## 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)_ 

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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,|<br>**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|<br>**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_**<br>Donations and Gift Aid<br>Grants<br>Speaking and Training Fees<br>Other<br>Total Income<br>**_Revenue Expenditure_**<br>Salaries and Employer 'On' Costs<br>Travel and Office Supplies<br>Monitoring and Evlauation (CMS)<br>Strategic Review and Capacity Building<br>Other Home Office Advocacy Awareness<br>Raising Costs<br>Training<br>Website Maintenance and Development<br>Equipment Renewals and Data Protection<br>Other<br>Total Expenditure<br>**_Balance Sheet_**<br>Fixed Assets<br>Total Assets less Liabilities<br>Unrestricted Funds<br>Designated Funds<br>Funds|**_2020-21_**<br>£<br>9,295<br>377,333<br>39,183<br>25,510<br>451,321<br>£<br>326,788<br>2,832<br>9,255<br>21,290<br>-5,511<br>18,483<br>5,392<br>13,026<br>62,182<br>453,737<br>**_2020-21_**<br>£<br>0<br>133,248<br>108,248<br>25,000<br>133,248|**_2019-20_**<br>£|
|---|---|---|
|||1,784<br>286,150<br>54,769|
|||342,703|
|||£|
|||222,796<br>38,944<br>1,359<br>14,291<br>45,770<br>7,700<br>821<br>4,058<br>20,677|
|||356,416|
|||**_2019-20_**<br>£|
|||0<br>135,664<br>110,664<br>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** 

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|Balance Sheet - Signed.|2|
|Statement of Financial Activities|3|
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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**<br>**Tangible assets              (Note 6)**<br>**Investments**<br>**_Total fixed assets_** <br>**Current assets**<br>**Stock and work in progress**<br>**Debtors                       (Note 7)**<br>**(Short term) investments**<br>**Cash at bank and in hand**<br>**_Total current assets_** <br>**Creditors: amounts falling due within**<br>**one year              (Note 7)**<br>**_Net current assets/(liabilities)_** <br>**_Total assets less current liabilities_** <br>**Creditors: amounts falling due after**<br>**one year**<br>**Provisions for liabilities and charges**<br>**_Net assets_ **<br>**Funds of the Charity**<br>**Unrestricted funds**<br>**Designated funds (Note 8)**<br>**_Total funds_ **|Unrestricted<br>funds<br>£|Restricted<br>income funds<br>£|Designated<br>Funds<br>£|Total this year<br>Total last year<br>£<br>£||
||-|-|-|-|-|
||-|-|-|-|-|
||-|-|-|-|-|
||-|-|-|-|-|
|||||||
||-|-|-|-|-|
|||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** 

|**Incoming resources**<br>**Resources expended (Notes 3-5)**<br>**_Net incoming/(outgoing) resources_**<br>**_before transfers_**<br>**Transfer between funds**<br>**Incoming resources from generated funds :**<br>**Donations**<br>**Gross transfers between funds**<br>**_Net incoming/(outgoing) resources_**<br>**_before other recognised gains/(losses)_**<br>**Total funds brought forward**<br>**_Net movement in funds_**<br>Gains and losses on investment assets<br>Gains and losses on revaluation of fixed<br>assets for the charity’s own use<br>**_Total funds carried forward_**<br>**Other recognised** **gains/(losses)**<br>**Grants**<br>**Incoming resources from charitable activities**<br>**Other incoming resources**<br>**_Total incoming resources_**<br>**Costs of Generating Funds :**<br>**_Total resources expended_**<br>**Charitable activities**<br>**Governance costs**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**income funds**<br>**Designated**<br>**funds**<br>**Total this year**<br>**Total last year**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**income funds**<br>**Designated**<br>**funds**<br>**Total this year**<br>**Total last year**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**income funds**<br>**Designated**<br>**funds**<br>**Total this year**<br>**Total last year**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**income funds**<br>**Designated**<br>**funds**<br>**Total this year**<br>**Total last year**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**income funds**<br>**Designated**<br>**funds**<br>**Total this year**<br>**Total last year**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||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<br>|402,843||453,737|356,416|
||2,416<br>-<br>|-||2,416<br>-|13,713<br>-|
||-|-||-|-|
||2,416<br>-<br>|-|-|2,416<br>-|13,713<br>-|
|||||||
||-|-|-|-|-|
||-|-|-|-|-|
||2,416<br>-|-|-|2,416<br>-|13,713<br>-|
||110,664||25,000|135,664|149,377|
||-||-|-|-|
||108,248<br>|-|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**<br>**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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**Charity No : 1125973** 

