## **ann craft trust** **SAFEGUARDING ADULTS** **Annual Report** 2022-2023 ## **Contents** |**ontents**|| |---|---| |Our patrons, trustees, staff, and associates
Meet Our team
A Message from the Chair
CEO report
Trustees Report
Financial Review
Introduction to Trust activities
Safeguarding Adults in Sport
Training and Consultancy
Marketing and Communications
eLearning
#SaferCultureSaferSport
Safeguarding Adults Week 2022
Statement of Financial Activities
Balance Sheet|Page 3
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Page 23| |Statement of Cashfows|Page 24| |Notes to the Accounts|Page 25| |Movement of Grant Funds|Page 27| |Independent Examiner’s Report on the Accounts|Page 29| Ann Craft Trust Annual Report ## **In the reporting year, our patrons, trustees, staff, and associates were:** **Trustees and Management Committee** Stuart Sale (CEO) Dave Marsland (Chair) David Charnock Malcolm Dillon Natasha Eason Rachel Fyson **Associates** Robert Kenniwell Sarah Knight Claire Pooley Nick Slinn Ros Smith Clare Staley Ieuan Watkins **Staff** Charlotte Brooks Lisa Curtis Elliot Davies Nicola Dean Jodi Evans Emma Gibson Sarah Goff Matthew Harrop Tania May ## **Research** Deborah Kitson Suzanne Wilson Rachel Clawson Sarah Nolan ## **Patrons** Sir Roger Singleton Kate Spicer Richard Whitehead MBE Rachel Fyson Robert Kenniwell ## **Consultants** Julie Mather Abra Millar Joanne Pell Hazel Rippin Nat Rock Catherine Sykes Laura Thorpe Kimberley Walsh > Everyone deserves to be safe **3** ## **Meet our team** **Stuart Sale** CEO **Charlotte Brooks** Marketing Officer **Lisa Curtis** Head of Safeguarding Adults and Young People **Elliot Davies** Marketing Officer **Nicola Dean** Safeguarding Adults in Sport Manager **Jodi Evans** Safeguarding Adults in Sport Manager in Wales **Emma Gibson** Head of Safeguarding Adults in Sport **Julie Mather** Finance **Sarah Nolan** Safeguarding Adults in Sport Administrator **Joanne Pell** Safeguarding Adults in Sport Manager **Hazel Rippin** Marketing Officer **Nat Rock** Administrator **Catherine Sykes** Safeguarding Adults in Unregulated Sport & Activity Officer **Laura Thorpe** Safeguarding Adults Manager **Kimberley Walsh** Safeguarding Adults in Sport Manager **4** Ann Craft Trust Annual Report ## A Message from the Chair ## **Dave Marsland** Chair of Trustees, November 2022 ## **Positive Partnerships Promoting Safer Cultures** Welcome to this Annual Report, for the year to July 31 2023. On behalf of the dedicated and dynamic team who are the Ann Craft Trust, I commend this report to you. I hope that you will take the opportunity to read about some of the highlights and consider some of the achievements that are detailed. I am immensely proud of the contribution that the Ann Craft Trust team make to adult safeguarding, sharing their knowledge with hundreds of organisations in numerous different ways. As our new CEO, Stuart Sale highlights later in this report, this has been a year of celebration, change and growth. Moving into our 31st year feels like a fabulous achievement and the Ann Craft Trust is continuing to develop new approaches to help organisations to reflect and learn. This innovation can be seen, for example, in our eLearning resources, training packages, and frameworks. Nevertheless, the long-standing emphasis within the Ann Craft Trust on collaborative learning partnerships and promoting safer cultures and spaces remains. Perhaps one of the Ann Craft Trust’s hidden strengths is a sense of balance and of longevity? To steal a phrase from the athletes amongst us, perhaps safeguarding should be seen as a marathon more than a sprint? Stuart has brought new perspectives and new ideas, both to the staff team and to the Trustee Board. Everyone deserves to be safe **5** I am very pleased to report that everyone has enthusiastically embraced the challenges and opportunities that are emerging. These are exciting times! One particular highlight to note here is that Stuart has secured the energy and ideas of a third Patron for the Ann Craft Trust family, Richard Whitehead MBE. Richard is a double gold medal Paralympian from Nottingham. Richard established a foundation which offers life-changing support and mentoring to disabled people. I think it is a tremendous indication of the influence of the Ann Craft Trust that such an important athlete should seek to support our work. I am very confident that Stuart is exactly the right person to lead The Ann Craft Trust forward. The most important development for The Trust this year has undoubtedly been the handover of leadership from Deborah Kitson to Stuart. Deborah has had such a profound impact on The Trust and the world of adult safeguarding and protection. Under Deborah’s stewardship The Trust has grown to become a multi-focused team of skilled professionals, sharing learning and supporting change across a huge variety of sectors and communities. Deborah worked tirelessly to nurture positive partnerships