2021-04-05-accounts - Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse Ltd

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TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT 2020/2021

To Year Ending 5th April 2021

Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse (AAFDA) is a national charity working across England and Wales, providing specialist and expert advocacy and practical and emotional help for families after fatal domestic abuse. AAFDA is also a centre of excellence for reviews into domestic homicides, suicides and unexplained deaths following domestic abuse. We are particularly skilled in Domestic Homicide Review (DHR) methodology and best practice having been closely involved in developing the model with the Home Office since 2008, three years before they became law. Using our specialist knowledge and collective insights we help agencies to refine their services for victims and to review domestic abuse related deaths more effectively. We provide a unique national voice for the learning that each DHR generates. While no two cases are the same, we believe that each DHR is an opportunity to end domestic abuse.

AAFDA was formed in April 2008 in memory of Julia and Will Pemberton, whose murders in 2003 prompted an inquiry exposing the difficulties families face in these circumstances. Our work raises the status of families left behind after fatal domestic abuse, helping them to cope and to be able to contribute and influence statutory reviews and inquiries.

"AAFDA has a service offer that cannot be replicated… AAFDA has provided an excellent service and is unique in so far as its staff are specialists in domestic abuse and the reviews that follow domestic homicide, as well as experts by experience. Moreover, AAFDA is recognised internationally for its model of practice and its Centre of Excellence for reviews after domestic homicide.”

– Letter to the Ministry of Justice from nine DHR Chairs (May 2020)

Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse (AAFDA) PO Box 3636, Swindon, SN3 9BG http://www.aafda.org.uk/ 07768 386 922

Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse Ltd is a charitable company limited by guarantee * Registered in England & Wales * Registered Office: 30 Commercial Road, Swindon, England, SN1 5NS Charity No: 1185078 * Company No: 9527065

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ACHIEVEMENTS 2020/2021

Over 70 new referrals with support provided to over 100 individuals.
Over 270 live cases with support provided for over 490 individuals.
Over 60 families supported after a suicide following domestic abuse.
89% of families surveyed indicated they are better able to cope after homicide as a result of engaging with us.
Over 1,000 participants on AAFDA training.
A key partner in the creation of the standalone offence of non-fatal strangulation into the Domestic Abuse Bill.
A key partner in securing the recognition of children as victims of domestic abuse in their own right in the Domestic Abuse Bill.

Figure 1: Aims of AAFDA.

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WORKING WITH FAMILIES

Our advocates are both specialist and highly expert due to their own personal lived experience, knowledge, and training. They work in the space where there is sometimes a lack of specialist understanding about domestic abuse and occasionally a "job done” attitude, which limits families’ ability to exercise their rights and compounds their trauma. The advocates are intensively trained to ensure that their work achieves outcomes for families. This year we have successfully advocated to achieve families' full legal entitlements in DHRs, Inquests and other statutory reviews.

We use a holistic model of advocacy that goes "above and beyond" to restore dignity and relief for families. Our trauma-informed service provides long-term advocacy. We listen to families and advocate for them in a complex system that too often treats them as passive participants and overlooks the value of their insight.

Our independence and proficiency mean that we can meet the needs of those who are most marginalised and distanced from statutory services, with the majority of our support cases being self-referrals direct from families. A strategic priority remains to increase representation in DHRs and other statutory reviews from minority group families. Our specialist advocacy offers an intersectional understanding to families where circumstances are converging to limit their access to justice.

"The grieving process never changes but during the lockdown I have more time to reflect on things that happened so feel frustrated and angry and sad."

– Family Member, Anonymous (February 2021)

Peer Support Network

Despite the difficulties presented by the COVID-19 pandemic we have adapted to continue providing our one-to-one advocacy and peer support. We developed and hosted support sessions via telephone and video conference. We also organised drop-in events over Zoom where families could chat to one another in a safe space (facilitated at least twice a week by an AAFDA team member) while other events involved the award-winning singer/songwriter/harpist Hattie Webb interviewing public figures and guest speakers including: the Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor Robert Buckland QC MP and the Domestic Abuse Commissioner Nicole Jacobs. These guest speaker sessions included themes on the needs of siblings, families bereaved by suicide, and included a poignant candlelight remembrance session.

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“The peer support is also priceless connecting with others who truly understand and share our experiences.”

– Family Member, Anonymous (March 2021)

Domestic Abuse Related Suicide/Unexplained Deaths

In direct response to our identification of a previously unmet beneficiary need, we extended our support to families bereaved by suicide and unexplained death where there was a history of domestic abuse. These families had no-where else to turn and were being signposted by professionals or finding their own way to us.

We are the only provider of specialist and expert advocacy and peer support to people bereaved by suicide and unexplained death where there was a history of domestic abuse. We have persuaded authorities to commission DHRs for many families and provided advocacy and support for over 60 families bereaved by suicide. Our evaluation processes consistently showed that this support is as valuable to these families as it is to families bereaved by domestic homicide. Suicide and unexplained death cases uncover perhaps the most invisible victims of domestic abuse, and we want to ensure that their families receive the same level and quality of support as that provided to families bereaved by domestic homicide.

"I tried for 23 weeks and 6 days to get someone to listen to my concerns and actually see it wasn't as straight forward as the police were saying."

– Family Member, Anonymous (February 2021)

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Annual Family Survey

In April 2021, we conducted an outcome evaluation of our services with the aims of; assisting internal learning, improving services, and enhancing reporting to Trusts who support us. The evaluation involved processes and tools including; a questionnaire to approximately 140 service users, interviews with randomly selected families (from different “bands” of service intensity and length), and interviews with advocates and other team members. The survey questions and topic themes for the evaluation were based on the outcomes and targets agreed with funding bodies.

“Until your life has been touched by this you will never fully understand the impact, AAFDA have been a bridge across this otherwise impossible to understand canyon of self-protecting agencies!”

– Family Member, Anonymous (March 2021)

Outcome	Target/Indicator	Result
Families are better able to cope with the	80% of families asked, report	Exceeded (89%)
emotional and practical challenges after homicide,	positive changes
as a result of engaging with AAFDA.
Families report improved wellbeing and are	75% of families asked, report	Room for
helped to move on positively with their lives as a	positive changes	improvement (63%)
result of engaging with AAFDA.
Families report feeling reduced isolation and more	70% of families asked, report	Exceeded (85%)
social interaction as a result of engagement with	positive changes
AAFDA
Families are empowered to take part in DHRs,	90% of families who feel	Exceeded (91%)
Inquests and other inquiries and do so	supported and engaged with
meaningfully.	DHRs etc and are satisfied
	that they know the facts of the
	case

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WORKING WITH PROFESSIONALS

AAFDA has a wide-ranging training and professional development offer, for professionals across several agencies and sectors. Given the importance of DHRs in driving improvement in domestic abuse services, a primary focus for AAFDA is the professional development of DHR Chairs and processes through the DHR Network and accredited training.

