Charity Number 1174925
Trust House Lancashire Report of the Trustees and Financial Statements
For The Year Ended 31 March 2021
TRUST HOUSE LANCASHIRE
CONTENTS
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| Statement of Financial Activities | 11 | |
| Balance Sheet | 12 | |
| Notes to the Financial Statements | 13 |
TRUST HOUSE LANCASHIRE
CHARITY DETAILS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021
Trustees and Officers
Chair
Trish Bartlett
Trustees
Trustee Graham Coulston-Herrmann Trustee Patricia Bartlett Trustee Mags Wilcock Trustee Mark McGarry (resigned June 2020) Trustee Gareth Millar Trustee Sally Jones Trustee Lyndsay Nicholson
Key Management Personnel
Chief Executive Officer
Catherine Smith
Trust House Lancashire Office Address
8 Camden Place Preston Lancashire PR1 3JL
CIO Number
1174925
Accountant and Independent Examiner
Nicola Mason FCA DChA MHA Moore and Smalley Richard House, Winckley Square, Preston, PR1 3HP
Bank
The Co-operative Bank 2[nd] Floor CIS Tower Manchester M60 0AL
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TRUST HOUSE LANCASHIRE
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021
Constitution
Trust House Lancashire is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation registered on 2nd October 2017.
Introduction
Trust House Lancashire is a Specialist Rape and Sexual Assault Support Centre based in Preston and working across the county to deliver a range of services to support survivors of any kind of sexual violence to recover from their experience of abuse.
Trust House was established in 2013 with funding awarded to The Survivors Trust who project managed the setup of Trust House. This was in recognition of the gap in specialist provision across the county, and to offer a range of services to survivors in Lancashire. Service delivery commenced in April 2014 and this last year has seen us complete our sixth year of service delivery.
Trust House delivers a range of specialist services to men, women, children from aged 4 years and their families;
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Counselling
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Play Therapy
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Art Therapy
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Pre-trial Therapy
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Family Support
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Wellbeing Support
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Parent Peer Support Group
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Telephone Support
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Specialist Training
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Volunteer Opportunities
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Student Placement Opportunities
Trust House is committed to empowering survivors and their supporters to work through and beyond their experience of abuse. We recognize the uniqueness of individual experience and that each demands an individual and creative response.
Trust House Lancashire supports working in ways that;
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Recognize human dignity
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Appreciate the variety of human experience
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Demonstrate a commitment to showing justice in dealing with others
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Encourage continual development and improvement of professional knowledge.
Trust House has six core values which shape our service and are reflected in all that we do and strive to achieve; empowerment, quality, respect, consistency, integrity and compassion.
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TRUST HOUSE LANCASHIRE
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021
Performance
Trust House Lancashire received 746 new referrals for support and has worked with 965 individuals in the year to March 2021. Referrals are received from a range of sources; health, criminal justice, Local authorities self and family referrals as well as other voluntary sector providers. The greatest number of referrals come from the criminal justice system 53%.
Referrals through 2020-21 have come from all 14 local authority districts of the county, though the highest number of referrals received are for/from individuals living in the boroughs of Preston 119, Blackpool 103 and Chorley 89 with the least number of referrals coming from/for individuals living in the boroughs of Rossendale 17, Ribble Valley 18 and Pendle 22. This may reflect a greater awareness of our services in areas where referrals are high and may be indicative of the need for a greater service presence in boroughs of the county and the need for a greater presence in these districts. Over the last 12 mont
increase our physical presence in other boroughs however our move to digital delivery as a result of the COVID 19 pandemic has led to us being more accessible in all areas of the county. Digital delivery will remain a core element of our support offer going forward and we will continue to seek additional satellite space in other areas of the county to enable those who would prefer to access face to face to do so closer to home.
