EMPOWERMENT ANNUAL REPORT 21-22 1 ## FROM THE CHAIR It is with deep gratitude and joy that we present this annual report which covers another extraordinary year for Empowerment. I am very proud of the development and achievements of the charity which are a credit to its strength and resilience of staff, volunteers, our funders and the people of the communities that we support. We are extremely grateful to our supporters, staff and volunteers for responding with great resilience to the changing nature of Covid-19’s impact on our daily lives, and continuing support for Empowerment in a variety of creative ways. In particular, to organisations through an understanding our work has facilitated both longer and short-term fi nancial commitments, to continue our delivery of services on their behalf. The diversity of Empowerments local services based on our principles and the needs of the communities has provided a pathway for decision making and the security of funding has facilitated robust fi nancial planning. Our response to this unique situation was to think differently about how we use our expertise, acknowledging that greater impact is made whilst working in partnership. As a consequence, the Board of Trustees recognised the need to review and consider the strategic direction of the charity. The new strategic plan in consultation with staff, volunteers and service users will be fi nalised in 2022, focusing on high quality support and guidance on things that matter locally. The impact of events over the last couple of years will have repercussions and with restrictions continuing to ebb and fl ow, remote support, business support and face to face contact with our service users has remained a core part of our service delivery. This report provides a snapshot of the breadth of services, the delivery, change and development of the Charity of which the Board are immensely proud and it is without doubt, the unwavering commitment, inspiration and professionalism of all our staff and volunteers that has sustained this remarkable achievement. Finally, I am hugely grateful to the Trustee Board who continue to serve, support and scrutinise the charity’s work, devoting much time and effort to the Empowerment through this challenging period. As we look forward to the next chapter, we are confi dent we have laid the foundations required to continue to make progress in supporting our local communities. Sandra Bilsborrow Chair of the Board of Trustees **2 EMPOWERMENT ANNUAL REPORT 21-22** It is with great pleasure that I am once again writing the foreword to our latest Annual Report. As we emerged from successive lockdowns, Empowerment proved to be highly resilient as a local charity and has clearly continued to grow in size, scope and activity; inspired always by addressing unmet need. This report clearly sets out the incredible work that our staff and volunteers have carried out, journeying alongside people who are going through tough times and have often been written off by the rest of society. Here at Empowerment, we recognise the potential of everyone and by truly listening to their needs and wishes and demonstrating kindness; we are able to provide the right support for each individual to fl ourish, have their rights and dignity respected and empower them to reach their own unique potential. I would especially like to thank our funders and commissioners who have placed such confi dence in our localised and person centred approach, without each of them we would not be able to deliver our life changing services and projects. The future of Empowerment will be based on the foundations of lived experience, co-production and creatively engaging with our local communities. Our commitment to only working alongside people in Blackpool and the Fylde Coast will remain, this is our home and it is where we constantly strive to be known and trusted. Mike Crowther Chief Executive Offi cer # FROM THE CEO **EMPOWERMENT ANNUAL REPORT 21-22 3** April 2021 – March 2022 has been a year of community engagement, with our team of volunteers taking a lead on getting to the heart of our town in the aftermath of the pandemic. Service manager Linzi was successful in gaining a grant from the Connection Coalition (only open to members) to ensure the service is working across the country to share best practices. This lead to more work with professionals around the globe. As the service developed in the aftermath of the pandemic we started to look at the general Corporate Social Responsibility for all of Empowerment services engaging with local businesses who wanted to help the charity sector locally. We secured a paint day from ATOS and accepted the invitation to the yearly Diwali celebrations with the Blackpool Hindu Society. As this year was all about reaching new people in our community we launched our very fi rst podcast series ‘Empowering Blackpool’. This series talks about a variety of subjects that the Empowerment teams support every day. 4 EMPOWERMENT ANNUAL REPORT 21-22 'Al -A EMPOWERMENT ANNUAL REPORT 21-22 ## EMPOWERING BLACKPOOL We have submitted our entry to the local Red Rose Awards with Lancashire Business View in hope of winning the category for best ‘Not for Profit’ in Lancashire. Fingers crossed for our entry! ## BESS BUDDIES BESS started the year with the final month of the BESS BUDDIES telephone befriending service, seeing many people experiencing loneliness and isolation supported back into social groups and more. During the pandemic a lot of social groups closed and didn’t reopen leaving a gap in provision after restrictions were lifted. To help ease this transition BESS created a range of groups that would help those who still felt meeting in person was quite a scary prospect. These ‘hybrid’ style meetings happened online and in person with very small numbers attending in person. We found it was often too much to expect people to travel on public transport and meet others inside at this time. EMPOWERMENT ANNUAL REPORT 21-22 6 ## CRAFTERNOON Our crafternoon group also took a pause as numbers wouldn’t permit us to meet face to face until the end of the year. When we did this we celebrated our crafternoon project creating blankets for the Comedy Carpet Celebration. These were later donated to Fylde Coast Women’s Aid who decorated hostels at Christmas. We also met with the Mayor, as Empowerment is still the chosen charity this year, meaning we were able to talk with Amy about our project in the Mayors Chamber. **EMPOWERMENT ANNUAL REPORT 21-22** **7** ## ELLIOT’S PLACE PROJECT This year Elliot’s Place building has seen the last of the funding secured for the building and the foundations laid for its arrival in September. We celebrated the life of Elliot with an event called ‘A night to remember’ with family and friends finishing a mammoth hike at Blackpool Tower where it was lit up in the green Elliot’s Place colours. Service manager Linzi joined suicide prevention meetings and plans for a celebration of life event got underway at the start of 2022. Interviews also started in March to recruit a project coordinator and activity officer. **EMPOWERMENT ANNUAL REPORT 21-22** **8** ## CLAREMONT DIGITAL LIBRARY With the success of previous engagements, funding was secured to support this project and in June we took on a new member of staff – John. John’s work engaging the men from the Digital Library started with small face to face engagements. Digital sessions continued online but all members were keen to meet up so we celebrated our first engagement with a garden BBQ. The success of this led to two further engagements, one to Hangar 42 the Spitfire Centre, and a general Upcycle Day at the Claremont Park Community Centre. Building confidence within the Claremont Community to rebuild connections continues. **----- Start of picture text -----**
