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2021-03-31-accounts

REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 06490001 REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1123361

Report of the Trustees and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2021

Circles South East

Contents of the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2021

Page
Report of the Trustees 1
Reference and Administration Details
Foreword by the Chair of the Board of Trustees
Structure Governance and Management
Our Guiding Values
Our Purpose
Our Aims
Ensuring our Work Delivers our Aims
The focus of our Work
Core Activities
How our Activities Deliver Public Benefit
Volunteer Training and Development
What we achieved in the year to 31 March 2021
Financial Review
Plans for Future Years
Independent Examiner's Report 22
Statement of Financial Activities 23
Balance Sheet 24
Cash Flow Statement 25
Notes to the Financial Statements 26

Circles South East

Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 March 2021

The trustees, who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2021. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in Note 1 to the financial statements and comply with the Charity’s governing document, the Companies Act 2006 and “Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)”.

Reference and Administrative Details

Company number 06490001
Charity number 1123361
Registered office 129 Broadway
Didcot
Oxfordshire
OX11 8XD
Trustees J L Williams (Chair)
L Fransham
N Holford
E Jones
R Seaborne
M Goldup
Chief Executive R Saunders
Bankers HSBC Bank plc
1 Corn Market
High Wycombe
Bucks
HP11 2AY
Independent examiner Azets Audit Services
The Mill House
Boundary Road
Loudwater
High Wycombe
Bucks.
HP10 9QN

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Foreword by the Chair of Board of Trustees

It is again my privilege for the ninth time as Chair of the Board of Trustees to present the annual report for Circles South East. The report summarises the work of the Charity up to 31[st] March 2021.

The year covered by this report has been probably the most difficult and complex year for the Charity. Like the rest of the country the Charity has been affected by the pandemic. Our primary aim is “the prevention of sexual abuse and reduction in the number of new victims created”. This is achieved by well trained and motivated volunteers working under the supervision of our staff. Up to March 2021 virtually all our work/interventions and training was delivered face to face. Under the guidance of our Chief Executive and Senior Management Team (SMT) the Charity has had to adapt and develop our service to meet the requirements of the restrictions imposed as a result of the pandemic. I am extremely proud to be able to say that the Charity has continued to support all our service users and at no point have we had to close or reduce our service. The report goes into more detail about how we achieved this. In addition, we continued to train volunteers, again details are in the body of the report.

It is also important to note that we have received considerable support from a number of our funding bodies. This has helped us to make the changes to our service model and has allowed us to provide additional support to our staff during this extremely stressful time.

The second national/international issue which has had an impact on our Charity this year was the murder of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter Movement. Our staff rightly wanted to ensure that the Charity was aware of the issues raised by the Black Lives Matter Movement. This led the Board to have a lengthy discussion resulting in a commitment that we would continue to work on diversity and inclusiveness across every aspect of the Charity and that we would challenge our selves to reduce any unintended discrimination. We have also set up an “Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Working Group” chaired by one of our trustees.

The third significant issue I would like to highlight is the way we are ensuring users have a stronger voice in the running of the charity. To this end we have set up a “Service User Engagement Group” which has user, staff, volunteer and trustee membership. Again this is described in more detail in the body of the report. In the past the Annual Report has contained important statements from volunteers, I am pleased to say that this year the Users’ voice is also heard.

Finally I would on behalf of the Board want to stress how very important our partners are to us. This includes financial support from statutory bodies, charitable trusts and foundations and the Big Lottery.

This year I want to give a special thanks to all our staff and volunteers who have worked so hard to overcome the constraints imposed as result of the pandemic. Finally, the Board is enormously grateful to our Chief Executive for that way in which she has successfully guided the charity through a year like no other.

John Williams

Chair Board of Trustees Circles South East

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Structure, Governance and Management

Constitution

Circles South East is a charitable company limited by guarantee with company number 06490001 and incorporated on the 31[st] January 2008. Circles South East was registered with the Charity Commission, registration number 1123361 on 28[th] March 2008. Prior to this, Circles South East was a project of the Religious Society of Friends and known as HTV Circles. On 1[st] April 2008, the ownership and operation of HTV Circles was transferred to the charity.

The company was established under a Memorandum of Articles which established the objects and powers of the charitable company and is governed under its Articles of Association.

Board of Trustees

The directors of the company are also charity trustees and for the purpose of charity law and under the company’s articles are known as members of the Management Committee.

The Board of Trustees advertises vacancies as they arise although it is always seeking to attract new skills and strengths to assist the governance of the Charity. A selection sub group will process applications and present potential candidates to the Board for consideration and nomination for election. The Board seeks to ensure that the needs of the Charity are appropriately reflected in the diversity and experience of the Trustees.

Trustees are elected to the Board for a period of 2 years and may be recommended for re-election. One third of the Trustees are obliged to retire by rotation at each annual general meeting and may offer themselves for re-election. The Trustees to retire by rotation shall be those who have been longest in office since their last appointment.

Induction and Training

All newly appointed Trustees receive a detailed induction and information pack to familiarise themselves with the charity and their role as a Trustee. The Board has regular Away Days to discuss future plans and objectives and discuss their role as a Trustee. Trustees are able to visit the team and liaise with the Chief Executive of the Charity to assist their role. Training is arranged as the Board identifies specific requirements. Trustees must adhere to the Code of Conduct and be eligible for appointment as specified in the Articles of Association.

Risk Management

A Risk Register on the governance and operational activity of the charity is reviewed quarterly by the board. This ensures that the Charity has taken all reasonable precautions to reduce risk with systems in place to minimise risk and manage issues appropriately. Risk assessments are undertaken appropriately by staff on all aspects of operational activity.

