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2025-08-31-accounts

Registered number: 6657145 Charity number: 1127321

STOP THE TRAFFIK

(A company limited by guarantee)

DIRECTORS' REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025

STOP THE TRAFFIK

(A company limited by guarantee)

CONTENTS

Page
Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisers 1
Trustees’ report (incorporating a Directors’ report) 2 – 8
Independent auditor’s report 9 – 12
Statement of financial activities 13
Balance sheet 14
Cash flow statement 15
Notes to the financial statements 16 – 24

STOP THE TRAFFIK

(A company limited by guarantee)

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS OF THE COMPANY, ITS TRUSTEES AND ADVISERS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025

Directors

G Lawlor S Price M J Ryan P L Talibart E Roberts J Patterson

Company number 6657145 Charity number 1127321 Registered office 164-168 Westminster Bridge Rd. London SE1 7RW

Company Secretary Xenia Murray Chief Executive Officer Rebekah Lisgarten Independent Auditor Mercer & Hole LLP The Pinnacle 170 Midsummer Boulevard Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire MK9 1BP

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STOP THE TRAFFIK

(A company limited by guarantee)

TRUSTEES’ REPORT (Incorporating Directors’ Report) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025

The Directors (who are also trustees of the charity for the purposes of the Charities Act) present their annual report together with the audited financial statements of STOP THE TRAFFIK (the company) for the year ended 31 August 2025. The Directors confirm that the annual report and financial statements of the company comply with the Companies Act 2006, the Charities Act 2011, the requirements of the company's governing document and the provisions of the Charities SORP 2019 applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable 1in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).

Structure, governance, and management

a. Constitution

STOP THE TRAFFIK (“STT”) is a global movement whose purpose is to end the buying and selling of people. The STOP THE TRAFFIK movement arose from a campaign initiated by Oasis Charitable Trust (and a steering group of 6 other organisations) and has grown successfully since its inception in 2006.

STOP THE TRAFFIK, the company, was set up by a Memorandum of Association on 28 July 2008. It is also a registered charity, number 1127321. Oasis International Association (OIA) is the immediate parent with Oasis Charitable Trust (OCT) being the ultimate parent of the charitable company.

STOP THE TRAFFIK holds the name and legal rights to the use of the brand. The right to grant partnership status to any third-party entity either to operate on a national or regional basis remains the prerogative of the STOP THE TRAFFIK board. The principal object of the company is to promote Human Rights (as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and safeguarded by the Final Protocol to the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others (1950), the United Nations Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery (1975), the United Nations Convention on Transnational Organised Crime with its Supplementary Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children (2003) and any other United Nations conventions and declarations) and to prevent the infringement of human rights by modern slavery and human trafficking across the world.

The Directors have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the aims and objectives and in planning future activities. In particular, the Directors consider how planned activities will contribute to the aims and objectives.

b. Method of appointing Directors

The management of the company is the responsibility of the Directors who are elected and co-opted under the terms of the Articles of Association. The appointment of new Directors is subject to the approval of the Directors of OIA.

c. Policies adopted for the induction and training of Directors

New Directors are given a full induction and training as required.

d. Remuneration of Key Management Personnel

The key management personnel of the Trust comprise the trustees and senior management team. The pay for all senior staff follows the pay scales of the organisation which are evaluated according to the responsibilities of the post, with set grades and increments of pay. The pay of the Chief Executive is benchmarked with charities of comparable scale and reach and approved by the Boards. STOP THE TRAFFIK has also set up a Nominations and Remuneration Committee which effectively oversees pay reviews, senior appointments, and associated issues. The CEO of STOP THE TRAFFIK is also a trustee of Traffik Analysis Hub and does not receive any remuneration for this role. Rebekah Lisgarten was appointed in November 2024 as the new CEO of STOP THE TRAFFIK.

e. Organisational structure and decision making

The Board of Directors have delegated day to day management of the company to the CEO but retain responsibility for major strategic and governance decisions. In order for STOP THE TRAFFIK to operate efficiently, the structure has developed as follows:

