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Company registrdtion number: 4080805 Charity registration number: 1086592 The Ann Craft Trust (A company limited by guarantee) Annual Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended i l July 2024 Community Accounting Plus Units l & 2 North West 41 Talbot Slreei Nottingham NGI 5GL

The Ann Craft Trust Contents Reference and Adminlstrative Delails Trustees, Report 2to4 Independent Examine¢s Report Statement of Financial Activities 6t07 Balance Sheet Statement of Cash Flows Notes to the Financial Statements Ioto 18

The Ann Craft Trust Reference and Administrative Details Chairman David Marsland Chief Executive Offieer Stuart Sale Trustees David Chamock David Marsland Tania May Natssha Eason Paul Johnson Elisabeth Alton Charity Registration Number 1086592 Company Registration Number 4080805 Registered O￿lee Centre for Social Work University of Nottingham University Park Nottingham NG7 2RD Independent Examiner John O'Brien. employee of Community Accounting Plus Units l & 2 North West 41 Talbot Street Nottingham NGI 5GL Page I

The Ann Craft Trust Trustees, Report The trustee5, who are director5 for the purpose5 of company law. present the annual report together with the financial statements of the charitable company lor the year ended 31 July 2024. Trustees and officers The trustees and officers serving during the year and since the year end were as follows.. Tn￿te¢S.. Malcolm Dillon (resigned 29 February 2024) David Charnock David Marsland Tania May Suzanne Wi150n (resigned JO September 2024) Nalasha Eason Paul Johnson (appoTnted 20 November 2023) Elisabeth Alton (appointed 20 November 202J) Chairn]an: David Marsland Chief Executive Officer.. Stuart Sale Structure, governance and management Nalure ofgoverning documenl The charity is a company limited by guarantee and registered charity. It is operated under the rules of its memorandum and articles of association dated 2510912000 and most recently amended 0411212019. It has no share capital and the liability of each member in the event of winding-up is limited to £5. Recruitmenl and appoinlmeml of Iruslees Potential trustees have been found through networking within the fields related to the Ann Craft Trust. Individuals are then nominated to the current Trustees for their consideration through an interview process and nomination at the Annual General Meeting. Objeetives and activities Objects and ainLS We exist to create a world where everyone underswlds their role in safeguarding adults and preventing abuse. Objectives, slrategies and aclivilies We help others better understand safeguarding, primarily b}, providing training and consultoncy, while suprK)rting them to embed best practices across their organisaiions. Public benefil Our activites benefit the public through better safeguarding oladults and prevention of abuse. The trustees confimi that the), have complied with the requirements of section 17 of the Charities Act 201 I to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Page 2

The Ann Craft Trust Trustees, Report Achievements and performance Please refer to the messages from the Chair of Trustees and report from the Chief Executive oificer above. Financial review The year end finance report for 23124 shows a positive overall picture at the Ann Craft Trust with more income received than expenditure, meaning a surplus of £J9,349 in unrestricted funds.This is extremely positive - this was achieved by income being just J.48 / I0￿.er than the budget set for 2Jl?4 but with our expenditures (mostly due to vacancies resulting in lower staff costs) being 12.10/0 lower the budget agreed at the start of the financial year. Policy on reserves The purpose of this policy is to ensure that the Ann Craft Trust (ACT) maintains adequate flnancial reserves to support the continuity of its activities in the event of unforeseen financial challenges or to take advantage of strategic opportunities. This policy outlines the approach to tnanaging reserves, ensuring the charity's sustainability and resilience in delivering its mission. The ACT Trustees are comtnitted to ensuring that reserves are maintained at a level that is suificient but not excessive. This is currently set to cover- Three to six months of CO￿ operational costs, which include salaries. and other essential overheads. This ensures that ACT can continue to function effectively during any short-temi financial difficulties or where cashflow is hindered through late pavments. for example. delayed grant funding. Contingencies for unexpected costs, such as legal obligations. Redundancy pay, in the event the charity ceases to operate. The reserves must cover redundancy payments in line with the University of Nottin(Fham's redundancy policy. ensuring staff are compensaled as per contractual and legal obligations in the case of closure of ACT. Strategic opportunities, ￿'hICh may require short-terni or one-ofr funding, such as new project initiatives, partnerships, or developments aligned M'ith the Trusi's mission. The appropriate level of reserves will be reviewed annually by the Trustees, as will the policy. The reserve levels will be monitored monthly by the CEO and leadership team and on a quarterly basis by the Board of Trustees during the fmance agenda item of the trustee meeting. It will be reviewed annually as part of financial and future planning. • Any significant use of reserves, outside of those related to cashfloTh', where there is assurance that this will be remedied M'-ithin 2 months, should be justified by the Senior Leadership Team and approved by the Trustees. In such cases, a plan will be devised to restore reserve levels to the agreed target in a timely manner. Principal risA"s and uncertainties Lncreased running costs as a result of increased national insurance contribution5, which also affect5 Potential customers. Reduction in enquirie5 leading to a(Freed work due to increased running costs and reduced funding across some of our key sectors such as Adult social Care. Slnall companie5 provision statelnent This report has been prepared in accordance with the small companies regime under the Companies Act 2006.

