Reg￿ere￿ c(xnFeny number 04199237 Registered charity nurnber 1097969 Restorative justi￿ Council Limtted (A company limited by guarantee) Trustees, Report and Financial Statements 31 March 2022 llUIII *A8611TGQO' 21￿￿2022 COMPANIES HOUSE A12 #177 Restofativè Juslice Coun¢il Uml Report and accounts Contents Paye Refere1￿e 8nd administrative deta" Trustees. rep¢Yt Independent exarninefs ret#Nt 16 Statementef finarKial acti¥fO'es 17 siaiement of finarri* pOS￿￿n 18 Notes to the ststements 19 Restorativè Justice Council Limited Rèference and AdmirbiStratfvÈ DÈtall$ Trustees Dr Kerry Clary Iresigned 18th June 20211 r Titn Read Ireggned 18lh June 20211 Ms Rebetta Rushton Ms BeGky Be¥d Mr Mrhael Barton Mr Hardyal Dhindsa Mrs Janet Clark Mr lan w￿1* Iregwe4 l>h May 20211 Mr5 Sarah Louise C8ims Mr Phillip Anth¢ny c•￿eY Dr Gerarcs Drennan lappointed 18th June 20211 Dr Jonathan Paul Hobson laFpoint¢d 28th Ilar¢h 2Q21 Mrs Kira Le.Botos lapwnted 28th Mar(* 20221 Company secretary Mr James Brandon Sim ￿deP￿denteXa￿inOrS S.E A Ac¢oJntsw Limrted Shaw House I Shaw Steet AshtOn-under-Lyne OL6 PAJ Rtyl$tÈr¢d oflk• Rouen HtyJ8e Rou¢n Road NoMth NR1 1RB Registeled cvmpany number 04199237 RegIste￿d ¢hartty nun* 1097%9 RESTORATIVE JUSTICE COUNCIL LIMITED REGisfERED NUMBER: 4199237 TRUSTEES, REPORT {INCWDING DIREcfoRS' REPORT) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022 The trustees present"their annual report together with the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2022. The financial statements have been prepared in accordan￿ with the accounting policie5 set out in note I to the financHI statementsand COMp￿WIth the companvsgoveming document. the Compan￿5 Art 2W6 and '*£c￿nting and Rep)rting ￿ Charft*s'. Statement of RecomrnerKled Practio applicable to tharit*s preparingtheiraccounts in accordan￿ with the Financk41 Stsrn4ard applic3b￿ in the UK and Republicof IreLA IFIiS 1021" las amended foraccountire per•Jls commencing from ljanuary 20161 OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES The Restor3tiNp justi￿ C￿IncI.5 IRiCsl obiectr¥Es are try. i. Promote the use of￿$tO￿l￿dIu$￿e in uiminal jUst￿e system. in S¢￿xI1S, in the Workpla￿ arxl elsewhere in the communty in $tLkat*)ns where conllKt rroyarise. 2. Develop and promote agreed standards and principles for evaluation and guiding restorative prartice. 3. Advance education and research on restorative justice and the publication of the useful results of that research. There has been rK) char￿e in these obpffts during the year. The Trustees ha￿ paid due regard to guidance issued by the Ch3rityCommi&sion regarding the public benefrt of the actNities that the RJC uNlertakes. The ￿lentI￿￿ble ber￿fft0f erferyactTriityof the RJC is the repair of harm caused to indThiiduab and comMunit￿S because of crwne orconfiict. Thi5 benefrt is meant to be forthe publi¢ or sertion of the public a5 ststed in the vis*Jn of the that all peryJ)ns harrned by (Time or conflict shoukl have the opwrtunty of ac£essto a ￿$toratIve approach. Tnjstees have paid due regard to guidan￿ sgjed bythe Charrty CcfftmIss￿ in decdirE ourstrategic objectwes and ha￿ engjred these are al￿￿ed wth Oureharrtab￿ aims and okiettNes. Tr Board of TwstÈes agreed four key Strateg￿ obFctiveswhKh will underpin ourwork overthe next 3-Yea￿ AII operational activities have ￿en linked to of the followirE four strategK obpdives.. 11 Expand ouifocusto incr&ise k￿mIe￿&e0f.*MI ￿ ewdtsxe basefor, restor*luaKeacross all sectijrs We wllbemore responsNe to. ornlin tunewith d￿ekpft￿ in rest￿JUst[Cellrross a wider ronge ofsectots. ourpol1rym￿1frQns andprott￿gUidan￿Wllll￿InfQnnedtyrc￿U5tandUpt drte ewdence and. Whe￿thiS teSt￿nnOtbenrt wewKltolloLwotewithsectorexperts ond Commiss￿ning bodies to ￿n￿dyIe5eOrch deft*Y￿*s. inCr￿ethe applicats(m ofre#tyatl4tluslKe We willestoblish relotiorships with kÉyFdKymok￿5 in e(Kh 5ectorundinvite thern toioinour strcteg1cwjlwckernetwo￿. FosteringCoknt￿mtr¥ereknt￿nshlps wffth stotutory ogenues ondkey poIKymakets wi11sUPWrt us in scoping ¥vhat knowledge andprOcti￿e￿lSts in each sertor. The dota collectedwillbe u5edto prornote undirtreose the awllcotion ofrertomtNe justice typublishing evidenc+bosedFoIKy briefings whKh cleortyoutlinehowrestoratNejustice con te integratedinto specrfAcsectO￿. 3] Raisepubk ￿arenesS of re&toratht justice We wi11ensurepeo￿ haveeas￿r￿ecess to the rfonT￿ltin tly needto be0b￿ makeon In]￿rned choiceuboutpartKipt7tirJg in o restoratpoepmcess. Thnxwh print. SC(￿lMedI¢70ThIp￿bh'C engcgement events. ¥ve wil1cre0teengagin￿ irfomiotNe, ond17ccessRJIeopwrtunrt￿ toknm aboutrestorotwejustice. willbesupwrtedbyo ￿deS￿n of ourweb5iteond thecwition ofnew owareness rosing resources. 