Figure 2: “What do DHRs mean to you?”, word cloud generated from DHR Network pre-launch attendees. (n=65)

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DHR Network

Throughout 2020/2021 we consulted with stakeholders (including several 1:1 interviews and two target audience and beneficiary surveys) to scope and develop the DHR Network. In March 2021 we held a pre-launch event for DHR Chairs and Community Safety Partnerships (CSP) and invited people to join the DHR Network. The project is aimed at creating a network focused on raising the standard of DHRs nationally and it formally launched in April 2021.

The DHR Network aims to;

Reduce levels of domestic abuse and fatal domestic abuse by raising the standard of DHRs,
Support key professionals in DHR work,
Ensure that relevant voices are heard, and
Learn and then embed the learnings.

Ultimately, it is envisaged the DHR Network will assist DHR Chairs to achieve a consistently high standard for DHRs, offer resources, and provide a forum for DHR Chairs to meet, debate, and suggest improvements.

This network has been widely welcomed with;

Over 40 network pre-registrations,
A sold-out pre-launch event (2nd March), and
Over 300 Twitter followers.

“ [the] DHR Network is a monumental step forward”

– Regional Safeguarding Lead, DHR Network pre-launch (February 2021)

Training

The difficulties presented by the COVID-19 pandemic required us to think differently about how we would hold our annual conference for professionals. Rather than cancel, we swiftly mobilised to instead deliver a series of on-line courses, attracting over 1,000 attendees during the year. Delivered in parallel with DHR Chair training, courses included topics such as; “Being an Effective DHR Panel Member”, “Reviewing Suicide and Unexplained Deaths” and the CPD Standards Office accredited, “Managing a Domestic Homicide Review” .

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In addition, we were able to facilitate the delivery of two sessions of our high standard DHR Chair Training with over 20 participants. These sessions incorporated presentations from several external speakers including; family members who have previously undertaken the DHR process and Professors from Oxford University and Gloucestershire University.

“Really useful as a professional working in the field, even more so that it was available during COVID-19.”

– NHS Nurse and Named Child Safeguarding Lead, DHR training event (August 2020)

Presentations/Webinars

We are particularly pleased with our 16 Days of Activism event which took the form of 16 onehour presentations on each day of the period of action (25th November to 10th December 2020). Presenters included bereaved family members who had benefitted from our support and specialists/researchers/professors from the domestic abuse sectors here in the UK, the USA and Australia. We were also privileged to host both the Victims' Commissioner Dame Vera Baird QC and the Domestic Abuse Commissioner Nicole Jacob as presenters. Over 100 people signed up for the event series.

In February, we launched a year-long series of free webinars with over 300 individuals attending the first session relating to best practice in DHR methodology, and over 280 attending our second session, titled “From Findings to Change” . These webinars provided a perfect opportunity to reach out to our professional safeguarding colleagues, and as a result we have seen a 6% increase in sign-ups to our mailing list (growing from 1080 to 1145).

“Thank you, very informative, powerful and inspiring.”

– DHR Methodology Webinar Attendee (February 2021)

Against Violence & Abuse (AVA) Partnership Supporting Children

We have long been concerned that children and young people are frequently overlooked in the DHR process of gathering information about victims’ lives. We therefore worked in partnership with the charity AVA to create a set of three specialist resources for supporting children and young people through the DHR process. This partnership led to the development of a suite of resources for professionals, carers, and for children themselves, to safely support children and young people to have a voice in DHR processes. The resources provide essential information about trauma, its effects, and outline coping strategies to help families, children, and young people. The resources answer common questions about the DHR process and the AAFDA seven-step model for helping families be integral to DHRs. This is in easily accessible language,

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alongside practical information. This package of complementary resources was developed with direct beneficiary input.

Figure 3: Artwork by Scriberia from the London seminar with children and young people (March 2020)

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WORKING WITH GOVERNMENT

Domestic Abuse Bill 2020

AAFDA worked with colleagues across the domestic abuse sector to champion the needs of families bereaved by domestic abuse in the Domestic Abuse Bill 2020 consultation process. Throughout the year, AAFDA was part of a Domestic Abuse and Children working group, made up of organisations working in both the children's and domestic abuse sectors. The work of this group has ensured that the Bill, and the expected statute to follow, will view children as victims in their own right and represents a significant success through collaboration.

AAFDA was a founding member of the campaign group lobbying for a standalone offence of non-fatal strangulation in the Domestic Abuse Bill, driven by the lived experience revealed by friends and families supported by AAFDA, backed by research that domestic abuse survivors of non-fatal strangulation are seven times more likely to be killed by their partner or ex-partner. The amendment was supported and tabled by Baroness Newlove in the House of Lords, who in her summary speech in March 2021, after the amendment was passed, noted AAFDA’s and its beneficiaries’ “pivotal” role in the campaign.

“Moreover, the work of the charity Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse has been pivotal in getting us here today. I have huge respect for the chief executive Frank Mullane, who works tirelessly to help support traumatised families and ensures that professional training is given towards understanding domestic homicide reviews.”

– Baroness Newlove (March 2021)

Violence Against Women And Girls (VAWG) Strategy Refresh

AAFDA’s work inherently delivers outcomes that align with the Home Office’s Single Departmental Plan objective to Protect Vulnerable People and Communities. Our work also supports the actions aimed at supporting victims and their families and pursuing offenders as laid out in the Government’s Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Strategy 2016-2020 and its refresh. During the VAWG Strategy refresh, AAFDA took every opportunity to represent and magnify the voices of victims and survivors who are expert through their own lived experience; and to continue to share knowledge and learning from DHRs and our wider work, in the VAWG Strategy refresh. We were pleased to see that the four pillars of prevention, provision of services, partnership working, and pursuing perpetrators within the Government’s VAWG Strategy refresh reflect those at the core of AAFDA since we were established in 2008,

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as these continue to be the outcomes families want to see and when adequately applied, provide the outcomes that our work strives to achieve.

Home Office Preparedness for COVID-19 Inquiry

AAFDA provided written evidence to the Home Affairs Committee to inform their inquiry into Home Office preparedness for COVID-19. The main thrust of AAFDA’s response is that Police need to be investigating suicides and unexplained deaths where there is a history of domestic abuse, whether it was reported or not, with the same rigour as they would a homicide.

Continued Communication and Dialogue

AAFDA continued to set up and manage communication platforms for its beneficiaries and professionals working to support survivors of domestic abuse and/or families bereaved by fatal domestic abuse throughout the year. Despite the limited ability to arrange face-to-face meetings, we set up video conferences with key Government officials and maintained active communication. For example, as noted earlier in this report, we ran an event every day during the 16 Days of Activism against Violence Against Women and Girls with speakers including the Victims Commissioner Dame Vera Baird QC and the Domestic Abuse Commissioner Nicole Jacobs. We further supported the Government’s first Hidden Harms Summit in May 2020 and helped shape the Ask for ANI (Action Needed Immediately) domestic abuse codeword scheme.

