**Charity Registration No. 1159782**
# **SURVIVORS IN TRANSITION**
# **ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
# **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
## **SURVIVORS IN TRANSITION**
## **LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION**
|**CEO**|Fiona Ellis (OBE)||
|---|---|---|
|**Trustees**|Andrew Dewhurst||
||Emma Marriott||
||Kate Hughes (Chair)||
||Alison Mann||
||Mark Davies||
||Vanessa Webb||
||Samantha Jover|(appointed 1stSeptember 2023)|
||Damien Ribbans|(appointed 1stSeptember 2023)|
|**Trustee advisors**|Charlotte Johns||
||Kerri Read||
|**Charitynumber**|1159782||
|**Principaladdress**|84 Fore Street||
||Ipswich||
||Suffolk||
||IP4 1LB||
|**Independentexaminer**|Helen RumseyFCA||
||Ensors AccountantsLLP||
||Connexions||
||159 Princes Street||
||Ipswich||
||Suffolk||
||IP1 1QJ||
|**Bankers**|Lloyds Bank Plc||
||1 Legg Street||
||Chelmsford||
||Essex||
||CM1 1JS||
## **SURVIVORS IN TRANSITION**
## **CONTENTS**
||**Page**|
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|Chair’s statement|1|
|Trustees' report|2 - 6|
|Independent examiner's report|7|
|Statement of financial activities|8|
|Balance sheet|9|
|Statement of cash flows|10|
|Notes to the accounts|11 – 21|
## **SURVIVORS IN TRANSITION**
## **CHAIR’S STATEMENT** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**_
In 2023 SiT consistently provided a quality experience to survivors of sexual abuse. The Charity’s funding increased on the previous year and SiT was able to conserve cash reserves whilst maintaining service levels. Our vision remains “to provide a safe, supportive environment to build self-esteem and independence to ensure that every survivor of sexual violence and abuse who accesses our service lives healthier and happier lives”. We continued to deliver trauma informed services against the agreed strategic plan, concentrating on three priority areas (Services and Support, Impact and Influence and Advance and Enhance the Charity).
In 2023 SiT continued to deliver support and therapeutic services from the centre in Ipswich. Clients were given the option of receiving support either in person or remotely depending on their circumstances. Services were delivered either in person or via digital technology. During 2023 SiT continued to develop and refine our support service aimed at young people – Tope - a self-referral, 13 years-plus service. We are thankful for the support of Suffolk Police and Crime Commissioner and Ministry of Justice who provided funding for this important project.
We remain grateful to funding partners in particular The Big Lottery and Lloyds Bank Foundation. The Charity continued through funding from Suffolk and North East Essex ICS to provide support and counselling services. We continued under commissioning arrangements to run the Norfolk and Suffolk SARCs Talking Therapies service on behalf of NHS England. The service enables us to deliver 12 sessions of talking therapy using a range of modalities to individuals who have accessed support at their local SARC for sexual violence or assault in the last year. We are also appreciative of the Ministry of Justice and Suffolk Police and Crime Commissioner for their support of SiT, without which we would not be able to provide the range of services to the number of survivors that we do.
In 2023 the Board met via Zoom/in person on 5 occasions. The Trustees play a critical role in working with the Chief Executive to set the strategic direction for the organisation, to ensure financial stability and to monitor the quality of our provision. During the period the Board welcomed two new Trustees.
I would like to publicly congratulate our CEO and cofounder Fiona on the awarding of the OBE in recognition for her service to survivors of childhood sexual abuse. Fiona was presented with award by King Charles at Buckingham Palace in November.
Finally I would like to thank all my fellow Trustees, Fiona Ellis the Chief Executive and her team for their passion, commitment, and hard work during a demanding year.
Kate Hughes Chair of Survivors in Transition
## **24th June 2024**
Date: ………………………..
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## **SURVIVORS IN TRANSITION**
## **TRUSTEES' REPORT** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**_
The Trustees present their report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2023.
The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the accounts and comply with the charity's governing document, the Charities Act 2011 and the Statement of Recommended Practice FRS102 SORP - updated October 2019.
