**“** _Kindness, Justice and Equality for everyone no_ **”** _. matter who you are_ ## ANNUAL REPORT CONTENTS 2020 - 2021 Chair of the Board Introduction ......................................Pg 3 A word from the CEO ........................................................Pg 4 BESS ....................................................................................Pg 5 Blackpool Advocacy Hub ..................................................Pg 8 Children & Young Person’s Advocacy (CYP) ...................Pg 9 Healthwatch Blackpool .....................................................Pg 10 Lived Experience Team .....................................................Pg 11 Motivate2 ............................................................................Pg 12 The Den ..............................................................................Pg 13 Peer4U ................................................................................Pg 15 Support Services ...............................................................Pg 16 Funding ..............................................................................Pg 17 Financial Review ................................................................Pg 18 Like, Share & Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to keep updated with exciting news and info from Empowerment! /EmpowermentCharity @Empowerment_ /EmpowermentCharity **Empowerment Charity Lancashire Registered Charity Number: 1155897** The Empowerment Base, 333 Bispham Road, Bispham, Blackpool, FY2 0HH - 0300 32 32 100 (local rate call) - admin@empowermentcharity.org.uk ## CHAIR OF THE BOARD INTRODUCTION Kindness, Justice and Equality are the values that form the bedrock of our services in Blackpool and across the Fylde coast. In November 2020, when I took on the role of the Chair of the Board of Trustees, we were already dealing with the grave implications of a global pandemic on our local communities, our volunteers, colleagues and supporters. It was our principles that provided the guidance and focus that enabled a rapid response, providing practical help and emotional support to the communities we serve. In the midst of this incredible challenge the passion, skills, strength and commitment to the work we do, presented in this report, shines brightly. As a beacon of positivity as we move forward in this ever-changing world. Our diverse income strands enabled us to reach out, invest in local need and retain our robust financial planning. Working alongside partners and commissioners we continued to deliver a quality service and ensured the rights of the people we support were upheld. A significant achievement given the challenges of home working and virtual interaction. What you will read and see in this annual report speaks for itself, better than any foreword could hope to achieve. It gives only a glimpse of the services provided by Empowerment and the breadth of activity that goes on ‘behind the scenes’, I consider myself, quite frankly, to be privileged in my association with the work of this charity, and leading a Board of committed trustees. Finally, I would like to thank all those who have been instrumental in making it happen. A huge thank you to all our fantastic staff and volunteers who work tirelessly to support individuals and communities to make the changes needed and our supporters who understand and believe in the work we are doing. ## **Sandra Bilsborrow** Chair of Board of Trustees **Page Number:** 3 **Annual Report:** 2020-2021 ## A WORD FROM OUR CEO I am delighted once again to be writing in our latest Annual Report. It was of course a year dominated by COVID-19 and the subsequent lockdowns. But for me, the inspirational story of the year was the exceptional determination of the Empowerment team to keep working alongside people in Blackpool and the Fylde Coast who were going through such tough times. In this report you will find out about a team of passionate people driven by a commitment to ensuring that everyone in our local communities experienced, Kindness, Justice and Equality. This meant working together in creative and imaginative ways to ensure that people received the support they needed. It is a privilege to have led Empowerment during the year, being with so many caring and compassionate people, all determined to make a real difference to the lives of others. I would like to thank from the bottom of my heart all of our staff and volunteers who were truly amazing throughout the year. Special thanks also to Empowerment’s Board of Trustees for their unfailing support and constructive advice. Finally, we would not have been able to do anything at all without the constant support of our commissioners and funders, they never wavered in their support for our work, and for that I am truly grateful. **Mike Crowther** Chief Executive Officer **----- Start of picture text -----**
Our vision is at all times to be
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**Page Number:** 4 **Annual Report:** 2020-2021 ## 2021 – it’s been the BESS year! BESS Service has grown considerably over 2021 with recruitment of two new members of staff and the start of two new projects. BESS is a service that facilitates projects that individually tackle social isolation and loneliness in a unique and creative way. This approach means that we work alongside people on specific barriers in specific areas of Blackpool, breaking these down to tackle the stigma around what it really means to be lonely. ## BESS Buddies BESS BUDDIES is a volunteer led befriending project offering a weekly friendly phone call. Set up during the coronavirus pandemic, we did not want to stop reaching out to those who may be experiencing loneliness and isolation at this time. Some of the participants have moved on to be successfully referred into our weekly activities and others are still happy with the weekly calls. Whatever the circumstance, many of the participants have now received a phone call every week since April 2020 meaning our volunteers have engaged with people for 20 consecutive months which is 80 consecutive weeks making 8,000 phone calls which is a staggering 4,000 hours of one to one befriending calls! A great achievement by the volunteers Mel, John, Heather, Jason and Gemma who have given factual and fun individual support to those who sometimes do not speak to anyone else that week and need that listening ear. “BESS is fabulous, It is lovely to be able to sit with another human being. I have received extremely nice telephone calls, it has been a lifeline for me. I enjoy the interaction as I am a people person who needs company.” “I like the BESS BUDDIES befriending service as it feels like I have a sounding board to say how I really feel. I tell my BUDDIE things I wouldn’t tell friends or family because they’re objective.” “This service definitely made a difference. When Linzi said she would put me with a volunteer she made a great decision, I feel like I have made a new friend because we have the same sense of humour.” **Page Number:** 5 **Annual Report:** 2020-2021 ## **Elliot’s Place Project** ... is here to engage young men aged 18-25, playing our part in fighting against the stigma that surrounds men and their mental health. Together with family, friends and strangers we have raised money to build a support space, specifically for young men, who are struggling with their mental health. The space created at the Empowerment Sanctuary garden is be called ‘Elliot’s Place’ in memory of Elliot Taylor, who tragically lost his life to suicide after battling with mental health and having nowhere to turn for immediate help. Social isolation can be one of the various key factors to suicide and Elliot’s Place will provide a safe space for young men to access support and gain meaningful connections within their community. ## **Claremont Digital Library** In November 2020 BESS Service was approached to assist in the development of the Claremont Digital Library. The project originally set up to engage men who are digitally excluded living in the Claremont Ward of Blackpool – as a result of research during the lockdown identifying a number of men who couldn’t access online support and living alone. During the winter months BESS service