2022-12-31-accounts - Bloody Good Period

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Bloody Good Period Ltd A Company Limited by Guarantee

Charity Registration No. 1185849 Company Registered in England No. 11801410

Report and Unaudited Financial Statements year ended 31 December 2022

Bloody Good Period Ltd

Section A: Reference and Administration Details

Status:	Company Limited by Guarantee No.11801410
	Charity Registration No. 1185849
	The Company's governing document is its Memorandum and
	Articles of Association dated 1 February 2019 as amended by a
	special resolution on 14 October 2019
Registered Office:	167-169 Great Portland Street, 5th Floor, London, England, W1W 5PF
	The Company does not have a separate principal office.
Trustees:	Ruby Alice Bayley
	Susan Barbara Rubenstein (Chair)
	Fiona Pei Shan Yeung
	Shakiba Oftadeh Moghadam
CEO:	Until end May 2022: Gabby Edlin
	From April 2022: Rachel Grocott
Independent examiner:	Charles Ssempijja FCA
	NfP Accountants Ltd
	86-90 Paul Street
	London
	EC2A 4NE
Bankers:	National Westminster Bank Plc
	135 Bishopsgate
	London EC2M 3UR

TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 2022

The Trustees (who are also the directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act) present their annual report together with the unaudited financial statements of the Bloody Good Period Ltd for the year ended 31 December 2022. The Trustees confirm that the annual report and financial statements of charitable company comply with the current statutory requirements, the requirements of the charitable company’s governing document and the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice “Accounting and Reporting by Charities” (SORP 2019 FRS102).

Section B: Structure, Governance and Management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Bloody Good Period (BGP) was registered as a company limited by guarantee on 1st February 2019 (company number: 11801410) and became a registered charity on 16 October 2019 (charity registration number: 1185849).

It is governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association dated February 2019 as amended by a special resolution dated 14 October 2019. Its registered office is 167-169 Great Portland Street, 5th Floor, London, W1W 5PF.

The governance of the charity is the responsibility of the Trustees. Day-to-day management is carried out by the CEO, who draws on the support and expertise of the highly experienced Board of Trustees as needed.

Trustee selection methods

Trustees are elected and co-opted under the terms of the governing document, the Articles of Association of Bloody Good Period, section 22. Regular reviews are held to identify any expertise gaps within the Board of Trustees and appointments are made where required to strengthen the Board of Trustees, subject to all trustees’ approval.

When it is necessary to appoint new trustees, due to either a trustee stepping down or a gap of expertise in the board being identified, recruitment will initially begin through the networks of the board and management team. Applicants will be reviewed by trustees and the successful applicant will be invited to attend a trustee meeting. Following this, on the provision that the board is satisfied and the applicant still wishes to join the trustee board, they will be appointed.

No other person or external body is entitled to appoint any trustees of the charity. The Trustees who served during the period and after the year end are shown on page 1.

Trustee representation and lived experience

Our passionate and skilled trustees variously represent a diversity of characteristics, reflecting the diverse and varied communities with whom we work. Trustees also have a variety of relevant lived experience, including one with lived experience of refugee status. Their combined skills include: governance, strategy and management, fundraising, law and working with people with lived experience, including the importance of avoiding retraumatisation, which is embedded in all the work we do.

Related parties

The Charity has considered the disclosure requirements of the SORP for related party relationships. The trustees consider that the members of the board and their close connections are related parties of the charity. All trustees give their time voluntarily and receive no benefits from the charity. Any expenses reclaimed from the charity are set out in the Notes to the accounts.

Trustees are required to disclose all relevant interests and register them with the charity, and to withdraw from decisions where a conflict of interest arises.

Bloody Good Employers (BGE) Ltd is a subsidiary company of Bloody Good Period. Profits are donated back to Bloody Good Period to allow us to carry out our charitable aims. The company works with UK employers to review and improve menstrual and gender equity and inclusion. It focuses on strengthening workplace culture, communications and policies

which support women and people who menstruate, with both short- and long-term benefits for both employees and employers.

Remuneration of key management personnel

The pay of the charity’s senior staff is reviewed annually and normally increased in accordance with average earnings, depending on affordability. The trustees also draw on their knowledge of the sector and common practice in other charities of similar size to ensure that the remuneration set is fair and not out of line with that generally paid for similar roles.

Section C: Objectives and Activities

Summary of the objects of the charity

The Charity's objects (Objects) are specifically restricted to the following:

To relieve period poverty for the public benefit among, particularly but not exclusively, refugees, asylum seekers, and otherwise displaced people who menstruate and their dependents living in the UK by providing menstrual and hygiene supplies and essential menstrual education.

“Period poverty” refers to the inability to afford or have access to essential menstrual products.

The People We Work With (Beneficiaries)

Over 2022 we continued to see the issue of period poverty, part of the wider (and gendered) issue of poverty, worsening.

Asylum seekers are entitled to just £40.85[1] per week to live on (and are generally not permitted to work in the UK). No additional funding is available to purchase period products for themselves or dependents who menstruate. Many report to have heavy and irregular

1 - - - https://www.gov.uk/asylum support/what youll get

2 https://data.unhcr.org/en/situations/ukraine.

periods, thought to result from the trauma of displacement. Caring for a heavy period could cost around £20 per month, meaning that almost a quarter of an asylum seeker’s income could be needed to care for their reproductive health. In practice, given the multiple pressures on these limited resources, female and menstruating (who do not identify as women) asylum seekers often have to rely on makeshift alternatives, or nothing at all.

2022 saw us support refugees fleeing a number of crises around the world. Headlines focussed on the 14 million people[2 ] displaced by the conflict in Ukraine, and we supported 76 partners providing essential products to refugees. We also supported people from Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Sierra Leone, Albania and other countries - places no longer in daily headlines, but the need for essential period products is very much still a pressing reality.

