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2022-03-31-accounts

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CONTENTS

Page 3 - Mission, Vision, Values, Purpose & Activities Page 4 - Report from Trustees

Page 5 - Appointed Directors & Trustees

Page 6 - Financial Accounts Summary

Page 7 - Report from Susan Sadler

Page 11 - Report from Support Staff

Page 13 - Case Studies

Page 17 - Stats

Page 18 - Group Meal

Page 19 - Learning

Page 20 - Mental Health

Page 21 - Setting up My Home

O U R M I S S I O N , V I S I O N , V A L U E S

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Mission, Vision and Values

A society in which every young adult has a safe place to call home and is positively engaged within their local community.

Our mission

·We pro-actively address needs to prevent homelessness in young adults aged 16 to 35

·We provide hosted accommodation at point of crisis and longer term.

·We work together with young adults, their families, and agencies to prevent homelessness.

·We provide a range of learning opportunities around tenancy sustainment and wellbeing.

·We provide an opportunity for people in need of our services to gain trust in people and agencies, feel dignified and not judged and to develop openness to new experiences

Our Values:

Respect

We respect the experiences, values, and ambitions of people at risk of homelessness.

Trust and Support:

We believe that when given support in a relationship of trust individuals at risk of homelessness can be enabled to find solutions to the difficulties that they face.

Safety and Security:

We recognise that everyone needs safety and security, including our staff, our volunteers and those at risk of homelessness.

Diversity and Equality:

We value diversity within the charity and in wider society and we strive for equality of opportunity.

R E P O R T O F T H E T R U S T E E S

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The trustees are pleased to present their annual directors’ report together with the financial statements of the Charity for the year ending 31 March 2022.

These are prepared to meet the requirements for a directors’ report and accounts for Companies Act purposes.

The financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006, the Memorandum and Articles of Association, and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2016).

The year 2021/22 has been challenging year for the Charity. With the hard work of Staff, Volunteers, and Trustees the charity has continued to provide support to individuals and families across the Redditch area who have homelessness and related needs, employability, social and emotional needs. Support has been provided by group support work and through work with individual clients.

The Charity has successfully raised additional funds to support its operations.

The financial position of the charity is secure, although additional funds are required in future years to maintain the same level of support activity

More work is now based on preventative activities although the provision of emergency accommodation is still an important part of our work.

A key aim of the Charity is to work proactively with clients to address issues at an early stage of intervention and to try to stop issues escalating which would in turn result in much harder and costly issues for other agencies to try to address.

The Charity provides targeted support in a reassuring and inclusive manner to its users, the feedback from our clients is positive.

I would like to thank the Staff, Volunteers, and Trustees for their support of the Charity over the last year, especially during this challenging period in all our lives.

The Charity has been successful in a range of new funding grants and bids, which has helped secure the charities future.

It is essential that the Charity continues to be viable so it can continue to address the needs of clients. We know the work the Charity does is valued within the community and we are grateful to individuals and a range of organisation’s, companies and foundations that have provided funding to the Charity over the year.

The Charity looks forward to continuing to serve its community and to working with partners to provide support to those who require our help.

The Charity ensures as part of its governance that and up to date risk management register is maintained and that the financial position is reviewed at each meeting, we also review the skills base of our trustees to ensure effective experience and knowledge exists within our trustee body.

Mike Hill (BA hons) ACMA ACIS

Chair

D I R E C T O R S A N D T R U S T E E S

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The directors of the charitable company (the charity) are its trustees for the purpose of charity law. The trustees and officers serving during the year and since the year end were as follows:

(appointed prior to 20/21)

Michael Hill Chair

Charlotte Sheppard Vice Chair

Gary Battersby Secretary

Glyn Johnson

Ben Costello

Andrew Hopkins Treasurer (appointed January 2022)

Liam McGrath

(appointed January 2022)

Matthew Wood (appointed January 2022)

Alexandra Stockwell (resigned November 2021)

Thomas Stockwell (resigned November 2021)

