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WOMEN'S INCLUSIVE TEAM LTD

A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE

ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

COMPANY REGISTRATION NO: 07148997 (ENGLAND AND WALES)

CHARITY REGISTRATION NO: 1178296

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WOMEN'S INCLUSIVE TEAM LTD

COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE

TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

The trustees, who are also directors for the purposes of company law, present their report and the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2022.

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS

Women’s Inclusive Team

Registered charity name Women’s Inclusive Team Charity registration number 1178296 Company registration number 07148997 Registered office 202 Mayfield House Cambridge Heath Road London E2 9LJ

Directors/ Trustees

Stephanie Colquhoun Marjolaine Druart Amina Abdi Zeinab Ali Richa Ellis Natasha Hanckel-Spice Sabaad Hassan Hannah Lind Susannah Nelson Sieda Omer Isman Jasmine Wun

Chair Treasurer

(resigned February 2022)

Bankers

Barclays Bank 240 Whitechapel Road London E1 1BJ

Independent examiner

Accountability Europe Limited Omnibus Workspace 39-41 North Road London N7 9DP

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INTRODUCTION AND CHAIR’S REPORT

It gives me great pleasure on behalf of Women’s Inclusive Team Ltd (WIT) to introduce our Annual Report 2021-22. After an historic and challenging 2020, I am proud to outline our ongoing work and involvement in the Tower Hamlets community through the next phase of the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery.

As a women-led local charity, our emergency response was central to the lifesaving services available to Tower Hamlets community during the pandemic. From the start of the pandemic, the WIT team has worked alongside an army of volunteers and collaborated with local groups and networks in order to ensure that the community was supported. Over two years on from the start of the pandemic, it’s both unbelievable and incredible to see what has been achieved.

With the impact and disruption of the pandemic continuing into 2021, WIT continued to access grants and funding in order to ensure that our expanded services were available to support the community as it faced another year of pandemic disruption. Our home at Mayfield House continued to act as a central hub for those needing assistance, support or guidance during this time. We offered a range of services out of Mayfield House, including our community connectors and weekly befriending services, our Haawa Project providing advice and access for those experiencing domestic abuse and our community meals and foodbank.

This past year has again proven that relationships are at the centre of our work at WIT. We pride ourselves on being part of and working with the community of Tower Hamlets. The WIT team and volunteers ensure that they are constantly engaging with and helping our members, whether it be through our community outreach, when members visit us at Mayfield House, when we meet with service providers and stakeholders, or interact with members in the community. We continue to strive to provide a ‘holistic hug of wrap-around support’, connecting those in need with activities and services. This includes providing 156 days of childcare to underprivileged families through our nursery Chicksand, connecting 580 people with mental health and awareness services, providing 5,200 hot meals and 1,884 food bank parcels to vulnerable local residents, and 3,500 hot meals to Afghan refugees, and helping 56 women access domestic abuse support. To read more about our work please read our 2021/22 Impact Report, which is available on our website (wit.org.uk).

We have continued to grow our online presence in 2021 and engage with our community, partners and stakeholders in multiple ways. We continue to be grateful to our funders and the community

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stakeholders who continued to support us as the pandemic extended into 2021. Thank you above all for your partnership, and with that your trust, guidance and belief in our work and our community.

After the growth and challenges of 2020, it has been amazing to see the continued dedication and passion from our team, our 350+ volunteers, our trustees and supporters this past year. It has been inspiring to see the power of community continue to be a force for good after the emergency COVID-19 response. WIT’s recognition as a recipient of the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service in 2021, the highest award for a voluntary group in the UK, is a true testament to the hard work and commitment of all those involved. It was also amazing to celebrate the achievements of our CEO Safia Jama, and the WIT team behind her, through her award of a TFL Train Plaque for her services during the pandemic and a Census Award for dedication to the community.

As we continue in this next phase of rebuilding and recovery after the pandemic, our women, their families and our community continue to face challenges. The inequalities that existed before the pandemic in relation to access to personal safety, jobs and finance, health and well-being, a good education and racial equality remain, with many only made worse by the pandemic. However, the uncertainty and austerity of the recovery present their own challenges as we seek to ensure that no one is left behind. The pandemic proved that we are stronger together and we are committed to tackling these inequalities as a community.

