## Springfield Domestic Abuse Support Annual Report **April 2024 - March 2025** ## Contents Our Values, Vision and Mission Our Trustees Our Team Organisational Structure Supporters/Funders/Donors Partners Chair of Trustees’ Report Friends of Springfield Review Financial Review Financial Statement A Word From our CEO Our Impact Service User Feedback ## **Values** Everything we do is built on our strong foundation of values and principles: Respect Trust Inclusion Empowerment Adaptable Impartial Creative Survivors’ voices are at the heart of everything we do; we are person centred, holistic, committed, nonjudgemental, confidential and trauma informed in our approach. ## **Vision** Our vision is for all communities to be free from domestic abuse. ## **Mission** Our mission is to empower everybody to be safe from domestic abuse, supporting people in their recovery to rebuild their lives and preventing abuse by raising awareness and challenging stigma. Stephen Wilkinson Chair of Trustees ## Our Trustees Sue Tomlinson Vice Chair of Trustees Dr Liz Riley Liz Slater ## Our Team ## Tori O'Callaghan CEO Tori joined Springfield in September 2022, bringing over 18 years of experience supporting and empowering society’s most vulnerable. With extensive experience in the VAWG sector, she has managed a wide range of domestic abuse services across Greater Manchester, including IDVA provision, community outreach, and refuges. Since joining Springfield, Tori has successfully guided the charity through significant growth and change. ## Clare Feeney-Johnson Community Services Manager Clare has been our Community Services manager, managing the Community Support Team based in Stricklandgate House, since 2022. Clare is Safelives IDVA manager trained, providing specialist support to victims and survivors of domestic abuse. The community team’s work focuses on helping individuals understand their experiences, begin their recovery journeys, rebuild confidence, and establish healthy personal boundaries. Clare and her team support survivors to recover from trauma, be empowered to seek help and guidance when needed, and make informed choices in future relationships, including the use of Clare’s Law. Their overall aim is to enable survivors to move forward with increased safety, resilience, and self-awareness. ## Kelly Jackson Refuge Manager Kelly is our Refuge Manager, who has been with Springfield for almost 4 years. Kelly is a trained IDVA and supports all the survivors at refuge with her empathy, experience and knowledge. Kelly is a wonderful addition to the Springfield team and is committed to the growth and development of the charity and invaluable service Springfield provides. Organisational structure ## Supporters, Funders & Donors **Thanks go to the following individuals and organisations for their financial support making delivery of our service possible in 2024/2025** Westmorland and Furness Council Baywind Energy Community Trust Lloyds Bank Foundation The Masonic Charitable Foundation The Stephenson Trust Dowager Countess Eleanor Peel Lupton Tower Trust The Screwfix Foundation John Slater Foundation Roselands Trust Kelly Family Trust Mothers Union The Hadfield Trust Kendal Town Council Cumbria Community Foundation All local WI groups Cumberland Building Society Kendal Lions Garfield Weston Foundation Kendal Rotary Sir John Fisher Foundation Soar With Us The Albert Hunt Trust The Quakers Chairman's Fund The Friends of Springfield Lakeland Limited Numerous Individual Supporters Charles Hayward Foundation Global, Make Some Noise B&Q Foundation ## Christmas Party Christmas 2024 we hosted an amazing children’s party on 23rd December. Father Christmas arrived in his sleigh, Magic Mark entertained the children with his magic tricks and there was a doughnut stand giving away free hot sugary doughnuts! We need to thank Kendal and District Lions, Kendal Town Council, Suzanne and Trevor and their wedding guests for their generous donations – all of whom helped us to give the families a lovely morning. ## Coffee morning Kendal Unitarian Chapel Friends of Springfield hosted a wonderful coffee morning at the Kendal Unitarian Chapel in March, raising vital funds and awareness for Springfield. We are forever grateful to the Friends of Springfield goup. ## International Womens Day To celebrate