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2024-03-31-accounts

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INDEX

PAGE NO.

• Foreword ------------------------------------------------------- 3
• Organisational & Staffing Details ----------------------------- 4
• Definition of Domestic Abuse 2021 ------------ -------------- 7
• Vision, Mission & Values --------------------------------------- 8
• Aims & Objectives --------------------------------------------- 9
• CEO’s Update -------------------------------------------------- 10
• Triage --------------------------------------------- ------------ 12
• Referral Data --------------------------------------------------- 14
• Outreach Support ---------------------------------------------- 17
• Adult Intervation ------------------------------------- --------- 18
• Children & Young People -------------------------------------- 19
• Refuge --------------------------------------------------------- 20
• IDVA Service --------------------------------------------------- 22
• MARAC & DHRs ------------------------------------------------ 23
• Fundraising ----------------------------------------------------- 24
• Partner Agencies ----------------------------------------------- 25
• Treasurer & Company Secretary’s Report -------------------- 25
• Future Plans------------------------------------------- -------- 25
• Wider Network---------------------------------------- --------- 26
• Risk Management ---------------------------------------------- 26
• Acknowledgements -------------------------------------------- 27
• Reference & Administation Details ---------------------------- 28
• Contact Information & Open times --------------------------- 29
• Statement of Trustees Responsibilities ----------------------- 30
• Report of Independent Examiners ---------------------------- 31
• Statement of Financial Activities ------------------------------ 33
• Balance Sheet -------------------------------------------------- 34
• Cash Flow Statement ------------------------------------------ 35
• Notes to the Cash Flow Statement ---------------------------- 36
• Notes to the Financial Statements ---------------------------- 37
• Detailed statement of financial activities --------------------- 45

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Foreword

This year we have seen the full implementation of the new ways of working following the award of the contract to provide Domestic Abuse services to the communities we serve across Lincolnshire. While the name changed to Lincolnshire Domestic Abuse Specialist Services (LDASS) EDAN Lincs has remained as a charitable organisation and retained its values as a charity.

The people EDAN Lincs provide help and support to are often facing life changing experiences, threats to their lives and uncertainty in their ability to feel a sense of safety and wellbeing in the place they should feel safest, their home. The impact domestic abuse has on families and individuals continues to be serious and have long lasting impacts to all involved.

The specialist teams at EDAN Lincs deliver important services to people across Lincolnshire when they need it most. We often hear from people who have been helped by the work EDAN Lincs do to assist families and individuals to move on from a traumatic period in their lives. This year EDAN Lincs have seen the full impact of delivering services within a new way of working, with the introduction of a Universal Offer of Support via our digital platform www.edanlins.org.uk and the Outreach Engagement Team who have successfully engaged with partner agencies and communities across Lincolnshire.

The Board continue to admire the resilience of the EDAN Lincs team and are proud of the staff who have continued to respond in a way that ensures the delivery of safe services. The Board would like to thank all the staff team, led by the CEO, for continuing to adopt and implement new practices which has allowed EDAN Lincs to increase capacity.

The charity also works as part of a wider system in Lincolnshire, and our commissioners have continued to support the organisation with changes that we have needed to make to meet the demands on services. Our fundraising has been supported by local business and individuals, for which we are really thankful. The positive impact donations make to the people we support cannot be understated. We are also grateful for our partnerships and joint work with the local authorities, police, health, housing and schools, which are so important for creating and sustaining safe lives.

Recovery from domestic abuse takes time and if we think about how much is impacted for one person, we soon see how complicated it can be. We are grateful to everyone involved across Lincolnshire in their on-going support of EDAN Lincs to enable us to encourage the people we support to take simple yet important steps in their recovery, to move to a deserved safe and rewarding life.

Lydia Patsalides Chair of Trustees

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Organisational & Staffing Details

Charity Name: EDAN Lincs Registered Charity Number: 1092913

Registered Address: The BG Futures Business & Enterprise Centre, Bishop Grosseteste University, Longdales Road, Lincoln, LN1 3DY

Trustees Responsibilities
1 x Chair Supported by the Executive Team, Trustees provide strong effective
leadership, governance, compliance, overall strategic direction and
financial oversight of the organisation.
6 x Board Trustees
Executive Team Responsibilities
1 x CEO Overall responsibility for the management of EDAN Lincs.
1 x Director of Operations Providing strategic support to the Trustees, CEO and Senior
Management Team.
1 x Finance Director Responsible for the financial reporting, planning and accounts of the
organisation. Liaising with the Treasurer and auditor to ensure
compliance.
Senior Management Team Responsibilities
4 x Outreach Managers Responsible for the overall management and supervision of Outreach
Domestic teams and service delivery. Each Manager leads on a
specific area of the service (triage, information, advice & support,
adult support, children & young people support).
2 x Refuge Managers Responsible for assisting the EDAN Lincs CEO with the overall
management and supervision of Refuge Specialist Domestic Abuse
Workers and Refuge service delivery.
1 x IDVA Manager Responsible for the overall management and supervision of IDVA
workers and service delivery.
1 x MARAC Manager Responsible for representing EDAN Lincs in a multi-agency arena, in
relation to high risk cases of domestic abuse and DHRs.
Finance & Project Admin Responsibilities
1 x PA/HR & Project Administrator Responsible for PA & HR administration, offering administrative
support to EDAN LINCS senior management team and Trustees.
1 x Support Hub Administrator Responsible for administration of referrals at entry into service
1 x Refuge Administrator Responsible for general administration in Refuge

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Outreach Engagement Team Responsibilities
1 x Outreach Engagement
Manager		 Responsible for the overall management and supervision of the
Outreach Engagement Team and service delivery.
1 x Outreach Engagement Project
Coordinator
1 x Outreach Engagement
Practitioner		 0Responsible for providing proactive early interventions,
targeting communities and individuals who may face barriers to
accessing domestic abuse support services.
Plays a key role in increasing community awareness of domestic
abuse including working with existing community groups to build
their capacity to identify and support domestic abuse victims.
Adult Intervention Service Responsibilities
1 x Adult Intervention Manager Responsible for the overall management and supervision of the Adult
Intervention Team including SDAPs and service delivery.
2 x Senior Specialist Domestic
Abuse Practitioners		 Responsible for providing supervision to staff as well as direct work
with service users, assessing their needs and discussing the range of
support options available.
12 x Specialist Domestic Abuse
Practitioners (SDAP)		 Responsible for delivering support to vulnerable people affected by
domestic abuse. Support will vary dependent upon risk identified.
Support Hub Service Responsibilities
1 x Support Hub Manager Responsible for the overall management and supervision of Support
Hub SDAPs and service delivery.
2 x Senior Support Hub SDAPs Responsible for providing supervision to staff as well as direct work
with service users, assessing their needs and discussing the range of
support options available.
10 x Support Hub SDAPs Responsible for providing information, advice and support via our
help line. Also responsible for the screening of new service users
affected by domestic abuse.
CYP Service Responsibilities
1 x CYP Manager Responsible for the overall management and supervision of CYP
Practitioners and service delivery.
1 x Senior Child & Young Person
Practitioner		 Responsible for providing supervision to staff as well as direct work
with Children & Young people, assessing their needs and proving a
range of support.
4 x Child & Young Person
Practitioner (CYP)		 Responsible for supporting children, young people, families accessing
outreach support at EDAN Lincs.
Refuge Service Responsibilities
Lincoln & West Lindsey Refuge
1 x Refuge Manager Responsible for assisting the EDAN Lincs CEO with the overall
management and supervision of Refuge Specialist Domestic Abuse
Workers and Refuge service delivery.
1 x Senior Refuge Worker Responsible for providing additional support to the Refuge Manager,
support to families in our dispersed properties and supervision of
staff.

