REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 06388297 (England and Wales) REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1124149
Report of the Trustees and
Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2022
for
Threshold DAS Limited
Haines Watts Wales LLP, Statutory Auditors 7 Neptune Court Vanguard Way Cardiff CF24 5PJ
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Threshold DAS Limited (Registered number: 06388297)
## Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 March 2022
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 2022. The trustees have adopted the provisions of 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).
## Objectives and activities
## Objectives and aims
The object of the Charity is the relief of poverty, and the relief of mental and physical distress amongst individuals who have been maltreated by their partners or by the partner with whom they are or have been living and amongst the children of such individuals, by the provision of temporary accommodation, and by such other means as shall further the said objects. This is available to all individuals and children regardless of personal background, faith or personal circumstances.
Threshold DAS Limited's principal activity is to promote the welfare and wellbeing of people in need in the south Wales area by assisting them to meet their entire needs in the areas of accommodation, advice, advocacy, education, training, counselling and the reduction and prevention of abuse and violence. The mission and vision to ensure greater consistency and strength of message is reinforced at the organisation's strategic review meetings.
The overall mission is that:
Threshold DAS Limited is an organisation committed to the elimination of violence and abuse of women, men children and young people and those who are perpetrators through effecting political, cultural and social change.
## Threshold DAS Limited fulfils this mission by:
- Seeking to prevent domestic abuse and violence wherever possible with preventive, reactive and innovative programmes of education and support.
- helping to alleviate the short term and long-term effects of experienced abuse or its exposure.
- providing crisis accommodation and safety to women and their children who are fleeing domestic abuse and violence.
- assisting individuals with tenancy related issues and associated vulnerabilities, including homelessness.
- empowering and enabling by fulfilling the potential of services to meet the needs of service users.
- ensuring organisational systems are open and transparent to all stakeholders.
- investment in staff and volunteers to ensure the highest possible standards and up to date industry knowledge.
Threshold DAS Limited is committed to ending the cycle of domestic abuse and violence. Its effects are prevalent for the whole family and require an interlinked 'holistic' multifaceted range of services, a continuum of provision, from addressing the perpetration of abuse and those whose lives are affected, through to independent living. Threshold DAS Limited's package of support is tailored to the needs of the service user and their family. Supporting individuals with a varied approach that suits their circumstances and situation. As a voluntary sector charitable organisation, we work closely with the statutory sector and public bodies to ensure there is no duplication in service provision.
## Threshold DAS Limited therefore:
- safeguards women and children at crisis point with support and accommodation.
- seeks to resolve any immediate safety issues resulting from domestic abuse and/or violence.
- provides support, practical advice and empowerment to women, men and children who are currently suffering domestic abuse and/or violence or are affected by historic abuse and/or violence.
- works with the perpetrators of domestic abuse and/or violence to change behaviours and prevent the suffering of future potential victims.
- our services and future provision are shaped by and promotes the views of service users who have experienced domestic.
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## Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 March 2022
- adopt a person centred, needs-led approach to addressing the impact of domestic abuse on those affected.
- have a genuine interest in listening to and learning from our service users. This ensures that relationships are meaningful and our services are effective and successful.
- offers a mediation service to find solutions to domestic issues, helping a family to either separate amicably or re-establish positive family contact where appropriate.
- works with an early family intervention model, supporting the whole family, including children exhibiting negative behaviours as a result of domestic abuse and/or violence including possible future perpetrating or vulnerability.
- supports its service users in achieving independence with educational programmes that teach accredited courses, employability and living skills.
- ensures service users are getting the statutory service support and financial assistance to which they are entitled.
Threshold DAS Limited is an organisation that is totally committed to delivering positive life changes for our service users. We have a genuine interest in listening to and learning from service users. We conduct extensive research before we develop any projects, and we encourage service users to participate in our steering groups, and task and finish groups, to ensure that they are actively guiding the pathway of new projects. This ensures that relationships are meaningful, and services are effective and successful. Focus groups are set up to allow service users/ex-service users to meet and discuss the services that they are receiving as well as to offer peer support to each other. Threshold DAS Limited also ensures all services are embedded with research through positive participation, including questionnaires, evaluation forms, one to one and group interviews.
Threshold DAS Limited is totally committed to continuous improvement. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) play a part in evaluating all of our projects to ensure that Best Practice is met and exceeded.
## Public benefit
We review our aims, objectives, and activities each year. This review looks at what we have achieved and the outcomes of our work in the previous twelve months. The review looks at the success of each key activity and the benefits of raising awareness of domestic abuse and violence through the provision of information and training. The review also helps us ensure our aims, objectives and activities remain focused. We have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing our aims and objectives and in planning our future activities, thus ensuring that it continues in its purpose to provide information and support to individuals and children who are affected by domestic abuse.
The key to our success is 'true engagement' with our service users and a 'passion' for always putting their interests first. This success is built on the rapport that the organisation's staff establishes with service users and underpins its whole ethos.
We are a specialist domestic abuse service, providing life-saving support to thousands of families affected by domestic abuse and sexual violence, across Wales. We meet survivors' needs and have expert knowledge and experience in working with those who are or have experienced violence and abuse which are often multifaceted and insidious. We can provide a package of needs led support for those experiencing domestic abuse but also survivors and their families escaping domestic abuse and sexual violence. We do this by delivering community-based outreach and floating support services with specialist staff that have skills and expertise in these issues, as well as emergency refuge provision. We provide safety awareness planning and support including housing, health and legal matters that help individuals to recover from abuse and to achieve true independence now and in the future.
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## Report of the Trustees
for the Year Ended 31 March 2022
## Strategic report Achievement and performance Charitable activities
REFUGE During the year 2021-22, 87 referrals were received for women seeking refuge space, we were able to accommodate 48 women and 29 children who were referred to us in Llanelli. Where we are unable to offer space within Llanelli refuge, we look for space in an alternative refuge, if appropriate.
Risk and needs assessments are carried out and the family is supported to settle into refuge. Whilst in the refuge women are supported and encouraged to develop independent living skills and build up their self-esteem and confidence. Each woman's needs are unique, and she will be supported in line with her own needs assessment through a support plan using SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time specific) goal. The achievements are monitored regularly and acknowledged. This could involve accompanying her to see solicitors, doctors, probation officers, social workers, advocacy etcetera.
Expertly trained members of staff will carry out various training including life skills such as budgeting, healthy eating, menu planning, sexual health, plus many more structured and directional activities to help in her self-development and to live independently. Threshold also continued to deliver the Freedom Programme online, offering the programme at four different times during the day including the evenings and weekends.
## COMMUNITY SUPPORT
During the year 2021-22 we received 448 referrals for floating Support and/or outreach within Threshold DAS Limited and 716 referrals county wide of which 30 were from males.
## FLOATING SUPPORT
During the year 2021-22, we received 336 referrals for support and supported 64 individuals and their children, were supported on the Floating Support Scheme at Threshold DAS Limited. Each service user has a needs assessment, and, from this, a support plan is formulated and agreed. The support can cover a variety of issues including housing, benefits, debts, legal, health and children's issues. A referral can be made to one of our Children and Young person's projects should the child or young person need more specialist support.
The service user can be signposted to appropriate agencies, for example education, police and social services, etc. The Floating Support Project is a county wide project in Carmarthenshire between Calan DVS, Carmarthen Domestic Abuse Services Limited and Threshold DAS Limited, and is managed by Threshold DAS Limited and overseen by a steering group. During 2020-21 716 individuals (of which 30 were male) were referred for support and received Floating Support or Outreach services throughout the County.
## OUTREACH
The Outreach Service supports individuals who live in the community. The service provides information to enable individuals to look at their options and make informed decisions about their lives.
During the year 2021-2022: 61 of these received support through our outreach Service in Llanelli. Support is not structured and is often on an ad-hoc basis. If structured support is required a referral is made to the Floating Support service. Outreach Support can involve finding emergency accommodation, contacting solicitors for emergency injunctions, and providing information on issues such as benefits, housing, court appearance, acting as an advocate and children's issues. All individuals and children who are experiencing, or have recently experienced, domestic abuse can access our support.
## EARLY FAMILY INTERVENTION PROJECT (E-FIP)
Threshold DAS Limited believes that the E-FIP project has the ability to have had a significant impact in helping to break the cycle of domestic abuse and/or violence, and those affected by it. We recognise that domestic abuse and/or violence is a multi-faceted problem so we strive to equip individuals and their children with the skills they require now, and in the future, in order that they can live independent, productive lives.
As part of this, we know that we have to deliver not only support to victims of domestic abuse and/or violence but also challenge and change the behaviours of perpetrators, to ultimately keep individuals and their children safe.
The first step towards ending family violence is for the victims and their children to be able to engage with practitioners they can trust and whom they can confide in. For our profession to remain effective in our work with these vulnerable individuals and their children it is essential that we provide culturally and gender-sensitive skills, which is what E-FIP does.
We believe there is a need to approach domestic abuse and/or violence in a more comprehensive and co-ordinated way, and to place greater emphasis on preventive and early intervention strategies.
