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2022-12-31-accounts

FiLiA

Trustees' Annual Report and Accounts Year ended 31 December 2022

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FiLiA Report and Financial Statements

Contents Page

Report of the trustees 3-11
Reference and administrative 12
details
Independent examiner's report 13
Statement of financial activities 14
Balance sheet 15
Notes to the accounts 16-22

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FiLiA

Trustees’ Report for the year ended 31 December 2022

The Trustees present their report together with the receipts and payments accounts of FiLiA for the year ended 31 December 2022. The Trustees confirm that the Annual Report and Accounts of the Charity comply with the current statutory requirements, the requirements of the Charity's governing document and the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP).

This report outlines the work of FiLiA during the year of 2022.

Objects and Activities

In brief, our charitable objects are:

FiLiA’s mission is to contribute to the Women’s Liberation Movement by:

♀ Building Sisterhood and Solidarity (locally, nationally, globally)

♀ Amplifying the Voices of Women (particularly those less often heard or purposefully silenced)

♀ Defending Women’s Human Rights

The focus of our work during this reporting period was to build the capacity of the organisation; to amplify the voices of Women via our podcasts, blogs and conference and to deliver a number of projects. The FiLiA conference is run entirely by volunteers.

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FiLiA Trustees’ Report for the year ended 31 December 2022

Public Benefit

The trustees confirm that they have referred to the recommendations contained in the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit when reviewing FiLiA’s aims and objectives, and in planning activities and setting policies and priorities for the year ahead.

The activities that FiLiA carries out to further its charitable purposes for the public benefit (as described under Achievements and Performance below) are guided by the Objects above.

Achievements and Performance

CAPACITY BUILDING

The FiLiA team consists of approximately 80 Women who gift their time.

Our team is made up of Women of diverse lived experience. One third of the team were new to us this year with 10% having been with us for over 5 years. We constitute a wide range of ethnicities and backgrounds of all faiths and none. 30% have a disability and just over half are Mothers, with around half of those being single Mothers. Lesbians and bisexual Women make up half of the FiLiA team and our volunteers are aged 18 through to their 70’s. A quarter of our team are not employed and 30% are in education.

We continue to build capacity within our team. We have expanded our access team, and continued to develop our various country and topic teams. We introduced the Charity Learning Consortium to offer e-learning to the team.

Labrys Lit, a global book group run by, for, and about lesbians has continued to run successfully and the FiLiA network of Women exited from the sex trade continues to grow.

Internal Education is important to FiLiA and our weekly meetings provided time for sessions covering (among others) The Rights of Migrant Women in Europe (ENoMW), Matriarchy and Matriarchal Politics (Heide Goettner-Abendroth), Hague Mothers (Ruth Dineen), Feminist Art History, Obstetric Violence (Mara Ricoy Olariaga), Feminism in India (Madhulika Agarwal) and more. Our thanks to those who gifted their time to support our ongoing education as a team.

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FiLiA Trustees’ Report for the year ended 31 December 2022

FUNDRAISING

In order to be able to implement our FiLiA-2025 strategy, which expands our work beyond simply conferences to include international network building alongside focused projects, we recognise the need for sourcing short-, medium- and longterm funding as well as achieving and maintaining a higher financial sustainability threshold. FiLiA will continue to apply for core and project funding.

Our Friends of FiLiA scheme continues to be well received and we thank those who have signed up to become regular supporters of our work. All funds will go directly to support Women to participate in FiLiA, who otherwise would not be able to.

2022 saw merchandise develop further both at conference and online sales with support from the Enterprise Development Programme which enabled us to work with local artists to expand our merchandise range.

The FiLiA bookshop continues to grow and enables us to bring in more funding to support our work.

CONFERENCE

The FiLiA2022 conference was a huge success, bringing our annual event to Wales for the first time. Around 1,800 tickets were sold.

We moved to a THREE-day event, held in Cardiff at the iconic St David’s Hall. Again, speakers ranged from local to national and global as well as a broad range of topics such as:

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FiLiA Trustees’ Report for the year ended 31 December 2022

As with previous years, we were able to showcase the art of many Women, and many of the sessions are available on our YouTube channel.

FiLiA2022 EVALUATION (some highlights)

PROJECTS

FiLiA LEGACY PROJECT

Thank you to all the Women in Cardiff who welcomed FiLiA into their city, and worked together with us to make the city a better place for Women and Girls.

