ESCAPING VICTIMHOOD Registered Charity No. 1121708 Company No. 6356205 TRUSTEES. REPORT AND FINANCIAL sfATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 14 Report of the Trustees Independent Examiner's Report 6-9 Financial statements ESCAPING vicfiMHOOD Report of the Boafd of Trustees for the year ended 31 March 2025 Charitsble Status EscapTng Wictimhood is a charity. registered in England, number 1121708. It is also a company limited by guarantee, registered in England number 6356205. CIO status has been applied for. Trustees The Board of Tru5tee5, who are the charity trustees. and directors of Escaping Wictimhood {the charitable company). have pleasure in presenting their report, which incorporates the report of the directors for the purposes of company law, and the accounts for the year er￿ed 31 March 2025. The trustees/directors who have held Offi￿ at any point during the year ended 31 March 2025 and to the date of this report are as follows:_ Trustees: Nigel Byfoid (Chair) Tim Newell Kevin Piper Morag Robertson Amandipkaursingh Company Secretary: Nigel Byford Registered Office: 32 Woodland Avenue Hagley DY8 2XQ Independent Examiner. Bankers: Mrjoe Quayle The Cooperative Bank PO Box 8888 Swindon SN12 ITS Structure. Governance and Management The charity is established via the memorandum and articles of the company. adopted in 2007. All new Trustees are recruited on the recommendation of organisations and people with whom the charity works. or by existing Trustees: they are gNen an induction pack and (Jffered appropriate training in order to fulfil their role. Objectives and activities The objects of Escaping Ifictimhood are to relieve persons in the UK who are in need, 5ickne55 and di5tre55 a5 a resu￿ of crime or disaster. and the families thereofr also, to athrnnce public education and awareness by research into relevant issues. The charity runs residential. experiential workshops for those who have been affected by serious crime, and through this work seeks to infonn other groups and agencies about the potential to meet the unmet needs of vittirTkS of Serio￿ crimes. Achievements and perfornK4n During the reporting year we have continued to run experiential workshop and three weTe held during the reporting period. A5 usual there was an evaluation session with participants on the last day and positive feedback was ieceived. The change of venue from Birmingham to Sheffield has continued to prove Su￿ssful with the active support of venue staff. Funding for the work of the charity is always a con￿rn and the charity has benefitted from support by the Quakers and other small donations including Just Giving. During the year close links have been established with the Homicide Service to facilitate and fund i eferrals of individuals who would benefit from our work. Information sessions were run by the charity for Homicide Servi managers. Referrals have been made and this continues to be a very positive working relationship which we hope to develop further. Over the comÈng year we will be seeking to further fundraise through applications to relevant charitable institutions to enable participation by those who may not be registered with the Homicide Service. Public Benefft The Trustees of the charity have had due regard both to the objectives of the charity, as set out above, and to the guidance on public benefit published by the Charity Commission. in exercising their powers and duties. FinanGial Review As the charity has run three workshops this year there has been bigger financial outlay as not all places are funded via the Homicide Service. ￿ at 31st March 2025 this has resulted in a deficit against the previous year of £39,164. (2023124 overall surplu5 of £35,700) In total the reserves carried forward amounted to £38,653 (2023124 £77,817). Funding for the coming year is planned and workshops run by the charity will be fully funded None of the trustees are paid by Escaping Wictimhood, and there were no related party transactions. No expenses were claimed or paid to Trustees during this financial year. The charity recognises the support it receives through the voluntsry assistance of a few individuals. Reserves and Investrnnt Policy The trustees believe that the charity's assets are available and adequate to fulfil the obligations of the charity as a whole. Surplus funds are placed on deposit when appropriate, and the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis. Going Con￿rn Under all scenarios reviewed, the charity has sufficient reserves to enable it to continue as a going concern for at least 12 months from the date of signing this report. For thi5 reason, it continues to adopt the going concern basis in Preparing the financial statements. Future plans Funding continues to be challenging for the Trustees of EV. We have retained the serrfl￿S of our consultant who continues to explore grant options. However, the