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F93C88E1-DCcB441￿gAo￿6D2D46220oCE EUROPIA 4￿A APRIL 2020 - MARCH 2021 Annual Report DocuSign Envelope ID: F93CB8E1-DCCB-4419-9A09-602D462200CE ## Table of Contents Report of the Trustees.............................................. page 3 Staff, volunteers and interns.................................... page 5 Europia's Year in Review........................................... page 7 Europia Support......................................................... page 8 Europia Health and Wellbeing..................................page 11 Communications and outreach............................... page 23 Translation and interpretation.................................page 27 Research..................................................................... page 27 Concluding comments.............................................. page 28 Accounts......................................................................page 29 DocuSign Envelope ID: F93CB8E1-DCCB-4419-9A09-602D462200CE ## **Report of the Trustees for the Year Ending 31 March 2021** The trustees who are the only members of the charity, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2021. The trustees have adopted the provisions of 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) (effective 1 January 2015). ## **Purpose of the charity:** Europia is the only registered charity working exclusively for the benefit of European nationals in Greater Manchester. We have a proven track record for the past 11 years of providing bespoke, culturally appropriate and language specific services to European nationals. ## **Structure, governance and management** ## **Governing document** The charity is controlled by its CIO governing document: constitution. A CIO is a corporate body (like a company) that can own property, employ staff and enter into other contracts in its own name (rather than in the names of the trustees). Our registration number in England and Wales is 1161453. ## **Trustee selection** The Trustee board is derived from the larger community, including friends and supporters of Europia. The board seeks to reflect this diversity through its profile and enable its members to champion those communities. Currently the board has representatives from the Eastern European communities working in various business settings. They each enrich the board with their skills, local knowledge and experience. We also have client representatives on our trustee board who provide valuable insights on how we should shape our future vision in a client friendly manner. Europia has a robust trustee application process with a clear audit trail. ## **Policies** Europia has clear policies and procedures to ensure a professional and safe working 3 DocuSign Envelope ID: F93CB8E1-DCCB-4419-9A09-602D462200CE environment. Each of these policies are reviewed on a yearly basis firstly at the bimonthly trustees meeting and then at the monthly staff meetings, they are then cascaded down to our volunteers and suppliers. Below are the policies and important documents which are available for everyone within the organisation to access and understand. - Europia Child Safeguarding Policy - Europia Code of Conduct - Europia Volunteer Handbook - Europia Constitution - Europia Diversity and Equal Opportunities Policy - Europia Health, Safety and Welfare Procedures Manual Europia Recruitment, Selection and Induction Policy - A Guide for New and Expectant Mothers Who Work - Europia Policy on the Appropriate Use of E-mail and the Internet at Work Europia Safeguarding Policy for Children and Vulnerable Adults Europia Travel and Expenses Claim Rates Europia Complaints Policy ## **Wider networks** Europia has created a strong and wide network not just in Greater Manchester but also further afield in London. We are closely linked with the local CVS’s in Greater Manchester. We have an ongoing relationship with Greater Manchester BME Network, Age UK Salford, CCG’s, Doctors of the World, Maternity Action, Race Equality Foundation, Eastern European Resource Centre, Polish Expats Association, various councils across GM and Local councillors including elected leaders. ## **Reference and administrative details** Registered Charity number: 1161453 Registered office: St Thomas Centre, Ardwick Green North, Manchester, M12 6FZ ## **Trustees** Paul Lajszczak Adam Mitula Maria Kompanowski Agnieszka Osakunih ## **Independent Examiner** Crowe U.K. LLP, The Lexicon, Mount Street, Manchester, M2 5NT 4 DocuSign Envelope ID: F93CB8E1-DCCB-4419-9A09-602D462200CE ## **The Europia team** ## **CEO** Kush Chottera ## **Staff** - Karol Kochanowski - Volunteer Coordinator, EUSS Advice - Marlena Wawrzenczak - Project Lead/ Coordinator Europia Women's Group - Ramona Constantin - Roma Advocacy Worker - Magdalena Kij - CEE Community Development Worker - Cristina Leonte-Racu - Project Assistant - Sarah Duncan - Impact and Development Manager Mandy Hughes - Health Team Leader - Ineta Simelionyte - Outreach and Advice Officer Karolina Koscien - Welfare Advice Worker - Corina Bibere - Assistant Advice Worker - Joe Meredith - Research and Information Officer - Catherine Sirotkin - Communications and Youth Officer - Danniella Verity **-** Communications Officer - Michaela Bennett - Salford University Social Work Placement - Sabrina Maynard - Manchester City College - Counselling placement ## **External consultants/contractors and freelancers** Norman Beverley, Ruta Skudraite, Iwona Torowin-Borowicz, Baiba Auria, Magdalena Kij, Miroslaw Ogorzalek, Mateusz Beźnic, Sanja Cin, Kristina Vaivadienë, , Ania Dopierala, Anna Nagorska, Lesa Dryburgh , Gosha Adamowska , Cathie Jones, Rick Jones, Ricardo Vilela, Aleksandar Brayanov, Karolina Skulska, Tomas Zitkauskas, LiisMaria Toomsalu, Ana Cristina de Souza Soares Gomides, Tricia Coleman, and more. 5 DocuSign Envelope ID: F93CB8E1-DCCB-4419-9A09-602D462200CE ## **Volunteers and interns** Europia’s volunteers have a chance to develop new skills and expand their existing experience of work in a professional environment. Volunteers are an important part of the organisation providing day to day support to the charity’s team. The volunteering roles include interpreting and translations, admin, events organisation and supporting the advice team. The aim is for the volunteers to gain new, professional skills, improve their wellbeing and expand their knowledge through supporting the Europia team in their work as well as attending internal and external training. Through Europia’s internship programme, the new candidates are working with Europia team on a daily basis directly on the projects. The aim is for interns to gain confidence and knowledge needed to take on leadership on different elements of ongoing projects. The interns are able to learn skills in for example: organising and leading meetings, bid writing, external relations (networking) and planning and delivering projects. **----- Start of picture text -----**