## **Structure, governance and management**
## **Governing document**
Survivors in Transition (SiT) is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) registered with the Charity Commission in January 2015 under charity number 1159782. It is governed by a foundation model constitution. The charity meets the definition of a public benefit entity and the Board of Trustees have paid due regard to guidance published by the Charity Commission on the public benefit of the Charity.
## **Trustees**
|Kate Hughes (Chair)|PR / Marketing & Operational Link||
|---|---|---|
|Dr Emma Marriott|Clinical Lead||
|Alison Mann|Service User Involvement||
|Andrew Dewhurst|Strategy / Business Development||
|Mark Davies|Finance||
|Dr Vanessa Webb|Safeguarding, Commissioning & Contracts||
|Sam Jover|Equality, Diversity & Inclusion|(appointed 1stSeptember 2023)|
|Damien Ribbans|Impact & young people|(appointed 1stSeptember 2023)|
## **Organisational structure**
The charity Trustees are responsible for the general control and management of the charity. The Trustees give their time freely and receive no remuneration or other financial benefits.
The Trustees meet eight weekly and are responsible for all decisions taken in relation to the running of the organisation and its services. The day-to-day management of the centre, facilities and projects is delegated to the staff overseen by the CEO. In 2023 SiT employed 12 full time and 2 part time staff.
The Chair and CEO meet fortnightly to discuss operational issues against the strategic plan. The strategic plan was reviewed against 2023 performance and continues to be a living document across the organisation. The Service User Group (SUG) is an integral part of the planning and governance of SiT. In 2023 the group met to discuss and feedback ideas on funding and projects.
## **Recruitment and appointment of Trustees**
We review our recruitment of Trustees’ process annually and have refreshed the Trustee selection, handbook and induction processes. The existing Trustees are responsible for the recruitment of new Trustees. Vacant Board positions are advertised using social media and other channels. We seek to identify people who have a personal interest in the work of SiT and are willing to volunteer to help our broader work. Potential trustees are invited to attend Trustees’ meetings as observers and are given more details of the charity’s aims and activities and, if all agree, they are then proposed as new Trustees at the subsequent Trustees’ meeting. This process allows due consideration of the person’s eligibility, personal competence, specialist knowledge and skills. New Trustees are then expected to follow an induction programme.
## **Risk management**
The Trustees have assessed the risks the charity faces and have drawn up a risk register which identifies the major risks by area of activity, the nature of those risks, the likelihood of the risks happening, and the measures taken to manage them. The Chair of Trustees and the CEO review the risk register monthly at their operational meetings and update the Trustees accordingly, by way of standing item at Trustees’ meetings.
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## **SURVIVORS IN TRANSITION**
## **TRUSTEES' REPORT** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**_
The Trustees are satisfied that systems are in place, or arrangements are in hand, to manage the risks that have been identified. In particular, insurance cover is in place and the finances of the organisation are kept under review. Appropriate Disclosure and Barring (DBS) checks, supported by annually reviewed policies, are made for all those who work with service users.
## **Objectives and activities**
In 2023 the Board reviewed and amended the Charity’s objects to accurately reflect the work of the organisation and the organisation’s strategic aims.
“To help relieve the suffering and distress of persons of all ages and all genders who have suffered any form of sexual violence or abuse, and to advance the education of the public in the subject of sexual violence and its effects.”
## **Strategic plan**
SiT’s CEO, Trustees and staff, with the valued input of our volunteers, ex-service users and beneficiaries of the services provided have developed this plan. It has been written for all of the SiT team and for all supporters who have an interest in seeing the organisation succeed. This document doesn’t sit on a shelf, we revisit it as a team regularly – it’s designed to be transferable and a constant work in progress. All reviews, meetings and processes link back to the plan and it is reviewed continually. In addition to this, we produce monthly operations reports for the board which demonstrate performance against objectives and an annual summary.