R E D D I T C H N I G H T S T O P F I N A N C I A L A C C O U N T S 2 0 2 1 - 2 0 2 2 S U M M A R Y

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INCOME 2022 2021
G R A N T F U N D I N G £ 1 8 6 , 7 0 7 £ 1 8 7 , 1 8 8
D O N A T I O N S £ 1 7 , 5 2 7 £ 2 1 , 0 8 5
F U N D R A I S I N G £ 3 5 £ 3 , 0 8 9
O T H E R I N C O M E £ 2 5 2 £ 3 , 5 9 5
T O T A L I N C O M E £ 2 0 4 , 5 2 1 £ 2 1 4 , 9 5 7
EXPENDITURE
S T A F F S A L A R I E S £ 1 2 8 , 8 7 6 £ 1 4 7 , 5 9 9
C L I E N T A C C O M M O D A T I O N £ 7 7 9 £ 4 , 9 7 7
C L I E N T E X P E N S E S £ 1 4 , 5 9 5 £ 2 0 , 5 0 9
P R E M I S E S R E N T £ 1 4 , 4 0 0 £ 1 5 , 8 8 8
G E N E R A L R U N N I N G C O S T S £ 2 8 , 0 6 2 £ 2 7 , 3 0 3
T O T A L E X P E N D I T U R E £ 1 8 6 , 7 1 2 £ 2 1 6 , 2 7 6

R E P O R T F R O M O U R C H A R I T Y M A N A G E R S U S A N S A D L E R

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At Redditch Nightstop we continue to deliver three core projects: our four-year Safe Accommodation and Support (SAS) project, for young adults aged 16 to 25 years, now in its third year, and two floating support projects, for young adults aged 18 to 35 years. Our contract with Worcestershire County Council for the FS 18-21years (25years for care leavers) is currently funded until January 2023 and our contract with Redditch Borough Council for the FS 21 – 35 years is currently funded until August 2023.

In addition to the funding for our core project activity work we have been successful in securing a range of smaller grants and funds with big impact that have enabled us to provide access to Mental Health and Wellbeing practitioners, fund essential household items, and relieve hardship.

Having a range of funding streams enables us to deliver our work holistically and remove the variety of barriers our clients experience, preventing decline and maximising the potential for growth.

From 1st April 2021 until 31st March 2022 , we have supported 107 young adults across all our projects, meeting our outcomes.

OUTCOME 1

Homeless young people will be safely accommodated, and have improved health and wellbeing

OUTCOME 2

Homeless young people will have improved life skills to sustain independent living

OUTCOME 3

Homeless young people will have increased resilience through improved support networks.

OUTCOME 4

Homeless young people will have reduced barriers to accessing education, training, and employment, countering social isolation.

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During this financial year, we continued to ‘flex’ our work activities, in response to Covid rules, the needs of the clients and the wider community. We safely returned to working face to face with our clients, and other professionals, in our workspace and out in the community. When it was safe to do so, we re-started the learning programme and we have undertaken activities to recruit more hosts .

Reflecting on the past year we identified that our work has evolved, clients are presenting more complex and unmet needs , without a support network , or sense of belonging within their community. For some clients support is needed for a longer period. In response we have increased staff time allocated for support work , alongside one-to-one planned support sessions clients can drop in to access support, we know that being able to have this access is valued by our clients. In addition, staff cook a weekly meal for clients, eaten together in our communal setting , familiar to our clients. To ensure clients feel safe and comfortable the meal is only for clients of Redditch Nightstop.

Returning to work directly with people and fully reopening our workspace has been important for us because the most defining element of our work, key to engaging clients and a successful outcome, is developing, facilitating, and maintaining relationships. During our assessments, face to face work has an important function, enabling us to observe physical appearance, including clothing and shoes, listen to and understand about situation, including their strengths. Understanding the whole situation, we can make a realistic plan with clients to meet their needs.

STRUCTURED PATHWAY that Is FORWARD-LOOKING. offers a CLEAR ROUTE. and EMPOWERS TRANSITION T* STRONG ORGANISATIONAL CORE Provide5 a stable base from which Young People can move forward Stable and available physical Space (office, supported lodgings) Provision for subsistence needs Support to access education, work, funding Stable relationships Timely and reliable response STRONG RELATIONSHIPS Internal between Staff - with hosts, young people, volunteers Hosts- with staff and young people Young People- hosts and staff xternal Nightstop- with community (business, publicl Nighstop- with other agencies, charity sector. sponsors and funders Relationships at Nighstop are characterised by Respect - Trust- Safety STRUCTURED WORKING PROCESSES STRONG CORE STRUCTURED WORKING PROCESSES Reasonable, well-communicated rules and processes Structured, pathway that remains 'forward'moving' Focus on positive activities Staff provides a professional supportive relationship Processes ensure safety for all. at all times STRONG GOVERNANCE Business planning approach Reflective and Responsive, using monitoring, review and insight Active board, who are clear •bout thair roias and purposes Mental Health - managing mental health conditions, support to access coun5ellingjsupportladdictions services, increasing resilience, reducing stress, developing self- esteemlself worth, increasing confidence. Physlcal Health - accessing health are, managing health conditions, living in a safe encironment, encouraging decreased substance misuse, healthier lifestyle and self care. Dignlty and Respect- being able to have basic needs met, being treated with respectldignity, having personal space and privacy respected, treating other people and their property with respect, enablesd to trust others and being trusted. Provlslon of Hollstlc and Personalised Support for Young People REACTIVE support- alleviating immediate risk of homele5sne5S PROACTIVE support- breaking cycle of crisis by enabling successful transition through information, education and expanded support network. Facilitating Access to Educatlon, Employment and Llfe Sk1115 Increasing Soclal Capltal Successful TRANSITION (Prevention and Allevlation of Youth Homelessness, Breaking cycles of crlsls) Maintaining holistic wellbeing Building andlor Stabilising Supportive Relationship5 Securing and maintaining suitable Houslng Solutions for medium- longer term. Empowered to take control of own future through developing skills, education, confidence and awareness of opportunities. Developing and Strengthening sense of future direction Theory of change for Reddirch Nightstop based on evaluation data collected and analysed by Tiller Research Ltd

