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2023-03-31-accounts

COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 3186535 CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1112657

Safer Communities Limited Company Limited by Guarantee

Financial Statements

31 March 2023

CENSIS

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

Safer Communities Limited

Company Limited by Guarantee

Financial Statements

Year ended 31 March 2023

Page
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) 15
Statement of financial position 16
Statement of cash flows 17
Notes to the financial statements 18

Safer Communities Limited

Company Limited by Guarantee

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

Year ended 31 March 2023

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 2023.

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 L M Casey N B Dent M E Laden Auditor Censis Chartered accountants & statutory auditor Exchange Building 66 Church Street Hartlepool TS24 7DN

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Safer Communities Limited

Company Limited by Guarantee

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

Year ended 31 March 2023

Structure, governance and management

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 2023

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:

Statement from the Chief Executive

After my official appointment as the CEO, my initial focus was to steady the ship with both staff and partners and alleviate any uncertainties.

We carried out an anonymous survey for feedback on staff morale. This survey highlighted some staff concerns which we have taken onboard and are addressing. I intend to carry out another survey in the following few months to compare the results and I am confident that there will be a marked improvement.

I have been able to build upon the relationships with partners including OPCC and the Cohen Trust. To date, this improved relationship has resulted in more transparent dialogue between all concerned as well as some short-term funding opportunities.

Strategic report

The following sections for achievements and performance and financial review form the strategic report of the charity.

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Safer Communities Limited

Company Limited by Guarantee

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

Year ended 31 March 2023

Achievements and performance

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

Corporate Service

The Corporate team is a very lean but skilled department, which manages to service all areas of the business effectively and efficiently within budget. As a business, we have continued to successfully reduce the capital on our mortgage for Corvette House. As at 31.3.23 we have 6 years remaining on the loan.

We are successfully managing the Working Capital budget by continuously re-investing back into it. At the 31.03.22 the balance was £183,843 and during the financial year this increased to £222,161 at 31.03.23. This fund is used to invest in new pilot projects / development ideas and all associated costs. Income is generated from contributions throughout the year from current projects.

During this financial year we were successful in securing some funding from 'Growth Spark'- Teesside University, for a new website that will support our digital offer. The new interactive website brings all the services together to promote the Safer Communities brand as well as the individual projects.

We have begun to explore the possibility of a training arm as an extra service to capitalise of the skills and knowledge of the team. This is still in the development stages.

We continue to grow and offer our umbrella DBS services across the region which is used by other charities and businesses therefore promoting the Safer Communities brand.

Cleveland VCAS

During the financial year ending March 2023, the VCAS team continued to provide support to anyone affected by crime (excluding Serious Sexual Violence and Domestic Abuse).

A summary of the support provided is as follows:-

In addition to the above numbers, the Service have delivered Victim Awareness Sessions to all Cleveland Police Student Officers, CID Courses, Control Room Operators and Family Liaison Officers.

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Safer Communities Limited

Company Limited by Guarantee

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

Year ended 31 March 2023

Achievements and performance (continued)

Financial Fraud Advocacy Service

Temporary Home Office funding was used to pilot the scheme, using a skilled financial investigator to support elderly and vulnerable victims to obtain compensation from their banks. This was a highly successful and resulted in £270,000 worth of compensation being recovered into the pockets of victims.

Although Safer Communities capital fund financially supported this role temporarily when initial funding had ceased, sadly, we were unable to secure any continuity funding and the pilot closed. The processes, procedures and agreements are available and we hope that there will be future opportunities to re-visit this important role.

We are in discussions with the Teesside University Law clinic to assess the feasibility to recruit suitably skilled students to provide a volunteer fraud financial advocacy.

Professional Witness Service (PWS)

The initiative involves close collaborative working with partners including Police, Local Authority and Housing providers. The partnership task the professional witnesses into identified public areas affected by crime and ASB to observe incidents and where appropriate, record those incidents. Subsequent evidence/intelligence obtained is duly shared with the partnership to enable enforcement activity to take place.

