968
81,990
203,972|
|---|---|---|---|
||||430,930
(93,217)|
||||337,713|
||||344,440|
||||257,422
87,018|
||||344,440|
The trustees are satisfied that the charity is entitled to exemption from the provisions of the Companies Act 2006 (the Act) relating to the audit of the financial statements for the year by virtue of section 477(2), and that no member or members have requested an audit pursuant to section 476 of the Act.
The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for:
- (i) ensuring that the charity keeps proper accounting records which comply with section 386 of the Act; and
- (ii) preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity as at the end of the financial year and of its profit or loss for the financial year in accordance with the requirements of section 396, and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Act relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the charity.
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime.
Approved by the trustees on 15 December 2022 and signed on their behalf by
Dominic Eastham - Treasurer
The notes on pages 31 to 46 form part of these financial statements.
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## **The Brigstowe Project**
## **Statement of cash flows**
## **For the year ended 31 March 2022**
|**Cash used in operating activities:**
Net movement in funds
Adjustments for:
Depreciation charges
Dividends, interest and rents from investments
Decrease / (increase) in debtors
(Decrease) / increase in creditors
**Net cash provided by / (used in) operating activities**
**Cash flows from investing activities:**
Dividends, interest and rents from investments
Purchase of tangible fixed assets
**Net cash provided by / (used in) investing activities**
**Increase / (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents in the year**
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year
**Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year**
**Cash and cash equivalents comprises:**
Investments: cash equivalents on deposit
Cash at bank and in hand|**2022**
**£**
**109,957**
**1,682**
**(1,504)**
**70,120**
**(43,381)**
**136,874**
**1,504**
**-**
**1,504**
**138,378**
**285,962**
**424,340**
**270,978**
**153,362**
**424,340**|2021
£
85,713
2,244
(1,516)
(118,426)
24,421|
|---|---|---|
|||(7,564)|
|||1,516
(2,226)|
|||(710)|
|||(8,274)
294,236|
|||285,962|
|||81,990
203,972|
|||285,962|
The charity has not provided an analysis of changes in net debt as it does not have any long term financing arrangements.
The notes on pages 31 to 46 form part of these financial statements.
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## **The Brigstowe Project**
## **Notes to the financial statements**
## **For the year ended 31 March 2022**
**1. Accounting policies**
## **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 in preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.
The Brigstowe Project 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) Going concern basis of accounting**
The accounts have been prepared on the assumption that the charity is able to continue as a going concern. At 31 March 2022, the charity holds unrestricted, general reserves of £171,891 and a cash and cash equivalent balance of £424,340. The trustees consider that the charity has sufficient cash reserves, confirmed future funding and sufficient control over expenditure to continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from the date on which these financial statements are approved.
## **c) Funds 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 comprise income received to be used for particular restricted purposes specified by the donor or when funds are raised, less associated costs.
## **d) Income**
Income is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the item of income have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
Income received in advance of entitlement is deferred until criteria for income recognition are met.
For grants without performance conditions, entitlement usually exists when a written offer of funding is received by the charity. However, where a funder has the right to suspend grant instalment payments, only the first instalment is recognised on the formal grant offer, with subsequent instalments recognised on receipt.
Grants are included as income from charitable activities where these amount to a contract for services, but as donations and legacies otherwise.
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## **The Brigstowe Project**
## **Notes to the financial statements**
## **For the year ended 31 March 2022**
## **1. Accounting policies (continued)**
## **e) 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.
Costs of raising funds are associated with generating income from all sources other than from undertaking charitable activities. They consist of the costs of identifying and applying for funding and the costs of other trading activities.
Charitable expenditure comprises the staff and other costs attributable to activities that contribute to the achievement of the charitable objects. Items of expenditure which contribute to the output of more than one activity are allocated to each of the activities based on estimated staff time.
## **f) Allocation of support and governance costs**
Support costs are those functions that assist the work of the charity but do not directly undertake charitable activities. Governance costs are the support costs associated with the governance arrangements of the charity, including the costs of complying with constitutional and statutory requirements and any costs associated with the strategic management of the charity’s activities. These support costs have been allocated between expenditure on charitable activities based on the proportion of direct staff time by each activity as follows:
||**2022**|2021|
|---|---|---|
|Raising funds|**1.1%**|4.2%|
|Charitable activities|**98.9%**|95.8%|
## **g) Tangible fixed assets**
Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost less depreciation. Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write down the cost of each asset to its estimated residual value over its expected useful life. The depreciation rates in use are as follows:
|ul life. The depreciation rates in use|are as follows:|
|---|---|
|Office equipment|25% reducing balance|
|Fixtures and fittings|25% reducing balance|
Fixed assets are reviewed for impairment where there are indications their service potential may be reduced. For example, an asset related to a specific activity will be reviewed for impairment when there are indications the activity may cease or be reduced.
