**Northamptonshire Rights and Equality Council Charity Number 1097767** 

**Company Number 04734851 (England & Wales) Company limited by guarantee and not having share capital** 

**REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the year ended 31 March 2022** 




## **NORTHAMPTONSHIRE RIGHTS AND EQUALITY COUNCIL** 

## **CONTENTS** 

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|Report of the Trustees and Directors|1 to 6|
|Independent Examiner's Report|7|
|Statement of Financial Activities|8|
|Balance Sheet|9|
|Notes forming part of the Financial Statements|10 to 13|





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## **NORTHAMPTONSHIRE RIGHTS AND EQUALITY COUNCIL** 

Company Number 04734851 Charity Number 1097767 

## **Report of the Trustees For the year ended 31 March 2022** 

The trustees, who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act, present their report and their financial statements for the year ended  31 March 2022. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in the notes to the accounts and comply with the charity's governing document, the Charities Act 2011 and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice for Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard 102 applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland (second edition October 2019). 

## **Objectives, Activities and Public Benefit** 

The charity's objects and its principal activities are to work towards the elimination of all forms of discrimination on the grounds of race, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religion and to provide awareness education and to promote activities which foster understanding between people of diverse backgrounds in order to cultivate good community relations, which is considered by the trustees to be a defined public benefit under the Section 17 of the Charities Act 2011. 

This is achieved by carrying out a work program in the following areas: 

To provide an effective service to individual complainants of discrimination using all equality enactments. To tackle direct and institutional discrimination, undertaking policy and practice development, with employers and service providers. To aid the victims of Institutional Discrimination in the area of Immigration and Nationality Law. 

To help provide an efficient service to victims of hate incidents, attacks and abuse working on a multi - agency basis in Northamptonshire. To undertake public legal education. 

The Northamptonshire Rights Equality Council could not operate without the help and time given by unpaid volunteers and the Board recognise the invaluable assistance this makes in furthering the aims of the charity. 



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## **NORTHAMPTONSHIRE RIGHTS AND EQUALITY COUNCIL** 

## **Report of the Trustees (continued)** 

## **For the year ended 31 March 2022** 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

The trustees consider that the performance of the charity this year has been satisfactory. 

Over this financial year there has been reduction in working hours for all NREC’s staff as a result of reduction of funds available. However there has been focus and activity of all Board Members. We are extremely grateful for their help input and contributions. The following information is a brief summary of the main achievements in the last year. 

- 200 enquiries were received and responded to, most were received by telephone enquiries from clients. - Secured funding to deliver a Pregnancy and Maternity discrimination project for young women in North Northamptonshire (in conjunction with the Horner Foundation). 

- Secured funding from the Community Justice fund to continue delivering a discrimination and immigration casework service and support to Hate Crime victims. 

- Secured funding from the Paul Hamlyn Foundation to deliver an immigration and nationality service in North Northamptonshire. 

- Caseworkers Christopher Fray and Teleola Cartwright achieved accreditation as Office of the Immigration Service Commissioners (OISC) level 1 cases. 

## THE HORNER FOUNDATION PROJECT 

Around one in nine mothers (11%) reported that they were either dismissed; made compulsorily redundant, where others in their workplace were not; or treated so poorly they felt they had to leave their job. One in five mothers said they had experienced harassment or negative comments related to pregnancy or flexible working from their employer and /or colleagues. 

10% of mothers said their employer discouraged them from attending antenatal appointments. 

Mothers aged under 25 were more likely to say they were not supported willingly by their employers; felt under pressure to resign once they had announced their pregnancy, felt less valued by their employer once they were pregnant, were more likely to leave as a result of risks not being tackled. They were also more likely to report financial loss. 

NREC made a successful application to the Horner Foundation for a two year grant programme to help address this problem in Northamptonshire, and the programme began in October 2019. The project received an additional year of funding over 2021/22. 

## The Horner Foundation Project Objectives 

• To increase local young mothers’ ability to challenge discrimination and raise the awareness of support available both locally and nationally, advocacy, legislation and routes pathways to seek justice to in assisting them. 

• To audit, challenge and re-shape pathways of support available in order to reshape access and referral processes for the women. 

• To increase the knowledge and skills of young student midwives and student nurses of in types of discrimination young mums may be facing and referral routes for them to access support. This will be achieved through health & discrimination buddies emerging from this project. 

