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2020-08-31-accounts

ANNUAL ACCOUNTS AND REPORT

Beyond the Streets

Annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2020

Charity no. 1178421

CONTENTS

Page
Legal and administrative information 2
Report of the Trustees 3-17
Statement of financial activities 18
Balance sheet 19
Notes to the financial statements 20-28
Independent examiner’s report to the Trustees 29

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Legal and Administrative information

Reference and Administrative Information

Charity Registration Number: 1178421

Governing document: Constitution of a Charitable Incorporated Organisation whose only voting members are its Charity Trustees dated 25[th] April 2018

Operational address: 45 The Avenue, Southampton, SO17 1XP and BGMC, 305 Cambridge Heath Road, London E2 9LH

Trustees:

Trustees at any time during year:

Key management staff responsible to the trustees for day-to-day operations:

Date of Registration: 18[th] May 2018

Independent Examiner: Sylvia Lambden FCCA, Calculus Accountants and Tax Advisers Limited, 5 Priory Road, Loughton, Essex, IG10 1AF

Bankers: Cooperative Bank, PO Box 250, Skelmersdale, WN8 6WT

Investment manager : Charities Aid Foundation / Epworth Investment Management

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Report of the trustees for year ended 31 August 2020

Trustees’ Report

The last year has been a year of two halves with the latter six months marking an unprecedented time for us all. We know that the challenges we have faced as an organisation are not unique and that across the country everyone is adapting to new ways of working and living. Despite the difficulties we have encountered, we have continued to hold the women we work with at the centre of our work, aware that our support is needed now more than ever. We are proud of the resilience and commitment of our staff to continue to provide compassionate support in ever changing circumstances.

The autumn of 2019 saw us investing in our training and influencing work after a season of growth with our work directly supporting women. We coordinated and submitted evidence from our network of affiliates to the Women and Equalities Committee’s inquiry into the harms of prostitution. We were pleased to work together as a network to highlight the harms associated with selling sex, the challenges for those facing harm in accessing services, and the changes required to ensure better access to the services they require. We launched new training content designed and delivered in partnership with AVA focusing on ‘Exploring ‘Trauma Informed’ Approaches to Working with Women Involved in Prostitution/The Sex Industry’. Our Hidden History tours, which provide an alternative narrative to Jack the Ripper tours in London, were attended by 210 people and, in November 2019, we launched our first ever sponsored Street Walk. We invited people to join us in walking 12k across London at night to take a stand for women who are experiencing sexual exploitation. As well as an opportunity to fundraise, the Street Walk provided the chance to learn more about the issue and hear more of the experiences of women both past and present.

The advent of the pandemic brought significant changes for the women we work with and for our direct support teams, but we have continued to ensure support is available. Our Beyond Support service, as a remote service over the phone, is continuing to operate after only minor adjustments, offering support to women across the UK. We are aware that for many women their situation is likely to deteriorate as they are unable to make money, face heightened pressure to engage in risky behaviours, are unable to access new funds for the employed and self-employed, face challenges around paying rent and bills, lack access to support services, or are forced to self-isolate with abusive partners. Many are also experiencing significant mental health challenges at this time. With our Door of Hope project serving women selling sex in East London, in line with government guidance, we sadly had to suspend our drop-ins and we also had to pause our face-to-face meetings with women for several months. Reintroducing face-to-face meetings over the last two months has been a key priority. We have been able to continue to run outreach on a reduced basis ensuring we are a consistent presence on the streets. Over the last six months we have found that we are focusing more on supporting women’s emotional and mental health as they deal with the restrictions on their movement and the lack of access to services.

Throughout the latter part of the year, communication and connection have been vital for the

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wellbeing of our team and we have invested heavily in supporting all staff as they navigated the change to home working as well as managing any health risks to them or their families. Our Services Manager and Development Manager have benefitted from pro bono resiliency coaching provided by Lloyds Bank Foundation and we were able to fund additional clinical supervision for our Women’s Support Workers. Being a women’s sector organisation, predominantly staffed by women, the lockdown and closure of schools and nurseries has meant that we have faced significant reductions in our capacity since March. We have sought to be flexible, allowing staff to work reduced and flexi hours and offering furlough, to support those within the team who have been looking after young children and juggling the pressures of home schooling. We understand that this time has been particularly challenging for those with caring responsibilities, and we have regularly reviewed and adjusted our Operational Plans in light of this reduction in capacity.

This is an unparalleled time for all of us and at the moment we cannot anticipate the future challenges we will face or the lasting effects of the pandemic on the women we work with. We remain committed, however, to ensuring that women are not left without support and to working to see woman safe from coercion, violence, and exploitation.

This is the second report of the Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) for which registration with the Charity Commission was completed on 18th May 2018 and started operating on 1[st] September 2018. The assets, liabilities, and undertakings of the Beyond the Streets Charitable Trust (registered charity 1099006) (The Trust) were transferred to the new CIO. The Trust temporarily continues to operate alongside the CIO for the purpose of collecting regular donations where the donors have not been able to be contacted. All funds received by The Trust are transferred to the CIO.