manager Linzi built up the online social group, engaging the men with regular activities. The success and growth of this support was recognised with further funding for an activities officer (John Benson) who started in June 2021. Since then the group has grown in size and the support offered is a wide variety from housing, drug and alcohol plus referrals into other services such as counselling and further training. This has all been underpinned by many social activities now that the group are face to face at the Claremont Park Community Centre space. The garden has been lovingly restored back to its pre-lockdown look with a BBQ as celebration. Day trips to local aircraft hangar 42 as well as sea fishing and an upcycle day to save some of the furniture that was destined for the skip. This group is planning to create a second group, volunteering their time to support others like them living in Claremont with a Christmas Chatty Café. The participants are really excited about this prospect as they can identify what it means to be alone at Christmas and want to give back after appreciating the support they’ve received through John and his hard work. **Page Number:** 6 **Annual Report:** 2020-2021 ## **Weekly BESS Group Meetings** The BESS team is delighted to have received funding for a group facilitator position after a successful three month trial with our volunteer Mel Duckworth. Mel engaged our groups during lockdown, navigating the ever changing restrictions and created a fun, safe space for people to connect. As Mel returned to volunteering, we were then awarded further funding to facilitate our activities, which coincided with the lifting of restrictions. Magdalena joined the team in August 2021 and has since been developing our Monday group now named ‘Chill and Chat’. ## **The Crafternoon Group meet each Wednesday 2pm – 4pm at the Lowmoore Community Centre.** We are in the final few month of a year long project creating blankets inspired by the Blackpool Comedy Carpet. They will be hung at various locations around Blackpool Town centre and be on display in a ‘Comedy Carpet Trail’ for the month of November and given to those in need in December. This creative project has been entered into a creative award and has gained attention from the press which has led to participants attending from Lancaster to London! Friday was traditionally the BESS coffee morning at the Empowerment Base and at the start of lockdown we took the meeting online. We decided as a group that as well as a brew we also wanted to focus on something other than Covid news and so volunteer John Chippendale stepped in with his wide knowledge and hosted the quiz. **Page Number:** 7 **Annual Report:** 2020-2021 Moving into 2020 was a strange time for advocacy as with the pandemic came lots of changes to our day to day work. Everyone was sent to work from home and we all had to learn new skills and ways of working. Microsoft Teams and Zoom became the way we connected with the people we serve which was not an easy task as advocates, care workers and other professionals were having to cope with a pandemic and also using alternative technology to carry out their day to day work. The advocates did an amazing job in being creative in how to continue to offer advocacy support virtually. There was the introduction of the Coronavirus Act 2020 on the 25th March alongside various guidance around the Mental Capacity Act, Mental Health Act and Care Act that the advocates had to understand. It was a challenging time! However, our passionate and committed advocates were not defeated and became experts at virtual meetings and remote working and after the first lockdown were adamant that they were going back out on the frontline as they are key workers. The first place we returned to in May as lockdown was eased was with Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) at the Harbour, visiting those people who are detained under the Mental Health Act ensuring that where possible, they were sitting side by side making sure that these people got their voices heard in CPA, Tribunals and Managers hearings. Carrying out face to face visits for Care Act, Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA) and Relevant Persons Representative took a little longer as care homes were understandably very cautious when coming out of lockdown. However, our amazing advocates donned and doffed PPE and carried out regular lateral flow testing to ensure that they could get to visit those very vulnerable people who lack capacity and have no family or friends to support them to ensure that the essential face to face visits could go ahead, as many of these people were older adults where a face to face visit was essential to gain their views, wishes and feelings. For people accessing health complaints and Care Act who lived in their own home we were able to continue virtual visits or where possible visits to the Empowerment base where it was safe to do so. Since July 2020 we have been undertaking hybrid working with the Advocates being determined that wherever safe to do, so visits would be face to face for the very vulnerable people of Blackpool that we support to ensure that they are able to journey alongside those people. **----- Start of picture text -----**
“We would like to say a huge thanks to the advocates who have ensured that
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**Page Number:** 8 **Annual Report:** 2020-2021 ## **WHAT WE HAVE BEEN UP TO AND OUR PLANS MOVING FORWARD** The last 18 months the children’s advocacy team have continued to work through the pandemic. We have had challenges to overcome with finding new and creative ways to work, but we haven’t compromised on quality. We have worked our hardest to maintain the same level of support that our children deserve. A soon as we were given the go ahead to resume some form of face to face contact we changed our ways of working again and got out and about, we completed face to face garden visits where appropriate or walk and talks. Being able to work in this way allowed us to continue to empower C&YP to have their voices heard but also allowed us to maintain contact and safeguard young people. Moving forward now the world is opening back up, we intend to get the team out and about and begin to promote our service once more. We will be out and about in the community, putting faces to names and building better working relationships with services who we come across on a day to day basis, where the face to face networking has diminished due to the virtual world of meetings taking over. We hope to see you soon! **Page Number:** 9 **Annual Report:** 2020-2021 **YOUR LOCAL AND INDEPENDENT VOICE** Healthwatch Blackpool is the independent peoples champion for publicly funded health and social care services. Our amazing team of dedicated volunteers and staff have worked hard to gain Blackpool residents views and opinions. We continue to share those views and ensure that people are at the heart of care and decision making locally. ## **Our Vision** We are the independent champion for people who use health and social care services in Blackpool. We’re here to find out what matters to people and help make sure your views shape the support you need, by sharing these views with those who have the power to make change happen. ## **To help you to find the information you need** We help people find the information they need about services in their area. This has been vital during the pandemic with the ever-changing environment and restrictions limiting people’s access to health and social care services. **We look forward to the year ahead and encourage our community to speak up and get involved!** ## **Our Team** ## **Follow us on Social Media:** **You can obtain full details of the work carried out by Healthwatch Blackpool during 2020/21 on our website: www.healthwatchblackpool.co.uk** **Our Year -** We reached **71,123** people through our social media channels and post updates. We provided signposting advice and information to over **144 people** this year. **We are funded by our local authority under the Health and Social Care Act (2012). In 2020-21 we received:** **Responding to the pandemic -** We engaged with and supported **244 People** during the COVID-19 pandemic this year. **----- Start of picture text -----**
