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2025-02-28-accounts

theMovement Trustees’ Annual Report 1st March 2024 - 28th Feb 2025

Charity Registration No: 1187782

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theMovement Charity

Report of the Trustees for the year ended 28th February 2025

Reference and Administrative Information

Charity Name: theMovement

Charity registration number: 1187782 Registered Office: Kemp House

152-160 City Road London EC1V 2NX

Board of Trustees:

Mr Robin Barden Chair Mr Ben Hingston Treasurer Mrs Elizabeth Morris Secretary Mrs Becky Marlow Mrs Ruth Le Friec Ms Hara Markos Mrs Harpreet Kaur

Senior Management Team:

Mrs Fiona Roberts Chief Executive Officer

Structure, Governance & Management

Governing Document: Constitution

How Charity is Constituted: Charitable Incorporated Organisation

Trustee Selection Method:

When selecting new trustees we will look to recruit people of suitable experience that fill identified gaps in the knowledge and expertise of the existing trustees. theMovement finds and appoints new Trustees through word of mouth and public advertisements, and the suitability of new trustees is assessed through due diligence and a meeting with the CEO and Chair of Trustees. All new Trustees are provided with a copy of the Constitution and the most recent Trustees’ Annual Report & Financial Statements.

Charity Registration No: 1187782

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Purpose of theMovement

Our purposes of the charity as set out in our constitution:

“The relief of women who are in need by reason of their social or economic disadvantage including homelessness; or who have experiences or are at risk of experiencing domestic or other forms of violence, by the provision of access to physical exercise.”

Who We Are

theMovement was first conceived in recognition that the needs of women within the local community who had suffered significant trauma, were not being sufficiently met. Fiona, our founder, felt moved to combine her passions for social justice and fitness to create theMovement. We exist to restore every woman’s right to exercise.

The participants of theMovement sessions are women of very low socio-economic status who have experienced multiple disadvantages. These disadvantages often include an overlap of poverty, adverse mental health and, simultaneously, a persistent exposure to traumatic situations including domestic abuse and sexual exploitation.

Our objectives as a charity are to:

  1. Establish a platform for personal trainers to work with charities that support women experiencing multiple disadvantages

  2. Provide relevant trauma awareness training for fitness professionals

  3. Partner with agencies and interested bodies to advocate for the benefits of exercise for women experiencing multiple disadvantages

Our objectives for this year, as laid out in our 23-24 Annual Report, were the following:

Charity Registration No: 1187782

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Our Achievements

This year we celebrated five years as a charity, marked by our 1,000th trauma informed charity exercise session in June 2024. After a challenging 2023, this year was a year of rebuilding for theMovement. Our recently appointed Programme Coordinator led a volunteer intake that saw 24 new volunteer instructors joining our team and resulted in 21 new regular charity sessions beginning over the course of the year. Our instructors continue to share with us about the positive impact of volunteering, including “It feels precious to be part of a team of people wanting to bring about positive change and empower women through access to movement.”

We provided 289 trauma informed charity exercise sessions this year, with over 100 participants attending at least one exercise session. Feedback from participants of these sessions included “it's hard to shut off and put ‘me’ time aside. By having these sessions, I am able to put time out for myself to really relax and feel present”, “A community of brave survivors healing together in a safe and respectful environment. And the facilitator was so knowledgeable”, “I feel stronger doing these sessions”, “it is very helpful for my mental health”, “the yoga has been life changing”, “I am incredibly grateful for this opportunity, I cannot express how supportive and transformative this has been for me.”

As many of the women attending our exercise sessions have experienced poverty and/or homelessness, one barrier to exercise can be suitable clothing and footwear. This year we have provided 372 pieces of exercise clothing, footwear and equipment to participants. We are so grateful for clothing donations, such as Fabletics, in making this possible.

We were successful in expanding our charity partners and are now working with over 25 charity partners to provide exercise opportunities to women experiencing multiple disadvantages across London.