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Alongside our external evaluation and impact report, we have regularly checked in informally and formally with our clients to ensure that they can direct our activities and future project strategy. An example of this has been the decision about the direction of our learning activities, completing project evaluation forms to help identify any barriers that clients may have faced when accessing our project or improvements to the service that they received (none were reported – phew!) Informally we have conversations at the weekly meal about our projects, our logo was changed as a result to include ‘support’ as they felt this was more representative of our work. The weekly meal provides the opportunity for conversation between clients and staff which can include topics such as the support Redditch Nightstop receives from the wider community support including fundraising events and grant funders. This demonstrates to the to the clients the wider interest and support, for their circumstances.

We would like to extend our warmest thanks to the local community, individuals, groups, schools, and businesses who continue to support us in many ways, by volunteering, giving donations of food, clothing, and furniture, and by holding events. This always has a dual purpose as it widens the scope of promoting our work, extending the reach of future opportunities.

The work of Redditch Nightstop is delivered by staff that have a genuine interest in their work. Naturally embedded is the Redditch Nightstop core values, respect, trust and support, safety and security, and diversity and equality, evidenced by the outcomes achieved. Each staff member has over 20 years of experience of working in this area, including specialist areas such as criminal justice, housing, children and families and youth. We are grateful that our work is supported by a committed board of trustees and volunteers, all of whom share their skills and knowledge to maintain and develop our work.

We have maintained positive relationships with funders, statutory organisations, membership organisations such as Depaul UK, Centrepoint and BARN, local business, and the public. We are grateful for their interest in our work, investment, and funding.

We are a small charity, mighty in our work, we sit at the heart of our community not always shouting as loud as we could about the work that we do (note to self!). We see the impact of our work daily and it is humbling to observe people finding strength when they are in such complex situations, taking the opportunity that we provide to trust us, gaining trust in people and agencies, feeling dignified and not judged and developing openness to new experiences . We couldn’t do it alone, we work with our clients, and alongside our clients, our volunteers, and the local community, for the benefit of all.

From our external evaluation in November 2021, it was reported

“Several clients have identified the support they have received from Redditch Nightstop as analogous to support they assume other people receive from family or personal support networks” (Tiller Nov 2021)

R E P O R T F R O M O U R S U P P O R T S T A F F

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The need for support or accommodation is usually the starting point for accessing our services. If accommodation is required our clients access different levels of support depending on their needs, ideally accessing all the activities that we have available including referral to external specialist practitioners.

Our activities are for single adults and families in times of crisis and longer term, homeless or at risk of homelessness. Our clients often present with complex needs, including undiagnosed learning needs, deteriorating mental health conditions, vulnerable to and experiencing exploitation, isolated and disengaged, often with no family, friends, community connection or specialist professional support involved.

Our support activities include:

Assessment of situation, to produce a support plan.

Graded Exposure, access to physical, mental health and wellbeing appointments, learning environments, education or training programmes, other community appointments including DWP.

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Our holistic and person-centred approach enables us to understand the needs, barriers, and strengths of those we support, to make appropriate referrals, gather evidence supporting the need for adult social care support, housing and mental health services and learning, leading to more sustainable outcomes. We really understand our clients, balancing the level of support that they need from us with their strengths. With our support in the right areas for as long as it has been needed, clients have maintained their tenancies, rebuilt and maintained relationships, learned new skills, become more confident, experienced an increase in self-esteem, trusted other people and organisation’s, and feel a sense of belonging and occasionally they will return to us for help or to update us about their lives…….including becoming a local police CSO, a Home Economics teacher, maintaining their home, managing their mental health and wellbeing, introduce their partners or new dogs.

