**Annual Report** 1.9.2019 – 31.8.2020
**Improving deaf women’s lives**
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**Contents** Page Chair’s report .............................................................................................................................. 3 Managing Director’s report ........................................................................................ 4 Projects ............ ................................................................................................................................. 5 Staffing ............. ................................................................................................................................. 8 Finance for the period from 1.2.2019 – 31.1.2020 ...................... 10 Management Committee members ............................................................. 11
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## **Chair’s Report**
Welcome to our first annual report since we became a Charitable Incorporated Organisation in September 2019. This year has posed to be the most challenging year for charities across the UK. We are very fortunate to be able to continue to provide services throughout the lockdown.
I am impressed with the work that all staff have done and continue to achieve. They are very much willing to learn and try new things. Constantly exploring how all deaf women can be supported in their roles as sisters, mothers, grandmothers, carers, friends and as colleagues. We listen to them and their struggles for acceptance and validity in society. Like our first project Deaf Women Matter - we do, indeed, matter, like Black Lives Matter too. We contribute a lot to society but sadly this does not always get recognised.
I would like to thank all deaf women who took part in our activities and helped us out. Also, thanks to all management committee members for their hard work, commitment and unwavering support. I would also like to thank all staff for their support in striving to achieve outcomes and outputs for our peers.
## **Sarah Tupling**
Chair of Deaf-initely Women’s Management Committee
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## **Managing Director’s report**
_We have certainly improved deaf women’s lives._
The last 12 months has been a challenge for us all at Deaf-initely Women. We have seen the demand for our services increase as well an increase in funding which resulted in the recruitment of three more staff members joining Janet Mellor, Suzanne Sims and myself: Rachel Shaw, Molly O’Brien and Agnieszka Latif. Agnieszka works on a project that will support deaf women needing information on where to get support in dealing with abuse. Rachel was recruited as Office Manager and Molly as a Researcher/Evaluator. Please refer to their case studies highlighted on the Staffing page
The organisation has increased a number of project income streams. While the National Community Lottery Fund continued to fund us in Year 2 and Year 3, we welcomed new financial assistance from Awards for All, Arts Council, Comic Relief (in partnership with The Cloth Workers Foundation and Esmee Fairbairn Foundation), Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner (large and small grants) and Tampon Tax. We are very grateful for their financial assistance and support.
This year, like many other charities, we have experienced unprecedented change as most goods and services were locked down due to Coronavirus. In March, we all moved to working remotely. Fortunately, we were lucky in being able to work remotely from home. We are returning to our office from September 2020. We had to cancel all face to face workshops and events and rearranged for some of these to be delivered online.
The staff have been incredible as they rose to the challenge of learning to provide services in a digital way. It has been an uncertain time for us all, but we and the peers we serve are increasingly confident in using video conferencing.
We were thrilled to learn that we had been shortlisted for two East Midlands Charity awards: Small Charity of the Year award and Digital Social Network media award. We put on our best frocks and attended the awards online. It was a great experience.
I would like to thank all the staff and our communication support workers in enabling us to continue to deliver services and achieving all projects’ targets during the lockdown.
## **Teresa Waldron**
_Managing Director_
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## **Projects**
## **Awards for All**
## **DAISie project**
We were funded from 1.3.2019 – 31.3.2020. This project carried out qualitative and quantitative research into the needs of deaf women who have experienced abuse. This has led to secure new funding from Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner.
## **Arts Council Deaf Women’s Art goes online! project**
This project shook the ground that we worked on! The Covid-19 lockdown forced Deaf-initely Women to look at delivering Arts (take out this s)-based workshops online. This has proven to be so popular that we are planning to apply for new funding. From May this year until 31.10.2020, we are still learning from delivering art workshops online.
## **Comic Relief (in partnership with The Cloth Workers Foundation and Esmee Fairbairn Foundation)**
## **Deaf Women’s Digi-Hub project**
With funding, Deaf-initely Women
## **Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner** (large grant) **Deaf Abuse Free project**
We are fortunate that DPCC has been accommodating to support us financially to fund Deaf Abuse Free project. The funding was delayed by five months due to Coronavirus. In June, we advertised for a Personal Navigational Support Worker and Deborah Lush was appointed. She is due to start on 1.9.2020. The aim of the project is to educate deaf women about different types of abuse and to support them to access abuse services. The worker will be working with a range of agencies to ensure that deaf women can access support.
## **Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner** (small grant) **Keeping Safe project**
This successful 12-month project ended in March 2020 where we worked in partnership with Derbyshire Police in delivering workshops on keeping safe including keeping safe online.
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## **Tampon Tax Deaf Women Empowered!**
This project pays for 3-4 workshops to empower deaf women through sharing of knowledge and skills. Understanding Menopause was the first workshop that was well attended. The following workshops will be on Good Eye and Skin care and Happiness later this year.
## **The National Community Lottery Fund Deaf Women Matter! – Skills for Life project**
The first two years of this project were fully evaluated by Molly O’Brien during March – June 2020. The project was stalled in March – May 2020 due to the lockdown and understanding how best to use video conferencing – Zoom. We had to cancel all face to face workshops that were being planned throughout 2020. Some of these workshops are going ahead due to the suitability and feasibility of teaching and sharing online with full communication support workers. In addition, we are currently exploring the cost of editing: video clips via smartphone and zoom workshops that have been recorded and assess the best way forward. From **1.9.2019 – 31.8.2020, we have delivered 24 face to face workshops on:**
- Kelly Moody – Make Up Artist with Derby SignFest
- Body Image – with Derby SignFest
- Keeping Safe Online
- Crafty Yarn – Crochet
- Crafty Yarn – Macrame
- Xmas Cards Craft
- Deaf-initely Women’s Football x 7
- Making Christmas Bath bombs
- Making a Gingerbread house
- Digital 1-2-4 group with coffee morning x 3
- Scriptwriting
- Live Life better – Weight Management
- Lipreading – hard of hearing
- Yoga with Kavita
- Free Legal Advice Day
- Afternoon Coffee Website Consultation
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## **Delivered online workshops on:**
- Focus on video events Q&A
- DWCSG (Deaf-initely Women Community Support Group) - Drop in and chat
- DWCSG – Fitness & Wellness
- DWCSG – Crafts & Artwork
- DWCSG – Food & Home tips
- DWCSG – Mother Support Group
- DWCSG – Support our mind
- DWCSG – Deafblind Group x 2
- Cooking with less sugar
- Understanding menopause
- Photography with Teresa Garratty
- Abstract Art with Rubbena Aurangzeb-Tariq
- Watercolours with Shauna Flannigan
- Blogging for social networking media with Sahera Khan
## **Produced two videos on:**
- Learn how to knit
- Learn how to knit: Dishcloth Project
- Cooking with less sugar
## **Produced 12 vlogs:**
- Deaf-initely Women’s Welcome Video
- Deaf-initely Women’s Star Volunteer – Agnieszka Latif
- Deaf-initely Women’s Coffee & Homemake Cake/Digital Support
- Teresa with Free legal and advice for deaf and hard of hearing people
- Agnieszka with Free legal and advice for deaf and hard of hearing people
- Rachel with Deaf-initely Women’s Focus on Video events
- Coming soon – Free online live events
- Deaf-initely Women’s: Mini video on Cooking with less sugar with Yvonne Cobb
- Deaf-initely Women’s: Mini video on Deaf Women Art goes Online - Art Council
- Deaf-initely Women’s Mini video on Photography with Teresa Garratty
- Abstract Art, 3 places left by Rubbena
- Blogging social Media by Sahera Khan
The project now has a full programme from September 2020 onwards.
