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2023-03-31-accounts

Support After Rape and Sexual Violence Leeds (SARSVL)

Charity number 1139555

A company limited by guarantee number 07202588

Annual Report and Financial Statements

for the year ended 31 March 2023

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Support After Rape and Sexual Violence Leeds (SARSVL)

Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2023

Contents Page
Trustees' report 2 to 13
Examiner's report 14
Statement of financial activities 15
Balance sheet 16
Notes to the accounts 17 to 23

Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO

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Support After Rape and Sexual Violence Leeds (SARSVL)

Trustees' report for the year ended 31 March 2023

Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisors

The trustees during the financial year and up to and including the date the report was approved were: Name Position Dates Eleanor Broadbent Miriam Moss Sarah Howells Treasurer Lindsay Britton-Robertson Laura Brown Resigned 28 Sept 2022 Rosemary Carr Grace Sumner Rosalind Weaver Charity number 1139555 Registered in England and Wales Company number 07202588 Registered in England and Wales Registered and principal address Bankers Oxford House CAF Bank Shawbrook Bank Limited Oxford Row 25 Kings Hill Avenue Lutea House Leeds Kings Hill, West Malling Warley Hill Business Park, LS1 3BE Kent. ME19 4TA The Drive Great Warley, Brentwood Essex. CM13 3BE

Independent examiner

E J Beverley FCCA West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW

Structure, governance and management

SARSVL registered with Companies House as a Company Limited by Guarantee (Company Number: 7202588) on 25 March 2010 and with the Charity Commission (Registered Charity Number: 1139555) on 29 December 2010. SARSVL’s governing document is a Memorandum & Articles of Association as amended on 11 November 2010. The liability of the members in the event of the company being wound up is limited to a sum not exceeding £10.

During the reporting period and up to and including the date the report was approved, the charity trustees delegated day-to-day management of the charity to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Katherine (‘Katie’) Russell.

Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees

The trustees of the charity are also the directors for the purposes of company law and are appointed by the members at the AGM.

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Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2023

Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees (continued)

Trustees are recruited in one of two ways. The first is through proactive advertisement of trustee vacancies through a range of networks, targeting in particular any groups of people or skills sets the existing Board has identified (e.g. through its regular skills audit) as underrepresented among them. The second is through responding to approaches from people who speculatively express interest in joining the SARSVL Board of trustees. In both cases, we ask trustees to complete a written application, in which they explain the skills, knowledge and experience they can bring to the Board, as well as why they are interested in the charity and the role, and how their values and aims align with the charity’s. A trustee role description and person specification are provided to assist with this. We also request two appropriate references. After the written application has been assessed by a designated ad hoc sub-group, usually consisting of one to three existing trustees and/or the CEO, the applicant will then be invited to an informal interview where both parties can find out more. If the applicant is deemed a useful addition to the Board and is still interested in joining after this, they will be invited to attend the next scheduled Board meeting for which they are available, initially as an observer. After this, new trustees can be co-opted by the existing Board until the next scheduled AGM, when they can be formally elected by the membership in the usual way. As well as providing two satisfactory references, all trustees undergo an enhanced DBS check, due to the nature of the charity’s work.

Trustee induction includes: a one-to-one meeting with the CEO covering all aspects of the charity’s governance and in-depth introduction to its finances; meetings with the three service managers for more detailed introduction to the charity’s frontline work; provision of all the organisation’s policies, procedures and business plan, with the requirement to read and familiarise themselves with these, and ask any questions that might arise from them; ad hoc meetings with other trustees and/or the CEO on request to answer any queries. All trustees are also provided with the Charity Commission’s CC3 The Essential Trustee document.

Volunteers

Volunteers have been central to SARSVL’s history and development and are still involved in many aspects of the organisation, from membership of the Board of trustees, to offering direct services to women and girls, to fundraising. We had six volunteer counsellors and 24 helpline volunteers during this period.

Paid staff

The staffing structure at 31 March 2023 consisted of:

Senior team

Other paid staff

All rates of pay are set in accordance with the appropriate NJC payscale for the role. The Board of trustees commits to conducting an organisational pay review minimum every five years, including benchmarking against comparable charities’ salaries.

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Support After Rape and Sexual Violence Leeds (SARSVL)

Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2023

Partnerships and memberships

SARSVL is the professionally approved Rape Crisis Centre for Leeds, accredited against the specialist Rape Crisis National Service Standards.

