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2021-03-31-accounts

Company number: 04323961 Charity Number: 1091732

Bradford Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Survivors Service

Report and financial statements For the year ended 31[st] March 2021

Bradford Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Survivors Service

Reference and administrative information

for the year ended 31[st] March 2021

Company number 04323961 Charity number 1091732 Registered office and operational address 3rd Floor Auburn House Upper Piccadilly Bradford West Yorkshire BD1 3NU

Trustees Trustees, who are also directors under company law, who served during the year and up to the date of this report were as follows: Cas Heron Resigned 05/08/2021 Lisa Hilder Treasurer Angela Carrington Co-Chair Alison Berkeley-Hill Co-Chair Karen Louise Raynor Key management personnel Jackie Hancox HR & Operations Jane Gregory Finances, Funding & Service Development Sarah Bambridge Senior Therapist and Supervisor Elaine Peaker HR & Operations Sumreen Aftab Counselling Co-ordinator Bankers Co-operative Bank plc Olympic House 6 Olympic Court Montford Street Salford M5 2QP Ecology Building Society 7 Belton Road Silsden Keighley West Yorkshire BD20 0EE Nationwide PO Box 3 5-11 St George St Douglas Isle of Man IM99 1AS Independent Catherine Hall FCCA DChA Examiner Slade & Cooper Limited Beehive Mill Jersey St Ancoats Manchester M4 6JG

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Bradford Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Survivors Service

Trustees’ annual report

for the year ended 31st March 2021

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

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

Objectives and activities

Objects

Bradford Rape Crisis & SASS is established for charitable purposes only, in particular Bradford Rape Crisis & SASS is established:

Activities undertaken for public benefit in relation to objects

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

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

Our objectives are achieved through the provision of specialist sexual violence support services for women and girls from a confidential office-base in Bradford and a variety of outreach locations:

Bradford Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Survivors Service (BRC&SASS) is a feminist organisation run by women for women and girls. We provide support services which are free, independent and confidential.

BRC&SASS provides specialist sexual violence support services for women and girls (predominantly those 13 and over) who have experienced any form of sexual violence at any time in their lives. This includes rape, sexual assault and childhood sexual abuse, forced marriage and so-called honour-based violence, female genital mutilation, trafficking and sexual exploitation.

Our Website - https://bradfordrapecrisis.org.uk

Information, Self Help support (including Self Help Guides you can download) and information about our services. On-line self-referral form which gets sent directly to us.

Helpline: a woman who will listen, provide emotional support and useful information. The Help Line is the first point of contact for most referrals.

Freephone Helpline: 0800 488 0710 Text only: 07435 752 975 Email: contactus@brcg.org.uk

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Counselling & therapy: free and confidential. We offer a 6 week Trauma and Wellbeing programme focused on psychoeducation, stabilisation and coping strategies, medium and long term counselling.

Jyoti services : specialist services for Black, Asian & Minoritised women and girls delivered by Black, Asian & Minoritised women staff including assessments, counselling, Helpline and shared support groups.

Independent Sexual Violence Advocates (ISVA) Service

The team includes specialist ISVAs for BAME women and for girls and young women. If you have reported to the Police, or you choose to do so, the ISVA will support you through all the stages of the legal process, and if your case goes to court the ISVA can support you through the trial and beyond.

Advocacy & Support for asylum seeking and trafficked women

To assist women survivors of sexual violence to gain safety in the UK. An advocacy worker works to solve immediate issues of safety and address basic needs such as homelessness, lack of food and the need for mental & physical health services. She works with survivors on their immigration cases to understand it, be involved and strengthen their applications. The advocacy worker will also work with survivors to build a support network around themselves. A weekly shared support group helps reduce isolation and build mutual support.

Young Women & Girls Services

Experienced, qualified Rape Crisis workers offer flexible weekly support for girls and young women of secondary school age up to 25 years, who have disclosed sexual violence of any type at any time in their lives. This includes text, WhatsApp, phone and face to face sessions which can be provided at school, at our Centre and online. After school Girls Groups for 14 – 18-year-old girls in the Bradford and Keighley area who have experienced sexual violence or abuse, or you or your colleagues have concerns about.

Mindfulness

Research has shown that practicing mindfulness has huge benefits for both our mental and physical health. The course we run uses the insights from this research and covers practical techniques to reduce our stress levels and increase our well-being.

Survivors Voice

We are supporting women and girls survivors to have a voice and influence. We aim for them to be in the lead in the response to sexual violence. We inform and support women and girl survivors to attend events and activities such as Million Women Rise march against male violence against women and girls in London and participate in consultations.

