(A Charitable company limited by guarantee)
**Report and Accounts For the year ended 31 March 2021**
**Registered Charity No. 1087192 Company No. 04165519**
## **CONTENTS**
|LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION|1-2|
|---|---|
|OUR VISION MISSION AND AIMS|3|
|INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT|4|
|TRUSTEES REPORT|5-13|
|STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES|14|
|BALANCE SHEET|15-16|
|NOTES FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS|17-28|
## **LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION For the year ended 31 March 2021**
## **Board of Trustees**
Brigitte Chaudhry MBE, Founder/President Alexandra Swann Cynthia Barlow OBE, Chair David Frost Ilma Bogdan Matt Oomen Nicholas Atkinson QC Pauline Fielding Petra Kendall-Raynor Radd Seiger (appointed 16 October 2020)
## **Patrons and Advisors**
Prof. Danny Dorling Colin Ettinger Dr. Mayer Hillman Baroness Jones of Moulescoombe Dr. Narinder Kapur Ken Livingstone Prof. Ian Roberts John Stewart Dr. Noreen Tehrani
Page 1
## **LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION**
**For the year ended 31 March 2021**
**_________________________________________________________________________________________ Company Registered Number** 04165519
## **Charity Registered Number**
1087192
## **Registered Office**
3[rd] Floor, 3space International House, 6 Canterbury Crescent, London, SW9 7QD
## **Reporting Accountants**
DS Small Business Help Ltd, Cnwc Y Cneuen, Llangeitho, Tregaron, SY25 6SU
## **Bankers**
Lloyds Bank plc, Harlesden CAF Bank Limited, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent, ME19 4JQ The Co-operative Bank plc P.O. Box 250, Delf House, Southway, Skelmersdale, WN8 6WT
## **Solicitors**
Irwin Mitchell, 40 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1N 2PZ
Page 2
## **OUR VISION, MISSION AND AIMS For the year ended 31 March 2021**
_____________________________________________________________________________
## **Our Vision:**
A world where road danger is not tolerated and where road crash victims receive justice and compassion.
## **Our Mission:**
We exist to support and empower those bereaved and injured by road crashes and their families; to improve the Justice System’s post-crash response and to spare future generations from preventable death and injury. As a membership charity, we put victims at the heart of our work, equipping them to support other victims, campaign for change and shape RoadPeace’s work. Our work for and with victims centres around:
- Supporting victims to cope with their trauma, through emotional and peer support;
- Remembering those who have been killed or seriously injured in road crashes by organising acts of remembrance; offering support and solidarity to the bereaved and highlighting the devastating toll of road death;
- Empowering victims with information and helping them to achieve justice;
- Campaigning for reform of the Justice system, so that it is fairer for victims and reduces road danger;
- Challenging society’s complacency towards risk on our roads.
## **Our aims:**
- To improve the accessibility and reach of our services;
- To continue to improve the quality, consistency and impact of our services;
- To empower more road crash victims to support other victims;
- To develop our role as a justice watchdog and highlight the vital role of justice in tackling danger on our roads;
- To strengthen the RoadPeace community;
- To develop our role as the national voice for road crash victims.
Helpline: 0845 45 00 355 Tel: 020 7733 1603
Website: www.roadpeace.org E-mail: info@roadpeace.org
Page 3
## **Report of the Independent Examiner to the trustees on the accounts of Roadpeace For the year ended 31 March 2021**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the company for the year ended 31 March 2021 which are set out on the following pages.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees of the company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (‘the 2006 Act’).
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your company’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view’ which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities [applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)].
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Dionne Sherwood FCCA DS Small Business Help Limited Cnwc Y Cneuen Llangeitho Tregaron SY25 6SU
Date: 20 December 2021
Page 4
## **TRUSTEES’ REPORT**
**For the year ended 31 March 2021**
_________________________________________________________________________________________
## **1. VICTIMS AND FAMILIES MORE ABLE TO COPE**
**The sudden and traumatic experience of a road death or serious injury can be devastating and isolating. RoadPeace provides helpline support and connects victims through a peer-to-peer befriending network, a resilience building programme and local support groups.**
“ _It helps to know that I_ ’ _m not alone. The support you get from other people that have been through this awful experience is so helpful.”_ **Bereaved Partner**
## **Helpline**
RoadPeace had 676 calls on the helpline (incoming and outgoing). We also supported 20
professionals (victims ’charities, bereavement organisations, Police and counselling practitioners) to better support road crash victims.
**----- Start of picture text -----**
Helpline calls April 2020 - March 2021
**----- End of picture text -----**
**----- Start of picture text -----**
3% [3%]
11%
83%
Bereaved Injured Professionals Other
**----- End of picture text -----**
Chart 1: Breakdown of callers to the helpline
Page 5
## **TRUSTEES’ REPORT For the year ended 31 March 2021**
_________________________________________________________________________________________
## **Befrienders**
We supported 62 bereaved victims through our befriender service this year. These befriendees receive ongoing telephone peer support from another victim who has suffered a similar bereavement or injury. We continued to hold peer group supervision sessions where befrienders are able to meet and learn from one another as well as help us improve the service. We recruited and trained 5 new befriender volunteers, bringing our total of befrienders to 26.