Organisational Structure

Circles South East has a Management Committee of up to 15 trustees/directors who meet quarterly and are responsible for the governance and the strategic direction of the charity. The trustees are drawn from a variety of professional backgrounds relevant to the work of the charity. There are 6 subgroups underpinning the work of the charity:

A scheme of delegation is in place and day to day responsibility for the management of services, strategic development and income generation is with the Chief Executive supported by the Senior Management Team which includes a Finance & Administration Manager.

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Our Guiding Values

Community – recognises the struggle to reintegrate those that cause serious sexual harm, and enables an informed and empowered response to this.

Humanity and Care – promotes respect for the core needs of all people, healing the harm created when these rights are undermined and abused.

Inclusiveness – recognises all affected parties as offering skills and having an equal role in addressing harm and creating solutions.

Honesty – respects our right to understand and respond accountably; it enables people to be part of the solution, making it sustainable and safe.

Partnerships – Communities, survivors, offenders, agencies and professionals all bring a range of expertise; when we collaborate and consult with them as true partners, we are greater than the sum of our parts.

Accountability – ensures ownership and achievement of goals, which empowers sustainable behaviours and is crucial for survivors, core members (CM), volunteers, colleagues and partners of Circles South East alike.

Safety – upholds and promotes the basic right to physical and emotional wellbeing for communities, individuals and colleagues.

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Our Purpose

Our charity’s purposes are contained in the company’s memorandum of association:

To relieve the need and promote the rehabilitation, treatment, education and care of persons who have committed or are likely to commit offences, particularly sexual offences, against others and the families of such persons and others affected by such offences.

Our Aims

The Board of Trustees has determined the primary aim as: the prevention of sexual abuse and reduction in the number of new victims created. This is achieved through:

We aim to reduce the risk of further sexual abuse in the community and to support the wellbeing of those communities through prevention, rehabilitation, education and safeguarding;

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1 Prevention: Circles South East Volunteers supported by professional staff (the Coordinator) offer a trusting and honest dialogue with core members offering support and guidance leading to a reduction in re-offending and creating safer communities.

2 Rehabilitation: Circles South East Volunteers supported by Coordinators provide support structures to reduce the emotional loneliness and social exclusion experienced by released offenders (core members) assisting in reintegration and helping achieve active, responsible and productive lives.

3 Education: Circles South East Volunteers assist in strengthening and empowering communities to work together in improving the understanding and reducing the fear and hostility felt by the public.

Ensuring our work delivers our aims

In addition to a review by Trustees of our aims, objectives and activities each year we are subject to audit every 24 months by Circles UK. Circles UK is the national umbrella body responsible for ensuring providers of circles comply with national standards on behalf of the Ministry of Justice. The review process examines the success of each key activity and the benefits they have brought to the core members and ensures our work delivers our aims, objectives and activities and remains focused on our stated purpose.

Consideration is given to all planned activities to ensure that they contribute to the aim and objectives we have set. The ongoing review process is facilitated through:

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The focus of our work

Circles South East services commenced in 2002 to specifically deliver what is now a successful reducing reoffending programme (Circles of Support and Accountability or Circles), using large numbers of committed and trained volunteers to support persons who have committed sexual offences to safely reintegrate back into the community. Out of this experience, its success, and identifying the need for creating more and different approaches to reducing sexual harm, from the perspective of victims and partners as well as the offender, Circles South East has developed a number of new services. These include:

The use of volunteers underpins all of our services, through the use of Volunteer Counsellors, Support Mentors and Circles Volunteers. We have a strong track record, established reputation and expertise, and committed trained community volunteers. The impact of our services can be evidenced through:

Circles South East are first and foremost a Public Protection Agency working with and for the community based on the principles of inclusion, restorative justice and bringing together the community to enhance public safety.

The Charity delivers a specialist resource across Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire (referred to throughout as Thames Valley), Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Surrey, Sussex and London.

Staff have been trained to undertake individual service user assessments and allocate appropriate support packages, provide training and advice and to recruit, train, and manage volunteers working for the charity in the community. All volunteers working for the charity receive initial and ongoing training and are professionally supervised.

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Core Activities

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Circles of Support & Accountability

What are Circles and how do they work

The Circles model is a complementary approach which harnesses the strengths and resources of local people to augment the statutory management of high risk sexual harm causers in the community, typically following release after a lengthy prison sentence. In the Circles model the offender becomes the ‘Core Member’ of an ‘inner Circle’ made up of 4-6 trained Volunteers. The Core Member’s involvement must be voluntary . The Circle works towards the objective of ‘No More Victims’ and seeks to prevent recidivism by addressing some of the key risk-factors associated with reoffending. The Circle focuses on a person’s ‘positives’ and ‘strengths’ rather than his/her ‘deficits’ and seeks to ‘include’ rather than ‘exclude’ him/her. The Core Member is encouraged to strive to rebuild a full and meaningful life whilst managing any ongoing and potentially risky behaviour. The Circle seeks to do this by:

Providing a safe and structured network that continues for a prolonged period of time – 18 months; Reducing emotional loneliness and isolation, factors which are strongly linked to repeat offending; Assisting with the development of social and community networks; Assisting with a range of practical and emotional issues; Challenging pro-offending attitudes, beliefs and behaviours; Providing additional monitoring which contributes to risk management plans and strategies.

The ‘inner Circle’ works with an ‘outer Circle’ comprised of the referring agency and other statutory or partnership agencies and/or other professionals who have authority over the management of the Core Member. Circles, therefore, work in close partnership with Probation and the Police and link into multi-agency public protection arrangements (MAPPA). Volunteers report any concerns to the professionals who make up the ‘outer Circle’ which, when necessary, will take appropriate measures to prevent the Core Member from reoffending e.g. re-call. Volunteers do not do so directly, but via a Circle Coordinator whose task it is to mediate between the ‘inner’ and ‘outer ‘Circle and so directly support and supervise the Circle process. Circle Coordinators are trained professionals with a background in risk assessment and management and the issues surrounding sexual harm.