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**5 Volunteers -** Helped us to carry out our work. In total, they contributed over 360 hours. **Interested in becoming a Volunteer, get in touch: enquiries@healthwatchblackpool.co.uk** **Page Number:** 10 **Annual Report:** 2020-2021 In January 2018 Empowerment secured the contract for the Lived Experience Team to work as a “Critical Friend” to the Fulfilling Lives programme. Since then the team have grown from strength to strength ensuring that the voices of people who are disadvantaged by the system are heard. In March 2020 everyone was told to work from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Everything went to online meetings and Zoom. The team struggled with the idea of leaving the most vulnerable without any face to face support. The Lived Experience Team and the Peer 4 U Team were soon back out on an outreach basis. We helped support the Housing and Horizon Substance Misuse services with ensuring that anyone put in temporary accommodation had everything they needed to support them to stay indoors. The Lived Experience Team linked with Healthwatch Blackpool to get feedback from people staying in hotels and B&B’s to ensure that they felt safe and all their health needs were being met. The Team also worked alongside Public Health Blackpool delivering food parcels on a weekly basis to the homeless who were in Blackpool Coastal Housing dispersed units, shielding due to underlying health conditions. This enabled the team to check on their welfare and ensure their needs were being met, it was also a great opportunity for the team to build relationships and gain the trust of the people who will no doubt will be needing our support in the future. Also during this time the team were out on the Health Bus in the town centre to support any health needs that the homeless community needed attending too. A great multi agency approach was implemented during the pandemic to support people and the team. We hope that this way of working will continue in the future. The team also supported Public Health in engaging the homeless community and supporting them to get their COVID-19 vaccinations. The Fulfilling Lives funding finished in March 2020 and the Lived Experience Team will continue to be funded by Project Adder (Addiction, Diversion, Disruption, Enforcement and Recovery). ## **Womens Lived Experience Team and Volunteers** During the lockdown a new cohort of volunteers were inducted and training went on to Zoom. Coffee and chat mornings were set up via Zoom to ensure people stayed connected. During these meetings it was identified that there were a lot of barriers for women trying to engage with services in Blackpool and nationally. A Women’s Lived Experience Team has now been set up to support services in Blackpool on removing some of these barriers. The women are also part of the Women’s National Expert Citizens Group. **Page Number:** 11 **Annual Report:** 2020-2021 ## **Mental Health Opportunities Training Independent Volunteering Advocacy Teamwork Empowerment** **Early 2020 saw MOTIVATE2** coming to a halt during the pandemic due to the lived experience volunteers themselves looking after their own mental health during this time. Then in mid 2020 things started again when John joined the team and completed all of his volunteer training online before he came into the office and began to support people within the project. We gained a paid employee as Jamie started as the Empowerment Project Officer and she worked on the project for two full days a week. Jason, James and Angela also joined the team as volunteers. We additionally had a student social worker on placement for 70 days which meant a lot of extra people got support within MOTIVATE2. The advocates that worked within MOTIVATE2 had to learn a completely new way of working by learning to work remotely, contacting people by phone and attending meetings virtually to ensure that the people that we support were having their voices heard. They wanted to get back to face meetings as soon as possible and when things eased we set up drop in sessions at the Harbour on two wards, so that patients were able to have access to advocacy on a weekly basis. This is due to extend in the following year to four of the acute wards. We also had face to face meetings with people at the Empowerment Base, where face to face meetings were deemed necessary, and staff ensured all safety precautions were adhered to, to make sure that the vulnerable people who needed to get their voices heard, got the support that they needed. **Page Number:** 12 **Annual Report:** 2020-2021 During the last 12 months, The Den received 296 referrals for children and young people ranging from 4 years through to 16 years. A total of 306 children and young people received support and 1,569 support sessions took place. The Den predominantly provide one to one support in an education setting and this was no longer an option. What we did know was hundreds of vulnerable children’s support networks were shrinking and to keep the country safe from the virus, children were placed at further risk overnight. For a number of families we support life is already comparable to lockdown due to the abuse they are facing within the family home. We knew we needed to act fast, our biggest achievement over the past year is continuing to support the most vulnerable children and young people ensuring vital support took place despite a global pandemic. **Page Number:** 13 **Annual Report:** 2020-2021 ## **This past 12 months have been a very challenging time for everyone especially the communities we support. As the country went into a national lockdown in March 2020 and schools were closed, we needed to change our service delivery rapidly.** Service delivery changed significantly but at no point did it stop, we knew this was not an option; children needed us more now than they ever had before. One to one support sessions took place via Zoom and WhatsApp for a short while. The team delivered resource packs to families, including families closed to the service, new families and current families receiving ongoing support. This enabled face-toface contact with families (socially distanced) in order to gain the children’s wishes and worries and speak with parents about any concerns they had. These packs included a wide range of items from skipping ropes to arts and crafts supplies. Through this, we found that a number of families required the basics such as food parcels and essential items like children’s beds and cookers. Our primary focus remained supporting children experiencing domestic abuse but due to the limited support available from other agencies, we began to meet the wider needs. 147 resource packs were delivered across Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. At no point did our referrals stop, very briefly they slowed down significantly which was concerning. However shortly after they increased and during a 3-month period that saw new referrals triple, we considered closing our referrals as we did not have the capacity to ensure each child had support as the wait for support increased. At this point we needed to increase the staff team in order to meet the demand without compromising on quality provision. Children need the right support at the right time. We received additional funding which enabled us to continue accepting referrals and ensured waiting times for support significantly reduced. As soon as it was possible one to one support took place at The Empowerment Base, we transported families to ensure children received the support in a safe environment. Some weeks we saw over 25 children individually. As we could not provide our positive activity programme, we ensured one to one support took place every week until schools re-opened. So many children did not attend school despite being key worker children or vulnerable children, which added further concern to all the staff. For the children attending school we were able to provide virtual sessions and school staff facilitated this for us in a private space. The Den delivered 17 positive activity sessions in partnership with Blackpool