The Ann Craft Trust Trustees, Report Stal¢ment of Responsibilities The trustees (who are also Ihe d1￿ClOrS of The Ann Craft Trust for the purwses of company law) are responsible for preparing the trustees, report and the financial ststements in accordance with applicabl¢ law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice), including FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic ol Ireland. The report and accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions in the Comparlies Act 2006 relating to small LviiipatiitS. Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under company law the trustees must not approve the Iinanclal statements unless they are satisfJ¢d that they give a true and fair view of tlie state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including its incomc and expenditurc, of th¢ ¢haritable company for that p¢riod. In prrparing th¢sc financial statements, the trustees are required to: sel¢¢t suithle accounting p)licies and apply them consis¢enlly' observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP: make judgements and estimates that are Tea50nablc andprudent; state whether applicable accounting standards. comprisin8 FRS 102 have been followed, subject to any matcrial departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements" and pr¢pare th¢ financial stafrmcnts on the going concern basis unlc5S it is inappropriate to presume thai the harilablc company will continue in business. The trustee5 are responsible lor keeping proper accounting records that can disclose with reasonable accuracy at any lime the finanrial posltion of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements oinply witli th¢ Cojnpanics Act 2006. 1liey ai¢ also r¢swJisiblr for safe8uanJin¥ lh¢ vf ihr ihÉiiil¢iblc company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detcction of frnud and oth¢r irr¢8ularilies. The I￿￿teeS are responsible for the maintenance and integnty of the cOr￿Tate and financial intorniation included on the charitable company's website. Legislation Boverning the prepardtion and di55emination of financial statcmcnts may diffcr from Icgislation in oth¢r jurisdictions. Approved by the tTUStees of the charity on signed on its behalf by: Tania May Trustee Page 4

The Ann Craft Trust Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of The Ann Craft Trust ('the Company,) Independent examiner's report lo the trustees of The Ann Craft Trust ('the Company'} L report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the covnpany for the year ended 31 July 2024. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity's trustees of the Company (and alw 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 examinatioT] of your charity's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Aci 2011 ('the 2011 Act,). In carrying out iny examination I have follom'ed 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 201 l Act. I confinn that l am qualified to undertake the examination because l am a rnember and Fellow of the Association of Charitv Independent Exatniner5. which is one of the listed bodies. I have completed my examination. I confirni that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect- accounting records were not kept in respect olthe Company as required by section )86 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 i96 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and faiP 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 conneclion with the examination to which attention should be dra￿￿ in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. John O'Brien Msc, FAIA, FCIE. emplo}'ee of Community Accounting Plus Fellow of the Association of Charity Independent Examiners Units l & 2 North West 41 Talbot Street Nottingham NGI 5GL 1310312025 Page 5

The Ann Craft Trust Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 Julv 2024 (Including Income and Expenditure Account and Statement of Total Recognised Gains and Losses) Unrestricted funds Restricted runds Total 2024 Total 2023 Note Income and Endowments from: Donations and legacies Charitable activities Investment income 1.066 418,330 19,669 1,066 864,168 19,669 3,595 782,617 16,157 445,838 Total income 439,065 445,838 884,903 80? 369 Expenditure on: Charitable activities (J99.716) (486.518) (886.234) (811,235) Total expenditure (399.716) (486.51 s) (886,234) (811,235) Net incomel(expenditure) (40,680) (1,331) (8,866) Net movement in funds (40,680) (1,331) (8,866) Reconciliation or funds Total funds brought fonvard J4J,54J 4J2,574 441,440 Total funds carried fonvard J82,892 48,351 431,243 432,574 All of the charity's activities derive from continuing operations during the above two periods. The funds breakdown for the period is shown in note I l. The notes on pages l O to 18 form an integral part of these financial statements. Page 6

The Ann Craft Trust Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 Julv 2024 (Including Income and Expenditure Account and Statement of Total Recognised Gains and Losses) These are the figures for the previous accounling period and are included for eomparative purposes Unrestricted Restricted Total funds funds 2023 Note Income and Endowmenls from: Donations and legacies Charitable activities Investment income )85,176 16,157 782,617 16,157 Total income 404,998 802,369 Expenditure on: Charitable activities (J86.665) (494.570) (811.235) Total expenditure ()86,665) (4?4,570) (811,2)5) Net incomel(expenditure) 18,26) (27,129) (8,866) Net movement in funds (27,129) (8,866) Reconciliation of funds Total funds brought forward J25 ?80 16,160 441,440 Total funds carried fonvard )4),54i 43? 574 The notes on pages l O to 18 form an integral part of these financial statements. Page 7

