## Chrysalis Centre for Change CiO
Charity number 1188750
## Annual Report and Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 December 2024
## Chrysalis Centre for Change CiO
Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2024
|**Contents**|**Page**|
|---|---|
|Trustees' report|2 to 4|
|Examiner's report|5|
|Receipts and payments account|6|
|Statement of assets and liabilities|7|
|Notes to the accounts|8 to 10|
**Prepared by the Greater Merseyside Community Accountancy Service**
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## Chrysalis Centre for Change CiO
## Trustees' report
The Trustees during the year were:
**Name** Andrew Vint Chairperson Mrs Rita Williams Trustee Gemma Roby Secretary Gail Aspinall Trustee
## **Dates**
## **Method of appointment**
Trustees are elected by the members at the AGM
## **Principal address**
1st Floor Beacon Building College Street St Helens WA10 1TF
## **Bankers**
Natwest Bank 5 Ormskirk Street St Helens WA10 1DR
## **Governing document**
Constitution adopted 6th November 2019 Registered as a CiO Foundation on 25th March 2020 Charity number 1188750
## **Objects of the organisation**
To relieve the needs of women in St Helens and the surrounding areas who have complex needs, in particular, but not exclusively who suffer with mental health issues as a result from domestic abuse through the provision of information, workshops and support groups.
## **Independent examiner**
on behalf of: **Greater Merseyside Community Accountancy Service** Beacon Building College Street St Helens WA10 1TF
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## Chrysalis Centre for Change CiO
## Trustees' report continued
## Review of progress and achievements
Chrysalis received 1082 referrals; 50% of these referrals came from the health sector (e.g. GPs, mental health teams); 31% came from the social sector (e.g. housing services, social services, safe2Speak); 19% came from the voluntary sector, schools, self or word of mouth, social media, internet searches
29 counsellors in 2024: 1 employed staff; 8 people on self-employed working agreements; 17 students on placement; 3 volunteer counsellors
We completed 847 registrations for new service users.
485 individual women attended counselling for a combined 3,112 sessions
64 individual women attended our groups and courses a total of 896 times
51 women attended our Craft & Chat afternoons a total of 607 times over the year
34 women attended our Healthy Women group a total of 283 times
Thanks to Lottery funding, we were able to outsource marketing for our Facebook and Instagram accounts. We started with 286 followers on Facebook and to date we have 3.2k!!
3 staff members were awarded their Emergency first aid at work certificates
We visited the women's group at Momos, run by social prescribers and give the clients information about Chrysalis
We attended the Isolation and Loneliness steering group. Discussed how we can help individually and as an organisation to combat social isolation and loneliness in St Helens
Social prescribers came into our craft group in to talk to us about services we provide
We put on a second set of Sign Health Training and invited the IDVAs from Safe2 Speak to participate so that we can work better together to support deaf clients
We continued working with Heart of Glass on their project
We engaged and shared information with a large number of organisations including NHS Talking Therapies, St Helens Rotary, Qwell, CGL St Helens, Hub of Hope, Wonder Arts, St Helens Family Hub & Children's Centres, YMCA St Helens - Listening Service, SHAP Ltd, St Helens College, Probation Women’s Team, Hope Centre, Sam's Diamonds Cancer Support Charity, Halton & St Helens Voluntary and Community Action. Making Menopause Matter, St Helens Adult and Community Learnin, DWP, Dads Matter, Library Outreach Officer, and Social Prescribers
## Administration & Policies
All policies were reviewed and approved at the Annual General Meeting
Domestic abuse support continues to feature heavily in our remit and as such, we continue to be a part of the DV partnership board and fortnightly MARAC conferences.
We also attended a meeting regarding the White Ribbon event and 16 days of activism which led to us hosting a discussion group with domestic abuse survivors
In addition we are part of the JTAI (Joint Targeted Area Inspection) meetings that are concerned with how local services link up in response to domestic abuse
We also participated in some research looking at the level of support that Bronze rated victims on the MERIT receive and attended an event aimed at learning lessons and putting actions in place for future information and questions about lessons from Domestic Homocide Reviews.
