REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1078145
TRUSTEES' REPORT AND
UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2025
FOR
THE CLAUDIA JONES ORGANISATION
Leroy Reid & Co Chartered Certified Accountants 299 Northborough Road Norbury London SW164TR
THE CLAUDIA JONES ORGANISATION
CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2025
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THE CLAUDIA JONES ORGANISATION
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2025
TRUSTEES Glenda Kirwan (Chair) Claudia Phillips (Treasurer) Clarisse Fanny Bipat (Secretary) Louanne Modeste- Sampson Corinth Mingo Abeke Phillips Vivienne Marie Millicent Isola Reid Efua Louisa Augustine-Fraser (appointed 8.11.24) Angela Lancaster (resigned 9.4.24) Chantel Bell (resigned 18.9.24)
PRINCIPAL ADDRESS 103 Stoke Newington Road London N16 8BX REGISTERED CHARITY 1078145 NUMBER
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER Leroy Reid & Co Chartered Certified Accountants 299 Northborough Road Norbury London SW164TR
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THE CLAUDIA JONES ORGANISATION
TRUSTEES' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2025
The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31st March 2025. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
Objectives and Activities
Status
The organisation was established in 1982 and it is a registered charity 1078145. During the year, the organisation was registered as a Company Limited by Guarantee No: 11860045. The members of the Management Committee confirmed that the provisions of the Charity's Governing document have been complied with throughout the year under review.
Public Benefit
Trustees have given due regard to the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit in forming its strategies for the year. The public benefits of our work are related to our aims as set out in the objectives contained in the constitution to improve the lives of African Caribbean Women and their families from the communities we work with in London Borough of Hackney and surrounding districts. Our services are free and open to the section of the public who we exist to help.
The strategies employed during the year to achieve the charity's aims and objectives are:
Empowering African Caribbean Women and their families to become more actively engaged in their own development through some of the following activities.
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Providing a culturally sensitive VAWG service. Culturally Sensitive 1:1 Counselling, which considers the unique life journeys experienced primarily by women
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from the Caribbean communities in the diaspora. Providing culturally sensitive family support and advocacy services
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Group Therapeutic Spaces, skills development, and peer support- Arts wellbeing for women. Parent Champion Volunteer programme - collaborating with parents primarily in London Borough of Hackney
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Provision of activities which directly supports the wellbeing of children and young people
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Thinking space Group Therapeutic CJO’s culturally sensitive service addressing emotional health and wellbeing.
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Increase partnership working that supports victims of the Windrush scandal.
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Provision of a weekly food hub, due to the economic crisis Provision and hosting of various Workshops and dissemination of information on topics which impact their
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- lives such as education, health, wellbeing, mental health, climate change, welfare benefits, etc
Our Purpose and Activities
Our charity's purposes are to: advance education amongst African Caribbean Women and families in relation to formal education, health education, cultural and social education, and provide a meeting space where the community can come together to develop strategies which contribute to the personal development of individuals, families.
ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE
CJO relies on grants, partnership contracts and donations to cover its operating costs. CJO trustees and financial team are constantly on the lookout for opportunities to fund the services which we provide, over the years we have seen growing demands on service provision and this financial year this trend has continued. We saw a considerable increase in demand for our services as the economic crisis negatively impacted our community in terms of financial poverty.
CJO is therefore particularly proud of its achievement as our income this year increased by 44% from £212,580 to £306,958, enabling us to respond to the higher service demands. CJO also continued to develop and improve our website which has supported the dissemination of information about our service provision and increased our online presence and giving easy access generally and for our donation platform.
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CJO was particularly pleased to secure £66,050 in Women’s Aid grant funding for service users and clients who have experienced domestic violence. These funds supported women and their families with resettlement, helped them rebuild their lives, and enabled future planning. CJO staff applied for this funding on behalf of beneficiaries, acting as a conduit, and performed strongly in achieving a high level of direct financial support.
