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2021-03-31-accounts

Company number: 3890735 Charity Number: 1079291

Stockport Without Abuse Ltd Report and financial statements For the year ended 31 March 2021

Stockport Without Abuse Ltd

Reference and administrative information

for the year ended 31 March 2021

Company number 3890735 Charity number 1079291 Registered office and operational address Beehive Mill, Jersey Street, Manchester M4 6JG

Trustees Trustees, who are also directors under company law, who served during the year and up to the date of this report were as follows:

Alison Wales Chair to 31st December 2020, Vice Chair from 1st January 2021 Janet Flynn Chair Appointed 1st January 2021 Susan Gledhill Treasurer Julie Isted Secretary Julia Bowden Lucy Eatough Lynda Dodd Katherine Barker Appointed 8 September 2020 Georgina Burdett Resigned 8 January 2021 Valerie Hussain Resigned 20 November 2019 Key management Nazanin Ghodrati Chief Executive to 24 April 2020 Personnel Stephanie Mallas Appointed 6 May 2020 Bankers Co-operative Bank 1 Balloon Street, Manchester, M60 4EP Independent Jennifer Daniel FCCA DChA, Slade & Cooper Limited examiner Beehive Mill, Jersey Street, Manchester M4 6JG

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The board of trustees present their report and the unaudited financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2021. Included within the trustees’ report is the directors’ report as required by company law.

Reference and administrative information set out on page 1 forms part of this report. The financial statements comply with current statutory requirements, the memorandum and articles of association and the Statement of Recommended Practice - Accounting and Reporting by Charities: SORP applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with FRS 102.

Objectives and activities

The company’s objects and principal activities are:

Stockport Without Abuse is the leading agency for complex domestic abuse safeguarding across Stockport delivering a range of responsive services to meet complex and emerging needs of domestic abuse victims.

The main objects and activities for the year focused on the provision of needs-led specialist support services to victims and children affected by domestic violence and abuse during the COVID 19 pandemic. Victims who experience domestic violence and abuse are from diverse backgrounds, with different experiences of abuse and subsequently present with a range of support needs. Core services provided holistic care with an emphasis on complex safeguarding.

2020/21 proved to be an exceptional year in terms of the health landscape across the UK as the COVID 19 pandemic took hold of the country with its impact being felt across every community. During the year every service in Stockport Without Abuse responded to the continuously changing challenges which the pandemic presented - with staff, victims and the community adapting to the unprecedented circumstances they faced.

The pandemic brought unexpected opportunities as well as challenges. Demand for domestic abuse support increased and Stockport Without Abuse successfully secured short term funding from Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to provide additional emergency refuge accommodation for victims and families at the height of the pandemic. The project required creative and responsive planning, development of new procedures and practices which could be implemented swiftly and safely and most crucially an exit strategy that ensured the safe re-housing of victims and their families at the end of the project. We are immensely proud of the project, the lessons we learned and the confidence that it has given us to believe that we can achieve incredible outcomes in the most adverse of environments.

During the year we also launched a male domestic abuse support service with short term pilot funding which enabled us to successfully work with a small cohort of male victims, alongside raising awareness of issues faced by male victims.

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Throughout the year we have responded to unprecedented demand for our services and the increased complexity of support needed to keep victims safe. We adapted the way in which we deliver support often to victims who were unable to leave their homes. We learned new digital skills which we never could have imagined, and our staff have remained resilient and positive throughout, which is a testament to their professionalism and commitment. But we have also been overwhelmed by the support of the community for the work we do, with donations both financial and physical enabling us to continue to provide the much needed support throughout this time of such uncertainty.

Service Overview:

Self-Contained Temporary Accommodation

Refuge:

Our Refuge accommodation offers support and safety to single women and families, and can accommodate 9 families and 4 single adults with some shared facilities to support victims and children fleeing domestic violence.

Dispersed Property:

Stockport Without Abuse has two dispersed properties (two-bedroom houses) in the community to provide additional safe and temporary accommodation for both men and women fleeing domestic violence and in need of safety.

Project COVID:

10 short term accommodation units for women and families funded by MHCLG for 4 months between July and October 2020, with support from a dedicated Caseworker, and Move-on Worker.

Our safe accommodation offers a safe space for female and male victims and their families, who are supported by a team of skilled caseworkers including specialist mental health and substance mis-use practitioners and dedicated children and young people worker.

Children and Young Person’s Service (CYP)

The CYP Service operates two strands with separate sources of funding.

One to One Support: Providing one to one support for children and young people who have experienced trauma due to witnessing domestic abuse. This service supports children in the refuge and in the community through therapeutic activities and one to one support. The aim of this service is to help children to understand and manage their emotions, work through difficult feelings like guilt or shame and increase their sense of internal and external safety. This service also supports children to settle into a new environment and connect with school. Funding for this service was through Children in Need from April 2018 for three years and ceased at the end of April 2021.

Group Work - Prevention: The prevention strand is commissioned by SMBC and focuses on working in school settings. Me2 workshops and group sessions are targeted at Primary and Infant schools.

Me2 workshops are delivered to whole classes either as 2 x 1-hour sessions or 1 x 2-hour session for children in Key Stage 2 (years 3, 4, 5 and 6). The workshops explore relationships, feelings, how to deal with anger safely, and recognise feeling unsafe or feeling worried.

The Me2 group sessions are delivered to small groups of children who have been identified as having experienced any form of domestic abuse. 8 sessions spread over 8 weeks are delivered to children in Key Stage 1 (Reception, Year 1 and 2) and Key Stage 2, giving a safe space to explore feelings and build resilience through creative activities, games and stories. The sessions explore: what domestic

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abuse is, how it can make children feel, who to talk to if they are worried, how to stay safe and will promote healthy relationships.

The Prevention Worker also works with Stockport Council’s Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) Team to co-deliver a REACH programme aimed at year 8 or year 9’s in Stockport Secondary schools. The REACH programme is an 8-week programme that helps young people understand sex and relationships, helps them have confidence to speak up and know where to seek support. REACH creates a safe space for young people to learn more about subjects such as: body positivity and self-esteem, healthy relationships versus unhealthy relationships, consent and the law, online safety and sexting, online pornography, contraception and STI’s and where to access support.

Independent Domestic Violence Advocates (IDVAs)

Stockport Without Abuse is commissioned by SMBC to deliver the IDVA service in Stockport. The IDVA team work in a multi-agency partnership taking a lead on safeguarding the most vulnerable and high risk victims of domestic abuse.