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During 2021-2022 the Advocacy Hub continued doing face to face visits wearing PPE across the care homes, in the community and in the hospitals. From the start of the Covid pandemic we have been working in new ways and still continue to do hybrid working as well as attending meetings on Teams and Zoom as needed. Our support continues to be creative and meeting the needs of those we are working with. Over the past year, we have been engaging in regular meetings with the CQC to feedback on care homes and we are members of the Service User and Carer Engagement meetings with the Harbour Hospital. We had two social worker placements within the team. Rebecca Peters qualifi ed as a social worker after her placement with us and she then decided to stay on and become a full time Independent Advocate instead. Sam Waugh also joined the team as an Independent Advocate between her placements. There have been plenty of good news stories from across the advocacy team where our support has played a large part in changing people’s lives and ensuring that their voices have been heard. We have supported some individuals who were in care home placements under Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards to be able to return home to the community with a package of care when they were wanting to live independently. We have supported people in the Harbour to have their views and wishes heard about where they want to live when they are discharged, one person who was going to be placed in a care home managed to return back home and be reunited with their cat. The team continue to work hard to uphold people’s rights and ensure that they are central to any care and support they are receiving. All across Blackpool in many settings people’s voices are now being heard and their wishes are being taken into account in any decisions that are being made. EMPOWERMENT ANNUAL REPORT 21-22 10 ## CHILDRENS ADVOCACY April 2021 started off with 3 full time advocates, who continued to visit children & young people face to face in school or at home following the COVID-19 lockdown in March 2020. Throughout the various lockdowns the county was put in during 2021 the advocates maintained face to face visits with children & young people. Children’s advocates continued attending virtual meetings for children & young people, with some meetings going back face to face in schools and homes towards the end of the financial year. We continued to attend the implementation group and voice of the child group for the Blackpool Families Rock Model of Practice. Advocates attended Conference and Core Group Meeting Training to work in line with Blackpool Families Rock Model of Practice, therefore working with children & young people more socially pedagogically . During the summer holidays of 2021 children & young people were invited to the Empowerment Base to take part in some fun activities and have lunch with the children’s team. Throughout August & September 2021 the team continued to promote the service to other services and professionals throughout Blackpool and the Fylde Coast, this resulted in an increase of referrals. In September 2021 the children’s advocacy team attended an Autumn fair to raise awareness of advocacy and to promote the service to other schools at a local Special Educational Needs school. In November the children’s team were Nominated for the C&YP Now Award and although it was an honour to be nominated we unfortunately didn’t win. In December 2021 we collected Christmas presents donated to the team by Gifts for Kids and these were delivered together with selection boxes to children & young people who we advocated for. In March 2022 the team attended the Resilience Resolution Conference, a networking event to meet other Blackpool services and children & young people who are looked after by the local authority to raise awareness of Blackpool Children & Young People’s Advocacy Service. EMPOWERMENT ANNUAL REPORT 21-22 11 ## OUR VISION A world where we can all get the health and care we need. Healthwatch Blackpool is your independent health and social care champion. We make sure that decision makers hear your voice and use feedback to improve care. We want the people of Blackpool to stay well and get the best out of our health and care services locally. We also help local people to find reliable and trustworthy information and advice. This has been vital with the everchanging environment and restrictions, limiting people’s access to health and care services. ## OUR MISSION To make sure people’s experiences help make health and care better. ## OUR VALUES - Listening to people and making sure their voices are heard. - Including everyone in the conversation- especially those who don’t always have their voice heard. - Analysing peoples experiences to learn how to improve care. - Acting on feedback and driving change. - Partnering with care providers, Government and the voluntary sector – serving as the publics independent advocate. ## OUR TEAM BETH MARTIN: Healthwatch Blackpool Manager AMY BUTLER: Senior Engagement Officer ABIGAIL LEE: Young Person’s Engagement Officer ## SUPPORTED BY: MIKE CROWTHER: Chief Executive Officer, Empowerment Charity LOUISE GOLDSTONE: Support Services Manager, Empowerment Charity KEVIN GLOSSOP: Operations Manager, Empowerment Charity ## OUR VOLUNTEERS We are supported by a team of amazing volunteers who are the heart of our work at Healthwatch Blackpool. Thanks to their support, we are able to further understand experiences of health and care in Blackpool. This year, our volunteers helped by: - Supporting focused engagement work. - Attending Patient and Public Engagement and Involvement meetings. - Carrying out enter and view visits. - Attending meetings with commissioners to share public experience. A huge thank you to: - Mike