During the 2024/25 financial year, total expenditure from this fund amounted to £39,943 in direct payments to beneficiaries. The funding assisted individuals with settling debts, purchasing essential household items, accessing further advocacy support, and provideda vital lifeline to those who benefited. The remaining balance of £26,107 will be carried forward for use in the 2025/26 financial year to continue supporting beneficiaries.
Partnerships, Grant Funded Provisions, Donors and Volunteers
CJO would like to thank our partnerships, grant funders and all those who made donations in supporting the work of the various projects in the organisation. Your consideration is most appreciated. These include Refuge, London Community Foundation (LCF), Stand With Us Rosa (ROSA), Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC), Action for Race Equality (ARE), London Borough of Hackney, Migrant Advice and Support Fund (MASF), Greater London Authority (GLA), IMKAAN, The Felix Project (weekly food donations), Kingsway International Christian Centre (KICC-yearly Christmas food hamper donations)The Indigo Trust and all who made individual donations and personal contributions. We also thank our members and volunteers for their ongoing dedication and support.
OUR SERVICES
Violence Against Women and Girls [VAWG]
During this financial year, CJO was grateful to receive Partnership funding from Refuge specifically to provide 'py and for' services, primarily to provide advocacy and support Caribbean women who experience domestic abuse and other VAWG issues. We also received a grant from London Community Foundation [LCF, MOPAC] to provide further support to CIO VAWG services, enabling us to reach a greater number of survivors, as well as improving and extending our service provision.
Counselling
During this reporting period CJO was funded to and provided a 1:1 Culturally Sensitive Counselling Service as part of a holistic VAWG provision, primarily for Domestic Abuse clients.
CJO has also provided 1:1 culturally sensitive counselling for Windrush clients on a limited basis due to funding constraints.
Group Therapeutic Interventions
Thinking Space
During this financial year CJO‘s Thinking Space operated both online and in person, for twice monthly talking therapy meeting for women who have experienced gender-based violence and any kind of trauma. This is a woman only group and feedback received would indicate that it has been a valuable and positive space for al! those who participated.
Arts and Wellbeing
CJO provided an Arts and Wellbeing project which is a protected women only space enabling participants to draw and create craft pieces symbolising their lived journeys. Creations are displayed in the Art Gallery on the ground floor of our building, giving service users a platform to share experiences safely and celebrate their creativity.
Domestic Abuse Awareness -VAWG Workshop
These workshops are designed to raise awareness among the VAWG client group, raising issues about gender-based violence, issues of power and control and abuse. These workshops are culturally sensitive and are designed to reflect the images and needs of the women, some of who has suffer extensively due to strongly held cultural and religious beliefs.
Windrush Justice Project
CJO continued to work in partnership with the Windrush Justice Clinic providing support from initial referral to conclusion of compensation cases. We worked with three university law schools and community law centres ensuring victims receive the compensation which they deserve. In this partnership CJO supported the victims/ survivors to ensure that their basic welfare, emotional needs and wellbeing are being met, addressed during the application process. The Windrush Justice Clinic provide free access to legal support for those requiring it.
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Parent Champions Project
CJO received funding during this financial year from London Borough of Hackney for our Parent Champions project, which focusses on recruiting Parent Champion Volunteers, whose function is to support other parents with contextual safeguarding issues, helping to build /raise awareness, provide support, signposting, make referrals under the guidance of the Parent Champion Coordinator. This project is very important in ensuring that families in our community have access to safeguarding children and young people at a basic grass root level in schools, playgrounds, gym, shops, workshop, supermarket ete This project also supports the running of a two weekly non -therapeutic group, where discussions are led by participants.
Family Support
Family Support is a fundamental part of CJO's work with African Caribbean families in the Community. Due to the well documented negative impact on these families when they intersect made with the wider community, CJO is well placed and has represented, supported and advocated on their behalf. During this financial year there has been no let-up in the complexity of family challenges heightened by the recent economic crisis which has impacted the vulnerable in our community most severely.