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Objectives and Activities – Our vision, values and how we work

The charity’s objects are “To assist in relieving the poverty of persons involved in prostitution particularly by a process of training other charities or bodies with charitable purposes to help and advise persons involved in prostitution in accordance with the statement of values set out in the appendix to this constitution.”

Our Vision

We want to see a world where people are free from sexual exploitation, and where those in prostitution have the option to pursue genuine alternatives, free from constraints such as poverty, drug dependency, and abuses of vulnerability.

Our Values:

Beyond the Streets is a charity inspired by Christian values. This motivation underpins all our work and is demonstrated in the belief that we are all equal and are to work to help those in need. This belief inspires us to work with acceptance, inclusivity and mutual respect for all. This means:

Whilst these are our organisation’s core beliefs, we will never look to impose them on anyone. Anyone looking to join the Beyond the Streets team, either as staff or in a voluntary capacity must respect this ethos and will be expected to work within this framework to assist the charity towards achieving our vision of ending sexual exploitation.

At Beyond the Streets, we come into contact with groups and individuals from various perspectives on prostitution/selling sex and value this diversity. Having said this, over the years our perspective has developed and has been informed by our service users. We recognise that the routes into prostitution and women's experiences of the sex industry vary but overall we view prostitution as a form of ‘violence against women and girls’ (VAWG) due to the harm we have found to be inherent. Central to this perspective is an understanding of the abuse of power and/or vulnerability faced by those who are sexually exploited.

Since it started, the work of Beyond the Streets has been shaped by practitioners and those with direct experience of commercial sexual exploitation. Alongside our mission statement and values,

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Beyond the Streets is an organisation working nationally which can be characterised by the following:

How we work:

We have three areas of work, underpinned by our main aim of enabling routes out of prostitution:

• Direct support for women – we offer tailored and ongoing support to women working on street in East London through our Door of Hope project and to women UK-wide through our Beyond Support project. Our specialist staff in both projects are trained to support women and help them achieve a better future that is more than survival and isn’t dominated by past trauma.

• Changing the context – through education and policy engagement we raise awareness and challenge the status quo. We work to challenge attitudes towards women experiencing commercial sexual exploitation as this is often formed by assumptions and is detached from the complex personal and systemic root causes.

• Developing and equipping projects – since 1999, we have taken a lead in supporting those who share our commitment to ending sexual exploitation and now host a national network of 42 projects. We tackle isolation faced by projects by providing training, project development, good practice guidance and partnership. Overall, from research we estimate that our network is in contact with approximately 1500 women each month.

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Our Year – Achievements and performance

– Directly supporting women The need for trauma-informed, woman-centred, holistic support has never felt so urgent as it has this year. The advent of the coronavirus pandemic and the national lockdown in March 2020, posed significant challenges to us as an organisation but we have remained committed to keeping our direct support work with women going. We have sought to continue to hold the women we work with at the centre of our work and to respond to their changing needs as we have adapted our services in line with government guidance.

Door of Hope street outreach in Tower Hamlets

Our Door of Hope project offers support to women selling sex on street in East London through twice weekly outreach sessions and one-to-one daytime support, ensuring women can access indepth, trauma-informed support over the long-term.

With the advent of COVID-19, we sadly had to suspend our drop-ins in March 2020, and these remain closed at the end of August 2020. Our Women’s Support Workers stopped meeting with women face-to-face and moved to providing support to women over the phone. This was challenging as a large proportion of the women we work with do not have a mobile phone. Following contact from several women who were

struggling to access food banks during lockdown we took the decision to distribute food packages to women on our caseload. We also provided them with basic pay-as-you-go phones to ensure we could continue to keep in contact. In our first round of deliveries at the start of May, we identified 16 women in immediate need of food. We delivered a second round in early June to 20 women. As lockdown restrictions eased in June, we began to reintroduce face-to-face support with safety measures in place as maintaining contact remotely was proving difficult.

Due to the impact of COVID-19 on outreach volunteer availability and staff capacity, we had to reduce outreach to once a week between March and August 2020 and reviewed it on a weekly basis.

The implementation of additional safety measures, provision of PPE to outreach volunteers, and maintaining social distancing did however enable us to continue to connect with some of the most vulnerable women in Tower Hamlets throughout lockdown.

Prior to March 2020 and the closure of our drop-ins, we hosted 23 women at 44 drop-ins. Our Women’s Support Workers made 21 applications for hardship funding on behalf of individual women. This secured £4200 to enable women to meet their immediate needs during the pandemic. Five of the women we were supporting during the year self-reported that they had stopped selling

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sex and a further 11 women reported a reduction in selling sex while being supported by our team in the last quarter of the year.

The capacity of our Door of Hope team has been affected by staff changes this year. Plans to recruit a new full-time coordinator for Door of Hope were delayed due to the impact of COVID-19 on our recruitment process, resulting in the role being vacant from February and requiring our Services Manager to step in to manage the day-to-day operation of the service. Recruitment took place during August 2020 and we are looking forward to our new coordinator joining the team in October.

