**Charity Registration No. 1113574**
## **REFUGEE WOMEN CONNECT**
**ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023**
## **REFUGEE WOMEN CONNECT**
## **LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION**
**Trustees** P Harrison S Goodwin P Lynott C Berry-Moorcroft P Uwamaliya **Charity number** 1113574 **Registered office** Cotton Exchange Suite 111H Bixteth Street Liverpool L3 9LQ **Independent examiner** Mr Tony Stanley ACA BWM Suite 5.1 12 Tithebarn Street Liverpool L2 2DT **Bankers** HSBC 99-102 Lord Street Liverpool L2 6PG
## **REFUGEE WOMEN CONNECT**
## **CONTENTS**
||**Page**|
|---|---|
|Trustees' report|1 - 3|
|Statement of trustees' responsibilities|4|
|Independent examiner's report|5|
|Statement of financial activities|6 - 7|
|Balance sheet|8|
|Notes to the financial statements|9 - 22|
## **REFUGEE WOMEN CONNECT**
## **TRUSTEES' REPORT**
## _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023**_
The trustees present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2023.
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the financial statements and comply with the charity's Constitution adopted on 9 September 2004 as amended on 24 July 2018, the Charities Act 2011 and “Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)” (as amended for accounting periods commencing from 1 January 2019).
## **Objectives and activities**
Refugee Women Connect (RWC) works to build a safe life in the UK for women in the asylum seeker and the refugee community. We aim to:
- Reduce social isolation and improve mental and physical well-being;
- Improve access to other services;
- Improve knowledge of the legal processes;
- Promote education, life skills, learning to support integration
- To empower women to have a voice and influence change
## **Public Benefit**
Refugee Women Connect services are open to all women and their children who are in the asylum process, in the trafficking national referral mechanism or are refugees in the Merseyside area. We invite other professionals, partners, and service providers to our drop-in sessions to enable them to better understand the issues faced as well as ensuring the women have access to all support services. We are also involved in community and national networking events to raise the profile of the issues faced by women we support.
## **Early Action project**
The Early Action Team supported 605 women this year with 260 of those being newly registered.
## **Liverpool Drop-in**
We ran 43 drop-ins in central Liverpool for asylum seekers and refugees, supporting primarily newly-arrived asylum seekers living in Initial Accommodation but also open to asylum seekers living in dispersed accommodation in the region and other women vulnerable due to their immigration status. 219 different women attended the main Liverpool drop-in.
## **Drop-in for Afghan Women**
We ran a regular group in Liverpool for Afghan evacuees (delivered on site in the bridging hotel), which supported 56 women over the year, during 28 sessions.
## **English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL)**
122 women joined in an ESOL group at our Liverpool drop-in, where trained volunteers ran a drop-in table open to complete beginners, including those with no or limited literacy, and an intermediate class, at each of the 43 drop-in sessions. At the bridging hotel 46 Afghan women attended ESOL.
## **Workshops**
64 workshops were delivered on a range of topics related to social and community integration and the asylum process, including rights and entitlements while an asylum seeker and after a decision. These workshops supported 196 women. Workshops covered such things as : Health & Health Services; Self Care and Learning. In addition, we delivered some ad hoc workshops on areas of concern to our service users such as Money & Energy Saving.
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## **REFUGEE WOMEN CONNECT**
## **TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023**_
## **Early Action project (cont.)**
## **One to one Support**
We supported 161 women with information to do with the asylum process. The biggest area of work for 1:1 support was health, with just over 58% of service users receiving support with issues such as registering with a GP, communicating with medical staff or completing forms including HC1. Another significant area of work was support with education, both for service users and their children. Slightly more than 50% of service users accessed this type of support, typically assistance to access education (from nursery to university, for service users and also their children).
## **Mental Health**
The mental health team supported 88 different women
## **Perinatal**
18 different perinatal women attended our weekly group. The perinatal group focuses on providing a safe space for mothers to relax and socialise, as well as learn about coping strategies, work on self-esteem activities, and learn about rights and entitlements around both perinatal and mental health services. Some sessions we bring partners in to speak to the women attending groups, so that they can speak about their experiences accessing services as well as learn about local services that could support them. This year, we had Citizen’s Advice Social Prescription Team attend, as well as the Liverpool CCG (Best for Baby 2 Initiative), the Specialist Team from the Liverpool Women’s Team, and a Public Health Registrar doing research into the experiences of women around infant feeding.
