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2024-03-31-accounts

COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 07582438 CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1141636 (England and Wales) SC051284 (Scotland)

Respect Project

Company Limited by Guarantee

WALTER HUNTER & CO LIMITED

Chartered accountants & statutory auditor 24 Bridge Street Newport South Wales NP20 4SF

Respect Project

Company Limited by Guarantee

Financial Statements

Year ended 31 March 2024

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Trustees' annual report (incorporating the director's report) 1
Independent auditor's report to the members 14
Statement of financial activities (including income and
expenditure account) 19
Statement of financial position 20
Statement of cash flows 21
Notes to the financial statements 22

Respect Project

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

The trustees, who are also the directors for the purposes of company law, present their report and the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2024.

Reference and administrative details

Registered charity name Respect Project
Charity registration number 1141636 (England and Wales) SC051284 (Scotland)
Company registration number 07582438
Principal office and registered Voluntary Action Islington
office 200a Pentonville Road
London
England
N1 9JP
The trustees Sarah Mullen - Chair (Resigned 12 March 2024)
Purna Sen - Chair (Appointed 12 March 2024)
Diane Scott - Vice Chair
Lucy Bushill-Matthews - Treasurer
Rachel Morrison (Resigned 24 April 2023)
Leyly Bogue
Millie Brown
Michael Collins
Samantha Darby (Resigned 14 October 2024)
Amra Dautovic
David Gadd (Resigned 29 November 2023)
Talia Kensit
Hilary McCollum
James Rowlands
Kevin Steele
Auditor Jonathan Rhodes BSc BFP FCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)
Walter Hunter & Co Limited
Chartered accountants & statutory auditor
24 Bridge Street
Newport
South Wales
NP20 4SF
Bankers CAF Bank Ltd
25 Kings Hill Avenue
Kings Hill
West Malling
Kent
ME19 4JQ
Barclays Bank Plc
75 King Street
Hammersmith
London
W6 9HY

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Respect Project

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

Structure, governance and management

Patron Dame Vera Baird QC

Officers of the Board of Trustees Chair of Trustees Purna Sen (appointed 12 March 2024) Sarah Mullen (resigned 12 March 2024) Vice Chair Diane Scott Treasurer Lucy Bushill-Matthews Chief Executive Officer Jo Todd Board Secretary Michelle Roots (Director of Finance and Operations)(appointed 20 May 2024)

The Board of Trustees, who are also directors of the Company for the purposes of the Companies Act, and trustees for charity law purposes, submit their combined directors' and trustees' annual report and the financial statements of The Respect Project (known as "Respect") for the year ended 31 March 2024. The Board of Trustees confirms that the annual report and financial statements of the Company comply with current statutory requirements, the requirements of the Company's governing document and the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (FRS 102). The Company has taken advantage of the exemptions available to smaller entities.

Respect is a registered charity (number 1141636) and company limited by guarantee (number 7582438). Respect's governing document is its Memorandum and Articles of Association.

The Board of Trustees is elected at the Annual General Meeting. There are three officer posts — Chair, Vice Chair and Treasurer — and up to 12 other representatives.

Trustees are bound by Respect's Articles of Association. They complete a register of interests and declare any conflicts of interest at each Board and subgroup meeting.

The Board of Trustees meets quarterly to oversee and agree all areas of governance and strategy. Trustees also have an annual 'away day' to discuss and develop strategy and review their performance as a Board.

There are currently 3 subgroups of the Board which meet at least quarterly:

We recruit Trustees using an open advertisement process across our networks; applications are reviewed against need and shortlisted candidates are interviewed by a panel led by the Chair of Trustees. Respect's Trustees come from across the voluntary, public and private sectors. We are working to increase the diversity of our Board and this is reflected in our recruitment practices.

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Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

Skills and experience of Board members include:

New Trustees receive an induction into the organisation including governance training covering different aspects of the trustee role and responsibilities.

Respect employs a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to manage the organisation and drive its strategic development on behalf of the Board.

The Board of Trustees regularly monitors risks to Respect, ensuring these are adequately managed.

The key risks we have identified in the coming year are:

Systems to monitor and mitigate risk:

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Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

The Executive Leadership Team identifies and discusses risks and ways to mitigate them at our monthly Executive Leadership Meeting, considering strategic and project level risks. These risks are subsequently graded to assess the short and long-term impact, and the level of oversight needed and plans for mitigation are agreed and implemented. Trustees oversee progress against risk mitigation via our subgroups and review strategic risks at quarterly board meetings.

We have robust internal controls to ensure that we have management, performance and financial oversight and make use of independent third-party experts to support us where needed.

Our Funders:

We are grateful for the continued support of our funders, without whom this vital and lifechanging work would not be possible:

Public Funding:

Charities, Trusts and Foundations: Esmee Fairbairn Trust, Noel Buxton Trust

Scotland: Scottish Government

Wales: Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner South Wales

Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Department of Justice

Research: University of Bristol and University College London

Private Sector: A&R Edelmann, Lloyds Banking Group and other corporate partners

We would also like to thank all our individual donors.

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Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

Objectives and activities

Respect is the UK charity stopping perpetrators of domestic abuse. We work with our members, partners and allies to stop the harms done by those who perpetrate domestic abuse. Our pursuit of a world where everyone is free from domestic abuse encompasses a wide range of activity aimed at expanding the availability of safe, effective interventions. This includes training and accreditation for the perpetrator sector, the development of innovative and effective perpetrator programme models, and work with male victims and with young people.

We build evidence of what works, promote safe, effective practice and drive high standards. In collaboration with others, we use our voice to call for a response to domestic abuse that matches the scale of the problem. We will not stop, until domestic abuse stops.

Respect's objects as outlined in the Articles of Association are:

To relieve the distress and suffering caused by domestic violence and abuse, in particular, but not exclusively, by educating people who work with, or who are otherwise involved with, the perpetrators of and those suffering from domestic violence (practitioners), with a view to increasing the physical safety and mental well-being of people who have experienced such violence or abuse.

Public benefit

The Trustees confirm that they have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the charity's aims and objectives and in planning future activities.