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STOP THE TRAFFIK

(A company limited by guarantee)

TRUSTEES’ REPORT (Incorporating Directors’ Report) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025

The Executive provide subject matter expertise in line with the charity's strategic objectives and continues development of our strategy. We also have established head of roles across STOP THE TRAFFIK's functionalities who drive the delivery of the strategy. The organisational team is arranged in a project management structure, driven by modern slavery and human trafficking intelligence to deliver products, projects, and services that seek to prevent exploitation in collaboration with our partners.

Recognising the vast global data gap on MSHT, 2017 saw the development of the Traffik Analysis Hub (TA Hub) in partnership with IBM, translating the largest collection of survivor stories into the most comprehensive MSHT database in the world, able to identify hotspots and trends that turn data into real-time intelligence. STOP THE TRAFFIK actively shares intelligence with relevant stakeholders seeking to reduce harm and relies on the TA Hub to inform our programmes and products. Traffik Analysis Hub is a registered company (11451182) and a UK-registered charity (1192933).

STOP THE TRAFFIK and Traffik Analysis Hub work closely together strategically, culturally, and in our combined vision, operating with a shared leadership team. The two organisations remain separate legal entities.

STOP THE TRAFFIK recognises that we will not stop human trafficking alone. Critical to our model are our networks around the world including corporations, financial institutions, NGOs, frontline organisations, and data and technology hubs. These relationships, including intelligence and data sharing, project and programme collaborations, and joint awareness raising, are fundamental to our operations.

STOP THE TRAFFIK has one affiliate. The affiliation agreement is a voluntary commitment between the STOP THE TRAFFIK board and the Affiliate. It enables the Affiliate to use the STOP THE TRAFFIK brand in accordance with an agreed set of operating standards, with a clear understanding of the consequences of failure to meet the standards being the removal of permission to use the brand.

STOP THE TRAFFIK action groups consist of community-led volunteers who meet regularly to take local action to combat trafficking within their community. These groups are not started by STOP THE TRAFFIK and operate completely independently.

f. Risk management

The Directors have assessed the major risks to which the company is exposed, in particular those related cyber security, information, the operations and finances of the company and are satisfied that systems and procedures are in place to mitigate exposure to the major risks.

The Head of Operations monitors a strategic risk register on an ongoing basis, regularly ensuring that risks are appropriately recorded and mitigating actions are taken swiftly.

The Audit & Risk committee meet quarterly to assess key areas of risk, prioritising any moderate-high impact risk areas, ensuring they are satisfied with the mitigations underway and providing expertise where needed. The Committee also ensures that adequate financial resources continue to sustain delivery and are sustainably managing growth.

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STOP THE TRAFFIK

(A company limited by guarantee)

TRUSTEES’ REPORT (Incorporating Directors’ Report) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025

g. Financial review

Total income for the year ended 31 August 2025 amounted to £1,193,355 (2024: £1,367,099). Costs of raising voluntary income increased to £78,188 (2024: £60,708) and charitable activity expenditure increased to £1,186,453 (2024: £958,641). Overall, a surplus of £6,902 (2024: £347,750) is reported for the year.

STOP THE TRAFFIK’s income is generated through three distinct income streams:

All the income streams contribute towards the objectives of STOP THE TRAFFIK in preventing human trafficking globally, fuelled by intelligence. Donations contribute to the core running of our prevention operations, producing human trafficking intelligence, developing geo-targeted, digital prevention programmes, and collaborating with global and local partners to tackle human trafficking in their field of influence. Grant funding contributes to how our organisation measures the impact of our work (MEL), the scaling of our operations and intelligence-led capabilities, and the delivery of prevention projects targeted towards a particular demographic, location or exploitation type. Earned income stems from our work with organisations, businesses, and financial institutions through whom we provide products and services that work to identify human trafficking and modern slavery risk across supply chains and operations, helping clients to take appropriate steps to mitigate this risk, disrupting the systems on which traffickers depend. The earned income we receive goes back into our core funding.

