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03 An Introduction from our CEO
56 Strategic Objectives
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An Introduction from our Chair Board of Our Impact Trustees 05 11 Our Background Our Direction of Travel 05 12 Volunteering Our Core Projects
06 16 Quotes Going Forward
07 Who We Are and What We Do
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Contact Details
08 Our Values
09 Our Principals
Rose Ssali | Chief Executive Officer
Welcome to our Annual Report 2023-2024. I thank God Almighty for a productive and yet challenging year. Our report covers the work we have done for and with our sisters, friends and Black African women and local community that have contributed, and who we have supported in some way. As a founder of Support and Action for Women’s Network - SAWN, I remain incredibly proud of SAWN, and everyone involved with SAWN. The work SAWN undertakes with Black African women supports, enables and empowers us to have a voice, be productive, contribute and thrive, living our lives our way whilst working our way through difficult and hostile systems to get where we ought to be.
I look forward to the coming year with passion, energy, excitement, courage and strength to face the possibilities, opportunities and challenges that this year will bring for us all at SAWN. Thank you to all who are involved with and support SAWN, this is only possible because of you all. A special thanks to all our stakeholders, our funders and most of all the women who make SAWN a brave space.
Rose Ssali, SAWN
Annette Williams | Chair Board of Trustees
I continue to be excited about the work undertaken by SAWN, to support women and families who continue to experience disadvantage due to their adverse life experiences. Within my role as Chair, I have witnessed and experienced the amazing growth of the organisation and team in developing the support available to women and their families from all walks of life. We continue to be proud of providing a space for women to be brave and vulnerable, a space where women tell us they are not judged, they no longer have to suffer in silence, as the chances are that someone in the peer support group will be going through the same or they have been through it, and they can offer support.
SAWN will continue to further increase its engagement with the local communities by hosting more events, workshops, and outreach activities at the same time as building on our existing services and projects. The aim is to build even stronger relationships with service users, stakeholders, and partners, and to enhance the sense of ownership and investment in the organisation's mission and work.
Annette Williams, SAWN
Our Background
Support and Action Women’s Network (SAWN) was established in 2007, to promote the welfare of Black African women in the Greater Manchester region of Oldham. SAWN provides culturally specific services, information, guidance and training. In addition, SAWN develops opportunities to raise awareness in order to strengthen relationships with decision-makers, investors and supporters of social change.
SAWN would like to thank our dedicated staff and volunteers, funders, local community, partners and supporters who despite the ongoing challenges have enabled SAWN to grow and make significant progress in the support we offer to empower women and enable them to be the best they can be. SAWN continues to work in partnership with the local community of Chadderton, Oldham Borough Council, Action Together, Women’s Resource Centre, Lloyds Bank Foundation, Lazarus Ministries, Great Places Housing Group, First Choice Homes, Equally Ours, Oldham Women’s Network, Jigsaw Homes, Women’s Environmental Network, Smallwood Trust, Lankelly Chase, Turn 2 Us, Oldham Community Meals, Agatha’s’ Space, Answer Cancer, Knightsbridge Solicitors, Tudor Trust, The Ideas Fund, Social Investment Business, School of Social Entrepreneurs, National Lottery Community Fund.
SAWN works predominantly with Black African women and families, who are first generation immigrants in the UK. These families are a minority within the BAME community, especially in Oldham, many of whom are living with poor mental health and physical health.
Support and Action Women’s Network SAWN registered charity CIO NO 1184501 is based within Stockfield Mill Chadderton Oldham, an area recognised as one of the most deprived areas in the UK. SAWN promotes the welfare of and supports Black African Women to have a voice that is heard in matters that concern and affect the and their lives throughout Oldham and Greater Manchester.
SAWN continues to be an active partner and to take a lead role within the Mama Health & Poverty Partnership (MHaPP), a collective of individual organisations that work with Black African Women throughout the 10 Boroughs of Greater Manchester providing culturally appropriate support including effective communication through languages spoken by the African communities settled in Greater Manchester through close collaboration and linking to mainstream services including health, education, benefits, job search, ESOL, life skills that provide general services and support to people to culturally appropriate support that enables African women to access and understand the system and removes barriers to participation and understanding.
This year, our fourth following the Covid 19 pandemic has continued to present many opportunities and challenges for SAWN including the ongoing Cost-of-Living crisis and we thank God for what we have been able to achieve in response to the ever-increasing challenges over the past year. SAWN has grown as an organisation in terms of staff, turnover and services and we have seen a huge demand on our services. SAWN is proud to have responded positively and proactively ensuring marginalised Black African women and their families have a voice that is heard, support that is timely and culturally appropriate and provides them with the opportunity to be the best they can irrespective of their status and barriers faced daily.
We feel better just being together and just part of the group, having fun and forgetting the other parts of life if only for a short time.
People are starting to listen to us and know that we mean business. We understand and sometimes can help sort things out if they listen.