We provide a range of identifiable benefits to the public or a section of the public through the activities outline below:

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Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

Achievements and performance

We continue to be very proud of the difference we have made over the last 24 years, tirelessly ensuring that perpetrators are held to account; putting survivors at the heart of our work; driving developments in practice; changing systems to ensure they are fit for purpose; influencing government to improve statutory responses and increase political will for change; and working to bring about social change so that our whole society strives to end domestic abuse.

Our Strategy

In October 2023, we launched our new strategy for 2023-28, Stopping the Harm: A Strategy for Change . Developed in collaboration and with insights from our members and colleagues across the domestic abuse sector, Stopping the Harm defines what is needed to achieve our goal:

Our strategy is built on two pillars through which Respect will deliver its work over the next five years and beyond:

A Centre for Excellence

Building on our unique experience and expertise, we are creating a Centre for Excellence, which will bring together practice and research evidence to deliver real change in the understanding of what works to end the perpetration of domestic abuse.

Influence for Systemic Change

We are expanding our Influence function to build an ambitious programme of work to push for radical change in policy making, commissioning and funding of specialist and statutory services, informed by the insights from the Centre for Excellence.

23/24 saw us in the first phase of implementing our new five-year strategy.

Our project highlights:

Respect’s projects, innovation and practice development form the groundwork and building blocks of our Centre for Excellence, and directly inform our influence work.

Our work to ensure delivery of safe and effective perpetrator interventions includes early response work through our Make a Change Project, response to high-harm serial perpetrators through the Drive Partnership, and systems change within children’s services through the Safe & Together programme. Our helplines provide expert support to male victims of domestic abuse through our Men’s Advice Line, and a first step towards accountability and change for perpetrators, through the Respect Phoneline. The Respect Young People’s Project supports professionals to address young people’s use of violence in intimate and family relationships.

We know that safe, effective practice and high standards require a range of responses addressing all levels of risk and need to bring about lasting behaviour-change and/or disruption to prevent further violence and abuse. As a second-tier membership organisation, our membership, training and accreditation ensures the continued development of a sector with the right tools, programmes, training and support to provide safe and effective specialist services.

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Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

Key highlights from 2023/24

Centre for Excellence: With almost 25 years of experience, we know that addressing domestic abuse requires focusing on those who cause harm. No single organisation can tackle this alone – it requires collective effort from researchers, practitioners, people with lived experience, campaigners, policymakers, and leaders, from local communities to national parliaments. This is why, as a key part of our strategy, we are launching a new Centre for Excellence. Its mission is to ensure that efforts to address the perpetration of domestic abuse are grounded in data and evidence, drive forward research and elevate the quality of practice. The centre will be informed and driven by the innovation and experience of experts in practice and service delivery.

During 2023/24 we have:

Make a Change : This is a community-wide, early response to people using harmful behaviour in relationships. It provides expert support for people who are concerned about their behaviour, and their partners and/or ex-partners, as well as training for professionals and support for the wider community. Our team provides the central support for our service delivery partners.

This year:

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Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

Following the behaviour change programme, 95% of participants improved on every outcome that we measure, demonstrating an increase in accountability, insight, empathy, emotional management and equitable beliefs.

Drive: We are proud to be part of the Drive Partnership along with our strategic partners SafeLives and Social Finance. It was initially set up in 2015 to deliver a three-year pilot intervention working with high harm, serial perpetrators, and we have since received funding to expand our work and extend the remit to include public affairs and national systems change work.

Safe & Together: The Safe & Together model is a training programme designed to help child protection professionals improve their response to domestic abuse. The model is based on three key principles:

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Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

“I learn new things every time I come to a consultation. I feel that you provide me with confidence in implementing behaviour expectations for the perpetrator, and I am able to use your research to evidence why. I feel that these consultations provide me clarity that there are risks, and that every opinion that I have is either validated or explored.”

– Practitioner being supported by a Respect Safe & Together Implementation Lead

Helplines: Our helplines continue to see high levels of demand. With access to a quality telephone interpreting service, we ensure everyone can access the help they need, whatever language they speak.

Our expert advisors help support male victims of domestic abuse on the Men’s Advice Line, focused on enhancing their safety and well-being.

In 2023-24, the Men’s Advice Line handled:

Our expert advisors also work with perpetrators on the Respect phoneline, helping them to take the first step towards accountability and change, to prevent further harm and make survivors safer. We offer confidential advice and information to anyone concerned about their behaviour, and we signpost to Respect-accredited perpetrator programmes.

The Respect Phoneline handled:

“The operator took the time to listen to me and advise. The operator was also very honest with me, even though I found this upsetting, it’s given me clarification and strength to continue”. – A perpetrator calling the Respect Phoneline

Respect Young People’s Service : We support professionals to respond effectively to young people’s use of violence and abuse in family and intimate relationships. Our primary focus is Child and Adolescent to Parent Violence and Abuse (CAPVA), and we deliver training and workforce development on our flagship intervention, the Respect Young People’s Programme, to support families experiencing this form of abuse.

We also develop work around Teenage Relationship Abuse. In 23/24 we delivered in three major areas in Durham, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk and training in various areas to 173 front-line professionals.

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Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

Our bespoke website for practitioners working with young people went from strength to strength: this year the number of people accessing the site grew by 288%. An evaluation from our Cambridge delivery site, by Cambridgeshire Constabulary and Trinity YMCA, found that:

Training: We deliver a professional development function offering high quality courses and practice development days, as well as other events, such as webinars. This year:

Membership: Respect’s membership programme offers a range of benefits to develop practitioners’ knowledge and skills, helping them improve their practice and giving them the opportunity to be part of a network of organisations sharing similar challenges, and speaking with a shared voice to influence policy and systems change. Respect has:

In 2023/24:

Our members can book weekly 1-1 expert advice sessions, supporting them with specific issues and concerns related to work with perpetrators or male victims. This year, our team has provided 79 sessions.

Accreditation: Respect accreditation is a quality assurance certification offered for two types of services: those working with perpetrators and those working with male victims. Services working with perpetrators are assessed against the Respect Standard, and services for male victims are assessed ' against the Respect Male Victims Standard.

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Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

Influence: Respect is committed to disrupting existing approaches to address domestic abuse and replacing them with a more accurate understanding of its root causes, and a more aspirational approach to its eradication. To this end, we continue to bring our influence to bear, building on our sector networks and our leadership role in the perpetrator sector. Our Centre for Excellence will be the hub that collates and drives the knowledge underpinning this work.

