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2024-03-31-accounts

Annual Report and Accounts For the year ended 31st March 2024

Khulisa Annual Report and Accounts 2023–2024

Contents

Foreword from the Chair of Trustees 2
Section 1:Legal and Administrative Information 3
Section 2:Structure, Governance and Management 5
Nature of Governing Document 6
Organisation 6
Recruitment, appointment and induction of Trustees 6
Pay Policy 7
Related parties and cooperation with partners 7
Reserves Policy 7
Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities 8
Section 3:Annual Report of the Trustees 9
Vision, Mission and Aims 10
Activities of Public Beneft 11
Letter from the CEO 12
Risk management 14
An Introduction from our Head of Evidence and Impact 17
Our year in numbers 19
Our Impact 21
Case Study 27
Khulisa x SAFE London 28
Khulisa x Park View School 29
Meet a Senior Programme Manager 30
Our Infuencing 33
Spotlight on Trauma Training 37
What’s next for Khulisa? 38
Section 4:Financial Report 41
Independent Auditor’s Report 42
Statement of Financial Activities 46
Balance Sheet 47
Cash Flow Statement 48
Notes to the Financial Statements 49

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Foreword from the Chair of Trustees Jean-Marc Morel Po

In the last year, we have seen school exclusions increase to 40 a day, and suspensions have risen to 140,000 a year. So many young people are losing out on their learning and on the chance for an education. This is disproportionately affecting the young people Khulisa work with, who are 32 times more likely to be labelled with a learning or behaviour problem and excluded from school. These young people, who have had traumatic experiences and faced various adversity are being let down by the systems that are set up to support them - at the very time when they need them the most. This is harrowing.

This is why Khulisa has spent the last year really focusing on how we can enhance our impact further.

focus on evaluation. We shared the results of our 2-year schools evaluation study that showed statistically significant changes for the young people in our programme. We also found promising changes related to attendance and engagement in education that we plan to cement and capture more of with our new strategy.

Our new strategy is focussed on developing young people’s social and emotional skills and their educational outcomes and sustaining these for a longer period of time, so that we ensure we don’t lose this generation of young people. We do this because we believe in young people’s right to lead a life filled with choice and opportunity.

We know that to deliver our next ambitious strategy, we need a strong and stable foundation. We are on our way to achieving this, having rebuilt our free-reserves to £258k in the last year. We’ve also increased the skills and expertise on the board, bringing in 3 new trustees with skills and experience in finance, education and marketing & communications.

Alongside strengthening our financial position and building our infrastructure and governance, we’ve also increased our

Over my 7 year tenure at Khulisa - this is what has always struck me about them - their unwavering commitment to learning and to always striving for increased impact and excellence in all that they do. As I finish my term as Chair in November 2024, I look forward to handing over a charity that has grown, professionalised and flourished. Khulisa is a special charity, a charity that has shown determination and grit in times of adversity, that has relentless passion and drive for achieving more for the young people we support. We need Khulisa to be making that transformational difference to young people, and to ensure we don’t lose the next generation. I look forward to continuing to watch Khulisa’s journey unfold, and have complete faith that they will continue to be successful.

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Section 1

Legal and Administrative Information

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Reference and Administrative Information

Charity registration number: England and Wales: 1120562 Company registration number: 06210432 Registered office address: 30a Acre Lane, London, England, SW2 5SG

Board of Trustees

Jean-Marc Morel (Treasurer and Chair) Darlene Roberts - appointed 30 October 2023 Dami Solebo (Deputy Chair) Amy Yuan Sharon Kalsy - appointed 07 February 2024 Rob Dickinson Philippa Frankl Adrienne Sanders - Resigned 20 February 2024 Bernadette Keane - appointed 26 October 2023

Company Secretary

Nana Adjekum Appointed 03 April 2023 Iman Haji Interim 24 November 2022 to 02 April 2023

Leadership Team

Jodie Wickers Chief Executive Officer - promoted from Director of Programmes and Partnerships to interim CEO on 23 November 2022 and confirmed permanently in post on 02 April 2023

Karen Robinson Director of Income and Engagement - appointed 9 August 2023 Tony O’Donnell Head of Finance

Auditors

Bankers

Kingston Burrowes Audit Ltd Lloyds TSB PLC 308 Ewell Road 19-21 The Quadrant Surbiton Richmond Surrey TW9 1BP KT6 7AL

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Section 2

Structure, Governance and Management

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Nature of Governing Document

Khulisa is a limited company by guarantee (06210432), a registered charity

in England and Wales (1120562) and is governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association. The charity was incorporated in 2007, having originated in South Africa. The South African charity - Khulisa Social

Solutions - is a separate entity and licences Khulisa (UK) the use of their intellectual property for the purpose of programme delivery. Khulisa (UK) has a unique delivery model, blending therapeutic principles with creative arts in group settings.

Organisation

Trustees

Khulisa has a diverse Board of Trustees who bring a variety of expertise and livedexperience to their voluntary role as Board members. Trustees are appointed for a 3-year term with a limit of 2 consecutive terms served.

Staff

As of March 31, 2024, Khulisa had 18 staff members (full and part-time) based in London and the North West and worked with a bank of circa 14 freelance facilitators. All programme delivery staff and freelancers are trained in Khulisa’s programme methodology and have their suitable qualifications assessed during the recruitment phase, which also includes a full enhanced DBS check.

Members

Khulisa has reviewed its’ member base and revised its’ membership offer to better serve the needs of the charity. Khulisa offered all members the opportunity to either remain a member, apply to become a trustee, resign or support the charity in the role of an ambassador/Major Donor. This resulted in 3 members remaining, with whom we have kept in touch and involved in the work of the charity.

Recruitment, appointment and induction of Trustees

Trustees are recruited through an open and transparent process, utilising social media, staff & Board networks and our website to spread the word of new opportunities. Applicants are required to submit a CV and suitable candidates are then interviewed by the Chair who will then make any other introductions as necessary. For example, prospective candidates may be introduced to other Board members, the CEO or members of the Senior Leadership Team.

Successful candidates can then be elected by a majority vote of the Trustees at any regular meeting. Inductions for new Trustees includes pairing them with a ‘buddy’ from the existing Board membership, guiding them through various legal and strategic information, independent safeguarding training and having introductory conversations with various Trustees, the CEO and the Senior Leadership Team.

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Pay policy

The Board oversees CEO salary. They also oversee salary banding across the organisation with this being discussed in detail via the People and Culture Sub Committee. Specific salaries at all other levels are set by the CEO and Senior Leadership Team. Khulisa leads a performance management process annually based on performance and the financial health of the organisation.

Cross-organisation salary change recommendations are made to the board (with a requirement that 50% of the board are present to approve). These salary increase levels are based on Khulisa’s Pay & Remuneration Policy which set out salary banding for different levels of seniority (bench marked to equivalent sized charities).

Related parties and cooperation with partners

Our Trustees conduct their role without any remuneration nor benefit from the charity. Any reasonable expenses that they incur while performing their role as a Trustee are reimbursed, provided they fall within the expense policy.

Reserves Policy

The Trustees have decided on the level of reserves that the charity ought to have. Unrestricted funds are needed to:

The Trustees consider that, as a medium term goal, it would be prudent that unrestricted funds should be sufficient to cover:

Khulisa’s current target was to create a reserve fund of £285k based on £1,140 target expenditure for 2023/24. Unrestricted general funds at 31 March 2024 were £258k.

As can be seen on pages 14-16 (Risk Management) and page 41 (Financial Review) the Trustees and Leadership Team have a robust plan in place to regenerate reserves.