A recent evaluation stated that we provided “a useful, helpful service which gives sound guidance in a caring, safe, supportive, and friendly environment……. Where clients…… feel safe and receive effective support that is tailored to their needs”. (Tiller Nov 2021)

Redditch Nightstop is the link for clients to access the wider community provisions and opportunities, a steppingstone to managing life and living.

OUR WORK IN ACTION: CASE STUDIES

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CASE STUDY A

PRESENTING SUPPORT PROVIDED CURRENT
CIRCUMSTANCES CIRCUMSTANCES
Homeless/Sofa surfing Supported to access Housing Housed appropriately,
options team comfortably, and locally
Experienced conflict with
parents Provided advice on staying Allocated a social worker and
safe whilst in temporary package of support,
Family breakdown accommodation reengaged with care leavers
team
Severe learning difficulties Referral to Adult Social Care
Maintaining tenancy
Educated at Special Provided advocacy
Educational Needs school Accessing professional
Gathered evidence to prove support
Placed in Temporary eligibility for housing, care,
Accommodation at local hotel and benefits All professionals now involved
understand their needs
Placed in temporary Liaised with DWP and GP for
accommodation and assaulted rights to health-related
whilst there benefits
Support needs not Established an appointeeship
understood/unheard by to manage finances
other providers
Set up utility bills
Not in employment, training
or education Provided Learning/cooking
skills
Tenancy Training
Funded white goods/
flooring/curtains

CASE STUDY B

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PRESENTING SUPPORT PROVIDED CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES CIRCUMSTANCES Bereavement Access the housing biding Re housed where they feel system safe Abusive relationship with the family member they were Tenancy related support Employed living with One to one weekly support Successfully maintaining their Waiting to be Rehoused tenancy Life skills including budgeting, Not prepared for independent cooking, shopping, Engaged in a positive living maintaining a healthy and safe relationship environment, managing Accommodated in an area relationships, coping with Managing money where they felt unsafe bereavement Not in employment, training or education

CASE STUDY C

C was referred to Nightstop as she needed a food parcel. After discussion with staff at the office, it was apparent that more support was needed. C’s mother died during C’s early teen years, and she was estranged from remaining family. She was suffering from grief and loss which impacted on her situation and life choices, and remaining relationships were causing her difficulties. She was housed but had an unstable housing history and was struggling to manage. C was in full time work; however, her earnings only just covered her expenditure. Her financial difficulties had worsened because she had taken time off due to covid and in addition C had experienced some historic substance misuse issues. C knew what was needed to improve her situation, however needed support to complete actions.

Staff worked with C to obtain a debt management plan via Step Change and to manage her rent account, reducing the balance of arrears. C had ambition to pursue a professional career, however, was not confident she could achieve this, and was not supported by anyone in her life to. C accessed her Nightstop support worker, weekly and eventually her confidence improved, and she pursued her professional career…..

Using our 'A Place to Call Home' we funded a bed and supported via our discretionary hardship fund we repaired her car window which had been damaged maliciously and was essential to get to work. C did not have any other means of affording this repair, and our assistance meant she was able to maintain employment. C has continued to maintain her accommodation and is thriving in her profession.

CASE STUDY D

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D was referred by a family member as the relationship between her and parents had become strained due to her mental health difficulties. Regular support was provided to parents to try and help them to manage the relationship and to access support from adult social care.Unfortunately, the relationship deteriorated, and D was moved into a private rented flat by parents who were no longer able to manage, and D was then referred to Nightstop for tenancy support.

All benefits were in place however D did not understand how to pay bills, contact providers and deal with the responsibilities of managing a tenancy. The flat was unaffordable, so discretionary housing payments were successfully applied for to enable her to maintain the accommodation. D was isolated and did not leave the flat, we referred to Adult Social care, and supported D to meet with the social worker for assessment which found that D was Care Act Eligible. D was provided with a package of care and support to manage her tenancy and to access the local community. Staff continued to meet with D on a weekly basis to build relationships and once established have been able to support her to access short courses and attend appointments in the community and access mental health support both via her GP and our Mental Health and Wellbeing project.

We continued to support her and parents to rebuild their relationship, including having realistic and achievable expectations of each other. D has successfully maintained her tenancy and is progressing gradually towards independence.

CASE STUDY E

E was referred to Nightstop as she was homeless and had an unsettled housing history. E had poor mental health and was supported to access temporary accommodation via the local council whilst awaiting housing assessment. Evidence was provided to support her housing application, which was accessed via her GP and educational services. Facilities at the hotel were basic, there was no laundry or cooking facilities, so assistance was provided to ensure E could access a launderette and food.

E was allocated a 1 bed flat and was supported via our 'Place to Call Home' project to access decorating equipment, white goods and basic household items and supported to set up her utility bills.

