2023-03-31-accounts - Latin American Women's Aid Refuge

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Latin American Women’s Aid Refuge

(Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

Report and Accounts For the year ended 31 March 2023

Registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation Number: 299975

(Charity Registered in England & Wales)

Reference and administrative details

Trustees Susana Klien Chair Nandita Rao Treasurer Claudia Pari Camila Khan Carvalho Diana Trimiño Mora Victoria Lechuga Director Angie Herrera Registered Office 18-22 Ashwin Street The Print House E8 3DL London Charity Commission Number 299975 Auditor Knox Cropper LLP 65 Leadenhall Street EC3A 2AD Banker Unity Trust Bank, Registered office: Four Brindley place, Birmingham B1 2JB.

Trustees of the Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) present their Report of the Trustees, as required by Charity law, together with the financial statements of the Latin American Women's Aid Refuge for the year ended 31st March 2023. The organisation became a Charitable Incorporated Organisation in March of 2023. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities 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 (FRS102) (effective 1st January 2019).

Objectives:

"Latin American Women's Aid Refuge (LAWA) support Latin American and other Black Minority Ethnic (BME) women and their children experiencing gender violence to start a new life and play a fuller role in the community through tailored advice, advocacy, outreach and refuge services. We promote women's independence and autonomy, as well as a non-violent environment for women and their children".

Organisation:

The trustees who meet quarterly and take major decisions regarding the strategic policy of the charity and delegate the responsibility of strategic and operational management to the Director, who works together with a Senior Management Team.

Public benefi t:

The trustees have received training to ensure that the work follows to the Charity Commission's guidance on "Charities and Public Benefit”. Under Section 4 of the Charities Act 2011, the trustees considered the restrictions to benefit a section of the public, based on ethnic/ national origin, and gender, to strictly fall within our charitable objects. No other restrictions apply, and trustees do not receive any remuneration for their services. Expenses reimbursed to trustees on this financial year were nil.

Aims, principal activities and review:

LAWA is a dedicated by and for Latin American and other Black and Ethnic Minority Ethnic women that has almost 35 years of experience in supporting survivors of gender-based violence to break free from abuse and improve theirs and their children’s lives. It is our main goal to enable our service user’s social, economic and personal empowerment, promoting women’s independence and autonomy as well as environment free from violence for women and their children to thrive.

LAWA was set up to support women (and their children) who, because of physical, emotional and/or sexual abuse, have lost their safety and require advice and/or emergency accommodation. Since 1988 we have been running the only refuge scheme led by and for Latin American women and children in the UK and Europe, and currently operates four refuges in confidential locations across London.

In addition to providing refuge services, LAWA provides comprehensive services to address genderbased violence practices such as Domestic Violence (DV), sexual abuse, and trafficking. We also support service users to start a new life and support their integration into the wider UK society

through tailored and culturally appropriate advice services, advocacy, counselling, and community engagement activities.

All our services are offered in our service user’s own languages (in the case of other black and minoritised women who don’t speak Spanish, Portuguese or English, we work in partnership with other black and minoritised organisations to provide interpretation services) and provided in womenonly spaces. LAWA embeds an intersectional approach in its work and our refuges and related services have been conceptualised using a rights-based framework which focuses on the provision of a holistic response -which includes referrals and collaboration with other statutory and voluntary support agencies- hence resulting in lasting impact. Finally, through publicity and outreach activities we raise awareness about the Latin American community in the UK and on how violence against women affects us.

Statement of activities

As a CIO, the public benefits of our work are directly related to our aims, which seek to improve the lives of women and children from the communities we work with by reducing the impact of genderbased violence. Our advice, advocacy and preventative work provides direct benefit to both the recipients of our services and the general public by contributing positively to a better society. We seek to provide women and children escaping gender-based violence with a place of safety and in doing so, we positively contribute to the reduction of homelessness. Our services are free and open to the sector of the public who we exist to help. We conduct an annual audit of our charitable activities.

The trustees confirm that they have referred to the Charity Commission's general guidance on Public Benefit when reviewing and shaping the charity's aims and objectives for the year and when planning future activities. The charity works to ensure that its projects are inclusive, accessible, and responsive to the needs of its service users.

We operate to capacity and our services are always oversubscribed, delivering quality, nationally unique and internationally recognised services, achieving high performance results in our external reviews (AQS accredited). We are also active members of both Women's Aid and Imkaan and have affiliations with many vital networks working towards achieving equality for Latin American women and their children.

LAWA’s services – overview of current delivery services, gaps, and emerging needs

We have carefully planned and implemented our services ensuring they are cost effective and bring long lasting changes to the lives of service users. Our goal is to remain creative and take every learning opportunity to improve and strengthen our services, continue responding to service users’ evolving needs, and support their ability to live a life free from violence. We have gone through a strategic development journey to locate our services and monitor our work within a rights-based framework. Our five areas of work are as follows:

Refuge VAWG services Wellbeing and Community Policy and provision and emotional Engagement Research crisis support support services - Advice and services Advocacy - InstitutionalAdvocacy - Specialist legalsupport inimmigration and - Counselling- English classes - Change MakersProgram - Housing and DVInstitutional - Crisis support, family law - Creche services - Chavitas Advocacy Advice and - Legal housing Change Maker - DV and housing Advocacy. advise Program participatory - Children and - LBTQ specialist - Growing research Young People service Together - Sector/Policy Services - BME partnerships- VAWG safety - Volunteer BME Partnerships - Floatting and prevention Program support program

Impact

LAWA takes monitoring, evaluation and learning seriously, as it enables us to assess our services and changes/adaptations needed, as well as ensure we are responding to the evolving needs of our service users. LAWA has an internal data base system that allow us to record information about service users as well as the support and interventions provided, ensuring confidentiality and data protection compliance. Over the last year, throughout all our services, we have supported 1,639 women and children with 7,340 interventions[1] .

