## 2024-2025 ANNUAL REPORT The Sutton Womens Centre
**Empowering women to achieve their full potential**
Charity Registration Number: 294067 Company Number: 01829008
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## Executive Summary
As we mark over 40 years, I’ve had the chance to reflect on the outstanding work and success that has been achieved by the Sutton Womens Centre. We’ve had the privilege of supporting over 600 local women to overcome a wide range of issues, many of which have been very significant, and we are proud to have been a part of their journeys.
As you will see in our report, behind every number is a life changed. Often it’s a whole family. Changed through education via our workshops and classes, changed through our diverse range of advocacy services that continue to provide vital support, and changed through our networks and relationships that provide signposting to other services or just a chance to talk things over in a safe space.
Our IRIS programme continues to be a resounding success and highlights the importance of reaching out. Our team have trained and supported over 400 staff in GP surgeries to recognise the signs of domestic abuse that they see in their patients. Close to 100 women have received the support they needed but were not able to access before. The impact on the lives of these women and their families is immeasurable. Many heartfelt thanks go to the IRIS Advocate Educators whose work and dedication has surpassed every expectation and shown how important this service is. We’re expanding this service to include Health Visitors which will enable us to provide even more vital support in the borough.
Our core programmes are still going strong year on year despite funding cuts, and are constantly being updated to support women on their journey forwards. We have included a small number of the many testimonials that we have received to demonstrate the impact these programmes can have.
Through our work during the year with our 16 Days campaign, local schools and businesses we have further strengthened our relationships, and had the pleasure of meeting so many wonderful supporters along the way.
Of course, none of this would be possible without the help of our amazing funders and supporters – sincere thanks to all of you.
Finally, the Trustees and I would like to thank the dedicated staff of the Sutton Womens Centre for their hard work during the year to support the women of the borough and beyond, and who have grown the Centre into what it is today. None of this would be possible without you.
Moe Stehfest Chair
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Charity Registration Number: 294067 Company Number: 01829008
## Reference and Administration Information
|**Charity Number**|294067|
|---|---|
|**Registered Number**|01829008 (England and Wales)|
|**Registered Office and Principal**
**place of Business:**|3 Palmerston Road, Sutton, SM1 4QL|
|**Date of Incorporation**|05 March 1984|
|**Directors**|M. Stehfest
S. Qureshiah|
|**Trustees**|M Stehfest (Chair: Appointed 09/09/24)
N. Fadero
S. Qureshiah
M Turner (resigned 31/10/24)
V. Hill (resigned 01/10/24)
T. Grechko (Appointed 14/01/2025 Resigned
19/05/2025
J. Hunt (Appointed 14/01/25. Resigned 19/5/25
K. Jones (Appointed 14/01/25. Resigned 16/5/25|
|**Senior Management**|H. Smiles
P. Hennessy|
||Community Action Sutton
Granfers Community Centre|
|**Accountant**|73-79 Oakhill Road
Sutton
SM1 3AA|
|**Bankers**|CAF Bank Limited
25 Kings Hill Lane
West Malling,
Kent ME19|
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Charity Registration Number: 294067 Company Number: 01829008
## Our Governance
I am writing this report as Chair of the Trustees replacing Emma Matthew (resigned 09/09/24) , using information supplied by the staff at Sutton Women’s Centre.
Moe Stehfest - Chair of Trustees
Charity Registration Number: 294067 Company Number: 01829008
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## Our Aims, Objectives and Outcomes
Our Vision – A Community where every woman has achieved her full potential.
## **Our Mission Statement**
“Providing a safe, women only space where women can access support, advice, information and education to help them achieve their potential; develop their skills; and live their lives free from domestic abuse. We aim to improve knowledge and awareness of domestic abuse and build a safer and more supportive community.”
## **Our Objectives**
Sutton Women’s Centre is a unique organisation within the London Borough of Sutton with the capacity, skills and knowledge to design and deliver services to meet the needs of local women. We continue to innovate and have a strong reputation for high quality service delivery. We are strong advocates for services for local women and champion these. We work in partnership with other organisations and are active members of a number of local voluntary sector fora.
## **Our headline objectives are:**
To support and empower women to increase their confidence and self-esteem and enable them to make positive life decisions for themselves and their children.
To provide advice to local women to ensure they are able to access appropriate services, support and increase communication between women
To provide inclusive educational and learning opportunities to improve the life chances of local women and their children, increase their career related skills and enable women to develop the tools they need to be active citizens.
To provide information to women that respects their individual needs and improves their life chances, reduces isolation and increases communication between women.
To champion the needs of local women to local partners and collaborate to find solutions.
To promote women’s safety in the borough and raise awareness about VAWG
## **Our Outcomes**
In line with many other organisations we monitor and evaluate our work. Many of the outcomes we monitor and evaluate are prescribed by funders and commissioners. However, we believe that if we are to ensure we are functioning well as a charity and meeting our charitable objectives, we need to have objectives that can demonstrate this. To that end we monitor and evaluate all our work to ensure our work with women:
**Improves their life chances Improves their health and well-being Increases their basic skills Reduces their Isolation To live a life free from abuse**
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Charity Registration Number: 294067 Company Number: 01829008
## Our Impact
It’s over 40 years since we first opened our doors as a small counselling service for women. Over the decades, we have grown into a thriving, holistic women’s centre supporting hundreds of women every year across a wide range of programmes. In the past year alone, we supported 624 women through our diverse services—from counselling and domestic abuse recovery to education, wellbeing, and community engagement. Our growth has been particularly significant this year, with vital support from the National Lottery helping to cover a substantial portion of our core costs. This funding has allowed us to expand our reach and deepen our impact across the borough.
## 624 WOMEN SUPPORTED THIS YEAR THROUGH VARIOUS PROGRAMMES AND PROJECTS
## Behind Every number is a life changed
These figures reflect more than just attendance—they represent moments of courage, connection, and transformation. Each woman who walked through our doors brought her own story, and we are proud to have supported her on her journey toward safety, healing, and empowerment.
## **Women attending our Into** 23 **the Light programme**
Into the Light is a 10 Week course for women who have experienced sexual assault or abuse **Women attended our** 183 **Sutton College Courses**
These include Art Courses, Drama, Sewing, Gardening and creative writing as well as It Skills and Wellbeing courses **Clients** Supported through our volunteer 331
Supported through our volunteer counselling service
240
## **Women**
Attended the Freedom Programme 12 week course
## **Members of the community trained through our community** 106 **domestic abuse programme**
This brings our total of trained members of the community to **442.** Our community domestic abuse training helps community members learn the signs to spot of domestic abuse and how to help and signpost victims to get the help and support.
