ReportandFinancial Statements forSixty-One Year ended 31[st] December 2024
SIXTY-ONE TRUSTEES REPORT YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
Charity No. 1159302
Structure, Governance and Management
Charitable Status
Sixty-One is a CIO (number 1159302) registered in November 2014.
The Charitable Objects
The objects for which the Charity is established are as follows:
The objects of the CIO are the relief of those in need or hardship in Bristol and the surrounding region and in particular prisoners, ex-prisoners and those who are at risk of entering the prison system by (in each case in ways which are consistent with principles of the Christian faith); providing and financing a mentoring service to assist such persons in developing skills to improve their conditions of life and to advance their education; and promoting and financing such other charitable activities as the charity trustees see fit in order to relieve such persons from hardship and to improve their conditions oflife.
Trustees
The charity trustees meet at least four times a year to discuss and review the work of the charity. Any new trustees are identified by the remaining trustees. The Chairman of Trustees is responsible for the induction of any new trustee. New trustees are required to gain an awareness of trustees’ responsibilities, the governing document, administrative procedures, and the history and ethos of the charity.
Risk Management
The trustees have reviewed the major risks and there are systems in place to manage those risks.
Reserves Policy
The Trustees aim to keep a minimum of 3 months' forecast expenditure in reserves at all times, with an aspiration to achieve 6 months' forecast. Reserves at the end of the year were £139,930 (2023: £111,298), which is slightly less than the anticipated expenditure for the first 6 months of 2025.Overall, this is healthy financial end to 2024, with a modest building in reserves.
Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the reporting period
Sixty-One, like most charities working in the criminal justice sector, is dependent on voluntary funds. To this end we have a comprehensive and well established trust and foundation fundraising programme that accounts for most of our income. In addition we are well connected with the local community and raise significant funds from local groups and individuals - we have a long-term strategy of increasing this income over the next five years. These income sources have enabled us to operate with financial stability for the last decade.
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With Thanks
Sixty-One Partnership Charities
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Bristol Together
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Changing Tunes
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inHope (formerly Crisis Centre Ministries)
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DHI (Developing Health and Independence)
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Emmaus Bristol
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Logos House
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Nilaari
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Prodigal Arts
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See Change (new name for Julian House in Bristol)
Sixty-One is particularly grateful for the financial support provided by the following people and Trusts:
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Archer Trust
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Basil Brown Trust
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Benefact Trust
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Bergman Lehane Trust
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Beyond Finance (County Financial) Trust
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Bishop Radford Trust
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Bonhomie Society
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Britland Charitable Trust
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Broughton Family Charitable Trust
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Burden Trust
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Carr-Gregory Trust
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Charis Trust
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Charles Plater Trust
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Fairfield Charitable Trust
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Four Winds Trust
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Gibbs Charitable Trusts
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Grace Trust
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Guttridge Family Foundation
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Hilden Fund
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J & M Britton
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John and Susan Bowers Fund
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Lauderdale Trust
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Lalonde Trust
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Magnify Foundation
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Marsh Christian Trust
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Maurice and Hilda Laing Trust
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Medlock Charitable Trust
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Michael & Shirley Hunt Trust
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National Lottery – Reaching Communities
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Pettit Charitable Trust
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Q Charitable Trust
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Quartet – Sir Jay Tidmarsh Fund
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Quartet – Community Foundation
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Singer Foundation
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Sir John & Lady Heathcoat Amory’s Charitable Trust
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Society of the Holy Child Jesus
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Souter Charitable Trust
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St Paul's Mission House Trust
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Steyn Charitable Trust
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Trusted Executive Charitable Foundation
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Vera Outhwaite Trust
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Walter Guinness Charitable Trust
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John James Bristol Foundation W F Southall Trust
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Charity Information
Patron
Marvin Rees
Trustees
Andrew Street (Chair) Paul Tipler Sandra Sykes John Barnett Andrew Wood Luke Hunka Folake Adekola Kendia Christodoulou
Staff
Elizabeth Preece Chief Executive Officer Lindsay Jarman MentorMe Manager (Maternity leave January – December 2024 ) Eleanor Watters (Beth) MentorMe Project Manager (Maternity cover January – December 2024) Esther Champion Hubs Lead & External Training Co-Ordinator Matthew Champion Project Liaison Officer Deborah Whitcliffe Project Liaison Officer (Left September 2024) Elliot Mocharrafie Project Liaison Officer Alison Paginton Office Manager
Accountants
Burton Sweet Limited, The Clock Tower, 5 Farleigh Court, Old Weston Road, Flax Bourton, Bristol, BS48 1UR
Independent Examiner
Joshua Kingston ACA, Burton Sweet Limited, The Clock Tower, 5 Farleigh Court, Old Weston Road, Flax Bourton, Bristol, BS48 1UR
Bankers
Triodos Bank, Deanery Road, Bristol, BS1 5AS
Registered Office
Sixty-One c/o St Agnes Church Thomas Street St Paul’s Bristol BS2 9LL
Telephone: 0117 403 7905 Email: alisonp@sixty-one.org Website: www.sixty-one.org
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Trustees Annual Report
Our Work:
Sixty-One supports people with a criminal conviction to lead meaningful crime-free lives. We do this by inspiring, enabling and supporting the local community to provide the relational and practical support people need in and on leaving prison.