In order to reach young people, parents & carers and professionals who are most in need of our programmes, we work in partnership with schools and local authorities in London and the North West.

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Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities

The Trustees (who are also directors of Khulisa 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 Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under company law the Trustees must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure of the charitable company for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the Trustees are required to:

The Trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company 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 charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

In so far as the Trustees are aware:

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Section 3 Annual Report of the Trustees

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Vision, Mission Aims and Activities of Public Benefit

Vision

Our Vision is a society where young people have the social and emotional skills and nurturing environments they need to thrive.

Mission

Our Mission is to support excluded or marginalised young people whose behaviour is deemed challenging or antisocial, and the professionals, peers and carers who support them.

Values

- khulisa.co.uk/get involved/subscribe/

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Activities of Public Benefit

The public benefits we aim to deliver through our work are:

Trustees have paid due regard to their public benefit duty in Section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 when deciding what activities the charity should undertake. In the reporting year, these decisions were taken in the context of (1) a national decline in mental health among young people, parents & carers and teaching staff; and (2) a national school attendance crisis in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic. Our adaptive programme model is designed to adapt to the needs in the space, making it well-suited to respond to these changing needs.

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Letter from the CEO

Jodie Wickers, Chief Executive Officer

As I sit down to write this, I am remembering the moment I was told I was excluded from school. I felt shame, so much shame. I felt invisible, could they not see what was going on? I felt alone. They asked why my behaviour had escalated, but I didn’t have the words to tell them. I didn’t have relationships I could trust. I was already shrouded in shame, I didn’t have the strength or the skills to explain. It was hard to think about what this meant for my future, every day was survival.

Sometimes, being a charity CEO feels a bit like fighting for survival; having to face down huge challenges and holding the worry ‘will we be okay?’. I often find myself using some of the coping techniques from the Khulisa programme! Regulating myself, doing a body scan, rationalising, not letting myself slide into a shame or/and fear mentality. Reminding myself that if you’re brave enough to look outside of yourself and share - there are always people who will help.

My main takeaway from this year is a sense of pride. We have utilised the support and expertise of the team and those around us, and we have successfully followed our rebuild plan and invested in our free reserves, increasing them to £258k and ensuring we lay strong and sustainable foundations for Khulisa’s future. So I want

to start by shining a light on the hard work

and determination of the team and our supporters in helping us do this. And to reiterate for each and every one of us, that it’s only by asking for support, and being willing to take it, that we can really move forward.

We’ve secured over £1.2m income, stepping over the £1m mark for the first time in Khulisa’s history! This has been with our most diverse income portfolio as we’ve started to develop both our corporate offer and school sales model.

I’m proud of this - because this is what will mean that we can support more young people and for longer - and for me, that’s what this is all about. Our increased financial security has enabled us to dream bigger for the role we can play in supporting young people and we have put that straight into action. We have worked with Impetus and EY Parthenon to develop a 3-year strategy for Khulisa. This centres on enhancing our core programme so we can drive forward increased impact for our young people. Alongside supporting them to develop their social and emotional skills and wellbeing, we will now be supporting

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them to achieve better engagement and attendance in education. We will also be capturing longer term outcomes; helping us understand both the immediate impact and long-term impact our programme has.

This new programme will more than triple the support hours to young people. Building on the success of our parent/ carer pilots, our new programme will also provide direct support to our young people’s parents/carers; creating circles of containment, safety and support, changing the environment and strengthening the relationships they have with key adults in their life to support them to sustain their outcomes. As the programme is longer and more complex, there is a highly intentional temporary drop in the number of young people we reach, with us reaching 262 this year - but as we grow, this will rise back up. We are comfortable with this - because we want to be an organisation that focuses on depth of impact, long-term outcomes and truly transformative change for young people in the most under-resourced communities.

Another core element of our new strategy is centering and amplifying young people’s voices. We will platform young people and create opportunities to share their story, their way. They will shape our programme design, our recruitment, and be key decision makers in developing our policy and influencing strategy and communications strategy. At the time of publishing (December 2024) I am beyond delighted that we are really starting to see this come into fruition, having already appointed and trained over 20 Young Influencers.

introduced us to their networks and provided useful advice and support.

It’s this hope and belief that always keeps me going and that has helped us succeed in the last year - doing it with others, and doing it together.

And the most important thing of all? Is that the young people we work with have been part of this transformational change, they’ve seen and felt us respond to them and their feedback and they know and feel important, as they absolutely are.

Here’s to the year ahead, in community with the young people we serve.

“Building on the success of our parent/carer pilots, our new programme will also provide direct support to our young people’s parents/carers; creating circles of containment, safety and support.”

Jodie Wickers, CEO of Khulisa

The last year has also seen our team grow; we’ve welcomed new staff and new board members. We’ve also been privileged to work with exceptional funders and individuals, who have supported us and provided important critique as we developed our new strategy, generously given us funding and/or

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Risk Management

Risk management planning is part of Trustees’ annual planning cycle in collaboration with the Executive Leadership Team who form a risk management plan on which they report quarterly to the Board. Internal controls manage key risks such as financial management and these are periodically reviewed by Trustees, or reviewed when changes in risk or legislation occur.

The key risks for Khulisa are:

Risk Mitigation
Safeguarding- the
charity fails to prevent
or respond appropriately
to harm
Internal processes governed by a Safeguarding Policy,
owned by a Designated Safeguarding Lead, reviewed and
updated annually and monitored at board level.
New team structure (with Senior Programme Managers)
has facilitated a new safeguarding governance structure.
All Delivery staf and associate facilitators who work
with young people, trained in Safeguarding &
Safeguarding Policy.
Enhanced DBS checks for all staf and associate
facilitators who work directly with young people.
External and Internal Staf supervision for staf who work
directly with young people and debriefs post-programme.
Extensive induction process, including shadowing and
being observed in delivery for those working directly with
young people.
All programmes are delivered by a minimum of two staf/
associate facilitators and are delivered within schools.
Programme team linked to school Safeguarding Leads
during delivery.

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Risk

Financial - the charity fails to generate enough income to sustain it’s planned level of work or to rebuild its reserves

Mitigation

Internal financial controls are monitored quarterly by a Finance Sub-Group of the Board, and the Board at large.

Annual budget cycles and quarterly decision making includes pre-emptive pivot plans to be used if needed.

Management accounts and income analysis informs full year re forecasts and allows pivot plans to be adopted.

A rolling 12 month cash flow forecast keeps management attention on our outlook.

We have increased our focus on higher value bids and have identified income opportunities from Corporates.

Key focus on income diversification including Corporate and Major Donor income and planning toward a partpaid model for schools.

Impact - risks of not meeting our reach targets could adversely affect future fundraising

We have intensified our programme and updated our theory of change to reflect the longer lasting and deeper outcomes we expect this to deliver.

We increased flexibility by hiring new facilitators to support a school sales strategy which is central to our plans going forward.

Our data suggests that young people’s feeling of wellbeing has remained the same but there was significant improvement in their resilience and emotional regulation during the year.

We have started to capture school attendance and attainment data and will monitor these alongside the outcomes we evaluate.

We have expanded our participant profile in line with feedback from young people and schools and supported schools to improve referral pathways.

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Risk

Legal - the charity fails to comply with GDPR, HR or Fundraising regulation and laws

Mitigation

The Finance and the People & Culture Sub Groups of the Board have these highly legislated business functions within their remit to scrutinise and the Leadership Team provides quarterly updates to these groups, just prior to quarterly Board meetings. Live and emerging risks or legal changes are shared via a risk management framework with robust version control to monitor risk/management change over time. We have extended the use of the risk register to include the whole management team.