Referrals into adult counselling make up the greatest number of referrals into the service. 84% of our clients referred are female, and 15% are male with the remaining clients being transgender, non-binary or another gender identity 1%. These figures are extremely similar to last years. 86% of our clients who stated their ethnicity were White British with 9% being non-white British and for 5% of clients ethnic background was unknown. Trust House is committed to remaining responsive to victims and survivors of all gender, orientations and ethnicity, and recognizes the additional barriers to coming forward for these groups. We have been looking age range of clients accessing the service is wide. 21% of those seeking support were under the age of 18 years. 27% were young adults between the ages of 18 and 24 years, 35% were 25-44 years and those over the age of 45 made up 17% of those that we worked with. 65% of those that accessed support in the year did so that specialist services continue to be able to meet the needs of children, young people and young adults -term emotional health issues into adulthood. The youngest children to be referred were 5 years old and the oldest adult was 70 years old.
Charitable Objects
Trust House Lancashire, since October 2017 has been registered independently as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation charity number (1174925).
Our Charitable Objects are to:
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Relieve the trauma, whether psychological, emotional, or physical, of persons and their families who have experienced or otherwise suffered as a result of rape, other sexual assault, sexual abuse or sexual exploitation of any kind.
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Provide support, help or assistance of any kind whatsoever to persons and their families who have experienced or otherwise suffered as a result of rape, other sexual assault, sexual abuse or sexual exploitation of any kind.
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Promote the education of the public in the subject of rape, sexual abuse or sexual exploitation and/or its psychological and social impact on women, men and children
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Promote and participate in education and research in relation to counselling and support, sexual violence traumas and their effect upon women, men and children.
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Charitable Objects (continued)
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Promote, participate in and provide training in relation to counselling and support in relation to sexual violence traumas and their effect upon women, men and children including rape, other sexual assault, sexual abuse or sexual exploitation.
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Prevent rape, sexual abuse or sexual exploitation through training and effective and appropriate support services to persons and their families at risk of being subjected to said abuse.
Trust House Lancashire is governed by a Board of Trustees. The board has overall responsibility for the governance, financial management, charitable activities and strategic development of Trust House Lancashire.
The Chief Executive Officer at Trust House Lancashire reports to the Board of Trustees.
Funding
In the period to 31 March 2021, Trust House Lancashire was supported by the Ministry of Justice including through additional funding to support our response to the pandemic, BBC Children in Need, The National Lottery, Reaching Communities Fund, The Weston Foundation, The Lancashire Community Foundation, Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioners Office and Lloyds Bank Foundation. We continued to be contracted to deliver the Lancashire Victims Services contract administered by Victim Support, to deliver specialist sexual violence counselling to victims going through the criminal justice process. In addition we received donations from a number of individuals and organisations through their individual or group fundraising efforts, fundraising activities, and we generated income through training delivery to external organisations.
Our income has been affected by the pandemic situation over the last 12 months. We received a number of grants that have been targeted at supporting our delivery and sustainability through the pandemic including from the Police and Crime Commissioners Office, the Ministry of Justice and Lloyds Bank Foundation and as a result our overall income was greater than expected for the year. At the beginning of the year we were hoping to diversify our income streams generating more income through fundraising, training delivery and contract income to reduce our dependency on grant funding. We successfully generated income from our training delivery but this was initially slow at the beginning of the year because of the need to convert our training to online delivery. We were unable to run key fundraising events in the year which would have enabled some significant income to be generated and because recruitment transition to digital fundraising as effectively as we would have liked to have been able to.
We also struggled to recruit the staff we intended to recruit during the year, as quickly as planned which for some budgets has led to an underspend and an extension of the grant period for three of these; BBC CiN, The National Lottery, and the Community Foundation for Lancashire and Merseyside.
Whilst overall our funding increased in the year it is still important going forward to continue to focus on diversification of this to enable long-term sustainability, as grant income could be much more restricted in post pandemic years.
Service Delivery
Since March 23[rd] 2020 and the announcement of a national lockdown, all of our services have been delivered remotely via zoom and telephone with some face to face delivery when restrictions have been lifted and then pulling back again as they have been reinstated. Our existing infrastructure enabled us to transition to a digital model effectively however this was challenging at times with an increasing number of people accessing remotely. Much more of our costs have been utilised to purchase hardware required to deliver including laptops, mobile phones, headphones, iPads to ensure good communication with the team, and continuation of delivery of service to clients. There was also an early requirement to upskill staff to be able to deliver effectively and additional grant funding enabled us to achieve this.