Who We Are and What We Do Our Mission African Women becoming independent, self- sustainable, and key players in decision matters that concern them. Ourvision To realise the full potential of the African Woman through solidarity.
Our Values
SAWN respects the fundamental human rights and beliefs of all people and values everyone's personal opinion on Respect issues that matter to them. This includes the Trust Board, staff, volunteers, women and all who come to our space.
Whatever SAWN does is in a fair and just way creating a trust relationship Integrity demonstrated by truthful, responsible accountable conduct.
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SAWN recognises that we are accountable to others and has policies and procedures that protect all beneficiaries, stakeholders and its organisational reputation to funders, the Charity Commission and the public.
SAWN recognises that we are aware of our own cultural values and support women to retain their own and become aware of other cultures.
Our Principals
We have 3 intersecting principles to guide our work in supporting women. They are indivisible from each other and form the core of what we do, and we believe in at SAWN.
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SAWN exists to provide opportunities to Black African women to support them to be the best they can be. All projects are co-created with the women, we design all our projects and services with the underlying principle of increasing opportunities enabling women to provide peer support, share their skills and knowledge within the African communities increasing the impact on our communities across Oldham and Greater Manchester.
Partnership working sits at the core of all our work at SAWN. We work with partners as we know that this is the best way to support the women and families in our services and across the Greater Manchester area. By working collaboratively, we can amplify both our impact and the impact of our partners ensuring greater outcomes for all. We know that grassroots groups are closer to the issues and solutions and that they need to be part of the decision-making process, and we want people’s time and experience to be valued.
Our commitment to the environment and sustainability is woven throughout
our projects and services at SAWN. SAWN is committed to doing everything we can to help with climate change and the environment. We are proud of the services and projects that we have established are aimed at helping the environment whilst supporting our SAWN sisters.
Our Impact
Our holistic approach tackles a range of challenges faced by marginalised Black African women including isolation, poverty, domestic, abuse and language barriers. Our volunteer driven initiatives create and amplify resilience support and improved emotional health and well-being. Providing culturally sensitive support to women with a choice of multilingual emotional support in a safe space empowers women to make decisions at their own pace improving their lives and those of their children positively.
In the last 12 months SAWN has supported 1759 women and their families to access various projects to provide support in a range of areas to meet their need their way. Projects and support delivered during this year are comprised of our core services and additional programmes and projects tailored to specific areas. These are all interlinked and in the local community. 95% 100% 80% 95%
95% of women attending SAWN’s peer support group SARATI have told us they have made new friends, are less isolated and not as lonely and are more confident and know how to access services and find out about information in their community.
100% of women singing in the Sisters of the Yam choir said their emotional well-being and general health had improved and given them a sense of purpose
80% of women attending the growing hub told us their physical health and well-being is better through being outdoors and growing some vegetables
95% of women say general involvement with SAWN has given hope for their future and they are becoming more resilient.
Our Direction of Travel
We are proud that SAWN continues to grow and make significant progress in the support we offer to empower women; as a result of this women have become more confident, connected, empowered, resilient and able to stand as equals with others. To meet the increasing demand on our services we have diversified our work into five strands as follows:
Supporting, nurturing and growing SAWN women on a one-to-one basis, group Support work, activities, system change and advocacy along with opportunities for Engine women to start businesses or projects.
Our furniture hub selling low-cost preloved furniture and gifting furniture SAWN packs to those most in need and Furniture Hub identify other needs and used as a vehicle to support people holistically and supports our social value
We have access to a natural space where women learn about land justice, food sovereignty, growing skills and climate action at a community allotment. SAWN has sessions to grow and nurture food, fruit and vegetables which is shared amongst the women and community.
Affordable Housing
SAWN Climate Action and Food Sovereignty SAWN Choir
SAWN has a 4-bedroom house where we welcome women with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) with affordable low rents and benefits such as include no deposits and support on a one to one for our tenants and opportunity to benefit from our wider projects.
SAWN Sisters of the Yam choir is a space for women to utilise their creativity. SOTYC has grown in membership (25 women) who meet weekly and can perform a range of songs in a variety of African languages. Sisters of the Yam choir has performed at a variety of community events over the last year.
Our Core Projects
commitment of everyone involved with SAWN and we will endeavour for this to continue.
Cultural Awareness and Harmful Cultural Practices Training
Group and individual support for students on placements were provided to health and education professionals, mental health student nurses, social work students, community leaders with 87 learners participating.
SAWN Furniture Hub
SAWN continues to provide the best shopping experience for people using the hub providing choice from available stock. SAWN continues to provide furniture packs for those most in need. In partnership with The Oldham Community Crisis Response support SAWN has continued to provide 790 subsistence and basic furniture packs to Black African and BME families.
Stones and Roses Achievements Towards Independence SARATI
SARATI continues to grow and meet weekly and is now led by the women. In total 1,452 women participated this year leading sessions on topics that affected their lives. 30 women engage weekly in person with another 10 joining via zoom. Women see this as their space, their place using their voice where they support each other both formally and informally. Peer support in action as women have grown in confidence and resilience taking the lead together.
