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Contents of the Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 31st March 2023 |
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Report of the Trustees | 1 | to | 15 |
Report of the Independent Auditors | 16 | to | 19 |
Statement of Financial Activities | 20 |
Balance Sheet | 21 |
Cash Flow Statement | 22 |
Notes to the Cash Flow Statement | 23 |
Notes to the Financial Statements | 24 | to | 48 |
WOMENCENTRE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06084795) |
Report of the Trustees |
for the Year Ended 31st March 2023 |
The trustees who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31st March 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 (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019). |
Chair's Report |
Welcome to our Annual Trustees Report for the financial year 2022 -2023. |
The work of the organisation has grown over the year with some new funding streams secured to develop our work and recruitment of two new staff members to the senior management team to reflect the increase in our service provision. |
The WomenCentre board has continued to meet both in person and virtually throughout the year to ensure that there was a clear focus on all areas of the organisation's work across the board and the subgroups. 11 trustees fully contributed their skills and knowledge. |
As a board we are pleased that the legacy funding left to the organisation by the late Doreen Pickles has started to be used to support the organisational volunteering development. In the year two volunteer coordinators were recruited to recruit and train volunteers to support our work. |
The Board also supported the mammoth fundraising task to secure funding for the new windows in the Calderdale Building. This planned investment in the Calderdale building adds to the work previously undertake on the roof replacement and the new fire escape that was completed in July 2022. A local crowd funding campaign was launched to raise funds towards this capital project. |
In the year, the board applied for the Weston Pilotlighters Award - and whilst WomenCentre was not successful, there has been support on offer to us from the Pilotlighters to address areas of organisational development and to support our forward planning. https://www.pilotlight.org.uk/weston-charity-awards |
WomenCentre was also pleased to attend GSK IMPACT Award ceremony in June 2022 as a runner up. |
A priority in the year was to successfully re tender for the Domestic Abuse contract in Calderdale and we were delighted to secure this contract for a further two years from July 1st, 2023. |
WomenCentre Homes -The WomenCentre board has continued to support and oversee the development of our sister charitable company WomenCentre Homes and we have jointly produced a working agreement between both charitable companies. WomenCentre continues to charge WomenCentre Homes for the relevant housing management related costs. |
In November 2022 after supporting the co-production of a girls and young women's strategy for West Yorkshire, WomenCentre was involved in the launch of the WY Mayors strategy. Our CEO was one of the main speakers at the event alongside other charities from the Women and Girls sector in West Yorkshire. Safety of Women and Girls Strategy - West Yorkshire Combined Authority (westyorks-ca.gov.uk) |
Finally in this trustees report I would like to formally give thanks to the Coutts Foundation who for the past 7 years have invested unrestricted funds of over 300K into our organisation. This has enabled us to have the capacity to continue to develop our work. We would not be where we are today without their generous support. |
On behalf of the board, I would like to thank all staff, volunteers, members and supporters for their commitment and investment into the lives of the women and clients we support through the many services at WomenCentre. |
WOMENCENTRE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06084795) |
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Maura Wilson |
Chairperson |
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES |
Objectives and aims |
The charity's purpose as set out in objectives listed in the company's memorandum are to benefit the public by: |
- | The promotion, preservation and protection of the good physical and mental well being of women; |
- | To advance the education of women about all matters concerning their welfare. |
At the annual general meeting held on 14 October 2019 a change to the objects was approved, the revised objects are: |
- | The promotion, preservation and protection of the good physical emotional and mental well-being of primarily women and children and all victims of domestic abuse ; |
- | To advance the education of women about all matters concerning their welfare. |
The aims of the charity are: |
- | To provide a comprehensive and accessible service for women, run by women, which encompass the whole range of women's health and well-being issues. |
- | To reach and attract women who may normally stay away from doctors and other medical and social services for reasons of age, culture, sexuality, class, marital status and racial origin. |
- | To encourage the diffident who may be in high risk groups, to seek help that they might not otherwise receive, by providing a relaxed, non-clinical atmosphere. |
- | To seek more effective ways of preventing and meeting women's health problems by means of research, exchange of experience, information and data collection. |
- | To further a general understanding about women's health care provision both within the medical profession and the community. |
- | To develop constructive and positive relationships with medical, social, voluntary and other services in order to facilitate the establishment of an effective system of referral, information and mutual support. |
- | To recognise and welcome the contribution that alternative therapies can make to a service of this kind. |
- | To encourage actively the formation of self-help and support groups, both therapeutic and educational in nature. |
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The charity's aims, objectives and activities are reviewed each year. This review looks at the activities undertaken in the previous year to ensure that benefits have been brought to those groups the charity was set up to help, the review also helps to ensure that our activities remain focused on our stated aims and objectives. We have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing our aims and objectives and in planning the charity's future activities. In particular the trustees consider how planned activities will contribute to the aims and objectives they have set. |
The charity's objects and funding limit the service we provide to women, however equal access by women to the charity's services is an important issue, so ensuring the charity doesn't discriminate against age, race, disability or sexual orientation. Beneficiaries to the charity's services are any women seeking our assistance, with many beneficiaries referred to our services by government agencies. The charity provides it services free of charge so ensuring that women in poverty are not excluded. Many of our projects are specifically charged with the objective of encouraging and enabling excluded women and their children to engage with the services of the WomenCentre. |
Public benefit |
We have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit when reviewing our aim and objectives and in planning our future activities. In particular, the trustees consider how planned activities will contribute to the aims and objectives they have set. |
ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE |
Chief Executive Report |
Overview and Achievements |
It has been another busy year at WomenCentre with over 4,500 referrals received across all services, many new staff recruited at all levels and volunteers and students returning to our centres to support our work across the 3 districts. |
The senior team has grown with two senior managers now supporting both our operational and strategic work. The WomenCentre Board continues to provide strong oversight and organisational governance across every area of our operations. |
Service Delivery - we offered an increased mix of face to face and telephone interventions with some virtual appointments also taking place. The commissioned and grant funded operational services all remained busy with demand outstripping the resources available on many of the services. Written and verbal reports, particularly about the services, are submitted quarterly to the WomenCentre Board contracts risk and compliance subgroup as well as to the commissioners and funders of our services. |
Organisational Priorities |
The priorities for the organisation in the past year have been aligned to our 4 key organisational objectives. They are: |
- | Delivering quality services |
- | A learning organisation that shapes best practice at a national level |
- | Providing quality housing |
- | An effective, well-managed and resilient organisation |
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A review of the organisational priorities with the senior management team and the WomenCentre Board in March/April 2023 evidenced that the organisation had remained focused on all priority areas of work. The housing priority will no longer remain one of the priority areas in 2023-2024. |
55 staff, 5 volunteers and 1 board member attended the staff and volunteer conference that was held in person in March 2023 where we focussed on and gained a comprehensive picture of the needs of women all ages. |
Income generation has continued via donations, membership, and external fundraising. Membership donations in 22/23 were £6,687 which included both individual and corporate supporter membership. |
General Donations excluding the funding raised for windows campaign were at £17,415 with gift aid still to be added. |
Our social media presence has continued throughout the year, supporting wider communications about our work and that of wider women's organisations. |
Partnership and Consortium Working |
Our national and influencing work alongside SafeLives, Survivors Trust and Respect has been maintained in support of our operational work with both victims and perpetrators of domestic and sexual abuse/violence. We continue to feed into national consultations and liaise with the Domestic Abuse Commissioners Office. |
WomenCentre also continues to be involved in a range of strategic partnerships including Domestic Abuse Strategic Boards in Calderdale, Kirklees and Bradford, Safeguarding Children's Partnership and Adults Boards in Calderdale, the WY Third Sector Advisory Board via the WY Mayor's Office, and the Improving Women's Lives West Yorkshire Network. |
In the year WomenCentre started to develop a relationship with Active Calderdale to promote opportunities for the women we support to engage with local leisure services as well as becoming involved with the Kirklees Independent Audit group chaired by the police. |
Additionally, WomenCentre continues to attend the Third Sector Leaders in Kirklees, the Chief Officers group in Calderdale where the WomenCentre CEO is the current Chair, Calderdale Liaison and Diversion Board (Chair) and the WY Liaison and Diversion Strategic Board. |
Safeguarding |
