## Yorkshire and Humberside Maternity Stream of the City of Sanctuary CIO
Charity number 1169883
## Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 March 2022
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Yorkshire and Humberside Maternity Stream of the City of Sanctuary CIO
Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2022
|**Contents**|**Page**|
|---|---|
|Trustees' report|2 to 4|
|Receipts and payments account|5|
|Statement of assets and liabilities|6|
|Notes to the accounts|7 to 8|
## **Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**
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## Yorkshire and Humberside Maternity Stream of the City of Sanctuary CIO
## Trustees' report for the year ended 31 March 2022
## **Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisors**
The trustees during the financial year and up to and including the date the report was approved were: **Name Position Dates**
Mrs Rose McCarthy Ms Joanna Spooner Mrs Valerie Winder Charlotte Hagerty
Treasurer Secretary Resigned 2 September 2021
## **Charity number**
The charity was registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, number 1169883, on 25 October 2016.
**Principal address Bankers** PO Box 384 The Co-operative bank Leeds PO Box 101 LS26 1GJ 1 Balloon Street Manchester M60 4EP
## **Accountants**
## **West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO**
Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW
## **Structure, governance and management**
The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) formed on 25 October 2016 with the constitution amended on 28 November 2016.
## **Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees**
The trustees of the charity are appointed by the members at the AGM.
## **The charity's objects**
1. To promote, protect and improve the health of childbearing and pregnant asylum seekers and refugees by (A) contributing to the training and awareness of midwives, nurses, health workers, social workers and lecturers. (B) improving communication between health workers and childbearing and pregnant asylum seekers and refugees or vice versa. (C) contributing to improvements in maternity services in order to make them more welcoming and inclusive for pregnant asylum seekers and refugees.
2. To promote culturally sensitive ante and post natal information and support for asylum seekers and refugees.
3. To preserve and protect the health of childbearing and pregnant asylum seekers and refugees by providing and assisting in the provision of facilities and support services not normally provided by the statutory authorities.
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## Yorkshire and Humberside Maternity Stream of the City of
## Sanctuary CIO
## Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2022
## **Objectives and activities**
## **The charity's main activities**
Raising awareness through attendance and talks at conferences and events, as well as delivering awareness raising sessions to a range of audiences about the experiences of asylum seeking women, particularly around maternity care.
Encouraging cohesion in provision of maternity services for asylum seeking and refugee women through organising multi-disciplinary meetings and supporting asylum seeking and refugee women to share their stories, as well as involvement in research projects and attendance at meetings and Liaison Committees. Confidence building and enabling volunteers through training and workshops.
Developing and sharing resources including exhibitions, awareness raising films, learning resources, leaflets and social media.
Raising awareness about accessing health and maternity services for migrant women.
## **Public benefit statement**
In setting our objectives and planning our activities our Trustees have given serious consideration to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit and in particular the advancement of education, the advancement of health or the saving of lives, the advancement of human rights and the promotion of religious or racial harmony / equality and diversity.
## **Achievements and performance**
During the period April 2021 - March 2022, 40 peer support meetings were held with an average of 10 – 15 women attending. 32 new women joined our group, referred by the women themselves, midwives and by local refugee sector organisations. 12 of them became volunteers with us.
The women have also supported each other by sharing information at the meetings, we have linked more than 20 women with telephone support from women with more experience of living in the UK and the maternity care which has helped to avoid isolation. This is also a great way to support those who struggle with language barriers as they receive support from a volunteer who speaks their own language.
In the same period, staff, trustees and Experts by Experience have given awareness raising training on caring for pregnant women seeking asylum and refugees to over 360 health professionals face to face or via zoom. One of these was via ‘The Midwifery Hour,’ the recording of which was shared internationally with over 30,000 midwives. At each session Experts by Experience shared their personal experiences of pregnancy, birth and parenting, the barriers they face and how they did or didn’t overcome them. The audience was frequently moved to tears and there have been lively discussions has topics such as the use of interpreters. Excellent feedback was received and we have made connections for future sessions.
Experts by Experience have attended training with one of the trustees of the Y&H Maternity Stream who worked for the Refugee Council. The training course was called ‘Finding Your Voice and Representing Your Peers.’ It gave the women confidence to speak in public in English and helped them decide what they felt comfortable sharing. After presenting the women said they felt their experiences were validated and they could tell that sharing their experiences touched people’s hearts, changed minds and improved practice.
We regularly attend the Leeds and Bradford MVP meetings and we have been part of WY&H LMS Board meetings where we make sure we share and promote our practice.
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## Yorkshire and Humberside Maternity Stream of the City of Sanctuary CIO
## Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2022
## **Achievements and performance continued**
With the help of the People and the Dales, we arrange day trips and weekends away for women and children for walks and social engagement. These trips represent the only way for most of the mums for a family holiday. In the last year we managed to arrange four trips to Settle and Malham attended by volunteers and mums, more than 25 different mums and 23 children participated in our trips. After the trips, many of the ladies came home with a friend for life, two ladies became close friends to the point that one of them left her three year old with the other one when she went to give birth at the hospital. If these ladies didn’t meet, it would have been a very hard situation.
