2024-03-31-accounts - Survivors West Yorkshire

This text was generated using OCR and may contain errors. Check the original PDF to see the document submitted to the regulator. This document is also available as Markdown.

Registered Charity no. 1168928

Survivors West Yorkshire (Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

Trustees Annual Report and Accounts

Year Ended 31st March 2024

Survivors West Yorkshire

Year Ended 31st March 2024

Contents Page

	Page
Legal and Administrative Information	1
Trustee's Annual Report	2
Independent Examiners Report	9
Statement of Financial Activities	10
Statement of Financial Position	11
Notes to the Financial Statements	12

Survivors West Yorkshire

Year Ended 31st March 2024

Legal and Administrative Information

Reference

The Charity is called “Survivors West Yorkshire". The organisation is registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales and Companies House, registered on the 26th of August 2016.

Registered Charity Number	1168928
Registered Office	New Devonshire House
	Devonshire Street
	Keighley
	BD21 2AU
Website	www.survivorswestyorkshire.org.uk
The Trustees and Directors	S Archibald
	R Machin
	M Wrigglesworth
	P Davies	Resigned 1st May 2024
Primary Bankers	Santander
	Bootle
	Merseyside
	L30 4GB
Independent Examiner	Nigel Wyatt BSC FCA
	Wyatt & Co Chartered Accountants
	125 Main Street
	Garforth
	Leeds
	LS25 1AF

Survivors West Yorkshire

Year Ended 31st March 2024

Trustee’s Annual Report

Reference and Administrative Details

Trustees

S Archibald P Davies (Resigned 1[st] May 2024) R Machin M Wrigglesworth

Our Aims and Objectives

Purposes and Aims

Our charity’s purposes as set out in the objects contained in the company’s memorandum of association are the following:

Relief of the physical and mental distress of persons in need because of suffering from child sexual abuse/adult rape and by the provision of counselling and support for such persons.

Ensuring Our Work Delivers Our Aims

Survivors West Yorkshire (SWY) became a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO) in 2016. This allowed us to meet the charity's aims more effectively while navigating a cultural change landscape that continues to see increasing support demand from male survivors of sexual violence. As our clinical intervention outcomes delivered using international good practice become better known, awareness of our services continues to grow. This has been supported by the TV, radio, bus, and billboard campaigns that have again been able to deploy during the year. We projected male survivors will increasingly seek support as a trauma-informed discourse moves beyond professional to the wider lay community. We continue to use video for therapeutic purposes as the research and our outcomes evidence it is as effective as offline therapy and far more cost-effective as evidenced by a recent audit of our operational efficiency conducted by Cranfield Trust (funded by the Ministry of Justice) benchmarking us at 96% against an average score of 65%. Our clients report good therapeutic alliance and counselling outcome satisfaction with 87% (93%) of clients evidencing better coping and great awareness and skills at using the strategies that support living well. This was a drop from the previous year due to a small cohort of clients referred to us from another male service who did not engage with the service fully. Overall client outcomes date evidence the service works well for our clients with 100% gaining therapeutic value in some way (a more detailed outcomes analysis can be obtained from our February 2024 annual indecently audited outcomes evaluation report)

Ben’s Place pioneered an innovative video counselling service model for male survivors using automated appointment software to reduce cost whilst allowing a small team to deliver a robust operational and development organisation on a small lean and agile budget. The model has allowed us to meet the needs of our clients effectively, but also to evidence to funders the potential of software as a service (SaaS) delivery to meet the needs of male survivors subject to the limitations of the digital access hardware exclusion.

We have delivered a significant number of offline sessions over the year mostly to clients referred by drug and alcohol services. The majority of them failed to engage with their counselling relatively quickly due to the issues they faced managing their drug use. There is little demand generally for offline counselling with many clients preferring video counselling increasingly as it becomes more accepted culturally. Research has evidenced that video counselling is just as effective as offline counselling.

Survivors West Yorkshire

Year Ended 31st March 2024

Trustee’s Annual Report

This annual review looks at our successes and learning during the period 2023–2024.

During the year we saw 132 referrals which was a 15% increase from the previous year. The majority of referrals were self-referral. The year saw 83 male survivors allocated therapy packages which represented a 93% increase compared to the previous year. This major increase, we believe, was driven by increased public awareness supported by our ground-breaking combined multi-channel advertising campaign strategy. We are especially grateful to both the Garfield West Foundation, the National Lottery’s Reaching Communities Fund and The Neighbourhood Lottery Fund for supporting us in exploring high-profile advertising during the year.