Verity - Alice Higginson - • Aimee Kerr - Julie Huttley - • Norma Parry • Michael Flynn - Caitlan Greenwood - Molly Flynn - Farida Begum - Emily Fothergill - Stephen Phillips • Heather Lewis EMPOWERMENT ANNUAL REPORT 21-22 12 ## OUR YEAR 2021-2022 We are funded by our Local Authority. In 2021-22 we received: came to us for clear advice and information about topics such as NHS dental, access to health services and health complaints. shared their experiences of health and social care services with us, helping to raise awareness of issues and improve care. ENGAGED with people experiencing homelessness to hear about their experiences of health and care. ## IMPACT: Local people’s experiences of being unable to access national cancer screening programmes influenced discussions and have led to a pilot programme. ENGAGED with people on severe mental illness register, to have their say on annual physical health checks. ## NHS DENTISTRY We continue to urge the Government to act, reporting an increase in people contacting Healthwatch unable to see an NHS Dentist. We have been sharing themes and experiences via our local MP, NHS England and Healthwatch England. NHS dentistry remains our most frequent consumer enquiry. IMPACT: We have had meetings with our MP and a round table discussion is to be held to highlight local people’s experiences and look at solutions. ## IMPACT: Feedback shaped CCG Good Practice Guide to coordinating checks. DEVELOPED Youthwatch focused on young people’s priorities, supported by three local primary care networks. IMPACT: Engaged with 318 young people regarding health and care, and a further 138 regarding sexual health. This has influenced service provision and design. Information relating to vaccines was developed further by Youthwatch with the Director of Public Health, featuring a myth busting Q&A video. COMPLETED 5 Enter and View visits to residential care providers in 21/22. IMPACT: Liaised with Quality Monitoring Officers to implement improvements raised by residents. ## READ THE FULL ANNUAL REPORT ON OUR WEBSITE WWW.HEALTHWATCHBLACKPOOL.CO.UK EMPOWERMENT ANNUAL REPORT 21-22 13 ## **Project Spotlight: Homelessness and Health** ## **“I can only fight for so long - I’m tired.”** Healthwatch Blackpool made the decision to revisit work completed during the Covid-19 pandemic, and carry out a second project with people experiencing homelessness. The overarching aim was to gather qualitative feedback to influence service design and reform. Healthwatch Blackpool attended Homeless Health meetings chaired by the local Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). Priorities for this research were established through discussions with organisations who work with people experiencing homelessness on a daily basis. Examples of these organisations include Renaissance, Change Grow Live and The Ashley Foundation. ## Project highlights ## Experience was shared relating to: GP Pregnancy We actively engaged with Staff Manner Mental Health Medication 52 people Access in Blackpool Dentistry Crisis Support Cancer Screening ## **“I haven’t been able to access the support I need. It seems to take a very long time to get help and the system is far too complicated.”** **“I don’t have any screening or health checks. Can’t get hold of me to book them. Think I might be offered them through the post but don’t get any as it goes to an old address that I had to leave.”** “The support we got from Healthwatch in engaging with people who are homeless was great. We got brilliant insights which are helping us to shape our service developments. ” **Pete Smith - Commissioning Manager, Fylde Coast CCGS** ## **What happened next:** **Healthwatch Blackpool and the Commissioning Officer both put forward an argument for this position being unacceptable and requiring change. As a collective, we came to the conclusion that we would aim to establish a pilot on the Fylde Coast, enabling those with No Fixed Address to have the opportunity of being screened where eligible.** ## **What now:** **Fylde Coast Medical Services have started to introduce cancer screening into its existing support service. This has been commissioned by the Clinical Commissioning Group.** 1 **4** EMPOWERMENT ANNUAL REPORT 21-22 ## **National Institute of Health and Care Research** **The National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) are funded by the government to deliver and fund research that improve people’s health and wellbeing.** Health and care research is important, as it aims to support services and treatments through evidence of what works. **Healthwatch Blackpool, alongside the Headstart Resilience Revolution and Boing Boing** have been working with community champions on a new project called Research Ready Communities. The project is a pilot that has been running in three parts of England. ## **What is the research ready communities pilot?** Before now, most of the health and care research that NIHR has supported and funded has focused on more clinical settings – like in hospitals, running treatment trials or focused on working with people who have specific medical training. They have recognised that there is a need to carry out **research on and with communities - this is where this pilot comes in!** ## **Feedback from the NIHR:** “The NIHR Research Ready Programme is an innovative programme looking to place local people at the forefront of how the NIHR plans and delivers research. The aim of the programme is to use research to narrow the health inequality gap at a community level. Healthwatch Blackpool have been an integral partner from the very start of the pilot programme and the success of the pilot has now led to a national roll-out and is bringing about positive change for how the NIHR and communities co-produce research. None of this would have been possible without the insight, experience and community relationships that Healthwatch Blackpool have brought to the table." **Greg Woodley, Regional Communications Lead, NIHRR** 1 **55** EMPOWERMENT ANNUAL REPORT 21-22 In March 2020, the funding ended for the Fulfi lling Lives Program in Blackpool after 7 years along with the funding for the Peer4U Mentors, which was funded under the HM Government Funding along with the Big Lottery on a Social Isolation Pilot for people with Multiple Disadvantage. Due to the success of the Mentoring Project and the value of Lived Experience in engaging people with Multiple Disadvantage, the team were funded under a new Home Offi ce Initiative Project Adder (Addiction, Diversion, Disruption, Enforcement and Recovery. The Adder Project work with Crack and Heroin users who are not engaged with Substance Misuse Services and are at high risk of drug related death. Project Adder has a Multi Agency enhanced Outreach Approach involving a Police Adder Team, Probation, Housing, and DWP