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Adult Counselling Service
Sexual assault counselling at Trust House is based on a person-centred practice and empowerment model, and is offered on a short, medium or long-term basis dependent on identified need and complexity. Short term is 8- 10 weeks, medium term 18 weeks and long term 26 weeks. In the year 2020-2021 the average length of time that an adult client was in service was 24 and the maximum time was 70 weeks. Clients that required a greater number of sessions and who require much longer-term therapy due to mental health were kept focused in therapy working towards goals. Any client needing longer term therapy would have been referred into mental health services to aid their recovery with a more practical and/or psychological service appropriate to their need.
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planned ending, referral to alternative services to meet additional goals or whether further sessions are required.
Trust House have been delivering counselling and play therapy with children and young people from 4 years of of non-directive play, creative arts and child-centred counselling offer a positive way forward to prevent longer term emotional, social and behavioural difficulties as the child moves through the stages development and into adolescence. In the year 2020-2021 the average length of time that children and young people were in therapy for was 18 weeks, and the maximum time was 63 weeks. During COVID lockdown Google Play was introduced work continued
Pre-trial Therapy
The criminal justice process can be extremely challenging for victims and survivors of sexual violence and there are occasions when additional emotional support as well as the practical help of an Independent Sexual Violence Advisor is necessary to support individual's resilience and ability to cope through this very stressful process. Therapeutic and counselling support delivered whilst there is a criminal investigation taking place is called pre-trial therapy. Pre-trial therapy is usually short-term support and is aimed at improving self-esteem and confidence and focusses on the treatment of the psychological problems that an individual is experiencing at the present time. It does not involve going over the incident itself, and effective contracting with the client proactively avoids this.
Counselling and Support to Partners, Parents, Siblings
Referrals for counselling, and support for partners, parents and siblings are received from clients themselves or from our Clinical Leads or Family Support Workers, where a needs assessment or their work with an individual has identified further needs within the family. Family members might be experiencing vicarious trauma or having difficulties in coping with and/or supporting a loved one who is suffering from trauma responses. Parents can feel excluded from many of the processes their child is involved in for example and may struggle to find specialist support.
offence against their loved one, and also to be empowered to support their loved one effectively whilst managing their own care. Trust House balances these issues effectively and provides support through counselling, specialist family support, and our Parent Peer Support Group.
Training Delivery
and have been working through a process of developing our training offer to enable us to increase the capacity of other professionals and organisations in Lancashire that are working with victims and survivors of sexual violence to do so much more effectively and with confidence. This element of our delivery has grown significantly over the last 12 months despite COVID restrictions.
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model to a digital model working via Zoom and developing a webinar training offer. Our courses are bespoke for organisations. This work will enable us to diversify our income stream in the coming year, increasing our earned income from training.
Specialist Family Support
We recognise the needs of family members where child sexual abuse has been an issue and the subsequent ripple effect within the family. We strongly believe that to support children effectively it is vital to support the wider family for more effective and better longer-term outcomes. In January 2018 we delivered a pilot project working with a small number of families across 3 boroughs where child sexual abuse had been an issue. Working closely with Children's Social Care to identify appropriate referrals we were able to provide a funding approaches for this kind of work and from September 2019 BBC Children in Need have funded us to deliver Specialist Family Support for 3 years. This work enables us to work with families where a child in the
Parent Peer Support Group
The Parent Peer Support Group was established following feed-back from parents that this is something that would be useful for them. It is run for parents of the children we work with, and facilitated by our Specialist Family Support Workers. . The number of parents in attendance varies from session to session, between 3 and 7. Parents often want very practical advice from other parents on how to support their children and families to sustained long-term. They want to learn and understand how other parents have addressed issues. The support is informal and focusses on parent / carer self-care, and practical ways to support their children. Peer support occurs organically from this process.
