## **Survivors Against Terror CIO** (Registered charity, number 1203327) **Financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2024** |**Page**|**Contents**|| |---|---|---| |2 - 4|nnual report|| |5|Independent e|report| |6|Receipts & payments account|| |7|Statement of assets & liabilities|| |8|Notes to the accounts|| ## **Survivors Against Terror CIO annual report for the year ended 31 March 2024** **Full name** Survivors Against Terror CIO **Organisation type** Charitable incorporated organisation ## **Registered charity number** 1203327 ## **Principal address** 21 Keyworth Road, Nottingham, NG4 4JD **Trustees** Claudia Vince Figen Murray Michael Haines Joanna Berry Charlotte Dixon-Sutcliffe, until Jan 2024 ## **Independent examiner** Units 1 & 2 North West, 41 Talbot Street, Nottingham, NG1 5GL ## **Governance and management** The charity is operated under the rules of its constitution adopted 31/05/2023. It was previously constituted as a Community Interest Company. Apart from the first charity trustees, every trustee must be appointed for a term of three years by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees. In selecting individuals for appointment as charity trustees, the charity trustees must have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO. ## **Objectives and activities** The objectives of the charity are the relief of suffering, hardship and distress of persons who are victims of terrorism including facilitating the provision of support, advocacy and information and raising awareness of the issues faced by victims of terrorism and its effects including ways to support such victims. Specifically, we: promote services, activities and policies that reduce the risk of terrorism and support victims and survivors conduct and sponsor research into the needs and experiences of survivors with recommendations for improved services and support for survivors promotion of learning from past attacks and how future terror attacks may be prevented/have their impact mitigated. organise events and activities which; enable victims and survivors to share their experiences, their points of view and offer mutual support; educate and update survivors on the work done by agencies tasked with supporting survivors as well as 2 ## **Survivors Against Terror CIO** those involved in security and policing; and to enable victims and survivors to collaborate in developing a shared programme of work. share information and understanding by participating in and contributing to relevant national initiatives led by government or civil society institutions and by proactively approaching stakeholders identified in our research and our survivor engagement. facilitate public participation in the prevention and solution of terrorism by enabling victims and survivors to share values and lessons that promote personal responses to terrorism that enable rather than diminish cohesion, peace and understanding in our national community and in local communities. monitor public discourse around events and developments that heighten concerns about the risk of terrorism and aim to ensure that victim and survivor aim to multiply our impact by developing links with media organisations to guide public debate. ## **Public benefit statement** Our activities provide relief of suffering, hardship and distress of persons who are victims of terrorism including facilitating the provision of support, advocacy and information and raising awareness of the issues faced by victims of terrorism and its effects including ways to support such victims. The Trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty in section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit, 'Charities and Public Benefit'. ## **Summary of the main achievements during the period** Since we became a CIO in May 2023, we have: Run a series of community zooms engaging our members in peer-to-peer support, with information-sharing from speakers, including home office, lawyers working in the area of media intrusion, support organisations such as Victim Support and the Peace Foundation. We highlighted members of the survivor community who are running successful projects based on their lived experience. Held an in-person event in Manchester attended by 80 people, offering survivors a chance to come together for mutual support and networking and the opportunity to meet local community leaders from political and faith backgrounds as well as our partners from victim support agencies and policing. Advanced and continued to advocate for the Survivors Charter; a guaranteed set of rights for survivors of terrorism which broadly cover: 1. Assistance and Support 2. Recognition and Remembrance 3. Financial Compensation 4. Access to Justice Given ongoing support to our members campaigns and projects, including Figen 3 ## **Survivors Against Terror CIO** in her walk from Manchester to 10 Downing Street as well as coordinating social media coverage and engagement. Established a memorialisation working group to explore recognition and remembrance as a group. Continued to work with law firm Osbourne Carter to draw up our media guidelines. Partnered with Cardiff University to set up research on the impact of social media on those affected by terrorism. We need reserves to meet any potential funding shortfall. Our target level is to cover basic operations for a 28 week period while we secure funding. We review annually. Signed _____________________________________________ Date __________12/09/2024 Joanna Berry, Trustee 4 ## **Independent e report to the trustees of Survivors Against Terror CIO for the year ended 31 March 2024** I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Survivors Against Terror CIO (the charity) for the year ended 31 March 2024. ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** As the trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in 145 of the 2011 Act and 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. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no 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. 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 _________________________ Date ______________________13/09/2024 Jo Employee of Community Accounting Plus 5 ## **Survivors Against Terror CIO Receipts & payments account for the year ended 31 March 2024** 6 ## **Survivors Against Terror CIO Statement of assets and liabilities at 31 March 2024** These financial statements are accepted on behalf of the charity by: 12/09/2024 Signed ~~___________________________________~~ Dated ___________ Claudia Vince, Trustee 7 ## **Survivors Against Terror CIO Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024** ## **1. Receipts & payments accounts** Receipts and payments accounts contain a summary of money received and money spent during the period and a list of assets and liabilities at the end of the period. Usually, cash received and cash spent will include transactions through bank accounts and cash in hand. ## **2. Grants & donations** ## **3. Debtors** ## **4. Creditors** ## **5. remuneration** Two trustees received payments of £11,184 during the period of transition from the CIC to the CIO legal form. Earlier payments to the Directors of the CIC were £2000. ## **6. Glossary of terms** **Debtors:** These are amount owed to the charity, but not received during the accounting period **Creditors:** These are amounts owed by the charity, but not paid during the accounting period. 8