We have improved system access controls and purchased additional licences for staff.

We have also provided cyber awareness training to all staff and Trustees.

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An Introduction from our

Head of Evidence and Impact Zaynab Osman

As Head of Evidence and Impact, I am delighted to share some of the headlines from an impactful year for Khulisa.

The increasing challenge

The past year has presented significant challenges for young people, with a notable decline in their overall wellbeing nationally. A recent study by The Children’s Society (2023) [1] highlighted that the average wellbeing of children aged 10 - 15 in the UK has been on the decline since 2009 - a worrying statistic.

There is also a concerning trend in the decline of life satisfaction for UK children (OECD, 2023) [2] , with 25% of UK students reporting they are not satisfied with life. This is the lowest rating of all EU countries and significantly higher than the OECD average of 18%. This trend, exacerbated by the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, underscores the urgent need for support services that prioritise young people’s mental health and wellbeing.

Khulisa’s response

In response to this pressing need, Khulisa has continued to deliver vital support services to young people, enhancing our programme to align with young people’s increasing needs. Our evidence-based programmes are designed to address the unique challenges faced by underserved young people, equipping them with the social and emotional learning tools they need to build resilience, improve their emotional wellbeing and stay in school.

1 The Children’s Society (2023), ‘The Good Child Report’, (Accessed 1 May 2024)

2 OECD (2023), UK Factsheet, ‘PISA 2022 Report (Accessed 1 May 2024)

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Our impact

Improved core outcomes:

More than half of our young people have shown notable improvement in their emotional regulation, resilience, and overall wellbeing

Exceeding national standards:

Our young people have consistently outperformed national benchmarks despite increasing challenges nationally, highlighting the effectiveness of our programmes

I joined Khulisa amidst a national crisis in young people’s wellbeing and knowing that the need for Khulisa’s impact has never been greater. I extend my gratitude to my predecessor, Iman Haji, for her invaluable contributions during the financial year 2023/24 and so many years before that, which have been instrumental in Khulisa’s success.

Empowering young people:

By equipping young people with practical coping skills, we are empowering them with the necessary skills and strategies to overcome trauma and adversity

Looking ahead

As we move forward, we are excited to further our impact in the coming year. We will continue to:

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Our year in numbers

There is strong interest and demand for our programme

308 referrals received

We have supported 481 people

262 young people 219 adults

85%

(262) of those referred met our participant criteria and were successfully enrolled onto the programme

Wellbeing

We have worked across London and the North West

London and the North West 61% of young people reported Delivered 28 programmes improvements in — ~~.~~ Wellbeing Resilience Manchester 58% 5 of young people reported improvements London in Resilience 23 Emotional Regulation 56% of young people reported improvements in Emotional Regulation Me

58% of young people reported improvements in Resilience

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Through teaching essential coping skills, our programmes empower young people to navigate life’s challenges:

9 out of 10 young people report that they used the coping skills they learned with Khulisa after the programme ended Maintained since 22/23

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91% of young people reported feeling safe and not judged

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9 out of 10 young people valued Khulisa’s approach and felt it was effective

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88% of young people felt heard, understood and respected in the group

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8 out of 10 young people expressed a stronger sense of belonging and connections with their peers

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I’ve had groups before where I was isolated by myself but that wasn’t the case here”

64% of young people reported using these skills immediately post-programme

73% of young people 64% of young reported using people reported these skills after using these skills three months after six months

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Our Impact The demographics of the young people we served

Age

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The majority 81% (206) of young people we support are aged 13 and 14

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Ethnicity

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Over 3 in 5 young people we support are from Global Majority (Black, Asian or Mixed-Heritage) backgrounds

English as an Additional Language (EAL)

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1 in 5 (20%) of young people we support have EAL status .

This is higher than the national average of 18.6% in state funded secondary schools

Free School Meals and Pupil Premium

Over half , 58% (143) of the young people we support were eligible for Free School Meals and 59% (149) were eligible for Pupil Premium.

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This is more than double the national average of 24.6% in state funded secondary schools

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Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)

15% of the young people we support have SEND . This is higher than the national average of 13.6% in schools for young people with SEND without an EHC (Education, Health and Care) plan.

Participants with at least one measure of ‘disadvantage*’

3 out of 5 , or 68% (168), young people we support have at least 1 marker of disadvantage .

The data has also helped us to identify areas of growth for next year to help us expand our reach and ensure that all young people have the opportunity to thrive

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Gender
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Over half , 57% (150), of the young people we support are male and 39% (102) are female.**

Compared to the national average of England in 23/24 where 51% of young people in schools were male and 49% were female.

**We are using the terms male and female to reflect the DfE data so that we can report against their data set for the purpose of benchmarking. We recognise that gender exists on a vast spectrum and that therefore these terms are limiting and may feel harmful to some young people. In our programmes and in all our work with young people we refer to young people by their chosen pronouns and gender identities without exception or judgement.

Factors influencing secondary school pupils’ educational outcomes: A literature review supporting the Growing Up in the 2020s study. (2024, September). [Report]. ~~_~~ Department for Education.

*We are using the term ‘disadvantage here to reflect the language in the DfE data set being referred to. However, we acknowledge that this language can be labelling and suggest an inherent deficit in young people. On the contrary, Khulisa knows that young people are full of potential and power and experience disadvantage at the hands of a system which is not fit to meet their needs.

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Our Impact

A year of empowering young people and exceeding national standards

Our interventions are fostering developments in all our core outcomes, with data showing significant gains in wellbeing

Our 23/24 impact report evidences how Khulisa’s programmes are effectively addressing critical needs, and making a real difference. Young people who participate in our programmes experience significant improvements in their emotional wellbeing, surpassing national benchmarks.

Wellbeing

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We were in some ways doing work because we were working on ourselves and working out our mental health and how to manage ourselves in different types of situations so I guess missing our lessons was benefitting ourselves in a different way”

Face It participant

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Resilience
+8%
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58% in average
of young people resilience
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Emotional Regulation 56% of young people reported improvements in Emotional Regulation ~~—~~ an -1% decrease since 22/23

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Through teaching essential coping skills, our programmes empower young people to navigate life’s challenges:

9 out of 10 young people report that they used the coping skills they learned with Khulisa after the programme ended

Maintained since 22/23

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“I learned stuff about myself and how to cope in scenarios. Like if someone does something I would get mad, but now I control myself using the tips: to see what’s around you, move yourself away, catch a breather.”

- Face It participant

“Khulisa’s programme helped me. It enlightened my senses towards anger management. Expanded my knowledge on how to control myself before moments of panic”

“[Face It] helped me with my anger and triggers; how to calm down and what to do.”

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9 out of 10 young people report feeling safe, understood and respected whilst on our programme

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91%

of young people reported feeling safe and not judged

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9 out of 10 young people valued Khulisa’s approach and felt it was effective

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88% of young people felt heard, understood and respected in the group

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8 out of 10

young people expressed a stronger sense of belonging and connections with their peers

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I’ve had groups before where I was isolated by myself but that wasn’t the case here”

- Face It participant

Our pilot Face It 2.0 programme demonstrated sustained positive impact, with the majority of young people reporting that they continued to use learned coping skills six months post programme. We conducted a pilot of our longer more intensive Face It 2.0 programme in October 2023 . We have been tracking outcomes of the 11 young people who took part in the pilot over a longer period of time and learned that the majority of those who completed the programme (attending over 50% of sessions or more) demonstrated sustained use of the learned coping skills after six months.

