BECOMING VISIBLE LIMITED
Company Limited by Guarantee
Report and Financial Statements
Year Ended: 31 March 2024
Charity Number: 1117872
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BECOMING VISIBLE LIMITED
COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024
Contents
Trustees Annual Report
3to6
Report ofthe independent examiner
Statement of financial activities
Balance sheet
Notes forming part of the financial statements
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BECOMING VISIBLE LIMITED
COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT
YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024
The Irustees, who are also directors forlhe purpose of company law. present Iheir report and the
unaudited financial statements of the company for the year ended 31 St March 2024.
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
Registered Charity Name
Becoming Visible Limited
Charity registration number
1117872
Company registration number
05291167
Principal Office
Mea House
Ellison Place
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE18XS
Registered Office
The Victory,
3941 North Bridge Street
Sunderland
SR5 1AH
The Trustees
The Trustees who served the company during the period were a5 follows:
Mr. F. Murphy
Mr. M.C. Macmurtrie
Mr. R.J. Herdman
Mrs C.M. Iredale (resigned 1 St April 2024)
Secretary
Miss. D. Marshall
Independent Examiners
Valued Accountancy
Office 101, View Point
Derwenlside Business Centre
Consett Business Park
Consett
Co Durham
DH8 6BN
Bankers
TSB Bank plc
St Marys Pla
Newcastle upon Tyne
Tyne & Wear
NE1 7PQ
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BECOMING VISIBLE LIMITED
COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT (continued)
YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024
STRUCTURE. GOVERANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Becoming Visible Is a registered tharity with a registered number.. 1117872. The memorandum and
articles of association dated 19th November 2(K)4 and last amended 22nd June 201￿. The memorandum
of articles was translated into British Sign Language in 20C6 for the benefit of members who prefer
information in British sign Language.
The day to day running of the charity is delegated to the Director and the Board of Trustees. The
recruitment and appointment of new trustees are elected by the established Management Committee and
Members.
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
With Becoming Visible charitable objectives in mind, the charity has been continuing it's work for greater
social inclusion for Deaf people in the North of England in every sphere of life, and to develop self-
confidence and self-esteem through the promotion of Brrtish Sign Language and Deaf Culture.
As a specialisl forward-thinking organisation working in the heart of Ihe Deaf Community, we provide
services that benefit both Deaf and hearing people. We believe and are proud that we provide solutions
that are culturally appropriale. friendly. and approachable and in this current financial climale, cost
effective. During 2023 - 2024 we had 3 full time and 1 part time member of staff and a bank of 4 zero
hours-based staff.
Strategy for 2023 - 2024
As we plan ahead to the future, after a challenging time after the effects of Covid and we have eMbra￿d
the necessary changes needed.
We, as an organisation have identified three areas, operations, community, and services where we need
to re-invesl our work.
We still find that COVID-19 has had a great impacted upon people's Conffiden￿ and the ability to 'retum'
to 'nomial living,. As we re-define Becoming Visible role in this new post-pandemic world, we will continue
to collaborate with other local Deaf organisations to look to the future. Some ground-breaking initiatives
wilh a local partner have been put on hold due to the pandemic and we will be looking to reslarl this work.
Our vision remains the same.
Vision: "The leading oryanisation in all things related to British Sign Language and Deaf Culture"
Mission: 'People first"
Values:
Respect for our language, culture, heritage, diversity is central in all we do
We will provide high quality accessible services, projects, and opportunities
Partnershipslsignposting with other organisations to promote a positive image of British Sign
Language, Deaf Cutture, and the diversity of the Deaf Community
We will always strive to improve in what we do by listening to feedback
Continue to be innovative in what we do, to create exating opportunities for members of the Deaf
Community
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COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT (continued)
YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024
BV Interpreting:
British Sign Language l English Interpreting Services for the public. private and volunlary sectors have
been the main core of our work and income since 2003. We are the only specialist agency in the region
that manages a diary ofa team of interpreters that attend a variety of appointments daity so that both Deaf
and hearing people can Communi￿te with each other.
Our clients include bolh large and small providers within the public. private and voluntary sectors such as
the NHS, local authorities, further & higher institutions. employment agencies, amongst other dients.
The nature of work we do remain the same over the years, though we fa￿ challenges in procurement of
the nature of our work as a specialist niche agency. However. our loyal clients and interpreters continue
to come back to us, and we are growing year on year in our bookings, not just regionally but also nationally.
