**REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1164092**
## **Report of the Trustees and**
**Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025**
**for**
**South Essex Advocacy Services**
**Butlers Chartered Accountants**
**1434 London Road Leigh on Sea Essex SS9 2UL**
**South Essex Advocacy Services**
## **Contents of the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025**
|||**Page**|
|---|---|---|
|**Reference and Administrative Details**||**1**|
|**Report of the Trustees**|**2**|**to5 **|
|**Independent Examiner's Report**||**6**|
|**Statement of Financial Activities**||**7**|
|**Balance Sheet**||**8**|
|**Notes to the Financial Statements**|**9**|**to14**|
|**Detailed Statement of Financial Activities**|**15**|**to16**|
**South Essex Advocacy Services**
**Reference and Administrative Details for the Year Ended 31 March 2025**
**TRUSTEES N Gupta MBE Trustee P Whittle Chairman K Davidson Treasurer M Carr Trustee PRINCIPAL ADDRESS 225-235 West Road Westcliff on Sea Essex SS0 9DE**
**REGISTERED CHARITY 1164092 NUMBER**
**INDEPENDENT EXAMINER Butlers Chartered Accountants 1434 London Road Leigh on Sea Essex SS9 2UL**
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**South Essex Advocacy Services (SEAS)**
## **Trustee Report for the Year Ended 31 March 2025**
The trustees of South Essex Advocacy Services (SEAS) are pleased to present their annual report together with the unaudited financial statements for the year ending 31 March 2025. This report outlines the charity’s achievements, challenges, governance and financial position over the past year. SEAS continues to provide a vital lifeline for vulnerable adults across Southend, ensuring that their voices are heard and their rights protected.
The trustees have adopted the provisions of the Charities SORP (FRS 102).
## **1. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
## **Charitable Purpose**
SEAS exists to promote the wellbeing, rights, independence, and safety of vulnerable adults who may struggle to have their voices heard. Our mission is to ensure that every person—regardless of disability, mental health, age, background, or circumstance—is empowered to participate fully in decisions affecting their life.
Our services are designed to prevent crisis escalation, reduce social isolation, support informed decision-making, and safeguard individuals who may otherwise be unseen or unheard.
## **2. ADVOCACY & SUPPORT SERVICES**
Throughout 2024–25, SEAS delivered a high-quality portfolio of statutory and non-statutory advocacy services. Many of the individuals we support face complex, overlapping challenges—mental illness, learning disabilities, exploitation, homelessness, social isolation, or age-related decline. Our services ensure that these individuals can access justice, support, and protection.
## **Care Act Advocacy**
Our Care Act Advocates support individuals who have substantial difficulty participating in:
- assessments,
- care and support planning,
- safeguarding enquiries, and
- reviews.
Advocates ensure the local authority meets its legal duties, and that individuals’ wishes and outcomes remain central to decision-making.
## **Independent Mental Capacity Advocacy (IMCA)**
IMCAs safeguard the rights of people who lack mental capacity and who have no appropriate family or friends to consult. They support critical decisions relating to:
- serious medical treatment,
- changes of accommodation,
- safeguarding processes, and
- care reviews.
IMCAs provide independent representation, gather information, consult professionals, and submit formal reports to ensure decisions made are truly in the individual’s best interests.
## **Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA)**
IMHAs support individuals detained or treated under the Mental Health Act. They help them:
- understand their legal rights,
- challenge unlawful or inappropriate decisions,
- prepare for tribunals,
- participate in care planning, and
- understand medication and treatment options.
This service is vital in enabling patient autonomy within restrictive settings.
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## **General & Community Advocacy**
General Advocacy fills the gap for people who do not meet statutory thresholds yet still need support with:
- benefits and welfare issues,
- accessing statutory services, and
- navigating complex systems and paperwork.
This service prevents small problems escalating into crisis and ensures no one is left voiceless.
## **Financial Advocacy**
Advocates help vulnerable individuals who are victims of financial abuse or those who cannot manage finances independently. Support includes:
- reporting financial exploitation,
- addressing coercion,
- safeguarding income,
- liaising with banks and creditors,
- stabilising financial situations, and
- accessing welfare support.
