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2023-03-31-accounts

THE SURVIVORS' NETWORK LIMITED

Financial Statements 31 March 2023

Registered Company Number: 07780363 Registered Charity Number: 1144878

INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Contents
Page
Legal and Administrative information 1
2-13
Statement of trustees responsibilities 14
Report of the Independent Auditor 15-17
Statement of financial activities 18
Statement of financial position 19
Cash flow statement 20
Notes 21-31

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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ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE AND MANAGEMENT

The trustees present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2023.

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).

England & Wales (charity number 1144878); 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

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

year to discuss and review strategy, planning, development and financial matters. Trustees have two away sessions each year to focus specifically on Governance and Strategy respectively. Day-to-day management of the organisation is delegated to the CEO. Each trustee is appointed for a term of three years, and trustees can stand for no more than two full terms.

The Trustees who served during the year are:

Caroline Elliker Caryn Stewart Sara Parsonage Jenny Stone Shalini Nair Sophie Gibson Trisha Brandon Charlotte Mist

Recruitment, appointment, induction and training of Trustees

Trustee positions are advertised via a wide range of channels including: social media; Community Works (the voluntary sector membership organisation for Brighton and Hove and West Sussex); partner agencies across Sussex; organisations supporting equalities groups; trustee networks. When appropriate the trustees will advertise for trustees with specific skills

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Pay policy for senior staff

The pay of the CEO is reviewed annually by the

current cost of living crisis, the need to incentivise staff; remuneration trends in the sector and any statutory or legal

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

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 and to delivering services which are run by women for women and women-only spaces form part of our service

However, we recognise that sexual violence impacts on people of all genders in unique ways and work to provide our services accordingly. Trans-inclusive feminism is key to our values and central to our service. We consider the lack of services and funding for people of all

impacts alone.

Our work is underpinned by our core values:

We are compassionate

We hear, we listen, and we believe survivors. We take care of ourselves so that we can support others. We set boundaries and we uphold them too, while always striving to

We are empowering

leaders. We understand the importance of communication and feel confident to challenge and to ask questions. We're transparent and take ownership of our decisions, even the difficult

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We are collaborative

We're stronger together, so we work with others to build valuable relationships. Many of us are survivors ourselves and survivor voices are woven into everything we do. We're constantly learning, understanding our own privileges and seek to dismantle bias and discrimination both within and outside our organisation.

We are brave

We seek out new ideas and speak up for our beliefs. With the courage to try new ways of doing things, we learn and unlearn as we go. Our feminist leadership empowers us to be creative and innovative, celebrating our successes and learning from our mistakes.

To support Survivors Network to uphold our mission and achieve our vision, the Trustees developed their strategic priorities for the five-year period 2023 2028:

Main Activities

The provision of therapeutic and support services for survivors of rape and sexual violence of all ages and genders. These include:

Adult Therapeutic Support

Psychoeducation and Peer Support

Holistic Support

Art, Yoga, Homeopathy, Trauma sensitive mindfulness

Independent Sexual Violence Advisors

Supporting survivors going through the criminal justice process, supporting people who have experienced church-based abuse, supporting People Who Experience Racism (PWER) and those who have Multiple and Complex Needs (MCN).

Specialist Service

Outreach and Groupwork

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Telephone Helpline and Email S

Training and Awareness-raising

We have continued to expand our outreach into communities across the three Sussex local authority areas and we have developed informal and formal partnerships with a range of Informally we act as a critical friend to Sussex

We offer our services through a range of methods: face to face support, online direct support, phone support and online resources. We have adopted a hybrid model of home/office working

Volunteers

Volunteers make an important contribution to SN's work; we would not be able to deliver our olunteers (not -23.

Delivery of public benefit

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE IN 2022-2023

Rising Need for Support

Increasing coverage in the media of sexual violence and abuse raises awareness within society and we are seeing increasing numbers of people seeking support from our services, accessing our training and resources, and an increase in the impact of vicarious trauma on staff and volunteers.

The cost-of-living crisis, the long-term consequences of the pandemic and more than a decade of austerity, with its corresponding reduction in the number and range of services available has seen an increase both in the numbers of people needing our services and in the levels of need presented. Whilst rising numbers and complexity of need creates internal challenges, we continue to remain responsive.

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We have significantly increased our reach with an improved social media presence, regular posts on a variety of platforms, a regular newsletter, a roll-out of our training packages, and improved connections into our community.