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**36 volunteers 17 nationalities** 6 DocuSign Envelope ID: F93CB8E1-DCCB-4419-9A09-602D462200CE ## **Europia's Year in Review** ## **March 2020** Europia is forced to stop all face-to-face interactions with clients as the UK goes into Covid-19 lockdown. Staff continue to support clients via telephone, email and Zoom. ## **July 2020** Europia receives a grant from the National Lottery Foundation, enabling it to continue its work translating important Covid-19 information into EU languages. ## **January 2021** Europia launches a telebefriending line to tackle loneliness and social isolation in the local EU community. ## **March 2021** Europia launches its new website and a revamped brand, creating a more professional public profile. ## **April 2020** The Europia Emergency Fund is launched, providing vital financial support to vulnerable EU Nationals in Greater Manchester during the pandemic. ## **November 2020** Europia is granted OISC Level 1 accreditation, enabling it to continue supporting vulnerable clients to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme. ## **January 2021** Europia is featured on ITV News, in a Granada Reports piece about the EU Settlement Scheme. This is accompanied by significant regional and local press coverage. 7 DocuSign Envelope ID: F93CB8E1-DCCB-4419-9A09-602D462200CE ## **Europia Support** ## **EUSS, welfare advice, legal surgery and Roma advocacy** At Europia we were forced to put a stop to face to face interactions with our clients in Mar 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. At this point we shifted to telephone/online appointments/interactions by telephone, email or Zoom. Even with these limitations we were still able to support a great many clients. From April 2020 through to the end of Mar 2021 Europia received 639 enquiries, an average of 53 enquiries each month. This was a major increase from the previous year’s average rate of 19 enquiries each month. At Europia the majority of our enquiries are directly from clients requesting support, however, we also receive a substantial number of enquiries from other support organisations requesting information on our services, or perhaps to refer a client of their own. The following non exhaustive list highlights some of the many organisations/charities that contacted us within the year in question: Barnardo’s, Big Issue (Big Life company), The Booth Centre, Emmaus Mosley, Forest Bank Prison, Greater Manchester Police, LGBT foundation, MACC, Manchester Law Centre, Medaille Trust, Migration Exchange, Mustard Tree, Refugee Action, Safety4Sisters, Salford Loaves and Fishes, Sanctuary Trust, Six Degrees Social Enterprise, SPIN, VESTA, Wai Yin Society, Women MATTA, Young Women's Trust. We were also contacted frequently by local authorities throughout Greater Manchester such as Bolton, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford and Tameside. Additionally, representatives from various Consulates in Manchester also sought support from Europia, the Czech, Hungarian and Romanian Consulates amongst them. Approximately 45% of all enquiries received were for welfare advice. These enquiries were responded to by our Head of Advice, Welfare Adviser, Advice assistant, and Roma Advocacy Worker. They supported clients with a range of issues, Universal Credit, PIP and NINO applications, food bank information and housing to name a few. Our Roma advocacy worker was on hand to work more closely with the Roma community in their native dialect of Romani. The Roma community face multiple barriers to accessing support, therefore, we felt it best to allocate an individual to focus on and support this community alone. Our Roma advocacy worker took on 8 DocuSign Envelope ID: F93CB8E1-DCCB-4419-9A09-602D462200CE average 11% of total Europia enquiries each month which equated to approximately 6 new Roma clients each month. We also received a small but steady stream of legal enquiries, 2 enquiries each month on average. These enquiries were responded to by our advice workers in partnership with various volunteer legal professionals. A great proportion of our enquiries were EUSS and Immigration related. There were 223 enquiries in total throughout the year. We saw the number of people contacting us for EUSS related matters increase over the course of the year as we crept closer to the EUSS deadline of 30 June 2021. From April 2020 to the end of Sep 2020, EUSS enquiries accounted for 27% of our total enquiries. This rose to 41% from Oct 2020 through to the end of Mar 2021. **----- Start of picture text -----**
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9 DocuSign Envelope ID: F93CB8E1-DCCB-4419-9A09-602D462200CE Our collaboration with CABB officially commenced in Aug 2019 and came to an end on 30 Sep 2020 as a result of a loss of Home Office funding for EUSS activities. Once the partnership had ended Europia’s EUSS advisers no longer fell under the umbrella of CABB’s OISC accreditation. This meant that our advisers were no longer able to apply to the EUSS on our client’s behalf. To allow us to reinstate this service we took on the somewhat lengthy task of applying for our own OISC accreditation. In the meantime we were still able to assist clients to apply to the EUSS on their own with the help of digital assistance from us. We referred clients who we felt would struggle to apply for themselves to partner organisations such as Kirklees C.A. and Rights of Women. On 18 Nov 2020 Europia was granted OISC Level 1, (EUSS only) status, (N202000121). In Dec 2020 we hired an additional EUSS adviser formally from CABB. Between the months of Dec 2020 through to the end of Mar 2021 we submitted 68 EUSS applications on behalf of our clients and their families. ## **Europia Emergency Fund** Europia’s support services were inundated from the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of people contacting us for support almost tripled from the previous accounting year. Our clients were telling us that they had lost their jobs, on top of this they were struggling to apply for Universal Credit. In short, the majority of our clients were struggling financially as a result of the pandemic. In order to provide support for such individuals and their families we launched our Europia Emergency Fund in April 2020 using a grant of just under £3000 from We Love MCR Charity. Successful applicants were provided with grants ranging from £30-£60 depending on their situation to spend on basic necessities such as food and medical equipment. We distributed our application form into English, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian and Russian to limit any barriers to accessing the support, additionally Europia staff assisted clients with their application if IT literacy was an issue. Since its launch in April 2020 through to Mar 2021, just over £5,000 was distributed to over 100 vulnerable EU nationals and their families throughout Greater Manchester. Please see our website for more details, (Europia Emergency Fund – Europia). **Europia is a very good organisation, it helps you immediately, and some wonderful people work there, thank you.