ANNUAL ACCOUNTS AND REPORT
Beyond the Streets
Annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 August 2021
Charity no. 1178421
CONTENTS
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| Legal and administrative information | 2 |
| Report of the Trustees | 3-20 |
| Statement of financial activities | 21 |
| Balance sheet | 22 |
| Statement of cash flows | 23 |
| Notes to the financial statements | 24-33 |
| Independent examiner’s report to the Trustees | 34 |
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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 addresses:
45 The Avenue, Southampton, SO17 1XP BGMC, 305 Cambridge Heath Road, London, E2 9LH The Arch, 21 Hereford Street, London, E2 6EX
Trustees:
Trustees at any time during year:
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Wendy Young (Chair)
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Pippa Morgan (Secretary)
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Hugo Foxwood (Treasurer)
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Carol Rider
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Lorraine Briffitt
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Caroline Hattersley (finished 20/1/2021)
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Helena Croft (finished 25/4/2021)
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Laurence Singlehurst
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Anna Bland
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Philippa Bonay (from 20/1/2021)
Key management staff responsible to the trustees for day-to-day operations:
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J Knowles
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M Wakeling
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 / Best Invest / Epworth Investment Management
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Report of the trustees for year ended 31 August 2021
Trustees’ Report
The last year has seen the organisation adapt once again to the direct and indirect challenges created in an ever-changing pandemic, whilst also seeking to build on the valuable lessons and opportunities presented. We have witnessed the increased needs of the women we support, highlighted the long-term impacts of the pandemic on their lives, and identified the change that needs to occur to address them. As with previous years, we remained committed to providing an essential specialized service for women selling sex and to changing and challenging a system that often lets them down. Over the last year our dedicated, compassionate, and resilient staff have continued to support women in challenging circumstances whilst placing their voices at the core of all we do. This year has also seen us make plans for the future expansion of the organisation, including the influence and impact of the women’s voices both in our organisation and the wider sector as a whole.
During 2020-21, our wider work highlights have included launching a new research report in partnership with The Joint Public Issues Team (JPIT), entitled The impact of Covid-19 on women who sell sex or are sexually exploited; responding to the government’s updated strategy for Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG), published by the Home Office; relaunching between May and November our Hidden History tours, which focuses on the lives of the women who were killed by Jack the Ripper not their deaths, as well as the women we support today; and running our second sponsored street walk in November, where a number of funders joined us on a 12k walk across London at night to take a stand for women who are experiencing sexual exploitation.
We want to take this opportunity to pay tribute to the strength and resilience of the women we have journeyed with over this last year, through both of our direct support services and our wider impact work too. We appreciate the trust they place in us and the chance to collaborate and learn together. We would like to thank all our staff, volunteers, and trustees for their hard work and dedication over the year, and also to thank all of our supporters and funders who make our work possible. We look forward to the coming year and the exciting positive expansion of our organisation in the pursuit of its aims.
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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:
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1) We seek to show genuine care and be inclusive and recognise the intrinsic value in all people.
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2) We see everyone as equal in diversity and work to see everyone treated in this way.
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3) We believe in transformation and will work to enable people to see positive change in their lives.
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4) We take a long-term approach and see the importance of persevering and celebrating progress.
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5) We see the value of working together, addressing conflict, and partnering to see lives changed.
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6) We are sensitive to the misuse of power and recognise the importance of working alongside those we seek to serve.
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:
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We draw on and work with those with lived experience and seek to ensure their voices are heard and they are championed as agents of their own change.
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We ensure our work is trauma informed, woman centred and holistic and seek to champion the same approach across the sector.
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We encourage a model where practice shapes training and training develops practice.
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• We are a learning organisation, using our expertise and the experience of others to embed best practice for the women we work with and across the sector to influence systemic change.
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We recognise the need to tailor work to address Routes In, Support and Routes Out to ensure women find safety and thrive.
How we work:
We have three areas of work underpinned by our ambitious aims: To see fewer people routed into experiences of sexual exploitation; to ensure those that are, have better support and access to services; and those that want to, are able to exit more easily and thrive.
• 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 41 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 continuation of various levels of lockdown conditions due to the pandemic still impacted on provision and continued to create challenges for us as an organisation. We have been committed to overcoming these in order to keep direct support work with women going, particularly those at high risk, and maintain engagement at a time when the women we work with are facing increased issues around mental health, food and income poverty, and increased vulnerabilities. We’ve done this alongside adapting our services in line with changing government guidance.