## **1:1 Support**
58 different women received weekly 1:1 mental health support. These sessions are person-centred, and based around the individual needs of each woman. Sessions are focused on improving mental health by teaching women to know and understand symptoms of anxiety and depression, so that they can monitor their own mental health. Sessions also set goals, so that the women can work towards improving self-esteem and achieving goals that help to connect them to local services and feel a part of their wider community. Sessions also focus on where mental health advocacy may be needed, where a woman might be finding it difficult to actually access perinatal or mental health support that she is entitled to.
## **Relax Sessions / Wellbeing Activities**
41 different women attended our relaxation sessions or wellbeing outings, including a virtual yoga class, relaxation sessions focused on improving self-esteem, and trips around Liverpool (Sefton Park walk, Anfield walk, Cathedral Gardens walk, and Granby Community Market). We also ran relaxation sessions for women accessing Early Action drop-ins at our main drop-in hub, as well as one of the contingency hotels that the Early Action team attends.
## **The difference our works makes**
100% of those responding to our yearly survey said that coming to drop-in had helped them to feel less isolated. Several women commented on the importance of being able to meet women with whom they have a common language, or from the same country. 75% of women stated that coming to drop-in had helped not only to meet new people, but to make friends, and 50% of those women who had made new friends at drop-in had subsequently met up with them outside drop-in. One person told us “I always appreciate RWC because it is very useful for people who are new in the city and locked in one small room and have lots much anxiety.” 90% of respondents to our survey stated they had learned new skills by joining Refugee Women Connect.
Of all participants in Health workshops, only one person had heard of ‘Ask for Ani’ service to reach out for support with Domestic Abuse, and she was unsure what it was. Even awareness of the 999 service is only around 50% when workshops start. By the end of the workshops, responses indicate that 100% of participants are aware of the 6 services we have discussed and also feel confident about using at least 3 of them. “I know how to get help everywhere. If I forget I can ask help.”
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REFUGEE WOMEN CONNECT
TRUSTEES. REPORT (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 hlARCH 2023
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this projgct W8 increased our stsff nurnber5 from worrErb lived experience to just under 50%. We devewd
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FSnancial Yevlew
Totsl incom8 for the year was £537,099 I2022.. £434,618) of Y•t4th £408.302 (2022: £376,637) r8lated to funthng
for projects upon which r8stn'ctions are placed.
Total expendtture in th8 year was £433.646 (2022.. £521.036), leav1 a surplus in tha year of £103,453 (2022..
deficit £86,418)
At 31 March 2023 thè charity$ roSWV88 8tc¥yJ 81 £330.704 (2022: £227.2511 of lch £192.912 (2022..
£167,073) repre58rrted restrfcted funds.
Rl¥k maMgom•nt
Thè main risks. to which the charity 1$ expowj. as identified Trte•s. have been wldered and systems
have been estslAshed lo mitigate th059 iisks.
R•s#r¥•• Poll¢y
11 Is the policy ol tha charity to maHtsin unroStri¢t•d fuThJ$. aro frw roswv8¥ at 8 to ¢ovor rodund8ncy
prov1slon.l6 Djmmitments and four months, running costs ¥hould no further fvrKling bg 1ved.
As 8t the and of thè finarthl year Ihe unre5tr1cted lunds lotaled £137,61512022.. £60.179}. The chartty roqulros
£27,664 {2022.. £19,525) for redundary provision. £7.45212022.. £7.4521 for lease ¢*mmitments and £15,344
{2022.' £12.698} for four months, runnlrvj eosts, totslllrg £5),460 (2022.. £39,675). At present the fr8e reserves,
whlth gmount to £133.865. exc4ed loryet thl.
Struclur•. goY•rnanc• •nd manag•rn•nt
Rafug89 wOn cne¢1 IRWC) Is a registered chaiity {numiw 11135741 fomie(l on 5 Awl 2006. Th
GovarnSng DcKument is a C"J0n adoplwj on 9 September 2(X&l and amonded on 24 Juty 2018.
Responslblllty for th8 opoiallon and slrat8glc d8veWi•nt of RWC In acc*ydancA wltt) Its mlsslon st8temenls
rest with the Director. in GOrUl1a.0n with approtal when necessary wlth tho Board of Tnjstses. The board
meets bmes per year for a full board meeting and hcAds separai& subcommittee m88tings whkh tsk8 place
as and when required. New board memters are reGruited by ts Board aNI DiTeraor. a1 appwlod by the
Board.