Wellbeing Service
The Wellbeing Project was introduced in the latter stages of this last year because we recognised that counselling and therapy are not a good fit for all adults seeking our support, and that some people benefit from a much more practical approach to their recovery. In counselling we find that there is a need for psychoeducational interventions in order for individuals to understand why they feel like they do, why they responded as they did to trauma situations, whether in childhood or adu
instinctive responses to the danger they were in, is often the beginning of them taking back control of their recovery. The Wellbeing Service provides this and also equips individuals with the skills and tools to cope with the here and now of their trauma. These tools are takeaway tools that individuals can embed into their everyday lives empowering them to take back control. This is the core of our work in the wellbeing service. Some of the individuals that come to us for support have problems that they may be struggling to cope with alongside their trauma such as housing, debt, substance misuse, health issues etc. Our holistic approach to assessment will identify these needs and we will ensure with their consent clients are signposted or referred to other specialist services that can support them effectively.
Staff
The Team at Trust House has grown significantly during the last 12 months. Despite lockdown and challenges in recruitment we ended the year very much in line with our business plan for the year. On 1st April 2020 we had 7 employed staff (5.9 FTE) and on 31[st] the team at Trust House that this growth has happened under some of the most trying circumstances including; challenges in recruiting the right people and interviewing and inducting during a national lockdown period and ensuring the team stays connected as new people start and bed in whilst managing feelings of isolation and new challenges in communication and learning from each other due to remote working. The team are dedicated and passionate in their work.
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Volunteers, Students and Sessional Counsellors
Trust House Lancashire's services rely on volunteers to deliver many areas of our work. They are vital to our success. Volunteer roles include support call work, fundraising, administration, counselling, group facilitation community awareness and networking events support. Many of our counselling volunteers are completing student placements as part of their professional training. Students come to us at the final stages of their counselling training to complete their final placement hours, and Sessional Counsellors support us in counselling delivery. Only qualified and experienced counsellors who have been at Trust House for some months are considered for sessional hours. The exception is where we need to recruit for specialist skills such as language needs or play therapy to enable work with young children. All recruitment at Trust House goes through the same rigorous process that we apply to staff recruitment.
All staff, volunteers, students and sessional counsellors at Trust House complete a formal recruitment process. They also complete an 8-week, in-house training programme which builds on their existing skills and increases their capacity to understand and respond to the needs of victims and survivors of sexual violence with confidence.
We continued to recruit, train and induct new volunteers, sessional workers and students throughout lockdown. This was vital to us to ensure we maintained our capacity through a period of increasing numbers of individuals seeking support.
Partnership Working
Trust House Lancashire is committed to partnership working and works with a range of agencies in Lancashire. This includes The Police and Crime Commissioners Office, Lancashire and South Cumbria Foundation Trust, services, violence services, The Birchall Trust, NEST, Lancashire Victims Services, The Princes Trust, Spring North, and West Lancashire CVS, Lancashire Association of Girls and Boys Clubs and Community Safety Partnerships.
We are sub-contracted by Victim Support to deliver the sexual violence counselling element of the Lancashire Victims Services Contract commissioned by the Police and Crime Commissioners Office and sub-contract a small part of this to The Birchall Trust an organisation that delivers specialist sexual violence counselling in Lancaster Local authority area.
Future Plans
Now moving into our eighth year of service delivery in Lancashire, Trust House continues to see a huge demand for our services.
Trust House is continuing to work to secure further sources of funding and to diversify our income streams to enable us to have a greater presence in the county as a specialist provider of services to survivors of sexual violence for the long term. The overall funding landscape is a challenge for Trust House as it is for many smaller voluntary sector organisations particularly those that are relatively new and locally routed and seeking to become established and stable. However we have an increasingly strong presence and an excellent reputation with our stakeholders to build upon.
A move away from short term grant funding towards longer term funding streams and diversification of our income sources including our earned income will continue to be a key element of our future plans. These elements will support more effective service planning in the longer term. Our funding strategy will seek to ges in the recruitment of a Fundraising Officer and this continues to be a priority for us in the coming months.