## **Local Groups**
RoadPeace held 43 meetings including bi-monthly meetings for the bereaved in London providing a vital source of peer support. Groups in Liverpool, West Midlands and the South West increased to monthly meetings. We also introduced new groups in the East Midlands, which holds bi-monthly meetings and West Mercia which holds bi-monthly meetings for bereaved families and meetings for injured victims on alternate months for the bereaved.
_"I would like to thank RoadPeace for inviting me to these meetings. I find them so helpful. It_ ’ _s really useful to listen to other families and it definitely encourages me to use my experience for something positive.”_ **Bereaved Mother**
## **Resilience Building Programme**
Two programmes were held in Merseyside and Avon and Somerset
## **West Mercia Project**
A new pilot service was launched to support victims of serious injury collisions, funded by West Mercia Police and Crime Commissioner and working closely with the Victim Advice Line. The service includes a dedicated Road Victim Care Coordinator providing emotional and practical support, the introduction of a new support groups for those bereaved and injured, a resilience building programme and new information guides on road death investigation and serious injury. The project is a 1-year proof of concept which we hope to see extended to other PCCs
## **2 VICTIMS, FAMILIES AND SUPPORTERS BETTER INFORMED**
## **Those bereaved or seriously injured by a road crash are all too often re-traumatised by their experiences of the criminal and civil justice systems. RoadPeace provides information and advice to support victims to navigate this confusing territory they have suddenly been thrown into.**
## **Advocacy and casework**
We assisted 42 victims with our casework support. This work ensures we stay informed and updated on the barriers victims face in seeking justice and contributes to our information guides, policies and campaign calls.
## **Local information guides for victims**
With funding from the London Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC), RoadPeace successfully launched two new guides on road death investigation for bereaved families and those seriously injured in London crashes, and they were made available on our website www.roadpeace.org
Page 6
## **TRUSTEES’ REPORT For the year ended 31 March 2021**
_________________________________________________________________________________________
## **RoadPeace Legal Panel**
The RoadPeace Legal Panel exists to provide high quality legal advice to those bereaved or seriously injured in road collisions, and to support them to achieve justice and fair compensation. The Legal Panel is made up of 13 leading specialist personal injury firms and now operates on a regional bass. All members are accredited with the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (or equivalent). Panel Members sign up to an agreed set of qualifying criteria, including quality standards, as a sign of their commitment to road crash victims.
## **3 VICTIMS REMEMBERED AND HONOURED**
## **Our remembrance services bring bereaved families and friends together for support and solidarity and to highlight the devastating toll of road death.**
“ _A time together with others to acknowledge and make visible our grief and sense of injustice”._ **RoadPeace Wood attendee**
Over 2000 people have taken part in three World Day of Remembrance online services and RoadPeace Acts of Remembrance during the past year:
- Hundreds attended online gatherings at the RoadPeace Wood where we were pleased to unveil our new slate memorial and in Liverpool to commemorate August National Road Victims’ Month
- Other activities included sending out roadside memorial plaques to families to place at crash sites and sending out anniversary cards to bereaved members.
## **4 POLICY INFLUENCE - THOUGHT LEADERSHIP AND CAMPAIGNING FOR CHANGE**
## **RoadPeace is recognised for its long-standing commitment to traffic justice and road danger reduction. Our influence spans a diverse campaigning and NGO network as well as the police and government.**
## **Delivered webinars:**
- Justice for Crash Victims
- Empowering Local Communities - Road Danger Reduction
- The Highway Code changes and civil Compensation
- Police and Crime Commission elections
## **Submitted evidence to Coroner Inquiry.**
## **Responded to four consultations:**
- Mobile phones
- Highway Code
- HMICFRS roads policing review
- Victims Code
Page 7
## **TRUSTEES’ REPORT For the year ended 31 March 2021**
_________________________________________________________________________________________
## **Influencing others:**
- Delivered CLOCS Works campaign influencing local authorities to sign up to CLOCS to reduce risk of death and injury from construction vehicles
- launched a campaign with Action VisionZero and 20s Plenty around proposed PCC candidate manifesto priorities
- Mobile phones
- Published proposed manifesto and met with candidates for London Mayoral Elections
## **Delivering Vision Zero**
RoadPeace attended the quarterly Vision Zero Reference Group to input on the delivery of the Vision Zero agenda.
## **Crash not Accident campaign**
During National Road Victim Month, RoadPeace called on the media and authorities to stop using the word ‘accident’. We also created a campaign pack, downloadable from our website, and updated the briefing document. The campaign encouraged members to send letters to decision makers and also call out the word on social media.
