**Company No: CE023940 Charity No: 1191863** 

## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023 FOR** 

## **FIGHTING WITH PRIDE (A CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION)** 


**Ainsworths Limited Charter House Stansfield Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 9XY** 



**FIGHTING WITH PRIDE** 

## **CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023** 

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|Report of the trustees|1 - 7|
|Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Fighting with Pride|8|
|Statement of financial activities|9|
|Balance sheet|10|
|Cashflow statement|12|
|Notes to the financial statements|13 - 20|





**FIGHTING WITH PRIDE** 

## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023** 

The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31st December 2023. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019). 

## **LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS** 

## **Registered charity number** 

1191863 

**Registered address** Fighting With Pride PO Box 1421 Lincoln LN5 5YR 

**Trustees and key management personnel** The trustees who served during the year were as follows: G P Lyster-Todd A K Brown OBE C A Jones MBE R P Woods (resigned 12 July 2024) S Veillard-Thomas S R Seal (appointed 4 July 2023) E Dunleavy-Harris (appointed 4 July 2023) K L Holvey-Williams (appointed 4 July 2023) L I Barr-Jones (appointed 4 July 2023) R E Price (appointed 4 July 2023) A J Hartle FRCA FFICM (appointed 4 July 2023) 

Appointment of trustees who were appointed after the year end: E H L Hall (appointed 24[th] April 2024 as trustee & the Chair of Trustees) 

## **Key management personnel** 

C Jones MBE C R Paige 

- Executive Chair (resigned 24 April 2024) - CEO 

## **Patron** 

Lieutenant General Sir A Gregory KCB CB DL 

## **Independent Examiner** 

Mel Henry FCCA Ainsworths Limited Charter House Stansfield Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 9XY 

## **Bankers** 

NatWest Bank PLC 96 Terminus Rd Brighton Eastbourne BN21 3LX 

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**FIGHTING WITH PRIDE** 

## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023** 

## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT** 

## **Organisational status** 

Fighting With Pride was registered as a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO) on 19[th] October 2020 under the provisions of the Charities Act (Charity number: 1191863). 

## **Structure, governance and management** 

The Charity is governed by a Board of Trustees with responsibility for the strategic management of the Charity. The board consists of a minimum of 3 trustees and has a maximum number of 12. 

Trustees serve a term of 3 years and the first annual recruitment round took place early summer 2023.  A charity trustee who has served for three consecutive terms may not be reappointed for a fourth consecutive term but may be reappointed after an interval of at least one year. The Charity recognises that the creation of a diverse Board is an important factor in recruiting the professional competence required to administer the Charity successfully, while increasing the accountability and public confidence in the overall management of the organisation. 

Where there is a requirement for new trustees, these would be identified and appointed by the remaining trustees. The Chair of Trustees is responsible for the induction of any new trustee which involves awareness of a trustee’s responsibilities, the governing document, administrative procedures and the history and philosophical approach of the charity. A new trustee would receive copies of the previous year’s annual report. 

Full meetings of the Board took place on 5th January 2023, 17[th] May 2023, and 10[th] October 2023. 

## **Risk management** 

The trustees have examined the major strategic, business and operational risks which the charity faces and confirm that systems have been established to ensure that regular reports are produced and that necessary steps can be taken to address any issues arising. 

## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES** 

Extract of the Charitable Objects 

- To relieve need, hardship or distress among LGBT+ veterans, serving personnel and families by promoting and supporting rehabilitation, retraining and employment of those who lost careers. 

- To petition for restorative justice where pension rights have been damaged and compensation denied, and to seek acknowledgment and return of medals and other awards. 

- To promote equality, diversity and inclusion and bring together LGBT+ veterans, serving personnel and families. 

- To bring a wider awareness of the enduring impact of the ban upon physical health and mental wellbeing through public advocacy and research. 

- To promote good health and mental wellbeing. 

- To work with the Government, charities and all organisations that support veterans to enable a better understanding of the needs of LGBT+ veterans, serving personnel and families and the impact of past injustices. 

- To engage in community building to enable integration of LGBT+ veterans into the wider military family. 

## **Vision** 

The United Kingdom will become the best place in the world to be an LGBT+ Veteran. Fighting with Pride (FWP) will support LGBT+ Veterans, serving personnel and their families. 

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## **FIGHTING WITH PRIDE** 

## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023** 

## **Our Mission Statement** 

FWP will be a beacon for LGBT+ veterans, serving personnel and their families and those removed from the Armed Forces because they were perceived to be LGBT+, supporting them to live their best lives. We will do this by encouraging those who have a duty to uphold the Covenant to remember them and help. We will signpost them to organisations that can support their return to the protections of the military family. We will ensure that the challenges faced by LGBT+ veterans in their service lives and beyond are recognised, respected and understood by those who have a duty to support them. 