Volunteers are rigorously screened and receive intensive training, development and ongoing support

The Circle

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Volunteer - I have been a Circle Volunteer for some years now. I am just coming to the end of my fourth Circle. I have come to realise what a valuable time it is for a Core Member to have a group of people committed to helping get them back into ‘normal’ life. To build confidence and to help with practical things like finding jobs or if that is difficult, then finding volunteering opportunities which will build skill sets. Of course it is not all one way. As a volunteer I have benefitted so much from seeing progress in the lives of the Core Members I have worked with, a feeling of satisfaction, of having made a difference and a solid hope that there will be no further victims. I have also appreciated the mutual support of other members of the Circles and the professionalism of our Circle Co-ordinators who do a great job.

The Circle - The core member’s primary goals for the Circle included becoming more trusting of others, becoming less fearful of forming relationships and increasing his confidence. At the commencement of the Circle he reported feeling socially isolated, and when not working had little to do with his time and very few people to spend time with. By the end of the Circle CM was visibly happier, more positive and far more confident. His social network had increased. He had re connected with friends, formed a team and begun attending a regular quiz night. He also reported reconnecting with some old friends from university. He reported significantly reduced levels of isolation by the end of the Circle. He stated in the End of Circle Questionnaire that he felt ‘more alive’ and more of a ‘people person’. He described himself as ‘more trusting’ and ‘more confident about the future and life in general.’ Throughout the Circle CM’s relationship with work colleagues had also improved and he presented as far more positive about his job. CM had also begun swimming regularly, something the volunteers had encouraged him to pursue throughout the Circle. CM began attending the cinema more frequently and going hiking. By the closure of the Circle he presented as more optimistic about the possibility of having a relationship in the future, and less anxious and fearful about the impact of his conviction on this.

Enso Mentoring & Paired Mentoring

At the heart of Enso Mentoring is a belief that communities are key when it comes to rehabilitation and safe reintegration of those that have caused harm to others. We aim to support community members in working together to access the better, stronger parts of themselves and contribute positively to society. Through approaches which encourage acceptance, responsibility, guidance and personal development, volunteers work with individuals who are engaging with the Intensive Integrated Risk Management Service (IIRMS) – the Chiron community, to reintegrate and achieve positive goals after release from custody. Our approach values Enso Mentees as individuals and therefore the interventions offered are tailored to their specific needs. Our overall aims are to reduce the risk of further harmful behaviours by supporting Mentees to make positive steps in their lives. Each part of the model allows for genuine trusting relationships between Mentees and volunteers to be built. Our aim is to help Mentees to develop positive skills by working with other members of their communities in a safe environment, and assist them to achieve the lives they are working towards.

This Enso Mentoring model is based on the essence of Circles work – that community volunteers can help Service Users to make positive steps in their lives. Each part of the model allows for genuine trusting relationships between Service Users and volunteers to be built. Chiron Community members have regular engagement with staff members and other service users, and therefore volunteer mentoring provides a unique area of support and an opportunity to develop different types of relationships.

Our objectives are:

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Counselling Service

Circles South East has recruited and trained a cohort of counsellors who offer their services free of charge. We take referrals for:

Counsellors are fully qualified with at least 100 hours of clinically supervised hours of counselling completed. Circles South East is an organizational member of British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.

Adapted Circles Programme

Following an internal survey we discovered that standard Circles were not working for the majority of Core Members who had a recognised Intellectual Disability (ID) and/or Autism. Many Core Members either left Circles early or continued to display sexually inappropriate behaviours. As a result a project was set up to adapt Circles specifically to meet the needs of this particular group of Core Members. This service has now been fully evaluated and is available across the South East and London. Alterations include:

Youth Service

Our Young Person (YP) service was adapted from the proven Adults Circles model; a group of community volunteers, supervised and supported by an experienced Coordinator, meeting regularly with the YP to provide a supportive social network, providing practical advice and guidance, e.g. finding appropriate social activities, and affirming the need for the YP to be 'accountable' for their on-going risk management.

Following referral and assessment (Coordinator), YP’s are matched with volunteers who will deliver bespoke support, with input from parents and carers, professionals (the Outer Circle) and the YP, to achieve the best outcomes, e.g. sports, community activities, and voluntary work such as helping at an animal sanctuary.

Young People respond most positively when combining 'doing something' with exploring issues that underpin their Harmful Sexual Behaviours (HSB), relying on what interests them before expanding their repertoire. Support is for a minimum of 12 months, however, this could be more or less; our service is flexible to meet individual needs.

‘I really liked having the volunteers; I had someone I could talk too about my problems.’ Young Person

‘It really helped. At first I didn’t like the idea of having a male volunteer cos I only talk to females but Nick was ok, I could talk to him sometimes’ Young Person

‘Thank you to the circles volunteers for their commitment and support. It’s clear that without their support this young man would not receive the support he needed. Please pass on my regards.’ Child Protection Chair.

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Assessment Services

We provide full assessments on the following:

Training and Consultancy

We offer training covering on a range of topics, some examples are:

“Absolutely fascinating. Very useful for everyday practice and also for risk assessment, practical support and understanding”

We provide consultancy to team and/or team managers where there are concerns about working in the field of sexual abuse. Consultancy can include input on organisational policy, risk management, team welfare and training needs. It can run alongside training and seminars, increasing organisations’ skills and confidence.

Partner Support and Intervention

‘Breaking the Cycle’ is a programme for the non-offending partners of men who have been accused or convicted of sexual offences committed against children. The programme is delivered in both group and one-to-one formats to provide flexibility to service users. The intervention has been designed specifically to complement and support the statutory child protection process with its primary aim being to enhance and assess the protective abilities of participants.