**Young Women** Attended our Young Womens Freedom Programme 75
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Charity Registration Number: 294067 Company Number: 01829008
## Our Impact
## 98 **Women attending our weekly Wednesday Wellbeing Workshop**
These are held each week and include speakers from different local organisations such as Yorkshire Building Society; Department of Work and Pensions discussing finances, budgeting; Reed running a session on job search and CV writing; as well as local make up artists running a tutorial session and other creative workshops
**Patients** 67
**Non English Speaking Women** 58[attended our English as a second] language courses
Supported by our team of Advocate Educators through the IRIS Programme
**Clients Supported Meet ups of our community domestic** Though our volunteer legal services - 4 **abuse ambassadors 213 hours** of legal support, saving Those that have completed our Domestic Abuse Ambassador service users over **£70k in legal cost**
**Clients Supported** 32 **213 hours**
Those that have completed our Domestic Abuse Ambassador Training have the chance to meet up and discuss
## **Clinicians** 187 **& Non Clinical Staff** Trained to recognise signs of 220 Domestic Abuse, through the IRIS programme
**GP Surgeries** 12
Trained to recognise signs of Domestic Abuse, through the IRIS programme
86.8%
of respondents were satisfied with our activities
92.3%
of respondents reported feeling welcomed and included
## 94.8%
of respondents would recommend our services to others
92.3%
## 94.9%
of respondents felt that staff and volunteers helped them feel valued
of respondents felt they were able to talk to people in similar situations to them
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Charity Registration Number: 294067 Company Number: 01829008
## Our Impact
## What our service users say
_“It's been a lifeline for me and truly valued, without it I would most likely be in the depths of depression. Taking part in creative courses has reignited that spark and reopened up my mind to a world of possibilities”_
_“Without Sutton Women’s Centre I have virtually no other meaningful interaction with other people. Also they provide services, information and counselling of the sort I could not easily access elsewhere within a safe environment”_
_“I attended the Power to change course and Community Domestic Abuse Ambassador course. Both were very well run by informed tutors and I gained a lot of valuable information”_
_“Life changing support that I couldn't do without. After attending for over 2 years, I'm now beginning to see a bright future and know that if I have any bumps on the road I have somewhere to go for support. I'm also excited to participate in more courses which will help boost my self confidence”_
_“I absolutely love The Women’s Centre. So much support and so much choice to sign up to things. Amazing counsellors too.”_
_“It has helped uncover forgotten dreams and taken me out of isolation, given me hope again.“_
_“This is a service that I never thought I'd ever need. And even though it was recommended that I speak to Sutton Womens Centre, I put it off for a long time as I didn't think I was in a situation worthy of their support. I was so wrong. And they have helped me realise the situation I was living in was not healthy. They have given me the confidence to recognise unhealthy behaviours better.”_
_“I think SWC is important to have in our community, and the work you do to support women is crucial. I have found the Freedom course and Ask Me training to be educational, empowering, and it helps me support others who are going through domestic abuse in the right way. “_
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Charity Registration Number: 294067 Company Number: 01829008
## Our Impact
## Feedback from our stakeholders
80%
100%
of respondents agreed that women's mental and emotional health has improved because of the services that Sutton Women's Centre provide.
of respondents agreed that, if the Women's Centre was not available, it is unlikely that women would be able to get the same services and support from somewhere else.
100%
88.9%
88.9%
of respondents agreed that, if Sutton Women's Centre did not provide the services they provide, many survivors of domestic violence would be left without the specialist support they need.
of respondents agreed that our counselling service has enabled service users to move on with their lives.
of respondents agreed that our counselling service makes a difference to the lives of survivors of domestic abuse.
_Every referral I have made, the client's have reported how good the services are, especially the care and empathy. Also how they have been empowered and it is very much an eye opener in terms of not always recognising emotional abuse_
_Sutton women's centre are an invaluable service that makes a huge difference to local residents. Getting timely support within the locality is very much needed in order for women to take up the services on offer_
_I cannot thank Sutton Women's Centre enough for all the support they have given to the women who I have referred over many years. Staff are excellent and supportive and the services they offer are excellent and really makes a difference to women and children's lives. Thank you all._
_I have completed the Community Domestic Abuse champion training and since made referrals to Sutton Women’s Centre. And they have also dealt sensitively with the referrals I’ve made._
_Every referral I have made, the client's have reported how good the services are, especially the care and empathy. also how they have been empowered and it is very much an eye opener in terms of not always recognising emotional abuse_
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Charity Registration Number: 294067 Company Number: 01829008
## Our Programmes
We now offer everything from the Freedom Programme, ESOL classes, creative and practical holistic courses, and sexual abuse recovery programmes, to domestic abuse advocacy, youth safety events, and targeted support for refugee and migrant women.
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## Voices of Our Women
“The Freedom Programme made me realise I wasn’t alone. I finally felt understood.”
“The self-esteem session gave me confidence I never thought I would get back.”
“I loved the mental health week – it gave me tools to manage my triggers and not feel ashamed of struggling.”
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Charity Registration Number: 294067 Company Number: 01829008
## Our Programmes
## Freedom Programme
This year we continued to deliver The Freedom Programme, despite significant funding cuts. We successfully ran four standard programmes and secured additional funding to deliver three Young Women’s Freedom Programmes.
The Freedom Programme is a twelve-week domestic abuse group course for women. It explores:
- The tactics and characteristics used by abusers to gain power and control. The influence of attitudes and beliefs on the behaviour of perpetrators, and the responses of victims and survivors
- The “games” played by the dominator and their impact on women and children. The effects of domestic abuse on babies, toddlers, and teenagers
Due to funding restrictions, all referrals now come via the Sutton DASS IDVA Service. Across all programmes this year, we supported 196 women.
We continue to adapt and develop the programme in response to participant needs. This year we introduced:
- Self-Esteem Week – a popular session, particularly for women who are initially more reserved. It also acts as a gentle introduction to the kind of personal development and selfreflection they can expect from our new programme called Power to Change.
- Trauma & Mental Health Week – an incredibly powerful addition where women openly share their experiences, engage in a body mapping exercise and produce outstanding artwork to help them understand where their triggers show in their body. This session also provides them with practical tools and strategies to manage these triggers, supporting their ongoing recovery and resilience.
- “I have learnt a lot from the freedom programme and mindfulness and self-
- compassion. Through counselling I have also felt more confident going forward and finally after exploring the possibility that I may be on the spectrum have
- approached a more sensitive person at my GP practice and finally got into the system to perhaps receiving an assessment in the future as an adult female.”
