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2024-03-31-accounts

COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 01794133 CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 289253

Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service Ltd Company Limited by Guarantee

Financial Statements 31 March 2024

BURGESS HODGSON LLP

Chartered accountants & statutory auditor Camburgh House 27 New Dover Road Canterbury Kent CT1 3DN

Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service Ltd

Company Limited by Guarantee

Financial Statements

Year ended 31 March 2024

Pages
Trustees' annual report (incorporating the director's report) 1 to 15
Independent auditor's report to the members 16 to 20
Statement of financial activities (including income and
expenditure account) 21
Statement of financial position 22
Statement of cash flows 23
Notes to the financial statements 24 to 33
The following pages do not form part of the financial statements
Detailed statement of financial activities 35
Notes to the detailed statement of financial activities 36

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Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service Ltd

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report)

Year ended 31 March 2024

The trustees, who are also the directors for the purposes of company law, present their report and the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2024.

Reference and administrative details

Registered charity name Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service Ltd

Charity registration number 289253 Company registration number 01794133 Principal office 23a Military Road Canterbury Kent CT1 1YX Registered office 27 New Dover Road Canterbury Kent CT1 3DN

The trustees

Dr C Tunaker (Chair) Dr M C Duggan (Vice Chair) Ms P J Hazelton Ms J Barsby Ms D Convery (Resigned 14 March 2024) Ms P C Edwards (Resigned 15 November 2023) Mrs J E Henley Ms S M Morton (Resigned 08 January 2024) Dr D Peluso (Joined 01 September 2023) Ms P I Bustamante Poblete (Joined 01 September 2023) Company secretary J Barsby Auditor Burgess Hodgson LLP Chartered accountants & statutory auditor Camburgh House 27 New Dover Road Canterbury Kent CT1 3DN

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Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service Ltd

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

Vision and Mission

Rising Sun Domestic Violence and Abuse Service (Rising Sun) is a charity based in Kent, supporting survivors of domestic abuse in Canterbury, Ashford, and Folkestone & Hythe.

Our vision is a world in which women and children live free from actual or threatened domestic abuse and all forms of violence.

Our mission is to provide specialist support to women, children and anyone affected by domestic abuse across Kent.

We aim to:

Our underlying principle is to work alongside survivors in their recovery from the trauma they have experienced, listen to their needs and help them to draw on their own strengths to build safe and independent futures.

Public Benefit

The Trustees have referred to the guidance provided by the Charity Commission regarding public benefit when reviewing Rising Sun's aims and objectives and in planning its future activities. We review our aims, objectives and activities yearly. The review looks at the success of key services and the benefits they have brought to the people we seek to help. The Trustees then reconsider how planned activities will contribute to the aims and objectives that have been set. As a charity, we have the flexibility to develop our services to ensure our objectives remain relevant to those we support. We are continually evolving to provide the best and most effective ways of delivering specialist domestic abuse services.

While the people we support inspire us with their spirit and courage, they also hold us to account. We encourage feedback and use a variety of tools to collect it, including interviews, surveys, evaluations, focus groups, informal feedback collation, and our Survivor Forum. We are amenable to making changes to our process, in accordance with the feedback that we receive.

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Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service Ltd

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

Activities and Achievements

Rising Sun provide a range of support to survivors from the age of 5 across three districts in Kent - Canterbury (where our office is based), Ashford and Folkestone and Hythe. We are the local expert provider of domestic abuse (DA) services in these areas and are embedded within our communities, working in partnership with other agencies and carrying out awareness raising, training, and fundraising activities.

Over the course of the year:

 1378 adults and 283 children and young people were supported through our one-to-one community services.

Altogether, adults, children and young people showed these improvements across our key outcome domains:

We are proud to have achieved two awards for our impact; the 2023 Kent Mental Wellbeing Award for our adolescent boys mentoring service and the 2024 GSK IMPACT Award for our impact in health, in particular through our Hospital IDVA and counselling services. We also retained the Women's Aid National Quality Standard and received commendations in three areas - our research 'Ensuring all children and young people affected by domestic abuse have access to services that meet their needs.', our work with adolescent boys, and the campaigning and activism of the team alongside our frontline work.

Domestic Abuse Advice, Advocacy and Emotional Support

We offer advice, advocacy and emotional support to anyone aged 16+ affected by domestic abuse, from our Independent Domestic Violence Advocates (IDVAs) and Outreach Workers. This includes specialist services for young women aged 16-24, survivors with high support needs (HSN), and those based in Kent hospitals.

Our team provide specialist support at point of crisis, discussing options, offering impartial advice and generally being there every step of the way. They ensure the survivor's voice is heard and their wishes are being heeded.

They promote the safety of the survivor and any children by providing practical and emotional support from the first report to the police or other agency, through the court process and beyond. They also work in partnership with statutory and non-statutory agencies such as police, social services, refuge, health service, schools and victim support.

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Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service Ltd

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

This year, as part of Canterbury Community Safety Partnership, the High Support Needs team were a key partner in the Safer Streets Campaign to tackle violence against women and girls (VAWG) and delivered training in domestic abuse and VAWG to local businesses across the district. All of the attendees who completed surveys felt that they had a better understanding of domestic abuse and that they were more aware of where to get help. Crucially, all attendees felt equipped to support survivors following their session. One attendee shared, "The training was fantastic- led by women, very informative, and the discussion on victim-blaming was brilliant."

Lisa Waters, Our Hospital IDVA Service Manager, is part of the Crossing Pathways Network, a whole health initiative that seeks to improve the response to domestic abuse across the health economy. In October 2023 she presented to the South East Regional Network on best practice when delivering a Hospital IDVA Service and the challenges and benefits for survivors and health practitioners. She has also set up a Hospital IDVA network in Kent.

At our annual away day in October 2023 survivors highlighted the difficulties and traumatising effect of navigating the family court process. In response to this we have been identifying opportunities to bring the survivor voice to key influencers and decision makers at county level, and Elaine Coia, Head of Adult Services, has presented the key issues to CAFCASS and the Kent Family Justice Board, and now sits on the Board's Performance Improvement Sub-group.