CJO has dealt with a growing number of complex cases which were often a combination of housing, immigration, poverty, literacy, No Recourse to Public Funds and an increase in the number of families coming up against universal benefits, multi-assessment barriers when trying to access services for themselves and their families. At CJO we provided holistic support for African Caribbean heritage women and their families by developing our ability to work within their local context and understanding the structural and intersectional barriers that may hinder.
This work was supported by Claudia Phillips, experienced Social Worker & Practice Educator, supervising London Metropolitan University social work students on placement and other volunteers thereby enabling further resources at the disposal for the organisation's service provision.
CJO Elder's Support
This project is run mainly by a volunteer who acted as a listening ear to the elders, reducing isolation, advocating and sign posting to appropriate services both internally and externally. Some of this group receive a service under other areas of our work such as family support. Some smaller grants and donations has enabled us to undertake activities with this group however there is a growing need for specialised service development in this area.
Food Hub
CJO’s established this service in response to a survey which showed this to be a major need for parents and children in the community. During this financial year this service was run by mainly by volunteers and a paid driver, who were recruited to collect, package food and other essential items for distribution to the families in need. Most of these families attending the food hub were referred through CJO’s other services and by members of the local community. CJO had limited ability to deliver food to our Food Hub families who are unable to collect.
To support this service CJO arranged a volunteer a driver to collect and distribute dry and fresh goods to some people each week. The Food Hub lost the use of a local venue and is now operating in reduced accommodation on Saturdays at our offices.
Women's Environmental Network (Wen) Climate Sisters Partnership Project:
Throughout this year we worked in partnership with the Women's Environmental Network, the Climate Sisters Project which empowered CJO women who participated in a series of workshops over 6 months to learn about the impact of climate change using their lived experience, each researched and developed a creative project for display at a local community gallery.
Service users were able to link climate change to their lives and developed projects of their choice with creative expression. All women were empowered to do a presentation in front of a wider community audience. Participants were given the opportunity to showcase their ideas through art, helping them reclaim silenced voices, build confidence and connect with others. This project helped women to relate climate to their daily lives draws parallels between environmental and social justice, raising awareness about pressing global issue and the way it related to their daily lives.
Community Events
CJO undertook several events over the year, some examples include the following:
Windrush Elders' Events- designed to reduce isolation and bring them together
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Families Christmas Party -This event brought together some of the most vulnerable women and their families affected by poverty and domestic abuse in our community to celebrate in a warm, festive setting.
Families Trips- to places of interest and cultural significance.
Black History Event- quiz night, activities, cultural leaming and events.
International Women's Day- empowerment workshops, discussions and awareness for women.
Macmillan Coffee Morning- cancer support, attendees connected over donated baked goods and learned about cancer, healthy living, how to check one’s self, services which included health and wellbeing tips. These events provide non-judgmental spaces for survivors to build confidence, share experiences, and engage with support services and discussions about CJO's programmes.
Energy Workshops - energy saving discussion around keeping warm, using energy saving light bulbs saving.
Staff Recruitment and Retention
During the financial year, CJO staff team consists of 12 employees.
CJO had one full time member of staff: all other staff were employed on a part-time basis. Recruitment and retention have been an issue during this financial year, finding suitable experience and qualified staff had provided CJO with some difficulties initially. During this period CJO Trustees managed to recruit our now highly dedicated and skilful staff team and volunteers who work together to deliver positive and impactful outcomes in service delivery.
CJO has also been fortunate to maintaining stability our senior management team whose hard work have made a substantial difference in ensuring longer term support and supervision for our staff and volunteer team ensuring support, consistency in service standards and delivery. Trustees are particularly proud the retention of our highly experienced and qualified Gender Based Violence Against Women and Girls and Families Service Manager, Clinical and Operation lead. It is the hard work of our senior management team in conjunction with their colleagues which has made a substantial difference in ensuring long term reputation and sustainability and success of this organisation.
CJO continued to positively offer clinical supervision to its staff team and volunteers as well as advocate for access to training and development, as it contributes to well-being and personal development and the charity's goals.
