Company Number. 03448301
Ch•ity Number. 1066878
Sefton Women's & Children's Aid
(A Company Limital ty lknrantee)
Annual Report
Financial Statements
For the year ended
31 March 2021
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Sefton Women's & Children's Aid
Trustee's Annual Report
For the year ended 31 March 2021
Chair's Statement
The year 202￿2] has er*Jed vffy the Sa￿ as it LEgan, wlth the oJJnty in kthky•m as a result of
a major pandemic. Hopes that the pandemic woukd be rffJoW thJriThJ last year r#)w apwr naNe, as
more and more has been knmt aiout the wrus. The 0ven¥￿ming news has iEen the aM)mious
suc￿$ful efforts to devdop effect1￿ ¥￿i￿5, the now ￿￿hing to ￿t evwyor
vaccinated.
So, what has this meant for Sth a￿1 Dometh Aiw? Natmlty, incidwKe of ¢**mestk atr￿se has
r￿ket￿Tr￿ as the strtss of teing unts k￿k￿r￿, togth with fThncial, arKI othw, wtssures, has ts
toll on famil￿ and ￿X￿Id5.
The new Oome5tic Abjse Bill is exp&ted before Pthiament in Awil l May 2021, whith will bring In a
range of measures, such as strewkning bjislation and tAacirvJ a statuth duty on LcKal Authorfcies to
provide safe accommcKlatiorpbased to ￿CtIms.
Yet the need is stsl greater Icolty than w, JKI the need for SWACA to hwe m(Ye resoLSW to
services is also tyeater than elv.
make up the h)ss of incw* from our (Y•¥n fijndratsirvj actswties whith have rbjt LEen able to go ahead.
However, effective Yth ¥￿th thilthu) atwj I￿￿11n9 to lasting d￿nge often neeJ5 a considerable
amount of time vthich will extend Lyond tre months.
It is tr￿ to say that the pa￿lC has LYwJht (Mrt ts best arKI tr* MWSL Whilst the latter concwns the
creasing rnJmtEr of (k)MeSt￿ at#Jse cases and incKlemts. the 1*st has dwnwstrabj JLSt hoyd adaptable
SWACA ha5 b￿. Board meetings have continu8J via Z(Kffn, (who haj heard of Zoom and Teams tEfore
2020?). The t￿￿ee5 have adaptsa seamlessly to new ways of workirwj, and increased their rr skills.
Staff have been wonderful in cortwiuing to wovth w¥ices a￿1 vAJtriThJ from ￿rne. thangry Iheir
working Sty￿ to gjit the restrittions in for￿ at any gw) bme. They are a truty dednted workforce and
orE that ts Board are so d.
Whilst the pandunic caused some dday in Im[km￿￿rrfj the r￿W organisat•)n struciure, intsryiews for
the new Leèjs Imjsts, to i￿n a rttv Leadvship Tean, a￿ for 1st At4il, with sUp￿rt and
welcome from staff for the and new structure.
The Chief Exeojtive has sFTh¥n wmcws lea(knthip arml %%YX￿1 tirelesdy ovw the last year; my grateful
thanks go to him and to the rest of the stsff, whom gWACA w￿ld not ￿ the Oryanlsatic￿ that it
Thank you for readirvJ this Annual Rewrt, and for takn.￿ an interest in SWACA and the work that the
charity dw. This has teen the most chalkngiNJ year for $0 mary ￿￿e. My t*st wishes to you arKI
your familEs and h)ve ones. I W that you are all Safe al￿ in drfficult b'me.
Jane Leath
Chair of Tnsttts

Sefton Women's & Children's Aid
Trustee's Annual Report
For the year ended 31 March 2021
The Charity
Sefton Women'5 & ChihJM's lJd is Consts￿ as a compary limft8J ty guarantee and not having a share
ca￿. The company is registsed in ErKJland and Wales No. 03448301. The charity 15 registeral w¢th the
Charity Commission ￿. 1066878. The princi￿31 gowniNJ 1￿M￿t 15 the Comts3ny MerTh)randum and
Artlcles of Ass￿iat￿)n dated 10th Ortoitr 1997, as ￿n￿de(l res0k1b￿ dabj 20 Ottober 2004
and wial resoluti￿ datejj 13 April 2Th15.
Objectives and Activities
The objectives of the charity are:
a) to relieve Foverty arKi distre55 among vK>men and childM have or &e currently weria)ciNJ
violence and lor abuse (Ind￿Jing tFK)5e do not INe together). ex partnws. famity member5 or anyone
else with whom W have had a ￿Onal rdatK)nship resvJirvJ in the Metr0￿111an B¢yough of
Sefton, or who a￿ normalty re5hknt n bjt temwIari￿ at6ent from the Mdrow)ltsn eorwjh of Sefton.
b) to arrange provide trf)th rtati(ffialty and in the MetroFditsn ￿rOUgh of Sefton, for exhit1￿￿S,
meetr"ngs, lectu￿$ and dasses rdating to topics aff￿tIr￿j s￿h and chihjren, any monies recep￿1
from outside the Metropjrtan Borouth of Sefton will te used in furtheran￿ ￿ the iknJ.￿ts of the charty.

Sefton Women's & Children's Aid
Trustee's Annual Report
For the year ended 31 March 2021
Achievements and Perforniance
Charltable Acbvltles
SWACA provides spedalist t*)rneSt￿ at￿ savices for y￿en, aTrJ thikken thr￿ghYjt the
MetroFolitsn BOr0￿h of Sefton. SWACA I￿rkS in p*tnership wth Statukny, and vO￿ntary, Communty
and Faith Sertor ¢yganisat*)ns on an opwational and strat8Jic lert.
The provision of domestic at￿ SUFP)rt servKes Offer￿￿ dfthe Cri￿ intervartM)n, earty inteNa*i
and preventsbfe services. Specialist services are wovidd on a reSKkntial n0n.resl￿tia1 basis to
enable families to address the impact of th)mth atmjse on U*ir tthysical mffitsl wellteng. Servi￿5
Include: pr￿ti&ll and emothjnal SUWK¥¢ thacy, a(twKe guKlar￿, S1J￿lu￿ wtyramme5 of work
and parenting SUP[￿.
Operatlonal Servi(
SWACA'S opwatmjnal seNices have c(￿￿'nued to signiftsnuy diSfUPt& during 2020121, to
ongoing COVID.19 pandgnic. However, SWACA has rernal￿d fijlly otvatK)nal, thrwh a diverse varEty
of ￿gagernent methcKb, tdekthone and virttkil meetir¥J
increase Investrn￿t in our InfrastrLKtU￿, f(￿ exampk by imt*ovirKJ our rr facilTknes and investing In
Improv8J communicatM)ns (irKludiry upJrad&J motj'le phw), thrO￿h fantsstic support of a diverse
range of funders. While some of the fundirvj 5￿U￿1 is Short term, through em&wcy COVID-19
funding, the additional lnvestrnp￿t %MII have tam Mnp&ts, arxl SWACA wll ￿ hard to seojre
sustainable income. with the Sup[￿ of our funLÈrs, to maintain servi￿ for as as rossd)le.