E was supported to access resources within the local community, and as a result engaged in volunteering opportunities. She has built her social skills and increased her network of peer support by attending our weekly lunches. Over the course of support, we have seen significant improvements in her mental health, as she no longer contacts us in crisis and is maintaining her tenancy successfully.

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“If I didn’t have Nightstop, I’d probably be in a ’ … really risky situation. I d maybe be in debt And I’d still be in the situation of not knowing what to cook or how to cook it.”

“I feel [Nightstop] has taught me some things in life. My trust in services has improved.” “Drop in helps with meeting new people and socialising with new people, it has helped boost my self-confidence.”

“It’s that I know you’re always there. And in my head that’s kind of a safety net, and I know if something goes off I can call you guys and say, now what do I do? How do I go about doing this?”

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STATS PAGE P A G E 1 7
Total amount of clients in 2022 107
Joined us in 2022 69
Been with us since 2021 18
Been with us since 2020 20
Total amount of clients in 2022 benefitting
12
from our Mental Health & Wellbeing project
Total amount of clients in 2022 helped by the
10
B&Q Foundation, 'A Place to Call Home' project
Total amount of clients in 2022 provided with a 60
food parcel/a hot meal
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G R O U P M E A L

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Our group meals are provided every week for our clients, we provide a nutritious homecooked meal and pudding, the table is laid, and we all sit together, to eat and chat. We are providing the environment for clients to develop a peer support network, and a touchpoint opportunity to seek support if needed, from each other and staff. Staff have observed the clients becoming increasingly comfortable in group a group situation, (the once nervous chatter throughout the meal has now become a comfortable silence when the food is being eaten, then slowly reverting back to conversation once again) developing conversational skills, checking out norms and values, building tolerance. They provide each other with advice and guidance, showing concern and celebrating each other’s achievements. The clients are welcoming to new people. This provision enables clients to develop the skills and confidence to move on to opportunities outside of Redditch Nightstop.

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Was honestly the best;
these get togethers do
wonders for my
mental health.
Thank you so much
for today guys. Always feel
so much better after being
there and the food was
beautiful as always!
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L E A R N I N G P A G E

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Our learning is available for clients accessing our support, the clients have usually been with us for a while when they engage with the learning. The learning is delivered in our environment, which is familiar to the clients and delivered by our staff who they feel comfortable with. Frequently, clients build up enough confidence to access learning or employment outside of our service, this is as a direct result of engaging in our learning and alongside the support that we provide.

Cooking Lessons

Studying

Budgeting

Craft Work Shops

CV Workshops

MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING PROJECT

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Our Mental Health and Wellbeing Project funded by Awards 4 All has provided 12 young people (10 males, and 2 females) with 45 one to one sessions with a qualified mental health practitioner. Males are less likely to access mental health support, so this has been a particular success. This service has been essential for those accessing it, as waiting lists via other routes are lengthy and often initially not face to face, our service prevents mental and emotional wellbeing deteriorating. Evaluation using WEMWEB self-assessment has shown an average improvement of 25.9% in mental wellbeing. Attached to this project is funding to purchase items needed to promote good mental health; purchases made have included beds, cooking equipment and gym memberships.

“Headgym has helped me with my emotional problems, I have benefitted greatly from this support”

B&Q - A PLACE TO CALL HOME PROJECT AND THE

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TARDEBIGGE IN SICNESS AND RELEIF FUND

A place to call home project has supported 20 clients aged between 17 and 35 to purchase items for their home.

The range of spending on properties was between £22 and £783

The Tardebigge Fund has supported 5 clients aged between 17 and 35 to purchase items for their home with a total spend of £2795.00

23 homes and lives, including physical and mental wellbeing have been improved by the grants

The range of items purchased has been from paint and equipment , carpets , curtains , curtain poles and soft furnishings . White goods and beds . We have also been able to fund house and garden clearance.

By removing furniture ‘destitution’ and the possibility of furniture ‘insecurity’* the chance of tenancy sustainment is increased. The young people supported through this project have had the opportunity to put their own expression on their homes making them feel comfortable and secure, they have successfully sustained their homes. The young people who have been supported range from single people to couples with children and single parent families. They did not have any funds to purchase the items needed and were unable to access the funds in the near future, even when they were in employment. The grant has been able to significantly improve their circumstances, including their physical and mental health and wellbeing, training and employment opportunities and relationships.

