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2022-12-31-accounts

Company number: 03245543 Charity Number: 1060062

Body & Soul

Report and financial statements For the year ended 31 December 2022

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For the year ended 31 December 2022

Reference and administrative information ....................................................................... 3 Trustees’ annual report .................................................................................................. 5 Independent auditor’s report ........................................................................................ 41 Statement of financial activities (incorporating an income and expenditure account) .... 46 Balance sheet ............................................................................................................... 47 Statement of cash flows ................................................................................................ 48 Notes to the financial statements ................................................................................. 49

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Company number 03245543 Incorporated – United Kingdon Charity number 1060062 Registered – England and Wales Registered office St Ives House and operational 99-119 Rosebery Avenue address London EC1R 4RE 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: Marjorie Agwang Deborah Bee Maurice Biriotti Sara Carter Munya Chidakwa Jeff Currie Jane Dutton Alex Lifschutz Chris Naylor Peter Souter Rachel Stevenson Key management Emma Colyer Director personnel Jed Marsh Assistant Director David Bell Head of Operations Hollie Smith Head of Creative Partnerships Zoe Reynolds Head of Pathways & Programmes Rachel Bothamley Head of Referrals, Therapies & External Engagement

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Bankers The Co-operative Bank Lloyds Bank plc 62-64 Southampton Row 21-23 Hill Street London London WC1B 4AR W1J 5JW Solicitors Hogan Lovells 65 Holborn Viaduct London, EC1A 2DV Auditor Sayer Vincent LLP Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditor Invicta House, 108-114 Golden Lane LONDON, EC1Y 0TL

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The Trustees present their report and the audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2022

Reference and administrative information set out on page 3 forms part of this report. The financial statements comply with current statutory requirements, the memorandum and articles of association, the requirements of a directors’ report as required under company law, and the Statement of Recommended Practice - Accounting and Reporting by Charities: SORP applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with FRS 102.

Body & Soul is an innovative frontline charity that brings a community-based and richly trauma-engaged approach to addressing the life-threatening impact of traumatic experiences in people of all ages. The charity was established in 1996 to provide targeted support for children and families, primarily refugees, who were living with HIV alongside complex trauma and multiple other adversities. In response, Body & Soul quickly developed a creative ‘whole-person’ model of healing, which transcends any specific source of trauma by focusing instead on nurturing individual strengths and the capacity for connection to maximise opportunities for growth and for mutual support, meanwhile offering a full suite of specialist practical and therapeutic support to address the more specific social, economic and psychological effects of acute or repetitive trauma.

This approach is inherently collaborative, shaped by a constant dynamic dialogue with members, who are actively involved in the organisation at every level. It is also systemic and solutions-orientated: through building long-term trusting relationships with each of our members, we have a clear understanding of all the challenges and joys in their lives, and we can therefore intervene in a highly-targeted way to reduce any risks and enhance specific protective factors.

In addition, Body & Soul is an inquiring organisation. There is a substantial body of research showing that the stress associated with adverse childhood experiences can have extremely serious consequences for individuals but also at the social and macroeconomic levels. For example, according to the WHO, “such stress can lead to serious problems such as alcoholism, depression, eating disorders, unsafe sex, HIV, heart disease, cancer and other chronic diseases.” From the outset, Body & Soul has had to squeeze every ounce of impact from every pound we are given, which is why we always make sure we have a clear empirical rationale for every one of our interventions, and then monitor them rigorously ourselves to make sure we generate clear evidence of impact.

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Chair and Directors Reflections

How is Body & Soul doing as it enters its 26[th] year?

Every frontline organisation and community has been impacted by the last 2 years of the pandemic. Whilst it has been relentless work, without any respite, Body & Soul’s DNA has evolved to be with the daily realities of trauma. From the first moments of lockdown, as a community we knew instinctively how to respond, in many ways focusing on what was possible rather than what was not.

This understanding originated during our first years of working with communities living with HIV, which led us to the deeper understanding of human experience – that it’s acknowledging ‘what’s happened to you’ rather than ‘what’s wrong with you’ that is the key determinant of the future. That’s what’s different about us, and always made us feel different in the world of non-profits, but it’s the key for us in our model of working. If anything, the last year has validated that learning more than ever.

Has B&S changed in that time?

Body & Soul continues to evolve, to continue learning, developing programmes and we have grown into our identity as an intentional therapeutic community that addresses the impact of complex trauma. To the outside world, it might seem that our identity has changed over time, but we have always had the ability to see beyond a diagnostic, medical lens whether long term physical health or psychological conditions. understand the human experience, where this has been shaped by trauma.

As members returned more and more into the building in 2022, the familiar message has become, ‘It’s good to be back and it’s good that Body & Soul still feels the same.’

What’s sustained you, especially over the last 2 years?

I think one word comes to mind….culture. Often organisations become fixated on operations, the physical. Almost naturally when working with populations who by definition have been marginalised, the environment needed to be shaped by very different rules – redressing conventional power dynamics, breaking down the structures that hold people in positions of inferiority and powerlessness. Our distinct language of how we talk about our work, often disruptive and question provoking, is one immediate sign. It is the culture, the ‘feel’ of the place which prompts members to express how they feel they’ve returned home, even when they have been away in life for many years.

It's this same culture that makes this a special place to work and one where everyone feels looked after.

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What’s been the Impact of the Pandemic?

Our population is 85% black members and members of colour. The community had a different experience of COVID, one that continued to reinforce exclusion. Our understanding of intergenerational and racialised trauma was further deepened by the real experience of families during this time. It now sits even more at the centre of how we operate and function. Our work to develop therapeutic approaches is devoted to challenging the traditional wisdom of western psychology, reaching out to decolonised methods of healing.

One of the greatest impacts of trauma is how people’s lives become fragmented. The isolation of COVID hit our community particularly hard, yet within this it also showed the resilience and togetherness. It has, if anything, created a staff and volunteer team that are at one with members, willing to engage with the same self-work emotionally, interpersonally.

And how has it informed your approach?

It’s strengthened us, our identity and our belief that Love sits behind every story. Love central everything we do. It’s in the way we see our members as a whole person and not just a clinical diagnosis, it’s the sense of belonging you feel being part of our healing community, love drives us each day to be the best we can be, to develop pioneering therapies that transforms fragile lives, and faced with the devastating effects of trauma love holds tenacious energy we required when to heal what has become a devastating problem on an epidemic scale.

How would you explain to someone how you do that?

In some ways, it’s complex and interwoven in what we do and how we do it. If you boil it down, then you can really talk about 4 elements:

Wholeness: rather than fragmenting a person further by jumping to a diagnosis that tackles one aspect of a person’s trauma, we look at the whole person and build a comprehensive plan of therapies that works holistically for their whole being.

Belonging: trauma severs connection to the world around us and the existing systems of care exacerbate that by treating a person often in isolation in a clinical environment. We’ve established an intentional community that provides ‘brave spaces’ in which to reconnect and heal naturally.

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Learning We are a centre of excellence for trauma therefore it is imperative that we seek to learn, and this must be done in collaboration with those affected. 25 years on the front lines of trauma, working with those directly affected, means our programmes have been shaped by lived experiences and refined by real research and data.

Justice: We are committed to social justice, to practicing in all aspects of our work an antiracist and anti-oppressive approach. We work to ensure structures and systems within the organisation do not replicate the outside world of injustice.

What’s your enduring memory of 2022

This year has been one of consciously ‘re-humanising’ our community. While we can incorporate new technologies into the improvement of members’ experience, this year had to be about real human connection where nervous systems could co-regulate, where we could reacclimatise our bodies to their natural state of human connection. If there was one moment that encapsulated this it would be the inaugural ‘You Are Not Alone Graduation

Event’ - UNBROKEN.

The event was curated and produced by young people who had themselves been living at risk of suicide 12 months previously. The event brought together in person, 100 young people who had accessed the programme in

Zoom therapy groups. If there was ever a moment to appreciate the triumph over adversity, this is it!

Principles

Body & Soul is committed to:

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Achievements in 2022

Spend: 90% of charitable expenditure is on programmes for children, teenagers, and adults

As a centre of excellence for complex trauma our mission each day is to liberate children, young people, families, and those who support them, from the devastating effects of trauma.

Over the following pages we will take you on a journey through 2022, a year that saw the public focus shift away from the COVID pandemic whilst for our community, and for many others, the environment

became even harsher.

