## 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 2023
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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 2023
|**Contents**|**Page**|
|---|---|
|Trustees' report|2 to 3|
|Receipts and payments account|4|
|Statement of assets and liabilities|5|
|Notes to the accounts|6 to 7|
## **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 2023
## **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 Charlotte Hagerty Daria Pluto Jacqueline Meugang Epse Ingham
Treasurer
Appointed 8 February 2023 Appointed 9 January 2023
## **Charity number**
1169883
Registered in England and Wales
## **Registered and 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 2023
## **Achievements and performance**
## **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**
There are a total of 110 participants in the peer support group, the majority are refugee and asylum-seeking women, and the rest are supporters of the project. 46 new ladies joined us in 2022, many of them were referred by their midwives. There were 37 meetings held in 2022, with an average of 10-15 women joining every week.
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.
Experts by Experience from the Y&H Maternity Stream had helped raised awareness of the rights and experiences of pregnant women seeking sanctuary by presenting 42 times at over 20 different events in 2022, to over 1000 people.
During the year, there were two trips to Settle, an overnight trip to Malham Tarn and a day trip to Malham to make Christmas decorations. The group also had a pamper day delivered by one of the participants and held a retirement party for a volunteer.
## **Financial review**
The net payments for the year was £5,472, including net payments of £223 on unrestricted funds and net payments of £5,249 on restricted funds after transfers.
## **Reserves policy**
The charity's free reserves, at the year end were £823.
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.
Approved by the board of trustees on 12/07/2023
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 2023
|Notes
2023
Unrestricted
funds
£
**Receipts**
Donations
(2)
176
Grants
(3)
-
**Total receipts**
176
**Payments**
Project Manager payment
-
Trips
-
Mobile phone top up support costs
-
Clothing and boots
-
Accountancy
210
Insurance
179
Printing, postage and stationery
10
Staff expenses
-
**Total payments**
399
**Net receipts / (payments)**
(223)
**Fund balances brought forward**
1,046
**Fund balances carried forward**
(4)
823|2023
Restricted
funds
£
155
1,000
1,155
4,472
410
1,482
-
-
-
-
40
6,404
(5,249)
6,794
1,545|2023
Total
funds
£
331
1,000
1,331
4,472
410
1,482
-
210
179
10
40
6,803
(5,472)
7,840
2,368|2022
Total
funds
£
599
7,012
7,611
4,531
11
1,969
500
210
-
-
7,221
390
7,450
7,840|
|---|---|---|---|
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## Yorkshire and Humberside Maternity Stream of the City of Sanctuary CIO
|Statement of assets and liabilities
as at 31 March 2023
2023
Unrestricted
£
**Cash funds**
Cash at bank
823
**Total cash funds**
823
**Liabilities**
Accruals|2023
Restricted
£
1,545
1,545|2023
Total
£
2,368
2,368
2023
£
221
221|2022
Total
£
7,840
7,840|
|---|---|---|---|
The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 12/07/2023
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 2023
## **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**
Donations for trips
**3 Grants**
The Brelms Trust
People and the Dales
Sir George Martin Trust
Local giving - Magic Little grant
**4 Restricted funds**
Trips
The Brelms Trust
Sir George Martin Trust
Local giving - Magic Little grant
People and the Dales|Balance b/f
£
906
4,376
1,512
-
-
6,794|2023
Unrestricted
funds
£
176
176
2023
Unrestricted
funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
Incoming
£
155
-
-
500
500
1,155|2023
Restricted
funds
£
155
155
2023
Restricted
funds
£
-
500
-
500
1,000
Outgoing
£
410
4,200
1,512
-
282
6,404|2023
Total
funds
£
331
331
2023
Total
funds
£
-
500
-
500
1,000
Transfers
£
-
-
-
-
-
-|2022
Total
funds
£
599
599
2022
Total
funds
£
5,000
500
1,512
-
7,012
Balance c/f
£
651
176
-
500
218
1,545|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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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 2023
**Fund name Purpose of restriction** Trips Towards trips for volunteers and their families The Brelms Trust Towards salary costs of a self-employed project manager Sir George Martin Trust Towards the costs of project management costs and mobile phone top ups. Local giving - Magic Little grant Towards the costs of the weekly support group People and the Dales towards the costs of mobile phone data top ups for the participants of the weekly support group.
## **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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