Jenny Labbon in this financial year has been the lead on the programme. She has engaged regularly with both voluntary and statutory organisations who deliver services to women experiencing pregnancy and maternity in Northamptonshire, holding regular meetings and events. 

NREC has promoted rights not to experience discrimination by using public legal education games to over 175 people at community events including Kettering Diwali, events at the Gurdwara in Kettering, Shindig events by Made with Many in Corby and Mum to Mum market stalls in both Kettering and Corby. 



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## **NORTHAMPTONSHIRE RIGHTS AND EQUALITY COUNCIL** 

## **Report of the Trustees (continued) For the year ended 31 March 2022** 

## Training, Consultancy and Events 

- Delivered training to other individuals and groups including Hate crime reporting training, unconscious bias training and Equality and diversity training. Groups receiving training included Daily Bread, Corby Homestart, Northampton Partnership HomesMid-Counties Co-op and Northamptonshire Carers. 

- Hosted an online event in focussing on Misogyny as a hate crime as part of national hate crime week. - Commemorated Windrush Day with a watch party event and the release of a new short film featuring Roger Robinson’s Poem, “Citizen 1” which has had 109 views. 

- Hosted an online event about “Rights during raids” to which 25 people attended to learn about local 

- immigration raids and the rights of individuals during them. 

- Developed two films and an online event over hate crime week with 46 online participants. The event was undertaken in collaboration with Support Northamptonshire and was filmed and has had 70 views - Hosted an event attended by 67 people in collaboration with the Northamptonshire Autism Network led by Director, Tre Ventour. 

- Hosted an event focussing on the legacy of the life of Northants REC President, Mike Prescod. 

- Hosted an event with Steve Stevenson, author of “Unbeaten Innings”. 

Hate Crime and Incidents 

Our Hate crime officer has been attending Hate and Antisocial Behaviour Action Groups (HASBAGs) across the County over the year. In addition, she has also attended the Hate Crime Delivery Group. She has also established a “Community Hate Incident Network” to support hate crime victims which met four times in the year. 

Hate Crime Case Studies 

Hate Incident: Race 

Referral to NREC in June 2021 from a Children’s’ Early Intervention Officer. NREC support through phone, text and Zoom to Black African mum, Selina, whose daughter, Naomi, was experiencing race hate abuse online, racist name calling at school and intimidation on her way home. 

Starting in November 2020, Selina emailed a number of complaints to school and was assured via phone that the matter was being taken seriously. However, she saw no evidence of actions. She understood that responses during the Covid crisis would be slow, but lack of response was unacceptable. 

Naomi continued to experience racist incidents at school. She heard a white girl calling her friend ‘nigger’. When she used the same abusive term, as way of expressing how hurtful the word is, the white girl complained and both girls were excluded. The school did not recognise the series of racist abuses that Naomi was retaliating against. NREC was advised by Safer Corby Partnerships Officer, Hate and Anti-social Group and Children’s Trust linked mum with North Northamptonshire County Council Inclusion Officer. This case exposes how School Academies can lack understanding of their responsibility to manage Hate Crime Reports and appropriately respond. 

Hate Incident: Sexual Identity 

Samuel lives in rural Northamptonshire. He has had severe depression and agoraphobia for many years and felt let down by health and social services. He did his domestic chores very late at night or early hours, to keep himself safe of anxieties. 

However, because he did not take part in village life and lived on his own, neighbours created their own perceptions of him. When he emptied his bin, a neighbour constantly shouted tirades of anti-gay abuse from his window. The expected torrent impeded Samuel’s ability to shop for basics or even go out to his car.  He could not sleep and was completely despondent, to the point of talking about suicide. With encouragement from NREC, Samuel made an online Hate Crime report to True Vision. Northamptonshire Police Control Room Officer called him and listed the incident as aggravated Harassment. 

NREC liaised with the Officer, explaining the impact of hate abuse on Samuel’s ability to function and anxieties about officially reporting the offender. The Officer was able to facilitate Samuel’s GP to call him personally.  This put the him on service radar. 

In this case, a Hate Crime was not identified, as the victim did not have the emotional capacity to progress. However, the initial Hate Crime report triggered support systems that should boost his energies to challenge the perpetrator. 

