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CHANGING PATHWAYS

TRUSTEES' REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS' REPORT) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2020

CONTENTS

CONTENTS
Page
Summary 1
Objectives and Activities 1
Beneficiaries of our Services 1
Covid 19 1
Statistics 2
Our Achievements and Performance through
2020/2021 2
Plans for the Future – Strategic Plan
April 1st2022 to March 31st2025 4
Financial Review 4
Reserves Policy 4
Risks 5
Review of Financial Position 5
Structure, Governance and Management 5
Organisational Structure 6
Senior Leadership Team 6
Staff Remuneration Policy 6
Auditor 6
Disclosure of Information to Auditor 6

CHANGING PATHWAYS TRUSTEES’ REPORT

FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st MARCH 2021

Summary

The trustees present their report and financial statements for the year ending 31st March 2021.

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the financial statements and comply with the Charity's governing document, the Companies Act 2006 and “Accounting and Reporting by Charities: 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)” (as amended for accounting periods commencing from 1 January 2016).

Objectives and Activities

In this report the Trustees of Changing Pathways look at what the Charity has achieved and the outcomes of our work between April 2020 and March 2021. This report reviews our progress:

‘To relieve the needs of persons who are victims of, or in fear of, domestic violence and/or abuse in Essex and surrounding areas in particular but not exclusively, by providing refuge, counselling and practical support for victims of domestic violence, raising public awareness of domestic abuse issues; and in such other ways as the trustees may from time to time decide.’

The Trustees have referred to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit when reviewing the Charity’s aims and objectives and in planning how our activities will contribute to the aims and objectives that have been set. This is supported by a performance monitoring and reporting system and an annual consultation programme for staff and clients.

Beneficiaries of our Services

During its third year of operation as Changing Pathways, the Charity has continued to deliver specialist support to survivors of domestic abuse, covering South and West Essex which comes under the remit of Essex County Council and the Borough Councils of Basildon, Brentwood, Castle Point, the District Councils of Epping Forest, Harlow and Rochford, and the Unitary Authority of Thurrock.

We strive to provide responsive and high-quality support to survivors of the broadest definition of domestic abuse including stalking and harassment, ‘honour-based’ abuse and forced marriage and all other forms of violence against women and girls. We take a strength-based approach to our support, working with survivors to empower them to choose a different pathway, one that enables them to live their lives free from fear and abuse.

Covid 19

As we adjusted throughout the global pandemic we learnt from our data that domestic abuse was in a state of flux; our usual peaks and troughs were disturbed and where we saw a sudden decrease in referrals early on, this was followed by a rapid and significant increase soon after. Throughout Summer 2020 our numbers stayed high overall, slowly settling through to the autumn. Working from home and restrictions on face to face contact were challenging for practitioners and clients as they adapted to connecting remotely, always having safety at the forefront of their thinking. For some of our clients the ‘new normal’ remote way of receiving support was comfortable, but for some, however, this would not have been their preference. Our refuge accommodation remained open with the appropriate safety measures and support from Public Health where there were instances of Covid in our residential communities. As time rolled on and we became clearer about how we could manage our work and Covid, we were able to re-introduce face to face contact in line with risk assessing the overall situation.

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Statistics

In 2020-21, Changing Pathways reached a total of 2,153 survivors of domestic abuse, providing both telephone and face to face support with a total of 84% of survivors reporting improved personal outcomes. The total number of survivors reached in 2020-21 represents an increase of 17% on 2019-20 where Changing Pathways reached 1,844 survivors.

Domestic abuse has a devastating impact on all communities. However, as reflected in the gendered nature of domestic abuse, the majority of survivors we supported were female. Reflecting the changing local community profile, 12% of clients were from BAME (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic) communities. 33% of clients reported being disabled with 6% of disabled survivors reporting having more than one disability. 25% had a mental health disability. Across all of our services 40% (455) were victims of surveillance/harassment/stalking types of abuse. 50 of these victims were open to our Stalking and Harassment service.

We received 121 referrals for our refuge services, a decrease of 100 referrals on the previous year with 64 being offered a place in one of our temporary bed spaces. In total, the number of survivors of domestic abuse that we accommodated was slightly lower with 101 women and 146 children in our refuges and they stayed on average for 8.1 months, which is two months longer than the previous year.

Women who stayed in the refuge were supported to achieve positive outcomes for their family, with 78% securing a safe move-on option and 92% of residents reporting an increase in confidence in asking for help and 97% reporting feeling better able to recognise abusive behaviour. 93% stated that they understand more about the impact of abuse on their child / children. 88% had an improvement in their support networks.

Across all our services 96% of survivors reported feeling better able to recognise abusive behaviour and 95% feel they understand more about the impact of abuse on my child/children.

Throughout the course of this financial period we have continued to be responsive to both the local picture and data as well as Government guidance in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic.

During periods of lockdown elements of our service provision that could not be adapted to remote ways of working have either been altered or stopped altogether, for example group work was suspended, and counselling provision moved to an on-line delivery platform where appropriate.

As always, we sought to keep our clients at the heart of everything we do and took this opportunity to re-model our therapeutic interventions moving us to a trauma informed approach to our work. New developments include a suite of psycho-educational videos, dialectical behavioural therapeutic groups and training for staff in Motivational Interviewing (a technique to support clients in working with change).

Our Achievements and Performance through 2020/2021

1 - Improve service offer for women experiencing multiple disadvantage and those accessing health services.

Our IDVA work at Basildon and Thurrock University Hospital continued throughout Covid 19 and both National and Local lockdowns, and we successfully secured funding increasing our staffing levels to two full time practitioners. Through 2020--2021 the EDAPP service supported 38% more people compared to the previous year.

We have continued to deliver specific services for victims of stalking, sustaining levels of funding.

In the early part of 2021 we became proud participants in the Essex Partnership University Trust-led Trauma Alliance, a group that shares both experience and new and emerging practice in working with trauma.

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2 - Ensure our services promote and reflect increased equality and diversity and hidden harms.

Throughout 2020 we continued to build on the work we undertook in 2019 to help us develop our understanding around all issues of Equality and Diversity and set our intentions in prioritising this area of work. We worked with the National Centre for Diversity to systematically asses and review our policies, practices and culture, achieving the investor award for Equality and Diversity.

We have improved our analysis of equality and diversity data across the organisation and have set our intention to feature this as a key headline in the 2022 – 2025 strategic plan.

Our specialist BAME service has expanded and funding is more secure. Our service experienced a 59% increase in referrals from the previous year.

Via the Inclusivity Panel we continue to consider how best the organisation can meet the needs of the LGBTQ+ survivors of domestic abuse and explore partnerships to increase accessibility for this group. The inclusivity work is practitioner-led and is a place for us to explore best practice and check new developments in our work against our equality and diversity expectations.

3 - Expand our service offer for children and young people.

We have achieved a lot in this area of our planned work despite the challenges that the pandemic brought in terms of accessing training.

The addition of our Children and Families’ Lead, a senior practitioner post, enabled us to make significant inroads in planned developments, affording us the capacity to introduce working with the children in a trauma informed way using the trauma animals developed by The Beacon House Trust. Introducing the Incredible Years Programme to our offer for families has enabled mothers to understand how the abuse has affected their children and how this is displayed through the children’s behaviour, giving them the tools and strategies to use to decrease these challenging behaviours.

We continue to deliver the Helping Hands Programme for children.

4 - Develop specialist interventions in trauma informed work, group work and training to aid recovery.

We spent significant time during the year to fully remodel our therapeutic interventions for both adults and children as we commit to establishing ourselves as a trauma informed service. We have developed a suite of psycho-educational videos that our clients will be able to work through with their case worker to support them in understanding the impact of the trauma they have experienced may have had. We have developed a dialectical behaviour therapeutic-based programme which addresses things like increasing distress tolerance and emotional regulation as well as some mindfulness practice.

Building upon some of the training sessions we had in place, we now have a full suite of off the shelf training options that we have been able to deliver to key partners throughout the 2019-2020 year. We have worked with a number of agencies including Essex Police, Epping Forest District Council and Thurrock L.A. to deliver these training sessions using remote platforms throughout the pandemic. Not only has this helped increase the domestic abuse knowledge base across all partners but it has also supported our partnership working, raising our profile and clarifying referral mechanisms.

5 – Provide the highest quality services to survivors of domestic abuse through an employee development and succession programme.

Changing Pathways is fully committed to continuing professional development and we very much want to establish a sustainable mechanism for welcoming new staff into our team, ensuring they are supported and challenged in their learning and fully embedding CPD into our culture and practice. With this in mind we have developed a Core Competency Framework which sets out induction plans and key performance indicators for

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employees ensuring they are aligned to the organisational vision and values. Going forward we will be able to conduct appraisals and set training plans and objectives using this framework.

We have continued with our training for Independent Domestic Violence Advisors through the 2019-2020 year.

6 - Develop a pathway to client involvement and set out the organisations approach to full involvement across all aspects of the organisation

This has been a challenging area for Changing Pathways in terms of delivering through a pandemic year where face to face contact has been significantly limited by government guidelines in relation to working safely with Covid 19. We have been able to establish focus groups for both our clients and practitioners so we have forums where we can consult where needed.

Plans for the Future – Strategic Plan April 1[st] 2022 to March 31[st] 2025

A Strategic Away Day was held off site in September 2021, attended by all staff and trustees. We worked with an external facilitator to work creatively and collaboratively in identifying and prioritising our future strategic work. Working inclusively with all colleagues is informed by the Changing Pathways culture and our commitment to empowering each other.

As a result, a number of headline areas emerged, to form the Strategic Plan 2022 to 2025, as follows:

Financial Review

In 2020-21, the senior leadership team were focused on managing the Covid-19 pandemic and the implications for the organisation. The Government Guidelines and restrictions increased financial burdens onto organisations to ensure Covid secure protocols were met. The organisation reacted promptly to bid for further funding to offset additional costs that the organisation incurred. Through securing of additional funding, we were able to build and develop our specialist services further.

Ongoing managing and adaptations to meet the changing need for the major tenders awarded previously was also undertaken.

These new contracts have provided a strong and sustainable financial foundation for the next three to five years and the focus can move to income generation to further build the specialist services and income diversification strategies.

Reserves Policy

Changing Pathways has two types of funds as follows:

Restricted funds

Unrestricted funds

Reserves are represented by unrestricted funds (excluding designated funds) less tangible fixed assets. The level of reserves required have been set at three to six months of non-charitable activity costs. Charitable activity costs have been excluded from these calculations for the following reasons:

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The Trustees consider that reserves at this level will ensure that, in the event of a significant drop of funding, they will be able to continue the Charity’s current activities whilst consideration is given to ways in which additional funds may be raised.

