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2025-03-31-accounts

Tender Education and Arts

Trustee Report and Accounts

Year Ending: 31 March 2025 Company Number: 04627846 Charity Number: 1100214

INTRODUCTION

The Trustees, who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31st March 2025. The trustees have adopted the provisions of 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).

Structure, Governance and Management

Tender Education and Arts (trading as Tender) is governed by an elected Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees is elected annually at the Annual General Meeting. Retiring members are eligible for re-election. The Board meets four times per year, with additional meetings scheduled when the company requires greater direction or support.

The Board of Trustees has legal, financial and fiduciary duties under Company Law and Charity Law, and responsibilities for ensuring that the organisation complies with the conditions placed on grants from public and other funders. The Board also has respo nsibilities for the organisation's strategy. Although the ultimate responsibility lies with the Board, the daily operational management of many of these duties is delegated to the Chief Executive Officer and her staff.

Policies and procedures for induction and training of Trustees

All new Trustees are invited to meet with the Chair and Chief Executive to discuss the work of the charity and, in particular, to be informed of:

The Charity Commission outlines four clear expectations for Trustees:

All Trustees are required to hold an enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service), which is renewed every two years in line with Tender’s safeguarding policies and protocols, or they must be signed up to the DBS Update Service. They should undertake safeguarding training every 2 years, attend Tender’'s “basic awareness of domestic abuse training”, read “Keeping Children Safe in Education” by the Department for Education and we aim to ensure they visit a Tender project once a year when possible.

Key Management Personnel

Key management personnel are those persons having authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the charitable company, directly or indirectly, including any director/trustee (whether executive or otherwise) of the charitable company. The key management personnel of Tender Education and Arts are its directors/trustees, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), the Chief Operating Officer (COO), the Finance Director, Development Director and the Director of Services. The directors/trustees are not remunerated, and remuneration of the CEO is set by the Board of Trustees.

OBJECTIVES

The summary objectives of the charity under its Memorandum of Association are:

  1. To advance the education of the public about the violence and abuse perpetrated against women and young people.

  2. To meet the needs of women and young people who have been subject to violence and abuse.

Public Benefit

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"Working with you and Tender has been an absolute dream. [Our work together] has definitely given hundreds of children the tools to ensure their relationships are safe and joyful." - Teacher

Tender Strategy 2023-26

In 2023 Tender launched its three-year strategy, including an agreed core purpose and values, strategic objectives for 2023-26, and an organisational structure and management framework to

In this second year of the three-year strategy we aimed to effect change through four streams of work:

Key deliverables:

More information on all these deliverables is detailed below in the report.

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

This year we have continued to refine our monitoring and evaluation framework to ensure we consistently measure our impact, mapped against our mission, strategic outcomes and strategic priorities through a theory of change, building a robust evidence base to develop our own research outputs and encourage policy change.

In 2024-25 we are proud to have reached:

13,738 children and young people beneficiaries , directly through workshops and projects lasting one hour or more, such as enrichment day sessions and (our most commonly delivered) 2-day Healthy Relationships projects

12,376 children and young people beneficiaries , indirectly through assemblies, peer-led presentations and teacher-led workshops

5, 280 adult beneficiaries, directly through adult training sessions

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2024/25 2023/24
Number of projects, 494 391
training sessions and
events delivered by
Tender
Total number of young 26,114 27,548
people who participated
Total number of adults 6,701 7,177
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TOTAL BENEFICIARIES 32,815 34,725
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Although we delivered more projects overall, the number of beneficiaries reached in Financial Year 2024/25 is slightly lower than in 2023/24 due to a number of factors:

Over the coming Financial Year (25-26) we have plans to increase the overall number of projects, particularly RE:SET, subject to funding. We therefore anticipate a rise in overall beneficiaries reached.

Outcomes data:

The following figures are from the data we have collected in this academic year (September 24-March 25), as we routinely refine and edit our survey tools over the school summer holidays. Going forward, we aim to build a picture of the feedback year-on-year, making fewer changes to the ways we gather data.

As a result of taking part in a 2-day/10-hour healthy Relationships project:

As a result of taking part in the RE:SET whole school approach programme:

London & South-East

Tender has continued to deliver a broad spectrum of work in London & South-East, delivering work in both mainstream settings and specialist or out-of-school settings.

Mainstream school settings benefited from our 2-day Healthy Relationships project and our 2-day Healthy Friendships project in primary schools, as well as a range of more tailored

projects including our Enrichment Day and 1-day project models. 78 projects were delivered to groups from Year 5 to Year 13 across London, reaching over 5000 children and young people.

Demand has been high for our specialist provision work in out of school settings, and this year we have reached a number of youth centres and youth justice services we've never worked in before. We were also pleased to work with 5 Alternative Provision and Youth Clubs working specifically with girls, thanks to the Big Give Young Women & Girls Fund. Tende rs London and South-East team has pioneered much of Tender's Specialist Provision development this year, including holding a development day focusing on our resources to support vulnerable young people in specialist SEMH (social, emotional and mental health) and SEND (special educational needs and disability) schools and pupil referral units.

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Project participant, aged 14

North

This year our work in Tender North has remained strong, with 33 projects taking place across the region, reaching 4,000 young people, either through directly receiving a Healthy Relationship or Healthy Friendship Project, or indirectly through peer-led presentations created and performed at the end of our 2-day projects.

Beckfoot Heaton Primary School committed wholeheartedly to Tender’s whole school approach programme RE:SET this year, with a particular highlight being a group of students creating a fantastic campaign to share their learning to the rest of the school, involving the creation of 8 mini videos to demonstrate Healthy Relationships which were shared as part of the school’s pupil leader and Tender Ambassador “Smart School Council” sessions. The school’s dedication to the programme paid off, with the school being awarded their Healthy Relationships Champion School award in January 2025 at a special ceremony attended by staff and students. T he school’s headteacher accepted their Healthy Relationships Champion School award from acclaimed writer, rapper, world record breaking human beatboxer and Tender supporter, Testament. He commented: “Lam so honoured to be part of celebrating

In January 2025 Lapage Primary School in Bradford became the next school to take on the RE:SET programme, which got off to a flying start with Programme Manager for the North Angharad introducing the programme to a group of parents. The school completed and reflected on the pre-project audit and staff survey and 78% staff completed Tender’s ‘Basic Awareness of Domestic Abuse’ e -learning. We look forward to continuing the programme with Lapage School over the coming year.

East

We delivered 34 projects and trainings in the East this year, reaching 2883 children and young people in our work with schools and youth settings either directly through our projects or indirectly through peer-sharings. And we reached 89 adults through training sessions.

Two schools, St Williams Junior School and Acle Academy, completed Tender’s Whole School Approach programme, RE:SET this year, achieving Healthy Relationships Champion School status. The impact of RE:SET has been truly phenomenal at these schools. Right from the very first session with the students, it became clear that there were harmful attitudes being expressed by some of the boys, which the Project Delivery Team and Tender Mentor immediately mobilised to address. Activities included sharing a “misogyny in media” presentation with staff, mentoring vulnerable boys, whole school assemblies involving boys and girls, and a whole school positive male and female role model competition. The cultural shift within the school was extraordinary, with boys now openly challenging sexism in the corridors amongst their peers. Following the project there has been some incredible collaboration between the two RE:SET schools to share the positive masculinity work; the two schools have developed a mentoring initiative whereby some of the boys who participated in the programme at Acle are now mentoring boys at St Williams Primary school. This will encourage boys to talk to each other and learn from their peers in a positive and safe environment.

misogynistic attitudes being reported since Tender :- )” Staff member, Acle Academy

Our Specialist Provision work has flourished in the region, having grown our relationships with a number of Alternative Provisions. We have successfully delivered projects this year for a group of young women in the Youth Justice System, a group of young people with the Norfolk Care Council and at a specialist provision for young people who have additional

learning and SEMH needs. We plan to work with another five Alternative Provision settings over the coming year.

We continued to expand our connections in Suffolk, now having a waiting list for multiple schools in the area, on top of schools in the original Norfolk region. Our work in Cambridge has also gone from strength to strength, with 7 projects having been delivered in the region. We have increased our profile in the East by attending events such as a wellbeing event called

Positive Minds run by the Norwich Youth Advisory Board which aims to raise awareness among young people of what mental health support is available to them. We delivered activities such as self-esteem hands and mindful colouring: "I love this - it's made me realise there are lots of good things about being me" event participant

West

Our work in the West has continued to gain momentum this year, with 22 projects taking place in the region, reaching 1,766 children and young people.

This year our West Team have worked hard engaging new settings and raising the profile of our work in the region, with a large proportion of the work taking place in settings that were new to Tender’s work . We have also expanded the scope of our work in the region, delivering our first Relationship Goals interactive video game project to SEND young people, as well as a targeted project to a weekly open access youth group and a post-16 programme to 16 18year-olds studying ‘Early Years’ .