Football Club Community Trust (BFCCT). This provision enabled up to 20 children to attend weekly. We also delivered 4 positive activities over the Easter school holiday at The Empowerment Base and 55 children in total attended. These activity days gave children an opportunity to meet others in similar situations, socialise with peers and make new friends. Relationships with schools have strengthened; schools heavily relied on our support continuing for both children attending school and children who were being home schooled. The communication with schools regarding families were key to safeguarding. Children who fell into the vulnerable category due to experiencing domestic abuse initially did not all get allocated a place, the children’s IDVAs challenged this and several children were given places. Families were financially struggling more than ever and we knew with less services operating, so many children would wake up on Christmas day without a gift. Our Children’s IDVAs could not let this happen and the whole team delivered over 200 Christmas presents across Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. We also distributed food hampers. The team completely stepped out of their comfort zones and jumped with both feet into the unknown. They created resources that were interactive for virtual sessions and they came up with icebreakers to build relationships with children they had never met. They took activities and resources to empty carparks across the town to deliver sessions with children, they walked alongside children in the rain, they completed safety plans in bus shelters and all of this quickly became the norm. It is with great pride, dedication and an extremely hard working team that even when we could not see our own families and all of the challenges this brought, we focused our passion and efforts to get out there supporting families we knew needed us more than ever. **Page Number:** 14 **Annual Report:** 2020-2021 ## **The Team of Peer 4 U Mentors were funded for two years to tackle social isolation and loneliness for people with multiple disadvantage.** The project was co-produced from the onset by the team who themselves have experienced multiple disadvantage. The team work differently to services and befriended the mentee instead of being seen as a worker. The team spend time with the mentee encouraging them to come out of their houses and engage with activities in the community. The funding ended for this project in March 2020 and due to the success of the project the team have received another 3 years funding to work within the Project Adder Team funded by the Home Office. If you have had a history of at least two of the following areas: Substance Misuse, Offending, Mental health or Homelessness and are ready to embark on the next stage of your journey we could be the team for you. What Peer 4 U can offer YOU is someone to walk alongside the next stage of your journey, whilst you: initiate change, build your confidence, build support networks and empowering YOURSELF to feel more independent within your life. During the pandemic and the lockdown the Peer 4 U team ensured that contact was kept with the mentee’s as they were already struggling with social isolation. The contact was kept by phone, WhatsApp or Zoom whichever the Mentee preferred. As soon as we were able to meet with one person outside the mentors met with their mentee’s for a walk and talk or even just a chat sat in a bus shelter, ensuring that they had some face to face contact. **Page Number:** 15 **Annual Report:** 2020-2021 ## SUPPORT SERVICES ## **The Support Services Team is headed up by the Support Services Manager Louise Goldstone.** Louise is responsible for the supervision of a small administrative team. Louise also ensures that health and safety regulations are maintained throughout the office, finance reporting is conducted in a timely fashion and information governance and quality assurance standards are to a high quality. Louise is also the Secretary to the Board of Trustees ensuring accurate minutes and actions are noted. ## **Kevin Glossop is the Quality & Performance Lead** Kevin is responsible for reporting all statistical information to our commissioners and funders about how our services are performing. Kevin also regularly provides reports to the management team and the Board of Trustees. Louise Goldstone ## **Steve Ingham is the Finance/Administration Assistant** Steve is responsible for the inputting of our financial data and other general administrative duties. ## **Fab Kuster is our in-house cleaner.** With the world in the throes of COVID-19 and Blackpool in a national lockdown the Support Services Team worked tirelessly to ensure that Empowerment was still able to provide the vital support to those that needed us more than ever. We made sure each and every staff member had the tools necessary to be able to work from home whilst a small core team remained at the Empowerment base to co-ordinate operations. We were able to supply everyone with the IT equipment they needed to carry on doing their jobs, help facilitate new ways of working, and provided advice and support on what could and couldn’t be done with the nation under restrictions. In order to help Empowerment return to a sense of normality, at the start of 2021 we were able to facilitate in house COVID-19 Lateral Flow testing. This gave the opportunity for our staff to be regularly tested for COVID-19 making sure we were still able to carry out our vital services as safely as possible. Kevin Glossop Steve Ingham Fab also increased his cleaning duties to ensure we maintained a safe and hygienic base for all our staff and volunteers. **Looking to the future The Support Services Team are looking to increase our staff team to help meet the demand of the Organisation as we continue to grow in numbers and real estate.** Fab Kuster **Page Number:** 16 **Annual Report:** 2020-2021 ## FUNDERS DURING 2020 / 2021 ## OUR BANKERS DURING THE YEAR HAVE BEEN; ## **CAF (Charities Aid Foundation)** 25 Kings Hill Avenue, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent, ME19 4TA **Page Number:** 17 **Annual Report:** 2020-2021 REGISTEI RED COMPANY iYUMBER,. 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Flnanclii I revlew FlllOUCiRI position Thc nct sU￿[us dui'iiig the year ended 31 Mai'oh 2021. after a¢¢ouniing for all recognised gains and Ios8es, was £81,533 (2020- deficil (£35,961)). Duiing ihe ye&r due to a coThJbinolion of planned effi¢ien¢y savings, redu¢lions in Cosl due 10 Covid-19 and a $i￿lfiCant in¢rease in inconie, meamt that ihe erEallisatÉon iyas able to delive¥ a 5Utylus for tlie ￿ganISation. Iiivestniejit poliey And objeellves The Twslees contiDI and approve all impoitsnl finanGiBI Iranswlions. The Charity does not hold any investm￿ts and keeps ils fvnds in UK borth a¢¢ount& Pag¢ I EMPOWERMENT CHARITY L E4C REPORT OF THE TRU FOR TIIE YEI AR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 STRATEGIC REPORT FlnanelAI revlew Reserves polley Uttdei. the requtremertts of Ch8rity Laiv, the Tiusttcs 8re abliged to define the Charity's policy foi. holding irsejves. The intention in establishing this reserves policy is to ensiire the continuatioii of the ch￿11Y,S aCtiV￿tieS. The policy will enable the Charity to meet its legal objects, provide confidence to suppoiteis and donois sE¢king to give financial support to a prudently conlrolled charity and lo ensure that the reseives are al a level silfficient to dlschargc all of the Chaiity's obligations in the ¢Y￿t that it shoukl cease its oreratson& It is eslhm2ted that the8e costs will be at least 3 The wlicy is thereforc to hDld at [￿t 3 and no more thon 6 monlhy, 0￿ratIng costs in iEserY¢. UniEstricted funds at the ye8r-end amounted to £308,264 12020.. £243526), Ivhi¢h approximotes to 6 Inoiiihs costs forEtnpoiveJYllent continuiiig the same rdngc of activiilcs. Tht tNste¢s beli¢v¢ that this l¢vel of reserves k% S￿￿Ie1C￿t to tnsuir thc chai'ity can continue effectively and develop furth¢r prOj￿ts to improve Ihe advo¢a¢y and other services provided. To malntain appropriate levels of restrve& IheTrustees have detern)Ined Ihal: - all donations, which have no resirictaon placed upon th¢m by the tErm5 of th¢ donation, atr ¢onsid¢r¢dto general reserves.. apilal comrlliim¢n15 EX￿ndItulr plons aT¢ r¢vi¢iY¢d pvriudi¢ally artd the filnds required lo finance such may be rcmoved general r¢g¢Ney a$ he¢ess&iy foi. the ol'i18 biDad objects; - may, from lime lo time, be design￿ed for specific purpases. Futurt iJlAAs The furuiE plars forth¢ Charity ar¢ as folloii's- - To secure fundittg for existing projects. - To source funding for additÉoiial ciealivc and Ennovatlve piojeeis. - To etthallce and develop Quality AssuJ2tnce. - To develop a comprehensive outcomes fiTrtlleivoJk. - To ensure that servic¢ users shape and develop all service dellvery. STRUCTURE, COVEI RNANCE AND MANAClli MRNT GOV￿.111￿￿ dociinient The Charity is contnilled by its govemimg docuEllellt, a decd of iiu5t, and constitute5 a Gharitable Ill¢OLporated organisation. The Executive Committee of the Charity its Truste&5 for th¢ piirpose tsf ¢harity laiv. Under the ¢onslitution the Executive are Elected &1 the Annu&l geiieral meeting. At the AGM, one IhiTd Df the Board oi., if Iheir nun)b¢r 15 Ilot three oi. a miiltiple of three, the nearest rEumbei' to one thill musl retir¢ from office. If there is only on¢ Board member he or sh¢ must Yetire. The Boaiyl lo irliLE by Totalion shall b¢ those iyho have btttt longest ifi offi¢¢ since their last appointment. The policies Rrc determined by th¢ trustee5. R¢gular tiuste¢ meetings ore h¢ld to monitor and supei'vise the day to day oper&tions ofthe Charity. Page 2 I MPOWKRMKNT CHARI SHI cio REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OR THE YEAR EI NDIÈ D 31 IlaARCH 2021 sTRu￿uRE. COVEL RNANCE AND MANAGEI MENT T1.￿Stee$, Appi'ttlstioii Each year Empowemient benefits from the Eenerosily of those peopl¢ and orginisalions ivho support Ihe Cliwity and those who make individual donations. The trtjstees wish lo extend their gratilude lo the individual doTh)rs and volunleers for th¢ir supwrt for th¢ charity. Re¢i'uSfmertt and Appolntment of n¢wTru$tee$ In the event of a va¢an¢y, the exislinE mett)IxTs may co-opt new Irustees In accordance to Ihe Charitles Goveming document being such persony as Ihey think fil as being in Sympathy iyith the ob3￿tives of the organiststion. A person must be ominaled by onr of th¢ Iiusle¢5 and a ballot taken by the iyhole M¢￿be￿hlp- admi55iOD 15 dcl¢iThined by this vote. TLilStee5 are selected from individuals ivith appropi'iatt expeiience and knoivleilg¢. The indu¢tion and training of tntsteE$ 15 undertaken by the (Ahri. members of ih¥ EX￿uliVe Cvmmiltee. Organlsatlonal Strncture The Executive Committe¢ (the Board of Trustee5} Shall c0Tr5iSt of not less than 3 members bul not MOK than 12 members, vho merl no( 1¢55 Ilian every quarlri. bui usu￿lY rnonthly lo adniini51er the charily. A chief ex¢culivE is appoinied by the tru5tee5 iyith delegated reswiisibility for the management of the organisation. Rlslc A85essEnent TIIE trustee8 hay¢ a duty 10 identlfj, an(E reYieTh' the risks to iiahich the charity is eAP05cd and to eiisure appropjq￿e coiilrols in place lo provide rwo[￿ble assurance a£airtst fraLtd and eri￿r. Thc tiustCC5 have intioduccd a fonnal risk managemcnt proces5 to a5SCSS thc risk lo which chai'ilics are exposed to and risk manageinenl strategies. This involves identifyiiig lypes of risk the chaiity faces. piiorilising them in lenns of potential impact and the like11h￿d of occui'rencc and idEffttifyiiig me￿IS of mitigaliiig the risks. 'fhe iisk policy continues to be Lrvieived al least every six inonths. lllleittal risks Rre minimised by th¢ fmancial controls imposed in respect of the proc¢dures for the authori8&tion ofall transactions and projects. The ITU5tees Jnainlain a close contsx>l on Ihe day-to-day otKralion of the charity in respect of its activities. The Charity has an approved Health atid Safety policy. REFERENCKAND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAItS R¢gi*ttred C.*mp￿IiY iiuinber CEOI)0855 IEngl&nd and Woles) Re¥lstered ChRYAty nuMSJei' 1155897 Registered office Trustee5 M Wi150n M5 T Mallabone {re5igtted 20.11.20201 M5 N Shorrock Ms S Bilsbom)iv A Fldcher Ms R £AStham M5STum Page 3 EMPOWERMENT CHARITY HIRK CIO REPORI, of4 THF T FOR THE YEAR KNDED 31 LWARCH 2021 REFERENCE AND ADMINIsfRATIVE DrfAIIS Audltors Peter 14uck FCA DCIVK Champion Awoutslants LLP 7-9 Slation Ro HeskethBallk Pirslon txnca8hire PR4 6SN KEY MANACEMBNT PERSONNEL During the year the Trustees delegated rEspot￿Ibllity for the (lay.to• m8oagement of the eharity to the folloiving senior employee5'. Mike c1￿}¥th¢r, Loiii5e Goldstone, Nicola Plumb, Diana Evans and Kerrie Fawc¢tt. STATEMENf OFTRUSTEES, Rfi SPONSIBILrriRs The Irustees {iYho aiE also the directoiE Of Empoiv¢Jmettt Charity Lan&whire CIO for the purposes of compally law) are iesponsibSe for prepai'Eng the R￿ort of Ihe TTuslre¥ iittd Ihe fJn&ncial slatcmetits in accordance with appli(*blr IRIY ond United Klng(lom Accounting Standath (United Kingdom G¢n¢rnlly A￿epted Accoullling PETrclice). Company laiv requiirs the l1vst￿ to prepare fjnancial stalements for each fiijancial y¢Rr ivhich give a tNe anLf fail. vi¢w of th¢ stAte of aff&irs of the ¢ha¥ilable Company and of the incoming icsource3 and applicylion of iY¥vuires, invludtttg thc IIICOTIIE eX￿rIdItUj￿, of the clTrai'itsble c￿npanY for lI￿t period. In prepaI￿ng ¢hos¢ fillall¢ial statements, the Ii'us¥ees ar¢ required lo select $uitsble a¢¢ounling policies at)d then apply Ihern consi&tetLtIy> obseive the methods &nd pi'inciples in thc Charity SORP; make judgemen15 and es1iJnales that Ita50nable and prud¢nt,' state whether applicable awounting standards have been follffivcd, subject to any material departures disclosed aE]d explained in Ihc financial SlEtiements' pIEpare the financial statemcnts on the goitig ¢On¢e1￿ basi8 unless it is inappropiyate to presume thai the chaiitable con)pally iwll continue in biisinE5S. The trtJ5tees ar¢ re5PDnsibl¢ foi. keeping pmpti. awounlitjg record$ ivhich disclose iyith rca50nAbl¢ aecui?ey at atty time the riftancial positiott of Ihe chariiable ¢1￿Mi¢rtt Charity Lan¢fsshire CIO (the '¢haritable ¢ompanY) foi. the yeai. ¢ndd 31 M•rGh 2021 IvhiGh comprisE th¢ Stalcmellt of FinaR¢ial AGtivi11¢5, the Balan¢¢ Sheet, the Cash Fl¢iv St)lement thd notes to the finan¢iol swements, in¢luding a siimtllary of significant accounting policies. The fin&n¢ial i'epoiting a'aM￿V0rk that hos been wplied in their pirpar&tion is appli¢&bl¢ laiv and Uniled Kingdom A¢¢ounting Standoixls (United Kingdom Generally A¢¢ep¢ed A¢¢ounltnE Prd¢li¢el. SiDCt the Company's finatJci&l slattments ivere not ￿dited in the prior year, Ivc h&ve not been abl¢ io verify the opening balances and comparative figures. Bgsls f4JY q￿AlItIe￿I oplnlon fln4nelg1 s¢8tements We ￿￿dUcted ow. audit in ac¢ordance ivith Ini¢mational SteNI&l￿$ on Auditing (UK) IISAS (UK)) and applicable 14iv. Our Irsponsibililies undei. those slandards are fuilhei. dcsci'ibed in Ihe Auditors, respons&biltties foi. the audit of the financi81 staiemeiits section of ouv report. We are indejxndent of the charitable company in accordance iviih ihe ethical requirements that alp r¢levant to our audit of the financial 818temenls in the UK, in¢lvding th¢ FRC'S Ethical SÈathrd, and ive haye ruifilled our otliei. ethical responsibtlilies lll accoidallce ivith these requi￿￿ents. We believe ihal the audit evidence ive ha obtaincd is sufficie￿t and appropriate to provide a basis foroui'opinioJL Limitation of scope Since Ihe charily's financial slalemenls iverc not audited in the pi'ior year, we have not been able to verify the OPEning balances and compoi*ive figures. Bxc¢pt foi. the eÉfecls of such adjustments ivhich mithi have been determin￿ to be nece55ary had we been able lo sali5fy ouiscIvc8 as to opening balanccs. in our opinion thc financ￿al slatemtnts.. giv¢ a lrne and fairviciv of th6 state of the company's affaiiE as at 31st Mairh 2021 and of it5 profjt forthe yearthen ended,. havE b¢en PTopei'ly prqHird in acLordance )vith United Killgdom Gen￿31&Y Accepted Accounling PiYctic¢' and - hwe ken prepAred in Accordan¢¢ ivith the requiremcnts ofthe Compatiies Act 2006. Coiiclusioii$ i*lxtiiig ttp goiiig eoneeyn In auditing thr financial staiem¢R15, Ive have Concluded Éhkt the trustee5' use of the going con¢¢iM basis of a￿ountIng in the