Sunderland Women's Centre Limited
(Company limited by Guarantee)
Financial Statements for the Period ended
31st July 2024
Charity No: 1108695
Company No: 05252285
Community Accounting CIC

Sunderland Women's Centre Limited
CONTENTS
Legal and Admlnlstratlve Informatlon
Report of tha Management Commlttee
Indepondent Examln•rs Report
Slatement of Flnanclal Acllvltle8
Balance Sheet
Notos to the Flnanclal Statements

Sunderland Women's Centre Limited
Report oftho Management Commlttee for the Year endad 31st July 2024
The Management Committee presents its r8POrt and audited financial
statements for the year ended 31 $1 July 2024.
Charlty Nam8:
Sunderland Women's Centre
Charity Reg. No:
1108695
Company Reg. No:
5252285
R8glst8red Offlce and
Operatlonal Address:
Sunderland
8 Green Terrace,
SR2 3PZ
Management Committee:
Willa Allan
Grace Cliff
Jacqui Reeves
Marlan Hlnds
Fiorella Salsedo
Nataliya Vakulyk
Chairperson
Treasurer
Company Dlrector8:
G Cliff,F Salsedo, J Reeves, W Allan
Company Secretary:Andrea Bulmer
Bankers:
5-6 Fawcett Street,
Sunderland
Co op Bank
SR11SJ
Independent Examlners:
Community Accounting North East CIC
101 Hollywood Avenue
Gosforth
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE3 5BU

Sunderland Women's Centre
Structure Governance and Management
Governing Document:
The organisation was registered as a charity on 191h April 1996 and
Incorporated as a Company on 6th October 2004. The company's
Memorandum of Association established the objects and powers of the
charitable company and is governed under its Articles of Association. In the
event of the company being wound up, members are required to contribute an
amount nol exceeding £1.
Racrultment and Appolntment of Management Comrnltt8e:
Under the requirements of the Memorandum and Articles of Association,
members are elected to serve a period of one year, after which they must be
re-elected at Ihe next Annual General Meeting. For the purpose of charity
law, members of the committee are also charity trustees. For the purpose of
company law, four members of the committee are also directors.
Organlsational Structure:
Sunderland Women's Centre (SWC) has a Management Committee of
sixmembers whlch meets on a quarterly basis and is responsible for the
strategic direction and policy of the charity.
Day to day responsibility for the provislon of the services rests wilh the staff
team:_
Project Manager
Andrea 8ulmer
Project Manager
Jayne Simpson
Crèch8Leader
Alison Atkinson
Crèche Leader
Victoria Kibble
Rlsk Management:
The Management Committee has conducted a review of the major risks to
which the charity is exposed. Where appropriate, systems or procedures have
been established to mitigate the risks the charity faces. Intemal Controls have
been implemented in respect of transaction authorisation. Procedures are in
place to ensure the health and safety of staff, volunteers and visitors to the
Centre.

Alms and Actlvltles:
SWC is a central resource open to all in the city, its aims are to:
Provide educational opportunities in the form of shorvpart time
courses in a range of subject areas within friendly hours.
Take a holistic approach to the general well-being of all individuals.
Promote a positive approach to lrfe time learning by offering
guidance, support, confidence building and awareness raising.
Identify and remove barriers, thereby encouraging women who
have felt excluded to participate in courses and activities.
Provide crèche facilities on a daily basis for pre-school children in a
safe, educational and caring environm8nt, open to all child carers.
Prioritise
interpersonal,
communlcation
and social skills
development in order to begin the empowering process for all,
Encourage and support groups and individuals to become active in
their community via self- help groups, study space and resources.
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Achievernents and Performance:
From September 2023SWCoffered a full programma ofnon-accredlted
learning as well as leisure courses.
We provided a range of courses, aimed at improving employability and
tackling some of the adverse effects women face due to the economic
climate. Our non accredited courses recruited well with numbers remaining
consistent throughout the year.The provision of non-accredited courses
offering a first step into education, as well as providing leisurelsoci81 activities,
are essential to SWC and the backbone of our service. We plan lo continue
this provision for the coming academic year.
This year we secured funding for core costs and to provide courses aimed at
tackling issues around mental health and isolation, education and
employability skills, and arts and crafts.
Worklng Partnerships:
We are committed to the ongoing development of mutually beneficial
partnership working, which serves to improve services and activities for the
community.Partnerships also strengthen direct access to services and other
resources that each project has in place. This includes information resources,
therapies, indeper)dent advocacy, young people projects, education, training
and volunteering opportunities.
The number of referrals from Job Centre's, City Hearts, Wearside Women
InNeed and various Womens Refuges, Friends of the Drop in (FODI> Social
Prescribers, Mental Health Projects and Pallion Action Group have continued
to be high throughout the year.

