## **Roma Support Group**
**Trustees Annual Report and Financial Statements Year ended 31 January 2023**
Charity registation - 1103782
Company number - 04645981
**Annual policy and campaigning event**
**Front page - Winning artwork for our Gypsy Roma Travller History Month Art Competition**
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## **Contents**
|**Contents**||
|---|---|
|Legal and administrative information|4|
|Trustees annual report|5|
|Reference and administrative details|5|
|Acknowledgements|5|
|Structure, governance and management|5|
|Objectives and activities|7|
|Achievements and performance|8|
|Financial review|15|
|Statement of board of Trustees’ repsonsibilities|15|
|Independent auditor’s report|17|
|Statement of fnancial activities|20|
|Balance sheet|21|
|Notes to the fnancial statements|22|
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## **Legal and administrative information**
Charity name
Roma Support Group
Charity registration no.
1103782
Company registration no.
04645981
Registered office
17 Old Ford Road London E2 9PJ
Trustees
Prof. Thomas Acton OBE Ms Roza Kotowicz Ms Anthea Wormington Mr Peter Norton Mr Robert Czibi Ms Sharon Elliott Ms Dragica Felja Ms Michaela Jarosinska Mr Cornel Rezmives Mr Mircea Rostas Mr Michael Tarnoky Mr Leon Wisniewski
Patron Chair Treasurer Secretary
(resigned 16 November 2022) (resigned 16 November 2022)
Company secretary
Sylvia Ingmire
Bank
HSBC Bank PLC 39 Tottenham Court Road London W1T 2AR
Independent auditor
Ferguson Maidment & Co 8th Floor 167 Fleet Street London EC4A 2EA
Accountants
Andy Nash Accounting & Consultancy Ltd Units 24 & 25, Goodsheds Container Village Hood Road Barry CF62 5QU
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## **Trustees annual report**
The Board of Trustees, who are also directors of the Charity for the purposes of the Companies Act, and Trustees for charity law purposes, submit their annual report and the financial statements of Roma Support Group for the year ended 31 January 2023. The Board of Trustees confirms that the annual report and financial statements of the Charity comply with current statutory requirements, including the Charity Act 2011, as well as the requirements of the Charity’s governing document and the provisions of the Charities SORP (FRS 102) - Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) second edition (effective 1st January 2019), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), and the Companies Act 2006.
## Reference and administrative details
Legal and administrative details are shown on page 4 of the annual report, including a full list of the Trustees who served the Charity during the period up until the date of the signing of this report.
## Acknowledgements
The achievements of the past year would not be possible without the support from the following organisations: Action Reconciliation Service for Peace, Barrow Cadbury Trust, BBC Children in Need, Charity Aid Foundation – CAF Resilience Support Fund, Department of Health and Social Care, The Henry Smith Charity, The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, The Jack Petchey Foundation, The National Lottery Community Fund, The Tudor Trust.
We would also like to acknowledge the generous donation from Mr and Mrs Chris & Joyce Pountain.
## Structure, governance and management
The Roma Support Group (RSG) is a company limited by guarantee incorporated on 23 January 2003 and registered as a charity on the 17th May 2004. It is governed by its Articles of Association adopted by a special resolution passed at the Annual General Meeting on the 16 November 2017.
The RSG has an active and experienced Management Committee (MC) that is voted for at the Annual General Meeting. No person other than a Trustee retiring by rotation shall be appointed or reappointed at any AGM unless s/he is recommended by the Trustees or notice is given by a member who is qualified to vote at the meeting proposing that person for appointment or reappointment, not less than 14 not more than 35 days before the date of the meeting. The Articles of Association of Roma Support Group determines methods of appointment, retirement, disqualification and removal of Trustees (clause 34 - 42). There are no provisions in the Articles of Association that entitle any external body or person to appoint Trustee(s).
None of the members of the MC/ Trustees have any beneficial interest in the company and guarantee to contribute £10 in the event of winding up.
The RSG implements an Induction Policy and Staff Development Policy, which also applies to members of the Management Committee. These were agreed on the 2nd December 2002 and are reviewed annually. The RSG’s Chief Executive has prepared a MC Handbook, which is updated annually and given to all our MC Members/Trustees. This Handbook enables Trustees to have all information regarding the Charity, its history, mission, aims, service delivery, governing documents, annual accounts, etc. It also describes the duties and responsibilities of the Management Committee as a governing body of the Charity, as well as the duties and responsibilities of the MC Chief Officers and other MC Members/ Trustees. In addition to this, every new MC Member receives an induction from the RSG’s Chief Executive and an existing MC Member.
In order to continuously improve the effectiveness of the MC and the Charity, we have developed a Training Development Programme for MC Members/ Trustees depending on their individual and collective needs and/or changes from both within and outside the RSG.
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## Organisational structure
As noted above, the work of the RSG is managed and developed by an elected MC, which comprises of Roma and non-Roma members/ Trustees. On the date of the signing of this report there were 11 members of the Management Committee, including the Chief Executive, who meet every 2 months. The MC oversees the current work/action plan of the Charity and sets the strategic agenda for the following year.
Specialist sub-committees are created, if necessary, to undertake specific tasks, such as developing and overseeing fundraising strategies; the infrastructure of the organisation; or supporting the development of new projects. These groups report to and are governed by the Management Committee.
The RSG’s work is organised and supervised by the Chief Executive, who is responsible to the Board of Trustees (MC), ensuring effective co-operation between the Trustees, staff members and volunteers. The Chief Executive prepares bi-monthly reports for the MC and bears responsibility for the running of the various teams, centres and projects.
Members of staff are responsible for their own work within clear boundaries with on-going support and supervision from the Chief Executive. The staff members are responsible to the Chief Executive.
The RSG also employs a part-time Deputy Manager, who is line managed by the Chief Executive and who shares the responsibility for line-management of selected members of staff and volunteers.
Volunteers are responsible to the relevant project workers and/or to the Chief Executive.
Whilst the structure of the organisation is hierarchical with the Management Committee making final decisions, in practice the RSG’s decision-making process is characterised by mutual influence. The RSG organises policy and strategy planning days, which involve Trustees and staff members, giving them an opportunity to review organisational aims, objectives and activities, as well as plan future developments and the ways to achieve them.
## Volunteers
The RSG has been able to achieve much more than its resources would allow thanks to the hard work and dedication of our volunteers. They are responsible to and supervised by the relevant project workers, the Deputy Manager or the Chief Executive. The RSG has developed a Volunteer Training Programme for each service area and implements a Volunteer Policy in line with good practice guidelines.