Tho trust8gs who swve(I the year up to the date of&gnature of the financial 8iat8m8nts were..
P H8rri8on
S Goodwln
M Reilly
P Lynott
C Bery.m0oIk
P Uwamalbya
{Reggnl 22 Novwnbor 2022)
The trustees, rewt was apwoved by the Board ofTrustees.
P Lynott
Twsts•
Dated: 16 January 2024
## **REFUGEE WOMEN CONNECT**
## **STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES' RESPONSIBILITIES**
## _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023**_
The trustees 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).
The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that year.
In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation.
The trustees are responsible for keeping sufficient accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the trust deed. 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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## **REFUGEE WOMEN CONNECT**
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF REFUGEE WOMEN CONNECT**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Refugee Women Connect (the charity) for the year ended 31 March 2023.
This report is made solely to the charity's trustees, as a body, in accordance with Section 145 of the Charities Act 2011. My examination has been undertaken so that I might state to the charity's trustees those matters I am required to state to them in an Independent Examiner's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, I do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the charity's trustees as a body, for my examination, for this report, or for the opinions I have formed.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act).
I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s financial statements carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act. In carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
Since the charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of The Institue of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, which is one of the listed bodies.
Your attention is drawn to the fact that the charity has prepared financial statements in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) in preference to the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice issued on 1 April 2005 which is referred to in the extant regulations but has now been withdrawn.
I understand that this has been done in order for financial statements to provide a true and fair view in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Practice effective for reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2015.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
- 1 accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the 2011 Act; or
- 2 the financial statements do not accord with those records; or
- 3 the financial statements do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the financial statements to be reached.
## **Mr Tony Stanley ACA**
BWM Chartered Accountants Suite 5.1 12 Tithebarn Street Liverpool L2 2DT Dated: 16 January 2024
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## **REFUGEE WOMEN CONNECT**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023**_
|**Current financial year**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**funds**
**2023**
**2023**
**Notes**
**£**
**£**
**Income from:**
Donations and legacies
**3**
103,795
408,302
Charitable activities
**4**
15,124
-
Other trading activities
**5**
8,961
-
Investments
**6**
917
-
**Total income**
128,797
408,302
**Expenditure on:**
Charitable activities
**7**
51,183
382,463
**Net incoming/(outgoing) resources before**
**transfers**
77,614
25,839
Gross transfers between funds
(177)
177
**Net income/(expenditure) for the year/**
**Net movement in funds**
77,437
26,016
Fund balances at 1 April 2022
60,178
167,073
**Fund balances at 31 March 2023**
137,615
193,089|**Total**
**2023**
**£**
512,097
15,124
8,961
917
537,099
433,646
103,453
-
103,453
227,251
330,704|Total
2022
**£**
428,799
(279)
6,078
20
434,618
521,036
(86,418)
-
(86,418)
313,669
227,251|
|---|---|---|
The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year.
All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.
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## **REFUGEE WOMEN CONNECT**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (CONTINUED) INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023**_
|**Prior financial year**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**funds**
**2022**
**2022**
**Notes**
**£**
**£**
**Income from:**
Donations and legacies
**3**
52,162
376,637
Charitable activities
**4**
(279)
-
Other trading activities
**5**
6,078
-
Investments
**6**
20
-
**Total income**
57,981
376,637
**Expenditure on:**
Charitable activities
**7**
53,123
467,913
**Net income/(expenditure) for the year/**
**Net movement in funds**
4,858
(91,276)
Fund balances at 1 April 2021
55,320
258,349
**Fund balances at 31 March 2022**
60,178
167,073|**Total**
**2022**
**£**
428,799
(279)
6,078
20
434,618
521,036
(86,418)
313,669
227,251|
|---|---|
The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year.
All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.