prep￿￿(10[} ofihe finrlllGial slal¢rnEnls 15 appropri&t¢. Based on the ivark ive h&ve performed, ive have not identified any molerial unttrtainlics rcl8ting lo cv¢nls ov condiiions that, individually or collectively, may c&st signifi¢anl doubt on the ¢hari¢able conipany's ability to ¢ontit)ue gs a going concern for pw'iod of at least twelve months fiDrn iyhen the finawial statements ar¢ avthorised for issv Our responsibslities and the responsibilities of the tnL5tees with re8pe¢t to going coThccm are dcscribcd in the irltvant s¢c¢ions ofthis report. Othei. InformAtJo The Ituslees are irsponsible for the othei. infoi7nalion. The other Infol￿ation cornpiises the infornialion included En the Annual Report, other than the fjnancial statements and ourReport of Ihe Indepcndetjt AudEtors thcrcon. Our opinion on the fit)ancial stA(ements does not cover the oiher illform&lEon and, ￿cept to the extent otherwise explicttly stated oui. report. we do not expre8s aThy forni of assUi￿Ce conclusion theiEO Ill connection iyith our audÈt of the finaneial statement4 our ￿sPonSibilitY is lo irad the othei. inforjnalion in doing 50, consider ivhethei. the other informat￿0￿ is matertally ineonsistent iyitli the f￿￿￿¢1#[ stai¢m¢nts or our knoivledgc obtairted In thc audit oi. othtllVLSe appe&s to be materially misstatcd. If we tdentlfy such material iTrcon51Stellcies or apparent m#t¢iYal mi55tattmen15, wt air required to determine whtih¢T thi5 give5 T15¢ lo a rnalelial mi5state￿eTXt in the financial 5thtetR¢nts thems¢lves. If. based on the ivork ive hav¢ t￿￿olIned, ive ¢onclud¢ that there is & m&ieriAI misstatement of this oih¢i' information, iY6 ar¢ required to T6POrt that fart. We have nothirtg to report in thi5 ￿garnI. Page 6 NDCI PE DE UDITO TO THEI MEMBERS OF OplnlDns on othÈY mattÈr$ pre5erlbtd by tlie Coinpajiits Aet 2006 In our opinion, based on the ivork undeitaken in the ¢oiiise of the audit.. the information given in the Report of the Trustees for the fin￿1cl&l year for ivhi¢h Ilie fjnancial Statements are prep&red is ¢onsisi¢tti with rhe financial stalemenis,. aNI the R¢poi* of the Tivstees has been p￿pared in a¢coi'dan¢e iyith applic&ble legal iyquirements. MAttei? on wlilcb wt are requirod to i'tport by ¢x¢¢ptio Ill ihe light of Ihc knoivledge and understanding of the chariiable ¢omp&ny and ils ¢nviiDnment obloined in ihe ¢oui¥e of the audit, we have not id¢nlifi¢d malaial missts￿Me￿is in the Rq)oit of ihe Tiwiees. We have E)Othing lo repDrt in re5peGI of Ihe following rnaller5 iYheJY the Companl¢s Act 2006 requires us to r¢poi'l lo you if, in our opirrion: adequate Accounting records have not been kept or relums adequate for our audit have not b¢¢n Ir¢¢ived from br&nche5 ot Vl5Sted by u5. Ol. Ihe finatjcial statements &re iiot in agreement ivith the a￿OUnting records and re￿m$,. or c¢itain disclosures of li'ustces iEniuncralion SPEcifitd by laiy are not rnadc. or li'e havc not irceived all the information and explanAiion$ ive require for oui. audtl. Re$pon$lbllltl¢s of tni$t¢es AS explaitted more fiilly in the Slateinent of Ti￿sle¢s, Responsibilities. the tiustees (Ivho are also the directors of the ¢ha¥itabl¢ ¢ompany for the purpose5 of cotnp&ny laivj are iEsponsible for the pirparalioR of thr fin&nrial stalcment5 and foi. being %ali8fitd lh￿ Ihcy give a true and fahi. vieiv, And for such internal cot)Irol as thc twslees deterniine is ne¢esswy lo enable the weparatiot) of fIJwc￿al statements that aiE frec from Mater￿al mis51atement, whetlierdue to fraud oreJTOr. In preparing thc financial ststenienls, the Iruslees air J'esponsible for aS￿ssing thE charliable company's ability to continue As a going ¢on¢ern, disclosing, as applicablE, matteiB relafrd to goillg and using the going concern of a¢¢ounting unlc%s tlic tiuslees ciilici. inlcnd to liquidalc tlic cliarilable eoinpany oi. lo cease op¢rnti0115, 01. lthve no italisii¢ alienmiive bui to do $0. Page 7 FTHEI 1 DEPE DE UDI TO THE MEMBERS OF MPOWXRMXNT CHARITY LANCAS Our i'e5pollsibi]i¢i¢8 foi. the *udAt of the fin#iie5al $tatsmeiits Our objectiv¢s ar¢ to obtain Teasonable agsurartce about ivheiher the financ&al st&tements As a ivholc atr free from materi&l missthiement, Ivhaher due lo fi?ud or eAiL)I', and to issue a Report of the Independent Auditors that includes our opiniot). Reasonable assuran￿ is a high level of assui?n¢e, but is not a guarantee thai an a4]dil condvcted in aWOrdan￿ with ISAS (UK) Ivill alivays deteel a malei'ial misstatement ivhen il exists. Misslalemet)Is call arise from fraud or eiTor and air ¢onsidered matei'tal if, individually or in th¢ aggregat4 th¢y wu]d r¢a8on&bly be expected to influence thc cconomic decisions of usej's 18kcn on the basss of these financial slatemenls. EIiEgulatities, incliiding fraud, are instances of non-compliance ivtth laTrvs at)d iEgulations. We deslgn pl￿ted￿r¢S in lille ivirh our irsponsibililies, outlined alx>v¢, to detect illatei'ial misslalemenls in ￿spect of ii'regulaiitt¢s, including f￿Ud. ThB ext¢nt to Ivhich ourproccdures are capable of detecting I￿¢8￿larItiCs, including fraud i5 detailed bEIow.' We obtained all underslanding of the legal and irgulatory fiBmtiYorks &pplicabl¢ to the Charity and the 5e¢ior irt ivhi¢h th¢y oFrat& We deteirnit￿d that the folloiving laivs and rcgulations ivere most significant. the Charities A¢t 2011, Employment JEgulatioll and Health and Safety legislation. We obtaincd undcrstalldillg of hmv the Charity is C(XL)plying iviih those legal and regulatory frameivorks by making inquirle5 to the Tnanagement. We ￿essed thr susceptibility of the Chai'&Ws finJn¢ial stul¢ments to material missiotement, including holy fraud might ocGur. Audit procedure5 pei'formed by the audit tngagemBnt team inrluded.. - Identifyingortd Ogsessirtg the design ¢ff￿lIVe￿CSS of ¢otitrols management has in place to prevent and detea fi'aud. - Undersiotiding holv Ihose ¢harged ivith govemance ¢onsideird and 4ddres%ed th¢ pot¢ntial foroverride of ¢onirols orother inappropriate influen¢¢ ov¢i' the finan¢ial Irpoitting process,. Challenging assumptions andjudgem¢nt8 made by managem￿lt in it5 significant accounting cstitnates- Ldentifying and testing joui'nal entiics. in particulai. any journal entiies posted ivith unu5u&I accounl ombÉnations,' kevieiviE)g matoial variation our expectation 12) the income, expenses &rtd balon¢es' aod As5e55ing thB eXtEnl of complianc¢ ivith th¢ Kl6vant law5 and regulations. A further d¢s¢iiption of our r¢sPOtbsibiliti¢s foi. th¢ audit of the finan¢ial stal¢menls is located on th¢ Financi&l Repffiting Coun¥il'5 l￿b$ll¢ at iv¥Yw.fr¢.orE.uklauditorsresponsibilities. This description fonns p8rt of oui. Report of tlit Independent Auditoi% Page 8 T OV THE INDfi PENDE T AUDITORS TO THE MIIMBE EMPOWEI RMENT CHARITY LAN RECI Use ofoui. repoi't This iEporl is made solely to the charilabl¢ company's membuE, as a body, in accordallee with Chapter 3 of Poll 16 of th¢ Compaijies Act 2006. Oiir aiidil ivork has bEen uiideitskem so that niiglit State lo the ch&ritsbl¢ ¢ompaRy'S members those niatters we atE iEquired ¢0 state ¢0 thein itt at) auditoig iEpoiI aiid for no other purp05e. To the fullest ¢xi¢nl pemiitted by laiv, Ive do nol accepl ￿ a88ume ￿Sponsibl11ty to anyonc other than the charitable company aTLd the ¢haritabl¢ conipany's membeLf as a body, foi. our audit worK for this report, or for the optnions ive have fom)cd. P Bu¢k FCA, DChA (Senioi. Statutory Auditor) for and on behalf of Champion Accountanls LLP 7-9 Stalion Road Heskeih Bank Preslon Lancashire PR4 68N Date.. a9.11.L¢LI Page 9 MPOWERMENT CHARITY LA CAS TATEME¢ NT or FINAN riOR THE YEAR EN'DKD 3L MARCH 2021 2021 Total funds 2020 Total funds Unrestri¢ied funds Resiri¢ied fijnd Notes INCOME AND EE4DOWMENTS FROM Donations and legacie5 76.646 549.807 626,453 4JO.415 CILAritAble ACtavltle5 Direct Charitable Activities 461,909 6,000 467,909 512,471 Inve51ment income 337 337 Total 53&892 555,807 1.094,699 943,530 EXPENDITURE ON Raising fvnds 17319 10,994 28J13 103,1> CILirltAble Actlvities DiiEOt Chal'itable Activilics 567,294 417559 984,853 876,487 Total 584,613 428553 1.013,166 19.491 NET INCOMEI{EXPENDITUREI {43,721) 127,254 81533 135,961) Trnnsfers between funds 110,459 (110,4591 Net movement lil full(Is 64,738 16,795 81,533 (35,9611 RECONCILIATtON OF FUNDS Totfil thnds hi￿llgI1t forward 243,526 3,966 247,492 283,453 TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 308,264 20,761 329,025 247,492 The notes fom) part of these fLllglJC&)I ststeme¥Jts P8ge 10 CH TY LANC IRE Io CE SHEET 31 MARCH 2021 21Y21 Tolal fiTrnds 2020 Tolal fvnds UnTestsaGlcd funds Restricted fund Notds FIXED ASSEITS 'ran8iblc assets 12 16,666 16,666 20,025 CURRENT ASSETS Debi(Hb Cash at bank Jnd in h2nd 13 SO,521 457,230 50,521 477,991 51,774 277,972 2Q,761 507,751 20,761 528,512 329,746 CREDITORS Amounts falling due ivithin one year 14 (216.153) (216,153} (102,279} NET CUIUIENT ASSETS 291,598 20,76L 312,359 227,467 TOTAL ASSRTS LESS CURRENT LJABILITIES 308,264 20,761 329,025 247,492 NKT ASSETS 30%,264 20.761 329,025 247,492 15 Uiiirstri¢ied fuiirt& Geheval fund DesI￿ated thnd- f%ixed Assets 291,598 16,666 223,501 20,025 308,264 243,526 Reslricled funds: Restricted Fund 20,761 3,966 TOTAL FUNDS 329,02S 247,492 The fifian¢ial statements wei? 8pproYed by Ihe Board of Trn8tees and auihoi'ised for issue on and ivtre signed on ils behalf by: 2?