We believe advertising is a key element in highlighting the service to clients and those who support them. In doing so we reinforce that a specialist service is available to support them when they are ready to begin their therapeutic journey.

SWY’s website was a key route for survivors to engage with the organisation. During 2023 - 2024 SWY’s website had just over 6200 visitors, with 98% of those being new visitors.

We predict that referrals will increase again during 2024 – 2025. We aim to seek more radio and other media advertising funding to build on the public awareness generated during this financial year.

We constantly review our work to ensure we proactively meet our aims and objectives, enhance our activities, and remain focused on our mission to improve our male survivor services and client outcomes.

We have referred to the Charity Commission's general guidance on the public benefit when reviewing our aims and objectives and in planning our future activities. In particular, the trustees have considered how planned activities will fulfil the aims and objectives they have set.

How Our Activities Deliver Public Benefit

Our main activities and who we help are described below. All our charitable activities focus on the support of male victim-survivors of sexual violence and are undertaken to further our charitable purposes for the public benefit.

Who Used and Benefited from Our Services

We provide support services to male survivor residents in West Yorkshire via our Ben's Place project.

West Yorkshire is a large area (over 2,000 km²) that is geographically diverse, ranging from very rural areas to densely populated cities. It has some of the worst economic deprivation issues in the UK. It is widely accepted that one in six males are victims of sexual violence by the time they are 18 years old, and adult (post-18) males’ reports of sexual victimisation are increasingly seen in official statistics.

We continue to welcome that Government reporting now explicitly includes sexual crimes against males, rather than reporting a combined figure for sexual crimes against both males and females. We continue to support and lobby for a shift to a national strategy for male survivors of sexual crimes – separate from the current strategy for female survivors, which serves neither group well in dealing with the complex issues they face. During 2023 – 2024 we lobbied the Mayor to create a strategy for male survivors living in West Yorkshire regardless of the slow and often stalled progress of a national Government strategy for male survivors. This led to an independent scoping of male survivor's needs with a report published in late 2023 by the Mayor ‘Scoping to support the development of a Safety of Men and Boys Strategy for West Yorkshire’ (Lime Culture, April 2023).

The population of West Yorkshire was estimated at around 2,500,000 in 2019. Assuming a 50/50 split of male/female residents, that means up to 200,000 males in West Yorkshire have potentially been

Survivors West Yorkshire

Year Ended 31st March 2024

Trustee’s Annual Report

victims of sexual violence across their lifespan. There is increasing independent research that identifies gaps in provision for sexual violence survivors with male needs being a critical issue as more males come forward for support.

We completed our second independent review of psychological outcomes for clients in late 2023.

The review found:

87% of clients evidenced better coping skills and strategies
84% of clients evidencing increased confidence and/or resilience
70% of clients evidencing seeking out/taking up new opportunities
82% of clients evidencing improved mental and physical health

Clients and counsellors commented on their experiences and outcomes:

“ X Exploring areas of connection and grounding – he noted that his wife and dogs are particular sources of love and acceptance.”

“D started with mindfulness, gratitude, & yoga.”

“ R is looking at journaling as a means to better connect with authentic feelings and sit with them”

“ J talked about dreams he had been having. He was also able to use strategies, he has adopted to ‘snap out of’ feeling down, something he would not have felt able to do previously.”

“J talked about accepting aspects of his sexuality and being authentic”

On entry to counselling, 75% of clients presented with moderate to severe clinical depression, with 79% of those experiencing thoughts of suicide or self-harm in the week prior. 95% of clients presented with symptoms indicative of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Overall client outcomes evidenced:

66% of clients saw an overall reduction in symptoms of depression.
82% of clients saw an overall reduction in symptoms of post-traumatic stress
100% of clients saw a reduction in at least one symptom of PTSD

We delivered a total of 1660 x 50-minute sessions of online counselling sessions during the year

The following case studies offer a glimpse into the outcomes for clients beyond numbers:

“ B’s focus on health and fitness is giving him a sense of purpose and drive. He reports feeling more in touch with himself and his own needs and can see a dramatic change in himself for the better.”

“ E highlighted a desire to lose weight and become more healthy - looking at increased comfort and pleasurable activities as a result. We explored mindful eating and achievable goal setting.”