STOP THE TRAFFIK also receives several donated services during the year. The company is very grateful to the relevant providers of those services. No financial value has been attributed to these services in the financial statements as the related activities would not have been undertaken if this time had not been donated. In addition, STOP THE TRAFFIK relies on volunteer time in order to carry out its activities at a local level. In line with the Charities SORP, this time has not been valued and included in the financial statements but amounts to an estimated 3,000 hours (2024: 3,000 hours). We thank all of the volunteers who have contributed to STOP THE TRAFFIK in this year.

h. Reserves

The Directors continue to review STOP THE TRAFFIK's need for reserves in line with the guidance issued by the Charity Commission and have adopted a policy to set aside funds of approximately three months running costs which is estimated to be £330k (2024: £255k). The level of funds at 31 August 2025 is £476,545 (2024: £469,643) (unrestricted is £429,643 and restricted £46,902).

i. Going concern

The Directors have reviewed all material risks which may impact the organisation's ability to continue as a going concern, including the current crisis around the increased cost of living. The Directors believe that despite any active risks, the charity remains a going concern. The Directors formed this conclusion by reviewing the financial performance of the organisation with reference to forecast levels of free reserves and cash flow projections. The Directors are confident that the charity has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future and, for this reason, the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the accounts.

The level of total reserves as at 31 August 2025 is £476,545 (2024: £469,643).

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STOP THE TRAFFIK

(A company limited by guarantee)

TRUSTEES’ REPORT (Incorporating Directors’ Report) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025

Vision

To create a world where people are not bought or sold.

Mission

We harness the power of data, technology, and the collective strength of people and networks to disrupt the criminal business of human trafficking, making it unprofitable, preventing exploitation, and protecting the safety, freedom, and choice of those most at risk.

The Strategic Objectives

The high-level objectives of STOP THE TRAFFIK remain to create a world where people are not bought or sold. Our strategy consists of these activities:

  1. Convene & Engage: We convene a network of everyone needed to disrupt the trafficking business model. We disrupt money flows and thereby traffickers’ ability to make a profit from exploitation.

  2. Collect Data : We use technology to collate data from our networks.

  3. Draw Insight: We use people and technology to draw actionable insight from the data.

  4. Share: We share this actionable insight with people who can take action.

  5. Act: They take action and we measure the impact and refine.

Our Values

Our Performance and Impact:

Over the past year, STOP THE TRAFFIK has continued to make significant progress toward a world where people are not bought and sold.

Convene & Engage

We expanded the reach of our technology and platforms that bring together anti-trafficking stakeholders across sectors:

Collect Data

Our Traffik Analysis Hub, the world’s richest database built on lived experience of modern slavery and human trafficking, now contains:

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STOP THE TRAFFIK

(A company limited by guarantee)

TRUSTEES’ REPORT (Incorporating Directors’ Report) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025

Draw Insight

Using this growing dataset, our Intelligence Team produces insights that enable partners to identify, analyse, and disrupt MSHT activity. This year that included:

Share

We shared these insights with global financial institutions, businesses, law-enforcement agencies, and frontline organisations to disrupt of trafficking networks. We also deliver community-focused, social-media-based prevention campaigns that reached people most at risk with timely and lifesaving information. Through these programmes, we:

Act

Our work equips stakeholders who are positioned to take action with targeted intelligence to identify and disrupt criminal activity upstream, and communities with lifesaving information to keep themselves safe from harm. As a result of our activity:

Partner Feedback:

"Our collaboration with STOP THE TRAFFIK has been invaluable, providing us with actionable intelligence on human trafficking trends and the relevant risks for our business. The critical insights they provide enable us to improve our ability to quickly detect and respond to potential human trafficking concerns in relation to our platform. As such, this partnership is an important amplifier of our commitment to respecting and upholding human rights throughout the travel value chain and with all our partners." – Booking.com

