Company 1%8lstrAtion numiKr. 07311689
Charity registtalion nunber. 1138460
Sheffield Women's Aid
(A ¢othpally Ilmll¢d by guarnllteo)
A1￿U&l Report 4iid Plnnii¢l41 Stalemthili
for the Ye￿, Bnd¢d 31 ￿r¢h 2025

Sheffield Women's Aid
Contents
R¢fer¢iiG¢ and Athiiit)istralive Details
Chaies R¢port
Trustees, Report
3to 14
End¢p¢ndent Audliors, Roport
15toL8
SIAtenieiit of Fill4u¢ial Acilvili
19to20
Ba14Thrx Sheet
21
Stat￿)elIt of Cash Flows
22
N¢J¢¢S lo Ihp Financl￿ stateM+￿ts
23to33

Sheffleld Women's Aid
Referellee and AdmlKl8tratlve Detalls
Trujttts
Niwla Mosl¢y-Walia. Chalr
J&cqueline Davi8ou, Trcasur¢r
Fowl¢r
Nicolu Spe8ke
Sarah Sonn¢
Senlor Man•gement Tto
Hollie V¢nrt, a)1efExe￿I1V¢
Janet CJODdlth3011, Hoad of Op¢r&tioDs
Juli¢ O'Rourke, Lead Praciltioner
Charlty Re￿ltritIo￿ Numb¢r
1138460
CoinpAlly Re￿$trAtIon Nvmber
07311689
Regtstered Oflleé
159 Drvwry Lai
Derby
DB22 3QT
Audltov
Bamelt & Turner Accoiin1￿its Ltd
Imnwell Hou
6% West Gnte
Mansfield
Nuttinghamshir¢
NG18 IBJi
BAmk¢
Vir81tt Moiiey
681 Cli￿1¢rrI¢1d Road
Shoffield
S8 ORY
Yorkshlre Bank
681 Lknest¢rfi¢ld Road
Slieffi¢ld
S8 ORY
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She￿ie1d Women's Ald
Chair's Report
Cbalr'8 Report
l plellsed to pres¢ni ihe anwwl agcouots for Sheffiold Women's Ald for th¢ pttAod 2024n025.
I ￿￿Uld lik¢ lo tske Ihe opportuility to thank our CEO. Hollie V¥nn, tho leodershlp team, all Staff and voliinleerg
for Ih¢ir wnlihued d¢di¢atlon and coJnmltmeTh¢ to Sheffield Women's Aid, The board re¢ognige5 th¢ hard work
that ¢8¢h ftnd every m¢iiiber of th¢ ￿nsIstenI1Y illuslrntes to tho Charlty. We r¢cOgnI￿ wiilKJUt the
coininltsiienl of our sts¢tYtoam, w¢ would not bo ￿ere w¢ ore today.
I would also liko to th¢ take opportunlty to Ih8nk our ¢omml$$loner8 for thelr conlinued 3upport all those
that havo Idndly provlded us With to allow us to continii¢ to do the snlportant woik thot wa do,
The year of 202412025 marked a hlstoKlc year for Slieffield Womell'3 Ald. We were d¢liglitcd to ¢debr&le our
501h annivershry at Sheffleld Towtt Hall, Th¢ evenl WAS well attended and was a grvat dl$play of all the work w¢
have ￿hLoved to dNt¢. W¢ wero fortunat¢ to work alongside artlsls and ta ¢r?Hi¢ wonderfiil vlsual
d18plays for tlic ¢venl wlil]sl Als011081ing eftgaglllg 8p¢&kcr8. It wa8 an Incredible expÈi'ienc¢ lo bo part of And be
abl¢ to show Ilie hlstoric and oiigolnK Ch￿￿¢ Sh¢ffield Womeii'$ Aid ho5 ma￿0 to WOAneii and thllth'wL
W¢114ve hud ati excellent year In respect of donations, Thi3 Is in pait due to my fellow board member, Clai
Fowloi. wlio coiiiplcled a lengthy And ¢ballengittg 5P01150rod ￿Ik of Shtsffield and the Incr￿S¢ in m¢dia work
by our CEO, Hollie Vain aiid JaLiet aoodinaort, Haad of Opgr4t10118. Hollle and Jall¢t hav¢ been ¥ coiistant
Ptrs¢ii¢¢ h¢ bringlng aware]iexA 10 th¢ work of Sb¢ffield Womcn'8 Aid by way of thoir thiyaBoiii¢ilt wlth media
outlets.
We have also hfid an ex￿lIe11t year in t¢rniJ of dlver8ifyth8 the 2erVI￿ we ar¢ able to offtr wlth the lJi¢luJloii of
our dlspei'8¢d housiD8. W¢ ere gralethl for the opporlui)ity to Yary our service etid would likc lo Ihaiik Womthi
li) Soclal Hou$ln¥ ohd ReJoiiaiiG¢ for Ih¢ii' a86istsii¢o lft die of our s¢rvl¢es and or8aiii88lion,
W¢ ¢onlii?u8 lo thrive Iii a dlfficuli lands¢gp¢. The d¢niand for 8¢ryl#es reiMfti118 hi8h wid p￿￿)18 new
oh4ll¢n¥¢s whlcli we nieot with pa88lon. W# ¢c4iiliiue lo iiie¢t tlio ¢liollenges, overcome th￿C and grow.
Sftdly, dil$ repoiting p￿,10d sow the r¢signHtloii of our longest ¥¢alldin8 bowrd inember. Mour¢th Storey, MBE.
Mlluiien has bre￿ ali Integral part of the woiknen's movemMI aiid 51i¥ffield Wom￿1,& Aid, We all wlsh io th4iik
Miure¢J) for her service to Ih¢ oi%aiilshtiun and lier p¥¥sioii wlll reniali). M8ureen will contliiue with Shcffield
WonirAi'S Ald as all Ambussador.
Nleola Mosl¢y-Wali4
ChBii', Sh¥rfield Women's Aid.
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Sheffield Women's Aid
Trusteex, Report
The Iru51ees, wlw are diml(Irs for the purposes of ¢ompgny law, pKsent the #nnual report logeih¢r wlth the
fin#noial stslenicnts wid 8udilor8' report of the ¢harit&ble C￿lIp￿Y for the year ￿lded 31 Maroh 2025.
T￿stee5 nnd ofllcerj
Tile tLUStees ai)d officer.s serYlDg dui'liig Ilw yev4r slttce di¢ year cnd were 88 fiillows;
Nicola mos1￿-W￿l1a, Chair
Jaqu¢litte Davisoil. Tr¢gEurer
MHiireen StoiEy {r¢$lgned 4 September 2025)
Clare Fowler
Truytees:
Ni¢ol8 SpeBke
SJrah Soniie
Laura P8t¢h¢ll (rvdlgn¢d 23 July 2024)
StruotllY•> gov*rnftn£¢ And mAiio¥•m¢nt
Nalure ofgovmiliiy docum￿1¢
Th¢ ch4rlty IJ a ¢ompot]y Ilmited by guaroiileo and Ir858toird thNIty. It 58 operated under tb¢ rules of Its
momoranduib and aiticles of As￿1￿tIon d#lBd 12 Jiily 2010 ¥iid rt1051 re¢¢nily Am¢t]ded 25 Janliary 2024, 11 hos
no Sh#￿ c4pitAI and the Ilabillty of e4ch men)bEr Iii th¢ wont uf wlndln8-up 13 liinlted to £1.
Rtcrullnienl uppoliitni*il olliwsl
ASI iii¢inbers of th¢ Board of Trust¢u ftr¢ eleclod ea¢h y¢Ar al th¢ Annual Gon¢rAI M¢¢tlng and menibers Inay
bo rerflected or ir-appoiiil¢d. SWA Thi$tee posilioiis Ar¢ ￿¢TUlled throu8￿ o varicty of m¢Ans' Idvert181ng
locally and I'e8lonallyi iindert8kiiig tsi'getod i'¢¢i'uitmenl to increase diverse board In¢nibers, word of moutli. Ind
Ilwougl? str8l¢glo ¢Oftl￿ts. Foniitl InterYi¢ws ¥re lield following oppllo&lioll w)d 8hort-lis¢liig prooeu #lid
inducdoll perii)d ¢￿)ducted by the CEO.
iè tw$te¢ ￿ru11M￿1t prtJGess li 8Myported by & dedl¢ot¢d poll¢y to thijurn a lJr¢adlh aiid ran8e of reorultrti¥nt
proeess¢s irè oxplored to ensuir SWA Is A dlv¢r8e bowd In teims of sklllq stts and r¢fl¢ctln8 th¢ wminuolil¢8
We S¥ry#.
liidiic(lon nildi1￿1￿11ix ollriislees
Tho CEO is rNpon3ible fvr the lrtdu¢tlon of Thistees and Ide41tifylnB addltiortal trnining ii¢ed8, In
QDsultailoTh with ihe Chaii. of the Board. The Induction piDr¢ss for n¢w Tr1131¢¢5 Involves th¢ Lhalr, or 8noth¢r
Boord u1¢nib￿. oppointed by ho., ¢n8Mring that copies of Ibe do¢um¢nlfilion Ilsted below is mad¢ AvthiIHble and
cxpLained to ili¢ iiow tnembcr:
. Th¢ Meiiiorandum aiid Articlos of Assoclatiott.
• Suppoitliig do¢umentation- AlinJ & Objectlvu. key Pollcies & Procedur￿ otc.
. Roles & Responsibilltles & Delegated Autlioritles
Copies of tl)e 11108t r￿¢1]t aiiiiu81 accounts And managthiiont 4¢Lx)unts,
Airniigertwiiisfoi'sellliig kejp nldndge1i￿1i(Pelx￿nilÉI miiiiiiemrfon
SWA iises local and n4lionol beiicliinarkiiig against siiiiilar or8anis&lioiis lo diiure Its salar1¢8 for key Inon8%ers
fair slid reflect thelovcl of responslbility 11)ey liold.
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Sheffield Women's Ald
Trustees, Report
Orgrt•ilsffllvndlslrndur
SW A Is mon4¢d by a voluntary Board of Trustees, will) pBid Staff undertaking thc work of the orgaiii8Jtion alld
dealing wiib th¢ d8y lo dny Administration. The Board Ib¢ct$ ¢v¢ry other month. T￿k groups vA)i¢h I'¢port to th¢
Board meet whtsll neeessY4Ly, and th¢ B(}y4￿ con$id¢i's Quarterly Mana¥em¢nt A¢counts, Th¢ Bo8rd and staff
I￿rn togetlior 8gr¢e the forward slrat¢gy for Ili¢ organisalioii. in ¢onsultatlott witii s¢rvlce users, And set out in
our sti'o¢eglo busin¢ss plaii, Progress is moiiitoTed 8gains1 IE]¢ plai) olld rlsk r¢gi8ter, Riid policies and proceduR8
are r¢viewcd In & Yegular cyclc.
Tlio orEanisatioii has beth) iii exisleiice Is o cliarity siii¢e the 1970,3, and IB a150 IK)w a oh4ritabl¢ compaiiy
liinilcd by guarnnletr, in¢orporoted on 12 July 2010, Bttd registeK¢d 48 a ahaiqty on L¥ October 2010. Tlio
coinparty wa8 ¢8tablish¢d under A MemoraThdui)i of Atsoelalion which establlsh¢s tlie obj¢c13 8ttd powers of the
¢harltable company and Is goY¢rn¢d under Its Artl¢l¢s of Association,
Mgmb¢i% of tli¢ cliarlty guuiinl¢e 10 Colitrlbute an am(Minl not exLeeding £1 to the a83¢ts of the tharity lrt th¢
#v¢i)t of wit)ding up. T1ie total number of gudi gu4r4ntee5 It 3 1st 2025 w8s 6 (2024: 6). T1ie Trust¢as or¢
illemb￿0 f)f tlic cliAI'ity but dils ¢ntlilc5 tlie&ii oiily lo votit)g i'ight5. lllic Truslees have ii(Tr b¢n¢fi¢lfjl Iiil¢resl in
Ilie charity. All TrustC¢Y 8lvc Ihglr timo voliintsrlly aiid rec¢lv¢ 110 b¢iiefi15 froiii the ¢hJrity.
