BEAitrY FOR ASHES REFUGES Charlty Nth 1193685 Trustees. Report and Vnaudited Acc￿nts 28 February 202S BEAUTY FOR ASHES REFUGES Content5 Pages Trustees, Annual Report Independent Examiner's Report Statement of Financial Activities Balance Sheet Notes to the Accounts Detailed Statement of Financial Activities 18to19 Page I BEAUTY FOR ASHES REFUGES Trustees Annual Report The trustees present their report with the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 28 February 2025. REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE D￿All5 Charity No. 1193685 Pflncipal Office Chinaza House PO Box 175 Leigh WN7 9DQ Trustees The following trustees served during the year: Amunah Anthony lappointed 01109120221 Nadia Hanley lappointed 01105120241 Careen Joseph (appointed 03109120201 Key Management Personnel Chair Chief Executive Accountants Cjoseph R Barlow Pennine Accounting Limited 109A Church Street Littleborough Lancashire OL15 8AA OBJEcfivES AND ACTNMES The Object of the CIO is to primarily but not exclusively, prevent destitution and relieve poverty and distresslsuffering experienced by women and their children. particularly migrant women who have suffered domestic abuse, through the provision of support. education, advice, advocacy and accommodation and by such other means as the trustees think fit with improvlng the conditions of their life. Beauty for Ashes Refuges is a UK based CIO with the expressed aim of providing support for migrant women with No Recourse to Public Funds fleetn8 domestic abuse. Beauty for Ashes Refuges works with people of all faiths or none. with an aim to provide holistic. trauma informed care in the form of temporary accommodation Iwomen's refuge) for women and children who cannot access 'normal' refuge due to their insecvre immigration status. We want to see a world without domestic abuse. But until then we want to ensure that all women fleeing domestic abuse, regardless of their immigration status, are able to access refuge provision. ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE Over the past 12 months we continued to run our purpose-built 5ix-bedroom refuge and our tlispersed property and in total have housed 15 women and 17 children Pège 2 BEAUTY FOR ASHES REFUGES Trurtees Annual Report One hundred per cent of the women we housed could access legally aided immigration advice, regularise their immigration Status, and access benefits. 12 of the women were granted Indefinite Leave to Remain because of our support, and the rest have been sUPPOrted to apply for Indefinite Le3ve to Remain or regularise their immigration status and are waiting to hear from the Home Office. • 8 Families were removed from a 'Child in Need, plan. 4 women gained a teaching assistant qualification whilst in refuge • 3 women found paid employment Our qualified IDVA has supported 2 women through the family court process 2 women were supported through their pregnanry and had heatthy babies during their time in refuge Our specialist Children's Worker supported all school-age children in finding a school place and attending s¢hool while they were in the refuge. We employed a family support worker who is a qualified IDVA and ISVA, who started the Women's Aid Programrne, You and Me Mum. alongside the Children's Worker in the refuge. Thi5 course supports and empowers women whose parenting has been affected by domestic abuse. giving them strategies to move forward. The bLtilding next door to the 6 bedroom refuge was acquired and building work began. after planning permission was granted for a 9 bedroom refuge for single women, who cannot access the Section 17 Safety Net of support from Children's Social Care. We also employed a new refvge manaEer ready for the new 9 bedroom reluge, Liz5 Place opening in April 2025. We are grateful to the following funders who enabled the work on the new refuge and covered increased salary costs= Benefact Trust. UnLtd. Lloyds Trust Foundation. Greater Manchester Mayors Charity. Skipton and Albert Hunt. We also received our last instalment of the 3 year funding awarded by Tudor Trust and the last instalment of the 3 year funding from Sir Halley Stewart. We continued our English as a Second Language classes. which all residents of the 6-bedroom refyge are able to attend as childcare is provided during the classes. We have had 2 babies born while at the ￿fUge and have worked closely with specialist safeguarding midwifery teams to ensure the safe engagement and delivery of the 2 mothers. As more women moved out into indepertdent attommodation local￿, we realised that they needed transitional support to manage their tenancies and budget etc.. Therefore we developed a Bespoke course, Be Prepared, that is run in the refuge to get women ￿adY for moving Out. This course helps to prepare the women for living independently and gives them the skills and resources needed to do 50. We also introduced an outreach service where women can Bet up to 12 weeks of support from our Service after they moved out in the form of weekly visits. We held an invite only. International Women's Day Event for stakeholders and supporters to attend in whlch residents past and present shared their stories and journeys. The event was a huge success an(J was well attended by representatives of the local council. ither VFSCE groups and supporters. Feedback from our refuge residents continues to be positive and the charity is building up a network of feferrers from different sectors including police, children's social care and health. Our CEO spoke at the GM Mayors International Women'5 Day Event on homelessness and was invited to the Buckingham Palace Garden Party in recognition of the charitie5 work. Page 3 8EAUTY FOR ASHE5 REFUGES Trustees Annual Report Public benefrt The trustees confirm that they have complied with the requirements of sertion 17 of the Charities Art 2011 to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Chartty Commi55ion for England and Wales. FINANCIAL REVIEW During the period the charity has received income of £216714 and incurred expenditure of £183150. At the balance sheet date the charity had unrestricted reserves of £99.024. Beauty for Ashes Refuges acknowled8es that. in order to InC￿3$e its resilience against unexpected events, it is appropriate and prudent for it to retain a certain amount of financial ￿erves. It