Sexual Violence Prevention

We work with community groups and partners in Bradford to develop and deliver community based prevention programmes. These participatory programs address gender inequality and harmful gender norms. They engage men, empower women, and build community capacities and increase awareness and access to information/resources.

We work in schools to offer free, participatory, age-appropriate, evidence-based SELFIE workshops. SELFIE stands for Sexualisation, Exploitation, Love, Friendships, Information and Empowerment.

Bradford Rape Crisis & SASS works at a strategic level to improve the response to women and girl survivors of sexual violence locally, regionally and nationally.

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Achievements and performance

The charity's main activities and who it tries to help are described below. All its charitable activities focus on supporting women and girl survivors of sexual violence and are undertaken to further Bradford Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Survivors Service’s charitable purposes for the public benefit.

Bradford Rape Crisis & SASS supported 540 women and girl survivors in this Covid pandemic financial year. 125 were supported solely by the help line service. 415 women and girls received face to face support services either online or in person off line or a combination of both.

The pandemic had a major impact with an increase in the number of women and girls needing more intensive and continued support. Survivors of sexual violence reported increased anxiety, stress, suicidal ideation, isolation and depression, overwhelm, increased pressure at home. Many fewer service users were able to progress through support and end due to heightened anxiety & trauma symptoms triggered by the pandemic, lockdown and social isolation.

In the February & March of the previous financial year all services had to be moved to being delivered remotely due to the Covid pandemic. By April 2020 we were developing our online support at pace.

Challenges included:

Missing Groups and concerns:

Referrals reduced by 50% through much of 2020 as predicted by Rape Crisis England & Wales as restrictions on women & girls lives created greater difficulties in disclosing and seeking support. Referrals picked up to pre-pandemic levels in March 2021 as restrictions eased.

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BRC&SASS addressed these difficulties, concerns and challenges. BRC&SASS was successful in being awarded additional Covid funds to increase service capacity. We successfully recruited, inducted and trained 8 suitably qualified and Rape Crisis trained staff. All staff were issued with mobile phones and computers for working at home and had additional training in working online, using the tech and BRC&SASS digital systems. Policies and procedures were developed for working remotely and online including safeguarding. A 6 week counselling offer was implemented on trauma, resilience and wellbeing. The ambition was to provide psycho-education, stabilisation and work on coping strategies to more women and girls, more quickly. Medium and long term counselling is still also offered. A call handling system was implemented for the Help Line with a Freephone number. This enables staff to answer and call from the help line number whilst at home. Additional support for service users was put in place to address poverty including digital poverty. We have provided emergency cash support for basic essentials and delivered shopping. We worked with BIASAN to provide ongoing weekly food deliveries for refugee, asylum seeking and trafficked women. Digital inclusion work included providing smartphones, mobile phone top ups for calls and data and one to one support to learn how to connect to online services. Additional IT training and support was provided to staff to troubleshoot with women and girls to enable them to use online services. We co-designed and launched publicity campaign about sexual violence and our services with Bradford East African Community and produced digital materials in 5 languages.

Whilst dealing with continuing to deliver vital services for women and girl survivors during a pandemic we also launched an innovative and exciting action research project on Survivors as leaders with our partners in West Yorkshire Sexual Violence Action Partnership. Ten survivor co-researchers were recruited and embarked on looking at what supports survivors becoming leaders in the response to sexual violence and what are the barriers.

Beneficiaries of our services

At the point of referral 161 women and girls disclosed a recent rape or sexual abuse, 184 disclosed surviving rape or sexual abuse that had occurred more than 12 months ago, 159 were adult survivors of child sexual violence and 287 were survivors of multiple incidents of sexual violence.

of child sexual violence and 287 were survivors
Age at referral
12 & under 1
13-15 9
16-17 30
18-24 118
25-34 150

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35-44 111
45-54 61
55-64 29
65-74 8
75 & over 0
Not stated 23
Ethnicity
White British (English, Welsh,
Scottish, N. Irish)		 284
White European 31
Dual heritage/multiple ethnic
groups		 24
Asian/Asian British (including
Indian, Pakistani,
Bangladeshi, Chinese and any
other Asian background)		 105
Black/African/Caribbean/Black
British		 31
Other ethnic Group (including
Arab)		 16
Not stated 49
Mental health illness 262
Longterm illness health condition 41
Physical disability/impairment 16
Learningdifficulty 15
Speech Impairment 1
Blind/Visual impairment 3
Deaf /Hearingimpairment 4

65 women and girls who used our services reported they had experienced suicidal thoughts, 39 had made suicide attempts and 56 self -harmed.