The SWAC4 knesynent Team is initial ¢￿tart kxiint for sen4te uws and wofessionals a¢￿Sing
seN1￿5 or information, afv¢ce arKI gu(dan￿. New r*r*, wtth va￿r￿j I￿￿S of risk and complexity of
need, are received from a wide rdnge of auoss Sthi i￿lud￿lj MerswsKk Police, Seftm MBC
ildren's Social Care, Sch￿15, also via sery1￿ user self-refenals. We have had to Stcp our (trotrin
seNices due to the significant impKt of COV11>19, txjt v* have Continu￿ to offtr a prompt teleph)ne
The wwte r￿ude5 undertthrKJ o)mpre*￿St¥e asse55Mts of with se￿￿ users, the ueation of
a Fersonal plan with servKe usws, a full risk assessmrt and SUb￿u￿* thyals to one of wr
speriali5t intemal serv¢ces or to extemal ag￿(￿$ arxl pa￿5.
During 2020121, we have also ￿0VKI&￿ pthitional Sup[￿ to the IDVA UnderMdent Domestic Vioknce
isors) team, ba*1 with Sefton MBC (CLwnol), to provmde ajditional capacity in responding to inittal
quiries.

Sefton Women's & Children's Aid
Trustee's Annual Report
For the year ended 31 March 2021
Adult (Women) Service
Adult Caseworkers SUPFQrt women arKI thildM I wung ￿lple. in Sefton. to lfve safely wbd free from
fear of domestic atMJse, whilst remaining in ther own h)mes. SuvKe LWS a￿ 5￿F￿rted
identfying areas of unmet neaj as part of a malium I terni [￿Onal ￿an for themsefves and their
families. Supp¢Jrt is off¥&1 ￿ a or grwp basL8, vka The Minu Ftojert (￿eaSe see
below), to enable users (knlop ffnotb)nal raliwKe, hJa)bfy ma)age risK uThJerstsnd the
Impact domestic abuse has on Lh)th the victim I of d(rntic aixLse, arKI th￿r thiklm, to
improve enhan￿ confmlence and self.esteem.
The adult women {victim 19Jtvivor) seJvrce, offerirKJ ￿aCtsca1 and emothjnal gjpprt 15 delivered to
a wide variety of famili￿ seekirrtj to rtrestat4ish ￿ famity unit after of ￿Ull relationships
resulting from experi￿￿ of domestic atr*Jse. Ewy aThJ child l young pwson withln a farn1￿ is
affert&J by domestlc a￿se in a wide var• of different ways, and family has diffuent
15sue5 and also p)tential thallawes arisirKJ from xmial derm'vatK)n t￿tr. PwtiC31 SUp￿rt is
provided to er6ure that the Pdmity has the best Iwows for the fLrture.
continued to evolve and deAop ovtr year. ￿abIry a swftant number of adv￿ v*ynen servi
users to develop ￿1r undwstsnding of doxnestic a1X￿ in a petr karn1r￿ settsng.
SWACA has also Contin￿ to faollt* gjtwt se￿1￿ users vtho like to continue
gagir4J with SWAC4 and their pews, aftw caS￿l0rk ty Stn￿tu￿ grcmjp VI￿rk has been completed.
We have, dwirvJ 2020121, alg) IntrLKluc8J a l￿d1(a￿l Chikl ￿ Parert l Atxtse project n Sefton,
which Is a dear area of unmet (O)meti atMJse) need nationally and kKalty, thanks to ￿TrtraI govemment
funding and support from the Mersey5Kle Police a￿1 Qime CommissM)ner and Sefton MBC. We have also
been able to intrcthe a nebv Earty Int9V￿trOn servKe to supTx)rt women with particuktly low confKlen
Finalty, SWACA has continued to provA* Counsellirtsj ￿p￿)rt twh tr* Commiss￿nI￿ of a vay
experienced P5ythothwapist, tho has worked sL￿CessfUl￿ with SWACA for many years. and through
successful Volunteer Coun5dlirrtJ prO]￿t dwekpad in partnuship wrth SWAN Women's Centre.
Counsellirrfj imrAKtant wv7￿ as SWACA has Kkntified a signlfTrnt thl of unmet m￿tal
Children'$ l Y¢)ung Peo* Swvk¢
Our Childm l Ytyjng PuS(￿'S CasÉworkers agtraptrow￿te I:15e55ions for children and young
people in seft￿), up to the age of 18. delNered ￿ble thildren l yourwJ twple to wlore i55ue5
around self-per￿pti0n and rdationthips wth their rws, fami￿ memLvs and ￿1r wid& 9xial nets¥ork.
Children and young who have wtbYA&J, or dirth domestic abuse, a￿ supFort8J
to explore fttlings, emotions. V•Drries aThJ wshes atx)ut ti￿1r Sit￿1￿ and to d￿eb)p heakhy strabjies in
rdation to their safety and w￿l￿e'r￿j.
Provlslon a19) indth suP￿rt and in 5ettiry5, i.e. Chikl l¥ottttion Conferen￿,
Court etc, ensuring that thar voice s heard in the fftanag￿n￿t a￿1 I￿Nery of swVI￿ whth may affttt
them. SWACAS (hiklren l Your#J Peopbe SeNice off¥s a for i*scussiM with WI￿ family
fnembers.

Sefton Women's & Children's Aid
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r Togdher Prcmjramme. SWACA'S gDUP pyojramme for Ch￿¢￿en l lkx)p￿, has also
Continu￿ to supp)rt chikjren l y(wng pe(* to leam atx)ut managiTrJ ￿0tIonS, devehw"ThJ
p)gtNe supp)rt netrK*ks, vlays to keep safe.
SWACA has also continued, whth is rmgoing, to with High Schools to imwove aWa￿eSS of
domestic aiuse and healthy l Unl￿althY relationship5 amongst YOUNJ Feopk, to ty to we￿t or r￿lUCe
risks of domestsc abuse in the futur£
SWACA has many yews the ￿lY dgJK3t&l refuge fLY VtsnL￿ thihlm affected by
domestic abuse, in ￿ trfjr￿gh of Seft￿. Unf0rbjnat￿, due to the s￿n￿thnt re5trictrons reSu￿1ng from
the COVID.19 pandemic, and an inats.lty to 2+h￿r suptM)rt, due to limited resour￿, have had
to keep our Refuge dosad (kjriw 2020121. We hokthl that this will charwJe thring the next 12
months (2021122).
Students
Durtng 2020121, SWACA has C￿tin￿￿ to enhance the human, intellectual and financtal resour￿ wthin
the organisation by offering hoh (walty ￿cements for stUd￿t Social Work Stuthts from a vanety of
universitie5. We Strong￿ sUPWt 9xial a1￿ation aKI ￿tele SWACA is a vwy ￿sit￿e
opportunty for ￿￿71 vth 5￿j￿￿t%
Commit To Chan
SWACA has cmtinued to wovide the partnff w)FKrt elun¥)t of tre Sthi Crthmit to Change (thmest
at￿Se} pr(yamme.