The Ann Craft Trust (Registration number: 4080805) Balance Sheet as at 31 Juty 2024 2024 2023 Note Current asset5 Debtors Cash ai bank and in hand 47,111 545,344 68,697 515,566 592.455 584,263 Creditors: Amounts fjlling due within one yur 10 (161.212) 151.689 Net Assets 431,243 432,574 Fund$ of tht th#rity: Restrieted income funds Restricted funds 48,351 89.031 Unrestricted income fundg UDrestriCled funds 382,892 343.543 Total funds 431,243 432,574 For the financial year ending 31 July 2024 the charity was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of Ihe Companies Act 2006 r¢latinB to small companios. Directors, re5ponsibilities- Th¢ m¢mb¢r5 hav¢ not ￿qUIr￿ th¢ charity to obtain an audit of its accounts for th¢ ycar in qucstion in accordance with section 476. and The direciors acknowledge iheir respK)n5ibiliiies for complying with the requirements of ihe Aci wilh respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts. These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the specsal provisions relating to companies 5ubj¢ct to the Small ￿PanIeS ￿11￿￿ within Part"15 of the Cornpani￿ A(# 2006. ncial statements on pages 6 to 18 were approved by the tn￿ceS, and authorisd for issue on Tania May Trustee The Dotes on pages 10 to 18 forni an integral part of these financial statements. Page 8

The Ann Craft Trust Statement of Cash Flows for the Year Ended 31 July 2024 2024 2023 Note Cash flows from operaling activities Net cash expenditure (1,331) (8,866) Adjustments to cash fioils from non-cash items Investment income (19,669) (16,157) (21,000) (25,023) Working capital adjustlljents Decrease in debtors Increasel(decrease) in creditors Decrease in deferred income 21.586 28.564 (19.041) 3,331 (5,502) (9,510) io 10 Net cash flows from operating activities 10,109 {J6,704) Cash flows from investing activities Interest receivable and similar income 19,669 16,157 Net increa5¢1{decrease) in cash and rash equivalents 29,778 (20,547) Cash and cash equivalents at l August 515,566 536,113 Cash and cash equivalents at J l July 545,344 515,566 Reconciliation of net cash flow to movement in net funds Increase/(decrease) in cash 29,778 {20,547) Net funds at l August 202i 515,566 536,113 Net funds at J l July 2024 545,344 515,566 All of the cash flows are derived from continuing operations during the above two periods. The notes on pages l O to 18 form an integral part of these financial statements. Page 9

The Ann Craft Trust Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 Juty 2024 l Accounting policie5 Sumtnary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates The principal accounting policies applied in the preparaiion of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been con51Stently applied to all the year5 presente(L unless otherwise stated. Staten]ent of compliance The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities.. Statement of Recommended Practice (applicable to charities preparing Iheir accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Siandard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland {FRS 102)) (issued in 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. Basis of preparation The Ann Craft Trusl meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or trdnsaciion value unless otherwise ststed in the relevant accounting policy notes. Going concern The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The trustees assess whether the use of going concern is appropriate i.e. whether there are any material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the ability of the charity to continue as a going concern. The trustees tnake this assessment in respect of a period of one year from the date of approval of the financial statements. Exemption from preparing a cash flow slatelnent Under the exemption available io smaller charities the Board of Trustees has chosen not to include a Statement of Cash Flo￿.$ ithin the financial statements. Income and endowments Voluntary income including donations. gifts, legacies and grants that provide core fuTJding or are of a general nature is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the income, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured with s￿￿1¢ient reliability- Donalion5 and legacies Donations are recognised when the charity has been notified in writing of both the amount and settlement date. In the event that a donation is subject to conditions that ￿qUIre a level of perfomance by the charity before the charity is entiiled to the funds. the income is deferred and not recognised until either those conditions are fully met, or the fulfilment of those conditions is wholly within the control of the charlty and it is probable that these conditions will be fulfilled in the reporting period. Page 10

The Ann Craft Trust Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 Juty 2024 Deferred income Deferred income represents amounts received for fuiure periods and is released to incoming resources in the period for which, it has been received. Such income is only deferred when: The donor specifies that the grant or donation must only be used in future accounting periods- or The donor has imposed conditions which must be met before the charity has unconditional entitlement. Inve&lmenÉ income Dividends are recognised once the dividend has been declared and notification has been received of the dividend due. Expenditure All expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to that expenditure, it is probable settlement is required and the amount can be measured reliably. All costs are allocated to the applicable expenditure heading that aggregate similar costs to that category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated on a basis consistent with the use of resources, with central staff costs allocated on the basis of time spent, and depreciation charges allocated on the portion of the asset's use. Other support costs are allocated based on the spread of staff costs. Chari¢able aclivilies Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of it5 activities and services for its beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them. Taxation The charity is considered to pass the tests set out in Paragraph I Schedule 6 of the Finance Act 2010 and therefore it meets the definition of a charitable company for UK corporation tax purposes. Accordingly. the charity is poteniially exempi from taxation in respect of income or capital gains received within categories covered by Chapter i Part I l of the Corporation Tax Act 201 O or Sectioii 256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1999 to the extent thai such income or gains are applied exclusively to charitable purposes. Trade debtors Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for merchandise sold or services perfonned in the ordinary course of business. Trade debtors are recognised initially at ihe transaclion price. They are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less provision for impairnient. A provision for the impainnent of trade debtors is established when there is objective evidence that the charity will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original ternis of the receivables. Cash and cash equivalents Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits. and other short-terni highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a knO￿.n amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value. Pagell