## Immigration Service 

A major achievement over the year was the registration of the organisation as an immigration provider. Both Teleola Cartwright and Christopher Fray qualified as level 1 advisors. The OISC registration took place at the beginning of June 2021 and quickly responded to the significant demand for assistance with the completion of settled status applications. The service is free 

Over 2021/22 immigration advice represented over 30% of our engagement with clients. We have developed referral routes to legal aid contract holders for those clients requiring higher levels of advice. In Kettering and Corby, our organisation is the only immigration advice provider. Immigration Case study 

John from New Zealand arrived in the UK on a T5 Youth Mobility visa, which started from the 6th of April 2020 and was due to last for two years. John was unable to travel to the UK until the 28th of April 2021 due to the covid pandemic, as such he was unable to fully utilize his visa for the first 16 months. 

John reached out to us to find out how the immigration rules during the pandemic had affected his visa. He wanted to know if there was any provision in the rules to extend the stay on his visa because of he was unable to adequately take advantage of the opportunities afforded by the T5 Youth Mobility visa, due to the COVID Lockdown. Furthermore, his employment in the UK lasted until the end of 2022 however his T5 visa expired in April. John was also unable to return to New Zealand due to their Covid restrictions at the time. 

After speaking to John over the phone about the 30- and 90-day window given by the Entry clearance due to the impact of the pandemic, John was able to contact the Home Office to extend his stay in the UK. 

Subject to funding the charity aims to deliver the same benefit to the community in the coming year. 



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**NORTHAMPTONSHIRE RIGHTS AND EQUALITY COUNCIL** 

## **Report of the Trustees (continued) For the year ended 31 March 2022** 

## **Financial Review** 

The Statement of Financial Activities shows net income for the year of £56,633. The reserves at the end of the accounting period stand at £117,404 in total, of which £47,529 relate to unrestricted funds. 

|The main sources of funding in the year<br>Kettering Borough Council<br>Wellingborough Borough Council<br>Corby Borough Council<br>Co-op Community Fund<br>Horner Foundation<br>Windrush Justice Fund<br>Tesco Community Grants - Groundwork<br>NCF Northamptonshire Welcome Fund<br>NCF Cecil Pettit Fund<br>Western Power Community Fund<br>Community Justice Fund<br>Awards 4 All - Fund Messages of Hope<br>Paul Hamlyn Foundation Fund|were as follows:-<br>Restricted<br>Unrestricted<br>Funds<br>Funds<br>Total<br>5000<br>5000<br>15000<br>15000<br>1800<br>1800<br>1828<br>1828<br>20000<br>20000<br>3078<br>3078<br>3000<br>3000<br>2949<br>2949<br>4367<br>4367<br>7389<br>7389<br>30000<br>30000<br>9400<br>9400<br>30000<br>30000|
|---|---|
||110183<br>23628<br>133811|



## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

## **Governing document** 

The charity is constituted as a company limited by guarantee, and is therefore governed by articles of association, latest version 16.07.2012. 

## **Organisation** 

The charity is organised so that that the trustees meet regularly to manage its affairs. There was a full time Chief Executive who managed the day to day administration of the charity, organised fund-raising initiatives and dealt with the objects and principal activities of the charity in conjunction with other members of staff. This post was made redundant on 31.12.2018 and its function shared between part time staff and unpaid board members from 01.01.2019 onwards. 

The Board comprises 12 persons elected by ballot by the company at its Annual General Meeting and up to another 6 persons may be co-opted by the board itself, including representatives from any sub committees that are from time to time in existence. The elected members of the Board are chosen by means of a secret ballot at the Annual General Meeting or by postal  ballot immediately prior to the Annual General Meeting of the company. One third of the elected members are chosen this way every year. They serve for three years and at the conclusion of the third Annual General Meeting after their election they are required to resign . They are however eligible to stand for re-election at that same Annual General Meeting. 

For the purposes of enabling the Board to fulfil its functions more effectively the Board may during each year co-opt persons to serve as members of the Board until the next Annual General Meeting . 

The nominees of one or more local authorities to the Board serve for one year from the time of their appointment and are eligible for re-appointment if the local authority so wishes. The local authorities may at any time replace one or more of their nominees. 

Board decisions are made by the vote of the majority of the members of the Board present and voting at any given Board Meeting. The quorum for the meetings is three directors present and able to vote.  Co-optees who are members of the company are voting members of the Board. Co-optees who are not members of the company have the right to speak but not to vote at the meetings of the Board. 