Agatha’s Space
A peer led support group that emerged from SARATI. Agatha’s Space supports women with HIV and provides a safe confidential space for Black African women living with HIV and Aids to come together weekly. Women supporting others to become contributing resilient women in their community confidently and confidentially, sharing information, spreading awareness and informing lives.
Domestic Violence peer support
SAWN and Black African women as peer mentors provide support to those experiencing abuse, raising the profile and understanding of domestic abuse and the way it affects women and children from the local community. Providing a safety net of culturally competent support and relevant factual information amongst women, professionals and statutory services is essential to support and empower women to make better choices about their life. Individual and group support alongside culturally appropriate counselling is available on request. This year:
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77 women and 40 children directly experiencing abuse received 1 to
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1 woman relocated to an out of area refuge
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21 women referred to culturally appropriate counselling
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1 woman supported for specialist psychiatric assessment
Growing hub, food sovereignty and land justice
SAWN ensures issues of food poverty amongst the Black African Community are recognised and heard in particular those with No Recourse to Public Funds. We advocate for food sovereignty and land justice and want real collaboration with policy makers highlighting the need to change the way food is produced, gender food poverty and changes we need to make including environmental and ethical food.
ACTS 435
SAWN as a trusted referral partner has accessed funding to support women and families to support individual need, prevent further crisis and enabled people to move forward with their lives positively.
Our Core Projects
Cancer Support Group
Awareness raising of cancer within the BAME community is often surrounded by myths and stigma that need dispelling. Many are not aware and of free health care and the importance of having routine checks, people usually only respond to illnesses which is often too late. In partnership with Answer Cancer, the community and religious leaders, we invited guest speakers from organisations including Maggie’s Cancer Centre Oldham, Health and Wellbeing specialists, alongside Black African women with lived experience to dispel myths, raise awareness, inform and educate and empower women to have those difficult conversations whilst offering culturally appropriate peer support. Through Sarati 1,400 women have a raised awareness of cancer, cancer screening and the signs to be aware of and how to seek support.
Equally Ours Fund
SAWN women received training in retail, online-sales, customer services and safe trading standards, marketing and customer service, SAWN upskilled volunteers and staff to improve its digital presence and marketing of online goods to ensure we continue to reach our community and improve in this area.
The Ideas Fund
SAWN women working in partnership with Dr Suryia Nayak Academic Researcher within Salford University have been thinking and learning about how research can support better mental health and wellbeing with activities such as singing, writing and growing produce.
Supporting Women into Business
15 Black African women who are creating their social enterprises are assisted with resources to deliver their projects. The impact of the project is measurable and far reaching. SAWN is building an army of resilient, successful, women entrepreneurs like Joyful World of Beauty who provide hope and inspiration to other women.
SAWN Podcast Training
12 SAWN women have completed 12 weeks of podcast training to improve their skill set and enable them to host, participate and deliver podcasts to the wider community. Our story, Your Voice, one season of seven episodes tackling a variety of topics affecting Black African women have been released are available on the SAWN website.
The Uplift Project
This project supports the furniture hub to improve the infrastructure and develop activity, increasing sales and sustainability for the future. Volunteers through the Uplift project were mentored and designed their own pathway to employment starting from where they were and not what was available as a volunteer. Skills developed by women in this area and others have led to employment for 8 people as have their personal pathways.
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council Household Fund
SAWN in partnership with Action Together has distributed grants on behalf of Oldham Council reaching out to Black African families and vulnerable people in Oldham during these difficult times with the cost-ofliving crisis. 225 families have been supported to date with furniture and other essential items preventing further crisis and potential family breakdown.
Our Core Projects
SAWN Comedy Project
12 SAWN women in partnership with Salford University explored comedy with a cultural twist participating in facilitated and evaluated workshops over a six week period. Using their personal experiences of coming to the UK and their voice, a comedy performance turning negative experiences into positive was created and delivered to a public audience at Oldham Library. Outcomes including improved confidence, personal growth and self-belief, happiness, resilience where visible but also hidden outcomes where women found their voice to seek support based on what they had heard from their peers and start to make better choices for their life and future.
GM System Changers
SAWN in partnership with Lankelly Chase, Inspire Women and grassroots organisations connect with and ask policy/decision makers to work with us acknowledging these are the people closer to the issues and have solutions therefore need to be part of the decisions making process. System Changers want people’s time, contribution and experience to be valued, a commitment to real change, for power to be shared with honest collaboration throughout with accountability and a shift in structural power.
Turn2us
One participant said, “I am an actress, I did it, I can’t believe that is me, I feel alive again”.
Local Motion
SAWN is an active partner and member of the core group of Local Motion for Oldham. Local Motion supported by a group of 6 National Funders aims to address issues of injustice, poverty and inequality through bringing together people, organisations and community to influence system change. SAWN is a core group member alongside women, the Local Authority and grassroots organisations working together testing out how closer working can support better systemic change based on local community priorities in addition to changing funder practice. This is long- term project with a range of pilot test and try projects with funding decisions being made in January 2025 .
