REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1169976 nofthc t¢es and Financial Sttt tsfoTthe 31 202 Rowl1D￿ Rainbow & Company sn New Road Radcliffe Greatcr Manchesler M26 ILS men ofw hairnian's R ort or the Year End¢d 31 March 2023 Intrduction The trustees of WomeD of Worth {WoW) present their rq)ort for y¢ar ending 31st March 2023. The fjnallcial ststements hav¢ been prepared in accordance wilh the aCco￿tIng policiu set out I￿ note on¢ to the financial 5tst¢rnents and comply with the cbarity's Constirntion and the Charities A¢t 2011 and "According and Reportjng by Charities.. Stat¢ment of Recommended Praetic¢ applicable to chariti¢s prepanng their a¢counts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the U.K a￿1 Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)" (as I￿￿ded for aecouT>ting Perioth Commencing from l J8nuary 2016) Chairfs Rq)ort l arn pl¢a5ed to act as ¢hair for thi's cwrent and ￿ date. and report OD the activities. achievements and perfornwkces as follows.. The Wom¢n of Worth clwity was re8iStered on IM Novenknr 2016 w ¢Otttinu¢ the exc¢llent work started in e8Tly 2016 as a non-pmfit organisation. The last twclvc months we have seen an increa8¢ of the numbers of vubJeAable women presenting from the NHS, Memtsl H¢alth Seryices, Probatio￿ Police. and lo¢#1 communiry group$. This appears to be again# a backdrop fitsan¢ial hardship caus¢d by the curreni ¢¢ODomic climare affecting the cost of livin8. We hav¢ responded to this increased need by providin8 more food and t￿ntial itetN8 packs. In additio￿ we ar¢ working in parttiership with other Se￿1¢¢$ such as food banks to link our women io local venu¢5 where they can access Tesources. W¢ have responded to the Cost•of-livmg LYiSi$ by faciliiatin8 Cost of living %ssions in both onc-to-one settings and groups. We und¢rtake benefit cheek8 io ensure that womcn ir¢ re¢eiving the correct b¢ncfits, we provid¢ infonnation on b¢n¢fits including the Gov¢rnmcnt's Cost of Living paJinen(s and SlBttPOSt th¢m to where they can help with ¢laiming, for examplc Citl7.¢ns Adwce. We have also focused on saving money on energy iti¢luding 5¢S5ions on 'H¢a¢ the Human, Not th¢ Home, and providinB Bclly wam)eV packs. To promo¢ financial resilienee for women Interc￿ed in b¢¢0mU￿ selfw10￿ we also facil1¢at￿ a course on how to start your ovm busine$$. Raised public iwarcness about th¢ impa¢1 of Menopause and the pl¥nned changes lo eJnplo￿nl law, encourag¢d us to stsrt developin8 IiTths to relevant services and to start plannin8 provision of awar¢ness sessions ai the Centre. An inerease in referrals from women experiencing donwri¢ abuse, has led to us puttin8 ott more 8roups such as the New DiTections Programmc. We ￿ntinUe to work closely with partnership ag¢n¢i¢s for example SafeNeL IDVA, and Victim Liaison to offer knap around, support for su¢h ¢lieDts. For all wom¢n wlKTr use the Centre we eofttinu¢ to maintain and develop link5 with services su¢h as Hou5in8 and Bury LiviDg W¢ll Service ￿ ensur¢ they access support to m¢¢t their needs. We were s￿¢¢$5fi￿ in acquwiti8 fundll4 including the National Lottery (Conllbunity Fund) in 2020 whieh 13 now in the flnal year. We seeur¢d funds of £2000 from Irwell Valley and an additional £2000 from Six Town Housing. In addition. we a¢quued funds of over £2000 from PRich funding. Funding receivcd from dottations included from loeal councillor5. Over the next year w¢ will be identi￿.n8 more fu￿lin8 oppomjnities and pursuing bi¢ls. In addition. w¢ h4ve expanded our self-fvnding activities attending craft fairs and events such as 'pop up, shops wthich have provided an opportunity to make money frorn th¢ sal¢ of lten￿ Created by th¢ women as part of our prograrnme of therapeuiic well-being. Such ￿entS also enabled us to Taise aYArene&* about our clwity and network Ov¢r the year we have raised an excess of £2,5(10 from these acttvities. We continue our involv¢ment with GMWSA (Greater Manchester Women Service AUi2nce), and we are pleased to say that the contract was renewed. The contract includes continued provision of ￿edS assessmenL support planning and int¢rv¢ntions for women who attend the Centre who are in the crimitydl justice 5y5t¢m. The continued work includes pr¢Ycntstive work by ¢n8aging clients with th¢ n￿$1 appropnale services and s￿pOrt. S¢rYi¢e user feedback acquired by completion of the satisfaction qu¢stionnaire con)pleted by wom¢n shoThm below. Service User Feedback (taken frorn {￿eStiOnnaire} April 2022 to March 2023 Feedback collected Percenta8e Oyerall servi¢¢- Very Satisfiedl Satisfied? Page I Women fworth Chairnwi, Re ¢ Year Ended l March 2023 Ninety-six perwht we)r very satisfied. Four p¢￿ent satisfied. The person SUPWTrrting the￿L - Very Satisfi¢dlSatisfi¢d? Ninety-three percellt wer¢ very sats"sfi¢d.