## Trustees’ annual report for the period 



Period start date 2 4 0[2] 2 4 Period end date 2 20[0] 2 2 5 ~~4~~ Charity name Charity No 1 1 9 8 0 2 8 Safempowerment (if any) 

## Objectives and Activities 

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|Summary of the purposes of the<br>charity as set out in its governing<br>document|Para1.17|To act as a resource for young people up to the age<br>Of 20 living in Dorset and surrounding areas.<br>Advancing in life and helping young people develop<br>Their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them<br>To participate in society as independent, mature and<br>Responsible individuals.<br>Advanced Education for the public benefit, to relieve<br>The needs of women who criminally offend as a result<br>of drug use or domestic abuse.<br>The  public benefit, to relieve the needs of women<br>And men who have experienced childhood ACE’s and<br>Would benefit from a trauma informed approach.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular,the<br>|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|Workshops in school, mentoring service with young<br>people, trauma informed courses for both young<br>people and adults|



## Additional information (optional) 

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|Policy on grant making|Para1.38||
|Policy on social investment including<br>program related investment|Para1.38||
|Contribution made by volunteers|Para1.38|Our volunteers are invaluable to us. They work with<br>Us when we run workshops in schools around<br>“keeping safe, mental health, respect and influences,<br>Keeping others safe”|
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## Achievements and Performance 

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|Summary of the main achievements<br>of the charity, identifying the<br>difference the charity’s work has<br>made to the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider benefits<br>to society as a whole.|Para1.20|Safempowerment has worked with nearly 100<br>Families in the last year in the Bournemouth, Poole<br>And Christchurch area. We have spent time<br>Mentoring some young people who were on the<br>edge of County lines and drug dealing. By spending<br>Time with us and listening to how their lives could<br>work out, they have changed their friendships group<br>and are no longer in trouble in the community. We<br>have worked with young girls who have been<br>Sexually assaulted and is struggling to make sense<br>Of what happened to them and how to move<br>Forward. Many of our young people have been<br>Causing anti-social behavior in the community. We<br>Have worked with these young people and am<br>proud to report that a vast majority are now in<br>“healthy” hobbies and no longer committing anti-<br>Social behavior.<br>We are the only charity that will work with<br>Perpetrators of domestic abuse who do not admit to<br>Being a perpetrator. 90% of these people admit to<br>unhealthy actions by the time they have completed<br>Our course.|



## Additional information (optional) 

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|Achievements against objectives set|Para1.41||
|Performance of fundraising activities<br>against objectives set|Para1.41||
|Investment performance against<br>objectives|Para1.41||
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## Financial Review 

||SORP<br>reference||
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|Review of the charity’s financial<br>position at the end of the period|Para1.21|Our incoming is 4 times more than last year|
|Statement explaining the policy for<br>holding reserves stating why<br>theyare held|Para1.22||
|Amount of reserves held|Para1.22||
|Reasons for holding zero reserves|Para1.22||
|Details of fund materially in deficit|Para1.24|none|
|Explanation of any uncertainties<br>about the charity continuing as a<br>goingconcern|Para1.23|None at all. We are meeting all our targets|



## Additional information (optional) 

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|The charity’s principal sources of<br>funds (including any fundraising)|Para1.47|We apply for grants through independent<br>Companies and have a contract with BCP council<br>and Dorset Council. We are also applying to provide<br>Domestic abuse services in Plymouth over a 3 year<br>period|
|Investment policy and objectives<br>including any social investment<br>policy adopted|Para1.46|none|
|A description of the principal risks<br>facing the charity|Para1.46|We are more established and have had a contract<br>With BCP council for 18 months now. This is<br>Getting bigger each year. As we are becoming more<br>Successful we are able to apply for more grants<br>which will enable us to work with more families &<br>Young people.We no have a contract with DCC but<br>grant makers are now being more selective with<br>who they grant money too.|
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## Structure, Governance and Management 

|Description of charity’s trusts:|SORP<br>reference||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para1.25|Charity – Foundation Structure|
|How is the charity constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated association, CIO)|Para1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation|
|Trustee selection methods including<br>details of any constitutional<br>provisions e.g. election to post<br>or name of any person or body<br>entitled to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para1.25|Sharon Ellis-Gillard is the only person to appoint<br>All trustees.<br>Trustees are selected due to what they can bring<br>To the charity, whether that be from work or<br>personal experience.|



