**Charity number: 1175021**
# **SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ABUSE SUPPORT SERVICE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND MILTON KEYNES**
## **UNAUDITED**
**TRUSTEES' REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
## **SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ABUSE SUPPORT SERVICE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND MILTON KEYNES**
## **CONTENTS**
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|**Reference and administrative details of the Charity, its Trustees and advisers**|1|
|**Trustees' report**|2 - 10|
|**Independent examiner's report**|11 - 12|
|**Statement of financial activities**|13|
|**Balance sheet**|14|
|**Statement of cash flows**|15|
|**Notes to the financial statements**|16 - 33|
## **SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ABUSE SUPPORT SERVICE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND MILTON KEYNES**
## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS OF THE CHARITY, ITS TRUSTEES AND ADVISERS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
**Trustees** H. Cavill, Trustee A. Jenner, Trustee K. Leney, Trustee M. Pringle, Trustee (resigned 31 January 2024) J. Robson, Trustee L. Ward, Trustee M. Bello, Trustee
**Charity registered number** 1175021 **Principal office** C/o MHA Building A 150 - 170 Midsummer Boulevard Milton Keynes Buckinghamshire MK9 1FD
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## **SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ABUSE SUPPORT SERVICE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND MILTON KEYNES**
## **TRUSTEES' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
The Trustees present their annual report together with the financial statements of the Sexual Assault and Abuse Support Service Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes for the year 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024.
## **Objectives and activities**
## **a. Policies and objectives**
The object of SAASSBMK is to relieve the trauma and suffering caused to individuals and their loved ones by sexual violence or domestic abuse in any of its forms.
Our primary purpose is to provide support to women and girls, acknowledging the disproportionate impact of sexual violence on women and girls and that it is almost always perpetrated by men, even when the victimsurvivor is also male. However, our intersectionally feminist and empowering approach enables survivors of all genders to improve their wellbeing and live fulfilling lives. The aim is to deliver a wide range of support to meet individual need and choice. Support is provided to family members, partners and friends of survivors of sexual violence. We deliver holistic support to meet individual needs and the charity’s objects.
We take into account the many different ways each survivor experiences sexual violence and discrimination and are committed to anti-racism. This includes additional oppressions based on an individual’s sex, gender identity, age, marital status, disability, race, colour, ethnic or national origin or sexual orientation.
SAASSBMK is a woman-led charity and is committed to promoting female leadership both in the CEO and trustee board positions. We employ staff and volunteers of all genders but reserve the right to make certain roles women-only under the Equality Act 2010 pursuant to Schedule 9, Part 1 to facilitate access to women-only support and referral pathways where required.
SAASSBMK is aiming to raise awareness of consent and change the perceptions of sexual violence within our local area to bring an end to sexual assault and abuse. To achieve this, the charity participates in different partnerships and events and offers training and talks.
In setting objectives and planning for activities, the Trustees have given due consideration to general guidance published by the Charity Commission relating to public benefit, including the guidance 'Public benefit: running a charity (PB2)'.
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## **TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
## **Objectives and activities (continued)**
## **b. Main activities undertaken to further the Charity's purposes for the public benefit**
SAASSBMK has provided the following services for the public benefit in relation to these objects during the financial year 2023/24. The trustees confirm they have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit when delivering these services.
Over the year we supported a total of 1,233 individuals: 1,127 adults and 106 children and young people. 85% of the people we supported were female, 13% were male and 2% were transgender or non-binary.
The majority of our service users (69%) reside in Milton Keynes, 15% reside in Aylesbury Vale, 8% in High Wycombe, 3% in the Chilterns area and 3% in South Bucks. We also supported 2% of our service users outside of our area through our Thames Valley wide services. Most service users (68%) were referred by a third-party (either a professional or family or friend) and 32% referred themselves.
- Of all survivors we worked with in the past year;
- 56% reported experiencing Childhood Sexual Abuse
- 52% reported experiencing Rape or Sexual Assault
- 40% reported experiencing Domestic Abuse
- 6% reported experiencing Sexual Harassment or Stalking
- 29% reported having Suicidal Ideation
Please note that many of our service users report multiple experiences of sexual assault and abuse throughout their lifetime.
2% of our service users were supporters of survivors, including partners, family and friends.
## **Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG)**
SAASSBMK provides information, advice and guidance to all service users, as an introduction to the charity so survivors are aware of the range of support available to them. These sessions are delivered by a specialist trained member of staff.
We delivered 380 IAG sessions during the year with 376 unique service users. One service user said:
_“I just wanted to thank you for your time and to say how very good you are at your job. You are the first person I have spoken to who didn’t speak to me as though from their lofty position of superiority they could use their special skills to tell me why I am useless; instead, you talked about how I can manage the situation I am in to keep myself safe. And when you described my husband’s behaviour as coercive it made me feel less like it was my fault. I got the best night’s I have had in a long time.”_
## **Clinical Assessments**
Before commencing therapy for a survivor of sexual assault and abuse, a clinical assessment is essential to understand their psychological, emotional, and physical state. This assessment typically includes exploring the individual’s trauma history, current mental health symptoms, coping mechanisms, and social support systems. The goal is to tailor the therapeutic approach to their unique needs and ensure that the therapy proceeds in a safe, compassionate, and effective manner. Clinical assessments are delivered by qualified counsellors.
We delivered 488 assessments during the year with 484 unique service users. One service user said:
_“Thank you for having me today, for all your support, your kind words, it meant the world to me. I will try practicing what you taught me, hopefully I will let myself to feel joy again.”_
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## **SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ABUSE SUPPORT SERVICE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND MILTON KEYNES**
**TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
## **Objectives and activities (continued)**
## **Telephone Support**
191 unique individuals were supported through telephone support in the year. As there is a waiting list for faceto-face counselling, every survivor contacting us is offered telephone support until they are allocated a counsellor.
This year a total of 584 instances of telephone emotional support were delivered, an increase of 117% from the previous year. This service is delivered by 14 specially trained volunteers.
