## Annual Report Operation Emotion Board of Trustees 2021 Operation Emotion Registered Number 1177098. Registered office Pitt Farm, Albaston Gunnislake Cornwall PL18 9AD Telephone 07837 321514 07539 810096 www.operationemotion.com e-mail: opem@pm.me The Operation Emotion Board of Trustees Our trustees are drawn from a variety of professional backgrounds and are skilled individuals, with a wide range of experiences, who are keen to promote an open healthy debate in society about the consequences of sexual abuse. Organisational structure management and recruitment of trustees Operation Emotion is a Plymouth based charitable Incorporated Organisation {CIO) that provides support to men who have been sexually abused across Devon and Cornwall. As a trauma led service Operation Emotion specialises in therapeutic group work offering a range of self-help initiatives and educational programmes that enable men to engage in a process of recovery. Operation Emotion never asks _what is wrong with someone_ but instead _what happened to them._ The CIO helps men to come to terms with their own experiences and play an active role in helping other men who have been similarly affected by sexual abuse. We also work with other agencies to promote best practice leading to an improvement in services. Governance As a user led service the Board of Trustees is made up of survivors of sexual abuse. All trustees are recruited from the membership of the programme and will have experienced first-hand the services that Operation Emotion offers and actively manage and develop the programme of work going forward. The Board of Trustees are Peter Fry, Jude Butcher, Anthony Loheac, Mark Warner and Martin Stear with the chair Dr Jon Tilbury a general practitioner. Activities and objectives in the year the board’s objectives are to promote three areas of project development through **Education, Prevention and Campaigning** . They also manage all the organisation’s services for men who have been sexually abused. We operate three peer led support groups that meet weekly and a rolling programme of education entitled ‘Education Recovery’ that focuses on helping men to recover from trauma. We also campaign for a more informed understanding about sexual abuse using film to produce educational short films, myth busting material and feature length dramas. Operation Emotion’s services 1-1 work: We see approximately 50 men in face to face sessions per year with a variety of on-going contact and support for those suffering thoughts of suicide or a general lack of support from other services. Many of the men that we see have either been offered lengthy waiting list appointments or refused help due to their complex needs. These are generally men living alone and in isolation suffering from the traumagenic consequences of sexual abuse. Group work: We provide weekly peer led support sessions per year for 120+ men with a mean average 120 sessions per month for around 50 men. This group work offers a sustained reduction in isolation, powerlessness, shame and guilt and an improvement in self-confidence and overall improvements in maintaining relationships with friends and family. Educational film projects: This involves various educational shorts, phone app development films and feature length dramas involving 35+ men per year. We also provide around 6 survivors stories per year as a ‘finishing school’ approach to our work, where shame and guilt are severed and men no longer wish to hide this as a secret. These films are used as training tools with our work with other organisations, like the voluntary sector and large religious organisations. We also offer basic instruction in camera, sound and lighting to around 6-8 men per year and operate one off film projects to educate and inform society and promote open discussion forums about sexual abuse. Advocacy: This involves help with housing and benefit related issues, CICA claims judicial reviews and in person representation with adult psychiatric services. It involves help with correspondence, letters of support, the formulation of Curriculum Vitae and job applications, as well as attendance at public protection units for video statements as a part of on-going Police investigations. Work in general practice Operation Emotion works in GP practices providing a clinic based referral system for locality groups of medical practices in Plymouth and Torbay as well as a weekly support group. Educational programmes: Operation Emotion provides 5 Education Recovery programmes for 40 men per year with extremely high rates of success. The programme is routinely delivered over 10 sessions delivered through convenient learning blocks covering: - **Victims and perpetrators** – facts, figures and common myths **The process of sexual abuse** – how perpetrators operate and the creation of trauma **The legacy of abuse** – a trauma approach focusing on guilt, shame and the traumagenic factors Isolation, powerlessness, trust/betrayal and identity – how these operate in our lives now. **Secrecy** – why children and adults don’t tell – the ‘prison’ of masculine stereotypes **Emotions** – men’s limitations of expression, the causes, and a way out of the resort to anger **Tools** – the locus of control and assertiveness and individual rights Achievements, performance and public benefit Operation Emotion was successfully awarded the Lime Culture Male Quality Standards in 2021 in recognition of its high quality service to male