## Additional information (optional) 

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|Policies and procedures adopted for<br>the induction and training of trustees|Para1.51|Children and Adult safeguarding<br>Equal opportunities, complaints procedure,|
|The charity’s organisational structure<br>and any wider network with which<br>the charityworks|Para1.51||
|Relationship with any related parties|Para1.51|none|
|Other|||



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## Reference and Administrative details 

|Charityname|Safempowerment|
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|Other name the charity uses|Not applicable|
|Registered charity number|1198028|
|Charity’s principal address|12 Coombe Gardens<br>Bournemouth<br>Dorset<br>BH10 5AG|



|Names of the charitytrustees who manage the charity|Names of the charitytrustees who manage the charity|Names of the charitytrustees who manage the charity|Names of the charitytrustees who manage the charity|
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|Trusteename|Office (if any)|Dates acted if not for<br>whole year|Name of person (or<br>body) entitled to appoint<br>trustee(if any)|
|Janice Scott|||Sharon Ellis-Gillard|
|Carly Larkin|||Sharon Ellis-Gillard|
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## Reference and Administrative details 

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## Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

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|Sharon Ellis-Gillard|15.05.2024||
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## Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

|Trustee name|Dates acted if not for whole<br>year||
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|Janice Scott|||
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## Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others 

Description of the assets held in this none capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are none held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe none custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## Additional information (optional) 

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) 

Type of adviser Name Address 

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) 

## Exemptions from disclosure 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## Other optional information 

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## Declarations 

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. 

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees 

Sharon Ellis-Gillard Signature(s) Sharon Ellis-Gillard Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Director Chair, etc) 05.05.2025 Date 

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## Safempowerment 

Financial Statements for the Year Ended 28 February 2025 

## Notes to the financial statements 

1. The financial statements for the charity have been prepared in accordance with the Charity Accounting regulations 2006 using the Receipts and Payments Basis 

|**2.** Receiptsand**Payments analysis**<br>a.Other receipts<br>Localauthorities<br>Other providers<br>b.Charityactivities- payments<br>Accountancy & bool<eping<br>Adminstrationcosts<br>Gifts for clients<br>Insurance<br>Legalcosts<br>Staff andclient entertaining<br>TrainingTravelcosts<br>Volunteer costs<br>Staff costs||**Unrestricted**<br>Funds<br>£<br>53,539<br>34,716|**Designated**<br>**Restricted**<br>**Endowment**<br>**Total**<br>**Total**<br>**Funds**<br>Funds<br>Funds<br>**2025**<br>**2024**<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>£<br>53,539<br>27,925<br>34,716<br>27,497|
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|||88,255|0<br>0<br>0<br>88,255<br>55,422|
|||1,300<br>6,802<br>607<br>175<br>0<br>3,497<br>1,993<br>1,243<br>17,436<br>67,459|1,300<br>300<br>6,802<br>10,208<br>607<br>235<br>175<br>159<br>0<br>0<br>3,497<br>500<br>1,993<br>3,451<br>1,243<br>11,716<br>17,436<br>4,312<br>67,459<br>52,306|
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under sertion 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrylng oul my examination, I
have foll¢)wed all the applicable Directlons given by the Charity Commi88ion
under sectlon 145{5llb) of the Act.
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C8u$e to beliéve that In, any material respect-.
the accounting records were nol kept In a¢¢ordanc8 With section 130
of the Charities Act., or
the accounts did not accord wlth the accounting records., or
the accounts did Dot 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
con8idered as part of an independent examination.
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order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
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