Support delivered to survivors in 2023/24:

Outcomes achieved by survivors accessing these services in 2023/24:

One survivor expressed,

"Without Jane I know I wouldn't be sitting here now feeling as strong and in control of my own life as I do now. There are plenty of times during this whole process where I've felt that she is the only person actually listening to me. I would not be the strong person I am now if it wasn't for her and I am forever grateful to her for giving me the advice and support in getting my life back and into a much happier healthier place".

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Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service Ltd

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

Counselling / Therapeutic Support

We provide specialist women's domestic abuse counselling, delivered by qualified and student volunteers, to women aged 16+ who are no longer in an abusive relationship and looking to take the next steps towards recovery.

We also offer counselling to children and young people aged 5-18 years old who have experienced domestic abuse, is delivered by paid counsellors.

Our counselling service helps survivors come to terms with and cope with the impact of the abuse, incorporating our feminist values and strengths based approach. Our counsellors are there to listen and allow time to discuss and process experiences in a trauma informed environment.

The Rising Sun counselling service is free and part of what makes it so effective is that survivors have the option to increase the number of sessions beyond the initial 12 if they need more support. Our counsellors take a holistic, empowering approach, and their knowledge and understanding of domestic abuse is essential to building trust with survivors, unpicking their trauma, and allowing them to feel heard.

Support delivered to survivors in 2023/24:

 105 women received counselling through our volunteer led counselling service, attending an average of 16 sessions.

 112 girls and boys aged 5-24 received counselling through our specialist DA CYP counselling service.

Outcomes achieved by survivors accessing these services in 2023/24:

 73% of girls and boys achieved an improvement in overall wellbeing and resilience.

One 11-year-old young person said of the counselling "How reassuring it was to speak up" and "I think I have dealt with a lot and they have helped me."

 98% of women achieved an improvement (decrease) in their CORE score (the CORE outcome measures improvement across four domains: Subjective Well-Being; Problems and Symptoms; Functioning; and Risk).

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Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service Ltd

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

Amalia's experience exemplifies the significance that counselling can have in a survivor's life.

Amalia is a survivor of domestic abuse. Her experience caused trauma symptoms, leading to a diagnosis of anxiety and depression. She was referred to counselling having been supported by an Independent Domestic Violence Advocate (IDVA). At the start of her counselling, Amalia shared her goal to recover from the abuse and to live happily with her children.

Her sessions started with identifying how domestic abuse causes trauma symptoms to occur. Amalia found that her counsellor's psychoeducational examples resonated with her own experience of overwhelm, flashbacks, and nightmares. She also expressed feeling triggered by some of her son's behaviours. Amalia identified and explored her window of tolerance (the limit within which she is able to respond to stressors and challenging emotions without being triggered into fight, flight or freeze). She understood that, through counselling sessions, this window would increase.

Through counselling, Amalia's feelings that the abuse was her fault and the shame that she felt being in an abusive relationship began to decrease. Amalia began to understand her trauma symptoms, and was able to manage them through acquiring good self-care practices and implementing grounding techniques. She was able to reflect on being triggered by certain behaviours from her son, realising the impact of trauma on her reactions to environmental stimuli, and understanding how past and present can be confused.

As her counselling drew to a close, Amalia reported feeling more in control of herself and her memories. She was no longer reacting to her common triggers with overwhelm. Instances of being outside of her window of tolerance had decreased significantly. Amalia began to feel some happiness and was enjoying being with her children and organising activities for them. By the end of counselling, her CORE score had fallen from 76 to 8, and Amalia felt able to trust herself and her world again.

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Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service Ltd

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

Mentoring and Group Programmes

Many women, children and young people are not in crisis but still dealing with the impact of the abusive partner / family member on their daily lives, mental health and relationships.

We offer mentoring to children and young people from the age of 5 to 24 who have experienced domestic abuse in the home or their own intimate relationships. This one-to-one trauma informed support is tailored to the individual, focusing on their strengths and striving to increase their resilience.

We also offer a range of therapeutic and psychoeducational group programmes to women aged 16+ and children and young people from 5-16 years old which vary in duration and content in line with the aims and focus of the group and age of participants. Group programmes help to raise awareness of domestic abuse and how it has impacted survivors' lives. They also cover healthy relationships and appropriate boundaries, and how to rebuild relationships which have been damaged. We focus on the survivor, keeping them at the centre and shifting feelings of shame and blame to the perpetrator.

Participants find the peer support element of the groups invaluable and many build strong and supportive friendships throughout the programmes. This validates their experiences and feelings, rebuilds confidence and strengthens support networks. Alongside this participants gain knowledge and skills to manage and prevent future relationships with abusive partners.

Mentoring and group support delivered to children and young people in 2023/24:

Outcomes achieved by survivors accessing these services in 2023/24:

The emotional support provided by the mentoring service is illustrated by feedback from a 12-year-old, who wrote "just was good to chat and be listened to".

This is also reflected in our group work as when children aged 5 to 11 were asked to share their feedback on the Place for Me programme on post-it notes, they expressed that the group felt "kind" and "safe" , and that they were "listened to" . In our adolescent boys group, when asked about the best bits of their time, boys shared "space to talk with others" and "talking about emotions" .

Adult women attending group programmes in 2023/24:

Through our adult group programmes, we have seen these improvements in outcomes:

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Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service Ltd

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

When asked why groups are an important part of healing from domestic abuse, one woman shared, that it, "Gives you the chance to have support from people who have gone through it and understand it. You often blame yourself in this process so you are able to look at it all in a different way. They are vital and would recommend anyone to attend them".

Project Liberty and Liberty House Accommodation

Project Liberty is our specialist service for young women aged 16-24 years old who have experienced, are at risk of, or are currently experiencing domestic abuse.

Our service includes domestic abuse advice, advocacy and emotional support delivered by specialist 16-24 IDVAs, mentoring and group programmes tailored to the issues and preferences of this age group, and supported accommodation in Liberty House.