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## Threshold DAS Limited (Registered number: 06388297)
## Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 March 2022
E-FIP aims are to prevent domestic abuse and/or violence wherever possible by:
- supporting service users to stay together safely or to part amicably.
- reducing the emotional long-term damage of domestic abuse and/or violence through appropriate in-house services.
- working towards the prevention of family breakdowns and, through intervention and prevention strategies, the eventual eradication of domestic abuse and/or violence.
- influencing a more positive public perception of domestic abuse and/or violence interventions; E-FIP achieves the full potential of service users by:
- working in a proactive way with our service users so they are able to live independently in stable environments
- and are able to integrate successfully within their communities.
- providing specific, tailored, varied and inclusive support models.
- delivering appropriate and timely support interventions.
- E-FIP includes our "Choices" Perpetrator Programme accredited by RESPECT.
## VAWDASV CARMARTHENSHIRE PARTNERS: CHOICES
Threshold DAS received £120,000 to fund the CHOICES element of our Early family Intervention project for the Dyfed-Powys region, which has enabled the continuation between funding elements. Funding was provided by Dyfed Powys PCC.
The Choices programme runs for approximately 35 weeks and has 6 modules which need to be completed, as well as 1 to 1 facilitator time built in, allowing for those on the programme to self assess which facilitates their progress. Through this period there have been 2 full time facilitators and 1 woman safety worker.
The programme has maintained a steady approach to supporting the region, taking referrals from as far afield as Milford Haven to Newtown, and from both individuals self-referring as well as NGO's and statutory organisations.
On entering COVID the decision was taken to run the programme online, and after funding was provided for such a large area of Wales both urban and rural, the decision was made to maintain an online presence, allowing to keep the programme available to the whole of the region.
From April 2021 to March 2022 E-FIP recorded the following: -
34 referrals for the Choices programme 45 men were supported
43 referrals for the women's safety worker
53 women were supported
## ECHO - CHILDREN IN NEED PROGRAMME
Enhancing Children's Healthy Opportunities (ECHO) is a Children in Need funded project that supports children and young people across a rural and difficult geographical area to access services.
98 young people were supported during the period April 2021 - March 2022.
The service provides:
- support with one-to-one counselling sessions
- and/or therapeutic play for children and young people who have suffered domestic abuse, and who might have turned to drugs/alcohol/self-harming or disruptive behaviour and, potentially, social exclusion.
- provides group work and support sessions plus a children and young people friendly web page.
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## DASH PROJECT (DOMESTIC ABUSE STOPS HERE)
In April 2021 - March 2022: 51 referrals for support were received for the Families First - 'Domestic Abuse Stops Here' project in Llanelli. The DASH Project is a county wide project in Carmarthenshire between Calan DVS, Carmarthen Domestic Abuse Services Limited and Threshold DAS Limited.
13 Children were supported
13 new adults were supported,
13 Families were supported in total.
Referrals are received from many partnership agencies.
We also received additional funding via Covid Recovery Additional Children & Communities Grant (CCG) Funding.
25 children and young people were supported under this funding.
The project supports children who have witnessed or experienced domestic abuse in the home environment. The support comprises one to one support or sibling / peer group support for children aged between 0 - 16 years, undertaken mainly in school. The support is age and ability appropriate for the child and their development needs. The project predominantly helps in the intervention process of families experiencing domestic abuse and works closely with the Team Around the Family (TAF) co-ordinators.
## PROJECT Y - NATIONAL LOTTERY COMMUNITY FUND WALES
Between April 2021 and March 2022, we were in the third year of our Community Lottery Programme. This project is divided into five programmes of education and support delivered to 8-25-year-olds, with aims to further our mission to end the cycle of domestic abuse and further our commitment to the objectives set out by the VAWDASV Act.
The "Sparrow" Programme is a bespoke curriculum of topics that affect the lives of children and young people such as healthy relationships, bullying, peer pressure, healthy eating and many more.
The "Healthy Relationships Coaches" work with children and young people to raise awareness about the importance of healthy relationships in schools, youth clubs, colleges and third-party sector organisations that support young people. Alongside the programme of group work, one to one support and drop-in services are also offered. The aim of this programme is to provide young people with the tools they need to address issues in their lives and understand their changing social world. This was further developed to include a specific session for teenage intimate partner violence for young people over the age of 13.
The programmes "Purple Hearts" and "Making Waves" provide a specialist service, focused on early intervention and prevention practices with young people who are showing signs that may indicate a potential future as a domestic abuse offender. Purple Hearts addresses teenage use of violence in close relationships, whereas Making Waves focuses on child-to-parent abuse. The aim is to help change young people's behaviours and attitudes, enabling them to make informed, conscious choices in their relationships and deal with conflicts more effectively.
The "Open 4 All" mediation programme works with the whole family to improve communication and find solutions to conflicts. The programme assists in addressing the issues behind conflicts, re-establishing, or strengthening relationships, building trust and helping reach a mutually acceptable settlement. Where this is not possible, relationships are disentangled and ended while minimising emotional and psychological trauma. By allowing all parties to hear and be heard, coping methods and communication skills are developed to allow future issues to be resolved more easily.
The "Only Health and Legal Professionals Aloud" delivers domestic abuse training and workshops to Health and Legal Professionals. The aim is to develop skills and a greater understanding of domestic abuse and its effects on children and young people, so that they are more easily able to identify abuse and refer to the most appropriate service.
We believe that one of the most effective ways to end the cycle of domestic abuse is to provide the next generation with the knowledge and empowerment they need to break it.
We continue to further develop our working partnership arrangements with other organisations. With stronger information sharing protocols and a united stance against domestic abuse in West Wales, we can more effectively support those experiencing abuse and effectively hold perpetrators to account.
The project funding came to an end in 2022, however we have developed the programme further and have secured funding for another three years from Community Lottery.
## Outcomes
During 2021-22 we received 229 referrals and supported 205 Children and Young People. During this period, we saw a reduction in the referrals because Threshold Das Limited were unable to go into schools during lockdowns.
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## POLICE COMMISSIONER FUNDING
Threshold DAS Limited secured £44,051 funding from The Police Commissioner (Dyfed Powys Police) to provide counselling support for individuals who are or have experienced domestic abuse.
During April 2021 and March 2022 we worked with 192 adults providing counselling services. The support provided ranged from between 6 and 12 weeks.
## EDUCATION, EMPLOYABILITY AND TRAINING PROVISION
As with other services across the organisation, Education provision during this time was still seeing the effect of covid. Learners were relucent to return to the classroom and online learning continued. Project delivery was affected across all areas that our projects were delivering to, including Blaenau Gwent, Carmarthenshire, Caerphilly, Torfaen and Pembrokeshire.
The early part of this period saw little change to project activity - though the Welsh Government eased the majority of Wales's COVID restrictions in early August 2021, the arrival of the COVID Omicron variant in November/December 2021 meant that project provision and delivery had to be monitored closely to adhere to Welsh Government's weekly reviews of COVID rules.
Our educational projects continue to provide training outside 'normal' working hours and has altered, where appropriate, its delivery methods. Tutors voluntarily changed their working hours to offer learners 1:1 and group tutorials in late afternoons and evenings (up to 9.00 pm). 'Drop-in' sessions were organised across the different digital platforms, and sessions have been streamlined to reduce to a minimum the effects of 'Zoom fatigue'. The project continues to offer participants access to our Electronic Equipment Lending Library and devices such as laptops and tablets as well as dongles and credit for smartphones.
The project continues to facilitate its 'Guided Learning' programme with modifications to the methods of delivery to combat increasing 'pandemic exhaustion' expressed by project participants detailed in previous meeting minutes/reports. Usual methods of communication include audio calls/ phone conversations, web conferencing (e.g., TEAMS, ZOOM, FACETIME) or any other platform the learner is comfortable using (WhatsApp, Skype etc).
## Digital Inequality
Education staff had recognised additional hurdles considering the COVID 19 pandemic in terms of digital inequality; many participants did not have the necessary technology to engage in distance/ digital learning. Many were solely reliant on smartphones and/or tablets and did not possess or have access to desktop computers, printers or scanners. We were successful in achieving funding from several sources including Welsh Government, The Home Office and The Police Commissioner to purchase IT equipment including Laptops, Tablets, Mobile Dongles and Data to allow us to offer a lending library of IT equipment for service users receiving support from Threshold DAS Limited.
## Digital literacy
Whereas previously, 'hard to reach' individuals were taken to be those individuals who had multiple complex needs (i.e, drug/substance abuse, mental ill-health, homelessness), the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic has highlighted other manifestations of 'hard to reach' individuals who may be described as suffering/ experiencing digital illiteracy.
Many of our participants did not have the skills or the confidence to make full use of the electronic resources available (i.e., they have smartphones and tablets but do not know how to access files once downloaded) or do not have the digital literacy skills required for them to learn meaningfully or engage with the learning materials (i.e., unable to download free apps like Zoom so that they can attend tutorials). Staff were able to provide additional training and upskilling to allow them to access courses and training opportunities.
