Charity registration number: 1106667 ## Samphire Annual Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 Chartered Accountants ## **Samphire** ## **Contents (continued)** |**Contents (continued)**|| |---|---| |Reference and Administrative Details|1| |Trustees' Report|2| |Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities|3| |Independent Examiner's Report|4| |Statement of Financial Activities|5| |Balance Sheet|6| |Notes to the Financial Statements|7 to 13| |Detailed statement of financial activities|14| ## **Samphire** ## **Reference and Administrative Details** ## **Chairman** Caroline Howden ## **Trustees** **==> picture [296 x 68] intentionally omitted <==** Floortje Hoette Stacey Blair, Treasurer Dominic Howden Miriam Wood Caroline Howden Celia Walters **Senior Management / Leadership Team** Charlotte Zosseder Director Julie Lawrence ,Finance and Office Manager Ervis Sulce, Legal and Migrant Support Manager Harry Winstanley, Post-Detention Support Project Manager ## **Staff** Matt Winkless, Immigration Advice Caseworker Aram Rawf Inclusion Development Officer – Asylum and Refugees Kay Marsh Media and Advocacy Lead Vanessa Kent Post Detention Caseworker Yvonne Sherwood Napier Drop-In Caseworker ## **Charity Registration Number** 1106667 ## **Principal Office** **==> picture [296 x 67] intentionally omitted <==** Dover Town Council Maison Dieu House Biggin Street Dover CT16 1DW ## **Independent Examiner** BizNav Chartered Accountants 5 North Court Armstrong Road Maidstone Kent ME15 6 JZ Page 1 ## **Samphire** ## **Trustees' Report** The trustees present the annual report together with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025. ## **Objectives and activities** ## **Objects and aims** The promotion of social inclusion among migrant communities (including those who have experienced immigration detention) ## **Public benefit** 1. Providing a local network group that encourages and enables members of migrant communities to participate more effectively with the wider community; 2. Increasing and coordinating opportunities for members of migrant communities to engage with service providers, and to enable those providers to adapt services to address the needs of that community; 3. Raising public awareness of the issues affecting migrants (including those who have experienced immigration detention). The trustees confirm that they have complied with the requirements of section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission for England and Wales. ## **Structure, governance and management** ## **Nature of governing document** The Charity is governed by constitution adopted 13 May 2004 and as most recently amended on 29 September 2016. The annual report was approved by the trustees of the charity on .................... and signed on its behalf by: ......................................... Floortje Hoette Chairman and trustee Page 2 ## **Samphire** ## **Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities** The trustees are responsible for preparing the trustees' report and the financial statements in accordance with the United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice) and applicable law and regulations. The law applicable to charities 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 charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to: - select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; - observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP; - make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; - state whether applicable 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 charity will continue in business. The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008, and the provisions of the constitution. The trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charitable company's website. Legislation governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions. Contingent Liability At 31 March 2025 the charity has a contingent liability estimated at £30,000 in relation to a legal case Approved by the trustees of the charity on 9[th] October 2025... and signed on its behalf by: ......................................... Caroline Howden Chairman and Trustee Page 3 ## **Samphire** ## **Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of Samphire** I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Samphire for the year ended 31 March 2025. ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** As the charity trustees of Samphire you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’). I report in respect of my examination of the Samphire's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. ## **Independent examiner’s statement** Since Samphire's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales, which is one of the listed bodies. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: 1. accounting records were not kept in respect of Samphire as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or 3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view' which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. ...................................... Peter O'Donnell FCA BizNav Chartered Accountants 5 North Court Armstrong Road Maidstone Kent ME15 6 JZ Date:............................. Page 4 ## **Samphire** ## **Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 March 2025** |**No**
**te**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Total**
**Total**| |---|---| ||**2025**
**2024**| ||**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**| |**Income and Endowments from:**|| |Donations, legacies and grants|44,835
252,774
