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2023-03-31-accounts

Company registration number: 06675269 Charity registration number: 1129979

POW Nottingham

(A company limited by guarantee) Annual Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2023

Community Accounting Plus Units 1 & 2 North West 41 Talbot Street Nottingham NG1 5GL

POW Nottingham

Contents

Reference and Administrative Details 1
Trustees' Report 2 to 7
Independent Examiner's Report 8
Statement of Financial Activities 9 to 10
Balance Sheet 11
Notes to the Financial Statements 12 to 21

POW Nottingham

Reference and Administrative Details

Trustees Clive Shirland Tarze Edwards-Small Corrine Miller Dr Larissa Sandy Deirdre Bowen Senior Management Team Jessica Brannan, CEO Valerie Ross, Senior Manager Registered Office 16 Independent Street Nottingham NG7 3LN Company Registration Number 06675269 Charity Registration Number 1129979 Independent Examiner John O'Brien, employee of Community Accounting Plus Units 1 & 2 North West 41 Talbot Street Nottingham NG1 5GL

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POW Nottingham

Trustees' Report

The trustees, who are directors for the purposes of company law, present the annual report together with the financial statements of the charitable company for the year ended 31 March 2023.

Trustees and officers

The trustees and officers serving during the year and since the year end were as follows:

Trustees: Clive Shirland Tarze Edwards-Small Corrine Miller Yvonne Lovett (resigned 13 October 2022) Dr Larissa Sandy Deirdre Bowen (appointed 13 October 2022)

Structure, governance and management

Nature of governing document

The charity is a company limited by guarantee and registered charity. It is operated under the rules of its memorandum and articles of association dated 18/08/2008 and most recently amended 27/04/2009. It has no share capital and the liability of each member in the event of winding-up is limited to £1.

Recruitment and appointment of trustees

The Committee of Management is made up of the members outlined within the charity information, and are “the directors” of the charity. They are appointed on an annual basis at the Annual General Meeting.

POW Nottingham is fortunate that it has a core of trustees with a wealth of experience. The directors represent a range of skills and knowledge that engenders informed and intelligent debate on the issues POW Nottingham faces for both now and the future.

Recruitment of new trustees is thorough and robust and designed to ensure that new trustees can add value to the organisation through the skill sets they possess.

Objectives and activities

Objects and aims

To preserve and protect good health, relieve financial hardship and advance education of those involved or who have been involved or are considering becoming involved in sex work by such means as the trustees determine including:

A) providing sensitive, comprehensive and free drop-in and outreach services;

B) providing advice, support and counselling on such matters as sexual health, reducing drug use, family planning, social support, lifestyle changes and exiting prostitution; and

C) promoting awareness in the wider community and other voluntary and statutory agencies on all matters regarding sex work and drug use.

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POW Nottingham

Trustees' Report

Objectives, strategies and activities

POW Nottingham is a non-profit voluntary organisation that is here to ensure the health, safety and well-being of sex workers and those at risk of being exploited.

"We will provide the tools to empower our service users to be safe, healthy and achieve positive lifestyle changes".

POW was launched in 1990, when local women from the sex worker community volunteered to train as researchers to assess health and intervention needs of sex worker's in a disadvantaged area of the City of Nottingham. The World Health Organisation and ‘Nottingham Health Authority’ (NHS Nottingham City) funded this research. Gaps in the provision of services were revealed and as a result, sources of advice and support for working prostitutes were created. Since that time POW has evolved into a robust independent peer led charitable company shaping and changing the nature of health and welfare provisions for these socially excluded people.

POW's core aims are to preserve and promote good health, relieve financial hardship, advance the education of those involved in sex work and support lifestyle changes from those who wish to exit sex work. To achieve these aims POW provides an array of services and successfully engages with a very chaotic, vulnerable and hard to reach client group. POW clients have complex support needs relating to issues surrounding sex work, including Class A drug and alcohol abuse, homelessness, violent and abusive experiences and mental and physical health issues.

Main activities to meet these needs are:

A Drop-in service providing:

An Outreach service providing:

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POW Nottingham

Trustees' Report

Public benefit

POW Nottingham's core role is reaching a client group not usually seen by mainstream services. In addition to helping sex workers achieve their basic needs, deal with and avoid personal crisis; POW's new evolved approach achieves a lasting impact on our service users, which includes helping sex workers to:

• progress out of sex work;

• make links and engage with the wider community.