Since April 2022, we have over 1,200 new followers on Instagram, and 327 new subscriptions to our mailing list. During the year 22-23, 64% of our website traffic came from our social media content.

In 2022-23, we supported 3,163 clients in total (177 male identified people, 60 trans identified and 96 people who identified as Nonbinary). We supported 2,731 adults, 331 young people aged 13-17 and 101 children aged 12 and under.

Referrals in 2022-2023

We received 1,770 referrals, with 60% of all referrals being made by a professional, highlighting improved referral pathways and good working relationships with professionals. Whilst most of our referrals were from people living on Brighton and Hove (49%) our referrals are increasingly coming from East and West Sussex, as a result of increased funding from these areas. 80% of our clients are female. We receive referrals for clients of all ages, but we are putting in strategies to do more to engage older people who remain under-represented in our referral numbers.

Staff Wellbeing

We know that the work we do is important, and that it has a significant impact on us all. This year, we have rolled out a raft of measures to support the wellbeing of all staff. This work was underpinned by our training in Intersectional Feminist Leadership, and the adoption of feminist leadership principles. The whole team was involved in training and discussions about what makes a good workplace, the importance of listening to individuals and ensuring a tailored approach to staff wellbeing.

We invested in a who consulted with the team on priorities for organisational improvement. As a result of this work, we improved our response to the costof-living crisis.

We are undertaking a full review of our policies, and we are improving the workplace for our disabled colleagues. We know that we can only do our job well when we feel supported.

Organisation development

We recruited to a salaried Head of Finance (moving away from a consultancy model) in line with the current size and aspirations of the organisation.

Partnership working

We are delighted with our partnership working and we have successfully won a significant, multi-year partnership bid with Lifecentre, Mankind and Hersana to deliver sexual violence support services across Sussex.

SERVICES

Volunteer Led Services

The volunteer-led services deliver our helpline and email support and our groupwork for adults. The service comprises of 3 paid staff Volunteer Service Manager, Groupwork Facilitator, Admin Support and 18 Volunteers.

We received 284 contacts to the helpline & email support service.

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We ran over 150 groupwork sessions. We supported 280 survivors at groups.

We are constantly looking at new groups to offer our clients and this year we started delivering in-person Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness 8-Week courses for Survivors and ran two groups.

-educational course We value our amazing volunteers so much. This year we trained 10 new groupwork and helpline volunteers (five-day induction training).

Our volunteers offered a total of 1,800 hours of volunteering which would have cost us around £36,000. Our volunteer survey told us that 92% rated their experience as excellent. 100% said they felt part of the wider team.

Adult Therapeutic Support

In November 2022, we took the difficult decision to close the adult therapy waiting list, due to the high numbers of clients waiting for support. This decision was supported by commissioners and other local service providers and came with a comprehensive restructure plan which prioritised triage and digital innovation as well as expanding the capacity of the service (subject to future funding).

For clients on the waiting list, we have established a quarterly communication process which includes an update on waiting times, links to relevant resources and options for feedback and queries.

The Adult Therapeutic Service received 220 referrals from April 2022 until November 2022, when the waiting list was closed.

During the year, we conducted 104 initial assessments with individual clients. 106 clients started therapy.

22 clients accessed therapeutic online Self-Compassion Groups.

1,728 therapy sessions were delivered (online and in-person).

We recruited a Senior Administrator for the Adult Therapeutic Service in January 2023 which improved internal and external processes.

We recruited 4 new therapists in December 2022, who started client work in January 2023, taking the therapeutic team up to 13 sessional therapists.

We have a 50/50 proportion of online and in-person therapeutic work.

As part the digital innovation, we introduced an online booking system for clients invited to access the service Cliniko.

Adult Independent Sexual Violence Advisors (ISVA)

In the year 22-23, we received 453 referrals into the Adult ISVA team. 75 of those referrals were into the Specialist ISVA team. The team consists of an ISVA Team Manager, 1 Senior ISVA managing 5 Criminal Justice ISVAs & 1 Senior ISVA managing 5 Specialist ISVAs and 1 triage ISVA contacting clients on waiting lists for both CJ ISVAs & Specialist ISVA.

This year, we recruited a Male-identified ISVA offering specialist support to men. We have set up outreach clinics in Brighton & Hove & East Sussex with our People Who Experience Racism Worker & Multiple and Complex Needs Workers We attend the Police-

checking on due diligence of cases where the police have judged that there was not enough evidence to proceed to a conviction.

