**COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 3186535 CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1112657** 

## **Safer Communities Limited Company Limited by Guarantee Financial Statements** 

**31 March 2021** 

## **CENSIS** 

Chartered accountant & statutory auditor Exchange Building 66 Church Street Hartlepool TS24 7DN 



## **Safer Communities Limited** 

## **Company Limited by Guarantee** 

## **Financial Statements** 

## **Year ended 31 March 2021** 

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|Trustees' annual report (incorporating the director's report)|**1**|
|Independent auditor's report to the members|**9**|
|Statement of financial activities (including income and||
|expenditure account)|**13**|
|Statement of financial position|**14**|
|Statement of cash flows|**15**|
|Notes to the financial statements|**16**|





**Safer Communities Limited** 

## **Company Limited by Guarantee** 

## **Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report)** 

## **Year ended 31 March 2021** 

The trustees, who are also the directors for the purposes of company law, present their report and the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2021. 

## **Reference and administrative details** 

**Registered charity name** Safer Communities Limited **Charity registration number** 1112657 **Company registration number** 3186535 **Principal office and registered** Corvette House **office** Falcon Court Preston Farm Stockton on Tees TS18 3TX 

## **The trustees** 

I Hayton M F Home A Timothy R Lewis L M Casey (Appointed 19 August 2020) N B Dent (Appointed 19 August 2020) M E Laden (Appointed 18 November 2020) **Auditor** Censis Chartered accountant & statutory auditor Exchange Building 66 Church Street Hartlepool TS24 7DN **Bankers** National Westminster Bank Plc PO Box 12263 1 Princes Street London EC2R 8PH 

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## **Safer Communities Limited** 

## **Company Limited by Guarantee** 

## **Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report)** _**(continued)**_ 

## **Year ended 31 March 2021** 

## **Structure, governance and management** 

## **Change of Name** 

On 14th February 2020, the charity changed its name from Safe In Tees Valley Limited to Safer Communities Limited 

## **Governance and Accountability** 

## **Governing document** 

The organisation is a charitable company limited by guarantee, incorporated as a company on 16th April 1996 and registered as a charity on 9th January 2006.  The company was established under a Memorandum of Association which was revised to accommodate and clarify charitable status. 

## **Governance Arrangements** 

Overall responsibility for Safer Communities rests with the directors of the company.  The number of directors should not normally exceed ten and be representative of local authorities, the business community, and organisations working in the field of crime prevention and community safety. 

The directors have the power to appoint any person as a director as long as the conditions above are satisfied. 

All directors are provided with information regarding their responsibilities and participate in an annual development day to consider progress of the organisation and agree future priorities. 

Day to day management is delegated to the Chief Executive who is responsible for operational matters including the work programme, ongoing financial management, safeguarding and human resource matters. 

## **Safer Communities - Our Vision** 

To work in partnership to make communities safer, support victims of crime and create opportunities to change people's lives for the better. 

Our ambition is to be a centre of excellence in community safety. We aim to develop and deliver local programmes, assess the impact and success of our work and offer evidence based models of best practice to other partners and organisations. 

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## **Safer Communities Limited** 

## **Company Limited by Guarantee** 

## **Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report)** _**(continued)**_ 

## **Year ended 31 March 2021** 

## **Objectives and activities** 

The objectives for which the company is established are the advancement of public safety by the promotion of crime prevention and community safety and by the promotion of public, private and voluntary participation in planned and co-ordinated approaches to the development of crime prevention and community safety in England and Wales. 

Safer Communities achieves these objects by: 

- Identifying areas of common concern, gaps in service and providing leadership to develop area-wide solutions; 

- Raising awareness of community safety and, wherever possible, attracting additional 

- resources; and 

- Providing services and support to local partnerships through project management, research 

- and consultancy. 

## **Statement from the Chief Executive** 

2020 was an unpresented year for all of us as we responded to the COVID 19 pandemic. In the first quarter of the year as lockdown measures were introduced, we made use of the Government job retention scheme to protect employees working in corporate roles and in our youth services team. As lockdown restrictions eased our staff were both flexible and resilient in the way they continuously adapted their services to meet the needs of our clients. Our staff noticed increased demand in the areas of fraud, violence and anti-social behaviour. 

At Christmas in partnership with the Cohen Trust we distributed hampers to 22 families in need in the Middlesbrough area benefiting 57 individuals and providing a lifeline to those particularly impacted by COVID this year. 

Our work gained local recognition, In November 2020 Safer Communities were highly commended in the North East Charity Awards for the Outstanding Social Enterprise Award.  In March 2021 Safer Communities were shortlisted for a Continuous Improvements to Tackling Hate Crime, LGBT Alliance Award with Stockton-based organisation, Hart Gables. 

We are extremely grateful to all our funders and investors. NHS England and the Police and Crime Commissioners from Cleveland, Northumbria, Country Durham and Darlington. We are proud of the additional investment we have achieved this year through the National Youth Endowment Fund and the Lt Colonel Nat Cohen Trust. This new investment has enabled Safer Communities to establish exciting and new models of working in Trauma Informed Practice with families in Middlesbrough. With additional investment from the Home Office Safer Streets Fund we were able to set up a mediation service in response to a rise in the number of neighbourhood disputes and anti social behaviour reported. 

