Charity number. 1071243 Company number. 03611374 REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND Fl CIAL FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST PAARCH 2022 FOR SAFER WALES LIM BY GUARANTEE 111 •ABLW)W5U• 1010112023 COMPANIES HOUSE #147 SAFER WALES LIMITED BY GUARANTEE CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2022 Page Report of the Trustees Report of the Independent Auditor5 21-24 Slatement of Flnanclal Actlvltles 25 alance Sheet statement of Cash Flows Note8 to the Flnan¢ial Statements Safer Wales Re rt of the Trustee5 Year ended 31st March 2022 The trustees are p￿aSed to present their rep(Mt together V￿th the financral statements of the charty for the year ended 31 St March 2022. Legal and administrative inform*Kin set OLrt on pages 1 arKI 2 forms part of this report. The financial statements compty with current statutory requirements, the Memorandum and Articles of Association and Statement of RecoMrr￿nded Practice - Accounts"ng and Reporting by Charittes Principal Address and Registered Office: 151 Floor Castle House 1- 7 Castle st￿et Cardrfr CF10 1BS Constitution Safer Wales Ltd is a charitable company limited by guarantee and a registered charty governed by its MemoraTrJum and Articles of AssocBtion. guarantors are the Irustees as set out on page 2. The liabilty is limrted to an amount of £1 per member in accordan with the company s Memorandum of Associatk)n. Safer Wales. obj.ects are to.. Promote Communty Safety primarily for Ihe general benefrt of the people of Waks. in particular the County of Cardfft and surrouThJing areas Activities as described later in this report are all in ¢ompliance wrth the above aim of beneffting indNKluals and the wmjer communty by makn'ng victims feel safer. by ta¢kling the causes of offendirKJ behaviour anij rgjuung the risks of repeat offences, and thereby increasing overall public conf*Jen￿. Woth'ng wilh peopkn and communrties to improve safety, wellLEing and INes. The finan￿al statements compty with current statutory Nuirements, the Memorandum and Articles of Association and the Statement of Recommended Practi Accounting and Reporting by Charittes. Re9iStered Numbets: Registered Company Number. 3611374 Registered Charty Number. 1071243 Safer Wales Re rt ofthe Trtsstees Yèar ended 31St March 2022 Trustees The directors of the charity are its trustees. for the purpose of charity law and throughoLrt this report they a￿ Collectively referred to as trustees. In accordance wrth the charity's articles of association. at each annual general meeting one third of the trustees retre and the trustees elect any new trustees. The trustees who served during the perrthJ under review and since the year end were as follow6=_ Terry F￿nn M.B.E. {Chair}- Until Odober 2021 Christopher Woolley (Deputy Chair, then Chair frorn 2021 AGM) Jackie Jones PhD {Deputy Chairfrom 2021 AGM) Christine Salter (Treasurer from 2021 AGM) Margaret McLaughlin (freasuref) until October 2021 Professor Mike Maguire Kathryn-Ann Slade Robert Keetch Connie Dixon Protessor Kate Williams Azuka Oforka Passed Away Terry Flynn M.B.E. (Chair) - It i% great sadness that Terry passed away peacefully on 26th October 2021. Terry was cornmitted to Safer Wales and is a great loss to our organisation. he was part of the "Safer Wares famity". We thank him so much for the years of selfless support he provided to further the Chanty aims and support the wthoie team. Resigned Margaret McLaughlin ITreasurer) - resh3ned October 2021. Margaret vrds a stroNJ advocate for the Third Sector and our heartfett thanks go to her for the support she gave to Safer Wales over many years. Secretsry". Tina Chri5toforato Safer Re rt of the Tn4Stees Year ended 31" Marth 2022 Senior Management Team: The Trustees delegate ttre daY-t￿daY managerr￿t of the Charity to the Senior Management team: Chief Executive Offjcer: Bemadette 8￿￿-Thorns0n Bsc Msc The struclure includes the fomovéing posts: Simon Borya (Director- Project Oevelopment) Karen Maxwell (Director- Service sta￿lards} Auditors: Hodge Bakshi Chartered Accountants & Regi￿ered Auditors Churchgate House 3 Church Road CARDIFF CF14 2DX Bankers". Lloyds Bank P.O.Box 1000 Andover BX1 1LT Solicitors: Hutton's 16 St Andrew's Crescent Cardiff CF10 3DD Employment Law l Health and Safety Adviso Worknest Law Woodhouse, Aldford, Chester. Cheshire. CH3 6JD Page i Safer Wales rt ofthe Tru Year ended 31$1 March 2022 Constitution. Obiects and Governing Document Safer Wales Ltd is a charitable company limited by guarantee. incorporated as Safer Cardiff Ltd on 6 August 1998 and registered as a charty on 27 August 1998. The company was established under a Memorandvm of Association. which established the objects and powers of the charrtabte company and is 9overned under its Articles of Associats-on. The Company was re-nam&J Safer Wales on 1P Octobw 2006. Safer Wales. objects. as agreed by the Charities Commission and ratified ty a Special Resolution of a full Board m*b"ng on 23 May 2006 are to.. Promote Communty Safety primarity for the general benefrt of the people of Wares. in particular the County of Cardtff and surrounding areas The financial statements compty with curtent statutory requirements. the Memorandum and Articles of Association the Ststement of Recommended Practice Accounting and Reporting by Charrties. Recruitmen( Induction and Training of Trustees The formatlon of the eoard of TnL%tees ￿ urKlertaken on the basis of a 5 yearty skills needs analysis compared with an audrt of currenl members. This includes management and business skills as well as special￿t skills ￿￿vant to the criminal and communty justice environment. The requisite management skills are deemed to be a¢countan¢y, human resources. PR and communications and *al, am of which are repvesented by hKJhty experienced indNidu21s on the Board. A review of the skn'lls needs was completed during 2021 and the Charity was keen to attract a fvrther Board MemLEr with accountancy experience, resulling in recruitment of a Trustee with financial expertise. A further skill needs analysis ￿11 be undertaken followr¥J pr￿lUctiOn of our business plan. The Trustees who have moved on are offered the option to remain on our mailing list as 'Friends of Safer Wales. and can eontinue to support us. All Trttstee applicants are required to complete an ap￿th1on form describing the expertise they can contribute to Board and addressing the Ferson specfficalion of the role. They may also Suppty a CV. A prospective applicant then typically meets with the CEO and the Chaii to discuss the applicatw)n. The applicant is then invited to attend a Board meeting as an observer. If acceF*able lo both sides, an applicant will be proposed to the Board after this process. and the appointment is Ptrt to Ihe vote. All Trustees are provthd with the ￿gaI aThl regulatory infomation ￿gardIng their responsibilities on recruitmerrt. Induction is on a one40-one basis with the CEO, and Tnjstees also have the opportunty to meet with project Managers. Coordinators, visit projecls or shadow project workers. Trustees are offered further training via the WCVA programme of training for Trustees. Trustees are unpaid.. however they a￿ entw to claim travel exFenses and pr¢)vide liqht refreshments at meetings. rf tw take pla￿ in the evening. Safer Wales Re rt olthe Trt￿ee$ Year ended 315t March 20 MeMbe￿hIp of the Board of Tn￿teeS The Trustees are senior and highly experienced Feopfe. ￿ell-reSFeCted in their own fields. A particular Stre￿th i8 in the Criminal Justi￿ and parti¢ulaty the Offender Management field. ' Terry Flynn MBE (Chair until QGt 2021) is the ex-chair of Crimestopper5 Cymru, and served on the Advisory board of the National Crimestoppers charty. Chris Woolley (Oeputy Chair, current Chair) Retired Chief Crown Prosecutor arnl currentty the Assistant Coroner Jackie Jones (Deputy Chair) was an Associate Professor of Law. currentty teaching in Cardrff arMJ Bristol UnNersities (speaalist in Women's Studies. advisor to Welsh Government and previous Member of the European Parliament) Margaret McLaughlin. (Treasurer, until Oct 2021 > Voluntary sector and Communty development exFerience (Previous posiliorts include Third Sector Independent Memtser on the Cardiff and Vale UnNersty HOS￿￿1 Health Board. Director of the Cardiff County Voluntary Council). Chrstine Saner {Treasurer) Previous Corporate Diredor at Cardiff Council. with