The programme is based on 3 Key Principles:

Inform – To share with participants information relating to professional understanding of child sexual abuse and to help them begin to relate that information to their own particular circumstances.

Empower – To facilitate participants ability to contextualise their (ex)partners’ offending behaviour thereby ensuring that any future decisions they may make relating to their relationship and / or their children’s relationship with the offender, is an informed decision.

Support – To decrease the isolation felt by participants and to identify and facilitate support networks in order to strengthen the individual’s ability to protect.

Partner Testimony - ‘My experience with Circles South East has been very positive. Up until I was introduced to Circles I felt very isolated and alone with no support. Working with circles I have worked hard, learnt a lot and now feel I have the tools and confidence to deal with the situation. Circles have supported me throughout and have provided a mentor, who has proven to be great help both emotionally and practically. With Circles and my mentor I feel I can approach them about any issues and they will provide good sound advice and help where ever they can. At last I have someone who listens to me and works with me.’

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Counselling and Support Services for Survivors

We provide counselling free to anyone affected by sexual abuse and sexual violence. All potential service users are assessed by staff as to requiring counselling to assist their ability to cope and recover and live safe and independently within the community. Our counsellors are qualified and experienced and work individually with Survivors, non-offending family members as well as perpetrators. We are organisational members of the BACP, and take referrals from organisations such as Victim Support, Childrens’ and Social Services, Rape Crisis, Probation and Victim Liaison Units, GP Surgeries etc. as well as from potential clients themselves. Our counsellors work with a range of issues in order to increase clients’ autonomy and ability to lead healthy and socially accepted lives.

Service users accessing the counselling service for survivors of sexual abuse report the following are improved:

Family Support and Intervention

An early lesson to the Youth Programme was that families of young people engaging in harmful sexual behaviours in many cases also require professional input. Families can find the process of disclosure of such behaviours, and the resulting professional and personal interest in their lives intrusive and traumatic. As such when working with the young people, we have found ourselves also working with family members who are in a state of shock themselves.

Consequently Circles South East has developed a programme of work, ‘Restoring the Balance’, for such families. Families, and in particular parents, carers and siblings, bear the brunt of the consequences of such behaviours, often in the glare of hostile public opinion. Similarly families are often left to absorb not only the behaviour itself, but the aftermath in terms of statutory interventions and various sanctions. The underpinning principles of the programme are to educate families about harmful sexual behaviour, to support in dealing with the aftermath of disclosure, and to empower families to protect other family members and the community from such behaviour.

We have recently developed the new ‘Forging the Link’, programme designed to support families of adults who have committed or who are likely to commit sexual offences. We are also in the position to licence and deliver a train the trainer programme for agencies requiring this service.

Service User Engagement Group (SUEG)

At Circles South East we strive to be inclusive in our development and delivery of services and as part of this we recently established a SUEG. This group means that we now include the thoughts, views and ideas of people who have benefitted from our services and/or those provided by our statutory partners in all that we do. Currently the SUEG group comprises 4 SUs, 4 members of staff (minimum of 2 in attendance at each meeting) and 1 volunteer. The group is meeting at six week intervals.

Service User (SU) representatives have been recruited by Coordinators speaking with SUs who have completed a Circle or those who have contacted us and/or Circles UK enquiring about volunteering opportunities. In recruiting Service Users we have highlighted the need for them to be positive and enthusiastic individuals who have reached the stage of rehabilitation and reintegration where they are able and keen to support development of services for people at an earlier stage of their journey. All those involved will have completed an application form and supplied contact details for their Probation Officer/Police OM who will have completed a supporting reference. As we develop we are hoping to be able to offer training and qualifications to SUs who wish to progress.

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Initially the group has been reviewing referral paperwork and we are in the process of piloting a new Needs and Resources form developed by the group. We are also looking at ways to involve SUs in our training, both with development and delivery. In the future, we do want to look at ways to develop and deliver appropriate and safe peer support. Despite the obvious difficulties with this, it is our belief that we should be having honest and open discussions on this subject which include both SU views and those of professionals.

How our activities deliver public benefit

All our activities focus on the prevention and reduction of sexual harm and improved wellbeing for the victim, the community and core members.

Circles of Support & Accountability (Circles, core delivery model) build safer communities through local volunteers working with sexual offenders to minimise alienation, support reintegration and so prevent sexual reoffending.

The activities of the charity reduce the level of fear and hostility felt by the public towards high risk sexual offenders entering local communities. The charity strengthens and empowers communities to work together, taking an active and constructive approach and increasing community cohesion.

Circles/Mentoring has a significant impact on reducing reoffending rates and risk of harm to the public.

Persons who commit sexual offences and are released into the community experience high levels of emotional loneliness and social exclusion (known risk factors) finding themselves with little support other than statutory contacts. We provide support structures through the use of trained and supervised volunteers which reduce isolation, assist offenders reintegrating appropriately into local communities, leading responsible, productive and accountable lives.

The investment made by the volunteer in their relationship with the offender has a powerful impact on their commitment to abstaining from offending and their individual wellbeing.

Volunteer Training and Development

At Circles SE we take our responsibility to our volunteers very seriously. Our active volunteers are provided with a minimum of quarterly group supervision and are encouraged to support each other through weekly debriefs. Individual supervision is available to develop skills, but also as a welfare check. We offer regular additional training such as Working with Individuals with Personality Disorders, Female Offenders or Managing Sexual Thinking. Once a year we invite volunteers to our flagship ‘Towards Excellence Day’, with 6 training session options on offer. We are in the process of developing an annual ‘Mini Ted’ to allow volunteers to access local training opportunities across the region and we are exploring the opportunities offered by technology such as online training courses. Our volunteers are invited to undertake a recognised National Open College Network Qualification, which they can complete free of charge. We encourage our experienced volunteers to act as mentors to the newer volunteers, appointing Circles ‘Ambassadors’ who participate in volunteer recruitment and training.