The PWS has been operating within target areas and to date has been very successfully and delivered the following results:-

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Safer Communities Limited

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued) Year ended 31 March 2023

Achievements and performance (continued)

Restorative Justice

The service has had another really successful year to March 2023, achievements have included:-

We have also supported:

Seen, Heard, Believed

Seen Heard Believed began its third year of delivery with further investment from the KPMG Foundation adding to the continued support of the Colonel Cohen Trust. We continue to receive referrals from our partnership with Middlesbrough Council Early Help team. Our staff deliver a range of interventions underpinned by trauma informed practice to families in Middlesbrough.

We are continuing to evidence all positive outcomes for those families involved, including reduced Anti-Social Behaviour; re-engaging in Schools; accessing specialist services such as Domestic Abuse, Adult and Child Mental Health services.

We are awaiting on a decision from funders as to whether they will continue to run this project in its current format.

Safer Communities Plans for the Future:

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Safer Communities Limited

Company Limited by Guarantee

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

Year ended 31 March 2023

Financial review

Reserves policy

On 31 March 2023 Safer Communities held unrestricted reserves of £626,800. General reserves includes fixed assets of £203,697. It is considered that reserves of this 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 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:

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

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:

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.

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Safer Communities Limited

Company Limited by Guarantee

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

Year ended 31 March 2023

Auditor

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

The trustees' annual report and the strategic report were approved on 17 October 2023 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 2023

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Safer Communities Limited (the 'charity') for the year ended 31 March 2023 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).

In our opinion the financial statements:

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charity in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

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

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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 2023

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:

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 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

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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 2023

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.

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.

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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 2023

Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

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

We assessed the susceptibility of the company's financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur by:

To address the risk of fraud in revenue recognition, we:

In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but are not limited to:

There are inherent limitations in our audit procedures described above. The more removed that laws and regulations are from financial transactions, the less likely it is that we would become aware of noncompliance. Auditing standards also limit the audit procedures required to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations to enquiry of the directors and other management and the inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any.

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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 2023

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

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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 2023

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.

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charity's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charity's members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the charity's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Karen Harrison (Senior Statutory Auditor)

For and on behalf of:

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

18 October 2023

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Safer Communities Limited

Company Limited by Guarantee

Statement of Financial Activities (including income and expenditure account)

Year ended 31 March 2023

2023 2022
Unrestricted Restricted
funds funds Total funds Total funds
Note £ £ £ £
Income and endowments
Donations and legacies 5 27,820 1,060,281 1,088,101 2,028,772
Charitable activities 6 – – – 11,966
Other trading activities 7 2,518 – 2,518 236,333
Investment income 8 3,186 – 3,186 69
   
Total income 33,524 1,060,281 1,093,805 2,277,140
   
Expenditure
Expenditure on charitable activities 9 – 1,063,682 1,063,682 1,990,747
   
Total expenditure – 1,063,682 1,063,682 1,990,747
   
   
Net income 33,524 (3,401) 30,123 286,393
   
Transfers between funds 3,824 (3,824) – –
   
Net movement in funds 37,348 (7,225) 30,123 286,393
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward 589,452 279,697 869,149 582,756
   
Total funds carried forward 626,800 272,472 899,272 869,149
   

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 18 to 29 form part of these financial statements.

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Safer Communities Limited

Company Limited by Guarantee

Statement of Financial Position

31 March 2023

2023 2022
Note £ £
Fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets 15 203,697 218,442
Current assets
Debtors 16 225,521 47,374
Cash at bank and in hand 654,842 818,838
 
880,363 866,212
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 17 75,736 93,443
 
Net current assets 804,627 772,769
 
Total assets less current liabilities 1,008,324 991,211
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year 18 109,052 122,062
 
Net assets 899,272 869,149
 
Funds of the charity
Restricted funds 272,472 279,697
Unrestricted funds 626,800 589,452
 
Total charity funds 20 899,272 869,149
 

These financial statements were approved by the board of trustees and authorised for issue on 17 October 2023, and are signed on behalf of the board by:

I Hayton Trustee

The notes on pages 18 to 29 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 2023