Studies have shown that it often takes repeated exposure and practise for new habits to become ingrained. In the context of our programme, we have observed that:

64% of young people
reported using these
73% of young people
reported using
64% of young
people reported
skills immediately these skills after using these skills
post-programme three months after six months

While we are yet to conduct larger scale research into the impact of our revised programme, the preliminary data provides a promising window into the potential impact of Face It 2.0. The future holds exciting possibilities as we delve deeper into the long term effects of our new programme during 2024/2025.

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Case Study

Young Person’s Story

Meet Amber, who has completed our Face It programme and generously shared some of their personal takeaways and memories.

These are their actual words, but we’ve changed their name to protect their identity.

My favourite memory from the Khulisa programme is…

Discussions, and art and drawing. For example, when drawing the body map. We drew an outline of a person and wrote the emotions we can feel when we are sad, hurt or angry.

My biggest takeaway or lesson from the programme is…

The trigger game, I learnt to trust others, focus and accept defeat without giving up. When doing the role plays, we thought about different types of violence and what they look like in different situations.

Something I have enjoyed about my 1:1s after the programme is…

I have enjoyed going into detail and being able to talk about my problems 1:1. I like when we had to pick the ‘all about me’ cards in the first session and answer them and think about how I am doing in school.

My main takeaway from the programme is…

After Khulisa I've felt that I've been more confident and also I've been taking time to take care of myself physically and mentally. I've been able to identify better what my reactions are when I'm angry or upset and been learning about myself more.

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Khulisa x SAFE London

The SAFE (Support, Attend, Fulfil, Exceed) initiative is a nationwide programme aimed at supporting vulnerable young people by improving wellbeing, behaviour, school attendance, and engagement. Through collaboration with local secondary schools and community partners, SAFE delivers evidence-based interventions that foster safer, more inclusive environments for young people. Khulisa was selected to partner with SAFE in two boroughs; Southwark and Lambeth, enabling us to bring our unique approach to learning social and emotional skills to the forefront of this critical work.

We secured this partnership by aligning with SAFE’s objectives and demonstrating a commitment to youth-centred, therapeutic programming. Following a successful application, we engaged in collaborative planning with SAFE task force teams to establish shared goals and define each partner’s role. Together, we delivered tailored interventions, centred on our flagship programme, “Face It,” which uses therapeutic approaches and creative methods, to address the underlying causes of challenging behaviours and disengagement from school.

Throughout this partnership, we successfully delivered 19 “Face It” programmes, positively impacting 183 young people. Key highlights included significant improvements in emotional regulation, resilience, and overall wellbeing, with many young people exceeding national benchmarks in these areas. Beyond quantitative measures, the programme fostered stronger self-awareness, safer learning environments, and a sense of belonging. With one young person sharing;

“I learnt how to interact with other people better and ask questions instead of assuming. I feel more confident.”

The success of these programmes reflects the strength of our partnership working, in which we play to the relative strengths of each partner. The insights and feedback gained from this collaboration are guiding us as we evolve Face It toward longer lasting impact for young people.

Faye Hussain, Lead Commissioner, Newham SAFE Taskforce, had this to say about working with Khulisa;

“Working with Khulisa on the SAFE initiative has been transformative for both our schools and the young people we serve. Khulisa’s tailored approach through the ‘Face It’ programme has been invaluable in helping our students develop essential social and emotional skills. Their team’s commitment, collaboration, and unique methods have created lasting positive changes, including improved attendance, and more positive behaviour. This partnership truly exemplifies the power of collaboration in making a meaningful difference.”

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Park View School

School stats:

1120 students

46% Pupil Premium

Ofsted Feb 2023 - Good

Will Berridge, Assistant Head Teacher at Park View School says ;

IDACI* rating - 5 most disadvantaged

Spotlight on our partnership with Park View School

Khulisa has partnered with Park View School in Haringey since 2019 and since schools reopened in 2021 , we’ve delivered 12 transformative “ Face It ” programmes, empowering 117 young people with tools for resilience and growth.

Our partnership with Park View continues to inspire change and create lasting positive outcomes. Impact Highlights from our latest programme delivery include

96% of young people used coping skills learnt on the programme

68% of young people had improved resilience

*IDACI means ‘Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index’ (IDACI) 2019. The deprivation of a provider is based on the mean of the deprivation indices associated with the home postcodes of the pupils attending the school rather than the location of the school itself. The schools are divided into five equal groups (quintiles), from ‘most deprived’ (quintile 5) to ‘least deprived’ (quintile 1)

“Park View School has worked closely with Khulisa for many years to support the evolving emotional needs of our students. Together, we support young people’s emotional wellbeing, providing the tools they need to thrive in and out of the classroom. Through Khulisa’s support, we’ve seen improvements in both attendance and attainment, reflecting the lasting impact of this work.

One memorable success was with a student who had often been disengaged who, during the programme, smiled around school for the first time, fully engaged in Khulisa’s sessions and found a renewed sense of connection. Another standout was a student who typically resists interventions and struggles with engagement. Despite her usual reluctance, she shared how much she enjoyed the programme, which was a huge step forward.

These experiences are just a glimpse of the positive impact Khulisa has had on our students. We’re excited to see this partnership continue to support and uplift young people in meaningful ways”

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Meet a Senior Programme Manager

Tasha, JNC Youth and Community Worker & Trainee Integrative Therapist

What’s your role and how long have you worked at Khulisa?

I’m a Senior Programme Manager and I’ve been at Khulisa 3.5 years

What’s your go-to creative activity in the young person programme and why is it so effective?

Role plays! Literally - role plays can be used to embed the learning for ANY programme material:

What triggers you, and what happens in your body when you’re triggered?

Role play to embed it.

What are the different levels of violence?

Role play to show me that you understand the effects of emotional violence (which is so often underestimated)

Want to be a criminologist in the future?

Role play the interview for the job!

You can literally use it for anything, and the young people become so creative showcasing the depths to what they have understood of it.

The programme is becoming more intensive and now works with parents, carers and teachers too. What are you most excited about in this new programme?

Making more of a difference in the life of the young people we serve.

We hear a lot from the young people themselves about how the adults in their life have the power to affect them, so it will be great getting everyone speaking the same language. With the Trauma Training, I’m excited to see how teachers will move towards a trauma-informed way of working. We need teachers to create nurturing environments that keep young people regulated and ready to connect with each other and learn.

With the parenting programme, I am excited about demystifying the confusing world of the teenage brain. Parenthood does not come with a manual so I am hopeful that this knowledge will help to make small differences within the homes of the young people we serve. I am just excited to see everyone more prepared, educated and equipped to help shape the future of the next generation.

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What’s the best and the hardest thing about delivering the programme in mainstream secondary schools?

The best thing is connecting with young people. I thrive on these moments and interactions. Young people are so amazing, insightful, intelligent and clued up - more than we give them credit. I love learning from them and challenging them.

The hardest thing is getting schools to understand the way we work. We often get questions or challenges on why we do the things we do; e.g., “Why can young people keep their coats on in sessions?” (though we tell them once they leave the room, traditional school rules apply). Well, we like to give them autonomy over their own bodies/regulate their own temperature. This may clash with traditional school rules outside of our sessions, but young people are so much more likely to be able to follow this rule day to day once they’ve learned first on our programme how to self-regulate when rules they dislike are in place. Our programme reduces so-called ‘behaviour incidents’ precisely because we give young people autonomy while they are learning this skill.