119 women and girls who used our services reported work and education difficulties as an impact of the sexual violence they experienced.

91 women and girls who used our services reported drug and alcohol abuse as an impact of the sexual violence they experienced.

16 women and girls who used our services reported homelessness as an impact of the sexual violence they experienced.

Women and girls gave information about the impact of the services they had received through before and after questionnaires.

Outcome: better health and well-being

Feel better about themselves 75%

Understand more about how the sexual violence has affected them 96% Have better coping skills and strategies 60% Taking better care of self 62%

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Feel more in control of their emotions 65%

Outcome: more in control of their lives

Better understanding of their situation and knows what they can do about it 92% Able to decide what to do about the sexual violence they have experienced 85% Able to make decisions about their future 84% More confident 67%

More able to make everyday decisions 58%

Outcome: more able to assert their rights

Knows what their rights are and what they are entitled to 92% Enough information to engage with criminal justice system 56% Enough information to engage in civil proceedings 43%

Outcome: more able to access further support

Knows what resources are available to them 94%

Been able to access the support they needed 96%

Outcome: more able to develop and maintain positive relationships

More able to trust people 48% More able to feel close to people 44%

Future Aims

In order to realise our vision and achieve our mission, our aims are:

  1. To provide a range of appropriate and effective services to support women and girl survivors in their recovery

  2. To be at the forefront of developing new services which support survivors in their recovery 3. To enable women and girls who have experienced sexual violence to have a voice and influence

  3. To promote greater public understanding of the nature, context and impact of sexual violence 5. To work with relevant agencies to draw up legislation, policy and practice which improves service provision, reduces barriers to support & justice, reduces and ultimately eliminates sexual violence

  4. To ensure that the running of our organisation is effective, values driven and that the future security of the organisation is based on independently generated income as well as sources of public sector funding

The Strategy Map below outlines the key tasks required to achieve our future aims and outcomes.

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Financial review

During the reporting period funding from the Ministry of Justice Rape Support Fund, NHS Airedale, Wharfedale & Craven; Bradford City; Bradford Districts CCG Collaboration and West Yorkshire Police & Crime Commissioner (PCC) were used for specialist sexual violence support services including counselling, help line, ISVA service, young women and girl’s services and group work. The PCC also provided a grant for Jyoti – specialist services for Black, Asian & Minoritised women & girls. The Lloyds Foundation Trust Invest grant funded advocacy & support work with asylum seeking & trafficked women survivors. We had a small amount of grant money left from Rape Crisis England & Wales provided for digital transformation. The National Lottery Community Fund grant to West Yorkshire Sexual Violence Partnership (with BRC&SASS as the lead partner) for partnership development and an action research project on Survivor Leadership also spanned from the previous financial year into this one. A grant from Garfield Weston was received to support the dispersed housing project for women and children needing housing due to violence and abuse.

Emergency Covid-19 short term funding was awarded from the Ministry of Justice, Police & Crime Commissioner, Lloyds Bank Foundation, National Lottery Community Fund, Bradford Council and Refugee Action to increase service provision in response to the impact of the pandemic.

Funding from the 31[st] March 2021 for the next financial year is in place. The Ministry of Justice, and Clinical Commissioning Groups continue to fund service delivery. With the election of a Mayor for West Yorkshire grants previously provided by the Police & Crime Commissioner have been continued under

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the Combined Authority. Further Covid funding was applied for and awarded from the Ministry of Justice and the Combined Authority. This includes funding for two ISVAs working with Black, Asian & Minoritised women and girls, providing continuation funding for posts funded by Bradford Council. Bradford Council have also awarded a grant for BRC&SASS to work with young women and girls who are living in households with domestic abuse as part of an Early Help pilot. We are in the final 6 months of our Lloyds Bank Foundation Trust grant and were informed that the Trust has changed priorities and we can no longer apply for continuation funding. The Trustees receive regular financial management reports and funding reports and will make decisions about service levels based on the actual and forecast income and expenditure.

Reserves policy

Reserves are held to cover:

This policy and the level of reserves has been reviewed in accordance with a risk assessment. Trustees agreed that in 2021/22 £167,667 for employment related legal responsibilities such as pensions, redundancy, sickness and maternity is required to be held. Demands on reserves will be considered on a case by case basis according to the reserves policy. Should the organisation lose 20% of funding at any one time £85,330 would be required over 9 months whilst replacement funding was sort.

At the 31st March 2021, £185,025 was held in unrestricted funds and £60,309 was held in restricted funds carried forward to be spent on specific projects in 2021/22.