along with others. The Lived Experience Team undertake a wide range of activities with individuals who are part of Project Adder and Pre-engagement. In the Year 1 evaluation of Adder the Lived Experience Team completed: 470 262 137 91 66 64 Peer Outreach Meaningful Joint sessions Health Consultations Mentor Sessions Activities with Enhanced Bus Sessions Keyworker Sessions ## PRISON LEAVERS During the fi rst lockdown, the team were out doing welfare and street outreach where they were noticing many people being released from prison without any support in place. The Prison Leavers Team was launched as a Pilot scheme to engage individuals who were constantly in and out of prison due to their substance misuse and homelessness. The team consists of three Prison Leaver Navigators all with Lived Experience of being released from custody and the challenges that brings. When a referral comes in for someone due to be released from prison the team visit the person in prison and start building a relationship and ensuring there is a plan in place on the day of release and beyond. A typical day of release consists of a pick up from the Prison Gates and the work begins on the journey home. Calls are made to the DWP where benefi ts are put in place and a mobile phone can be issued. On return to Blackpool the team support the person to housing for an assessment. Substance Misuse appointment and Probation appointments need to also be attended on the day of release. The Team can spend up to 6 hours on the fi rst day supporting them with all their appointments. Feedback from clients working with the Prison Leaver team has been that they would not have managed all the appointments on the day of release without the support of the team and would have probably ended up back on the streets and even recalled to Prison. The team not only work with the person on the day of release but continue the support for however long needed until the person is settled in accommodation and back in the community. Due to the success of the Pilot the work will continue. The Lived Experience Team are also involved with a consultation and bid regarding a new Project called Changing Futures which will be looking to engage people with Multiple Disadvantage with services across Blackpool, Wyre and Fylde. Watch this space! 1 **66** EMPOWERMENT ANNUAL REPORT 21-22 2021 saw Admin Apprentice Ethan start with us who is Neuro-diverse. He has made an impact on us and Blackpool itself by changing the Autism training that we now all complete if you use the Blackpool Council training courses. He also saw a need for support for neuro-diverse people and set up an online focus group to gather information around the setting up of a project named PANDA for people who are Neuro-diverse and going through a diagnosis or are post the diagnosis process to fi nd out other people’s views on this. The feedback was that it was needed and PANDA was then set up and in addition a Neuro-diverse support group was set up as well. Another project that has been set up this year has been a befriending project within care homes where a volunteer is able to make a connection to someone in a care home in their community who has no one else that gœ s to visit them and would benefi t from spending time with someone on a regular basis. Carrying out face to face visits in the community, at the harbour or in the offi ce was integral for the people that we supported within MOTIVATE 2. To ensure this could continue our amazing volunteer advocates wore PPE and carried out regular lateral fl ow testing so that they could get to visit those very vulnerable people and support them to gain their views, wishes and feelings. We have increased the Harbour drop in sessions from two acute wards to four wards on a weekly basis. Additionally the volunteer advocates also go and see informal patients that are referred in to us on any wards. This is to make it so that any informal patient has access to a volunteer advocate. We have had a student social work student Sam Waugh on placement for 100 days, who also stayed on to volunteer after her placement fi nished, which meant a lot of extra people got support. Thank you Sam Volunteers Angela and Paul went on to get paid employment within The Empowerment LET team after volunteering with The MOTIVATE 2 team. EMPOWERMENT ANNUAL REPORT 21-22 **177** The last 12 months have been another extremely successful year for The DEN service. The team have supported 611 children and young people (CYP), with a staggering 2570 one to one support sessions taking place. As the world re-opened and we began fully living what was the new norm, the team ensured there continued to be no barriers in place for CYP to access our support, including daily lateral fl ows! There has been a signifi cant decrease in the time that CYP are waiting to be allocated a worker and for support to begin. Initial contact is now made with families the same day or next working day after a referral is received. This is thanks to the services new duty and assessment process and allocated worker to support this. The team were able to support CYP to have fun on 19 positive activities, with 171 CYP attending. The positive activity programme is co-produced by the CYP we journey alongside, and enables memories to be made that really do last a lifetime. Two residential trips also took place this year following the successful completion of the recovery toolkit programmes that were ran in two pilot schools in Blackpool. Christmas time is always a magical time for The DEN team as we prepare to deliver Christmas presents to children who may not have anything to open on Christmas morning. This year we went one better and created our very own Santa’s grotto! The Empowerment Base was turned into a winter wonderland overnight, providing families the opportunity to bring their children along and experience meeting the main man himself. This proved to be a huge success! A big thank you to all staff who helped us wrap gifts, transform the base, be an elf, and most importantly step in and be the big man himself…HO HO HO… Alongside the amazing fun The DEN staff have with the young people we journey alongside, there is always the main aim of our work which is to ensure child victims of domestic abuse are safeguarded, have their voices not only listened too, but heard, and learn the practical elements of how to keep safe. With the increase in referrals not slowing, we anticipate a very busy year ahead. With the amazing staff team, we know we can continue to achieve great outcomes for the children and young people in our town. 16 EMPOWERMENT ANNUAL REPORT 21-22 ## BLACKPOOL THE DEN IMPACT 21-22 EMPOWERMENT ANNUAL REPORT 21-22 **EMPOWERMENT ANNUAL REPORT 21-22 1 9** 7 17 ## FYLDE AND WYRE THE DEN IMPACT 21-22 **2200** EMPOWERMENT ANNUAL REPORT 21-22 ## SUPPORT SERVICES **----- Start of picture text -----**