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## **Staff**
Teresa Waldron Managing Director Rachel Shaw Office Manager Agnieszka Latif Deaf Women’s Digi-hub project worker Janet Mellor Training and Skills Co-ordinator Molly O’Brien Researcher and Evaluator Suzanne Sims Office and Volunteers Administrator
## Case study from Molly O’Brien - _Copy text from evaluation report._
## **Rachel Shaw’s case study**
Rachel, who is deaf, was looking for another job, as she was working as a teaching assistant for deaf children but her working hours were being reduced. She contacted Deaf-initely Women and began volunteering, mostly assisting with office-based work and she helped to organise a BSL teaching course. Whilst regularly volunteering in the office, Rachel was able to use her graphic design skills and experience to create advertising posters. In her volunteering work Rachel enjoyed being able to meet other deaf women in an office and being able to communicate well:
_“I enjoyed it even more so because everyone can communicate better than at my previous job.”_
With the agreed use of the underspend from year 1 (due to the project starting 4 months later than planned), Deaf-initely Women advertised for the post of ‘Office Manager’ in 2019, to assist with the growing demand for services. Rachel was successful in applying for the job of ‘Office Manager (Communication, Marketing and IT Support)’ at Deaf-initely Women. She describes how much she “loves the role, loves taking responsibility”. Having responsibility and being part of and included in a team and being respected is important to Rachel. She describes how her confidence has increased:
_“I have definitely gained confidence, loads of confidence. I would never answer the telephone for the best part of 30 years. I had a cochlear implant 4 years ago and I now attempt to do so.”_
Rachel is clearly proud of her achievements, is more confident and has more belief in her capabilities since starting volunteering and then gaining employment with Deaf-initely Women. She would like more deaf women to be able to benefit from the charity’s work, for deaf women to be able to gain confidence, learn new skills and socialise.
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## **Molly O’Brien’s case study**
Molly was employed as a ‘Researcher and Evaluator’ in the second year of the project. She volunteered with Deaf-initely Women prior to gaining employment, assisting with various project research work and office-based tasks. She has a First Class degree in Sociology and a Masters degree in Research Methods Sociology, but she has struggled to gain paid employment for three years, despite many job interviews.
_“As a deafblind person, it is incredibly difficult for me to gain work experience opportunities due to many access barriers and lack of support. Deaf-initely Women provided me with supported (communication and travel assistance) opportunities to use and develop my skills initially through volunteering and then through paid employment.”_
## **Agnieszka Latif’s case study**
First time I have heard about Deaf-initely Women was when they organised the launch event in Derby. My first thought was about what I had, it would be nice to meet other deaf/hard of hearing women and learn a lot about deaf British community as I am a Polish immigrant. Till this event, I was focused on my jobs and occasionally met new people from my environment. During this event I just knew I wanted to support other deaf/hard of hearing/deafblind women and I am now working for Deaf-initely Women as a project worker. After this event I joined Deaf-initely Women as Committee member and volunteer. While volunteering I have helped the team with paperwork and IT issues like BSL translations, videos editing, recording a make-up event during Derby Deaf Festival. The job at Deaf-initely Women is my first office job since I have moved out of Poland. I am enjoying my job very much because I have the opportunity to meet women with varieties of hearing loss and communication, and to gain new skills/improve my previous/current skills. Also, I am enjoying learning how British charity/non-profit organisations work. I used to work for a Polish non-profit organisation as HR specialist – I was hired at an employment agency where staff helped disabled people with searching for jobs and supporting them during their work. Also, I was the president of a deaf Polish sports club for 4 years. Thanks for these experiences I have had a chance to make reflections on the differences between British and Polish NPO and thinking how to improve services, other staff work and my work as well and help to develop potential projects.
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## **Finance**
We are pleased to report that Deaf-initely Women is doing well in managing its funds. We would like to give special thanks to Teresa Waldron and Suzanne Sim for their careful handling of funds. We have underspent which means that this will be carried forward to the next financial year.
_Jayne Cubitt & Susan Mitchell, Co-Treasurers_
## **Income**
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Income
Awards for All Comic Relief
Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner Sport England
Foundation Derbyshire Tampon Tax
National Community Lottery Fund
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Expenditure
Staff costs Premises Office costs Fees Equipment Communication support
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## **Management Committee**
Ingrid Abercrombie Co-Secretary
Barbara Barker
Tracie Bonnici Co-Secretary
Jayne Cubitt Co-Treasurer
Niki Johnson
Christine Jones
Sue Mitchell Co-Treasurer
Corvette Silo
Diane Stratulis
Sarah Tupling Chair
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## **DEAF-INITELY WOMEN**
## **FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR**
## **31 JANUARY 2021**
**Charity Registration Number 1185431**
## **DEAF-INITELY WOMEN**
## **FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
## **YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2021**
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|Members of the board and professional adviser|**1**
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|Committee’ annual report|**2-4**|
|Independent examiners report|**5**
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|Statement of financial activities|**6**
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|Balance Sheet|**7**
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|Notes to the financial statements|**8-15**
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## **DEAF-INITELY WOMEN**
## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS**
## **The Management Committee**
Sarah Tupling Chair Susan Mitchell (Resigned 14[th] October 2020) Ingrid Abercrombie Co-Secretary Tracie Bonnici Co-Secretary Jayne Cubitt Barbara Barker Niki Johnson Diane Stratulis Christine Jones Corvette Silo (Appointed March 2020)
**Chief Executive Officer** Teresa Waldron
## **Registered office**
Room 57 Strutts Community Centre Derby Road Belper DE56 1UU
## **Independent Examiner**
Mark Newey Derby Community Accountancy Service Babington Lodge 128 Green Lane Derby DE1 1RY
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## **FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
## **TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT**
## **YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2021**
The committee have pleasure in presenting their report and the unaudited financial statements of the group for the year ended 31 January 2021.