We were pleased to continue Tender’s third RE:SET programme in Bath this year, at St Michae I's Junior Church School. St Michael's has been a fantastic school to work with, with a key highlight including the whole school taking part in a school-wide colouring competition using Mindfulness colouring sheets designed by the Pupil Leadership Team. In April the Tender Mentor also created the ‘ RE:SET Healthy Behaviour Awards ’, providing staff with three main criteria to observe throughout the school: being a kind and thoughtful friend/peer; negotiating conflict; self-regulation. Staff nominated students every week and shared posts on social media, which in turn led to caregivers tagging other parents to celebrate their children.

Our West Team were delighted to deliver our first project in a Bristol secondary school in November 2024 Bristol Cathedral Choir. This marks the expansion into a new geographical area within the region. The school was extremely engaged with the programme and the teacher observing the project commented “The facilitators provided a fantastic creative, warm and supportive environment, where all students felt confident to explore tough

topics through a combination of insightful discussions, group work and practical drama.

RE:SET

Tender's pioneering Whole School Approach programme, RE:SET, has continued to go from strength to strength this year. This programme involves us working with a school over a period of a year, supported by a dedicated Tender Mentor, to deliver direct work to children and young people, staff and parents, as well as working with a group of students to create a campaign to spread positive Healthy Relationships messages throughout the school. The role of the Tender Mentor is a particular strength of the programme, with one headteacher commenting The Tender mission struck a chord from the beginning which is why we signed up but what has been striking is the personal presence of a mentor. They have been approachable and a good leader. The mentor has felt part of our team, adapting to and understanding of the challenges our school faces. The mentor’s presence has brought comfort and security; they work as a team with the school staff. Even staff who have been around for years have found it a valuable learning process.

This year we continued delivering the programme across six London boroughs, funded by the Mayor of London's Violence Reduction Unit, as well as in each of Tender's geographical regions. We delivered the programme in 72 schools across all our regions, reaching a total of 14,157 children and young people and 3,741 adults.

One particular highlight of the programme is campaign workshops with a group of children or young people in each school, which involves the participants collaborating to develop a resource to share their learning with peers. The children who took part in campaign workshops this year have created some powerful and far-reaching campaigns, focusing on key healthy relationship messages such as equality, boundaries, consent, and where to go for help and support. Campaign media have included posters, podcasts, scripts, colouring sheets and videos. It has been fantastic to see the creativity, thoughtfulness, and variety of campaigns produced by pupils, as well as the commitment from schools in championing these messages across the whole school community. The enthusiasm and engagement from both pupils and staff has really helped to ensure these campaigns have a lasting impact beyond the classroom.

an unhealthy relationship - RE:SET campaign participant

In November 2024 Tender hosted an online Best Practice event for educators and partners from local councils, the London Violence Reduction Unit and Nurture UK to discuss relationship education and inclusion. Key themes included promoting positive masculinity in secondary schools, engaging parents and carers, and improving attendance. The event was a great success, celebrating the excellent work happening in schools and fostering a collaborative space for participants to learn from one another.

RE:SET Specialist Provision

The majority of our RE:SET programmes are delivered in mainstream schools, but we are proud to have also delivered this vital work in alternative provision and specialist settings too. These settings often face challenges with timetabling and staffing the year-long programme due to capacity, but the additional vulnerabilities of the participants makes the programme truly important and impactful in the settings that have committed to the programme. In July 2024 Urban Mission and Harmood School achieved their RE:SET Specialist Provision Champion School Award, closely followed by John Chilton in December 2024. In September 2024 we began RE:SET in three new settings; two alternative provisions and a specialist school. They are all undertaking the RE:SET lite programme (a less intensive version, comprising just the direct Tender delivery elements) as none felt they could commit the staff time required for the full programme. We look forward to seeing how these settings progress with the programme over the coming year.

Adult Training

Tender’s Adult Services team provides training to adults in educational settings and beyond to support Tender’s core work of preventing domestic abuse in children and young people’s lives.

INSETs

To reinforce the learning from Tender 'S 2-day healthy relationships projects for children and young people , we provide schools with “INSET” training sessions. These are designed to help teachers continue the conversation around healthy relationships with young people. Topics covered include domestic abuse, coercive control and the lived experience of young people. This year we delivered 62 INSET training sessions, reaching 1,239 staff members. “I thought it was really good. There was a small enough group to apply our knowledge as well as - enough teacher talk.” Teacher participant, January 2025

Toolkit Programme

This year saw the continuation of the Ending Gender Based Violence Teacher Toolkit programme ‘ , which was initiated to support the ‘Have a Word’ campaign developed by the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC). The programme involved delivering training sessions to primary, secondary and SEND teachers and governors across every borough of London, accompanied by online toolkit resources to enable teachers to facilitate conversations around gender-based abuse in their settings.

In November 2024 we were pleased to welcome the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to a Tender workshop at Seven Sisters Primary School, to officially launch and celebrate the Primary School Toolkit. We're delighted MOPAC have extended the programme for a further year, from March 2025, to enable us to deliver more direct work with children and young people, training to the adults who support them and develop the Toolkit resource to benefit teachers across London.

I found the training to be very useful, and the facilitators were very engaging. I have incorporated many aspects of the training in my practice with the young people I work with and the staff in my school. The free resources are incredibly useful, and I endeavour to use some of them in appropriate interventions with the children.” - Toolkit session participant

City Bridge funded training

Tender's new 3-hour training for London-based Youth Charities focuses on the crucial role youth clubs, sports and drama groups play in preventing abuse in the lives of children and young people. The training consists of information-sharing on domestic abuse, coercive control and the vicarious impact of these issues on children, followed by a deep dive into contextual safeguarding and approaching disclosures in a safe and effective manner. Tailored specifically for youth charities, this training uses relevant case studies and exercises co-created with Tender's Youth Board.

Since delivery began in January 2025, 91% of participants have rated the training as either 'Good' or 'Very Good' and 85% found the training either 'Very' or 'Extremely' useful for their roles. "Indeed, our team valued greatly this training and will have immediate benefits in terms of how we spot, intervene in, and prevent future instances of domestic abuse in and around our Centre." - Training participant, January 2025

Post-18 Programmes

This year our RE:SET Whole University Approach programme continued in two settings; The University of East Anglia (UEA) and Bath Spa. The RE:SET Whole University Approach programme supports universities and student unions to review their current prevention provision of domestic abuse and sexual violence and embed effective, sustainable prevention in their campus culture; empowering, supporting and educating their staff and students. In March 2025, both universities completed the programme, being awarded Champion University status.

Following the training 100% university staff participants said they would recommend this training to other staff, with one participant commenting they had learned how to engage students in these conversations through activities that break the ice and make the topics less scary” .

OCN-Accredited Training

accredited courses; a Level 2 in Peer Mentoring & Facilitation and a Level 3 in Developing & Delivering Domestic Abuse training. “This is a remarkable achievement and a testament to the hard work, dedication and high standards your team consistently upholds.” - OCN London

Corporate Partnerships and Workplace Training

This year, Tender has expanded its reach and deepened its impact through tailored workplace training programmes delivered to a range of private and public sector organisations. By working with a range of audiences, from C-suite executives to graduate cohorts, we continue to promote healthy workplace cultures and help safeguard employees. Building on our core two-pillared training offer, we have adapted to meet evolving organisational needs such as introducing shortened Tender Talks and developing new content aligned with legislative updates such as the Worker Protection Act 2023 (Amendment of Equality Act 2010). In total, we delivered 15 workplace training sessions this year, reaching a total of 208 beneficiaries.

We have continued to grow and strengthen our corporate partnerships with long-standing partners in the legal and finance sectors. As corporate income becomes more important in Tender's financial model, we have also secured new partners to generate vital income to

reinvest in our work with children and young people. Our engagement with partners, including project visits, new corporate newsletters, and strategic events, has helped ensure that they remain connected to our mission. Our corporate partnership work is largely supported by Tender's Corporate Advisory Board who provide expert input into our workplace materials, facilitate introductions to new organisations, and champion our work within their networks.

Youth Board

Tender’s Youth Board is made up of 18 young volunteers aged 16-25 and plays a vital - and growing role at the heart of the organisation, contributing to decision-making and helping to shape Tender’s programmes. Members’ involvement ensures that young people, and the issues relevant to them, remain central to everything we do. Between 1[st] April 2024-31[st] March 2025 we held 17 Youth Board meetings, of which two were in-person. In January 2025 we welcomed 8 new Youth Board members, who have already been actively participating in meetings and opportunities.