Structure, governance and management

The organisation is a company limited by guarantee, first registered on 16th November 2001 number 04323961 and registered as a charity on 24th April 2002 number 1091732. It took over the assets, liabilities and undertakings of Bradford Rape Crisis Group, an unincorporated charity established in 1982 on 4th April 2002.

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

Members of the charity guarantee to contribute an amount not exceeding £1 to the assets of the charity in the event of winding up. The total number of such guarantees at 31st March 2021 was 5 (2020:5). The trustees are members of the charity but this entitles them only to voting rights. The trustees have no beneficial interest in the charity.

All trustees give their time voluntarily and receive no benefits from the charity. Any expenses reclaimed from the charity are set out in note 7 to the accounts.

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BRC&SASS aims to recruit Trustees who have experience of working with women and girl survivors of rape and sexual abuse, experience of the voluntary sector and who have relevant management skills to offer. Trustees are appointed by Members of the organisation at the AGM and by existing members of the Trustees at Trustee meetings. One third of Trustees must retire at each AGM, those longest in office retiring first. Membership of the organisation is open to any volunteer who is interested in promoting the objects of the Charity, has been supporting the organisation through voluntary work for more than three months, applies to the Charity in the form required by the Trustees and is approved by the Trustees. Trustees sign an agreement that outlines their responsibilities and complete a conflict of interest form. A new Trustee Induction checklist is used to ensure thorough induction for the role. New Trustees are given an induction pack that includes Annual report, Memorandum and Articles of Association, Organisational structure diagram, Strategic Plan, Trustee role documents, Charity Commission Essential Trustee, Current publicity, Confidential contact list and information about other aspects of the organisation, as relevant. They are offered relevant training opportunities as they arise e.g. Safeguarding training.

Trustees are Trustees of the Charity, Directors of the Company and Members of the organisation. They meet 8-10 times a year; working groups are established when necessary.

Trustees’ responsibilities include:

Trustees delegate the operational management and day to day management to a Management team that includes Jackie Hancox – Manager HR & Operations, Elaine Peaker – Manager HR & Operations, Jane Gregory – Manager Finance, Funding & Service Development, Sarah Bambridge Senior Therapist and Supervisor, Sumreen Aftab Counselling Co-ordinator and Natja Thorbjornsen Advocacy Lead from September 2021.

BRC&SASS uses the NJC pay scale. New staff start at scp22 and rise one point after each 12month of service. Managers are paid at scp29, Local Government Senior Officer level.

BRC&SASS is a member of Rape Crisis England & Wales (RCEW) and has achieved the RCEW National Service Standards. BRC&SASS is also an organisational member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

Related parties and relationships with other organisations

Bradford Rape Crisis & SASS has activated a Trading Arm, Daizybell LTD, in order to generate our own unrestricted income and be less reliant on public bodies commissioning and grant funding which is subject to changes in the political environment.

Bradford Rape Crisis & SASS formed the West Yorkshire Sexual Violence Action Partnership (WYSVAP) with other specialist sexual violence organisations in West Yorkshire. In order to provide a partnership approach to supporting survivors/victims of sexual violence, that is strategically-led, transparent and accountable, offering sustainable and consistent services that are evidence-informed in relation to

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equity, need, accessibility and cost effectiveness, and that is well publicised to survivors/victims, person-centred and strives to meet the needs of all victims. The Partnership is a vehicle for:

  1. Co-operative working between members to improve service-provision for survivors/victims of sexual violence and to work towards the elimination of sexual violence in all its forms.

  2. Enabling member organisations to submit joint funding bids and contract for tenders that further their own objectives and to which they can contribute effectively

  3. Innovations and synergy in service effectiveness and development

  4. Supporting the ongoing operation and development of member organisations

  5. Enabling the effective use of resources

Risk management

Trustees receive a risk reports in relation to finances, funding, staffing and service delivery at each Trustee meeting. Trustees conducted an annual risk review in addition to a rolling review of risk. A Business Continuity Action Plan – Covid 19 was drawn up and approved by the Board of Trustees in March 2020. Operations initially moved to remote working and the Centre closed to client work. Social distancing and Covid safe practices were implemented at our Rape Crisis Centre enabling BRC&SASS to provide a hybrid of telephone, online and in person support. Specialist sexual violence support continued to be provided to all service users and services remained open to new referrals. Funders congratulated Bradford Rape Crisis & SASS on continuing to provide much needed support.

Risks identified by the Board of Trustees in the annual risk review include:

Funds held as custodian trustee on behalf of others

There are no funds held as custodian trustee on behalf of others.