Matt Thompson - St Helens public Health is concerned about the number of suicides connected to DA relationships. He suggested a meeting with us, CGL, Safe2Speak and Torus. We met in November and December and discussed the Merit and if that could be amended to include a suicide question and plan
Our CEO, Siân and Manager, Julie both received diagnoses of Autism and ADHD respectively, this has led to a greater awareness and understanding of Neurodivergence and the need to develop policies around Neurodiversity.
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## Chrysalis Centre for Change CiO
## Trustees' report continued
## Fundraising
We have an ongoing Contract with St Helens CCG for running costs.
We are now in our 3rd year of funding from the Safe Accommodation Support Fund via the Domestic Abuse Partnership Board to help us reduce the waiting time for counselling for victims of domestic abuse
We received our 3rd year of funding from the Office of the Police & Crime Commission for Merseyside to support victims of domestic and sexual aduse
We received funding from UKSPF for team cohesion and wellbeing sessions
We received a grant from the Vinci Foundation to help with refurbishment costs.
We received grants towards running costs from John Moores Foundation, Eleanor Rathbone, E L Rathbone, Garfield Weston and Henry Smith.
We received a grant from the Women's Fund via the Community Foundation for Merseyside for running costs, bereavement support and external consultancy fees
We were successful in being awarded a 3rd round of funding from The National Lottery's Reaching communities fund to continue our Taking Flight project. This encompasses services under our Transform your life program aimed at supporting, empowering and inspiring women to create the life they want
Claire from Momos delivered a presentation about the history of Cowley Maternity hospital and raised money through ticket and refreshment sales for us
We received lots of lovely Easter eggs and gifts from local businesses so that we could have an Easter raffle and raise some money.
We continue to offer our private counselling service - Better Life Therapies
We are part of the St Helens Lottery where people can buy ticket, choose a charity and then we receive 60% of those ticket sales
We received a donation of £400 from the True Light Lodge of Friendship, Masons organisation
## New Developments & Significant Changes
The focus for 2025 is to continue strengthening our partnerships with other local organisations, increasing our awareness and understanding of neurodivergence and it's role in women's mental health and impact on domestic abuse, develop our income generation activities and plans for sustainability and future financial security. Due to the Lottery money, we have been able to fund Mambo Agency to develop our online courses two of which are now ready for sale, Brave Women and Journey Through Grief
We intend to recruit a Counselling Lead and new Administrator in 2025
We will be welcoming 3 new Trustees onto our Board at the 2025 AGM
We are restarting the domestic abuse group up from February 2025
Siân, CEO, came to Chrysalis as a service user 20 years ago (September 2004) and became a volunteer in February 2005. Her late-diagnosis of Autism would be the theme of a celebration day held in her honour, hoping to bring greater awareness to the needs, support and barriers facing Neurodivergent people, the significant impact on mental health and domestic abuse, as well as dispelling myths and celebrating differences.
Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance Social Action Lead – Halton and St Helens came to discuss some funding they have to run awareness sessions in 2025
We are working in conjunction with Salford university to deliver an art project at the centre
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## Chrysalis Centre for Change CiO
## Independent examiner's report on the accounts of
## Chrysalis Centre for Change CiO for the year ended 31 December 2024
I report on the accounts of the charity set out on pages 6 to 10
## **Respective responsibilities of the Management Committee and the 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 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
q examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
q to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and
q to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of Independent examiner's report**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair' view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
In connection with my examination, no material matters have come to my attention which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
q accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act or
q the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
## _Jane Williams_
Jane Williams MAAT **Greater Merseyside Community Accountancy Service**
Beacon Building College Street St Helens WA10 1TF
15th April 2025
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## Chrysalis Centre for Change CiO
## Receipts and payments account for the year ended 31 December 2024
|Notes
2024
Unrestricted
funds
£
**Receipts**
Grants and donations
(2)
440
Better Life Therapies
-
Fundraising
7,255
**Total receipts**
7,694
**Payments**
Wages & Salaries
(3)
5,485
Payroll support
-
Staff Expenses
-
Occupational Health
3,750
Recruitment
-
Rent & Room Hire
-
Refurbishment Costs
-
Volunteer expenses
634
Networking
-
Better Life Therapies
-
Phone and postage
-
Printing and stationery
-
Advertising and publicity
-
Health & Safety
-
Memberships
-
Professional Fees
-
Professional Counselling Fees
-
Research & Development
-
DBS Checks
-
Fundraising
-
Training
-
Accountancy / independent examination
-
Crafts & Actitivities Expenses
-
Insurance
-
Supervision
775
Cleaning
-
Refreshments
164
Digital Development & IT
-
Bank Charges
-
**Total payments**
10,808
**Net receipts / (payments)**
(3,114)
**Cash fund balances brought forward**
9,970
**Cash fund balances carried forward**
(4)
6,856|2024
Restricted
funds
£
257,480
-
257,480
127,467
666
-
-
362
27,225
6,290
629
56
4,251
3,850
5,736
8,212
137
310
6,808
75,031
-
265
10
380
300
244
1,550
1,815
3,062
558
829
174
276,216
(18,737)
88,361
69,624|2024
Total
funds
£
257,919
-
7,255
265,174
132,952
666
-
3,750
362
27,225
6,290
1,263
56
4,251
3,850
5,736
8,212
137
310
6,808
75,031
-
265
10
380
300
244
1,550
2,590
3,062
722
829
174
287,025
(21,850)
102,032
80,182|2023
Total
funds
£
320,304
218
9,078|
|---|---|---|---|
||||329,600|
||||127,313
525
15
-
-
26,211
4,444
1,127
-
970
3,212
6,939
6,901
193
520
29,209
78,912
6,480
232
451
2,713
275
297
1,427
3,230
2,895
857
2,485
211|
||||308,044|
||||21,556
80,476|
||||102,032|
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## Chrysalis Centre for Change CiO Statement of assets and liabilities
## as at 31 December 2024
|2024
Unrestricted
**Cash funds**
£
Cash at bank ~ Chrysalis Centre for Change
10,318
Paypal account
140
Cash in hand
100
**Total cash funds**
10,558
2024
**Assets retained for the organisation's own use**
Unrestricted
Equipment at cost
1,062
**Liabilities**
HMRC
Accountancy|2024
Restricted
£
69,624
-
-
69,624
2024
Restricted
12,995|2024
Total
£
79,942
140
100
80,182
2024
£
14,057
14,057
£
-
-
-|2023
Total
£
101,759
174
100|
|---|---|---|---|
||||102,033|
||||2023
£
14,057|
||||14,057|
||||£
-
-|
||||-|
## **Approval of the accounts**
The annual report and accounts were approved at a meeting of the Trustees held on 15th April 2025
## _Andrew Vint_
Andrew Vint Chairman
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## Chrysalis Centre for Change CiO
## Notes to the accounts
## for the year ended 31 December 2024
## **1 Accounting Policies**
## **a Basis of accounting**
The Trustees have taken advantage of section 42 (3) of the Charities Act 1993 and have prepared the accounts on a receipts and payments basis.
## **b Taxation**
As a registered charity the organisation benefits from rates relief and is generally exempt from income tax and capital gains tax but not from VAT. Irrecoverable VAT is included in the cost of those items to which it relates.
## **c Fund accounting**
Funds held by the charity are either:
## **Unrestricted general funds**
These are funds which can be used in accordance with the charitable objects at the discretion of the trustees.