Dramatic rises in the cost of basic necessities like food and heating have added to the stress faced by young people and families already living with adversities like poverty, racism, structural discrimination and life-threatening illness, alongside acute trauma in their past.

Against that backdrop, our community’s focus has been increasingly to see a defiant return to the joy and warmth inherent in face-to-face services, while maintaining the reach and creativity made possible by online services. With this hybrid approach, our additional mission became one of ‘rehumanisation’, restoring the core human connections that had been severed and yet are the fundamental building blocks of post-traumatic growth and healing.

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Our Community in Numbers

Suicide Prevention

428 Young People registered with YANA and in continued contact.

238 new registrations for YANA

167 Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Groups delivered.: Young people attend a 24-week course of DBT learning skills in mindfulness, emotional regulation, distress tolerance and interpersonal effectiveness. Led by therapists, young people are taught practical techniques which they can use whenever life feels difficult or when they are in distress.

112 YANA graduates involved either as interns or volunteers in all aspects of service delivery, including participating in working groups, presenting and producing livestreams and designing therapeutic resources, alongside more operational activities like helping with fundraising and finance.

Casework & Advocacy

524 individual members received support with immigration, financial hardship, housing, employment, benefits and other related issues.

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55% of members reported that Body & Soul was the only place they were able to receive support from with casework and advocacy.

HIV Family Support

1814 registered adult members supported through 2022

This past year, we have provided support to 266 HIV+ mothers and pregnant women,

and 123 children aged 0-3 by delivering 6 Parenting Courses, strengthening mother/child bonds by improving understanding of children’s needs and combating isolation by facilitating development of trusting relationships with other mothers.

Beyond Boundaries

Over 10,000+ 1:1 Support Calls made in 2022, Building trusting relationships where issues are more likely to be anticipated before they reach a crisis point and as such offers opportunities for increasing agency and/or additional support through our wider services or externally.

Adoption & Special Guardianship

45 families were supported by the service.

22 weekend therapeutic family programmes

BRAVE

1,202 frontline workers throughout the health and social care system who are feeling distressed, anxious and burnt-out. We have worked with people throughout the UK and actively sought out individuals who might not reach out for support otherwise, often owing to their experience of discrimination.

Therapeutic Talking Therapies

323 Unique members accessed 1-1 therapy.

2140 1-1 appointments provided.

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Member Journeys

Throughout the year we track outcomes and impact using an array of mixed methods to measure outcomes and impact. This year the power of words takes precedence. Our team and our members have taken time to capture stories from across the year that epitomise the power of community.

– ‘ ’ Suicide Prevention YOU ARE NOT ALONE

E was referred to YANA after confiding in their GP that they had taken an overdose a few days prior. E has experienced many difficulties in life, including physical and emotional abuse. When E first came to Body & Soul they felt very strongly that they ‘didn’t want to die’, but could see no other outlet. Their mother had suffered from undiagnosed mental health and alcohol issues her entire life, and their father hadn’t been involved in E’s life since they were a child.

E recently completed their second round of the DBT group, and the changes are seen everywhere. They haven’t self-harmed or attempted suicide in over a year, their attendance and concentration at work has improved and their finances and housing have become more stable.

‘Life changing is not an understatement. I feel so much more stable, comfortable and confident. I am motivated and proactive. I experience far more genuine happiness and am more accepting of the (much more infrequent) low moods.’

YANA is a therapeutic programme for young people at risk of suicide. It is comprised of an initial intensive 6 month group DBT programme and further access to non-time limited therapeutic projects, including volunteering, trauma-focused courses and community events.

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YOU ARE NOT ALONE Graduate Programme

Somatic body mapping is a creative process of exploring and communicating the stories that live in our bodies through a lifesize piece of work. At Body & Soul, this is offered as one of a number of therapeutic courses that follows the 6-month DBT programme, and is designed to encourage members to keep working towards their life worth living goals and further develop an understanding of the connections between our minds and bodies.

This member explains that her eyes were such a prominent part of her map because she “had wanted laser eye surgery to stop wearing glasses. But once I really began to struggle, I stopped caring about this - what was the point when I wasn’t planning to be around for much longer? I’ve been doing much better and recently, I had the surgery. Now I’m glasses-free, and more importantly, it reminds me I’m committed to having a life worth living for the long term, which means the world to me.”

She then explained that diamonds are included “not only because I like shiny things! But because to me they represent what it is to overcome trauma and challenges. Diamonds are formed under intense pressure over a long time, and the result is something that is incredibly strong, beautiful and resilient - just like all of us at Body & Soul.”

The Graduate Programme continues to develop an ongoing offering of trauma-focused courses, spaces for Black Members and Bodies of Culture, individual therapy, tailored volunteering roles and regular community events.

Support for Those Living with Suicidality: ‘Braver Together’

Sally joined Braver Together to support her 15-year-old daughter who has diagnosis of Complex PTSD. She had written a suicide note and was self-harming to the point of needing A&E care. Previous support from CAMHS hadn’t helped.

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The Braver Together Programme is a 12-week online programme that draws on Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT). The aim of the programme is to increase knowledge of symptoms and behaviour for friends, family members, partners, siblings, housemates or

chosen family of someone who is suicidal to understand their own responses to their loved ones.

Sally found the course was tough and uncomfortable at times but helped her to be able to separate herself from her daughter's problems. She was thankful for being 'pushed' and for us 'not going to the bottom of the pit' with her. Halfway through the course Sally's father sadly passed away, she felt she

was able to use the skills learned to also support herself during this difficult time as well as to support her daughter with the death of her grandfather.

Supporting Adopters, Special Guardians & their Family: Body & Soul Saturdays

The family originally started attending our Saturday programmes in 2021. Whilst the parents engaged fully with the Parents Place provision, the teenage daughter Liz needed time to build a sense of connection and trust with the team and her peers. Liz would come to sessions but initially found it challenging to participate. The team and other teen members found her hard to engage and distant, although she continued to come to the group.

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In Feb 2022 the family decided to seek further input through family therapy sessions. When therapy began tensions were high within the family and they were looking for ways to manage Liz’s anger and mood swings and create a ‘more neutral and agreeable environment’

Sessions continued on a weekly basis, even though the family were dealing with illness and two family bereavements. The family were able to utilise this space to work through grief, and mapping of what respect meant within the family. The family attended sessions altogether and also apart, allowing for Mum and Dad to have couples’ sessions and for Liz to have some time 1:1 too.

Mum and Dad have utilised the space to explore their story as a couple, how they came to adopt, family of origin relationships, and Liz’s history, discussing how they might prepare Liz for talking about birth family in an individual session. This has been a valuable space for Liz to express a range of emotions she found difficult to understand. Body mapping and embodiment techniques have helped Liz to identify what happens in her body when she feels angry or upset, they have also as a family discussed respectful talking and respectful listening and what that means to both, how it impacts the relationship when that doesn’t happen.

While at the same time, Liz’s parents’ have been able to be more positive as a couple, introducing lots more thank you Appreciation and value to their relationship to be able to support Liz. This has allowed for the whole family to feel they are all equal in their own needs and ability to create the home environment they wished to. Liz continues to access Teen Spirit and has gradually been able to form a more settled relationship with adults and peers. Over the last few projects, Liz has started to share and express her interests and talents in the performing arts and establish herself as a core member of the community.

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Supporting HIV+ Mothers and their children

Maria, a 43-year-old single mum with HIV, born in Zambia, opened up about her traumatic birth experience.

At 37 weeks, Maria noticed something wasn’t quite right. She requested a scan at the hospital and was dismissed by the midwife and nurse, saying she’d be fine and that scans were too expensive just to do one when something doesn’t feel right.

3 weeks later, after insisting, they listened to the baby’s heartbeat and agreed something wasn’t right. Soon after this discovery, she went into labour. She requested a caesarean due to the baby’s increased heartrate but the consultant said it was too late and too costly to the NHS, refusing to listen. Very quickly, it became clear the baby was in distress; the contractions and birth process had put him at risk and the heartbeat had stopped.

Finally, an emergency caesarean was carried out. During this process, the baby’s head was severely cut. He was placed on a trolley away from mum and a nurse went to cover it with

a cloth, as he was lifeless and blue. Maria was extremely distressed and frightened. Then, to the team’s surprise, the baby coughed. After attending to his wound, they passed him briefly to Maria, before rushing him away to intensive care where he remained for several weeks. Meanwhile, Maria was left not knowing if her baby would survive, having been told at the very least they suspected brain damage and the outcome didn’t look good.