“The team has been able to identify previously unknown risky actors that are now under review. This data helps target money laundering activity that otherwise blends into normal activity.” – Financial Institution

STOP THE TRAFFIK Plans for Future & Longer-Term Strategy:

Over the past year, our new CEO as of October 2024, Rebekah Lisgarten, has embedded and led a strategic refresh of the organisation. As a result, our mission and our values have been updated (see above), in line with better supporting our long-term vision which remains the same: to create a world where people are not bought and sold. Over the next three years, our aim is to transform delivery to a model built for intentional growth, resilience, and increasingly measurable preventative impact.

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STOP THE TRAFFIK

(A company limited by guarantee)

TRUSTEES’ REPORT (Incorporating Directors’ Report) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025

We will scale our intelligence and prevention work by investing in technology and AI, launching a 24/7 Safety Centre to empower people to act before exploitation happens, and expanding sustainable funding to enable scale. By convening partners more strategically and strengthening our data infrastructure, we will reach more people at risk and equip a global network to disrupt trafficking systems.

We will relentlessly pursue our ambition: to make the business of trafficking too high risk and too low profit to survive. Through data, technology, and collaboration, we will demonstrate that trafficking can be disrupted at scale.

Statement of Directors’ responsibilities

The Directors (who are also trustees of STOP THE TRAFFIK for the purposes of charity law) are responsible for preparing the Directors' report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Company law requires the Directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law the Directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the Directors are required to:

The Directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the charitable company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Provision of information to auditors

Each of the persons who are Directors at the time when this Directors' report is approved has confirmed that:

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STOP THE TRAFFIK

(A company limited by guarantee)

TRUSTEES’ REPORT (Incorporating Directors’ Report) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025

Auditors

Mercer & Hole LLP continue to act as auditors to the company and in accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006, a resolution that they be re-appointed will be put at a General Meeting.

In preparing this report, the Directors have taken advantage of the small companies exemptions provided by section 415A of the Companies Act 2006.

This report was approved by the Directors on 11 December 2025 and signed on their behalf by:

Geraldine Lawlor Trustee

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STOP THE TRAFFIK

(A company limited by guarantee)

Registered Number 6657145 Independent Auditor’s Report to the Members of Stop The Traffik

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Stop the Traffik (the ‘charitable company’) for the year ended 31 August 2025 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, including FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charitable company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our 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 audit 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 other information comprises the information included in the trustees' annual report[2] , other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. The trustees are responsible for the other information. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. 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 course of 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.

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STOP THE TRAFFIK

(A company limited by guarantee)

Registered Number 6657145 Independent Auditor’s Report to the Members of Stop The Traffik

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:

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the charitable company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Directors’ Report or the Trustees’ Report.

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:

Responsibilities of trustees

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

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STOP THE TRAFFIK

(A company limited by guarantee)

Registered Number 6657145 Independent Auditor’s Report to the Members of Stop The Traffik

Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

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

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

Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, was as follows:

We assessed the required compliance with these laws and regulations as part of our audit procedures on the related financial statement items:

We assessed the susceptibility of the Charity's financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by:

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STOP THE TRAFFIK

(A company limited by guarantee)

Registered Number 6657145

Independent Auditor’s Report to the Members of Stop The Traffik

To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:

In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to:

There are inherent limitations in our audit procedures described above. The more removed that laws and regulations are from financial transactions, the less likely it is that we would become aware of non-compliance. Auditing standards also limit the audit procedures required to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations to enquiry of the directors and other management and the inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any.

Material misstatements that arise due to fraud can be harder to detect than those that arise from error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion.