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written by Nightstop Client

Unit 4-5 Britten House Britten Street Charity No. 1138158 Redditch Companies No. 7302871 B97 6HD info@redditchnightstop.co.uk Tel: 01527 66036 www.redditchnightstop.co.uk

Redditch Nightstop (A company limited by guarantee) Report and financial statements Year ending 31st March 2022 Company No: 07302871 Charity No: 1138158

Redditch Nightstop Report of the trustees for the year end 31st March 2022 The trustees are pleased to present their annu81 dlrectors, report together with the flnanclal statements of the charity for the year ending 31 March 2022. These prepared to meet the requirements for a directors, report and accounts for Companies Act purposes. The financial statements Comply wlth the Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006, the Memorandum and Articles of Aksoclatlon, and Accounting and Reporting by Charities.. Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republ1¢ of Ireland IFRS 1021 leffective l January 20161. Our ur ose and actlvitles The purposé of the charlty is to.. '.W'orkwith young people, families, local agencl'es, schools and youth organlsations to reduce the. number of young people at rlsk of experlenclng homelessness In the Reddltch giea. Provide short tèrm, emergency accommodation and longer term supported lodgln8s in the hnmÈs.: of tralned volunteer hosts. Offer practical, emotional 2nd Social help throuEh the provislon of advl¢e> guidance aiid support on a wide range of life and Independent Ilving skills.. The year 2021/22 has béen a challenging year for the'charity, with the har'd work of Staff, Voluntèers, and Trustees the charity has continued to provide support to individuals and families across the Redditch area who have homelessness is5JJes 2nd employability* social 2nd emotional needs. Support has been provided bv ' group support work and through work with indivldual work wlth cllents. The Charlty has successfully ralsed additlonal funds to support its operktions._ The financial positlon of the charity Is seeure.'although additionalfunds are requlred In future year5 to. malntaln the same level of support actlvity.. More work Is now basèd on preventlve a￿1vItIeS atthough the provision of eniergenèy accor¥imodation is still an important P4rtof our work.

A surplu5 has been generated in.year apd thls lJ)creases ihe Charitles carrled forward overall funds, part.of this position was the result on proJe¢t income received durlng the Covld period when delivery was more limitedi providers are aware of thls and increased expendltyre to deliver required outcomes.in the overall project times¢ale framework are in pla￿. A key aim of the Ch"arlty'ls to'work pro-actlvely with clients to address Issues at an early stage of interventlon and to tryto Stop1s5ues escalating whlch would ID turn result In a much harder and costly i55ue5 for other aBencies to try to 4ddress, The Charity provides targetèd support"Sn a.reassuring and Incluslve mannerto its users,"the feed'b8¢k from our cllents15 Positive. I Ivould Ilke to thank the stsff, Volunteers;'and Trustèes for their support of the charity overthe last year especially during thls challenglng perlod In all our lives. The Charlty has been.succÈssful in a range of new funding grants and bid5, which has helped 5erure.the charlties fvture. 11 Is essentlal th'at thè Charlty contihuesto'be.viable 50.it can contlnue to addre55 the rjveds of cllents:. We know th¢ work the Charlty does is valued within the community and we are gr&teful to indlvlduals and a rahge of organisatlon's, companies and loundations that.have provided fundlngto tho charity over the year. The Chatlty looks forward to contlnuing to seNe its community and to work wlrh partneis to provlde sUPPOrt to those who'requlre pur help. The Charltyensures as part of its Bovernance that an up to date rlsk management reglste¥ Is maintained and that the financial position is reviewed at each meetin& we also revlew the skllls base Of our trustees to ensure Èffe"ctlve experience and knowledge exlsts withln our trustee body. The directors of the charitable tompany (the charity) aye Its trustees for the purpose LTrf charity law. The trustees and officers serving during the year and slncè thè year end were as follows.. Michael Hill Charlotte Shepard Gary 8attersby Glyn Johnson Or Benjamin Costello Andrew Hopkins Liam McGrath Matthew Wood Alexandra Stockwell Thomas Stockwell Chalr Vlce Chalr Secretary Trea9urer (Appointed March 20221 IAppointed March 20221 IAppointed March 20221 IResigned Nov 20211 IRèsigned Nov 20211

Members Guayantee The liability of e3ch member rs fixed at an amount not to exceed £1. The company is incorporated a5 a compally limited by 8uaranlee and doe5 not have a share value. Susan Sadler Charlty Manager Unit 4 & 5 Britten House the Old Needle Works Britten Street Redditch Worcestershire B97 6HD