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Statement of responsibilities of the trustees

The trustees (who are also directors of Bradford Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Survivors Service for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the trustees’ annual report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

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

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

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

The trustees’ annual report has been approved by the trustees on //2021 and signed on their 18/10/202 behalf by 1

Alison Berkeley-Hill

Chair

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Independent examiner’s report

to the trustees of

Bradford Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Survivors Service

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the company for the year ended 31[st] March 2021 which are set out on pages 14 to 34.

Responsibilities and basis of report

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

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

Independent examiner's statement

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Catherine Hall FCCA DChA Slade & Cooper Limited Beehive Mill Jersey St Ancoats Manchester M4 6JG

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Statement of Financial Activities

(including Income and Expenditure account) for the year ended 31 March 2021

Unrestricted
funds
Note
£
Income from:
Donations and legacies
3
910
Charitable activities:
4
22,915
Investments
5
939
Total income
24,764
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities:
6
5,105
Total expenditure
5,105
19,659
8
19,659
Transfer between funds
1,896
Net movement in funds for the year
21,555
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward
175,550
Total funds carried forward
197,105
Net income/(expenditure) before
net gains/(losses) on investments
Net income/(expenditure) for the
year
Supporting women and girls
who have experienced sexual
violence
Supporting women and girls
who have experienced sexual
violence		 Restricted
funds
£
-
705,873
-
705,873
706,253
706,253
(380)
(380)
(1,896)
(2,276)
57,165
54,889		 Total funds
2021
£
910
728,788
939
730,637
711,358
711,358
19,279
19,279
-
19,279
232,715
251,994		 Total funds
2020
£
1,642
565,111
1,356
568,109
575,987
575,987
(7,878)
(7,878)
-
(7,878)
240,593
232,715

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

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Bradford Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Survivors Service Company number 04323961

Balance sheet as at 31 March 2021

Note 2021 2020
£ £ £ £
Fixed assets
Tangible assets 13 8,220 2,278
Total fixed assets 8,220 2,278
Current assets
Debtors 14 13,818 4,278
Cash at bank and in hand 15 264,196 234,027
Total current assets 278,014 238,305
Liabilities
Creditors: amounts falling
due in less than one year 16 (34,240) (7,868)
Net current assets 243,774 230,437
Total assets less current liabilities 251,994 232,715
Net assets 251,994 232,715
The funds of the charity:
Restricted income funds 18 54,889 57,165
Unrestricted income funds 19 197,105 175,550
Total charity funds 251,994 232,715

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

Directors' responsibilities:

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

The notes on pages 17 to 34 form part of these accounts.

Approved by the trustees on 18/_10_/2021 and signed on their behalf by:

Lisa Hilder (Treasurer)

Alison Berkeley-Hill (Chair)

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Statement of Cash Flows for the year ending 31 March 2021

Note
2021
£
Cash provided by/(used in) operating activities
22
38,438
Cash flows from investing activities:
Dividends, interest, and rents from investments
939
Purchase of tangible fixed assets
(9,208)
Cash provided by/(used in) investing activities
(8,269)
30,169
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year
234,027
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year
264,196
Increase/(decrease) in cash and cash
equivalents in the year		 2020
£
(19,904)
1,356
(2,075)
(719)
(20,623)
254,650
234,027

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021

1 Accounting policies

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

a Basis of preparation

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

Bradford Rape Crisis and Sexual Abuse Survivors Service meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note.

b Preparation of the accounts on a going concern basis

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

The trtustees have made no key judgments which have a significant effect on the accounts. The trustees do not consider that there are any sources of estimation uncertainty at the reporting date that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities within the next reporting period.

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

c Income

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

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

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

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

d Donated services and facilities

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

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

e Interest receivable

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

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

f Fund accounting

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

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

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

g Expenditure and irrecoverable VAT

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

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

h Allocation of support costs

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

i Operating leases

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

j Tangible fixed assets

Individual fixed assets costing £200 or more are capitalised at cost and are depreciated over their estimated useful economic lives on a straight line basis as follows:

Furniture and Equipment 25%

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k Debtors

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

l Cash at bank and in hand

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

m Creditors and provisions

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

n Financial instruments

The charity only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value with the exception of bank loans which are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

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o Pensions

Employees of the charity are entitled to join a defined contribution ‘money purchase’ scheme. The charity’s contribution is restricted to the contributions disclosed in note 9. There were no outstanding contributions at the year end. The costs of the defined contribution scheme are included within support and governance costs and allocated to the funds of the charity using the methodology set out in note 7.