We run two of our own projects, MentorMe and the Gift Projects. We also work in partnership with local groups, charities, organisations and businesses. Working in this way expands the reach of our support and creates a bridge between the prison gate and the community in which people leaving prison are expected to operate.
The majority of our work is carried out in the Greater Bristol area; however, some of our partnership activity has developed beyond Bristol to prisons nationwide.
Our Projects:
- MentorMe – Enables volunteer mentors to support people with a criminal conviction. Our team of four core staff recruit, train and support mentors, as well as identifying suitable mentees. The team work closely with prisons, probation, hostels, charities, churches and the wider community. This is our largest project, supporting 80 prison-leavers over the last year.
MentorMe also organises celebration events four times a year for our mentors, mentees, and staff and local groups. These events help to build a sense of relationship, community and connection and are key for people leaving prison in overcoming social anxiety, building confidence and finding acceptance and belonging.
- The Christmas and Easter Gift Projects - With the support of 12 local church groups, mentors, volunteers and the wider community, we enable over 1,800 people in our four local prisons to receive a bag of thoughtful gifts (one for every single prisoner). Through these projects we are also able to promote our other support services available to people in, and on leaving prison.
Our Partnerships:
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We partner with five local churches that run mid-week Hubs, providing a welcoming space for people who have left prison to meet together, share food, learn and volunteer.
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We continue to work with Rupert Vernalls, founder of the highly acclaimed MBA Academy. Having made his MBA Empowerment Course available to people in, and also those who have left prison, we continue to work with Rupert to greatly expand his Goal-Setting Workbook within UK prisons and to our mentors and mentees.
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We enable and support a local pastor and leader from the black community to run a Constructive Masculinity and Bee Keeping Course in HMP Bristol and in the community.
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We develop partnerships with local organisations, charities, churches and individuals. In this way, we can connect, refer and advise people across a range of interventions such as housing, employment, education, arts, music, volunteering, mental health and addiction.
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10 Years of Impact
This year, we celebrated 10 years in operation as a charity. Consistency has a profound effect in an ever-changing world, especially for people who are re-settling in community following time in prison. With a sustained re-offending rate of under 2.6%, our years of experience, comprehensive training programmes and extensive community support mean that we achieve high levels of engagement from people in and outside of prison. More importantly, we see many lives changed in the process.
Our MentorMe mentoring programme, weekly community hubs and partnership projects all demonstrate that consistent behaviour over time helps foster reliability, sincerity, and accountability. Whether it’s fulfilling obligations, showing up on time for appointments, or maintaining relationships, these things demonstrate a lasting commitment to positive change on release.
To consistency, we have also added innovation, this year chairing city-wide strategic partnership meetings to develop closer and more joined-up ways of working between prison staff, business leaders, charities, rehabilitative projects, and people with lived experience. We have added a Goal-Setting Workbook to our offer, used by both mentors and mentees and made available in over 70 prisons nationwide through prison TV. We have provided bespoke training to organisations working with people with a criminal conviction and we have recruited 11 new Sixty-One volunteer Champions from our community who help to promote our support and expand community fundraising opportunities, further embedding our work within the Bristol community.
We’re excited as we head into our next decade as a charity, continuing to develop and expand our support for people with a criminal conviction. We, the trustees and team, wish to thank and recognise all of our supporters, partners, and volunteers, for making this work possible. Our final thanks go to the people who we mentor and support. They are the reason that we do what we do, and they continue to show incredible commitment and tenacity in living out a future that looks different from their past, demonstrating that change is possible and that their future is full of hope.