The nurses had left her HIV medication on display in her room, and Maria, unable to move due the

emergency surgery, couldn’t hide them. Her mother walked in and being a nurse herself, knew what the medication was for. Maria had never shared her status with her family for fear of rejection and shame, particularly as the stigma of HIV back in Zambia is still so prevalent. Maria has also shared about the nurses and surgeons double and triple plastic gloving when attending to her, and the shame and anger this evokes in her.

Maria has suffered severe PTSD from this traumatic birth experience, the violence, and negligence she experienced towards her and her son’s body. He was misdiagnosed and for the first 8-9 months of her sons’ life, Maria lived in fear. She discovered that when she had first complained of something being wrong at 37 weeks, the placenta had started to detach from baby. This resulted in his heartbeat initially accelerating in distress, then slowing

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down and stopping. At 40-41 weeks, he was born, supposedly dead, weighing 1kg. He had been consuming his own bodyweight to survive. Maria has still not received a formal apology from the hospital. She has been able to share her story and receive support from the group, other positive mothers and 1:1 therapy. We have since seen some significant changes in the way she engages and actively encourages others to bring themselves in. She has found the women-only spaces empowering as she shared her struggles.

Teen Spirit: Support for HIV-Affected Young People

Grace is 17 years old and has been a member of Body & Soul since she was 10 years old. Grace lives with her family, Mum, 2 sisters and 2 brothers. Grace’s Mum and Younger Sister are HIV+ and this affects the whole family.

In early 2021 Grace expressed to a member of the team that she would like to have some 1:1 therapy with us. At the time she was having problems at home and conflict with her Mum, she was also experiencing panic attacks at school. These sessions continued throughout 2021 and into 2022 – finishing in July 2022 – Grace and the therapist took a break over the summer and have recently restarted therapy.

Grace has found therapy helpful in that it “grounds her”, “pulls her down” when things are difficult. It has made her “make better decisions”. With the therapist Grace has also worked through coping techniques, DBT skills of how to manage her emotions and how to work through the panic attacks she was experiencing. She noted that she felt exhausted by life. By the end of her therapy, she was not experiencing panic attacks at all and had recently entered into a new relationship, new job and was looking at changing schools. Grace has also entered into volunteering with Body & Soul, before and after her therapy sessions within our Children’s Centre.

Since returning to Body & Soul and restarting therapy with Body & Soul Grace has noted she’s much happier and looking forward to continuing the therapeutic process. She’s changed schools and feels relaxed and pleased with her new course and now feels proud of herself for making this change.

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She would like to focus now on her interpersonal relationships and specifically an issue she would like to discuss with her Mum. We’re looking forward to seeing how these sessions will continue to support Grace and boost her confidence going forward.

“I love the creativity, it lets me express myself. Coming here and seeing friends makes it easier to get through the week knowing Thursday will be here soon.”

Young People’s Psychological Support: Mindset

Clara* struggled to find a job after graduating and moving to London. She has found communicating with her mother challenging as they share different points of view, so they would end up shouting at each other on the phone. She learnt about Mindset through a friend and started joining IG Lives. The Mindfulness exercises at the start of the IG lives felt helpful to her as she could take a break from job hunting, and she took those Mindfulness skills further by starting her calligraphy practice. Whenever she had a difficult conversation with her mother or felt stressed from job hunting, she would use calligraphy to soothe herself.

The distress tolerance skill 'Radical Acceptance' was the most transformational to her. Although it took a long time for her to find an architecture assistant job, she continued to radically accept that job hunting required time and eventually got her 6-month contract.

"Mindset is such a useful resource for people that are undergoing life transitions and I am grateful to have learnt tools that I know will help me for a lifetime!"

♥ 100k+ Mindset video plays

Building Resilience: Supporting Front Line Workers (NHS or NGO)

Earlier this year a care assistant got in touch with us pretty much at her wit’s end. She works in a nursing home but, like many of the clients we see, her work and her colleagues are actually a great source of purpose and self-esteem in her life. Meanwhile, though, under covid her husband had started an affair with her next-door neighbour – hitherto, a very close friend of hers. She had heard them together but they had consistently lied about the situation for the best part of a year, before her husband finally moved out. He is refusing to let her sell the house, where she lives with their child, while continuing the relationship with the person next door, who had been a close good friend of the family. When the member presented, she was extremely anxious and upset, and it felt like this situation was also triggering past trauma. Our therapist has been working with her to

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gradually bolster her confidence and her support network (she has taken up dancing and made several new friends), meanwhile providing her with lots of techniques for grounding and for tolerating distress in the moment. We have also been able to plug her into free legal support for help with selling the family home and with arranging formal visits for her husband rather than him simply turning up whenever he pleases. When we spoke to her recently, she told me ‘there are only two reasons why I am still here – my child and Body & Soul; thank you so much’.

Casework

Jane, who joined Body & Soul in 2015, is a member of our HIV Adults Programme. She has been struggling through a period of destitution for a while and recently informed us that she had been sleeping rough. Jane had been staying with her friend but due to HIV-related stigma, her friend kicked her out after discovering her status. To support her, Body & Soul created a referral on her behalf to Positive Action in Housing to assist her in finding host accommodation and went on to stay with two different families since our referral. The destitution was already impacting her ability

to take her meds in the way the need to be taken as she had poor access to food which is required. On top of this, being homeless added even more challenge in taking meds at specific times and with food.

Financially, Jane does not have any recourse to public funds and is not permitted to work. We have supported her with food vouchers to access food banks on a continual basis, and are assisting with finding temporary accommodation. Therefore Body & Soul has been supporting Jane to ensure she has enough to eat and money for daily essentials such as toiletries and travel to medical appointments. We successfully applied for two one-off grants of £150 each from the Terrence Higgins Trust and the Heinz, Anna & Carol Kroch Foundation. This support has been essential in getting her back into a healthy routine, particularly around medication adherence.

After the challenges she experienced with her previous host family, we have further supported her in organising the transportation of her belongings to her friend’s house, whom she is staying with temporarily. Additionally, we have continued to liaise with Positive

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Action who have been helpful in providing information around funding - she will be referred to the Crisis Grant who supports refugees, in times of need.

Her engagement with the wider services at Body & Soul has been regular and consistent; she has found the workshops and interventions to be particularly helpful around practical admin tasks, such as opening letters, arranging appointments, nutrition and looking after her health and wellbeing. As a result, we have been able to prevent her mood from worsening by holding space, keeping her informed and being responsive.

Moving forward, there may be challenges around Jane awaiting her residency status. The casework team continues to advocate on her behalf, providing support documentation and letters to her solicitor currently supporting the case. We will be on hand to ensure Jane feels held, with any further outcomes, throughout the lengthy process. Support has seen a steady, gradual flow incorporating all types of support working simultaneously; practical, emotional and overcoming any barriers which may impact on her health, as part of a wider network.

Beyond Boundaries

This account was shared by a member of the Beyond Boundaries Team, volunteers who are assigned a consistent group of members with whom they maintain regular contact. The consistent relationships that develop between caller and member have helped the community manage their wellbeing by having someone listen, believe in them and help them when they couldn’t and help set goals and aspirations for their future.

“Most of the members I have been calling since 2020 were on 'the end of the ledge'. The first time I made phone calls I found one on the carpet having a panic attack but luckily answered the phone. One member later admitted a year later that on that day I rang she had already prepared her mixed medications to end her life and leave her young family behind. Another member was distressed every time I

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called and talked about suicide. I remember a member who was so depressed and had given up on her future self.

From here we grew together, and now we talk about present challenges and goals, talk about how to move forward step by step. Learning new techniques to learn to accept and love the natural self. One of them is a superstar, who is recognized for her talent and keeps on winning. One dares to imagine a better lifestyle for her family and takes action. One has a fish tank now and often shares funny stories about the fishes and cats. Where they were and where they are now cannot be compared. They now feel more empowered and take action. Every time we talk they want to tell me what they have been up to what good happened to them and the challenges they got stuck with. They feel more empowered and thankful at the end of our talks. We have been developing an invaluable and priceless connection since June 2020.”

The members mentioned above put this in their own words:

‘We are so grateful for your generous support. By accessing Beyond Boundaries members have been given the time, space, and care that they need to take steps on their journey of healing from the trauma of their past. Thank you for making our work possible.’