One service user said:
_“Just to say a massive thank you for your support over 2023, and for helping me reason out some big decisions and events. I recently signed up for a volunteer app called Be My Eyes to take video calls from blind people all around the world and help them with choices such as earrings matching a dress, or whether their cats are OK. I was inspired by you to sign up for it - even my husband has signed up to it now. I really appreciate you being there, and it was lovely getting to know you.“_
## **Stabilisation Intervention Programme (SIP)**
Our SIP programme is our psychoeducation programme that helps survivors to understand how trauma affects the brain and how to emotionally regulate, as well as understanding healthy relationships, learning coping and grounding skills and self-care.
Over the past year, SAASSBMK supported 86 individuals across 403 sessions of SIP. This service is delivered by qualified counsellors. One service user said:
_“The service should be more accessible as it’s got the ability to heal a lot of sexual assault survivors. There are things within this healing framework that are spot on. I think the way the information is provided is the most helpful I’ve ever received.”_
## **Adult Counselling (One-to-one)**
We deliver up to 24 sessions of one-to-one person-centred and trauma-informed talking therapy, either face to face, online or via telephone. This was delivered by 68 specially trained volunteer and qualified sessional counsellors.
This year, we delivered 4,720 sessions of counselling to 386 unique adult service users, an increase of 16% from the previous year. This represents a financial value of approximately £236,000.00. One service user said;
_"The Counsellor I had was so lovely, she was the perfect match for me in every way. I was definitely affected with some parts of my life in not a good way. I now believe in myself a lot more. I deserve to be happy too. I think part of me didn’t believe that at first. I would also put everyone else first. I've realised that I’m also important too and I need to put me first sometimes.”_
In November 2023, we launched a new project in partnership with MK-ACT Women’s Aid to deliver one-to-one counsellor to survivors of domestic abuse who have received MK-ACT’s Crisis Intervention Services. Between November 2023 and March 2024, we supported 23 unique service users.
## **Children and Young People Counselling (One-to-one)**
The Support After Abuse and Sexual Harm (SASH) project is a partnership project with SAFE! Together, we provide children, young people and families affected by sexual and domestic abuse in Buckinghamshire. As part of the partnership, SAASSBMK delivers up to 24 sessions of one-to-one person-centred and trauma-informed talking therapy face to face or online. As well as delivering this support from our premise in Aylesbury, we also
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## **SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ABUSE SUPPORT SERVICE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND MILTON KEYNES**
**TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
## **Objectives and activities (continued)**
deliver this support in schools and community spaces most appropriate for the young person.
During this year, SAASSBMK provided 348 counselling sessions to 56 children and young people. This support is delivered by qualified counsellors. One service user said:
_“I used to think that I needed to do whatever boys told me and that I didn’t have any say in it. I now understand that it is up to me what I want to do and whether I do it.”_
## **Peer Support Group (Thrive – women only)**
Thrive offers female survivors of sexual assault and abuse a friendly, trauma-sensitive weekly peer drop-in group space. This provides women with the opportunity to meet other survivors and offer a community-based approach to help them move forward. This group is facilitated by a qualified counsellor and activities include arts and crafts as well as external trips to fetes and animal assisted learning and therapy.
Throughout the year, we delivered 96 sessions to 40 unique service users. One service user said;
_“Thrive has given me a sense of community and the opportunity to explore parts of me that I didn’t have the confidence to look at before. I feel supported and understood by the group and that has helped me to find my voice and be heard and accepted. By having a safe and nonjudgemental space where I didn’t feel fear has been empowering.”_
## **Group Therapy (men only)**
We offer online group therapy for male survivors across the Thames Valley region (Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire). These groups provide a safe space where men can openly address their trauma without judgment. By participating in group sessions, men can explore complex emotions and feelings, enabling a sense of validation and empowerment.
The group is facilitated by two qualified counsellors. We delivered 6 sessions of group therapy to 4 unique service users. One service user said;
_“It was the first time I have openly chatted with other men that had been through similar experiences. I found it comforting to know that someone else understands my emotions and what I went through.”_
## **Independent Domestic and Sexual Violence Advisory (IDSVA)**
Our IDSVA service provides both emotional and practical support to survivors of rape, sexual assault and domestic abuse who have reported or are considering reporting their experiences to the police.
Over the past year, we have delivered 312 sessions of IDSVA support to 72 unique service users. IDSVA support is delivered by qualified IDVA and ISVAs. One service user said;
_"After experiencing years of a failing system and very complex police investigation, I was struggling to find light at the end of a very long tunnel until I was introduced to (worker) and she was just fabulous her compassion, knowledge and support has been invaluable in order to help me build & repair."_
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## **TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
## **Objectives and activities (continued)**
## **Advocacy**
SAASSBMK has provided 67 sessions general advocacy support around housing, financial, health, immigration and employment to 35 unique service users. Advocacy support is delivered by specially trained members of staff. One service user said;
_"When you are at your lowest there is nothing more important than being in safe hands and that’s exactly how I felt "_
## **Achievements and performance**
## **a. Main achievements of the Charity**
## **Standards and Governance**
SAASSBMK is a full member of the;
- Rape Crisis England and Wales Network (and holds the National Service Standards),
- The Survivors Trust (and holds the National Service Standards),
- Male Survivors Partnership,
- The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
The organisation has been successfully awarded with the above quality marks which secures quality of governance, management and service delivery.
We onboarded a new CEO, who successfully delivered an organisational restructure where we heard from service users, staff and volunteers. This resulted in the recruitment of 2 new management roles to strengthen our service provision. Initiatives were delivered to embed the new structure, including a focus and development on staff and volunteer wellbeing support offers.
An external finance consultant delivered an end-to-end financial review of SAASSBMK’s financial policies and procedures, providing recommendations which have been implemented. A subsequent governance review commenced in March 2024 with aims to review and ensure the governance of SAASSBMK is fit for purpose. This will conclude in financial year 24-25.
## **Service Growth**
In the past year, we have supported 13% more individuals than the previous year. We were supported to respond to this increase in demand for our services by the recruitment of 7 new members of staff and 36 new volunteers.