## **Restricted funds**
These are funds that can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
## **Designated funds**
These are funds set aside by the trustees out of unrestricted general funds for specific future purposes or projects.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the accounts.
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## Chrysalis Centre for Change CiO
## Notes to the accounts continued
## for the year ended 31 December 2024
|**2 Grants and Donations**
The National Lottery: Reaching Communities
NHS St Helens CCG
Provident Hospital Endowment fund
Police & Crime Commissioner for M'side
St Helens Council: SASF
Henry Smith
John Moores Foundation
Garfield Weston
Eleanor Rathbone
E L Rathbone
Vinci Foundation
Community Foundation M'side
UKSPF Fund
Donations
**3 Staff costs and numbers**
Gross salaries
Social security costs
Pensions|2024
Unrestricted
funds
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
440
440|2024
Restricted
funds
£
44,473
80,903
-
58,000
28,283
26,400
5,000
-
-
-
-
9,471
4,950
-
257,480|2024
Total
funds
£
44,473
80,903
-
58,000
28,283
26,400
5,000
-
-
-
-
9,471
4,950
440
257,919
2024
£
124,478
7,962
512
132,952|2023
Total
funds
£
39,310
92,073
2,000
70,500
42,425
30,200
5,000
15,000
4,000
3,000
6,500
10,000
-
296|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||320,304|
|||||2023
£
118,161
8,383
769|
|||||127,313|
No employee earned £60,000 per annum or more in the current accounting period The average number of employees during the year was 4 FTE
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## Chrysalis Centre for Change CiO
## Notes to the accounts continued
## for the year ended 31 December 2024
|**4 Restricted funds summary**
NHS St Helens CCG
TNL: Reaching Communities
Police & Crime Com For M'side
Henry Smith
John Moores Fdtn
Garfield Weston
Eleanor Rathbone
E L Rathbone
Vinci Foundation
Community Foundation M'side
UKSPF Fund
St Helens Council: SASF|Balance b/f
£
53,063
2,220
21,300
-
923
4,389
4,000
3,000
2,056
1,157
-
(3,747)
88,361|Incoming
£
80,903
44,473
58,000
26,400
5,000
-
-
-
-
9,471
4,950
28,283
257,480|Outgoing
£
125,102
33,534
60,024
26,400
5,680
4,389
4,000
3,000
2,056
10,628
-
1,404
276,217|Transfers
Balance c/f
£
£
-
8,864
-
13,159
-
19,276
-
-
-
243
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4,950
-
23,132
-
69,624|
|---|---|---|---|---|
## **Purpose of restricted funds**
St Helens Council have provided funding for general running costs and to support victims of domestic abuse by reducing our waiting times for counselling for them. It came through a fund called the Safe Accommodation Support Fund.
St Helens CCG funding is to provide a Women’s Support Service and Domestic Violence Support Service.
Henry Smith, John Moores Foundation, Eleanor Rathbone, E L Rathbone and Garfield Weston funding are all for running costs.
The National Lottery: Reaching Communities is for our Taking Flight Project which encompasses services provided as part of our Transform Your Life program, a range of groups and courses to support, empower and inspire women to create the life they want
Community Foundation for Merseyside was from the Women's Fund for running costs, bereavement support
and external consultancy fees
Police and Crime Commissioner for Merseyside: £58,000 was awarded to support victims of domestic and sexual abuse.
Vinci Foundation funded our refurbishment costs.
UKSPF Fund: For a tailored program of team cohesion, wellbeing and leadership development sessions.
## **5 Trustee remuneration and expenses**
No trustees received any remuneration or expenses during the period.
## **6 Related party transactions**
Owing to the nature of the charity's activities and the composition of the board of trustees (being drawn from local statutory and voluntary organisation), it is inevitable that transactions will take place with organisations in which a trustee may have an interest. All transactions in which a trustee may have an interest are conducted at arm's length and in accordance with the charity's financial regulations and expenditure procedures.
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