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2021-03-31-accounts

Company number: 2915937 Charity Number: 1120983

Trafford Domestic Abuse Services

Report and financial statements For the year ended 31 March 2021

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Trafford Domestic Abuse Services Reference and administration information

Company number 2915937 Charity number 1120983 Registered office and operational address

Gorsehill Studios Cavendish Road, Stretford, Manchester, England, M32 0PR

Name

The charity is also referred to as TDAS.

Trustees

Trustees, who are also directors under company law, who served during the year and up to the date of this report were as follows:

Sofia Higgins Chair Judith Ann Lloyd Andy Mudd Vicky Brickhill Akhtar Rahman Zvikomborero Magara (appointed 22 September 2020) Lauren Chalmers (appointed 18 November 2021) Jo Hannan (appointed 18 November 2021)

Key management personnel Samantha Fisher Chief Executive Officer Kirsty McAllister Services Manager

Bankers

Royal Bank of Scotland plc Co-operative Bank plc Stretford Arndale Centre 1 Balloon Street Chester Road Manchester Manchester M60 4EP M32 9BH

Auditors

Third Sector Accountancy Limited Holyoake House Hanover Street Manchester M60 0AS

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Trustees’ Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2021

The trustees present their report and the unaudited financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2021. Included within the trustees’ report is the directors’ report as required by company law.

Reference and administrative information set out on page 1 forms part of this report. The financial statements comply with current statutory requirements, the memorandum and articles of association and the Statement of Recommended Practice - Accounting and Reporting by Charities: SORP applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with FRS 102.

Objectives and activities

Trafford Domestic Abuse Services (TDAS) Mission is “To enable people to break free from domestic abuse”.

Our overall aim is: to relieve the physical and psychological distress of people who are experiencing or have experienced domestic abuse and make domestic abuse everybody’s business, through intervention, prevention, education and public awareness.

This is achieved by meeting the following objectives:

Activities undertaken for public benefit in relation to objects

In exercising their powers and duties, the Trustees have complied with their duty to have due to the guidance on public benefit published by the Charity Commission. In planning, discussions and carrying out its objects, TDAS promotes equality of opportunity and opposes any form of discrimination on grounds of race, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, marriage or civil partnership, religion or belief, gender reassignment, maternity or caring responsibilities.

The trustees review the aims, objectives and activities of the charity each year. This report looks at what the charity has achieved and the outcomes of its work in the reporting period. The trustees report the success of each key activity and the benefits the charity has brought to those groups of people that it is set up to help. The review also helps the trustees ensure the charity's aims, objectives and activities remained focused on its stated purposes.

These objectives were changed upon review of our memorandum of articles to reflect our service offer across Greater Manchester and in order to ensure they reflect the holistic offer of services that we provide.

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The trustees have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the charity's aims and objectives and in planning its future activities. In particular, the trustees consider how planned activities will contribute to the aims and objectives that have been set.

Priorities for 2020-2021 focused on:

With the pandemic came extra challenges that diverted our attention from our plans for this year. We had two brand new services starting 1[st] April 2020, 1 week after the first national lockdown was announced. With the dedication of the staff team, we managed to continue providing vital services to those in need and start our new projects to reach high risk victims or abuse and children and young people in Salford.

Whilst the pandemic brought many challenges, it also brought many opportunities. We developed many new partnerships and adapted our offer to support service users via digital means which we have continued to offer, providing more accessible services to families experiencing domestic abuse.

Achievements, performance and beneficiaries of our service

TDAS’ main activities and those it seeks to help are described below. All our charitable activities focus on delivering our objects and are undertaken to further Trafford Domestic Abuse Services’ charitable purposes for the public benefit.

We received support from several funding bodies to enable us to effectively respond to COVID-19 which helped us meet demand for our services, create flexible services so survivors could still access support, provide the vital equipment needed to keep staff and service users safe and provide emergency funding for families in need. We are extremely grateful to Lloyds Bank Foundation, BBC Children in Need, Lankelly Chase Foundation, Trafford Council community safety team and Aviva.

Our Senior Management Team worked with Trafford Council and other partner agencies, attending weekly COVID-19 meetings to develop and implement robust action plans to ensure survivors could still access services.

Social Value

Assessing and reporting on our social value journey is something we have started this year.

TDAS’ Social Value Policy sets out how we will deliver and help create the conditions for social value in our organisation and provides a framework for realising our commitment to maintaining and enhancing the social value we create in the communities we work in and the services we deliver.

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In 2020-21 our services reached over 2285 individuals (2020: 1,008).

Community Service

Our first priority was to contact all service users who were still living in an abusive household and complete safety plans that included the additional barriers they would now face due to COVID-19. We published this on our website for all professionals to use.

We successful secured the Trafford Domestic Abuse Community Contract which started in April 2020. This contract provides Independent Domestic Violence Advocates (IDVA) to provide immediate safety and risk management to high risk victims. It also includes a step down outreach service, support line and support for children and young people.

The vision for this was for IDVAs to be place based within community teams to provide on spot advice and guidance to other professionals. The pandemic meant we could not do this but we plan to implement this as soon as restrictions allow.

Our Senior IDVA supported Trafford Council’s review of the MARAC process, attending regular task and finish group meetings. MARAC meetings were moved to weekly and the review has enabled more effective partnership working across agencies.

We supported 396 individuals at high risk of harm.

We provided advice and guidance to 219 individuals via our support line

We provided 258 people with longer term practical and emotional support.

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Outreach Service

With thanks to Trafford Housing Trust Social Investment fund, we continued to provide our Outreach service and although we could not access community venues, with robust risk management we were able to continue offering face to face appointments for those service users who requested it.

285 service users were supported via telephone, email or face to face between April 2020 and March 2021, a 69% increase on last year, with key areas of support being around safety planning, children, mental health and housing.