We were successful in our goal of increasing the number of Trauma Informed Approach to Exercise Provision CPD courses we deliver to individual fitness professionals. We are thrilled to be able to equip many more fitness professionals with the knowledge and tools to create a Charity Registration No: 1187782 4

more trauma informed fitness industry as a whole. This year we delivered 9 courses to 58 fitness professionals, including 2 private bookings where organisations have hired theMovement to provide our training for their teams. We developed new relationships with gym providers and leisure centres which we expect to result in further private bookings in 2025-26. We continued to receive excellent feedback about the quality and delivery of our course, including “It was very informative and [the tutors] were so knowledgeable and professional in your delivery. Learned so much, lots of ideas to implement into my fitness business”, “I’d highly recommend the course to anyone who wants to make fitness more inclusive and gain an understanding of trauma”.

Our advocacy work included speaking at She Matters Conference and an invitation to speak at Elevate conference in June 2025. TheMovement also won a competition to have a short film made about our work, which will be a valuable resource for our advocacy and communication going forward.

Our organisation is still the only charity known to us that partners with charities to provide free trauma informed exercise opportunities by fitness professionals for women experiencing multiple disadvantages.

Ambition and Long Term Strategies

Over the next two years we plan to continue to develop and grow our work. Our strategy continues to focus on three areas, which are based on our three aims as a charity:

1. Contribute to removing all barriers preventing women in the UK from having access, freedom and confidence to exercise.

Objective 1: To meet existing need and scale up we need to expand our staffing resource within the London area. Having successfully appointed a part time London Programme Coordinator at the end of last year, we plan to appoint a second Programme Coordinator in 25/26 to continue growth by achieving the following outcomes.

Outcomes (by end of):

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Objective 2: To scale up our social impact by broadening our reach we need to increase our staffing resource nationally. We are planning the employment of a Part Time National Volunteer Coordinator by the end of 25/26 to achieve the following outcomes.

Outcomes (by end of):

2. Facilitate training of all Personal Trainers in trauma awareness.

Over the next three years, we plan to increase the delivery and reach of our training. As well as creating a positive impact on the fitness industry, our CPD also provides an income stream to fund our other projects. This ensures the future sustainability and growth of theMovement.

Outcomes (by end of):

3. Work towards a society without poverty and disadvantage for women.

Our priority so far has been to engage with, learn from and elevate the voices of other charities and projects working in this sector. We have also been involved in research that is due to be published in 2025 regarding our trauma informed approach to exercise resource.

As we were unable to complete an impact report this year, next year we plan to conduct an impact report of our work. From this report we will be able to reflect on our work as a charity and document the impact of providing safe and accessible exercise opportunities to women.

This report will inform our future advocacy work and provide us with resources to advise national decision makers on how movement and exercise opportunities can be part of working towards a society without poverty and disadvantage for women. Charity Registration No: 1187782 6

The outcomes (by end of):

bodies. Have research published about impact of our CPD course

● 26/27 Have initiated a campaign based on the impact report findings and published research

Charity Registration No: 1187782

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Independent Examiner’s Report

I report on the accounts of the CIO for the year to 28[th] February 2025, which are set out on pages 9-12.

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner

The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees 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.

It is my responsibility to:

independent examiner’s report

My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

Independent examiner’s statement

In connection with my examination, no material matters have come to my attention which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

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.

MJ Harris MIAB 18a Church Road Bishopstoke Eastleigh SO50 6BH Signed Date: 15/12/25 …………………………………………

Charity Registration No: 1187782

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Financial Review

theMovement holds no endowment funds, nor funds held as custodian trustee on behalf of others.

Principal Funding Sources

This year we have gained £32,000 of grants from the Lottery, BGF, St Martin in the Fields and UNLTD. The CPD course has provided approximately 10% of our income, and we foresee this percentage growing to 25% in 25/26. The generous support of our regular donors also provided regular funding, as well as one off fundraising events throughout the year.

We have £20,000 restricted funds to be spent in March 2025-2027.

Reserves Policy

TheMovement aims to fulfil our policy whereby the unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets (‘the free reserves’) held by the charity should represent six months of budgeted operational costs. The present level of unrestricted reserves available to the charity is £16,469, which is approximately 4 months of expenditure. We continue to work towards achieving this goal of achieving 6 months of expenditure, but note the significant increase in reserves in comparison to the previous financial year. In the short term the Trustee Board is also considering the extent to which existing activities and expenditure could be curtailed, should adverse circumstances arise.

State of Finances

theMovement currently has no funds which are materially in deficit. The Trustees declare that the charity has no outstanding debts which are secured by an express charge on any of the assets of the charity at the date of the statement of assets & liabilities.

