## **THE SURVIVORS' NETWORK LIMITED**
## **Financial Statements 31 March 2021**
**Registered Company Number: 07780363 Registered Charity Number: 1144878**
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## **THE SURVIVORS' NETWORK LIMITED**
## **INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
||**Contents**|
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||Page|
|Legal and Administrative information|1|
|Trustees’ report|2-12|
|Report of the Independent Auditor|13-16|
|Statement of financial activities|17|
|Balance sheet|18|
|Cash Flow Statement|19|
|Notes|20-28|
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## **THE SURVIVORS' NETWORK LIMITED**
## **LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION**
|**Trustees (who are also directors):**|Trisha Brandon|
|---|---|
||Sophie Gibson (Chair)|
||Caroline Elliker|
||Caryn Swart|
||Jenny Stone|
||Shalini Nair|
||Charlotte Mist|
||Sara Parsonage|
|**Registered Company Number:**|07780363|
|**Registered Charity Number:**|1144878|
|**Registered Office:**|6a Pavilion Buildings|
||Brighton|
||BN1 1EE|
|**CEO:**|Jay Breslaw|
|**Bankers:**|The Co-operative Bank|
||PO Box 250|
||Skelmersdale|
||WN8 6WT|
|**Auditor:**|West & Berry|
||Mocatta House|
||Trafalgar Place|
||Brighton|
||BN1 4DU|
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## **THE SURVIVORS' NETWORK LIMITED**
## **TRUSTEES REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[st] MARCH 2021**
## **ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE AND MANAGEMENT**
The trustees present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2021.
These have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the financial statements and comply with the charity's governing document, the Charities Act 2011 and "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).
The Survivors’ Network Limited is a charitable company limited by guarantee; it was incorporated on 20th September 2011 and registered as a charity on 1[st] December 2012. The organisation was formerly known as Survivors Network (Sussex), an unincorporated charity (charity number 1000961) which was set up in 1990 and which transferred its net assets to the newly constituted company on 1[st] July 2012.
The Survivors’ Network Limited was established under a Memorandum of Association, which describes the objects and powers of the charitable company; it is governed under its Articles of Association. Under those Articles, new Trustees are elected or co-opted by the Trustees on to the Board.
## **Governance and decision making**
The Board of Trustees governs The Survivors’ Network Limited and meets at least 10 times a year to discuss and review strategy, planning, development and financial matters. Day-to-day management of the organisation is delegated to the CEO.
The Trustees who served during the year are:
Veronika Neroj-Kleszcz (resigned 1 April 2020) Caroline Elliker (appointed 1 April 2020) Caryn Stewart (appointed 1 May 2020) Sara Parsonage (appointed 1 December 2019) Sharon Marks (resigned 1 April 2020) Jenny Stone (appointed 1 June 2020) Shalini Nair (appointed 14 July 2020) Sophie Gibson Trisha Brandon
## **Recruitment, appointment, induction and training of Trustees**
The trustees advertise trustee positions via a wide range of channels, including social media, the newsletter of Community Works, the voluntary sector membership organisation for Brighton and Hove and West Sussex, our many partner agencies across Sussex and a targeted list of organisations supporting equalities groups. When appropriate the trustees will advertise for trustees with specific skills or expertise. An induction programme is provided for all new trustees.
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## **Pay policy for senior staff**
The pay of the senior staff is reviewed annually by the remuneration committee and normally increased in a way consistent with the overall organisation unless there are material factors warranting targeted review.
## **OBJECTS, ACTIVITIES AND BENEFITS**
## **Objects**
To relieve the distress of survivors of all forms of sexual violence by providing counselling, advice and support to such survivors, their partners and their families and by raising awareness of sexual violence.
- To help survivors to be more in control of their lives
- To increase people’s understanding of healthy relationships
- To enable more people to speak out about sexual violence
- To help survivors improve their health and wellbeing
- To enable survivors to develop healthy relationships
- To increase survivors’ awareness of available options and their ability to access support
- To improve the experience of survivors going through the Criminal Justice System
- • To ensure supporters of survivors are more able to provide support
To achieve these aims we develop, provide and manage all of our services within a feminist analysis of sexual violence and an empowerment principle. We recognise that sexual violence disproportionately affects women and girls and is both a cause and consequence of inequality and discrimination. We are committed to challenging such discrimination in our work and to running services which are for women by women, and to making available women-only spaces.
However, we recognise that sexual violence impacts on people of all genders in unique ways and work to provide our services accordingly. We consider a trans inclusive feminism to be key to our values and central to our service. We consider the lack of services and funding for people of all genders to also be a feminist issue and are actively part of the solution to this inequality through direct service delivery and partnerships.
**Vision**
Uniting to confront sexual violence, abuse and harassment so that no one has to face the impacts alone
## **Mission**
- Delivering accessible, survivor-centred services across Sussex
- Empowering our communities to stand up against sexual violence, abuse and harassment through education, training and campaigning
- Demonstrating and advocating for intersectional feminist leadership
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## **TRUSTEES REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[st] MARCH 2021**
## **Main Activities**
The main activities of Survivors’ Network are:
The provision of therapeutic and supportive services for survivors of all ages and genders. These include
- 1:1 counselling
- Group work – Psychoeducational and Peer Support
- Independent Sexual Violence Advisors (ISVA’s) supporting survivors going through the criminal justice process
- Outreach Work
- A specialist Children and Young People’s Service
- A telephone helpline and email service
- Psycho-educational, exercise and arts-based workshops
Training and Awareness raising
- Training on a wide range of topics related to sexual violence
- Raising awareness through publicity, working with schools and broader communications work
We also run a quality scheme, the #OverToYou Scheme, calling on businesses in our local area to improve their responses to sexual harassment in the workplace.
We are the Rape Crisis Centre for Sussex. This year we are delighted to have expanded our offer to clients across the three Sussex counties. Whilst we continue to host our primary office in Brighton, we have opened a new office in Eastbourne. Additionally, we deliver our services from outreach locations across both East and West Sussex and have significantly increased our online support offer.
## **Delivery of public benefit**
The Trustees have considered how the planned activities will contribute to the overall aims and objectives they have set; these in turn relaying how benefit is provided to the public. Survivors’ Network provides independent services open to any statutory referral and/or self-referral. All services are open to self-identifying women, with the ISVA, Young People’s Services and Helpline open to people of any gender. A female friend or supporter can attend services to aid accessibility for a service user.
