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2023-12-31-accounts

FiLiA Trustees' Annual Report and Accounts

Year ended 31 December 2023

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FiLiA Report and Financial Statements

Contents

Report of the trustees 1-9
Reference and administrative details 10
Independent examiner's report 11
Statement of financial activities 12
Balance sheet 13
Notes to the accounts 14-20

FiLiA Trustees’ Report for the year ended 31 December 2023

The Trustees present their report together with the receipts and payments accounts of FiLiA for the year ended 31 December 2023. 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 2023.

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 2023

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 over 100 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 developed working groups and specific streams of work, enabling volunteers to use their skills in the areas that are of most interest to them. We have grown in efficiency and are able to support Women’s efforts to better deliver our charitable objectives. Alongside this, we have been able to introduce a coach to support team members.

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. Sister Stitch, a craft group for FiLiA volunteers, was launched.

Internal Education is important to FiLiA and our weekly meetings provide time for sessions covering (among others) Maud Sulter (Claudia Clare and Nina Edge), Secrets and Silence (Beatrix Campbell), Silencing Women’s Speech (Max Dashu), Consciousness Raising (Lynn Alderson), Exiting the Sex Trade (Julie Swede),

Lesbian Immigration Support Group (LISG), Fighting for the Oppressed Caste Women (Vandana Aparanti), Anti-Racism and FiLiA (Claire Heuchan). Our thanks to those who gifted their time to support our ongoing education as a team.

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Website engagement

There were 103,300 sessions from 71,000 users in 64 countries & all 5 continents.

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.

We were pleased to be invited to apply for funding to move into the Campaigns and Policy sphere; something that our attendees have consistently asked from us. We were successful in our application and look forward to delivering this exciting piece of work.

We also were able to extend the FiLiA Legacy Project by one year, which includes a full-time administrative position for the first time, which will be very helpful.

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.

FiLiA signed up to the Easy Fundraising platform to support our fundraising efforts.

2023 saw merchandise continue to develop 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 FiLiA2023 conference was a huge success, bringing our annual event to Scotland (Glasgow) for the first time. Around 1,600 tickets were sold.

Following last year’s success, and in response to popular demand we maintained FiLiA as a three-day event, held in Glasgow at the historically important Platform venue. Again, speakers ranged from local to national and global as well as a broad range of topics such as:

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

FiLiA2023 EVALUATION (some highlights)

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PROJECTS

MALE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS TEAM

To bring together the expertise within our volunteer team around different aspects of male violence against Women and Girls we have developed a team to enable us to be more responsive to issues and campaigns.

FiLiA LEGACY PROJECT

Thank you to all the Women in Glasgow 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 include media training, archiving Women’s oral histories, first aid training, self-defence, know your rights, legal observer and fundraising training. 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, expanding the project through 2024 and enriching women’s lives.

HAGUE MOTHERS

Emerging from the FiLiA Legacy Project, Hague Mothers now sits within the MVAWG team as an international project, supporting Hague Mothers and challenging implementation of the Hague Convention. This included direct action in October 2023 at The Hague. The Hague Mothers international team has expanded and continues to be informed by Hague Mothers themselves, supported by academics, lawyers and activists.

PODCASTS AND BLOGS

Recognising the need to amplify the voices of Women beyond our annual conference we have now hosted #199 podcasts with voices from all over the world, including interviews on amplifying the words of Women from many countries, on topics such as Widows for Peace, Speak Out Survivors, anorexia, feminist recovery from domestic violence, the feminist politics of Afro hair and art, intersectionality, trafficking, and ageist misogyny.

We have also continued to increase the number of FiLiA guest blogs, covering urgent Women’s rights issues such as child trafficking, migrant Women’s resistance of the hostile environment, Women’s rights violations in Sudan, the disproportionate impact of hunger and poverty on Women, displaced teenage girls in Tokyo, as well as lesbian books and culture.

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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.

KAKUMA CAMPAIGN

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. This year has been particularly difficult because of the Kenyan Government’s increased homophobia in policy and practice.

WOMEN FIRST

This year we were pleased to deliver Women First to a rural area in Wales, supporting them to improve their approach to Women locally involved in the sexual exploitation industries.

LABRYS LIT

FiLiA's international lesbian book club has been running for almost three years, with 33 book group sessions held, three film nights, 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.

GOVERNANCE

We were pleased to again be awarded the Charity Excellence Framework Quality Mark.

Financial Review

During the year the Charity generated income totalling £331,441 (2022: £301,516) and incurred expenditure of £411,995 (2022: £303,724). The charity held funds on hand of (£5,484) at 31 December 2023 (2022: £75,070), including £4,783 (2022: £44,214) of restricted funds.

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Trustees’ Report for the year ended 31 December 2023

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 the Co-operative Bank, which has a sound ethical banking policy.