## **Operational Priorities and Activities:**
Over the next five years, SiT will concentrate on the following three focus areas:
1. Directly supporting survivors (Services & Support)
2. Raising Awareness of CSA and its impacts (Impact & Influence)
3. Advance & Enhance SiT through Governance, Strategic Oversight and taking care of Our People (Advance & Enhance)
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## **SURVIVORS IN TRANSITION**
## **TRUSTEES' REPORT** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**_
In addition, we have the following strategies:
Finance & Funding Digital Research Environment Social Impact
## **Use of volunteers**
All our Trustees give their time voluntarily. We encourage all service users who have completed interventions to be involved in voluntary activities and to share their skills with others. All those volunteers working with service users are DBS checked and receive a robust induction and appropriate training.
## **Future developments**
The charity continues to grow and seek new funding sources to meet the needs of our service users. During the year the charity continued to develop the young persons’ service Tope – a self-referral, 13 years plus service. In addition, the charity continued to provide a Talking Therapies service aimed at supporting individuals who have accessed support at their local SARC for sexual violence or assault in the last year.
## **Activities and achievements**
## **How our activities deliver public benefit**
The charity carries out a wide range of activities in pursuance of its charitable aims. The Trustees consider that these activities, summarised below, provide benefit to both survivors of sexual violence and our wider community.
We continue to perform well and meet identified targets despite the growing demand for our service. We continue to respond effectively and efficiently and as an organisation we continue to focus on what survivors of sexual abuse want rather than what we think they want. Our focus remains firmly on the individual and how they make sense of the world. During this period, we received 1,121 referrals from a range of referrers including self; this is a slight decrease on the previous year. Of those survivors engaging with SiT, 74% identified as female, 24% as male and 2% as non-binary.
Survivors are referred to SiT from across the county, with the majority living in Ipswich, Suffolk Coastal or Bury St Edmunds. Most clients were referred to SiT by the local mental health trust NSFT (42%), GPs (15%), Social Care (2%), SARc/IVSA/police (4%), self-referral (24%) or other (13%).
In line with SiT's primary objectives, 98% of survivors reported that they felt listened to, believed and respected.
2023 was another year of growth for the Tope project. Over the year the service received 27 referrals and the support team and sub-contracted therapists delivered 11 assessments and 133 sessions. Clients to the service rated the support they received as either good or excellent, reporting they felt listened to, believed and respected.
## **Regular activities**
In 2023, activity has been delivered from our premises in Ipswich with clients being offered the choice of receiving support either in person or online. SiT continued to provide daily support from 9 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday. During the year over 350 survivors regularly received support through group and 1:1 interventions. SiT’s wellbeing and therapeutic practitioners offer a range of interventions post-referral and assessment.
## **Research**
The beginning of the year saw the publication of the third report of our ‘Focus on Survivors’ research programme. The study was carried out in conjunction with the University of Suffolk and was launched at a conference held at the university in January 2023. The report which was well received, highlighted the cost to the country’s health service of the delayed disclosure of childhood sexual abuse. This information is key in establishing the importance of funding trauma-informed therapeutic services by statutory funders.
https://survivorsintransition.co.uk/research/
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## **SURVIVORS IN TRANSITION**
## **TRUSTEES' REPORT** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**_
In developing our service offer we are pleased to work in partnership with other local charities and the statutory sector across Suffolk. In collaboration with local statutory partners, the charity delivered Trauma Informed Practice training to professionals across Suffolk including police officers and practitioners in maternity services.
## **Financial review**
Income increased by £62,008 over the previous year. Statutory funding sources –ICS, Ministry of Justice and the Police and Crime Commissioner – in the form of grants and contracts remain our main source of income (88% of the total). The remaining income from trusts and foundations amounted to 11% with a futher 1% from bank interest. Total incoming resources for the year 1st January to 31st December 2023 amounted to £792,543 compared to £730,535 for the year 1st January to 31st December 2022.