Door of Hope in Tower Hamlets
Our Door of Hope project offers support to women selling sex on street in East London through twice weekly outreach sessions, drop-in sessions, and one-to-one daytime support, ensuring women can access in-depth, trauma-informed support over the long-term.
The staff team has expanded during this financial year with the new Coordinator joining the project in October; this alongside securing funding for a third Women’s Support Worker (WSW). Whilst this improved capacity, as an organisation we still faced challenges around staff and volunteer sickness and isolation caused by the pandemic. It particularly effected the levels of outreach in the initial months with levels of provision significantly improving after the New Year. 69 outreach sessions were carried out, the same as in the previous financial year but a drop on the 100 reached in 18/19, demonstrating the impact of the pandemic. This is also reflected in the number of women seen, the number of contacts with women and the number of women engaged with. Although the levels of engagement, in terms of the percentage of women seen on outreach who we have been able to engage with, has remained consistent.
Due to lockdown and ongoing social distancing measures our drop-ins were suspended. We were able to recommence drop-ins in June with a new weekly session from our outreach base. We moved this Thursday breakfast drop-in back to a local cafe, an ideal location due to proximity to outreach work, as soon as Covid restrictions allowed. We anticipate that engagement through drop-ins will take time to rebuild. We are working to also recommence a daytime drop-in from our outreach base later this year and the drop-in we host at the allwomen hostel in the borough. Daytime Support provision was impacted due to the difficulty in being able to engage with
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women in a trauma-informed way. Often, we lacked the confidential indoor space to be able to speak with women in face-to-face meetings. Continuing on from our work last year we utilised special Covid funding to provide women with emergency groceries, household items, food vouchers and phones. Despite the challenges, working alongside partners, 96% of women on caseload are registered with a GP, 95% with drug or alcohol issues were engaging with substance misuse services and 62% who use Class A drugs, that we were able to ask, self-reported stopping or reducing their Class A drug use.
The Tower Hamlets Prostitution Partnership meetings (MARAC format) resumed in February 2021 with five meetings taking place between February and August 2021. We received 10 referrals during this period; three were made by our Women’s Support Workers and seven were made by five external partners. Since restarting the THPP meetings, we have invested time and resources in raising the profile of the THPP and training professionals in how and when to refer. This included training with the Police and briefing Community Safety Officers.
Staff had to work across two sites for a significant period of time to enable us to meet with government guidelines on social distancing in the workplace. At the beginning of June all staff
moved into our outreach base to provide consistency and opportunities for joint working and support. This has been a positive move with the team enjoying having access to confidential space, a larger meeting venue, and each other. During this time we’ve recognised the continuing challenges and additional stresses that the pandemic has placed on staff and ensured access for all to monthly clinical supervision and 7 sessions of resiliency coaching.
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Door of Hope Demographics:
Beyond the Streets is committed to providing a service that is accessible to all, ensuring that any protected characteristic is not a barrier to engagement. We also respect the choice of women not to disclose equalities data.
In 2020-21, the ethnicities of the women we engaged with on outreach was significantly White British (73%).
However ethnicity is not a barrier to accessing 1:1 casework support as diversity within this group increases, with White British (52%) representation being less pronounced. We will continue our work on raising awareness and reaching out to all the different communities (including the Asian community) living within the Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Beyond the Streets is committed to ensuring accessibility of our services for those living with a disability and for all women regardless of sexual orientation. Note: Most of the women who said yes to living with a disability were disclosing behaviour and emotional disabilities (67%). The data on ages of women we were engaging with on outreach shows that the majority (89%) were in their 30’s or 40’s. We did engage with younger and older women respectively.
The majority of women on caseload don’t have a religion, have not stated one or would prefer not to say. However, 30% have disclosed that they are Christian and 18% that they are Muslim, with 3% having stated another religion.
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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 alongside them, including within housing and finances. We also signpost to support that can help to find genuine routes into employment and training.
We have opened 30 new cases this year, relating to 29 unique women. Of these 29 women, 28 were completely new to Beyond Support during this period. In total, we provided support to 43 women over the year. 50% of all enquires led to on-going support, with two-thirds of the initial contact being made via email and the rest via telephone calls and leaving a voicemail.