RESERVES POLICY

The general fund reserves at 31 December 2023 were (£10,267). Discounting projects with restricted funding and conference costs, our ‘core’ other costs were £76,361. Our policy is that six months of core costs are maintained in reserves, being £38,181.

2024 and Beyond

We look forward in our next year to:

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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.

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

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Trustees’ Report for the year ended 31 December 2023

the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

This report was approved by the board of trustees on 29 July 2024 and signed on its behalf.

Kruti Walsh, Trustee

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Reference and Administrative Details of the Charity, its Trustees and Advisers For the year ended 31 December 2023

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

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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 2023.

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.

F J McDowell

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

Date: 30 July 2024

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FiLiA Statement of Financial Activities For the year ended 31 December 2023

2023 2022
Restricted Unrestricted Total Restricted Unrestricted Total
Notes £ £ £ £ £ £
Income
Grants and donations 2 149,311 42,857 192,168 141,009 38,172 179,181
Charitable activities 3 - 122,745 122,745 - 111,369 111,369
Fundraising - 15,549 15,549 - 10,768 10,768
Investment income - - - - 48 48
Other income - 979 979 - 150 150
Total income 149,311 182,130 331,441 141,009 160,507 301,516
Expenditure
Costs of raising funds - 500 500 - 10,234 10,234
Expenditure on charitable activities 4 194,184 217,311 411,495 151,734 141,756 293,490
Total resources expended 194,184 217,811 411,995 151,734 151,990 303,724
Net income/(expenditure) for the year 6 (44,873) (35,681) (80,554) (10,725) 8,517 (2,208)
Transfers between funds 5,442 (5,442) - 7,874 (7,874) -
Net movement in funds (39,431) (41,123) (80,554) (2,851) 643 (2,208)
Fund balances at 1 January 2023 44,214 30,856 75,070 47,065 30,213 77,278
Fund balances at 31 December 2023 12 4,783 (10,267) (5,484) 44,214 30,856 75,070

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 2023

Notes
Current assets
Stock
Debtors
8
Cash at bank and in hand
Creditors: amounts falling
due within one year
9
Net current assets
Creditors: amounts falling
due after note than one year
10
Net assets
11
Funds
12
Restricted funds
Unrestricted funds
Total funds		 2023

£
£
3,580
28,092
44,298
75,970
900
129,480
134,964
(5,484)
4,783
(10,267)
(5,484)		 2022
£
3,931
28,738
301,882
£
75,070
-
334,551
205,071
75,070
44,214
30,856
75,070

The financial statements were approved by the trustees on 29 July 2024.

Kruti Walsh Trustee

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FiLiA Notes to the Accounts For the year ended 31 December 2023

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 12.

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 2023

2
Grants and donations received
Sisters Trust
Donations for Sex Matters Campaign
Enterprise Development Fund
Daiwa
Donations for Kakuma Camp
National Lottery Community Fund
Donations for 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 and accommodation sales
Audit and training		 2023
Restricted Unrestricted
Total
£
£
£
101,312
5,000
106,312
10,000
-
10,000
5,000
-
5,000
3,000
-
3,000
6,364
-
6,364
-
-
-
121
-
121
-
-
-
-
-
-
7,598
-
7,598
-
-
-
8,466
-
8,466
-
-
-
-
27,293
27,293
7,450
4,018
11,468
-
6,546
6,546
149,311
42,857
192,168
2023
Restricted Unrestricted
Total
£
£
£
-
115,570
115,570
7,175
7,175
-
122,745
122,745		 2022
Total
£
71,081
12,700
10,000
-
1,970
8,200
126
9,708
750
5,483
400
2,527
6,814
21,540
10,589
17,293
179,181
2022
Total
£
111,369
-
111,369

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FiLiA Notes to the Accounts For the year ended 31 December 2023

4
Charitable 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
Office costs
Usage
Storage
Usage
IT costs
Usage
Subscriptions
Usage
Bank and processing 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
2023
2022
rights
costs
Total
Total
£
£
£
£
69,075
-
69,075
13,750
107,903
-
107,903
138,375
158,156
-
158,156
80,960
27,480
-
27,480
49,329
9,813
-
9,813
3,127
5,697
-
5,697
2,175
2,824
-
2,824
2,781
10,735
1,456
12,191
1,740
1,654
-
1,654
-
2,476
-
2,476
-
858
-
858
523
5,343
-
5,343
3,989
3,839
-
3,839
526
2,402
-
2,402
3,582
-
500
500
900
-
1,284
1,284
1,968
408,255
3,240
411,495
303,725

£194,184 (2022: £151,734) of expenditure in the year was met from restricted funds.