To assist the Charity in meeting its charitable objectives in the future, a number of designated funds have been created. The Capital reserve was set up to finance the continuous replacement of a minibus which is central to the day to day running of the Charity's functions. This reserve is maintained at approximately the value of the current vehicle plus cash reserve necessary to replace which is currently £25,607. The Rent Reserve is a condition of the property lease and holds at least two months’ worth of operating costs which will be used to meet rental commitments should incoming resources and general-purpose funds not be sufficient. The Board have decided that this fund should be maintained at £100,000. The Contingency fund was set up to help meet any unforeseen expenses and has been set at not less than £15,000 by Trustees and it is currently at £16,655.

The available funds in the reserves at the year-end were £1,037,858. Included within the available funds are restricted funds of £168,285.

Risks

There are risk registers in place to cover both the organisational risks and those risks associated with the larger EIDAS contract. These are reviewed at the Board meetings.

In April 2021 the Domestic Abuse Act received Royal Assent placing new duties on Tier One local authorities in terms of responding to the housing needs of victims of domestic abuse, progressing changes to some criminal justice issues such as Domestic Abuse Protection Notices and Orders and establishing non-fatal strangulation as a criminal offence. In addition the Act recognises children as victims of domestic abuse in their own right bringing with it a funding stream that will support work previously paid for from organisational reserves and fund raising activities.

Review of Financial Position

Changing Pathways holds a reasonable financial position.

Structure, Governance and Management

Governing Document - The organisation is a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered as a Charity. The Charity is governed under its Articles of Association.

Company Status - Members of the Charity guarantee to contribute an amount not exceeding £1 to the assets of the Charity in the event of winding up. The total number of such guarantees at 31st March 2021 was six.

Trustees - The trustees, who are also the directors for the purpose of company law, and who served during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were:

J Gould (Chair) L Headley (Vice Chair) P Collinson (Treasurer) A Wright (Treasurer) JK Deeney L Martin

They have no beneficial interest in the Charity. All trustees give their time voluntarily and receive no benefits from the Charity. Any expenses reclaimed from the Charity are set out in the accounts.

The trustees undertake an annual skills audit to identify an address any gaps in Board experiences. There is an induction and training plan for all trustees to strengthen their role in strategic planning and they attend mandatory training in safeguarding and equality and diversity.

All trustees give their time voluntarily and receive no benefits from the Charity. Any expenses reclaimed from the Charity are set out in the accounts.

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Organisational Structure

The organisation is affiliated to Women’s Aid Federation of England (WAFE) but is an independent charitable company with its own structure and operational policies.

The Trustees delegate day-to-day management of the Charity to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Senior Leadership Team (SLT) which in 2020-2021 included:

Senior Leadership Team

The CEO and SLT make decisions on daily operations, with any decisions concerning the strategic direction, additional spend on budget, legal issues, governance and anything else considered outside the remit of the CEO or SLT, being escalated to the Board of Trustees.

Staff Remuneration Policy

The remuneration package for all personnel comprises of a basic salary and contribution to a pension scheme. Salaries are paid in accordance with the National Joint Council scales and are reviewed annually by the Board of Trustees. The organisation pays at least the Living Wage as set out by the Living Wage Foundation; due to Covid-19 situation there has been a delay in achieving accreditation. The Charity is subject to auto-enrolment and contributions are currently made at 3%. The Charity is supported to meet its requirements under autoenrolment by the Work Place Pension Group and payroll provider, Rickard Luckin.

Auditor

Rickard Luckin Limited were appointed as auditor to the company and a resolution proposing that they be reappointed will be put at the General Meeting.

Disclosure of Information to Auditor

Each of the trustees has confirmed that there is no information of which they are aware which is relevant to the audit, but of which the auditor is unaware. They have further confirmed that they have taken appropriate steps to identify such relevant information and to establish that the auditor is aware of such information.

The trustees’ report was approved by the Board of Trustees.

Jennifer Gould Chair Person

Dated: 30[th] November 2021

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Our Funders

Thank you

The following organisations and individuals have contributed to our work during the year through their kind donations and funding:

6th Billericay Scout Group Castle Point Ladies Dining Billericay Methodist Church Corner Stone Lodge Billericay PCC L Willis Mr & Mrs Martin Randall memorial Christian Spiritualist Church The Parochial Church SEC Salvation Army Thorndons WI Paypal Grays URC Donations Methodist Church Donation Thorpe Hall Donation Morrison & Foerster LLP Foundation Food Bank Sainsburys The Funwalk Trust Dogs Trust Fiserv Brentwood Belles Devonshires

Billericay Methodist Church S&H Morning Charity Group George hopper Demi Barker IPEX management Hatfield Peverel Bowling Club Warrior Women Shenfield & Hutton (Morning) W.I. Cecilia Clark Royal Mail Thorpe Hall Donation The Warely U3A Organisation PCC Langdon Hills JS Triston Mrs. Carlane Mr. Barnard West and Coe Wellspring Church Tescos Intu Palmers Solicitors Mr and Mrs. Ward Cooper family

A huge “Thank you” to those that have donated and supported us throughout the year. We are so grateful for your continued support – it really makes a difference to our clients and their children.

Contact Us

Advice: 01268 729707 All calls are strictly confidential. @Pathwaytosafety @Changingpathwaysessex @Changingpathways Enquires: welcome@changingpathways.org www.changingpathways.org Contact COMPASS Essex Domestic Abuse Helpline: 0330 333 7444 (24 hours)

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CHANGING PATHWAYS TRUSTEES, REPORT IINCLUDING DIRECTORS, REPORT) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 The Iruslees present Ihelr report and flnanclal Slalemenls for Ihe year ended 31 Mar¢h 2021. Th¢ flnanclal slalemènl8 hav8 been prepared In accordance wllh the a¢counllng poli¢les sel out In note 110 thè financial slaiemen18 and comply ￿￿th thè charfty'g governing documenl, Ihe Companle5 A¢1 2006 and Accounting and Reptsrtlng by Charill•s: Stalemenl of Recommended Practlce applicabl¢ lo charllles preparing their aceounts In accordanco wllh the Financial Reportlng Standard appb'cablo In the UK and Republlc of Ir&land IFRS 102118ffecllve 1 January 2019) Oblfrctlves and A¢llvltl•s In IhSs report the TN8lee$ of Changing Palhwgys look al what the Charity has achleved and the outcomes ol ourwork betwèonAprll 2020 and March 2021. This report revlew8 Our progress: towards achieving our vlslon of a world In whlch all can Iwe fulfilled lives, fr￿ from domestic alwsè towards &chlovlng our mlsslon in pursuit of Ihls wsion lo help ea¢h IndThildual find Ihelr pathway out of life of domesllc abuse and ch8nge Ihelr future lor the betlar, by Identifying Ihe kay alms and Obsectiv￿ Ihal we have worked toward8 and how succes¥ful Changlng Pathways has been ￿ focu¥sng a¢tlvlly on the pursuance ol our charitable oble¢18. n8mety'. To relleve th9 n¢ads ol persons wha 8r8 vlctsms ol. or in lear of, domestic vlolence andlor abuse In Essex and wrroundin9 areas In particular bul not excluslvely, by provldlng refuge. counBelllng 8nd prodical suppo¢1 for vlclims of domestic violence, Talslng public awaroness ol domestic abuse i88uos,' and In such other way8 88 thé trustees may from lim¢ lo 14me decide., Thé Truslees have referred to the Charily Commisslon's guidance on publlc benefil when revlewlng the chailly's aims and Object￿eS and in plannlng how our activities will contrlbut6 lo the aims and oblectlves that have been 80L Thls Is supported by a performance monitoring and reporting syslem and an annual consullallon programme for staff and se￿Ie8 users. Beneflclail•* of our ServlceB Durlng Ils third year of operation as Changing Pathways, the chartly ha8 ¢0nlinugd to delNer 5peclallsl support to survSvors of dome¥lic 8buse. covering South and We51 Essex which comes under the rem51 of Egsex County Coun¢ll and the Borough Coundls of Basildon, Brenlwood, Castle PoinL the Dislri¢l Co(tnclSs of Epimng Ftsresl, Harlow and Rochford. and the UnitaryAulhorlty of Thurrock. We slrlve lo provide résponsive and high-quallty support to 8urvNors of the broadesl definition tsf domegllc abuse includbng Stalkln9 and harassmonl, 'honour.baBed' abuse an¢J fgr¢ed marriage and all othèr forms of vlolence agalnsl women and girts. We take a 81renglh.based approach lo our supporl, worklng wllh survfvors lo empower them lo choose a difforenl pathway, one that enables them lo live Iheii lives free from fear and abuse. Covld 19 As wè adlusled throughout the global palldamic we learnt Irom our data th81 domestlc abuse waB in a state of flux.. our usual peaks and Iroughs were dlslurbed and ￿ere wè law a sudden decrease in refewial$ earty on. Ih1s was follow6d by a rapid and signlflcant increasè 80Dn after. Throughout Summer 2020 our number3 stayed hlgh overall, SI0￿Y settllng through lo the aulutnn. Worklng Irom home and reslrlctlons on face lo face contact were challenglng for praclilloners and ¢llenls as they adapted lo ¢onnectln9 remotely. alway5 havlng saloly al thè lorèlront of thelr thinking. For some ol oui clleni3 the 'now normal, remote way of raceivlng support was comlgrtable. bul for some, however, thi5 would not have been their preferènc•. Our refuge accommodallon remalned optrn wilh the approprlale safely measureg and support from Publ1¢ Health where IheTe wer¢ Snslances of Covld in residential ¢ommynlll88. As lime rolled on and we became clearer about how w6 could managg our work and Covid, w werfj able lo re-introduce face lo fac• conlacl In Ilne wllh rlsk a8se$8lng the overall $iluallon.