All teams are involved with safeguarding concerns, and these are discussed in a timely manner as well as being followed up in staff supervision sessions. The organisational safeguarding assessment was completed by the Board Safeguarding lead and CEO in October 2022. |
Volunteers |
Volunteers continued to support activities including 1-1 counselling, drop-in support, group work and administrative support. |
46 volunteers contributed 2738 hours with a value of £44,451. |
We envisage an increase in volunteers working across the organisation in 2023-2024 with the new volunteer coordinators in place. |
The board members in their volunteer roles have continued to commit their time and have attended in person and remote board meetings and sub groups. |
WomenCentred Working |
We have continued to explore our WomenCentred working approaches via our work on the Connecting Opportunities project led by Migration Yorkshire. |
New Funding |
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The Garfield Weston Foundation provided WomenCentre with a grant for core funding from Jan 2023. This has enabled the CEO to become more strategically involved in the organisation's development work. |
The Ministry of Justice provided a grant towards core costs in January 2023 until March 31st, 2025, and this has contributed towards core staffing posts as well as office rents, IT, and data base licences. We will be working closely with the MOJ to share outcomes-based data on the work we are undertaking with women at risk of or who are involved with the criminal justice system. |
Angela Everson |
CEO |
Services Overview |
Calderdale Services |
Counselling Calderdale |
Calderdale ICB (formerly CCG) provides grant funding for the counselling service at WomenCentre. The counselling service, over the year, has been provided by 3 part time qualified counsellors and a total of 93 clients have received counselling during the year. |
Two thirds of the referrals come from internal services at WomenCentre with 55% from Calderdale Staying Safe Domestic Abuse service at WomenCentre and a further 15% as self-referrals. |
Additional funding received has also enabled the Moving Forward group that started in March 2022 to continue. Between 1st April 2022 and 31st March 2023, 6 courses were offered and a total of 40 clients attended the groups. Of these, 29 completed a course and 11 disengaged. |
Calderdale Staying Safe Domestic Abuse Support Service Commissioned by Calderdale MBC under the guidance of the DA strategic partnership board. WomenCentre has continued to successfully provide a comprehensive SafeLives accredited Domestic Abuse Support Service working with adults (male and female aged 16 years+) across all risk levels. Over the year additional funding has continued to be added to the contractual work with grants received from the Ministry of Justice via the West Yorkshire Mayor's Office for increased high risk IDVA support. There has also been wider funding for other vital support needs from local charities and national charities. |
Support has predominantly been provided face to face and by phone as well as via some virtual platforms. Referrals have continued to be received from wider multi-agency professionals, self-referrals and those internal to WomenCentre. The team works alongside a range of partner agencies and attends the Daily Risk Assessment Management Meeting (DRAMM)that manages medium risk and repeat cases in Calderdale. |
The court IDVA in the team has continued to support victims at courts in West Yorkshire throughout the year as well as working closely with criminal justice partners to support increased attrition rates. |
This year the service received 2209 referrals of which 1081 accessed a service. The Freedom Programme was accessed by 117 women and the new Own My Life course was attended by 27 women. (Own My Life is a new group work programme aiming to educate and empower women subjected to abuse to regain ownership of their own lives). |
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The team also contributed fully to the review and implementation of the new DRAMM and MARAC processes in Calderdale with involvement also in the MARAC Steering Group overseeing the High-Risk MARAC process which aims to identify and escalate barriers, develop effective multi-agency solutions, and recognise good practice. |
The service user group has become established within the service. |
The team has also provided a range of briefings and training around domestic abuse for a wide range of multi-agency frontline workers across all sectors in Calderdale. |
Calderdale Staying Safe Domestic Abuse Support - Home Page |
PCC Capital and Revenue Project West Yorkshire Mayor's Office - WomenCentre has continued to work with the Mayoral office and wider Criminal Justice partners to successfully deliver a Live Video Link to the courts. There were 53 live links in total with over 50% resulting in guilty outcomes. This continues to be a most valuable resource to support victims of crime to give their evidence safely. |
Women Making Changes -The Henry Smith Charity provided a 3-year grant. In the first year to December 2022 140 women were referred with many women needing urgent food parcels and links to be made with the food bank for ongoing food support as well as help with utility costs etc. A larger group (65 women) received more intensive 1-1 support with complex needs and multiple disadvantage. This large group of women have achieved good practical outcomes, and many went on to receive the critical support they needed. |
The women have presented with a huge variety of needs including domestic abuse, mental health issues, complex physical health needs, alcohol dependency etc. Many have reported positive change in their lives. |
Some of the women also attended the Way Forward group at WomenCentre that has helped them to understand the impact of trauma and ways to cope with its impact on them. |
Greener Together - the project started in Calderdale in June 2022 and concluded at the end of March 2023. It has been a partnership project working with New Ground Together, Calderdale Council and Halifax Opportunities Trust. The project sought to address the Green Economy knowledge, skills and needs gaps in Calderdale. WomenCentre delivered group work and 1-1 interventions, as well as building our organisational skills around innovative technologies. The funding also allowed for our Housing Development manager to undertake a level 5 Diploma in Retrofit Coordination and Risk Management (RQF) and to also begin a piece of partnership work with Halifax Opportunities to further develop a housing partnership with WomenCentre Homes. |
Bradford Services |
Domestic Abuse Bradford - the service is commissioned by the City of Bradford MBC and the Bradford City, Bradford District and Airedale, Wharfedale and Craven CCG's and WomenCentre is part of Survive and Thrive partnership alongside Staying Put and Family Action. WomenCentre received additional New Burdens Funding in 2022-2023 from Bradford Council for the specialist DA and SV counselling as part of the Survive and Thrive contract. |
Our service has been delivered from a new office base in Bradford City Centre since mid-2022 providing safe spaces for counselling to take place as well as offering the behaviour change group work programme from our own premises. |
As part of this contract WomenCentre delivers Bradford Maze the Domestic Abuse Behaviour Change Perpetrator Programme that is RESPECT accredited. WomenCentre also delivers the DA and SV counselling service. |
The Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence counselling service continued to see an increasing demand for the service. |
Over the year Bradford Maze received referrals for either the DA group work programme or 1:1 work which continued to increase. All groups were in person. |
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ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE |
The Home Office via the Mayoral Office with support from Bradford Council continued to fund the culturally sensitive behaviour change programme for the South Asian community and provided funding for the Early Intervention behaviour change worker as part of the Bradford Early Intervention approach. |
As part of this Home Office funding WomenCentre contributed to the evaluation of the projects funding via the WY Mayors Office undertaken by Red Quadrant. |
Kirklees Services |
Mental Health and Wellbeing Service |
The service is commissioned by Kirklees Council and both Kirklees NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups and supports women living in Kirklees, aged 18 years and over who experience mental ill-health to access opportunities that promote, protect, and improve mental health, physical and emotional wellbeing, recovery and enable a fulfilling life. |
Referrals are received from GPs, Mental Health Services in North and South Kirklees, Housing Providers and Probation Services; but most referrals come from women who have used our services, word of mouth and other Voluntary Sector providers including our Working Together Better partners. |
Over the year 601 women were supported via a range of support and activities including person-centred counselling, Creative Therapies, Dance & Movement, Music & Art, Peer Support Groups, Women in Exile, Mothers Apart, SisterShout (LGBTQ), Relaxation, Addictive Behaviours Tea & Quiz (Dewsbury), Relaxation, Ukrainian Support, Menopause Support. There was also a range of coproduced groups including Making Sense, Relationships, Confidence, Menopause, ESOL with WEA, Activity Groups (Sewing & Knitting, Walking, Singing, Yoga & Stretching & Personal Safety). |
The team also continued to offer the low-cost counselling service. |
Women Making Changes(WMC) - Funded by Kirklees MBC this new service has been built on the successful model delivered by WomenCentre in Calderdale to help vulnerable and marginalised women to have the financial security, suitable accommodation, and social support to live better lives and avoid future hardship crisis. In Kirklees supporting victims and survivors of domestic abuse with complex needs was identified as a gap and the new pilot service was commissioned from April 2022, becoming operational in July 2022. |
In the year, the team received 110 referrals from a wide range of sources with 107 women being supported. The average period of support was sixteen to 18 weeks with around 43% of referrals as self-referrals. The age of women supported was fairly equal across age groups between 18-54. Health, support with children, emotional support, legal help, housing, domestic abuse and basic essential needs, e.g., food, clothing were presenting issues. The legal category included non-molestation orders, court procedures, child contact and custody issues. This work will continue in 2023-2024. |
An external evaluation will be completed in 2023-2024. |
STAGE (Support to Overcome Experiences of Sexual Exploitation) has been funded by National Lottery Community Fund via Changing Lives Since January 2022 collaborating with other women's organisations WomenCentre has been able to continue to support women affected by historical CSE in Kirklees. |
The project offers support to women, aged 16 and over, to address and overcome experiences associated with sexual exploitation and grooming. Our case worker provided personalised trauma-informed 1:1 and group-based support to help women achieve their personal goals. WomenCentre has continued to share our expertise as part of the wider partnership work in Kirklees and has continued to be part of the Stage Influencing group at a national level. |