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3 x Specialist Domestic Abuse
Practitioners		 Responsible for delivering refuge support to vulnerable people
affected by domestic abuse and aid their recovery and transition into
the community.
1 x Senior Family & Child Support
Worker		 Lead role, responsible for supporting families, children and young
people in EDAN Lincs refuges and supervision of family & child
support workers.
2 x Family & Child Support
Workers		 Responsible for supporting families, children and young people in
EDAN Lincs refuges.
East Lindsey Refuge
1 x Refuge Manager Responsible for assisting the EDAN Lincs CEO with the overall
management and supervision of Refuge Specialist Domestic Abuse
Workers and Refuge service delivery.
1 x Senior Refuge Worker Lead role, responsible for providing additional support to the Refuge
Manager and supporting to families in refuge.
2 x Support Workers Responsible for delivering refuge support to vulnerable people
affected by domestic abuse and aid their recovery and transition into
the community.
2 x Family Engagement Worker Responsible for supporting families, children and young people in
EDAN refuges.
IDVA Service Responsibilities
1 x IDVA Manager Responsible for the overall management and supervision of IDVA
workers and service delivery.
8 x Community IDVAs,
1 x Rural/Elder IDVA		 Responsible for representing EDAN Lincs in a multi-agency arena, in
relation to high risk cases of domestic abuse.
2 x Court IDVA Responsible for providing additional support to high risk clients in the
court setting.
1 x Child & Young Person IDVA Responsible for providing support to children and young people
impacted by living with domestic abuse.
Fundraising Responsibilities
1 x Fundraising & Communication
Coordinator		 Responsible for raising funding for the organisation and raising its
profile.

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Definition of Domestic Abuse 2021

The Home Office 2021 definition of domestic violence and abuse now states:

“Behaviour of a person (A) towards another person (B) is domestic abuse if ‘A’ and ‘B’ are each aged 16 or over and are personally connected to each other, and the behaviour is abusive.”

‘Personally connected’ means they are, or have been:

Behaviour is abusive if it consists of, but is not limited to, the following types of abuse of another person:

Controlling behaviour is : a range of acts designed to make a person subordinate and/or dependent by isolating them from sources of support, exploiting their resources and capacities for personal gain, depriving them of the means needed for independence, resistance and escape and regulating their everyday behaviour.

Coercive behaviour is : an act or a pattern of acts of assault, threats, humiliation and intimidation or other abuse that is used to harm, punish, or frighten their victim

It does not matter whether the behaviour consists of a single incident or a course of conduct.

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Vision, Mission & Values

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Aims and Objectives

The Charity’s objects, as set out in the Governing Document, are to relieve the distress and suffering of women, men and children who have suffered, or are exposed to, domestic abuse; in particular, but not exclusively, by the provision of information and support.

EDAN Lincs aim is to achieve the highest standards of service provision.

EDAN Lincs recognises that assessing and fulfilling the needs of women, men and children is one of the primary objectives of the organisation. To this end, the views of the service users accessing the services, either via Refuge, IDVA or Outreach, will be heard, recorded and acted upon in a number of ways to facilitate the provision of an effective service.

EDAN Lincs have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the aims and objectives and in planning out future activities. In particular, the Trustees consider how planned activities will contribute to the objectives they have set.

EDAN Lincs strategically review its aims and objectives each year. The review looks at what has been achieved and the outcomes of the work over the past 12 months. The review looks at the success of each key activity and the benefits brought to those groups the service was set up to help. The review also helps ensure any aims, objectives and activities remain focused on the stated purposes for the coming year.

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CEO’s Update

Over this financial period, EDAN Lincs has received core funding from Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) to deliver two countywide contracts across Lincolnshire. Lincolnshire Domestic Abuse Specialist Service (LDASS) provide outreach services to adults, children and young people impacted by domestic abuse across Lincolnshire. Domestic Abuse Refuge Service provision provides emergency accommodation for individuals and families fleeing domestic abuse.

Lincolnshire Domestic Abuse Specialist Service (LDASS)

Lincolnshire County Council, the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) and NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) work in partnership to ensure all Lincolnshire residents at risk of, experiencing or affected by domestic abuse can access information, advice and specialist support through a Domestic Abuse Support Service. During this period EDAN Lincs was successful in the recommissioning of the LDASS Countywide Outreach Contract, securing 3+1+1 years funding from 1st April 2023. The contract includes a Universal Offer of Support via a new Digital Platform (www.ldass.org.uk) to help victims of domestic abuse access support, information, resources and services.

Specialist Domestic Abuse Practitioners provide vital support to individuals and families impacted by domestic abuse in Lincolnshire. The service offers support to consenting adults and their children, in an holistic, non-confrontational manner to enable individuals to live free from violence; influencing positively on their safety, emotional wellbeing, health, education and enjoyment of life.

The first year of the LDASS contract focussed on the mobilisation and development across all service areas, including the new provision of the Outreach & Engagement Team (OET) and recovery element to the service. The purpose of the OET is to provide proactive early interventions, targeting communities and individuals who may otherwise face barriers to accessing domestic abuse support. OET have been recruiting and training DA Champions, setting up ‘by and for’ survivor groups and delivering ‘Time to Thrive’ empowerment sessions as part of the recovery element of the service. Recovery can also include support in court where there is ongoing criminal or civil proceedings relating to domestic abuse. In addition, during this period, funding from the Police & Crime Commissioner’s Office (OPCC) which funds additional IDVAs, and a part time Outreach worker, became part of the funding within the new LCC outreach contract.

St James’ Place funding provided the opportunity to expand the Outreach Child & Young Person (CYP) team by two additional workers. This was 2-year funding until 31 December 2023, these posts were funded within the LCC LDASS contract thereafter.