Youth Board member Ottilie shared her reflections on key highlights from a successful year: The past year has provided Tender’s Youth Board with invaluable opportunities to influence and engage with the charity's work. We now meet bi -monthly and have recently welcomed a great number of new members. Of particular note is an increase in male representation on the youth board. A few board me mbers attended the ‘How to be a Boy: Conversations with Men’ panel back in February which highlighted the ongoing importance of conversations around masculinity, what it means to be a boy, and men’s vital role in the prevention of domestic abuse and sexual violence. The prescreening of Netflix’s Adolescence in March followed by a Q&A has become part of a much wider, national conversation surrounding incel culture, the manosphere and child-on-child abuse. Youth board members were able to give their reflections on educational resources now being developed by the charity in collaboration with the drama series.

Our online meetings have seen various masterclasses, from Rebecca Hitchen from the EVAW C oalition looking at how to run a successful campaign, to the Speaker's Trust on delivering confidently in public, as well as welcoming internal speakers from the charity to nourish a connection between the Youth Board and the wider Tender team. The Youth Board has jumped at every opportunity granted to us, such as Leanne taking five weeks of work experience with the development team and Gaia speaking at the EVAW Prevention - Conference, discussing ‘Young People and Misogyny in the Digital Age’. A really exciting in person meeting in October saw a few Youth Board members help to develop the new City

Bridge Foundation adult training - contributing to various resources and handouts, before later in the year witnessing these resources being used firsthand in training sessions!

Domestic Abuse Commissioner Nicole Jacobs. We have been able to contribute our statutory recommendations and thoughts on children and young people being victims in their own right. Zoya features in the Tell Nicole campaign video which was screened in Parliament at an event in April 2025 where Dame Nicole Jacobs launched her report on children's Youth Board has

Safeguarding

Chief Executive Susie McDonald continues to lead on Tender’s Safeguarding as Designated Safeguarding Lead, with the Safeguarding Team (made up of the Chief Executive, the Director of Services and all Programme Managers) meeting monthly to ensure the wellbeing and safety of children and young people remains at the heart of everything Tender does, and that rigorous processes and procedures are in place. Tender delivers termly Safeguarding update training, which all staff, freelance workshop leaders and trustees are expected to attend at least every 2 years.

We have a robust process for managing disclosures made by children during sessions, which workshop leaders are trained to understand and then follow. This is constantly monitored by Tender’s DSL. This means that any child identified as vulnerable to or experiencing abuse or harm is flagged to the DSL in the education setting where the case is logged and then

Disclosure rates have increased significantly in the last year:

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|||| |---|---|---| |Disclosures|Cause for Concerns| |April 2023-March 2024|47|72| |April 2024-March 2025|121|96| |% increase|157%|33%|

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Issues that come up regularly are experiences of domestic abuse in the home (historic and current), child on child abuse, and tech related abuse including accessing violent pornography, pressure to send sexualized images and being contacted by strangers online.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Tender believes that everyone has inherent dignity and deserves to be treated equally and fairly, but inequalities in society make this harder for some people. We want Tender to be representative of the society we live and work in, and we want to be accountable to the communities we support with our services.

working groups comprised of staff from all departments and levels of seniority, and each connected to a trustee. In 2024/25, these groups have worked towards the following objectives:

Access to Services and Intersectionality

Key Successes:

Key Challenges:

Accountability, Board and Leadership

Key Successes:

Key Challenges:

Culture and Working Practices

Key Successes:

Key Challenges:

Representation, Recruitment and Retention

Create and maintain a diverse workforce at all levels of the organisation.

Key Successes:

Key Challenges:

Two of the working groups (Culture and Working Practices & Representation, Recruitment and Retention) have opted to merge to create a group focusing on Culture, Working Practices and Retention. This group will focus on actions that can be taken to nurture a positive

working culture, inclusive working practices for those with additional needs such as disability or neurodiversity and subsequently evaluate the impact this can have on retention.

Each working group has reflected on the past year in terms of progress made, priorities and capacity across teams to action objectives with integrity. In 2025/26, each group will work on new objectives to make the most meaningful and significant difference to our beneficiaries, staff, and the wider sector.

OTHER SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES

Tender Annual Awards

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sponsored by Clifford Chance LLP. The event was a chance for us to celebrate the incredible work of children, young people, teachers, youth workers, schools and settings across the country in promoting healthy relationships and preventing abuse.

Guest host David Tennant gave a powerful speech about the importance of positive role models for boys and young men, and Tender’s Patron Olivia Colman welcomed guests in a specially recorded film. Award presenters included Ambassadors Jodie Whittaker and Priyanga Burford, actor Toby Jones, MP Jess Phillips, human rights campaigner Tiernan Brady, Artistic Director of the National Theatre Rufus Norris, and solicitor and former CPS prosecutor Nazir Afzal OBE. The event was a wonderful recognition of the widespread support Tender has received from schools and fundraisers across the country.

Award winners:

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||| |---|---| |University RE:SET Completion Award|Manchester Metropolitan University| |Outstanding Secondary School Teacher|Sarah McNaughton| |Oldfield School, Bath| |Being Brave Award|Martin, Shreen, Izzy, Daniel| |All Saints Academy, Huddersfield| |Best Peer Ambassador in a Secondary|Daniel, Joshua, Jasmine| |School|Mulberry Woodside Academt, Haringey|

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Keeping Children Safe Champion Jill Smith_, Kings Oak School_
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Outstanding Specialist Teacher London
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Best Peer Ambassador in a Primary School
Fahaad
Beckfoot Heaton Primary School, Bradford
Healthy Relationships Changemaker Beth Warmington
Outstanding Secondary School Landlark Foundation
St Mary Magdalene Church of England
Outstanding Primary School School, Greenwich
Lapage Primary School, Bradford
Outstanding Primary School Staff Team Richard
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Foxfield Primary School, London
Outstanding Specialist School New River College Primary School, London
Exceptional Creative Response in a Primary
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Highbury Quadrant Primary School, Islington
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Inka, Natalia, Eliza, Juliette, Lillyann, Annabel
Secondary School Leigh Academy, Blackheath

Tender at the Palace

In May 2024 Tender Ambassador and Olivier Award nominated actor Priyanga Burford joined Susie McDonald at Buckingham Palace for a special reception hosted by Her Majesty the Queen. Priyanga and Susie were proud to attend the reception, which recognised those who support survivors of sexual assault. In her speech at the reception, Her Majesty the Queen said: ‘| have often heard victims say: speaking about the experience is one of the key ways to survive it. By sharing with one another today, we can strengthen our alliance against sexual

Tackling Misogyny in schools

In June 2024, Susie McDonald chaired Westminster Insight's Tackling Misogyny in Schools Digital Conference. Schools are increasingly concerned about the impact of the toxic influence of social media and purported ‘influencers’ that promote misogynistic rhetoric. Attended online by a wide range of professionals from primary and secondary education, safeguarding, social work and children’s mental health, the event helped to raise awareness of challenging issues and discussed effective strategies for prevention and effective intervention against misogyny in schools. As Chair, Susie emphasized the importance of recognizing early signs of harmful behaviour and taking a preventative approach.

Home Office/Department for Education Project Visit

In June 2024 Tender hosted the shadow Home Secretary and shadow Secretary of State for Education, Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP and Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson MP and Sarah Sackman, MP for Finchley and Golders Green at a Tender workshop at Whitefield School, kindly hosted by headteacher Chris Hunt. A group of Year 9 students participated in a Tender Healthy Relationship workshop, with Bridget, Yvette and Sarah observing the session. Afterwards, they chatted to the students about what they had learned. Young people said they loved the

interactive nature of the workshop and were pleased to be learning about an issue that feels so important to them.

Bridget spoke to the press at the time about the importance of tackling misogyny in schools, and we are pleased that the Labour Party manifesto included a commitment to “address misogyny and teach young people about healthy relationships and consent.”

How to be a Boy

In February 2025 Tender hosted a fascinating panel discussion in front of an invited audience of Tender supporters and funders, focusing on the challenges facing boys and young men today. The speakers were historian Dan Snow, former Chief Crown prosecutor Nazir Afzal OBE, Global Director of Inclusion Clifford Chance LLP Tiernan Brady and Jermaine Gayle, educationalist. We were delighted that our Patrons, Olivia Colman and Ed Sinclair joined us and thanked everybody for their support.

Discussions covered the challenges boys and young men face in a world shaped by influencers and identity politics, and how our views of masculinity have shifted throughout history. Thank you to our friends at Leathersellers for their generous hospitality.

Dan Snow

Workshop at the National Theatre

In November award-winning actor Toby Jones supported a Tender workshop at the National Theatre for guests who were interested in learning more about our workplace training and how that connects to our work with children and young people. A big thank you to Rufus Norris and his team for enabling us to use a space at the National Theatre!

