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## **Annual Report** 

Charity registration number: 297667 Charity name: Abortion Talk 

Period ending 30/09/2023 

## **Our activities in 2022-23** 

## Running the Talkline 

This year, we continued to operate our confidential Talkline. From 7pm - 10pm on two evenings a week, we provided support for anyone who needs to talk about abortion. This could be because they’ve had an abortion, are thinking about having an abortion, know someone who has had an abortion or work in abortion care. 

We trained an additional 9 Talkline volunteers (bringing our total number of active volunteers to 30), which meant we were able to answer 164 calls (an increase of 315% compared to 202122), providing a confidential space for callers to talk through their thoughts and feelings and reflect on their experiences. Of our callers: 

- 89 were seeking an abortion 

- 31 had experienced abortion 

- 3 had supported someone else through an abortion 

- 41 had other experiences. 

We also had hundreds of missed calls during this period. In the next year, we’re expanding our opening hours and developing a call back service, to make sure that we reach even more of the people who need us. 

## Developing workshops 

Our provider support workshops are safe spaces for abortion providers, clinicians, researchers and community activists and organisers to explore the rewards and challenges of their role. This includes the emotional aspects of their work and the possible impact of abortion-related stigma on their well-being. 

Over 2022-23, we delivered 9 workshops (compared to 2 in 2021-22 and 3 in 2020-21). This included: 

- A one hour online _Provider support_ workshop for NUPAS staff. 

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- A half day _Abortion conversations_ workshop for Queen’s University Belfast Student Union officers. 

- A one-day _Provider support_ workshop for staff working at Cornwall’s abortion care service. 

- Four _Talking about abortion_ workshops with staff and officers at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. 

- Three days of VCAT (values clarification and attitude transformation) training for abortion care providers in Northern Ireland. 

- A half day _Talking about abortion_ workshop with Homerton theatre staff in East London. 

## Improving our processes, governance and support for volunteers through an expanded network of contractors 

We began the process to recruit our first (contractor) Operations Manager, to be appointed in 2023-24. The new postholder will support us to improve our processes, strengthen our governance and support the development of our services. 

## Fundraising 

This year, we received £19,800 from the Open University to develop our workshops, building on the £16,000 grant we received in 2021-22. 

While the majority of our income continues to come from academic partnerships and grants from abortion care providers, we have continued to expand our individual giving (with donations totaling £2,833.59 in this period). 

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## **ABORTION TALK ANNUAL REPORT 01.10.2022-30.09.2023** 

**WISE Account OUTGOING INCOMING** Category Amount Category Staff Wages **£14,319.98** Individual Giving Office/ Admin Expenses **£685.50** Grants Volunteer Expenses Partnership/ Sponsorship Talkline Expenses **£172.80** Events Comms and Marketing **£388.98** Workshops Event/ Workshop Expenses **£10,719.00** Bank acc rewards Training and Development Expenses Transfer from Paypal Expenditure on Raising Funds **£14.71** Research expenses **TOTAL £26,300.97 TOTAL NET** 

|**SUMMARY**<br>**Wise**<br>**Balance b/fwd**<br>£9,415.39<br>**Income**<br>£36,719.59<br>**Expenses**<br>-£26,300.97<br>**Balance c/fwd**<br>£19,834.01|**Paypal**<br>£2,858.51<br>£3,566.12<br>-£6,010.21<br>£414.42|**TOTAL**<br>£12,273.90<br>£40,285.71<br>-£32,311.18<br>£20,248.43|
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|Amount<br>**£19,800**<br>**£5,650**<br>**£1,784**<br>**£3,984**<br>**£2.06**<br>£5,500<br>**£36,720.00**<br>**£10,419.03**|||**PayPal Account**<br>**Incoming**<br>Category<br>Amount<br>Individual Giving<br>£ 2,833.59<br>Merchandise sales<br>£     697.73<br>merchandise purchase refu  £       34.80<br>**TOTAL**<br>**£3,566.12**|**Ougoing**<br>Category<br>Amount<br>Transfer into Wise Acc<br>£5,500<br>Merchandisepurchase<br>£467.66<br>Fees<br>£42.55<br>**TOTAL**<br>**£6,010.21**<br>**NET**<br>**-£2,444.09**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||
||||**FINAL ACCOUNTS**<br>**TOTAL OUTGOINGS**<br>**£32,311.18**|**TOTAL INCOME**<br>**£40,285.71**<br>**NET**<br>**£7,974.53**|