As our Influence function has become more established, we are more connected with changemakers such as parliamentarians and sector activists, working with them both in our own right and in coalition to prioritise responses that address the root cause as well as the consequences of abuse. We have spoken at key conferences and events such as the Labour party conference and given evidence at a Select Committee hearing, a clip of which was then aired on BBC Radio 4.

We continued to deliver our key asks and messages, raising the profile of Respect’s work via traditional and social media. Increasing our profile through media not only further secures our role as the “go-to” organisation on domestic abuse perpetration, it also makes us more attractive to potential funders who will see our reach and our impact.

Increase in press coverage :

In addition to our increase in press coverage, we worked with colleagues across the organisation to develop impactful campaigns for International Women’s Day, 16 Days of Activism and Black History Month that reached over 50,000 people through our social media outlets, our website, and our monthly newsletter. This not only demonstrates our reach and grows the understanding of perpetrator work, but also demonstrates the creativity of colleagues who we worked with to create strong assets in which to frame our thought leadership work.

Our policy work to influence government and statutory agency responses to domestic abuse is growing:

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Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

Financial review

Respect remains in a good financial position, shown below for 2023-24. As planned, we made use of our reserves with excess expenditure over income of £152,138.

Summary of Funds Held Unrestricted £ Restricted £ Total £
Balance from 31 March 2023 552,162 64,599 616,761
Income 633,019 2,270,075 2,903,094
Expenditure 725,366 2,329,866 3,055,232
In-year surplus /(deficit) (92,347) (59,791) (152,138)
Balance before transfers 459,815 4,808 464,623
Transfer from unrestricted to restricted (23,632) 23,632 0
Balance to 1 April 2024 436,183 28,440 464,623

Most of Respect’s income was categorised as restricted, meaning that the use of the funds was for a specific purpose. The funding received during the year end 31st March 2024 and the associated expenditure are shown above as Restricted Funds and in the Statement of Financial Activities and summarised in note 20 Analysis of Charitable Funds.

Unrestricted funding is for general use towards Respect’s charitable objects, comprising of centrally held reserves to support cash flow and contingencies, and amounts from commissioned service income for Training, Respect Young People’s Service training, Membership, Accreditation and some other sources of income including donations.

Total income decreased by 12.4% from 2022-23 with a reduction of 14.9% for restricted income and for unrestricted income, a reduction of 2.2%.

Total expenditure decreased by 14.6% from 2022-23 with a reduction of 14.8% on restricted expenditure and for unrestricted expenditure, a reduction of 13.9%.

The transfer of unrestricted funds of £23,632 to restricted funds was to support our Helplines’ expenditure, due to shortfall on funding for core costs from the Home Office.

Reserves policy

The Board of Trustees review the charity’s reserves requirement annually and monitor the forecast reserves shown in the financial reports throughout the year. This review encompasses the nature of income and expenditure streams, the need to match income with commitments, liquidity and the nature of reserves.

For the year ended 31 March 2024, the Board of Trustees agreed that the minimum appropriate level of unrestricted reserves to operate in the current financial climate should be equivalent to 3 months of operating costs, this equated to £148,351. The actual unrestricted reserves at the end of the year were £436,183, exceeding the minimum level set by the Board of Trustees by £287,832. The charity will consider whether to revise the reserves levels during the next budget planning period.

Funds and investment

In total funds amount to £464,623 as shown in Analysis of Charitable Funds. There were no fund investments.

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Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

Trustees' responsibilities statement

The trustees, who are also directors for the purposes of company law, are responsible for preparing the trustees' report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Company law requires the charity trustees to prepare financial statements for each year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, for that period.

In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the charity's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements 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.

Each of the persons who is a trustee at the date of approval of this report confirms that:

The trustees' annual report was approved on 09 December 2024 and signed on behalf of the board of trustees by:

Purnasen

Purna Sen Chair of Trustees

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Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Respect Project

Year ended 31 March 2024

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Respect Project (the 'charity') for the year ended 31 March 2024 which comprise the statement of financial activities (including income and expenditure account), statement of financial position, statement of cash flows and the related notes, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including FRS 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charity in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

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Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Respect Project (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. The trustees are responsible for the other information. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the charity and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the trustees' report.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 and Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

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Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Respect Project (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

Responsibilities of trustees

As explained more fully in the trustees' responsibilities statement, the trustees (who are also the directors for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charity or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

Through these procedures, we did not become aware of actual or suspected non-compliance.

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Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Respect Project (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

As part of an audit in accordance with ISAs (UK), we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional scepticism throughout the audit. We also:

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Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Respect Project (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charity's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charity's members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the charity's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

J Rhodes

Jonathan Rhodes BSc BFP FCA (Senior Statutory Auditor)

For and on behalf of Walter Hunter & Co Limited Chartered accountants & statutory auditor 24 Bridge Street Newport South Wales NP20 4SF

09 December 2024

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Statement of Financial Activities (including income and expenditure account)

Year ended 31 March 2024

2024 2023
Unrestricted Restricted
funds funds Total funds Total funds
Note £ £ £ £
Income and endowments
Donations and legacies 5 6,323 – 6,323 39,396
Charitable activities 6 626,356 2,270,075 2,896,431 3,275,362
Investment income 7 340 – 340 935
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Total income 633,019 2,270,075 2,903,094 3,315,693
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Expenditure
Expenditure on charitable activities 8,9 725,366 2,329,866 3,055,232 3,577,312
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Total expenditure 725,366 2,329,866 3,055,232 3,577,312
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Net expenditure (92,347) (59,791) (152,138) (261,619)
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Transfers between funds (23,632) 23,632 – –
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Net movement in funds (115,979) (36,159) (152,138) (261,619)
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward 552,162 64,599 616,761 878,380
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Total funds carried forward 436,183 28,440 464,623 616,761
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The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

The notes on pages 22 to 39 form part of these financial statements.

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Statement of Financial Position

31 March 2024

2024 2023
Note £ £
Fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets 15 12,111 18,167
Current assets
Debtors 16 877,302 773,968
Cash at bank and in hand 120,750 459,810
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998,052 1,233,778
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 17 545,540 635,184
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Net current assets 452,512 598,594
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Total assets less current liabilities 464,623 616,761
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Net assets 464,623 616,761
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Funds of the charity
Restricted funds 28,440 64,599
Unrestricted funds 436,183 552,162
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Total charity funds 20 464,623 616,761
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These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime.