During 2022-23, 29 volunteers helped with all our projects, e.g., Advice & Advocacy, Aspiration, Mental Health, Policy & Campaigning projects, as well as online activities, website, graphic design, archiving, interpreting and administration. Furthermore, the RSG has benefited from its partnership with the Action Reconciliation Service for Peace, which enables us to host volunteers from an EU country on a part-me basis for the duration of one year.
During the last year our volunteers have contributed an average 73 hours per week, which equals the manpower of 2 (Full Time Equivalent) members of staff.
## Risk assessment
The Trustees have conducted their own review of the major risks to which the Charity is exposed, and systems have been established to mitigate those risks. Significant external risks to funding have led to the development of a strategic plan, which allows for the diversification of funding activities whilst reviewing our aims and strategies every four years.
As such, most projects are administered in a matrix system, funded as ‘stand-alone’ projects – should funding be withdrawn for any one project, other RSG projects will continue unhindered. Internal risks are minimised by the implementation of procedures for authorisation of all transactions and projects, and to ensure consistent quality of service for all operational aspects of the charitable company. These procedures are consistently reviewed to ensure they continue to meet the needs of the Charity.
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## Objectives and activities
## Aims and objectives
The principal aims of the Roma Support Group are to:
**•** improve the quality of life and combat the social exclusion of Roma refugees and migrants by providing advocacy and advice regarding access to health, education, welfare, housing, money management, employability, etc;
**•** empower Roma communities with the knowledge, skills and confidence they need to challenge any discrimination that might prevent them from integrating into UK society and fulfilling their potential;
**•** raise awareness and help build an understanding of Roma culture, heritage and the significant challenges, which the Roma community face in the UK today;
- provide social inclusion schemes for Roma children and youth.
The Roma Support Group’s objects are stated in our governing document, as follows:
## Object 1
The relief of poverty by the provision of free advice and assistance to Roma people and other persons, who, for reasons of poverty would otherwise be unable to obtain such advice.
## Object 2
To advance education and training of those Roma and other persons in need thereof as to advance them in life and assist them to adapt within a new community.
## Object 3
To advance the education of the public about Roma arts, culture and history.
## Object 4
The provision of facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation with the object of improving the conditions of life of those persons, who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, financial hardship or social and economic circumstances.
## Public beneft
The Board of Trustees have complied with their duty in section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to guidance published by the Charity Commission on the public benefit of the Charity.
The Board of Trustees has concluded that:
- the aims of the organisation continue to be charitable;
**•** the aims and work done, give identifiable benefits to the Roma community and both indirectly and directly to the individuals in need;
- the benefits are for public, are not unreasonably restricted in any way and certainly not by their
- ability to pay;
- there is no detriment or harm arising from the aims or activities to any group and/or person.
’ - Roma Support Group s main objectives for the year 2022 2023 and strategies for achieving them:
- Continuation and development our existing frontline projects to respond to the cost-of-living crisis
- and Covid-19 pandemic’s impact on our beneficiaries;
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- Developing our local and national Policy, Information and Campaigning work to empower Roma
- communities and strengthening our effectiveness and capacity to influence policy and decision makers;
**•** Strengthening the sustainability of the organisation by implementing the Roma Support and Engagement Programme, which enables us to share our expertise and models of good practice with statutory and non-statutory agencies and develop our enterprising skills;
**•** Promoting an understanding of Roma culture and history, as well as sharing models of good practice through the delivery of our training, consultancy work and commissioned interventions, as well as dissemination of our reports and educational resources; and,
**•** Implementing our fundraising strategy to ensure the continuity of frontline services in the areas of advice & advocacy, education support, aspiration, as well as art/ culture, policy and campaigning projects.
## Achievements and performance
The Roma Support Group’s activities were planned and delivered to fulfil the Charity’s aims and objectives. They are underpinned by its commitment to equal opportunities and carried out for the public benefit. In planning the activities for the year, the Trustees kept in mind the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit. In serving the aims and objectives of the RSG, the Charity offered the following services during the last year:
## Advice, Advocacy, Policy, Campaigning & Engagement
Our frontline **Advice and Advocacy** support enables Roma beneficiaries to overcome some of the problems, which they face every day. Last year, we focused on delivering support in response to dual impact of the Covid-19 and the emerging cost-of-living crisis, helping beneficiaries to overcome issues of destitution, unaffordable costs, debt, homelessness, and unemployment. Our services were delivered via phone, faceto-face and online.
Last year, 1,853 Roma refugees and migrants directly benefitted from our frontline support services and approximately 72,037 people accessed our online information which helped them to navigate through both the pandemic and cost-of-living crisis.
In 2022-23, our frontline Advice & Advocacy work included the projects listed below.
**The Financial Inclusion Project** aims to increase the financial inclusion of our beneficiaries by:
- Enabling them to navigate post-Brexit benefits and migration systems and exercise their welfare
- rights; and,
- Improve their financial literacy and confidence to budget and manage money.
Last year, we delivered one-to-one advice and advocacy sessions to 203 beneficiaries, helping them to:
- Make new claims for benefits;
- Challenge benefits decisions;
- Deal with benefits-related problems;
- Deal with debts related to rent and utility bills; and,
- Access emergency support such as vouchers to buy essential goods including food, nappies and
- white goods.
In addition, we supported 80 beneficiaries to submit their EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) applications.
We have facilitated focus groups meetings for beneficiaries, who were able to share their opinions on what
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support is needed. We have also delivered peer support sessions, online trainings and created information resources, covering issues such as:
**•** Emotions/feelings around money, budgeting, having conversations with children about money, dealing with unexpected costs, energy costs and developing savings habits – delivered in collaboration with Quaker Social Action’s Made of Money Project;
- Awareness of and tips to avoid falling victim to scams; and,
- Support announced by the government in response to the cost-of-living crisis.
We collaborated with Our Newham Money (working on behalf of Newham Council) to distribute emergency vouchers for food and essential household goods for our clients.
As a result of our support, beneficiaries reported reduced poverty; being prevented from homelessness, and felt empowered through addressing their employability and accessibility issues. They also reported improved understanding of their rights as a result of our information resources and their participation in training/ peer support sessions.
We resumed delivery of our advice services in Wood Lane Community Centre (White City), which had been suspended as a result of the pandemic and since August’22, we have developed advice services for Romanian-speaking Roma to support the increased demand on the service post-pandemic.
The initial 3 years of funding (2019-2022) for the Financial Inclusion Project concluded at the end of July here. 2022. A self-evaluation report for this first phase of the Project is available
## **Roma Mental Health Advocacy Project**
The Project continued to reach its aims to:
- Enhance Roma community members’ understanding of mental health issues;
- Improve access to mental health services for Roma beneficiaries; and,
- Support mental health professionals in engaging with Roma patients and enhancing their
- understanding of the Roma community and culture.