Advisory Groups
SAWN continues to be a valued member of various advisory groups and boards including Lankelly Chase, Greater Manchester System Changers Core Group, BASNET, Oldham Women’s Network, GM Race and Equality Board, BAME Maternity Advisory Board and Oldham Locomotion Core Group, GM Living Income Steering Group.
SAWN continues to be a trusted referral partner with Turn 2 Us and successfully applied and administered grants on behalf of Black African women recognising the ongoing hardship Covid 19 caused particularly for those with No Recourse to Public Funds. SAWN in partnership with Turn 2 Us administered and evaluated a grant to people living with long term health conditions recording the impact and cost of living with a condition.
Kadalie House
SAWN has bought their first home, a safe space for single Black African women, some with no recourse to public funds. This will enable women to recharge, reflect and plan for a better future. We aim to charge a low rent to those who can pay and support those who can’t by providing them with a little respite and breathing space to enable women to move forward and overcome issues and barriers that affect every aspect of their life.
Our Core Projects
SAWN Sisters Uganda
SAWN Sisters Uganda was born out of Covid in response to Uganda closing all schools and amenities having the longest lockdown during Covid. Schools and amenities were safe spaces for girls who became extremely vulnerable to people in power during this time. Issues arising were an increase in teen pregnancy, having to flee from harm to perceived safety. Following a visit to Uganda by SAWN UK recognising there was and is a wealth of experience, understanding and empathy of the issues facing African girls and young women as most of the project workers and volunteers have had first-hand experience of the issues that young girls continue to face SAWN UK has supported the construction and opening of a community shop based on the SAWN UK model, has supported 15 young girls through training and support to become self-employed sole traders in selling street food, making yoghurt, making and selling clothes at the market. Hand up not hand out to a life of their choice free from abuse and a future with hope.
Going Forward
SAWN remains rooted in and an integral part of the local community continuing to grow, develop and serve Black African women and their families within Oldham and Greater Manchester. This is only achieved through building relationships, working in partnership, having open honest conversations that challenging thinking and systems whilst ensuring Black African women not only have a presence, voice and a seat at the table regarding matters that affect them daily but a presence and voice that is heard, respected, valued and acted upon as partners in the process.
This has only been possible due to the resilience, creativity, energy and ongoing commitment of everyone one involved with SAWN, and we humbly thank you for your ongoing support now and in the future.
WOMEN TELL US…..
I felt welcome, and the place was warm, in my heart. I didn’t feel alone after all. Felt surrounded by family. Free to speak up about stuff I could not share elsewhere. When I came to SAWN, I felt I could let go.
We are not alone when we meet with our SAWN sisters, we are one. We can forget everything that is happening when we sing if only for a short while, we can be happy.
Someone explaining to me that they have gone through the same stuff, I am not the only one a man walked out on when I was pregnant. I can now share it as part of my healing.
SAWN is the family we have left behind; we are all sisters here.
We forget the issues when we start to sing and dance if only for a minute
SAWN, Unit 1 Stockfield Mill, Chadderton, Oldham, OL9 9ES sawn.org@gmail.com www.sawn.org.uk SupportSawn SAWNwoman
SUPPORT AND ACTION FOR WOMEN'S NETWORK (SAWN)
Charity No. 1184501
Company No. CE018255
Trustees' Report and Unaudited Accounts
31 March 2024
Document ID: 3b7224d4-4b47-4d75-a055-8842dc409d96
SUPPORT AND ACTION FOR WOMEN'S NETWORK (SAWN) Contents
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| Trustees' Annual Report | 2 to 3 | |
| Independent Examiner's Report | 4 | |
| Statement of Financial Activities | 5 | |
| Summary Income and Expenditure Account | 6 | |
| Balance Sheet | 7 | |
| Notes to the Accounts | 8 to | 15 |
| Detailed Statement of Financial Activities | 16 to | 17 |
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SUPPORT AND ACTION FOR WOMEN'S NETWORK (SAWN) Trustees Annual Report
The trustees presents their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31st March 2024. The trustees have adopted the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) Accounting and Reporting by Charities' issued in March 2005.
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
Company No. CE018255
Charity No. 1184501
Registered Office
Unit 1 Stockfield Mill Melbourne Street Chadderton, Oldam OL9 9ES
The following Trustees served during the year:
Annette Williams Michelle Leacock Tendayi Madzunzo Rose Kirunda
Accountants
Cangaf Accountants 235 Tonge Moor Road Bolton BL2 2HR
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
The Charity's objects are, for the benefit of the public:- 1) To promote social inclusion; by working with women and families in and around Greater Manchester through the provision of workshops, one-to-one support and advice. 2) The relief of financial hardship amongst families in Greater Manchester.