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The National Foundation for Youth Music has provided grant funding for our Tuning in Project. The work has been led by our experienced Music Therapist over 15 months with 15 core participants engaged in and involved in all aspects of the project - from helping unpack and set up equipment at the start, to planning and running an open mic event. In total there were 79 individual sessions taken up plus 16 planned groups. |
Participants engaged in a range of musical activities geared towards mental wellbeing and musical learning gaining new skills, producing new music and performing original and prewritten material. |
The main referrals came from the 1125 project at WomenCentre although some other young women were referred by our other internal services. |
Menopause Project - Kirklees MBC concluded at the end of January 2023. Over the funding period the pilot project covered Huddersfield Central (Almondbury, Dalton and Newsome) and aimed to: |
- | Raise awareness of the menopause and its impact on women, their families and lives. |
- | Provide information about the menopause, its impact and the support available. |
- | Run support activities to help women (and their families) better manage their experiences/symptoms of menopause. |
- | Work alongside local women, their families and local organisations to shape, develop and evaluate the Project. |
- | Share learning across Kirklees and beyond |
The final evaluation undertaken by Dr Kelly Lockwood highlighted that the Project had made a positive difference for between 71% and 64% of all responders in relation to many of the above project aims with the greatest long-lasting impact for many women being the opportunity to become involved as Steering Group members and as café members around shared experiences of menopause. TTT.FinalReport.pdf (womencentre.org.uk) |
Creative Minds Southwest Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (SWYPHT) - Funded Pausing Together between Sept 2021 and October 2022.The funding was used to deliver a range of workshops and weekly pause videos with women also participating in one or more outdoor workshops and/or editing sessions. |
Threads of Connection Letter Box Project - A joint project funded by the University of Lancaster to work alongside the Common Threads Collective aimed to encourage regular and more thoughtful letterbox exchange with mother's apart from their children and to understand how this affects the mental health and wellbeing of mothers of adoption children. The resources were co-created for adopters and adoption teams and were launched in November 2022. Mothers Apart: Common Threads Collective (WomenCentre) |
Pennine Domestic Abuse Partnership (PDAP) - in the year we strengthened our working relationships working alongside PDAP on a Domestic Abuse and Children related project. |
Services Working Across Calderdale and Kirklees and more widely |
Migration Yorkshire - Since July 1st, 2017, WomenCentre has been involved in the Connecting Opportunities project with 9 partner organisations led by Migration Yorkshire, funded by the National Lottery and the European Social Fund as part of the Building Better Opportunities programme. |
WomenCentre launched a series of publications throughout our work on this project all of which can be viewed on the WomenCentre website. Women Centred Gallery | WomenCentre Calderdale and Kirklees |
The project worked with significant numbers of women and massively over-achieved on the original targets and objectives. |
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WomenCentre's Project 1125 is funded by the National Lottery's Community Fund for 3 years from 1st June 2020 to August 31st, 2023, to provide girls and young women aged 11-25 years living in Calderdale and Kirklees, with a range of early intervention approaches focussing on times of distress and significant transitions in their lives. |
In the year we worked with a total of 135 girls and young women offering a range of support including 1-1 trauma informed casework. The length of the support ranged from a few weeks, to over one year and in the final year we delivered support in our Centres, schools, colleges, community venues and in the girls' own homes where appropriate. |
1125 is making a vital difference in reaching the most vulnerable girls and young women, who are falling between gaps in services and are at risk of escalating difficulties. The project builds on their strengths and awareness, tapping into their own understanding of what wellness means for them and how they want their lives to feel. It helps equip them with increased resilience and confidence, enabling them to cope better with difficulties and change, as these arise - and building wellbeing and connections, supporting them to plan and step forward into a future they choose. |
We will be working on a further bid to the Lottery in 2023-2024 to extend WomenCentre's 1125 project for girls and young women. |
West Yorkshire All Age Liaison and Diversion Service funded via NHS England via Wakefield Council |
WomenCentre had 2 seconded staff working with women referred into this service over the reporting period. |
Across the 12 months ending March 2023, Liaison and Diversion worked with 218 female service users across Kirklees and Calderdale with 14% referred into the WomenCentre for counselling or wider other support. |
Approximately one third (29%) of the females referred into the Women Centre received a No Further Action outcome from their offence and a little over a quarter (26%) received a conditional caution. |
The most common needs identified through these assessments of the females referred into WomenCentre across the 12 months to March were those of mental health and victims of abuse. The next most common identified needs were housing and alcohol misuse. |
WomenCentre's Building Works (Calderdale Office) |
Prior to and at the start of the 2022-2023 financial year WomenCentre worked with an external bid writer to secure capital funding to replace the windows in the Calderdale centre. |
By July 2022, several bids had been submitted with positive responses from the following funders: - |
Albert Gubay Foundation, Clothworkers Foundation, Bernard Sunley Foundation, Beatrice Laing Foundation, Liz and Terry Bramall Trust, Community Foundation for Calderdale. |
WomenCentre also launched a Window's Crowd Funder for the windows and received a total of £6,856 excluding gift aid from a range of supporters including WomenCentre members/supporters and local businesses. |
The funding for this capital project will be used in 2023-2024 when the work is due to commence. |
Crisis Funds and other support |
Cash For Kids Cash for Kids | Helping the children that need it most provided grants to support our work with children and families across both Calderdale and Kirklees in 2022-2023,this has been an invaluable source of additional funding for food clothing and other essential items and this has made a huge difference to the women we support. |
Safe Lives - through the Circle Fund provided a grant to support DA victims at times of emergency. |
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The Bearder Charity has continued to provide WomenCentre with funding to help women and their families at times of great need. We could not be more grateful for this fund that we use for transport, food, furniture, and other essential basic items etc. |
Halifax Rotary - provided the annual shoe boxes at Christmas that were as ever well received. |
Eureka - the national children's museum provided WomenCentre with annual passes that have been distributed to the families we support. |
FINANCIAL REVIEW |
Investment policy and objectives |
The charity aims to maximise interest earned by placing cash in high interest accounts whenever the amount of funds held by the charity allow. |
Reserves policy |
The Board of Trustees has developed a reserves policy in line with guidance from The Charity Commission. The principle funding sources are government grants and grants from charitable trusts which are used to fund the activities detailed above. |
At March 2023 unrestricted funds stand at £363,235 which is consistent with the previous year. This figure includes 3 designated funds totalling £342,655 and remaining free reserves of £20,580. |
The 3 designated funds are: |
- | £171,155 Doreen Pickles legacy which is being used to support women at all levels within the organisation with a specific emphasis on volunteers. |
- | £35,000 Garfield Weston Foundation which will be used on senior staff salaries during the 23/24 year. |
- | £136,500 Contingency Fund. The Board recognises the need to cover staffing costs which may not be eligible or affordable within restricted funds expenditure (e.g. maternity pay, long term sick pay, redundancy pay), cash flow management (particularly if grants are received in arrears) and unforeseen building maintenance as well as the need to set aside funds for continuing core costs for a short period in case of the loss of significant funding stream. |
During the 2022/23 year the Board have reviewed this contingency and how much of the unrestricted funds are to be designated as a specific contingency fund and have agreed that WomenCentre will work towards an increased contingency fund of £150,000 over the next 3 years. |
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FUTURE PLANS - PRIORITIES IN 2023 -2024 |
Delivering Quality Services |
The staff teams will continue to focus on offering the highest quality services and will look for opportunities to maintain all contract delivery through successful tendering processes, developing our reach and maintaining services across the districts, continuing to learn from the women/clients we support. |
There will be bidding/tendering for contracted services in both Kirklees and Bradford and bids submitted for Stage and 1125 services. |
WomenCentre will work alongside Kirklees council as it seeks to introduce an outcomes-based approach to its commissioning of DA services. |
Supported by the MOJ core costs funding we will continue to develop our work with women in the criminal justice system alongside criminal justice partners e.g., Reducing Reoffending and Youth Justice Boards West Yorkshire Liaison and Diversion Service and wider partners in the women's sector. |
WomenCentre is also keen to develop our volunteer teams across all areas of service delivery by providing a wider range of opportunities and are grateful to have received the legacy funding to support this development. |
All the above work will be supported by our WomenCentre Board and the highly skilled staff and volunteer teams. |
A learning organisation that shapes best practice, at a local and national level. |
WomenCentre will continue to engage with partner agencies locally, regionally and nationally to ensure that our collective voice is heard. |
Our involvement in the Stage Influence group will continue at a national level around adult sexual exploitation. |
WomenCentre will also continue to engage in national consultations around the violence against women and girls and victims of crime agendas. |
