**REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1177687**
## **Report of the Trustees and**
**Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 September 2020**
**for**
**Safe Steps CIO**
Butlers Chartered Accountants Suite 6 Burley House 15 High Street Rayleigh Essex SS6 7EW
**Safe Steps CIO**
## **Contents of the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 September 2020**
|||**Page**||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Report of the Trustees**|1|to|6|
|**Independent Examiner's Report**||7||
|**Statement of Financial Activities**||8||
|**Balance Sheet**||9||
|**Cash Flow Statement**||10||
|**Notes to the Cash Flow Statement**||11||
|**Notes to the Financial Statements**|12|to|19|
|**Detailed Statement of Financial Activities**|20|to|21|
**Safe Steps CIO**
## **Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 30 September 2020**
The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 30 September 2020. The trustees have adopted the provisions of 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).
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
## **Objectives and aims**
Safe Steps has developed an approach to activities that are trauma informed and survivor focused, developing services that take an intersectional approach to meeting individual needs of survivors of domestic abuse. We offer a range of community services to support women, men, young people and children to rebuild their lives after domestic abuse. Our ethos is to work with and for all survivors of domestic abuse, providing the support to empower all survivors on their journey to a brighter future, tailoring services to meet their different needs at different points in their lives.
We exist to:
" relieve the needs of victims of domestic abuse from the South East Region of England by aiding the provision of temporary accommodation, items, services or facilities and by any other means at the trustees' discretion.
" to preserve and protect the mental and physical health of adults and children in necessitous circumstances in the South East Region of England;
" educate the public in the South East Region of England in the causes and effects of domestic abuse and the prevention thereof, including by understanding or contributing to research and to publish the useful results of such research.
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**Safe Steps CIO**
## **Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 30 September 2020**
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
## **Significant activities**
The charity has developed an approach to activities that are trauma informed and survivor focused, developing services that take an intersectional approach to meeting individual needs of survivors of domestic abuse. Our ethos is to work with rather than for survivors of domestic abuse and our aim is to include and empower all survivors to take a lead in steering their lives towards brighter futures. During the year the charity obtained contracts to run significant projects.
## Southend Refuge Service :
1 - Refuge accommodation, community and outreach services to women fleeing from domestic abuse.
2 - Support services for children, young people and families who have been affected by the trauma of abuse.
3 - One to one work with children and young people via CYP practitioners, counsellors, or psychotherapists for more complex cases.
4 - Recovery work is offered through age appropriate group work in addition to groups with parents, in order to help them support their children and work through their issues.
5 - Counselling services and other empowering group work is offered as part of our recovery programmes to survivors who are moving away from crisis towards safety.
## National Lottery Community Fund:
1 - To provide domestic abuse crisis services for those with complex needs.
2 - To provide crisis support support for children and young people experiencing adverse childhood experiences and in particular for those who had witnessed and experienced domestic abuse in their family homes or within their own relationships.
3 - To undertake preventative work with young people, focused on identifying positive relationships in order to break the cycle of abuse in the next generation.
During the pandemic it became apparent that our delivery model needed to adapt to non-face to face delivery. It is our intention to make our recovery programmes more accessible to people in their own homes, translating group sessions to online programmes. These will not be a replacement for face to face delivery, but will enable us to increase our reach.
Referrals into our helpline and community services increased during the pandemic and have shown no signs of decreasing as the lockdown has continued. It will be a priority to ensure helpline, adult services and our child and young person services are resourced appropriately, and service standards maintained, to manage the increase in demand and case complexity.
The charity will continue to develop community and online fundraising.
## **Public benefit**
Trustees can confirm that they have complied with the duty of Section 4 of the Charities Act, 2006 and have paid due regard to the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit.
The main activities of the charity are described above. These activities are undertaken to further our charitable purposes for the public benefit. Further information regarding the charities achievements is provided in the Chair's report.
## **Volunteers**
The charity is committed to recruiting, training and retaining more volunteers from the community in the following year now that our projects are established and operational.
## **Experts by Experience**
The charity welcomes the involvement of survivors of domestic abuse at every level of our organisation and will strongly support all survivors to take a leading role in the domestic abuse sector.