85% of those ending support reported an overall increase in their emotional and mental wellbeing

96% of service users reported being better able to spot the signs of an abusive relationship

93% of service users reported feeling safer on exit than on intake to the service.

97% reported having the knowledge, understanding and tools to keep themselves safe.

Homeless Move on Domestic Abuse Service

With thanks to Homeless Links’ Ending Women’s Homelessness Fund we were able to pilot this new project.

Our Homeless Move On Domestic Abuse Advisor (MODAA) provides a specialist trauma-informed support service for individuals and families on a 1:1 basis providing the interventions needed to prevent them from becoming homeless and to resettle them in to new accommodation if required. This can include providing information and guidance, practical support, safety planning and risk management, advocacy and emotional support. Support is tailored to individual needs to ensure the most positive outcomes are achieved and the risk of them becoming homeless is reduced.

Our MODAA also provides expert advice and training to professionals to enable them to support homeless victims without the risk of retraumatising them.

We reached 39 people who were homeless/at risk of homelessness who would ordinarily be denied a refuge space.

88% of the victims found suitable accommodation

80% of the victims reported an increase in their emotional and mental wellbeing

We saw reduction of risk to 80% of the victims.

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Accommodation Service

With thanks to Ministry of Housing Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) and Globals Make Some Noise appeal, we were able to open Lotus House in July 2020, a 6 bed property for single women. The opening of Lotus house came at a time where referrals for safe accommodation were at an all time high. These additional bed spaces enabled us to provide safe spaces to an additional 29 women who would have been declined space otherwise.

*Lotus House Refuge

The Accommodation Service received a total of 237 referrals. We were able to provided support to 56 families in refuge and dispersed and 11 in our Tier 2 Move on Accommodation. Like the previous years, we find the majority of referrals not accepted is due to lack of space.

The move on from our accommodation services took longer throughout the pandemic due to landlords not accepting new move in’s for lengthy periods during lockdown. Despite this we still achieved:

On Exit, 85% of service users reported that they felt clear the abuse was not their fault.

80% of services users reported they felt more confident about asking for help when I need it

We continue to prioritise securing additional accommodation units to reduce the number of people who we have to turn away due to lack of space.

During this year, we were grateful to receive support from:

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Children & Young People’s Service

We were very aware that due to the national lockdown children and young people were spending more time at home and less time in safe spaces. We continued to provide support to children and young people in our accommodation and community thanks to BBC Children in Need and Trafford Housing Trust Social Investment Team and Trafford Council’s Early Help commissioning team.

300 children and young people were supported via 1:1, group work, family sessions and play sessions. We held additional sessions throughout lockdown including support with school work.

We developed COVID-19 information packs for schools, health professionals and social care with key considerations for children and young people experiencing domestic abuse during the pandemic.

Harbour – We were commissioned by Salford City Council to deliver a two year pilot project in partnership with Talk Listen Change (TLC). Through the Harbour programme, TDAS offer both intervention support services and prevention and educational services to children and young people who have been subject to or who are at risk of domestic abuse.

We offer a range of services that support children and young people who have been exposed to domestic abuse or who are in their own unhealthy relationship. We provide educational programmes to prevent children and young people entering into abusive relationships and advice, guidance and training to professionals working with young people. Despite starting this project in a pandemic, we managed to reach 1085 children and young people.

The second half of the year seen a spike in referrals for children and young people experiencing domestic abuse. Globals Make Some Noise provided us with additional funding to increase our offer of 1:1 trauma informed support for children and young people and to deliver additional R’Space programmes.

Volunteer Service

Our service saw some of its most committed, courageous, and hardworking volunteers throughout the Covid19 pandemic. Due to its impact, we stopped recruiting volunteers in March 2020, and reopened our volunteering opportunities in July 2020. Despite these challenges we still recruited, inducted, and trained 27 students and volunteers. Four volunteers gained and remain in employment with us.

We nominated one of our long-standing, most committed volunteers for the BBC ‘Volunteer of the year award’. She had volunteered tirelessly through Covid19, not only doing her scheduled Monday morning ‘service line support’ but did numerous shopping trips for Lotus house residents whilst they were in isolation. The Volunteer Coordinator, CEO and Glynis attended the Zoom awards live on BBC Radio and Glynis came second – which was a brilliant achievement.

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As an organisation we are highly respected and supported within our wider community, and extremely fortunate to receive a high number of volunteer applications.

Our university partnerships have strengthened, and we are now able to have continuous student placements outside of term time which gives our service a sustainable resource. This has increased our impact, and we delivered over 2000 volunteer and student hours last year despite the break in service.

Christmas 2020, we were determined to have a party for our volunteers, so the Volunteer Coordinator organised a zoom party, including a quiz and other online antics. Fun was had by all. Our CEO and Service manager gave ‘thanks’ to all out volunteers and students.

With thank to Edward Gosling, we were able to launch a new initiative in February called 'Community Tuesdays' to increase communication and confidence and develop essential life skills such as English language skills, everyday budgeting, IT literacy, cultural cooking and exploring the benefits of selfcare. With the awarded grant of £3,280.00 we are able to enhance the current agenda through the introduction of an Art Therapy program, establish our own vegetable garden to grow our own produce for the cooking classes and create soft furnishings for our refuges and eventually the residents’ own homes. This is to engage the women in activities, so they can learn new skills as well as interact with one another, and to create a cohesive community with support being at its core.

One Volunteer said, ‘It is a genuinely great service. I am grateful to have had the opportunity to volunteer with TDAS’. A CYP student said ‘CYP role helped the kids emotionally and provided them with new knowledge and support around healthy relationships, emotions and safety.’

Most importantly, our service users ‘Listened when I needed someone to talk to, made me feel comfortable, met all of my needs, ‘Given advice and support throughout COVID-19’ and ‘The volunteers were amazing.’