TrniniNJ l Learning l>eveknpment
While the general training w0visi￿ in Sth has siwificanty dIyup￿1 by the COVID-19 pandemic,
(a national challenge), SWAC4 has cOntinl￿ to in kkirt￿hIP with Sdt¢)n M8C and the Sefton Local
Safeguarding thildren's Bwd, to tyowde leaming d￿e10[￿n￿￿t OPF(WtunrtEs to partner agencies.
Charity Shop
In adjition to b￿n9 a very important Stra￿1 within our income I fun¢traising strategy, the
Charity Sh)P bs our rwion area, ty0v￿1￿j pmnymity for ttr¥)se swvKe user5 att&￿ing Knowsley Road.
The volunteer5 that the atrwhere is harw and wekomirrfJ, arKI ￿ shop is p)pular and sxovides
ser￿￿ to the k(al communty. Due to the co￿￿19 pand￿nIC, our th)p vdunteers have had to adjust
to usirvJ PPE equipment, roJr9anising the ￿K1p to, for example, enalAe safe way5 to aC￿pt and sort
donatKJns. UnfortMatsty, the 5h(y ha5 had to dose ￿ sKJnificant tvicés thrirvj 2020121, LEcause of the
cov1￿19 pandemK, in line with 9)v￿[The￿ ro3ulati
StstistiC6
Ouring 2020121, SWACA received over 1900 rdeThoLs fv SUPFQrt for Woma) arNI Q)ildM expwiencirvJ I
aff￿ted by Domestic A)us& We 9jPt￿rt￿ 883 Women ￿ 325 chik1￿ l Young Pec*, through a
mixture of on*tO-one, group arKI CcwJnselling sUp[￿rt savi￿.

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Trustee's Annual Report
For the year ended 31 March 2021
The Charity's investment Wjly is currenty to arry rese￿￿ (krnsiL
The Trustees have established a kxAKy, wt of prudoKe, v41* funds not committed or invested in
tsngible fixed assets of the Chanty shwld be reserv￿1 in a Sp￿ contigffKy due to Un￿rtaIntieS
around funding over the Comi￿j yw and a IxtyeAI shortfal.
Designated fvnds ￿51sted of a bjiklry fwKI of £437,754 vknith related to grants gi￿ to SWACA and
fulty 5Feit in prior years to bjikl its ovm wemises. &￿SeqU￿. this fvnd ts not available as part of the
free liquid reserves of the tharity. ConstderaLle therefore pkyed w grants to suFp)rt tl
ongoing works of the Charity. Ats the balan￿ Sh￿ date was re￿lue1￿ at ￿25.0￿ by SK
Real Estste ￿r￿￿￿or5 and Valuers. As a result the Designat8J Trjnd has iEen redLKed to
£226,136 and the impairment of £212.754 has Lwi rwnised i) the acc(yJnts.
The Charlty has set a wlicy to hold free funds eqvatirg to approximatdy three mcffiths, expendture, teing
£155,000. The free fij￿ts of ￿ Charity totsl £151.469 whKh 15 marginall telow the taw level.
The r￿lts for the year end ar¥J the (kwivs fin¥#ial ￿lt￿y7 at tre WKI of the year are strw in the
att¥hed financia statements.

Sefton Women's & Children's Aid
Trustee's Annual Report
For the year ended 31 March 2021
Reference and administrative details
Charity number:
ILW78
Company number:
03448301
R•gisterod Office:
166 Knty*i R(wJ, Bcrf)ts, LNvI￿1, L20 4NR
Our advisors
]naek*nd￿t Examin￿.
Bankws:
Solicitors:
Deegan MAAT, Dm.dip
Morerrnits, 2 Crown ￿lId1￿5, Crosty, Liverp￿IL23 5SR
Directors and trustees
The directOTS of tre charitsble cornp￿ (the tharity) are ts lJust*s wrposes of d￿rIty law. The
trustees and offictrs $￿Ir￿j durir#J the y&ir ￿K1 si￿e the yw-exl wtre as ftAIovts:
Trusl••s
J Leather
P Stubbs
S Smith
A Mathev
J Lewis
C BlaCkt￿rn
M Woottc
T Keelan
P Morgan
C Millett
A F McCc41
air of Tr￿st
ReS￿3ned 4 P&)venlH 2020
Wice thair
wJinted 4 Noventw 2020
Company SKr•tsry
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Structure, Governance and Management
Gov¢rnlng Document
Sefton Wom￿'S & Chihdm's AMI is a (ompany limked try ts Manordndum aThJ
Articles of Association dat&1 10 Cttobtr 1997, as amended ty sFecial resokfticn dated 20 October 2004
and ¥*cial resolut￿ dat8J 13 April 2DJ5. It 15 rgJister&J VI￿th ts Chanty Commission. Anyone over the
age of 18 can i￿e a mamber of the coM￿nY and thwe are curwty 10 m￿lES (10 in 2020), each
of wF¥)m agrts to ccrtritrttr £1 in the (l the d*rity windrKJ up.
Sefton Women and Chiklren's Ajd (SWACA) in 1975, is a reg￿ter￿j tharty N*thich was
incorkxjrated on the 10th of October 1997. The (hty yovths f￿ confiden￿1 seNice5 to women,
young twple and thildren, ￿e surwvors of (kxnestK alxjse wkb) a￿ resid&rt in the &)rough of
Sefton.
Appolntmenl oltruslms
UThJer its Artides of Assooation, the tJUSt￿ may ar4)ort a person is williThJ to act as director,
either to fill a vacary or as an a(kJibonal Tr￿. that the aprointment does not cause the
numb¥ of Trustees to exceeAd 16. Twstees are rxjt requir&1 to r￿1￿ by rotat￿.
Oryanlsa15on
The t*)ard has entrusted all optrath)nal matter5 to the ExecJJtNe ￿ his rnanag￿ent team, who in
tum, report b￿k to the B&ird ￿ a quartwty basis. The Chief ExecutNe is wpp)rted by four sub . groups,
mem1￿r$ of wh￿h are aFrointed fr(Mn the Board d Trust&s for thty'r 4)proprRte skills.
Governan
The charity ensure5 that t1￿ a￿ ad&]uate TnJstees with a dwsty of sknlls and invite obwvers arthj
advisors to their meetings in order to maintsn dNersty. The Trustees identify ￿1r own training ne&ls
and structures we in Fla￿ to eJwre a ry0ac￿ ar￿￿. TrdiniNJ in govern￿￿ has Ixen undert*n.
The Charity conts'nues to develop a multi agenry ap￿(￿ and maintsins a high yofile within local
community, thus ￿￿rir￿j ￿ ijwrity is wsitive to tr* communivs needs togets rdising its o¥
Yofile.
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Risk Managemont
' an annu* rtwiew of the pYinci￿1 risks and uKertairties that the charity fa￿.
* the eststlishma)t of wlicies, wtems to mf(igate b%)se risks identffj￿ in the annual
review; and
* the irnpkmentation of desig￿1 to minimise or manage fvtkil impact on ￿ thanty
should those risks Mat￿alISe.