2023 2022
£ £
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income 30,123 286,393
Adjustments for:
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets 14,745 14,741
Other interest receivable and similar income (3,186) (69)
Changes in:
Trade and other debtors (178,147) (13,976)
Trade and other creditors (16,618) (31,626)
 
Cash generated from operations (153,083) 255,463
Interest received 3,186 69
 
Net cash (used in)/from operating activities (149,897) 255,532
 
Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from borrowings (14,099) (16,472)
 
Net cash used in financing activities (14,099) (16,472)
 
Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents (163,996) 239,060
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 818,838 579,778
 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year 654,842
		 818,838


The notes on pages 18 to 29 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 2023

1. General information

The charity is a public benefit entity and 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 Companies Act 2006.

3. Accounting policies

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.

Going concern

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

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.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees to further any of the charity's purposes.

Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular future project or commitment.

Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure declared by the donor or through the terms of an appeal, and fall into one of two sub-classes: restricted income funds or endowment funds.

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Safer Communities Limited

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2023

3. Accounting policies (continued)

Incoming resources

All incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when entitlement has passed to the charity; it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the charity and the amount can be reliably measured. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income:

Resources expended

Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is classified under headings of the statement of financial activities to which it relates:

All costs are allocated to expenditure categories reflecting the use of the resource. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs are apportioned between the activities they contribute to on a reasonable, justifiable and consistent basis.

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.

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Safer Communities Limited

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2023

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.

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:

Freehold property - 5% straight line Fixtures and fittings - 25% straight line

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 cashgenerating 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.

For impairment testing of goodwill, the goodwill acquired in a business combination is, from the acquisition date, allocated to each of the cash-generating units that are expected to benefit from the synergies of the combination, irrespective of whether other assets or liabilities of the charity are assigned to those units.

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 payable 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.

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Safer Communities Limited

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2023

3. Accounting policies (continued)

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.

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 if 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.

5. Donations and legacies

Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2023
£ £ £
Donations
Donations 215 89 304
Tees Valley Community Foundation 16,000 – 16,000
Grants
Cleveland PCC – 762,753 762,753
Middlesbrough Borough Council – 113,939 113,939
Lt Colonel N L Cohen Charitable Trust – 165,000 165,000
PCC - Seen Heard Believed – 18,500 18,500
Teesside University 11,605 – 11,605
  
27,820 1,060,281 1,088,101
  

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Safer Communities Limited

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2023

5. Donations and legacies (continued)

Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2022
£ £ £
Donations
Donations 1,654 1,164 2,818
Tees Valley Community Foundation 7,000 – 7,000
Grants
Cleveland PCC - Safer Streets – 38,000 38,000
Cleveland PCC – 577,054 577,054
KPMG Foundation – 45,000 45,000
Durham & Tees Valley CRC Ltd – 192,978 192,978
Middlesbrough Borough Council – 56,205 56,205
Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council – 8,661 8,661
MOJ Funding – 26,380 26,380
NHS England – 529,035 529,035
Durham PCC – 351,397 351,397
PCC ISVA – 27,814 27,814
PCC Safer Streets – 60,237 60,237
SIBF YEF – 19,696 19,696
Lt Colonel N L Cohen Charitable Trust – 75,000 75,000
Youth Focus North East – 11,497 11,497
  
8,654 2,020,118 2,028,772
  

6. Charitable activities

Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2022
£ £ £
Room hire 10,000 – 10,000
Cleveland Police Cadet Programme – (210) (210)
ASB Mediation Services – 2,176 2,176
  
10,000 1,966 11,966
  
7. Other trading activities
Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2023
£ £ £
DBS & other services 2,498 – 2,498
Other 20 – 20
  
2,518 – 2,518
  

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Safer Communities Limited

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2023

7. Other trading activities (continued)

Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2022
£ £ £
DBS & other services 3,146 – 3,146
Seconded salary recharges – 233,048 233,048
Other 11 128 139
  
3,157 233,176 236,333
  

8. Investment income

Unrestricted Total Funds Unrestricted Total Funds
Funds 2023 Funds 2022
£ £ £ £
Bank interest receivable 3,186 3,186 69 69
   