## **5 AWARENESS RAISED – THE VOICE FOR VICTIMS**
**The issue of justice for crash victims and road crime is regularly overlooked by those working to reduce road traffic casualties and crime, as well as by the general public. RoadPeace is working to change this by amplifying the victims’ voice and raising awareness of the injustice faced by crash victims, and calling for an improved response by the justice system to road death, injury and road danger.**
RoadPeace has continued to raise awareness of the plight of road crash victims through its online and print communications and through regular national, regional and local media coverage:
- 12 e-newsletters sent to over 1200+ subscribers
- 76 online blogs
- 7,310 followers on Twitter - an increase of 8%
- 2021 Facebook friends – an increase of 15%
- Increasing national coverage delivering the victims’ voice across BBC and ITV national TV news, national/local radio and press
Page 8
**TRUSTEES’ REPORT For the year ended 31 March 2021**
_________________________________________________________________________________________
## **6 STAKEHOLDERS ENGAGED**
**RoadPeace values partnership working, and we aim to build strong and lasting relationships with all of our stakeholders including our members, volunteers, corporate contacts, NGO partners and decision makers.**
## **Membership**
As a membership charity we involve members and victims wherever possible, empowering them to get involved in service delivery, campaigning and decision making. We are proud to be the only membership organisation representing crash victims in the UK, with 1268 members and supporters, and supported by six local groups, holding 43 meetings between them.
## **Volunteers**
RoadPeace is so grateful to the invaluable contribution of its many volunteers who raise vital funds for us, help us deliver our support services, campaign for improved justice and safer streets, and help raise the profile of RoadPeace both nationally and locally.
Thank you to our 26 befrienders, 2 group facilitators, and 4 local group co-ordinators, and all our other volunteers.
RoadPeace’s Trustees work tirelessly to help RoadPeace to be an effective, well-governed and sustainable organisation. They also volunteer their time to do other tasks including coordinating local groups, organising remembrance activities, delivering support services to victims, campaigning, media work and fundraising.
## **Fundraisers**
Fundraising events provide a vital income stream for RoadPeace, raise awareness about RoadPeace’s work and are a chance for a community to come together to remember a loved one.
The pandemic and lockdown had a major effect on income but thank you to the community fundraisers who despite a significantly reduced number of community events, still raised over £17,000. Events included Marathons, Half Marathons, Triathlons, Festivals, Quiz Nights and Bike Rides.
Detective Chief Superintendent Andy Cox ran 200k to raise money for RoadPeace during global Road Safety Week and raised over £50,000. We are extremely grateful, not only for the vital income that the Andy Cox Challenge raised to help support injured people and bereaved families at such a difficult time for fundraising, but also leading and re-energising the conversation about road danger reduction and improving the process for those affected by serious and fatal collisions.
## **Corporate Partners & Donors**
Our Corporate Partnership Programme exists to foster links with organisations who share our aims. Thank you to everyone who supports our work. Thanks to our Legal Panel members: Birchall Blackburn Legal, Carpenters, CFG Law, Enable Law, Fosters Solicitors LLP, Hugh James, InceMetcalfes (now Ince), Leigh Day, Moore Barlow, Oliver & Co, Osbornes Law, Slater and Gordon Lawyers
Page 9
## **TRUSTEES’ REPORT For the year ended 31 March 2021**
_________________________________________________________________________________________
## **Grants and Trusts**
Many thanks to the following Trusts, Grant Giving Organisations for funding: West Midlands PCC CIF, Marmot Trust, MOPAC, City Bridge Trust, West Mercia PCC, Lambeth Covid fund, The Ian Cadbury Charitable Trust and Avon & Somerset Police.
## **Partnership working**
We work in partnership with other organisations, recognising that we can achieve more when we work together. We share our knowledge and best practice with other NGOs, campaigners and policy makers including: Action Vison Zero, 20s Plenty for Us, Association of Personal Injury Lawyers, Association of Consumer Support Organisations, British Cycling, Brake, Cycling UK, Global Alliance of Road Safety NGOs, Living Streets, London Cycling Campaign, Campaign for Rural England, Mums for Lungs, Murdered Abroad, Northamptonshire VOICE, PACTS, Road Danger Reduction Forum, RoadPeace Legal Panel, Sustrans, The London Assembly, Transport for London, and the World Health Organisation.
RoadPeace is a member of the following working groups
- **ACSO/Vulnerable Road Users Group**
- **Action on Lorry Danger.** This group brings together representatives of Transport for London (TfL), construction industry and vulnerable road user campaign groups and RoadPeace to increase awareness and improve effectiveness in the shared objective of reducing lorry danger.
- **Alliance for Injured People (formerly the APIL Consumer Panel).** Working with organisations representing injured and bereaved victims, the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers discusses its policies and proposed campaigns.
- **Birmingham Bereavement Service Round Table.** RoadPeace West Midlands sits on a bereavement service round table with other groups, the council, and the Coroner’s office and others, to advise and input on bereavement services in Birmingham.
- **CLOCS (Construction Logistics and Community Safety** ). Comprised mainly of industry representatives, this working group aims to improve the operational standards of the construction industry in view of disproportionate involvement in pedestrian and cyclist fatalities and serious injuries.
- **FEVR** , The European Federation of Road Traffic Victims
- **IRVA.** The Irish Road Victims Association.