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**<br>**services) paid to the independent examiner or auditor**<br>**Independent examiner’s or auditors' fees  for reporting on the**<br>**accounts**|**This year**<br>**£**|**Last year**<br>**£**|
|---|---|---|
||**£100**|**£100**|
||**None**|**None**|



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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## **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**<br>**£**|**Last year**<br>**£**|
|---|---|---|
||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. 

|**The parts of the charity in which the**<br>**employees work**<br>**4.2 Average number of full-time equivale**|**nt employees in the year**|**This year**<br>**Number**|**Last year**<br>**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**|||



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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## **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** 

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 - - 

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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## **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** 

|Balance brought<br>forward<br>Additions<br>Revaluations<br>Disposals<br>Transfers *<br>Balance carried<br>forward|**Freehold land**<br>**& buildings**<br>**£**|**Other land &**<br>**buildings**<br>**£**|**Plant,**<br>**machinery and**<br>**motor vehicles**<br>**£**|<br>**Fixtures,**<br>**fittings and**<br>**equipment**<br>**£**|**Payments on**<br>**account and**<br>**assets under**<br>**construction**<br>**£**|**Total**<br>**£**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||-|-|-|3,153|-|3,153|
||-|-|-|-|-|-|
||-|-|-|-|-|-|
||-|-|-|-|-|-|
||-|-|-|-|-|-|
||-|-|-|3,153|-|3,153|



## **6.2 Accumulated depreciation and impairment provisions** 

|**Basis**<br>**Rate**<br>Balance brought<br>forward<br>Depreciation charge<br>for year<br>Impairment provisions <br>Revaluations<br>Disposals<br>Transfers*<br>Balance carried<br>forward<br>Brought forward<br>Carried forward<br>**6.3 Net book value**|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. 

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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**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**<br>**Expenses Paid in Advance**<br>**Other debtors**<br>**Total**|**Amounts receivable**<br>**within oneyear**||**Amounts receivable after**<br>**more than oneyear**||
||**This year**<br>**£**|**Last year**<br>**£**|**This year**<br>**£**|**Last year**<br>**£**|
||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**<br>**Accrued expenses**<br>**Deferred Grant income**<br>**Total**|**Amounts falling due**<br>**within oneyear**||**Amounts falling due after**<br>**more than oneyear**||
||**This year**<br>**£**|**Last year**<br>**£**|**This year**<br>**£**|**Last year**<br>**£**|
||-|-|-|-|
||107,562|69,225|-|-|
||244,954|130,291|-|-|
||352,516|199,516|-|-|



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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**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**<br>**balances**<br>**brought**<br>**forward**<br>**£**|**Incoming**<br>**resources**<br>**£**|**Outgoing**<br>**resources**<br>**£**|**Transfers**<br>**£**|**Gains and**<br>**losses**<br>**£**|**Fund**<br>**balances**<br>**carried**<br>**forward**<br>**£**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|ESMEÉ FAIRBAIRN|-|45,000|45,000|-|-|-|
|HOME OFFICE|-|285,955|285,955|-|-|-|
|DULVERTON TRUST|-|2,001|2,001|-|-|-|
|THE HENRY SMITH<br>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|



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 

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



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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## **Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse** 