“ K feels he has a long way to go but he has noticed differences in the way that he is reacting to things; he has been able to create a little more space and is getting healthier with his boundaries around work.”

“ Client shared that he has cut down from 40 coffees a day to just 3, has stopped smoking and is eating better and beginning to train in the gym.”

Survivors West Yorkshire

Year Ended 31st March 2024

Trustee’s Annual Report

We will continue to review our strategy, and service aims during 2024 - 2025. Our continuing objective is to become one of the leading, innovative, and professional male sexual violence survivor support agencies in the UK. Therefore, the charity feels positively positioned to move forward during 2024– 2025 even within an environment that continues to be challenging financially, politically and culturally.

We achieved reaccreditation - National Service Standards for male sexual violence services in November 2023. We are proactive in maintaining an operational culture which embraces professional service standards and ethical working with all stakeholders.

Partnership, cooperation, and collaboration with services allied to our values and vision are cornerstones of our strategic ethos to meet male survivor needs smartly. During the year we developed a new partnership and collaboration project concept following a suggestion from a male survivor client who sits on our Client Advisory Panel (CAP). The project umbrella title is ‘Kintsugi Conversations’. During the year it generated an online film festival exploring sexual violence activism. It produced a pottery workshop hosted by the students at Leeds University, as well as a shadow puppetry animation workshop exploring post-traumatic growth-recovery using stories of healing. We also co-designed a 12-month project with Leeds Beckett University counselling dept; “The Heroes Program” to offer Leeds male survivor students a holistic 12-month recovery and growth opportunity. The program will run during 2024 – 2025. We also began a two-year project with 4 of the leading male survivor support services to reduce waiting lists funded by the Home Office and led by Mankind UK.

Financial Review:

The year saw new funding opportunities generated, and we continue to proactively bid for grants which allow our services to meet the strategic goals we have set. We are optimistic that 2024 – 2025 will see successful bids from a diverse range of funders. However, we will see a new Government during the year, and it is unclear what strategies for survivor support service long-term development will emerge beyond 2025.

There are many risks that small charities face constantly. Our financial situation is reviewed at every board meeting and all risks are assessed and recorded, with actions noted.

The Board’s strategic aim has been and remains to create a robust, professional, and sustainable organisation. This strategy is informed by prudent financial and agile management principles. The charity’s growth plans for the foreseeable future are rooted in this careful planning and deployment of resources - while being open to innovative and pioneering approaches that add value for our clients and fulfil our wider mission of cultural change.

The challenges in growing our services continue to be demanding. However, we see innovative opportunities to build new and better in an emerging trauma-informed cultural landscape. We believe that developing offline support services in partnership with GP primary care offers a smart way of linking to our online service for males in an emerging trauma-informed – responsive culture within NHS over the next few years.

At the end of the financial year 31[st] March 2023, Survivors West Yorkshire’s financial position was:

Funds of the Charity:	31 March 2023
	£
Restricted Funds	68,343
Unrestricted Funds	34,295
Total Charity Funds	102,638

Survivors West Yorkshire

Year Ended 31st March 2024

Trustee’s Annual Report

Principal Funding Sources:

The year saw us receive funding from a range of sources. The Board would like to thank all the following organisations:

The National Lottery Community Fund
Peoples Post Code Neighbourhood Fund Lottery
West Yorkshire Mayors Safer Community Fund
Garfield West Foundation
Leeds Community Foundation
Ministry of Justice Rape Support Fund
Home Office (Male Service Partnership waiting list collaboration)

We will continue to explore increasing private donations during 2024 - 2025. The Board is grateful to all funders but feels especially empowered in its work by individual donations. The Board and staff would like to especially thank the individuals who have financially supported us this year.

The charity continues to develop an assertive funding plan that targets a diverse range of funding sources, and the Board are optimistic the hard work of the last few years in forging a professionally robust service model for survivors can be further consolidated and developed.

Investment Policy:

Going forward, the charity continues to develop a strategy for ethically investing any surpluses it secures.

Reserves Policy:

The Board has examined the organisation’s requirements for reserves in light of the main risks to the organisation. At the end of the financial year, the unrestricted funds held by the charity were £212. The charity is currently able to operate on its existing business plan and meet its ongoing costs for 6 months with the restricted funds held by the charity.