SAWN promoted the welfare of and support for Black African Women and to have a voice that is heard in matters that concern and affect them and their lives throughout Oldham and Greater Manchester. SAWN is now the proud host of an amazing meeting space and office area which can host 25 women and is available for other groups in the area to use. SAWN has delivered the services and projects this year both in person and online.
SAWN helped to realise the full potential of women by engaging them in activities, providing opportunities and events to make women independent,self-sustaining and key players in matters that concern them. SAWN has supported 1759 women and their families to access various projects to provide support in a range of areas to meet the need.
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SUPPORT AND ACTION FOR WOMEN'S NETWORK (SAWN)
Trustees Annual Report
SAWN continues to work in partnership with the community of Chadderton, Oldham Borough Council, Action Together, Women’s Resource Centre, Positive Steps, Lazarus Ministries, Bethesda Church, Great Places Housing Group, First Choice Homes, Oldham Women’s Network, Women’s Environmental Network, The Children’s Society, Co-op Community Fund, Forever Manchester, Smallwood Trust, Lankelly Chase, Turn 2 Us, Young Women’s Trust, Oldham Community Meals, Answer Cancer, Cash for Kids, Screwfix, In Control, Knightsbridge solicitors, Platts solicitors, Mama Health and Partnership-MHaPP, Enterprise Development Fund, Oldham Council,Locomotion, Acts345, National Lottery, Good Thing Foundation and British Science Association, Local Motion Oldham, BASNET, iwoman Media, Oldham Women’s Network, GM Race and Equality Board, BAME Maternity Advisory Board.
The full trustees report is attached as an appendix to read.
FINANCIAL REVIEW
The Trustees have implemented robust budgetary controls to monitor costs in an effort to continue to deliver its service in the future. Income - the total income for the twelve months under review was £470,519
Expenditure - total expenditure in the year was £406,840. The Charity recorded an operating surplus for the year which is £63,679
During the year the Trustees continued to place emphasis on financial management to ensure that the funds within the organisation are properly managed.
POLICY RESERVES
SAWN, as a registered charity, recognizes the importance of maintaining reserves to ensure financial stability and sustainability. The charity acknowledges that unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
Reserves will be held to cover unexpected costs, fund future projects, and provide a safety net during periods of financial uncertainty. The level of reserves will be reviewed periodically and adjusted to reflect the charity's financial position and risk appetite.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Commission. The Trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The above report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to with the Charities SORP (FRS 102).
Signed on behalf of the board
Annette Williams Trustee 31 March 2024
27/01/2025
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SUPPORT AND ACTION FOR WOMEN'S NETWORK (SAWN) Independent Examiners Report
Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of SUPPORT AND ACTION FOR WOMEN'S NETWORK (SAWN)
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the financial statements of SUPPORT AND ACTION FOR WOMEN'S NETWORK (SAWN) for the year ended 31 March 2024.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity's trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act.
Having satisfied myself that the financial statements of the Charity are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's financial statements as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.
Independent examiner's statement
As the charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of ACCA, which is one of the listed bodies.
I have completed my examination. I can confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:
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accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 386 of the 2006 Act ; or
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the financial statements do not accord with those records; or
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the financial statements do not comply with the accounting requirements under section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the financial statements give a 'true and fair' view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
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the financial statements have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the financial statements to be reached.
27/01/2025
Cecilia Asamoah ACCA Cangaf Accountants 235 Tonge Moor Road Bolton
BL2 2HR 31 March 2024
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SUPPORT AND ACTION FOR WOMEN'S NETWORK (SAWN) Statement of Financial Activities
for the year ended 31 March 2024
| Notes Income resources: Grants 4 Shop Sales 5 Consultancy 6 Investments 7 Other Income 8 Total Expenditure on: Resources expended 9 Total Net gains on investments Net income Transfers between funds Net income before other gains/(losses) Other gains and losses Net movement in funds Reconciliation of funds: Total funds brought forward Total funds carried forward |
Unrestricte d funds 2024 £ - 55,737 5,530 318 22,003 83,588 114,563 114,563 - (30,975) - (30,975) (30,975) 156,640 125,665 |
Restricted funds 2024 £ 386,931 - - - - 386,931 292,277 292,277 - 94,654 - 94,654 94,654 266,479 361,133 |
Total funds 2024 £ 386,931 55,737 5,530 318 22,003 |
Total funds 2023 £ 535,215 43,915 5,840 3,285 2,235 |
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| 470,519 406,840 |
590,490 333,331 |
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333,331 - |
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| 63,679 - |
257,159 - |
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| 63,679 | 257,159 | |||
| 63,679 423,119 |
257,159 165,960 |
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| 486,798 | 423,119 |
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SUPPORT AND ACTION FOR WOMEN'S NETWORK (SAWN) Summary Income and Expenditure Account
for the year ended 31 March 2024
| Income Interest and investment income Gross income for the year Expenditure Total expenditure for the year Net income before tax for the year Net income for the year |
2024 £ 470,201 318 470,519 406,840 406,840 63,679 63,679 |
2023 £ 587,205 3,285 |
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| 590,490 | ||
| 333,331 | ||
| 333,331 | ||
| 257,159 | ||
| 257,159 |
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SUPPORT AND ACTION FOR WOMEN'S NETWORK (SAWN) Balance Sheet
at 31 March 2024
| Company No. CE018255 Notes 2024 £ Fixed assets Tangible assets 11 179,916 179,916 Current assets Stocks 12 - Cash at bank and in hand 319,753 319,753 Creditors:Amount falling due within one year 13 (12,868) Net current assets 306,885 Total assets less current liabilities 486,801 Net assets excluding pension asset or liability 486,801 Total net assets 486,798 The funds of the charity Restricted funds 14 Restricted income funds 361,133 361,133 Unrestricted funds 14 General funds 125,665 Unresticted income funds 100,665 Reserves Reserves 25,000 Total funds 486,798 |
2023 £ 3,309 |
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| 3,309 1,042 418,768 |
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| 419,810 423,119 |
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| 423,119 | |
| 266,479 | |
| 266,479 156,640 |
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| 423,119 |
Approved by the board on 31 March 2024
And signed on its behalf by:
Annette Williams Trustee 31 March 2024
27/01/2025
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SUPPORT AND ACTION FOR WOMEN'S NETWORK (SAWN) Notes to the Accounts
for the year ended 31 March 2024
- 1 Accounting policies
Basis of preparation
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.