Redditch Ni8htstop Statement of Financial Actlvltles For the year end 31st March 2022 2022 2021 Income Unrestricted Re5tritted Total Lottery grant WCC funding Tudor trust grant Tudor trust Covid 19 wellbeing grant Donations Supported lodgings client Supported lodgin85 housing benefit Fundralslng R8C funding Gift aid recovered Microgrants Bank interest 59.284 12,581 36,500 2,000 59,284 12,581 36.500 2,000 17,527 75,850 12.581 37,001 17,527 19,204 1,190 2,320 3,089 52,25 1,881 9,507 85 35 35 59,125 220 17,217 32 59,125 220 17,217 32 17,814 186,707 204,521 214,957 Expendlture Salarie5 Computer expenses Rent & rates General office expense5 Consuliancy Marketing Meeting expesnes office maintenance Phonelinternet Printing, post and statlonery staff travel & training Staff other expenses Insurance Hospitality Emer8en¢y accommodation- hotels Emergency accommodation- host payments Supported lodgings h05t payment5 Client expense5 Client hardship fund Fundraising costs Bank Charges Volunteer costs Affiliation & regi5t¢ation fees PPEICovid-19 Depreciation Client actlvities Accounrancy costs Trustee gifts 12,862 116,015 1,867 14,400 2,002 1,790 90 14 128.876 1,867 14,400 2.002 1,790 90 14 147,599 5,113 15.888 1,320 2,212 1.248 65 2,723 966 165 3,113 2,098 3,197 825 4,235 3.197 826 4,235 6,593 6,593 14 303 302 14 303 302 174 11,313 944 326 3.707 17,430 3,079 174 11,313 3,282 3,282 96 96 150 353 69 37 373 1.586 4,537 544 259 35 216,276 150 310 43 6,077 6,077 307 302 307 270 150 164,305 32 150 186,712 22,407 Net movement in funds.. 14,5931 22,402 17,809 11.3191

Reddltch Ni8htstop Ifleglstered number.. 073028711 Reddltch Nlghtstop Annual accounts to 31st March 2022 Balance Sheet 2022 2021 Non-current assets Fixed assots 7,880 13,281 Curr Cash at bank Debtor5 194,929 13,085 164.254 9,901 Current Ilabllitie5 Credito¥s Deferred income 3,878 31.000 3,728 20,500 Net current a5set5 181,017 163,208 Reserves- Restricted Unrestricted 45,622 135,394 23,221 139,987 181,017 163,208 The company Is entltled to exemption from audlt under Sect*on 477 oltheconipanies Act 2006 for the year ended 31st March 2022. The rnembers have not required the compènyto obtaln zn auditof it5 finaJclaS ststetnentsfor theyeir ended 31st March 2021 In ?ccordance with Sethon 476 of the Companie5Act 2005. The directors atkn0￿Èd8etheir responslbllltles for.. ensurlngthat the company keeps acwyntlng record5whlch comply wlth Section5 386 and 387 ofthe CompaniesAct 2006 and prÈparln8flnanci81 statements whlch give a true and fair vlew of the state of affaits ofthe comp3fTrYaS atthe end of each financi31 yEar and Df it5 profit or loss for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of SectlDnS 394 and 395 and hich titherwlse comply with the requiYÈmÈnts of the CompaniesAct 2006 relatin8to fir￿￿￿81 statements, 50 faras applicable totht comp8ny. These accounts have bÈÈn prepared in accordafi￿ ￿th the 5peci61 provisions of Pèrt 15 of the Conip3niesAct 2006 relatlng to small Com￿nIes. In accordantr wlth Section 444 of the Companles Act 2006, the IncomÈ St8tement has not been deliveTed. The finandal statemÈntswer& approved by the Board of Dlrectors on 7th November 2022 and were signed on its behalf bv.. ¥L fvll¢hael HIH Dlreitor Pa8e 2

