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Unaudited Financial Statements
For the year ended 31 August 2025
For
One Voice 4 Travellers Limited
(Limited by Guarantee )
Registered Number: 6350995 (England and Wales) Registered Charity Number: 1132377
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Contents of the Financial Statements
For the Financial year ending 31 August 2025
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| Front cover | 1 |
| Index | 2 |
| Company: Information | 3 |
| Report of Board of Directors & Trustees | 4-7 |
| Chair report | 8 |
| Report of the Independent Examiner | 9 |
| Statement of Financial Activities | 9 |
| Balance Sheet | 10-11 |
| Statement of Cash Flows | 12 |
| Notes to the Financial Statements | 12 - 17 |
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Company information
For the year 31 August 2025
Board of Directors and Trustees: Lisa J Smith, Chairperson Isabella Buckley Mandy Freeman Kathleen Buckley Secretary Isabella Buckley Registered Office 1B Newbridge Stables Begdale Road Elm Wisbech PE14 0BE Charity number: 1132377 Company number: 6350995
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The Report of Trustees presents its report and the unaudited financial statement for the
ended year 31 August 2025
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Governing document
The organisation is a charitable company limited by guarantee, incorporated on 22nd August 2007, and registered as a charity on 28th October 2009. Our work is promoted appropriately through publicity materials, the website, and word of mouth within communities, and we have established excellent working relationships with a range of agencies and partners.
We take a person-centred approach to meeting the needs of service users, including appropriately supporting the cultural traditions, heritage, and wishes of the family members as well as their primary support needs. For example, One Voice 4 Travellers Ltd will ensure that a female support worker can work with female service users when required.
The company was established under a Memorandum of Association, which established the objects and powers of a charitable company and is governed by its Articles of Association.
Members of the board of trustees
Members of the board of trustees, who are directors for the purpose of company law and trustees for the purpose of charity law, who serve during the period and up to the date of this report, are set out on page 1.
Every member promises that if the charity is dissolved. At the same time, he, she or it remains a member or within 12 months afterwards, to pay £1 towards the costs of dissolution and the liabilities incurred by the charity, while they were a member.
Organisational structure
The board of trustees have overall responsibility for the company and meets regularly, every three months. In addition, the sub-committees normally meet monthly. Two senior managers are appointed by the trusts to manage the day-to-day operations of the charity. To facilitate effective operations, the two appointed managers have delegated authority approved by the trustees for operational matters, including finance, employment, and related activities .
Appointment of trustees
As set out in the Articles of Association, the chair of the trustees is nominated by members at the annual general meeting. They are elected annually by members of the charitable company attending the Annual General Meeting. They serve for one year but may be re-elected if nominated and elected.
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All members are circulated with invitations to nominate trustees before the AGM, advising them of the retiring trustees and requesting nominations for the AGM. When considering trustees, the Board has regard to the requirement for any specialist skills needed.
Trustee induction and training. New trustees undergo an orientation day to brief them on their legal obligations under charity and company law, the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit, the content of the Memorandum and Articles of Association, the committee and decision-making processes, the business plan, and the recent financial performance of the charity. During the induction day, they meet key employees and other trustees. Trustees are encouraged to attend appropriate external training events that will facilitate the undertaking of their role.
Risk Assessment
In terms of risk assessment, the board of trustees has conducted its own review last year and progressed this year on the major risks, which are being worked on to mitigate those risks. The trustees and people of importance, which means the continued strategic plan, which looks at finance, employment, and activities.
Trustees’ responsibilities regarding the financial statements
The charity trustees (the directors of One Voice 4 Travellers Ltd for company law) are responsible for preparing a trustees’ annual report and financial statement according to applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). Law). The financial statement is required by law to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the charitable company for the period.
Numeration
None of our trustees receives remuneration or other benefits from their work with the charity. Any connection between a trustee and a senior manager of the charity with a similar charity or community group must be disclosed to the full board of trustees in the same way as any other contractual relationship with a related party. In the current year, no such related party transitions were reported.
