Survivors Together Registered Charity No: 1141487 Report and Accounts for the year to 31st August 2023 **Survivors Together** **Charity No 1141487** ## Legal and Administrative Information ## **Trustees** Hilary Colston (Chair) Beverley Gordon (Secretary) Brian Dexter (Treasurer) ## **Director** Yvonne Fletcher **Principal Address** Memorial Community Church 389-395 Barking Road Plaistow LONDON E13 8AL **Bankers** Nat West Bank East Ham (A) Branch 37 High Street North London E6 1HS **Independent Examiner** Derek Gyateng 145 Henniker Gardens East Ham E6 3HT Page 2 **Survivors Together Charity No 1141487** Chair's Report for the year ending 31st August 2023 The trustees present their report and accounts for the year ended 31st August 2023 The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in the notes to the accounts and comply with the Charities Act 2011 and the SORP "Accounting and Reporting by Charities" issued in March 2008. ## **Structure and Governance** Survivors Together is a small charity. The Trustees are responsible for the govenance of the charity but the day to day management is undertaken by the Director and Development Worker who report to the steering committee. The charity has two employees, pays for sessional and creche workers but relies heavily on volunteers ## **Risk** The trustees have given due consideration to the major risks to which the charity is exposed, and are satisfied that systems, policies and procedures are in place to mitigate expose to major risks. ## **Objectives** The charities objectives are (I) the preservation, development and protection of good mental and emotional health among victims of childhood sexual abuse, by the provision of mutual support, education and support groups (II) to advance the education of the public in matters relating to sexual abuse, including danger signs and how abuse can be identified and addressed The charity provides support to women survivors of sexual abuse - providing a safe space, building friendships and being a place where women can build friendships with each other. Work consists of group meetings and individual sessions. It operates predominantly in London Borough of Newham ## **Activity and Strategic Review** Survivors Together is a social support group with therapeutic themes in our wok. We encourage healing journeys to enable what is a devastating and profound event or series of events on a life, to enable the ability to move from the position of victim to surviving and then thriving. We have had a busy year with meetings, events and trips. We spent two days away in Othona, Essex for time away from the busyness of east London. For some this was the only opportunity to escape London life. We went to a concert, the beach, the cinema; as well as learning life coping skills such as Thi Chi, mindfulness and art therapy. This year we have started a young women's group that meets once a month on a Tuesday. This has been a real success welcoming a dozen new clients between the ages of 16-25. During the year the trustees decided to set up a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) and expand the membership of the board of trustees. The new CIO has mirrored the objectives of the charity and the Trustees agreed to transfer to the CIO the charity's assets at the point the new CIO became active A more detailed annual report with reports from events, meetings and words from our clients is available from the charity. Page 3 ||**Survivors Together**|**Charity No**|**1141487**| |---|---|---|---| ||Chair's Report for the year ending 31st August 2023||| ||||| ## **Financial Review** Our income £ (2021: £66,832) is on target. Our expenditure £, ( 2022: £59,662) represents a 32% decrease on the previous year. Our free reserves position has improved as planned by the trutees. Our restricted fund reserves have reduced significantly due to the timing of the Covid service response as we spent down restricted funds received in the previous year. The Charity's financial transactions during the year and the financial sitiuation at the end of the year are set out in the following accounts. The trustees consider the financial position to be satisfactory, ## Reserves Policy The charity policy is to aim to hold free reserves equivalent to two months expenditure to give the trustees time to make and implement necessary actions should funding drop or come to an end. Based on the current year that figure is £12,000. The reserves position at the end of the year shows a balance of £38,616 of which £ 9,692 is restricted funds leaving free reserves at £28,9875. The Trustees acknowledge that current free reserves are therefore significantlt above this target but are aware that the funding climate has changed and these reserves will be used in the coming year to deliver services. ## Post Year end events There are no post-year events that affect the charity's financial security, activities nor an understanding of the accounts Signed: Hilary Colston Chair of Trustees Date approved 21/02/2024 Page 4 **Survivors Together Charity No 1141487** Independent Examiner's Report ## To the