## **Reserves policy and going concern**
At the year end, the charity had cash at the bank of £290,672, £115,271 of which was held in separate reserve accounts. Unrestricted funds totalled £144,446 at the year end. The Charity’s reserve policy is to hold three months’ of operating costs in reserves. Per the Budget for 2024, this equates to £213,895. Reserves at the year end are £69,449 below this amount. The Charity is working to rectify this shortfall. In the event of a significant drop in funding, the Trustees consider reserves at this level to be sufficient for the Charity’s current activities to continue whilst consideration is given to ways in which additional funds can be raised.
This combined with the Charity’s reserves policy and significant cash reserves provides the basis for the charity to be considered a going concern.
## **Principal funding sources**
Suffolk Police & Crime Commissioner The Big Lottery Fund NHS England NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board Ministry of Justice Lloyds Bank Foundation
## **Investment policy and objectives**
The charity has no long-term investments. Our cash reserves are held in a deposit account. The interest earned is considered by the Trustees as an unrestricted income source.
## **Pay policy**
The salary of the CEO is determined by the Board using relevant benchmarks. The remuneration of all other staff is set by the CEO according to industry norms and performance metrics.
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## **SURVIVORS IN TRANSITION**
## **TRUSTEES' REPORT** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022**_
## **Statement of Trustees’ responsibilities**
The charity Trustees are responsible for preparing an annual report and financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the charity Trustees to prepare financial statements for each year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that period. In preparing the financial statements, the Trustees are required to:
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- Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently
- Observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP
- Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent
- State whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements
- Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Charity will continue in operation.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which 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 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.
Approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf by:
Kate Hughes
Chair of Trustees
Board of Trustees
**24th June** …………………..…….. 2024
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## **SURVIVORS IN TRANSITION**
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF SURVIVORS IN TRANSITION**
I report to the Trustees on my examination of the accounts of Survivors in Transition (the Charity) for the year ended 31 December 2023.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the 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’). You are satisfied that the Charity is not required by charity law to be audited and have chosen instead to have an independent examination.
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 2011 Act.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
The charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 and I am qualified to undertake the examination by being a qualified member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).
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:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. 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.
Helen Rumsey FCA
Ensors Accountants LLP Connexions 159 Princes Street Ipswich Suffolk IP1 1QJ
2nd July 2024 Dated: .........................
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## **SURVIVORS IN TRANSITION**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**_
|**Notes**
**Incomefrom:**
Donations and legacies
**3**
Charitable activities
**4**
Other trading activities
**5**
Investment income
**6**
**Totalincome**
**Expenditureon:**
Raising funds
**7**
Charitableactivities
**8**
**Total expenditure**
**Net income/(expenditure)**
Transfers between funds
**Net movement infunds**
Fund balances at 1 January 2023
**Fund balances at 31December 2023**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
43,368
342,523
19,235
6,513
411,639
15,771
542,866
558,637
(146,998)
-
(146,998)
291,444
144,446|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
264,044
116,860
-
-
380,904
-
380,904
380,904
-
-
-
-
-|**Total**
**2023**
**£**
307,412
459,383
19,235
6,513
792,543
15,771
923,770
939,541
(146,998)
-
(146,998)
291,444
144,446|**Total**
**2022**
**(as restated)**
**£**
263,702
461,579
4,248
1,006|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||730,535|
|||||17,426
685,424|
|||||702,850|
|||||27,685
-|
|||||27,685
263,759|
|||||291,444|
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## **SURVIVORS IN TRANSITION**
## **BALANCE SHEET**
## _**AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2023**_
|**Fixedassets**
**Notes**
Tangibleassets
**14**
**Currentassets**
Debtors
**15**
Cash at bank and in hand
**16**
**Creditors: amounts falling due**
**withinoneyear**
**17**
Net currentassets
**Total assets less currentliabilities**
**Funds of the charity**
Restrictedfunds
**20**
Unrestrictedfunds|**20232022**
**(as restated)**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
43,416
43,237
43,416
43,237
5,624
117,008
290,672
667,043
296,296
784,051
195,266
535,844
101,030
248,207
144,446
291,444
-
-
144,446
291,444
144,446
291,444|
|---|---|
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**24th June 2024** Approved by the Board of Trustees on …………..................... and signed on their behalf by:
.............................. Kate Hughes **Trustee**
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## **SURVIVORS IN TRANSITION**
## **STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS**
## _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**_
|**Note**
**Cash flow from operating activities**
**22**
**Cash flow from investing activities**
Purchase of tangible fixed assets
Interest received
**Increase / (decrease) in cash & cash equivalents in the year**
**Cash & cash equivalents at the beginning of the year**
**Total cash & cash equivalents at the end of the year**|**2023**
**£**
(368,955)
(13,929)
6,513
(7,416)
(376,371)
667,043
290,672|**2022**
**£**
432,758
(15,069)
1,006|
|---|---|---|
|||(14,063)
418,695|
|||248,348|
|||667,043|
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## **SURVIVORS IN TRANSITION**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**_
## **1 Accounting policies**
## **1.1 Accounting convention**
> These accounts have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" ("FRS 102"), "Accounting and Reporting by Charities" the Statement of Recommended Practice for charities applying FRS 102, the Charities Act 2011 and UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice as it applies from October 2019.