Sharing best practice with other organisations has always been a key part of our working approach. This will develop further in the coming years sharing further learning from our delivery and evaluations. POW actively participates in working groups/forums to influence strategy, in particular the local Clinical Commissioning Group strategy, and the Nottinghamshire Crime and Drugs Partnership.

Satellite Services are provided by a range of professionals to augment the support provided by the staff and volunteers at POW Nottingham.

The provision of assertive outreach visits to identified hotspots in the local community is a core part of POW's services ensuring that clients involved in ‘On Street’ and ‘Off Street’ sex work are accessed and engage with essential health care services. These sessions are a vital way of accessing new and hard-to-reach clients whose lifestyles are too chaotic, impacting ability to access other services. As a result, POW is also able to encourage new clients to access the other services on offer at POW, as well as to make community mediations and referrals in order to re-engage clients with mainstream services.

Outreach has a long-term impact on engaging individuals with substance abuse issues in effective treatment; reducing adult re-offending rates; supporting victims of rape and violence; encouraging vulnerable individuals to achieve independent living; and providing on-going support to individuals committed to exiting sex work.

The trustees confirm that they have complied with the requirements of section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission for England and Wales.

Achievements and performance

POW Nottingham have continued with broad ranging services; adding extra services and expanding our partnership work to better meet the needs of vulnerable people in Nottingham.

We have strengthened relationships with a number of key agencies, including Sexual Assault Referral Centre, Homeless Health Team, The Wellbeing Hub, The Health Shop, Housing Aid, NHS Integrated Sexual Health Services, Community Mental Health Team, Juno, Notts SVSS, Universities, Nottingham Women's Centre and LGBTQ+ Network.

In 2022-2023 we worked with 318 individuals, many with complex needs. As a result of this 54 safeguarding concerns were raised and managed.

Harm minimisation remains a top priority for POW in line with our values and ethos. As such, in 2022-23 we distributed 9,834 condoms to on-street workers though our drop in and outreach sessions. We also distributed 17,400 condoms to off-street workers. As part of the City and County harm reduction strategy we supplied 307 packs of foil and 740 needle to individuals. Our internal POW drugs clinic was attended 140 times throughout the year, with 47 of our clients in receipt of a methadone or subutex prescription in order to reduce or abstain from drug use.

POW supported 45 clients with alcohol dependency, 79 individuals with an addiction to crack cocaine, and 70 individuals with an addiction to heroin. These are the most prominent concerns for our client cohort and the harm reduction work through our clinic and close partnership with agencies helps us to reduce risk for these clients. Within POW we have 101 clients classed as chaotic (multiple needs including drug addition, homelessness, mental or physical health needs), 79 'stable' clients, and 138 who do not fit under either category.

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POW Nottingham

Trustees' Report

In addition to harm minimisation we remain a key service for vulnerable men and women to maintain good physical and sexual health. Our sexual health clinic runs on a weekly basis, and our Off-Street Worker also support those working in saunas and flats to access self-testing, returning swabs to the sexual health clinic for testing.

In 2022-23 POW worked with 140 active sex workers, 40 inactive, 12 how have recently exited, 11 who have returned and 112 who did not want to disclose their sex working status. During the year 128 discussions took place around wanting support with progression or exiting sex work.

In 2022-23 we continued our weekly partnerships with homeless health clinic, community mental health, and Housing Aid. We also held additional clinics testing for blood born viruses, such as HIV/Hep testing.

POW has worked with 129 professionals on 1117 occasions to support clients, and demonstrating increased partnership working.

Another top priority for POW remains safety for sex workers and those at risk. To this end we supported 32 individuals who reported a sexually violent offence and 24 individuals who reported the offence to the police. We discuss domestic abuse with 43 individuals and made relevant referrals.

Housing and maintaining housing remains precarious for many of our vulnerable clients, with it being discussed with 105 individuals this year. Our current information suggests that 33 POW clients have no fixed abode, 5 are street homeless and 8 living in hostels.

Throughout the year POW supported 80 people in crisis. This includes work with multi-agency teams around safeguarding, homelessness, probation, criminal justice, benefits, debt, drug addition, and mental and physical health.

In the last year we have continued to strengthen our work with the LGBTQ+ community, organising an upcoming knowledge swap with the LGBTQ+ Network. We had a lived experience volunteer offering support with our Netreach on LGBTQ+ specific online sites to sell sex. We have plans next year to evaluation our reach to the community and reflect on any gaps or further work we need to do.

We have continued to work closely with both universities, attending Freshers events, 'SHAG' week, and offering a further specialist event at University of Nottingham, and specific training at Nottingham Trent University.