** _A Europia Emergency Fund recipient from Romania_ 10 DocuSign Envelope ID: F93CB8E1-DCCB-4419-9A09-602D462200CE ## **Europia Health and Wellbeing** ## **Starting a Conversation About Dementia** Europia ran a project to raise awareness about dementia in Polish and Lithuanian communities in GM, funded by the Department for Health and Social Care and Race Equality Foundation. We recorded five approx. 20 minute video interviews with Polish and Lithuanian community members about how their lives have been affected by caring for someone living with dementia. The recorded interviews were then posted across Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Quotes were taken from each interview and formulated onto social media cards which were posted across social media channels in both English and the target language prior to posting the videos. Link to the videos: http://bit.ly/DementiaInterviews. ## **Falinge Park/iheart project with Rochdale Borough Council** In partnership with wellbeing organisation iheart and Falinge Park High school in Rochdale, Europia facilitated 11 weeks of free mental resilience and wellbeing workshops for young EU nationals in Rochdale. These sessions were based on the iheart curriculum and were aimed to prepare young people for life so they can manage stress, anxiety and feeling down at times and also those that just want to be the best versions of themselves too. We had an average of 5 regular participants, although 8 were active in at least one session, all being EU nationals including refugee and asylum seekers. These sessions started on 26 February and continued until 28 May 2021. ## **Tele-befriending** In January 2021 we recruited a number of volunteers speaking Polish, Romanian, Hungarian, Latvian, Russian and English to run a tele-befriending line in order to tackle loneliness and social exclusion. The service users were found through advice team referrals, external referrals and self referrals, shared through social media advertisement. Between January - March 2021 Ramona spoke with 46 Roma nationals via the telephone. We partnered with the not-for-profit cooperative TS4SE for this project, . 11 DocuSign Envelope ID: F93CB8E1-DCCB-4419-9A09-602D462200CE 12 DocuSign Envelope ID: F93CB8E1-DCCB-4419-9A09-602D462200CE ## **Covid-19 Back to Basics** We were given funding by Barrow Cadbury to share and produce resources that would be non-time nor non-geography specific for Central and Eastern Europeans across Greater Manchester (Polish, Roma, Romanian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Slovak, Czech and Hungarian). We decided to pursue three key objectives during the project: - research community members’ attitudes towards COVID-19 - redefine our signposting policy and how we work with stakeholders produce high-impact resources. We interviewed community members and staff. From these interviews we did two rounds of translated surveys. We analysed the outcomes and compiled the results into a summary document on the website. We also did a lot of outreach and met with a lot of CCGs and Healthwatch organisations to share how we could work together which resulted in us speaking at the Chief Officers’ meeting and developing relationships with a number of CCGs and Healthwatches. We also used the intelligence we gathered to consult with stakeholders about how to engage CCE nationals better. We did an informal audit of existing translated COVID-19 resources across GM and the UK, evaluated them and made them available on our website (we promoted this in 6 different languages). We also restructured our COVID-19 page with more available resources and a c19@europia.org.uk email that stakeholders could contact for consultation. We produced four video interviews with EU medical staff in different languages addressing people’s concerns and published them on YouTube and our Website. **You've really created a strong organisation with an amazing reach into [...] It’s been quite overwhelming to read the final reports, it’s so impressive what organisations have been able to do and how they've adapted.** _Feedback from funder Barrow Cadbury_ 13 DocuSign Envelope ID: F93CB8E1-DCCB-4419-9A09-602D462200CE ## **Cancer Champions** Starting in November 2020 until March 2021 Europia has been working in partnership with Answer Cancer to launch the Cancer Champions project. Our aim was to raise awareness about cancer amongst European Nationals in Greater Manchester; through training volunteers from the Polish, Lithuanian and Roma communities. They became Cancer Champions and help spread awareness about cancer in these community groups. This training included information about cancer delivered in different languages, and knowledge about screenings and other procedures that can help prevent or identify cancer in the early stage. We have also produced leaflets in different languages with information about the different cancer scans. The leaflets in 4 languages can be downloaded from our website: https://europia.org.uk/health-wellbeing/cancer-champions/ ## **Europia Women's Group (EWG)** The group consists of community leaders who help identify needs, find solutions, and can work in partnership with Europia to provide expertise and support, and help to spread information to their community groups in Greater Manchester. Challenging time during the pandemic forced us to connect online more often than in person. The main aim for this group was still the same - to create women-centric initiatives in partnership with other existing organisations that provides various of services for women. Every project supporting or empowering EU national women in Greater Manchester we've promoted and shared under EWG. **This year we** ## **particularly focused on health and wellbeing of women.** 14 Docusign En¥ÈlopÈ ID". F93C88E1-DCcB441￿gAo￿6D2D46220oCE Telephone= 0333 305 8570 Website.. W•VW.europia.org.uk Email: support@europla.org.uk EUROPIA vv VV VV VV VVVV TV T EUROPIA . .Te't* talk about Cancer CANCER 18-14101 CeThlcal Cancer Awareness Week. Ask your doctor about screenlng or emall us at health@europl&org.uk 1fv24101 Ty0￿fi gwWomoklrakJ S￿￿1 rnJclcy.SpytJl swoltyol*ao•o profithktyumbD￿Th Il￿￿5111naMeffla51 naadre5..healih@europla org.uk lrtre IÈ 51241anuaTlevafiSaptatnanaCon5tlen￿ZkrtI Can¢ewlul.AdtWllwJfflèdi¢ulul duMwv￿$t VI￿ 51Tlell-nEla hp41lh￿eUiOpll.OIg.uk IwoplNl*iR*w•J¢Pwlty 116145J.U¢ NIQXW12 ci EUROPIA )id you know s a result of it EU. EE 'lizens .EUROPIA. l¥.%iyJci'iJL #RESILIENTWOMEN Kvdina tyr￿Ced Lrfè andwElbE￿ CDAC iiMEr WIG teEhn¥uE5 of ￿la￿at1p￿ assert￿TIl￿ss, and pFry51 Exerc15E tOstrEr¢thETh￿r￿*h andreU1￿ All vid￿￿51ret￿cOrd￿ In twohniu IEnOl¥har* Polthl Indire￿lIable￿ the #WROP1A￿￿￿1￿. We 450 Jxfrye loom 5ttslttwl￿*1.b￿￿É bwJrk5hops￿th Katybna I￿￿lIsh Wjagi lor thatll* Insalknd Follo¥*#EUROPlA#EWGA￿llR￿SIkn1WU￿￿hath*stDkn ouLmoTE Europia St Thomas Centre, Ardwick Green North. Manchester. M12 6FZ. UK. ail4 ice UK Europla Re8151ered Charlty No. 11614$3 Eur9p￿ OISC No. N202￿121 DocuSign Envelope ID: F93CB8E1-DCCB-4419-9A09-602D462200CE ## **Resilient Women** We identified that vulnerable groups such as Polish women, the largest ethnic minority in Greater Manchester, would be under increased pressure during the lockdown and would be at risk of heightened stress levels. With the support of the Salford CVS funding we provided 3 online workshops for Polish women on managing stress. Although we focused on inviting women from Salford area, we also allowed women form different areas, considering we are all connecting online. 