4] Consultwith ow M￿b￿￿Ipand drawon thar eAputi5eto ￿pand￿r r&ich and tOffi￿e that ourgoals and stratew rtfietti￿ir C(W￿￿n$ We wl1prcw￿ernOre0pwrtunIt￿forrnernbe￿ to engtzge wrth the RICS 8￿rt￿On￿leOder5hJP to share their v*ws. cO￿ern5. ondneed& We wHlcrJntinue todevebp5ectorspecrfK W0￿1n9 groups. wherethere ￿ copocity to doso and. Sub￿ topre ident￿￿d(￿ttCOffles. tosupwrtourpoliryand standords work. Allcolloih)rJti¥e workwWLYsubiert to olrgnment wth ourcore volues, Missio￿ and strategic objertn￿s.' itwillte transpo￿ntin its a￿O￿emen¢fa1rOndOpen to alln7ern￿ To under￿n this objective. we wmdevelop acknrstateff￿itdteM￿ of referEn￿fortherebtion5hIP betweefj andexpertotlonsof. memb￿shipS RIC r Chief Executive, Jim SinM)n. has workèd ch)se￿vilth the Board of Trustees to operationalise Ouf strategic plan. The folkJwirE fi¥p OFerath)nal de1b￿rdbIeS for the perKKI April 2021- Mar(h 2022 were approved by the Board: OpefatK)nal Deliverab￿ I: Imthment an organigtK*o1 infrastructure that provpjes the capacty and experien￿ to increaseour knO￿ge of. arKI an eV*jen￿ base for. restoratwe jusb.ce across all sertors Operational DelNerab￿ 2: Increase our kTr)wkdge of. and an e¥*Jen￿ base for. restorativ justi￿ across all sectors Operational DelNerab￿ 3: EStsbI￿h relationshipswth keypolwnakers and begin sc(4)ing what knowwge wactKe exists n eath represented sector Operational De1￿￿rabk4.' Impkrnentc￿rStrdtWfOrdeIprfÈ￿r¢ ewagin& infom)ative. and accessibleopp0rtunr￿sf0rthe publKto a￿￿t reStDrab"￿justl Opeialional Deliverable 5: Defi￿ the fvture relatiun5hip we will have w5th our ￿eM￿r$ beein to bJik4 seNtrs to gJPWlrt them ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE ¢)Jr achievements and ￿rf0mlancef0rtheflnantla1 year April 2021 to Marth 2022 are set cyJt below. We have re￿rt￿ our progress in relat•Jn to our current membership. PrartKe RegistratK)ns awarded and the overall progress agai￿ our OFerational deli¥erable Membershi Our overall memkrship has increased ￿ 18%from the previc•Js financial year. We have seen the biggest growth within our iThlNKlual membership1285•AI and organisational membership12PA). We are reF)Ortin8 a S￿A reductK)n in our kndtsd PrartrtK)￿T memberships. This is due to a senrficant number of Acciedited Practitionersoptingto trnnsfer to our Registered Practitkiner status. We are also reporting a small reduct*)n in our 3￿ar student menknrship. Folbwirvd a review of this membership. it wasdec*Jed to ￿nI)Ve the optK)n to prtrpayfor a three-year period.This will ensure that those recetving a student membersh1pdGc￿nt an￿d0 so whilstthey are studying a qualifyirecLMJrse. Membership Type 31 March 2021 31 Marth 2022 Increase l Decrease Acciedited Practitioner 43 19 -24 Individual Membership 154 198 Individual 3 Year io 13 student Membership 22 28 Student 3 Year Organisation 63 17 Organisation 3 Year 19 li Practice R istrations This isthe first year we are reportirethe rwjmter of Prthe RegIstrat￿nS awarded. Thè data below represents awards made duringthe last finarKkal year and does not indude applicationsft>r registration in prO￿sS atthe time of reporting. All Practi￿ Registrat#)ns are awarded for 12 monthsfrom the wint of award and are subiertto an annual renewal pro￿sS. In subsequent year5. the Board will reFQrtthe numkrof new Practte Registrations and numberof RegistratKin renewal& (hjr approved wurse stabjs is awarded for a >year perK)d iwt requires the training provKler to maintain their Registered Training Providerstatu Reglslrdtion Type 31 March 2022 Registered PractItw)ner-AAlvan￿d Registered PractitN)ner- InterM￿￿￿e Registered Practit*)ner- ￿ndatIOn io Acc￿d￿ted Pracif(xY*r 19 Registered SerV￿e Provider 14 Registered Training Prowder 16 Approved Courses 17 Registered Restorative Organi5at*)n Strat erational Plan 2021- 2022 Strategic Objective l- Expand owfocwsto increase knowledge of, and an evid￿ base for. restorative justice across all sectors ollserto We reported L8st yearthat IUC wasenteringa gro￿ phase and therefore, the Board have supported ourchief ExÈcuti¥E to implemÈnt an organisat￿nal infrnstructure which supFx)rts the delivery of our strategK objeclives arKI operational plan. (her the fastfi￿n(la1 year. have increased capacity thr￿gh the rEcruitmentof￿o r￿W stsff members and extended the arrangements in plxe for￿jr ￿￿sinesS support offi￿r. We SU￿$$fUl￿ appointed a Restordtr** Standards OffI￿rand Poliry and CDmmunKatK)ns offi￿r. Both took up their posts injanuary 2022. The RestoratNe Stsndards Officerwill supwrtthe delNEry of the IiIC5 practi￿ Registration Frameworks and the development of restorative practi￿ ststxlards and gu*Jance. Wothng closely wtth the Chief ExecutNe, the post holjer will ensu￿ that the IUCS stsndardsarxl gU￿ance forthe restoratwe practice field are fit for purwse and CO￿[dinate and faciif(ate events for the RJCS stakeholders and members. The PolKy and ComrwnKati)nsOfftsr has Eeen recruited to support the delivery ofthe IUCS poIKy and communtitions stratw. WorkEng (1)Se￿ with the Ch￿f Executrwe. the post hokler will create and nurture collaborative relationshipswith key ￿licY makers. parlkirrentarians, and 5takeholdersto promote and increase the applKatKJn of restorative justice aThJ restorative practices. The post hoklerwill a150 eThyJre our Folicy ￿5￿1￿)n$ are informed by robust and up-t date evljence and, where thistèst cannot be n*t, colbaborate with Sector experts and a(ademKs to remedy research defic*ncies. Theywill lead on the publication of evKlen￿-baSed p)licy briefings and ensu￿ these a￿ effecti%e￿ disseminated thrcMJEh extemal p￿sentst￿ns, pu￿1C￿tiOns. and social media. We have also colLiborated wrth the University of Gloucestershire to (￿fUnd and ¥￿nsOr a fulk time PhD student. 