The Beyond Support team work in collaboration with other professionals to support women and made 107 contacts with professionals during the year.
Assessments carried out by Women’s Support Workers at time of closures noted that 100% had improved their mental health and self-agency, 91% had improved their network of support, nearly two-thirds had experienced an improvement in their safety, and half had seen a reduction in their substance misuse.
“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.”
Beyond Support Client, October 2020
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Beyond Support Demographics
Beyond Support service is open to access by women across the UK, though highest levels of engagement exist within its organisational base of London and the South East (No women in this FY were supported in Wales or NI). At the start of the next financial year we will be recruiting a Team Leader for this project and part of their role will be to increase awareness of this service across geographical areas, particularly where there are service gap provisions for women involved in selling sex.
Growing the capacity of this team is vital to meet the need for specialised support and help address the lottery of service provision that currently exists across the country, as well as ensuring that women across the country can receive consistent remote support. This work will take time and will focus on specific locations and potentially engaging within identified themes such as prisons, hostels, mental health services, sexual health services and universities.
Beyond the Streets is committed to providing a Beyond Support national service that is accessible to all, ensuring that any protected characteristic is not a barrier to engagement.
Approximately one third are aged between 25-34 years. However, the age of the women engaging with our Beyond Support service is broad (18 to 64 years), showing that this is not a barrier to successful engagement.
The ethnicity of women engaging with the service is broadly representative of the last published census and in some cases an over-representation (White Other). Again, we are alert to the need to raise awareness of the service within the Asian community. Other data collected shows that 7% of the women supported by Beyond Support are living with a disability and 21% described themselves as spiritual or identified with a specific religion.
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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. This is achieved through multiple routes including, research, training, policy engagement and our walking tours.
We are planning to create new roles and implement staff changes to increase our capacity to take forward our influencing work. The original timelines were affected by the pandemic but moving forward we will have dedicated staff roles leading on this area of our work.
Research
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Beyond the Streets and The Joint Public Issues Team (JPIT) research on The impact of Covid-19 on women who sell sex or are sexually exploited was published in May 2021 and is available to read on our website. This research partnership came about because we were aware of the increasingly vulnerable position women who sell sex in the UK were facing during the pandemic. We wanted to draw on the collective experience of our work and the work of our affiliates to better understand this impact at a national level. Many of our affiliate projects took part in surveys, in focus groups and/or interviews. The research underscores the need for collaborative, trauma-informed approaches to provision at an agency and governmental level so as to ensure that women who sell sex are not left to bear the cost of long-term fallout from COVID-19.
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Off-Street Sex Industry in Tower Hamlets Research Project commisioned by London Borough Tower Hamlets was carried out by a research team of Grayce Collis, a peer researcher, Dr Andrea Matolcsi, an established researcher in the field, and our Development Manager, Dr Katie Thorlby in October 2020. The research focused on exploring the type of off-street sexual services taking place, broad estimates of their scale, the support needs of those involved, and what services already exist to meet these needs. The report was submitted to the council at the end of July and recommendations are due for submission in September 2021.
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Building on the Off Street research project analysis work above, we will be drawing on data from 90 initial assessments completed with women accessing Beyond Support, our national support service, to publish a distinct report that will provide a unique insight into the support needs identified by women selling or exchanging sexual services in the UK.
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- We also plan to carry out a lived experience scoping exercise, utilising the new staff capacity, to better understand the range of approaches to involvement of those with lived experience within
organisations. This is to then put forward recommendations for implementing greater involvement of those with lived experience within Beyond the Streets, the affiliate network and the sector as a whole. This is to ensure that women’s experiences are at the heart of the organisation and are underpinning our training offer, research, and policy development; as well as ensuring we are accountable for the power we hold.
Policy Engagement
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In February 2021 we submitted a joint
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written submission, endorsed and signed by 24 of our affiliates, for the Home Office’s VAWG Strategy Consultation advocating for the inclusion of prostitution within the next national VAWG Strategy. A number of affiliate
projects provided evidence and case studies which were included in the report. In addition we were approached by the Home Office to help administer the ‘Victim and Survivors survey’ via facilitating women with lived experience of the selling sex to complete the survey, both directly and via affiliates.
- We continue to sit on the National Police Chief Council Working Group on Sex Work and provide input and feedback on the work of the group.