And a final special thank you to our women and their families for trusting us and standing with us.

Stephanie Colquhoun Chair of Trustees

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STRATEGIC REPORT

Achievement and performance

Women’s Inclusive Team Ltd (WIT) has had another incredible year. WIT continued to adapt to the changing needs of its beneficiaries and the wider Tower Hamlets community in the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic. WIT continued to focus on supporting the most vulnerable, including children, young people and the elderly.

The pandemic and adjacent social movements, including Black Lives Matter, exposed the disproportionate inequalities and racism faced by certain communities. WIT proudly continues to be an advocate for Black and Asian communities and works to increase the inclusion and equality of Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities in Tower Hamlets. WIT has continued working with key stakeholders, including London Borough of Tower Hamlets, the Barts Health NHS Trust and East London Foundation Trust, to raise awareness of these communities as they often don’t have a voice. Our CEO Safia Jama has also continued as a participant in local stakeholder groups, including the Equalities Commission and Somali Working Group.

Public benefit

In shaping our objectives for the year and planning our activities, the trustees have considered the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit, including “Public benefit: running a charity (PD2)”. The achievements and activities provided in this Annual Report demonstrate the public benefit outcomes of WIT’s services and activities.

Objectives and activities

WIT’s objective is to promote social inclusion for the public benefit, in particular but not exclusively among women and young people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities who are socially excluded on the grounds of their sex, race or ethnic origin, and to relieve the needs of such people and to help them integrate into society. WIT also works to enhance the development and education of children under statutory school age by encouraging parents to understand and provide for the needs of their children.

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Vision

WIT seeks to create a world where women are happy, safe and valued, and can realise their full potential.

Mission statement

WIT is a women-led organisation originally founded in 2004 by a group of Somali mothers in response to the exclusion they experienced when accessing support services. WIT has grown to become a highly-regarded local charity that delivers services designed to support the unmet needs of Black, Asian and ethnic minority women and their families.

WIT collaborates with key stakeholders and partners in relation to housing, employment, health and education, working together to deliver better outcomes. As a charity, WIT focuses on supporting women who are disadvantaged and helping them develop skills, access services and become independent. WIT also works with stakeholders to improve their understanding of these challenges and thereby better equip them with the tools required to address the needs of these women and their families.

WIT strongly believes in partnership collaboration and has a strong track record of working effectively with other services and organisations from the voluntary sector.

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ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE 2021 to 2022

In June 2021, WIT was honoured with The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the highest award a voluntary group can receive in the UK. The award recognises the success of the charity in engaging over 300 volunteers to support the most vulnerable and isolated people in Tower Hamlets during and post COVID-19 crisis. On average, volunteers donated three hours a week – with some giving as many as 20 hours – to deliver emergency services, including a food bank, community meals and a befriending service. Since April 2020, WIT volunteers have given more than 10,900 hours of service to their community, creating £200,000 of social value. This was a highlight for WIT’s valuable work in serving the community.

Women’s Inclusive Team has continued to build strong and trusted relationships with Black and Asian women in our community, with a particular focus on Black Muslim Somali women and girls, who remain especially overlooked and excluded within Tower Hamlets and face additional challenges and barriers as a result. We shifted our approach from pandemic crisis response to supporting our community’s recovery. While the world has slowly started to emerge from the impact of COVID-19, many women and their families continue to feel the strain of its impact. We have continued delivering our responsive programmes of activities this past year, providing support that is both practical and motivational to these women and girls, with the overall goal of improving their well-being by addressing issues around housing, money, skills and relationships. We refer to this support as an “holistic hug”.

Throughout 2021/22, WIT continued to provide a food bank, community kitchen and a befriending service to our community. Our new home at Mayfield House in Bethnal Green was also restyled into a community hub and one-stop-shop for all over our services, as well as becoming a vaccination centre and Census centre for the community.

During the period of April 2021 to March 2022, we delivered the following:

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Improving women’s health is important for individuals, families and society. The women from the consultation group expressed their desire to see changes in various areas of healthcare and to create solutions that will improve the lives of many for years to come.