many years at Senior Executive ￿Ve1 exFerEnce in finan￿. Kathryn-Ann Slade Human Resour￿ Specialist Professor Mike Maguire. Senior Professor of Criminology and Crime Studies. advisor to Welsh Govemmenl UK Govemments Robert Keetch. LGBTQ+ activist one of the foundets of Pride Cymru Connie Dixon. Extensv4e senK¢r management expertence in private sector with 8 demonstrated history of buikjing networks aThJ partnership working n welfare, criminal justice and Ihe telecommunication industries. Professor Kate Wllliams. Professor in Criminology aThJ Director of the Wetsh Centre for Crime and Social Justice (WCCSJ) Azuka Oforka, is an actress. writer and support bK)rker knryih a passTron for social care We have a very low tumover of Trustees. many of whom have gvien more than 10 years service on a voluntary basis. Risk Management Business Continuity and Risk Reglster A Business Continuty Plan has ￿en fomulated, indudes Standaid Operating Procedure documents for all projects in case of emergency. A Risk Register has been adopted since earty in 2013 which employs a Iraffic light system" to fiag up risks. All amber and any red risks are revKeb%ed at each Board of Trustees meeting. The Trustees confirm that the major risks to which the charty is exposed. as Klentified by the Irustees. have been reviewed and systems or procedures have been established, and regularly ￿VieWed and updated to manage those rtsks. Impact of COVID-19- The impact of COVID-19 continues to be fett by people across the ¢ommunf(ies we serve and our organisation. During 2021122 restrictions b￿re still in pla￿. hov+Ever. there were signift¢ant easing of the restrictions at various points throughoLrt the year. Safer Wales continued its operations throughout the Pandemic. adapting to the restrictions. The Charty continues to embrace rew ways of WOTkirKJ. flexiw meeting the needs of the people and Safe* Wales Re rt of the Tntstees Year ended 31st March 2022 communities work with. Remote working across the vthole organisation enabies the Charity to proV￿e a blended approach to Servi￿ delivery and increased choice for people using our services. Safer Wales continues to be an agile organisation, ￿n￿'nuOuslY adapting lo environments. The Charty and our beneficiaries have welcomed the abilty to have increased face-t(Ffa and group contad. This is parb"¢ulaty noli¢eable in our safe spa¢es. such as Safer Wales Castle House Women's Centre, with its vibrant and N*komirKJ atmosphere and our mobile evening outreach provtsion. providing reassuriryJ, safe contact for women late at night. COVID-19 continues to have a long-lasting impact on our communities and particulady for many of the people using our sejvices. It has impacted heavily upon the mosl vulnerable Feople we with and coupled wrth the cost4of-li¥ing crises. peoples. vulnerabilities may increase further. Therefore. Safer Wales continues to distribute food and essential items through our dk%tribukn"on servi￿. supp)rted by a team of dedicated volunteer5. Our dedicated staff and volunteer teams vrt)tked tireWty throughout the year lo ensure that people were able to benefrt fiom our seN1￿. Similarty. the v￿lIbeing of our staff and volunteers was vital. We ￿lebrated the contribukn.ons our volunteers. directly through the proje¢ts and during Volunteer5 Week. Thanks VRS gNen to our teams for their commitment and dedication in ensuring that VR can continue to deliver our SeNI￿S. vthich are vf(al to so many people acTOSS our communittes. and for some. they are literally lrfesaving. Significant Event This section provtdes information regarding any signfficant events that have affeded or may affed the Charty. It aims to provide assuran￿, transparency and learning. As noted in the previous annual report. our irrtemal systems quickly identified unusual financial transaclions from the Charty account. alongside an indNidual member of staff who had delegated financial authorty. This indNKlual was dismissed from the organisation and was subsequentty arrested by the Poli￿. In July 2022. the dismissed member of staff pleaded guity to fraud by atrAJse of posrtion and receNed a 2-year senten￿, suspended for 18 months, ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaKI work and complete a 141ay rehabilrtation activty requirement. Safer Wales sought to recoup the morey taken from the Charty. The Police and CPS are in the process of seeking further ￿¢0very of funds lost from the organisation. Safer Wales claimed for losses from rts Insuran￿ and the Charty received the maximum amount that its insurance would pay, re￿1VIrg £25.000 (the upper limit available through our polw) in November2021. Income Safer Wales. Sen￿r Management Team (SMTI and Board of Trustees regulady use the PESTLE instrument to horizon scan and examine the sectoral environment as well as ils own Business Planning Tool. Safrr Wales Lld is a registe￿ prOV￿er of serVI￿S for Cardrff Council. the National OffeTrJef Man&3ement Seprfice {NOMS). the Ministry of Justi￿, South Wales PolF￿. Gwent Poli￿. Safer Wabes Re rt of the Trustees Year ended 31°, Ma￿h 2022 Human Resources and Health and Safety Worknest Law (previousty Ellis Whittam) have been prov￿Ing Wl advice on employment and Health and Safety issues Sin￿ Juty 2009. Public Beneflt Activrties as described later in this report a￿ all in compliance h￿th the above aim of benefrting individuals and the wider comrnunty by developirvj fesilEnt communities. making victims and communities safer. by tackling the causes of offending behaviour and reducing Ihe risks of repeat Offen￿$, and thereby increasing overall public Confiden￿.. Working with people and comMunit￿S to improve safety. b*llbeing and INes. Our Equal Opportunrf(ies policy and practice ensure that no one is disbafred from accessing services due to ability to pay, gender. race. sexualty. age. poverty. faith or disabilty. All of our acipirties are designed to maximise impact on public benefft and develop resi1￿nt communities. We work v*th people and communities to improve safety, Voellbeing and lives. Many of our direct teneficiaries are etther vidims or at risk of victs"misation. offenders. ex- offenders or at risk of offending. Many people accessing our servi￿$ a￿ extremety vulnerable people, wrth muttiple disadvantsges, men aThJ v￿rnen of all ages, children and young people of many dtfferent backgrounds. No one is excluded from receNing our servi￿S based on their abilty to pay. as our EqLJal Opportunities policy and practice ensures that anyone meets the criteria designated by particular grant agreement or fU￿ling arrarKJement can do so. lThYirect beneficiaries are represented by the wider public. who benefrt from increased safety in their community aTr an increase in public confKlence 9eneralty. We work closety with memters of the PUb￿C and communit￿S to explain our activities and engage support for our proiects through OLrtreach work with local communities. We engage an independent communications specialist to engage wrth the wider public to raise awareness of the issues we tacth, promote the organisats"on's work and encourage their involvement. The Trustees confirm that they have ¢ompl*d with the duty in section 17{5) of the 2011 Charilies Act to have due regard to gup1an￿ published by the Charity Commission. Financial Review The Statement of Financial ActNitEs (SOFA) set out on page 25 show that the income of the organisation decreased by £372,341 to £1.804,071 and total reSoUr￿S expended by the charty of £1,784.902 resuttgj in a ret surplus in the year of £19.169 (2021 surplus £1(￿.168). Reserves Policy Most of Safer Wales. income is dedicated to designated purposes. the detaiis of which are explained in the note5 to the accounts. Safer Wales Re rt of the Trustees Year ended 3151 Mar¢h 2022 The Safer Wa￿S Audit aTrJ Finan￿ Sutthmittee of the Board of Trustees has detemiined that a level of free reseNes should idealty be hehj vthich vnuld cover the core and project operations of the company for a minimum period of six months. The Board recognises that Safer Wales. major and most valuable resour￿ is ts hwjhty skilled stsff leam, and that it is important to ensure that the salaries and operational b￿1get should be Covered for this peri(*J. A further recommendation is that each project should look at rts own additional operating costs; including funds to cover contiThJen¢ies such as redundancy. parentsl ￿ave etc. Al the 31st March 