New trustees are given an induction training session by the chief executive which covers inter alia: 

NREC Policy and Procedure NREC Handbook given and discussed NREC Constitution given and discussed NREC's legal status and responsibilities Role of the NREC explained and discussed Management and Organisational arrangements discussed Future training and development needs discussed 

The Trustees endeavour to assess the risk of NREC projects so that the image and reputation of the NREC is maintained and it delivers a high standard of service. 



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## **NORTHAMPTONSHIRE RIGHTS AND EQUALITY COUNCIL** 

## **Report of the Trustees (continued) For the year ended 31 March 2022** 

**Reference and Administrative Details of the Charity, its Trustees and Advisors** 

The charity is constituted as a company limited by guarantee, and is therefore governed by articles of association, latest version 16.07.2012. 

|**Company Number**|04734851||
|---|---|---|
||Company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital||
|**Charity Number**|1097767||
|**Registered Office**|c/o Northampton College||
||Oak  Building , Booth Lane||
||Northampton||
||United Kingdom||
||NN3 3RF||
||Telephone : 01604  400808||
|**Website**|www.northantsrec.org||
|**Directors and Trustees**|Siobhan Hyland|Chair|
||Kamal Paul|Treasurer|
||Christopher Nelson|Vice chair|
||Alaine Holland||
||Caroline Cross||
||Owusu-Asante Lovelace||
||John O'Neil||
||Tre Ventour||
||William Reid||
||Charlene Bent||
||Martin Sawyer||
||Wendi Buchanan||
||Diana Belfon||
|**Company Secretary**|Martin Sawyer||
|**Chief Executive Officer**|Anjona Roy||
|**Bankers**|Unity Trust Bank plc||
||Nine Brindleyplace||
||4 Oozells Square||
||Birmingham||
||B1 2HB||
|**Independent examiner**|Kunal Thakrar ACA, of||
||**Harish Thakrar Ltd**||
||**Chartered Accountants**||
||29-31 Finedon Road||
||Wellingborough||
||Northants||
||NN8 4AS||





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## **NORTHAMPTONSHIRE RIGHTS AND EQUALITY COUNCIL** 

## **Report of the Trustees (continued) For the year ended 31 March 2022** 

## **Investment Policy** 

The charity has no investments except its bank balance which earned no interest. The Unity Trust Bank was chosen by the Board as being the most appropriate bank since its ethical values and goals are congruent with the ethos of the charity. 

## **Reserves policy** 

It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds at a level which equates to approximately 3 months' expenditure, together with the sum needed to cover potential redundancy costs of employees should funding lines significantly reduce. This provides sufficient funds to cover management and administration and support costs. The charity aims to maintain funds at this level throughout the year. Unrestricted Funds are £47,529 at 31.03.2022 which is less than one year of expenses. 

## **Directors and trustees** 

All directors of the company are also trustees of the charity, and there are no other trustees. All of the trustees named on page 4 served throughout the period unless otherwise stated. The Board has the power to appoint up to six persons as co-opted trustees as it considers fit to do so. 

**Trustees' responsibilities in relation to the financial statements** 

The trustees are required by company law  to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the financial activities of the charity  and of its financial position at the end of the year. In preparing those financial statements the trustees are required to : 

- select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently; 

- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; 

- state whether the policies adopted are in accordance with the Companies Act 2006 and with applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended practice, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements. 

- prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation. 

The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity 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 charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. 

## **Small company rules** 

This report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to companies subject to the small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006. 

## **Independent Examiners** 

A resolution proposing Kunal Thakrar ACA of Harish Thakrar Ltd, Chartered Accountants, be re-appointed as independent examiner of the charity will be put to the Annual General Meeting. 

## **Approval** 

This report was approved by the Board of the Northamptonshire Rights and  Equality Council on 12 July 2022 and signed on their behalf. 

Siobhan Hyland Chair 



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## **NORTHAMPTONSHIRE RIGHTS AND EQUALITY COUNCIL** 

## **Independent Examiner's Report to the Directors and Trustees of NORTHAMPTONSHIRE RIGHTS AND EQUALITY COUNCIL For the year ended 31 March 2022** 

I report to the trustees, who are also directors for the purpose of company law, on my examination of the financial statements of Northamptonshire Rights and Equality Council for the year ended 31 March 2022 which are set out on the pages 7 to 11. 