The IDVA team is a key partner in Stockport’s Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) and Complex Safeguarding Strategy Group. The IDVAs work collaboratively with victims in safety planning, initiate legal processes in safeguarding, including court process, in partnership with other statutory and non-statutory agencies across Stockport and Greater Manchester. The IDVA posts are funded by SMBC through Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Stockport Safety Partnership funds. SMBC funding continued through 2020/2021 for three specialist IDVA posts: Safe Choice Young Persons Violence Advisor (YPVA) – working with victims aged between 13-19 and extending up to the age of 25 in response to the COVID pandemic; Hospital and Maternity IDVA – based in Stepping Hill Hospital and working with victims in maternity services and across general hospital services including Emergency Admissions; GP IDVA – working with GP practices in Brinnington and Bramhall.

Trauma Informed Domestic Abuse Therapeutic Service:

The Trauma Informed service delivers specialist trauma focussed interventions to victims with long term history of adversity, childhood trauma, complex needs and accumulation of trauma. The service was initially funded for one year through the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government with additional funding for another year secured through the Ending Women’s Homelessness Fund, to January 2021 which enabled the service to expand its support offer and include training for professionals. Some extended funding was secured up to the end of April 2021.

Stand TALL (Tackling Abuse in Later Life)

Funding from Lloyds TSB Foundation was secured for three years from August 2019 to develop a specialist service to address domestic abuse in later life, deliver specialist support and raise awareness of the complexities and vulnerability of older victims of domestic abuse and violence. The specialist focus is unique across the Borough and across Greater Manchester, including a training offer to professionals and community organisations alongside delivering direct support to victims.

Positive Relationships Team

Stockport Without Abuse’s outreach support is delivered through a co-located partnership with The Prevention Alliance. The Positive Relationship caseworkers work with standard and medium risk clients who have experienced domestic abuse and violence and support victims to reach their potential and deal with the medium and long-term impact of domestic abuse and violence. The caseworker team are co-located in locality offices across Stockport.

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Men’s Worker

In September a Male domestic abuse worker was appointed as part of a pilot project to develop a specific support offer for male victims of domestic abuse. The role worked collaboratively with the IDVA team and the refuge Caseworkers to support male victims. A small amount of additional funding was secured to extend this pilot role.

Awareness Raising Prevention and Social Policy

Stockport Without Abuse is committed to raising awareness of domestic abuse for the public and other professionals and actively participates in local and national campaigns to improve services for the victims.

As an active member of Stockport Domestic Abuse Steering Group, and the Stockport Domestic Abuse Operational Group, set up in response to the COVID pandemic, along with other key strategic groups Stockport Without Abuse contributes to the overall strategy and direction of integrated domestic abuse and positive relationship services in Stockport and the wider Greater Manchester domestic abuse agenda.

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Achievements and performance

The trustees review the aims, objectives and activities of the charity each year. The review helps the trustees ensure the charity's aims, objectives and activities remained focused on its stated purposes. This report looks at what the charity has achieved and the outcomes of its work in the reporting period. The trustees report the success of each key activity and the benefits the charity has brought to those groups of people that it is set up to help.

The trustees have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the charity's aims and objectives and in planning its future activities. In particular, the trustees consider how planned activities will contribute to the aims and objectives that have been set.

Performance summary and overview data from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021

The service received 965 referrals in total across all services, a 46% increase against the previous year. Referrals increased across all services, with the exception of Refuge where referrals are only received where there are Refuge vacancies.

642 referrals were accepted in the year across all services, an 87% increase on the previous year and a reflection on the response Stockport Without Abuse made to the increased demand for support. Across all services more referrals were accepted and more support provided than ever before during the most challenging health environment we have ever seen.

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Total service referrals by month,
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Refuge and Dispersed Properties: In 2020 our refuge capacity increased temporarily for 4 months due to the COVID emergency accommodation fund which enabled 10 additional safe accommodation units to be made available for women and families, in addition to our existing refuge space and dispersed properties.

41 victims were supported in our safe accommodation, which included 22 women and 24 children in the COVID emergency accommodation. Each victim had a personalised assessment and associated support plans which included safety, wellbeing and rehousing.

It was noticeable that the movement of residents from refuge accommodation into more permanent alternative safe accommodation was much reduced due to the COVID restrictions, resulting in residents being in refuge accommodation for longer than usual.

It was noticeable that during COVID an increasing number of the residents had complex needs including mental health issues and low level substance misuse, these clients received specialist support from our specialist mental health and substance misuse refuge caseworkers.

The children’s worker worked with children in both the emergency accommodation and the refuge and dispersed properties where this was possible, whilst working within the changing COVID 19 guidelines, supporting them with creative activities to improve social engagement, socialisation skills, and understanding their feelings and emotions including anger management. During the period we were unable to work face to face with the children and families we provided activity packs and resources.

Feedback from beneficiaries working with the children’s worker during COVID:

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IDVA Support : 350 high risk victims of domestic violence were supported by the general IDVA team for a period of 3 months or more to enhance immediate safety, access support, understand legal options and be supported through various legal and safeguarding processes for the victims and their children. This was almost double the number of victims supported in the previous 12 months period.

The specialist IDVA team (GP, Hospital and Maternity, and Safe Choice Young People) supported 117 victims compared to 62 victims in the previous 12 months.

Overall IDVA support to high-risk victims increased by over 94% on the previous year.

Of note is the fact that an increasing number of clients experienced complex needs including substance misuse and mental health needs alongside the challenges of the COVID restrictions and many victims were forced to continuing to reside in hostile home environments. This proved challenging not only for the victims but for the IDVA team in supporting victims to keep safe.

Trauma Informed Support: The demand for trauma informed support exceeded capacity, with an increase in referrals to this service of over 90% against the previous period. The service successfully worked with 91 clients compared to 50 in the previous period.

1:1 trauma informed support enabled beneficiaries to recognise the abuse and its impact on mental health and begin to make plans to leave the abusive relationship. For others it helped with understanding their mixed emotions after leaving an abusive relationship and supported them in making the decision to not go back. For those who were not ready to leave, the intervention provided an opportunity to understand trauma bonds and ways to break these and to help with making an informed choice when they were ready to.

Feedback from beneficiaries:

“I feel a lot more able to cope and I wouldn’t have said that weeks ago. I can’t believe the change that having just 4 sessions has already made.”