**ANNUAL REPORT 01/10/22-30/09/23** 

|**INCOMINGS**||||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Date**|**Amount**|**Descripton**|**Category**|
|14.10.2022|£544.57|QUB General|Workshops|
|18.10.2022|£500|RCOG||
|30.10.2022|£50|DfC|Partnership/sponsorship|
|30.11.2022|£50|DfC|Partnership/sponsorship|
|05.12.2022|£5,000|NUPAS|Partnership/sponsorship|
|08.12.2022|£1,384.96|Royal Cornwall Hospital|Workshops|
|30.12.2022|£50|DfC|Partnership/sponsorship|
|06.04.2023|£75|Imperial College Union|Donaton|
|17.05.2023|£2,000|Paypal|Transfer from paypal|
|19.05.2023|£709|SU CSC|Fundraising events|
|04.06.2023|£2,000|Paypal|Transfer from paypal|
|24.06.2023|£500|Paypal|Transfer from paypal|
|04.07.2023|£500|Paypal|Transfer from paypal|
|08.07.2023|£1,000|DfC|Fundraising events|
|01.08.2023|£500|Paypal|Transfer from paypal|
|07.08.2023|£19,800|OU|OU funds|
|25.08.2023|£2,054|RCOG|Workshops|



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|Individual Giving|Individual Giving||||Grants|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||07.08.2023|
||||||**Total**|
|Events|||||Workshops|
|06.04.2023|||£75 Imperial College Union||14.10.2022|
|19.05.2023|||£709 SU CSC||08.12.2022|
|08.07.2023|||£1,000 DfC||25.08.2023|
|**Total**|||**£1,784**||**Total**|
|Transfer from paypal||||||
|17.05.2023|||£2,000 Paypal||Transfer from paypal|
|04.06.2023|||£2,000 Paypal||Transfer from paypal|
|24.06.2023|||£500 Paypal||Transfer from paypal|
|04.07.2023|||£500 Paypal||Transfer from paypal|
|01.08.2023|||£500 Paypal||Transfer from paypal|
|**Total**|||**£5,500**|||
|Merch sales -|(events)||293.46|||
|Merch purchase||||467.66||
|(Teemill)<br>p y|yp||36.27|||
|giving fund (donatons)<br>p<br>j|||1532.31|||
|(Lesley)|||368|||
|Fees||||42.55||
|subscriptons|||1301.28|||
|Transfers<br>p||||5500||
|refund (card machine)|||34.8|||
||||3566.12|6010.21||





|**Notes**||(Wise bank acc rewards)|
|---|---|---|
|Aborton disclosure work01.12.2022||£0.28 Card cashback|
||01.01.2023|£0.38 Card cashback|
|Recurring payment|02.02.2023|£0.28 Card cashback|
|Recurring payment|01.03.2023|£0.28 Card cashback|
||01.03.2023|0.02USD Card cashback|
|Provider support worksho01.04.2023||£0.14 Card cashback|
|Recurring payment|01.05.2023|0.01 USD Card cashback|
|Imperial College London 01.05.2023||£0.14 Card cashback|
||01.06.2023|£0.14 Card cashback|
|RUMS Netball Society fun03.07.2023||£0.14 Card cashback|
||03.07.2023|0.01USD Card cashback|
||01.08.2023|£0.14 Card cashback|
||15.09.2023|£0.14 Card cashback|
|DfC ceilidh fundraiser|||