We also regularly communicated with Government on matters relating to the domestic homicide process on behalf of our beneficiaries. For example, in late February 2021, we wrote to Home Secretary Priti Patel MP requesting her intervention to ensure a DHR was commissioned following the homicide of Ruth Williams.

"This was an appalling case and our thoughts are with the family and friends of Ruth Williams. Having personally reviewed this case, the Home Secretary is not satisfied with the conclusions reached by Torfaen Council Public Service Board that there are no lessons to be learned from this tragic death. That is why she has written to the board to instruct it to establish a domestic homicide review."

– Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding Victoria Atkins MP (March 2021)

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GOOD GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

AAFDA formed as an unincorporated association on 1 April 2008. It adopted an amended constitution on 23 July 2008 and became a registered charity on 19 September 2008. It became incorporated on 6 April 2021.

Finance System

Recognising our growth as an organisation we implemented a new QuickBooks system to facilitate improvements to our financial administration and reporting. Further, expenses are now submitted via Dext software which significantly reduces manual entry. The implementation of this system was initially assisted by an external consultant, and then internally managed by our finance lead, including training and transitioning the wider team to the new financial processes.

Case Management System

We are pleased with how the annual survey, individual interviews, and independent review have captured many of the outcomes data used in this report. We received a rich, in-depth, and representative analysis of our client group, with both qualitative and quantitative data.

We recognised that a formal Case Management System (CMS) is important for us as a growing organisation, both in terms of size but also in terms of the numbers of beneficiaries we can support. One benefit of a CMS for us is that it will provide for the simplification of collection and analysis of our data, facilitating the identification of further improvements to our service. However, and in our view more importantly, it will be our beneficiaries who see some of the most significant improvements. A CMS will provide a standardised means for advocates to support them. It will facilitate: maintenance of case notes, prompting of regular check-ins and surveys with beneficiaries (voluntary), case milestone reviews, our anonymous annual survey, individual interviews, focus groups, and independent reviews.

A formal CMS is a significant step on the road to ensuring a stable foundation for us to provide support to our beneficiaries and to learn from as we grow, and with its developmental roots in 2020/2021, much of the work relating to selecting and embedding a new system is planned for 2021/2022.

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Governance And How AAFDA Makes Decisions

During 2020/2021, our Board consisted of five trustees. At the start of the year, Samantha O’Sullivan stepped down from the Board and James O’Sullivan was appointed Chair. At the same meeting in April 2020, a new member joined the Board. Throughout 2020/21 our Board of trustees included a local authority strategic Violence Against Women and Girls lead and expert in the criminal justice sector, a restorative justice practitioner, a safeguarding lead for a Clinical Commissioning Group and senior health advisor, a business and finance specialist, and a trust funding manager.

Our Board meets, at minimum, on a quarterly basis. During Board meetings the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Head of Operations report on the main aspects of the charity (work with beneficiaries, impact on victims, emerging issues, finance, strategic plan, operational performance, and risk).

The Board is aware of its responsibilities to identify and manage risk. A risk management register is reviewed regularly by the CEO who highlights to the Board any increased or new risks identified. The trustees and CEO are in regular and frequent contact by telephone and e- mail.

The Board complies with statutory obligations to submit Full Year Accounts, a Trustees' Annual Report, and an Annual Return to the Charity Commission.

Trustee Induction And Training

Board recruitment continued following our skills audit in 2019/2020 and a new member was appointed. She had experience in working in the charity sector and as an assessor for a grant giving Trust. Trustees receive regular refresher safeguarding training in line with our Safeguarding policy. We review the composition and skills of the Board each year to ensure that AAFDA has the skills and knowledge to allow the Board to provide robust governance. All new trustees are supplied with a copy of “The Essential Trustee”, provided by the Charity Commission, and invited to discuss any queries with the Chair. The trustees receive no remuneration or other benefits.

COVID-19

We adapted our service offer to ensure that families, advocates, and other staff got the support they needed through the year, including during the three periods of lockdown due to the COVID-

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19 pandemic. For families, we continued to provide our one-to-one advocacy and peer support sessions via telephone and video conferencing.

“It has affected my mental health because it makes you miss your loved ones more. In a crisis I would have turned to my Mum, I can't because she was killed.”

– Family Member, Anonymous (November, 2020)

For professionals, the difficulties presented by the COVID-19 pandemic required us to think differently about our annual conference and we instead delivered a series of on-line courses and multiple webinars for professionals. These were very well received.

To ensure AAFDA staff were supported during the various challenges created by the pandemic AAFDA implemented a number of actions including; extending our flexible working arrangements, distributing “well-being packs” , and a variety of relevant personal protective equipment.

Website

Having conducted a review of our online presence at the beginning of 2020, we decided to update our website to ensure we were providing the best possible support to the various groups and individuals we work with. We undertook a process of co-production with families to help shape the content, information, and resources, and, in January 2021, our new website was launched.

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FINANCE

Income for 2020/2021 was £451K and costs were £454K. AAFDA’s primary funder was the Home Office (£286K) with significant funding from the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, the Henry Smith Charity and the Dulverton Trust. A further £39K was generated through consultancy work. AAFDA undertakes regular strategic reviews to inform our fundraising strategy.

Reserves Policy

To ensure the long-term success of AAFDA amidst a very uncertain funding environment and to maintain provision for the families who require AAFDA services, the Trustees aim for reserves to be between three and six months of annual expenditure. We are on target to sustain reserves in this range which ensures financial resilience and complies with the Charity Commission’s guidance.

Public Benefit Statement

The trustees have complied with their duty to have due regards to the guidance on public benefit published by the Charity Commission in exercising their powers or duties. This includes, for example, being clear that the activities AAFDA undertakes are for the public benefit.

Financial Review

AAFDA has prepared accounts on the accruals basis. They show a true and fair view.

*Income* Donations and Gift Aid Grants Speaking and Training Fees Other Total Income *Revenue Expenditure* Salaries and Employer 'On' Costs Travel and Office Supplies Monitoring and Evlauation (CMS) Strategic Review and Capacity Building Other Home Office Advocacy Awareness Raising Costs Training Website Maintenance and Development Equipment Renewals and Data Protection Other Total Expenditure *Balance Sheet* Fixed Assets Total Assets less Liabilities Unrestricted Funds Designated Funds Funds	*2020-21* £ 9,295 377,333 39,183 25,510 451,321 £ 326,788 2,832 9,255 21,290 -5,511 18,483 5,392 13,026 62,182 453,737 *2020-21* £ 0 133,248 108,248 25,000 133,248	*2019-20* £
		1,784 286,150 54,769
		342,703
		£
		222,796 38,944 1,359 14,291 45,770 7,700 821 4,058 20,677
		356,416
		*2019-20* £
		0 135,664 110,664 25,000
		135,664

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Social Value

Our charitable activities create social value under the National Social Value Measurement Framework’s “Social” theme of creating healthier, safer, and more resilient communities. We do this by meeting key outcomes for supporting people to have more control over their own lives and outcomes around promoting mental health support and promoting peer networks.