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## Education Post-COVID 19
- Transition from classroom to 'online' 'Guided Learning' and then opening up to classroom learning again (accredited learning)
- Webinars (unaccredited learning)
A range of learning developed included: Level 2 Developing Personal Confidence and Self Awareness (HB12CY060) Level 2 Customer Service (AE82CY010) Level 2 Environmental Awareness (QA12CY005) Level 2 Safeguarding (PR42CY096) Level 2 Mental Health & Stress (PA92CY030 & HB32CY014 Level 2 Homelessness and Housing HD62CY005: Level 2 Understanding Safeguarding: PR42CY096 Level 1 Information Literacy: HD31CY071 Level 1 Globalisation: EA61CY004 Level 1 and 2 Volunteering and Community Development Level 1 Prejudice & Discrimination: EC51CY003 Level 1 Critical Thinking Skills: HB11CY060 Level 1 Emotional Intelligence: HB11CY089: Level 1 Learning Development: HB11CY066:
## Webinars include:
Introduction to Marketing How to Start a Brand Social Media for Small Businesses Selling Crafts on Etsy (and other Online Marketplaces) Can [Businesses] Stay Green During the Pandemic? Equality & Diversity in the Modern Workplace Skills Development through Outdoor Learning Using Recycled Materials for Craft Work Exploring Craft Resources and Techniques Cooking without waste Cooking on a budget Using a slow-cooker
The above subject areas were further expanded to include cross-cutting themes for entrepreneurs including environmental sustainability and equality and diversity:
Tutors had voluntarily changed their working hours to offer learners 1:1 and group tutorials in late afternoons and evenings and support had also been offered on Saturdays and Sundays. This continued post covid because it became obvious very early on that learners were reluctant to return to a classroom setting completely.
## EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS
Throughout this period, the learning opportunities were funded by the following projects: -
## LIMITLESS
LIMITLESS is funded by the European Social Fund (ESF) under Priority 2, Skills for Growth: SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE 4. It is an educational programme of support for women aged 18 and over who are working or on a zero-hour contract. Women must be living or working in Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Caerphilly, Torfaen, or Blaenau Gwent.
Limitless is made up of three strands.
## Strand 1: WEB: Women Exploring Business Programme
The WEB course is designed to inspire women to set up their own businesses. It is an eight-week practical programme that provides women with the tools to set up a service or develop a product. They learn about all aspects of self-employment including marketing, accounts, pricing etc. On day seven they must go out and sell the product or service they have developed. We hire a market stall for them to do this. The programme also allows them to achieve one or two Agored Cymru Qualifications, at a range of academic levels.
## Strand 2: WISH: Women's Integrated Support Hub
WISH offers individually tailored support packages to build confidence and self-esteem. WISH offers a large range of courses; some already being delivered, and some based on what women themselves tell us they would like to do. Examples include Volunteering, Community Development, Mindfulness, Developing Personal Confidence and Self Awareness, Pottery, Photography, Retail, Education, Customer Service, Mental Health and Stress, IT, Hospitality and Safeguarding. WISH is open to all women regardless of their backgrounds, needs or abilities. The courses range from Entry Level 3 up to Level 4.
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Strand 3: Qualification: Supporting the Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Sector through Volunteering LIMITLESS developed a qualification at level 2 Award (and we are currently developing the Extended Award), aimed at volunteers working in the sector. This includes survivors and ex-service users but will also be available to those working in the sector who are interested in getting into support work. We hope that it will complement the plans of the VAWDASV team to develop a National Survivor Engagement Framework.
## What Limitless Offers:
LIMITLESS works with women who are employed or self-employed, or on a zero-hour contract, aged 18 and over who are living or working in Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Caerphilly, and Blaenau Gwent, and in the case of Strand 3 In Torfaen.
- Up-skilling,
- Online learning portal
- Increases in self-confidence and self-esteem
- Self motivation
- Starting up in business / self-employment
- Promotion of women in the workplace - increasing the number of women moving into Senior Management positions
- Increase in digital literacy
- Female participation in non-traditional and gender specific areas of work
- Reduction of stereotyping
From the start of the project Limitless has achieved:
Engagements: 454 Qualifications: 174 Improved Labour market: 179 Exited: 391
## Wales Council for Voluntary Action: ACTIVE INCLUSION PROJECTS
## NO Bars to Education 2
'NO BARS TO EDUCATION 2' offered, training via an on-line Moodle platform, Teams and Zoom but also classroom learning, Volunteering activities and outdoors activities. We offer pre-vocational training, skills, workshops and employability support. Specifically designed to provide a progression route to education, skills, qualifications, voluntary work, employment.
REFERRALS: 30
SUPPORTED: 27
## Evermore
'EVERMORE' offers, training via an on-line Moodle platform, Teams and Zoom. We offer pre-vocational training skills, workshops and employability support, specifically designed to provide a progression route to; education, skills and qualifications, voluntary work and employment. The portal is complemented with one-to-one support over virtual platforms.
## REFERRALS: 29
## SUPPORTED: 34
NATWEST: Women Exploring Business (WEB)
Funded by NatWest, the WEB programme was devised to support women contemplating self-employment (entrepreneurship) and is open to unemployed women.
REFERRALS: 31
SUPPORTED: 28
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## COMMUNITY RENEWAL FUND
Education is for everyone and there is a range of options for anyone who is considering their 'next step' in life, at any time.
Whether individuals need to learn new skills, update existing skills, or find a new direction, there is support available. That is the ethos behind the 'LIFE YOU WANT' programme.
A new online learning portal called 'The Life You Want' is for individuals seeking to upskill or re-train and offered as a "one-stop-shop" for those who are unemployed, employed, self-employed and those who have a disability but want to improve their life choices.
A range of support is available, with the emphasis on 'it is never too late to learn something new'.
'LIFE YOU WANT' is delivered through individually structured elements that offer tailored and individualised support to individuals, if they are experiencing or have experienced domestic abuse. The three elements are:
1. An online learning Moodle Portal 'THE LIFE YOU WANT', offering training and accredited learning and qualifications.
2. Delivery in a classroom setting, or online using Teams or Zoom, offering, training, job searches and Agored Cymru qualifications but also employability support.
The courses on offer are accredited qualifications and are mapped to qualifications at Award Level and above and recognised by the Qualifications in Wales regulating body.
The online portal offers a clear, accessible point of access to enable individuals to receive bespoke and tailored support. All those who engaged with the programme worked with highly experienced tutors, to develop a specifically tailored Individual Training Plan (ITP) prioritising key issues, attaining achievable short/long-term goals, developing new employability skills as well as exploring opportunities to develop their confidence, resilience, and transferable skills.
The project also offers in-depth support with job searches and living skills.
The training facility provides a range of interactive online learning courses from Entry-Level to Level 4 available any time through broadband internet access, for those who wish to learn at their own pace.
Our learning portal was developed to enhance opportunities for individuals including further benefit from our expanding IT Digital Library which offers the loaning of equipment such as laptops, tablets and dongles.
The COVID -19 pandemic continues to negatively impact the labour market, bringing to the fore and highlighting the skills shortages that exist.
We must ensure people have equality in accessing quality training that enables them to develop skills to succeed in life. Skills they need to grow to keep pace with the demands of the labour market. This is critical to securing our economic recovery and ensuring local communities and the people in it are key players in that recovery.
- We can accommodate different learning and assessment styles.
- We can embed employability skills across the programme.
- We have an established network of partners and stakeholders that can add value and complement the learning experience.
The programme benefits from other initiatives spearheaded by Threshold:
- Our Helping Hands Charity Shop
- Food Bank
- Repair Café
- Newly installed industrial kitchen
Community Renewal Fund: Blaenau Gwent
Referral: 14
Supported: 8
Community Renewal Fund: Carmarthenshire
Referral: 45
Supported: 15
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## Community Renewal Fund: Caerphilly
Referral: 33
Supported: 22
## Community Renewal Fund: Torfaen
Referral: 7
Supported: 6
## OTHER TRAINING
## Recovery Toolkit
Referral: 33
Supported: 0
## Training for Professional
Individuals Referrals: 23
Individuals supported: 23
## WELSH WOMENS AID AND TAMPON TAX - MARCH 2022
The 'ONLY WOMEN ALOUD' Project is an early Intervention project that supports women aged 18+ with their mental-ill-health and well-being, addressing issues of equality. Support will include group work and one to one support based on assessment of need. The project started on 1st March 2022 and will end on 31st March 2023.
A specialist mental-ill-health and well-being worker supports women 18+ to cope with the often frightening and upsetting experience of domestic abuse and/or mental ill health. We show women that there is help available, and alleviate their fear of asking for help, showing them they are not alone.
The emphasis of the project is on early intervention, support, and guidance, and through accessing the appropriate services, preventing serious episodes of mental-ill-health occurring. Services include:
- Befriending / Buddying:
- Peer Led Support Groups
- Educational Opportunities
- Practical support
## Welsh WA and Comic Relief
The funding from the Tampon Tax funded via Welsh Women's Aid was provided to Threshold DAS to provide a Homeless Prevention Officer. The project worked with 63 individuals over the lifetime of the project.
The Homelessness Prevention Officer worked within Carmarthenshire supporting women who find themselves experiencing homelessness or possible homelessness because of COVID 19.
The project provides a specialist 'Outreach Worker' to focus on prevention of homelessness for women at risk of homelessness due to domestic abuse/ sexual violence because of the effects of COVID 19.