## **Our Values** 

Our values will be part of our DNA, evident in everything we do. No area of our activities will lose sight of the values that define our organisation. Our core values are clearly articulated and will help us to achieve the changes we seek: 

- We will ensure that the needs of those we exist to support is the single most important factor in what we do to enable recovery. 

- • We will value equally the experiences of all veterans and serving personnel without hierarchy of lived-experience or identity. As our organisation grows, new team members will be welcomed as full shareholders in our achievements in support of LGBT+ veterans. 

- We will work hard to change the future for LGBT+ veterans. We cannot change the past, but we will be tenacious and do justice to those whom we aim to help so that we can change their futures. 

- We will be kind to each other and those whom we support. We understand that sometimes values and behaviours may be founded upon difficult experiences. Our values will always be inclusive and welcoming, and these are values which we will encourage in others. 

- We will be selfless and always respectful of the experiences of members of our team who have suffered greatly in their service life and lives beyond. We will always be there for team or community members when we can help. 

- We will be courageous when we face challenges and difficult times. 

## **Delivery Partners** 

FWP has been supported in its work by many partner organisations across the UK in many different ways, and we thank each of them for their invaluable support: 

NHS England (Founding Partner) Stonewall (Founding Partner) SSAFA, The Armed Forces Charity (Founding Partner) Royal British Legion (Founding Partner) 

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## **FIGHTING WITH PRIDE** 

## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023** 

**Delivery Partners (Continued)** _Other Partners (alphabetical order):_ 

Adferiad Recovery Age UK Age Scotland Anglia Ruskin University Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust Army Benevolent Fund Army Families Federation Audio Content Fund Beyond the Battlefield Blind Veterans UK Bridge For Heroes Broughton House British Army Cabinet Office for Veterans Affairs Care after Combat Combat Stress Company of Makers Confederation of Service Charities Covenant Fund Wales Defence Medical Welfare Services Defence Relationship Management Fares4Free Forces Employment Charity Forces in Mind Trust Forces Wellbeing Collective Greenwich Hospital Help For Heroes HMP Parc Invictus Games Foundation Kings College London Legion Scotland LGBT Consortium LGBT Foundation Ministry of Defence Mission Motorsport National Council Voluntary Organisations NHS Op Courage NHS Lothian NHS Wales Northern Ireland Veterans Support Office Northumbria University 

Office of the Norther Ireland Veterans’ Commissioner Office of the Scottish Veterans’ Commissioner Office of the Welsh Veterans’ Commissioner Opening Doors London Phoenix Arts Club Poppy Factory Poppy Scotland Portsmouth Military Mental Health Alliance Regular Forces Employment Agency (Forces Employment Charity) Royal Air Force Royal Air Force Association Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund Royal Air Force Families Federation Royal Navy Royal Navy Association Royal Navy Benevolent Trust Royal Navy Families Federation Royal Navy Royal Marines Charity SSAFA Wales Scotties Little Soldiers Scottish Veterans Fund Scottish Veterans Welfare Alliance Seafarers UK Small Charities Coalition Solent NHS Foundation Trust Sporting Force Sussex NHS CCG Tesco Tom Harrison House Unforgotten Forces VC Gallery Veterans’ Mental Health and Wellbeing Service London Veterans First Point (Lothian, and Lanarkshire) Veterans Foundation Veterans Outreach Support Veterans Scotland Walking with the Wounded Woodys Lodge Women’s Royal Army Corps Association Yorkshire and Humberside Prison and Probation Service 

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## **Achievements Against the Strategic Plan** 

Fighting With Pride continues to work towards four aims: 

**Campaign and Policy** _**(Changing Policy and Practise).**_ FWP’s evidence to the Armed Forces Select Committee on the Armed Forces Bill 2021, instigated the LGBT Veterans Independent Review, chaired by The Rt. Hon Lord Etherton Kt, KC, PC, which reported to Government in July 2023. This review and its report has made the most significant difference imaginable to the future of LGBT+ veterans, serving personnel and their families, as well as to the benefit of the defence charity sector, statutory and non-statutory services and in the consideration of the experiences and support needs of other minority military communities. FWP has identified areas that still need to be progressed and continues to campaign until all the report’s recommendations are in place. 

**Community Building.** _**(Building Veterans Confidence).**_ FWP has connected with countless hundreds of LGBT+ veterans through determined outreach to raise awareness, end isolation, build community and provide direct support. We have created opportunities to meet and restore pride in their service and in self, including in online Town Halls, and through in-person events, Funded by the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust’s Veterans Places, Pathways and People Programme, through regional portfolios, FWPs team of 8 Veterans Community Workers work across the UK at a regional and local level to locate, reach, connect, advise, support and build confidence in LGBT+ veterans and families. 