“Like a weight has been lifted, comfortable to talk and share with others, not so alone isolated, understood and allowed to be listened to and heard.”

– Family Member, Anonymous (March 2021)

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AAFDA DETAILS

Charity Number

1185078 (Note: AAFDA’s charity number, prior to incorporation in April 2021, was 1125973)

Company Number

9527065

Trustees In The Year Ending 5[th] April 2021

Heather Wilson James O'Sullivan Elizabeth Jones Samantha O'Sullivan Jessica Stewart Becci Seaborne

AAFDA Ambassador

Hattie Webb

AAFDA Patrons

Dame Vera Baird QC (Victims’ Commissioner) Helen Grant MP (MP for Maidstone and the Weald) Anne Snelgrove (former MP for South Swindon) Julia Drown (former MP for South Swindon)

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ADVOCACY AFTER FATAL DOMESTIC ABUSE.

Charity No. 1125973

Annual Accounts for the Period

6th April 2020 to 5th April 2021.

ADVOCACY AFTER FATAL DOMESTIC ABUSE

Charity No. 1125973

Page of Contents
Balance Sheet - Signed.	2
Statement of Financial Activities	3
Notes to the Accounts	4 - 14
Supplementary Information	15 - 16

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Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse

Charity No : 1125973

Annual accounts for the period 6th April 2020 to 5th April 2021

	Balance Sheet	Balance Sheet
Fixed assets Tangible assets (Note 6) Investments *Total fixed assets* Current assets Stock and work in progress Debtors (Note 7) (Short term) investments Cash at bank and in hand *Total current assets* Creditors: amounts falling due within one year (Note 7) *Net current assets/(liabilities)* *Total assets less current liabilities* Creditors: amounts falling due after one year Provisions for liabilities and charges *Net assets* Funds of the Charity Unrestricted funds Designated funds (Note 8) **Total funds **	Unrestricted funds £	Restricted income funds £	Designated Funds £	Total this year Total last year £ £
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-

	-	-	-	-	-
		32,446		32,446	789
	-	-	-	-	-
	108,248	320,070	25,000	453,318	334,391
	108,248	352,516	25,000	485,764	335,180

		352,516		352,516	199,516

	108,248	-	25,000	133,248	135,664

	108,248	-	25,000	133,248	135,664

	-		-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-

	108,248	-	25,000	133,248	135,664

	108,248			108,248	110,664
	-			-	-
		-		-	-
			25,000	25,000	25,000

	108,248	-	25,000	133,248	135,664

These accounts have been examined independently and were approved by the trustees on 18 January 2022. Based on advice from the Charity Commission, signed copies are not ordinarily released into the public domain to prevent the signatures being reused illegally. Signed versions are held by Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse (AAFDA).

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Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse

Charity No : 1125973

Annual accounts for the period 6th April 2020 to 5th April 2021

Statement of Financial Activities

Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Designated funds Total this year Total last year £ £ £ £ £	Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Designated funds Total this year Total last year £ £ £ £ £	Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Designated funds Total this year Total last year £ £ £ £ £	Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Designated funds Total this year Total last year £ £ £ £ £	Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Designated funds Total this year Total last year £ £ £ £ £
9,295			9,295	1,784
	377,333		377,333	286,150
39,183			39,183	54,769
	25,510		25,510	-
48,478	402,843	-	451,321	342,703

50,894	402,843		453,737	356,416
			-	-
50,894	402,843		453,737	356,416
2,416 -	-		2,416 -	13,713 -
-	-		-	-
2,416 -	-	-	2,416 -	13,713 -

-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-
2,416 -	-	-	2,416 -	13,713 -
110,664		25,000	135,664	149,377
-		-	-	-
108,248	-	25,000	133,248	135,664

These accounts have been examined independently and were approved by the trustees on 18 January 2022. Based on advice from the Charity Commission, signed copies are not ordinarily released into the public domain to prevent the signatures being re-used illegally. Signed versions are held by Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse (AAFDA).

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Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse

Charity No : 1125973

Annual accounts for the period 6th April 2020 to 5th April 2021

Notes to the accounts

Note 1 Basis of preparation

This section should be completed by all charities .

1.1 Basis of accounting

These accounts have been prepared on the basis of historic cost (except that investments are shown at market value) in accordance with:

Accounting and Reporting by Charities – Statement of Recommended Practice (FRSSE SORP);

• and with* ✓ Accounting Standards;

or Financial Reporting Standards for Smaller Enterprises (FRSSE);

and with the Charities Act 1993.

1.2 Change in basis of accounting

There has been no change to the accounting policies (valuation rules and methods of accounting) since last year.

1.3 Changes to previous accounts

No changes have been made to accounts for previous years.

These accounts have been examined independently and were approved by the trustees on 18 January 2022. Based on advice from the Charity Commission, signed copies are not ordinarily released into the public domain to prevent the signatures being re-used illegally. Signed versions are held by Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse (AAFDA).

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Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse Charity No : 1125973

Annual accounts for the period 6th April 2020 to 5th April 2021 Notes to the accounts

Note 2 Accounting policies

This standard list of accounting policies has been applied by the charity except for those deleted. Where a different or additional policy has been adopted then this is detailed in the box below.

INCOMING RESOURCES

INCOMING RESOURCES
Recognition of incoming	These are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) when:
resources	the charity becomes entitled to the resources;
	the trustees are virtually certain they will receive the resources; and
	the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability.
Incoming resources with related	Where incoming resources have related expenditure (as with fundraising or contract income) the incoming resources
expenditure	and related expenditure are reported gross in the SoFA.
Grants and donations	Grants and donations are only included in the SoFA when the charity has unconditional entitlement to the resources.
Tax reclaims on donations and gifts	Incoming resources from tax reclaims are included in the SoFA at the same time as the gift to which they relate.
Contractual income and performance related grants	This is only included in the SoFA once the related goods or services have been delivered.
Gifts in kind	Gifts in kind are accounted for at a reasonable estimate of their value to the charity or the amount actually realised.
	Gifts in kind for sale or distribution are included in the accounts as gifts only when sold or distributed by the charity.
	Gifts in kind for use by the charity are included in the SoFA as incoming resources when receivable.
Donated services and facilities	These are only included in incoming resources (with an equivalent amount in resources expended) where the benefit
	to the charity is reasonably quantifiable, measurable and material_._The value placed on these resources is the
	estimated value to the charity of the service or facility received.
Volunteer help	The value of any voluntary help received is not included in the accounts but is described in the trustees’ annual report.
Investment income	This is included in the accounts when receivable.
Investment gains and losses	This includes any gain or loss on the sale of investments and any gain or loss resulting from revaluing investments to
	market value at the end of the year.
EXPENDITURE AND LIABILITIES
Liability recognition	Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out
	resources.
Governance costs	Include costs of the preparation and examination of statutory accounts, the costs of trustee meetings and cost of any
	legal advice to trustees on governance or constitutional matters.
Grants with performance conditions	Where the charity gives a grant with conditions for its payment being a specific level of service or output to be
	provided, such grants are only recognised in the SoFA once the recipient of the grant has provided the specified
	service or output.
Grants payable without performance	These are only recognised in the accounts when a commitment has been made and there are no conditions to be met
conditions	relating to the grant which remain in the control of the charity.
Support Costs	Support costs include central functions and have been allocated to activity cost categories on a basis consistent with
	the use of resources, eg allocating property costs by floor areas, or per capita, staff costs by the time spent and other
	costs by their usage.
ASSETS
Tangible fixed assets for use by	These are capitalised if they can be used for more than one year, and cost at least £500. They are valued at cost or a
charity	reasonable value on receipt.
POLICIES ADOPTED
ADDITIONAL TO OR DIFFERENT
FROM THOSE ABOVE