## **h) Current asset investments**
Current asset investments consist of cash held on deposit in interest bearing accounts. Such investments are measured at their fair value.
## **i) 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.
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## **The Brigstowe Project**
## **Notes to the financial statements**
## **For the year ended 31 March 2022**
## **1. Accounting policies (continued) j) 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.
## **k) Creditors**
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.
## **l) Financial instruments**
The charitable company 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.
## **m) Pension costs**
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme for its employees. The pension charge represents the amounts payable by the charity to the scheme in respect of the year. There are no further liabilities other than that already recognised in the statement of financial activities.
## **n) Accounting estimates and key judgements**
In the application of the charity's accounting policies, the trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and underlying assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects both current and future periods. There are no key sources of estimation uncertainty that have a significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements.
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## **The Brigstowe Project**
## **Notes to the financial statements**
## **For the year ended 31 March 2022**
**2. Prior period comparatives: statement of financial activities**
|**Income from:**
Donations and legacies
_Grants for services_
_Other grants and donations_
Charitable activities
Other trading activities
Investments
**Total income**
**Expenditure on:**
Raising funds
Charitable activities
**Total expenditure**
**Net income**
Transfers between funds
**Net movement in funds**|Restricted
£
£
417,364
-
4,545
33,591
-
29,700
-
2,354
-
1,516
421,909
67,161
-
23,349
334,765
45,243
334,765
68,592
87,144
(1,431)
236
(236)
87,380
(1,667)
Unrestricted|Restated
2021
Total
£
417,364
38,136
29,700
2,354
1,516|
|---|---|---|
|||489,070|
|||23,349
380,008|
|||403,357|
|||85,713
-|
|||85,713|
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## **The Brigstowe Project**
## **Notes to the financial statements**
## **For the year ended 31 March 2022**
**3. Income from donations and legacies: grants for services**
|**Advice and support service**
Bristol City Council
Henry Smith Charity
North Somerset Council
South Gloucestershire Council
Bristol Wessex Billing Services Ltd
**Migrant advice and support service**
MAC AIDS Fund
Lloyds Bank Foundation
Wessex Water Community Fund
Quartet Foundation
Edward Gostling Foundation
Henry Smith Charity
**Positive Voices**
Big Lottery Fund
Henry Smith Charity
Bristol City Council
Sports England
South Gloucestershire Council
Bristol City Council Public Health
Quartet Foundation
**Engagement support service**
Bristol City Council Public Health
**Peer support for non-HIV long-term**
**conditions**|Restricted
£
£
86,174
-
20,370
-
8,240
-
8,960
-
1,100
-
124,844
-
-
-
-
-
3,000
-
5,000
-
5,000
-
8,532
-
21,532
-
76,706
-
14,398
-
2,581
-
10,000
-
3,840
-
43,614
-
151,139
-
20,000
-
5,386
-
Unrestricted|Restated
**2022**
2021
**Total**
Total
**£**
£
**86,174**
89,919
**20,370**
18,725
**8,240**
8,240
**8,960**
8,960
**1,100**
1,000
**124,844**
126,844
**-**
10,000
**-**
17,525
**3,000**
-
**5,000**
-
**5,000**
-
**8,532**
6,000
**21,532**
33,525
**76,706**
66,680
**14,398**
15,875
**2,581**
5,239
**10,000**
-
**3,840**
3,840
**43,614**
35,365
**151,139**
126,999
**20,000**
8,920
**5,386**
-|
|---|---|---|
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## **The Brigstowe Project**
## **Notes to the financial statements**
## **For the year ended 31 March 2022**
## **3. Income from donations and legacies: grants for services (continued)**
|**Common Ambition Bristol**
The Health Foundation
Bristol City Council Public Health
**Covid-19 Client Welfare**
Gilead Sciences Ltd
Lloyds Bank Foundation
Quartet Foundation
Groundwork
**Total income from grants for services**|Restricted
£
£
140,000
-
-
-
140,000
-
10,000
-
-
-
-
-
-
10,000
-
472,901
-
Unrestricted|**2022**
**Total**
**£**
**140,000**
**-**
**140,000**
**10,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10,000**
**472,901**|Restated
2021
Total
£
83,697
20,834|
|---|---|---|---|
||||104,531|
||||7,000
6,045
3,000
500|
||||16,545|
||||417,364|
All income from grants for services in the prior period was restricted.