## The project offered:
- The development of a service to provide advice and support to vulnerable families presenting as homeless due to domestic abuse, to facilitate their access to ongoing support in current or future accommodation and in doing so preventing homelessness.
- Assessing the needs of home security and close liaison with the local authority, Police, and other relevant agencies - to ensure appropriate security measures were in place.
- Provision of swift and direct crisis intervention for all those all those seeking help, fleeing domestic abuse who were likely to become homeless.
- Emotional support for those experiencing domestic abuse after being in a lockdown situation with the perpetrator for extended periods of time.
- Support with the court system including family or criminal court.
- One to one interviews, including assessment and safety work.
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## WELSH GOVERNMENT VIA MID AND WEST WALES REGIONAL VAWDASV ADVISOR
Threshold DAS secured £48,532 funding from Welsh Government that:
- Provides a range of training to staff
- Provides a range of marketing materials
- Provided a team co-ordinator and a children and young people's worker for two months.
## BARCLAYS
Threshold were awarded £100,000 from Barclays under their 100x100 Programme: local support for UK Communities programme.
The programme provides financial assistance and hands on support to anyone experiencing domestic abuse, living within Carmarthenshire.
The programme supported:
- The Helping Hands Food bank including Threshold recipe cards, to ensure healthy eating, for families living in poverty.
- Support for those who have no internet access, access to a tablet/computer.
- Period Poverty
- Repair Café meeting monthly
- Starter packs of household items, for women leaving refuge.
- Volunteering opportunities
- Part time support worker to oversee and run the programme
- Community garden
- Development of a recipe book by the community to promote healthy eating.
- Set up peer mentoring groups to support those who are struggling because of loneliness
- Feeling of belonging to a community.
## WELSH GOVERNMENT: HELPING HANDS FOODBANK
Threshold DAS secured £36,100 from Welsh Government to fund its Helping Hands Food Bank. Our Helping Hands Food Bank was initially based in our John Street Office but, because of the take up of the service, moved to a newly refurbished building in Station Road, Llanelli.
The Helping Hands Food Bank has provided food parcels to the very vulnerable in society, those experiencing domestic abuse, and living in poverty.
The food parcels will be bespoke and dependant on the needs of the individuals or the families concerned, i.e. those who are vegetarian, who are vegan, diary free, gluten free, the amount of adults and children are also considered and their ability to cook, do they have a cooker, a microwave etc.
To all those individuals who access the Helping Hands food bank, a recipe to use the food items provided is given to them with their boxes.
We have also built a community food garden at our Llanelli Refuge, any surplus food grown is donated to the food bank. It is good for the refuge ladies to have something to do and to feel ownership of the food garden.
The food bank also offers a range of volunteering opportunities and also allow those volunteers to access Accredited Agored Cymru training free of charge.
We also provide a range of dog and cat food for those who have animals.
From 1st November 2021 to 31st March 2022 the following support was provided by the Helping Hands Food Bank:
## TOTALS:
Adults supported: 229
Children supported: 481
Total Number of meals provided: 6390
Total Number of hygiene packs: 107
Total number of period poverty packs: 107
## CHARITY SHOP
Our Helping Hands Clothes shop is open Monday to Friday 10am -2pm and is based in Llanelli.
It is open to current and previous service users and stocks new and pre-loved ladies' coats, shoes and bags, baby clothes and children's clothing including coats, shoes and school uniforms. We also provide a range of prom outfits for those who are not able to afford to purchase them.
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## REPAIR CAFÉ
The Helping Hands Repair Café is a free meeting place where people come together to repair things together. In the Repair Café you'll find tools and materials to help you make any repairs you need. On clothes, furniture, electrical appliances, bicycles, crockery, appliances, toys, etc. You'll also find expert volunteers, with repair skills in all kinds of fields.
Visitors bring their broken items from home. Together with the specialists they start making their repairs in the Repair Café. It's an ongoing learning process.
## REFERRALS: 52
## PROJECTS SUPPORTED: 51
## WELSH GOVERNMENT VIA MID AND WEST WALES REGIONAL VAWDASV CO-ORDINATOR
Threshold DAS successfully secured £24,777 funding from VAWDASV Carmarthenshire to support the core costs of Threshold DAS.
## WCVA Volunteer Project
Threshold DAS Limited secured funding for our SMART Project (Striving, Motivated and Resistant Team). The project provided funding for a volunteering co-ordinator to recruit and support volunteers to the SMART project. The volunteers worked in a wide range of areas within Threshold DAS Ltd and the community.
Volunteer opportunities included: administration work, working in the Food bank, working in a charity shop, IT work, Marketing and social media, reception and customer service work, working with children and young people, working with women in refuge, designing databases, finance work, accredited educational delivery programmes, support with the delivery of the Freedom Programme and Recovery Toolkit, planning of external activities and events. All volunteers undergo formal/informal training in these settings - providing them with valuable skills and experiences and all received a job description and a buddy.
All the projects that were offered had a visual impact and provide a legacy/ownership of the outcome for the individuals.
## SYLVIA ADAMS TRUST
Threshold DAS Limited was offered a grant of £7,000 in year 1 (22/23) and £7,000 in year 2 (23/24) to work with children. The work allows children to receive support where there is DV in their home or where they are experiencing trauma because of DV.
## MOONDANCE
Threshold DAS Limited secured funding form 'Moondance' to provide two members of staff of which £54,006 is deferred and will commence in April 2022.
## Staff member for our Food bank, charity shop and repair café.
Our food bank was started in October 2021 the food bank provides food parcels for our service users, many who are living in poverty. Every parcel has a recipe card and ingredients to make the meals. We cater for vegan, dairy free and gluten free. We also provided accredited courses around cooking and healthy eating. We have had funding from Barclays to cover the costs of the food for the next year, but funding for a staff member runs out soon.
## Children and Young People's Worker
Children and young people we know are often the forgotten victims of domestic abuse providing one-to-one support but also group work. Supporting children and young people where they are living with DA at home or in their own relationships.
## INSPIRING FAMILIES - Pilot in Partnership with Calan DVS
Inspiring families looks to provide holistic assessment for the entire family that are affected by domestic abuse. The program supports the family to stay together or to separate safely. This project works alongside social services and provides reports to help social services to understand the impacts of abuse that the family face. This ensures the safety of the child is paramount. This program provides sensitive insight into the family dynamics. The project has supported 5 families in total, 2 of which were sign posted within other areas of our services to ensure the victim receives more appropriate support. This project provides a foot into the door of families that are often missed which means safeguarding in the form of sign posting would not have happened without this intervention.
## REMOTE EVIDENCE SITE
2021 saw the completion of our remote evidence site, it is the only site in Carmarthenshire. The facility allows VAWDASV witnesses to provide evidence in court, via a live video link, for court hearings that would otherwise have been conducted in a courtroom. Not only does it provide efficiency and allow hearings to proceed rather than be subject to delays from the pandemic, but it also allows the witness to give evidence in a safe place away from court and the presence of their perpetrator.
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## Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 March 2022
## Development of the 'THE LIFE YOU WANT' Learner Management System
During the pandemic (2020), Threshold DAS was fortunate to have secured £25,000 funding from Ufi VocTech Trust - a grant-funding body that supports the delivery of adult vocational skills through digital technology. It enabled the development of a Moodle Workplace online learning portal to enable all Threshold's curricula to be available online. We have continued to use THE LIFE YOU WANT portal to allow those who have barriers to attending a classroom to access the same level of accredited training as everyone.
## Development of Specialist Sector Specific (VAWDASV) Qualification with Agored Cymru
This period saw the development of the Award and Extended Award Qualifications in Volunteering in the Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Sector. Fully recognised as a qualification by Agored Cymru and mapped to the Qualification Wales framework, it was not delivered as anticipated in this period. The qualification consists of sensitive content that is potentially triggering and likely to be intellectually discomforting. The topics covered in this qualification include domestic abuse, domestic homicide, sexual violence, FGM, forced marriage etc - all subjects that require trigger warnings. It, therefore, was decided to postpone this until classroom delivery (or at the very least, blended learning) was available. We are currently exploring a level 2 extended award and also a Level 3.
## Facilitation of the Helping Hands Food Bank & Clothes Shop, Repair Café and Community Garden.
Planning and preparation work was undertaken to facilitate the Helping Hands Foodbank and Charity Shop, Repair Café during the period of the pandemic. Alongside the newly installed industrial kitchen, the new projects provided new opportunities to develop a work-based curriculum and volunteering activities as well as a 'springboard' to new CCT activities.
The facility offered a resource for individuals experiencing domestic abuse and living in poverty to access free resources to help them in their everyday lives.
## GENERAL ACTIVITIES
We have continued to maintain our networking and public relations strategies through various media such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Linked-In, newsletters, presentations and awareness raising at local and regional events keeping partners and stakeholders informed about new projects, activities and relevant current affairs. Through social media and our web page we are gaining further support and awareness throughout Carmarthenshire, Caerphilly, Blaenau Gwent, Pembrokeshire, and other geographical areas that we work in.
## Other developments included:
- Continuing the recruitment of trustees, volunteers, and ambassadors.