To support these new recruits, we delivered our robust specialist, internal training programme around sexual assault, domestic abuse, safeguarding, suicide prevention and equality, diversity and inclusion. We also provided additional training to those with specialist roles (for example, working with children and young people). One trainee said;
_“I have thoroughly enjoyed the SAASSBMK training. It has given me a deeper understanding of the challenges individuals face after, directly or indirectly, experiencing domestic violence and sexual abuse. It has also been extremely informative and having different trainers has also added to the variety and delivery of the training. Every trainer was extremely knowledgeable, approachable and you could really see their passion shining through as they spoke on their topics.”_
In February 2024, we launched the SAM Project following consultation with male service users. The SAM Project provides a specialist “front door” to SAASSBMK services which are specifically tailored to male survivors of
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## **TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
## **Achievements and performance (continued)**
sexual and domestic abuse. The aim of this project is to remove the barriers for men who need support.
## **Community and Partnerships**
SAASSBMK aims to raise awareness of consent and change the perceptions of sexual violence within our local area to bring an end to sexual assault and abuse. To achieve this, the charity participates in different partnerships and events and offers training and talks.
In the past year, we have supported the following strategic partnership boards:
- NHS BOB Mental Health Alliance Partnership
- Rape and Serious Sexual Offences Partnership Board with Thames Valley Police
- Buckinghamshire Council Domestic Abuse Board
- We have also supported other community and partnership initiatives, including:
- Ministry of Justice Policy Team – this team visited SAASSBMK to gain a better understanding of how a specialist sexual violence service operates and the key issues facing survivors
- High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire – we spoke at an event to raise awareness of the barriers facing survivors to achieve justice through the criminal justice system
- Milton Keynes White Ribbon Vigil – we spoke at this event to raise awareness and recognise women of Milton Keynes who have been impacted by sexual violence
- GSK Panel on Domestic Abuse and Sexual Assault – we spoke at this event to encourage GSK staff members to support survivors of sexual assault and domestic abuse in the workplace
- Enterprise of Women MK International Women’s Day – we provided an information stall at this event to raise awareness of our services
- International Women’s Day Festival – an all-female music festival was held in aid of SAASSBMK in collaboration with Speakeasy, Safe Gigs for Women and LOUD WOMEN. We provided an information stall and spoke at this event to raise awareness of our services
- University of Buckingham – we delivered specialist training to their student wellbeing team as well as consent and healthy relationship education to their students across the Buckingham and Crewe campuses
We also held regular appearances in the media to highlight issues related to sexual assault and abuse. This included coverage on radio and print on issues such as women’s safety, misogyny and issues impacting survivors of sexual violence. Thank you to Greatest Hits Radio Bucks, Beds and Herts, Red Kite Radio, MK Citizen and the Bucks Herald for your support.
## **Awards and Recognition**
In November 2023, we were awarded a second High Sheriffs Award for the provision of community services in Buckinghamshire. We were also informed that we had been selected by His Majesty The King, King Charles III, to be awarded with The King’s Award for Voluntary Service (KAVS) which is an equivalent to an MBE for voluntary groups, which we are incredibly proud of. We are due to receive the award crystal at a prestigious ceremony in May 2024.
In March 2024, our partnership project SASH which supports children and young people was shortlisted for a Thames Valley Criminal Justice Award.
These awards demonstrate our continued commitment to providing high quality services to survivors of sexual violence, our dedication to developing volunteer talent in our community and our openness to innovative partnership projects to collaboratively respond to the needs of survivors and our community.
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## **TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
## **Financial review**
## **a. Going concern**
After making appropriate enquiries, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. Further details regarding the adoption of the going concern basis can be found in the accounting policies.
## **b. Reserves policy**
Reserves are part of a charity’s unrestricted funds that is freely available to spend on any of the charity’s purposes. SAASSBMK maintains free unrestricted reserves:
- To provide a level of working capital that protects the continuity of our core work
- To provide a level of funding for unexpected opportunities
- To provide cover for risks such as unforeseen expenditure or unanticipated loss or delay of income e.g. maternity leave or discretionary sick pay for employees, a delay in receiving restricted funding or liabilities to HMRC
- To provide sufficient cash to pay contracted liabilities and redundancies in the event of winding up the charity
At least once a year, The Board of Trustees will review the above criteria with reference to SAASSBMK strategy and annual plan and determine the target level of free reserves to meet these. This target will be reviewed midyear, with solvency sheets being presented to the Board every quarter.
The Board of Trustees will at times designate funds from free reserves for significant project costs or replacement of major assets.
The use of unrestricted reserves during a particular year should be agreed by the trustees at the time the budget for the year is authorised. Any additional expenditure from unrestricted reserves during the year should be formally agreed by the trustees.
The Board of Trustees are responsible for ensuring the charity maintains sufficient levels of reserves and also does not hold too much in unrestricted reserves. If the unrestricted reserves are determined to be too high, plans should be put in place to utilise those reserves.
## **c. Financial review**
The charity has maintained its existing public funding sources while successfully bidding for funding from additional public bodies, with a total income of £721,183, a increase of 1.7% from the previous year. The charity has also participated in fundraising activity including a Big Give match fund campaign, International Women’s Day Fest, launching a new range of feminist merchandise, sales of products made by our peer support group at the Rape Crisis England and Wales annual conference as well as donations from corporate and business sponsors including LUSH and Girl Pack. The charity’s principal sources of funding for the financial year have been received from central and local government as well as trusts and foundations.
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## **SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ABUSE SUPPORT SERVICE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND MILTON KEYNES**
**TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
## **Structure, governance and management**
## **a. Constitution**
Sexual Assault and Abuse Support Service Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes is a registered charity, number 1175021, and is constituted under a Trust deed.
Sexual Assault and Abuse Support Service Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes (SAASSBMK) was adopted as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation on the 6th October 2017 and amended on the 18th July 2018. Merger between Aylesbury Vale Rape Crisis an unincorporated association took place on 1st April 2018 and the organisation was named Aylesbury Vale and Milton Keynes Sexual Assault and Abuse Support Service (AVMKSAASS). In September 2022, the charity renamed to Sexual Assault and Abuse Support Service Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes (SAASSBMK) to ensure that no survivor in Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes isn’t without access to the highest standard of support and formalises the charity’s previously informal approach to accept referrals from survivors across the county.
SAASSBMK currently has eight trustees that regularly meet every other month. When the organisation has need for new trustees, advertising is posted at appropriate places whereby interviews are held with the applicants. Trustees are then appointed. A trustee will receive training and complete an induction programme when appointed.
