Annual Review 2006-2007

SPLITZ

working with families and tackling domestic abuse

Support Service

Annual Report and Statement of Accounts 2006-2007

North Wilts

Kennet

West Wilts

Salisbury

OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY The objects of the charity are to relieve children of families who are in need of care and protection by negotiating for the provision of day care & other charitable facilities and by counselling the parents of such children in relation thereto and to relieve the needs of adults where those needs arise as a result of them experiencing domestic violence, separation or divorce, in the United Kingdom and Europe.

Contents A Year in Brief Trustees’ Report Chief Executive’s Report Project Summaries Statistical Analysis Financial Report : Accountant’s Report : Income & Expenditure : Notes : Balance Sheet Thank You

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BRIEF HISTORY Splitz Support Service began as a project of the local CVS in 1989. In 1994 it was formed into a charity and registered company.

Originally delivering support to lone parents it was soon obvious that domestic abuse had been a contributory factor in many of these women’s lives. Splitz now provides services to both families and individuals who have experienced separation, divorce or domestic abuse, as well as lone parents who need support.

From a small organisation with one paid member of staff and one volunteer, Splitz now employs 21 staff (9 full-time and 12 part-time) plus a few sessional workers.

Design and layout by Louise Wilson Printed by JFDi Print Services Ltd © August 2007

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A Year in Brief Family Services

Community4

We now provide a worker at the SureStart Children’s Centre in Warminster. Children’s Centres are being introduced across the county to provide a focal point for support to families with young children.

2006/07 has seen many changes within Splitz. We began providing services as part of Community4.

Community4 is a consortium of 4 local voluntary and community sector providers who got together and won the contracts to provide housing related floating support across Wiltshire.

We were awarded continuation funding from the Big Lottery to continue our project for lone parents in Kennet and Salisbury. A recent development involved working in partnerhip with NCH in Salisbury to run the Freedom Programme (12 workshops for victims/ survivors of domestic abuse).

Domestic Abuse Services We have adopted the wider term of domestic abuse rather than using domestic violence. This is more inclusive of the range of abuses and helps to highlight that violence isn’t the only form of abuse.

This resulted in us employing 10 more members staff, bringing our total to 21 paid staff. To accommodate our commitments in Wiltshire we moved to new premises.

These premises are nearly 3 times the size with plenty of office space and a dedicated meeting/groupwork room. We needed to install new infrastructure and give it a good clean before moving in, in April 2006.

Our men’s group (formerly the perpetrator group) has continued to prove popular, especially with people from Bristol (about 30 miles away). This reflects a growing demand for voluntary men’s groups in our neighbouring counties that is not being met locally. Although Wiltshire County Council is supportive of our men’s group it is equally unable to fund it completely.

Services for victims/survivors remains stretched as the county’s service has not restarted as planned.

The specific support we provided to victims has been subsumed into the new floating support contracts and there hasn’t been the flexibility to provide specific domestic abuse support.

Children who had witnessed domestic abuse had access to our dedicated children’s domestic abuse service as well as a similar project for teenagers, funded

by Connexions.

KidzPace ran in North & West Wiltshire while the children’s project ran in Kennet and Salisbury.

Administration Moving to new premises allowed us to introduce new ICT systems: a small computer network and telephone exchange have improved speed and accuracy of communication.

A change in finance staff provided an opportunity to introduce a computerised accounting system, electronic payments and make more use of the internet. This has saved much time and effort, especially when contacting government departments. This has enhanced our security procedures This year saw the recruitment of a part time admin assistant. How we ever managed without one is a mystery.

Annual Report and Statement of Accounts 2006-2007

Trustees’ Report Trustees Chairman

I am very pleased to commend the Splitz annual report to you. I hope that, as you read through it, you will get a picture of the ever expanding activity of the organisation and the good management of the resources which support the front-line staff.

Trustees

Paul Shotton BSc(Hons) MIH

Chairman

Treasurer Stephen Foster BSc PhD ACA Secretary Derrik Copeland FCIS Members Jamie Anderson LLB Maggi Bader BA MBA Cindy Ervine LLB Myra Heydon Alison Irving FIMLS Cllr Tom James Rosie MacGregor Nancy Nicholl Cllr Janet Repton Barbara Taylor Cashelle Wilson

Paul Shotton Chairman

Our core business remains one-to-one home support to adults and families, especially those people parenting alone and in particular those who have experienced domestic violence. But this has never been a narrow approach and we have helped people with a variety of projects which tackle different aspects of these issues. These included the young mothers learning to cope at Newburn House, to support work with children, to the very oversubscribed Voluntary Perpetrator Programme.

Each year the number of referrals increases, and they reached 498 in 200607. A high proportion were self referrals; often on the recommendation of a friend or another agency. The staff team provided in excess of 80 home visits a week to service users. The group initiatives, like the Making Changes workshops, were in addition to this.

Our staff involved in the four area teams of the Community4 project provided housing related support to an additional 250 service users. This was our contribution to the work of Community4 as a partner agency in the floating support service. The total number of service users who received help from Community4 was 657.

The Splitz trustee board members make a very important contribution to the life of our organisation, and I would like to express my gratitude to all of them. All have shown great enthusiasm and attendance has been first rate, with lively discussions at our regular meetings.

One of our trustees, Jamie Anderson, is now working at the other end of the country, and has had to step down. On behalf of the board, I wish him well for his future career. We have been fortunate to welcome on board Myra Heydon who brought a wealth of knowledge related to Employment practice and Stephen Foster who offered to be our Treasurer, and as a chartered accountant and auditor has brought his financial expertise to the board.

Our Chief Executive Officer faced many new challenges during the year particularly with accessing sustainable funding for our various projects.

Fran has also ensured that the staff team receive a range of training and management support to meet their needs; thus enabling them to continue to provide a high quality service. Our excellent reputation is due to the commitment of our front line staff members and to the small main office team that backs them up.

I am pleased to report that all the new initiatives we planned for during the last year are now up and running successfully. We have had to delay our annual Away Day this year due to many factors, but we will make this a priority in the next few months so that trustees and staff can talk through the changes of the last year or so and look forward to new initiatives.

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We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the grant making trusts, foundations, councils and donors who make our work possible.

Stephen Foster Fundraising is a huge challenge Treasurer and commitments of funding from trusts, foundations, and councils are of great significance, as all the help and assistance towards our work is highly valued.

With their support, we are able to create and maintain services that grow to follow the needs of our service users. It is very important that the organisation should be able to identify and provide the right services for the people we support, and it can only do this if funders will in turn support us. We and our service users are proud to know that our work is held in high esteem and is valued by those who make it possible.

Our staff, volunteers, and trustees give their endless enthusiasm, commitment and dedication to Splitz and our service users. I would like to take this opportunity to heartily and sincerely thank all of you for your continuing energy and passion in making it happen.

Paul Shotton, Chairman

Treasurer I am delighted to have been asked to join the Board of Trustees and be considered as Treasurer. I hope to bring my considerable experience as a Chartered Accountant to this role and also to assist in the development of the charity.