## **4. Income from donations and legacies: other grants and donations**
|Donations (including related gift aid)
Membership dues
Rank Foundation
The King's Fund GSK IMPACT Award
**Total income from other grants and donations**
**Prior period comparative:**
Donations (including related gift aid)
Membership dues
National Lottery Awards for All
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
**Total income from other grants and donations**|Restricted
£
£
3,000
35,081
-
1
13,079
-
-
40,000
16,079
75,082
Restricted
£
£
4,545
15,506
-
1
-
10,000
-
8,084
4,545
33,591
Unrestricted
Unrestricted|**2022**
**Total**
**£**
**38,081**
**1**
**13,079**
**40,000**|
|---|---|---|
|||**91,161**|
|||Restated
2021
Total
£
20,051
1
10,000
8,084|
|||38,136|
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## **The Brigstowe Project**
## **Notes to the financial statements**
## **For the year ended 31 March 2022**
## **5. Income from charitable activties**
|**Positive Voices**
HIV awareness training
Sirona Care & Health
Bristol Community Health
**Total income from charitable activities**
**Peer support for non-HIV long-term**
**conditions**|Restricted
£
£
-
4,390
-
65,933
-
-
-
70,323
Unrestricted|**2022**
**Total**
**£**
**4,390**
**65,933**
**-**
**70,323**|2021
Total
£
1,200
-
28,500|
|---|---|---|---|
||||29,700|
All income from charitable activities in the prior period was unrestricted.
|**6.**
**Income from other trading activties**
Restricted
£
£
Charges for facilities
-
1,627
Other income generating activities
-
11,820
**Total income from other trading activities**
-
13,447
Unrestricted|**2022**
**Total**
**£**
**1,627**
**11,820**
**13,447**|2021
Total
£
1,954
400|
|---|---|---|
|||2,354|
All income from other trading activites in the prior period was unrestricted.
## **7. Government grants**
The charitable company receives government grants, defined as funding from Bristol City Council, North Somerset Council, South Gloucestershire Council, the National Lottery and Sport England to fund charitable activities. The total value of such grants in the period ending 31 March 2022 was £254,501 (2021: £257,161 from Bristol City Council, North Somerset Council, South Gloucestershire Council, Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and National Lottery). There are no unfulfilled conditions or contingencies attaching to these grants in 2021/22.
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## **The Brigstowe Project**
## **Notes to the financial statements**
## **For the year ended 31 March 2022**
## **8. Total expenditure**
|**Total expenditure**||||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Costs of raising funds:**
Fundraising events and applications
**Costs of charitable activities:**
Advice and support service
Migrant advice and support service
Positive Voices
Common Ambition Bristol
Engagement support service
Other charitable activities
**Total expenditure**
**Prior period comparative**
**Costs of raising funds:**
Fundraising events and applications
**Costs of charitable activities:**
Advice and support service
Migrant advice and support service
Positive Voices
Client activities and events
HIV awareness raising
Common Ambition Bristol
Covid-19 Client Welfare
Other charitable activities
**Total expenditure**
Peer support for other long-term
conditions
Peer support for other long-term
conditions|£
15,902
75,281
20,965
79,393
61,730
45,573
6,429
-
289,371
305,273
£
16,037
71,855
19,813
51,022
1
42,807
14,757
5,937
3,300
-
209,492
225,529
Direct staff
costs
Direct staff
costs|£
1,664
1,322
1,407
8,602
3,871
81,036
418
9,779
106,435
108,099
£
2,770
2,464
1,193
4,550
931
1,099
(121)
35,213
15,826
4,548
65,703
68,473
Direct other
costs
Direct other
costs|**2022**
**Total**
£
**£**
1,350
**18,916**
39,440
**116,043**
10,391
**32,763**
39,087
**127,082**
13,410
**79,011**
17,416
**144,025**
4,871
**11,718**
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**9,821**
Support
costs (see
below)|