Member Volunteering

As with all YANA members, Bella’s journey into Body & Soul began with a 20-week DBT group therapy course. Member volunteering is a formulised pathway for YANA graduates

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that aims to strengthen their connection to the community, practice using their DBT skills and work towards their “life worth living goals”. Bella’s volunteering pathway began with contributing ideas to the visual design for the Annual YANA Graduation Event in summer 2022. This naturally progressed into Bella taking on a leadership role within the team, determined to create something that felt spectacular for their fellow YANA peers. Bella was a key part of the corporate volunteering days that preceded the Graduation event, helping to lead the groups in bringing the creative design to life. Bella spoke candidly and openly about their experience of YANA and the impact it made to the corporate volunteers and was warmed to instantly with admiration.

Bella now works in our Fundraising & Partnerships team as an Intern. Over the last year, we have watched them blossom into a confident volunteer who is skilled and reliable, a great example to other YANA members who might be looking to continue their pathway in Body & Soul after completing the DBT group.

“The end of the DBT group is actually the start of a new journey where I can use my skills and build my confidence…whilst also giving back to Body & Soul…my community”

Creativity is central to our therapeutic model, and we strive to ensure that all members have access to the healing power of the arts through the Creative Communities programme. We want to design engaging spaces for members to lead in creating work that is meaningful and artistically excellent.

We have been concerned by the complex landscape of impacts that are affecting those for whom our space is designed at this time, and this year has seen a focus on creating connection, building confidence and developing skills. We want to create a model for closing the connection deficit, which was exacerbated by the exponential increase in experience of loneliness and isolation during the pandemic, through engaging community members in collaborative, exciting, innovative arts projects.

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Aims of Creative Communities:

– Getting Dressed Jan/Feb 2022

Getting Dressed was a workshop series designed in partnership with the Unicorn Theatre for members aged 3 – 8 years old and their parents. The project marked the next stage of our work with the Unicorn Theatre as a core partner for their new engagement strategy that connects young people with artists to co-create work for the Unicorn’s stages. Over the course of 5 weeks members explored their experiences of getting dressed in our earliest years through sensory work, music, crafting and play. These explorations looked at how the act of getting dressed at a young age can present challenges, can be a fun filled and creative experience and be formative in starting to develop individuality and decision making. The group’s experiments contributed to the development of the production of ‘Get Dressed’, performed at the Unicorn Theatre in May 2022, the group are all invited to watch and receive VIP treatment!

It was a joyful start to the new year that was designed to provide an opportunity for children and their parents to have quality time together, connect to themselves and each other and provide space to just be. Movement artist Charlene Low led the group through a range of immersive and connective experiences. We had a glorious sock hunt, travelled to imaginary worlds in search of a lost jacket, created an exhibition of our favourite clothes and danced through lots of fun filled fashions shows. We were also joined by the writer of the play Jade Lewis and got a preview performance of a few scenes from the actors which saw lots of laughter for the children and parents alike. The project concluded with a joyful final red carpet fashion show.

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– Rainbow Rangers May/June 2022

A team of 4 students from Central School of Speech & Drama joined us to lead our Adventurers (4 – 9yrs) through a six-week creative workshop series that was designed to explore our connection with ourselves and others through using our imagination, play and lots of fun!

The students became ‘Rainbow Rangers’ who had lost all the colours from the rainbow and enlisted the help of the ‘Adventurers’ to get them back and find the treasure at the end of the rainbow! Each week the group went on an exploration to find a colour of the rainbow, these colours embodied different emotions and the group were tasked with completing challenges to get them to return to the rainbow. We had to

help red and orange work through anger after an argument, we had to help blue understand her sadness and purple to celebrate all the things she loved!

The project was designed in response to the recognition that ‘Adventurers’ are currently presenting behaviours that suggest increased anxiety levels. Children are struggling to sleep, finding it hard to keep to routines, and not being able to regulate their emotions. Creativity is also something they currently have little access to as school it is so focused on ‘catching up’ academically after the pandemic. We wanted to give space for the ‘Adventurers’ to explore and counteract the day-to-day stresses they are managing through this joyful project. The workshops were filled with music, drama, movement, and crafts that the group looked forward to engaging with each week.

Velocities with Shivaangee Agrawal

Velocities is an ongoing dance project run in partnership with Shivaangee Agrawal and her team, a dance artist with a practice that concerns choreography, writing and advocacy. It first came to Body & Soul for the adults on the HIV programme, running for 6 weeks between 4[th] October – 8[th] November 2022. We loved it so much that it is returning in May 2023!

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Velocities is a research work that operates across the modes of dance and discourse. It investigates the tensions between collectivity and conformity and seeks to build responsive movement frameworks that enable us to be both in community and in asynchrony, exploring creativity in groups and as individuals.

This research is grounded in the embodied knowledge carried by the dance artist team, which includes a breadth of classical and folk-dance traditions from India, China, and Japan. The team's embodied knowledge also includes ongoing experiences of sociocultural marginalisation and exclusion.

Each week we built on what we had explored previously, challenging and surprising ourselves as we were invited to create, experiment, lead, follow and share. The team introduced elements of breath work, stretching and yoga, as well as contemporary and folk dance, which built confidence and physical range of motion as the group progressed through the workshops.

During the Velocities series, we had check ins and check outs to ask members to bring a sound and/or motion to express how they were feeling. We also had spoken reflections during some of the sessions, and here are some of the things our members had to say:

"It was nice to be creative when I was sitting watching. As I watched others do it, I was fitting it into my ideas. It makes my mind active to share ideas and be empowered to be creative. Next time I will try not sitting and I will be able to show it too"

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dance. That connection there, the music, the movement, the dance, the love. It's very

good food for the soul."

External Reach

2022 has brought a collective joy to members as they returned in numbers to the Body & Soul building once more. The last two years of lockdowns have demonstrated the efficacy of virtual delivery in therapeutic services. Body & Soul have been able to do some incredibly creative group and one-to-one work over zoom, really leaning into all the possibilities that the online environment offers for reaching out to a whole new group of people altogether – people who suffer from various forms of social anxiety – let alone for enabling innovative ways of splitting up discussions and for hosting

activities, quizzes and games that forge social connection and enhance epistemic trust (felt-safety), the two foundational prerequisites for healing.

In addition, this delivery model obviously means that we have massively extended the geographic reach of our services, bringing our model to young people and families who are suffering all over the UK and even overseas. Indeed, we are just commencing a new project to provide wellbeing support for seven small community-based organisations working in quite fraught environments all over the world – e.g., advocacy for LGBTQ youth in Uganda or for schizophrenia sufferers in Indonesia, or psychological support for indigenous populations in Argentina. While all recent research suggests that remote working can be equally effective, especially once you take into the account the new constituencies you can reach anyway, we are also working closely with the Centre for Outcomes Research to identify the best methodology for evaluating remote work going forwards, hopefully leading to a published contribution in clinical journals in this important new arena.

Infrastructure Development: staff team, sessional team, volunteers, member volunteers, trustees.

Expanding the Body & Soul Team: On organisational capacity, we have refreshed and bolstered the staff team in a number of ways this year. We have recruited the Volunteer Programme lead after this post was on hold during Covid, allowing for renewed partnerships with local universities to recruit students to volunteer, meanwhile refreshing

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our programme of induction and ongoing training for our volunteers. The result is that we have seen a consistent stream of new enthusiastic volunteers, many of whom bring lived experience of trauma and highly specialist expertise to our services, including large numbers of our members.

The return of a full-time Casework and Advocacy role, following the existing staff member going on MAT leave. The return of this post to full time is in recognition of an increasingly difficult external environment for many of our members. Other posts re-recruited for have been a building and venue-hire manager to actively grow that business now that clients are beginning to approach us again. In addition to external recruitment, we have brought several long-term member-volunteers on to the staff team, bringing extraordinary depthof-insight to a number of key roles, including new programme leads for our work with children and teens, and technical support for our MindSET digital mental health programme.

A refreshed and diverse staff team : we have always looked beyond paper qualifications and length-of-experience when we recruit, proactively seeking to understand and tap into the unique potential specific individuals can bring to roles. Essentially, the model is to act as an incubator for talent, providing highly motivated individuals with a range of opportunities to develop and lead earlier in their careers than they might otherwise expect, carefully scaffolded by more senior staff. This model means we can maintain relatively low staff costs as well as a high degree of agility to flex up and down in terms of recruitment to match external demand/circumstances. As we accelerate out of covid, this has never been a more valuable asset and we will start 2023 with an enriched staff team, bringing a range of extremely valuable expertise from a variety of diverse backgrounds.