The charity is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102. The accounts have been prepared on the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the charity. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest pound.
The 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 financial statements in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), rather than the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice effective from 1 April 2015 which has since been withdrawn.
## **1.2 Going concern**
The accounts have been prepared on the going concern basis as the Trustees consider there to be sufficient funding to ensure the Charity meets its current liabilities as they fall due and there are no material uncertainties regarding the going concern status of the charity. The Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, the Trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the accounts.
## **1.3 Charitable funds**
> Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of their charitable objectives unless the funds have been designated for other purposes.
Restricted funds are subject to specific conditions by donors as to how they may be used. The purposes and uses of the restricted funds are set out in the notes to the accounts.
Details of the nature and purpose of each fund is set out in Note 20.
## **1.4 Incoming resources**
> Donations, legacies and other forms of voluntary income are recognised as incoming resources when receivable, except insofar as they are incapable of financial measurement. Resources relating to a specific time period are recognised over that period.
Income from charitable activities is accounted for when earned, receipt is probable and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy.
## **1.5 Resources expended**
Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to transfer economic benefit to a third party, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement, and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.
Expenditure is classified by activity. The costs of each activity are made up of the total of direct costs and shared costs, including support costs involved in undertaking each activity. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs which contribute to more than one activity and support costs which are not attributable to a single activity are apportioned between those activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
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## **SURVIVORS IN TRANSITION**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**_
## **1 Accounting policies (Continued)**
## **1.6 Tangible fixed assets**
> Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.
> Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:
Leasehold property improvements 20% reducing balance basis Office equipment 20% reducing balance basis Computer equipment 20% - 50% reducing balance basis
> The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset and is recognised in net income/(expenditure) for the year.
## **1.7 Impairment of fixed assets**
At each reporting end date, the charity reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any). Where it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, the charity estimates the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs.
## **1.8 Cash and cash equivalents**
Cash and short-term deposits in the balance sheet comprise cash at bank and in hand and short-term deposits with an original maturity of three months or less.
## **1.9 Operating leases**
Rentals payable under operating leases are charged against income on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
## **1.10 Employee benefits**
The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.
Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the charity is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.
## **1.11 Pensions**
The Charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme for all qualifying employees. Contributions are charged in the accounts as they become payable in accordance with the rules of the scheme.
## **1.12 Financial instruments**
The charity has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments. Financial instruments are recognised in the charity's balance sheet when the charity becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument. Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.
## _**Basic financial assets**_
Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measure at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.
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## **SURVIVORS IN TRANSITION**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**_
## **1 Accounting policies (Continued)**
## **1.12 Financial instruments (Continued)**
## _**Basic financial liabilities**_
Basic financial liabilities, including creditors and bank loans are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measure at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of operations from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest rate method.