SAASSBMK is a member of Rape Crisis England and Wales and meets their National Service Standards. As such, the organisation is women-led, and all services are equitable and provided from a feminist perspective and are delivered in a safe environment with dedicated premises in Aylesbury and Milton Keynes. SAASSBMK is also a member of The Survivors Trust (and holds their National Service Standards), the Male Survivors Partnership and the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
## **b. Methods of appointment or election of Trustees**
The management of the Charity is the responsibility of the Trustees who are elected and co-opted under the terms of the Trust deed.
## **Plans for future periods**
A new business strategy was developed and launched in April 2024 for the period between April 2024 and March 2027. This strategy can be viewed on our website and the strategic priorities include:
- Consolidation of growth
- Sustainability
- Quality service delivery
- Partnership working
- Equality, diversity and inclusion
In March of each year, an annual business plan will be agreed by the Board of Trustees to confirm the CEO’s and wider organisation’s objectives for the next year, drawing from the overall 2024-2027 Business Strategy. This will provide all staff and volunteers with clarity over areas of focus, whilst maintaining flexibility to respond to ever changing circumstances and survivor needs.
The trustees for SAASSBMK would like to thank the organisations that have given their support throughout the year. We would like to thank all the supporters on Vale Lottery, Easyfundraising.org.uk and to all those who fundraised for enabling the charity to continue to support those affected by sexual assault and abuse.
We would like to thank our funders Ministry of Justice, Buckinghamshire Council, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley, The
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## **SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ABUSE SUPPORT SERVICE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND MILTON KEYNES**
**TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
## **Plans for future periods (continued)**
National Lottery, The Brook Trust, the Rothschild Foundation, the People’s Health Lottery and the Rectory Foundation for their continued support.
We would like to thank our funders Milton Keynes City Council, The Henry Smith Charity, The Anson Charitable Trust, Postcode Society Trust, Aylesbury Town Council and the Screwfix Foundation for choosing to support us this year and we look forward to continuing to work with you.
We would like to thank the extremely dedicated volunteers who make it possible for the organisation to continue its work of supporting survivors.
The trustees would also like to express their gratitude to MHA, Chartered Accountant for examining the charity’s accounts.
## **Statement of Trustees' responsibilities**
The Trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees' report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
The law applicable to charities in England & Wales requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Charity and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the Trustees are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- observe the methods and principles of the Charities SORP (FRS 102);
- make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards (FRS 102) have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Charity will continue in business.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the Charity's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the Trust deed. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Approved by order of the members of the board of Trustees and signed on their behalf by:
................................................ **H. Cavill** (Chair of Trustees)
Date: 20/01/2025
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## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
## **Independent examiner's report to the Trustees of Sexual Assault and Abuse Support Service Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes ('the Charity')**
I report to the charity Trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Charity for the year ended 31 March 2024.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the Trustees of the Charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act').
I report in respect of my examination of the Charity's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 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 2011 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.
Your attention is drawn to the fact that the Charity has prepared the accounts 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 (FRS 102) in preference to the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice issued on 1 April 2005 which is referred to in the extant regulations but has been withdrawn.
I understand that this has been done in order for the accounts to provide a true and fair view in accordance with the Generally Accepted Accounting Practice effective for reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2015.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Charity as required by section 130 of the 2011 Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
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 requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair' view which is not a matter considered as part of an 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.
This report is made solely to the Charity's Trustees, as a body, in accordance with Part 4 of the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. My work has been undertaken so that I might state to the Charity's Trustees those matters I am required to state to them in an Independent examiner's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, I do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the Charity and the Charity's Trustees as a body, for my work or for this report.
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## **SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ABUSE SUPPORT SERVICE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND MILTON KEYNES**
**INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
Signed: Dated: 20 January 2025
Elizabeth Newell BA (Hons) FCA
MHA Chartered Accountants Milton Keynes
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## **SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ABUSE SUPPORT SERVICE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND MILTON KEYNES**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
|**Note**
**Income from:**
Donations and legacies
3
Charitable activities
4
Investments
5
**Total income**
**Expenditure on:**
Direct costs
6,7
Other expenditure
8,9
**Total expenditure**
**Net movement in funds**
**Reconciliation of funds:**
Total funds brought forward
Net movement in funds
**Total funds carried forward**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**2024**
**£**
**609,058**
**-**
**-**
**609,058**
**163,528**
**360,788**
**524,316**
**84,742**
**206,220**
**84,742**
**290,962**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**2024**
**£**
**109,904**
**638**
**1,583**
**112,125**
**128**
**53,974**
**54,102**
**58,023**
**108,998**
**58,023**
**167,021**|**Total**
**funds**
**2024**
**£**
**718,962**
**638**
**1,583**
**721,183**
**163,656**
**414,762**
**578,418**
**142,765**
**315,218**
**142,765**
**457,983**|_Total_
_funds_
_2023_
_£_
_707,186_
_1,802_
_478_
_709,466_|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||_407,696_
_171,515_
_579,211_|
|||||_130,255_|
|||||_184,963_
_130,255_
_315,218_|
The Statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year.
The notes on pages 16 to 33 form part of these financial statements.
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## **BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MARCH 2024**
|**Note**
**Fixed assets**
Tangible assets
13
**Current assets**
Debtors
14
Cash at bank and in hand
Creditors: amounts falling due within one
year
15
**Net current assets**
**Total assets less current liabilities**
**Net assets excluding pension asset**
**Total net assets**
**Charity funds**
Restricted funds
17
Unrestricted funds
17
**Total funds**|**135,583**
**402,774**
**538,357**
**(81,206)**|**2024**
**£**
**832**
**832**
**457,151**
**457,983**
**457,983**
**457,983**
**290,962**
**167,021**
**457,983**|_60,215_
_307,052_
_367,267_
_(64,355)_|_2023_
_£_
_12,306_
_12,306_
_302,912_
_315,218_
_315,218_|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||_315,218_|
|||||_206,220_
_108,998_|
|||||_315,218_|
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Trustees and signed on their behalf by:
................................................
## **H. Cavill**
(Chair of Trustees)
## Date: 20/01/2025
The notes on pages 16 to 33 form part of these financial statements.