297,609
306,513| |Investment income
3|-
2,328
2,328
2,016| |Total income|44,835
255,102
299,937
308,529| |**Expenditure on:**|| |Charitable activities|(76,111)
(242,284)
(318,396)
(323,346)| |Other expenditure
5|(225)
(3,045)
(3,270)
(2,604)| |Total expenditure|(76,336)
(245,329)
(321,665)
(325,950)| |Net income/(expenditure)|(31,501)
9,772
(21,728)
(17,421)| |Gross transfers between funds|2,628
(2,628)
-
-| |Net movement in funds|(28,873)
7,144
(21,728)
(17,421)| |**Reconciliation of funds**|| |Total funds brought forward|64,208
91,846
156,054
173,475| |Total funds carried forward
15|35,335
98,990
134,326
156,054| All of the charity's activities derive from continuing operations during the above two periods. The funds breakdown for 2024 is shown in note 15. The notes on pages 7 to 13 form an integral part of these financial statements. Page 5 ## **Samphire** ## **(Registration number: 1106667) Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025** |**Note**|**2025**
**2024**| |---|---| ||**£**
**£**| |**Fixed assets**|| |Tangible assets
11|2,155
3,439| |**Current assets**|| |Debtors
12|-
-| |Cash at bank and in hand
13|134,613
155,057| ||134,613
155,057| |**Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year**
14|(2,442)
(2,442)| ||| |**Net current**assets|132,171
152,615| |**Net**assets|134,326
156,054| |**Funds of the charity:**|| |Restricted funds|98,990
91,846| |Unrestricted funds|35,335
64,208| |**Total funds**
15|134,326
156,054| The financial statements on pages 5 to 13 were approved by the trustees, and authorised for issue on .................... and signed on their behalf by: ......................................... Caroline Howden Chairman and trustee ......................................... Stacey Blair Trustee & Treasurer The notes on pages 7 to 13 form an integral part of these financial statements. Page 6 ## **Samphire** ## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025** ## **1 Accounting policies** ## **Statement of compliance** The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the second edition of the Charities Statement of Recommended Practice issued in October 2019, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011. ## **Basis of preparation** Samphire meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. The accounts (financial statements) have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts. ## **Income and endowments** Voluntary income including donations, gifts, legacies and grants that provide core funding or are of a general nature is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the income, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured with sufficient reliability. ## **Donations and legacies** Donations and legacies are recognised on a receivable basis when receipt is probable and the amount can be reliably measured. ## **Grants receivable** Grants are recognised when the charity has an entitlement to the funds and any conditions linked to the grants have been met. Where performance conditions are attached to the grant and are yet to be met, the income is recognised as a liability and included on the balance sheet as deferred income to be released. ## **Investment income** Dividends are recognised once the dividend has been declared and notification has been received of the dividend due. ## **Expenditure** All expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to that expenditure, it is probable settlement is required and the amount can be measured reliably. All costs are allocated to the applicable expenditure heading that aggregate similar costs to that category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated on a basis consistent with the use of resources, with central staff costs allocated on the basis of time spent, and depreciation charges allocated on the portion of the asset’s use. Other support costs are allocated based on the spread of staff costs. ## **Charitable activities** Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities and services for its beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them. ## **Support costs** Support costs include central functions and have been allocated to activity cost categories on a basis consistent with the use of resources, for example, allocating property costs by floor areas, or per capita, staff costs by the time spent and other costs by their usage. Page 7 ## **Samphire** ## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 (continued)** ## **Governance costs** These include the costs attributable to the charity’s compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements, including audit, strategic management and trustees’ meetings and reimbursed expenses. ## **Taxation** The charity is considered to pass the tests set out in Paragraph 1 Schedule 6 of the Finance Act 2010 and therefore it meets the definition of a charitable company for UK corporation tax purposes. Accordingly, the charity is potentially exempt from taxation in respect of income or capital gains received within categories covered by Chapter 3 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 exclusively to charitable purposes. ## **Tangible fixed assets** Individual fixed assets costing £300.00 or more are initially recorded at cost. ## **Depreciation and amortisation** Depreciation is provided on tangible fixed assets so as to write off the cost or valuation, less any estimated residual value, over their expected useful economic life as follows: |**Depreciation and amortisation**