and trusting relationships, where it was possible to ask challenging questions without encouraging hostility and defensiveness. This emphasis on asking difficult questions at critical times reflected the continuing influence of Dr Ann Craft. It has been a privilege and a pleasure to work alongside Deborah over the last 10 years and I hope you can all join me in recognising her achievements and wishing her well in her retirement. Thank you. **6** Ann Craft Trust Annual Report May I also take the opportunity here to give particular thanks to the following: - Stuart Sale (CEO) for his tremendous leadership and commitment to safeguarding and wellbeing for all. - All of the Ann Craft Trust staff team for their continuing dedication, professionalism and bottomless well of ideas and suggestions. - The Associate Trainers who deliver much of the training and maintain such high quality of work and continue to enhance the reputation of The Trust. - My fellow Trustees and specialist advisors who give their time and expertise to ensure that The Trust is supported in its work. - The University of Nottingham who provide us with a meaningful home and support from the School of Sociology and Social Policy. - Finally, thanks to all of you for supporting The Trust in other important ways and working alongside us to improve adult safeguarding. I hope to see some of you at the annual Conference or at other events for Safeguarding Week. Thank you for taking the time out of your busy lives to read this report and for supporting safeguarding adults. I know that everyone at the Ann Craft Trust is looking forward to working with you over the coming year and beyond. Everyone deserves to be safe ## CEO Report ## **Stuart Sale** ## CEO, Ann Craft Trust The twelve months covered by this annual report has been one of celebration, change and continued growth for the Ann Craft Trust. Celebrations continued through 2022 to mark our 30th anniversary, culminating in our conference and anniversary dinner. It was fantastic to see so many faces, old and new, come together to celebrate and share their experience of how they’ve benefitted from the work we do. Many of you will be aware that 2022/23 also saw a change of CEO at the Ann Craft Trust, and I am excited to be writing my first CEO report. My excitement at writing this comes with a tinge of sadness as it means that we said goodbye to Dr Deborah Kitson, who retired after more than 20 years at the helm of the Trust. Deborah did an amazing job, not only in developing and driving forward the work of the Ann Craft Trust, but also in her role shaping the national safeguarding agenda. Her passion and dedication to raising the profile of safeguarding leaves an amazing legacy. I know that if I achieve half of what Deborah did in her time as CEO, I will have been successful. 2022/23 was a year of continued growth for the Ann Craft Trust as we saw requests for both our bespoke training and consultancy offers increase. **8** Ann Craft Trust Annual Report At a time of change, such growth can be difficult to manage. But the way that the team responded was exceptional, ensuring that every organisation who contacted us was given the support they needed, in the way they needed it. The biggest reflection of my short time here has been the positivity, energy and dedication shown by staff, who have demonstrated their passion for making a difference by rising to the challenges presented. As well as a change of CEO, we also saw some changes across the wider team. Our Safeguarding Young People Manager, Sarah Goff, left us to pursue new opportunities and her experience will be missed. This change provided us with the opportunity to reflect on our offer. We made the decision to strengthen our focus on safeguarding adults over the coming years, and we’re recruiting for a further post dedicated to this cause. We also recruited for a four-year Safeguarding Adults in Sport Manager (Wales) post, which provides some stability and allows us to look to the future. Jodi Evans was recruited to this role and has already begun to take great strides in supporting Welsh sports organisations. Jodi is a welcome addition to the team. And I’d also like to take this opportunity to thank each and every member of the team for their continued hard work and the very warm welcome they gave me on my arrival! You can tell lots about people by how they react to change, and I feel privileged to be part of a team that is so positive and passionate. I’d also like to thank our safeguarding consultants and associate trainers who have continued to show great loyalty and support to us and contributed to ensuring the last year has been a successful one for the Ann Craft Trust. I want to say a huge thank you to the Trustees and Management Group, who have continued to offer their support, wisdom, and direction over the last year. This includes the support from the University of Nottingham, which continues to support us so generously. Finally, I want to thank you all for your continued support and dedication to the safeguarding agenda. I’ve already had the pleasure of collaborating with a number of you personally and it’s reassuring to know that so many share our vision of a world where people are free from abuse and neglect. I look forward to meeting many more of you over the coming year. Everyone deserves to be safe **9** ## **Trustees Report** ## **The Trustees are pleased to present their annual report for the year 2022/23.