## **Chief Executive Officer Joanne Hodgkinson** 

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## **Safer Communities Limited** 

## **Company Limited by Guarantee** 

## **Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report)** _**(continued)**_ 

## **Year ended 31 March 2021** 

## **Achievements and performance** 

The following summarises the main achievements of the organisation for the period covered by this audit. 

## **Providing a positive future for children and young people** 

## **Lt Colonel Nat Cohen Trust - Seen Heard Believed Programme** 

In June 2020 we established a new programme, working in partnership with Middlesbrough Council's early help team to provide direct support to families, particularly those who won't engage with statutory services. We have developed a trauma informed approach to our work and use this to support children, young people and their families to move forward. 

'Working with Family Practitioners from Safer Communities ensured I was set up in a new house to care for my children with them coming back into my care for the first time in their lives. The support allowed me to develop my parenting style to teenagers with no judgement or fear of making mistakes, they really made the transition for me and my children easy. I am really grateful for the support they have offered.' Client Testimonial 

## **Cleveland Police Cadets** 

Our programme run by a team of volunteers, supported by Safer Communities staff provides 120 young people aged 13 - 17 opportunities to take part in key community activities and support the work of Cleveland Police. At the beginning of the pandemic the weekly cadet meetings were paused following National Youth Agency Guidance. However the cadets in partnership with Age UK were able to provide a much needed pen pal service to isolated and lonely residents who were living alone during the pandemic. The cadets also created online awareness raising campaigns including a video created to highlight how to get help and support for those experiencing domestic abuse. The video received national recognition and was featured on Sky News. 

'Police Cadets opened doors and helped me achieve things I never thought I would've been capable of. At the time of joining, I was struggling with social anxiety and feeling like I didn't fit in at school, I remember my first session and the happiness I felt as I told my mam I had finally found 'my people' who shared the same interests as me. Not only has cadets helped me feel comfortable in being myself, it also helped me find my voice and the confidence I had lost.' **Cadet Testimonial** 

'I've been a Cadet for four years now and three years of them I have been a Senior Cadet. In this time I have been awarded the Chief Constable Commendation, which I wouldn't have been able to do without the confidence I have gained from being a part of the cadet program. Alongside this I have gained new skills and loads of experience. I have met new people who have helped me get to where I am now and where I want to be. Being a cadet is the most rewarding thing I could have done. I am so honoured to be a part of the Cadet Programme and I wouldn't change it for the world. I can't wait to get back to meeting up with everyone.' 

**Cadet Testimonial** 

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## **Safer Communities Limited** 

## **Company Limited by Guarantee** 

## **Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report)** _**(continued)**_ 

## **Year ended 31 March 2021** 

## **Achievements and performance** _**(continued)**_ 

## **Youth Endownment Fund - COVID Relief Fund** 

The positive pathways project delivered a range of pop-up activities: sports, music, social action, 1:1, group work and health & wellbeing projects as an approach to altering behaviour and raising aspirations beyond gang and crime culture. The project was delivered across Middlesbrough over a 12 month period. Where national lockdown restrictions prohibited our street based youth outreach, we moved delivery to twice weekly virtual youth clubs. Outcomes from this project will inform the Government 'what works' in reducing serious violence' policies and decision making. 

## **Transform the lives of victims of crime and supporting them to recover Victim Care and Advice Service** 

Safer Communities have delivered the Victim Care and Advice Service (VCAS) since 2016. The service is available to all victims 'of crime' across Cleveland, County Durham and Darlington. The Victim Care and Advice Service provide a free, independent and confidential service that responds to individual circumstances helping victims to cope with the initial impact and make a full recovery. During the audit period the Cleveland Victim Care and Advice Service team offered support to 8440 victims of crime and anti social behaviour. In Country Durham and Darlington we offered support to 6978 victims of crime. Where lockdown restrictions prevented delivery of our services in victims homes we adapted provision to outdoor walks, door step visits and telephone or virtual support. 

## **Restorative Justice and Mediation Services** 

Our vision for Restorative Cleveland is to work in partnership to offer a high quality Restorative Justice Service. Restorative Justice is an opportunity for victims to seek answers to any questions they have about the crime such as 'we me?' in order to help them move forward. It ensures offenders are held accountable for their actions, in addition to providing an opportunity to understand the true impact of their behaviour on others. During the audit period, Restorative Cleveland supported 45 victims and 63 offenders. 

_'My experience with Restorative Justice was refreshingly positive, the way the team treat me like a normal person despite being incarcerated at the time had a profound effect on the remainder of my sentence and beyond. It's a crucial service on the path to a fresh start at life and a Clean Slate.'_ 

## **Client Testimonial** 

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## **Safer Communities Limited** 

## **Company Limited by Guarantee** 

## **Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report)** _**(continued)**_ 

## **Year ended 31 March 2021** 

## **Achievements and performance** _**(continued)**_ 

## **North East SARC Support Service and SARC Teesside** 

The North East SARC Support Service provides a 24 hour, seven days a week service for anyone who has experienced rape, sexual assault or other sexual abuse. Over the period 1st April 2020- 31st March 2021, 1033 clients have been supported across Northumbria, Durham and Teesside. Our service continued to operate throughout COVID 19. 

## **Create safe and sustainable communities** 

## **Fraud Prevention** 

## **Call blockers and Scambassadors** 

Our aim is to prevent victims of fraud from repeat victimisation. We offer call blockers through our team of dedicated volunteers. During the COVID pandemic we adapted our services by carrying out door step visits to clients and offering telephone based support. 