**Capacity Building** _**(Creating Welcoming Support).**_ FWPs team of Veterans Community Workers also work with a wide variety of organisations and offices at a local, regional and national level to raise awareness of the ban and its impacts, to help them better understand, include, advise and support LGBT+ Veterans, as well as by referring veterans to them to join their activities, events or support services, and receiving referrals from them too. They work with large to small, national, regional and local organisations, including veterans, LGBT+ and older citizen charities, NHS mental health services and trusts, local government offices, corporations, businesses, sports and social clubs, and more. 

**Research and Archive.** _**(Evidencing Change and Recording the History).**_ By being evidence led, FWP enables organisations to deliver interventions that move veterans, serving personnel and families on in their lives, to better health, wellbeing, housing and financial circumstances, and in ensuring their experiences are heard, acknowledged and recorded. Our ground-breaking research paper, _Lost and Found: The LGBT+ Veteran Community and the Impacts of the Gay Ban_ , begun in 2021 in partnership with Northumbria University’s Northern Hub of Veterans and Military Families Research, was published on 8th June 2023 and has since been inspiring additional research on LGBT+ military service, the ban and its impacts. 

At a Board meeting in January, Trustees Patrick Lyster-Todd and Roly Woods were extended for a second term in post. In May 2023, 6 additional trustees joined the Board bringing a wealth of corporate leadership skills and expertise including in healthcare, finance and digital communications (Andrew Hartle, Emma Dunleavy-Harris, Kate Green, Leona Barr-Jones, Rachel Price, Steve Seal). 

In January 2023, FWP launched its Pride in Veterans Standard (PiVS) in Scotland, Wales and England, with the launch in Northern Ireland taking place in July. The Pride in Veterans Standard is an initiative to provide online resources and the support of a PiVS Manager, affording organisations the opportunity to raise their awareness of the challenges facing LGBT+ veterans, to build better services and demonstrate their commitment in providing a welcome and inclusive space for LGBT+ veterans, serving personnel and families. PiVS also enables organisations to better support their own LGBT+ staff, volunteers and customers, whether veterans, reservists, serving personnel or civilian. PiVS signposts the LGBT+ military community to inclusive organisations and helps those organisations see others who may have specialist information, skills or experience to support them and provide referral pathways. Within its first 11 months, over 125 organisations had signed to adopt the Standard, including statutory, third-sector and private sector service providers. A full list can be found on the FWP website. 

In June 2023, FWPs 2-year research programme, led by our research partner Northumbria University’s Northern Hub for Veterans and Military Families Research published its final report, Lost and Found: The LGBT+ Veterans Community and the Impacts of the Gay Ban. This hard-hitting report was the first research in the UK to look at the wider impacts of the ban on LGBT+ service personnel of the ban era and the consequences on their lives afterwards. It included the experiences of over 100 LGBT+ veterans and revealed shocking statistics and experiences regarding the numbers suffering the impacts of isolation, being shamed, poor mental health and wellbeing, financial insecurity, loss of housing and difficult employment pathways. The report can be accessed on the Northumbria University website and through the FWP website. 

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**FIGHTING WITH PRIDE** 

**REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023** 

## **Achievements Against the Strategic Plan (Continued)** 

FWP continued its support to Lord Etherton’s LGBT Veterans Independent Review and was instrumental in raising community and public awareness of the Call for Evidence and in encouraging and supporting veterans to provide their testimony. The Review received 1128 testimonies, including from over 660 LGBT+ veterans, as well as 415 non-LGBT+ veterans including senior commanders, administrators and policy makers, military police and law professionals, medical professionals, and 47 from families, support organisations and academics. 

FWP attended the launch of the Review’s Final Report with 12 LGBT+ ban era veterans, in the Houses of Parliament and Cabinet Office on 19[th] July 2023, where the PM Rishi Sunak made an apology on behalf of the Nation saying “The ban on LGBT people serving in our military until the year 2000 was an appalling failure of the British state – decades behind the law of this land. As today’s report makes clear, in that period many endured the most horrific sexual abuse and violence, homophobic bullying and harassment while bravely serving this country. Today, on behalf of the British state, I apologise, and I hope all those affected will be able to feel part of the proud veteran community that has done so much to keep our country safe.” 

The Review’s Final Report made 49 Recommendations for Reparations, including the apology from the PM on behalf of the Nation. It also recommended measures to restore service identity, pride and connection to the military family, clarification of pension status, return of medals, pardons and disregards of repealed offences, recommendations and suggestions for organisations including the NHS in better understanding and supporting the additional physical and mental health and wellbeing challenges and needs of the community, the same for housing and employment, the recording, archiving and exhibition of historical accounts, provision of a national Armed Forces LGBT Community memorial, and financial reparations for veterans who suffered the impacts and consequences of the ban and its hostile enforcement. 

