Spinal Cord Injuries Australia Annual Report 2017-2018

ANNUAL REPORT 2017–2018

CONTENTS President’s Message 2 Chairman’s Report 3 Programs & Services 4 Selected Highlights 5 Key Partners & Funders 8 Revenue & Expenses 9 Governance 10 Board of Directors 11 Financial Review 12 Auditor’s Report 14 Credentials 16

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PRESIDENT SPINAL CORD INJURIES AUSTRALIA

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

by Christine Tink

I am both pleased and proud to present the President’s report to the 2018 AGM. It has been another successful year for SCIA, although not without its swings and roundabouts.

Firstly, accommodation. CHOICES NSW at Little Bay was placed in jeopardy with the news that funding support was to be withdrawn. It was resolved by the Board that we would temporarily continue the operation with our own funds, whilst alternative options are investigated.

However, on a more positive front in Western Australia, we received a provisional donation of $750,000 from LotteryWest, pending the sourcing of other funds. This will go towards financing the purchase of a home in Perth to provide accommodation in support of the spinal cord injured community in Western Australia.

SCIA’s property portfolio was further enhanced by the gift of a home in Belmore, Sydney, by the St George Association for People with Physical Disabilities. Their association was winding down and they were looking for a worthy recipient of its major asset. Fortunately we fit the criteria.

Plans for its future are in discussion.

Another organisation seeking a way forward in the world of fewer

government grants is Ability Advocacy, a small not-for-profit in the NSW Northern Rivers region.

Earlier this year the Board supported a merger, to complement our established NeuroMoves exercise service in Lismore.

Offsetting these positives was the need to dissolve SCIA’s Disability Employment Service due to funding. Approximately thirty clients were transferred to other DES providers. Our staff member was able to be re-deployed as we seek other opportunities in the disability employment space.

Growth was experienced across the NeuroMoves network, with increases in client numbers in almost every location. Current discussions for NeuroMoves revolve around managing growth and profitability.

Of major news in 2018 was the announcement of Peter Perry’s retirement after twelve years with SCIA. While sad to see Peter move on, the Board lost no time in selecting Dianne Lucas as our CEO for the future. We look forward to working with Dianne for the betterment of the lives of those living with a spinal cord injury through 2019 and beyond.

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CHAIRMAN’S REPORT

by Mark McCauley

I feel privileged to have been Chairman of a proactive and collaborative Board, committed to guiding Spinal Cord Injuries Australia (SCIA) into the commercial environment created with the rollout of the NDIS throughout Australia.

The Board believes a supportive and collaborative culture is critical to the on-going sustainability of an organisation.

In order to drive a performance culture, we need to ensure we have the right capabilities and experience.

Accordingly we are seeking to add information technology and financial management experience at Board level.

Dianne has been commissioned by the Board to review all our activities to ensure that we are reaching all our targets, and to look for further expansion. The Board is keen to ensure that the organisation becomes financially self-sufficient while still meeting the needs of our members.

A significant financial transaction during the last financial year was the sale of our Gymea property, which contributed in large fashion to our surplus for 2017/2018.

As our range of programs and services expand, we are well positioned to continue developing a sound financial base for the future.

I also report that our long standing Chief Executive Officer, Peter Perry, has retired from the organisation after ten years in that position and approximately two years before that as Chief Financial Officer. The Board is grateful to Peter for his long and dedicated service to SCIA.

On behalf of the Board, I would like to take this opportunity to thank our members for supporting our services, our leadership team for being proactive and forward thinking, all our staff for their dedication and belief that SCIA is here to make a positive difference to the people we serve.

I am pleased to announce that the Board has appointed Dianne Lucas as SCIA Chief Executive Officer. Dianne is an experienced company executive, most recently as Deputy CEO of the NSW St Vincent De Paul Society.

Finally, a thank you also to my fellow Board members for your volunteered time, experience and expertise.

STOP PRESS: NEW CEO

Dianne Lucas commenced her role as CEO in August 2018.