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## **SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ABUSE SUPPORT SERVICE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND MILTON KEYNES**
|**STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS**
**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**|||
|---|---|---|
|**Cash flows from operating activities**
Net cash used in operating activities
**Cash flows from investing activities**
Dividends, interests and rents from investments
Purchase of tangible fixed assets
Proceeds from sale of investments
**Net cash provided by investing activities**
**Change in cash and cash equivalents in the year**
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year
**Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year**|**2024**
**£**
**95,047**
**1,583**
**(908)**
**-**
**675**
**95,722**
**307,052**
**402,774**|_2023_
_£_
_107,636_
_478_
_(2,964)_
_40,000_
**37,514**
**145,150**
_161,902_
_307,052_|
The notes on pages 16 to 33 form part of these financial statements
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## **SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ABUSE SUPPORT SERVICE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND MILTON KEYNES**
**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
## **1. General information**
The Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales and is unincorporated. The address of the principal office is C/o MHA, Building A, 150 - 170 Midsummer Boulevard, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK9 1FD.
Figures in the financial statements and the notes have been rounded to the nearest whole number in GBP.
## **2. Accounting policies**
## **2.1 Basis of preparation of financial statements**
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) - 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) (effective 1 January 2019), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011.
The financial statements have been prepared to give a 'true and fair' view and have departed from the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 only to the extent required to provide a 'true and fair' view. This departure has involved following the Charities SORP (FRS 102) published in October 2019 rather than the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice effective from 1 April 2005 which has since been withdrawn.
Sexual Assault and Abuse Support Service Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes 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.
## **2.2 Income**
All income is recognised once the Charity has entitlement to the income, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount of income receivable can be measured reliably.
Income tax recoverable in relation to investment income is recognised at the time the investment income is receivable.
## **2.3 Expenditure**
Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to transfer economic benefit to a third party, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is classified by activity. The costs of each activity are made up of the total of direct costs and shared costs, including support costs involved in undertaking each activity. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs which contribute to more than one activity and support costs which are not attributable to a single activity are apportioned between those activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources. Central staff costs are allocated on the basis of time spent, and depreciation charges allocated on the portion of the asset’s use.
Expenditure on raising funds includes all expenditure incurred by the Charity to raise funds for its charitable purposes and includes costs of all fundraising activities events and non-charitable trading.
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**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
## **2. Accounting policies (continued)**
## **2.3 Expenditure (continued)**
Expenditure on charitable activities is incurred on directly undertaking the activities which further the Charity's objectives, as well as any associated support costs.
All expenditure is inclusive of irrecoverable VAT.
## **2.4 Tangible fixed assets and depreciation**
Tangible fixed assets costing £NIL or more are capitalised and recognised when future economic benefits are probable and the cost or value of the asset can be measured reliably.
Tangible fixed assets are initially recognised at cost. After recognition, under the cost model, tangible fixed assets are measured at cost less accumulated depreciation and any accumulated impairment losses. All costs incurred to bring a tangible fixed asset into its intended working condition should be included in the measurement of cost.
Depreciation is charged so as to allocate the cost of tangible fixed assets less their residual value over their estimated useful lives, .
Depreciation is provided on the following basis:
Office equipment - 20% straight line Computer equipment - 33% straight line
## **2.5 Debtors**
Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.
## **2.6 Cash at bank and in hand**
Cash at bank and in hand includes cash and short-term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.
## **2.7 Liabilities and provisions**
Liabilities are recognised when there is an obligation at the Balance sheet date as a result of a past event, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefit will be required in settlement, and the amount of the settlement can be estimated reliably.
Liabilities are recognised at the amount that the Charity anticipates it will pay to settle the debt or the amount it has received as advanced payments for the goods or services it must provide.
Provisions are measured at the best estimate of the amounts required to settle the obligation. Where the effect of the time value of money is material, the provision is based on the present value of those amounts, discounted at the pre-tax discount rate that reflects the risks specific to the liability. The unwinding of the discount is recognised in the Statement of financial activities as a finance cost.
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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
## **2. Accounting policies (continued)**
## **2.8 Financial instruments**
The Charity only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value with the exception of bank loans which are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
## **2.9 Fund accounting**
General funds are unrestricted funds which are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the Charity and which have not been designated for other purposes.
Restricted funds are funds which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors or which have been raised by the Charity for particular purposes. The costs of raising and administering such funds are charged against the specific fund. The aim and use of each restricted fund is set out in the notes to the financial statements.
Investment income, gains and losses are allocated to the appropriate fund.