** ## **Structure, Governance and Management** The Ann Craft Trust is a company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital. Its Memorandum and Articles of Association are available on the website and at its main office at: Ann Craft Trust, Centre for Social Work University Park, Nottingham, NG9 7HB The trustees have reviewed the business, strategic and operational risks of the charity and are assured that there are systems in place to alert and report risks as required and to take timely action. A risk template is completed if there is a reported risk which identifies the risk and its severity, the control procedure and the monitoring process outlining responsibility and review requirements. on the Ann Craft Trust website and other media channels. Expressions of interest are requested, with a CV, followed by discussion with a trustee and a process for consideration of the application by trustees and recommendation to the Annual General Meeting. Trustees are appointed at the charity’s AGM, but in the interim period the trustees may also appoint a person who is willing to act to be a trustee. A trustee so appointed shall hold office only until the next following AGM. In any election of trustees, the candidate with the higher number of votes shall be elected to any vacancy, in descending order of votes until all the seats are filled. The trustees may from time to time alter the method of electing members to trusteeship. ## **Recruitment, Appointment and Retirement of Trustees** A skills audit is carried out regularly to inform the charity of the relevant skills and knowledge required on the Board. Trustee positions are posted The trustees may appoint one of the Board to be the Chairperson and chair of their meetings and may at any time remove him/her from that office. Trustees who retire by rotation at an annual general meeting may, if willing to act, be reappointed. Ann Craft Trust Annual Report ## **Trustee Induction** Newly appointed trustees are required to complete the fit and proper person declaration and adhere to all relevant policies. They attend relevant training and events as required and receive regular updates relating to their role and responsibilities as Trustees. ## **Responsibilities of the Board of Trustees** - Major changes to the legal and management structure. - Changes to the structure, size, and composition of the Board. - Responsibility for overall governance and setting of The Ann Craft Trust’s mission, vision, values, and standards. - Approval of all annual operating budgets and any changes to them. - Decision to cease operation of all or any part of the Trust’s business. - Approval of the annual report and audited accounts. - Selection of Chair and CEO. - Review of governance arrangements. - Annual appraisal of the CEO in line with the university’s appraisal system. - Reviewing conflicts of interest as required. - Approval of Trust policies. - Dealing with and resolution of disputes including litigation. - Ensuring internal control and risk management. - Determining the staff and CEO remuneration in line with the University of Nottingham’s policy. - Approval of external communication including press releases, media appearances, blogs and social media on matters considered to pose high risk or reputational damage to the Trust. - Approval of insurance levels in line with University requirements. - Any other decision that has potential for significant impact on the organisation (See Trustee Role and Responsibility policy). > Everyone deserves to be safe **11** ## **Financial Review** **For the year, the Statement of Financial Activities shows a net surplus of:** **£18,263** **Reserves stand at:** **£343,543** (2022 £325,280). **Total income for the year is:** **£829,498** (2021/22 £701,134) (2022 £51,425) **an overall increase of 18%.** ## **Income by activity - 12 months to 31 July 2023** **----- Start of picture text -----**