Rather than just offering crisis intervention and sign posting services, we ensure that we provide a holistic support throughout a survivors journey that is meaningful, personalised and empowering, e.g. by accompanying service users to key meetings and appointments (such as housing appointments, court cases, etc.) and advocating on their behalf, supporting expanded skills and knowledge (e.g. through language courses and making them aware of their rights and entitlements) and strengthening their confidence so that they can live a full and independent life. We have learnt that planning, acting on on-going service users’ feedback, and developing relationships based on trust and nonjudgemental is critical to our work as it makes our services effective and increase the possibility of a long-lasting impact.

Different monitoring and evaluation tools are used to record information throughout the time that service users are supported across the different services. This includes initial assessments, mid-term feedback forms, POWA (Personal outcomes and wellbeing assessment) and evaluation forms. By the

1 Intervention is defined as a single action carried out with a service user. This may include referrals, evidence submission, liaising with external agencies, court sessions, among others. Thus, a single user can receive multiple interventions through their survivor journey.

end of the year, we revise the recorded data to identify trends, gaps and areas of improvement. We also produce a comprehensive analysis of the support provided across the different services and information that can be used as evidence for policy making or changes in our provision. Some of the statistics that evidence the impact of LAWA’s work are the following:

From 388 women supported who completed the evaluation form at the Advice Centre:

98% stated that it made a difference that the service was available in a Latin American/black and ethnic minority led women’s organisation. This reflects the key role of Black and Ethnic Minority women organisations play in providing culturally specific support as most of the women who reach out to LAWA have previously contacted another organisation (statutory agency or generalist organisation from the voluntary sector) where they have encountered challenges in terms of access and stigmatization.
83% stated that the advice provided helped them increase their knowledge about their rights, options, and services in the UK.

From 83 women supported who completed the evaluation form after receiving counselling service:

99% said they felt really listened by the therapist.

From 65 women supported who completed the evaluation form at the Refuge:

100% moved into safe accommodation after the refuge.

In 2018 Women’s Aid found out that 90.5% of women fleeing violence stated that their most urgent need was housing.[2] The Domestic Abuse Report 2019 found that almost 60% of referrals to refuge services were rejected (an average of 405 per week) being 17% of those declined due to lack of space[3] . Through our holistic refuge provision and timely planned support, LAWA is contributing to address homelessness issues that many of our service users’ face when trying to move on.

Added value and key achievements:

The services LAWA provides are particularly important in the current UK context. We are still living the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic –which has impacted poorest and black and minoritised communities the most-, have been impacted by a Cost of Living crisis and are seeing an increased hostile environment towards migrant communities, all of which have a direct impact not only in our service users but also creates a challenging environment for LAWA to operate in. Despite this context, LAWA has been able to maintain and resource its capacity to respond to the increasingly complex needs of the service users. Over the last year we are very proud to have been able to:

2 Survival and Beyond , 2018. Women’s Aid Federation. https://www.womensaid.org.uk/wpcontent/uploads/2018/03/Survival-and-Beyond.pdf

3 - The Domestic Abuse Report 2019 , Women’s Aid Federation: https://www.womensaid.org.uk/evidence hub-the-domestic-abuse-report2019/#:~:text=The%20Domestic%20Abuse%20Report%202019%3A%20The%20Annual%20Audit%20exami nes%20the,the%20challenges%20they%20have%20faced.

Support a case that sets a legal precedent for refuge provision[4] - Following a joint submission led by LAWA and involving Refuge, Women’s Aid Federation England ‘(Women’s Aid’) and Imkaan, the High Court of England and Wales has ruled that family courts must be much more protective of the residential addresses of women’s refuges for the safety of all of the women and children who reside there. Women living in refuge should not be required to provide residential addresses to the court or be personally served at the refuge except in truly exceptional and urgent circumstances. The court has also ruled that the alternative methods of serving orders, suggested by the charities are perfectly valid and safe.

Importantly, the guidance acknowledges that the “mere fact of being a migrant woman with historic links in another country, insecure immigration status or having no recourse to public funds is not sufficient to show there is a risk of abduction. The act of seeking refuge mitigates against any risk that might exist.”

Secure commissioning of the Great London Authority (GLA) and Mayor’s Office for Police and Crime (MOPAC) for the provision of specialist refuge accommodation. This is a key achievement since the decommissioning of LAWA’s refuge in 2015 in which the government ceased to directly finance this service. LAWA’s refuge scheme is one of the few services in London that has been operating over the last years with no commissioning from any Local Authority.
Successfully lead two bids of the OYA Consortium commissioned by the GLA/MOPAC. The OYA Consortium is a ‘led by and for’ Black and Minoritised women’s organisations consortium dedicated to the provision of refuge accommodation services and support to women and children survivors of different forms of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG). Together we currently manage/deliver 117 bed spaces for Black and Minoritised women and children, which is 84% of all capacity in London. All our organisations are 100% ‘by and for’ the communities we serve, which is a unique characteristic of the OYA Consortium. We offer an intersectional and Black feminist approach, and our support is provided in 10 different languages, covering Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, Persian, Hindi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Urdu, Bengali and English. Individually, each organisation has at least 30 years of experience. One of the projects offer specialist services across the refuge accommodations in the areas of family law, immigration, housing and complex cases[5] . The second project is designed to increase the capacity of our counselling service to offer culturally appropriate individual and group therapy, as well as crisis intervention.