**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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## **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**<br>Computer Equipment as at 6th April 2020<br>Additions<br>Less Depreciation<br>Net Book Value as at 5th April 2021<br>**Current Assets**<br>Cash in bank<br>Prepaid expenses<br>**Total Current Assets**<br>**Current Liabilities**<br>Amounts falling due within one year<br>Deferred Income<br>**Total Current Liabilities**<br>**NET CURRENT ASSETS**<br>**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES**<br>**FUNDS**<br>Unrestricted funds as at 6th April 2020<br>(Deficit) surplus for the year ended 5th April 2021<br>Transfer (to) /from Designated Reserves<br>**Unrestricted funds as at 5th April 2021**<br>**Designated funds for Capacity Building**<br>**TOTAL FUNDS**|**2021**<br>**2020**<br>£<br>£<br>3,153<br>3,153<br>0<br>0<br>3,153<br>3,153|
|---|---|
||0<br>0|
||453,318<br>334,391<br>32,446<br>789|
||485,764<br>335,180|
||107,562<br>69,225<br>244,954<br>130,291|
||352,516<br>199,516|
|||
||133,248<br>135,664|
|||
||**133,248**<br>**135,664**|
||110,664<br>124,377<br>-2,416<br>-13,713|
||108,248<br>110,664<br>0<br>0|
||108,248<br>110,664<br>25,000<br>25,000|
||**133,248**<br>**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**<br>**Tangible assets              (Note 6)**<br>**Investments**<br>**_Total fixed assets_** <br>**Current assets**<br>**Stock and work in progress**<br>**Debtors                       (Note 7)**<br>**(Short term) investments**<br>**Cash at bank and in hand**<br>**_Total current assets_** <br>**Creditors: amounts falling due within**<br>**one year              (Note 7)**<br>**_Net current assets/(liabilities)_** <br>**_Total assets less current liabilities_** <br>**Creditors: amounts falling due after**<br>**one year**<br>**Provisions for liabilities and charges**<br>**_Net assets_ **<br>**Funds of the Charity**<br>**Unrestricted funds**<br>**Designated funds (Note 8)**<br>**_Total funds_ **|Unrestricted<br>funds<br>£|Restricted<br>income funds<br>£|Designated<br>Funds<br>£|Total this year<br>Total last year<br>£<br>£||
||-|-|-|-|-|
||-|-|-|-|-|
||-|-|-|-|-|
||-|-|-|-|-|
|||||||
||-|-|-|-|-|
|||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** 

|**Incoming resources**<br>**Resources expended (Notes 3-5)**<br>**_Net incoming/(outgoing) resources_**<br>**_before transfers_**<br>**Transfer between funds**<br>**Incoming resources from generated funds :**<br>**Donations**<br>**Gross transfers between funds**<br>**_Net incoming/(outgoing) resources_**<br>**_before other recognised gains/(losses)_**<br>**Total funds brought forward**<br>**_Net movement in funds_**<br>Gains and losses on investment assets<br>Gains and losses on revaluation of fixed<br>assets for the charity’s own use<br>**_Total funds carried forward_**<br>**Other recognised** **gains/(losses)**<br>**Grants**<br>**Incoming resources from charitable activities**<br>**Other incoming resources**<br>**_Total incoming resources_**<br>**Costs of Generating Funds :**<br>**_Total resources expended_**<br>**Charitable activities**<br>**Governance costs**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**income funds**<br>**Designated**<br>**funds**<br>**Total this year**<br>**Total last year**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**income funds**<br>**Designated**<br>**funds**<br>**Total this year**<br>**Total last year**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**income funds**<br>**Designated**<br>**funds**<br>**Total this year**<br>**Total last year**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**income funds**<br>**Designated**<br>**funds**<br>**Total this year**<br>**Total last year**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**income funds**<br>**Designated**<br>**funds**<br>**Total this year**<br>**Total last year**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||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<br>|402,843||453,737|356,416|
||2,416<br>-<br>|-||2,416<br>-|13,713<br>-|
||-|-||-|-|
||2,416<br>-<br>|-|-|2,416<br>-|13,713<br>-|
|||||||
||-|-|-|-|-|
||-|-|-|-|-|
||2,416<br>-|-|-|2,416<br>-|13,713<br>-|
||110,664||25,000|135,664|149,377|
||-||-|-|-|
||108,248<br>|-|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**<br>**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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**Charity No : 1125973** 

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**<br>**services) paid to the independent examiner or auditor**<br>**Independent examiner’s or auditors' fees  for reporting on the**<br>**accounts**|**This year**<br>**£**|**Last year**<br>**£**|
|---|---|---|
||**£100**|**£100**|
||**None**|**None**|



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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## **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**<br>**£**|**Last year**<br>**£**|
|---|---|---|
||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. 