International Women To celebrate International Women’s day on 8 ’s day on 8 th th March, March, the Lakeland Wild Swimmers along with Springfield staff the Lakeland Wild Swimmers along with Springfield staff had a sunrise swim, raising over £200 for Springfield. had a sunrise swim, raising over £200 for Springfield. ## **Self Defence Classes** Silpa and Libby from ‘Soar With Us’ delivered practical personal safety and self defence training to both clients and staff **Westmorland and Furness Council** **Cumbria Constabulary** ## Partners **Community Mental Health team Barnardo's** **SLDC Homeless Team** **Eden Housing Social Prescribers** **GP’s** **CADAS** **Health Liaison Officers** **Cumbria County Council - Adult and Children's services Women’s Aid members Mankind** **South Lakes Housing** **Tim Farron MP Constituency Office Simon Fell MP Constituency Office Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust** **Barrow-in-Furness Housing team Cumbria Alcohol and Drug Advisory Service (CADAS) Safenet Domestic Abuse Support Cumbria Cruse Sight Advice** **Cumbria Deaf Association** **Victim support LGBT+ Carlisle** **Dignity in Dementia Station house surgery Bridgeway SARC** **Self harm Awareness For All (SAFA) GAMCARE** **Kendal Job Centre/The Foyer Manna House Kendal college** **Town View Fields Hostel All Churches Together Birchall Trust** **Manna House Recovery steps** **Early Help The Well** **Action for Children** **Women’s Community Matters** **Gateway 4 Women Women Out West Freedom Project** ## Chair Of ## Trustees’ Report ## Stephen Wilkinson **The Financial Year April 2024 to March 2025 was one of continued growth in the activites of our now medium size Charity. Stricklandgate House continues to be our centre for Community Activities and general administrative support.** **It is clear that we are having a major impact on the lives of the increasing number of clients who we serve.** **Staff Development continues to be a major feature of our commitment to continual improvement, this is of a very specific focused and often accredited nature, but also by the informal shadowing and sharing of best practice among the team. Trustees see the development and welfare of our fantastic staff team as being fundamental to our success and we have made every effort to review and improve our conditions of serve for our employees.** **Trustees met on 5 occasions over the year and the Chair and Vice Chair met regularly with the Senior Staff Team. In addition, Staff and Trustees had a very productive Strategy Day facilitated by a consultant to help finalise our review of our Mission, Values, Aims and Objectives. As a result, we were able to publish our Strategic Plan for the next 5 years.** **The Leadership Team and Trustees were ably supported by our expert accountant who also attended Trustee meetings and engaged in our decisionmaking process. We are grateful for her excellent support, advice and challenge. During the year we added a third premises to our portfolio by renting, from a very generous local Trust a ‘Move on House’ to allow transition from the Refuge to private accommodation. Samworth House our first male accommodation as we anticipated has been extremely well used and appreciated by quite a number of clients. Last year we welcomed our first baby into the Women’s Refuge, since then we have had many other children of all ages in our care. Considerable improvements have also been made at the Refuge including electrical upgrading, decorating and new carpeting and other flooring. The Friends of Springfield headed up by our Vice Chair, Sue Tomlison has had another good year reaching further out into the communities of Kendal and well beyond. The end of this financial year allowed us to start or celebrations of our 110th anniversary which finds the Charity in a very strong financial position thanks to the generous support of supporters, funders and statutory authorities. Stephen Wilkinson Chair of Trustees** ## Friends of Springfield Review **The Friends of Springfield (FOS) have continued to help Springfield with emergency accommodation and taxi fares. We have had some very generous donations of furniture and kitchen ware which have helped our residents who are moving on to their own homes. FoS also contributed to the Christmas Party where the children from the Community and Refuge with their mothers enjoyed a magician and a visit to see Santa on his Sleigh (in Stricklandgate House) and receive a present, the look on the children’s faces when they saw Santa was magical. FoS continue to buy small birthday and Christmas presents for all clients and residents. This year they also paid for the Christmas lunch at the Refuge and Samworth** **House.