4 The case was presented to the Judge with the support of the barrister Dr. Charlotte Proudman and Rights of Women, after LAWA challenged a location order issued to the organisation and staff members in a child contact case presented to the High Court -on the basis of a risk of abduction by a woman staying at one of our refuges.

5 “Complex cases” often comes about as a result of the overlapping presence of different protected characteristics in survivors which increases their support needs and/or due to having experienced multiple types of gender-based violence and trauma at different points in their lives, increasing both mental and physical vulnerability. The compounded effect of this means that cases remain open for longer, the intensity of the support needed is greater -often involving multiple agencies- and a greater level of expertise/skill is needed to reach satisfactory outcomes.

Designed and implemented an internship programme that has significantly helped us to address recruitment challenges. As a migrant women organisation, we have historically encountered a lack of experienced workers from the Latin American community knowledge and expertise to understand the additional barriers that women from our communities faced as survivors of gender-based violence and both statutory and voluntary services.

LAWA has continued prioritising being part of coalitions, networks and working groups aiming to address VAWG such as the VAWG Business Group and the VAWG networking in Islington represented by the Samira Project; the Hackney VAWG Practitioner Forum and VAWG Strategic Board In Hackney and the Barnet Community Safety Partnership. LAWA is also a delivery partner of the CASA project, led by Solace and funded by the GLA. In addition to this, we are now members of the GLA Partnership Board, and members of the Funding implementation group.

This year LAWA also transitioned in its leadership with the departure of its former Executive Director, Yenny Tovar, after 15 years of working in LAWA. The Board of Trustees is massively grateful to Yenny for her passionate and visionary leadership, which has enabled LAWA to be at the place it is now. In December 2022, Angie Herrera, former Deputy Director and staff member for over 5 years, was appointed as Director.

Financial review

LAWA’s income increased by 34% (from £1,318,902 in 2021/2022 to £1,768,948 in 2022/2023). This increase is mainly due to the successful commissioning from the GLA/MOPAC and grants awarded to respond to the increased demand as a result of COVID-19 and Cost of Living crisis. The overall income, however, reached £2,762,253 due to LAWA being a consortium lead in the OYA Consortium projects and receiving the resources to distribute amongst the partner organisations -£993,305 are resources allocated to partners and paid to the partner organisations. Of this income £2,280,463 was restricted (21/22: £743,727) and the remaining £481,790 (21/22: £575,175) was unrestricted. Total expenditure during the year amounted to £2,265,375 as compared to £1,072,110 in 21/22.

During this year the Board of Trustees also approved and implemented a salary review process, aiming to address the cost-of-living crisis and increased inflation.

A summary of the financial activities for the year is given on page 15 of the financial statements.

Plans for the future

LAWA is currently implementing its 2022-20266 strategy which focuses on strengthening current services, maintaining the existing capacity and achieving a more sustainable and diversified funding base. LAWA is not looking to growth in further income or expand services. The current context, austerity policies and reduction of the public service budget continues to be an on-going threat to the existence of our organisation. Policies and acts in review such as the Supported Accommodation Act

as well as the Supported Housing Bill will have an inevitable impact on our operational model, and as such, LAWA has been advocating with others for changes/improvements in those to ensure that the impact on women survivors of gender-based violence is decreased and monitoring potential responses/adjustments in the services. LAWA will also look into developing an investment project to help the organisation to achieve its charitable objectives as well as achieve a greater sustainability while creating a legacy for the community.

Structure, Governance and Management Governing Document

LAWA (the Charity) has recently become a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), maintaining the previous Charity Commission Number and its date of incorporation (13[th] of September 1988). The current Constitution is part of the update CIO registration process, and it is dated on the 20[th ] of March 2023. The directors are the charity trustees for purposes of charity law and are known as the Board of Trustees.

Induction and training of new trustees

Interviews for potential trustees are held by the Chair of the Board of Trustees and the Director. A second interview takes place with other trustees. If considered a suitable candidate, an invitation by the Board will be made and an induction session will be scheduled with the Director. In addition, new members complete an online Safeguarding training for trustees.

Risk management and reserves policy

Taking into consideration internal and external events that had taken place over the last years, including public funding cuts at the local level, the COVID-19 pandemic, the hostile environment against migrant communities, the way in which grants/contracts are paid –delays in payment/ payment in arrears which are conditions for some commissioning or funders, as well as the recent Cost of Living crisis, the Board of Trustees has decided to maintain a level of reserves of between 86-9 9 months of operational costs. This will enable LAWA to sustain service delivery in the event of loss of funding and appropriately and responsible close/exit services if needed.

In addition, the organisation has established a General Fund for unrestricted funds held by the organisation, which can be used as a contingency against emergency or unplanned expenditure. The Board of Trustees believe that by designating funds in this way, they can ensure that the long term plans of the organisation can be realised, and the organisation will be able to fulfil its contractual responsibilities to its staff, funders, users and the wider community. At the end of the year the Board approved the following designated funds:

Office premises provides to adequately maintain operations shall the organisation face a crisis and needs to cover for lack of external funding. The cost is calculated for 6 months of rent costs that would allow us to continue operations for a short period of time.