2022 the charty had unreslrirtsd ￿serveS of £483.634 (2021 £593.301) and ￿$trI<￿ed reserves of £95,855 {2021 £43.619). Management and Governance The organisation is rnanaged by the CEO and two Director ￿Ve1 posts. The Senh)r Management Team delegates authority for project management to a team of Managers. Co- ordinators and Senior Project Workers. a Manager of Internal Resouros and a Finance i)Ff￿r. The Project Co-ordinators and Sen￿r Project Workers SUFervise administrative and r￿Id staff, including volunteers. The whole tearn meet each year and during COVID. this has occurred virtualty. The Senior Management Team meet y￿eklY and the project managers Co-ordinate regular team M￿tIngS. DurirvJ lo¢*down {COVID-19) the Senior Management team and Project Managers rnet virtualty each fortnhjht and continue to meet regularty. The Board of Trustees meets on a quarterly basts" spec￿￿ issues are brought to the Finan S￿￿e0Mmittee or the HR sU￿COMmittee for scnJtiny and review, and any recommendations made are ratrf¢ed at a full Board m*ting. An informal Strategic Planning sub-commfftee meeting is convened as required to allow for a creative, free-fiow of ideas session, as ￿11 as to examine key proposals PLrt forward by the Senior Management Team. During 202112022 such discussion wefe heid wrthin the Full Board Meetings. All day-to-day management decisions are made through the above outlined management structure. Decisions which a￿ brought to Board relate to changes in strategic direction or policy. or risk management or as Specif￿ in our Schedule of Delegated Aulhorty. All staff salaries are within pay bands. These pay bands have been N￿om)ed by a job evaluation and vthere appropriate with mathet values for similar roles, based within other charitEs, particularly in Wates. Any salary increases for the bands are set by the Board of Trustees. The same benefrts, including pensK)ns terms and coThlrtions apply to the ChEf Executwe aTrJ Senior ManagefS as all other staff. Safer Wales is subiecl to auto enrolment and operates a stakeholder-based pension scheme. The only dIffe￿nCe relates to slaff that were subject to TUPE transfer conditions upon joining Safer Wales. Every three years we assess and re-enrol staff members vtho have our workplace pension scheme. in Complian￿ wth our legal duty. Al staff are entitbed to take time off for additional hou worked. Safer Wales R¢ rt of the Truste¢s Year ended 315t Mar¢h 2022 Principal Activltles of the Charity The Charity's sole acttvity is the promotion of communty safety primarily for the benefrt of the people of Wales and in particular the County of Cardtff arml surrounding areas, which supports all the Chanty's objects. It is our OPNnion that all ttie charitable expenditure incurred in the year ended 31 March 2021 was directed to this one activty. We have not attempted to artificialty SU￿dIVIde Servi￿ as it would not result in any reliable analysis of the Charty's actiVit￿S and it is dtfficult to foresee any iEnefts that this would prOv￿￿e. Summary of Activities and Achievefflents 2021 - 2022 The outputs and ouicomes of the whole organisation are 5ummarised below. Human Resources At 31 st March 2022 Safer Wales had 41 staff (32.9 fijll-time equNalent). approximatety 117 volunteers aThJ mentors and 9 Trustees. The average numter of employees employed during the year ended 31st March 2022 was 46 (2021- 55). Workplaces Safer Wales StreetLrfe. Oyn project. Youth SeN1￿ {including SWIS Staffj. WSA Prison IDVA, OWC Young Adult Hub staff V￿re based in Castle House. offi￿[S of HMPPS (Probation Service). Prisoners, Educats"on Trust Wales Project artd the Clear Pioject deliVe￿d by Resr*ct V￿re also co-located in Caste House during 2021r22. Radio Cardrff is lo¢ated at Meanwhrfe House. Williams Way. Curran EmbarknEnt, Cardiff CF10 5DY. Safer Wales Women's Pathfir¥Jer WThole System Approa¢h SeNices aTe also based at Police Stations and BrKJewells across South Wales and GvRnt. {Merthyr Tydfil, Cardrfr, Brijgend. Swansea. NewFKJrt arKI Ystrad Mynach). Based in Her Majesty's Prisons Eastwocrfj PaTk and Styal. Safer Wale5 delNer5 the One Women's Centre Servi￿ and the Prison and Communty IDSVA These arE the two main prisons vthere Welsh women are sent on remand or detention. The changing restFiCtions surrounding COVIt>19 resulled in Safer Wales continuing to deliver a hybrid woth.ng model. Our ￿arnIng has reSU￿ed in the Charity continuing to incorporate a bkTrJed approach to Servi￿ pr(Nision in I'ne *ith the needs of our beneficiartes. Project Activities and Out¢ater Wales Dyi) helpline and online ￿sOUrCe vhv.safenvales.com are available across Wales and publicised across all 22 local authorities. The project also provides training, information and support to a range of projects which include statistics. advice and other resources. 'Thanks $0 Much for eveFything_ ho.n￿ty people Oon't understand how much you guys do al Ihe Dyn project you're absolutely amazing and gwe people supiiort like they've never had I really. appreciate all the help, (Man supported by Dyn} Building on Women's Strengths. Reducing Rwffending. Increasing Safety for Women, Families and their Communities The holistic support provided through Safer Wales Serv￿ is far feaching. Demonstrated in the recent findings from independent research {Cordis Bright). which anatysed the impact Safer Wales Women's lfvhole Systern Approach had on the lives of over 1,200 women who had accessed the provisKJn (be￿en the years 2020 and 2021). The research identified the posrtive difference the service is making, for individuals and system5 change. The significant irnpacl foT women were hJentified in the fo1bv￿ng areas.. Health and Wellbeing. Life skills: Heallhy Relationships,. Employmenl" Accommc¥Jation.' Financial. Wrth regards to systems change, it found a greater emphasis on holistic support and multFagency working, as well as changes on cutture and practice of agencies. including Ihe polu. Case Study: Amy's Story ..￿￿1￿)¥..Mpt by her.WoA7*7'4 Pathfliirwiy￿IQ Systwi) pAP￿a¢h casewoN¢pr In ihe custody after teryyj aTtesie¢L7hSVrtSAnws fwst arrest s￿￿3$ *i9hly onioli¢>nal distressed. The in.pewncontar_i and Ime Ihèt provrfJe(Y in LhÈcusIW suiie all￿ Ihem.totiuiid iopw+t This le¢_to, my dis¢lossro a hsiaryofdomesiic. abuse thai sre W noi Pr￿10￿51v discl<>seol to anyonèaNJ bo¥vJ suPp￿ed to w0￿dè4n *nitwi sièiÈment. Wtyxen's Pathfl ' Whoie.SystwYi. Fouowing Amys cftsclost*e. the caseworter aryang2d re1tJge.swcew￿_Bhp IAft Custoty. whith totsy.: ifeEy•KI gove her ÈheoppOrtL￿itY to fctus èddre551 er meni4iheallll and finiliry pwmareni accGrnmou3EMyL Vjiihout r*eits may noE havè During 2021122, our Women's Pathfinder Whole System Approach IWSAI. wh￿h we provide as part of the Future 4 Consortium. benefitted over 900 women across South Wales and Gwent. Wtth over 125 woffen ￿Ce￿Ing essential rtems. The impact of WSA was recognised by the Howard League for Penal Refomi. Criminal JuSt￿e Innovation Practice Awards and received a commendation (Women's Category) in the 2021 Communrty Awards from the Howard League for Penal Reform. Page 12 Wales of the Trus Year ended 31" March 2022 Safer Wa￿S Women's ReSettle1￿nt Service supported women who wefe in prison since May 1st 2015. urrtil June 2021. Safer Wales delivered the contract for resettlemenl seNices for all who were being released from Her Majesty's Pfison (HMPI Eastwood Park and women returning to Wales from HMP Styal on behalf of the Wales Communty Rehabilitation Company ICRC). In June 2021. delivery of resettlement services retumed to HMPPS. Behveen April and June 2021, over 28Q women benefitted from Safer Wales Resettlement Service. "Thank you for everything, you have been my absolute rock and not just that you never jud9ed me. and you have been like a friend to me from day one. I could write a million things". (Woman supported by WSA} A Saftr Space.. Castle House Women's Centre Safer Wabs continued to delNeT services throughout the COVID Pandemic. during which time we saw an increase in complexty of need for many of the people we support. As ￿$t￿¢t￿)n$ lffted, our seNices are still experiencing acute levels of need and it was noticeable that access to 50n serv￿8 across our communities have duced. resuhing increased pressures on peoples, lives and subsequently on support provided through Safer Wales. "Hi - jusi to kjpdale feedback re (he activities that are on today and there is