Working alongside the WY Mayor and her team and the Improving WY Women's Lives network we will ensure that WomenCentre's voice is heard and contributes to the Violence Against Women and Girls agenda in West Yorkshire sharing our knowledge and expertise. |
Our staff and volunteer workforce will develop their skills by accessing the newly purchased Flick internal training as well as accessing wider professional development courses. |
An effective resilient and well-managed organisation. |
Working with the Pilotlighters we will look to refresh our organisational strategy and priorities for 2024-2029. |
There will be a focus on organisational data capture to evidence the breadth of the work across the organisation with the appointment of a data analyst. |
There will be a focus on organisational governance with the need to recruit up to 4 new trustees who can provide expertise in gap areas on the board. |
A Customer Relationship Management (CRM) data collection system will be procured to further establish our communications with the WomenCentre membership and wider supporters. |
We will look at all opportunities and apply for wider contracts where we recognise gaps in our service delivery areas.to further develop our work. |
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WomenCentre is also committed to continue to prioritise our environmental approaches in 2023-2024 focusing on the priorities within our sustainability plan. The replacement of the windows in the Calderdale building are part of this plan. |
The work of WomenCentre Homes will have further separation from WomenCentre in 2023-2024 although the WomenCentre Board will be fully sighted on all developments. |
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT |
Governing document |
The charity is controlled by its Memorandum and Articles of Association, dated 29 January 2007, and constitutes a limited company, limited by guarantee. |
The charity's Memorandum and Articles of Association were amended on the 5 August 2008, to change the charity name from Calderdale Well Woman Association to Womencentre. |
Recruitment and appointment of new trustees |
The charity is managed and overseen by the trustees appointed by the members. All trustees give their time voluntarily and receive no benefits from the charity. Any expenses reclaimed are set out in the accounts. |
Organisational structure |
Trustees make decisions regarding strategic matters and any expenditure over £3,000. However decisions regarding the day-to-day management of the charity are delegated to Angela Everson, the Chief Executive. |
Induction and training of new trustees |
The policy for inducting and training new trustees is to offer them the opportunity to attend volunteer training which runs though the year. The Chief Executive and Chair meet with them when they are first appointed and they are provided with an induction pack. |
Key management remuneration |
The key management personnel of the charity have been identified as the Chief Executive, Deputy Chief Executive, Finance Manager and Operations Managers for Calderdale, Bradford and Kirklees. The aggregate employment benefits, including employers national insurance and pension contributions, for these key management personnel for the year was £192,858 (2022 - £169,810). |
The salaries of these key management are set by annual review and confirmed by the trustees. |
Risk management |
The trustees have a duty to identify and review the risks to which the charity is exposed and to ensure appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error. |
The trustees have conducted a review of the major risks to which the charity is exposed and systems have been established to mitigate those risks. Internal risks are minimised by the implementation of procedures for authorisation of all transactions and projects and to ensure consistent quality of delivery for all operational aspects of the charitable company. These procedures are periodically reviewed to ensure that they still meet the needs of the charity. |
Liability of members |
The liability of members is limited. |
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS |
Registered Company number |
WOMENCENTRE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06084795) |
Report of the Trustees |
for the Year Ended 31st March 2023 |
Registered Charity number |
Registered office |
Trustees |
The following specific roles were held on the board by trustees during the year: |
Chair | - | M Wilson |
Vice Chair | - | J L Alford |
Treasurer | - | A L Dower |
Vice Treasurer | - | R Kamche |
Company Secretary |
Senior Statutory Auditor |
Auditors |
Statutory Auditor |
52 St Johns Lane |
Halifax |
West Yorkshire |
HX1 2BW |
Solicitors |
Wilkinson Woodward (Incorporating Boococks Solicitors) |
Fountain Street |
Halifax |
HXl lLU |
WOMENCENTRE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06084795) |
Report of the Trustees |
for the Year Ended 31st March 2023 |
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS |
Bankers |
Lloyds |
Commercial Street |
Halifax |
HX1 1BB |
Key Management Personnel |
Chief Executive | - | Angela Everson |
Deputy Chief Executive | - | Steph Mallas (from November 2022) |
Finance Manager | - | Sue Millen |
Contracts and Quality Manager / Operations Manager - Kirklees |
- |
Karen Arnold (to June 2022) |
Operations Manager - Kirklees | - | Clare Jones (from June 2022) |
Operations Manager - Calderdale | - | Lynn Walsh |
Operations Manager - Bradford | - | Mehreen Rughony (from February to October 2022) |
- | Rachel Harris (From November 2022) |
STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES' RESPONSIBILITIES |
The trustees (who are also the directors of Womencentre Limited for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Report of the Trustees 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 Ireland". |
Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to |
- | select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; |
- | observe the methods and principles in the Charity SORP; |
- | make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; |
- | prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue in business. |
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. |
In so far as the trustees are aware: |
- | there is no relevant audit information of which the charitable company's auditors are 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 auditors are aware of that information. |
AUDITORS |
The auditors, BK Plus Audit Ltd, (formerly Riley and Co Ltd) will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting. |
Approved by order of the board of trustees on |
WOMENCENTRE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06084795) |
Report of the Trustees |
for the Year Ended 31st March 2023 |
Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
Womencentre Limited (Registered number: 06084795) |
Opinion |
We have audited the financial statements of Womencentre Limited (the 'charitable company') for the year ended 31st March 2023 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet, the Cash Flow Statement 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 (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice), including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'. |
In our opinion the financial statements: |
- | give a true and fair view of the state of the charitable company's affairs as at 31st March 2023 and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for the year then ended; |
- | have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'; and |
- | have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. |
Basis for opinion |
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charitable company 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 the provisions available for small entities, in the circumstances set out in note 25 to the financial statements, 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 charitable company'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 trustees are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report, other than the financial statements and our Report of the Independent Auditors thereon. |
Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. |
In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to 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. |
Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
Womencentre Limited (Registered number: 06084795) |
Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006 |
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit: |
- | the information given in the Report of the Trustees for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and |
- | the Report of the Trustees has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements. |
Matters on which we are required to report by exception |
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the charitable company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Report of the Trustees. |
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion: |
- | adequate accounting records have not been kept or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or |
- | the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or |
- | certain disclosures of trustees' remuneration specified by law are not made; or |
- | we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit; or |
- | the trustees were not entitled to take advantage of the small companies exemption from the requirement to prepare a Strategic Report or in preparing the Report of the Trustees. |
Responsibilities of trustees |
As explained more fully in the Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities, the trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. |
In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charitable company'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 charitable company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so. |
Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
Womencentre Limited (Registered number: 06084795) |
Our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements |
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue a Report of the Independent Auditors 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. |
The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below: |
Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, was as follows: |
- | The engagement partner ensured that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations; |
- | We identified the laws and regulations applicable to the company through discussions with directors and other management, and from our commercial knowledge and experience of the industry sector; |
- | We focused on specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the company, including the Companies Act 2006, taxation legislation and data protection, anti-bribery, employment, environmental and health and safety legislation; |
- | We assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management and inspecting legal correspondence; and |
- | Ensured laws and regulations were communicated within the audit team regularly and the team remained alert to instances of non-compliance throughout the audit. |
We assessed the susceptibility of the company's financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by: |
- | Making enquiries of management as to where they considered there was a susceptibility to fraud, their knowledge of actual, suspected and alleged fraud; |
- | Considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations; and |
- | Understanding the design of the company's remuneration policies. |
To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we; |
- | Performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships; |
- | Tested journal entries to identify unusual transactions; |
- | Assessed whether judgements and assumptions made in determining the accounting estimates set out in note 2 were indicative of potential bias; and |
- | Investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions. |
In response to the risks of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to: |
- | Agreeing financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation; |
- | Reading the minutes of meetings of those charged with governance; |
- | Enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims; and |
- | Reviewing correspondence with HMRC, relevant regulators and the company's legal advisors. |
Report of the Independent Auditors to the Members of |
Womencentre Limited (Registered number: 06084795) |
There are inherent limitations in our audit procedures described above. The more removed that laws and regulations are from the financial transactions, the less likely it is that we would become aware of non-compliance. Auditing standards also limit the audit procedures required to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations to enquiry of the directors and other management and the inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any. |
Material misstatements that arise due to fraud can be harder to detect than those that arise from error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion. |
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 Report of the Independent Auditors. |
Use of our report |
This report is made solely to the charitable company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charitable company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditors' 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 charitable company and the charitable company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed. |
for and on behalf of |
Statutory Auditor |
Halifax |
West Yorkshire |
HX1 2BW |
WOMENCENTRE LIMITED |
Statement of Financial Activities |
(Incorporating an Income and Expenditure Account) |
for the Year Ended 31st March 2023 |
31/3/23 | 31/3/22 |
Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | Total |
funds | funds | funds | funds |
Notes | £ | £ | £ | £ |
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM |
Donations and legacies | 2 |
Charitable activities | 4 |
Investment income | 3 |
Other income |
Total |
EXPENDITURE ON |
Raising funds | 5 |
Charitable activities | 6 |
Total |
NET INCOME |
Transfers between funds | 22 | (2,577 | ) | 2,577 | - | - |
Net movement in funds | ( |
) |
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS |
Total funds brought forward |
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD | 826,596 |
WOMENCENTRE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06084795) |
Balance Sheet |
31st March 2023 |
31/3/23 | 31/3/22 |
Notes | £ | £ |
FIXED ASSETS |
Tangible assets | 14 |
CURRENT ASSETS |
Debtors | 16 |
Cash at bank and in hand |
CREDITORS |
Amounts falling due within one year | 17 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
NET CURRENT ASSETS |
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES |
CREDITORS |
Amounts falling due after more than one year | 18 | ( |
) | ( |
) |
NET ASSETS |
FUNDS | 22 |
Unrestricted funds | 363,235 | 365,384 |
Restricted funds | 481,949 | 461,212 |
TOTAL FUNDS | 845,184 | 826,596 |
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to charitable companies subject to the small companies regime. |
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on |
WOMENCENTRE LIMITED |
Cash Flow Statement |
for the Year Ended 31st March 2023 |
31/3/23 | 31/3/22 |
Notes | £ | £ |
Cash flows from operating activities |
Cash generated from operations | 1 | (8,572 | ) | 135,836 |
Interest paid | (5,780 | ) | (4,767 | ) |
Net cash (used in)/provided by operating activities | (14,352 | ) | 131,069 |
Cash flows from investing activities |
Purchase of tangible fixed assets | - | (66,061 | ) |
Interest received | 1,154 | 32 |
Net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities | 1,154 | (66,029 | ) |
Cash flows from financing activities |
New loans in year | - | 65,000 |
Loan repayments in year | (3,882 | ) | (2,073 | ) |
Interest capitalised | - | 1,532 |
Net cash (used in)/provided by financing activities | (3,882 | ) | 64,459 |
Change in cash and cash equivalents in the reporting period |
(17,080 |
) |
129,499 |
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the reporting period |
666,330 |
536,831 |
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the reporting period |
649,250 |
666,330 |
WOMENCENTRE LIMITED |
Notes to the Cash Flow Statement |
for the Year Ended 31st March 2023 |
1. | RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES |
31/3/23 | 31/3/22 |
£ | £ |
Net income for the reporting period (as per the Statement of Financial Activities) |
18,588 |
117,599 |
Adjustments for: |
Depreciation charges | 12,525 | 22,749 |
Interest received | (1,154 | ) | (32 | ) |
Interest paid | 5,780 | 4,767 |
Increase in debtors | (64,585 | ) | (2,982 | ) |
Increase/(decrease) in creditors | 20,274 | (6,265 | ) |
Net cash (used in)/provided by operations | (8,572 | ) | 135,836 |
2. | ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET FUNDS |
At 1/4/22 | Cash flow | At 31/3/23 |
£ | £ | £ |
Net cash |
Cash at bank and in hand | 666,330 | (17,080 | ) | 649,250 |
666,330 | (17,080 | ) | 649,250 |
Debt |
Debts falling due within 1 year | (3,669 | ) | - | (3,669 | ) |
Debts falling due after 1 year | (142,604 | ) | 3,882 | (138,722 | ) |
(146,273 | ) | 3,882 | (142,391 | ) |
Total | 520,057 | (13,198 | ) | 506,859 |
WOMENCENTRE LIMITED |
Notes to the Financial Statements |
for the Year Ended 31st March 2023 |
1. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
Basis of preparing the financial statements |
The financial statements of the charitable company, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) '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 2019)', Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, with the exception of investments which are included at market value. |
Income |
All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably. |
Expenditure |
Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources. |
Grants offered subject to conditions which have not been met at the year end date are noted as a commitment but not accrued as expenditure. |
Allocation and apportionment of costs |
The majority of costs are directly attributable to specific activities, Shared costs are allocated in the same proportion as directly attributed staff hours which are: |
Costs of generating funds | 1.2% |
Charitable activities | 96.2% |
Governance costs | 2.6% |
Tangible fixed assets |
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life. |
Freehold property | - |
Improvements to property | - |
Plant and machinery | - |
Fixtures and fittings | - |
Computer equipment | - |
Assets costing £2,000 or more are capitalised as fixed assets. |
Taxation |
The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities. |
Fund accounting |
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees. |
WOMENCENTRE LIMITED |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31st March 2023 |
1. | ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued |
Fund accounting |
Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes. |
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of any restricted fund is included in the notes to the financial statements. |
Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits |
The charitable company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the charitable company's pension scheme are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate. |
2. | DONATIONS AND LEGACIES |
31/3/23 | 31/3/22 |
£ | £ |
Donations |
Gift aid |
Grants |
Memberships |
WOMENCENTRE LIMITED |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31st March 2023 |
2. | DONATIONS AND LEGACIES - continued |
Grants received, included in the above, are as follows: |
31/3/23 | 31/3/22 |
£ | £ |
Albert Gubay | 60,000 | - |
Bauer Radio's | 16,415 | - |
Bearder Charity | 3,000 | 2,000 |
Big Lottery Fund - Help Through Crisis : Resilient Women (Project ID: 10275407) |
- | 40,660 |
Bradford Metropolitan District Council | 146,941 | 105,500 |
The Liz and Terry Bramall Foundation | 10,000 | - |
Calderdale Metropoitan Borough Council - Children and Young People's Service |
284,190 | 284,190 |
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council - Small Grants | 3,000 | - |
Community Foundation for Calderdale | - | 42,985 |
Changing Lives | 38,425 | 20,050 |
Coutts Foundation | 4,000 | 50,000 |
Garfield Weston Foundation | 35,000 | - |
The Henry Smith Charity | 52,550 | 26,150 |
Kirklees Council | 631 | 20,000 |
Kirklees Council - Menopause Support | - | 12,884 |
Kirklees Council - Women's Mental Health | 192,402 | 180,051 |
Kirklees Council - WMC Complex Needs | 99,606 | - |
Kirklees Public Health Commissioning | - | 35 |
Kirklees Youth Music | 11,196 | - |
Lancaster University - Letterbox Project | - | 10,840 |
Leeds City Council | 39,738 | 34,717 |
Ministry of Justice | 13,489 | 41,751 |
National Lottery Community Fund - DV 1125 (Project ID: 20122068) | 134,134 | 88,590 |
Newground CIC | 41,767 | - |
NHS Calderdale Clinical Commissioning Group | 30,000 | 77,000 |
NHS West Yorkshire ICB | 37,055 | 37,055 |
Safe Lives (CAADA) | 5,000 | - |
South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust | - | 2,933 |
Staying Put | 148,366 | 147,360 |
Third Sector Leaders Kirklees | - | 1,154 |
Wakefield Council | 132,882 | 114,657 |
West Yorkshire Combined Authority | 164,241 | 124,982 |
1,704,028 | 1,465,544 |
WOMENCENTRE LIMITED |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31st March 2023 |
3. | INVESTMENT INCOME |
31/3/23 | 31/3/22 |
£ | £ |
Deposit account interest |
4. | INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES |
31/3/23 | 31/3/22 |
Activity | £ | £ |
Consultancy | Provision of services to women | 5,302 | 3,549 |
Counselling | Provision of services to women | 5,931 | 5,325 |
Rent and room hire | Provision of services to women | 29,817 | 15,086 |
Placement fees | Provision of services to women | 1,680 | - |
Miscellaneous income | Provision of services to women | - | 151 |
5. | RAISING FUNDS |
Raising donations and legacies |
31/3/23 | 31/3/22 |
£ | £ |
Staff costs |
6. | CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS |
Grant |
funding of |
Direct | activities | Support |
Costs (see | (see note | costs (see |
note 7) | 8) | note 9) | Totals |
£ | £ | £ | £ |
Provision of services to women | 1,475,338 | 35,918 | 245,401 | 1,756,657 |
WOMENCENTRE LIMITED |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31st March 2023 |
7. | DIRECT COSTS OF CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES |
31/3/23 | 31/3/22 |
£ | £ |
Staff costs | 1,305,004 | 1,098,256 |
Rates and insurance | 11,403 | 2,391 |
Insurance | - | 753 |
Light and heat | 933 | 1,033 |
Telephone | 8,512 | 14,259 |
Postage and stationery | 369 | 3,808 |
Sundries | 4,258 | 742 |
Rent | - | 3,151 |
Repairs and maintenance | 15,066 | 107,103 |
Cleaning | 796 | 182 |