Objectlyw Rnd ictlvltle8
ObJ&Ys lliidNIMI
To rclleve and support w01n￿ 4iid childrcn wl)o hpve Suffered. or ar4 lii donger of suff¢rii)g vIn1￿)Ce fiDni
perpclrolors kttowii lo theiii,
To ¢diicate and iiifortii die publ1¢ iii all a8p¢Gts ofdomostio violence.
Objecllves, sli'uleglu ￿1)d rtcllvllles
Tli• mlllii #etivi(le$ und•Yto1(en IN rtlA¢loii to th￿e pulp￿
To piDvld¢ ￿G¢s8 to safe and s¢¢ur¢ l¢Jnporniy &c¢ominodailon for t}￿s¢ $￿'v10¢ ￿￿8 Ih•t ar¢ it rljk of
8ignlfi¢&nt hHnn, oi- ar¢ al ri.qk of honiolessnejs du¢ th¢ actions of a perpctivtor known to them, and ensur¢ tho1
they Are able lo acc&4R 8ale aiid 8tcui* pgnllaiKnt awomnwd&tion.
We 8UPPQrt feniale Survlvors of doméstlc abuse to make ohoiccs about thelr futuro, iiieliidill8 8UPPOrtitig tlwill,
Llirou811 3peei&llsl pracillioiiers, to r¢¢o8ni8¢ obuse and ￿lIt￿lI1118 bahavlour, uiiderstftnd the effect thlg 1188 ott
1l)cm Iiidlvld'ually, Ilieir Ghildrthi, frl¢nds aiid family. 8nd to prev¥iil r¢p¢al vicili*lsAtlon.
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Sheffield Women's Aid
Tru$teest Report
Rofuge Sevvlet for women Ahd fam111￿ affoeted by domesd¢ Abu8t
SWA are commls5ioned lo provlde two Safe Securc self-aonlained refuges, accommodating a tot81 of 37
R￿men and Ihelr Childr￿ at any one time. Slngle women ar¢ fi¢oepled into the 5¢rvioe and accomniodaled
Singlc 118elsmY4ller nots to ensure SWA maximise Iho 4ccoinmodalioTr to In#et iittd. SWA aro coinmlsgioiied to
provldc 8UPPQrt for an overage period of 6 11]ont115, however survlvors may r¢¢¢iv¢ support for a lon8¢r p￿ryOd
whilst 5p¢cialist pracliiloiiers suppoii to mov¢ iiito glternalivelpennaneiit a￿on￿nodd1lOll yaf¢ly. On¢ of
Ihe flats is an ¢Niergency Crash pad en4bllng 5Urytvoi* lo access SWA support oiit of oiTicc ho)Jts and is u8u8IIy
ceSBed by the Police or Soci81 C8Ye to T￿111￿1¢ a $wifi r¢spon3c and n)8k¢ 5urvlvor8 8af
8urvlvar8 are ass¢$sed by Shcffield Clty Coun¢il18 Hvusing Support Pathway to b¢ eligible for referral Into
8WA a¢￿￿￿0d￿lIon and to ¢n8Ul7 their priniary support need Is that th¢y are, or hav¢ b¢en, u victiin of
doinesli¢ 4bu5e (including ¢ofjnlve control) 8nd air at medlum to high risk of harm. SWA do not operato any
blank¢t exclvslons and as8¢ss eaGli referral on a ca80 by cas¢ baBi8 to eiisurè we able to me¢t Ilic needs of
survlvors. ChAldr¢n Mild youiig peopl¢ who are d¢p¢nd811ts of survivors ¢an also b¢ ￿￿0mm0dJt¢d wlih iio
liinitatioiis otl d8e or seL
Pots Aro I￿pIed at on• refijge site 8nd our di5per8ed aceomi)iod8¢1011 u SWA rKo8iii3e tlie bMrricr6 for Ilio$¢
I￿vIng with pely and the natlonal 5horta8e of sfyfe Accommodalion 8v8ilabl¢ to Survivors witli p¢lS.
DlJp¢r8ed
Diiriiib? thls perlod SWA111¢r¢ased Il)¢ii' disporsed 8ccoiI)niodalioi) wl)iili si15 $¢parately froin Ilie coihm155ion¢d
refuge ac¢oiiimodalioii, As the Woingn'x Ald Aiinuol Audlt hps hlghllglited, tho d¢mand for 8afe
accoillmodation ￿litIn110¥ lo outsti'ip supply, SWA are a¢iilely aware of the for woincn ind Lhlldren to be
blo to exit swl£tly froni &bu8lv¢ r¢lotlonshlps, and IlwoLl81i thls partnership 4nd developnieiil of addliional
a￿01￿1￿Udat1on w¢ are abl¢ to offer illoi'¢ a¢wmmodatloll Ih4n w¢ qre winmis8loii¢d to respoi)d to 11118 unmet
As all piDp¢rti¢J al'e s¢lfrycontain¢d It vn&l>les SWA to off¢r flexlble aeeominodailoii for wome41 aiid f&ffllllw,
&iid also to NcGrpi direet r8ferr41s, Ineaiilng 9wvlvor$ 08n re¢elve # prompt pathway Into th¢ aocoLiiniudalioiL
Dlirlng this reportliig period we prtseiit¢d thp d¢velopm¢nl of oiw dispeY8od dwoinmodatiotl 8t the nat101￿1
Wuiiien's Ald conf¢r¢iic¢ irt Blrmlngliaitt,
Multlyl¢ ftNd Cothiplex N¢od$
SWA aMomniodht¢ wom¢n ond Fainllles wltli a wid¢ dlvetsity find conipl¢xily of ne¢ds, whl¢h ian In¢lud¢ biit
iiot Ilmit¢d lo subslanca use. n?¢nlAI and phy81¢0l liullli,. disabllliy. laiigiiago barri¢rs ¢1¢. Hftving miiliiple
and tioinpl¢x needs att not baffl¢i'8 lo a¢cessin8 our support SWA work in a liiumA-lThform¢d way
rKo811isliis tlic Inl¢rse¢tlu% barri¢rs survlvor experleii¢e aiid the illauy w•y3 lil whlcli siirvivtsrs copo aiid
I'¢¢ov4r from donieslic abuse.
SWA seeks to balan¢¢ tl)e n¢ed3 of existi11¥ serYiGB usw'8 agalnsl iiew refen'als wlih siinllai. M¢e418, to ￿lsU
womeii and Ghlld¢xn are not plgccd at riyk. W¢ reservo the riglil to decliiie referrals wher¢ risk aiid saf¢ty may be
coiiiproniised. SWA worlc in parlneiBhlp willi ¢xteri)41 asencles to cnsiw¢ suppoit is inaxiitsl¥ed Hnd whwt
r¢quir¢d pddiilonHI siipport with ¢omplex tteedg is provlded.
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Sheffield Women's Ald
Trusteesl Report
S&feKyardliig
Child￿) and Adults Safe8uardii)& Rrtd Mallag¢m¢Trt of risk. is the ¢ssetttlal frarnework of SWA'S work 18
the com¢rstone of how ws work lo ke¢p Jiwvivoiy saf¢. Wheiy the￿ arc cOn￿rnS or ev1dern￿ Indi￿lIng thftt fj
8uivivor, hcr ChIldr￿ ￿ oih¢t8 may be Bt risk SWA will coinpl¢t¢ appropriate evidmc¢ Ihat indicates that th¢
s￿l￿1vOr or httr childmn inay b¢ al Tisk of114mi in tl* r¢fuge, or others may be et rlsk, SWA wlll requ¢rt
BddIti￿101 infoniiation and guid4ncc from prof¢sslon41s t1￿1 MAY be Iiivolved with Ihe f41nily b¢forc lakln8 any
de¢i$loii5.
11 is essen￿81 tliat all as5aqsmeiits ￿)i￿ld￿r exlsllng aiid polw1181 saf¢gugrdiiig i￿lle& und SWA ensure diat our
rigk 08SQ5sment8 {inGluding the DASH assessment) at ref¢rt'al are hs thorough es possibl¢. The 8aftty of tli¢
faMiIy* 8ftd others within th¢ rvfii&Y, staff and vlslioi's, ar¢ our prlorlty. Wlicr¢ Yisk is Adenlified as escalatin¥ and
8f4fegu&rding con¢¢rn8 q¢e presenl, 8WA will always make the wpropi'iate ¢orly interv￿110n6 Attd etk8ur¢ th81
survivots and famili05 ar¢ involved ui neasuM8 to 8UPPOrt koBpln8 Ili¢m sof¢. SWA h8B a natll￿ safeguarding
l￿d a¢ each r¢fug¢.
SAfcty Aiid Seeuiqty
Jlnsurlftz suNlvors or¥ $8fe wliere tli¢y Livo a key priorliy for SWA. 'I'o facililala Ihl.q oiir re￿8¢* have a raii8e
of Security ni¢Asures aiid equipnienl Iii plR¢e to •isur¢ wDmcii iiid fam111¢5 4r¢ safe. Eo¢h refuge has CCTV,
i¢oiir¢ e￿try and access 5ySt¢nis end they are ftAg8ed to Soutli Yorksliiir Pollce, Fir0 aiid Rescu¢ and
Anibulance ¥¢rvi¢e$ for a rapld rup()Iise. 1li¢r¢ or¢ con¢l¢rge 5vrvices oil boili sli¢s lo on%Lire Ih¢r¢ Is A staff
presence eacli eveiilng and oven)ighi Alongside an on-¢all rola provlded by staff. No v581￿ts aiy allow¢d on sile
unl￿5 Ihuy are aiyanged in advanc¢, of a prof¢J$ion•l rnittir¢, ui)l¥%q by ogreemenl,
EDcli flat Is self￿OntaInCd. whlch glv¢B 8re8lcr security of tonur¢ to ensuro thmo Is pi'lvacy for fomllios. and
tl)¢se aro oh¢Gked M(iiiilily for h¢fjlih aiid safety PUIISOS¢8. SWA have robust firo sjfety 8y$lenis across <a¢h site
thfit ar¢ l¢s¢ed twlce & ycar aloiigslde weekly fir¢ tests. To thrther moinliln safety oiid sc¢urlty ofilie ro￿8¢3
PO Box Is ￿Sed for all correspoiidoiice wid is Ili¢ SWA r¢gi5tcr¢d Bddres8. All surylvors prc ayked io odliere tv
iiialttthlDin¥ lh¢ coiitld¢iili41 locatioii and addro88 and SWA uiily use agY¢ed ¢oiitra¢lfjri ond taxl gcNices lo
cnsuiy tbe 8ddresy18 only disclosed on a iieed to know basla.
p¢cIAllsl 8UPPOrt
Eacli survlvor Ilas Ilielr owii iiamed key workei. aiid ¢hildK#ii ind yoiinE people 11gv¢ dedlaaled pra¢tllloiiorJ
aci'oss both 51t¢$. Followlii8 iijili¥l need8 ass¢ssin￿)ts, 8uppoil plbi)s Ili¢ii fomiulRt¢d with $urvivorJ to ¢r¢ito
a pi'.80n ¢¢ntr¢d ipproach, a88lslinB servl¢e iisers to r¢#¢h Ilielr 8ools and OLlt¢onies,
SWA hav¢ well Irain¢d gnd ¢xp¢rlen¢ed pr&￿IllOn￿ to assist iii or¢A8 su¢li as 8e¢uring the rl8lit to for
s￿rVIvOrS Witli no re¢oui'8e to publ1¢ funds, wi'llliig r¢port5 lo us518t lil ¢¥$¢ ¢onfereiices, flmlly Lourt nnd
¢ivIVvlinliial pveccedit)gsJ 8Nd delivering ¢r4vina-liifortti¢d 8roup wo￿. Sonie of our pr46iltioners 3peAk
colninu￿Ity la1￿￿0B¢S In lielp iiieet rl)¢ commui)iC4tion 0iid cultural needs of our tesidenls. PtM¢litloii¢Y& ttre on
slie over 5 dayy a we4k, evenli)g¥ And Baiik Holldays, lo be reswii$iv¢ to Survivor iieeds aiid take referr81s thore
flexibly.
AII SWA 81&ff worf¢ within a ts'auitta Infomied frain¢wot* und themselve8 receive itgular supeTvi$lon wnd
iiioiithly r¢flective practi¢¢ sessions to ensuwe they supported in Ihcir roles wl)Icli can b¢ ¢halleiigin¥.