Consultancies provides funding to adequately prepare to commission external consultants for specific projects with the organisation that cannot or should not be carried out by existing staff members. This includes but it is not limited to solicitors, advisors, among others.

Repairs and renewals funds provide resources to adequately maintain the furniture, furnishings and decorative order of its refuge provision. The funds represent the estimated cost of decorating and furnishing the 36 bed spaces, sitting rooms and kitchens in the 3 Refuges managed by the organisation. Each year the actual costs will be expended against the funds and transfers will be made to the funds in order that they represent the new estimated costs.

Investment project fund has been created to enable the organisation to create a resource to assist the charity’s sustainability. It is expected that significant development on this will take place within 1-3 years.

Refuge support fund will provide a resource to subsidise services to women with no recourse to public funds, at complete destitution or in high levels of poverty, to cover part of their rent and day today living costs.

Commemorative funds will be used to carry out a ceremony to commemorate the 35 years of the creation of LAWA.

The amount held on reserves on 31[st] March 2023 was £2,026,545 of which restricted reserves was £33,084 and unrestricted reserves amounted to £1,993,462 which includes the designated funds of £1,170,600.

Statement of Trustees responsibilities

The trustees are responsible for preparing the Board of Trustee’s annual report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice), including financial reporting standard 102 “the financial reporting standard applicable in the UK and Republic of England”.

Charitable law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which gives a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable organisation and of the incoming resources and application of resource, including income and expenditure for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

a) select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
b) observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
c) make judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
d) state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
e) prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable organisation will continue in business.

The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable organisation and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the CharitiessAct 2011. They are also responsible for

safeguarding the assets of the charitable organisation and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

In so far as the trustees are aware there is no relevant audit information of which the auditor is unaware; and the trustees have taken all steps that they ought to have taken to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the auditor is aware of that information.

Approved by order of the Board of Trustees on 08/09/2023 and signed on its behalf by:

Susana Klien – Chair of Trustees

Independent Auditor’s Report to the Trustees of

Latin American Women’s Aid Refuge

We have audited the financial statements of Latin American Women’s Aid Refuge (the ’charity’) for the year ended 31 March 2023 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet, Statement of Cash Flows and notes to the financial statements, 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 Financial Reporting Standard 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:

give a true and fair view of the state of the charity's affairs as at 31 March 2023 and of its incoming resources and application of resources for the year then ended;
have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
have been prepared in accordance with the Charities Act 2011.

Basis of 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.

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 we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

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 course of 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 themselves. 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.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 require us to report to you if, in our opinion:

the information given in the financial statements is inconsistent in any material respect with the trustees’ report; or
sufficient accounting records have not been kept; or
the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records; or
we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.

Responsibilities of Trustees

As explained more fully in the Trustees' Responsibilities Statement set out on page 10, the Trustees 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

We have been appointed as auditor under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and report in accordance with the Act and relevant regulations made or having effect thereunder.

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:

The Charity is required to comply with charity law and, based on our knowledge of its activities, we identified that the legal requirement to accurately account for restricted funds was of key significance.
We gained an understanding of how the charity complied with its legal and regulatory framework, including the requirement to properly account for restricted funds, through discussions with management and a review of the documented policies, procedures and controls.
The audit team, which is experienced in the audit of charities, considered the charity’s susceptibility to material misstatement and how fraud may occur. Our considerations included the risk of management override.
Our approach was to check that donations, grants and contract income, where applicable, was correctly restricted, was properly identified and separately accounted for and to ensure that only valid and appropriate expenditure was charged to restricted funds. This included reviewing journal adjustments and unusual transactions.
We have checked the completeness of rental income including housing benefits.
We have obtained third party confirmation on large value asset balances.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.

Use of the audit report

This report is made solely to the charity’s trustees, as a body, in accordance with Part 4 of the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. Our audit work has been undertaken, so that we might state to the charity’s trustees 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 trustees as a body, for our audit work, for this report or for the opinions we have formed.

Knox Cropper LLP Chartered Accountants and Registered Auditor 65-68 Leadenhall Street, London EC3A 2AD Date: 14 December 2023

Knox Cropper LLP is eligible for appointment as auditor of the charity by virtue of its eligibility for appointment as auditor of a company under section 1212 of the Companies Act 2006.

Latin American Women's Aid Refuge

Statement of financial activities (incorporating an income and expenditure account)

For the year ended 31 March 2023

For theyear ended 31 March 2023	For theyear ended 31 March 2023
Unrestricted Note £ Income from: 2 21,227 3 417,854 3 42,250 459 481,790 4 16,186 4 1,400 4 410 17,996 463,795 - 463,795 Reconciliation of funds: 1,529,667 1,993,462 Total funds carried forward Transfers between funds Net movement in funds Total funds brought forward Emergency accomodation and support Advice and Information Raising funds Net income / (expenditure) for the year Total expenditure Charitable activities Donations and legacies Charitable activities Emergency accomodation and support Advice and Information Investments Total income Expenditure on:		Restricted £ - 1,853,906 426,557 -	2023 Total £ 21,227 2,271,760 468,807 459 2,762,253 16,186 1,860,861 388,328 2,265,375 496,878 - 496,878 1,529,667 2,026,545	Unrestricted £ 91,602 458,573 25,000 -	Restricted £ - 362,970 380,757 -	2022 Total £ 91,602 821,543 405,757 -
	481,790	2,280,463		575,175	743,727	1,318,902
	16,186 1,400 410	- 1,859,462 387,918		- 98,425 184,963	- 362,970 425,752	- 461,395 610,715
	17,996	2,247,380		283,388	788,722	1,072,110
	463,795 -	33,084 -		291,787 -	(44,995) -	246,792 -
	463,795 1,529,667	33,084 -		291,787 1,237,880	(44,995) 44,995	246,792 1,282,875
	1,993,462	33,084		1,529,667	-	1,529,667

All of the above results are derived from continuing activities. There were no other recognised gains or losses other than those stated above. Movements in funds are disclosed in Note 15 to the financial statements.