These financial statements were approved by the board of trustees and authorised for issue on 09 December 2024, and are signed on behalf of the board by:

PurnaSen

Purna Sen - Chair Trustee

The notes on pages 22 to 39 form part of these financial statements.

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Statement of Cash Flows

Year ended 31 March 2024

2024 2023
£ £
Cash flows from operating activities
Net expenditure (152,138) (261,619)
Adjustments for:
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets 6,056 6,058
Other interest receivable and similar income (340) (935)
Accrued expenses/(income) 106,139 (605,563)
Changes in:
Trade and other debtors (265,039) 1,018,510
Trade and other creditors (34,078) (384,154)
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Cash generated from operations (339,400) (227,703)
Interest received 340 935
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Net cash used in operating activities (339,060) (226,768)
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Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of tangible assets – (24,224)
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Net cash used in investing activities – (24,224)
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Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents (339,060) (250,992)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 459,810 710,802
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Cash and cash equivalents at end of year 120,750 459,810
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The notes on pages 22 to 39 form part of these financial statements.

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Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements

1. General information

The charity is a public benefit entity and a private company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales and a registered charity in England and Wales. The address of the registered office is Respect, 200a Pentonville Road, London, England, N1 9JP.

2. Statement of compliance

These financial statements have been prepared in compliance with FRS 102, 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland', the Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (Charities SORP (FRS 102)) and the Companies Act 2006.

3. Accounting policies

Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the currency of the entity, rounded to the nearest pound.

Going concern

There are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue.

Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported. These estimates and judgements are continually reviewed and are based on experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.

Income tax

As a registered charity, the charity is exempt from income tax to the extent that its income and gains are applicable to charitable purposes only.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees to further any of the charity's purposes.

Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular future project or commitment.

Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure declared by the donor or through the terms of an appeal, and fall into one of two sub-classes: restricted income funds or endowment funds.

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Year ended 31 March 2024

3. Accounting policies (continued)

Incoming resources

All income is included in the statement of financial activities when entitlement has passed to the charity, it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the charity and the amount can be reliably measured. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income:

Resources expended

Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is classified under headings of the statement of financial activities to which it relates:

All costs are allocated to expenditure categories reflecting the use of the resource. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs are apportioned between the activities they contribute to on a reasonable, justifiable and consistent basis.

Tangible assets

Tangible assets are initially recorded at cost, and subsequently stated at cost less any accumulated depreciation and impairment losses.

Depreciation

Depreciation is calculated so as to write off the cost or valuation of an asset, less its residual value, over the useful economic life of that asset as follows:

Office equipment - 25% p.a. straight line
Computer equipment - 33% p.a. straight line
Other fixed assets - 33% p.a. straight line

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Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

3. Accounting policies (continued)

Depreciation (continued)

Full year depreciation is charged to the additions during the year. Website development costs are capitalised where they will deliver clear economic benefits and/or charitable/campaigning benefits of a value at least as great as the amount capitalised.

Impairment of fixed assets

A review for indicators of impairment is carried out at each reporting date, with the recoverable amount being estimated where such indicators exist. Where the carrying value exceeds the recoverable amount, the asset is impaired accordingly. Prior impairments are also reviewed for possible reversal at each reporting date.

Financial instruments

A financial asset or a financial liability is recognised only when the entity becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at the amount receivable or payable including any related transaction costs, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where it is recognised at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument.

Current assets and current liabilities are subsequently measured at the cash or other consideration expected to be paid or received and not discounted.

Defined contribution plans

Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as an expense in the period in which the related service is provided. Prepaid contributions are recognised as an asset to the extent that the prepayment will lead to a reduction in future payments or a cash refund.

4. Limited by guarantee

The charity is incorporated under the Companies Act 2006 and is limited by guarantee, each member having undertaken to contribute such amounts not exceeding one pound as may be required in the event of the company being wound up whilst he or she is still a member or within one year thereafter.

There are 111 members of the company.

5. Donations and legacies

Unrestricted Total Funds Unrestricted Total Funds
Funds 2024 Funds 2023
£ £ £ £
Donations
Donations 6,323 6,323 39,396 39,396
======================= ======================= ============================ ============================

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Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

6. Charitable activities

Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2024
£ £ £
Accreditation 63,311 – 63,311
Consultancy and Other Fees 20,850 – 20,850
Department of Justice Northern Ireland – 6,000 6,000
Durham Country Council (RYPS) – 31,977 31,977
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation 75,000 – 75,000
Fidelity International – – –
Home Office – 349,247 349,247
Home Office: Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Standards – – –
Lloyds Bank Foundation 150,000 – 150,000
London Councils via Refuge – 11,323 11,323
London Councils via Women's Resource Centre -
Ascent		 – 25,152 25,152
London Safe and Together - Match funding from
councils		 – 175,150 175,150
Mayor and Burgesses of The London Borough of
Waltham Forest - Home Office: Safe and Together		 – 196,982 196,982
Membership Subscriptions 49,083 – 49,083
Newcastle City Council (MAC) – 19,900 19,900
NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South
Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board		 10,655 – 10,655
Noel Buxton Trust (RYPS) – 10,000 10,000
Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire
and Peterborough (RYPS)		 – 24,100 24,100
Police and Crime Commissioner for Durham (RYPS) – – –
Police and Crime Commissioner for Lincolnshire
(MAC) – – –
Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk (RYPS) – 52,396 52,396
Safe Lives (Restart) – 283,700 283,700
Scottish Government – 35,357 35,357
Scottish Government via Scottish Women's Aid – 30,837 30,837
South London and Maudsley NHS – – –
South Wales Police Crime Commissioner via Welsh
Women's Aid (Change That Lasts)		 – 17,148 17,148
The National Lottery Community Fund (MAC) – 543,862 543,862
The National Lottery Community Fund via Safe Lives
(Drive)		 – 450,844 450,844
Training Courses 257,457 – 257,457
Women's Aid Survivor Fund – 6,100 6,100
-------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------
626,356 2,270,075 2,896,431
================================ ========================================= =========================================