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Sport England Grant Training Income - Adults Consultancy UK Sport Grant Training Income - Young People Training Income - Adults - eLearning Sport Wales Grant Donations/Royalties/Other Ann Craft Trust Annual Report ## **Income split - Restricted £424,570 (51%) Unrestricted £404,928 (49%)** 21/22 split 55%/45% respectively. This further increase in non-grant funded activities. ## **Training and consultancy income has increased by 25% on 21/22,** which reflects the growing demand for training as well as audits and reviews. ## **Grant Income is up 10%.** Grant expenditure marginally slower than predicted, impacting on grant income recognised. This will be addressed by activities planned in early 23/24 on the sport framework. ## **The Charity’s main income streams are as follows:** - Sport England grant received £309,600 (£321,800 recognised in year - £11k from previous years funding) primarily supporting the SE funded organisations and the development of the Safeguarding in Sport Framework. - Sport Wales grant received £48,500 (£47,800 recognised in year) primarily supporting Safeguarding Adults at Risk with NGB’s. - UK Sport grant received £56,200 (£55,000 recognised in year) supporting Safeguarding Adults in elite sports. - Training income (Adults £228,000; young people £43,000). - Consultancy Income £112,000. Expenditure has seen an increase of 20% in staff costs. This is due to inflationary pressures on pay awards, CEO handover, and additional staff hours. Non staff costs (excluding the annual conference and 30 anniversary dinner) have increased overall by 38%, primarily associate trainers and travel costs reflecting the increase in training and face-to-face delivery; plus, consultancy costs covering the Sport Wales post prior to recruitment. Everyone deserves to be safe **13** ## **Reserves policy** The reserves policy agreed by the Trustees is six months running costs (estimated at £290,000). This estimate is based on total staff costs, excluding staff wholly grant funded that have fewer than 2 years’ service, plus office running costs. ## **Staff Recruitment** A new Chief Executive Officer was recruited by the Board of Trustees in 2022. Starting work in February 2023, trustees built in considerable handover time with the previous CEO to ensure a smooth transition. Through the ongoing commitment to funding from Sport Wales and UK Sport, we were pleased to be able to recruit to a permanent Safeguarding Adults in Sport Manager for Wales and to confirm the permanent status of the Temporary Safeguarding Adults in Sport Manager for UK Sport. All roles are job matched using the University of Nottingham’s Job Family process. A Job Family describes a number of roles which are engaged in the same or similar kind of work. Job Family modelling is a process of analysing work within a job family to identify levels of work based on accountabilities, performance measures, skills, and competencies. A completed job family considers how many levels of that type of work there are, and describes key factors, which differentiate one level from the next. All Ann Craft Trust staff are appointed according to the levels in the Administrative, Professional, and Management job family. **14** Ann Craft Trust Annual Report ## **Introduction to Trust activities** During 2022/23, there was a focus on ensuring business continuity and ensuring a smooth transition between the outgoing and incoming CEO. We were pleased to recruit Natasha Eason to the board of Trustees. Natasha has considerable experience of working with sport organisations and strategic planning, and is a fantastic addition to the board. Here is a summary of some of the Trust’s recent and current activities during 2021/22. Everyone deserves to be safe **15** ## **Safeguarding Adults in Sport** We have completed the first full year of our 5 year funding period with Sport England under the Uniting the Movement strategy. More than 50 National Governing Bodies (NGBs) and Active Partnerships have now completed or are working through the Safeguarding Adults in Sport framework. From Aug 22 to July 23, 19 organisations went through the Framework process. Our regular dialogue and support continued with NGBs and Active Partnerships. Year 2 of UTM planning and delivery will see more of a focus on engaging with other National System Partners, in particular some of the disability sport organisations. We will also conduct a thorough review of the data being held on the portal and look to develop a robust system of assessment. The work to support the informal sport sector continues. The forums have grown in importance and strength, and a new roadmap was made available online in the summer of 2023. This is currently being reviewed by the active forum members. The roadmap will be subject to increased marketing energy when the members are confident in the content. Board and Advanced level training is being delivered regularly by the Sport Team. We are growing our list of approved trainers to increase diversity within the trainer team. The roll out of club level welfare officer open courses continued over this period with irregular attendance and with ongoing review by the sport team managers. We have secured a further two years’ funding from UK Sport to provide similar services across their funded sport organisations, including elite sport. Ann Craft Trust Annual Report Again, the training offer is growing, with bespoke training