At Liberty House, we provide a safe and supportive environment to young women who are 16-24 years old, pregnant or with a young baby and facing homelessness. Residents are listened to and supported to draw on their own strengths to build safe and independent futures for themselves and their babies. They are allocated a key-worker and have access a range of support including counselling, life skills workshops such as positive parenting, resilience, health and hygiene, budgeting, employability, and support and advocacy around domestic abuse and healthy relationships.

The house comprises of five individual spacious bedrooms each with a sink, fridge and kettle. The communal facilities include a kitchen, two bathrooms and three toilets, a lounge, family/play room and a large garden.

Support delivered to young women in 2023/24:

 82% improvement in stability and resilience, such as better everyday coping skills and more confidence managing day to day life skills

 69% improvement in relationships, such as positive social networks and more confident parenting skills

A young woman who was supported by a Project Liberty mentor shared:

One survivor shared about her support by our 16-24 IDVA:

"Alexandra has been my rock over the time we have been in contact, she has helped me in more ways than she will ever know. I'll be forever grateful for her help and guidance for the rest of my life".

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Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service Ltd

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

Following their stay at Liberty House, a few women shared their positive experiences, for example:

"Me and my baby really enjoyed our time at Liberty House. It made us feel safe and secure, helping us get where we needed to be. The support was incredible, and I really couldn't thank Rising Sun enough. I'm so appreciative of the support I've been given, it was a very positive experience"

"Liberty House provided a safe and happy environment for both me and my young baby to heal and grow. I see the house as a place that helps setting young women up for a better future, supporting you whilst you make the best possible decisions for you and your baby".

Drop-Ins

Our drop in services provide ad hoc practical, emotional and peer support, and are an essential part of our survivor centred service.

Our One Stop Shops are available weekly to anyone wanting advice, information and support around domestic abuse. At the OSS they can speak with our team and other professionals such as the police, refuge and solicitors, about the abuse from their perpetrator, legal remedies, options for police action etc. Survivors can attend anonymously, with a friend or family member, just once or as many times as they need, no appointment is necessary.

Our weekly drop in Café is open to all women who have experienced domestic abuse. It is a safe space to talk and get support with others who understand. It is an opportunity to connect with others, build friendships and strengthen support networks.

Support delivered to survivors in 2023/24:

One-Off Activities and Training

During school holidays we run a range of activities and outings for children and young people aged 5 to 17 who have experienced domestic abuse. As well as an opportunity to relax and have fun, the outings enable young people to gain peer support and connect with others who have similar experiences, validating feelings and reducing isolation. In 2023/24:

One parent said,

"I honestly cannot thank Emma and the rest of the team at Rising Sun enough. They have truly been a fantastic support network and the trips they provide for my daughter are fantastic, she loves spending time with Emma and all the staff and making new friends. They provide experiences I would be unable to do with her. I know there is always a listening ear and caring hand for her should she need to talk or simply just have someone to sit with her, and she knows she is completely safe in their care. The memories she has made and the bonds she has built will forever be with her. Thank you all for being a powerful and positive force in her life and helping and supporting her through difficult and trying times."

We work with schools to deliver age appropriate workshops and assemblies to groups of children and young people around healthy relationships, boundaries and behaviours, domestic abuse and positive communication. Sessions can be with individual classes or whole year groups, both face to face and online.

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Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service Ltd

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

We have developed several training modules around domestic abuse which we've delivered to university students and staff, statutory agencies, schools, private organisations and the public. Topics include Recognising and Responding to Domestic Abuse, Safe Enquiry, Coercive Control and Children and the DA Act. We also offer bespoke training packages to organisations, tailored to needs, knowledge and experience.

 46 training sessions were delivered to hospital staff across Darent Valley and East Kent University Hospitals NHS Trust. 48% of referrals to Rising Sun Hospital IDVAs were made due to the referrer having heard of the service through training.

Partnerships and other activities

Collaboration is one of our core values; we believe that it is important to work as a team with survivors and professional partners to develop services, share knowledge and expertise, and to ensure that we take each possible step towards our vision.

Our team feed into district and county wide forums and steering groups to share best practice, influence decision makers and improve services for survivors. These include local domestic abuse forums, various sub-groups feeding into the Kent Local Partnership Board responsible for implementing the Domestic Abuse Act and Kent and Medway Domestic Abuse Consortium (KAMDAC), bringing specialist DA organisations together to deliver services and influence policy.

We are a member of the Kent Children and Young People's Steering Group working to raise the voice of voluntary sector children's organisations and improve services for children and young people and attend Local Children's Partnership Group meetings, ensuring domestic abuse is a consideration when setting priorities and action plans. We also attend the Kent Suicide Prevention Network Meetings and are providing data and information to feed into research around the link between suicide and domestic abuse.

In Canterbury District we have set up a regular meeting between Rising Sun team members and social and early help workers from Integrated Children's Services, allowing colleagues to come together to discuss cases, learn from one another and work together to provide more joined up and effective support for survivors. We are looking to replicate this in Ashford and Folkestone & Hythe Districts next year.

As a team we supported the Soroptimists Silent March in November 2023 as part of the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence. The annual Canterbury Christ Church University Multi-disciplinary Domestic Abuse Conference took place in March 2024 and was attended by trainee doctors, health visitors, social workers and police officers. Rising Sun team members presented and a member of our Survivor Forum shared her personal experience of receiving support and her journey to recovery.

Our Survivor Forum has had 26 active members this year involved in a range of activities including speaking at events, such as our AGM and awareness raising session at our partner funder Bridges Impact Foundation, providing insight and feeding into the Kent & Medway DA Strategy, supporting applications for awards and funding.

Volunteers are crucial to our services at Rising Sun, from helping to facilitate Café and providing a welcoming presence at the One Stop Shops, to carrying out a range of admin support and being the bedrock of our Adult Counselling service. We have also grown our volunteer base this year to 39, including 8 trustees. We are incredibly grateful to all our volunteers for their immense contributions.

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Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service Ltd

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

Financial review

Our Approach to Fundraising

Rising Sun are incredibly grateful for the new and continued support we have received from our corporate partners, community, trusts and individuals. Without this, we simply couldn't deliver the vital services we provide for survivors and their children.