This report is made solely to the charity's trustees, as a body, in accordance with section 145 of the Charities Act 2011. My work has been undertaken so that I might state to the charity's trustees those matters I am required to state to them in this report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, I do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the charity's trustees as a body, for my work, for this report, or for the opinions I have formed. 

## **Responsibilities and basis of report** 

As the trustees of the charitable company you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (" the 2006 Act"). 

Having satisfied myself that the financial statements of the charitable company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of the charitable company's financial statements carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (" the 2011 Act" ) and in carrying out my independent examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act. 

An independent examination does not involve gathering all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently does not cover all the matters that an auditor considers in giving their opinion on the financial statements. The planning and conduct of an audit goes beyond the limited assurance that an independent examination can provide. Consequently I express no opinion as to whether the financial statements give a " true and fair " view  and my report is limited to those specific matters set out in the independent examiner's statement. 

## **Independent examiner's statement** 

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

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

* the financial statements do not accord with those records; or 

* the financial statements do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act  other than any requirement that the financial statements give a" true and fair " view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or 

* the financial statements have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by 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 financial statements to be reached. 

Kunal Thakrar ACA on behalf of **Harish Thakrar Ltd Chartered Accountants** 29-31 Finedon Road Wellingborough Northants NN8 4AS 

12 July 2022 



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## **NORTHAMPTONSHIRE RIGHTS AND EQUALITY COUNCIL** 

Company Number 04734851 Charity Number 1097767 

## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT** 


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**NORTHAMPTONSHIRE RIGHTS AND EQUALITY COUNCIL** Company Number 04734851 Charity Number 1097767 

## **Balance Sheet at 31 March 2022** 

|**Note**<br>**Fixed assets**<br>Tangible assets<br>9<br>**Current assets**<br>Debtors<br>10<br>Bank and cash<br>**Creditors amounts falling due**<br>**within one year**<br>11<br>**Net current assets**<br>**Total assets less current liabilities**<br>**Net assets**<br>**_Represented by :_**<br>**Funds**<br>Restricted funds<br>12<br>Unrestricted funds<br>13|**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>0<br>0<br>2137<br>336<br>132367<br>73169<br>134504<br>73505<br>17100<br>12734<br>117404<br>60771<br>117404<br>60771<br>117404<br>60771<br>69875<br>29284<br>47529<br>31487<br>117404<br>60771<br>**2021**<br>**2022**|
|---|---|



The directors consider that the company is entitled to exemption from the requirement to have an audit under the provisions of section 477 of the Companies Act 2006. Members have not required the company, under section 476 of the Companies Act 2006, to obtain an audit for the year ended 31 March 2022. The directors acknowledge their responsibility for ensuring that the company keeps accounting records which comply with sections 386 of the Companies Act 2006 and for preparing accounts which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at 31 March 2022 and of its surplus for the year then ended in accordance with the requirements of s.396 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Act relating to the accounts so far as applicable to the company. 

The financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to companies within the small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 were approved by the board on 12 July 2022 and signed on its behalf. 

Siobhan Hyland Director and Trustee 

Christopher Nelson Director and Trustee 



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## **NORTHAMPTONSHIRE RIGHTS AND EQUALITY COUNCIL** 

## **Notes to the Accounts** 

**For the year ended 31 March 2022** 

## **1. Accounting policies** 

## **1.1 Basis of preparation of accounts** 

The financial statements are prepared under the historical cost convention and also in accordance with the accounting policies set out in the notes to the accounts and comply with the charity's governing document, the Charities Act 2011 and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice for Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard 102 applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. 

## **1.2 Going concern** 

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which assumes that future funding will be available. At the date of signing of the accounts certain grant  providers have not indicated the level of funding for the next 12 months. If significant material grants are not forthcoming at their renegotiation and renewal dates nor replacement funding found there could be significant concern about the appropriateness of the going concern assumption underlying the preparation of the accounts. 

## **1.3 Fund accounting** 

Income and expenditure is allocated  between funds in the Statement of Financial Activities Income and Expenditure Account as follows:- 

Restricted funds where the donor has restricted the way in which the income can be spent. 

Unrestricted funds where the donor has made no stipulation in the way the income is spent and where the charity may use funds in any way it sees fit in order to pursue its charitable objectives. 

Designated funds where unrestricted funds have been earmarked by the Board for a  particular charitable purpose. 