Trustees. I report on the accounts of the Trust for the year ended 31[st] August 2023, which are set out in the following pages. ## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner** The trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011, “the 2011 Act”, and that an independent examination is needed. Having satisfied myself that the charity is not subject to audit under company law and is eligible for independent examination, it is my responsibility to: Examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act; To follow the procedures laid down in the general directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and To state whether particular matters have come to my attention. ## **Basis of independent examiner’s report** My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanation s from you the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair view’ and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. ## **Independent examiner’s statement** In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention: Which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements: To keep accounting records in accordance with section 386 of the companies Act 2011; and To prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records, comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the Companies Act 2006 and with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities(2008); have not been met; or to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. D Gyateng Dated.......22/02/2024 Page 5 ||**Survivors Together**|**Survivors Together**|**Survivors Together**|**Survivors Together**|**Charity No**|**1141487**|**CC17a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Annualaccountsforthe period||||||| ||**From**||**01/09/2022**|**To**|**31/08/2023**||| |**Section A**|**Statement of financial activities**||||||| |Note
**Incoming resources (Note 3)**
**Incoming resources from**
**generated funds**
Voluntary income
S01
Investment income
S03
S04
**Other incoming resources**
S05
S06
**Resources expended (Notes 4-8)**
**Costs of Generating Funds**
Costs of generating voluntary
income
S07
**Charitable activities**
S10
**Governance costs**
S11
**Transfer to CIO**
**Other recognised gains/(losses)**
**Incoming resources from**
**charitable activities**
**_Total incoming resources_**
**_Total resources expended_**
**_Net incoming/(outgoing)_**
**_resources before transfers_**
**Gross transfers between funds**
**_Net incoming/(outgoing) resources_**
**_before other recognised gains/(losses)_**
Gains and losses on revaluation of fixed assets for
the charity’s own use
Gains and losses on investment assets
**_Net movement in funds_**
**Total funds brought forward**
**_Total funds carried forward_**|||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**income funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total this**
**year**
**Total last**
**year**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**||||| ||||||||| ||||1,600|-|-|1,600|2,221| ||||-|-|-|-|-| ||||-|-|-|-|64,611| ||||-|-|-|-|-| ||||1,600|-|-|1,600|66,832| ||||||||| ||||-|-|-|-|-| ||||-|-|-|-|-| ||||19,562|9,395|-|28,957|59,272| ||||319|-|-|319|390| ||||10,440|-|-|10,440|-| ||||30,321|9,395|-|39,716|59,662| ||||28,721
-|9,395
-|-|38,116
-|7,170| ||||-|-|-|-|-| ||||28,721
-|9,395
-|-|38,116
-|7,170| ||||||||| ||||-|-|-|-|-| ||||-|-|-|-|-| ||||28,721
-|9,395
-|-|38,116
-|7,170| ||||29,221|9,395|-|38,616|31,446| ||||500|-|-|500|38,616| Page 5 ||**Survivors Together**|**Survivors Together**|**Survivors Together**||**Charity No**|**1141487**|**CC17a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Annual|||accountsforthe period|||| ||**From**|**01/09/2022**||**To**|**31/08/2023**||| |**Section B**|||||||| |Balance Sheet as at 31
Aug 2023
Note
**Fixed assets**
**Current assets**
**Funds of the Charity**
Tangible assets (Note 6)
Investments
**_Total fixed assets_**
Debtors (Note 7)
Cash at bank and in hand
**_Total current assets_**
**Creditors: amounts falling due**
**within one year**(Note 8)
**_Net current assets/ (liabilities)_**
**_Total assets less current_**
**_liabilities_**
**Creditors: amounts falling**
**due after one year**
**_Net assets_**
**Unrestricted funds**
**Restricted income funds (Note 9)**
**Endowment funds(Note 9)**
**_Total funds_**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
F01|**Restricted**
**income funds**
**£**
F02|**Endowment**
**funds**
**£**
F03|**Total this**
**year**
**Total last**
**year**
**£**
**£**
F04
F05|| ||||-|-|-|-|-| ||||-|-|-|-|-| ||||-|-|-|-|-| ||||||||| ||||-|-|-|-|-| ||||500|-|-|500|-| ||||500|-|-|500|-| ||||||||| ||||-|-|-|-|-| ||||||||| ||||500|-|-|500|-| ||||||||| ||||500|-|**-**|500|-| ||||||||| ||||-|-|-|-|-| ||||||||| ||||500|-|-|500|-| ||||||||| ||||500|||500|-| |||||-||-|-| ||||||-|-|-| ||||||||| ||||500|-|-|500|-| ||||||||| ||||Signature||Date of