In addition, the last year saw rising demand from partner organisations supporting those affected by financial hardship and poverty, as the ‘cost of living’ crisis unfolds in the UK.

“They simply can’t afford period products. Some families couldn’t even afford the bus fare to come and pick up products from us. If they can’t even afford that, paying for a period is going to be a problem.”

Abibat Olulode, Feed 2 Read, BGP partner organisation, speaking to The Guardian in April 2022 - read the full piece here

Given the multiple pressures on individual and household budgets, the needs of women and people who menstruate are typically low down (or bottom of) the priority list. This is compounded by the ongoing shame and stigma surrounding periods, and the lack of comprehensive period education and conversation in our society. Too often, this means that people who menstruate are unable to access products and support, whilst people who do not menstruate (often, not always) are not able to fully understand the problems this creates. Lack of access to safe period products means social mobility is impeded; shameful associations of bodies are deepened, over for example the fear of leaking in public; and has a range of consequences for mental and physical health - ranging from infections and rashes to significant stress and anxiety.

Bloody Good Period provides period products wherever possible to anyone who menstruates and experiences poverty. Asylum seekers and refugees remain the charity’s focus.

Main activities undertaken for the public benefit

Provided period products for the relief of period poverty
Menstrual Education and Awareness

The Trustees have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit when reviewing the Charity's aims and objectives and in planning its activities. In particular, the Trustees consider how planned activities will contribute to the aims and objectives that have been set.

Section D: Achievements and Performance

Provided period products for the relief of period poverty

Our model and impact

The core of Bloody Good Period’s work is the provision of period products to asylum seekers, refugees and those who cannot afford them in England and Wales. In 2022 we delivered 119,600 high quality packs of menstrual products. This is an 87% increase compared to 2021. At the same time, we only increased our spend by 44% - reflecting our efficient model and the hard work of our Operations team to maximise impact.

We distribute period products through services already attended by refugees, asylum seekers and others - for example, drop-in centres, food banks, community groups and others. We ensure these partner organisations are able to distribute a free and sustainable flow of period products to those who attend their centres, services and activities. We always aim to build long-term relationships so that people can rely on a supply of period products - as, after all, periods happen every month, and products are needed every month. This is especially vital for people whose lives are unstable in a myriad of other ways.

We always prioritise the personal choices and comfort of the people we work with, so that everyone can manage their period in the way that is best for them, their bodies and their circumstances (or as we put it - everybody deserves a bloody good period). Products are therefore donated generously, encouraging each person to take as many packs as they need both for themselves and dependents who menstruate.

Working with our partners

Much of our focus this year has been on meeting an increase in demand for period products from our community partners. Larger organisations have moved to an automated service where they place regular orders with us. We have also onboarded 51 new partners across 2022. To help us meet this demand we have built relationships with various providers of period products, to whom we are extremely grateful for their generous donations - which has decreased cost to the charity.

Through an in-depth consultation exercise, we have also built our understanding of our partner organisations, how they work and specifically how they measure impact their respective communities. As a result of this and the introduction of a new CRM we have refined our onboarding process and introduced more regular communications with our community partners, as well as providing additional support such as revised accompanying learning sessions (first launched in 2021) on period products, improved access and distribution of products and menstrual health information . These impacts include:

More orders for reusable period products being placed with BGP, mainly period pants
Sample products provided as part of the product catalogue workshop are being actively used in demonstrations and talks by partners with the people they work with, helping them to feel more comfortable using new types of products
Feedback from partners shows that they have really benefited from these sessions, especially the section on ‘positive period talk’ (for example, using the term ‘period products’ instead of ‘sanitary products’ - which implies that there is something inherently unsanitary about periods). This means that partners are equipped to hold conversations on menstruation with their service recipients in a way that is inclusive and supportive.

Impact of free period product provision

As the cost of living crisis unfolds, it is unsurprising yet compelling to see continued feedback from our community partners that our work continues to remove a significant financial cost.

“We’re seeing an increase in demand, and poverty, in-work poverty, food poverty and isolation.”

Time and Talents, London community organisation

“We are so proud to be able to offer these products at every food bank service. We have them readily available for clients to select, with no need to ask or feel any awkwardness. So important for our clients who are making daily difficult choices about spending limited resources.”

Arc Foodbank

"Many thanks. We would have had to phase out giving these products to our clients if we were not able to receive donations from Bloody Good Period" Watford and Three Rivers Refugee Partnership

“Our beneficiaries the Homeless and refugees are so pleased with the products, they cannot afford to buy these products.”

NDC Association CIC

“We are so grateful for the support we have received from BGP. Without it, we would not be able to offer products to our clients each time they arrive at our centre. Nobody should be worried about period poverty.”

Brushstrokes Community Project

“The cost of living crisis is having a devastating and protracted effect on our families. We are so appreciative of this support - it is a real lifeline.” Mulberry School for Girls

“We are serving 220 women from different age groups, ethnicities and with different needs. Thank you for supporting us to meet those requirement and lessen their worries. The number has increased comparing to last months. Thank you”

Women's Association for Networking and Development (WAND) UK

“The young vulnerable parents are very grateful for the products as they have limited finances and not having to buy sanitary products gives them a little extra cash a month.. Our Afghanistan families [have] no recourse to public funds and the women are appreciative of the menstrual bag they receive when they come to collect food and clothing.” Jubilee Children's Centre

Putting Experts by Experience at the heart of our work

In 2022 we developed, established and implemented our Experts by Experience forum, in a mindful and person-centred way. We now have a space to engage with, and be shaped by,

people who are representative of those who access our core charitable services. This is deeply aligned with our values, as well as reflecting best practice within the charity sector. This programme of work is funded by Trust for London.

Our 9 EBE Forum participants all have lived experience of the asylum process, either having status or still waiting for a decision.

Meetings began in December 2022 (and are continuing into 2023), managed by our new EBE Forum Co-ordinator.