The Trustees have complied with their duty per the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to Public Benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission.
## **ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE IN 2020-2021**
This year has been an exceptionally complex year regarding support for survivors of sexual violence and we have been challenged to continue providing services in the context of the global Covid-19 pandemic. In March 2020, we took the unprecedented decision to move all of our services online and to support all of our staff to work from home. As the weeks turned to months, we developed and rolled out innovative and responsive solutions to ensuring our service delivery was supportive for staff and survivors, whilst also recognising the everyday challenges and impacts. The ramifications of the pandemic rolled across the whole financial year and beyond and we worked hard and were supported by the local commissioners to ensure that we managed change in a safe coherent way.
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## **TRUSTEES REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[st] MARCH 2021**
In 2020-21, we received 787 referrals in total across our services and supported 1063 clients during the year and whilst this is lower than in previous years, we recognise that many clients felt uncomfortable in reaching out to us due to difficulties in finding a confidential space whilst children were home schooled and other adults were in the home space.
We also recognise that this may be lower as partway through the year, we moved the whole organisation to using the same case management system and were able to create our amazing Welcome Team: streamlining referrals, minimising duplication and providing a more personcentred welcome offer to anyone accessing the service.
We have also recognised the ongoing impact of the difficult year on the mental health of many of our clients who are increasingly likely to be negatively impacted.
We were fortunate that our many funders recognised and were supportive in allowing us to spend our funds in different ways from those we had anticipated. We spent a large sum on supporting home working with essentials such as laptops and additional office furniture, as well as additional emotional support and wellbeing measures.
We were saddened by the sudden closure of our sister Rape Crisis centre, Rape Crisis Sussex and Surrey in June 2020. However, we were able to work closely with commissioners and other providers to take on some of their client work thus ensuring continuity of service for the clients who were affected.
The year was also notable due to the highlight given to issues of racial equality and equitable access to services. We have responded by creating a Racial Equality Working Group to hold a light to our processes and practises and to challenge ourselves to do better. A high point was a panel discussion chaired by our CEO Jay Breslaw called ‘Looking Forward, Looking Back: A Conversation on Race and Sexual Violence’.
We further increased accessibility by partnering with Switchboard, a local charity supporting people from the LGBTQIA community to run a year-long project. This project engaged people from the trans, non-binary and intersex communities (TNBI) to hear their experiences of accessing services for people who have experienced sexual violence and to co-produce a support offer, and to share our learning more widely in the Rape Crisis and sexual violence support sectors.
## **Helpline & email support**
Although the helpline was primarily run by volunteers, who were not able to support the service during Covid 19, we worked hard to ensure the service was constantly open during 20/21. During the first lockdown staff supported the helpline. We also immediately added email support to the service as we recognised survivors may find it difficult to make calls during lockdown. In November, we opened the helpline & email support to survivors of all genders meaning CIS men and boys, trans men and boys and non-binary survivors could also call. We had a total of 185 calls to the helpline and 88 emails.
## **Groupwork**
Our groupwork delivery was significantly affected by Covid-19 and we transitioned all of our support online. In response to service user feedback, we changed our model to offer self-care groups online, recognising that our peer support groups were heavily based around survivors’ experiences of sexual violence, with many clients telling us they did not want to speak about these issues in their homes.
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## **TRUSTEES REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[st] MARCH 2021**
We are also aware of the impact vicarious trauma has on staff and volunteers and did not think it appropriate for them to be running such challenging groups online and from home. We felt that running self-care groups would be safer, as the conversation was lighter and less trauma focused. We decided to run two self-care groups for women who may have in normal times attended the peer groups. Paid staff members supported the volunteer team to deliver these sessions.
We ran a total of eight different online groups with 37 women engaging. These were six selfcare groups, one goal setting group and our service user group. The self-care and goal setting group ran over six sessions and the service user group met regularly throughout Covid every three to four months.
As we were not able to see as many women as we would normally, we uploaded a DIY acupuncture video (made by a volunteer) to our social media with great engagement. We worked hard to retain our volunteers and keep them engaged while there were fewer opportunities for them to volunteer. We ran additional training and continued to provide clinical supervision. At the start of 2021, we recruited and trained 11 new volunteers to support the service as we move forward and reopen our face-to-face group support.
## **Adult Counselling**
Our counselling service continues to develop, with the support of Brighton and Hove Clinical Commissioning Group. Our mixed modality therapeutic team within the past year has comprised a total of ten counsellors; two left the service in 2020, and we recruited four new therapists in September 2020. The number of counsellors will be increasing in 2021-22 to a total of 14 in order to expand service delivery and meet increasing demand.
At the end of March 2020, we had over 665 women on the waiting list for counselling compared to March 2019 where there were 464 women waiting, and in March 2018, 300. We currently have 778 clients on the waiting list. We have reduced the number of sessions we offer to 20, due to the severe constraints the service is experiencing.
We resumed the offer of Support and Self-Care Sessions to clients on the counselling service waiting list in 2020-21, to mitigate the impact of extensive waiting times. This was a shortterm, solution-focused stabilisation therapeutic work, supporting clients to develop tools helping them cope with difficulties in their daily life. This service is no longer being offered to new referrals, as a decision has been made to redirect all available resources to therapy, to address the increase in waiting times. We are currently allocating clients who have been on our waiting list for therapeutic support for 23 months. We anticipate that expanding service delivery will mitigate the wait times as volumes of referrals increase.
Between April 2020 and March 2021, we received 390 referrals for counselling, which is a slight decrease from the previous year, where we received 409 referrals. We know that nationwide similar services to ours experienced a decline in referrals and client/professional contacts as a result of the Pandemic. This minor decrease may potentially highlight how, had it not been for the pandemic, referral numbers would have continued to increase.
Within the same timeframe we have conducted 97 counselling assessments (each taking between two and three appointments to be completed), 1,751 counselling sessions (181 Pretrial sessions), and we supported 97 counselling clients. We delivered two closed online therapeutic groups, a total of 14 online group sessions delivered to 14 clients. This is an increase when compared to the previous financial year, despite the occurrence of the pandemic.
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All therapeutic support has been delivered online via zoom.
## **Independent Sexual Violence Advisor (ISVA)**
It has been another year of substantial change for the adult ISVA service as the team has grown and restructured, welcoming two new senior ISVA’s into the organisation as well as three specialist workers supporting people who experience racism and people with multiple and complex needs.