Our finances show a healthy state with a reasonable addition to our reserves. Now that we employ more paid staff it is essential that we increase our reserves to reflect this.

This year has seen a change in Financial Controller as well as the introduction of a computer based accounting system, called CashCall. This has improved our ability to manage so many restricted funds and produce monthly budgets for the Trustee meetings. However, changing to this system took 3 months and is something we don’t plan to do again!

Whilst there was a surplus of income over expenditure, much of our income is restricted to specific activities.

We have also received monies in advance for projects

that continue into the next financial year. Where possible we have treated these as advance payments.

Derrik Copeland Secretary

A major source of funding came through the Community4 project.

This contract began in July 2006 and there will need to be adjustments at the end of the first year to account for shared costs. This is likely to reduce our surplus in the year ahead.

The bulk of our cash holdings remain invested with COIF Charities Deposit Fund where the risk is minimal and the rate of return is competitive. Other funds remain in our current account and local bank account.

We have taken the opportunity to close many minor funds and redistribute the monies to the general fund.

These funds had been dormant for a year or more and the amounts remaining were minimal.

The number of employees has grown: at the end of the financial year we had 7 full-time and 12 part-time staff, plus 4 volunteers. We continue to employ a number of sessional workers or contractors depending on the project and need.

We have decided to make payments to staff electronically, directly into their bank account. This has reduced the administration of pay and expenses. We also make our tax and insurance payments directly to Revenue & Customs.

With all these electronic processes we have been careful to implement strict procedures for countersigning and authorising payments. All payments are reviewed monthly.

All in all this year has seen a lot of changes, many of which have been necessary due to the expansion of the charity. Accounting systems and practices remain in a healthy state and I am confident they are able to cope with the new demands.

Secretary This year we have embraced the digital age and signed up to submit our returns to Companies House and the Charity Commission online. This has saved a great deal of time.

Annual Report and Statement of Accounts 2006-2007

Chief Executive’s Report Chief Executive Fran Lewis MCMI FRSA Operations Manager Louise Wilson

Much of the year has been taken up with developing the new Community4 project; providing the housing related floating support service for Wiltshire. During the year, Community4 had in excess of 650 service users who all presented with housing related 25 needs as well as All staff other, more complex 20 issues.

Staff

Financial Controller Diana Bingham Chris Young

Reflecting over the last twelve months, I can honestly say that I’m proud of the services we’ve provided for the people who’ve needed us. Each individual member of our team can take credit for excellent working practices – truly an outstanding crew! I pay Fran Lewis tribute and give my personal thanks to each member Chief Executive of staff and each member of the trustee board. Your commitment to Splitz and the work we do is highly valued.

Admin Assistant Kimberley Duckworth

Support Workers Mike Bedford MBE Sue Blacklock Paul Bradley Sonia Davis Hannah Easterbrook Tania George Denise Higgins Polly Lovelock Marie Nicholson Kay Nolan Linda Ormerod Kim Patton Sue Pearce Jenna Presley-Cooper Hazel Rutland Alex Spence Nikki Stevens Jonathan Turner Julie Woodland Volunteers Sharon Covill Alison James Sekeyna Marshall Cheryl Pearce Beckie White

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A key impact of Part-time providing the 10 Community4 project is that we needed to 5 Full-time employ considerably more front line staff Volunteers 0 to provide the service 02/03 03/04 04/05 05/06 06/07 and to comply with the terms of the contract. Because we were hosting the West Wiltshire team, we needed to move to much larger premises; which was a massive leap of faith after residing in Bridge House for 17 years.

Getting the new premises fit for purpose was a huge task and I give absolute credit to Louise for ensuring the whole process went smoothly.

We recognised the urgent need for admin support in the office and for a while we had several wonderful volunteers who took on the task.

However, it soon Referrals by District became clear that we would need to Other employ someone Kennet 14% 6% who could be consistently available West for the amount of Wiltshire 36% North time required.

Wiltshire 18%

With great courage, we advertised and recruited a postholder who has proved priceless. She

Swindon 7%

Salisbury 20%

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Duke Street Office Renovation April 2006

We continue to develop initiatives to comply with our Business Plan. Our objectives were identified at the last Awayday: • • •

doesn’t fit our work in between varnishing her nails or phoning her boyfriend; which was my greatest fear!

The person who answers the phone is, after all, the first port of call for anyone needing our help; and a job that had always been guardedly carefully by me.

We haven’t been disappointed and are delighted to welcome Kimberley to the administrative team.

Thousands

We were sad that Chris, our financial controller, decided to leave us last June. Chris had struggled with some extremely challenging personal difficulties for over 12 months and making her mind up to leave us was a huge decision. In her place, we welcomed Diana who has taken on a range of additional responsibilities to help the smooth running of the organisation.

• • • • • Without the grant aid from trusts, foundations and councils we could do nothing. Each contribution means that our work can not only continue, but that our service is valued, appreciated and supported.

I would like to express my thanks to all the people who have given us money and trusted us to administer it appropriately. Finally, thank you to all our service users who are courageous enough to contact us and trust us to help them. Each one of you is precious.

Fran Lewis MCMI FRSA Chief Executive

450 400 350

Income

300 250 200

Expenditure

150 100 50 0 2002/03

2003/04

2004/05

2005/06

Strengthening our infrastructure Securing longer term funding Developing a range of domestic violence & abuse services Partnership working Professional, dedicated and motivated staff Quality service delivery Gaining a nationally recognised accreditation

2006/07

Annual General Meeting September 2006

Annual Report and Statement of Accounts 2006-2007

Project Summaries Men’s Group

Children’s DV Support

Men’s Group. We have 2 men’s groups: one in Salisbury and one in Trowbridge. The group work is based on the Duluth model and is 30 weeks, with 5 modules each of 6 weeks.

This was to be the third and final year of this project.

However, we were delighted to receive news of continued funding from BBC Children in Need to take the project forward for another 3 years. This service is available in Kennet and Salisbury districts.

Each group has space for 8 men. We only work with male perpetrators. There is a need for support to women perpetrators but not the demand to sustain a project.

As well as providing group work we have contributed to the development of similar servicecs in Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset. We are keen to develop a regional network of men’s group facilitators.

With few opportunities in neighbouring counties we have had enquiries from as far afield as Christchurch in Dorset, Cirencester in South Gloucestershire and Clevedon in North Somerset. We have provided spaces to some of these men but are conscious not to set them up to fail. So far those who have travelled from afar have participated well.

This year we have had 34 new referrals; 16 men started the groups and 17 men have completed the programme.

“It’s an excellent course. Thank you so much.”

Relapse Prevention Group. After 30 weeks intense work it’d be unfair to drop the men at this point. We have set up relapse prevention groups for those who have completed the main programme. This meets once a month and is available for up to a year. More if required.

In 2006-07 13 men joined this group and 2 completed.