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**Safe Steps CIO**
## **Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 30 September 2020**
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
## **Beneficiaries of service**
Safe Steps has continued to support survivors of domestic abuse from the Southend Borough. Services include Dove Crisis Support, Fledglings Child and Family Support, Break the Cycle (13-19yrs) and Refuge emergency accommodation. Safe Steps continued to provide COMPASS, the triage and helpline for all 14 districts in Essex; Basildon, Braintree, Brentwood, Castle Point, Chelmsford, Colchester, Epping, Harlow, Maldon, Rochford, Southend, Tendring, Thurrock and Uttlesford.
In January 2020 our commission with Southend Borough Council to provide community support, child and family support and refuge accommodation was extended for a further three years. We were successful in our application to The National Lottery and a further four years was granted to deliver Break The Cycle, a dedicated CYPVA service.
## **ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE**
## **Review of Activities and Achievements**
In 2019/2020, Safe Steps directly supported 3524 adult and child survivors of domestic abuse, providing advocacy, recovery programmes, counselling and a helpline. Services were delivered from the Dove Crisis Centre, Southend Refuge or from The Chapel, our venue for group delivery.
Our COMPASS helpline supported an additional 651 professionals during this year, providing information on domestic abuse and guidance.
Before our access to schools was restricted due to lockdown we delivered 24 healthy relationship workshops to 470 children and young people this year.
The range of services included; IDVA and crisis advocacy, child and family recovery programmes and 1-1 support, CYPVA support for 13-19yrs, a range of recovery programmes, refuge accommodation, counselling for adults and children, schools' workshops, helpline and training.
From our refuge and community-based services, 96% of clients surveyed told us they felt more confident following our support, 97% said they felt better able to recognise abusive behaviour and 91% said their support networks had improved. 93% of parents we surveyed told us they felt more confident in their parenting skills and 98% told us they understood more about the impact domestic abuse had had on their children.
## **FINANCIAL REVIEW**
## **Principal funding sources**
The charity is principally funded by commissioned contracts, and charitable grant making trusts and lotteries. The majority of this funding is restricted for projects providing measurable outcomes.
## **Investment policy and objectives**
The Trust Deed authorises the Trustees to make and hold investments using the general funds of the charity. The trustees have the power to invest in any way that is appropriate and in the interests of the charity and its service users.
The charity ensures that all funds held in UK bank accounts are held at balances within government assured levels.
## **Reserves policy**
The trustees have a reserves policy which was implemented after the end of the financial year. The policy states that the charity will hold reserves equal to 6 months of unrestricted expenditure in order to cover the expected costs in the event of having to close the charity.
The trustees are aware that they are not currently meeting this policy due to the commencement of large restricted contracts in the year. As a result, the trustees have addressed the need to increase the level of reserves as high priority within the five year strategic business plan.
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**Safe Steps CIO**
## **Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 30 September 2020**
## **FINANCIAL REVIEW**
## **Funds in deficit**
The charity's general fund was in deficit at the end of the year due to the initial costs in the period which were incurred in readiness for the charity to start commencement of activities after the year end.
This deficit was due to administrative delays and the trustees are aware that deficits are not planned for future accounting periods.
## **Impact of Coronavirus**
The Covid-19 pandemic naturally had an impact on the delivery of our services in 2019/2020, mid way through our reporting year. The most significant impact was the need to immediately cease face to face support services and adapt to remote working. Casework was delivered via telephone and online video platforms. Staff demonstrated a great deal of resilience during this year and have worked tirelessly to adapt the services we provide to clients/survivors and their children via remote working methods. This was successful and clients responded well to telephone appointments
Our plans to increase the recruitment of volunteers were put on hold along with the suspension of our programme of workshops we deliver in schools however all previous plans managed to continue within the set outcomes.
The trustees were assured of the financial stability of the charity during the pandemic and recovery time period due to the continuation of pre contracted funding streams.
The trustees considered any financial or operational risks relating to the pandemic and it was deemed that the charity held suitable reserves not to raise any risk level or concern at the date this report was signed.