The charity is a member of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP), The Helplines Partnership, the West Yorkshire Rape Crisis partnership and the Women & Girls Alliance – Leeds (formerly known as ‘Women’s Lives Leeds’).

SARSVL is also a Mindful Employer Plus, and signatory to the Women Friendly Leeds Employer Charter and the Violence Against Women & Girls Sector Anti-Racism Charter.

Trustees’ statement

This year has seen SARSVL continue to grow all its existing frontline services as well as develop and bring to fruition new initiatives, all of which will improve our ability to best meet the needs of all women and girls in the Leeds area, who have experienced sexual violence or abuse at any time in their lives, no matter what their background.

With this remit very much in mind, SARSVL counsellors have received training in working with interpreters, and we’ve progressed plans to better meet the needs of sex workers and homeless women, with the piece of research we commissioned into this reaching completion this year.

SARSVL has also continued to place a big emphasis on partnership working and engagement during the period. As well as engaging regularly with our sister Rape Crisis Centres in West Yorkshire and beyond, we’ve enjoyed becoming a more integral partner in the Women’s Lives Leeds alliance, the Visible Steering Group, the West Yorkshire Domestic & Sexual Abuse Board, and Leeds City Council (LCC)’s Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Board, among many other partnerships. We’ve also continued liaising regularly with statutory organisations, including West Yorkshire Police and the Crown Prosecution Service, in our ongoing pursuit of better criminal and social justice outcomes for sexual violence and abuse survivors.

In our role overseeing the charity and supporting its sustainability, we’ve continued to be ceaselessly impressed by the passion, talent and commitment we see from all our paid staff and volunteers, and we realise how lucky we are as a Board to work with such amazing individuals.

Also on the governance side, we’ve begun to reorganise our Board schedule, in line with the reduced operational requirements of the Board since the appointment of our first CEO, combining quarterly meetings with development workshops to help us effectively govern, communicate and plan for the future.

As well as developing and maintaining our important partnership work, our CEO has continued to lead in income generation, both ensuring the continuation of existing funding streams and sourcing new ones. This included another very successful Big Give online match-funding campaign in December, supported by the brilliant hard work and innovation of our staff and volunteers once again.

Our new staffing structure is still working well and a survey conducted during the period confirmed high levels of staff satisfaction in their roles and engagement with SARSVL as a whole. In order to increase capacity in our counselling service, we are looking to appoint a job share for our Counselling Service Manager in the near future.

We’ve had two new additions to the team during the year: a part-time counsellor, who is a qualified drama therapist, and a freelance art therapist to run a post-therapy group. These appointments further increase the diversity of frontline support we are able to provide. One of our talented trustees also ran two post-therapy poetry groups during the year. As a result of the positive feedback we’ve had from these initiatives, we’re planning to further develop our group-based and creative work in the near future.

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Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2023

Trustees’ statement continued

Despite the energy and dedication of our volunteers and staff, SARSVL is unfortunately still unable to meet the huge and increasing need and demand for our specialist support. Both our Independent Sexual Violence Advocacy (ISVA) and Counselling services have waiting lists. To better manage these lists, and ensure support and equity for the survivors wanting to access these services, we’ve introduced a successful monthly opening date for counselling referrals this year, as well as a dedicated emotional support call service (on an opt-in basis) provided by our specialist helpline.

Last and definitely not least, SARSVL is moving. Thanks to all who contributed to the work in finding our new premises. Everyone is very excited to see how this new move can facilitate further development of our fantastic organisation, enabling greater support and engagement with our service users, the very reason we, as SARSVL, exist.

Objectives and activities

The charity's objects

SARSVL’s objects as set out in the Company’s Memorandum and Articles of Association are:

Aims, objectives and outcomes

SARSVL is currently working to its five-year Business Plan for 2021-26. The year reflected in this report has been Year 2 of this Plan.

The overarching aim identified by the 2021-26 Business Plan, which supports the charity in achieving its objects, is:

“that SARSVL will enable sustainable recovery for women and girls who have experienced rape or sexual violence, through high-quality, specialist, holistic and secure services which meet the diverse needs of women and girls in Leeds.”

Beneath this aim sit three key objectives for the five-year period, the success of which are measured against the following outcomes:

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Support After Rape and Sexual Violence Leeds (SARSVL)

Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2023

Aims, objectives and outcomes continued

Activities for the public benefit

All our charitable activities focus on supporting and helping women and girls who have been affected by rape and/or other forms of sexual violence or abuse at any time in their lives, and are undertaken to further our charitable purposes for the public benefit.