0￿rthe next three years the PhD student will undertake Tesearch to understand ￿trettt approaches to reajrding arnl r￿nitOrIng s￿￿$sWIth1n restorative work. The research aim is to:"Synthesize 3 mu￿1-agenCY framework for recording and monrtoring restorative work in the UK by examining prattit￿ner per￿pt￿ft5 of 'Success' and their relationship with organisational dats". RJQ ￿ collaix>ration wrth the PhD studentand the UnNersty sponsor. will publish and disseminate the findires of this research. To ensure that our stsff team have the equipmntto urKlertske their role. the PA)ard of Trustees 5UPtK)rted the replacement of all IT hardware. partKulath gprfen that most exi5tirvd equipment Wd5 &years old. Our primary fo￿$ forthis year has been to estsblish an acadernic Pthisory Board to support the work of the RJC The Board will comprise of up to eEht sector specialsts and ￿SearCherS appointed by (yJr CEO. We have uJrrent￿ secured supwrt from 5 key academics and sector specialist to ftjrm a core Research Advisory Board. These members have committed to sitting on the Board for a minimum of one year. An inaugufal meeting has taken Pla￿ and the terms of refere￿e for this group have been finalised. The main functions of our Research Advtsory Group will be to ensure the Ric is aware of past, present and planned ￿SearCh relevant to its broad remit including restorative justice and practice across education. health. social ca￿. and criminal justi￿. The group will highlight the implications of research for policy and practi￿. bringing a research pefspective to bear on our current work programrne. In èddition, they will advise our CEO on emerging issues and concerns highlighted by research. We remain committed to ensuring that our work is evidence lead. our Research Advisory Board will play a pivotal role in identifying gaps in the available research and recommend opportunities to address these shortfalls. As a group. they will strenethen our contacts and network5 in respect of relevant research. Strateglc Objective 2. Create collaborative relationships with ststutory agencies across sectors to womote and in(Tease the application of restorative justice Our CEO. with the support of the FUC Team. hamp prioriti*d the development of collaboratNe relat￿nSh¥)5Wlth statutory agencies. g￿rnrr￿￿t departments arxl key [￿licY makers over the past year. Thi% has induded securirÉ the RICS inVo￿ement with the Al￿PartY Padiamentsry Group for Restorative Justice. The All-Paty PartiamentsryGroup vns formed in April 2021 as3 plarform forcross-party onversatKsns on restoratp￿￿stI￿ and ￿&￿ awareness about its principles. The primarygoals of the group are: To exarnine the use of restorative ju5tKe prinopleswithin the UKjustio system beyond To rdi5ethe profile of restorativejustice prnaples within Par1%3ment To provide opportunitiesfor polKy dixussion and o)nyJhtb)n The ￿ard of Trustees recognised the iMMa￿e ofthis group partKulath grrfen their remit broad￿ aligned with the RJCS tharitable objectives. C￿r ￿0 worked closety with thegroups secretsrrate thair of the APPG. Elliot Colbjrn MP. to establish an Advisory eoard whKh indudes repre5entatNe5 from across the restoratNe sector. Our ￿0 Yrds aPPK)inted to chairthe dvwry Bo3rd in May 2021 and remains in this role. The Restorative Justice APPG launched an irwuiry into the current state of Re5toratr¥e Prdctices in the EnglarKI and Wales in June 2021. It sought to tske evIlen￿ from key stskeholders and refkn on the 2012 and 2017 govemment prioritie5 (as estsblished then) to review how these are progressing and what changes need to be made to irnpfove the quality arKI availabilty of restorativejustice a￿1 practre& r ￿0 provided OPFortunrties forcHJr rnernbers to engage in a serEs of e￿de￿e gatheri￿ sess¥)ns during whith he collate 9JPPOrting evilen￿ to informourwrrtten and oral submission ofe￿denCe to the APPG for RestoratNe Justi￿. During the eV*jen￿ collection phase, the group received over 50 written re4M)nses towards the iwuiryand hekl 10 ordl hearing sessions whith contributed towardsthe eVIde￿e base. Our ￿0. in Collaboration with IAfvisory Board. tcL)k a leadi￿ role in evaluating the eviden ui received and drafting an iwuiry to present toAPFG Members. Ther￿al￿1n was approved