## **NHS Complaints Advocacy**
This service supports individuals to raise concerns or complaints about NHS treatment. We help people understand the process, draft statements, prepare for meetings and ensure complaints are dealt with transparently and fairly.
## **Relevant Persons Representative (RPR) & Rule 1.2 Representative**
These statutory roles ensure the rights of individuals subject to Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards are protected, particularly those who cannot express their objections. Our advocates:
- monitor placements,
- identify objections,
- liaise with professionals,
- challenge conditions where needed, and
- ensure ongoing assessments remain lawful and appropriate.
## **3. PROJECTS & COMMUNITY PROGRAMMES**
## **Hello Life – Tackling Loneliness in Older Adults**
Supporting adults aged 60+, Hello Life provides emotional support, confidence building, and social reconnection. Many beneficiaries experience profound loneliness, and the project plays a crucial role in reducing isolation and improving wellbeing.
## **Hospital to Home – Safe Discharge Advocacy**
This project supports individuals at the point of hospital discharge, ensuring safe planning, appropriate intervention, and reduced readmission risk. Advocates liaise with hospitals, social care, families, and community services to secure stable, safe outcomes.
## **A Place Called Home (Launched June 2024)**
Funded by the National Lottery Community Fund, this project provides specialist housing advocacy for individuals facing:
- unsafe or unsuitable accommodation,
- eviction threats, and
- housing-related safeguarding issues.
We advocate on behalf of clients with housing authorities, landlords and support services, helping people remain safe in their homes.
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## **4. PUBLIC BENEFIT**
The trustees confirm that SEAS has complied with the duty to demonstrate public benefit as set out in the Charities Act. SEAS supports around **1** ,700 people annually, each facing barriers that significantly affect their ability to live independently or safely.
Our work results in:
- greater individual autonomy,
- reduced safeguarding risks,
- improved access to services,
- increased financial stability,
- reduced social isolation, and
- better long-term wellbeing.
## **5. SOCIAL IMPACT & VOLUNTEERS**
SEAS volunteers are an essential part of our operational model, contributing hundreds of hours each year. Their support:
- saves the charity approximately £45,000 in staffing costs, and
- helps secure over £1 million in entitlements and financial abuse recovery for beneficiaries.
For every £1 invested, SEAS generates approximately £1.57 in social value across the local community. Volunteering enhances community cohesion, creates pathways to employment, and strengthens local resilience.
## **6. EQUALITY, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION**
SEAS is committed to dismantling barriers that prevent fair and equal access to services. Our EDI principles are embedded across:
- recruitment,
- training,
- service delivery,
- community engagement, and
- organisational culture.
Advocacy is inherently an equality-driven role; by amplifying the voices of marginalised individuals, SEAS actively works to challenge discrimination and promote social justice.
## **7. FINANCIAL REVIEW**
Our principal funding continues to be the Commissioned Statutory Advocacy Contract from Southend City Council. Additional grant funding was received from:
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Masonic Charitable Foundation
- Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner for Essex
- Fowler Smith & Jones
- Rosca Trust
- Essex Community Foundation and others.
These funds enable SEAS to diversify services, increase resilience and enhance impact.
## **Reserves Policy**
The trustees aim to maintain a minimum of six months of unrestricted expenditure to provide stability and ensure service continuity.
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## **8. FUTURE PLANS**
Looking ahead, SEAS will focus on:
- strengthening long-term financial sustainability,
- expanding housing and community advocacy,
- building on volunteer development programmes,
- maintaining statutory advocacy excellence, and
- developing preventative support models to reduce crisis interventions.
SEAS is well positioned to continue growing and evolving in response to community need.
## **9. STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE & MANAGEMENT**
SEAS is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) governed by a deed of trust.
## **Trustee Recruitment & Appointment**
Trustees are recruited from the local community through direct approaches and recommendations. All trustees undertake induction covering governance, legal duties, safeguarding, and the operational context of the charity.
## **Management Structure**
The Board of Trustees provides strategic oversight. The Chief Executive, Paula Blundell, leads day-to-day operations, supported by a skilled team of staff and volunteers.