such a lovely atmosphere in the Safer Wales building. There real buzz . . The training room looks really welcoming (with a very impressive chocolate and fruit seleclionll. There have been 6 women in today so far.. They are doing cr05S Stitch (Christmas themed). The previous week there was rock painting, one of Jae's case gave lovety feedback on how much she enjoyed il and wants lo come every week." MAAJgger from Partner Agency Access to our Castle House Women's Centre is an important contribution to the services V￿ provK*, enabling women to socialise. get help and adv￿, take part in activities and importanlty access food, essential iterns and stsy watm. We anticipate this provision becoming even more important over the coming year. especially as so many of the women we support face significant finanual hardship. Over the past year. Castle House Women's Centre has.. Directty suprmxted ne*y 260 people through PaBc 13 Wa Re rt of the Trustees Year ended 31" March 2022 a¢tivitie$ and food donations Nearly 100 women were supported with ck>thing Throughout the year there were over 900 ￿casIOnS of support with food. toiletries, phone topup, gas and electri¢ topup. Castle House Women's Centre provided a safe space for women to meet partner agencies, as well as increasing women's access to Safer Wabes supwl seNices. Conn•¢ting Poople and Communities Based in the heart of the crty. Radio Cardiff spans the whole of Cardiff, Wa￿. capital city. The 5ts1ion's volunteers, listeners and staff come from across the Cardiff region. It is the city s onty independent communty rad￿ stat￿n currentty supported by 81 volunteers who contribute to original proJramming each week. Radio Cardiff content is cTrproduced wrlh the diverse population of the cty's ethnically diverse kX)pulatK)n. serving music of black origin {MOBO> tastes that are otherwise unrepresented on mainstream commer¢h?I stations. Radio Cardrff works to encourage the rity's dNerse communrties - old and ne4¥ - to prosper and engage, creating a sense of belonging and cc*nmunty through music. news. topical chat and training opportuniknes. As with our other services, Radio Cardiff had to ajapt to the COVID pandeffl￿ and Lockdowns. We continued to provide a servre. recognising that particularly through Lockdown's. the Radio had a signbficant role to ptsy in connecting people and reducing their isolation. Our volunteers. who, for many. saw their incomes direclty Irn￿ed by COVID. due to their invdvement with creatNe iThlustries. particulaty DJ and entertainment work continued to produce shows, providing a vital connection and enlertainment to crynmunilies across Gardiff. Pag¢ 14 Safer Wale5 rt of the Trustees Year ended 3151 March 2022 Our long-lasting volunteer, friend and local DJ Raheem Makani sadty Rriliiy'iii. passed away in February 2021. Raheem •Aoll be lor¥J rememteTed by all the Radio Cardtff team and i% sadty missed. The Radio Cardiff Team have named the Studio after him, in his memory. Empowering people - Radio Cardiff has supported and ernpowered Feople who a¢￿$ our other servw. such as our Youth Se￿1￿. During 2021122, Radio Cardiff arKI Safer Wa￿S Youth Service worked in partnership wtth Action For Chiidren and a group of yourNJ peO￿e ho produced & presented a show Voices of Cardiff. During 2020r21. Safer Wales txeated a partnership with Nio¢ast Digital and Chris Hurst to form a new company Cardiff Dab. Together, we succeeded in securing an Of_com li￿n￿ to bring small-scale DAB dKJital raj￿ to the capitsl ctty of Wabes and surrounding areas, creating a dramatic increase in listener choi￿. for a w•Je range of tastes. interests. communilies and age gioups. It is anticipated that thts ex¢itir¥J opportunty may also help ¢￿ate MO￿ sustainable options for Safer Wales, especialty Radio Cardrff. During 2021122, we continued to develop this v￿rk. liaisirvJ with partners auoss Cardiff and the Vale to position transmrtting equipment. Safer Wales Voluntary Community Services The work delwered through Safer Wa￿S is onty wssible with the dedication, commbtment and passion of our volunteers. who sejftessty give their time to help create safer. more connected communities. In addilion to our Board of Trustees, Safer Wales had approximately 117 volunteers. working across most of our provi&ons during fir)ancial year 2021122. Our volunteers provKle 5UPPOrt over the followng seNices: Radio Cardrff- 81 Centre Activrf(ies- 6 StreetLife - 16 WSA Mentors- 4 Food & Essential Items DelNery- 10 In November 2021, four Safer Waks Volunteers V￿re nominated for the Cardrff Third Sedor CoLJncil Volunteer of the Year Awards". Davij Hoffman. Chrtstine Saller. Diane Kelland for the over 25 category and Norma Ma¢kn"e for the Oulstanding Contribution category. Annu￿￿, the total value of the time and support provided by volunteers therefore leve￿ in added value to Safer Wales with an estimated monetsry equivaknt of £104,500 or roughly 6% of annual tumover. Their dedication and service has all0￿ed us to provide the equivalent of= 3.100 hours of outreach. support and ￿ntre actwities. incr￿jIng delTrvering essential items, with an estimated monetary value of £30.000 Over 7.000 hours to enable delivery of Communty Rad*) with an estimated monetary value of £74,500 (This does not include a monetary equivalent for TrLL%tee time and expertise, ￿lch is invaluable.} Pag¢ 15 Safer Wales Re rt of the Truslges Year ended 31st March Safer Wales is a fully accredited rK¢)vider of courses through Agored Cymru and the Oren College Network. The organis*ion is r the process of re-apptying for Inve5torn in Volunteers uTrJer the new IIV requirements. Safer Wales Influenclng Change: Profile, Positloning and Communications Safer Wates Senior Management Team and Board of Trustees are keen to Influen￿ policy and effect change to Se￿1￿$ for vulnerable people. vthh knovAedge, experience and research gained through the work we do. This is because we belEve that providing services to Fyotect people from harm is not enough. but that we should be also ensuring that those harms are reduced or removed in the ￿rture. We have therefore chosen to commrt time and resour￿5 to posltioning the charity in order to do this. Tr Charity is a member of numerous mulli•agency partnership groups. incl￿11ng. Criminal Justi￿ in Wales IOM Cymru Board Home Office Voluntary Sector Forum All Wales Women in JUstr￿ Board Various Working Criminal Justi￿ WortirvJ Groups South Wales Criminal justi￿ and IOM Board Third Sector Partnership Counc All Wales Strategic Sex Work Safety & Support Group South Wales VAWDASV provider forum Children's Commk%5ioner Chihj Sexual Ex￿ortatiOn group Wales Safer Communities Board Cardrff Race Equalty Taskfor Communty Safety DelNery Group Communty Safety violen￿ Prevention Group Communty Safety Street based lrfestyles and Compkx needs Group Communty Safety SWOT MARAC Accreditati(￿ and Quality Assurance Safer Wales has alreay achieved the followirYJ qualty assuran￿ standards. Agored A¢ueditation Centre And in line with the new requirements is re-apptyiro for. Investors in Voluntee In 2022r23 Safer Wales cOnt￿Ue to work towards the follo￿1￿3. SafeLives-Leading L￿hts. quality assuran￿ standard Cyber Essentials (AchEved 2022r23 fmancial year) P#ge 16 &ifer Wales R¢ rt of th¢ Truslees Yèar ended 315t March 2022 Professional Membership Safer Wales is a member of the follov*ing: Federation Small Businesses Institute Directors Wales Counal for Voluntary Ath"on Cardiff Third Sector (C3SC) ACEVO (Association Chief Exe¢utrves) Welsh Women's Aid Council CLINKS Future Forward and Strategic Planning Safer Wales will be reviewing and updats.ng rts stTategic plan during 2022r23. Strategic Aims Safer Wales, high level strategic aims are: To continue to deliver seNrces at the current level. but also proadNety evolve current services and develop new services to meet emerging needs of vulnerable groups based on the results of consultation. partKipation and voice. To improve our communty engagert￿nt Pro￿sses. to better inform arKI infiuen public debate. as well as inform the deVe￿prnent of Servi￿ {1 above) To continue to inform aThJ influence the public debate around eVIden￿baSed criminal justice interventions. ind￿ing alternalive responses lo offe￿lIng. and the av0hlan￿ of incar￿ratIOn for woffen. New Projects for 2022- 23 Pri8on IDVA Service - see section above One Women Centre - see section above 18-25 Young Adutt Hub- see