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The team at Trust House will continue to work passionately for the benefit of survivors and remains committed to providing a quality specialist sexual violence support service that supports positive health, wellbeing and criminal justice recovery and outcomes for clients. We will continue to deliver a service that can grow and flex so that we are able to meet the demands of the wider locality that is Lancashire.
The Trustees have considered the impact of the Government response to Covid 19. Safe working practices have been put in place and continue to be adhered to, enabling the continuation of the delivery of services in a COVID safe environment. Although income from fundraising sources has reduced, this has been offset by other funding opportunities. The situation has also enabled the charity to develop its digital offering. The Trustees will continue to monitor and adapt to the current situation whilst ensuring that services are not interrupted.
Financial review
Income for the year was £458,980 (2019-20 £257,288). Expenditure for the year was £362,961 (2019-20 £239,188) resulting in net income of £96,019 (2020 £18,100)
Reserves Policy
It is the intention of the trustees that the freely available reserves of the organisation should be accumulated up to a level sufficient to ensure the continuance of its activities, should there be an unexpected short-term adverse fluctuation in income. These freely available reserves are unrestricted funds not committed or invested in ns and actions were taken to find other sources of income or reduce the level of a particular activity. The Trustees consider that an appropriate level of free reserves is 75,000. At 31 March 2021 there was an amount of £124,146 as free reserves. Over the next 12-24 months we will focus on increasing our free reserves through fundraising activities and growing our training offer.
Trustees Induction and Training
Trustees are are provided with an induction and information pack and a skills audit is carried out.
Risk Management
The Trustees have adopted the following Risk Management Mission Statement and Risk Management Goals Statement:
Trust House Lancashire has a moral and legal duty to its service users, volunteers, staff and all stakeholders. Trust House Lancashire will meet its duty by ensuring that risk management plays an integral part in sound governance at both a strategic and operational level.
The trustees will support the risk management effort through setting policy and providing broad guidance on goals and objectives. However, risk management is an active process that requires cooperation by all managers, employees and volunteers and, where appropriate, stakeholders. To that end, the trustees accept that it must take a leadership role to ensure that appropriate measures are undertaken.
The trustees and CEO undertake the following responsibilities:
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Identifying and assessing risks;
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Selecting and implementing risk control and responses, as appropriate;
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To review risk management efforts and to report to the trustees accordingly
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These activities shall be undertaken in the service of the risk management mission statement, and to that end risk management practices are undertaken to reduce the cost of risk to Trust House Lancashire, and to maximise benefits of opportunities that the community may encounter.
Approved by the Trustees on 01/10/2021
and signed on their behalf by
P Bartlett Trustee
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TRUST HOUSE LANCASHIRE
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2021 which are set out on pages 11 to 20.
Responsibilities and basis of report
under section 145 of the Act and in
carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examiner's statement
Since the charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, which is one of the listed bodies.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
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1 accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
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2 the accounts do not accord with those records; or
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3 the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Nicola Mason FCA, DChA
MHA Moore and Smalley Richard House Preston PR1 3HP
Date: 01/10/2021
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TRUST HOUSE LANCASHIRE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021
| Note Income from: Charitable activities Grants and donations 2 Training Fundraising activities Total income Expenditure on: Charitable activities 4 Total expenditure Net income/(expenditure) before gains/(losses) and transfers Gross transfers between funds Net movement in funds Total funds brought forward Total funds carried forward |
Unrestricted Funds Restricted Funds 2021 Total 2020 Total £ £ £ £ 97,154 342,550 439,704 251,259 19,276 - 19,276 3,629 - - - 2,400 |
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| 116,430 342,550 458,980 257,288 |
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| 42,814 320,147 362,961 239,188 |
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| 42,814 320,147 362,961 239,188 |
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| 73,616 22,403 96,019 18,100 6,393 (6,393) - - |
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| 80,009 16,010 96,019 18,100 45,839 46,943 92,782 74,682 |
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| 125,848 62,953 188,801 92,782 |
There are no recognised gains and losses other than those shown in the above statement of financial activities.