During the reporting period, the charity’s legal objects, overarching aim and objectives have been achieved predominantly through the following main activities:

Achievements and performance

During the period, SARSVL provided its three main direct, specialist support services to 808 individual women and girls (not including helpline callers ringing from withheld numbers, who cannot be individually counted).

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Support After Rape and Sexual Violence Leeds (SARSVL) Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2023

Achievements and performance (continued) A summary of the charity’s achievements against its business plan outcomes over the year:

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Support After Rape and Sexual Violence Leeds (SARSVL)

Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2023

Independent Sexual Violence Advocacy (ISVA) service

There were 171 appropriate new referrals to the ISVA service (i.e. aged 13+, living in Leeds who had reported to the police, or were considering reporting to the police) during the year. The service supported 296 individuals in total (new referrals, plus survivors who were already receiving support at the start of the year). Of the 296, 40 were young people aged 13 – 17.

Eleven women were supported to challenge Police or Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) decisions to take no further action (‘NFA’) through the Victim Right to Review (VRR) scheme. Four VRRs were successful during the period – in two cases the police have re-opened the investigations and enquiries are ongoing, and in two cases the CPS overturned the NFA decision and the perpetrators were charged and are awaiting trial. A total of 17,703 client sessions and contacts were completed by the service during the period.

Some of the qualitative feedback received by ISVA service users during the period:

“I have learnt so much about myself and how to cope, I have stopped hating myself and that's the most amazing feeling. I finally feel positive about life and living it and have so many ways to now cope with any down days or struggles. I valued not being judged and feeling able to say anything. Honestly, I can't thank you enough. I don't think I would still be here without the care, support, and advice given.”

“Your service is incredible and I am sure many feel the same as I do. Without you I do not think I could have handled a lot of what happened. You gave me hope and strength and I will be forever grateful. People do jobs for many reasons but yours has such a profound impact on our lives. Thank you.”

“SARSVL has helped me massively. If I hadn't had SARSVL, I wouldn't have been where I am now - especially mentally. You empowered me to power through! If I hadn't had your support I would have given up when the CPS made their NFA decision.”

“I always felt listened to and believed. I was able to better understand how the justice system works and process my feelings. It was more important for me to feel listened to and believed than to get a conviction. I am in a better place now than I was when I started the support.”

Counselling service

The Counselling service directly supported 171 individuals during the reporting period. A number of these received a range of therapeutic interventions, including one-to-one and group-based services. 3,511 sessions and contacts were delivered by the service in total during the year.

During the period, the service ran three post-therapy groups – two Poetry for Recovery groups and one Art Therapy group, and has started planning for a new peer support ‘Writing for Recovery’ group.

Based on the outcomes measures of 64 women who completed counselling with SARSVL during the period:

Some of the qualitative feedback received by Counselling service users during the period:

“SARSVL actually wanted to help me when no one ever has before. I feel believed, like I have worth.”

“A truly invaluable experience that helped me regain power and helped me feel validated. Thank you so much for everything and for what you do for others, it’s really changed my life for the better.”

“I have made so much progress since this time last year with how I cope with everyday life and just my ability to enjoy life in general. I feel like if I ever get into a dark place I have the tools to get myself out of it and I am much more optimistic about my recovery.”

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Support After Rape and Sexual Violence Leeds (SARSVL)

Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2023

Helpline service

The Helpline service supported 342 individuals (not including callers ringing from withheld numbers who cannot be individually counted) during the period, via 1,577 calls, texts and emails.

This included 75 dedicated support calls – totalling 2,967 minutes – to 36 individuals on our counselling waiting list who had opted in to this new service.

Some feedback from clients who received the Helpline’s emotional support call service during the period:

“Think it makes it feel more positive, feels less scary about the process of going through counselling. It’s quite nice to have been able to talk to someone beforehand – can get the vibe of the service and comforting to see that it is a nice friendly environment. Will make going into the counselling bit less scary.”

“Think it is useful because it allowed me to have a dedicated time to explore feelings that I pushed aside due to life and uni stress. Helped me take account of feelings and figure out plans of how I wanted to address them.”

The Senior Helpline Co-ordinator ran a successful helpline volunteer recruitment and specialist training course during the year, and 24 individuals in total volunteered in the delivery of our Freephone, text (SMS) and email emotional support helpline across the period.