In addition to the new staff members mentioned in the summary above, we would also draw attention to the cultural and wellbeing work that holds the staff together, builds sustainability and nurtures. It has been greatly received when sharing with other sector providers the approach and systems in place that bring a collective and wellbeing approach together.

Continuous improvement in our management structures to scaffold development and learn from one another: we regularly review and tweak our processes for senior-leadership supervision – e.g. implementing a new more collaborative approach to reflective practice for all our frontline practitioners in which people take it in turns to facilitate; intensive courses of training and reflection around racial trauma and white supremacy for white members of staff; a dedicated space for BIPOC staff to support one another around issues of racism and the embodied quality of racial trauma; a new ‘consult’ structure for every

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programme, building consistency and mindfulness into our how we reflect on service design and delivery; and a tweaked approach to the way we manage complex safeguarding, integrating valuable emerging practices from recent work internationally on transformational justice.

Our senior leadership team has remained stable throughout covid, allowing engagement in more outreach, actively engaging in professional networks, training, and presenting to a range of potential referrers and collaborators, including CCGs and NHS trusts, social workers and housing officers, high-profile research organisations like Wellcome. LSE and the Anna Freud Centre, and spaces where it might be possible to affect systems-change more directly like parliamentary committees.

2023 and Beyond

Body & Soul looks forward to 2023 with a renewed energy. The restoration of face-to-face programmes and the vitality of our centre restored, we have clear aspirations for the next chapter of the Body & Soul story to begin.

This vision has been enhanced through collaboration with Studio AM Interiors. Their design for the refurbishment of our lower ground floor was developed during lockdown of 2021 and will now come to realisation creating a fresh environment for key projects and programmes. Using every aspect of a trauma engaged

approach to design, this space symbolises the aspirations of Body & Soul to be at the cutting edge of understanding healing.

As a centre of excellence for complex trauma and a charity with a revolutionary vision in its approach to transforming the cycle of trauma, 2023 is our time to share our work, further and wider than ever.

Our Key Hopes for 2023 are:

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Our continued success would not be possible without community. The list of who is part of this community is extensive: members of all ages from every part of the UK and many others living internationally; volunteers, from those who answered our call and member volunteers who are channelling their new found wellbeing to help others; staff, full time and part time making up to 50+dedicated people; trustees, patrons and ambassadors, funders who believe in and back our model of care and corporate partners who provide expertise, funding and 100’s of volunteers.

Our optimism for the future comes from our unity and togetherness. Our 27[th] year is one we intend to extend the influence of Body & Soul.

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Generating Income to Transform Lives: 10% of expenditure was on generating funds

Structure, Governance and Management section

Reserves

The reserves at Body & Soul are made up of restricted, designated and general funds. Body & Soul’s approach to reserves is focussed on what is held in general free reserves. These are funds that are not restricted or designated for a defined purpose. Unrestricted funds are used for the overall delivery of the organisations aims and objectives.

The Trustees aim to maintain unrestricted reserves equivalent to three months’ running costs, this equates to approximately £364,536. Reserves at the end of this year represent just over three months running costs. General funds equate to £584,561. The Trustees continue to take steps to develop the reserves of the organisation with a focus on social entrepreneurial activities.

Risk

As part of their ongoing responsibility for ensuring the identification and management of risk, the Trustee Board review the risks faced by the charity using the Risk Register framework and put in place procedures to manage risks identified.

Key risks were felt to be:

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Key mitigations:

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administration on managers within the YANA programme so they can concentrate on outreach and on enriching other areas of support. We have also implemented rigorous attention to racial trauma across our programmes, including an obligatory programme of training in somatic abolitionism and allyship for all white staff and volunteers; a special programme supervision/reflective practice run by Eugene Ellis for all our adoption workers; and dedicated spaces for bodies of culture – members and staff – to reflect on their experiences inside and outside Body & Soul. While celebrating the agility and creativity in our programmes that are so important for enthusing our members and remaining responsive to their needs, we are also working to enhance replicability where possible – so valuable for honing and demonstrating impact. To that end, we continue to develop our ‘Rooted’ programme, a six-week course of vibrant therapeutic activities designed to engage all of our systems for soothing and self-efficacy – narrative and visual art, bodywork and movement, community and connection, psychoeducation around neurobiology – which we intend to roll out across age groups and programmes in time.

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Going concern

The last few years of the pandemic continue to impact the charity sector, from increasing presenting needs for some of societies most marginalised communities to pressures on staffing, volunteering and income generation. The collective trauma experienced from an individual to an organisational level is still playing out and organisations need to be able to respond with agility, robustness and creativity.

The Trustees are proud of the continued innovation and tenacity that Body & Soul maintained across 2022. Programmes adapted with the changing external environment with a sense of ease and fluidity. Led by a value driven commitment to bringing 26 years of experience in trauma focussed support to an ever increasing population, Body & Soul not only maintained, but extended its reach and innovative approach.

With the ever-changing external environment in mind, the increased competitiveness in securing funding, the cuts in the statutory sector and the economic crisis in cost of living. The organisation has a track record in securing the necessary funds to deliver the programmes agreed. This is made possible through a clear fundraising strategy that works across the system to secure, maintain and develop new relationships in meeting increased need post pandemic.

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

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Remuneration

We are committed to paying our staff a fair and appropriate salary whilst always ensuring we have the financial ability to do so. As an organisation with important responsibilities towards our beneficiaries, donors, supporters, staff, and the public we recognise that accountability and transparency are in all aspects of our work. We balance the need of ensuring that value for money is present in all we do alongside the need to attract and retain staff with the leadership, experience, knowledge, and skills required to lead the transformation and complex work we are engaged with. We benchmark salaries against other similar front line service providers of a similar size. We aim to increase salaries regularly in the context of income confirmed and external economic factors. We pay a London Living wage to all employees. We believe those who consistently contribute at a level above expectation should have the opportunity to be further rewarded for doing so. The team is supported by a range of voluntary professionals including the law firms Hogan Lovells, ITV, Wilsons, Bates Wells Braithwaite and Miles & Partners who assist in legal, strategic and infrastructure issues; DMFK provides assistance on building/design related matters.

A range of other external specialists also support the organisation every year.

In addition to the staff team and partner organisations, the organisation has benefitted hugely from volunteers during 2022. Without volunteers, Body & Soul would not be able to deliver our innovative, high quality, and responsive programmes of support. The Volunteer contribution in 2022 continues to multiply the size of the staff team.

Fundraising Practices Review

All fundraising practices are framed within the values and principles of the organisation. Where expenditure is required to generate income, there is an analysis of the return on investment to ensure the organisation is able to make informed decisions regarding activities.

The fundraising and partnership team are internal - the organisation does not use external, professional fundraisers. We do not employ the services of any fundraising agencies or third parties, nor have we run a telephone or door to door fundraising campaign. Our relationship with our supporters is very important to us and we do not wish for our supporters to feel under any pressure to donate to the charity. Where we partner with corporates, due diligence is conducted on the organisations and the amount of time and

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effort we as a charity need to invest, versus the income we would likely receive. Clear parameters and responsibilities are then agreed between partners.

We have ensured we are in line with the GDPR data protection regulations and all other relevant codes of conduct. We received no complaints about our fundraising practices in 2022.

Financial Review

The external environment continues to be a challenge, with the lack of certainty in the economy, the unknown in how the pandemic will continue to impact society and the evergrowing need for scarce resources. This runs in parallel to a statutory sector that is under pressure financially and continues to make cutbacks. A resulting impact is experienced by our members. We have worked hard to respond to these challenges through the development of social entrepreneurial activities, however this has been challenging during the pandemic. New activities are being further piloted to grow general funds.

Key programmes in 2022 were focussed around Adoption/Special Guardianship, HIV, Young people and mental health, Support for NHS and frontline workers and Self Harm /Suicidality.

Body & Soul receives funding from a variety of sources, this is known as ‘incoming resources. Income came from the following sources each of which are explained in the graph:

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Income 2022
4.87% [3.67%]
11.58%
35.62%
9.86%
34.39%
Trusts Corporate
Statutory Central Government/Lottery
Social Enterprise/Other General Donations
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In 2022, activities resulted in a surplus of £12,784. This was a great achievement in the context of a global pandemic, austerity and the previous year reversal for the DHSC.