Our main areas of expenditure are our staffing cost related to our two part time staff members and the costs associated with our movement classes, such as participant clothing and DBS checks for volunteers. We expect our expenditure to increase over the next year as we accept new volunteers and look to increase our staffing hours to support sustainable growth.

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Table of Receipts and Payments

Section A Receipts and payments Section A Receipts and payments Section A Receipts and payments Section A Receipts and payments Section A Receipts and payments Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted
funds		 Restricted
funds		 Endowment
funds		 Total funds Last year
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Grants 1,000 31,000 32,000 31,784
Donations:
Donations(recurring) 5,814 5,814 5,692
Donations(one-off) 3,196 3,196 2,564
Donations(gift aid claimed) 1,879 1,879 2,942
Fundraising:
FundraisingEvents 2,944 2,944 3,403
FundraisingCampaigns 2,913 2,913 -
Charitable Activities:
CPD Course 5,924 5,924 4,564
Other Charitable Activities - 383
Investment Income 38 38 18
Total receipts 23,709 31,000 - **54,709 ** 51,350
A3 Payments
Staff Costs:
Staff Salaries 3,917 24,996 28,913 24,574
Staff Training 365 500 865 83
Travel & Subsistence 454 506 960 205
Cost of Charitable Activities: -
CPD Costs 1,224 3,054 4,278 3,378
Volunteer Costs 1,258 223 1,481 308
Cost of Goods 969 1,850 2,819 791
Postage 145 145 85
FundraisingCosts 1,047 1,047 804
NetworkingCost 145 145 96
MarketingCosts 513 1,890 2,403 483
Virtual Office Costs 294 255 549 374
Office Equipment Repairs - 228
Phone 47 167 214 184
Stationery 109 109 58
Insurance 302 302 208
Bank charges 62 10 72 77
HMRC Late FilingCharge - 100
Governance Costs: -
Trustee Meetings 65 65 12
Trustee Gifts and Remuneration 25 25 150
Professional Fees 287 287 259
Sub total **10,926 ** **33,753 ** 44,679 32,458
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)

Equipment		 449
Sub total 449
Totalpayments 10,926 33,753 - **44,679 ** 32,907
Net of receipts/(payments) 12,782 -2,753 - **10,029 ** 18,443
A6 Cash funds last year end **3,687 ** 22,753 - 26,440 7,997
Cash funds thisyear end **16,469 ** 20,000 36,469 26,440

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Categories Details Unrestricted
funds		 Restricted
funds		 Endowment
funds
to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £
B1 Cash funds CAF Bank current account **16,469 ** **20,000 ** -
Total cash funds **16,469 ** **20,000 ** -
(agree balances with receipts and
**payments account(s)) **		 OK OK OK
Unrestricted
funds		 Restricted
funds		 Endowment
funds
Details to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £
B2 Other monetary assets Donations (gift aid claimed) **1,146 ** **- ** -
**- ** -
Details Fund to which
asset belongs		 **Cost (optional) ** Current value
(optional)
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use		 Laptop Equipment
Fund		 **514 ** 290
Laptop Equipment
Fund		 **449 ** 337
Details Fund to which
liability relates		 Amount due
(optional)		 When due
(optional)
B5 Liabilities HMRC Tax not yet paid for this
period		 Staff Salaries 2,746
Pension Contributions not yet
paid for thisperiod		 Staff Salaries 162
Beneficiary footwear purchased
26/2/25		 Cost of Goods **87 **
Zoom payment 28/2/25 Virtual Office
Costs		 **16 **
Independent Examiner Fees Professional
Fees		 **306 **

Charity Registration No: 1187782

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Declaration

The Trustees declare that they have approved the Trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s Trustees:

Signature(s)

Robin Barden Ben Hingston

Full Name(s)

Robin Barden Ben Hingston
Position
Chair of Trustees Treasurer of Trustees
Date:
15.12.25 15.12.25