During the course of 2024, we achieved the following:
In prison
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We had referrals from 8 prisons: HMPs Bristol, Eastwood Park (women), Portland, Leyhill, Channings Wood, Guys Marsh, The Mount, and Downview.
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We engaged with over 50 agencies and charities to build referral streams.
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Our MentorMe team held 171 face-to-face meetings with 70 serving prisoners to identify suitable mentees to prepare them for their release and appraise them of the support.
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We connected with 2090 serving prisoners over the year.
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The Goal-Setting Workbook was made available in over 70 prisons through Prison TV.
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45 sessions on constructive masculinity were delivered in HMP Bristol. 70 serving prisoners attended sessions of the course.
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- 94 Beekeeping sessions were carried out at the prison (including constructive masculinity practical sessions, hive maintenance, harvesting honey and beekeeping training for prisoners). 90 men have attended the beekeeping course.
In the community
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Our volunteer mentors supported 80 different mentees across the year.
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Only two (2.5%) of the 80 mentees we worked with last year were recalled to prison for re-offending whilst meaningfully engaging with us; This is a 95.4% reduction compared to the national reoffending rate.[1] A further 3 mentees (3.7%) were recalled for breaching their licence conditions.
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Of mentoring relationships active at the end of the year, 64% have been meeting for more than a year, 16% between 3 and 12 months and 19% for less than three months. This is a very high engagement level for ex-prisoners.[2]
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Of the 12 mentoring relationships that ended across the year, 63% had been meeting for more than a year, 36% met for between 3 and 12 months and 0% met for less than 3 months.
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Our volunteer mentors met with their mentees a combined total of 581 times.
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11 long-term mentoring relationships transitioned to become befriending relationships across the year. 34 mentees are supported through long-term befriending by their exmentor.
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We ran 3 four-part mentor training courses that were attended by 32 people.
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We also ran 2 taster mentoring sessions along with 2 skills refresher training sessions and 2 group supervision sessions for existing mentors.
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Over the course of 2024, we worked with 83 mentors.
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At the end of 2024, we had 68 trained volunteer mentors available to mentor, having fully processed 17 new mentors.
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Just 15 mentors stopped mentoring in 2024 (primarily because they moved out of the area or experienced a change in their circumstances meant they no longer had capacity).
Partnership
- Hubs were run by 5 partner local churches: Hope Community Church, God’s House International Centre, Fishponds Baptist Church, B&A Church & St Nicholas Church.
1This is based on a national first-year reoffending rate of 55%, which reflects the cross-section of mentees we work with; this includes repeat offenders, offenders on short sentences and offenders with addiction issues. 2 These figures relate to all of our mentoring relationships active at the end of 2024.
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Together, hubs provided over 174 mid-week contacts for 86 people with lived experience of the CJS.
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1 ex-prisoner is involved with running a Hub.
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We supported the training of a 6[th] Hub ready to launch in 2025 by partnering with Nilaari, a black-led charity providing dedicated mental health assistance to adults from Black, Asian and minorities communities.
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1,860 prisoners received a gift bag of presents through our Christmas and Easter gift projects. The project was community funded including 10 churches plus a diocesan team.
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242 people volunteered for Sixty-One.
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18 church organisations supported our work practically and 21 with funding.
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Our mentors represent 40 different churches.
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We held speaking engagements at 14 churches and were represented by our Champions at a further 6 churches.
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We provided bespoke training courses to Prodigal Arts, Soul Food and Bristol Winter Night Shelter and regarding working with people with a conviction or who are vulnerable.
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We hosted a specialist training course for mentors and partners on trauma and labelling language.
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We established the Bristol Strategic Partnership Group (bringing together key stakeholders working with people in prison, rehabilitative projects, business leaders, charities, prison representative and people with lived experience of the CJS) to provide better and more effectively joined-up, personalised support to prison-leavers. The result has been the design of a new integrated support model for prison leavers focussed on accommodation, employment and mentoring and a proposed pilot.
Wellbeing
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Of mentees completing their first 'Spider'[3] assessments in 2024, 100% demonstrate increased scores overall.
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80% report an improvement in education, training, employment and meaningful activity.