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2021-22 was a year of change within the Support Services Team as we had various role changes, arrivals and departures. Louise Goldstone is the Support Services Manager and this year Louise’s role changed to focus on the financial responsibilities of the Organisation and carry out the duties of the secretary to Empowerments Board of Trustees. Kevin Glossop then became Empowerments Operations Manager with the duties of overseeing the health and safety, HR, quality monitoring, and building management for the Organisation. We welcomed David Lever in July 2021 who joined us as Finance and Administration Assistant to lead on the financial inputting for the Organisation. Steve Ingham Despite our best efforts our other Finance and Administration Assistant, Steve Ingham, opted to retire in January 2022 to spend more time at his allotment (and with his family I suppose!). Steve was a well-liked, hard-working and valuable member of the team and local authority accounts departments across the nation will be breathing a sigh of relief now that they will no longer be receiving reminders for payment from Steve, the Venator, Ingham. Daniel McKibbin then joined the team in February 2022 as our Administration Assistant. This year saw Support Services working hard to ensure that Empowerment were re-accredited with ISO-9001 status. The ISO 9001 is recognised worldwide as the international benchmark for quality within an organisation. It is designed to help organisations meet the needs of the people that use their service by having a framework in place that ensures consistent quality in the services that they provide. To reaffirm the accreditation we had to demonstrate our dedication and commitment to meeting our people’s needs, operating efficient management processes and delivering consistent, high quality services. At Empowerment we are committed to quality and we utilise the ISO 9001 to help further this commitment. Daniel McKibbin The year also saw Empowerment enter into a working relationship with Mark Prince of Mark Safety. Mark is a Health and Safety mentor with 20 years of experience in the Health and Safety sector. Mark works with us to understand and implement Health and Safety within Empowerment and ensure we are compliant with Health and Safety regulations. Due to Empowerments annual income now exceeding £1million we had to arrange for our first ever independent audit of the charity’s accounts. This is the first time Empowerment had ever been audited to this degree and Support Services worked hard to ensure that this went without a hitch, which thankfully it did. Lastly, Support Services welcomed a scurry of squirrels into the garden at the Empowerment Base so we just wanted to give a shout out to Cyril (M.I.A), Cynthia (R.I.P), Erika, Simon, Diego and Cyril II. 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AC.HICI VEI MENT AND PERFORMANCE Ctiai'itHblt Activities The ii)aiii soiirces of iii¢oiiie diirilig Ihe yeai. ii'ere Bla¢kwol Coiincil, Nalioll?l LoiieJy Comniunity Fund, FIRC Cliilditn in Need, Tudoi. Ti'LisI aiid ike Police and Criine Coiiiinissiotier. The It'iislees would like to Iliaiik iliein aiid all other fiiiiders for tlieii. suppojt over ttLe yeai.. The abjectives of th¢ Gliarit), continue lo be achieved through thr provision of sei'viccs. A dctailed irport of tl)e Chai'ily's activilie% #lay be obtained bi, ii'iiling lo ilic Charily al the prIJci￿I add￿SS. Duriiig the year fiiJ]draisiiig activities iirre held foi. specifiG piirpose5. These ar6 accounted for sepaTrtely oil the SOFA. FINANCIAL REIVICIW The iiet Surp1115 dui'ii)g tlie yeai. ended 3 l Mar¢h 2022, after accoiinling foi. all reeognistd 8ains and losses, Ivas £39,422 12021-£81.533). During the yeai. diie to a combinatioii ofplaijiied effici￿CY savings, IEductEons ij) cost due to Covid-19 aJJd 2 signif￿callI iiicreasc iji incoi)Ic. rncant that the organisalioil iiras able10 deliver a sui'plus for the organisAiioii. liayestjiieiit i)olley 4iid objeetlves The Ti'iislees cortlrol and appiove all in)wirl&nl fjiuncilll Iransaclioijs. The Chai'ity does not hold aiiy invcslnients and kc¢ps it3 ftillds Lll UK bank accounts. Page I EMPOWILRfvIfi NT CEEARITY LANCASHIRI4 CIO RE4 PORT or Tlll TRUST£4 E4 S riOR THE YEAR ENDEID 31SThlARCIq 2022 FINANCIAL RE4VllIW Rescii'es polley Ui)d¢i' the requiremeiiis of Cliarily I,aiv, t1￿ Triistees are obliged io d¢fii)e Ihe Charity's ]x)licy foi. lioldiiig i'e%erir¢s. The iiileTJtion iji eslablisliing Iliis r￿Cli￿eS policy is to ensuit Ilie coiiliiiualioii of Ihe Chai'ity's 8cliipilies. The i)olicy Ii'ill eli7L ble ihe C[￿li1), lo iiieel ils legal objects, pix>vide confidejice lo siippoi'lers aiid doiiors seeking lo give fiTiancial siippvi'l to a priideiiily conlrollcd eliai'ity io CllSUI'B tliat ihc Irseyves are at a IBvcl suffieieni io discliarge all of Ihe Cl)arity'y obligations in ItK' cv¢Iit Iliat il slioiild ¢cas¢ it$ op¢rulioiis. It is e51imatcd Ilial these costs ivill be at least 3 moi)Ilis, '11Je policy is thei'efoiE to liold 81 I￿St 3 and no tnoi'e (hail 6 Inoi)Ilis' operatii)g costs in reseri'e. UJJiEslrieted general fiiiids at tlie yeai'.end amoiintcd to £301.832 {2021.. £308.264). ollier designated funds aK repirsenled by fixed 85sels, Ivliich approxiniale% [0 3 Jiionth8 cost% foi. Enipoii'erin6nt conliiiuing the 5aTre l'a￿8¢ of aclivilies. The 11'1151¢es bElievc (hat Ihis level of resei've5 IS suificienl lo en5tTre the charity Can conlinue effeclively and develop fiirthei. proje¢ls to improye the ftdipocacy and other services provided. To tiiaintaiji appJDpi'iate levcls ot'rcserves, (he Trustees have deleitiiined iljat.. all doiiations, iyhich have no i'csti'iction placcd upon thetn by tl)c ier1tt5 of the dc>natlOll, are considered to be g¢iieral Ir$￿¥¢$,. ¢8pilal coinmilmettfs and &ipetiditiire plaiis are revieived periodically anit the funds iEqEIiEed to financc such tnay be reiiioved fi￿nI gCn￿al reserves as ncccs%ary for the attainmcnt of its bi'oad objects., r.uiids ii)ay, fi'om Iln)e lo lime, be designaied for specifi¢ ￿1rpOseS. riUTURI,: IPI.ANS The fuliire plans for Ilie Chai'ily air as folloii's.. 