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Charity Name: theMovement Charity Name: theMovement Charity Name: theMovement Charity Name: theMovement Charity Name: theMovement No: 1187782 No: 1187782 No: 1187782 CC16a
For the period
from		 1/3/24 To 29/2/25
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted
funds
to the nearest
£
A1 Receipts		 Restricted
funds
to the nearest £		 Endowment
funds
to the nearest £		 Total funds
to the nearest £		 Last year
to the nearest £
Grants -
1,000-		 -
31,000-		 -
32,000-		 -
31,784-
Donations:
Donations (recurring) -
5,814-		 -
5,814-		 -
5,692-
Donations (one-off) -
3,196-		 -
3,196-		 -
2,564-
Donations (gift aid claimed) -
1,879-		 -
1,879-		 -
2,942-
Fundraising:
Fundraising Events -
2,944-		 -
2,944-		 -
3,403-
Fundraising Campaigns -
2,913-		 -
2,913-		 -
--
Charitable Activities:
CPD Course -
5,924-		 -
5,924-		 -
4,564-
Other Charitable Activities -
--		 -
383-
Investment Income -
38-		 -
38-		 -
18-
-
--
Sub total(Gross income for AR)
-
23,709-
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).		 -
23,709-		 -
31,000-		 -
54,709-		 -
51,350-
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
-
--		 -
--		 -
--
-
--		 -
--		 -
--		 -
--		 -
--
Sub total-
--
Total receits-
23709-		 -
--		 -
--		 -
--		 -
--		 -
--
-
23709-		 -
31000-		 -
--		 -
54,709-		 -
51350-
p
,
A3 Payments
,		 , ,
Staff Costs:
Staff Salaries -
3,917-		 -
24,996-		 -
28,913-		 -
24,574-
Staff Training -
365-		 -
500-		 -
865-		 -
83-
Travel & Subsistence -
454-		 -
506-		 -
960-		 -
205-
Cost of Charitable Activities: -
--
CPD Costs -
1,224-		 -
3,054-		 -
4,278-		 -
3,378-
Volunteer Costs -
1,258-		 -
223-		 -
1,481-		 -
308-
Cost of Goods -
969-		 -
1,850-		 -
2,819-		 -
791-
Postage -
145-		 -
145-		 -
85-
Fundraising Costs -
1,047-		 -
1,047-		 -
804-
Networking Cost -
145-		 -
145-		 -
96-
Marketing Costs -
513-		 -
1,890-		 -
2,403-		 -
483-
Virtual Office Costs -
294-		 -
255-		 -
549-		 -
374-
Office Equipment Repairs -
--		 -
228-
Phone -
47-		 -
167-		 -
214-		 -
184-
Stationery -
109-		 -
109-		 -
58-
Insurance -
302-		 -
302-		 -
208-
Bank charges -
62-		 -
10-		 -
72-		 -
77-
HMRC Late Filing Charge -
--		 -
100-
Governance Costs: -
--
Trustee Meetings -
65-		 -
65-		 -
12-
Trustee Gifts and Remuneration -
25-		 -
25-		 -
150-
Professional Fees -
287-		 -
287-		 -
259-
Sub total -
10,926-
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)		 -
10,926-		 -
33,753-		 -
44,679-		 -
32,458-
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
-
--		 -
--		 -
449-
Sub total -
--
Total payments -
10,926-
Net of receipts/(payments) -
12,783-
A5 Transfers between funds
-
--
A6 Cash funds last year end
-
3,687-
Cash funds this year end -
16,469-		 -
--		 -
--		 -
--		 -
449-
-
10,926-		 -
33,753-		 -
--		 -
44,679-		 -
32,907-
-
12,783-		 -
2,753-		 -
--		 -
10,029-		 -
18,443-
-
--		 -
--		 -
--		 -
--		 -
--
-
3,687-		 -
22,753-		 -
--		 -
26,440-		 -
7,997-
-
16,469-		 -
20,000-		 -
--		 -
36,469-		 -
26,440-
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Categories
B1 Cash funds		 Details
CAF Bank current account		 Unrestricted
funds
to nearest £
-
16,469-
-
--
-
--		 Restricted
funds
to nearest £
-
20,000-
-
--
-
--		 Endowment
funds
to nearest £
CAF Bank current account -
16,469-		 -
20,000-		 -
--
-
--		 -
--		 -
--
-
--		 -
--		 -
--
B2 Other monetary assets
B3 Investment assets
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use
B5 Liabilities
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf
of all the trustees		 Total cash funds
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Details
Donations (gift aid claimed)
Details		 -
16,469-		 -
20,000-		 -
--
OK
Unrestricted
funds
to nearest £
-
1,146-
-
-
--
-
--
Fund to which
asset belongs		 Restricted
funds
to nearest £
-
--
-
--
-
--
-
--
Cost (optional)
-
--
-
--		 Endowment
funds
to nearest £
-
--
-
--
-
--
-
--
Current value
(optional)
-
--		 -
--
-
--		 -
--
-
--		 -
--
Current value
(optional)
-
290-
-
337-
-
--
-
--
-
--
When due
(optional)
Date of
approval
2.10.25
2.10.25