The Project, developed as a three-pronged model of engagement with Roma community members and healthcare providers, included:
- One-to-one mental health advocacy – to improve beneficiaries’ access to mental health services;
- Peer-Support Group meetings – to facilitate guided discussions in the community with health
- professionals about mental health issues and services, treatment options and coping strategies; and,
**•** Collaborating with mental health professionals through support for individual beneficiaries and the delivery of training sessions on the needs, culture and health inequalities experienced by Roma patients.
Since February 2022, 87 beneficiaries were supported by one-to-one advocacy sessions, being referred to mental health services; helped with arranging medical appointments and liaising with health professionals; and assisted with applying for mental health-related benefits.
The programme of peer-support activities involved hosting community meetings with health professionals and stimulating open discussions on health and wellbeing-related topics. Last year, 63 beneficiaries took part in 12 peer support sessions, delivered in both Polish and Romanian languages, discussing mental health tips, stress management, maternity health, cost-of-living crisis and scams and their impact on mental health, and types of local support available. Sessions involved external professionals from Newham Talking Therapies, Newham Hospital, Royal London Hospital, Whipps Cross Hospital, Maternity Voices Partnership, Perinatal Pelvic Health Services, who contributed to discussions and shared their expertise.
The Project Coordinator and the Advocates have developed working relationships with professionals from
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public health, mental health, NHS, health and wellbeing services, mental health research, racial justice organisations, creative health, social prescribing, and other agencies.
Last year, we also engaged 283 professionals in our training delivered to:
- Newham Psychological Services – “Working with Roma in Health Context”;
- King’s Fund and Healthwatch England conference - “Improving Quality of Care: The vital role of
- people’s voices” – “Roma Health Inequalities and Barriers in Accessing Services”;
- NELFT - “Roma Cultural Awareness and Health Barriers”; and,
- East of England Local Government Association, Perinatal Mental Health - “Roma Cultural Awareness
- and Health Barriers”.
The Project has reached 3,347 people via social media channels (Twitter and Facebook) with information and resources about mental health and general health. Information distributed included: pregnancy and perinatal mental health, Covid-19 immunisation, access to GPs and learning disabilities. A new page on the website has been set up with materials in community languages about access to health services and learning disabilities in English, Polish, Romanian and Ukrainian.
As a result of our one-to-one and group activities, beneficiaries reported improved mental health and wellbeing, increased understanding of mental health issues and mental health services, as well as increased access to / satisfaction with mental health services. Health professionals reported that training seminars improved their knowledge of the Roma community and culture.
The team has also been involved in the Roma Health Guide Working Group alongside our Policy and Campaigning Project and supported the Health and Wellbeing Alliance, particularly the development of the “Mental Health Guide for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Communities”.
Our Mental Health Advocacy Project is now included in the ‘Well Newham’ Directory of Services, a webbased directory of health and wellbeing services. ‘Well Newham’ is a programme connecting the Council, NHS, and voluntary sector partners so that every resident is supported to obtain and maintain good health and wellbeing. The platform also acts as a social prescribing software and enables social prescribers and GPs to refer residents to our service, as well as accepting self-referrals.
## **Roma Policy and Campaigning Project**
The Project is promoting rights and social justice for Roma refugees and migrants while facilitating community development and building leadership within our communities. It aims to empower Roma communities to exercise their rights and respond to inequalities and injustices they face.
The Project objectives are:
- To mobilise Roma communities/ NGOs through coordinating Roma-led campaigns;
- To empower Roma communities through leadership & community development; and,
- To influence regional/ national polices and practice so that they address Roma-specific needs.
The Project was re-launched in 2022 and some of our main achievements included:
**•** Establishing of the Roma Rights Forum (RRF), a new platform bringing together over 30 Roma activists and professionals from England, Wales and Scotland. The RRF is currently developing “MISHTO”, the first Roma national campaign in the UK.
**•** Supporting contributions of 20 Roma people towards a report by The3Million to the Independent Monitoring Authority (IMA) and facilitating direct engagement between the IMA and Roma EUSS advisers. This work contributed towards the successful legal challenge by the IMA leading to the positive changes for Pre-Settled Status holders.
- Facilitating engagement of 10 Roma advocates and church leaders with the Ministry of Justice (MoJ)
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and the Home Office (HO). This led to changes made by the HO in the guidance accompanying the new Marriage and Civil Partnership (minimum age) Act 2022 to reflect Roma cultural beliefs and views on marriage.
**•** Working in partnership with Law for Life we’ve developed new resources to help Roma families involved in child protection cases.
**•** Working in collaboration with the Electoral Commission to produce a series of videos in Romanes raising awareness of the new changes to the election process.
**•** Contributing to discussions with NHS, Office for Health and Inclusion Disparities (OHID) and Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) regarding the NHS Long Term Plan, digital services in health settings and the digital health and social care plan.
**•** Contributing to the Greater London Authority’s Gypsy Traveller Accommodation Needs Assessment Steering Group aiming to map out the accommodation needs of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities in London. Through this work, two Roma charities, including us, have enabled over 600 Roma families to participate in this research.
**•** Working in partnership with Friends, Families and Travellers we have produced a series of videos raising awareness of COVID 19 vaccine and encouraging people to take the booster.
Last year, the Project made a significant impact in terms of making voices of Roma migrants heard, exercising their rights to Settled Status in the UK, engaging Roma community members and Roma advocates in national and regional decision-making process, and facilitated a greater awareness, recognition and inclusion of Roma-specific needs in regional and national policies.
## **NHS Health & Wellbeing Alliance (HWA):**
The Health and Wellbeing Alliance (HWA) is a cross government programme run by NHS, Department for Health and Social Care and the UK Health Security Agency.
The programme brings together the relevant national policy leads and the voluntary sector aiming to:
**•** Amplify the voices of the people with lived experience of health inequalities;
**•** Improve the ways of delivering health services which are accessible to everyone thus reducing health inequalities; and,
**•** Bring the expertise of the voluntary sector and communities they work with into national policy making.
Last year, working together with our lead partner, Friends, Families and Travellers (FFT), we have:
**•** Launched the Roma Health Guide with support of the Office for Health Inclusion and Disparities (OHID);
**•** Co-developed Spotlight, a data dissemination platform that collates and presents key statistics related to the public health outcomes of Inclusion Health Groups, by engaging with people with lived experience. Our findings are available here;
**•** Co-developed and launched the new guidance on tackling maternal health inequalities for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) communities; and,
**•** Led on the development of new guidance tackling mental health inequalities experienced by GRT communities, which is due to be published soon.
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**‘Ketane - Together: Roma Shaping Futures’ Project** aimed to:
- Empower Roma communities with training, information resources, and specialist advice regarding
- the post-Brexit changes which impact on their rights for settlement in the UK;
- Increase self-help capacity of Roma communities through a peer advocacy programme; and,
- Support the voice of Roma communities through campaigning and policy work.