Monitoring and evaluation

We use two main specialist tools to record and report on monitoring data:

We use these in conjunction with the Rape Crisis England & Wales (RCEW) Monitoring & Evaluation Framework assessment tool, which enables us to track data on the ‘cope and recover’ outcomes set out in the Victims’ Funding Strategy. Data is gathered through:

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Support After Rape and Sexual Violence Leeds (SARSVL)

Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2023

Plans for future periods

Some of our planned activities for the next period, to further the outcomes identified in our Business Plan for 2021-26, include:

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Support After Rape and Sexual Violence Leeds (SARSVL)

Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2023

Financial review

SARSVL made a surplus of £29,907 in 2022-2023 (2022: a surplus of £52,736). Total income increased by just over £41,000 over 2021-22 and expenditure has increased in line with the increase in income. A number of funders including The Ministry of Justice (MoJ), West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) and the Lloyds Bank Foundation provided very welcome additional money in recognition of the cost of living crisis. SARSVL successfully applied to the Henry Smith Charity Long Term Support Grant Programme and this came on stream in 2022-23 increasing our resilience to the combined challenges of Covid fallout and continued high inflation and cost increases.

The 2022 Big Give Christmas fundraising appeal was successful bringing £28,000 into the charity to support service running and overhead costs in 2023/24.

At the 31 March 2023 SARSVL’s total reserves were £328,909. Unrestricted reserves increased to £214,753. The balance of reserves (£114,156) relate to restricted funds and will be spent in line with their restrictions in 2023/24.

The net income for the year was £29,907, including net expenditure of £8,198 on unrestricted funds and net income of £38,105 on restricted funds.

Funding sources

Future plans

Financially, along with other voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations, we continue to operate in a difficult and challenging environment, especially in terms of funding. There have been changes across the violence against women and girls sector, and we are noticing increased competition for funding amongst non-specialist as well as specialist sexual violence organisations. 2022-23 was the final year of the original MoJ Rape Support Fund and the newly secured contract will only last until the end of 2024-25. We are delighted that this new contract represents a 37% increase in value.

Additionally, SARSVL has been successful in early 2023-24 in applying for funding to expand our services; donations are strong and our short/medium term financial position is robust.

The key risk to sustainability of the organisation from a financial perspective is the uncertainty of long-term funding. This is a constant concern for trustees who prioritise long-term sustainability in their planning processes. They maintain and regularly review a funding prospects table and are continually looking for opportunities to expand the organisation's funding base.

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Future plans continued

At the time of signing these accounts the charity has been impacted by the global Covid-19 virus and the cost of living crisis. The trustees regularly assess the charity’s financial position and from the date that the accounts are approved they are confident that SARSVL can continue for at least 12 months and conclude that no material uncertainties exist that cast significant doubt on the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern.

Reserves policy

The charity's free reserves, excluding fixed assets, at the year end were £214,753.

In establishing the reserve requirements for SARSVL the trustees have considered the needs of the women we work with, our legal obligations and the identified risks to our longer term financial security.

As an organisation that provides services to vulnerable women, the trustees believe that a level of reserves should be maintained to ensure a stability and continuity of service provision and, if required, a managed service closure, with time to enable alternative support provision to be arranged and all legal obligations covered.

Trustees reviewed the required level of reserves and in early in 2022-23 updated their reserves policy taking account of recent financial history, the financial situation of the charity and the broader current financial climate. The trustees feel the right level of unrestricted reserves is between £150,000 and £200,000. Unrestricted reserves at 31 March 2023 are slightly above this level at £214,753, however we have just signed a five-year lease on new premises in Oxford House in central Leeds; fundraising for conversion costs is ongoing but it is expected that some reserves will be needed to cover these costs. Trustees are comfortable that the current level of reserves are adequate to meet these and ongoing operational and cashflow needs of the organisation.

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Support After Rape and Sexual Violence Leeds (SARSVL) Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2023

Statement of trustees' responsibilities

Board of trustee meetings have been held minimum quarterly throughout the year, each with the CEO and one other member of the senior staff team in attendance.

The trustees (who are also the directors for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees report and the financial statements in accordance with the applicable law and UK Accounting Standards.

Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial accounts for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for the year. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;

observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;

make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

state whether applicable UK accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;

prepare the accounts on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in operation.