and pU￿ished in September 2021. Our￿0 5tsted in the reF¥)rfs foreword Ihe IrNuiry unearthed a depth breadth of experience of, and commitmentto. restoratiNE justi￿ and practi￿ whith we can hamess. However, as tyjtlined within the Inquiry Repo¢ there ￿ muth work to be done rfwe are to reali5e the tnJe potential of working reStoratNe￿. The hdvi50ry Board ts comrnttted to supporting the APPG to call on the Government to implement a credible. detailed plan to rnake the recommendatDns within this realty.. The report m￿e 9 key recommend*ions indud1￿. l. Registration of commissioned serv￿e$ 2. Standardise the sharing of information 3. Improving qualtythrLwgh effective rnonitorireand evaknation 4. PublicatK)n of a new Han 5. Reviewing rIng-fenC￿ fiJnd1￿ forrestoratwewstice practices 6. Explore automatK rights forvmlimsthrough the VKtim's Law 7. ErKI to blanket bans 8. More and ￿tter communKations 9. Government minister wrth specthc responsibiltyfor restoratNe justKe Through our continued involvement with the APPG. we ha%* committed to pursui￿ the recommendat*)ns rTh8de wrfthin this report within ouroperational plan for 2022-2023. The eoard were aware that buildi￿& capacity acr05S the Kicteam was vitsl to our p￿￿5 for growth. The appointment of a Policy Officer in January 2022 has provided our ￿0 with much neÈded support to establish relatronships and engège with wlKwnakers across the Parliamentsry estate and Whitehall. Over the past yearthe FUC ha5 actNely engaged with HM Prigjn arKI ProbatK>n SeNice. Ministry of Justi￿. aThJ Horne on *veral policy related projects. In addition. our￿0 and Policy OffKer h3* committed to rep￿sentI)Bthe RICon several advisory IKJards. Our CEO currently sitson the Victim CA)mmissIoner￿ restorative jUst￿e advisory group and the adwsory overseeing the devehjpff￿￿t of mat￿nal Hubfor Re5torotwe Justice IRJI in (3ses of sexual harm in kntland. Our Poliry Offi￿r 15 representing the RJC at the Scottish reStO￿tIVe justi￿ forum. a Seattl￿ FUC ha5 hekl forsevernl years but without adequate capacity to meanirytulty ereage prev￿sty. Our Policy OffI￿r ha5also Klentffied and isengaEirewith se￿ra1 other key stakeholders induding Assock2tion of Police and Crime Commissioners Ass(xiation of Directors of thildren's Serwces. Association of D1￿Clor5 of &)aal Services, DomesticAl￿se Cr)mmissKJnerfs offi￿. and Local GovernmentAs50aation Reco8nisingthat we also need to estsblish effectprfe Mrt)thng Telaticffishipswith other restorative organisatKJns. the Board con*ned a space to bri￿ together leadersfrom across a raryge of sectors that have a stake in the contribution that restorative1u5t1￿ and re5toratNe practi￿5 can make to the development of our sooety. thr hope was to create a safe Sp￿ for leaders to reflect on the opportunrties of common ground the chalienges of common purpose across the restorative justice communty to contribute to the building bl¢xks of a just and cohesive gjciety. Ojrchair of Trustees and CEO hosted t￿r first Restorntfft Leaders, &Jmmtt in Marth 2022. The event Was attended by 27 lèaders from auoss the restorati¥e sertor in England. who responded to a perwnal invitstion from fv RIC The f￿Sed dwissKJn on Infiuencing PublK Awareness and buikling Communfy CO￿510n and Social Justi￿. Feedbackfrom our invr(ed delegates was extremely positTr￿ and it was agreed thatthe RJCv•Y)uld cornEne further online summit in October 2022 and in*perxin summf( in March 2023. Strategic Obiective 3- Raise wbfic Wa￿neSS of restorative justi Our primary focus overthe pastyear has iEen to updatethe public inforTnation pages on tyjr website to ensure theyare reflectvle of oJrrent practi￿, infomiatNe and ac￿ssIb￿ to members of the wblic. The &)ard acceptthis piece of work is complex aNI timtrtonsumin& especial gNen the complexities in the rnanagen￿nt ofour websrte. The FUC team have made signrficant progress in uwlating all asperts of our ￿*bSIte. but we re¢o8nisethat there is more we need to do over the next OF*rational year. Over the pa5tyear. we ha* Start￿ to collate a Series of uwlated (35e stud￿$ and testimonia15 from those with lived exper￿nce of restorative justice. OrKe approved, wli I be used on our websrte lar*Jing page and re￿vant sector SpeCrf￿webpage5. The team have worked hard to er￿￿re thatthese case studÈs not On￿ represent the impartof restoratNelust￿e within criminal justice cases butaCrO￿ educatDn. health. arKI s￿1?1 care. Our CEO has ComMen￿d I￿rk on de￿k1pirE a li￿ed seriès Fdcastwhich is focused on rai5ir the profi￿ of re5tordtive justice. Initml plannire activit￿S have been completed and recording will commence L4te summer 2022. We have planned to I￿nCh th* wdcast during internation31 re5tOfatNe Justi￿ week in Nfftmber 2022. )me progress has ken made in developine our Inedw. wblic relat￿thnS. web. arKI marketing strategy to ensu￿ effectNe cornmunication wth all stskehoklers knwever. we will