Thls work has Identif*d that financial sustain*lty L5 the mapr financial rsk for t#)th the tharity aThl its
yr.
subsidiory. A key el￿art In the manaw)ent of fina￿la1 risk is a regular revEw of available liquid funds
to de1*5 as ty fall regular liaison with ￿ bank and ￿tive rnarhwn￿t cl debtors and
creditor5 balan05 to ensu￿ gjfficient V￿ng caplal by the charity.
Attention has also kn fttused on non-finarKial rtsks arisirrfj from fire, TrEalth and safety of cli￿ts, food
hygi￿. These risks are man*Jed ty ￿sUring accreditalion is up to thte, having rotK55t Folicies and
prDcedwes in pkice, and rewlar awareness trainiTrJ for siaff vthirwJ in these operational a￿$.
Trustees. Responsibilities
The trustees, who are a19) the direLtcrs of Sefton W(rn's & thiltkni's Aij for the Wr￿>se of company
law, a￿ rtsponslble for prwrrfJ trust￿. retKwt aTrJ the finanoal statements in accordance with
applicab￿ law ￿ng(krfn kca￿tiNj st￿ards (Unital ￿n￿kn1 Generally Acceptoj knnti
Practice).
Company law requres the clwrlty to we￿e fin￿C￿lI staten￿ts for each fina￿la1 year whlch
give a true aTrJ fair view of the stste of affairs of the charitaLqe ¢¢￿pa￿ and of incoming ￿sOurceS
and application or resources, tncbjing the income arKI eVThJitu￿, of the tharitsble CoM￿Y for that
year. in preparirwj the financkil statem￿ts, the trust￿ are r9]Ui￿ to:
1) sew suitaL4e accounting EM)liC￿5 and then ath them cw6istently;
2) observe the meLhc*4s and pyirKith <hTr the Charitie5 SORP;
3) make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and kYu(knt:
4) state whets atplKable UK accountirrfj s&￿dardS have foll0v￿1, ￿jb￿t to any matpJial
departures disdosgj and expkined in the finanaal statements;
5) prepare the financlal statwnents on the g(#ng a>ncem bags unless ft 15 inapwwate to ryesume ihat
the charity will contionue in LKJ51rtSS.
Jstee5 are ￿￿￿tsIble for keeprng woper a￿nt￿knJ r￿￿S that dtsdose with reasonable
accurw at any time the financial ￿¥)5rt￿ of the charrty arKJ to enable them to ensure that the financial
statements COM￿ wth the Coma￿leS Art 2006. are akn re5kx)nsible for the safeguardirvJ the
assets of the diarity and hen￿ for ￿kn.￿j rea9)natAe stqis for the prev￿t￿n and det￿tts)n of fraud or
other irregularities.
The tnJstee5 ￿e respmyble ts the manta)arKe arKI integrity of the Cor￿)rate arhy finarKial knfom)ation
induded on the charitable C￿F￿ny'S vthite. Legislath)n Unrttsj ￿ngdorn g)veming the pr4)ardt*Jn
and dissaninatK>n of firkirrial statemerts may drffer from legislatK)n in other wrisdKtions.
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Sefton Women's & Children's Aid
Trustee's Annual Report
For the year ended 31 March 2021
Thls rep)rt ¥Yas approved by t#)3rd of on 12th 2021 and signed on th&r behalf.
J Leather
Chair of Trustees
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Independent Examinerfs Report
To the trustees of Sefton Women's & Children's Aid
For the year ended 31 March 2021
I to the trust*s on my examinatiM cl the ￿COUnts of the Women's & thiklrw's Akl for the
year ended 31 March 2021.
Rg$ponsibiliti•$ aDd ba$1$ of rewi
As the tharty trnstts of Sefton Women's & thiklren's Akfj you are rutxmslble for the Kyeparatbn of the
accounts in accordarKe with the reoulran￿ts of the Charitts 2011 (the Art).
I rwrt in rewt of my pJamInat￿ of tre seft￿ Wrn's & ChihtsS AKI ￿nts carried out under
5￿tI)n 145 of the 2011 Art arKI in caryiry wt my wminalion I have folk)wed all the applicabbe
DirKtion5 given ty the Charity c(¥nMis￿n 145(5)(b) of the kL
Ind•p•ndent oxamlnèf8 Statom•
I have completed my exam¥￿￿￿. I c(rfryn that rn matffial matth kne come to my attention in
connection with the examinat￿ giviThJ me cause to that in matuial resFttt:
(l) accounting rectyts Vlve r¥X W in of tre Sekn WLrn'S & ChIk￿'S AKI as by
5￿tI)n 130 of the Act: or
{2) the accounts th> not ￿ wbth ￿. (
(3) the accounts th not cornpty wth the aptA￿ab￿ r￿uireJnents corKeming the fomi and C¢￿t￿t of
accounts set ¢xrt in the CharitEs (Pm)unts aThJ Re¥orts) Fleg￿atiOnS 2CQ8 other than any requirement
that the accounts give a fairf vthich is not a matter con%der&l as Part of ￿ Inde￿Ient
pjamination.
I have no concems and have come no other matt￿5 in connectK)n wth the examinatlon to wh￿h
ttenticm) ShO￿d be dravm in Ihis re￿ in order to a pr(w ￿d￿s￿nding of the accounts to be
reached.
Anllw Deegan MAAT, cm.dlp
Community Accountant
Sefton Council for Voluntary SeThKe
Burlington House, Colry Road North, Wattrh)o, LNer￿￿1 L22 OLG
12th August 2021
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Sefton Women's & Children's Aid
Statement of Financial Activities
(Incorporating Income & Expenditure Account)
For the year ended 31 March 2021
Ufftrestrkted
Funds
Restrlcted
Funds
Totsl
2021
Total
2020
Note
kn¢om• and •ndowments from:
DonatK)ns and legao
Charitable acbvities
Other trdding thbes
Investments
Other
24.453
282,168
24,453
664,377
24,286
441,712
47,818
io
382.209..
7,197
7,197
Totsl inccthe
323,425
382,209
705,634
513,826
Expgndltum on:
Raising fvnds
Chartsble artivities
1,212
479.576
1,212
742,148
6,111
480,730
262,572
Total pJFwditure
480.788
262,572
743,360
486,841
Net I￿POndI1￿m)ri￿¢Orn0
{157J63)
119.637
(37,726)
26,985
Other recognlsod gains:
Net movement In fun
{157,363)
119.637
(37,726)
26,985
Rocon¢lllatlon of funds:
Funds bl￿d
534,968
15,832
550,800
523,815
Funds clfv
377,601
135,469
513,070
550,8CKI
The stat￿n￿t of FinwKial Actvitses also o)mplies ¥￿th requirena)ts an income ex￿ditUre
account under the CompanEs A£t 2Crtl6.
All income ar￿ eX￿￿dIt￿ from c￿tInuing actsvit*s.