“I feel a lot more confident; my confidence has boosted. I feel more like myself. Thank you”

“I am sleeping so much better, thank you for all your help”

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“Thank you for making them (housing) listen. I’ve found it so hard to explain what’s been happening to me, thank you”

Training to professionals on trauma informed practice was successfully transitioned to a remote platform and the development and introduction of 7 minutes briefings further boosted professionals’ knowledge in this area. Training was delivered on increased understanding of Trauma, cumulative trauma, why people stay in abusive relationships and how to work more effectively with women with multiple needs.

Children and Young People - One to One support: During the year SWA supported children who had witnessed domestic abuse and violence on a one to one basis, these sessions took place in the community i.e. schools and also in the refuge. The programme support offers structured interventions in how to manage difficult emotions and safety.

The project also delivered age appropriate group and play sessions in the Refuge to facilitate transition, understanding and managing emotions and making friends through fun activities.

CYP Prevention Work: Work with schools was severely restricted due to the changing COVID restrictions during the year and changes to school holidays etc. Preparation work took place during the summer of 2020 with a change of staff team, review of materials and transition of some programmes to digital format, where this was possible.

Unfortunately it was not possible to deliver the REACH programme at all during the year due to COVID restrictions, however this programme did resume in April 2021.

During the summer and autumn of 2020 a Domestic Abuse and Digital Resilience workshop was developed by the Prevention worker and the Safe Choice YPVA in collaboration with Stockport College, as part of a Safe Space series of digital workshops as part of a COVID response in recognising the risks around increased use of digital media by young people during the pandemic.

The workshop was successfully rolled out to 9 Colleges and High Schools across Stockport.

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The Me2 Workshops are delivered to whole classrooms and are 2 x 1-hour sessions or 1 x 2-hour session for children in Key Stage 2 (years 3, 4, 5 and 6). The workshops do not specifically mention domestic abuse and explore: different families, good and bad feelings, how to deal with anger safely, how to recognise feeling unsafe and who can help when children are feeling worried or have a problem. Between August and December 2020, 24 Me2 workshops were delivered to 615 primary school aged

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children, 29 professionals also attended the sessions. Due to COVID school closures it was not possible to delivery any workshops in the spring term.

Professional’s comments on the Me2 workshops

“The topics discussed are not ones that are usually discussed in the school environment. The session enabled the children to talk freely about their feelings and learn about different types of family”.

Allowed them to comfortably share personal experiences, gave them useful information on understanding feelings and emotions and the diversity of people’s situations, contained a good variety of interaction and video – children were fully engaged”.

Feedback from children attending the Me2 Workshops on what they liked best:

“[I enjoyed] how “I really liked learning about to control my that families can come in all different shapes and sizes but anger because I it is still a family”. normally hurt my brother”

Me2 Groups are 8 sessions spread over 8 weeks for children in Key Stage 1 (Reception, Year 1 and 2) and Key Stage 2 who have experienced any form of domestic abuse. Me2 provides children a safe space to explore their feelings and build resilience through creative activities, games and stories. The sessions explore: what domestic abuse is, how it can make children feel, who to talk to if they are worried, how to stay safe and will promote healthy relationships.

30 sessions were delivered to 18 children between July and December 2020, 60 sessions were delivered between January and July 2021. Sessions were delivered in 10 Primary and Infants Schools.

67% of children said they feel they know how to deal with anger in a safe way

92% of children said they know more about how to calm down and relax

73% Percentage of children who said they had a better understanding of where to go for help

Comments from professionals on how the Me2 groups had benefitted the children they work with:

“They have gained friendships and

shared their experiences, recognising they aren’t alone. It’s helped them process their experiences and trauma”.

“It has enabled the children to have ample time to discuss in a safe forum their experiences with peers who have experienced similar… [the service] is invaluable to us. Thank you very much”

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Stand TALL: In the first full year of service the Stand Tall project supported 29 victims of domestic abuse both female and male, aged over 55, with 18 victims successfully completing the 10 session programme of support developed by the practitioner.

The complexity of the referrals to this service have been much greater than anticipated, Victims have been isolating or shielding in their homes, with the perpetrator sometimes in the same room as them, which makes for a challenging conversation when discussing safety planning. There were fewer opportunities to engage face to face with victims to put in place safety plans and support interventions but by taking a creative approach the service has ensured the safety of victims in these circumstances.

Feedback on the significant impact our interventions have included supporting a victim who had been in a 30 year relationship to recognise that they were a victim of domestic abuse and to take action to address this with the perpetrator.

Another victim, with our support, moved out of the domestic environment to their own property after years of abuse.

The project has successfully developed a range of professionals training delivered to 73 professionals over a much greater geographical areas due to it being delivered through Zoom rather than it being an in person training. Plus 7 minute training bursts, which professionals have been able to log into for a refresher and a two way communication platform using the same "briefing" model.

Awareness sessions have been deliver to Health and Social Care students at Stockport and Trafford College and also a dedicate session to Greater Manchester Domestic Violence focus groups, contributing to the Greater Manchester Ageing Strategy.

Beneficiaries of our services

Stockport Without Abuse continues to support women, men and children who are victims of domestic abuse by offering advice, face to face support and temporary safe accommodation.

Beneficiaries of IDVA support report that they have made positive changes to their lives, developed wider knowledge and skills in safeguarding both themselves and their children and become more hopeful about their future as a result of Stockport Without Abuse’s interventions.

Case Study A:

E had fled the marital home due to domestic abuse from husband towards herself and her 2 daughters. The house was bought and mortgage free. Husband was still living in the family home and had a job. E wanted to move back to the marital home with her children and have the husband move out as the children still attended school in the area. Legal Aid was not an option for E, as she was joint owner of house and not entitled to this support, however could not afford to pay legal costs as she had given up her job due to fleeing the area and was now claiming benefits. The Caseworker represented E in court and secured an occupation order which then meant the husband had to move out of the property and E and her children could move safely back into their home protected by a non-molestation order and the occupation order.

Case Study B:

J had slapped her husband, he reported this and she was arrested for assault. J disclosed at the time of her arrest that she had been subject to emotional, physical and financial abuse for 22 years and had “snapped” as he had been “on at her” for the whole day. J was referred to Stockport Without Abuse and further disclosed that she had been using alcohol for many years as a way of managing her anxiety and dealing with the abuse. J had also been forced to leave her home and was sofa surfing for months, struggled with her mental health, had suicidal ideations and thoughts of self-harm, and was referred to the Trauma service to support with managing this.