Locally run activities included weekly swimming lessons for a local Women’s group, the launch of the Hague Mothers Project, banner making, art therapy, development of legal advice for Lesbian only spaces, campaigns and fundraising training, security training, support for the Women First project helping local authorities to support Women out of prostitution, consciousness raising booklets and training, badge making with school girls, creation of a Best Friend’s Handbook for girls, training and support for Women facing the family courts.

With enormous thanks to the funders of the FiLiA Legacy Project, who saw the potential of the grassroots work we were doing in each FiLiA city, and are supporting us to enhance this work.

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FiLiA Trustees’ Report for the year ended 31 December 2022

PODCASTS AND BLOGS

Recognising the need to amplify the voices of Women beyond our annual conference, we expanded our podcasting team and we have now hosted #185 podcasts with voices from all over the world, including interviews on coercive control, sex robots, challenging the family court, economic abuse, sex trafficking in Spain and Women’s archives and records.

We have also continued to increase the number of FiLiA guest blogs, amplifying the words of Women from many countries, on topics such as Roe vs Wade 50 years on, Women’s struggle against religious misogyny, Women walk for justice in Nepal, Women’s rights in Afghanistan, the virginity scandal, coercive control of disabled Women and femicide in Russia,

As well as providing ongoing updates from many countries and on varied topics, these blogs and podcasts will serve as an archive of Women’s voices for future generations. We thank all the Women who gifted their time to make the FiLiA podcasts and blogs happen.

CAMPAIGNS

#FreeNazanin

1,173 Women around the world signed up to fast on consecutive days until Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was freed after being falsely imprisoned in Iran. In March 2022 Nazanin was released and we were pleased to host her at our annual conference.

#Hair4Freedom

In partnership with One Law For All, a solidarity action in support of the Women’s revolution in Iran was held in Trafalgar Square, there were performances, speeches and hair-cutting.

KAKUMA REFUGEE CAMP

We continue to support our lesbian sisters and their children in Kakuma Refugee camp Kenya. Along with a small group of lesbians internationally we help provide medication and medical care, sanitary protection and food supplements to make life a little more bearable whilst advocating for their relocation to a safe country.

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FiLiA Trustees’ Report for the year ended 31 December 2022

ABOLITIONIST WORK

We have continued to work with local areas to support their approach to supporting women out of prostitution. We have seen other areas develop their approach and shift to a more woman centered policy in addressing prostitution. We are linking areas with good practice as it develops.

LABRYS LIT

FiLiA's international lesbian book club has been running for almost two years, with 22 sessions held, and over 150 women signed up). The book club has provided a valuable community to our lesbian members, giving regular and pluralistic access to our shared culture. And we are proud that the book club has evolved to include in-person meetings at the FiLiA conference.

Financial Review

During the year the Charity generated income totaling £301,516 (2021: £222,413) and incurred expenditure of £303,724 (2021: £168,012). The charity held funds on hand of £75,070 at 31 December 2022 (2021: £77,278), including £30,856 (2021: £47,065) of restricted funds.

PRINCIPAL FUNDING SOURCES

The charity raises funds for the annual conference mainly by ticket sales. The other principal source of funds is from grants and donations.

INVESTMENT POLICY

The charity does not currently hold sufficient funds to warrant investment. However, the charity banks with Triodos Bank and the Co-operative Bank, both of which have a sound ethical banking policy.

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FiLiA Trustees’ Report for the year ended 31 December 2022

RESERVES POLICY

The general fund reserves at 31 December 2022 were £30,856. Discounting projects with restricted funding and conference costs, our ‘core’ other costs were £73,483. Our policy is that six months of core costs are maintained in reserves, being £36,741.

2023 and Beyond

We look forward in our next year to:

Structure, Governance and Management

GOVERNING DOCUMENT

The organisation is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, established and registered as a charity on 8 September 2015. The charity is established under a Constitution, which sets out the objects and powers of the trust.

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FiLiA

Trustees’ Report for the year ended 31 December 2022

RECRUITMENT AND APPOINTMENT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

The trustees are also the members of the charity, and as such have the power to appoint new trustees. All trustees serve a two-year term, after which they are eligible for re-election. The Constitution stipulates that there must be a minimum of three and not more than twelve trustees.

TRUSTEE INDUCTION AND TRAINING

Trustees are experienced in the area of the charity’s work and have been appointed by the members for the specific skills they can bring to the Board. All potential trustees are briefed prior to their election.

Trustees’ Responsibilities in Relation to the Financial Statements

Charity law requires the trustees to prepare accounts for each financial period which show a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of its financial activities for that period. In preparing those accounts, the trustees are required to:

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the accounts comply with the Statement of Recommended Practice. 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.

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FiLiA

Trustees’ Report for the year ended 31 December 2022

This report was approved by the board of trustees on 26 October 2023 and signed on its behalf.