notfomially launch this strategy until July 2022. Strategic Objertive 4- Consult with our membership and thaw on their expertise to expand our reath arKI to ensure that our goals and strategies refiect their concerns The Board made a commitment wthinojr strdtegK plan to promde rmre opportunittes for members to engage with IUCS Board and leadership team to share theirviews. Co￿rn$, a￿1 needs. In March 2022 we held c*Jr first Members rDundtsble where the Chair of Trustees and CEO provKJed the opwrtuntyfor meM￿r5 to share their views on how the FUC could enhan the benefrts associated with both organisatior*al a￿1 irKlivMlual membership. Based on the feedback aNen. ￿r￿0 has irrtroduced the folbwing additiorol memEership benefits.. Additional ni5ational Mtrnbw5hi 8eneffts fted￿￿d feesfor FUC Connect CPD attivitses other FUC events The opportunriyto engage with other organisations within wjur sector including our: Serrice provTder ￿tsy0rk Restoratfle ￿ader$and mawer< network Training Provider netrh)rk Socwl Care Net*ork Educatsn Network HEher EduCat￿n Network RestoratNe Pract￿ in Mentsl Health Netwlxk AC￿$$ for yourstaff to tsjrquarter1yprncbt￿ners. netwo Exdusrve di5countswith our5elected partners Additmjnal Individual Membffshl Beneffts Reduced fees for Ric Comert CPD artivrtiesand other Iucevents The opportuntyto publish 5Djd￿ in the RJCS pUblica￿n ReSokrt￿n Accessto our quarterly prattitionerg nthork Our membership temts and conditions have been updatsd to reflectthè revised benèffts offered to our members. Overthe past year the WC has recefftd requests to collaborate on several exiernal projeds. Tr Board of Trustees welcomed these opportunitEs hjwever. recognised that all collaboratNe work 15 subjecl to alignment with our core values. mission. and strategic objectives. Wrf(h the support of the Board, our ￿0 has devebt*d a transparent frameworkfordeterminingthe conditions when the IUC would consider undertakirE Collaborati￿ work with extemal organi5ations. This will be launched to our Members at Lwr 2022 Annual General Meeting. We have continued to devebp sector SFecffjKworking groupsto 5UPP)rt our work. We recognise that our members practKe eXper1er￿e. knowWge and skn.lls provide a valuable contribution. Overthe past yearwe have intrOdU￿d Worki￿ Brou￿t0 rev*w ourcase superVis￿n guidance and we have continued to ergage withthe Mentsl Health Netrlork to projU￿ add￿(￿n31 guidance for practIt￿nerS workir* within rnentsl heakh settin8s. This isdue to be published in July 2022. Forour Registered Practit￿ne[S. our Standards offKer has devekjped and launched a series of quarterly Skills Sharing forums. These sessK)ns have been dÈsEned to prowde a Spa￿ for practitioners to learn new skills. share prattl￿ eX￿erien￿ a￿1 chaI￿nge thinking. Our first fornm held in June 2021. vjas attended by eight praCtit￿￿rs. ()Jr nextforum. scheduled for May 2022. has42 practitioners registèred to atte￿1. io s part of ourcornrnitrnentto bJ11 d servKes to 5UPPOrt our ￿￿rnber5. ￿0 Standards Office launched our FUC-Connect CPD programme in March 2022. Wewill be hosting ourfirst Annual CPD SynpJs•Jm in June 2022. Over 5 days. praLtitioners will haNp the opp)rtunityto part￿1pate in 10 CPD session$120hrsl coverirE a range of therrts irKludirE'. Effertive SUF*rvision Working re5tordtTr￿ Restorntive leadership Working resto¥atpRly with families KeepI￿Ourse￿*S and others safe Our thi￿1 annual conference was held in November 2021. GNEn the continued restrictions ￿ place in resF¥Jnse to the pandemic our Conferen￿ hosted online. We dethded to focus on the theme of bridgiryd divxles & strerthenine communKt*s. In a workl of growing divisK)n, creating a ulbjre whith proactive￿ pr￿Ents ham) arKI creates rrKJre resilient communities ￿ even more critical. We developed the (Yjnfere[￿ as a vehide to expbre the PK)tential for restoratNe jUst￿e and PTathces as a bridge builder when respondineto cornp￿ chaleTVS 0￿r￿MIng inequalities Vulnerabilit￿S in ourcommunit*s. We welcomed 240 delegates Over￿ days. We were able to secure an international keynote speaker and a Criminal Justre panel that was led by Dame Vera Baird, Victim's CommissKJner. Crispin Blunt MP, Jim Barton, Executive Director ProbatKJn Reform Programme and DCC Jon Strarford. Deputy Chief Constsble and restorative justice portfolio lead. Delegate feedback was extremely positive particularly the selection of speaker5 and quality of conference presentations. Our CEO and Board of Trustees are in the process of planning for cwr 2022 conference which will follow a similar format. Other Achievements The FUC has continued to provkle briefl￿$ and responses to governn￿nt consultations of re￿van￿ to restorative justi￿. fvrthe pastyearwe have submitted a fcfmal response to the Moj's Victims Bill ConsuFtatKJn, consulted with the Home Offi￿ on the developmentof their Hate Crime ￿ryey and their revised Anti-social