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
The aims of the group shall be to:
1. Provide a platform for deaf women in Derby and Derbyshire and neighbouring counties and to highlight issues, which specifically affect deaf women
2. Encourage/empower deaf women to get involved in their communities to make a difference
3. Enable deaf women to access information about services pertinent to them with full
- communication support.
4. Enhance the lives of deaf women, through education, information, and training but within their context e.g. be mindful of their faith/culture requirements
5. Provide learning opportunities for all deaf women and their families/supporters.
## **SUMMARY OF THE MAIN ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN RELATION TO THESE OBJECTS**
Deaf-initely Women is open to all deaf women irrespective of race, or other personal circumstance
## **Review of the Year’s developments activities and achievements**
Deaf-initely Women have been managing nine projects with the support of ten Management Committee members and seven staff members.
## **1.Deaf Women Matter! Skills for Life project – National Community Lottery Fund**
We have reached the end of the third year of the project’s life. We now deliver workshops, events and classes in-person and online. These has proven to be in great demand. This project ends on 31.8.2021.
## **2.Deaf women Digital Hub – website on different types of abuse – Comic Relief**
Creating a digi hub for deaf women is still very much work in progress. This requires considerable research in exploring deaf women’s digi-needs when accessing information online. This project has been extended from 31.10.2020 to 31.3.2021
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## **FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
**TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT**
## **YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2021**
## **3. Tampon Tax**
Deaf Women Empowered! This has funded 4 emotional and life resilient based workshops online throughout 2020. The project ends on 31.12.2021.
## **4. Awards for All**
Daisie was a research-based project that looked at the needs of deaf women experienced or experiencing abuse in relation to accessing specialist services. This project ended 31.3.2020.
## **5. Sport England**
A three-year project for deaf women to play football on a regular basis. This project ends on 31.10.2022.
## **6. Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner – small grants**
Keeping Safe project ended on 31.3.2020 – workshops on keeping safe. We ran two workshops on abuse and keeping safe online which were well received.
## **7. Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner – large grants**
DEaf Abuse Free project started on 1.9.2020 to:
- provide 1-2-1 support for deaf women experiencing abuse to access mainstream abuse services.
- educate deaf women on the Freedom programme.
This projects ends on 31.8.2021.
## **8. Approved Mental Health Provider**
Funding supports deaf women with mental health needs. The funding will be used to support upto 4 workshops around mental health. The funding ends on 31.12.2021.
## **9. Arts Council**
## **Deaf Women’s Art goes online!**
This project has provided Arts-based workshops on painting, photography and creative writing online to deaf women. The workshops have been delivered by deaf artists. This project started on 1.5.2020 and ended on 31.10.2020.
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## **DEAF-INITELY WOMEN**
## **FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
**TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT**
**YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2021**
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT**
## **Reserves**
As at 31 January 2021 the charity held total funds of £132,841, of which £1,136 are unrestricted.
## **Governing document**
Deaf-Initely Women became a registered CIO on 23[rd] September 2019.
## **Induction and training of committee**
The group undertakes, when the need arises, a skills audit to determine the requirements of the trustee body. If a skill shortage is identified, approaches are made to specific people identified as having these skills
## **Risk management policy**
The committee examine the major risks that the group faces each financial year when preparing and updating the strategic plan. The group has developed systems to monitor and control these risks to mitigate any impact that they may have on the group in the future.
## **Independent Examiner**
Mark Newey of Derby Community Accountancy Service and will be in office as independent examiner for the ensuing year.
Registered office: Srutts Centre Derby Road Belper DE56 1UU
Signed on behalf of the committee
Approved by the committee on
Sarah Tupling Chair
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## **DEAF-INITELY WOMEN**
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS’ REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF DEAF-INITELY WOMEN**
I report on the accounts of the group for the year ended 31 January 2021 which are set out on pages 6 to 15 .
## **Respective responsibilities of committee and examiner**
The committee are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The committee consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
Having satisfied myself that the group is not subject to an audit under group law and is eligible for independent examination, it is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
- follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Group Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act, as amended); and 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 Group Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the group 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 you as committee 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 Act; and
to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records, comply with the accounting requirements of the Act; or
- 2 to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Name: Mark Newey Date
Address: Derby Community Accountancy Service Babington Lodge
128 Green Lane Derby
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## **DEAF-INITELY WOMEN**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITY**
## **YEAR ENDED 31[st] JANUARY 2021**
|||||**Total Funds**|Total Funds|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**Year to 31**|Year to 31 Jan|
|||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Jan 2021**|2020|
|||**Funds**|**Funds**|||
||**Note**|
**£**|**£**|**£**|£|
|**Income from:**||||||
|Donations|**3**|**-**|**-**|**-**|50|
|Charitable activities|**4**|**-**|**187,553**|**187,553**|163,059|
|Other income|**5**|**68,504**|**15**|**68,519**|44,622|
|Investment income|**6**|**-**|**-**|**-**|-|
|||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|**Total incoming resources**||**68,504**|**187,568**|**256,072**|207,731|
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|**Expenditure on:**||||||
|Raising funds||**-**|**-**|**-**|-|
|Charitable activities||**69,852**|**162,622**|**232,474**|155,747|
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|**Total resources expended**|**7**|**69,852**|**162,622**|**232,474**|155,747|
|||--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|**Net incoming/(outgoing)**||||||
|**resources before transfers**||**(1,348)**|**24,946**|**23,598**|51,984|
|Transfer between funds||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||--------------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------------|**---------------------------**|
|**Net incoming/(outgoing)**||||||
|**resources for the year**||**(1,348)**|**24,946**|**23,598**|51,984|
|Balances brought forward||**2,484**|**106,759**|**109,243**|57,259|
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|Balances carried forward||**1,136**|**131,705**|**132,841**|109,243|
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The group has no recognised gains or losses other than the results for the year as set out above.
All of the activities of the group are classed as continuing.