“ WIT is an amazing organisation working to support women through the arrangement of accessible services. I look forward to collaborating to make a difference to women's experience of health and social care .” – Alison Robert, partnerships manager, THCVS

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“The Developing Potential programme has supported me towards finding courses to achieve my goals. I’ve also learnt that I shouldn’t limit my possibilities and that it’s never too late for higher education.” - Developing Potential Beneficiary, having now started a part-time job as a care worker.

“ We provided over 300 meals every week from Sept ‘21 to Jan ‘22 to Afghan refugees, taking into account personal preferences with the help of volunteers. ” – Shakila Ali, manager, Mayfield House Community Hub

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Hamlets Public Health, following concerns that Somali residents were not accessing beneficial health services.

Strategies for achieving our objectives

Through active collaboration with others, WIT has achieved the following objectives over the past year, all of which have enabled us to gain support and meet the changing needs of our women and their families:

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Living post-pandemic

Increasing inequalities in health

During the pandemic, the inequalities in health, opportunity and quality of life for Black, Asian, and ethnic minority communities were thrown into stark relief. Women’s Inclusive Team has been laser-focused on addressing the barriers and challenges that our women and their families face. We have developed partnerships with Barts Trust, the East London NHS Foundation Trust and local GPs to address these disparities. These collaborations have been very fruitful and allow our colleagues to hear, understand and remedy the social health determinants that our members face.

Cost of living crisis

Similar to the pandemic, the cost-of-living crisis will affect all of us to a degree but it will hit our members, who are already among the most disadvantaged, the hardest. Although our plan last year had been to end the foodbank and community kitchen, we have decided to continue this service in order to support our women and their families during this difficult period.

We have also signed up to the DataBank to ensure that they have free internet and data, for six months, to ease the financial burden.

“ I am worried about my bills and my children's mental health. The support from WIT has given me hope that I can get support. ” – WIT member

WIT, along with similar charities, has a responsibility to continue fighting against the inequalities that our women and their families face. WIT will continue to be creative, agile and work in partnership to mitigate the current and winter challenge that we all face.

Our leadership

Safia Jama, founder and CEO, has been a great asset to the charity. She is a passionate and committed community leader who is dedicated to serving our members. Ms Jama’s work has been recognised by Transport for London who named a Docklands Light Railway train after her in recognition of her community service. Census 2021 also named Ms Jama as its 2021 London community hero and awarded her a purple plaque for her services to youth programmes, women’s empowerment projects and mental health support within her local community. Ms Jama has also been featured as an expert source on the pandemic’s impact on Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities for the BBC and the Financial Times.

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In addition to leading WIT, Ms Jama also serves on the Tower Hamlets Racial Equalities Commission, Barts Healthcare Advisory Panel and the Police Advisory Group. Ms Jama and WIT have also become an influential voice for local strategic policy makers in the wake of Black Lives Matter.

After the significant financial growth during the pandemic, we have continued to have a strong finance subcommittee. Regular finance subcommittee meetings and quarterly trustee meetings ensure that our response is agile and meets the needs of the community.

We have continued to focus our work as a charity on very clear priority issues and target groups:

These focus areas are interlinked, reflecting the requests of our members and the evidence of inequality. In order to also create better sustainability for WIT, we continue to innovate and explore opportunities such as our Chicksand childcare services and Hooyo East social enterprise – both enable us to help women to find skills, employment and advice and guidance support.

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STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Governing Document

Women’s Inclusive Team Ltd (WIT) is constituted as a Company Limited by Guarantee and is governed by a Memorandum and Articles of Association dated 28 March 2018. WIT was registered as a charity with the Charity Commissioner on 8 May 2018.

Organisation

WIT is governed by a board of trustees (each a “Trustee”) which determines the strategic direction of the charity. Governance issues are dealt with by the board of Trustees, and they meet regularly throughout the year (a minimum of four times).

Management decisions are made by the CEO, who meets on a regular basis with the Chair and provides a full report at each meeting of the board of Trustees. Additional staff and experts also attend each meeting of the board to Trustees and share additional information and knowledge, as appropriate.