Kruti Walsh, Trustee

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FiLiA

Reference and Administrative Details of the Charity, its Trustees and Advisers For the year ended 31 December 2022

Charity registration number: 1163473 Operational address: Women's Resource Centre 41 North Road London N7 9DP Website www.filia.org.uk

Trustees

Lisa-Marie Taylor Sally Jackson Kruti Walsh Claire Heuchan Appointed 23 January 2023 Raquel Rosario Sanchez Resigned 23 January 2023

Independent Examiner

Frank McDowell FMAAT FJM Accountancy Limited 23 Shackleton Court 2 Maritime Quay London E14 3QF

Bankers

The Co-operative Bank plc Business Direct PO Box 250 Skelmersdale Lancashire WN8 6WT

Triodos Bank UK Limited Deanery Road Bristol BS1 5AS

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FiLiA (CIO) Independent Examiner's report

Independent examiner's report to the Trustees of FiLiA

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the CIO for the year ended 31 December 2022.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees of the CIO you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

I report in respect of my examination of the CIO’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act. In carrying out my examination I have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.

The charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 and I am qualified to undertake the examination by being a qualified member of The Association of Accounting Technicians.

Independent examiner's statement

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 as required by section 130 of the Act; or

  2. the accounts do not accord with those records.

I confirm that there are no other matters to which your attention should be drawn to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Frank James McDowell FMAAT

FJM Accountancy Limited 23 Shackleton Court 2 Maritime Quay London E14 3QF

Date: 26 October 2023

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FiLiA Statement of Financial Activities For the year ended 31 December 2022

2022 2021
Restricted Unrestricted Total Restricted Unrestricted Total
Notes £ £ £ £ £ £
Income
Grants and donations 2 141,009 38,172 179,181 117,647 28,380 146,027
Charitable activities 3 - 122,137 122,137 12,400 62,473 74,873
Investment income - 48 48 - 22 22
Other income - 150 150 - 1,491 1,491
Total income 141,009 160,507 301,516 130,047 92,366 222,413
Expenditure
Expenditure on charitable activities 4 151,734 151,990 303,724 104,533 63,479 168,012
Total resources expended 151,734 151,990 303,724 104,533 63,479 168,012
Net income/(expenditure) for the year 6 (10,725) 8,517 (2,208) 25,514 28,887 54,401
Transfers between funds 7,874 (7,874) - (1,226) 1,226 -
Net movement in funds (2,851) 643 (2,208) 24,288 30,113 54,401
Fund balances at 1 January 2022 47,065 30,213 77,278 22,777 100 22,877
Fund balances at 31 December 2022 11 44,214 30,856 75,070 47,065 30,213 77,278

The statement of financial activities includes all gains or losses for the year. All income and expenditure derives from continuing activities.

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FiLiA Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2022

Notes
Current assets
Stock
Debtors
8
Cash at bank and in hand
Creditors: amounts falling
due within one year
9
Net current assets
Net assets
10
Funds
11
Restricted funds
Unrestricted funds
General funds
Total funds		 2022

£
£
1,076
1,686
77,983
80,745
3,467
75,070
75,070
44,214
30,856
75,070		 2021
£
3,580
28,092
44,298
£
77,278
75,970
900
77,278
47,065
30,213
77,278

The financial statements were approved by the trustees on 26 October 2023 .

Kruti Walsh Trustee

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FiLiA Notes to the Accounts For the year ended 31 December 2022

1 Accounting policies

The principal accounting policies are summarised below. The accounting policies have been applied consistently throughout the year.

Basis of accounting

The accounts (financial statements) have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant notes to these accounts. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019), and the Charities Act 2011.

Funds structure and accounting

Restricted donations are available for the charity's use only in accordance with the terms under which, and for the purposes which, the funds were donated to the charity.

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.

The nature and purpose of each fund is set out in Note 11.

Income recognition

All income is included in the statement of financial activities when the charity is entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income:

Voluntary income is received by way of grants, donations and gifts and is included in full in the statement of financial activities when receivable.

Investment income is included when receivable.

Expenditure recognition

Expenditure is recognised on an accrual basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes VAT which cannot be recovered, and is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates.

Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities and services for its beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them.

Governance costs include those costs associated with meeting the constitutional and statutory requirements of the charity and include the independent examination fees and costs linked to the strategic management of the charity.

All costs are allocated between the expenditure categories of the statement of financial activities on a basis designed to reflect the use of the resource. Costs relating to a particular activity are allocated directly, others are apportioned on an appropriate basis e.g. floor area or estimated usage, as set out in Note 4.