During 2024–2025 the charity will take forward a reserves policy action plan in line with good practice. The aim will be to use any operating surpluses to create a reserve fund that matches current operational costs for a minimum period of six months.

Plans for Future Periods:

The Board’s strategic aim is to expand the Ben’s Place service creatively, including pioneering new services to wrap around the core counselling offer.

We continue to see combatting victim-blaming issues and co-production between survivors and agencies as high-priority areas. This work will add value to the core work of the charity and the communities it serves, and our Kintsugi Conversation vehicle seems well-suited to support that work.

Survivors West Yorkshire

Year Ended 31st March 2024

Trustee’s Annual Report

Structure, Governance, and Management:

Constitution adopted 7th July 2016.

Recruitment and Appointment of Management Committee:

The charity currently has a stable core board of three. The trustees focus on governance and strategy. They delegate the day-to-day management of the charity’s development to the founder and CEO, with individual trustee input occurring where skills and experience add value. The trustees meet bi-monthly. During 2024 – 2025 the Board will review our strategy to allow the Charity to meet the potential of new opportunities to support our clients in the future.

The Board offers a mix of project management, legal, financial and governance skills and members have in-depth knowledge of sexual violence and mental health service delivery.

Currently, all board members have access to the Charity Commission’s guide The Essential Trustee as the foundation for understanding their role and obligations under charity law. Specialist sexual violence training is offered to all new trustees and going forward the Board will consider making this mandatory for trustees where there is no evidence of such training or specialist knowledge.

Risk Management:

The Board has assessed the current risks to the charity and operates an up-to-date risk register.

Going Concern

The financial statements are prepared on a going-concern basis. The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the Charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Survivors West Yorkshire

Year Ended 31st March 2024

Trustee’s Annual Report

Trustees’ Responsibilities in Relation to Financial Statements

The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the Church’s activities during the year and of its financial position at the end of the year. In preparing financial statements giving a true and fair view, the trustees should follow best practices:

Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently.
Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent.
State whether applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended practice have been followed subject to any departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements.
Prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to assume that the charity will continue in operation.

The trustees are responsible for keeping accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy the financial position of the charity, which enables them to ascertain its financial position, and which enable them to ensure the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations and the provisions of the trust deed. The trustees are responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud or other irregularities.

Trustee Approval

Name of Trustee: Sharon Archibald

Signed on Behalf of the Trustees: Date of Approval: 18/12/2024

Survivors West Yorkshire

Year Ended 31st March 2024

Independent Examiners Report

I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Survivors West Yorkshire ('the charity') for the year ended 31st March 2024.

Responsibilities and Basis of Report

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

I report in respect of my examination of the charity's financial statements carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent Examiner's Statement

I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), 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:

accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
the financial statements do not accord with those records; or
the financial statements 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.

Nigel Wyatt BSC FCA Independent Examiner 125 Main Street Garforth Leeds LS25 1AF

Date: 18/12/2024

Survivors West Yorkshire

Year Ended 31st March 2024

Statement of Financial Activities

Statement of Financial Activities
			2024		2023
		Unrestricted	Restricted	Total	Total
		Funds	Funds	Funds	Funds
	Note	£	£	£	£
Income
Donations and legacies		10,024	194,369	204,393	135,352
Charitable activities		24,700	-	24,700	550
Investment income		329	-	329	3
		`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`
Total Income	2	35,053	194,369	229,422	135,905
		`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`
Expenditure
Expenditure on charitable activities	3	15,834	155,213	171,047	129,786
Expenditure on raising funds	4	-	-	-	-
		`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`
Total Expenditure		15,834	155,213	171,047	129,786
		`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`
		`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`
Net Income / (Expenditure)		19,219	39,156	58,375	6,119
		`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`
Net Income and Net Movement In Funds
Total funds brought forward	12	17,133	27,130	44,263	38,144
Transfers	12	(2,057)	2,057	-	-
		`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`
Total Funds Carried Forward	12	34,295	68,343	102,638	44,263
		`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`