CHANGING PATHWAYS TRUSTEES, REPORT {INCLUDING DIRECTORS, REPORT) (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 81all8tlc8 In 2020-21. ChangÉng Pathways reached a total or 2,153 8UNSvors of domestlc abuse, providing both telephone and fa¢e lo face support wÈlh a total of 84% of 8ufvivoT8 r¢portlng Improved personal oulcomgy. The lo181 number of survivors ￿ached In 2020-21 repr¢$onl$ an Increase of 17Yo on 2010-20 whèrè Changlng Palhways reached 1,644 survivors. Dorneslic abuse has a devastating impact on all cornmunilie8. However, ag reflected In the gendered nature of dome3li¢ abuyg, the majorfly ol survlvors we 8UPPOrted w81È fÈmal&. Refl8cUng the changing local communlly profile, 12% of clients were from BAME (Blaek, A$lAn, Minority Ethnlc) communilies. 33% of clients rep(>rted belng dlsabled wlh 6Yo of disabled 8urvivors reporting havlng more than one disablllly. 25Oh had a mental heallh dlsablllly. Across all of our 8gNicg$ 40Tr/o1455) were vict¢ms ol sU￿ellIan¢èl￿araSsmenUItalkIn9 types of abuse. 50 of these victfjms w&re open lo our Slalklng and HarasBmenl 8ervlcg. rÈcolvad 121 referrals for our fefuge seNices, a dBcrtsa8e of 190 relerrAls on the pftvious year with 64 bglng offe￿￿ a place Sn one of our temporary bèd spaces. In total, the number orsu￿1v0rs of domos11¢ abuse Ihat we accommodated was Bllghtly lowor wilh 101 women and 146 children In our iefuges and they stayed on average for 8.1 month¥. whlch15 Iwo months longer than the previou5 year. INomen who $layed In the refuge were supported lo achleve pu¥lllvg oul¢omes for Ihelr family, with 78% securlng a sal& move.on opllon and 92% of Tesldenls reportlng an Increase in confidence in asklng for halp and 970/0 reporting feeling beller ablg lo i¢¢ognSse abuslve behavSour. 93Yo slated that Ihoy unflgrstand more about the Irnpacl of abu$@ on thelr chlld I children. 88% had an improvement in Ihoir support nelworks. Acros3 all our yervi¢e$ 96% of suNivors reported feeling b&ttÈr abl& lo recognlse abusive behaviour and 95% feel Ihoy undeisland more about the impact of abuse on my ¢hildl¢hildron. Throughout the course ol thls financial pèriod wa havè contlnued lo be iespon51ve lo both the lochl pl¢lure and data 89 well as Governrnenl guid?nre in rg14tlorb lo the Covld-19 pandemic. Durfng peiiod8 of lockdown elements of our service provlsion that could not be adapted lo remote ways of working have Èllh8r been altered or slopped allogelher, for example group work was suspended, and counselling provlsion moved lo an on.line dellvery platform where appropriate. As always, we sought lo keèp our cllenis al the heart of everythlng we do 8nd look Ihlg opportunlty lo r model our Iherapeulir inlervenlions movSng us to a Irauma Informed appro8¢h lo our work. N6w developrnenls Snclude a suite of psy¢ho-educational vkleos. diale¢lical b•havioural therapeuiic groups and Irainir4J for staff in Motivalional Inlervlewlng la technique 10 3UPPOrt cllenl¥ in WOFklng wlh changel. OurAchlgvèmonts and P•rfomihnco through 202012021 1 Improv• $Èrvlc8 offèr for women 8xperl8nGlng multlplg d18advJnt490 and thosg accesslng health 8ervlces. Our IDVA work al Ba51klon and Thurfock Univ¢rslty Hospital continued throughout Covld 19 and both Natlonal and Local lockdowns. and wg 5ucces$fully secured funding increasing our $tafflng levels lo kn full lime piaclilioners. Thiough 202Q-.2021 Ihe EDAPP service Bupported 38Yo moro pooplg ¢ompared lo Ihe prevlous year. Wo have contlnued lo dellver Speclfic seNlces for vlcllms of slalkiThJ, susla1nlny level¥ of fundlng. In Ihe early part of 2021 we became proud parlicipants in thè Es$gx Partnershlp Unlverslty Tru51-led Trauma liance, a group that shares both expe￿e￿ artd nèw and em8rging practice In wothng with trauma.

CHANGING PATHWAYS TRUSTEES, REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS, REPORT) (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 2- Ensure our servle•s promotè and Tellect Incre¥sèd oquallty and dlv•i$lty and hldden harm$. Throughoui 2020 we ¢x)nllnued 1¢ build on the work w& undertook In 2019 lo help us develop our understanding around all Sssues of Equality and Diverslly and sel our inlenllons In prforltlslng Ihls area of work. W? worked with the Ngllonal Centre lor Diversity lo syslemalically a¥sex and review our policies, pra¢llees and culture. athl8vlng the inveBlor award for Equallly and OweT811y. We have Improved our analy$ls of aquallly and diverslly dala across the organisallon and have sel our Inlenllon lo feature th[8 8$ a key headllne In the 2022- 2025 strategic plan. Our speciali51 BAME servlce has expanded and lundlng is moro 8ewra. Our seNlce experfonced a 69% Increase in ieferials Irom the previous year. a the Incluslvlly Panel we continue lo consider how be51 tho organlsallon can meèt the neads of the LGBTQ + sutvlvors of dome51i¢ abuse and explore partnership$ to Increase accessibility for Ihls group. The In¢lu8lvlty work Is practllioner-led andls a place for u5 to explorè best praolice and check new developmen15 in our work agalnsl our equallly and diversity expeclallons. 3- Expand our s•rvlce offer for chlldrèn and young pgoplè. We have achlgved a lot In this area of our planned work d￿pIte Ihe challttnges that the pandernl¢ bmughl in terms ol ac¢e$slng training. The addition of our Children and Families, LÈad, a sènlor practitioner post, enabled us lo make 8ignific3nl In- roads in planned devalopmenls, affording u5 the capaclly lo Introduce woiklng wllh Ihg children In a Irauma Informed way us1ng the trauma animals developed by The Bèaeon House Trust. Inlroduclng th8 Incredible Years Programme lo our olfer fw famllles has enabled mother¥ lo understand how ihe èbuse has affected Ihelr childr¢n and how this Is displayed through the children s behavlour, giving thèm the lools and slralegle$ to Use lo decrease tho80 ¢hallenging behavi¢)ur$. We conlinuo Its deliver the Helping Hand$ Programme for chlldren. 4. Dèvalop spgclallst Int¢rvontlons In trauma Inform•d worki group work and tr&lnlng to ald recov•ry. We spent s1gnSflcanl lime during lh8 year lo lully remodel gur Iherapeulic inlervenllons for both adulis and children as we comrnll lo &stablishlng ourselves as a trauma Informed service. We have developed a $ullè of P5y¢ho-educalional videos that our clients will bè abla to work through with Ih?Ir Case worker to support them In understanding the Impact ol the trauma thèy have experienced may have had. We have dovoluped dla1eclical behavlour thetapeulic-b3sed PTogiamme whlch addressès thlngs like increasing dislre$s tolerance and emotional regulation as well as some mlndlulne55 Practice. Bullding upon some ol the tr8lning sessionB we had In place, we now havÉ a lull suite of off the shell tralnlng opllon$ that we have been able to deliver to key partners throughout Ihe 2019-2020 year. We havo work8d wlh a nurnber ol agencles Including Essèx Pollce, Epping Forest Dislrlct Councll and Thurrock L.A. lo deliver Ihese training sesslon5 uslng rernotè platforms throughout the pandem1c. Not only ha3 th1¥ helped InGrease Ihe domesllc abuse knowledyo base across all partners bul 11 has also sUPPOrted our partnership working, ralslng our profile and darffylng referial rnechanl8m8.

CHANGING PATHWAYS TRUSTEES, REPORT {INCLUDING DIRECTORS, REPORT) (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 Provlde the hlghgsl qualSty servlce$ to survlvors of dome8tlc abujg through an employeo development 4nd succgsslon programme. Changlng Pathways Is fully commltled to conlinulng professlonal development and w& very much want lo establish a su3lainable mEchanism for welcomlng new slaff Into our team, en5urfng they are supported and challenged In Ihelr learning and fully èmbadding CPD into oui culluro and pracllce. Wilh this In mind wo have developed a Core Competency Framework whl¢h sets out Induction plans and key performance iridicalors for employees ensuring they are aligned Its the organlsalional vislon and values. Going fomard we wlll b& able to ¢onduct appTaisal8 and sel Ifalnlng plans and objectives usin9 this Iramework. We havè ¢onllnued wllh our Irainlng for Independent Domeslic ViolenceAdvlsors through the 2019.2020 yÈar. Dgvolop a pathway to ellènt Involvement and $gt out tha organlsallDn8 #pproa¢h to full Involvomènt acr035 all aBpect¥ of Ihg organlsallon Thls has been a challenglng area for Changing Pathways In t￿m5 of delNeriny Ihiough a pandemlc year where lace lo lacè contact has been 8ignificanlly limlted by government gLtldèllnes in relation to working safely with Covld 19. We have been able lo e3tabll$h focus groups for both uur clionls and praclilioners so we have forums where we can con5uII wherè n88d6d. Plans for th• Futurè- Slratgglc Plan Aprll 1#l 2022 to March 318t 2025 A Slr8leglc Away Day was held off sile In September 2021. a118nded by all Siaff and IrusleeB. We workgd with an external lacililalor lo work rroalSvely and collaboratively in Identifylng and PTlorilising OUT future slrateglc work. Working inclu51vely with all colleagues 1$ Informed by the Changing Pathway$ cullure and our commitment lo empowering each other. As a result, a number of headlintr areas emerged, to form Iht Slralogk Plan 2022 to 2026. 03 follows.. To Invesl and dèvalop our workforce. To increase Flnanclal Resiliénce. To Inwrove the management of our assets. To devèlop our presence ITI IIKg West of Ihe county. To fully embed our Equalily and Diversity comrnltmenl a¢ro$s Ihe organisalion. To develop our sodal media presence across multiple plallorms. Flnanclal Rovlow In 2020.21, the seThor leadershlp loam were focused on marnaging the Covld-19 pandemoc and Ihts impllcallons for the organlsallon. The GoveTnmÈnl Guldellnes and reslriclions Increased flnanclal burdens onlo organlsalion8 lo ensure Covld secure proiocols wor¢ mel. The organisalion r&acted promptly lo bid lor fvrther fundlng lo offset additional cosls that Ihe organisallon incurred. Through socurlng of additional fundlng, we were ablo lo build and develop our $pe¢lallst servlces further. Ongolng managing aftd adaplallons to meet the changlny need lor the malor lende18 awHrdgd proviously was al$0 undertaken. These now contracts have provldgd a strong and 5u$lainabl¢ financlal foundallon for the ngxl Ihrge lo five years and the locus can move lo income generallon lo further lyjild the 8peclal18l ¥ewlcès and Income divwgif4¢alon slralagias.