A note on Measuring Impact

Meeting unprecedented levels of demand for our core charitable work of period product distribution, alongside launching our Experts by Experience forum, has reduced our capacity elsewhere and we have moved back our plans for more in-depth impact assessment, planning to revisit this in 2023.

Campaigns to win free period products for all

Since our origins, we have been clear that we should not have to exist, and are working hard to ensure we do not have to do so in the long-term. We therefore campaign for the provision of free period products for everyone who needs them - especially given the precedent set in 2021, when the Scottish Parliament unanimously agreed to provide free period products to all.

Marking Menstrual Health Day in May 2022, we galvanised organisations and individuals within the menstrual health space to come together and ask for a recommitment to work to tackle period poverty. Our achievements from this ‘Paying for a Period’ campaign included:

22 organisations and 12 academics, many who inform government policy, signed our letter to the government calling for renewed action on period poverty, along with

public support on Twitter calling for Liz Truss, then Minister for Women & Equalities, to take action. Our letter received positive feedback from signatories, such as:

"Great letter which succinctly captures the problems we are all facing without resorting to sensationalism which is easily dismissed. Thanks so much for speaking out and giving us all a space alongside BGP."

Caroline Herman, Founder of All Yours Period Box CIC

The campaign got great social media engagement, driving follower numbers and engagement, as well as sending more people to our website to engage far more deeply than the average visit
Press coverage of the campaign included GLAMOUR magazine, ITV News and Positive News.

However, despite clear and compelling support for the issue, government response was firstly extremely delayed, and then solely focused on provision of period products in schools and hospitals, and the tampon tax abolition. Whilst these are great steps in theory, they are neither sufficient in practice (e.g. only 50% of eligible schools participated in the scheme for free products - savings from tampon tax abolition not passed to consumers and cancelled out by inflation - negligible NHS provision given growing waiting lists), nor tackle the issue for many other groups of people. Many other groups also need to access period products, and they have been ignored by the steps taken so far. Refugees, asylum seekers, those

relying on food banks and community support groups, and others living in financial hardship are increasingly unable to access these essential items. Meanwhile, small charities like Bloody Good Period are filling the gap and distributing record numbers of products to people who need them.

We have worked with our Experts by Experience forum (see below) and other partners to develop future campaigning plans, including:

Presented recommendations to the Period Equality APPG
Worked with AI specialists, Discover AI, to understand the everyday experiences of menstruation across the UK. Our joint report gathered rich and relevant content from across the internet to develop important insights into the hidden, everyday experiences of menstruation, and their impacts across the life course - showing that

though periods are a highly relatable experience for so many, they also relegated and not sufficiently discussed nor factored into many parts of our society.

Given the escalating levels of need, we plan to increase our activism work, calling for action on period poverty and menstrual equity, across 2023.

Menstrual Education and Awareness

Bloody Good Education Programme (“BGEd”)

Bloody Good Education delivers information sessions to women and people who menstruate from refugee communities. The programme was established three years ago to provide information and encourage conversations around sexual, reproductive and menstrual health topics.

In collaboration with Refugee Community Organisations (RCOS) BGEd creates sessions that are facilitated by medical experts with the aim of sharing information and encouraging open conversations on a range of topics tailored to the group's needs.

Our objectives were to:

continue to engage refugee women and people who menstruate in conversations about menstrual, sexual and reproductive health.
extend the reach to more participants.
ensure the programme is user-led in its approach

Session delivery

Since the pandemic, sessions have continued to be held online, based on the needs of the RCOs and their participants. Some in-person sessions have also been held, with Afghan nationals staying at a bridging hotel, with Dari and Pashtun interpreters.

The geographical spread of the programme has expanded beyond London, now reaching participants in Bristol, Manchester and Swindon.

The format of the sessions has remained unchanged from last year. Each session lasts approximately one hour and is facilitated by a medical expert who covers information on an agreed topic that is chosen with the RCOs to suit the participants' needs.

The sessions are designed to be interactive, with questions and conversation encouraged throughout. This year, a short activity was integrated into each session, where participants had to say whether statements were true or false. This encouraged more questions and helped to reinforce new information.

Topics covered

Cervical screening
Menstrual health and tracking
Contraception
Period products
Menopause
Breast checks

The programme has grown since the first year; the number of sessions delivered last year had doubled from the previous year and this increase has been maintained over the current period, with a total of 14 sessions being delivered this year.

The number of participants attending varied from between 4 -15 per group, with a total of 113 participants over the year.

Measuring the impact of the sessions

We collect data through asking questions both before and after sessions, as well as giving an overall feedback mechanism which is designed to be straightforward (via emoji use in the chat function in online sessions). We also emphasise that all feedback - both positive and negative - is useful as it would help to improve the sessions.

All participants who responded stated that the sessions were useful, with many asking for more sessions.

The data from questions asked before and after the sessions showed a considerable change in a positive direction in terms of participants' intentions to check for changes in their bodies, by tracking their periods and doing regular breast checks. Given that being able to recognise changes early on is key to improving health outcomes, this is a really positive finding.

Another important change following the group sessions was in knowing where to access free period products. All participants knew where to access them by the end of each session., compared with only a quarter at the beginning of the sessions.

Sessions on menopause had a positive impact with participants stating that they would be more likely to see a GP about changes following the group session.

Similarly the session on breast awareness had a positive impact - with all women saying they would see their GP if they noticed changes.

There was less change however, in participants' confidence in speaking to their GP regarding period problems or a change in periods. Participants with period problems had largely adjusted to dealing with them, but also a major barrier to accessing GPs was attributed to the pandemic and GP availability, as well as a reluctance to go to the GP due to COVID.

Session facilitators make sure to emphasise the importance of participants continuing to advocate for themselves to overcome obstacles in accessing their GP. The key messages from facilitators were not to ignore persistent problems, and that GPs still wanted to hear from patients. Additionally, participants were encouraged to ask for interpreting support if needed, and were reminded that they could request to see a specific or even different GP if they wanted.