She replaces the retiring Peter Perry.

Dianne joins SCIA from St Vincent de Paul Society NSW where she led a number of programs and services, including disability, homelessness, health, drug and alcohol and community development.

SCIA Board Chairman Mark McCauley said, “Dianne brings a wealth of experience in complex organisations, a strong knowledge of government sectors and is an excellent communicator.”

Reflecting on her new role, Dianne says “I am very proud to be the new Chief Executive Officer for SCIA and look forward to continuing to advocate and deliver services which truly advance the rights, choices and entitlements for our current and future members and clients.”

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PROGRAMS & SERVICES Peer Support When your life is turned upside down by a spinal cord injury, the questions are endless. Re-learning your life, as a wheelchair user, is a journey. SCIA’s Peer Support team are in the hospital spinal units every week of that journey, answering every imaginable question, teaching skills, discussing issues – all from their own lived experience of spinal cord injury.

Accommodation Fully accessible accommodation provides a real-world space to re-learn skills and regain independence, outside of the hospital support system.

SCIA accommodation is also available for respite purposes, or when visiting Sydney for medical appointments.

Exercise NeuroMoves is an innovative, holistic, evidence-based exercise and therapy service designed for people living with a spinal cord injury and other neurological conditions. The clinical focus is to improve a person’s quality of life through increased mobility and function. The service is delivered by experienced physiotherapists and exercise physiologists with specialised equipment, at eleven sites around Australia.

NDIS Services SCIA Community Services team assists people living with a disability maximise their NDIS outcomes, through Plan Management and Support Coordination case management.

Employment Our Social Enterprise directly employs people with a physical disability.

Our wider employment service helps get people back into the workforce, through a range of practices, including job placement.

Policy & Advocacy Individual and systemic advocacy; working the corridors of power to change legislation.

Information & Resource Library

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Our Customer Service team provides relevant information, advice and referrals. Ask us any question, and if we can’t help you directly, we probably know someone who can. Our curated Resource Library is a vast collection of spinal cord injury and disability related materials. It is updated regularly and searchable online.

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SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR 107

Women make up 55% of our leadership team

31%

staff

have a disability

NeuroMoves

40

Our members

28%

NeuroMoves staff

1,888

members

300

Community Services

hours

400

NDIS Plan Management and Support Coordination clients

18 staff

Regional clients:

48 active clients using our occaisional emergency care service

120 Plan Management 80 Support Coordination

of free initial assessments

24,000 hours of exercise therapy

Canberra NeuroMoves was opened

37 of those are accessing it under the NDIS

support clients in Spinal Units

+50

with another 50 in the community

Customer interactions

Accommodation

Our members and clients spent in our short term accommodation for respite stays

(11 over 65 yrs and not eligible)

Peer Support

10,000

12 nights / month

500

135 peer

an increase of

30,000 hrs of clinical supervision of more than 500 students from 14 universities

Trials of REX BIONICS commenced

Advocacy

45

Individual advocacy cases

+ 18 NDIS APPEALS CASES

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HIGHLIGHTS

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KEY PARTNERS AND FUNDERS We are grateful for our funding and partner relationships. The support makes a world of difference to the programs and services SCIA is able to offer.

We strive to keep these relationships in good health by sharing the journey of our successes and challenges.

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Thank you and we look forward to your continued support.

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PROGRAM REVENUE & EXPENSES These charts show our diverse income sources, and our expenses by program and activity areas.

Full financial statements are available on the SCIA website.

Revenue

Exercise Employment NDIS Services Accommodation All Fundraising Other

Expenses

Exercise Employment NDIS Services Accommodation Peer Support Advocacy Marketing and fundraising Organisation costs

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GOVERNANCE Spinal Cord Injuries Australia (SCIA) places a very strong emphasis on its governance practices.

SCIA adopted a new constitution, based on the ACNC (Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission) Model Constitution, at the 2016 Annual General Meeting.