In this financial year the workplace nominated pension scheme was the people's pension for the whole financial year. The plan invests the contributions made by the employee and employer in an investment fund to build up over the term of the plan a pension fund which is then converted into a pension upon the employee’s normal retirement year age when eligible for a state pension. The total expense ratio of the plan is 1.5% and this is deducted from the investment fund annually. The trust has no liability beyond making its contributions and paying across the deductions for the employee’s contributions

2 Legal status of the charity

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

3 Income from donations and legacies

Current reporting period
Donations
Total
Previous reporting period
Donations
Total		 Unrestricted
£
910
910
Unrestricted
£
1,642
1,642		 Restricted
£
-
-
Restricted
£
-
-		 Total 2021
£
910
910
Total 2020
£
1,642
1,642

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4 Income from charitable activities

Current reporting period
Bradford Council
NHS Bradford Districts CCG
Big Lottery Fund
Lloyds TSB
Ministry of Justice
Garfield Weston
Other income
Total
Previous reporting period
Bradford Council
NHS Bradford Districts CCG
Big Lottery Fund
Lloyds TSB
Comic Relief
Ministry of Justice
Other income
Total
Refugee Action
Police and Crime Commissioner
Police and Crime Commissioner
Rape Crisis E&W		 Unrestricted
£
500
-
-
-
4,000
-
10,000
-
8,415
22,915
Unrestricted
£
45,000
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,911
-
48,822		 Restricted
£
9,933
236,470
37,771
37,000
140,539
224,160
-
20,000
-
705,873
Restricted
£
28,500
236,470
32,658
25,000
95,000
4,803
90,720
5,049
-
-
518,200		 Total 2021
£
10,433
236,470
37,771
37,000
144,539
224,160
10,000
20,000
8,415
728,788
Total 2020
£
73,500
236,470
32,658
25,000
95,000
4,803
90,720
5,049
1,911
565,111

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5
Investment income
Current reporting period
Unrestricted
Restricted
£
£
Income from bank deposits
939
-
939
-
Previous reporting period
Unrestricted
Restricted
£
£
Income from bank deposits
1,356
-
1,356
-
6
Analysis of expenditure on charitable activities
Current reporting period
£
Staff costs
533,460
Operational Costs
172,970
Depreciation
3,266
Governance costs (see note 7)
1,662
711,358
Previous reporting period
£
Staff costs
462,242
Operational Costs
110,101
Depreciation
1,489
Governance costs (see note 7)
2,155
575,987
2021
£
Restricted expenditure
706,253
Unrestricted expenditure
5,105
711,358
Supporting women and girls who have
experienced sexual violence
Supporting women and girls who have
experienced sexual violence		 2021
£
939
939
2020
£
1,356
1,356
Total 2021
£
533,460
172,970
3,266
1,662
711,358
Total 2020
£
462,242
110,101
1,489
2,155
575,987
2020
£
524,397
51,590
575,987

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7 Analysis of governance and support costs

Current reporting period
Basis of
apportionment
Accountancy fees
Governance
Members Travel and Subsistence
Governance
Previous reporting period
Basis of
apportionment
Accountancy fees
Governance
Members Travel and Subsistence
Governance
Net income/(expenditure) for the year
This is stated after charging/(crediting):
Depreciation
Operating lease rentals:
Other
Independent examiner's fee		 Support
£
-
-
-
Support
£
-
-
-
2021
£
3,266
859
1,662		 Governance
£
1,662
-
1,662
Governance
£
1,662
493
2,155
2020
£
1,489
-
859
1,662		 Total 2021
£
1,662
-
1,662
Total 2020
£
1,662
493
2,155

8 Net income/(expenditure) for the year

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9 Staff costs

Staff costs during the year were as follows:

ff costs during the year were as follows:
Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Pension costs
Redundancy and termination costs
Allocated as follows:
Charitable activities		 2021
£
472,343
37,398
23,719
-
533,460
533,460
533,460		 2020
£
408,837
32,706
20,699
-
462,242
462,242
462,242

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

The average number of staff employed during the period was 26 (2020: 18). The average full time equivalent number of staff employed during the period was 16.4 (2020: 13).

The key management personnel of the charity comprise the trustees and the management team. The total employee benefits of the key management personnel of the charity were £102,236 (2020: £104,655).

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10 Trustee remuneration and expenses, and related party transactions

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

No (2020:Four) members of the management committee received travel and subsistence expenses during the year. (2020:£493).

Aggregate donations from related parties were £Nil (2020: £Nil).

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

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

No members of the management committee received remuneration during the year (2020: One).