.
## **FUTURE PLANS**
The charity has been working on its future plans and the following matters are considered high importance to the future operations.
- 1.To support the Local Authority implementation of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021
- 2.To publish a five year strategy
- 3.To evidence and promote the quality service standards and specialist knowledge within Safe Steps
- 4.To ensure the survivors voice is represented in service planning and delivery.
5.To increase our accessibility to survivors, particularly those with protected characteristics, as classified by the Equality Act 2010.
- 6.To increase our Community Fundraising and our community profile
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT**
## **Governing document**
The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust and constitutes an unincorporated charity.
## **Recruitment and appointment of new trustees**
As set out in the Constitution, the Chair of trustees is nominated by her fellow trustees. New trustees are interviewed by a panel of existing trustees to assess suitability for the charity.
## **Organisational structure**
The day to day operations of the charity are delegated to the Chief Executive Maria Sookias from June 2019.Subsequent to this AGM reporting period, in January 2021, the Board appointed Sarah Conlon as Interim CEO, following the departure of the Chief Executive.
The Chief Executive appoints appropriate staff to ensure projects are delivered to a high standard.
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**Safe Steps CIO**
## **Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 30 September 2020**
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT**
## **Induction and training of new trustees**
The Trustees maintain a good working knowledge of charity law and best practice by attending charity courses run by outside providers. New Trustees are supplied with an induction folder containing copies of the constitution, current Annual Report, Business Plan and leaflets of guidance from the Charity Commission in order to perform their role diligently.
## **Related parties**
The charity has relationships with related parties and other charities and organisations with which it co-operates in the pursuit of its charitable objectives.
Notable relationships exist with Essex Police, MARAC, Southend Essex and Thurrock (SET) Domestic Abuse Board, Essex County Council and more locally Southend Borough Council. Partnership working with Changing Pathways and Next Chapter. Working with our statutory partners such as SET Children's Social Care and Adult Social Care, Schools, Acute, Community and Primary care health providers to safeguard clients and their families. We have close working relationships with our voluntary sector partners, HARP, CGL and SEAS amongst many others who assist is in providing the best possible outcome for clients.
## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Charity number**
1177687
## **Principal address**
C/O 4 West Road Westcliff on Sea Essex SS0 9DA
## **Trustees**
Ms L J Hodges Ms S E Thomas Trustee (resigned 27.11.2020) Ms J Hudson Trustee A Tregoning Trustee (resigned 15.6.2021) Ms N Drogman Trustee (resigned 27.5.2021) Mrs L Peters Trustee (appointed 29.1.2020) Mrs L Parks (appointed 27.11.2020) Miss C Venables (appointed 27.11.2020)
## **Independent Examiner**
H Meagher ICAEW 9130081 Butlers Chartered Accountants Suite 6 Burley House 15 High Street Rayleigh Essex SS6 7EW
## **Solicitors**
Paul Robinson Solicitors Old Bank 470-474 London Road Westcliff on Sea Essex SS0 9LD
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**Safe Steps CIO**
## **Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 30 September 2020**
Approved by order of the board of trustees on 25 June 2021 and signed on its behalf by:
Miss C Venables - Trustee
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## **Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Safe Steps CIO**
## **Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Safe Steps CIO**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of Safe Steps CIO (the Trust) for the year ended 30 September 2020.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act').
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
Since your charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a listed body. I can confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a registered member of ICAEW 9130081 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:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the 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.