The majority of the Board by number must comprise persons that have a Severe Physical Disability. As at June 2018, the Board comprised of seven people. Six of those have lived experience of spinal cord injury, and five are current wheelchair users.

The Board and various sub-committees meet monthly.

SCIA’s Quality Management System is governed by the following controls: • SCIA’s Constitution • SCIA Board Bylaws • Disability Inclusion Act 2014 NSW • Disability Inclusion Regulation 2014 NSW

• N ational Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013. This is the legislation which establishes the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and the Agency known as the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA).

• NDIS Rules. Sets out the detailed operation of the NDIS. • National Standards for Disability Services. These are the standards our Policies and Procedures follow and are based on.

• Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Cth) Commonwealth • Work Health and Safety Act 2011 NSW No 10 • Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) Commonwealth • Anti-discrimination Act NSW 1991 SCIA also operates in accordance with relevant other Certificates of Currency.

For 2018-2019 these include: • Cyber Liability & Privacy Protection • Industrial Special Risks and Products Liability Wollongong • Management Liability Insurance • Medical Malpractice Civil Liability Insurance • Public & Products Liability • Motor Vehicle Fleet • Personal Accident Voluntary Worker • Workers Compensation WA • Workers Compensation NSW • Workers Compensation ACT • Workers Compensation VIC

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• Workers Compensation SA

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SCIA is committed to best practice governance; and actively working to ensure this remains so.

BOARD

OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS Christine Tink, President

Christine is the owner of an Australia-wide interiors and homewares business, selling to retail customers online; and directly to commercial customers. With a lifelong career in the fashion trade, and currently employing over twenty staff, Christine is fully engaged with the needs of modern business. A motor vehicle accident in 2008 left her with a C4/C5 spinal cord injury.

Mark McCauley, Chairman A former Solicitor and Senior Lecturer at the Sydney College of Law, Mark was admitted to Practice Law in June 1977. In 1988 Mark became a consultant to the international law practice Baker McKenzie and served as Head of the Corporate Division for five years. He was appointed lecturer at the College of Law in 1993 while still practising as a Commercial Consultant to various corporations. Mark sustained complete C5 quadriplegia as a result of a helicopter crash.

Stewart Calderwood Stewart’s corporate background is in the finance sector and he has more than 25 years’ experience in London and Australia, currently with Ord Minnett. Stewart brings to SCIA client relationship management experience across a wide range of institutional and corporate clients. Stewart became involved with the Back Up Trust, a UK charity, after a diving accident left him temporarily paralysed.

Brett Stevenson Brett has owned and run an independent business offering grain marketing and price risk management services to Australian farmers for over twenty years. Long-term committed client partnerships are the core of the business. Prior to that he spent time with Dalgety in commodity futures, and financial markets with ANZ, Midland and Swiss Bank Australia.

Brett’s spinal cord injury, resulted in C5/C6 incomplete quadriplegia.

Michael Rabbitt Michael has an extensive corporate career in the insurance industry at IAG and NRMA, which gives him a strong understanding of the needs of member-based organisations.

His wealth of experience includes managing profitable portfolios, leading teams of people and developing and implementing strategy. Michael became a paraplegic as a result of a compensable work accident in 1992.

Chris Nicholls Chris owns and manages an accessibility consultancy, occupational therapy service, and a start-up rehabilitation platform that utilises sensor technology.He has also held numerous management roles and worked at SCIA for ten years, has a background in IT, and is a current Board Member at Wheelchair Sports NSW. Chris is a T6 paraplegic after a motorcycle accident.

A senior executive with over twenty years corporate experience, coupled with sound strategic, risk and financial management skills. Brad spent over ten years at NRMA, the largest member-based organisation in Australia.