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Outcome:

J was supported in understanding how a trauma bond had developed and strengthened over the last 22 years. She was able to understand why she was still struggling to walk away from the relationship despite the ongoing abuse. However although she was able to see this in sessions, she would still find moments outside of the sessions when she would contact him, wanting to resume the relationship. This “yoyo-ing” in behaviour was increasing her sense of guilt, shame and self-blame. Psycho-education techniques were used to normalise her behaviours and encourage her to write a diary of interactions with her husband so that she could see the relationship for what it was rather than what she wanted it to be. Whilst this did not completely break the trauma bond, over time it was weakened and J was motivated to continue to use this intervention to maintain the end of the relationship. J was also supported with recognising her anxiety and using interventions to tolerate, manage and reduce this.

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Financial review

At the end of the reporting period Stockport Without Abuse was in a stronger financial position than had been anticipated at the beginning of the period due to the uncertainty of the impact of the COVID pandemic.

Stockport Without Abuse benefited from successfully securing a range of emergency COVID response funding, including emergency accommodation funding which enabled increases in service provision. Through careful financial management this has resulted in a strong financial position being achieved at the period end ready to face further unknown financial challenges in 2021 due to the continued impact of COVID and particularly the changed priorities of funders to focus on more short-term funding and grants.

Annual income from charitable activities was £908,931 (2020 £692,411) reflecting the increased scope of activity. Income comprised net rental income from the Refuge of £202,868 (2020: £210,640), COVID specific funding amounting to £95,208 plus £94,339 specific emergency COVID accommodation funding from MHCLG and the balance from contract and grant income to deliver complex safeguarding, early help intervention and the new Trauma Informed work.

Costs were £789,629 up from £564,627 in 2020 reflecting the additional salary costs which accompany the increased levels of activity and additional accommodation costs associated with the emergency COVID accommodation project.

Continued efficient management of exiting clients and the speedy acceptance of new referrals has enabled voids to remain low at 5%. Ensuring that personal charges are recovered from victims who leave the Refuge prior to receiving benefit payments remains a challenge.

The final year end position was a carried forward fund of £479,359 made up of £353,539 unrestricted funds and £125,820 restricted funds. The Trustees have allocated some surplus funds for much needed refurbishment of the accommodation and replacement of equipment, this work was delayed in 2020/21 due to the COVID restrictions and will therefore be carried out in the coming financial year 2021/22.

Reserves policy

The Board of Trustees has examined the charity requirement for reserves in the light of the main risks to the organisation and has established a policy that unrestricted funds not committed or invested in fixed assets, should cover a minimum of six months’ expenditure, due to an increased turnaround time on grant fund decision making, plus a redundancy provision, setting reserves requirement at around £322,000 from £102,000 (2020). As at 31 March 2021 unrestricted reserves was slightly in excess of six months.

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Plans for the future

The focus for Stockport Without Abuse’s services is on enhancing the quality of our support services to bring about sustainable social change for victims of domestic abuse and wider community awareness of domestic abuse, particularly in light of the changes to the Domestic Abuse Bill in 2021.

We will continue to look for new funding streams to diversify funding sources in order to establish new and innovative services which are responsive to the emerging and changing needs of domestic abuse victims for example male victims, victims with complex needs and children, who are now recognised as victims in their own right through the Domestic Abuse Bill.

We will review the objectives of our Strategic Plan to reflect the focus of our work more clearly in order to better evidence the impact of our work.

We will look to engage users of our services more in shaping our service offer and we will support our valued staff team in their work, recognising their incredible response throughout the COVID pandemic.

On 31 March 2020 the effects of the COVID 19 pandemic were only beginning to emerge and on 31ast March 2021, the full impact of the pandemic across the community, the domestic abuse sector, victims of domestic abuse, Stockport Without Abuse’s services and our staff team continues to remain uncertain. We are committed to remaining open to the opportunities the pandemic presents, but also the threats.

Structure, governance and management

The organisation is a charitable company limited by guarantee, incorporated on 8 December 1999 and registered as a charity on 7 February 2000. The previously unincorporated charity was registered on 11 August 1975.

The company was established under a Memorandum of Association which established the objects and powers of the charitable company and is governed under its articles of association.

Members of the charity guarantee to contribute an amount not exceeding £1 to the assets of the charity in the event of winding up. The total number of such guarantees at 31st March 2021 was 8 (2020: 7).

The trustees are members of the charity, but this entitles them only to voting rights. The trustees have no beneficial interest in the charity.

All Trustees give their time voluntarily and receive no benefits from the charity. No trustee expenses have been claimed during this reporting period.

The focus on performance quality has been enhanced with new processes and procedures being implemented across the organisation to ensure the best possible quality support to victims. Demand for services during the pandemic has been unprecedented and this has created an extraordinary pressure on staff service wide.

Stockport Without Abuse strives to deliver a robust domestic violence service to the community. The business and leadership model aims to allow a flexible, responsive, and innovative model of operation whereby funding streams are diversified and there is more than one grant source and service focus.

Related parties and relationships with other organizations

Stockport Without Abuse continues to be part of the Prevention Alliance, a commissioned formal partnership where partners work together towards collective goals and shared outcomes with a focus on

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prevention and delivering strength based interventions to standard and medium risk victims of domestic abuse.

We continue to strengthen relationships with other charities that hold shared values and pursue similar charitable objectives including Greater Manchester charities such as Manchester Survivors.

Remuneration policy for key management personnel

Key leadership and management personnel are remunerated in line with local benchmarks for similar roles with aligned responsibilities.

All job descriptions reflect the associated responsibilities that the post holder is likely to have and are graded with professional HR input.

Trustee induction and training

The Board of Trustees seeks to ensure sufficient and appropriate representation of their members to fit with the aims and objectives of the organisation. The diversity of the trustee body is recognised as vital to its effective governance and the recruitment of potential Board of Trustee members is undertaken by targeting individuals with appropriate skills, experience and knowledge within the voluntary, statutory and private sectors.

A new Chair to the Board of Trustees was appointed in January 2021 and is bringing fresh expertise and experience to the Board from outside of the sector. Newly appointed Trustees undertake an initial induction programme. which fits in with their own time constraints, to complement their individual existing knowledge of the organisation. Trustees receive written guidance about their roles and responsibilities and are encouraged to attend periodic training to familiarise themselves with the charity and the arena in which it operates. These cover: -

Trustees are asked to commit to a minimum term in post of three years and to give three months’ notice when wishing to stand down.