## **3. Income from donations and legacies**
|Donations
Donations|**Restricted**
**funds**
**2024**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
609,058
109,904
_Restricted_
_funds_
_2023_
_Unrestricted_
_funds_
_2023_
_£_
_£_
_538,657_
_168,529_|**Total**
**funds**
**2024**
**£**
**718,962**|
|---|---|---|
|||_Total_
_funds_
_2023_
_£_
_707,186_|
## **4. Income from charitable activities**
||**Unrestricted**|**Total**|
|---|---|---|
||**funds**|**funds**|
||**2024**|**2024**|
||**£**|**£**|
|Fundraising|638|**638**|
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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
## **4. Income from charitable activities (continued)**
||_Unrestricted_|_Total_|
|---|---|---|
||_funds_|_funds_|
||_2023_|_2023_|
||_£_|_£_|
|Fundraising|_1,802_|_1,802_|
**5. Investment income**
|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**2024**
**£**
Interest receivable
1,583
_Unrestricted_
_funds_
_2023_
_£_
Interest receivable
_478_|**Total**
**funds**
**2024**
**£**
**1,583**|
|---|---|
||_Total_
_funds_
_2023_
_£_
_478_|
## **6. Expenditure on direct costs**
## **Direct costs**
||**Restricted**|**Unrestricted**|**Total**|
|---|---|---|---|
||**funds**|**funds**|**funds**|
||**2024**|**2024**|**2024**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|
|Direct costs|163,528|128|**163,656**|
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## **SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ABUSE SUPPORT SERVICE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND MILTON KEYNES**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
## **6. Expenditure on direct costs (continued)**
## **Direct costs (continued)**
||_Restricted_|_Unrestricted_|_Total_|
|---|---|---|---|
||_funds_|_funds_|_funds_|
||_2023_|_2023_|_2023_|
||_£_|_£_|_£_|
|Direct costs|_371,272_|_36,424_|_407,696_|
## **7. Analysis of direct costs**
|Assessments
DBS
Interpretation services
Paid counselling
SASH Bucks
SIP
Staff supervision
Training
Thrive2gether materials
Volunteer supervision|**Restricted**
**funds**
**2024**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
5,480
-
413
106
300
-
45,102
22
69,689
-
7,128
-
4,260
-
5,633
-
1,563
-
23,960
-
163,528
128|**Total**
**funds**
**2024**
**£**
**5,480**
**519**
**300**
**45,124**
**69,689**
**7,128**
**4,260**
**5,633**
**1,563**
**23,960**
**163,656**|
|---|---|---|
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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
|Direct staff costs
Volunteer & supervision
Direct room hire
Other charitable activities (Inc SASH, Stabilisation
Intervention Programme, Paid Counselling, etc|_Restricted_
_funds_
_2023_
_£_
_196,118_
_11,994_
_492_
_162,668_
_371,272_|_Unrestricted_
_funds_
_2023_
_£_
_21,642_
_14,535_
_-_
_247_
_36,424_|_Total_
_funds_
_2023_
_£_
_217,760_
_26,529_
_492_
_162,915_
_407,696_|
|---|---|---|---|
## **8. Analysis of other expenditure**
## **Other expenditure**
|Other expenditure
Other expenditure|**Restricted**
**funds**
**2024**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
360,788
53,974
_Restricted_
_funds_
_2023_
_Unrestricted_
_funds_
_2023_
_£_
_£_
_101,350_
_70,165_|**Total**
**2024**
**£**
**414,762**|
|---|---|---|
|||_Total_
_2023_
_£_
_171,515_|
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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
## **9. Analysis of other expenditure**
|Accountancy fees
Bank fees
Consulting
Depreciation
Employee wellbeing
Insurance
Interest payable
IT software and consumables
IT support
Loss on disposal of fixed assets
Office sundries
Marketing
Professional fees
Recruitment
Rent, light, heat and power
Repairs and maintenance
Room hire
Staff costs
Subscriptions
Systems development
Telephone and internet
Training and events
Travel|**Restricted**
**funds**
**2024**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
8,462
-
9
-
19,553
401
76
-
858
-
1,986
373
-
2,987
1,225
48
3,029
-
-
12,306
2,767
173
2,813
-
9,065
-
5,760
-
48,137
528
1,954
-
410
-
227,850
36,725
3,885
-
2,669
1,204
5,076
177
3,144
(331)
12,060
(617)
360,788
53,974|**Total**
**funds**
**2024**
**£**
**8,462**
**9**
**19,954**
**76**
**858**
**2,359**
**2,987**
**1,273**
**3,029**
**12,306**
**2,940**
**2,813**
**9,065**
**5,760**
**48,665**
**1,954**
**410**
**264,575**
**3,885**
**3,873**
**5,253**
**2,813**
**11,443**
**414,762**|
|---|---|---|
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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
|Bank loan and overdraft interest payable
Employee costs
Motor and travel costs
Premises costs
Amortisation, depreciation, impairment, profit/loss on
disposal of fixed assets
General administrative costs
Legal and professional costs|_Restricted_
_funds_
_2023_
_£_
_-_
_34,020_
_8,360_
_38,382_
_-_
_6,245_
_8,806_
_95,813_|_Unrestricted_
_funds_
_2023_
_£_
_6_
_35,419_
_649_
_979_
_5,537_
_16,151_
_16,961_
_75,702_|_Total_
_funds_
_2023_
_£_
_6_
_69,439_
_9,009_
_39,361_
_5,537_
_22,396_
_25,767_
_171,515_|
|---|---|---|---|
## **10. Analysis of expenditure by activities**
|Other expenditure
Other expenditure|**Activities**
**undertaken**
**directly**
**2024**
**£**
414,762
_Activities_
_undertaken_
_directly_
_2023_
_£_
_171,515_|**Total**
**funds**
**2024**
**£**
**414,762**|
|---|---|---|
|||_Total_
_funds_
_2023_
_£_
_171,515_|
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## **SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ABUSE SUPPORT SERVICE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND MILTON KEYNES**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
## **11. Independent examiner's remuneration**
||**2024**|_2023_|
|---|---|---|
||**£**|_£_|
|Fees payable to the Charity's independent examiner for the independent|||
|examination of the Charity's annual accounts|**5,750**|_3,084_|
## **12. Trustees' remuneration and expenses**
During the year, no Trustees received any remuneration or other benefits _(2023 - £NIL)_ .
During the year ended 31 March 2024, no Trustee expenses have been incurred _(2023 - £NIL)_ .