These accounts have been examined independently and were approved by the trustees on 18th January 2022. Based on advice from the Charity Commission, signed copies are not ordinarily released into the public domain to prevent the signatures being re-used illegally. Signed versions are held by Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse (AAFDA).

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Annual accounts for the period 6th April 2020 to 5th April 2021

Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse

Notes to the accounts

Note 3 Details of certain items of expenditure

3.1 Trustee expenses

Please provide details of the amount of any payment or reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses made to trustees or to third parties for expenses incurred by trustees. If no expenses were paid, please enter ‘None’ in the appropriate box(es).

Number of trustees who were paid expenses Nature of the expenses Total amount paid

This year	Last year
0	0
TRAVEL	TRAVEL
£0	£0

3.2 Fees for examination or audit of the accounts

Please provide details of the amount paid for any statutory external scrutiny of accounts and other services provided by your independent examiner or auditor. If nothing was paid please enter NONE in the appropriate box(es).

Other fees (for example: advice, consultancy, accountancy services) paid to the independent examiner or auditor Independent examiner’s or auditors' fees for reporting on the accounts	This year £	Last year £
	£100	£100
	None	None

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Charity No : 1125973

Annual accounts for the period 6th April 2020 to 5th April 2021

Notes to the accounts

Note 4 Paid employees Please complete this note if the charity has any employees.

4.1 Staff Costs

Gross wages, salaries and benefits in kind Employer’s National Insurance costs Pension costs

Total staff costs	This year £	Last year £
	287,267	197,366
	22,670	14,176
	16,851	11,254
	326,788	222,796

During the year under review, no benefits-in-kind were made available to employees.

nt employees in the year	This year Number	Last year Number
Fundraising	3	3
Charitable Activities	9	7
Governance	-	-
Other	-	-
Total	12	10

4.3 Defined contribution pension scheme

Please complete if a defined contribution pension scheme is operated. Brief details of the scheme

The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme for the benefit of its employees. Contributions are recognised as soon as they become payable.

	This year	Last year
	£	£
The costs of the scheme to the charity for the year	£7,791	£3,898
The amount of any contributions outstanding at the year end

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Annual accounts for the period 6th April 2020 to 5th April 2021

Notes to the accounts

Note 5 Exceptional Items.

Board Governance

During the year under review, AAFDA continued with an ongoing system of Board Governance to re-validate existing systems and checks in place to deliver the stated objectives and purposes of the charity on a timely and efficient basis.

This Year Last Year £ £ A summary of the expense headings are as follows: - - Trustee and Meeting Expenses - - Legal and Accountancy Advice - -

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Charity No : 1125973

Annual accounts for the period 6th April 2020 to 5th April 2021 Notes to the accounts

Note 6 Tangible fixed assets Please complete this note if the charity has any tangible fixed assets

6.1 Cost or valuation

Freehold land & buildings £	Other land & buildings £	Plant, machinery and motor vehicles £	Fixtures, fittings and equipment £	Payments on account and assets under construction £	Total £
-	-	-	3,153	-	3,153
-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	3,153	-	3,153

6.2 Accumulated depreciation and impairment provisions

SL or RB	SL or RB	SL or RB	SL	SL or RB	SL or RB
			33%
-	-	-	3,153	-	3,153
-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	3,153	-	3,153

-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-

It is the charity policy to write off the cost of replacement assets to the Income and Expenditure Account of the year of purchase.

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Annual Accounts for the Period 6th April 2020 to 5th April 2021. Notes to the accounts

Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse

Note 7 Debtors and prepayments Please complete this note if the charity has any debtors or prepayments Analysis of debtors

Analysis of debtors
Home Office Grant Income Expenses Paid in Advance Other debtors Total	Amounts receivable within oneyear		Amounts receivable after more than oneyear
	This year £	Last year £	This year £	Last year £
	31,657	-	-	-
	789	789	-	-

	32,446	789	-	-

Note 7 Creditors and accruals Please complete this note if the charity has any creditors or accruals. Analysis of creditors

Analysis of creditors
Loans and overdrafts Accrued expenses Deferred Grant income Total	Amounts falling due within oneyear		Amounts falling due after more than oneyear
	This year £	Last year £	This year £	Last year £
	-	-	-	-
	107,562	69,225	-	-
	244,954	130,291	-	-
	352,516	199,516	-	-

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Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse

Charity No : 1125973

Annual Accounts for the Period 6th April 2020 to 5th April 2021.

Notes to the accounts

Note 8 Endowment and restricted income funds

Please complete this section if the charity has any endowment or restricted income funds.

8.1 Funds held

Please give a brief description of any of the following type of funds held by the charity:

permanent endowment funds (PE);
expendable endowment funds (EE); and
restricted income funds, including special trusts, of the charity (R).

Fund Name

Purpose and Restrictions

DESIGNATED RESERVE Unrestricted CAPACITY BUILDING AND WEB-SITE ENHANCEMENT

8.2 Movements of major funds

Please give details of the movements of the major funds summarised in the restricted and endowment columns of the Statement of Financial Activities.

Fund names	Fund balances brought forward £	Incoming resources £	Outgoing resources £	Transfers £	Gains and losses £	Fund balances carried forward £
ESMEÉ FAIRBAIRN	-	45,000	45,000	-	-	-
HOME OFFICE	-	285,955	285,955	-	-	-
DULVERTON TRUST	-	2,001	2,001	-	-	-
THE HENRY SMITH CHARITY	-	22,500	22,500	-	-	-
SUNDRY GRANTS	-	21,877	21,877	-	-	-
DESIGNATED RESERVE	25,000	-	-	-	-	25,000
	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total Funds	25,000	377,333	377,333	-	-	25,000

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Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse Charity No : 1125973 Annual Accounts for the Period 6th April 2020 to 5th April 2021.