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Charity Registration Number: 294067 Company Number: 01829008
## Our Programmes
## Young Womens Freedom Programme
The Young Women’s Freedom Programme (ages 16–30) continues to grow in both strength and impact. The content has now been refined, with tailored materials designed to meet the needs of the younger age group. This cohort is particularly vulnerable, as young women aged 16–24 are more likely than any other age group to experience domestic abuse, with research showing that they are almost three times more likely as older women to be subjected to partner abuse. The programme highlights the tactics and behaviours young women are most impacted by, including:
- Coercive control and emotional manipulation Isolation from friends, family, and education Financial exploitation and control over money
- Digital and online abuse, such as monitoring or harassment through social media. Escalating intimidation and physical violence
By naming these patterns and providing space to challenge them, the programme equips participants with the knowledge, confidence, and peer support needed to break cycles of abuse early in adulthood. Feedback remains overwhelmingly positive, reflecting the programme’s value and relevance in empowering young women at a critical stage in their lives.
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Charity Registration Number: 294067 Company Number: 01829008
## Our Programmes
## Domestic and Sexual Abuse Counselling
We continue to provide one-to-one counselling service for local women who have experienced domestic/ sexual abuse, 272 women have received counselling with 94 women on the waiting list. This service has now been running for over 12 years with many thanks to funding from the National Lottery.
We have increased the number of counsellors to 53, with some of them working online, to reduce the waiting lists. We have also increased the number of training opportunities for our counsellors. They are all required to attend our community domestic abuse training before starting with our clients, so they have a good understanding of the issues our clients face. We also offer training to support them to work with survivors of sexual abuse, and we have offered one-off training sessions on trauma; working with deaf survivors, the Homicide Timeline and Somatic therapy. We also organised several wellbeing events for our volunteers, including a fire circle and a sound bath.
Our counsellors are all volunteers and come from a mixed background of counselling students looking for a counselling placement as part of their qualification, and fully qualified counsellors who want to give back to their community.
We continue to provide ongoing training in the Freedom Programme and working with Childhood Sexual Abuse. We have also increased the CPD and training opportunities for our team of counsellors and are organising twice yearly get-togethers.
Attending our community domestic abuse training sessions gives new counsellors a good understanding of domestic abuse and how the services work in the borough. The training supports the counsellors in their placement and enables them to provide a trauma-informed approach to our clients.
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Charity Registration Number: 294067 Company Number: 01829008
## Our Programmes
## Counselling Testimonial
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## Our Programmes
## Sutton College
## Thanks to funding from Sutton College, we have launched two new Women’s Aid programmes: **Power to Change Power to Heal**
Both are 12-week courses designed for women recovering from domestic abuse. They focus on topics such as self-esteem, boundaries, relationships with authority figures, and the impact of growing up in dysfunctional families. Alongside this, the programmes include wider psychoeducation around the impacts of domestic abuse and provide women with practical tools to manage these impacts in their daily lives.
## **The Impact of a Year of Holistic Care and Recovery**
By offering a continuous year of support through The Freedom Programme, Power to Change, and Power to Heal, Sutton Women’s Centre can build deep, trusting relationships with the women who attend. This trust creates a safe space where women feel confident to open-up about their challenges, whether emotional, practical, or family-related. This in turn allows us to provide timely, tailored support.
The year-long group journey not only equips women with tools for self-esteem, resilience, and recovery, but also ensures they are not facing these issues alone. This consistency helps reduce isolation, strengthens community, and empowers women to rebuild their lives with confidence and dignity.
Importantly, many women also begin 1-1 counselling during the year of group support, allowing them to explore their experiences in more depth while continuing to benefit from the peer support and psychoeducational elements of the programmes. This combined approach offers holistic care, meeting both collective and individual needs in their recovery journey.
“They enhanced my general wellbeing by helping me to engage in activities, improve my concentration, socialising supporting each other in the group; at the same time they improve my drawing n painting skills. I was sure pleased to have sewn completed garments for myself. The sense of achievement with each finished item is so so very satisfying”
**Other Courses we have run with Sutton College Funding are** Art for Wellbeing Basic Computer Skills Website Design Drama Sewing
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Charity Registration Number: 294067 Company Number: 01829008
## Our Programmes
## Gardening Group
Due to popular demand from our art group, we have set up a Gardening Group. They have just begun to cultivate a space at our local Welsh Chapel, and have planted some seeds. We look forward to sharing more on this next year.
## Feedback from Sutton College Students
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## Our Programmes
## Ask Me Community Domestic Abuse Training
We have continued to run the Ask Me Domestic Abuse Ambassador Scheme in conjunction with Women’s Aid.
This programme trains community members to understand and raise awareness about domestic abuse. Communities tend to know first where abuse is happening, and by breaking the silence they can help people experiencing abuse to take the first step towards safety.
The training covers how to raise awareness, how to respond to someone who discloses abuse and where to signpost people.
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In the past year we have trained new ambassadors, from communities all over the borough.
We are delighted by the growing diversity of people signing up to the training and the reach that this network of people is now achieving.
**98.2%** of participants reported that they found the training excellent.
**97.6%** reported that their understanding of coercive control had increased
**88%** reported that they now felt confident to start a conversation about domestic abuse
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Charity Registration Number: 294067 Company Number: 01829008
## Our Programmes
## ESOL Classes
Last year learning continued in our ESOL classes. It was, as always, encouraging to watch the women’s confidence improve, with many commenting that the lessons had helped them with their listening and speaking skills, along with their understanding of British Culture.
Beyond the learning, it was good to watch how many women had made friends and were supportive of each other. In one lesson ‘R’ opened up that she was a survivor of domestic abuse and the class had great advice and wanted to help.
In another class, ‘A’ was being baptised and the whole class wanted to watch. We met on a Sunday morning, and this really bonded the class. They had many questions the next week too.
In January, the Afghan lessons began, with 6 women attending. Confidence and enthusiasm grew quickly, along with a considerable amount of learning. With two volunteers, the women had a great deal of individual attention.
## **Feedback from tutor-**
“One of my most memorable lessons was when I gave ‘S’ a book to read. She had been with us a few weeks, had never been to school and was a complete beginner. She found that she could read it, with help, and was so excited she would not stop. In the end Sarah ( volunteer) bought her the book!”
## Into the Light
We continue to support survivors of Sexual Assault and Childhood Sexual Abuse through the Into the Light programme.
We have provided follow up support for survivors through our The Light Within monthly support group. The programmes went well and feedback was positive so we will continue to source funding for this project.
**100%** of participants felt they had benefitted from attending the
course
**100%** of participants reported a greater understanding of the impact of their abuse on their lives and relationships **100%** felt their negative behaviour patterns had improved, with **67%** noticing a significant improvement
We have worked with these women to create awareness raising events and organised a lunch for Dress Like A Zebra Day on 31st January 2025, with a Zebra themed sweetie jar for everyone who attended.