Group Programmes

True Colours is our most popular service with demand always exceeding capacity, receiving 256 referrals in 2020-2021. With thanks to Forever Manchester and DWF Foundation, we were able to adapt our offer to deliver our programmes virtually and increase our capacity in order to meet the high demand for this service. With this funding we reached 105 women who needed support in understanding the dynamics of domestic abuse and breaking the cycle of abuse enabling them to engage in healthy relationships in the future. One participant described the course as:

“Really useful, a good eye opener. I have learned that I need advice and also that talking about my experience may help me to move on”.

Our personal development workshops, Back to Me were delivered to 61 service users. Feedback included:

“The course has inspired me to do more gratitude, set goals and reach towards what I want more of in my life”

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Professionals Training

We continued to deliver our Professionals Training to key stakeholders and volunteers across Trafford during 2020-2021 with the offer of more bespoke training to fit the needs of specific agencies, including social care, health and education. We developed Lunch and Learn sessions to focus on key topics that were extremely successful. We provided these training packages to 234 delegates.

“Thank you for the training, it was informative and interactive. You all did a great job delivering such a difficult subject.” ME, Housing.

“Thank you so much for the training today. I learnt a lot and it was really useful having the opportunity to learn more about domestic abuse particularly in relation to children. The opening video was a stark reality to how children have to deal with events when living with domestic abuse.” SF, Teacher.

Financial review

Financial effect of significant events

With Covid-19 we saw an increase in demand for our services. With this did come an increase in available funds for us to try and meet this demand. We were able to increase our accommodation provision and opened Lotus House with funding of £50,000 from Globals Make some noise and £38,132 MHCLG funding. The opening of Lotus house will increase our income each year by £100,000.

We are constantly aware of the funding risks that all our services are exposed to and are investing in our fundraising and marketing capacity in order to maintain existing services and grow new ones. It is expected that the Covid-19 outbreak will release monies and provide opportunities that would otherwise not have been there but the impact on longer term funding is, as yet, unknown. In addition the Domestic Abuse Bill will be passed and local authorities will have a duty to fund safe accommodation for domestic abuse survivors. We plan to work with the local council to inform needs assessments and reviews of services to highlight gaps in provision and the longer term implications that COVID-19 will bring. We will put a business case together to present to the local authority on the need to continue to fund the increased accommodation and staffing to deliver the support. We will also be focusing on our corporate training offer to provide some sustainable income for the organisation. We do aim to further increase our accommodation to meet demand and will negotiate 5-year terms on our leases to provide increased income and sustainability. We are also working on a full cost recovery model to ensure the costs of the senior management team are covered in all future funding requests.

Performance against objectives:

To Increase the Children and Young Peoples support staff to 2.5 FTE in order to deliver the additional services outlined in the above objectives by April 2021

We managed to meet this objective with funding from Trafford Council Early Help team of £24,885 and Masonic Charitable Foundation of £23,467.

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To secure the Community based contract that Trafford Council put out to tender for services to be delivered from April 2020.

We were successful in the competitive tender process and secured the community based contract for Trafford receiving £171,371 in year 1.

To increase our accommodation provision by 25% by March 2021.

With the funding from MHCLG and Globals Make Some Noise we opened a 6 bed refuge which was a 31% increase in our accommodation provision.

To secure continuation funding for Tier 2 Move on Accommodation via funding applications to grant bodies.

We secured funding for continuation of Tier 2 Move on Accommodation from MHCLG in the previous financial year and have worked with Trafford Council under the new domestic abuse bill to secure longer term funding for this role.

To secure funding to provide our bespoke recovery programmes for women survivors of domestic abuse.

With support from Forever Manchester and DWF Foundation we were able to continue delivering our group work programmes during 2020-2021.

Fundraising

Whilst our aim is to increase our fundraising activity, during this financial year we did not carry out any significant fundraising activities. We ran one small campaign to support the opening of Lotus house via a regulated fundraising platform. All the charity’s fundraising activities are undertaken inhouse by our senior leadership team and we do not have any relationships with external professional fundraisers.

We had no instances of non-compliance with the code of fundraising during the year and have received no complaints through the Charity Commission.

Our privacy policy is kept up to date and is accessible to everyone via our website and clear instructions are given on how to contact us if anyone should have any grievances with our fundraising activities.

Fundraising activities including small campaigns are shared on our social media platforms and we use the appropriate platforms to undertake this activity. Any direct fundraising requests are made only of supporters who have opted in to receive communications from us, and they can unsubscribe at any time. We received no complaints this year in relation to fundraising activities. All our staff are well trained in dealing with members of the public and our CEO is also a member of the Foundation of Social Improvement, which provides guidelines and training to ensure that our practices are in line with industry standards.

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Reserves policy and current financial position

The aim of the reserves policy is to ensure that the charity’s ongoing and future activities are reasonably protected from unexpected fluctuations in its income and expenditure.

Continuous efforts have been made to increase the levels of unrestricted funds and reserves. Total funds at 31st March 2021 were £648,804 (2020: £435,307, 2019: £285,803); this is an increase of £213,497 on the previous year. The trustees have agreed that now TDAS have built reserves of 5.5 months running costs in addition to closing down costs, we will designate £10,000 to staff training and development and £10,000 staff contingency fund to support with costs such as enhanced maternity pay, sick pay and bank staff.

The accounts show that at 31st March 2021 TDAS carried forward an unrestricted funds balance of £568,855 (2020: £339,437, 2019: £180,315) into 2021-22, and free (undesignated) reserves are £548,855. The trustees believe that this is an appropriate level of free reserves given the increase in size and activities over the last year.