CHANGING PATHWAYS TRUSTEES, REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS, REPORTI (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 Resgrves Pollcy Changing Pathways has ￿ types offundg a9 follows.. Rg$lrl¢l•d funds Fundlng received Irom donors for speclfic purpo$es', Reslrktion by activity or g¢ographlcal reglon; The$e fvnds are ring-fenced for Specified purposes and, therefore. do not form part ol avallable regeNes.' Unrè8trict•d funds Funding ieceived Ihal aro available for any purpose and anyvknere., These Include deslgnaled fund8', Resetve$ arÈ represented by unrg5liided funds (excluding deslgnat6d funds) less tangible fixed assets. The lèvèl of reseNes required have been sel al IhrÈe lo slx months of non.charitab18 acllvity eosls. Charitable actlvlly c051s have been gx¢luded from these calculolion5 fgr Ihe follo￿ng reason$.. Non.¢ore Charitable activities will only be carrled out for the duratson Ihat funding15 available., Deslgnaled fund8 h8ve been created 10 511PPOrt Core Char￿able aclivllièx l@.9. refuges} Thè TN3le45 consider that reserves al Ihis level will ensure that, In the event of a $ignlficanl drop of lundlng, they wlll be able to conlinuÈ th8 Charity's current activilles whllst consldefalion 18 slyon lo ways in whSch addltksnal fundB may be iai¥¢d. TD a$slsl the charity in meoling 11$ charllable objectivès In Ihe lulure, a numbei of deslgnaled funds have been created. The Capllal rosetve was sel up lo finance Ihe continuous Tepiacernenl of a mlnlbus whlch is centr31 lo the day lo day runnlng of the charity's fvnclions. Thls reserve is mainlain&d at approximately the valug ol thg current vehicle plus cash reserve necessary to repla¢è whlch Is currèntly £25.607. The Rent ReseNe Is a condition of the property lease hold5 al leasl two months, Worth of cperaling cos18 which wlll b8 Used to meol rental commllrllenl8 Should Incoming resources and general purpose lund$ not b& sufficlenl. The Board have declded Ihal this fund should be mainlalned al £100,000. The Conling?ncy fund was sel up lo help meet any unfore8een *xpBnses and has been 8&t al not less than £15,000 by Trustees and il Is currently al £16.655. Thè avallable funds In the re8¢Nes al the year-end wer6 £1,037,B58. Included w61hln lh& avallable funds are 18stricled funds of £188,2B6. Rl8k$ There we risk TggI91¢rs In place lo cover both the organi5alional ri¥k¥ those risks asS￿lated th6 larger EIDAS ¢onlracl. These arè rÈvl@wed at the monthly Board meellng$. In Aprll 2021 the Domg51ic Abuse Act received Royal Ass8nl placlng new dutie8 on Tler One local aulhorilies In terms of respondlng to the houslng neèds of vlclims of domesllc abuse, progressing changes to samo criminal justicè Issues such as Domgsllc Abuse Prolecllon Notices and Orders and establishing non-fatal strangula￿On &s a crtmlnal offpnce. In addllion tho Ad rècognlsa$ ¢hildr8n as vSclims of domesll¢ abuse In their own ri9hl bringlng with 11 a funthng stream th81 ￿11 ¥upport work prevlously pald for from organlsational res¢rves and fund ralslng activllies. Revlgw ol Flnanclal Posltlon ChangSn9 Pathways holds a re8ionabl• financlal p0311ion.

CHANGING PATHWAYS TRUSTEES, REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS, REPORTI (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 Structure, Govémanc8 and Managgmènt Govgrnlng Do¢umgnt The organi5allon Is a charf18ble company limil¢d by guarantee and règi$l*ed as a eharlly. The charlty Is govpmed undgr11s Arti¢les ofAs50ciallon. Cornpany slatui Membeis of the charily gu8ranlee lo Contribu￿ an amount not exceeding £1 to the assets of the charlly in the event of wlnding up. The total number of 3uch 9uaranlees al 31 M8r¢h 2021 was six. Trusto•s The trustees. who ar8 also the dlreclorg for the purpose of company law, and who sewed durlng the year 8r up to the dale of slgnalure ol Ihe finan¢lal slalemenls wero- SJ rilling IRe51gned 19 Oclober 20201 JK Deeney KJ FO￿¢r J Gould S Reed L Hèadley L Martin P Collinson A Wrlghl IRtr$lgn&d S July 2021) (Resigned 21 Seplgmber 2021) (Appointed 9 Novomber20201 (Appolnled 7 December 20201 (Appolnlèd 28 July 20211 (Appointed 28 July 20211 They have no beneficial interest In the charity. All Iruslees give Ihelr lime volunlarlly and recefve no b8nafit5 from the charity. Any expenses Tedaimed Irom the charlty are 8el oul Sn the accounts. The Iru8leos undertake an annual skllls audit to Idenllfy an address any gap¥ In Yuard expersences. Ther• Is an indu¢llon and training plan for all Iruslees lo slr8nglh8n their role In slraleglc plannlng and they attend mandatory training in safeyuardlng and equalSly and diversS1y. All Iruslè8s give Ihelr limg voknntarfly and re¢eSve no banefi16 from the tharlly. Any expenses re¢lalmed from the charSty a￿ sel out in the account5. Organlsatlonal Stru¢tur8 The organlsalion Is affiliated lo Wom8n'sAld Federation ol England IWAFEI bul Is an Independent charilablo company wlth 11$ own slrucluro and operational Po￿.C1e￿. The Trustees delegalg day-lo-day managèm8nt ol Ihe charity lo tho Chlef Executive Offlcer ICEOI and Senior Lead8rship Team ISLTI which In 2020-2021 in¢luded'. Chlgf Exacutlvg Officer Tracy Vallls Sarah Harris Flnanc& Manager Buslng5s Manager Oparatlonal Manag8ment Julie Johnson Natasha Jean-Lou18 Zoè McKee Ranjil Sindhw Gpmma Faraway Thè CEO and SLT make de¢i$lon5 on dally operations ￿1h any dècisions conc&rnkng the slralegic dlr9cllon, addillonal spgnd on budget, lagal155ues and anylhlng else considered outsld? the remll of the CEO or SLT, beiny escalated to the Bowd olTru61e88.

CHANGING PATHWAYS TRUSTEES, REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS, REPORT) (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 staff Remun8r&tlon Pollcy The femun¢rallon package for all p&rsonnel comprisès of a basic salary and contribution Its g pènslon 8¢heme. Salaries are pald In accordance wth Ihè Natlonal Joint Council scales and are reviewed annually by the Board of Tw8lefjs. The organisalion payg al least the Living Wage as sel out by thg Livlng Wage Foundation,. due lo Covld-19 siluallon there hos been a delay In achleving accreditation. The Charity Is subject lo aulo-enrolment And conlrlbulions a￿ currenlly madè al 3%. The Charity 15 SUPPOrted lo meet Il¥ requiremènls under aulo.enrolmgnl by the Work Place Penslon Group and payroll pro￿der. RickaTd Luckln. Audltor Rickard Luckin Limilad weie appointed a8 audllor to the company and a resolullon proposlng Ihot they be re- appolnled will be pul pl a General Meeling. Dlsclogura of Informatlon to audltor Each of Ihe trustee8 has confirmod Ihal there is no Inlormallon of which thpy afe aware whith Is 18levanl lo the audll, but ol which Ihg audllor Is unaware. They have further confirmed that they have taken approprfale Steps lo Idenllfy such ielevant Inlorrnalion and lo establish that the audSlor Is aware ol such informallon. The Iruslee$' report wa5 approved by lh& Board ol Tru$le¢s. J Gould Trustee Dated: ..lia...1￿. &)2 1

CHANGING PATHWAYS STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES, RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 The Iruslee6, who are also Ihe directors of Changlng Pathways for the purposè of company law, are reyponslble for prepa¢lng Ihé Truste6s' Report and the financSal slalemenls In accordance with applicablo law and Unlted Kingdom Accounting Standards (Unllgd Klngdom Generally Ac¢ept¢d A¢counilng Praclicel. Company Law requlre3 the tru8lees to Prepare financlal $lalement8 for each finandal year whlch glve a true ar lalr view of the Slalo of affalrs of Ihe charily and of the Incoming resourcgs and appbcallon of r8XOUfCeS. Including the income and expendilure, of thè charitable company for Ihal year. In prepalln9 these f5nancial slalemeni¥, th& trustees are required lo.. s¢le¢l $uilable accounting pollclas and then apply them ¢onslstently'. observe the methods ond prlnclples in the CharilSes SORP.. - make Judgements and eslim8188 that are reasonable and prudenL slate whether appllcabb UK Accounting Standards have been followed, sublecl to any malerfal departur¢ disclosed and explained In th8 financial slalements., and prepare thp finpnclal statements on the golng concem basiB unlo5511 Is Inapproprlate to presume that the charity ￿11 continue In operation. The Iruslees are re8ponslble lor keeping adequalè accounting records that d15¢1ose wllh reasonable acwracy al gny Ilme Ihe finanrlal poslllon of Ihe cha¥ity ond on4ble them lo ensure that thè financial 51alements comply wllh the Cornpanles Act 2006. They are a150 responsible for sal#gu8rding the gssels of the charity and hence for taking reasonable Bleps for the pmvènllon and detecllon of fraud and other iiregulariliÉs. The trustees ¢onflrm that so far as they are aware, there 15 no relevant audil Information {as defined by secllon 418131 ol the Cotnpanl¢s Act 20061 of whlch th8 charilable company's audilors are unaware. They have taken all the slep3 th81 Ihey ought to have taken As trustee5 in ordèr io make themselves aware of ?ny rolevanl audit informallon and to establish that the ¢hacilable company'¥ auditors 8fe aware ol that information.