Training
Our training was moved online in response to the pandemic, this has increased our ability to reach a wider audience. It’s been a steep learning curve in how to deliver effective and engaging training online. A revision of our training was carried out and for many courses we reduced participant numbers to enable interactive training. Delivery of online training continues and will be maintained when we reintroduce face to face training; we’ll be looking at how we can combine the two effectively.
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We ran our session “An introduction to working alongside women in the sex industry” in Feb ‘21, Mar ‘21 and Jun ‘21. 38 participants attended in total. 96% felt they had improved their understanding of the UK sex industry as a result of the training and 84% felt more confident in supporting a woman who is selling sex.
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In partnership with AVA, we delivered training on Exploring ‘Trauma Informed Approaches to Working with Women Involved in Prostitution/The Sex Industry’ in October and November 2020. Attendees came from a variety of services including housing, police,
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probation, drug/alcohol services, VAWG and sexual health services. We will be delivering this training again in partnership with AVA in autumn 2021.
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Our “Exploring Tools to Support Women in the Sex Industry” training, for specialist and nonspecialist practitioners, had an overall rating from participants of 9.5/10.
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Our “Stress and Working with Trauma” course aimed at practitioners focused on the impact of trauma on staff, the 5 pillars of trauma informed practice, and strategy to build resilience. An intentionally small participant group of 6 people gave the session an overall average rating of 9.6/10 with 100% agreeing that that they had improved their understanding of selfcare within a ‘trauma context’’. Also 100% reported feeling more confident in their own self-care strategies as a result of the course.
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We have delivered bespoke sessions to other organisations including The Terrence Higgins Trust and the London Borough of Tower Hamlets (with their VAWG team).
A Hidden History of Women in the East End: Alternative Jack the Ripper Tour
After suspending the tours at the start of the pandemic, we were able to relaunch them in May 2021 with 20 people attending the three tours between then and August 2021. Tours were run up to November 2021, and after a winter break, started again in spring 2022. During 2021-22, we will be looking at how we can take the tour online to make it more accessible to those outside of London and within the school curriculum context. 100% of tour attendees who completed our feedback survey, strongly agreed or agreed that both their ‘awareness of the complexities for women experiencing sexual exploitation/involved in the sex industry has improved as a result of attending the tour this evening’ and that their awareness of the services offered by Beyond the Streets had increased.
“Guides were knowledgeable, passionate and insightful. They drew poignant and effective parallels between the women then and now.” Tour Attendee, June 2021
Developing and Equipping Projects
Affiliate Network
The pandemic has posed challenges for our affiliate network, many of whom deliver face to face services. We currently have 41 organisations across the UK in our network, including projects that work on and off street.
We’ve focused on supporting affiliates as they navigate the pressures of the pandemic. With our new Affiliate Officer (0.4 FTE) in post from September 2020 we have been able to offer more support online. During the year, we have provided 1-2-1 consultancy support to 26 different affiliate projects.
In September 2020 we launched our Action Learning Sets pilot with affiliate leaders as a tool for leadership and growth. We ran taster sessions and followed up with 3-4 more sessions delivered in sets based on income levels. In total, we had 18 affiliate leaders attend the whole process . We will look to run more in the next financial year after 94 % of participants reported that they felt more
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connected to the network, and 67% reported sharing resources with others within the network as a result of the Action Learning Sets.
Engagement has increased across the affiliate network. Overall, 34 affiliate projects (83%) have participated in either research, policy or training this year, and the remaining 7 have connected through 1-2-1 consultancy support. This includes 39 individuals from 23 different affiliate projects participating in our training events which included: training on motivational interviewing and trauma informed approaches; a session on shared learning on using NetReach to support women selling sex online; and facilitated external training for our affiliates and our direct service team, delivered by the Centre for Women’s Justice, involving 6 sessions to improve their understanding of criminal law and their knowledge of how to challenge police failings when advocating for women.
“It has been brilliant to have an opportunity to meet others in the network and get to know them in a way you may not normally have the chance to. It is also really helpful to help one another think about the issues we are all facing. Often these issues are shared by all and even though the format is about enabling one person to think through a problem we all benefit from space and time to think through that issue from our own perspective - as naturally that is where you might draw some of your questions from. I also have a much greater awareness of the projects the people in the ALS represent”.