The Ann Craft Trust Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 Juty 2024 Trade creditors Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as cu￿ent liabilities if the charity does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period. to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an uncondilional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at the transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective inlerest method. Fund structure Unrestricted income funds are general funds that are available for use at the trustee5' discretion in furtherance of the objective5 of the charity. Restricted income funds are those grants for use in a particular area or for specific purposes, the use of which is restricted to that area or purpose. Pensions and other post r¢lir¢ment obligations The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme which is a pension plan under which fixed contributions are paid into a pension fund and the charity has no legal or constructive obligation to pay further contributions even if the fund does not hold 5UtTicient assets to pay all employees the benefits relating to employee Service in the current and prior periods. Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities when they are due. If contribution payments exceed the contribution due for service. the excess is recogni5ed as a prepayment. 2 Ineome from donations and legaeies Unreslricted funds General Total 2024 Total 2023 Donations and legacies- Donations from individuals 1,066 1,066 1.066 1,066 3,595 Page 12

The Ann Craft Trust Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 Juty 2024 3 Income from charitable activities Unrestrieted funds General Restrieted funds Total 2024 Total 2023 Grants Sales & Fee5 Conference Royalties Sundry 445,838 445,8)8 392,255 14,491 397,441 385,176 )9?,255 14,491 418,JJO 445,8J8 864,168 782,617 4 Grants & donations Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Total Sport England Sport Wales UK Sport Sundry grants & donations )?3,7)8 62,000 60.100 323,7J8 60,100 1,066 1,066 1,066 445,8J8 446,904 5 Investment income Ullrestricted funds General Total 2024 Total 2023 Interest receivable and similar income; Interest receivable on bank deposits 19,669 19.669 16,157 19,669 19,669 16,157 Page IJ

The Ann Craft Trust Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 Juty 2024 6 Expenditure on charitable activitie5 Unrestrieted funds General Restrieted funds Total 2024 Total 2023 £ (As restated) Associate trainer fees Conference Consultants Consultants expenses Marketing & communications Staff expenses Trainers expenses Website hosting & system Finance costs Hospitality & catering l.T Equipment Management committee O￿lCe expenses Staff development Wages, Nl & pensions Grants repaid Trust operating costs 8,765 2,125 22,270 1,346 18,996 9,936 85,502 10,468 37,412 .577 8,343 15,142 126,667 4,742 13.610 6,036 28,731 5.429 266 .477 166 9,300 27,953 16,378 1,328 4,101 255 604 166 5,269 2,580 660,806 i.167 1,598 26J,7Jl 982 J97,075 619,198 28,117 J99,716 486,518 886.234 811,2J5 Page 14

The Ann Craft Trust Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 Juty 2024 7 Staff costs The aggregate payroll costs were as folloivs= 2024 2023 Staff costs during the year were: Wages and salaries Social security costs Pension costs 547,934 46,3?0 66,552 513,434 43,403 62,361 660,806 619,198 The monthly average number of persons (including senior management team) employed by the charity during the y.ear was as follows= 2024 2023 Average number of employees 16 16 13 (202J 13) of the above employees participated in the Defjned Contribution Pension Schemes. Contributions to the employee pension 5cheme5 for the year totalled £66,552 (2023 - £62,361). No employee received emoluments of more than £60,000 during the year. 8 Debtors 2024 2023 Trade debtors Prepayments 46,601 510 47.111 68,697 9 Cash and cash equivalents (As restated) 2023 2024 Cash at bank 545,344 515,566 Page 15

The Ann Craft Trust Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 Juty 2024 10 Creditors: atnounts falling due within one year 2024 2023 Trade creditors Other taxation and social security Other creditors Accruals Deferred income 79,844 16,857 2,160 62,351 69,481 63,167 19,041 161,212 151,689 11 Funds Balance at August 2023 Incoming resourees Resources expended Balance at 31 July 2024 Unreslrieted funds General General i43.54J 439,065 (399.716) 382,892 Restricted funds Sport England Sport Wales UK Sport 72.059 16.099 323,738 62,000 60,100 (351,296) (63.i17) (71.905) 44,501 14,782 (10,932) Total restricted funds 89,031 (486,518) 48,351 Total funds 4)?.574 884,90) (886,234) 431,243 Balance at I August 2022 Incoming resourees Resource5 expended Balance at 31 July 2023 £ (As restated) Unrestricled funds General General )25,280 404,928 (386,665) 343,543 Restricted Restricted funds 116.160 (424,570) 89,031 Total funds 441,440 802,369 (811,2)5) 432,574 Page 16

