2024-03-31-accounts - Calderdale Valley Of Sanctuary

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Calderdale Valley of Sanctuary

Charity number 1197764

Annual Report and Financial Statements

for the year ended 31 March 2024

Calderdale Valley of Sanctuary

Annual Report and Financial Statements

for the year ended 31 March 2024

Contents	Page
Trustees' report	2 to 4
Examiner's report	5
Receipts and payments account	6
Statement of assets and liabilities	7
Notes to the accounts	8 to 9

Prepared by West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO

Calderdale Valley of Sanctuary

Trustees' report for the year ended 31 March 2024

Reference and administrative details of the charity, its trustees and advisors

The trustees during the financial year and up to and including the date the report was approved were: Name Position Dates

Name Position Dates Laura Beesley Chair Obomate Benibo Secretary Bilikisu Adams Rebekah Ann Hellewell Folashade Ganiyat Ifekoya Lauren Iredale Resigned 18 July 2023 Nurgul Zhamentikova Treasurer Resigned 10 May 2024 Charity number 1197764 Registered in England and Wales Registered and principal address Bankers St. Augustine's Centre Co-operative Bank Hanson Lane PO Box250 Halifax Skelmersdale HX1 5PG WN8 6WT

Independent examiner

Alan Dodd FCCA West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW

Structure, governance and management

The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) association formed on 2 February 2022 and is governed by a constitution.

Method of recruitment and appointment of trustees

The trustees of the charity are appointed by the members at the AGM.

Calderdale Valley of Sanctuary

Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2024

Objectives and activities

The charity's objects

To advance equality and diversity for the public benefit for people seeking sanctuary by collaborating as a network of individuals and organisations and promoting activities that foster understanding between people from diverse backgrounds and welcome people who have made Calderdale their home.

To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people in Calderdale from becoming socially excluded, and relieving the needs of those people within Calderdale who are socially excluded by reason of their refugee or asylum seeker status and assisting them to integrate into society.

The charity's main activities

Calderdale Valley of Sanctuary has continued to facilitate, enable and grow the network of organisations and residents who support our aim to make Calderdale a place of welcome for people seeking asylum and refugees.

This has been achieved through a variety of methods including creating videos demonstrating what our members do to welcome people seeking sanctuary, Creating a video focussing on the strengths of people seeking sanctuary, taking part in campaigns to highlight the huge challenges that the current political and legal system presents to those seeking asylum, raising awareness locally of these issues and connecting members to create events which have a greater and wider impact.

Public benefit statement

In setting our objectives and planning our activities our Trustees have given serious consideration to the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit and in particular equality and diversity.

Achievements and performance

During the past year Calderdale Valley of Sanctuary has made significant progress as both an organisation and as a network of engaged members (organisations) and supporters (residents).

Below we have highlighted a number of these milestones achieved with our partners and helping to deliver the warm welcome for people seeking sanctuary in Calderdale.

1) Calderdale Council Library service achieves Library of sanctuary status.
2) Refugee Week 2023 involved more partners and events than previous years. Gulwali Passarly (an author who is a refugee) spoke and present the Library of Sanctuary award. A remarkable arts installation based on the theme of compassion was created on a landmark site in Halifax following detailed engagement at St Augustine’s Centre and implemented by local group Sand in your eye.
3) Secured 3-year funding from The National Lottery Community Fund to enable us to continue employ our part time Membership Engagement Lead. This role has proved instrumental in increasing both the number of members and those who are actively engaged in our work.
4) 68% increase in members (organisations) to a total of 70.
5) A wide range of new partnerships including Calderdale Valley of Sanctuary and EdShift resulting in a new project of Brave Boxes of Sanctuary for young people and their families seeking asylum or refugees and a photographic exhibition on the theme of ‘home’.
6) Launch of a free workshop for schools with one of our supporters called Connection; Time to rethink Migration following a successful pilot at Brighouse Sixth form college.
7) Research with the University of Manchester into the experiences and aspirations for women over the age of 50 who are seeking asylum or refugees.

Calderdale Valley of Sanctuary

Trustees' report (continued) for the year ended 31 March 2024

Achievements and performance (continued)

8) Engagement with The Cranfield Trust to support our Board of Trustees to become more effective.
9) Highly skilled volunteers with vital skills in relation to finance and administration joined our team and provided much needed capacity, energy and expertise.
10) New funding streams to support Refugee Week and the Brave Boxes.
11) Building networks in the Lower Valley in partnership with our member Curious Motion.

Financial review

The net receipts for the year were £9,324, including net receipts of £250 on unrestricted funds and net receipts of £9,074 on restricted funds.

Reserves policy

The charity's free reserves, at the year end were £1,014.