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Organisational structure

Stockport Without Abuse has a Board of Trustees which can be up to fifteen (15) members who have overall legal and financial responsibility for the organisation. The strategic and operational management of the organisation is entrusted to the Chief Executive, supported by operational managers. A contracted qualified accountant oversees the financial management in conjunction with the Chief Executive and a Business Administrator/Book Keeper.

Board meetings are held regularly, chaired by the Chair of the Board and minutes recorded by the Board Secretary. The Chief Executive is in attendance at meetings; however, they do not have any voting rights.

To ensure the best use of board member’s time, enable more focussed discussion on future strategy and speed up decision making an Executive Group was formed consisting of the Chair, Deputy Chair, Treasurer and Secretary. This Group works with the Chief Executive to review strategy and policies as required and make recommendations to the full board.

Risk management

The Board of Trustees regularly reviews the risks faced by the organisation including the following four key areas:

Appropriate policies to manage risk are in place.

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Statement of responsibilities of the trustees

The trustees (who are also directors of Stockport Without Abuse Ltd for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the trustees’ annual report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

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

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

This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies’ subject to the small companies’ regime of the Companies Act 2006.

The trustees’ annual report has been approved by the trustees on 28/11/2021 and signed on their behalf by

Jan Flynn

Chair, Stockport Without Abuse

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Independent examiner’s report

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Stockport Without Abuse

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the company for the year ended 31[st] March 2021 which are set out on pages 19 to 40.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees of the company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (‘the 2006 Act’).

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your company’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.

Independent examiner's statement

Since the company’s gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, which is one of the listed bodies.

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or

  2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or

  3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view’ which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or

  4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Jennifer Daniel FCCA DChA

Slade & Cooper Limited Beehive Mill, Jersey Street Manchester, M4 6JG Date 22 December 2021

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Stockport Without Abuse Ltd

Statement of Financial Activities

(including Income and Expenditure account)

for the year ended 31 March 2021

Unrestricted
funds
Note
£
Income from:
Donations and legacies
3
36,078
Charitable activities:
4
Domestic Abuse
207,868
Investments
5
265
Total income
244,211
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities:
6
Domestic Abuse
144,139
Total expenditure
144,139
100,072
8
100,072
Transfer between funds
-
Net movement in funds for the year
100,072
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward
253,467
Total funds carried forward
353,539
Net income/(expenditure) before
net gains/(losses) on investments
Net income/(expenditure) for the
year		 Restricted
funds
£
2,305
662,415
-
664,720
645,490
645,490
19,230
19,230
-
19,230
106,590
125,820		 Total funds
2021
£
38,383
870,283
265
908,931
789,629
789,629
119,302
119,302
-
119,302
360,057
479,359		 Total funds
2020
£
48,680
643,409
322
692,411
564,627
564,627
127,784
127,784
-
127,784
232,273
360,057

The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

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Stockport Without Abuse Ltd Company number 3890735

Balance sheet as at 31 March 2021

Note
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
12
4,654
Total fixed assets
4,654
Current assets
Debtors
13
21,029
Cash at bank and in hand
14
514,139
Total current assets
535,168
Liabilities
Creditors: amounts falling
due in less than one year
15
(60,463)
Net current assets
474,705
Total assets less current liabilities
479,359
Net assets
479,359
The funds of the charity:
Restricted income funds
17
125,820
Unrestricted income funds
18
353,539
Total charity funds
479,359
2021		 £
£
-
-
28,873
390,037
418,910
(58,853)
360,057
360,057
360,057
106,590
253,467
360,057
2020		 £
£
-
-
28,873
390,037
418,910
(58,853)
360,057
360,057
360,057
106,590
253,467
360,057
2020
-
360,057
360,057
360,057
106,590
253,467
360,057

For the year in question, the company was entitled to exemption from an audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Directors' responsibilities:

These accounts are prepared in accordance with the special provisions of part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies and in accordance with FRS102 SORP, and constitute the annual accounts required by the Companies Act 2006 and are for circulation to members of the company.

The notes on pages 22 to 40 form part of these accounts.

Approved by the trustees on 28/11/2021 and signed on their behalf by:

Jan Flynn (Chair)

Susan Gledhill (Treasurer)

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Stockport Without Abuse Ltd

Statement of Cash Flows for the year ending 31 March 2021

Note
Cash provided by/(used in) operating activities
20
Cash flows from investing activities:
Dividends, interest, and rents from investments
Purchase of tangible fixed assets
Cash provided by/(used in) investing activities
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year
Increase/(decrease) in cash and cash
equivalents in the year		 2021
£
130,043
265
(6,206)
(5,941)
124,102
390,037
514,139		 2020
£
154,035
322
-
322
154,357
235,680
390,037

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Stockport Without Abuse Ltd

Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021

1 Accounting policies

The principal accounting policies adopted, judgments and key sources of estimation uncertainty in the preparation of the financial statements are as follows:

a Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), second edition - October 2019 (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006 and UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice.

Stockport Without Abuse Ltd meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note.

b Preparation of the accounts on a going concern basis

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

The trustees have made no key judgments which have a significant effect on the accounts.

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

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 (continued)

c Income

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

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

For legacies, entitlement is taken as the earlier of the date on which either: the charity is aware that probate has been granted, the estate has been finalised and notification has been made by the executor(s) to the charity that a distribution will be made, or when a distribution is received from the estate. Receipt of a legacy, in whole or in part, is only considered probable when the amount can be measured reliably and the charity has been notified of the executor’s intention to make a distribution. Where legacies have been notified to the charity, or the charity is aware of the granting of probate, and the criteria for income recognition have not been met, then the legacy is a treated as a contingent asset and disclosed if material.

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

d Donated services and facilities

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

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

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Stockport Without Abuse Ltd

Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 (continued)

e Interest receivable

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

f Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds are available to spend on activities that further any of the purposes of charity.

Designated funds are unrestricted funds of the charity which the trustees have decided at their discretion to set aside to use for a specific purpose.

Restricted funds are donations which the donor has specified are to be solely used for particular areas of the charity’s work or for specific projects being undertaken by the charity.

g Expenditure and irrecoverable VAT

Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is classified under the following activity headings:

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

h Allocation of support costs

Support costs are those functions that assist the work of the charity but do not directly undertake charitable activities. Support costs include back office costs, finance, personnel, payroll and governance costs which support the charity's programmes and activities. These costs have been allocated between cost of raising funds and expenditure on charitable activities. The bases on which support costs have been allocated are set out in note 7.

i Operating leases

Operating leases are leases in which the title to the assets, and the risks and rewards of ownership, remain with the lessor. Rental charges are charged on a straight line basis over the term of the lease.