Financlal Revlew:
The Centre received a Gross income of £120,263 with a net surplus of £1,The
organisation has a reserves policy, based on increased funding difficulties, of
trying to build up a reserve which amountsto 6 months running, future pension
provision, building refurbishment and wind up costs. This designated funds in
respect of wind up, pension and refurbishment costs stands at £37,316.The
general fund, which is approximalely 6 months running costs, as at 31 st July
2024, stood at £45,314.
Future Plans:
We will continue to promote our services through our website, social media
and work with volunteer and statutory agencies to ensure the service is
accessible to all in the community.
We anticipate that the essential service that we provlde wlll contlnue to be in
demand. Our main objective will be to continue to develop provision that is
flexible enough to respond to the needs of the community whilsl at the same
time protect our ovffl financial stability.
We are looking at options to enable us to continue to offer accredited learning
to our students. Due to the loss of funding from our college contract we are
prioritising fundlng for core costs by income generated within the centre and
by successfully applying to charitable twsts and organisations.
We will continue to proactively identify how best to ser¢e the women and
children who access the centre as well as the wider community.
R8sponslbllltl88 of the Management Committee:
The Management Committee shall manage the business of the Charity and
may exercise all the powers of the Charity unless they are subject to any
restrictions imposed by the Act, the Memorandum. the Articles or any special
resolution.
No alteration of the Memorandum or the Articles shall retrospectively
invalidate any prior act of the Committee.
Any meeting of the committee at which a quorum is p￿sent at the time the
relevant decision is made, may exercise all the powers exercisable by the
Committee.
Company Law ￿qUireS the Management Committee to prepare financial
statements for each financial year which give true and fair view of the state of
affairs of the charitable company as at the balance sheet date and of its
incoming resources including income and expenditure for the financial year.
In preparation of the financial statements, the Management Committee should
follow best practice and:

Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them
Make judgements and exercises that are reasonable and prudent.
Prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis unless it
is inappropriale to assume that the company will continue on that
basis,
The Management Committee is responsible for maintaining proper accounling
records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial
position of the charitable company and to enable them to ensure thal the
financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. The Management
Committee is also responsible for safe guarding the assets of the charitable
company and hence for taking reasonable steps to the prevention and
detection of fraud and other irregularities.
This r8POrt has been in accordanc8 With the Statement of Recommended
Practice.. Accounting and Reporting by Charities (issued in March 2005) and
in accordance with the special provisions of the Companies Act 2006 relating
to small entiti8S.
Signed on be
If ofthe Management Committee:
, Director

Community Accounting
North East CIC
101 HollyNood Avenue. Gosforth, Newcastl8 upon Tyne, NE3 5BU
Sunderland Women's Centre
8 Green Terrace
Sund¢rland
SRI 3PZ
Accountant's / Inde
endent Examiner's Re
ort
report on the accounts of Sunderland Women's Cenlre for the year ended 3 ls1 July 2024
Res
ective Res
onslbillties of Trustees and Examiner
The trnstees of the charity are responsible for the preparation of accounts. they consider that the
audit r¢quirement under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 does not apply. I have been
appointed under the Charities Act 2011 and report in accordance with the iegulations made under
section 145 of that Act. It is rny responsibilily to exarnine the accounts and statement, without
performing an audit, and to report to the trustees.
Basls of Examlner's Statement
This report is in respeet of an examination carri¢d out under the directions of Charities Act 2011
and in accordance with the directions giveii by the Charity Coiiimissioners, an examination includes
a review of the accounting records kept by the charity trustees and a comparison of the accounts
presented with ihose records. It also includes a review of the accounts and making such enquiries as
are necessary for the putpose of this report. The procedures und¢rtaken do not constitute audit.
Examiner's Statement
Based on my exaniination, no niatter lias conie to niy attentioii which gives nie reasonable cause to
believe, thal in any material respcct, accounting rccords havc not bccn kept in accordance with
section 130 of the Charities Act 2011. or that the accounts presented do not accord with those
records or comply with the accounting requirements of the Companies Act 2006. No matter has
come to my attention in connection with my examination to which, in my opinion, attention should
be drawn to enable a proper understanding of the accounts.
In my opinion, the accounts are in agreement with the accounting records kept by the company
and havc rcgard only to. and on ihe basis of, the infomiation contained in those accounting records,
thos¢ accounts have been drawn up in a manner consistent with the provisions of this Act specified,
so far as is applicable to th¢ company.