**The notes on pages 8 to 15 form part of these financial statements.**
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## **DEAF-INITELY WOMEN**
## **BALANCE SHEET**
||**31 JANUARY**|**31 JANUARY**|**2021**||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||**2021**||**2020**||
||**Note**|**£**||**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**Fixed assets**|||||||
|Tangible assets|||**-**||-||
|**Current assets**|||||||
|Cash at bank and in hand||**139,037**|||111,411||
|Debtors|**10**||**-**||-||
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|||**139,037**|||111,411||
|**Creditors: amounts falling due**|||||||
|**within one year**|**11**|**6,196**|||2,168||
|||--------------------------------|||--------------------------------||
|**Net current assets**||||**132,841**||109,243|
|||||--------------------------------||--------------------------------|
|**Total assets less current liabilities**||||**132,841**||109,243|
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|**Net assets/(liabilities)**||||**132,841**||109,243|
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|**Funds**|||||||
|Restricted Funds|**12**|||**131,705**||106,759|
|General Funds|**12**|||**1,136**||2,484|
|Designated Funds|**12**|||**-**||-|
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|**TOTAL FUNDS**||||**132,841**||109,243|
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The financial statements were approved by the members of the committee on the and signed on their behalf by:
Sarah Tupling Chair
**The notes on pages 8 to 15 form part of these financial statements.**
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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
## **YEAR ENDED JANUARY 31[st] 2021**
## **1. Accounting policies**
The principal accounting policies adopted, judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty in the preparation of the financial statements are as follows:
## **Group information**
Deaf-Initely Women’s registered office is Room 57, Strutts Community Centre, Derby Road, Belper, DE56 1UU. At the end of the year there were 10 Committee members.
## **1.1 Accounting convention**
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102, “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”), “Accounting and Reporting by Charities” the Statement of Recommended Practice for charities applying FRS 102, the Companies Act 2006 and UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice as it apples from 1 January 2015. The group is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102.
The accounts are prepared in Sterling which is the functional currency of the group. Monetary amounts in these financial statements to the nearest £.
The accounts have been prepared on historical cost convention apart from freehold property that is carried at market value. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
These are accounts for the year ended 31 January 2021 are prepared in accordance with FRS 102, The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland. The date of transition to FRS 102 was 1 April 2015. The impact on the reported financial position and financial performance for the previous year are not affected by the transition to FRS 102.
## **1.2 Going concern**
At the time of approving the accounts, the committee have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the Committee continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the accounts.
## **1.3 Charitable Funds**
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the committee in furtherance of the general objectives of the group.
Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the committee for particular purposes.
Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms of an appeal.
## **1.4 Incoming resources**
All incoming resources are included in the SOFA when the group is legally entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy. Gifts in kind have been included at market value of gifts received and in assets acquired. No amounts are included in the financial statements for services donated by volunteers.
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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
## **YEAR ENDED JANUARY 31[st] 2021**
## **1.5 Resources expended**
All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs relating to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with use of the resources. Fund-raising costs are those incurred in seeking voluntary contributions and do not include the costs of disseminating information in the support of the charitable activities.
## **1.6 Debtors**
Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discounts offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.
## **1.7 Cash and cash equivalents**
Cash and cash equivalents include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other shortterm liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.
## **1.8 Creditors and provisions**
Creditors and provisions are recognised where the group has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.
## **1.9 Financial instruments**
The group has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value.
## _**Derecognition of financial liabilities**_
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the group’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.
## **1.10 Employee benefits**
The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the year in which the employee’s services are received.
Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the group is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.
## **1.11 Taxation**
The group is exempt from tax on income and gains falling with section 505 of the Taxes Act 1988 or section 252 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 to the extent that these are applied to its charitable objects.
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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
## **YEAR ENDED JANUARY 31[st] 2021**
## **1.12 Depreciation**
Individual fixed assets costing £1,000 or more are capitalised at cost and are depreciated over their estimated useful economic lives on a straight line basis as follows:-
**Asset category Annual rate** Equipment 20%
## **2 Critical accounting estimates and judgements**
In the application of the group’s accounting policies, the committee are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimated and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
## **3. Voluntary income**
||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**||**Year to**|**Year to**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Funds**|**Funds**||**31Jan 2021**|**31Jan 2020**|
||**£**|**£**||**£**|£|
|Donations|**-**||**-**|**-**|50|
||--------------------------------|-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||**-**||**-**|**-**|50|
||================================|=====================================||=====================================|=============================|
## **4. Grants receivable**
||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Year to**|Year to|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Funds**|**Funds**|**31Jan 2021**|31 Jan 2020|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|£|
|The National Lottery Community|||||
|Fund|**-**|**115,222**|**115,222**|108,005|
|The National Lottery Community|||||
|Fund (Awards For All)|**-**|**-**|**-**|9,973|
|Derbyshire Police and Crime|||||
|Commission|**-**|**13,750**|**13,750**|1,250|
|Comic Relief|**-**|**20,000**|**20,000**|25,000|
|Sport England|**-**|**-**|**-**|8,581|
|Foundation Derbyshire|**-**|**-**|**-**|1,000|
|Community Foundation Tampon Tax|
**-**|**-**|**-**|9,250|
|Arts Council|**-**|**33,829**|**33,829**|-|
|Voluntary Sector Approved Mental|||||
|Health Providers|**-**|**4,752**|**4,752**|-|
||--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||**-**|**187,553**|**187,553**|163,059|
||================================|=====================================|=====================================|=============================|
||**-10-**||||
## **DEAF-INITELY WOMEN**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
## **YEAR ENDED JANUARY 31[st] 2021**
## **5 Sundry Income**
|**Year to**
**31 Jan**
**2021**
**£**
Fundraising
**225**
Refunds
**1,320**
Access to Work
**66,529**
Other
**445**
**______**
**68,519**
===========================
**6**
**Interest receivable**
**Year to**
**31 Jan**
**2021**
**£**
Bank interest
**-**
**_____-**
**-**
===========================
**7.**
**Total resources expended**
**Total Funds**
**Year to 31**
**Jan 2021**
**£**
Staff costs
**90,988**
Travel costs
**1,153**
Office costs
**4,052**
Fees
**11,292**
Equipment & furnishings
**17,322**
Rent
**7,529**
Utilities
**807**
Insurance
**1,003**
Activity costs
**263**
Communications support
**90,120**
Training
**2,420**
Promotion costs
**5,525**
**232,474**
|Year to
31 Jan
2020
£
100
-
44,522
-
____
44,622
===========================
Year to
31 Jan
2020
£
-
_____
-
===========================
Total Funds
Year to 31
Jan 2020
£
56,320
4,413
6,327
9,955
7,352
8,029
1,367
598
1,004
56,391
747
3,244
155,747
|
|---|---|
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## **DEAF-INITELY WOMEN**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
## **YEAR ENDED JANUARY 31[st] 2021**
Expenditure on charitable activities was £232,474 (2020: £155,747) of which £162,622 was restricted (2020 £113,414)
## **8. Net (expenditure)/income**
|**Net (expenditure)/income**|||
|---|---|---|
||**Year to**|Year to|
||**31 Jan**|31 Jan|
||**2021**|2020|
||**£**|£|
|Independent examiner’s Fees|**720**|420|
||===========================|===========================|
## **9. Committee and key management personnel**
During the year committee did not receive remuneration for their roles as committee members
The key management personnel of the group consist of the committee, the Chief Executive Officer and other members of the senior management team.