Appointment, induction & training of new Trustees

The Chair and board of Trustees take into consideration the experience of the current Trustees and any skill gaps when considering the recruitment and appointment of new Trustees. An annual skills audit is also conducted with respect to the Trustees in order to better understand the skills and experience contributed by each member of the board.

Trustee vacancies are advertised externally and using available networks, with a particular focus on filling skill gaps, as appropriate. Shortlisted potential Trustees are invited to discussions with the CEO and Chair and are invited to visit WIT at the Mayfield Hub in order to better understand our work. Shortlisted potential Trustees are also invited to observe a meeting of the board of Trustees, before confirmation of the appointment by all parties involved.

During induction, new Trustees are provided with information about WIT and its services, copies of all policy documents and the role and the duties of the board, including the decision-making processes responsibilities, and the Memorandum and Articles of Association. Other key documents shared with new Trustees to show the performance of the charity and its future direction may include, as appropriate, recent annual reports, the impact report, delivery plans and key financial documents. New Trustees are encouraged to visit WIT at Mayfield Hub and meet key employees and are also invited to

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attend activities and events demonstrating the work of WIT throughout the year and to further engage with the governance team regarding WIT’s mission and work.

The CEO and Chair provide induction and support to Trustees, including training on roles and responsibilities of Trustees, the differences between governance and management, confidentiality, diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities. Trustees are also encouraged to attend appropriate external training events to facilitate the undertaking of their role and to further develop their contribution to the governance of WIT.

Board and sub-groups

During WIT’s unprecedented scale and growth during the pandemic, a specialised ‘Finance Subcommittee’ was established which has continued to meet monthly and provide additional expert support, with oversight of the full board of Trustees during its regular meetings. The board size and structure introduced in 2020 has continued to enable WIT to provide an informed and agile response during the post-pandemic recovery.

Risk management

The board of Trustees recognises the risks associated with the organisation and where possible has implemented actions to avoid or minimise that risk as far as possible, including:

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FINANCIAL REVIEW

The Statement of Financial Activities shows incoming resources for the year ending 31 March 2022 of £664,949 (2021: £842,577) and total outgoing of £596,169 (2021: £654,262). A reserve of £302,419 (2021: £233,639) is carried forward, of which £216,395 (2021: £189,921) is unrestricted and £86,024 (2021: £43,718) is restricted.

Reserves

WIT requires reserves in order to allow for re-organisation in the event of a downturn of income in one or more areas of funding and to provide for unforeseen, and hence unbudgeted, expenditure that WIT may need in order to continue to meet its objectives and support the changing needs of our community.

As of 31 March 2022, unrestricted funds carried forward were £216,395. Given WIT is not holding any fixed assets and did not set aside any designated funds during the year, reserves for the period were also £216,395.

Unrestricted reserves in an amount of £216,395 are sufficient to support the running of WIT for over four months under the (unlikely) assumption of unchanged spending (including staffing) in a downturn. We estimate the necessary level of reserves at around £180,000 to sustain the charity for five months under the more realistic but still conservative assumption that a significant downturn would be accompanied by a material downsizing of some of WIT’s projects, and hence costs. More specifically, that level of reserves would allow WIT to continue to pay in full its support costs (both staff and overheads, including Mayfield House rent) as well as some selected project costs (e.g. Chicksand rent) for five months, along with about 30% of the project staffing costs to cover for notice periods (from a few weeks to three months) and potential redundancy compensations.

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FUTURE PLANS AND STRATEGIES

Our priorities and a focus for our investment will continue to be domestic abuse and racism in schools.

We have achieved so much in our work to address both of these issues, but we still have more to do.

These areas are deeply connected to the inequality faced by our members. WIT already has strong and trusted connections with young people and women in the community and is therefore well-positioned to drive and support these additional areas and ensure that local violence against women and girl (VAWG) services and schools better meet the needs of the Black Somali community. This additional work requires human resources and specialist support to better understand (and document) the barriers and issues and subsequently enable WIT to share these findings with stakeholders and work towards positive change.