New Years Honours List 2025

Susie McDonald, CEO of Tender, was recognised with an MBE for her services to young people and to the prevention of abuse in the 2025 New Year Honours list. Susie said: “I'm absolutely delighted to receive this MBE, recognising my lifelong mission: to end domestic abuse and sexual violence. Tender is not my work alone, but the collective dedication of so many talented people across more than two decades. It all started with the genius and imagination of Tamsin Larby, Tender’s founder. Abuse is preventable, if only children and young people are empowered with the right skills and knowledge and our work is proven to do this.

In March 2025 Tender joined forces with Netflix drama Adolescence to raise awareness of the extremist misogyny rife in UK schools. Starring and co-created by Stephen Graham, Adolescence tells the story of 13-year-old Jamie Miller who is arrested for the violent

murder of a teenage girl from his school. Launched at a special screening and panel discussion at Soho Hotel, the partnership between Tender and Adolescence aimed to shed light on online misogyny and its dangerous impact on young people today. Susie McDonald joined Adolescence co-creators Stephen Graham and Jack Thorne, and producer Jo Johnson to explore their motivation for the series and the action they hope it will inspire. Susie commented: “We are proud to partner with the Adolescence team on this power ful, important production. Adolescence is a dynamic portrayal of the troubling attitudes spreading through our schools and the horrific impact they can have. Our young people are at serious risk - and it’s time to take action.”

COMMUNICATIONS AND SOCIAL MEDIA

Tender’s social media engagement reached new highs this year, with increased capacity in the communications team meaning we were able to increase followers, diversify audiences and expand to new networks.

Over this financial year we have achieved engagement through:

Instagram highlights

Facebook highlights

LinkedIn highlights

Tender Awards 2024

The Tender Awards campaign reached more people than ever before - with a little help from David Tennant. We achieved the highest engagement ever for a single post which received 1,531 likes and reached almost 50k people . We also engaged new supporter Toby Jones who has continued to work with and support Tender ever since.

16 Days of Activism

We finished 2024 with our annual 16 Days of Activism campaign. This year, Susie McDonald, Toby Jones, Tender staff and Youth Board members came together to call for an end to gender-based violence and promote the importance of high-quality relationships education, in a wide range of online content.

schools and pupils to get creative with photography and take photos of what love looks like to them.

Ambassador Amy-Leigh Hickman took part in the campaign, posting her own #LoveLooksLike image on Instagram and encouraging others to enter. She joined the judging panel which also included professional photographer Rob Baker Ashton, Ryan and Ottilie from our Youth Board and CEO Susie McDonald.

This campaign engaged schools, parents, and young people as well as the Tender Youth Board and one of our top Ambassadors, Amy-Leigh Hickman. The social posts showcasing our winners and runners up achieved twice the reach of other posts and increased our views with a new audience of non-followers through shares.

How to Be a Boy: Conversations with Men event

The Conversations with Men event provided quality content for our communications channels and achieved high levels of engagement of current followers. The content engaged corporate and policy stakeholders, with our main post on LinkedIn reaching nearly 1K users (951) and 178 interactions including 12 reposts.

Adolescence

Working with Netflix to promote their new series Adolescence brought the opportunity to develop dynamic content including photos with stars like Stephen Graham and interviews with the show's creators. This collaboration has significantly impact ed | Tender’s brand recognition and exposure, resulting in over 600 new followers on Instagram. Our Instagram post with the highest engagement featured the interview with Adolescence co-creators, reaching 7K users, 9.2K views and 245 interactions.

Big Give Campaign

In March 2025, Tender took part in the Big Give Arts for Impact which was a highly successful fundraising campaign. Likely due to the increased interest from Adolescence , the campaign raised its match-funding target without the need of a pre-organised donor for the first time. The campaign launch post on Instagram reached 29K users and 29.7K views . Another highlight was a video recorded by broadcaster Dan Snow in support of the campaign to drive donations.

We have developed a comprehensive communications strategy for the coming year to capitalise on Tender’s impact, maximise funding and influence, and drive forward Tender's ambitions. Through greater strategic engagement with the media, we aim to build Tender’s profile as experts in relationships education and, in turn, amplify our voice and influence in policy discussions.

engagement among the general public, particularly young people, parents and education staff. Harnessing the expertise of our regional teams, we will also develop and deliver local - communications activities to spread awareness of Tender's work and mission across non London areas of the UK.

Following our most successful year on social media yet, we will build on this engagement through integrated digital campaigns, with content tailored to each platform, and a dynamic new public newsletter. We will also be expanding our internal communications, improving consistency across Tender communications, and supporting staff to act as effective advocates for our work.

Tender in the Media

Throughout the year we have continued to use media to contribute to public debate surrounding domestic abuse and gender-based violence and raise awareness of Tender’s work. Key highlights include:

In June 2024 London's Evening Standard attended a Tender workshop at St Mary Magdalene CofE School to mark the launch of their ‘Show Respect’ Campaign , observing a group of year nine students taking part in some of our key exercises. When asked what they had learned from the session, one female participant commented “Girls can feel they have no option

Launch of the Primary School Toolkit

In October 2024 Mayor of London Sadiq Khan visited a Tender workshop to celebrate the launch of our Teacher Toolkit for primary schools, developed in partnership with the Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC). The Toolkit aims to prepare primary school teachers to talk to children safely about healthy relationships. The Mayor said “| saw how teachers and workshop leaders will work with children to understand the power of their words and attitudes. This will teach the next generation to recognise inappropriate behaviour in an age appropriate way, and encourage them to champion healthy relationships and attitudes.” Susie McDonald said: “By challenging potentially problematic attitudes at their root, we can prevent a culture of abuse against women and girls.” The visit was covered widely in the broadcast and print media, including ITV Evening News, The Guardian, BBC London Evening News, the Evening Standard and Glamour Magazine.

No.10 Roundtable Discussion re: Adolescence

In March 2025 , Tender's attendance at the Number 10 Roundtable to discuss Netflix show Adolescence sparked a wave of media activity. Susie McDonald was interviewed by CBS News about the impact of the show and the need to protect boys and young men. The piece explored Tender's work and showcased a Tender workshop at Holy Cross Primary School. Susie said: 'I was relieved that the story that we've known for years is finally out there...We have to change our narrative. We have to pay attention to boys, we have to protect boys from becoming perpetrators.' Susie also wrote an op-ed for The Independent, commenting that

Concurrently, Youth Board member Ryan was interviewed about Adolescence, in a piece that was picked up by numerous media outlets, including London Evening Standard, the Independent and MSN News. Ryan commented “It’s been a long time coming for this conversation to happen... | see Tender’s work as really essential... through education and open dialogue, Tender has probably given thousands of young people the tools to not only support one another but to challenge themselves and the assumption around what it

Tender added capacity to our development team to focus on adding expertise to ensure investing in growth across all funding streams, thus diversifying our income to support long term sustainability. Through engaging events, visiting our work and regular updates from the team throughout the year, we managed to grow our Friends and Guardians major donor programme and continued to benefit from an engaged and highly effective corporate advisory board.

Policy & Influencing

Following the launch of Tender 's strategy for the decade at Portcullis House in March 2024, Tender’s team have been busy attending conferences and events across the country, as well as inputting into key consultations, with the goal of advocating for consistent, effective Healthy Relationships education for all children and young people.

Key activity this year includes:

Home Office Reception

In July 2024 Susie McDonald attended a Home Office reception, hosted by the Home Secretary and the Minister for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls, Jess

Labour Party Conference

In October 2024 Susie McDonald was invited to speak at the Labour Party Conference, at an event exploring the most effective ways to prevent domestic abuse and sexual violence. Other speakers included Yvette Cooper, Bridget Phillipson, and Jess Phillips.

Consultations & Policy Review

This year Tender actively participated in the Government's Curriculum and Assessment Review (CAR), attending consultation events and submitting our response to advocate for a strengthened RSHE curriculum as a key intervention in tackling VAWG. We argued for RSHE to be taught as a timetabled curriculum subject, from ages 5-18 with the right level of support and training given to teachers to deliver this complex and nuanced subject effectively. Our recommendations are reinforced by the findings of the DfE’s 0 wn research into preventing sexual abuse in schools which acknowledges the benefits of schools engaging with external organisations like Tender to support delivery of the RSHE curriculum.

The Mayor of London's Office also invited Tender to participate in consultation meetings as it works towards its new VAWG Strategy for 20252029. The Mayor's long term ambition is to eradicate violence against women and girls so that “every woman and girl in London can live their lives without experiencing or fearing harassment, abuse or violence from men and

The previous Government published draft guidance on RSHE in May 2024, and we submitted a response to this in July, urging the new Labour Government to abandon the draft proposal and undertake a more appropriate review in due course.