## **The aggregate payroll costs were:**
||**Year to**|Year to|
|---|---|---|
||**31 Jan**|31 Jan|
||**2021**|2020|
||**£**|£|
|Wages and salaries|**85,074**|52,694|
|National Insurance|**-**|-|
|Pension|**5,914**|3,626|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||**90,988**|56,320|
||================================|================================|
No employee earned more than £60,000 per annum. No committee were reimbursed for expenditure.
## **Particulars of employees:**
The average number of staff employed by the group during the financial year amounted to:
||**Year to**|1 Apr 2018|
|---|---|---|
||**31 Jan**|To Jan|
||**2021**|2020|
||**No**|No|
|Direct Charitable Staff|**6**|5|
|Administration|**1**|1|
||**___**|___|
||**7**|6|
||=============|================|
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## **DEAF-INITELY WOMEN**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
## **YEAR ENDED JANUARY 31[st] 2021**
|**10.**|**Debtors:**|||
|---|---|---|---|
|||**2021**|2020|
|||**£**|£|
||Bank interest|**-**|-|
|||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|||**-**|-|
|||================================|================================|
|**11.**|**Creditors:**|||
|||**2021**|2020|
|||**£**|£|
||Trade creditors|**6,196**|2,168|
|||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|||**6,196**|2,168|
|||================================|================================|
## **12. Statement of funds**
||**At 1 Feb**||||**At 31Jan**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**2020**|**Incoming**|**Outgoing**|**Transfers**|**2021**|
|||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**General reserve**|**2,484**|
**68,504**|**(69,852)**|**-**|**1,136**|
|**Designated Funds**|**-**|
**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|**Total unrestricted funds**|**2,484**|
**68,504**|**(69,852)**|**-**|**1,136**|
|**Restricted Funds**||||||
|The National Lottery Community||||||
|Fund|**63,160**|
**115,237**|**(87,576)**|**-**|**90,821**|
|Awards for All|**4,577**|
**-**|**(2,988)**|**-**|**1,589**|
|Arts Council|**-**|
**33,829**|**(32,240)**|**-**|**1,589**|
|Derbyshire Police and Crime||||||
|Commission|**(391)**|
**1,250**|**(210)**|**-**|**649**|
|Comic Relief|**20,943**|
**20,000**|**(24,560)**|**-**|**16,383**|
|Sport England|**8,220**|
**-**|**(105)**||**8,115**|
|Foundation Derbyshire|**1,000**|
**-**|**(1,000)**|**-**|**-**|
|Community Foundation Tampon Tax|**9,250**|
**-**|**(7,142)**|**-**|**2,108**|
|Derbyshire Police and Crime||||||
|Commission (Deaf Abuse Free)|**-**|
**12,500**|**(6,801)**|**-**|**5,699**|
|Voluntary Sector Approved Mental||||||
|Health Providers|**-**|
**4,752**|**-**|**-**|**4,752**|
||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|**Total restricted funds**|**106,759**|
**187,568**|**(162,622)**|**-**|**131,705**|
||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|**Total funds**|**109,243**|
**256,072**|**(232,474)**|**-**|**132,841**|
||-------------------------------------|=====================================|====================================|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
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## **DEAF-INITELY WOMEN**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
## **YEAR ENDED JANUARY 31[st] 2021**
## **Restricted Funds**
**Deaf Women Matter! Skills for Life project – National Community Lottery Fund**
The fund was spent on delivery costs of. workshops, events and classes.
## **Awards for All**
A research project that looks at the needs of deaf women experienced abuse in relation to accessing specialist services.
## **Arts Council**
This project has provided Arts-based workshops on painting, photography and creative writing online to deaf women.
## **Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner**
Workshops on keeping safe. Workshops on abuse and keeping safe online were delivered.
## **Deaf women Digital Hub – Comic Relief**
The fund was spent on creating a digi hub for deaf women.
## **Sport England**
A three year project for deaf women to play football on a regular basis.
## **Foundation Derbyshire**
The money was spent on a fire alarm
## **Tampon Tax**
This will fund 3-4 emotional and life resilient based workshops throughout 2020.
## **Derbyshire Police and Crime Commission (Deaf Abuse Free)**
This will provide 1-2-1 support for deaf women experiencing abuse to access mainstream abuse services and educate deaf women on the Freedom programme.
## **Voluntary Sector Approved Mental Health Providers**
Funding supports deaf women with mental health needs. The funding will be used to support up to 4 workshops around mental health.
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## **DEAF-INITELY WOMEN**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
## **YEAR ENDED JANUARY 31[st] 2021**
## **12. Analysis of net assets**
||**Tangible**|**Other net**||
|---|---|---|---|
||**fixed assets**|**assets**|**Total**|
|**Unrestricted funds**||||
||**£**|**£**|**£**|
|General Funds|**-**|**1,136**|**1,136**|
|Designated Funds|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**Restricted funds**||||
|The National Lottery Community Fund|**-**|**90,821**|**90,821**|
|Awards for All|**-**|**1,589**|**1,589**|
|Arts Council|**-**|**1,589**|**1,589**|
|Derbyshire Police and Crime Commission|**-**|**649**|**649**|
|Comic Relief|**-**|**16,383**|**16,383**|
|Sport England|**-**|**8,115**|**8,115**|
|Community Foundation Tampon Tax|**-**|**2,108**|**2,108**|
|Derbyshire Police and Crime Commission|**-**|**5,699**|**5,699**|
|Voluntary Sector Approved Mental Health||||
|Providers|**-**|**4,752**|**4,752**|
||**______**|**______**|**______**|
||**-**|**131,705**|**131,705**|
||====================================|====================================|====================================|
## **13. Related party transactions**
The group had no related party transactions that required disclosure
.
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## **DEAF-INITELY WOMEN**
## **FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR**
## **31 JANUARY 2021**
**Charity Registration Number 1185431**
## **DEAF-INITELY WOMEN**
## **FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
## **YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2021**
|**Contents**|**Page**|
|---|---|
|Members of the board and professional adviser|**1**
|
|Committee’ annual report|**2-4**|
|Independent examiners report|**5**
|
|Statement of financial activities|**6**
|
|Balance Sheet|**7**
|
|Notes to the financial statements|**8-15**
|
## **DEAF-INITELY WOMEN**
## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS**
## **The Management Committee**
Sarah Tupling Chair Susan Mitchell (Resigned 14[th] October 2020) Ingrid Abercrombie Co-Secretary Tracie Bonnici Co-Secretary Jayne Cubitt Barbara Barker Niki Johnson Diane Stratulis Christine Jones Corvette Silo (Appointed March 2020)
**Chief Executive Officer** Teresa Waldron
## **Registered office**
Room 57 Strutts Community Centre Derby Road Belper DE56 1UU
## **Independent Examiner**
Mark Newey Derby Community Accountancy Service Babington Lodge 128 Green Lane Derby DE1 1RY
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**DEAF-INITELY WOMEN**
## **FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
## **TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT**
## **YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2021**
The committee have pleasure in presenting their report and the unaudited financial statements of the group for the year ended 31 January 2021.