On page 1, the board of trustees members, who are directors for company law, trustees for company law, and trustees for charity law, who served during the period and up to the date of this report, are set out and promises that if the charity is dissolved while he or she remains a member or 12 months afterwards, to pay £1 towards the dissolution and the liabilities incurred by the charity when the contributor was a member.
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Objectives and Activities
The objects of the charity are:
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Reduce and support Gypsy, Travellers, and Roma families from any form of violence to or from the community.
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Promote good health, well-being and advance the education of the Gypsy, Travellers, Roma women, children, and young people. Also, through them, the men who are in conditions of need, hardship, or distress caused by or associated with violence.
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Promote equality of opportunity and good relations between Gypsy, Travellers and Roma women, children, and young people and through them, the men and settled communities.
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Promote sustainable integration between all communities and regions of all views and values.
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Support, enable, encourage, and provide Gypsy Travellers and Roma with educational needs and uptake of all other services.
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To encourage Gypsy, Travellers, and Roma who get their broader social, support, and educational needs met through signposts and referrals to other service provision. Also, encourage Gipsies, Travellers, and Roma to make positive contributions by supporting individuals to become active community members through volunteering and community advocacy. Also, provide a signposting and referral service leading to increased take-up of other services.
To achieve these objectives, the trustees have considered the guidance published by the Charities Commission on public benefit.
Our work is promoted appropriately through publicity material, website, and word of mouth with communities and forming excellent working links with a range of agencies and partnerships.
We take a person-centred approach to meeting the needs of service users, including providing support appropriately to the traditions, culture, and wishes of the family members with the primary support needs. For example, One Voice 4 Travellers Ltd will ensure that a female support worker is available to work with female service users when required.
Reserves policy
All Unrestricted and Restricted funds are always invested back for the running of One Voice 4 Travellers Ltd.
Benefits to the local community
One Voice 4 Travellers Ltd continues to be a focal point for the local community, regardless of Gypsy, Travellers and Roma families and continues to provide a full range of fully
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inclusive services. Our volunteers and staff reflect and continue to provide a full range of fully inclusive services. Our volunteers and staff are reflective of the local communities' support of our ‘everyone is welcome’ statement. This year has been one of the most difficult for many of the community members we worked with, with financial abuse rising notably due to the general position of country's general position and resulting changes in benefits.
Our services this year have been well received, attracting people of all ages from all Gypsy Travellers and Romany backgrounds.
Future developments
As last year and indeed throughout the years, we continue to identify needs within the Gypsy Travellers and Roma community. And develop ways of working to support these communities to support those needs. By continuously developing value services. We can promote and provide a holistic development approach. We continue to look to identify funding bodies; however, like all within the charitable sector, the problems of accessing funding have become more difficult year on year. Our work will continue to be project-based. The members of One Voice 4 Travellers, volunteers and employees are proof that with confidence and support, we can all contribute to the work undertaken.
The cultural competency training program developed by us in partnership with the Gypsy and Travellers community has become more fully established and recognised as a need by service providers working within these communities.
We continued to monitor and evaluate the internal monitoring of the financial monitoring overall and with individual projects during the last year. We are in the process of digital filing of accounts and thus will be prepared for the first quarter of 2027. Whilst this year we have incurred a loss of £31768, this is more than covered by last year's £160851 balance, plus we are waiting on income which has not yet reached our bank. This is one of the reasons that the proportion of the unrestricted has now been transferred into restricted and allocated to fund a ‘One-year project on research and a two-year support project. The charity Thus now the rested and unrested has now been amended to this trans fer has been amended to domestic change (see note 4 of accounts). We have had two registration but as we move forward, we are in the process of
We maintain both project and partnership work, which. As we go forward, we, like every previous year, continue to forge new working partnerships and, in doing so, have increased the support available to Gypsy and Traveller community.
On Behalf of the Board
Approved by the Board of Trustees
Print Name Lisa Smith
Sign a Date 19/12/2025[i]
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Chair’s report
This year, like last, has been uncertain, with not knowing who will govern the country. We also have the situation of asylum seekers and refugees. Whilst we have always had a small number of families who are Roma who are worried about saying they are both Roma and asylum seekers or refugees. This has increased the impact on our work as we support families to access services. However, we have been able to continue with our work and to access further funding to allow us to continue our support program.