A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: https://www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charitable company’s members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charitable company’s members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and the charitable company’s members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed

Steve Robinson FCA , Senior Statutory Auditor

For and on behalf of Mercer & Hole LLP, Statutory Auditor

Mercer & Hole LLP is eligible to act as an auditor in terms of section 1212 of the Companies Act 2006

The Pinnacle 170 Midsummer Boulevard Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire MK9 1BP Date: 7 January 2026

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STOP THE TRAFFIK

(A company limited by guarantee)

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (Incorporating an Income and Expenditure Account) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025

Note
INCOME FROM:
Donations and legacies
2
Charitable activities
3
TOTAL
EXPENDITURE ON:
Raising funds
4
Charitable activities
5
TOTAL
INCOME/(EXPENDITURE) FOR THE YEAR, BEING NET
MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
Total funds at 1 September 2024
TOTAL FUNDS AT 31 AUGUST 2025		 Unrestricted
funds
2025
£
398,545
625,354		 Restricted
funds
2025
£
-
169,456		 Total
funds
2025
£
398,545
794,810		 Total
funds
2024
£
207,582
1,159,517
1,367,099
60,708
958,641
1,019,349
347,750
121,893
469,643
1,023,899 169,456 1,193,355
78,188
973,111		 -
135,154		 78,188
1,108,265
1,051,299 135,154 1,186,453
(27,400)
457,043		 34,302
12,600		 6,902
469,643
429,643 46,902 476,545

The notes on pages 16 to 24 form part of these financial statements.

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STOP THE TRAFFIK

(A company limited by guarantee) REGISTERED NUMBER: 6657145

BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 AUGUST 2024

Note
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets
9
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors
10
Cash at bank and in hand
CREDITORS:amounts falling due within one
year
11
NET CURRENT ASSETS
NET ASSETS
CHARITY FUNDS
Unrestricted funds
12
Restricted funds
12
TOTAL FUNDS
12
£
248,309
436,697		 2025
£
1,135


475,410
£
135,793
473,071		 2024
£
583


469,060
685,006
(209,596)		 608,864
(139,804)
476,545 469,643
457,043
12,600
429,643
46,902
476,545 469,643

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to companies subject to the small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.

The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the board on 11 December 2025 and were signed on its behalf by:

Geraldine Lawlor Trustee

The notes on pages 16 to 24 form part of these financial statements.

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STOP THE TRAFFIK

(A company limited by guarantee) REGISTERED NUMBER: 6657145 CASH FLOW STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024

Cash flows from operating activities
Net income/(expenditure)
Adjustments for:
(Decrease)/increase in debtors
(Decrease)/increase in creditors
Depreciation of fixed assets
Net cash inflow/(outflow) from operating activities
Cash flows from investing activities
Acquisition of fixed assets
Adjustment to fixed asset opening balance
Net increase/(decrease) in cash in the year
Reconciliation of net cash flow movements to net funds
Net increase/(decrease) in cash in the year
At 1 September
At 31 August
Consisting of:
Barclays Current Account		 2025
£
6,902
(112,516)
69,792
399
(35,423)
(769)
(182)
(36,374)
(36,374)
473,071
436,697
436,697
436,697		 2024
£
347,750
47,592
(52,214)
399
343,527
-
343,527
343,527
129,544
473,071
473,071
473,071

The notes on pages 16 to 24 form part of these financial statements.

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STOP THE TRAFFIK

(A company limited by guarantee)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

1.1 Basis of preparation of financial statements

The accounts (financial statements) have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS102) applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with FRS102 the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland, the Companies Act 2006, the Charities Act 2011 and UK Generally Accepted Practice as it applies from 1 January 2019. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note(s).

The financial statements of the company are consolidated in the financial statements of Oasis Charitable Trust. These consolidated financial statements are available from its registered office, 164-168 Westminster Bridge Rd., London, SE1 7RW. The company has taken advantage of the exemption under section 400 of the Companies Act 2006 not to prepare consolidated financial statements. The financial statements present information about the company as an individual entity and not about its group.