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Respect Project

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

6. Charitable activities (continued)

Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2023
£ £ £
Accreditation 51,722 – 51,722
Consultancy and Other Fees 17,554 – 17,554
Department of Justice Northern Ireland – 6,000 6,000
Durham Country Council (RYPS) – – –
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation 90,000 – 90,000
Fidelity International 3,000 – 3,000
Home Office – 350,000 350,000
Home Office: Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Standards – 8,000 8,000
Lloyds Bank Foundation – – –
London Councils via Refuge – 11,617 11,617
London Councils via Women's Resource Centre -
Ascent		 – 24,585 24,585
London Safe and Together - Match funding from
councils		 – 93,000 93,000
Mayor and Burgesses of The London Borough of
Waltham Forest - Home Office: Safe and Together		 – 449,482 449,482
Membership Subscriptions 47,648 – 47,648
Newcastle City Council (MAC) – – –
NHS Bristol, North Somerset and South
Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board		 6,500 – 6,500
Noel Buxton Trust (RYPS) – – –
Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire
and Peterborough (RYPS)		 – 14,508 14,508
Police and Crime Commissioner for Durham (RYPS) – 143,281 143,281
Police and Crime Commissioner for Lincolnshire
(MAC)		 – 111,412 111,412
Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk (RYPS) – – –
Safe Lives (Restart) – – –
Scottish Government – 35,238 35,238
Scottish Government via Scottish Women's Aid – 30,085 30,085
South London and Maudsley NHS 11,332 – 11,332
South Wales Police Crime Commissioner via Welsh
Women's Aid (Change That Lasts)		 – 41,764 41,764
The National Lottery Community Fund (MAC) – 684,535 684,535
The National Lottery Community Fund via Safe Lives
(Drive)		 – 665,162 665,162
Training Courses 378,937 – 378,937
Women's Aid Survivor Fund – – –
-------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------
606,693 2,668,669 3,275,362
================================ ========================================= =========================================

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Respect Project

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

7. Investment income

Unrestricted Total Funds Unrestricted Total Funds
Funds 2024 Funds 2023
£ £ £ £
Bank interest 340 340 935 935
============== ============== ============== ==============

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Respect Project

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

8. Expenditure on charitable activities by fund type

Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2024
£ £ £
Department of Justice Northern Ireland – 4,800 4,800
Durham County Council (RYPS) – 31,977 31,977
Helplines - Respect Phonelines – – –
Home Office – 331,160 331,160
Home Office: Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Standards – – –
London Councils via Refuge – 10,530 10,530
London Councils via Women's Resource Centre -
Ascent		 – 22,225 22,225
Match Funding from Councils: London Safe and
Together		 – 175,150 175,150
Mayor and Burgesses of The London Borough of
Waltham Forest - Home Office: Safe and Together		 – 142,563 142,563
National Lottery Community Fund (MAC) – 494,872 494,872
Newcastle City Council (MAC) – 16,502 16,502
Noel Buxton Trust (RYPS) – 10,000 10,000
Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire
and Peterborough (RYPS)		 – 24,100 24,100
Police and Crime Commissioner for Durham (RYPS) – 41,369 41,369
Police and Crime Commissioner for Lincolnshire
(MAC) – – –
Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk (RYPS) – 52,396 52,396
Safe Lives (Restart) – 232,826 232,826
Scottish Government – 28,286 28,286
Scottish Government via Scottish Women's Aid – 24,670 24,670
South Wales Police Crime Commissioner via Welsh
Women's Aid (Change that Lasts)		 – 16,629 16,629
Support costs 178,727 270,187 448,914
The National Lottery Community Fund via Safe Lives
(Drive)		 – 393,524 393,524
Training, Accreditation, Respect Young Peoples
Services and Membership expenditure		 546,639 – 546,639
Women's Aid Flexible Survivor Fund – 6,100 6,100
-------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------
725,366 2,329,866 3,055,232
================================ ========================================= =========================================

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Respect Project

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

8. Expenditure on charitable activities by fund type (continued)

Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2023
£ £ £
Department of Justice Northern Ireland – 6,000 6,000
Durham County Council (RYPS) – – –
Helplines - Respect Phonelines – 20,356 20,356
Home Office – 329,519 329,519
Home Office: Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Standards – 8,000 8,000
London Councils via Refuge – 11,616 11,616
London Councils via Women's Resource Centre -
Ascent		 – 20,883 20,883
Match Funding from Councils: London Safe and
Together		 – 79,050 79,050
Mayor and Burgesses of The London Borough of
Waltham Forest - Home Office: Safe and Together		 – 409,336 409,336
National Lottery Community Fund (MAC) – 639,082 639,082
Newcastle City Council (MAC) – – –
Noel Buxton Trust (RYPS) – – –
Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire
and Peterborough (RYPS)		 – 12,332 12,332
Police and Crime Commissioner for Durham (RYPS) – 86,625 86,625
Police and Crime Commissioner for Lincolnshire
(MAC)		 – 94,700 94,700
Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk (RYPS) – – –
Safe Lives (Restart) – – –
Scottish Government – 28,190 28,190
Scottish Government via Scottish Women's Aid – 24,068 24,068
South Wales Police Crime Commissioner via Welsh
Women's Aid (Change that Lasts)		 – 66,883 66,883
Support costs 274,523 279,624 554,147
The National Lottery Community Fund via Safe Lives
(Drive)		 – 618,660 618,660
Training, Accreditation, Respect Young Peoples
Services and Membership expenditure		 567,865 – 567,865
Women's Aid Flexible Survivor Fund – – –
-------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------
842,388 2,734,924 3,577,312
================================ ========================================= =========================================