|**The parts of the charity in which the**<br>**employees work**<br>**4.2 Average number of full-time equivale**|**nt employees in the year**|**This year**<br>**Number**|**Last year**<br>**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**|||



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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## **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** 

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 - - 

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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## **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** 

|Balance brought<br>forward<br>Additions<br>Revaluations<br>Disposals<br>Transfers *<br>Balance carried<br>forward|**Freehold land**<br>**& buildings**<br>**£**|**Other land &**<br>**buildings**<br>**£**|**Plant,**<br>**machinery and**<br>**motor vehicles**<br>**£**|<br>**Fixtures,**<br>**fittings and**<br>**equipment**<br>**£**|**Payments on**<br>**account and**<br>**assets under**<br>**construction**<br>**£**|**Total**<br>**£**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||-|-|-|3,153|-|3,153|
||-|-|-|-|-|-|
||-|-|-|-|-|-|
||-|-|-|-|-|-|
||-|-|-|-|-|-|
||-|-|-|3,153|-|3,153|



## **6.2 Accumulated depreciation and impairment provisions** 

|**Basis**<br>**Rate**<br>Balance brought<br>forward<br>Depreciation charge<br>for year<br>Impairment provisions <br>Revaluations<br>Disposals<br>Transfers*<br>Balance carried<br>forward<br>Brought forward<br>Carried forward<br>**6.3 Net book value**|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. 

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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**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**<br>**Expenses Paid in Advance**<br>**Other debtors**<br>**Total**|**Amounts receivable**<br>**within oneyear**||**Amounts receivable after**<br>**more than oneyear**||
||**This year**<br>**£**|**Last year**<br>**£**|**This year**<br>**£**|**Last year**<br>**£**|
||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**<br>**Accrued expenses**<br>**Deferred Grant income**<br>**Total**|**Amounts falling due**<br>**within oneyear**||**Amounts falling due after**<br>**more than oneyear**||
||**This year**<br>**£**|**Last year**<br>**£**|**This year**<br>**£**|**Last year**<br>**£**|
||-|-|-|-|
||107,562|69,225|-|-|
||244,954|130,291|-|-|
||352,516|199,516|-|-|



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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**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**<br>**balances**<br>**brought**<br>**forward**<br>**£**|**Incoming**<br>**resources**<br>**£**|**Outgoing**<br>**resources**<br>**£**|**Transfers**<br>**£**|**Gains and**<br>**losses**<br>**£**|**Fund**<br>**balances**<br>**carried**<br>**forward**<br>**£**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|ESMEÉ FAIRBAIRN|-|45,000|45,000|-|-|-|
|HOME OFFICE|-|285,955|285,955|-|-|-|
|DULVERTON TRUST|-|2,001|2,001|-|-|-|
|THE HENRY SMITH<br>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|



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 

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



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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## **Advocacy After Fatal Domestic Abuse** 

**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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## **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**<br>Computer Equipment as at 6th April 2020<br>Additions<br>Less Depreciation<br>Net Book Value as at 5th April 2021<br>**Current Assets**<br>Cash in bank<br>Prepaid expenses<br>**Total Current Assets**<br>**Current Liabilities**<br>Amounts falling due within one year<br>Deferred Income<br>**Total Current Liabilities**<br>**NET CURRENT ASSETS**<br>**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES**<br>**FUNDS**<br>Unrestricted funds as at 6th April 2020<br>(Deficit) surplus for the year ended 5th April 2021<br>Transfer (to) /from Designated Reserves<br>**Unrestricted funds as at 5th April 2021**<br>**Designated funds for Capacity Building**<br>**TOTAL FUNDS**|**2021**<br>**2020**<br>£<br>£<br>3,153<br>3,153<br>0<br>0<br>3,153<br>3,153|
|---|---|
||0<br>0|
||453,318<br>334,391<br>32,446<br>789|
||485,764<br>335,180|
||107,562<br>69,225<br>244,954<br>130,291|
||352,516<br>199,516|
|||
||133,248<br>135,664|
|||
||**133,248**<br>**135,664**|
||110,664<br>124,377<br>-2,416<br>-13,713|
||108,248<br>110,664<br>0<br>0|
||108,248<br>110,664<br>25,000<br>25,000|
||**133,248**<br>**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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