RegiSte￿d Charity No.. 1173283 THE SOUTH YORKSHIRE SEXUAL VIOLENCE PARTNERSHIP REPORT AND ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 THE SOUTH YORKSHIRE SEXUAL VIOLENCE PARTNERSHIP REPORT AND ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDED 31 IqAR¢H 2021 CONTENTS Pagt al and Adtninistrative Inforrnation Trustee￿, Report Independent Examinerf5 Report Staternent of Financial Activitie5 Balance Sheet io Note5 to the Financial Statetnents 11-12 Page 2 THE SOUTH YORKSHIRE SEXUAL VIOLENCE PARTNERSHIP LEGAL AND ADmINI￿RATfrfE INFORMATION YEAR EIIDED 31 MARCH IOZI Full Narne: ThE SOUTH YORKSHIRE SEXUAL ￿OLENcE PARTNERSNIP Registered Charity Number: 1173283 Principal Address: 25 Thorne ￿l￿d Doncaster South Yorkshire DNI 2EZ Trustees: Ms C A Cooper Ms J Foers - reswJ)ed 01/03/2021 Miss K Howells Ms J Keen - appointed 01103/2021 Ms R Kennedv Mr D ￿ster Ms W D Peake Dr C Scadett - ￿s19fted 11102/2021 Ms F Stephen50n Ms A Tatlow - appoJrtted06/09/2021 Chair: Mis5 K Howells Treasurer: Ms R Kennedy Secretary Ms C A Cooper Bankers: The Cooperative Bank Busine55 Dirett Plu5 POBox250 Skeltner5dale WN8 6WT Independent Examiner: Angela Haye5 Comrnunity Accountant BCVS Service5 ￿rnited Priory Catnpus Pontefract Road Barnsley S?1 SPN Page 3 THE SOUTH YORKSHIRE SEXUAL VIOLENCE PARTNERSHIP TRusfEES' REPORT YEAR EIIDED 31 MARCH 2021 The Trustees present their report and accounts for the period 01 April 2020 to 31 March 2021. structureN governance and management The South Yorkshire Sexual Wiolence Partnership ISYSVPI is a Charitable Incorporated Qrganisation ICIOI, registered with the Charity Commission and governed by its constitution ICJO Foundation), registered 05 June 2017. The rnembers of the CJO are the charity trustees. Mernbership of the CIO cannot be transferred to anyone else. Tf the CIO is wound up. the liability of eath member to contribute to the assets of the con)pany is limited to a sum not exceeding £1. The affairs of the charity are managed by the trustees. who may exerase all the powers of the CJO. The trustees who seryed during the year, to the date of signing this report, are shown on page 3. Appointment of Trustees In accordance with the temis of the constitution, there must be a minirnum of three charity trustees. If the number falls below this rninimum, the ￿MainIng trustees can act only to call a meeting of the trustees or appoint a new twstee. Every trustee is appointed for a term of three yea￿ by a resolution passed at a properfy convened meeting of the charity trustees. In selecting individuals for appointment. the trustees have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective a¢Jministration of the CIO. Each new trustee is given a copy of the constitution and the latest trustee s annual ￿port and accounts, on or before appointrnent. Risk Management The trustees are responsible for identifying and managing risk. The truste￿ examine the major risks that the charity faces and put into operation systerns so that netrssary steps can be taken to l*sen those risks. A risk rnanagernent poliq is currently being developed which will be regularly reviewed by the trustees. Charitable aims and object The objects of the charity are= The promotion of the efficiency and effettiveness of charities and the promotion of the effettive use of charitable resources for the public benefit. by providing SUPPOrt to charities and not for profit organisatlOn5 operating in South Yorkshire and beyond which a￿ established to relieve the mental and physical distress of people who hèvÈ experienced sexual violence at any time in their Page 4 THE SOUTH YORKSHIRE SEXUAL VIOLENCE PARTNERSHIP TRusfEES' REPORT continued YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 3021 Activities undertaken for the publit ￿nefit In shaping the objettives for the year, the twstees have paid due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Comrnisgon. The South Yorkshire Sexual Wiolence Partnership ISYSVPI was established on the 5th June 2017, initially to (leliver the contract frorn the South Yorkshire poli￿ and Crirne Commissioner to provide a unified Independent Sexual violen￿ Advisor IISVAI Servitr across the whole of South Yorkshire. This service is provided by four independent and separate existing oryanisations- Bamsley Sexual Abuse Rape Crisis Ser¥ices IBSARCSI Doncaster Rape and Sexual Abuse Counselling Service IDRASACS) Rotherharn Abuse Counselling Service IRothACS1 Sheffield Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre ISRASACI The SYSVP Board of Trustees consists of two trustee members from each organisation. The following trustees hold formal roles on the Board.. Chair- Kirsten Howells IDRASACSI Secretary.. Anne Cooper IRothACSI Trea5urer= Ruth Kennedy ISRASACI The ISVA5 and Children'5 ISVA5 {CHISVA5} based in the four organisations provide prattical and ernotional support for adults and children who report current or historical Sexual offence5. The support offered include5'. 