Affiliate Leader, May 2021
“Being in a virtual forum with leaders from similar services across the country has been incredibly valuable. It wouldn't be possible to meet in person so regularly. During such a challenging time, it has been very useful to share and hear experiences around leadership. It has offered time for reflection in a safe space.”
Affiliate Leader, May 2021
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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). The assets, liabilities, and undertakings of our previous legal entity the Beyond the Streets Charitable Trust (registered charity 1099006) (The Trust) were transferred to the new CIO when it became operational on 1[st] September 2018. 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 .
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 threeyear 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
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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.
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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Risk identified Action taken to mitigate
Financial sustainability in order to maintain our Ensure quarterly financial review and monitor trends
current activity or staffing levels in income and expenditure.
Reserve funding maintained at a minimum of 5-6
months of budgeted future costs, including an
additional reserve as sector navigates financial impact
of Covid (this has been removed during 2021/22).
Regular review of grant funding sources and
implementation of improved donor stewardship.
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 remuneration
line) is appropriate for the role, to reduce the risk of
people leaving.
Ensure additional support available to enable
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.
Reputational damage Ongoing training of staff to ensure work is carried out
professionally – safeguarding, trauma-informed, etc.
All external comms to be managed 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.
Ensure plan in place for volunteer cover as needed.
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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 2020/21 Beyond the Streets benefited from a stable income of £507,567 (2019/20: £379,752). This reflected an increase in both donations and funding from grant-making 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 £455,617 (2019/20: £344,278). This was down on our budgeted expenditure following delays in recruitment and other reduced costs such as travel and training. This led to a higher-than-expected financial surplus, enabling us to carry forward £69,351 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. It will also enable us to invest further in additional growth to expand our impact.
The charity received donations from related parties of £685 (2020: £1,180) during the year. No conditions were attached.
We continue to remain debt free, and had unrestricted reserves of £211,256 (2019/20: £204,091) as at 31st August 2021, along with designated funds of £187,339 and restricted funds of £27,668. 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 for the grants made available within the year. This has been provided by Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, The Jerusalem Trust, Lloyds Bank Foundation, Church Welfare Association, The Smallwood Trust, the Ministry of Justice Fund for Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Support Services, Joseph Rank, and J Leon, Charles Haywood, The Samworth Foundation, and Clarion Futures, which have enabled us to financially navigate the last twelve months.
One of the key management staff, Mark Wakeling, is on the board of trustees for The Church Welfare Association.
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:
- provide a resilience that will enable the charity to continue to meet its charitable objectives within a context where the majority of the income is unpredictable.
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ensure additional protection is provided for the charity’s beneficiaries where long-term support is essential due to trauma and additional vulnerability.
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allow the charity to navigate a period of growth as demand on services increase.
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allow confident financial planning where there is little flexibility to the costs without impacting charitable activities.
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enable the charity to navigate unexpected events that cause a significant business disruption
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allow for unexpected drops in income and if this happens provide the time for the consideration and implementation of how the funding would be replaced or activities changed.
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enable engagement with unanticipated strategic opportunities and action against critical threats.
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fulfil contractual obligations in the event of an unanticipated financial stress.
The Trustees have established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets (‘the free reserves’) held by the charity should represent five to six months of budgeted operational costs. For 2021/22 this is equivalent to £270,00 to £320,000. This policy allows for the reserve figure to rise alongside increasing organisational capacity, and thus expenditure, that is a long-term response to service sector gaps and impact aims around systemic change. This ‘free reserve’ is alongside any Restricted Funds that are held by the charity which can only be used for the purposes intended. The policy is also in keeping with the Charity Commission guidelines that an organisation’s cash reserve should be able to cover core activities for 6 months.
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 has been removed during the 2021/22 financial year.
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. These have been managed via the CAF Investment platform and we are in the process of transferring to Best Invest, as CAF are no
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longer operating in this area. 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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Ensuring charitable activities are sustained and delivered safely within context of COVID-19 and staff have necessary support.
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Expand staff capacity for Beyond Support to increase number of women being supported.
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Ongoing development of our wider impact activities including training to work towards systemic change.
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Explore options for a secure and trauma informed space for delivery of remote services.
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Increased investment within the affiliate network and in developing training resources.
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Increased research capacity ensuring greater input from women with lived experience.