What’s the simplest way you would explain Bruce Perry’s 3 Rs (Regulate, Relate, Reason), and why is this such an important skill to have?

Regulated people build better relationships, have better health prospects, make better decisions, have improved performance and have better mental health.

If you are not regulated, then you simply cannot function effectively. Without regulation we cannot tap into our higherlevel brain functions; e.g., reason, logic,

reflect, learn, process, think and then plan. Have you ever tried to do something that requires deep thought when you do not feel safe or grounded?

You probably didn’t do a great job.

Bruce Perry’s 3 Rs is such an easy framework to remind people of the little steps to learning and developing as a person. It is an important skill to have as we know that being unregulated means prolonged exposure to stress, which leads to people who are easily triggered, overreact to situations and have emotional outbursts, which triggers the automatic way to perceived threat - fight, flight, freeze responses - which can often lead to behaviours we later regret or can be harmful. It is impossible to relate to and reason with a person who is not regulated in a survival response.

Unregulated

Prolonged exposure to stress

Easily triggered, overreact to situations and have emotional outbursts

Triggers fight, flight, freeze responses

Behaviours we later regret or can be harmful

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“Young people are so amazing, insightful, intelligent and clued up - more than we give them credit. I love learning from them and challenging them.” - Tasha

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Our Influencing

At Khulisa, we’ve always believed in the power of evaluation to ensure the highest quality and most impactful support for young people. Our journey in influencing educational policy and practice reflects this commitment, focusing on understanding the nuanced challenges in schools today and collaborating with umbrella bodies, policymakers, researchers, and communities. This work may be in its infancy, but we’re proud of the influence we’ve had with our small but mighty team and the vision we’ve built to mature our advocacy and influencing work.

Here’s what we’ve been up to...

Influencing policy makers

In April 2023, we responded to the Department for Education's inquiry into teacher retention and recruitment, advocating for policy changes that prioritise teacher wellbeing. We also engaged in key discussions through roundtables with the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on school exclusions. These events provided platforms to share insights from our work with vulnerable students, emphasising the need for inclusive policies that address mental health and behavioural needs in school settings.

Winning a Fair Education Alliance Scaling award

We were awarded the FEA Scaling Award, a two-year investment in our strategic and leadership development. This support enhances our capacity to share best practice in promoting wellbeing in schools, marking a significant milestone in amplifying our policy impact.

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school attendance crisis

TI stoned 11 In September 1 2023, Khulisa - in ‘ ’ partnership with Public First, SchoolListening to, and learning from, parents in the Home Support, and attendance crisis Impetus - released groundbreaking Pusuichiasr, ® ne 1 khulisa SHS“ research highlighting the alarming decline in school attendance, exacerbated by the pandemic and cost-of-living crisis.

“My eldest - she was playing football, she was well into her sport, confident, outgoing, and then we were put on lockdown. Now she gets herself worked up about situations. And then obviously, because she gets herself worked up, then she’s getting headaches, stomach aches, she feels sick. So she misses school due to it now.”- Female, Manchester, social group E, children aged 5, 6 and 11

Under-served young people are more likely to be absent. In 2022-2023 , 37.9% of under-served pupils were persistently absent, compared to 16.7% of their peers with access to services and support.

“Attendance and absence have gone through the roof, and I can’t see what the government are doing about it. They’re not really doing - they’ve left the schools and head teachers to deal with it, and then you get parents that are really angry and then obviously, they back off because don’t want to – so we’re fighting for our kids.”- Female, Manchester, children aged 5 and 10

Parents told us that they’d noticed a big rise in anxiety, in both their own children and in their peers. This was reflected in additional ‘mental health days’ where children were too tired, stressed or anxious to attend school. Like the young people we’re supporting, these issues are felt most acutely in communities where services and access to services has historically been lacking.

“My son’s mental health went bad. So now he’s having therapy. They do some therapy in school and things like that. It’s not enough.”- Female, Manchester, children aged 5 and 10

Our CEO, Jodie Wickers, shared key insights from this report, offering recommendations for policymakers to address attendance challenges.

“The idea that every school day matters, once a cornerstone of the parent-school relationship, has been abandoned. And this is a shift with significant implications for both education and student wellbeing.” - Jodie Wickers, CEO

This is problematic because poor school attendance leads to lower academic achievements across all ages. Missing out on school also means missing out on opportunities for support: Regular school attendance provides broader social, health, and civic benefits, with school-based interventions like Khulisa’s supporting struggling students.

The report gained extensive media coverage, reaching a broad audience through outlets like LBC , The Guardian , ITV , Sky News , and The Telegraph .

Read the report here

Or visit bit.ly/KhulisaReport

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Commitment to

Long-Term evidence

In September 2023 we were pleased to embark upon an ambitious pilot RCT in partnership with The Lab, funded by Stuart Roden and the Youth Endowment Fund.

During the pilot RCT we were pleased to support 29 young people across 4 programmes. We took the difficult decision to withdraw from the evaluation six months later after careful consideration with the Lab and in consultation with schools and young people. We had encountered some challenges including: schools’ capacity to fulfil the reporting requirements and some hesitance from young people, parents and carers to participate in this trial. Our primary interest, in making this decision, was to listen to young people and their families and recognise the limitations schools currently had in partnering with us under the conditions of an RCT.

We published our two-year evaluation with ImpactEd on our flagship programme, Face It, assessing its impact on social and emotional skills and wellbeing among young people in London and Manchester. Results showed significant improvements in wellbeing, resilience, self-regulation, and coping skills. This evidence will guide our continued advocacy as we engage heads and policymakers, furthering our long-term commitment to influencing educational policy through research and collaboration to benefit students and educators alike.

Watch our CEO and Head of Impact discuss the results of our schools research report here bit.ly/KhulisaDiscussReport

We look forward to the publication of the full RCT findings in January 2025, which will include data contributed by Khulisa, and remain committed to rigorous evaluation and learning.

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Spotlight on Trauma Training

The transition to adolescence and to secondary school can be especially challenging for young people with an experience of trauma or adversity. This often places them at an increased risk of exclusion, social isolation or poor mental health. Teachers and pastoral teams are under significant pressure to drive up attendance and attainment despite reduced budgets. It’s no wonder that educators are struggling to effectively look after their own wellbeing in this context! Yet they are the very frontline of support, when trauma-experienced young people need help to stay in the classroom and get the education they deserve.

We took feedback from teachers in our Whole School Approach; the very earliest iteration of our more systemic work with adults around the young person. In these 1-hour twilight sessions, we equipped educators with trauma training theory to prepare them for supporting triggered and dysregulated young people. Educators told us that whilst they recognised the importance of being familiar with the theory, they often struggled to translate this into practice, particularly within whole classroom environments.

Based on this feedback, we have now enhanced our staff trauma-training programme. The programme now focuses on building staff awareness of applied

trauma-informed practice; equipping them with essential knowledge and strategies for effective methods to be used within the classroom, whilst recognising the importance of their own self-care.

Our new offer introduces theory and encourages reflective practice and experiential learning. This approach enables educators to go deeper into thinking about where they may have their own responses. It also allows them to recognise, regulate and process this so that they are in the best possible position to support and coregulate their students to trauma responses through informed principles and positive healing relationships.

“Teachers and pastoral teams are under significant pressure to drive up attendance and attainment despite reduced budgets. It’s no wonder that educators are struggling to effectively look after their own wellbeing in this context!”

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What’s next

for Khulisa?