This year, we have been able to work with 14.7% more families than last year. The main area for this work has been enabling the family unit to develop coping strategies and anger management tools, thus improving harmony and reducing levels of violence within families.
Our work on looking at our internal systems and development overall has allowed us to look at our Policies and procedures. Now we have a strategic plan for our work. Our Talk to me and Walk with me have ended this year; however, they have allowed us to work with to develop this area.
One of our outcomes for individuals and families we worked with was learning to listen to each other and believe that they have a voice.
Our work is always person-centred, none more so than the extremely sensitive work on developing sexual knowledge, together with researching views of health knowledge.
Of the twenty-seven volunteers who left us, the following reasons were given: Seven due to family circumstances, whilst we did not wish to be intrusive with our volunteers, all were given the opportunity through one-to-one meetings to have support with us. The majority (sixteen) wanted to start a family, three achieved full-time positions, and four had an increase in caring roles at home. We have also been fortunate enough to have eleven new volunteers join our group this year.
This has been a difficult year, but alongside this, we continue to work and develop our systems of working together with and supporting the GRT community and in doing so, have seen those we have engaged with grow in confidence in areas of understanding and dealing with domestic violence, abuse, coercion, and control.
Signed
Print Name Lisa Smith Date: 19/12/2025
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Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees
On the Unaudited Financial Statements of
One Voice 4 Travellers (Limited by Guarantee)
I report on the accounts of the company for the year ended 31 August 2024 .
Respective responsibility of trustees and examiner.
As the charity’s trustees, you are responsible for the accounts according to the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011, and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all of the applicable directions which are given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examination statement.
I have completed my examination and confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with it.
I have no concerns and have come across no matters concerning the examination to which attention should be drawn to this report to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Colin Umphrey
19/12/2024
Aylesham Caravan Park, Sandown Road, Dover, CT15 4LS
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Statement of financial activities (including Income and Expenditure)
For the year ending 31 August 2025
| Un Restricted | Restricted | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
£ |
£ | £ | ||
| Income | Notes | |||
| Income from generated funds | ||||
| Voluntary Income: | ||||
| Donations etc | 2 | 50 | 50 | |
| Grants | 3 | 25259 | 33399 | 58658 |
| ------- | --------- ------- | |||
| Total income | 25309 | 33399 | 58708 | |
| ---------- | --------- ------- | |||
| Expend | ||||
| Charitableactivities |
4 | 30404 | 60059 | 90463 |
| Net Income /(expenditure) | (-5095 ) | (-26660 ) (-31755) | ||
| . | -------- |
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| Net movement in funds for the | year | Unrested | Rested | Total |
| Opening balance | 68276 | 92573 | 160849 | |
| Reconciliation of funds | ||||
| Total funds brought forward | (-4815) | (-26988) | (-31803) | |
| Transfer between funds | 4 | (-44000) | 44000 | Nil |
| Total funds carried forward | 29796 | 99250 | 129046 |
The statement of financial activity includes all gains and losses recognised in this year.
All income and expenditure are driven by continuing activities. Notes are on pages 10 to 14 of these accounts.
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ONE VOICE 4 TRAVELLERS Ltd
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Balance Street
On 31 August 2025
Current Assets
| Current Assets | £ | £ | |
| Total | |||
| ………. | ………….. | ||
| Cash at bank and in hand | 129046 | 129046 | |
| ………. | ………….. |
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| Less Current Liabilities | |||
| Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 7 | 1513 | 1513 | |
| Net current | 8 | 130184 |
130184 |
| Unrestricted funds |
9 | 23256 |
23256 |
| Restricted | 9 | 99250 |
99250 |
| -------- | -------- | ||
| TOTA FUNDS | 129046 |
129046 | |
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These accounts are prepared by the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
The company is entitled to be exempt from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 August 2025
Members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006
The trustees acknowledge their responsibility for:
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(a) Ensure that the company keeps accounting records that comply with sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and
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(b) Preparing a financial statements which gives a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company at the year-end of each financial year and of its profit or loss for each
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financial year in accordance with the requirements of sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements so far as applicable to the company.