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Within this service, we offer wraparound support for children and young people aged 0-18 who have experienced sexual violence and abuse in their lives. This includes therapeutic support, support with reporting to the police, outreach support and support for schools.

Sexual Violence Advisor CISVA), 2 YP therapists and soon to add a CYP support worker & Groupwork Facilitator (formerly the YP outreach role) In 2022-23 we worked with 432 Children and Young People.

Coming out of the pandemic has been extremely complex and challenging for children and young people, and for the services that support them. This has led us to make strategic decisions this year including closing the counselling waiting list for young people in East Sussex due to the number of young people on the waiting list, recruiting a worker to support the waiting list and the young people who are waiting for support, recruiting a Senior Worker to support the line management of the team to ensure safe and high-quality services and an ability to expand and develop the service.

Children and young people want to be supported in person, and near to their homes, and this year, our workers travelled 15,211 miles across Sussex to support their clients.

We developed and delivered bespoke training on Trauma Responses in Children for Sussex Police as part of their Specialist Child Abuse Investigators Development Programme. We received outstanding feedback.

We delivered training on consent, sexual violence and healthy relationships to over 1,000 students and to 36 staff at BHASVIC college in Brighton. This was a brilliant example of cross organisational partnership working with the Business Development Team.

We attended the Harmful Sexual Behaviours Recognition and Response group advocating for best practice, Rape and Serious Sexual Offences (RASSO) meetings and the new Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service Trauma Pathway meeting group that covers Brighton and Hove.

The Welcome Team (WT)

The Welcome Team consists of nine staff, Welcome Team Manager, Senior Welcome Worker, 5 Welcome Workers & 2 Duty Workers, who support all clients on their entry into the organisation. In 2022-23, we received 1551 referrals for support, brief advice interventions and consultation. We completed full assessment support to 693 clients.

This year, we started offering Short-Term Advocacy Sessions to adult clients and we delivered 25 sessions from end January 2023 until end March 2023 with an initial focus on Brighton and Hove and East Sussex.

The Short-Term Advocacy Sessions offer emotional and practical support by:

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We developed and attended a new weekly dropin Brighton & Hove and a new outreach drop-in clinic weekly at Safehaven in Hastings.

Our Business Development Team brings together social enterprise, fundraising, communications, training, and qualitative and quantitative feedback and sits at the heart of The team consists of 7 members of staff: Head of Business Development, Fundraising Officer, Communications Officer, Training Officer, Data, Monitoring & Evaluation Officer, Service User Involvement Officer, Business Development Administrator and one Outcomes & Feedback Volunteer.

In 22-23, we generated £114,211 of which £74,391 was unrestricted and £39,830 was restricted.

Training :

Fundraising :

We raised £21,491 during the Big Give campaign. 103 of the 113 donations came from people who have never donated to us before.

The income from individual donations was £13,884.30 - £5,248.67 more than 2021/22. We had donations from 381 new donors.

We had 20 new direct debit sign ups - double the amount in 2021/22. 109 donors signed up for our mailing list.

Three of our individual donors became regular givers within a month of receiving a personal thank you message for their support.

We received our first legacy donation of £5,168.95.

Communications :

We recruited a new Communications Officer, have a comms & social media strategy in place and our content is inspiring and informative.

Service User Involvement :

We reviewed our process for gathering outcomes & feedback from service users, recruited two specific volunteers & created digital channels to communicate with service users. We are ready to set up a Lived Experience Panel and expand our service user group to further develop our survivor voice.

Data :

We improved the quality of our data to drive our data-led approach and ensure we keep improving our services.

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Legal Challenge :

in the Brighton County Court by one of our clients. The client alleges that by recognising trans women as women and welcoming them into our women-only spaces this has led to breaches of the Equality Act 2010. We wholehearted disagree with these allegations and we will be vigorously defending them. We are being represented on a pro bono basis by a City of London law firm, Reed Smith, and two barristers, Antony White QC and Robin White.

We are

high-quality services for survivors and a supportive workplace for our staff and volunteers.

We will continue to look at who is missing from our data and adapt our services to welcome under-represented groups into our services, such as older people, people who experience racism and people with disabilities.

We know that as service providers, we can only effectively serve our communities by listening, and we are listening to survivors and our communities.