** **All this has been made possible by the generosity of donations throughout the year by FoS which makes such a significant difference to the running of the Charity. The Trustees are extremely grateful for the FoS for all their** **support.** **Sue Tomlinson - Vice Chair of Trustees** ## Financial Review **During the financial year of 2025 as noted above it was a year of growth and continuation of the charity work and delivery of services which was only possible due to the grants received and because of the continued hard work put in by our CEO, staff members and the trustees.** **We are extremely grateful for all donations and support we have received from many local and national organisations as well as all the extra help provided by staff, volunteers and individuals. Income for the year exceeded £500k which is an amazing achievement. Income was higher than the previous financial year, due to an increase in the housing benefit, helped by Samworth House starting to take clients and the refuge being at full capacity for the majority of the year. The DASA contract with Westmorland and Furness Council also doubled compared to the previous year. Voluntary income was also higher which included a legacy and also some very generous donations from individuals and companies. Expenditure also increased compared to the previous financial year. The is predominantly due to staff salaries as staff numbers have increased, there were also some unforeseen refurbishment/maintenance costs at the refuge and inevitably an increase in staff and property overheads.** **Springfield Domestic Abuse Support in South Lakeland has ended the financial year to 31 March 2025 with a cash asset of £104k. The cash funds are made up of an Unrestricted balance of £84k and Restricted balance of £20k.** Financial Statement Y•v •nd•d 31.3.25 lunth Y••r •nd•d 31.3.24 Totsl funth l￿d G•n•rnl D•sknawd INCOMf In¢omlry from Ch•rbtthl• a¢tl¥ld Vaknmvy Incorf*• Trnsc IT￿1 Oth•r chvltsbh Incorn• 81J78 93tsn 236.433 5J50 35562 256.565 152.530 4.982 179.178 136,433 414311 SJSO 505.461 449.639 EXPENDrruRE 287.604 114.940 1275 456 69,439 47.239 358.318 162.635 O¥•rh•*th 151.957 1.731 11&678 520.953 I￿.957 NeT INCOMErfexpENDmiRE) FOR THE YEAR BEFORE TIIANSFEAS 11,967 3.619 P1.078) (15,411) (9J18) Net I￿om•1(￿¢￿thlr•) Iv th• y•Ar 11,967 3.619 <3 IP78) <15.4￿) (9318) RECONCIUATION OF FUNDS Total fundj brwort f(•rn7ard 358819 6,OSS 51,6n 416.S46 42SO64 TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 37Q786 9,674 2Q594 401.054 416546 Financial Statemen JlJ.25 Toral fvnth 31.324 T*X￿ funth FIXED ASSETS Tinilbl• SC4.6n 50&673 CURREKf ASSErs 18.256 104.328 I US84 9.523 159.032 168.555 Cath at b•nk hand 74.060 91316 9174 9.674 20394 21x594 CREDrroRS Amounu fthi ¢*J• wlthlTh on• yur 10 (47573) 147.S73) (ni.154) NEf CURRENT ASSErs 44,743 20 9JJ74 ￿94 75.011 90.￿1 CREDirofts Amounts fa￿ du• •ft•r than w• yttr 12 (If2.630) {181630) (190518) 3711786 9.674 20594 401,054 416.546 FUNDS ij unrnstrkn￿d 370.786 9.674 20,594 3x819 4055 51.6n D•*natqd TOTAL FVNDS 401,054 41 ## A Word From Our CEO **2024–2025 has been another incredible year for Springfield.** **Samworth House, our new male safe accommodation, welcomed its first residents in September 2024. Each of these men shared that, before coming to Springfield, they had not received the understanding or support they needed from other services, friends, or family. Many told us we were the first organisation that truly listened to them and believed their experiences. This reinforces just how vital this provision is.** **Our community service has continued to grow, supporting an increasing number of people across our area. We also delivered a record number of awareness sessions to community groups, businesses, and partner organisations, helping to strengthen understanding and prevention efforts throughout the community.