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100% report improvements in housing, and 80% report improvements in physical/mental health (a further 20% maintaining a steady high score for this).
3 The Spider assessment is an outcomes tool providing a score for each of 8 distinct areas significant to an individual's resettlement; therefore, enabling us to measure change in circumstances over the period between reviews. MentorMe uses it to measure change relating to: Accommodation, Education, Training and Employment (ETE), which we extend to include meaningful activity where this is more appropriate, especially in light of our older demographic, Physical/Mental Health, Substance Misuse, Debt and Finance, Significant Relationships, Attitude, Thinking and Behaviour, Engagement with MentorMe.
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In 2025 we plan to:
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Provide mentoring sessions to 90 ex-prisoners and befriendees.
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Regularly visit three local prisons seeking mentees and maintaining close partnership with a further two prisons.
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See fewer than 10% of mentees recalled in the first year of release.
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Run three five-part mentor training courses attended by 30+ new volunteers.
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Start 30+ new mentoring relationships.
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Increase the diversity of mentors through further engagement with the BAME community.
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Provide 1,400+ male prisoners with a Christmas gift bag, and 400+ female prisoners with an Easter gift bag.
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Establish our 6th Hub and work towards opening the 7th in 2026.
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Support two Hubs in reviewing and developing their activity.
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Support our partner Hubs as they meet 150+ times and support 60+ ex-prisoners.
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Collaborate with new organisations to identify the needs in their area and focus for new Hubs.
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Enable a church leader from the local black community to run a constructive masculinity course in HMP Bristol and the community.
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Develop the bee-keeping model, providing potential apprenticeship and community engagement opportunities.
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Partner closely with other projects to ensure comprehensive support across the city.
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Hold three celebration evenings for mentors and mentees.
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Partner with Rupert Vernalls to further develop the MBA programme and Goal
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Setting Workbook (workbook now available in over 70 prisons).
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Deliver ‘in-person’ goal-setting workshops to prisoners at HMP Bristol.
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Build on our city-wide partnership work and pilot study concerning a person-centred brokerage support model for people on leaving prison.
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Increase awareness of ADHD and neurodiversity.
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Increase our income from community fundraising.
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Roll-out a lived-experience council.
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Statement of Public Benefit
The trustees have complied with their legal duty under the Charities Act to have regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission. High reoffending rates of prisoners in the UK remain one of society’s most intractable problems (over 60% reoffend within two years), and this is continuing to have considerable negative impact, both social and financial, within families and communities.
Long-term mentoring of individuals as provided by the MentorMe programme, which starts from within the prison walls and continues through to successful reintegration into the community, is a highly effective model that can finally break this cycle (see outcomes above).
In addition, our wide-ranging contacts with the church network across the greater Bristol area allows us to be able to connect ex-prisoners with supportive communities that have been trained in how to work safely with them.
The independent National Audit Office estimates that reoffending costs the tax-payer £13 billion per year. Each prisoner who is sent back to prison costs the taxpayer around £65,000 in their first year if police, court, benefit and prison costs are taken into account, and £35,000 in subsequent years.[4] The work of Sixty-One therefore makes a tangible and significant contribution towards reducing cost to the public purse by reducing reoffending rates considerably.
4 This is based on a national first-year reoffending rate of 55%, which reflects the cross-section of mentees we work with; this includes repeat offenders, offenders on short sentences and offenders with addiction issues. It is based on a first-year reconviction cost of £65,000, which includes prison, police, probation, court and benefit costs. The commonly-quoted £35,000 cost of imprisoning a person just covers the direct prison costs.
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Statement of trustees’ responsibilities
The trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards including Financial Reporting Standard 102: The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
The law applicable to charities in England & Wales requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the income and expenditure of the charity for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:
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select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
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observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
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make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
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state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
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prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business.
The trustees are responsible for keeping sufficient accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the trust constitution. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Signed by order of the Trustees
Andrew Street, Chairman
Date: Jun 23 2025
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SIXTY-ONE INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Sixty-One
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Sixty-One (the Charity) for the year ended 31st December 2024.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity trustees of the Charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).