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:
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select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
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observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
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make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
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state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
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prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business.
The trustees are responsible for keeping 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.
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On behalf of the board of trustee5 Carol Rider Chalr of Trustees Page120
Beyond the Streets- Charlty Number: 1178421 Statement of Financial Activity These accounts cover the period I" September 2020 to 31" August 2021. funds funds 2021 2020 IA¢ome: Donation5 and Legacies Charttable Artivities other Trading Activities Investment Income Other 99,698 113.054 972 28,203 148276 127,901 378,118 972 65,882 310,188 2,398 1.330 {461 116,788 270 270 Totsl Income 214.3CV) 116.788 176,479 507,567 379,752 Expendlture: Raising Funds Charitable actNities Support Costs 22.924 6,217 293.820 29.305 29.141 357,825 68,651 26.803 273,354 44,121 39.346 Totsl expenditure 5,6,7 126.275 329.342 455.617 344,278 Galnsl(10sse5) on Investments 17.401 17,401 2,599 Net income/lexpendlture) 105A26 116.788 -1S263 69.351 38,073 Transfers between funds .98.260 44,661 142.921 Totsl funds brought for*ard 204.¢MI 115.212 37,610 356,912 318,839 Total funds foNnrd 211256 187339 27.668 426.Z63 356,911 The statement of financlal activities indudes all gains aDd105ses recognised in the year. All incoming resources and resources expended derb from continuing artNities. The notes on pages 24-33 form part of these financial statements. Page | 21
Beyond the Streets- Charity Number: 1178421 Balance sheet as of 31st August 2021 2021 2020 Flxed assets: Investments ICX),i IiJ),(J)o Current assets: Stocks Debtors Investments Cash at bank and in hand io li 1,037 21.550 767 21.295 82,599 307.078 363.667 386.254 411,739 Llabilitles: Creditors: amounts frdlllng due within one year 12.13 59,991 54,827 Net current assets 326,263 356.912 Totsl net assets 426,263 356,912 Funds Unrestricted general funds Designated funds Restrirted funds Revaluation reSee 191.256 187,339 27.668 20,¢XK) 201.491 115,212 37,610 2,599 426.263 356.912 The notes on pages 24- 33 form part of these financial statements. These financial ststements were approved by the Board of TnJstees on I and si8ned on its behalf /é Pa8e122
Beyond the Streets - Charity Number: 1178421
Statement of Cash Flows as of 31[st] August 2021
| Note Cash flows from operating activities: Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities: 14 Cash flows from investing activities: Investments Long Term Investments Change in cash and cash equivalents Cash and cash equivalents at the start of the period Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period |
2021 £ 73,990 82,599 (100,000) (17,401) 56,589 307,078 363,667 |
2020 £ 82,170 |
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| (82,599) - |
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| (82,599) (429) 307,507 |
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| 307,078 |
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Beyond the Streets - Charity Number: 1178421
Notes to the Financial statements
For the year ended 31 August 2021
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.
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.
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.
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Notes to the Financial statements (continued)
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.
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.
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Notes to the Financial statements (continued)
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 |
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| 2021 | 2020 | ||
| £ | £ | ||
| Gifts | 124,968 | 63,558 | |
| Gift Aid | 2,933 | 2,324 | |
| Total | 127,901 | 65,882 | |
The Donations and Legacies total does not include any legacies, grants, or donated goods and services. Income from donations and legacies was £127,901 (2020: £65,882) of which £28,203 (2020: £10,281) was attributable to restricted and £99,698 (2020: £55,601) was attributable to unrestricted funds.