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Print Name||| ||||HilaryColston||Hilary Colston||21/02/2024| ||||_BJ Dexter_||Brian Dexter||21/02/2024| Page 7 ||**Survivors Together**|**Survivors Together**|**Survivors Together**|**Charity No**|**1141487**|**CC17a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Annual accounts for theperiod|||||| ||**From**|**01/09/2022**|**To**|**31/08/2023**||| |**Section C**|**Notes to the accounts**|||||| Note 1 **Basis of preparation** ## **1.1 Basis of accounting** These accounts have been prepared on the basis of historic cost in accordance with: - Accounting and Reporting by Charities – Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP 2005); • and with the Charities Act. ## Note 2 **Accounting policies** ## **INCOMING RESOURCES** **Recognition of incoming** These are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) when: **resources** • the charity becomes entitled to the resources; • the trustees consider that receipt of funds is probable; and • the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability. **Incoming resources with** Where incoming resources have related expenditure (as with fundraising or contract income) the **related expenditure** incoming resources and related expenditure are reported gross in the SoFA. **Grants and donations** Grants and donations are only included in the SoFA when the charity has unconditional entitlement to the resources. **Tax reclaims on** Incoming resources from tax reclaims are included in the SoFA at the same time as the gift to which **donations and gifts** they relate. Gifts in kind are accounted for at a reasonable estimate of their value to the charity or the amount **Gifts in kind** actually realised. Gifts in kind for sale or distribution are included in the accounts as gifts only when sold or distributed by the charity. Gifts in kind for use by the charity are included in the SoFA as incoming resources when receivable. **Donated services and** These are only included in incoming resources (with an equivalent amount in resources expended) **facilities** where the benefit to the charity is reasonably quantifiable, measurable and material _._ The value placed on these resources is the estimated value to the charity of the service or facility received. The value of any voluntary help received is not included in the accounts but is described in the trustees’ **Volunteer help** annual report. **Investment income** This is included in the accounts when receivable. ## **EXPENDITURE AND LIABILITIES** **Liability recognition** Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out resources. **Governance costs** Include costs of the preparation and examination of statutory accounts, the costs of trustee meetings and cost of any legal advice to trustees on governance or constitutional matters and the cost of E&PL insurances **Grants with performance** Where the charity gives a grant with conditions for its payment being a specific level of service or output **conditions** to be provided, such grants are only recognised in the SoFA once the recipient of the grant has provided the specified service or output. **Grants payable without** These are only recognised in the accounts when a commitment has been made and there are no **performance conditions** conditions to be met relating to the grant which remain in the control of the charity. **Support Costs** Support costs include central functions and have been allocated to activity cost categories on a basis consistent with the use of resources, eg allocating property costs by floor areas, or per capita, staff costs by the time spent and other costs by their usage. ## **ASSETS** **Tangible fixed assets for** These are capitalised if they can be used for more than one year, and cost at least £250. They are **use by charity** valued at cost or a reasonable value on receipt. Page 8 |**Charity No**
**Survivors Together**|**1141487**| |---|---| |From 01/09/2022 to 31/08/2023
**Annual accounts for theperiod**|| |**Section C Notes to the accounts**|| ## **Note 3 Analysis of incoming resources** |**Voluntary income (S01)**
**Investment income(S03)**
**Incoming resources from**
**charitable activities(S04)**|**Analysis**|**Analysis**|**This year**
**Last year**
**£**
**£**|**This year**
**Last year**
**£**
**£**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||General Cash Gifts and one-off
Donations||530|871| ||Cash Donation re Othona weekend||150|-| ||Giftsin Kind||-|-| ||HMRCNI Rebate||1,070|1,350| ||GiftAidrecoverable||-|-| ||**Total**||1,600|2,221| |||||| ||Bank Interest||-|-| ||**Total**||-|-| |||||| ||Grant from BigLottery [R]||-|-| ||BigLotteryCovid Response[R]||-|-| ||MOPAC - Covid Response[R]||-|-| ||Othona[R]||-|2,611| ||LotteryYoungwomensproject[R]||-|-| ||Contributions to Othona weekend||-|2,000| ||CityBridge Trust[R]||-|25,000| ||Postcode Lottery||-|-| ||Postcode Society [U]||-|25,000| ||National lotteryAwards for all[R]||-|10,000| |||**Total**|-|64,611| ## **Note 4 Analysis of resources expended** |**Expenditure on Raising**