The Ann Craft Trust Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 Juty 2024 The specific purposes for which the funds are to be applied are as folloivs: Sport England - To support the SE funded organisations and the continued development of the Safeguarding in Sport Framework. Sport Wales - to deliver a focused, high-quality adult safeguarding advisory and support service to Sport Wales partners and the wider sector. UK Sport - to provide training.. support and advice to UK Sport funded organisations. The closing deficit in the UK Sport ￿nd is a result of funding for the period being received in arrears, in this case August 2024. 12 Analysis of net assets between funds Unrestricted 2024 Total funds General Restricted Current assets Current liabilities 544,104 (161.21? 48,351 592,455 (161,212) Total net assets J82,89? 48,351 431 ?43 Unrestricted 2023 Total funds General Restricted Current assets Current liabilities 495,232 (151.689) 89.031 584,263 (151,689) Total net assets J4J,54J 432,574 (give details such as rent free accommodation, staff seconded to the charity, description of the role played by general volunteers and provide an indication of the nature of their contribution etc) 13 Fees payable to independent examiller During the period, the fees payable (excluding VAT) to the charity's i1]dependent examiner Community Accounting Plu5 are analy5ed as follows- 2024 2023 Independent examination Other financial services 1,800 1,260 3,060 Page 17

The Ann Craft Trust Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 Juty 2024 14 Taxation The charity is a registered charity and is therefore exempt from taxation. 15 Trustees remuneration and expenses No trustees. nor any person5 connected with thetn, have received any ￿mUne￿tIon from the charity during the year. No trustees have received any reimbursed expenses or any oiher benefits from the charity during the year. 16 Related party transactions There were no related party transactions in the year. Page 18

Annual Report 2023-2024 ann craft trust SAFEGUARDING ADULTS

Contents

Our Patrons, Trustees, Staff, and Associates
Meet our Team
A Message from the Chair of Trustees
CEO Report
Trustees Report
Financial Review
Introduction to Trust Activities
Safeguarding Adults in Sport
Training and Consultancy
Marketing and Communications
Safeguarding Adults Week 2023
eLearning		 Page 3
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Our patrons, trustees, staff, and associates

Trustees and

Management Committee Stuart Sale (CEO)

Dave Marsland (Chair)

David Charnock Natasha Eason Rachel Fyson Tania May Paul Johnson

Patrons

Sir Roger Singleton Kate Spicer

Richard Whitehead MBE

Associates Robert Kenniwell Sarah Knight Claire Pooley Nick Slinn Ros Smith Clare Staley Ieuan Watkins

Research

Rachel Clawson

Rachel Fyson Robert Kenniwell

Consultants

Julie Mather

Staff

Lisa Curtis

Elliot Davies Nicola Dean Jodi Evans Emma Gibson Dave Lochtie

Sarah Nolan

Joanne Pell

Hazel Rippin Nat Rock

Catherine Sykes

Roisin Tear

Laura Thorpe

Kimberley Walsh

Abra Millar

Natalie Palmer

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Meet our team

Lisa Curtis

Deputy CEO, Head of Safeguarding Adults

David Lochtie Operations Manager

Stuart Sale

CEO

Elliot Davies

Marketing & Communications Manger

Sarah Nolan

Safeguarding Adults in Sport Administrator

Catherine Sykes Safeguarding Adults Manager for the Sport and Activity Sector

Nicola Dean

Safeguarding Adults in Sport Manager

Joanne Pell

Safeguarding Adults in Sport Manager

Roisin Tear

Safeguarding Adults Manager

Jodi Evans

Emma Gibson

Safeguarding Adults in Sport Manager in Wales

Head of Safeguarding Adults in Sport

Hazel Rippin Head of Marketing & Communications

Nat Rock Administrator

Kimberley Walsh

Laura Thorpe

Safeguarding Adults Safeguarding Adults in Manager Sport Manager

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A Message from the Chair of Trustees

Dave Marsland

Chair of Trustees, August 2023-July 2024

Welcome to the Annual Report for the Ann Craft Trust. It is with great pride and pleasure that I invite you to take some time to explore some of the fabulous achievements and highlights of this year for the Trust team.

In last year’s report, I was able to commend some of the new perspectives and ideas that Stuart as the new CEO, brought to the Trust. This year I would like to invite you to join with me in celebrating some of the more ‘old school’ or perhaps, timeless goals and emphases that Stuart and the team have focused on.

In particular, the Trust has invested significant energy and time in creating improved infrastructure and better systems and processes. Some of these systems and structures are internal and have been about communication and supporting staff. Other developments have focused on external business-focused needs and improving productivity and efficiency.

The continued growth and expansion of the Trust is genuinely enabled by ensuring that staff can focus more energy on their safeguarding roles and less time on navigating and operating unhelpful systems and platforms. Developing and improving infrastructure may not seem groundbreaking but I am now convinced of its importance.

In addition, the significant emphasis this year on wellbeing has been very positively received by all the team and the Trustees alike. Working

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In safeguarding, roles can be demanding on numerous different levels and maintaining our energy and commitment needs to be considered and addressed with care and sophistication. Stuart and the senior team have developed and championed a renewed focus on health, wellbeing and support for all involved with the Trust.

