COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 08180451 CHARI￿ REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1149134 Roshni Sheffield Asian Women's Resource Centre Company Limited by Guarantee Unaudited Financial Statements 31 March 2024 ALLEN, WEST AND FOSTER Chartered accountants Ornega Court 364-366 Cemetery Road Sheffield S11 8FT Roshni Sheffield Asian Women's Resource Centre Company Limited by Guarantee Financial Statements Year ended 31 March 2024 Pag• Trustees, annual report linoorporaling the director'8 reporti Ind8P8ndenl ex8minef8 report to the ITuslees Slalemenl of financial aclivllies lindudlng income and expenditure acc¢unll Slalgmenl of financial position Nol8S to the flnancisl slalements 10 Roshnl Sheffield Asian Women's Resource Centre Company Limited by Guarantee Trustees, Annual Report Ilncorporating the Dlrectoes Report Year endod 31 March 2024 The trvstees. who a￿ also the directors for th• Purposes of company law, present their report and th$ unaudited financial slalements of the oharity lor the year ended 31 March 2024. R•f•renGe and admlnlstrnt1￿ d•tsil¥ Raglstsrod ¢h•rlty naffle Roshni Sheffield Asian Wom8n's R&source Centre Charlty r•g18tratlon numb•r 1149134 Comp4ry regl•trat5on numb•r 08180451 Prlnclpal offlc• and regtht•r•d olfic• 444 London Road Sheffield S2 4HP United Kingdom Tho tru•t•e• Shahnaz Bano (Secr6laryl Aslma Khan Ya8me8n Shah Kalpana Dgsal IChalrper8onl Ghazal8 Munir Nallnl Popal Farhana Zarnan Aa5ma Khan Nolma C8de8 Yasmin Farooq Zohra Choudhry IVic8 Chairper80nl Fazggla Hu688ln (Resigned 11 December 20231 IndO￿nd•n1 •x•mln•r Stephen Allen ACA FCCA Ornega Court 364-386 Camelery Road Shgflield S118FT Roshni Sheffield Asian Women's Resource Centre Company Limited by Guarantee Trustees, Annual Report Ilncorporating the Dlrector's Report) Iconllnu¢d) Year ended 31 March 2024 Structllrni gowman¢• and man•gemgnt Go¥ernlng docuffl•nt The centre is a registered charitable company Ilmiled by guarantee governed by its memorandum and articles of association and man8ged by a voluntary Management Committe8. It has 590 mèmb8rs. 11 ernploys 4 full lime workers. 13 part lime workers and has trained young women on 51udenl placerllenls. Th& charity was Incorporated on 15th AugL4St 2012 and commenced Ils activities on 1 sl April 2013 when it look over all of Ihe assets, liobilili&$ and 8clivilies of the unincorporated charity Roshni Sheffield Asian Women's Resource Cenlre. The Asian Women's Centre has an Equal Opportunities and a Confidentiality Policy. Th8 Equal Opportunities Policy is a commitment lo provide a¢ce5s to the Centre and its seNices Iw from direct or indirect discrimination. 11 is a commilmenl to provide support and assistance regardless ol race, colour, nalionalily. ethnic or national origin elc. The Confidenlialily Policy has been developed lo prolecl dients seeking advicè and support from the Cenlre. There hav8 b88n no no signilicanl changes in the policies of the chafity during the year. Appolntm•nt of Manag•m•nt Cammltt Trustees, who are also direclof5 lor th8 purpo$e of company law, 8ft appointed a6 rnembers of the management comrnittee wh8thar through t1ealh or resignation of an existing trustee. Tru•teg Inductlon And Irllnlng New Iru8lee5 are encouraged lo allend Short IraSning 8ession5 lo famlllaris8 Ihernsalve8 Wlth the charity and the context within which it oper81es. These cover.. Th& obllgalion8 01 Managem8nt Committee Mombgfs Re50urcing and the current linAnci81 posillon as $81 oul in the late51 publish8d financlal stalgrnenls Future plans and objaclives Truglee8 are provided with the Chanly Gommi8$lon8 guide 'lhe Es8enlial Truytee" and the late51 linancial 8lalements. Rl•k managemgnt The trus1o88 acbv8ly rewew the major risks whlch the charity laces on a regular basis and believe thgt rnainlaining reserv8s al current levels, combined with an annual f•vi8w ol tha controls over key financial systerns, will provide sufflcienl resources in the event of adverse conditions. The Iruslees have al80 examined other operational and bu$ine$8 rf8k8 f8ceiJ by the charity and conflrm that they have established 8y8lems lo mitigate the $ignifi¢anl