## **2 Critical estimates and judgements**
In the application of the charity’s accounting policies, the Trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.
|**3**
**Income from donations and legacies**
Grants
Donations and legacies
**4 Income from charitable activities**
Suffolk Police and Crime Commissioner
Suffolk County Council
NHS West Suffolk CCG
NHS Suffolk & North East Essex
NHS Ipswich & East Suffolk CCG
NHS England|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
41,838
1,530
43,368
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
-
-
153,458
50,000
-
139,065
342,523|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
264,044
-
264,044
**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
114,360
2,500
-
-
-
-
116,860|**Total**
**2023**
**£**
305,882
1,530
307,412
**Total**
**2023**
**£**
114,360
2,500
153,458
50,000
-
139,065
459,383|**Total**
**2022**
**£**
262,517
1,185|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||263,702|
|||||**Total**
**2022**
**£**
76,890
10,000
213,625
-
22,000
139,064|
|||||461,579|
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## **SURVIVORS IN TRANSITION**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**_
|**5**
**Other trading activities**
Community fundraising
Other income
**6** **Investment income**
Bank interest|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
1,156
18,079
19,235
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
6,513
6,513|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
-
-
-
**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
-
-|**Total**
**2023**
**£**
1,156
18,079
19,235
**Total**
**2023**
**£**
6,513
6,513|**Total**
**2022**
**£**
491
3,757|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||4,248|
|||||**Total**
**2022**
**£**
1,006|
|||||1,006|
|**7**
**Expenditure on raising funds**
**Support costs allocated to activities:**
Advertising|**Total**
**2023**
**£**
15,771
15,771|**Total**
**2022**
**£**
17,426|
|---|---|---|
|||17,426|
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## **SURVIVORS IN TRANSITION**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)**
## _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**_
|**8**
**Expenditure on charitableactivities**
**Costs directly allocated to activities:**
Wages and salaries
Social security
Pension costs
Counselling
Activities
Travel costs
Research costs
**Support costs allocated to activities:**
Wages and salaries
Social security
Pension costs
Staff expenses
Bookkeeper fees
Events and conferences
Rent and rates
Utilities
Cleaning
Training
Recruitment
Insurance
Subscriptions
Print, postage and stationery
Telephone
Computer costs
Repairs and renewals
Entertaining and gratuities
Bank charges
Depreciation
(Profit)/loss on disposal of fixed assets
Governance costs
**9**
Venue / Room hire
General expenses|**Therapy and**
**counselling**
**£**
227,061
14,034
3,513
292,482
-
2,988
19,420
559,498
183,207
20,680
5,082
8,804
10,776
16,742
15,000
4,858
4,989
4,689
2,583
3,296
1,403
5,824
8,393
33,967
7,343
1,388
94
10,467
3,284
7,369
3,753
281
364,272
923,770|**Total**
**2023**
**£**
227,061
14,034
3,513
292,482
-
2,988
19,420
559,498
183,207
20,680
5,082
8,804
10,776
16,742
15,000
4,858
4,989
4,689
2,583
3,296
1,403
5,824
8,393
33,967
7,343
1,388
94
10,467
3,284
7,369
3,753
281
364,272
923,770|**Total**
**2022**
**£**
180,311
9,567
3,705
162,399
100
4,017
10,000|
|---|---|---|---|
||||370,099
149,017
17,108
3,278
4,004
10,998
-
15,028
4,246
3,720
10,576
5,045
2,762
2,650
3,175
9,955
48,110
6,723
1,439
130
9,550
-
6,895
473
443|
||||315,325|
||||685,424|
Indirect costs, including governance costs, which cannot be directly attributed to activities, are allocated proportionately to total direct costs allocated to each project area.