/I//zDZ/ ilson- Trusiee The notes forni part of th6se finon¢i81 statements Pagell ERME T CJIARI CASHIRE CIO CASH FLO FOR TIIE YEAR ENDED 31 NIARCII 2021 2021 2020 Not¢s Cath flows from opeiYtlDg actlvltles C&sh geneJEted rtom Oper￿lOnS 201,141 (13,910) Net Q15h provided byl{used in) operating actsvities 201,141 {13,910) Casll Ilows fi'Dm Invtstlng 4¢tivlties Purchase of tsngible fixed a￿ets Intsit5treceived (1,459) 337 18,235) 644 Nei cash usrd in investing a¢iivilies (1,122) {7,5911 ChxngE Iri cxsh And ¢88h ¢qulval¢nts Sn tlie rtpoi'tiiig period CHSh cAsh eqlllvaknts At the beginning of the r¢porting period 200.019 {21,501) 277,972 299,473 Cesh Hnd easlj ¢qUiVAl¢nts at thc end of t]ie 477,991 277,972 Th¢ notes foiTh p&rt of these financial st&tements P￿£ 12 EMPOWERMKNT HARI LA IREC NOTEI S TO THE CASH LOW ST FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 REI CONCILJATION oir NET INCOMEI(EXPENDITURE) TO NLT CEkSH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES 2021 2020 N¢t Incomell¢xpendltuYc) foy tlke reportlrtg perlod (a$ por tb¢ Stat¢mtnt of FlihAntlAI Aeflvlties) A(lJu$tments foi.: Deprecia11(￿ Ch￿Be$ Inter¢st ieceived De¢reasellin¢reasel sn d¢btorB Incre￿¢ in creditors 81,533 135,9611 4.818 (337) ,253 113,874 4,996 (644) {5,879) 23,578 Net C115h provldtd byl(u$ed ItEI operatlons 201.141 (13,910) ANALYSIS OF CHANGErS INNII TFUNDS At 1.4.20 Cash floiv At31.3.21 N¢t c8$h C8sh at bank and in hand 277,972 200,019 477,991 277,972 21K>,019 477,991 Tothl 277,972 21K>,019 477,991 The ttotes fomi part of these financial statements Pag¢ 13 EMPO ERMENT CHARITY LANCASHIRK CIO NOTES TO THE FINAYI CIAL STATKMni NT FOR THE YEAR ENDED JI MARC112 21 ACCOUNTINC POLICIES Basi8 of preparÉng tILe finftnelal statements Th¢ fiRanGial staternents of tlie ch￿'Itable COTnpany> ivhich is a p￿blIG bencfit entity under FRS 102, hav¢ bc¢ prepared in accordallee w2th the Chai'ities SORP {FRS 102) 'Ac¢ountÈng Repotting by Charities.. Staiemenl of Recommended Practice applicable to charities pitparing their a¢¢ounts in a¢¢erdance ivith the Finan¢ial RepL)riing S14RdaiTt appliiTbl¢ in thc UK and RqiubliG of Ircland 11.-RS 102) (¢ffe¢iive l January 2019),, finan¢ial RtPDrting Startdairt 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard Appli￿ble in ihe UK and Republi¢ of Sreland, and the Cimpanies Act 2006. 1he finan¢ial statements hav¢ b¢¢n prepaird und¢rth¢ histoii¢al Cost convention. All inEOTne is recogDiStd in thc Sta¢￿ent of Financial A¢tivitlf5 once the ¢harity has ¢niitlement ¢0 the fE￿d& it is probable that the income will be received and the amoun¢ can be measured iyli8bly. ExpendltuY4 Liabilities recognised as expenditur¢ as SOOD as there is a legal or ¢onstruclive obligation committing the dwity to that exJ)endituiY, it is probable Ihal a Iran8fcr of economic Etnefjts ivill be requiird in 8ciilement and thc amount ofthe obligation Can be measured reliably. Exp¢Ddilure is accounted for on an 8wruals basis and has been classif￿d undu headings that aggi¢gale all ¢osl related to th¢ ¢alegoiy. Wh¢iB ¢osls cannot be directly attribut¢d to pnrticulai. headit*8$ they have been allocated to activities ona basis consistent iviih the use of rcsourccs. Allot8tlOll 8rtd Hpportioiiment of tosts Support tosts Th¢ir is only on¢ ¢haritabl¢ adivity headin& and 8 very small proportion of ¢hritable acliviti¢s are atti'ibuted to rund r4ising, therefore to reallo¢ate support costs to this l￿dIng would be meaniE)gless and the figures involved Only costs formerly included in governance are shoiyn as support Costs and allocated to charitable aciivilies. Sin¢e ther¢ is only ojje Charitable activity h￿ding. all costs are included there. TAnglbIe fixed h$$ets Depr¢ciation Es piDvid¢d at ¢h¢ following annual rates in Ol￿er to iviite off eath a85et over its estÉmAtEd usefvl Ilf& Improvements to property Fixtures and fittings straight linc ev￿. pcriod of Icasc 25% on cost Tax￿tIOn The charity is excmpt from coipoi?liot) t&x on ils charitable aGtivilie5. Funil i?CCOillltlng Unrt5U'icted fijnds cgn be ￿ed acconlance iyith the charitsble Objectiv￿ at the di5Girtion of the tru5te¢s. ReslriGted fi]nds can only k used for partlculaL' T¢Stiiotcd purp0565 Iviihin the obje¢ls of the chaiity, Restii¢tions arise ivhcn Bprcified by the donoi. orwhen Iiinds are raised for pall1￿[￿l.1r5trIc1￿ purpos￿. FLtitherrxplanation of ¢he nature and PUTPOSE of each fund Is included IR the notes to the fina¢h¢ial stat¢men Hlre pui.th￿t and ]eHsi￿g cotnniitments Raita15 p&id unde￿. opeiEIiRg IcasC5 aTe Ghai'ged io the Siatement Df FinanGiai A¢liYitl65 Dn t 5tsHight lin¢ basis over th¢ period of th¢ le￿. Pe1￿10￿ costs othei'i)08t-i￿t1reMe1lt bellefit5 The ¢harilable company opeiitte5 8 defined contribution p¢n5ion s¢heme. Cohtributions poyible to the ¢harilabte compally'5 pEn510n 5ch¢me are charged lo thE state￿Ent of FTnanGial Adivilie5 in the period to whiGh they relate. Page 14 onlinued... SHIREI C FOR THE YCAR ENDEI D 31 MARCH 2021 DONATIONS AND LECACIES 2U21 2020 Gifts Donations Donation5 in kind Giants Oihei. sncome Student placements 23,758 20,131 850 395,102 12,189 2,140 539,752 58,472 4,470 626,453 430,415 Grants ￿ceiVed, irKluded in the abov4 are as follows.. 202L 2020 BigLotteiy Fund- CIDVA Fulfilling Live5 Awards foi'AII Tudoi'Trust Blackpool CIDVA HealthivatcliBlackpool Transfer Fund HealihivatchBlackpool Coinmis8iollEd Big Lollery Fund- Peei'4 U Biiilding Connections VarioiisAuthoritiE Hcad%lail- BA Hub Youth Bngagemenl Apprenlice Ndotivale 2 Noith Wesl Young Persons Development Irust BBC Childrtti in Need Headslart- Youth En8agemelltApprentice Counscllin8Project Healthiyalch Blackpool NHS Longlenn Plan He4lthivEJt¢h Blackpool ToolkitTesling Good Things Foundation Big Lottery Fund- The Den I,otluy Comn?ynily Fund- Core Lotteiy Community Fund- CIDVA Lottery Community Fund- Groundivoi'k 'rhe Rank fouttdalion The Rank Foundation- T2S Tog¢ihcr I.anw%hiir- Po*li¢us Publi¢ Healt]) Piibli¢ Healib. Proj¢¢t Add¢r Public I.le<h FunditJg- LEf Teani 70,558 100.000 2,-500 35,000 1,347 4,500 38,000 25,794 12,574 1,228 12,500 25,660 8,219 9,500 4,500 1,000 22,222 114,850 32,333 5,000 38,000 4,1106 10,417 34,374 7,888 12.500 27.778 34,000 17,000 92JOO 9.500 25,000 ,769 3.487 15,000 43.750 10.ooo 20,000 539,752 395,102 Page 15 continued... EMPO T CHAIUTY LANCASHIRE CIO QIE&IO TIIE FINANCIAL STATCI MJINTS.Jontitw OR THEYEA DED 31 MARCII 2021 INVESTMENT INCOME 2021 2020 Dey)Sit a¢couni Inte￿$1 337 644 INCOMR FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES 2021 2020 Activity DIr￿t Charitable A¢tivtties GrJnls 467,909 512,471 Grants ￿e1ved, included in the above, ar¢ &8 folloivs.. 2021 2020 Demen(ia andPeei' Support {DFSNI Blackpool Advocacy CYP Expei'iencing DomesticAbuse Healihivalch Blackpool Time to Change Hub Blackpool Council- The Den 75,(￿1 334,137 34.￿0 58,Th)0 IlJ33 392,744 5.666 57.832 5,667 6.000 467,909 512,471 RAISINC FUNDS RoL5ing doJkAtio￿$ leg#¢le$ 2021 2020 Dire¢1 proje¢tcos Fundraising wsls 18,999 9,314 85,491 17,513 28,313 lo3,￿4 CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS Support C051s (see note 7) Direct Costs Totals Direct Ch8ritableActivities 953,626 31,227 984.853 Page 16 ¢ontittued... RIT IREC OTES T THf. FINANCIAL OR THE YEAR IYDED 31 MELRCH 2021 SUPPORT COSTS Govemanc¢ os15 Direcl Charitable Aclivili 31,227 NET INCOMFIIKXPEND￿URK) Net in¢ome/(expenditurel is ststed after char8inty(¢redilin£l'. 