Womens Safety Worker. The concept beind the men’s group is the safety and well being of the victim and their children. A women’s safety worker contacts the ex/partner of each participant to provide safety advice and help with safety plans. Information from the victim may be used to assist the men’s group facilitator.

“Thank you so much for all the time and support you have given.” Letter from Partner

We have provided support to 165 children in the 3 years to date. Support consists of one-to-one home support for the child, with some support to the parent. Also included are children’s groups in partnership with NCH and CAMHS. This year we had 62 referrals, many from within Splitz as well as a large number from Social Services.

The home support and group work has been largely successful. We conducted a survey of parents and children who had received the service and 80% of children felt communication had improved at home.

“It was hard to talk to my worker to begin with but then I started talking about my past and it helped me.”

One of the project aims was to improve communication between child and parent and encourage more fun.

Again, 80% of children felt there was more listening and less shouting and 72% felt there was more fun in their home.

Similar results were seen in the replies from the parents, where 96% of parents felt their relationship with their child had improved, and 75% reported more listening and less shouting in the home.

“It’s good to be able to talk to someone who cares.”

“My daughter stands up for herself a lot more now.”

There are so many positive stories from this project that we are keen to develop a similar service in North and West Wiltshire. We know there is a demand for this type of support and will work with other agencies to ensure the service is available across Wiltshire.

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Making Changes & Freedom Programme Workshops for women who have experienced domestic abuse are in high demand. We have been able to run 3 workshops this year, but could fill twice as many. We have been able to run these workshops in West Wiltshire and Kennet.

“The workshop has helped me extremely well. I do now feel excited and optimistic about myself and my son’s future.”

The Making Changes workshop is an 8 week programme for 8-10 women. Many of the women have been receiving one-to-one home support prior to attending the workshop, and find this helps their confidence in the group. Workshops focus on becoming a survivor.

“I think every woman who has been through domestic violence should do these workshops.”

This year we partnered with NCH in Salisbury to run the Freedom Programme. This is a 12 week rolling programme that women can join and leave at any time.

The first programme began in February 2007.

Military Bases in Wiltshire

South Cerney

Army RAF Joint base

BOROUGH Malmesbury

OF

Buckley Barracks Wootton Basset NORTH WILTSHIRE

SWINDON Swindon

RAF Lyneham

Chippenham Colerne (Army, RAF)

Bradford on Avon

Corsham Calne

Corsham Military Complex (RN, Army, RAF) Melksham

Marlborough KENNET

Devizes

WEST

Pewsey

Trowbridge SALISBURY

Westbury

PLAIN

Tidworth Garrison

Ludgershall

WILTSHIRE

Warminster

Warminster Garrison

Bulford Larkhill Amesbury

Mere

SALISBURY Tisbury

HQ Land Cmd Wilton Salisbury

Tidworth

RAF Boscombe Down

Winterbourne Gunner

Kennet & Salisbury In Kennet and Salisbury we are providing a service to people who are parenting alone. We have a part-time worker in each district. Demand for this service has been much higher than anticipated. We planned to support 40-60 people, but supported 103 people.

There are many reasons why someone may be parenting alone: separation, divorce or bereavement are the main reasons; plus we also consider people whose partner is serving away, in hospital or in prison.

Of those supported this year 67% had experienced domestic abuse and was the main reason they were on their own. The high number of domestic abuse victims may be due to the closure of the Domestic Violence Intervention Partnership, a statutory sector funded project that provided support to victims of domestic abuse. We hope to see this service replaced in the forthcoming year.

Kennet and Salisbury districts are large areas with dispersed villages and each has at least one large town or city. The geography is further complicated as Salisbury Plain covers a large part of Kennet and the border with Salisbury district. Reaching remote communities in these districts is a challenge.

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Community4

KidzPace

Community4 is a consortium of 4 local voluntary and community sector service providers who got together to provide floating support services in Wiltshire. These services are funded through Supporting People.

The other members of the consortium are Westlea Housing Association, Alabare Christian Care Centres and Drugs and Homeless Initiative.

KidzPace provided support to young people who had witnessed domestic abuse. This project was based in North and West Wiltshire. We employed 2 part-time workers to provide one-to-one home support and group work.

There is a team in each district providing floating support to a range of people with needs. The West Wiltshire team is based in the Splitz office. We have 3 employees in Salisbury, 1 in Kennet, 2 in North Wiltshire and 2 in West Wiltshire.

Access to the service is by referral or self referral. The range of presenting needs varies by district. Many are homeless or have pressing housing needs while others have domestic abuse issues. The breadth of experience within the consortium members ensures the service has access to the necessary expertise in the majority of cases. In 2006/07 the service supported 657 people.

Providing support to young people is necessarily different to providing support to younger children.

This service is delivered by a dedicated worker who specialises in working with young people. She is due to complete an Open University course in this field.

“My worker made me feel good about myself and I loved the group work.”

The support was based around the Ontario model of support. We supported 29 young people. Our children’s DV survey included the young people on this project and their responses were very positive.

Malmesbury

Wootton Basset NORTH WILTSHIRE Chippenham Calne

Corsham

KENNET

Melksham

Bradford on Avon

Marlborough

Devizes

Trowbridge

Pewsey

WEST

Ludgershall

Westbury

Just How Do You Build a Consortium?

Community4 Team Day June 2006

Tidworth Warminster WILTSHIRE Amesbury SALISBURY

Mere Tisbury

Salisbury

Populations (2001 Census): Kennet: 74,838 North Wiltshire: 125,372 Salisbury: 114,613 West Wiltshire: 118,150

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Statistical Analysis Clients Demand for our services has increased yet again (Table 1). This year we have seen a large rise in ‘unique’ referrals but a smaller rise in overall support. This is partly due to our reduced capacity to deliver additional workshops to victims of domestic abuse. The children mentioned here will benefit indirectly and does not reflect the support given directly to children (Table 5).

Table 3 Marital Status all clients

02/03

03/04

04/05

05/06

06/07

-

-

-

56

72

Partnered Unmarried

Table 1 Clients

Separated/divorced

31

40

34

44

28

157

203

228

317

332

4

2

2

0

Widowed1

all clients

02/03

03/04

04/05

05/06

06/07

Pregnant

6

4

7

12

2

Male

17

15

20

49

57

Children Unique

constitution in 05/06 to allow us to work with people who are married (Table 3). The bulk of those referred are separated or divorced and invariably parenting alone.

383

587

634

258

285

397

448

201

274

312

466

4982

1

All support

798

798

1. new measure to reflect actual number of people supported 2. does not include those supported on Community4 project

Referral Route We have always encouraged people to self refer for our services as they are more likely to engage and develop.

The range of agencies making referrals has remained constant (Table 2). Our reduced DV capacity is reflected in the slightly lower number of referrals from statutory agencies.