being delivered for athletes and support staff in conjunction with the British Elite Athletes Association. With 2024 being an Olympic year, there will be an increased focus on training for athletes and games personnel. We received a 4 year commitment to a full time post from Sport Wales in 22/23, and successfully recruited a full time post. This post is helping us to develop a range of training specifically targeted at the Welsh market and support with the Wales Safeguarding Week. The participant engagement work has also benefitted this year from increased engagement through the Active Partnership network. A number of local groups are now benefitting from this research, and we’re drawing from key learning to develop our training delivery. The Safeguarding Adults in Sport Partnership continues to meet 3 times a year. Following a review of the TOR and membership, we have increased the NGB representation and are using a rolling Chair arrangement. We continue to monitor the effectiveness of this group. The Ann Craft Trust Safeguarding in Sport team, while funded by the various funding bodies, works collaboratively as appropriate and also works with the other funded safeguarding partners in sport. Their reach is growing year on year. ## **National projects we were involved in during 22/23 include:** - Active member on UNICEF Safer Sport Culture tool. - Active member on the BSI Group to develop the first UK Standard for Safeguarding – due for public consultation in October 23. - On national working group for the Welfare Officers programme funded by Sport England. The recruitment for the national posts commenced in September 23, with 60 sport welfare officers being recruited across the country as part of Whyte Review Action Plan. Everyone deserves to be safe ## **Training and Consultancy** The Ann Craft Trust has continued this year to offer a wide range of training across the statutory, independent, and voluntary sectors on all issues relating to safeguarding adults. This has included an increased demand for our open training in relation to designated safeguarding leads. We have again had the opportunity to offer external safeguarding consultancy to a number of national organisations. We continue to be the external representative/critical friend on a number of National Safeguarding Groups. Membership of these groups has continued to grow. The Ann Craft Trust has seen an increasing demand this year for safeguarding audits, again across more diverse organisations than in the preceding year. This shows a high commitment to safeguarding across all sectors. We’ve seen more organisations seek support to embed the fundamentals of safeguarding and help them consider the ‘safeguarding culture’ in their organisation as well as checking and reviewing policy and procedures. In addition to this, we’ve played a key role in supporting different sectors to develop self-assurance tools and mechanisms to allow them to consider the effectiveness of safeguarding arrangements across a range of organisations. Our bespoke approach to training means that it continues to be in high demand from an increasingly diverse range of organisations. This is a mixture of face-to-face and online training, in addition to our growing e-learning offer. The feedback from commissioning agencies has continued to be excellent. The core staff team deliver training and undertake audit work. A team of Associate Trainers also assist in the delivery of training and audit work, and we have been pleased to recruit more associates who have specific knowledge and skills to help meet the demand. We continue to be involved in supporting research that will support practitioners and individuals to recognise and respond to exploitation. Ann Craft Trust Annual Report ## **Marketing and Communications** In 2023 we celebrated the 30th anniversary of the charity. For this we created a time capsule of content, which included a special commemorative book, distributed throughout the Safeguarding Adults Week conference in November. Our marketing focus included maintaining a social media presence while researching and producing new website content to attract organic traffic while meeting user needs. We continued to issue monthly sport updates along with our quarterly Safeguarding Bulletin. ## **Some headline figures for the period 2022 – 2023:** **6,905** people are subscribed to the quarterly bulletin **3,709** are subscribed to the monthly sport update. We currently have **3,736** Twitter followers. In this 12-month period we had **419,800** Twitter impressions. In addition, we have started to create dedicated posts for our LinkedIn network, which has grown by **78%.