CHANGING PATHWAYS INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF CHANGING PATHWAYS Oplnlon hav8 8udlled th? financlal statements ol Changlng Pathways {Ih&'¢har1l￿> for the year ended 31 March 2021 whl¢h compilse the slalemonl of flnancial activities, the balance sheet. the slalemenl of cash flows and the note to Ihe financial slalemÈnls, Including slgnificanl accountlng pollcles. The financial reportlll9 frameworf( that ha$ been applied In their pioparalion Is applioabla law and Unlted KingdomAcGounlins Standards. Including FRS 102 The FlnanrA&I RBPOrtln9 Standard appllcable In the UK and Republic of Ifeland Iunlted Klngdom Generally Accepted Accounllng Praclicel. In our oplnlon. the financial ¥lalemenls.' gSve a true and fair vlow tsf the stale ol the ¢h8ritablo ¢ompany's affairs as al 31 March 2021 and of tts Incoming resource5 and appllcallon of resource8. for the year then ended., have been properly prep8rÈd In accordance with Uni18d Kingdom Generalty Accepted A¢eountsng Praclice.. and have beon p￿Pared In acccrdancè with the requliemenls ol the CompAnlesAcl 2006. Basls for oplnlon We ronducled OUT Eudil In accvrtl8nce ￿th International Standards on Auditing IUKI IISA8 IUKII and appllcable law. Our Tesponslbililies undèr those standards are further de5¢ribed In the Audilovs responslbllilles for Ilie audil of Iltre nllancial slatemènls seellon of our report. We are Independent ol ihe charity In aecordance with the ethical requirernènls that are ielevanl lo our audit of the Ilnancial slalernen18 In the UK. including the FRC'S Elhlcal Standard, 3nd we have fuifiled our othèr ethlcal responsibllilie6 in accori$8n¢e ￿th these requirements. We believv that the audit evKlence wè have oblalned is sufficient and approprlale lo p￿VIde a basi8 for our 0pSnion. ConcluslonB rolallng to golng concern In auditing the financial 8lalements, we have concluded that the Iruslees, u8e of the golng concern basi8 of accounting in Ihe prepar8llon of Ihe financial 8lalem¥n191$ approprlale. Based orn the work we have performed, we have not identified any malgrial uneertalnties relaling to 8vènts or ¢ondillon5 Ihal. Individualty or coll•clively, may cast significant doubl on the charity's abillly to contlnue as a gglng concern for a period ol al least Iwefve months from when the ￿nar￿la1 stalem?nls arg aulhorlsed for Issue. Our re5pon6ibilllle$ and the respon81bllillgs of Ihg Iruslees wlh re8pecl lo golng concern are described In the rdevanl secllons ol thls reporL Oth8r Informatlon The othBr Information comprises the Information included In the annual report olher than the flnanclal 9t818menls and our auditor's report Ihereon. The trustees are re3ponslblo for the other Inlormallon conlalned wlhln the annual report. Our oplnion on the finanrAal slalemenls does not cover the Dlher inlormallon and. excepl lo the exlenl olherwl80 expll¢itly slated In our report, we do not express any form ol as$uranc& concluslon Iherèon. Our responsib51ily 1$ lo read the tslher inlomiatlon and. In doing so, con$(der whether the olher inforrnalion Is malerlally Inconsistent with the f￿ancial statemen15 or our knowladge oblalned in the course of the audlt. or olheTwlse appears lo be rnaleilally mlsslaled. If we idenlify Such material inconsi3lenci03 01 apparent material mlsstalements, we arg requlred lo delernvne whether Ihis glves rlse to a malerlal mlsslalem8nl In the financlal 51alemenls Ihemgelvès. If, based on the work we have perforrned. we ¢C¢ndudo Ihal there is a malerlal mlsstatem¥nt ol Ihls other informallon. wè ara r6qulred lo report that fact. We have nothing to re￿rt In Ihls regard. Oplnlonj on oth•r matters pre$¢rlb8d by th• Companlgs Act 2006 In our oplnion. based on the work undèrtakèn In Ihe course ofour audit.. th& inlormalion glvon In the Iruslees, ieport, whleh Includes the dlrectors, reptsrt prepared for the purposes of company law, for the finandal year lor which the ftslancial statements are prepared18 conglslenl wllh the financlal slatemenls: and the direcloT8' r8POrt included ￿thI1} the Iru8lee$' ￿port has been prepafed In a¢¢ordan¢g wlth appllcable legal requlr¢menls.

CHANGING PATHWAYS INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED) TO THE TRUSTEES OF CHANGING PATHWAYS Mattgrs on whlch we are requlred to rgport by excgpllon In the light of the knowledge and underslandlng DI the charily and Its ¥nvlionment obtained In th¢ course of the audit, we hav6 not Identified material mlsslalemenls in the (fireolors, report Included wilhln tho Irustees, repDrt. We have nolhing to r8POrt In respect of the fgll¢)wlng matters in relation to whlch the Companles Act 2008 requires us lo rÈport to you 51, in our opinlon.. adequate a¢¢ounling records have not been kepl, or relums 8dequatg for our audit have not been received from bTanches nol vlsiled by us,. or Ihe financ4al slalgmenls are not in agreemant ￿th the accounllng rocords and relums- or Certath dlsdosures of Iw¥loo$' remuneration 8pè¢ified by law are not made., or we have not received all the inforlnollon and explanatlon$ we roqulre for our audit., or the trustges were not enlllled lo propare the financial slalem¢nl8 In accordance with IhB small companles regime and tske advantage of tho small companies, exemptions in preparing the trustees, report and Irom th• requlremenl lo preparè 8 81raleglc report. Re¥pon8lbllltles of trustoas As pxplalned more lully In the statemenl of Iruslee$' responslbllllles. the Iru8lees, who are also the dire¢loTs ol lh$ Charity for the purpose ol ¢ompany law. are re$ponslble for the preparation gf the financial statements and for belng sats5fied Ihal they glve a true and fair wlew, and for such Internal control as Ihe trus1ge¥ d¢lermlne Is necessary lo enable Ihe preparation ol linan¢lal slalemenls th81 are fre8 from material rni851atement. whether due lo Iraud or error. In prep3ring the financial stalemÉnis, tho Iruslees are re8pon$lble for assessing the charity's ability to continue as a golng concern, disBlo¥ing, appllcable. maller$ rel818d to going corwkrn and U8lng the golng concern basls of accounting unlB55 the Iruslees ellher InlÈnd to Ilquldate Ihe charllablg Company or lo cease operations, or havg no realistic allernatlv8 bul lo do so. Audltor'5 responslbllltle$ for th• audll of thg finan¢lal ststements Our objectives are to obtain rea50nAblo assurance about whether the rtnancial slalemenls as 8 whole are free from materlal mlsslalemenl. whglhgr due lo fraud or error, and to issue an atsdltorf$ report that includes our opinion. Re&sonable assurance Is a hlgh level ol assurance bul Is not a guarantee Ihal an audit conducted In accordance with ISA$ IUKI wlll always delecl ? material mlsstalemenl vthgn 11 exists. Ml8slalemenl8 can arSse from fraud or error and are considered malerlal If, Individually or In the aggregate. they could re480ngbly be expecled lo influence Ihe economic ded$lons ol users taken on tho basls of these financial statements. liregularllles, Induding fraud, 8re Instances ol non-compllance wlth lawB and re9ulations. We de3ign pro¢8duros in Ilne wllh our re5ponslbllilles. outlined abovè, lo detect material m15slalemenls In respect of IrrÈgularities. ncluding fraud. Thtr extent to which our pro¢edure8 are capable of dotecting i¥regulaiille¥, ir5¢1udlng fraud, is d&taSled below. Capablllty olthe audlt In d•tgctlng Irrogularlty, In¢ludlng fraud Wè Identified afeas of laws and reuulallons that could reasonably bg expected lo have a malèrlal èffect on the nancial slalemonls from our.. general commercial and 5ectoi experience., through verbal and wrlllen communlcallons with Iho3e charged wlh governance and other management,. and via inspecllon ol the charity's regulalt)ry and legal coiTr¥pond¢n¢e. We dl$cu5sed Yilh those charged wllh governance and othei management Ihe pollcles and pro¢edure3 iegardlng Compl￿nce wth law8 and ￿gUlaIl0nS. We communicated idenllfied laws and regulallons lo our team and remalned alert lo any indlcators of non¢ompllancè throughout the audit, wo also sp8cSfically consldered whore and how flaud may o¢¢ur wllhln the charSly. The potentl81 offecl of Ihg¥e laws 8nd regulalknn$ on thè ffnanclal statements varies ¢on$lderBbly. 40.

CHANGING PATHWAYS INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED) TO THE TRUSTEES OF CHANGING PATHWAYS Flfstty. the charilablg company Is subject lo laws and regulallons that dlreclly affect the financlal slalemenls, Including.. lh8 charllable company'3 ¢onglllutlon'. relevant financlal reporting sl8ndards- ¢omp?ny and Ch￿ILY law,, the Slalernenl ol Recommended Praclicg applicable lo Charillès pr8parlng their accounts In accordance wilh FRS 102 {effaclive Iiom 1 January 2Q19} and ￿ 88S6SS the exlenl ol compllance th these laws and regulatlons as part ol our procedures on the relaled finalldal 51alemenl items. Secondly thè charllable company is $ublect lo many olhw taws and wgulalh)ns where the c()ns&quences ol non- compliance could have a material effect on the amounts or dis¢lo$ures In the financial 3lalèrnanls. lor instance through the Imposlllon ol fines and penalties. OT thr[￿gh losses aTis4ng from li119alions. We idenllfied Ihe f¢Jllowing Areas as those mosl lik&ly lo have such an affect., leglslalion directly appllcable 19 charilies se¢lor sueh as the Charitie8 Act 2011., gmploymenl legislallon; health and safety leglslalion,, the regulatory requlrgm9nls of tho Charily Commlsslon and data protection legislation. In18rnal*onal Audlting Standards IUKI Mmll Ihe requlred procodltres lo Identlfy non-¢ompllance with these law8 and rggulallons to the procedurès, and no procedure8 ovor and above those already noted are reouiied. These limlled procedures did not Identify any actual or su$peeted non.compJiance whl¢h laws and regulations that could have a malefial imp3¢1 on Ihe financial siatemenls. In Telatlon lo fraud. we performed Ihg foll￿ng sp&cific procèdur88 in addition lo those alroady noted.. Challenging aysumptions made by mana9¥ment In Its 5ignlfl¢anl accounllng estimates In partl¢ular recognition of Incom8: Idonlifying and lesling Journal entrie5. in particular 8ny ¢nlrles posted wlh unusual nomSnal ledger account combinations., Perforrnlng analytlcal procedures lo Identify unexpe¢led movèments In accouftl balan¢$$ which may be Intlicallve ol fraud., Ensuring that lesling undertaken on both the Statement ol Financial Acllvily ISOFAI and the 8alan¢e Sheet includes a number of items selected on a random basis. Th?¥9 procedure5 did not Identify any actual or suspected fraudulent iiregularfly Ihal could have a malerlal lrnpaet on the fjnan¢lo1 siBt&mgnls. Owing lo the Inherent limitallon8 of an audlt, there is an UF)avoldabl& rlsk that we may not have detected some material mSsslalemenls in the financial slalemenls, even though we have property plgnn¢d and performed our audlt In accordance with Inlernatlonal Auditlng standards IUK}. FOT exampl&, the further removed non- ¢¢mpliance wilh lawy and regulallons is from Ihe gv¢nls and Iransac¢ion$ reflected In the financial slalemenl9, th¢ less likely thè procedures that we are requlred lo undertake would identify it. In addition, a$ w6th any audlt. there remains a high risk ol non-detscllon ol irregulaiilies, as Ih¢se might Involve collusion. forgery, intentional omission8, MIs￿preSentatIon, or lh8 override ol internal controls, We are not re3pon$ibl8 lor prevenllng non- compllance wilh lawB aftd regulations OT fraud, and cannot be expected lo dpiecl non-¢ompliance with all laws and re9￿allonS or every Inddence ol fraud, A further doscrI￿on of our resp0nslbll1￿'eS for the audit of th8 financlal slalements is IcvAied on the Financlal Reporting CouneAI'6 webslte al- http.'I￿.fr0.O19.Uk}4UdLlOl81¢SpOnslb1lI1les. This dg$crlptlon forms part of our audllol$ report. 11