Partner in prison

1

1

2

2

Partner serving abroad1

8

34

0

1

18

13

46

63

1

Other

13

1. new categories added 03/04

Presenting Issue On referral, it’s not always possible to categorise a client according to their need. The need they present with (Table 4) is not always the total picture. However, the presenting issue is a measure of the needs of the clients as they see it. Domestic violence continues to be the main reason people are referred or refer to us.

Table 4 Presenting Issue all clients

02/031

03/04

04/05

05/06

06/07

48

43

57

31

Table 2 Referral Route

Children’s behaviour Debt/finances

35

21

19

11

all clients

Domestic violence

98

133

269

358

02/03

03/04

04/05

05/06

06/07

Drugs/alcohol

2

2

1

2

144

180

180

186

152

Homelessness

2

3

9

2

Social Services

12

25

40

60

56

Housing

25

28

21

9

Health Services

10

14

21

22

27

Mental health

37

51

47

13

3

4

6

5

1

5

39

40

12

14

18

63

58

26

4

-

-

-

1

661

9

2

Under 183

3

-

-

-

80

103

Under 25

2

-

-

-

40

33

Self referral

Housing Police Probation Military Welfare Voluntary Sector

2

Other

20

37

47

1. includes IDAP figures 2. includes referrals from within Splitz

Marital Status A steady increase in the number of people who are partnered has been noticed since we changed our

Perpetrator of DV Rural/isolation

22

Separation/divorce2 3

3 22

1. figures before 03/04 collated in different format 2. new category added 06/07 3. categories not used after 03/04

The percentage of clients presenting with DV issues has increased to 72% compared with 58% in 05/06 and 43% in 04/05.

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Project Uptake Home visits has traditionally been the main element of support provided. Since 04/05 group work has gradually become a more important element of the support provided.

Participation in group activities is high. This can be attrributed to both prior one-to-one work and the voluntary nature of the groups.

Table 7 Monthly Uptake all clients

02/03

03/04

04/05

05/06

06/07

15

36

48

38

31

April Easter

Table 5 Project Uptake all clients

Floating support

holidays; especially Easter, Christmas and the summer break. The most recent months have shown 50 or more referrals which is well above the norm.

02/03

03/04

04/05

05/06

06/07

201

252

261

321

290

22

23

14

12

20

9

23

62

5

39

Art workshops Making Changes Workshops Children’s DV support Perpetrator programmes IDAP

10

9

10

18

28

41

June

18

20

25

43

45

27

22

29

31

34

July Summer break

17

18

25

37

46

12

21

19

61

26

October

11

29

25

51

32

November

16

12

24

42

55

61

December

5

22

13

24

35

46

January

22

38

29

43

52

February

27

28

34

32

50

March Easter

22

18

23

36

51

Monthly average

17

23

26

39

42

69

Other

May

11

August

Summer break

September

Christmas

Highlighted figures show peaks in demand

District Uptake Demand for our services has plataued (Table 6). This is partly at our request to referral agencies as we do not have the funding or staff to provide the level of support asked of us. We continue to received requests for support from outside Wiltshire. We are able to offer telephone support to some of these people and signpost them to local or national support services.

Equal Opportunities

Table 6 District Uptake

Wiltshire has a population that is 98.5% white British with fewer than average 15-30yo and slightly more than average 30-50yo. (2001 Census)

all clients

Kennet1 North Wiltshire

02/03

03/04

04/05

05/06

06/07

9

13

39

82

70

33

60

87

89

89

23

36

97

99

Salisbury

2

Swindon3 West Wiltshire

There are 6 types of discrimination that are legislated against: age, disability, ethnicity, gender, religious/spiritual belief, sexual orientation. For each service user we record data on age (Chart 1), ethnicity (Chart 2) and gender (Chart 3).

Chart 1 Referrals by Age Group all clients

30-39 53%

33 150

Other

174

144

180

178

4

6

18

29

1. covered Devizes area only until 03/04 2. Salisbury district added 03/04 3. Swindon Borough added 06/07

Monthly Uptake There is a slight seasonal uptake roughly corresponding to the school year (Table 7). The change is not normally dramatic but there is a noticable increase following school

20-29 21%

40-49 20% 16-19 2%

< 15 0%

60 + 1%

50-59 3%

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There are many ethnic groups represented within the military population, which by its nature is often transitory, and includes people from many Commonwealth countries.

Trowbridge has the second largest Moroccan community outside of Morocco.

In the past few years we have seen an increase in the number of male victims of domestic abuse seeking our support. While we can offer one-to-one support we are unable to offer group work to such a small number of people. Similarly for female perpetrators.

Equity of service delivery across Wiltshire is measured by recording referrals from each town (Chart 4). The major towns in each district are well represented, and, proportionally, so are many of the smaller ones.

Chart 3 Referrals by Gender

Chart 2 Referrals by Ethnicity all clients

White British 93%

Other 4% Not known 0% Mixed White/Black Caribbean 0%

White European 0%

Black Caribbean Black African 0% 1%

White other 1% Asian other 1%

Female 88%

all clients

Male 12%

Chart 4 Referrals by Town

90

4.50

80

4.00

70

3.50

60

3.00

50

2.50

40

2.00

30

1.50

20

1.00

10

0.50

0

0.00

D

Referrals by 000 pop

5.00

es bu ry ev iz Pe es w W sey es Tr tbu ow ry M brid al m ge C esb hi pp ury en M ham el ks ha m C al n Sa e lis bu r Ti dw y or C or th s Br Wa ham ad rm fo i rd nst on er Av on M Wi ar l lb ton o Lu rou dg gh er sh al l M e W re oo Ti tto sb u n Ba ry ss Sw ett in do n O th er

100

Am

Referrals

all clients

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Annual Report and Statement of Accounts 2006-2007

Financial Report The trustees, who are also Directors for the purposes of the Companies’ Act, have pleasure in presenting their report and the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2007.

attached financial statements.

Legal and Administrative Details of the Charity

The mission of Splitz Support Service is to continue: * To be a charity which has the ambition, focus and capacity to serve the people who need our services; balancing the need for growth with the protection of the vulnerable and disadvantaged.

Splitz Support Service is a company limited by guarantee without a share capital, and is a registered charity.

Registered Company Number: 3360057 Registered Charity Number: 1064764 Bankers Caf Bank Limited Kings Hill Avenue Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4JQ Accountant Thomas & Company Chartered Accountants 11a Silver Street Trowbridge Wiltshire BA14 8AA Registered Office 29 Duke Street Trowbridge Wiltshire BA14 8EA

Objectives of the Charity The objects of the charity are to relieve children of families who are in need of care and protection by negotiating for the provision of day care & other charitable facilities and by counselling the parents of such children in relation thereto and to relieve the needs of adults where those needs arise as a result of them experiencing domestic violence, separation or divorce, in the United Kingdom and Europe.

Results The results for the year, and the charity’s financial position at the end of the year are shown in the

Review of Development, Activities and Achievements

* To encourage our service users to engage with and contribute towards our vibrant communities and strive to ensure that all our services are excellent and inclusive. * To provide high quality caring services, giving practical help, advice, counselling and compassionate support in ways that increase people’s independence and choice, enabling them to live safe, healthy and positive lives by working with a variety of partners.