Community Accounting
North East CIC
101 Hollywood Avenue, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE3 5BU
lil my opinion, having regard to and on the basis of, the inforniation contained in the accounting
records kcpt by the company. the company as a charity satisfied the requir¢m¢nts of the Act for tlie
financial year.
For and Behalf of Community Accounting N.E.ClC
21" Oclober 2024

Sunderland Women's Centre Limited
Statemont of Financlal Actlvltlas (Includlng Income & Expenditure Account)
For the Year anded 31 st July 2024
Unfest￿eted
Funds
2024
Reslrfcted
Funds
2024
Total
Funds
2024
Tolal
Funds
2023
Noles
Incomlng R•source
Donatlons
Gran18
Income generated from Activllles
Inleresl Received
Olh•r Income
28.275
28.27S
84.665
5.952
1,371
18.448
43,235
42.348
84.665
5,952
1.371
Total Incomlng R••ourc•*
29,646
90,617
120263
R••ourc•• Exp•nd•d
Diréth Costs
Staffing Costs
Adminislralion
31.931
23,413
25.279
31,931
63.052
25.279
39,657
80.882
26.117
39,639
Total R••ourc•• Exp•nd•d
80.623
14
Not Incomlng R••our¢•$
9.994
42,627
Transler b￿￿98n Funds
Totsl Funds 8rwht Faprtard
93.749
10,0
103.749
146.376
Total Funds Cwrrted Fopward
83,756
103,750
103,749

Sunderland Women's Centre Llmited
Balance Sheet as al 31 st July 2024
2024
2023
Flxed A*￿ts
Tan9lblg Fixed Assels
1.086
1.498
Curront ￿101￿
Debtors
Cash 01 Bank and In Hand
4.796
99.160
103,956
12,796
)879
103.675
Curr•nt Llab11tt40¥
(Paythbl• wlthln on0 y•if)
Accrua15
1.292
N•t Curr•nt ￿¥•11
102.664
102.251
N•t A•••t•
103,750
103.749
Fund•d by
Unro¥trkled Fund8
De$ignBt•d
Capital
Gersgr81
37.316
1,088
45.354
19.994
35,644
1,498
56,607
10,000
Reslrfictad Funds
Total Funds
103.750
103 749
For tho p•rlod ended 31st July 2024. the Company VMS entluod lo
8x•mpllon Secllon 477 01 the Companles Act 2006 relallng lo Small companles
The membeirs have not required the Company lo Obta￿ an audll o16ts accounts
lor th8 ye81 In que51ion in accordance ￿1h Section 476.
Tho dlr¢Gtors a¢knowledg• Ihelr responslblllles for comptylng wllh the provlsion#
applicable lo companle8 subj-ect lo small companles T8glme
These dccoun18 havo been pr8pai8d Sn accijrdance wllh the provl8lons applicable
lo companie$ subject lo the small companle$' raglme.
These accounts have been dellvgred in #ccordance with Ihe provisions appllcable
lo compgnleg sublecl to tho gmall Compan￿$. ieglmo,
. W.Allan
Cmlr
Company R•glstr•llon Numbgr 05252285