'r0 5ccuI'c fulldiiig for ¢xi5ting pruj¢¢ts. To 5ft11rce fundii)8 for additional Gl'ealiiPC and inntsii81iv¢ projwts. To eiihance develop Quality AssLlI'aiice. To ensiire tliat local people diapc and develop all scyvice dclivcry. - To place lived experiEnce and co-wx¥JucliQIi at thc healt of all tsrgaiiiEational dcirlopmenl. STRUCTURE, GOV14 RNANCE ALYD MALYAGEMENT Govej'iiing (locunieiit Tlie Charity is coliti￿lled by it5 governiiig docunie￿t, a deed of trusL and c0115titutcs a chaTjtablc illcorpoTated orgaiiisalion. Tlic LiXC¢Utiiie Coii)mitle¢ of the Charity are ils Trustees for Ihe piirpose of chai'ily laiv. Und¢i' tlie coiislilulioii tlie ExeciTttiie trc tlecttd at ￿le Annii&l getieral iiieelitjg. Al ihe AGM, one Il)ird (kfihe Boai'd oi., ifilieir tjiimber is noi ihree oi. a Miiltiple of thi'ee, tlic ncairst niinibei. lo one ihird miist rtliir fTom olTice. IfilieiE is onl}, ojie Boai'd Mem[￿1. lie or she miisl rel1￿. The Board 10 retire by roiatiort sli&ll be Iliow i¥ho have LY¢n Ii)ttgest in o￿l¢¢ since Iheiy l&st The policies al'e detei'mined by tlie trustees. Regulai. Iru5fee meeti1￿S air lield lo illon￿lor aiid supej'vise ihe day lo day opei?lions of the Chai'ity. Page 2 F.MPOWI!RMENTCIIARITY LANCAS141RC CIO Rfi PORT or Tl.IE TRUSTEI Ei S IIOII THL I'EAR ENDEI D 31ST MARCH 2022 STRUCTURf, GOVII RNANCE AND MANAGE4 TrIENT Ti'iistees, AppiecS4tioii acli y¢ai' EtnpDiV￿￿en* benefits fToni Ilie gtnei'osily of IlTrose people aiid oyganisalions ivho siip]x)rl Ilie Charity &t)d IlJDse i%rho inake individu81 donaiions. Tlie ITl15tees wi511 to exlcnd their gratilude to the individual donois aiid volunleei? for Ilteii support fDr tli¢ ¢hariiy. Rt¢riiltm¢nt and AppDsntmtJit of new 1'1'u5tCC5 In the eiienl of & vacan¢y, the exibting 11)cii)bcrs niay co-opt iieiy tj'uslees in ac¢￿'danCe (o Ilie Chai'ilies GoiTeming dociiiiieiil 6cin8 such persons the}, think fil as being in syiiipaihy wilh tlie objcctsvcs of thc oigai)isalion. A pciEon Inusl be noniinated by one of the truslees and a balloi iakeii by the ivhol¢ Ineinbcrsliip- admi5sioii is deteri))incd by this vote. TT1i51ees air 5eleded froEn iiidividuals il'iih &pJxopriate expeJ'icllc¢ and knoivledge. The indii¢lioll aiid training of triistees is uiidei1aken by tlie oiher membei% of the Bxcciitive Cointnittee. OIEThiilsatioJiRI Strticlure The Exe¢uiiiie Comniittcc, Iilie Board or'rrustees) shall consist of iiol less than 3 iiicnibci's bul tiol iiioi'e (han 12 nienibers, Ivho Ine¢t iiot l¢ss th811 cYeYy qiiurtei. biit iisuall}' oiice evel'}, 2 months to adii)itiisler Ilie charity. A cliief xecutive iy sppoijited by ilie triistees i¥ilh delegated re8poiisibilily for the man8geinenl ofihe oi'ganisalioll. R15k A55essment The IrusleeslBve aduty loidenlify artd IEvieiv Ihe risks lo ivhieh the chai'ity is exposed andtoensuiE approwiale wnlrols are in ploce to piDiiide ieasoliable assiitartc¢ against fraiid aiid eJTOI'. The tru51ee5 liave iiiirduced a foj'mal i'hsk iiianageinetjt pj'ocess to ossess the risk to ivhs¢h tharities are a%￿)sed Io asld risk 51rat¢gi¢b. This involves id¢nlifyiiig types of T15k Ilie charity faccs, prioritisiiig theji) in lei'n)s of polenlial iinpaci aTid the likelihood of ￿cUl.￿en¢t aiid identifying n)cans of lliiligAting Ilie i'isks. The i'isk policy ¢onliniic8 10 l)c revicivcd at It&81 ciiery %ix moi)tli8. fntei'nal Ttsk% rniniinised by Ihe financial coiilrols imposed in respecl ofihe pJ￿ced￿i'CS for thc auihorisation of all tKansactiotts and pJ'oj¢¢ts, Tlie trustee5 inaiiilain a close conti'ol on tlie day-lo-da). operation ofthe diarily in respeel of ils &ctivilics. Chai'ily has an approvcd Fltalth and Safety ptslicy. REI VERENCL AIYD ADMENISTRATIVC DETAILS Re81Stei'ed Cljatrlly nuiiiber 1155897 333 Bisph&ii) Road Bisphani BlaekwDI FY2 OHH Ti'itstte$ M Wslson Ms S Tii¥ner Nqs S Bilsboiyoiv Cliair A l."lelchei' Ms R Easlhain Vi¢e Ch8ii' Ms N Sliori'o¢k Mr G I4oldei) Appoit)ted 09.08.2021 P8ge 3 MPOWEI IIMEN'f CHAIIITY LANCASHIRLI, CIO REPOR'r or'rHE'I'RUST'EE4 S riOlI'fHK YLAR LI NJ)Li D 31s'r MARCH 2022 REFEREI NCEI AND ADfvIINISTRA TEVE DETAILS Au(litoi' Pelei. Bu¢k FCA DChA Cliampioii Accountai)ts l.LP 7-9 Siaiion Ilo&d Heskelli ]3aiik Pirslaji LaiJc8shire PR4 6SN CAF B8nk Limtted 25 Kings Hill Ayenue Kings Hill West Malling Keiil J,'Y2 QH14 IIE4 Y MANAGEMENT PEI RSONNE4 L uring the year Ihe T￿lS1¢t$ d¢legaled responsibility for Ihe day-lo-day maiiagement of Ihe chai'ily lo Ihe folloiving set)ioi' employees: Mike Crowlhei., Loiiise Goldstone, Nicola Pliiiiib, Diana Evans, 8nd Kerri6 Faiycett. Approiie(I by 01￿¢r of th¢ boaixl of iiustees o and signed on Tis beh8lf by: M Wilson- Tj'ustee Page 4 AUDI'I. RFPOII'f i'o'THf i'RUSI'LES or I MPOIVERMENT CHARITY LANCASHIRC CKO Opinlon We haipe audiled Ilie fiiiancial statements of Enipoiyermeiit Cliai'ity Lancashire CIO Itlic cliaili￿) and ils 511bsidiaYies {Ihe 'groiip'l foi. Ihe )'¢ar etx]ed 31%t March 2022 ivliioli coinprise tIiB Statement of financial Aclivitics, Ilie Balaiice Slieei, Ihe C&sh Floiy Statement and tiotes lo Ilie fiii8t)0i81 Slalettjenls, includit)g a sttmniaiy or Si8nifI¢anl acKounling policies. Tlic fiiiaiicial repoiliiig franieivoi'k that has bccn applicd in Ilieii. prepai'alion is applicable law aiid Ujiiled Kiiigdoni Accoiiiiling Standards {Uiiiled Kijigdom Cseneralls, Acc¢pled Ac¢ountiiig Practiccl. Ln Diir opinion the fitMn¢ial st8t¢ineiJÈs'. give a true 8nd fair iiieiv of Ilie siale of Ilie diarity's arrairs as ol 31sl Maicli 2022 and of ils inconiing resources aiid appli¢atioii ofresoui'ces, includiiig ils ijicoJi)e and expeildilLll￿, foi. Ihe year Ilien eiiikd, hav¢ bee11 Pl￿Perly prepaied iti accordaiice witli Uiiiled Kingdoin GeiJer&lly Accqiled Accountiiig Praclice,. &nd hav¢ beeii prepared in a¢¢oixlartcc i¥iil) the reqLiivenieiils of (lie Companics Act 21J)6. Basls foi. oplnloii We coiidiiclcd our a￿di1 iii accoi'daiice ivith Iiileinatioiial Stai)dails oil Aiidiling IUKI IISAS IUKI) aiid applicable laiv. Oui. Yespoiisibililics iitjdei. Iliose slandards are furihei. de5cl.￿bed in ilie Audiloi's, respDnsibilities foi. the audit Df the financial slalemcnls scctioii of oui. repoi'l. We are in(l¢peiidenl of Ilie bryoup in aL¢()i'danLe with thtt elhical requircm¢nt5 that are r¢levanl lo oiir aiidil of the finan¢iAI sl&lemenls in the UK, including tlic I".RC's Liihical Stsndayd, aiid IVE have fvifillcd our othei. eihital I'cspoiisibililits iii accordance iviih Iliese reqlili￿))en{￿. believe Ihat the audit evidence we have obtaijied is ￿Irfielei1t and appi'opj'iale Io Provide a basis for our OPTlllOn. ConcliisioDs i'elAtlng to gtsl￿g tontej. We haipe iiolhiiig lo report in re5PWt of th¢ folloiyiiig matt¢Y5 iii irlatioii to Iiilii¢h th¢ ISAS (UK) requir¢ us lo repoj'l 10 you iirh¢re'. Ilie ti'iislees, use of Ihe going ¢oncern basis of accountin8 in the ]xeparation of the fiiiaiieial siatemeiiES Is noi appropriate. OY the Iriisters l)Rvc not dis¢los¢d ili the fiiiaii¢i81 sl8l¢ineiils any idenlifi¢d m&tei'i81 vn¢ei'lainties tliat iiia)T cast 5ignif&cant doiibt abolit th¢ chai'ity's abilily lo ¢onli1iue lo adopt il)e going concein basi8 af accoiinting for 8 ￿'10d Df at Ica5t li￿*￿1¢ months froiii Ihe dale ivlien the fin911cig1.%l&temeiits are aiithorised foi. issue. Otlier InfDrinAtlon The ti'iistees al'e responsible for the otlici. iLifoi'JnatioJi.'the otliei. infoi'nialioii conipi'i5¢5 Ihe iTifoi'mation included i the Aniiiial Report, 4)ther tlian the fiiiancial stateinEnts aiid oiir Rep(xl of ilie Iii(fepeiideni Aiidilors Ihereon. OIIT upinion on lh¢ fJiiaiiviHI .