50% total cost planning & delivery workshops 11,14,25,28th July  ** 




|||Partnership/|Sponsorship|
|---|---|---|---|
|£19,800|OU|18.10.202|£500 RCOG|
|||30.10.202|£50 DfC|
|||30.11.202|£50 DfC|
|**£19,800**||05.12.202|£5,000 NUPAS|
|||30.12.202|£50 DfC|
|||**Total**|**£5,650**|
|||Bank acc rewards||
|£544.57|QUB General|**Total**|**£2.06**|
|£1,384.96|Royal Cornwall Hospital|||
|£2,054|RCOG|||
|**£3,984**||||





|**OUTGOINGS**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Date**|**Amount**|**Descripton**|||
|05.10.2022|£1,200|Franki|AT Coordinator September|19.10.2022|
|05.10.2022|£87.19|Jane C|Workshop - travel to Cornwall|23.10.2022|
|05.10.2022|£131.19|Jayne K|Workshop - travel to Cornwall|23.10.2022|
|20.10.2022|£2,862.37|DfC transfer||19.11.2022|
|29.10.2022|£250|Jane C|DAY Aborton Talk Workshop @ £250'23.11.2022||
|01.11.2022|£1,200|Franki|AT Coordinator October|26.11.2022|
|04.11.2022|£503.87|Lisa H|Cornwall workshop £250+ train £131.23.12.2022||
|05.12.2022|£1,000|Franki|AT Coordinator November|19.01.2023|
|06.01.2023|£700|Franki|AT Coordinator December|24.01.2023|
|31.01.2023|£1,000|Franki|AT Coordinator January|19.12.2022|
|27.02.2023|£900|Franki|AT Coordinator February|23.12.2022|
|01.03.2023|£600|Jane C|January 7-28 Online training for volun19.02.2023||
|29.03.2023|£1,000|Franki|AT Coordinator March|23.02.2023|
|11.04.2023|£1,507.50|GFTU-ET|1st payment venue AT weekend|24.02.2023|
|02.05.2023|£1,000|Franki|AT Coordinator April|24.02.2023|
|11.05.2023|£1,736.20|GFTU-ET|2nd payment venue AT weekend|03.03.2023|
|15.05.2023|£103.38|Ayomide Oluseye|Reimbursement AT weekend|19.03.2023|
|15.05.2023|£341.01|Jayne K|Reimbursement AT weekend|23.03.2023|
|15.05.2023|£72.95|Cath Suton|Reimbursement AT weekend|03.04.2023|
|15.05.2023|£72.48|Franki A|Reimbursement AT weekend|19.04.2023|
|15.05.2023|£92.64|Kate Austen|Reimbursement AT weekend|21.04.2023|
|15.05.2023|£41.93|Edem Ntumy|Reimbursement AT weekend|23.04.2023|
|17.05.2023|£51.14|Jane C|Reimbursement AT weekend|03.05.2023|
|17.05.2023|£54.60|Jane Fisher|Reimbursement AT weekend|19.05.2023|
|17.05.2023|£399.30|Maria Lapavitsas|Reimbursement AT weekend|23.05.2023|
|17.05.2023|£103.98|Lesley H|Reimbursement AT weekend|03.06.2023|
|17.05.2023|£625.94|Sinead Cook|Reimbursement AT weekend|19.06.2023|
|25.05.2023|£206.55|Laura McLaughlin|Reimbursement AT weekend|23.06.2023|
|25.05.2023|£49.95|Pollyanna Cohen|Reimbursement AT weekend|24.06.2023|
|02.06.2023|£800|Franki|AT Coordinator May £200+ website re03.07.2023||
|04.06.2023|£537.03|Jayne K|Belfast Air bnb £439.69+ BA fight £9719.07.2023||
|19.06.2023|£191.34|Kate Austen|Belfast fights|23.07.2023|
|20.06.2023|£58.65|Christna Boateng|Reimbursement AT weekend|03.08.2023|
|24.06.2023|£239.02|Jayne K|Belfast travel|19.08.2023|
|24.06.2023|£432.47|Kate Austen|Belfast travel £341.66 +other expense23.08.2023||
|24.06.2023|£120.41|Jane C|Belfast travel|03.09.2023|
|24.06.2023|£400|Jane C|Belfast VCAT 16-17/6/23 £200x2|19.09.2023|
|24.06.2023|£88.50|Jane C|Belfast other expenses (meals)|23.09.2023|
|27.06.2023|£119.91|Cath Suton|Belfast travel|24.09.2023|
|04.07.2023|£800|Franki|AT Coordinator June £200 + website|development £600|
|10.07.2023|£43.54|Jayne K|Belfast other expenses||
|19.07.2023|£30.80|Kate Austen|Belfast other travel (2nd weekend)||
|19.07.2023|£513.19|Jane C|Belfast VCAT £200 + Air bnb £94.30 + travel £218.89||
|19.07.2023|£227.68|Jayne K|Belfast fight + other expenses||
|01.08.2023|£800|Franki|AT Coordinator July £200 + website development £600||
|05.09.2023|£685|Jayne K|33% of amount paid to AT for 2x RCOG workshops 11+14||
|05.09.2023|£900|Franki|AT Coordinator Aug £300 + website redevelopment £600||