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Charity Registration Number: 294067 Company Number: 01829008
## Our Programmes Volunteer Legal Support
Since 2018, Sutton Women’s Centre has offered free legal advice to women who are navigating some of the most challenging moments of their lives. This service provides vital support in areas such as non‑molestation orders, occupation orders, child arrangements, and financial proceedings, as well as general legal advice.
Many of the women who come to us are not eligible for legal aid. Without our support, they would face complex legal processes alone. The guidance they receive empowers them to take their cases to court with confidence and, where necessary, to represent themselves. This not only saves significant legal costs but also ensures they have a fair opportunity to defend and protect themselves during an extremely vulnerable time.
For many, the emotional strength required to face a former partner in court can feel overwhelming. The legal support we offer helps women build the confidence they need to take these steps. In numerous cases, this has enabled them to secure the justice and protection necessary to move forward with their lives.
Our legal service is delivered by a volunteer practising lawyer who provides clear, practical advice. Women are supported to understand their rights, explore their options, and navigate the ‑ legal issues that arise. Support ranges from one off advice sessions in our regular clinic to ‑ long term guidance for cases that may take years to resolve. This includes help with drafting witness statements, completing court forms, and preparing for hearings.
The impact of this service has been profound. It ensures that women accessing Sutton Women’s ‑ Centre receive holistic, wrap around support during some of the most difficult periods they will ever face. Feedback from service users has been consistently positive, highlighting the value, reassurance, and empowerment this support provides.
## Zumba Classes
Thanks to the ongoing support of Sutton Community Dance, we continue to host a weekly Zumba class that has become a favourite among attendees. The private and welcoming space allows participants to enjoy the freedom and joy of movement in a comfortable and supportive environment.
## Food Bank
We continue to support 40 families each week and are grateful to Sainsbury’s Sutton for continuing to choose us as their chosen local charity for food donations. We also receive a weekly donation of fresh fruit and vegetables from the Sutton Community Farm and regular donations of vegetables, salad and herbs from Carshalton Community Allotment.
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Charity Registration Number: 294067 Company Number: 01829008
## Our Programmes
## IRIS
The IRIS programme has been a big success, with over half of the GPs Surgeries in the borough signing up for the project. Our Advocate Educators are doing a great job of supporting the patients who are now being referred into the service, following increased awareness of spotting the signs of domestic abuse from GP Practices
IRIS (Identification Referral to Improve Safety) is a national social enterprise delivered locally to improve the health care response to gender based domestic abuse. We are halfway through 2-year funding stream awarded by the Violence Reduction Unit and managed pan-London by IRISi
Domestic abuse can impact on a person's physical and mental health, and the IRIS model trains health practitioners to recognise early warning signs with patients who may be experiencing domestic abuse. IRIS is evidence based and has been shown to improve referral rates to specialist domestic abuse agencies and to improve recorded identification of patients experiencing domestic abuse
We are delighted to be working in partnership with IRISi nationally and partnering with local GP surgeries. This project provides domestic abuse training for all staff in primary care and follows up with direct referral pathway for patients who have either historically or are currently experiencing domestic abuse.
Within our first year of this project, we have received 67 patient referrals, firmly surpassing our target of 42.
With the oldest person being 75 years old and the youngest being 21 years old, many of our clients are accessing domestic abuse support for the first time. We also have identified there is a wide range of how long a person has been in their abusive relationship, with some being in their relationship for over 30 years. We have also supported a number of women who have been in a forced marriage.
## Feedback from patient referrals
50% Reported an increase in feeling better about 50% themselves 100% 100% Reported feeling listened to by their advocate educator 65% 65% Felt more able to cope 83% Felt more optimistic about 83% their futures 83% Felt more confident 83% 67% Felt safer as a result of the support 67% provided
Charity Registration Number: 294067 Company Number: 01829008
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## Our Programmes
## Clinician Feedback
“We appreciate this service so much and you being able to see patients at the surgery”
“The training was so good that when I saw the patient for migraines I thought, stress, home life, I must ask her how things are at home and in her relationship and that is when she shared about her husbands abuse”
“Thank you for being flexible with our patients and having the understanding to keep her appointment time open. You have considered when I explained how difficult it is to get her to come in to the surgery. You supported this”
“You are doing “Thank you for amazing work keeping us updated supporting our regarding the patients” patient”
## IRIS Health Visitor Project
On the back of the success of this project, we have been given the opportunity to run IRISi’s Health Visitor Pilot Project, which starts this month. This Pilot will run in a similar way to the standard IRIS Project, but with an emphasis on supporting health visitors to recognise signs of abuse, and to offer an advocacy service for any patients they refer in to our service.
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Charity Registration Number: 294067 Company Number: 01829008
## Our Programmes
## Domestic Abuse Support Groups
Support groups continue to take place once a month and are facilitated by a qualified counsellor. Women find this ongoing support invaluable and many still need crisis intervention.
There is also online facilitated support via WhatsApp groups for each programme and a private Facebook page where women can share and receive support.
## Weekly Drop In
We continue to run our weekly coffee morning drop in. This is now facilitated by one of our Freedom Programme Facilitators and a qualified IDVA. The sessions are very popular and you can hear them all enjoying themselves.
## Computer Classes
Ann, our long-standing computer volunteer retired this year and will be sorely missed. However, we have replaced her sessions with some 6 week beginners computer classes.
## Ukrainian and Afghan Communities
This year we have started to work with our local Ukrainian and Afghan Communities who are here on Resettlement Schemes.
We have provided emotional support for our Ukrainian community via our counselling service. We have also built relationships with the community as a whole, delivering outreach, attending their events and a group of their folk musicians performed at one of our Power of Women events.
Our work with the Afghan community has involved providing English classes, connections with a local female GP and a weekly support group. We are also providing them with access to sewing machines as we discovered that they love to socialise whilst sewing or sharing food.
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## How We Have Involved People From Our Community in The Work That We Do
We offer service users regular opportunities to feedback on the programmes that we offer and to make suggestions for other services or activities they would like us to introduce. The highly popular Gardening Group that has been set up recently is a prime example of groups being led by service user demands.
We also work closely with our local communities, through our community domestic abuse training but also through our outreach work. We have started to build relationships with local high schools and have been to several this year to run an assembly. We also worked with one of the local girls high schools to deliver our community domestic abuse training to some of their sixth form.
We worked with another one of the girls schools to run a young women’s empowerment event and then we ran a Youth Safety Event with them, which was attended by another 10 local senior schools. This was very successful and we are planning to run another one with them this coming year.
Our Centre Manager now attends the borough’s Neighbourhood Watch meetings as their DA advisor.
We work closely with other local community groups to expand our reach. We have given talks to our local WI’s, some faith groups and some other charities. We attended our local youth engagement events and have started to work with our local authority and other local organisations to support Ukrainian and Afghan families that have moved to the area on resettlement programmes.