## **Partnership Working**
We collaborate with a wide network of organisations including:
- Southend Mencap
- SAVS
- Citizens Advice Southend
These partnerships enable multi-agency working and improved outcomes for vulnerable adults.
## **10. Trustees’ Responsibilities**
The trustees are responsible for ensuring the charity maintains proper accounting records, prepares financial statements in accordance with the Charities Act, and safeguards the charity’s assets.
This report was approved by the Board of Trustees on **18 September 2025** and signed on its behalf by:
## **K Davidson - Trustee**
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**Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of South Essex Advocacy Services**
**Independent examiner's report to the trustees of South Essex Advocacy Services I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of South Essex Advocacy Services (the Trust) for the year ended 31 March 2025.**
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
**As the charity trustees of the Trust 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 Trust's accounts carried out under Section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 145(5)(b) of the Act.**
## **Independent examiner's statement**
**Since your charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a listed body. I can confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, which is one of the listed bodies.**
**I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:**
**1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by Section 130 of the Act; or**
**2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or**
**3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.**
**I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.**
## **Hayley Meagher ACA**
**Butlers Chartered Accountants 1434 London Road Leigh on Sea Essex SS9 2UL**
## **18 September 2025**
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## **South Essex Advocacy Services**
## **Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 March 2025**
|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Designated**
**INCOME AND**
**Notes**
**£**
**£**
**ENDOWMENTS FROM**
**Donations and legacies**
**8,199**
**-**
**Charitable activities**
**General Advocacy Services**
**301,824**
**-**
**Investment income**
**2**
**1,208**
**-**
**Total**
**311,231**
**-**
**EXPENDITURE ON**
**Raising funds**
**2,360**
**-**
**Charitable activities**
**General Advocacy Services**
**273,480**
**-**
**Total**
**275,840**
**-**
**NET INCOME**
**35,391**
**-**
**Transfers between funds**
**10**
**(100,000)**
**100,000**
**Net movement in funds**
**(64,609)**
**100,000**
**RECONCILIATION OF**
**FUNDS**
**Total funds brought forward**
**198,087**
**15,000**
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED**
**133,478**
**115,000**
**FORWARD**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
**-**
**100,233**
**-**
**100,233**
**-**
**100,233**
**100,233**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**31.3.25**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
**8,199**
**402,057**
**1,208**
**411,464**
**2,360**
**373,713**
**376,073**
**35,391**
**-**
**35,391**
**213,087**
**248,478**|**31.3.24**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
**68,661**
**297,910**
**836**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**367,407**|
||||**1,643**
**355,523**|
||||**357,166**|
||||**10,241**
**-**|
||||**10,241**
**202,846**|
||||**213,087**|
**The notes form part of these financial statements**
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## **South Essex Advocacy Services**
## **Balance Sheet 31 March 2025**
|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Designated**
**FIXED ASSETS**
**Notes**
**£**
**£**
**Tangible assets**
**7**
**1,810**
**-**
**CURRENT ASSETS**
**Debtors**
**8**
**11,576**
**-**
**Cash at bank and in hand**
**147,301**
**115,000**
**158,877**
**115,000**
**CREDITORS**
**Amounts falling due within one**
**year**
**9**
**(27,209)**
**-**
**NET CURRENT ASSETS**
**131,668**
**115,000**
**TOTAL ASSETS LESS**
**133,478**
**115,000**
**CURRENT LIABILITIES**
**NET ASSETS**
**133,478**
**115,000**
**FUNDS**
**10**
**Unrestricted funds:**
**General fund**
**Desig- Redundancy**
**Desig - Office Relocation**
**TOTAL FUNDS**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**31.3.25**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
**1,810**
**11,576**
**262,301**
**273,877**
**(27,209)**
**246,668**
**248,478**
**248,478**
**133,478**
**15,000**
**100,000**
**248,478**
**248,478**|**31.3.24**
**Total**
**funds**
**£**
**2,701**
**63,448**
**163,065**
**226,513**
**(16,127)**
**210,386**
**213,087**
**213,087**
**198,087**
**15,000**
**-**
**213,087**
**213,087**|
|---|---|---|---|