## **Country Durham and Darlington Community Peer Mentors Project** 

The Peer Mentor programme was designed in response to pressure on frontline emergency services, and local councils by those who make frequent calls for help. The aim of the programme is to make people feel safe and improve the circumstances they have found themselves in as well as reduce the demand on frontline services. During the COVID pandemic the team changed their referral criteria to enable support to be given to those adversely affected by COVID 19. During the audit period demands for the service increased and 613 clients were supported by the service. 

'Being a volunteer peer mentor is truly amazing, it's helped me develop skills in organising my day, workload and all the amazing online courses I got invited to do and still doing. It gives me a great deal of satisfaction in knowing that I've helped my clients. A very depressed and lonely client of mine tells me 'I'm their hope and security blanket, the light at the end of tunnel, a voice in my ear, a smile and giggle warms my heart, this makes me proud.' 

## **Testimonial from a Client, who became a Volunteer** 

## **COVID 19** 

Our organisational response to the COVID 19 pandemic was to remain resilient, flexible and responsive. Our priority throughout the year was to put in place effort and measures to ensure our clients continued to receive excellent services whilst keeping them, our staff and volunteer safe. We invested heavily in our IT hardware and security, achieving Cyber Essential Plus accreditation. This enabled our staff greater access to devices from multiple locations including home working without compromising our information governance standards. We introduced new software to ensure staff were able to access virtual meetings from multiple platforms such as Microsoft Teams, Zoom, facetime and whatapp. We introduced more stringent standards for cleaning and infection control, investing more funding in cleaning, PPE, thermometers and COVID screens. 

## **Safer Communities Plans for the Future:** 

- Develop partnership and join working arrangements with Mitie Care and Custody to further improve our Sexual Assault Model across the north east. 

- Development of Corvette House as a Charity Hub in partnership with the Tees Valley Community Foundation. 

- Develop and expand our trauma informed approaches together with Middlesbrough's family Partnership Team, the Cohen Trust and KPMG Foundation. 

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- Sustain and enhance our Victim Care and Advice Service. 

- Further develop and expand our restorative justice and mediation services. 

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## **Safer Communities Limited** 

## **Company Limited by Guarantee** 

**Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report)** _**(continued)**_ 

## **Year ended 31 March 2021** 

## **Financial review** 

## **Reserves policy** 

On 31st March 2020 Safe in Tees Valley held unrestricted reserves of £341,995. General reserves includes fixed assets of £233,183. It is considered that reserves of the order are required for the following reasons: 

These are very uncertain times and with most contracts operating on an annual basis significant funding can be lost at short notice. Reserves are vital to ensure that the organisation has the capacity to find alternative funding and/or meet all outstanding obligations. 

Reserves at this level provide for 6 months running costs and sufficient funds to cover all contractual liabilities and when required can support cash flow where payments are made in arrears. 

## **Funding Sources** 

The principle sources of funding received by Safer Communities are: 

The Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner The Durham Police Crime and Victim Commissioner NHS England 

During the year the charity purchased the property Corvette House, a property from which the charity operates.  The cost of the property amounted to £234,356, on which a 1st charge loan of £168,615 is secured.  The trustees consider the current market value of the property based on like properties in the area to be £300,000. 

## **Trustees' responsibilities statement** 

The trustees, who are also directors for the purposes of company law, are responsible for preparing the trustees' report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). 

Company law requires the charity trustees to prepare financial statements for each year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, 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 applicable Charities SORP; 

- make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; 

- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business. 

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## **Safer Communities Limited** 

## **Company Limited by Guarantee** 

## **Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report)** _**(continued)**_ 

## **Year ended 31 March 2021** 

The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the charity's transactions and 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 Companies Act 2006. They 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. 

## **Auditor** 

Each of the persons who is a trustee at the date of approval of this report confirms that: 

- so far as they are aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the charity's auditor is unaware; and 

- they have taken all steps that they ought to have taken as a trustee to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the charity's auditor is aware of that information. 

The auditor is deemed to have been re-appointed in accordance with section 487 of the Companies Act 2006. 

## **Small company provisions** 

This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the small companies exemption. 

The trustees' annual report was approved on 2 July 2021 and signed on behalf of the board of trustees by: 


I Hayton Trustee 

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## **Safer Communities Limited** 

## **Company Limited by Guarantee** 

## **Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Safer Communities Limited** 

## **Year ended 31 March 2021** 

## **Opinion** 

We have audited the financial statements of Safer Communities Limited (the 'charity') for the year ended 31 March 2021 which comprise the statement of financial activities (including income and expenditure account), statement of financial position, statement of cash flows 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). 

This report is made solely to the charity's members, as a body, in accordance with section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and regulations made under section 154 of that Act. 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. 

In our opinion the financial statements: 

- give a true and fair view of the state of the charity's affairs as at 31 March 2021 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 and the Charities Act 2011. 

## **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 directors’ 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 12 months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue. 

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report. 

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## **Safer Communities Limited** 

## **Company Limited by Guarantee** 

## **Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Safer Communities Limited** 

_**(continued)**_ 

## **Year ended 31 March 2021** 

## **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. 

## **Opinions on other matters 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. 

## **Matters 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 and the Charities Act 2011 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 take advantage of the small companies' exemptions in preparing the directors' report and from the requirement to prepare a strategic report. 

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## **Safer Communities Limited** 

## **Company Limited by Guarantee** 

## **Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Safer Communities Limited** 

_**(continued)**_ 

## **Year ended 31 March 2021** 

## **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 financial 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. 