We send out regular newsletters to our service users and local communities. We attend local events to support and raise awareness. We send out an annual survey to all our partners and stakeholders, to ensure that we hear their voices.
## The Differences We Have Made
We regularly monitor all our programmes, to ensure that we are offering the best service possible and meeting our service users ever changing needs.
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## Outreach Events
We have worked with several of the local senior schools to raise awareness about violence against women and girls (VAWG) and ran our community domestic abuse training for 30 sixth form students at a local school who then established a peer-monitoring programme within the school to support students experiencing unhealthy relationships.
We have worked with our local African and Caribbean Community Group (SACCO), to arrange several events for the women in this community, including a poetry evening and a young women’s empowerment event. Youth Safety Event
We launched our inaugaral Youth Safety Event, in conjunction with Sutton High School for Girls, SACCO and the Young Commissioners.
The event was a huge success, with a range of speakers talking on subjects such as spiking, hate crime awareness, healthy relationships, raising awareness on VAWG and bystander training.
~~P~~ age 24
Charity Registration Number: 294067 Company Number: 01829008
## Outreach Events
## Young Women’s Empowerment Event
We are working to build wider
relationships with younger women as we have identified that the number of young women experiencing domestic abuse in the borough has increased.
To this end, we organised a Young Women’s Empowerment Event, in conjunction with our friends at SACCO and She Is You.
We had a series of speakers and 3 amazing young women performers, plus a young woman who is aspiring to become a DJ, providing some background tunes.
We also worked with local girls high schools in the borough to deliver Empowerment Workshops, in conjunction with our partner organisation, She Is You.
~~P~~ age 25
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## Outreach Events
## Resources Days
We have introduced regular Resources Days throughout the year, which provided professionals in the borough with an opportunity to meet our service users and promote the services they can offer. This has been a great way for organisations such as the Police, the Fire Brigade, Social Services and DWP to meet with survivors, build relationships and hear survivors voices, as well as network with other organisations.
Our service users have provided feedback that they hadn’t realised how much support there was out there.
“I feel more confident now in reaching out to services for support as I have a face and a name to talk to”
## Poetry Evenings
## Power of Women Event (POW)
Our POW events continue to be well supported and we run 3 sold out evenings this year.
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## Outreach Events
## International Women’s Day
We ran several International Women’s Day celebrations this year.
We again worked with the lovely Yani Yordanova of Nova Photo Atelier to build on last year’s photographic exhibition and produce some more portraits of Inspirational Women. We held a launch event at Oru to showcase both years’ photos.
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## Outreach Events
## Women's Health and Wellbeing Events
In addition to working with GPs through the IRIS Project, we have continued to work collaboratively with local GPs with various health engagement events. These have included Women’s Health and Wellbeing and a Menopause event in October.
We have continued to run awareness raising events, and women’s empowerment events.
We ran a Menopause Event with local GPs in October, compered by the wonderful Zeph Churchill. The event was a great success and , in addition to covering the menopause, addressed the importance of self-checking for breast cancer.
We ran two other outreach events on the menopause, aimed at areas of the borough and refugee and migrant women, where the local GPs have struggled to get engagement in the past.
We will continue to work with GPs to raise awareness of these important health inequalities and the importance of regular breast and cervical screening.
We also ran a Menopause and Wellbeing Event with local GPs and Sutton Mental Health Foundation aimed at local Muslim women.
## 16 Days of Activism
We ran a series of events in November and December to mark 16 Days of Activism Against Violence Against Women and Girls. This included some Lunch and Learn sessions on topics such as the Homicide Timeline; Elder Abuse; Bystander Awareness Training; and Child to Parent Abuse.
We were very proud to hold our first Youth Safety Conference, which was attended by 10 of the local senior schools. The event was very successful and we created good partnerships with local schools. We hope to make this a regular event in our calendar.
~~P~~ age 28
Charity Registration Number: 294067 Company Number: 01829008
## Fundraising and Donations
We simply could not do what we do without the support of our incredible funders. Their generosity and commitment make it possible for us to provide life-changing services to hundreds of women every year. From core funding that keeps our doors open, to grants that help us launch new programmes and respond to emerging needs, our funders are essential partners in everything we achieve. We are deeply grateful for their belief in our mission and their investment in creating safer, stronger, and more empowered communities for women.
## Some of our funders include-
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National Lottery
City Bridge Trust
Sutton college
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London Borough OF
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IRIS
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~~P~~ age 29
Charity Registration Number: 294067 Company Number: 01829008
## Fundraising and Donations
## **We have continued regular fundraising events and activities**
Particular thanks go to
- Sainsbury’s Sutton Sutton Community Farm Carshalton Community Allotment Tropic Skin Care Cheam and Sutton Rotary Carshalton Park Rotary Club, Waitrose
- Bob Watson
- Sutton Vineyard Church Sutton Car Boot Sale
And to all the wonderful people who have donated through Social Media, visited us at our fundraising events or shaken a bucket alongside us, and those who have donated goods to help us fundraise or to pass directly to Service Users and their children.
- Mason’s
- Jill Scarlett (Sainsburys community champion) and her mother, Janet Carol Brazier – The Ginger Frog
- Sutton High School
- B&Q Sound Lounge AMRO
- PC Contracting
- Sutton Housing Partnership
- Throwley Yard Cinema Oru
- Wallington County Grammar
Charity Registration Number: 294067 Company Number: 01829008
~~P~~ age 30
## Fundraising and Donations
Accompanying Santa and his sleigh with the Carshalton Park Rotary Club
## **Our Volunteers**
Our volunteers are pivotal to our success. From counselling to legal advice, they bring skills and knowledge that we could never hope to buy in. We have 53 voluntary counsellors at the Centre. We are grateful to them not only for the hours they give us but for the way so many of them throw themselves into the life and culture of the Centre.
We would not be able to provide the wide range of support and services without our volunteers. For example, our IT Support and Job Search has been supported by Ann and, our new recruit, Belinda, for the past few years. All have shown a long-term commitment to working with local women and supporting the Centre.
## **Special thanks**
Carol, who runs our weekly drop-in support group, is also pivotal to the work that we do, providing a friendly and supportive space every week for our service users, plus a nice cuppa and cake.
Clare runs our Writing for Wellbeing and Creative Writing courses and, this year, has introduced a new Bibliotherapy Group.
Helen, who has run cookery classes along with Belinda for women to learn to cook easy cost effective meals from scratch.
Charity Registration Number: 294067 Company Number: 01829008
~~P~~ age 31
## Our Plans for 2025 – 2026
Our overarching priorities in terms of service delivery are continuing -
- Supporting women to live their lives free of violence
- Enabling women to be economically and socially active Supporting mothers in the challenges they face
- Introducing a Women’s Safety Charter across the borough and raising awareness of VAWG
- Raise awareness of women’s health issues
- Continue to increase our work with survivors of sexual abuse
As a small charity we rely on funding streams to support services for which we have identified a need. This means that the majority of our funding is restricted- with contractual obligations setting out what must be delivered, the time frame and the available resources.