I report in respect of my examination of the Charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examiner’s statement
Since the Charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, which is one of the listed bodies.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in respect of the Charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
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the accounts do not accord with those records; or
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the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Joshua Kingston BSc ACA Burton Sweet Limited The Clock Tower 5 Farleigh Court Old Weston Road Flax Bourton Bristol BS48 1UR
Date: …………………………
Jun 23 2025
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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
| Note Income from: Donations and legacies 2 Charitable activities 3 Investments 4 Total income Expenditure on: Raising funds 5 Charitable activities 6 Other Total expenditure 8 13 Total funds at start of year 13 Total funds at end of year 13 Net income/(expenditure) Transfers between funds Net movements in funds |
Unrestricted Funds £ 198,822 - 810 199,632 4,439 39,661 - 44,100 155,532 (126,900) 28,632 111,298 139,930 |
Restricted Funds £ 98,664 15,415 - 114,079 29,157 200,910 - 230,067 (115,988) 126,900 10,912 - 10,912 |
Total Funds 2024 £ 297,486 15,415 810 313,711 33,596 240,571 - 274,167 39,544 - 39,544 111,298 150,842 |
Total Funds 2023 £ 241,007 13,969 560 255,536 20,381 226,585 - 246,966 8,570 - 8,570 102,728 111,298 |
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The Charity has no recognised gains or losses other than the results for the year as set out above.
All of the activities of the charity are classed as continuing.
The notes on pages 14 to 21 form part of these financial statements See note 10 for fund-accounting comparative figures
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BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2024
| Note Current assets Debtors 11 Cash at bank and in hand |
2024 2023 £ £ 1,857 - 150,913 116,792 |
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| Liabilities Creditors : amounts falling due within one year 12 |
152,770 116,792 (1,928) (5,494) |
| Net current assets | 150,842 111,298 |
| Total assets less current liabilities | 150,842 111,298 |
| Net assets | 150,842 111,298 |
| FUNDS Unrestricted funds General funds 14 Restricted funds 14 |
139,930 111,298 10,912 - |
| Total funds | 150,842 111,298 |
Jun 23 2025 These financial statements were approved by the Trustees on behalf by:
2025 and are signed on their
Andrew Street Chair of Trustees
The notes on pages 14 to 21 form part of these financial statements
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SIXTY-ONE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1 Accounting policies
Accounting convention
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the historical cost convention (except where otherwise stated in the accounting policy note) and in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued in October 2019, and the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), and the Charities Act 2011.
The accounts (financial statements) have been prepared to give a ‘true and fair’ view and have departed from the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 only to the extent required to provide a ‘true and fair view’. This departure has involved following Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued in October 2019 rather than the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice effective from 1 April 2005 which has since been withdrawn.
The charity is a public benefit entity as defined under FRS102. The Trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties affecting the ability of the charity to continue as a going concern.
Income
Income from donations is included in income when these are receivable, except as follows:
I. When donors specify that donations given to the charity must be used in future accounting periods, the income is deferred until those periods; II. When donors impose conditions which have to be fulfilled before the charity becomes entitled to use such income, the income is deferred until the pre-conditions have been met.
Legacies are included on a receivable basis where charity is entitled to the income, it can be measured reliably and receipt is probable. Where legacies have been notified to the charity, or the charity is aware of the granting of probate, and the criteria for income recognition have not been met, then the legacy is not included in income but is treated as a contingent asset and disclosed if material.
Investment income is included on a receivable basis.
Donations in kind comprise donated services where the costs are measurable and the services would otherwise have to be paid for to maintain operational effectiveness.
Expenditure
Expenditure is recognised in the period in which it is incurred. Expenditure includes attributable VAT which cannot be recovered.
Raising funds
Raising funds expenditure include those costs incurred in seeking voluntary contributions, costs of goods sold and other costs which include the costs of running and participating in fundraising events and collections and cost of goods purchased for resale.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1 Accounting policies (continued)
Charitable Activities
Grants awarded are allocated to charitable activities.
Grants awarded are treated as expenditure and a liability in the accounts as soon as they become legal or constructive obligations. In the case of multi-year grant awards, the funding for all years is immediately recognised unless there are conditions which need to be met by the recipient to enable the release of subsequent years’ funding.
Governance costs
Governance costs include those costs associated with meeting the constitutional and statutory requirements of the charity and include the audit fees and costs linked to the strategic management of the charity. Governance costs are included within support costs.
Allocation and apportionment costs
Certain expenditure is directly attributable to specific activities and this has been included in those cost categories. Other costs, which are attributable to more than one category, are apportioned across cost categories on the basis of an assessment of workload carried out from time to time.