Notes to the accounts

Net(Outgoing) Reserves for the Year Ended 5th April 2021. Adjustments on Investing Activities: Add back Depreciation of Tangible Assets Deduct Expenditure on Capital Assets Movements in Debtors and Prepayments Adjustments in Working Capital: Movements in Accruals and Deferred Income Opening Bank Balance as at 6th April 2020. Closing Bank Balance as at 5th April 2021. Note 9 Cashflow Statement	£ -2,416 0 0 153,000 -31,657
	118,927 334,391
	453,318

Net(Outgoing) Reserves for the Year Ended 5th April 2021.
Adjustments on Investing Activities:
Add back Depreciation of Tangible Assets
Deduct Expenditure on Capital Assets
Movements in Debtors and Prepayments
Adjustments in Working Capital:
Movements in Accruals and Deferred Income
Opening Bank Balance as at 6th April 2020.
Closing Bank Balance as at 5th April 2021.
Note 9 Cashflow Statement

£
-2,416
0
0
153,000
-31,657

118,927
334,391

453,318

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Charity No : 1125973 Annual Accounts for the Period 6th April 2020 to 5th April 2021.

Certification of Grant Expenditure

The trustees of AAFDA certifiy that tranche payments of funds awarded under grants contracts, and recognised in the financial statements, have been fully and correctly utilised by the organisation for the purposes of fulfilling it's grant obligations.

Signed on behalf of the Trustees

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18/01/2022
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Independent Examiner's Report on the Accounts. Report to the Trustees of Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse On the Accounts for the Year Ended 5th April 2021 Charity No 1125973

Respective Responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner

The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider than an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (The Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed.

As independent examiner, it is my responsibility to:

examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
to follow the procedures laid down in the general directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act), and
to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.

Basis of Independent Examiner's Statement

My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a "true and fair" view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

Independent Examiner's Statement

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:

(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect, the requirements: - to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; - to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act have not been met, or
(2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signed: Date: 19/01/2022

Neil James Heavens FCA, CTA

30 Commercial Road Swindon Wiltshire SN1 5NS

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ADVOCACY AFTER FATAL DOMESTIC ABUSE Charity No. 1125973

BALANCE SHEET AS AT 5th April 2021

Fixed Assets Computer Equipment as at 6th April 2020 Additions Less Depreciation Net Book Value as at 5th April 2021 Current Assets Cash in bank Prepaid expenses Total Current Assets Current Liabilities Amounts falling due within one year Deferred Income Total Current Liabilities NET CURRENT ASSETS TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES FUNDS Unrestricted funds as at 6th April 2020 (Deficit) surplus for the year ended 5th April 2021 Transfer (to) /from Designated Reserves Unrestricted funds as at 5th April 2021 Designated funds for Capacity Building TOTAL FUNDS	2021 2020 £ £ 3,153 3,153 0 0 3,153 3,153
	0 0
	453,318 334,391 32,446 789
	485,764 335,180
	107,562 69,225 244,954 130,291
	352,516 199,516

	133,248 135,664

	133,248 135,664
	110,664 124,377 -2,416 -13,713
	108,248 110,664 0 0
	108,248 110,664 25,000 25,000
	133,248 135,664

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ADVOCACY AFTER FATAL DOMESTIC ABUSE Charity No. 1125973

INCOME & EXPENDITURE TO YEAR ENDED 5th April 2021

	2021	2020
INCOME	£	£
Donations and Gift Aid	9,295	1,784
Grants	377,333	286,150
Speaking, Consultancy and Training fees	39,183	54,769
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme	25,510	0
Total Income	451,321	342,703
EXPENDITURE
Employee Salaries	287,267	197,366
Employer National Insurance and Pension Contributions	39,521	25,430
Recruitment	275	75
Travel Expenses - Staff, Contractors and Volunteers	1,776	38,060
CRM: Monitoring and Evaluation	9,255	1,359
Fundraising	14,081	9,634
Strategic Review & Capacity Building	21,290	14,291
DHR Network Project	9,236	0
Home Office Perpetrator Project	1,250	0
Supervision	2,310	950
Annual Conference Expenses	0	290
Run Online Peer Support	1,201	0
Training - Payments to Associate Trainer	9,666	4,535
Training	8,817	3,165
Home Office Advocacy Awareness Raising Costs	0	45,770
Home Office Advocacy Awareness Costs Adjustment	-5,511	0
Staff Covid Well-being	4,062	0
Telephones	1,978	1,177
IT Support	3,007	0
Internet and Website Maintenance & Development	5,392	821
Equipment Renewals	9,378	2,256
Security Upgrades for Premises and Data	3,648	1,802
Postage	356	369
Development of Finance Reporting System	9,300	0
Films and Other Support Materials	5,682	0
Office Supplies	1,056	884
Insurance	2,704	2,704
Utilities	2,657	2,144
Accountancy Fees	2,758	2,383
Legal and Professional Fees	1,325	951
Total Expenses	453,737	356,416
Net Surplus (Deficit)	-2,416	-13,713

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ADVOCACY AFTER FATAL DOMESTIC ABUSE.

Charity No. 1125973

Annual Accounts for the Period

6th April 2020 to 5th April 2021.

ADVOCACY AFTER FATAL DOMESTIC ABUSE

Charity No. 1125973

Page of Contents
Balance Sheet - Signed.	2
Statement of Financial Activities	3
Notes to the Accounts	4 - 14
Supplementary Information	15 - 16

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Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse

Charity No : 1125973

Annual accounts for the period 6th April 2020 to 5th April 2021

	Balance Sheet	Balance Sheet
Fixed assets Tangible assets (Note 6) Investments *Total fixed assets* Current assets Stock and work in progress Debtors (Note 7) (Short term) investments Cash at bank and in hand *Total current assets* Creditors: amounts falling due within one year (Note 7) *Net current assets/(liabilities)* *Total assets less current liabilities* Creditors: amounts falling due after one year Provisions for liabilities and charges *Net assets* Funds of the Charity Unrestricted funds Designated funds (Note 8) **Total funds **	Unrestricted funds £	Restricted income funds £	Designated Funds £	Total this year Total last year £ £
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-

	-	-	-	-	-
		32,446		32,446	789
	-	-	-	-	-
	108,248	320,070	25,000	453,318	334,391
	108,248	352,516	25,000	485,764	335,180

		352,516		352,516	199,516

	108,248	-	25,000	133,248	135,664

	108,248	-	25,000	133,248	135,664

	-		-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-

	108,248	-	25,000	133,248	135,664

	108,248			108,248	110,664
	-			-	-
		-		-	-
			25,000	25,000	25,000

	108,248	-	25,000	133,248	135,664

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Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse

Charity No : 1125973

Annual accounts for the period 6th April 2020 to 5th April 2021

Statement of Financial Activities

Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Designated funds Total this year Total last year £ £ £ £ £	Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Designated funds Total this year Total last year £ £ £ £ £	Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Designated funds Total this year Total last year £ £ £ £ £	Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Designated funds Total this year Total last year £ £ £ £ £	Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Designated funds Total this year Total last year £ £ £ £ £
9,295			9,295	1,784
	377,333		377,333	286,150
39,183			39,183	54,769
	25,510		25,510	-
48,478	402,843	-	451,321	342,703

50,894	402,843		453,737	356,416
			-	-
50,894	402,843		453,737	356,416
2,416 -	-		2,416 -	13,713 -
-	-		-	-
2,416 -	-	-	2,416 -	13,713 -

-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-
2,416 -	-	-	2,416 -	13,713 -
110,664		25,000	135,664	149,377
-		-	-	-
108,248	-	25,000	133,248	135,664

These accounts have been examined independently and were approved by the trustees on 18 January 2022. Based on advice from the Charity Commission, signed copies are not ordinarily released into the public domain to prevent the signatures being re-used illegally. Signed versions are held by Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse (AAFDA).