Sunderland Women's Centre Llmlted
Noles forn)Ing part of tho Flnancial Statements to 31st July 2024
1) Accountlng Pollclès
The principal accounting policS8s are summarls8d below. The a¢¢ounting policies have been applied
conslslénlly thloughout the year and in the precedin9 year.
Basls of accountlng
The financial slalem8nls have been prnparad under the hlslorical co81 convention in accordanc6
wllh tho Companles Act 2006 and the Statement of Recornm8nd8d Practl¢e.' Accounting and Reportlng
by Cha￿tIeS Issued In March 2005.
bl
Fund Accountlng
Unreslrld8d funds are avallable for uso at the dls¢rellon of tho Iruslee$ in lurth6r8ncè of lh8 genaral
objectives of the charity
Restrlctsd Funds are subjected to restrlctlons on Iheir expendllure Imposed by the d(￿or.
In¢¢mlng Rosour¢és
All Incomlng rosourc8S 8r8 included In the slat￿0￿t of flnanclal acllvltlos when the charlly18
entitled to the Income and the amount can b8 quantlfied with reasonable accuracy. The followlng
specific poll¢les are applied to particular categories ol Income..
Voluntary income Is recelved by way ol grants. donations and glfts and is included
In lull in the Statemènt of Financlal Acllvltles when receivable. Grants, where
enlltlemont is conditlonal on the delivery of a specific performance by the charity
are recognlsed where the charity becornes unconditionalty entllled lo the grant.
The value ol the servlces provlded by the volunlears are accounted lor when earned.
Incomlng resource$ Irom acllvitles are accounled lor when Oarngd.
dl
Re8ourc•8 Expondod
Expenditur8 1$ r8¢ognised on an accrual basis as a Ilabilily is incurred. ExpendSlur? in¢ludes
any VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and Is reported as part of the expandllure lo whlch
it relates.
Expenditure ¢omprise5 of those costs incurred by the tharily in the d81ivery of ils actlvili8s
and services for ils beneficiari•s.11 Includès bolh costs Ihat can be allocaled directly
to such activities and those costs of an Indirect nature necessary to support them.
Flxed Assots
Flxed assets are slaled at cost less accumulated depreclalion. Dewe¢lallon is provld8d
at ratès calculated to wri16 off Ihe cost of each asset over Its expected usoful lrfè.
Officé and Tralnlng Equipment 25% reducing balance
Furnllure, Fixtures & Fitting8
15% reducSng balanc&

Sunderland Women's Centre Llmltsd
Notes formlng part of the Flnancial Statemènts to 31st July 2024
Incomlng Resources
Grants
Unregtrfcted
Rfrstrld•d
Total
2024
Communlty Foundatlon
Slr John Priestman Charliable Trust
530
Kellet Fund
Zedra Trust
The Nallonal Loltery Communlty Fund
Garfleld Weston
Nash
Theodore Maxxy
DWF Foundation
The Womens, Fund
Barbour Foundation
Kart￿n Homes
Curtsn PARP
Goodman Foundatlon
David Family Foundallon
D8rfington Bullding Soclety
Communiiy Foundation
The 2gih May 1961 Charilable Twst
Access Foundation
8archester Health Foundaliom
19,994
10,000
s.000
2,000
2.000
7,000
5.005
1.500
19.g94
10,000
5,000
2,000
2,000
7,000
5,005
1,500
6,996
2.500
2.000
2,700
3,000
14,430
540
84,665
Community Foundalion
Communlty Foundallon
2,500
2,000
2,700
3,000
14,430
540
84,665
Incom• G•n•ratod from knlivltl•s
Unr•strfct•d
R•$trl¢t•d
Total
2024
Sunderland College
Room Hire
Creche
Vending Maehlne
Olher Income Donatlons
S.952
5.952
2.180
162
90
25,863
2,160
162
90
25,863
28,275
5,952
34.227
Th8 Adult Educalion and Colego Income is now being tre8t as iestrlcted due to the clearly defined re$lrlcl
requrlments Ihal are needed to lustlfy thls Income.

Total
2023
13,880
2,000
2,000
10,375
2,000
9,980
3.000
43,235
Total
2023
41,818
530
18,446
60.794

Sunderland Women's Centre Llmlted
Notès forming part of the Flnancial Statements to 31st July 2024
31
R•$oure•8 Expendod
Dlr•ct Costs
2024
2023
Croche Workers
Tutors
17,396
14.535
16.064
23.593
31,931
39,657
Staff Costs
No employeè 88rned more than £60,000 durin year
63,052
80,882
Avèrage no. of employ888 lincludlng Ihos8 in dlrecl costs)
Admlnlstratlon
Total
2024
Total
2023
Unr•Jtrf¢t•d
Ro8trlctod
Accounl8ncy
Cle8nlng, Health & Safety
Coffee I Water Ma¢hin&
Companieg House
Oepreclation
Insurance
Lighl and Hèal
Prtntlng & Postag8
Rates I Water
Rent
Repairs & Renewals
SuDdrie8
Telephono I Internet
eallh Insurance
SubscriptlonslProl Fees
Volunleef and Travel Expenses
580
421
41
S80
421
41
580
297
18
412
412
1,912
2,053
1,045
1,261
14,871
835
466
S30
243
809
412
1,172
1,741
974
850
15,049
1.943
449
524
449
1.539
120
1,912
2,053
1,045
1,261
14,671
835
466
530
243
809
412
24.867
25,279
26,117
All salaries and admin are allocaled lo Ihe approprfate fund and ov?rsp8nd is allocated to general lunds