05.09.2023 £319.98 Kim Newman Talkine coordinator 

25,201.69 

|Staf Wages|||Ofce/ Admin Expenses|Ofce/ Admin Expenses|Volunteer Expense|Volunteer Expense|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|05.10.2022|£1,200|Franki|23.10.2022|£14.39Zoom|||
|01.11.2022|£1,200|Franki|23.11.2022|£14.39Zoom|||
|05.12.2022|£1,000|Franki|23.12.2022|£14.39Zoom|||
|06.01.2023|£700|Franki|24.01.2023|£14.39Zoom|||
|31.01.2023|£1,000|Franki|23.02.2023|£14.39Zoom|||
|27.02.2023|£900|Franki|23.03.2023|£14.39Zoom|||
|29.03.2023|£1,000|Franki|||||
|02.05.2023|£1,000|Franki|23.04.2023|£15.59Zoom|||
|02.06.2023|£800|Franki|21.04.2023|£252Jane Ascrof Accountancy|||
|04.07.2023|£800|Franki|||||
|01.08.2023|£800|Franki|23.05.2023|£15.59Zoom|||
|05.09.2023|£900|Franki|23.06.2023|£15.59Zoom|||
|05.09.2023|£319.98|Kim Newman|24.06.2023|£252Jane Ascrof Accountancy|||
|20.10.2022*|£900|Franki wages|23.07.2023|£15.59Zoom|||
|20.10.2022*|£1,800|Franki wages|23.08.2023|£15.59Zoom|||
|**Total**|**14,319.98**||23.09.2023|£15.59Zoom|||
||||20/10/22|0.32|||
||||5/10/22|0.32|||
||||5/10/22|0.32|||
||||5/10/22|0.32|||
||||**Total**|**£685.16**|||
|*Supplementary|notes|20.10.2022|£2,862.37|DfC transfer|||
|||Split into compone|£162.37|T-shirt expenses|||
||||£900|Franki wages|||
||||£1,800|Franki wages|||





£131.52 istock
Tshirt order

£14.40 Circleloop £14.39 Zoom £10.99 Canva £14.40 Circleloop £14.39 Zoom £10.99 Canva £14.39 Zoom £14.40 Circleloop £14.39 Zoom £14.40 Circleloop £73.11 Big Ears music&design £14.40 Circleloop £14.39 Zoom £1.56 donorbox donation £1.49 donorbox donation £1.47 donorbox donation £14.40 Circleloop £14.39 Zoom £2.59 donorbox donation £14.40 Circleloop £252 Jane Ascroft Accountancy £15.59 Zoom £1.48 donorbox donation £14.40 Circleloop £15.59 Zoom £1.64 donorbox donation £14.40 Circleloop £15.59 Zoom £252 Jane Ascroft Accountancy £1.48 donorbox donation £14.40 Circleloop £15.59 Zoom £1.51 donorbox donation £14.40 Circleloop £15.59 Zoom £1.49 donorbox donation £14.40 Circleloop £15.59 Zoom £131.52 istock Tshirt order 