"I have got lots of new information here that I didn't know about.

"Usually all the information we get, and all our conversations are about the kids. It's really nice to have conversations about us, the mums."

"It's a privilege to have a doctor explaining the information, these sessions are so, so useful."

"It's always important to know your own body, it's important for all of us."

Widening participation and impact

As well as delivering education sessions to more participants this year, across wider geographical networks, BGEd has further extended its reach through:

Digital resource packs: BGEd developed a resource pack that was trialled in 2021. This is funded by Spark & Co, to support participants without sufficient data or the skills to use video conferencing technologies. The objective is to overcome these barriers for

participants and help them access the online resources. The digital resource packs include a data card, headphones and a session guide and are sent to participants ahead of the session. 55 packs have been distributed to group participants over the last year.

YouTube video resources have been developed in partnership with London in your Language, on topics covered in the Education sessions. Each video addresses common questions and concerns raised during the BGEd sessions. In this way the participants’ priorities also help shape the video content. The primary aim has been to extend the reach to more participants: the videos can be accessed from anywhere, for free, with high quality translated subtitles in multiple languages. Over the past year, 5 videos have been created, with subtitles in multiple languages. These videos have so far had a total of almost 1000 views.
A series of focus groups were carried out with participants who had previously attended BGEd sessions, in collaboration with Groundwork. During the focus group discussions participants shared their personal experiences and discussed the impact the sessions had had for them personally as well as their outlook on learning to talk more openly about their bodies and menstrual health. Once the ideas were gathered, they formed the basis of the short story that was told through illustrative video. Through this video, participants are sharing their legacy of wanting to change the conversation for their daughters, themselves, their friends and wider networks. This video was released in February 2022, with subtitles in multiple languages, and has so far had a total of 173 views.
TikTok: A TikTok initiative was launched this year,to reach and engage a wider audience outside of the sessions. The BGEd Education Manager has created short soundbites for Tik Tok (each of these is under a minute long), using the evaluation notes from the sessions to inform the topics and to address specific questions and issues commonly raised in the

With thanks to our RCOS partner organisations:

Bridging Hotel, London
City of Sanctuary, Manchester

Groundwork, Bristol
Groundwork, London
Happy Baby Community, London
The Harbour Project, Swindon
Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants, London
Migrants Organise, London
WAND UK

Menstrual Normalisation and Awareness: Communications

As part of our goal to normalise conversation around menstruation, we create bold, culturechanging communications which provide everyone with a better way to talk about periods. In 2022 this included record levels of media coverage, cultivating and growing our highly engaged social media audience, and hosting a brand new event, Bloody Good Music.

2022 communications highlights include:

A record volume of media coverage, including Vogue, The Guardian (on the cost of living crisis), Time magazine (on Scotland’s legislation for free period products), Bloomberg (period product price increase), Big Issue (menstrual leave), Stylist (menstrual education), The Independent (menstrual education), ITV (cost of living crisis).
Continued development and dissemination of our #MindYourBloodyLanguage resources to drive the wider adoption of inclusive and neutral or positive (never negative) language around periods. These simple but powerful language shifts can start to shift the intense generational shame around periods, helping more people to get access to the information, support and products they need.
Ongoing open conversations around menstruation via social media - which remains a hugely successful and important channel for our work, with continued organic growth across all platforms. Our content over 2022 included lives about periods, pride and gender with our US ambassador, Lex Horwitz, #NoShameHere collaborations with independent artists and creative studio KinoBino, and a bloody incredible, inclusive, shame-free animation celebrating menstruation, created with Mother London, Anna Ginsburg and illustrator, C8l.in. We also launched a BGP presence on TikTok, where in 2022 our educational and political videos enjoyed an

average of 16K views, with our top- performing video about Toxic Shock Syndrome reaching 16.9K views.

We were joined by new ambassador Clara Amfo, an award-winning broadcaster, podcaster and television presenter best known for her work on BBC Radio 1. Clara proposed Bloody Good Music and made the event a huge success, raising £12K and introducing our work to new audiences; we are hugely grateful!

Further Awareness and Additional Income Stream: Bloody Good Employers

By the end of 2022, BGE had successfully signed up 11 employers to the full programme, and had trialled a new one-off workshop offering - selling five before an official launch.

The employers signed up to the programme are from across public, private and third sectors:

CoppaFeel! (charity)
Bloodcancer UK (charity)
Natracare (private)
NKD (private)
British Red Cross (charity)
Kingston Borough Council (public)
Barnet, Enfield & Haringey MH Trust (public)
Global Witness (charity)
London Borough of Camden Council (public)
Wheelhouse (private)

Each have committed to completing a 12-18 month programme which includes:

Surveys and evaluation to understand current company efforts in supporting people who menstruate and creating an inclusive work environment
A series of 3 workshops focussed on providing education to improve culture, communications and policy around periods
Re-evaluation to measure impact and improvements made throughout the programme
Allocated time for reflection and creation of a future-proof action plan to ensure long lasting and meaningful impact

Bloody Good Employers financial picture

Both BGE income and expenditure increased this year in line with our strategy to grow sales and delivery of the programme.

A summary of 2022 finances is as follows:

Income from sales of BGE programme and workshops to partners: £37,670
Grant income for development of the programme: £28,000
Profit from Bloody Good Employers trading subsidiary donated to parent charity Bloody Good Period: £10,750

Further detail is available in the separate accounts and report for Bloody Good Employers.