is therefore the policy of Beauty for Ashes Refuges to keep approximately one month's running costs in reserves to cover unforeseen emergencies. This amount will be calculated based on Beauty for Ashes Refuges, tot31 predicted expenditure over the rest of the budgetary year lexcluding any variable outgoingsl. As of the date of this policy, no steps need to be taken to achieve this level of reserves. This policy will be reviewed on a six-monthly basis. PLANS FOR FUTURE PERIODS Aims and key objectives for future periods In the next month (April 251 we intend to open our third refuge which will house 9 single women who cannot access the Sertion 17 safety net. The Uoyds Foundation have supported us to Commi55ion an Impact report which be pub115hed towards the end of 2025. Our CEO is workin8 toward5 the Level 4 Service Manager Qualification with Safe Lives. It has become apparent that we need to employ another staff member to run our outreach and resettlement service so we will look for further funding to source this role. Golng concern The third and final year of funding from Tudor Trust for the CEO and Support W0￿er will end in September 2025 as well as the funding for the Children's Worker from Sir Halley Stewart. We have sourced 3 year funding from Lloyds Trust Foundation. some of which has been placed in reserves to cover the salaries untll further funding has been sourced. We will continue to source longer term 3-5 year funding grants to provide further stability for the charity. STRUCTURE. GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMEP Nature of so¥erning document The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation and is governed by the Constttution. The charity was registered with the Charity Comm45sion on 3 March 2021. Recruitment and appointment of trustees Apart from the first Charity Trustees, every Charity Trustee must be appointed by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the Charity Trustees. In sele¢tin8 individuals for appointment as Chartty Trustees, the Charity Trustees must have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed fof the effective administration of the CIO. All Charity Trustees must subscribe and adhere to, in belief and lifestyle. the Statement of Faith. Induction and training of trustees During the reporting period the trustees were given training as to their obligations with reference to the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit. Page 4 BEAUTY FOR ASHE5 REFUGES Trustees Annual Report Arrangements for setting key management personnel remuneration This is done by the trustees in accordance with government standards. Organisational strurture The final decisions for the charity lie with the trustees, the day to day operations are with the CEO who delegates to the staff. Any major decisions. such as staff. financial. legal are taken by the CEO to the Trustees. Objectlves and policies The charity has basic financial instnjments. At present we do not feel that there is unreasonable risk to the organisation or its strurture. Statement of trustees, responsibilities in relation to the finan¢lal statements The charity trustees are responsible for preparing a trustees, annual report and financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accountin8 Standards {United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disc105e with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the applscable Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations, and the provisions of the Trust deed. The Trustees a￿ a150 responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detertion of fraud and other irregularities. Signed on behalf of the charity'5 trustees Careen Joseph ned on 2011112025. 20.'01.40 GMT 11112025 Careen Joseph Trustee 14 November 2025 Page S BEAUTY FOR ASHES REFUGES Independent Examiner5 Report Independent Examlner's Report to the trustees of BEAUTY FOR ASHES REFUGES I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of BEAUTY FOR ASHES REFUGES for the year ended 28 February 2025. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity's trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in atcordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 20111'the Act'l. I report in respect of my examination of the charity's financial statements carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Direction5 given by the Charity Commission under settion 14515llbl of the Act. Independent examinerfs SLltement I have completed my examination. l ¢an 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= the accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as ￿quired by sertion 130 of the Art; or the financial statements do not accord with those records- or • the financial statements do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of financial staternents Set out in the Charities (Actounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the financial statements 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 financial statements to be reached. ai 11.2olS Angelika Gacek MAAT Pennine Accounting Limited 109A Church Street Littleborough Lancashire OL15 8AA 14 November 2025 Page 6 BEAUTY FOR ASHES REFUGES Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 28 Feb￿￿ry 2025 Unre5trirted funds 2025 Restricted fund5 Totsl funds Total funds 2025 2025 2024 Notes Income and endowments from: Donations and legacies Charitable activities Other troding activities 5,285 91.750 124 5.285 211,305 124 10.263 140.073 119,555 Total 97.159 119,555 216,714 150,336 Expenditure on: Raising funds Charitable activities Other 222 22,903 81,419 222 85,971 96,957 63.068 15.538 143.343 Total 104.544 78.606 183,150 143,343 Net gains on investments Net income 17.3851 40,949 33.564 6,993 Transfers between funds 96,466 196.4661 Net in¢¢me before other gainslllosses) 89.081 155,5171 33,564 6.993 Other gains and10sses Net movement in funds 89,081 155,5171 33.564 6,993 Reconciliatlon of funds: Total funds brought forward 7,265 58.195 65,460 58.467 Totsl fvnds carried forward 96.346 2.678 99,024 65.460 Page 7 BEAUTY FOR ASHES REFUGES Balance Sheet at 28 February 2025 Charfty No. 1193685 2025 2024 Current assets Debtors Cash at bank and in hand li 1,434 102.914 104,348 15,3241 99.024 2.615 65,065 67.680 12,2201 65,460 Creditors: Amount falling due within one year Net