The Charity has a subsidiary Daizybell Ltd; a company ltd by guarantee registered in England & Wales on 05/12/2014 no.9343476. The company was dormant for this period and consolidated accounts are not required to be prepared. Trustees decided that BRC&SASS would be making a soft loan of 0% interest to Daizybell. The rationale being that the simplest process that maximises the benefits to BRC&SASS is best. The initial loan will be small and no Directors will be receiving any financial benefits. The outstanding balance of this loan at the year end was £3,000.

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11 Government grants

The government grants recognised in the accounts were as follows:

Bradford Council
NHS Bradford Districts CCG
Ministry of Justice
Police and Crime		 2021
£
10,433
236,470
144,539
224,160
615,602		 2020
£
73,500
236,470
95,000
90,720
495,690

There were no unfulfilled conditions and contingencies attached to the grants.

12 Corporation tax

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

13 Fixed assets: tangible assets

Cost
Additions
Disposals
Depreciation
Charge for the year
Disposals
Net book value
At 1 April 2020
At 31 March 2021
At 1 April 2020
At 31 March 2021
At 31 March 2020
At 31 March 2021		 Equipment
& Furniture
£
15,704
9,208
-
24,912
13,426
3,266
-
16,692
8,220
2,278		 £
15,704
9,208
-
Total
24,912
13,426
3,266
-
16,692
8,220
2,278

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14
Debtors
2021
£
Trade debtors
1,000
Other debtors
3,000
Prepayments and accrued income
9,818
13,818
15
Cash at bank and in hand
2021
£
Cash at bank and on hand
264,196
264,196
16
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2021
£
Other creditors and accruals
12,173
Deferred income
22,067
34,240
17
Deferred income
2021
£
Deferred grant brought forward
-
Grant received
32,000
Released to income from charitable activities
(9,933)
Deferred grant carried forward
22,067		 2020
£
-
3,000
1,278
4,278
2020
£
234,027
234,027
2020
£
7,868
-
7,868
2020
£
-
-
-
-

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18 Analysis of movements in restricted funds

Balance at
1 April
2020
£
Jyoti
2,882
-
-
-
-
Bradford Council
6
Lloyds Invest
21,735
3,524
29,018
-
Garfield
Weston
-
Total
57,165
Supporting women and girls
who have experienced sexual
violence
Ministry of
Justice: Rape
Support Fund
National Lottery
Community Fund
– Partnerships
Development
Grant
NHS Airedale,
Wharfedale &
Craven; Bradford
City; and
Bradford Districts
CCG Collaboration
Police and Crime
Commissioner for
West Yorkshire
Current reporting
period
Ministry of
Justice: Rape
Support Fund
(COVID)
Big Lottery-
Rape Crisis
England and
Wales		 Income
£
-
136,080
88,080
236,470
140,539
9,933
37,000
-
-
37,771
20,000
705,873		 Expenditure
£
-
(136,080)
(86,190)
(236,470)
(140,539)
(9,933)
(33,306)
(3,524)
(22,440)
(37,771)
-
(706,253)		 Transfers
£
-
-
(1,890)
-
-
(6)
-
-
-
-
-
(1,896)		 Balance at
31 March
2021
£
2,882
-
-
-
-
-
25,429
-
6,578
-
20,000
54,889

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18 Analysis of movements in restricted funds (continued)

Balance at
1 April
2019
£
Comic Relief
20,496
Jyoti
2,963
-
-
-
9,582
Bradford Council
4,138
Lloyds Invest
19,667
14,491
-
Total
71,337
Supporting women and girls
who have experienced
sexual violence
Previous reporting
period
Rape Crisis
National Lottery
Community Fund
– Partnerships
Development
Grant
Ministry of
Justice: Rape
Support Fund
NHS Airedale,
Wharfedale &
Craven; Bradford
City; and
Bradford Districts
CCG
Police and Crime
Commissioner for
West Yorkshire
Two Ridings
Community
Foundation		 Income
£
4,803
-
90,720
236,470
95,000
-
28,500
25,000
5,049
32,658
518,200		 Expenditur
e
£
(22,060)
-
(89,455)
(235,715)
(93,655)
(9,582)
(32,632)
(22,932)
(14,726)
(3,640)
(524,397)		 Transfers
£
(3,239)
(81)
(1,265)
(755)
(1,345)
-
-
-
(1,290)
-
(7,975)		 Balance at
31 March
2020
£
-
2,882
-
-
-
-
6
21,735
3,524
29,018
57,165

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18 Analysis of movements in restricted funds (continued)

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

Comic Relief – FuturesLab Sustainability Grant – work supporting the long term sustainability of BRC&SASS

Jyoti - specialist sexual violence support services for Black, Asian & Minoritised women and girls delivered by Black, Asian & Minoritised women including assessments, counselling, Helpline and shared support groups.