Domestic Abuse Refuge Services

The Refuge service contract is over a five-year period (3 years+1+1), which is currently in its fourth year, with the 5th year extension confirmed up until 30th

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June 2025. Additional LCC funding allowed the increase of the dispersed/move on properties across Lincolnshire by two further properties in East Lindsey enabling the service to support 25 families in emergency accommodation at any one time.

LCC provide funding for children and young people (CYP) in refuge, enabling EDAN Lincs specialist CYP domestic abuse Practitioners to offer the same level of support for children and young people. The refuge also received 3-year funding from Mercers to support families, children and young people which ended in December 2023.

During this year LCC continued to provide funding for refuge provision within the SOLDAS refuge via a sub-contacting arrangement. Contract management information and data reporting is reported to EDAN Lincs on a quarterly basis.

During the later end of the financial year a full review of refuge service provision began with LCC in preparation for the forthcoming recommissioning in 2025. As the current countywide providers, EDAN Lincs played a key role within this review process, this replaced the usual annual contract review.

The Management team and staff are without doubt the most valuable asset to the organisation and the core reason for its successes. This year has brought many challenges across all service areas, but despite this the employees have been incredible. Many have worked tirelessly during what has been a challenging year, with the mobilisation of a huge outreach contract and new complexities and challenges faced across refuge. Many staff have gone over and above to ensure quality services are being delivered.

Celia Madden

Chief Executive Officer

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Support Hub

From 1[st ] April 2023 to 31[st ] March 2024 a total of 1,636 adult referrals were received into the service. This is more than a 60% decrease to the previous year. This reduction is due to an 84% decrease in the number of PPN referrals received following the introduction of the Victim Lincs Pathway in March 2023. From the total of 596 PPN referrals received, 326 of these progressed through to another area of the service.

For self-referrals and other professional referrals:

Whilst there has been a marked decrease in the number of adult referrals into the service there has been an increase in the number of calls, online chats and email queries.

The table below represents additional work completed by the Support Hub excluding self-referrals taken, onward referrals and Assessment of Risks completed.

Type of Work Amount
General Enquiries from SU’s 7,950
Online chats 470
Info Box(email) queries 1,532
EMAS attempts at contact 523
IAST Attempts at contact 2,707
Professional Calls 1,331
Professional consultations 71
TOTAL 14,584

There has been a 20% increase with the previous year being a total of 12,194.

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The Support Hub have referred 65 high risk cases to MARAC. This is a 4% decrease on the previous year where 68 cases were referred. A total of 1,275 assessments of risk were completed.

Whilst the Digital Platform has a fantastic professional advice and resource section, Support Hub continue to receive calls and email queries from professionals seeking guidance. With this in mind, to support the professional community, a professional consultation service has been launched, which is available to any professional who would like to be provided with guidance, advice, and support for their own cases with clients where they require some specialist support.

The Support Hub has launched a pilot scheme in collaboration with some GP surgeries throughout Lincolnshire. The aim of this pilot is to ensure a simple and effective notification pathway into the service for those patients identified requiring support whilst at the surgery. The hope is that this scheme is successful and look forward to working closely with the participating surgeries.

In line with the new contract the team became known as the Support Hub and adopted a more hybrid approach across the two previous teams of IAST and Triage. Over this 12-month period the Support Hub undertook a transformation in the way they work, receive referrals and capture information. The implementation of the Referral Management Module (RMM) aimed to improve on our previous system, resulting in a significant change to the support hub. The construction, mobilization and launch of this new module was carefully planned in consultation with LCC and went ‘live’ in September 2023. This positive change in working styles revolves around having one system that receives and holds all referrals into the service. It is also able to identify repeat victims, providing a full overview of a victim's history within LDASS, which is essential in assessing risk. Each referral is visually screened by the Support Hub admin SDAP, with all additional checks completed before being released through to the Support Hub team to commence attempting contact.

The introduction of the RMM came with its own challenges, understandably, there were some initial hiccoughs, however, these were navigated promptly and effectively. The whole team exhibited an eager attitude and a positive commitment to change. It is hard to remember what life was like before the RMM existed!

The Support Hub team will confidently complete a comprehensive Assessment of Risk (AOR), whilst providing the essential empathic, supportive, and non- judgmental approach. It is at the forefront of each team members mind that they ensure a victim feels listened to and believed. The significance of this approach cannot be underestimated. EDAN Lincs feel passionately about continually providing an excellent service. The team also complete any immediate safeguarding and onward referrals should these be identified.

Those who may be nervous, not recognise risk, feel apprehensive or are scared will be encouraged to engage with the service. For those that do not feel ready to engage, all options are explained for a future referral and details of other agencies who may be able to support are provided. Support and guidance is also given to family and friends who are concerned about a loved one or a friend.

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The role remains fast-paced, challenging, and at times, emotionally testing, requiring resilience, resolve and dedication. The work can be empowering to both the service user and the team member, providing a sense of accomplishment to both parties and provides motivation to the team to work through challenging times.

Thanks are extended to the Support Hub team for their continued commitment and support. The past 12 months has been a time of significant change and the team have embraced and navigated this time with enthusiasm. The team have continued to provide exceptional peer support and as always, their hard work and diligence is recognized and gratefully appreciated.

Referral Data for 2023/24

Support Hub

1636 Outreach referrals (67% decrease on 2022-23)

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Children and Young People

290 CYP referrals (2.5% increase on 2022-23)

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247 Refuge referrals (11% decrease on 2022-23)

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Outreach Engagement Team

It has been an exciting first year for the OET, who have been actively engaged in fostering stronger connections both within EDAN Lincs and with the DA partnership, as well as across the county of Lincolnshire.

By maintaining a visible presence at key community events, the team has nurtured relationships and facilitated new and ongoing collaborations with hard to reach and minority groups, alongside our established partners.

These efforts have been crucial in ensuring we meet the required contract outcomes, delivering a comprehensive toolkit of resources to the county. The community resources provided by the OET include the DA Champion training that has given 290 professionals and people in the county the confidence to approach and respond appropriately and safely with those they support, where domestic abuse has been identified, ensuring no one is left on their own, making DA everyone’s business. This training has fueled the motivation for attendees to establish, with our ongoing support, 8 survivor friendly groups where people vulnerable to an abuser can access empowerment and find their sense of self after the impacts of their abusive relationship, whether that is current trauma or healing from the past. This has empowered greater autonomy within a network of assistance, offering proactive early intervention alongside ongoing support to promote both recovery and prevention. Internally our team manages an element of the recovery support that enables our service users to take more time to recover, understand and grow in resilience. This is an area that is constantly being given thought to ensure it reaches its potential and will continue to develop over the coming year to support this growth.