We are proud to have a dedicated fundraising team who successfully secure income to enable the work of the Rising Sun team to happen. The team includes a Head of Income, Partnerships and Communications, Fundraising and Communications Manager, Trust & Foundations Officer, Community Fundraiser and two part-time Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Managers. The introduction of a Fundraising and Communications Manager has given an even greater focus on diversifying our income streams, building on and enhancing the Rising Sun brand and creating consistent messaging across all areas of our organisation.

Over the course of 2023/24, the funding we received enabled us to successfully run all of our services across the year. We would like to say thank you to Clarion Housing Association, Canterbury City Council, Sara Charlton Foundation and Kent Police & Crime Commissioner for funding our IDVA, Outreach, HIDVA and HSN IDVA work. To Colyer Fergusson Charitable Trust, The National Lottery Community Fund, Beerling Foundation, BBC Children in Need, Godinton Charitable Trust, John Swire 1989 Charitable Trust, Kent Police & Crime Commissioner, Barnardo's, Little Lives UK, Masonic Charitable Foundation, Souter Charitable Trust, The Roger De Haan Charitable Trust, The Whitehead Monckton Charitable Foundation and our community who donated towards a Spacehive Crowdfunder for supporting our Children & Young People services. Our volunteer-led Adult Counselling service was kindly funded by Kent Police & Crime Commissioner, Another Way Women's Foundation and The Worshipful Company of Security Professionals Charitable Trust. Thank you to The National Lottery Community Fund, Kent Police and Crime Commissioner, The Hobson Charity, Albert Hunt Trust, ASDA Foundation, Global Make Some Noise, St James' Place Charitable Foundation and The Laing Family Trust for supporting Project Liberty, our specialist work with young women aged 16-24. We are also continuously grateful to those who fund our core services, including Brook Trust, Bridges Fund Management, Henry Smith Charity, Cole Charitable Trust, Kent Community Foundation, The Community of the Presentation Trust, The Leathersellers' Company, The Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust, Hypatia Foundation, The Jessica Mathers Trust, Trelix Charitable Trust, GSK & The King's Fund, and our forever supportive local community of corporate partners, community groups and individuals.

As part of Rising Sun’s funding strategy, the fundraising team are prioritising the diversification of income streams, growing unrestricted income from Corporate Partners, Community Fundraising and Event Fundraising to ensure the stability of our funding long team.

Rising Sun continues to be a member of the Fundraising Regulator and we have received no complaints regarding our fundraising practice in 2023/24.

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Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service Ltd

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

Financial review (continued)

Reserves

Our reserves policy is to maintain free reserves to reserves manage the potential risks to the charity. These will permit the charity to continue its operational expenditure in the event of a downturn in income or unforeseen increase in costs and are in line with our Strategic Plan.

The financial accounts show Reserves carried forward of £1,511,254 (2023: £1,434,606) which are split into unrestricted funds of £1,157,664 (2023: £1,044,363) and restricted funds of £353,590 (2023: £390,243).

Unrestricted funds include the fixed asset, Liberty House, at £575,000 (2023: £475,000). Restricted funds are for projects where we received multi-year grants and the projects are ongoing, including our children and young people work and the Liberty House renovations.

£200,000 (2023: £180,000) reserves are set aside from unrestricted funds, as a contingency to meet the legal requirements should the business be forced to close.

The Development Fund of £18,644 (2023: £18,644) is set aside from unrestricted funds, for the Trustees to use at their discretion for the development of the organisation, for example an investment in the fundraising team, or case management database. Use of the Development Fund must be agreed by the Trustees.

The remaining undesignated unrestricted funds is £364,020 (2023: £370,719).

Funding has been diligently sought to provide the financial support to provide our services, both for front-line staff and the core support needed.

Trustees agree that the Rising Sun reserves are at a satisfactory level for the continuation of the charity's objectives and will continue to be so for the foreseeable future.

Risk Management Statement

The Rising Sun Trustees are responsible for managing risk in the charity. Significant risks are identified by considering areas such as governance, operations, finances, legal compliance and external factors. These are recorded in an organisation risk register, along with the severity, likelihood, mitigating factors and residual risk level. The risk register is reviewed and discussed every other month at trustee meetings.

The trustees have considered the major risks to which the charity is exposed and satisfied themselves that systems or procedures are established in order to manage those risks.

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Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service Ltd

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

Trustees' responsibilities statement

The Trustees (who, for the purposes of company law, are also Directors of Rising Sun) 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).

Company law 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 charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period.

In preparing these financial statements, the Trustees are required to:

 State whether applicable UK Accounting Standards and statements of recommended practice have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements.

 Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business.

The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The Trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charitable company's website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

Auditor

Each of the persons who is a trustee at the date of approval of this report confirms that:

The auditor is deemed to have been re-appointed in accordance with section 487 of the Companies Act 2006.

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Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service Ltd

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

Structure, governance and management

The company is limited by guarantee. The appointment of Trustees is in line with the Memorandum and Articles of Association. We recruit individuals with skills relevant to the needs and opportunities facing the organisation now and in the future, to join the Board and at least one Trustee will be a former service user. New Trustees obtain full details of the Rising Sun policies and procedures, as well as an overview of the key issues regarding domestic abuse in the local environment and its impact on our service users. Trustees are familiar with the charity's team members and their roles, particularly the CEO and Senior Leadership Team (SLT). The SLT comprises of the CEO, the Head of Adult Services, the Head of Children and Young People Services and the Head of Income and Partnerships.

The Trustees are involved in strategic decision making alongside the CEO and SLT. Operational decisions are delegated to the CEO and SLT. The Trustee and Governance Policy sets out the role and responsibility of the Trustees and SLT in relation to key areas, and what has been delegated. In addition to an annual Trustee 'Away Day' strategy meeting, regular Trustee meetings take place every other month, either in person or virtually. The CEO attends all meetings and other members of the SLT attend on a rotational basis or as required. Trustees are responsible for making key policy decisions and maintaining accurate records of all service funding and grant expenditure. The Trustees are responsible for the identification and management of risks that may affect the service. The Trustees are responsible for monitoring funding and ensuring compliance with all legal employment responsibilities that concern staff. All Trustees complete annual online safeguarding training.