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Sheffield Women's Aid
Trustees, Ileport
Movliig to Indepeudellt Ilvlng
Throughoiit th¢ir ¥l#y in our rofiig¢s. survlvor5 urn enwuroged to identily th¢lr asplralj0￿ and ure support¢d to
Achiev¢ ilieir goals, in¢ll￿1n8 nwve on into Ih¢ir own u¢¢onimodaiion. SWA hayo po8iliv¢ i'elation8hips wii
¢xlern41 provld¢LS Outside Df tl)e City Council, to wid¢n th¢ opportunlties for i)iove on. SWA will osslsl willi th18
process althig th¢ way> ¢0 giv¢ survLvof8 tlie br$1 po&8ible cl)&n¢¥ of suw¢5¥ Ill Ihv fvture. Wh¢r¢ support is
iieeded after i)iovlng oi) ind¢p¢nda)tly, SWA work wlili Sliell¢r to ￿)SUre tli*2¢ is A smooili traiislli￿1 Into
inlaimlng tliely owu a￿0mli10datioI1, ￿ w¢ll as applylng foi. gi'wits to a8slst tlioso wo support to li1￿ a
$mooilier Inov¢ oil experi¢11￿.
Piiblle beiieJl¢
Aiuiually tlie ¢hArllable aitM are rovi¢wed by die Board of Tr'uJtee8 Ind th18 anThual rcport revl¢w$ whnt Éht
8chl¢v¢men18 hove b¢#ii for SWA duriiig tlie ruportliid period,
Til¢ Thlstees hAvt r¢ferr¢d Lo ihe gUIdan￿ ¢ontAln¢d In tho Charity Cointtilsslon'j seneral guidinc¢ on piibll¢
brnetit when revlcwing the cl)&Ylty's aims And ObJ¢¢t1￿ atid in planniiig future Aollviii¢8, In porticular. tli¢
ThistetB ¢on8id¢r how planned actlvltlos wlll wnlrlbule to th¢ aiml and obJe¢tlv¢s that li¥vo been s¢L
Approximately 40tyA or the Oi'l￿)158110]I'S totil Inwnie is froni relit &nd SeN1￿ charge rBlatlng lo the l¢n4ncicJ.
Tliis iiiconie covers the r¢nlo1 of the bulldliiES. exp¢ndlture requlred to st￿k 41)d niaii)t8111 tlie tellanole8 and &190
¢overs.ioiiie of Ilio staff costs asso¢iated wirli ii)leiislve Iiou8ln% InaiiAg¢inuiL
SWA'S main source of Income Is d¢rived from Sh¢ffl¢ld Ci¢y Coiincil, Mthich ¢ov¢r3 both the rent and service
¢I￿rgO element for the bullding mairtlenance and upkeep) 8Lungsid¢ a wnlracl to dullver a 811PPOrt s¢rvi¢e to
sui'vivors. SWA engag¢ Iii • procurei)ieNt and ¢oinmlssloning process evel'y 3-5 years to coftcinue to 8eour¢ tlils
woik. In 2022 SWA, in pgrliiei'slilp wlih IDAS. $￿ur¢d the Safe Ac¢oinniodalkni l¢ltd¢r lo ertsur¢ tlit&e seThl¢es
r¢iiiained with spelialist provlders, with th¢ coiilract Awarded for a niaximum of 5 y¢ars. Th1$ provldes stability
for SWA 8t￿ e41ablvs us to secure addillon#l gxteniol thndlrtx lo 0￿MplI1￿eThI dia ¢oiniiiissioiied 8llPPOrt,
Additionally. SWA al'e 4iiooessfiJl In 8eGurlng & r•ng¢ of vKekly volunteer to bi'liii added value to Ilie
OY8aiii8fytloi) and siipport lh¢ op¢r¥lioi1Th1 Ndivity. In ai'eas siich as ¥ftYd¥nln& arts and ci'ofts, wrap8 aiid Ehats,
picni￿, WO￿ ready suppoit, wHlkiiig groups ond cooking 3¢891ons,
'I'he tNstees' wnfinn tli&l ihey have compll¢d willi tho rqulr¢n)•its of 8eeilon 17 of th¢ Cthori11¢5 Act 2011 to
have du¢ regord to Ihe publ1¢ b¢n¢fit 8uldanoe publl8hed by dio L'li8rlty Commi85iott for Engl￿)d Jnd Wqles.
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CelebrAtliiE 511 Yegrn of tAftsSnvI￿¥ wo￿. A Y¢8r In Rellectlon
111is reportlng pcj'lod inarks ali extraordlnary mil¢stoiie for Sheffield WDtsien's Aid (SWA)
our 50th
anDlv¢rs8ry. Slnc¢ our fourtdi118 In 1974 by a ¢oiDmill¢d gTh)up of volunteers. w¢ havo grown inlu A trusted,
Sp￿11￿15¢ organlsation supportlng women and ¢luldren ¢s¢aping domesll¢ &buse. As one of th¢ earlirsl Women'8
Ald groiips in En8land, oiir l¢gaGy k]88 helpEd shape the natioual mov¢mrnt Ihnt began in the¢ 1970s -
cotttlnue3 to in8plre ¢haiigo loday,
To honour half a eentury of Ilf¢vsAving work, we h031¢d a 8wles of Iiispirlng events, bringlllg 108eth¢r th6
women and ¢ot)ununili¢5 who hav¢ 5hap¢d uur joun)¢y',
• A LegAcy G0th•Y1￿￿'. We reiiilited pioiieeR4118 voluiit¢er8, early staff, and key parttter8 to r¢floct on SWA'S
hlylory and contribut¢ to oui. Jouyney Map, A ttm¢15De ¢clebr8ling fiv¢ decadés of pro£ress.
FundralsinE ftrr ¢he Futiii*.' A vibrant ¢ominunity fundraiser el CYooke8 Soclal Llub slipported oiir ¢onlinu¢d
work.
* CelebrAtory Art nnd Storytelmrig: Artlsl Emm& Dolatt of Vlrago Wom¢n'8 Arts worked with surylvors in
wod<slwps to oreate g Iieauiiful fAp¢slry, £ynilyollsln8 ihc sti.el￿th and r¢Jilleiioe of Ilii?8¢ we s¢rve.
A 50th AnnlveN*ry CclebvAtIoD at Sheffidd Toivn HHII.. Opoiied by Slieffiold City Coun¢il CBO Kal¢
Josep[￿, Ili¢ ev¢nl ftalur¢d powcrtknl spebku'3, iiicludlii8'.
ouz Kelly> CBE, Profwsov al￿ Dlreclor of tlw Chlld piid Wonian Abuse s￿Id1￿ Uiill at L()Jidon Melrop)Ilian
Ulilv¢￿1ty
,oSfirah PoolmAlI, D￿uty Chlef Conslable, sout￿ Yorkshlr¢ Poll
oBYe•kOu¢ Art$9 p•rfomiin8 u dixn)a plec¢ Inspiird by SWA'8 SI￿vIvOrs, 51oriw, which prvviously tour
local 8Lhools
oSAiyh LY￿ch, retlred Clr¢ult Judge, roflectin¥ vn Ili¢1¢8al syst¢m'¥ role Iii pmteeling wonien aiid ¢llildr￿l.
Kiiidly.Iponsored by Noyrie Wait¢ Sollcilors, Ihe #vent was 4 resoiinding suee￿- I chance to Ilonouf Our rts]t¥,
¢elebral¢ oui, iiiipi¢t, aiid recoininil lo our iiiissiort.
Th¢ cvenl waj On oppoilunily for All attendees lo hear spoHk¢r8 ¢el¢bralv tho work of our NMBII Ilfesavlng
chmiily. I'#vl¢w ai1 work and do¢uib¢nis w¢ have pl￿du¢¢d ovoi. the y¢ers nnd hear how our servl¢¢s have been
developed iiid 3hhped by suyvlvory, A woll￿dItIrtd¢d aven¢ ¢elebratJng our 50 y¢fits wa8 p lill1￿lone we ar•
Incredlbly proud of,
Equally, over the reportiiig period wv Mohieved 801ne po$iliv¢ outconi¢s wlth th? survlvotr w¢ siiPPQrted a¢rn88
our ac¢ominodplioii, Illl& liiclud¢s'.
98￿/• of4dult3 reported Iniproved mcntthl health iipon l¢#vlii£ SWA Bvppoi
. 94Y• ofmdults left ¢he J¢rYl¢¢ In A posI(Ive wthy
• 94Q/g ofsurvlyori leellllg saf¢r Rs ft rvult of ￿8111¢ uur support
90 /0 ofpirentj YecoKnlqiii£ th¢ linpAct Abuie hfii hRd on ihelr ¢hUdre
IOO•A of cliildr¢n *iid young people i￿pOrt belnLV 4ble lo Aceess tli¢r*peutle support whll81 In our
8èry1¢¢s wnd feollnE grnAteY well-belnE AB * result
SuNlvor8 wer¢ iiivolved in the teci'uilmeiil of iiew staff durlng dio reporti118 perlod, assl$ling w to rall¢
awaiyness in our media Ple￿ we d¢llY¢ird, and w)I'ked specifically willi our Board of Trusleeg lo shapo
inlcmal policiej. Thiy SWA'S approach io enqurin8 those wlfh Ilved exp¢ri¢nee aro centrtd Iii our
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Ovcr tIK period 5UPPOrt¢d BlgnifIcant lovds Df odulis. dilldrai and youiw people. The data below provldes
fvi'ilw iiiforn)&tion:
Nvmb¢r nfivrvlvorj 3upport¢d
Adult Suryivors $upported- refug¢
¢commodalion
56 of those suppoited weir pHrml&
6 women wrived into th# $eryi¢¢ pregnant
42% were betwoei) the ages of 25.34
40% supported were fi￿]ll ouisid¢ of
Slicffleld ar
Adult yurvivoiy sLipported
disper￿ accommodation (thls
was inore88lng durlng tiw reporting
perlod)
Childreii
and youiig people
iurvlvors supported
i'efii¥e
74ccothmodlltlon
S of thos¢ $upported
83% of tIios# sUPPOrted wei* from oulsidc
of the Shtffield area.
70
54,28% f¢nihl¢ cliildr¢n
45.72% mAle chlldren
26% of Childrei) and young p¢opl¢ wwv
￿et￿1n 1>16 ycai's of age, and willi 53%
bctwe¢n lh¢ ag¢s of 1-7 y¢ars.
42Yty inale ¢hlldi%n
Childreii aiid youiw peopl¢
8urvivots supported
dlspersed
acccminodalion
io
58Yty f¢mal¢ ¢hildren
33% of clilldren wid yoiing people wer¢
b¢tHr¢ii 12 ai)d16 y¢ars. 33% between 4
and 12 y¢ars.
33% under 3 years old.
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KquHIIty wild Dlversity velated Informhtlon
Adult
511rvivoi's
refijge
4ocummodatiort
94
SOY• $i¢ White Britlsh.
50% from Ethrnl¢ Minority gJDIIP8
Includin8'.
Paklslani.
Bongladeshl.
Chin¢>5$'
E8$1¢rn
EuropeDn.; Caribbeaii
S% of woiiien ¢xpeYience pliysical
dlsRbility oi. long terin h¢alth conditlon;
6<A of woin¢n Ideiitlfied AS expell￿￿1￿£
poor mmtal l)oalih
20% of woniNI.liav¢ b¢¢n wpport¢d wlib
411 Iiilw'prctor.
Adult survivorn
a¢¢ommodatlon
disp¢rsed
33% are Wl]itc Brltljh,,
67Y• are from Eihiilc Minorily gwju
iicludliig: Pakl&tAnl (l), CgrIbb￿lI (2).
Arab (l);
SOYf* of women oxp¢rl¢n¢¢ phy$l¢41
dl$4blllty or10118 i¢rm healtli eondilion;
80% of women i*ported ¢xp#ri¢n¢1ts8
puijr m¢nlRI h¢8lth.
33% of womeii hv4Va b¢eii siipported wlili
iry Ii)terpret¢r.
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Childrèn and young peopl¢
fug¢ accomniod&tlon
70
47% are Whitv Bi'i¢lHh.