The Trustees agree that the organisation has satisfactorily achieved its objectives in the last 12 months through core work and the development of projects.

In March 2007 we made a change to the organisations’ Memorandum and Articles and enlarged our area of benefit to the United Kingdom and Europe. This enabled us to better meet the developing needs of the charity.

During the year the service has provided support to 448 new families who care for 798 children. They have been helped to identify, come to terms with and overcome their personal difficulties. All our services are free of charge to service users.

Domestic Abuse Women Approximately 80% of our service users were women with experience of domestic violence and abuse.

Some received support through our “one to one” home visiting service as well as special additional help through the “Making Changes” workshops and the Freedom Programme. Some also participated in the Art Workshops.

Children In July 2006 we received the final instalment of a three year grant programme from the BBC Children in Need towards providing services for children aged 5-16 who

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had witnessed domestic violence in the home. A three year commitment of additional grants has provided the necessary finance. BBC Children in Need have recently informed us that a subsequent three year commitment of funding has been awarded which will also necessitate top up grants.

Teens Connexions awarded us a grant to work for one year with young people aged 13 – 15 who had ‘disengaged’ from school and were generally becoming dysfunctional having witnessed domestic violence at home. Again, providing ‘one to one’ support and group initiatives, we employed a part time worker to pilot this extremely successful project. We monitored and evaluated the work and used the results to apply for longer term funding. We are awaiting the outcome.

Men We have established a three year pilot Voluntary Perpetrator Programme enabling men to change their violent behaviour. The Henry Smith Charity and the LankellyChase Foundation have committed to a three year funding programme. The South Wiltshire group began in February 2005 and we began the West Wiltshire group in September 2005.Each group can accommodate 8 - 12 participants who commit to the 30 week programme (5 modules of 6 weeks). This is a rolling programme and men can usually join at the beginning of a module. On completion the participants use the monthly Relapse Prevention Groups. A key part of this project is the employment of two part time staff members for additional hours as the women’s safety worker. Their role is to proactively reach out to the partners/victims of the participants and provide safety advice.

Probation After a successful bid to the Probation service, we employed a Women’s Safety Worker for 16 hours a week to provide information and safety advice to the ex/wives ex/partners of men attending the court mandated IDAP programme provided by Probation. (Integrated Domestic Abuse Programme). This was a short term project during which time it became obvious, with over 100 referrals, that the work required far more time than we were funded to provide.

Splitz is one of very few organisations nationally to provide all three elements of domestic violence services - for women, for children and for men.

Splitz continues to be considered a “leading light” in the

specialist area of domestic violence.

Art Workshops We have provided a rolling programme of Art Workshops in Devizes. Each set of Art Workshops consists of 10 sessions with an art tutor and use of a mobile crèche which is free to service users. The service users were all vulnerable women with very young children. This piece of work has proved to be very popular and evaluations indicate that participants improve considerably in self esteem and confidence.

Chipenham The Chippenham Borough Lands Charity continues to support our work in their area of benefit enabling us to help almost 50 families in Chippenham. Almost all of the service users were vulnerable, disadvantaged women.

SureStart Children’s Centre During the year we were approached by the new manager of the Warminster Children’s Centre to ask us if we could provide a part time Splitz Worker to provide outreach and facilitate group initiatives and be based at the children’s centre. This work began in March 2007 so is fairly new as an initiative and we are pleased that working in partnership is an effective way of providing services to families with small children.

Newburn House Our partnership with Westlea Housing Association continues to flourish and the work at Newburn House has proved effective with several residents moving on successfully into independent tenancies and who continue to receive ongoing support to ensure sustainable tenancies.

The Crisis Fund This fund is for the purpose of meeting the emergency needs of particular families. A grant is specifically raised and then administered on an individual basis.

Salisbury & Kennet (Community Development) The development of our services in these two additional districts has increased steadily over the last three years.

The project is supported by the Big Lottery Fund who have awarded us subsequent, three year funding to

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continue the development; with the full amount required for 2006/7, and half the required amount for 2007/8 and 2008/9.

Supporting People Since April 2003 we have had an interim contract with “Supporting People” which gives us our core funding towards our floating support work in North and West Wiltshire. During 2005 we formed a consortium with three other “Supporting People” providers; DHI (Drugs and Homeless Initiative), Westlea Housing Association and Alabare Christian Care Centres. This consortium is called Community4. Our bid for the Wiltshire “Supporting People” floating support service was successful and the new generic floating support service began in July 2006. Each district of Wiltshire has a team of staff made up from each partner organisation with a Support Co-ordinator allocating referrals and providing case load supervision. Referrals can be made via the Community4 website or by phone.

Service User Forum The aim of this initiative is to give our service users an opportunity to get together safely to give us feedback on services they have received, to inform us about services they would like us to provide, and to tell us about any improvements we could make. These are valuable opportunities for us; whilst alleviating loneliness and isolation for the participants.

Web Site The web site has been improved, updated and refreshed and now includes “on line” referral forms for core service and the perpetrator programme. Agencies and individuals are able to use this referral process securely.

It continues to be attractive and user friendly.

Business Plan Our Awayday in December 2005 focussed on finalising our business plan; in particular the need to strengthen our organisational infrastructure. We looked at ways of splitting the functions performed by our Chief Executive into strategic, operational, fundraising, HR and administration; and seeking the funding to employ a range of people to carry out the tasks.

Staff During the year we employed 21 members of staff,

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some part time and some full time, as well as several sessional workers providing a range of services. All of our members of staff are to be commended for their dedication and commitment to the organisation and its work. They all participate enthusiastically in team meetings, Away Days, training and supervision opportunities. There are a number of other professionals who are employed on a sessional basis whose contribution is considered to be of vital significance to the well being of our service including the art tutors, the mobile crèche workers, the group facilitators and the external supervisors.

Organisation Splitz Support Service is an independent registered Charity and Charitable Company Limited by Guarantee.

It is not a local branch of any National Charity or organisation.

Financial Review The attached financial statements show a surplus for the year to 31 March 2007 of £24,398 (2006 Surplus £13,881). We have ended the financial year in a healthy position. We are confident that the objective of generally having a balance of income over expenditure will continue to be achieved through approaches to grant making trusts, foundations, charities and councils. In recognition of the current low interest rates, we are aware that many trusts have less money to give out so it is difficult to build a database of funding bodies that are able to be consistent in their support towards our work.

Financial Reserves Policy In accordance with guidelines issued by the Charity Commissioners, The Trustees have adopted a policy regarding financial reserves. We aim to hold up to six months running costs in unrestricted funds ensuring that there are adequate funds to ensure that the Charity is able to meet all current and known future liabilities.

Risk Review The Trustees have conducted their own 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

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are periodically reviewed to ensure that they still meet the needs of the charity.

Investment Powers and Restrictions As indicated in the charityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Memorandum of Association.