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Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse

Charity No : 1125973

Annual accounts for the period 6th April 2020 to 5th April 2021

Notes to the accounts

Note 1 Basis of preparation

This section should be completed by all charities .

1.1 Basis of accounting

These accounts have been prepared on the basis of historic cost (except that investments are shown at market value) in accordance with:

Accounting and Reporting by Charities – Statement of Recommended Practice (FRSSE SORP);

• and with* ✓ Accounting Standards;

or Financial Reporting Standards for Smaller Enterprises (FRSSE);

and with the Charities Act 1993.

1.2 Change in basis of accounting

There has been no change to the accounting policies (valuation rules and methods of accounting) since last year.

1.3 Changes to previous accounts

No changes have been made to accounts for previous years.

These accounts have been examined independently and were approved by the trustees on 18 January 2022. Based on advice from the Charity Commission, signed copies are not ordinarily released into the public domain to prevent the signatures being re-used illegally. Signed versions are held by Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse (AAFDA).

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Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse Charity No : 1125973

Annual accounts for the period 6th April 2020 to 5th April 2021 Notes to the accounts

Note 2 Accounting policies

This standard list of accounting policies has been applied by the charity except for those deleted. Where a different or additional policy has been adopted then this is detailed in the box below.

INCOMING RESOURCES

INCOMING RESOURCES
Recognition of incoming	These are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) when:
resources	the charity becomes entitled to the resources;
	the trustees are virtually certain they will receive the resources; and
	the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability.
Incoming resources with related	Where incoming resources have related expenditure (as with fundraising or contract income) the incoming resources
expenditure	and related expenditure are reported gross in the SoFA.
Grants and donations	Grants and donations are only included in the SoFA when the charity has unconditional entitlement to the resources.
Tax reclaims on donations and gifts	Incoming resources from tax reclaims are included in the SoFA at the same time as the gift to which they relate.
Contractual income and performance related grants	This is only included in the SoFA once the related goods or services have been delivered.
Gifts in kind	Gifts in kind are accounted for at a reasonable estimate of their value to the charity or the amount actually realised.
	Gifts in kind for sale or distribution are included in the accounts as gifts only when sold or distributed by the charity.
	Gifts in kind for use by the charity are included in the SoFA as incoming resources when receivable.
Donated services and facilities	These are only included in incoming resources (with an equivalent amount in resources expended) where the benefit
	to the charity is reasonably quantifiable, measurable and material_._The value placed on these resources is the
	estimated value to the charity of the service or facility received.
Volunteer help	The value of any voluntary help received is not included in the accounts but is described in the trustees’ annual report.
Investment income	This is included in the accounts when receivable.
Investment gains and losses	This includes any gain or loss on the sale of investments and any gain or loss resulting from revaluing investments to
	market value at the end of the year.
EXPENDITURE AND LIABILITIES
Liability recognition	Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out
	resources.
Governance costs	Include costs of the preparation and examination of statutory accounts, the costs of trustee meetings and cost of any
	legal advice to trustees on governance or constitutional matters.
Grants with performance conditions	Where the charity gives a grant with conditions for its payment being a specific level of service or output to be
	provided, such grants are only recognised in the SoFA once the recipient of the grant has provided the specified
	service or output.
Grants payable without performance	These are only recognised in the accounts when a commitment has been made and there are no conditions to be met
conditions	relating to the grant which remain in the control of the charity.
Support Costs	Support costs include central functions and have been allocated to activity cost categories on a basis consistent with
	the use of resources, eg allocating property costs by floor areas, or per capita, staff costs by the time spent and other
	costs by their usage.
ASSETS
Tangible fixed assets for use by	These are capitalised if they can be used for more than one year, and cost at least £500. They are valued at cost or a
charity	reasonable value on receipt.
POLICIES ADOPTED
ADDITIONAL TO OR DIFFERENT
FROM THOSE ABOVE

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Annual accounts for the period 6th April 2020 to 5th April 2021

Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse

Notes to the accounts

Note 3 Details of certain items of expenditure

3.1 Trustee expenses

Number of trustees who were paid expenses Nature of the expenses Total amount paid

This year	Last year
0	0
TRAVEL	TRAVEL
£0	£0

3.2 Fees for examination or audit of the accounts

Other fees (for example: advice, consultancy, accountancy services) paid to the independent examiner or auditor Independent examiner’s or auditors' fees for reporting on the accounts	This year £	Last year £
	£100	£100
	None	None

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Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse

Charity No : 1125973

Annual accounts for the period 6th April 2020 to 5th April 2021

Notes to the accounts

Note 4 Paid employees Please complete this note if the charity has any employees.

4.1 Staff Costs

Gross wages, salaries and benefits in kind Employer’s National Insurance costs Pension costs

Total staff costs	This year £	Last year £
	287,267	197,366
	22,670	14,176
	16,851	11,254
	326,788	222,796

During the year under review, no benefits-in-kind were made available to employees.

nt employees in the year	This year Number	Last year Number
Fundraising	3	3
Charitable Activities	9	7
Governance	-	-
Other	-	-
Total	12	10

4.3 Defined contribution pension scheme

Please complete if a defined contribution pension scheme is operated. Brief details of the scheme

The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme for the benefit of its employees. Contributions are recognised as soon as they become payable.

	This year	Last year
	£	£
The costs of the scheme to the charity for the year	£7,791	£3,898
The amount of any contributions outstanding at the year end

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Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse

Charity No : 1125973

Annual accounts for the period 6th April 2020 to 5th April 2021

Notes to the accounts

Note 5 Exceptional Items.

Board Governance

This Year Last Year £ £ A summary of the expense headings are as follows: - - Trustee and Meeting Expenses - - Legal and Accountancy Advice - -

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Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse

Charity No : 1125973

Annual accounts for the period 6th April 2020 to 5th April 2021 Notes to the accounts

Note 6 Tangible fixed assets Please complete this note if the charity has any tangible fixed assets

6.1 Cost or valuation

Freehold land & buildings £	Other land & buildings £	Plant, machinery and motor vehicles £	Fixtures, fittings and equipment £	Payments on account and assets under construction £	Total £
-	-	-	3,153	-	3,153
-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	3,153	-	3,153

6.2 Accumulated depreciation and impairment provisions

SL or RB	SL or RB	SL or RB	SL	SL or RB	SL or RB
			33%
-	-	-	3,153	-	3,153
-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	3,153	-	3,153

-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-

It is the charity policy to write off the cost of replacement assets to the Income and Expenditure Account of the year of purchase.