Overhead support costs have been allocated between fundraising and publicity costs and charitable activities. The apportionment has been allocated on the basis of staff time and is analysed in note 7.
Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits
The charity contributes to defined contribution pension schemes. Contributions payable to the charity's pension schemes are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate.
Tangible fixed assets
Fixed assets are held at cost less accumulated depreciation. Assets costing less than £1,000 are not capitali
Fund accounting
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objects at the discretion of the trustees.
Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
Designated funds form part of unrestricted funds and have been identified as being for particular purposes by the Trustees. They are not restricted and can be transferred to general funds at any time at the discretion of the Trustees.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in note of the financial statements.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
2 Income from: Donations and legacies
| Donations Gift Aid Grants received |
Unrestricted Funds £ 26,967 1,705 170,150 198,822 |
Restricted Funds £ 2,191 266 96,207 98,664 |
Total Funds 2024 £ 29,158 1,971 266,357 297,486 |
Total Funds 2023 £ 19,818 2,239 218,950 241,007 |
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All income in the prior year was unrestricted, except for £7,060 in donations, £1,640 in Gift Aid, and grants valued at £83,800, which were included as restricted funds.
3 Income from: Charitable activities
| Christmas & Easter gift projects | Unrestricted Funds £ - - |
Restricted Funds £ 15,415 15,415 |
Total Funds 2024 £ 15,415 15,415 |
Total Funds 2023 £ 13,969 13,969 |
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All income from charitable activities in the prior year was restricted.
4 Income from: Investments
| Interest received | Unrestricted Funds £ 810 810 |
Restricted Funds £ - - |
Total Funds 2024 £ 810 810 |
Total Funds 2023 £ 560 560 |
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All investment income in the prior year was unrestricted.
5 Expenditure on: Raising funds
| Fundraising staff Support costs (Note 7) |
Unrestricted Funds £ 3,345 1,094 4,439 |
Restricted Funds £ 29,157 - 29,157 |
Total Funds 2024 £ 32,502 1,094 33,596 |
Total Funds 2023 £ 19,319 1,062 20,381 |
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Expenditure on raising funds in the prior year was unrestricted except for £14,843 incurred seeking funds.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
6 Expenditure on: Charitable activities
| General operating expenses Christmas & Easter gift Feasibility Study Salaries and other staff costs Rent & property costs General operating expenses Christmas & Easter gift Feasibility Study Salaries and other staff costs Rent & property costs |
Direct Costs £ 14,782 14,161 - 196,057 11,197 236,197 Direct Costs £ 17,373 13,552 12,000 169,206 10,205 222,336 |
Support Costs (Note 7) £ 4,374 - - - - 4,374 Support Costs (Note 7) £ 4,249 - - - - 4,249 |
Total Funds 2024 £ 19,156 14,161 - 196,057 11,197 240,571 Total Funds 2023 £ 21,622 13,552 12,000 169,206 10,205 226,585 |
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7 Support costs
Support costs are allocated between raising funds and charitable activities on the basis of staff time.
Support costs, included in notes 5 & 6, are as follows:
| Memberships and subscriptions Insurance Office costs Governance costs Other expenses |
Raising Funds £ 211 311 208 257 107 1,094 |
Charitable Activities £ 844 1,245 830 1,027 428 4,374 |
Total 2024 £ 1,055 1,556 1,038 1,284 535 5,468 |
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7 Support costs (continued)
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|Raising|Charitable|Total|
|Funds|Activities|2023|
|£|£|£|
|Memberships and subscriptions|112|446|558|
|Insurance|296|1,186|1,482|
|Office costs|174|695|869|
|Governance costs|240|960|1,200|
|Other expenses|240|962|1,202|
|1,062|4,249|5,311|
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8 Net income/(expenditure) for the year
This is stated after charging:
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|2024|2023|
|£|£|
|Independent Examiner|- for IE services|1,284|1,200|
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No Trustees have been reimbursed for their out of pocket travel expenses (2023: 0). No Trustee received any remuneration during the year (2023: £12,000).
Aggregate donations from Trustees, key management personnel, and other related parties was £2,064 (2023: £13,664).
9 Staff costs and numbers
The aggregate payroll costs were:
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|2024|2023|
|£|£|
|Wages & salaries|170,694|152,968|
|Social security costs|10,278|8,459|
|Pension contributions|5,835|4,594|
|186,807|166,021|
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No employee received emoluments of more than £60,000.