Roundtable Discussions

Over the 12-month period, Tender has attended and contributed to a series of roundtable consultation meetings and events held by government departments. These have included those taking place at the Home Office as it prepares its new Violence Against Women & Girls strategy (to be released in 2025), in particular where the focus is on prevention; and at the Department for Education as it reviews the guidance on the Relationships, Sex and Health Education curriculum.

As mentioned above, in March 2025 Prime Minister Sir Kier Starmer hosted a roundtable at Number 10 Downing Street with the creators of Netflix show Adolescence and key organisations working in the sector, including Tender’s Chief Executive Susie, to discuss issues related to the series such as misogyny and incel culture. He said the aim of the roundtable was to discuss “what we can do as a society to stop and prevent young boys being dragged into this whirlpool of hatred and misogyny .. there needs to be more dialogue with people cleverer than me, that’s the big solution to this problem” . Attending organisations included the Children’s Society, NSPCC and Beyond Equality. Following the meeting, Adolescence was made available to all schools in the country and Tender was commissioned to create supporting resources to enable teachers to safely and effectively discuss some of the key issues raised in the series with the students in their schools. Access for teachers to drama series and the Tender teacher resource are through the organisation Into Film+.

to the Domestic Abuse Commissioner's (DAC) “Tell Nicole” Campaign. The Youth Board gave important feedback on the support needed by young people experiencing domestic abuse at home and what they want the Government to know. The DAC is using the responses to this campaign in its report to the Government, with recommendations for improving support for young people affected by domestic abuse.

London Assembly Police and Crime Committee Consultation

In February 2025 Director of Services Kate Lexen spoke on an expert panel, alongside Everyone's Invited and Professor Jessica Ringrose , as part of the London Assembly Police and Crime Committee 's consultation into the impact of violence against women and girls on young people. Findings from the consultation were compiled into a report for the Mayor of London, listing key recommendations for addressing VAWG in the capital. Kate commented

It has to be a whole community approach. We cannot just rely on parents to be tackling the issue ... it has to be everyone that comes into contact with that child and young person, which

Profile Raising

in and attended numerous conferences and events

across the country, including:

Plans for 2025/26

In March 2024, Tender launched our strategy for the rest of the decade, laying out ambitious plans to expand our delivery and influence wider policy change. This builds on our 23-26 strategy, retaining the strategic priorities: to prepare, empower, reinforce and galvanize. To support the delivery of these priorities we have developed four streams of work and below outlines the headlines of what we will be working on over the next year:

Influencing : We will continue to press central and local government to embed a prevention agenda into VAWG and education policies and commissioning processes.

Delivering: ongoing prevention work underpinned by our theory of change and established outcomes. We will continue to deliver our innovative RE:SET programme (whole school approach) which has become our flagship programme.

Innovating: specifically developing our Key Stage 1 programme which will be piloted throughout the year.

Evidencing: drawing on our own evidence and impact data and, for the first time, identifying themes and narratives from safeguarding disclosures through which we can develop a best practice case for prevention education.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We would like to say a special thank you to our patrons Olivia Colman and Ed Sinclair for their commitment and support for Tender throughout this and every year we are extremely grateful.

Further heartfelt thanks for their time and dedication to Tender go to Tender’s Ambassadors: Aisling Bea, Amy-Leigh Hickman, Jessie Buckley, Jodie Whittaker, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Priyanga Burford and Rebekah Staton.

And we would also like to take this opportunity to thank: Nazir Afzal, Emma Blackman Tiernan Brady, Jermaine Gayle, Nina Goswami, Toby Jones, Dan Snow, Rufus Norris and Laura Yeates. Thanks also go to the Tender Staff, Youth Board, Facilitators and Trustees, without whom none of the incredible work Tender achieves would be possible.

RISK STATEMENT

Tender has implemented a comprehensive risk register to monitor and manage risks across all areas of its operations. This is overseen by the COO and CEO, and a summary report is provided at all trustee board meetings listing the most significant risks and steps being taken to reduce their likelihood and/or impact. This is a sub-set of all risks actively monitored and managed by the Senior Leadership Team (SLT). This year, SLT and the Board also carried out a risk appetite exercise to identify the levels of risk Tender is prepared to accept for each risk area, from risk averse (with avoidance of risk and uncertainty being the key objective) to risk seeing (being eager to be innovative, even if activities carry high level of residual risk).

The categories in the Risk Register are:

Financial/Operational/External/Governance/Regulatory & Compliance. Risks are RAG rated as minor(green)/moderate(amber)/major(red).

The purpose of the Risk Register is for the SLT to identify potential risks to the charity in a timely manner and to manage those risks. At March 2025 the key risks were all no higher than Moderate.

Key risks were:

Financial: Mitigated by:
High level of
Major dependencies identified
dependency on single
Strategic investments made in the fundraising team to
or
small		 small
range		 of
increase capacity and improve stewardship
income streams Core funding pipeline expanded and a diverse pipeline in
Financial: Insufficient place
Adequate reserves policies and reserves levels in place
Fundraising strategy aligned with organisational strategy
in place for FY25-26
Assurance processes:
Monthly review of income and pipeline vs targets
Quarterly review of fundraising strategy and progress
Quarterly stress test of largest donors
Financial: Insufficient
Mitigated by:
fundraising for
Strategic objectives agreed for FY 23-26, against which
strategic fundraising can be based
objectives/specific Strategic investments made in the fundraising team to
projects increase capacity and improve stewardship
Core funding pipeline expanded and a diverse pipeline in
place
Stewardship processes improved to increase likelihood of
continued and core funding
Fundraising strategy aligned with organisational strategy
in place for FY25-26
Assurance processes:
Financial: Monthly review of income and pipeline against target
(fundraising management meetings)
Monthly review of reserves levels (management accounts)
Quarterly review of fundraising vs strategy
Mitigated by:
Strategic investments made in the fundraising team to
increase capacity and improve stewardship

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FINANCIAL REVIEW

In the year ended 31st March 2025, Tender continued working on projects, which during the current year were funded largely by MOPAC (Mayor s Office for Policing and Crime), The Thompson Family Foundation, The Coutts Charitable Trust, BBC Children in Need, Maria Marina Foundation, John Lyons Foundation, The Rayne Foundation, Lloyds Banking Group, Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, Fidelity UK Foundation, The Foux Foundation, Garfield Weston Foundation, Coutts Foundation, The Crucible Foundation, The Owlyn Foundation, The Leathersellers' Foundation, Clifford Chance Foundation, BIG Give, West Yorkshire Police, JD Foundation, The David Family Foundation, The 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust, Paul Bassham Charitable Trust, The Emmanuel Kaye Foundation, The Vintners' Foundation, Nelsons Trust, Lindley Foundation, The City Bridge Trust, Westminster Foundation, Keith Howard Foundation, National Lottery Reaching Communities, the London Community Foundation, the 4814 Trust, the Norwich Freemen's Charity, Joseph Levy Foundation, the London Borough of Camden, and Landlark.

Tender will carry forward £276,959 of restricted funds; this includes £218,505 of the Children and Young People programme, and £58,454 of other funding in the Adults Services department and core funding to be spent in the 2025-26 financial year.

Reserves Policy

The purpose of the policy is to ensure that Tender is able to meet its contractual obligations and finance the planned future growth of the organisation. The level of free reserves (excluding restricted funds) is reviewed annually by the Trustees. The Trustees consider that the most appropriate level of reserves at 31st March 2024 would be £906,355 (“free reserves”), which is equivalent to approximately six months' basic operating costs.

The general reserve at 31st March 2025 amounted to £906,355, which is considered free reserves.

Fundraising Policy

The Charity engages fundraising consultants on occasion to develop strategic plans of activities and events to support our internal team of fundraisers. No data is shared with or sold to any external agencies. The charity does not purchase external lists of potential individual donors or undertake Direct Mail appeals to such lists.

The charity occasionally invites individuals to attend events but does not exert undue pressure to attend or to donate. It does not approach or pressure vulnerable people to support its work. A complaints policy is in place and is accessible on request from the Chief Executive Officer. The charity adheres to the Fundraising Code of Practice issued by the Fundraising Regulator.

Any fundraising events carried out on behalf of the charity that we are aware of are supported and monitored by the Development Director. Any marketing materials and approaches are checked that they comply with the Fundraising Code of Practice, and details of income and expenditure are recorded by the Finance Director. Income is acknowledged and grateful thanks are sent, typically with a letter.

Reference and administrative details

Tender Education and Arts (formerly Until the Violence Stops), trading as Tender , is a Company Limited by Guarantee and a registered charity, governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association. The company was incorporated on 3rd January 2003.

