CACID
communities against crimes of hate
COMMUNITIES AGAINST CRIMES OF HATE
Trusteesg Annual Report and Accounts
For the Year Ended 31 March 2022
REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1188856

CACH support people who experience hate crimes, hate incidents and identity-ba8ed
bullying. We provide education in schools, colleges and communities to raise awareness of
the harm hate crime can cause. We also deliver training to community groups and
professionals so they are familiar with hate crime, how to recognise it and respond to it.
Contents
Report of the Tru8tee8
Page 1
The Aim of CACH
Charitable Purpose
Public Benefit statement
Chair's Report
Page 2
Achievements and Performance 2021- 22
Future Plans for 2022 - 23
Page 3
Feedback from individuals supported by CACH
Feedback relating to school awareness sessions
Finance Review
Page 4
Reserves Policy
Structure, Governance and Management
Recruitment and Appointment of the Trustees
Responsibilities of the Trustees
Pag• S
Acknowledgements
Reference and Administrative Information
Accounts
Report of the Independent Examiner
Receipts and Payments Account
statement of Assets and Liabilities

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF COMMUNITIES AGAINST CRIMES OF HATE
The Charity Trustees present their report together with the accounts of the charity for the year
ended 31st March 2022. The accounts comply with both the charity's constitution and the
Charities Act 2011.
Aim of CACH
The aim of CACH is to challenge hate Crime and hate incidents
We do this by delivering in 3 key areas of work.. support, education, and training. The main
activities undertaken to achieve Ihis are to provide
Bespoke support to people who experienc8d hate crime and hate incidents.
Education sèssions to young people, across primary and secondary school ages.
Training professionals to increase their awareness of, and improve Iheir responses to,
incidents of hale crime.
Worked in partnership with agencies to ensure hate crime was included in their policies and in
the minds of their staff.
Charitable Purpose
The charitable purpose is the promotion for the public benefit of the prevention of hat8 crim8 and
harassment including those motivated by disability, faith, race, gender identity or sexual
orientation, and Ihe relief of p80pI8 affected by such hate crimes by..
A) raising public awareness of such crime and harassment including by the provision of
interactive educational sessionslworkshops in sthoollcollege settings to enable a greater
understanding of the effects of hale crime on victims and the repercussions for p8rpetfators.
Bl the provision of information and support to people affected by hate crime.
Public Beneflt ststement
The trustees continu8 lo give regard lo the Charity Cornmission's general guidance on public
benefit 'Charilie8 and Public Benefit, in relation lo the charitable purpose of the Charity. This is
demonstrated in the activities and achievements as outlined within this report.
Chair'8 Report
2021 was a time of significanl challenge for CACH, Th8 unexpected 108s of inc¢Jme, through
funders policy decision, removed a grant that had provided our victim seNice. This activity sat at
the centre of our organisational delivery. Despite this disruption, we are determined to build our
capacity to deliver Ihe functions that we have provided to Communities and support for victims.
Another challenge faced, in common with most similar organisations, stems from the societal
disruption resulting from the pandemic measures. There has been less opportunity for public
events, both in communities and educalion centres.
We have deliberately kept our overheads to a minimum, to provide financial stability and to ensur8
we are well placed to suNive the anticipated public sector funding restrictions in forthcoming
years, In addition to efforts lo find diverse sources of funding, we will remain ready to help respond
to emerging lensions in our communities.
As we seek new SoUr￿S of funding to support communities, we are encouraged by some
commissioned services and other partnerships who have been keen to incorporale our expertise
into their broader delivery programmes.
We have taken on new trustees to strengthen our capacity and provide a gréater depth of
expertise and we are confident in the strength we have to seek out new opportunities to help
protect our communrties from hatred and hostility.
Paul Glannasi, Chalr of Trustees
Pago 1