FWP advised MOD on elements of Reparations details and delivery preparation and raised awareness amongst Government ministers and parliamentarians of the missing Financial Reparations Scheme and the unacceptable cap imposed on its yet to be proposed scheme. It quickly became necessary for FWP to step up its campaign which successfully brought the Government’s Response to Parliament on 13[th] December 2023, where it was challenged to be debated, as had been promised in Parliament on 19[th] July, and a longer campaign endures to challenge proposed restrictions and the unacceptable delay in announcing Financial Reparations. 

Publicity that FWP created around Lord Etherton’s Report and the 49 Reparations recommendations accepted by Government, was used to help in finding and reaching more isolated and lonely veterans and raising public awareness of the impacts of the ban. Our news campaign outlets included Newsnight, The Today Programme, BBC Breakfast, BBC News, Sky News, GB News Michael Portillo Show, ITV News, ITV Tyne Tees, BFBS, BBC Look North and BBC Politics North. Radio interviews included Radio 4, Five Live, LBC (including Heart and Magic), Times Radio and a wide dispersal of local BBC radio stations. Newspaper reporting included articles in the Mirror, Sunday Mirror, The Times, Telegraph, The i, i-news, and the Big Issue. Reach was in the tens of millions with thanks to many but especially the veterans who participated and our media team (media consultant Philippa Budgen, FWP’s Comms Manager Alice Farrow and the BBC LGBT and Identity team of Josh Parry and Lauren Moss). 

FWP also supported and took part in Dragonfly TV Production’s BAFTA Best Specialist Factual nominated Documentary ‘Forced Out’, a documentary revealing the stories of veterans forced from military service because of their sexuality or perceived sexuality, and the campaign that led to the ECHR ruling that the gay ban was illegal, leading to the lifting of the ban in the UK Armed Forces, on 12[th] January 2000. 

In March of 2023, FWP was awarded the Bronze Award in the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme, and by July had received the Silver Award. Gold is our target and we anticipate reaching this standard within the year ahead. Incredible progress for a small and new charity and demonstrating the value of FWPs work, commitment to the Armed Forces Covenant and values. 

Support of LGBT+ veterans, serving personnel and families, grew significantly throughout the year, with surge growth following the big news articles. The surge in numbers connecting with FWP is expected to extend into 2024 following the Reparations application gateway only opening on 13[th] December and still only slowly becoming known.  Meanwhile FWP’s 

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regional Veterans Community Workers (VCWs) have been very busy finding, connecting and supporting veterans across the UK, and some abroad too. Each VCW is currently supporting an average of 37 veterans directly, and many more indirectly, where veterans are referred or supported closely by partner organisations or remain connected for general awareness of community activities, actions, news and information. The VCWs work in collaboration with support services and partner organisations, delivered through the AFCFTs Veterans Places, Pathways and People regional portfolio programmes has raised awareness across military and civilian charities and organisations, including those providing statutory services, throughout the UK. Over 600 veterans have signed to receive FWP’s monthly Newsletter, with over 1200 followers on social media, and over 100 attending our monthly online Town Halls. Veterans events connecting them back to the military family included 30 LGBT+ veterans marching in the National Service of Remembrance parade at the Cenotaph and 34 attending the Festival of Remembrance in the Royal Albert Hall, and 28 FWP veterans marching as part of the Defence Community in London Pride. In March 2023, FWP took 34 veterans on a WW1 Battlefield tour to France and Belgium, supported by OVA AFCFT funding. The veterans were able to honour the fallen of that war and of others since, as former service people paying their respects. The impact on veterans who had long been isolated and invisible to the military community, participating in such typical veteran activities has proven significant in building positive mental health and wellbeing outlooks. It was wonderful to see how quickly pride, confidence, trust, and hope developed. They finally got to believe in themselves as veterans, often for the first time ever, and realise they should be proud of their service, having previously been made to feel nothing but shame. 

As well as Pride in London, FWP marched with a banner and/or provided a stall to raise awareness at Pride events throughout the country, including Belfast, Birmingham, Brighton, Cardiff, Durham, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, Malvern, Manchester, Newcastle, Newport, Oban, Portsmouth, Swansea, and many others. These opportunities are really important in drawing the attention of LGBT+ veterans who don’t, won’t or can’t connect with military associated events or organisations, to seeing the existence of a lived-experience charity that they can consider reaching out to for help, connection, information or advice. Raising awareness within signatory organisations pledged to uphold the Armed Forces Covenant is also very important, and amongst key conferences, seminars and webinars that the Executive presented at during the year, were the inaugural Armed Forces Day Community Conference held in Falmouth, the Armed Forces Covenant Community Conference in Newcastle, the Hugh James Summer Military Conference, a Scottish Government event in Edinburgh and in workshops at the Wales Cymru Armed Forces Community Conference in Cardiff. 