Impact of Bloody Good Employers

Having proved our concept, we gained confidence in the high quality and impact delivered by BGE. Interest and value in the work has been strongly demonstrated through:

a) Feedback from Bloody Good Employers partners who have completed, or are currently completing, the accreditation programme:

“BGE is the missing piece of the jigsaw on inclusion”

“The workshop was an excellent way to learn about my period privilege and how

unique menstrual cycles are for everyone. It has given me a greater understanding of the rhetoric surrounding periods”

"It’s a punchy HR initiative, which you don’t always get"

“BGE is unifying - it unlocks the breadth of EDI - and it's sparked a shift in our culture”

“This isn’t taught, we are learning loads about periods! This is a huge benefit”

“The workshop was so engaging & offered a whole new way of looking at things. It’s a really exciting programme to be joining”

“We want to ensure our mission to empower doesn’t stop with our beneficiaries but continues with our team feeling comfortable and supported in managing their menstrual health in the workplace”

b) Being awarded a place in the Natwest Social Enterprise 100 Index
c) Being invited to participate in wider thought leadership conversations around menstrual and gender equity in the workplace, including:
shaping the BSI Menstruation, menstrual health and menopause in the workplace guidance
Contributing to national media conversations around menstrual leave.

Whilst the value and traction of our work was clear, we realised soon into the year that our original sales target was overly ambitious. This was made more clear towards the end of 2022 when workplaces in general, and the UK as a whole, were under greater financial pressure. While we were able to secure some grant funding, we were unsuccessful in securing the level of funding required to really accelerate our growth. With a reliance on income generation from sales, all of our human resource was spent primarily on sales, whilst also prioritising the quality of delivery to employer partners.

At the end of 2022, we made strategic decisions to ensure BGE could develop as its own entity into 2023 and beyond. Those decisions were to:

Diversify our income streams through the sale of:
one-off workshops
the inclusion of a menopause focus
an evaluation & accreditation only option for employers already doing bloody excellent work
a specific strategy that could be offered to the NHS
Formalise our impact targets , and to ensure we include targets around both impact and income that reflect the success we have had in transforming workplace conversations around periods and broader EDI topics

Get more strategic about how we execute our sales strategy (for example, less reliant on human capacity to do lead generation and cold approaches)
Continue to prioritise grant funding and consider new routes such as social investment.

Further successes at Bloody Good Period

Transition from a founder-led organisation

Just over six years ago, Gabby Jahanshahi-Edlin wrote a Facebook status asking her contacts to donate period products for an asylum-seeker drop-in centre, where she was volunteering. This Facebook post was the first building block of the organisation that is today Bloody Good Period, a charity which has worked with 100+ partners across England and Wales and distributed more than 340,000 packs of products (including the first five months of 2023). In early 2022, Gabby decided to step down from her CEO role, and handed over to experienced charity leader Rachel Grocott - who led BGP’s public fundraising and communications alongside Gabby for four years.

Gabby left the organisation with a strong and skilled staff team, as well as an experienced and passionate board of Trustees. Together this team has executed a smooth transition from Gabby’s leadership to Rachel’s, with continued success across the charity’s various areas of work and positive feedback from supporters, funders and ambassadors. We would like to say a huge thank you to our wonderful community for their ongoing support during this crucial time, and also of course, to the remarkable women who started us on this journey, Gabby Jahanshahi-Edlin.

From Gabby: “I decided not long after posting that Facebook status in 2016, that I wanted to use my creativity for good, and see if I could build a feminist organisation that challenges the harmful conventions too frequently employed by the charity sector and makes actual social change through joy, love, and humour. I think I did that.”

From Sue Rubenstein, Chair of Trustees: “We have an incredible amount to thank and celebrate Gabby for,” says Sue Rubenstein, the charity’s Chair of Trustees. “She has really established our vibrant and bold charity, setting an incredibly effective and human, caring culture, of which we are immensely proud. The trustees are all so proud of Gabby for making this decision when it’s right for her, and look forward to working with Rachel and the team as BGP continues the much-needed work for menstrual equity.”

Section E: Financial Review

During the period ended 31 December 2022, the charity had a total income of £723,980 (2021: £453,563). Expenditure totalled £684,703 (2021: £545,055).

This includes a total of £86,085 of donated services, comprising:

£59,185 of donations of period products for distribution to community partners, alongside those purchased with funds raised by the charity
£26,900 of donated services, including pro bono services for event management and digital marketing.

Reserves Policy

The policy of the charity is to maintain such reserves as to ensure the long-term viability of the charity and enable it to fulfil its objects for the foreseeable future. Trustees consider it reasonable to maintain three months’ running cost as reserves, which are estimated to be approximately £109,192. General reserves at the period end stood at £103,914 (2021: £111,618). Unrestricted reserves are available, at the discretion of the trustees, to further the general objects of the charity. The unrestricted funds available to the charity that are not tied up in fixed assets, as at 31 December 2022 were £102,643 (2021: 110,969). This is considered sufficient to meet these objectives.

Our generous funders:

We remain deeply grateful for the trusts and foundations and corporate funders who chose to fund the work of Bloody Good Period in 2022.

We would like to extend a huge bloody thanks to those listed below, and those who wish to remain anonymous.

Trusts and Foundations

CAF America
Choose Love
Gigglemug Charitable Trust
United in Hammersmith
British Medical Association
Two Magpies Fund
Enterprise Development Fund
Sebba Charitable Trust
Trust for London

Corporate Funders

We were delighted to receive significant donations from:

Colt
The Body Shop
Capital Group
Wear & Resist
Novus
Cerner
Mindtree
Fearless Futures
Lucy & Yak
TOTM Limited

Semble Network
Forsters LLP
Leeds Building Society
The Spark Company
plus numerous individual and matched donors through Benevity
plus numerous small businesses and sole traders through Work for Good.

Period product providers

We are extremely grateful to have received donations from the below companies. This has helped us to meet record levels of demand with our limited resources.

Modibodi
Choose Love
Power of Pants
Get the Pulp
Ruby Cup
Callaly

Section G: Declaration

Going Concern

The trustees are satisfied that the charity will continue to be a going concern for the foreseeable future.

Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities

The trustees (who are also directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees' Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the

incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure of the charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

a) select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;

b) observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;

c) make judgments and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

d) state whether applicable UK accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;

e) prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in operation.