Our RAiSE project working with young people is to now include young men as well as women, and look at all types of exploitation. There have been 47 young people engage with the service and 15 of those receive intense support around the issues they are facing.

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POW Nottingham

Trustees' Report

Financial review

POW Nottingham will see a surplus this year, mainly due to the timing of grant payments but also due to staff shortage, especially during the first half of the year. Going forward we now have a nearly full staff team and we envisage that our income and outgoings will be in line. Our position is comfortable going into the next financial year.

Policy on reserves

POW's policy is to operate with a reserve balance that will support POW for a four month period in a fluid funding environment.

Principal risks and uncertainties

Funding issues

It is an increasingly difficult funding climate for the third sector due to the cost of living crisis. Along with an increased demand on services and increased running costs to POW.

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POW Nottingham

Trustees' Report

Statement of Responsibilities

The trustees (who are also the directors of POW Nottingham for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the trustees' report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice), including FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland". The report and accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions in the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under company law the trustees must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that can 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.

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

Small companies provision statement

This report has been prepared in accordance with the small companies regime under the Companies Act 2006.

The annual report was approved by the trustees of the charity on .................... and signed on its behalf by: 18.12.2023

......................................... Clive Shirland Trustee

......................................... Corrine Miller Trustee

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POW Nottingham

Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of POW Nottingham ('the Company')

Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of POW Nottingham ('the Company')

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the company for the year ended 31 March 2023.

Responsibilities and basis of report

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

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

Independent examiner’s statement

Since the Company's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member and Fellow of the Association of Charity Independent Examiners, which is one of the listed bodies.

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

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

  2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or

  3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair' view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or

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

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

......................................

John O'Brien MSc, FAIA, FCCA, FCIE, employee of Community Accounting Plus Fellow of the Association of Charity Independent Examiners

Units 1 & 2 North West 41 Talbot Street Nottingham NG1 5GL

18.12.2023 Date:.............................

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POW Nottingham

Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 March 2023 (Including Income and Expenditure Account and Statement of Total Recognised Gains and Losses)

Note
Income and Endowments from:
Donations and legacies
2
Charitable activities
3
Other trading activities
5
Investment income
6
Total Income
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities
7
Total Expenditure
Net income/(expenditure)
Net movement in funds
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward
12		 Unrestricted
£
110,411
2,128
735
253
113,527
(39,392)
(39,392)
74,135
74,135
157,593
231,728		 Restricted
£
-
219,784
-
-
219,784
(220,105)
(220,105)
(321)
(321)
47,286
46,965		 Total
2023
£
110,411
221,912
735
253
333,311
(259,497)
(259,497)
73,814
73,814
204,879
278,693		 Total
2022
£
103,188
135,608
-
6
238,802
(314,723)
(314,723)
(75,921)
(75,921)
280,800
204,879

All of the charity's activities derive from continuing operations during the above two periods. The funds breakdown for the period is shown in note 12.

The notes on pages 12 to 21 form an integral part of these financial statements. Page 9

POW Nottingham

Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 March 2023 (Including Income and Expenditure Account and Statement of Total Recognised Gains and Losses)

These are the figures for the previous accounting period and are included for comparative purposes

Note
Income and Endowments from:
Donations and legacies
2
Charitable activities
3
Investment income
6
Total income
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities
7
Total expenditure
Net expenditure
Transfers between funds
Net movement in funds
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward
12		 Unrestricted
funds
£
103,188
851
6
104,045
(107,850)
(107,850)
(3,805)
(356)
(4,161)
161,754
157,593		 Restricted
funds
£
-
134,757
-
134,757
(206,873)
(206,873)
(72,116)
356
(71,760)
119,046
47,286		 Total
2022
£
103,188
135,608
6
238,802
(314,723)
(314,723)
(75,921)
-
(75,921)
280,800
204,879

The notes on pages 12 to 21 form an integral part of these financial statements. Page 10

POW Nottingham

(Registration number: 06675269) Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2023

Note
Current assets
Debtors
10
Cash at bank and in hand
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year
11
Net assets
Funds of the charity:
Restricted income funds
Restricted funds
12
Unrestricted income funds
Unrestricted funds
Total funds
12		 2023
£
3,265
281,391
284,656
(5,963)
278,693
46,965
231,728
278,693		 2022
£
1,862
214,978
216,840
(11,961)
204,879
47,286
157,593
204,879

For the financial year ending 31 March 2023 the charity was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Directors' responsibilities:

These 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 on pages 9 to 21 were approved by the trustees, and authorised for issue on 18.12.2023 .................... and signed on their behalf by:

......................................... Clive Shirland Trustee

......................................... Corrine Miller Trustee

The notes on pages 12 to 21 form an integral part of these financial statements. Page 11

POW Nottingham

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2023

1 Accounting policies

Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates

The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.