During this period, we appointed an Interim Director who served during the financial year, but funding constraints brought an end to her services. Securing long term funding would go a long way towards helping CJO in the retention of our staff.
Trustees still contribute to the day-to-day operations of the charity due to funding limitations which impacted CJO's day-to-day operations. CJO aims to build a strong, resilient and successful workforce.
Clinical Supervision
The provision of Clinical Supervision for all staff remains an essential part of supporting the work that we provided during the year. This is generally provided by CJO's clinical lead, unless otherwise requested.
Organisational Risk Management and Internal Control
As part of managing organisational risk, a review is undertaken to provide Trustees confirmation that the organisation is not on an on-going basis exposed to an unacceptable level of preventable risk.
Management will undertake on-going monitoring of the level of risk and reports on this to Trustees. Appropriate systems and procedures are being put in place to manage any risk and provide reasonable but not absolute assurance against occurrence. CJO continues to comply with GDPR.
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THE CLAUDIA JONES ORGANISATION
TRUSTEES' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2025
FINANCIAL REVIEW
The financial outcome for 2024/25 is set out in the Statement of Financial Activities. The incoming resources increased 44% from £212,580 to £306,958. The expenditure increased by 43% from £220,912 to £316,879.
Public Donations
CJO relies on grants and donations. We are grateful to all our donors who have continued to support the organisation during these tough economic times. Donations are also received through Give as You Live and through the CJO website, we would like to thank all our donors for their contribution to our work.
Cost of Generating Funds
Based on the results for the year-end financial position, the Management committee (Trustees) believes that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the future. For this reason, the management committee (Trustees) continues to adopt the 'going concern’ basis in preparing the financial statements.
RESERVES POLICY
The Trustees examined the charity's requirement for reserves considering the main risk to the organisation resulting from shortfall in funding. The Trustees considered that the equivalent of 3 months of the annual income of the charity should be maintained as reserves. At present the charity does not reach this level and the Trustees will be seeking to raise additional unrestricted income to fulfil its policy.
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Governing Document
The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust and constitutes an unincorporated charity. We are currently in the process of changing into a CIO.
Recruitment and Appointment of New Trustees
Trustees are selected in accordance with the Governing document at the Annual General Meeting by its membership. They are members of the charity who come from a range of backgrounds such as Social Work, Community & Organisational Development, Service user, GBV, Children & Families, Nurse, Educationalist, Legal. Trustees who served during the year are listed on the Reference and Administrative details page.
Decision Making
The Management Committee has overall responsibility for the Claudia Jones Organisation and meets on a bi-monthly basis.
Organisational Risk Management and Internal Control
As part of the risk management process a review is undertaken to provide the management committee (trustees) with confirmation that the organisation is not on an on-going basis exposed to an unacceptable level of preventable risk. Management will undertake on-going monitoring of the level of risk and reports on this to the Management Committee. Appropriate systems and procedures are being put in place to manage any risk and provide reasonable but not absolute assurance against occurrence.
FUNDS HELD AS CUSTODIAN FOR OTHERS
Apart from the Women’s Aid grant referred to above, the charity did not hold any funds as custodian on behalf of others during the year ended 31 March 2025.
TRUSTEES' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT
The trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice) including Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland”.
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TRUSTEES' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT[-][continued] The law applicable to charities in England and Wales, the Charities Act 2011, Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the trust deed requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charity for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to
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prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the trust deed. They 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.
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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE CLAUDIA JONES ORGANISATION
Independent examiner's report to the trustees of The Claudia Jones Organisation
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of The Claudia Jones Organisation (the Trust) for the year ended 31st March 2025.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under Section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 145(5)(b) of the Acct.