Depreciation is provided on tangible fixed assets so as to write off
residual value, over their expected useful economic life as follows:|the cost or valuation, less any estimated| |---|---| |**Asset class**|**Depreciation method and rate**| |Office and computer equipment|3 year straight line| ## **Trade debtors** Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for merchandise sold or services performed in the ordinary course of business. Trade debtors are recognised initially at the transaction price. They are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less provision for impairment. A provision for the impairment of trade debtors is established when there is objective evidence that the charity will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of the receivables. ## **Cash and cash equivalents** Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and all deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value. ## **Trade creditors** are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as current liabilities if the Charity does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities. are recognised initially at the transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method. Page 8 ## **Samphire** ## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 (continued)** ## **Fund structure** Unrestricted income funds are general funds that are available for use at the trustees' discretion in furtherance of the objectives of the charity. Restricted income funds are those donated for use in a particular area or for specific purposes, the use of which is restricted to that area or purpose. ## **Pensions and other post retirement obligations** The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme which is a pension plan under which fixed contributions are paid into a pension fund and the charity has no legal or constructive obligation to pay further contributions even if the fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employees the benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods. Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities when they are due. If contribution payments exceed the contribution due for service, the excess is recognised as a prepayment. ## **2 Income from donations, legacies and grants** ||**Unrestricted**||| |---|---|---|---| ||**funds**|**Restricted**|**Total**| ||**General**|**funds**|**funds**| ||**£**|**£**|**£**| |Grants received|25,820|252,774|278,594| |Donations|19,015|-|19,015| |Charitable Activities|-|-|-| |**Total for 2025**|44,835|252,774|267,609| |**Total for 2024**|67,699|238,814|306,513| ## **3 Investment income** |**3**
**Investment income**|| |---|---| ||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**Total**| ||**General**
**£**
**funds**
**£**
**funds**
**£**| |Interest receivable and similar income;|| |Interest receivable on bank deposits|-
2,328
2,328| |**Total for 2025**|-
2,328
2,328| |**Total for 2024**|1,411
605
2,016| Page 9 ## **Samphire** ## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 (continued)** ## **4 Expenditure on charitable activities** |**4**
**Expenditure on charitable activities**|| |---|---| ||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**Total**| |**Note**|**General**
**£**
**funds**
**£**
**funds**
**£**| |Allocated support costs|76,111
239,842
315,953| |Governance costs|-
2,442
2,442| |**Total for 2025**|76,111
242,284
318,396| |**Total for 2024**|94,206
225,328
249,602| |**5**
**Other Expenditure**|| ||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**Total**| |**Note**|**General**
**£**
**funds**
**£**
**funds**
**£**| |Depreciation, amortisation and other
similar costs|225
3,045
3,270| |**Total for 2025**|225
3,045
3,270| |**Total for 2024**|226
2,378
2,604| **6 Analysis of governance and support costs** |**6**
**Analysis of governance and support costs**|| |---|---| ||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**Total**| |**Note**|**General**
**£**
**funds**
**£**
**funds**
**£**| |Independent examiner fees|| |Examination of the financial statements|2,442
2,442| |**Total for 2025**|2,442
2,442| |**Total for 2024**|2,201
2,201| Page 10 ## **Samphire** ## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 (continued)** ## **7 Trustees remuneration and expenses** No trustees, nor any persons connected with them, have received any remuneration from the charity during the year. No trustees have received any reimbursed expenses or any other benefits from the charity during the year. ## **8 Staff costs** The aggregate payroll costs were as follows: |**8**
**Staff costs**
The aggregate payroll costs were as follows:|| |---|---| ||**2025**
**£**
**2024**
**£**| |**Staff costs during the year were:**|| |Wages and salaries|214,242
209,042| |Social security costs|12,280
12.632| |Pension costs|12,051
11,863| |Other staff costs|4,084
5,605| ||0
239,142| No employee received emoluments of more than £60,000 during the year ## **9 Independent examiner's remuneration** |**9**
**Independent examiner's remuneration**|| |---|---| ||**2025**
**£**
**2024**
**£**| |Examination of the financial statements|2,442
2,201| **10 Taxation** The charity is a registered charity and is therefore exempt from taxation. Page 11 ## **Samphire** ## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 (continued)** |**11 Tangible fixed assets**||| |---|---|---| |||**Furniture and**
**equipment**
**£**
**Total**
**£**| |**Cost**||| |At 1 April 2024||13,204
13,204| |Additions||1,985