All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

Survivors West Yorkshire

Year Ended 31st March 2024

Statement of Financial Position

Statement of Financial Position
		2024	2023
	Note	£	£
Fixed Assets
Tangible assets	8	5,603	5,372
		──────────	──────────
		5,603	5,372
Current Assets
Debtors	9	5,945	-
Cash at bank and in hand		100,812	38,190
		──────────	──────────
		106,757	38,190
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year	10	9,722	2,740
		──────────	──────────
Net Current Assets		97,035	35,450
		──────────	──────────
Net Assets	13	102,638	40,822
		──────────	──────────
Funds of the Charity
Restricted funds	12	68,343	27,130
Unrestricted funds
Unrestricted general	12	34,295	17,133
		──────────	──────────
		34,295	17,133
		──────────	──────────
Total Charity Funds		102,638	44,263
		──────────	──────────

These financial statements were approved by the board of trustees and authorised for issue and are signed on behalf of the board by:

Sharon Archibald

Name of Trustee: Signed on Behalf of the Trustees: Date of Approval:

───────────────────────────────────────────────────

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── 18/12/2024

───────────────────────────────────────────────────

Survivors West Yorkshire

Year Ended 31st March 2024

Notes to the Financial Statements

1 Accounting Policies

Legal Status

The charity is a public benefit entity and a registered charity in England and Wales and is unincorporated. The address of the principal office is The Digital Health Enterprise Zone (DHEZ), Phoenix South West Building, University of Bradford, BD7 1DP.

Basis of Preparation

These financial statements have been prepared in compliance with FRS 102, 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland', the 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) (Charities SORP (FRS 102)) and the Charities Act 2011.

The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis, as modified by the revaluation of certain financial assets and liabilities and investment properties measured at fair value through income or expenditure. The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the entity.

Fund Accounting

Unrestricted income funds comprise those funds which the trustees are free to use for any purpose in furtherance of the charitable objectives. Unrestricted funds include designated funds where the trustees, at their discretion, have set aside resources for a specific purpose.

Restricted funds are funds which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by the donor or the term of specific appeal.

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the accounts.

Survivors West Yorkshire

Year Ended 31st March 2024

Notes to the Financial Statements

Incoming Resources

All incoming resources are recognised once the charity has entitlement to the resources, it is probable that the resources will be received, and the monetary value of incoming resources can be measured with sufficient reliability.

• All voluntary income from members of the church are recognised as donations and are included in full, with associated Gift Aid receivable in the Statement of Financial Activities.

• Grants, where entitlement is not conditional on the delivery of specific performance by the charity, are recognised when the charity becomes unconditionally entitled to the grant.

• Income resources from charitable trading activities such as the letting of the building are accounted for when invoices are drawn up (as the point of entitlement).

• Donated services and facilities are included at the value to the charity where this can be quantified.

• Gifts in Kind are accounted for at a reasonable estimate of their value to the charity or the amount actually realised.

• Volunteer time, the value of voluntary support for the work of the charity is not included in the accounts but is described in the Trustees Annual Report.

• Investment Income is included in the accounts when receivable.

Resources Expended

Expenditure is recognised on an accrual basis as a liability is incurred. Liabilities are recognised where it is more likely than not that there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out the resources and the amount of the obligation can be measured with reasonable certainty.

Governance Costs

Include costs of the preparation and examination of statutory accounts, the costs of the trustees' meetings and the cost of any legal advice to trustees on governance or constitutional matters.

Liability Recognition

Abilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out resources.

Pensions

The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities as they become payable in accordance with the rules of the scheme.

Survivors West Yorkshire

Year Ended 31st March 2024

Notes to the Financial Statements

Tangible Fixed Assets

Tangible fixed assets costing more than £1,000 are capitalised and included at cost including any incidental expenses of acquisition. Gifted assets are shown at the value to the charity on receipt. Depreciation is provided on all tangible assets at rates calculated to write off the cost on a straight line basis over their expected useful economic lives as follows:

Equipment 25% reducing balance

Operating Leases

Rental charges payable under operating leases are charged on a straight line basis over the terms of the lease.

Taxation

The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.

Going Concern

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis as the Trustees believe that no material uncertainties exist. The Trustees have considered the level of funds held and the expected level of income and expenditure for 12 months from authorising these financial statements. The budgeted income and expenditure are sufficient with the level of reserves for the charity to be able to continue as a going concern.