As part of an audit in accordance with ISAs (UK), we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional scepticism throughout the audit. We also: 

- Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control. 

- Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the internal control. 

- Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by the trustees. 

- Conclude on the appropriateness of the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor’s report to the related disclosures in the financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor’s report. However, future events or conditions may cause the charity to cease to continue as a going concern. 

- Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements, including the disclosures, and whether the financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation. 

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## **Safer Communities Limited** 

## **Company Limited by Guarantee** 

## **Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Safer Communities Limited** 

_**(continued)**_ 

## **Year ended 31 March 2021** 

We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit. 


Exchange Building 66 Church Street Hartlepool TS24 7DN 

Karen Harrison (Senior Statutory Auditor) 

For and on behalf of Censis Chartered accountant & statutory auditor 

3 July 2021 

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## **Safer Communities Limited** 

## **Company Limited by Guarantee** 

## **Statement of Financial Activities (including income and expenditure account)** 

## **31 March 2021** 

||**31**|**March 2021**||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||**2021**||2020|
|||Unrestricted|Restricted|||
|||funds|funds|**Total funds**|Total funds|
||**Note**|**£**|**£**|**£**|£|
|**Income and endowments**||||||
|Donations and legacies|**5**|28,948|2,087,354|**2,116,302**|1,994,378|
|Charitable activities|**6**|24,693|2,887|**27,580**|10,549|
|Other trading activities|**7**|2,790|201,487|**204,277**|178,009|
|Investment income|**8**|126|–|**126**|646|
|Other income|**9**|–|–|**–**|675|
|||||||
|**Total income**||56,557|2,291,728|**2,348,285**|2,184,257|
|||||||
|**Expenditure**||||||
|Expenditure on charitable activities|**10**|–|2,067,520|**2,067,520**|2,327,313|
|||||||
|**Total expenditure**||–|2,067,520|**2,067,520**|2,327,313|
|||||||
|||||||
|**Net income/(expenditure)**||56,557|224,208|**280,765**|(143,056)|
|||||||
|Transfers between funds||8,778|(8,778)|**–**|–|
|||||||
|**Net movement in funds**||65,335|215,430|**280,765**|(143,056)|
|**Reconciliation of funds**||||||
|Total funds brought forward||276,660|25,331|**301,991**|445,047|
|||||||
|**Total funds carried forward**||341,995|240,761|**582,756**|301,991|
|||||||



The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities. 

**The notes on pages 16 to 28 form part of these financial statements.** 

**- 13 -** 



## **Safer Communities Limited** 

## **Company Limited by Guarantee** 

## **Statement of Financial Position** 

## **31 March 2021** 

|||**2021**||2020|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**£**|**£**|£|
|**Fixed assets**|||||
|Tangible fixed assets|**16**||**233,183**|235,043|
|**Current assets**|||||
|Debtors|**17**|**33,398**||60,893|
|Cash at bank and in hand||**579,778**||302,555|
||||||
|||**613,176**||363,448|
|**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**|**18**|**121,255**||140,543|
||||||
|**Net current assets**|||**491,921**|222,905|
||||||
|**Total assets less current liabilities**|||**725,104**|457,948|
|**Creditors: amounts falling due after more than**|||||
|**one year**|**19**||**142,348**|155,957|
||||||
|**Net assets**|||**582,756**|301,991|
||||||
|**Funds of the charity**|||||
|Restricted funds|||**240,761**|25,331|
|Unrestricted funds|||**341,995**|276,660|
||||||
|**Total charity funds**|**21**||**582,756**|301,991|
||||||



These financial statements were approved by the board of trustees and authorised for issue on 2 July 2021, and are signed on behalf of the board by: 


I Hayton Trustee 

**The notes on pages 16 to 28 form part of these financial statements.** 

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## **Safer Communities Limited** 

## **Company Limited by Guarantee** 

## **Statement of Cash Flows** 

## **Year ended 31 March 2021** 

|**Year ended 31 March 2021**|||
|---|---|---|
||**2021**|2020|
||**£**|£|
|**Cash flows from operating activities**|||
|Net income/(expenditure)|**280,765**|(143,056)|
|_Adjustments for:_|||
|Depreciation of tangible fixed assets|**13,130**|137|
|Other interest receivable and similar income|**(126)**|(646)|
|Interest payable and similar charges|**9,715**|7,221|
|Gains on disposal of tangible fixed assets|**–**|(675)|
|Accrued expenses/(income)|**13,200**|(54,274)|
|_Changes in:_|||
|Trade and other debtors|**14,295**|84,767|
|Trade and other creditors|**(19,288)**|(12,333)|
||||
|Cash generated from operations|**311,691**|(118,859)|
|Interest paid|**(9,715)**|(7,221)|
|Interest received|**126**|646|
||||
|Net cash from/(used in) operating activities|**302,102**|(125,434)|
||||
|**Cash flows from investing activities**|||
|Purchase of tangible assets|**(11,270)**|(235,176)|
|Proceeds from sale of tangible assets|**–**|675|
||||
|Net cash used in investing activities|**(11,270)**|(234,501)|
||||
|**Cash flows from financing activities**|||
|Proceeds from borrowings|**(13,609)**|168,615|
||||
|Net cash (used in)/from financing activities|**(13,609)**|168,615|
||||
|**Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents**|**277,223**|(191,320)|
|**Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year**|**302,555**|493,875|
||||
|**Cash and cash equivalents at end of year**|**579,778**|302,555|
||||



**The notes on pages 16 to 28 form part of these financial statements.** 

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**Safer Communities Limited** 

## **Company Limited by Guarantee** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements** 

## **Year ended 31 March 2021** 

## **1. General information** 

The charity is a private company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales and a registered charity in England and Wales. The address of the registered office is Corvette House, Falcon Court, Preston Farm, Stockton on Tees, TS18 3TX. 