This year we set up a Finance Sub-committee to scrutinise and monitor the charity's finances, and to discuss and take strategic financial decisions. The committee comprises two trustees, including the Treasurer, the CEO, the Finance and HR Manager and the Head of Income and Partnerships. The committee also makes a recommendation to the Board in relation to annual pay increases for the whole team, using the CPIH and organisation's financial position to inform the recommendation.

We also have an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion working group, chaired by a trustee and comprising team members from across the organisation, including the CEO, currently focusing on increasing accessibility to our services for minoritized groups.

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Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service Ltd

Company Limited by Guarantee

Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report) (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

Plans for the future

In the coming year we will continue to deliver life changing services for survivors of domestic abuse in line with our 3 year strategy, as well as strengthen our organisation's infrastructure and collaborative work.

We plan to further develop our partnerships with external agencies, sharing learning and working together to provide survivor centred and trauma-informed responses for survivors, particularly with Kent Police, Integrated Children's Services, CAFCASS and the Kent Family Justice Board.

The Trustees have approved a rebrand and development of a new website to be funded from reserves (our development fund). We will involve members of the Survivor Forum in this process to ensure the new brand reflects a service that survivors will feel comfortable and confident to contact, and that the website contains all the necessary content and is easy to navigate.

We will be carrying out a consultation with survivors to gather insights and views of service users to feed into organisational planning and development, as part of our commitment to be survivor centred in all that we do.

One of our IDVAs is undergoing vetting to enable her to work in police stations alongside officers. This will lead to stronger relationships within the police and more effective partnership working.

We will be updating our governing document to bring it up to date and in line with latest guidance around online meetings and trustee terms, and are fortunate to have pro bono support from Charles Russell Speechlys to work with us on this.

As always, we will continue to develop our knowledge and expertise in domestic abuse and the trends and challenges facing survivors, through our specialist domestic abuse work, research and training, to ensure we are providing the best support for survivors possible.

Small company provisions

This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the small companies exemption.

The trustees' annual report was approved on .............................. and signed on behalf of the board of 13/12/2024

trustees by:

Carin Tunaker (Dec 13, 2024 12:40 GMT)

Dr C Tunaker (Chair) Trustee

Mrs J E Henley Trustee

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Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service Ltd

Company Limited by Guarantee

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service Ltd

Year ended 31 March 2024

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service Ltd (the 'charity') for the year ended 31 March 2024 which comprise the statement of financial activities (including income and expenditure account), statement of financial position, statement of cash flows and the related notes, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including FRS 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charity in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

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Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service Ltd

Company Limited by Guarantee

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service Ltd (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. The trustees are responsible for the other information. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the charity and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the trustees' report.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

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Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service Ltd

Company Limited by Guarantee

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service Ltd (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

Responsibilities of trustees

As explained more fully in the trustees' responsibilities statement, the trustees (who are also the directors for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charity or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

We identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, and then design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, including obtaining audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

In identifying and assessing risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we have considered; the nature of the industry, control environment and business performance with particular reference to the Company's performance targets.

Throughout the audit testing we are considering the incentives that may exist within the organisation for fraud. Key areas include timing of recognising income around the year end, posting of unusual journals and manipulating the Company's performance measures to meet targets.

We ensure we have an understanding of the relevant laws and regulations and remain alert to possible non-compliance throughout the audit. Despite proper planning and audit work in accordance with auditing standards there are inherent limitations and unavoidable risk that we may not detect some irregularities and material misstatements in the financial statements. We are not responsible for preventing non-compliance and cannot be expected to detect non-compliance with all laws and regulations.

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Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service Ltd

Company Limited by Guarantee

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service Ltd (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

As part of an audit in accordance with ISAs (UK), we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional scepticism throughout the audit. We also:

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Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service Ltd

Company Limited by Guarantee

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service Ltd (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charity's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charity's members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the charity's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Robert Field FCA CTA (Senior Statutory Auditor)

For and on behalf of Burgess Hodgson LLP Chartered accountants & statutory auditor Camburgh House 27 New Dover Road Canterbury Kent CT1 3DN

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Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service Ltd

Company Limited by Guarantee

Statement of Financial Activities (including income and expenditure account)

Year ended 31 March 2024

2024 2023
Unrestricted Restricted
funds funds Total funds Total funds
Note £ £ £ £
Income and endowments
Donations and legacies 5 570,596 838,916 1,409,512 1,399,519
Investment income 6 19,958 – 19,958 5,877
───────── ───────── ──────────── ────────────
Total income 590,554 838,916 1,429,470 1,405,396
═════════ ═════════ ════════════ ════════════
Expenditure
Expenditure on charitable activities 7,8 435,878 915,593 1,351,471 1,264,554
Other expenditure 10 1,075 276 1,351 700
───────── ───────── ──────────── ────────────
Total expenditure 436,953 915,869 1,352,822 1,265,254
═════════ ═════════ ════════════ ════════════
───────── ───────── ──────────── ────────────
Net income 153,601 (76,953) 76,648 140,142
═════════ ═════════ ════════════ ════════════
Transfers between funds (40,300) 40,300 – –
───────── ───────── ──────────── ────────────
Net movement in funds 113,301 (36,653) 76,648 140,142
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward 1,044,363 390,243 1,434,606 1,294,464
──────────── ───────── ──────────── ────────────
Total funds carried forward 1,157,664
════════════		 353,590
═════════		 1,511,254
════════════		 1,434,606
════════════

The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

The notes on pages 24 to 33 form part of these financial statements.

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Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service Ltd

Company Limited by Guarantee

Statement of Financial Position

31 March 2024

2024 2023
Note £ £ £
Fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets 14 589,387 492,203
Current assets
Debtors 15 95,696 117,392
Cash at bank and in hand 1,044,801 978,163
──────────── ────────────
1,140,497 1,095,555
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 16 218,630 153,152
──────────── ────────────
Net current assets 921,867 942,403
──────────── ────────────
Total assets less current liabilities 1,511,254 1,434,606
──────────── ────────────
Net assets 1,511,254 1,434,606
════════════ ════════════
Funds of the charity
Restricted funds 353,590 390,243
Unrestricted funds 1,157,664 1,044,363
──────────── ────────────
Total charity funds 18 1,511,254
════════════		 1,434,606
════════════

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime.