Survivors West Yorkshire

Year Ended 31st March 2024

Notes to the Financial Statements

Analysis of Income
	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total
	Funds	Funds	Funds 2024
	£	£	£
Donations and Legacies
Donations	24	-	24
Grants	10,000	194,369	204,369
	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`
	10,024	194,369	204,393
Charitable Activities
Consultancy services	920	-	920
Online counselling service	23,780	-	23,780
	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`
	24,700	-	24,700
Investment Income
Bank interest	329	-	329
	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`
	329	-	329
	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`
Total Income	35,053	194,369	229,422
	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`
	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total
	Funds	Funds	Funds 2023
	£	£	£
Donations and Legacies
Donations	1,333	-	1,333
Grants	2,000	132,019	134,019
	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`
	3,333	132,019	135,352
Charitable Activities
Consultancy services	550	-	550
Online counselling service	-	-	-
	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`
	550	-	550
Investment Income
Bank interest	3	-	3
	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`
	3	-	3
	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`
Total Income	3,886	132,019	135,905
	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`

Survivors West Yorkshire

Year Ended 31st March 2024

Notes to the Financial Statements

3 Expenditure on Charitable Activities by fund Type

Expenditure on Charitable Activities by fund Type
	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total
	Funds	Funds	Funds 2024
	£	£	£
Direct costs	1,674	45,308	46,982
Office costs & overheads	3,543	47,503	51,046
Salaries	10,617	61,220	71,837
Staffing	-	1,182	1,182
	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`
	15,834	155,213	171,047
	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`
	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total
	Funds	Funds	Funds 2023
	£	£	£
Direct costs	594	40,117	40,711
Office costs & overheads	3,013	16,725	19,738
Salaries		67,500	67,500
Staffing	-	1,837	1,837
	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`
	3,607	126,179	129,786
	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`
Expenditure on Charitable Activities by fund Type
	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total
	Funds	Funds	Funds 2024
	£	£	£
Costs of raising donations and legacies	-	-	-
	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`
	-	-	-
	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`
	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total
	Funds	Funds	Funds 2023
	£	£	£
Costs of raising donations and legacies	-	-	-
	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`
	-	-	-
	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`

4 Expenditure on Charitable Activities by fund Type

Survivors West Yorkshire

Year Ended 31st March 2024

Notes to the Financial Statements

5 Independent Examination Fees

Fees payable to the independent examiner for:

Independent Examination Fees Fees payable to the independent examiner for:
	2024	2023
	£	£
Independent examination and preparation of the financial statements	1,300	828

6 Staff Costs

The total staff costs and employee benefits for the reporting period are analysed as follows:

	2024	2023
	£	£
Wages and salaries	67,363	65,110
Social security costs	1,649	-
Employer contributions to pension plans	2,825	2,390
	`──────────`	`──────────`
	71,837	67,500
	`──────────`	`──────────`

The average head count of employees during the year was as follows:

	2024	2023
Number of staff members	3	1

Number of employees who received benefits of more than £60,000 during the year was as follows:

	2024	2023
More than £60,000	-	-

Key Management Personnel

The charity consider the key management personnel of the charity to be the organisation's CEO and founder. During the year key management personnel received employment income of £52,205 (2023: £44,997). The figures stated include employers' national insurance contributions and employers' pension contributions.

7 Trustee Remuneration, Expenses and Donations

During the year none of the trustees have been paid any remuneration (2023: nil). During the year none of the Trustees incurred out-of-pocket expenses (2023: nil).

Survivors West Yorkshire

Year Ended 31st March 2024

Notes to the Financial Statements

8	Tangible Assets
		Equipment	Total
		£	£
	Costs
	At 1 April 2023	20,766	20,766
	Additions	1,574	1,574
		`──────────`	`──────────`
	At 31 March 2024	22,340	22,340
	Depreciation
	At 1 April 2023	15,394	15,394
	Charge	1,343	1,343
		`──────────`	`──────────`
	At 31 March 2024	16,737	16,737
	Net Book Value
		`──────────`	`──────────`
	At 31 March 2024	5,603	5,603
		`──────────`	`──────────`
	At 31 March 2023	5,372	5,372
9	Debtors
		2024	2023
		£	£
	Trade debtors	-	-
	Accrued income	5,945	-
	Accrued grant	-	-
		`──────────`	`──────────`
		5,945	-
		`──────────`	`──────────`
10	Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
		2024	2023
		£	£
	Accruals	1,300	828
	Social security and other taxes	2,482	1,912
	Operating Lease	5,940	-
		`──────────`	`──────────`
		9,722	2,740
		`──────────`	`──────────`

11 Operating Lease Commitments

The total future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases are as follows:

	2024	2023
		£
No later than 1 year	5,940	-
Later than 1 year	-	-
	`──────────`	`──────────`
	5,940	-
	`──────────`	`──────────`

Survivors West Yorkshire

Year Ended 31st March 2024

Notes to the Financial Statements

12 Analysis of Charitable Funds

	1 Apr 23	Income	Expenditure	Transfers	31 Mar 24
	£	£	£	£	£
Unrestricted Funds
General	17,133	35,053	(15,834)	(2,057)	34,295
	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`
Total Unrestricted	17,133	35,053	(15,834)	(2,057)	34,295
	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`
Restricted Funds
ISVA funding	7,467	-	(10)	(7,457)	-
Leeds Community Foundation Fund	-	9,371	(6,247)	-	3,124
Minstry of Justice Rape Support Fund	-	34,794	(23,196)	-	11,598
Peoples Post Code Neighbourhood Lottery Fund	-	25,000	(25,000)	-	-
WYMO Safer Communities Fund (Counselling and awareness)	-	-	(7,940)	7,940	-
WYMO Safer Communities Fund (Heroes Project LBU)	-	19,548	-	-	19,548
Sir George Martin Trust	-	2,500	(2,500)	-	-
The National Lottery Community Fund	19,663	103,156	(90,320)	1,574	34,073
	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`
Total	27,130	194,369	(155,213)	2,057	68,343
	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`
	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`
Total Funds	44,263	229,422	(171,047)	-	102,638
	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`

Fund Transfers

ISVA funding

The National Lottery Community Fund

Misallocated £7,940 grant income in prior year, should have been assigned to WYMO Safer Communities Fund

Transfer of £1,574 assets that were purchased by the TNLCF fund, but held in the general fund.

Survivors West Yorkshire

Year Ended 31st March 2024

Notes to the Financial Statements

Analysis of Charitable Funds cont.

	1 Apr 22	Income	Expenditure	Transfers	31 Mar 23
	£	£	£	£	£
Unrestricted Funds
General	16,854	3,886	(3,607)	-	17,133
	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`
Total	16,854	3,886	(3,607)	-	17,133
	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`
Restricted Funds
TNLCF	21,290	102,710	(104,337)	-	19,663
ISVA	-	29,309	(21,842)	-	7,467
Postcode Neighbourhood	-	-	-	-	-
	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`
Total	21,290	132,019	(126,179)	-	27,130
	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`
	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`
Total Funds	38,144	135,905	(129,786)	-	44,263
	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`

Fund Descriptions

Restricted Funds

ISVA funding Leeds Community Foundation Fund

Ministry of Justice Rape Support Fund

A grant to employ a part-time (0.6) Independent Sexual Violence Advocate Provision of counselling to men/boys who have been victims of crime, violence or abuse

Support for victims of rape and sexual abuse

Peoples Post Code A grant to support the employment of the operational staff team. Neighbourhood Lottery Fund

The National Lottery Community Fund

WYMO Safer Communities Fund (Counselling and awareness)

WYMO Safer Communities Fund (Heroes Project LBU)

A three year core grant to support the operational and counselling services delivery of Bens Place.

Male Sexual Violence Survivors Counselling Sessions Uplift & Service Awareness

A collaborative project with Leed Beckett Uni Counselling Dept to improve responses to male survivor disclosure responses in HE and FE contexts

Survivors West Yorkshire

Year Ended 31st March 2024

Notes to the Financial Statements

13 Analysis of Net Assets Between Funds

	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total
	Funds	Funds	Funds 2024
	£	£	£
Fixed assets	5,603	-	5,603
Current assets	38,414	68,343	106,757
Creditors less than 1 year	(9,722)	-	(9,722)
	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`
	34,295	68,343	102,638
	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`
	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total Funds
	Funds	Funds	2023
	£	£	£
Fixed assets	5,372	-	5,372
Current assets	14,501	27,130	41,631
Creditors less than 1 year	(2,740)	-	(2,740)
	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`
	17,133	27,130	44,263
	`──────────`	`──────────`	`──────────`

14 Related Party Transactions

During the year Paul Davies, Trustee of Survivors West Yorkshire, was paid to deliver specialist workshops to clients with Autism, the total remuneration given was £700 for the workshops undertaken before Paul retired from the board of trustees in May 2024 (2023: no related party transactions).