The Trustees The trustees who served the charity during the period were as follows: Derrik Copeland FCIS Stephen Foster BSc PhD ACA Gillian Al Bader BA MBA Barbara Taylor Myra Heydon Cllr Janet Repton Alison Irving FIMLS Cachelle Wilson Paul Shotton BSc(Hons) MIH Cindy Ervine LLB Cllr Tom James Jamie Anderson LLB Rosie MacGregor Jamie Anderson retired as a trustee on 14th March 2007.

Myra Heydon was co-opted as a trustee on 6th December, 2006

fair view of the state of affairs of the charity at the end of the year and of the incoming and outgoing resources for the year then ended.

In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently, making judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent. The trustees must also prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue its activities.

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 1985. The trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Approved by the trustees on 18th July, 2007. Signed by order of the trustees.

PAUL SHOTTON Chairman

Trusteesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Responsibilities Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and

l to r: Tom James (Mayor of Trowbridge), Derrik Copeland, Barbara Taylor, Cachelle Wilson, Rosie MacGregor Alison Irving, Janet Repton, Nancy Nicholl, Cindy Ervine, Maggie Bader, Paul Shotton

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Accountant’s Report ACCOUNTANT’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF SPLITZ SUPPORT SERVICE I report on the unaudited accounts for the year ended 31 March 2007 set out on pages 19 to 25.

RESPECTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE TRUSTEES AND THE REPORTING ACCOUNTANTS As described on page 17 the trustees of the charity are responsible for the preparation of the accounts, and they consider that the charity is exempt from an audit. It is my responsibility to carry out procedures designed to enable me to report my opinion.

BASIS OF OPINION My work was conducted in accordance with the Statement of Standards for Reporting Accountants, and so our procedures consisted of comparing the accounts with the accounting records kept by the charity, and making such limited enquiries of the officers of the charity as I considered necessary for the purposes of this report. These procedures provide only the assurance expressed in our opinion.

OPINION In my opinion: (a) the accounts are in agreement with those accounting records kept by the charity under section 221 of the Companies Act 1985; (b) having regard only to, and on the basis of, the information contained in those accounting records: (i) the accounts have been drawn up in a manner consistent with the accounting requirements specified in section 249C(6) of the Act; and (ii) the charity satisfied the conditions for exemption from an audit of the accounts for the year specified in section 249A(4) of the Act as modified by section 249A(5) and did not, at any time within that year, fall within any of the categories of companies not entitled to the exemptions specified in section 249B(1)(a) to (f).

THOMAS AND COMPANY Chartered Accountants 11a Silver Street Trowbridge Wiltshire BA14 8AA 18 July 2007

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Income & Expenditure Note

Unrestricted Funds £

Restricted Funds £

Total Funds 2007 £

Total Funds 2006 £

2

1,125

-

1,125

988

Grants receivable

3

197,859

181,264

379,123

248,383

Interest receivable

5

7,949

-

7949

6,666

206,933

181,264

388,197

256,037

999

999

9,895

INCOMING RESOURCES Donations Income from charitable trading activities:

TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES RESOURCES EXPENDED Charitable expenditure: Costs in furtherance of charitable objects

6

Mother & baby equipment, crisis payments and art workshops Staff costs

160,897

45,726

206,623

170,211

Support costs

6

2,214

38,055

40,269

19,644

Management and administration

7

30,645

82,476

113,130

42,406

193,765

167,256

361,021

242,156

-

2,778

2,778

-

Loss on disposal of fixed assets TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED

8

193,765

170,034

363,799

242,156

NET INCOMING/(OUTGOING) RESOURCES BEFORE TRANSFERS

9

13,168

11,230

24,398

13,881

-

-

-

-

13,168

11,230

24,398

13,881

Balances brought forward

101,961

37,605

139,566

125,685

Balances carried forward

115,129

48,835

163,964

139,566

2007 £

2006 £

380,248

249,371

361,021

242,156

19,227

7,215

2,778

-

7,949

6,666

24,398

13,881

Transfer between funds NET INCOMING/(OUTGOING) RESOURCES FOR THE YEAR

The charity has no recognised gains or losses other than the results for the year as set out above.

All of the activities of the charity are classed as continuing.

Note INCOME TOTAL EXPENDITURE

8

OPERATING SURPLUS/(DEFICIENCY) Loss on disposal of fixed assets OTHER INCOME Interest receivable and similar income NET RETAINED SURPLUS/(DEFICIENCY) FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR All of the activities of the charity are classed as continuing.

5

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Note

2007 £

2007 £

2006 £

11,768

6,935

FIXED ASSETS Tangible assets

10

CURRENT ASSETS Debtors

11

Cash at bank and in hand CREDITORS Amount falling due within one year

12

14,948

-

171,178

158,603

186,135

158,603

(33,939)

(25,972)

NETT CURRENT ASSETS

152,196

132,631

TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES

163,964

139,566

NETT ASSETS

163,964

139,566

FUNDS Restricted

13

48,835

37,605

Unrestricted

14

115,129

101,961

163,964

139,566

TOTAL FUNDS

The trustees are satisfied that the charity is entitled to exemption from the provisions of the Companies Act 1985 (the Act) relating to the audit of the financial statements for the year by virtue of section 249A(1), and that no member or members have requested an audit pursuant to section 249B(2) of the Act. The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for: (i)

ensuring that the charity keeps proper accounting records which comply with section 221 of the Act, and

(ii) preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity as at the end of the financial year and of its surplus or deficiency for the financial year in accordance with the requirements of section 226, and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Act relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the charity.

These financial statements were approved by the members of the committee on the 18 July 2007 and are signed on their behalf by:

Paul Shotton Stephen Foster Chairman Treasurer

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Notes 1.

ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of accounting The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice “Accounting and Reporting by Charities” (SORP 2000) and the Companies Act 1986.

Cash flow statement The trustees have taken advantage of the exemption in Financial Reporting Standard No 1 (revised) from including a cash flow statement in the financial statements on the grounds that the charity is small.

Fund accounting - Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity. - Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular purposes.

- Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms of an appeal.

Incoming resources All incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when the charity is entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income: - Voluntary income is received by way of grants, donations and gifts and is included in full in the Statement of Financial Activities when receivable.

Grants, where entitlement is not conditional on the delivery of a specific performance by the charity, are recognised when the charity becomes entitled to the grant.

2.

- Donated services and facilities are included at the value to the charity where this can be quantified. The value of services provided by volunteers has not been included in these accounts.

Resources expended Expenditure is recognised on an accrual basis as a liability is incurred.

Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates: - Costs of generating funds comprise the costs associated with attracting voluntary income.

- Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities and services for its beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them.

- Governance costs include those costs associated with meeting the constitutional and statutory requirements of the charity and include costs linked to the strategic management of the charity.

- All costs are allocated between the expenditure categories of the SOFA on a basis designed to reflect the use of the resource. Costs relating to a particular activity are allocated directly, others are apportioned on an appropriate basis e.g. floor areas, per capita or estimated usage as set out in the notes to the accounts.