The last year has been a difficult one for the sector, and we have needed to focus on building and investing in our stability. We are now ready to move forward with the core goals of our 2024-27 strategy:

Moving Programme Development toward deeper, longer lasting outcomes via Face It 2.0

Building our Youth Voice strand, so that young people are front and centre of our decisions and our work

Strengthening our Partnership working with Schools

Stabilising and investing in our infrastructure.

Programme Development

standard. This means we’re working with fewer young people than last year and that our path to growth will be intentionally gradual. The growth we want is sustained growth - where we are embedded in schools and communities, and where the young people on our programme are set up with social and emotional skills which endure long beyond our programme and into their promising lives ahead.

This might seem like a bold choice at a time where (1) funding in the charity sector is under more pressure than ever; and (2) intensive interventions ask for a greater commitment of funders. However, we believe this pressure calls for a collaborative response focused on the growing needs of a crisis in national school attendance and a national decline in young people’s wellbeing.

We need funders and partners who will stand with us to achieve lasting change for young people and for the long-term public gain. If you would like to support Khulisa’s work to set young people up with the social and emotional skills they need for life, please contact info@khulisa.co.uk and we would love to discuss how you can help.

In collaboration with both young people and schools, we took the decision to intensify our programme, more than tripling its duration, breadth and depth. In addition, we also introduced new outcome measures, such as self-awareness, relationships and engagement in school.

Why? Because our new strategy is about “= sustained and deeper outcomes.

It’s less about growing reach in competition with our peers, and more about doing what we do to an excellent

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Youth Voice

Our vision for Youth Voice places young people at the heart of Khulisa’s decisionmaking, ensuring their influence shapes every aspect of our inward- and outwardfacing work.

Adapting to young people’s feedback has been baked into our programme design since its inception and now we want to give them opportunities to learn and to shape both the work we do and the education world around them.

Over the next 3 years, this approach will see young people leading as influencers, interviewers, and co-creators across various projects. For example, Young Interviewers will help recruit staff, bringing unique insights to the process, while the Young Influencers programme will drive campaigns and creative initiatives. This strategy began with youth-led evaluations and continues to evolve based on feedback from the young people themselves.

Our asset-based approach recognises young people as experts in their own experiences and as innately powerful individuals with the capacity for strong social and emotional skills.

Partnership working with schools

We’ve worked in mainstream schools since 2011. These schools are central to our new strategy, which targets economically marginalised young people in mainstream secondary education who are failed by a system which isn’t setting them up to thrive.

We’re shifting to a part-paid for model with schools, with the aims of (1) making our newer intensive work more sustainable and (2) professionalising our relationships with the education sector. We source match-funders for our school partnerships, so that schools never need to pay the full costs but always get the full impact.

Our model and impact measurements are grounded firmly in young people’s outcomes while also providing schools the data and evidence they need for meeting both National Pupil Premium Strategy best practice and evidence in readiness for OFSTED inspections. This has been streamlined by our use of ImpactEd software, making data reporting seamless for all of our school partners.

Whether it’s through shaping services, leading advocacy campaigns, or influencing policies - young people will play a central role in driving change across the charity. Creativity will be a key tool in amplifying their voices, ensuring that Khulisa remains an inclusive space where young people feel empowered to lead with purpose. Our long-term vision is for Khulisa to be at the forefront of influencing both policy and practice in mainstream education, and thus we are building a movement of young people who can be central to this work.

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Investing in infrastructure

Delivering our ambitious strategy requires the right people, resources, systems and processes to enable our work with young people. In the coming year we are reviewing our infrastructure needs and investing in an operational development plan. A core part of this work will be a transformed delivery operating model which is fit for the longer and more varied Face It 2.0 programme.

This report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Approved by the Board of Trustees on 16th December 2024 and signed by:

Jean-Marc Morel Chair

Date: 16/12/2024

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Section 4

Income and Financial Report

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Independent Auditor’s Report to the members of: Khulisa (A Company Limited by Guarantee and not having a share capital)

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Khulisa (the ‘charitable company’) for the year ended 31 March 2024 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities (incorporating Income and Expenditure Account), the Balance Sheet, the Cash Flow Statement and notes to the financial statements, 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 Financial Reporting Standard 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 charitable company 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.

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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 charitable company’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.

Other information

The trustees are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the trustees’ annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. 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.

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 our knowledge and understanding of the charitable company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the directors’ 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:

We have nothing to report in this regard.

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certain disclosures of directors’ certain disclosures of directors’ Auditor’s remuneration specified by law are not made; or responsibilities for • we have not received all the information the audit of the and explanations we require for our audit; financial statements or

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.

Responsibilities of trustees

As explained more fully in the trustees’ responsibilities statement, the trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company 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.

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 specific procedures for this engagement and the extent to which these are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charitable company’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 charitable company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

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Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation.

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charitable company’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 charitable company’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 charitable company and the charitable company’s members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Kevin Fisher BA FCA CTA (Senior Statutory Auditor) For and on behalf of Kingston Burrowes Audit Ltd Statutory Auditor 2024

308 Ewell Road Surbiton Surrey KT6 7AL

18th December 2024

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: www.frc.org.uk/ auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.

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Statement of Financial Activities

For the year ended 31 March 2024 (Incorporating Income and Expenditure Account)

Notes
Income and endowments from:
Donations and legacies
2
Charitable activities
3
Investments
4
Other income
Expenditure on:
Raising Funds
5
Charitable Activities
6
Net income / (expenditure)
7
Transfers between funds
14
Net movement in funds
Total funds brought forward
14
Total funds carried forward
14
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
2024 Total
Funds
2023 Total
Funds
£
£
£
£
580,582
0
580,582
319,729
73,503
542,164
615,667
407,187
3,191
0
3,191
289
17,134
0
17,134
408
674,410
542,164
1,216,574
727,613
162,114
0
162,114
158,727
33,950
825,500
859,450
844,221
196,064
825,500
1,021,564
1,002,948
478,346
(283,336)
195,010
(275,335)
(241,171)
241,171
0
0
237,175
(42,165)
195,010
(275,335)
21,152
118,011
139,163
414,498
258,327
75,846
334,173
139,163

All income and expenditure is derived from continuing activities.

The Statement of Financial Activities includes all recognised gains and losses.

The notes form part of these Financial Statements.

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Khulisa Annual Report and Accounts 2023–2024 Balance Sheet As at 31 March 2024 Notes 2024 2023 £ £ £ £ FIXED ASSETS: Tangible fixed assets 9 6,824 8,317 CURRENT ASSETS Debtors 10 47,502 9,008 Cash at bank 440,821 370,477 488,323 379,485 CREDITORS Amounts falling due within one year 11 160,974 248,639 NET CURRENT ASSETS 327,349 130,846 NET ASSETS 15 334,173 139,163 Represented by: Unrestricted Funds 14 258,327 21,152 Restricted Funds 14 75,846 118,011 TOTAL FUNDS 334,173 139,163 These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies. The accompanying notes form part of these Financial Statements. Approved by the Board of Trustees on 16th December 2024 and signed by: Jean-Marc Morel Date: 16/12/2024 Chair Back to contents 47 ~~E~~

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Cash Flow Statement For the year ending 31 March 2024

Cash fows from operating activities
Net movement in funds per Statement of Financial Activities
Adjustments for:
Depreciation
Loss/(proft) on disposal of tangible fxed assets
Interest receivable
(Increase) / decrease in debtors
Increase / (decrease) in creditors
Net cash provided by/ (used in) operating activities
Cash fows from investing activities
Interest received
Purchase of tangible fxed assets
Proceeds from the disposal of tangible fxed assets
Net cash provided by / (used in) investing activities
Change in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents brought forward
Cash and cash equivalents carried forward
Analysis of cash and cash equivalents
Cash at bank
2024
2023
£
£
195,010
(275,335)
4,257
4,395
0
0
(3,191)
(289)
(38,494)
167,154
(87,665)
164,986
69,917
60,911
3,191
289
(2,764)
(994)
0
0
427
(705)
70,344
60,206
370,477
310,271
440,821
370,477
2024
2023
£
£
440,821
370,477

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Notes to the Financial Statements For the year ending 31 March 2023

1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES

a) Basis of accounting

The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with 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) issued in October 2019, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), the Companies Act 2006, the Charities Act 2011 and UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice.

