## **Torbay Ladies’ Lounge Trustee’s Annual Report 2022-2023**
The Trustees of Torbay Ladies’ Lounge are pleased to present their report together with the audited accounts of the charity for the year ended 31[st] March 2023.
## **Administrative Details**
The reference and administration information about the charity, its Trustees and Advisors are set out as follows:
Charity Number: CIO 1171754 Charity Address for correspondence Torbay Ladies’ Lounge **8 Leys Road Torquay TQ2 6ED**
|**Trustees**||**Term**|
|---|---|---|
|Ros Ede|(re-appointed 23.2.2021) Chair|4 years|
|Rosie Wilkinson|(appointed 1.2.2020)|3 years|
|Ian Deakin|(re-appointed 23.2.2022)|3 years|
|Sylvie Hynes|(appointed 1.5.2021)|3 years|
|Sylvia Bevis|(appointed 1.5.21)|3 years|
## **Governance**
The Ladies’ Lounge is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (Foundation), incorporated 23[rd] February 2017. All Trustees gave their time voluntarily and received no remuneration or other benefits.
## **Objects and Activities**
For public benefit, to relieve the needs of women in the Torbay area who are, may become or have been engaged in sex working; street sleeping; domestic violence; suffering with mental health problems or victims of substance misuse issues by working in accordance with Christian principles to provide support, funds, goods or services and signposting to appropriate services to enable them to become aware of alternative possibilities for their lives.
In planning our activities for the year, we kept in mind the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit. As mentioned in our Plans for the Future in last year’s report.
- We have continued to advertise our service to statutory services, doctors, clients and volunteers.
- We moved to a new location September 2022, this has been a great advantage in delivering the support.
- We have been part of the Standing Tall Partnership, working on the partnership agreement document.
- We have continued to attend DA Forums and events held in Torbay
- Craft continues to help a lot of our ladies.
- Ladies’ Lounge employed a new Project Manager in 2022 to join our Deputy making a team of 2 running the day-to-day business of the charity.
Our numbers have seen a constant increase since the start of 2022 and we have continued the “Listening Ear” service speaking to women survivors. Regular calls are made until the ladies themselves feel confident enough to join our sessions.
Our ladies continue to enjoy the Creative Writing sessions and the many craft activities we run weekly. These therapies and craft/sewing sessions have helped our ladies to relax and learn new coping skills. We have seen many Ladies grow in confidence and self worth.
At present we have 18 volunteers and training and supervision is ongoing.
During 2022-2023 we have had 865 attendees, 52 new Referrals (either supported by telephone or attending the sessions) and served 865 hot snack lunches. Our volunteers have given 2250 hours.
## **Comments from some of our Ladies**
- The team are so friendly, always take time to listen
- A safe place to attend and leave feeling so much better
- A warm and inviting venue. Cosy feeling
- Look forward to coming to the group
- My confidence has grown so much
## **Financial Review**
## **Principal sources of funding in 2022-2023**
- 1 Grants 2 Individual donations 3 Gift Aid Reclaimed
## **Reserves Policy**
We hold unrestricted balances at the Bank of approximately £35,763 which are held to meet any unforeseen expenditure that may occur. This represents approximately 11 months of our usual expenditure.
## **Plans for the future**
Torbay Ladies’ Lounge has set the following goals:
- To inform all statutory agencies who use our services of our future plans
- To link in with other DA Agencies and Charities to grow and support our service
- To educate other communities in the area of DA
- To continue to train all staff and volunteers.
- To continue to secure funding
- To look for new a new Chair of Trustees and new trustees
Approved by the Board of Trustees on 31[st] January 2024 and signed on behalf Ladies’ Lounge by:
Ros Ede Chair of Trustees
## **TORBAY LADIES LOUNGE CIO Charity no. 1171754** _**Receipts and Payments Account for the Year ended 31st March 2023**_
|Unrestricted
Restricted Total
**_Receipts_**
**_2023_**
£
£
£
Donations
1,945
1,945
Misc receipts
292
292
Gift Aid
685
685
Grants
8,412
8,412
2,922
8,412
11,334
**_Payments_**
DCF Feel Good
7,190
7,190
NL Community fund
62
3,209
3,271
Community investment fund
10,000
10,000
Equipment
378
378
Professional charges
390
390
Volunteer expenses
915
915
Craft costs
963
412
1,375
Insurance
0
Office overheads & premises
2,285
2,285
Refreshments
1,068
1,068
Stationery
294
294
Publicity
0
Telephone
427
427
Training
354
354
Salary costs
5,987
5,987
Travel & parking
587
587
Operational activity
0
Independent examination fee
0
Miscellaneous expenses
416
416
14,126
20,811
34,938
**Net Receipts**
**-11,205**
**-12,399**
**-23,604**
Transfer
0
Add Bank at 1.4.22
46,968
17,298
64,266
Cash at Bank 31.3.23
**35,763**
**4,899**
**40,662**
**_Statement of Assets and Liabilities at 31st March 2023_**
_Assets_
Cash at bank
35,763
4,899
40,662
_Debtors_
Gift aid
_Liabilities_
Creditors
0
0
0
Independent examination fee|Total
**_2022_**
£
16,590
0
35046|
|---|---|
||51,636|
||519
355
4,055
0
0
441
0
198
10,082
850
3,236
0
110|
||19,846|
||**31,790**
0
32,476|
||**64,266**|
||64,266|
||671
0
600|
_**Note**_ The trustees confirm, in accordance with the Charitable Incorporated Organisations (General) Regulations 2012, that at the year end the CIO did not have any outstanding guarantees to third parties nor any debts secured on the assets of the CIO.
Approved by the Trustees on …............................ 2024 and signed in their behalf by
Trustee