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TRUST HOUSE LANCASHIRE BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 MARCH 2021
| Note Fixed assets Tangible assets 5 Current assets Debtors 6 Cash at bank Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 7 Net current assets Net assets Represented by: Unrestricted Funds 8 Restricted Funds 8 |
Unrestricted Funds Restricted Funds 2021 Total 2020 Total £ £ £ £ 1,702 - 1,702 3,014 |
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| 3,226 3,858 7,084 8,917 124,892 74,881 199,773 86,386 |
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| 128,118 78,739 206,857 95,303 |
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| (3,972) (15,786) (19,758) (5,535) |
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| 124,146 62,953 187,099 89,768 |
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| 125,848 62,953 188,801 92,782 |
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| 125,848 - 125,848 45,839 - 62,953 62,953 46,943 |
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| 125,848 62,953 188,801 92,782 |
The Trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for:
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a ensuring that the charity keeps proper accounting records; and
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b preparing accounts which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity as at the end of the financial year and of its profit or loss for the financial year.
The accounts have been prepared in accordance with 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 (FRS102) (effective October 2019).
01/10/2021
P Bartlett
Trustee
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021
1 Accounting policies
Basis of accounting
The accounts have been prepared in accordance with 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 (FRS102) (effective October 2019.
Trust House Lancashire was previously a part of The Survivors Trust (charity number: 1109305). On 2 October 2017 Trust House Lancashire became an independent charity when it was granted Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) status. On 2 October 2017 The Survivors Trust transferred all assets and liabilities of Trust House Lancashire to the CIO. The total value of the transfer from The Survivors Trust was £132,420 including £42,707 of restricted funds.
Preparation of the accounts on a going concern basis
The trustees are required to assess whether the use of going concern is appropriate, ie whether there are any material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the ability of the charitable company to continue as a going concern. The Trustees make this assessment in respect of a period of at least one year from the date of the authorisation of the accounts. The impact of measures taken by the Government to combat the spread of corona virus continues to be reviewed. At the date of approving the accounts the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity will be able to manage the situation and that it has sufficient cash resources to enable it to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval. Thus the Trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
Public benefit entity
Trust House Lancashire meets 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 note.
Taxation
No tax is provided for as Trust House Lancashire is exempt. Because of its current activities Trust House Lancashire is not registered for VAT and therefore cannot recover VAT on its expenses.
Funds accounting
General funds are unrestricted funds available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general activities of the charity and which have not been designated for other purposes.
Restricted funds are to be used for specified purposes as laid down by the donor. Expenditure that meets these criteria is charged to the fund.
Incoming resources
All incoming resources becoming available to the charity during the year are included when there is a certainty of receipt.
Resources expended
Direct expenditure includes costs associated with particular projects in furtherance of the charity's objects.
Support costs comprise expenditure incurred in support of direct activities and include an appropriate proportion of overheads.
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TRUST HOUSE LANCASHIRE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021
Fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost. Depreciation is calculated at appropriate annual rates estimated to write off the costs of fixed assets less their estimated residual value over their useful lives as follows:
Fixtures and fittings 20% on the reducing balance basis Office equipment 33% on a straight-line basis
Hire purchase and lease commitments
Rentals paid under operating leases are charged on a time basis over the lease term.
Pension cost
The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme for employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the charity. The annual contributions payable are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities.
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported. These estimates and judgements are continually reviewed and are based on experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.
No significant judgements have had to be made in preparing these financial statements.