5tening Undertaking risk and needs assessrnents aison with a range of statutory and non-statuary agenaÈ5 Family 5UPPOrt Signposting Accompanying dients NaVIga￿On through the juditsal process The support offered to clienrs is underpinned by a rnnge of well-estèblished services provlded within each of the four organisations. Athiv¥ements during the period The year was excÈptionèl for the ISVA service. muth like many other organisations adaptations were made to service delivery in response to the pandetnic which a150 irnpacted the volutne of referrals over the year and the nutnber of court case5. Overall there wa5 a 5% reduction in the number of referra15 into the Servi￿, tnainly frotn 8 40 durtion in referrals for QI period during thÈ'fir5t' lockdown. The redurtion in the number of cases which are Closed in the first four weeks from 34% in 2019-20 to 24Wts in this reporting period. alongside rescheduled court dates due to the pèndemic. ￿5￿lted in the overall number of attive cèsÈ5 being maintained at 680 in Q4 of Year 4. Page 5 THE SOUTH YORKSHIRE SEXUAL VIOLENCE PARTNERSHIP TRusfEES' REPORT continued YEAR EIIDED 31 MARCH 2031 There have been some small change5 in the overall demogrèphits and offence type Df people accessing the ISVA servi￿. Whilst the￿ ha5 been a slight shift In ethnicity percentages and an increase in the proportion of males accessing SUPPOrt, syhite females aged between 12 and 24 sbll rnake up the greater pmportion of cases. Whilst fetnale5 are still rnore likely to be seeking support for offences that are,￿trnt.' the figu￿ has reduced frorn 67% last year to 57Wo in this porting period. For males there has been a slight shift towards offences that are'historical, in nature, as previously both 'recent' and'historical, offentrs were equal. Overall, the service maintained support and servits levels thmughout the reporting p&riod despite the challenges imposed by the pandemic. During this period, the local service providers of BSARCS. DRASACS. KothACS and SRASAC achieved national accreditation of the CHISVA ISVA serwitrs through Ume Culture CIC. Future Plans Operationally. maintaining servitr delivery in challenging times is the focus to ensure clients receive the support requi￿d. From a strategic viewpoint, the TSVA service is due to be recommissioned in April 2022 and as such the focus will be on drawing on experientt and best prartitr from the past rive yeats to sutimit a strong bid to retaln the contRcr moving forward. The Charlty's pollcy on reserves At rhe financial year end the chanty did not hold any reserves. The trustees view thls to be acceptable as liabilibes and finanoal risk are considerEd to be minimal. Related partles The South Yorkshire Sexual Wiolence Partnership is made up of members from each of the following organisations.. Sheffield Rape and Se¥ual Abuse Centre ISRASACI Bamsley Sexual Abuse and Rape Crisis se￿ICe5 IBSARCS) tk>ncaster Rape and Sexual Abuse Counselling Service IDRASACSI Rotherharn Abuse Counselling Service {RothACS1 The partner oryanisations each have rnembers on the Board of Trustees of SYSVP. The trustees consi¢Jer that there are no other relatetl parties to the charity. Page 6 TIIE goim• YORKSHIIiE SEXUAL VIOLE1+￿ PARTNERSHIP TRVSTees' REPOIiT YEAR tNoeD 31 MARCH 2021 Trust•M r••pon•lbtlltlw lov th• Iln•fitl•i *t•tements Lath applicab e ko cfkllltie5 In rwuirv* I￿e trustees to PTeparE finèr￿ sraterne?t5 tor eari f iani.lll y&sif 4*liiLh ylvLb a irut Jr4J fèli ol *he cN•'.Ily'% lilltSlTCial Ltivilies Our1ng t￿£ year cf It5 finaKJèl p)51tKTr At ",he Er¥J of Llie y&ir. In pre)aring nnancol si•terneniN giV1n¢ k liut laii view. inJstees $￿ts￿l Yo1104Y b*st prJclic* und.. selv¢t acrnur.li•F sNJlKi¥¥ a*ply rThLYn COnSLSttrrtly." otserve the metD(**s and prtmp4e5 In t*e Char.i*s SQRP: rywkÈ aTrJ éSt'n*tes art reèsonabie one pr￿¥bt. laie ¥*hother awlicab￿ ￿((￿￿til￿a standa*Os have been foi5or•d. any maicrfal aepèrture5 fjisclased eXp￿Ine{l ]* tIE linar**l tstillerT*nts,' prepare the stJt•Trnts on ￿ gon6 cor(om bosk unloss It Is Inapproprots to pte4ufi* Ihai ihe charily will wnlinvo ifi t)roiation. Tre truYee5 a￿ reoxJr&b* Ivr kee￿￿1 WCW.T rtcords ihat dLsck*se *lth ￿aSonable ¢Cur￿ ai any tim¢ ihe po51ts)n of the chanty aThJ erot4e then to en4uW Ihal Lh finawal ststernenis coinr4y Y¢ rn u* cfiarlt￿s Ac. 20: 1 ard TiW11c•blè accountino srandards. TW a* also resp)nsit4e lor yJ',e9tsarding d)arily aoa htnce for raking St￿p5 lot ￿ Ye4*n..