risks. Rolat•d partte• The Irusteos ¢on$idgr that there 8re no related parties. Roshni Sheffield Asian Women's Resource Centre Company Llmited by Guarantee Trustees, Annual Report {Incorporating the Directorfs Report) (conlirtuedl Year ended 31 March 2024 Obj•¢tivo• and activitie• How our acti¥itl•8 d•liv•r publlc ￿n•fit Roshni is a central resource centre for inlonnation, advic8 and support.. the primary purwse of the charity is the advancempnt of educallon (including soclal and physical Iralningl of Asian Women in the Ctty ol Sheffield. Thg Iruslees consider that they have compll6d with th8 dtsty 8s sel oul In $8ctlon 4 of the ChariUe8 Act 2011 lo have due regard lo guidance published by the Charity Commission, including public benefit guidance. Roshni Sheffield Asian Women's Resource Centre Company Llmlted by Guarantee Trustees. Annual Report Ilncorporating the Directorfs Report) Iconllnu Year ended 31 March 2024 Achi•v•m•nts and perfonnancg Over the year, the Empowermènt Cirde proje¢l supported 441 vulnerable Asian women through ils service of which 205 were new clients lo the service. The new Empowerment Circle project was designed lo create shift in our Service, with more focus on enabling the vulnerable women we support, We aimed lo reduce our advocacy work and hands on support. putting moré résources into onè-loqonè coaching sessions and group work. 11 proved lo be challenging both for the project staff and for our service users. We airned to provide Advocacy lo only 100 clienls thi5 year bul ended providing support lo 328 worn8n. In addition, 43 New Domestic Abuse cases were supported over the year and 59 chilE1ren werè Involvod. 01 thèsè womèn, 23 of them had no recoufse lo public fund8 and 41 of the Indivlduals had English as a second language. Nonglheless, we have gone ahead and done all our planned activities for this year with som8 am82ing progres5 by our servic8 US8rs. Wa dg1ivef9d 31 training courses, eng89lng a communlly which is traditionally hard lo engagelmolivale. In addition, 99 women were supported lo complete 5e114evelopmenl plans helping them lo clarify thèir goals and reach their asplralions of whom 19 women took up volunteering and 15 wornen were 5UPPOrted into paid work. Thi5 year 33 wom&n completed Ihebr BS.lingual and Culturally sp8cili¢ Counselling with us and 22 women are still in receipt ol ¢oun8elling. Results collated from our end of couns8lling evaluation showgd that.. 0 87% 01 the woman rg$pontJgd that couns&lllng had helped a gr&al lo deal with their worries. 0 93% 01 women ratsd their mental wellbeing all8r counselling as better than bgfore. 0 91Qh ol the women sald that they found counselling lo be very holpful. The co$l-of-living crisi8 has been the bigge8t change. We find ourselves completing hous8hold support fund forms alm051 daily for clients in need. which is useful to Ihe clients bul al the same litne. il is liffje consuming. The worklood for the stall le8m has Increased due lo Ihis consecullve hlgher demand for advocacy support madg wors& by the rising cost of living crisis and our clien15 high needs for advocacy due to languagg barriers an¢J a very l¢)w leve18 01 education. We were able lo secure fund$ to work with more young womén this year. We dèlivered group acti￿711e5 10 36 girls in 3 $8condary 9chool8 prowding them wllh opporlunilies lo develop their confidence and self. esteem. Our Holiday Activities & Food Programme IHAFI sessions delivered to 56 children in receipt of frae School meals in the school holidays. Most of these children from singlo parenl hous&holds and most had experienced some form of Domestic Abuse. Our Soulh Asian Elder8 project aims lo support older people by improving their wellbeing, reducing social Isolation and loneline55 and in reducing In8qualilies in thair acc8SS to seNces. Elder Cafè group 6e88ion8 and activities were accessed by 57 ¢lignl$ lo alleviate lonellness andlor isolation, ol whom 40 were elders from the Bangladeshi comrnunlly in Sheffield. This year, we also undertook Digital training wilh the elderfy 8angl8dèshi women living in thè D8m811 area of the city. These sessions proved to be very popular, providing