Future plans

Our Strategic Business plan is reviewed for 2021-2024 with the agreed core objectives and the activities to achieve these objectives:

  1. To continue to provide a one front door offer across Trafford for adults and children who have experienced domestic abuse and grow the services to meet demand;

  2. Continue to apply for core contracts and grants to deliver domestic abuse services across Trafford;

  3. To promote and increase awareness of all our services and achievements in the community, including via digital means;

  4. Develop a digital strategy focusing on reaching young people;

  5. To collect user stories, testimonials and quotes to evidence the quality of the support TDAS offers;

  6. To create videos for promotion, awareness-raising, how to guides and to give insight into our services;

  7. To put out press releases at least twice a year;

  8. To have rolling calendar of Item donation appeals including Christmas Appeal;

  9. To run successful TDAS events for variety of audiences – supporters, general public, business and purposes – awareness-raising, fundraising and lead-generation

  10. To fund and ensure a sustainable future for our core services;

  11. We will work closely with the local authority to feed into the Domestic Abuse Strategy review, ensuring service user voice is a key part of specification design;

  12. Feed into the local domestic abuse needs assessment to highlight the gaps in provision;

  13. Feed into national campaigns on making community based provision a statutory duty; Obtain support from local politicians in order to lobby government to ensure a statutory duty is put in place for community based provision;

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  1. To continue to improve our reach to victims of domestic abuse from marginalised communities and those who would not ordinarily access services;

  2. Review accommodation provision to ensure the needs of those accessing it are met including those with protected characteristics;

  3. Explore options with Trafford Council, RSLs and private landlords to develop an accommodation provision specifically for BAME service users;

  4. Apply to Trusts and Funds for a Young Persons Domestic Abuser Advisor in Trafford to work specifically with teenagers in abusive relationships;

  5. To work with Diversity Matters to develop a True Colours programme for ethnic minorities and emerging communities;

  6. To develop a True Colours programme for Male Victims;

  7. To support and develop our staff and volunteers;

  8. Dedicated funds for the development of our staff and volunteers;

  9. Enhanced benefit package for employees including life assurance, EAP, wellbeing initiatives and clinical supervision

  10. To build on partnerships with public, private, voluntary and community organisations to deliver coordinated services to our beneficiaries.

  11. Place-based working across the boroughs to work alongside voluntary and statutory agencies;

  12. Work in partnership with other dedicated specialist organisations to deliver services to families/individuals including joint applications for funding projects;

  13. Finalise and deliver corporate training package to the private sector.

Structure, governance and management

Governing document

The governing document of the charitable company is its Memorandum and Articles of Association. The charity was incorporated on 6 April 1994 and the memorandum and articles were reviewed in 2019 when changes were made to reflect the organisations decision to widen service delivery of most services.

Company Status

The company is limited by guarantee and all members have agreed to contribute a sum not exceeding £1 in the event of winding-up. The number of guarantees at 31st March 2021 was 6.

Trustee selection methods

The Board comprises a membership of not less than three and no more than fourteen people, who meet bimonthly. A quorum of three Trustees is required at any meeting. TDAS welcomes applications to join the board from all areas of the community, particularly from people with the necessary skills and/or experience to enhance and strengthen the Board. Any person who is interested in becoming a Trustee will be sent an information pack and an application form, which is then discussed by the Trustees and a decision is made on whether the individual will be invited to become and probationary Trustee.

Induction and training of trustees

All probationary Trustees are invited to attend Board meetings and attend at least four meetings with other trustees to discuss whether they feel they are getting to know the organisation and the Chair to answer any questions they may have. The trustee is invited to express any interest they have in a

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particular area of the organisation’s work, which the Chair then discusses with the CEO and asks her to meet with the Trustee. If the induction period has gone well, the probationary trustee is then formally invited to join the Board after attendance at a minimum of two board meetings.

Organisational Structure

The Trustees oversee the work undertaken by the staff team, monitor performance against targets agreed with funders, and health and safety and safeguarding issues for example. They are also responsible for the strategic direction of the organisation. The trustees delegate the day to day management of the charity to the Chief Executive Officer as highlighted in the CEO Delegation document. The CEO attends Board meetings as company secretary, and also brings proposals for future work to the Board that have developed out of discussions with staff at their regular team meetings.

The trustees are members of the charity but this entitles them only to voting rights. The trustees have no beneficial interest in the charity. All trustees give their time voluntarily and receive no benefits from the charity. Any expenses reclaimed from the charity are set out in note 12 of the accounts.

Remuneration of Key Management Personnel

Towards the end of the financial year, the board reviewed all job descriptions and pay scales in line with NJC.

Related Parties and relationships with other organisations

TDAS Services respond to both local, regional and national strategies and we continue to be a key member of strategic partnerships within Trafford, Salford and the Greater Manchester. We are affiliated with Womens Aid Federation of England (WAFE), attend Trafford’s multi-agency domestic abuse forums to inform local strategy, are members of the Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Committee (MARAC) and support Trafford Safeguarding Partnership Board. Our association with other voluntary organisations through collaborative partnership working continues and we have undertaken joint

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training and aim to develop and strengthen the association further in the immediate and long term future.

We work in partnership with a wide range of organisations, such as other dedicated VAWG organisations, Family counselling centre, Trafford Rape Crisis, Talk Listen Change, Home-Start and statutory services such as social care, police, GPs, housing, health visitors and local authorities. We have no related parties or related party transactions.

Through our training offer, we are able to raise awareness of the effects domestic abuse has on society and this year we have responded to the additional demand for training to a number of agencies throughout the borough, delivered bespoke lunch and learn sessions and offered online delivery.

Risk management

The trustees regularly review and assess the risks faced by their charity in all areas of its work and plan for the management of those risks. Risk is an everyday part of charitable activity and managing it effectively is essential if we are to achieve our key objectives and safeguard the charity’s funds and assets.