Independent examiner's statement
Since your charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a listed body. I can confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, which is one of the listed bodies.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by Section 130 of the Act; or 2s the accounts do not accord with those records; or
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the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
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I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
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THE CLAUDIA JONES ORGANISATION
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2025
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|INCOME|AND|ENDOWMENTS FROM|
|Donations|and|legacies|2|6,704|-|6,704|5,571|
|Charitable|activities|3|
|Charitable|activities|4,980|292,790|297,770|200,683|
|Other income|2,484|-|2,484|6,326|
|Total|14,168|292,790|306,958|212,580|
|EXPENDITURE|ON|
|Charitable|activities|4|
|Charitable|activities|24,089|292,790|316,879|220,912|
|NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)|(9,921)|-|(9,921)|(8,332)|
|RECONCILIATION|OF|FUNDS|
|Total|funds|brought|forward|1,065,511|-|1,065,511|1,073,843|
|TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD|1,055,590|:|1,055,590|1,065,511|
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|Tangible|assets|8|982,058|982,744|
|CURRENT|ASSETS|
|Debtors|9|63,708|45,318|
|Cash|at bank and|in hand|58,049|60,003|
|121,757|105,321|
|CREDITORS|
|Amounts|falling|due within|one|year|10|(48,225)|(22,554)|
|NET CURRENT ASSETS|73,532|82,767|
|TOTAL ASSETS|LESS CURRENT|
|LIABILITIES|1,055,590|1,065,511|
|NET ASSETS|1,055,590|1,065,511|
|FUNDS|12|
|Unrestricted|funds|1,055,590|1,065,511|
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The financial Statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on seed BQN.) QO Ail. and were signed on its behalf by:
Claudia Phillips -Treasurer
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STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2025
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| Cash generatedfrom operations | 14 | (1,954) | (9,593) |
| Net cash used in operating activities | (1,954) | (9,593) | |
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| the reporting period | (1,954) | (9,593) | |
| Cash and cash equivalents at the | |||
| beginning ofthe reporting period | 60,003 | 69,596 | |
| Cash and cash equivalents at the end of | |||
| thereportingperiod | 58,049 | 60,003 |
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2025
1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES
BASIS OF PREPARING THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The financial statements of the charity, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)’, Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
INCOME
All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds; it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
Grants receivables are recorded on the accrual basis whilst other voluntary income and donations are accounted for as received by the charity, except when donors' conditions have not been fulfilled, then the income is deferred.
EXPENDITURE
Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.
| Furniture and equipment | 20% |
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| Fixtures and fittings | 20% |
| Computer equipment | 20% |
| Freeholdproperty | Nodepreciation |
TAXATION
The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.
FUND ACCOUNTING
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.
PENSION COSTS AND OTHER POST-RETIREMENT BENEFITS
The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the charity's pension scheme are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate.
GOING CONCERN
At the time of approving the accounts, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, the trustees continue to adopt the going concem basis of accounting in preparing the accounts.
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- DONATIONS AND LEGACIES
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS- continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2025
| DONATIONS AND LEGACIES | ||||
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| Unrestricted | —_Restricted | Total | Total | |
| funds | funds | funds | funds | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Gift aid | 32 | . | 32 | - |