We are also committed to diversifying our income to ensure that we are able to continue to provide high quality services and to support our community to unite to confront sexual violence,

Service User Voice

We regularly ask our clients about the differences our services make to their lives.

The key benefits include significant reductions in feelings of isolation, anxiety and depression, alongside substantial reductions in incidents of self-

Clients reported a stabilisation or improvement in the following:

We ask our service users what they think about the support they received, and this year they told us:

Feeling believed for the first time in four years was monumental. I felt genuinely believed, listened to and empowered. It was the first time I've ever felt like that and was the only positive experience I've had of speaking to someone in four years. To be immediately believed and supported in figuring out what happened was amazing after a long time of those around me minimising my experiences. [My ISVA] talked me through what happened to me and told me my feelings were valid, because I was really not sure if should use certain terminology and was gaslighting myself into minimising it. It's the first time I've felt I can move on. It's the first time. I've felt robust - I saw my perpetrator on social media and it was the first time I didn't feel triggered, it was monumental for me. (ISVA)

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[My ISVA] respected my time and my wishes, suggested great coping mechanisms and was just the best support during the worst times of my life. (ISVA).

I am forever grateful to you for helping me make some sense of this horrible process and supporting me through it. You and the Survivors Network team have been incredible, and I (ISVA) of the way and organized [an out of area ISVA] to be in court with me as well which I am beyond grateful for. This system is truly broken, but you have been a hand to hold through it all and you have no idea how much it has meant. (ISVA)I just want to tell you that what you do matters, and you make a difference and every time I speak to you it reminds me that I'm doing the right thing. (ISVA)

with many questions there. So thank you. (ISVA)

You treated me with dignity and respect and made me feel safe. (ISVA)

Brilliant group, fantastic support. I don't know how I would have got through everything with out survivors network (Group work)

Survivors Network is the most valuable support that I have in my life, I wouldn't be the woman I am today without their help and I've only been accessing their resources for 9 months (Group work) such a caring and compassionate space, it has made a difference to me feeling less isolated (Group work)

I feel more equipped with tricks I can use in my day-to-day life to feel safer and more powerful, especially in situations where I feel unsure or doubt my abilities. I also feel more confident in myself and proud of where I am now. (Psycho-educational group work)

It gave me a safe space to talk through how I felt and help me understand how and why these things were effecting me and how to get through them in a safe way for me. (Therapy)

It's really important to have someone you can talk to about something that you can feel quite embarrassed about, and not want to talk to everyone about. It's a judgement free space and I think that's really important (Therapy)

SN has turned my life on its head and I've never felt so happy and content and free, so myself. It's been lifechanging. (Therapy)

I feel like having someone to listen to was really crucial. I hadn't admitted the severity of what had happened to me before. Having someone I could talk to weekly and work out how I'm going to move forward with that helped. I learned a lot. (Therapy)

It made a big difference having someone to encourage me to stand up for myself and take action rather that shutting down. They had my back and were there supporting me. (Young People's ISVA)

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[My Young People's ISVA] got me through court. I would have been very lost without her and it helped a lot when she took me to court before to look round it, and to have someone there with me: a friendly face that wasn't anything to do with any of the legal stuff and wasn't a parent or a friend who can sometimes be emotionally quite a lot. I don't think I could have done it without her. (Young People's ISVA)

I would say honestly the thing I feel I benefited most going into it was like great are they just going to fix me. I went into it not knowing what was going to happen but every session laid it out so clearly. I spoke to [my Young People's therapist] about it quite a lot and she was really understanding and patient saying it's not going to get fixed but it can be approached in manageable way, more manageable than I previously thought. (Young People's Therapist)

[My daughter] has selective mutism and so it made it very difficult to go through this process.

FINANCIAL REVIEW

The year ended 31st March 2023 recorded net income over expenditure of £24,345 (2022: £70,263), of which £27,216 was unrestricted and £ (2,871) restricted. Total unrestricted reserves now stand at £532,170 (2022: £504,954) and restricted reserves at £Nil (2022: £2,871).

Total income for the year ended 31st March 2023 amounted to £1,742,985 compared to £1,491,723 in the previous year, an increase of £251,262. A breakdown of grants received is shown in notes 2 and 3 to the accounts.

Total expenditure for the year ended 31st March 2023 amounted to £1,718,640 compared to £1,421,460 in the previous year, an increase of £297,180.

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 2023 all expenditure was on charitable activities, as it was in the previous year.