Behavbwrgudance. We have continued to engage informal￿with the Criminal Justice Aliance. Wictim gjpport and Wh*me to devebp a co- ordinated response tothe antKipate draft v￿lmS Bill. Our CEO. in his role as Chairofthe Board forthe APPG has sUp￿rted the draftirg of AP[￿ response to the V￿timS Bill consultation a￿1 has metwith the Virtims Minister, Tom Pursglove MP, to progress the recommendatK)nsoutlined within the APFE'5 Inquiry Report. We have piovided conyjltancy yJpp)rtto the Metropolttsn Police servi￿ as part of a project to develop their re5toratNe justice pc4icy posit*)n.As partof work. tyjr￿o aTh4 PolKy OffKer li have participatsd in several (l￿￿1￿tiOn Se￿10n8 provmled eviden￿ to external researchers, and collaborated in the ueatr)n of an introductory film fortt* MEfSV￿bSlte. In collaboration with the Unrrfersityof Gk)j￿s￿r$hlre. we ha￿ conducted a small-scale research projertfocused on broadening ajkural and ethnic rep￿sentatIOn amongst practitioners to engage in leadership and policy deNEk4>ment in the 5ertor. This ￿Sea￿h concluded in March 2022 and, urx)n pUblicat￿n of the researth findings. the IUC will ￿vieW and. where approprkite. progres5the research findings. We have continued to expand oppjrtunrtiesfor memEer ne￿￿thing and have developed three new networks which are open to our members. These include our.. l. SeNKe Provthr Network 2. Registered PraCtit￿ner Skills Sharing forums 3. Gk)bal Allian￿ for Restorative and knaljustre Netsvork In addr(K)n, we a￿ in the pro￿&5 of preparirE to forn￿1￿ l•Jnch fouraddit•)nal nettvorks in our next operatN3nal year. These include our. l. ReStOratTr￿ Communitses Nets￿rk 2. ￿jaI ca￿ Netr40rk 3. Higher Ed￿￿tion Neh•4ork 4. Equalityand DNetsty Netwo We have be8untr) rewewand. Whe￿ requirnd. uwlate somè of the RJC previous publutions which no longer reflect current thinkire aTrllor the available evtilence. Thefirstdcojrnents we are reviewing indude: Restorative Justice and the Judiciary- published in 2015 Working with women who offend.. A guide for restorative justice practitioners - Published in 2016 Restorative Justi￿ in Cust¢xlial Settings- published in 2016 OurStsndards 0￿￿£ has completed a con4)rehenw ￿VIeW of ￿r PractKe Reg￿rat￿n Assessment prrxews. Asa ￿9J￿ we have revised and streamli￿1 the assessment processes for all our practi￿ RegistTrt•)n Frameworksa￿I hm UFdated arbj wblished revised applTht¥Jn gu*JarKe. 'Resolution' c1Mtir￿esto be a highlyYabJed wblK4ti)n keepirvd a record of contemporary research, case S￿dieS, adwce, ard wpportwhich ￿MberS dearty PK)Id in hEh regard. (hJrst%ial media P￿senCe continues to erow, and we ha* estsblsw a broad reth. wrth 153kfollowers c TwitterarKI Ikfollowerson Linkedln. THE IMPAcf OF COVID-19 During the past 12 months there have been no immediate risks to day-to-day operations of the charity- our stsff have continued to work throughout lockdown and there has been no requirement for the RJC to furlough staff or claim any form of government subsidy. The 12 board remain avtsre of the potential financial challenges we may face as the economy starts to ￿build. The Board of Trustees have contingency plans in place to minimise these risks and have updated the Risk Register accordingly. The financial year itself was in accordance with expectations and so supported our delivery plans. in the context of the resource pressures p￿viOUslY anticipated. 202012021 É80.128 £162.492 £236.601 Annual Expendllure Annual Income At vear end~ unrestricted funds At year end- Restricted funds Total •¥lwYe51ithfixKls £221.418 £236.601 £126.658 £111.475 £221.418 This complie5Wfth the Trustees, rese￿e5 ￿licY. It is the policyof Fucthat unrestricted fur*Js which have not been deS￿natsd for a specifKuse $I￿h4 be maintsined ata level equNalentto th￿e months, unrestiicted experKJitLtre. plu5the eqU￿d￿nt of fflonth's restricted expenditure. The tnjstees considerthat reSen￿S atthis ￿1 will en&1￿ that, in the event of a sEnrftsntdrop in fundirg theywill be able tocontinuethe compary'scurrent aL1Nitseswhi1e considerdtTon 15 gTrftn to way5 in whKh addittonal fvnds maybe rai%ed. Thts ￿e1 of reSe￿$ha5 been maintsined throughc¥Jt theyear. srRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE,AND MANAGEMENT The Restorative Justi￿ Council 15 a company limited by guarantee141992371 and is a registered charity number 1097969. The company is constrcuted under a trust deed. The FUC Board ofTrustees ￿ fom)ed OfS￿en Membertrusteeselected from the n￿MberShIp and three CoJncil trustees, wh) are apE￿inted by the Board and ratif*d by the members. None of the Trustees have any beneffic￿l interest in the compary. AIITrustees are membersofthe company and guarantee to contribute £1 in the eventof a wirnlinE-up. The ro￿ of the Board of Tw5tees is to ensu￿ that the *Th11t￿sof the RJCfulfil its ststed p￿r￿se due regard to guidance published by the Charity Commisston on publ￿ benefrt. New trustses sEn up to Board's agreed Code of CoThJuct. An itKlu¢tK)n meetin8 is hekl with the RJCS Chair. InforMat￿n on the Organ￿at￿Jn, 1ndl￿Ing cOp￿S of the Memorandum and Artides of Association and of re￿vantdeQS10rkMaki￿ prciedures and minutes of past t*)ard meetings are provijed bythe Chpf Exeojtp￿. Tnjstees regularly re¥￿the E*Mrd's ￿erfo￿na￿e. enyJrirÉ that it is promdryeffective govemance by worknng in support of theorganisa￿n,5 Obje￿SVknl￿ ￿lding the staff team to account The Board ofTrustees arxl the Ch￿f EXeart1￿ o)mpiise the W man4ement personnel ofthe FUC, in charge of directii& runnin& a￿1 operating the organisatx)n on a day-to-day basi%. 