Approved by the Board of Trustees on 4/10/2025 and signed on its behalf by:
Print Name: Lisa Smitt
Signed:
Date 19/12/2025of
Chairperson
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ONE VOICE 4 TRAVELLERS Ltd
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Statement of Cash Flow
For the year ending 31 August 2025
Net Income (expenditure) reporting period £ (as per Statement of Financial Activities) 31803 Increase/(decrease) in creditors. ----------- Cash used in operational activities 31803 ----------- Increase/(decrease) in cash & cash equivalents in year £ Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year 160849 Total cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year 129046
Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 August 2025
1. Accounting Policies
Basis of preparation
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts by the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015)-(Charities SORB (FRS 102) the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.
One Voice 4 Travellers Ltd meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historic cost or transaction value, unless otherwise stated according to the relevant policy note.
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Income is included in the statement of financial activities when the charity is entitled to it, and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy.
Permanent endowment grants are dealt with through the Statement of Financial Activities when received .
Expenditure
Expenditures are recognised on an accrual basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered and is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates.
Taxation
Corporation tax is not provided for in these accounts. The organisation is a registered charity and is not liable for Income or corporate Tax .
Funds Accounting
Unrestricted funds: These can be used in accordance with charitable objects at the discretion of the trustees.
Restricted funds: These can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor pacifies or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
| 2 Donations and Grant Unrestricted | Restricted | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Income | Income | |
| £ | £ | £ |
| 50 | 50 | |
| Donations | ||
| Furlough income |
3 Income from Charitable Activities
| Unrested | Restricted | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Income | |||
| £ | £ |
£ | |
| Grants | |||
| Fenland District Council | 6700 | 6700 | |
| Cambs | 15361 | 15361 |
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| EU | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1421 | 1421 | ||
| Lloyds |
25000 | 25000 | |
| Cam | 259 | 259 | |
| Norfolk CF | 9917 | 9917 | |
| Total | 25259 | 33399 | 58658 |
Notes to the Financial Statement for the year ended 31 August 2025
4. Breakdown of expenses per projects
| Project ID ref |
wages Tax Ni Pension |
Office costs |
Training | Volunteers and Travel Costs |
TOTALS EXPENSE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OVTT M25 |
43490 | 1697 | 320 | 3759 | 49266 |
| OVWW M25 |
24260 | 1549 | 3193 | 29002 | |
| OVE | 1068 | 1068 | |||
| OVFDC | 670 | 670 | |||
| OVILL | 1400 | 9000 | 10400 | ||
| OVNA | 57 | 57 |
TOTAL EXPENDITURE £90463 (restricted and unrestricted)
We have a transfer of funds of £44000 from unrested 9000 into rested funds, which equates to funding of £12000 to fund research, and £32000 for DA Support
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As a charity, One Voice 4 Travellers Ltd is exempt from tax on income and gains falling within section 5 of the Taxes Act 1988 or s256 of the Chargeable Gains Act 1992.
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| 6 Net/income (expenditure) for the year is stated after charging: | £ |
|---|---|
| Independent examination fees |
1513 |
| Staff costs |
£ |
| Salaries, pensions, and National Insurance |
67750 |
The average monthly number of staff and Trustees during
| The average monthly number of staff and Trustees during | |
|---|---|
| This period was as follows. | |
| Trustees | 4 |
| Staff | 4 |
| 8 | |
| 7. Creditors and Accruals: amount falling due within one year | |
| £ | |
| Accruals |
1513 |
8 Analysis of net assets between funds
| Current assets Current liabilities Net assets at 31 Aug 2025 |
Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds Funds £ £ £ 29796 99250 129046 1513 1513 28283 99250 127533 |
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9 Movement in funds At 1 September 2025
| Unrested | Rested | Total |
|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | £ |
| 29796 | 99250 | 129046 |
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TOTAL FUNDS 29796 99250 129046
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