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Adult Intervention

The funding EDAN Lincs receive allows us to offer adult intervention support to both families, individuals, adults and children who have, or who are currently, suffering from domestic abuse. An holistic strength-based approach to safety and support planning, education and understanding around domestic abuse allows individuals to begin to make positive choices, promotes self-protection, empowerment and equips them with tools aiding their recovery to a life free from abuse.

This year EDAN Lincs began to deliver The Lincolnshire Domestic Abuse Specialist Service (LDASS) commissioned by Lincolnshire County Council, with support from Lincolnshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner and NHS Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board. LDASS is aligned to three core principles assessed case by case, which are, Prevention; aiming to intervene before harm occurs or preventing further harm.

Protection; providing support to victims if harm has occurred to reduce the impact and increase their safety. Recovery; to be future-focused, increase resilience, confidence, and skills to rebuild victims’ lives.

Adult Intervention staff have adapted to many changes in the way they work under the new contract to enable them to offer the highest level of holistic support to service users’ with all of the core principles embedded in their practice. This year Adult intervention have focused heavily on partner agency working, with the aim of meeting our service users’ needs not only within our remit but considering what other support the service user may benefit from alongside and are actively communicating regularly with other professionals and various support services, signposting clients to relevant agencies and making them aware of community responses to domestic abuse and survivor groups.

Following the completion of targeted intervention, service users have the opportunity to access the recovery that is available to them up to 12-months after their case is closed to service. This could be access to courses, one-off support via the Support Hub, support at court by the Court IDVA, as well as access to survivor groups and Universal offer of support, via the digital platform.

Communication is key to successful practice, Adult Intervention have been coming together regularly in person at team meetings, this promotes wellbeing of the Adult Intervention staff and enables peer support and discussions around reflective practice and learning to support their professional practice.

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Children & Young People (CYP)

During the last year, CYP team were faced with lots of challenges and changes: three new team members joined the team, including a new CYP Senior, who all undertook an intense training and induction programme, delivered by the CYP manager.

The following actions were implemented during the mobilisation of the new contract to ensure the CYP team aligned with the new requirements:

The CYP manager, with support from the CYP senior, worked together early in the year to provide resources for the new digital platform. This took just over 40 hours to complete, within a 2-week timeframe and required the CYP team to support each other even more.

This year also saw the Senior CYP moved to another area of the service, applying more pressure to the manager, and a CYP Lead was recruited. Another hurdle to overcome was an increase in access to schools being denied to CYP’s which required a letter of assurance from the CYP manager.

The team has worked constantly with a positive “can do” attitude and their comments are detailed below:

“Working with Children and Young People is “The children and young people we support both challenging and rewarding, but working can come into the CYP team worried, confused with them from a Domestic Abuse perspective and with big emotions they sometimes don't allows you to empower and enable these know how to work through. We work with children and young people to break the cycle them to build up their broken relationships, of abuse.” their understanding of Domestic Abuse and improve their confidence and self-esteem” “I enjoy seeing the progress of the CYP's “We show care, compassion, empathy and we throughout the sessions and it gives me great really listen.” pride to see the difference we make week after week. I know we make a massive difference to these children and it makes me realise just how vital our role in within these children's lives.”

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Refuge Support

EDAN Lincs currently holds the LCC contract for all commissioned refuge provision in Lincolnshire. In Lincoln and West Lindsey EDAN Lincs has emergency housing for up to 14 families that can support adults, children and young people who require a place of safety due to the domestic abuse they have experienced. This accommodation comprises of three dispersed properties in West Lindsey and a multi-occupancy refuge consisting of 11 self-contained units of accommodation in Lincoln. Two of the self-contained units in Lincoln are specifically designed to provide disabled access which means support can be provided to individuals with additional needs and could include supporting someone that is on a recognised substance reduction programme. The East Lindsey accommodation consists of 5 two bedroomed self-contained flats within the main refuge building along with a staff office, communal kitchen and external children’s unit and garden/play area. In addition there are a further two dispersed properties in the East Lindsey area which means EDAN Lincs now can accommodate an adult and up to 5 children in all four dispersed properties. The dispersed properties can accommodate male victims and those with older male children and are also better equipped to support those from the LGBTQAI+ community. SOLDAS have been sub-contracted by EDAN Lincs through a variation in the LCC contract which provides additional units to enable support for those who need it.

The financial year April 2023 to March 2024 proved the most challenging year of the Managers 10-year service, by far surpassing the navigation of COVID 19. The sudden and unexpected passing of a much loved and valued colleague Karen Partridge had a significant impact, not only on the staff team but also the residents who had formed positive working relationships with her. At times staff members can all too often minimise their impact on those that EDAN Lincs supports. It is easy to become cynical, feel taken for granted and minimise the difference made to others, or believe that service users do not value the help they receive. The impact of Karen’s death on the residents and children that resided in refuge shocked the staff team. There was no way to foresee the level of upset and the eloquently spoken and written words of grief that were shared with staff, such as “she was my support worker, she moved me in and was always at the end of the phone, I could tell her anything. What will I do without her?”. The residents still residing in refuge recently provided staff with flowers on the 1-year anniversary of Karen’s death, other residents that had moved on called or text staff with words like “to live in the hearts of those we leave behind is not to die.” Within a week of Karen’s death the refuge also had a resident placed in an induced coma, a struggle to prevent Children’s Services returning children to a perpetrator, a 1-year-old baby who required a double blood transfusion, a serious case of financial abuse by one resident towards another, an array of allegations made against the staff team and manager, and various child protection issues including a 5-year-old being run over and air lifted to hospital. The team has continued to be resilient, innovative, determined and passionate. Despite all the challenges faced and overcome, service delivery was never compromised and the needs of those in refuge remained the priority.

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This year has also seen a successful change of use from the communal lounge to a communal kitchen/multi-function room. Karen’s Kitchen has become the heart of the refuge providing an ideal environment for facilitating the group “safe programme”. Making jewellery for Mother’s Day, baking cakes and lots of other activities for the families and children.

Despite the loss of the experience and expertise of the refuge Senior, recruitment across refuge has been successful and the team is fully staffed. The new team members are fully submerged in their roles, imbedded within the existing team and already proving to be an asset to the organisation.

Moulton Marsh Nature Reserve, South Holland

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Lincolnshire Independent Domestic Violence Advisor (IDVA) Service

EDAN Lincs has robust governance arrangements in place and regularly reviews its organisational risk management and business plans. The IDVA service ensures that staff are Safe Lives trained and kept up to date with current practice by attending appropriate training courses and accessing electronic data and information. Training is in the main restricted to local training availability due to financial limitations and training opportunities locally are limited. Staff are subject to monthly supervision where cases are reviewed and discussed and case work subject to dip sampling. Staff are further supported by having clinical supervision quarterly in a group supervision format. The service is subject to Safe Lives Leading Light reviews where in depth scrutiny of compliance with the IDVA performance criteria is undertaken.