**The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 18 September 2025 and were signed on its behalf by:**
## **K Davidson - Trustee**
**The notes form part of these financial statements**
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**South Essex Advocacy Services**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025**
## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
## **Basis of preparing the financial statements**
**The financial statements of the charity, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, 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)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.**
## **Income**
**All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.**
## **Expenditure**
**Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, 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 accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.**
## **Tangible fixed assets**
**Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.**
**Computer equipment - 33% on cost**
## **Taxation**
**The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.**
## **Fund accounting**
**Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.**
**Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.**
**Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.**
## **Hire purchase and leasing commitments**
**Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities on a straight line basis over the period of the lease.**
## **Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits**
**The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the charity's pension scheme are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate.**
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**South Essex Advocacy Services**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2025**
## **2. INVESTMENT INCOME**
||**31.3.25**|**31.3.24**|
|---|---|---|
||**£**|**£**|
|**Deposit account interest**|**1,208**|**836**|
## **3. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS**
**There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 March 2025 nor for the year ended 31 March 2024.**
## **Trustees' expenses**
**There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31 March 2025 nor for the year ended 31 March 2024.**
## **4. STAFF COSTS**
**The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:**
||**31.3.25**|**31.3.24**|
|---|---|---|
|**Management**|**1**|**1**|
|**Administration**|**1**|**1**|
|**Delivery**|**10**|**8**|
||**12**|**10**|
**No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.**
## **5.**
## **COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**
|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Designated**
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**
**£**
**£**
**Donations and legacies**
**68,661**
**-**
**Charitable activities**
**General Advocacy Services**
**280,600**
**-**
**Investment income**
**836**
**-**
**Total**
**350,097**
**-**
**EXPENDITURE ON**
**Raising funds**
**1,643**
**-**
**Charitable activities**
**General Advocacy Services**
**333,213**
**-**
**Total**
**334,856**
**-**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
**-**
**17,310**
**-**
**17,310**
**-**
**22,310**
**22,310**|**Total**
**funds**
**£**
**68,661**
**297,910**
**836**|
|---|---|---|
|||**367,407**|
|||**1,643**
**355,523**|
|||**357,166**|
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## **South Essex Advocacy Services**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2025**
|**5.**
**COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES - continued**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Designated**
**funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**
**15,241**
**-**
**(5,000)**
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**
**Total funds brought forward**
**182,846**
**15,000**
**5,000**
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**