1.2 Company status

The company is a company limited by guarantee, incorporated and domiciled in the UK and is a public benefit entity. Oasis International Association is the sole member of the company. The address of the registered office is 1 Kennington Road, London, SE1 7QP. In the event of the company being wound up, the liability in respect of the guarantee is limited to £1 per member of the company. Details of the principal activities of the company are given within the Directors’ Report. The accounts have been prepared in GBP and have been rounded to the nearest pound.

1.3 Going concern

The Directors have reviewed all material risks which may impact the organisation’s ability to continue as a going concern, including the current crisis around the increased cost of living. The Directors believe that despite any active risks, the charity remains a going concern. The Directors formed this conclusion by reviewing the financial performance of the organisation with reference to forecast levels of free reserves and cash flow projections. The Directors are confident that the Company has adequate resources to continue operating for the foreseeable future and, for this reason, the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the accounts.

1.4 Fund accounting

General funds are unrestricted funds which are available for use at the discretion of the Directors in furtherance of the general objectives of the company and which have not been designated for other purposes.

Restricted funds are funds which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors which have been raised by the company for particular purposes. The cost of raising and administering such funds are charged against the specific fund.

1.5 Income

All income included in the Statement of Financial Activities when the company is legally entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy and the likelihood of receipt of the income is probable. Income includes gifts and donations, grants, event and contract income as listed in note 2. Gifts and donations are recognised when receivable and grant income is recognised in the period applicable for the grant funding. Income received in advance for future periods is held as deferred income.

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STOP THE TRAFFIK

(A company limited by guarantee)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025

1.6 Expenditure

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

Expenditure on raising funds includes costs associated in raising individual giving income.

Expenditure on charitable activities includes the costs of educational activities undertaken to further the purposes of the charity and their associated support costs.

Irrecoverable VAT is charged as a cost against the activity for which the expenditure was incurred. Support costs are those functions that assist the work of the charity but do not directly undertake charitable activities. Support costs include back-office costs, finance, personnel, payroll and governance costs which support STT’s operations and activities.

1.7 Pensions

The Company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions are charged to the income and expenditure account as they become payable in accordance with the rules of the scheme. Pension costs relating to staff working on restricted funded projects are recorded as part of the restricted expenditure.

1.8 Debtors

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

1.9 Cash at bank and in hand

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

1.10 Tangible fixed assets and depreciation

Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost less depreciation. Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost of fixed assets, less their estimated residual value, over their expected useful lives on the following bases:

Computer Equipment 33%

1.11 Creditors and provisions

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

1.12 Financial instruments

The company has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value. Financial assets held at amortised cost comprise cash and bank and in hand, together with trade and other debtors. Financial liabilities held at amortised cost comprise bank loans and overdrafts, trade and other creditors.

1.13 Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates, assumptions about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and underlying assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an on-going basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period or in the period of the revision and future periods if the revision affects the current and future periods.

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In the view of the directors, no assumptions concerning the future or estimation uncertainty affecting assets and liabilities at the balance sheet date are likely to result in a material adjustment to their carrying amounts in the next financial year.

2. DONATIONS AND LEGACIES

Unrestricted Total Total
funds
Restricted funds		 funds funds
2025 2025 2025 2024
£ £ £ £
Donations 398,545 - 398,545 207,582
398,545 - 398,545 207,582
INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
funds funds funds funds
2025 2025 2025 2024
£ £ £ £
Grants 230,094 165,996 396,090 823,075
Consultancy income 395,260 3,460 398,720 336,442
625,354 169,456 794,810 1,159,517

3. INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES

4. EXPENDITURE ON RAISING FUNDS
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
funds funds funds funds
2025 2025 2025 2024
£ £ £ £
Salary cost on raising funds 78,188 - 78,188 60,708

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5. EXPENDITURE ON CHARITABLE ACTIVTIES