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and to enable them to ensure that the financial accounts comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

This report has been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities (Charities SORP (FRS102)), and in accordance with the special provisions of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Approved by the board of trustees on 24/08/2023

Sarah Howells (Trustee)

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Support After Rape and Sexual Violence Leeds (SARSVL)

Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Support After Rape and Sexual Violence Leeds (SARSVL)

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charitable company for the year ended 31 March 2023, which are set out on pages 15 to 23.

Responsibilities and basis of report

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

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

Independent examiner's statement

Since the charitable company's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a fellow of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act.

I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a fellow of ACCA which is one of the listed bodies.

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving 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.

E J Beverley FCCA

12/09/2023

West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO

Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW

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Support After Rape and Sexual Violence Leeds (SARSVL) Statement of Financial Activities

(including summary income and expenditure account) for the year ended 31 March 2023

Notes
2023
Unrestricted
funds
£
Income from:
Donations and legacies
(2)
21,242
Charitable activities
(3)
32,621
Bank interest
417
Total income
54,280
Expenditure on:
Raising funds
(4)
260
Charitable activities
(5)
62,218
Total expenditure
62,478
Net income / (expenditure)
(8,198)
Fund balances brought forward
222,951
Fund balances carried forward
(6)
214,753		 2023
Restricted
funds
£
28,398
415,535
-
443,933
2,218
403,610
405,828
38,105
76,051
114,156		 2023
Total
funds
£
49,640
448,156
417
498,213
2,478
465,828
468,306
29,907
299,002
328,909		 2022
Total
funds
£
102,976
354,116
5
457,097
886
403,475
404,361
52,736
246,266
299,002

All incoming resources and resources expended derive from continuing activities.

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Support After Rape and Sexual Violence Leeds (SARSVL)

Balance sheet

as at 31 March 2023
2023
Unrestricted
£
Current assets
Debtors and prepayments
(7)
31,481
Cash at bank and in hand
(8)
198,890
Total current assets
230,371
Current liabilities:
amounts falling due within one year
Creditors and accruals
(9)
15,618
Total current liabilities
15,618
Net current assets / (liabilities)
214,753
Net assets
214,753
Funds
Unrestricted funds
214,753
Restricted funds
-
Total funds
214,753		 2023
Restricted
£
7,231
110,329
117,560
3,404
3,404
114,156
114,156
-
114,156
114,156		 2023
Total
£
38,712
309,219
347,931
19,022
19,022
328,909
328,909
214,753
114,156
328,909		 2022
Total
£
48,863
260,919
309,782
10,780
10,780
299,002
299,002
222,951
76,051
299,002

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

The members have not required the charitable company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476. The trustees (who also the directors for the purposes of company law) acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies’ regime and with FRS 102 (effective January 2019).

The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 24/08/2023

Sarah Howells (Trustee)

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Support After Rape and Sexual Violence Leeds (SARSVL) Notes to the accounts

for the year ended 31 March 2023

1 Accounting policies

Basis of accounting

These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019) and with the Charities Act 2011.

The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102.

There has been no change to the accounting policies since last year. No changes have been made to the accounts for previous years.

Going concern

The trustees are satisfied that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue.

Incoming resources

All incoming resources are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) when the charity becomes entitled to the resources, if it is more likely than not that the trustees will receive the resources and the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability.

Grants and donations

Grants and donations are only included in the SOFA when the charity has unconditional entitlement to the resources.

Where grants are related to performance and specific deliverables, they are accounted for as the charity earns the right to consideration by its performance.

Expenditure and liabilities

Expenditure is recognised on an accrual basis as a liability is incurred. Liabilities are recognised where it is more likely than not that there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out the resources and the amount of the obligation can be measured with reasonable certainty.

Taxation

As a charity the organisation benefits from rates relief and is generally exempt from income tax and capital gains tax but not from VAT. Irrecoverable VAT is included in the cost of those items to which it relates.

Pensions

The charity operates a defined contribution scheme for the benefit of its employees. The costs of contributions are recognised in the year they are payable.

Fund accounting

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

Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms of an appeal.

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the accounts.

Leases

Rents under operating leases are charged on a straight line basis over the lease term or to an earlier date if the lease can be determined without financial penalty.