Reserves Policy

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.

meet ongoing liabilities as they fall due

Taking all of the above into consideration, the trustees consider it prudent to maintain a level

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allow the trustees sufficient time to take appropriate action in the event that income fell below operational requirements.

At 31 March 2023 free reserves were £412,170, this is the total of unrestricted reserves less any amounts designated levels and is therefore within the target range.

In 2020 the Trustees made the decision that during the year 2020-2021 they would invest £120,000 of the reserves in business development and in recruiting a dedicated team to work on education, training, campaigning and income diversification. This project took longer to roll out than we had anticipated, and this, along with the immediate increase in income generation meant that we took the decision to roll over the income from our reserves into the year to 31[st] March 2024.

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.

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.

Sophie Gibson (Chair of Trustees)

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STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[st] MARCH 2023

The Trustees, who are also the directors of The Survivors Network for the purpose of company law, are responsible for preparing the Annual 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 Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure of the charitable company for that year.

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

The Trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to 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.

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Opinion

3 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

In our opinion, the financial statements:

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 section of our report. We are independent of the charitable company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are 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

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 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.

Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, including the 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.

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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:

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 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:

we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit; or

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TRUSTEES OF THE

Owing to the inherent limitations of an audit, there is unavoidable risk that material misstatements in the financial statements may not be detected, even though the audit is properly For instance, the removed noncompliance is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely the auditor is to become aware of it or to recognise non-compliance.

website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charitable Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that 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 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

Date :

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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

Note
Income from:
Donations & Fundraising
3
Charitable activities:
Service delivery
3
Fees
4
Other trading activities
Bank Interest
Total
Expenditure on:
Raising funds
Charitable activities
5
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
2023
£
£
£
34,860
197,180
232,040
168,333
1,299,260
1,467,593
41,974
-
41,974
-
-
-
1,378
-
1,378
246,545
1,496,440
1,742,985
-
-
-
219,329
1,499,311
1,718,640
219,329
1,499,311
1,718,640
27,216
(2,871)
24,345
27,216
(2,871)
24,345
504,954
2,871
507,825
532,170
-
532,170		 Unrestric
ted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Total
2022
£
£
£
95,587
225,979
321,566
111,667
1,021,918
1,133,585
36,544
-
36,544
-
-
-
28
-
28
243,826
1,247,897
1,491,723
-
-
-
141,734
1,279,726
1,421,460
141,734
1,279,726
1,421,460
102,092
(31,829)
70,263
102,092
(31,829)
70,263
402,862
34,700
437,562
504,954
2,871
507,825

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 21 to 31 form part of these financial statements.

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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS AT 31 MARCH 2023

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
14
Represented by:
Unrestricted Funds:
15
-
General
-
Designated
Restricted Funds
15		 £
81,683
643,184
724,867
192,697		 2023
£
£
-
8,273
681,891
690,164
182,611
532,170
532,170
412,170
120,000
-
532,170		 2022
£
272
507,553
507,825
384,954
120,000
2,871
507,825

The financial statements on pages 20 to 28 were approved by the board of Directors on

Sophie Gibson (Chair of Trustees)

Company Number: 07780363

The notes on pages 21 to 31 form part of these financial statements.

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CASHFLOW STATEMENT AS AT 31 MARCH 2023

2023 2022
£ £
Net Movement in Funds 24,345 70,263
Add back deprecation charge 272 272
Deduct interest income shows in (1,378) (28)
investing activities
(Increase)/Decrease in debtors (73,410) 3,570
Increase/(Decrease) in creditors 10,086 72,644
Net cash inflow/(outflow) from (40,085) 146,721
operating activities
Cash flows from investing
activities
Purchase of a fixed asset - -
Interest income 1,378 28
Net cash provided by/ (used in) (38,707) 146,749
investing activities
Change in cash and cash (38,707) 145,749
equivalents in the year
Cash and cash equivalents at 681,891 535,142
the beginning of the year
Cash and cash equivalents at 643,184 681,891
the end of the year
Analysis of cash and cash At 1 April Cash flow Non-cash At 31
equivalents 2022 changes March 2023
£ £ £ £
Cash at bank and in hand 681,891 (38,787) - 643,184
681,891 (38,787) - 643,184

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023

1. Accounting Policies

Charity information

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 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 once there is a legal or constructive obligation to transfer economic benefit to a third party, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement, and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.