Change in basis of accounting or to previous
accounts
There has been no change to the accounting policies (valuation rules and method of accounting) since last year and no changes have been made to accounts for previous years.
Fund accounting
Unrestricted funds These are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objects of the charity.
| Fund accounting Unrestricted funds |
These are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objects of the charity. |
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| Designated funds | These are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular purposes. |
| Revaluation funds | These are unrestricted funds which include a revaluation reserve representing |
| the restatement of investment assets at their market values. | |
| Restricted funds | These are available for use subject to restrictions imposed by the donor or |
| through terms of an appeal. | |
| Income | |
| Recognition of | Income is included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) when the |
| income | charity becomes entitled to, and virtually certain to receive, the income and the |
| amount of the income can be measured with sufficient reliability. | |
| Income with | Where income has related expenditure the income and related expenditure is |
| related | reported gross in the SoFA. |
| expenditure | |
| Donations and | Voluntary income received by way of grants, donations and gifts is included in |
| legacies | the the SoFA when receivable and only when the Charity has unconditional |
| entitlement to the income. | |
| Tax reclaims on | Income from tax reclaims is included in the SoFA at the same time as the |
| donations and gifts | gift/donation to which it relates. |
| Donated services | These are only included in income (with an equivalent amount in expenditure) |
| and facilities | where the benefit to the Charity is reasonably quantifiable, measurable and |
| material. | |
| Volunteer help | The value of any volunteer help received is not included in the accounts. |
| Investment income | This is included in the accounts when receivable. |
| Gains/(losses) on | This includes any gain or loss resulting from revaluing investments to market |
| revaluation of | value at the end of the year. |
| fixed assets | |
| Gains/(losses) on | This includes any gain or loss on the sale of investments. |
| investment assets |
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SUPPORT AND ACTION FOR WOMEN'S NETWORK (SAWN) Notes to the Accounts
Expenditure
-
Recognition of Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis. Expenditure includes any VAT expenditure which cannot be fully recovered, and is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates.
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Expenditure on These comprise the costs associated with attracting voluntary income, raising funds fundraising trading costs and investment management costs. Expenditure on These comprise the costs incurred by the Charity in the delivery of its activities charitable and services in the furtherance of its objects, including the making of grants and activities governance costs. Grants payable All grant expenditure is accounted for on an actual paid basis plus an accrual for grants that have been approved by the trustees at the end of the year but not yet paid.
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Governance costs These include those costs associated with meeting the constitutional and statutory requirements of the Charity, including any audit/independent examination fees, costs linked to the strategic management of the Charity, together with a share of other administration costs.
Other expenditure These are support costs not allocated to a particular activity.
Taxation
The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.
Freehold investment property
Investment properties are measured initially at cost and subsequently at fair value at each balance sheet date and are not depreciated. All gains or losses are taken to the Statement of Financial Activities as they arise.
Stocks
Stock is included at the lower of cost or net realisable value. Donated items of stock are recognised at fair value which is the amount the charity would have been willing to pay for the items on the open market.
Trade and other debtors
Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash at bank and on hand, demand deposits with banks and other short-term highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less and bank overdrafts. In the statement of financial position, bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings or current liabilities. In the Statement of Cash Flows, cash and cash equivalents are shown net of bank overdrafts that are repayable on demand and form an integral part of the company's cash management.
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SUPPORT AND ACTION FOR WOMEN'S NETWORK (SAWN) Notes to the Accounts
Trade and other creditors
Short term creditors are measured at the transaction price. Other creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.
Leased assets
Where the charity enters into a lease which entails taking substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of an asset, the lease is treated as a finance lease.