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
The aims of the group shall be to:
1. Provide a platform for deaf women in Derby and Derbyshire and neighbouring counties and to highlight issues, which specifically affect deaf women
2. Encourage/empower deaf women to get involved in their communities to make a difference
3. Enable deaf women to access information about services pertinent to them with full
- communication support.
4. Enhance the lives of deaf women, through education, information, and training but within their context e.g. be mindful of their faith/culture requirements
5. Provide learning opportunities for all deaf women and their families/supporters.
## **SUMMARY OF THE MAIN ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN RELATION TO THESE OBJECTS**
Deaf-initely Women is open to all deaf women irrespective of race, or other personal circumstance
## **Review of the Year’s developments activities and achievements**
Deaf-initely Women have been managing nine projects with the support of ten Management Committee members and seven staff members.
## **1.Deaf Women Matter! Skills for Life project – National Community Lottery Fund**
We have reached the end of the third year of the project’s life. We now deliver workshops, events and classes in-person and online. These has proven to be in great demand. This project ends on 31.8.2021.
## **2.Deaf women Digital Hub – website on different types of abuse – Comic Relief**
Creating a digi hub for deaf women is still very much work in progress. This requires considerable research in exploring deaf women’s digi-needs when accessing information online. This project has been extended from 31.10.2020 to 31.3.2021
## **-2-**
**DEAF-INITELY WOMEN**
## **FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
**TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT**
## **YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2021**
## **3. Tampon Tax**
Deaf Women Empowered! This has funded 4 emotional and life resilient based workshops online throughout 2020. The project ends on 31.12.2021.
## **4. Awards for All**
Daisie was a research-based project that looked at the needs of deaf women experienced or experiencing abuse in relation to accessing specialist services. This project ended 31.3.2020.
## **5. Sport England**
A three-year project for deaf women to play football on a regular basis. This project ends on 31.10.2022.
## **6. Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner – small grants**
Keeping Safe project ended on 31.3.2020 – workshops on keeping safe. We ran two workshops on abuse and keeping safe online which were well received.
## **7. Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner – large grants**
DEaf Abuse Free project started on 1.9.2020 to:
- provide 1-2-1 support for deaf women experiencing abuse to access mainstream abuse services.
- educate deaf women on the Freedom programme.
This projects ends on 31.8.2021.
## **8. Approved Mental Health Provider**
Funding supports deaf women with mental health needs. The funding will be used to support upto 4 workshops around mental health. The funding ends on 31.12.2021.
## **9. Arts Council**
## **Deaf Women’s Art goes online!**
This project has provided Arts-based workshops on painting, photography and creative writing online to deaf women. The workshops have been delivered by deaf artists. This project started on 1.5.2020 and ended on 31.10.2020.
## **-3-**
## **DEAF-INITELY WOMEN**
## **FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
**TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT**
**YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2021**
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT**
## **Reserves**
As at 31 January 2021 the charity held total funds of £132,841, of which £1,136 are unrestricted.
## **Governing document**
Deaf-Initely Women became a registered CIO on 23[rd] September 2019.
## **Induction and training of committee**
The group undertakes, when the need arises, a skills audit to determine the requirements of the trustee body. If a skill shortage is identified, approaches are made to specific people identified as having these skills
## **Risk management policy**
The committee examine the major risks that the group faces each financial year when preparing and updating the strategic plan. The group has developed systems to monitor and control these risks to mitigate any impact that they may have on the group in the future.
## **Independent Examiner**
Mark Newey of Derby Community Accountancy Service and will be in office as independent examiner for the ensuing year.
Registered office: Srutts Centre Derby Road Belper DE56 1UU
Signed on behalf of the committee
Approved by the committee on
Sarah Tupling Chair
.
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## **DEAF-INITELY WOMEN**
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS’ REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF DEAF-INITELY WOMEN**
I report on the accounts of the group for the year ended 31 January 2021 which are set out on pages 6 to 15 .
## **Respective responsibilities of committee and examiner**
The committee are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The committee consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
Having satisfied myself that the group is not subject to an audit under group law and is eligible for independent examination, it is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
- follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Group Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act, as amended); and 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 Group Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the group 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 you as committee 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 Act; and
to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records, comply with the accounting requirements of the Act; or
- 2 to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Name: Mark Newey Date
Address: Derby Community Accountancy Service Babington Lodge
128 Green Lane Derby
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## **DEAF-INITELY WOMEN**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITY**
## **YEAR ENDED 31[st] JANUARY 2021**
|||||**Total Funds**|Total Funds|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**Year to 31**|Year to 31 Jan|
|||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Jan 2021**|2020|
|||**Funds**|**Funds**|||
||**Note**|
**£**|**£**|**£**|£|
|**Income from:**||||||
|Donations|**3**|**-**|**-**|**-**|50|
|Charitable activities|**4**|**-**|**187,553**|**187,553**|163,059|
|Other income|**5**|**68,504**|**15**|**68,519**|44,622|
|Investment income|**6**|**-**|**-**|**-**|-|
|||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|**Total incoming resources**||**68,504**|**187,568**|**256,072**|207,731|
|||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|**Expenditure on:**||||||
|Raising funds||**-**|**-**|**-**|-|
|Charitable activities||**69,852**|**162,622**|**232,474**|155,747|
|||--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|**Total resources expended**|**7**|**69,852**|**162,622**|**232,474**|155,747|
|||--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|**Net incoming/(outgoing)**||||||
|**resources before transfers**||**(1,348)**|**24,946**|**23,598**|51,984|
|Transfer between funds||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||--------------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------------|**---------------------------**|
|**Net incoming/(outgoing)**||||||
|**resources for the year**||**(1,348)**|**24,946**|**23,598**|51,984|
|Balances brought forward||**2,484**|**106,759**|**109,243**|57,259|
|||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|**--------------------------------**|
|Balances carried forward||**1,136**|**131,705**|**132,841**|109,243|
|||================================|===========================|================================|================================|
The group has no recognised gains or losses other than the results for the year as set out above.
All of the activities of the group are classed as continuing.