## **1.4 Incoming resources** 

Voluntary income and donations are included in incoming resources when they are receivable except when donors' conditions have not been fulfilled, then the income is deferred. The income from fund-raising ventures is shown gross, with the associated costs included in fund-raising costs. 

Grants for capital items are released to revenue over the period of the life of the assets to which the grants relate. Deferred grant income is carried forward at the balance sheet date equivalent to the net book value of the related asset. 

## **1.5 Resources expended** 

Resources expended are included in the Statement of Financial Activities on an accruals basis, inclusive of any VAT which cannot be recovered. 

Expenditure which is directly attributable to specific activities has been included in these cost categories. Where costs are attributable to more than one activity, they have been apportioned across the cost categories on a basis consistent with the use of these resources . 

## **1.6 Pension costs-defined contribution schemes** 

Contributions made are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities as they become payable. All pensions are paid to independent pension providers where the pension fund assets are administered separately from the company. 

## **1.7 Tangible fixed assets** 

Depreciation is provided on all tangible fixed assets at rates calculated to write off the cost on a straight line basis over their expected useful economic lives as follows: 

Computer equipment 33.33% straight line basis 

## **1.8 Charitable activities** 

These include the direct salary, national insurance and pension costs involved in the employment of members of staff who within their various fields of competence and experience deliver front line advice and training on discrimination and associated matters . 

## **1.9 Charitable activities - governance** 

This includes independent examination fees. 

## **1.10 Charitable activities - indirect support costs** 

Indirect Support Costs include all expenditure not directly related to the charitable activity or fund-raising ventures. This includes costs of running office premises,staff salaries for administrative staff and depreciation. 

## **1.11 Voluntary work and services received** 

The charity benefits from the many thousands of voluntary hours and unclaimed out of pocket expenses contributed by a large number of supporters. It would be impossible to place a value on all these gifts in kind, without which much of the work undertaken by the charity could not be achieved. 



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**NORTHAMPTONSHIRE RIGHTS AND EQUALITY COUNCIL** 

**Notes to the Accounts (continued) For the year ended 31 March 2022** 

|**Donations and Legacies**|**Restricted**<br>**Unrestricted**|
|---|---|
|**2. Donations**|**Funds**<br>**Funds**<br>**Total**<br>**Total**<br>**2022**<br>**2022**<br>**2022**<br>**2021**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**|
|Donations & subscriptions|0<br>1870<br>1870<br>3624|
||0<br>1870<br>1870<br>3624|
|**3. Grants received**||
|Kettering Borough Council|5000<br>5000<br>5000|
|Wellingborough Borough Council|15000<br>15000<br>15000|
|Corby Borough Council|1800<br>1800<br>1800|
|Co-op Community Fund|1828<br>1828|
|Horner Foundation|20000<br>20000<br>20000|
|Windrush Justice Fund|3078<br>3078<br>5000|
|Tesco Community Grants - Groundwork<br>3000<br>3000||
|NCF Northamptonshire Welcome Fund|2949<br>2949|
|NCF Cecil Pettit Fund|4367<br>4367|
|Western Power Community Fund|7389<br>7389|
|Community Justice Fund|30000<br>30000|
|Awards 4 All - Fund Messages of Hope|9400<br>9400|
|Paul Hamlyn Foundation Fund|30000<br>30000|
|Support Northamptonshire|0<br>5750|
|HMRC - job retention scheme|0<br>2597|
|NCF COVID Relief|0<br>5960|
|Access to Justice Fund|0<br>57764|
|Adapt and Respond|0<br>10000|
|Lottery Covid Response|0<br>8983|
|NCF Co-op Food Fund|0<br>2978|
|NCF NET Fund|0<br>2937|
||110183<br>23628<br>133811<br>143769|
|**4. Income from charitable activities**||
|Fund-raising|0|
|Income from training|0<br>4433<br>4433<br>4186|
||0<br>4433<br>4433<br>4186|
|**5. Charitable activities - direct costs**||
|Project work & partnership events|6234<br>0<br>6234<br>33014|
|Postage, printing and stationery|53<br>53<br>1773|
|Wages and salaries|55939<br>5852<br>61791<br>68752|
|Employers NIC|226<br>226<br>1825|
|Pension contributions - defined contribution scheme<br>2396<br>2396<br>3497||
|Telephone|1079<br>1079<br>2313|
|Events|2602<br>2602<br>600|
|Marketing|120<br>120<br>4919|
|Training|2652<br>2652<br>3042|
|Payroll|71<br>71<br>450|
|Travel and subsistence|7<br>7<br>646|
|IT costs|0<br>0<br>4705|
|Rent|0<br>0<br>104|
|Repairs and maintenance|434<br>434|
|Insurance|173<br>173<br>52|
|Subscriptions|25<br>25<br>130|
|Book keeping|203<br>203<br>200|
||69592<br>8474<br>78066<br>126022|
|**6. Charitable activities - governance costs**||
|Book keeping|1170<br>1170<br>2260|
|Independent examination|1050<br>1050<br>945|
||0<br>2220<br>2220<br>3205|
|**7. Charitable activities - indirect support costs**||
|Office rent and services (including depreciation)<br>1000<br>1000<br>1000||
|Other administrative costs|2195<br>2195<br>768|
||0<br>3195<br>3195<br>1768|