Approved by the board of trustees on 18/7/2024

Laura Beesley (Trustee)

Calderdale Valley of Sanctuary

Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Calderdale Valley of Sanctuary

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the CIO for the year ended 31 March 2024, which are set out on pages 6 to 9.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees of the CIO 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 CIO's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act. In carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statement

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 Charities Act; 2 the accounts do not accord with those records.

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.

Signed: …………………………………… Name: Alan Dodd FCCA

25/7/2024

West Yorkshire Community Accountancy Service CIO

Stringer House 34 Lupton Street Leeds LS10 2QW

Calderdale Valley of Sanctuary

Receipts and payments account for the year ended 31 March 2024

Notes 2024 Unrestricted funds £ Receipts Grants and donations (2) 250 Transfer on incorporation - Other income 185 Total receipts 435 Payments Salaries NI and pensions - Subcontractors - Professional fees - Payroll fees - Room hire - Staff expenses - Trustee expenses - Marketing, website and publicity - Refugee week - Design and print costs - Training - Events and activities 185 Running costs - Equipment - Independent examination - Total payments 185 Net receipts / (payments) 250 Fund balances brought forward 764 Fund balances carried forward (3) 1,014	2024 Restricted funds £ 28,152 - - 28,152 8,172 1,635 298 366 797 252 755 532 3,820 - 437 882 252 280 600 19,078 9,074 5,068 14,142	2024 Total funds £ 28,402 - 185 28,587 8,172 1,635 298 366 797 252 755 532 3,820 - 437 1,067 252 280 600 19,263 9,324 5,832 15,156	2023 Total funds £ 12,950 21,621 - 34,571 - 14,017 6,400 - 178 - 128 1,870 - 1,353 653 1,910 169 2,061 - 28,739 5,832 - 5,832

Calderdale Valley of Sanctuary

Statement of assets and liabilities

as at 31 March 2024 2024 Unrestricted £ Cash funds Cash at bank 1,014 Total cash funds 1,014	2024 Restricted £ 14,142 14,142	2024 Total £ 15,156 15,156	2023 Total £ 5,832 5,832

Assets retained for the charity's own use Laptop Sony Vlog video camera with accessories ASVS X415 Laptop Apple iPhone SE

Liabilities Accruals Other creditors	2024 £ 600 175 775

The financial statements were approved by the board of trustees on 18/7/2024

Laura Beesley (Trustee)

Calderdale Valley of Sanctuary

Notes to the accounts

for the year ended 31 March 2024

1 Accounting policies

Basis of accounting

The trustees have taken advantage of section 133 of the Charities Act 2011 and have prepared the accounts on a receipts and payments basis.

There has been no change to the accounting policies since last year.

No changes have been made to the accounts for previous years.

The accounts for the previous period were prepared for the period from 2 February 2022 to 31 March 2023

Taxation

As a charity the organisation benefits from rates relief and is generally exempt from income tax and capital gains tax but not from VAT. Irrecoverable VAT is included in the cost of those items to which it relates.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.

Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms of an appeal.

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

Calderdale Valley of Sanctuary

Notes to the accounts continued

for the year ended 31 March 2024

2 Grants and donations Calderdale MBC Community Foundation for Calderdale (CFFC) Brelms Trust Wharfedale Foundation Other donations 3 Restricted funds Balance b/f £ The Wharfedale Foundation - CFFC Support & Integration - CMBC Stronger Neighbourhoods 5,068 Brelms Trust - CFFC General Grant - 5,068	2024 Unrestricted funds £ - - - - 250 250 Incoming £ 2,500 4,970 12,700 5,000 2,982 28,152	2024 Restricted funds £ 12,700 7,952 5,000 2,500 - 28,152 Outgoing £ 420 150 17,768 740 - 19,078	2024 Total funds £ 12,700 7,952 5,000 2,500 250 28,402 Transfers £ - - - - - -	2023 Total funds £ 12,700 - - - 250 12,950 Balance c/f £ 2,080 4,820 - 4,260 2,982 14,142

Fund name

The Wharfedale Foundation CFFC Support & Integration CMBC Stronger Neighbourhoods

Brelms Trust CFFC General Grant

Purpose of restriction

Deliver mentoring to writers who are seeking sanctuary

To develop networks and partnerships with our members and supporters To deliver our vision of creating a welcome for those seeking asylum and refugees in Calderdale

For running costs To deliver specific activities as part of refugee week

4 Related party transactions

Trustee expenses

During the year 4 trustees were paid a total of £755, in respect of travel £50, telephone and internet £525 and £180 childcare costs (previous year: 2 trustees, £128 - £59 travel, £45 telephone and internet and £24 childcare costs).

Trustee remuneration and benefits

No trustee received any remuneration or benefit during this or the previous year.