CHANGING PATHWAYS INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED) TO THE TRUSTEES OF CHANGING PATHWAYS Use of our report This report is madè solely to the CharItab￿ companls members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audil work has been urKJertaken so Ihal we might stal8 lo Iha charitable company's members those mattérs wè are required to state lo them in an audliors, report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permilled by law, wg (lo not 8CCgpI or assum& responsibility to anyon8 Othèr than the ¢harSlable company and the d)arlkble company's members as a body, for ¢)ur audll work, for this report, or for the opinions have formed. Ka al lor Statutory Audltorl for and on bBhalf of Rlckard Luckin Limlt•d Chartered Aeeountants statutory Audltor Phoenix House, Sulle 8 Chrlslopher Martin Road Basildon Essex SS14 3EZ 12-

CHANGING PATHWAYS STATEMENT OF FINANCIALACTIVITIES INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 Currant flnanclal ygar Un￿strICted Unre$trI¢t￿ R¢¥trlcted funds funds funds g0nor#l deslgnated 2021 2021 Total Total 2021 2021 2020 Note3 Donallons Charitable actlville$ Fundraising Inv6slmenls other Incom& 67,365 14,497 7,015 210 5.678 16.e83 84,048 43,693 848,776 1,321,131 2,184,404 1.995,399 180 7.195 78,690 210 773 14,924 6,BO8 2,440 Total Incomo 94,765 8S5,762 1,340,254 2.290,781 2.118.555 Ralslng lund¥ 14,212 Charitrable actlvllles 884,098 1,370.915 2.055.013 1,859,791 Total r8source8 expendèd 664.098 1,370,915 2,055,013 1,874,003 Not Incomlnglloutgolngl rosources befor& transfer 94,765 171,664 130.661} 235.768 244,552 Gross Iransfers between funds 16 114,1041 (19.0371 33,141 Net Incoma for the yoarl Net movemènt In funds 80.661 152,627 2.480 235,788 244,5S2 Fund balances al 1 Aprll 2020 121.023 515.282 165,8D5 802,080 557.538 Fund balancgs at 31 March 2Q21 201.684 667,889 168,285 1,037,868 8Q2,090 The 8lalement of financial a¢tlvlll¥g In¢lud8$ all galns and105888 recognlsed in Ihe year. All Income and expendllure derive from conllnulng actlvllles. The statement ol financial ac14vibes also complie$ wlh the requlrements for an Inrome and 8xp8ndllure account under the Companlès Act 2006. 13-

CHANGING PATHWAYS STATEMENT OF FINANCIALACTIVITIES {CONTINUED) INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 Prlor flnanclol yaar Unrestrlclèd Unrestrl¢tgfl Restrlctgd funds funds lunds general de8lgnated 2020 2020 Total 2020 2020 Note$ Donations Charllable aclivilie8 othèr l(Ading aclivlles Investments 37,731 5,962 43,693 1,109,056 1,995,399 68,512 78,690 773 886,343 10.178 773 Total Income 48,682 886,343 1.183.530 2,118,555 Ralsing funds 14,212 14.212 Charitable aclSvSlles 805,481 1,254.310 1,859.791 Total rgjources expended 605,481 1,268.522 1,874,003 Net In¢omlngl{outgolngl re8our¢o8 beforo transfgT¥ 48,682 280,862 184,9921 244.552 Gross transfer$ belwen funds 178,6781 76,578 Net Incomg for the yparl Net movement In fund¥ 48.682 204.284 {8,4141 244,552 Fund balanre8 &11 Aprll 2019 72,341 310.978 174.219 557,638 Fund balances at 31 March 2020 121.023 515,262 165,805 802.090 The $latemenl ol f5nandal a¢llv511es includes all galn8 and losses recogn1sed In Ihg y&ar. All Income and e¥pendllure derive from ¢onllnulng activities. The slalemenl of financlal aollvilies also complles wlth the requiremen15 for an Income and expenditure account under the Companles Act 2008. 14.

CHANGING PATHWAYS BALANCE SHEET AS AT31 MARCH 2021 2021 2020 Notes Flxed ass8ts Tanglbl¢ 055els CuNont as80ts DebloT5 Ga$h al bank and in hand 13 80,994 40,7BQ 14 67,887 969,498 68,057 785.779 1,037,385 853,836 Cradltors: amounts falllng due wlthln ong yoar 15 180,5211 192,526} Nèl Current assets 966,864 761,310 Total a8Sgts10ss cumnl IlabllllleB 1,037,858 802.090 Income fund8 Reslricled funds nr edfu Designated funds General unre8lrld¢d fLknds 16 168,285 165,805 17 667.889 201,884 515.262 121,023 869,573 636,285 1.037,858 802,090 The finanela stmlemenls wero approved by the Tru8lpe5 and aulhorlsed for13sue on .- ..... P Collln¥on Trusteg Company R8glstratlon No. 09941S9D 15-

CHANGING PATHWAYS STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 2021 2020 NoleB Cash flows from upèrallng actlvlll88 Cash generated from (sparatlons 23 232,487 315,237 Invostlng actlvltles Purchase of langlbl& fixed assets PfQ¢Bods on dlsposal ol18nglble fixed assets Investm¥nt Income reCÉ￿9d (56,299} 120.3351 7,321 210 773 Ngt cash ujgd In Invostlng actlvltlos 148,768} 119.5621 Not ¢ash u8ed Sn financlng acllvltle5 Not Increaso In tash and cash equfval¥nts 183,719 29S.675 Cash anrl ¢ash equivatenls al baglnnlng ol year 785,779 490,104 Cash and cash •qulval8nts at ond ol yoAr 969,49B 785,779 16-

CHANGING PATHWAYS NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 Ac¢ountlng pollclos Charlty Informallon Changing Pathways Is a prlvale company limlled by guxrantee incoiporaled In England and Wales. Th• reglsleied offi¢¢ is Parklands Centre. Felmores End. Felmoros, Baslldon, Essex, SS13 1PN. 1.1 Accountlng convgntlon The financlal slalemenls have been prepared in arcordance wlh th• chadly's rnemorandum and artldes ol 8$ocialion Ihg Companies Act 2006 and 'Accounling and Reporting by Charities: Slalemenl ol Rorgmmended Pracltce applicable to charities preparing Ihelr accounlB in ar¢ordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable Ihe UK and Republic of Ireland IFRS 1021. las amendèd for accounting perfods cornmenolng from 1 January 201fj1. The charity Is a Public B8nefit Enuly a5 definpd by FRS 102. The financial $18lements arè wepared In sterling, whl¢h Is the lunctional ¢ur(ency ol the charity. Monetary amoun18 In these finan￿al $1glements are rounded lo the neare51 £. The financlal slalemenlx have beEn prepared under the hlslori¢al eosl convenllon, The princlpal accounting pollcles adopted are sel out below. 1.2 Golng concern Th& naluie of the Charlly's funding Is such th81 It relies on annual award3 from local aulhoiilies and other ¢harllable bodles. Income Irom grants 18 expeeled lo remaln consi61enl for Iho coming financial year. Al th¢ Ilme ol approvlng the financial slalem8nt9, Ihe Iruslee$ have a rea50nabl6 expeclallon Ihal the charlty ha5 adequate resources to conlinue In operational existènce for the foreseeable future. Thus the trustees conllnup lo adopt the polng concem basis of ac¢oynllng in preparlng the financld stslements. 1.3 Charllablo funds Unreslrlcled fund8 are avallable lor use al the discretion of the Irugloe$ Sn furtheranc& of Iheii charilable obje¢liv&s. Deslgnaled funds comprise funds whlch have been set 85Sde at the di¥¢wtion of the Iwste63 for 8peGifi¢ puiposes. Designated fvnds can be undeslgnaled If necessary. The purposes and u569 of the designated funds are sel out in th• notes lo the financial slatem¥nl$. Resl¥lcted fvnds are subject lo spec4fic condRlons by dtsnors as lo how they may be u8ed. The purpoy#s 8nd uses ol ihe restricted lunds are sel oul In the notes to the financial slalements. 1.4 Incomlng resour¢o% Conlradual Income 18 ro¢ogn15ed wh¢n the charSty1818oally enlllled toll after any pèrformance conditlons have been mel, the amounts can be measured rdlably, and1113 probable that in¢om¢ be recelved. Gash don8lkins are recognl88d on receipt. Oiher donallcths are r8cognl$ed once the charity has been notified of Ihe donalion, unles5 performance condltions requiro deferral ol Ihe amuunL Incorne lax recoverable In relallon to donallons received undor Glft Aid OT d88ds ol oovenanl 13 recoonised at the Ilme of the donallon. Conlraclual Income 13 dgferred lo thè extent that 51 has been re¢e1ved bul Ihe rlghl lo the Incomp 18 recognlsed In a future accounting perfod In order lo match wlh pBrlumiance vnder thè terms of contract. 17-