board has been able to secure a clear agreement with the National Homicide Service to fund direct referrals from their service to P4- Not only does this provide a clear source of funding but it also builds in a clear vehicle for support post programme for their participants. For those not referred directly by the Homicide Service a clear individuali5ed plan of action is agreed by the course facilitators with the participant and their referring agency. The Escaping Victimhood Board is currently finalising its Strategic plan for the next 5 years and in doing that we have benefited from a new Trustee who has joined us this year and has been a former participant of the workshop thereby adding additional 'lived experien￿, to the Boards thinking. Risk management The trustees believe the principal risk to which the charity is exposed is any reduction in income available to fund future workshop programmes, and the ability to run residential workshops in the future. The level of future commitments is carefully monitored in ordei to manage these risks, and strenuous efforts are made to foster links with key relevant grant-making trusts and funders. Statement of Trustees. Responsibilities The Trustees are responsible for preparing the Report of Trustees and financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulation5. Company law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the Trustees have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice {United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). 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 charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charityfor that period. In preparingthose financial statements the Trustees are required to select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and prepare the financial statements on the going concern basi5 unless it is inappropriate to presume thatthe charity will continue in business. The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy atanytime thefinancial posttion of the charityandtoenable themtoensure thatthe financial statements comply with tie Companies Act 2￿6. They are also responsible for safeguarding the a55et5 of the charitable company and hence for reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregulartties So far as the Trustees are aware, there is no relevant information (information needed by the company's independent examiner in connection with preparing his report) of which the companies examiner is unaware, and each Twstee has taken all the steps that he or she ought to have taken a5 a director in order to make themselves aware of any relevant information and to estsblish that the companies examiner is aware of that information. Independent examination The independent examination of the charity's accounts has been undertaken by, chartered Accountant. This report has been prepared in accordance with the small companies regime under the Companies Act 2006 Approved by the Trustees on 22 January 2026 N Byford Chairman T Newell Twstee Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Escaping Victimhood I rcrrf)rt to the charity trustees on the accounts of the chariry for the year ended 31 "Marrh 2025, which out on pa8cs 5 to 8. Responsibilities and b&%is of repy)rt As the chartty trU￿eeS of the company (and also its directors for the pur￿}SeS of company law) you are reS￿nSIble for the pre￿ration of the accounts in accordaJK¢ with the requircments of the Companies Act 2006. Having satisficd myself that thc accounts of the company are not required to ￿ wdited Idcr Part 16 of the ?006 Act and aTC eligible for ind¢EKndcni examina110￿ I rcwrt in respcct of my examination ofyottr company's ac£ounts as carried oui undcr section 145 of the Charities Act ?01 l. In trarrying out my examinatiory I ￿ve followcd the Directions giv¢n by the Charity coll)mi￿10n swtion 145(5Kb) of the 2011 ACL Independent E￿•￿in&S Statement I have completed my ¢xaminatiim. I confirni that no maltcrs hav¢ come to my attclltion in connection with the examination, giving m¢ cause to trklieve that in any material respect: l Accounting records were not kept in resI￿t of the company as required by section 386 of the 2006 ACL or 2 Th¢ accounLs do not accord with those rec(rds; or 3 Thc accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair view, which is not a matter consideted as tmrt of an Ind¢￿nd¢￿t examination" or 4 lThe accounts have noi bc£n pr¢￿Ed in accordancc with th¢ methods and principlcs ofthe Statement of Recommendcd Practice for accounting and r¢wrting by charities appIl￿ble to clwiU¢S preparing their accounts in accordancc with the l.'inancial RL"wning Stsndard applicable in the UK and Republic of Iroland (FRS 102}. I havc no Gonccrns and have come acro&s no other matt¢rs in connection with th¢ cxamination to which aneniion should be drawn in this r¢wrt in order to enablc a proper