| Interest Received | 472 | . | 472 | 599 |
| Fees Collected | 6,200 | . | 6,200 | 4,972 |
| 6,704 | . | 6,704 | 5,571 | |
| INCOME FROMCHARITABLE ACTIVITIES | ||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||
| Charitable | Total | |||
| activities | activities | |||
| £ | £ | |||
| Refuge Pan London Floating Support | ||||
| 150,762 | - | |||
| Talisman Trust | 143 | - | ||
| UEL - University EastLondon | - | 4,600 | ||
| Rosa Fund | 25,000 | - | ||
| Imkaan | 750 | - | ||
| LB Hackney Business Grant | - | 76,598 | ||
| LondonCommunity Foundation (VAWG) | 50,000 | - | ||
| London community Foundation (FoodHub) | 10,000 | - | ||
| Women's Aid | - | 21,000 | ||
| Hackney(MOPAC) Parent Champion Project | 18,000 | 25,000 | ||
| London Metropolitan University | 1,980 | - | ||
| Action forRace Equality | 5,500 | 2,000 | ||
| HackneyCVS | - | 5,061 | ||
| Southall Black Sisters | - | 364 | ||
| MigrantAdvice& SupportFund | - | 48,970 | ||
| The Caring Family Foundation | - | 9,900 | ||
| Women's Environmental Network | 6,834 | 7,190 | ||
| Greater London Authority | 10,000 | - | ||
| Groundwork London (MASF) | 11,031 | - | ||
| Hackney Community Energy Fund | 4,770 | - | ||
| Indigo Trust | 3,000 | : | ||
| 297,770 | 200,683 |
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4, CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS- continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2025
| CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES COSTS | ||
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| Charitable activities | 316,879 | |
| DIRECT COSTSOF CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES | ||
| 2025 | 2024 | |
| £ | £ | |
| Staffcosts | 159,778 | 107,961 |
| Professional fees | 69,665 | 36,291 |
| Volunteer expenses | 3,412 | 1,531 |
| Education, training& workshops | 17,763 | 8,563 |
| Beneficiary costs | 10,522 | 14,069 |
| Rent, rates& water | 1,916 | 3,480 |
| Light& heat | 7,121 | 2,206 |
| Postage, stationery, printing&telephone | 14,309 | 12,320 |
| Repairs, maintenance, cleaning& security | 2,727 | 6,455 |
| Insurance | 1,894 | 3,175 |
| Donations& subscriptions | 10,472 | 4,831 |
| Travel, subsistence& general | 1,477 | 3,127 |
| Accountancy fees | 240 | 1,109 |
| Bank charges& interest | 335 | 197 |
| Recruitment Costs | 1,084 | 598 |
| Independent Examiner's fees | 2,646 | 2,520 |
| Hardware& Software | 3,353 | 1,497 |
| Food Distribution | 7,479 | 10,068 |
| Depreciation | 686 | 914 |
| 316,879 | 220,912 |
Professional fees of £69,665 (2024: £36,291) comprise fees paid to freelance contractors engaged in the delivery of services to clients on behalf of CJO. These costs were met from grant income received during the year.
6. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS
There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31st March 2025 nor for the year ended 31st March 2024.
TRUSTEES' EXPENSES
There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 3ist March 2025 nor for the year ended 31st March 2024.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS- continued FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2025
| STAFF COSTS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |
| £ | £ | |
| Wages and salaries | 152,690 | 103,757 |
| Social security costs | 5,142 | 3,029 |
| Other pension costs | 1,946 | 1,175 |
| 159,778 | 107,961 |
The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:
| 2025 | 2024 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Charitable | activities | 15 | 12 |
No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.
- TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
| Fixtures | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freehold | Plantand | and | Computer | ||
| property | machinery | fittings | equipment | Totals | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| COST ORVALUATION | |||||
| At Ist April2024 and | |||||
| 31st March 2025 | 980,000 | 54,917 | 8,061 | 33,874 | 1,076,852 |
| DEPRECIATION | |||||
| At Ist April 2024 | - | 54,917 | 8,061 | 31,130 | 94,108 |
| Charge foryear | - | - | - | 686 | 686 |
| At 31st March 2025 | - | 54,917 | 8,061 | 31,816 | 94,794 |
| NET BOOKVALUE | |||||
| At 31stMarch 2025 | 980,000 | - | . | 2,058 | 982,058 |
| At31stMarch2024 | 980,000 | : | . | 2,744 | 982,744 |
Included in cost or valuation of land and buildings is freehold land of £980,000 (2024 - £980,000) which is not depreciated.