3 workshops in Polish language " **SILNA KOBIETA** " *(Resilient Woman) were delivered by Karolina Skulska - Life and Wellbeing Coach, her presentation and practical stressmanagement tips and techniques was vey impressive. Approx. 20 people registered for each workshop, via Eventbrite. Session one - 20 June 2020 (22 people registered incl. 2 team members), Session two - 27 June 2020 (20 people), session three - 3 July 2020 (21 people). Link to FB event session 1 >> _https://fb.me/e/7pzF2zbZQ_ We were also able to record the sessions so that they could be published as resources for further circulation. Zoom provided a really flexible and accessible platform for delivering these workshops. These workshops had great feedback (not everyone who attends is willing to leave feedback, but we have had 16 answers, with 100% of participants saying the sessions were helpful, over 81% saying they would definitely introduce changes in their lives and over 18% saying they would try to implement these changes. ## _Q. on the chart below_ : **Which workshop is your feedback related to?** - **Blue** – Resilient Woman - session1 - The power of thoughts and believes - Selfregulatory mind. - **Red** – Resilient Woman - session 2 - Unlock Your potential - Transformation of believes. - **Orange** – Resilient Woman - session 3 - Regain inner peace - Proven anti-stress methods. 16 Docusign En¥ÈlopÈ ID". F93C88E1-DCcB441￿gAo￿6D2D46220oCE Telephone= 0333 305 8570 Website.. W•VW.europia.org.uk Email: support@europla.org.uk EUROPIA Ktorego warsztatu doty¢zy Twoj Feedba¢k? 16les￿l0¥ • Silrkg knb￿a. CZ￿ l . Potwa mylu I Pnok¢nah. $8nKwl&aa umys Silna KobEta. cz¢l¢ 2. 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Fantastic workshops, lots of knowled8e No. It's 8reat and Breat exercises :) Questions asked on the timeline atterKlance I lost the thread ?? do not do it bilingually because you can Th)t Nothln8 Karolina's warm pe rsonality, point-t polnt remarks. very good knowledge and a lot of practical tips practical exe rcises to help you enter the mlTrJ, a way of thlnkln8,' nice atmosphere tlme for myself calm music nice and warm people lead Leadln8 ener8y THEORY AND EXERCISES Mental peace Meditation with 4 goddesses "I know and I know" theory and the elevator YES PLUS MEEDITATION Expand topics SLOWER TO SPEAK I do not know NO CHANGE not everythin8 is O K more workshops on-llne for zoom legible infographic nla n/a n/a ii. 12. 13. 15. i& nla Europia St Thomas Centre, Ardwick Green North. Manchester. M12 6FZ. UK. ail4 ice UK Europla Re8151ered Charlty No. 11614$3 Eur9p￿ OISC No. N202￿121 DocuSign Envelope ID: F93CB8E1-DCCB-4419-9A09-602D462200CE ## **Wellbeing in terms of Covid-19** We created a series of "Strengthen your health and resilience in 7 weeks" programme videos. The videos were released once a week, therefore people were able to absorb all the information and practise provided techniques until the next week's video. It was a holistic project to support people self-regulatory mind management and coping with stress due to self-isolation or long working hours in the time of pandemic. The aim was to give guidance and understanding of different resilience practices that can be used if needed. Karolina Skulska - Be Super You- Health and Wellbeing Coach, has delivered the information content through recorded videos and pdf documents. Europia produced the video (via Sagitta.media) and created the promotion campaign. All videos can be seen on Europia YouTube channel and Facebook/Twitter. e.g. https://youtu.be/HmOxCTzsqk4 ## **Woman's Autonomy** Following up the successful Resilient Women projects, we provided another free workshop in Polish language, this time, funded by the Rochdale Borough Council. Two sessions (part one 12 Feb 2021 (fb link https://fb.me/e/hNgTLOiw5 / and part two 19 Feb 2021) combined theory and practice (exercises) to give women a package of knowledge and tools to use against hate crime, discrimination or any exploitation for slave labour. These sessions included a lot of useful topics, eg. How to avoid becoming a victim and protect your loved ones from it, how to build your inner strength, healthy relationships and assertiveness. Total Attendees: 46 18 DocuSign Envelope ID: F93CB8E1-DCCB-4419-9A09-602D462200CE **----- Start of picture text -----**
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19 DocuSign Envelope ID: F93CB8E1-DCCB-4419-9A09-602D462200CE ## **Healthy Relationships** In partnership with Unchained Phoenix, CIC and funded by Rochdale Borough Council, Europia organised another online workshops series about Healthy Relationships, for EU national women in Rochdale Borough. Started on Sunday 17 Jan 2021 following by two more sessions on 24 & 31 Jan 2021 **.** Topics explored/included: what healthy relationships are, why they become abusive, healthy boundaries, trust issues, and raising your confidence and self-esteem. All 3 sessions were led by Kam Laing, founder of Unchained Phoenix and lasted around 75 min. each. After each session all registered participants received an email with graphic summary of the workshop and some extra exercises. 18 women registered for 1st session, 21 - for 2nd session, and 28 - for 3rd session. Over 60% of participants were Polish nationality. We received 19 feedbacks. **The Healthy Relationships series of 3 sessions has been mind-blowing. They have exceeded my expectations and I would welcome a repeat of the course. Thank you** _Healthy Relationships - online session - feedback from one of the participants_ 20 DocuSign Envelope ID: F93CB8E1-DCCB-4419-9A09-602D462200CE 21 DocuSign Envelope ID: F93CB8E1-DCCB-4419-9A09-602D462200CE ## **Europia Women Grow** The grant from the Lankelly Chase Foundation (Manchester Spaces programme) allowed Europia to establish the Roma Women Grow project and start it remotely from the beginning of April 2021, following by many activities in person, involving not only Roma women, but also families. We will provide more information about this project in the next annual report. 