- **ITS UK** . The UK association for the promotion of intelligent transport systems.
- **London Healthy Streets Boroughs working group.** This is a coalition of organisations representing active travel modes, crash victims and academics, which joined forces to put pressure on local authorities to do more to deliver healthy streets in London.
- **London Sustrans Advisory Group.** RoadPeace is part of this advisory group which helps advise and feedback on initiatives by London Sustrans.
- **London Victims Commissioner’s Victims Reference Group.** RoadPeace represents road crash victims on this reference group which includes other support providers, as well as the London Victims Commissioner, her staff and others from MOPAC.
- **London Vision Zero Enforcement Advisory Group.** RoadPeace is part of the quarterly stakeholder group which advises and provides feedback on traffic law enforcement in London to achieve Vision Zero.
- **London Vision Zero Reference Group.** RoadPeace is part of the quarterly stakeholder group which advises and provides feedback on all initiatives to achieve Vision Zero by Transport for London.
Page 10
## **TRUSTEES’ REPORT For the year ended 31 March 2021**
_________________________________________________________________________________________
- **Merseyside Police Independent Advisory Group.** Our North West Local Group Coordinator has been invited onto this group aimed at holding the police to account in Merseyside.
- **Scotland Yard Family Liaison Assistance Coordination Support Services.** This is the national working group including police and support service providers and bereaved campaigners. It focuses on improving the response by family liaison officers to bereaved families.
## **Staff**
RoadPeace continues to achieve a lot with a small, dedicated and talented staff team. We ended the financial year 2020-2021 with 7 staff members, 3ft and 4 PT.
## **2021-2022 - a snapshot of our plans**
Delivery of the third year of our 3-year strategic plan with the aim to increase the number of victims who access our support service, increase income, raise awareness and campaign more effectively, work with our newly established Support subcommittee to grow support services, introduce an online national injured group, introduce wellbeing support for members, volunteers and staff and increase our use of evidence based content to help reform the justice system.
We will focus on:
## **Income generation**
- Respond to the pandemic and lockdown to ensure RoadPeace adapts our revenue & expenditure model
- Work closely with current corporate partners, add more and build upon our new regional legal panel membership structure
- Grow our sustainable income streams
## **Awareness raising and membership**
- Continue to raise awareness of RoadPeace
- Strengthen and grow our regional presence and local groups
## **Supporting victims**
- Strengthen existing and build new relationships with key stakeholders who can introduce victims as promptly as possible i.e., NHS, FLOs, etc
- Increase the number and diversity of those who access our support services
- Work more with the injured, create further opportunities for member to engage online as well as face to face, deliver more 1:1 sessions and resilience programmes.
## **Campaign for change**
- Deliver positive change, justice and RDR across all modes of travel
- Promote a powerful message that combines the victims voice with relevant and updated evidence-based content,
- Distribute regular updated briefings that monitor performance around volume, enforcement and convictions of motoring offences
Page 11
## **TRUSTEES’ REPORT For the year ended 31 March 2021**
_________________________________________________________________________________________
## **Investment Policy and Performance**
The Memorandum of Association requires that money not immediately required for the charity's objects, be invested by the trustees in such investments, securities or property, as may be thought fit. At present such monies are held on short term cash deposits bearing a market rate of interest, as this is felt to be the most appropriate form of investment for the resources available.
**RoadPeace's total income** was £259,054 (2020 - £241,922) of which £193,087 (2020 - £206,388) was unrestricted, an overall increase of £17,132 compared to the 12-month period ending 31 March 2020. We are reporting a surplus for the financial year 2020-21 of £33,994 (2019-20 deficit £40,357). Our policy remains to build up a core income from membership and donations, and to seek diversity in our funding, so that we are not dependent on a few sources of funding which may not be renewed. We are pleased to note income from grants and trusts, community fundraising events and corporate fundraising continue to increase.
Our expenditure for the year was £225,060 (2020 - £282,279), a decrease of £57,219 compared with the previous 12-month period. Of the charity's total expenditure, £153,501 (2020 - £180,030) was devoted to charitable purposes, £3,372 (2020 - £14,775) to fundraising activities and £68,187 (2020 - £87,474) to administrative support. The Trustees consider that these figures reflect both the efficiency of RoadPeace's operations and the significant management and administrative contribution made by trustees and volunteers.
Of the £302,489 balance carried forward at 31 March 2021, £30,937 was restricted funding and £271,552 was unrestricted. This represents nearly 2 years unrestricted expenditure and is in excess of the requirements set out by the Trustees in the reserves policy detailed below. However, with planned activities, this surplus can very quickly diminish. The Trustees will continue to review further efficiency measures, and look at methods of increasing income to enable further activities to take place.
In business and financial terms, we continue to manage due to careful housekeeping, and this will be aided by the new Finance and Planning committee which was set up with Board and staff representation. We benefit from a fund of goodwill from those that we have helped, which results in a steady stream of donations, individual fundraising and occasionally introductions to major sources of funding.