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

16/12/2025

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theMovement Trustees’ Annual Report 1st March 2024 - 28th Feb 2025

Charity Registration No: 1187782

1

theMovement Charity

Report of the Trustees for the year ended 28th February 2025

Reference and Administrative Information

Charity Name: theMovement

Charity registration number: 1187782 Registered Office: Kemp House

152-160 City Road London EC1V 2NX

Board of Trustees:

Mr Robin Barden Chair Mr Ben Hingston Treasurer Mrs Elizabeth Morris Secretary Mrs Becky Marlow Mrs Ruth Le Friec Ms Hara Markos Mrs Harpreet Kaur

Senior Management Team:

Mrs Fiona Roberts Chief Executive Officer

Structure, Governance & Management

Governing Document: Constitution

How Charity is Constituted: Charitable Incorporated Organisation

Trustee Selection Method:

When selecting new trustees we will look to recruit people of suitable experience that fill identified gaps in the knowledge and expertise of the existing trustees. theMovement finds and appoints new Trustees through word of mouth and public advertisements, and the suitability of new trustees is assessed through due diligence and a meeting with the CEO and Chair of Trustees. All new Trustees are provided with a copy of the Constitution and the most recent Trustees’ Annual Report & Financial Statements.

Charity Registration No: 1187782

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Purpose of theMovement

Our purposes of the charity as set out in our constitution:

“The relief of women who are in need by reason of their social or economic disadvantage including homelessness; or who have experiences or are at risk of experiencing domestic or other forms of violence, by the provision of access to physical exercise.”

Who We Are

theMovement was first conceived in recognition that the needs of women within the local community who had suffered significant trauma, were not being sufficiently met. Fiona, our founder, felt moved to combine her passions for social justice and fitness to create theMovement. We exist to restore every woman’s right to exercise.

The participants of theMovement sessions are women of very low socio-economic status who have experienced multiple disadvantages. These disadvantages often include an overlap of poverty, adverse mental health and, simultaneously, a persistent exposure to traumatic situations including domestic abuse and sexual exploitation.

Our objectives as a charity are to:

  1. Establish a platform for personal trainers to work with charities that support women experiencing multiple disadvantages

  2. Provide relevant trauma awareness training for fitness professionals

  3. Partner with agencies and interested bodies to advocate for the benefits of exercise for women experiencing multiple disadvantages

Our objectives for this year, as laid out in our 23-24 Annual Report, were the following:

Charity Registration No: 1187782

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Our Achievements

This year we celebrated five years as a charity, marked by our 1,000th trauma informed charity exercise session in June 2024. After a challenging 2023, this year was a year of rebuilding for theMovement. Our recently appointed Programme Coordinator led a volunteer intake that saw 24 new volunteer instructors joining our team and resulted in 21 new regular charity sessions beginning over the course of the year. Our instructors continue to share with us about the positive impact of volunteering, including “It feels precious to be part of a team of people wanting to bring about positive change and empower women through access to movement.”

We provided 289 trauma informed charity exercise sessions this year, with over 100 participants attending at least one exercise session. Feedback from participants of these sessions included “it's hard to shut off and put ‘me’ time aside. By having these sessions, I am able to put time out for myself to really relax and feel present”, “A community of brave survivors healing together in a safe and respectful environment. And the facilitator was so knowledgeable”, “I feel stronger doing these sessions”, “it is very helpful for my mental health”, “the yoga has been life changing”, “I am incredibly grateful for this opportunity, I cannot express how supportive and transformative this has been for me.”

As many of the women attending our exercise sessions have experienced poverty and/or homelessness, one barrier to exercise can be suitable clothing and footwear. This year we have provided 372 pieces of exercise clothing, footwear and equipment to participants. We are so grateful for clothing donations, such as Fabletics, in making this possible.

We were successful in expanding our charity partners and are now working with over 25 charity partners to provide exercise opportunities to women experiencing multiple disadvantages across London.