Reddltch Nlghtstop Annual accounts to 315t March Z022 Notes to the accounts l. Accountlng pollcie5 The principal accounting pollcies adopted, ludgements and key sources of estimatlon uncertainty in the preparatlon of the financial Statements are a5 fDIIows'. 1.1 Ba￿$0 re an7tion The financial Statements have been prepared in 3ccordance with AccountinE and Reporting by Charitie5: Statement of Recornrnended Practice applicable to charities preparing thetr accounts in accordance with the Financial Reportlng Standard applicable in the UK and Republtc of Irelatld IFRS 1021 leffectivé l January 20151 Icharities SORP IFRS 10211. the Financial Beporting Standard applicable in the UX and Republic of Ireland IFRS 1021 and the Companies Act 2D06. Redditch Night5top meets ihe dÈfinitlon of a public benefit entity under Ffls 102. Assets and liabilitles are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accountlng poltcy notelsl. The Charity has adopted SORP FRS 102 Update Bulletin l and taken the exemption from preparin8 a siatement of Cash Flows on the £rounits of its size. In making this assessment the Company has considered a period 0112 months from thesignlng ot these flnancial statements and the conclusion isthe exemption criterla will still applv. 1.2 Pre r(ttion o tcounts on oin concern busffs The charity's financial statem211ts have been prepared on a going concern basis on the ground5 that current and future source5 of funding or support wtll be more than adequate for the charlty's needs. In a55e$5 going concern, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity will continue as a going concern and is able to meet 311 of its obligations 35 they fall due for a minimurn of 12 months from the date ol approval ol these financial 5tatemEnts. 1.3 Income Income is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the fund5. any perforrnance condition5 attached to the itemlsl of income have been met. It is probable that the income will be recelved and the amount can be meaSLJred ￿lIably. Incorne from government and other grants, whether'capital, grant5 or'revenue, 8rants, is recognlsed when the charity ha5 entltlement to the funrss, any ￿rforManCe conditions Bltached to the grants have beell met, It is prO￿￿[e that the income will be received and the amount can be measured r&liably and is not deferred, ntin Unrestricted funds are 3vailable to Spend on actSvities that further any of the purposes of charity. Re5trlcted funrts are donations which the donor has specified are to be solely used for particular8rea5 af the tharit5ls work or for specific projects being undertaken by the ha¥ity. Appropriate expenditure is allocated against such funds.

1.5 fon ible ixed ttssets The cost of fixed assets Is their purchase cosr, togeiher with any ir5cidental expenses of acquisltlon. Depreciation 15 calculated so as to write off the cost of tangible fixed assets less their estimared residual values, over the expected useful economic Ilves of the a55ets concerned. The principal annual rates and ba5e5 Used for thls purpose are.. EqLtipment.. srralght line over 5 years Office Improvernents.. stra*ht line over S years Computer Eoulpment.. Straight line over 3 years 1.6 Debtors Trade and other debtors a￿ recognlsed at the settlement amount d￿e alter any trade dlscounl offered. p￿paymentS are valued at the amount prepaid net LJf any frade diswunts due 1.7 Cosh Gtbonkond hLrnd Cash at bank and cash in hènd Includes cash within the turrent accouni as well as cash within the deposit account and petty cash retalned for Immaterial expetsditure. 1.8 C￿dItOrS und rOvis￿nS Creditofs and provisions are reco8ni5ed where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably res(Jlt In the transFer of funds to 3 third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estirnated reliably. Credirors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing lor any trade discounts due. 1.9 Penslons EmployÈes of the charity are entitled to join a defined contribution scheme. The charity contribution is restricted to the contributlons dlsclosed In note 3. There were no outstanding contributlons kt the year end. ThÈ costs of the defined contribution scheme are included within salary costs and charged in proportion to the fundSW￿th they relate to.

  1. Flxed Assets Offl¢e lThpr(wements Computer Equipment Equlpment Total Cost at 0110412Q21 3,720 11.623 8,360 23,703 Additions 711 711 Cost at 31/0312022 4,431 11,623 8,360 24,414 Depreciation at 0110412021 1.787 6.848 1,821 10,456 Charge for year 797 2,652 2,630 6,078 Depreciation at 3110312022 2,S83 9,5 4,451 16,534 Netbook value at 0110412021 1,933 4,775 6,540 13,247 Netbook value at 3110312022 1,848 2,113 3,910 7,880 3, 5tatt costs and trustees, emoluments Total staff costs were as follows: 2022 118.936 6,208 3.673 128,816 2021 135,848 7.720 4,031 147,599 Salarfes and wages Soclal security costs Pen5K)n costs No ernployeÈs received remuneration of more than £60,000 during the year. Trustees, who are also director5, received no rÈmunÈration or expenses and act on a voluntary basis12021.' Enill. No. The rnonthly number of employees during the year..
  2. Operating lease commitments As at 31 March 2022 the charity had future minimum lease paymenrs under non-cancellable operating leases as follows.. 2022 2021 14,4(10 14,400 14,400 28.800 Within one year Between one and five years 28,800 43,200

S. Funds reconclllatlon Unrestricted Rest¥icted Brought forward fund5 139.987 23,221 Movement in funds.. 14,5931 22,402 Funds to c¥rryfo¥ward 135,394 45,622

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report Report to the trustees/ Redditch Nightstop members of On accounts for the year Charity no ended[31 March 2022 ] (if any)[1138158] Set out on pages 1 to 9 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/03/2022. Responsibilities and As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of report accounts in accordance with 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 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention in connection with the examination gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

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

Signed:
Name:
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body
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Address:
 22/11/22
Arthur John Bibbey
ACA/ICAEW
The Old Rectory, 407 Stourbridge Road, Catshill
Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B61 9LG

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Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

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