22 DocuSign Envelope ID: F93CB8E1-DCCB-4419-9A09-602D462200CE ## **Communications and outreach** ## **Covid-19 outreach and translations** We received funding from a number of funders to complete COVID-19 activities and to support our service provision. These included The National Lottery Community Fund and the GMCA. We provided emergency support to national organisations, local councils and voluntary organisations including Doctors of the World, Action Together, Healthwatch Rochdale and Oldham Council with translated advice, NHS guidance and videos. Prior to July 2020, Europia had been providing support to Doctors of the World in a national campaign to translate COVID-19 Guidance. The National Lottery Community fund grant allowed us to continue this work. We provided three translations of version 7 and 8 of the national COVID-19 Guidance in Estonian, Hungarian and Lithuanian. We provided three translations of version 7 of the national COVID-19 Guidance in Estonian, Hungarian and Lithuanian. Europia also provided Doctors of the World with translations of Version 8 of the national guidance in the same three languages. When a local lockdown was implemented across Greater Manchester at the end of July, Europia helped provide four local authorities with translated resources including COVID-19 guidance, information about local testing centres and information videos. These resources were translated into specific European languages depending on the needs of each local authority. Europia produced a total of sixteen videos of community members reading COVID-19 guidance in their native languages for Oldham Council and Healthwatch Rochdale. We also provided translations of the scripts for social media posting and performed editing of five of the videos with title and signposting cards that were translated into target languages. Eight of the videos were not published due to rapidly changing guidance. Europia produced bespoke translations of two testing site information posters for Trafford Council into three different languages: one poster for general communications and another for circulation with specific business stakeholders. Europia also provided translations of social media messages into three languages for 23 DocuSign Envelope ID: F93CB8E1-DCCB-4419-9A09-602D462200CE Oldham Council, in addition to reposting and signposting to COVID-19 services when requested by other local authorities. This includes crafting posts about testing sites and the community champion network in the Tameside local authority. We continued to support councils and other stakeholders where we could throughout the entire financial year. ## **Everyone's Health Matters (PSMI)** Between February-June 2021, Europia was enlisted to create 3 videos on 3 different topics: the covid vaccine, the flu vaccine and the NHS annual health check. Each video was translated into a variety of languages for the needs of each charity and it was designed to be accessible to those with severe mental disabilities. This was in partnership with Yaran Northwest and TS4SE. Video e.g. https://youtu.be/80xGNBmogoU ## **Near Neighbours** Between February-March 2021, we partnered with Near Neighbours with the aim of distributing the informative resources they produced about COVID-19 restrictions, testing and vaccinations to CEE and EU national communities. We did this by recruiting volunteers that would circulate resources through community groups and contacts. We also worked with Near Neighbours to facilitate the recruitment of participants to courses designed to lessen the impact of COVID-19 on communities. These courses were aimed at existing community organisations to support them in improving the services they have had to provide in response to the pandemic. Europia also took part in Near Neighbours community discussions and a roundtable talk with the Department of Health and Social Care. ## **Census** In February 2021 the Census contacted Europia to ask for help in encouraging EU and CEE participation. As a result, Europia contacted 3 research professionals: Dr Alexandra Bulat, Dr Elena Genova and Katarzyna Gut to create informative videos in Romanian, Bulgarian and Polish. These videos explained why doing the Census is important and how it can benefit communities by suggesting to the government how many school spaces, GP surgeries and other social services. 24 DocuSign Envelope ID: F93CB8E1-DCCB-4419-9A09-602D462200CE ## **Press coverage** We have achieved notable press coverage during this financial year (10 pieces) including in ITV Granada Reports, BBC Radio Manchester and Manchester Evening News. The highlight was in January 2021 when we contributed to a pre-recorded ITV Granada Reports piece about the EUSS that went out on ITV. This was accompanied by significant regional and local press coverage. **‘EU Nationals living in the UK are not being seen as a priority during and after Brexit […] Europia has published vital statistical work analysing Home Office data to find out more about who is applying and receiving status in each local authority in Greater Manchester. Armed with detailed community intelligence, we hope to help shape their policy response and service provision to reach as many EU Nationals as possible.’** _Kush Chottera quoted in the ITV news article_ 25 DocuSign Envelope ID: F93CB8E1-DCCB-4419-9A09-602D462200CE ## **Website** We worked with an agency called Holdens to updated our website during the Summer of 2020, many thanks to their staff team for doing above and beyond what was required. We had a second update during Spring 2021. This has enabled Europia to finalise its revamped brand and to appear much more professional as well as make a site that is much more user friendly. Our revamped website was promoted through our channels including our newsletter. 26 DocuSign Envelope ID: F93CB8E1-DCCB-4419-9A09-602D462200CE ## **Translation and interpretation** ## **Flu Campaign** In December 2020, we ran a flu campaign funded by Manchester CCG. The project’s aim was to inform and encourage EU nationals to take the flu vaccine. This campaign included translations of the audio/video scripts and leaflets into Romanian and Romanes. ## **Maternity Action** Europia translated 54 pages of plain text (approximately 9000 words) for Maternity Action into Spanish, Portuguese and Greek. The documents included information on money for parents and babies, maternity pay questions, and redundancy. These are available both on Maternity action's website and our website. ## **Stop The Traffic** Europia translated resources into Polish, Romanian and Lithuanian as part of a national campaign. We created a pre-campaign survey and the " Forced labour" video in the community languages as well. ## **Research** Europia expanded our research department during this financial year, producing various articles and pieces of research. This included a research piece examining whether Central and Eastern Europeans trust charities, a research project asking CEE community members their views on COVID-19, analyses and reports on the quarterly EUSS statistics for Greater Manchester (including borough specific reports and a report specifically made at the request of the Hungarian consulate - these were released with a piece completed for ITV news about the EUSS in January 2021) and an article published by MACC about the experience of the Roma in south Manchester during the pandemic. For more information, visit: https://europia.org.uk/what-wedo/research-publications/. 