These financial statements were approved by the board of trustees and authorised for issue on ........................, and are signed on behalf of the board by: 13/12/2024

Carin Tunaker (Dec 13, 2024 12:40 GMT) Dr C Tunaker (Chair) Trustee

Mrs J E Henley Trustee

The notes on pages 24 to 33 form part of these financial statements.

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Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service Ltd

Company Limited by Guarantee

Statement of Cash Flows

Year ended 31 March 2024

2024 2023
£ £
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income 76,648 140,142
Adjustments for:
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets 8,895 13,809
Impairment of tangible fixed assets (100,000) –
Other interest receivable and similar income (19,958) (5,877)
Interest payable and similar charges 246 268
Loss on disposal of tangible fixed assets 1,351 700
Accrued expenses/(income) 118,433 (31,253)
Changes in:
Trade and other debtors (34,754) 7,029
Trade and other creditors 3,495 (26,806)
───────── ─────────
Cash generated from operations 54,356 98,012
Interest paid (246) (268)
Interest received 19,958 5,877
──────── ─────────
Net cash from operating activities 74,068 103,621
════════ ═════════
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of tangible assets (7,430) (7,116)
──────── ─────────
Net cash used in investing activities (7,430) (7,116)
════════ ═════════
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents 66,638 96,505
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 978,163 881,658
──────────── ─────────
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year 1,044,801
════════════		 978,163
═════════

The notes on pages 24 to 33 form part of these financial statements.

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Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service Ltd

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements

Year ended 31 March 2024

1. General information

The charity is a public benefit entity and a private company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales and a registered charity in England and Wales. The address of the registered office is 27 New Dover Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 3DN.

2. Statement of compliance

These financial statements have been prepared in compliance with FRS 102, 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland', the 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) (Charities SORP (FRS 102)) and the Companies Act 2006.

3. Accounting policies

Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis, as modified by the revaluation of certain financial assets and liabilities and investment properties measured at fair value through income or expenditure.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the entity.

Going concern

There are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue.

Disclosure exemptions

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime of the Companies Act 2006 and in accordance with the provisions of FRS 102 Section 1A - small entities.

Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported. Accounting estimates and assumptions are made concerning the future and, by their nature, are not exact. These estimates and judgements are continually reviewed and are based on experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.

Significant judgements

The judgements (apart from those involving estimations) that management has made in the process of applying the entity's accounting policies and that have the most significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements are as follows:

Deferred grant

Determining whether income derived from grants is sufficiently disclosed in the accounts and, where grant income is linked directly to an ongoing project, the remaining length of the project.

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Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service Ltd

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

3. Accounting policies (continued)

Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty (continued)

Key sources of estimation uncertainty

Accounting estimates and assumptions are made concerning the future and, by their nature, will rarely equal the related actual outcome. The key assumptions and other sources of estimation uncertainty that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year are as follows:

Accruals

Accruals are the effects of transactions which are recognised during the period they occur, before the work is invoiced or paid. Management have made best estimates of these future costs.

Accrued grant

Determining whether income derived from grants is sufficiently disclosed in the accounts and, where grant income is not yet been received, accruing the unpaid amount.

Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets are depreciated over their useful economic life taking into account residual values, where appropriate. Land is not depreciated. The actual lives of the assets and residuals are assessed annually and may vary depending on a number of factors. In re-assessing asset lives, factors such as technological innovation, product life cycles and maintenance programmes are taken into account. Residual value assessments consider issues such as future market conditions, the remaining life of the asset and projected disposal values.

Assets donated to the Charity are recorded initially at their fair value in line with the Charity SORP.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees to further any of the charity's purposes.

Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular future project or

commitment.

Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure declared by the donor or through the terms of an appeal, and fall into one of two sub-classes: restricted income funds or endowment funds.

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Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service Ltd

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

3. Accounting policies (continued)

Incoming resources

All incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when entitlement has passed to the charity; it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the charity and the amount can be reliably measured. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income:

Resources expended

Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is classified under headings of the statement of financial activities to which it relates:

All costs are allocated to expenditure categories reflecting the use of the resource. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs are apportioned between the activities they contribute to on a reasonable, justifiable and consistent basis.

Tangible assets

Tangible assets are initially recorded at cost, and subsequently stated at cost less any accumulated depreciation and impairment losses.

Assets donated to the Charity are recorded initially at their fair value in line with the Charity SORP.

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Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service Ltd

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

3. Accounting policies (continued)

Depreciation

Depreciation is calculated so as to write off the cost or valuation of an asset, less its residual value, over the useful economic life of that asset as follows:

Computers - 33% straight line Equipment - 25% straight line

Impairment of fixed assets

A review for indicators of impairment is carried out at each reporting date, with the recoverable amount being estimated where such indicators exist. Where the carrying value exceeds the recoverable amount, the asset is impaired accordingly. Prior impairments are also reviewed for possible reversal at each reporting date.

Financial instruments

Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into.

Debtors and creditors with no stated interest rate and receivable or payable within one year are recorded at transaction price. Any losses arising from impairment are recognised in the profit and loss account in other administrative expenses.

Loans and borrowings are initially recognised at the transaction price including transaction costs. Subsequently, they are measured at amortised cost using the effective interest rate method, less impairment. If an arrangement constitutes a finance transaction it is measured at present value.

Defined contribution plans

Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as an expense in the period in which the related service is provided. Prepaid contributions are recognised as an asset to the extent that the prepayment will lead to a reduction in future payments or a cash refund.

4. Limited by guarantee

The company is limited by guarantee and has no share capital.

In the event of winding up, the members are liable to contribute towards any deficiency up to a maximum of £1 each.