- Developing innovative support for individuals, and their children, who experience domestic abuse and sexual violence using specialist skills and expertise with a bespoke approach within the community and in refuge.
- Further collaborative working arrangements to increase sustainability and impact of projects and reducing the likelihood of duplication of services.
- Conduct robust research with services users to inform future projects.
- Planning towards Leading Lights quality mark.
- Achieving of RESPECT Stage 2 accreditation
- Exploring partnership and working opportunities.
- Event planning to celebrate the successes and longevity of Threshold DAS Limited, from the inception of Llanelli Women's Aid Limited 37 year ago, in part funded by Awards 4 All Big Lottery of £10,000 - postponed due to Covid.
## Financial review
## Principal funding sources
The charity incurred net incoming resources for the year of £119,457 (2021: £45,856). The principal source of funding continued to be Supporting People and income from refuge accommodation totalling £309,618, Carmarthenshire County Council continued to give £59,593 for the DASH project which all went towards supporting our children and young people's projects. Our education programs were funded by Welsh Government and project funds amounted to £265,705 and ESF £56,711. VAWDASV have supported our Family Intervention programmes with £193,309 and £48,150 capital for our food bank.
In total income has gone from £1,238,495 to £1,572,949, an increase of £334,454. Expenditure also increased, along with the activity levels, from £1,192,639 to £1,453,492, an increase of £260,853.
At the end of the financial year the level of unrestricted funds amounted to £788,969 broken down as fixed assets of £302,710 and free unrestricted reserves of £486,259 (2021: £736,806 broken down as fixed assets £256,339, designated reserves £9,865 and free unrestricted reserves £470,602).
Restricted funds amounted to £337,615 broken down as fixed assets of £229,688 and restricted reserves of £107,927 (2021: £270,321 broken down as fixed assets £234,788 and restricted reserves of £35,533).
## Investment policy and objectives
The only investments made by the Charity are cash deposits in a bank/building society accounts.
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## Report of the Trustees
for the Year Ended 31 March 2022
## Strategic report Financial review
## Reserves policy
The reserves policy is reviewed annually and is based on our Business Risk Management process. We look at the various financial risks such as loss in major funding streams, loss of key staff members, delays in receiving funding or gaps where projects do not dovetail financially yet staff need to be maintained. We also analysed the non-financial risks which could affect our operations, health and safety issues and risks to reputation and any changes.
The level of reserves which have been assessed to be prudent for the forthcoming year, in particular about the Covid-19 impact, are now within the range of £541,986 and £1,083,973. This would enable us to cover a range of costs in line with the 2022-23 budget for a period of between 3 and 6 months and to safeguard any cashflow issues in the 12-month period due to retrospective funding claims. This would be made up of potential redundancies and staff salaries up to 6 months of around £751,528 other project costs, overheads, and loss of income up to 6 months of £304,445, plus a contingency element of up to £30,000. With our current free unrestricted reserves at £486,259 we are at the lower end of where we should be to navigate any future setbacks which could affect our, and the wider community's, financial position.
## Going concern
Our position regarding a Going Concern is further reinforced by new funding streams and projects being identified and successfully funded. We have gone from strength to strength and have already secured extra funding to continue the diversified projects we have already established in the previous period. Further funding has been secured because of new relationships being developed during the Covid crisis and beyond, particularly in relation to crime prevention commissioners, agencies and the improving commitments from central and local government. Within the first month of lockdown there was evidence that domestic abuse cases rose by around 25%. The agencies mentioned in this report were quick to respond with additional funding and support, and this has forged firm links and relationships going forward.
Despite the severe restrictions through lockdown, the challenges and unpredictability throughout the last couple of years, and the ways in which we have adapted, have made a more sustainable and creative way of working by introducing and developing online courses, homeworking, diversification of services and expansion of contacts.
Our 2022-23 budgets are already showing an increase in funding activity and over £2,170,000 has already been secured to sustain the life of main existing projects in the next financial year. This represents a likely increase in income of around £597,051, with the corresponding project activities in line with the financial time frames and funding regulations.
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## Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 March 2022
## Strategic report
## Future plans & aspirations
This financial year has seen major changes in the way in which we will continue to operate in the future. As part of our diversification and expansion strategy laid out in our business plan, we will further develop our work with families including men who are alleged perpetrators, but also those men who are victims, in a bespoke approach to the problems we face with domestic abuse and sexual violence. We have achieved RESPECT Stage 1 accreditation for the work we do with alleged domestic abuse perpetrators through our 'Choices' perpetrator programme, and we are currently undertaking the process of Stage 2 accreditation. We are also exploring further working with female perpetrators.
We are also looking to increase awareness of LGTBQ+ domestic abuse and/or violence and make our organisation and services more approachable for the LGTBQ+ community.
Other projects that are part of our business plan that we are actively seeking funding for include:
- Move on accommodation.
- An additional building to house new educational projects in the Caerphilly Borough.
- New Refuge within Carmarthenshire.
- Homelessness Prevention Project supporting rural areas.
- Tendering for partnership working and within other boroughs in south Wales. - Befriending and peer mentoring service. - Male mentor for young people. - Independent Sexual Abuse Advocate (ISVA) for adults and children and young people. - Staff training: Independent Domestic Abuse Advocate (IDVA). - Training and accreditation for Trauma Informed Services. - Counsellor(s) for women and men experiencing domestic abuse. - Training needs for staff: Support services for children and young people including a wide range of holistic and - bespoke services. - Women's Offending Project - working with women who are offenders or at risk of offending. - Stalking: developing and piloting a project with some DV partners within the Dyfed Powys area. - Develop further our research around domestic abuse and sexual violence. - Mental ill health worker for adults. - Expand further our educational delivery, including the expansion of the curriculum on out on-line learning portal - 'The Life You Want' - Development of an App. - Additional funding for our WISH educational programme including an on-line learning portal. - Development of a range of programmes to work with male perpetrators. - Develop a programme to work with minority groups. - Funding for individuals with no recourse to public funds. - Environmental Project: using the land to provide opportunities for individuals experiencing domestic abuse - Sport and Leisure Programme: using sport sand exercise to provide opportunities for individuals experiencing - domestic abuse. - Working in Prison to provide a range of support services to those who are victims but also alleged perpetrators of - domestic abuse. - Volunteering programme offering real opportunities for those who want to get into volunteering within Threshold - DAS Limited but also the Community in which they live.
- Working in schools across Wales offering the delivery of our bespoke Children and Young Peoples 'Future Proof' - Programme.
- Food Bank for Individuals who are being supported by Threshold DAS Limited. - Set up a social enterprise.
- Purchase a portfolio of properties to be used as long-term rentals for families experiencing DA
- Leading lights accreditation
- Offer placement opportunities/ training and qualifications to individuals seeking a career in DA. - Develop a range of qualifications centred around DV.
- Working with veterans and ex-military personnel where there is domestic abuse at home
- Access to free of charge legal advice for all individuals supported by the service
- Retreat for service users and staff as part of a 3-year strategy with the other DV organisations through Dyfed Powys.
- Expansion of the Educational services provided with the Community Renewal Fund.
- Supporting staff with their Personal development Plan
- Secure an allotment to grow organic vegetables
- Develop a mediation service
## Structure, governance and management Governing document
The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust, and constitutes a limited company, limited by guarantee, as defined by the Companies Act 2006.
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## Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31 March 2022
## Structure, governance and management
## Organisational structure
The trustees administer the Charity and meet every six weeks, but the day-to-day operations of the Charity are delegated to the Chief Executive Officer. There is one sub-group; the finance steering group which meet on a regular basis and scrutinise both audit and management accounts carefully prior to the board meeting. To facilitate effective operations, the Chief Executive Officer has delegated authority, within the terms of delegation approved by the trustees, for operational matters including finance, employment and operational activity within the organisation.
## Related parties
The Charity is affiliated to Welsh Women's Aid. The Charity works in partnership with other local and national organisations and take an active role in the local MARAC (Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference). There is extensive collaborative working arrangements with other similar local charities to avoid duplication of services.
All interests are required to be declared and signed in the Trustees' Declaration of Interests pro forma as required under Threshold DAS Limited's code of governance.
## Risk management
The trustees have a duty to identify and review the risks to which the charity is exposed and to ensure appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error.
The trustees have examined the major strategic, business and organisational risks which the charity faces and confirm the systems have been established to enable regular reports to be produced so that necessary steps can be taken to lessen these risks. To manage and mitigate risk a business risk register has been implemented and is reviewed annually
## Reference and administrative details
Registered Company number 06388297 (England and Wales)
Registered Charity number 1124149
## Registered office
32 Station Road Llanelli Dyfed SA15 1AN
## Trustees
C P Beer J Phillips James M Topping Z F Weaver HR Rowe
## Auditors
Haines Watts Wales LLP, Statutory Auditors 7 Neptune Court Vanguard Way Cardiff CF24 5PJ
## Statement of trustees' responsibilities
The trustees (who are also the directors of Threshold DAS Limited for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Report of the Trustees and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
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## Report of the Trustees
## for the Year Ended 31 March 2022
## Statement of trustees' responsibilities - continued
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 those financial statements, the trustees are required to
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- observe the methods and principles in the Charity SORP;
- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in business.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and to 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:
- there is no relevant audit information of which the charitable company's auditors are unaware; and
- the trustees have taken all steps that they ought to have taken to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the auditors are aware of that information.