53% are from Ethnlc Mlnority grollpA,
15% of Ghlldren I'Eported a dlsability or
loiig tci'm lioaltli Londltioii wlih IOO/o
¢xperl¢n¢hw & l¢oiiilii8 dlsAblllty,
Chlldren and youn¥ people
disperscd a¢wmmodatlon
io
100% of ¢JhlldYen ire tkom Ethnl¢
Minoi'ity ¥roiip$ In¢liiditsg.' Pakl8ldtii'
C¢ribb¢4n' whit¢ and bld¢k Afrlcan,
50% of ehildreii ¢xp¢ri8iiced 8 di98bllity
or li¢alth Condition.
Th¥ true impact of our work Is bat h¢Ard in 8urvivor#' own word$',
'AJler IiiL>vlng lo Ihs iwfugd, I have leai'ned mii¢h dboiil JJIY i'lghij and ivhal an al)Iul￿ relallonshlp Inily li.
Undei'slandlng IKY i'lghiw hqs InGI'¢ased Iwy confldenue Mi¢ll. Foi. l#slartLe, wheii lfii'sl ai'i'lved, J dldpj Ife#l
col￿de1￿ In piibllc spa¢ets. H￿lieVer, qrtei. Moklng a.fqfelyplaii wlfh ttiippoi'i ivorker, I knew ivhai i who￿ld
do Wlh¢ abuser s(nv ni¢ Inpubllc. Thls oulomuiloally bowlBd ¢onJ7den¢e. My suppoi'l I￿lwork has definlie
Impi'uved. I xoiv hav¢ afaiiilly iollcllur and t4m In rhe proceJs ofgeiilng a dliinrce. My iipinilgi'ollon £ri￿e5 hov¢
been iysolyed ihi'ough ali linmlgrallo￿ sollcllth,. l am allendlNg coll*¥e aJKI hav4 Impi'oved ivy ENgllJh. l'ei. I
sliwwly believe ihai ivhai happenedivt7s nol thyfaiili.
'Ev•iJJihliw hds ¢huMged, l ivas a yh¢ll mytell before coinlng hope, J ivuJ i'lddled 1wltlI A￿xIsty und dld nol
krtolv )vIMI ivould liuppen Io In¢ 47nd IKY son, If¢li Ilk¢ yoii gityw In i¢fiig¢ ivlmi'rf Ilk¢ ufuivlly and. (nome ofeoN)
Ivm'in¥d loyots $0 ivell. HnNeifly nol ilwnkyoii enoiigh. Ifl hodnol come hei*f¢ai' $opneihlng bad 1vo￿ld
have h4wpfiwd in me and (nanie of.ionj b¢caiiJ• (name ofpeiFelralorJ )iiui apttyehopoih. l nol niysolf und
hf hadsfr/ppcd¢v¢ryihlnx aivay nie,
'JiiJl ljelng oble lo lull( aboiil Iiiy eApei'l8n¢vJ andhovlng help liv￿ oble lo a¢e88i iyally hlped INe. Ieoiildn I
Ihunk Ihe sei'vlc¢ Enoiigh,. Ihe siqffiiiere hi'llllanl,
'laml¢ellng sqfe a17dhoiJÈfiilfoi' pjoifiiliii'¢'
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PIn￿￿tI#l revlew
Durillg Iliis repnrtin8 perlod SWA were foYtui)ate to re￿1ve fjjndiiig li) addition to the ¢ommi%siviied coThtra¢t
from Sh¢ffi¢ld City Couii¢il. Tho&e thi)d￿T WU¢:
SWA were fortUllE4te lo teceiv¢ an lutreftst hi eb4rlt¥blo doii•tloui from liidlyldunl doRor8 and compati1¢$
during this peiiod, Following nailonol loG&l m¢di4 pie¢e8 for ChAnn¢l 4 ITV Sh¢trield Wom¢n's Aid
saw thelr wDfilc In¢M80 attra￿ inirKe8t In oiir work, and w¢ would lik¢ to thank all Iho8¢ that took lh¢ time
tr) donal¢ to our life saving work gnd learn moj'o abolit what w¢ dol
Olle of our trustcej complotrjj a walkiiis ohalleng¢ to both ral8e thnds and &w&r￿eJ& of our work in
¢¢lebi'&ilon of our 50th yea¢.
. Doii#¢lons from AY¢hrex *iid Women•s Instlthtt who hava illadc SWA thair chos￿? charity for this period
have lllcludcd support widi houa¢liold iteikns (supportliig preparation for i)iovo oil). toiletfie8 and I￿￿￿1101d
essenilals; clothliig as woll Jlfts for ¢d¢bratiOD8 Such as Easter, Mothèr's Day, Bid and Chrlsliiigs.
PllotLlght fuiided a specific pieee of 8llPPQrt lo ￿￿ble SWA lo revlew Its 00v¢m￿￿ prowqses And
formiilate & plan lo flirth￿. d#v¢lop oiir 8ti'alegic plans.
• A doiiAtloth from PAVEYS Slhoes lo $upporl oiir aclivlties with guryIvw8.
• A vai'iety of dollalioiis speclficolly foi. odults and cliildren to lielp c¢l¢bral¢ aii.1stma8, r¢llglou8 ￿l?b￿tIonS
Aiid Eostar.
* Mngoiil¢ ehArlt*blo PouiJdg11oii - provldin8 £60.000 ov¢Y 3 yeats to enable the t￿NI¢ll}￿l of a Bpedall8t
¢hildraii wid yoiing P¢YNon'$ practitioner aiid ensur¢ over each r¢fuge tiiere is eqiiily of aupport ovllilabl¢.
Sheffiold Clty Caun¢ll addiilonally ¢onlribut¢d lo the funding for Ilils poit. The work r¢latln8 to th18 thndl
.will 81grl in the next fiiian¢lal y¢ar k)nd so 11118 fundln8 ￿ been defcriEd.
Pollcy oil i'a¢i've$
SWA aliii lo hold belwtt¢n 3-6 nionthy lolyl expeiidliure 85 unruti'icted iY&¢rves In otxkr to mee¢ ils Il&blllti¢s
fynd iii)foreseoll ¢xpendiliire. Umr*trlctcd Yeservos (foklns Iiito acrounl only ¢urr¢nt fr8Kts) a¢ the yeaTr¢nd
pre50nt aroiind 10 IM(InthJ' wiliclpal¥d totAI ¢xp¢ndilur¢.
C.un'¢nily total ￿serVeS £903,898 (2024; £596,912) tlies¢ ore tsiado up of r#strl¢t¢d re8erves £142,840 (2024.,
£174,133), de$l8iial•d ros¢r¥e8 for buildliig r¢palrs £86,394 {2024: £76,394) wld g¢iiernl fviid unreJlrl¢t¢d
r¢8ervcs of £674,664 (2024., £346,385).
The g¢n<r¥l ￿lId fr¢¢ r¢8erv¢8 after dlscounilrtg the fixed a$8¢ls value ainounl to £653J02 (2024.. £322,897).
Qiierterly budg¢l reportliig18 und¢rt8k¢n to Iwo$al$# SWA'S flnanclal position and mltL8ato any rfsks where
Iliere iiiay be a m8¢erial varlanc¢ that may affeel Ihe Chgrlty'8 oblllty to molntain ihe ourr¢nt level of r¢$erYes.
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Prlnclpal rlsks rtKdiincei'lnliill
Risk mL7nagenwil
Tlie Tru3t¢¢s aro r¢sponslble for id¢ntlfying1 88s¢ssiii8 and managing r15ks, fo th¢ organisatiun. oiir stftff and
senrice us¢rs. The Risk Register aiid Buslness Plats id¢nlify the slr41egic aims, 5tNcttir4 a¢livities, chall¢nge4
r¢sourKN rcquircd and major risks ts) whlcli tIK organi94tlon Is exposed. Th¢ Risk R¥8iSt¢r Is apwoved by tho
Board of This1¢¢5 annually ai)d ttviewed regulji'ly.
It 1$ the poliGy of tlie challty to mainlalii unrestrict¢d which li'e Ili¢ fre¢ reseryes of the cliarlty, at a lev¢1
Ihol ttquates to at l¢a8134 iiioiiihs ¥Jnrestri¢t¢d wiendilurè, Tlils proYlde8 suffi¢l¢nt fuiids to ¢ov¢i' I118iiag•Jnwit
and admiiii8tralion suppoi't Ixists 811d lo Rspond to emeryonw appllcatlon8 for bii%nts, which may arfs¢ from
Ilmo lo liiiie. Risk asses31nen¢ and niwMg¢i)ient 1$ uRdertak¢n and recor(led in relation to the ￿P￿IrL¢ serylcès
delivered and in r¢spon8C to gliaiiges iii legislAtioii and fiinding &vollable. Th¢ Finanee Poli￿ and l)ft)¢edur¢8
ouilliie thosu a￿liOr[S¢d to iiiak¢ paymettl4 pla¢e orders oiid lake other R¢lions wlth fu]oncial ¢ort$equ¢n¢cs,
Durliig tlilj r¢wling wlod wo att¢lclpated u fjiiitt¢lal 11112reA80 to oiir ¢xp￿d11Ur¢ ftillowing the proposed
Nalioiial Iiisur8nca in¢rtasc5 tl)at apply froni Aprll 2025. SWA mot with Ih¢lr Looal MP'S to rn150 Iliis Impa¢t on
sinall ¢h8rilies, and also woi'lc¢d willi our ￿1¢1[ Aull￿rity io plftii liow Iliis would b¢ abaorbcd, For i sifjall
¢horily like Sli¢ffield Wom¢n's Aid tlii5 W4s ali additional finaii¢lal burd¢n tliat W&8 cliall¢n81iig to Nbynyb.
PIAiiS fur future ptYlod8
SWA'S fibliire plans Involve flnali$ln£ Ilie coiiipletlon and handov￿. of all d18pers¢d unlts duriiig 2025 to
crjmplele th¢ poi'lfolio of 10 additlonal lioni¢s for surYlvorB Hiid th¢lr chlldreii. Working with l)olh
R¢soiian¢eJWtSH aiid Sli6ffi¢ld City Couiicil llos eii4bled tliis sromlh for SWA. Iii #ddilioii to th¢ proporil*s
SWA will be lool(Iiig to secure fundli)g lo support Ili¢ Woillal 01)d fainlliH Ih8t will be awes8il18 tho PiDP&rtles.
SWA wlll b¥ pitparitl8 10 und¢rtAke Ih¢ W(>men's Aid Federation of England (WAFE) dc¢redil#tlon durln8
2026 artd planhin8 Iliij work to en8ur¥ we o1* abl¢ lo evld¢n¢¢ ftnd sliowwo our 80rvlo¢s ¢ff¢¢uv¢ly.
Losilyi ovcr Ili¢ ooiiiin8 yoor SWA wlll bc ￿cking to IE¢ruit •iid in¢rca80 th¢ number ofTI'ustees lo suppci't th¢
wid¢r Goveriianc¢ oiid SlrBtegl¢ work ofihe Clwi'lty.
Dl8cloJuYo of InformAdon to Fludlto
ch Irust¢e hag taken ¥l#ps that Ih¢y ought lo hav¢ tskeii a8 a trustee Iii oi'dcr lo m8l<e Il)offiselv#s aw¥r¢ of aiiy
relevaiil uiidit Infonttation ond to ¢JtRbllsh Ihul Ili¢ Gharity'8 aiidl¢or Is &waro of that Infoiynailon. The Itustees
)fiYm that there Is no I'oloyll￿l IiifoNnalion Ihat they know ofaiid ufwliich Iliey know Iho auditor is un8w8r¢,
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StAtemeiit of Responsibllltle5
Tlie trustces (who are also tli¢ dlrEctors of Sheffield Women's Ald for the purpo¥&4 of eompatty law) are
r¢sp￿)Sible ftii. pr¢poring tl)e Iruytt¢s' report ￿ld th¢ finaii¢ial stslcm¢nts Iii a¢cordlliice with appli¢abl¢ lftw eRd
Uiiit¢d Kiiigdoin Accoiiiiting Stai)dard8 (Uiiit¢d Kingdolll Generally A￿ept#d Aceoui)tiiig Pi'a¢lice), Iii¢luding
FRS 102 The Flnancial Repoi'lin8 Stpttdard Hppllcable lil the UIC 01)d Rcpubli¢ of ir¢land" The report and
4¢wunts hav4 been prepgred in ac￿rdIn¢# with (h¢ provi8loN in the Companles Act 2006 relailns to small
mp8nie&.