We are grateful for their support to BVS elhos of ensuring that any income we generate is ploughed back
into our community. Our team of interpreters and bookings staff that we manage the diaries for are the
biggest asset we have as an organisation. They provided around 8.000 hours of British Sign Languagel
English Interpreting during 2019-2020. We value their work and support to Becoming Visible. Our
Bookings Co-ordinator. Michelle. deals wth the logistics of managing clients. requests, and the
inlerpreling team's diaries as well as sourcing other freelan￿ interpreters. This is a challenging area of
work needing accuracy. precision. quick decision making and the ability to always think on one's feet! We
work in partnership with our dients to ensure that their conlracls are successful by providing high quality
interpreting services at the point of contract throughout to invoicing. In 2023 and beyond, we look to new
challenges and expanding the team within Interpreting and Translalion as well as adding io Ihe ServI￿S
we provide with new technological opportunities and partnerships to enhance the interpreting services
provided.
Becoming Visible Translation
As part of our services to clients. we offer either one off translation or an ongoing serie5 of translation of
information into British Sign Language and vice versa. We do this through our in-house studio al Becoming
Visible. The studio is mostly for our own work but we have an increasing use of our studio for other media
opportunities, especially with the pandemic.
Becoming Visible Training
Our part-time Training Offi￿r, Julie has Su￿ssfij1IY delivered courses and workshops. All of this has
been delivered without any extemal funding and the Training department needs financial support to enable
us to continue this work and deliver more courses for Deaf people to enable them to upskill and gain
confidence in employment as Deaf people are 50 % more likely to be out of work than hearing people.
Becoming Visible believes thal Iraining should be delivered in an environment that is Deaf-friendly. so we
offer those al our base in Newcasile upon Tyne, rent rooms at Sunderland Deaf Society and Newcastle
Deaf Cenlre. Any income we raise goes back into the Deaf community. We will continue to do this work
in Ihe next few years, bul funding is essential to enable us to continue and offer further opportunities to
both Deaf and hearing people.
Deaf ID
After a soft launch of the new￿ established BV Servi￿ in mid-2020, Deaf ID is now slowly establishing
itself into a specialist niche service for Deaf people within the Northeast (Borders ,Cleveland and
Cumbria). Headed by Debra, the service matches up clients (aged 8 onwards) with our three specialist
teams of workers (Buddies. Support Workers, and Personal Assislanls). We are funded by two avenues
public and private funding. During 2023-2024. the aim is to strengthen intemal processes and
safeguard Ihe servi￿. train our staff and take tt OLrt into the community. This seNice was identified after
numerous queries from various organisations. We have plans to complement this SeN1￿ with two other
new services which takes Beo)ming Visible into new territory, and we are hugely excited about this
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COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT (continued)
YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024
Becoming Visible Community
The Deaf Community is what Becoming Visible is all about. The people, the language, the culture and
what makes us a unique communty. During 2023-2024 with the pandemic. our staff refocused their work
to providing a new BSL Radio se￿1￿ called BV Buzz. During 202>2024, Ihis was the highlight of our
engagement with the Deaf Community through Bvs Facebook page. We offered one-hour BSL-radio
shows online, three times a week. We gained an increase in our social media engagement by 1000/0,
provided information about the pandemic, intrOdU￿d local ServI￿S to Deaf people, offered people
opportunities to become reporters and so on. A typical show would have an opening with the wealher
forecast for the week by our resident weatherperson, followed by a news summary in BSL by whoever
was available, cookery slot. a spotlight on local Deaf businesses, Servi￿$. and banter with people. People
were invited to have discussions online about subjeds. We hope to seekfijnding to enable us to redevelop
this and make it a more robust servi￿. All face-1(￿fa￿ work remains challenging for us.
Policies and Procedures
With the pandemic, Becoming Wisible has to devise new poliues and procedures in light of safety and this
was communicated to all staff, volunteers. and interpreters to ensure safe working conditions. No one was
on furlough - everyone adapted to ways of working. As we enler a new year. re-checking our policies,
procedures and staff handbook are a priority for Becoming Visible.
Plans for the future
We are coming out of the pandemic and still adjusting on how people live and work. The major challenge
we have faced is re-engaging with the community and getting them to grow in confidence in returning to
daily lives outside of homes and ensuring a￿essIble servi￿5 return to better standards. As always, we
pul people first.
Signed on behalfof the board
Anthony Smare
Truslee
Date 30 January 2025
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BECOMING VISIBLE LIMITED
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INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES ON THE UNAUDITED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE COMPANY
YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024
Independent examinerfs report to the twstees of Becoming Wisible Limited {'the Company'l
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31
March 2024.
Respective responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity's trustees of the Company (who are also the directors of the company for the purposes of
company law), you are responsible for the preparation of the accounls in accordance with the
requirements of the Companies Act 2CK)6 {"the 20[￿ Act-).
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited for this year
under part 16 of the 20(￿ Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my
examination of your charity's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 {'the
2011 Acfl. In carrying out my examination, I have followed the Directions given by the Charity
Commission (under section 145{5}(b) of the 2011 Act.