The Service User questionnaires that are completed show that victims find the IDVA Service offers them protection and support, leading them to feeling safe and confident to report incidents to the police and support prosecutions through the court process, ensuring that perpetrators are held to account. It is evident from the feedback that the risk of a victim's repeat victimisation is reduced, leading to an overall improvement in physical and emotional wellbeing.

“I am happy to attest to the fact that you “I would like to take the opportunity to have been an absolute asset. You have thank you for your contribution working supported me in the administration and in partnership with the rest of the alteration of our DVDS and CSODS Agencies in order to safeguard our client. processes & procedures and continue to Your professionalism, approachable do so. You are always available and very nature, wealth of knowledge, team work supportive and helpful. You have become ethic and instinct has been invaluable. It an invaluable means of contact, has been a privilege working with you, I communication and our go to for all look forward to working in partnership things IDVA/LDASS based.” with you again in the future.”

There has been a 146% increase in referrals and the Court IDVA’s now spend the majority of their time within the courts. Due to the overwhelming success of the Court IDVA’s there will be a future need to explore funding opportunities to increase capacity in this area.

Community IDVA’s adopt a hybrid working model; a combination of working from home and from police stations across the county. This helps shift the culture within the local police and supports victims by re-installing public confidence, providing practical support and demonstrating an improved response to DA.

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- Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) & Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs)

As the commissioned domestic abuse service in Lincolnshire, EDAN Lincs are a representing body on the MARAC panel. The role of the MARAC is to provide a platform where a minimum number of agencies are represented to give legal quorum and must be inclusive of Health, IDVA, Police, Children’s Services and DA services. This conference facilitates a risk led approach to domestic abuse and evaluates effective information sharing to enable appropriate actions to increase public safety. The referrals into the MARAC are referrals that have been risk assessed by an agency, using the risk assessment tool with a criteria of, but not limited to, professional judgement, risk assessment figures, escalation, and transfer to Lincolnshire, along with cases meeting a repeat criteria. Each agency provides a Designated MARAC Representative (DMR). The DMR role is to be a participating advocate to cases referred to the MARAC, not only those by their agency, but for all cases being referred by any agency. To ensure that the information provided is concise, using the principles of Signs of Safety, clear presentation of risks is required, complicating factors or barriers to reducing risk are considered and what actions have been successfully implemented to reduce or remove risk to prevent a homicide are assessed. The homicide timeline is applied to cases being heard.

EDAN Lincs demonstrates good multi-agency collaboration with all partner agencies and endeavours to work around the difficulties that the contract of ‘one agency one worker’ has presented in previous years.

Linking in with the MARACS is the Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs). One of the aims of the MARAC is to reduce the risk of serious harm or homicide to domestic abuse victims. Sadly, lives are lost due to domestic abuse. Following a Home Office change in December 2016 EDAN Lincs has been involved in DHRs and remains a contributing member in relation to ongoing DHRs in the county. On occasion, the organisation responds to other counties DHRs and also participates as required as a panel board member. It is important to note that reviews are not simply there to examine the conduct of professionals and agencies involved, the reviews should illuminate the past to make the future safer for our communities and those whose lives are effected by domestic abuse.

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—————EEEESSss Fundraising

EDAN Lincs maximises it’s reach to the communities across Lincolnshire by making use of social media platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. There is also a newsletter sent out to more than 650 subscribers. Regular communication is sent to employees to keep them updated with fundraising efforts and also to encourage participation at various events raising funds and awareness for the charity.

Some of the successful campaigns over the year include:

International Women’s Day appeal
raised
£480 to fund an afternoon tea for
residents and some service users
supported by the IDVA team.		 Local business Micronclean chose
EDAN Lincs as their charity of the
year and donated over £500
worth of second hand mobile
phones.
The Magna Carta pub in Lincoln
raised
£507 through regular pub quizzes.		 Lincoln Santa Fun Run raised
£250.
Lincolnshire Cookery school
hosted cooking classes for East
Lindsey residents that focussed on
budget cooking.		 Toadstool Café donated takeaway
food for residents in East
Lindsey.
North East Lincolnshire Women’s
Institute donated over
£1,200.		 Morrisons and Tesco donated
bedding, towels and
other items.

Millenium Green, North Kesteven

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Partner Agencies

So much of what the charity does involves working very closely and in conjunction with many other partner agencies. EDAN Lincs recognises the importance of this and works not only strategically but also on an operational level, to ensure close working relationships bring many benefits; not limited to but including being able to make good use of the expertise that other agencies are able to provide.

Treasurer and Company Secretary’s Report

The finance team is Natasha Vick – Financial Director, supported by the Audit, Finance and Risk committee.

The main source of income to the Charity this year was Lincolnshire County Council, who fund County wide Refuges services which we provision and also an Outreach and IDVA service. The funding is by the way of 3+1+1 year contracts. We receive additional funding through rental income for our refuge units as well as through fundraising activities.

Financial Position

During the period the charity received £2,403,391 (2023: £2,258,216) of income. The charity received £99,737 (2023: £100,274) in donations, £2,003,005 (2023: £1,849,553) in grants, and £300,649 (2023: £308,389) in other charitable activities.

The expenditure made during the period totalled £2,578,548 (2023: £2,243,411). The most significant payment was for staff costs totalling £1,849,140 (2023: £1,638,431).

Reserves Policy

At the year end the charity had total funds of £581,370 (2023: £756,527). Included in the total funds are restricted funds of £Nil (2023: £147,947) and unrestricted funds of £581,370 (2023: £608,580). The charity intends to hold unrestricted free reserves equivalent to 3 months of expenditure, this allows for a continuous service provision. The board have reviewed the level of reserves held and confirms that these reserves are slightly below target. Our target reserves base on our monthly expenditure is around £644,000. The board will continue to review this position on an ongoing basis but will maintain the current target for the year 2024-25.

Future Plans

As expected, inflationary pressures have been a big factor of EDAN’s financial performance over 2023-24 and we are proud to have delivered a strong set of numbers, with a slight increase in held reserve. This has been achieved whilst also delivering pay increases to staff and maintaining service levels.

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Fundraising income increased significantly in the year to March 2024 and the hope is to continue to capitalise on this through the current year. The focus for the board will remain on supporting the reserve target, but also on developing investment and other income streams which will safeguard EDAN Lincs as it continues to grow in the future.