Stock

Stock of goods for resale is valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value.

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FiLiA Notes to the Accounts

For the year ended 31 December 2022

2
Grants and donations received
Sisters Trust
Donations for Sex Matters Campaign
Enterprise Development Fund
The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation
Donations for Kakuma Camp
National Lottery Community Fund
Labrys Lit
Your Best Friend
Oakdale Trust
Big Give
Lady Neville/Skinners
European Network of Migrant Women
Network for Social Change Charitable Trust
Friends of FiLiA
Others
Gift Aid
3
Charitable activities
Annual conference ticket sales
Sale of merchandise
Sale of publications
Conference and meeting contributions		 2022
Restricted Unrestricted
Total
£
£
£
71,081
-
71,081
12,700
-
12,700
10,000
-
10,000
-
-
-
1,970
-
1,970
8,200
-
8,200
126
-
126
9,708
-
9,708
750
-
750
5,483
-
5,483
400
-
400
2,527
-
2,527
6,814
-
6,814
-
21,540
21,540
-
10,589
10,589
11,250
6,043
17,293
141,009
38,172
179,181
-
111,369
111,369
-
10,768
10,768
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
122,137
122,137		 2021
Total
£
47,041
45,000
20,000
3,200
2,406
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
12,795
10,240
5,345
146,027
69,689
3,993
331
860
74,873

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FiLiA Notes to the Accounts For the year ended 31 December 2022

4
Expenditure
Basis of
allocation
Costs allocated directly
to activities
Grants paid (Note 5)
Project costs
Conference costs
Support costs allocated
to activities
Publicity and website
Usage
Administrative support
Usage
Volunteer costs
Usage
Travel, subsistence and meeting costs
Usage
Conferences
Usage
IT costs
Usage
Subscriptions
Usage
Bank charges
Usage
Other costs
Usage
Governance costs:
Accountancy fees
Legal fees
Total expenditure
Friends of FiLiA - enabling and increasing
participation		 Promotion
Gover-
of women's
nance
2022
rights
costs
Total
£
£
£
13,750
-
13,750
138,375
-
138,375
80,960
-
80,960
49,329
-
49,329
3,127
-
3,127
2,175
-
2,175
2,781
-
2,781
1,740
-
1,740
-
-
-
523
-
523
3,989
-
3,989
526
-
526
3,582
-
3,582
-
900
900
-
1,968
1,968
300,857
2,868
303,725		 2021
Total
£
47,738
46,477
57,756
-
3,063
454
400
1,505
1,711
1,881
3,426
1,989
1,072
500
40
168,012

£151,734 (2021: £104,533) of expenditure in the year was paid out of restricted funds.

5
Grants paid
Sex Matters Campaign
Others
6
Net income/(expenditure) for the year
This is stated after charging:
Independent examiner's fees		 2022
£
13,750
-
13,750
2022
£
500		 2021
£
43,250
4,488
47,738
2021
£
500

7 Taxation

As a registered charity, FiLiA is exempt from tax on income and gains falling within Part 11 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 to the extent that these are applied to its charitable objects. No tax charges have arisen in the charity.

The charity is registered for Gift Aid with HM Revenue & Customs under reference ZD07123.

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FiLiA Notes to the Accounts

For the year ended 31 December 2022

8
Debtors
Gift Aid recoverable
9
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Deferred income
Accrued expenses
Other creditors
10 Analysis of net assets between funds
Current year
Current assets
Current liabilities
Prior year
Current assets
Current liabilities
Prepaid expenses - 2023 conference costs (venue hire
and event management software)		 Restricted
funds
£
44,214
-		 2022
£
15,081
13,011
28,092
2022
£
-
900
-
900

General

funds

£
31,756
(900)
30,856
33,680
(3,467)
30,213		 2021
£
1,686
-
1,686
2021
£
2,881
500
86
3,467
Total
funds
£
75,970
(900)
44,214 75,070
47,065
-		 80,745
(3,467)
47,065 77,278