Latin American Women's Aid Refuge Balance sheet

Charity reg. 299975

As at 31 March 2023

£ 338,273 1,901,941	2023 £ 52,619	£ 71,760 1,466,286	2022 £ 48,593
	52,619 1,975,926		48,593 1,483,074
2,240,214 264,288		1,538,046 54,972
1,170,600 - - 822,862 -		331,857 - - 1,197,810 -
	2,028,545 2,000		1,531,667 2,000
	2,026,545		1,529,667
	33,083 1,993,462		- 1,529,667

	2,026,545		1,529,667

Approved by the trustees on and signed on their behalf by

Name: Susana Klien Trustee December 4th, 2023

Latin American Women's Aid Refuge Statement of cash flows

For the year ended 31 March 2023
Note 16 17 Cash flows from operating activities Net cash provided by / (used in) investing activities Net cash provided by / (used in) operating activities Cash flows from investing activities: Dividends, interest and rents from investments Purchase of fixed assets Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year Change in cash and cash equivalents in the year	£ £ 444,616 459 (9,420) (8,961) 435,655 1,466,286 1,901,941 2023		£ £ 208,741 - (42,670) (42,670) 166,071 1,300,215 1,466,286 2022

		435,655 1,466,286		166,071 1,300,215
		1,901,941		1,466,286

Latin American Women's Aid Refuge Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2023

1 Accounting policies

a) Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: 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) (effective 1 January 2015) - (Charities SORP FRS 102), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.

Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy or note.

b) Public benefit entity

The charitable company meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102.

c) Going concern The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charity ability to continue as a going concern.

The trustees do not consider that there are any sources of estimation uncertainty at the reporting date that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next reporting period.

Income

d) Income is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the income have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and that the amount can be measured reliably.

Income from government and other grants, whether ‘capital’ grants or ‘revenue’ grants, is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the grants have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably and is not deferred.

Income received in advance of the provision of a specified service is deferred until the criteria for income recognition are met.

Interest receivable

e) Interest on funds held on deposit is included when receivable and the amount can be measured reliably by the charity; this is normally upon notification of the interest paid or payable by the bank.

Fund accounting Restricted funds are to be used for specific p

f) urposes as laid down by the donor. Expenditure which meets these criteria is charged to the fund.

Unrestricted funds are donations and other incoming resources received or generated for the charitable p urposes.

Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular purposes.

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For the year ended 31 March 2023

1 Accounting policies (continued)

g) Expenditure and irrecoverable VAT

Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is classified under the following activity headings:
Costs of raising funds relate to the costs incurred by the charitable company in inducing third parties to make voluntary contributions to it, as well as the cost of any activities with a fundraising purpose
Expenditure on charitable activities includes the costs of delivering services undertaken to further the purposes of the charity and their associated support costs.
Other expenditure represents those items not falling into any other heading

Irrecoverable VAT is charged as a cost against the activity for which the expenditure was incurred. Redundancy costs are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period in which they arise.

h) Allocation of support costs

Resources expended are allocated to the particular activity where the cost relates directly to that activity. However, the cost of overall direction and administration of each activity, comprising the salary and overhead costs of the central function, is apportioned on the following basis which are an estimate of the amount attributable to each activity.

Emergency accomodation and support 66%
� Advice and information centre 34%

i) Operating leases

Rental charges are charged on a straight line basis over the term of the lease.

j) Tangible fixed assets

Items of equipment are capitalised where the purchase price exceeds £1000. Depreciation costs are allocated to activities on the basis of the use of the related assets in those activities. Assets are reviewed for impairment if circumstances indicate their carrying value may exceed their net realisable value and value in use.

Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write down the cost of each asset to its estimated residual value over its expected useful life. The depreciation rates in use are as follows:

Furniture and Equipment

10 years

k) Debtors

Trade and other debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid.

l) Cash at bank and in hand

Cash at bank and cash in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.

m) Creditors and provisions

Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount.

The charity only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value with the exception of bank loans which are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Latin American Women's Aid Refuge Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2023

2 Income from donations and legacies

Income from donations and legacies
Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme grants Donations	Unrestricted £ 21,227 - - 21,227	£ - - - - Restricted	2023 total Total £ 21,227 - - 21,227	2022 Total £ 91,602 -
				91,602

3 Income from charitable activities

Sub-total for Advice and Information Total income from charitable activities Emergency accomodation and support Sub-total for Emergency accomodation and support Advice and Information	Unrestricted £ 417,854 417,854 42,250 42,250 460,104	£ 1,853,906 1,853,906 426,557 426,557 2,280,463 Restricted	2023 Total £ 2,271,760 2,271,760 468,807 468,807 2,740,567	2022 Total £ 821,543
				821,543 405,757
				405,757
				1,227,300

Income from emergency accomodation and support includes rent receivable from refuge after deducting Voids.