Computer expenses | 8,439 | - |
Office equipment | 6,122 | - |
DBS checks | 1,522 | 831 |
Clinical supervision | 5,756 | 3,445 |
Activity costs, equipment and resources | 13,130 | 4,554 |
Refreshments and room hire | 8,426 | 4,304 |
Subscriptions and books | 531 | 807 |
Volunteer expenses | 789 | 131 |
Sub-contractors and consultants | 30,559 | 17,263 |
Evaluation and research costs | 10,445 | 8,350 |
Interpreters and signers | 1,741 | 4,052 |
Staff training | 6,280 | 1,651 |
Staff travel | 10,984 | 5,343 |
Redundancy and recruitment | 7,297 | 2,042 |
Depreciation | 11,196 | 21,423 |
Interest payable and similar charges | 5,780 | 4,767 |
1,475,338 | 1,310,641 |
8. | GRANTS PAYABLE |
31/3/23 | 31/3/22 |
£ | £ |
Provision of services to women | 35,918 | 10,408 |
The total grants paid to institutions during the year was as follows: |
31/3/23 | 31/3/22 |
£ | £ |
Kirklees Council - Menopause Support | 6,553 | - |
WOMENCENTRE LIMITED |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31st March 2023 |
8. | GRANTS PAYABLE - continued |
The total grants paid to individuals during the year was as follows: |
31/3/23 | 31/3/22 |
£ | £ |
Bearder Funding Project | 8,456 | 4,970 |
Cash for Kids - Calderdale | 5,920 | - |
Cash for Kids - Kirklees | 10,045 | - |
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Individual grants | - | 2,899 |
Miscellaneous small grants | 1,706 | 141 |
Safe Lives Circle Fund | 3,238 | 2,398 |
9. | SUPPORT COSTS |
Information |
Management | Finance | technology |
£ | £ | £ |
Provision of services to women | 25,180 | 30,167 | 33,398 |
Governance |
Other | costs | Totals |
£ | £ | £ |
Provision of services to women | 130,636 | 26,020 | 245,401 |
Support costs, included in the above, are as follows: |
Management |
31/3/23 | 31/3/22 |
Provision |
of |
services | Total |
to women | activities |
£ | £ |
Wages | 25,180 | 38,125 |
Finance |
31/3/23 | 31/3/22 |
Provision |
of |
services | Total |
to women | activities |
£ | £ |
Wages | 28,552 | 30,749 |
Bank charges | 1,615 | 1,368 |
30,167 | 32,117 |
WOMENCENTRE LIMITED |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31st March 2023 |
9. | SUPPORT COSTS - continued |
Information technology |
31/3/23 | 31/3/22 |
Provision |
of |
services | Total |
to women | activities |
£ | £ |
Computer expenses | 33,398 | 21,407 |
Other |
31/3/23 | 31/3/22 |
Provision |
of |
services | Total |
to women | activities |
£ | £ |
Rent, rates and insurance | 30,419 | 30,460 |
Repairs and renewals | 24,065 | 43,780 |
Light and heat | 20,258 | 13,843 |
Telephone | 17,979 | 9,923 |
Postage and stationery | 3,300 | 1,216 |
Sundries | 213 | 373 |
Cleaning costs | 4,427 | 3,099 |
Office equipment | 5,404 | 2,270 |
Refreshment and meeting costs | 1,759 | 981 |
Room hire | 139 | - |
Activity costs | - | 14 |
DBS checks | 153 | 129 |
Clinical supervision | 660 | - |
Activity costs | 166 | - |
Subscriptions and books | 5,031 | 2,428 |
Volunteer expenses | 250 | 111 |
Sub-contractors & consultants | 11,170 | 13,311 |
Staff training | 765 | 2,992 |
Staff travel | 1,757 | 672 |
Redundancy and recruitment | 1,392 | 2,292 |
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets | 1,329 | 1,326 |
130,636 | 129,220 |
WOMENCENTRE LIMITED |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31st March 2023 |
9. | SUPPORT COSTS - continued |
Governance costs |
31/3/23 | 31/3/22 |
Provision |
of |
services | Total |
to women | activities |
£ | £ |
Wages | 20,193 | 30,934 |
Auditors' remuneration | 5,827 | 6,436 |
26,020 | 37,370 |
10. | NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE) |
Net income/(expenditure) is stated after charging/(crediting): |
31/3/23 | 31/3/22 |
£ | £ |
Auditors' remuneration | 5,827 | 6,436 |
Depreciation - owned assets |
11. | TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS |
There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31st March 2023 nor for the year ended 31st March 2022. |
Trustees' expenses |
There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31st March 2023 nor for the year ended 31st March 2022. |
12. | STAFF COSTS |
31/3/23 | 31/3/22 |
£ | £ |
Wages and salaries |
Social security costs |
Other pension costs |
1,385,525 | 1,217,133 |
WOMENCENTRE LIMITED |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31st March 2023 |
12. | STAFF COSTS - continued |
The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows: |
31/3/23 | 31/3/22 |
Management | 1 | 1 |
Administrative and office staff | 1 | 1 |
Finance staff | 1 | 1 |
Charitable activities staff | 47 | 37 |
The average number of staff, expressed as a head count, was 85 at 31 March 2023. |
13. | COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES |
Unrestricted | Restricted | Total |
funds | funds | funds |
£ | £ | £ |
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM |
Donations and legacies |
Charitable activities |
Investment income |
Other income |
Total |
EXPENDITURE ON |
Raising funds |
Charitable activities |
Total |
NET INCOME |
Transfers between funds | 2,180 | (2,180 | ) | - |
Net movement in funds |
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS |
Total funds brought forward | 254,305 | 454,692 |
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD | 365,384 | 461,212 | 826,596 |
WOMENCENTRE LIMITED |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31st March 2023 |
14. | TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS |
Improvements |
Freehold | to | Plant and |
property | property | machinery |
£ | £ | £ |
COST |
At 1st April 2022 and 31st March 2023 |
DEPRECIATION |
At 1st April 2022 |
Charge for year |
At 31st March 2023 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31st March 2023 |
At 31st March 2022 |
Fixtures |
and | Computer |
fittings | equipment | Totals |
£ | £ | £ |
COST |
At 1st April 2022 and 31st March 2023 |
DEPRECIATION |
At 1st April 2022 |
Charge for year |
At 31st March 2023 |
NET BOOK VALUE |
At 31st March 2023 |
At 31st March 2022 |
In the year ended 31/3/20 the charity purchased 2 properties, costing in total £82,000, for the purposes of providing a woman-centred housing service. A third property was purchased during the year to 31/3/22 costing £65,000. |
The purchase of these properties was financed via loans received from Community Foundation for Calderdale, at 31 March 2023 the outstanding balances on these loans totals £142,391. |
WOMENCENTRE LIMITED |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31st March 2023 |
15. | FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS |
There were no investment assets outside the UK. |
16. | DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
31/3/23 | 31/3/22 |
£ | £ |
Trade debtors |
Other debtors |
Amounts owed by Womencentre |
Homes | 15,227 | 20,816 |
Prepayments |
Accrued income | 41,089 | 8,768 |
17. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR |
31/3/23 | 31/3/22 |
£ | £ |
Other loans (see note 19) |
Trade creditors |
Social security and other taxes |
Pension control account | 7,980 | 6,756 |
Other creditors |
Accruals |
Deferred income |
18. | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR |
31/3/23 | 31/3/22 |
£ | £ |
Other loans (see note 19) | 142,604 |
19. | LOANS |
An analysis of the maturity of loans is given below: |
31/3/23 | 31/3/22 |
£ | £ |
Amounts falling due within one year on demand: |
Other loans | 3,669 | 3,669 |
Amounts falling between one and two years: |
Other loans - 1-2 years |
Amounts falling due between two and five years: |
Other loans - 2-5 years |
WOMENCENTRE LIMITED |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31st March 2023 |
19. | LOANS - continued |
31/3/23 | 31/3/22 |
£ | £ |
Amounts falling due in more than five years: |
Repayable by instalments: |
Other loans more 5yrs instal | 124,047 | 127,929 |
20. | SECURED DEBTS |
The following secured debts are included within creditors: |
31/3/23 | 31/3/22 |
£ | £ |
Other loans |
Legal charges are registered against the properties acquired by the charity. The charges were registered at 20 March 2020 and 26 May 2021 by the lender, Community Foundation for Calderdale. |
21. | ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS |
31/3/23 | 31/3/22 |
Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | Total |
funds | funds | funds | funds |
£ | £ | £ | £ |
Fixed assets | 140,763 | 123,856 | 264,619 | 277,143 |
Current assets |
Current liabilities | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) | ( |
) |
Long term liabilities | (138,722 | ) | - | (138,722 | ) | (142,604 | ) |
363,235 | 481,949 | 845,184 | 826,596 |
WOMENCENTRE LIMITED |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31st March 2023 |
22. | MOVEMENT IN FUNDS |
Net | Transfers |
movement | between | At |
At 1/4/22 | in funds | funds | 31/3/23 |
£ | £ | £ | £ |
Unrestricted funds |
General Fund | 4,258 | 23,055 | (19,420 | ) | 7,893 |
General Fund - Coutts 2 | 48,236 | (48,309 | ) | 73 | - |
General Fund - Coutts IT | 3,333 | (3,333 | ) | - | - |
General Fund - Garfield Weston (Designated) |
- |
35,000 |
- |
35,000 |
General Fund - Kirklees | 20,767 | (1,324 | ) | (8,730 | ) | 10,713 |
Contingency Fund - General | 111,000 | - | 25,500 | 136,500 |
Doreen Pickles Legacy | 176,841 | (5,686 | ) | - | 171,155 |
Kirklees Consultancy and Training | 17 | 381 | - | 398 |
Kirklees Private Practice Counselling | 932 | 644 | - | 1,576 |
365,384 | 428 | (2,577 | ) | 363,235 |
Restricted funds |
Bearder Fund | 9,193 | (5,457 | ) | - | 3,736 |
The Liz and Terry Bramall Foundation | - | 10,000 | - | 10,000 |
Calderdale MBC - Small Grants | - | 3,000 | - | 3,000 |
Cash for Kids - Calderdale | - | 450 | - | 450 |
CFFC - Climate Emergency | 35,000 | - | - | 35,000 |
Counselling Calderdale | 40,286 | (22,104 | ) | - | 18,182 |
Crisis Fund | 3,094 | (135 | ) | - | 2,959 |
Domestic Violence - 1325 - Big Lottery | 25,206 | (8,088 | ) | - | 17,118 |
Domestic Violence - Bradford Counselling Staying Put |
21,076 |
925 |
- |
22,001 |
Domestic Violence - Bradford Council Counselling |
11,672 |
150 |
- |
11,822 |
Domestic Violence - Bradford Maze 2 | 20,031 | (2,471 | ) | - | 17,560 |
Domestic Violence - Bradford WYCA Perpetrator Fund |
- |
104 |
(104 |
) |
- |
Domestic Violence - Complex Needs | - | 1,385 | - | 1,385 |
Domestic Violence - Ministry of Justice IDVA |
(548 |
) |
474 |
- |
(74 |
) |
Domestic Violence - Perpetrator Fund | 9,415 | 1,320 | 104 | 10,839 |
Domestic Violence - Staying Safe | 48,887 | (21,917 | ) | - | 26,970 |
Greener Together | - | 1,148 | (1,148 | ) | - |
Albert Gubay | - | 60,000 | - | 60,000 |
Help Through Crisis - Big Lottery | 7,767 | (3,053 | ) | - | 4,714 |
Housing Management | (6,975 | ) | (711 | ) | 91 | (7,595 | ) |
Kirklees - Letterbox Project | 5,545 | (6,879 | ) | 1,334 | - |
Kirklees - Menopause | 25,888 | (23,009 | ) | - | 2,879 |
Kirklees - Migration Yorkshire | (3,210 | ) | 326 | 2,884 | - |
Kirklees - Pausing Together | 1,955 | (1,441 | ) | (514 | ) | - |
Kirklees - Stage Changing Lives Partnership | 4,766 | (4,464 | ) | 165 | 467 |
Kirklees Ukranian Women | - | (25 | ) | 25 | - |
Kirklees WMC Complex Needs | - | 28,142 | - | 28,142 |
Kirklees - Women's Mental Health | 25,184 | (8,228 | ) | - | 16,956 |
KIrklees Youth Music | - | 254 | - | 254 |
Land Aid | 4,117 | (3,194 | ) | - | 923 |
WOMENCENTRE LIMITED |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31st March 2023 |
22. | MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued |
Liaison and Diversion | 22,958 | (636 | ) | (22,000 | ) | 322 |