Leases which do not transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to charity are classified as operating leases.
Assets held under finance leases are initially recognised as assets of the charity at their fair value at the inception of the lease or, if lower, at the present value of the minimum lease payments. The corresponding liability to the lessor is included in the balance sheet date as a finance lease obligation. Lease payments are apportioned between finance expenses and reduction of the lease obligation so as to achieve a constant rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability. Finance expenses are recognised immediately, unless they are directly attributable to qualifying assets, in which case they are capitalised in accordance with the charity's policy on borrowing costs. Assets held under finance leases are depreciated in the same way as owned assets.
Operating lease payments are recognised as an expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term. In the event that lease incentives are received to enter into operating leases, such incentives are recognised as a liability. The aggregate benefit of incentives is recognised as a reduction of rental expense on a straight-line basis.
Pension costs
The charity operates a defined contribution plan for its employees. A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which the company pays fixed contributions into a separate entity. Once the contributions have been paid the company has no further payments obligations. The contributions are recognised as expenses when they fall due. Amounts not paid are shown in accruals in the balance sheet. The assets of the plan are held separately from the company in independently administered funds.
Receipt of donated goods, facilities and services
All donated goods, facilities and services received are recognised within incoming resources and expenditure at an estimate of the value to the charity.
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SUPPORT AND ACTION FOR WOMEN'S NETWORK (SAWN)
Notes to the Accounts
3 Statement of Financial Activities - prior year
| 3 Statement of Financial Activities - prior year |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
| Income resources from: Grants Charitable activities Other trading activities Investments Other Total Expenditure on: Resources expended Total Net income Net income before other gains/(losses) Other gains and losses: Net movement in funds Reconciliation of funds: Total funds brought forward Total funds carried forward 4 Income from donations and legacies Grants 5 Income from charitable activities Furniture Sales |
Restricted £ 386,931 386,931 Unrestricted £ 55,737 55,737 |
Unrestricted funds 2023 £ 535,215 5,840 43,915 3,285 2,235 590,490 333,331 333,331 257,159 257,159 257,159 165,960 423,119 Total 2024 £ 386,931 386,931 Total 2024 £ 55,737 55,737 |
Total funds 2023 £ 535,215 5,840 43,915 3,285 2,235 |
| 590,490 333,331 |
|||
| 333,331 | |||
| 257,159 | |||
| 257,159 | |||
| 257,159 165,960 |
|||
| 423,119 | |||
| Total 2023 £ 535,215 |
|||
| 535,215 | |||
| Total 2023 £ 43,915 |
|||
| 43,915 |
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SUPPORT AND ACTION FOR WOMEN'S NETWORK (SAWN) Notes to the Accounts
Income from other trading
- 6 activities
| 7 Income from investments Bank Interest received 8 Other income Rental Income 9 Other expenditure Employee costs Motor and travel costs Premises costs General administrative costs Legal and professional costs 10 Staff costs Salaries and wages Social security costs Pension costs |
Unrestricted £ 136,779 14,747 20,185 10,148 8,118 189,977 |
Unrestricted £ 318 318 Unrestricted £ 7,463 14,540 22,003 |
Total 2024 £ 5,530 5,530 Total 2024 £ 318 318 Total 2024 £ 7,463 14,540 22,003 |
Total 2023 £ 5,840 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5,840 | ||||
| Total 2023 £ 3,285 |
||||
| 3,285 | ||||
| Total 2023 £ - 2,235 |
||||
| 2,235 | ||||
| Restricted £ 61,365 2,418 1,697 37,412 113,971 216,863 2024 124,229 5,778 638 130,645 |
Total 2024 £ 198,144 17,165 21,882 47,560 122,089 406,840 |
Total 2023 £ 67,396 16,453 23,472 33,685 192,325 |
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| 333,331 | ||||
| 2023 - - - |
||||
| - |
No employee received emoluments in excess of £60,000.