3 Charitable activities
| Income from Charitable activities: Grants Local Authority Contracts Training Affiliate Contributions Other Total |
2021 2020 Unrestricted Restricted Total Unrestricted Restricted Total £ £ £ £ £ £ 105,500 148,276 253,776 147,686 54,600 202,286 116,788 - 116,788 101,788 - 101,788 2,475 - 2,475 1,555 - 1,555 5,032 - 5,032 4,420 - 4,420 47 - 47 139 - 139 |
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| 229,842 148,276 378,118 255,588 54,600 310,188 |
Of the unrestricted income £116,788 (2020: £101,788) is designated for the delivery of contractual services for London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Grant funding within year
| rant funding within year | |
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| Esmée Fairbairn Foundation Trust | £50,000 |
| The Jerusalem Trust | £40,000 |
| Church Welfare Association | £33,500 |
| The Smallwood Trust | £28,292 |
| Lloyds Bank Foundation | £27,500 |
| MOPAC MOJ | £24,855 |
| Joseph Rank | £11,500 |
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| J Leon | £10,000 |
| Charles Haywood | £7,000 |
| The Samworth Foundation | £5,850 |
| Clarion Futures | £5,000 |
| Grants under £5,000 | £10,279 |
| TOTAL | £253,776 |
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Notes to the Financial statements (continued)
4 Income from Other Trading Activities
| 4 Income from Other Trading Activities |
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| 2021 | 2020 | |
| £ | £ | |
| Fundraising Events | - | 108 |
| Alt Walking Tour Tickets | 972 | 1,960 |
| Other Activities | - | 330 |
| Total | 972 | 2,398 |
Income from Other Trading Activities was £972 (2020: £2,398) of which £0 (2020: £1,399) was attributable to restricted and £972 (2020: £1,600) was attributable to unrestricted funds.
5 Staff costs and employee benefits
| 5 Staff costs and employee benefits |
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| 2021 | 2020 | |
| £ | £ | |
| Wages and salaries | 320,217 | 257,470 |
| Social security costs | 24,089 | 17,822 |
| Employer’s contributions to defined | 15,963 | 13,249 |
| contributionspension schemes | ||
| Total | 360,269 | 288,541 |
During the year, the Charity had 13 employees (2020: 12), and no-one was paid over £60,000. The total remuneration to key personnel was £67,187 (2020: £58,463).
A benchmark report on salaries has been commissioned from an independent consultant in the last year, and the Trustees have a remuneration committee which meets annually.
Some of the employees were part time so the full time equivalent of these employees was 10.1 (2020: 9.1).
The Trustees neither received nor waived any remuneration during the year but were reimbursed for their expenses. This totalled £0 (2020: £172).
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 £15,963 (2020: £13,249).
6 Volunteers, donated goods, facilities and services
There were 20 volunteers in the year, of which 19 were involved in street outreach projects, and 1 helped with administration tasks. The charity does not recognise volunteer time in the accounts.
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Notes to the Financial statements (continued)
7 Analysis of resources expended
Analysis of resources |
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| Raising Funds: Salaries Other Expenses Direct Charitable Expenditure: Salaries Research 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 |
2021 Unrestricted Restricted Total £ £ £ 22,744 6,217 28,961 180 - 180 22,924 6,217 29,141 63,016 268,292 331,308 240 19,982 20,222 689 - 689 60 1,871 1,931 - 700 700 - 2,975 2,975 64,005 293,820 357,825 3,068 7,158 10,226 6,348 2,741 9,089 - 57 57 2,861 2,237 5,098 13,576 11,703 25,279 - 1,586 1,586 1,399 864 2,263 2,248 155 2,403 351 27 378 1,473 321 1,794 856 332 1,188 7,166 2,124 9,290 39,346 29,305 68,651 126,275 329,342 455,617 |
2020 Unrestricted Restricted Total £ £ £ 26,161 - 26,161 617 25 642 |
| 26,778 25 26,803 |
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| 106,093 156,288 262,381 - - - 252 1,012 1,264 - 3,972 3,972 - 637 637 - 5,100 5,100 |
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| 106,345 167,009 273,354 |
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| 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 |
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| 21,248 22,873 44,121 |
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| 154,371 189,907 344,278 |
8 Investments
| 8 Investments |
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| Current | Fixed Asset | Total | |
| Investments | Investments | ||
| £ | £ | £ | |
| Carrying (fair) value at beginning of period | 82,599 | - | 82,599 |
| Transfers during period | (82,599) | 82,599 | - |
| Netgain/(loss)on revaluation | - | 17,401 | 17,401 |
| Carrying (fair) value at end ofyear | - | 100,000 | 100,000 |
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Notes to the Financial statements (continued)
The decision was taken by the Board of Trustees to re-allocate investments funds as fixed assets as the intention is leave the investment in place for over 12 months.