The on 18 to 35 forn) (l these finarKial statements
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Sefton Women's & Children's Aid
Balance Sheet
As at 31 March 2021
Company Numb•r: 03448301
2021
2020
Fixed Assets
Tangible assets
13
226,135
451,545
Current Assots
Debtors
Cash at bank in h&
14
15
62.786
249.427
114,713
312,213
114,713
Creditors: Amounts falllng due within one
year
16
25278
15,457
Net Current Assets
286,935
99,256
Totsl Net Assets
513,070
550,801
Funds of the charlty
Designated Fun(ts
Genwal Fund
226.135
151,466
450,585
84,383
Totsl Unrestrictgj Fw
Restricted Funds
17
IB
377,601
135,469
534,968
15,832
Totsl Funds
513,070
550,800
The notes cm pages 18 to 35 fm these finarKial stat￿n8}ts
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Sefton Women's & Children's Aid
Balance Sheet
As at 31 March 2021 (cont.)
Company Numbor. 03448301
In approving the￿ finanaal ststenWs as dIreC￿S of the company we huety confirm the folkjwing:
For the year in question the conwany was entitled to exemption under sthin 477 of the CL)mP￿leS Art
2006 relating to 9nall companie&
rectors, ￿5￿¥)n9b1llts.eS'.
11 The members have not requir8J the Com￿NY to an a￿lt for rts aCcO￿ts for the year In
question In acCOrdar￿ with secth)n 476.
2) The direLtor5 acknowledge their reswnsits"lrties for comth'ng wilh tt* rv4uirements of the ki with
respett to accounb.ng records and ￿ Pre￿rat￿￿) of aCC￿nts.
These accounts have tr*en prepared and delNereJ in Kcordance with the prowsions applicab￿ to
tompanies subjert to the gnall companies. wime.
Tht aeeounts ￿r9 approv•d ty the board ofdirectws on 12th August 2021.
eather. Trustee
J Lthws. Trustee
The note5 page$ 18 to 35 form part of these finanaal Stat￿ftents
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Sefton Women's & Children's Aid
Notes to the Accounts
For the year ended 31 March 2021
Accounting Policies
la Basls of preparation
The financial statements have trEen wqjared in ￿￿)rdarKe wtth kcounting and RePo￿"ng by charit￿S.
Stat￿ent of Recommended Practice aFWiot4e to dNiritts Fyeparing their accounts in ￿¢￿￿nCe with
the Financkal ReFMXting Stsndard optAicabk in UK and Repthic of Ireland {FRS 102) {effLxtNe I
Janaury 2015) - {Charit*s SORP (FRS 102)). ￿ the Companies kt 2IXI6 the UK Generalty P£c*
Accounting praCt￿e as it awlies from l January 2015.
Sefton Women's & Children'5 Aid meets the ￿finthn rf a ￿efft ￿tity urKJer FRS 102. Assets aTrJ
liabilities are initially reco3nis&l at histryTrl cost or tson5ackn) Val￿ Unl￿ otherwise stated in the
relevart accounting kX)licy note.
The accounts have departgj from the 0￿rIt*S (kn)unts arbj RepNts) Regulatbjns 2008 On￿ to the
extent required to provide a true and fair view. This depature has invdved folk)wing the Statrnt of
Recommended PrattKe for Chanties atytyiThJ FRS102 rather than ￿ vwgon of the Ststerrtht of
ReCc¥nff￿nded PraLtice is ref￿￿1 to in the Rowla￿n5 but ha5 since withdrwml.
The ftJnctK)nal C￿￿rry used iy Seftty) Wom￿'S & Chllthffi's Aid is the £ S￿l￿J.
In preparin9 the accounts, the trust￿ have Cor￿ld&&I whets in athing the accwnting tM)licie5
required by FRS102 and the Charitres SORP FRS 102 the r*tematt of ccffiparative items was ￿UIr&I.
There were as at the transisrt*￿ dats vthKh r￿uir￿j restath￿t LMMJer FRS 102.
1 b. Proparntlon ol Ihe xcounts on a golng COn￿M basls
It is the opwjnion of TnJ5tee5 that Charity is abte to conb.nue to tythrm its duties and m*t its
liabilities for at kast the 12 rrvjnths folbwing &gnatU￿ of these financial statements. Whilst the Tnjstees
re aware of funding cuts in the and the charty c￿￿kn.n9 with reseves lower than Kl&il
required, they are somewhat re55ur&l the curMt W of fvThJirrfJ b￿S in wcoress. The Trustees are
however caut¥)us atrfxrt the future and continue to meet regularty to disoJss the finarKial stabilty of the
Charity, in order to act quickty to stsbilise any Fokntial woLlem5.
Tr)tes on pages 18 to 35 fomi of these financial statan
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Sefton Women's & Children's Aid
Notes to the Accounts (cont.)
For the year ended 31 March 2021
Accounling Policies (conL)
le. kntome
Income is recognsed when the charity ￿5 entitlement to the finls. ary pttforman￿ conditi.ons att&tha
to the item(s) of Inc￿ have tw) meL it is pmbat4e ljkt the inoTh will be recewed and the amount
can be measured reliauy.
Income from goverrrnt and ots gants, whets '(ap¥tal' grants Or.r￿n￿. grants. s rrf(*JnisaJ
when the charity has entitknwt to the furKls, any perfornian￿ conditions attsched to i￿(5) of
come have be￿ mel rt Is fvtAe that wiu T￿e￿waY the aff￿)unt can be measured
relrably and is not deferred.
For q￿JaC1e5. is as the earliw of the date vknKh el￿.. the tharity is awa￿ that
obate has teen granbj, the *te has Lwi final￿￿ ￿lon ha5 tttn made by the
executor(s) to the Trust that a distrubtKm will L* made, (Y ￿t￿n a (Istritmikn is rece￿1 frcrfn the
estste. Receipt of a legacy. in whole ty in part, is LN)ly considernl wobable when the amount can be
measured r￿lab￿ and the CW has of the ex￿5 int￿￿KIn to make a distribution.
Where legacies have mtified to seft￿ Womem's & thil(Iren's ￿.￿, or Sefton Wom￿'S & thilthen's
Aid is aware of the granting of [Kot￿ts, and ￿ crikna for income recryJrHtDn have not been met, then
the IvJacy is trea￿ as a contsnw ass* and d￿. rf mateJial.
Interest on fvnds held on de￿51t is induded whem recevEl>le arKI ttt affthnt can ie measu￿0 ￿l￿blY
the dwrity; this is nlyma￿ notificth cl the intuest payable ty the bar
Dividend income is recognisad when the ￿ht to re£e￿E pay￿* is esl4Jthl, usually when the
lnvestsn￿t is thclwal ex-drvidend.
1d. Dof•ff•d Income
Income from donathX15 and grants. indudwYJ caiitsl gants we dderral %¥hen the followlng co￿lItI0n5 are
met..
a) when do￿r5 specify that thnatK>ns arkl gra)ts given to the charity must ￿ used in fubjre accountiThJ
perl(*Js, the income is ￿erred until those peri¢xts
b) when donors imFose conditions %yhKh have to be fv1fi1knl WO￿ the charity t￿Me5 entived to use
s￿h income, the income is deferred and not includoj in incoming resources unb'l the preconditK)ns for use
have been met.
The r￿e5 on p•Jes 18 to 35 forni part d these fir￿￿la1 stat￿￿ts
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Sefton Women's & Children's Aid
Notes to the Accounts (cont.)