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Respect Project

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

9. Expenditure on charitable activities by activity type

Activities Grant
undertaken funding of Support Total funds Total funds
directly activities costs 2024 2023
£ £ £ £ £
Department of Justice Northern
Ireland 4,800 – 1,200
6,000
6,000
Durham County Council (RYPS) 31,977 – – 31,977
–
Helplines - Respect Phonelines – – – – 20,945
Home Office 331,160 – 44,977
376,137
350,000
Home Office: Domestic Abuse
Perpetrator Standards – – – – 8,000
London Councils via Refuge 10,530 – 793
11,323
11,616
London Councils via Women's
Resource Centre - Ascent 22,225 – 2,927
25,152
23,705
Match Funding from Councils:
London Safe and Together 175,150 – – 175,150
93,000
Mayor and Burgesses of The
London Borough of Waltham
Forest - Home Office: Safe and
Together 142,563 – 49,619
192,182
457,344
National Lottery Community Fund
(MAC) 222,794 272,078 49,146
544,018
684,534
Newcastle City Council (MAC) 16,502 – 3,398
19,900
–
Noel Buxton Trust (RYPS) 10,000 – – 10,000
–
Police and Crime Commissioner
for Cambridgeshire and
Peterborough (RYPS) 24,100 – – 24,100
14,508
Police and Crime Commissioner
for Durham (RYPS) 41,369 – – 41,369
101,912
Police and Crime Commissioner
for Lincolnshire (MAC) – – – – 111,412
Police and Crime Commissioner
for Norfolk (RYPS) 52,396 – – 52,396
–
Safe Lives (Restart) 232,826 – 46,074
278,900
–
Scottish Government 28,286 – 7,071
35,357
35,238
Scottish Government via Scottish
Women's Aid 24,670 – 6,167
30,837
30,085
South Wales Police Crime
Commissioner via Welsh
Women's Aid (Change that Lasts) 16,629 – 1,779
18,408
76,371
The National Lottery Community
Fund via Safe Lives (Drive) 393,524 – 57,036
450,560
710,254
Training, Accreditation, Respect
Young Peoples Services and
Membership expenditure 546,639 – 178,727
725,366
842,388
Women's Aid Flexible Survivor
Fund 6,100 – – 6,100
–
----------------------------------------- -------------------------------- -------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------
2,334,240 272,078 448,914
3,055,232
3,577,312
========================================= ================================ ================================ ========================================= =========================================

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Respect Project

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

10. Analysis of support costs

nalysis of support costs
Core Overhead Allocation
2024
£
Department of Justice Northern Ireland 1,200
Home Office 44,977
London Councils via Women's Resource Centre - Ascent 2,927
Mayor and Burgesses of The London Borough of Waltham Forest -
Home Office: Safe and Together 49,619
National Lottery Community Fund (MAC) 49,146
Newcastle City Council (MAC) 3,398
Police and Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire and
Peterborough (RYPS) 793
Safe Lives (Restart) 46,074
Scottish Government 7,071
Scottish Government via Scottish Women's Aid 6,167
South Wales Police Crime Commissioner via Welsh Women's Aid
(Change that Lasts) 1,779
The National Lottery Community Fund via Safe Lives (Drive) 57,036
Training, Accreditation, Respect Young Peoples Services and
Membership Expenditure 178,727
-----------------------------------------
448,914
=========================================
Total Support Costs 2023 554,147
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Respect Project

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

11. Analysis of grants

2024 2023
£ £
Grants to institutions
Grants from National Lottery Community Fund - Make A Change 272,078 361,284
Grants from Lincolnshire Police - Make A Change – 94,700
-------------------------------- --------------------------------
272,078 455,984
-------------------------------- --------------------------------
Total grants 272,078 455,984
================================ ================================
12. Net expenditure
Net expenditure is stated after charging/(crediting):
2024 2023
£ £
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets 6,056 6,058
Audit Fee 4,956 4,416
======================= =======================

13. Staff costs

The total staff costs and employee benefits for the reporting period are analysed as follows:

2024 2023
£ £
Wages and salaries 2,019,034 2,062,439
Social security costs 196,107 229,721
Employer contributions to pension plans 124,161 114,347
Other employee benefits 6,263 175,818
----------------------------------------- -----------------------------------------
2,345,565 2,582,325
========================================= =========================================

The average head count of employees during the year was 45 (2023: 54). The average number of full-time equivalent employees during the year is analysed as follows:

2024 2023
No. No.
Number of staff 40 45
============== ==============
The number of employees whose remuneration for the year fell within the following bands, were:
2024 2023
No. No.
£60,000 to £69,999 4 1
£70,000 to £79,999 1 –
-------------- --------------
5 1
============== ==============

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Respect Project

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

13. Staff costs (continued)

Key Management Personnel

The key management personnel of the Charity are those persons having authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities of the Charity, directly or indirectly, including any Trustee of the Charity. In addition to the Trustees, key management personnel includes 5 of the Principal Officers. Aggregate remuneration and benefits paid to key management personnel during the year amounted to £358,776 (2023: £282,878).

14. Trustee remuneration and expenses

No remuneration or other benefits from employment with the charity or a related entity were received by the trustees (2023: nil).

During the year there were expenses of £306 reimbursed to four trustees (2023: £576)

15. Tangible fixed assets

Office Computer Other Fixed
Equipment Equipment Assets Total
£ £ £ £
Cost
At 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2024 11,773 22,704 16,965 51,442
============================ ============================ ============================ ============================
Depreciation
At 1 April 2023 11,773 13,715 7,787 33,275
Charge for the year – 2,997 3,059 6,056
---------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------- ----------------------------
At 31 March 2024 11,773 16,712 10,846 39,331
============================ ============================ ============================ ============================
Carrying amount
At 31 March 2024 – 5,992 6,119 12,111
============================ ============================ ============================ ============================
At 31 March 2023 – 8,989 9,178 18,167
============================ ============================ ============================ ============================
Debtors
2024 2023
£ £
Trade debtors 407,420 167,874
Prepayments and accrued income 469,882 605,944
Other debtors – 150
-------------------------------- --------------------------------
877,302 773,968
================================ ================================

16. Debtors

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Respect Project

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

17. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

2024 2023
£ £
Trade creditors 77,697 148,142
Accruals and deferred income 355,891 449,230
Social security and other taxes 63,677 –
VAT creditor 31,981 37,812
Other creditors 16,294 –
-------------------------------- --------------------------------
545,540 635,184
================================ ================================
Deferred income
2024 2023
£ £
At 1 April 2023 293,483 308,238
Amount released to income (293,483) (308,238)
Amount deferred in year 255,710 293,483
-------------------------------- --------------------------------
At 31 March 2024 255,710 293,483
================================ ================================

18. Deferred income

19. Pensions and other post retirement benefits

Defined contribution plans

The amount recognised in income or expenditure as an expense in relation to defined contribution plans was £124,161 (2023: £114,347).