## **8. Staff** 

No remuneration was paid to trustees in the year (2021 - £nil). 

The average monthly number of staff employed during the year was 4 (2021: 3) No employee received remuneration of more than £60,000. 

3 (2021 - 3) employees had contributions accruing during the year under money purchase pension schemes. 



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## **NORTHAMPTONSHIRE RIGHTS AND EQUALITY COUNCIL** 

**Notes to the Accounts (continued) For the year ended 31 March 2022** 

|**9.  Tangible Fixed Assets**<br>**Cost or valuation**<br>At 1 April 2021<br>Additions during the year<br>Disposals during the year<br>At 31 March 2022<br>**Depreciation**<br>At 1 April 2021<br>Charge for the year<br>Eliminated on disposal<br>At 31 March 2022<br>**Net book value at 31st March 2022**<br>**Net book value at 31st March 2021**<br>**10. Debtors**<br>Prepayments<br>Other debtors<br>**11. Creditors amounts falling due within one year**<br>Accruals<br>Other creditors|**2022**<br>**£**<br>737<br>1400<br>2137<br>**2022**<br>**£**<br>17073<br>27<br>17100|**Furniture &**<br>**Equipment**<br>**£**<br>12733<br>12733|
|---|---|---|
||||
|||12733<br>12733|
||||
|||**0**|
|||0|
|||**2021**<br>**£**<br>336<br>0<br>336<br>**2021**<br>**£**<br>12223<br>511<br>12734|





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## **NORTHAMPTONSHIRE RIGHTS AND EQUALITY COUNCIL** 

**Notes to the Accounts (continued) For the year ended 31 March 2022** 

## **12. Restricted Funds** 

|At 1 April 2021<br>Incoming Resources<br>Outgoing Resources<br>Transfers<br>At 31 March 2022|Horner Groundwork<br>Awards<br>Windrush NCF N'shire<br>NCF Cecil<br>Western<br>Community<br>Hamlyn<br>Foundation<br>UK<br>NUUT<br>For All<br>Justice<br>Welcome<br>Petit<br>Power<br>Justice<br>Foundation<br>Total<br>14184<br>1000<br>11000<br>500<br>2600<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>29284<br>20000<br>3000<br>0<br>9400<br>3078<br>2949<br>4367<br>7389<br>30000<br>30000<br>110183<br>-19679<br>0<br>0<br>-3658<br>0<br>-77<br>0<br>-7389<br>-30000<br>-8789<br>-69592<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>14505<br>4000<br>11000<br>6242<br>5678<br>2872<br>4367<br>0<br>0<br>21211<br>69875|
|---|---|



## **13. Unrestricted funds** 


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At 1 April 2021 31487<br>Incoming Resources  29931<br>Outgoing Resources  -13889<br>Transfers<br>At 31 March 2022 47529<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


## **14. Contingent Liabilities** 

Future funding for the charity is subject to the discretion of grant providers. Given this situation the directors consider it prudent to note that if at any time future funding dried up or reduced to an unsustainable level and the two current employees had to be made redundant the level of the charity's activities would have to be scaled back and, in the worst case scenario, cease altogether. 

## **16. General Information** 

Northamptonshire Rights and Equality Council is a company limited by guarantee and incorporated in England. Its registered office is Oak Building c/o Northampton College, Booth Lane, Northampton. Its company number is 04734851. The company is also registered with the Charities Commission in England. Its registered charity number is 1097767. The financial statements are presented in sterling which is the functional currency of the company.