Company l&w requircA Ilio trust¢¢8 to prepire finallclal statemthits for ¢R¢h fjThancial ye4r. Uiider company14w
the trustees must hot approve tho firtallolal statetsienls unless I￿¢Y ore satisfied IhAt they giv¢ a Iru¢ aiid f8ir vlew
of Ihe 3t&¢• of affglrs of Ilie cliarltAble ¢oiDpally and of th¢ Iii¢oining resour¢e8 and applicatioii of Rsour¢e4
in¢ludlii8 Ils Iheoni¢ ai)d expeiiditui'¢, of Ilie chArilabl¢ coi))p¥ny for Ihal puiod. In pr¢paring these fiiiaii¢ial
stotwllents, tbo tru$tse& requlred to;
iole¢t a￿ltable arxouitti118 policles and apply tiiaih coiuist¢nily;
obwv¢ t￿ i*¢ll￿dS aad prindples In the Clwltl¢s SORP;
make Judg*iieiits aiid esilmv41e3 tlial tre ¢etsoiiable and prud*i¢'
stal¢ wlieihw. appli￿ble a￿0￿11t1￿8 sland&rd8. compylslng Flis 102 liav¢ been ftillowwl, subJe¢t to
Inat¢rial d¢partiir¢5 disulosed ftnd expl£liied in th¢ finanolAI stnlwn¢nts.' ond
pr¢par¢ Ilio fiiiwiLlal slut￿)￿lts on tlic golii8 ¢onccm basls iinlcss It IJ Inhpproprl&t¢ to pr¢suni¢ Ilial the
uharltable CL)n)pany wlll contliiuc Iii busliiess.
Tlie trustee8 8ro responsibl¢ for k¢eping propsi, AC￿UntIng re¢oid8 that cali dl8¢lose wlth reasonable accuracy at
any liiiie th¢ fiiian¢iftl poslilon of Iha ¢harilable coinp4ny and onftble thein to enguro that Ilie tlthanclttl ststements
comply wtth ih¢ Compani¢s A¢t 2006, Thuy ar• &]80 respon8lbl¢ tor safoguordlng the assets of the charitabl¢
¢ompany 4nd lieft¢¢ for takin8 reasonable Ateps for th¢ pr¢yentlon and dotoctioii of fr4ud and other InYgularltl¢s.
Thv Irustces ¥r¢ respoitsibl¥ lor tlio InBii)teiiaiKe dnd Inl¢grity of Ille corporate tiiiBIKlal li￿ormo￿on
in¢lud¢d oil Ihe chHI'iiabl¥ Conipany's w¢bslte. Legl$lhtloii governlng tlw pr¢parM¢ioii gnd dissemlnatlot) of
financial stat¢nients muy dlffer from I¢Blslitlott Iii olli¢rJui'lsdlciloiis.
SMMII ijrovlsloii J¢Rtdiieut
This Iwjoit i￿8 be¢1) pYepar¢d in 8ccordaii¢e wlili (h? small ¢ompwii¢i reglnie under the Co1)Ip￿li#S Act 2006.
The onnuAI r¢port WA8 appi￿Ved by ihe trLisI¢v8 of lh¢ Gharily on 27 Novembcr 2025 and ylgnod on it8 behr41f by.,
la Mosley-
Trusttg
lia
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Opinioji
W¢ h&v¢ oudiled tho fiiiaiioial statoments of ShetTi¥ld W0n￿￿'S Ald (the 'charity) for the yur end¢d 31 Mgrth
2025. whidi compri$¢ tlie Stateinenl of Flilancial A&ilvities, Bolattec Shcel, Stalemenl of Ca511 Flows. und Notes
to the Fin811¢ial Stal¢m¢i)ts, including o Sumtnaiy of si￿11fiCu￿t a¢¢(wnting polleles. Tlio fii)4noig1 reportiiig
frartiewoi'k Iliot 1185 bccn applied iii their prcparatlon 15 Uttited Kingdoin A¢countiiig Standards, comptisiug
Charities bORP - FRS 102 The Fin4n¢lal Reportln8 StaNd￿d Appli¢8ble in thè UK find R¢publi¢ of Irpl8nd aud
applicable14w (Uniled Kln8dom a¢nernlly A¢cq)led Accoiinling Pr&¢tlc4).
lil our opltilon the fin4ticial $¢atemeiits'.
81ve a tru¢ and fair vlew of lh¢ slit¢ of Ihc ohgrlty3 affttlrs qs 4t 31 March 2025 and of its ine4JminE
Ir8ouYce8 and application of ro3ourne8. Including its incoiii¢ and exp¢ndiliir¢, for tho y￿r Ilien endcd,
have boen properly p￿Pared in &ccord&iic¢ with Uiilted Ktiyddom G¢u¢rally A¢copied Accountlllg PraclirK'
aiid
hive bean prepsr¢d In oword&rnc# wlih Ihe requlvemJits of the Companics Act 2006.
Bqsls for oplnlon
We coiidu¢l¢d our audll In Ou￿r￿￿)¢¢ with Int¢rno1101141 Staiidards on Audiling (UK) (ISA$ (UIC)) And
applicoble18w, Oiir respo1￿1b111tlc& uJJd¢r tlioje st4iid8rd¥ ar¢ furtlicr described iii Ihe audltor i.esp0115ibllili¢s for
tho lludil of Ilie fiiian¢ial Jtaleni¢iits seotion o( oui r¢prirt. We are iiidependent of tha ¢hArity in He￿d81)e6 with
tho eihlcal irqulirin¢iit$ tlwt relevHnl to our iudit of th¢ financi41 st4tem¢nts in th¢ UK, inoludlng thè FRC$
hical Standard. and w¢ have fulfllle(i oiii. otliei. ethical r¢sponslbllille$ In a¢corddnce wilh Ihes¢ requir¢mtnls,
Wc belicv¢ Ibat th8 Rudil evld•ii¢¢ wo obiaitied is suffl¢l¢nl and approprittlo to pruvide a basis for our
opinlotL
Conclii$loni relA¢lng to goliig concern
In aiidili118 the fiiiaoclal slateniciils, w¢ havo coii¢liid¢d Ih¥l the Inislees iise of Ilie going con￿r￿ bhsis of
untin¥ in tl)v pi'oparalioll of tlie fliian¢lal slAloillents Is appropr1￿0.
Based oil the woi'k w¢ liave perfoiikned, wé liav• iiol Idct)lified any Inatcrial uiic¢rtaliiilos relAling lo ¢v8nt$ ar
ottdlilons that, indlvldulllly or collecilvcly, may c&3t slgnlfIoanl doiibt gn the charity's ¢bili¢y lo Continue gs
going ¢on¢orn for a p¢riod nf 81 l¢ast hyelve moiiths from wli¢n the oi'i81ft81 fin￿01a1 Jlat¢in¢nls wo1* AUtliorls¢d
ror Issu•,
Our 1wponslb1llti￿ aiid Ilia res￿￿81b11lll98 of th¢ Iru$l¢os wlih ryt10 8olng ¢otw¢ni ar¢ d¢8crlbed In the
r¢l¢vaii¢ ￿¢tIonS ofihls report.
Oth¢Y knilormatluji
Tho Ii'u8tees al'e Ifspon8ibl¢ for the other ittformation. The other infomi&tion eomprls¢5 the Infonnatlon in¢ltsd<d
iii Ili# Lniiual roporf, otl)¢r tlian tiie finanoiol .itateE]ients pnd out auditor's report Ihereon. Our opinion on the
riiiaiicial st8l¢mcnts not cover t])e otlier liiforniglion aiid, ex¢¢pl to th¢ exla)t oiheNlge explicitly 8tated In
our report, do hot &xpres8 yiiy forni ofassurHn¢¢ wi)¢lusloll th¢mi).
lil connerAioii with our Audit of Ilia finan¢ial s¢ateinMts, our responslbility 18 to re%d th¢ oih¢r Inf0m￿tI1)Th and.
in dokng so. consider wh#th¢r the otlier Infonn&tion is materially Incon5i3tent wlih Ihe tlnancial 51&lem¢nis or
oiir knowledge obtainod In th¢ avdit or otherwise app¢oi'g lo b¢ m&lerlBIIy Ihtsytated. If we identify sueii thalerlol
i1)coi￿lSteR¢lcs or *ppar<nt niut¢rlol mlsstatein￿ts, we 8r¢ required io dctermliie wlictber ih¢re ts a Inaieri#l
nlt8slalui)¢iil iii tli¢ fiiiwKiAI slaleiiiellts or a IiiBl¢rlal nii&slate4i1￿lt of the orh¢r iiifornialioi). If. b¥s¢d oil the
work we have perfortn¢d, we Coiiclude that is a uul¢rial misststsnietjt of tiiis oili¢r informailoii, we ar¢
requii'ed to rcport tl)at faGt.
We have nothlllg lo JMxJrt In tlils regard.
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Oplnlon oil other ni*lter prescrlbed by the CTrmpAnles Aet 2O(J6
In oui. opliiioii, bfis￿ 01) tlie woi'k uiidortakcii IN Ihe course of the audl¢:
the infomialion given In th¢ Trusle¢s' Report for IIK fi11onci81 yeAI' for whl¢h the fiii&n¢lal statement8 arè
Prep￿ed is ¢onslxtent wlth ilie fin&nolfil stat￿]¢￿￿., and
dio TiyJ$tetss' R¢porl haj bed) piwed Its Y4ccordanc¢ with 4pplirabl¢ l¢g41 requitwn¢iits.
Mfttters on whl¢h ive #re requlred to report by ex¢eptlon
In the light of our krnowl¢dg¢ and und¢&st&iiding of th¢ thAI'ity gnd its envlronmcnt obialned In Ilie courK gf the
RudiL w¢ h&ve rtol id¢ntifi¢d iiiat•rial misstatements In the Trn5t￿, R¢poit.
W¢ li&ve t)odiiiig to reporl Ill resp￿1 of tlie following niatter8 where th¢ Cornpanles Aci 20Q6 1'eq￿l[¢S tsa to
repoit to you if, in oui. opliilon..
deqiialc •mThtin8 r¢cord8 have not beon k¢p4 or relums adaqi￿t< for our audll hav¢ not been re¢6lved
flom branch￿ not vislted by i￿. or
Ili¢ fin￿1¢181 Jtttteth)¢iils are iiot in agr¢¢in¢nl with Ili¥ a¢couiilin8 r¢¢ord8 and r¢turn4 or
¢rlAin di8closw'eJ of tTii3tees r¢in1i￿rnIi¢Jn speclfl¢d by.INw 8r¢ nol niad•; or
w¢114ve iiol rnc¢ived all th¢ Infomi&tloii and explanation5 we requir¢ fc)r ouv #udll.
Ihe dir¢¢tor8 w¢r¢ nol ¢nlill¢d lo prepai'e finftnclal gtatem¢nts In ac¢ottlon¢e wlll) lh¢ sm411 wmpHnie8
r¢8lino ond take advAnlag¢ of the Small wmpanle3' ¢x¢mpliolls in prepai'ing tho dii'¢¥loix' rewrt 8nd fn>ni
the reqiiiiEMenl to p￿Are a 8traleglc r¢port,
Resi)oM8lbll jiltj of triigteeN
As explxlned more fiilly in ili¢ Stalcm¢rtt ofRespoii8lbilitlu (set out on page 14), th# trustees Rrc r¢9poDslblo for
the pr¢parallon orihe financial statenients aiid for being sallsfied tho1 they give a truo ftnd fair vlcw, #nd For siKh
intenial control &8 111¢ trustees dcl¢rmill¢ Is ne¢wJaiy to eAabl¢ the preparailon of fiiiaiioial sti¢eiM¢nts Ihot ar¢
fr¢¢ from inHl¢tiAI Ini3stalomeiil, wl)¢tlier du¢ to fraud or orror.