Expenditure on charitable activities by activity type
Activities
undertaken Corporate Total funds Total fund
directly costs 2023 2022
£ £ £ £
VCAS 344,098 174,708 518,806 831,116
Police Cadets – – – 3,851
Restorative Justice 94,484 44,973 139,457 156,949
Colonel Cohen Trust – – – 10,335
YEF – – – 36,786
Peer Mentor – – – 228,368
The Big Local Project – – – 6,835
SARC – – – 515,767
PAYP – – – 50
Policy Support & Research Officer – – – 4,723
Seen, Heard Believed 223,942 36,129 260,071 184,536
Drug Drive Rehabilitation 5,910 701 6,611 11,431
One Off Projects 25,614 7,029 32,643 –
VCAS - Professional Witness 18,536 8,893 27,429 –
CURV 18,227 3,681 21,908 –
VCAS - MOJ Youth Work 1,660 23,516 25,176 –
VCAS - Fraud 14,789 16,792 31,581 –
   
747,260 316,422 1,063,682 1,990,747
   

9. Expenditure on charitable activities by activity type

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Safer Communities Limited

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2023

10. Analysis of corporate costs

Analysis of
corporate
costs Total 2023 Total 2022
£ £ £
Staff costs 145,263 145,263 227,221
Premises 37,623 37,623 31,339
Communications and IT 52,278 52,278 35,700
General office 16,684 16,684 27,352
Human resources 6,694 6,694 909
Finance costs 7,281 7,281 8,796
Governance costs 6,300 6,300 6,350
Depreciation 14,745 14,745 14,741
Consultancy fees 29,554 29,554 –
  
316,422 316,422 352,408
  
11. Net income
Net income is stated after charging/(crediting):
2023 2022
£ £
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets 14,745 14,741
 
12. Auditors remuneration
2023 2022
£ £
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 300 350
 
13. Staff costs
The total staff costs and employee benefits for the reporting period are analysed as follows:
2023 2022
£ £
Wages and salaries 719,342 1,487,688
Social security costs 63,717 126,089
Employer contributions to pension plans 48,555 76,170
 
831,614 1,689,947
 

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Safer Communities Limited

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2023

13. Staff costs (continued)

The average head count of employees during the year was 38 (2022: 58). The average number of full-time equivalent employees during the year is analysed as follows:

2023 2022
No. No.
Charitable activities 35 51
Management and administration 3 7
 
38 58
 
The number of employees whose remuneration for the year fell within the following bands, were:
2023 2022
No. No.
£60,000 to £69,999 1 1
 

14. Trustee remuneration and expenses

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

15. Tangible fixed assets

Freehold Fixtures and
property fittings Total
£ £ £
Cost
At 1 April 2022 and 31 March 2023 234,356 31,761 266,117
  
Depreciation
At 1 April 2022 23,436 24,239 47,675
Charge for the year 11,718 3,027 14,745
  
At 31 March 2023 35,154 27,266 62,420
  
Carrying amount
At 31 March 2023 199,202 4,495 203,697
  
At 31 March 2022 210,920 7,522 218,442
  
16. Debtors
2023 2022
£ £
Trade debtors 225,504 47,357
Other debtors 17 17
 
225,521 47,374
 

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Safer Communities Limited

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2023

17. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

2023 2022
£ £
Bank loans and overdrafts 15,383 16,472
Trade creditors 6,325 12,852
Accruals and deferred income 6,200 6,200
Social security and other taxes 38,850 46,170
Other creditors 8,978 11,749
 
75,736 93,443
 

18. Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year

Bank loans and overdrafts

2023 2022
£ £
109,052 122,062
 

Included in bank loans is an amount of £124,435; (2022 - £138,354); 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. The outstanding loan greater than 5 years amounts to £47,524; (2022 -£56,174).

19. 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 £48,555 (2022: £76,170).