The team was further expanded by the development of our West Sussex team supporting clients who had previously been supported by Rape Crisis Sussex and Surrey. The ISVA team now comprises 11 workers, including ISVA’s across the county and a specialist ISVA supporting people who have experienced church-based abuse.
The impact of Covid-19 on the criminal justice system was significant. All trials we had listed were adjourned to late 2020, or early 2021 (to then be subsequently adjourned as the courts struggled with competing priorities once they reopened). Partner agencies such as the Sexual Assault Referral Centre, Police, Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), and sexual and mental health services had to adapt to the pandemic, with their offer limited and services very strained as a result. Many of our clients are a part of these various systems, thus experiencing compounded impacts of the pandemic. Clients looked to their ISVA’s for information and support around the impact on the criminal justice system, and also for increased emotional and mental health support. We were quick to adapt in the service; implementing video sessions with clients where appropriate and available, and the majority of our contact was already via email, text and phone call.
We originally saw a drop in referrals, and were keen to promote messaging that if someone were assaulted when not adhering to the restrictions, that they could still receive judgementfree support. The drop somewhat cushioned the impact of the increased calls for support, as well as adjournments, as this meant cases would be open to the team much longer than expected. They were soon back to our usual levels, though. We have held a waiting list of around two to three months for clients to be allocated.
In addition to a wealth of individual advocacy, including considerable support around the Victim Right to Review process, we are working hard to progress and improve survivors’ experiences of the criminal justice system and beyond. This includes inputting our specialist knowledge at multiple forums including: the: Local Scrutiny Involvement Panel; being a critical friend at a No Further Action (NFA) panel; the RASSO Improvement Plan; commenting on the local force’s Serious Sexual Offence policy, rewriting the NFA letter templates and being the survivor representative on the Diocese of Chichester’s Past Case Review panel. Change is slow and the low charge rate has been demoralising for the ISVAs, but as we enter 21-22, things seem to be moving in the right direction.
We are anticipating further change in 21-22 as we have been awarded a five-year contract to deliver ISVA services across Sussex which started in April 2021.
## **Children and Young People’s Service**
The Children and Young People’s service comprising Children and Young People’s ISVA’s, therapists and an outreach worker is now fully operational, and all posts successfully recruited.
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## **TRUSTEES REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[st] MARCH 2021**
Our belief that a specialist service was needed to support Children and Young People has been clearly evidenced by the number of referrals we have continued to receive and the way that local partnership agencies have responded to our expertise.
Understandably the pandemic has had an impact on the way that we deliver services, but since schools reopened the team have made a huge effort to meet children and young people in person, where possible. We have seen a significant deterioration in the mental well-being of our young clients and they often need more intensive support than we previously offered. We are working alongside our partner agencies to try and ensure access to additional support and therapeutic services.
We are looking closely at our own therapeutic model for this client group and plan to make significant changes during the next financial year which will hopefully allow us to meet the ever-increasing need for support.
Between April 2020 and April 2021, our first full financial year as a CYP service, we have received 188 new referrals in addition to 186 existing clients who were either on the waiting list for a service or being supported within that time period.
## **The Welcome Team**
The Welcome Team service launched in October 2020 being the first point of contact for all survivors and professionals. The Welcome Team have developed a streamlined duty and allocation process. There is a single duty worker who processes the referrals and prepares them for allocation. These are checked by the Coordinator who allocates to the Welcome Worker for Assessment. All self-referrals are contacted within 48 hours of their referral and professional referrals within 3 days. The Welcome Team additionally service outreach clinics at the Solar Clinic and prepare for the ISVA drop-in surgery. The Welcome Team have supported the organisation to streamline data input, creating bespoke data training for each of the services.
The Welcome Team have supported the expansion into West Sussex, developing relationships and pathways with partners and referrers.
Between October 2020 to March 2021, the Welcome Team had a total of 636 adult referrals and 151 for young people; they completed 443 Adult Assessments; 82 Young People and 27 Children. There has been an increase of 61% in referrals since the team’s start in October, mainly due to improved reporting, awareness raising of our assessment service and increase in demand for Survivors’ Network services.
## **Training**
The arrival of Covid-19 in March 2020 temporarily paused our training delivery at the start of the 2020 – 2021 financial year. We had demonstrated high-impact with our first ‘Challenging the Culture’ programme of scheduled trainings in the autumn of 2019, and once trainers became comfortable with Zoom features to deliver training which was active and engaging, we pivoted to online delivery and continued to see good attendance, with shortened versions of our oneday training courses. We ran two rounds of scheduled trainings, delivering to a total of 186 individuals, with an average of 16 participants per course, mostly from organisations within our local area.
Members of staff trialled a new one-day course, ‘Supporting Survivors of Sexual Violence in Higher Education (HE) – Basic Awareness’ which launched with 11 participants. We know there is extensive need in HE institutions and are looking to develop our delivery in this area. We also developed a new short training course on ‘Supporting Male Survivors’ which was delivered to volunteers
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## **TRUSTEES REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[st] MARCH 2021**
We are currently developing a Supporting People Who Experience Racism (PWER) Survivors course.
We have delivered bespoke trainings to the University of Huddersfield, the University of Chichester, Solent NHS as well as to CIROS, in The Hague, all of which demonstrate our potential reach now that the online environment is more routine.
We received many requests for our Self-Care and Vicarious Trauma training as a result of the pandemic. With staff working close to capacity, and in recognition of increased need, we launched the Train the Trainer Programme amongst the staff, ensuring sufficient capacity to deliver external training across the organisation.
We cut our training costs to encourage participants to engage with the online environment when it was still a very new experience, and to reflect the shortened online courses, and we were pleased to have generated £5,220.00 from training in the financial year 2020 – 2021.
## **Survivors Network is 30**
Whilst the year was certainly a challenge, we also celebrated our 30[th] birthday in November with a series of events including a panel discussion chaired by CEO Jay Breslaw and an interview with one of our founders https://survivorsnetwork.org.uk/about-us/news/. We are delighted that we are still able to offer support to survivors across the region, but the overwhelming feeling is that we hope that there won’t still be such a great need for services in another 30 years.
## **Looking Forward**
Looking to the future was also a high priority and we brought the team together to think about the next five years. We worked on a new vision and mission which we were delighted to launch towards the end of the year. Our consultation led us to recognise that we needed to do more in getting our message out there, combatting rape myths and helping members of the community to know how to support their loved ones.