2 Grants and donations
| Ministry of Justice Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner Awards for All Duchy of Lancashire LVS Counselling Children in Need CYP Therapy Lancashire Community Foundation Garfield Weston National Lottery Lloyds Bank Foundation of England and Wales Donations and other income |
Unrestricted Funds £ - - - - 57,529 - - - 2,000 - 33,000 4,625 97,154 |
Restricted Funds £ 234,102 35,395 - - - 10,730 9,720 - 51,502 - 1,101 342,550 |
2021 Total £ 234,102 35,395 - - 57,529 10,730 9,720 2,000 51,502 33,000 5,726 439,704 |
2020 Total 134,000 - 10,000 1,000 36,195 55,866 558 - - - - 13,640 |
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| 251,259 |
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TRUST HOUSE LANCASHIRE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021
2 Grants and donations (Continued)
| Grants and donations (Continued) | |||
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| Prior period Ministry of Justice Awards for All Duchy of Lancashire LVS Counselling Children in Need CYP Therapy Donations and other income |
Unrestricted Funds £ - - - - - - 13,129 13,129 |
Restricted Funds £ 134,000 10,000 1,000 36,195 55,866 558 511 238,130 |
2020 Total £ 134,000 10,000 1,000 36,195 55,866 558 13,640 |
| 251,259 |
| 3 Staff Costs Wages and salaries Social security costs Pension costs |
Unrestricted Funds 5,714 - - 5,714 |
Restricted Funds £ 177,619 10,678 6,363 194,660 |
2021 Total 183,333 10,678 6,363 200,374 |
2020 Total £ 132,277 7,696 4,474 |
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| 144,447 |
During the prior period, the staff costs expenditure relating to restricted funds was £194,660.
During the year, no Trustees received any expenses. Neither the Trustees nor persons connected with them received any remuneration from the charity for their services as Trustees. No employee earned £60,000 per annum or more. The average monthly number of employees during the year was 10 (5.4 FTE).
The key management personnel of the charity are listed on page 1. The total amount of employee benefits (including employer pension contributions) received by key management personnel for their service during the year was £41,904 (2020 £40,525).
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021
4 Analysis of total resources expended
| Wages Repairs and renewals Telephone General running costs Training and development Volunteer costs Travel expenses Counselling costs Supervision Sessional costs Sundries Fundraising Insurance Computer costs Stationery and office supplies Marketing Professional costs Depreciation Independent examination fee |
Unrestricted Funds £ 5,714 2,223 - 269 - 250 - 11,110 - 14,842 - 511 250 3,452 - 942 - 1,216 2,035 42,814 |
Restricted Funds £ 194,660 12,919 9,053 23,199 8,431 2,875 344 - 2,894 30,521 554 - 1,901 13,698 2,108 6,092 10,898 - - 320,147 |
2021 Total £ 200,374 15,142 9,053 23,468 8,431 3,125 344 11,110 2,894 45,363 554 511 2,151 17,150 2,108 7,034 10,898 1,216 2,035 362,961 |
2020 Total £ 144,447 2,607 2,123 21,599 12,991 2,540 3,194 9,360 1,562 18,961 3,284 466 2,703 2,639 3,042 3,779 1,120 1,535 1,235 |
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| 239,188 |
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TRUST HOUSE LANCASHIRE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021
4 Analysis of total resources expended (Continued)
| Prior period Wages Repairs and renewals Telephone General running costs Training and development Volunteer costs Travel expenses ISVA expenses Counselling costs Supervision Management costs Sundries Fundraising Insurance Computer costs Stationery and office supplies Marketing Children in Need underspend Professional costs Depreciation Independent examination fee |
Unrestricted Funds £ 20,244 40 174 - 1,354 230 464 - - 55 2,107 - - 1,123 68 287 2,280 - - 1,535 1,235 31,196 |
Restricted Funds £ 124,203 2,567 1,950 21,599 11,637 2,310 2,730 - 9,360 1,507 16,854 3,284 466 1,581 2,570 2,755 1,499 - 1,120 - - 207,992 |
2020 Total £ 144,447 2,607 2,123 21,599 12,991 2,540 3,194 - 9,360 1,562 18,961 3,284 466 2,703 2,639 3,042 3,779 - 1,120 1,535 1,235 |
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| 239,188 |
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TRUST HOUSE LANCASHIRE
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021