Many of the veterans the FWP team supports have endured traumatic experiences and FWPs Veterans Community Workers receive Mental Health First Aid training and in Suicide Awareness, and the Executive contributed to research workshops on suicide prevention and intervention, through Northumbria University’s AFCFT funded ‘One is Too Many’ programme. Listening to so many terrible lived experiences has an impact on those who support them, so the NHS Op COURAGE Veterans’ Mental Health and Wellbeing Service team at London St Pancras NHS agreed to provide mental health awareness training that led to provision of Reflective Practice sessions with clinical psychologists for the benefit of supporting team member welfare too. 

Due to the remarkable success made by FWP in its strategic achievements for 2023, the Strategic Plan was reviewed for 20242026, to identify and build on the successes and lessons learned, and to shape future needs and goals. The VPPP Programme drew to an official close in December 2023 and 2024 would present new challenges and new opportunities to continue our work. Our 4 Aims remain as being key to this, Community Building, Capacity Building, Campaign and Policy, and Research and Archive. 

## **Public benefit** 

In setting out the charity’s objectives and planning of activities the trustees have given careful consideration to the Charity Commission’s general guidance and section 17(5) of the Charities Act 2011. The trustees are confident that the charity offers services of real and practical use to the local population and therefore complies with the responsibility placed on all charities under the Charities Act 2011 to demonstrate a public benefit. 

## **FINANCIAL REVIEW** 

Comparative reporting figures are provided from YE 30[th] October 2022. The Charity was formed in the previous financial period. 

The trustees are pleased with the results of the initial reporting period. For the period ended 31[st] December 2023 the total income was £676,841 and total expenditure was £664,486. 

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**FIGHTING WITH PRIDE** 

## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023** 

Total funds carried forward at 31[st] December 2023 were £318,587, of which £207,500 were restricted and £111,087 were unrestricted. 

The restricted income relates to the amount of project funding received in advance but not yet delivered. 

## **Reserve policy** 

The trustees recognise that the level of unrestricted funds are low and that they aim to grow the amount of unrestricted funds in the future to a level which enables the charity to cover it’s overheads for a period of 6 months. 

## **STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES’ RESPONSIBILITIES** 

The trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). 

The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to: 

- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; 

- observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP; 

- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; 

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

- prepare the accounts on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business. 

The trustees are responsible for maintaining proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the accounts comply with the Charities Act 2011: the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the trust deed. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. 

## **Charity requirements** 

This report has been prepared in accordance with requirements set down by the Charities SORP (FRS 102). 

The report of the trustees was approved by order of the Board of Trustees on 23 October 2024 and signed on behalf of the board of trustees by: 


E Hall _Chair_ 

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**INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF FIGHTING WITH PRIDE** 

## **Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Fighting with Pride** 

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Fighting With Pride (the Charity) for the year ended 31[st] December 2023. 

## **Responsibilities and basis of report** 

As the charity trustees of the Charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act'). 

I report in respect of my examination of the Charity's accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. 

## **Independent examiner's statement** 

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

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

1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or 

2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or 

3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. 

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. 

Mel Henry FCCA Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales Ainsworths Limited Charter House Stansfield Street Nelson Lancashire BB9 9XY 

Date: 23[rd] October 2024 

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**FIGHTING WITH PRIDE** 

## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023** 

|Notes<br>**INCOME FROM**<br>Donations and legacies<br>3<br>**Charitable activities**<br>Veteran welfare<br>5<br>Investment income<br>4<br>**Total**<br>**EXPENDITURE ON**<br>**Charitable activities**<br>Veteran welfare<br>6<br>**NET INCOME**<br>**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**<br>**Total funds brought forward**<br>**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED**<br>**FORWARD**<br>17|Unrestricted<br>funds<br>**£**<br>**41,150**<br>**133,586**<br>**-**<br>**174,736**<br>**174,745**<br>**(9)**<br>**111,096**<br>**111,087 **|Restricted<br>funds<br>**£**<br>**-**<br>**502,105**<br>**-**<br>**502,105**<br>**489,741**<br>**12,364**<br>**195,136**<br>**207,500**|**31.12.23**<br>**Total funds**<br>**£**<br>**41,150**<br>**635,691**<br>**-**<br>**676,841**<br>**664,486**<br>**12,355**<br>**306,232**<br>**318,587 **|**31.10.22**<br>**Total funds**<br>**£**<br>**14,744**<br>**517,124**<br>**-**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**531,868**<br>**380,298**|
|||||**151,570**<br>**154,662**|
|||||**306,232 **|



The Statement of Financial Activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. 