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Brad O’Hara

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FINANCIA Spinal Cord Injuries Australia

FINANCIAL REVIEW ABN: 93 001 263 734

Statement of Financial Position

Statement of Financial Position As At 30 June 2018 as at 30 JUNE 2018

Note ASSETS CURRENT ASSETS Cash and cash equivalents Trade and other receivables Financial assets

6 7 8

TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS NON-CURRENT ASSETS Property, plant and equipment

TOTAL NON-CURRENT ASSETS

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TOTAL ASSETS LIABILITIES CURRENT LIABILITIES Trade and other payables Short-term provisions

TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES Long-term provisions

TOTAL NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES

10 11

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TOTAL LIABILITIES NET ASSETS

EQUITY Retained surpluses

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TOTAL EQUITY

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2018

2017

2,503,343 613,908 2,501,286

380,014 540,965 2,431,097

5,618,537

3,352,076

1,145,884

2,001,274

1,145,884

2,001,274

6,764,421

5,353,350

1,814,449 781,695

790,087 776,395

2,596,144

1,566,482

59,750

93,167

59,750

93,167

2,655,894

1,659,649

4,108,527

3,693,701

4,108,527

3,693,701

4,108,527

3,693,701

$

$

*Notes referenced in the Financial Review form part of these financial statements and appear in full at scia.org.au/about-us/our-publications/annual-report/

The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.

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Spinal Cord Injuries Australia ABN: 93 001 263 734

Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income Statement ofEnded Profit or and other Comprehensive Income For the Year 30Loss June 2018 as at 30 JUNE 2018

2018

2017

5,375,857 3,190,031 295,933 547,490 152,738 71,513

3,766,238 4,433,982 929,592 272,006 145,586 72,748

9,633,562

9,620,152

(4,182,211) (2,902,852) (1,094,667) (439,519) (599,487)

(3,570,254) (3,489,710) (964,649) (517,054) (499,876)

(9,218,736)

(9,041,543)

Income tax expense Spinal Cord Injuries Australia

Surplus / (deficit) before income tax

414,826 -

578,609 -

Surplus ABN: 93 001/ (deficit) 263 734

414,826

578,609

414,826

578,609

Note Revenue Services income Government subsidies and grants Donations Other income Resident contributions Interest income Operating costs Community development Community services Administration Fundraising Marketing

4 4 4 4 4 4

5 5 5

for the year

Total comprehensive income for the year

Statement of Cash Flows

For the Year Ended 30 June 2018 Statement of Cash Flows as at 30 JUNE 2018 Note CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES: Receipts from customers Payments to suppliers and employees Donations received Interest received Receipt from grants Net cash provided by operating activities

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES: Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment Purchase of property, plant and equipment

Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents held Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

Cash and cash equivalents at end of financial year 6 The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.

2018 $

$

2017 $

5,516,757 (8,639,422) 295,933 72,774 3,990,577

3,732,161 (8,647,532) 929,592 72,748 4,499,285

1,236,619

586,254

1,392,301 (505,591)

80,757 (536,411)

886,710

(455,654)

2,123,329 380,014

130,600 249,414

2,503,343

380,014 8

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Net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities

$

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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT REPORT TO THEINDEPENDENT MEMBERS OF AUDITOR’S SPINAL CORD INJURIES AUSTRALIA Report on Financial Report TOthe THE MEMBERS OF SPINAL CORD INJURIES AUSTRALIA OpinionReport on the Financial Report We have Opinion audited the financial report of Spinal Cord Injuries Australia (the Company), which comprises the statement of financial position as at 30 June 2018, the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income, the statement of changes in equity and the statement of cash flows for the year then ended, and notes to We have audited the financial report of Spinal Cord Injuries Australia (the Company), which comprises the the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies, and the directors' declaration. statement of financial position as at 30 June 2018, the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income, the statement of changes in equity and the statement of cash flows for the year then ended, and notes to In our opinion, the accompanying financial report of the Company is in accordance with the Division 60 of the the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies, and the directors' declaration.