At midpoint of the financial year, it was indicated the organisation may end with a medium deficit. This was connected to the loss of income through venue hire and the level of reversals for 2021. With key strategic decesions implemented, from further

involvement from senior leaders, we managed to end the year with a small surplus.

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Expenditure was also reviewed to ensure any further savings and efficiencies could be actioned.

Body & Soul ended 2022 in a good financial position with unrestricted funds of £654,133 of which £584,561 was general funds. This was increase from £113,635 in 2021 and £252,193 in 2020.

Public Benefit

The trustees have taken great care in considering the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the charity's aims and objectives and in planning its future activities. The aims not only provide a direct benefit to our members but also the wider public as they strengthen relationships, build community, reduce the financial pressure on health and social care systems, and create responsible citizens capable of participating in their communities and building an inclusive society.

The Year Ahead

In 2023 we will continue to reach new people, reaching out to communities marginalised in society and often most impacted by the collective trauma of the world we exist within. We will be tenacious in our aspiration to amplify our trauma engaged approach among fellow professionals, experts, and opinion formers with an interest in interrupting the lifelong consequences of childhood adversity and ongoing trauma.

We are ambitious, always striving, and unwaveringly passionate about changing the world we live in. We will not rest with the knowledge that millions of people live in a cycle of despair, not knowing how to break it. We know through community and the right interventions at the right time, everyone can feel a sense of peace, a sense of self, and a sense of resilience. To this end, we enter our 26[th] year committed to delivering our proven transformational programmes for people of all ages who have experienced childhood trauma, solving what is perceived to be one of the intractable problems of our time with a cost effective and impactful approach.

We would like to highlight our thanks to all those who have supported us with their time, money, and voices. We hope in 2023 we will continue to provide high quality programmes to meet the ever-increasing demand from members across the UK and beyond. We are forever indebted to all the amazing people, trusts, companies and organisations that have, through contributions big and small, put life, energy, and love into the organisation.

Thank you. We continue to learn, love, and most of all value life.

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Structure, governance and management

Body & Soul is made possible through the dedication of staff, volunteers and the community, of which the Trustee Board delegate the day-to-day running of Body & Soul to a full-time staff team with over 26 years’ combined experience of delivering services which support children, teenagers, and families impacted by childhood adversity and ongoing trauma.

The Trustee Board provides strategic oversight and governance to the organisation. It is committed to members of the Board having lived experience of trauma and is proud that throughout its history the Board has always had this representation. New Trustees to Body & Soul are recruited both internally and externally, with all appointments being approved by the Board of Trustees. A bespoke induction follows, ensuring each new Trustee understands the governance structure and decision-making processes, legal obligations under charity law, values and principles, financial reporting and overall programme delivery. Trustee meetings are held a minimum of every quarter.

The staff team are accountable to members, the Board of Trustees, stakeholders, and each other. At the beginning of the year we had a full-time staff team of 12, and a part-time team of 11. We ended the year with a full-time team of 15 and a part-time team of 10. There was an average headcount of 26, further amplified by over 250 volunteers.

The staff team in 2022 has therefore consisted of:

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The staff team represent a broad range of specialist knowledge and lived experience. All staff have a passionate commitment to human rights, to the principles of equity, belonging and inclusion; to the provision of excellence and to the involvement of members of all ages. Outside of key frontline posts, where we believe we have assembled a highly qualified and skilled team, we have also brought in skilled professionals and organisations to further enhance our work.

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Statement of responsibilities of the trustees

The trustees (who are also directors of Body & Soul for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the trustees’ annual report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

In so far as the trustees are aware:

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 £1 to the assets of the charity in the event of winding up. The total number of such guarantees at

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31 December 2022 was 11 (2021:11). The trustees are members of the charity, but this entitles them only to voting rights. The trustees have no beneficial interest in the charity.

Auditor

Sayer Vincent LLP was re-appointed as the charitable company's auditor during the year and has expressed its willingness to continue in that capacity.

These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies’ regime.

The trustees’ annual report has been approved by the trustees on 19[th] July 2023 and signed on their behalf by

Deborah Bee

Chair

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Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Body & Soul (the ‘charitable company’) for the year ended 31 December 2022 which comprise the statement of financial activities, balance sheet, statement of cash flows and notes to the financial statements, including significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including FRS 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion, the financial statements:

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charitable company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on Body & Soul's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

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Other Information

The other information comprises the information included in the trustees’ annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. The trustees are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements, or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the charitable company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the trustees’ annual report. We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

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exemptions in preparing the trustees’ annual report and from the requirement to prepare a strategic report.

Responsibilities of trustees

As explained more fully in the statement of trustees’ responsibilities set out in the trustees’ annual report, the trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charitable company’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charitable company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud are set out below.

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Capability of the audit in detecting irregularities

In identifying and assessing risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, our procedures included the following:

Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation.

A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.

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Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charitable company's members as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charitable company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and the charitable company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Fleur Holden (Senior statutory auditor)

DATE: 15 August 2023 for and on behalf of Sayer Vincent LLP, Statutory Auditor Invicta House, 108-114 Golden Lane, LONDON, EC1Y 0TL

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Statement of financial activities (incorporating an income and expenditure account)

For the year ended 31 December 2022

2022
Total
£
595,842
82,887
82,840
284,393
349,535
5,123
67,637
2,671		 Restricted
£
-
77,928
121,673
477,035
142,150
6,154
-
-		 Restricted
£
-
77,928
121,673
477,035
142,150
6,154
-
-		 Restricted
£
-
77,928
121,673
477,035
142,150
6,154
-
-		 2021
Total
£
434,227
77,928
121,673
477,035
318,680
6,154
60,182
194
566,073 - 904,855 1,470,928 824,940 - 671,133 1,496,073
-
79,631
70,423
375,636
138,380
6,354		 1,595
3,190
3,190
5,583
4,386
-		 128,854
131,575
261,505
219,639
28,203
-		 130,449
214,396
335,118
600,858
170,969
6,354		 -
83,040
162,642
409,873
124,730
6,154		 1,652
3,304
3,304
5,782
2,478
-		 135,047
120,248
146,151
113,119
7,814
658		 136,699
206,592
312,097
528,774
135,022
6,812
670,424 17,944 769,776 1,458,144 786,439 16,520 523,037 1,325,996
(104,351)
-		 (17,944)
21,444		 135,079
(21,444)		 12,784
-		 38,501
-		 (16,520)
9,538		 148,096
(9,538)		 170,077
-
(104,351)
193,281		 3,500
66,072		 113,635
470,926		 12,784
730,279		 38,501
154,780		 (6,982)
73,054		 138,558
332,368		 170,077
560,202

All of the above results are derived from continuing activities. There were no other recognised gains or losses in addition to those stated above. Movements in funds are disclosed in Note 14 to the financial statements.

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Balance sheet

Balance sheet
As at 31 December 2022 Company no. 3245543
Note
Fixed assets:
10
Current assets:
11
Liabilities:
12
13
14
Total unrestricted funds
Net current assets
Total net assets
General funds
Total charity funds
Cash at bank and in hand
Tangible assets
Debtors
Restricted income funds
Unrestricted income funds:
Designated funds
The funds of the charity:
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year		 £
231,307
529,655		 2022
£
69,572		 £
449,766
313,309		 2021
£
66,072
69,572
673,491		 66,072
664,207
760,962
87,471		 763,075
98,868
69,572
584,561		 66,072
470,926
743,063 730,279
88,930
654,133		 193,281
536,998
743,063 730,279

Approved by the trustees on 19 July 2023 and signed on their behalf by

Deborah Bee Chair

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Statement of cash flows

For the year ended 31 December 2022

For the year ended 31 December 2022
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the
year
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year
Change in cash and cash equivalents in the year
Cash flows from operating activities
Net cash used in investing activities
Net cash provided by /(used in) operating activities
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchase of fixed assets
Net income for the reporting period
(as per the statement of financial activities)
Depreciation charges
Decrease/ (Increase) in debtors
(Decrease)/ Increase in creditors		 £
£
12,784
17,944
218,459
(11,397)
237,790
(21,444)
(21,444)
216,346
313,309
529,655
2022		 £
£
170,077
16,520
(286,097)
54,772
(44,728)
(9,538)
(9,538)
(54,266)
367,575
313,309
2021
(21,444) (9,538)
216,346
313,309		 (54,266)
367,575
529,655 313,309

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 December 2022

1 Accounting policies

a) Statutory information

Body and Soul is a charitable company limited by guarantee and is incorporated in England.