## **2. Statement of compliance** 

These financial statements have been prepared in compliance with FRS 102, 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland', the 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) (Charities SORP (FRS 102)) and the Charities Act 2011. 

## **3. Accounting policies** 

## **1 Basis of preparation** 

The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis, as modified by the revaluation of certain financial assets and liabilities and investment properties measured at fair value through income or expenditure. 

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the entity. 

## **2 Going concern** 

There are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue. 

## **3 Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty** 

The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported. These estimates and judgements are continually reviewed and are based on experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. 

## **4 Fund accounting** 

## **Fund accounting** 

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the purposes of the charity. Unrestricted funds include a revaluation reserve representing the restatement of investment assets at market values. 

Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for specific purposes. 

Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor. 

**- 16 -** 



## **Safer Communities Limited** 

## **Company Limited by Guarantee** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_ 

## **Year ended 31 March 2021** 

## **3. Accounting policies** _**(continued)**_ 

## **5 Incoming resources** 

## **Income** 

All income is included in the statement of financial activities when the charity is entitled to the income, any performance related conditions attached have been met or are fully within the control of the charity, the income is considered probable and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income: 

- Donations and legacy income is received by way of donations, legacies, grants and gifts and is included in full in the Statement of Financial Activities when receivable. Where legacies have been notified to the charity but the criteria for income recognition have not been met, the legacy is treated as a contingent asset and disclosed if material. Grants, where entitlement is not conditional on the delivery of a specific performance by the charity, are recognised when the charity becomes unconditionally entitled to the grant. 

- Investment income is included when receivable. 

- Income from charitable trading activity is accounted for when earned. 

- Income from grants, where related to performance and specific deliverables, are accounted for as the charity earns the right to consideration by its performance. 

## **6 Resources expended** 

## **Expenditure** 

Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates: 

- Costs of raising funds comprise the costs associated with attracting donations, grants and legacies and the costs of trading for fundraising purposes. 

- 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. 

- Other expenditure includes all expenditure that is neither related to raising funds for the charity nor part of its expenditure on charitable activities. 

- All costs are allocated between the expenditure categories of the SOFA on a basis designed to reflect the use of the resource. Costs relating to a particular activity are allocated directly, others are apportioned on an appropriate basis, as set out in the notes to the accounts. 

## **7 Tangible assets** 

Tangible assets are initially recorded at cost, and subsequently stated at cost less any accumulated depreciation and impairment losses. Any tangible assets carried at revalued amounts are recorded at the fair value at the date of revaluation less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses. 

**- 17 -** 



## **Safer Communities Limited** 

## **Company Limited by Guarantee** 

**Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_ 

## **Year ended 31 March 2021** 

## **3. Accounting policies** _**(continued)**_ 

## **Tangible assets** _**(continued)**_ 

An increase in the carrying amount of an asset as a result of a revaluation, is recognised in other recognised gains and losses, unless it reverses a charge for impairment that has previously been recognised as expenditure within the statement of financial activities.  A decrease in the carrying amount of an asset as a result of revaluation, is recognised in other recognised gains and losses, except to which it offsets any previous revaluation gain, in which case the loss is shown within other recognised gains and losses on the statement of financial activities. 

## **8 Depreciation** 

Depreciation is calculated so as to write off the cost or valuation of an asset, less its residual value, over the useful economic life of that asset as follows: 

- 5% straight line Fixtures, fittings & equipment - 33% straight line 

## **9 Impairment of fixed assets** 

A review for indicators of impairment is carried out at each reporting date, with the recoverable amount being estimated where such indicators exist. Where the carrying value exceeds the recoverable amount, the asset is impaired accordingly. Prior impairments are also reviewed for possible reversal at each reporting date. For the purposes of impairment testing, when it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, an estimate is made of the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs. 

The cash-generating unit is the smallest identifiable group of assets that includes the asset and generates cash inflows that largely independent of the cash inflows from other assets or groups of assets. 

## **10 Financial instruments** 

A financial asset or a financial liability is recognised only when the entity becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument. 

Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at the amount receivable or paable including any related transaction costs, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where it is recognised at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument. 

Current assets and current liabilities are subsequently measured at the cash or other consideration expected to be paid or received and not discounted. 

Debt instruments are subsequently measured at amortised cost. 

## **11 Defined contribution plans** 

Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as an expense in the period in which the related service is provided. Prepaid contributions are recognised as an asset to the extent that the prepayment will lead to a reduction in future payments or a cash refund. 

**- 18 -** 



## **Safer Communities Limited** 

## **Company Limited by Guarantee** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_ 

## **Year ended 31 March 2021** 

## **3. Accounting policies** _**(continued)**_ 

## **Defined contribution plans** _**(continued)**_ 

When contributions are not expected to be settled wholly within 12 months of the end of the reporting date in which the employees render the related service, the liability is measured on a discounted present value basis. The unwinding of the discount is recognised as an expense in the period in which it arises. 