** We had over **425K** website visits, of which **61%** were organic. During this period, we’ve delivered over **80 new blogs** and produced **seven new podcasts** . We continue to support the safeguarding in sport team’s #SaferCultureSaferSport campaign, and at the time of writing, we are in the final stages of preparing for our annual Safeguarding Adults Week awareness campaign. Everyone deserves to be safe ## **eLearning** The eLearning platform is in its 3rd year and continues to offer our four main courses. There are two new courses in development, which we are aiming to launch early 2024. We have made accessibility updates to both of our Safeguarding Adults courses. We have also updated the Sport Club course to align with the Safer Culture campaign as part of the safeguarding in Sport Framework programme. ## **Key data:** **2056** > total users **143** learning registered. groups ## **#SaferCultureSaferSport** This is a campaign for sport and activity organisations to work towards creating safer cultures where welfare, safety and wellbeing is at the heart of values and actions. - To date we have reached over **3.2 million** on social media which is an increase of **60%** on the previous year and our influencers include the CQC, Sport England and various NGBs. - The campaign includes resources, podcast, blogs, events, and sign ups support. - **71 organisations** have made their commitment to the campaign. **20** Ann Craft Trust Annual Report ## **Safeguarding Adults Week 2022** ## **Safeguarding Adults Week 2022 took place 21 – 25 November.** The theme was Acting against adult exploitation and responding to contemporary safeguarding concerns. Each day we focused on specific topic: **Monday** – Exploitation and County Lines **Thursday** – Elder Abuse **Tuesday** – Self-neglect **Friday** – Domestic Abuse in Tech-Society **Wednesday** – Creating Safer **Saturday & Sunday** – Safeguarding in Organisational Cultures Everyday Life Our 5th annual week was a huge success, recording our largest seminar ever, with 408 attendees and almost 500 unique event attendees in total. More users than ever viewed the SAW content on our website. In addition, we gained new support in different public and private sectors, such as the DCMS and Zurich Insurance. The annual conference was held at the Crowne Plaza for the 2nd year running and we had the largest attendance with over 100 delegates participating in the day and the 30th anniversary dinner that evening. ## **Key data:** ## **1661** subscribers subscribed to SAW mailing list. ## **Reach 41m** on social media, including 12.5K interactions, and 2.8K shares. Annual conference attendance was ## **over 100 delegates** Everyone deserves to be safe ## **Ann Craft Trust Statement of Financial Activities for the year ending 31 July 2023** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Income and Expenditure August 21 – July 23
Unrestricted Restricted Total Unrestricted Restricted Total
Notes Funds Funds 2022/23 Funds Funds 2021/22
INCOME £ £ £ £
Training 270,521 270,521 218,169 218,169
Consultancy 112,142 112,142 87,532 87,532
Grant Income 1 424,570 424,570 386,959 386,959
Publications/ 2,514 2,514 4,390 4,390
Royalties
Donations/ 3,595 3,595 2,410 2,410
Other Income
Bank Interest 16,157 16,157 1,673 1,673
TOTAL INCOME 404,928 424,570 829,498 314,174 386,959 701,133
EXPENDITURE
Staff Costs 272,033 347,165 619,198 177,136 337,338 514,474
Trainers Fees/ 77,740 48,927 126,666 65,124 25,821 90,945
Consultancy
Trainers' Travel 8,951 349 9,300 5,568 2,000 7,568
and Subsistence
Trust Operating Costs 2 14,077 14,040 28,117 5,377 6,874 12,251
Marketing/Web Design 13,865 14,088 27,953 9,544 14,926 24,470
TOTAL EXPENDITURE 386,665 424,570 811,235 262,749 386,959 649,708
NET INCOME / 18,263 0 18,263 51,425 0 51,425
(EXPENDITURE)
for the Year
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Ann Craft Trust Annual Report ## **Ann Craft Trust Balance Sheet as at 31 July 2023** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Notes 2023 2022
Current Assets £ £
Debtors 3 68,697 72,028
Cash at bank and in hand 521,498 536,113
590,196 608,141
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 6 (246,653) (282,861)
Net Current Assets/Liabilities 343,543 325,280
Net Assets 343,543 325,280
Represented By
Opening Reserves 325,280 273,854
Surplus/(Deficit) in year 18,263 51,425
Closing Reserves 343,543 325,280
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- For the year ending (31/07/2023) the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies. - The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476. - The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts. - These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. Approved by D Marsland, Chair of Trustees 31/10/2023 Everyone deserves to be safe **----- Start of picture text -----**
Statement of Cashflows year ended 31 July 2023
2023 2022
Cashflows from operating Activities:
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities (30,771) 44,801
Cash flows From Investing Activities:
Interest Income 16,157 1,673
Change in cash for the reporting period 31,859 46,474
Cash at the beginning of the reporting period 489,639 489,639
Cash at the end of the reporting period 521,498 489,639