The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

This report, which has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to companies subject to the small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006, was approved by the Board on a 24th August 2023 nd signed on its behalf.

Signature: ________

Full Name: Susan Rubenstein

Position: Chair of trustees

Date:____ 24th August 2023

Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of Bloody Good Period Ltd

I report on the financial statements of the company for the year ended 31 December 2022 as set out on pages 26 to 37.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity’s trustees of the Company (who are also the directors of the company for the purposes of company law), you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”).

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited for this year under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (“the 2011 Act”). In carrying out my examination, I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.

Independent examiner's statement

Since the charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales, which is one of the listed

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 386 of the Companies Act 2006; or
the accounts do not accord with such records; or
the accounts do not comply with relevant accounting requirements under section 396 of the Companies Act 2006 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS102). I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Charles Ssempijja (FCA) Date 25 August 2023 NfP Accountants Ltd 86-90 Paul Street London EC2A 4NE

Bloody Good Period Ltd

Statement of financial activities (incorporating an income and expenditure account)

For theperiod ended 31 December 2022	For theperiod ended 31 December 2022	For theperiod ended 31 December 2022	For theperiod ended 31 December 2022
Unrestricted Note £ Income from: 2 526,305 3 3,392 4 26,391 556,088 5 139,064 5 90,426 5 334,205 563,695 (7,607) (97) (7,704) (7,704) Reconciliation of funds: 111,618 16 103,914 Total funds carried forward Transfers between funds Net income / (expenditure) before other recognised gains and losses Net movement in funds Total funds brought forward Menstrual Education and Awareness Raising funds Net income / (expenditure) for the period Total expenditure Charitable activities Donations and legacies Charitable activities Menstrual Education and Awareness Provision of essential period products Total income Expenditure on: Other trading activities		Restricted £ 167,892 - -	2022 Total £ 694,197 3,392 26,391 723,980 139,064 149,404 396,235 684,703 39,277 - 39,277 39,277 114,928 154,205	Unrestricted £ 377,094 4,435 11,496	Restricted £ 60,488 50 -	2021 Total £ 437,582 4,485 11,496
	556,088	167,892		393,025	60,538	453,563
	139,064 90,426 334,205	- 58,978 62,030		99,437 94,130 254,500	- 38,881 58,107	99,437 133,011 312,607
	563,695	121,008		448,067	96,988	545,055
	(7,607) (97)	46,884 97		(55,042) (2,956)	(36,450) 2,956	(91,492) -
	(7,704)	46,981		(57,998)	(33,494)	(91,492)
	(7,704) 111,618	46,981 3,310		(57,998) 169,616	(33,494) 36,804	(91,492) 206,420
	103,914	50,291		111,618	3,310	114,928

All of the above results are derived from continuing activities. There were no other recognised gains or losses other than those stated above. Movements in funds are disclosed in Note 15 to the financial statements.

Bloody Good Period Ltd Company no. 11801410 Balance sheet

As at 31 December 2022

Note £ Fixed assets: 10 Current assets: 11 3,242 12 58,781 110,857 172,880 Liabilities: 13 19,946 15 103,914 Total unrestricted funds 16 Total assets less current liabilities Stock Debtors Creditors: amounts falling due within one year Net current assets / (liabilities) Total charity funds Restricted income funds Unrestricted income funds: General funds The funds of the charity: Total net assets / (liabilities) Cash at bank and in hand Tangible assets	2022 £ 1,271	£ 14,706 11,322 123,988	2021 £ 649
	1,271 152,934		649 114,279
172,880 19,946		150,016 35,737
103,914		111,618
	154,205		114,928
	154,205		114,928
	50,291 103,914		3,310 111,618

	154,205		114,928

For the period ending 31 December 2022, the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Trustees’ Responsibilities:

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year in question in accordance with section 476
The trustees acknowledge their responsibility for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements.

These financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to the small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015), were approved by the Board on and signed on its behalf by: 24th August 2023

Trustee Name Susan Rubenstein

Bloody Good Period Ltd

Notes to the financial statements

For the period ended 31 December 2022

1 Accounting policies

a) Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019) - (Charities SORP FRS 102), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006. The aggregate gross income of the group, the parent charity and its subsidiaries, does not exceed £1 million after consolidation adjustments and therefore consolidated accounts have not been prepared.

Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy or note.

The charity has not prepared a statement of cash flows, taking advantage of Section 1A of FRS 102 in relation to small entities.

b) Public benefit entity

The charitable company meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102.

c) Going concern

The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern.

The trustees do not consider that there are any sources of estimation uncertainty at the reporting date that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next reporting period.

d) Income

Income is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the income have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and that the amount can be measured reliably.

Income from government and other grants, whether ‘capital’ grants or ‘revenue’ grants, is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the grants have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably and is not deferred.

e) Interest receivable

Interest on funds held on deposit is included when receivable and the amount can be measured reliably by the charity; this is normally upon notification of the interest paid or payable by the bank.

f) Fund accounting

Restricted funds are to be used for specific purposes as laid down by the donor. Expenditure which meets these criteria is charged to the fund.

Unrestricted funds are donations and other incoming resources received or generated for the charitable purposes.

Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular purposes.

Bloody Good Period Ltd

Notes to the financial statements

For the period ended 31 December 2022

1 Accounting policies (continued)

g) Expenditure

Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is classified under the following activity headings:

�

Costs of raising funds relate to the costs incurred by the charitable company in inducing third parties to make voluntary contributions to it, as well as the cost of any activities with a fundraising purpose

Expenditure on charitable activities includes the cost of activities undertaken to further the purposes of the charity and their associated support costs
Other expenditure represents those items not falling into any other heading

h) Allocation of support costs

Resources expended are allocated to the particular activity where the cost relates directly to that activity. However, the cost of overall direction and administration of each activity, comprising the salary and overhead costs of the central function, is apportioned on the following basis which are an estimate, based on staff time, of the amount attributable to each activity.