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For the year ended 31 March 2023

4 Analysis of expenditure

Cost of raising funds £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 16,186 - - -	Charitable activities	Charitable activities	Governance costs £ - 7,739 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Support costs £ 874 - - - - - - - - - 3,095 - - - 105,128 - - -	2023 Total £ 13,680 7,739 9,125 31,108 5,394 8,373 2,149 28,888 993,305 71,197 118,432 9,880 42,681 36,418 855,934 28,494 2,075 503	2022 Total £ 9,232 5951 (5,734) 27,162 2,382 410 1,909 16,340 162,615 60,032 106,218 11,083 15,798 25,846 605,722 24,639 2207.15 298
	Emergency accomodation & Support £ 10,295 - 9,125 26,255 5,394 3,267 879 25,225 989,305 57,347 108,097 9,043 37,860 18,734 464,446 20,707 - 253	Advice and Information £ 2,511 - - 4,853 - 5,106 1,270 3,663 4,000 13,850 7,240 837 4,821 17,684 270,174 7,787 2,075 250 346,121 37,123 5,084 388,328 610,716
16,186 - -	1,786,232 71,974 2,655		7,739 - (7,739)	109,097 (109,097) -	2,265,375 - -	1,072,110 - -
16,186	1,860,861		-	-	2,265,375	1,072,110
-	461,395		-	-	1,072,111

Grant/Partnership payments are being made to members of the consortium for which LAWA is the lead co-ordinator and is holding funds on behalf of all the members. Grants paid to partners include Asha £301,706 (2022: £45,295), Ashiana £314,431 (2022: £51,112) and LBWP £373,168 (2022: £62,208)

Latin American Women's Aid Refuge Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2023

4 Analysis of expenditure (continued)

Cost of raising funds £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Charitable activities	Charitable activities	Governance costs £ - 5,951 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Support costs £ 5,518 - - - - - - 8,490 - 13,559 39,812 2,308 3,385 2,885 129,691 5,267 - 31	2022 Total £ 9,232 5,951 (5,734) 27,162 2,382 410 1,909 16,340 162,615 60,032 106,218 11,083 15,798 25,846 605,722 24,639 2,207 298
	Emergency accomodation & Support £ 1,206 - (5,734) 21,179 2,382 294 152 5,467 158,615 19,114 66,034 2,511 10,518 20,810 112,284 4,569 898 8	Advice and Information £ 2,508 - - 5,983 - 116 1,757 2,384 4,000 27,359 372 6,264 1,895 2,151 363,747 14,803 1,309 259 434,908 172,832 2,976 610,716
- - -	420,307 38,113 2,975		5,951 - (5,951)	210,945 (210,945) -	1,072,110 -
-	461,395		-	-	1,072,111

Of the total expenditure, £17,085 was unrestricted (2022: £2,422) and £2,247,380 was restricted (2022: £1,064,527).

Latin American Women's Aid Refuge Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2023

5

Analysis of staff costs, trustee remuneration and expenses, and the cost of key management personnel

Staff costs were as follows:

Employer’s contribution to defined contribution pension schemes Salaries and wages Social security costs	2023 £ 804,920 43,320 7,693	2022 £ 554,709 43,320 7,693
	855,934	605,722

Two Employees earned more than £60,000 during the year (2022: nil).

The total employee benefits including pension contributions of the key management personnel were £256,725.25 (2022: £254,507) consisting of 5 (2022: 6) employees.

6 Staff numbers

The average number of employees (head count based on number of staff employed) during the year was as follows:

Charitable activities	2023 No. 31.0	2022 No. 25.0
	31.0	25.0

7 Related party transactions

There are no related party transactions to disclose for 2023 (2022: none).

There are no donations from related parties which are outside the normal course of business and no restricted donations from related parties.

8 Taxation

The charitable company is exempt from corporation tax as all its income is charitable and is applied for charitable purposes.

9 Tangible fixed assets

At the start of the year All of the above assets are used for charitable purposes. Cost or valuation Depreciation At the end of the year Net book value At the end of the year At the end of the year At the start of the year Charge for the year At the start of the year Additions in year	Furniture & Equipment £ 58,773 9,420 68,193 10,180 5,394 15,574 52,619 48,593	Total £ 58,773 9,420
		68,193
		10,180 5,394
		15,574
		52,619
		48,593

Latin American Women's Aid Refuge Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2023

10 11 12 Balance at the beginning of the year Amount released to income in the year Amount deferred in the year Balance at the end of the year 13 14 General unrestricted £ 52,619 772,243 (2,000) 822,862 Debtors Rent prepaid and Other creditors Deferred income Provision for liability and charges Rent arrears Grant debtors and accrued income Prepayments and other debtors Creditors: amounts falling due within one year Deferred income comprises of grants received for future period Accruals Deferred income (note 12) Provision for cyclical repairs and renewals Maintenance and repairs (dilapidations/removals) Taxation and social security Tangible fixed assets Analysis of net assets between funds (current year) Long term liabilities At 31 March At 1 April Net current assets Net assets at the end of the year	£ - 1,170,600 - Designated	2023 £ 16,702 320,333 1,238	2022 £ 25,882 44,640 1,238
		338,273	71,760
		2023 £ (44) 23,141 216,548 24,643	2022 £ 104 5,222 13,130 36,516
		264,288	54,972
		2023 £ 36,516 (36,516) 24,643	2022 £ 31,100 (31,100) 36,516
		24,643	36,516
		2023 £ 2,000	2022 £ 2,000
		2,000	2,000
		Restricted £ - 33,083 -	Total funds £ 52,619 1,975,926 (2,000)
822,862	1,170,600	33,083	2,026,545