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FiLiA

Notes to the Accounts For the year ended 31 December 2022

11 Movement in funds
At 1
Expend-
January
Income
iture
Transfers
£
£
£
£
Current year
Restricted funds
FiLiA legacy project
5,625
71,081
(79,867)
3,161
FiLiA and socialism
624
-
(1,159)
535
17,616
-
(300)
-
Sex Matters Campaign
-
23,950
(13,750)
-
Enterprise Development Fund
20,000
10,000
(27,923)
-
The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation
3,200
-
(3,314)
114
Kakuma Camp
-
1,970
(5,481)
3,511
Safer Lives
-
9,708
(4,100)
-
National Lottery Community Fund
-
8,200
(7,900)
-
Big Give
-
5,483
(1,000)
-
Oakdale Trust
-
750
-
-
Labrys Lit
-
126
(386)
260
Lime Soda ENOMW
-
2,527
(2,820)
293
Network for Social Change Charitable Trust
-
6,814
(3,734)
-
Lady Neville
-
400
-
-
47,065
141,009
(151,734)
7,874
Unrestricted funds:
General funds
30,213
160,507
(151,990)
(7,874)
Total funds
77,278
301,516
(303,724)
-
Prior year
Restricted funds
FiLiA legacy project
813
47,041
(42,229)
-
Young women and radical social reform
2,000
-
(2,524)
524
FiLiA and socialism
1,248
-
(624)
-
18,716
-
(1,100)
-
Sex Matters Campaign
-
45,000
(43,250)
(1,750)
Enterprise Development Fund
-
20,000
-
-
The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation
-
3,200
-
-
Kakuma Camp
-
2,406
(2,406)
-
Conference income
-
11,540
(11,540)
-
Other
-
860
(860)
-
22,777
130,047
(104,533)
(1,226)
Unrestricted funds:
General funds
100
92,366
(63,479)
1,226
Total funds
22,877
222,413
(168,012)
-
Revealing women's lost history through
Revealing women's lost history through
events, exhibitions and webinars		 At 31
December
£
-
-
17,316
10,200
2,077
-
-
5,608
300
4,483
750
-
-
3,080
400
44,214
30,856
75,070
5,625
-
624
17,616
-
20,000
3,200
-
-
-
47,065
30,213
77,278

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FiLiA Notes to the Accounts

For the year ended 31 December 2022

10 Movement in funds (continued)

Restricted funds

FiLiA legacy project - Sisters Trust

Three years' funding for local community projects in each city. Partnership working with Women's community groups to develop a series of workshops and events to build awareness, confidence and engagement.

FiLiA and socialism - Lipman Miliband

Pamphlet, exhibition and workshop on socialist Feminism.

Revealing women's lost history through events, exhibitions and webinars - People's Postcode Lottery

Digitalising cassettes from the 1996 Women's Liberation Conference and an event where we play the recordings to a new audience.

Sex Matters Campaign - funded via donations

Supporting Sex Matters, the UK-based not-for-profit organisation which campaigns, advocates and produces resources to promote clarity about sex in public policy, law and culture.

FiLiA Merchandise Development - Enterprise Development Fund

Funding to upskill volunteers and FiLiA's capability to develop its merchandise and relationships with feminist artists with the goal of commissioning and selling bespoke merchandise.

Building Global Abolition Networks - The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation

An educational exchange to share knowledge and strategy with a view towards finding ways to work together in the future to reduce sexual violence against Women and Girls in the UK, Japan and globally.

Supporting lesbian refugees in Kakuma Camp - funded via donations

Raising funds to support lesbian refugees in the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya, with food, medication and medical treatment, personal hygiene items and education.

Safer Lives

This funded the creation of a handbook for girls in two Cardiff schools to help their friends with relationships, sexual harassment and abuse.

National Lottery Community Fund

Supporting the FiLiA legacy project, this funding enabled training to develop women's leadership and other skills in Cardiff.

Women's Healing Journey - Big Give

This funded our project for women with substance use disorder, which culminated in a weekend in Bute of healing and network building to support them in their journey to recovery.

Women Chat - Oakdale Trust

Part of the FiLiA legacy project to provide English language courses and computer training to women in Cardiff.

Labrys Lit

FiLiA's international lesbian book club, with funding used to donate books to those unable to afford them and enabling their engagement with the book club.

Migrant mothers film - European Network of Migrant Mothers

A joint project with the filmmaker, Vaishnavi Sundar, and the European Network of Migrant Women, to support production of a film about the rights of migrant mothers in Europe.

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FiLiA Notes to the Accounts

For the year ended 31 December 2022

10 Movement in funds (continued)

Women First - Network for Social Change Charitable Trust

Our project to support local areas to improve their offer to Women involved with the sex industries.

Lady Neville

Additional funding to support the Brighton '96 project.

11 Transactions with related parties

One Trustee (2021: two) made donations to the charity during the year of £120 (2021: £180).

During the year, one trustee was paid £52,393 (2021: £32,497) under a freelance contract with the charity for delivery of the 3 year FiLiA Legacy Project only.

No (2021: no) trustees reclaimed expenses (2021: £Nil).

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