** **Our refuge occupancy remained high at 95%, providing safe accommodation for 22 women and 10 children this year. The average stay was 152 days, reflecting the depth of support, safety, and stability we strive to offer.** **This year we also received development support from the Lloyds Foundation, which enabled us to review our values, vision, and mission with the guidance of Alan Chapman. This process provided a valuable opportunity for us to come together and reassess the future direction of our charity.** **As always, I am extremely proud of the entire Springfield team and the compassion, dedication, and professionalism they bring to our work every day. We are especially grateful to our supportive and passionate trustee board, who nurture not only the charity but our staff as well.** **Finally, I would like to thank our supporters, funders, and partners for their continued commitment. Your dedication ensures Springfield can continue to provide life-changing support to survivors of domestic abuse.** ## Our Impact **252 people were referred into Springfield services in 2024-2025 - Referrals came from:** **We provided one-off advice and support on 189 occasions to survivors and/or partner agencies, in addition to the clients we had open to us.** **22 women and 10 children supported at refuge during 20242025; average stay: 152 days.** ## **Our Impact** Samworth House received 18 referrals this year. While capacity limitations meant we could not accommodate 13 of these referrals, all were supported to access alternative safe accommodation. The average resident stay was 120 days. A total of 72 women were referred to our refuge this year. Due to capacity constraints, we were unable to accommodate 59 of these referrals; however, all were assisted in securing alternative safe accommodation. ## Service User Service User Feedback Feedback ‘’I have a new home and I am excited about my future. I don't feel alone. The staff have been phenomenal’’ ‘’It felt good to come and be able to open up about my situation and I was never judged’’ ‘’I was listened to, I was able to open up about things I didn't feel that I could open up about myself and my lived experiences. I felt empowered throughout.’’ ‘’I feel more at peace (since being supported by Springfield), I understand more about DV, I'm confident in myself, I'm sleeping better, I'm not existing I'm living my life now.’’ **‘’It (Springfield support) helped me understand what was happening to me and also helped me to seek help for me and my son.’’** ‘’Main Difference is that I was given a safe place to stay while I got back on my feet and That what happened to me was real and was abuse.’’ ‘’Thank you so very much Springfield, All Friends of Springfield & the staff for helping me turn our life around this year. I have my values, stead & you guys amongst yourselves have really helped me out of a great big mammoth hole. It's been so turbulent that I didn't see it coming! Thank you for helping me get food in my home. For being a voice of reason in only a phone call or email away. Thank you for the months of helping me see what I have been living in and giving me the tools for my mind to process and to keep moving. I will be forever in your debt for helping me get CHIVA with victim support for my young son to receive specialise support regarding the domestic abuse, this I am hoping will put him in good stead for reaching a grounded & secure adult. Thank you very much for helping me get a cake & my son's wanted presents and much more for him. I was blown away with my larl stash of birthday presents also... You did make me cry & still do! But tears of love, compassion & strength. Thank you. Thank you also for helping us get away in the holidays, this means so much. You have helped me cushion my strong, resilient son & given me space to keep nurturing & thriving.’’ **A heartfelt thank you goes out to all our supporters, our dedicated Trustees, and every member of our hardworking Springfield team.** **Your commitment, compassion, and belief in our mission make everything we achieve possible.** **Our supporters continue to stand beside us, offering encouragement, resources, and trust that allow us to grow and reach those who need us most.** **Our Trustees give their time, wisdom, and guidance to ensure Springfield remains strong, grounded, and forward-thinking.