Our risk register is reviewed annually by the board and discussed at board meetings which looks at governance, external risks, regulatory and compliance, financial and operational risks. We have robust internal processes in relation to financial transactions and review our policy and procedures in relation to risk factors at all levels and health and safety controls are in place throughout the organisation.

Policies and procedures are in place to safeguard all service users with stringent recruitment processes and training for all staff and volunteers including safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.

Our complaints procedure is accessible to all service users and is available on our website and allows service users to raise concerns either independently, as a group, formally or anonymously with a record kept of each issue and outcome which is presented to the board at each meeting.

Our consultation policy highlights our commitment to ensuring service user voice is central to what we deliver, with feedback, evaluation and regular consultations undertaken.

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Statement of responsibilities of the trustees

The trustees (who are also directors of Trafford Domestic Abuse Services for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the trustees annual 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 which 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 these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper 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:

The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charitable company's website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

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Auditors

Third Sector Accountancy Limited were appointed as the charitable company's auditors during the year and have expressed their willingness to continue in that capacity.

This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime of the Companies Act 2006.

The trustees annual report has been approved by the trustees and signed on their behalf by

Judith Lloyd

Trustee

20 / 12 / 2021

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Independent auditor’s report to the members of Trafford Domestic Abuse Services

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Trafford Domestic Abuse Services (the ‘charitable company’) for the year ended 31 March 2021 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet, the Statement of Cash Flows 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:

• give a true and fair view of the state of the charitable company’s affairs as at 31 March 2021 and of its incoming resources and application of resources for the year then ended;

• have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice;

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.

Other matter

The corresponding figures for the year ended 31 March 2020 have not been audited.

Conclusions relating to going concern

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

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the 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 directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

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

Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the

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financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:

• the information given in the trustees’ report, which includes the directors’ report prepared for the purposes of company law, for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and

• the directors’ report included within the trustees’ report has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the charitable company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the directors’ report included within the trustees’ report.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 require ~~s~~ us to report to you if, in our opinion:

• the trustees were not entitled to prepare the financial statements in accordance with the small companies regime and take advantage of the small companies’ exemptions in preparing the trustees’ report and from the requirement to prepare a strategic report.

Responsibilities of trustees

As explained more fully in the trustees’ responsibilities statement set out on page 14, the trustees (who are also 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.

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.

Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

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

Capability of the audit in detecting irregularities, including fraud

Based on our understanding of the charity and the environment in which it operates, we identified the principal risks of non-compliance with laws and regulations related to pension legislation, tax legislation, employment legislation, health and safety legislation, food hygiene and safety, and other legislation specific to the sector in which the charity operates, and we considered the extent to which non-compliance might have a material effect on the financial statements. We also considered those laws and regulations that have a direct impact on the preparation of the financial statements such as the Companies Act 2006, the reporting requirements under the Charities SORP and FRS102, and the Charities Act 2011.

We evaluated management’s incentives and opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of the financial statements (including the risk of override of controls). Audit procedures performed by the engagement team included:

There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above and the further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely we would become aware of it. Also, the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment by, for example, forgery or intentional misrepresentations, or through collusion.

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.

Use of the audit 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.

Patrick Morrello (Senior Statutory Auditor)

For and on behalf of Third Sector Accountancy Limited, Statutory Auditor Holyoake House Hanover Street Manchester M60 0AS

20 / 12 / 2021

Date

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Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure account) for the year ended 31 March 2021

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Unrestricted Restricted Total funds Unrestricted Restricted Total funds
funds funds 2021 funds funds 2020
Note £ £ £ £ £ £
Income from:
Donations and legacies 3 24,748 - 24,748 14,732 13,702 28,434
Charitable activities 4 813,653 378,467 1,192,120 331,708 329,749 661,457
Investments 5 - - - 3,662 - 3,662
Total income 838,401 378,467 1,216,868 350,102 343,451 693,553
Expenditure on:
Raising funds 6 7,943 - 7,943 9,175 - 9,175
Charitable activities 7 611,550 383,878 995,428 183,871 351,003 534,874
Total expenditure 619,493 383,878 1,003,371 193,046 351,003 544,049
Net income/(expenditure) for the year 9 218,908 (5,411) 213,497 157,056 (7,552) 149,504
Transfer between funds 11,588 (11,588) - 3,566 (3,566) -
Net movement in funds for the year 230,496 (16,999) 213,497 160,622 (11,118) 149,504
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward 339,437 95,870 435,307 178,815 106,988 285,803
Total funds carried forward 569,933 78,871 648,804 339,437 95,870 435,307
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The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

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Balance sheet as at 31 March 2021

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Note 2021 2020
£ £ £ £
Fixed assets
Tangible assets 14 - -
Current assets
Debtors 15 81,778 40,210
Cash at bank and in hand 16 609,660 406,557
Total current assets 691,438 446,767
Liabilities
Creditors: amounts falling
due in less than one year 17 (42,634) (11,460)
Net current assets 648,804 435,307
Total assets less current liabilities 648,804 435,307
Net assets 648,804 435,307
The funds of the charity:
Restricted income funds 18 78,871 95,870
Unrestricted income funds 19 569,933 230,496 339,437
Total charity funds 648,804 435,307
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These accounts are prepared in accordance with the special provisions of part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies and constitute the annual accounts required by the Companies Act 2006 and are for circulation to members of the company.

The notes on pages 21 to 34 form part of these accounts.