Latin American Women's Aid Refuge Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2023

14 Analysis of net assets between funds (previous year)

Net assets at the end of the year Tangible fixed assets Net current assets Long term liabilities	General unrestricted £ 8,305 1,151,217 (2,000)	£ - 331,857 - Designated	Restricted £ - - -	Total funds £ 8,305 1,483,074 (2,000)
	1,157,522	331,857	-	1,489,379

15 Movements in funds (current year)

At the start of the year £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Incoming resources & gains £ 17,761 16,662 222,761 45,000 44,509 819,046 328,813 290,034 69,320 22,769 46,200 47,800 104,581 34,424 89,167 74,890 6,726	Outgoing resources & losses £ (17,761) (16,662) (222,761) (45,000) (44,509) (819,046) (328,813) (290,034) (74,876) (22,769) (25,100) (47,800) (104,581) (34,424) (71,628) (74,890) (6,726)	Transfers £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	At the end of the year £ - - - - - - - - (5,556) - 21,100 - - - 17,539 - -
-	2,280,463	(2,247,380)	-	33,083
8,027 15,000 20,000 2,000 26,830 10,000 200,000 - 50,000	- - - - - - - - -	- - - - - - - - -	13,573 15,000 - - 8,170 (10,000) 800,000 12,000 -	21,600 30,000 20,000 2,000 35,000 - 1,000,000 12,000 50,000
331,857	-	-	838,743	1,170,600
1,197,810	481,790	(17,996)	(838,743)	822,862
1,529,667	481,790	(17,996)	-	1,993,462

1,529,667	2,762,253	(2,265,375)	-	2,026,545

Latin American Women's Aid Refuge Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2023

15 At the start of the year £ - - - - - - - - 44,995 - - - - - - - - Total restricted funds 44,995 8,027 15,000 20,000 2,000 26,830 10,000 200,000 - 50,000 Total designated funds 331,857 General funds 906,023 1,237,880 1,282,875 Total unrestricted funds NRPF Brexit fund Total funds GLA - Casa Project Internal decorations Consultancy Repairs and Renewals Sustainability & development fund Refuge support National Lottery Fund Hackney Council 35 years commemoration event MHCLG City Bridge Trust Movements in funds (prior year 31 March 2022) Advice and Information London Borough of Islingtion - SAMIRA Big Lottery Fund - Women Weaving Change MHCLG - Family Support worker Imkaan Wellbeing fund Designated funds: MOPAC - MoJ Unrestricted funds: Office premises Comic Relief (VAWG Support) Restricted funds: Emergency accomodation & support BBC Children in Need 6247 BBC Children in Need 1315 Henry Smith Foundation - COVID Trust For London Guy's and ST Thomas Trust	Incoming resources & gains £ 14,472 16,662 38,200 222,761 34,875 12,000 24,000 22,769 - 42,000 75,000 47,800 104,840 49,364 17,635 14,623 6,726	Outgoing resources & losses £ (14,472) (16,662) (38,200) (222,761) (34,875) (12,000) (24,000) (22,769) (44,995) (42,000) (75,000) (47,800) (104,840) (49,364) (17,635) (14,623) (6,726)	Transfers £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	At the end of the year £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
44,995	743,727	(788,722)	-	-
8,027 15,000 20,000 2,000 26,830 10,000 200,000 - 50,000	- - - - - - - - -	- - - - - - - - -	- - - - - - - - -	8,027 15,000 20,000 2,000 26,830 10,000 200,000 - 50,000
331,857	-	-	-	331,857
906,023	575,175	(283,388)	-	1,197,810
1,237,880	575,175	(283,388)	-	1,529,667

1,282,875	1,318,902	(1,072,110)	-	1,529,667

Purposes of restricted funds

BBC Children in Need is to provide children services and activities ar the refuge.

MHCLG: is an OYA partnership bid aiming to increase managerial capacity across the four parent organisations to respond to the increased needs of women with the post-covid and CoL crisis.

MHCLG – Family support worker: Family support services for mothers and children at the refuges.

Latin American Women's Aid Refuge Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2023

15 Movements in funds (continued ……)

Imkaan: financial support to core areas of senior management team and fundraising.

GLA – MOPAC OYA 1: specialist supporting services (immigration, family law, housing and complex cases) in refuge accommodation across the four partner organisations.

GLA – MOPAC OYA 2: trauma informed and culture appropriated counselling services in refuge accommodation across the four partner organisations.

NRPF- AWRC: specialist floating support for DV survivors who are assessed as NRPF.

Samira Project: BME specialist advice to women survivors of GBV in Islington.

Trust for London: specialist housing advice and advocacy focused on the intersected needs of housing and DV.

City Bridge Trust: financial support towards a refuge worker and LBTQ+ services in the VAWG Advice Centre.

MOPAC – MOJ: financial support towards counselling services, advice and advocacy and a helpline.

Comic Relief: specialist services in immigration OISC Level 1 and 2.

National Lottery Fund: financial support towards the VAWG Advice centre coordination, immigration services, and change maker program.

Impact on Urban Health: financial support towards the development of the internship program

GLA – CASA project: financial Support towards move-on and resettlement support.

Purposes of designated funds

Office premises fund is designated to cover the costs of office premises

Consultancy fund has been set up to cover ost of HR and employement law advice

The furniture renewal and internal decorations funds provide resources to adequately maintain the furniture, NRPF are funds for assistance of residents who are under 'non recource to public fund' category

Refuge Support Funds have been set aside for support of the refuge and resident from DCLG funding.