27 DocuSign Envelope ID: F93CB8E1-DCCB-4419-9A09-602D462200CE ## **Concluding remarks** ## **Public Benefit** The Trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit and have acted in the public benefit as outlined in the activities reported in the preceding section. ## **Going Concern** The trustees have considered the current and future activities of the charity and known levels of income and expenditure and are satisfied that the charity is a going concern. ## **Financial Review** In the year to 31 March 2021, the total income was £276,766 (2020: £122,366). Expenditure was £234,988 (2020: £120,554), resulting in a surplus of £41,778 (2020: £8,297). The charity continues to operate through its existing bank facilities and the fact that loans are not immediately repayable. ## **Reserves Policy** The charity does not currently have a reserves policy. It is in the process of formulating one and once the policy is approved, the Trustees will seek to achieve this target level in future reporting periods. As of 31 March 2021, the charity had total funds of £51,887 (2020: a surplus of £10,109). Fixed assets totalled £1,445 (2020: £nil), however, £38,128 of this total fund are restricted funds leaving £12,314 (2020: £3,110) as free reserves. ## **Future Plans** We plan to expand our services into providing translation services and take a more strategic approach in funding the EU Settlement Scheme. Approved by order of the board of trustees on the 3rd February 2022 and signed on its behalf by: _Signature:_ ____________________________ ____________________________ _Name:_ ____________________________ ____________________________ Pawel Lajszczak Artur Bobikyan 04/02/2022 04/02/2022 28 DocuSign Envelope ID: F93CB8E1-DCCB-4419-9A09-602D462200CE **EUROPIA (Charitable Incorporated Organisation)** ## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021** ## **Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Europia ('the Company')** I report to the charity Trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 March 2021. ## **Responsibilities and Basis of Report** As the Trustees of the Company (and its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act'). Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of the Company's accounts carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act. ## **Independent Examiner's Statement** Since the Company'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 & Wales, which is one of the listed bodies. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe: 1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or 3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act 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; or 4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102). 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. This report is made solely to the Company's Trustees, as a body, in accordance with Part 4 of the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. My work has been undertaken so that I might state to the Company's Trustees those matters I am required to state to them in an Independent examiner's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, I do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the Company and the Company's Trustees as a body, for my work or for this report. Signed: Dated: 04/02/2022 Vicky Szulist, Crowe U.K. **LLP** ACA, ICAEW Page 29 DocuSign Envelope ID: F93CB8E1-DCCB-4419-9A09-602D462200CE ## **EUROPIA** ## **(Charitable Incorporated Organisation)** ## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (INCORPORATING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021** |||**Restricted**|**Unrestricted**|**Total**|_Ttal_| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |||**funds**|**funds**|**funds**|_funds_| |||**2021**|**2021**|**2021**|_2020_| ||**Note**|**£**|**£**|**£**|£| |**Income from:**|||||| |Donations and legacies|4||**6,951**|**6,951**|_7,517_| |Charitable activities|5|**217,228**|**52,587**|**269,815**|_114,849_| |**Total income**||**217,228**|**59,538**|**276,766**|_122,366_| |**Expenditure on:**|||||| |Raising funds|6|**774**||**774**|_984_| |Charitable activities|7|**185,325**|**48,889**|**234,214**|_119,570_| |**Total expenditure**||**186,099**|**48,889**|**234,988**|_120,554_| |**Net movement in funds**||**31,129**|**10,649**|**41,778**|_1,812_| |**Reconciliation of funds:**|||||| |Total funds brought frard||**6,999**|**3,110**|**10,109**|_8,297_| |Net movement in funds||**31,129**|**10,649**|**41,778**|_1,812_| |**Total funds carried forward**||**38,128**|**13,759**|**51,887**|_10,109_| The Statement of Financial Activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. The notes on pages 32 to 43 form part of these financial statements. Page 30 DocuSign Envelope ID: F93CB8E1-DCCB-4419-9A09-602D462200CE ## **EUROPIA (Charitable Incorporated Organisation) REGISTERED NUMBER: CE004005** ## **BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MARCH 2021** ||||**2021**||_2020_| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**Note**||**£**||**£**| |**Fixed assets**|||||| |Tangible assets|12||**1,445**||| ||||**1,445**||| |**Current assets**|||||| |Cash at bank and in hand||**65,628**||_21,510_|| |||**65,628**||_21,510_|| |Creditors: amounts falling due within one|||||| |year|13|**(15,186)**||_(11,401)_|| |**Net current assets**|||**50,442**||_10,109_| |**Total net assets**|||**51,887**||_10,109_| |**Charity funds**|||||| |Restricted funds|14||**38,128**||_6,999_| |Unrestricted funds|14||**13,759**||_3,110_| |**Total funds**|||**51,887**||_10,109_| The Trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 with respect to accounting records and preparation of financial statements. The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Trustees on 3rd February 2022 and signed on their behalf by: ## **P Lajszczak** The notes on pages 32 to 43 form part of these financial statements. Page 31 DocuSign Envelope ID: F93CB8E1-DCCB-4419-9A09-602D462200CE **EUROPIA (Charitable Incorporated Organisation)** ## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021** ## **1. General information** Europia is a charitable incorporated organisation, registered in England and Wales with the Charity Commission (Reg No: 1161453). Please refer to the reference and administrative details listed on page 4 for further details. ## **2. Accounting policies** ## **2.1 Basis of preparation of financial statements** The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) - 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) (effective 1 January 2019), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006. Europia meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy. ## **2.2 Going concern** The trustees have considered the current and future activities of the charity and known levels of income and expenditure and are satisfied that the charity is a going concern. ## **2.3 Income** All income is recognised once the Company has entitlement to the income, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount of income receivable can be measured reliably. ## **2.4 Expenditure** 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. Central staff costs are allocated on the basis of time spent, and depreciation charges allocated on the portion of the asset's use. Expenditure on raising funds includes all expenditure incurred by the Company to raise funds for its charitable purposes and includes costs of all fundraising activities events and non-charitable trading. Expenditure on charitable activities is incurred on directly undertaking the activities which further the Company's objectives, as well as any associated support costs. All expenditure is inclusive of irrecoverable