20 / 12 / 2021

Approved by the trustees on ________ and signed on their behalf by:

Judith Lloyd (Trustee)

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Statement of Cash Flows for the year ending 31 March 2021

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Note 2021 2020
£ £
Cash provided by/(used in) operating activities 21 203,103 108,508
Cash flows from investing activities:
Dividends, interest, and rents from investments - 3,662
Cash provided by/(used in) investing activities - 3,662
Increase/(decrease) in cash and cash
equivalents in the year 203,103 112,170
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year 406,557 294,387
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year 609,660 406,557
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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021

1 Accounting policies

The principal accounting policies adopted, judgments and key sources of estimation uncertainty in the preparation of the financial statements are as follows:

a Basis of preparation

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 - (Charities SORP (FRS 102), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.

Trafford Domestic Abuse Services meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note.

The financial statements are presented in sterling which is the functional currency of the charity and rounded to the nearest £ sterling.

b Judgments and estimates

The trustees have made no key judgments which have a significant effect on the accounts. The trustees do not consider that there are any sources of estimation uncertainty at the reporting date that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities within the next reporting period.

c Preparation of the accounts on a going concern basis

The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern.

d Income

Income is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the item(s) of income have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.

Income from government and other grants, whether ‘capital’ grants or ‘revenue’ grants, is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the grants have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably and is not deferred.

Income received in advance of a provision of a specified service is deferred until the criteria for income recognition are met.

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e Donated services and facilities

Donated professional services and donated facilities are recognised as income when the charity has control over the item, any conditions associated with the donated item have been met, the receipt of economic benefit from the use by the charity of the item is probable and that economic benefit can be measured reliably. In accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102), general volunteer time is not recognised; refer to the trustees’ annual report for more information about their contribution.

f Interest receivable

Interest on funds held on deposit is included when receivable and the amount can be measured reliably by the charity; this is normally upon notification of the interest paid or payable by the Bank.

g Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds are available to spend on activities that further any of the purposes of charity.

Designated funds are unrestricted funds of the charity which the trustees have decided at their discretion to set aside to use for a specific purpose.

Restricted funds are donations which the donor has specified are to be solely used for particular areas of the charity’s work or for specific projects being undertaken by the charity.

h Expenditure and irrecoverable VAT

Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is classified under the following activity headings:

Irrecoverable VAT is charged as a cost against the activity for which the expenditure was incurred.

i Allocation of support costs

Support costs are those functions that assist the work of the charity but do not directly undertake charitable activities. Support costs include back office costs, finance, personnel, payroll and governance costs which support the charity's programmes and activities. These costs have been allocated between cost of raising funds and expenditure on charitable activities. The bases on which support costs have been allocated are set out in note 8.

j Operating leases

Operating leases are leases in which the title to the assets, and the risks and rewards of ownership, remain with the lessor. Rental charges are charged on a straight line basis over the term of the lease.

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k Tangible fixed assets

Individual fixed assets costing £1,000 or more are capitalised at cost and are depreciated over their estimated useful economic lives on a straight line basis as follows:

Security and equipment 4 years Computers 3 years

l Debtors

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.

m Cash at bank and in hand

Cash at bank and cash in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.

n Creditors and provisions

Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.

o Financial instruments

The charity only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value with the exception of bank loans which are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

p Pensions

Employees of the charity are entitled to join a defined contribution auto-enrolment scheme. The charity’s contribution is restricted to the contributions disclosed in note 10. There were no outstanding contributions at the year end. The costs of the defined contribution scheme are included within support and governance costs and allocated to the funds of the charity using the methodology set out in note 8.

2 Legal status of the charity

The charity is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales and has no share capital. In the event of the charity being wound up, the liability in respect of the guarantee is limited to £1 per member of the charity. The registered office address is disclosed on page 1.

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3 Income from donations and legacies
Unrestricted Restricted Total 2021 Unrestricted Restricted Total 2020
£ £ £ £ £ £
Donations 24,748 - 24,748 14,732 - 14,732
Trafford Centre Fund - - - - 13,702 13,702
Total 24,748 - 24,748 14,732 13,702 28,434
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4 Income from charitable activities
Unrestricted Restricted Total 2021 Unrestricted Restricted Total 2020
£ £ £ £ £ £
Community Services
Trafford MBC:
Domestic Violence Contract 60,000 - 60,000 - 60,000 60,000
Domestic Abuse Service 171,371 - 171,371 - - -
Trafford MBC - Tier 4 - - - - 45,677 45,677
True Colours - 1,750 1,750 - 2,775 2,775
Training Professionals - 10,000 10,000 - 12,500 12,500
Inclusive Neighbourhood - - - - 1,905 1,905
THT Adults Service - 42,468 42,468 - 42,061 42,061
Homeless Link - - - - 29,579 29,579
Lloyds Bank Foundation - 6,755 6,755 - 24,516 24,516
MIND - - - - 15,349 15,349
Garfield Weston Foundation - 30,000 30,000 - - -
Global Make Some Noise 20,000 20,000 - - -
Global CHR - 30,000 30,000 - - -
MHCLG - 90,021 90,021 - - -
MHCLG Covid - 38,132 38,132 - - -
Stand Together 10,000 - 10,000 - - -
Other grants under £5,000 2,500 22,422 24,922 - - -
243,871 291,548 535,419 - 234,362 234,362
Children and Young People
BBC Children in Need - 39,831 39,831 - 27,970 27,970
Trafford MBC
Supporting Young People 15,000 - 15,000 - 25,000 25,000
Early Help 24,885 - 24,885 - 19,314 19,314
Salford Young People Domestic Abuse
Service 149,673 - 149,673 - - -
Trafford Housing Trust - CYP Service - 23,621 23,621 - 23,103 23,103
Masonic Charitable Foundation - 23,467 23,467 - - -
189,558 86,919 276,477 - 95,387 95,387
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Accommodation services
Safe house rentals 213,279 - 213,279 316,338 - 316,338
Hostels 166,945 - 166,945 10,735 - 10,735
Other projects - - - 4,635 - 4,635
380,224 - 380,224 331,708 - 331,708
Total income from charitable
activities 813,653 378,467 1,192,120 331,708 329,749 661,457
5 Investment income
Unrestricted Restricted Total 2021 Unrestricted Restricted Total 2020
£ £ £ £ £ £
- - - -
Income from bank deposits 3,662 3,662
6 Cost of raising funds
Unrestricted Restricted 2021 Unrestricted Restricted 2020
£ £ £ £ £ £
Staff costs 6,374 - 6,374 6,300 - 6,300
Support costs (see note 8) 1,457 - 1,457 2,635 - 2,635
Governance costs (see note 8) 112 - 112 240 - 240
7,943 - 7,943 9,175 - 9,175
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7 Analysis of expenditure on charitable activities