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Respect Project

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

20. Analysis of charitable funds

Unrestricted funds

Unrestricted funds
At At 31 March
1 April 2023 Income Expenditure Transfers 2024
£ £ £ £ £
General funds 552,162 633,019 (725,366) (23,632)
436,183
Accreditation Fund
Project Drive – – – – –
-------------------------------- -------------------------------- -------------------------------- ---------------------------- --------------------------------
552,162 633,019 (725,366) (23,632)
436,183
================================ ================================ ================================ ============================ ================================
At At 31 March
1 April 2022 Income Expenditure Transfers 2023
£ £ £ £ £
General funds 747,747 647,024 (821,664) (20,945)
552,162
Accreditation Fund
Project Drive		 20,724 – (20,724) – –
-------------------------------- -------------------------------- -------------------------------- ---------------------------- --------------------------------
768,471 647,024 (842,388) (20,945)
552,162
================================ ================================ ================================ ============================ ================================

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Respect Project

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

20. Analysis of charitable funds (continued)

Restricted funds

Restricted funds
At
At 1 April 31 March
2023 Income Expenditure Transfers 2024
£ £ £ £ £
Department of Justice Northern
Ireland		 – 6,000 (6,000)
–		 –
Durham County Council (RYPS) – 31,977 (31,977)
–		 –
Helplines - Respect Phoneline – – – – –
Home Office – 349,247 (376,137)
23,632		 (3,258)
Home Office: Domestic Abuse
Perpetrator Standards – – – – –
Lloyds Bank Foundation – – – – –
London Councils via Refuge – 11,323 (11,323)
–		 –
London Councils via Women's
Resource Centre - Ascent		 882 25,152 (25,152)
–		 882
London Safe and Together - Match
funding from Councils		 – 175,150 (175,150)
–		 –
Mayor and Burgesses of The
London Borough of Waltham Forest 17,652 196,982 (192,182)
–		 22,452
- Home Office: Safe and Together
National Lottery Community Fund
(MAC)		 3,720 543,862 (544,018)
–		 3,564
Newcastle City Council (MAC) – 19,900 (19,900)
–		 –
Noel Buxton Trust (RYPS) – 10,000 (10,000)
–		 –
Police and Crime Commissioner for
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough – 24,100 (24,100)
–		 –
(RYPS)
Police and Crime Commissioner for
Durham (RYPS)		 41,369 – (41,369)
–		 –
Police and Crime Commissioner for
Lincolnshire (MAC) – – – – –
Police and Crime Commissioner for
Norfolk (RYPS)		 – 52,396 (52,396)
–		 –
Safe Lives (Restart) – 283,700 (278,900)
–		 4,800
Scottish Government – 35,357 (35,357)
–		 –
Scottish Government via Women's
Aid		 – 30,837 (30,837)
–		 –
South Wales Police Crime
Commissioner via Welsh Women's 1,260 17,148 (18,408)
–		 –
Aid (Change that Lasts)
The National Lottery Community
Fund via Safe Lives (Drive)		 (284) 450,844 (450,560)
–		 –
Women's Aid Flexible Survivor
Fund		 – 6,100 (6,100)
–		 –
---------------------------- ----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- ---------------------------- ----------------------------
64,599 2,270,075 (2,329,866)
23,632		 28,440
============================ ========================================= ========================================= ============================ ============================

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Respect Project

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

20. Analysis of charitable funds (continued)

At
At 1 April 31 March
2022 Income Expenditure Transfers 2023
£ £ £ £ £
Department of Justice Northern
Ireland		 – 6,000 (6,000)
–		 –
Durham County Council (RYPS) – – – – –
Helplines - Respect Phoneline – – (20,945)
20,945		 –
Home Office – 350,000 (350,000)
–		 –
Home Office: Domestic Abuse
Perpetrator Standards		 – 8,000 (8,000)
–		 –
Lloyds Bank Foundation 1,968 – – (1,968) –
London Councils via Refuge 1 11,617 (11,618)
–		 –
London Councils via Women's
Resource Centre - Ascent		 – 24,585 (23,703)
–		 882
London Safe and Together - Match
funding from Councils		 – 93,000 (93,000)
–		 –
Mayor and Burgesses of The
London Borough of Waltham Forest 25,514 449,482 (457,344)
–		 17,652
- Home Office: Safe and Together
National Lottery Community Fund
(MAC)		 3,719 684,535 (684,534)
–		 3,720
Newcastle City Council (MAC) – – – – –
Noel Buxton Trust (RYPS) – – – – –
Police and Crime Commissioner for
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough – 14,508 (14,508)
–		 –
(RYPS)
Police and Crime Commissioner for
Durham (RYPS)		 – 143,281 (101,912)
–		 41,369
Police and Crime Commissioner for
Lincolnshire (MAC)		 – 111,412 (111,412)
–		 –
Police and Crime Commissioner for
Norfolk (RYPS) – – – – –
Safe Lives (Restart) – – – – –
Scottish Government – 35,238 (35,238)
–		 –
Scottish Government via Women's
Aid		 – 30,085 (30,085)
–		 –
South Wales Police Crime
Commissioner via Welsh Women's 35,867 41,764 (76,371)
–		 1,260
Aid (Change that Lasts)
The National Lottery Community
Fund via Safe Lives (Drive)		 42,840 665,162 (710,254)
1,968		 (284)
Women's Aid Flexible Survivor
Fund – – – – –
-------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- ---------------------------- ----------------------------
109,909 2,668,669 (2,734,924)
20,945		 64,599
================================ ========================================= ========================================= ============================ ============================

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Respect Project

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

20. Analysis of charitable funds (continued)

Make a Change

National Lottery Community Fund – this fund pays for the Make a Change Project including Respect’s role in overseeing the model delivery in four sites. It includes payment to Women’s Aid England as a strategic partner and direct payments to five local delivery partners in four project sites (Trafford, Durham, Sunderland and Merseyside). NCLF pays 40% of operating costs in Trafford and offer a set contribution fee to the other three.

Northumbria PCC and Newcastle Council - fund the Make a Change project in Newcastle. This includes Respect’s fee for overseeing the model delivery and 100% operating costs paid to local delivery partners Harbour and Changing Lives. This is funded to June 2025.

Scottish Government - Helplines

Inspiring Scotland provide funding for both Men's Advice Line and Respect Phoneline to meet the needs of Scottish service users who need advice, information and signposting support.