We have launched a ‘Business Development Team’, funded from our reserves, to lead on education, training, campaigning and income diversification. This team will form during the first quarter of 2021-22, and will consist of a Head of Business Development, Communications and Fundraising Manager, Data, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, Training Officer and Administrator. We are excited to see how we can innovate and expand our exceptional work and amplify the voices of survivors.
## **Service User voice**
We regularly ask our clients to tell us about the difference our service has made to them. Whilst we have all seen the impact of the pandemic, it can be easy to overlook the wider and varied ripple effects in individuals’ lives. This year, we have noticed that our client outcomes are different from previous years. Previously, clients were expressing a significant improvement in their feelings of health, wellbeing, safety and ability to cope. This year our work has enabled some people to experience an improvement in their feelings and other people to stabilise. It is essential to recognise that this is an achievement in itself. We cannot overstate the difference that the implications of the Covid-19 pandemic have had on individuals.
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## **TRUSTEES REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[st] MARCH 2021**
Feedback from clients across all our services tells us that:
55% have experienced an improvement in their health and wellbeing whilst using our services, 37% have experienced no change and 8% have felt their health and wellbeing has deteriorated.
56% feel better able to cope with everyday life, 36% have experienced no change, and 8% feel less able to cope.
68% have increased feeling of safety, 27.5% have experienced no change and 4.5% feel more unsafe
87% of clients feel more informed and empowered to act, 11.5% have experienced no change in this with only 1.5% feeling less informed and empowered to act than they were previously.
We know that our support makes a difference because our clients also tell us. Here is some of the qualitative feedback we have received over the past year.
_“Just hearing my feelings are valid is really emotive. It’s an incredible service you guys offer, and knowing I can tell someone how I truly feel and you Get it, and reassure me it’s ok to feel these ways, makes such a huge difference, and helps to give me the strength and incentive to keep going. I always feel better after speaking to you.” (_ client)
_“I can’t believe this service exists, I wouldn’t have been able to get to where I am without it and I’m so grateful for all you do, and how our conversations help to ground me”_ (client)
_“Thank you for all that you have done for me in the time that I've known you - you've been such a light in some really dark times, and I appreciate it wholeheartedly :)”_ (client)
_“I just want to express my most heartfelt thanks for all of the support, help and advice you have given me (and just letting me ramble on sometimes). You really have been there for me through the whole ordeal with the Police, giving me the courage to carry on and see it through even when X suggested I dropped the case. I know you are a very modest and self-effacing person, but I hope you see the difference you have made and take credit for your tireless efforts. I cannot overestimate the role you have played in securing [perpetrator’s] conviction. So, a massive thanks.”_ (client)
_“You have been an absolute marvel and a joy to speak to. I’m glad [client] has had you as a point of contact and support throughout this process. Thanks for all your help”_ (professional)
_“Thank you, from my heart to yours, for all you have supported x and I through over the months. A job but not just a job – one you carry out with care and love.”_ (client)
The Trustees present their report together with the financial statements for the year ended 31[st] March 2021.
## **FINANCIAL REVIEW**
## **Overview**
The year ended 31st March 2021 recorded net income over expenditure of £117,556 (2020: £93,938), of which £122,055 was unrestricted and £ (4,499) restricted. Total unrestricted reserves now stand at £402,862 (2020: £280,807) and restricted reserves at £34,700 (2020: £39,199).
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## **TRUSTEES REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[st] MARCH 2021**
Total income for the year ended 31st March 2021 amounted to £1,205,081 compared to £727,071 in the previous year, an increase of £478,010 from 2020. A breakdown of grants received is shown in Note 2 to the accounts.
Total expenditure for the year ended 31st March 2021 amounted to £1,087,525 compared to £633,133 in the previous year, an increase of £454,392 from 2020.
In line with SORP FRS (102), expenditure is analysed into two main categories; charitable activities and raising funds for the charity. In the year ended 31st March 2021 all expenditure was on charitable activities, as it was in the previous year.
## **Reserves Policy**
Survivors’ Network is committed to using its resources in pursuit of its charitable objectives. However, the trustees also place great importance on the long-term sustainability of the charity, particularly at a time when the availability of future funding sources is so uncertain. The reserves policy has been set accordingly.
Survivors’ Network seeks to maintain a level of reserves that will enable it to:
- meet ongoing liabilities as they fall due;
- ensure that all service delivery commitments can be met and to protect the long-term future of the charity
- enable further investment in the development of the charity
- provide capacity to manage unexpected losses of income or increases in costs to ensure that services can be maintained
Taking all of the above into consideration, the trustees consider it prudent to maintain a level of free reserves that would cover between 3 and 6 months’ worth of expenditure. This would allow the trustees sufficient time to take appropriate action in the event that income fell below operational requirements.
At 31 March 2021 free reserves were £402,318. This represents approximately 5 months’ worth of expenditure at current levels, and is therefore within the target range.
The Trustees made the decision during the year to invest £120,000 of these reserves in business development and recruiting a dedicated team to work on education, training, campaigning and income diversification.
## **RISK REVIEW**
The Trustees have conducted their own review of the major risks to which the charity is exposed and systems have been established to mitigate those risks. Internal risks are minimised by the implementation of procedures for authorisation of all transactions and events and to ensure consistent quality of delivery for all operational aspects of the charity. These procedures are reviewed periodically to ensure that they still meet the needs of the charity.
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## **TRUSTEES REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[st] MARCH 2021**
## **STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES’ RESPONSIBILITIES**
The Trustees are responsible for preparing the Annual report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice.
Company law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of the year and of the surplus or deficit of the company for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to:
- Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- Observe the methods and principles in the applicable Charities SORP;
- Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- State whether UK applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures that must be disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
- Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation.
The Trustees are responsible for:
- Keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the accounts comply with the Companies Act 2006,
- Safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
## **STATEMENT AS TO DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUDITORS**
So far as the trustees (directors) are aware, there is no relevant audit information (as defined by Section 418 of the Companies Act 2006) of which the charitable company's auditors are unaware, and each trustee has taken all steps that she ought to have taken as a trustee in order to make herself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the charitable company's auditors are aware of that information.
## **SMALL COMPANY EXEMPTIONS**
This report has been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice – Accounting and Reporting by Charities and in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
18/11/2021
This report was approved by the Board on ……………………….
Signed on behalf of the Board by ………………………………….