## **Reserves Policy**
In accordance with guidelines issued by the Charity Commissioners and in the light of the main risks to the organisation, the trustees have adopted a policy regarding reserves, which should ensure that:
- 1) Excluding those funds represented by fixed assets, general reserves are held at a level equating to three to six months' anticipated planned expenditure.
- 2) There are adequate funds to ensure that the charity is able to meet all current and known future liabilities.
The level of free reserves exceeded the target range set by the Board of Trustees. The Trustees have reviewed the reserves policy for 2020-2021.
Page 12
## **TRUSTEES’ REPORT For the year ended 31 March 2021**
_________________________________________________________________________________________
## **Trustees' responsibilities**
The Trustees are responsible for preparing the Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
The Charities Acts and the Companies Acts require the Board of Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity as at the end of the financial year and of the surplus or deficit of the charity. In preparing those financial statements the Board is required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in business.
The Trustees are also responsible for maintaining adequate accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and which are sufficient to show and explain the charity's transactions and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006 and comply with regulations made under the Charities Act. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. The trustees are also responsible for the contents of the trustees' report, and the responsibility of the independent examiner in relation to the trustees' report is limited to examining the report and ensuring that, on the face of the report, there are no inconsistencies with the figures disclosed in the financial statements
## **Approval**
## 20 Dec 2021
The financial statements were approved by the Trustees on ……………………………….. and signed on their behalf, by:
## Cynthia Barlow
Cynthia Barlow OBE, Chair ………………………………………………………………………..
Page 13
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (incorporating income and expenditure account) For the year ended 31 March 2021**
|**Note**
**INCOME FROM**
Donations and Legacies
2
Other trading activities
3
Investments
4
**TOTAL INCOME**
**EXPENDITURE ON**
Fundraising Funds
5
Charitable activities
6
Other
7
**TOTAL EXPENDITURE**
**NET (EXPENDITURE)**
Transfers between funds
**NET MOVEMENT IN**
**FUNDS**
**RECONCILIATION OF**
**FUNDS:**
TOTAL FUNDS AT 1 APRIL
2020
**TOTAL FUNDS AT 31**
**March 2021**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Total**
**Funds**
_Unrestricted_
_Funds_
_Restricted_
_Funds_
_Total_
_Funds_
**2021**
**£**
**2021**
**£**
**2021**
**£**
_2020_
_£_
_2020_
_£_
_2020_
_£_
**174,945**
**65,622**
**240,567**
144,545
35,534
180,079
**18,131**
**345**
**18,476**
61,554
-
61,554
**11**
**-**
**11**
289
-
289|
|---|---|
||**193,087**
**65,967**
**259,054**
206,388
35,534
241,922|
||**3,372**
**-**
**3,372**
14,775
-
14,775
**122,984**
**30,517**
**153,501**
142,429
37,601
180,030
**51,900**
**16,287**
**68,187**
86,992
482
87,474|
||**178,256**
**46,804**
**225,060**
244,196
38,083
282,279
**14,831**
**19,163**
**33,994**
(37,808)
(2,549)
(40,357)
-
-
-|
||**14,831**
**19,163**
**33,994**
**(37,808)**
**(2,549)**
**(40,357)**
256,721
11,774
268,495
294,529
14,323
308,852|
||**271,552**
**30,937**
**302,489**
**256,721**
**11,774**
**268,495**|
The Statement of Financial Activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities. The notes on pages 17-28 form part of these financial statements.
Page 14
## **BALANCE SHEET As at 31 March 2021**
|**Note**
**FIXED ASSETS**
Tangible fixed assets
12
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Debtors
13
Cash at bank
**CREDITORS**: amounts falling due within one
year
14
**NET ASSETS**
16
**CHARITY FUNDS**
Restricted Funds
15
Unrestricted - General Funds
15|**£**
**15,837**
**284,836**|**2021**
**£**
**9,731**
**292,758**|_£_
14,485
256,614|_2020_
_£_
_12,975_
255,520|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**300,673**
**(7,915)**||271,099
(15,579)||
||||||
|||**302,489**||268,495|
|||**30,937**
**271,552**||11,774
256,721|
|||**302,489**||268,495|
The notes on pages 17-28 form part of these financial statements.
Page 15
## **BALANCE SHEET (cont) As at 31 March 2021**
The directors are satisfied that for the year ended on 31 March 2021 the charitable company was entitled to exemption from the requirement to obtain an audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 and that no member or members have required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476 of the Act. However, in accordance with section 144 of the Charities Act 2011, the accounts have been examined by an Independent Examiner whose report appears on page 2.
The director(s) acknowledge their responsibility for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions in Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 applicable to companies’ subject to the small companies’ regime and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard 102.
Chair Cynthia Barlow …………………………………………………………………… Cynthia Barlow OBE, Chair 20 Dec 2021 Date
The notes on pages 17-28 form part of these financial statements **.**
Page 16
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the year ended 31 March 2021**
## **1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
## **(a) General information and basis of preparation**
RoadPeace is a Limited Company in the United Kingdom. The company is limited by guarantee. In the event of the charity being wound up, the liability in respect of the guarantee is limited to £1 per member of the charity. The address of the registered office is given in the charity information on page 2 of these financial statements. The nature of the charity’s operations and principal activities are detailed on page 3
The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), the Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006 and UK Generally Accepted Practice as it applies from 1 January 2016.