CHANGING PATHWAYS NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 Accountlng pollcles Icontlnued) 1.5 Retsoui¢o5 èxpendgd All expendilurg Is accountèd for on an ac¢ruals ba515 and has been classlfled under h¢adings that aggregate all costs related lo the category. W)ere costs canngt be directly attributed lo particular headings they been allocated to aclivllies on z basis con8151enl wllh use ol th& resources includlng a category for cost8 dlrecly relalgd to managemènl and running ol thè charily. Fund-ralslng costs are those Incurred in $géklng voluntary cgnlrlbutlons and do not includ8 thé costs ol dissemin•llon of inlorrnalion In support uf th¢ charitable activllles. Support costs are those cosls IncuTred directly in support ol expènditures on Ihg objects of IhÈ charlty and include prolecl manay8rHenl carried out at HeadquarterB. Govemance costs are those Incurrgd In connection wEth complian¢¥ wth conslllullonal and slatulory requiromenls. 1.6 Tanglble flxad assets Tangible fixed assets are Inllially meawred al c051, net of deprg¢lation and any Smpairmenl1088&S. Depreclallon 13 1gcogn15ed 80 a$ to wrlle off thè cost or valuallon of a55els less their resSdual valuès over thetr useful Ilv65 on the followlng base5'. Planl and equipment Fixlures and fillings Motor vehi¢les 250/0 reduclng balance 26% r8duclng balanc8 25.kn reducin9 balance Th8 galn or l¢)ss arising on the di5POsal of an asset 1$ detaimlned a8 the dlfference bet￿on the sale Proceeds and the carrying value ol Ihe asgat, and Is recognised In nel Incomellexpendilurel for the year. 1,7 Impalrm•nt offlxed as801$ At each reportlng end dalè, tha charity reviews Ihe carrying 8mgunls ol ils langlble assels lo determine whether Ihvre is any indicallon Ihal th099 asset5 have 8uffered kn Imp8irmgnt loss. 11 any such Indlcalion exists, the r&coverable amount ol the assel Is eslimaled In order to determine the exienl of the Impalrmenl 1088111 any). 1.8 Cash and cash oqulvalent8 Cash and c8sh 8quivalenl$ Include ¢agh in hand. deposi1$ held al call wlh banks. olher 8hort-torm liquld investments wllh origin81 malurilies ol three month# or 18s$. and bank overdrafts. Bank overdratt5 8rÈ Bhown wllhln borrowlngs in curienl Ilabllit4es. 1.9 Flnanclal In¥lrument$ The charity has elected lo apply the provl$lon$ of Section 11 '8oslc Finanrlal Instrwnen18' and Secllon 12 'Olher Flnanclal Instrumonls Issues, of FRS 102 to all of ils financHI inslrum¢nls. Finandal Instrum$nls are recognis¢d Sn the ¢h#rfty's balance Sheet when the ¢h8rity becomes party lo the ¢onlraclual provlsions of the Inslrumenl. Financlal assets and1Sabllilies are offsel. wth thè nel arnounls PTesanlèd In the finan￿al sialemenls, whtn ther¢ Is a legally enforceable rlghl lo sel off the rocognlsed amounls and there is an Intenllon lo settlè on a nel basls or lo ￿311$e the a888t and settle the lablllty slmultaneou$ly. 18

CHANGING PATHWAYS NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ICONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 IAARCH 2021 Accountlng pollcl•8 IConllnu•d Boslc flnan¢l81 èssets Baslc finan¢lal assets, which Include debtors and cash and bank balan¢eg, are initially measured al transact￿￿ prtce Including Iransaotlon co818 and are subsequently carried al amort15ed co81 uslng Ihe effeclNe Interest method unless the arrangement ¢onstltute8 a financing Iransaclon, wherg the transa¢tion 13 meas￿red at the présent value of tho fulure recelpls dlscounled al a market rale of interest. Financlal 8$8els da5slfied a8 ro¢elvable wilhln on8 year are not amortised. B&slc flnanolal114bllltlgs Baslc finanrAal 118bililieg. Including C￿ditorS and bank loans arè Inltlally iecognlsed at tran6acllon prlce unless the arrangement conslilules a financing transacllon. wh8ro the debt instrument Is measured at the present value of Ihe fulure payments discounléd al a market iale of inlerèsl. Financlal Ilabilitie$ classified as payablg wthin one year are nol amDrti$ed. Dèbt Inglrumenls are $ubsequenlly carripd al amorti3ed cost. us5ng the effectlv8 inleresl rale method. Trade credltors are obligaliorts to pay for goods or services Ih81 have been acquired In the ordin3ry ¢ourse of operations from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liab51ilies If payment Is due ￿thin one year or less. 11 not, th¢y are presented as non.currenl Ilablllties. Tradè creditors are re¢ognlsed initially al Iransacllon price and $ubsequenlly Measured at amotused cosl uslng the effective Interest method. Dere¢ognltlon of linan¢lal Ilabllltltts Flnanclal liabilitie3 artr derecognlsed when Ihe chaTily'$ contractual obli9allons explre or are dischargBd or cancelled. 1.10 Employe• boneflts The eo$l of any unu3ed hollday enlillemgnt Is Tecognised In the period In whlch the employee's services are roceived. Termination benefits are reC￿nIsed Irrffiedlolely a5 an èxpense when th8 charity demonstrably committed to lemiinalè the omployrnent of an employee or to provlde 18imlnalh)n benefit8. 1.11 Ratlromgnt bon$llts Payments to defined contribution r8llramenl benefit $eheme5 are charged as an èxp8ns& as they fall du&. 19-

CHANGING PATHWAYS NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 Crlllcal accountlng ¥8tlmat•8 and ludg•monts In the applicallon ol Iho ¢harSty's accounllng pollcles. the Irustegs arè r6quired lo make Sudgements, e51imales and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and Ilabilllles Ihal are not readlly apparent from other source8. Tho gsllmales and assoclaled assumptions are based on hislorieal experience and olher factors that ¥ro ¢onsldered lo be rèlevant. Actual results m8y differ from Ihe5e eslimalgs. The esllmales and undeilylng 885umplions are revièwèd on an ongoing ba815. Revlslons lo accounting eslimales are recognised Sn the period in whlch thg o¥timale Is revlsed wharè th6 revision affec18 Only that period, or In Ihe per(od of Ihe revlslori and luluro periods where thè rÈvlglon affects both current and fvivre periods. Crltlcal Judgom•nts In¢om• rocognltlon The Truslees exercise ludgem6nl In applying IhÈ accounkn'ng policy for recognlsing grant income. Grants arè revlewed on an indlvldual ba51s to identify when any performance condllions are mel, and there Is unrgndltional enliilemenl lo the grant, such Ih&l Income can be récognlsed In the Staletnenl ol Flnancial Actlvllies. Wher8 performance conditiong have not been met Ihg granl Income is delerrÉd. Donatlon¥ Unr65trIcl￿ R051flcted funds funds general 2021 Total Unrestricted Rg8lri¢t¢d funds lund$ general 2020 Total 2021 2021 2020 2020 Donations and ylfts 67,365 18.683 84,048 37.731 5,962 43,893 .20-

CHANGING PATHWAYS NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 Charltable a¢tlvltlo8 Ou1rn8ch hlldrqns Brvl¢g¥ Refvge Total 2Q21 Tolal 202Q Grants Laundry 1,219,659 27.220 384.595 1,631,474 1,210 1.210 48.828 48.828 502.892 502,892 1,502,655 1.138 40.308 451,298 Housing ben6fj1 1,219,659 27,220 937,525 2,184,404 1,995,399 Analysls by fund Unre3lri¢ted funds- general unie8lriclgd funds- designated Restricted funds 11.960 B48,776 358,923 2,637 14.497 848.776 934.988 1,321,131 27,220 1,219,659 27,220 937,525 2.184.404 For Ihg year onded 31 March 2020 Unroslrtcted fund8. dsslgnated Reslriclod lunds 888,343 260.886 886.343 1,109,OS6 23,328 824,842 1,147,229 23,328 824,842 1,995,399 Parfomiance relatsd grants ISAS Chiklren In Need Thurrock Gr8nl$ Brfghler fulurÉ8 BME EDAPP Bgsildon Grant$ Other MOJ EIDAS 15.750 15,750 27.220 139,591 86,003 38.208 75,660 256,964 60,802 82,500 848,776 42.729 23,328 155.509 86.003 59,882 45,448 176.589 27,220 10,000 86,003 38.206 76,660 1,960 60,802 82,500 848,776 129.591 26S.004 26,947 886,222 1.219,659 27,220 384,595 1,631,474 1.502,656 21

CHANGING PATHWAYS NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 othor tradlng actlvltO8 Unr88trlctod Unrg$lrl¢tsd funds funds gengral dèslgnalod 2021 2021 Total Unrestrfcled Re5lrlcted funds funds gèneral 2020 Tolal 2021 2020 2020 Olher fundraislng evenls CharfÈly ball 7,015 7,015 180 10.178 1,475 67,037 11,653 67.037 180 Other trading aclivltes 7,015 180 7,195 10.178 68,512 78,690 InveBlmenl8 2021 2020 Intere51 receivabl& 210 773 Olhtrr Income Unreslrlctsd Unrestrlcted Raslrlcted funds funds lunds ngral deBlgnat•d 2021 2021 Total Total 2021 2021 2020 Nèt galn on disposal of langible fixod a$sels Coronavlrusjob retantlon scheme 8.8 6.806 8,118 5.678 2,440 5,678 6,806 2,440 14,924 RalBlng funds Total Rest￿ed fund8 2021 2020 Othw fundrnlslng costs 14,212 14,212 -22-

CHANGING PATHWAYS NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 Charltablg actlvltle¥ Outreach Chlldr&n'8 sgrvlces M&fuge Total 2021 Totsl 2020 2021 2021 2021 staff co813 Depreclallon and impaSnrenl Mlnlbus and travel Telephone charges Admin and printlng 742,325 1.811 1,773 12,988 10,506 5,084 278 1,820 20.716 35,890 299,571 1,077.786 1.833 3.644 2.868 4.871 11.665 25,067 6,298 15.804 47,338 52.422 26,641 26,917 16,329 35.026 10,543 31.259 57,358 57,406 3,207 3,207 293,868 293.868 3,047 28,443 35,230 993,222 23a 414 5,891 22.379 15,964 49,170 37,548 44,8Q4 12,920 23,654 4.445 263,024 6,191 33,050 31.761 93 Equlpment. repalrs and r8newals Chiklren'¥ servlces Computer cgsl$ Household expen90$ Insurance Rent and rAlas Recruilmenl Training Lègal fees Bank ¢harge$ 16,877 48 3.047 27,718 34,290 440 285 940 862,354 53.905 777,744 1,694,003 1,544.106 Share of support costs (see noté 101 Share of goyernan¢e costs (see note 153.955 177,749 331.704 288,099 101 29.306 29.306 27,686 1,016,309 53,905 984,799 2.055,013 1,859.791 An&lysSs by fund Unreslricled funds- deslgnaled Reslrl¢led lunds 684.098 332,211 684,098 605,481 984.799 1.370.915 1,254,310 53,906 1,016,309 53,905 984,799 2.055,013 1,869,791 For th8 yaar •ndod 31 March 2020 Unre81iictsd funds- designated Reslri¢ted fund8 605,481 355,588 605,481 1,254,310 108.982 789,74D 961,069 108,962 Y89.740 1,859.791 -23-