Frampton Marsh, Boston

Wider Network

In so far as it is complementary to the charity's objects, the charity is guided by both local and national policy and works as part of Lincolnshire’s Integrated Care System. The charity also works in conjunction with various other bodies including:

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Risk Management

The Trustees have a duty to identify and review the risks to which the charity is exposed and to ensure appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error. The identified major risks facing the Charity at any one time are:

  1. Loss of rental cost support for the refuges

  2. Loss of funding

Ongoing Government funding is subject to a very strict annual assessment process and all staff work very hard to meet the required standards of service. In order to ensure that the required service standards are met the Charity monitors:

  1. Refuge occupancy

  2. Number of clients during the month

  3. Referrals

  4. Number of cases on the waiting list

Acknowledgements

EDAN Lincs would like to acknowledge the joint working and support received from partner agencies, both statutory and non-statutory. Multi-agency working is key for providing a holistic package of support to the service users and excellent working relationships have been built with partners. EDAN Lincs extends special thanks to funders and supporters without whom the charity would not be able to offer the vital services to those in need.

The pictures used throughout this report depict landmarks from the county of Lincolnshire. They can each be found in locations across the seven districts in which EDAN Lincs provides vital support to the community.

Arboretum, Lincoln

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REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS

Registered Company No: 04243436 (England and Wales)
Registered Charity No: 1092913
How is the Charity Constituted? Incorporated Charity – therefore governed by
their Memorandum and Articles of Association.
Registered Office: The BG Futures Business & Enterprise Centre, Bishop
Grosseteste University, Longdales Road, Lincoln, LN1
3DY
Trustees P Holdsworth (Chair) (resigned 26.09.24)
L Patsalides (Chair)
C Taylor (resigned 25.09.23)
T Buzec (appointed 22.11.22)
R Brown (appointed 25.05.23)
N Davies (appointed 23.06.23, resigned
02.01.24)
C Grant (appointed 23.07.23)
M Bower-Brown (appointed 28.09.23)
R Blanchard (appointed 28.03.2024)
Recruiting and Appointment of
Trustees		 Vacancies for Trustees are advertised, all
applications are received by the CEO, who
then arranges and holds interviews herself
and with another trustee. If successful
applicants are officially appointed at the start
of the following trustee meeting.
Executive Team CEO
Director of Operations
Finance Director
Senior Management Team IDVA Manager
MARAC Manager
Refuge Manager
Refuge Manager
Outreach Engagement Manager
Adult Intervention Manager
Support Hub Manager
CYP Intervention Manager
Auditors Paul Colcomb FCCA (Senior Statutory
Auditor),
Wright Vigar Limited, Statutory Auditors,
Chartered Accountants & Business Advisers
15 Newland, Lincoln, LN1 1XG

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Bankers CAF Bank Ltd, 25 Kings Hill Avenue, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent, ME19 4JQ Solicitors Sills & Betteridge LLP, Aquis House, 18 - 28 Clasketgate, Lincoln, LN2 1JN

Contact Information & Opening Times

Tel: 01522 510041. Option 1 for Refuge, option 2 for Outreach Website: www.edanlincs.org.uk Email: info@edanlincs.org.uk Opening Times:

Key management remuneration

The trustees consider the role and responsibilities of key management personnel and review the remuneration package in line with similar entities. Annual appraisals and pay reviews on key management personnel are undertaken based on the individual's performance of their duties and fulfilment of the objectives of the charity in the period.

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Statement of Trustees Responsibilities

The Trustees of EDAN Lincs, who are also the directors of EDAN Lincs for the purposes of company law, are responsible for preparing the ‘Report of the Trustees’ 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 those financial statements, the Trustees are required to:

The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and to 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. In so far as the Trustees are aware:

Approved by order of the board of trustees on 04 December 2024 and sign on its behalf by:

…………………………………………….

Ms L Patsalides - Trustee

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Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of EDAN Lincs (Registered number: 04243436)

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of EDAN Lincs (the 'charitable company') for the year ended 31 March 2024 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet, the Cash Flow Statement and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charitable company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC's Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The trustees are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report, other than the financial statements and our Report of the Independent Auditors thereon.

Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the charitable company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Report of the Trustees.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you

if, in our opinion:

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Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of EDAN Lincs (Registered number: 04243436)

Responsibilities of trustees

As explained more fully in the Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities, the trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charitable company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue a Report of the Independent Auditors that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

Our work is performed to include an assessment of the susceptibility of the entity's financial statements to material misstatement, including the risk of fraud. Owing to the inherent limitations of an audit, there is an unavoidable risk that material misstatements in the financial statements may not be detected, even though the audit is properly planned and performed in accordance with the ISAs (UK).

In identifying and assessing risk of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, our procedures included the following:

We assessed the susceptibility of the Charity's financial statements to material misstatement, including how fraud might occur. Audit procedures performed by the engagement team included:

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Report of the Independent Auditors.

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charitable company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charitable company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditors' report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and the charitable company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Paul Colcomb FCCA (Senior Statutory Auditor) for and on behalf of Wright Vigar Limited Statutory Auditors Chartered Accountants & Business Advisers 15 Newland Lincoln Lincolnshire LN1 1XG

Date: 04 December 2024

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EDAN Lincs

Statement of Financial Activities

(Incorporating an Income and Expenditure Account) for the Year Ended 31 March 2024

Notes
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Donations and legacies
3
Charitable activities
5
Refuge
Children's Services
Floating Support
Training and Education
Investment income
4
Total
EXPENDITURE ON
Raising funds
6
Charitable activities
7
Refuge
Hospital
Children's Services
Floating Support
Total
NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)
Transfers between funds
19
Net movement in funds
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD		 Unrestricted
funds
£
99,737
929,971
-
1,365,080
-
8,603
2,403,391
451
977,022
-
-
1,453,128
2,430,601
(27,210)
-
(27,210)
608,580
581,370		 Restricted
funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
147,947
147,947
(147,947)
-
(147,947)
147,947
-		 2024
Total
funds
£
99,737
929,971
-
1,365,080
-
8,603
2,403,391
451
977,022
-
-
1,601,075
2,578,548
(175,157)
-
(175,157)
756,527
581,370		 2023
Total
funds
£
100,274
1,005,525
10,846
1,090,586
47,728
3,257
2,258,216
1,653
754,754
25,756
14,746
1,446,502
2,243,411
14,804
-
14,804
741,723
756,527

The notes form part of these financial statements

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EDAN Lincs (Registered number: 04243436)

Balance Sheet
31 March 2024
Notes
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets
13
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors
14
Cash at bank and in hand
15
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year
16
NET CURRENT ASSETS
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES
NET ASSETS
FUNDS
19
Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
TOTAL FUNDS		 2024
£
69,254
180,032
598,397
778,429
(266,313)
512,116
581,370
581,370
581,370
-
581,370		 2023
£
43,078
39,897
869,917
909,814
(196,365)
713,449
756,527
756,527
608,580
147,947
756,527

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to charitable companies subject to the small companies regime.