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REFUGEE WOMEN CONNECT
BALANCE SHEET
ASAT31 MARCH2023
2022
Flxad assats
Tangibl8 assets
12
3.750
5.395
Curr•nt a88•ts
Cash at bank and In hand
329.617
224.078
Cr•dltors: amounts l•lllng wtthln
on• y•ar
14
(1663)
(2,2221
Nel ¢urrgnt assets
221,858
T¢Aal •8•0ts h•• curr•nt Ilabllltl
330.704
227.251
Income fund•
Restricted funds
Unr8sMct8d fund8
15
193,089
137,615
167,073
60.178
330.704
227,251
The fin
ncial statemenls were apryoved by the Tnthos 16 January 2024
P Lynott
Tru•ts•
## **REFUGEE WOMEN CONNECT**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023**_
## **1 Accounting policies**
## **Charity information**
Refugee Women Connect is a registered charity incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Cotton Exchange, Suite 111H Bixteth Street, Liverpool, L3 9LQ.
## **1.1 Accounting convention**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the charity's Constitution adopted on 9 September 2004 as amended on 24 July 2018, the Charities Act 2011 and “Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)” (as amended for accounting periods commencing from 1 January 2019). The charity is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102.
The financial statements have departed from the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 only to the extent required to provide a true and fair view. This departure has involved following the Statement of Recommended Practice for charities applying FRS 102 rather than the version of the Statement of Recommended Practice which is referred to in the Regulations but which has since been withdrawn.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the charity. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
The Charity has taken advantage of the provisions in the SORP for Charities applying FRS 102 Update Bulletin 1 not to prepare a Statement of Cash Flows.
## **1.2 Going concern**
At the time of approving the financial statements, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
## **1.3 Charitable funds**
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of their charitable objectives.
Restricted funds are subject to specific conditions by donors as to how they may be used. The purposes and uses of the restricted funds are set out in the notes to the financial statements.
## **1.4 Income**
Income is recognised when the charity is legally entitled to it after any performance conditions have been met, the amounts can be measured reliably, and it is probable that income will be received.
Donations and legacies comprise of donations and general grants which are recognised in the accounts when received, with the exemption of known legacies which are accounted for when their receipt is certain.
Income from charitable activities is recognised on an accruals basis except for grants this is when their unconditional payment is confirmed by the donor.
Income from investments relates to bank interest received and is recognised when the amount is certain.
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## **REFUGEE WOMEN CONNECT**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023**_
## **1 Accounting policies**
**(continued)**
## **1.5 Expenditure**
Expenditure is recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to the expenditure. It includes irrecoverable VAT.
Whenever possible each item of expenditure recognised is allocated to charitable activities or governance costs according to its purpose. If this is not possible the cost is apportioned on a reasonable and justifiable basis.
## **1.6 Tangible fixed assets**
Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.
Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:
Office Furniture 10% straight line Computer Equipment 20% straight line
The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is recognised in the statement of financial activities.
## **1.7 Impairment of fixed assets**
At each reporting end date, the charity reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any).
## **1.8 Cash and cash equivalents**
Cash and cash equivalents include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts.
## **1.9 Financial instruments**
The charity has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.
Financial instruments are recognised in the charity's balance sheet when the charity becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.
## _**Basic financial assets**_
Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.
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## **REFUGEE WOMEN CONNECT**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023**_
## **1 Accounting policies**
**(continued)**
## _**Basic financial liabilities**_
Basic financial liabilities, including creditors and bank loans are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of operations from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
## _**Derecognition of financial liabilities**_
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the charity’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.
## **1.10 Employee benefits**
The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.
Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the charity is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.
## **1.11 Retirement benefits**
Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.
## **1.12 Taxation**
The charity benefits from various exemptions from taxation afforded by tax legislation and is not liable to corporation tax on income or gains falling within those exemptions. Recovery is made of tax deducted from income and from receipts under Gift Aid.
The charity is not able to recover Value Added Tax. Expenditure is recorded in the accounts inclusive of VAT.
## **2 Critical accounting estimates and judgements**
In the application of the charity’s accounting policies, the trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.