** **And to our staff, thank you for showing up every day with unwavering dedication, empathy, and resilience.** **Together, you create the foundation that enables survivors to rebuild their lives with dignity, hope, and safety. We are deeply grateful for each and every one of you.** REGISTERED CHARrrY NUMBEK. 1191650 R•port olth•TnAt• Ito3 The trutttts presertthelr r¢portwlth the fin3n¢W sratements ofthe tharty for the year ￿ded 31 Marth 2025. Thè trustees h4 ad¢p¢ed the pr+JvtsloM of th* knt•m¢nt of RecomMer￿ed Pracdc• (SORFJ Accoundn4 ￿ Rwrrinl by OArides' effe¢u¥e I Janw 2019. RFFERFNCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS R•*tv¢d Charlty I l•lOS n•M Addr $￿ckI￿nd80te H¢x 92 Strfckknd8ate K¢ndal LA9 4PU E Wley C Rob•rsoTh E Slllter S Tomllnion SWlklni¢)n 4ipolnt•d 10 Mtrch 2025 Chllr QBJEcrives AND ACTMTIES Obl•ctl¥w al l. 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We are 8r4rdul for h•r •xcol¢nt $￿por4 ad¥k• Ind th•llen Duthg th• yetr w• •dd•d a thlrd pvThlx¥ w our porrfollo by ren￿n& from * sth•rou• Icve i¢was a yw of8rowth and continuth ofthe d*workand delI￿ry o1seryke5 vknlth orty posslblo to the VIATS rec$￿ed and be¢4U5e olthe conthued 14rd work put In by our CEO. soff We gre Èxrrunely grateful Iw all donadom and suFyort we Illve from loul artd maknal as wdl ￿ •ll th• •xtr8 hdp p￿ded by stsff. ¥￿At￿r$ Incom for the year ax¢eeded £5ts)kwhlth Is an am￿ng*chIeVement lttcthne was h*h¥ the pmious finandai yw. due to Ihtrease th thehou51n¥b*)ofi¢ helt*d bysamworth Fk)uso s¢artlngtii tykeclients the refvg8 bthga¢fidl ftrtha maoorlty of ￿ year. The DAU ¢o¥mrt wlth we5¢mOr￿nd aftd Furness C0￿C51 a150 doubled ¢￿￿Pared to the prevtOU5 ye¥. Voluttrary me atso hlth¢r*thich induded a lerdey and al¥0 someverygenÈre￿ d¢)niions frtym Inthidu￿$ and companl¢s. Expenditure alw Increased c￿mpared to the pre￿OU$ ffinanc￿l year. The r4 predwlnanty due to staff saL4ries as sraff numbers h￿e thcre4se there were tho ¥orr* unfore8wn refirthShmEntlMathten￿ costs a¢ thE refu8e and an tncrease In staff and prwrty overhead Sprlnghld Ab￿ s￿￿t In South Lakthndhas ended thÈflMn(I￿Y**rttI 31 Marth 2025 vAth i wet of £1041L The A*swv¢s poll The reserves pollq ￿ caloJlated to attomm£*Jate a 6.month 8rathAI down ol the tharity in the evenr of the lack of avalknble fundinK $UPPOrt ¢0 dellver seThkes. k would cover sakn¢& rert4 ￿d￿nd￿ty. and remoyallrkntion costs. Our reser￿1 poIKy ts ￿rrenty srt at £175k As atrhe 31 Marth 2025 our unrestricted reserw w¢rÈ £371kwhkh Includes propory. Ifproperv 1$ excluded the unrestheted r￿er￿ would be £53k Thir Is cOn￿derab￿ lower than the ￿¢uP￿ted of reser¥eJ but to enable owth and an IrKrwe of IDves¢men¢w4 needed and the Trusttrs were2￿￿ra that reser￿ would be rediKed In th¢ ¥hort rni. 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Candhlaw are Int￿le￿d by at l¢art 2 tyu5tee5. on¢ of whi(h i% the th￿r or treasurer. The fntstees who condurtthe th¢eTrlEw mak8 a re¢omrr￿d￿an to the bo*r4 b*sed on sukabilty. 8￿. Tr￿nIng *)ffÈred to nvw tnJ5ttt5 Includes a DBS thÈck and a mlnlmun To ml11￿ risk lrt tho thtrlty there15 *dQ¢um￿￿d rfsk r4lster Identlfylng Rhanclal, Operatlonal E¥¢ernal 8nd Governwr¢ relatEd r15ks. Th• trus¢ee5 and MahJ8tr revlewth15 on bxs15 to Kthe rtsk has There ￿ 9150 acdons that tako pk¢ ta mwe or re¢hKO th• rljk ￿ and Impx4 thls ar• atso ￿eWed by the trpMes ¥ffjd nMro8er gU#rt¥ty. From a saf4uardln8 P&rt0f￿VW, all proythe cltents are IntepAewed to determlne rtsk beforea rthrral tskes thk ￿sure$ staff safery and wEObeln& P4gp3of 15 I'll￿11[ S Wllklnso Trustee. Chtr P•y4dlS 'sRe outh ered I reporr ¢0 the charity trustees on my e￿mIna￿On of the fin#n¢iil statements ol the chariry for the year ended 31 March 2025 which are set out on pages 6 ro 15. Re5ponslbllltle$ basls of report As the ch3fiLy'S trustees you gre responsible lor the preparation Qf the financial SL¥remenrs In accordanee with the requirements of the ch*￿￿¢5 Act 2011 I'the 2011 Att'l. Having 5ausfied myself thar the financial staternents of the charity are not requir¢d ro be atsdited and ire eligible for Sndeptnd¢nr examlnation. I reporr in respecr of my examination of your chariry's financi315tathmenrs as carried out under secdon 145 of tho ch1ri￿e5 Act 2011 I'the 2011 Act'l. In carrylng our my examinarion I have followed the Dlrecuon5 %Nen by the Charity Comrni5slon undor 5ocri¢n 