Charity Number 1100214
Company Number 04627846
Registered office and Tender Education and Arts
operations address Unit 1.01 Wenlock Studios
Patrons 50-52 Wharf Road
London N1 7EU
Olivia Colman and Ed Sinclair
Board of Trustees Matthew Layton (Chair)
Morna Bunce
Rory Conwell
Amy Malik
Andrew Minter (treasurer)
Laura Sanford
Sharina Walia
Simon Walker
Chief Executive Officer Susie McDonald
&) tender
Independent auditors Knox Cropper LLP
Bankers 65 Leadenhall Street
London
EC3A 2AD
NatWest
38 Strand
London
WC2N 5JB

The trustees (who are also the directors of Tender Education and Arts for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees' Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice), including Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland".

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:

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

Approved by the Board on 16[th] July and signed on its behalf by:

Matthew Layton Chair of Trustees

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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR TO THE MEMBERS OF TENDER EDUCATION AND ARTS

Opinion

ended 31 March 2025 which comprise the statement of financial activities, the balance sheet, statement of cash flows 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, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 (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 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 cal 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

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 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 other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial 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 there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. 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.

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR TO THE MEMBERS OF TENDER EDUCATION AND ARTS

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 We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

Responsibilities of trustees

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.

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 company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free 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.

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR ‘S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF TENDER EDUCATION AND ARTS

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

Use of our report

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 auditor’s 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.

Richard Billinghurst (Senior Statutory Auditor)

For and on behalf of: Knox Cropper LLP Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditors 65 Leadenhall Street London EC3A 2AD

Date: 23/07/2025

TENDER EDUCATION AND ARTS STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (INCLUDING THE INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

Unrestricted Restricted 2025 Unrestricted Restricted 2024
Notes Funds Funds Total Funds Funds Total
£ £ £ £ £ £
Income from:
Donations and legacies 2 197,818 1,531,067 1,728,885 416,701 1,414,523 1,831,224
Charitable activities 3 89,631 - 89,631 70,855 6,446 77,301
Investment Income 20,825 - 20,825 25,208 - 25,208
Total income 308,274 1,531,067 1,839,341 512,764 1,420,969 1,933,733
Expenditure on:
Raising funds 5 114,052 - 114,052 72,614 27,657 100,271
Charitable activities 4 320,592 1,682,334 2,002,926 252,600 1,658,608 1,911,208
Total expenditure 5 434,644 1,682,334 2,116,978 325,214 1,686,265 2,011,479
Net income and net movement in funds (126,370) (151,267) (277,637) 187,550 (265,296) (77,746)
Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds brought forward 1,367,052 428,226 1,795,278 1,179,502 693,522 1,873,024
BALANCE CARRIED FORWARD
31 MARCH 2025		 £1,240,682 £276,959 £1,517,641 £1,367,052 £428,226 £1,795,278

TENDER EDUCATION AND ARTS BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MARCH 2025

Notes 2025 2024
£ £ £ £
FIXED ASSETS 7 7,427 12,305
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors 8 479,523 482,699
Bank and Cash 1,476,975 1,545,902
1,956,498 2,028,601
Creditors: Amounts falling due
within one year 9 (446,284) (245,628)
NET CURRENT ASSETS 1,510,214 1,782,973
NET ASSETS £1,517,641 £1,795,278
FUNDS
Restricted 10 276,959 428,226
Unrestricted - General 12 906,356 796,918
- Designated 12 334,326 570,134
1,240,682 1,367,052
TOTAL FUNDS £1,517,641 £1,795,278

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

The financial statements were approved by the Trustees on 16[th] July 2025.

_______ Andrew Minter (Treasurer)

Company Registration Number: 04627846

TENDER EDUCATION AND ARTS CASH FLOW STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

2025 2024
£ £
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net (expenditure)/income for reporting period (277,637) (77,746)
Depreciation charges 6,764 7,790
Bank interest (20,825) (25,208)
Decrease/(increase) in debtors 3,176 (118,053)
Increase/(decrease) in creditors 200,656 106,084
Net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities (87,866) (107,133)
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Bank interest 20,825 25,208
Purchase of furniture and equipment (1,886) (7,750)
Net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities 18,939 17,458
CHANGE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS (68,927) (89,675)
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF
REPORTING PERIOD 1,545,902 1,635,577
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF REPORTING
PERIOD £1,476,975 £1,545,902

TENDER EDUCATION AND ARTS NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

1. 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 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 10 , Financial and the Companies Act 2006. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note. The presentational currency of these financial statements is Pounds Sterling (£).

Going Concern

The Trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the Charity's ability to continue as a going concern. In forming this opinion, they have considered the impact of the war in Ukraine and other relevant factors on both its income and expenditure, assets and liabilities for at least a period of twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements.

Income

All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charitable company has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the items of income have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.

In particular, revenue grants are credited to income at the earlier date of when they are received or when they are receivable, unless they relate to a specified future period, in which case they are deferred. Capital grants for the purchase of fixed assets are credited to restricted income at the earlier of when they are received or become receivable. Depreciation on the related fixed assets is charged against the restricted fund.

Expenditure

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

Support costs are those functions that assist the work of the charitable company but do not directly undertake fundraising or charitable activities. Support costs include general overheads and governance costs (those costs incurred in the governance of the charitable company and its assets and are primarily associated with constitutional and statutory requirements) and are allocated on the basis of staff time devoted to each activity.

Value Added Tax

The charitable company is registered for VAT and accordingly, where applicable, all expenditure incurred is exclusive of VAT.

Fixed Assets

Individual fixed assets are capitalised at cost and depreciated on a straight line basis over their useful economic lives. Office equipment and computer equipment has been depreciated over three years.

Short-term Debtors and Creditors

Debtors are recognised when the charitable company is legally entitled to the income after any performance conditions have been met, the amount can be measured reliably and it is probable that the income will be received.

Creditors are recognised when the charitable company has a present legal or constructive obligation resulting from a past event to make payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably.

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TENDER EDUCATION AND ARTS NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and Cash Equivalents in the Balance Sheet comprise cash at bank and in hand and short-term deposits with an original maturity of three months or less. For the purpose of the Cash Flow Statement, cash and cash equivalents are as defined above net of outstanding bank overdrafts if they exist.

Financial Instruments

The charitable company only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments, including its debtors and creditors. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value.

Funds

Restricted Funds represent donations or grants whose purposes have been restricted by the donor. Unrestricted funds represent income which can be used for charitable purposes at the discretion of the trustees.

Hire purchase and leasing commitments

Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities on a straight line basis over the period of the lease.

Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

No judgements (apart from those involving estimates) have been made in the process of applying the above accounting policies that have a significant effect on amounts recognised in the financial statements.

Company status

Tender Education & Arts is a charitable company limited by guarantee, registered in England (company registration number 04627846; charity registration number 1100214). Its registered office and operational address is The Resource Centre, 356 Holloway Road, London, N7 6PA.

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TENDER EDUCATION AND ARTS NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

2. INCOME FROM DONATIONS AND LEGACIES

Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
2025 2025 2025 2024
£ £ £ £
MOPAC - 1,051,641 1,051,641 976,726
Tender Guardians 40,000 12,500 52,500 90,000
Other Income 82,068 5,327 87,395 65,701
The Thompson Family Charitable Trust 50,000 - 50,000 50,000
The Coutts Charitable Trust - 40,000 40,000 44,000
The Leathersellers' Foundation - 27,500 27,500 25,000
Clifford Chance LLP 15,000 25,000 40,000 25,000
Fidelity UK Foundation - 14,000 14,000 24,000
Big Give - 10,000 10,000 23,887
The Foux Foundation - 10,000 10,000 10,000
The David Family Foundation - 5,000 5,000 5,000
The 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust 3,000 - 3,000 3,000
CMF Charitable Trust - 2,000 2,000 2,000
The Crucible Foundation - 50,000 50,000 -
Nelsons Trust - 5,000 5,000 -
The Emmanuel Kaye Foundation - 25,000 25,000 -
The Vintners' Foundation - 5,000 5,000 -
The Garfield Weston Foundation - 30,000 30,000 -
Lindley Foundation - 5,000 5,000 -
The City Bridge Trust - 43,688 43,688 -
Westminster Foundation - 9,335 9,335 -
Keith Howard Foundation - 10,000 10,000 -
National Lottery Reaching Communities - 58,573 58,573 -
The London Community Foundation - 18,750 18,750 -
4814 Trust - 10,000 10,000 -
The Astor Foundation 1,500 - 1,500 -
Norwich Freemen's Charity - 8,858 8,858 -
Joseph Levy Foundation - 20,000 20,000 -
Squire Patton Boggs Charitable Trust 250 - 250 -
Avon & Somerset Police Commissioner - 6,590 6,590 -
In Kind Donation 6,000 - 6,000 -
LBO Camden - 22,305 22,305 -
Lloyds Banking Group - - - 250,000
Maria Marina Foundation - - - 80,000
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation - - - 60,000
John Lyons Charity - - - 28,000
West Yorkshire Police - - - 19,999
The Rayne Foundation - - - 16,000
The Olwyn Foundation - - - 15,000
Clifford Chance Foundation - - - 7,711
JD Foundation - - - 5,000
Paul Bassham Charitable Trust - - - 2,000
FACET Trust - - - 2,000
The Rhododendron Trust - - - 1,000
London Youth
YISF		 - - - 200
£197,818 £1,531,067 £1,728,885 £1,831,224

3. INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES

Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
Contracts for Operational 2025 2025 2025 2024
Programmes £ £ £ £
Income From Schools 30,731 - 30,731 38,715
Landlark 12,000 - 12,000 9,000
MAP - - - 5,000
External Training Fees 46,900 - 46,900 18,140
RBO Kensington & Chelsea - - - 6,446
£89,631 - £89,631 £77,301

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4. ANALYSIS OF CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES

Support &
Undertaken Governance
Direct Costs 2025 2024
£ £ £ £
ADULTS (Post 16) 457,504 90,289 547,793 514,094
Children and Young People 1,292,711 162,422 1,455,133 1,397,114
£1,750,215 £252,711 £2,002,926 £1,911,208

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  1. RESOURCES EXPENDED
NDED
ADULTS (Post 16) CHILDREN & GENERATING GOVERNANCE Total Total
YOUNG FUNDS 2025 2024
PEOPLE
£ £ £ £ £ £
Direct
Artists 63,803 248,853 - 260 312,915 243,790
Partners - 304,130 - - 304,130 340,067
Printed Resources 246 9,254 90 1,301 10,891 10,348
Online Resources 36 903 - 332 1,271 13,129
Relationship Goals 6,803 9,695 - 2,571 19,069 27,300
Payroll Costs 380,533 651,838 36,829 107,775 1,176,974 1,014,424
Non-payroll Staff 1,200 34,867 54,950 6,328 97,345 110,776
Recruitment 17 9,948 476 6,188 16,628 14,657
Training 1,316 2,959 - 1,441 5,716 3,168
Research and Outreach - - - 1,935 1,935 1,611
Volunteers, Travel & accom. 3,499 18,213 - 16,376 38,088 46,023
Other 51 2,051 - 1,433 3,535 8,224
457,503 1,292,711 92,344 145,940 1,988,498 1,833,517
Support
Audit Fees 1,739 3,129 418 520 5,806 6,180
Depreciation 2,026 3,645 487 606 6,764 7,790
Postage, Stationery & Courier 101 181 24 30 336 260
Equipment Maintenance and IT Support 19,473 35,030 4,682 5,820 65,005 60,725
Rent, Rates & Service Charge 8,308 14,946 1,998 2,483 27,735 46,050
Office Costs 570 1,026 137 170 1,904 2,200
Bank Interest and Fees 591 1,063 142 177 1,972 2,021
Other Costs 3,352 6,031 806 1,002 11,191 40,223
Accountancy Fees 407 733 98 122 1,360 1,812
Quality & Compliance 1,920 3,453 462 574 6,408 10,701
38,487 69,234 9,254 11,505 128,480 177,962
Governance 51,802 93,188 12,455 (157,444) - -
Total Expenses £547,793 £1,455,133 £114,052 -
£2,116,978		 £2,011,479

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6. STAFF COSTS

2025 2024
£ £
Salaries and Wages 1,045,597 908,552
Social Security Costs 101,149 85,543
Pension Costs 30,228 20,329
Total Payroll Costs £1,176,974 £1,014,424

The average number of staff employed by the charity was 27.36 (2024: 25.14).

One employee earned in excess of £60,000 per annum (2024: 1). No trustee received any remuneration during the period. No expenses were paid to the trustees during the period.

Key management personnel are those persons having authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the charitable company, directly or indirectly, including any director (whether executive or otherwise) of the charitable company. The key management personnel of Tender Education and Arts are the directors (who are also the trustees), the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, the Development Director, the Director of Services, and the Finance Director. Aggregate compensation paid to key management personnel in the year amounted to £299,840 (2024: £245,365 the CEO,COO, DOP and FD only).

7. FIXED ASSETS

XED ASSETS
2025 2024
Furniture Furniture
and and
Equipment Equipment
£ £
Cost at 1 April 75,645 67,895
Additions 1,886 7,750
Cost at 31 March 77,531 75,645
Depreciation at 1 April 63,340 55,550
Charge for the year 6,764 7,790
Depreciation at 31 March 70,104 63,340
Net Book Value at 31 March £7,427 £12,305
EBTORS
2025 2024
£ £
Debtors 451,565 454,672
Rent/Service Charge Deposit 2,644 2,644
Prepayments 25,314 25,383
£479,523 £482,699
EDITORS
2025 2024
£ £
HM Revenue and Customs 24,051 25,166
Deferred income 32,000 23,255
Accruals 29,603 67,547
Creditors 360,630 129,660
£446,284 £245,628

8. DEBTORS

9. CREDITORS

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10. RESTRICTED FUNDS 2025

A. At 31[st] March 2025

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At 1 April At 31 March
2024 Income Expenses 2025
£ £ £ £
CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE
-
National Lottery Reaching Communities 58,573 17,700 40,873
-
Norwich Freemen's Charity 8,858 5,833 3,025
Clifford Chance Foundation 5,866 - 5,866 -
Emmanuel Kaye Foundation - 25,000 - 25,000
LB Camden - 22,305 19,725 2,580
Lindley Foundation - 5,000 - 5,000
-
London Community Foundation 18,750 15,594 3,156
Westminster Foundation - 9,335 - 9,335
The Crucible Foundation - 50,000 47,654 2,346
Keith Howard Foundation - 10,000 9,700 300
Mayor's Safer Communities Fund 19,999 - 19,999 -
Avon & Somerset Police Commissioner - 6,590 - 6,590
The Foux Foundation 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000
MOPAC (VRU) 77,687 649,664 664,531 62,820
JD Foundation 4,971 - 4,971 -
-
Big Give Women and Girls Match Fund 24 27,125 9,156 17,969
John Lyons Charity 24,687 - 24,687 -
The Rayne Foundation 16,000 - 16,000 -
MariaMarina Foundation 93,998 - 77,118 16,880
4841 Trust - 10,000 10,000 -
CMF Charitable Trust 2,000 2,000 4,000 -
David Family Foundation - 5,000 5,000 -
Paul Bassham Charitable Trust 2,000 - 2,000 -
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation 19,874 - 19,874 -
Fidelity UK Foundation 22,719 14,000 36,719 -
Garfield Weston Foundation - 30,000 30,000 -
Joseph Levy Foundation - 20,000 20,000 -
The Leathersellers' Foundation 29,083 27,500 54,083 2,500
The Coutts Foundation 24,630 40,000 59,499 5,131
- 5,000 5,000 -
Big Give 13,393 - 13,393 -
Tender Guardians 30,373 - 30,373 -
Nelsons Trust - 5,000 - 5,000
ADULTS (POST 16)
-
City Bridge Trust 43,686 17,785 25,901
MOPAC - 402,681 402,681 -
Clifford Chance 30,946 25,000 23,393 32,553
£428,226 £1,531,067 £1,682,334 £276,959
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The CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE programme

Reaching children and young people in primary, secondary, SEN schools across Greater London and the UK through prevention education workshops. These enable young people to develop positive attitudes towards relationships in order to prevent domestic abuse and sexual violence.

An online toolkit supported by a Tender Mentor to enable primary and secondary schools to explore, adapt and reset their existing relationships education across the whole school It support schools to promote healthy, equal and respectful relationships and become Healthy Relationships Champion Schools.

Supporting young people who may be most vulnerable to experiences of domestic abuse and sexual violence including care-experienced young people, those with disabilities, identifying as LGBTQ+ and asylum seekers. This includes the online game Relationship Goals. Programmes are specially designed using trauma informed approaches to working with young people and training for the staff who work with them.

Contribution to salaries and overheads as part of the HR and HR SP work.

ADULTS (POST 16) & OTHER FUNDS

Equipping adults with the knowledge and skills to understand domestic abuse and sexual violence in order that they can effectively safeguard the children and young people in their care. This includes teachers, youth workers, virtual school teachers, foster parents, social care professionals and the police.

Working with further and higher education settings, including universities and conservatoires, to promote healthy cultures that challenge domestic and sexual violence and harassment. This is achieved through targeted training for student union officers, university societies, university staff and students; engaging with existing networks of support to increase efficacy of reporting routes.