For the year ended 31 March 2021
Accounting Pollcies {conL)
le. Donated swvlcos and facilities
Donat8J professional seryice5 arKI (h)nated faolrties are reccwised as income vknen the tharity has
control over the item, any coNl￿Or￿ assoaated with tt* d￿taj have m¢ the r&￿elpt of
economic benefit from the use ty the tharity of the is Woba￿e arnl that the ecoTh)mic l￿efrt can be
measured reliabty. In accordatKe with the ￿aritIeS SORP (FRS 102), the general voluntetr time is not
r￿niSed and refer to ￿ tru5t*' annual report for more infomiat#)n about their contribution.
Ckn r￿lpt, d￿at￿l professi(￿11 serwce5 arK1 (bnated facrtitts we recognsed on the basis of the value of
gfi to the tharity which is the amount lthe charity would have wdling to pay to obtsln serytces or
facilits'e5 of equivaknt ecornmk ben￿rt on the 0[￿ market. a c￿5p￿d1[￿j Jncwnt ts tren rwised
in expenditure in the p￿CK1 cl receipt.
1f. Exp•llditUfe
EXpendit￿e is r￿agni%￿j t)nce thffe is a1&3al ¢y obligation to make a payTnent to a third
paty, it is probable that settkn￿nt ￿11 be required and the amount of tre obliywts)n ca) measured
liabty. ExpeThJiture is cLissified under the fdiowiw acbvty headiros:
Support se￿￿ to victims of dome5tt a￿e
a) Costs of raisirvj fij￿ts cLYnw5e the costs cl c¢)mmercia aTrJ tsr a55Oaat￿j suppwt Costs.
b) ExF*nditiJre on charitable knit*s indudes the costs of p￿fo￿anCe5, exhibitions and other
educational activites undertaken to further the purp)ses of the chanty arml their associat8J Supp￿ costs.
c) Other expenditwe rqKe5ents it￿nS not fallirvj ir)to any othex I￿1￿J.
Irrecoverable VAT is tharged as a cost against tt* actvity for whKh the ￿￿Ilti1re vrds rKurred.
19. Allocallon of support costs
9Jpp)rt costs are those functions that assist the of tr* th21ity bjt do not dir&ty undertake
charitsble aL11vltEs. Sup￿Irt costs inCl￿e back office costs. finan￿. tvsonnel. payroll and ￿vera￿e
costs which support the charIt￿5 prcgrammes and acbvitie5. These costs have allocated
Cost of raising funds and expenditure on d￿rI￿LIe activities. The bases on whKh suppjrt costs have be
allocated are set tyrt in the Th)tes bekmf.
notes Lm pa￿S 18 to 35 fomi part of these financial statern￿ts

Sefton Women's & Children's Aid
Notes to the Accounts (cont.)
For the year ended 31 March 2021
1 Accountlng Pollcles {¢ont.}
1h. Funds Accounting
All income and eypuKliture togth with gairs arKI k)sses are allocatal to a sp￿￿ tharIt￿le furKI.
UnrestrKted fijnds are available to spend M actr11￿ that furthw any of the wr￿>Se5 of the chwity.
De￿gnatal funth are unr*icted furKts of ch¥rty the tntstees have (kKleA at tsr discretion
to set aside to use for a steofic wrtK)5& Further ¢*tsiLs of des￿jna￿l funds togthr wth their purtK)se
a￿ set out in ￿te 17.
Restrlcted funds are donati￿5 the has s￿lfied are to te usal 9)lely for wticular areas of
the charity's Mrk or for stkrifK beirwJ uTrJertaka) ty tr* (twty. Further ¢*tsils of r&rict￿l
funds tTrJether with ￿r wrFQSes a￿ set in note 18.
Endowment furyts a￿ res￿}r￿ rece￿￿ b/ the tharity repre￿t cap¥tsl, vthich can be hekj as
ether a pemianent or extEndalk ￿dOwnment. Pern)￿t ￿NI0v￿￿1ts ￿e where the tnJ5tee5 have rn)
power to convert it into inC(￿e and apth it to the Ch￿Itable ob]￿b¥e$. &￿lable endOYmm￿t is
disknngusihable fvom income fund5 in that trve is no ts]uirement to SkVMI or appfy the Ca￿ts1 unless, or
until the trustees ￿lde to (k) so. Furthu d*ils of furts t￿ with thdr puryws are set
out in the Lkn.
The notes ￿ pages 18 to 35 forni ￿art d these fina￿la1 str*ements
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Sefton Women's & Children's Aid
Notes to the Accounts (cont.)
For the year ended 31 March 2021
1 Accounting Pollcies (conL)
Tanglbl• Ilxed as86t8 and d•prn¢lalion
Tangible assets a￿ #at&1 at cost (or deern￿l cost) kn r￿Um￿lated deW￿latiOn accumulated
Impai￿nent losses. Cost indudes the (wiginal wrchase pri￿, costs dir&ty attn'butable to bringin9 the
asset into its working ty)dition for its u54 dismanUirwJ arKI restoration costs arKI b)rTowing costs
Ca￿liSed.
Land buildings cc¥nwses the frethdd offKe WKI community C￿tre at K￿)￿Sty Road, Boode. The
fair value of the has been aTrNed at on the basis of a Valuat￿ carri￿ OLrt at 3rd AUg￿t 2021
R J Hod9ki55 Bsc FRlI3 of SK Real Estste ChBrternJ &Jrveffj. who are rv)t con1￿￿￿ with the company.
The valuatM)n was made an Or￿ mat*£t Val￿ ba￿ Lry rderm to market elide￿e of tran5actK)n
prices for similar [￿OF8t1eS.
The drfference betrwi depreciat￿ bas&1 on the (￿emeAl (Ost in the Statantht of Financial
Ath'vitits and the assets original cost is transfeJred from I￿￿JatIOn reseNe to the ￿ed asset fund.
ant arKI machinery arml fixbJre5, ffttry, tr￿5, and eWiF¥n￿t are *atfAI at cost Itss xcumulated
deprgiatson and ￿lated iffyainnwt k)sses.
0q>￿Iat￿jn Is wovKbJ at the folh7rting amual rates in ori*r to vKite eth ass* off OV￿ it5 antiopated
useful economK life. A full yearfs dewrfM?tv)n thargt is d￿rg￿ in the year of wuisibon and
depreaation is charged in the year of disp)sal.
Freehokl land
Freehold buildings
Hant and rn￿h1nery
Fixtu￿ and fittings
2% pa on cost
33% pa on cost
25Yo pa cost
Subwuent Costs are IndUd￿ in the assets canyirvJ JntyJ)t or recogni5ed as a separate asseL as
appropriate, only it is protkible that emrrf)mic benthts associ￿ wilh will fh)w to tr
charitabie company and the cost tre measured reliably.
Repairs, MaInt￿an￿ and MINX inspettKm costs are as IrKuTh￿.
Tangible assets are (krKogniwJ on diwsal or *then no future econom￿ l￿rtS a￿ e%F*rted. On
disposal, the differen￿ the net tJtsp)sal woceats arml ca￿￿n9 an￿Unt s rwised in tt
Statement of Financial AcbvitEs.