We were successful in our goal of increasing the number of Trauma Informed Approach to Exercise Provision CPD courses we deliver to individual fitness professionals. We are thrilled to be able to equip many more fitness professionals with the knowledge and tools to create a Charity Registration No: 1187782 4

more trauma informed fitness industry as a whole. This year we delivered 9 courses to 58 fitness professionals, including 2 private bookings where organisations have hired theMovement to provide our training for their teams. We developed new relationships with gym providers and leisure centres which we expect to result in further private bookings in 2025-26. We continued to receive excellent feedback about the quality and delivery of our course, including “It was very informative and [the tutors] were so knowledgeable and professional in your delivery. Learned so much, lots of ideas to implement into my fitness business”, “I’d highly recommend the course to anyone who wants to make fitness more inclusive and gain an understanding of trauma”.

Our advocacy work included speaking at She Matters Conference and an invitation to speak at Elevate conference in June 2025. TheMovement also won a competition to have a short film made about our work, which will be a valuable resource for our advocacy and communication going forward.

Our organisation is still the only charity known to us that partners with charities to provide free trauma informed exercise opportunities by fitness professionals for women experiencing multiple disadvantages.

Ambition and Long Term Strategies

Over the next two years we plan to continue to develop and grow our work. Our strategy continues to focus on three areas, which are based on our three aims as a charity:

1. Contribute to removing all barriers preventing women in the UK from having access, freedom and confidence to exercise.

Objective 1: To meet existing need and scale up we need to expand our staffing resource within the London area. Having successfully appointed a part time London Programme Coordinator at the end of last year, we plan to appoint a second Programme Coordinator in 25/26 to continue growth by achieving the following outcomes.

Outcomes (by end of):

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Objective 2: To scale up our social impact by broadening our reach we need to increase our staffing resource nationally. We are planning the employment of a Part Time National Volunteer Coordinator by the end of 25/26 to achieve the following outcomes.

Outcomes (by end of):

2. Facilitate training of all Personal Trainers in trauma awareness.

Over the next three years, we plan to increase the delivery and reach of our training. As well as creating a positive impact on the fitness industry, our CPD also provides an income stream to fund our other projects. This ensures the future sustainability and growth of theMovement.

Outcomes (by end of):

3. Work towards a society without poverty and disadvantage for women.

Our priority so far has been to engage with, learn from and elevate the voices of other charities and projects working in this sector. We have also been involved in research that is due to be published in 2025 regarding our trauma informed approach to exercise resource.

As we were unable to complete an impact report this year, next year we plan to conduct an impact report of our work. From this report we will be able to reflect on our work as a charity and document the impact of providing safe and accessible exercise opportunities to women.

This report will inform our future advocacy work and provide us with resources to advise national decision makers on how movement and exercise opportunities can be part of working towards a society without poverty and disadvantage for women. Charity Registration No: 1187782 6

The outcomes (by end of):

bodies. Have research published about impact of our CPD course

● 26/27 Have initiated a campaign based on the impact report findings and published research

Charity Registration No: 1187782

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Independent Examiner’s Report

I report on the accounts of the CIO for the year to 28[th] February 2025, which are set out on pages 9-12.

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner

The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees 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.

It is my responsibility to:

independent examiner’s report

My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

Independent examiner’s statement

In connection with my examination, no material matters have come to my attention which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

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.

MJ Harris MIAB 18a Church Road Bishopstoke Eastleigh SO50 6BH Signed Date: 15/12/25 …………………………………………

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Financial Review

theMovement holds no endowment funds, nor funds held as custodian trustee on behalf of others.

Principal Funding Sources

This year we have gained £32,000 of grants from the Lottery, BGF, St Martin in the Fields and UNLTD. The CPD course has provided approximately 10% of our income, and we foresee this percentage growing to 25% in 25/26. The generous support of our regular donors also provided regular funding, as well as one off fundraising events throughout the year.

We have £20,000 restricted funds to be spent in March 2025-2027.

Reserves Policy

TheMovement aims to fulfil our policy whereby the unrestricted funds not committed or invested in tangible fixed assets (‘the free reserves’) held by the charity should represent six months of budgeted operational costs. The present level of unrestricted reserves available to the charity is £16,469, which is approximately 4 months of expenditure. We continue to work towards achieving this goal of achieving 6 months of expenditure, but note the significant increase in reserves in comparison to the previous financial year. In the short term the Trustee Board is also considering the extent to which existing activities and expenditure could be curtailed, should adverse circumstances arise.