16 Reconciliation of net income / (expenditure) to net cash flow from operating activities

Net income / (expenditure) for the reporting period (as per the statement of financial activities) Depreciation charges Dividends, interest and rent from investments (Increase)/decrease in debtors Increase/(decrease) in creditors Net cash provided by / (used in) operating activities	2023 £ 496,878 5,394 (459) (266,513) 209,316	2022 £ 246,792 2,382 - (27,238) (13,195)
	444,616	208,741

Latin American Women's Aid Refuge Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2023

17 Analysis of cash and cash equivalents

Cash in hand Total cash and cash equivalents	At 1 April 2022 £ 1,466,286	Cash flows £ 435,655	Other changes £ -	£ 1,901,941 At 31 March 2023
	1,466,286	435,655	-	1,901,941

18 Operating lease commitments

The charity’s total future minimum lease payments relate to cancellable lease agreements which have a notice period of 4 months and are reviewed annually

Less than one year	2023 2022 £ £ 118,432 106,218 118,432 106,218 Property	2023 2022 £ £ 118,432 106,218 118,432 106,218 Property	2023 2022 £ £ - - - - Equipment	2023 2022 £ £ - - - - Equipment
	118,432	106,218	-	-

19 Legal status of the charity

The charity is a company limited by guarantee registered in Englance and Wales with number 02261724 and has no share capital. The liability of each member in the event of winding up is limited to £1. Its registered office is at Print House, 18 Ashwin Street, London E8 3DL

20 Section 37 Statement

1) Grant Aid of £222,761 was received in 2022/23 from Great London Authority and Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) for BME Specialist safe accommodation-Refuge Provision to the OYA Consortium.

The following table illustrates how money was allocated across ths partnership and that it has been used for the purposes outlined in the funding agreement.

Grant income £ Delivery Partner: Asha 45,295 Delivery Partner: Ashiana 51,112 Lead Partner: LAWA 64,146 Delivery Partner: LBWP 62,208 Total 222,761 Type of Cost 124,451 47,235 16,000 Other Costs (Please specify) 35,075 Total 222,761 Staffing Cover(costs of additional temporary staff/additional staff hours to cover COVID-19 related absences) Additional COVID-19 Related Costs(Such as deep cleaning and the purchasing of essential items for service users) Office equipmentrelated costs to enable remote working where relevant	Grant income £ Delivery Partner: Asha 45,295 Delivery Partner: Ashiana 51,112 Lead Partner: LAWA 64,146 Delivery Partner: LBWP 62,208 Total 222,761 Type of Cost 124,451 47,235 16,000 Other Costs (Please specify) 35,075 Total 222,761 Staffing Cover(costs of additional temporary staff/additional staff hours to cover COVID-19 related absences) Additional COVID-19 Related Costs(Such as deep cleaning and the purchasing of essential items for service users) Office equipmentrelated costs to enable remote working where relevant	Grant spent £ 45,295 51,112 64,146 62,208
	222,761	222,761
	124,451 47,235 16,000 35,075	124,451 47,235 16,000 35,075
	222,761	222,761

Latin American Women's Aid Refuge Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2023

20 Section 37 Statement (continued…)
2) Grant Aid of £819,046 was received in 2022/23 from Greater London Authority and Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) for the provision of specialist services of housing, immigration, family law, and complex cases within refuge accommodation to the OYA Consortium.

The following table illustrates how money was allocated across ths partnership and that it has been used for the purposes outlined in the funding agreement.

Delivery Partner: Asha Delivery Partner: Ashiana Lead Partner: LAWA Delivery Partner: LBWP Total Total Type of Cost Staffs Costs (Includes Direct and Indirect) Other Direct Delivery Costs Premises and Other Operating Costs	Grant income £ 180,704 205,920 222,075 210,347 819,046 767,930 19,200 31,916 819,046	Grant spent £ 180,704 205,920 222,075 210,347
		819,046
		767,930 19,200 31,916
		819,046

3) Grant Aid of £328,813 was received in 2022/23 from Greater London Authority and Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) for the provision of specialist and culturally informed counselling service in refuge accommodation to the OYA Consortium.

The following table illustrates how money was allocated across ths partnership and that it has been used for the purposes outlined in the funding agreement.

Delivery Partner: Asha Delivery Partner: Ashiana Lead Partner: LAWA Delivery Partner: LBWP Total Total Type of Cost Staffs Costs (Includes Direct and Indirect) Other Direct Delivery Costs Premises and Other Operating Costs	Grant income £ 75,709 57,399 95,086 100,620 328,813 306,185 9,600 13,028 328,813	Grant spent £ 75,709 57,399 95,086 100,620
		328,813
		306,185 9,600 13,028
		328,813

Latin American Women's Aid Refuge Notes to the financial statements

For the year ended 31 March 2023

20 Section 37 Statement (continued…)

4) Grant Aid of £74,876 in 2022/23 from Greater London Authority and Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC), being the partner leader Asian Women’s Resource Centre (AWRC) for the provision of NRFP services in supported accommodation.

The following table illustrates how money has been used for the purposes outlined in the funding agreement.

Grant Spent £ LAWA Total Type of Cost Staffs Costs Refuge Space Overhead Costs Other Costs (Training) Total	Grant budget £ 74,876 74,876 35,376 22,000 15,000 2,500 74,876	Grant income £ 69,321 69,321 32,859 20,308 13,846 2,308 69,321	Grant spent £ 74,876
			74,876
			35,376 22,000 15,000 2,500
			74,876