survivors of sexual abuse. The charity enjoys a high level of user satisfaction and has a track record of working with men to help them deal with the consequences of trauma brought about by sexual abuse. Over the last ten years Operation Emotion has provided a service to over 600 men. The charity now sees 100 men each year. It is a member of The Survivors Trust, The Male Survivors Partnership, The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioners Victim Care Network and local referral pathways working with men who have been sexually abused. Operation Emotion regularly receives referrals from Police, Probation, Social Prescribers, A&E, Devon Mind, GPs, Livewell, first responders and a range of voluntary organisations. Impact of Operation Emotion’s services Taking the very latest sample between mid-October and mid-November 2021 from a cohort of 29 male users of Operation Emotion’s services, from both a single Education Recovery programme involving 8 men and our weekly face to face support group involving 21 men we found that: 96% Felt less isolated 100% Felt less powerlessness 100% experienced a significant reduction in shame and guilt 100% an improvement in self esteem 93% Greater awareness self and future about the effects of sexual abuse 100% feel more comfortable around others 96% Improvements in trust in the groups at Operation Emotion 93% an improvement in relationships with family and friends 82% could apply theory to practice in everyday life from what they had learned Debts and reserves The Operation Emotion Board of Trustees regularly reviews and sets objectives for the coming financial year based upon its agreements with funding bodies. Its finances are annually independently inspected by a local firm of chartered accountants. Operation Emotion has no debts and holds a small reserve that is used explicitly as a financial cushion between core funding applications in line with its charitable objectives. There are no funds held by a custodian trustee. Grants and financial support during 2021 During 2021 Operation Emotion received support from The Office of the Police and Crime Commission, The Ministry of Justice Rape support fund, The National Lottery Awards for All programme and Mercedes Benz Southwest. Dr. Jon Tilbury Chair of the Operation Emotion Board of Trustees Operation Emotion Annual Report 2021 REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: CE013235 (Ellgland and Wales) REcisfERCD CHARITY NUMBER: J 177098 Report of the Tru$¢¢es And rinanclal Slaternents for the Year Ended 31 M*r¢b 2021 for OperAtlon Emotlon CIO Sheppard5 A¢eountants Limited 22 The Squar¢ The Miiifields Plymouth Devon PLI 3JX Operation Emotion CIO Contents ol the Financial Ststernents lor the Year Ended 31 March 2021 Page R¢port of the Trnstees Independent Examlnees Report Statement of ￿n8￿claI A¢tlvltles Bglante Sheet Note5 to tht fin4n¢i*l Statements 5 to 8 Delall¢d Stattment of Flnancial Activities Op¢r4tiotr Emotion CIO Report of the Trn5tefS for tbe Year Ended 31 Marelt 2021 The trustees who are a150 directors of the dwity for the purEN)w of the Companies Act 2006. present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2021. The trustees have adopted thc provisions of Aecounting and Reporting by Charities.. Ststement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with th¢ Financial RetM)rting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective l January 2019). STRucfuRE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Governing docurnent The charity is controlled by its governing do¢umenL a deed of Inisl and ¢onstitutes a limited company. limited by guarantee. as defined by the Companies Act 2006. REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Company number CE013235 (EnWand and Wales) Rtoistered Charl*y number 1177098 Reglstered offlce 46 Corporaiion Road Plymouth Devon PL2 3NT Truslees Dr J G Tilbury J P J Butcher M R Stear M Warner PFry A Loheac CompAny Secretary Independent Exarniner Sheppards Accountsnis Limited 22 The Square The Millfields Plymouth Devon PLI 3JX Approved by order of the board of tru5t¢e5 oll .: riity 2011 . $i￿ed on its behalf by: DrJ Tilbury- Trustee Independent Examiner's Report to the Trttstees of Opergtion Emotion CIO Ind¢pend¢nt examiner's report to the tr￿st¢¥ of Op¢ratioll Emotion CIO ('the Cojnpany,) I report to the charity tr￿ee$ ort my examination of the ac¢ovnts of th¢ Company for the y¢ar ended 31 March 2021. Responsibilitiu and basis of report As the charhty's tn￿teeS of the Cornpany (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of th¢ ar¢ounts in accordance with th¢ requirements of the Compani¢s Act 2006 ('th¢ 2006 Act,). Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not requÈred to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination. I rewrt in respect of my exarnination of your chariws YI￿Ounts as Ca￿led out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 Cthe 2011 Acv). In carrying out my ¢xamination I have followed the Dlre¢tions giv¢n by the Charity Commi&sion utth section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 ACL IDd¢pendent examiner's ststernent I have complet¢d my examination. I confinn that no have come to my 4ti¢ntion in connection with the examination giving me eause io believe: a¢¢ounling re¢ords were not kept in r¢5pect of Comp8ny as required by se¢¢ion 386 of the 2CK)6 Act. or the accounts do not a¢¢ord with ihose records" or the accounts do not ¢omply with the accountin8 requirem¢nts of ￿tiOn 396 of fhe 2006 Act other than ODY requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter ¢onsidered a5 part of an independent examination. or the accounts have not been pr¢pgred in ac¢ordance with the methods and principles of the Ststemcnt of Re¢ommend¢d Pra¢li¢e for accounting and reporting by ¢hariti¢$ (applicable to chari¢ies preparing their a￿o￿nts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)). I have no concerns and have Come across no other matters in conne¢iion with the examination to whi¢h attention should be drawn in this report in order lo ¢nable a proper under5¢andin8 of the a¢ctyJnts to be reached. Ian Sheppard sh¢p￿rds Accountsnts Limited 22 The Square The Millfields Plymouth Devon PLI 3JX D&te'. Operation Emotion CIO Statement of Financial Activities for tbe Yexr Ended 31 Mareh 2021 2021 Unrestrictrd fwid 2020 TotAI funds Not¢s INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM Donations and legaci&s 70.404 43,347 FXPENDITURE ON Raising fvnds 52,469 77.022 Other 3.139 1.252 Total 55,608 78.274 NET INCOMEI(EXPENDITURE) 14,796 (34.927) RECONCILIATKON OF FUNDS Total funds brought fonvard 24.073 59.0(Xl TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 38.869 24.073 Operation Emotion CIO Balance Sheet 31 Mxrth 2021 2021 Un￿striCted nd 2020 Total fund5 Not¢s FIXED ASSETS Tangible &ssets 10.687 12,984 CURRENf A&SETS Cash at bank 29,382 12.289 CREDITORS Amounts falling due within one year (1,200) (1,2(M)) NET CURRENT A&SETS 28.182 11,089 T(yfAL ASSE13 LESS CURRE LIABILITIES 38.869 24,073 NET ASSETS 38.869 24,073 Fuf4DS Unrestricted fijnds 38.869 24.073 TOTAL FUNDS 38.869 24.073 The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies A¢t 2006 for the year ended 31 Mar¢h 2W21. The members hav¢ not required the company lo obtsin an audit of 11$ financial statements for th¢ yegr ended 31 March 2021 in accordance with Section 476 of th¢ Companies Act 2(M)6. Th¢ trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for (a) ensuring thal th¢ ¢haritabl¢ company keeps accountin8 records that compty with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and pr¢parin8 fjnancial statements which give a Irue und fair view of the state of affairs of the charilable company as at the end of ea¢h finan¢ial year and of its surplus or deficit for each financial year in a¢Cordw￿e with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and wbi¢h othenyise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statemenw so frdr as appli¢abl¢ to the charitable company. (b) These financial stat¢￿ents have been prepared in accordartce with the provision$ 8ppli¢able to charitable companies Subje￿ io the small companies regime. nancial statements We￿ approved by the BoArd of Th￿tee5 and authorised for issue and were signed on its behdf by.. ilbury- Trustee Operation Emotion CIO Notes to the Finaneial StsterneDts ror the Year Ended 31 Marth 2021 ACCOUNTING POLICIES Basis of preparing the financial statemeDts The financial statcments of th¢ charitable company, which is a publtc benefit eT]tity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Chariti¢5 SORP (FRS I02}.Ac￿llttling and Reporting by Chariti¢S.' Stht¢ment of Recommended Prdettce applicable to charitie5 Preparing their accounts in accordan￿ with the Financial Reporting Standard appli￿ble in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective l January 2019),, Financial Rewfling Standard 102 'The FiEwicial Reporting Standard applicable in th¢ UK and Republic of Ireland, and the Companies A¢t 2(KJ6. The financial 5tatrm¢nts have been prepared under ihe historical r05t Convention. Income All income is re¢ogDised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the ¢harity has enlitlem¢nt to the funds, il is probable that the incom¢ will b¢ received and the amowbt w be measured reliably. Expenditure Liabilities are rccognised a5 expertdiiure &s soon as there 1$ a 1¢801 or constwetive obligation commitsing the charity to that expenditur4 it 15 probable that a transfer of economi¢ benefits will b¢ r¢quired in settl¢rnent and the amount of th¢ obligaiion ¢an be measured reliably. Expendiwre is accounted for on an ac¢ruals basis and has been ¢lassified under headings that aggr¢goie all cost related to th¢ category. Where costs cannoi b¢ dir¢ctly attribut￿ to particular headings they have been allocated to activiti¢$ on a basi5 ¢onsistent with the use of resources. Tanglble fixed *ssets gnd depreciation Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to writ¢ off each ass¢t over its estimated usefvl lif¢. Plani and ma¢hin¢ry 33.3% StTaight Line Tax4tloA The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its ¢hariMble activities. Fund accounting Unrestricted fiujds be used in accordance with the thoritrble objectives at the discretion of the trusl¢e5, Restricted ￿ndS can Only be used for particular restricted purpos¢$ within the objects of the charity. Restrictions is¢ when specified by th¢ donor or when funds are rdised for parti¢ular restricted purposes. Fmther explanation of the nature and purp￿ of eath fijnd is irtcluded in the ftotes to the fmancial Statements. NET INCOMFJ(EXPENDITURE) Net inc0mel(exp¢r￿ltu[e} is ststed after chAr8ing(crediting): 2021 2020 Depreciation- owned assets 5,344 6,492 Operation Emotion CIO Notes to the Fillancial StatemeMts- eDntinued for the Year Etsded 31 Mareh 21ni TRUSTEES, REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS There were no truste