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Charity No : 1125973

Annual Accounts for the Period 6th April 2020 to 5th April 2021. Notes to the accounts

Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse

Note 7 Debtors and prepayments Please complete this note if the charity has any debtors or prepayments Analysis of debtors

Analysis of debtors
Home Office Grant Income Expenses Paid in Advance Other debtors Total	Amounts receivable within oneyear		Amounts receivable after more than oneyear
	This year £	Last year £	This year £	Last year £
	31,657	-	-	-
	789	789	-	-

	32,446	789	-	-

Note 7 Creditors and accruals Please complete this note if the charity has any creditors or accruals. Analysis of creditors

Analysis of creditors
Loans and overdrafts Accrued expenses Deferred Grant income Total	Amounts falling due within oneyear		Amounts falling due after more than oneyear
	This year £	Last year £	This year £	Last year £
	-	-	-	-
	107,562	69,225	-	-
	244,954	130,291	-	-
	352,516	199,516	-	-

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Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse

Charity No : 1125973

Annual Accounts for the Period 6th April 2020 to 5th April 2021.

Notes to the accounts

Note 8 Endowment and restricted income funds

Please complete this section if the charity has any endowment or restricted income funds.

8.1 Funds held

Please give a brief description of any of the following type of funds held by the charity:

permanent endowment funds (PE);
expendable endowment funds (EE); and
restricted income funds, including special trusts, of the charity (R).

Fund Name

Purpose and Restrictions

DESIGNATED RESERVE Unrestricted CAPACITY BUILDING AND WEB-SITE ENHANCEMENT

8.2 Movements of major funds

Please give details of the movements of the major funds summarised in the restricted and endowment columns of the Statement of Financial Activities.

Fund names	Fund balances brought forward £	Incoming resources £	Outgoing resources £	Transfers £	Gains and losses £	Fund balances carried forward £
ESMEÉ FAIRBAIRN	-	45,000	45,000	-	-	-
HOME OFFICE	-	285,955	285,955	-	-	-
DULVERTON TRUST	-	2,001	2,001	-	-	-
THE HENRY SMITH CHARITY	-	22,500	22,500	-	-	-
SUNDRY GRANTS	-	21,877	21,877	-	-	-
DESIGNATED RESERVE	25,000	-	-	-	-	25,000
	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total Funds	25,000	377,333	377,333	-	-	25,000

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Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse Charity No : 1125973 Annual Accounts for the Period 6th April 2020 to 5th April 2021.

Notes to the accounts

Net(Outgoing) Reserves for the Year Ended 5th April 2021. Adjustments on Investing Activities: Add back Depreciation of Tangible Assets Deduct Expenditure on Capital Assets Movements in Debtors and Prepayments Adjustments in Working Capital: Movements in Accruals and Deferred Income Opening Bank Balance as at 6th April 2020. Closing Bank Balance as at 5th April 2021. Note 9 Cashflow Statement	£ -2,416 0 0 153,000 -31,657
	118,927 334,391
	453,318

£
-2,416
0
0
153,000
-31,657

118,927
334,391

453,318

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Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse

Charity No : 1125973 Annual Accounts for the Period 6th April 2020 to 5th April 2021.

Certification of Grant Expenditure

Signed on behalf of the Trustees

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18/01/2022
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Independent Examiner's Report on the Accounts. Report to the Trustees of Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse On the Accounts for the Year Ended 5th April 2021 Charity No 1125973

Respective Responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner

As independent examiner, it is my responsibility to:

examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
to follow the procedures laid down in the general directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act), and
to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.

Basis of Independent Examiner's Statement

Independent Examiner's Statement

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:

(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect, the requirements: - to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; - to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act have not been met, or
(2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signed: Date: 19/01/2022

Neil James Heavens FCA, CTA

30 Commercial Road Swindon Wiltshire SN1 5NS

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ADVOCACY AFTER FATAL DOMESTIC ABUSE Charity No. 1125973

BALANCE SHEET AS AT 5th April 2021

Fixed Assets Computer Equipment as at 6th April 2020 Additions Less Depreciation Net Book Value as at 5th April 2021 Current Assets Cash in bank Prepaid expenses Total Current Assets Current Liabilities Amounts falling due within one year Deferred Income Total Current Liabilities NET CURRENT ASSETS TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES FUNDS Unrestricted funds as at 6th April 2020 (Deficit) surplus for the year ended 5th April 2021 Transfer (to) /from Designated Reserves Unrestricted funds as at 5th April 2021 Designated funds for Capacity Building TOTAL FUNDS	2021 2020 £ £ 3,153 3,153 0 0 3,153 3,153
	0 0
	453,318 334,391 32,446 789
	485,764 335,180
	107,562 69,225 244,954 130,291
	352,516 199,516

	133,248 135,664

	133,248 135,664
	110,664 124,377 -2,416 -13,713
	108,248 110,664 0 0
	108,248 110,664 25,000 25,000
	133,248 135,664

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ADVOCACY AFTER FATAL DOMESTIC ABUSE Charity No. 1125973

INCOME & EXPENDITURE TO YEAR ENDED 5th April 2021

	2021	2020
INCOME	£	£
Donations and Gift Aid	9,295	1,784
Grants	377,333	286,150
Speaking, Consultancy and Training fees	39,183	54,769
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme	25,510	0
Total Income	451,321	342,703
EXPENDITURE
Employee Salaries	287,267	197,366
Employer National Insurance and Pension Contributions	39,521	25,430
Recruitment	275	75
Travel Expenses - Staff, Contractors and Volunteers	1,776	38,060
CRM: Monitoring and Evaluation	9,255	1,359
Fundraising	14,081	9,634
Strategic Review & Capacity Building	21,290	14,291
DHR Network Project	9,236	0
Home Office Perpetrator Project	1,250	0
Supervision	2,310	950
Annual Conference Expenses	0	290
Run Online Peer Support	1,201	0
Training - Payments to Associate Trainer	9,666	4,535
Training	8,817	3,165
Home Office Advocacy Awareness Raising Costs	0	45,770
Home Office Advocacy Awareness Costs Adjustment	-5,511	0
Staff Covid Well-being	4,062	0
Telephones	1,978	1,177
IT Support	3,007	0
Internet and Website Maintenance & Development	5,392	821
Equipment Renewals	9,378	2,256
Security Upgrades for Premises and Data	3,648	1,802
Postage	356	369
Development of Finance Reporting System	9,300	0
Films and Other Support Materials	5,682	0
Office Supplies	1,056	884
Insurance	2,704	2,704
Utilities	2,657	2,144
Accountancy Fees	2,758	2,383
Legal and Professional Fees	1,325	951
Total Expenses	453,737	356,416
Net Surplus (Deficit)	-2,416	-13,713

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