Community
Services
£
£
Staff costs
142,570
210,629
Accommodation costs
172,704
54,261
Project costs
10,801
39,721
32,582
48,136
2,504
3,699
3
6
1
,
1
6
1
3
5
6
,
4
4
6
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Unrestricted expenditure
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Accommodation Services
Community Services
Children and Young People
Support costs (note 8)
Governance (note 8)
Accommodation
Services		 Children and
Young People
£
204,591
4,821
18,059
46,756
3,594
2
7
7
,
8
2
1
Support
£
110,765
13,266
-
1
2
4
,
0
3
1
1,457
32,582
48,136
46,756
1
2
8
,
9
3
1		 Total 2021
£
557,790
231,786
68,581
127,474
9,797
9
9
5
,
4
2
8
383,878
611,550
9
9
5
,
4
2
8
Governance
£
9,909
-
4,900
1
4
,
8
0
9
112
2,504
3,699
3,594
9
,
9
0
9		 £
42,269
122,528
623
27,419
2,498
1
9
5
,
3
3
7
Total 2021
£
120,674
13,266
4,900
1
3
8
,
8
4
0
1,569
35,086
51,835
50,350
1
3
8
,
8
4
0
Accommodation
Services		 Community
Services
£
113,919
-
49,319
81,949
7,466
2
5
2
,
6
5
3
Support
£
129,371
13,066
2,805
1
4
5
,
2
4
2
2,635
27,419
81,949
33,239
1
4
5
,
2
4
2		 Children and
Young
£
46,206
-
4,410
33,239
3,029
8
6
,
8
8
4
Governance
£
9,733
-
3,500
1
3
,
2
3
3
240
2,498
7,466
3,029
1
3
,
2
3
3		 Total 2020
£
202,394
122,528
54,352
142,607
12,993
5
3
4
,
8
7
4
351,003
183,871
5
3
4
,
8
7
4
Total 2020
£
139,104
13,066
6,305
1
5
8
,
4
7
5
2,875
29,917
89,415
36,268
1
5
8
,
4
7
5

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9 Net income/(expenditure) for the year

This is stated after charging/(crediting): 2021 2020
£ £
Operating lease rentals:
Property 121,091 93,238
Other - 3,135
Independent examiner's fee - 350
Independent examiner's fee - accountancy - 1,400
Audit fees 3,500 -
Accountancy fees charged by auditor 1,400 -

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Staff costs during the year were as follows:
2021 2020
£ £
Wages and salaries 596,942 312,555
Social security costs 39,533 19,288
Pension costs 16,672 8,485
Training and expenses 18,489 7,470
Other staff reated expenses 13,202 -
684,838 347,798
Allocated as follows:
Cost of raising funds 6,374 6,300
Charitable activities 557,790 202,394
Support costs 110,765 129,371
Governance costs 9,909 9,733
684,838 347,798
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10 Stafftaffafffff costsostsststss

No employees has employee benefits in excess of £60,000 (2020: Nil).

The average number of staff employed during the period was 33 (2020: 18.)

The key management personnel of the charity comprise the trustees, the Chief Executive Officer, and the Services Manager. The total employee benefits of the key management personnel of the charity were £94,096 (2020: £83,014).

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11 Trustee remuneration and expenses, and related party transactions

Neither the management committee nor any persons connected with them received any remuneration or reimbursed expenses during the year (2020: Nil).

Aggregate donations from related parties were £Nil (2020: £Nil).

There are no donations from related parties which are outside the normal course of business and no restricted donations from related parties.

No trustee or other person related to the charity had any personal interest in any contract or transaction entered into by the charity, including guarantees, during the year (2020: nil).

12 Government grants

The government grants recognised in the accounts were as follows:

ord MBC
try of Housing, Communities and Local
rnment		 2021
£
11,750
128,153
139,903		 2020
£
167,171
-
167,171

There were no unfulfilled conditions and contingencies attaching to the grants.

13 Corporation tax

The charity is exempt from tax on income and gains falling within Chapter 3 of Part 11 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 or Section 256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 to the extent that these are applied to its charitable objects. No tax charges have arisen in the charity.

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14 Fixed assets: tangible assets
Security Equipment Computers Total
Cost £ £ £ £
At 1 April 2020 7,467 2,475 10,975 20,917
At 31 March 2021 7,467 2,475 10,975 20,917
Depreciation
At 1 April 2020 7,467 2,475 10,975 20,917
At 31 March 2021 7,467 2,475 10,975 20,917
Net book value
At 31 March 2021 - - - -
At 31 March 2020 - - - -
15 Debtors
2021 2020
£ £
Rents receivable 38,209 20,287
Other debtors 4,423 1,500
Prepayments and accrued income 39,146 18,423
81,778 40,210
16 Cash at bank and in hand
2021 2020
£ £
Cash at bank and on hand 609,660 406,557
609,660 406,557
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2021 2020
£ £
Other creditors and accruals 26,064 6,182
Taxation and social security costs 16,570 5,278
42,634 11,460
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18 Analysis of movements in restricted funds Current period