Achievements and Performance April 2021 - March 2022
sin￿ April 2021 we have provided awareness sessions both virtually and in person via Learn
Live Safe+Sound. Learn Live Safe+Sound is an online learning tool, hosted by Staffordshire
Fire and Rescue Service, that schools can subscribe to. It was sel up in May 2020 in response
to the Covid Pandemic so children learning from home could access it as well as those in
school. 11 Contains weekly broadcasts delivered by numerous organisations in short 'bite
sized, sessions, that are suitable for Key Stage 2 children. We were extremely pleased to
provide a series of 3 sessions plus a one-off session for Anti-Bullying Week. The number of
devices our sessions reached was over 135,000.
We delivered in 6 High schools, {including SEN school), 4 Middle schools and 4 Primary
schools. Sessions delivered in person, consists of 4 training sessions. These were delivered
to over 2,200 young people from the age of 7-18. At total of 47 session took place within 14
schools, most of whom received numerous sessions. 12 sessions took place within Primary
schools,17 at Middle schools (these included some parent sessions), and 18 al High schools.
CACH has delivered 4 hate crime training Sessions to 100 housing and victim support
professionals lo improve their response lo people experiencing this. We continue to see hate
crime being Categorised as anti-social behaviour which is why working with housing providers
is essential to challenging hatred in the future and ensure victims are given the appropriate
support.
Between April and September 2021 commissioning from six district councils enabled us to
directly support 153 individuals who had experienced hate crime, hate incidenl or other
hostility on the basis of a protected characteristic.
Unfortunately, when this ¢ommissionirsg ¢eas&d at the end of September 2021, we were
unable to aG¢ept new referrals for individuals seeking sUPPOrt as a result of being a victim of
hate crime. Existing service users who wanted to continue with their support from us, do still
receive support and this will be ongoing until they no longer require 8UPPOrt or the conclusion
of their ¢ases.
Delivering less support to individuals s88king support, has enabled us to embrace the
opportunity to focus morè on proactiv8 work lo challenge hatred and dis¢rlmlnatlon.
CACH has recently been asked to undertake some research into the experiences of victims
of hate crime. This research involves CACH approaching post service users and asking them
aboul their experience of the criminal justice process.
Occasionally, enquiries for support and training from people outside of Staffordshire are
received. In order to provide training to as many individuals as possible, trustèes agreed that
an expansion ofthe geographical area in which CACH works would be beneficial. As a resull,
we have successfully delivered sessions in neighbouring counties, as well as Staffordshire,
within this financial year.
Future Plan8 for 2022 - 2023
Targeted recruitment was undertaken in August 2022 with the aim of increasing the numbèr
of trustees and gain additional specialist knowledge and skills to broaden the skills set of th8
board. We were successful in recruiting two new trustees, both of whom havè financial
knowledge as well as an understanding of the management and governance of ¢hariti88.
With a focus on gaining significant funding, CACH will continue lo drive forward awareness
of hate crime in schools and community settings and offer our bespoke support and training
to as professionals. We believe this is essential to making communities more inclusive and
creating a more positive place for people to live. be educated and thrive.
We aim to expand our Learn Live Safe+Sound sessions and also increase our professional
support training to organisations within Staffordshire and the surrounding counties.
We will explore options for providing alternative forms of support to victims of hate crime.
Page 2

Feedback from some of the individual's Supported by CACH
'1 wouldn't be here without CACH, they saved my life,. literally.,
Victim of Transgender Hate Crime
'CACH are the only people who hav8 consistently listened 8nd tried to help our family out of this
awful situation.,
Victim of Racist Hate Crime
'1 cannot imagine having gone through that ￿'thOut the support of CACH, I wouldn't have known
what to do,
Victim of Racist Hate Crime
'It IS Sad that chan.ties like CACH still needed but they really are, th8 SUPPOrt 8nd care they
showed me was so needed,
Victim of Religious Hate Crime
'Without CACH myself and my husband would still be hiding away, scar6d to18ave our home.,
Victim of Sexual Orientation Hate Crime
Fèedback rèlatlng to 8chool 8e8slon8
'Th8 most imp8Ctful session we have had all yearl So Importantl,
Primary School Headteacher (Cannockl
'1 look fo￿ard to the imp8Ct this session has on our childr8n every ye8r- consistently impaclful
and makes a real differenGe'
Head of PSHE, Middle School {SoLrth Staffordshirel
'All the students engaged well, myself and other staff w8r8 so moved by the stories and the
brav8ry of CACH'S Volunteer who shared their experienc8 of hatred,
Assistant Head, High School (Staffordl
'1 can't Walt to book again for next year- our children always respond so w811 to this input.
Despite the mature nature of the topic, it is deliver8d with care and gTral empathy,
Head of Year 6 Primary School {Cannock}
'Th8nk you so much for coming and telling us about (hate crime) - it has encour8g8d me to
speak up for others when I see bullying now and l Msh there was more I could dol,
Year 10 Pupil (Stafford)
Flnanco R•vl8W
Th8 charity started the year with cash reserves of £47,281, this decr8ased to £37,570 by the end
of the financial p8riod.
The income received was £21,377 (£37,579 20121}, much of this 187%) came from local
government funding, 10h was from local Community Lotteries, and Ihe remaining 120h was self-
generated by the charity through online fundraising platforms and the delivery of training and
educational sessions.
The truste8s are aware that the charity n8eds to diversify its income streams and seek to secure
funds from grant-making organisations. In addition. it needs to consider ways in which it can
increase the level of Income it generates internally.
Expenditure stood at £31,088 (£35,211 201211 of which the largest overhead of Ihe charity was
staff costs, amounting to 96% of the expenditure. The total of all other overheads amounted to
only 4% of expendilure, with the largest costs being insuranc8.
Pagè 3