A recent review of volunteer training evaluation forms evidenced: ‘94% volunteers stated that training had increased their awareness of sexual offending with 96% stating that training had increased their skills and confidence to address sexually harmful behaviour.

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Circle Volunteer - " I volunteered for Circles in the hope that this work would contribute towards my continuing professional development. The initial two-day training for volunteers was intensive. It was backed up with relevant reference literature, and equipped us to begin learning through experience. I gradually came to appreciate that the differences in our working backgrounds, cultures and temperaments seemed to create a balanced perspective within each circle I was part of. This process of social learning is complemented by a range of further and additional training offered via Circles by experts in the field. Supervision takes place regularly to provide a space in which conflicts or difficulties can be resolved and strategies can be agreed, enabling volunteers to work safely in partnership with Probation Services and the Police. Circles Coordinators are very experienced, skilled and supportive professionals who genuinely value their volunteers. The benefits of this work with Circles have certainly exceeded my modest expectations two years ago”

Our Volunteer Pathway Lead is responsible for volunteer’s wellbeing and development:

What we achieved in the year to 31 March 2021

This has been a unique year for the charity due to the impact of Covid -19 on a significant part of the year. We have had to adapt and develop our service delivery so that we have been able to continue to support all our service users. We see it as a real achievement that at no point have we had to close or reduce our services. The team have worked hard to ensure we have increased our support provision from March 20 and as we continue delivery into 21-22. We have a Recovery Roadmap in place which has been easily adaptable for staff and volunteers as government guidance changes. The SMT have implemented a transition timetable in consultation with staff. This maps our path back to face to face delivery in line with the government roadmap.

We have continued to work towards our identified objectives for 20-21:

Objectives Progress
Prepare for the enhanced role of the
voluntary sector in supporting the
National Probation Service following
reunification inJune2021		 Subgroup consisting of trustees and senior
management established to manage this
process
Prepare to register on the Dynamic
Framework from June 2020		 Achieved
Secure
renewal
of
the
NPS
secondment arrangements to ensure
a
smooth
transition
to
new
commissioning arrangements post
March 2021		 Contacts secured until September 21 and
March 22
Implement new Finance Strategy
including the new Options Appraisal
process		 Developed and Implementation ongoing into
2021
Continue to support the Service User
Engagement Group ensuring our
service
user
voice
is
heard
throughout
our
work
and
development		 SUEG established and strategy in place for
ongoing development
Build on the success of the Tech v
Abuse grant and consider ongoing
development and evaluation of the
messaging platform		 Pilot extended and new funding being applied
for to progress this model further
Establish a Female Development
Lead to focus on our strategic
objectives for our services for women		 Strategic proposal in place and scoping
exercise undertaken. Target is to secure
fundingto support the development.

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Completion of Insight Pilot Project
which is a service specifically for
men who commit rape that is
motivated byanger		 Due for completion in TV although now part
of delivery in Hampshire. Evaluation
pending.
Completion
of
the
new
Circles
Reconviction Study		 Due for completion in 21-22
Continued development of family
support package (group work and
one to one)		 Completed
Develop
the
education
and
preventative role of the charity
ensuring communities are educated,
informed and empowered		 Ongoing
Explore the restorative nature of
volunteering building on pending
research		 Ongoing
Continue to provide bespoke and
tailored interventions and support for
those affected bysexual harm		 Established
To build strong partnerships with
external agencies to ensure smooth
onward referral for service users
wishing
to
access
additional
interventions not provided by the
charity		 Ongoing
To explore opportunities for prior
service users to volunteer in various
capacities		 Part of new SUEG strategic plan

Managing Covid-19

In March 20 we promptly implemented contingency plans for service delivery to staff, volunteers and service users. We were committed to maintaining a full service and ensuring that no service users was left without support. We focused on:

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Interim Mentoring Service Support (IMSS) Model

The IMSS model has proved a very effective way of allocating immediate support to service users. We are exploring how we should incorporate the benefits of this model into out future work. Our current focus is to undertake a detailed evaluation of the service so that we pull out key learning that will enhance existing delivery.

Service Delivery & Activities

We have a current total of 543 trained volunteers available across the South East and London. We trained 148 volunteers between April 20 and March 21 and 41 allocated to training events. We have observed a significant increase in training attendance since we have had the option to deliver online training ad have made the decision to maintain a ‘blended’ approach of online and face to face events. We ensure that our volunteers are fully trained and prepared before starting a circle and some of the feedback received from volunteers after this training is:

Over the last 12 months the charity has:

Volunteer Testimony – Circles in lockdown

The CM I am currently engaged with is my fifth offender.

He was released from prison in September 2019 after serving a long sentence for sexual abuse of several teenage boys. He was assessed as being suitable for Circles in April 2020, and, because the pandemic made a face to face Circle impossible, was introduced to telephone mentoring with another volunteer.

He is in his 70s, and is settled in a Council bungalow which he very much appreciates. He suffers from severe COPD so was shielding at home.

Zoom made a ‘virtual Circle’ possible and the CM, the first volunteer and I began to meet weekly on that platform in Autumn 2020.

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Prior to his offending this CM has had a varied and interesting career, and, unlike many of the CMs with whom I have previously worked, he has many social skills and abilities. Nevertheless, as with all CMs, social isolation was a huge issue. When I first joined the Circle talked about himself at length, and his experiences in the various prisons in which he had been resident. It was often hard to get a word in edgeways. His masculinity and physical strength were very important to him, and he needed to demonstrate to us how well he was coping. This became very tedious, and it was helpful to discuss this with the Circles Co-ordinator in a supervision session. Nevertheless the three of us built up a trusting relationship. He began to make positive contacts with various neighbours which reduced his isolation and improved his quality of life.