The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis and under the historical cost convention. The significant accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all years presented unless otherwise stated.

b) Company status

Khulisa is a private company, registered in England and Wales, limited by guarantee, has no share capital and is also a registered charity. In the event of the Company

being wound up, each member is liable to contribute an amount not exceeding £1. The address of the registered office is given in the Reference and Administrative Information on page 2.

c) Capital items & depreciation

Office equipment and fixtures and fittings are depreciated using the straight line method over four years. Other Project assets are depreciated over the life of the project, (normally three years) apart from project assets that are fully grant funded, which are written off in the year of purchase. Capital items have a minimum purchase cost of £500.

d) Income

Items of income are recognised in the Statement of financial Activities (SOFA) when all of the following criteria are met:

The company received government support through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme which is accounted for on the accruals basis.

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e) Expenditure

Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be recovered.

Expenditure on raising funds includes those costs incurred on attracting donations and grant funding.

Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities and services for its beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them.

Expenditure is allocated under the principal categories of the SOFA on a basis designed to reflect the use of the resource. Direct costs relating to a particular activity are allocated directly, support costs are allocated on an appropriate basis, e.g. floor areas, per capita or estimated usage.

f) Fund accounting

Restricted funds are funds subject to specific conditions imposed by the donors, or by appeals for specific projects, and the purpose and use of restricted funds is set out in the notes to the financial statements. Designated funds are unrestricted funds which are set aside for specific purposes at the discretion of the Trustees.

The general fund comprises the accumulated surpluses on the SOFA less any funds designated for specific purposes by the Trustees.

g) Pension costs

The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the charity’s pension scheme are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate.

Governance costs include those costs associated with meeting the constitutional and statutory requirements of the charity and include audit fees and costs linked to the strategic management of the charity. In addition to ongoing Governance costs, oneoff costs incurred in connection with building governance capacity are included within Charitable Activities and are in part matched by specific funding.

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2 INCOME FROM DONATIONS AND LEGACIES

Core support grants
Donations
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
2024 Total
Funds
2023 Total
Funds
£
£
£
£
461,500
0
461,500
305,000
119,082
0
119,082
14,729
580,582
0
580,582
319,729

All of the £319,729 recognised in 2023 related to unrestricted funds

3 INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES

Sales of Training
Grants
Face It
Community
Silence The Violence
Other Funded Projects
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
2024 Total
Funds
2023 Total
Funds
£
£
£
£
73,503
0
73,503
57,722
0
271,498
271,498
232,057
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
270,666
270,666
117,408
73,503
542,164
615,667
407,187

Of the £407,187 recognised in 2023, £58,222 related to unrestricted funds and £348,965 related to restricted funds.

4 INCOME FROM INVESTMENTS

4 INCOME FROM INVESTMENTS
Bank interest 2024
2023
£
£
3,191
289
3,191
289

All the income is unrestricted for both years.

5 EXPENDITURE RAISING FUNDS

5 EXPENDITURE RAISING FUNDS
Fund raising Direct Costs
Support
Costs
2024 Total
2023 Total
£
£
£
£
148,923
13,191
162,114
158,727
148,923
13,191
162,114
158,727

Expenditure on raising funds was entirely unrestricted in both years.

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6 EXPENDITURE ON CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES

Analysed by activity: 2024
2024
2024
Direct Costs
Support
Total
2024
2024
2024
Direct Costs
Support
Total
2023
Total
Face It Costs
£
£
£
£
437,787
72,582
510,369
574,542
Community 1,931 369
2,300
48,251
Silence the Violence 0 0 0
19,750
Trauma 28,500 5,450
33,950
138,403
Other funded projects 47,256
265,575
312,831
63,275
515,474
343,976
859,450
844,221
Analysed by nature: 2024 2023
Direct Costs £ £
Delivery staf salaries 369,166 377,442
Facilitator costs 30,371 37,608
Other direct programme costs 28,206 57,082
Assessment and evaluation 62,155 29,925
Staf training 23,397 27,693
HR & recruitment 2,179 0
515,474 529,750
Support Costs
Core Staf salaries 247,738 231,951
Accounting & payroll 3,170 3,099
Ofce & IT(Business Admin Costs) 35,345 28,922
Premises costs (Rent) 36,971 33,245
Governance: Staf Salaries 15,946 12,507
Governance: Audit Fees 4,590 4,680
Governance: Trustee Expenses and Strategy 216 67
343,976 314,471
859,450 844,221

Of the £859,450 expenditure recognised in 2024 (2023: £844,221) £33,950 (2023: £138,403) was charged to unrestricted funds and £825,500 (2023: £705,818) was charged to restricted funds

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7 NET INCOME/ (EXPENDITURE)
8 STAFF COSTS
This is stated after charging/(crediting):
Depreciation
Operating lease rentals
Auditor’s remuneration - Audit services
Auditor’s remuneration - Non - audit services
Salaries
Employer’s National Insurance
Employer’s Pension Costs
Redundancy costs
Temporary staf
Details of employees who received total employee
benefts (excluding employer pension costs) in
excess of £60,000 were as follows:
£60,000 - £70,000
£60,000 - £70,000
Total employee benefts of key
management personnel
Average number of staf based on
full-time equivalents
Average monthly number of staf
2024
2023
Total
Total
£
£
4,257
4,395
35,542
37,551
3,090
3,090
1,500
1,590
2024
2023
£
£
681,903
586,991
66,069
59,058
45,789
31,216
0
9,200
1,576
21,795
795,337
708,260
2024
2023
No.
No.
1
1
1
0
2024
2023
£
£
400,322
267,114
2024
2023
No.
No.
16
15
19
16

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9 FIXED ASSETS

Cost
At 1 April 2023
Additions in year
Disposals in year
At 31 March 2024
Depreciation
At 1 April 2023
Charge for the year
Eliminated on disposal
At 31 March 2024
Net book value
At 31 March 2024
2024
2023
£
£
17,016
16,022
2,764
994
0
0
19,780
17,016
8,699
4,304
4,257
4,395
0
0
12,956
8,699
6,824
8,317

10 DEBTORS

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2024 2023
£ £
7,488 487
5,843 1,646
34,171 6,875
47,502 9,008
2024 2023
£ £
30,192 21,726
27,709 14,463
6,849 5,780
96,224 206,670
160,974 248,639
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Trade debtors Other debtors Prepayments and accrued income

11 CREDITORS

Amounts falling due within one year
Trade creditors
Social security and other taxes
Accrued expenses
Deferred income (see below)
30,192
27,709
6,849
96,224
21,726
14,463
5,780
206,670
160,974 248,639
Deferred Income
Balance
Additions
Released
Balance
1 Apr 2023
In year
£
£
Grants and donations
206,670
96,224
to income
£
£206,670
31 Mar 2024
£
96,224

Deferred income relates to contracts for which the income is received in advance of the services to be provided.