Sophie Gibson (Chair of Trustees)
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## **INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE SURVIVORS’ NETWORK LIMITED**
## **Opinion**
We have audited the financial statements of The Survivors’ Network Limited (‘the charitable company’) for the year ended 31 March 2021 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, Balance Sheet, Cash flow Statement and Notes to the Financial Statements, including significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 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:
- give a true and fair view of the state of the charitable company’s affairs as at 31 March 2021 and of its incoming resources and application of resources for the year then ended;
- have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
- have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
## **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 charitable company 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.
## **Other matter – corresponding figures and comparative financial statements**
In the previous accounting period, the trustees of the charitable company took advantage of audit exemption under section 477 of the Companies Act. Therefore, the prior period financial statements were not subject to audit.
## **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 charitable company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 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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## **THE SURVIVORS' NETWORK LIMITED**
## **INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE SURVIVORS’ NETWORK LIMITED**
## **Other information**
The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, including the trustees’ report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. The trustees are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. 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.
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 course of 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 this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. 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:
- the information given in the trustees’ report, which includes the directors’ report prepared for the purposes of company law, for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
- the directors’ report included within the trustees’ report has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
## **Matters on which we are required to report by exception**
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the charitable company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the directors’ report included within the trustees’ report.
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
- adequate and proper accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
- the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
- certain disclosures of trustees’ remuneration specified by law are not made; or
- we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit [; or
- the trustees were not entitled to prepare the financial statements in accordance with the small companies regime and take advantage of the small companies’ exemptions in preparing the trustees’ report.
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## **THE SURVIVORS' NETWORK LIMITED**
## **INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE SURVIVORS’ NETWORK LIMITED**
## **Responsibilities of trustees**
As explained more fully in the trustees’ responsibilities statement [set out on page 12], the trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company 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 charitable company’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 charitable company 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:
The objectives of our audit are to identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements due to fraud or error; to obtain sufficient appropriate audit evidence regarding the assessed risks of material misstatement due to fraud or error; and to respond appropriately to those risks. Due to the inherent limitations of an audit, there is an unavoidable risk that material misstatements in the financial statements may not be detected, even though the audit is properly planned and performed in accordance with the ISAs (UK). In identifying and assessing risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, our procedures included the following:
- We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory frameworks applicable to the charitable company and the sector in which it operates. We determined that the following laws and regulations were most significant: the Charities SORP (January 2015), the Companies Act 2006, GDPR, Safeguarding and employment law.
- We obtained an understanding of how the charitable company is complying with the legal and regulatory frameworks by making inquiries to management. We corroborated our inquiries through our review of correspondence and documentation and online search enquiries.
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## **THE SURVIVORS' NETWORK LIMITED**
## **INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE SURVIVORS’ NETWORK LIMITED**
- We assessed the susceptibility of the charitable company’s financial statements to material misstatement, including how fraud might occur. Audit procedures performed by the engagement team included:
- identifying and assessing the design effectiveness of controls management has in place to prevent and detect fraud;
- understanding how those charged with governance considered and addressed the potential for override of controls or other inappropriate influence over the financial reporting process;
- identifying and testing journal entries, in particular any journal entries posted with unusual account combinations; and
- assessing the extent of compliance with the relevant laws and regulations.
-
A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities.
This description forms part of our auditor’s report.
## **Use of our report**
This report is made solely to the charitable company’s trustees, 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 charitable company’s trustees 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 charitable company and the charitable company’s trustees as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
………………………………………………………………..
## _Signature_
Michelle Westbury FCCA (Senior Statutory Auditor) For and on behalf of West & Berry Limited Statutory Auditor Mocatta House Trafalgar Place Brighton BN1 4DU
## 23 November 2021
_Date_ : ………………………………………………………
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## **THE SURVIVORS' NETWORK LIMITED**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021**
|**Note**
**Income from:**
Donations & Fundraising
2
Charitable activities:
Service delivery
3
Fees
Other trading activities
Investments
**Total**
**Expenditure on:**
Raising funds
Charitable activities
4
**Total**
**Net (expenditure)/income**
Transfers between funds
Net movement in funds
**Reconciliation of funds:**
Funds brought forward
**Funds carried forward**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Total**
**2021**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**45,026**
**299,454**
**344,480**
**97,500**
**754,651**
**852,151**
**8,450**
**-**
**8,450**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**150,976**
**1,054,105**
**1,205,081**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**28,921**
**1,058,604**
**1,087,525**
**28,921**
**1,058,604 **
**1,087.525**
**122,055**
**(4,499)**
**117,556**
**122,055**
**(4,499)**
**117,556**
**280,807**
**39,199**
**320,006**
**402,862**
**34,700**
**437,562**|Unrestricte
d Funds
Restricted
Funds
Total
2020
£
£
£
45,714
118,006
163,720
97,500
444,494
541,994
21,325
-
21,325
-
-
-
32
-
32|
|---|---|---|
|||164,571
562,500
727,071|
|||-
-
-
109,832
523,301
633,133|
|||109,832
523,301
633,133|
||||
|||54,739
39,199
93,938
-
-
-|
|||54,739
39,199
93,938
226,068
-
226,068|
|||280,807
39,199
320,006|
All amounts relate to continuing activities.
There have been no recognised gains or losses other than the result for the financial year and all surpluses or deficits have been accounted for on an historical cost basis.
The Statement of Financial Activities also complies with the requirements of an income and expenditure account under the Companies Act 2006.
The notes on pages 20 to 28 form part of these financial statements.
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## **THE SURVIVORS' NETWORK LIMITED**
## **BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MARCH 2021**
|**Note**
**Fixed Assets**
10
**Current Assets**
Debtors
11
Cash at Bank and in Hand
**Current Liabilities**
Creditors - Amounts falling
due within one year
12
**Net Current Assets**
**Net Assets**
13
**Represented by:**
Unrestricted Funds:
14
-
General
-
Designated
Restricted Funds
14|**£**
**11,843**
**535,142**
**546,985**
**109,967**|**2021**
2020
**£**
£
£
**544**
4,932
59,330
353,266
412,596
97,522
**437,018**
315,074
**437,562**
320,006
**282,862**
270,807
**120,000**
10,000
**34,700**
39,199
**437,562**
320,006|
|---|---|---|
The financial statements on pages 17 to 28 were approved by the board of Directors on
18/11/2021 ……………………… and were signed on its behalf by:
…………………………………………
Sophie Gibson (Chair of Trustees)
Company Number: 07780363
The notes on pages 20 to 28 form part of these financial statements.