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## **REFUGEE WOMEN CONNECT**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023**_
## **3 Donations and legacies**
|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**funds**
**2023**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
Donations and gifts
38,795
-
Grant income
65,000
408,302
103,795
408,302|**Total**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**funds**
**2023**
**2022**
**2022**
**£**
**£**
**£**
38,795
40,042
14,379
473,302
12,120
362,258
512,097
52,162
376,637|**Total**
**2022**
**£**
54,421
374,378|
|---|---|---|
|||428,799|
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## **REFUGEE WOMEN CONNECT**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023**_
|**4**
**Charitable activities**
Fee Income
Other income
**5**
**Other trading activities**
Fundraising events
**6**
**Investments**
Interest receivable|**2023**
**2022**
**£**
**£**
12,918
-
2,206
(279)
15,124
(279)
**Unrestricted Unrestricted**
**funds**
**funds**
**2023**
**2022**
**£**
**£**
8,961
6,078
**Unrestricted Unrestricted**
**funds**
**funds**
**2023**
**2022**
**£**
**£**
917
20|
|---|---|
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## **REFUGEE WOMEN CONNECT**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023**_
## **7 Charitable activities**
To provide or assist in the provision of education, recreational and support facilities for pre and post-natal asylum seekers and refugees and their families
|Staff costs
Building running costs
Activities expenses
Equipment
Food and refreshments
Volunteer expenses
Room Hire
Share of support costs (see note 8)
Share of governance costs (see note 8)
**Analysis by fund**
Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds|**2023**
**£**
255,979
8,319
10,225
1,015
1,553
2,967
3,308
283,366
143,719
6,561
433,646
51,183
382,463
433,646|**2022**
**£**
337,845
8,928
22,785
538
731
3,508
2,182|
|---|---|---|
|||376,517
137,034
7,485|
|||521,036|
|||53,123
467,913|
|||521,036|
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## **REFUGEE WOMEN CONNECT**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023**_
## **8 Support costs**
|Staff costs
Office costs
Travel expenses
Training
Sundry expenses
Insurance
Independent examination
fees
Payroll fees
Legal and professional
Depreciation
Analysed between
Charitable activities|**Support**
**costs**
**Governance**
**costs**
**£**
**£**
97,070
-
27,958
-
9,035
-
3,966
-
5,690
-
-
-
-
2,562
-
1,516
-
839
-
1,644
143,719
6,561
143,719
6,561|**2023**Support costs Governance
costs
**£**
£
£
97,070
82,767
-
27,958
40,395
-
9,035
4,608
-
3,966
4,669
-
5,690
4,064
-
-
531
-
2,562
-
2,220
1,516
-
1,600
839
-
1,668
1,644
-
1,997
150,280
137,034
7,485
150,280
137,034
7,485|2022
£
82,767
40,395
4,608
4,669
4,064
531
2,220
1,600
1,668
1,997|
|---|---|---|---|
||||144,519|
||||144,519|
Governance costs includes payments to the accountants of £2,562 (2022: £2,200) for independent examination fees and £1,516 for payroll fees and provision of QBO cloud accounting software (2022: £1,600).
## **9 Trustees**
None of the trustees (or any persons connected with them) received any remuneration or benefits from the charity during the year (2022: none). None of the trustees were reimbursed expenses during the year (2022: none).
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## **REFUGEE WOMEN CONNECT**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023**_
## **10 Employees**
## **Number of employees**
The average monthly number of employees during the year was:
|Charitable activities
**Employment costs**
Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Other pension costs|**2023**
**Number**
14
**2023**
**£**
322,487
24,368
6,194
353,049|**2022**
**Number**
18|
|---|---|---|
|||**2022**
**£**
381,668
31,637
7,307|
|||420,612|
No employee received emoluments of more than £60,000 during the year (2022: none).
## **11 Taxation**
The charity is exempt from tax on income and gains falling within section 505 of the Taxes Act 1988 or section 252 of the Taxationof Chargeable Gains Act 1992 to the extent that these are applied to its charitable objects.