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Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service Ltd

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

5. Donations and legacies

Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2024
£ £ £
Donations
Donations 57,355 – 57,355
Grants
Unrestricted grants 513,241 – 513,241
Restricted grants – 838,916 838,916
───────── ───────── ────────────
570,596 838,916 1,409,512
═════════ ═════════ ════════════
Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2023
£ £ £
Donations
Donations 62,827 – 62,827
Grants
Unrestricted grants 181,243 – 181,243
Restricted grants – 1,155,449 1,155,449
───────── ──────────── ────────────
244,070 1,155,449 1,399,519
═════════ ════════════ ════════════
6. Investment income
Unrestricted Total Funds Unrestricted Total Funds
Funds 2024 Funds 2023
£ £ £ £
Bank interest receivable 19,958 19,958 5,877 5,877
════════ ════════ ═══════ ═══════
7. Expenditure on charitable activities by fund type
Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2024
£ £ £
Support and therapy for women and children exposed
to domestic violence 361,867 898,074 1,259,941
Support costs 74,011 17,519 91,530
───────── ───────── ────────────
435,878 915,593 1,351,471
═════════ ═════════ ════════════
Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2023
£ £ £
Support and therapy for women and children exposed
to domestic violence 127,830 1,046,134 1,173,964
Support costs 68,572 22,018 90,590
───────── ──────────── ────────────
196,402 1,068,152 1,264,554
═════════ ════════════ ════════════

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Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service Ltd

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

8. Expenditure on charitable activities by activity type

Activities
undertaken Total funds Total fund
directly Support costs 2024 2023
£ £ £ £
Support and therapy for women and
children exposed to domestic violence 1,259,941 73,738 1,333,679 1,249,377
Governance costs – 17,792 17,792 15,177
──────────── ──────── ──────────── ────────────
1,259,941
════════════		 91,530
════════		 1,351,471
════════════		 1,264,554
════════════

9. Analysis of support costs

Support costs Total 2024 Total 2023
£ £ £
Staff costs 27,315 27,315 28,780
Premises 46,423 46,423 46,633
Governance costs 17,792 17,792 15,177
──────── ──────── ────────
91,530 91,530 90,590
════════ ════════ ════════
10. Other expenditure
Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2024
£ £ £
Loss on disposal of tangible fixed assets held for
charity's own use 1,075 276 1,351
═══════ ════ ═══════
Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2023
£ £ £
Loss on disposal of tangible fixed assets held for
charity's own use 700 – 700
════ ════ ════
11. Auditors remuneration
2024 2023
£ £
Fees payable for the audit of the financial statements 3,500 2,500
═══════ ═══════
12. Staff costs
The total staff costs and employee benefits for the reporting period are analysed as follows:
2024 2023
£ £
Wages and salaries 1,120,838 933,415
Social security costs 81,452 65,180
Employer contributions to pension plans 23,737 20,334
──────────── ────────────
1,226,027 1,018,929
════════════ ════════════

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Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service Ltd

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

12. Staff costs (continued)

The average head count of employees during the year was 48 (2023: 43). The average number of full-time equivalent employees during the year is analysed as follows:

2024 2023
No. No.
Management 3 3
Fundraising 2 2
Direct Charitable 36 29
──── ────
41 34
════ ════

No employee received employee benefits of more than £60,000 during the year (2023: Nil).

Key Management Personnel

The key management personnel for the Charity have been determined to be the Trustees, the CEO, and the Senior Management Team. The Senior management include the Head of Adult Services, the Head of Children and Youth Services and the Head of Income and Partnerships.

Remuneration in respect of the CEO and Senior Management Team including pension cost and social security costs was £164,031 of which £15,044 was social security costs (2023: £146,837 of which £13,610 was social security costs).

13. Trustee remuneration and expenses

No remuneration or other benefits from employment with the charity were received by the trustees. One trustee was reimbursed for charity expenses paid personally. These related to gifts. The total of this expense was £4,440.

14. Tangible fixed assets

Land and
buildings Computers Equipment Total
£ £ £ £
Cost
At 1 Apr 2023 475,000 49,017 15,614 539,631
Additions – 7,260 170 7,430
Disposals – (2,980) – (2,980)
Revaluations 100,000 – – 100,000
───────── ──────── ──────── ─────────
At 31 Mar 2024 575,000 53,297 15,784 644,081
═════════ ════════ ════════ ═════════
Depreciation
At 1 Apr 2023 – 35,275 12,153 47,428
Charge for the year – 8,051 844 8,895
Disposals – (1,629) – (1,629)
───────── ──────── ──────── ─────────
At 31 Mar 2024 – 41,697 12,997 54,694
═════════ ════════ ════════ ═════════
Carrying amount
At 31 Mar 2024 575,000 11,600 2,787 589,387
═════════ ════════ ════════ ═════════
At 31 Mar 2023 475,000 13,742 3,461 492,203
═════════ ════════ ════════ ═════════

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Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service Ltd

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

14. Tangible fixed assets (continued)

The charity was donated the freehold by another charity. The freehold's value at the time was £350,000. The property is held at fair value at 31st March 2024 of £575,000 (2023: £475,000) as valued by the Trustees.

15. Debtors

2024 2023
£ £
Receivables 66,097 34,845
Prepayments and accrued income 29,016 82,547
Other debtors 583 –
──────── ─────────
95,696
════════		 117,392
═════════

16. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

2024 2023
£ £
Accounts payable 5,760 2,299
Accruals and deferred income 186,243 124,260
Social security and other taxes 25,009 24,664
Other creditors 1,618 1,929
───────── ─────────
218,630
═════════		 153,152
═════════

At the year end, grant income of £178,301 was deferred as it related to future financial periods. £115,005 from previous reporting periods was released during the year.

17. Pensions and other post retirement benefits

Defined contribution plans

The amount recognised in income or expenditure as an expense in relation to defined contribution plans was £23,737 (2023: £20,334).

The expenses are allocated between unrestricted and restricted funds. These are allocated depending on whether the staff are working on activities covered by restricted funds.