**The notes on pages 8 to 15 form part of these financial statements.**
**- 6 -**
## **DEAF-INITELY WOMEN**
## **BALANCE SHEET**
||**31 JANUARY**|**31 JANUARY**|**2021**||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||**2021**||**2020**||
||**Note**|**£**||**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**Fixed assets**|||||||
|Tangible assets|||**-**||-||
|**Current assets**|||||||
|Cash at bank and in hand||**139,037**|||111,411||
|Debtors|**10**||**-**||-||
|||--------------------------------|||---------------------------||
|||**139,037**|||111,411||
|**Creditors: amounts falling due**|||||||
|**within one year**|**11**|**6,196**|||2,168||
|||--------------------------------|||--------------------------------||
|**Net current assets**||||**132,841**||109,243|
|||||--------------------------------||--------------------------------|
|**Total assets less current liabilities**||||**132,841**||109,243|
|||||---------------------------||--------------------------------|
|**Net assets/(liabilities)**||||**132,841**||109,243|
|||||===========================||================================|
|**Funds**|||||||
|Restricted Funds|**12**|||**131,705**||106,759|
|General Funds|**12**|||**1,136**||2,484|
|Designated Funds|**12**|||**-**||-|
|||||---------------------------||--------------------------------|
|**TOTAL FUNDS**||||**132,841**||109,243|
|||||===========================||================================|
The financial statements were approved by the members of the committee on the and signed on their behalf by:
Sarah Tupling Chair
**The notes on pages 8 to 15 form part of these financial statements.**
**- 7 -**
**DEAF-INITELY WOMEN**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
## **YEAR ENDED JANUARY 31[st] 2021**
## **1. Accounting policies**
The principal accounting policies adopted, judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty in the preparation of the financial statements are as follows:
## **Group information**
Deaf-Initely Women’s registered office is Room 57, Strutts Community Centre, Derby Road, Belper, DE56 1UU. At the end of the year there were 10 Committee members.
## **1.1 Accounting convention**
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102, “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”), “Accounting and Reporting by Charities” the Statement of Recommended Practice for charities applying FRS 102, the Companies Act 2006 and UK Generally Accepted Accounting Practice as it apples from 1 January 2015. The group is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102.
The accounts are prepared in Sterling which is the functional currency of the group. Monetary amounts in these financial statements to the nearest £.
The accounts have been prepared on historical cost convention apart from freehold property that is carried at market value. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
These are accounts for the year ended 31 January 2021 are prepared in accordance with FRS 102, The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland. The date of transition to FRS 102 was 1 April 2015. The impact on the reported financial position and financial performance for the previous year are not affected by the transition to FRS 102.
## **1.2 Going concern**
At the time of approving the accounts, the committee have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the Committee continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the accounts.
## **1.3 Charitable Funds**
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the committee in furtherance of the general objectives of the group.
Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the committee for particular purposes.
Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms of an appeal.
## **1.4 Incoming resources**
All incoming resources are included in the SOFA when the group is legally entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy. Gifts in kind have been included at market value of gifts received and in assets acquired. No amounts are included in the financial statements for services donated by volunteers.
**-8-**
## **DEAF-INITELY WOMEN**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
## **YEAR ENDED JANUARY 31[st] 2021**
## **1.5 Resources expended**
All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs relating to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with use of the resources. Fund-raising costs are those incurred in seeking voluntary contributions and do not include the costs of disseminating information in the support of the charitable activities.
## **1.6 Debtors**
Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discounts offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.
## **1.7 Cash and cash equivalents**
Cash and cash equivalents include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other shortterm liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.
## **1.8 Creditors and provisions**
Creditors and provisions are recognised where the group has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.
## **1.9 Financial instruments**
The group has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value.
## _**Derecognition of financial liabilities**_
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the group’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.
## **1.10 Employee benefits**
The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the year in which the employee’s services are received.
Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the group is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.
## **1.11 Taxation**
The group is exempt from tax on income and gains falling with section 505 of the Taxes Act 1988 or section 252 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 to the extent that these are applied to its charitable objects.
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## **DEAF-INITELY WOMEN**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
## **YEAR ENDED JANUARY 31[st] 2021**
## **1.12 Depreciation**
Individual fixed assets costing £1,000 or more are capitalised at cost and are depreciated over their estimated useful economic lives on a straight line basis as follows:-
**Asset category Annual rate** Equipment 20%
## **2 Critical accounting estimates and judgements**
In the application of the group’s accounting policies, the committee are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimated and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
## **3. Voluntary income**
||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**||**Year to**|**Year to**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Funds**|**Funds**||**31Jan 2021**|**31Jan 2020**|
||**£**|**£**||**£**|£|
|Donations|**-**||**-**|**-**|50|
||--------------------------------|-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||**-**||**-**|**-**|50|
||================================|=====================================||=====================================|=============================|
## **4. Grants receivable**
||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Year to**|Year to|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Funds**|**Funds**|**31Jan 2021**|31 Jan 2020|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|£|
|The National Lottery Community|||||
|Fund|**-**|**115,222**|**115,222**|108,005|
|The National Lottery Community|||||
|Fund (Awards For All)|**-**|**-**|**-**|9,973|
|Derbyshire Police and Crime|||||
|Commission|**-**|**13,750**|**13,750**|1,250|
|Comic Relief|**-**|**20,000**|**20,000**|25,000|
|Sport England|**-**|**-**|**-**|8,581|
|Foundation Derbyshire|**-**|**-**|**-**|1,000|
|Community Foundation Tampon Tax|
**-**|**-**|**-**|9,250|
|Arts Council|**-**|**33,829**|**33,829**|-|
|Voluntary Sector Approved Mental|||||
|Health Providers|**-**|**4,752**|**4,752**|-|
||--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||**-**|**187,553**|**187,553**|163,059|
||================================|=====================================|=====================================|=============================|
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## **DEAF-INITELY WOMEN**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
## **YEAR ENDED JANUARY 31[st] 2021**
## **5 Sundry Income**
|**Year to**
**31 Jan**
**2021**
**£**
Fundraising
**225**
Refunds
**1,320**
Access to Work
**66,529**
Other
**445**
**______**
**68,519**
===========================
**6**
**Interest receivable**
**Year to**
**31 Jan**
**2021**
**£**
Bank interest
**-**
**_____-**
**-**
===========================
**7.**
**Total resources expended**
**Total Funds**
**Year to 31**
**Jan 2021**
**£**
Staff costs
**90,988**
Travel costs
**1,153**
Office costs
**4,052**
Fees
**11,292**
Equipment & furnishings
**17,322**
Rent
**7,529**
Utilities
**807**
Insurance
**1,003**
Activity costs
**263**
Communications support
**90,120**
Training
**2,420**
Promotion costs
**5,525**
**232,474**
|Year to
31 Jan
2020
£
100
-
44,522
-
____
44,622
===========================
Year to
31 Jan
2020
£
-
_____
-
===========================
Total Funds
Year to 31
Jan 2020
£
56,320
4,413
6,327
9,955
7,352
8,029
1,367
598
1,004
56,391
747
3,244
155,747
|
|---|---|
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## **DEAF-INITELY WOMEN**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
## **YEAR ENDED JANUARY 31[st] 2021**
Expenditure on charitable activities was £232,474 (2020: £155,747) of which £162,622 was restricted (2020 £113,414)
## **8. Net (expenditure)/income**
|**Net (expenditure)/income**|||
|---|---|---|
||**Year to**|Year to|
||**31 Jan**|31 Jan|
||**2021**|2020|
||**£**|£|
|Independent examiner’s Fees|**720**|420|
||===========================|===========================|
## **9. Committee and key management personnel**
During the year committee did not receive remuneration for their roles as committee members
The key management personnel of the group consist of the committee, the Chief Executive Officer and other members of the senior management team.