WIT has evolved as a charity throughout the pandemic and continues to do so as we respond to the needs of our community and provide services, new and continuing, to enrich our mission and steer the charity into the next chapter. The coming year will continue to present ongoing challenges for our members, not least given ongoing concerns around energy and the cost of living as we continue to recover and rebuild after COVID-19 and general global economic instability. We will therefore remain in close conversation with our members and adapt to the challenges of our community.

Following the growth and development of Hooyo East this past year, we also want to continue building this enterprise and exploring other relevant income generation opportunities.

Recognising the potential challenges of the post-pandemic structure of WIT, we have also invested in specialist charity accounting consultant services to ensure WIT financial foundations continue to provide a strong basis for our broader mission. We have also continued to invest in a consultant to assist and consolidate our growth and support our storytelling and fundraising.

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We will also continue to invest in our trustees, ensuring they have the support they need to govern the charity. We will be working with a consultant on a trustee skills audit, with a view to harnessing the broad skills and strengths of our trustees and working with them individually and as a trustee group to continue to develop.

“My children no longer see me just as a mum, but as a woman who is focused and driven to achieve her aspirations.” – WIT Member

We will be working to achieve the following objectives:

WIT is in a chapter of change and further strategic development and will continue to address the increasingly complex needs of our members. WIT will continue to focus on providing wrap-around-support, our “holistic hug”, and work towards our mission to create a world where women are happy, safe, valued and can realise their full potential.

We will achieve our objectives by providing activities and support under the following thematic programmes:

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Women who look like me, supporting a trusted relationship in the community

WIT has an intimate understanding of the issues faced by Black and Asian women and their families. Our wrap-around services (the “holistic hug”) deliver activities to address the wider (and often interconnected) determinants of well-being and help equip our beneficiaries with the tools to reach their full potential.

As a trusted relationship holder, we will continue to identify and engage the most isolated and excluded in our community and provide appropriate services and activities, with a particular focus on those experiencing poverty, mental distress and abuse. These may include mental health seminars, housing support, money management and skills for work and life.

WIT’s support is also increasingly important in developing the confidence, independence, access, and skills for Black, Asian and ethnic minority women who experience exclusion and inequalities in one of London’s poorest boroughs where wealth and poverty sit side-by-side.

WIT will continue to tailor its services to the needs of its beneficiaries, including an ambition to deliver more targeted programmes for Somali young women and girls in Tower Hamlets. By working upstream, such targeted measures work towards prevention, without affecting WIT’s ongoing work supporting women in crisis.

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What matters to our women and girls

In consultation with our membership and wider community, we have established the following priorities (which we will continue to develop):

Again, this next year will be significant for WIT as we continue to support our women and their families amidst recurrent challenges and work towards its mission, guided by the following principles: we cannot allow any woman to be held back during the recovery and we cannot allow COVID-19 to set back gender equality.

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STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES’ RESPONSIBILITIES

The Trustees are responsible for preparing the report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). Company law 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 charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the Trustees are required to:

The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The Trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on WIT’s website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the reparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies’ regime.

Approved by the board of Trustees on 28th October 2022 following a Trustee meeting and signed on its behalf by:

Stephanie Colquhoun

Chair

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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF

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I report to the Trustees on my examination of the accounts of Women’s Inclusive Team Ltd for the year ended 31 March 2022.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND BASIS OF REPORT

As the trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (‘the 2006 Act’).

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination I have followed the 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 I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the ICAEW, which is one of the listed bodies.

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:

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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

…………………………… Aamer Shehzad FCCA FCA Accountability Europe Ltd Omnibus Workspace 39-41 North Road London N7 9DP

Date: 29[th] October 2022

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Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure account)

For the year ended 31 March 2022

Funds
Notes
£
Unrestricted		 Funds
Notes
£
Unrestricted		 Funds
£
Restricted		 Total
2022
£		 Total
2021
£
Income from:
Charitable activities
3
Total income		 137,193
137,193		 527,756
527,756		 664,949
664,949		 842,577
842,577
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities
4		 110,719 485,450 596,169 654,262
Total expenditure 110,719 485,450 596,169 654,262
Net income for the year
5
Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds brought forward at start of period
Total funds carried forward at end of period		 26,474
189,921
216,395		 42,306
43,718
86,024		 68,780
233,639
302,419		 188,315
45,324
233,639

The Statement of Financial Activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year.