Liaison and Diversion - Calderdale Maze | - | 27,672 | - | 27,672 |
Liaison and Diversion - Phase 1 | - | - | 22,000 | 22,000 |
Ministry of Justice - Core Costs | - | (1,047 | ) | - | (1,047 | ) |
Nationwide Housing | 1,976 | (1,885 | ) | (91 | ) | - |
New Opportunities Fund | 127,856 | (4,000 | ) | - | 123,856 |
PCC Videolink - Revenue | - | 789 | - | 789 |
PCC Videolink - Capital | 5,947 | - | - | 5,947 |
PDAP Therapeutic | - | 4 | (4 | ) | - |
Safe Lives Circle Fund | 102 | 1,762 | - | 1,864 |
Stage 2 | 2,633 | (2,468 | ) | (165 | ) | - |
Windows Campaign | - | 2,196 | - | 2,196 |
Women Making Changes - Henry Smith | 11,391 | (729 | ) | - | 10,662 |
461,212 | 18,160 | 2,577 | 481,949 |
TOTAL FUNDS | 826,596 | 18,588 | - | 845,184 |
WOMENCENTRE LIMITED |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31st March 2023 |
22. | MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued |
Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows: |
Incoming | Resources | Movement |
resources | expended | in funds |
£ | £ | £ |
Unrestricted funds |
General Fund | 37,281 | (14,226 | ) | 23,055 |
General Fund - Coutts 2 | (1 | ) | (48,308 | ) | (48,309 | ) |
General Fund - Coutts IT | - | (3,333 | ) | (3,333 | ) |
General Fund - Garfield Weston (Designated) |
35,000 |
- |
35,000 |
General Fund - Kirklees | 4,135 | (5,459 | ) | (1,324 | ) |
Doreen Pickles Legacy | - | (5,686 | ) | (5,686 | ) |
Kirklees Consultancy and Training | 1,341 | (960 | ) | 381 |
Kirklees Private Practice Counselling | 2,401 | (1,757 | ) | 644 |
80,157 | (79,729 | ) | 428 |
Restricted funds |
Bearder Fund | 3,000 | (8,457 | ) | (5,457 | ) |
The Liz and Terry Bramall Foundation | 10,000 | - | 10,000 |
Calderdale MBC - Small Grants | 3,000 | - | 3,000 |
Cash for Kids - Calderdale | 6,370 | (5,920 | ) | 450 |
Cash for Kids - Kirklees | 10,045 | (10,045 | ) | - |
Counselling Calderdale | 30,000 | (52,104 | ) | (22,104 | ) |
Crisis Fund | - | (135 | ) | (135 | ) |
Domestic Violence - 1325 - Big Lottery | 134,134 | (142,222 | ) | (8,088 | ) |
Domestic Violence - Bradford Counselling Staying Put |
74,183 |
(73,258 |
) |
925 |
Domestic Violence - Bradford Council Counselling |
102,139 |
(101,989 |
) |
150 |
Domestic Violence - Bradford Maze 2 | 74,184 | (76,655 | ) | (2,471 | ) |
Domestic Violence - Bradford WYCA Perpetrator Fund |
34,568 |
(34,464 |
) |
104 |
Domestic Violence - Complex Needs | 42,053 | (40,668 | ) | 1,385 |
Domestic Violence - Ministry of Justice IDVA |
73,994 |
(73,520 |
) |
474 |
Domestic Violence - Perpetrator Fund | 44,801 | (43,481 | ) | 1,320 |
Domestic Violence - Staying Safe | 284,190 | (306,107 | ) | (21,917 | ) |
Greener Together | 41,767 | (40,619 | ) | 1,148 |
Albert Gubay | 60,000 | - | 60,000 |
Help Through Crisis - Big Lottery | - | (3,053 | ) | (3,053 | ) |
Housing Management | 23,527 | (24,238 | ) | (711 | ) |
Kirklees - Letterbox Project | 500 | (7,379 | ) | (6,879 | ) |
Kirklees - Menopause | (1 | ) | (23,008 | ) | (23,009 | ) |
Kirklees - Migration Yorkshire | 39,738 | (39,412 | ) | 326 |
Kirklees - Pausing Together | - | (1,441 | ) | (1,441 | ) |
Kirklees - Stage Changing Lives Partnership | 38,425 | (42,889 | ) | (4,464 | ) |
Kirklees Ukranian Women | 2,016 | (2,041 | ) | (25 | ) |
Kirklees WMC Complex Needs | 99,606 | (71,464 | ) | 28,142 |
Kirklees - Women's Mental Health | 230,971 | (239,199 | ) | (8,228 | ) |
KIrklees Youth Music | 11,196 | (10,942 | ) | 254 |
WOMENCENTRE LIMITED |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31st March 2023 |
22. | MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued |
Land Aid | 1 | (3,195 | ) | (3,194 | ) |
Liaison and Diversion | 102,882 | (103,518 | ) | (636 | ) |
Liaison and Diversion - Calderdale Maze | 30,000 | (2,328 | ) | 27,672 |
Ministry of Justice - Core Costs | 13,489 | (14,536 | ) | (1,047 | ) |
Nationwide Housing | - | (1,885 | ) | (1,885 | ) |
New Opportunities Fund | - | (4,000 | ) | (4,000 | ) |
PCC Videolink - Revenue | 13,625 | (12,836 | ) | 789 |
PDAP Therapeutic | 2,096 | (2,092 | ) | 4 |
Safe Lives Circle Fund | 5,000 | (3,238 | ) | 1,762 |
Stage 2 | - | (2,468 | ) | (2,468 | ) |
Windows Campaign | 7,635 | (5,439 | ) | 2,196 |
Women Making Changes - Henry Smith | 52,550 | (53,279 | ) | (729 | ) |
1,701,684 | (1,683,524 | ) | 18,160 |
TOTAL FUNDS | 1,781,841 | (1,763,253 | ) | 18,588 |
WOMENCENTRE LIMITED |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31st March 2023 |
22. | MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued |
Comparatives for movement in funds |
Net | Transfers |
movement | between | At |
At 1/4/21 | in funds | funds | 31/3/22 |
£ | £ | £ | £ |
Unrestricted funds |
General Fund | 4,785 | 7,080 | (7,607 | ) | 4,258 |
General Fund - Coutts 2 | 58,815 | (10,579 | ) | - | 48,236 |
General Fund - Coutts IT | 6,667 | (3,334 | ) | - | 3,333 |
General Fund - Kirklees | 14,893 | 10,847 | (4,973 | ) | 20,767 |
CFFC - Grants | 2,899 | (2,899 | ) | - | - |
Contingency Fund - General | 97,000 | - | 14,000 | 111,000 |
Contingency Fund - Roof | 60,000 | (60,000 | ) | - | - |
Doreen Pickles Legacy | - | 176,841 | - | 176,841 |
Fidelity Foundation | 8,000 | (8,662 | ) | 662 | - |
Kirklees Consultancy and Training | 840 | (921 | ) | 98 | 17 |
Kirklees Private Practice Counselling | 406 | 526 | - | 932 |
254,305 | 108,899 | 2,180 | 365,384 |
Restricted funds |
Bearder Fund | 12,162 | (2,969 | ) | - | 9,193 |
CFFC - Climate Emergency | - | 35,000 | - | 35,000 |
CFFC - Covid | 194 | - | (194 | ) | - |
CFFC - Tampon Tax Women First Project | (358 | ) | - | 358 | - |
Counselling Calderdale | 1,317 | 38,969 | - | 40,286 |
Crisis Fund | 3,094 | - | - | 3,094 |
Domestic Violence - 1125 - Big Lottery | 47,521 | (27,645 | ) | 5,330 | 25,206 |
Domestic Violence - 1325 - Big Lottery | 5,330 | - | (5,330 | ) | - |
Domestic Violence - Bradford Counselling Staying Put |
22,300 |
(1,224 |
) |
- |
21,076 |
Domestic Violence - Bradford Council Counselling |
- |
11,672 |
- |
11,672 |
Domestic Violence - Bradford Maze | 1,231 | - | (1,231 | ) | - |
Domestic Violence - Bradford Maze 2 | 17,271 | 1,530 | 1,230 | 20,031 |
Domestic Violence - CFFC - Covid Support | 1,050 | - | (1,050 | ) | - |
Domestic Violence - OPCC | 2,519 | - | (2,519 | ) | - |
Domestic Violence - Ministry of Justice IDVA |
- |
(548 |
) |
- |
(548 |
) |
Domestic Violence - Perpetrator Fund | 2,348 | 7,067 | - | 9,415 |
Domestic Violence - Staying Safe | 31,177 | 5,606 | 12,104 | 48,887 |
Garfield Weston | 5,220 | (5,300 | ) | 80 | - |
Help Through Crisis - Big Lottery | 28,495 | (20,728 | ) | - | 7,767 |
Housing Management | (814 | ) | (6,161 | ) | - | (6,975 | ) |
Kirklees - Common Threads | 468 | (370 | ) | (98 | ) | - |
Kirklees - Community Champions | - | 218 | (218 | ) | - |
Kirklees - Community Conversations | - | 250 | (250 | ) | - |
Kirklees - Empowering Women | 5,190 | (5,339 | ) | 149 | - |
Kirklees - Letterbox Project | - | 5,545 | - | 5,545 |
Kirklees - Menopause | 25,426 | 462 | - | 25,888 |
Kirklees - Migration Yorkshire | 21 | (3,231 | ) | - | (3,210 | ) |
WOMENCENTRE LIMITED |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31st March 2023 |
22. | MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued |
Kirklees - Pausing Together | - | 1,955 | - | 1,955 |
Kirklees - Stage Changing Lives Partnership | 15,827 | (12,215 | ) | (979 | ) | 2,633 |
Kirklees - Women's Mental Health | 20,232 | 4,952 | - | 25,184 |
Land Aid | 21,593 | (17,476 | ) | - | 4,117 |
Liaison and Diversion | 16,199 | 6,759 | - | 22,958 |
Ministry of Justice - Core Costs | - | 298 | (298 | ) | - |
Nationwide Housing | 1,976 | - | - | 1,976 |
New Opportunities Fund | 131,856 | (4,000 | ) | - | 127,856 |
PCC Videolink - Revenue | 17,172 | (10,346 | ) | (6,826 | ) | - |
PCC Videolink - Capital | 16,175 | (10,228 | ) | - | 5,947 |
Safe Lives Circle Fund | 2,500 | (2,398 | ) | - | 102 |
Safer Streets | - | 3,417 | (3,417 | ) | - |
Stage 2 | - | 3,787 | 979 | 4,766 |
Women Making Changes - Henry Smith | - | 11,391 | - | 11,391 |
454,692 | 8,700 | (2,180 | ) | 461,212 |
TOTAL FUNDS | 708,997 | 117,599 | - | 826,596 |
WOMENCENTRE LIMITED |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31st March 2023 |
22. | MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued |
Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows: |
Incoming | Resources | Movement |
resources | expended | in funds |
£ | £ | £ |
Unrestricted funds |
General Fund | 31,117 | (24,037 | ) | 7,080 |
General Fund - Coutts 2 | 50,000 | (60,579 | ) | (10,579 | ) |
General Fund - Coutts IT | (1 | ) | (3,333 | ) | (3,334 | ) |
General Fund - Kirklees | 11,577 | (730 | ) | 10,847 |
CFFC - Grants | - | (2,899 | ) | (2,899 | ) |
Contingency Fund - Roof | - | (60,000 | ) | (60,000 | ) |
Doreen Pickles Legacy | 176,841 | - | 176,841 |
Fidelity Foundation | - | (8,662 | ) | (8,662 | ) |
Kirklees Consultancy and Training | 1,698 | (2,619 | ) | (921 | ) |
Kirklees Private Practice Counselling | 1,800 | (1,274 | ) | 526 |
273,032 | (164,133 | ) | 108,899 |
Restricted funds |
Bearder Fund | 2,000 | (4,969 | ) | (2,969 | ) |
CFFC - Climate Emergency | 35,000 | - | 35,000 |
CFFC - Tampon Tax Women First Project | 7,985 | (7,985 | ) | - |
Counselling Calderdale | 77,199 | (38,230 | ) | 38,969 |
Domestic Violence - 1125 - Big Lottery | 88,591 | (116,236 | ) | (27,645 | ) |
Domestic Violence - Bradford Counselling Staying Put |
73,680 |
(74,904 |
) |
(1,224 |
) |
Domestic Violence - Bradford Council Counselling |
105,500 |
(93,828 |
) |
11,672 |
Domestic Violence - Bradford Maze 2 | 75,180 | (73,650 | ) | 1,530 |
Domestic Violence - Ministry of Justice IDVA |
66,207 |
(66,755 |
) |
(548 |
) |
Domestic Violence - Perpetrator Fund | 50,078 | (43,011 | ) | 7,067 |
Domestic Violence - Staying Safe | 284,190 | (278,584 | ) | 5,606 |
Garfield Weston | (1 | ) | (5,299 | ) | (5,300 | ) |
Help Through Crisis - Big Lottery | 25,660 | (46,388 | ) | (20,728 | ) |
Housing Management | 22,357 | (28,518 | ) | (6,161 | ) |
Kirklees - Common Threads | - | (370 | ) | (370 | ) |
Kirklees - Community Champions | 654 | (436 | ) | 218 |
Kirklees - Community Conversations | 500 | (250 | ) | 250 |
Kirklees - Empowering Women | - | (5,339 | ) | (5,339 | ) |
Kirklees - Letterbox Project | 10,840 | (5,295 | ) | 5,545 |
Kirklees - Menopause | 12,884 | (12,422 | ) | 462 |
Kirklees - Migration Yorkshire | 34,717 | (37,948 | ) | (3,231 | ) |
Kirklees - Pausing Together | 2,933 | (978 | ) | 1,955 |
Kirklees - Stage Changing Lives Partnership | 29,849 | (42,064 | ) | (12,215 | ) |
Kirklees - Women's Mental Health | 220,466 | (215,514 | ) | 4,952 |
Land Aid | (1 | ) | (17,475 | ) | (17,476 | ) |
Liaison and Diversion | 114,658 | (107,899 | ) | 6,759 |
Ministry of Justice - Core Costs | 41,751 | (41,453 | ) | 298 |
New Opportunities Fund | - | (4,000 | ) | (4,000 | ) |
PCC Videolink - Revenue | - | (10,346 | ) | (10,346 | ) |
WOMENCENTRE LIMITED |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31st March 2023 |
22. | MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued |
PCC Videolink - Capital | (1 | ) | (10,227 | ) | (10,228 | ) |
Safe Lives Circle Fund | - | (2,398 | ) | (2,398 | ) |
Safer Streets | 8,697 | (5,280 | ) | 3,417 |
Stage 2 | 10,201 | (6,414 | ) | 3,787 |
Women Making Changes - Henry Smith | 26,150 | (14,759 | ) | 11,391 |
Women Making Changes - National Lottery |
15,000 |
(15,000 |
) |
- |
1,442,924 | (1,434,224 | ) | 8,700 |
TOTAL FUNDS | 1,715,956 | (1,598,357 | ) | 117,599 |