## Auditors
The auditors, Haines Watts Wales LLP, Statutory Auditors, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.
Report of the trustees, incorporating a strategic report, approved by order of the board of trustees, as the company directors, on ............................................. and signed on the board's behalf by: 31/01/2023
........................................................................ J Phillips James - Trustee
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## Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of Threshold DAS Limited
## Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Threshold DAS Limited (the 'charitable company') for the year ended 31 March 2022 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet, the Cash Flow Statement and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (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 2022 and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for the year then ended;
- have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
- have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
## 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 Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charitable company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC's Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
## Conclusions relating to going concern
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
## Other information
The trustees are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report, other than the financial statements and our Report of the Independent Auditors thereon.
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. 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 Report of the Trustees for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
- the Report of the Trustees 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 Report of the Trustees.
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
- adequate accounting records have not been kept or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
- the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
- certain disclosures of trustees' remuneration specified by law are not made; or
- we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.
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## Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of Threshold DAS Limited
## Responsibilities of trustees
As explained more fully in the Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities, the trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
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.
## Our 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 a Report of the Independent Auditors 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.
Our planning procedures identify the legal and regulatory frameworks applicable to the operations and financial statements of the company. These are reviewed internally with the audit team including relevant industry experience and expectations as well as externally with the client management. The key laws and regulations we considered in this context were the UK Companies Act 2006, Charities SORP (FRS 102) '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', UK GAAP (FRS 102) and relevant tax legislation.
Once identified, we assess the risks of material misstatements in relation to the laws and regulations, irregularities, including fraud and adjust our testing accordingly. Our audit procedures include:
- Discussing with Trustees and management which areas of the business they believe to be more susceptible to fraud, and whether they have any knowledge or suspicion of fraudulent activities
- Obtaining an understanding of the key controls put in place by the charitable company to address risks identified, assessing the effectiveness of those and discussing how these are maintained and monitored internally
- Assessing the risk of management override and review and testing of journal entries made into the accounting system
- Discussing with Trustees and Management the legal and regulatory obligations of the business and whetherthey have any knowledge or suspicion of non compliance
Despite the audit being planned and conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) there remains an unavoidable risk that material misstatements in the financial statements may not be detected owing to inherent limitations of the audit, and that by their very nature, any such instances of fraud or irregularities likely involve collusion, forgery, intentional misrepresentation, or the override of internal controls.
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 Report of the Independent Auditors.
## Use of our report
This report is made solely to the charitable company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charitable company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditors' 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.
Victoria Carter (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of Haines Watts Wales LLP, Statutory Auditors 7 Neptune Court Vanguard Way Cardiff CF24 5PJ
31 January 2023 Date: .............................................
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## Threshold DAS Limited
## Statement of Financial Activities
(Incorporating an Income and Expenditure Account) for the Year Ended 31 March 2022
|Notes
Income and endowments from
Donations and legacies
2
Charitable activities
4
Community
Refuge
Investment income
3
Total
Expenditure on
Charitable activities
5
Community
Refuge
Total
NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)
Transfers between funds
15
Net movement in funds
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward|Unrestricted
funds
£
2,403
48,072
99,722
16
150,213
324,690
44,670
369,360
(219,147)
271,311
52,164
736,806
788,970|Restricted
funds
£
337,357
947,442
137,937
-
1,422,736
1,084,132
-
1,084,132
338,604
(271,311)
67,293
270,321
337,614|2022
Total
funds
£
339,760
995,514
237,659
16
1,572,949
1,408,822
44,670
1,453,492
119,457
-
119,457
1,007,127
1,126,584|2021
Total
funds
£
462,487
569,077
206,846
85|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||1,238,495|
|||||1,144,742
47,897|
|||||1,192,639|
|||||45,856
-|
|||||45,856
961,271|
|||||1,007,127|
The notes form part of these financial statements
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## Threshold DAS Limited (Registered number: 06388297)
|Balance Sheet
31 March 2022
Unrestricted
funds
Notes
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
11
302,710
Current assets
Debtors
12
465,553
Cash at bank and in hand
294,982
760,535
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year
13
(274,276)
Net current assets
486,259
Total assets less current liabilities
788,969
NET ASSETS
788,969
Funds
15
Unrestricted funds:
General fund
Designated - Choices Perpetrator Programme
Designated - fixed assets
Restricted funds
Total funds|Restricted
funds
£
229,688
-
124,179
124,179
(16,252)
107,927
337,615
337,615|2022
Total
funds
£
532,398
465,553
419,161
884,714
(290,528)
594,186
1,126,584
1,126,584|2021
Total
funds
£
500,967
279,727
379,270|
|---|---|---|---|
||||658,997
(152,837)|
||||506,160|
||||1,007,127|
||||1,007,127|
|||496,099
-
292,870
788,969
337,615
1,126,584|470,602
9,865
256,339
736,806
270,321
1,007,127|
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on ............................................. and were signed on its behalf by: 31/01/2023
............................................. J Phillips James - Trustee
............................................. C P Beer - Trustee
The notes form part of these financial statements
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## Threshold DAS Limited
## Cash Flow Statement
for the Year Ended 31 March 2022
|Notes
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash generated from operations
1
Net cash provided by operating activities
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of tangible fixed assets
Interest received
Net cash used in investing activities
Change in cash and cash equivalents in
the reporting period
Cash and cash equivalents at the
beginning of the reporting period
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of
the reporting period|2022
£
88,025
88,025
(48,150)
16
(48,134)
39,891
379,270
419,161|2021
£
108,481
108,481
(9,840)
85
(9,755)
98,726
280,544
379,270|
|---|---|---|
The notes form part of these financial statements
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## Threshold DAS Limited
Notes to the Cash Flow Statement for the Year Ended 31 March 2022
||Notes to the Cash Flow Statement
for the Year Ended 31 March 2022|Notes to the Cash Flow Statement
for the Year Ended 31 March 2022|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|1.|Reconciliation of net income to net cash flow from operating activities||||
||||2022|2021|
||||£|£|
||Net income for the reporting period (as per the Statement of Financial||||
||Activities)||119,457|45,856|
||Adjustments for:||||
||Depreciation charges||16,719|18,771|
||Interest received||(16)|(85)|
||Increase in debtors||(185,826)|(49,273)|
||Increase in creditors||137,691|93,212|
||Net cash provided by operations||88,025|108,481|
|2.|Analysis of changes in net funds||||
||Net cash|At 1.4.21
£|Cash flow
£|At 31.3.22
£|
||Cash at bank and in hand|379,270|39,891|419,161|
|||379,270|39,891|419,161|
||Total|379,270|39,891|419,161|
The notes form part of these financial statements
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Threshold DAS Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2022
## 1. Accounting policies
## Basis of preparing the financial statements
The financial statements of the charitable company, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) '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)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
## Income
Donations and legacies are recognised where there is entitlement, certainty of receipt and the amount can be measured with sufficient reliability.
Grant income included in this category provides funding to support programme activities and is recognised where there is entitlement, certainty of receipt and the amount can be measured with sufficient reliability.
Income from charitable activities includes income recognised as earned (as the related goods or services are provided) under contract or where entitlement to grant funding is subject to specific performance conditions.
Incoming resources from grants, where related to performance and specific deliverables, are accounted for as the charity earns the right to consideration by its performance.
Rents are included when receivable and are shown net of void periods.
Investment income is recognised on a receivable basis.
## Expenditure
Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
## Tangible fixed assets
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.
Freehold property - 2% on cost Fixtures and fittings - 15% on cost Computer equipment - 20% on cost
Individual fixed assets costing £5,000 or more are initially recorded at cost.
## Taxation
The company is a registered charity and is, therefore, exempt from taxation on its primary activities.
## 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.
## 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.
## Support costs
Support costs include central functions and have been allocated to activity cost categories on a basis consistent with the use of resources, for example staff costs by the time spent and other costs by their usage.
Hire purchase and leasing commitments
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## Threshold DAS Limited
## Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2022
## 1. Accounting policies - continued
## Support costs
Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities on a straight line basis over the period of the lease.
## 2. Donations and legacies
|Donations
Grants
Grants received, included in the above, are as follows:
National Lottery Community Fund Wales Project Y
BBC Children in Need
Police Commission Fund
Natwest WEB
VAWDASV - Welsh Government
Comic Relief
Barclays - Community Aid Pacakage
WWA Strength Cymru Tampton Tax
VAWDASV Safe Lives
Inspiring Families - Pilot in Partnership with Calan DVS
Lloyds Bank Foundation
Moondance
Ufi Voch Tech
Home Office
Comic Relief Covid19 WWA
Awards 4 All Big Lottery
Big Lottery
Other grants
3.
Investment income
Deposit account interest
4.