13 The Board delegates day-to4ay manaeement ofagreed operat￿nal matters to the Ch*f Executive and holds him aC0MJntsb￿. The (hief E¥ecutV￿ in pla￿ the necessary controls and procedures based onthese polic*s and undertakes the nÈcÈssary risk identifit3tion and assessment. The Ch￿f Exe(utTve a150 delegatss respo￿￿lIrtieS to staff and knlds them accountable to the Board of Trustees. The ChiefExeajtive's￿Iarywa$$et byt￿ &)ard in March 2019vthenthe 0Jrrentth￿fExe￿tl was recrurted. based onan asse￿Ment of pay knls in simiL4r(*gant*tThs. The Board ret￿nised thatthis salary had not teen refftwed W￿ 2019and thereforea foTmal saLiry review wa5 sjndertaken in earty 2022. The Board *reed a sakry ¥) h'ne with pay kvels in similar organi53tions. Futsjre pay revEws wil be undertaken anNaltrrfaTrJ. yjbpct b)affordabilty. may be increased in h'ne with infktion. The Trustees have a$￿S￿d the risks to whth the ￿ is exF4Jsed and are satisfied thatthe systems are in pla￿ to mrf(l￿te expowre to the risks. A risk Management pjlicy 15 in pla￿ and a risk reg￿er is refftwed regularty at board n*etirg5. The majorexternal riskto the RJC ￿ that of seoJring sUff￿Ent Ir￿ome/￿ndirEtO CO￿rOUr0peratKYo1Q)$ts. The (EO en$uresthatt￿ Chair is updated onthe finarKeson a regukr L￿51$ and rep￿$tothe t#)ard ateath meetin& Internal risks a￿ minimi*d bythe im￿eMen￿t*Jn0f proceduresfortheaUthJrisat￿ of alltransactk)nsaTr projectsand forensurir%con5iStent quality of services forall operat•Jnal aspects of the RICS artniit*s. These are regular￿ ￿￿Wed to enyJretfvconliNe to meet the needs of the Organi￿tiOn The Tnjstees c0llectwe￿act on LEhalf of wr memters as set ¢*)wn in the men￿)r3ndum of A%sociation. Trnstees n*et everythree month5 arKI 5(nJb"nise the finarKial re￿rtS from offKers. The trustees. who are also the dirertors for the purpose of company law. and who served during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were= Dr K Clamp (resigned 18 June 20211 Mr T Read Iresigned 18 June 20211 Dr G Drennan lappointed 18 June 20211 Ms R Rushton Ms R Beard Mr M Barton Mr H Dhindsa MSJ aark Mr P Cawley Mr I Wylie Iresi8ned 13 May 20211 Ms S Cairns 14 Dr J Hobson lappointed 28 March 20221 Ms K Le-Botss lappoiftted 28 March 20221 DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS Each pprson who was a dirertor atthetime reportwas appro¥pd conf1m￿that". o so far as s/he is aware, there is no relevant infomiation of whKh the charity's independent exarniner is unaware.. and o s/he has taken all the step5 that he ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself aware of any relevant information and to establish that the charity's independent examiner is aware of that inforrnation. The Trustees. report was approved by the Board of Trustees on 8th June 2022 and SIg￿d on their behalf= Dr G Drennan Chair of Trustees 15 Restr*r*lve Justice Council Limlt Independent examlnw's rewt tothe members of Restoraiive Jusii¢t Coun¢M lIn￿l*d h ¢onyri* It¢ Sl8ierr*rrt of Fir*rK*l PLb¥ths. of fir*nc*l Po￿￿￿71nd nDtets to tr* finan￿1 si1￿MeNts. rtudiw *3nfvart accourthry The ffirfftial repo￿￿ framxrfk that ha5 been apFl￿d ￿ their preparation is athic*le Ur*ed Krydorn Standards. FRS 102 The Financial Reporbro Standard appliGible inthe UKar*J Rep￿￿ of 1rd￿d. IUn*ed Krydorn Gerwaly ￿￿pted Acwuntin9 Praciicel R4sw*ib1lit￿ ¥￿j b•w• of Iw As tr£ truslees of the thr*ab￿ C¢)mF4ry ore the direth ol ts ¢omp8ny wrp)s¢s ol compAry l**l. (the 3￿6A¢ll. Having sabsfied myselt that thè th& th*rnatlè arè Mt tr• audited forts LThlÈr Part 16 ol the 20C6 and are f¢r exaffir4bon, I r¢wrt t*swi of rrty exanTh•ti￿ ol your charity'$ a¢wiir16 a$ ¢ath¢d rAIt uThJer 145 ofthp Charl￿Art ￿11(tr* 2011 Acn. kn ￿rry￿ out rryexamThI￿n, I navtr rollwed tythec1wtycon￿tssth Lry**tr8*¢itii 1495xbl01l￿ 3)11 y exarntrolb)n ¢4nied lxrt 9ww¥I D￿¢1￿ gr•*n ty th• Ct4rty An #x¥￿*0•1￿)n d¢$ a rewew c4 t￿* o¢wtry ty¢•rd$ k*pt by ts ctorty aTrJ a 01 tr* X¢WN$ PtESWrt¢d *ilh ¢otds. M also or ary LWL4*1 IBrr* Or ihthe accrlmts. *tknDg exp￿￿1￿￿6 frr Y￿ ¥$ tru9tees con¢emifvJ any The vo¢¢dur¢s rot provide 811 the tv*te fvl ￿)U￿3 be requred in an a￿￿rt. ard gNen as to *tslherO* acc4)urts trserrt a and tsli ¥￿/ and the IndepervJeTrt examin￿5 51atement l am qualikd lo undertake Ihe exanynDliEffi. bwq z mEThtoroftr* ofCIwtu￿ Er¥j￿nd an￿ Wa￿S (ICAEW) 111 I￿$ me rea$tr￿ble b*ve 11Ot in ary le$p￿tthE requ￿e1￿#rts. to keep arcowlity records ￿ xcorua￿eTr¥th 386011heco￿¢￿n￿$ kt 2Cth, lo preFqrp accour*S Yhich •rcord aCC￿￿1¥j reuKth. tr* requ￿t￿ert of 5ethon *S of the Coffwrries kl 2CTh and wr￿1)It$ St*mert of Re￿nrrtrthd Practice *¢tyJnliw ar￿ R*wlN¥J bYc￿r￿J.