However, he arrived very distressed to one recent meeting. His attempts mow his lawn (in which he takes great pride) had impressed on him how very much his COPD has worsened over the last year; he had become breathless an unable to continue the mowing. He spent the session expressing his shock, desperation, and sorrow at his declining powers to us; he had become painfully aware of his own mortality. We carefully listened and supported him for the hour. He said he had never spoken in this depth about his feelings, and now realised how necessary doing so is for his mental health. During the following week he was able to talk about all this with his Probation Officer, which he had never done before.

He started the subsequent Circle meeting by thanking us very sincerely for our support. As the Circle is now moving towards the end, we meet fortnightly instead of weekly. The CM is talented artistically, and latterly a third volunteer who is an art teacher has joined the Circle and we enjoy doing various art projects together in our separate Zoom rectangles.

This is the kind of experience which makes volunteering for Circles SE so rewarding. By just listening in a non-judgemental way, by providing appropriate challenge when needed, by building a trusting relationship, this group of highly stigmatised offenders can be helped to more self-knowledge, self acceptance and self esteem, which of course dramatically reduces the chances of any re-offending, and is a key element in protecting children.

Judith Niechcial April 2021

Here are some comments from the Service User Survey regarding the support they had received from Circles SE throughout the pandemic:

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Financial Review

We are grateful to the following for funding:

Statutory Funding;

Charitable Trusts and Foundations;

Financial Performance during the year

Income received during the year of £954,154 (2019: £949,854) was slightly higher than the previous year. Spending at £843,453 (2019: £981,623) showed a decrease over the previous year. This resulted in a surplus for the year of £110,701 compared to a deficit in the previous year of £31,769.

Reserves Policy

Circles South East needs to have reserves because of the complex and short-term nature of its funding arrangements. The charity is largely dependent on institutional funders and public sector commissioners to provide the services to its beneficiaries. This funding is therefore subject to shifting policy considerations, political decision-making, and the risk inherent in constant public sector re-organisation. Each of the funding streams that the Charity relies upon may not be renewed due to these factors or may need to be renegotiated. Historically this funding has been very shortterm, with guarantees provided for 12 or 24 months, and the Charity has experienced several changes in the principal commissioning arrangements for its services. In particular the new governance and funding arrangements introduced in relation to the delivery of probation services have yet to settle down, and this creates particular financial risks for the charity. The reserves are therefore required in order to allow time for a renegotiation of the contracts to ensure stability of service provision or to allow for the services to be run down to an appropriate level requisite with the funding available in an ordered way.

For the purposes of calculating the target level of reserves we have worked on the following scenario:

a) That all funding beyond a small amount to retain a basic infrastructure to allow the organisation to continue to exist is withdrawn. b) That the organisation has 3 months after the funding is withdrawn to wind down its activities to this level.

The multiple funding streams linked to different service delivery makes this a very unlikely scenario.

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Based on the budget agreed for the following year we estimate the reserves requirement on this basis to be approximately £250,000. Actual reserves which are wholly unrestricted, stood at £137,031 at the end of March 2021. This represents a shortfall to the reserves requirement of £112,969. Reserves can be generated from the contract income and from fees levied for the provision of services. In order to build reserves up to the required level the Charity will transfer any surplus funds to reserves that it is free to do so, and not draw upon these during the financial year until the target level is reached, unless a convincing business case can be constructed which illustrates that current investment of these funds will in the medium-term generate more funds in return and thereby improve the overall reserves position within a reasonable timeframe. The charity has aims to add £35,000 to reserves each year. Once the Reserves Requirement is reached the Charity will monitor on a quarterly basis the revised reserves target and this will be part of the quarterly report produced for the Board. The basis for setting the reserves target will be reviewed annually.

The Trustees are pleased to note that reserves improved significantly in 2020-21 and being aware the reserves level at 31 March 2021 remains below target level have ensured the 2021-22 budget process produced a realistic budget that will result in a surplus for the charity in 2021-22 so that our reserves could be built back up again.

Plans for Future Years

Strategic Priorities

The following areas that need to be developed throughout 2021-2022:

Strategic Development Areas

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Approved by order of the board of trustees and signed on its behalf by:

2 August 2021

................................................... ................................ J L Williams – Chair of Trustees Date

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Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Circles South East

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Circles South East (the Company) for the year ended 31 March 2021 which are set out on pages 22 to 32.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act').

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your Charity's accounts carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.

Independent examiner's statement

Since the company's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), which is one of the listed bodies.

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:

(1) accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or

(2) the accounts do not accord with those records; or

(3) the 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 considered as part of an independent examination; or

(4) the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities [applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable In the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report In order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signed: ……………………………

11/08/2021

Date: ............................................

Mr C J Nisbet FCA Azets Audit Services The Mill House Boundary Road Loudwater High Wycombe Bucks. HP10 9QN

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Circles South East

Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure Account)

for the Year Ended 31 March 2021

2021 2020
Unrestricted Restricted Total Unrestricted Restricted Total
funds funds funds funds funds funds
Notes
INCOME
Donations
Statutory agencies 345,268 55,782 401,050 404,769 - 404,769
Charities 4,991 116,524 121,514 - 144,239 144,239
Trusts and foundations 208,888 154,730 363,618 289,900 25,000 314,900
Other donations 415 - 415 5,341 - 5,341
Income from Charitable Activities
Partner support and intervention 52,305 - 52,305 45,615 - 45,615
Other 15,251 - 15,251 34,971 - 34,971
Investment income - - - 19 - 19
Total 627,118 327.036 954,154 780,615 169,239 949,854
EXPENDITURE
Charitable Activities
Circles 419,264 292,176 711,440 646,131 169,239 815,370
Counselling 2,574 34,860 37,434 57,785 - 57,785
Partner support and intervention 43,624 - 43,624 49,913 - 49,913
Youth 50,955 - 50,955 58,555 - 58,555
Total 3 516,417 327,036 843,453 812,384 169,239 981,623
Net Movement in Funds 4 110,701 - 110,701 (31,769) - (31,769)
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total funds brought forward 26,330 - 26,330 58,099 - 58,099
Total funds carried forward 137,031 - 137,031 26,330 - 26,330

All recognised gains and losses are included in the statement of financial activities. The results for the year all relate to continuing activities. The notes form part of these financial statements .