The attached notes form part of these financial statements.

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Balance sheet

Company no. 07148997

As at 31 March 2022

Notes
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
7
Current assets
Debtors
8
Cash at bank and in hand
Liabilities
9
Net current assets
Net assets
Funds:
Unrestricted funds
11
Restricted funds
11
Total charity funds
Creditors:
amounts falling due within one year		 £
115,610
219,840
335,450
(33,911)		 2022
£
880
301,539
302,419
216,395
86,024
302,419		 2021
£
496
120,350
145,799
266,149
(33,006)
233,143
233,639
189,921
43,718
233,639

The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 March 2022.

The members have not required the charitable company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2022 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions for small companies under Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.

Approved by the trustees on 2022 28th October and signed on their behalf by:

Stephanie Colquhoun (Chair)

The attached notes form part of the financial statements.

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Statement of cash flows

For the year ended 31 March 2022

Note
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
(a)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchase of fixed assets
Cash used in 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
(b)
a)
Net income for the reporting period
(as per the statement of financial activities)
Depreciation
Decrease / (Increase) in debtors
(Decrease)/ Increase in creditors
Net cash provided by / (used in) operating activities
b) Analysis of cash and cash equivalents
Cash at bank and in hand
Total cash and cash equivalents
Reconciliation of net expenditure
to net cash flow from operating activities		 £
(679)
£
145,799
145,799
At
1 April
2021		 2022
£
74,720
(679)
74,041
145,799
219,840
2022
£
68,781
294
4,740
905
74,720
Cash
flows
£
74,041
74,041		 2021
£
118,033
(661)
(661)
117,372
28,427
145,799
2021
£
188,315
164
(98,585)
28,139
118,033
£
219,840
At 31
March
2022
219,840

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Notes to The Financial Statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

1 Accounting policies

Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) - (Charities SORP FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.

The charitable company 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 or note.

Going concern

The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern. The trustees do not consider that there are any sources of estimation uncertainty at the reporting date that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next reporting period.

Income

Donations income is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the income have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and that the amount can be measured reliably.

Income from grants is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the grants have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably and is not deferred. Income received in advance for the provision of specified service is deferred until the criteria for income recognition are met.

Investment income is recognised when receivable and the amount can be measured reliably by the charity; this is normally upon notification of the interest or dividends paid or payable by the investment fund manager.

Expenditure

Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure on charitable activities includes the costs of delivering services, exhibitions and other activities undertaken to further the purposes of the charity and their associated support costs.

Support costs are those functions that assist the work of the charity but do not directly undertake charitable activities. These costs have been allocated between expenditure on charitable activities on the basis of the staff time spent on the activity.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds are available to spend at the discretion of the trustees on activities that further any of the purposes of charity. Restricted Funds are restricted income funds given to the charity for specific purposes. They are expendable by the trustees in furtherance of particular projects within the charity objects.

Tangible fixed assets

Items of equipment are capitalised where the purchase price exceeds £500. Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write down the cost of each asset to its estimated residual value over its expected useful life. The depreciation rates in use are as follows:

Office equipment 25% straight line basis on cost Computer equipment 25% straight line basis on cost

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Notes to The Financial Statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

1 Accounting policies (continued)

Debtors

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.

Cash at bank and in hand

Cash at bank and cash 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.

Creditors and provisions

Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.

Pensions

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme and the pension charge represents the amounts payable by the company to the fund in the year.