Reserves Policy
The trustees continue to review the charity's requirements for reserves in light of the main risk to
the organisation, that being a reduction of income. The trustees have established a policy
whereby the free reserves of the charity should be th6 equivalent to 6 months overhead costs of
the charity including statutory redundancy payments.
At the end of March 2022. the total of the charity's reserves stood at £37,570, at the date of
signing off this report they stood at just16ss than £19,945. With reserves now equivalent to about
7 monlhs running costs, and no long-term funding secured as yet, the trustees recognise that
they must work hard to ensure the financial stability of the charity.
With this in mind, the financial slrategy of the trustees is lo build the charty reserves by exploring
additional means of income and fundraising as well as reviewing overheads.
Structure, Governance and Management
In respons8 to thè 1999 Macpherson Report r8lating to the murder of Stephen Lawrence. CACH
was initially fomied as a constituted group with the primary aim of encouraging pèople lo report
hale Crimes.
After many successful years of growlh and development, the Irustees felt that gaining charitable
status was the next natural progression. CACH was formed as a Charitable Incorporated
Organisation ICIOI on 1 April 2020 and is govemed by a constitution approv8d by the Charity
Commission of England and Wales. An administrative amendment lo the constitution was
approved bythe Charity Commission on 318tAugusl 2020 and anotherto extend th8 geographical
area of support offered by CACH was approved on 3rd November 2022.
R•crullm•nt and Appolntmont of the Tru8toe•
Apart from the Chair, Secretary and Treasurer, every trustee must be appointed for a temi of
three years by a resolution passed al a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees. A
trustee whose term of office has expirad can be re-appointed for a further term of offi¢e.
The charity aims to recruit a board of truslees that is rèpresented of a wide range of individuals
from various aspects of the community. In selecting individuals for appointment as charity
trustees, existing trustees must have regard to the skills. knowledge and experience required for
the effective administration and governance of the CIO.
The charity trustees will make availabl8 to each new charity trustee, on Of before his or her first
appointment the following documents.,
{a} a copy of the cu￿ent version of this constitulion., and
{b) a copy of lh8 CIO'S latest Trustees, Annual Report and stalemenl of account$
{c) a copy of The Essential Trustee.. what you need to know, what you need to do {CC3)
Ro8pon•lbllltlas of the Tru8tees
The twste8s are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with
reasonable accuracy the financial position of the charity at any given time, thus enabling them to
ensure that the financial slatements comply with the Charity (Accounts Reports) Regulations
2008.
The trustees are also responsible for safèguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking
reasonable steps for the prevention and deteclion of fraud and other Irregularilies.
The Trustee Annual Report was approved by the trustees and signed on ils behalf on 15
December 2022 by Paul Giannasi, Chair of the Board of Trustees.
Signature..
Pagg 4