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Support After Rape and Sexual Violence Leeds (SARSVL) Notes to the accounts continued

for the year ended 31 March 2023

2 Donations and legacies
Donations
Gift aid
3 Charitable activities income
Grants for charitable activities
Ministry of Justice
Peoples Postcode Lottery
The Big Give Trust
The Brook Trust
The Henry Smith Charity
The Pilgrim Trust
W. Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA)
Lloyds Bank Foundation
Hollick Family Foundation
Sales and fees
4 Raising funds
Fundraising costs
5 Charitable activities expenditure
Charitable activities		 2023
Unrestricted
funds
£
21,222
20
21,242
2023
Unrestricted
funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
2,250
20,000
10,371
32,621
2023
Unrestricted
funds
£
260
260
Activities
undertaken
directly
£
275,388
275,388		 2023
Restricted
funds
£
26,713
1,685
28,398
2023
Restricted
funds
£
167,276
-
-
15,000
80,000
15,000
138,259
-
-
-
415,535
2023
Restricted
funds
£
2,218
2,218
Support
costs
£
190,440
190,440		 2023
Total
funds
£
47,935
1,705
49,640
2023
Total
funds
£
167,276
-
-
15,000
80,000
15,000
138,259
2,250
20,000
10,371
448,156
2023
Total
funds
£
2,478
2,478
2023
Total
cost
£
465,828
465,828		 2022
Total
funds
£
98,017
4,959
102,976
2022
Total
funds
£
131,610
25,000
700
15,000
40,000
15,000
111,798
-
-
15,008
354,116
2022
Total
funds
£
886
886
2022
Total
cost
£
403,475
403,475

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for the year ended 31 March 2023

5a Support costs
Support cost type
Management and admin salaries
Financial management support
Payroll fees and recruitment
IT support
Memberships and subscriptions
Independent examination
Trustee and governance costs
5b Charitable activities expenditure detail
Staffing costs
(5c)
Payroll and recruitment
Staff travel and training
Volunteers expenses
Rent, rates and utilities
Repairs, renewals and cleaning
Telephones, mobiles and internet
Website and IT
Equipment
Printing and publicity
Stationery, postage and books
Insurance
Freelance support
Professional fees, memberships and donations
Interpretation services
Refreshments
Miscellaneous expenses
Trustee and governance costs
Independent examination
Monitoring and evaluation
Service user direct costs
IT support		 Charitable
activity
£
135,010
5,515
3,414
2,520
1,753
-
-
148,212
2023
Unrestricted
funds
£
57,553
-
1,271
73
-
-
144
-
-
-
2
455
1,347
305
-
5
-
130
72
861
-
-
62,218		 Governance
activity
£
40,196
-
-
-
1,512
520
42,228
2023
Restricted
funds
£
308,995
3,414
2,669
1,899
40,141
3,898
12,667
1,523
55
1,619
822
1,837
13,936
1,448
1,498
87
-
390
1,440
2,520
232
2,520
403,610		 2023
Total
cost
£
175,206
5,515
3,414
2,520
1,753
1,512
520
190,440
2023
Total
cost
£
366,548
3,414
3,940
1,972
40,141
3,898
12,811
1,523
55
1,619
824
2,292
15,283
1,753
1,498
92
-
520
1,512
3,381
232
2,520
465,828		 2022
Total
cost
£
147,213
5,170
2,018
2,965
1,478
1,440
184
160,468
2022
Total
cost
£
302,140
2,018
3,668
627
45,650
1,703
12,116
2,531
2,593
3,574
908
1,964
13,440
1,478
536
70
96
184
1,440
3,020
754
2,965
403,475

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for the year ended 31 March 2023

5c Staff costs and numbers
Gross salaries
Social security costs
Employment allowance
Pensions
Redundancies		 2023
£
324,514
31,497
(5,000)
15,537
-
366,548		 2022
£
266,491
23,160
(4,000)
9,961
6,528
302,140

The average number of employees during the year was 12.2, being an average of 8.9 full time equivalent (2022: 11.9, 8.2 FTE). There were no employees with emoluments above £60,000.