“ � thank you! � it well done � i like it all and the colouring book I love and the diary book and notes � nice touch lol thank u again x that meant a lot to me that you have done this it really do as not many people especially workers u no what I mean don't get me so I don't get on with many people so thank u for taking the time �� ” (Feedback via text from a Door of Hope client, May 2020)

Beyond Support national support service

Beyond Support, our UK-wide remote support service, continues to operate predominantly on a self-referral basis, enabling women to access intensive support for up to 18 months. We provide non-judgemental listening; a place for women to focus on improving safety, reducing selling sex or sustaining an exit from selling sex. We work with women to carry out safety planning, goal setting, to identify appropriate services they can access in their locality and to advocate on their behalf, and support to find genuine routes into employment and training.

As a remote service delivered over the phone, Beyond Support was able to continue to operate with only minor adjustments during the lockdown period. Following the guidelines for COVID- secure workplaces, in July 2020 our Beyond Support team moved to a pattern of blending home working with time together in our office space. This has been crucial in improving staff wellbeing as there is a more clearly defined line between home and work, especially when dealing with calls that are traumatic or distressing.

During FY 19/20, of the 7 cases we closed, the average length of support was just under 8 months. All 7 women were able to achieve their goals or made significant steps towards it including improving their safety, reducing selling sex or sustaining an exit from selling sex.

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Staff changes have impacted the capacity of our Beyond Support team this year. In May 2020, one of the team retired and the challenges of the pandemic meant recruitment to replace her took longer than planned. A new Women’s Support Worker joined the team in June 2020 and she was beginning to take on a caseload in August having completed her induction. In addition, we have created a new 0.6 FTE Women’s Support Worker post which will start from September 2020. Continuing to grow the capacity of this team will be vital so we can ensure that women across the country can receive consistent remote support as we continue to navigate the restrictions of the pandemic.

“I didn’t realise how hard it would be to try and get back into alternative work at my age and establish a more normal life – you have given me hope and the support has been invaluable emotionally helping me to see things from a different perspective […] Thank you for all your help, I will miss the sound of your voice and all the support you have given me.” (Beyond Support client, closing review, April 2020)

Changing the context

Alongside our direct support work, we seek to address the structural, economic and societal disadvantages that women experience. We work to challenge attitudes towards women experiencing sexual exploitation as these are often detached from the complex personal and systemic root causes. At the start of the year, we implemented several staffing changes to increase our capacity to take forward our influencing work. The pandemic, however, reduced staff capacity as staff had to balance childcare responsibilities and as the management team had to invest additional time in management of direct delivery to ensure we could maintain support for women throughout the unfolding pandemic. Within the last year:

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website, we were able to distribute them directly to over 80 police contacts across all 43 police forces, and a further 79 key stakeholders.

(Police officer response to Practitioner Resources, July 2020)

Developing and equipping projects

• Facilitating a national network

Our Affiliate Network of 42 projects continues to work across the UK; providing support to women across a range of settings within the sex industry and tackling the sexual exploitation that happens within every community. Within this year:

online session to explore ‘What's going well & challenges with COVID’ which was attended by affiliate leaders from 11 projects. We followed this up in July 2020 with an online training session for affiliates on ‘Calls during COVID! Moving from F2F to Phone support’. The session

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was attended by 23 participants from 16 affiliate projects.

“I just wanted to say HOW MUCH I appreciated the training you provided on 'Calls during Covid'. It felt so supportive, affirming, validating and a real breath of fresh air during this tricky time, and I particularly appreciated the sense of solidarity I felt from others across this sector.” (Affiliate Project Support Worker, July 2020)

• Providing training

This year saw us launch our new training in partnership with AVA as well as continue investment in our affiliate network. We want to challenge the status quo of how women experiencing commercial sexual exploitation are treated and aim to influence a move towards services for women that support, not criminalise them. COVID-19 has had a big impact on our ability to deliver training over the second course of this year and we have been working hard to convert our training offer to an online format. Within this year:

“Wonderful, insightful training. What I have learned today I feel I can embed in my daily practice at work.”

(‘Exploring Trauma Informed Approaches’ Participant, November 2019)

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Structure, Governance and Management

Governing Document

The Charitable Incorporated Organisation is governed by constitution and was registered on 18[th] May 2018 with the Charity Commission (Reg no. 1178421).

Recruitment and Appointment of Trustees

The trustees have the power to appoint further trustees under the governing document referred to above. As we are growing as an organisation we want our board to reflect the growth and diversify to meet the needs. Within the financial year, we were able to appoint an independent consultant to perform a governance review. The results of this have subsequently been presented to the board and actions have been taken to improve within the areas identified. To ensure strong trustee recruitment, a Governance working group has been established with delegated authority.

All trustees are appointed through a majority vote at a trustees meeting. All trustees are appointed for a fixed time period with the possibility of renewing. Apart from a number of the founding trustees, who were appointed for four years, all future appointments will be for a renewable three year period.

Organisational Structure

The trustees meet regularly to ensure they fulfil their responsibility for the governance and strategic direction of the charity. Trustees are selected with a broad range of experience and come from a wide range of backgrounds that bring valuable skills to the charity. This includes experienced practitioners, charity managers and people with other key governance skills and business experience. Two project co-directors are appointed by the trustees to manage the day to day operations of the charity along with a management team they have responsibility to select. The trustees are responsible to review and set the remuneration of the directors, management and staff team and this work is undertaken by a remuneration sub-group and decisions ratified by the whole board.