Income from charitable activities
Activity
Grants
Community
Miscellaneous income
Community
Grants
Refuge
Rent received
Refuge
Service user contributions
Refuge
Grants received, included in the above, are as follows:
SP (Supporting People) - Floating Support
SP (Supporting People) - Refuge
Carried forward||2022
£
2,403
337,357
339,760
2022
£
72,513
33,138
44,051
12,500
24,777
6,023
58,334
7,730
48,532
29,759
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
337,357
2022
£
16
2022
£
947,442
48,072
137,937
96,790
2,932
1,233,173
2022
£
171,681
137,937
309,618|||2021
£
1,860
460,627
462,487
2021
£
82,945
33,376
54,504
12,500
53,404
-
-
-
-
-
12,500
20,753
25,000
93,267
18,068
10,000
14,994
29,316
460,627
2021
£
85
2021
£
568,702
375
131,368
73,650
1,828
775,923
2021
£
107,033
131,368
238,401|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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## Threshold DAS Limited
## Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2022
|4.
Income from charitable activities - continued
Brought forward
DASH (Domestic Abuse Stops Here)
Welsh Government - Limitless
Active Inclusion - No bars
Active Inclusion - Evermore
Welsh Government - Volunteer Grant
VAWDASV - Welsh Government
VAWDASV Choices
Welsh Government: Helping Hands Foodbank
CRF Blaenau Gwent
CRF Caerphilly
CRF Carmarthenshire
CRF Torfaen
Active Inclusion Moving Forward
5.
Charitable activities costs
Community
Refuge
6.
Support costs
Community
7.
Net income/(expenditure)
Net income/(expenditure) is stated after charging/(crediting):
Auditors' remuneration
Auditors' remuneration for non audit work
Depreciation - owned assets
8.
Trustees' remuneration and benefits|Direct
Costs
£
1,332,442
44,670
1,377,112
Management
£
68,596|2022
£
309,618
59,593
265,704
20,221
36,490
13,901
-
120,000
76,984
41,752
17,960
77,553
45,603
-
1,085,379
Support
costs (see
note 6)
£
76,380
-
76,380
Governance
costs
£
7,784
2022
£
4,200
1,254
16,719|2021
£
238,401
15,317
365,494
10,540
-
-
47,025
18,019
-
-
-
-
-
15,703
710,499
Totals
£
1,408,822
44,670
1,453,492
Totals
£
76,380
2021
£
4,174
1,268
18,771|
|---|---|---|---|
There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 March 2022 nor for the year ended 31 March 2021.
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## Threshold DAS Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2022
## 8. Trustees' remuneration and benefits - continued
## Trustees' expenses
There were trustees' expenses paid for the year of £2,330 (2021: £446).
## 9. Staff costs
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|---|---|---|
|2022|2021|
|£|£|
|Wages and salaries|1,002,005|798,829|
|Social security costs|76,895|55,921|
|Other pension costs|39,757|23,411|
|1,118,657|878,161|
|The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:|
|2022|2021|
|Refuge|5|5|
|Community|33|28|
|Administration|5|5|
|43|38|
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The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was:
**----- Start of picture text -----**
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|---|---|---|
|2022|2021|
|£60,001 - £70,000|1|1|
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During the year Threshold DAS paid key management salaries totalling £136,193 (2021: £130,305). Key management are considered to be 3 (2021: 3) individuals who directly impact upon the strategic direction of the Charity.
## 10. Pensions
The charity operates a defined contribution scheme. The pension costs charge for the year represents contributions payable by the charity to the scheme and amounted to £39,757(2021: £23,411).
## 11. Tangible fixed assets
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|---|---|---|---|---|
|Fixtures|
|Freehold|and|Computer|
|property|fittings|equipment|Totals|
|£|£|£|£|
|Cost|
|At 1 April 2021|576,443|2,468|37,200|616,111|
|Additions|48,150|-|-|48,150|
|At 31 March 2022|624,593|2,468|37,200|664,261|
|Depreciation|
|At 1 April 2021|79,703|2,468|32,973|115,144|
|Charge for year|12,492|-|4,227|16,719|
|At 31 March 2022|92,195|2,468|37,200|131,863|
|Net book value|
|At 31 March 2022|532,398|-|-|532,398|
|At 31 March 2021|496,740|-|4,227|500,967|
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## Threshold DAS Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2022
## 12. Debtors: amounts falling due within one year
|12.
Debtors: amounts falling due within one year|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Trade debtors
Prepayments and accrued income
13.
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Trade creditors
Accruals and deferred income
Deferred income brought forward
Amounts released to incoming resources
Amounts deferred in the year
Deferred income carried forward||2022
£
386,324
79,229
465,553
2022
£
46,779
243,749
290,528||2021
£
274,634
5,093
279,727
2021
£
29,047
123,790
152,837|
|||92,849
(92,849)
194,085
194,085||19,187
(19,187)
92,849
19,187|
Income received during the financial year that is applicable to periods post year end and have been deferred in line with the funding terms.
## 14. Leasing agreements
Minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases fall due as follows:
|Within one year
Between one and five years|2022
£
1,436
-
1,436|2021
£
1,915
1,436
3,351|
|---|---|---|
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## Threshold DAS Limited
## Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2022
## 15. Movement in funds
|Unrestricted funds
General fund
Designated - Choices Perpetrator
Programme
Designated - fixed assets
Restricted funds
SP (Supporting People) - Floating Support
SP (Supporting People) - Refuge
DASH (Domestic Abuse Stops Here)
BBC Children in Need
Core Cost Case Management VAWDASV
VAWDASV Choices
National Lottery Community Fund Wales
Project Y
Awards 4 All Big Lottery
Welsh Goverment - Limitless
Natwest: Women Exploring Business
(WEB)
Comic Relief Covid19 WWA
Active Inclusion - Evermore
Active Inclusion - No Bars
Welsh Government: Helping Hands
Foodbank
Welsh Government – Volunteer Project
Barclays
Inspiring Famililes - Pilot in Partnership
with Calan DVS
Blaenau Gwent Community Renewal Fund
Caerphilly Community Renewal Fund
Carmarthenshire Community Renewal
Fund
Torfaen Community Renewal Fund
Welsh Womens Aid and Tampon Tax
VAWDASV Safe Lives
Clothworkers
CCC Regeneration
Garfield Weston Foundation
Welsh Government Education Capital
Funding
TOTAL FUNDS|At 1.4.21
£
470,602
9,865
256,339
736,806
-
-
-
3,953
-
-
-
10,000
17,734
(956)
4,802
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
19,700
19,700
44,988
150,400
270,321
1,007,127|Net
movement
in funds
£
(219,148)
-
-
(219,148)
53,553
60,300
5,368
(1,087)
15,997
20,290
12,822
-
4,554
1,372
(3,256)
691
746
41,233
477
56,728
13,904
6,132
635
16,037
2,388
7,730
21,991
-
-
-
-
338,605
119,457|Transfers
between
funds
£
244,645
(9,865)
36,531
271,311
(53,553)
(60,300)
(5,368)
(2,866)
(15,997)
(20,290)
(2,822)
-
(10,000)
(416)
(1,546)
(4,167)
(3,755)
(48,499)
(2,022)
-
(9,426)
(746)
(363)
(1,329)
(755)
-
(21,991)
(450)
(450)
(1,000)
(3,200)
(271,311)
-|At
31.3.22
£
496,099
-
292,870
788,969
-
-
-
-
-
-
10,000
10,000
12,288
-
-
(3,476)
(3,009)
(7,266)
(1,545)
56,728
4,478
5,386
272
14,708
1,633
7,730
-
19,250
19,250
43,988
147,200
337,615
1,126,584|
|---|---|---|---|---|
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## Threshold DAS Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2022
## 15. Movement in funds - continued
Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
|Unrestricted funds
General fund
Restricted funds
SP (Supporting People) - Floating Support
SP (Supporting People) - Refuge
DASH (Domestic Abuse Stops Here)
BBC Children in Need
Core Cost Case Management VAWDASV
VAWDASV Choices
National Lottery Community Fund Wales
Project Y
Welsh Goverment - Limitless
Natwest: Women Exploring Business
(WEB)
Police Commissioner DPP
Comic Relief Covid19 WWA
Active Inclusion - Evermore
Active Inclusion - No Bars
Welsh Government: Helping Hands
Foodbank
Welsh Government – Volunteer Project
Barclays
Inspiring Famililes - Pilot in Partnership
with Calan DVS
Blaenau Gwent Community Renewal Fund
Caerphilly Community Renewal Fund
Carmarthenshire Community Renewal
Fund
Torfaen Community Renewal Fund
Welsh Womens Aid and Tampon Tax
VAWDASV Safe Lives
TOTAL FUNDS|Incoming
resources
£
150,213
171,681
137,937
59,593
33,138
24,777
120,000
72,513
265,704
12,500
44,051
6,023
36,490
20,221
76,984
13,901
58,334
29,759
41,752
17,960
77,553
45,603
7,730
48,532
1,422,736
1,572,949|Resources
expended
£
(369,361)
(118,128)
(77,637)
(54,225)
(34,225)
(8,780)
(99,710)
(59,691)
(261,150)
(11,128)
(44,051)
(9,279)
(35,799)
(19,475)
(35,751)
(13,424)
(1,606)
(15,855)
(35,620)
(17,325)
(61,516)
(43,215)
-
(26,541)
(1,084,131)
(1,453,492)|Movement
in funds
£
(219,148)
53,553
60,300
5,368
(1,087)
15,997
20,290
12,822
4,554
1,372
-
(3,256)
691
746
41,233
477
56,728
13,904
6,132
635
16,037
2,388
7,730
21,991
338,605
119,457|
|---|---|---|---|
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## Threshold DAS Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2022
## 15. Movement in funds - continued
Comparatives for movement in funds