The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis under the historical cost convention, modified to include certain items at fair value. The financial statements are prepared in sterling which is the functional currency of the charity.
The significant accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all years presented unless otherwise stated.
## **(b) Funds**
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity and which have not been designated for other purposes.
Restricted funds are funds which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors or which have been raised by the charity for particular purposes. The cost of raising and administering such funds are charged against the specific fund. The aim and use of each restricted fund is set out in the notes to the financial statements.
## **(c) Income recognition**
All incoming resources are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) when the charity is legally entitled to the income after any performance conditions have been met, the amount can be measured reliably and it is probable that the income will be received.
Page 17
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the year ended 31 March 2021**
For donations to be recognised the charity will have been notified of the amounts and the settlement date in writing. If there are conditions attached to the donation and this requires a level of performance before entitlement can be obtained, then income is deferred until those conditions are fully met or the fulfilment of those conditions is within the control of the charity and it is probable that they will be fulfilled.
Donated facilities and donated professional services are recognised in income at their fair value when their economic benefit is probable, it can be measured reliably and the charity has control over the item. Fair value is determined on the basis of the value of the gift to the charity. For example, the amount the charity would be willing to pay in the open market for such facilities and services. A corresponding amount is recognised in expenditure.
No amount is included in the financial statements for volunteer time in line with the SORP (FRS 102). Further detail is given in the Trustees’ Annual Report.
For legacies, entitlement is the earlier of the charity being notified of an impending distribution or the legacy being received. At this point income is recognised. On occasion legacies will be notified to the charity however it is not possible to measure the amount expected to be distributed. On these occasions, the legacy is treated as a contingent asset and disclosed.
Income from trading activities includes income earned from fundraising events and trading activities to raise funds for the charity. Income is received in exchange for supplying goods and services in order to raise funds and is recognised when entitlement has occurred.
Income from government and other grants are recognised at fair value when the charity has entitlement after any performance conditions have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably. If entitlement is not met then these amounts are deferred.
Investment income is earned through holding assets for investment purposes such as shares and property. It includes dividends, interest and rent. Where it is not practicable to identify investment management costs incurred within a scheme with reasonable accuracy the investment income is reported net of these costs. It is included when the amount can be measured reliably. Interest income is recognised using the effective interest method and dividend and rent income is recognised as the charity’s right to receive payment is established.
Page 18
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the year ended 31 March 2021**
## **(d) Expenditure recognition**
All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to the category. Expenditure is recognised where there is a legal or constructive obligation to make payments to third parties, it is probable that the settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. It is categorised under the following headings:
- Costs of raising funds includes the purchase of merchandise and marketing materials;
- Expenditure on charitable activities includes staff costs and are directly attributable to certain activities; and
- Other expenditure represents those items not falling into the categories above.
- Irrecoverable VAT is charged as an expense against the activity for which expenditure arose.
## **(e) Support costs allocation**
Support costs are those that assist the work of the charity but do not directly represent charitable activities and include office costs, governance costs, administrative payroll costs. They are incurred directly in support of expenditure on the objects of the charity and include project management carried out at Headquarters. Where support costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to cost of raising funds and expenditure on charitable activities on a basis consistent with use of the resources. Premises and other overheads have been allocated on a similar basis.
Fund-raising costs are those incurred in seeking voluntary contributions and do not include the costs of disseminating information in support of the charitable activities. The analysis of these costs is included in note 5.
## **(f) Tangible fixed assets**
Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost (or deemed cost) or valuation less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses. Cost includes costs directly attributable to making the asset capable of operating as intended.
Depreciation is provided on all tangible fixed assets, at rates calculated to write off the cost, less estimated residual value, of each asset on a systematic basis over its expected useful life as follows:
Computers 25% reducing balance Fixtures and fittings 25% reducing balance
Page 19
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the year ended 31 March 2021**
## **(g) Debtors and creditors receivable / payable within one year**
Debtors and creditors with no stated interest rate and receivable or payable within one year are recorded at transaction price. Any losses arising from impairment are recognised in expenditure.
## **(h) Leases**
Rentals payable and receivable under operating leases are charged to the SoFA on a straight line basis over the period of the lease.
## **(i) Tax**
The charity is an exempt charity within the meaning of schedule 3 of the Charities Act 2011 and is considered to pass the tests set out in Paragraph 1 Schedule 6 Finance Act 2010 and therefore it meets the definition of a charitable company for UK corporation tax purposes.
## **(j) Going concern**
The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis as the trustees believe that no material uncertainties exist with the exception of the current situation in relation to COVID-19. The trustees have considered the level of funds held and the expected level of income and expenditure for 12 months from authorising these financial statements. The budgeted income and expenditure is sufficient with the level of reserves for the charity to be able to continue as a going concern.