The Project delivered a programme of inter-connected training, advocacy and campaigning to improve Roma capacity for self-help actions and self-representation in post-Brexit Britain.
Last year, we have developed partnerships between 3 Law Centres and Roma NGOs in Manchester, Luton and Bradford and delivered Roma Culture Awareness training session for the Law Centres Network attended by Law Centres.
We engaged with and supported 18 Roma Advocates across the UK, including London, Glasgow, Newcastle, Liverpool, Ipswich, Nottingham, Bradford, Doncaster, Luton and Manchester by involving them in our focus group meetings, training sessions and consultations.
We organised 3 virtual training sessions, co-delivered with the Public Interest Law Centre (PILC) on immigration/ housing rights after Brexit in Polish, Romanian and English, which were viewed by 730 people.
In order to enhance the self-help capacity in Roma communities, we created 7 online ESOL classes in collaboration with the East London Advice Technology Training (ELATT), which explored vocabulary used in the context of domestic violence and how to recognise it, as well as health ailments and where to seek help, which reached 2,760 people.
We consulted with Roma community members online and in-person to ascertain their needs and priorities, which in turn have informed our training sessions, ESOL classes’ content and video and audio resources in English, Romanian and Polish on ‘How to update your personal details on your EUSS account?’, ‘The UK education system’, and ‘What you need to do if you want to come to the UK after Brexit’, reaching 3,893 people.
Our findings and learning from the Project were presented at “The EU Settlement Scheme one year on: retrospect and prospect” event hosted by Stephen Timms MP at the Houses of Parliament.
## Education Support & Aspiration Projects:
## **Roma Aspiration Project**
The Aspiration Project supports Roma children and young people through a combination of one-to-one education advocacy, in-depth outreach work, and a program of after-school activities. These activities shape our holistic approach to working with young Roma individuals, aiming to enhance their self-confidence, life aspirations, and overall health and well-being.
Last year, the Aspiration Project assisted 92 beneficiaries through both face-to-face and remote support. We conducted needs assessments and helped them communicate with schools, secure digital equipment, and access educational platforms, resources, school admissions, food vouchers, and health services. We continued our work with children who have disabilities and complex mental and physical health issues, facilitating their access to appropriate services. We also supported families on child protection registers, in foster care, and/or involved in court proceedings. Beneficiaries were internally referred to the Advice & Advocacy team for assistance with EUSS applications.
The Project organised an online Youth Club, which was attended by 33 beneficiaries throughout the year across 14 sessions. These youth meetings enabled our beneficiaries to stay socially connected with their friends and peers and to develop skills in music, media, and visual arts. For example, 22 participants joined our Gypsy, Roma, Traveller History Month Art Competition.
Throughout the year, beneficiaries were also involved in various activities such as a trip to London Zoo and animation film workshops, where they learned film production skills. The film project culminated in the release of a short film titled “It’s Possible with Roma.” This film, based on traditional Roma culture, was
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created by young Roma participants in the Aspiration Project and can be viewed:
## https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xy7y1XAbac
As a result of our activities, young beneficiaries made significant progress in:
- Increasing their life aspirations and satisfaction with their education attainment;
- Enhancing their self-confidence in relation to their areas of interest, e.g., sport, music and arts; and,
- Improving their health and wellbeing.
## Training and Capacity Building:
**Roma Support & Engagement Programme (RSEP)** aims to support statutory and voluntary agencies to respond effectively to the needs of Roma refugees and migrants across the UK.
In 2022-23, nine members of our staff and 23 Roma advocates took part in the delivery of this programme, including:
- A specialist intervention service for professionals working with Roma individuals and families;
- Training sessions for professionals and the community; and,
- Specialist support for research and consultation.
Last year, we delivered:
- 37 training sessions and presentations including delivery of online training and awareness sessions;
- 11 commissioned interventions and consultations;
- Support for 1,245 professionals
- Direct and indirect support for over 2,795 Roma individuals
In partnership with Law for Life, we also created a short film for Roma parents with an overview of the main aspects of child protection investigations and court proceedings as well as information on how to engage with services and professionals.
99% of respondents rated our training as ‘excellent’ or ‘good’.
Some of the agencies and organisations supported by RSEP include: Westminster Children’s Services Assessment Team, Newham Psychological Services, Yorkshire and Humber Social Services Network, King’s Fund, Healthwatch England, Law Centres Network, NELFT, Barnardo’s, L.B. Southwark, L.B. Enfield and several independent Roma activists.
## Plans for the future
**•** Continuing to develop all our existing frontline projects while ensuring that they answer the needs of Roma communities going through the cost-of-living crisis, Covid-recovery and post-Brexit period;
- Developing our local and national Policy, Information and Campaigning work to empower Roma
- communities and strengthen our effectiveness and capacity to influence policy and decision makers;
**•** Further developing the Roma Support and Engagement Programme, which enables us to share our expertise and models of good practice with statutory and non-statutory agencies and develop our enterprising skills;
- Promoting an understanding of Roma culture and history; and
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**•** Implementing our fundraising strategy to ensure the continuity of frontline services in the areas of advice & advocacy, education support, aspiration, as well as art/ culture, policy and campaigning projects.
## Financial review
## Financial position and available funds
The Charity achieved a surplus of £25,356 in the year ended 31 January 2023 (2022: deficit of £6,022), increasing total funds at the year-end to £429,753 (2022: £404,397).
Of the total funds, £204,194 related to unrestricted funds/free reserves (2022: £183,056) and £225,559 to restricted funds (2022: £221,341).
## Reserves policy
The Trustees have established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds, which have not been designated for a specific purpose and are not committed or invested in tangible assets, (‘the free reserves’) should be between three and six months of the resources expended. On present expenditure levels this equates to between £102,500 and £205,000 in general funds.
At this level, the Trustees feel that they would be able to continue the current activities of the Charity in the event of a significant drop in funding. In such a case, it would be necessary to consider how the funding would be replaced or activities changed.
Our present free reserves level of £204,194 falls safely within this limit.
## Going concern
Based on the funding commitments in place both at the year-end and on the date of approval of this report, as well as the current free reserves level, the Trustees are satisfied that the Charity will be able to continue its objectives for the next financial year. Whilst the ongoing cost of living crisis has meant the Charity has incurred additional costs, the ongoing external crisis has had no significant impact on this assessment.
## Statement of board of Trustees’ repsonsibilities
The Trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations. Company law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law they are required to prepare the financial statements in accordance with UK Accounting Standards and applicable law (UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice), including FRS 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland.