Cost or valuation at 31st March 2025 is represented by:
| Fixtures | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freehold | Plant and | and | Computer | ||||
| property | machinery | fittings | equipment | Totals | |||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |||
| Valuation | in | 2016 | 662,212 | - | . | - | 662,212 |
| Valuation | in2022 | 2022 | 180,000 | - | - | - | 180,000 |
| Cost | 137,788 | 54,917 | 8,061 | 33,874 | 234,640 | ||
| 980,000 | 54,917 | 8,061 | 33,874 | 1,076,852 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|9.|DEBTORS:|AMOUNTS|FALLING|DUE|WITHIN|ONE|YEAR|
|2025|2024|
|£|£|
|Other|debtors|63,708|45,318|
|10.|CREDITORS:|AMOUNTS|FALLING|DUE|WITHIN|ONE|YEAR|
|2025|2024|
|£|£|
|Social|security|and|other taxes|728|1,449|
|Other|creditors|18,313|18,311|
|Pension|Liability|431|274|
|Women’s|Aid|beneficiary|Fund|26,107|-|
|Accrued|expenses|2,646|2,520|
|48,225|22,554|
|11.|ANALYSIS|OF NET|ASSETS|BETWEEN|FUNDS|
|2025|2024|
|Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
|fund|fund|funds|funds|
|£|£|£|£|
|Fixed|assets|982,058|-|982,058|982,744|
|Current|assets|95,650|26,107|121,757|105,321|
|Current|liabilities|(22,118)|(26,107)|(48,225)|(22,554)|
|1,055,590|:|1,055,590|1,065,511|
|12.|MOVEMENT|IN|FUNDS|
|Net|
|movement|At|
|At|1.4.24|in|funds|31,3.25|
|£|£|£|
|Unrestricted|funds|
|General|fund|1,065,511|(9,921)|1,055,590|
|TOTAL FUNDS|1,065,511|(9,921)|1,055,590|
|Net movement|in|funds,|included|in|the|above|are|as|follows:|
|Incoming|Resources|Movement|
|resources|expended|in|funds|
|£|£|£|
|Unrestricted|funds|
|General|fund|14,168|(24,089)|(9,921)|
|Restricted|funds|
|Restricted|fund|292,790|(292,790)|-|
|TOTAL FUNDS|306,958|(316,879)|(9,921)|
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12. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS- continued
Comparatives for movement in funds
| Net | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| movement | At | |||
| At 1.4.23 | in funds | 31.3.24 | ||
| £ | £ | £ | ||
| Unrestricted funds | ||||
| General fund | 1,073,843 | (8,332) | 1,065,511 | |
| TOTALFUNDS | 1,073,843 | (8,332) | 1,065,511 | |
| Comparative netmovement in funds, included in the above are as follows: | ||||
| Incoming | Resources | Movement | ||
| resources | expended | in funds | ||
| £ | £ | £ | ||
| Unrestricted funds | ||||
| General fund | 12,261 | (20,593) | (8,332) | |
| Restricted funds | ||||
| Restricted fund | 200,319 | (200,319) | - | |
| TOTALFUNDS | 212,580 | (220,912) | (8,332) | |
| 13. | RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES | |||
| There were no related party transactions for theyear ended 31st March 2025. | ||||
| 14. | RECONCILIATION OF NET EXPENDITURE TO NET CASHFLOW FROMOPERATING | |||
| ACTIVITIES | ||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||
| £ | £ | |||
| Net expenditure for the reporting period (as | per the Statement of | |||
| financial activities) | (9,921) | (8,332) | ||
| Adjustments for: | ||||
| Depreciation charges | 686 | 914 | ||
| Increase in debtors | (18,390) | (3,725) | ||
| Increase in creditors | 25,671 | 1,550 | ||
| Netcashusedinoperations | (1,954) | (9,593) |
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15, ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET FUNDS
| At 1.4.24 | Cash flow | At 31.3.25 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | £ | |
| Net cash | |||