||||124,657
**520,463**
126,007
**539,379**
2021
Total
£
£
4,542
23,349
45,700
120,019
11,760
32,766
29,091
84,663
2,919
3,851
9,557
53,463
-
14,636
5,568
46,718
-
19,126
218
4,766
Support
costs (see
below)|
||||104,813
380,008
109,355
403,357|
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## **The Brigstowe Project**
## **Notes to the financial statements**
## **For the year ended 31 March 2022**
## **9. Support costs**
|Support staff costs
Recruitment, training and other staff costs
Bookkeeping
Insurance
Premises costs
Office equipment and IT support
Photocopying, printing, stationery and postage
Telephone
Depreciation
Publicity
Legal and professional fees
Other support costs
Fundraising consultants
Governance costs|**2022**
2021
**Total**
Total
**£**
£
**73,489**
63,959
**387**
2,239
**2,438**
2,274
**1,515**
1,718
**18,560**
15,835
**12,839**
6,767
**1,286**
1,291
**2,496**
2,114
**1,682**
2,244
**4,368**
1,158
**1,265**
1,117
**1,431**
1,404
**1,350**
4,542
**2,901**
2,693
**126,007**
109,355|
|---|---|
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## **The Brigstowe Project**
## **Notes to the financial statements**
## **For the year ended 31 March 2022**
## **10. Net movement in funds**
This is stated after charging:
|Depreciation
Independent examiner's remuneration:
▪Independent examination (including VAT)|**2022**
**£**
**1,682**
**2,340**|2021
£
2,244
1,956|
|---|---|---|
## **11. Staff costs and numbers**
Staff costs were as follows:
|Salaries and wages
Social security costs
Pension costs|**2022**
2021
**£**
£
**340,438**
255,798
**18,717**
18,344
**19,607**
15,346
**378,762**
289,488|
|---|---|
No employee earned more than £60,000 during the year.
The key management personnel of the charitable company comprise the Trustees, Chief Executive Officer, Head of Operation and HIV Senior Advice and Support Worker. The total employee benefits of the key management personnel (including employer's pension and national insurance costs) were £106,058 (2021: £109,564).
|Average head count|**2022**
**No.**
**13.75**|2021
No.
10.70|
|---|---|---|
## **12. Taxation**
The charity is exempt from corporation tax as all its income is applied for charitable purposes.
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## **The Brigstowe Project**
## **Notes to the financial statements**
## **For the year ended 31 March 2022**
## **13. Tangible fixed assets**
|**Cost**
As at 1 April 2021 and 31 March 2022
**Depreciation**
At 1 April 2021
Charge for the year
At 31 March 2022
**Net book value**
**At 31 March 2022**
At 31 March 2021|£
£
16,844
3,870
11,211
2,776
1,408
274
12,619
3,050
**4,225**
**820**
5,633
1,094
**Fixtures and**
**fittings**
**Office**
**equipment**|**Total**
**£**
**20,714**|
|---|---|---|
|||**13,987**
**1,682**|
|||**15,669**|
|||**5,045**|
|||6,727|
## **14. Debtors**
|**Debtors**|||
|---|---|---|
|Accrued income
Prepayments
Other debtors
**Creditors : amounts due within 1 year**
Trade creditors
Accruals
Other taxation and social security
Other creditors
Deferred income (see note 16)|**2022**
**£**
**69,999**
**3,099**
**1,750**
**74,848**
**2022**
**£**
**1,043**
**18,438**
**15,193**
**5,229**
**9,933**
**49,836**|Restated
2021
£
141,172
2,596
1,200|
|||144,968|
|||Restated
2021
£
4,109
36,851
6,642
1,135
44,480|
|||93,217|
## **15. Creditors : amounts due within 1 year**
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## **The Brigstowe Project**
## **Notes to the financial statements**
## **For the year ended 31 March 2022**
## **16. Deferred income**
|**Deferred income**|||
|---|---|---|
|At 1 April 2021
Deferred during the year
Released during the year
At 31 March 2022|**2022**
**£**
**44,480**
**9,933**
**(44,480)**
**9,933**|Restated
2021
£
57,025
44,480
(57,025)|
|||44,480|
Deferred income relates to contract income received by The Brigstowe Project in advance of provision of service and grant funds received where early spend is prohibited by the grant agreement wording.