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Balance at 1 Balance at 31
April 2020 Income Expenditure Transfers March 2021
£ £ £ £ £
Community Services
Trafford MBC:
True Colours - 1,750 (1,750) - -
Training Professiona - 10,000 (5,000) - 5,000
Early Help 11,588 - - (11,588) -
THT Adult Services 17,390 42,468 (41,699) - 18,159
Homeless Link 29,579 - (29,579) - -
Lloyds TSB 20,130 6,755 (26,877) - 8
Garfield Weston - 30,000 - - 30,000
Global Make Some Noise 20,000 (20,000) - -
Global CHR - 30,000 (30,000) - -
Masonic Charitable Foundation 23,467 (11,821) - 11,646
MHCLG - Tier 4 14,705 90,021 (104,726) - -
MHCLG - Covid - 38,132 (38,132) - -
Trafford Centre Fund 2,478 - (2,478) - -
Other grants under
£5,000 - 22,422 (16,834) - 5,588
95,870 315,015 (328,896) (11,588) 70,401
Children and Young People
THT CYP Service - 23,621 (15,151) - 8,470
Children in Need - 39,831 (39,831) - -
- 63,452 (54,982) - 8,470
Total 95,870 378,467 (383,878) (11,588) 78,871
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Comparative period

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Balance at
Balance at 1 31 March
April 2019 Income Expenditure Transfers 2020
£ £ £ £ £
Community Services
TMBC - Domestic - 60,000 (60,000) - -
MHCLG - Tier 4 56,076 45,677 (87,048) - 14,705
Community
Foundation 6,996 - (6,996) - -
Dentistry Project 3,705 - - (3,705) -
Lloyds TSB 20,257 24,516 (24,643) - 20,130
MIND 9,130 15,349 (24,479) - -
Help the Homeless 1,500 - (1,500) - -
TMBC - True Colours - 2,775 (2,775) - -
TMBC - Inclusive Neighbourhood 1,905 (1,905) - -
TMBC - Training Professionals 12,500 (12,500) - -
TMBC Early Help - 19,314 (7,726) - 11,588
THT Adult Services - 42,061 (24,671) - 17,390
Homeless Link - 29,579 - - 29,579
Trafford Centre Fund - 13,702 (11,224) - 2,478
97,664 267,378 (265,467) (3,705) 95,870
Children and Young People
THT CYP Service - 23,103 (23,242) 139 -
Children in Need 9,324 27,970 (37,294) -
TMBC - Supporting Young People 25,000 (25,000) - -
9,324 76,073 (85,536) 139 -
Total 106,988 343,451 (351,003) (3,566) 95,870
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Name of

restricted fund Description, nature and purposes of the fund Domestic Violence Funding from TMBC for the refuge and floatig support workers. Tier 4 Funding from MCHLG for a cross-borough partnership to support accommodation provision.

Children in Need

Funding for children and young people in the community who have experienced domestic abuse: 1 to 1 and group work programmes. Funding for the Tier 2 and Supporting Change service.

Hemry Smith Charity Funding for the Tier 2 and Supporting Change service. Community Funding to deliver the domestic abuse group recovery programme "True Colours for Foundation Women." Dentistry Project Funding for research project with survivors of domestic abuse. Tesco Bags of Help Funding to refurbish safe houses. Lloyds TSB Funding for the volunteer service. MIND Funding to deliver a women's peer support programme. Trafford Youth Trust Funding for Safer, Smarter Future workshops. Help the Homeless Funding to provide furniture for those who have fled domestic abuse. TMBC - Supporting Funding to support young people and teachers on healthy relationships. Young People

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Trafford Domestic Abuse Services

Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 (continued)

Trafford Centre Fund Funding to provide domestic abuse awareness project across the community including workshops, groups and one to one sessions. TMBC - True Colours Delivery of True colours on a one to one basis for service users. TMBC - Inclusive Funding for TDAS Healing Hearts Womens Group. TMBC - Training Funding to provide Domestic Abuse awareness Training to professionals and Professionals Volunteers across Trafford. TMBC Early Help Funding to provide one to one sessions and delivery of R’Space group programme to children and young people.

THT Adult Services Outreach community service including delivery of Domestic Abuse surgeries THT CYP Service Speak Out Speak Now Programme for children and young people, educating them on healthy relationships and providing one to one support for those CYP in need. Groundwork Funding for TDAS Healing Hearts Womens Group. Homeless Link Funding for a Move on Domestic Abuse Advisor providing trauma informed support service to marginalised women at risk of homelessness.

19 Analysis of movement in unrestricted funds

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April 2020
£
339,437
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339,437
Balance at
1 April 2019
£
178,815		 Income
£
838,401
-
-
838,401
Income
£
350,102		 Expenditure
£
(619,493)
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-
(619,493)
Expenditure
£
(193,046)		 Transfers
£
(8,412)
10,000
10,000
11,588
Transfers
£
3,566		 As at 31
March 2021
£
549,933
10,000
10,000
569,933
As at 31
March 2020
£
339,437

Name of

unrestricted fund Description, nature and purposes of the fund General fund The free reserves after allowing for all designated funds Staff training Staff training and development Staff contingency Contingency for unexpected items like enhanced maternity pay, sick pay and bank staff

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20 Analysis of net assets between funds
General Designated Restricted
fund funds funds Total 2021
£ £ £ £
Net current assets/(liabilities) 569,933 - 78,871 648,804
Comparative period
General Designated Restricted
fund funds funds Total 2020
£ £ £ £
Net current assets/(liabilities) 435,307 160,622 - 435,307
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20 Operating lease commitments

The charity's total future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases is as follows

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51,051
56,760
102,600
19,360
153,651
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31,174
203,103

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2020
£
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2020
£
149,504
(3,662)
(23,879)
(13,455)
108,508
Equipment

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