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Circles South East

Balance Sheet At 31 March 2021

Notes
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets
7
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors
8
Cash at bank and in hand
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Creditors amounts falling due within one year
9
NET CURRENT ASSETS
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES
TOTAL NET ASSETS
THE FUNDS OF THE CHARITY
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Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
TOTAL		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
£
£
12,361
-
57,915
-
123,087
-		 2021
2020
Total funds
Total funds
£
£
12,361
7,344
57,915
78,796
123,087
2,755
181,002
-
56,332
-		 181,002
81,551
56,332
62,565
124,670
-
137,031
-		 124,670
18,986
137,031
26,330
137,031
-		 137,031
26,330
137,031
26,330
-
-
137,031
26,330

The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to small companies to the small companies regime of the Companies Act 2006 and with the Financial Reporting Standard 102 SORP.

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and were signed on its behalf by:

2 August 2021

................................................... ……………………

J L Williams –Chair of Trustees

Date

Circles South East is a registered company number: 06490001

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Circles South East

Statement of Cash Flows

For the Year Ended 31 March 2021

Notes
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash generated from/ (absorbed by) operations
13
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
(Purchase) of tangible fixed assets
Net Cash provided by (used in) Operating Activities
Increase (Decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the
year		 2021
2020
General
Restricted
Total
Total
£
£
£
£
130,738
-
130,738
(9,266)
(10,406)
-
(10,406)
(2,932)
(10,406)
-
(10,406)
(2,932)
120,332
-
120,332
(12,198)
2,755
-
2,755
14,953
123,087
-
123,087
2,755

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Circles South East

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2021

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Accounting convention

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Companies Act 2006 and “Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)”. The charitable company is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the charitable company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below;

a) Charity information

Circles South East is a private company limited by guarantee incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Baptist House, 129 Broadway, Didcot, Oxfordshire. OX11 8XD

b) Incoming resources

All income is included on the Statement of Financial Activities when the charity is legally entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy.

c) Resources expended

Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Support costs are allocated to activities on the basis of time spent. Governance costs include the costs of Trustees meetings, accountancy fees and professional fees.

d) Tangible fixed assets

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.

Fixtures and fittings - 15% on reducing balance Computer equipment - 25% on reducing balance

The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is credited or charged to profit or loss.

e) Taxation

The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.

f) Financial instruments

The charitable company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.

Financial instruments are recognised in the charitable company's balance sheet when the charitable company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

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Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.

Basic financial assets

Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.

Basic financial liabilities

Basic financial liabilities, including creditors and bank loans are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.

Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of operations from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

g) Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.

Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes. Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.

h) Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits

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

i) Going concern

At the time of approving the financial statements, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. In making this assessment, the trustees have considered the impacts and expected future impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on both the charity and the environment in which it operates. Thus the trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.

j) Government grants

Government grants are recognised at the fair value of the asset received or receivable when there is reasonable assurance that the grant conditions will be met and the grants will be received.

A grant that specifies performance conditions is recognised in income when the performance conditions are met. Where a grant does not specify performance conditions it is recognised in income when the proceeds are received or receivable. A grant received before the recognition criteria are satisfied is recognised as a liability.

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Circles South East

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2021

2. INVESTMENT INCOME

Deposit account interest 2021
£
-		 2020
£
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3. ANALYSIS OF EXPENDITURE

Charitable Activities
Circles
Counselling
Partner support and intervention
Youth		 Staff costs
Other direct
costs
Support costs
2021
Total
2020
Total
£
£
£
£
£
619,065
36,214
56,161
711,440
815,370
26,547
4,875
6,012
37,434
57,785
41,015
1,941
668
43,624
49,913
39,889
7,059
4,007
50,955
58,555
726,516
50,089
66,848
843,453
981,623

ANALYSIS OF SUPPORT COSTS

Office Costs
Insurance
Communication and IT
Governance		 Circles
Counselling
Partner
support and
intervention
Youth
2021
Total
£
£
£
£
£
32,676
3,500
389
2,383
38,948
8,580
919
102
613
10,214
13,073
1,401
156
934
15,564
1,783
191
21
127
2,122
56,112
6,011
668
4,057
66,848

4. NET MOVEMENT OF FUNDS IS AFTER CHARGING

Independent Examiner’s Fees Depreciation

2021 2020
£ £
2,020 1,945
5,389 2,668

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Circles South East

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2021

5. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS

There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 March 2021 (2020: £Nil)

Trustees' expenses reimbursed to nil trustees (2020: 2) for travel expenses

2021 2020
£ £
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6. STAFF COSTS
Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Contributions to a defined contribution pension scheme		 2021
2020
£
£
627,158
633,109
59,413
61,200
39,945
42,984
726,516
737,293

No employee received employment benefits (excluding pension costs) in excess of £60,000. The key management personnel of Circles South East comprise the Trustees and the Chief Executive. The total employee benefits of the key management personnel (including pension costs) were £64,971 (2020 £64,293).