2 Detailed comparatives for the statement of financial activities

Unrestricted
Funds
Income from:
£
Charitable activities:
365,396
Total income
365,396
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities:
220,799
Total expenditure
220,799
Net income for the year
144,597
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward at start of the period
45,324
Total funds carried forward at end of the period
189,921		 Restricted
Funds
£
477,181
477,181
433,463
433,463
43,718
-
43,718		 Total
2021
£
842,577
842,577
654,262
654,262
188,315
45,324
233,639

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Womens Inclusive Team

Notes to The Financial Statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

3 Income from charitable activities

Income from charitable activities Income from charitable activities
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
Funds Funds 2022 2021
£ £ £ £
London Borough of Tower Hamlets Early Years - - - 74,173
Big Lottery Fund - - - 72,500
Clarion Futures - 17,333 17,333 34,999
Limehouse Project - Child Care - - - 29,006
Tower Hamlets LTD -GP Care Group - - - 2,850
East End Community Foundation - 25,920 25,920 56,305
LBTH 1,700 164,262 165,962 58,756
ELBA - - - 1,155
Buzzacott- BSDMF - - - 1,000
14 Mile End and Bow - - - 1,350
Barnardo's 17,375 - 17,375 241,300
CAF - CAF Befriending Coordinator 3,750 - 3,750 30,170
CCLORS - - - 50,000
City Of London - - - 34,990
East London NHS Foundation Trust - Compass Wellbei - 146,623 146,623 40,688
GoFundMe - - - 14,276
Good Things Foundation - 3,920 3,920 6,491
Play Association - - - 6,000
New City College - 258 258 -
Tower Hill Trust- Bio Diversity - 1,404 1,404 -
National Lottery - 9,906 9,906 -
Neighbourly - 1,000 1,000 -
Limehouse project - 24,844 24,844 -
THCVS - 25,000 25,000 -
UBELE - 23,200 23,200 -
Barts Charity - 702 702 -
Solace - 19,623 19,623 -
IICF - 10,000 10,000 -
Canal Rivers - 7,500 7,500 -
Meal contribution/Dono 1,777 - 1,777 -
Tower Hamlets GP 3,436 - 3,436 -
Morpeth 5,010 - 5,010 -
Haymarket Media Group 1,000 - 1,000 -
Bamer Hub 3,000 - 3,000 -
CHARITABLE GIVING BENEVITY BGC 32,609 - 32,609 -
Small Donations 6,427 - 6,427 -
Vitol Group 9,039 - 9,039 -
Canary Wharf Group - 4,500 4,500 -
69 Boutique Ltd 3,000 - 3,000 -
DWP - Kickstart - 32,882 32,882 -
THCVS (workshop) 1,272 - 1,272 -
Parent Contribution 2,230 - 2,230 -
Groundworks - 8,880 8,880 -
Lloyds Bank Foundation 25,000 - 25,000 61,434
LBTH (workshop) 1,000 - 1,000 -

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Womens Inclusive Team

Notes to The Financial Statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

3 Income from charitable activities (Continued)

Income from charitable activities (Continued)
Unrestricted
Funds
£
The Dixon Foundation
-
The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation
-
The London Community Foundation
-
Restricted-Others
-
General-Others
19,568
137,193		 Restricted
Funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
527,756		 Total
2022
£
-
-
-
-
19,568
664,949		 Total
2021
£
3,000
7,500
5,000
2,986
6,648
842,577

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Notes to The Financial Statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

4 Analysis of expenditure Current year

4
Analysis of expenditure
Current year		 4
Analysis of expenditure
Current year
Unrestricted
£
Direct cost
-
Salaries
80,981
Other staff Costs
Office cost
Premises costs
Professional fee
IT costs
80,981		 Restricted
£
68,637
368,415
318
437,370		 Support
costs
£
-
12,143
14,661
47,492
3,522
77,818		 Total
2022
£
68,637
449,396
318
12,143
14,661
47,492
3,522
596,169		 Total
2021
£
194,972
260,502
3,980
59,649
29,025
99,373
6,761
654,262
Support costs allocation 29,738 48,080 (77,818) - -
110,719
Analysis of expenditure
Prior year
Unrestricted
£
Direct cost
-
Salaries
112,970
Other staff Costs
-
Office cost
-
Premises costs
-
Professional fee
-
IT costs
-
112,970
Support costs allocation
107,829
220,799		 485,450
Restricted
£
194,972
147,532
250
-
-
-
-
342,754
90,709
433,463		 -
Support
costs
£
-
-
3,730
59,649
29,025
99,373
6,761
198,538
(198,538)
-		 596,169
Total
2021
£
194,972
260,502
3,980
59,649
29,025
99,373
6,761
654,262
-
654,262		 654,262