## **13. Tangible fixed assets**
|**Cost**
At 1 April 2023
Additions
Disposals
At 31 March 2024
**Depreciation**
At 1 April 2023
Charge for the year
On disposals
At 31 March 2024
**Net book value**
At 31 March 2024
_At 31 March 2023_|**Office**
**equipment**
**£**
**20,223**
**-**
**(20,223)**
**-**
**9,589**
**-**
**(9,589)**
**-**
**-**
_10,634_|**Computer**
**equipment**
**£**
**8,282**
**908**
**(8,282)**
**908**
**6,610**
**76**
**(6,610)**
**76**
**832**
_1,672_|**Total**
**£**
**28,505**
**908**
**(28,505)**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**908**|
||||**16,199**
**76**
**(16,199)**|
||||**76**|
||||**832**|
||||_12,306_|
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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
## **14. Debtors**
|**Due within one year**
Trade debtors
Prepayments and accrued income
**Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year**
Trade creditors
Other taxation and social security
Pension fund loan payable
Accruals and deferred income|**2024**
**£**
**129,349**
**6,234**
**135,583**
**2024**
**£**
**3,945**
**66,729**
**1,752**
**8,780**
**81,206**|_2023_
_£_
_10,825_
_49,390_|
|---|---|---|
|||_60,215_|
|||_2023_
_£_
_5,675_
_5,601_
_2,913_
_50,166_|
|||_64,355_|
## **15. Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year**
## **16. Financial instruments**
||**2024**|_2023_|
|---|---|---|
||**£**|_£_|
|**Financial assets**|||
|Financial assets measured at fair value through income and expenditure|**402,774**|_307,052_|
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## **SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ABUSE SUPPORT SERVICE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND MILTON KEYNES**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
## **17. Statement of funds**
## **Statement of funds - current year**
|**Statement of funds - current year**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Balance at 1**|**Income**|**Expenditure**|**Balance**|**at**|
||**April 2023**|**£**|**£**|**31 March**||
||**£**|||**2024**||
||||||**£**|
|**Unrestricted funds**||||||
|General Funds - all funds|**108,998**|**112,125**|**(54,102)**|**167,021**||
|**Restricted funds**||||||
|Buckinghamshire Council -New Burdens||||||
|Funding Scheme|**124,715**|**80,105**|**(90,828)**|**113,992**||
|Support After Sexual Harm (Milton Keynes)|**31,370**|**-**|**-**|**31,370**||
|Buckinghamshire Council - New Burdens Funding
Scheme (Support After Sexual Harm)|**15,400**|**206,527**|**(125,350)**|**96,577**||
|ROSA|**25,000**|**-**|**(25,000)**|**-**||
|Office of Police & Crime Commissioner|**81**|**74,812**|**(67,796)**|**7,097**||
|Heart of Bucks|**2,000**|**-**|**(2,000)**|**-**||
|YIS|**4,925**|**-**|**(1,850)**|**3,075**||
|People Health Lottery|**2,038**|**9,603**|**(11,641)**|**-**||
|All other restricted funds|**691**|**-**|**-**|**691**||
|Aylesbury Town Council|**-**|**2,300**|**-**|**2,300**||
|The Big Give Trust Ltd|**-**|**2,536**|**(2,536)**|**-**||
|Milton Keynes Council|**-**|**26,030**|**(16,708)**|**9,322**||
|Rape Crisis England and Wales|**-**|**500**|**(500)**|**-**||
|(TNL) COL Fund|**-**|**43,760**|**(43,760)**|**-**||
|The Rectory Foundation|**-**|**5,000**|**(5,000)**|**-**||
|Fairhive|**-**|**10,000**|**(10,000)**|**-**||
|Brook Trust|**-**|**26,000**|**(26,000)**|**-**||
|Rothschild Foundation|**-**|**10,000**|**(10,000)**|**-**||
|The Screwfix Foundation|**-**|**5,000**|**-**|**5,000**||
|CNWL NHS SIP MK|**-**|**19,892**|**(19,892)**|**-**||
|National Lottery|**-**|**70,000**|**(65,455)**|**4,545**||
|(MKCF) Milton Keynes Community Foundation|**-**|**2,618**|**-**|**2,618**||
|Buckinghamshire Council Community Safety Fund|**-**|**14,375**|**-**|**14,375**||
|**Total Restricted funds**|**206,220**|**609,058**|**(524,316)**|**290,962**||
|**Total of funds**|**315,218**|**721,183**|**(578,418)**|**457,983**||
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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
## **17. Statement of funds (continued)**
## **Restricted Funds**
## **Buckinghamshire Council - New Burdens Funding Scheme**
The purpose of the fund is to support Independent Domestic and Sexual Violence Advisor and Outreach to male victims and members of the LGBT+ community. £124,715 was brought forward, £80,105 received and £90,828 was spent during the year.
## **Buckinghamshire Council - New Burdens Funding Scheme (Support after Abuse and Sexual Harm)**
The fund is being used to provide support for Children and Young Adults (in partnership with SAFE!). £15,400 was brought forward, £206,527 received and £125,350 was spent during the year.
## **Fairhive**
The fund is being used to provide support office space and rental fees in Buckinghamshire. £nil was brought forward, £10,000 was received and £10,000 was spent during the year.
## **The National Lottery Community Fund**
The fund is being used to provide therapeutic support for adults. £nil was brought forward, £70,000 was received and £65,455 was spent during the year.
## **Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust**
The fund is being used to provide stabilisation Intervention Programme for adults in Milton Keynes. £nil was brought forward, £19,892 received and £19,892 was spent during the year.
## **People Health Lottery**
The fund is being used to provide drop-in group support for female survivors in Milton Keynes. £2,038 was brought forward, £9,603 received and £11,641 was spent during the year.
## **Office of Police and Crime Commissioner**
The fund is being used to provide Therapeutic and Independent Sexual Violence Advisor support for adults in Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes and male-only group therapy across the Thames Valley region. £81 was brought forward, £74,812 received and £67,796 was spent during the year.
## **Milton Keynes Council**
The fund is being used to provide therapeutic support for survivors of domestic abuse exiting MK-ACT's Crisis Intervention Service. £nil was brought forward, £26,030 received and £16,708 was spent during the year.
## **Heart of Bucks**
The fund is being used to provide Stabilisation Intervention Programme for adults in Buckinghamshire. £2,000 was brought forward, £nil received and £2,000 was spent during the year.
## **Rape Crisis England and Wales**
The fund is being used to provide bursary to attend Rape Crisis England and Wales annual conference. £nil was brought forward, £500 received and £500 was spent during the year.
## **Rectory Foundation**
The fund is being used to provide external clinical supervision for volunteer counsellors. £nil was brought forward, £5,000 received and £5,000 was spent during the year.
## **The National Lottery Cost of Living Fund**
The fund is being used to support with increased overhead costs. £nil was brought forward, £43,760 received and £43,760 was spent during the year.
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**NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
## **17. Statement of funds (continued)**
## **ROSA Stand With Us Fund**
The fund is being used to support with Finance Administrator costs. £25,000 was brought forward, £nil received and £25,000 was spent during the year.
## **YIS**
The fund is being used to provide therapeutic support for young people in Milton Keynes. £4,925 was brought forward, £nil received and £1,850 was spent during the year.
## **Aylesbury Town Council**
The fund is being used to provide office space and rental fees in Buckinghamshire. £nil was brought forward, £2,300 received and £nil was spent during the year.
## **The Big Give Trust Ltd**
The fund is being used to provide therapeutic support for adults. £nil was brought forward, £2,536 received and £2,536 was spent during the year.