In terms of unrestricted funding, money is raised through fundraising activity but given the nature of this it is impossible to identify what this resource would be throughout the year or make any plans for this.
The Management Committee regularly consider the priorities for unrestricted funds when they become available.
Like many organisations we are not sure what the long-term impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Cost of Living Crisis and now the increase in employer NI will have. What we are certain of, is that we have the capacity and skills to quickly flex to meet the needs of local women and design services that meet these needs.
Charity Registration Number: 294067 Company Number: 01829008
~~P~~ age 32
The Women’s Centre Sutton
Charity Registration Number: 294067 Company Number: 01829008
## The Women’s Centre Sutton
## Annual Report 2024 / 2025
“Empowering women to achieve their full potential”
Charity Registration Number: 294067 Company number 01829008
@suttonwomen
suttonwomen
www.suttonwomen.co.uk
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## **Contents**
Financial position.................................................................. 1 Statement of Financial Activities .......................................... 3 Balance Sheet ..................................................................... 4 Independent Examiner's Report ......................................... 14
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## **Financial position**
The statement of financial activities shows net income/ (outgoings) for the year of £137,996 (2024:-£78,359) and our reserves stand at £605,453 (2024-£467,457) in total, of which £403,202 represents Current Assets and £202,251 represents Fixed Assets.
Tangible Fixed Assets for use by the charity
Details of movements in Fixed Assets are set out in Note 9 of the Accounts.
## Reserves
The Trustees recognise the need to ensure adequate resources are held in reserve to account for contractual obligations to staff (i.e. maternity and redundancy pay), contingencies, risk management and any unanticipated reduction in income. The Trustees have agreed a reserves policy in recognition of the risks to our operations if we fail to secure future funding. The reserves policy aims to mitigate these risks. We have one main asset which is our premises, which is owned by Sutton Women’s Centre. This puts us in a slightly different position to many charities in that we can keep the Centre open, in some form, with only basic running costs and volunteers. However this means that the major risk to our future is the building itself and as such the potential costs / liability for major work is incorporated into this reserve policy.
Sutton Women’s Centre is currently dependent on a variety of funders providing restricted funding to deliver agreed services. This reserves policy does not cover the actual loss from these funding streams once the funding period has ended but rather the reserves required to keep a basic level of service available to local women and to prevent Sutton Women’s Centre from closing.
## Directors and Trustees
All Directors of the company are also Trustees of the charity, and there have been no other Trustees. All of the Trustees named on page 1 served as detailed. The Board has the power to appoint additional Trustees as it considers fit to do so.
## Risk Management
The Trustees actively review the major risks which the charity faces on a regular basis and believe that maintaining reserves at current levels, combined with an annual review of the controls over key financial systems, will provide sufficient resources in the event of adverse conditions. The Trustees have also examined other operational and business risks faced by the charity and confirm that they have established systems to mitigate the significant risks.
## Trustee’s responsibilities in relation to the Financial Statements
The Trustees are required by company law to prepare Financial Statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the financial activities of the charity and of its financial position at the end of that year. In preparing those Financial Statements the Trustees are required to:
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(a)select suitable policies and apply them consistently;
(b)make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
(c)state whether the policies adopted are in accordance with the Companies Act 2006 and with applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended practice, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the Financial Statements; and
(d)prepare the Financial Statements on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to assume that the charity will continue in operation.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity 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 charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Independent Examiners
A resolution proposing Community action Sutton be re-appointed as Independent Examiners of the charity will be put to the Annual General Meeting.
Approval
This report was approved by the Trustees on 29/01/26 and signed on their behalf by:
…………………………………………
Moe Stehfest – Chair
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## **The Women’s Centre Sutton**
## **Statement of Financial Activities**
## **(including Income & Expenditure Account)**
## **Year ended 31st March 2025**
|**Note**
**Income from:**
Grants and Donations
**2**
Charitable Activities
**3**
Investment
**Total**
**Expenditure On:**
Charitable Activities
**4**
**Total**
**Net Income / (expenditure)**
**Transfers between funds**
**Net Movement in Funds**
**Reconciliation of funds:**
Total Funds brought forward
Revaluated reserve brought
forward
**Total Funds carried forward**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Total Funds**
**2025**
**Total Funds**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
13,762
296,039
309,801
58,321
22,069
141,179
163,248
274,957
917
-
917
385|
|---|---|
||36,748
437,218
473,966
333,663|
||71,509
264,461
335,970
255,305|
||71,509
264,461
335,970
255,305|
||(34,761)
172,757
137,996
78,359
-
-
-
-|
||(34,761)
172,757
137,996
78,359
394,674
72,783
467,457
243,098
-
-
-
146,000|
||359,913
245,540
605,453
467,457|
## **CONTINUING OPERATIONS**
All the activities of the charity are classed as continuing.
## **TOTAL RECOGNISED GAINS AND LOSSES**
The charity has no recognised gains or losses other than the results for the year as set out above
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## **The Women’s Centre Sutton**
## **Balance Sheet as at 31st March 2025**
|**Note**
**FIXED ASSETS:**
Tangible Assets
**9**
**CURRENT ASSETS:**
Cash at bank and in hand
Prepayments
**10**
Accrued income
**11**
Debtors
CREDITORS: Amounts falling due
within one year
**12**
Deferred Income
**13**
**NET CURRENT ASSETS:**
**TOTAL NET ASSETS**
**THE FUNDS OF THE CHARITY:**
**14**
Other Reserves
Restricted Funds
Unrestricted Funds
Revaluated Reserve
**TOTAL CHARITY FUNDS**|355,409
667
117,935
500|**2025**
**£**
202,251
403,202|293,031
559
-
23,000|**2024**
**£**
200,075
267,382|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||474,511||316,590||
||24,361
46,948||4,495
44,713||
||71,309||49,208||
||||||
|||605,453||467,457|
|||54,000
245,540
159,913
146,000||54,000
72,783
194,674
146,000|
|||605,453||467,457|
2024 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006
The Directors acknowledge their responsibilities for:
applicable to the company.
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## **The Women’s Centre Sutton**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year ended 31st March 2025**
## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
## 1.1a Basis of preparation of Accounts
The financial statements are prepared under the historical cost convention and include the results of the charity's operations which are described in the Directors' and Trustees' Report and all of which are continuing.
The Accounts have been prepared in compliance with the Statement of Recommended Practice on Charity Accounts Accounting and Reporting by Charities (SORP 2005) issued in March 2005, the
Companies Act 2006 and the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities.