The registered office address is 99-119 Rosebery Avenue, London, EC1R 4RE.

b) Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (Charities SORP FRS 102), and the Companies Act 2006.

Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy or note.

c) Public benefit entity

The charitable company meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102.

d) Going concern

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

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

e) Income

Income is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the income have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and that the amount can be measured reliably.

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

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

f) Donations of gifts, services and facilities

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

On receipt, donated gifts, professional services and donated facilities are recognised on the basis of the value of the gift to the charity, which is the amount the charity would have been willing to pay to obtain services or facilities of equivalent economic benefit on the open market; a corresponding amount is then recognised in expenditure in the period of receipt.

g) Interest receivable

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

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 December 2022

Restricted funds are to be used for specific purposes as laid down by the donor. Expenditure which meets these criteria is charged to the fund.

Unrestricted funds are donations and other incoming resources received or generated for the charitable purposes.

Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular purposes.

i) 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. Expenditure is classified under the following activity headings:

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

Resources expended are allocated to the particular activity where the cost relates directly to that activity. However, indirect costs are allocated on different bases suitable to the cost. The main allocations are:

Catering costs based on beneficiary numbers
Premises costs based on floor space
Volunteer expenses based on volunteer numbers
Staff costs based on staff time

j) Allocation of support and governance costs

Support and governance costs are reallocated on the basis of floor space using the following percentages:

Cost of raising funds 10% (2021: 10%)
Adult services 35% (2021: 35%)
Youth services 20% (2021: 20%)
Children's services 20% (2021: 20%)
Other programmes 15% (2021: 15%)

k) Operating leases

Rental charges are charged on a straight line basis over the term of the lease.

l) Tangible fixed assets

Items of equipment are capitalised where the purchase price exceeds £500. Depreciation costs are allocated to activities on the basis of the use of the related assets in those activities. Assets are reviewed for impairment if circumstances indicate their carrying value may exceed their net realisable value and value in use.

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:

25% per annum 20% per annum 7.7% per annum

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 December 2022

1 Accounting policies (continued)

m) 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.

n) 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.

o) Creditors and provisions

The charity only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value.

2 Income from donations

Income from donations
Donations and grants Restricted
£
-		 £
595,842
Unrestricted		 2022
Total
£
595,842		 Restricted
£
-		 £
434,227
Unrestricted		 2021
Total
£
434,227
- 595,842 595,842 - 434,227 434,227

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 December 2022

the year ended 31 December 2022
Income from charitable activities
BBC Children in Need
Comic relief
Comic Relief
Department of Health and Social Care
Sport England
Charitable Trusts/Foundations
Sub-total for Youth Services
Corporate donors
Charitable Trusts/Foundations
Corporate donors
Young Londoners Foundation
Young Londoners Foundation
Big Lottery Fund
Sub-total for Children's Services
Charitable Trusts/Foundations
Corporate donors
Big Lottery Fund
Big Lottery Fund
Total income from charitable activities
Sub-total for Other programmes
Body & Soul acts as an agent for
Hardship grants
Sub-total for Hardship Grants
Sub-total for Adults Services
Charitable Trusts/Foundations		 Restricted
£
23,480
16,267
18,758
-
24,382		 £
-
-
-
-
-
Unrestricted		 2022
Total
£
23,480
16,267
18,758
-
24,382		 Restricted
£
4,306
7,292
-
9,880
56,450		 £
-
-
-
-
-
Unrestricted		 2021
Total
£
4,306
7,292
-
9,880
56,450
82,887
8,000
22,917
22,842
29,081		 -
-
-
-
-		 82,887
8,000
22,917
22,842
29,081		 77,928
38,000
29,792
16,464
37,417		 -
-
-
-
-		 77,928
38,000
29,792
16,464
37,417
82,840
141,066
40,817
72,032
22,842
7,636
-		 -
-
-
-
-
-
-		 82,840
141,066
40,817
72,032
22,842
7,636
-		 121,673
107,423
37,917
-
16,464
307,191
8,040		 -
-
-
-
-
-
-		 121,673
107,423
37,917
-
16,464
307,191
8,040
284,393
93,000
17,830		 -
238,705
-		 284,393
331,705
17,830		 477,035
142,150
-		 -
176,530
-		 477,035
318,680
-
110,830
5,123		 238,705
-		 349,535
5,123		 142,150
6,154		 176,530
-		 318,680
6,154
5,123 - 5,123 6,154 - 6,154
566,073 238,705 804,778 824,940 176,530 1,001,470

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 December 2022

4a Analysis of expenditure (current year)

Analysis of expenditure (current year)
Staff costs
Other staff costs
Consultancy
Quality and Excellence
Nutrition programme
Health & Well being programme
Facilitators and Trainers
Workshops/courses/activities
Therapeutic Programmes
Volunteer programme
Outreach and Communication
Hardship Grants
Miscellaneous
Establishment costs
Non-capitalised equipment/Resources
Audit & accountancy
Other costs
Trustee expenses
Depreciation
Support costs
Governance costs
Total expenditure 2022
Total expenditure 2021		 Cost of
raising funds
£
70,327
1,229
-
1,390
-
-
-
415
-
-
4,950
-
88
24,867
-
-
9,537
-
1,595
114,398
14,723
1,328
130,449
136,699		 Charitable activities Hardship
Grants
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6,354
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6,354
-
-
6,354
6,812		 Governance
costs
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
13,236
-
43
-
13,279
-
(13,279)
-
-		 Support
costs
£
89,507
1,565
805
1,769
-
-
-
-
-
1,062
-
-
-
46,415
4,258
1,848
-
-
-
147,229
(147,229)
-
-
-		 2022
Total
£
639,334
11,176
2,142
12,637
57,850
109,710
28,865
12,972
129,507
21,236
13,754
6,354
8,196
351,924
9,879
15,084
9,537
43
17,944
1,458,144
-
-
1,458,144
1,325,996		 2021
Total
£
610,525
7,260
4,200
9,141
40,525
71,229
15,197
19,880
121,340
19,447
10,600
6,812
2,909
328,740
7,554
13,690
20,427
-
16,520
Youth
Services
£
76,720
1,341
229
1,516
8,099
10,930
9,539
4,443
8,887
2,124
2,201
-
2,294
49,734
1,047
-
-
-
3,190
182,294
29,446
2,656
214,396
206,592		 Children's
Services
£
95,900
1,676
458
1,896
15,041
43,285
18,416
2,672
10,710
4,247
2,201
-
1,938
99,468
1,918
-
-
-
3,190
303,016
29,446
2,656
335,118
312,097		 Adult Services
£
242,947
4,247
650
4,802
34,710
50,091
868
5,442
72,082
10,618
2,201
-
1,938
106,573
1,929
-
-
-
5,583
544,681
51,530
4,647
600,858
528,774		 Other
programmes
£
63,933
1,118
-
1,264
-
5,404
42
-
37,828
3,185
2,201
-
1,938
24,867
727
-
-
-
4,386
146,893
22,084
1,992
170,969
135,022
1,325,996
-
-
1,325,996

Staff costs of £19,049 (2021: £30,856) are included in other lines of expenditure to reflect activity costs more accurately.

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 December 2022

4b Analysis of expenditure (prior year)

Analysis of expenditure (prior year)
Staff costs
Other staff costs
Consultancy
Quality and Excellence
Nutrition programme
Health & Well being programme
Facilitators and Trainers
Workshops/courses/activities
Therapeutic Programmes
Volunteer programme
Outreach and Communication
Hardship Grants
Miscellaneous
Establishment costs
Non-capitalised equipment/Resources
Audit & accountancy
Other costs
Trustee expenses
Depreciation
Support costs
Governance costs
Total expenditure 2021		 Cost of
raising funds
£
79,368
944
546
1,188
-
-
-
4,550
-
972
2,980
-
91
23,313
155
-
8,427
-
1,652
124,186
11,309
1,204
136,699		 Charitable activities Hardship
Grants
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6,812
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6,812
-
-
6,812		 Governance
costs
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
12,036
-
-
-
12,036
-
(12,036)
-		 Support
costs
£
48,842
581
336
731
-
-
-
-
-
979
-
-
-
42,320
5,645
1,654
12,000
-
-
113,088
(113,088)
-
-		 2021
Total
£
610,525
7,260
4,200
9,141
40,525
71,229
15,197
19,880
121,340
19,447
10,600
6,812
2,909
328,740
7,554
13,690
20,427
-
16,520
Youth
Services
£
73,262
871
504
1,097
4,863
21,567
3,578
5,511
14,561
2,916
1,905
-
690
46,627
311
-
-
-
3,304
181,567
22,618
2,407
206,592		 Children's
Services
£
122,105
1,452
840
1,828
11,347
22,495
6,926
4,278
12,134
3,888
1,905
-
696
93,253
621
-
-
-
3,304
287,072
22,618
2,407
312,097		 Adult Services
£
225,895
2,686
1,554
3,383
24,315
21,307
4,643
5,541
78,871
7,776
1,905
-
742
99,914
666
-
-
-
5,782
484,980
39,581
4,213
528,774		 Other
programmes
£
61,053
726
420
914
-
5,860
50
-
15,774
2,916
1,905
-
690
23,313
156
-
-
-
2,478
116,255
16,962
1,805
135,022
1,325,996
-
-
1,325,996