Governance Code

Within the year we commissioned an external review and used the governance code as a template for assessing our current systems, structures and governance practices. The results of this review were presented to the board following the year-end and a plan has been created to ensure the findings are addressed and a plan for ongoing improvements is embedded.

Volunteers

The work of Beyond the Streets is not possible without the team of volunteers who support the staff team. The charity is reliant on volunteers to deliver outreach sessions and wider support to our beneficiaries. The charity does not recognise volunteer time in the accounts but recognises their key role in contributing towards our charitable aims. All volunteers receive an induction and regular training and we ensure they are supported and supervised.

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Risk Management

The trustees regularly review any potential major risks to the charity and continue to ensure that our risk analysis particularly informs our contingency planning and reserves policy. The trustees take their safeguarding and data protection responsibilities very seriously: concerns are discussed at every meeting; the effectiveness of responses is analysed; and procedures are updated where necessary. The Directors along with the management team review the risks faced quarterly and rank by likelihood and impact. Major operational risks:

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current activity or staffing levels trends in income and expenditure.
Reserve funding maintained at a minimum of 4-6
months of normal costs including an additional
reserve as sector navigates financial impact of
Covid.
Regular review of grant funding sources.
Investigate and develop other options for fund
raising.
Invest in staff time to increase fundraising capacity.
Key staff may leave (either management or front Ensure staff are well looked after, and
line) remuneration is appropriate for the role, to reduce
the risk of people leaving.
Ensure additional support available to ensure
resiliency and ongoing training.
Have good recruitment practices in place for
replacing staff.
Where possible ensure that no-one is a ‘single point
of failure’, i.e. that there are no tasks or
responsibilities that only one person has the skills
and experience to carry out.
Develop management team to work alongside
Directors in day to day management of the charity.
Reputational damage Ongoing training of staff to ensure work is carried
out professionally – safeguarding, trauma-
informed, etc.
All external comms to be managed/vetted by the
comms team.
Impact from Covid-19 Enable home working for all staff.
Ensure good facilities and processes are in place
where staff need to work at the office
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Statement of Public Benefit

The Board confirm that in planning our activities and strategies for the year we have kept in mind the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and believe that we have followed the guidance in this area. We are committed to empowering those exploited and to ensuring that outreach and support projects provide quality service delivery in supporting people to exit prostitution. The above annual report gives a detailed description of the activities undertaken by the charity and the Board is satisfied that these activities provide public benefit.

Financial Review

In 2019/20 Beyond the Streets benefited from a stable income of £379,752 (2018/19: £400,900). This reflected a reduction in restricted donations and a small reduction in funding from grantmaking organisations. The stability of income enabled us to sustain our recent growth in staffing levels and further our impact in reducing sexual exploitation. Expenditure within the year was £344,277 (2018/19: £297,210). This was down on our budgeted expenditure following delays in recruitment due to Covid along with other reduced costs such as travel and training. This led to a higher than expected financial surplus, enabling us to carry forward £38,073 to finance our core activities in future years. This surplus will further the stability of our work, giving us more visibility in our planning and sustainability in our impact.

We continue to remain debt free, and had unrestricted reserves of £204,091 (2018/19: £243,278) as at 31st August 2020, along with restricted funds of £37,610 and formally designated funds of £115,212 received in advance for current projects. Of the unrestricted reserves, we plan to use £110,000 over the next three years to finance core activities, in accordance with our financial plan. We also are exploring possibility of purchasing a premises to base our operations and ensure a trauma-informed approach. Together, this places us in a strong position from which to continue to pursue our vision in the years ahead.

We are incredibly grateful to our current funders and have particularly appreciated the additional COVID-19 emergency response grants made available within the year. This has been provided by Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, The Jerusalem Trust, David and Ruth Lewis Charitable Trust, the Ministry of Justice Fund for Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Support Services, and London Community Response Fund which have enabled us to financially navigate the last six months.

Reserve Policy

As part of our annual financial review, the trustees have considered the appropriate levels of reserves required by the charity to ensure prudent financial management.

Beyond the Streets holds free reserves to:

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In order to achieve this our policy is to hold free reserves equivalent to a minimum of four to six months of current running costs which for 2019/20 represents £116,000 to £174,000. This is alongside any Restricted Funds that are held by the charity which can only be used for the purposes intended.

The charity engages in regular financial forecasting, and if forecasts indicate that free reserves are to exceed this level consistently for a period of more than six months and look to continue on that trajectory, then a plan will be put in place to utilise any surplus in a way that adds to the impact and sustainability of the charity. If projections show that the free reserves will fall below this level for a period of more than three months and again continue with this trend, then we will implement a remedial action plan. This plan will involve a focused fundraising campaign along with reviewing staffing and service priorities as we seek to reduce our ongoing expenditure to a sustainable level. This policy along with contractual obligations are reviewed on an annual basis. In the light of the economic impact of Covid-19, the trustees have taken the decision to increase the level of free cash held by £80,000 to enable us to navigate any ongoing downturn and reduction of funding. This amendment to our reserve policy is a temporary measure and will be reviewed when it feels safe to do so.