Ministry of Justice: Rape Support Fund - to provide dedicated emotional and practical support services for female victims of rape and other forms of sexual abuse aged thirteen or over, who have experienced rape or sexual abuse at any point in their life, to help them cope and, as far as possible, recover from the harm they have experienced.

Ministry of Justice: Rape Support Fund COVID-to help reduce waiting times for victims to access specialist support and to allow an increase in remote support in providing the activities during the Covid-19 pandemic.

NHS Airedale, Wharfedale & Craven; Bradford City; and Bradford Districts CCG Collaboration - To provide specialist sexual violence services and emotional support to young women survivors of sexual violence.

Police and Crime Commissioner for West Yorkshire; Victim & Witness & Criminal Justice Delivery - to provide emotional & practical support to victims of sexual violence to help them cope with the impact of crime and, as far as possible, recover from the harm they have experienced, to provide emotional and practical support to BME victims of sexual violence to help them cope with the impact of crime and, as far as possible, recover from the harm they have experienced (JOYTI Project) and for Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) support services.

Community Safety Fund- For sexual violence prevention work.

Lloyds Enable – to fund a feasibility study and support the management and Trustees to develop their skills in social enterprise.

Lloyds Foundation Trust Invest Grant: advocacy & support for refugee asylum seeking and trafficked women.

Rape Crisis England & Wales – for tasks related to digital transformation.

Bradford Council CMF Grant (19/20): sexual violence prevention targeted at schools with high CEE populations.

Received 2020/21: Bradford Council: To add capacity to the ISVA team within Bradford Rape Crisis to meet more of the service demand during Covid. To improve the wellbeing and safety of survivors of domestic abuse and sexual violence in the district.

National Lottery Community Fund – Partnerships Development Grant: West Yorkshire Sexual Violence Action Partnership (WYSVAP) development.

Big Lottery COVID- The funding will deliver activities specifically aimed to support communities through the COVID-19 crisis.

Garfield Weston: Bradford Dispersed Housing Project.

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19 Analysis of movement in unrestricted funds

Contingency Fund
Current reporting
period
General fund
Previous reporting
period
General fund
Contingency Fund		 Balance
at 1 April
2020
£
142,266
33,284
175,550
Balance
at 1 April
2019
£
135,972
33,284
169,256
 Income
£
24,764
-
24,764
Income
£
49,909
-
49,909		 Expenditure
£
(5,105)
-
(5,105)
Expenditur
e
£
(51,590)
-
(51,590)		 Transfers
£
1,896
-
1,896
Transfers
£
7,975
-
7,975		 As at 31
March 2021
£
163,821
33,284
197,105
As at 31
March
2020
£
142,266
33,284
175,550

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

General fund The free reserves after allowing for all designated funds

Contingency Fund Designated by the management committee for redundancy, maternity and long term sickness provision

Transfers The transfers relate to capital items not for a restricted purpose bought in the year and expenses prepaid into 20/21 when the accounts are prepared on an accruals basis rather than a cash basis.

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20 Analysis of net assets between funds

Current reporting period
Tangible fixed assets
Net current assets/(liabilities)
Total
Previous reporting period
Tangible fixed assets
Net current assets/(liabilities)
Total		 General
fund
£
8,220
155,601
163,821
General
fund
£
2,278
139,988
142,266		 Designated
funds
£
-
33,284
33,284
Designated
funds
£
-
33,284
33,284		 Restricted
funds
£
-
54,889
54,889
Restricted
funds
£
-
57,165
57,165		 Total
£
8,220
243,774
251,994
Total
£
2,278
230,437
232,715

21 Operating lease commitments

The charity's total future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases is

Less than one year
One to five years		 2021
2020
£
£
12,679
16,905
-
12,679
12,679
29,584
Property		 2021
2020
£
£
1,069
1,139
646
1,715
1,715
2,854
Equipment		 2021
2020
£
£
1,069
1,139
646
1,715
1,715
2,854
Equipment
2,854

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

Net income/(expenditure) for the year
Adjustments for:
Depreciation charge
Dividends, interest and rents from investments
Decrease/(increase) in stock
Decrease/(increase) in debtors
Increase/(decrease) in creditors
Net cash provided by/(used in) operating		 2021
£
19,279
3,266
(939)
-
(9,540)
26,372
38,438		 2020
£
(7,878)
1,489
(1,356)
-
4,767
(16,926)
(19,904)

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