Acknowledgements
CACH would like to publicly acknowledge and thank the following organisations for their financial
support during 2021- 2022.
Cannock Chase District Council
East Staffordshire Borough Council
Li¢hfield Community Lottery
Lichfield District Council
South Staffordshire Community Lottery
South Staffordshire Dislrict Council
Stafford Borough Council
Tamworth Borough Council
Amazon Smile
PayPal
Ref•r8nce and Admlnlstratlvo Informatlon
Charlty Detall8'.
Charity Name..
Also Known as..
Communities Against Crimes of Hate
CACH
Charity status,
Charitable Incorporated Organisation
Registered Charrty Number.. 1188856
Registered Office and
Operational Address..
Civic Centre
Riverside
Stafford
ST16 3AQ
Telephone Number..
Email Addr8SS'.
07971497988
admin@cachpartnership.org.uk
www.¢achpartnership.org.uk
Website..
Board of Tru•toe•:
Chair..
Paul Giannasi
Kathleen Rennie (stepped down 7th February 2022>
Christopher Caspell {appointed 101 September 2022}
Peter Barker
Treasurer..
Secretary..
Trustee:
Alison Connell
Beverley Richardson (appointed 181h October 2022)
Employ￿•.
Chief Officer". Anna McLauchlan
Independent Examiner:
John Farrar F.M.A.A.T. Dipcha
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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's
report on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trusteesl
members of
Communities Against Crimes of Hate
On accounts for the year
ended
31°, March 2022
Charity no
(if any)
1188856
Set out on pages
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity I'the Trusv,) for the year ended
Responslbllltles and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsib18 for the preparation
basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act
2011 ("the Act").
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination. I
have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Cornmission
under section 14515llbl of the Act.
I have Completed my examination. l confirm that no material matters hav8
come to my attention in connection with the éxamination whiGh gives me
cause to believe that in, any material respect..
accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of
the Act or
th& accounts do not accord with the accounting records
Independent
examlnevs Statement
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable
prop8r understanding of the accounts lo be reached.
Please delete the words in the bTrck8ts if they do not 8ppIy.
Slgned:
Date:
2811112022
Name:
John Bernard Farrar
Relevant professional
qualificationl$l or body
lif any):
F.M.A.A.T. Dipcha
Address..
211 Trent Valley Road , Oakhill, Sloke-on-Trenl ST4 5LF
Section B
Disclosure
Only Complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concem (see CC32,
Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for
examiners).
IER
October 2018

||**Communities Against Crimes of Hate (CACH)**|**Communities Against Crimes of Hate (CACH)**|**Communities Against Crimes of Hate (CACH)**|**Communities Against Crimes of Hate (CACH)**|**Communities Against Crimes of Hate (CACH)**|**1188856**|**1188856**||**CC16a**|
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||**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||||||||
||**For the period**<br>**from**||01/04/2021||**To**||31/03/2022|||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||||
||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**||**Restricted funds**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**|
||**to the nearest      £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|
|**A1 Receipts**||||||||||
|Total annual funding from councils within<br>Staffordshire|**18,500**||**-**||**-**||**18,500**||**-**|
|Education sessions|**2,000**||**-**||**-**||**2,000**||**-**|
|Local lotteryfunding|**308**||**-**||**-**||**308**||**-**|
|Donations|**569**||**-**||**-**||**569**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR) _|**21,377**||**-**||**-**||**21,377**||**-**|
|||||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**||||||||||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|||||||||||
|**_Total receipts_**|**21,377**||**-**||**-**||**21,377**||**-**|
|||||||||||
|**A3 Payments**||||||||||
|Wages|**29,949**||**-**||**-**||**29,949**||**-**|
|Travel|**184**||**-**||**-**||**184**||**-**|
|Telephone|**180**||**-**||**-**||**180**||**-**|
|Office & General admin expenses|**11**||**-**||**-**||**11**||**-**|
|Internet costs|**179**||**-**||**-**||**179**||**-**|
|Insurance|**489**||**-**||**-**||**489**||**-**|
|Bank fees|**96**||**-**||**-**||**96**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**31,088**||**-**||**-**||**31,088**||**-**|
|||||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|||||||||||
|**_Totalpayments_**|**31,088**||**-**||**-**||**31,088**||**-**|
|||||||||||
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**-                  9,711**||**-  **||**-  **||**-9,711**||**-**|
|**A5 Transfers between funds**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**A6 Cash funds lastyear end**|**47,281**||**-**||**-**||**47,281**||**-**|
|**_Cash funds thisyear end_**|**37,570**||**-**||**-**||**37,570**||**-**|
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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||||||||||
|**Categories**|**Details**||||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**||**Restricted funds**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**|
||||||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|
|**B1 Cash funds**|Funds at year end||||**37,570**||**-**||**-**|
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||**Details**||||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|||||**-**||**-**||**-**|
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|**B3 Investment assets**|||||||**-**||**-**|
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||**Details**||||**Fund to which asset**<br>**belongs**||**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
|**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**|||||||**-**||**-**|
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||**Details**||||**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**||**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**||**When due**<br>**(optional)**|
|**B5 Liabilities**|||||||**-**|||
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|Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees|Signature||||Print Name||||Date of approval|
||||||C.M.V. Caspell<br>Treasurer||||23 Oct 2022|



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