## **12 Tangible fixed assets**
|**Cost**
At 1 April 2022
**Depreciation and impairment**
At 1 April 2022
Depreciation charged in the year
At 31 March 2023
**Carrying amount**
At 31 March 2023
At 31 March 2022|**Office**
**Furniture**
**Computer**
**Equipment**
**£**
**£**
1,623
9,703
608
5,323
162
1,482
770
6,806
853
2,897
1,015
4,380|**Total**
**£**
11,326
5,932
1,644|
|---|---|---|
|||7,576|
|||3,750|
|||5,395|
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## **REFUGEE WOMEN CONNECT**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023**_
|**13**
**Financial instruments**
**Carrying amount of financial assets**
Debt instruments measured at amortised cost
**Carrying amount of financial liabilities**
Measured at amortised cost
**14**
**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
Accruals and deferred income|**2023**
**£**
329,617
2,663
**2023**
**£**
2,663|**2022**
**£**
224,078|
|---|---|---|
|||2,222|
|||**2022**
**£**
2,222|
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## **REFUGEE WOMEN CONNECT**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023**_
## **15 Restricted funds**
The income funds of the charity include restricted funds comprising the following unexpended balances of donations and grants held on trust for specific purposes:
|||**Movement**|**in funds**|||**Movement in funds**|**Movement in funds**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Balance at**|**Income**|**Expenditure**|**Balance at**|**Income**|**Expenditure**|**Transfers **|**Revaluations,**|**Balance at**|
||**1 April 2021**|||**1 April 2022**||||**gains and**|**31 March 2023**|
|||||||||**losses**||
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Big Lottery 2022|19,916|-|(19,856)|60|109,750|(88,700)|-|-|21,110|
|Big Lottery Fund Grant|2|21,650|-|21,652|-|-|-|-|21,652|
|Churches Together|435|4,700|(4,434)|701|4,320|(3,725)|-|-|1,296|
|Esmee Fairbairn Foundation|66,879|53,994|(75,351)|45,522|57,750|(27,266)|-|-|76,006|
|Lloyds Bank Foundation|29,363|25,000|(29,471)|24,892|-|(25,000)|108|-|-|
|Samuel Sabba Core Fund|37,500|25,000|(37,322)|25,178|12,500|(37,639)|-|-|39|
|Samuel Sabba Mental Health Fund|11,791|25,000|(25,128)|11,663|12,500|(24,163)|-|-|-|
|Samuel Sabba Trust|-|-|-|-|4,000|(4,000)|-|-|-|
|Sam & Bella Sibba Charitable Trust|3,030|-|(3,030)|-|-|-|-|-|-|
|Spotlight|10,900|4,950|(15,850)|-|-|-|-|-|-|
|A B Charitable Trust|15,000|-|(14,521)|479|-|(42)|(437)|-|-|
|NHS Peri|-|-|-|-|5,000|(4,461)|-|-|539|
|John Moores Foundation|-|-|-|-|5,000|(5,000)|-|-|-|
|LCVS|-|12,000|(12,000)|-|3,500|(3,500)|-|-|-|
|Refugee Action|-|22,250|-|22,250|23,818|(41,102)|-|-|4,966|
|Comic Advocacy & Policy|14,440|71,551|(84,921)|1,070|32,550|(33,620)|-|-|-|
|Access to Justice|6,534|-|(6,534)|-|12,196|-|-|-|12,196|
|Barrow Cadbury|4,580|170|(4,750)|-|-|-|-|-|-|
|Evan Cornish|-|-|-|-|5,000|-|-|-|5,000|
|Catalyst Programme|-|7,500|(7,500)|-|-|-|-|-|-|
|Garfield Weston|-|-|-|-|20,000|(10,000)|-|-|10,000|
|Comic - Peri-natal Advocacy|19,030|21,700|(41,236)|(506)|-|-|506|-|-|
|Liverpool Lighthouse|-|-|-|-|3,455|(2,892)|-|-|562|
|People's Voice Media|-|-|-|-|2,000|-|-|-|2,000|
|Lancashire County Council|7,230|10,000|(17,230)|-|-|-|-|-|-|
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## **REFUGEE WOMEN CONNECT**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023**_
## **15 Restricted funds**
|**Restricted funds**
LBF React Fund
Respond & Adapt
Sports Merseyside
Refugee Action Extension 2021
PH Holt Foundation
Jack's Tesco Groundwork
Home Office
Community Champion
Sainsbury's
Tudor Trust
UNHCR Digital Inclusion
Esmee Fairbairn (Trauma Informed
Activities)
ROSA|1,719
10,000
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
258,349|-
(1,719)
-
(10,000)
4,838
(4,838)
4,295
(4,295)
9,875
-
500
(500)
26,665
(26,665)
25,000
(20,764)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
376,638
(467,914)|-
-
-
-
9,875
-
-
4,236
-
-
-
-
-
167,073|-
-
-
-
4,920
-
-
-
-
(9,875)
-
-
-
-
25,000
(16,434)
10,000
(2,566)
40,000
(36,934)
5,544
(5,544)
2,500
-
7,000
-
408,302
(382,463)|-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(329)|**(continued)**
-
-
-
-
-
4,920
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
12,803
-
7,434
-
3,066
-
-
-
2,500
-
7,000
-
193,089|**(continued)**
-
-
-
-
-
4,920
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
12,803
-
7,434
-
3,066
-
-
-
2,500
-
7,000
-
193,089|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||||193,089|
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## **REFUGEE WOMEN CONNECT**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023**_
## **15 Restricted funds**
**(continued)**
These are monies given to the Charity to be spent at the discretion of the Board of Trustees for specific charitable purposes, as follows:
**Big Lottery 2022** - Funded early action project **Big Lottery Fund Grant -** Contribution towards 'Reaching Out' project **Churches Together -** To give financial support to women who are destitute **Esmee Fairbairn Foundation -** Contributions towards core cost in supporting women refugees and asylum seekers **Lloyds Bank Foundation -** Supports manager's salaries and running costs **Samuel Sabba Core Fund -** Contributions towards running costs and salaries **Samuel Sabba Mental Health Fund -** Funding towards the Mental Health Project **Samuel Sabba Trust -** Core funding for running costs **Sam & Bella Sibba Charitable Trust** - Contribution towards outreach projects **Spotlight -** To deliver early intervention support to newly arrived women asylum seekers in Liverpool **A B Charitable Trust -** Contributions towards core cost in supporting women refugees and asylum seekers **NHS Peri** – Mental health and peri-natal project fun **John Moores Foundation** - Contributes towards running costs **LCVS -** Contributions towards core cost in supporting women refugees and asylum seekers **Refugee Action -** Funded an integration project **Comic Advocacy & Policy -** Funding to develop the capacity of refugee women in the UK to advocate on gender based violence and the need for a fairer asylum process. **Access to Justice –** Core funding for running costs and operational staff salaries **Barrow Cadbury -** Project income for Casework support **Evan Cornish** – Funding for salary of caseworker for service users **Catalyst Programme** - Income was for a short term digital development project to reduce digital exclusion **Garfield Weston** – Core funding for running costs **Comic - Peri-natal Advocacy -** Income for peri-natal support in the community **Liverpool Lighthouse –** Project funding for mental health **People’s Voice Media –** Project funding for reporting and telling stories within the community **Lancashire County Council -** Income for research into early action services in the Lancashire area for refugee and asylum seeking women **LBF React Fund -** Income to fund the salary of a Communications Officer **Respond & Adapt -** Income to fund the salary of the casework team **Sports Merseyside** – Early action integration project for helping service users be more active **Ref Action Extension 2021** -Early action support
**P H Holt** - salary costs for A Moore
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## **REFUGEE WOMEN CONNECT**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)**
## _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023**_
## **15 Restricted funds**
**Restricted funds (continued) Jack’s Tesco Groundwork -** Small income pot for work that was done directly in the community throughout lockdown **Home Office** - support project to help improve mental health and reduce suicide **Community Champion** -engage and support women disproportionately impacted by COVID. **Sainsbury’s** – Funding for director with lived experience **Tudor Trust** - Core funding for running costs
**UNHCR Digital Inclusion -** For the provision of blocks of IT workshops for service users to help improve their confidence using technology to reduce digital isolation **Esmee Fairbairn (Trauma Informed Activities)** – Funding for trauma informed consultants to become a trauma informed workplace **ROSA** – Project funding for expenditure relating to Advocacy Campaigning
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## **REFUGEE WOMEN CONNECT**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023**_
## **16 Analysis of net assets between funds**
|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**2023**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
Fund balances at
31 March 2023
are represented
by:
Tangible assets
3,750
-
Current assets/(liabilities)
133,865
193,089
137,615
193,089|**Total**
Unrestricted
Restricted
**2023**
2022
2022
**£**
£
£
3,750
5,395
-
326,954
54,784
167,072
330,704
60,179
167,072|Total
2022
£
5,395
221,856|
|---|---|---|
|||227,251|
## **17 Operating lease commitments**
At the reporting end date the charity had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases, which fall due as follows:
|Within one year
Between two and five years|**2023**
**£**
5,208
912
6,120|**2022**
**£**
8,957
13,436|
|---|---|---|
|||22,393|
## **18 Related party transactions**
## **Remuneration of key management personnel**
The remuneration of key management personnel is as follows:
|Aggregate compensation
There are no other related party transactions.|**2023**
**£**
94,546|**2022**
**£**
79,824|
|---|---|---|
||||
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