￿8 (FRSI hw* been r￿." or (21 lo vthKh, in alterlbjn be dr￿￿ in ¢xder &7 en*b2 a prow al the ac￿(￿ lo be rEa¢hed. stephariesteven fi)rand behall( S.E.A A¢cwnMw examir¢r A￿Or￿￿tr*-LYI 8JunÈ 2022 18 R¢stQfatlv• Justice Counol Llrnit State￿￿ntOf Finanaal Aetivitie5 {InCOry￿ratlng Ineome aml EXp￿di{ure •xcount) for the year ￿ded 31 March 2022 Note5 Unrnslrfthd 2022 Total 2021 T￿al rk)NatiO￿ and *w"es Charrtab* Inveslments Toial incune Expendrture on.. 1,024 110. 1.024 110.390 61 111NT5 61.$22 lfrJ.732 61 111J75 162,492 126.658 126.651 126.6S9 12$￿01 .218 10,218 Total twditwe 115.1831 115.1831 82.274 115.1831 {15.183) 82.274 Tolal foffird 16 236.￿1 236,fy)1 154.327 221N18 221,418 256.￿1 The statement offin•aa XIN￿"e$ indudes all gairs losses rewised in Ihe year JI **vthes derwe from conts"nLMng operatians. 17 ReSt￿atIve Justicè Counell Llmlted statement of Financial Pasilion as at 31 March 2022 2022 2021 Flxe(l assets TanL*￿e 8ssets 278 Currentassets 08btors Cash at 8nd.in hand 11 16.OKI 249.611 265.691 11.657 261.974 273.631 Credltors.. amounts famlng due vAthln one year 12 145.6611 {37.3081 Ne¢ ¢urrgn¢ assets 220.030 236.323 Nrf assets 221.418 236.6111 Funds Unre5trlcted funds Genera fvrsds 10 221.418 238,601 Total lunds 221.418 236.601 The tru5tee5 Iwho are dso the (firect1¥5 of the compwy for the purpose5 of cornpany lawl are re5portsible for the weparatson ofthe xcounts. The trustees ttffjsder that an audrt Is nol rewired for Ihis year under section 144(21 olthe Ch*ilies kt 2011 {the 201 l Act) Ihat ￿ Indewdent exarnirnab'm ￿ needed. The trustees are satisfied that the ￿Mparry ts eThtiVed io exeTrykn from the rw*rement to obt*'n an auot un¢Jer Section 477 of Ihe Companie5 Act20C6. The membets h*e r￿t rewifed the company to oblwn in XC0rd￿ seclion 476 01 the Act. The trustees have xkntrthedged on Ihe b4￿ce sheet as at 31 2022 their responsikn'lth"es lof ￿M[lYIng *ilh the re4JJiiements ofthe Cow•e5 Act20C6 Tmth re5pedlo xcujnling rxord5 and the prepar*on of ￿Unts. The xc¢unts have been wepared in ￿T￿ce *fjlh the prov￿0[￿ ￿ P*t 15 of ths Companies Act 20l￿ •*icable te comp*ies 5ubJeclto the Sm￿1 comwies reGqmÈ. Gerard Drenrwi Trustee Approved bythe tJ#5 D*pffjrA￿*)n ErWW$ Nl 761 S.447 761 5.4$7 13$ 67 576 I￿Sur￿ IXL)I 215 441 1.ZT 6.191 197 215 441 12n 6.191 197 4X* Pth*IE¥•r•lb￿vAT 3.504 478 351 R¢ 3.151 134 3.151 353 1.451 Trainnu arA CPD 1.451 2.7 61.352 IZ6.fj58 126rf Trustees. tonerts Tot•12022 TOW 1021 94*0 S.467 6.191 1(*218 61JS2 5.487 6.191 1(*218 39)1 A%￿l￿e LrfernFdty*es￿thW thep Nurnkqr 21 Re$toMtive Just*ECouncllLimiied Notes to IhÈAccwnts roi Iheyeaiended 31 M•rch 2022 10 T4ThJ**flxedassets or valualon 416 31 MArcth 2Q22 2287 At 1 Apnl 2Wdl ch￿ ftytr•wr At31 Nlatth 2022 761 J 31 2022 J31 1021 278 11,120 2.125 I1.￿? 12 eted*oYs.' Clherciethry5 *Y4 J1.925 13 Mmmeniin deler¥ed I1￿( 22.1 5.767 P2.15 21. 21. 11.e65 c￿$118 EY*frt$ 2.4 1Sfv75 05fy75) 22.1$5 9.767 31.925 22.158 9.767 31.925 1S.675 Resloiativ• Jvsl*• eoundl Limit•d PaDt￿% to theA¢¢ounts loi Iheyo•rended 31 M•rch 2022 274 2n.631 P7.3 236.W1 CuroNassds 165.691 (45.861) (4Sffi1} 221.418 G￿TrIf￿ To¢* unre*ridedlLvJJ T>5.BJ1 115.183J 221.418 IN18 T¢iAIftM 2ZIA19 17 Purp)xèdlfund* r8W¥osfrrf t￿l￿¢ S*iKI ID f*e ftLYn 411 18 Netfflo%Ymw* kn1￿05 lundg 111.475 111A75 {126 {1W5 VS.1 11S,18J) T￿al LWestrk￿fWJ5 111A76 T(X1sier$ A131 March Gernwllund 154m7 .274 It74 rJ6.6Ql 231•)1 Total knds 154x1 UnresDi¢tedfunds 162.492 QKI21 ¢Z274 Il274 12274 T¢xal knds +21 AÈstofati¥È Ju¥1￿￿¢￿Jn¢fi Limitgd Notos lo the Acc￿nts lorthe yearended 31 m￿rEh2o22 21 PiwArt*ikneuMney Rr￿0￿ R¢N•n Ro*J IRB 24 R*storttlv* Jusiice Ctyjn￿l Lin¥led Oetalled Staternent ol Financial •*ti￿lIS k*th¢ yparended 31 ma￿ 2022 UbY**trfded R•Str1¢t￿ T•tsi 2022 Tatyi 2021 INCOMEAND ENDOWMEPITS CYJThAtlon$ and D)nAtrJns l.Q24 61.622 44. 14.C69 37.835 Events M•rr*ershipfw% H05tiry 12.781 46.117 12.781 46.117 2.842 2042 1YJ 110.X* 110 1(4J.732 61 1JO 111A76 111A76 161192 Chartsb￿ xtiwlies COSIS Accountsntylees 8or*k d￿r9e$ ter rvnnity￿5ts Confeier*e andewrtkns pretsalion Emthe¢s Nl ts)hthWr Go￿rnan¢¢ costs IrtsurAn 2237 2.143 3.411 3.411 761 761 5.487 138 1,(lJl 576 cYr5rtè gDrd9e (Xher prof¢ssw)rAI PanMI &•ffw*JnVAT Pensw)n Posts9• and ststknrd•ry R•ni &JbscripbQnS &Jndry pxyns•s Telethn+ Trnlniw and CPD Tiavel and SU￿￿tr Wages gr￿ sotaits 215 441 215 441 1272 8.191 197 420 1.326 191 197 178 351 3.151 134 3.151 94540 12Q658 61.352 80.218 126.$ 126.668 125.65B NetexpeTrJ5turn (15,183) 16,183 82,274