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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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 - 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 Office Equipment

straight line basis over 4 years 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) Cash

Cash and cash equivalents include cash in and, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts.

(g) Financial instruments

The charity has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 all its financial instruments. Financial instruments are recognised in the charity the contractual provisions of the instrument.

(h) Employee benefits

The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised services are received.

Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the charity is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.

(i)Retirement benefits

Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.

(j) Leases

Leases are classified as finance leases whenever the terms of the lease transfer substantially all the risks and rewards ownership to the leasees. All other leases are classified as operating leases.

(k) Operating Leases

Rentals payable under operating leases are charged on a straight line basis over the terms of the lease.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 CONTINUED

2. Critical accounting estimates and judgements

estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future period where the revision affects both current and future periods.

3. Voluntary Income

Donations
Grants:
Neighbourly Foundation
Proceeds of Crime Fund
Another Way Women
Chalk Cliff Trust
Lawson Trust
Sussex Community Fund
National Lottery Community
Fund
Children in Need
MOJ Funding
Covid 19
Lloyd Bank Foundation		 Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
2023
Total
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
2022
Total
£
£
£
£
£
£
23,360
19,820
43,180
40,866
3,000
43,866
1,000
-
1,000
5,000
-
5,000
10,000
-
10,000
-
-
-
-
5,000
5,000
-
-
-
-
5,000
5,000
-
-
-
-
5,000
5,000
-
-
-
-
5,000
5,000
-
-
-
-
157,360
157,360
-
152,777
152,777
500
-
500
-
40,295
40,295
-
-
-
49,721
-
49,721
-
-
-
-
29,907
29,907
34,860
197,180
232,040
95,587
225,979
321,566

3. Income from charitable activities ~~s~~ ervice delivery

Brighton & Hove City
Council (Talking
Therapies)
PCC DVSA
Mankind
Rape Support Fund -
Office for Criminal Justice
Reform
NHS Funding
COVID 19
Sussex PCC
NHS Additional Funding
The Diocese of Chichester		 Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Total
2023
Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Total
2022
£
£
£
£
£
£
97,500
-
97,500
97,500
-
97,500
-
371,278
371,278
-
371,278
371,278
-
23,726
23,726
-
-
-
-
224,405
224,405
-
136,081
136,081
-
-
-
-
30,100
30,100
70,833
467,143
537,976
14,167
415,450
429,617
112,921
112,921
40,905
40,905
-
28,954
28,954
-
28,104
28,104
168,333
1,228,427
1,396,76
0
111.667
1,021,918
1,133,585

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 CONTINUED

Received in this year but deferred until 2023/24:

NHS Additional Funding
Children in Need
MOJ Safespace Funding
The National Lottery
Community Fund		 Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Total
2023
£
£
-
24,005
24,005
-
33,333
33,333
-
53,760
53,760
-
28,216
28,216
-
139,314
139,314

Received in 2021/22 but released to income in this

year:

NHS Additional Funding
Sussex PCC
The National Lottery
Community Fund		 Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Total
2022
£
£
-
40,906
40,906
-
70,833
70,833
-
27,437
27,437
-
139,176
139,176

Income is deferred when any performance conditions attached to the entitlement to funds has not been fully met.

4. Fee Income

.
Fee Income
2023 2022
£ £
Fee Income from training delivery 112,807 36,544

5. Expenditure on charitable activities

ISVA Service
Counselling
Volunteer led
Children &
Young
Peoples
Business
Development
Welcome
Workers		 Direct cost of running
activity
Staff & volunteer
support costs
Overhead
support costs
Governance
support costs
Total
2023
2022
2023
2022
2023
2022
2023
2022
2023
£
£
£
£
£
£
£
£
£
437,792
388,017
59,426
53,767
63,668
66,821
1,177
2,229
562,063
155,703
147,072
21,135
20,379
22,644
25,327
419
845
199,901
74,337
57,713
10,090
7,997
10,811
9,939
200
332
95,438
254,262
211,086
34,514
29,250
36,977
36,351
684
1,213
326,437
199,269
116,388
27,049
16,128
28,979
20,043
536
669
255,833
217,289
159,432
29,495
22,092
31,600
27,456
584
916
278,968
1,338,652
1,079,708
181,709
149,613
194,679
185,937
3,600
6,202
1,718,640		 Total
2022
£
510,833
193,622
75,981
277,900
153,228
209,896
1,421,460