111 p￿pAI.1￿8 til¢ fiiianvial Stat￿￿¢11￿, Ilic tiwstee¥ ore I'osponsible for 0ssc$siftg 111¢ cliarity's abillty to ¢onlihwe 88
¥ goin8 conc4rn, disc103An8. gs appllcible, matters related to golng ¢on¢¢rn Und using tli¢ ioiiig ¢ono¢m basi$ of
a¢¢ounliThg iinlws Ihe trn$t¢es elihor iiilend lo Ilquidate the ¢hirity or lo omse opeA'atlon$, or hAve ￿ reallsllc
8liernailv• b'ul to do 80,
Audltoi. Ye$pon8lbllllle4 for tlie fiudlt of ¢he IlnfinelAI ltgt¢me￿t8
Oui. obJ¢¢lives vli'o lo obt41ii reas￿lable assui'ai)c¢ about wI￿lI1¢r Iha finwiclal 51aleiiiwits as a whol¢ w'o free
rroiii iiialorlal mi8St8temeJit, wli¢iheY diie to fraud or ￿Tor, and to issue ali a￿ditor'S report Ihat includes our
QPIDlOll. Rea8OIiAble assuranoe 18 1 high level of a39111'aii¢4 but Is not a guariiiitet Ihftt Nudil conduot¢d In
gowi'danr¢ with ISA8 {UK) will always delect a mitei'lal mi58t4leiiient wheii It exlsts, Mi55talcments oan ari5¢
froin fi'ftud or error find Hr¢ wnsideird m&l¢rial if. iiidividually oi in IIK aggregalv, Ili¢y could reasonably be
¢xpe¢ted to Influ¢Jice Ilie ecoiiomlc dexisioiis of users takcn oli thc ba515 ofilies¢ fii)an¢lol 51Ateinenls.
Tlie exlett¢ lo wlilch our proc¢dures are capabl¢ of dele¢ilng Irregulariil¢s, Includlng fraud i& d¢talled below.
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Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Shetfield Womenls Aid
Inrgul2wltivJ, In¢luditkg frnud, arr Iiistwices ofiioll-¢ompliai)¢e wilh Imws and regulations. We d¢518n
pro￿d￿re$ iii linr with our rcspo1￿jbil1tic$. ouilin¢d above, lo detect material tnlsstAtem¢nts in respect of
irregularitios, ill¢ludiiiK fraud. T1￿ exteiil to whlcli our pi'ocedurns arc cyble of detecilllg InEgul4rltics,
lllcluding fraud is d¢l&il¢d below.,
As p•it of our pl￿￿111g procèss:
We et)quired of illanag¢inNit Ibe systeiils Hnd coThlrols Ih¥ ¢onipaiiy has iii place, the areas of di¢
fiiluiiclal sl&t¢ments tliat ors mostly sus¢ep¢ibl¢ to the risk of irts8ularitse& aiid fraud, and wh¢tlJcr ther¢ WL8 any
)owii, susp¢¢led or 4lleg¢d fr4ud.
Wa obtllined an understhndlnB of tlio le8al and regulatory fram¢works appllcable to the wmpany. We
deltrmined that Ihe followln£ wore niost relèvarnl: FRS 102. Companie5 Acl 2006, h¢tslih 4nd safely and
employthent law.
Wo $￿sidered th¢ inrRnllv¢s and opportuiiliies that exlst in the ¢onipuiy• In¢liKting th¢ ex1￿?¢ of
niAll88ement bi&8. wlilch present a polenilal for irr¢8ulorllies gild fraud to bo petp¢iuat4 ai)d tailored our risk
0ss¢ssinent aGcordli)81y.
• Using oui. knowlodg¢ of th¢ ¢onipgDy• tQ8eiliw wilh the diy¢ussiofts held with Ihe ¢ompauy at th¢ plonnlng
slago, we fornicd & conoliisioft on tho risk of nils8lftt¢mrAiI diie lo in'egulaiilies Incliidiiig fntiid and talLorcd our
pNK¢dures ac¢ording lo tlils risk ￿SeSsMent,
Tlie k¢y pro¢edures we uiidcrtook to detccl Irregulariliw Iiioludliw fraud during tho ¢ouM of Il?0 audlt Inoluded:
Ideiiilfyliig and lesiliib. Jounial onlri•s and tlie overall acci)untliig r•wrds, In wilculer tliose Uifj¢ wrfo
8i8rtlfi¢anl &iid unusufyl.
R¢vlewln8 flllan¢lo1 stat￿￿ent dl3¢losur¢s aiid ddei'inirtlng wlwihw ?￿oU￿tIng poli¢l#s Iiave been
8pprtTrpriAl¢ly applled.
• ()blaliiltig thlrd-party ¢oiiflrniotloi? of Inat¢rlal baiik bnlano¢s.
R¢vlcwlAg docum￿*￿tIOn 8u¢h 49 tlie con)p4iw board iiiinutes for d18¢ussS0118 vf Irre8ulaii¢ies includliig fi¥ud.
A thrth¢r descrii)tion ofour respoiisiblllll¢8 for Ihe aiidit of th¢ finan¢lal sl91¢m￿lS Is Iwated on the Flnaniial
Reportin8 Council's webslte at.. www.fr¢.or8.uk1audil￿￿EsP0th3Ib1[ItlC5. This de8¢riPtion forn)s parl of our
hudltols i￿pOrt,
Otlior
T1ie comwrntiV¢8 for tl)e y¢or ended 31 Mar¢h 2024 wer¢ unaudited.
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Independent Auditorls Report to the Member8 of Sheffield Women's Ald
Ust of our report
report is made sol¢ly to the ohorltable ¢oiDp4lly's InLqlee4 &s a i)ody> in acMrd4n¢o witli ChBpter 3 of Part
16 of tlie Companies Act 2006. Our audit work lios be￿1 undertqk¢n 50 that we niight siato to the Chllrlty's
Iriisloes thos¢ matters we are requir¢d lo state lo tlieni li) an auditor's report 8ttd for other purpo8¢. To the
Ilesl ¢xtent pern)lttcd by law, we do not occepl or a5511m¢ responslbility to anyone oiher than the charllqble
eompRlly and its trustves 45 a bvdy. fDr our audit wo￿, thi& r¢pori or for Ihe oplnions wu hpve fomied.
Jonathan Wilson FC& CTA (Sonior Statuloi'y Audlior)
For and oli behalf of BIrD￿t & Turner A¢coLinIa￿l Ltd
Cromwell House
68 Wesl Gate
Manjfield
Nottliigl)amshire
NCT18 IRR
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Sheffleld Women's Aid
Slalethent of Finallelal A¢tlvltles for the Y￿r Ellded 31 March 2025
(Including Ineome and Expenditure Account and Statement of Total Recogntsed Gains
. And Losses)
Uiirestrl¢ied
runds
RÈJtrlcted
funds
Totml
202S
To¢al
2024
]Yote
icome And Endowmeiits fromi
Doiiilions aiid legacies
Cliarllablo a¢tlvltle&
Inv¢slm¢nt inwmo
45,702
,069.930
45,702
1,123,331
19,755
952,553
157
53,401
T￿1¥1 inc4tt)¢
,123 956
53,401
11773S7
Expendlture on:
'hai'ltabl¢ ￿tIvItIeS
870371
848 696
Total expendituro
Nel Incomcl(oxpenditure)
Traiufots l)atweon thnds
808 745
870
71
848,696
315,211
23068
(5,225)
306.986
123,769
Net moveinenl in fiJihd8
338,279
(31,293)
' 306,986
123,769
Reconclllhtlon of (und¥
Tolpl ￿]id¥ brought forwAtxI
Tiilol ￿nds5 ¢arried forward
422 779
174 133
596 912
473 143
21
761058
142 ¥40
596,912
All of Ihe ch¥rity's actlvlilvs der1￿ from Gonili)uln¥ op¢rntion8 durlng tliè above Iwo pvriods.
Tilo thnds breakdowii for the perlod 18 Sl￿Wil in note 21.
Tlie [￿t¢S oil pag¢g 23 to 33 frsrni iiitegral part ot the&e ftiionci41 siAtsiiiBrtts.
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Sheffield Womenls Aid
Statem¥nt of Financlal Activities for the YeAr Ended 31 Mareh 2025
(Includillg Iiicome Y4nd Expenditure Aeeount and Statement of Total Re¢ognlsed Calns
and Losyes)
These are th¢ flgui'e4 for the pr¢vious AC¢Olllltln£ perlod Induded for ¢i*mpar•tlve purpu¥e8
Uni'estrleted
Rutrlcted
Totsl
fundo
runds
2024
Not•
Incom¢ thnd Iliidowments from:
Donail(MiS and legacies
Charltablo actlvltles
lrtveslmeiit Iiicome
19.755
884,071
157
19,755
952.553
157
68,482
Total Ineomo
903,983
972,465
Expeiidltuyo ON:
Charitable Actlvltlej
807 930
848 696
TotHI ¢xpertdrtur¢
Not li￿0￿¢
107 930
848.696
123 769
N61 iiiovein¢nt Iii Iknmts
96,OS3
,716
123.769
R¢¢ondllitlon vf fitjids
Total Imi￿9 bn)u8ht fo￿ard
Tol&l lknnds coffled ft*rward
326 726
146417
473 143
21
422.779
174 133
596 912
Th¢ notes p&g<4 23 to 33 fomi an Integrnl part of those fil￿nCE115tat¢Mel}ts,
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Shefflejd Women's Aid
(Reglstratlon nllmber: 07311689)
Balance Sheet as at 31 Marcb 2025
2025
2024
Note
Ton￿bLe &y5ets
io
21,162
21.162
23,488
CllrrMt
Debtors
Cash atbank in haDd
70.894
865,051
935.945
68.623
632.776
12
701J99
(127,975
Credltsrn. due irtthln ODe y•*r
N¢¢ ¢urr•nt
13
53,209
882.736
573.424
596.912
Net wg¢tB
903,898
Fuod¥ of¢h• chArlty:
Re•ttlg¢ed lknttd•
R¢8tricted fimds
21
142,840
174,133
Ubre•trtcted IDtom• lknnth
Un￿6triCtgd Ilmdi
761.058
Tot•1 hmdg
21
903 898
596,912
Th¢ 8¢kThowled8e their rupJn6ibllltie8 for conwlyin8 wilh the requiRwts of the Act with ie4peL* to
Th￿¢ fjnallcial 4tytsM￿ts have b¢en prepared in acc¢rdall¢¢ with the Jpeci41 provi4ions rt]ating to compani¢J
8ubixt k) th¢ ima]l ¢ornpaDi¥ re8imo Vrithin Part 15 of the CThnpanie5 Act 2006.
The fin￿181 statsments oll p&ge8 19 to 33 were w>roved by the ¢ru8tee6. attd autbotised for 00 27
November 2025 and siBned on their b¢h&lf by:
J•cquElint Drdvison
Trustee
The oo pa8cs 23 to 33 fonn aD ititey￿ part of tbeÉ¢ tlnancial statenxffjts.
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Sheffield Womcnls Aid
Statement of Cash Flows for the Yegjr ILnded 31 March 202S
(AJ reslAted)
2025
Not¢
Cash tlows from operating Rctlvllles
N#t cash liiwm¢
306,986
123,769
AdJuJtm¢Mts to ¢p8h Ilows from noMrf#8h Items
D¢preci&tioii
Investsiient Incomè
7,034
S,324
305,716
3,172
157
126,784
Woridnz cAplt*l Adjuitmwits
(In¢￿&S¢YdecKl&e Iii dehiors
(Decrus¥ylnci'ei8e iii cttdltors
(Dec1'ease￿Ilffia1O In dvf¢rr¢d income
¢osh fknws from op¢Y*dn8 8cilvlile5
Cw*h nows from Inve5tlii% Aetlvltlos
Iiitar51 receivabl# and glniilDr Iiicome
PuKhase of taiiglble fixed ass¢ts
Nel cs8h flow8 from Invesliiig actlvlll#s
N¢1 iii cash ￿}d ¢8sh equlval¢iils
Cath and cosh ¢qulvaloniB NI l Api'il
Cllsh 8iid ¢a$li equiv8l¢J115 at 31 March
R¢c(bndliillDtt of iiet ¢118h flow ¢0 movtmfflit In net fynd•
Iiici'eas¢ in ¢&sh
(2,271)
{4,544)
70.222
30,044
12J90
37.895
13
13
228,679
207,113
8,324
4,728
157
13,972
10
232,275
632,776
865051
19.3,298
439 478
632 776
232,275
193,298
N¢1 fui)dg Qt l Aprll 2024
N¢t ￿ndS At 31 MNr¥h 2025
632 776
439,478
632 770
8fj5,05
All of rfie ¢8gh flows ore derived from oontlnutn¥T ()perailons during th¢ above two perlods,
Tkn iiotes oil pages 23 10 33 form an Integral wt of th¢8e fi1￿[[¢1al ￿8t¢Lnents.