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SUPPORT AND ACTION FOR WOMEN'S NETWORK (SAWN) Notes to the Accounts
| 11 Tangible fixed assets Cost or revaluation At 1 April 2023 Additions At 31 March 2024 Depreciation and impairment At 1 April 2023 Depreciation charge for the year At 31 March 2024 Net book values At 31 March 2024 At 31 March 2023 12 Stocks Shop stocks 13 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year Other taxes and social security 14 Movement in funds Restricted funds: Restricted income funds: Total Unrestricted funds: General funds Total funds |
At 1 April 2023 266,479 - 266,479 156,640 423,119 |
Kadalei House £ - 176,357 176,357 - - - 176,357 - 2024 £ - - 2024 £ 12,868 12,868 Incoming resources (including other gains/losses) £ - 386,931 386,931 83,588 470,519 |
Fixtures £ 3,309 250 3,559 - - - 3,559 3,309 Resources expended £ (292,277) - (292,277) (114,563) (406,840) |
£ 3,309 176,607 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 179,916 | ||||
| - - |
||||
| - | ||||
| 179,916 | ||||
| 3,309 | ||||
| 2023 £ 1,042 |
||||
| 1,042 | ||||
| 2023 £ - |
||||
| - | ||||
| At 31 March 2024 £ (25,798) 386,931 |
||||
| 361,133 | ||||
| 125,665 | ||||
| 486,798 |
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SUPPORT AND ACTION FOR WOMEN'S NETWORK (SAWN)
Notes to the Accounts
Analysis of net assets between
15 funds
| Fixed assets Net current assets Reconciliation of net debt Cash and cash equivalents Net debt |
Unrestricted funds £ 179,916 96,985 276,901 At 1 April 2023 £ |
Restricted funds £ - 209,900 209,900 Cash flows £ |
Total £ 179,916 306,885 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 486,801 | |||
| At 31 March 2024 £ |
|||
| 418,768 | (99,015) | 319,753 | |
| 418,768 418,768 |
(99,015) (99,015) |
319,753 | |
| 319,753 | |||
| Commitments Operating lease commitments Annual commitments under non-cancellable operating leases are as follows: 2024 2024 2023 Land and buildings Other Land and buildings £ £ £ Operating leases with expiry date: Pension commitments 2024 £ The pension cost charge to the company amounted to: 638 |
2023 Other £ 2023 £ - |
16 Reconciliation of net debt
17 Commitments
18 Related party disclosures
Controlling party
The company is limited by guarantee and has no share capital; thus no single party controls the company.
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SUPPORT AND ACTION FOR WOMEN'S NETWORK (SAWN) Detailed Statement of Financial Activities
for the year ended 31 March 2024
| Income resources: Grants Charitable activities Furniture Sales Consultancy Investments Bank Interest received Other Rental Income Total income resources Expenditure on: Employee costs Salaries/wages Employer's NIC Pension costs Staff entertainment Volunteers Expenses Staff training Associate staff Motor and travel costs Vehicles - Insurance and licences Vehicles - Repairs and maintenance Travelling Shop Deliveries & Fuel Premises costs Rent Rates Light, heat and power |
Unrestricte d funds 2024 £ - - 55,737 55,737 5,530 5,530 318 318 7,463 14,540 22,003 83,588 21,144 5,778 638 884 6,850 592 25,479 61,365 664 45 4,538 9,500 14,747 16,855 - 2,136 |
Restricted funds 2024 £ 386,931 386,931 - - - - - - - - - 386,931 103,085 - - 4,389 12,937 - 16,368 136,779 - - 2,418 - 2,418 - 889 618 |
Total funds 2024 £ 386,931 386,931 55,737 55,737 5,530 5,530 318 318 7,463 14,540 22,003 470,519 124,229 5,778 638 5,273 19,787 592 41,847 198,144 664 45 6,956 9,500 17,165 16,855 889 2,754 |
Total funds 2023 £ 535,215 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 535,215 | ||||
| 43,915 | ||||
| 43,915 | ||||
| 5,840 | ||||
| 5,840 | ||||
| 3,285 | ||||
| 3,285 | ||||
| - 2,235 |
||||
| 2,235 | ||||
| 590,490 - - - 7,343 30,653 - 29,400 |
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| 67,396 | ||||
| - - 6,134 10,319 |
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| 16,453 | ||||
| 19,293 - 4,073 |
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SUPPORT AND ACTION FOR WOMEN'S NETWORK (SAWN) Detailed Statement of Financial Activities
| Premises cleaning Premises insurances Premises repairs and maintenance General administrative costs, including depreciation and amortisation Bank charges Information and publications Postage and couriers Software, IT support and related costs Stationery and printing Grant Paid Out Sundry expenses Telephone, fax and broadband Legal and professional costs Accountancy and bookkeeping Consultancy work Other legal and professional costs Total of expenditure of other costs Total expenditure Net gains on investments Net income Net income before other gains/(losses) Net movement in funds Reconciliation of funds: Total funds brought forward Total funds carried forward |
- 169 1,025 20,185 129 - 3,583 249 26 900 5,204 57 10,148 - 7,055 1,063 8,118 114,563 114,563 - (30,975) (30,975) (30,975) 156,640 125,665 |
190 - - 1,697 - - - - - 34,386 3,026 - 37,412 - 71,050 42,921 113,971 292,277 292,277 - 94,654 94,654 94,654 266,479 361,133 |
190 169 1,025 21,882 129 - 3,583 249 26 35,286 8,230 57 47,560 - 78,105 43,984 122,089 406,840 406,840 - 63,679 63,679 63,679 423,119 486,798 |
106 - - |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23,472 | ||||
| - 1,135 - 1,230 75 11,885 19,085 275 |
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| 33,685 | ||||
| 1,222 155,623 35,480 |
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| 192,325 | ||||
| 333,331 | ||||
| 333,331 - |
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| 257,159 | ||||
| 257,159 | ||||
| 257,159 | ||||
| 165,960 | ||||
| 423,119 |
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