## **4. Limited by guarantee** 

Safer Communities is a company limited by guarantee and accordingly does not have a share capital. 

Every member of the company undertakes to contribute such amount as may be required not exceeding £1 to the assets of the charitable company in the event of its being wound up while he or she is a member, or within one year after he or she ceases to be a member. 

**- 19 -** 



## **Safer Communities Limited** 

## **Company Limited by Guarantee** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_ 

## **Year ended 31 March 2021** 

## **5. Donations and legacies** 

||Unrestricted|Restricted|**Total Funds**|
|---|---|---|---|
||Funds|Funds|**2021**|
||£|£|**£**|
|**Donations**||||
|Donations|948|1,370|**2,318**|
|**Grants**||||
|Cleveland PCC -Safer Streets|–|63,700|**63,700**|
|Cleveland PCC|–|778,918|**778,918**|
|Job Retention Scheme|–|36,903|**36,903**|
|Kindlink|–|1,259|**1,259**|
|Durham & Tees Valley CRC Ltd|–|30,000|**30,000**|
|Middlesbrough Borough Council|–|43,960|**43,960**|
|Small Busines Rate Relief Grant|25,000|4,730|**29,730**|
|Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council|–|2,825|**2,825**|
|NHS England|–|527,009|**527,009**|
|Durham PCC|–|337,062|**337,062**|
|MOJ Covid|–|119,461|**119,461**|
|SIBF YEF|–|55,993|**55,993**|
|Tees Valley Community Foundation|1,000|–|**1,000**|
|Clarion|–|2,579|**2,579**|
|Colonel Cohen Trust|2,000|75,000|**77,000**|
|North Yorkshire Domestic Violence|–|2,576|**2,576**|
|Youth Focus|–|4,009|**4,009**|
|||||
||28,948|2,087,354|**2,116,302**|
|||||
||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total Funds|
||Funds|Funds|2020|
||£|£|£|



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## **Safer Communities Limited** 

## **Company Limited by Guarantee** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_ 

## **Year ended 31 March 2021** 

## **5. Donations and legacies** _**(continued)**_ 

|||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total Funds|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Funds|Funds|2020|
|||£|£|£|
||**Donations**||||
||Donations|2,559|7,534|10,093|
||**Grants**||||
||NCS Trust|–|195,071|195,071|
||UK Youth|–|5,260|5,260|
||Cleveland PCC|–|908,802|908,802|
||Stronger Communities|–|539|539|
||NCS Network|–|3,045|3,045|
||Kindlink|–|901|901|
||Middlesbrough College|–|1,204|1,204|
||Middlesbrough Borough Council|–|54,500|54,500|
||NHS England|–|462,467|462,467|
||Durham PCC|–|294,500|294,500|
||Northstar Housing Group|–|1,400|1,400|
||Home Office|–|29,652|29,652|
||Tees Valley Community Foundation|–|1,000|1,000|
||Step Forward Tees Valley|–|17,170|17,170|
||Clarion|–|8,274|8,274|
||Durham County Council|500|–|500|
||||||
|||3,059|1,991,319|1,994,378|
||||||
|**6.**|**Charitable activities**||||



||Unrestricted|Restricted|**Total Funds**|
|---|---|---|---|
||Funds|Funds|**2021**|
||£|£|**£**|
|Room hire|4,533|–|**4,533**|
|Cleveland Police Cadet Programme|–|1,055|**1,055**|
|Northumbria SARC Screening|–|1,832|**1,832**|
|Digital Sessions|20,160|–|**20,160**|
|||||
||24,693|2,887|**27,580**|
|||||



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## **Safer Communities Limited** 

## **Company Limited by Guarantee** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_ 

## **Year ended 31 March 2021** 

## **6. Charitable activities** _**(continued)**_ 

||||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total Funds|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Funds|Funds|2020|
||||£|£|£|
||Cleveland Police Cadet Programme||–|10,444|10,444|
||Digital Sessions||–|105|105|
|||||||
||||–|10,549|10,549|
|||||||
|**7.**|**Other trading activities**|||||
||||Unrestricted|Restricted|**Total Funds**|
||||Funds|Funds|**2021**|
||||£|£|**£**|
||DBS and other checks||2,311|–|**2,311**|
||Seconded salary recharges||–|201,254|**201,254**|
||Other||479|233|**712**|
|||||||
||||2,790|201,487|**204,277**|
|||||||
||||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total Funds|
||||Funds|Funds|2020|
||||£|£|£|
||DBS and other checks||2,903|–|2,903|
||Seconded salary recharges||–|173,888|173,888|
||Other||–|1,218|1,218|
|||||||
||||2,903|175,106|178,009|
|||||||
|**8.**|**Investment income**|||||
|||Unrestricted|**Total Funds**|Unrestricted|Total Funds|
|||Funds|**2021**|Funds|2020|
|||£|**£**|£|£|
||Bank interest received|126|**126**|646|646|
|||||||
|**9.**|**Other income**|||||
|||Unrestricted|**Total Funds**|Unrestricted|Total Funds|
|||Funds|**2021**|Funds|2020|
|||£|**£**|£|£|
||Gain on disposal of tangible fixed|||||
||assets held for charity's own use|–<br>|**–**<br>|675<br>|675<br>|



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## **Safer Communities Limited** 