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Sheffield Women's Ald
Notes to the Flnancial Statements for the Year Ended 31 Mareh 2025
I GMerAI Infonn#¢lon
The charitable coiiipaiiy is a prlvat¢ compaiiy liillitd by guar￿lte¢ 8tKi r¢g￿tered d￿rIty, Incorporated and
8lst¢r¢d lil Engl41￿ & WalpA.
Thc add￿￿1 of Its rv8isl¢zd vrri¢o is:
159 Drtwry ]Ang
Derby
DR22 3QT
2 A¢¢ouu*liig polldej
SummAry of slgDltI¢Anl noct)witb]g polldes Attd k•y 4ccoulltln% ￿tIMat
The principal ac¢ountiii8 policies Applied In the preparatlon of Ihes¢ fllLqnoiHI statements arè set out bolow.
These policie# hAve b￿￿ congislently applied to all Ihe yo8rs pi'¢8¢nt¢d, unl*X3 oih¢rwi39 818led,
SIAt¢ment o( ¢tstnpllattte
The fil￿￿¢111 slat¢ni¢nls have bem pr¢par¢d in uccordthce wlth Accoundng and R¢portliiK by Clivlile8;
Sialeinent of R¢¢omni¢nded Prnctict (applicable lo ¢liaiilie8 preparlllg Ilielr a¢counts Ill A¢cordano¢ wilh lh•
Fin￿)¢1￿1 R¢pi)rtii)g Slaiidurd 4ppli¢&bl? in th¢ UK aiid Republi¢ of Irelaiid (FRS 102)) (ljsued it) O¢lob#r 2019)
(Charities 8r)RP (FRS 102}), th¢ Flnan¢i41 R¢portlng SlftndBrd gpplleablv In the UK ￿ld Republi¢ of Ityjland
(FRS 102) Ind the Compant¢8 AGI 2006.
11*818 tsf pr¢pfiYNllon
Slieffie]d Womeii'B Aid meets the dcfiiiitioii of i publi¢ ￿l¢fAt ¢iility uiider FRS 102. AyselB aiid Ilabilltlos ar¢
iniilally r¢cogiil8Ed At hi&lori¢al cost or trans￿1101] viluo uiilosi oihetwls¢ stAted ui tho rel¢vai)t uccountln
poli¢y not¢8,
Golng eoiiceni
The financlAI statvments liove b¢¢tt pr¢par¢d s)n A golns ¢ott¢¢rn bas18.
Tlie trustees a8sess whether th¢ use of goin8 eoncom 18 appropi'lale i.e. wliether tlicr¢ ar¢ any Maieti41
u1￿¢rta[fitie3 related to evejils or wi)dlli0113 tliat tnay ￿5¢ slgnificanl doubt on th¢ Abilliy of the cligrity to
¢onilnue as a 8olng coiic¢i'n. Tl)e trugtees iiiake IlilB asses8lllalt In r¢sp¢Gt of 8 period of one year froni the dale
of upproval of Ilie finaiioi?I stalenients.
Iiieome niid t￿dow1n¢￿ts
Voliinlaiy income iiicluding donatlons. gifts, l¢gacies and granly that pibYid¢ cole fuThding oi. &r¢ of R general
lil￿re Is Jrcogiiised w11￿1 the c1191'1ty 11ss eiiililement lo.tho illcotnc, it is probabl? that the Incom¢ will be
i'¢￿1Ved aDd Ilie omouiil c811 be nieasur¢d wltli ￿l￿[cle￿t r¢li4billty.
Doiitsiloiii Nnd legoelé
Doiialions Are reeogiiised the charity ha$ been nollfied In writi1￿ of both the anwunt a￿d seiileinellt dat
Iii th¢ eveiit tlTrat a doiialion15 subJ¢GI to Gondilioi)s Iliat requht a level of perfonn4n¢e by th¢ diqrity before the
cl)&rity Is enlitlcd to Ilic fund5, Ilie income 18 deferved 8Rd not r¢cognls¢d until either those coiidilioiis arc ￿llY
iiiet. or the fulfilnieiil of Iliosv coi)ditioiis is wliolly wldiin tb¢ ￿ntrOl of ti]¢ cl)arity wid il is probpble tlwt Ilies¢
¢onditions will b¢ fulfill¢d ill tlie r¢i)OLtin8 period.
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Y4otes to the FittancAal Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
DE/Érred liieome
Def¢rrod Incom¢ irpreyents amounts Ircelved for fjjture perfod5 is rel¢a8ed to Incoming Kesour¢¢s in tlit
period for whidh. il h9¥ been recciv¢d. Such inwmo is only d¢ferr¢d wh¢n:
Th¢ donor specifics ihat Ilie 8rllnl or doi1•lion must Dnly be used iii thtur¢ occoiinling p¢riods; or
. Tli¢ donor has I￿￿1$ed colldilions wlddi niust b¢ niet before Ilie chai'ity Ilas uncondilioi)al ￿li￿¢m￿lt.
Dlvidands ure reogftlitd on¢¢ Ilie dlvidend has been doclared afid notification beèn recelv¢d of Iliu dlvldend
du¢.
Expeudltwre
All oxp¢iidiluvo Is On￿ there Is a l¢go1 or coiK8ts'u¢ilve obllgailon to Ilia¢ oxpendilur¢, i¢15 prob8blo
Jriil¢ment 1$ trqulr¢d and th¢ nii)o1u￿ cati b¢ tn¢aJured reliably. All Costs allo¢aled to th¢ Rppllcabl¢
cxp¢nditLire he&dlng that aggregate 81mitAr costs to thit ￿¢¢gOry. Wliere costs o￿n01 be direorfy ottribLItt41 to
P8rt1eular headlnEs they huve beon Allouted on a basis consislettl wlih Ili¢ us¢ of resources, willi central slaff
osts allO￿led ott tlie basls of tlllle Bpaiil, &iid depleclatlott ¢hAr8e8 ollo¢8ted on Ilie portion of tlit osset'8 use.
Oil%r support costs are allocated based oil Ilie spread of 8lqff costs.
Cliarliible fteilvllla
Cl)arltabl¢ 0xp￿idIlUre coillprlges Ibo¥¢ oo$t$ iiigur￿d by Iho chllrity In Ihe delivei'y of its Acilvliles and s¢rvlce3
for its ben¥fi¢ihrl¢J. It ill¢ludes both coyl8 ihal can bo allo¢F41ed directly to such a¢livill￿ and those Costs of ali
indlr¢¢l naliir¢ Ii¢ee818ry lo supporl Ilieni,
GovtrJiRMce costs
Thsse In¢l￿de th¢ cwL4 #ltributsble lo the charity'8 coiiip1l￿¢e with wnstithlioiial and slattitory r¢quii'ements,
Incliiding audil, 8li*te&lc Inanagemenl and Iriistew meetlngs and reltsibursed expen$¢$.
TNxRtlon
ie ¢ho1'1ty 18 consid¢r¢d lo pass th¢ tejtg s¢1 ouc Iii P8ra8rJph I S¢hedul¢ 6 df d)e Finan￿ Ad 2QIO gnd
15i¢r¢foit It ni¢¢ls Ili¢ definlEloii of a diaritsble ¢oinpany for UK corporalioii tax purp03¢1, Acwrdliigly, th¢
¢h8rlty is potei)tlally exempt fiDin t4xalion In I.￿port of Incoin¢ or eapitAI gains r￿CIved wlihln ¢)tO8oYies
ov¢red by Chapter 3 Part I l of the Corporotloii TRX AGI 2010 or Se¢ilon 256 of lh¢ T8xation of ChAryeAbl¢
Oains IY92, to th¢ oxl¢nl tiiat su¢li in¢oiiie or 8Alns ure 8pplled exclusively lo thw'itabl¢ purp05¢5.
Tftn%lbl• tl%ed •8sets
Iiidlvidu&l fixcd gBxe13 C081ing £500.00 or nloru are Inltl&lly ro¢orded al ¢￿t, IEg8 ally subsequait ac¢uniulated
dopreoiatlon and siib8QqU¢lIt awuniulaled Iinpali'illent1o8s￿.
Depr¢¢lailon And AmortlsAtlon
Depr￿latiOn 1$ provided on lingible fixed L8aets so a8 to wAte off the ¢081 or valudlion, l•s3 any ¢sliinated
residiial value, over th¢tr exp¢¢t¢d ￿eu1 e¢onoinlo life gs follows:
Asset elnss
0fri￿ OJ111ilur¢ & equipiii¢i)t
Fixtutw & fittings (Rofuue)
DeprcelA¢lon inoibod rAte
25% reducijig balllnce
25Qh r¢du¢ittg balunce
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Sheffield Women's Ald
Notes to the Financial Statemertts for the YeAr Ended 31 March 2025
TrAd* debtors
Ti'ade debtor& are amounts du¢ from cuyloiL¢rs for mer¢handls¢ sold or 3uvlc¢s porfomJ¥d in the ordillary
course of busiiiw,
Trnde debtyr8 ar¢ r¢¢owilsed lii1ti4lly at the Irall￿¢t1￿1 prlce. Tliey are subsequ¢ntiy m+28SUfed at amortis￿ cost
usin8 th¢ eff¢dive iiil¢r031 moihod, Iws provision foi. inipairment. A provision f￿, the lmpalrn￿nt of trado
debtor3 Is ¢st&bli8h¥d wli¢n there Is objective evidence ihal tho ¢lwrity will nrJ¢ be able to ¢oll¢ot all amounls diio
a¢wrdlng lo die original tcrins of lh¢ r¢rKiii&bles.
CA4h c4slJ ¢qulvAlents
Cash and cosh equlvaleni8 compri$¢ casli ort libiid ahd cull deposlts, ond odier sliort4erin liiglily liquld
Ilive5tsh￿1ts that are rtodlly eoiivertlbl¢ lo a kl￿wn omouiit of ¢gsli aiid Art 8ubje¢t to an hislgiiifieqnl risk of
cli?ng8 iii v8lu¢.
Fuiid 8¢1'w¢tur¢
Unrostrictcd li1¢￿ne funds ar¢ generjl tlJndB that are avallable for us¢ at tli¢ tru8tw' dlsgi*ioii In furth¢ran¢o of
th¢ objttctivw of Il)¢ Gliarity,
D¥lgl)al￿d £lJnd8 air unitstylctsd fi￿dS scl asid¢ for $p¢¢lflc purpoyes at Ih¢ discretlon of th¢ tru$t¢¢s.
Restriol¢d iiicoiiie are li￿$¢ grants for usg in a purtlcular area or for 8peclfi¢ purposes, tlio use of wlilLh is
reslylcled to tlittt area or purpo￿.
Penjlons And otlior post retlmnont obllgat1￿n$
The chirliy operates A defined contrlbulltsn pansion scheme whlch Is a pcnsion plan undw whlth fixed
contributions llre paid into o pension OAnd and th¢ ¢b4rtty no logftl QT constructlve obligAtioA lo pay fuitlier
Illbuti￿18 éveii if the fund do¢s not hold siifficient a￿•41S lo pay 411 ¥mployee$ the benefiis relarlng lo
employee servi¢¢ iii th¢ ¢urr¢nt and pi'lor p¢rlTrds.