%latemeiits d￿5 110¢ tover Ilic otliLr ijiforinalioij at)d, excepl lo ihe extent othuii'ise explicitly slaied in our reporl we do iiol expiE8S any forji) ofassurance Collcliisioi) theyeoii. Iii conneclion iyiih our audit of the finanGi81 statcinents. oui. re5POE)sibility is to i¢ad the other infoi'TnJiion aiid, in doing so, consider whcilicr the oiliei. iiifornialion 15 Inaluially in¢on%i5¢¢nt ivitli the finaiicial slHlttnienls or oiir knoii,ledge obtained in th¢ audii or oiliei'ivise appears lo be iTrJale*iall>' Inisstaled. If Ive identify such n)8tei'i81 incoi)%i.%icncies or apparent In&lerial njisstoteineiits, Ive are reqiiii'ed io dctci'fftine ivhctl)cr there 1$ a matci'ial Jiiisslalciiietit in Ilie fjnancial sthlcnienls oi. a rnalerial IKis51aleiiienl of the otli¢v iiiformalion. If, based oil the iyoi'k ve liave peifoi'ined, we concludc tliat there is a iiiatei'ial mi551alEmenl of this other infoiniatioii, WE are ￿qLlITed to report that fact. We have iiothiiig to repoi't iIi this i'egard. OpEiJlous On otljei. niAttei's piysci'ibeil by the CDnipAikie5 Aet 2006 In our opinion, based on the ivoi'k uiideitakcji iii tlie coiirse of the audil.. the infoi'matioji giipen iii the Rcport of the T)Iist¢¢s for the financial year foi. Ivhi¢h Ihe finoncial stalemenls are pi'cpared is coiisislenl witli Ihe financial stateEnents' ￿ld Ilje Reporl of tlit TrLislees h*ts been pi'epared in RccordaiicG Ivitli applicabl# l¢gal IEquir¢inenls. PRge 5 MAtteJ's Dn wlileh w¢ li't J'¢qv5reil til iyport by ¢xcci)tioJ] In th¢ li¥lil of Ilie kiioivledg¢ aiid iii)dci'standiiig of the cl)ai'ily &nd ils etiviyoiinienl obiLlllltd IIJ tlic course of tht aiidit, Ivc h8ipe iiol id¢nlifi¢il niat¢i'ial Inisslai¢f11¢1115 111 the Re￿)1.1 ofihe Ti'iislets. We have noiliing lo repoi'l re5pecl of the folloi¥iJig niattei's ivhere tl)e coinpanj￿ Ael 2006 requires lis lo v¢px)I'l Its you if, in oui. opinioi).. adeqiiate ?C¢Ollnling recDrds have iiot been kepl by Ihe ch8rity. oi. i'ctui'iis adeqiiale for oui. oudil have t)ol been re¢eiiied fivikn bi'an¢11es TIOI I'isiied by iis. or the financial slalemenls al'e not in &greem¢nl ivi111 111¢ accoiiniitsg Tec01￿8 and irlurn5' or cerlaiii di%clo%ui'e% of Iriiqlee%' i'eiiiiineralion sptcified b}, laiv al'e not iiia(k,' oi. lye liave nDI received all t5ie inforniatioii and explaii&lions we vequire for our audit. Respoaisl]Trilltles of ti'ustees As &xpluiJitd moi'¢ fully in tlie Stateinent of TTiisleesl Responsibililies, Ilie ITUStee5 are TCSPOll5iblc for Ihc prcparation of tlie f12]ancial slaleniciits oiid foi. being satisfied Ihftt Ihey giiie a li'iie #Tid fair )'ieiv. aIid for siicli ijitcrllal eoiilrol as tlie Il'u￿t¢S determine is ii¢cesg&ry to enable the PJEparation of fin&ii¢sal statenienls thal are fl'ee from inal￿.)a1 ii)isstat¢n)¢iit, Yheiher du¢ 10 fraud or ￿l.￿r. In PiEparitJg the finan¢iAI slateinenls, Ilie Irusiees ar¢ reSPDnsiblc for asscssing the chBrit} s ability to continue 88 a going eoncei'n, di%closiii8, as applicoble, n)atleJ3 ¥¢Saled lo going wn¢¢m and 115ii)g th¢ going concern ba8is of accoiiiiting unless the trustees eiiher iniejid (o liqiiidate Ilje charity or lo tease operations, oi. ljave i)0 realislt¢ alleroaiive bill Its do so. Oui. respoiislbilltles tlie #udlf tsf tlie finHrteiHI stpltillents Oiir obJ￿IllIeS #ie lo obtaiii ieasoi)abl¢ aS5LTrrai)ce abo￿1 NYhEthei' tlie finaiicial 51gltnienls as a wliole aye free from niatei'i81 Jnisslaleiiieiil, Ivlieihcv du¢ lo fraud tsr eiTOI', Itrtd lu ibsui a Rvpvi'l ofiiie Indrpendent Audilor5 Ilial include5 oiir opiniojj. Reasoiiable assurance is a lii8h level ofas8uran¢e' Ixit is not a guai?Iilee thJl an audit conducted in accoi'dance iviih ISAS (UK} Ivill Aliyays dctccl a mcltcrial miss(olcmcnt ivliei) il exists. Mi%slattJncnl% cali ai'i.%e fi￿1￿ fraud oi. eTror gnd are coi)sideT¢d iMat¢rial if. indiiiidiially or iii Ihc aggirgate, they could reasoiiably be expected to innucnce tlje ecollornic decisiojis of uSLI￿ tuken on the basis of111Es¢ fI￿ll11¢1￿[ St￿tellItT)Is. A further desci'iptioii of our IEsponsibil&lies for Ilit audit of Ilic finsi)cial slalemenls is I[￿ated on the FiJ]ancial Reporting Coiiiicil's ii'ebsile at iviYw.fi'e.org.uklaiidilorsrespotisibililicg.'1liis dcscviptioii forms pait of oui. Repoit of the Indepertdent Avdilors. Use of Diii. repoi* This Yeporl is ii)ade solely lo tlie chai'lly,￿ members, a5 a body, in accord&ii¢e ivilh ChaiAer 3 ofpari 16 of the Col￿panIC3 Act 2006. (hir aiidit iyork has bccn undcilakcii so tl)at WE niiglit state lo the chai'itable meinbers tliose mallers ive ai¢ Irouircd lo state to thern an audiloTS' i'eport and for i?0 nihei. putpose. To Ihe fiillesl eNlClJt pei'inilttd by laii,, ive do nol 8wcpI oi. assLllI)e IrspDn.%ibility ID anyon¢ other Illao Ilie Cliarity aiid Ilie ChaTity'5 nienib¢r5 as a body) for oui. audst iyork, for th￿S repojt, oi. fui. Ilie opijiions sve Iwve fomed. P Biick FCA,DChA (Senior Slatutoi'y Aiiditorl f￿. and oil behaifofciiaiiipion Accoui)iAiiis' LLP Chwlered Accountaiiis & Slaluioiy Aiidiiois 7-9 Statioii Roftd Heskeih B8nk Pirstoji Lancashlre PR4 68N 2t IW- Pag¢ 5 Ilmpoivfi RM£I NT CHAIUTY LANCASHIRE C.10 srATCI MENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITEEI S FOR TIIE YIIAR ENDEI D 31ST MARCH 2022 2022 Total fiinds 2021 Total funds Uiircslricled ruiids Reslricted fund Notcs INCOMC AND 14NDOWMENTS f4ROM Doiialions and legacies 403,812 535,717 939,529 626,453 Chai'ltable RCtivltle5 Dil'￿1 Chai'ilabl¢ A¢livities 4R8,502 10,500 499,002 467,909 Inve51nient inconie 126 126 337 Tot#1 892,440 546,217 1,438,657 1,094,699 XPENDITURC ON Ilaising fiiiids 23J66 25,090 48,456 28,313 CliarRt&ble 4¢tivlties Dilecl Chai'iluble Activities 898,698 452,081 I J50,779 984,853 Total 922,064 477,171 1.399.235 1.013,166 NET INCOMEIIEX'PEI NDITURE) {29,6241 69,046 39,422 81,533 TTausfers between fu]Jds 14 23,192 23.192) Net movenieiit ITI fiLIiIIs (6,432) 45,854 39,422 81,533 RECONCILIA TION OF fiUNDS Tot%LI fiEn(18 bi'ouglit rorwAr(I 308,264 20,761 329,025 247,492 TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 301,832 66,615 368.447 329,025 The iioles fuTEn part Df the5¢ financial 5talement5 P£tgc 6 ]£MpowfiRME*NT CIIARITY LANCASFIIRE eio BALANCE SFIEET 31ST MARCII 2022 2022 Total funds 2021 Uiiresiri¢ied funds Re61ricted riind ruiids Noles rilXCI D ASSETS Tai)gible assets 42.978 42,978 16,666 CURREI NT ASSETS Debtors Cash ai bank aiid in 12 139,225 498,819 139,225 565,434 50,521 477,991 60,615 681,022 66,615 747,637 528,512 CRniDITORS Anioiinls falling due iviihin one y￿r 13 (379,1901 (379,190) 1216,1531 NET CURRENT ASSCITS 301832 66,615 628,447 312,359 TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRFNT LL4BILITIES JOl.832 66,615 368,447 329.025 NET ASSETS 301,832 66,615 368,447 329,025 riUNDS Unrcsliicted fiinds.. General fiifid Desi8nJtLd ￿nd- Fixed Assets 14 258,854 42,978 291,598 