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 (continued)

j Tangible fixed assets

Individual fixed assets costing £500 or more are capitalised at cost and are depreciated over their estimated useful economic lives on a straight line basis as follows:

Fixtures & fittings 4 years Office equipment 4 years

k Debtors

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.

l Cash at bank and in hand

Cash at bank and cash in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.

m Creditors and provisions

Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.

n Pensions

Employees of the charity are entitled to join a defined contribution ‘money purchase’ scheme. The charity’s contribution is restricted to the contributions disclosed in note 9. There were no outstanding contributions at the year end.

The money purchase plan is managed by Co-operative Insurance Society Limited and the plan invests the contributions made by the employee and employer in an investment fund to build up over the term of the plan a pension fund which is then converted into a pension upon the employee’s normal retirement year age when eligible for a state pension. The total expense ratio of the plan is 1% and this is deducted from the investment fund annually. The trust has no liability beyond making its contributions and paying across the deductions for the employee’s contributions.

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 (continued)

2 Legal status of the charity

The charity is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales and has no share capital. In the event of the charity being wound up, the liability in respect of the guarantee is limited to £1 per member of the charity. The registered office address is disclosed on page 1.

3 Income from donations and legacies

Current reporting period
Donations
Guy Charitable Foundation
Total
Previous reporting period
Donations
Legacies
Total		 Unrestricted
£
30,428
5,650
36,078
Unrestricted
£
33,054
13,126
46,180		 Restricted
£
2,305
-
2,305
Restricted
£
2,500
-
2,500		 Total 2021
£
32,733
5,650
38,383
Total 2020
£
35,554
13,126
48,680

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 (continued)

4 Income from charitable activities

Current reporting period
Domestic Abuse - Refuge
Rents receivable
Voids
MHCLG-COVID Fund
Subtotal
Domestic Abuse - Community Services
Stockport MBC
Complex Safeguarding
Early Help Intervention
MHCLG Trauma-Informed Project (Multi Borough)
MoJ Local PCC
Lloyds Foundation
Homeless Link
Lankley Chase COVID 19
Male Worker
GP IDVA
GMCA MoJ
Ending Womens Homelessness
Stockport Local Fund
Equilibrium
Subtotal
Childrens work
Children in need
Subtotal
Total		 Unrestricted
£
213,482
(10,614)
-
202,868
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5,000
5,000
-
-
207,868		 Restricted
£
-
-
94,339
94,339
243,775
60,861
43,076
5,738
33,777
62,500
5,000
10,000
15,000
16,000
39,550
970
-
536,247
31,829
31,829
662,415		 Total 2021
£
213,482
(10,614)
94,339
297,207
243,775
60,861
43,076
5,738
33,777
62,500
5,000
10,000
15,000
16,000
39,550
970
5,000
541,247
31,829
31,829
870,283

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 (continued)

4 Income from charitable activities (Continued)

5

Previous reporting period
Domestic Abuse - Refuge
Rents receivable
Voids
Student social work placement
Subtotal
Domestic Abuse - Community Services
Stockport MBC
Complex Safeguarding
Early Help Intervention
MHCLG Trauma-Informed Project (Multi Borough)
Lloyds Foundation
Ending Womens Homelessness
Subtotal
Childrens work
Children in need
CADA
Subtotal
Total
Investment income
Current reporting period
Income from bank deposits
Previous reporting period
Income from bank deposits		 Unrestricted
£
217,514
(7,774)
900
210,640
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
210,640
Unrestricted
£
265
265
Unrestricted
£
322
322		 Restricted
£
-
-
-
-
241,335
50,055
36,300
31,877
39,550
399,117
30,816
2,836
33,652
432,769
Restricted
£
-
-
Restricted
£
-
-		 Total 2020
£
217,514
(7,774)
900
210,640
241,335
50,055
36,300
31,877
39,550
399,117
30,816
2,836
33,652
643,409
2021
£
265
265
2020
£
322
322

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 (continued)

6 Analysis of expenditure on charitable activities

Current reporting period
Staff costs
Accommodation
Running costs
Depreciation
Bad debts
Previous reporting period
Staff costs
Accommodation
Running costs
Bad debts
Restricted expenditure
Unrestricted expenditure
Governance costs
(see note 7)
Governance costs
(see note 7)		 Refuge
£
80,453
72,885
6,691
1,552
6,688
1,254
169,523
Refuge
£
107,347
81,478
11,018
2,405
2,029
204,277		 Community
Services
£
463,556
85,793
32,876
-
-
9,422
591,647
Community
Services
£
278,769
21,474
21,858
-
7,149
329,250		 Childrens
Work
£
25,478
1,001
1,418
-
-
562
28,459
Childrens
Work
£
24,979
1,409
4,229
-
483
31,100
2021
£
645,490
144,139
789,629		 Total 2021
£
569,487
159,679
40,985
1,552
6,688
11,238
789,629
Total 2020
£
411,095
104,361
37,105
2,405
9,661
564,627
2020
£
385,864
178,763
564,627

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 (continued)

7 Analysis of governance and support costs

Current reporting period
Basis of
apportionment
Independent examination
Governance
Accountancy fees
Governance
Governance
Payroll
Governance
Previous reporting period
Basis of
apportionment
Independent examination
Governance
Accountancy fees
Governance
Governance
Payroll
Governance
Management accountancy
Services
Management accountancy
Services		 Governance
£
900
1,800
6,451
2,087
11,238
Governance
£
900
1,800
5,508
1,453
9,661		 Total 2021
£
900
1,800
6,451
2,087
11,238
Total 2020
£
900
1,800
5,508
1,453
9,661

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 (continued)

8 Net income/(expenditure) for the year

This is stated after charging/(crediting):
Depreciation
Operating lease rentals:
Property
Independent examiner (net of VAT)
Independent examination
Accountancy fees
Management accountancy Services
Payroll
Staff costs
Staff costs during the year were as follows:
Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Pension costs
Other Staff costs
Agency, recruitment, travel & training		 2021
£
1,552
71,371
750
1,500
5,040
1,654
2021
£
499,715
35,949
14,563
3,266
15,994
569,487		 2020
£
-
71,371
750
1,500
4,590
1,211
2020
£
358,569
25,958
10,591
-
15,977
411,095

9 Staff costs

No employees has employee benefits in excess of £60,000 (2020: Nil).