All income and expenditure relate to continuing operations. 

The notes form part of these financial statements 

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## **FIGHTING WITH PRIDE** 

## **BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31ST DECEMBER 2023** 

|Notes<br>**FIXED ASSETS**<br>Tangible assets<br>14<br>**CURRENT ASSETS**<br>Debtors<br>15<br>Cash at bank and in hand<br>**CREDITORS**<br>Amounts falling due within one year<br>16<br>**NET CURRENT ASSETS**<br>**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT**<br>**LIABILITIES**<br>**NET ASSETS**<br>**FUNDS**<br>17<br>Unrestricted funds<br>Restricted funds<br>**TOTAL FUNDS**|Unrestricted<br>funds<br>**£**<br>**2,292**<br>**598**<br>**112,369**<br>**(4,172)**<br>**111,087**<br>**111,087**<br>**111,087**|Restricted<br>funds<br>**£**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**207,500**<br>**-**<br>**207,500**<br>**207,500**<br>**207,500**|**31.12.23**<br>**Total funds**<br>**£**<br>**2,292**<br>**598**<br>**319,869**<br>**(4,172)**<br>**318,587**<br>**318,587**<br>**318,587**<br>**111,087**<br>**207,500**<br>**318,587**|**31.10.22**<br>**Total funds**<br>**£**<br>**2,477**<br>1,253<br>304,318<br>(1,816)|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||303,755|
|||||306,232|
|||||306,232|
|||||111,096<br>195,136|
|||||306,232|



These financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 23[rd] October 2024 and were signed on its behalf by: 


E Hall _Chair_ 

The notes form part of these financial statements 

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## **FIGHTING WITH PRIDE** 

## **CASH FLOW STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023** 

|Notes<br>**Cash flows from charitable activities**<br>Cash generated from activities<br>1<br>Net cash from charitable activities<br>**Cash flows from investing activities**<br>Purchase of tangible fixed assets<br>Interest received<br>Net cash from investing activities<br>**Increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents**<br>**Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year**<br>2<br>**Cash and cash equivalents at end of year**<br>2|**31.12.23**<br>**£**<br>**16,526**<br>**16,526**<br>**(975)**<br>**-**<br>**(975)**<br>**15,551**<br>**304,318**<br>**319,869**|31.10.22<br>£<br>150,065<br>150,065<br>(2,775)<br>-<br>(2,775)<br>147,290<br>157,028<br>304,318|
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The notes form part of these financial statements 

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## **FIGHTING WITH PRIDE** 

## **CASH FLOW STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023** 

## **1. RECONCILIATION OF DEFICIT TO CASH GENERATED FROM ACTIVITIES** 

|Surplus for the year<br>Depreciation charges<br>Finance income<br>(Increase)/decrease in trade and other debtors<br>Increase/(decrease) in trade and other creditors<br>**Cash generated from charitable activities**|**31.12.23**<br>**£**<br>**12,355**<br>**1,160**<br>**-**<br>**13,515**<br>**655**<br>**2,356**<br>**16,526**|31.10,22<br>£<br>151,570<br>298<br>-<br>151,868<br>(1,253)<br>(550)<br>150,065|
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## **2. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS** 

The amounts disclosed on the Cash Flow Statement in respect of cash and cash equivalents are in respect of these Balance Sheet amounts: 

|**Year ended 31st December 2023**<br>Cash and cash equivalents<br>**Period ended 31st October 2022**<br>Cash and cash equivalents|**31.12.23**<br>31.10.22<br>**£**<br>£<br>**319,869**<br>304,318<br>**31.10.22**<br>31.10.21<br>**£**<br>£<br>**304,318**<br>157,028|
|---|---|



The notes form part of these financial statements 

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**FIGHTING WITH PRIDE NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023** 

## **1. STATUTORY INFORMATION** 

Fighting with Pride is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) registered with the Charity Commission in England & Wales. The charity’s registered number and registered office address can be found within the trustees report. 

## **2. ACCOUNTING POLICIES** 

## **Tangible fixed assets and depreciation** 

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life or, if held under a finance lease, over the lease term, whichever is the shorter. 

Computer Equipment 

-   33% Straight Line 

## **Basis of preparing the financial statements** 

The financial statements of the charity, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. 

Fighting with Pride meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. 

## **Income** 

All incoming resources are included on the Statement of Financial Activities when the charity is legally entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy. 

Grants receivable, donations and income from charitable activities are accounted for when due. Income is deferred when it is received in advance of the period to which it relates. 

## **Expenditure** 

Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required, and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is classified under charitable activities and their associated supports. 

## **Taxation** 

The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities. 

## **Fund accounting** 

Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees. 

Restricted funds 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. 

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements. 

## **Debtors** 

Short term debtors are measured at transaction price, less any impairment. 