| OR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021 | |||
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| 5 Fixed assets Fixtures & Fittings £ Cost: At 31 March 2020 2,508 Additions - Disposals - At 31 March 2021 2,508 Depreciation: At 31 March 2020 1,103 Charge for period 281 Eliminated on disposals - At 31 March 2021 1,384 Net book value: At 31 March 2021 1,124 At 31 March 2020 1,405 6 Debtors Prepayments and accrued income 7 Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year Trade creditors PAYE/NIC Accruals Other creditors |
Office Equipment £ 3,840 - - 3,840 2,327 935 - 3,262 578 1,513 2021 7,084 7,084 2021 2,876 4,727 10,911 1,244 19,758 |
Total £ 6,348 - |
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| 6,348 | |||
| 3,430 1,216 - |
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| 4,646 | |||
| 1,702 2,918 2020 £ 8,917 8,917 2020 £ - - 5,535 - 5,535 |
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TRUST HOUSE LANCASHIRE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021
8 Movement in Funds
| Ministry of Justice Awards for All Lancashire CC CYP Therapy Children in Need LVS Counselling One Life to Live Maria Holland and St Joseph's Trust National lottery Lancashire Community Foundation Police and Crime Commissioner Other donations Total restricted funds Total unrestricted funds Total funds Prior period Ministry of Justice Awards for All Lancashire CC CYP Therapy Duchy of Lancashire Tesco Children in Need Christmas Party LVS Counselling WO Street Trust One Life to Live Maria Holland and St Joseph's Trust Total restricted funds Total unrestricted funds Total funds |
At 31 March 2020 £ - 4,137 277 98 24,969 15,009 310 2,144 - - - - 46,943 45,839 92,782 At 31 March 2019 £ - - 277 - - 190 11,813 - - - 310 3,424 16,014 58,668 74,682 |
Incoming Resources £ 234,102 - - - 10,730 - - - 51,502 9,720 35,395 1,101 342,550 116,430 458,980 Incoming Resources £ 134,000 10,000 - 558 1,000 - 55,866 512 36,195 - - - 238,130 19,158 257,288 |
Outgoing resources £ (230,244) (1,564) - - (44,315) - - - (38,326) (98) (5,599) - (320,147) (42,814) (362,961) Outgoings resources £ (130,851) (5,863) - (460) (1,000) (190) (42,710) (615) (21,186) (3,837) - (1,280) (207,992) (31,196) (239,188) |
Transfers £ - - - - 8,616 (15,009) - - - - - - (6,393) 6,393 - Transfers (3,149) - - - - - - 103 - 3,837 - - 791 (791) - |
At 31 March 2021 £ 3,858 2,573 277 98 - - 310 2,144 13,176 9,622 29,796 1,101 |
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| 62,953 125,848 |
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| 188,801 | |||||
| At 31 March 2020 £ - 4,137 277 98 - - 24,969 - 15,009 - 310 2,144 |
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| 46,943 45,839 |
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| 92,782 |
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TRUST HOUSE LANCASHIRE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021
The restricted funds represent amounts given to the Trust with restrictions as to their use. All the funds were expended during the period in accordance with those restrictions.
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The Ministry of Justice Lancashire fund is to support male and female survivors of rape and sexual abuse and includes non-recent childhood sexual abuse as well as recent.
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The Tesco funding is for therapy for Children and Young People.
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The Children in Need grant is to provide independent sexual violence work and family support.
9 Analysis of net assets between funds
| Obligations under operating leases As at 31 March 2021 payments under non-cancellable operating leases was: Amounts due within one year Amounts due between two and five years Prior year Restricted funds Unrestricted funds |
Fixed assets £ - 3,014 3,014 |
2021 15,000 37,500 52,500 Net current assets £ 46,943 42,825 89,768 |
2020 £ 15,000 52,500 Total £ 46,943 45,839 92,782 |
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| 67,500 |
10 Obligations under operating leases
11 Related party transactions
Other than the above there were no related party transactions in the year.
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None of the trustees received any remuneration or expenses during the year (2020: £nil).
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