Investment management

As part of a strategy to diversify risk while still generating reasonable levels of interest income, we hold about half of Beyond the Streets' reserves with the Affirmative Deposit Fund for Charities (ADFC), which is managed by Epworth Investment Management (owned by the Methodist Church). We understand that ADFC has a conservative investment policy and lends only to banks with high-investment-grade credit ratings. In addition, approximately 20% of Beyond the Streets’ reserves are invested in carefully selected ethical investment funds managed via the CAF Investment platform. Our remaining reserves are held with The Co-operative Bank and are fully covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.

Future Plans

Beyond the Streets has plans for the coming year to strengthen the charity and to increase our impact. Key aspects of the plan include:

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Statement of trustees’ responsibilities for the annual financial statements

The trustees are responsible for preparing the trustees’ report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice), including Financial Reporting Standard 102 (FRS 102). The law applicable to charities in England & Wales requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity 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 charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Compliance with laws and regulations

The trustees confirm that the charity has complied with all legal and regulatory requirements for charitable incorporated organisations registered under the Charities Act 2011 and all other significant legal and regulatory requirements relating to the charity’s day to day operations.

On behalf of the board of trustees

Hugo Foxwood Treasurer

27[th] May 2021

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Case Study: Anita

Anita (name changed) got in touch with Beyond Support in March 2019. She was in her late 30s, studying for a degree and explained that she was working part-time as a dancer in a strip club to provide for herself and her son. As she spoke with our Women’s Support Worker, she talked about growing up in a domestic violence household and of being raped in her mid-30s. She was suffering with anxiety attacks and said that stripping was triggering past trauma. Describing her situation when she first contacted us, Anita said:

“[I was] quite confused and having severe flashbacks and dreams. Exhaustion and I couldn’t function during the day much. Felt bombarded with memories. I felt like I was watching a scary movie. Memories would pop up throughout the day and even in my dreams. [I had] hives from the trauma. Body responding to the memories. [I was] starting to feel out of control and couldn’t rationalise it.”

She was having psychotherapy but felt that she needed more specialist support to help her move on from her past trauma, to stop stripping and to explore what her career options could be. Over the course of a year, Anita had regular support calls with one of our Women’s Support Workers. The conversations offered Anita a safe place to find a new sense of stability, to talk about her trauma and to focus on what she wants in her life.

“I feel like I’ve not been alone. Having you there supporting me through it has helped me process things a lot quicker. I felt at a bit of a loss. The one thing that sticks out is that I feel you’ve been able to help me rationalise my situation which has helped me keep grounded. Along with having regular support and someone to speak to, someone I can share this information with as don’t really have anyone else to share it with, not even my friends as it’s quite heavy.

You’ve opened my mind to a different way of life. It’s made it seem more realistic. That has come with feeling more grounded. Somewhere I felt not really present and confused. With the support you have given me it’s made me feel more mentally stable. […] Having you here has really helped because I don’t think I would have been able to process without talking to you. One of the things I have felt with the relationship with you is that it’s always felt like a strategy building without it being dictatorish. It really works because it’s more personal. With you I feel like I’m talking to someone who really relates.”

As Anita clarified her goals for her future, we were able to provide information on dyslexia, grant making trusts and identify support networks available to her as she seeks to start up her own business. In early 2020, Anita felt she had gained confidence, was mentally stronger, had strategies in place in terms of her career and decided she no longer needed ongoing support:

“I just feel now like [a] totally different person, totally transformed. Different headspace. I am now in a position to rescue my career and start making a tangible difference to my life. I feel like I’m able to do that now that I am feeling better. Since talking to you I’ve been able to consistently exercise. I now understand how my body works since going through trauma. I’ve learnt along the way how important it is to be more mentally stable and more aware and how the process of analysing this needed to happen to help me feel physically well… I felt I had to dance in order to survive. [My] goal is to stop dancing and have more control of my life. Feels realistic now – want to stop in 6 months, definitely by the end of the year.”

(Shared with Anita’s permission)

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Beyond the Streets - Charity Number: 1178421

Statement of Financial Activity (including Income and Expenditure Account)

These accounts cover the period 1[st] September 2019 to 31[st] August 2020.

Note
Income:
Donations and Legacies
2
Charitable Activities
3
Other Trading Activities
4
Investment Income
Other
5
Total income
Expenditure:
Raising Funds
6
Charitable activities
Support Costs
Total expenditure
7,8,9
Gains/(losses) on investments
10
Net income/(expenditure)
Transfers between funds
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward
11		 Unrestricted
Designated
Restricted
funds
funds
funds
£
£
£
55,601
-
10,281
153,800
101,788
54,600
999
-
1,399
1,330
-
-
(46)
-
-
211,684
101,788
66,280
26,778
-
25
106,345
-
167,009
21,248
-
22,873
154,371
-
189,907
2,599
-
-
59,912
101,788
(123,627)
(99,100)
(15,818)
114,918
243,278
29,242
46,319
204,090
115,212
37,610		 2020
£
65,882
310,188
2,398
1,330
(46)
379,752
26,803
273,354
44,121
344,278
2,599
38,073
-
318,839
356,912		 2019
£
80,950
314,832
3,512
793
813
400,900
22,870
236,930
37,410
297,210
-
103,690
-
215,149
318,839

The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year.