VAT. Page 32 DocuSign Envelope ID: F93CB8E1-DCCB-4419-9A09-602D462200CE **EUROPIA** **(Charitable Incorporated Organisation)** ## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021** ## **2. Accounting policies (continued)** ## **2.5 Tangible fixed assets and depreciation** Tangible fixed assets costing £NIL or more are capitalised and recognised when future economic benefits are probable and the cost or value of the asset can be measured reliably. Tangible fixed assets are initially recognised at cost. After recognition, under the cost model, tangible fixed assets are measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses. All costs incurred to bring a tangible fixed asset into its intended working condition should be included in the measurement of cost. Depreciation is charged so as to allocate the cost of tangible fixed assets less their residual value over their estimated useful lives, using the straight-line method. Depreciation is provided on the following basis: Computer equipment 33% ## **2.6 Cash at bank and in hand** Cash at bank and in hand includes cash and short-term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account. ## **2.7 Liabilities and provisions** Liabilities are recognised when there is an obligation at the Balance sheet date as a result of a past event, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefit will be required in settlement, and the amount of the settlement can be estimated reliably. Liabilities are recognised at the amount that the Company anticipates it will pay to settle the debt or the amount it has received as advanced payments for the goods or services it must provide. Provisions are measured at the best estimate of the amounts required to settle the obligation. Where the effect of the time value of money is material, the provision is based on the present value of those amounts, discounted at the pre-tax discount rate that reflects the risks specific to the liability. The unwinding of the discount is recognised in the Statement of financial activities as a finance cost. ## **2.8 Financial instruments** The Company only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value with the exception of bank loans which are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method. ## **2.9 Pensions** The Company operates a defined contribution pension scheme and the pension charge represents the amounts payable by the Company to the fund in respect of the year. Page 33 DocuSign Envelope ID: F93CB8E1-DCCB-4419-9A09-602D462200CE **EUROPIA (Charitable Incorporated Organisation)** ## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021** ## **2. Accounting policies (continued)** ## **2.10 Fund accounting** General funds are unrestricted funds which are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the Company and which have not been designated for other purposes. Restricted funds are funds which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors or which have been raised by the Company for particular purposes. The costs of raising and administering such funds are charged against the specific fund. The aim and use of each restricted fund is set out in the notes to the financial statements. ## **3. Critical accounting estimates and areas of judgment** Estimates and judgments are continually evaluated and are based on historical experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Critical accounting estimates and assumptions: The Trustees consider there to be no critical accounting estimates, assumptions or critical areas of judgement or uncertainty. ## **4. Income from donations and legacies** ||**Unrestricted**|**Total**| |---|---|---| ||**funds**|**funds**| ||**2021**|**2021**| ||**£**|**£**| |Donations|6,951|**6,951**| ||_Unrstted_|_Ttal_| ||_funds_|_funds_| ||_2020_|_2020_| ||**£**|**£**| |Donations|_7,517_|_7,517_| Page 34 DocuSign Envelope ID: F93CB8E1-DCCB-4419-9A09-602D462200CE ## **EUROPIA** ## **(Charitable Incorporated Organisation)** ## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021** ## **5. Income from charitable activities** |||**Restricted**|**Unrestricted**|**Total**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||**funds**|**funds**|**funds**| |||**2021**|**2021**|**2021**| |||**£**|**£**|**£**| ||Community Support|217,228|52,587|**269,815**| ||||_Unrstted_|_Total_| ||||_funds_|_funds_| ||||_2020_|_2020_| ||||£|£| ||Community Support||_114,849_|_114,849_| |**6.**|**Expenditure on raising funds**|||| ||**Costs of raising voluntary income**|||| ||||**Restricted**|**Total**| ||||**funds**|**funds**| ||||**2021**|**2021**| ||||**£**|**£**| ||Advertising & Marketing||774|**774**| ||**Costs of raising voluntary income (continued)**|||| ||||_Unrstted_|_Ttal_| ||||_funds_|_funds_| ||||_2020_|_2020_| ||||**£**|**£**| ||Advertising & Marketing||_984_|_984_| Page 35 DocuSign Envelope ID: F93CB8E1-DCCB-4419-9A09-602D462200CE ## **EUROPIA (Charitable Incorporated Organisation)** ## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021** ## **7. Analysis of expenditure on charitable activities** ## **Summary by fund type** ||**Restricted**|**Unrestricted**|**Total**| |---|---|---|---| ||**funds**|**funds**|**funds**| ||**2021**|**2021**|**2021**| ||**£**|**£**|**£**| |Community Support|185,325|48,889|**234,214**| ||_Restcted_|_Unrstcted_|_Total_| ||_funds_|_funds_|_funds_| ||**_2020_**|**_2020_**|**_2020_**| ||£|£|£| |Community Support|**_9,208_**|**_110,362_**|**_119,570_**| ## **8. Analysis of expenditure by activities** ||**Activities**||| |---|---|---|---| ||**underaken**|**Suppor**|**Total**| ||**directly**|**costs**|**funds**| ||**2021**|**2021**|**2021**| ||**£**|**£**|**£**| |Community Support|213,827|20,387|**234,214**| ||_Actvties_
_underakn_
_directy_|_Suppor_
costs|_Total_
_funds_| ||**_2020_**|**_2020_**|**_2020_**| ||£|£|£| |Community Support|**_95,864_**|**_23,706_**|**_119,570_**| Page 36 DocuSign Envelope ID: F93CB8E1-DCCB-4419-9A09-602D462200CE **EUROPIA (Charitable Incorporated Organisation)** ## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021** ## **8. Analysis of expenditure by activities (continued)** ## **Analysis of direct costs** ||**Community**
**Suppor**|**Total**
**funds**| |---|---|---| ||**2021**|**2021**| ||**£**|**£**| |Staf costs|126,448|**126,448**| |Training|737|**737**| |Freelance workers|37,759|**37,759**| |Refreshments|5,461|**5,461**| |Staf Travel|216|**216**| |Contractors|43,206|**43,206**| ||213,827|**213,827**| ||_Community_
_Suppor_|_Ttal_
_funds_| ||_2020_|_2020_| ||**£**|**£**| |Staf costs|_62,902_|_62,902_| |Training|_174_|_174_| |Freelance workers|_14,375_|_14,375_| |Activities - Meetings|_2,561_|_2,561_| |Refreshments|_4,713_|_4,713_| |Staf Travel|_3,779_|_3,779_| |Contractors|_7,360_|_7,360_| ||_95,864_|_95,864_| Page 37 DocuSign Envelope ID: F93CB8E1-DCCB-4419-9A09-602D462200CE ## **EUROPIA (Charitable Incorporated Organisation)** ## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021** ## **8. Analysis of expenditure by activities (continued)** ## **Analysis of support costs** ||**Community**