£1,098.00 

4th July 

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|es|es|Talkline Expenses|||Comms and Marketng|Comms and Marketng|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||19.10.2022|£14.40|Circleloop|23.10.2022|£10.99Canva|
|||19.11.2022|£14.40|Circleloop|26.11.2022|£10.99Canva|
|||19.09.2023|£14.40|Circleloop|23.12.2022|£73.11Big Ears music&design|
|||19.12.2022|£14.40|Circleloop|24.09.2023|£131.52Istock photos|
|||19.02.2023|£14.40|Circleloop|20.10.2022*|£162.37T-shirt expenses|
|||19.03.2023|£14.40|Circleloop|**Total**|**£388.98**|
|||19.04.2023|£14.40|Circleloop|||
|||19.04.2023|£14.40|Circleloop|||
|||19.05.2023|£14.40|Circleloop|||
|||19.06.2023|£14.40|Circleloop|||
|||19.07.2023|£14.40|Circleloop|||
|||19.08.2023|£14.40|Circleloop|||
|||||Circleloop|||
|||**Total**|**£172.80**||||





|Event/ Workshop Expenses|T & Development EExpenditure on|T & Development EExpenditure on|
|---|---|---|
|05.10.2022|£87.19Jane C|24.02.2023|
|05.10.2022|£131.19Jayne K|24.02.2023|
|29.10.2022|£250Jane C|03.03.2023|
|04.11.2022|£503.87Lisa H|03.04.2023|
|01.03.2023|£600Jane C|03.04.2023|
|11.04.2023|£1,507.50Quorn Grange 1st payment|03.05.2023|
|11.05.2023|£1,736.20Quorn Grange 2nd payment|03.06.2023|
|15.05.2023|£103.38Ayomide Oluseye|03.07.2023|
|15.05.2023|£341.01Jayne K|03.08.2023|
|15.05.2023|£72.95Cath Suton|03.09.2023|
|15.05.2023|£72.48Franki A|**Total**|
|15.05.2023|£92.64Kate Austen||
|15.05.2023|£41.93Edem Ntumy||
|17.05.2023|£51.14Jane C||
|17.05.2023|£54.60Jane Fisher||
|17.05.2023|£399.30Maria Lapavitsas||
|17.05.2023|£103.98Lesley H||
|17.05.2023|£625.94Sinead Cook||
|25.05.2023|£206.55Laura McLaughlin||
|25.05.2023|£49.95Pollyanna Cohen||
|04.06.2023|£537.03Jayne K||
|19.06.2023|£191.34Kate Austen||
|20.06.2023|£58.65Christna Boateng||
|24.06.2023|£239.02Jayne K||
|24.06.2023|£432.47Kate Austen||
|24.06.2023|£120.41Jane C||
|24.06.2023|£400Jane C||
|24.06.2023|£88.50Jane C||
|27.06.2023|£119.91Cath Suton||
|10.07.2023|£43.54Jayne K||
|19.07.2023|£30.80Kate Austen||
|19.07.2023|£513.19Jane C||
|19.07.2023|£227.68Jayne K||
|05.09.2023|£685Jayne K||
|**Total**|**10,719.34**||





Raising Funds Research expenses £1.56 donorbox donation £1.49 donorbox donation £1.47 donorbox donation donorbox donation £2.59 donorbox donation £1.48 donorbox donation £1.64 donorbox donation £1.48 donorbox donation £1.51 donorbox donation £1.49 donorbox donation **£14.71** 



## **Abortion Talk** 

## **Independent Examiner's Report to the Members of Abortion Talk** 

## **Year Ended 30 September 2023** 

I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 30 September 2023. 

## **Respective Responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner** 

The trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The trustees consider that an audit is not required for this  year under  section 144 of the  Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed. 

Having satisfied myself that the  charity is not subject to audit under charity law and is  eligible for independent examination, it is my responsibility to: 

- examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act; 

- to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act; and 

- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. 

## **Basis of Independent Examiner's Report** 

My examination was carried out in accordance with the  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 you  as 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 connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention: 

(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements: 

- to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and 

- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the Charities Act 

have not been met; or 

(2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 


Jane Ascroft FCA MA (Cantab) Chartered Accountant (ICAEW) and Independent examiner 

Enterprise House Harmire Enterprise Park Barnard Castle County Durham DL12 8XP 

25[th] June 2024