section above Food and Essential ttems Distrit￿￿)n Service continues has alongsNJe Centre Activities delivery. Budget Report The MOOndan￿ Foundation continues to support Safer Wales. The resettlement contract vith SEETEC. as part of the Ministy of JUst1￿.S Transforming Rehabilitation programme returned to the Probation Servi￿. This successfvlly transferred. with all Safer Wales Resettlement staff being TUPE overto the NatKJnal Probation Service. Page 17 Safer Wales Re rt ofth• Trustees Year ended 31st March 2022 Achievements and Added Value Track ￿COrd of Value-￿ and ￿￿nt-centred Servi￿ delivery in Cardiff. South Wales and acr0$5 Wales to many thousands of direct and indirect beneficiaries Track record of developing innovatp4e communty justice products which have impacted on Welsh government or UK govemment policy (domestic abuse. access to justs"ce. sexual explortation. traftickn'ng. youth Justice. housing and homelessness. human r¥JMs, anti-hate crime. anti homophobia) Track record of OLrtstanding innovation. Thjorous academic evaluation and dissemination. and mainstreaming Welsh NGO infiuencing at a National level Partners wtth the Welsh Centre for Crime and Social Justi Committed to creating and k*ping jobs in Wales High level of staff retention. (very low statf turnover) Committed to a coaching cultu￿ and ethos vknich encourages personal gro￿7 Commrtled to creating real safety and justice for the people of Wales StrorKJ. V￿[1 qualifEd aThJ highly exterEnced Senior Man￿ement Team and Board of Trustees Very highty committed motNated staff team Commitment to Co-location with partners Have Suc￿$fUl￿ recrurted. trained and retsinejj teams of volunteers Awards Since 2003. Safer Wales has achieved numerous avtsrds coverin9 wide ranging communty safety kssues, including youth, ¢ommunty. criminal justice. equality. gender. safety, leadership, Volunteering Charity of the Year and Most Adrn￿ed Organi5ation. Page 18 Safer Wales Re rt of the Trustees Year ended 3151 Mar¢h 2022 Th'e Trustees ¥￿Uld like to give thanks to: All our wonderful Safer Wales staff. volunteers arKI mentors. We would also like lo thank. all our partners from st*utory. private and voluntary sectors and people across our communrties. Our Funders: Action for Chiklren BBC Child￿n in Need Cardiff Council Lloyds Foundation in England and Wa￿S Gwent Police and Crime Commissioner PlanUK South Wales poli￿ and Crime Commissioner The Home Office The Moondance Foundation Welsh Government Welsh Women's Aid WCVA MOJ Legal & Ger£rnl Page 19 fer Wales Re rt of the Tntstees Year ended 31" March 2022 Trustees. responsibililies in relation to the financial statements Company Law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements that gwe a trve and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity al the end of the financial year and of its surplus or deficit for the financial year. In doirrfJ so the trustees are required to". select suitable accounting poliC￿S and then apply them consistentty-, make sound judgments and estimates that are reasonab￿ and prudent; and prepare the financial statements on a going concern basi5 unless it is inapprowiate to presume that the company will conts.nue in business The trustees are responsib￿ for keeping proper accountirwJ records. which disclose wrth reasonab￿ accuracy at any time financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements with the COmpan￿S Ad 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charty and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention ar)d detection of fraud at￿ other irregularrties. In accordan￿ with company law. as the companls directors. we certify that". so far as V￿ are avrare. there 15 no re￿vant audrt information of which the company s auditors are unaware.. and as the directors of the company have taken all the sleps that ought to have taken in order to make oursefves avrdre of any relevant audrt information and to establish that the charity's audrtors are aware of that information. This report has been prepared in accordan￿ The Statement of Recommended Practi￿.. Accounting 2rKI Reporting by Charities {Issued in March 2005) and in accordance th the special prov6ions of Section 419(2) of the Compan￿$ Act 20C￿ relating lo small entrLies. Statement as to disclosure of infonnation to audito So far as the directors are aware. there is no relevant audit information (as defined by Section 418 of the CoMpan￿S Act 20C61 of vthich the charity's aLMlitors are unaware and each Trustee has taken steps that he ought to have taken as a Trustee in order to make himself aware of any relevant audit infomiation aTrJ to establish that the charity's audrtors are aware of that inforrnation_ Audltors Hodge Bakshi have exp￿Ssed Iheir v4illingness to continue in ol[1￿ as auditors and in accordance wrth Section 485 of the CompanEs Act 2006 a resolution proposing their re- appointment wll be submitted at the general meeting. By order of the Trustees Ms Christine Salter Treasurer Date Independ•nt audito￿$ report to the ￿mb￿S of SaferW•les Opinion We have audited the fjnancaal 5taternents ofSafErWaWlhe"Charity'l forthe yearen(kd 31 March 2022 vjhich comprise State￿￿nt of FInar￿al Acbwty. balan￿ sheet cash 11(wts. and Th)tes to ts finar￿al ststements, includirYJ a surnmary of 4niftcant acwjnting pol￿$. The financid ￿p)I￿n9 framw?rk Ihat has been applieLI in their prepaTrtbJn i5 app1K&￿ Law and United ￿.￿dorn Accountir¥J StaTrdards. including Firyanr#al Reporting Standarf 102." The Fin8ncial Repryting Standard applKabJe in the UK and Rep￿1¢ of Ireland (United Generally Acc*pled Ac￿ntiThJ Pw*￿). In our o￿nI￿, the ffinangd slatemwts.. gNe a ts artd f￿"r￿eW ofthe state ofthe Chafi￿$ affairs as at 31 M*ch 2022 and of its sourees and appltstion of resource5 fDrthe yearthen erthd., Practi￿.. have p￿par￿j in a￿Or￿an￿ C￿pa￿ Act 20C6. 8•sis foropinion We ttffjducted audit in aCcOrdar￿ vAlh Internal*)nal Stsndard5 cffj A￿jrang IUKI IIS4s (UK)) and v Our ￿pons￿l1ThtIeS uThJerthose standards are fvrtherde5cribed in theAuditorfs respM51￿I￿ets for Ihe audrt ofthe financaal ststenwts se(ts)n of our reporL We a￿ irtthperthnt ofthe Ch*rty ￿ aW)rdaft￿ wth the ethical uirements Ihat are re￿Want10 our audit ofll* finanaal Stat￿nts in the UK indLbJtng the FRC'S Eth￿1 Standard, the provk8icffjs avalabk for srn41 entrties. and ￿ have fijlfilled ourother ethThl responsibil￿eS in ac£udanc• ¥￿th these requirvrwts. telio¥e that the axlil 8VKlenct have ckntw"n*J i% suffiaeTrt and appropriate to provKle a basi8 for our opwlion. Conclus•on¥ relating to goiry con¢em We have nothing to reFaual aTrJ wtenlial iitoation and clairns a$ well as adual, suspected and alleged fraud". 2. We have performed specffj￿ substantive pr(c￿uTeS with wards to the authorising and recording of bank payrnents during the year in ￿ponS￿ to the identified fraLkl in the year. We have review￿ the Charities intemal investyats.on report as wdl as correspondence wrth polKe. We have made enq￿ries with management aThJ those chargéd govemance c(￿Ce￿ing the Mis-appropria￿n. 3. Assessir¥J the extent of compliance rules and regulations $peuficalty in relation to C¢)mpanies A Charitiè5 Act and ernploymenl laws which are considered to have a direct material effect on Ihe finanual statements or the operatti)ns of the Charity th￿9h enquiry of the tnjstees and senKJr management team arwj inspeth.on of records ￿duding revw of b)arf minutes d[￿ng and subseqLWrt to the year ended 31 March 2022. In addition to this and duè kn the natu￿ ofthe servtces w0V￿d by the Charty have wIeV￿ the Charities new staff vetting Proc￿e$ and ensure that all necessary DBS (Enha￿￿ and basic) chec*s are performed for all staff that aTe knng. 4. Re￿8w1n9 financial statement d￿d0$Ure ¥ewitwn9 to supportMIg tj0c￿￿nta￿0Tr, whith induded Trustse board minutes. to assess c0fflpli￿ce ￿th applicable Iwts and vegulab￿S. 5. Perfom)ing auditwork to rn￿gate risk of Tnanagement tx.as and ovenide of controls. irdu6ing testing ofjoumal entri¢& and other a(JjLtstments for appropri*rw. èvaluab.rg the busiress rdh.onak of Significant transactions outsidè the nom*1 c￿￿Se ol t￿$￿￿tr$S reviwng xcounirng estNMtes for WKlutors of potential bias. Page 23 Indepèndent auditoes f•port to the rn•mbèrs of Sal•rWalos Because of the inherent Iinwiations of an audrt. there is a risk that we *ryll nol detect all irregularities. indudin9 those leading to a material misstatement in the finanoal statements or nonr the year before trartsfe 133,067) $2.236 19,169 152,836 Except￿al ttems 46,668 19.169 106,168 133.06n 52,236 Tfansfèrs between funts 14 r16.6001 76.600 Net movement in fvnds for the >WT aftpr transfers 109.667) 76,600 52.236 19.169 1C6.168 Net incom• for thè year (109.66n 76.600 S2,236 19.169 1C6,168 Reconciliation of fvnds Toi81 funds brought f¢)rward 1 April 2021 $93.301 60.965 43,619 697.185 591.717 Total fvThJs carrie(I forward 31" Marth 2022 483.634 137.565 95.855 717 054 697.885 An income and eXperxlitU￿ account has not been ￿0d￿ed as the Ststemenl of Fiiantyal Adibilies T2p￿SentS all thè income & expenditure of Ihe Charity. Al income and expenditure delive fmm eonb"nuÈng athilies. The notes fom part of these statemen Page 25 SAFER WALES LIMITED BY Char¢ty numb•r'. 