Travel and subsistence
Communication costs
Bank charges
Rent and office costs
Sundry expenses
Wages and salaries
National insurance
Pension cost
Recruitment costs
Consultancy
Equipment cost
Website
Depreciation
IT Support Charges
Advertising and publicity
Oasis Charges
Subscriptions
Training costs
Governance costs
Software charges
The costs above are classified as:
Total
Direct Costs
2025
£
1,046,383		 Unrestricted
funds
2025
£
18,705
5,298
858
12,000
7,406
579,240
68,966
43,487
646
103,115
15,458
7,026
399
19,848
11,362
33,756
11,211
5,303
6,468
22,559
973,111
Support Costs
2025
£
55,414		 Unrestricted
funds
2025
£
18,705
5,298
858
12,000
7,406
579,240
68,966
43,487
646
103,115
15,458
7,026
399
19,848
11,362
33,756
11,211
5,303
6,468
22,559		 Unrestricted
funds
2025
£
18,705
5,298
858
12,000
7,406
579,240
68,966
43,487
646
103,115
15,458
7,026
399
19,848
11,362
33,756
11,211
5,303
6,468
22,559		 Restricted
funds
2025
£
-
-
-
-
-
105,420
20,273
9,461
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Total
2025
£
18,705
5,298
858
12,000
7,406
684,660
89,239
52,948
646
103,115
15,458
7,026
399
19,848
11,362
33,756
11,211
5,303
6,468
22,559
973,111 135,154 1,108,265
Governance
costs
2025
£
6,468

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6. GOVERNANCE COSTS

Audit fees
Accountancy fees		 Unrestricted
funds
2025
£
6,400
68
6,468		 Restricted
funds
2025
£
-
-
-		 Total
funds
2025
£
6,400
68
6,468		 Total
funds
2024
£
6,050
68
6,118

7. NET INCOME

This is stated after charging:

2025
£
Auditor’s remuneration
6,400

Pension costs
52,948
During the year, no Trustees received any remuneration or any reimbursed expenses.		 2024
£
6,050
44,654

8. STAFF COSTS

Staff costs were as follows:

Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Other pension costs		 2025
£
762,848
89,239
52,948
905,035		 2024
£
648,364
67,890
44,654
760,908

Pension costs are split between unrestricted and restricted expenditure. Amounts are allocated to restricted expenditure based on the employees who have been working on restricted projects.

The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:

Charitable activities
Support activities		 2025
16
3
19		 2024
14
3
17

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Two employees received remuneration amounting to more than £60,000 (2024: one employee). The CEO, senior management of the Oasis Group and Trustees form the key management personnel of the company. The salary and pension contribution for the CEO was £75,738 (2024: £74,422) and this is a cost borne by STT. Trustees did not receive any remuneration or expense reimbursement in either year. The CEO of STOP THE TRAFFIK is also a trustee of Traffik Analysis Hub, and does not receive any remuneration for this role.

9. FIXED ASSETS

Cost
At 1 September 2024
Additions
At 31 August 2025
Depreciation
At 1 September 2024
Charge for the year
At 31 August 2024
Net book value
At 1 September 2024
At 31 August 2025
10.
DEBTORS
Trade debtors
Amounts owed from group undertakings
Prepayments and accrued income
Other debtors		 Computer Equipment
£
1,348
769
2,117
583
399
982
765
1,135
2025
2024
£
£
77,307
88,165
-
11,902
168,288
35,726
2,714
-
248,309
135,793		 Computer Equipment
£
1,348
769
2,117
583
399
982
765
1,135
2025
2024
£
£
77,307
88,165
-
11,902
168,288
35,726
2,714
-
248,309
135,793
2025
£
77,307
-
168,288
2,714
248,309
135,793

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FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2025