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 04 December 2024 and were signed on its behalf by:

............................................. Ms L Patsalides - Trustee

The notes form part of these financial statements

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EDAN Lincs

Cash Flow Statement

for the Year Ended 31 March 2024
2024
Notes
£
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash generated from operations
1
(232,622)
Net cash (used in)/provided by operating activities
(232,622)
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of tangible fixed assets
(47,079)
Interest received
8,603
Net cash used in investing activities
(38,476)
Cash flows from financing activities
Capital repayments in year
(422)
Net cash used in financing activities
(422)
Change in cash and cash equivalents in
the reporting period
(271,520)
Cash and cash equivalents at the
beginning of the reporting period
869,917
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of
the reporting period
598,397		 2023
£
298,903
298,903
(20,628)
3,257
(17,371)
(1,382)
(1,382)
280,150
589,767
869,917

The notes form part of these financial statements

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EDAN Lincs

Notes to the Cash Flow Statement for the Year Ended 31 March 2024

1. RECONCILIATION OF NET (EXPENDITURE)/INCOME TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

Net (expenditure)/income for the reporting period (as per the
Statement of Financial Activities)
Adjustments for:
Depreciation charges
Interest received
(Increase)/decrease in debtors
Increase/(decrease) in creditors
Net cash (used in)/provided by operations		 2024
£
(175,157)
20,902
(8,603)
(140,135)
70,370
(232,623)		 2023
£
14,805
10,848
(3,257)
1,108,558
(832,050)
298,904

2. ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET FUNDS

At 1.4.23 Cash flow At 31.3.24
£ £ £
Net cash
Cash at bank and in hand 869,917 (271,520) 598,397
869,917 (271,520) 598,397
Debt
Finance leases (422) 422 -
(422) 422 -
Total 869,495 (271,098) 598,397

The notes form part of these financial statements

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EDAN Lincs

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2024

1. STATUTORY INFORMATION

EDAN (Lincs) is a Charitable company, registered in England and Wales. The charitable company's registered number and registered office address can be found on the Report of the Trustees.

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements

The financial statements of the charitable company, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) '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) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

Changes in accounting policies

The depreciation annual rate has changes for computer equipment on the 01 January 2024 to 60% reducing balance from 30% reducing balance.

Income

All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.

Contract income and Government grants are recognised on a performance basis for the period in which the service is carried out.

Expenditure

Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.

Allocation of support costs

Support costs are allocated initially on a staff time basis. Regular reviews of support costs are undertaken in accordance with the grants and funding received and adjustments are made as required to align expenditure with the activities of the charity.

Governance and finance costs are directly allocated to the activity they relate to.

Tangible fixed assets

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.

Fixtures and fittings - 15% on reducing balance Computer equipment - 60% on reducing balance, 30% on reducing balance and 15% on reducing balance

Taxation

The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.

Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.

Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits

The charitable company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the charitable company's pension scheme are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate.

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EDAN Lincs

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2024

2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Debtors

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

Cash

Cash, for the purposes of the cash flow statement, comprises cash in hand, less overdrafts payable on demand.

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.

Financial instruments

The Charity only enters into basic financial instrument transactions that result in the recognition of financial assets and liabilities like trade and other debtors and creditors, loans from banks and other third parties, loans to related parties and investments in ordinary shares.

Financial assets that are measured at cost and amortised cost are assessed at the end of each reporting period for objective evidence of impairment. If objective evidence of impairment is found, an impairment loss is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities.

For financial assets measured at cost less impairment, the impairment loss is measured as the difference between an asset's carrying amount and best estimate of the recoverable amount, which is an approximation of the amount that the Charity would receive for the asset if it were to be sold at the balance sheet date.

3. DONATIONS AND LEGACIES

4.

5.

Donations
INVESTMENT INCOME
Deposit account interest
INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
Activity
Refuge rents received
Refuge
Housing benefit
Refuge
Grants
Refuge
Grants
Children's Services
Refuge rents received
Floating Support
Grants
Floating Support
Grants
Training and Education
Grants received, included in the above, are as follows:
Lincolnshire County Council
Mercers Trustee		 2024
£
99,737
2024
£
8,603
2024
£
41,119
250,677
638,175
-
250
1,364,830
-
2,295,051
2024
£
2,003,005
-
2,003,005		 2023
£
100,274
2023
£
3,257
2023
£
38,235
266,897
700,393
10,846
-
1,090,586
47,728
2,154,685
2023
£
1,817,483
32,070
1,849,553

Included within Grants received are Government grants received from Lincolnshire County Council. These grants are received on the understanding that the Charity will provide certain local services which are in line with their charitable objectives.

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6. RAISING FUNDS

Other trading activities

Purchases
7.
CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS
Refuge
Floating Support
8.
SUPPORT COSTS
Management
£
Refuge
5,481
Floating Support
41,542
47,023
9.
NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)
Net income/(expenditure) is stated after charging/(crediting):
Depreciation - owned assets
10.
AUDITORS' REMUNERATION
Fees payable to the charity's auditors for the audit of the charity's
statements		 Direct
Costs
£
970,226
1,526,777
2,497,003
Finance
£
1,315
-
1,315
financial		 2024
£
451
Support
costs (see
note 8)
£
6,796
74,298
81,094
Governance
costs
£
-
32,756
32,756
2024
£
20,903
2024
£
10,650		 2023
£
1,653
Totals
£
977,022
1,601,075
2,578,097
Totals
£
6,796
74,298
81,094
2023
£
10,847
2023
£
8,970

11. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS

There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 March 2024 nor for the year ended 31 March 2023.

Trustees' expenses

There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31 March 2024 nor for the year ended 31 March 2023.

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12. STAFF COSTS

STAFF COSTS
Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Other pension costs
The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:
Chief Executive
Children's Support Worker
Support Workers
Managers
Administrators & support staff
IDVA		 2024
£
1,661,902
148,128
39,110
1,849,140
2024
1
6
37
10
3
13
70		 2023
£
1,469,663
112,855
55,913
1,638,431
2023
1
6
40
9
5
10
71

No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.

13. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

Fixtures
and
Computer
fittings
equipment
£
£
COST
At 1 April 2023
25,887
91,115
Additions
18,237
28,842
At 31 March 2024
44,124
119,957
DEPRECIATION
At 1 April 2023
18,536
55,388
Charge for year
3,114
17,789
At 31 March 2024
21,650
73,177
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 March 2024
22,474
46,780
At 31 March 2023
7,351
35,727
14.
DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2024
£
Trade debtors
173,726
Other debtors
6,306
180,032		 Totals
£
117,002
47,079
164,081
73,924
20,903
94,827
69,254
43,078
2023
£
16,248
23,649
39,897

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15. CASH AT BANK AND IN HAND

Cash in hand
Akoni Hub Account
CAF Cash
CAF Gold
Paypal
Soldo
Total
Cash in hand
Akoni Hub Account
CAF Cash
CAF Gold
Paypal
Soldo
Total
16.
CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
Hire purchase (see note 17)
Trade creditors
Social security and other taxes
Other creditors
Accruals and deferred income		 General
fund
£
10,462
466,097
10,745
100,842
349
3,181
591,676
Natwest -
Louth
Social Fund
£
6,282
-
-
-
-
-
6,282		 Lincoln
Freedom
Louth
Fund
Social Fund
£
£
123
316
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
123
316
2024
2023
Total
Total
funds
funds
£
£
17,183
7,550
466,097
-
10,745
152,252
100,842
701,748
349
5,564
3,181
2,803
598,397
869,917
2024
2023
£
£
-
422
7,243
37,091
36,137
27,687
6,908
1,025
216,025
130,140
266,313
196,365

Deferred income

Included within Accruals and deferred income is £205,375 (2023: £120,000) of income deferred due to the performance related conditions set out on the contract to which it relates.