Under company law the Trustees must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the excess of income over expenditure for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the Trustees are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
**•** state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and,
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume
- that the charitable company will continue its activities.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the charitable company’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They have general responsibility for taking such steps as are reasonably open to them to safeguard the assets of the charitable company and to prevent and detect fraud and other
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irregularities.
The Trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charitable company’s website. Legislation in the UK governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions. In addition, the Trustees confirm that they are happy that content of the annual review in pages 5 to 16 of this document meet the requirements of both the Trustees’ Annual Report under charity law and the Directors’ Report under company law.
They also confirm that the financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in the notes to the accounts and comply with the Charity’s governing document, the Charities Act 2011 and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with FRS 102, The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland published on 16 July 2014.
## Information provided to the auditors
Each of the persons who is a Trustee at the date of approval of this report confirms that:
- so far as the Trustee is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company’s
- auditors are unaware; and,
**•** the Trustee has taken all the steps they ought to have taken as a Trustee in order to make themself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company’s auditors are aware of that information.
This confirmation is given and should be interpreted in accordance with the provisions of section 418 of the Companies Act 2006.
## Preparation of the report
This report has been prepared taking advantage of the small companies exemption of section 415A of the Companies Act 2006.
## Auditors
The auditors, Ferguson Maidment Accountants Ltd, have indicated their willingness to accept re-appointment under Section 485 of the Companies Act 2006.
This report was approved and authorised for issue by the Board of Trustees on 20 October 2023 and signed on its behalf by:
**ANTHEA WORMINGTON TREASURER**
**SYLVIA INGMIRE CHIEF EXECUTIVE & COMPANY SECRETARY**
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## **Independent auditor’s report**
## Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Roma Support Group (the ‘charity’) for the year ended 31 January 2023 which comprise the statement of financial activities (including income and expenditure account), statement of financial position and the related notes, 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 FRS 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
## In our opinion the financial statements:
**•** give a true and fair view of the state of the charity’s affairs as at 31 January 2023 and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for the year then ended;
- have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting
- Practice;
- have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
## Basis for opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charity in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
## Conclusions relating to going concern
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees’ use of the going concern basis
of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
## Other information
The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. The trustees are responsible for the other information. 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.
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Opinions on other maters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
- the information given in the trustees’ report for the financial year for which the financial statements
- are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
- the trustees’ report has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
## Maters on which we are required to report by exception
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the charity and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the trustees’ report.
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:
- adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been
- received from branches not visited by us; or
- the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
- certain disclosures of trustees’ remuneration specified by law are not made; or
- we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit; or
**•** the trustees were not entitled to prepare the financial statements in accordance with the small companies regime and take advantage of the small companies’ exemptions in preparing the directors’ report and from the requirement to prepare a strategic report.
## Responsibilities of trustees
As explained more fully in the trustees’ responsibilities statement, the trustees (who are also the directors for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charity or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the fnancial statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
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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## The extent to which the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities including fraud
We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory frameworks within which the Roma Support Group operates, focusing on those laws and regulations that have a direct effect on the determination of material amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.
We identified the greatest risk of material impact on the financial statements from irregularities, including fraud, to be the override of controls by management and inappropriate revenue recognition. Our audit procedures to respond to these risks included enquiries of management about their own identification and assessment of the risks of irregularities, sample testing on the posting of journals, reviewing accounting estimates for biases, corroborating balances recognised to supporting documentation on a sample basis and ensuring accounting policies are appropriate under the relevant accounting standards.
There are inherent limitations in our audit procedures described above. The more removed that laws and regulations are from financial transactions, the less likely it is that we would become aware of noncompliance. Auditing standards also limit the audit procedures required to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations to enquiry of the trustees and other management and the inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any.
Material misstatements that arise due to fraud can be harder to detect than those that arise from error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion.
A further description of our responsibility 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 auditor’s report.
## Use of our report
This report is made solely to the charity’s members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charity’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 charity and the charity’s members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
## **PAUL MANALO FCA**
## **SENIOR STATUTORY AUDITOR**
For and on behalf of: Ferguson Maidment & Co. Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditor 167 Fleet Street London, EC4A 2EA
Date: 20 October 2023
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## **Statement of financial activities**
Incorporating the Income and Expenditure Account & Statement of Realised Gains and Losses
For the year ended 31 January 2023
|**Notes**
**Income from:**
Donations
3
Charitable activities
4
Investments
**Total income**
**Expenditure on:**
Raising funds
5 & 6
Charitable activities:
Advice, Advocacy &
Campaigning
5 & 7
Art & Cultural
Development
5 & 7
Education Support
5 & 7
Mental Health Advocacy
5 & 7
Sport Inclusion
5 & 7
Support & Engagement
Project
5 & 7
**Total expenditure**
**Net income/(expenditure)**
**Reconciliation of funds:**
Total funds brought forward
11 & 12
Total funds carried forward
11 & 12|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total**
Total
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
Funds
**2023**
**2023**
**2023**
2022
**£**
**£**
**£**
£
29,898
383,466
**413,364**
366,161
18,779
-
**18,779**
15,330
70
-
**70**
5|
|---|---|
||**48,747**
**383,466**
**432,213**
381,496|
||1,987
27,298
**29,285**
30,760
-
231,343
**231,343**
242,620
-
22,118
**22,118**
21,712
-
21,469
**21,469**
28,523
-
77,020
**77,020**
33,123
556
-
**556**
2,425
25,066
-
**25,066**
28,355|
||**27,609**
**379,248**
**406,857**
387,518|
|||
||**21,138**
**4,218**
**25,356**
(6,022)
183,056
221,341
**404,397**
410,419|
||**204,194**
**225,559**
**429,753**
404,397|
The notes on pages 22 to 37 form part of the financial statements.
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## **Balance sheet**
As at 31 January 2023
|**Notes**
**Fixed assets:**
Tangible assets
8
**Current assets:**
Prepayments
Cash at bank and in hand
**Creditors:**
amounts falling due within
one year
9
**Net current assets**
**Net assets**
**Funds of the charity:**
Restricted funds
10 & 11
Unrestricted funds:
General funds
10 & 11|**£**
1,301
490,597|**Total**
**Funds**
**2023**
**£**
**-**
**429,753**|£
1,406
555,111|Total
Funds
2022
£
101
404,296|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**491,898**
(62,145)||556,517
(152,221)||
||204,194||
183,056||
|||**429,753**||404,397|
|||**225,559**
**204,194**||221,341
183,056|
||||
||
|||**429,753**||404,397|
The notes on pages 22 to 37 form part of the financial statements.
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with section 415A of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies and FRS 102 Section 1A.