16.666 301,832 308,264 Resti'i¢led futids.. Resliicled fund 66,615 20,761 TOI'AL rtUNDS 368,447 329,025 'rhe fIiianci statctnents ivcrc appJxivEd by the Boa¥d of TrLlStees and autlioiised for issue on and li'c￿ siwicd on its behalf b3,: M Wilson Trusiec The i)otes foFllI part of tliese fiJi8ncio18t&lemenls Page 7 I MPOWlli RMEI NT CHARITY LANCASHIRE CIO CASH fiLOW STATE4 MEI NT riOR THE )'EAR C4NDEID 31ST MARCH 2022 2022 2021 Notc5 CAsli llows ft'ojji operA*liig Aolivltles Cash geii¢i'uied fi'om operalioiis 124089 201,142 Ntl ctssli used in operaliiig activities 124,089 201,142 Cx51L fi'oin iiivt5tlllE activities Puirhase of tangibl¢ fixed assets InterE5t I'eceived (36,771) 126 (1,459} 337 Nel ¢&sli Iised in investing a¢tivili¢s 36,6451 11,1221 ChHnge iii CHsh #lid cA$li eqiilvaleitts I 87,444 200.020 CAsli ajiil tRslk equivxlents at tlie bcESJiiJlllg of the J'epoi'lijig pei'io(I 477,991 277.972 CAslI Rii(l eAsh equivAlents fit tlie eMIl of tlje i'ciiortltag ijeviod 565,435 477,991 'rhe iioles forni pari ofihe8e fjiiancial statejneijts Page 8 IMPOWE4RI¥IEINT CHARITY LANCASIIIRE CIO NOTES TO THE CASH ri.ow STATEMEI NT riOR THE YEAR ENDf4 D 31ST ￿gARcH 2022 REI CONCILIA'fioN ofi Nfl T EXPENDITURE TO NET CASH FLOW YROM OPCI RATING ACTIVITICI S 2022 2021 Net inconieleYpendltii)'e foi. tlje iepDI'llng Ijerlod lft$ per the SttsteiN¢nt of riiiiaiici￿] AetiYitie5) 39.422 81,533 Dcpirciation chaYge5 ljilerest ieceived Ilii¢i'¢ase)Idecregse in (febto Increasd(decirase) in ci'editors 10,461 11261 {88,7051 163 037 4,818 (337) ,255 113 873 Net eisli useil iii opei'&tions 124,089 201.142 ANALYSIS OFCHANGEIS IN NCIT fiUNDS At 1.4.21 Cash Moiv Al 31.3.22 Net cit511 Casli at bank and in liand 477,991 87,444 565.435 477,991 87,444 565,435 'rotAI 477,991 87,444 565,435 The nol6s forni part of tli¢se fJnanci81 statenients Page 9 I MPOWBRMENT CHARITY LANCASHIRC CIO NOTES TO THE f4INANCIAL STATEI NTS riOR THEI Y[IAR ENDEID 31ST MARCH 20ZZ ACCOUNTINC POLlCIts BASIS of iTrrepMI'iiig tlie fiiiAiiciAI stR*einents The fiiiancial siaiemeiils of tlie cliayity, Ivhich is A public betiefit tiilily iitidei. riis 102, have beeii pi'epayed in oc¢oi'dai)ce iirith the Clia¥ities SORP (fRS 1021 'Aecoiinting and Repoilijjg by Chaiitics.. SialeiiTreiil of Recon)iiiended Pi?clice applicable to charities prepaiiiig Ilieir accoiTriils in accordancc ii'itli Ili¢ finai)oial Reporting StaiidRI'd applÉcable in the (JK and Republic af Ti'eland IFRS 1021 (effectiv¢ l Jaiiiiui'y 2019),. Financial Repoi'ling Slandard 102 'The FinaiJ¢ial R¢portirt8 Stsndard applieable in the UK ond Ilepiiblic of li'¢land' and the C.h#i'ities Aol 2011. The fiiian¢ig1 slalenients h&iie be¢n pJEpared linder tlie histoi'ical cost cotivention. AII siicornc 15 recognised 12] Ili£ Staltmcnl of Financial Aotiviiics onc¢ the cliarity has cniillcnienl lo Ihe fuiids, it 15 pIDb3bl¢ that th¢ in¢oii)¢ ivill be I'e¢¢ived and Ili¢ &iiiount cali be mvdsuird reliably. Exiienilitiii'c Liabilitt¢s are Ircognised expenditi￿e as soot) as ihere is a legal or coJistllJGtive obligatioii cojiiinitting thr charil), lo Ihal exptndilui'e il 15 piobablE that a Iransfer of econoiiiic bei)efits ivill bE reqiiij'ed iii 5Ctllement ajid the amouni ofiiie obligation ean b¢ measuied Irliably. Expendiliire is aecoiinled for on on accruals basis and hgs be¢n ¢lassifi¢d uiidei. Iieadings Ihal ag8regate 011 ¢ost related lo the ￿te801'y. Whei'e cos18 ¢annot be diiECtIy alti'ibiiled to pa¥licular headings Iliey have been allocaled io activilies on a basis coiisi%tent ivith the use of esoui'ces. Alloellt5oti Aiid Rpportioijiiient of eosts Supporl eosts Tliei'e is only one ch41'itable activity headink, And a very Btnall proportioii of ch8rilable &clivilies alli.1￿ted lo fund raising, thcrcfoi'c to rcallocatc 5UPPOIt costs to iknis licadiIig ivould be Jiieaningless ai)d ihe figures involved Only cosls fonnerly included in govern&ii¢e 81'e slioivn 8S.$llPPOIt ¢osts and alloc8ted lo ¢haritable 8Ctivilies. Since there is only gile charitable activity headiiig, all cost8 arc incl&ided thci'c. Taiigible fix¢il as$tt$ Dcpr¢cialiOli is provided al Ihe folloiving aiii)u*l l'ates in oi'dei. to iyrite off ea¢h asset ov¢r its estimated us¢ful Inlpi'ovenients to propcrly Fixtures and fittings slixighi line over period of lease 25Vo on cost TaxAtlon T]1¢ Qliai'ily is exeinpl fi'ojn t8x on its clTrai'itable activities. Uiiresii'i¢ie 5,666 4,000 58,000 57,832 5,667 499,002 467 909 RAISING fiUNDS Rai$ing doiiRtioiis #iiil l¢gacitS 2022 2021 Dire¢t project costs Fiindr&isin8 ¢OSts 30.705 17,751 18,999 9,314 48,456 28,313 CHARITABLL ACTKVITILI S COSI3 Siippnrt cos15 (see iiote 7) Direct C'osts Totsls Dii'ed Cliaritable Aettvittcs 1,330,563 20,216 1,350,779 SUPPORT COSTS Goveinuiic¢ costs Direct Choritable A¢ttvities 20.216 TRUSTCI S, REMUNERA TION AIYD BEIYEftlTS 'rh¢re ivetc Jio trii5tec5' reiniifftration oi. oilier b¢ii6fit5 for the year ended 3151 March 2022 1101. for Ilie year endcd 3 1st March 2021. 'rJ'ustees' txpt115CS Tliere i¥eie no IrLJStees' eN]￿liSt5 paid for Ilie yellr ended 31slMRrch2022 DOT for the yea¥ endcd 3181 Mw'cli 2021. PaEe 13 ¢onliiiu¢d... EMPOWEtRMENT CHARII'Y LANCASHIRE CIO NOTfiS TO THE fINANCIAL S'I'A'I'LI M£1 NTS- coiititjlltd tOR THE YEIAR I4NDL4D 31ST MARCII 2022 STAfifi COSTS 'rhe airera8¢ iiuinber of 51&ff, incliidillg part tinie staff, employed by tl)e charity duJ'ii)g th¢ year was 52 (2021.. 391. Tlie key niatiaBeiiieiit persontiel of the Charily duriiig ijie yeai. are as iioled in thc Trustecs Report. 'llie total ei)Iployee bciiefils of the k¢y n)aiiagemenl p¢i'soiiiiel of Ili¢ Charity ilpere £194,82212021.' £176,017). Io. COMPARATIVEI s fioR THE STA TEMEI Nl. ofi fiNANCIAL ACTIVITIEIS Uiireslrictcd funds Resti'icted fitnd Tota funds INCOMCAND lliNDOWMENTS FROM Doiiotions and legacles 76,646 549,807 626.453 Cliai'itable ac.tivities Dii'ecl Cliarilable A¢tivilie8 461,909 6.000 467.909 Ittv¢511neiit incotne 337 337 TotAI 538,892 555,807 1,094,699 EXPENDITURI ON IlaisTli8 funds 17,3 19 10,994 28,313 CILai'itftble lletivttles Dii'ecl Chai'itable Acliviliey 567,294 417,559 984,853 Totgl 584,613 428,553 1,013,166 NET INCOMEI(EXPENDITURE} (45.7211 127,254 81,533 TrR115f¢i's belwecii fiiEiIIs 110,459 110,459) Net niovÈnJent Ill fuuils 64,738 16,795 81,533 RECONCILIATION or 17UNDS TotRI fuiids brought foiiyai'd 243,526 3.966 247,492 TOTAL fiUNDS CARRICID fiORWARD 308,264 20,761 329,025 Page 14 ¢onlii)UEd... EMPOWLIRMENT CHARITY LANCASHIREI CIO NO'fEt S I'O THI:, filNANCIAL STATEMEI NTS- coiiliEJue r4OR THr vr4AR ENDED 31ST MARCFI 2022 TANCIHLE fil.XLI D ASSETS InipiDirem¢t>ts lo properly FiKliircs riltings Totals COST At 1st April 2021 Addition5 25,773 33,354 36,744 3,418 62,517 36,772 At 3 Isl March 2022 40,162 99,289 DEPRECIATION At Isl Apiil 2021 Ch8rge for year 2Q,793 6,958 25,057 3,503 45,850 10.461 At 315t Maith 2022 27,751 28,560 NET BOOI