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 CONTINUED

Analysis of charitable activities by function
Pension
Staff and volunteer training
Staff & volunteer supervision
Staff travel and 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
Advertising & promotion
Telephone
Memberships & subscriptions
Depreciation
Miscellaneous expenses
Bank charges
Staff Welfare
Legal & professional
HR Support
Trustee Expenses
Consultancy Fees
Audit and Accountancy Fees
5.
Net income for the year
This is stated after charging:
Depreciation
Auditors renumeration		 Total
2023
£
1,341,439
29,227
20,069
47,204
14,752
5,050
50,922
16,099
25,557
7,650
35,838
1,421
2,376
3,487
12,376
8,125
2,438
6,621
14,714
840
2,598
2,600
2,066
18,378
9,729
272
1,211
328
6,224
1,140
13,081
-
11,208
3,600
1,718,640
2023
£
272
3,600		 Total
2022
£
1,072,292
21,235
28,693
30,340
7,354
4,832
59,870
11,012
17,317
4,405
24,458
1,951
1,857
3,119
2,717
3,447
2,438
2,918
19,250
1,272
2,761
1,728
1,839
23,019
6,873
272
3,154
18
4,282
-
5,588
1,080
44,947
5,122
1,421,460
2022
£
272
5,122

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 CONTINUED

6. Staff Costs

Salaries and wages
Social Security costs
Pension costs		 2023
£
1,222,257
119,182
29,227
1,370,666		 2022
£
991,118
81,174
21,235
1,093,527

The charity relies on the dedicated support of volunteers in delivering its Helping and Email Support Services, it is not possible to quantify the amount of this contribution.

Breakdown by department:

ISVA Service
Counselling
Volunteer Led Services
Children & Young Peoples Services
Business Development
Welcome Workers
Core team		 2023
£
15
3
2
8
7
9
5
49		 2022
£
13
2
2
8
6
6
3
40

The average number of persons employed by the company during the year was 49 (2022: 40).

One employee received emolument in excess of £60,000 (2022: one)

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 £64,783 in the year (2022: £60,775)

7.

No trustees received any remuneration or benefits from the charity in the year (2022: £nil). There were no expenses reimbursed to trustees during the year (2022: £nil).

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 CONTINUED

8. Commitments under operating leases

At 31[st] March 2023, 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		 2023
£
30,200
33,117
-
63,317		 2022
£
7,000
16,917
-
23,917

A lease was taken out for an office in Eastbourne in 2021, this is a 5-year non-cancellable operating lease. The rent payable is £7,000 per year. The lease for the Brighton office is due for renewal on March 2025. The rent payable is £23,200 per year.

Equipment
Payments due:
Within one year
Between two and five years		 2,347
9,389
11,736		 2,366
3,550
5,916

9. Related party transactions

Fee income totalling £2,020 was received in the year from an organisation called Social Finance, the director of which is also a trustee of the charity. The transactions were conducted at arms length (2022: £nil).

10. Tangible Fixed Assets

Cost
At 1st April 2022
Additions
At 31st March 2023
Depreciation
At 1st April 2022
Charge for the year
At 31st March 2023
Net Book Value
At 31st March 2023
At 31st March 2022		 Computer
Equipment
Office
Equipment
Bike 2 Work
Total
£
£
£
28,303
2,120
816
31,239
-
-
-
-
28,303
2,120
816
31,239
28,303
2,120
544
30,967
-
-
272
272
28,303
2,120
816
31,239
-
-
-
-
-
-
272
272

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 - CONTINUED

11. Debtors

Prepayments
Other debtors
Accounts Receivable
2. Creditors: Amounts falling due within one
Deferred income (see Note 13)
Accounts Payable
Accruals
PAYE
Pensions Payable
3. Deferred income
Deferred income is included within:
Current liabilities
Movements in the year:
Deferred income at 1 April 2022
Released from previous periods
Resources deferred in the year
Deferred income at 31 March 2023		 2023
2022
£
£
10,315
5,693
4,303
1,750
67,065
830
81,683
8,273
year
2023
2022
£
£
139,314
139,176
4,531
7,180
13,256
5,182
29,555
25,972
6,041
5,101
192,697
182,611
2023
2022
£
£
139,314
139,176
139,176
73,881
(139,176)
(73,881)
139,314
139,176
139,314
139,176

12. Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

13. Deferred income

14. Analysis of Net Assets between Funds

Restricted Funds
Unrestricted Funds		 Tangible Fixed
Assets
Net Current
Assets
Total
2023
£
£
£
-
-
-
-
532,170
532,170
-
532,170
532,170