1071243 ARANTEE Company number: 03611374 NCE SHEET AS AT 31ST MARCH 20 2022 2021 FIXED ASSETS: Tangible assets Inveslrnent 14.852 16,781 10 14.853 16.782 CURRENT ASSETS: Debtors Cash al bank 11 476.( 440.571 916,575 809,025 146,354 955.379 CREDITORS.. Amoun15 falling due within one year 12 214.374 274.276 NET CURRENT ASSETS.. 702,201 681.103 TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT UABILITIES: 717.054 697,884 FUNDS: Unrestrlcted funds.. Unrestricted funds.. De51grialed funds 483.634 137.565 593,301 60,965 14 621.199 Restricted fund NET ASSETS 13 95.8SS 717.054 43,619 697 885 The financial statements of Safer Wales. whi¢h have been prepared in accordance vAth the speu'al provisions relating lo cornpanies subject to Ihe small companies regime wilhin the Companies Act 201%. Part 1S, and are for circulation to members of the company. The financial slalements were approved by the Board of Trustees arKI authorised for i55ue on 22 December 2022 and signed on its tehaff by.. Trustee Ms C Salter The n¢Xes form part of these financial sLitements. Page 26 FER WALES STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022 Charity number: 1071243 Company number. 3611374 21Y22 2021 Cayh used in operntlng activ*ies 294.217 151.528 Increase in cash and equivalents in the year 294.217 1151.528) Cash and cash equivalents at the beginnKw of the Je 146.354 297,882 Total ¢a5h and cash equNalents at the end of thè year 440,571 146,354 Cash generated from operating a¢livilies 2022 2W21 Surplu5 lor the year 19.169 1C6.168 Adjuslmenls for.. Depreciation of fixed assets Fixed asset additions Loss on disposal of ￿ed asset Investment made in the year Decrease I Ilncrease) in debtors IDe¢rease} I Increase in eieditors 4.814 248 11) 333,021 {316.023) (s9,￿2 53,266 Net ¢ash used In opernting activities 294,217 151.528 Page 27 AFER WALES LIMITED BY GUARANTEE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2022 ACCOUNTING POUCIES Char•ty inforn)ation Safer Wales ts a charitable cC￿pary linited ty guarant* incorporated in Erokn and W￿e$. The registered Offi￿ is 1-7 Caslle Street, Cardrff. CF10 18S 1.1 Ac¢ourting convention The financkil statements have been prepated in accordarre wrth the chartys Memorandm) and Art￿leS of Ass0cBt￿n. the Companies A¢t 2006. the Charities Act 2011 and "Accounting and Reporting by Charities" Statement of Recommended pr&t￿ appluble to chantie5 preparing their accounts in a¢¢ordance with the Finan¢K?l ReFty)rting Standard aFvlicable in the UK and Republ￿ of Ireland (FRS 1021" (as amended for accounting per￿rtts CwiMe￿in9 frryn 1 January 20191. T charity is a Pub5ic Benefit as defined by FRS 102. The financial statements have been preparejj under the hist(￿1 cost Con¥Ent￿. The principal axounting policiès adapted • set beh)w. The accounting polt*s have been 8Fpl*d consistentty tlwrxjghout the year and in the preceding The presentatrjn currery ofthe fmancial 8￿t￿￿t5 is the Pound SterlttvJ (£) 1.2 Going Concern These &counts have prepared C￿ a corwi basis ￿lch asswnes that the Charity will continue in operational eristence for the foreseeabte future. The trustees have prepared forecasts for the next yews. The trustees bdieve th* these forecasts are based on realr&b"c income assumptions and are confident that the charity will continue to be able to meet its Irabilities as they fell d￿. The ¢harty has considered the inpact of not receiving the same level of funding as in the past and has f7Ltored these assumptions inlo rts cash fore¢asts aThJ believe the chanty wll be ab￿ to continue in operation for the foreseeable future. albeit in a s¥Jnrftanty reduced manner. At the time of appwng the financial statements, the trustees have a reasonable exp*d*ion that the Charty wll have adequate resources lo C￿tinUe in c¢er8tk￿al eXtsten￿ for the foreseeable firture. The trustees have rev1th￿d the teseryes whKh 5UPPOrts the bng4erm business plan of the Charty. The trustees continue lo adopt the co￿eM basis in p￿paring the financial ststements. Page 28 AFER WALES LIMITED BY GUARANTEE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH la s1gnifi￿nt Judgements and Estimates In the application of Ihe chanVs accounting poli¢*s, which are described in nole 1. manwenl is required to make judgements. estimates and assumpt*￿ about the caryiro values of assets and liabilrties that are not readity apparent frcth other 50urce5. The esbmates and undertying assumptions are based on historul experience and other fa¢tors that are Consblered tr) be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates. Impairment of debtors The ¢harity makes an estimate of the recoverable fdlue of trade and cther debtcKs. When assesslng impaimient of trade debtors. mana3ement ¢onsKlers factors including the current eredbt rating of the debtN. agirg profile ol the debtor as well as hiStOr￿al experience. The 8stiTnates and Unde￿ng assumplions are revie4¥ed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are ceccpJnised in the periLx1 irtr whith the estim*e ￿ fW5ed rf the reV￿￿)n affe¢ts only that perK#J. or in the of the revi5¥)n arKI future pErKMJs rf the revision affects Ih)th current and fulure peftods. Impaimient of debtors The charrty makes an estimate of the recoverab￿ value of traje and other debtors. When assessing impaifftient of debtors, the Trustees considers factors includirKJ the curient credit ratrng of the debtor. aging of the debtor as wen as h￿1£￿1£￿1 eyperEnce. 1.4 Incoming reSoU￿eS Income 15 recognised when the Charity has entittement to the funds, any perfO￿al￿ conditions atL%hed to the itemlsl of incLTr have been rr*( it ts probabb6¥ tl*t thè income be received and the amount can be measuied Teliabty. Income from government and other grants. vththr 'capital' yrants or 'revenue' grants. is re¢ognised when the charity has enttynent lo the funds. any performan¢e ¢onditions attached to the grants have been met, it is Probable that the incC￿e wll be received arKI the anounl can be measured relrabfy and is not deferred. Donatsons are recogntsed whefe there is ￿l￿eTh( cetsinty of ￿elpt and the arnount can be measured with suffKient rel1￿lI1ty. Page 29 AFER WALE UMITED BY GUARANTE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STAT MENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST IAARCH 2022 Incoming resourcès (Continued) 1.5 1)onated s¢r¥lces and facilitles Donated profess￿A8[ serwrces aryl donated fximies Je recognised as income vhwj the charity has control over the rtem. any cOndrt￿ns assctialed w7th the donated rtem have been met, the receipt of economi¢ benefft from the use by the chanty of the Item i8 probable and that economic benefit can be measured reljably. In %cordance with the Charrties SORP (FRS 102). the general volunteer lime of the Friends ts rKA ree(4nised and refer to the trustees, annual report for more information abotrt their contribution. On receipt, donated professional seTh￿es arKI donatsj fautth.es are reec•Jnised on the basts of the value of the grft to the charty wthich is the amcyjnt Ihe charty woukj have been wiuing to pay lo obtsin services or faalities of eqU￿lent economic benefit on the cyen marf(et' a coffe5ponding amount is then recognised in expenditure in the period of rece¥Jt. Resourcts expend•d 1.6 Expenditurn and irrecoverable VAT Expendrture and irrecoverable VAT is re¢cgnwd once there is a ￿al or constructive oblig*ion lo make a pawment to a third paty. it is probable that seltlemert will be required and the amount of the ¢)blJgation Can be measure(J relthty. Expenditure is ¢bssrf*d under the followiNJ actmty headings." . Costs of raising funds cunpTise the fijndT￿&ng and theirassociated suppcxt Costs. • Expendtlure on charitable actmb.es indudes the Msts of safety primarity for the general benefit of the people of W*s undertaken to furthw the purposes of the ¢harty and thwr asscK&*d support costs. . Other expendrture represents tthe itwms not falling into any other heading. Irrec0￿b￿ VAT charg&J as a ￿$t against the for whth the expendrture was incurred. 