The not&s on py 18 to 35 fLwTh pwt L* these financkal statffnents
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Sefton Women's & Children's Aid
Notes to the Accounts (cont.)
For the year ended 31 March 2021
Accounting Pollcies (conL)
1j. Debtows
Trade and other debtcKs are rerTr3nsed at sdtleM￿l amount due after any distount clfex8J.
Pwayments are valwl at the ￿c￿ftt wepaid rt of any tr￿e discwnts ￿.
1k Cash at ￿rtk and In h*nd
C35h at bank and cash in hand ￿ludeS cath and sh(Yt tum hwjhty liquKI Invest￿ ￿1th a short
matwty of three months (Y less frcffi the date of acquisitKm or 0￿1￿j of the thposit or similw amint.
11. Crodltorn and provisloThs
Creditors aThl provI￿onS are rÉr(MJni5e4J where the dbarity has a pr￿￿t oblh3atiM rewftbng fr￿n a past
event that will probaEAy reS￿1t in the transfer of ￿ndS to a third party and ￿ ar￿Unt thje to settle the
obligatv)n can ￿ measured or estimat&J reliabty. credito￿ and provisions ￿ Th)rnal￿ r￿)gnised at
their sddern￿t amount aftw alkjwing for any trade discounts due.
lm. Taxatlon
The charty is e¥empt from tsx on income and gains falling With￿ sthin 505 of trE Taxes Act 1988 or
secbon 252 of the Taxation of char￿ble Galns PLt 1992 to the exmt that are aprA¢ed to its
tharitsble objects.
ln. P•nslon costs
The company Okvates a ￿ined contritmrtw for fts eligib￿ ￿nI￿oYees. A defin￿1 contribution plan is
Fension Flan under the charity pays fued CC￿tritYjt1onS into a separate entty. Once the
contributions have paid the charity has no furthw paymert obligat#)ns. the contributions are
recognised as an expense when thty are Amwnts rnt paid aR shown in creditors or accruals in the
balan￿ sheet. The assets of the pkn aR held 5eparat* from the dwrity adminlster&J
fund5.
The notes on pw 18 to 35 forni part d these finarKial 5tstwntr
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Sefton Women's & Children's Aid
Notes to the Accounts (cont.)
For the year ended 31 March 2021
2. Donatlons and Legacies
2021
2020
22.453
2,000
24,286
Legaaes
24,453
24,286
pages 18 to 35 form part cl these fmarcial statan￿ts
24

Sefton Women's & Children's Aid
Notes to the Accounts (cont.)
For the year ended 31 March 2021
3. Charitable Activity Incorng
2021
2020
Sefton MBC (see beknw)
South Sefton CCG
Southport arwj CCG
LCR Ca￿$
Steve Morgan Fo￿KIat￿n
Uoyds Foundation
bert Gubay
Sefton MBC NeKJhtrKMJrtvxKI Fund
SC￿wfiX FouThJation
Children In Need
Awards for Al
Burbo Bank
John Moores Foundation
Eleanor Rathbone
Garfield Weston
Merseyside PCC
Global income
Natoonal Lott￿ ReathirvJ ComM￿rtE$
National Lott￿ Community FurKJ
Other
284.611
30,060
22,783
5,000
16,000
24,998
10,000
37,002
5,CQO
30,443
174,552
24,998
37,LV2
29,848
iO,(MK)
10,000
1,454
63,867
84,903
20.470
19,240
664,3n
441,712
Sefton Metropoltsn Borough Cwrril:
Sefton MBCIMOJ/Museyside FCC Cti￿d 19 Dornestic *bJse
Sefton MBC Children's SeNices
Sefton MBC Dispersed Housing
Sefton MBC Counselling & Therapwtic Inte￿tI(￿S
Sefton MBC Sefton Safer Communities P￿tr￿ship Qlmmunlty
Safety
Sefton MBC & MOJ on Paent WWJ
38,500
175,146
24,165
10,8(M)
174,552
15,(AK)
21,CO)
284,611
174,552
Income from charitable aCbv1t￿ has be￿ a￿lled tr> the follcmiry thties:
2021
2020
Support seJvl￿ to vKtims of thmestic aL￿Se
664,377
441,712
664,377
441,712
The notes on p)3es 18 to 35 forni part of t￿ fnarKial Statements
25

Sefton Women's & Children's Aid
Notes to the Accounts (cont.)
For the year ended 31 March 2021
4. Other trading activity income
2021
2020
Fundraising ￿￿ert5
Shop Income
500 aub
2,282
4.905
2,419
20,945
24,318
2,555
9,606
47,818
5. Inveslment Income
2021
2020
Inttrest Recelvable
io
io
6. Other Income
2021
2020
7,197
7,197
The notes on ￿￿e5 18 to 35 fm part of these finarKial statements
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Sefton Women's & Children's Aid
Notes to the Accounts {cont.)
For the year ended 31 March 2021
Expenditure on Raising Funds
2021
2020
Fundraising c￿ts
5¢Jo aub
92
1,120
4,875
1,236
1,212
6,111
Charltsble Activities Expenditure
Adivili•s
Undertak•n
Dirv¢ty
Support
Costs
Total
2021
Total
202Q
Jp￿t service to victims of
dOrr￿St￿ alMAse
464.27S
65.121
529,396
480,730
464.275
65,121
529,396
480,730
The notes ￿ pages 18 to 35 fomi wt of these finaKwl StrtWn￿ts
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Sefton Women's & Children's Aid
Notes to the Accounts (cont.)
For the year ended 31 March 2021
9. Staff Costs
2021
2020
Wage5 S*ries
Redundancy
Sooal Serljrity costs
)sion costs
358,880
335,874
9,677
28,542
6,706
29,776
8,113
396,769
380,799
average nuMtr￿ of empknY￿ durirvj the 2021 vms:
2021
Number
2020
Number
DIr￿t charitsble artfvities
Management and administration
14
12
17
Is
The trust￿ receved M rvnurwatth during the year (2020: £nil).
trust￿ dKI recave ary eypws during ￿ year {2020: £nil).
The notes on pages 18 to 35 fo￿ of these fnancial stat￿ne1
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Sefton Women's & Children's Aid
Notes to the Accounts (cont.)
For the year ended 31 March 2021
10. Key Management Personnel
The trustees consKler that the kw manag￿t [￿s￿nej (￿WIse the trustees arKJ the SemNY
Manag￿t Team as follw5:.
Trustees
J Leat￿r
P Stubbs
S Smith
A Matthe4VS
J Lewis
C Blackbwn
M W￿ttOn
T K*lan
P Morgan
C Millett
A F Mccoll
Senlor Manag•m•nt T•am
11. Net Income for the year
Net income is stataj after tharTJing:
2021
2020
Ok*rdts'ng kases - 4ulpm￿bt
2,492
4,042
DeP￿latiOn
Loss on disrwl of frAed ass*s
13,348
212,754
13,045
The ntts on page5 18 to 35 fcKm wrt of these fmancial stat￿n￿ts
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Sefton Women's & Children's Aid
Notes to the Accounts (cont.)