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**24** Ann Craft Trust Annual Report ## **Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 July 2023** **----- Start of picture text -----**
1 Grant Income Notes 2023 2022
Sport England Grant Restricted 321,766 304,796
Sport Wales Restricted 47,788 27,955
UK Sport Restricted 55,016 54,208
424,570 386,959
2 Trustees Expenses 270 102
270 102
3 Debtors
Trade Debtors Unrestricted 34,735 58,007
Accrued Income 4 30,712 8,405
Prepaid Expenditure 5 3,250 5,616
68,697 72,028
4 Accrued Income
UK Sport Restricted 9,098 8,405
Training fees not invoiced Unrestricted 21,614
9,098 8,405
5 Prepaid Expenditure
Conference deposit Unrestricted 3,250 5,616
3,250 5,616
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6 Creditors Notes 2023 2022
Trade Creditors Unrestricted 69,481 63,703
Deferred Income 7 114,004 142,584
Accrued Expenditure 8 58,167 66,297
241,652 272,585
7 Deferred Income
Sport England Grant Restricted 68,893 90,553
UK Sport Restricted 9,971 8,094
Sport Wales Grant Restricted 16,099 15,387
Focus Groups Restricted 2,126
Fees invoiced in advance Unrestricted 19,042 26,425
114,004 142,584
8 Accrued Expenditure
Sport England Grant Restricted 3,167 20,470
Trade Creditors Unrestricted 55,000 45,827
58,167 66,297
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Movement of grant funds (restricted) 01/08/2022-31/07/2023
O/B In Out C/B
Sport England Safeguarding Adults 6,330
Repaid 6,330
Grant 1 April 2020 - 31 March 2021 6,330 0
Sport England Safeguarding Adults 23,940
I&E 20,773
Grant 1 April 2021 - 31 March 2022 20,773 3,167
Sport England Safeguarding Adults 60,283
Bank receipt 23/09/2022 151,325
I&E 193,524
Grant 1 April 2022 - 31 March 2023 151,325 193,524 18,084
Sport England Safeguarding Adults
Bank receipt 30/06/2023 158,278
I&E 107,468
Grant 1 April 2023 - 31 March 2024 158,278 107,468 50,810
Sport Wales Safeguarding Adults at Risk with NGB's 5,317
I&E 3,224
Grant 1 April 20 - 31 March 2022 3,224 2,093
Sport Wales Safeguarding Adults at Risk with NGB's 10,070
Bank receipt 06/12/2022 17,500
I&E 27,570
Grant 1 April 2022- 31 March 2023 17,500 27,570 0
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Movement of grant funds (restricted) 01/08/2022-31/07/2023
O/B In Out C/B
Sport Wales Safeguarding Adults at Risk with NGB's
Bank receipt 10/05/2023 31,000
I&E 16,994
Grant 1 April 2023- 31 March 2024 31,000 16,994 14,006
UK Sport Safeguarding Adults 1,934
I&E 92
Grant 1 June 19 - 31 May 2021 92 1,842
UK Sport Safeguarding Adults 6,160
I&E
Grant 1 June 21 - 31 May 2022 6,160
UK Sport Safeguarding Adults (8,405)
Bank receipt 11/11/2022 14,050
Bank receipt 13/01/2023 14,050
Bank receipt 19/06/2023 28,100
I&E 45,826
Grant 1 June 22 - 31 May 2023 56,200 45,826 1,969
UK Sport Safeguarding Adults
I&E 9,098
Grant 1 June 23 - 31 May 2024 9,098 (9,098)
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- The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476. - The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts. - These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. Ann Craft Trust Annual Report ## **Independent examiner’s report on the accounts** **Company** (The Ann Craft Trust is registered as a charity (No. 1086592) & is a company limited by guarantee (No. 4080805)) I report on the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Ann Craft Trust (The Company) for the year ended 31st July 2023. ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** As the charity’s trustees of the Company (and 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 charity’s accounts as carried out under the Charities Act 2011, s. 145 (‘the 2011 Act’). My examination has followed Directions given by the Charity Commission under s. 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act. ## **Independent examiner’s statement** I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view, and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. Everyone deserves to be safe Having completed my examination I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe: (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 FRS102)]. 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 to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed Name: Rob Morgan Relevant professional qualification or body: Chartered Institute of Management Accountants Ann Craft Trust Annual Report ## **Thank you to our supporters** We would like to thank the organisations that have worked with us and supported us throughout the year. Particular thanks go our funders UK Sport, Sport England, Sport Wales and the University of Nottingham. **If you would like to discuss training requirements or if you’re a practitioner looking for safeguarding advice, please get in touch.** **0115 951 5400** **ann-craft-trust@nottingham.ac.uk** ## **anncrafttrust.org** Ann Craft Trust, Centre for Social Work, University Park, University of Nottingham NG7 2RD