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## **SURVIVORS IN TRANSITION**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**_
|**9**
**Governance costs**
Independent examination fees
Accountancy fees
Professional fees
**10**
**Independent examiner’s remuneration**
Independent examination fees
Payroll
Advisory
**11**
**Employees**
**Employment costs**
Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Pensions||**Total**
**2023**
**£**
4,116
2,520
733
7,369
**2023**
**£**
4,116
2,520
-||**Total**
**2022**
**£**
3,630
3,122
143
6,895
**2022**
**£**
3,630
1,756
372|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||
||||||
|||6,636||5,758|
|||**2023**
**£**
410,268
34,714
8,595||**2022**
**£**
329,328
26,675
6,983|
|||453,577||362,986|
The number of employees who earned £60,000 per annum or more during the year was as follows:
||**2023**|**2022**|
|---|---|---|
|£60,001 - £70,000|-|1|
|£70,001 - £80,000|1|-|
|**Number of employees**|||
||**2023**|**2022**|
|The average monthly number of employees during the year was:|14|13|
## **Key management remuneration**
Total remuneration paid to key management personnel during the year was £89,336 (2022: £80,004).
## **12 Pensions**
The Charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme for all qualifying employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the Charity in an independently administered fund. The charge for the year in respect of the defined contribution scheme was £8,595 (2022: £6,983).
## **13 Trustees**
None of the trustees (or any persons connected with them) received any remuneration or reimbursed expenses during this year or the prior year. No donations were made by Trustees during the current or prior year.
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## **SURVIVORS IN TRANSITION**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)**
## _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**_
## **14 Tangible fixed assets**
|**Leasehold**
**property**
**improvements**
**£**
**Cost**
At 1 January 2023
22,175
Additions
-
Disposals
-
At 31 December 2023
22,175
**Depreciation**
At 1 January 2023 (as restated)
11,194
Charge for the year
2,197
Eliminated on disposal
-
At 31 December 2023
13,391
**Carrying amount**
At 31 December 2022 (as restated)
10,981
At 31 December 2023
8,783
**15 Debtors**
**Amounts falling due within oneyear:**
Debtors
Prepayments
**16 Cash at bank and in hand**
Cash at bank
Cash reserves
**17 Creditors**
**Amounts falling due within one year:**
Other creditors
PAYE
Pensions
Accruals
Deferred income|**Office**
**equipment**
**£**
10,492
2,881
-
13,373
4,276
1,590
-
5,866
6,216
7,507|**Computer**
**equipment**
**£**
40,761
11,048
(12,224)
39,585
14,721
6,680
(8,940)
12,461
26,040
27,124
**2023**
**£**
-
5,624
5,624
**2023**
**£**
175,401
115,271
290,672
**2023**
**£**
9,098
10,433
1,957
7,771
166,007
195,266||**Total**
**£**
73,429
13,929
(12,224)
75,134
30,192
10,467
(8,940)
31,719
43,237
43,416
**2022**
**£**
107,710
9,298
117,008
**2022**
**£**
542,923
124,120
667,043
**2022**
**£**
20,750
8,438
2,915
15,326
488,415
535,844|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||
||||||
||||||
||||||
||||||
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## **SURVIVORS IN TRANSITION**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)**
## _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**_
|**17**
**Creditors (continued)**
**Reconciliation of deferred income**
Deferred income at 1 January
Amount released to Statement of Financial Activities
Amount deferred in the year
Deferred income at 31 December|**2023**
**£**
488,415
(339,414)
17,006
166,007|**2022**
**£**
63,753
(63,753)
488,415|
|---|---|---|
|||488,415|
## **18 Analysis of net assets between funds**
|**For the year ended 31 December 2023**
Fund balances at 31 December 2023 are
represented by:
Tangible assets
Net current assets/(liabilities)
**For the year ended 31 December 2022**
Fund balances at 31 December 2022 are
represented by:
Tangible assets
Net current assets/(liabilities)|**Unrestricted**
**£**
43,416
101,030
144,446
**Unrestricted**
**(as restated)**
**£**
42,459
248,985
291,444|**Restricted**
**£**
-
-
-
**Restricted**
**£**
778
(778)
-|**Total**
**£**
43,416
101,030|
|---|---|---|---|
||||144,446|
||||**Total**
**(as restated)**
**£**
43,237
248,207|
||||291,444|
## **19 Operating lease commitments**
**Lessee**
At the reporting date the charity had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under noncancellable operating leases, which fall due as follows:
|Within one year
Between two and five years
In over five years|**2023**
**£**
16,151
26,250
-
42,401|**2022**
**£**
16,067
41,250
-
57,317|
|---|---|---|
Operating lease payments recognised as an expense in the period totalled £16,067 (2022: £15,499).