￿Tr ai¢ ol fraud ana othky iiregolarities. Anancial Po*ltitin firKirt¢ial Statement5 •rt sti In p4t5 9 tc 12. Tre Stbtemert of Atlivil* iTrrD￿ for tPe yew d £490,540 .2020. £41 5.4721. Tts￿1 fuThls ar thÈ veèr oThJ were £nil ￿7th all c¢rtroci Iii¢Om¥ lo hr Irofvi¢4rrnd io itrip Thv twstee5 de (69.2101 Noi cJrTwII ol Ihe ch•rlry Unwired fvpds ￿e￿ncred 'uics Total lunds Th& d¥cIAr¥ that thy h•v¥ opwov￿ th• •t¢￿￿¥ •btyrt, Signed on behaw d phe char￿'S tnjsttts.. s9￿d.. Oate: 26* Jarnuary 2022 H¢¥W•1￿ Chair ot the Tn￿teel Pa9e JU THE SOUTH YORKSHIRE SEXUAL VIOLE14CE PARTNERSHIP NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL ￿ATEmENTs FOR TIIE YEAR E•4DEO 31 14ARCN 3031 l. Accounting policies Basis of the re aration of the accounts The financial statements hève been prepawed in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities - Statement of Recomrnended Prartice applicable t¢> charities preparing their atcounts in attordante with thÈ Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of I￿land IFRS1021 leffettive l January 20191- (Charities SORP IFR510211- The South Yorkshire Sexual violen￿ Partnership rneets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value, unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy notelsl. Income and expenditure ha5 been analysed in the accounts using natural classification, in accordance ¥vith the provisions of Settion 4.6. SORP 2019 15rnaller charitie51. The charity also Meets the requirements for exemption from preparing a statement of cash flow5. Goin Concern note The charify has Secu￿ a contratt from the South Yorkshire Police and Crfme Commissloner which will sustain the organisation until 31 March 2022. This govemment funding has continued dunng the Covid-19 pandemic. The trustees therefore have trasonable expettation that the charity has adeouate resourtrs to continue in operation for the fO￿seeable future. Taxation The South Yorkshire Sexual Violentr Partnership is a ￿gIstered charity and Is exempt from UK corporation tax on income from its charitable activities. Funds Structure The charity tnaintain5 a general unre5tnrted fund which represents funds which are expendable at the discretson of the trustees in furtherance of the objects of the charity. Restricted funds tnay be provided to the cha￿tY for particular purposes and rnay only be spent for the purposes for which they were given. Any balance retnaining outstanding on a re5tncted fund at the end of the year 15 carned forward a5 a balance on that fund, unless permi55ion has been given by the funder to retnove the restriction on the balance outstanding. 2. Contract Income A contratt between The Polite and Crime Commissioner IPCCI for South Yorkshire and the South Yorkshire Sexual Violence Partnership for the provision of a South Yorkshire Independent Sexual Violence Advocète IISVAI ènd a Children's Independent Sexuèl Violence Advocate ICHISVAI service. Page 11 THE SOUTH YORKSHIRE SEXUAL VIOLENCE PARTNERSHIP NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL ￿ATEmENTs continued FOR TIIE YEAR E•4DED 31 14ARCH 3031 3. Debtors 1021 2020 Acuued contratt income 45.792 34.605 Other debtLV5 45792 34.605 4. Creditors- amounts falling due within one year 2021 2020 CrediiOIS 55.678 69.210 55,678 69,21U S. Trustee payments. benefits and expensEs There were no payment5, remuneration or benefits rnade to trustee5 during thi5 or the prÈvitsu5 financial period. 6. Related party transaction$ Payments to the individuèl partner organisation are detailed within the Statement of Financial Attivities. on pa9e 9 of this report. The￿ were no other rdated party transactions during this or the previous financièl period. 7. Independent Examinatlon of accounts The cost of the independent examination and accountancy setvices for the year was £425 12020.. £425}. The fee is paid by the partner organisations. Page 12