All incoming resources and resources expended derive from continuing activities.

The notes on pages 20-28 form part of these financial statements.

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Beyond the Streets - Charity Number: 1178421

Balance sheet as of 31[st] August 2020

Note
Current assets:
Stocks
12
Debtors
13
Investments
10
Cash at bank and in hand
Liabilities:
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
14
Net current assets
Total net assets
Funds
11
Unrestricted general funds
Designated funds
Restricted funds
Revaluation reserve		 2020
£
767
21,295
82,599
307,078
411,739
54,827
356,912
356,912
201,491
115,212
37,610
2,599
356,912		 2019
£
813
20,556
-
307,507
328,876
10,037
318,839
318,839
243,278
29,242
46,319
-
318,839

The notes on pages 20-28 form part of these financial statements.

These financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees on 27 May 2021

and signed on its behalf by

Hugo Foxwood - Trustee

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Beyond the Streets - Charity Number: 1178421

Notes to the Financial statements

For the year ended 31 August 2020

1 Accounting policies

Basis of preparation

The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102. 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 issued in October 2019, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102), the Charities Act 2011, and UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice.

The financial statements have been prepared to give a ‘true and fair’ view and have departed from the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 only to the extent required to provide a ‘true and fair view’. This departure has involved following the 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 issued in October 2019 rather than the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice effective from 1 April 2005 which has since been withdrawn.

The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis under the historical cost convention, modified to include certain items at fair value. The financial statements are presented in sterling which is the functional currency of the charity.

The significant accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all years presented unless otherwise stated.

Preparation of a cash flow statement

The charity has taken the exemption provided in Update Bulletin 1 updating Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) allowing small charities not to prepare a cash flow statement.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds – these are funds which can be used by the Charity in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the Trustees.

Designated funds are those unrestricted funds that have been set aside by the trustees for a particular purpose but have not yet been spent.

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Notes to the Financial statements (continued)

Restricted funds – these are funds that can only be used for a particular restricted purpose within the objects of the Charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds have been raised for particular restricted purposes.

Income Recognition

All incoming resources are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) when the charity is legally entitled to the income after any performance conditions have been met, the amount can be measured reliably, and it is probable that the income will be received.

For donations to be recognised the charity will have been notified of the amounts and the settlement date in writing. If there are conditions attached to the donation and this requires a level of performance before entitlement can be obtained, then income is deferred until those conditions are fully met or the fulfilment of those conditions is within the control of the charity and it is probable that they will be fulfilled.

Donated facilities and donated professional services are recognised in income at their fair value when their economic benefit is probable, it can be measured reliably, and the charity has control over the item. Fair value is determined on the basis of the value of the gift to the charity. For example, the amount the charity would be willing to pay in the open market for such facilities and services. A corresponding amount is recognised in expenditure.

No amount is included in the financial statements for volunteer time in line with the SORP (FRS 102). Further detail is given in the Trustees’ Annual Report above.

Where practicable, gifts in kind donated for distribution to the beneficiaries of the charity are included in stock and donations in the financial statements upon receipt. If it is impracticable to assess the fair value at receipt or if the costs to undertake such a valuation outweigh any benefits, then the fair value is recognised as a component of donations when it is distributed, and an equivalent amount recognised as charitable expenditure.

Expenditure Recognition

All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to the category. Expenditure is recognised where there is a legal or constructive obligation to make payments to third parties, it is probable that the settlement will be required, and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.

The irrecoverable element of VAT is included with the item of expense to which it relates.

Support costs allocation

Support costs are those that assist the work of the charity but do not directly represent charitable activities and include office costs, governance costs, administrative payroll costs. They are incurred directly in support of expenditure on the objects of the charity and include project management. Where support costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to cost of raising funds and expenditure on charitable activities on a basis consistent with use of the resources.

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Notes to the Financial statements (continued)

Fund raising

Fund-raising costs are those incurred in seeking voluntary contributions and do not include the costs of disseminating information in support of the charitable activities.

Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets are capitalized if they can be used for more than one year and cost at least £1,000. These are stated at cost (or deemed cost) or valuation less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses. Cost includes costs directly attributable to making the asset capable of operating as intended.

Depreciation is provided on all tangible fixed assets, at rates calculated to write off the cost, less estimated residual value, of each asset on a systematic basis over its expected useful life as follows:

Leasehold improvements 5 years straight-line Fixtures & fittings 5 years straight-line Office equipment 3 years straight-line

Debtors and creditors receivable / payable within one year

Debtors and creditors with no stated interest rate and receivable or payable within one year are recorded at transaction price. Any losses arising from impairment are recognised in expenditure.

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash represents cash in hand plus bank balances immediately available to the charity. Cash equivalents and bank balances held on short term deposit available to the charity at up to 3 months’ notice.

Going concern

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis as the trustees believe that no material uncertainties exist. The trustees have considered the level of funds held and the expected level of income and expenditure for 12 months from authorising these financial statements. The budgeted income and expenditure are sufficient with the level of reserves for the charity to be able to continue as a going concern.

Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

The preparation of the financial statements sometimes requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported for assets and liabilities as at the Statement of Financial Position (balance sheet) date and the amounts reported for revenues and expenses during the year. However, the nature of estimation means that actual outcomes could differ from those estimates.

Investments

Investments are recognised initially at fair value which is normally the transaction price excluding transaction costs. Subsequently, they are measured at fair value with changes recognised in ‘net gains / (losses) on investments’ in the SoFA if the shares are publicly traded or their fair value can otherwise be measured reliably. Other investments are measured at cost less impairment.

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Notes to the Financial statements (continued)

2 Donations and Legacies

2
Donations and Legacies
2020 2019
£ £
Gifts 63,558
79,333
Gift Aid 2,324 1,617
Total 65,882
80,950

The Donations and Legacies total does not include any legacies, grants, or donated goods and services. Income from donations and legacies was £65,882 (2019: £80,950) of which £10,281 (2019: £26,674) was attributable to restricted and £55,601 (2019: £54,276) was attributable to unrestricted funds.

3 Charitable activities

Income from Charitable
activities:
Grants
Local Authority Contracts
Training
Affiliate Contributions
Other
Total		 2020
2019
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
£
£
£
£
£
£
147,686
54,600
202,286
146,500
60,952
207,452
101,788
-
101,788
101,788
-
101,788
1,555
-
1,555
1,340
-
1,340
4,420
-
4,420
3,779
-
3,779
139
-
139
473
-
473
255,588
54,600
310,188
253,880
60,952
314,832

Of the unrestricted income £101,788 (2019: £101,788) is designated for the delivery of a contractual service for London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

Grant funding within year

The Samworth Foundation
Church Welfare Association
The Jerusalem Trust
David & Ruth Lewis Charitable Trust
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation Trust
Lloyds Bank Foundation
Grants under £5,000
TOTAL		 £65,000
£33,500
£30,000
£20,000
£15,000
£5,500
£33,286
£202,286

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Notes to the Financial statements (continued)

4 Income from Other Trading Activities

4
Income from Other Trading Activities
2020 2019
£ £
Fundraising Events 108
1,200
Alt Walking Tour Tickets 1,960 1,912
Other Activities 330 400
Total 2,398
3,512

Income from Other Trading Activities was £2,398 (2019: £3,512) of which £1,399 (2019: £1,912) was attributable to restricted and £999 (2019: £1,600) was attributable to unrestricted funds.

5 Other Income

Revaluation of stock resulted in a shortfall of £46. This was caused by donating items freely at events.

6 Raising Funds

This has been recast from 2019 where the fundraising costs were included in Charitable Activities but reported as a note under Analysis of Resources Expended. It has now been included explicitly in the Statement of Financial Activity in order to align with SORP.

7 Staff costs and employee benefits

7
Staff costs and employee benefits
2020 2019
£ £
Wages and salaries 257,470 218,678
Social security costs 17,822 15,338
Employers contributions to defined 13,249 12,366
contributionspension schemes
Total 288,541 246,382

During the year, the Charity had 12 employees (2019: 12), and no-one was paid over £60,000. The total remuneration to key personnel was £58,463 (2019: £55,860).

Some of the employees were part time so the full time equivalent of these employees was 9.1 (2019: 9).

The Trustees neither received nor waived any remuneration during the year but were reimbursed for their expenses. This totalled £172 (2019: £184).

The charity operates a contributory pension scheme. It is a defined contribution scheme and contributions are charged in the statement of financial activities as they accrue. The charge for the year was £13,249 (2019: £12,366).

8 Volunteers, donated goods, facilities and services

There were 19 volunteers in the year, of which 16 were involved in street outreach projects, 1 was involved as a women’s phone support worker, and 2 helped with administration tasks. The charity does not recognise volunteer time in the accounts.

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Notes to the Financial statements (continued)

9 Analysis of resources expended


Analysis of resources		 expended
Raising Funds(see note 6):
Salaries
Other Expenses
Direct Charitable
Expenditure:
Salaries
Conference Costs
Publicity & Fundraising
Outreach Supplies
Project Costs
Software Licence
Support Costs:
Training
Equipment & Resources
Meeting Expenses
Telephone & Internet
Office Rent & Room Hire
Travel
Admin & Subscriptions
Governance
Bank Charges
Insurance
Stationery & Postage
Other Expenses
Total		 2020
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
£
£
£
26,161
-
26,161
617
25
642
26,778
25
26,803
106,092
156,288
262,381
-
-
-
252
1,012
1,264
-
3,972
3,972
-
637
637
-
5,100
5,100
106,345
167,009
273,354
1,932
84
2,016
2,905
4,380
7,285
245
28
273
2,064
1,405
3,469
6,364
11,566
17,930
2,602
3,002
5,604
726
250
976
458
152
610
32
110
142
861
287
1,148
1,495
125
1,620
1,564
1,484
3,048
21,248
22,873
44,121
154,371
189,907
344,278		 2019
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
£
£
£
22,870
-
22,870
-
-
-
22,870
-
22,870
101,119
122,393
223,512
3,320
-
3,320
-
1,007
1,007
-
2,904
2,904
-
-
-
-
6,187
6,187
104,439
132,491
236,930
461
882
1,343
3,797
2,974
6,771
456
105
561
1,124
1,662
2,786
2,921
9,717
12,638
1,829
4,649
6,478
845
1,201
2,046
180
63
243
23
40
63
829
276
1,105
627
338
965
385
2,026
2,411
13,477
23,933
37,410
140,786
156,424
297,210
10 Current asset investments
2020 2019
£ £
Listed investments 82,599 -
Total 82,599
-

The fair value of listed investments is determined by reference to the quoted price for identical assets in an active market at the balance sheet date.