## **Creditors** 

Short term creditors are measured at transaction price. 

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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023** 

|**3.**<br>**DONATIONS AND LEGACIES**<br>Donations<br>**4.**<br>**INVESTMENT INCOME**<br>Interest receivable<br>**5.**<br>**INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES**<br>Grant income<br>Veteran welfare<br>Other income<br>Veteran welfare<br>Book sales<br>Veteran welfare<br>**6.**<br>**CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS**<br>**Direct costs**<br>**(see note 7)**<br>**£**<br>Veteran welfare<br>**474,585**|**Support**<br>**costs (see**<br>**note 8)**<br>**£**<br>**189,901**|**31.12.23**<br>**£**<br>**41,150**<br>**31.12.23**<br>**£**<br>**-**<br>**31.12.23**<br>**£**<br>**633,021**<br>**2,670**<br>**-**<br>**635,691**<br>**31.12.23**<br>**Totals**<br>**£**<br>**664,486**|**31.10.22**<br>**£**<br>14,744|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**31.10.22**<br>**£**<br>-|
||||**31.10.22**<br>**£**<br>517,084<br>-<br>40|
||||517,124|
||||**31.10.22**<br>**Total**<br>**£**<br>380,298|



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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023** 

## **7. DIRECT COSTS OF CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES** 

|Wages<br>Social security<br>Pensions<br>Consultancy fees<br>Project costs<br>Book publishing costs<br>Media relations<br>Website development costs<br>Donations awarded<br>Travelling costs<br>**8.**<br>**SUPPORT COSTS**|**31.12.23**<br>**£**<br>**319,379**<br>**26,139**<br>**6,711**<br>**-**<br>**30,238**<br>**65**<br>**11,094**<br>**1,462**<br>**6,738**<br>**72,759**<br>**474,585**|**31.10.22**<br>**£**<br>131,243<br>10,083<br>2,509<br>5,332<br>16,098<br>300<br>4,685<br>1,388<br>8,014<br>28,694|
|---|---|---|
|||208,346|
||||



|Wages<br>Social security<br>Pensions<br>Bank charges<br>Insurance<br>Postage and stationery<br>Computer costs<br>Sundry expenses<br>Facility costs<br>Equipment hire<br>Telephone<br>Training<br>Legal and professional fees<br>Depreciation<br>Accountancy fees|**31.12.23**<br>**£**<br>**126,788**<br>**12,068**<br>**3,082**<br>**418**<br>**2,295**<br>**873**<br>**6,902**<br>**808**<br>**5,272**<br>**158**<br>**874**<br>**866**<br>**25,397**<br>**1,160**<br>**2,940**<br>**189,901**|**31.10.22**<br>**£**<br>105,306<br>9,247<br>2,642<br>-<br>1,823<br>928<br>11,962<br>5,858<br>-<br>-<br>46<br>2,262<br>28,853<br>298<br>2,727|
|---|---|---|
|||171,952|



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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023** 

## **9. NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)** 

Net income/(expenditure) is stated after charging/(crediting): 

|Independent examination fee<br>Accountancy, bookkeeping and payroll fees paid to independent examiner|**31.12.23**<br>**31.10.22**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**550**<br>500<br>**1,970**<br>130|
|---|---|



## **10. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS** 

There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the period ended 31[st] October 2022 or for the period ended 31[st] December 2023. 

## **Trustees' expenses** 

There were no trustees' expenses paid for the period ended 31[st] October 2022. Board meetings were held online. Trustees' expenses paid for the period ended 31[st] December 2023 are included in travelling costs (Section 7). They amounted to £2471.42 for the period, this included travel and, where necessary, accommodation expenses for attending Board Meetings or in official support of a FWP event. 

## **11. STAFF COSTS** 

|Wages and salaries<br>Social security costs<br>Other pensions costs|**31.12.23**<br>**£**<br>**446,167**<br>**38,207**<br>**9,793**<br>**494,167**|**31.10.22**<br>**£**<br>236,549<br>19,330<br>5,151|
|---|---|---|
|||261,030|



The average monthly number of employees during the period was as follows: 

|Veteran welfare<br>Management and Administration|**31.12.23**<br>**10**<br>**2**<br>**12**|**31.10.22**<br>5<br>2|
|---|---|---|
|||7|



No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000. 