Defined contribution pension scheme
Costs of the scheme to the charity for the year
Amount of any contributions outstanding at the year end
6 Restricted funds
Balance b/f
Incoming
£
£
The Brook Trust
7,500
15,000
The Henry Smith Charity
10,000
40,000
The Henry Smith Charity (Covid)
-
40,000
The Ministry of Justice
-
167,276
The Pilgrim Trust
-
15,000
The Big Give Christmas Appeal
-
28,396
WYCA
-
138,259
The Big Give
58,551
2
76,051
443,933		 Outgoing
£
15,000
36,246
32,914
167,276
15,000
571
138,259
562
405,828		 2023
£
15,537
-
Transfers
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 2022
£
9,961
44
Balance c/f
£
7,500
13,754
7,086
-
-
27,825
-
57,991
114,156

Fund name

Purpose of restriction

The Brook Trust For provision of a specialist counselling service. The Henry Smith Charity For provision of a specialist counselling service. The Henry Smith Charity (Covid) To support counselling helpline and non-service delivery staff and running costs for organisation to thrive post-Covid pandemic.

The Ministry of Justice Towards the provision of specialist support services for adult female victims of rape and sexual abuse.

The Pilgrim Trust For provision of a specialist counselling service. The Big Give Christmas Appeal Towards the provision of specialist support services for adult female victims of rape and sexual abuse.

WYCA To provide emotional and practical support to victims of sexual violence. To provide additional support to SARSVL’s ISVA service by covering the cost of two additional posts, one ISVA and one YPISVA.

The Big Give Outreach and support work to extend delivery to women underserved by SARSVL services, specifically street homeless women and sex workers.

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for the year ended 31 March 2023

7
8
9
**10 **		 Debtors and prepayments
Debtors
Prepayments
Accrued income
Cash at bank and in hand
Cash at bank
Cash in hand
Creditors and accruals
Creditors
Accruals
Deferred income (see note below for analysis)
Deferred income
Delivered services income
Item name
Reason for deferral
Delivered services income
Tangible assets
Cost
£
At 1 April 2022
7,083
Additions
-
At 31 March 2023
7,083
Depreciation
At 1 April 2022
7,083
Charge for year
-
At 31 March 2023
7,083
Net book value
At 31 March 2023
-
At 31 March 2022
-
IT
equipment
Services to be delivered after the year end		 2023
£
14,820
16,513
7,379
38,712
2023
£
309,150
69
309,219
2023
£
4,529
1,613
12,880
19,022
Deferred to
next year
£
12,880
12,880
£
8,234
-
8,234
8,234
-
8,234
-
-
Fixtures &
Fittings		 2022
£
4,509
4,886
39,468
48,863
2022
£
260,785
134
260,919
2022
£
2,241
8,539
-
10,780
Released
from last
year
£
-
-
Total
£
15,317
-
15,317
15,317
-
15,317
-
-

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11 Related party transactions

Trustee expenses

During the year 2 trustees were paid a total of £253 in respect of travel and conferences (previous year: 1 trustee and £3).

Trustee remuneration and benefits

No trustee received any remuneration or benefit during this or the previous year.

Remuneration and benefits received by key management personnel

The total employee benefits received by key management personnel were £175,821 (previous year: £167,875).

Other related party transactions

Other transactions with trustees or related parties
Grace Sumner
12 Operating leases
Within one year
In the second to fifth years inclusive
Over five years from the balance sheet date
Expected future minimum lease payments over the remaining life of the
lease, analysed into the period in which the commitment falls due:
Name of trustee
or related party
Relationship to
charity
Description of transaction
Trustee
Contract for outreach		 2023
£
1,125
1,125
2023
£
45,816
67,251
-
113,067		 2022
£
1,250
1,250
2022
£
24,110
5,700
-
29,810

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Statement of Financial Activities including comparatives for all funds (including summary income and expenditure account) for the year ended 31 March 2023

2023
2022
Unrestricted Unrestricted
funds
funds
£
£
Income
Donations and legacies
21,242
45,125
Charitable activities
32,621
40,008
Bank interest
417
5
Total income
54,280
85,138
Expenditure
Raising funds
260
324
Charitable activities
62,218
67,281
Total expenditure
62,478
67,605
Net income / (expenditure)
(8,198)
17,533
Fund balances brought forward
222,951
205,418
Fund balances carried forward
214,753
222,951		 2023
Restricted
funds
£
28,398
415,535
-
443,933
2,218
403,610
405,828
38,105
76,051
114,156		 2022
Restricted
funds
£
57,851
314,108
-
371,959
562
336,194
336,756
35,203
40,848
76,051		 2023
Total
funds
£
49,640
448,156
417
498,213
2,478
465,828
468,306
29,907
299,002
328,909		 2022
Total
funds
£
102,976
354,116
5
457,097
886
403,475
404,361
52,736
246,266
299,002

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