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## **THE SURVIVORS' NETWORK LIMITED**
## **CASHFLOW STATEMENT AS AT 31 MARCH 2021**
|||**2021**||2020|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**£**||**£**|
|Net Movement in Funds||**117,556**||93,938|
|Add back deprecation charge||**5,204**||1,645|
|Deduct interest income shows in||**-**||(32)|
|investing activities|||||
|(Increase)/Decrease in debtors||**47,487**||(39,881)|
|Increase/(Decrease) in creditors||**12,445**||57,154|
|**Net cash inflow/(outflow) from**||**182,692**||**112,824**|
|**operating activities**|||||
|**Cash flows from investing**|||||
|**activities**|||||
|Purchase of a fixed asset|**(816)**||||
|Interest income|**-**||32||
|**Net cash provided by/ (used in)**||**181,876**||**112,856**|
|**investing activities**|||||
|**Change in cash and cash**||**181,876**||**112,856**|
|**equivalents in the year**|||||
|**Cash and cash equivalents at**||**353,266**||240,410|
|**the beginning of the year**|||||
|**Cash and cash equivalents at**||**535,142**||**353,266**|
|**the end of the year**|||||
|**Analysis of cash and cash**|**At 1 April**|**Cash flow**|**Non-cash**|**At 31**|
|**equivalents**|**2020**||**changes**|**March 2021**|
||£|£|£|£|
|Cash at bank and in hand|353,266|181,876|-|535,142|
||353,266|181,876|-|535,142|
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## **THE SURVIVORS' NETWORK LIMITED**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021**
## _**1. Accounting Policies**_
## **Charity information**
The Survivors’ Network is a charitable company limited by guarantee and incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is the same as the principal address of the charity, 6a Pavilion Buildings, Brighton BN1 1EE
## _**(a) Basis of preparation**_
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) (effective 1 January 2019) (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) and the Companies Act 2006.
Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note(s).
The charity meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the charity. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.
These financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis. The charity has sufficient reserves, and the trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern.
## _**(b) Income**_
All income is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
Income from government and other grants is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the grants have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
Income from contracts is recognised on an earned basis in the year in which the conditions for receipt are met.
## _**(c) Expenditure**_
Expenditure is recognised in the period in which it is incurred.
Expenditure is allocated to the particular activity where the cost relates directly to that activity. Support costs include central functions and have been allocated to activity cost categories on the basis consistent with the use of resources. Allocations are predominantly based on usage and staff time expended.
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## **THE SURVIVORS' NETWORK LIMITED**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 - CONTINUED**
## _**1. Accounting Policies (continued)**_
## _**(d) Tangible Fixed Assets**_
Individual fixed assets costing £1,000 or more are capitalised at cost and are depreciated over their estimated useful economic lives on a straight line basis as follows
Computer Equipment straight line basis over 4 years Office Equipment straight line basis at over 4 year
## _**(e) Fund Accounting**_
The accounts distinguish between restricted and unrestricted funds. The former have been raised by the charity for specific purposes or are received from donors and are subject to restrictions on the purposes for which they may be used. Unrestricted funds are those where there are no externally imposed restrictions and are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees for expenditure on its objects or appropriated to reserves for internally designated purposes.
## _**(f) Operating Leases**_
Rentals payable under operating leases are charged on a straight line basis over the terms of the lease.
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## **THE SURVIVORS' NETWORK LIMITED**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 – CONTINUED**
## _**2. Voluntary Income**_
|**Donations**
**Grants:**
Brighton & Hove City Council
Brighton & Hove City Council
(Community & Third Sector)
BDNA
BUPA
Rotary Club
Sussex Community Fund
One Family Foundation
National Lottery Community
Fund
Children in Need
MOJ Funding – Covid 19
Lloyd Bank Foundation
Sussex PCC – Covid 19|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**2021**
**Total**
**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**2020**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**18,927**
**-**
**18,927**
21,781
-
21,781
**6,099**
**-**
**6,099**
-
-
-
**-**
**-**
**-**
16,794
-
16,794
**-**
**-**
**-**
6,139
-
6,139
**5,000**
**-**
**5,000**
-
-
-
**-**
**-**
**-**
1,000
-
1,000
**10,000**
**-**
**10,000**
-
-
-
**5,000**
**-**
**5,000**
-
-
-
**-**
**146,856**
**146,856**
-
48,953
48,953
**-**
**39,919**
**39,919**
-
39,546
39,546
**-**
**52,453**
**52,453**
-
-
-
**-**
**29,507**
**29,507**
-
29,507
29,507
**-**
**30,719**
**30,719**
-
-
-|
|---|---|
||**45,026**
**299,454**
**344,480**
45,714
118,006
163,720|
## _**3. Income from charitable activities –service delivery**_
|Brighton & Hove City
Council (Talking
Therapies)
Rape Crisis
Rape Crisis - Digital
Transformation
Brighton & Hove / East
Sussex RISE
Brighton & Hove / East
Sussex RISE (additional
services)
Rape Support Fund -
Office for Criminal Justice
Reform
NHS Funding – COVID 19
Sussex PCC
The Diocese of Chichester|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Total**
**2021**
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Total
2020
**£**
**£**
**£**
£
**97,500**
**-**
**97,500**
97,500
-
97,500
**-**
**-**
**-**
-
14,999
14,999
**-**
**-**
**-**
-
2,024
2,024
**-**
**133,648**
**133,648**
-
133,650
133,650
**-**
**43,573**
**43,573**
-
43,573
43,573
**-**
**136,080**
**136,080**
-
90,720
90,720
**-**
**66,799**
**66,799**
-
-
-
**-**
**346,447**
**346,447**
-
130,744
130,744
**-**
**28,104**
**28,104**
-
28,784
28,784|
|---|---|
||**97,500**
**754,651**
**852,151**
97,500
444,494
541,994|
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## **THE SURVIVORS' NETWORK LIMITED**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 – CONTINUED**
## **Received in this year but deferred until 2021/22:**
|Children in Need
Diocese of Chichester
NHS Funding Covid
The National Lottery
Community Fund|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Total**
**2021**
**£**
**£**
**-**
**10,074**
**10,074**
**-**
**7,026**
**7,026**
**-**
**30,100**
**30,100**
**-**
**26,681**
**26,681**|
|---|---|
||**-**
**73,881**
**73,881**|
|**Received in 2019/20 but released to income in**|**Received in 2019/20 but released to income in**|||
|---|---|---|---|
|**this year:**||||
||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Total**|
||**Funds**|**Funds**|**2021**|
||**£**|**£**||
|Sussex PCC|**-**|**17,267**|**17,267**|
|Diocese of Chichester|**-**|**6,536**|**6,536**|
|BHCC Talking Therapies|**24,375**|**-**|**24,375**|
|The National Lottery||||
|Community Fund|**-**|**24,477**|**24,477**|
||**24,375**|**48,280**|**72,655**|
The income was deferred during the year as it was received in advance of the 1[st] quarter for the year ended 31[st] March 2022.