1.7 Allocation of stspport costs Support eosts are those fvncttr￿S th* asstst tr* the ¢hanty but dts not directy undertake charitable actmties. Support costs include back Offi￿ costs. finance. personnel. payroll and governance costs support the Trusts prcgrarnmes and activit￿. These costs have been allfKated betsveen cost of raisiThJ funds and eyndrture charrtable activities. The bases on which $LW)0rt ¢05ts have been albcated are set out in the notes 1A Fund accounting General funds a￿ unrestricted funds which are awlablè for use at the di￿retIoN of the Trustee5 in hjrtherance of the gerwal obiectives of tr* Chwty and have rKJt been designated for other PLKposes. Restricted funds are funds that are to be used in accordarte wth specific restrictions #nposed ty donors ￿ that have been raised by the Charity for particular purposes. The cost of raising and adminkstering such funds are chargety ¥inst the specrfic hjnd. The aim and use of restricted fund is set oul in note 13 of the finwal statements. Page 30 AFER WALES UMITED BY GUARANTE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEIAENT FOR THE YEAR ENDEO 31ST MARCH 2022 Fund a¢counting (Cond Designated funds comprise of unrestrthd funds that have been set aspje by the Trustees for particular purposes. The aim and use of exh deswJnated fund are sel out in note 14 of the finan¢kg1 statem￿. 1.9 Tanglble ftted assets Tangible fixed assets hebj for the charivs use are staled at cost le55 accumu18ted dep￿lat￿n and accumulated Impalm￿nt losses. Depreciation is promded at the fc4kMng annual rates ¢akulaled lo wr￿e off the cost of f￿ed assets. less their estimated residu￿ value. over Ihwr expethd useful ￿$.. lrnprovemenls to prcyety- over the terms ofthe Motor VehiG 25% reducing bats Office equipment 15°A reducing balan Fumiture & frttrftgs 15% reducing ￿ar￿e Computer equipment - 33% str8hJht kne A55ets puicha5ed during the ypar w7th a cost of under £1.CK)O are written off in that year. Al exh balartce sheet date. the charty reviews the ¥nount of its tangible tsed assets to ¢Jetennrne whether there is any indicatKbn that any items have $Lrfre￿ an impairment bss. If any such indiotim exists. the recoverabbe amount of an asset is estim*e(l in order lo determine the extent of tr* imparment Ios5. rf any. Where it is not possible to estimate the re¢o¥erable am￿nI of the asset. the Charity estThates the recoverable amount ofthe cash*enerats"ng unrt to whth the asset belongs. 1.10 Taxation As a chanty, Safer Wales is exempt frcfft ts¥ on incc*ne and gains fallirg ￿thin section 478 of the Taxes Act 2010 OT s256 of the TaxatiL)ft of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 to thè extet)t that Il*se are applEd to its ¢harilable objects. NCJ charges have arisen in the charity. 1.11 Pen$ion$ The chaity cper*es a defined conlribukn pensi￿ scheme for all quaty.ng empbyees. The assets of the scheme are hekl sep¥atety frcAn those of thè ¢hanty in an independenty administered fund. The charge to income or exFendrture in respect of the defi￿d ¢cntn"bub"on pension scheme was £90.50312021- £107.951). 1.12 Cash and &75h equivalents Cash and cash eqvivalents are basic finarval iislnjments and inclLKle cash in hand and bank accounts. Page 31 SAFER WALES LIMITED BY GUARANTE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2022 1.13 Finartial instruments The charty has eittted to apptythe pmvtsws of 11 "8ast Financ￿ Ir￿ments.. Fina￿181 instfuments are recognsed the chaity becomes p*ty to the ￿traCtual proWS￿S of the rn5trument. Financial assets are liabilitres are offset. wth the net amounts presenkd in the financial statements, when there is a *alty enforceable right to set off the iÈcognised amounts and there is an inlentKJn to settte on a net basis or to realise the assel and settle the h'abilty simuttaneousty. 1.14 Basic financlal assets Bas￿ financial assets. which indude prepayThents. other debtors. and and bank balances, are inrtialty measured at transaction prte induding trans¥tion costs and are subsequentty cartied at amortised cost using the effective Irtte￿t method unw the arrangement ¢onslrtutes a financir¥J tran53ctioft. where the finan¢01 a5sel ts measured * the yesent of the fLrture receipts discounted al a markel rale of interest 1.1S Basic financial liabilities Basic finar￿la1 Ikabilities. including tr￿e and other ¢rgJftors. are initk41ty recognised at tranS￿lI0n price unless the arrangement ¢onststutes a ffinancial transact￿. where the debt instrument is measure(1 al the present value of the futu￿ pa￿nents di8counted at a mart¢et rate of Inte￿$L Debt instrurnents are subsequentty carr￿d at arnOrt￿ed cost, using the effeth.ve interest rale meth¢yJ. Trade Credito￿ are c*JlwJalions trj pay for gcths or serv￿eS that have been acquired in the ordinary ¢oursÈ of opÈratiorts frcrn suppliers. Amounts classrfted as ¢UTrent liabilrties rf payment is due wrthin one year or less. tf rrf they are present￿ a5 non-Gurrenl liabthties. Trade credbtors are recc4Jnised inrtialty at transactbjn pnce and subsequentty measured at ￿Ortsed cost using the effedNe interest method. 1.16 Investment income Investrnent income is induded ￿en receN*Ie. 1.17 Operatlng l&we commftments Rentals paid under operatirKJ leases are charwl to tr* Income & exFenditure ￿￿U￿t in equal anounts over the perK*Js of Ihe leases. 1.18 Gifts in Kind Gffts in kind arè valued at the In¥0￿e vah* forthe service 1.19 Trdnsfer Between Fuftds Whilst the charty seeks to oblain suffictent funds to er￿￿ each prc4ect ts 5dl-SUStaining this is not aknys possible and a Fortion of the cole funds have to be appl*d to ensure that the projects can continue. The applIc*r￿ of core funds to support the prcyeds is reflected by the Iran5fers fr￿n unreslrthd lo restrrtled funds. 1.20 Volunteer5 The walue cl the Servi￿ provKled by ￿AUnteeFS 15 rmjt incuF*)rat&J into these financial slatements FUrt￿r de¢ails of the￿ contrknut￿￿ prov1￿￿ in note 2 to these fina￿{al statements and in the trustees. rewl. Page 32 SAFER WALES MITED BY GUAIIANTEE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2022 1.2 Ba$ls of apportionment Charitable actNities indude expenditure asswaled with the provision of promoting Community Safety Pfimarity for the general benefrt of the people of Wales. in paFt￿lIar the County tsf Cardirr and surroundirwj ¥eas. 1.21 Income The income %Yas in resFecl of one charttsble *Mty undertaken, being the promotion of C¢Jmmunty Safety primarity for the general benefrt of the people of Wales. in Part￿ular the County of Cardiff and surrourKlir¥J areas. 122 ImpairniÈnt Assets not measured al fair value are re¥R￿Ed for any Ind￿￿10n th* the asset may be impaired at each balance sheet dale. If such indication exsts, the recoverable ￿OUnt of the asset, or the assets cash ge￿r*ing unit. is estimated and uxnpared lo the carryiThJ amount. Where the carfying amount ex¢eed$ its recoverable amoLTrnt an impairment loss i8 recc4Jnised in profrt cf loss unless the asset is carrie(l at a rerdlued amount vthere the impaiffnent k)ss is a revalualion 123 Govemment grants Govemment grants are recognised at the fair value of the asset ieceNed or receiwable when there 15 a reasortable assurance that the grant ￿ndrt￿￿S wll be mel and the grants will be receNed. Irume from govemment gfants comprises performance related grants made by IcKal authorities to fund the promotion of communty safety provhjed by the Chwty. See Th)te 3 for more infonnatrr)n and to the amount aThJ source of these grants. A grant tw spec[r￿S perfornarKe conditiorts a￿ reccgntsed a5 irtorne when the perfomiance conditson$ arè met. Where a grant ¢kns not speufy perfom)ance ¢￿d￿l"On$ it is recognised in income ￿en the prc¢eeds are recewed or receiwdble. A granl received before the rttognitK)n criteria are satisfied is reccgnL8ed wth deferred inccffie. 