Coiiti'lbutions ¢0 d¥filled ¢oiilributloii plan8 ar¢ re¢ogt)1sd In the Stolenienl of FinAnolal Aclivitlps wh¢n tliey
due, Lf ￿ltrIbUtIO11 p&yni¢iits ex¢¢¢d th¢ ¢onts4builon diie for service, the *x¢e81 Is r¢cognl$¢d prepaynienL
3 Incoin¢ from donntlons nnd legacl¢J
Unr¢$trlct¥d
nds
Geiierhl
Totnl
2025
TotRI
2024
Doiialioi]s aiid lega¢los'
Doiiftilorts ¢ompsiiiay, trusts and 8lIMilor
vro¢eeds
Donatioi)s from indlvlduAIs
27,144
27.144
18,558
19,134
621
45.702
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Sheffleld Womenls Ald
Notes to the FRnandal Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
4 Ineome from ¢hiritAbl¢ Actlvlties
UtireM(rlcted
funds
GeiitrAI
Restrlcted
fund8
TotAI
2025
Totnl
21124
Grants & doiilliloiis
Servlce Agreements
Houslng benefit
Resid￿ts roiitributloi)s
S¢rvlors
53,401
53,401
584,492
458,881
24,159
68,482
404,665
447,339
31,182
885
584,492
458,881
24,159
l 069 930
1123,331
93
5 Investment In¢ome
u￿r￿t￿le¢4d
TolAI
202S
Tot•1
2024
Gwiernl
Inlerc3t rec¢lv4ble slmilar li)com¢;
Inte￿st rtttivftblg bank deposlts
157
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Sheffield Womenls Ald
Not48 to the Finan¢lal Statements for thè Year Ended 31 March 2025
6 Expendlture on ch&rltable &ctlvl¢le¥
Uurnltrltted
nds
GeiierAI
Restrleted
ruiids
Tot#1
2025
TotThl
2014
HoMsiii8 costs
Bank charges
D¢pre¢iotion
Adv¢rtisiiig
Actlvlties & trlps
trtsuraNc¢
Legol & professional
EquipM￿t, r¢palrs & IT
Offlc¢ adiiiinlslratlon
Priiitlmg & $tsti0tt4y
Publichlions & subwription8
Staff Irav•l
Ti'aii)iiw & ¢01￿¢￿e￿I*$
Sundry payiiiojils
Tol¢phonc & p￿tA8¢
W¢lfaro eosts
WaBes. Nl & pensloii
Voliinieei. expeiises
377.939
307
7,054
5,626
183,565
507
7,054
1,000
4,895
14.075
18,047
11,459
3J56
5,358
660
1,992
349,947
552
3,172
3,351
14,075
18,047
1,544
4,710
A4.506
12,320
7,743
9,434
4,506
725
2,162
1,716
654
23,025
394
413,130
3,344
5,358
660
1,992
6,538
12
19,531
1,353
336,432
105
98
145
54,201
19,629
1,498
390,633
105
80¥,745
870J71
848 696
Iiicluded In die ¢xpeiidtture aiiatysed above, th¢ro 8overnaiic• costs tsf £lO,018 (2024- £2,IW) whlcli r¢lat¢
dir¢otly lo rh8ril4ble octiyiiles, See iiol¢ 9 foi. further delutis.
7 Net Inetsmlnglouégolng i'esourc
Net liicomliig ra50u￿¥S foi, tho year Inolud¢:
2025
21)24
Audlt tees
DH)reci&tloii of fix¢d aJ$els
8,002
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Sheffield Women18 Ald
Notes to the Fluanelal Statem¢nts for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
Staff costa
Tho aggregatr poyiDII cos18 as follows:
1025
2024
Silff costs durliii th* yeAr w¢rè:
Woges and s•1orl
Social security cost$
P¢nslon costs
343,048
26.563
364,255
26,481
390 633
413 130
The nionthly av￿.￿80 number of por50n8 (includlng senlor mawcm¢rtt te￿n) ¢mployed by Ihe charlty during
the year was a$ follow$:
2025
2024
Averago of employees
14
16
14 (2024- 15) of Ilie fibr)ve ojnplnyeès partl¢lpatrd lil th¢ Defl￿d Contrlbuilon Peiisluii Sch¢m¢s.
Contribution$ Iv the eiiiploye¢ pen31on s¢h¥mes for the yo￿. totslled £21,022 (2024. £22,394),
No eiiiploy¢e yo￿1Ved ¢moluni•lll8 of mort Ih*i £60,000 dudii8 the year.
'Ih¢ to￿1 ¢niployeo beiiefils of tha key Inai)ageiikait personnel of Illi Fliarlty w¢rc £146,731 (2024- £139,231).
9 knThlyJli of llovernAiict Juyport ensts
Govei'n#tt¢• costs
UDreJtrlct¢d
fund
Ceneril
Total
202S
2024
Audit fees
Audit of tlic fsiiAii¢lol s18leiiieiils
Indep¢ndont ￿￿MIner f¢e4
Exfimliialioii of d)e filiaiicial stateni¢nls
Othei, gov¢niwice costs
8,002
8,002
2,190
2,016
2,016
10,018
SLlPPOIt costy hive noi b¢ei) Jeparalely Allocated and disclosed as the Tni8taes belie￿ thoy gre Immaledftl to thè
finftnGIAI st•t￿MentS,
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Sheffield Women's Ald
Notes to the Flnan¢ial Statem¢nts for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
10 Tiiizlble flx¢d Assets
Flxtures & fit¢lllgB
(Rotug¢)
orr￿e &
equlpment
TotAI
Cojt
At l April 2024
Additlons
56.839
35,897
92,736
At 31 Mar¢h 202S
Depr•tl*tlon
Ai l Api'il 2Q24
Cliavgc fo* Liic y￿r
36,346
5,406
32,902
1,648
69,248
7,054
At 31 MarGh 2025
76 J02
NEI book volu¢
At 31 MArch 2025
At 31 March 2024
23,488
11 D¢btors
2025
2024
Trade debtoi%
Prep4yinenls
Other dcbior¥
23,058
3,516
44,320
70,894
25,314
1.829
41.480
IZ Cffisb ¢A811 equlyftlents
21125
2024
Casli oil liai)d
C&8h at bank
1,364
863 687
1,196
63 L,580
632 776
865051
13 Credltori: amounts fnlung due wlthln one y¢hr
2Q25
2024
£ (AS riistuted)
5,794
IS,959
106222
Other laxfytloii and $oGial securlty
oiher credilDrs
Def￿'red ittcom¢
6.385
10,824
36,000
53,209
127,975
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Sheffield Women's Aid
Notes to the FAnancial Statements for the Ye8r Ended 31 March 2025
14 Obllgatlons uThd¢r and hlre purch•￿ contricts
Operfitlng leA8¢ eommlttDents
Total futuro ￿InIMu1￿ lease paym¢nls undti. non-call￿11￿bIQ opetatliw leis¢s ar¢ Qs follows:
2025
2024
LAnd bulldlii88
Wiiliui one year
Between 017e #i)d five y¢ars
After five years
216,250
560,260
48,093
160,000
480,000
Other
Within one year
Belw￿l one and five yehrs
IOJ20
5.450
IS ChfiAty ItHtuJ
Tiw ¢harity Is A conipany limlld by 8uaranlee and ¢ofjs¢quenily do¢$ nut hAv* share 6#pllal. Ea¢h of tho
IrLlStoes 13 liable to ￿ntribUte 8inuunt not ex¢¢ediiw £1 towards dic •ssets of the chirity In th¢ evcnl of
liquldatlon.
16 Audltorj, rt'muii¢r*tlLI
2025
Audlt of tile fiii4ii¢lal st1t￿lle1)ts
17 TwxAllon
The clittrity Is a reg13t￿'<d cliarlty Aiid Is Ikr¢fore ¢xempl from Corpor8￿On 14XV41ioii,
18 Tru$teeJ rémuiitv*lloll And ¢xpensoi
No Iru$t¢es. iior any p¢rson$ conneotsd with Ihcm, hav# rKelved any raiiun¢r8tl￿) from tlie chwity duritig the
No trii8ieog liave r¢celved any reimbursed exp¢nses or any oth¢r benefits fi￿rn the chtrlty during the y¢Ar.
19 Related paily trnnsAetlollJ
Thero were no r¢laled party transacliotss iu th¢ year.
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Sheffield Women'& Ai(J
Notes to the Flnancial Statements for the YeAT Ei nded 31 March 2025
211 Prlor yoY4r AdJu8tmtnt
The 2024 a￿Ount5 did nol separately dis¢lo$e defetred illconlo as part Dr the credliors balancc. The Trnsle
b¢li¢v¢ Ihal ills appropriatc io provid¢ thi8 furiher 9]￿lY$L% and Iher¢for¢ hav¢ rwt4tcd thc coihparative fl8uros
for both Iho eA*dltOl'S llote alld stat¢ment of cfjsh flnws.
Th¥r81s no d11.￿¢ imp&¢t fibm Ihh rGst8tement on the results for ihe y¢ar ond¢d 31 Mw'th 2024 or lo net •￿ets
at Iliat dot*.
21 Fuiid8
B#laiiee &t
31 Mavelh
BalAuce at I
Aprll 1024
Incomln£
Yesoui'ce8
Rcsourctj
¢xpended
Tr*n8ferx
Unrc%Érlcta] fund#
GeiierKI
G¢iwal Fuiid
346,385
1,123,956
(808,745)
13.068
674,664
Déilghrfed
Rulldln8 r¢paits
TLIIAI iinYvJti'leted fund
10,000
422 779
1,123 956
808,743
23,068
761,058
Re8trlcted fvnd8
Children iii Neod
Mini8trieB for Housli
Conimui)Itl¢s & Loc41 Govt.
Global Cliariiles
Jolin Lewls
Clotliwork¢r8 (property
Impi'ov¢m¢nts)
18,740
8,401
(27,141)
106,222
25,852
23.319
(1,023)
(28,451)
{251)
105,199
27,401
30,000
(23,068)
Tot*1 rn%trleled fund8
174 113
142 840
Totftl fuiids
870 371
903,898
Th¢ sp¢Gifio purpose6 fui. whi¢h the tluids to be ftpplled ar¢ ftLr follows:
Cliildren In Naed: Thls 18 lo fiujd (wo play-l¢Rd¢i?, session&1 pllly work¢i's atid aclivili¢s'
Mii)islrles for HoLislI)& Cotnmunities & Local Qovemmejit,. To adapl to Ili¢ Covid lo¢kdowi, provldtsig laptops,
sniart pho11￿ oiid VPN'8 for slaft lo work refftotcly,
Globol Chatili&%,' Thi8 is a 2 yoBr grant Awftrded to provide dedI￿tell euiidliig towgrds costs of 4 meiitol
healtli praolitiojier.
.l(>hn Lcwi$ Foundation: Thiy fundin¥ is lo provld¢ allployftbllity edu¢4tion And Iroinin8 for residents;
Tlie Clotliwoi'kei's funding Oile￿0￿ grant s¢ouJrd tr) rtr¢arp¢¢ communal and Self￿contaI￿Cd arcaj of tli¢
SWA I'efiige5 and lo pui'eh48e CArpct clenn¢rs'
Tlic Dc5ignaled fllnd Is tbiiding put aside for tiw upkeep of tlw bullding,
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Notes to the Fiu8ttclal Staten]ents for the Ytar Ei nded 31 March 2025
Tile traiisfer froin the John Lewis fjjiid to the Gonernl 6Jnd releles to actiYitie4 which llave ccas¢d, and the
rolease of any r￿11'ICtIon3 on tho use of Ili¢s# fwids.
The trthsf¢r lo the desigftoted Building repalrs timd froth Ihe General a budgeted incr¢￿e lo thls fimd.
lo Gov¢i' tlie fiitwt bLiilding ￿)sts.
B&lAiice ftt I
Aprfl 2023
R￿0￿re(S
expuided
JJ MArch
2024
I'thiurcei
Ti*iisfer8
Uni'e8ti4eted fundi
Geiieml
Q¢n¢ral Fund
260.332
903,983
(807,930)
(10,000)
346,385
Bullding repolrs
Tol*l unrestvl¢¢¢d funds
66,394
326 726
903,983
807.930
422 779
Restrlrt4d
Chlldren In N¢ed
Miiiistrl¢8 for Housii)
Coininunlties & Lo¢al Govt,
Olobal Charlties
John L¢wi8
8,623
33,482
{23.365)
18,740
108,319
(2,097)
(9,148)
6,156
106222
23,852
35.IXIo
I'othl r¢$li4eted fuiids
146417
68,482
174 133
Totnl fundi
473 143
97
848 696
596 912
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Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025
22 AnAIy818 of iiet a88ets between thndi
202S
Tothl fvnd8
CJentr41
DeslKnated
Rc8trlctod
TAnglble fixed a&8¢t&
Current assets
Ciirrenl liabililies
21,162
706,711
53,209
21,162
935.945
53209
86J94
142,840
Total ll¢l assets
674 664
L42 840
Unregtrlcl
21124
Tot81 fund8
G•ntrlll
D¥Jlwb*tod
Reslrlot¢d
Tangible fixed assots
Cuttenl oss¢ts
CuTrent114billtie8
23,488
450.872
23.488
701,399
76,394
J74,133
Total net assets
346 385
174 133
S96912
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