|Unrestricted funds
General fund
Designated - Choices Perpetrator
Programme
Designated - fixed assets
Restricted funds
SP (Supporting People) - Floating Support
SP (Supporting People) - Refuge
DASH (Domestic Abuse Stops Here)
BBC Children in Need
VAWDASV Choices
National Lottery Community Fund Wales
Project Y
Awards 4 All Big Lottery
Welsh Goverment - Limitless
Natwest: Women Exploring Business
(WEB)
Police Commissioner DPP
Comic Relief Covid19 WWA
Clothworkers
CCC Regeneration
Garfield Weston Foundation
Welsh Government Education Capital
Funding
Big Lottery
Moondance
Ufi Voch Tech
WG VAWDASV
Moving forward VAWDASV
Active Inclusion Moving Forward
TOTAL FUNDS|At 1.4.20
£
424,685
22,562
270,011
717,258
-
-
-
3,709
-
416
-
-
-
-
-
20,150
20,150
45,988
153,600
-
-
-
-
-
-
244,013
961,271|Net
movement
in funds
£
(94,050)
(12,697)
-
(106,747)
15,628
13,570
4,534
3,401
643
5,251
10,000
54,109
(298)
162
6,122
-
-
-
-
14,994
2,236
2,276
11,046
7,432
1,497
152,603
45,856|Transfers
between
At
funds
31.3.21
£
£
139,967
470,602
-
9,865
(13,672)
256,339
126,295
736,806
(15,628)
-
(13,570)
-
(4,534)
-
(3,157)
3,953
(643)
-
(5,667)
-
-
10,000
(36,375)
17,734
(658)
(956)
(162)
-
(1,320)
4,802
(450)
19,700
(450)
19,700
(1,000)
44,988
(3,200)
150,400
(14,994)
-
(2,236)
-
(2,276)
-
(11,046)
-
(7,432)
-
(1,497)
-
(126,295)
270,321
-
1,007,127|
|---|---|---|---|
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## Threshold DAS Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2022
## 15. Movement in funds - continued
Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
|Unrestricted funds
General fund
Designated - Choices Perpetrator
Programme
Health & Wellbeing Designated
Restricted funds
Lloyds TSB Foundation
SP (Supporting People) - Floating Support
SP (Supporting People) - Refuge
DASH (Domestic Abuse Stops Here)
BBC Children in Need
VAWDASV Choices
National Lottery Community Fund Wales
Project Y
Awards 4 All Big Lottery
Welsh Goverment - Limitless
Natwest: Women Exploring Business
(WEB)
Police Commissioner DPP
Comic Relief Covid19 WWA
Big Lottery
Moondance
Ufi Voch Tech
Home Office
WG VAWDASV
Moving forward VAWDASV
Active Inclusion Moving Forward
TOTAL FUNDS|Incoming
resources
£
102,709
-
4,516
107,225
12,500
107,033
131,368
15,317
33,376
18,019
82,945
10,000
365,494
12,500
54,504
18,068
14,994
20,753
25,000
93,267
53,404
47,025
15,703
1,131,270
1,238,495|Resources
expended
£
(196,759)
(12,697)
(4,516)
(213,972)
(12,500)
(91,405)
(117,798)
(10,783)
(29,975)
(17,376)
(77,694)
-
(311,385)
(12,798)
(54,342)
(11,946)
-
(18,517)
(22,724)
(93,267)
(42,358)
(39,593)
(14,206)
(978,667)
(1,192,639)|Movement
in funds
£
(94,050)
(12,697)
-
(106,747)
-
15,628
13,570
4,534
3,401
643
5,251
10,000
54,109
(298)
162
6,122
14,994
2,236
2,276
-
11,046
7,432
1,497
152,603
45,856|
|---|---|---|---|
General funds are funds that are available for use at the trustees' discretion in furtherance of the objectives of the charity.
Clothworkers - £22,500 was Capital funding received towards the One Stop Shop. This was spent in 2010 and will now be depreciated in line with the accounting policy.
CCC Regeneration - £22,500 was Capital funding received towards the One Stop Shop. This was spent in 2010 and will now be depreciated in line with the accounting policy.
Garfield Weston Foundation - £50,000 was received for the refurbishment of the new premises for our family, children and young people's service. This will now be released over the life of the related assets in line with the depreciation accounting policy.
SP (Supporting People) - Floating Support provides funding for specialist domestic abuse expertise in offering housing related support to help individuals develop or maintain the skills and confidence to live independently following an experience of domestic abuse. It also supports the children in the individuals in the floating support project; this is funded by the Welsh Government via Carmarthenshire County Council.
SP (Supporting People) - Refuge is funding for a refuge to provide women and children with a safe place to stay. Specialist domestic abuse worker are on hand to support with re-housing, benefits and emotional support, which is funded by Welsh Government via Carmarthenshire County Council.
DASH (Domestic Abuse Stops Here) - funded by Carmarthenshire County Council
BBC Children in Need has funded a three year Children's Counselling Programme.
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Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2022
## 15. Movement in funds - continued
VAWDASV - Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence - Various funding pots have been made available to Threshold DAS Limited through this strategic plan handed down from Welsh Government via Carmarthenshire County Council. Threshold DAS received £120,000 to fund the CHOICES element of our Early family Intervention project for the Dyfed-Powys region. £48,150 was also received for capital to refurbish the Helping Hands Food Bank premises. £24,777 was received towards the core costs of running these programmes. The Safe Lives funding of £48,532 went towards training for IDVA, ISVA and Victim Focus, and a young person's worker plus awareness around domestic abuse.
National Lottery Community Fund Wales (People & Places) funding for Project Y. This project is divided into five programmes od education and support delivered to 8-25 year olds, with aims to further our mission to end the cycle of domestic abuse and further our commitment to the objectives set out by the VAWDASV Act. Started in April 2018 the project has been extended into 2022
Limitless is an educational programme of support funded by the Welsh European Social Fund under Priority 2, Skills for Growth Wales: Specific Objective 4.
Natwest: Women Exploring Business (WEB) - Funded by NatWest, the WEB programme was devised to support women contemplating self-employment (entrepreneurship) and is open to unemployed women.
Police Commissioner DPP - Domestic Abuse Service Grant was received to work on the Independent Domestic Violence Advisor role to support women who are going through the court process.
Welsh WA and Comic Relief - The funding from the Tampon Tax funded via Welsh Women's Aid was provided to Threshold DAS to provide a Homeless Prevention Officer.
No Bars and Evermore - Active Inclusion: Received via WCVA from Welsh Government European Social Funding for various engagement programmes into education, skills and work
Welsh Government: Helping Hands Foodbank - Threshold DAS secured £36,100 from Welsh Government to fund its Helping Hands Food Bank.
Welsh Government - Volunteer Project - was received from Welsh Government through WCVA for the SMART Programme (Striving, Motivated and Resilient Team) which helps individuals interested in volunteering.
Barclays - Threshold were awarded £100,000 from Barclays under their 100x100 Programme: local support for UK Communities programme.
Inspiring Families - Pilot in Partnership with Calan DVS - Inspiring families looks to provide holistic assessment for the entire family that are affected by domestic abuse. The program supports the family to stay together or to separate safely.
Community Renewal Funding from Welsh Government via the local government bodies for Carmarthenshire, Torfaen, Caerphilly and Blaenau Gwent. A new online learning portal called 'The Life You Want' is for individuals seeking to upskill or re-train and offered as a "one-stop-shop" for those who are unemployed, employed, self-employed and those who have a disability but want to improve their life choices.
Welsh Womens Aid and Tampon Tax - March 2022 - The 'ONLY WOMEN ALOUD' Project is an early Intervention project that supports women aged 18+ with their mental-ill-health and well-being, addressing issues of equality. Support will include group work and one to one support based on assessment of need. The project started on 1st March 2022 and will end on 31st March 2023.
## Transfers between funds
Fund transfers for the reallocation of the apportionment of costs.
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Threshold DAS Limited
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2022
## 16. Related party disclosures
During the year, and following a competitive tender process, services and goods were provided by Woods Solutions Carpentry, a business which the husband of the Chief Executive owns. Labour costs of £12,500 (2021: £2,070 and goods of £50,364 (2021: £NIL) . To ensure best governance the Chief Executive herself was excluded from any decision making with regards to the delivery of this contract.
At the year end, the amount owed to Wood Solutions Carpentry was £nil (2021: £2,070).
## 17. Members liability
The charity is a private company limited by guarantee and consequently does not have share capital. Each of the members is liable to contribute an amount not exceeding £1 towards the assets of the charity in the event of liquidation.
The charity is incorporate in England and Wales with the registered office as disclosed in the Trustee's Report.
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