Fixed assets Fixed assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. The costs of minor additions are not capitalised.

Depreciation Depreciation is calculated so as to write off the cost of an asset, less its estimated residual value, over the useful economic life of that asset as follows: - Fixtures & Fittings - 25% straight line

DONATIONS Unrestricted Funds £

Restricted Funds £

Total Funds 2007 £

Total Funds 2006 £

1,125

-

1,125

988

Unrestricted Funds £

Restricted Funds £

Total Funds 2007 £

Total Funds 2006 £

Wiltshire County Council

6,280

-

6,280

3,213

West Wiltshire District Council

5,269

-

5,269

7,000

Other Local Councils

2,000

-

2,000

-

29 Duke Street set-up donations

7,812

-

7,812

-

15,000

-

15,000

103,932

819

-

819

-

154,901

-

154,901

-

Westlea Housing Association

-

33,768

33,768

23,053

Norie Trust

-

2,500

2,500

2,500

Charles Hayward Foundation

-

7,500

7,500

-

Individuals in Need

-

-

-

300

Community Safety Partnership

-

-

-

4,890

Big Lottery Fund

-

53,692

53,692

35,340

Connexions

-

13,466

13,466

-

Wiltshire Probation Office

-

11,389

11,389

-

LankellyChase Foundation

-

13,416

13,416

7,583

Henry Smith Charity

-

11,917

11,917

10,083

BBC Children in Need

-

20,369

20,369

19,989

Donations, legacies and similar incoming resources

3.

GRANTS RECEIVABLE

Supporting People Room Hire Community4

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R J Harris Charitable Trust

500

-

500

500

Kennet District Council

-

-

-

4,213

SureStart

-

1,622

1,622

-

Trusts

3,500

5,625

9,125

12,255

Other

1,778

-

1,778

5,825

Chippenham Borough Lands Charity

-

6,000

6,000

5,000

Hayley Richards fund

-

-

-

2,707

197,859

181,264

379,123

248,383

The above figure for grant income includes monies where the receipt has unconditionally been confirmed at the year end although the money has not yet been received (accrued income) and excludes elements of grants received but which relate specifically to future periods (deferred income).

4.

CHARITABLE TRADING INCOME

There are no direct trading activities.

5.

INTEREST RECEIVABLE Unrestricted Funds £

Restricted Funds £

Total Funds 2007 £

Total Funds 2006 £

7,949

-

7,949

6,666

Unrestricted Funds £

Restricted Funds £

Total Funds 2007 £

Total Funds 2006 £

160,897

45,726

206,623

170,211

Crisis payments

-

999

999

3,261

Art workshop costs

-

-

-

260

Mother and baby equipment

-

-

-

6,374

160,897

46,725

207,622

180,106

Travel costs

474

20,888

21,362

15,762

Staff training

727

3,566

4,293

584

-

4,539

4,539

-

703

6,344

7,047

-

-

1,174

1,174

-

310

-

310

-

Creche costs

-

1,135

1,135

2,326

Sundry expenses

-

353

353

-

User travel

-

56

56

-

17,299

230,592

247,891

199,750

Staff Costs £

Grants Paid £

Total 2007 £

Total 2006 £

206,623

-

206,623

170,211

999

-

999

3,261

Art workshop costs

-

-

-

260

Mother and baby equipment

-

-

-

6,374

207,622

-

207,622

180,106

Bank interest receivable

6.

COSTS IN FURTHERANCE OF CHARITABLE OBJECTS

Provision of charitable services: Wages and salaries

Support costs:

Rent and room hire Telephone Printing, postage and stationery Advertising

Analysis of provision of charitable services: Wages and salaries Crisis payments

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7.

MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION Unrestricted Funds £

Restricted Funds £

Total Funds 2007 £

Total Funds 2006 £

Salaries

10,748

67,809

78,557

9,722

Office costs

19,899

13,097

32,996

29,839

Accountancy fees

-

1,570

1,570

2,069

Legal and professional

-

-

-

768

Interest payable

7

-

7

8

30,654

82,476

113,130

42,406

Staff Costs

Depreciation

Other Costs

£

£

£

Total Funds 2007 £

Total Funds 2006 £

206,623

-

41,268

247,891

199,750

78,557

4,282

30,284

113,123

42,406

285,180

4,282

71,552

361,014

242,156

361,014

242,148

7

8

8.

TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED

Direct charitable expenditure Management and administration

Total expenditure: In Statement of Financial Activities Interest payable and similar charges Loss on disposal of fixed assets

2,778

-

363,799

242,156

2007 £

2006 £

Wages and salaries

263,719

165,990

Social security costs

21,461

13,943

285,180

179,933

2007 No

2006 No

16

12

2007 £

2006 £

26,868

10,273

In Statement of Financial Activities as above

The aggregate payroll costs were:

Particulars of employees: The average number of staff employed by the charity during the financial year amounted to: Number of administrative staff

Other costs: Premises Legal and professional

1,570

2,837

Other

45,892

47,890

Total Expenditure

74,330

61,000

Operating surplus/deficit is stated after charging:

2007 £

2006 £

Depreciation

4,282

1,223

9.

OPERATING SURPLUS/DEFICIT

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TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

11.

DEBTORS

Fixtures & fittings £ COST

Other debtors

At 1 April 2006

11,776

Additions

11,893

Disposals

(6,540)

At 31 March 2007

17,129

Prepayments

12.

2007 £

2006 £

9,256

-

5,692

-

14,948

-

2007 £

2006 £

CREDITORS

Amounts falling due within one year

DEPRECIATION At 1 April 2006

4,841

Charge for the year

4,282

Bank overdraft

-

5,758

(3,762)

Trade creditors

8,449

-

25,490

20,214

33,939

25,972

Balance at 31 March 2007 £

Disposals At 31 March 2007

5,361

Accruals and deferred income

NETT BOOK VALUE At 31 March 2007

11,768

At 31 March 2006

6,935

13.

UNRESTRICTED FUNDS

General Fund Supporting People Community4

14.