## **17. Analysis of net assets between funds**
|**Analysis of net assets between funds**||||
|---|---|---|---|
|Tangible fixed assets
Current assets
Current liabilities
**Net assets at 31 March 2022**
**Prior period comparative - restated**
Tangible fixed assets
Current assets
Current liabilities
**Net assets at 31 March 2021**|£
2,483
280,023
-
**282,506**
£
3,310
264,112
(10,000)
**257,422**
Restricted
funds
Restricted
funds|£
2,562
219,165
(49,836)
**171,891**
£
3,417
166,818
(83,217)
**87,018**
General
funds
General
funds|**Total**
**funds**
**£**
**5,045**
**499,188**
**(49,836)**|
||||**454,397**|
||||Total
funds
£
6,727
430,930
(93,217)|
||||**344,440**|
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## **The Brigstowe Project**
## **Notes to the financial statements**
## **For the year ended 31 March 2022**
## **18. Movements in funds**
|**Movements in funds**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Restricted funds**
All in
Local Sustainability
Positive Voices funds
HIV Awareness Raising
Common Ambition Bristol
Covid-19 Client Welfare
Engagement support
Other restricted funds
**Total restricted funds**
General funds
**Total unrestricted funds**
**Total funds**
**Unrestricted funds**
Information, advice and
support services
North Somerset capital grant
Non-HIV peer support
development|Restated at
1 April 2021
£
132,844
10,260
2,235
26,295
27,087
57,848
-
11
-
-
842
257,422
87,018
87,018
344,440|Income
£
149,376
-
-
151,139
-
140,000
10,000
-
18,465
20,000
-
488,980
160,356
160,356
649,336|£
(149,672)
-
(559)
(128,087)
-
(144,335)
(9,659)
(3)
(11,581)
(20,000)
-
(463,896)
(75,483)
(75,483)
(539,379)
Expenditure|£
-
(10,260)
-
37,347
(27,087)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Transfers
between
funds|**£**
**132,548**
**-**
**1,676**
**86,694**
**-**
**53,513**
**341**
**8**
**6,884**
**-**
**842**
**At 31 March**
**2022**|
||||||**282,506**|
||||||**171,891**|
||||||**171,891**|
||||||**454,397**|
**Purposes of restricted funds** Information, advice and support services
For the provision of the advice and support service and the migrant advice and support service, including appropriate contributions to the charity’s overheads. This fund is the amalgamation of two funds reported separately in earlier years: the housing-related support fund and the information and advice, and the migrant advice and support services fund. Following the merger of the housing-related support service and information and advice service on 1 April 2018, there is no longer any substantive difference between the two funds.
All in fund
To support the All In group's activities, including contributions to staff costs and overheads. From 1 April 2021, these activities were moved within the Positive Voices service.
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## **The Brigstowe Project**
## **Notes to the financial statements**
## **For the year ended 31 March 2022**
**18. Movements in funds (continued) Purposes of restricted funds** Local Sustainability To help The Brigstowe Project become more sustainable by reviewing and transforming the organisation’s operating models. The grant has been fully spent; the remaining balance represents the net book value of the fixed assets purchased with the grant and will be utilised as those assets are depreciated.
- Positive Voices funds For the provision of peer support, recently diagnosed groups and HIV awareness training, including appropriate contributions to the charity’s overheads.
- HIV Awareness Raising For raising awareness of HIV and tackling discrimination. From 1 April 2021, these activities were moved within the Positive Voices service.
- Common Ambition Bristol To support the charity’s work with people of African and Caribbean heritage to reduce HIV transmission in Bristol. This project is supported by the Health Foundation, committed to bringing about better health and health care for people in the UK.
- Covid-19 Client Welfare For the provision of emergency support for clients living with HIV. Support provided includes emergency payments for living expenses and the provision of laptops, mobiles and data packages.
- North Somerset capital grant The North Somerset Capital Grant fund is for capital expenditure and the provision of the charity's premises and facilities. This grant has now been fully spent; the remaining balance represents the net book value of the fixed assets purchased with the grant and will be utilised as those assets are depreciated.
- Engagement support service Funding for the salary and development of a member of staff to work with clients that have stopped engaging with HIV treatment.
- Non-HIV peer support Funding to develop the Peer Partnership programme, which aims to development expand the provision of peer support for people with long term conditions or protected characteristics, and provide a source of sustainable income for the organisation.