The Charity has taken advantage of the exemption in Financial Reporting Statement No 1 (revised) from the requirement to produce a cash flow statement.
## 1.1b Fund Accounting
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.
Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms of a grant.
## 1.2 Tangible Fixed Assets and Depreciation
Tangible Fixed Assets are stated at cost less depreciation.
Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost or valuation of Fixed Assets, less their estimated residual value, over their expected useful lives on the following bases:
Freehold Property Not provided Fixtures & Fittings 25% on reducing balance Office Equipment 25% on reducing balance
## 1.3 Incoming Resources
Voluntary income & donations are accounted for as received by the charity. The income from fundraising ventures is shown gross, with the associated costs included in fundraising costs. No permanent endowments have been received in the period, but these are dealt with through the Statement of Financial Activities when received.
The value of services provided by volunteers has not been included in these Accounts.
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## **The Women’s Centre Sutton**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year ended 31st March 2025 (cont’d)**
## 1.4 Investments
Investments are stated at market value. Realised and unrealised gains and losses on investments are dealt with in the Statement of Financial Activities. Investment income plus associated tax recoverable is credited to income on an accrual basis, using dividend dates and interest accrued daily.
## 1.5 Value Added Tax
Value-added tax is not recoverable by the charity, and as such is not included in the relevant costs in the Statement of Financial Activities.
## 1.6 Resources Expended
Administration expenditure includes all expenditures directly related to the charitable activity which is based within the premises. This includes costs of running office premises, staff salaries for administrative staff and accountancy fees.
Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities and services for beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them.
Governance costs include those costs associated with meeting the constitutional and statutory requirements of the charity and include the Independent Examination fees and costs linked to the strategic management of the charity.
All costs are allocated between the expenditure categories of the SOFA on a basis designed to reflect the use of the resource. Costs relating to a particular activity are allocated directly.
## 1.7 Fundraising Costs
Fundraising expenditure comprises costs incurred in inducing people and organisations to contribute financially to the charity's work. This includes the cost of advertising for donations and the staging of special fundraising events.
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## **The Women’s Centre Sutton**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year ended 31st March 2025 (cont’d)**
## **2. DONATIONS**
|**. DONATIONS**||
|---|---|
|Grants
Counselling donations
Non-Gift Aid
Grants & donations:LWD Books
Grants & donations:Outreach
Grants & donations:Supervision donations
Grants & donations:Gift Aid donations
Other donations
Fundraising
Gift Aid Reclaimed|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Total**
**Funds**
**2025**
**Total**
**Funds**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
525
296,039
296,564
-
-
-
-
9,263
-
-
-
20,832
-
-
-
393
-
-
-
2,240
-
-
-
9,299
-
-
-
6,316
13,237
-
13,237
-
-
-
-
7,562
-
-
-
2,416|
||**13,762**
**296,039**
**309,801**
**58,321**|
All donations are treated as an unrestricted fund. Investment Income is derived from interest receivable on cash deposits.
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## **The Women’s Centre Sutton**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year ended 31st March 2025 (cont’d)**
## **3. CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES**
|Services
CPD Training
Unrestricted:Donations -
Counselling
Unrestricted:Donations -
Supervision
Unrestricted:Fundraising Activities
Unrestricted:Room Hire
Unrestricted:Sales of Product
Income
Restricted Funds
Art therapy
Awards4All
City Bridge Trust
Civil Roots
IRIS
LBS Escape the Trap
LBS Light & Dark Event
LBS Ukraine
London Community Foundation
MOPAC
National Lottery
Sutton College
Sutton Community Fund
Transform
Total|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Total**
**Funds**
**2025**
**Total**
**Funds**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
-
141,179
141,179
-
1,320
-
1,320
-
5,950
-
5,950
-
8,027
-
8,027
-
5,834
-
5,834
-
750
-
750
-
188
-
188
-
-
-
-
1,100
-
-
-
1,000
-
-
-
19,938
-
-
-
18,096
-
-
-
21,706
-
-
-
58,000
-
-
-
5,000
-
-
-
4,000
-
-
-
8,206
-
-
-
16,269
-
-
-
5,200
-
-
-
51,862
-
-
-
19,540
-
-
-
800
-
-
-
44,240|
|---|---|
||**22,069**
**141,179**
**163,248**
**274,957**|
All grant funding has been treated as a restricted fund.
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## **The Women’s Centre Sutton**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year ended 31st March 2025 (cont’d)**
## **4. RESOURCES EXPENDED**
|DIRECT COSTS
Accountancy fees
Independent Examination Fees
Total Service delivery
Project Salary Costs
Staff salaries
Staff training
Supervision
Telephone
Total DIRECT COSTS
SUPPORT COSTS
Support Costs:Bank Fees
Support Costs:Building Repair &
Maintenance
Support Costs:Fundraising Costs
Support Costs:Insurance
Support Costs:Office/General
Administrative Expenses
Support Costs:Operational Licenses
Support Costs:Staff Training
Support Costs:Staff Wellbeing
Support Costs:Subscriptions
Support Costs:Utilities
Support Costs:Water
Cleaning
Computer costs
Conference
Finance costs
Light & heat
Memberships
Post & stationery
Rates
Repairs and maintenance
Sundry
Volunteer expenses
Depreciation
Total SUPPORT COSTS
-|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total**
**Total**
**2025**
**2025**
**2025**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
1,350
-
1,350
-
950
-
950
975
-
121,760
121,760
49,908
-
142,701
142,701
-
9,373
-
9,373
158,950
-
-
-
2,295
-
-
-
20,863
-
-
-
520|
|---|---|
||11,673
264,461
276,134
233,511|
||120
-
120
120
7,018
-
7,018
2,394
2,492
-
2,492
749
1,226
-
1,226
1,353
5,319
-
5,319
-
3,974
-
3,974
-
14,058
-
14,058
-
4,598
-
4,598
-
17,607
-
17,607
-
2,631
-
2,631
-
41
-
41
-
-
-
-
2,457
-
-
-
72
-
-
-
4,536
-
-
-
205
-
-
-
1,384
-
-
-
1,724
-
-
-
3,123
-
-
-
1,014
-
-
-
1,628
-
-
-
441
-
-
-
568
750
-
750
25|
||59,836
-
59,836
21,794|
|||
||**71,509**
**264,461**
**335,970**
**255,305**|
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## **The Women’s Centre Sutton**
**Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year ended 31st March 2025 (cont’d)**
## **5. NET INCOME / (OUTGOING) RESOURCES FOR THE YEAR**
|`
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets owned by the charity
Independent Examiners Fees|**2025**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
750
25
975
975|
|---|---|
||1,725
1,000|
## **6. STAFF COSTS**
Salaries & Social Security Costs
**2025 2024 £ £** 152,075 158,950
No employee received remuneration of more than £43,000.00
The number of employees at the end of the year totalled **10** (2024: 12)
## **7. TRUSTEE REMUNERATION & RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS**
No members of the management committee received any remuneration during the year. No travel costs were reimbursed to any Trustee during the year (2024 - nil). No trustee or other person related to the charity had any personal interest in any contract or transaction entered into by the charity during the year. (2024 - nil).