Australian Charities and Not-for-profit Commission Act 2012, including: In our opinion, the accompanying financial report of the Company is in accordance with the Division 60 of the (i) giving a true and fair view of the Company's financial position as at 30 June 2018 and of its financial Australian Charities and Not-for-profit Commission Act 2012, including: performance for the year ended; and (i) giving a true and fair view of the Company's financial position as at 30 June 2018 and of its financial (ii) complying with Australian Accounting Standards - Reduced Disclosure Requirements and the Australian performance for the year ended; and Charities and Not-for-profit Commission Regulation 2013. (ii) complying with Australian Accounting Standards - Reduced Disclosure Requirements and the Australian

Charities and Not-for-profit Commission Regulation 2013.

Basis for Opinion

We conducted ourfor audit in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards. Our responsibilities under those Basis Opinion standards are further described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Report section of our report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the auditor independence requirements of the We conducted our audit in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards. Our responsibilities under those Australian Charities and Not-for-profit Commission Act 2012 and the ethical requirements of the Accounting standards are further described in the Auditor's Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Report section of our Professional and Ethical Standards Board's APES 110 Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (the Code) report. We are independent of the Company in accordance with the auditor independence requirements of the that are relevant to our audit of the financial report in Australia. We have also fulfilled our other ethical Australian Charities and Not-for-profit Commission Act 2012 and the ethical requirements of the Accounting responsibilities in accordance with the Code.

Professional and Ethical Standards Board's APES 110 Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (the Code) that are relevant to our audit of the financial report in Australia. We have also fulfilled our other ethical We confirm that the independence declaration required by the Australian Charities and Not-for-profit Commission responsibilities in accordance with the Code.

Act 2012, which has been given to the directors of the Company, would be in the same terms if given to the directors as at the time of this auditor's report.

We confirm that the independence declaration required by the Australian Charities and Not-for-profit Commission We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our Act 2012, which has been given to the directors of the Company, would be in the same terms if given to the opinion. directors as at the time of this auditor's report.

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our Emphasis of Matter opinion.

We draw attention to Note to the financial statements which describes the revenue recognition policy of Spinal Emphasis of 1Matter Cord Injuries Australia, including the limitations that exists in relation to the recording of cash receipts from collection. Revenue from this source represents $ 55,049 which is 0.6% of the Company's overall revenue. Our We draw attention to Note 1 to the financial statements which describes the revenue recognition policy of Spinal opinion is unmodified in respect of this matter.

Cord Injuries Australia, including the limitations that exists in relation to the recording of cash receipts from collection. Revenue from this source represents $ 55,049 which is 0.6% of the Company's overall revenue. Our Responsibilities of Directors for the Report opinion is unmodified in respect of thisFinancial matter.

The directors of the Company are responsible for the preparation of the financial report that gives a true and fair view in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards - Reduced Disclosure Requirements and the Australian Charities and Not-for-profit Commission Act 2012 and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of the financial report that gives a true and fair view and is free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

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In preparing the financial report, the directors are responsible for assessing the the 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 directors either intend to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but Sydney to do so.

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from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial report, the directors are responsible for assessing the the 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 directors either intend to liquidate the Company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

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SCIA CREDENTIALS & ACCREDITATIONS • Australian Charities and Not-forProfits Commission • Entity: Registered Charity • Sub entity: Public Benevolent Institution • Operating in New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

• Australian Securities & Investments Commission • ACN 001 263 734 • ABN 93 001 263 734 Previous names: • Spinal Cord Injuries Australia Limited • The Australian Quadriplegic Association (22 November, 1974)

• Australian Taxation Office • Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR)

Our legal and financial advisors:

Board and Executive team profiles can be found at www.scia.org.au/aboutus

Address for service: 1 Jennifer Street, Little Bay, NSW, 2036 1800 819 775 Locations: Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Adelaide Perth Canberra

Sydney: Little Bay Woolloomooloo Lidcombe Zetland Liverpool Menai Penrith

Regional NSW: Lismore New England Northern Rivers Central West South Coast

1 Jennifer Street, Sydney NSW 2036 1800 819 775 www.scia.org.au