**WAVENEY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & ABUSE FORUM** **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES** **For the YEAR ENDED 31[st] MARCH 2021** 1 ## **WAVENEY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & ABUSE FORUM** Charity Regn. no. 1149288 **The Trustees have pleasure in presenting their Annual Report for the Year Ended 31[st] March 2021.** The Waveney Domestic Violence & Abuse Forum is registered with the Charity Commissioners, no. 1149288, and is constituted by a Deed adopted on 21[st] February 2012, and amended on 27[th] September 2012 and 17[th] May 2015. The registered address is Kirkley Resource Centre, 154 London Road South, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 0AZ. It is administered by a management committee comprising all the Trustees named below, who served throughout the year unless indicated, and a Project Coordinator and two admin assistants who are not Trustees. **----- Start of picture text -----**
|||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |Trustees:|Mrs Christine Tripp Chair of Trustees| |Mrs Drena Black| |Mrs Janice Waters|resigned 1|[st]|March 2021| |Mrs Margaret Blakey resigned 30|[th]|April 2021| |Ms Angela Haye| |Administration:|Dorene Lawrence Coordinator|left 31|[st]|March 2021| |Jade Hales|Admin Assistant|started 11|[th]|August 2020| |Jane Thompson|Admin Assistant|left 29|[th]|November 2020| |Tia Shine|Admin Assistant|left 23|[rd]|April 2021| **----- End of picture text -----**
Trustees are not appointed for any specific period and are not therefore required to seek reelection. ## **Objects and activity:** The objects of the charity are to provide the relief of emotional distress and suffering and the preservation and protection of the mental and physical health of men, women, young people and children who have suffered or are exposed to domestic violence and abuse in the Waveney area. We work locally with over 45 statutory and voluntary agencies, to help people escape domestic violence and abuse. ## **Financial information:** The Charity is funded solely from grants and donations with the majority of its income being derived from grants received for specific projects for a specific period of time. It works closely with the Suffolk Police & Crime Commissioners and is very grateful for the grants received from them. **----- Start of picture text -----**
||| |---|---| |Uncompleted grants 01.04.2020|6| |Grants awarded during year|11| |Less: Grants completed during year|11| |Uncompleted grants 31.03.2021|6| **----- End of picture text -----**
The total funding receivable during the next financial year from uncompleted projects and approved grants is £5,000 (2020 £5,000). 2 The Trustees are satisfied that the funds held at 31[st] March 2021 are sufficient for all uncompleted projects. Whilst there is no guarantee of future funding, they are also confident that funding receivable in the next financial year, as well as grants currently being applied for, will enable the Charity to continue its work beyond the next twelve months. Income is spread evenly over the duration of the projects, ensuring a fairer matching of expenditure with income. Amounts received prior to the yearend date, which were expended in the following financial year, are shown in the Balance Sheet as ‘Grants received in advance.’ The Charity employed 3 members of staff during the year whose costs were £34,040. All consultation and advice services are provided by external consultants or freelance workers on specific projects. £1,120 (2020 £516) was paid to reimburse Trustees for expenses incurred by them wholly for the purposes of the Charity. ## **Analysis of Risk:** The trustees have identified that the main risks and uncertainties to ensuring the Forum is able to continue its objectives are: - 1 The charity’s funding is derived from a number of relatively short term grants and awards. If circumstances should change so that this funding is no longer available, or grant awarders decide to meet their needs from alternative providers, then the reduction in the Charity’s income would have a very serious impact on its ability to continue. The Trustees mitigate this risk by maintaining an extremely good relationship with funding bodies, ensuring they provide the highest quality of service and with the best value for money for fund providers. - 2 The charity’s ability to recruit and retain key staff is essential in being able to deliver continued and quality service, and places a high value on the performance and excellence of service providers. - 3 With the number of individual grants, effective cashflow control is essential in ensuring that funds are always available in order to engage service providers. The trustees ensure that there is always a minimum of £7,500 available in unrestricted funds for this purpose. The charity’s bankers are HSBC Bank plc, London Road North, Lowestoft, Suffolk. The External Examiner is Mr K R Vincent, 23 Wannock Close, Carlton Colville, NR338DW For and on behalf of the Trustees Mrs Christine Tripp 16[th] November 2021 3 ## **WAVENEY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & ABUSE FORUM** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Income & Expenditure Account 1st April 2020 to 31st March 2021
2021 2020
Unrestricted Restricted TOTAL Unrestricted Restricted TOTAL
INCOME:
PCC Coordinator 20,000.00 20,000.00 20,000.00 20,000.00
PCC Covid 9,760.56 9,760.56
Suffolk County Council - 10,000.00 10,000.00
Lloyds Foundation 23,700.00 23,700.00 21,900.00 21,900.00
Specific Tusts 1,687.85 1,687.85 825.98 825.98
Suffolk Foundation 10,000.00 10,000.00 4,000.00 4,000.00
Suffolk Foundation Covid 10,500.00 10,500.00
Misc donations 1,740.59 1,740.59 1,739.64 1,739.64
Total income 1,740.59 75,648.41 77,389.00 1,739.64 56,725.98 58,465.62
EXPENDITURE:
Freelance Workers 19,104.84 19,104.84 19,531.81 19,531.81
Workers' expenses - 1,063.51 1,063.51
Administration wages 33,354.24 33,354.24 24,794.09 24,794.09
Accommodation costs 10,890.94 10,890.94 10,292.12 10,292.12
Promotion, communication 2,258.32 2,258.32 125.82 2,073.05 2,198.87
Miscellaneous 1,465.87 5,910.29 7,376.16 18.93 3,569.08 3,588.01
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Depreciation
Total expenditure 1,465.87 71,518.63 72,984.50 144.75 61,323.66 61,468.41
Surplus (deficit) 274.72 4,129.78 4,404.50 1,594.89 (4,597.68) - 3,002.79
Funds brought forward 01.04.2020 15,037.89 19,366.92 34,404.81 13,406.40 24,001.20 37,407.60
Transfer between funds - 36.60 - 36.60 -
Funds carried forward 31.03.2021 15,312.61 23,496.70 38,809.31 15,037.89 19,366.92 34,404.81
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Balance Sheet 31st March 2021
2021 2020
Non-current assets:
- -
Computers & Software
Current assets:
Grants receivable 5,000.00 5,425.98
Cash & bank balances 35,905.71 31,752.23
40,905.71 37,178.21
Current liabilities:
Creditors 2,096.40 2,773.40
2,096.40 2,773.40
Net Current assets 38,809.31 34,404.81
TOTAL ASSETS 38,809.31 34,404.81
Represented by:
Restricted Funds 23,496.70 19,366.92
Unrestricted Funds 15,312.61 15,037.89
Total Individual Funds 38,809.31 34,404.81
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4 ## **Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Waveney Domestic Violence & Abuse Forum** I report on the accounts of the Trust for the year ended 31[st] March 2021 which are set out on pages 2 to 4. ## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner** The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993 (the Act) and that an independent examination is needed.. It is my responsibility to: - examine the accounts under section 43 of the 1993 Act; - to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commissioners under section 43 (7)(b) of the 1993 Act’; and - to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. ## **Basis of examiner’s report** My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair view’ and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.. ## **Independent examiner’s statement** In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention: - 1 which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements - (a) to keep accounting records in accordance with section 41 of the Act; and - (b) to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of the Act have not been met; or - 2 to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts should be reached. Keith Vincent 23 Wannock Close Carlton Colville Lowestoft NR33 8DW K R Vincent 11[th] November 2021 5