11. CREDITORS:

Amounts falling due within one year

CREDITORS:
Amounts falling due within one year
Trade creditors
Amounts owed to group undertakings
Taxes and social security costs
Accruals and deferred income
Deferred income included in the figures above:
Deferred income at beginning of the year
Resources deferred in the year
Amounts released from previous year
Deferred income at the end of the year		 2025
£
13,816
16,248
28,239
151,293		 2024
£
15,211
-
57,180
67,413
209,596 139,804
2025
£
55,083
144,892
(55,083)		 2024
£
77,170
55,083
(77,170)
55,083
144,892
12.
SUMMARY OF FUNDS 2025
General funds
Restricted funds		 Brought
Forward
£
457,043
12,600		 Incoming
resources
£
1,023,899
169,456		 Resources
Expended
£
1,051,299
135,154		 Carried
Forward
£
429,651
46,894
469,643 1,193,355 1,186,453 476,545

Restricted funds above relate to restricted projects that are for a specific purpose, including: AMAN Safety funded by Comic Relief, PAN-London Data Project funded by City Bridge Trust, Human Trafficking Data Projects funded by Swire.

SUMMARY OF FUNDS 2024

SUMMARY OF FUNDS 2024
General funds
Restricted funds		 Brought
Forward
£
85,520
36,373		 Incoming
Resources
£
1,072,474
294,625		 Resources
Expended
£
700,951
318,398		 Carried
Forward
£
457,043
12,600
121,893 1,367,099 1,019,349 469,643

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13. ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS 2025

Fixed Assets
Current assets
Creditors due within one year
ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS 2024
Fixed Assets
Current assets
Creditors due within one year		 Unrestricted
funds
2025
£
1,135
561,507
(132,999)
429,643
Unrestricted
funds
2024
£
583
572,795
(116,335)
457,043		 Restricted
funds
2025
£
-
123,499
(76,597)
46,902
Restricted
funds
2024
£
-
36,069
(23,469)
12,600		 Total
funds
2025
£
1,135
685,006
(209,596)
476,545
Total
funds
2024
£
583
608,864
(139,804)
469,643

14. ULTIMATE PARENT UNDERTAKING AND CONTROLLING PARTY

The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Oasis International Association (OIA), a company incorporated in England (registered number 04255992) and a registered charity (1098100). OIA is the immediate parent company and has the power to appoint and remove trustees. Copies of the Oasis International Association financial statements are available from its registered office at 1 Kennington Road, London. SE1 7QP.

Oasis Charitable Trust (OCT) is the Ultimate Parent and is a company incorporated in England (registered number 02818823) and a registered charity (registered charity number 1026487). Oasis Charitable Trust prepares consolidated financial statements which include the results of STOP THE TRAFFIK. Copies of the Oasis Charitable Trust group financial statements are available from its registered office at 1 Kennington Road, London, SE1 7QP.

OCT’s principal objectives are to:

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15. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

During the year the company made the following transactions with other group companies:

There were no other related party transactions.

16. SUBSIDIARY UNDERTAKINGS

STT is the sole member of TA Hub Limited (company number 11451182), a company limited by guarantee. STT’s liability as member of TA Hub is limited to £10. The companies registered address is 164-168 Westminster Bridge Rd, London, SE1 7RW. For the year ended 31 August 2025, TA Hub generated income of £152,863 (2024: £181,459) resulting in a surplus of £15,015 (2024: £11,232). As at 31 August 2025 TA Hub held total funds of £28,331 (2024: £43,346).

17. STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES – COMPARATIVES

Note
INCOME FROM:
Donations and legacies
2
Charitable activities
3
TOTAL
EXPENDITURE ON:
Raising funds
4
Charitable activities
5
TOTAL
INCOME/(EXPENDITURE) FOR THE YEAR, BEING
NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
Total funds at 1 September 2023
TOTAL FUNDS AT 31 AUGUST 2024		 Unrestricted funds
2024
£
736,032
336,442		 Restricted
funds
2024
£
294,625
-		 Total
funds
2024
£

1,030,657
336,442
1,072,474 294,625 1,367,099
60,708
640,243		 -
318,398		 60,708
958,641
700,951 318,398 1,019,349
371,523
85,520		 (23,773)
36,373		 347,750
121,893
457,043 12,600 469,643

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