an opportunlly lo develop skills as well as providing a means of reducing isolation and loneliness arnongsl elders in the city. We have also been undertaking weekly chair aerobics over zoom in response lo women's health concerns and feelings of isol81ionldepres5ion. We were also suecèssfLJIIy 8ble lo 18unch Roshni Kitchen this year, our new social enlerprise café. Roshni lfjtchen Is an exciting new venture which is all about providing healthy and nulrilious Asian food lo the public, delivered by our volunteers, who will be using the c8fè buslness as a training ground. We do eventually hope to develop our Kitchen servicè so that we can provide a catering service IL) other Roshni Sheffield Asian Women's Resource Centre Company Limited by Guarantee Trustees. Annual Report (Incorporatlng the Dlrector's Report) (conllnrMdJ Year ended 31 March 2024 organizalion8 anil will be working on this over the ctsming year. Other xdiwlies this year have induded, weekly Exercise classes lor 76 wom&n lo Impro￿ physical andlor rnenlal health as part ol our Move More project of which 58 were Bengall worn8n Irom the Damall area of the city. We supported 43 women through our Llve Lile adult weight management programme a150 delivered lo women in the Darnall and Tinsley areas of the city and Walks lor Wellbeing were accessed by 50 worllen across the city to help women access local parks and woodlands, Flnancial r•vi•w The prlncip81 funding sources of the organisalion during Ihe ye8r were SheffielLY City Councll, The Big Lottery Fund, The Henry Smlth Charity and the South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commlssloner among51 others (see nol6 51. Invostmont pollcy The con61ilulion aulhori5e8 the Iruslees lo make and hold inveslmonls u8ing Ihg 9eneral lund8 of the charity, bul no such investments af8 currently h81d. R•knrv￿ pollcy 11 18 the policy of the charity lo build vp Ihe level of unre81rfcted funds lo a level which equate Ic approximately 6 months unre$lricted expendllure. This provides Sufficienl lund8 to cover management and adminislralion and support crJ&ls. Plon• forfutur• p•rlod• In the comlng ye8r we hope lo build tsn exlsllng 8eTh6ce8 p¢oiect8 ind lo develop our social enlerprige arm, Roshni Café. Small company provlilon• This report ha6 been prepared in accordance wllh the provisions appllcable lo compani98 enlilled lo the 8rnall companie5 exernplion. Th8 tru81oes' annual report was approved on 5 Seplernber 2024 and sign8d on behalf of the board ol Iru$le&8 by". Kalpana Desai {Chairper8onl Trustee Roshni Sheffield Asian Women's Resource Centre Company Limited by Guarantee Independent Examinerfs Roport to the Trustees of Roshnl Sheffleld Asian Women's Resource Centre Year ended 31 March 2024 I report lo the Iruslees on my examination of the financl81 $181emenls of Rtsshni Sheffield Asian Women's Resource Centre I'the Gharity'l for the year ended 31 March 2024. Reopon¥lbIlltl￿ and ba•18 of roport As the trustees of th8 company land 8150 ils director6 for the purposes of company18wI you are responsible lor the preparation of the finanrAal slalemenls in accordance with the requir&menls of th8 Companles Act 2006 fihe 2006 Act'l. Hawn9 satisfied myself that the a¢¢ounls of the company ar8 not required to be audited und8r Part 16 of the 2006 A¢t and are eligible lor independent ¢xaminAlion, I report in respect of my exaTninalion of the chanly'5 accounts as carried out under sèction 145 01 the Charllies Act 20111'lhe 2011 Act'l. In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Cornrnission under section 14515llbl of Iha 2011 Act. Indopend•nt 0￿mIn0*S •tatsrnent Since the charity's gro88 income exceeded £250.000 your examin&r musl be a member ol a body listed in 6eclion 145 of the 2011 ACA. I conlirni that l am qualified lo undertake the exarninalion because l am a member ol the Instilut8 ol Chartered Accounlanls In England and Vvales IICAEWI, which is ong ol the listed bodi8B. I have completed my exarninalion. I confirm that no mallers hav8 come lo my attenlion in connection wllh the examination giving m9 causo lo believe". accounting records were not kept In respo¢1 of the charlly as rgquire