H Meagher ICAEW 9130081 Butlers Chartered Accountants Suite 6 Burley House 15 High Street Rayleigh Essex SS6 7EW
25 June 2021
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**Safe Steps CIO**
## **Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 30 September 2020**
|Unrestricted
fund
Notes
£
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**
Donations and legacies
2
14,276
**Charitable activities**
4
General
1,060
Other trading activities
3
338
Other income
4,384
**Total**
20,058
**EXPENDITURE ON**
**Charitable activities**
5
General
12,542
**NET INCOME**
7,516
**Transfers between funds**
14
9,521
**Net movement in funds**
17,037
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**
**Total funds brought forward**
As previously reported
9,586
Prior year adjustment
10
-
**As restated**
9,586
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**
26,623|Year Ended
30.9.20
Restricted
Total
funds
funds
as
£
£
1,013
15,289
854,997
856,057
374
712
29,029
33,413
885,413
905,471
775,607
788,149
109,806
117,322
(9,521)
-
100,285
117,322
2,001
11,587
134,334
134,334
136,335
145,921
236,620
263,243|Period
1.4.19
to
30.9.19
Total
funds
restated
£
8,143
173,142
-
137,334
318,619
172,093
146,526
-
146,526
(605)
-
(605)
145,921|
|---|---|---|
The notes form part of these financial statements
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## **Safe Steps CIO**
## **Balance Sheet 30 September 2020**
|Unrestricted
fund
Notes
£
**FIXED ASSETS**
Tangible assets
11
11,984
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Debtors
12
4,641
Cash at bank and in hand
21,271
25,912
**CREDITORS**
Amounts falling due within one year
13
(36,270)
**NET CURRENT ASSETS**
(10,358)
**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT**
**LIABILITIES**
1,626
**NET ASSETS/(LIABILITIES)**
1,626
**FUNDS**
14
Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
**TOTAL FUNDS**|Restricted
funds
£
-
167,625
208,437
376,062
(139,446)
236,616
236,616
236,616|30.9.20
Total
funds
as
£
11,984
172,266
229,708
401,974
(175,716)
226,258
238,242
238,242
1,626
236,616
238,242|30.9.19
Total
funds
restated
£
-
219,464
61,811
281,275
(135,354)
145,921
145,921
145,921
9,586
136,335
145,921|
|---|---|---|---|
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 25 June 2021 and were signed on its behalf by:
C Venables - Trustee
The notes form part of these financial statements
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## **Safe Steps CIO**
## **Cash Flow Statement for the Year Ended 30 September 2020**
|Year Ended
30.9.20
a
Notes
£
**Cash flows from operating activities**
Cash generated from operations
1
183,876
Net cash provided by operating activities
183,876
**Cash flows from investing activities**
Purchase of tangible fixed assets
(15,979)
Net cash (used in)/provided by investing activities
(15,979)
**Change in cash and cash equivalents in**
**the reporting period**
167,897
**Cash and cash equivalents at the**
**beginning of the reporting period**
61,811
**Cash and cash equivalents at the end of**
**the reporting period**
229,708|Period
1.4.19
to
30.9.19
s restated
£
60,846
60,846
-
-
60,846
965
61,811|
|---|---|
The notes form part of these financial statements
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**Safe Steps CIO**
## **Notes to the Cash Flow Statement for the Year Ended 30 September 2020**
## **1. RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES**
|Year Ended
30.9.20
a
£
**Net income for the reporting period (as per the Statement of Financial**
**Activities)**
92,321
**Adjustments for:**
Depreciation charges
3,995
Decrease/(increase) in debtors
47,198
Increase in creditors
40,362
**Net cash provided by operations**
183,876|Period
1.4.19
to
30.9.19
s restated
£
146,526
-
(219,464)
133,784|
|---|---|
||60,846|
|2.|**ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET FUNDS**||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||At 1.10.19|Cash flow|At 30.9.20|
|||£|£|£|
||**Net cash**||||
||Cash at bank and in hand|61,811|167,897|229,708|
|||61,811|167,897|229,708|
||**Total**|61,811|167,897|229,708|
The notes form part of these financial statements
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**Safe Steps CIO**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 30 September 2020**
## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
## **Basis of preparing the financial statements**
The financial statements of the charity, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, 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)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
## **Income**
All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
## **Expenditure**
Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, 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 accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
## **Tangible fixed assets**
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.
Computer equipment
- 25% on reducing balance
## **Taxation**
The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.
## **Fund accounting**
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.
## **Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits**
The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the charity's pension scheme are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate.