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 - CONTINUED

15. Movement in Funds

Restricted Funds
PCC DVSA
Another Way Women
Chalk Cliff Trust
Lawson Trust
Sussex Community Fund
Small Grants and Donations
Rape Support Fund
Ministry of
Justice
Sussex EMDR group
Sussex PCC
The Diocese of Chichester
The National Lottery Community Fund
NHS Additional Funding
Mankind
Unrestricted Funds
General
Designated Funds
Fixed Asset Fund
Business Development Fund
Total Funds		 Balance
1 April
2022
Income
Expenditure
Transfer
Balance
31
March
2023
£
£
£
£
£
-
371,278
(371,278)
-
-
-
5,000
(5,000)
-
-
5,000
(5,000)
5,000
(5,000)
5,000
(5,000)
-
19,820
(19,820)
-
224,405
(224,405)
-
-
2,871
-
(2,871)
-
-
-
537,976
(537,976)
-
-
-
28,954
(28,954)
-
-
-
157,360
(157,360)
-
-
-
112,921
(112,921)
-
-
-
23,726
(23,726)
-
-
2,871
1,496,440
(1,499,311)
-
-
384,954
246,545
(219,329)
-
412,170
-
-
-
-
-
120,000
-
-
-
120,000
504,954
246,545
(219,329)
-
532,170
507,825
1,742,985
(1,718,640)
-
532,170

Purpose of restricted funds:

PCC DVSA - commission for the provision of a range of sexual violence support services.

Another Way Women to support group and holistic work

Chalk Cliff Trust to support group and holistic work

Lawson Trust to support group and holistic work

Sussex Community Foundation for the provision of groupwork

Small Grants and Donations to support services for survivors of sexual violence and abuse

Sussex EMDR Group this is for resources for the therapists, memberships and attending the EMDR conference and training

Rape Support Fund - the provision of services to survivors of sexual violence.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 - CONTINUED

Sussex PCC - the delivery of a variety of support services for survivors of sexual violence and abuse

The National Lottery Community Fund the provision of a specialist service for young people.

NHS Additional Funding to support the management of the adult counselling waiting list

Mankind For the provision of an ISVA to support male-identified survivors

Purpose of designated funds :

Business Development Fund - In 2020 the Trustees made the decision that during the year 2020-2021 they would invest £120,000 of the reserves in business development and in recruiting a dedicated team to work on education, training, campaigning and income diversification. This project took longer to roll out than we had anticipated, and this, along with the immediate increase in income generation, meant that we took the decision to roll over the income from our reserves into the year to 31[st] March 2024.

Movement in Funds year ended 31[st] March 2022

Restricted Funds
BBC Children in Need
PCC DVSA
Rape Support Fund
Ministry of Justice
Sussex EMDR group
Lloyds Bank Foundation
Sussex PCC
The Diocese of Chichester
The National Lottery Community Fund
NHS Additional Funding
NHS Covid Funding		 Balance 1
April 2021
Income
Expenditure
Transfer
Balance
31 March
2022
£
£
£
£
£
-
40,295
(40,295)
-
-
-
371,278
(371,278)
-
-
-
136,081
(136,081)
-
-
-
3,000
(129)
-
2,871
-
29,907
(29,907)
-
-
34,700
415,450
(450,150)
-
-
-
28,104
(28,104)
-
-
-
152,777
(152,777)
-
-
-
40,905
(40,905)
-
-
30,100
(30,100)
-
-
34,700
1,247,897
1,279,726
-
2,871

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 - CONTINUED

Unrestricted Funds
General
Designated Funds
Fixed Asset Fund
Business Development Fund
Total Funds		 Balance 1
April 2021
Income
Expenditure
Transfer
Balance 31
March
2022
£
£
£
£
£
282,862
243,826
(141,734)
-
384,954
-
-
-
-
-
120,000
-
-
-
120,000
402,862
243,826
(141,734)
-
504,954
437,562
1,491,723
(1,421,460)
-
507,825

16. Post Balance Sheet Events

against the charity for alleged breach of the Equality Act for welcoming trans women into our women only services. The charity has since received details of the claim and is very grateful to have been offered and has accepted pro bono legal support from the law firm, Reed Smith LLP. The charity has notified the Charities Commission of the claim.

This is a non-adjusting event.

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