Statement of compliance

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice (applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)) (issued in October 2019) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.

Basis of preparation

POW Nottingham meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy notes.

Going concern

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.

The trustees assess whether the use of going concern is appropriate i.e. whether there are any material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the ability of the charity to continue as a going concern. The trustees make this assessment in respect of a period of one year from the date of approval of the financial statements.

Exemption from preparing a cash flow statement

The charity opted to early adopt Bulletin 1 published on 2 February 2016 and have therefore not included a cash flow statement in these financial statements.

Income and endowments

Voluntary income including donations, gifts, legacies and grants that provide core funding or are of a general nature is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the income, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured with sufficient reliability.

Donations and legacies

Donations are recognised when the charity has been notified in writing of both the amount and settlement date. In the event that a donation is subject to conditions that require a level of performance by the charity before the charity is entitled to the funds, the income is deferred and not recognised until either those conditions are fully met, or the fulfilment of those conditions is wholly within the control of the charity and it is probable that these conditions will be fulfilled in the reporting period.

Grants receivable

Grants are recognised when the charity has an entitlement to the funds and any conditions linked to the grants have been met. Where performance conditions are attached to the grant and are yet to be met, the income is recognised as a liability and included on the balance sheet as deferred income to be released.

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POW Nottingham

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2023

Expenditure

All expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to that expenditure, it is probable settlement is required and the amount can be measured reliably. All costs are allocated to the applicable expenditure heading that aggregate similar costs to that category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated on a basis consistent with the use of resources, with central staff costs allocated on the basis of time spent, and depreciation charges allocated on the portion of the asset’s use. Other support costs are allocated based on the spread of staff costs.

Charitable activities

Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities and services for its beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them.

Taxation

The charity is considered to pass the tests set out in Paragraph 1 Schedule 6 of the Finance Act 2010 and therefore it meets the definition of a charitable company for UK corporation tax purposes. Accordingly, the charity is potentially exempt from taxation in respect of income or capital gains received within categories covered by Chapter 3 Part 11 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 or Section 256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992, to the extent that such income or gains are applied exclusively to charitable purposes.

Tangible fixed assets

Individual fixed assets costing £500.00 or more are initially recorded at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.

Depreciation and amortisation

Depreciation is provided on tangible fixed assets so as to write off the cost or valuation, less any estimated residual value, over their expected useful economic life as follows:

Asset class Depreciation method and rate IT equipment 33.3% on a straight line basis General equipment 20% on a straight line basis

Trade debtors

Trade debtors are amounts due from customers for merchandise sold or services performed in the ordinary course of business.

Trade debtors are recognised initially at the transaction price. They are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less provision for impairment. A provision for the impairment of trade debtors is established when there is objective evidence that the charity will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of the receivables.

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.

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POW Nottingham

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2023

Fund structure

Unrestricted income funds are general funds that are available for use at the trustees' discretion in furtherance of the objectives of the charity.

Restricted income funds are those grants for use in a particular area or for specific purposes, the use of which is restricted to that area or purpose.

Pensions and other post retirement obligations

The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme for employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the charity. Pension costs charges in the Statement of Financial Activities represent the contributions payable by the charity during the year.

2 Income from donations and legacies

Donations and legacies;
Donations from companies, trusts and similar
proceeds
Donations from individuals
Grants, including capital grants;
Government grants
Grants from other charities		 Unrestricted
funds
General
£
27,250
2,022
45,100
36,039
110,411		 Total
2023
£
27,250
2,022
45,100
36,039
110,411		 Total
2022
£
3,688
-
45,000
54,500
103,188

3 Income from charitable activities

Grants & donations
Sales & fees
Sundry income		 Unrestricted
funds
General
£
-
1,774
354
2,128		 Restricted
funds
£
219,784
-
-
219,784		 Total
2023
£
219,784
1,774
354
221,912		 Total
2022
£
134,757
-
851
135,608