The average number of staff employed during the period was 24 (2020: 18).

The key management personnel of the charity comprise the trustees and the Chief Executive Officer. The total employee benefits of the key management personnel of the charity were £37,101. (2020: £28,868).

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 (continued)

10 Trustee remuneration and expenses, and related party transactions

Neither the management committee nor any persons connected with them received any remuneration or reimbursed expenses during the year (2020: Nil).

No (2020:One) members of the management committee received travel and subsistence expenses during the year of £Nil (2020:£4).

Aggregate donations from related parties were £303 from a fundraising event by a Trustee during the period. (2020: £nil).

There are no donations from related parties which are outside the normal course of business and no restricted donations from related parties.

No trustee or other person related to the charity had any personal interest in any contract or transaction entered into by the charity, including guarantees, during the year (2020: nil).

11 Corporation tax

The charity is exempt from tax on income and gains falling within Chapter 3 of Part 11 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 or Section 256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 to the extent that these are applied to its charitable objects. No tax charges have arisen in the charity.

12 Fixed assets: tangible assets

Cost
Additions
Disposals
Depreciation
Charge for the year
Disposals
Net book value
At 31 March 2021
At 1 April 2020
At 31 March 2021
At 31 March 2021
At 31 March 2020
At 1 April 2020		 Fixtures &
fittings
£
20,194
3,787
(8,139)
15,842
20,194
947
(8,139)
13,002
2,840
-		 Office
equipment
£
12,198
2,419
(11,625)
2,992
12,198
605
(11,625)
1,178
1,814
-		 £
32,392
6,206
(19,764)
Total
18,834
32,392
1,552
(19,764)
14,180
4,654
-

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 (continued)

13
Debtors
Rents receivable
Prepayments and accrued income
14
Cash at bank and in hand
Cash at bank and on hand
15
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Trade creditors
Other creditors and accruals
Deferred income
Taxation and social security costs
16
Deferred income
Deferred grant brought forward
Grant received
Released to income from charitable activities
Deferred grant carried forward		 2021
£
11,118
9,911
21,029
2021
£
514,139
514,139
2021
£
11,078
21,388
19,182
8,815
60,463
2021
£
31,050
19,182
(31,050)
19,182		 2020
£
17,710
11,163
28,873
2020
£
390,037
390,037
2020
£
9,532
10,252
31,050
8,019
58,853
2020
£
-
31,050
-
31,050

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 (continued)

17 Analysis of movements in restricted funds

Balance at
1 April
2020
Income
£
£
Domestic Abuse - Refuge
2,000
-
-
2,305
-
94,339
2,000
96,644
Domestic Abuse - Community Services
-
243,775
-
60,861
46,435
-
16,576
43,076
MoJ Local PCC
-
5,738
15,139
33,777
26,221
39,550
-
16,000
GP IDVA
-
15,000
-
62,500
-
5,000
-
970
Male
Worker
-
10,000
104,371
536,247
Children's work
-
31,829
219
-
219
31,829
Total
106,590
664,720
CADA
Early Help
Intervention
Mental Health and
Substance Misuse
support
Current reporting
period
Ending Womens
homelessness
Mason Donations
Small Restricted
Donations
Children in Need
Complex
Safeguarding
Lloyds Foundation
APR Complex
Safeguarding
GMCA MoJ
Homeless link
Lankley Chase
COVID 19
MHCLG-COVID Fund
Stockport Local
Fund		 Expenditure
£
-
-
(94,339)
(94,339)
(243,775)
(60,861)
(1,800)
(15,324)
(5,738)
(30,362)
(65,837)
(15,607)
(15,000)
(58,627)
(560)
-
(9,202)
(522,693)
(28,239)
(219)
(28,458)
(645,490)		 Transfers
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Balance at
31 March
2021
£
2,000
2,305
-
4,305
-
-
44,635
44,328
-
18,554
(66)
393
-
3,873
4,440
970
798
117,925
3,590
-
3,590
125,820

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 (continued)

17 Analysis of movements in restricted funds (Continued)

Balance at
1 April
2019
Income
£
£
Domestic Abuse - Refuge
Mason Donations
-
-
-
-
-
-
Domestic Abuse - Community Services
-
241,335
-
50,055
50,179
-
7,006
36,300
-
31,877
-
39,550
57,185
399,117
Children's work
Children
in Need
-
30,816
CADA
-
2,836
-
33,652
Total
57,185
432,769
Complex
Safeguarding
Early Help
Intervention
APR Complex
Safeguarding
Previous reporting
period
Small Restricted
Donations
Lloyds Foundation
Ending Womens
homelessness
Mental Health and
Substance Misuse		 Expenditure
£
2,000
500
2,500
(241,335)
(50,055)
(3,744)
(26,730)
(16,738)
(13,329)
(351,931)
(30,816)
(2,617)
(33,433)
(382,864)		 Transfers
£
-
(500)
(500)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(500)		 Balance at
31 March
2020
£
2,000
-
2,000
-
-
46,435
16,576
15,139
26,221
104,371
-
219
219
106,590

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 (continued)