## _**4. Expenditure on charitable activities**_
|ISVA Service
Counselling
Service
Volunteer led
Services
Children &
Young Peoples
Service
Welcome
Workers|**Direct cost of**
**running activity**
**2021**
2020
**£**
£
**267,347**
269,249
**135,910**
111,298
**60,259**
63,305
**177,038**
41,531
**73,914**
-
**714,468**
485,383|**Staff & volunteer**
**support costs**
**2021**
2020
**£**
£
**56,513**
33,370
**28,729**
13,794
**12,738**
7,846
**37,423**
5,147
**15,624**
-
**151,027**
60,157|**Overhead**
**support costs**
**2021**
2020
**£**
£
**81,959**
48,227
**41,665**
19,936
**18,473**
11,340
**54,274**
7,440
**22,659**
-
**219,030**
86,943|**Governance**
**support costs**
**2021**
2020
**£**
£
**1,123**
361
**571**
149
**253**
85
**743**
55
**310**
-
**3,000**
650|**Total**
Total
**2020**
2020
**£**
£
**406,942**
351,207
**206,875**
145,177
**91,723**
82,576
**269,478**
54,173
**112,507**
-
**1,087,525**
633,133|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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## **THE SURVIVORS' NETWORK LIMITED**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 – CONTINUED**
|**Analysis of charitable activities by function**
Salaries & NI’ers
Pension
Staff and volunteer training
Staff & volunteer supervision
Staff travel and expenses
Volunteer expenses
Recruitment
Freelance fees
Client Services
Book-keeping & payroll
Room hire & refreshments
Rent & management fee
Water & rates
Light & heat
Insurance
Repairs & maintenance
Cleaning
Equipment lease
Equipment expensed
IT support
Office supplies
Printing
Website
Information & publications
Advertising & promotion
Telephone
Memberships & subscriptions
Depreciation
Miscellaneous expenses
Bank charges
Legal & professional
Consultancy Fees
Accountancy and independent examination
**_5._**
**_Net income for the year_**
This is stated after charging:
Depreciation
Auditors renumeration
Independent examiner’s fee|**Total**
**2021**
**£**
**729,880**
**14,825**
**41,534**
**27,150**
**2,120**
**-**
**3,263**
**48,891**
**16,515**
**11,261**
**325**
**22,556**
**1,766**
**1,697**
**2,915**
**15,253**
**6,745**
**2,366**
**34,731**
**9,306**
**9,683**
**1,479**
**2,016**
**-**
**1,192**
**14,043**
**7,343**
**5,204**
**3,688**
**47**
**908**
**45,823**
**3,000**
**1,087,525**
**2021**
**£**
**5,204**
**3,000**
**-**|Total
2020
£
437,197
9,753
9,917
20,270
13,751
5,265
1,714
44,582
-
8,969
3,054
18,000
1,487
2,014
1,962
9,093
2,906
1,930
1,655
6,355
5,581
1,970
2,812
300
5,535
10,923
2,909
1,645
270
164
500
-
650|
|---|---|---|
|||633,133|
|||2020
£
1,645
-
850|
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## **THE SURVIVORS' NETWORK LIMITED**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 – CONTINUED**
## _**6. Staff Costs**_
|Salaries and wages
Social Security costs
Pension costs|**2021**
**£**
**669,265**
**60,616**
**14,825**
**744,706**|2020
£
405,564
31,633
9,753|
|---|---|---|
|||446,950|
The average number of persons employed by the company during the year was 26 (2020: 21).
No employee received emoluments in excess of £60,000.
Survivors Network considers that the key management personnel comprise the Board of Trustees and the CEO. The total employee benefits of the key management personnel of the charity were £48,470 in the year (2020: £36,109)
## _**7. Trustees’ Remuneration and Reimbursed Expenses**_
No Trustee received any emoluments (2020: £NIL). Expenses amounting to £0 (2020: £NIL) for travel costs to meetings were reimbursed to Trustees.
## _**8. Commitments under operating leases**_
At 31[st] March 2021, the charity had the following commitments under non-cancellable operating leases payable as follows:
|**Premises**
Payments due:
Within one year
Between two and five years
After five years|**2021**
**£**
**25,000**
**23,945**
**-**
**48,945**|2020
£
18,000
18,000
-|
|---|---|---|
|||36,000|
On 11th March 2019 the charity entered into a 3 year non-cancellable operating lease for premises. The rent payable is £18,000 per year. A new lease was taken out for an office in Eastbourne during the year, this is a 5 year non-cancellable operating lease. The rent payable is £7,000 per year.
|**Equipment**
Payments due:
Within one year
Between two and five years|**2,366**
**5,916**
**8,282**|2,366
8,874|
|---|---|---|
|||11,240|
## _**9. Related party transactions**_
During the year £100 was paid to Shalini Nair, a trustee, for speaking at an event run by the charity.