**Suppor**|**Total**
**funds**| |---|---|---| ||**2021**|**2021**| ||**£**|**£**| |Depreciation|139|**139**| |Computer & Website|7,352|**7,352**| |Professional Fees|2,883|**2,883**| |Telephone|3,036|**3,036**| |Rent & Rates|5,035|**5,035**| |Insurance|637|**637**| |Post, Printing & Stationery|998|**998**| |Other|307|**307**| ||20,387|**20,387**| ||_Community_
_Suppor_|_Ttal_
_funds_| ||_2020_|_2020_| ||**£**|**£**| |Computer & Website|_3,113_|_3,113_| |Professional Fees|_2,013_|_2,013_| |Telephone|_656_|_656_| |Rent & Rates|_6,692_|_6,692_| |Insurance|_498_|_498_| |Post, Printing & Stationery|_1,579_|_1,579_| |Other|_2,490_|_2,490_| |Events|_6,665_|_6,665_| ||_23,706_|_23,706_| Page 38 DocuSign Envelope ID: F93CB8E1-DCCB-4419-9A09-602D462200CE **EUROPIA (Charitable Incorporated Organisation)** ## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021** ## **9. Independent examiner's remuneration** |**Independent examiner's remuneration**||| |---|---|---| ||**2021**|_2020_| ||£|£| |Fees payable to the Company's independent examiner fr the independent||| |examination of the Company's annual accounts|**750**|_750_| |Fees payable to the Company's independent examiner in respect of:||| |Accounts preparation fees|**500**|_500_| ## **10. Staff costs** ||**2021**|_2020_| |---|---|---| ||£|£| |Wages and salaries|**121,036**|_62,075_| |Social security costs|**3,754**|| |Contribution to defined contribution pension schemes|**1,658**|_827_| ||**126,448**|_62,902_| The average number of persons employed by the Company during the year was as follows: ||**2021**|_2020_| |---|---|---| ||**No.**|_No._| |Support Staf|**9**|_3_| No employee received remuneration amounting to more than £60,000 in either year. The key management personnel of the charity comprises of the Chief Officer and Impact and Development manager. The total employee benefits of the key management personnel of the charity are **£42,914.** ## **11. Trustees' remuneration and expenses** - During the year, no Trustees received any remuneration or other benefits _(2020 £NIL)._ - During the year ended 31 March 2021, no Trustee expenses have been incurred _(2020 £NIL)._ Page 39 DocuSign Envelope ID: F93CB8E1-DCCB-4419-9A09-602D462200CE ## **EUROPIA** ## **(Charitable Incorporated Organisation)** ## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021** ## **12. Tangible fixed assets** |||**Computer**| |---|---|---| |||**equipment**| |||**£**| |**Cost or valuation**||| |Additions||**1,584**| |At 31 March 2021||**1,584**| |**Depreciation**||| |Charge for the year||**139**| |At 31 March 2021||**139**| |**Net book value**||| |At 31 March 2021||**1,445**| |**Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year**||| ||**2021**|_2020_| |||**£**| |Other taxation and social security|**8,159**|_2,371_| |Pension creditor|**2,831**|_57_| |Other creditors|**2,696**|_7,473_| |Accruals and deferred income|**1,500**|_1,500_| ||**15,186**|_11,401_| ## **13. Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year** Page 40 DocuSign Envelope ID: F93CB8E1-DCCB-4419-9A09-602D462200CE **EUROPIA (Charitable Incorporated Organisation)** ## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021** ## **14. Statement of funds** ## **Statement of funds - current year** |**Statement of funds - current year**||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||**Balance at**| ||**Balance at 1**|||**31 March**| ||**April 2020**|**Income Expenditure**||**2021**| ||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**| |**Unrestricted funds**||||| |General Funds|**3,110**|**59,538**|**(48,889)**|
**13,759**| |**Restricted funds**||||| |Arts Council|**4,000**||**(4,000)**|| |We Love Manchester|**2,999**||**(2,999)**|| |Citizens Advice Bury/Bolton||**12,948**|**(12,948)**|| |Covid-19 Support Funding||**89,335**|**(89,335)**|| |Yaran NW - Underserved Outreach Project||**19,750**|**(19,750)**|| |Roma Support Projects||**15,373**|**(12,373)**|
**3,000**| |Action Together||**3,325**|**(3,325)**|| |Dementia Projects||**14,007**|**(14,007)**|| |EUSS||**6,300**|**(6,300)**|| |Forever Manchester||**5,000**|**(5,000)**|| |GMMH MWH||**500**|**(500)**|| |Greater Together Manchester||**3,760**||**3,760**| |Lankelly Chase||**5,000**|**(1,002)**|
**3,998**| |One Manchester||**4,910**|**(1,410)**|
**3,500**| |Rochdale Borough Council||**14,950**|**(10,950)**|
**4,000**| |Salfrd CVS||**1,500**|**(500)**|**1,000**| |TNCLF-EWG||**10,000**||**10,000**| |V4CE||**8,870**||**8,870**| |Other Restricted Funds||**1,700**|**(1,700)**|| ||**6,999**|**217,228**|**(186,099)**|
**38,128**| |Restricted fund are used for community support|projects involving|the European expatriate||community.| |**Total of funds**|**10,109**|**276,766**|**(234,988)**|
**51,887**| Page 41 DocuSign Envelope ID: F93CB8E1-DCCB-4419-9A09-602D462200CE ## **EUROPIA (Charitable Incorporated Organisation)** ## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021** ## **14. Statement of funds (continued)** ## **Statement of funds - prior year** |**Statement of funds - prior year**||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||_Balance at_| ||_Balance at_|||_31 March_| ||_1 Apri 2019_|_Income_|_Ependitur_|_2020_| ||£|£|£|£| |**Unrestricted funds**||||| |General Funds|_(7,910)_|_122,366_|_(111,346)_|_3,110_| |**Restricted funds**||||| |Arts Council||_8,098_|_(4,098)_|_4,000_| |We Love Manchester||_2,999_||_2,999_| |Lush Retail Limited||_5,110_|_(5,110)_|| |||_16,207_|_(9,208)_|_6,999_| |**Total of funds**|_(7,910)_|_138,573_|_(120,554_|_10,109_| ## **15. Analysis of net assets between funds** ## **Analysis of net assets between funds - current year** ||**Restricted**|**Unrestricted**|**Total**| |---|---|---|---| ||**funds**|**funds**|**funds**| ||**2021**|**2021**|**2021**| ||**£**|**£**|**£**| |Tangible fixed assets||1,445|**1,445**| |Current assets|38,128|27,500|**65,628**| |Creditors due within one year||(15,186)|**(15,186)**| |**Total**|38,128|13,759|**51,887**| Page 42 DocuSign Envelope ID: F93CB8E1-DCCB-4419-9A09-602D462200CE **EUROPIA (Charitable Incorporated Organisation)** ## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021** ## **15. Analysis of net assets between funds (continued)** ## **Analysis of net assets between funds - prior year** |**Analysis of net assets between funds - prior**|**year**||| |---|---|---|---| ||_Restted_|_Unrstted_|_Ttal_| ||_funds_|_funds_|_funds_| ||_2020_|_2020_|_2020_| ||£|£|£| |Current assets|_6,999_|_14,511_|_21,510_| |Creditors due within one year||_(11,401)_|_(11,401)_| |**Total**|_6,999_|_3,110_|_10,109_| ## **16. Pension commitments** The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the charity in an independently administered fund. The pension cost charge represents contributions payable by the group to the fund and amounted to £2,831 (2020: £57) were payable to the fund at the balance sheet date and are included in creditors. ## **17. Related party transactions** During the year, the charity operated a loan account with the Executive Director. They are regarded as a related party due to their ability to influence policy and make operational decisions for the Charity. At 31 March 2021, Europia owed the individual £39 (2020: £3,120). There are no repayments terms on this loan and interest has not been charged. Page 43