They were approved and authorised for issue by the Board of Trustees on 20 October 2023 and signed on their behalf by:
**ANTHEA WORMINGTON TREASURER**
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## **Notes to the financial statements**
## 1. Accounting policies
Basis of preparation of the financial statements
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with ‘Charities SORP (FRS 102) - Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) second edition (effective 1 January 2019)’, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), including Update Bulletin 1, and the Companies Act 2006.
The effect of any event relating to the year ended 31 January 2023, which occurred before the date of approval of the financial statements by the Board of Trustees has been included in the financial statements to the extent required to show a true and fair view of the state of affairs at 31 January 2023 and the results for the year ended on that date.
The functional currency of the Charity is sterling and amounts in the financial statements are rounded to the nearest pound.
Under the exemption available to smaller charities the Board of Trustees has chosen not to include a Statement of Cash Flows within the financial statements.
The significant accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all years presented unless otherwise stated.
## Going concern
The financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis as the Board of Trustees is confident that future reserves and future income is more than sufficient to meet current commitments. There are no material uncertainties that impact this assessment, and the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic has had no material impact on this assessment.
## Legal status
Roma Support Group is a charitable company registered in England & Wales and meets the definition of a public benefit entity. In the event of the Charity being wound up, the liability in respect of the guarantee is limited to £10 per member. The registered address is 17 Old Ford Road, London, E2 9PJ.
## Fund Accounting
General funds are unrestricted funds which are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the Charity and which have not been designated for other purposes.
Restricted funds are funds that are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors or that have been raised by the Charity for particular purposes. The cost of raising and administering such funds are charged against the specific fund. The aim and use of each restricted fund is set out in note 11 of the financial statements.
## Income
Income is recognised when the Charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance indicators attached to the item(s) of income have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
Donations are recognised in full in the Statement of Financial Activities when entitled, receipt is probable and when the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy. Gift aid receivable is included when claimable.
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## 1. Accounting policies (continued from previous page)
Income (continued from previous page)
Grant income is credited to the Statement of Financial Activities when received or receivable whichever is earlier, unless the grant relates to a future period, in which case it is deferred.
Income from charitable activities, including contract income and client fees, is credited to the Statement of Financial Activities when received or receivable whichever is earlier, unless it relates to a specific future period or event, in which case it is deferred.
Interest is recorded when it is receivable.
Expenditure and irrecoverable VAT
All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been included under expense categories that aggregate all costs for allocation to activities.
Indirect costs, including governance costs, which cannot be directly attributed to activities, are allocated proportionate to total direct costs allocated to each project area, as outlined in note 5 of the financial statements.
Irrecoverable VAT is charged against the category of expenditure for which it was incurred.
Tangible fixed assets and depreciation
All assets costing more than £500 are capitalised.
Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost less depreciation. Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost of fixed assets, less their residual value, over their useful life of three years, on a straightline basis pro-rated over the proportion of the year in which it has been held. This rate applies to all three categories of tangible fixed assets.
Costs incurred in the development of the website have been capitilised as a tangible fixed asset as the combined direct cash flow benefits and indirect economic benefit through the provision of educational information to beneficiaries are expected to be greater than the amount capitalised.
## Cash at bank and in hand
Cash at bank and in hand includes cash in hand, deposits with banks and funds that are readily convertible into cash at, or close to, their carrying values but are not held for investment purposes.
## Debtors and prepayments
Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount after any trade discount is applied. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.
## Creditors and accruals
Creditors are recognised where the Charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party, and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably.
## Critical estimates and judgements
In preparing financial statements it is necessary to make certain judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts recognised in the financial statements. The annual depreciation charge for tangible fixed assets is sensitive to changes in useful economic lives and residual values of assets. In the view of the Trustees in applying the accounting policies adopted, no judgements were required that have a significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements nor do any estimates or assumptions made carry a significant risk of material adjustment in the next financial year.
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## 1. Accounting policies (continued from previous page)
Financial instruments
Basic financial instruments are measured at amortised cost other than investments which are measured at fair value.
## Pensions
The Charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme which is administered by an external independent pension provider. Contributions are recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities as they fall due.
## Finance and operating leases
Rentals applicable to operating leases are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities over the period in which the cost is occurred.
No assets have been purchased under finance leases.
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## 2. Comparative statement of fnancial activities
|Notes
Income from:
Donations
3
Charitable activities
4
Investments*
Total income
Expenditure on:
Raising funds
5 & 6
Charitable activities:
Advice, Advocacy & Campaigning
5 & 7
Art & Cultural Development
5 & 7
Education Support
5 & 7
Mental Health Advocacy
5 & 7
Sport Inclusion
5 & 7
Support & Engagement Project
5 & 7
Total expenditure
Net income/(expenditure)
Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds brought forward
11 & 12
Total funds carried forward
11 & 12|Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Funds
Funds
Funds
2022
2022
2022
£
£
£
15,314
350,847
366,161
15,330
-
15,330
5
-
5|
|---|---|
||30,649
350,847
381,496|
||2,654
28,106
30,760
-
242,620
242,620
-
21,712
21,712
-
28,523
28,523
-
33,123
33,123
2,425
-
2,425
28,355
-
28,355|
||33,434
354,084
387,518|
|||
||(2,785)
(3,237)
(6,022)
185,841
224,578
410,419|
||183,056
221,341
404,397|
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## 3. Income from donations and legacies
|Grant income (see analysis
below)
Other donations
**Total income from donations**
**Analysis of grant income**
Cash received in year
Barrow Cadbury Trust (see note 13)
Barrow Cadbury Trust (Cost of Living Support Fund)