We have continued to support women with telephone top ups, information, referrals to food banks, Baby Banks, dulas and opportunities eg. we connected women to researchers and PhD students which encouraged them to share their birth experiences and gain confidence.
## **Financial review**
The net receipts for the year were £390, including net payments of £214 on unrestricted funds and net receipts of £604 on restricted funds.
## **Reserves policy**
The charity's free reserves, excluding fixed assets, at the year end were £1,046.
The minimum level of reserves to be held by the charity is £1,000 for basic operating costs and 2 months Project Manager payment, for winding down in case funding for this role comes to an end without continuation funding in place.
The maximum level of reserves to be held by the charity is £2,000. Any unrestricted funds over this level must be designated.
At the time of signing these accounts the charity has been impacted by the global Covid-19 virus. The trustees have reassessed the charity’s ability to continue for at least 12 months from the date that the accounts are approved and conclude that no material uncertainties exist that cast significant doubt on the charity’s ability to meet its liabilities as they fall due.
Approved by the board of trustees on 26/10/2022
Joanna Spooner (Trustee)
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## Yorkshire and Humberside Maternity Stream of the City of
## Sanctuary CIO
## Receipts and payments account for the year ended 31 March 2022
|Notes
2022
Unrestricted
funds
£
**Receipts**
Donations
(2)
524
Grants
(3)
-
**Total receipts**
524
**Payments**
Project Manager payment
-
Trips
-
Volunteer expenses
528
Clothing and boots
-
Accountancy
210
**Total payments**
738
(214)
**Fund balances brought forward**
1,260
**Fund balances carried forward**
(4)
1,046
**Net receipts / (payments)**|2022
Restricted
funds
£
75
7,012
7,087
4,531
11
1,441
500
-
6,483
604
6,190
6,794|2022
Total
funds
£
599
7,012
7,611
4,531
11
1,969
500
210
7,221
390
7,450
7,840|2021
Total
funds
£
301
10,140
10,441
7,339
-
1,629
-
210
9,178
1,263
6,187
7,450|
|---|---|---|---|
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## Yorkshire and Humberside Maternity Stream of the City of Sanctuary CIO
|Statement of assets and liabilities
as at 31 March 2022
2022
Unrestricted
£
**Cash funds**
Cash at bank
1,046
**Total cash funds**
1,046
**Liabilities**
Accountants Preparation|2022
Restricted
£
6,794
6,794|2022
Total
£
7,840
7,840
£
210
210|2021
Total
£
7,450
7,450|
|---|---|---|---|
## **Approval of the accounts**
The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 26/10/2022
Joanna Spooner (Trustee)
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Yorkshire and Humberside Maternity Stream of the City of Sanctuary CIO
## Notes to the accounts continued
for the year ended 31 March 2022
## **1 Accounting policies**
## **Basis of accounting**
The trustees have taken advantage of section 133 of the Charities Act 2011 and have prepared the accounts on a receipts and payments basis.
There has been no change to the accounting policies since last year.
No changes have been made to the accounts for previous years.
## **Taxation**
As a charity the organisation benefits from rates relief and is generally exempt from income tax and capital gains tax but not from VAT. Irrecoverable VAT is included in the cost of those items to which it relates.
## **Fund accounting**
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.
Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms of an appeal.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the accounts.
|**2 Donations**
Local giving
Donations for trips
**3 Grants**
Brelms Trust
People and the Dales
Sir George Martin Trust
Leeds City Council
National Lottery Covid 19
National Lottery Joint Fund
Yorkshire Building Society|2022
Unrestricted
funds
£
524
-
524
2022
Unrestricted
funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|2022
Restricted
funds
£
-
75
75
2022
Restricted
funds
£
5,000
500
1,512
-
-
-
-
7,012|2022
Total
funds
£
524
75
599
2022
Total
funds
£
5,000
500
1,512
-
-
-
-
7,012|2021
Total
funds
£
-
301
301
2021
Total
funds
£
5,000
-
-
400
1,716
2,000
1,024
10,140|
|---|---|---|---|---|
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## Yorkshire and Humberside Maternity Stream of the City of Sanctuary CIO
## Notes to the accounts continued
## for the year ended 31 March 2022
|**Restricted funds**
Lush
Donations for trips
Brelms Trust
National Lottery Joint Fund
Yorkshire Building Society
-|Balance b/f
£
79
843
5,268
-
-
6,190|Receipts
£
-
75
5,000
500
1,512
7,087|Payments
£
79
11
5,893
500
-
6,483|Balance c/f
£
-
907
4,375
-
1,512
6,794|
|---|---|---|---|---|
## **4 Restricted funds**
## **Purpose of restriction**
## **Fund name**
Lush
Donations for trips Brelms Trust National Lottery Joint Fund Yorkshire Building Society
To cover volunteers expenses to attend meetings and awareness raising events
Towards trips for volunteers and their families Towards salary costs of a self-employed project manager Towards the costs of winter coats and boots
Towards mobile data costs, project management costs for women in West Yorkshire
## **5 Related party transactions**
## **Trustee expenses**
No trustee received any expenses during this year or the previous year.
## **Trustee remuneration and benefits**
No trustee received any remuneration or benefit during this or the previous year.
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