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**Safe Steps CIO**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 30 September 2020**
## **2. DONATIONS AND LEGACIES**
|Year Ended
30.9.20
a
£
Donations
15,289
Grants
-
15,289
Grants received, included in the above, are as follows:
Year Ended
30.9.20
a
£
Department of Digital, Culture, Media & Sport - Tampon Tax Fund
-
**3.**
**OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES**
Year Ended
30.9.20
a
£
Fundraising events
712
**4.**
**INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES**
Year Ended
30.9.20
a
Activity
£
Commissioning income
General
493,148
Training fees
General
760
Government Grants
General
510
Grants
General
361,639
856,057
Grants received, included in the above, are as follows:
Year Ended
30.9.20
a
£|Period
1.4.19
to
30.9.19
s restated
£
597
7,546
8,143
Period
1.4.19
to
30.9.19
s restated
£
7,546
Period
1.4.19
to
30.9.19
s restated
£
-
Period
1.4.19
to
30.9.19
s restated
£
71,688
-
-
101,454
173,142
Period
1.4.19
to
30.9.19
s restated
£|
|---|---|
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**Safe Steps CIO**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 30 September 2020**
## **4. INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES - continued**
|National Lottery Community Fund - Breaking Free
National Lottery Community Fund - Break The Cycle
Ashworth Charitable Trust
Co-op Community Fund
Money Saving Expert Charity Fund
Ministry of House, Communities & Local Government - Covid-19
Ministry of Justice - Covid-19
Essex Community Foundation - Counselling
Essex Community Foundation - Covid-19
Active Essex
**CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS**
Raising donations and legacies
General|Year Ended
30.9.20
a
£
122,460
50,362
3,000
3,716
20,000
64,744
82,915
4,167
7,475
2,800
361,639
Support
Direct
costs (see
Costs
note 6)
£
£
25,001
-
780,927
7,222
805,928
7,222|Period
1.4.19
to
30.9.19
s restated
£
50,179
51,275
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
101,454
Totals
£
25,001
788,149
813,150|
|---|---|---|
## **5. CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS**
## **6. SUPPORT COSTS**
|**SUPPORT COSTS**||||
|---|---|---|---|
|||Governance||
||Finance|costs|Totals|
||£|£|£|
|General|4,055|3,167|7,222|
## **7. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS**
There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 30 September 2020 nor for the period ended 30 September 2019.
## **Trustees' expenses**
There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 30 September 2020 nor for the period ended 30 September 2019.
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**Safe Steps CIO**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 30 September 2020**
## **8. STAFF COSTS**
## **9.**
|Year Ended
30.9.20
a
£
Wages and salaries
505,073
Social security costs
36,444
Other pension costs
9,487
551,004
The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:
Year Ended
30.9.20
a
Management
2
Administration
2
Service delivery
16
20
No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.
**COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**
Unrestricted
Restricted
fund
funds
a
£
£
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**
Donations and legacies
8,143
-
**Charitable activities**
General
-
173,142
Other income
3,000
134,334
**Total**
11,143
307,476
**EXPENDITURE ON**
**Charitable activities**
General
953
171,140
**NET INCOME**
10,190
136,336
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**
**Total funds brought forward**
(605)
-|Period
1.4.19
to
30.9.19
s restated
£
110,720
6,795
1,690
119,205
Period
1.4.19
to
30.9.19
s restated
-
-
11
11
Total
funds
s restated
£
8,143
173,142
137,334
318,619
172,093
146,526
(605)|
|---|---|
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**Safe Steps CIO**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 30 September 2020**
## **9. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES - continued**
|Unrestricted
fund
£
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**
9,585|Restricted
funds
a
£
136,336|Total
funds
s restated
£
145,921|
|---|---|---|
## **10. PRIOR YEAR ADJUSTMENT**
The prior year adjustment relates to the finalised funds receivable from the restricted fund holder that novated contracts over to Safe Steps due the year which were back dated for effective dates once the accounts were signed off.