2021 2020 Depreci&lion- oivjitd LK8els Hir¢ of plant and ma¢hin¢ry other operdling lea5e5 4,818 53512 14,288 4,996 47,226 12,811 TRUSTEES, REMUNRRATION AND BENEFITS There iv¢rc no tNstee5' remuneration or other b¢nefits for th¢ year ended 31 March 2021 no¥ for the year ellded 31 March 2020. TnrsteES expEnse5 Their iiieir no lTrustees' cxpenw paid tl)¢ yeoi. ended 31 Mg1¢112025 noi. for the yearended 31 Mairh 2020. STAFF cosrs The averagenumber of staff, includingp&rt time staff, employed by the ¢hariiy during the year w&s 39121r20.' 361. The key mallagetnent personnel of iliE ChMTjty duiing Ihv year ar¢ a5 nuled in Ih¥ Ttust¢es Report. The total employee benefits of th6 key management personnel of the Charity iv¢r¢ £176,01712020.' £2(N),893). COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL AcftVITIKS Unresli'icled fwids Restricted rund Total f￿ndS INCOME AND ENDOWMENfs FROM Donations and l¢ga¢i¢s 74,892 355,523 430.415 Cli#i'Ltable attivitirs DirtGt Chwilabltr AGlivilies 512.471 512,471 Invtslment in¢ome 644 644 Total 588,007 355,523 943.530 EXPENDITURK ON Raising funds 94,393 8,611 103,004 Cliaritable activitit5 Direct Chsriiable Activities 574,878 301,609 876,487 Page 17 coniinued... O THE FINANCIAL sfATEMENTS. tontillued ITOR IIIP. YTr:ARI li.NDED JI MAIICH 2021 II. COMPARATtVES FOR THE STATEMEIYT OF FINAiYCIAL ACTIVITIES- tontittutd Unrestiicled Re$tri¢*d funds fund I'otal nds Total 669,271 310220 979,491 NET INCOMEI{EXP£NDITURE) (81,2641 45,303 (35,9611 Th'Ansfers betweell full(Is 42,485 142,485) Net Move￿ent in funds (38,7791 2,818 (35,9611 RECONCILIATION ofi FUNDS Total fllnds bi'Duglit foiivArd 282,305 1,148 283,453 TOTAL fiUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 243,526 3,966 247,492 12. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS Improvetllents Éo pro￿lty Flxlu and fjttings Tot&ls COST At l April 2020 Addition5 25.773 35284 1,459 61,057 1,459 At 31 March 2021 25,773 36,743 62,516 DEPRKCIATION Ai l April 2D20 Charge for year 19,548 1,245 21,484 3,S73 41,032 4,818 At 31 Mar¢h 2021 20,793 25,057 45,850 NET BOOK VALUE At31 ￿￿￿￿2021 4,980 11,686 16,666 At 31 Mwrh 2020 6,225 13,800 20,025 Page 18 ontinued... CA HF. FOR'fHLI YEAR NDfi D 31 MARCH 2021 13. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLINC DUC WITHIN ONE YEAR 2021 2020 Trade debtors Acci'ued income Prepayments 14,385 31,401 4,735 27,495 15,252 9,027 50,521 51,774 14. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS fiALLING DiTE WITHIN ONE YEAR 2021 2020 Trade crediloiB Social seeurity )rtd other tues Accruals and def¢iird in¢ome A¢¢iued expenses 189 18,018 174,390 23,556 6,404 15,873 68,045 1,957 216,153 102,279 Is. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS Net niovcment in funds Trdnsfers hcliveen fijnds At 31.3.21 At 1.4.20 Uiirp5trlrted fund$ Genej'al fuiid Designated fvnd- Fixed A$￿t5 222,042 21,484 (40,903 } (4,818) 110,459 291,598 16.666 243,526 {45,721) 110,459 308,264 Restricted fund5 Restricted FLtnd 3,966 127254 (110,4591 20,761 TOTAL FUNDS 247,492 81,533 329,025 Net movement in fijnds, iticluded in Ihe above are a5 follows.. Incotning resouires Re3our¢¢s ¢¥PEnd Movement in fvnds UThresti'lcttd funds General Designated fvrtd- FixedAssels 538,892 {579,795) (4,8181 140,903) (4,818) 538,892 1584.613) (45,ni) R¢$tri¢t¢d fiind$ Restri¢led Fund 555,807 1428.553) 127,254 TOTAL FUNDS 1,094,699 (1,013,166) 81,533 Pago 19 ¢onliniied... CASHIRE CIO NOTKS TO THE fil MENTS- con FOII'IIII. Yb:AR 14'NDED 31 MARCH 2021 iiued 15. MOVEMEiYf Iiy FUNDS- ¢onlittu¢d ComparafÉYeg for movement In tl]nJ5 Net movement in fund3 Transfers tweerj fulld5 At 31J.20 At 1.4.19 Urti'¢sti'i¢t¢d fund$ (F¢n¢tal fund Designaid Fixed Assels 265,519 16,786 (84,503) 3,239 42,485 223 JOI 20,025 282 J05 181264) 42,485 243526 R¢sti.l¢ttd fiEnil$ Restricted Fund 1,148 45,303 (42.485) 3,966 TOTAL FUNDS 283.453 (35,961) 247.492 Comparative net movement in fi]nds, included in the abovc as folloivs.. Incoming sour¢¢s Resouit expended Movemenl in fijnds Unresfi'ieled thiids Gener&1 tiind Designated fuMd- FixedAssets s88,￿7 (672,510) 3,239 {84,503) 3,239 588,W7 (669,271) (81,264) Resti'ltted funds Rcstrictcd I.'und 355523 (310,220) 45,303 TlYtAL FUNDS 943,530 (979,491) (35,961 ) Page 20 continucd.. EMPOWERME TCHA CASHIREI CIO OTESTOTHE FI riOR THE YEAR 3ND￿D 31 MARCH 2021 Ts-con 15. MOVEMENT IN fiUNDS- ¢ontInu￿1 A curtenl year12 nioiith5 and prioryear 12 Inonths conibintd posStion 15 &5 foll￿¥5.. Net mov¢nienl in fimds Transfers beliyeen nd$ Al 31.3.21 At 1.4.19 Uni'estrlcteil fund5 GeneJBJ fund Desi￿ated fund- Fixed Asset8 265,519 16,786 1125.4061 (1,5791 152,944 293,057 15,207 2f2,305 (126,9851 152,944 308,264 Resfricttd fund$ Resttycted Fund 1,148 172,557 {152,944) 20,761 TOTAL FUNDS 283,453 45,572 329,025 A ¢WTent year 12 months al￿ prioi. year 12 months ¢ombiiied nel movenient in fund4 in¢luded in ItLe alx)ve are a8 folloivs.. Incotning resources Resources expet]ded Movemcnt in funds Uni'e51rirted fiind$ Gcncral fund De5ignatd ful￿- Fixed A55e15 1,126,899 11,252.3051 (1,5791 (125,406) (1,579) 1,126,899 (1,253,884) 1126,9851 Resti'icted (utids Restricted Fund 911.330 (738,7731 172,557 TOTAL f4 UNDS 2,038,229 {1,992.6571 45,572 Tr&tksfe)$ b¢hY¢en The irRnsfer fiDm restricted fvttds to ut)reslricted funds represents costs inclliyed in head oifice and centrdl activsties relaling to re$lri¢ted projects ivhi¢h hav¢ bec￿ re-charged by way of a management rech8rge. Page21 conlinued... WE ME T CHARITY LANCASHIRL CIO THE FINANCtAL STATEMENTS- coijtiniie riOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH2021 16. RLI LATED PARTY DISCLOSURES There iveye no r¢laled FJity transacti0J￿ for the ye4r ended 3 l Mairh 2021. 17. RESTRICTED FUNDS The balances oti reslricled funds as at 31 MaiLh 2021 folloivs.'- CIDVA Donations Fund £4,101 CIDVA HardS1￿p Fund £380 Page 22 EMPO 14RME T CHARtTY L CASHIRE C DETAILED STATCI MENT OF FINA C.IAL FOR THE YEAR ENDED J MARCH 2021 IES 2021 2020 INCOME AND EIYDOWM£I NTS DoMatlon$ and l¢g#¢l Gifts Donations Donaliojis in kind Grants other in¢om¢ Student placemertls 23,758 20,131 850 395,102 12,189 2,140 539,752 58,472 4,470 626,453 430,415 Iiive5tihent income Depusit u¢rount inierest 337 fy14 ChAi41able acrfvities Grants 467,909 512,471 Total lllfomlng lesoul￿e8 ,094,6 943,530 EXPENDITURE Rfvlslng donatlon$ legAri¢s Direci prvjeci ¢os Fundraising ¢osis 18.999 9,314 85.491 17,513 28,313 103,004 Charllable a¢tivltles Wages Redundanw and ey Erfilia paynients Consultan¢y and secondmeftts So¢ial security PensioDs Rettt. rates A￿l iyatcr Insuran Telephone Postsge and stationeiy Staff and volunlee4' expetise5 Computei suppojt Repairs and wuipmeni hire Subscripiion& ti*inihg and quality Bank ¢hJrg¢ R¢Gruiini¢nt and H Carried fo]Trvard 739,959 5,000 7,017 53,512 14,288 23,527 8,068 17,592 5,598 6,114 28,810 12,790 19,563 1,450 2,021 945,309 642,893 7,353 8,500 47,226 12,811 23,204 6,142 14,028 4,369 20,871 22,394 8,159 30,934 1,536 1,826 852,246 liis page does not form pan of ihe stoiulory finatt¢ial slateill¢nis PaEe 23 ILED StATEMENT OF FINA IVITIES FOR'fiip. YR.AIi ￿:N1)b.1) 31 NIARCH 2021 2021 2020 Cli8r1¢8ble actlvfitEes Brought foThYard ReriEs￿nents and Clealli￿g Expenses in kiNI Impl￿VeMentS lo propety Fixtuiu and fittings Computer equipment 945.309 3.499 852,246 850 1,556 2,532 907 1.245 2,230 1,343 953,626 862,995 Suppo1¢ costs CoveYJiRiice eosts Accountancy f Legal and piDfe5sional fEe5 8,288 22,939 3,264 10,228 31,227 13,492 Total resour¢cs expended ,013,166 979,491 Net In¢omel{¢xpenillture) 81,533 (35,961) This page do¢5 not fomi of the statutory fittan¢ial ￿￿eMentS Page 24 ## **www.empowermentcharity.org.uk** Like, Share & Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to keep updated with exciting news and info from Empowerment! /EmpowermentCharity @Empowerment_ /EmpowermentCharity **Empowerment Charity Lancashire Registered Charity Number: 1155897** The Empowerment Base, 333 Bispham Road, Bispham, Blackpool, FY2 0HH Telephone: 0300 32 32 100 (local rate call) - Email: admin@empowermentcharity.org.uk