20. Analysis of charitable funds

Unrestricted funds

At At 31 March
1 April 2022 Income Expenditure Transfers 2023
£ £ £ £ £
General Fund 589,452 33,524 – 3,824 626,800
    
At At 31 March
1 April 2021 Income Expenditure Transfers 2022
£ £ £ £ £
General Fund 341,995 21,880 – 225,577 589,452
    

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 2023

20. Analysis of charitable funds (continued)

Restricted funds

Restricted funds
At At 31 March
1 April 2022 Income Expenditure Transfers 2023
£ £ £ £ £
VCAS 54,960 465,892 (518,806) (2,111) (65)
Restorative Justice – 140,000 (139,457) (543) –
Seen Heard
Beleived/Homesteps 6,615 315,962 (260,071) 192,541 255,047
Drug Drive Rehabilitation 25,144 (18,523) (6,611) (10) –
Homesteps 192,978 – – (192,978) –
One Off Projects – 32,727 (32,643) (84) –
VCAS - Professional
Witness – 32,494 (27,429) (107) 4,958
CURV – 34,485 (21,908) (45) 12,532
VCAS - MOJ Youth
Worker – 25,460 (25,176) (284) –
VCAS - Fraud – 31,784 (31,581) (203) –
    
279,697 1,060,281 (1,063,682) (3,824) 272,472
    
At At 31 March
1 April 2021 Income Expenditure Transfers 2022
£ £ £ £ £
VCAS 66,661 948,111 (831,116) (128,696) 54,960
Police Cadets 11,802 (210) (3,851) (7,741) –
Restorative Justice 34,252 137,323 (156,949) (14,626) –
Colonel Cohen Trust 33,165 – (10,335) (22,830) –
YEF 17,476 19,695 (36,786) (385) –
Peer Mentor 5,396 233,048 (228,368) (10,076) –
The Big Local Proect 1,394 6,435 (6,835) (994) –
SARC 48,769 530,112 (515,767) (63,114) –
PAYP 21,846 – (50) (21,796) –
Policy Support &
Research Officer – 5,063 (4,723) (340) –
Seen Heard
Beleived/Homesteps – 145,500 (184,536) 45,651 6,615
Drug Drive Rehabilitation – 37,205 (11,431) (630) 25,144
Homesteps – 192,978 – – 192,978
    
240,761 2,255,260 (1,990,747) (225,577) 279,697
    

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Safer Communities Limited

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2023

20. Analysis of charitable funds (continued)

Victim Care and Advice Service

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

Restorative Justice

A restorative programme focused on persistent offenders with complex needs.

Financial Fraud Advocacy Service

Provision of a skilled financial investigator to support elderly and vulnerable victims to obtain compensation from their banks.

Professional Witness Service

The initiative involves close collaborative working with partners including Police, Local Authority and Housing providers to share evidence/intelligence to enable enforcement activity to take place.

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Safer Communities Limited

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2023

21. Analysis of net assets between funds

Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2023
£ £ £
Tangible fixed assets 203,697 – 203,697
Current assets 607,891 272,472 880,363
Creditors less than 1 year (75,736) – (75,736)
Creditors greater than 1 year (109,052) – (109,052)
  
Net assets 626,800 272,472 899,272
  
Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2022
£ £ £
Tangible fixed assets 218,442 – 218,442
Current assets 586,515 279,697 866,212
Creditors less than 1 year (93,443) – (93,443)
Creditors greater than 1 year (122,062) – (122,062)
  
Net assets 589,452 279,697 869,149
  

22. Analysis of changes in net debt

At
At 1 Apr 2022 Cash flows 31 Mar 2023
£ £ £
Cash at bank and in hand 818,838 (163,996) 654,842
Debt due within one year (16,472) 1,089 (15,383)
Debt due after one year (122,062) 13,010 (109,052)
  
680,304 (149,897) 530,407
  

23. Related parties

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

Balance owed by/(owed
Transaction value to)
2023 2022 2023 2022
£ £ £ £
Razorblue Ltd 12,163 17,565 (998) (2,638)
   

The charity engaged the services of an organisation in which one of the trustees is a director.

Razorblue Ltd - services provided by the company to the charity were made under normal commercial terms.

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