- 6.5/0 were satisfied. Understanding of needs- Very Saiisfiedl S8tisfi¢d? Nin¢ty-fivc percent very satisfied. Five perc¢nt 54tisfied. QualÈtstive Feedba¢k Below ar¢ ¢omments from women (from th¢ que8¢ionnaire} u8itig the 8ervic¢ about th¢ir ¢xpcrience of the s￿¢¢. "A wonderfijl service they understood me and helped me get my hea¢trbTain in gear. My life i3 now back on traek. I had bad start to last year and ¢v¢tyhing weni Wrong they helped g¢1 thin8S Sorted." "Good level of support and advice regulw merfings Thvi¢¢ a weck and extra s¢s5ions when needed. I have been r¢f¢rr¢d to training courses wthich have hel￿ me change carccr.. "Lislens (the p¢rson supportin8 mel h¢lpful. 8ives tiTfK goes of her to h¢lp.' Our goa18 in the cotning year are io continue ¢0 maintsin the exa¢ling standards of servi¢¢. We are lookin8 to develop the service delivery with CiiizeN4 Ad￿'¢e to r4)0[￿ to the increasing n¢¢d for debt advice. Since the restrictions of COVID w¢ arc also Icx)kll￿ to i¢introduce well-being therapies at the Centr¢, so will be pursuing available fijnding. I wish to uy a huge thank you ￿ the Tn￿tees. staff and volunteers for their outstandin8 work and ¢onmiittnent over the last 12 months. I wani io ex¢cnd this to the A¢¢ountant and the Bookke¢p¢r. Pago 2 Women f Worth ort of the Ttwtees Ended 31 March 2023 for Th¢ trnstees present th¢ir report with th¢ financial stsiements of the charity for the yeaT ended 31 March 2023. The tNstees have adopted the provisions of Acc()unting and Rew)rtitig by Cbariti¢s.' Ststemellt of Re¢ommended Practice applicabl¢ to charitits preparing their aecowits in accordan¢e with the FinarKial Reporting Standard applitablc in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (offective l JalluAry 2019). STRucfuRE, GOVERNANCE ￿ND MANAGEMENT Governlng document The charity is controlled by ity governin8 docuw a deed of trust a￿A constiDj￿ 4D unincorpiraied ¢harity. REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS R¢gl$ter¢d Cbarity nujthr 1169976 Prlnclpal addre Bridg¢ House, 5-9 Stand Lane Radcliffe Mallch¢51er M26 INW Trujteey Mrs H Pery TreA$ur¢r Mrs G Williams Tn￿tte Mrs D E Giama8 Treasurcr Mrs N S Harries Tn￿1¢¢ Ms S Moran Chair Indep¢tsden¢ Examlner David A Rainbow Rowlinson Rainbow & Company 517 New Road Radcliffe Greater MaT￿h¢Ster M26 Its B*nker$ Lloyds Bank PLC l Legg Strc¢i Ch¢lm5ford CMI IJS Approved by order of the board of trustees on... .. . . and si8ned on its b¢half by: Mrs D E Giamas- Trnstre Page 3 Inde endent Examiner's R Women of Worth rt to the Tn￿tres of Independent examlner'$ report to the tru51tt5 of Women of Worth I report to the charity tjijsiees on my examination of the accounts of Women of Wortll {th¢ Tn￿tI for the year ended 31 Marth 2023. Responslbllltles and b*$ls of report As the chariry trn$tees of the Trnst you are respo￿4]ble for the prepardtion of the accouDts in accordance with the requirem¢nts of the CharitiC5 Act 2011 {'the Act,). I report in r¢spect of my examination of the Tr￿￿1,5 accounts carried out under Section 145 of the Act and in ¢arying out ttry cxamination I have followed all applicable Directsons given by the Ch￿"ty Commission uttder Section 145(5llb) of the Act. lThdepeDdeDt examlner'$ $t#tsment I have Completed my ¢xamination. I confiTm that no mai¢ri#l matters have com¢ io my allention in conn¢ction with the examitiaiion givin8 me cause to Ixli¢ve th&t in any mlterial respeei.. ateounting records were noi k￿1 m respeci of the TThst as requtred by S¢¢tion 130 of the A¢t" or the accounts do not accord with those r¢cords.' or th¢ a¢¢ounts do not comply wilh the applicable requirements concerning th¢ forni and conw)t of ¥¢¢ounts set out in the Charities (Ae¢ounls and Reports) Regulations 2008 othcr than any rcquirement that thc accounts give 4 true and fair view which is twt a nwtscr Considered &% part of an indepeThleni exami￿10 I hav¢ no Concerns and hav¢ come across no other matters ill ¢onDe¢tion with thc examinatLOrt to which attention $hould be drawn in thi5 report in ordcr to enabl¢ 8 proper und¢rst4nding of the accounts io be rcached. David A Rainbow The Certifi¢d Public Accountsnts A8XKi4tion Rowlinson Rainbow & Company 517 New Road Rad¢liff¢ GTeatcr Manch¢sier M26 ILS Date.. Page 4 Wom¢n ofworth Statement of Financial Activiti for the Year Ended 31 arch 2023 31.3.23 Totsl 31.3.22 Total fvnd5 Unrestricted Restri¢tcd Notes tNCOl¥fE Af4D ENDOWMENTS FROM Donations al￿ lega¢ies 3.501 120,562 124.063 99.375 Other trading aetiviti 4263 4,263 Total 7.764 120.562 128,326 99.375 EXPENDITURE ON Charltable Aetlvltle$ Activit¢$ 13.720 101,140 114,860 104.290 Other 5,630 736 6.366 620 Total 19.350 101,876 121.226 104,910 NET INCOMEI