A great example of this focus on wellbeing and team energising was our first Team Day in June. This fabulous event brought together Trustees with all teams at the Trust to recognise successes and make plans for the future. I know that this fabulous a, 3 day helped Trustees to gain a much better sense of the amazing staff who we entrust to deliver the important work of the Trust. It was also great to enjoy some AN ace highly competitive games of Boccia! Thank you to Boccia England for showing us just how inclusive this sport is.

Lastly, from me, I would like to take this opportunity Pus 8S to thank two retiring Trustees, Malcolm Dillon and Suzanne Wilson. Malcom and Suzanne were instrumental in ensuring that the Trust made significant progress on redefining our strategic direction and revisiting our aims and objectives. Jumping into the shoes of Malcolm and Suzanne, I would like to introduce and thank our two newest Trustees, Dr Elisabeth Alton and Paul Johnson. Elisabeth and Paul bring with them a huge reservoir of knowledge and wisdom and join us at this pivotal time. Elisabeth is the named GP for safeguarding adults working for Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership. Paul is a retired Service Director for Nottinghamshire County Council Adults.

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I would also like to thank:

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CEO Report

Stuart Sale

CEO, Ann Craft Trust

The twelve months covered in this annual report has been among the personal highlights of my career, with my first full year navigated working for this amazing charity.

When I came to work at the Ann Craft Trust I knew that the charity was a leading voice in safeguarding. What I didn’t know is how this was achieved. However, having spent time getting to know the amazing staff, trustees and associates, I can see that it is down to their knowledge, dedication, energy and passion for making safeguarding adults a priority for everyone we support. Thank you to you all for your fantastic dedication to the Ann Craft Trust.

In July 2024, everyone at the Ann Craft Trust was saddened to hear of the death of our former Director, Pam Cooke. Pam became a director in 1997. She played a key role in helping the Trust become nationally renowned as a safeguarding expert and an advocate for equality and the rights of children with disabilities and adults at risk.

I hope that Pam would be pleased with what we’ve achieved in the last twelve months which has seen us continue our steady growth, supporting more organisations, in more different ways, than ever before!

The success of the last year has enabled us to invest in our back office ‘infrastructure’, ensuring that our systems are able to cope with the demand as we look to the future. This means that our managers spend less time doing administrative tasks and more time supporting organisations through training, consultancy and research.

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To further help our growth, we were delighted to recruit two new members of staff during the reporting period, with Roisin Tear joining us as a Safeguarding Development Manager and Dave Lochtie recruited to the position of Operations Manager. As pleased as we were to welcome Roisin and Dave, we were sad to say goodbye to Charlotte Brooks and we wish her well in her future endeavours. Our longstanding consultant accountant, Julie Mather, also left us and we wish her equally well.

In addition to investing in new systems and staff, we have taken time over the last year to reflect and review on our vision, purpose and mission through the development and launch of a new strategic plan. The plan also sets out our shared values which we challenge ourselves on across the charity.

I’ve found it invaluable to have the new strategic plan in place as it helps everyone connected with the Ann Craft Trust to consider how their actions help us achieve our vision of stopping the abuse of all adults through awareness raising, building understanding, and working together. Staff are empowered to take action that fit with this, without having to check-in constantly. This is part of our overall approach to staff wellbeing, which has been a priority for me in the last year, building on our conference and theme for Safeguarding Adults Week in 2023.

I’d also like to take this opportunity to thank the University of Nottingham for their continued support of the Ann Craft Trust, without which we would not have access to the amazing facilities, resources and knowledge that comes from a world-renowned university.

Finally, I’d like to thank you all – as we continue to raise the profile of adult safeguarding, our work is made worthwhile by you, our supporters and allies. Your passion matches ours and our work to ensure that safeguarding adults is prioritised across the UK is only strengthened by your continued support.

I hope you enjoy reading about our activity over the last year and I look forward to meeting as many of you as possible over the next year. We have some big plans to further develop our offer, as we seek to reduce the risk to all adults further.

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Trustees Report

The Trustees are pleased to present their annual report for the year 2023/24.

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 2RD. 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.

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 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.

The trustees must appoint one of the Board to be the Chairperson and chair of their meetings and may at any time remove them from that office. Trustees who retire by rotation at an annual general meeting may, if willing to act, be reappointed.

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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

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Financial Review

Total closing reserves stand at:

For the year, the Statement of Financial Activities shows a net surplus of:

£431,243

£39,349

of which £382,892 is unrestricted reserves

in unrestricted funds

(2023 £18,263)

(2023 total closing reserves were £432,574 of which £343,543 were unrestricted). This is compliant with our Reserves Policy which requires a minimum of 3 months core operational costs are covered, £223,561 as at 31/7/24.

Total income for the year is:

£884,903

(2022/23 £802,369)

an overall increase of 10.3%.

Income by activity - 12 months to 31 July 2024

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Income split

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Unrestricted Restricted
£439,065 £445,838
(49.6%) (50.4%)
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£404,928 £397,441
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This represents an increase in Unrestricted income of 8.4% and of 12.2% in Restricted income.