## **2. INCOME FROM DONATIONS AND LEGACIES**
|Grants
Personal Donations
Corporate Donations
Membership
Gift Aid reclaim
Legacy
Total|**2021**
**£**
_2020_
_£_
**97,764**
37,995
**33,879**
21,450
**79,623**
79,591
**19,301**
21,431
**-**
9,589
**10,000**
10,023|
|---|---|
||**240,567**
180,079|
Income from donations and legacies was £240,567 (2020 - £180,079) of which £65,622 (2020 - £35,534) was attributable to restricted funds, the balance being attributable to unrestricted funds.
Page 20
**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the year ended 31 March 2021**
## **3. INCOME FROM OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES**
|**INCOME FROM OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES**||
|---|---|
|Fundraising events
Merchandise Sales
Total|**2021**
**£**
_2020_
_£_
**17,394**
60,779
**1,082**
775|
||**18,476**
61,554|
Income from other trading activities was £18,476 (2020 - £61,554), of which £345 (2020 - £NIL) was attributable to restricted funds, the balance being attributable to unrestricted funds.
## **4. INCOME FROM INVESTMENTS**
All investment income is bank deposit interest and the full amount received £11 (2020 - £289) is attributable to unrestricted funds
## **5. ANALYSIS OF EXPENDITURE ON RAISING FUNDS**
|**ANALYSIS OF EXPENDITURE ON RAISING FUNDS**||
|---|---|
|Membership
Fundraising events
Total|**Total Funds**
**2021**
**£**
_Total Funds_
_2020_
_£_
**761**
2,750
**2,611**
12,025|
||**3,372**
14,775|
In the above costs £3,372 (2020 - £14,575) related to unrestricted funds and £NIL (2020 - £NIL) related to restricted funds.
Page 21
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the year ended 31 March 2021**
## **6. SUMMARY OF CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES**
|**SUMMARY OF CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES**||
|---|---|
|Justice
Local groups
Road Danger Reduction
Remembrance
Support to/from external bodies and victims
Governance (see note 8)
Salaries
Total|**Total Funds**
**2021**
**£**
_Total Funds_
_2020_
_£_
**934**
875
**2,629**
2,839
**-**
-
**2,329**
5,849
**1,783**
1,507
**2,369**
3,941
**143,457**
165,019|
||**153,501**
180,030|
In charitable activities, £122,984 (2020 - £142,429) was unrestricted whilst £30,517 (2020 - £37,601) related to restricted funds.
## **7. ANALYSIS OF OTHER COSTS**
|Administrative salary costs
Administrative assistance
Office rental and maintenance
Photocopier rental
Printing, postage & stationery
Communication expenses
Computer software and maintenance
Website costs
Travel & subsistence
Other expenses
Depreciation
Publicity & Awareness
Total|**Total Funds**
**2021**
**£**
_Total Funds_
_2020_
_£_
**16,611**
16,491
**1,016**
3,368
**20,242**
24,234
**2,141**
1,970
**3,425**
11,350
**947**
1,451
**13,285**
5,975
**2,457**
3,041
**215**
2,995
**2,120**
931
**3,244**
4,325
**2,484**
11,343|
|---|---|
||**68,187**
87,474|
In other costs, £51,900 (2020 - £86,992) was unrestricted whilst £16,287 (2020 - £482) related to restricted funds.
Page 22
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the year ended 31 March 2021**
## **8. GOVERNANCE COSTS**
|**8.**
**GOVERNANCE COSTS**||
|---|---|
|Accountants’ fees
Confirmation Statement fee
Meeting costs
Insurance costs
Total
**9.**
**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE) FOR THE YEAR**|**Total Funds**
_Total Funds_
**2021**
**£**
_2020_
_£_
**1,200**
1,200
**-**
13
**-**
1,761
**1,169**
967|
||**2,369-**
3,941|
|||
|**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE) FOR THE YEAR**|||
|---|---|---|
|This is stated after charging:|**Total Funds**|_Total Funds_|
||**2021**|_2020_|
||**£**|_£_|
|Depreciation of tangible fixed assets:|||
|- owned by the charity|**3,244**|4,326|
|Operating lease rentals|**17,088**|21,526|
## **10. TRUSTEES’ REMUNERATON AND EXPENSES**
The trustees neither received nor waived any remuneration during the year (2020 – nil). During the year, no Trustees received any remuneration (2020- £NIL). During the year, no Trustees received any benefits in kind (2020- £NIL).
During the year, no Trustees received reimbursement of travel, telephone and other expenses (2020- 2 Trustees - £65).
Page 23
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the year ended 31 March 2021**
## **11. STAFF COSTS AND NUMBERS**
Staff costs were as follows:
|Staff costs were as follows:|||
|---|---|---|
||**31 March**|_31 March_|
||**2021**|_2020_|
||**£**|_£_|
|Wages and salaries|**144,894**|164,486|
|Social security costs|**8,896**|11,860|
|Employer pension costs|**3,244**|3,723|
|Total|**157,034**|180,069|
|The average number of full-time equivalent employees during the year was as follows:|||
||**2021**|_2020_|
||**No.**|No.|
|Charitable activities|**2**|2|
|Management and administration|**2**|2|
|Total|**4**|4|
No employee received remuneration amounting to more than £60,000 in either year.