## **The Brook Trust**
The fund is being used to support with CEO salary costs. £nil was brought forward, £26,000 received and £26,000 was spent during the year.
## **Buckinghamshire Council Community Safety Fund**
The fund is being used to provide office space and rental fees in Buckinghamshire. £nil was brought forward, £14,375 received and £nil was spent during the year.
## **Rothschild Foundation**
The fund is being used to support with core costs in Buckinghamshire. £nil was brought forward, £10,000 received and £10,000 was spent during the year.
## **The Screwfix Foundation**
The fund is being used to provide office space in Buckinghamshire. £nil was brought forward, £5,000 received and £nil was spent during the year.
## **Statement of funds - prior year**
|**Unrestricted funds**
**Designated funds**
Lloyds Bank Foundation
**General funds**
General Funds
**Total Unrestricted funds**|_Balance at_
_1 April 2022_
_£_
_-_
_55,059_
_55,059_|_Income_
_£_
_52,250_
_118,559_
_170,809_|_Expenditure_
_£_
_-_
_(112,126)_
_(112,126)_|_Transfers_
_in/out_
_£_
_(52,250)_
_47,506_
_(4,744)_|_Balance at_
_31 March_
_2023_
_£_
_-_|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||_108,998_|
||||||_108,998_|
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## **SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ABUSE SUPPORT SERVICE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND MILTON KEYNES**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
## **17. Statement of funds (continued)**
|**Restricted funds**
Buckinghamshire Council -New
Burdens Funding Scheme
Support After Sexual Harm
(Milton Keynes)
Buckinghamshire Council -
New Burdens Funding Scheme
(Support After Sexual Harm)
ROSA
Milton Keynes Community
Foundation
Office of Police & Crime
Commissioner
All other restricted funds
**Total of funds**|_44,921_
_64,735_
_-_
_-_
_8,125_
_12,123_
_-_
_129,904_
_184,963_|_107,073_
_-_
_145,076_
_25,000_
_-_
_68,122_
_193,386_
_538,657_
_709,466_|_(27,279)_
_(33,365)_
_(129,676)_
_-_
_(8,125)_
_(80,164)_
_(188,476)_
_(467,085)_
_(579,211)_|_-_
_-_
_-_
_-_
_-_
_-_
_4,744_
_4,744_
_-_|_124,715_
_31,370_
_15,400_
_25,000_
_-_
_81_
_9,654_
_206,220_
_315,218_|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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## **SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ABUSE SUPPORT SERVICE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND MILTON KEYNES**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
## **18. Summary of funds**
## **Summary of funds - current year**
|General funds
Restricted funds
**Summary of funds - prior year**
Designated funds
General funds
Restricted funds|
_Balance at_
_1 April 2022_
_£_
_-_
_55,059_
_129,904_
_184,963_|**Balance at 1**
**April 2023**
**£**
**108,998**
**206,220**
**315,218**
_Income_
_£_
_52,250_
_118,559_
_538,657_
_709,466_|**Income**
**£**
**112,125**
**609,058**
**721,183**
_Expenditure_
_£_
_-_
_(112,126)_
_(467,085)_
_(579,211)_|**Expenditure**
**£**
**(54,102)**
**(524,316)**
**(578,418)**
_Transfers_
_in/out_
_£_
_(52,250)_
_47,506_
_4,744_
_-_|**Balance at**
**31 March**
**2024**
**£**
**167,021**
**290,962**
**457,983**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||_Balance at_
_31 March_
_2023_
_£_
_-_
_108,998_
_206,220_
_315,218_|
## **19. Analysis of net assets between funds**
## **Analysis of net assets between funds - current period**
|Tangible fixed assets
Current assets
Creditors due within one year
**Total**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**2024**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
-
832
290,962
247,395
-
(81,206)
290,962
167,021|**Total**
**funds**
**2024**
**£**
**832**
**538,357**
**(81,206)**
**457,983**|
|---|---|---|
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## **SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ABUSE SUPPORT SERVICE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND MILTON KEYNES**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
## **19. Analysis of net assets between funds (continued) Analysis of net assets between funds - prior period**
|_Restricted_
_funds_
_2023_
_Unrestricted_
_funds_
_2023_
_£_
_£_
Tangible fixed assets
_-_
_12,306_
Current assets
_206,220_
_161,047_
Creditors due within one year
_-_
_(64,355)_
**Total**
_206,220_
_108,998_
**20.**
**Reconciliation of net movement in funds to net cash flow from operating activities**
**2024**
**£**
Net income for the period (as per Statement of Financial Activities)
**142,765**
**Adjustments for:**
Depreciation charges
**76**
Dividends, interests and rents from investments
**(1,583)**
Loss on the sale of fixed assets
**12,306**
Decrease/(increase) in debtors
**(75,369)**
Increase/(decrease) in creditors
**16,852**
**Net cash provided by operating activities**
**95,047**
**21.**
**Analysis of cash and cash equivalents**
**2024**
**£**
Cash in hand
**402,774**|_Total_
_funds_
_2023_
_£_
_12,306_
_367,267_
_(64,355)_
_315,218_
_2023_
_£_
_130,255_
_5,537_
_(478)_
_-_
_1,076_
_(28,754)_
_107,636_
_2023_
_£_
_307,052_|
|---|---|
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## **SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ABUSE SUPPORT SERVICE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AND MILTON KEYNES**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
## **22. Analysis of changes in net debt**
|Cash at bank and in hand
Debt due within 1 year|**At 1 April**
**2023**
**£**
**307,052**
**(2,913)**
**304,139**|**Cash flows**
**At 31 March**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**95,722**
**402,774**
**1,161**
**(1,752)**
**96,883**
**401,022**|
|---|---|---|
## **23. Operating lease commitments**
At 31 March 2024 the Charity had commitments to make future minimum lease payments under noncancellable operating leases as follows:
|Not later than 1 year
Later than 1 year and not later than 5 years
Later than 5 years|**2024**
**£**
**23,333**
**98,000**
**3,667**
**125,000**|_2023_
_£_
_24,720_
_1,500_
_-_|
|---|---|---|
|||_26,220_|
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