| Cash atbankand inhand | 60,003 | (1,954) | 58,049 |
| 60,003 | (1,954) | 58,049 | |
| Total | 60,003 | (1,954) | 58.049 |
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DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2025
| 2025 | 2024 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | Total | |
| funds | funds | funds | funds | |
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS | ||||
| Donations and legacies | ||||
| Gift aid | 32 | - | 32 | - |
| Interest Received | 472 | - | 472 | 599 |
| Fees Collected | 6,200 | - | 6,200 | 4,972 |
| 6,704 | - | 6,704 | 5,571 | |
| Charitable activities | ||||
| Refuge Pan London Floating Support Service | - | 150,762 | 150,762 | - |
| Talisman Trust | - | 143 | 143 | - |
| UEL - University EastLondon | - | . | . | 4,600 |
| RosaFund | - | 25,000 | 25,000 | - |
| Imkaan | - | 750 | 750 | - |
| LB Hackney Business Grant | . | - | - | 76,598 |
| London Community Foundation (VAWG) | - | 50,000 | 50,000 | - |
| London community Foundation (Food Hub) | - | 10,000 | 10,000 | - |
| Women's Aid | - | - | - | 21,000 |
| Hackney(MOPAC) Parent Champion Project | - | 18,000 | 18,000 | 25,000 |
| London Metropolitan University | 1,980 | . | 1,980 | - |
| Action forRace Equality | - | 5,500 | 5,500 | 2,000 |
| Hackney CVS | - | - | . | 5,061 |
| Southall Black Sisters | - | - | . | 364 |
| MigrantAdvice& Support Fund | - | - | - | 48,970 |
| The Caring Family Foundation | - | . | - | 9,900 |
| Women's EnvironmentalNetwork | - | 6,834 | 6,834 | 7,190 |
| GreaterLondon Authority | - | 10,000 | 10,000 | - |
| Groundwork London(MASF) | - | 11,031 | 11,031 | : |
| Hackney Community Energy Fund | - | 4,770 | 4,770 | - |
| Indigo Trust | 3,000 | : | 3,000 | - |
| 4,980 | 292,790 | 297,770 | 200,683 | |
| Other income | ||||
| Donations and other fundraising | 2,384 | - | 2,384 | 6,234 |
| Membership | 100 | - | 100 | 92 |
| Total incoming resources | 14,168 | 292,790 | 306,958 | 212,580 |
| EXPENDITURE | ||||
| Charitable activities | ||||
| Wages | . | 152,690 | 152,690 | 103,757 |
| Social security | - | 5,142 | 5,142 | 3,029 |
| Carriedforward | - | 157,832 | 157,832 | 106,786 |
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|2025|2024|
|Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
|funds|funds|funds|funds|
|£|£|£|£|
|Charitable|activities|
|Brought|forward|-|157,832|157,832|106,786|
|Pensions|-|1,946|1,946|1,175|
|Professional|fees|1,500|68,165|69,665|36,291|
|Volunteer|expenses|922|2,490|3,412|1,531|
|Education,|training &|workshops|-|17,763|17,763|8,563|
|Beneficiary|costs|10,522|-|10,522|14,069|
|Rent,|rates &|water|-|1,916|1,916|3,480|
|Light &|heat|3,188|3,933|7,121|2,206|
|Postage,|stationery,|printing &|telephone|1,072|13,237|14,309|12,320|
|Repairs,|maintenance,|cleaning &|security|.|2,727|2,727|6,455|
|Insurance|1,894|-|1,894|3,175|
|Donations &|subscriptions|-|10,472|10,472|4,831|
|Travel,|subsistence &|general|-|1,477|1,477|3,127|
|Accountancy|fees|240|-|240|1,109|
|Bank|charges &|interest|335|-|335|197|
|Recruitment|Costs|1,084|.|1,084|598|
|Independent|Examiner's|fees|2,646|-|2,646|2,520|
|Hardware &|Software|-|3,353|3,353|1,497|
|Food|Distribution|-|7,479|7,479|10,068|
|Depreciation|of|tangible|fixed|assets|686|-|686|914|
|24,089|292,790|316,879|220,912|
|Total|resources|expended|24,089|292,790|316,879|220,912|
|Net (expenditure)/income|(9,921)|-|(9,921)|(8,332)|
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