The Charity’s main income streams are as follows:

Expenditure on staff costs totalled £660,806 (£619,198 in 2023). This is in an increase of 6.7%, primarily due to inflationary pressures on pay awards.

Total expenditure on non-staff charitable activities is £225,428, (£192,037 in 2023) up by 17.4%.

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Reserves policy

The reserves policy agreed by the Trustees is three to six months of core operational costs. This estimate includes salaries, and other essential overheads. It ensures that the Trust can continue to function effectively during any short-term financial difficulties or where cashflow is hindered through late payments, for example, delayed grant funding.

Staff Recruitment

A new Safeguarding Adults Development Manager was appointed to the Ann Craft Trust in late 2023. This post replaced the previous safeguarding young people development manager post that was vacated earlier in 2023. We also recruited to a brand-new post of Operations Manager for the Ann Craft Trust. This role will help oversee day to day operations of the charity, providing support as part of the senior leadership team.

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 University of Nottingham’s Administrative, Professional, and Management job family.

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Introduction to Trust activities

During 2022/23, there was a focus on developing our internal systems and processes, along with the development and launch of our new strategic plan. We were pleased to recruit Paul Johnson and Elisabeth Alton to the board of Trustees. Here is a summary of some of the Trust’s recent and current activities during 2023/24.

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Safeguarding Adults in Sport

The Ann Craft Trust has continued to play a key role in developing safeguarding adults arrangements across the sports sector.

We are now into our 3rd year of Sport England funding under the Uniting the Movement strategy. As part of this work, we have played a key role in supporting the creation of a national network of sport welfare officers and as members of the national oversight group to ensure the roles develop consistently. These roles were created as a result of recommendations made in the Whyte Review, an independent review into allegations of abuse in gymnastics.

Our Safeguarding Adults in Sport Framework process was independently reviewed in November 2023 and an action plan for the recommendations was developed. The Framework remains a key component on the work programmes of all safeguarding in sport managers.

More than 40 National Governing Bodies (NGBs) and Active Partnerships have completed the Framework in the last 2 years. In the year covered by this report, 20 organisations were supported to complete the framework, including our first Welsh NGB and our first National System Partner.

The participant engagement work ‘Voice of the Participant’ has benefitted from increased reach through the Active Partnership network during the last 12 months. We will use the findings from this to share good practice and develop resources for organisations to gather their own feedback.

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Working collaboratively with the Child Protection in Sport Unit, bespoke training was delivered to ParalympicGB staff members and Games Time Designated Safeguarding Officers – resulting in over 180 individuals having received specific safeguarding training ahead of the Paralympics Games 2024.

In addition to this, a commissioned series of training sessions for an individual Olympic sport saw over 130 individuals, including athletes, coaches and support staff having received the first phase of bespoke sport specific safeguarding training.

Ann Craft Trust is represented on the stakeholder group for the Safe Sport project, which is led by UK Sport. The aim of this project is to create a coherent and consistent approach to safeguarding across all sports and physical activity. The project is expected to conclude in 24/25.

Our work to support sports across Wales has continued, with shared learning across England and Wales as a result. Our Safeguarding in Sport Wales Manager’s approach to NGB safeguarding lead officer forums has been creative, encouraging greater engagement across the sector than ever before.

The work to support those national organisations who are not part of a formal National Governing Body structure continues. The forum to support these organisations who are typically independent or self-appointed has grown both in importance and strength of numbers. The forum supported the development of the Roadmap which was successfully publicly launched in May with support from many national partners including the DBS and the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO).

The Safeguarding Adults Roadmap supports organisations to develop their understanding of what it means to create a safer environment. It is a self-lead online tool which breaks down the process into 6 manageable stages and provides links to resources as well as space to record individual actions to help them to develop a strategy for implementing meaningful policies and procedures.

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More than 150 organisations have signed up to use the Roadmap and are actively engaging in the process.

We also launched a new eLearning course to support this sector development.

Trustee level training is being delivered regularly by the Sport Team, supported by our small team of associate trainers. We work with

our partners, Child Protection in Sport Unit, to ensure our messaging is consistent across adults and children’s safeguarding, particularly where we talk about organisational responsibilities and safeguarding culture.

We also deliver training to all National Governing Bodies of Sport, Active Partnerships and National System Partner safeguarding leads across the England, Wales and UK Sport network, four times a year.

In addition to Ann Craft Trust delivered training, we successfully relaunched our eLearning course in conjunction with UK Coaching, ‘Safeguarding Adults in Physical Activity and Sport’. We have also been developing a further course to complement this, which we hope to launch in 24/25.

In a busy year for the sports team, we also supported the development of the UNICEF Safer Sport Culture Tool and the first British Standard for safeguarding, launched in July 2024.

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Training and Consultancy

The Ann Craft Trust has had another successful year offering a wide range of training across the statutory, independent, and voluntary sectors on all issues relating to the safeguarding of adults. The training continues to be for an increasingly diverse range of organisations including arts and theatre, museums, military, agriculture, faith groups, housing, women’s charities, and homeless charities. Our bespoke training delivery ensures each organisation gains an understanding of safeguarding adults in their context at the correct level, from volunteers to Trustees, therefore supporting the embedding of effective safeguarding within the organisation.