Cost of raising funds
Cost of raising funds 28%
� Menstrual Education and Awareness 28% � Relief of period poverty 44%

i) Operating leases

Rental charges are charged on a straight line basis over the term of the lease.

j) Tangible fixed assets

Depreciation costs are allocated to activities on the basis of the use of the related assets in those activities.

Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write down the cost of each asset to its estimated residual value over its expected useful life. The depreciation rates in use are as follows:

Office & Computer Equipment

3 years

k) Stocks

Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and net realisable value. In general, cost is determined on a first in first out basis and includes transport and handling costs. Net realisable value is the price at which stocks can be sold in the normal course of business after allowing for the costs of realisation. Provision is made where necessary for obsolete, slow moving and defective stocks. Donated items of stock, held for distribution or resale, are recognised at fair value which is the amount the charity would have been willing to pay for the items on the open market.

l) Debtors

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due after any trade discount offered. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid net of any trade discounts due.

Bloody Good Period Ltd

Notes to the financial statements

For the period ended 31 December 2022

1 Accounting policies (continued)

m) Cash at bank and in hand

Cash at bank and cash in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account. Cash balances exclude any funds held on behalf of service users.

n) Creditors and provisions

Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.

The charity only 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 with the exception of bank loans which are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

2 Income from donations and legacies

Donations of period products for distribution Donated services Trusts and Foundations Gift aid Donations	Unrestricted £ 348,045 59,185 26,900 65,057 27,118	£ 98,000 - - 69,892 - Restricted	2022 total £ 446,045 59,185 26,900 134,949 27,118	2021 Total £ 293,898 7,272 - 120,498 15,914
	526,305	167,892	694,197	437,582

Donated services include pro bono services received for event management and marketing, Google Adwords grant management, SEO and social ads management, Ad credits donated by Meta and research.

3 Income from charitable activities

Income from charitable activities
Menstrual Education and Awareness Speaker fees and expenses Total income from charitable activities Education programme	Unrestricted £ 30 3,362	£ - - Restricted	2022 Total £ 30 3,362	2021 Total £ 50 4,435
	3,392	-	3,392	4,485

4 Income from other trading activities

Merchandise sale Fundraising events and other recharges	Unrestricted £ 1,200 25,191	£ - - Restricted	2022 Total £ 1,200 25,191	2021 Total £ 273 11,223
	26,391	-	26,391	11,496

Bloody Good Period Ltd

Notes to the financial statements

For the period ended 31 December 2022

5 Analysis of expenditure

Staff costs (Note 6) Bad Debt BG Employers Costs Grants paid to subsidiary BGE Fundraising and Comminications Consulting Consulting, Admin and professional fees Cost & transport of merchandise for sale CRM and Database system Direct Programme costs Donated services Fees and commission Fundraising Events Cost Printing, Stationery and sundry Products purchased distributed out Donated products distributed out Rent and utilities Staff training and Development Storage Transport of Product Support costs Total expenditure 2022	Cost of raising funds £ 45,145 - - - 40,833 - 3,040 - - 16,900 2,931 5,986 254 - - - - - -	Menstrual Education and Awareness £ 71,168 - 550 10,400 - - - - 24,492 5,000 - - - - - - - - - Charitable	Provision of essential period products £ 60,481 - - - - - - - - 5,000 - - - 224,214 71,631 - - 1,904 886 activities	Support costs £ 18,499 - - - 11,411 33,976 - 10,433 - - - - 3,825 - - 8,023 7,721 - -	2022 Total £ 195,293 - 550 10,400 52,244 33,976 3,040 10,433 24,492 26,900 2,931 5,986 4,079 224,214 71,631 8,023 7,721 1,904 886	2021 Total £ 159,270 580 22,050 - 43,585 16,112 2,838 52,079 - 4,844 3,049 6,105 159,648 47,993 10,031 4,669 11,799 404
	115,089 23,975	111,610 37,794	364,116 32,119	93,888 (93,888)	684,703 -	545,056
	139,064	149,404	396,235	-	684,703

Of the total expenditure, £563,694 (2021: £448,067) was unrestricted and £121,008 (2021:£96,988) was restricted.

Bloody Good Period Ltd

Notes to the financial statements

For the period ended 31 December 2022

5 Analysis of expenditure (continued…....)

Staff costs (Note 6) Bad Debt BG Employers Costs Charitable donations Comminications Consulting Consulting, Admin and professional fees Cost & transport of merchandise for sale Direct Programme costs Events Cost Fees and commission Fundraising Events Cost Printing, Stationery and sundry Products purchased distributed out Donated products distributed out Rent and utilities Staff training and Development Storage Transport of Product Support costs Total expenditure 2021	Cost of raising funds £ 38,823 - - - 30,029 - 2,838 - - 3,734 2,828 - - - - - - -	Menstrual Education and Awareness £ 37,951 - 22,050 - - - - 52,080 - - 221 - - - - - - - Charitable	Relief of period poverty £ 60,015 - - - - - - - - - - - 159,647 47,993 - - 11,799 404 activities	Support costs £ 22,481 580 - - 13,556 16,112 - - - 1,110 - 6,105 - - 10,031 4,668 - -	2021 Total £ 159,270 580 22,050 - 43,585 16,112 2,838 52,080 - 4,844 3,049 6,105 159,647 47,993 10,031 4,668 11,799 404
	78,252 21,185	112,302 20,709	279,858 32,749	74,643 (74,643)	545,055 -
	99,437	133,011	312,607	-	545,055

Bloody Good Period Ltd

Notes to the financial statements

For the year period 31 December 2022

6 Staff remuneration

Staff costs were as follows:

Staff costs were as follows:
Employer’s contribution to defined contribution pension schemes Other Salaries and wages Social security costs	2022 £ 171,618 9,998 13,677 -	2021 £ 139,243 9,967 8,260 1,800
	195,293	159,270

No employee earned more than £60,000 during the period.