BBC Children in Need
CAF Resilience Support Fund
Department of Health and Social Care (see note 14)
Henry Smith Charity (Financial Inclusion)
Henry Smith Charity (COVID-19 Long-term Support
Programme)
The Jack Petchey Foundation
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
The National Lottery Community Fund
Deferred revenue
Brought forward
Carried forward|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**2023**
**2023**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
**£**
7,600
383,466
**391,066**
22,298
-
**22,298**|
|---|---|
||**29,898**
**383,466**
**413,364**|
||-
20,000
**20,000**
7,600
-
**7,600**
-
30,932
**30,932**
-
35,534
**35,534**
-
56,715
**56,715**
-
22,500
**22,500**
-
18,950
**18,950**
-
1,800
**1,800**
-
55,980
**55,980**
-
49,032
**49,032**
-
133,023
**133,023**
-
(41,000)
**(41,000)**|
||**7,600**
**383,466**
**391,066**|
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## 3. Income from donations and legacies (continued from previous page)
|Grant income (see analysis below)
Other donations
Total income from donations
Analysis of grant income
Cash received in year
Astrea Asset Management via Farm Street Church &
Caritas
Barrow Cadbury Trust (see note 13)
Barrow Cadbury Trust (COVID-19 Support Fund)
BBC Children in Need
CAF Resilience Support Fund
Department of Health and Social Care (see note 14)
Henry Smith Charity
The Jack Petchey Foundation
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
London Borough of Newham
The National Lottery Community Fund
Newcastle University
Tudor Trust
Deferred revenue
Brought forward
Carried forward|Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Funds
Funds
Funds
2022
2022
2022
£
£
£
-
350,847
350,847
15,314
-
15,314|
|---|---|
||15,314
350,847
366,161|
||
-
12,560
12,560
-
20,000
20,000
-
300
300
-
15,857
15,857
-
86,600
86,600
-
19,479
19,479
-
44,300
44,300
-
2,700
2,700
-
30,000
30,000
-
18,000
18,000
-
102,941
102,941
-
3,165
3,165
-
33,000
33,000
-
94,968
94,968
-
(133,023)
(133,023)|
||-
350,847
350,847|
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## 4. Income from charitable activities
|Commissioned services and consultancy
Training seminars & workshops
Sales of resources
Commissioned services and consultancy
Training seminars & workshops
Sales of resources|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**2023**
**2023**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
**£**
16,260
-
**16,260**
2,374
-
**2,374**
145
-
**145**|
|---|---|
||**18,779**
**-**
**18,779**|
||Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Funds
Funds
Funds
2022
2022
2022
£
£
£
9,048
-
9,048
6,166
-
6,166
116
-
116|
||15,330
-
15,330|
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## 5. Total expenditure
|Costs of raising funds
Charitable activities
Advice, Advocacy &
Campaigning
Art & Cultural
Development
Education Support
Mental Health Advocacy
Sport Inclusion
Support & Engagement
Project
Costs of raising funds
Charitable activities
Advice, Advocacy &
Campaigning
Art & Cultural
Development
Education Support
Mental Health Advocacy
Sport Inclusion
Support & Engagement
Project|**Direct costs**
**Indirect costs**
**Total**
**Staff costs**
**Other costs**
**Staff costs**
**Other costs**
**expenditure**
**2023**
**2023**
**2023**
**2023**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
23,985
-
1,362
3,938
**29,285**
157,529
31,943
10,761
31,110
**231,343**
-
18,115
1,029
2,974
**22,118**
16,989
594
999
2,887
**21,469**
63,080
-
3,583
10,357
**77,020**
-
455
26
75
**556**
19,845
684
1,166
3,371
**25,066**|
|---|---|
||**281,428**
**51,791**
**18,926**
**54,712**
**406,857**|
||Direct costs
Indirect costs
Total
Staff costs
Other costs
Staff costs
Other costs
expenditure
2022
2022
2022
2022
2022
£
£
£
£
£
22,779
-
2,609
5,372
30,760
160,178
24,709
18,871
38,862
242,620
8,547
10,170
979
2,016
21,712
20,804
318
2,419
4,982
28,523
24,529
-
2,809
5,785
33,123
-
2,425
-
-
2,425
18,851
2,147
2,405
4,952
28,355|
||255,688
39,769
30,092
61,969
387,518|
Indirect costs have been allocated based on a proportion of direct staff costs and direct other costs attributable to each activity.
An analysis of staff costs can be found in note 8.
An analysis of costs of raising funds split between restricted and unrestricted funds can be found in note 6.
An analysis of charitable activities split between restricted and unrestricted funds can be found in note 7.
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## 5. Total expenditure (continued from previous page)
Indirect costs includes:
|Governance costs includes:
6. Expenditure on raising funds
Staff costs
Staff travel and support costs
Premises and venue hire
Professional fees
Administrative and other costs
Governance
Audit fee
Insurance
Direct staff costs
Indirect costs
Direct staff costs
Indirect costs|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**2023**
**£**
1,627
360|**2023**
2022
**£**
£
**18,926**
30,092
**4,717**
10,384
**25,071**
28,385
**17,320**
16,388
**3,912**
3,669
**3,692**
3,143|
|---|---|---|
|||**73,638**
92,061|
|||**2023**
2022
**£**
£
**2,160**
1,980
**1,209**
1,163|
|||**3,369**
3,143|
|||**Restricted**
**Total**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**2023**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
22,358
**23,985**
4,940
**5,300**|
||**1,987**|
**27,298**
**29,285**|
||Unrestricted
Funds
2022
£
1,965
689|Restricted
Total
Funds
Funds
2022
2022
£
£
20,814
22,779
7,292
7,981|
||2,654|
28,106
30,760|
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7. Expenditure on charitable activities
|Advice, Advocacy & Campaigning
Direct staff costs
Direct other costs
Indirect costs
Advice, Advocacy & Campaigning
Art & Cultural Development
Direct other costs
Indirect costs
Art & Cultural Development
Education Support
Direct staff costs
Direct other costs
Indirect costs
Education Support
Mental Health Advocacy
Direct staff costs
Indirect costs
Mental Health Advocacy
Sport Inclusion
Direct other costs
Indirect costs
Sport Inclusion
Support & Engagement Project
Direct staff costs
Direct other costs
Indirect costs
Support & Engagement Project|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**2023**
**2023**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
**£**
-
157,529
157,529
-
31,943
31,943
-
41,871
41,871|
|---|---|
||**-**
**231,343**
**231,343**|
||-
18,115
18,115
-
4,003
4,003|
||**-**
**22,118**
**22,118**|
||-
16,989
16,989
-
594
594
-
3,886
3,886|
||**-**
**21,469**
**21,469**|
||-
63,080
63,080
-
13,940
13,940|
||**-**
**77,020**
**77,020**|
||455
-
455
101
-
101|
||**556**
**-**
**556**|
||19,845
-
19,845
684
-
684
4,537
-
4,537|
||**25,066**
**-**
**25,066**|
|||
||**25,622**
**351,950**
**377,572**|
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## 7. Expenditure on charitable activities (continued from previous page)
|Advice, Advocacy & Campaigning
Direct staff costs
Direct other costs
Indirect costs
Advice, Advocacy & Campaigning
Art & Cultural Development
Direct staff costs
Direct other costs
Indirect costs
Art & Cultural Development
Education Support
Direct staff costs
Direct other costs
Indirect costs
Education Support
Mental Health Advocacy
Direct staff costs
Indirect costs
Mental Health Advocacy
Sport Inclusion
Direct other costs
Sport Inclusion
Support & Engagement Project
Direct staff costs
Direct other costs
Indirect costs
Support & Engagement Project|Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Funds
Funds
Funds
2022
2022
2022
£
£
£
-
160,178
160,178
-
24,709
24,709
-
57,733
57,733|
|---|---|
||-
242,620
242,620|
||-
8,547
8,547
-
10,170
10,170
-
2,995
2,995|
||-
21,712
21,712|
||-
20,804
20,804
-
318
318
-
7,401
7,401|
||-
28,523
28,523|
||-
24,529
24,529
-
8,594
8,594|
||-
33,123
33,123|
||2,425
-
2,425|
||2,425
-
2,425|
||18,851
-
18,851
2,147
-
2,147
7,357
-
7,357|
||28,355
-
28,355|
|||
||30,780
325,978
356,758|
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8. Staff costs
|Gross salaries
Employer’s NIC
Employer’s pension|**2023**
2022
**£**
£
**274,493**
260,610
**16,069**
16,792
**9,792**
8,378|
|---|---|
||**300,354**
285,780|
The average headcount during the period was 11 persons (2022: 13 persons).