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Womens Inclusive Team

Notes to The Financial Statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

5 Net income for the year

Net income is stated after charging:
Independent examiner's fee (excluding VAT)
Depreciation		 2022
£
900
295		 2021
£
750
166
6
Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Pension costs
Analysis of staff costs, trustees remuneration and expenses and
cost of key management personnel		 2022
£
418,270
25,914
5,212
449,396		 2021
£
234,066
22,050
4,386
260,502

No member of staff received emoluments of more than £60,000 in this year (2021: None)

The total employee benefits including pension contributions of the key management personnel were £Nil (2021: £Nil). During the year there were no redundancy payments.

The average monthly numbers of employees during the year was 27 (2021: 20)

The trustees of the charitable company were not paid or received any other benefits from employment with the charity in the year (2021: £nil) neither were they reimbursed expenses during the year (2021: £nil). No charity trustee received payment for professional or other services supplied to the charity (2021: £nil).

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Tangible Fixed Assets
Cost
At 1 April 2021
Additions in the period
At 31 March 2022
Depreciation
At 1 April 2021
Charge for the period
At 31 March 2022
Net book value
At 31 March 2022
At 31 March 2021		 Computer
Equipment
£
661
679
1,340
165
295
460
880
496		 Office
Equipment
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-		 Total
£
661
679
1,340
165
295
460
880
496

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Notes to The Financial Statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

8
Debtors
Accrued Income
Other Debtors
Trade Debtors
9
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year
Taxation, social security and Pension
Other creditors
Accruals
10
Analysis of Net Assets between Funds (current year)
Unrestricted
Funds
£
Tangible fixed assets
880
Current assets
249,426
Current liabilities
(33,911)
216,395
Analysis of Net Assets between Funds (prior year)
Unrestricted
Funds
£
Tangible fixed assets
496
Current assets
222,431
Current liabilities
(33,006)
189,921		 2022
£
14,430
-
101,180
115,610
2022
£
6,599
12,925
14,387
33,911
Restricted
Funds
£
-
86,024
-
86,024
Restricted
Funds
£
-
43,718
-
43,718		 2021
£
-
14,681
105,669
120,350
2021
£
-
31,186
1,820
33,006
Total
2022
£
880
335,450
(33,911)
302,419
Total
2021
£
496
266,149
(33,006)
233,639

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Womens Inclusive Team

Notes to The Financial Statements

For the year ended 31 March 2022

11 Movements in Funds


Restricted Funds
Restricted Funds
Unrestricted Funds
General funds
Total Funds
Movements in Funds (prior year)

Restricted Funds
Restricted Funds
Unrestricted Funds
General funds
Total Funds		 At 1 April
Incoming
2021
Resources
£
£
43,718
527,756
43,718
527,756
189,921
137,194
233,639
664,949
At 1 April
Incoming
2020
Resources
-
477,181
-
477,181
45,324
365,396
45,324
842,577		 Outgoing
At 31 March
Resources
2022
£
£
(485,450)
86,024
(485,450)
86,024
(110,719)
216,395
(596,169)
302,419
Outgoing
At 31 March
Resources
2021
(433,463)
43,718
-
(433,463)
43,718
(220,799)
189,921
(654,262)
233,639		 Outgoing
At 31 March
Resources
2022
£
£
(485,450)
86,024
(485,450)
86,024
(110,719)
216,395
(596,169)
302,419
Outgoing
At 31 March
Resources
2021
(433,463)
43,718
-
(433,463)
43,718
(220,799)
189,921
(654,262)
233,639
86,024
216,395
302,419
At 31 March
2021
43,718
-
43,718
189,921
233,639

Restricted funds are for the following purposes:

The income of the charity includes grants received for specific restricted projects. The trustees' report includes a brief description of the activities of each project.

12 Company Status

The company is limited by guarantee of £1 per member without share capital.

13 Related party transactions

There are no related party transactions to disclose for the year (2021: none).

There are no donations from related parties which are outside the normal course of business and no restricted donations from related parties. There is no balance due to/from related parties at the end of the year.

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