14515llbl of the 2011 ACL Independent examlner'* statément Slnce tho charliy's gros5 income oxcoodod £250.000 your examiner mus( be i membcr ol a body1I5¢¢d In sec¢ion 145 01 th¢ 2011 Ac¢. I confirm that l i quallfied to underrake the eXaMina￿Dn berduse l am a mtmblr ol the Ins￿￿[8 of Charterod Accounranrs In England ind Wiles IICAEW). which 15 one of the lisred bodSes. I hA¥e completed my ¢xamlnatlcn. l Confirm rhar no matters hav¢ Come ¢0 my 4ttention In eonnoctjon wlth the examinatycn gfvln¥ me tause tts bellev¢ th*¢ In any materhl respect.. atcoundng record5 were not kept in actordance with sectlon 130 of the 2011 ACL or the accounts dc nct accord wlih fhose records.. or tho accounu d¢ not ¢ornply w4th relevanr accoununK rtquiremenu orh¢r than 3ny requirement ¢hat ¢he aEcounu I￿• a'true and lair, view which is nor a matter con$ider¢d a5 Part of an Independent examination.. or the a£counfs have not been prepared In iccordince with the method5 and prlnciplei ol the Charldes Stat¢men¢ ol Rrfommended Praeoco for iccounung and reportyng by charSries appllcable to charitSes preparln8 thelr accounts In aecordanti vlth the Flnancial Reporylng Standard applicablt in thé UK and Republlc of Ireland IFR5 1021. I have no concems and hive com* across no other Nutr$ sn connectlon wlth the *xamlnatlon to whlch atten￿0￿ should b• drnwn In th15 report In ¢rdor ro en￿1¢ a proper yThderstandin8 of th* iccounts to be reached. Htl*n Holme• FCA ICAEW Stsbles Thompson & Brlscoe Chirr•red Ac£ountants and Rtz15thred Avdlror Da¢•.' Page5 of IS 31.3.24 Total hjnth Tool lJnd5 INCOME 81J78 93578 23&433 3.122 5J50 35562 256565 151530 4.982 179.ln 236.433 1122 ve5unw¢ 414511 505.461 449h39 EXPENDmiRE 1275 456 69.439 47239 3W18 161635 307.fJXI 151,957 114.940 SM953 4M957 NET INCOMEl(EXPEN￿TuRE) FoftThe YEAR BEFORE TIIANSFEAS 11.967 3*19 pi.m) {15.4YI) 19.318) 11.%7 3hlg (31M7 11&492) J181 RECONCIUATION OF FUNDS 3W19 si*n 416516 425.864 TOTAL FUNDS CAIIIUW FORWARD 370.786 9ATr74 20594 401P54 416546 Pay60115 31J24 Totyl kno Totsl lunds FIXED ASSETS Tanpbk assets Debtors Cath It bIrd(￿d kn hwKI 11256 74.060 J16 1&256 101.328 122584 9523 159.032 168555 9.674 9.674 2Q594 CREDITORS 10 147373) 1475TJ) (70,154) NFf CUAAENT ASSErs 9.674 20S94 75.011 ￿401 CREDITOAS {181630) {1tt630) IIW28) 370.786 9.674 20J94 401￿54 41&546 PUND$ Un￿¢TIrt￿ knds G•ntr 13 370.786 9.674 20394 3*819 6.055 51.6n TOTAL FUNDS 401.054 416 Trui¢••- WKè P4È7oflS ACCOU?￿rNG POLICIES The fir4￿la1 statern•￿ h*v¢ been pryed In %cordaD¢e wlth Account4n8 gnd Repo￿n% by Chridek. Surement of knc4)mm¢nded Pr4¢d¢e *ppllcabl• to prep•rlngth41r accounts In accordance the Rnanthj RePor￿n¥s￿￿d￿d appllcablp in the UK the fttpublic of Ir•land IFRS102} laff¢th I lafft￿ry 20191- {Chv(de¥ SOF(P IFAS10211. Dorrw5tkAbus¢WporttsJth Lakdind rne•ts theddnldon olapubk und*r FRS IOIAss•ts*nd th￿Ild ir* rewkned at hl#•rtul ¢osr or transaedoml ¥1￿8 othèTwls• tsted ITh th• rdq¥4rt polky Th• ftrAnrhl sratements •r• pryred In swllng %*dth li thè fvnctlorwl al the tha￿ty. Mon•tsry arwJThts In tho¥• llnanehl Itt¢qm¢nty *r• rowd•d to th• nellrett L In¢omlw Y••ou￿ I Incomlng resourctt ar• IrKlud•d h thè s￿tIment of Fln*nd•l Actmdu wh•n the 6$ IWty endded t4 the Incom•. li Is r¢•sonably c•rtaln k wlll bts reedved and the ￿OUnt ￿ b• qutntlw wlth reutxNblo I￿ur1￿. Any Incom• ￿kh foru¥• In i (uture Pl￿0d li deferred to thit Don•d¢M. Inter•¢ wd othtr Income ar• Kcoun¢ed for *th¢n r￿•1￿10. Expondkur•1s Kcount¢d for on ￿ #cru￿• buls Ind hu tlAum•d undqr h&dlrty th1¢•48r•8w ￿1 COAt rnlat•d to th• te80ry. Wh•re wi¢% dlr•c* *ttrlbuted to pardcuhr ht&dln8s, th•y hw• bten *lloEA¢td to on • th• w• Off￿aur¢* P•n￿O The charlty • d•nn4d corrtrfbutlorn p•n•lDn sth•m•. Tax•¢lo Th• ¢hwlry h ￿emptfr￿M In¢¢yM on Its thBrlubl• Th• ¢hArW th not ￿ to r•¢o¥w Vilu• Add•d Tu (VAT). Ewthwr• th r•e•rd•d In th• I￿￿U￿￿ Indul￿ ofVAT. Fund a¢wwntlTri Unrutrltt•d fvnds ¢in b• umd kn accord￿￿ *lth th• ¢hNrtsbl• 04•cth¥ itth• dh¢r•doD o1th• rrutt4u. 0•￿1￿d futKkn unr•Mrfct•d fvndi *thkh th• tr￿At￿ hiv• ￿mId* for • ydft¢ ui•. R•Krk¢•d fvnds onty b• umd for yrtleular r•Mrlth Pwpo￿ wlthln the •bl•tu ol th• ch•rlty. ychl•d by thè donor4Vwh￿ lundi ir• rnl¥•d rfor Mtrkt•d wrw•*. Fwth•r •xpknxloh olth• •nd purpoJ• *)fthch fimd Is Incknl•d In not• 12 ¢0 th• finthchl $*r&￿e1￿$. TAnWbl• Ilxod asM¢• •nd