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Grants paid
Sex Matters Campaign
Vaishnavi Sundar
For Women Scotland
Murray Blackburn Mackenzie
UK Feminista
Womens' Declaration International
Lesbian Immigration Support Group		 2023
2022
£
£
20,200
13,750
8,476
-
5,000
-
22,449
-
6,000
-
5,000
-
1,950
-
69,075
13,750
6
Net income/(expenditure) for the year
This is stated after charging:
Independent examiner's fees		 2023
£
500		 2022
£
900

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FiLiA Notes to the Accounts For the year ended 31 December 2023

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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Debtors
Prepaid expenses - future conference costs
Gift Aid recoverable
Other debtors
9
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
Accounts payable
Deferred income
Accrued expenses
Other creditors
10
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
Deferred income
11
Analysis of net assets between funds
Current year
Current assets
Current liabilities
Long term liabilities
Prior year
Current assets
Current liabilities		 2023
£
28,200
-
538
28,738
2023
£
4,166
200,370
500
35
205,071
2023
£
134,964
Restricted
General
funds
funds
£
£
276,958
57,593
(202,545)
(2,526)
(69,630)
(65,334)
4,783
(10,267)
44,214
31,756
-
(900)
44,214
30,856		 2022
£
15,081
13,011
-
28,092
2022
£
-
-
900
-
900
2022
£
-
Total
funds
£
334,551
(205,071)
(134,964)
(5,484)
75,970
(900)
75,070

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Notes to the Accounts For the year ended 31 December 2023

12 Movement in funds At 1 Expend- At 31
January Income iture Transfers December
£ £ £ £ £
Current year
Restricted funds
FiLiA legacy project - 65,462 (69,249) 3,787 -
Revealing women's lost history through
events, exhibitions and webinars 17,316 - (17,316) - -
Sex Matters Campaign 10,200 10,000 (20,200) - -
Enterprise Development Fund 2,077 5,000 (6,843) - 234
Daiwa - 3,000 (4,361) 1,361 -
Kakuma Camp - 4,365 (2,671) (1,694) -
Safer Lives 5,608 - (5,464) (144) -
National Lottery Community Fund 300 - (300) - -
Big Give 4,483 7,598 (14,066) 1,985 -
Oakdale Trust 750 - (750) - -
Labrys Lit - 121 (258) 137 -
Women First (including Network for Social
Change Charitable Trust funds) 3,080 6,850 (5,381) - 4,549
Lady Neville 400 - (400) - -
Grants received for third parties - 46,915 (46,925) 10 -
Total restricted funds 44,214 149,311 (194,184) 5,442 4,783
Unrestricted funds:
Designated fund - Women First - 7,175 - - 7,175
General funds 30,856 174,955 (217,811) (5,442) (17,442)
Total unrestricted funds 30,856 182,130 (217,811) (5,442) (10,267)
Total funds 75,070 331,441 (411,995) - (5,484)

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Notes to the Accounts For the year ended 31 December 2023

12 Movement in funds (continued) At 1 Expend- At 31
January Income iture Transfers December
£ £ £ £ £
Prior year
Restricted funds
FiLiA legacy project 5,625 71,081 (79,867) 3,161 -
FiLiA and socialism 624 - (1,159) 535 -
Revealing women's lost history through 17,616 - (300) - 17,316
Sex Matters Campaign - 23,950 (13,750) - 10,200
Enterprise Development Fund 20,000 10,000 (27,923) - 2,077
The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation 3,200 - (3,314) 114 -
Kakuma Camp - 1,970 (5,481) 3,511 -
Safer Lives - 9,708 (4,100) - 5,608
National Lottery Community Fund - 8,200 (7,900) - 300
Big Give - 5,483 (1,000) - 4,483
Oakdale Trust - 750 - - 750
Labrys Lit - 126 (386) 260 -
Lime Soda ENOMW - 2,527 (2,820) 293 -
Women First (including Network for Social
Change Charitable Trust funds) - 6,814 (3,734) - 3,080
Lady Neville - 400 - - 400
47,065 141,009 (151,734) 7,874 44,214
Unrestricted funds:
General funds 30,213 160,507 (151,990) (7,874) 30,856
Total funds 77,278 301,516 (303,724) - 75,070

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.

Brighton ’96 - 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.

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FiLiA Notes to the Accounts For the year ended 31 December 2023

12 Movement in funds (continued)

Building Global Abolition Networks - The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation & Daiwa

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.

Girls’ Handbook - 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.

FiLiA Legacy Project - 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 – funded via donations

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. Funding is also used to supply the Chair with prospective Labrys Lit texts, enabling her to curate the next two years' reading lists, allowing for plurality in genre and background as well as quality control.

Women First

Part of the Male Violence Against Women and Girls Team, this is our project to support local areas to improve their offer to Women involved with the sex industries.

Brighton ‘96 - Lady Neville

Additional funding to support the Brighton '96 project.

Grants received for third parties

Grants received to fund specific organisations

13 Transactions with related parties

One Trustee (2022: one) made donations to the charity during the year of £346 (2022: £120).

During the year, one trustee was paid £53,433 (2022: £52,393) under a freelance contract with the charity for delivery of the three year FiLiA Legacy Project only.

No (2022: no) trustees reclaimed expenses (2022 £Nil).

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