Independent examiner's statement
Since the company s gross income exceeded £250.¢MI your examiner must be a member of a body listed
in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I can confimi that l am qualified to undertake the examination because I
am a member of Association of Certified and Chartered A￿UntantS in England and Wales, which is one
of the listed bodies.
I have completed my examination. I confim that no material matters have come to my attention which
gives me cause to believe that..
accounling records were not kept in accordance with section 386 of the Companies Act 2006., or
. the accounts do not accord with such records.. or
. Ihe accounls do nol comply wth relevanl accounting ￿quirementS under section 3% of the
Companies Act 2006 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fairf view which is
not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.. or
.the accounts have not been prepared in accordan￿ with Ihe methods and principles of the Statement of
Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities (applicable to charities preparing their
accounls in accordance with the Finan￿al Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of
Ireland {FRS1021.
Valued
ACCA
101 Viewpoinl
Derwenlside Business Centre
Consetl Business Park
Consett
Co Durham
DH8 6BN
Dated: 31 January 2025
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BECOMING VISIBLE LIMITED
COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (INCORPORATING THE INCOME AND
EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT)
YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024
Total
Funds
2024
Total
Funds
2023
Unrestricted Restricted
Funds
Funds
Notes
Income Resources
Incoming resources from
generating funds=
Voluntary income
3.660
3,660
724
Income resources from
charitable aclivilies
498.073
498,073
532,663
Total Incoming Resources
501,733
501.733
533,387
Resources Expended
Charitable activities
Governan￿ costs
(265.128)
(229,329)
(265,128 (311,3881
(229,329 (214,1951
Total Incoming Resources
{494,457)
1494,457) (525,5831
Net Incoming Resources
Net Income l (Expenditure)
for the year
7.276
7,276
7,804
7.276
7,276
7,804
Total Funds at 1 April 2023
235,645
235,645
227.841
Total Funds at 31 March 2024
242,921
242,921
235,645
The statement of Financial Activities includes all gains in the year and therefore a statement of total
recognised gains and losses has not been prepared.
All of the above amounts relate to continuing activtlies.
The notes on page5 9 to 15 forni part of these financial statements.
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BECOMING VISIBLE LIMITED
COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
BALANCE SHEET
YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024
2024
2023
Note
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible Assets
10
11.635
14,644
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors
Prepayment and Other Debtors
Cash al Bank
280,799
376
11,693
292,868
273,662
13,874
287,536
CREDITORS: amounts falling
due within one year
12
61,582
66,535
NET CURRENT ASSETS
231,286
221,001
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES
242.921
235.645
FUNDS
Restricted income funds
Unrestricted income funds
13
242,921
235,645
TOTAL FUNDS
242,921
235,645
The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act
2006 for the year ended 31 March 2024.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with Sedion 476 of the
Companies Act 2C()6.
The Trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for
a) Ensuring that the charitable company keeps accounting records that comply with Section 386
and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and
b) Preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the stale of affairs of the
charitable company as at the end of each financial year and of its surplus or deficit for each
financial year in accordance with the requirements of Section 394 and 395 and which otherwise
comply with the requirements of the Companies Ad 20(K relating to financial statements, so
far as applicable to the charitable company
These financial statements have been prepared in accordan￿ with the speaal provisions of Part 15 of
the companies Act 200￿ relating to charitable small companies.
The financial stalements were approved by the board of direclors and authorised for issue and are
signed on its behalf by..
Date 30 January 2025
Anthony Smare
Trustee
Company Registration No. 1117872
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COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024
1. Accounting policies
a) The financial statements have been prepared under Ihe historical cost convention, as modified by the
inclusion of fixed asset investments al market value. and in accordan￿ with the Financial Reporting
Standard for Smaller Entities (effective April 2008), the Companies Act 2006 and follow the
recommendations in Accounting and Repo￿ng by Chan"t￿s.. Statement of Recommended Practice
issued in March 2005.
b) The truslees have taken advantage of Ihe exemption in Financial Reporting Standard No1 (revised)
from including a cash flow ststement in the financial statements on the grounds that the company is
small.
c) Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtheran￿ of the general
objectives of the charity and which have not been designated for other purposes.
d) Restricted funds are recognised where a donor gives monies or other items for a specific purpose. In
each case the trustees recognise this restricted use and set up a separate restricted fund, accounting
only for money spent against that fund.
e) Liabilities are recognised as reSoUr￿S expended as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation
committing the charity to the expenditure. All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and
has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to the category.