The average number of staff employed during the year was as follows:
Number of Co-ordinators
Number of Administration Staff
Number of Management Staff
The average number of staff full-time equivalent staff employed during the year
was as follows:
Number of Co-ordinators
Number of Administration Staff
Number of Management Staff		 18
15
4
3
1
1
23
19
15
14
3
2
1
1
19
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7. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

7. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
COST
At 1 April 2020
Additions
Disposals
At 31 March 2021
DEPRECIATION
At 1 April 2020
Charge for year
Disposals
At 31 March 2021
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 March 2021
At 31 March 2020		 Fixtures and
fittings
Computer
equipment
Total
£
£
£
4,277
23,198
27,475
-
10,406
10,406
-
7,887
**7,887 **
4,277
25,717
**29,994 **
3,377
16,754
20,131
135
5,254
5,389
-
7,887
**7,887 **
3,512
14,121
17,633
765
11,596
**12,361 **
900
6,444
7,344

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Circles South East

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2021

8. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR

8. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
Grants due
Other debtors
9. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
Trade creditors
Taxation and social security
Other creditors		 2021
2020
£
£
55,089
75,431
2,826
3,365
57,915
78,796
2021
2020
£
£
35,802
15,397
15,402
14,255
5,128
32,913
56,332
62,565

10. OPERATING LEASE COMMITMENTS

The following operating lease payments are committed:

Equipment Property 2021 2020
£ £ £ £
Payable within one year 1,068 23,800 24,868 25,935
Payable one year to five years - 35,700 35,700 60,568

11. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS

MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
At 1.4.20 Income Expenditure At 31.3.21
£ £ £ £
Unrestricted Funds
General fund 26,330 85,753
52,152		 59,931
AB Charitable Trust - 20,000
5,000		 15,000
AS Charitable Trust - 12,500
2,500		 10,000
Charles Hayward Foundation - 25,000
25,000		 -
Esmee Fairbairn - 72,100
40,000		 32,100
Hampshire Police - 8,750
8,750		 -
Lloyds Bank Foundation - 20,000
-		 20,000
NPS London Division - Secondment - 88,402
88,402		 -
NPS South East & Eastern Division - 153,398
153,398		 -
NPS South West South Central Division - 44,465
44,465		 -
Rayne Foundation - 25,000 25,000 -
Surrey PCC - 32,250
32,250		 -
Thames Valley Police - 7,500
7,500		 -
Tudor Trust - 32,000
32,000		 -
26,330 627,118 516,417 **137,031 **

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Circles South East

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2021

11. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS – continued

Restricted Funds
At 1.4.20
Income
Expenditure
At 31.3.21
£
£
£
£
City Bridge Trust
-
68,726
68,726
-
Comic Relief
-
56,606
56,606
-
Hampshire PCC Community Safety Fund
-
35,000
35,000
-
Lloyds Bank Foundation - DCMS
-
86,004
86,004
-
Thames Valley PCC Community Safety Fund -
20,782
20,782
-
The National Lottery Community Fund - DCMS -
59,918
59,918
-
327,036
327,036
-
TOTAL FUNDS
26,330
954,154
843,453
137,031		 Restricted Funds
At 1.4.20
Income
Expenditure
At 31.3.21
£
£
£
£
City Bridge Trust
-
68,726
68,726
-
Comic Relief
-
56,606
56,606
-
Hampshire PCC Community Safety Fund
-
35,000
35,000
-
Lloyds Bank Foundation - DCMS
-
86,004
86,004
-
Thames Valley PCC Community Safety Fund -
20,782
20,782
-
The National Lottery Community Fund - DCMS -
59,918
59,918
-
327,036
327,036
-
TOTAL FUNDS
26,330
954,154
843,453
137,031		 Restricted Funds
At 1.4.20
Income
Expenditure
At 31.3.21
£
£
£
£
City Bridge Trust
-
68,726
68,726
-
Comic Relief
-
56,606
56,606
-
Hampshire PCC Community Safety Fund
-
35,000
35,000
-
Lloyds Bank Foundation - DCMS
-
86,004
86,004
-
Thames Valley PCC Community Safety Fund -
20,782
20,782
-
The National Lottery Community Fund - DCMS -
59,918
59,918
-
327,036
327,036
-
TOTAL FUNDS
26,330
954,154
843,453
137,031
-
327,036
327,036
-
26,330
954,154
843,453
137,031

Unrestricted Funds

General Funds are provided for Management salaries and Support Services.

Other Undesignated Funds further the work of providing Circles and other related services such as Counselling, Assessment, Training and Partner Support.

Restricted Funds

City Bridge Trust

A grant to provide Circles activities in the London area.

Comic Relief

This funding, now in the final year of a three year grant is to support the Youth Service Pilot Project providing services for young people displaying harmful sexual behaviour.

Hampshire PCC Community Safety Fund

A grant to provide Circles activities in Hampshire.

Lloyds Bank Foundation

A grant to support the needs of the most vulnerable and marginalised people affected by the COVID-19 crisis. Funds were provided by the Department for Media Culture and Society (DCMS) for COVID-19 relief.

Thames Valley PCC Community Safety Fund

A grant to provide Circles activities in the Thames Valley area.

The National Lottery Community Fund

A grant to further the work of preventing sexual harm in the community. Funds were provided by DCMS for COVID-19 relief.

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Circles South East

Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2021

12. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

£2,135 (2020: £1,102) was paid during the year to Rebecca Seaborne (a Trustee) for consultancy services relating to operational activities. This payment is permitted by sub-clause (5) of the Memorandum of Association and the trustees have followed the procedure and observed the conditions set out in sub-clause (6) of this clause.

13. CASH GENERATED FROM OPERATIONS
Surplus/ (Deficit) for the year
Adjustments for:
Depreciation and impairment of tangible fixed assets
Movements in working capital:
Decrease in debtors
(Decrease) in creditors
Cash generated from/ (absorbed by) operations		 2021
2020
£
£
110,701
(31,769)
5,389
2,668
20,881
30,850
(6,233)
(11,015)
130,738
(9,266)

14 . ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET FUNDS

The charity had no debt during the year.

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