**198,087**
**15,000**
**-**
**6.**
**INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS**
**Development**
**Computer**
**costs**
**software**
**COST**
**£**
**£**
**At 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025**
**3,306**
**5,949**
**AMORTISATION**
**At 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025**
**3,306**
**5,949**
**NET BOOK VALUE**
**At 31 March 2025**
**-**
**-**
**At 31 March 2024**
**-**
**-**
**7.**
**TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS**
**Fixtures**
**and**
**Computer**
**fittings**
**equipment**
**COST**
**£**
**£**
**At 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025**
**6,416**
**16,605**
**DEPRECIATION**
**At 1 April 2024**
**6,246**
**14,074**
**Charge for year**
**56**
**835**
**At 31 March 2025**
**6,302**
**14,909**
**NET BOOK VALUE**
**At 31 March 2025**
**114**
**1,696**
**At 31 March 2024**
**170**
**2,531**|**Total**
**funds**
**£**
**10,241**
**202,846**|
|---|---|
||**213,087**|
||**Totals**
**£**
**9,255**
**9,255**
**-**
**-**
**Totals**
**£**
**23,021**
**20,320**
**891**
**21,211**
**1,810**
**2,701**|
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**South Essex Advocacy Services**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2025**
|**8.**|**DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE**|**WITHIN ONE YEAR**|**WITHIN ONE YEAR**|**WITHIN ONE YEAR**||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||**31.3.25**|**31.3.24**|
|||||||**£**|**£**|
||**Trade debtors**|||||**1,539**|**300**|
||**Prepayments and accrued income**|||||**10,037**|**63,148**|
|||||||**11,576**|**63,448**|
|**9.**|**CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN**||**ONE**|**YEAR**||||
|||||||**31.3.25**|**31.3.24**|
|||||||**£**|**£**|
||**Trade creditors**|||||**4,046**|**1,345**|
||**Taxation and social security**|||||**5,297**|**3,438**|
||**Other creditors**|||||**17,866**|**11,344**|
|||||||**27,209**|**16,127**|
|**10.**|**MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**|||||||
|||||**Net**||**Transfers**||
|||||**movement**||**between**|**At**|
|||**At 1.4.24**||**in funds**||**funds**|**31.3.25**|
|||**£**||**£**||**£**|**£**|
||**Unrestricted funds**|||||||
||**General fund**|**198,087**||**35,391**||**(100,000)**|**133,478**|
||**Desig- Redundancy**|||||||
|||**15,000**|||**-**|**-**|**15,000**|
||**Desig - Office Relocation**||**-**||**-**|**100,000**|**100,000**|
|||**213,087**||**35,391**||**-**|**248,478**|
||**TOTAL FUNDS**|**213,087**||**35,391**||**-**|**248,478**|
||**Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:**|||||||
|||||**Incoming**||**Resources**|**Movement**|
|||||**resources**||**expended**|**in funds**|
|||||**£**||**£**|**£**|
||**Unrestricted funds**|||||||
||**General fund**|||**311,231**||**(275,840)**|**35,391**|
||**Restricted funds**|||||||
||**Essex Community Foundation**|||**8,500**||**(8,500)**|**-**|
||**National Lottery Community Fund**|||**91,733**||**(91,733)**|**-**|
|||||**100,233**||**(100,233)**|**-**|
||**TOTAL FUNDS**|||**411,464**||**(376,073)**|**35,391**|
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**South Essex Advocacy Services**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2025**
## **10. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued**
## **Comparatives for movement in funds**
|||||**Net**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**movement**|**At**|
||||**At 1.4.23**|**in funds**|**31.3.24**|
||||**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**Unrestricted funds**||||||
|**General fund**|||**182,846**|**15,241**|**198,087**|
|**Desig- Redundancy**||||||
||||**15,000**|**-**|**15,000**|
||||**197,846**|**15,241**|**213,087**|
|**Restricted funds**||||||
|**Essex Community Foundation**|||**5,000**|**(5,000)**|**-**|
|**TOTAL FUNDS**|||**202,846**|**10,241**|**213,087**|
|**Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:**||||||
||||**Incoming**|**Resources**|**Movement**|
||||**resources**|**expended**|**in funds**|
||||**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**Unrestricted funds**||||||
|**General fund**|||**350,097**|**(334,856)**|**15,241**|
|**Restricted funds**||||||
|**Essex Community Foundation**|||**5,000**|**(10,000)**|**(5,000)**|
|**Police and Fire Crime Commissioner**|||**12,310**|**(12,310)**|**-**|
||||**17,310**|**(22,310)**|**(5,000)**|
|**TOTAL FUNDS**|||**367,407**|**(357,166)**|**10,241**|
|**A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined position is as**||||**follows:**||
||||**Net**|**Transfers**||
||||**movement**|**between**|**At**|
||**At 1.4.23**||**in funds**|**funds**|**31.3.25**|
||**£**||**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**Unrestricted funds**||||||
|**General fund**|**182,846**||**50,632**|**(100,000)**|**133,478**|
|**Desig- Redundancy**||||||
||**15,000**||**-**|**-**|**15,000**|