The average weekly number of employees during the year was 7 (2023: 6), calculated on the basis of average headcount. The total employment benefits received by key management personnel including employer national insurance and employer pension were £60,970 (2023: £71,164).
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YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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10 Statement of Financial Activities comparative figures
Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
For the year ended 31 December 2023 Funds Funds 2023
£ £ £
Income from:
Donations and legacies 148,507 92,500 241,007
Charitable activities - 13,969 13,969
Investments 560 - 560
Total income 149,067 106,469 255,536
Expenditure on:
Raising funds 5,898 14,483 20,381
Charitable activities 33,350 193,235 226,585
Total expenditure 39,248 207,718 246,966
Net income/(expenditure) 109,819 (101,249) 8,570
Transfers between funds (101,249) 101,249 -
Net movements in funds 8,570 - 8,570
-
Total funds at start of year 102,728 102,728
-
Total funds at end of year 111,298 111,298
11 Debtors
2024 2023
£ £
Due in less than one year:
-
Prepayments and accrued income 1,857
Other debtors - -
-
1,857
12 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2024 2023
£ £
Trade creditors 631 4,294
Accruals and deferred income 1,297 1,200
1,928 5,494
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YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
13 Movement in funds
For the year ended 31 December 2024
| At 1 Jan 2024 £ Restricted funds Mentor Me - Christmas Gift Bags - Easter Gift Bags - Hubs Activities - Christmas Gift Bags - Staff cost - - Unrestricted funds Tangible fixed assets - General funds 111,298 111,298 Total funds 111,298 |
Income £ 86,422 11,935 3,722 3,000 9,000 114,079 - 199,632 199,632 313,711 |
Expenditure £ (144,994) (26,365) (1,810) (56,898) - (230,067) - (44,100) (44,100) (274,167) |
Transfers £ 58,572 14,430 - 53,898 - 126,900 - (126,900) (126,900) - |
At 31 Dec 2024 £ - - 1,912 - 9,000 10,912 - 139,930 139,930 150,842 |
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For the year ended 31 December 2023
| Restricted funds Mentor Me Christmas Gift Bags Easter Gift Bags Hubs Activities Feasibility Study Unrestricted funds General funds Total funds |
At 1 Jan 2023 £ - - - - - - 102,728 102,728 102,728 |
Income £ 66,299 13,856 1,314 13,000 12,000 106,469 149,067 149,067 255,536 |
Expenditure £ (128,764) (23,320) (1,707) (41,927) (12,000) (207,718) (39,248) (39,248) (246,966) |
Transfers £ 62,465 9,464 393 28,927 - 101,249 (101,249) (101,249) - |
At 31 Dec 2023 £ - - - - - - 111,298 111,298 111,298 |
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13 Movement in funds ( continued )
Restricted funds
Mentor Me - Support of Mentees by Mentors.
Christmas Gift Bags - Preparation and distribution of gifts to prisoners in Bristol prisons.
Hubs Activities - Support of ex-prisoners in community hubs.
Easter Gift Bags - Preparation and distribution of gifts to prisoners in Bristol prisons.
Feasibility Study - Study to research co-ordinated support for ex-prisoners and their return to work.
Christmas Gift Bags - Staff cost. Grant provided to support the staff cost of the Christmas Gift Bags Project.
14 Analysis of net assets between funds
| As at 31 December 2024 Tangible fixed assets Other net assets |
Unrestricted Unrestricted Restricted Designated General Total Funds Funds Funds £ £ £ £ - - - - 10,912 - 139,930 150,842 10,912 - 139,930 150,842 |
|---|---|
| As at 31 December 2023 Tangible fixed assets Other net assets |
Unrestricted Unrestricted Restricted Designated General Total Funds Funds Funds £ £ £ £ - - - - - - 111,298 111,298 - - 111,298 111,298 |
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15 Related party transactions
During the year there were no transactions with trustees or other related parties other than those disclosed as required by the SORP elsewhere in the financial statements.
In 2023, Luke Hunka, received £12,000 for contracted services. This was for a specific fixed-term piece of work (Feasibility Study) by a trustee with the most relevant lived experience. This payment was allowed under Clause 6.2(b) of the Charity's Governing Document.
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