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12 RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

No trustee received remuneration in 2023-24 or 2022-23. The total cost of Board activitity in 2023-24 was £Nil (£Nil in 2022-23).

Two trustee’s expenses of £215 were reimbursed in 2023-24 (£67 in 2022-23)

Unrestricted donations from related parties 2024
2023
£5,000
£5,000

A fee of £5,000 was paid to DNA Elite Soccer, a company of which one of the former Trustees, Jonathon Bines, is a related party. Mr Bines subsequently made a donation of £5,000 as part of the Big Give Campaign.

13 TAXATION

No Corporation tax has been provided in these financial statements because the company, a registered charity, is within the exemption granted by Part 11 of the Corporation Tax Act, 2010

14 MOVEMENT IN FUNDS

RESTRICTED FUNDS
Face It
Community
Silence The Violence
Other Funded Projects
Total Restricted Funds
UNRESTRICTED FUNDS
General fund
Total Unrestricted Funds
Total Funds
Opening
Balance
1 Apr 2023
Income
Expenditure
Transfers
between
funds
Closing
Balance
31 Mar
2024
£
£
£
£
£
0
271,498
510,369
238,871
0
0
0
2,300
2,300
0
25,615
0
0
0
25,615
92,396
270,666
312,831
0
50,231
118,011
542,164
825,500
241,171
75,846
21,152
674,410
196,064
(241,171)
258,327
21,152
674,410
196,064
(241,171)
258,327
139,163
1,216,574
1,021,564
0
334,173

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14 MOVEMENT IN FUNDS / Cont.

RESTRICTED FUNDS
Face It
Community
Silence The Violence
Other Funded Projects
Total Restricted Funds
UNRESTRICTED FUNDS
General fund
Total Unrestricted Funds
Total Funds
Opening
Balance
1 Apr 2022
Income
Expenditure
Transfers
between
funds
Closing
Balance
31 Mar
2023
£
£
£
£
£
0
231,557
574,542
342,985
0
0
0
48,251
48,251
0
45,365
0
19,750
0
25,615
38,263
117,408
63,275
0
92,396
83,628
348,965
705,818
391,236
118,011
330,870
378,648
297,130
(391,236)
21,152
330,870
378,648
297,130
(391,236)
21,152
414,498
727,613
1,002,948
0
139,163

Face It funding provided to Khulisa is committed to delivering programmes in schools settings for 11-18 year olds at risk of gang violence and school exclusion who may or may not already be in contact with the police and youth offending services.

Community funds are committed to supporting adults, parents and professionals in partnership with Local Authorities

Other funded projects support our charitable objectives and are primarily intended to develop our organisational resources and infrastructure to meet defined goals.

Partners on active projects, who have provided unrestricted funding include:

AB Charitable Trust HMRC Alexandra Primary School Impetus Barratt Foundation John Lyons Charity BBC Children In Need Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust Berkeley Homes Foundation Karnani Household Borrows Charitable Trust O’Donnell Household Charles Russell Speechlys The Big Give Christine King Memorial Trust The David Family Foundation Donald Byford D Charitable Trust The Drapers Company Esmee Fairbairn The Henry Smith Charity Garfield Weston The Leathersellers’ Company GB News

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The Monday Trust The Rank Foundation Vintners’ Company Winterbottom Household WISE Philanthropy

Partners actively supporting our Face It programmes include:

Allen & Overy BBC Children In Need Berkeley Homes Foundation CB & HH Taylor Charitable Trust Charles Hayward Foundation Dulverton Trust John Lyons Charity National Lottery Community Fund Newcomen Collet Foundation

The Eveson Charitable Trust The Shears Foundation Young Barnet Foundation Young Harrow Foundation

Finally, there are active projects to support our operations and infrastructure. These include:

Berkeley Homes Foundation Ending Youth Violence Lab Fair Education Alliance Fidelity Foundation The Considered Ask Foundation The Constable Educational Trust

15 ANALYSIS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES BETWEEN FUNDS

Fixed assets
Tangible fxed assets
Current assets
Debtors
Cash at bank
Liabilities
Creditors falling due within one year
Net Assets
2024
Unrestricted
2024
Restricted
2024
Total
£
£
£
6,824
0
6,824
38,071
9,431
47,502
250,085
190,736
440,821
288,156
200,167
488,323
(36,653)
(124,321)
(160,974)
258,327
75,846
334,173

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15 ANALYSIS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES BETWEEN FUNDS/ Cont.

Comparative information for the net assets between funds is as follows:

Fixed assets
Tangible fxed assets
Current assets
Debtors
Cash at bank
Liabilities
Creditors falling due within one year
Net Assets
2023
Unrestricted
2023
Restricted
2023
Total
£
£
£
8,317
0
8,317
9,008
0
9,008
20,025
350,452
370,477
29,033
350,452
379,485
(16,198)
(232,441)
(248,639)
(16,198)
(232,441)
(248,639)
21,152
118,011
139,163

16 CONTINGENT ASSETS

The total grant funding awarded to the charity in respect of multi-year grants but not recognised as income amounts to £1,143,035 as at 31 March 2024 (2023: £830,282). These funds will be recognised in accordance with agreed budgets and specified or implied timeframes.

17 OPERATING LEASE COMMITMENTS

At 31 March 2024, the total minimum payments due under non-cancellable operating lease agreements amounted to £7,341 (2023: £1,841). These payments fall due within one year.

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Thank you to our funders and supporters

We are grateful to the funders, communities and partners who helped make our work happen this year;

AB Charitable Trust

Arc Walworth

Bacons College

BBC Children In Need

Behavioural Insights Lab - Ending Youth Violence

Berkeley Homes Foundation Centre for Mental Health Centre for Social Justice

Charles Hayward Foundation

Charles Russell Speechlys Foundation

Chesterhill Charitable Trust

Children and Young People Mental Health Coalition

Christine King Memorial Trust

City of London Academy - Southwark

Compass Wellbeing CIC

Cumberland School

Department for Education East Lea Community School

Fair Education Alliance

Fidelity Foundation

John Lyons Charity

Langdon Academy

Lister Community School

Little llford School

Manchester Communications Academy

Mr G Annessa

Mr J Bines

National Childrens’ Bureau

National Lottery Community Fund

Newlands Academy

North Central East London (NCEL) CAMHS

Parkview School

Plashet School

Rooks Heath School

Sacred Heart Catholic High School

Saracens High School

Sarah Bonnell School

Stratford Academy

The Allen Overy Shearman Sterling Foundation

The Charter School North Dulwich

The Community of the Presentation Trust

The Considered Ask Foundation

The David Family Foundation

The Drapers Company

The Dulverton Trust

The Eveson Charitable Trust

The Henry Smith Charity

The Leathersellers’ Company

The London Borough of Newham

The London Borough of Southwark

The Monday Charitable Trust

The Morel Family

WISE Philanthropy

Young Barnet Foundation

Young Harrow Foundation

The Barratt Foundation

Harper Green School

Harris Academy - Crystal Palace

The Big Give Foundation and Sir Alec Reed

The Borrows Charitable Trust

Harris Boys Academy East Dulwich

The Bruno Schroder Charity Trust

ImpactEd

The Cardec Trust

Impetus - Backing the Best

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Khulisa Annual Report and Accounts

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Registered Charity in England (1120562) Company number: 06210432

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