daprecl•tlo T￿9vOlV fv¢d ¥sots ar• upl¢alW #nd Inchthd It¢￿￿81￿¥1￿4 Inve i¢was a yw of8rowth and continuth ofthe d*workand delI￿ry o1seryke5 vknlth orty posslblo to the VIATS rec$￿ed and be¢4U5e olthe conthued 14rd work put In by our CEO. soff We gre Èxrrunely grateful Iw all donadom and suFyort we Illve from loul artd maknal as wdl ￿ •ll th• •xtr8 hdp p￿ded by stsff. ¥￿At￿r$ Incom for the year ax¢eeded £5ts)kwhlth Is an am￿ng*chIeVement lttcthne was h*h¥ the pmious finandai yw. due to Ihtrease th thehou51n¥b*)ofi¢ helt*d bysamworth Fk)uso s¢artlngtii tykeclients the refvg8 bthga¢fidl ftrtha maoorlty of ￿ year. The DAU ¢o¥mrt wlth we5¢mOr￿nd aftd Furness C0￿C51 a150 doubled ¢￿￿Pared to the prevtOU5 ye¥. Voluttrary me atso hlth¢r*thich induded a lerdey and al¥0 someverygenÈre￿ d¢)niions frtym Inthidu￿$ and companl¢s. Expenditure alw Increased c￿mpared to the pre￿OU$ ffinanc￿l year. The r4 predwlnanty due to staff saL4ries as sraff numbers h￿e thcre4se there were tho ¥orr* unfore8wn refirthShmEntlMathten￿ costs a¢ thE refu8e and an tncrease In staff and prwrty overhead Sprlnghld Ab￿ s￿￿t In South Lakthndhas ended thÈflMn(I￿Y**rttI 31 Marth 2025 vAth i wet of £1041L The A*swv¢s poll The reserves pollq ￿ caloJlated to attomm£*Jate a 6.month 8rathAI down ol the tharity in the evenr of the lack of avalknble fundinK $UPPOrt ¢0 dellver seThkes. k would cover sakn¢& rert4 ￿d￿nd￿ty. and remoyallrkntion costs. Our reser￿1 poIKy ts ￿rrenty srt at £175k As atrhe 31 Marth 2025 our unrestricted reserw w¢rÈ £371kwhkh Includes propory. Ifproperv 1$ excluded the unrestheted r￿er￿ would be £53k Thir Is cOn￿derab￿ lower than the ￿¢uP￿ted of reser¥eJ but to enable owth and an IrKrwe of IDves¢men¢w4 needed and the Trusttrs were2￿￿ra that reser￿ would be rediKed In th¢ ¥hort rni. Howevtr. the s￿urIty that havlni 2 properries provldB5 In terms ￿the dwrity ¢Onth￿Ing 1$ huge and it allows the tharftyto be abl¢tOce￿￿der *Ydrlety ¢fopwons Kneeded. The trustees would Ilke to bulld the.￿h. reserw ¢0 th¢ required iwel over the comln8years buLwbh to bakn¢e thi¥ v41th Opern￿onal nood5 and (utyre stya¥eWe athw ofthe dwlty. srRIICTUR& GOVERNANCE AND ￿AGEMENT Gtyvernlnzdocymènt The charty r*tered on 6 Ottober 202Tr. h operates as è CIO and ￿ controlkd by Its govenllng document k bepn opernting on l Aprl 2021 When ￿1 as￿5 9T￿ lknllitlos were tr•nsferred from the unthcorporated rl￿rfty (nunthr 231434) as at 31 Mvth 2021. There ts adcKumented processfor rernjltyn￿k Indudonand tr¥rth8fortywreÈs thètlnclude8trnofr•ferwKeandadocunw*d lob rok and responslblDJe5. Thls zlvts prospecth truste¥ a dear undarstandlng of the rolE and weeratlon* are adYertls•d Includlng any spttffic skal& experf¢ntt or ￿0￿edIa reg￿red. Candhlaw are Int￿le￿d by at l¢art 2 tyu5tee5. on¢ of whi(h i% the th￿r or treasurer. The fntstees who condurtthe th¢eTrlEw mak8 a re¢omrr￿d￿an to the bo*r4 b*sed on sukabilty. 8￿. Tr￿nIng *)ffÈred to nvw tnJ5ttt5 Includes a DBS thÈck and a mlnlmun To ml11￿ risk lrt tho thtrlty there15 *dQ¢um￿￿d rfsk r4lster Identlfylng Rhanclal, Operatlonal E¥¢ernal 8nd Governwr¢ relatEd r15ks. Th• trus¢ee5 and MahJ8tr revlewth15 on bxs15 to Kthe rtsk has There ￿ 9150 acdons that tako pk¢ ta mwe or re¢hKO th• rljk ￿ and Impx4 thls ar• atso ￿eWed by the trpMes ¥ffjd nMro8er gU#rt¥ty. From a saf4uardln8 P&rt0f￿VW, all proythe cltents are IntepAewed to determlne rtsk beforea rthrral tskes thk ￿sure$ staff safery and wEObeln& P4gp3of 15 I'll￿11[ S Wllklnso Trustee. Chtr P•y4dlS 'sRe outh ered I reporr ¢0 the charity trustees on my e￿mIna￿On of the fin#n¢iil statements ol the chariry for the year ended 31 March 2025 which are set out on pages 6 ro 15. Re5ponslbllltle$ basls of report As the ch3fiLy'S trustees you gre responsible lor the preparation Qf the financial SL¥remenrs In accordanee with the requirements of the ch*￿￿¢5 Act 2011 I'the 2011 Att'l. Having 5ausfied myself thar the financial staternents of the charity are not requir¢d ro be atsdited and ire eligible for Sndeptnd¢nr examlnation. I reporr in respecr of my examination of your chariry's financi315tathmenrs as carried out under secdon 145 of tho ch1ri￿e5 Act 2011 I'the 2011 Act'l. In carrylng our my examinarion I have followed the Dlrecuon5 %Nen by the Charity Comrni5slon undor 5ocri¢n 14515llbl of the 2011 ACL Independent examlner'* statément Slnce tho