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Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service Ltd

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

18. Analysis of charitable funds

Unrestricted funds

At
At 1 Apr 2023 Income Expenditure Transfers 31 Mar 2024
£ £ £ £ £
General funds 370,719 590,554 (436,953) (160,300) 364,020
Development fund 18,644 – – – 18,644
Contingency fund 180,000 – – 20,000 200,000
Fixed asset fund 475,000 – – 100,000 575,000
──────────── ───────── ───────── ───────── ────────────
1,044,363 590,554 (436,953) (40,300) 1,157,664
════════════ ═════════ ═════════ ═════════ ════════════
At
At 1 Apr 2022 Income Expenditure Transfers 31 Mar 2023
£ £ £ £ £
General funds 471,327 249,947 (197,102) (153,453) 370,719
Development fund 18,644 – – – 18,644
Contingency fund 180,000 – – – 180,000
Fixed asset fund 350,000 – – 125,000 475,000
──────────── ───────── ───────── ───────── ────────────
1,019,971
════════════		 249,947
═════════		 (197,102)
═════════		 (28,453)
═════════		 1,044,363
════════════

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the Charity and include:

General funds : This represents funds which are expendable at the discretion of the Trustees in the furtherance of the objectives of the Charity.

Fixed asset funds : These funds represent the book value of the freehold properties.

Development fund : These funds represent amounts to be used for the development of the organisation.

Contingency fund : These funds are a contingency to meet the legal requirement, should the Charity be forced to close.

Transfers between restricted funds or between restricted and unrestricted funds are made to maintain the committed value of such funds.

Restricted funds

At
At 1 Apr 2023 Income Expenditure Transfers 31 Mar 2024
£ £ £ £ £
Restricted Grants 390,243 838,916 (915,869) 40,300 353,590
═════════ ═════════ ═════════ ════════ ═════════
At
At 1 Apr 2022 Income Expenditure Transfers 31 Mar 2023
£ £ £ £ £
Restricted Grants 274,493 1,155,449 (1,068,152) 28,453 390,243
═════════ ════════════ ════════════ ════════ ═════════

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Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service Ltd

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2024

19. Analysis of net assets between funds

Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2024
£ £ £
Tangible fixed assets 560,603 28,784 589,387
Current assets 597,060 324,807 921,867
──────────── ───────── ────────────
Net assets 1,157,663 353,591 1,511,254
════════════ ═════════ ════════════
Unrestricted Restricted Total Funds
Funds Funds 2023
£ £ £
Tangible fixed assets 460,207 31,996 492,203
Current assets 584,155 358,248 942,403
──────────── ───────── ────────────
Net assets 1,044,362 390,244 1,434,606
════════════ ═════════ ════════════
Analysis of changes in net debt
At
At 1 Apr 2023 Cash flows 31 Mar 2024
£ £ £
Cash at bank and in hand 978,163
═════════		 66,638
════════		 1,044,801
════════════

20. Analysis of changes in net debt

21. Related parties

During the year, there were no related party transactions that require disclosure.

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Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service Ltd

Company Limited by Guarantee

Management Information

Year ended 31 March 2024

The following pages do not form part of the financial statements.

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Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service Ltd

Company Limited by Guarantee

Detailed Statement of Financial Activities

Year ended 31 March 2024

2024 2023
£ £
Income and endowments
Donations and legacies
Donations 57,355 62,827
Unrestricted grants 513,241 181,243
Restricted grants 838,916 1,155,449
──────────── ────────────
1,409,512 1,399,519
──────────── ────────────
Investment income
Bank interest receivable 19,958 5,877
──────── ───────
──────────── ────────────
Total income 1,429,470 1,405,396
════════════ ════════════
Expenditure
Expenditure on charitable activities
Purchases 14,628 20,669
Wages and salaries 1,120,838 933,415
Employer's NIC 81,452 65,180
Pension costs 23,737 20,334
Rent 23,563 25,101
Light and heat 9,026 6,076
Repairs and maintenance 5,291 8,830
Insurance 10,183 8,703
Other motor/travel costs 29,847 29,316
Legal and professional fees 15,906 12,832
Telephone 15,363 11,334
Other office costs 6,388 6,859
Depreciation 8,895 13,809
Impairment (100,000) –
Other interest payable and similar charges 246 268
Counselling and supervision 20,058 26,628
Sundry 33,840 38,563
Training 18,695 13,343
Children activities, gifts and treats 13,515 11,178
Contract partnerships – 12,116
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1,351,471 1,264,554
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Other expenditure
Loss on disposal of tangible fixed assets held for charity's own use 1,351 700
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Total expenditure 1,352,822 1,265,254
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Net income 76,648
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Rising Sun Domestic Violence & Abuse Service Ltd

Company Limited by Guarantee

Notes to the Detailed Statement of Financial Activities

Year ended 31 March 2024

2024 2023
£ £
Expenditure on charitable activities
Support and therapy for women and children exposed to domestic violence
Activities undertaken directly
Fund raising costs 14,628 20,669
Wages/salaries 1,094,982 906,366
Employer's NIC 80,394 63,886
Pension costs 23,336 19,897
Travel costs 29,847 29,316
Telephone 15,363 11,334
Other office costs 6,388 6,859
Depreciation 8,895 13,809
Freehold property fair value adjustment (100,000) –
Counselling & Supervision 20,058 26,628
Sundry 33,840 38,563
Training 18,695 13,343
Children activities, gifts and treats 13,515 11,178
Contract partnerships – 12,116
──────────── ────────────
1,259,941 1,173,964
──────────── ────────────
Support costs
Wages/salaries 25,856 27,049
Employer's NIC 1,058 1,294
Pension costs 401 437
Rent 23,563 25,101
Light & heat 9,026 6,076
Repairs & maintenance 5,291 8,830
Other professional fees 8,543 6,626
──────── ────────
73,738 75,413
──────── ────────
Governance costs
Insurance 10,183 8,703
Accountancy fees 2,630 2,700
Governance costs - audit fees 3,500 2,500
Legal and professional fees 1,233 1,006
Bank Charges 246 268
──────── ────────
17,792 15,177
──────── ────────
──────────── ────────────
Expenditure on charitable activities 1,351,471
════════════		 1,264,554
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