2 INCOMING RESOURCES FROM GENERATED FUNDS Donations and GI￿ts Unresth¢ted Restrded funds fund$ 2021 CJRS Grant Insurance claim prcceeds Donattons to Safer Wales VCS donations Radio Cardiff WCVA Partnership Capacty Buikth"ng Fund Secondment DonatKJns from Dyn 2.846 25,000 128,771 156,469 6.547 8,984 3,501 21,182 500 128.771 13.646 1501 13,646 3.SOI 10.IJOO 10.OOD Total Incoming res￿ree$ ofv01￿tsry i￿ome generated funds 155.918 155.918 225,029 The charity benefits greally from the invofvement and enthusk3stic support of its many volunteers. details of which are given in our annual report. In x£ordance with FRS 102 arn1 the Charities SORP (FRS 1021. the e￿c￿l¢ ¢ontributiw of general V0h￿teerS És not rectrjnised in t Page 33 AFER WALES UMITED BY GUARANTE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE Y ENDED 31ST MARCH 2022 3 INCOMING RESOURCES FROM CHARITABLE ACTMTIES Grant and rehabilitstion service agreement incixne to promote ¢ommynity S Unrestrthd Restricted furxts fvnds Total 2021 Men's DASV ttyn Seryice Social Justice serw￿$ Safer Wale5 Core semces Total income from charitable activities 115,522 115.522 574,664 1.455.474 112,832 1,744,404 18,750 1.87S,986 880￿10 880,810 690.186 1.570.996 The above inc(Thing resources relales to granl ir*¢me received and project &tivit*s N¥thi¢h cover all the charitable Objects￿ of the charity. 4 OTHER TRADING ACTivmES unrestn.eted fvnds 2021 fvnds 2022 TTainin9 R￿rn hire 975 47,735 48,710 39.765 39.76S 5 ANALYSIS OF CHARITABLE EXPENWURE The charity undertakes t)ne direct chaFit*)le thty thy and dees not make grant payments. Charrtable activity Promoting CommuTrity Safety Govemance TOTAL 2021 Costs directy allocated to Projècti Event costs Client Monitoring evaluation Client A¢tivities Project managèment fees Premises costs Wages and employThent Costs Women's Palhfindw costs Telephon8 Costs Travellirvj cerus & Insuran VoluErteer Expenses Sundry costs Training al & Protèssional Fees Audit & Attountancy Fees Bank ch3rg8S A￿t￿sir0 & Recruth)ent Depreaation Loss on disposal on asset Totsi resou￿*$ expended 98,246 5,496 2.205 35,632 156,146 1,360,479 215,036 22,191 13,897 21,7T6 5.231 28.447 153,358 1.126.239 219,484 5.231 28,447 153,358 10,084 1.136,323 219,484 28.054 19,106 19,979 1.157 971 29.736 32,367 33.000 691 13.592 19,106 19.979 1.157 971 29.736 932 15,872 41,744 22,254 140 6,468 4,814 248 2.023.576 13.592 1.741.818 43.084 1.784,902 P*3e 34 SAFER WALES LIMITED BY GUARAPffE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2022 6 TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED 2022 Wages & Sala￿$ So¢ial Security C¢)sts Penstons Ctssts 971,980 67.840 90,503 1,136,323 1.164.800 87,928 107,951 1.360.479 The average number of emplryffts anaysed by furKts"on was.. 2022 2021 Direct charitable expendjture No employ&s had empk)yee benefrts in excess of £60,000 {2021: £nil). pens￿ costs are allocated lo a¢livit*s in proportion to the related slaffing costs I￿￿Tre￿. The trustees of the charty were ncrt pa￿1 or re¢8ved ary other benefits from employmenl bmth Ihe charty. No InJstee was reimbursed expense5 during the star (2021.. £nil). No charrty Iruslee received payment for professional or cmpanYs other investors. 2022 2021 Cost At 1st April 2021 Additions At 31st March 2￿22 11 DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALUNG DUE WTTHIN ONE YEAR Grant claims recei￿able Prepayments and other debtors 2021 743.701 65.324 809.025 32.169 476.004 Page 36 AFER WALES IT UARANTE THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS E YEAR ENDED 31sr MARCH 2 FOR 12 CREOITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YE*A Credrtors Deferred incorne Social St￿rity & otherTaxes ACCN￿S 28.314 123,224 *S.71J 47.123 214.374 96.712 108,413 23.616 274.276 Deferred incomg Balance brought lo￿a Income receNed in the ye4r Released to ints)me BaL8Thr* ¢arried for*a 108,413 123,224 108.413 123.224 Incorne is recognksed the thaty ba5 mat ts Co￿*#)￿5 gwrt. Until tlw COTr1￿ are met intxjme is deferred. 99.163 108.413 108.413 13 _FUNDS ESTrICTED FUNDS 1.4.21 31.322 Pol￿ & CrmE IDVA Grant WAG OASV Grant tw WAG Capital Craftt Ptsl￿ & Crme Ctsmmtssionef COVILL 19 EKt￿rtInary Funding Dyn CCC DYN Agyrai5al fund 18,ClXI 18.r 70.304 1.980 21,488 3.750 115.522 21,488 3.750 115.522 Soci¥lJusti¢e andVAWDASVSeThice5 WG &ant. net bottk valve asset WG Revenue Grant. Slreeurfe WVCA Voluntary SeM¢e Re¢o¥ery Fund WSA Fefflinir* Hygiene Grant St￿￿rfe Feminine Hygiene Provtsryi Women's Cornmunty Seclor Police and Crime Cornmissioner- WE Eaty IhterventyoTr ielsh Womans Aby. Change Th* Lasts Grant Children In Need Grant Champion$ of W31ÈS Grant Slreellrfe COVID Emeryertcy tion forchiklren LLIF Youn9 Adult Hub LLIF Or* Womens Centr¢ Development Capital Giant for Vehide- rt Ooo value of asset Poli¢8 and Crirne GommtssKffier- COVID Emergenty funts WSA Restorative JystKe PoliGe and Crime IDVA 10.841 2.710 130,874 8.131 1>),874 34.899 676 18.C4XI 3.447 14.553 39.142 27.971 41.￿) 27.733 18.C(KJ 6,184 39.142 27.958 7.827 24, 27.733 18.IKYJ 6.184 442 331 16.133 16.133 PO￿¢e aftd Crirne CcrnmtssKJner. SWIS 25.049 574,664 43.619 522.428 95,855 Total TEstrSct8d luThJs 43.619 690.186 637.950 95.855 Page 37 SAFER WALES UMITED BY GUARATrrrE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2022 1 Men's DomestscAbuse ondsexuol Ifiolence fDASVJ Senryce The Dyn Project supports male suNvors of domestic abjse. This prclect was funded by the Welsh Government and South Wale$ Polu cru￿ c￿nM￿l￿r. 2 Social Justice and Violence Against Wornen. Domestlc Abuse and Sexual Vlolence (VAWDASVI Services Social Juslice and VAVIDASV Semces grants prowde the opportunty for people to be safe. The grnnts support people in the justice system and to reduce people from re offending. StreetLrFe offers support to women working in street-based prostitutson. A coordinator and a of volunteers prowde an out￿h service four evenings a *Eek. and distribute conduns. health care. hot drinks. and snacks. The prqect aims to facilrtate cPportUnrt￿ fGf change and potential exrt routes fiom proslitulion. The project has links lo safe ￿Using for the ¥*)men lo enable them to 'mc)ve on. wrth Ih8ir lives. when they exiL The main prc4ect is fvnded by the WeL%h Govemment. 3 Chlldren & FamilySer¥i Children & Famity Service supports and PfOte¢ts ¢hikJren the to prevent expl0hat￿ for and to empower children in vulnerable famifies leath.ng to supwt and equalty ￿ all. Included in expenditu￿ are central fun¢t￿n contribution costs of £28.447 to rwmburse the charity for the central functK>A costs incuryed by the prqects. 14 DESIGNATEO FUNDS The Trustees have designated the folkwAng desh3n*d funds to enthbÈ the charity to cryrtinue to deliver enhanced $ervw for 31￿ar-21 pmided in 314Aar42 year Puryx¥se of deswnated fund Centre e¢)OTdirhation Project costs for pfojert delTr￿ry C¢)mmunty radKJ pfoiecl Delivery ofyouth Service5 Prq￿l 12,5￿) 23.465 25.OCQ 12.5(Xl 23,465 68,600 33,000 137,565 33,OtKI 76.6c￿l The timescale associat&J with this resen￿ wll w depending urtin projeet delNery. These designatK)n reftects the intenb.ons as to the futurè ap￿1¢*1￿0￿ of funds as at the balan¢e sheet d*e and do not reflect an external trans￿t￿ or present OblbJ*J.￿ to a third party. 38 R WALES LIMITED 8Y GUAFiANTEE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST PAARCH 2022 1S ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS Unrestncted Funds Total Funds Tangible fixed assets Investrnent Net current assets Total net assets 14,852 614,808 621.199 87.393 95.855 702.201 717.OS4 16 LIABiufY OF MEMBERS The charity is limited by gvaranlee, nc4 a share caprtal, the Ivnited being omitted from its name pursuant to a l¢ence from t)epariment of Trade. Each rnember of the Company is liable lo maximum of £1 in the event of the winding up of the Chanty and 15 not entrt￿l to any share in the assets of the Company. At 31 March 2022 there were 9 members of the trustee board. 17 OPERATING LEASE COMMITMENTS At 315t M8rch 2022, Ihe charity had total commrtments under nori- cancelbble operating leases over the remaining lrfe of those leases of £1￿.61712￿2l- £1t6.991). 18 RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS As at 31 MarGh 2022 an arr￿Unt of £509 due from Cardiff DAB Lirnited. The amount 15 included within debtors fallww due wthin year. The charty 01￿ a third of the share caprtal of C¥dtff DAB Limited. 19 SUBSEQUENT EVENTS On the 12 ¢)ctcter 2022 the charty k)￿J £17.5LN) to CardThY DAB Limited. Thè ban is not int￿eSt bearing with no ftted rePa￿ne￿I terms. T1￿ charity a third of the share wrtal of Cardiff DAB Limited. Page 39