Home Office - Helplines

Funding for both Men's Advice Line and Respect Phoneline to meet the needs of service users across the UK offering advice, information and signposting support.

Ascent - Helplines

In partnership with the London VAWG Consortium, Men's Advice Line receive funding for male victims in London to be supported with advice, information and signposting support.

Scottish Women's Aid - Helplines

The Scottish Domestic Abuse and Forced Marriage Helpline (SDAFMH) funds Men's Advice Line to ensure that male callers to the SDAFMH receive a specialist telephone support service via the Men's Advice Line (MAL) during our operating hours.

Northern Ireland - Helplines

Funding is received from the Northern Ireland Executive for Respect Phoneline to offer advice, support and signposting for perpetrators seeking support in Northern Ireland.

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Respect Project

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

21. Analysis of net assets between funds

Unrestricted Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2024
£ £ £
Tangible fixed assets 12,111 – 12,111
Current assets 424,072 28,440 452,512
-------------------------------- ---------------------------- --------------------------------
Net assets 436,183 28,440 464,623
================================ ============================ ================================
Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2023
£ £ £
Tangible fixed assets 18,167 – 18,167
Current assets 533,995 64,599 598,594
-------------------------------- ---------------------------- --------------------------------
Net assets 552,162 64,599 616,761
================================ ============================ ================================
Analysis of changes in net debt
At
At 1 Apr 2023 Cash flows
31 Mar 2024
£ £ £
Cash at bank and in hand 459,810 (339,060)
120,750
================================ ================================ ================================

22. Analysis of changes in net debt

23. Limitation of auditors liability

By way of a members' resolution dated 18 October 2023, the company has agreed to enter into a limited liability agreement with its auditors whereby their exposure to legal claims is limited to £50,000 per claim.

24. Related parties

There were no related party transactions incurred during the year other than those detailed in note 14.

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Issuer

Issuer Walter Hunter Document generated Mon, 9th Dec 2024 10:27:01 GMT Document fingerprint 0c1a5e5f1366991dba9f0d0125327861

Parties involved with this document

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Party + Fingerprint

Tue, 10th Dec 2024 17:44:04 GMT Tue, 10th Dec 2024 18:09:48 GMT Tue, 10th Dec 2024 18:09:48 GMT Tue, 10th Dec 2024 18:09:48 GMT

Mrs Purna Sen - Signer (b3c8f5510879b36958c5934f097aae8e) Jonathan Rhodes - Signer (6216a205e594c8642ceeb2dd3d26ba45) Mrs Michelle Roots - Copied In (4a6771b04c49ee0ce173bbe1390a7d11) Georgia Turner - Copied In (7ce0b4759f769c8d839f156150d87eaa)

Audit history log

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Mon, 9th Dec 2024 10:27:01 GMT

Mon, 9th Dec 2024 10:27:01 GMT

Mon, 9th Dec 2024 10:27:01 GMT

Mon, 9th Dec 2024 10:27:01 GMT

Mon, 9th Dec 2024 10:27:01 GMT Mon, 9th Dec 2024 10:27:01 GMT Mon, 9th Dec 2024 10:27:01 GMT Mon, 9th Dec 2024 10:27:01 GMT Mon, 9th Dec 2024 10:27:21 GMT Mon, 9th Dec 2024 10:27:21 GMT Mon, 9th Dec 2024 10:27:22 GMT Mon, 9th Dec 2024 10:27:32 GMT

Envelope generated with fingerprint 0f23ae2b29459db260cefc51151d5b5818.133.63.166 Document generated with fingerprint 0c1a5e5f1366991dba9f0d0125327861.18.133.63.166 Document generated with fingerprint 69c273281ecbf013a9cfbe032c0bc560.18.133.63.166 Document generated with fingerprint 33103c6acd1d125a1d0936d046274a3f.18.133.63.166 Mrs Purna Sen has been assigned to this envelope.18.133.63.166 Jonathan Rhodes has been assigned to this envelope.18.133.63.166 Mrs Michelle Roots has been assigned to this envelope.18.133.63.166 Georgia Turner has been assigned to this envelope.18.133.63.166 Envelope generated Sent the envelope to Mrs Purna Sen for signing Document emailed to party email18.175.210.239 Party email has bounced back. The reason given is: 550 5.4.1 Recipient address rejected: Access denied. [AM2PEPF0001C70A.eurprd05.prod.outlook.com 2024-12-09T10:27:23.428Z 08DD115F67ED9D78]167.89.117.78 Document emailed to party email13.43.138.20

Mon, 9th Dec 2024 11:37:37 GMT

Mon, 9th Dec 2024 11:42:43 GMT

Party email has bounced back. The reason given is: unable to get mx info:

failed to get IPs from PTR record: lookup : unrecognized

Mon, 9th Dec 2024 12:00:34 GMT Tue, 10th Dec 2024 17:42:44 GMT Tue, 10th Dec 2024 17:44:04 GMT Tue, 10th Dec 2024 17:44:04 GMT Tue, 10th Dec 2024 17:44:04 GMT Tue, 10th Dec 2024 17:44:04 GMT Tue, 10th Dec 2024 18:08:58 GMT Tue, 10th Dec 2024 18:09:48 GMT Tue, 10th Dec 2024 18:09:48 GMT Tue, 10th Dec 2024 18:09:48 GMT Tue, 10th Dec 2024 18:09:48 GMT Tue, 10th Dec 2024 18:09:49 GMT Tue, 10th Dec 2024 18:09:49 GMT Tue, 10th Dec 2024 18:09:49 GMT

address52.91.28.145 Document emailed to party email18.175.222.55

Mrs Purna Sen viewed the envelope151.225.225.49 Mrs Purna Sen signed the envelope151.225.225.49 Sent the envelope to Jonathan Rhodes for signing151.225.225.49 Document emailed to party email18.168.225.11 Mrs Purna Sen viewed the envelope151.225.225.49 Jonathan Rhodes viewed the envelope81.150.186.46 Jonathan Rhodes signed the envelope81.150.186.46 Sent the envelope to Mrs Michelle Roots for signing81.150.186.46 Sent the envelope to Georgia Turner for signing81.150.186.46 This envelope has been signed by all parties81.150.186.46 Document emailed to party email18.133.140.25 Document emailed to party email13.41.70.245 Jonathan Rhodes viewed the envelope81.150.186.46