1,985| |Disposals at cost||(4,413)
(4,413)| |At 31 March 2025||10,776
10,776| |**Depreciation**||| |At 1 April 2024||9,765
9,765| |Charge for the year||1,799
1,799| |Eliminated on disposal||(2,942)
(2,942)| |At 31 March 2025||8,622
8,622| |**Net book value**||| |At 31 March 2025||2,155
2,155| |At 31 March 2024||3,349
3,349| |**12 Debtors**||| |||**2025**
**£**
**2024**
**£**| |Other debtors||-
-| |**13 Cash and cash equivalents**||| |||**2025**
**£**
**2024**
**£**| |Cash on hand||-
52| |Cash at bank||134,613
155,005| |||134,613
155,057| |**14 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**||| |||**2025**
**£**
**2024**
**£**| |Accruals||2,442
2,442| |||2,442
2,442| Page 12 ## **Samphire** ## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 (continued)** |**15 Funds**|| |---|---| ||**Balance at 1**
**April 2024**
**£**
**Incoming**
**resources**
**£**
**Resources**
**expended**
**£**
**Transfers**
**£**
**Balance at 31**
**March 2025**
**£**| |**Unrestricted funds**|| |General - Reserve fund|64,208
44,835
(76,336)
2,628
35,335| |**Restricted funds**|91,846
255,102
(245,329)
(2,628)
98,991| |**Total funds**|156,054
299,937
(321,665)
-
134,326| ||**Balance at 1**
**April 2022**
**£**
**Incoming**
**resources**
**£**
**Resources**
**expended**
**£**
**Transfers**
**£**
**Balance at 31**
**March 2024**
**£**| |**Unrestricted funds**|| |General - Reserve fund|79,304
69,110
(94,206)
10,000
64,208| |**Restricted funds**|94,171
239,419
(231,744)
(10,000)
91,846| |**Total funds**|173,475
308,529
(325,950)
-
156,054| ## **16 Analysis of net assets between funds** |**16 Analysis of net assets between funds**|| |---|---| ||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**Total funds at 31**
**March**| ||**General**
**£**
**funds**
**£**
**2025**
**£**| |Tangible fixed assets|-
2,156
2,156| |Current assets|35,335
99,278
134,613| |Current liabilities|-
(2,442)
(2,442)| |Total net assets|35,335
91,846
134,326| ||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**Total funds at 31**
**March**| ||**General**
**£**
**funds**
**£**
**2024**
**£**| |Tangible fixed assets|225
3,214
3,439| |Current assets|63,983
91,704
155,057| |Current liabilities|-
(2,442)
(2,442)| |Total net assets|64.208
91,846
156,054| Page 13 ## **Samphire** ## **Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 March 2025** ||**Total**
**2025**
**£**
**Total**
**2024**
**£**| |---|---| |**Income and Endowments from:**|| |Donations and legacies (analysed below)|297,594
306,512| |Investment income (analysed below)|2,328
2,015| |Total income|299,937
308,527| |**Expenditure on:**|| |Charitable activities (analysed below)|(318,395)
(323,346)| |Other expenditure (analysed below)|(3,270)
(2,604)| |Total expenditure|(321,665)
(325,950)| |Net income /(Expenditure)|(21,728)
(17,423)| |Net movement in funds|(21,728)
(17,423)| |**Reconciliation of funds**|| |Total funds brought forward|156,054
173,475| |Total funds carried forward|134,326
156,054| This page does not form part of the statutory financial statements. Page 14 ## **Samphire** ## **Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 (continued)** ||**Total**|**Total**| |---|---|---| ||**2025**|**2024**| ||**£**|**£**| |**Donations and legacies**||| |Donations and legacies|19,015|10,522| |Grants, including capital grants|278,594|295,691| |Charitable Activities|-|300| ||297,609|306,513| |Investment income||| |Interest on cash deposits|2,328|2,016| |Total Income|299,937|308,529| |Charitable activities||| |Multi Cultural Festival costs|(9,149)|(9,656)| |Charity Shop|(175)|| |Legal project|(4,791)|(5,370)| |Wages and salaries|(214,242)|(209,042)| |Staff NIC (Employers)|(12,280)|(12,632)| |Staff pensions (Defined contribution) - pension scheme 1|(12,051)|(11,863)| |Redundancy Payments|(1,279)|-| |Human Resources|(2,035)|(4,171)| |Recruitment Expenses|(229)|(220)| |Staff training|(542)|(1,214)| |Phone Cards|(924)|(2,828)| |Steering Group Data|(120)|(3,466)| |Healthy Style|(1,480)|(4)| |Ex-Detainee Project|-|(151)| |Ex-Detainee - Emergency Food & Accommodation|(6,783)|(7,004)| |Ex-detainee expenses|(75)|(114)| |Ex-Detainee - Travel|-|(87)| |Ex-Detainee Conference|(5,177)|(6,660)| |Community champion project|(2,353)|(2,441)| |Roma Community Engagement|(112)|(1,683)| |Napier Barracks (BLF)|-|(3,899)| This page does not form part of the statutory financial statements. Page 15 ## **Samphire** ## **Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 (continued)** |Rent|(5,143)
(5,096)| |---|---| |Rates|(592)
(688)| |Water rates|(447)
(138)| |Light, heat and power|(562)
(1,645)| |Insurance|(1,986)
(3,480)| |Repairs and maintenance|(495)
(2,708)| |Telephone and internet access|(4,309)
(3,612)| |Computer software and maintenance costs|(10,598)
(8,436)| |Printing, postage and stationery|(931)
(1,331)| |Hire of plant and machinery (Operating leases)|(1,631)
(1,630)| |Sundry expenses|(683)
(1,557)| |Cleaning|(6)
(499)| |Travel and subsistence|(1,404)
(2,209)| |Advertising and marketing|(54)
(3,975)| |Staff entertaining and refreshments|(171)
(579)| |Consultancy fees|(549)| |Legal Fees|(12,781)
(33)| |Professional fees|(54)
(452)| |Bank charges|(310)
(23)| |Accountancy fees|(2,442)
(2,201)| ||(318,395)
(323,346)| ||| |**Other expenditure**|| |Profit/(Loss) on disposal of assets|(1,471)
-| |Depreciation of office equipment|(1,574)
(907)| |Depreciation of office equipment|-
(1,471)| |Depreciation of office equipment|(225)
(226)| ||(3,270)
(2,604)| This page does not form part of the statutory financial statements. Page 17