## **Transfers**
Transfers between restricted funds are due to activities under the All In fund and HIV Awareness Raising fund continuing under the Positive Voices umbrella in the 2022/23 financial year.
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## **The Brigstowe Project**
## **Notes to the financial statements**
## **For the year ended 31 March 2022**
|**18. Movements in funds (continued)**
**Prior period comparative**
Restated at
1 April 2020
£
**Restricted funds**
126,347
All in
7,093
Local Sustainability
2,980
Positive Voices funds
26,406
HIV Awareness Raising
6,359
Common Ambition Bristol
-
Covid-19 Client Welfare
-
15
Other restricted funds
842
**Total restricted funds**
170,042
General funds
88,685
**Total unrestricted funds**
88,685
**Total funds**
258,727
Information, advice and
support services
**Unrestricted funds**
North Somerset capital grant|Income
£
161,369
7,159
-
85,675
35,365
104,531
18,890
-
8,920
421,909
67,161
67,161
489,070|£
(154,872)
(3,992)
(745)
(85,786)
(14,637)
(46,683)
(19,126)
(4)
(8,920)
(334,765)
(68,592)
(68,592)
(403,357)
Expenditure|£
-
-
-
-
-
-
236
-
-
236
(236)
(236)
-
Transfers
between
funds|£
132,844
10,260
2,235
26,295
27,087
57,848
-
11
842
Restated at
31 March
2021|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||257,422|
|||||87,018|
|||||87,018|
|||||344,440|
## **19. Related party transactions**
There was no trustee remuneration in the current or prior period.
No trustees were reimbursed expenses (2021 - one trustee was reimbursed £78 for the total cost of a trustee meal).
Management used £215 (2021 - £165) of charity funds to purchase small gifts of appreciation for each of the trustees.
Details of key management remuneration is disclosed in Note 11.
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## **The Brigstowe Project**
## **Notes to the financial statements**
## **For the year ended 31 March 2022**
## **20. Prior period adjustment**
The comparative figures for 2021 in these financial statements are restated to correct the recognition and classification of grant income.
Previously, the charity incorrectly deferred recognition of grants funding services until the period in which those services were supplied, even when the charity was entitled to the funds. This is contrary to the requirements of the Charities SORP. As detailed in the table below, restatements recognising income earlier increased total funds brought forward at 1 April 2020, increased income for the year ended 31 March 2021, increased accrued income at 31 March 2021 and decreased deferred income at 31 March 2021 from the amounts previously stated.
In addition, on re-examination of a grant agreement, it was noted £17,433 of restricted income was incorrectly shown as unrestricted. This has been corrected in these financial statements, but the impact is mitigated by the issue above and unrestricted income has decreased by only £1,126.
Finally, grants funding services were included in income from charitable activities, even where they were non-performance-related grants. In accordance with the Charities SORP, non-performance-related grants should be included within income from donations and legacies. Restatements reclassifying income increased income from donations and legacies and reduced income from charitable activities for the year end 31 March 2021 from the amounts previously stated, as detailed below.
||As previously|Adjustment|As restated|
|---|---|---|---|
||stated 2021|2021|2021|
||£|£|£|
|**Statement of financial activities**||||
|Income from donations and legacies:||||
|donations for services|-|417,364|417,364|
|Income from donations and legacies:||||
|other grants and donations|35,885|2,251|38,136|
|Income from charitable activities|358,606|(328,906)|29,700|
|Total income|398,361|90,709|489,070|
|Net (expenditure)/income|(4,996)|90,709|85,713|
|Funds brought forward at 1 April 2020|192,548|66,179|258,727|
|Funds carried forward at 31 March 2021|187,552|156,888|344,440|
|**Balance sheet**||||
|Accrued income (note 14)|49,870|91,302|141,172|
|Debtors|53,666|91,302|144,968|
|Deferred income (note 15)|(110,066)|65,586|(44,480)|
|Creditors: amounts falling due within 1 year|(158,803)|65,586|(93,217)|
|Net current assets|180,825|156,888|337,713|
|Net assets|187,552|156,888|344,440|
|Restricted funds|99,408|158,014|257,422|
|General funds|88,144|(1,126)|87,018|
|Total charity funds|187,552|156,888|344,440|
There is no restatement of the statement of cash flows; these are the first financial statements in which a statement of cash flows is presented as the charity was previously exempt.
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