## **Company Limited by Guarantee** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_ 

## **Year ended 31 March 2021** 

## **10. Expenditure on charitable activities by activity type** 

||Activities||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||undertaken||**Total funds**|Total fund|
||directly|Support costs|**2021**|2020|
||£|£|**£**|£|
|NCS Programme|–|–|**–**|351,860|
|VCAS|614,464|126,875|**741,339**|695,851|
|Police Cadets|11,455|8,433|**19,888**|47,533|
|Preventative Services|–|–|**–**|1,720|
|Restorative Justice|104,715|24,550|**129,265**|101,410|
|Clarion|1,318|260|**1,578**|–|
|Musinc|–|–|**–**|(439)|
|Colonel Cohen Trust|40,535|1,300|**41,835**|–|
|YEF|28,805|9,712|**38,517**|–|
|Peer Mentor|172,764|40,054|**212,818**|173,063|
|The Big Local Project|1,215|1,401|**2,616**|–|
|SARC|686,487|108,670|**795,157**|808,011|
|PAYP|14,988|4,525|**19,513**|37,085|
|Ups Road Code|–|–|**–**|5,260|
|Policy Support & Research Officer|12,490|–|**12,490**|20,413|
|Step Forward Tees Valley|–|–|**–**|22,922|
|COVID|37,544|–|**37,544**|2,734|
|Project Adder|9,000|5,960|**14,960**|27,439|
|Governance costs|–|–|**–**|32,451|
||||||
||1,735,780|331,740|**2,067,520**|2,327,313|
||||||



## **11. Analysis of support costs** 

||Analysis of|||
|---|---|---|---|
||support costs|**Total 2021**|Total 2020|
||£|**£**|£|
|Staff costs|191,744|**191,744**|194,479|
|Premises|37,112|**37,112**|36,282|
|Communications and IT|41,057|**41,057**|8,849|
|General office|30,533|**30,533**|45,190|
|Human resources|2,149|**2,149**|2,457|
|Finance costs|9,715|**9,715**|7,221|
|Governance costs|6,300|**6,300**|6,300|
|Depreciation|13,130|**13,130**|137|
|||||
||331,740|**331,740**|300,915|
|||||



## **12. Net income/(expenditure)** 

Net income/(expenditure) is stated after charging/(crediting): 

||**2021**|2020|
|---|---|---|
||**£**|£|
|Depreciation of tangible fixed assets|**13,130**|137|
|Gains on disposal of tangible fixed assets|**–**<br>|(675)<br>|



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## **Safer Communities Limited** 

## **Company Limited by Guarantee** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_ 

## **Year ended 31 March 2021** 

## **13. Auditors remuneration** 

||**2021**|2020|
|---|---|---|
||**£**|£|
|Fees payable for the audit of the financial statements|**6,000**|6,000|
||||
|Fees payable to the charity's auditor and its associates for other services:|||
|Taxation compliance services|**300**|300|
||||



## **14. Staff costs** 

The total staff costs and employee benefits for the reporting period are analysed as follows: 

||**2021**|2020|
|---|---|---|
||**£**|£|
|Wages and salaries|**1,285,677**|1,486,333|
|Social security costs|**107,653**|108,920|
|Employer contributions to pension plans|**77,981**|52,055|
||||
||**1,471,311**<br>|1,647,308<br>|



The average head count of employees during the year was 78 (2020: 310). The average number of full-time equivalent employees during the year is analysed as follows: 

||**2021**|2020|
|---|---|---|
||**No.**|No.|
|Charitable activities|**66**|58|
|Management and administration|**12**|55|
|NCS project|**–**|92|
||||
||**78**|205|
||||



The number of employees whose remuneration for the year fell within the following bands, were: 

|||**2021**|2020|
|---|---|---|---|
|||**No.**|No.|
|£70,000|to £79,999|**1**|1|
|||||



## **15. Trustee remuneration and expenses** 

No remuneration or other benefits from employment with the charity or a related entity were received by the trustees. 

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## **Safer Communities Limited** 

## **Company Limited by Guarantee** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_ 

## **Year ended 31 March 2021** 

## **16. Tangible fixed assets** 

|||Land and|Fixtures and||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||buildings|fittings|**Total**|
|||£|£|**£**|
||**Cost**||||
||At 1 April 2020|234,356|20,491|**254,847**|
||Additions|–|11,270|**11,270**|
||||||
||**At 31 March 2021**|234,356|31,761|**266,117**|
||||||
||**Depreciation**||||
||At 1 April 2020|–|19,804|**19,804**|
||Charge for the year|11,718|1,412|**13,130**|
||||||
||**At 31 March 2021**|11,718|21,216|**32,934**|
||||||
||**Carrying amount**||||
||**At 31 March 2021**|222,638|10,545|**233,183**|
||||||
||At 31 March 2020|234,356|687|235,043|
||||||
|**17.**|**Debtors**||||
||||**2021**|2020|
||||**£**|£|
||Trade debtors||**33,398**|38,766|
||Prepayments and accrued income||**–**|22,097|
||Other debtors||**–**|30|
||||||
||||**33,398**|60,893|
||||||
|**18.**|**Creditors:** **amounts falling due within one year**||||
||||**2021**|2020|
||||**£**|£|
||Bank loans and overdrafts||**12,658**|12,658|
||Trade creditors||**44,616**|60,962|
||Accruals and deferred income||**6,200**|6,200|
||Social security and other taxes||**43,962**|42,395|
||Other creditors||**13,819**|18,328|
||||||
||||**121,255**|140,543|
||||||



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## **Safer Communities Limited** 

## **Company Limited by Guarantee** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_ 

## **Year ended 31 March 2021** 

## **19. Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year** 

||**2021**|2020|
|---|---|---|
||**£**|£|
|Bank loans and overdrafts|**142,348**|155,957|
||||



Included in bank loans is an amount of £168,615; the loan is secured against the freehold property of the charity. 