The Youth Board comprises a group of young people aged 16 24 who are interested in the issue of domestic and sexual violence and wish to play a part in advocating for healthy relationships and supporting Tender in its core mission through participating in consultation sessions, creating and delivering campaigns and helping at events throughout the year including fundraising and media and communications

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10. RESTRICTED FUNDS 2024

B. At 31[st] March 2024

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At 1 April At 31 March
2023 Income Expenses 2024
£ £ £ £
CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE
The Olwyn Foundation - 15,000 15,000 -
Paul Bassham CT - 2,000 - 2,000
Scarabaeus 21,657 - 21,657 -
Clifford Chance Foundation - 7,711 1,845 5,866
Lloyds Banking Group 146,894 - 146,894 -
MSCF - 19,999 - 19,999
West Yorkshire Police 5,411 - 5,411 -
The Shears Foundation 10,000 - 10,000 -
The Foux Foundation 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000
JD Foundation - 5,000 29 4,971
John Lyons Charity 34,554 28,000 37,867 24,687
The Rayne Foundation 19,745 16,000 19,745 16,000
BBC Children in Need 5,527 - 5,527 -
CMF Charitable Trust 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000
The Crucible Foundation 100,000 - 100,000 -
ADULTS (POST 16) & OTHER FUNDS
RBKC - 6,446 6,446 -
MOPAC 86,639 976,726 985,678 77,687
Clifford Chance 27,508 25,000 21,562 30,946
London Youth YISF 600 200 800 -
Maria Marina Foundation 100,369 80,000 86,371 93,998
Tender Guardians 41,137 50,000 60,764 30,373
-
Big Give 23,887 10,494 13,393
Fidelity UK Foundation 30,627 24,000 31,908 22,719
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation - 60,000 40,126 19,874
The Garfield Weston Foundation 20,000 - 20,000 -
The Leathersellers' Foundation 25,000 25,000 20,917 29,083
The Coutts Foundation 5,854 44,000 25,224 24,630
£693,522 £1,420,969 £1,686,265 £428,226
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The CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE programme

Reaching children and young people in primary, secondary, SEN schools across Greater London and the UK through prevention education workshops. These enable young people to develop positive attitudes towards relationships in order to prevent domestic abuse and sexual violence.

An online toolkit supported by a Tender Mentor to enable primary and secondary schools to explore, adapt and reset their existing relationships education across the whole school It support schools to promote healthy, equal and respectful relationships and become Healthy Relationships Champion Schools.

Supporting young people who may be most vulnerable to experiences of domestic abuse and sexual violence including care-experienced young people, those with disabilities, identifying as LGBTQ+ and asylum seekers. This includes the online game Relationship Goals. Programmes are specially designed using trauma informed approaches to working with young people and training for the staff who work with them.

The Crucible Foundation - supports the Specialist Provision work and Healthy Relationships projects in Avon and Somerset

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ADULTS (POST 16) & OTHER FUNDS

Equipping adults with the knowledge and skills to understand domestic abuse and sexual violence in order that they can effectively safeguard the children and young people in their care. This includes teachers, youth workers, virtual school teachers, foster parents, social care professionals and the police.

Delivering training to workforces in businesses and organisations to promote healthy workplace cultures that are free from bullying, sexual harassment and discrimination. Tender also delivers domestic abuse awareness training to colleagues in order that businesses can play a role in preventing domestic abuse and where victims/survivors can seek support and advice in a safe and private space.

OTHER

RBKC funded adult training in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

MOPAC continued to support the Whole-Community Approach to Healthy Relationships programmes as well as the delivery of adult training to adults with safeguarding responsibilities. New funding from MOPAC funded the following MOPAC (Ashiana) - .

MOPAC (Nurture UK) - Provision of service known as INCLUSIVE AND NURTURING SCHOOLS. MOPAC (Toolkit) - provision of the VAWG Prevention Toolkit for Teachers Support.

Clifford Chance - continued to support the delivery of the Universities programme.

London Youth - YISF - supported Youth Board activities.

MariaMarina Foundation funded the specialist provision work and contributed to core costs.

Tender Guardians - supported the delivery of RESET and Specialist Provision programme.

BigGive campaigns promoted the Specialist Provisions programme including the Relationship Goals projects and Healthy Relationship Programme in London.

Fidelity UK Foundation funds the salaries of Tender's Research and Impact Manager.

The Leathersellers' Foundation, The Garfield Weston Foundation, The Coutts Foundation, and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation - contribute to core costs including salaries.

11. UNRESTRICTED FUNDS

A. At 31[st] March 2025

At 1 April At 31 March
2024 Income Expenses Transfer 2025
£ £ £ £
Designated
Workplace Training - 51,780 34,199 - 17,581
Landlark 7,624 12,000 18,456 - 1,168
HR Programmes 50,243 25,851 73,279 - 2,815
MAP 21,713 - 21,713 - -
Tender Regional Development Fund 73,374 15,000 66,454 - 21,920
Core Costs 417,180 75,326 101,924 (99,740) 290,843
Designated Total 570,134 179,957 316,026 (99,740) 334,326
General Reserves 796,918 128,316 118,618 99,740 906,356
£1,367,052 £308,274 £434,644 - £1,240,682

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Designated funds are earmarked for the following purposes:

Workplace Training

Landlark

HR Programmes MAP

To complete the delivery of workplace training for corporate partners

Continue delivery of Healthy Relationships projects in Cambridgeshire

To complete delivery of Healthy Relationships projects in London & SE, East, North and West Provision to deliver Healthy Relationships programme in Norwich.

Tender Regional Development Fund Core costs

Transfer

People, Post 18 and adult training programmes outside of London.

Provision towards senior management staff salaries and on-costs.

£99,740 of designated core costs has been un-designated and transferred to the General Reserves.

B. At 31[st] March 2024

At 1 April At 31 March
2023 Income Expenses Transfer 2024
£ £ £ £
Designated
LBO Ealing 32,838 - 32,838 - -
LBO Waltham Forest 11,192 - 11,192 - -
Landlark - 9,000 1,376 - 7,624
L&SE Projects - 243 - - 243
MAP 18,580 6,100 2,967 - 21,713
HR Programmes - 50,000 - - 50,000
Tender Regional Development Fund 99,630 75,000 101,256 - 73,374
Core Costs 292,107 10,000 45,921 160,994 417,180
Designated Total 454,347 150,343 195,550 160,994 570,134
General Reserves 725,155 362,421 129,664 (160,994) 796,918
£1,179,502 £512,764 £325,214 - £1,367,052

Designated funds are earmarked for the following purposes:

LBO Ealing and Waltham To complete the delivery of Healthy Relationships projects in the Forest boroughs. Landlark To complete the delivery of Healthy Relationships projects in the boroughs.

MAP

L&SE Projects Tender Regional Development Fund Core costs

Provision to deliver Healthy Relationships programme in Norwich.

To finish delivery of HR paid project.

Young People, Post 18 and adult training programmes outside of London.

Provision towards senior management staff salaries and on-costs.

Transfer

£160,994 of general reserves has been designated and transferred to the Core Cost fund.

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12. TAXATION

Tender is a registered charity and is potentially exempt from taxation in respect of income and capital gains received within the categories covered by Part 11 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 or Section 256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 to the extent that such income or gains are applied to exclusively charitable purposes.

13. INCOME/EXPENDITURE

Net income for the period is stated after charging:

Total Total
2025 2024
£ £
5,806 6,180
Depreciation 6,764 7,790

14. ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN THE FUNDS

Fixed Net Current
Assets Assets Total
£ £ £
Unrestricted Funds 7,427 1,233,255 1,240,682
Restricted Funds - 276,959 276,959
£7,427 £1,510,214 £1,517,641
Fixed Net Current
Assets Assets Total
£ £ £
Unrestricted Funds 12,305 1,354,747 1,367,052
Restricted Funds - 428,226 428,226
£12,305 £1,782,973 £1,795,278

15. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Total aggregate donations of £32,500 were made by the trustees during the year without conditions attached (2024: £30,000). (2024: £4,075).

16. OPERATING LEASE COMMITMENTS

The charitable company operates from its premises on Holloway Road. The current rental agreement ends on 30th June 2025. Tender does not currently pay any rent due to an early cancellation of the original lease agreement ending in July 2028.

In addition, as at 31st March 2025, the charitable company was committed to a minimum rental payable under non-cancellable operating leases in respect of equipment (inclusive of VAT), as follows:

2025 2024
£ £
Payable within one year 26,538 19,756
Payable in two to five years 13,012 14,656
£39,550 £34,412
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17. ECONOMIC IMPACT

The Trustees anticipate that the most recent elections and other significant economic factors will have a longThe Charity is essentially a cash-based business and carries out stress testing annually as a matter of course. This stress test anticipates events and what the financial impact might be on the Charity and how the Charity can react to that impact. Based on this testing and their review of subsequent events in connection with the world economy, the Trustees are confident that it has sufficient reserves and enough flexibility to ensure that it can continue to exist for the foreseeable future. When considering the foreseeable future the Trustees are looking forward a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements.

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