Charitable activities- are those costs incurred in trading activities that raise funds, which are for the
direct benefit of the charty's beneficiaries, associated with the provisions of supporting servi￿5 and
include the direct costs and support costs relating to the activities of the charity.
g) Govemance costs - include Ihose incurred in the govemance of the charity and its assets and are
primarily associated with constitutional and statulory requirements. Support costs have been
allocated lo activity costs categories and to g0Veman￿ costs on a basis consislenl with the time
spent by employees one each activity and those activities necessary to properly govern the charity.
h) Fixed assets are initialty recorded at cost
i) Depreryation is calculated so as to write off the costs of an asset, less its estimated residual value,
over the useful economic lrfe of that asset as follows..
Computer Equipment
Computer Software and Li￿n￿S
Equipment
20°/v Reduang Balance
20 /0 Slraighl Line
200/0 Reduang Balan
j) All incoming resources are recognised On￿ the charity has entitlement to the resources, it is certain
that reSoUr￿S will be received, and the monetary value of incoming resources can be measured with
sufficient reliability.
Income from charitsble activities indudes income received under contract where the charity has
become entitled to the income after completing its contractual duties.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024
2. VOLUNTARY INCOME
Unrestricted
Restricted
2024 Total
2023 Total
Donations and grants
3.660
3,660
724
3,660
3,660
724
3. INCOMING RESOURCES FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIE
Unrestricted
Restricted
2024 Total
2023 Total
Invoiced services and recharged
expenses
498,073
498,073
532,663
498,073
498,073
532,663
4. TRUSTEES REMUNERATION AND EXPENSES
No remuneration or reimbursemenl of expense has been made or is due to be made to any of the truslees
in respect of the year.
5. COSTS OF CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES BY FUND TYPE
Unrestricted
Restricted
2024 Total
2023 Total
Direct charity acb'vity costs
265,128
265,128
311,388
265,128
265,128
311,388
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024
6. GOVERANCE COSTS
Unrestricted
Restricted
2024 Total
2023 Total
Salaries & Wages
185,027
185,027
178,874
Premises Costs
9,6(KJ
9,600
9,600
Accounlancy Fees
Printing, Postage &
Slationery
Insuran
6.120
6.120
4,482
1.504
1.504
539
1.319
1.319
2,637
Telephone
4.817
4.817
3,843
Legal & Professional
35
35
Repairs & Renewals
60
80
Training
3,448
225
Subscriptions
2,292
2,292
4,361
Bank Charges
276
276
228
Depreciation (20 % )
4.177
4.177
4,249
Room Hire
730
Travel Expenses
4.370
4.370
1,776
Sundries
6.284
6.284
2,536
229.329
229,329
214.195
7. NET (OUTGOINGI I INCOMING RESOURCES FOR THE YEAR
This is stated afler charging..
2024 Total
2023 Total
Depreciation
4.177
4,249
4.177
4,249
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024
8. STAFF COSTS AND EMOLUMENTS
Total staff costs were as follows..
2024 Total
2023 Total
Salaries & Wages
Pension Costs
173,276
167,288
4,846
4,210
Employers Nl
6.905
7,376
185,027
178,874
Particulars of employees:
The average number of employees during the year. calculated on the basis of fijll-time equivalents was
as follows..
2024 Totsl
2023 Total
Number of Admin staff
12
9. TAXATION
The charitable company is exempt from tax on its charitable activities, as the charitable company gained
full charitable status on P February 2007.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024
10. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Plant &
Machinery Etc
Cost
At 1 April 2023
40,445
Additions
1,169
Disposals
At 31 March 2024
41,614
Depreciation
Al 1 April 2023
25,801
Charge in Year
Depreciation on Disposals
Al 31 March 2024
4,17
29,979
Net Book Value
Al 31 March 2024
11,635
At 31 March 2023
14,644
11. DEBTORS
2024 Total
2023 Total
Trade Debtors
280,799
273,662
12. CREDITORS: Amounts falling due within one year
2024 Total
2023 Total
Trade Creditors
Olher Creditors
33,579
28,003
30,607
35,928
61,582
66,535
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024
13. UNRESTRICTED INCOME FUNDS
Balance
at31
March
2024
Balance
at 1 April
2023
Incoming
Resources
Outgoing
Resources
General Funds
235,645
501,733
494,457
242,921
14. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
No related party transactions
15. COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
The company is limited by guarantee and its goveming document is its memorandum and Arlides of
Association.
The trustees hold no shares in the company but each trustee. as a member. is a guarantor ofthe company,
to an amount not exceeding £1. in the event ofthe wnding up of a company.
16. PENSIONS
During the year. the company contributed £4,846 into the employees, personal pension under the
Government Auto Enrolment Scheme. (2023: £4.210)
17. CONTINGENCIES
The trustees have confinned that there were no contingent liabilities wthich should be disdosed on 31
March 2024.
18. CAPITAL COMMITMENTS
The trustees have confimied that there were no capital cornmitments on 31° March 2024.
19. ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY
In the opinion of the trustees there is no ulkn-mate controlling party other than the trustees themselves.
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