**Funds**
**Expenditure on Support**
**costs(S11)**
**Expenditure on Charitable**
**activities(S10)**|||**This year**
**Last year**
**£**
**£**|**This year**
**Last year**
**£**
**£**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||||-|-| ||||-|-| ||**Total**||-|-| |||||| ||Staff Costs||20,681|48,510| ||MeetingRoom Hire||2,207|2,160| ||MeetingCosts and Speakers||1,028|2,399| ||Events and other client support||995|2,252| ||Publicityand advertising||407|242| ||Volunteer and Staff Travel||369|688| ||Phone/Stationery/Postage||837|589| ||Office and IT costs||837|437| ||Training||130|536| ||Supervision||-|448| ||Publications||-|576| ||Consultancy||1,250|-| ||Depreciation||215|434| |||||| |||**Total**|28,957|59,272| |||||| ||Insurance||319|390| ||Independent Exam||-|-| |||**Total**|319|390| Page 9 **Survivors Together Charity No 1141487 Annual accounts for the period** From 01/09/2022 to 31/08/2023 **Section C Notes to the accounts** ## **Note 5 Paid employees** During the year there were five (2022: 5) employees of the organisation. None of the Trustees received any remuneration from the charity |Number of Employees
Charitable Activities
Employment Costs
Wages and Salaries
NIC
Employer Pension costs|**2023**
**2022**
3
3
**2023**
**2022**
£
£
-
46,533
-
1,350
-
627| |---|---| ||-
48,510| ## **Note 6 Tangible fixed assets** ## **6.1 Cost or valuation** |**Plant, machinery and**
**motor vehicles**
**Fixtures, fittings**
**and equipment**
**Land and**
**Buildings**
**£**
**£**
**£**
Balance brought forward
- 2,662 -
Additions
- - -
Revaluations
- - -
Disposals
- - -
Transfers *
- - -
Balance carried forward
- 2,662 -
****Basis**
SL or RB
Straight Line
50%
**** Rate**
**£**
**£**
**£**
Balance brought forward
- 2,447
Depreciation charge for year - 215
Impairment provisions
- -
Revaluations
- -
Disposals
- -
Transfers*
- -
Balance carried forward
- 2,662
**6.3 Net book value**
Brought forward
- 215-
Carried forward
- -
**6.2 Accumulated depreciation and impairmentprovisions**|**Plant, machinery and**
**motor vehicles**
**£**|
**Fixtures, fittings**
**and equipment**
**£**|**Land and**
**Buildings**
**£**|**Total**
**£**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||-|2,662|-|2,662| ||-|-|-|-| ||-|-|-|-| ||-|-|-|-| ||-|-|-|-| ||-|2,662|-|2,662| |||||| ||SL or RB|Straight Line
50%||| |||||| ||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**| ||-|2,447||2,447| ||-|215||215| ||-|-||-| ||-|-||-| ||-|-||-| ||-|-||-| ||-|2,662||2,662| |||||| ||-|215|-|215| ||-|-||-| Page 10 |**Charity No**
**Survivors Together**|**1141487**| |---|---| |From 01/09/2022 to 31/08/2023
**Annual accounts for theperiod**|| |**Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**|| ## **Note 7 Debtors and prepayments** |**Note 7**|**Debtors andprepayments**|**Debtors andprepayments**||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Analysis of debtors**
**Trade debtors**
**Other debtors**
**Prepayments and accrued income**
**Total**|**Amounts falling due within one**||**Amounts falling due after more**|| ||**This year**
**£**|**Last year**
**£**|**This year**
**£**|**Last year**
**£**| ||-|- 444|-|-| ||-|61|-|-| ||-|383|-|-| ||-|- 0|-|-| ## **Note 8 Creditors and accruals** **8.1 Analysis of creditors** |**8.1 Analysis of creditors**
**Note 8**|**Creditors and accruals**|**Creditors and accruals**||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Loans and overdrafts**
**Trade creditors**
**Other creditors**
**Defered Income**
**Accruals**
**Total**|**Amounts falling due within one**||**Amounts falling due after more**|| ||**This year**
**£**|**Last year**
**£**|**This year**
**£**|**Last year**
**£**| ||-|-|-|-| ||-|100|-|-| ||-|2,661||-| ||-|-||| ||-|- 2,761|-|-| ||-|-|-|-| Page 11 |**Charity No**
**Survivors Together**|**1141487**| |---|---| |From 01/09/2022 to 31/08/2023
**Annual accounts for theperiod**|| |**Section C Notes to the accounts(cont)**|| ## **Note 9 Endowment and restricted income funds** ## **9.1 Funds held** **The charity holds the following Restricted Funds.** |**9.1 Funds held**
**The charity holds the following Restricted Funds.**|**9.1 Funds held**
**The charity holds the following Restricted Funds.**|**9.1 Funds held**
**The charity holds the following Restricted Funds.**| |---|---|---| |**Fund Name**
**Type PE, EE or**
**R**
**Purpose and Restrictions**||| |The National Lottery-Young Women|Restricted|Young womens worker and project delivery| |Postcode lottery|Restricted|Organisation Development| |Othona Weekend|Restricted|Funds eraised to cover weekend away in othona| |City Bridge Trust|Restricted|Programme Delivery| **It has no permanent nor expendable endowment funds** ## **9.2 Movements of major funds** |**9.2 Movements of major funds**||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Fund names**|**Fund balances**
**brought forward**
**£**|**Incoming**
**resources**
**£**|**Outgoing**
**resources**
**£**|**Fund balances**
**carried forward**
**£**| |TheNational Lottery|-|-|-|-| |CityBridgeTrust|9,395|-|9,395|-| |PostcodeLottery|-|-|-|-| |Othonaweekend|-|-|-|-| |**Total Restricted Funds**|**9,395**|**-**|**9,395**|**-**| ## **Note 10 Related Party Transactions and Transactions with Trustees** The Chair provides supervision services to the Director The Chair is also Secretary of Memorial Community Church who provide office space and meeting rooms to the charity at their standard rates Page 12