No employee received employee benefits of more than £60,000 (2022: NIL).
The total employee benefits paid to key management personnel during the year was £47,970 (2022: £45,558).
## 9. Tangible fxed assets
|**Cost**
At 1 February 2022
At 31 January 2023
**Depreciation**
At 1 February 2022
Charge for year
At 31 January 2023
**Net book value**
At 1 February 2022
At 31 January 2023|**Website**
**Sports and**
**development**
**music**
**Offce**
**costs**
**equipment**
**equipment**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
1,800
410
4,516
**6,726**|
|---|---|
||**1,800**
**410**
**4,516**
**6,726**|
||1,800
410
4,415
**6,625**
-
-
101
**101**|
||**1,800**
**410**
**4,516**
**6,726**|
||**-**
**-**
**101**
**101**|
||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
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## 10. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
|Deferred grant income
Accounts payable
Accruals
HMRC payable
Pensions payable
Deferred grant income
As at 1 February 2022
Amount released to incoming resources
Amount deferred in year
As at 31 January 2023|**Total**
Total
**Funds**
Funds
**2023**
2022
**£**
£
**41,000**
133,023
**7,163**
9,560
**3,504**
3,711
**5,596**
4,614
**4,882**
1,313|
|---|---|
||**62,145**
152,221|
||**133,023**
94,968
**(133,023)**
(94,968)
**41,000**
133,023|
||**41,000**
133,023|
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11. Analysis of charity funds
|Unrestricted funds
General funds
Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
Advice & advocacy
Art & Cultural
Development
Early years education
Education support,
youth aspiration &
inclusion
Health information
Restricted funds
Total funds|**Balance**
**Income**
**Expenditure**
**Transfer**
**Balance**
**brought**
**for the**
**in the**
**between**
**carried**
**forward**
**period**
**period**
**funds**
**forward**
**2023**
**2023**
**2023**
**2023**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
183,056
48,747
(27,609)
-
**204,194**|
|---|---|
||**183,056**
**48,747**
**(27,609)**
**-**
**204,194**|
||119,067
250,551
(249,286)
-
**120,332**
49,263
-
(23,834)
-
**25,429**
33,626
-
-
(33,626)
**-**
14,303
36,445
(23,134)
33,626
**61,240**
5,082
96,470
(82,994)
-
**18,558**|
||**221,341**
**383,466**
**(379,248)**
**-**
**225,559**|
|||
||**404,397**
**432,213**
**(406,857)**
**-**
**429,753**|
Restricted expenditure in the period includes an allocation of costs for raising funds where permitted by those funding these specific projects and so this table does not directly reconcile to note 7 of the financial statements.
Advice, advocacy & cultural development:
These are funds that the Charity has received directly for its work advising Roma beneficiaries that have overcome some of the barriers they face in their process of integration within wider society, including, but not exclusively, the Roma Financial Inclusion Project, EU Settlement Scheme Project, Ketane Project and the Roma News Project. It is funded by several funding bodies, and also includes the wider policy and campaigning work carried out by the Charity.
Early years education:
These are funds that the Charity has raised through public fundraising and grant support to work with pre-school Roma children and their families. At the end of the current financial year these funds were amalgamated into the education support fund.
Education support, youth aspiration & inclusion:
These are funds the Charity has received for work aimed at increasing the academic attainment, inclusion and aspiration of Roma children and young people. These funds are received from a number of different funding bodies.
Health information:
These funds are restricted for use on health and mental health projects including for the Roma Mental Health Advocacy Project.
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## 11. Analysis of charity funds (continued from previous page)
|Unrestricted funds
General funds
Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
Advice & advocacy
Art & Music
Development
Early years education
Education support,
youth aspiration &
inclusion
Health information
Restricted funds
Total funds|Balance
Income
Expenditure
Transfer
Balance
brought
for the
in the
between
carried
forward
period
period
funds
forward
2022
2022
2022
2022
2022
£
£
£
£
£
185,841
30,649
(33,434)
-
183,056|
|---|---|
||185,841
30,649
(33,434)
-
183,056|
||129,855
252,751
(263,539)
-
119,067
37,240
35,607
(23,584)
-
49,263
33,626
-
-
-
33,626
21,228
24,057
(30,982)
-
14,303
2,629
38,432
(35,979)
-
5,082|
||224,578
350,847
(354,084)
-
221,341|
|||
||410,419
381,496
(387,518)
-
404,397|
## 12. Analysis of net assets
|Current assets
Current liabilities
Tangible fxed assets
Current assets
Current liabilities|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**2023**
**2023**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
**£**
225,339
266,559
**491,898**
(21,145)
(41,000)
**(62,145)**|
|---|---|
||**204,194**
**225,559**
**429,753**|
||Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Funds
Funds
Funds
2022
2022
2022
£
£
£
101
-
101
202,153
354,364
556,517
(19,198)
(133,023)
(152,221)|
||183,056
221,341
404,397|
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## 13. Barrow Cadbury Trust
During the year the Charity continued to receive funding from the Barrow Cadbury Trust for its Roma Policy and Campaigning Project, including a new grant continuing the project, awarded in December 2022.
As per the figure in note 3, during the financial year 1 February 2022 to 31 January 2023, the Charity received total cash income of £20,000 and brought forward a balance of £8,506 from the prior year.
During the period, the Charity incurred expenditure of £19,602 resulting in a cash balance of £8,904 at the end of the period.
## 14. Department of Health and Social Care
During the year the Charity received funding as part of the Health & Wellbeing Alliance from the Department of Health & Social Care.
As per the figure in note 3, during the financial year 1 February 2022 to 31 January 2023, the Charity received
total cash income of £56,715, with a deficit of £9,139 brought forward from the previous period.
During the same period, the Charity incurred expenditure of £36,373, resulting in a cash balance of £11,203 at the end of the period.
## 15. Trustee remuneration
During the year, no trustee received any remuneration (2022: £Nil). No members of the Board of Trustees received reimbursement of expenses (2022: £Nil).
## 16. Related party transactions
During the year there were no related party transactions (2022: £Nil).
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