17. LEASING AGREEMENTS

Minimum lease payments fall due as follows:

Net obligations repayable:
Within one year
Within one year
Between one and five years		 Hire purchase contracts
2024
2023
£
£
-
422
Non-cancellable
operating leases
2024
2023
£
£
91,490
84,457
129,895
87,758
221,385
172,215

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17. LEASING AGREEMENTS - continued

The expense recognised in the year was £85,290 (2023: £86,781).

18. ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS

Unrestricted
funds
£
Fixed assets
69,254
Current assets
778,429
Current liabilities
(266,313)
581,370
19.
MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
Unrestricted funds
General fund
Lincoln Freedom Fund
Louth Social Fund
Natwest - Louth Social Fund
Restricted funds
MHCLG
St James
TOTAL FUNDS
Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
Unrestricted funds
General fund
Restricted funds
MHCLG
St James
TOTAL FUNDS		 Restricted
funds
£
-
-
-
-
At 1.4.23
£
601,860
123
316
6,282
608,581
111,248
36,699
147,947
756,527
Incoming
resources
£
2,403,391
-
-
-
2,403,391		 2024
Total
funds
£
69,254
778,429
(266,313)
581,370
Net
movement
in funds
£
(27,210)
-
-
-
(27,210)
(111,248)
(36,699)
(147,947)
(175,157)
Resources
expended
£
(2,430,601)
(111,248)
(36,699)
(147,947)
(2,578,548)		 2023
Total
funds
£
43,078
909,814
(196,365)
756,527
At
31.3.24
£
574,651
123
316
6,282
581,370
-
-
-
581,370
Movement
in funds
£
(27,210)
(111,248)
(36,699)
(147,947)
(175,157)

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19. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

Comparatives for movement in funds

Unrestricted funds
General fund
Lincoln Freedom Fund
Louth Social Fund
Natwest - Louth Social Fund
Outreach Freedom Fund
Restricted funds
BBC Children in Need - Gainsborough
MHCLG
Marie Curie
St James
TOTAL FUNDS		 Net
movement
At 1.4.22
in funds
£
£
576,080
29,128
512
-
166
1
3,709
1
601
-
581,068
29,130
4,809
(3,900)
137,004
(25,756)
(44,373)
41,847
63,215
(26,516)
160,655
(14,325)
741,723
14,804		 Transfers
between
funds
£
(3,350)
(389)
149
2,572
(601)
(1,617)
(909)
-
2,526
-
1,617
-		 At
31.3.23
£
601,859
123
316
6,282
-
608,580
-
111,248
-
36,699
147,947
756,527

Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

Unrestricted funds
General fund
Louth Social Fund
Natwest - Louth Social Fund
Restricted funds
BBC Children in Need - Gainsborough
MHCLG
Marie Curie
St James
TOTAL FUNDS		 Incoming
resources
£
2,199,642
-
-
2,199,642
10,846
-
47,728
-
58,574
2,258,216		 Resources
expended
£
(2,170,514)
1
1
(2,170,512)
(14,746)
(25,756)
(5,881)
(26,516)
(72,899)
(2,243,411)		 Movement
in funds
£
29,128
1
1
29,130
(3,900)
(25,756)
41,847
(26,516)
(14,325)
14,805

Descriptions of the purposes of the various funds are given below:

Designated Funds

The three designated funds can be used at the discretion of the Refuge manager for the benefits of residents in order to make them feel more free.

BBC Children in Need

Funding is to provide support to children who are all considered homeless due to having fled domestic abuse. The funding is for the provision of a Family Support Worker who will be responsible for providing children living in refuge with direct 1:1 support. The grant has been recognised in full in the current year but will be received over 3 years and used against future expenses.

MHCLG

A grant was provided by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government for the charity to provide a hospital based IDVA service.

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19. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued

Marie Curie

Funding for a two-year research project with 18 months embedded within EDAN, followed by a six month University placement and culminating in a conference to share findings.

St James

Funds granted by St James's Place Charitable Foundation to support the children and young person service, supporting young people (age 5-16 years) and their families offering refuges and outreach support (family and 1:1 sessions).

20. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

Key management remuneration

Key management includes the members of senior management. The remuneration paid or payable to key management for employee services is shown below:

Salaries and other short-term benefits for the year totalled £341,855 (2023: £332,872) for eleven (2023: ten) members of key management.

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INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS
Donations and legacies
Donations
Investment income
Deposit account interest
Charitable activities
Refuge rents received
Housing benefit
Grants
Total incoming resources
EXPENDITURE
Other trading activities
Purchases
Charitable activities
Wages & salaries
Social security
Pensions
Rates and water
Light and heat
Telephone
Advertising
General expenses
Computer costs
Travelling
Rent
Repairs & maintenance
Legal & professional
Health & safety
Fixtures and fittings
Computer equipment
Support costs
Management
Insurance
Postage and stationery
Sundries
Worker training
Finance
Bank charges
Governance costs
Auditors' remuneration
Professional fees		 2024
£
99,737
8,603
41,369
250,677
2,003,005
2,295,051
2,403,391
451
1,661,902
148,128
39,110
30,925
44,554
28,983
6,870
254,756
19,778
29,779
145,810
45,920
17,720
1,866
3,114
17,788
2,497,003
6,641
29,184
2,400
8,798
47,023
1,315
10,650
22,106
32,756		 2023
£
100,274
3,257
38,235
266,897
1,849,553
2,154,685
2,258,216
1,653
1,469,663
112,855
55,913
29,834
40,785
25,711
1,895
227,421
23,000
24,006
120,345
24,750
25,907
2,904
1,123
9,725
2,195,837
3,742
22,805
1,122
8,339
36,008
919
8,970
24
8,994

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Total resources expended
Net (expenditure)/income		 Detailed Statement of Financial Activities
for the Year Ended 31 March 2024		 2024
£
2,578,548
(175,157)		 2023
£
2,243,411
14,805

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