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POW Nottingham

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2023

4
Grants & donations
Big Lottery
Boots
Denis Knight
J N Derbyshire
Just giving
Lloyds
Local Giving.com
LON SCH HYG & TROP LSHTM
National Ugly Mugs2
NHS Nottingham City CCG
Nottingham City Council
Nottingham Community Foundation
Nottingham Women's Centre
Notts Police
Other donations
Postcode Places Trust
The Henry Smith Charitable Trust
The Thomas Farr Charity
University of Leicester
University of Nottingham
5
Income from other trading activities
Local fundraising and street collection income
6
Investment income
Interest receivable and similar income;
Interest receivable on bank deposits		 Unrestricted
funds
£
-
-
1,000
-
505
27,250
135
-
3,500
45,000
-
-
7,539
-
382
25,000
-
-
-
100
110,411
Unrestricted
funds
General
£
253		 Restricted
funds
£
119,062
9,653
-
4,000
-
-
-
1,301
-
-
35,480
5,000
-
21,805
-
-
14,500
5,000
3,983
-
219,784
Unrestricted
funds
General
£
735
735
Total
2023
£
253		 Total
£
119,062
9,653
1,000
4,000
505
27,250
135
1,301
3,500
45,000
35,480
5,000
7,539
21,805
382
25,000
14,500
5,000
3,983
100
330,195
Total
funds
£
735
735
Total
2022
£
6

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POW Nottingham

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2023

7 Expenditure on charitable activities

Accounting & professional fees
Activities & events
Advertising & marketing
Bank charges
Catering costs
Cleaning & hygiene
Database, website & IT, telephone
Evaluations
Training
Equipment, repairs & maintenance
Hardship fund
Harm minimisation
Hospitality, donations & gifts
Insurance
Membership & subscriptions
Overhead charges
Printing, stationery & postage
Recruitment
Rent, rates & bins
Outreach supplies & van
Sundry expenditure
Utilities
Vehicle & travel
Volunteer expenses
Wages, NI & pension
Other staff costs		 Unrestricted
funds
General
£
8,118
25
-
862
-
347
81
-
-
2,785
-
-
494
944
454
(13,360)
54
-
66
-
235
147
-
171
34,192
3,777
39,392		 Restricted
funds
£
6,790
2,318
523
198
-
3,608
4,280
1,600
-
5,845
-
2,980
1,289
1,173
455
13,360
392
-
23,152
1,992
341
6,595
-
671
135,593
6,950
220,105		 Total
2023
£
14,908
2,343
523
1,060
-
3,955
4,361
1,600
-
8,630
-
2,980
1,783
2,117
909
-
446
-
23,218
1,992
576
6,742
-
842
169,785
10,727
259,497		 Total
2022
£
22,994
91
411
445
163
4,071
4,451
-
1,516
3,236
12
2,103
2,005
2,070
952
-
1,308
2,930
22,905
916
411
4,665
4,291
862
231,915
-
314,723

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POW Nottingham

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2023

8 Fees payable to independent examiner

During the period, the fees payable (excluding VAT) to the charity’s independent examiner Community Accounting Plus are analysed as follows:

Accounting Plus are analysed as follows:
Independent examination
Other financial services		 2023
£
1,270
1,928
3,198		 2022
£
1,210
1,593
2,803

9 Staff costs

The aggregate payroll costs were as follows:

Staff costs during the year were:
Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Pension costs		 2023
£
150,893
12,000
6,892
169,785		 2022
£
211,921
9,978
10,016
231,915

The monthly average number of persons (including senior management team) employed by the charity during the year was as follows:

Average number of employees

2023 2022
No No
9 9

(2022 - 8) of the above employees participated in the Defined Contribution Pension Schemes.

Contributions to the employee pension schemes for the year totalled £6,892 (2022 - £10,017).

No employee received emoluments of more than £60,000 during the year.

The total employee benefits of the key management personnel of the charity were £72,442 (2022 - £127,424).