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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023** 

## **12. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES** 

|Notes<br>**INCOME FROM**<br>Donations and legacies<br>3<br>**Charitable activities**<br>Veteran welfare<br>5<br>Investment income<br>4<br>**Total**<br>**Expenditure on:**<br>**Charitable activities**<br>Veteran welfare<br>6<br>**NET INCOME**<br>**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**<br>**Total funds brought forward**<br>**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED**<br>**FORWARD**<br>15|Unrestricted<br>funds<br>**£**<br>**14,744**<br>**94,440**<br>**-**<br>**109,184**<br>**-**<br>**109,184**<br>**1,912**<br>**111,096**|Restricted<br>funds<br>**£**<br>**-**<br>**422,684**<br>**-**<br>**422,684**<br>**380,298**<br>**42,386**<br>**152,750**<br>**195,136**|**31.10.22**<br>**Total funds**<br>**£**<br>**14,744**<br>**517,124**<br>**-**<br>**531,868**<br>**380,298**<br>**151,570**<br>**154,662**<br>**306,232 **|**Period**<br>**12.01.20 to**<br>**31.10.21**<br>**Total funds**<br>**£**<br>**2,019**<br>**268,004**<br>**2**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**270,025**<br>**115,363**|
|||||**154,662**<br>**-**|
|||||**154,662 **|



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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023** 

|**13.**<br>**TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS**<br>**Cost**<br>At 1stNovember 2022<br>Additions<br>As at 31stDecember 2023<br>**Depreciation**<br>At 1stNovember 2022<br>Charge for the year<br>At 31stDecember 2023<br>**Net book value**<br>At 31stDecember 2023<br>At 31stOctober 2022<br>**14.**<br>**DEBTORS**<br>Prepayments<br>**15.**<br>**CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**<br>Social security and other taxes<br>Other creditors|**Computer**<br>**equipment**<br>**£**<br>**2,775**<br>**975**<br>**3,750**<br>**298**<br>**1,160**<br>**1,458**<br>**2,292**<br>2,477<br>**31.12.23**<br>**£**<br>**598**<br>**598**<br>**31.12.23**<br>**£**<br>**-**<br>**4,172**<br>**4,172**|**31.10.22**<br>**£**<br>1,253|
|---|---|---|
|||1,253|
|||**31.10.22**<br>**£**<br>-<br>1,816|
|||1,816|



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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023** 

## **16. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS** 

|**MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**||||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Unrestricted**<br>General fund<br>**Restricted funds**<br>Community Surge Funding<br>Force For Change<br>Funding for Travel Expenses for Veterans<br>FWP Research Programme<br>Journey Home Project<br>Pride in Veterans Standard<br>Research Project<br>Royal Air Forces Association<br>Tackling Loneliness<br>Veterans Financial Advice Service<br>Veterans People, Places and Pathways<br>**TOTAL FUNDS**<br>Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:<br>**Unrestricted**<br>General fund<br>**Restricted funds**<br>Community Surge Funding<br>Force For Change<br>Funding for Travel Expenses for Veterans<br>FWP Research Programme<br>Journey Home Project<br>Pride in Veterans Standard<br>Research Project<br>Royal Air Forces Association<br>Tackling Loneliness<br>Veterans Financial Advice Service<br>Veterans People, Places and Pathways|**At 01.11.22**<br>**£**<br>**111,096**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**24,250**<br>**54,195**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**2,000**<br>**19,721**<br>**-**<br>**94,970**<br>**195,136**<br>**306,232**<br>**Incoming**<br>**resources**<br>**£**<br>**174,736**<br>**17,500**<br>**11,696**<br>**7,500**<br>**26,250**<br>**37,661**<br>**32,000**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**5,856**<br>**363,642**<br>**502,105**<br>**676,841**|**Net**<br>**movements**<br>**in funds**<br>**£**<br>**(9)**<br>**1,000**<br>**8,000**<br>**6,000**<br>**(24,250)**<br>**(54,195)**<br>**20,000**<br>**4,000**<br>**(2,000)**<br>**(19,721)**<br>**-**<br>**73,530**<br>**12,364**<br>**12,355**<br>**Resources**<br>**expended**<br>**£**<br>**174,745**<br>**16,500**<br>**3,696**<br>**1,500**<br>**24,250**<br>**80,445**<br>**17,661**<br>**28,000**<br>**2,000**<br>**19,721**<br>**5,856**<br>**290,112**<br>**489,741**<br>**664,486**|**At 31.12.23**<br>**£**<br>**111,087**|
||||**1,000**<br>**8,000**<br>**6,000**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**20,000**<br>**4,000**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**168,500**|
||||**207,500**|
||||**318,587**|
||||**Movement**<br>**in funds**<br>**£**<br>**(9)**|
||||**1,000**<br>**8,000**<br>**6,000**<br>**(24,250)**<br>**(54,195)**<br>**20,000**<br>**4,000**<br>**(2,000)**<br>**(19,721)**<br>**-**<br>**73,530**|
||||**12,364**|
||||**12,355**|



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## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023** 

## **17. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS (CONTINUED)** 

## **18. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES** 

There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31[st] December 2023 or the period ended 31[st] October 2022. 

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