undcrstsnding of the accounts to be r￿Ard. J(K Quayle ACMA CGMA 9 ChuTLh SbEet Haglcy Worccsicrshir¢ DY9 ONA Date: 2010112026 ESCAPING VICTIMHOOD Statement of financial Activities as at 31 March 2025 Restiicted Unrestrirted 2025 fuThts furnts Tots15 Restrfctsd Unrestrf¢ted 2024 funds funds Totsls INCOME Donatlon5 grants and legKies 25,(N)) 257 25,257 20,(MJ) 50,403 Activitie5 for generating funds Other income Totsl income 25AKIO 257 25257 20,IX)O 50A03 70J03 EXPENDtTURE Costs of generating funds Expendtture on charitable artivities Staff costs Activity costs Other costs 39,169 23,845 1,407 60,292 1,249 23,572 9,796 1.335 33.368 1.335 Total exwdtture 39,169 25.252 61541 Z3572 ILtsI 34703 NEf MOVEME￿ IN FUNDS -14169 -24,995 -36.284 -3,572 39,272 35,700 Transfer between fund5 RecoFEciliatton of ftFnds Totdl funds blf at 1st April 2024 £31.645 £46.172 77,817 35.217 42.117 Totrl fvnds at 31*t Matth 2025 £17M76 £21.177 £31￿45 £46.172 £77J17 COMPANY NO: 6356205 BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MARCH 2025 2025 2024 Note FIXED ASSErs CURRENT ASSETS Debtors 1.054 Cash at bank and in hand 78.024 79,078 39,739 LIABILITIE5- Creditors falling due within one year (1,086) (1.261} NEf CURRENT ASSErs 38.653 77,817 TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABIUTIES 38.653 T7.817 Creditors due after more than one year ASSETS 38.653 77,817 THE FUNDS OF THE CHARITY Restricted funds Unrestritted funds 17.476 21.177 31,645 46.172 For the financial year in question the company was enttded to exemption under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 No members have required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance wtth Section 476 of the Companies Art 2tsJ6. The director5 ￿knOwledge their responsibilty for comptyin8 With requirements of the Act with respert to accounting records which complies With Section 386 and the preparation of accounts in accordance with Section 393. These accounts have been prepared in accordance wÈth the special provisions Part 15 of the Companies A 2006. relating to small enttties and the Financial Reporting Standards applicable in the UK ènd Republic Ireland IFRS 102.1. Approved and issued by the Board on 220 January J)26 and signed on its behalf by: Mr N Byford I chairnrustee MrT Newell Trustee NOTESTO THE FINANCIAL 5fATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 ACCOUNTING POUCIES Basis of preparing the financial statements The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities applicable to chariiies preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland IFRS 102), and with the Charitie5 Act 2011 and the Companies Act 2CM)6. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. and on the going concem basis. Escaping Victimhood meets the definition of a public entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction ¥alue unle55 Otherwise stated in the relevant accounting polic¥ note. Income Income generalty is recognised when the chaTity has entitlernent to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the funds have been met, it 15 probable that the income will be received, and the amount can be measured reliably. Grants are credlted to the Statefnent of Financial Activities in the year when they are received, and placed in a restricted fund. b} Expenditure Expenditure 15 ￿OgniSed in the accounts once a legal or constructive obligation arises to make payment to a third party. tt is probable that settlement will be required, and the amount of the obligation can be measured ￿liably. It is included on an accruals basis. together with irrecoverable VAT. Charitabl@ activtties also include governance costs associated wrth meeting the staiirtory and constitutional requirements of the charity. Depreciation Where applicable, assets of a Ca￿al nature a￿ shown as fued assets and depreciated over their expected lives. NEf INCQME/(EXPENDITURE) FOR THE YEAR 2025 2024 The net income/(expendtture) is ststed after charging: Independent examiner's fee Depreciation AFF COSTS 2025 124 The average number of employees was O {2024: 0). Fundraising and other consultancrf ser￿ice5 a￿ provided on an invoiced basis as required. No trustee received any remuneration nor were there any related party transactions in either year. No expenses were paid to trustees. DEBTOR5 2025 2024 Prepayments 1,054 LIABILITIES: 2025 2024 Creditor5 falling due within one year HM Revenue and Customs Other creditors: activity costs 1,086 1,261 RESTRicfED FUNDS Balance at 31" March 2024 Balance at I"April 2025 Income Expenditure Trdnsfers Victim support funds 25CK)O ANALY515 OF NET ASSEfs BETWEEN FUNDS Restricted Unrestricted Total Tangible assets Current assets Current liabilities Creditors > l year 17,476 22.263 {1,086) 39.739 {1,086) 101 101 17.476 21.177 38.653 SHARE CAPITAL Escaping Victimhood is a company limtted by guarantee and as such does not have any issued share capital.