|**Desig - Office Relocation**||**-**|**-**|**100,000**|**100,000**|
||**197,846**||**50,632**|**-**|**248,478**|
|**Restricted funds**||||||
|**Essex Community Foundation**|**5,000**||**(5,000)**|**-**|**-**|
|**TOTAL FUNDS**|**202,846**||**45,632**|**-**|**248,478**|
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**South Essex Advocacy Services**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 31 March 2025**
## **10. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued**
**A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:**
|**Unrestricted funds**
**General fund**
**Restricted funds**
**Essex Community Foundation**
**National Lottery Community Fund**
**Police and Fire Crime Commissioner**
**TOTAL FUNDS**|**Incoming**
**Resources**
**Movement**
**resources**
**expended**
**in funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**661,328**
**(610,696)**
**50,632**
**13,500**
**(18,500)**
**(5,000)**
**91,733**
**(91,733)**
**-**
**12,310**
**(12,310)**
**-**
**117,543**
**(122,543)**
**(5,000)**
**778,871**
**(733,239)**
**45,632**|
|---|---|
**The charity has designated funds for the following uses:**
## **Redundancy fund:**
**Funds set aside to cover the costs of redundancies of staff should the charity need to close.**
## **Office Relocation fund:**
**Funds set aside towards the relocation and refurbishment of a new office and service delivery area.**
## **Transfers between funds**
**The transfers in the year from restricted funds are due to fixed asset equipment purchased from a grant that was then reclassified to the general fund upon the satisfaction of the grant conditions.**
## **11. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES**
**There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 March 2025.**
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## **South Essex Advocacy Services**
## **Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 March 2025**
||**31.3.25**|**31.3.24**|
|---|---|---|
||**£**|**£**|
|**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS**|||
|**Donations and legacies**|||
|**Donations**|**3,199**|**1,508**|
|**Legacies**|**-**|**67,153**|
|**Grants**|**5,000**|**-**|
||**8,199**|**68,661**|
|**Investment income**|||
|**Deposit account interest**|**1,208**|**836**|
|**Charitable activities**|||
|**Grants**|**100,233**|**17,310**|
|**Advocacy Services**|**301,824**|**280,600**|
||**402,057**|**297,910**|
|**Total incoming resources**|**411,464**|**367,407**|
|**EXPENDITURE**|||
|**Raising donations and legacies**|||
|**Fundraising staffing costs**|**2,360**|**1,643**|
|**Charitable activities**|||
|**Wages**|**275,973**|**242,089**|
|**Social security**|**18,852**|**19,263**|
|**Pensions**|**5,891**|**5,406**|
|**Rent**|**14,576**|**14,274**|
|**Rates and water**|**567**|**1,310**|
|**Insurance**|**3,847**|**2,824**|
|**Telephone and internet**|**6,105**|**5,219**|
|**Advertising**|**342**|**-**|
|**Cleaning**|**1,975**|**1,134**|
|**Travel Expenses**|**8,900**|**6,062**|
|**Refreshments**|**542**|**399**|
|**Postage and stationery**|**848**|**950**|
|**Light and heat**|**4,383**|**2,501**|
|**Subscriptions**|**149**|**348**|
|**Training**|**841**|**1,668**|
|**Sundries**|**-**|**777**|
|**Repairs and renewals**|**565**|**1,140**|
|**Computer costs**|**17,422**|**4,176**|
|**Project costs**|**3,474**|**30,348**|
|**Gifts & Entertainment costs**|**1,011**|**1,657**|
|**Bookkeeping**|**4,111**|**7,279**|
|**Quality assurance**|**-**|**3,003**|
|**Fixtures and fittings**|**56**|**84**|
|**Carried forward**|**370,430**|**351,911**|
**This page does not form part of the statutory financial statements**
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## **South Essex Advocacy Services**
|**Detailed Statement of Financial Activities**|||
|---|---|---|
|**for the Year Ended 31 March 2025**|||
||**31.3.25**|**31.3.24**|
||**£**|**£**|
|**Charitable activities**|||
|**Brought forward**|**370,430**|**351,911**|
|**Computer equipment**|**835**|**1,246**|
|**Interest payable**|**78**|**-**|
||**371,343**|**353,157**|
|**Support costs**|||
|**Finance**|||
|**Bank charges**|**153**|**150**|
|**Governance costs**|||
|**Auditors' remuneration for non audit work**|**2,100**|**2,100**|
|**Legal and professional fees**|**117**|**116**|
||**2,217**|**2,216**|
|**Total resources expended**|**376,073**|**357,166**|
|**Net income**|**35,391**|**10,241**|
**This page does not form part of the statutory financial statements**
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