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## **THE SURVIVORS' NETWORK LIMITED**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 – CONTINUED**
## _**10. Tangible Fixed Assets**_
|**Cost**
At 1st April 2020
Additions
At 31st March 2021
**Depreciation**
At 1st April 2020
Charge for the year
At 31st March 2021
**Net Book Value**
At 31st March 2021
At 31st March 2020|**Computer**
**Equipment**
**Office**
**Equipment**
**Bike 2 Work**
**Total**
**£**
**£**
**£**
28,303
2,120
-
30,423
**-**
**-**
**816**
**816**|
|---|---|
||**28,303**
**2,120**
**816**
**31,239**|
||23,371
2,120
-
25,491
**4,932**
**-**
**272**
**5,204**|
||**28,303**
**2,120**
**272**
**33,409**|
||**-**
**-**
**544**
**544**|
||4,932
-
-
4,932|
## _**11. Debtors**_
|Prepayments
Other debtors
Accounts Receivable
**_2. Creditors: Amounts falling due within one_**
Deferred income (see Note 2)
Accounts Payable
Accruals
PAYE|**2021**
2020
**£**
£
**9,453**
9,115
**1,750**
-
**640**
50,215|
|---|---|
||**11,843**
59,330|
||**_year_**
**2021**
2020
**£**
£
**73,881**
72,655
**12,808**
10,442
**5,899**
4,166
**17,379**
10,259|
||**109,967**
97,522|
## _**12. Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year**_
## _**13. Analysis of Net Assets between Funds**_
|Restricted Funds
Unrestricted Funds|**Tangible Fixed**
**Assets**
**Net Current**
**Assets**
**Total**
**2021**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**-**
**34,700**
**34,700**
**544**
**402,318**
**402,862**|
|---|---|
||**544**
**437,018**
**437,562 **|
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## **THE SURVIVORS' NETWORK LIMITED**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 - CONTINUED**
## _**14. Movement in Funds**_
|**Restricted Funds**
BBC Children in Need
Brighton & Hove / East Sussex RISE
Brighton & Hove / East Sussex RISE
(additional services)
Rape Support Fund - Office for
Criminal Justice Reform
Lloyds Bank Foundation
Sussex PCC
The Diocese of Chichester
The National Lottery Community Fund
MOJ Covid Funding
NHS Covid Funding
**Unrestricted Funds**
General
**Designated Funds**
Fixed Asset Fund
Business Development Fund
**Total Funds**|Balance
1 April
2020
**Income**
**Expenditure**
**Transfer**
**Balance**
**31**
**March**
**2021**
£
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
-
**39,919**
**(39,919)**
**-**
**-**
-
**133,648**
**(133,648)**
**-**
**-**
-
**43,573**
**(43,573)**
**-**
**-**
-
**136,080**
**(136,080)**
**-**
**-**
-
**29,507**
**(29,507)**
**-**
**-**
14,375
**377,166**
**(356,841)**
**-**
**34,700**
-
**28,104**
**(28,104)**
**-**
**-**
24,824
**146,856**
**(171,680)**
**-**
**-**
-
**52,453**
**(52,453)**
**-**
**-**
**66,799**
**(66,799)**
**-**
**-**|
|---|---|
||39,199
**1,054,105**
**1,058,604**
**-**
**34,700**|
||270,807
**150,976**
**(16,894)**
**(122,027)**
**282,862**
10,000
**-**
**(12,027)**
**2,027**
**-**
-
**-**
**-**
**120,000**
**120,000**|
||280,807
**150,976**
**(28,921)**
**-**
**402,862**|
|||
||320,006
**1,205,081**
**(1,087,525)**
**-**
**437,562**|
_**Movement in Funds – year ended 31[st] March 2020**_
|
**Restricted Funds**
Rape Crisis - Digital Transformation
Rape Crisis
BBC Children in Need
Brighton & Hove / East Sussex RISE
Brighton & Hove / East Sussex RISE
(additional services)
Rape Support Fund - Office for Criminal
Justice Reform
Lloyds Bank Foundation
Sussex PCC
The Diocese of Chichester
The National Lottery
|Balance 1
April 2019
**Income** **Expenditure**
**Transfer** **Balance**3**1**
**March**
**2020**
£
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
-
**2,024**
**(2,024)**
**-**
**-**
**14,999**
**(14,999)**
-
**39,546**
**(39,546)**
**-**
**-**
-
**133,650**
**(133,650)**
**-**
**-**
-
**43,573**
**(43,573)**
**-**
**-**
-
**90,720**
**(90,720)**
**-**
**-**
-
**29,507**
**(29,507)**
**-**
**-**
-
**130,744**
**(116,369)**
**-**
**14,375**
-
**28,784**
**(28,784)**
**-**
**-**
-
**48,953**
**(24,129)**
**-**
**24,824**|
|---|---|
||-
**562,500**
**(523,301)**
**-**
**39,199**|
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## **THE SURVIVORS' NETWORK LIMITED**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 - CONTINUED**
|**Unrestricted Funds**
General
**Designated Funds**
Fixed assets
**Total Funds**|Balance 1
April 2019
**Income**
**Expenditure**
**Transfer**
**Balance 31**
**March**
**2020**
£
£
£
£
£
219,491
**164,571**
**(103,255)**
**(10,000)**
**270,807**
6,577
**-**
**(6,577)**
**10,000**
**10,000**
|
|---|---|
||226,068
**164,571**
**(109,832)**
**-**
**280,807**|
||
|
||226,068
**727,071**
**(633,133)**
**-**
**320,006**|
## _**Purpose of restricted funds:**_
_**BBC Children in Need -**_ the provision of support for young people through counselling, group work and advocacy.
_**RISE -**_ commission for the provision of the ISVA service.
_**Rape Support Fund -**_ the provision of services to female survivors of sexual violence over 14 years of age.
_**Lloyds Bank Foundation**_ - the development of the volunteer-led services.
_**Sussex PCC**_ - the delivery of an Independent Sexual Violence Advisor (ISVA) service for children aged 13 and under; for the delivery of a new front door to our service; for the delivery of a consultancy project to engage with and co-produce support for trans, non-binary and intersex survivors. This funding increased considerably this year and it was agreed with the commissioners that £34,700 could be carried forward to 2021/22 due to the pandemic not allowing full delivery of additional sessions.
_**The Diocese of Chichester**_ - the provision of an advocacy service for those who have experienced sexual violence or abuse within the context of the Diocese of Chichester.
_**The National Lottery Community Fund**_ **–** the provision of a specialist service for young people.
_**MOJ Covid Funding**_ – to support additional client needs relating to increased demand and service delivery amendments caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
_**NHS Covid Funding**_ **–** to support additional client needs relating to increased demand and service delivery amendments caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
_**Fixed Asset Fund**_ **–** This was originally set up for the furnishing and fitting out of the new Eastbourne office during the year. Although the expenditure was made during the year, in line with the fixed asset policy, not one single item cost over £1,000, therefore this expenditure has not been capitalised.
_**Business Development Fund**_ - The Trustee board have become increasingly aware of the inherent risks that come with receiving such a large proportion of income from local and national government grants and contracts. In order to reduce this risk over the upcoming years, the Trustees have agreed to release £120k from unrestricted reserves to develop a Business Development Team within Survivors' Network to focus on alternative income generation strands. This work will commence in April 2021.
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