The loan is repayable over 10 years with interest charged at 6% per annum.  Outstanding loan greater than 5 years amounts to £91,716. 

## **20. Pensions and other post retirement benefits** 

## **Defined contribution plans** 

The amount recognised in income or expenditure as an expense in relation to defined contribution plans was £77,981 (2020: £52,055). 

## **21. Analysis of charitable funds** 

## **Unrestricted funds** 

|**Unrestricted funds**|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||At||||**At 31 March**|
||1|April 2020|Income|Expenditure|Transfers|**2021**|
|||£|£|£|£|**£**|
|General and Corporate|||||||
|Fund||276,660<br>|56,557<br>|–<br>|8,778<br>|**341,995**<br>|



## **General and Corporate Fund** 

The general and corporate fund represents the free funds of the charity which are not designated for any particular purpose. 

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## **Safer Communities Limited** 

## **Company Limited by Guarantee** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_ 

## **Year ended 31 March 2021** 

## **21. Analysis of charitable funds** _**(continued)**_ **Restricted funds** 

|**Restricted funds**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||At||||**At 31 March**|
||1 April 2020|Income|Expenditure|Transfers|**2021**|
||£|£|£|£|**£**|
|VCAS|7,576|820,970|(741,339)|(20,546)|**66,661**|
|Police Cadets|9,634|22,056|(19,888)|–|**11,802**|
|Preventative Services|(1,720)|–|–|1,720|**–**|
|Restorative Justice|8,641|160,350|(129,265)|(5,474)|**34,252**|
|Clarion|–|2,579|(1,578)|(1,001)|**–**|
|Musinc|(776)|–|–|776|**–**|
|Colonel Cohen Trust|–|75,000|(41,835)|–|**33,165**|
|YEF|–|55,993|(38,517)|–|**17,476**|
|Peer Mentor|337|217,543|(212,818)|334|**5,396**|
|SARC|(888)|838,566|(795,157)|6,248|**48,769**|
|PAYP|11,359|28,999|(19,513)|1,001|**21,846**|
|Policy Support &||||||
|Research Officer|(668)|13,159|(12,490)|(1)|**–**|
|Community Ambassador||||||
|Programme|(234)|–|–|234|**–**|
|Home Office Knife||||||
|Crime|2,213|–|–|(2,213)|**–**|
|Step Forward Tees||||||
|Valley|(10,143)|–|–|10,143|**–**|
|The Big Local Project|–|4,009|(2,616)|1|**1,394**|
|Project Adder|–|14,960|(14,960)|–|**–**|
|Covid|–|37,544|(37,544)|–|**–**|
|||||||
||25,331|2,291,728|(2,067,520)|(8,778)|**240,761**|
|||||||



## **Victim Care and Advice Service** 

To deliver care and advice for vulnerable victims of crime in both the Cleveland and Durham Police areas. 

## **Police Cadets** 

Administration of police cadet scheme. 

## **Restorative Justice** 

A restorative programme focused on persistent offenders with complex needs. 

## **Home Office Knife Crime** 

A programme focused on young persons identified at risk wishing to learn how to keep themselves safe and not to be involved in knife crime. 

## **North East SARC Support** 

Providing 24 hour, 7 days a week service to anyone who has experienced rape, sexual assault or other sexual abuse. 

## **Peer Mentors programme** 

A programme designed to respond to the pressure of frontline emergency services.  The aim is to make people feel safe and improve the 

as well as reduce the demand on frontline services. 

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## **Safer Communities Limited** 

## **Company Limited by Guarantee** 

## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_ 

## **Year ended 31 March 2021** 

## **22.   Analysis of net assets between funds** 

||Unrestricted|Restricted|**Total Funds**|Total Funds|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Funds|Funds|**2021**|2020|
||£|£|**£**|£|
|Tangible fixed assets|233,183|–|**233,183**|235,043|
|Current assets|372,415|240,761|**613,176**|363,448|
|Creditors less than 1 year|(121,255)|–|**(121,255)**|(140,543)|
|Creditors greater than 1 year|(142,348)|–|**(142,348)**|(155,957)|
||||||
|**Net assets**|341,995|240,761|**582,756**|301,991|
||||||



## **23. Financial instruments** 

Included in bank loans and overdrafts is a loan from Northstar Ventures, the loan is a short term loan, repayable on demand, on which no secutrity is held. 

## **24. Related parties** 

During the year the charity entered into the following transactions with related parties: 

||||**Balance owed**|**by/(owed**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Transaction**|**value**|**to)**||
||**2021**|2020|**2021**|2020|
||£|£|£|£|
|Endeavour Partnership|–|1,617|–|(584)|
|Razorblue Ltd|51,697<br>|12,591<br>|(3,810)<br>|(9,783)<br>|



The charity engaged the services of organisations in which two of the trustees are 

Endeavour Partnership - Managing partners Razorblue Ltd - Director 

Services were provided under normal commercial terms. 

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