CHANGING PATHWAYS NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS {CONTINUEDI FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 10 Support coati 8upport Governance costs costs 2021 Support Govgrnance costs costs 2020 Staff cosi8 Depreciatson Mlnlbus and travel Telephonè charges Admin and prlnllng Rent, rates and ulllSlles 222,147 11,926 928 10.818 18,739 222.147 11,926 926 10,816 18,739 156,037 8.866 3.592 12,989 27,388 156,037 8,866 3.592 12,989 27,388 15,157 16,167 21,097 21,097 Equ6pmenl and computer repalrs Tralnlng and recruilmenl Household expenses Insurance Bgnk chorges 19,234 3,548 9,333 18,558 1,320 19,234 3,548 9.333 18,558 1,320 28,630 6.878 4.281 17.218 1.123 28,630 6.878 4.281 17,218 1,123 Audit fÈts Accounlan¢y Legal and prole5si0nal 11,878 4,861 12.567 11,878 4,861 12,567 11,70 8,408 7,478 11,700 8,408 7,478 331,704 29,3QS 361.010 288.099 27,586 315,685 Analysed between Charllable aclivilies 331,704 29.306 361,010 288,099 27,586 315,685 Trustees ¢on$lder that overhead costs are largely allribulabla lo providing outrèach and refuge, whlGh are Ihe the main acliviles of the ¢harfty. AccoTdlngly, SLtpport and gov8rnanu cosls have been allocated to refuge and early Oulreach. Governance costs include$ pxymenis to the atsdllor$ of £11.878 for #udS1 fe9$ and £4,861 for non-8udlt fee8. 11 Trustees None of the liitslges lor any persons connected with them) r8calved any remuneration of benefits from Iha charity during the year. No relmburnèment of expBnsps has been made or 1$ due to be made lo any ol the Iruslee8 in re5pecl Df the yèar. .24-

CHANGING PATHWAYS NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 12 Employees Numbgr of omploy*es 2021 Number 2020 Numbor Caring #ervlces Adminisl¥alion of Ihe charlty 45 41 51 46 Employmgnt costs 2021 2020 Wag¢s and salarle Social seourSly costs Other pension costs 1,186,227 91.913 21,793 1,053.568 77.355 18,336 1.299.933 1,149.269 The number of ernployees whose annual remunerallon wa5 £60,000 or orè were.. 2021 Numbgr 202D Numbgr £60,000- E70,000 -25-

CHANGING PATHWAYS NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR EAIDED 31 MARCH 2021 13 Tanglblp flxod as8•t8 Plant and Flxiurgs andMotorv4*lcle 94ulpmèht 151tlng¥ Tolal Cost At 1 April 2020 Aditilions Disposals 22,247 2,454 43,199 39,845 1,419 14.000 11,4191 86.885 56.299 11,4191 Al 31 March 2021 24,701 83.044 14,000 121,745 Dopreclauon #nd Impalrmfrnt Al 1 April 2020 DÉpr8ciatlon charged in the year Elimirtaled In respecl of di8posals 8.783 3,537 16,518 11.913 784 120 1904} 28,085 15.570 19041 Al 31 March 2021 12,320 28,431 40,751 Carrylng amounl Al 31 March 2021 12,381 54,613 14,000 80,994 At 31 March 2020 13,464 26.681 836 40,780 14 Dobtor8 2021 2020 Amounts falllng due wlthln on0 yèar,. Trade debtors Prepayments and accrued In￿Me 31.2Sg 38.628 1,930 66,127 67.887 68,057 15 Credltors,, amounts falllng dug wlthln ona ygar 2021 2020 Trade creditors Other crediloTS Accruals and deferred income 40.252 269 4C,fK)a 34,717 57,325 80,521 92,526 -26-

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CHANGING PATHWAYS NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 19 Rollremont bÈn•flt 8chBmo$ The rharlly operales a defingd eonlribution penslon scheme for all qu#llfylng empkjyees. The asset6 of the scheme ore held separatèly from Iho$e ol the charity In an Indepèndently admlnlslered lund. The charge lo lh6 Slalem8nt of Finan¢ial A¢livltse$ In respect ol defined conlribu14on 8chem6s was £21.793 12020- £18,336). 20 Flnanclal commltmgnt8J gu2rant•&s and contlngenl liabllltl¢$ Mulli-employer deflned benefit penslon schemg.. On 815117 all pension ?cheme$ woro transferred over from Ba$￿don Women s Aid lo Changlng Pathway$. Prlor lo May 2016, employeès were entitled lo loin thè dèfined benefit scheme operated by Essgx County Council. Although the PensSon Fund is a defined benefit gEh¢me. because Basildon Wi)men's Ald, as a Small Admllled 8ody. has been grouped together wlh other Small Admilled Bo(h"es, It is not possible lo sèparately identify ils share of the unde￿yIng assets and liabllilieg and il is therefore accounted for as a dgfingd contribution scheme. The assèts of the scheme are held separalety from those of the tharily. The penslon cosl charge rÈprÉsènts contrlbutions payable by Ihe ¢haflly lo the fund. The charity is requlred to pay additional contributions as requlred towards Ihe ¢harlty'$ shar8 of the def￿11. These contrlbullons are tharged as an expeTi%e a5 they fall due. Frnm May 2016. membershlp of thls scheme has ceased and employees ale now enlllled lo join a defirtÈd conlrtbulion scheme. 21 Rolatsd party transactlons Remuneratlon of kgy managemont personnèl The remuneration ol koy management personnel18 8s follows. 2021 2020 Aggregate componsallon 85,Q41 71,034 Sgrvlces provldgd to tha charlty 2021 2020 other related PBrtles 12,000

CHANGING PATHWAYS NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 22 OpBratlng1808• commltmgnts Al the TeFXJrting end dale the charity had oul3landing commilmgnls lor fvlur& minimum lease payments undèr ncrt)-cancèllable operating lease8, whl¢h lal due as follows.. 2D21 2020 Within one year Between two and five ygai¥ In over five years 39.431 83.849 3,882 301,778 173.221 3.882 127,162 478,881 23 Cash ggneratfrd from op*ratlons 2021 2020 Surplus for the year 235.768 244,552 Adjuslmenls for.. Invaslment Income recognised in slalemenl Qf financlal actlvlllos Gain on disposal of tanglble fixed assets Depre¢ialion and Impalrmenl of tangible fixed assels 12101 16.8081 15.570 {7731 8,866 Movemenis In worklng capltal- Decrease In debtor Increaselldecreasol in ¢redilors {DecreaSellinc￿ase in delerred In¢omè 170 10.797 122,8021 65,379 115,138) 12,349 Cash g¢nèrotèd from opgratlons 232,487 315,237 -33-

Audit findings document Changing Pathways 31 March 2021

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Index

Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 2 Perceived weaknesses in your accounting system and control environment ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 View of Accounting policies and practices ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 5 Management’s Judgments and Accounting Estimates ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Difficulties encountered during the audit .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 7 Other matters for management’s attention .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7

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Introduction

Following our audit in connection with the financial statements of Changing Pathways for the year ending 31 March 2021, we are writing to bring to your attention certain matters that arose during the course of our work, together with suggestions for improvements of controls and procedures operated by the company. We hope you will find our comments helpful and constructive.

Our work during the audit included an examination of some of the company’s transactions, procedures with a view to expressing an opinion on the financial statements for the year. This work was not directed primarily towards discovering weaknesses other than those that would affect our audit opinion, or towards the detection of fraud. We have included in this document only matters that have come to our attention as a result of our normal audit procedures and consequently our comments should not be regarded as a comprehensive record of all weaknesses that may exist or of all improvements that might be made.

Our work also included a review of the adequacy of disclosures in the financial statements and consideration of the appropriateness of the accounting policies and estimation techniques adopted by the company and any significant matters identified which we believe are necessary to draw to your attention are set out in this document.

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Perceived weaknesses in your accounting system and control environment

(i) Matters raised in prior year

Issue previously reported

Our review of petty cash identified that a reconciliation had not been completed monthly.

On review of the wages expenses it was noted that control accounts are not used for net wages, pension and PAYE

On review of the expenditure during the year a number of fixed assets were identified however these were replacements of old items. It could not be easily identified from the fixed asset register.

Our payroll testing identified that a new contract had not been issued for one employee who had changed roles.

On review of the joiners it was identified that an employee had been transferred under the TUPE regulations however a recent contract was not on file.

Management’ Actions

These are now completed monthly however some months were not completed during lockdown.

This was discussed with Sarah and it still wasn’t used as she was too busy however going forward as they have now hired a finance assistant there may be time to use them. Satisfied that payroll cost and year end position in accounts are materially correct.

This wasn’t reviewed as due to COVID Sarah wasn’t allowed to go to sites and review the assets, however there is a date booked in September for Sarah to go down to the refuges to check assets. Therefore this will be revisited again next year.

All rectified as there are new members of staff assigned to the role to ensure new contracts are issued to new staff members.

Still do not have the contract as they did not receive one when the employee joined however they have not had anyone new transfer over under TUPE.

On review of the bank balances it was noted that a bank reconciliation had not been completed at the year end. We note that regular reconciliations are carried out throughout the year

Ensured completed at the year end.

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(ii) Issues arising in current year

Significant findings

From our review of receipts received after the year end we identified that there was no date noted on the details of the paying in slips to determine the correct period of recognition. From our discussions with Sarah it is considered likely that the income for the year is understated as a result of this, however the amount does not have a material impact on the figures.

During our testing of grant income, we were unable to agree some of the grant income as no contract could be obtained. This was because Changing Pathways had not received any documentation for the extension or on offer of new grants.

During our review of expenditure it was noted that purchase orders were only raised starting in March 2021.

Whilst reviewing the current account bank reconciliation for account *3913, we noted a trivial difference of £20.52.

Recommendations

Impact

Low risk – there is the possibility of income being We would recommend that cash records indicate recognised in the incorrect period, although it is the period that the income relates to, and the date considered unlikely that this would have a material of the cash receipt. Ideally the cash should be impact. recorded when it is received rather than when it is banked.

Medium risk – this may be a problem in the event of a dispute if the terms of the grant or contract are not clearly agreed.

We recommend that where possible grant documentation is obtained in writing.

We understand from discussions with Sarah that managers are currently being trained on quickbooks to raise purchase orders and this will be implemented for 21-22 financial year.

Medium risk – There is a risk that expenditure is not received and approved before it is committed to.

Low risk – Even though the difference is small it could convert into a more significant balance in the future if differences are not resolved.

We recommend that any differences on the bank reconciliations are investigated and rectified.

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View of Accounting policies and practices

Management has the ultimate responsibility for the appropriateness of the accounting policies used by the company

Adoption of new, or changes in Accounting policies:

Alternative treatments:

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Management’s Judgments and Accounting Estimates

Accounting estimates are an integral part of the preparation of financial statements and are based upon management’s current judgment. The process used by management encompasses their knowledge and experience about past and current events and certain future events.

Significant accounting estimates reflected in the financial statements were:

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Difficulties encountered during the audit

We did not encounter any difficulties during the audit.

Other matters for management’s attention

Legislation/Accounting Standards

Nothing to note

Discussed with: Sarah Harris

Reporting requirements

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