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## **SURVIVORS IN TRANSITION**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**_
## **20 Restricted funds**
**For the year ended 31 December 2023**
|Suffolk Police & Crime
Commissioner
Suffolk County Council
Big Lottery
Ministry of Justice
Turning Point|**Balance**
**at 1**
**January**
**2023**
**£**
-
-
-
-
-
-|**Income**
**£**
114,360
2,500
51,750
204,794
7,500
380,904|**Expenditure**
**£**
(114,360)
(2,500)
(51,750)
(204,794)
(7,500)
(380,904)|**Transfers**
**£**
-
-
-
-
-
-|**Balance**
**at 31**
**December**
**2023**
**£**
-
-
-
-
-|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||-|
## **For the year ended 31 December 2022**
|Suffolk Police & Crime
Commissioner
Suffolk County Council
Big Lottery
Ministry of Justice|**Balance**
**at 1**
**January**
**2022**
**£**
-
17,060
18,391
-
35,451|**Income**
**£**
76,890
10,000
77,625
124,514
289,029|**Expenditure**
**£**
(76,890)
(27,060)
(96,016)
(124,514)
(324,480)|**Transfers**
**£**
-
-
-
-
-|**Balance**
**at 31**
**December**
**2022**
**£**
-
-
-
-|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||-|
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## **SURVIVORS IN TRANSITION**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**_
## **20 Restricted funds (continued)**
## **Suffolk Police & Crime Commissioner**
To provide services to victims of crime. Through delivery of therapeutic services (groups and 1:1) to victims of sexual abuse in Suffolk.
## **Suffolk County Council**
Recovery Grant - to provide counselling and therapy to survivors of sexual abuse who also present with drug & alcohol dependencies.
## **Big Lottery**
Funding to cover the salaries and associated costs of the Project Manager and Therapeutic Lead, Head of Operations along with half of the costs associated to the CEO.
## **Ministry of Justice**
Support fund to provide emotional and practical support for victims of rape and other forms of sexual abuse.
## **Turning Point**
Grant to provide specialist trauma informed interventions for adult survivors of sexual abuse who present with drug/alcohol through either 1:1 therapy or group therapy.
## **21 Related parties**
There were no current year or prior year related party transactions.
## **22 Cash flow from operating activities**
|**Net movement in funds**
**Adjustments for:**
Depreciation for the year
(Gain)/loss on disposal of tangible fixed assets
Interest received
**Movements in working capital:**
(Increase)/ decrease in debtors
Increase/ (decrease) in creditors
**Net generated from operating activities**|**2023**
**£**
(146,998)
10,467
3,284
(6,513)
(139,761)
111,384
(340,578)
(368,955)|**2022**
**£**
27,685
9,550
(1,006)|
|---|---|---|
|||36,229
(59,193)
455,722|
|||432,758|
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## **SURVIVORS IN TRANSITION**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)**
## _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**_
## **23 Prior year comparative statement of financial activities**
|**Incomefrom:**
Donations and legacies
Charitable activities
Other trading activities
Investment income
**Totalincome**
**Expenditureon:**
Raising funds
Charitableactivities
**Total expenditure**
**Net income/(expenditure)**
Transfers between funds
**Net movement infunds**
Fund balances at 1 January 2022
**Fund balances at 31December 2022**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**(as restated)**
**£**
61,563
374,689
4,248
1,006
441,506
17,426
360,944
378,370
63,136
-
63,136
228,308
282,270|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
202,139
86,890
-
-
289,029
-
324,480
324,480
(35,451)
-
(35,451)
35,451
-|**Total**
**2022**
**(as restated)**
**£**
263,702
461,579
4,248
1,006|
|---|---|---|---|
||||730,535|
||||17,426
685,424|
||||702,850|
||||27,685
-|
||||27,685
263,759|
||||291,444|
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