Sunderland Women's Cenlre Llmlted
Notes formlng part of the Flnanclal Statements lo 31st July 2024
Truste•s R•mun•ratlon and Rolaled Party Tran$¢allon8
4)
No member ol the manag?mènl committee receivad any remuneration during the year.
Taxatlons
As a chanty. Sunderland Woman's Centre Is exempl Irorn lax on income and gains falllng within
Secllon 505 of the Taxes Act 1988 or Secllon 256 of the Taxatlon of Chargeable Gains Act 7992 to the extent
that they are applled to thelr charitabl8 objects. No tax charps have ansen In the charity.
6)
Tanglbl? Flxod As8èt•
Offle• &
Trolnlng
Furnlturo
Flxturos &
Flttln
IA
Tota
Cost
A$ 811st August 2023
Additions
Disposals
24,945
21,322
46,267
As at 3181 July 2024
24,945
46,267
Doproclatlon
As al 1st August 2023
Charg8 for Yèar
Elimatod on Disposal
24,005
313
20,764
99
44,769
412
As at 31sl Juty 2024
24.318
20,863
NBV as al 31st Juty 2024
627
459
1.086
NBV as al 31st July 2023
940
558
1.498
Debtors
2024
2023
Debtors
Prepaym8n18
8.000
4,796
12,796
4796
4,796
Cr•dllor•
2024
2023
Paye l Nl
Olher Accruals
712
580
1.292
1.424

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Sunthrland Wom•n's C•nlrn Llmll•d
Noto8 lormlng part of tho Flnanclal Stat•ments lo 31•t July 2024
Anal￿1¥ ol N•t AIMt• b•lw••n Fund•
Genera
Funds
R•strfcted
Funds
Tw9lble Fixed A8801S
urrenlA$sels
Current Liabiliiws
1,086
103.958
11.2921
83.962
11.2921
19.994
103 7S0
Mo¥•m•nt of Fund•
A•at
1•t Augu¥t
2023
mlng
R••our¢•#
Oytgolng
Tr•n•hrs
J1#tJuly
2024
Nash
Garflo￿ W•ston
Tho Natwal Lollwy CommunityFund
Thoodore Maxxy
OWF Foundatlon
Kg11g1 Fund
Th8 Wornans. Fund
Bwbour Foundation
Karbon Horn••
Curtln PAFIP
Goodfflan Fourtdallon
Davld Fimlty Foundation
Darkngion 8ullding Soclely
A¢c•s8 Foundatlon
Bar¢￿81•1 Health FouThJaliom
5.000
10,O¢y)
19 994
2.0(Y)
2,000
I5.0￿)
110.0001
10.994
12,0001
12.0001
li0.￿0
io.¢y
7.oc
5,005
1.500
e.996
2.500
2.000
2.70J
14,430
IS.IK)51
11.5001
16,9961
12.5001
12,0001
I2,7￿)
(14,4301
15401
Tho 29th May 1961 Chgritabkn Tw$l
Cilyol Surtéerland Cthlege
Tg1•l R••trl¢¢•d
3,0ty)
13,0ts)1
io.ooo
90,627
180.6331
19.994
UnrMtrl¢l•d Fund•
Owignaled Fund5
G•ner*l Fund8 IC4pilal
GM•rnl Fvndj IR*v•nuo1
35,644
1,498
56,607
1,672
37,316
1,086
45,JS4
14121
139,2271
29.646
11.6721
G•nw¥l Funds
83,736
Tolal Fundt
103.749
120,27
120,272
11rJ.750
Transler ol Fund¥ lo De￿nated r￿msentS thè d•er•*•• In p￿￿810￿ for redundancy
Trwsfer ollund* from Capiial io Reven￿ r•pr•i•nl$ lhg depr•oalkn chafge lor lh•