charliy's gros5 income oxcoodod £250.000 your examiner mus( be i membcr ol a body1I5¢¢d In sec¢ion 145 01 th¢ 2011 Ac¢. I confirm that l i quallfied to underrake the eXaMina￿Dn berduse l am a mtmblr ol the Ins￿￿[8 of Charterod Accounranrs In England ind Wiles IICAEW). which 15 one of the lisred bodSes. I hA¥e completed my ¢xamlnatlcn. l Confirm rhar no matters hav¢ Come ¢0 my 4ttention In eonnoctjon wlth the examinatycn gfvln¥ me tause tts bellev¢ th*¢ In any materhl respect.. atcoundng record5 were not kept in actordance with sectlon 130 of the 2011 ACL or the accounts dc nct accord wlih fhose records.. or tho accounu d¢ not ¢ornply w4th relevanr accoununK rtquiremenu orh¢r than 3ny requirement ¢hat ¢he aEcounu I￿• a'true and lair, view which is nor a matter con$ider¢d a5 Part of an Independent examination.. or the a£counfs have not been prepared In iccordince with the method5 and prlnciplei ol the Charldes Stat¢men¢ ol Rrfommended Praeoco for iccounung and reportyng by charSries appllcable to charitSes preparln8 thelr accounts In aecordanti vlth the Flnancial Reporylng Standard applicablt in thé UK and Republlc of Ireland IFR5 1021. I have no concems and hive com* across no other Nutr$ sn connectlon wlth the *xamlnatlon to whlch atten￿0￿ should b• drnwn In th15 report In ¢rdor ro en￿1¢ a proper yThderstandin8 of th* iccounts to be reached. Htl*n Holme• FCA ICAEW Stsbles Thompson & Brlscoe Chirr•red Ac£ountants and Rtz15thred Avdlror Da¢•.' Page5 of IS 31.3.24 Total hjnth Tool lJnd5 INCOME 81J78 93578 23&433 3.122 5J50 35562 256565 151530 4.982 179.ln 236.433 1122 ve5unw¢ 414511 505.461 449h39 EXPENDmiRE 1275 456 69.439 47239 3W18 161635 307.fJXI 151,957 114.940 SM953 4M957 NET INCOMEl(EXPEN￿TuRE) FoftThe YEAR BEFORE TIIANSFEAS 11.967 3*19 pi.m) {15.4YI) 19.318) 11.%7 3hlg (31M7 11&492) J181 RECONCIUATION OF FUNDS 3W19 si*n 416516 425.864 TOTAL FUNDS CAIIIUW FORWARD 370.786 9ATr74 20594 401P54 416546 Pay60115 31J24 Totyl kno Totsl lunds FIXED ASSETS Tanpbk assets Debtors Cath It bIrd(￿d kn hwKI 11256 74.060 J16 1&256 101.328 122584 9523 159.032 168555 9.674 9.674 2Q594 CREDITORS 10 147373) 1475TJ) (70,154) NFf CUAAENT ASSErs 9.674 20S94 75.011 ￿401 CREDITOAS {181630) {1tt630) IIW28) 370.786 9.674 20J94 401￿54 41&546 PUND$ Un￿¢TIrt￿ knds G•ntr 13 370.786 9.674 20394 3*819 6.055 51.6n TOTAL FUNDS 401.054 416 Trui¢••- WKè P4È7oflS ACCOU?￿rNG POLICIES The fir4￿la1 statern•￿ h*v¢ been pryed In %cordaD¢e wlth Account4n8 gnd Repo￿n% by Chridek. Surement of knc4)mm¢nded Pr4¢d¢e *ppllcabl• to prep•rlngth41r accounts In accordance the Rnanthj RePor￿n¥s￿￿d￿d appllcablp in the UK the fttpublic of Ir•land IFRS102} laff¢th I lafft￿ry 20191- {Chv(de¥ SOF(P IFAS10211. Dorrw5tkAbus¢WporttsJth Lakdind rne•ts theddnldon olapubk und*r FRS IOIAss•ts*nd th￿Ild ir* rewkned at hl#•rtul ¢osr or transaedoml ¥1￿8 othèTwls• tsted ITh th• rdq¥4rt polky Th• ftrAnrhl sratements •r• pryred In swllng %*dth li thè fvnctlorwl al the tha￿ty. Mon•tsry arwJThts In tho¥• llnanehl Itt¢qm¢nty *r• rowd•d to th• nellrett L In¢omlw Y••ou￿ I Incomlng resourctt ar• IrKlud•d h thè s￿tIment of Fln*nd•l Actmdu wh•n the 6$ IWty endded t4 the Incom•. li Is r¢•sonably c•rtaln k wlll bts reedved and the ￿OUnt ￿ b• qutntlw wlth reutxNblo I￿ur1￿. Any Incom• ￿kh foru¥• In i (uture Pl￿0d li deferred to thit Don•d¢M. Inter•¢ wd othtr Income ar• Kcoun¢ed for *th¢n r￿•1￿10. Expondkur•1s Kcount¢d for on ￿ #cru￿• buls Ind hu tlAum•d undqr h&dlrty th1¢•48r•8w ￿1 COAt rnlat•d to th• te80ry. Wh•re wi¢% dlr•c* *ttrlbuted to pardcuhr ht&dln8s, th•y hw• bten *lloEA¢td to on • th• w• Off￿aur¢* P•n￿O The charlty • d•nn4d corrtrfbutlorn p•n•lDn sth•m•. Tax•¢lo Th• ¢hwlry h ￿emptfr￿M In¢¢yM on Its thBrlubl• Th• ¢hArW th not ￿ to r•¢o¥w Vilu• Add•d Tu (VAT). Ewthwr• th r•e•rd•d In th• I￿￿U￿￿ Indul￿ ofVAT. Fund a¢wwntlTri Unrutrltt•d fvnds ¢in b• umd kn accord￿￿ *lth th• ¢hNrtsbl• 04•cth¥ itth• dh¢r•doD o1th• rrutt4u. 0•￿1￿d futKkn unr•Mrfct•d fvndi *thkh th• tr￿At￿ hiv• ￿mId* for • ydft¢ ui•. R•Krk¢•d fvnds onty b• umd for yrtleular r•Mrlth Pwpo￿ wlthln the •bl•tu ol th• ch•rlty. ychl•d by thè donor4Vwh￿ lundi ir• rnl¥•d rfor Mtrkt•d wrw•*. Fwth•r •xpknxloh olth• •nd purpoJ• *)fthch fimd Is Incknl•d In not• 12 ¢0 th• finthchl $*r&￿e1￿$. TAnWbl• Ilxod asM¢• •nd daprecl•tlo T￿9vOlV fv¢d ¥sots ar• upl¢alW #nd Inchthd It¢￿￿81￿¥1￿4 In