Balance at 1 April 2006 £

Incoming £

Outgoing & Transfers £

93,589

37,032

(24,581)

106,040

8,372

15,000

(23,372)

-

-

154,901

(145,812)

9,089

101,961

206,933

193,765

115,129

Balance at 1 April 2006 £

Incoming £

Outgoing & Transfers £

Balance at 31 March 2007 £

7,640

33,768

(31,226)

10,182

RESTRICTED FUNDS

Newburn House (Mother & Baby Unit) Art Worker

686

-

(686)

-

1,291

-

(1,291)

-

Art Workshops (Buckley Barracks)

362

-

(362)

-

Art Workshops (Bradford on Avon)

117

-

(117)

-

Support Workers

130

-

(130)

-

Salisbury & Kennet Development

875

53,692

(45,722)

8,845

1

-

(1)

-

WCC Teenage Pregnancy Fund

2,000

-

(999)

1,001

Perpetrator programme

8,819

29,083

(25,574)

12,328

Children’s Domestic Violence Worker

9,642

16,619

(20,879)

5,382

Domestic Violence Workshops

5,074

-

(2,806)

2,268

Chippenham Families

-

6,000

(6,000)

-

SureStart

-

1,622

(1,069)

553

Charles Hayward Foundation

-

7,500

(4,690)

2,810

Connexions

-

13,466

(11,758)

1,708

Children’s Domestic Violence

-

2,500

(1,866)

634

Individuals in Need Crisis Fund

Tuesday Group

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Lloyds TSB Foundation Women’s Safety Worker

-

5,625

(5,952)

(327)

-

11,389

(7,938)

3,451

Welcome packs

710

-

(710)

-

Workroom Refurbishment

258

-

(258)

-

37,605

181,264

170,034

48,835

NEWBURN HOUSE, the Mother and Baby residential Unit in Trowbridge, is provided with funding from Supporting People through Westlea Housing Association.

THE CRISIS FUND is for the purpose of meeting the emergency needs of particular families. A grant is specifically raised and then administered on an individual basis.

ART WORKSHOPS are seen as an effective way to overcoming depression, isolation and low self esteem and is part of the Salisbury & Kennet development funded by the Big Lottery.

SALISBURY AND KENNET (Community Involvement) This project has enabled us to develop services in two districts of Wiltshire. Funding has been provided by The Big Lottery Fund. Part of the project incorporates structured group initiatives like art workshops and the Freedom Programme which is run in partnership with NCH. TEENAGE PREGNANCY IMPLEMENTATION FUND is a “pot” being held for service users linked to Newburn House for resettlement when they are allocated an independent tenancy to help with home set up costs.

‘MAKING CHANGES’ DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WORKSHOPS have been funded by fundraising by the family of the late Hayley Richards.

CHIPPENHAM FAMILIES is funded by Chippenham Borough Lands Charity for the development of the activities of the charity in the Chippenham Borough. This grant enables us to print special leaflets, helps to pay for the “low cost” phone number and provide support services.

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THE CHILDRENS PROJECT is to provide a Children’s Domestic Violence Support Worker and is funded by BBC Children in Need, The HBOS Foundation, The Norie Trust, The LankellyChase Foundation and The R J Harris Charitable Trust.

KIDZPACE is for teenagers damaged through witnessing domestic violence and is funded by Connexions and the Charles Hayward Foundation.

SURESTART: The Avenue Children’s centre is funded through Wiltshire County Council.

COMMUNITY4 is the housing related floating support service funded by Supporting People.

EVALUATION/MONITORING WORK is funded by Lloyds TSB Foundation WOMEN’S SAFETY WORKER is funded by the Probation Service CHILDREN’S DV SUPPORT provides a Children’s Domestic Violence Support Worker and is funded by BBC Children in Need, The Norie Trust, West Wilts District Council, Kennet District Council, The LankellyChase Foundation and The R J Harris Charitable Trust.

THE MEN’S GROUP has been set up to work with perpetrators of domestic violence with funding from The Henry Smith Charity, The LankellyChase Foundation, Community Safety Partnership and The Norman Family Charitable Trust.

ANALYSIS OF NETT ASSETS (between restricted and unrestricted funds) Tangible fixed assets £

Other nett assets £

Total

Restricted funds

3,923

44,912

48,835

Unrestricted funds

7,845

107,284

115,129

11,768

152,196

163,964

16.

£

COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE

Splitz Support Service (SORP 2005 Chairty) is a company is limited by guarantee and does not have any share capital.

The following page does not form part of the statutory financial statements which are the subject of the accountant’s report on page 18.

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Annual Report and Statement of Accounts 2006-2007

Balance Sheet 2007 £

2007 £

2006 £

1,125

988

INCOME Donations, legacies and similar incoming resources

185,839

22,943

Supporting People

15,000

103,932

Westlea Housing Association

33,167

23,053

Trusts and Foundations

77,016

57,910

Town, Parish, District and County grants

Individuals in Need

-

300

Big Lottery Fund

53,692

35,340

Other

14,409

2,198

-

2,707

Hayley Richards Fund Bank interest receivable

7,949

6,666

388,197

256,037

CHARITABLE EXPENDITURE Art workshop costs Crisis payments Mother and baby equipment

-

260

999

3,261

-

6,374

Rent and room hire

4,539

-

Telephone

7,048

-

Printing, stationery and advertising

1,484

-

206,623

170,211

21,418

15,762

Wages and salaries Travel costs Subscriptions

105

-

Staff training

4,293

584

Creche costs

1,135

2,326

247

-

-

972

Utilities User travel

247,891

199,750

MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION Wages and salaries

78,557

9,722

Rent and room hire

6,175

8,552

Utilities

1,126

464

Insurance

2,966

1,257

Repairs and maintenance Telephone Secretarial assistance

419

-

-

3,235

-

1,917

Printing, postage and stationery

4,091

11,116

IT support

1,271

58

Travel expenses Accountancy fees Legal and professional Sundry expenses Set up costs Duke Street

771

-

1,570

2,069

-

768

499

2,017

11,396

-

(Profit)/loss on disposal of fixed assets

2,778

-

Depreciation of fixed assets

4,282

1,223 115,901

42,398

Bank interest payable

7

8

TOTAL EXPENDITURE

363,799

242,156

24,398

13,881

INTEREST PAYABLE

NETT INCOMING/(OUTGOING) RESOURCES FOR THE YEAR

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Spli tz Su p p o r t S e r v ice

Thank You Splitz would like to thank the following individuals, groups, trusts and organisations for their support in 2006-07

Trusts, grant awarding bodies and contracts Anchor Trust Barnardoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s BBC Children in Need Big Lottery Fund Charles Hayward Foundation Chippenham Borough Lands Charity Christchuch Mothers Union Community First Connexions Coutts Charitable Trust Kingston Trust LankellyChase Foundation Lloyds TSB Foundation Messrs Virgin, Powell & Mason Norie Trust R J Harris Charitable Trust Relief in Need Charity Rotary Club of Wessex Sir Cliff Richard Charitable Trust St Jamesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Trust Supporting People The Archer Trust The Bellinger Donnay Charitable Trust The Greenacres Trust The Hedley Foundation The Henry Smith Charity Westlea Housing Association Wiltshire Probation Service

Councils West Wilts County Council West Wilts District Council North Somerset District Council Bradford on Avon Town Council Calne Town Council Corsham Town Council Cricklade Town Council Devizes Town Council Melksham Town Council Melksham Without Parish Warminster Town Council Westbury Town Council

Individuals Denice Hilbred J & A Clark S Foster R J Hinton J Richardson

Splitz Support Service 29 Duke Street Trowbridge Wiltshire BA14 8EA Telephone VoIP Facsimile Text Email

01225 777724 05600 763646 01225 774405 07912 773043 splitz@splitz.org

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