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 December 2022

This is stated after charging:

This is stated after charging:
2022 2021
£ £
Depreciation 17,944 16,520
Auditor's remuneration (excluding VAT):
Audit 9,600 8,180
Accounts preparation 2,600 2,420
Operating lease rentals
Property 100,000 100,000

Staff costs were as follows:

Staff costs were as follows:
Salaries and wages
Social security costs
Pension contributions		 2022
£
579,819
47,081
31,483		 2021
£
569,738
50,095
21,548
658,383 641,381

No employee earned more than £60,000 during the year (2021: nil).

The total employee benefits of the key management personnel including employer's National Insurance were £201,296 (2021: £250,829).

Trustees' expenses represent the payment or reimbursement and subsistence totalling £43 (2021: £nil) incurred by 10 (2021: 0) members relating to subsistence at meetings of the trustees.

7 Staff numbers

The average number of employees (head count based on number of staff employed) during the year was as follows:

Raising funds
Children's Services
Support and governance
Adult Services
Other programmes
Youth Services		 2022
No.
2.8
3.2
3.9
10.0
2.5
3.7		 2021
No.
3.0
2.6
4.5
8.3
2.2
1.8
26.0 22.4

8 Related party transactions

Aggregate donations from related parties were £nil (2021: £nil), and no trustees (2021: none) received any remuneration or received any other benefits from an employment with the charity or a related entity.

Within the year Body and Soul received £2,260 worth of services from SHM foundation. Trustee Maurice Biriotti is the Chair of SHM Foundation, these services were given at arms length.

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 December 2022

9 Taxation

The charitable company is exempt from corporation tax as all its income is charitable and is applied for charitable purposes.

10 Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets
At the end of the year
At the end of the year
At the end of the year
At the start of the year
Charge for the year
At the start of the year
Additions in year
At the start of the year
Cost or valuation
Depreciation
Net book value		 Refurbishment
£
1,394,673
-		 Fixtures and
Fittings
£
124,258
11,051		 Computer
and music
equipment
£
70,455
10,393		 Total
£
1,589,386
21,444
1,394,673 135,309 80,848 1,610,830
1,339,191
5,884		 115,828
8,742		 68,295
3,318		 1,523,314
17,944
1,345,075 124,570 71,613 1,541,258
49,598 10,739 9,235 69,572
55,482 8,430 2,160 66,072

All of the above assets are used for charitable purposes.

11 Debtors

11
Debtors
12
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Accruals
Grants receivable
Taxation and social security
Other debtors
Trade creditors
Prepayments		 2022
£
19,200
17,454
194,653		 2021
£
21,238
3,369
425,159
231,307 449,766
2022
£
31,424
41,407
14,640		 2021
£
61,433
24,716
12,720
87,471 98,868

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 December 2022

For the year ended 31 December 2022
13a
13b
14a
Total restricted funds
Total designated funds
General funds
Total unrestricted funds
Unrestricted funds:
Designated funds:
Fixed assets fund
Net current assets
Tangible fixed assets
Net assets at the end of the year
Other programmes
Total funds
Hardship grants
Youth Services
Movements in funds (current year)
Restricted funds:
Children's Services
Adult Services
Analysis of net assets between funds
Tangible fixed assets
Net current assets
Net assets at the end of the year
Analysis of net assets between funds		 At 1 January
2022
£
-
-
152,781
3,000
37,500
(prior year)
(current year)		 Restricted
funds
£
-
88,930		 Designated
funds
£
69,572
-		 General
funds
£
-
584,561		 Total funds
£
69,572
673,491
88,930 69,572 584,561 743,063
Restricted
funds
£
-
193,281		 Designated
funds
£
66,072
-		 General
funds
£
-
470,926		 Total funds
£
66,072
664,207
193,281 66,072 470,926 730,279
Income &
gains
£
82,887
82,840
284,393
5,123
110,830		 Expenditure
& losses
£
(79,631)
(70,423)
(375,636)
(6,354)
(138,380)		 Transfers
£
-
-
-
-
-		 At 31
December
2022
£
3,256
12,417
61,538
1,769
9,950
193,281 566,073 (670,424) - 88,930
66,072 - (17,944) 21,444 69,572
66,072 - (17,944) 21,444 69,572
470,926 904,855 (769,776) (21,444) 584,561
536,998 904,855 (787,720) - 654,133
730,279 1,470,928 (1,458,144) - 743,063

Transfers into the fixed assets fund represent capital purchases made during the year.

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 December 2022

14b Movements in funds (prior year)

Movements in funds (prior year)
Total restricted funds
Total designated funds
General funds
Total funds
Youth Services
Children's Services
Adult Services
Hardship grants
Other programmes
Unrestricted funds:
Total unrestricted funds
Designated funds:
Fixed assets fund
Restricted funds:		 At 1 January
2021
5,112
40,861
67,481
3,000
38,326		 Income &
gains
£
77,928
121,673
477,035
6,154
142,150		 Expenditure
& losses
£
(83,040)
(162,642)
(409,873)
(6,154)
(124,730)		 Transfers
£
-
108
18,138
-
(18,246)		 At 31
December
2021
£
-
-
152,781
3,000
37,500
154,780 824,940 (786,439) - 193,281
73,054 - (16,520) 9,538 66,072
73,054 - (16,520) 9,538 66,072
332,368 671,133 (523,037) (9,538) 470,926
405,422 671,133 (539,557) - 536,998
560,202 1,496,073 (1,325,996) - 730,279

Purposes of restricted funds

Youth Services

A dedicated programme for young people aged 13 to 19 years. This includes a variety of dynamic and challenging experiences – from creative workshops to martial arts classes, jam sessions to group discussions about the issues that matter to young people. Designed by a multidisciplinary team, with rich clinical and therapeutic expertise, in partnership with peer mentors with lived experience of trauma and adversity, who have been through the programme themselves.

Children's Services

We work with children from across London and the UK who live in challenging circumstances or have experienced trauma in their early lives. Our approach brings us closely together with families to ensure our youngest members achieve personal and social growth and positive change through access to a uniquely nurturing and validating environment.

All of our programmes are directed at early intervention. The effects of trauma and adversity can often remain unnoticed in many children. Programmes include structured play/educational activities that are skill based and foster a positive self-identity.

Adult services

The programme of activities for adults includes weekly structured workshops focusing on topics such as sexual health, drug and alcohol use, disclosure, parenting, treatment issues and developing education and careers. Additionally adults are able to access the full range of activities from counselling to well being therapies, to the newlyresourced library providing written and web-based information on all aspects of health, nutrition, self-help, skillsbuilding, treatment and International HIV issues.

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Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 December 2022

14 Movements in funds (continued)

Hardship Grants

Body and Soul submits applications on behalf of members for financial assistance. Organisations include THT, Frank Buttle, The London Society of Ragamuffins, Glasspool, The Heinz Anna and Carol Kroch Foundation and Islington Giving.

Other programmes

Other programmes include funding from grants and charitable trusts towards activities including: awareness and education outreach, remote support, volunteering and mentoring initiatives.

Purposes of designated funds

Fixed Assets Fund

This represents the value of general funds invested in the refurbishment and other fixtures, fittings and equipment and is not readily available for other purposes. Depreciation is charged against this fund.

15 Operating lease commitments

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


the following periods
Less than one year
One to five years
Over five years		 2022
2021
£
£
100,000
100,000
400,000
400,000
250,000
350,000
750,000
850,000
Property
750,000 850,000

The charity is a company limited by guarantee and has no share capital. The liability of each member in the event of winding up is limited to £1.

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