## **8. TAXATION**
As a charity The Women's Centre (Sutton) is exempt from tax on income and gains falling within section 505 of the Taxes Act 1988 or s256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 to the extent that these are applied to its charitable objectives. No tax charges have arisen in the charity
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## **The Women’s Centre Sutton**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year ended 31st March 2025 (cont’d)**
## **9. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS**
|**COST**
As at 1 April 2024
Disposals
Additions
As at 31 March 2025
**DEPRECIATION**
As at 1 April 2024
Disposals
Charge for Year
At 31 March 2025
**NET BOOK VALUE**
**As at 31 March 2025**
At 31 March 2024|**FREEHOLD**
**PROPERTY**
**FIXTURES**
**&**
**FITTINGS**
**COMPUTER**
**EQUIPMENT**
**TOTALS**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
200,000
10,218
13,495
223,713
-
-
-
-
-
-
2,927
2,927|
|---|---|
||200,000
10,218
16,422
226,640|
||-
10,193
13,445
23,638
-
-
-
-
-
6
744
750|
||-
10,199
14,189
24,388|
|||
||200,000
19
2,232
202,251|
|||
||200,000
25
50
200,075|
## **Freehold Property**
There is a charge registered by the London Borough of Sutton against all the charity's property.
Statement of Fair Value given with respect to the charity’s operational property
At the instructions on behalf of the Trustees of SWC, the property was evaluated by Derrick Wade Waters Limited for incorporation by the charity into its Annual Report for the period ended 31st March 2023. For accounting purposes, the 'Fair Value' for the property as of 7th December 2022 ('valuation date'/'date of valuation') is fairly stated in the sum of £200,000.
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## **The Women’s Centre Sutton**
|**Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year ended 31st March**
**10. PREPAYMENTS**
Insurance
**11. ACCRUED INCOME**
Accrued income (Notes)
Notes:
Cranstoun
IRIS Health-Q4 25/26
IRIS 24/25
Cranstoun
Cranstoun
Sutton College
**12. CREDITORS: Amounts falling due within one year**
Creditors
Accruals
Control accounts
**13. DEFERRED INCOME**
National Lottery Grant
Apr to
Aug|**Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year ended 31st March**
**10. PREPAYMENTS**
Insurance
**11. ACCRUED INCOME**
Accrued income (Notes)
Notes:
Cranstoun
IRIS Health-Q4 25/26
IRIS 24/25
Cranstoun
Cranstoun
Sutton College
**12. CREDITORS: Amounts falling due within one year**
Creditors
Accruals
Control accounts
**13. DEFERRED INCOME**
National Lottery Grant
Apr to
Aug|**2025 (cont’d)**
**2025**
**2025**
**£**
**£**
667
559
667
559
**2025**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
117,935
-|
|---|---|---|
||||
||||
|||117,935
-|
|||22,120
18,990
18,000
14,183
22,120
22,522
117,935
**2025**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
18,664
135
1,050
1,050
4,647
3,310|
|||24,361
4,495|
|||**202554**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
46,948
44,713
46,948
44,713|
||||
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## **The Women’s Centre Sutton**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year ended 31st March 2025 (cont’d)**
## **14. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**
|**Restricted Funds**
AMRO
Ashley Foundation
Awards4All
City Bridge Trust
Community Action Sutton
Cranstoun
IRIS
LBS Afghan Support
LBS Escape the Trap
LBS Rebuild
LBS Ukraine
London Community Foundation
MOPAC
National Lottery
Provident
Restricted Funds
Rosa Fund
Sainsbury
Sutton College
CASutton Innovation Fund
Tesco Groundworks
Transform
Into the Light
White Ribbon
Women In Prison
**Total Restricted Funds**
Unrestricted Funds
General Account
**Total Unrestricted Funds**
**Other Reserve**
**Revaluated Reserve**
**Total Funds**|**At 31 March**
**2024**
**Total**
**Income**
**Total**
**Expenditures**
**Funds**
**Transfer**
**At 31**
**March**
**2025**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
5,000
0
5,000
888
-
-888
-
-
15,876
-
-15,876
-
-
180
24,248
-15,545
-
8,883
-
1,000
-1,000
-
-
7,802
95,290
-44,217
-
58,874
37,273
108,990
-38,841
-
107,422
-
9,570
-4,036
5,534
3,800
-
-3,800
-
-
2
-
-2
-
-
7,651
10,820
-12,200
-
6,271
422
-
-422
-
-
778
3,000
-1,782
-
1,996
3,845
109,993
-86,891
-
26,947
270
-
-270
-
-
1,100
-
-1,100
-
-
150
-150
-
2,384
-2,384
-
5,611
32,522
-24,588
-
13,545
18,667
-3,203
15,463
651
1,000
-1,651
-
-
-15,832
-
-
-
-15,832
14,585
-3,147
11,437
841
-
-841
-
-
1,626
-
-1,626
-
-|
|---|---|
||72,784
437,218
-264,461
-
245,542|
||142,097
36,748
-71,509
-
107,336
52,577
-
-
-
52,577|
||194,674
36,748
-71,509
-
159,913|
||54,000
-
-
-
54,000
146,000
-
-
-
146,000|
||467,457
473,966
-335,970
-
605,453|
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## **The Women’s Centre Sutton**
## **Independent Examiner's Report on the Accounts for the Year ended 31 March 2025**
I report on the accounts for The Women's Centre (Sutton) for the year ended 31st March 2025.
Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner
The trustees, who are also directors of the company for the purposes of company law, are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements. The trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 and that an Independent Examination is needed
Having satisfied myself that the charity is not subject to audit under company law and is eligible for Independent examination, it is my responsibility to:
## •
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Charities Act;
- to follow the procedures laid down in the general directions given by the Charities Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act; and
## •
to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## Basis of independent review
My examination was carried out in accordance with general directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a "true and fair” view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
Independent examiner's statement
In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe, that in any material respect, the requirements have not been met:
- to keep accounting records in accordance with section 386 of the Companies Act 2006; and
• to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records, and comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the Companies Act 2006 and with the methods and principles of the statement of Recommended Practice; Accounting and Reporting by Charities; or
2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Name: Dunstanette Kuti FCCA MCSI
Position: Head of Financial Services Community Action Sutton Granfers Community Centre 73-79 Oakhill Road Sutton, Surrey, SMI 3AA Date : 29/01/26
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