Page 24
**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the year ended 31 March 2021**
|**12.**
**TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS**
**Furniture and**
**fittings**
**£**
**Cost**
At 1 April 2020
**7,452**
Additions
**-**
At 31 March 2021
**7,452**
**Depreciation**
At 1 April 2020
**6,370**
Charge for the year
**271**
At 31 March 2021
**6,641**
**Net book value**
At 31 March 2021
**811**
_At 31 March 2020_
1,082
**13.**
**DEBTORS**
**Due within one year**
Accounts receivable (less provision for doubtful debt)
Prepayments & accrued income
Tax recoverable - gift aid
Total|**Furniture and**
**fittings**
**£**
**7,452**
**-**|**Computer**
**equipment**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
**33,020**
**40,472**
**-**
**-**
**33,020**
**40,472**
**21,127**
**27,497**
**2,973**
**3,244**
**24,100**
**30,741**
**8,920**
**9,731**
11,893
12,975
**2021**
_2020_
**£**
_£_
**2,985**
7,185
**8,852**
3,300
**4,000**
4,000|
|---|---|---|
||**7,452**||
||**6,370**
**271**||
||**6,641**||
||**811**||
||1,082||
|||**15,837**
14,485|
Page 25
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the year ended 31 March 2021**
## **14. CREDITORS: Amounts falling due within one year**
|**CREDITORS:**
**Amounts falling due within one year**||
|---|---|
|Trade creditors & accruals
Social Security & other taxation
Total|**2021**
_2020_
**£**
_£_
**3,788**
12,079
**4,127**
3,500|
||**7,915**
15,579|
## **15. STATEMENT OF FUNDS**
|**STATEMENT OF FUNDS**||
|---|---|
|**Unrestricted Funds**
General Fund
**RESTRICTED FUNDS**
Memorial Fund donations
London Traffic Justice Project
West Mercia project
City Bridge Trust Wave 3 Project
SW Local Group
NW Local Group
WM Local Group
Merseyside Road Safety Partnership
Restricted Funds|**Brought**
**Forward**
**Incoming**
**Resources**
**Resources**
**Expended**
**Transfers**
**Carried**
**Forward**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
256,721
193,087
178,256
-
271,552|
||4,249
-
-
-
4,249
1,233
-
1,233
-
-
-
38,244
18,283
-
19,961
-
14,689
14,689
-
-
575
5,000
4,670
-
905
478
1,840
-
-
2,318
239
6,194
2,929
-
3,504
5,000
-
5,000
-
-|
|||
||**11,774**
**65,967**
**46,804**
**-**
**30,937**|
Page 26
**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the year ended 31 March 2021**
## **RESTRICTED FUNDS**
**The National Memorial Fund Project:** Funds have been raised for a monument to be built to commemorate road crash victims. It will serve as a visible symbol to draw public attention to the consequences of road crashes. It is intended to continue to build up this fund until sufficient monies have been raised to cover the cost of building the monument.
**London Traffic Justice Project:** A grant to fund a 2-year project to improve traffic justice in London.
**West Mercia Project:** A grant provided by the West Mercia PCC to fund support services in West Mercia.
**City Bridge Trust /London Covid response Wave 3 project:** A grant to support adapting and building collaborative working and partnerships with London active travel campaigners to include the voice of London road crash victims in influencing rapidly changing transport behaviours and policy responses in response to Covid-19, to reduce road danger and promote active travel in London.
**South West Local Group:** Funds to be spent on SW activities. This includes a grant from the Avon and Somerset Road Safety fund.
**North West Local group:** Funds to be spent on NW activities. This includes a grant from the Hemby Trust.
**West Midlands Local Group:** Funds to be spent on WM activities. This includes a grant from the WM CIF fund.
**Merseyside Road Safety Partnership:** A grant to provide support services for crash victims in Merseyside.
Page 27
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
## **For the year ended 31 March 2021**
## **16. ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS**
|Tangible fixed assets
Current assets
Creditors due within one year
Total|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Total**
**Funds**
_Total_
_Funds_
**2021**
**£**
**2021**
**£**
**2021**
**£**
_2020_
_£_
**9,731**
**-**
**9,731**
12,975
**269,216**
**31,457**
**300,673**
271,099
**(7,395)**
**(520)**
**(7,915)**
(15,579)|
|---|---|
||**271,552**
**30,937**
**302,489**
268,495|
## **17. OPERATING LEASE COMMITMENTS**
At 31 March 2021 the company had annual commitments under non-cancellable operating leases as follows:
|**Expiry date:**
Less than one year
One to two years
Two to five years|**2021**
_2020_
**£**
_£_
**-**
_18,216_
**-**
_1,330_
**-**
_-_|
|---|---|
Page 28