For the year ended 31 March 2021
13. . Tangible Fixed Assets
Freehokl
Land &
Buildings
Pl*nt &
Machinery
Flxtures &
Equipment
Total
Cost I ValuatK4n
At l 2020
thitions
DefKit on Thaluath)n
631,561
1.361
33,851
692
666,773
692
(212,754)
(212,754)
At 31 March 2021
418,807
1,361
34,543
454,711
DeprKlatlon
At l Awil 2020
For the year
181.176
12.631
1,361
32,691
717
215,228
13,348
At 31 March 2021
193J17
1.361
33,408
228.576
Net Book Amounts
At 31 March 2021
225,(M)O
1,135
226,135
At 37 Ma￿h 2020
450,385
1,160
451,545
Land a￿1 L￿11dlI¥j$ cc¥nprises the free￿Id Offi￿ ￿ o)mmunity C￿tre at Road, Bcrf)de. The
fair value of the wO￿ty has tttn amv&d at on basis of a valuation carritrj tyJt at 3rd August 2021 by
R ) Hodgkiss Bsc FRICS of SK Real Eslate Charteral SJNertYS. WtK> are not conrfed with the company.
The valuation was made cfft an open mwket Val￿ basis ty rknce to rna￿et eV￿ence of trdnsarti
e5 tr similar ryO￿t
14. Debtors
2021
2020
AMo￿ts falling due within year
Trade debtors
pr￿ments and ar£fueAJ irKc
53.784
9.002
62,786
The notes cfft 18 to 35 form part cl t￿ financial stat￿r￿ts

Sefton Women's & Children's Aid
Notes to the Accounts (cont.)
For the year ended 31 March 2021
15. Cash at bank and in hand
2021
2020
Cash at bank
Short tem (Wts
Cash in hand
249,228
109,242
4,953
517
198
249,426
114,712
16. Creditors: Amounts falling duo wlthln one year
2021
2020
Trade creditors
Other tsxes and xKial 5
Other cr&Jitors
6,789
15,037
2,927
525
3,806
11,126
525
25,278
15,457
rK)tes on page5 18 to 35 forni part of these fffiarKial ststema)ts
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Sefton Women's & Children's Aid
Notes to the Accounts (cont.)
For the year ended 31 March 2021
17. Unrestricted Funds
88lance
brought
Balance
camed
fornard
2020
Transfers
betmeen
fvnds
2019
Income Exp6nditurn
48 Lil7 313.101
(289 449)
84,383
Deswnaled Funds
463,316
(12 731)
450,585
TotalF¢nds year)
511,316
313101
f289,449J
534,968
Balanc•
brought
forward
2020
Balance
Trarbsfern
carrled
b•trwe•n forward
funds
2021
Incom• Exp•ndiluv•
Genwal Fund
323,424
(480,788) 224,450
151,469
Doslgnatod Funds
Fixed A55et Fund
450,585
(224,450)
226,135
T¢)tsl ￿Jnd5 {oJrMt year)
534,968
323,424
(480,788)
377,604
The r￿e5 pwjes 18 to 35 form part ￿ these financial ststunents
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Sefton Women's & Children's Aid
Notes to the Accounts (cont.)
For the year ended 31 March 2021
18. Restricted Funds
BalarKe
Ixought
Balance
can7ed
2019
Income Expenditurn
2020
Lbyd5 Foundatk
Awards forAII
Glot
lld￿ In Neal
Bur£v Bank
12,499
24.988
(24,988)
(9,800)
(49,133)
(29,848)
(9,5LVJ
IZ499
10.06
1,454
Total Funds {pr￿louS year)
12.499
(131,3SVJ
15,832
BalaTh¢o
brought
forward
2020
Balan¢•
carrt•d
forward
2021
In¢om• Ewndlture
Uoyds Found*th
Global
Childm In Need
John Moores Foundation
Lottery Reaching CommunitE5
Steve Morgan F￿ndatIOn
Other restricted fiJrKIs
12,499
24,998
63,867
30,+13
10,000
74,916
16,000
161,985
(24,998)
(53,988)
(14.899)
(10.000)
(Sl.995)
(7.415)
(99.277)
12,499
9,879
15,544
3,333
22,921
8,585
62,708
3,333
Totsl Funds (arrent yEar)
15,832
382,209
(262,572)
135,469
Olhor Funds
LNerFM)oI Cty
Lottery Refug
Screwfix Foundati
P H Holt Foundati)n
Albert Gubay
South Sefton CCG
Sefton MBCIMOJ Dom&tK Abuse
Sefton MBC Community Safdy
Sefton MBCIMOJ thildrens Wc
Jaguar Landrover thjp
Soroptimists shop refrt
Carglll plc
(5,000)
(7,750)
7,75G
12.720
iO.¢X
1.109
38.500
37.(Ki2
(12,720)
(lo,￿10)
(1,109)
(17.500)
(22.C(12)
(23,196)
21,IXIO
15,000
12,804
1,000
2,756
5,148
2,756
5,148
Total oth¥ fU￿ts (ojrrent year)
161,985
(99,277)
62,708
The notes on 18 to 35 fo￿ part d tIEse fI￿rKraI sta￿n￿ts
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Sefton Women's & Children's Aid
Notes to the Accounts (conL)
For the year ended 31 March 2021
19. Analysis of Net Assets
Prev￿U$ yearended 31 March 2020
Un￿strided Designated
Funds
Funds
Totsl
Funds
Funds
Fixed Assets
Current Assets
Current ￿abIlitieS
451,545
114,712
(15457)
15,832
f15 457)
15,832
550,800
Current year fflded 31 Marth 2021
Unre8tri¢l•d tleslgnated
Fund8
Fund$
ftestrlctod
Fund$
Totals
Funds
Fixed Assets
Current Assets
Cfftnt Lia￿'11t*S
226,135
226,135
312,212
(25,277)
176,743
(25,2m
135,469
151,466
226,135
135,469
513,070
n(ts on ptw 18 to 35 forni pJt (rf finarKd ststWn￿ts

Sefton Women's & Children's Aid
Notes to the Accounts (cont.)
For the year ended 31 March 2021
20. Comparatlve Statement of Financial Activities Information
In order to ci>mth with Financial Repryting StarKlard 102 whKh r￿Ul￿ o)mparatNe infom)ation to be
provided for all amounts, this nots wovtdes ￿ ￿￿sary disCh)sU￿ fty comparatNe purFL)ses of Ihe
Stat￿ent of Firkinoal ktivities for ￿ year end&J 31 Marth 2020.
Unre8lrfc¢•d
Fund
Restrictèd
Fund
Total
Funds
IncoTne
Donations ￿gaaeS
Comparative activities
Other TradirMJ ActNities
Investments
24,286
240,987
47,818
io
24,286
441.712
47￿18
io
134,723
Tolal Incomo
313,101
134,723
513.826
Expendlture on
RaisiThJ fun(ts
Charitable activities
6,111
283,338
6,111
480,730
131,390
131.390
486.841
Not Income
23.652
3J33
26.985
other Recognised gains:
Not movty￿ In funds
23,652
3.333
26,985
The nrtes on p• 18 to 35 fonn pyt of these fina￿al statwnemts
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