10 Debtors

Prepayments
Other debtors		 2023
£
2,890
375
3,265		 2022
£
1,862
-
1,862

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POW Nottingham

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2023

11 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

Other taxation and social security
Other creditors
Accruals
12 Funds
Unrestricted funds
General
General fund
Restricted funds
Communities of Identity
Help through Crisis fund
Crisis work fund
EmPOWer fund
Building repairs/maintenance
fund
VRF fund
Awards for All
Boots Salaries
Henry Smith
Changing Futures
POW's Safeguarding Project
J N Derbyshire
Leicester Uni research
Safer Streets
SIPP
Thomas Farr
Wheatcrofts
Total restricted funds
Total funds		 Balance at 1
April 2022
£
157,593
1,744
402
18,616
24,434
1,670
420
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
47,286
204,879		 Incoming
resources
£
113,528
-
-
-
109,111
-
-
9,950
9,653
14,500
35,480
11,756
4,000
3,983
10,049
1,301
5,000
5,000
219,783
333,311		 2023
£
4,168
1,764
31
5,963
Resources
expended
£
(39,393)
(1,744)
(402)
(16,632)
(124,293)
(844)
(420)
(4,746)
(1,069)
(8,506)
(35,480)
(11,560)
(1,998)
(3,983)
(4,804)
-
(252)
(3,371)
(220,104)
(259,497)		 2022
£
5,998
5,648
315
11,961
Balance at 31
March 2023
£
231,728
-
-
1,984
9,252
826
-
5,204
8,584
5,994
-
196
2,002
-
5,245
1,301
4,748
1,629
46,965
278,693

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POW Nottingham

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2023

The specific purposes for which the funds are to be applied are as follows:

Empower fund supports the work of prevention, outreach and engagement and progression.

Henry Smith fund supports the delivery of our core services, specifically drop in.

Police and Crime Commissioner supports the work of the Police Liaison Worker.

Safer Streets supports the delivery of our street outreach work.

Communities of Identity was received as part of a consortium bid to fund creative art and personal development activities.

Awards 4 All funds the work of the Crisis Intervention Worker.

Boots funds our core services, including contributions to drop in and outreach.

Changing Futures fund the work of the Specialist Violence Against Women and Girls Navigator.

Charles Hayward funds the work of the Crisis Intervention Worker.

JN Derbyshire funds our core service, including contributions to drop in and outreach.

Thomas Farr funds our core services, including contributions to drop in and outreach.

Wheatcroft funds the work of the Crisis Intervention Worker.

Leicester University funds was to support a 12 week progression group.

Safer Inhalation Pipes Scheme funding will support the pilot project of providing clean crack pipes to crack users in Nottingham and monitoing imporved health outcomes.

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POW Nottingham

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2023

Unrestricted funds
General
General fund
Restricted
Big Lottery Women & Girls
fund
Big Lottery Reaching
Communities fund
Communities of Identity
Help through Crisis fund
Crisis work fund
NatWest Skills &
Opportunities fund
EmPOWer fund
Building
repairs/maintenance fund
Community Safety &
Violence Reduction Unit
fund
Coronavirus Response fund
VRF fund
Total restricted funds
Total funds		 Balance at 1
April 2021
£
161,754
48,540
25,977
18,876
14,463
-
3,508
-
-
-
7,262
420
119,046
280,800		 Incoming
resources
£
104,045
-
20,759
9,920
5,804
24,614
-
51,541
2,250
19,869
-
-
134,757
238,802		 Resources
expended
£
(107,850)
(48,540)
(46,736)
(27,052)
(19,865)
(5,998)
(3,508)
(27,107)
(580)
(20,129)
(7,358)
-
(206,873)
(314,723)		 Transfers
£
(356)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
260
96
-
356
-		 Balance at
31 March
2022
£
157,593
-
-
1,744
402
18,616
-
24,434
1,670
-
-
420
47,286
204,879

13 Obligations under leases and hire purchase contracts

Operating lease commitments

Total future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases are as follows:

Land and buildings
Within one year
Between one and five years
After five years		 2023
£
20,700
62,100
46,447
129,247		 2022
£
20,700
82,800
67,147
170,647

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POW Nottingham

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2023

14 Charity status

The charity is a company limited by guarantee and consequently does not have share capital. Each of the trustees is liable to contribute an amount not exceeding £1 towards the assets of the charity in the event of liquidation.

15 Analysis of net assets between funds

Current assets
Current liabilities
Total net assets
Current assets
Current liabilities
Total net assets		 Unrestricted
General
£
237,691
(5,963)
231,728
Unrestricted
General
£
169,554
(11,961)
157,593		 Restricted
£
46,965
-
46,965
Restricted
£
47,286
-
47,286		 2023
Total funds
£
284,656
(5,963)
278,693
2022
Total funds
£
216,840
(11,961)
204,879

16 Related party transactions

There were no related party transactions in the year.

17 Taxation

The charity is a registered charity and is therefore exempt from taxation.

18 Trustees remuneration and expenses

No trustees, nor any persons connected with them, have received any remuneration from the charity during the year.

No trustees have received any reimbursed expenses or any other benefits from the charity during the year.

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