The total employee benefits including pension contributions of the key management personnel were £71,734 (2021: £52,832).

7 Staff numbers

The average number of employees (head count based on number of staff employed) during the period was as follows:

Charitable activity	2022 No. 6.0	2021 No. 5.0
	6.0	5.0

8 Related party transactions

Prior to registration as a separate charity, Bloody Good Period was a project under the umbrella of The Centre for Innovation in Voluntary Action (CIVA). Since incorporation, all monies held by CIVA under the Bloody Good Period project were donated to the newly set up charity.

Aggregate donations from related parties during the period were £nil.

There are no donations from related parties which are outside the normal course of the charity business and no restricted donations from related parties.

The charity trustees were not paid or received any other benefits from employment with the charity in the period. No charity trustee received payment for professional or other services supplied to the charity. No trustees were reimbursed any expenses incurred in relation to their duties as trustees.

The charity owns 100% of Bloody Good Employers Ltd, a subsidiary company registered in England and Wales (number 13531960) incorporated on 27 July 2021.

Fiona Pei Shan Yeung is the common active director in parent and subsidiary company. The Chief Executive Officer, Rachel Grocott, is also the director of the subsidiary company.

Bloody Good Period Ltd

Notes to the financial statements

For the year period 31 December 2022

8 Related party transactions (continued)

Bloody Good Employers Limited

Registered Office: 167-169 Great Portland Street, 5th Floor, London, England, W1W 5PF Nature of business: Management consultancy activities other than financial management Bloody Good Period Ltd guarantees that if the company is wound up while it is a member, or within one year after it ceases to be a member, it will contribute to the assets of the company by such amount as necessary but not exceeding £1. The aggregate gross income of the group, the parent charity and its subsidiaries, does not exceed £1 million after consolidation adjustments therefore, consolidated accounts have not been prepared.

Agregate capital and reserves Profit for the year	2022 £ 11,905 -	2021 £ 10,754 -

9 Taxation

The charitable company is exempt from corporation tax as all its income is charitable and is applied for charitable purposes.

10 Tangible fixed assets

Cost or valuation Depreciation Net book value At the end of the period At the start of the period All of the above assets are used for charitable purposes. At the end of the period At the end of the period At the start of the period Charge for the period At the start of the period Additions in the period	Office & Computer Equipment £ 2,193 1,221	Total £ 2,193 1,221
	3,414	3,414
	1,544 599	1,544 599
	2,143	2,143
	1,271	1,271
	649	649

Bloody Good Period Ltd

Notes to the financial statements

For the year period 31 December 2022

11 Stock

12 13 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 14 Balance at the beginning of the year Amount released to income in the year Amount deferred in the year Balance at the end of the year Merchandise Period products for free distribution Trade debtors Accrued income Debtors Deferred income comprises grants received for 2022 Accruals Deferred income Trade creditors Taxation and social security Other creditors Deferred income	2022 £ 3,242 -	2021 £ 2,261 12,445
	3,242	14,706
	2022 £ - 58,781	2021 £ 1,208 10,114
	58,781	11,322
	2022 £ 12,223 5,748 25 1,950 -	2021 £ 14,661 5,205 1,480 4,391 10,000
	19,946	35,737
	2022 £ - - -	2021 £ 10,000 (10,000) -
	-	-

Notes to the financial statements

Bloody Good Period Ltd

For the year period 31 December 2022

15 Analysis of net assets between funds

Net current assets Net assets at 31 December 2022 Tangible fixed assets	General unrestricted £ 1,271 102,643	£ - - Designated	Restricted £ - 50,291	Total funds £ 1,271 152,934
	103,914	-	50,291	154,205

Analysis of net assets between funds

Tangible fixed assets Net current assets Net assets at 31 December 2021	General unrestricted £ 649 110,969	£ - - Designated	Restricted £ - 3,310	Total funds £ 649 114,279
	111,618	-	3,310	114,928

16 Movements in funds

At 1 January 2022 £ 1,662 1,648	Incoming resources & gains £ 87,649 80,243	Outgoing resources & losses £ (58,978) (62,030)	Transfers £ (42) 139	At 31 December 2022 30,291 20,000
3,310	167,892	(121,008)	97	50,291
111,618	556,088	(563,695)	(97)	103,914
111,618	556,088	(563,695)	(97)	103,914

114,928	723,980	(684,703)	-	154,205

Bloody Good Period Ltd

Notes to the financial statements

For the year period 31 December 2022

16 Movements in funds (continued)

Movements in funds (continued)
Total restricted funds General funds Unrestricted funds: Restricted funds: Menstrual Education and Awareness Provision of essential period products Total funds Total unrestricted funds	At 1 January 2021 £ 21,162 15,642	Incoming resources & gains £ 17,050 43,488	Outgoing resources & losses £ (38,881) (58,107)	Transfers £ 2,331 625	At 31 December 2021 £ 1,662 1,648
	36,804	60,538	(96,988)	2,956	3,310
	169,616	393,025	(448,067)	(2,956)	111,618
	169,616	393,025	(448,067)	(2,956)	111,618

	206,420	453,563	(545,055)	-	114,928

Purposes of restricted funds

Menstrual Education and Awareness relates to funding received and used to provide educational sessions about female health including mentruation and sexual health to support asylum seekers and refugees living in the UK.

Relief of period poverty relates to funding received and use to provide high quality period products to asylum seekers, refugee and those in poverty in the UK.

17 Legal status of the charity

The charity is a company limited by guarantee and has no share capital. The liability of each member in the event of winding up is limited to £1. Bloody Good Period Ltd is a charitable company limited by guarantee registered in England with registration number 11801410. Its registered office address is 167-169 Great Portland Street, 5th Floor, London, England, W1W 5PF. The accounts are presented in GBP rounded to £1.