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Notes to the Financial statements (continued)

11 Funds Summary

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|||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Fund|Balance at|Income|Expenditure|Transfers|Carried| |1/9/2019|Forward| |£|£|£|£|£| |Restricted| |-| |Beyond Support|12,500|1,000|12,500|1,000| |Door of Hope|-|21,674|136,554|114,880|[1]|0| |Near Neighbours|112|-|150|38|[2]|0| |Axis Foundation|4,905|-|1,839|-|3,066| |-|-| |Covid-19 Response|4,606|2,874|1,732| |East End Community|7,972|-|7,972|-|0| |-|-| |Impact & Development|33,500|22,518|10,982| |Lloyds Bank Foundation|830|5,500|5,500|-|830| |-|-|-| |Staffing Fund|20,000|20,000| |Sub-total|46,319|66,280|189,907|114,918|37,610| |Unrestricted (Designated)| |LBTH|23,611|101,788|-|(114,918)|[3]|10,481| |Amber|900|-|-|(900)|[4]|0| |Future Salaries|-|-|-|100,000|[5]|100,000| |-|-|-| |Sophie Memorial|4,731|4,731| |Sub-total|29,242|101,788|-|(15,818)|115,212| |Unrestricted (General)| |General funds|243,278|211,684|154,371|(99,100)|[6]|201,491| |Revaluation reserve|-|2,599|-|-|2,599| |Sub-total|243,278|214,283|154,371|(99,100)|204,090| |TOTAL|318,839|382,351|344,278|-|356,912|

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1 Transferred from LBTH designated fund to cover Door of Hope costs that exceeded the restricted income.

2 Transferred from LBTH designated fund to cover overspend on Near Neighbours (Door of Hope) funds.

3 Transferred to Door of Hope restricted funds as per 1 & 2 above.

4 Designation of Amber funds has been removed at the request of the Board of Trustees.

5 Designation of funds towards future salaries at the request of the Board of Trustees.

6 Transferred to/from designated funds, as per 4 & 5 above.

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Notes to the Financial statements (continued)

Previous year funds

Fund Initial Balance Income Expenditure Transfers Carried
Forward
£ £ £ £ £
Restricted
Beyond Support 713 12,500 713 - 12,500
Door of Hope 45,110 42,108 145,395 58,177 0
Near Neighbours 1,060 - 948 - 112
Axis Foundation - 5,000 95 - 4,905
East End Community - 9,930 1,958 - 7,972
Lloyds Foundation 6,861 - 7,315 1,284 830
Seedbed 2,750 - - (2,750) 0
StaffingFund - 20,000 - - 20,000
Sub-total 56,494 89,538 156,424 56,711 46,319
Unrestricted (Designated)
LBTH - 101,788 - (78,177) 23,611
Amber 900 - - - 900
Sophie Memorial - 4,731 - - 4,731
Sub-total 900 106,519 - (78,177) 29,242
Unrestricted (General) 157,755 204,843 140,786 21,466 243,278
TOTAL 215,149 400,900 297,210 - 318,839

12 Stocks

In 2019 the value for stock was erroneously included within the figure for debtors. These figures have been restated in line with SORP

13 Debtors

Other debtors
Prepayments and Accrued Income:		 2020
£
-
21,295
21,295		 2019
£
216
20,340
20,556

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Notes to the Financial statements (continued)

14 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

Accruals and deferred income
Other Creditors		 2020
£
50,200
4,627
54,827		 2019
£
660
9,377
10,037

15 Related parties

The charity received donations from related parties of £1,180 (2019: £1,110) during the year. No conditions were attached.

The charity engaged the services of a relative of key management personnel to install bench desks to assist with creating a Covid secure workplace. This amounted to £688 and the decision was made by the trustees.

The charity received grant funding of £33,500 from The Church Welfare Association, for which one of the key management personnel is on the board of trustees.

16 Independent Examiner’s remuneration

The independent examiner’s remuneration amounts to an independent examination fee of £610 (2019 - £600).

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Independent Examiners Report to the Trustees of Beyond the Streets

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31[st] August 2020 which are set out on pages 18 to 28.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity’s trustees 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 charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statement

Since the charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

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 charity 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.

Signed:

Name: Sylvia Helen Lambden FCCA

Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

Sylvia Helen Lambden FCCA Calculus Accountants and Tax Advisers Limited 5 Priory Road Loughton Essex IG10 1AF The date upon which my opinion is expressed is:- 28[th] May 2021

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