17 Analysis of movements in restricted funds (Continued)

Name of
restricted fund Description, nature and purposes of the fund
Mason Donations This was a donation from the Masons to specifically refurbish the refuge
rooms. The planned refurbishment was delayed due to the COVID
pandemic, but will be completed in 2020/21.
MHCLG-COVID Fund A one off emergency accommodation fund made available by MHCLG to
provide short term emergency accommodation to female victims and their
families. This support a dedicated caseworker, move-on worker,
telephone support worker and emergency accommodation for 4 months.
July – October 2020.
Complex Stockport Without Abuse is commissioned to deliver Stockport’s general
Safeguarding Independent Domestic Violence Advisers (IDVA) service through the
Complex Safeguarding contract. The IDVA service takes a lead on
safeguarding the most high risk vulnerable and at-risk victims, working
collaboratively with the victims in safety planning, initiating legal
processes in safeguarding, including court process etc. The IDVA
teamwork in partnership with other statutory and non-statutory partners
across Stockport and Greater Manchester and in particular with Stockport’s
Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) and Complex
Safeguarding Strategy Group.
The IDVA posts were funded by Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
(SMBC) through Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) and
Stockport Safety Partnership funds. The IDVA contract is for 3.5 full time
IDVAs, which includes a small management element.
The Complex Safeguarding Contract also includes a school based children
and young people’s prevention worker and refuge caseworker supporting
families in the refuge accommodation.
A step-down worker is also contracted through this fund, who is located in
a partner agency (Stockport Women’s Centre)
Early Help Stockport Without Abuse also receives funding from SMBC to deliver
Intervention support to standard and medium risk clients through the Positive
Relationship Team, part of the Prevention Alliance. Two full-time
equivalent caseworkers were working from locality offices across
Stockport, but due to COVID this work became home based support.
APR Complex Following a structure review of the Alliance for Positive Relationships
Safeguarding (APR) contract, it was recommended to SMBC by an independent
consultant to reconfigure the contract into two contract variations
separating Early Help Intervention and Complex Safeguarding through a
secondment agreement with the alliance partners.
Mental Health and 12 month extension funding was secured to appoint dedicated mental
Substance Misuse health and substance misuse workers to work with victims, through the
support partnership bid of four other Greater Manchester Domestic Abuse
organisations from the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local
Government (MHCLG). Due to the COVID pandemic recruitment was
delayed and the project did not fully commence until the 2020/21 financial
year with roll over funding then going into 2021/22.

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 (continued)

17 Analysis of movements in restricted funds (Continued)

MoJ Local PCC This fund was released to support the additional costs incurred by the COVID pandemic and included funds for additional laptop equipment to enable working from home and also additional storage to accommodate donation items safety and securely.

GP IDVA Funding was secured from SMBC to extend the GP IDVA post to bring this in line with the funding of the other specialist IDVA posts – Hospital and Maternity and Safe Choice YPVA

Homeless link This funding was secured to respond to the COVID pandemic additional demand and was used to support a dedicated telephone helpline worker to respond to crisis calls, a move on housing worker to help identify appropriate move on accommodation options for refuge residents and also support refuge and emergency accommodation residents to move on. In addition this fund provided short term additional funding to the end of the financial year to support the Trauma Informed service.

Lankley Chase COVID Whilst is was restricted funds, there was flexibility to use this fund for

19 COVID related expenses to support victims and their families for example with travel expense to get to the refuge or to move on to new property etc.

Male Worker This SMBC fund enabled a dedicated male domestic abuse victim worker to come into post for 6 months as a pilot project.

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Stockport Without Abuse Ltd

Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 (continued)

17 Analysis of movements in restricted funds (Continued)

Children In Need This service enabled Stockport Without Abuse to support children in the refuge and in the community through therapeutic activities and one to one support. The aim of the service is to help children to understand and manage their emotions, work through difficult feelings like guilt and shame and increase their sense of internal and external safety. This service also supports children to settle into a new environment and connect with school.

Due to COVID, support was delivered remotely to children in the community although work with children in the refuge continued throughout the pandemic where this was possible. Funding was rolled over to 2021/22 due to an underspend on activities and travel.

CADA

This funding was secured to pilot three specialist Independent Domestic Violence Advisers (IDVAs): a GP IDVA, working with GP practices in Brinnington and Bramhall, a Hospital and Maternity IDVA post working alongside the Hospital Trust supporting women in maternity and also delivering domestic abuse training to HospitalTrust staff and teams. A Safe Choice Young Persons Advisor, working directly with high risk young people aged 13-18. This age range was extended to up to 25 years old during the pandemic.

Stockport Local Fund To provide welcome essential food packs to clients coming into refuge. Specific food packs for single women and for families which include milk, butter, bread, fresh fruit, tea and coffee etc to enable anyone coming into emergency accommodation to just have some essentials when they arrive to help settle them into the new environment.

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Stockport Without Abuse Ltd

Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 (continued)

18 Analysis of movement in unrestricted funds

Current reporting
period
Previous reporting
period
Strategic Priorities
Strategic Priorities
COVID 19
General fund
General fund		 Balance
at 1 April
2020
£
243,467
10,000
-
253,467
Balance
at 1 April
2019
£
175,088
-
175,088		 Income
£
231,671
-
12,540
244,211
Income
£
257,142
-
257,142		 Expenditure
£
(144,139)
-
-
(144,139)
Expenditure
£
(178,763)
-
(178,763)		 Transfers
£
(40,000)
40,000
-
-
Transfers
£
(10,000)
10,000
-		 As at 31
March 2021
£
290,999
50,000
12,540
353,539
As at 31
March 2020
£
243,467
10,000
253,467

Name of unrestricted fund Description, nature and purposes of the fund

General fund The free reserves after allowing for all designated funds Strategic Priorities The purpose of this was to identify and support one off priority expenditure to support the development of services or projects agreed by the Board of Trustees. These included investment in an older persons project, for which funding was secured, investment in a men’s worker pilot, for which funding was also secured. A commitment to refurbishment of the refuge accommodation and dispersed properties was also agreed. Due to securing external funding for the two priority project areas, the COVID pandemic, no expenditure has been put against this fund and was held over to the next financial year for the same purposes and to respond to any unexpected COVID requirements.

COVID 19 Unrestricted donations received in response to the COVID pandemic from a range of sources, enabling emergency purchases to be made including sanitisation products for the refuge residents, refuge staff and staff working from the office premises for example masks, wipes, face shields. Additional costs associated with printing resources and information for families and children during the restrictions for example cooking and baking equipment, games etc. The unrestricted funds are being used as needed as the impact of the pandemic and the restrictions continues.

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Stockport Without Abuse Ltd

Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 (continued)

19 Analysis of net assets between funds

Current reporting period
Tangible fixed assets
Net current assets/(liabilities)
Total
Previous reporting period
Net current assets/(liabilities)
Total		 General
fund
£
4,654
286,345
290,999
General
fund
£
243,467
243,467		 Designated
funds
£
-
62,540
62,540
Designated
funds
£
10,000
10,000		 Restricted
funds
£
-
125,820
125,820
Restricted
funds
£
106,590
106,590		 Total
£
4,654
474,705
479,359
Total
£
360,057
360,057

20 Reconciliation of net movement in funds to net cash flow from operating activities

Net income/(expenditure) for the year
Adjustments for:
Depreciation charge
Dividends, interest and rents from investments
Decrease/(increase) in debtors
Increase/(decrease) in creditors
Net cash provided by/(used in) operating		 2021
£
119,302
1,552
(265)
7,844
1,610
130,043		 2020
£
127,784
-
(322)
(9,292)
35,865
154,035

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