## **11. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS**
|**COST**
Additions
**DEPRECIATION**
Charge for year
**NET BOOK VALUE**
At 30 September 2020
At 30 September 2019
**DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**
Trade debtors
Other debtors
Prepayments and accrued income|Fixtures
and
fittings
e
£
139
35
104
-|Computer
quipment
£
15,840
3,960
11,880
-
30.9.20
as
£
167,371
-
4,895
172,266|Totals
£
15,979
3,995
11,984
-
30.9.19
restated
£
49,053
34,958
135,453
219,464|
|---|---|---|---|
## **12. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**
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**Safe Steps CIO**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 30 September 2020**
## **13. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**
|Trade creditors
Taxation and social security
Other creditors
**MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**Restricted funds**
National Lottery
Community Fund -
Breaking Free
National Lottery
Community Fund - Break
The Cycle
Essex County Council -
Compass Project
Southend Borough
Council - Refuge
Essex County Council -
IDVA Project
Designated Fund
Ashworth Charitable Trust
Co-op Community Fund
Southend Borough
Council - Essential Living
Fund
Money Saving Expert
Charity Fund
Ministry of Housing,
Communities and Local
Government - Covid-19
Ministry of Justice -
Covid-19
Essex Community
Foundation - Counselling
Essex Community
Foundation - Covid-19
Active Essex
**TOTAL FUNDS**|At
1.10.19
£
9,586
8,272
(1,795)
(2,591)
(683)
(1,203)
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
2,001
11,587|Prior
year
adjustment
£
-
33,114
41,296
-
59,924
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
134,334
134,334|Net
movement
in funds
£
(17,481)
(17,442)
(39,501)
19,798
46,436
6,284
35
44
3,506
-
2,897
46,747
33,239
2,971
2,288
2,500
109,802
92,321|30.9.20
a
£
6,873
11,064
157,779
175,716
Transfers
between
funds
£
9,521
8,272
(1,794)
3,035
(15,203)
3,188
-
-
-
-
-
(3,156)
(3,863)
-
-
-
(9,521)
-|30.9.19
s restated
£
2,218
4,973
128,163
135,354
At
30.9.20
£
1,626
32,216
(1,794)
20,242
90,474
8,269
35
44
3,506
1
2,897
43,591
29,376
2,971
2,288
2,500
236,616
238,242|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
**14. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**
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## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 30 September 2020**
## **14. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued**
Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
|**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**Restricted funds**
National Lottery Community Fund -
Breaking Free
National Lottery Community Fund - Break
The Cycle
Essex County Council - Compass Project
Southend Borough Council - Refuge
Essex County Council - IDVA Project
Designated Fund
Ashworth Charitable Trust
Co-op Community Fund
Money Saving Expert Charity Fund
Ministry of Housing, Communities and
Local Government - Covid-19
Ministry of Justice - Covid-19
Essex Community Foundation -
Counselling
Essex Community Foundation - Covid-19
Active Essex
**TOTAL FUNDS**
**Comparatives for movement in funds**|Incoming
resources
£
20,058
122,462
50,360
215,072
287,419
19,687
1,593
3,001
3,716
20,000
64,744
82,916
4,167
7,476
2,800
885,413
905,471|Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
(37,539)
(17,481)
(139,904)
(17,442)
(89,861)
(39,501)
(195,274)
19,798
(240,983)
46,436
(13,403)
6,284
(1,558)
35
(2,957)
44
(210)
3,506
(17,103)
2,897
(17,997)
46,747
(49,677)
33,239
(1,196)
2,971
(5,188)
2,288
(300)
2,500
(775,611)
109,802
(813,150)
92,321|Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
(37,539)
(17,481)
(139,904)
(17,442)
(89,861)
(39,501)
(195,274)
19,798
(240,983)
46,436
(13,403)
6,284
(1,558)
35
(2,957)
44
(210)
3,506
(17,103)
2,897
(17,997)
46,747
(49,677)
33,239
(1,196)
2,971
(5,188)
2,288
(300)
2,500
(775,611)
109,802
(813,150)
92,321|
|---|---|---|---|
||||109,802|
||||92,321|
|||||
|**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**Restricted funds**
National Lottery Community Fund -
Breaking Free
National Lottery Community Fund - Break