State of Finances

theMovement currently has no funds which are materially in deficit. The Trustees declare that the charity has no outstanding debts which are secured by an express charge on any of the assets of the charity at the date of the statement of assets & liabilities.

Our main areas of expenditure are our staffing cost related to our two part time staff members and the costs associated with our movement classes, such as participant clothing and DBS checks for volunteers. We expect our expenditure to increase over the next year as we accept new volunteers and look to increase our staffing hours to support sustainable growth.

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Table of Receipts and Payments

Section A Receipts and payments Section A Receipts and payments Section A Receipts and payments Section A Receipts and payments Section A Receipts and payments Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted
funds		 Restricted
funds		 Endowment
funds		 Total funds Last year
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Grants 1,000 31,000 32,000 31,784
Donations:
Donations(recurring) 5,814 5,814 5,692
Donations(one-off) 3,196 3,196 2,564
Donations(gift aid claimed) 1,879 1,879 2,942
Fundraising:
FundraisingEvents 2,944 2,944 3,403
FundraisingCampaigns 2,913 2,913 -
Charitable Activities:
CPD Course 5,924 5,924 4,564
Other Charitable Activities - 383
Investment Income 38 38 18
Total receipts 23,709 31,000 - **54,709 ** 51,350
A3 Payments
Staff Costs:
Staff Salaries 3,917 24,996 28,913 24,574
Staff Training 365 500 865 83
Travel & Subsistence 454 506 960 205
Cost of Charitable Activities: -
CPD Costs 1,224 3,054 4,278 3,378
Volunteer Costs 1,258 223 1,481 308
Cost of Goods 969 1,850 2,819 791
Postage 145 145 85
FundraisingCosts 1,047 1,047 804
NetworkingCost 145 145 96
MarketingCosts 513 1,890 2,403 483
Virtual Office Costs 294 255 549 374
Office Equipment Repairs - 228
Phone 47 167 214 184
Stationery 109 109 58
Insurance 302 302 208
Bank charges 62 10 72 77
HMRC Late FilingCharge - 100
Governance Costs: -
Trustee Meetings 65 65 12
Trustee Gifts and Remuneration 25 25 150
Professional Fees 287 287 259
Sub total **10,926 ** **33,753 ** 44,679 32,458
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)

Equipment		 449
Sub total 449
Totalpayments 10,926 33,753 - **44,679 ** 32,907
Net of receipts/(payments) 12,782 -2,753 - **10,029 ** 18,443
A6 Cash funds last year end **3,687 ** 22,753 - 26,440 7,997
Cash funds thisyear end **16,469 ** 20,000 36,469 26,440

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Categories Details Unrestricted
funds		 Restricted
funds		 Endowment
funds
to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £
B1 Cash funds CAF Bank current account **16,469 ** **20,000 ** -
Total cash funds **16,469 ** **20,000 ** -
(agree balances with receipts and
**payments account(s)) **		 OK OK OK
Unrestricted
funds		 Restricted
funds		 Endowment
funds
Details to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £
B2 Other monetary assets Donations (gift aid claimed) **1,146 ** **- ** -
**- ** -
Details Fund to which
asset belongs		 **Cost (optional) ** Current value
(optional)
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use		 Laptop Equipment
Fund		 **514 ** 290
Laptop Equipment
Fund		 **449 ** 337
Details Fund to which
liability relates		 Amount due
(optional)		 When due
(optional)
B5 Liabilities HMRC Tax not yet paid for this
period		 Staff Salaries 2,746
Pension Contributions not yet
paid for thisperiod		 Staff Salaries 162
Beneficiary footwear purchased
26/2/25		 Cost of Goods **87 **
Zoom payment 28/2/25 Virtual Office
Costs		 **16 **
Independent Examiner Fees Professional
Fees		 **306 **

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Declaration

The Trustees declare that they have approved the Trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s Trustees:

Signature(s)

Robin Barden Ben Hingston

Full Name(s)

Robin Barden Ben Hingston
Position
Chair of Trustees Treasurer of Trustees
Date:
15.12.25 15.12.25

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