We have also been pleased to work on a research project with the University of Nottingham highlighting the need to understand financial capability. This resulted in the Ann Craft Trust developing a free eLearning course as an outcome from the findings of the research. This has allowed us to link research and practice and provide a useful tool for learning, sign posting and raising awareness on this subject.

Furthermore, our involvement has continued with our ongoing input to research led by the Rights Lab at the University of Nottingham regarding the link between Cognitive impairment and Exploitation. The report and

the findings to this important piece of research will be launched at the Ann Craft Trust Safeguarding Adults Week and conference.

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We have again had the opportunity to offer external safeguarding consultancy to several small and national organisations and continue to be the external representative/critical friend on a number of National Safeguarding Groups.

The Ann Craft Trust has seen the demand for safeguarding audits continue and again across more diverse organisations as well as the return of organisation who require further auditing. This shows a high a commitment to organisations seeking assurances around safeguarding and a willingness and openness to improve and develop. We continue to learn from those we collaborate with including people with lived experience.

The core staff team has benefited from the addition of a senior social worker to the team, and we continue to work closely with a small and resolute team of Associate Trainers who assist in the delivery of training. All team members and associates have extensive safeguarding knowledge and areas of expertise and interest. From this we continue to update our resources and develop new courses of interest.

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Marketing and Communications

Since the launch of our new strategic plan last November the marketing team has restructured to offer more strategic support to the charity. Focusing on our four key pillars: Collaborate, Advocate, Research & Educate , the team has carried out an audit of the marketing activity, past campaigns, and the website, evaluating both the brand and content to ensure our communications offer purpose and educational support to the safeguarding adults community.

Notably, we have increased our presence and engagement on LinkedIn as part of our thought leadership programme and revised our quarterly Safeguarding Bulletin to make it more accessible. We continue to create and publish our monthly sports update which is well received by our audience.

Some headline figures for the period 2023 – 2024:

5703 people are subscribed to the quarterly bulletin.

4,201 are subscribed to the monthly sport update.

Our website remains our leading support for information and resources:

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#SaferCultureSaferSport - The Roadmap campaign

As part of the Safer Culture Safer Sport campaign, marketing supported the team to help launch the Roadmap – an online toolkit for embedding safeguarding best practice in sport and activity organisations. The campaign included a unique identity that could be reproduced across all assets, from social media posts to downloadable guides. The campaign has its own unique audience that are supported throughout the journey with additional resources and guidance emailed directly when they subscribe.

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Safeguarding Adults Week 2023

Safeguarding Adults Week 2023 took place 20 – 24 November.

The theme was “Self-Care Empowers you to Safeguard Others”. During the week we focused on how people can prioritise the welfare and wellbeing of themselves and others. Each day of the week we explored a different safeguarding theme to consider how we might respond to various safeguarding challenges:

Monday – What’s my Role in Safeguarding?

Tuesday – Let’s start talking: Taking the lead on safeguarding in your organisation.

Wednesday – Who cares for the carers? Secondary and vicarious trauma.

Thursday – Adopting a trauma informed approach to safeguarding adults.

Friday – Listen, learn, lead: Co-production with experts by experience

Throughout the week we hosted a number of seminars, workshops, and our annual conference. Our AGM took place online and we were joined by Open Door and the National Trust who discussed how they’ve embedded safeguarding adults into their organisations.

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Our annual Safeguarding Adults Conference took place in Nottingham on 22 November. There were two keynote sessions, one from wellbeing speaker Leanne Spencer and one from the Survivors Network. The conference also included a choice of workshops from Harmless, One Small Thing, and again from The Survivors Network. Former International Rugby player Rhys Thomas also led a breathwork session, guiding attendees through a proven technique for releasing stress, tension, suppressed emotions and trauma from the body. In addition, we were joined by our new patron Richard Whitehead MBE, who is a double gold medal Paralympian from Nottingham.

Key data:

1,659 (+44%)

subscribers to our Safeguarding Adults Week Resource mailing list.

Reach 24m

on social media, including 13.7K interactions, and 4.7K shares.

Annual conference attendance was over 80 delegates

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eLearning

Our eLearning courses continue to grow in demand. We are now in our fourth year as part of a wider investment in training administration. We now use CourseSight for course delivery. This allows organisations to create a training plan which includes online learning and to manage delegates training needs. Our courses have been updated and are designed to support the initial training in safeguarding adults. There are now 7 courses available and more in planning.

As well as auditing content of existing courses this year we launched two new eLearning courses which include a new course for the sport, activity, and leisure sector, as well as a free course aimed at helping professionals support people become more financially capable while recognising the risks of financial abuse.

eLearning supports the charities revenue generation which is used to fund further free resources and training.

Key data:

Over accounts Over registered to 304 date on the 2K platform

courses booked since launching in October 2023 with our Introduction to Safeguarding Adults course still most popular, followed by Safeguarding Adults in Higher Education.

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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