WOMENCENTRE LIMITED |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31st March 2023 |
22. | MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued |
A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined position is as follows: |
Net | Transfers |
movement | between | At |
At 1/4/21 | in funds | funds | 31/3/23 |
£ | £ | £ | £ |
Unrestricted funds |
General Fund | 4,785 | 30,135 | (27,027 | ) | 7,893 |
General Fund - Coutts 2 | 58,815 | (58,888 | ) | 73 | - |
General Fund - Coutts IT | 6,667 | (6,667 | ) | - | - |
General Fund - Garfield Weston (Designated) |
- |
35,000 |
- |
35,000 |
General Fund - Kirklees | 14,893 | 9,523 | (13,703 | ) | 10,713 |
CFFC - Grants | 2,899 | (2,899 | ) | - | - |
Contingency Fund - General | 97,000 | - | 39,500 | 136,500 |
Contingency Fund - Roof | 60,000 | (60,000 | ) | - | - |
Doreen Pickles Legacy | - | 171,155 | - | 171,155 |
Fidelity Foundation | 8,000 | (8,662 | ) | 662 | - |
Kirklees Consultancy and Training | 840 | (540 | ) | 98 | 398 |
Kirklees Private Practice Counselling | 406 | 1,170 | - | 1,576 |
254,305 | 109,327 | (397 | ) | 363,235 |
Restricted funds |
Bearder Fund | 12,162 | (8,426 | ) | - | 3,736 |
The Liz and Terry Bramall Foundation | - | 10,000 | - | 10,000 |
Calderdale MBC - Small Grants | - | 3,000 | - | 3,000 |
Cash for Kids - Calderdale | - | 450 | - | 450 |
CFFC - Climate Emergency | - | 35,000 | - | 35,000 |
CFFC - Covid | 194 | - | (194 | ) | - |
CFFC - Tampon Tax Women First Project | (358 | ) | - | 358 | - |
Counselling Calderdale | 1,317 | 16,865 | - | 18,182 |
Crisis Fund | 3,094 | (135 | ) | - | 2,959 |
Domestic Violence - 1125 - Big Lottery | 47,521 | (27,645 | ) | 5,330 | 25,206 |
Domestic Violence - 1325 - Big Lottery | 5,330 | (8,088 | ) | (5,330 | ) | (8,088 | ) |
Domestic Violence - Bradford Counselling Staying Put |
22,300 |
(299 |
) |
- |
22,001 |
Domestic Violence - Bradford Council Counselling |
- |
11,822 |
- |
11,822 |
Domestic Violence - Bradford Maze | 1,231 | - | (1,231 | ) | - |
Domestic Violence - Bradford Maze 2 | 17,271 | (941 | ) | 1,230 | 17,560 |
Domestic Violence - Bradford WYCA Perpetrator Fund |
- |
104 |
(104 |
) |
- |
Domestic Violence - Complex Needs | - | 1,385 | - | 1,385 |
Domestic Violence - CFFC - Covid Support | 1,050 | - | (1,050 | ) | - |
Domestic Violence - OPCC | 2,519 | - | (2,519 | ) | - |
Domestic Violence - Ministry of Justice IDVA |
- |
(74 |
) |
- |
(74 |
) |
Domestic Violence - Perpetrator Fund | 2,348 | 8,387 | 104 | 10,839 |
Domestic Violence - Staying Safe | 31,177 | (16,311 | ) | 12,104 | 26,970 |
Garfield Weston | 5,220 | (5,300 | ) | 80 | - |
Greener Together | - | 1,148 | (1,148 | ) | - |
WOMENCENTRE LIMITED |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31st March 2023 |
22. | MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued |
Albert Gubay | - | 60,000 | - | 60,000 |
Help Through Crisis - Big Lottery | 28,495 | (23,781 | ) | - | 4,714 |
Housing Management | (814 | ) | (6,872 | ) | 91 | (7,595 | ) |
Kirklees - Common Threads | 468 | (370 | ) | (98 | ) | - |
Kirklees - Community Champions | - | 218 | (218 | ) | - |
Kirklees - Community Conversations | - | 250 | (250 | ) | - |
Kirklees - Empowering Women | 5,190 | (5,339 | ) | 149 | - |
Kirklees - Letterbox Project | - | (1,334 | ) | 1,334 | - |
Kirklees - Menopause | 25,426 | (22,547 | ) | - | 2,879 |
Kirklees - Migration Yorkshire | 21 | (2,905 | ) | 2,884 | - |
Kirklees - Pausing Together | - | 514 | (514 | ) | - |
Kirklees - Stage Changing Lives Partnership | 15,827 | (16,679 | ) | (814 | ) | (1,666 | ) |
Kirklees Ukranian Women | - | (25 | ) | 25 | - |
Kirklees WMC Complex Needs | - | 28,142 | - | 28,142 |
Kirklees - Women's Mental Health | 20,232 | (3,276 | ) | - | 16,956 |
KIrklees Youth Music | - | 254 | - | 254 |
Land Aid | 21,593 | (20,670 | ) | - | 923 |
Liaison and Diversion | 16,199 | 6,123 | (22,000 | ) | 322 |
Liaison and Diversion - Calderdale Maze | - | 27,672 | - | 27,672 |
Liaison and Diversion - Phase 1 | - | - | 22,000 | 22,000 |
Ministry of Justice - Core Costs | - | (749 | ) | (298 | ) | (1,047 | ) |
Nationwide Housing | 1,976 | (1,885 | ) | (91 | ) | - |
New Opportunities Fund | 131,856 | (8,000 | ) | - | 123,856 |
PCC Videolink - Revenue | 17,172 | (9,557 | ) | (6,826 | ) | 789 |
PCC Videolink - Capital | 16,175 | (10,228 | ) | - | 5,947 |
PDAP Therapeutic | - | 4 | (4 | ) | - |
Safe Lives Circle Fund | 2,500 | (636 | ) | - | 1,864 |
Safer Streets | - | 3,417 | (3,417 | ) | - |
Stage 2 | - | 1,319 | 814 | 2,133 |
Windows Campaign | - | 2,196 | - | 2,196 |
Women Making Changes - Henry Smith | - | 10,662 | - | 10,662 |
454,692 | 26,860 | 397 | 481,949 |
TOTAL FUNDS | 708,997 | 136,187 | - | 845,184 |
WOMENCENTRE LIMITED |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31st March 2023 |
22. | MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued |
A current year 12 months and prior year 12 months combined net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows: |
Incoming | Resources | Movement |
resources | expended | in funds |
£ | £ | £ |
Unrestricted funds |
General Fund | 68,398 | (38,263 | ) | 30,135 |
General Fund - Coutts 2 | 49,999 | (108,887 | ) | (58,888 | ) |
General Fund - Coutts IT | (1 | ) | (6,666 | ) | (6,667 | ) |
General Fund - Garfield Weston (Designated) |
35,000 |
- |
35,000 |
General Fund - Kirklees | 15,712 | (6,189 | ) | 9,523 |
CFFC - Grants | - | (2,899 | ) | (2,899 | ) |
Contingency Fund - Roof | - | (60,000 | ) | (60,000 | ) |
Doreen Pickles Legacy | 176,841 | (5,686 | ) | 171,155 |
Fidelity Foundation | - | (8,662 | ) | (8,662 | ) |
Kirklees Consultancy and Training | 3,039 | (3,579 | ) | (540 | ) |
Kirklees Private Practice Counselling | 4,201 | (3,031 | ) | 1,170 |
353,189 | (243,862 | ) | 109,327 |
Restricted funds |
Bearder Fund | 5,000 | (13,426 | ) | (8,426 | ) |
The Liz and Terry Bramall Foundation | 10,000 | - | 10,000 |
Calderdale MBC - Small Grants | 3,000 | - | 3,000 |
Cash for Kids - Calderdale | 6,370 | (5,920 | ) | 450 |
Cash for Kids - Kirklees | 10,045 | (10,045 | ) | - |
CFFC - Climate Emergency | 35,000 | - | 35,000 |
CFFC - Tampon Tax Women First Project | 7,985 | (7,985 | ) | - |
Counselling Calderdale | 107,199 | (90,334 | ) | 16,865 |
Crisis Fund | - | (135 | ) | (135 | ) |
Domestic Violence - 1125 - Big Lottery | 88,591 | (116,236 | ) | (27,645 | ) |
Domestic Violence - 1325 - Big Lottery | 134,134 | (142,222 | ) | (8,088 | ) |
Domestic Violence - Bradford Counselling Staying Put |
147,863 |
(148,162 |
) |
(299 |
) |
Domestic Violence - Bradford Council Counselling |
207,639 |
(195,817 |
) |
11,822 |
Domestic Violence - Bradford Maze 2 | 149,364 | (150,305 | ) | (941 | ) |
Domestic Violence - Bradford WYCA Perpetrator Fund |
34,568 |
(34,464 |
) |
104 |
Domestic Violence - Complex Needs | 42,053 | (40,668 | ) | 1,385 |
Domestic Violence - Ministry of Justice IDVA |
140,201 |
(140,275 |
) |
(74 |
) |
Domestic Violence - Perpetrator Fund | 94,879 | (86,492 | ) | 8,387 |
Domestic Violence - Staying Safe | 568,380 | (584,691 | ) | (16,311 | ) |
Garfield Weston | (1 | ) | (5,299 | ) | (5,300 | ) |
Greener Together | 41,767 | (40,619 | ) | 1,148 |
Albert Gubay | 60,000 | - | 60,000 |
Help Through Crisis - Big Lottery | 25,660 | (49,441 | ) | (23,781 | ) |
Housing Management | 45,884 | (52,756 | ) | (6,872 | ) |
Kirklees - Common Threads | - | (370 | ) | (370 | ) |
WOMENCENTRE LIMITED |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31st March 2023 |
22. | MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued |
Kirklees - Community Champions | 654 | (436 | ) | 218 |
Kirklees - Community Conversations | 500 | (250 | ) | 250 |
Kirklees - Empowering Women | - | (5,339 | ) | (5,339 | ) |
Kirklees - Letterbox Project | 11,340 | (12,674 | ) | (1,334 | ) |
Kirklees - Menopause | 12,883 | (35,430 | ) | (22,547 | ) |
Kirklees - Migration Yorkshire | 74,455 | (77,360 | ) | (2,905 | ) |
Kirklees - Pausing Together | 2,933 | (2,419 | ) | 514 |
Kirklees - Stage Changing Lives Partnership | 68,274 | (84,953 | ) | (16,679 | ) |
Kirklees Ukranian Women | 2,016 | (2,041 | ) | (25 | ) |
Kirklees WMC Complex Needs | 99,606 | (71,464 | ) | 28,142 |
Kirklees - Women's Mental Health | 451,437 | (454,713 | ) | (3,276 | ) |
KIrklees Youth Music | 11,196 | (10,942 | ) | 254 |
Land Aid | - | (20,670 | ) | (20,670 | ) |
Liaison and Diversion | 217,540 | (211,417 | ) | 6,123 |
Liaison and Diversion - Calderdale Maze | 30,000 | (2,328 | ) | 27,672 |
Ministry of Justice - Core Costs | 55,240 | (55,989 | ) | (749 | ) |
Nationwide Housing | - | (1,885 | ) | (1,885 | ) |
New Opportunities Fund | - | (8,000 | ) | (8,000 | ) |
PCC Videolink - Revenue | 13,625 | (23,182 | ) | (9,557 | ) |
PCC Videolink - Capital | (1 | ) | (10,227 | ) | (10,228 | ) |
PDAP Therapeutic | 2,096 | (2,092 | ) | 4 |
Safe Lives Circle Fund | 5,000 | (5,636 | ) | (636 | ) |
Safer Streets | 8,697 | (5,280 | ) | 3,417 |
Stage 2 | 10,201 | (8,882 | ) | 1,319 |
Windows Campaign | 7,635 | (5,439 | ) | 2,196 |
Women Making Changes - Henry Smith | 78,700 | (68,038 | ) | 10,662 |
Women Making Changes - National Lottery |
15,000 |
(15,000 |
) |
- |
3,144,608 | (3,117,748 | ) | 26,860 |
TOTAL FUNDS | 3,497,797 | (3,361,610 | ) | 136,187 |
The unrestricted funds are to be used to assist the charity with its aims and objectives as detailed in the trustees report. |
The contingency fund represents an amount that has been designated by the Trustees for possible future liabilities relating to sick pay and redundancy pay, the fund also represents an amount that has been designated by the Trustees to ensure that the charity can continue to operate in the event of the unexpected loss of a source of funding or unexpected building or repairs costs. |
Restricted funds are represented as detailed in the notes and are to be used as specified by the donors, however these are in accordance with the aims and objectives of the charity as detailed in the trustees report. |
Transfers between funds |
During the year a number of restricted and unrestricted funds have received funds from the general fund to cover costs in addition to the funding received. |
WOMENCENTRE LIMITED |
Notes to the Financial Statements - continued |
for the Year Ended 31st March 2023 |
23. | CONTINGENT LIABILITIES |
A contingent liability existed at the year end in relation to the contract with Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council (CMBC) for the Domestic Abuse Support Service. |
The contract requires Womencentre, as the provider, to procure the execution and delivery of a guarantee bond in favour of CMBC, this guarantee bond is to secure the due performance by Womencentre of its obligations under the contract. |
A guarantee bond was made on 1 July 2016 for £25,000 with Lloyds Bank plc. The value of this bond is disclosed within cash at bank and in hand on the balance sheet. The guarantee bond was renewed on 1 July 2022 and expires on 30 June 2023. |
Womencentre is not aware of any breaches having occurred in relation to the terms of the guarantee bond as at 31 March 2023. |
24. | RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES |
25. | FRC ETHICAL STANDARD - PROVISIONS AVAILABLE FOR SMALL ENTITIES |
In common with many other businesses of our size and nature we use our auditors to prepare and submit returns to the tax authorities and assist with the preparation of the financial statements. |
26. | ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY |
The charity is under the control of the board of trustees. |