## **The aggregate payroll costs were:**
||**Year to**|Year to|
|---|---|---|
||**31 Jan**|31 Jan|
||**2021**|2020|
||**£**|£|
|Wages and salaries|**85,074**|52,694|
|National Insurance|**-**|-|
|Pension|**5,914**|3,626|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||**90,988**|56,320|
||================================|================================|
No employee earned more than £60,000 per annum. No committee were reimbursed for expenditure.
## **Particulars of employees:**
The average number of staff employed by the group during the financial year amounted to:
||**Year to**|1 Apr 2018|
|---|---|---|
||**31 Jan**|To Jan|
||**2021**|2020|
||**No**|No|
|Direct Charitable Staff|**6**|5|
|Administration|**1**|1|
||**___**|___|
||**7**|6|
||=============|================|
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## **DEAF-INITELY WOMEN**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
## **YEAR ENDED JANUARY 31[st] 2021**
|**10.**|**Debtors:**|||
|---|---|---|---|
|||**2021**|2020|
|||**£**|£|
||Bank interest|**-**|-|
|||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|||**-**|-|
|||================================|================================|
|**11.**|**Creditors:**|||
|||**2021**|2020|
|||**£**|£|
||Trade creditors|**6,196**|2,168|
|||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|||**6,196**|2,168|
|||================================|================================|
## **12. Statement of funds**
||**At 1 Feb**||||**At 31Jan**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**2020**|**Incoming**|**Outgoing**|**Transfers**|**2021**|
|||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**General reserve**|**2,484**|
**68,504**|**(69,852)**|**-**|**1,136**|
|**Designated Funds**|**-**|
**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|**Total unrestricted funds**|**2,484**|
**68,504**|**(69,852)**|**-**|**1,136**|
|**Restricted Funds**||||||
|The National Lottery Community||||||
|Fund|**63,160**|
**115,237**|**(87,576)**|**-**|**90,821**|
|Awards for All|**4,577**|
**-**|**(2,988)**|**-**|**1,589**|
|Arts Council|**-**|
**33,829**|**(32,240)**|**-**|**1,589**|
|Derbyshire Police and Crime||||||
|Commission|**(391)**|
**1,250**|**(210)**|**-**|**649**|
|Comic Relief|**20,943**|
**20,000**|**(24,560)**|**-**|**16,383**|
|Sport England|**8,220**|
**-**|**(105)**||**8,115**|
|Foundation Derbyshire|**1,000**|
**-**|**(1,000)**|**-**|**-**|
|Community Foundation Tampon Tax|**9,250**|
**-**|**(7,142)**|**-**|**2,108**|
|Derbyshire Police and Crime||||||
|Commission (Deaf Abuse Free)|**-**|
**12,500**|**(6,801)**|**-**|**5,699**|
|Voluntary Sector Approved Mental||||||
|Health Providers|**-**|
**4,752**|**-**|**-**|**4,752**|
||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|**Total restricted funds**|**106,759**|
**187,568**|**(162,622)**|**-**|**131,705**|
||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|**Total funds**|**109,243**|
**256,072**|**(232,474)**|**-**|**132,841**|
||-------------------------------------|=====================================|====================================|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
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## **DEAF-INITELY WOMEN**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
## **YEAR ENDED JANUARY 31[st] 2021**
## **Restricted Funds**
**Deaf Women Matter! Skills for Life project – National Community Lottery Fund**
The fund was spent on delivery costs of. workshops, events and classes.
## **Awards for All**
A research project that looks at the needs of deaf women experienced abuse in relation to accessing specialist services.
## **Arts Council**
This project has provided Arts-based workshops on painting, photography and creative writing online to deaf women.
## **Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner**
Workshops on keeping safe. Workshops on abuse and keeping safe online were delivered.
## **Deaf women Digital Hub – Comic Relief**
The fund was spent on creating a digi hub for deaf women.
## **Sport England**
A three year project for deaf women to play football on a regular basis.
## **Foundation Derbyshire**
The money was spent on a fire alarm
## **Tampon Tax**
This will fund 3-4 emotional and life resilient based workshops throughout 2020.
## **Derbyshire Police and Crime Commission (Deaf Abuse Free)**
This will provide 1-2-1 support for deaf women experiencing abuse to access mainstream abuse services and educate deaf women on the Freedom programme.
## **Voluntary Sector Approved Mental Health Providers**
Funding supports deaf women with mental health needs. The funding will be used to support up to 4 workshops around mental health.
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## **DEAF-INITELY WOMEN**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
## **YEAR ENDED JANUARY 31[st] 2021**
## **12. Analysis of net assets**
||**Tangible**|**Other net**||
|---|---|---|---|
||**fixed assets**|**assets**|**Total**|
|**Unrestricted funds**||||
||**£**|**£**|**£**|
|General Funds|**-**|**1,136**|**1,136**|
|Designated Funds|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**Restricted funds**||||
|The National Lottery Community Fund|**-**|**90,821**|**90,821**|
|Awards for All|**-**|**1,589**|**1,589**|
|Arts Council|**-**|**1,589**|**1,589**|
|Derbyshire Police and Crime Commission|**-**|**649**|**649**|
|Comic Relief|**-**|**16,383**|**16,383**|
|Sport England|**-**|**8,115**|**8,115**|
|Community Foundation Tampon Tax|**-**|**2,108**|**2,108**|
|Derbyshire Police and Crime Commission|**-**|**5,699**|**5,699**|
|Voluntary Sector Approved Mental Health||||
|Providers|**-**|**4,752**|**4,752**|
||**______**|**______**|**______**|
||**-**|**131,705**|**131,705**|
||====================================|====================================|====================================|
## **13. Related party transactions**
The group had no related party transactions that required disclosure
.
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