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|Fund|Balance at|Income|Expenditure|Transfers|Carried|
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|Beyond Support|1,000|29,500|30,500|
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|Door of Hope|26,982|151,642|124,660|[1]|
|Axis Foundation|3,066|-|1,787|-|1,279|
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|Covid-19 Response|1,732|1,732|
|MOPAC VAWG|-|24,855|18,466|-|6,389|
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|Impact & Development|10,982|33,500|62,693|18,211|[2]|
|Lloyds Bank Foundation|830|27,500|28,380|50|[3]|-|
|Samworth Foundation|-|5,850|5,850|-|-|
|Smallwood Trust|-|28,292|28,292|-|-|
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|Staffing Fund|20,000|20,000|
|Sub-total|37,610|176,479|329,342|142,921|27,668|
|Unrestricted (Designated)|
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|Door of Hope|10,481|116,788|(124,661)|2,608|
|Covid Reserve|-|-|-|80,000|[4]|80,000|
|Future Salaries|100,000|-|-|-|100,000|
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|Sophie Memorial|4,731|4,731|
|Sub-total|115,212|116,788|-|(44,661)|187,339|
|Unrestricted (General)|
|General funds|201,491|214,300|126,275|(98,260)|191,256|
|Revaluation reserve|2,599|17,401|-|-|20,000|
|Sub-total|204,090|231,701|126,275|(98,260)|211,256|
|TOTAL|356,912|524,968|455,617|-|426,263|
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1 Transferred from Door of Hope designated fund to cover Door of Hope costs that exceeded the restricted income.
2 Transferred from General funds to cover overspend on Impact & Development fund.
3 Transferred from General funds to cover overspend on Lloyds Bank Foundation grant.
4 Designation of funds to cover potential impact of Covid-19 at the request of the Board of Trustees.
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Notes to the Financial statements (continued)
Previous year funds
| revious year funds | ||||||
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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 | 0 | |
| Near Neighbours | 112 | - | 150 | 38 | 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) | ||||||
| Door of Hope | 23,611 | 101,788 | - | (114,918) | 10,481 | |
| Amber | 900 | - | - | (900) | 0 | |
| Future Salaries | - | - | - | 100,000 | 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) | 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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Notes to the Financial statements (continued)
10 Stock
| tock | |
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| Stock | |
| £ | |
| Charitable Activities | |
| Opening | 69 |
| Added in period | 314 |
| Expenses in period | (60) |
| Impaired | |
| Closing | 323 |
| Other Trading Activities | |
| Opening | 698 |
| Added in period | 22 |
| Expenses in period | (6) |
| Impaired | |
| Closing | 714 |
| Total this year | 1,037 |
| Total previous year | 767 |
All stock listed above is for resale rather than for distribution.
11 Debtors
| Other debtors Prepayments and Accrued Income: |
2021 £ - 21,550 21,550 |
2020 £ - 21,295 21,295 |
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12 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
| Accruals and deferred income Other Creditors |
2021 £ 55,525 4,466 59,991 |
2020 £ 50,200 4,627 54,827 |
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Notes to the Financial statements (continued)
13 Leases
Total future minimum lease payments, including service charges, are as follows:
| Within one year Between one and two years Between two and five years Later than five years |
2021 £ 19,710 19,710 55,350 - 94,770 |
2020 £ - - - - - |
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14 Reconciliation of net income to net cash flow from operating activities
| Net income (as per the SOFA) Adjustments for: Debtors Accrued Income Prepaid Expenditures Stock Asset Creditors Accruals Other Payroll Deductions Tax & National Insurance Unearned Income VAT Control |
2021 £ 69,351 - (565) 310 (270) 390 4,325 (1,194) - 1,000 652 73,990 |
2020 £ 38,073 216 (700) (256) 46 - 541 (985) (4,037 48,916 356 |
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| 82,170 |
15 Related parties
The charity received donations from related parties of £685 (2020: £1,180) during the year. No conditions were attached.
There was no remuneration or expenses paid to any trustee during the year.
The key management staff, Mark Wakeling and Josephine Knowles, are co-founders and are related.
The charity received grant funding of £33,500 from The Church Welfare Association, for which Mark Wakeling is on the board of trustees.
There have been no other transactions involving related parties.
16 Independent Examiner’s remuneration
The independent examiner’s remuneration amounts to an independent examination fee of £620 (2020 - £610).
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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 31st August 2021 which are set out on pages 21 to 33.
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:
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accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
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the accounts do not accord with those records; or
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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:16th June 2022
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