The Cycle
Essex County Council - Compass Project
Southend Borough Council - Refuge
Essex County Council - IDVA Project
**TOTAL FUNDS**|At 1.4.19
£
(605)
-
-
-
-
-
-
(605)|Net
movement
in funds
£
10,191
8,272
39,502
(2,593)
92,357
(1,203)
136,335
146,526|Transfers
between
funds
£
-
(8,272)
1,794
2,593
2,325
1,560
-
-|At
30.9.19
£
9,586
-
41,296
-
94,682
357|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||136,335|
|||||145,921|
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## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Year Ended 30 September 2020**
## **14. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued**
Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
|**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**Restricted funds**
National Lottery Community Fund -
Breaking Free
National Lottery Community Fund - Break
The Cycle
Essex County Council - Compass Project
Southend Borough Council - Refuge
Essex County Council - IDVA Project
**TOTAL FUNDS**|Incoming
resources
£
11,143
50,180
92,572
49,602
111,373
3,749
307,476
318,619|Resources
Movement
expended
in funds
£
£
(952)
10,191
(41,908)
8,272
(53,070)
39,502
(52,195)
(2,593)
(19,016)
92,357
(4,952)
(1,203)
(171,141)
136,335
(172,093)
146,526|
|---|---|---|
## **Transfers between funds**
The charity took over 5 projects from another charity. The balance of restricted funds for each project as at the date of transfer were finalised at the year end but funds did not transfer until after date.
Therefore in the year there are transfers between restricted funds due to awaiting the transferred balances. All funds are held by the same previous contract holder and therefore are held in trust for the charity.
## **15. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES**
There were no related party transactions for the year ended 30 September 2020.
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## **Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 30 September 2020**
|||Period|
|---|---|---|
|||1.4.19|
||Year Ended|to|
||30.9.20|30.9.19|
|||as restated|
||£|£|
|**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS**|||
|**Donations and legacies**|||
|Donations|15,289|597|
|Grants|-|7,546|
||15,289|8,143|
|**Other trading activities**|||
|Fundraising events|712|-|
|**Charitable activities**|||
|Commissioning income|493,148|71,688|
|Training fees|760|-|
|Government Grants|510|-|
|Grants|361,639|101,454|
||856,057|173,142|
|**Other income**|||
|Other income|4,378|3,000|
|Contract novation transfers|29,029|134,334|
|Interest Received|6|-|
||33,413|137,334|
|**Total incoming resources**|905,471|318,619|
|**EXPENDITURE**|||
|**Charitable activities**|||
|Wages|505,073|110,720|
|Social security|36,444|6,795|
|Pensions|9,487|1,690|
|Rent and venue hire|14,517|3,621|
|Insurance|1,764|402|
|Light and heat|2,368|712|
|Telephone|16,234|2,986|
|Postage and stationery|5,774|2,609|
|Staff training|9,536|6,257|
|Staff welfare|958|-|
|Travel and motor|2,725|734|
|Recruitment and redundancy|4,274|3,731|
|Project costs|22,146|21,000|
|Carried forward|631,300|161,257|
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## **Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 30 September 2020**
|||Period|
|---|---|---|
|||1.4.19|
||Year Ended|to|
||30.9.20|30.9.19|
|||as restated|
||£|£|
|**Charitable activities**|||
|Brought forward|631,300|161,257|
|Premises costs|950|723|
|Water|1,037|244|
|Security|483|272|
|Subscriptions|6,442|-|
|Repairs and renewals|34,341|614|
|Cleaning|2,057|794|
|Refreshments|1,506|89|
|Sundry|321|31|
|Freelance staff|46,894|-|
|Legal costs|3,017|482|
|Professional fees|60,540|1,285|
|IT and computer expenses|17,040|2,728|
|Sessional workers|-|1,444|
||805,928|169,963|
|**Support costs**|||
|**Finance**|||
|Bank charges|60|30|
|Fixtures and fittings|35|-|
|Computer equipment|3,960|-|
||4,055|30|
|**Governance costs**|||
|Auditors' remuneration for non audit work|2,340|2,100|
|Accountancy and legal fees|827|-|
||3,167|2,100|
|Total resources expended|813,150|172,093|
|**Net income**|92,321|146,526|
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