FRICA >° Annual Report 2023 -2024 ## **CONTENTS** ## **TABLE OF CONTENTS** |**Page**| |---| |A Message From The Chair 01| |Chief Executive Officer 02 - 05| |Business Development Manager 06 - 08| |Office and Finance Manager 09- 10| |iMATTER 11 - 12| |Outreach 13 - 15| |Operations Manager 16| |Student Placement 17| |Care For You 18| |Bereavement Service 19| |Counselling 20 - 21| |Advocacy For Change 22| |Communications Officer 23| |User Satisfaction Survey 2024 24 - 26| |Expenditure 27| |Staffing Structure 28| |Aknowledgement 29
| ## **A Message from The Chair** Once again I want to congratulate Sandwell African Caribbean Mental Heath foundation (SACMHF) on the absolutely fantastic work that has been carried out in the community and in the organisation with Staff and service users, the organisation has moved forward with great success over the last year and will continue to do so in the years ahead, and I am amazed to see how the staff has responded to the changes that has taken place and the willingness to work the with the vision of the ceo and to embrace the vision for the future of the organisation. I want to pay special tribute to the ceo Pat Johnson on her continuing leadership of the organisation, this year has been a challenging one as she faces and dealt with many challenges both in her personal life and within the organisation, making decision that has been challenging for the organisation. There has also personal challenges that she has faced and has dealt with these in a truly professional way and has continued to give leadership to the organisation, and I know I can speak for members of the Board of Directors and staff in our continuing support. To the Board of Directors, Sandwell Council, service users and community I want to pay tribute to you all in your continuing support of the organisation, this year we have seen changes in government, and I hope this will reflect on the future undertakings of the organisation. Therefore, as we plan expansion and vision of the ceo for the organisation going forward we will be working to strengthen the board of directors and to ensure that the staffing group continue to remain confident in the work and day to day activities. SACMHF is a vital organisation within the local community, and we want to ensure that it stays that way for the foreseeable future. ## Don Williams ## **The Chair** **Page 01** **Annual Report 2023 -2024** ## **Chief Executive Officer** ## **Partnerships & Networks** SACMHF was one of the early members of Communities in Sync (CIS) consortium when it was set up around 2016. CIS has been a vehicle through which SACMHF have been able to deliver on projects and services that would not have been possible if SACMHF had tendered independently.Winter Pressures, Wellbeing and Bereavement, Volunteering, Benefits & Welfare, Wider Determinants of Health services all represent projects and services delivered in partnership with other CIS member organisations. ## **Towards Sustainability** We have been planning our journey towards sustainability for several years now. As a small to medium sized charitable organisation, we made the decision to introduce trading to our income mix. The reliance on majority grant funding will not serve to support longevity and as such our plans have engaged and involved beneficiary groups and other stakeholders to gain an understanding of the changing external environment and how trading will facilitate greater financial freedom and offer long term sustainability. Support to assist the move towards sustainability was secured from the Social Investment Business Enterprise Development programme. Funding was secured to increase the hours of the Business Development Manager to increase work on developing a housing offer. Much progress was made, and we are now in a place where we are looking to securing a suitable premises. Our Support team will deliver floating and tenancy support. Catalyst 4 Change works with SACMHF to contribute to the certain of the work delivered by the West Midlands Combined Authority’s Mental Health Commission including the Black Thrive initiative and SACMHF beneficiaries contributed to the Patient Carer Race Equality Framework (PCREF) consultation piece. We are also delivering a service in partnership with Catalyst and Pohwer Advocacy. This is the Advocates for Change service which is a culturally appropriate advocacy service delivering across the Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board (ICB) footprint. The Race Equality Foundation regularly produce reports from research that has included our beneficiaries. The most recent piece of work conducted during the year focused on physical health checks for African Caribbean people experiencing severe mental illness. A video from this piece of work can be viewed on our website www.sacmhf.co.uk _**We have been planning our journey towards sustainability for several years now.**_ **Page 02** **Annual Report 2023 -2024** Healthwatch Sandwell work closely with our charity and the people who use our services have engaged in projects concerning Carers, Digital exclusion, and mental health. Some of our former service users have been welcomed to work for Sandwell Healthwatch in unpaid roles. It is important to note that Sandwell Healthwatch vision and values align to ours and they continue to work towards reporting on a range of health inequalities from their work across all community’s and voluntary sector organisations. This relationship will continue. A large cohort of students from a range of schools from Wolverhampton University come to SACMHF for placements during their training. We have and continue to support occupational therapy, mental health nursing and social work students. Their work whilst completing their placements involve case work and conditions management programmes. Nicola Richards MP has held surgeries at the Kuumba centre where she and her senior Case Worker Harry Lofthouse supported a group of clients to work through some of their social problems. Nicola continues to be supportive of our charity and Harry regularly works with managers to work through a range of issues concerning the premises. Our work to take on a community asset C3 would not have been possible without Nicola’s input for which we are hugely appreciative. Councillor Jackie Taylor meets with local Black leaders in Sandwell each month.This platform provides opportunities to meet with key strategic leaders, the offer of peer support and to discuss current issues affecting the sector. The most recent Chief Executive Officer of Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council kindly met with us to discuss our achievements and current challenges. SACMHF were approached by Aston University to invite a cohort of our beneficiaries to speak about their personal experiences of using mental health services and how this intersects with race and culture. This was a successful exchange and the feedback from the Pharmacy students was positive. Additional collaborations are being considered. **Page 03** **Annual Report 2023 -2024** ## **User Voices & Representation** Currently there is one beneficiary being inducted to be co-opted onto the board to support user representation at Board level. Work is being undertaken to recruit a young person onto the board too. Co-production meetings take place quarterly and comprises of a majority of beneficiaries with staff present in a supportive capacity. These meetings are minuted and clients are invited to present ideas for new services, discuss issues with current services and gaps in local service provision. Their views are used to hone our finance and fundraising strategy and ongoing plans for future service delivery to meet their evolving needs. The Biannual Strategic Planning Day was held in December 2023. This engagement event was moved to biannual instead of annual to allow sufficient time between events to achieve the organisational objectives discussed and agreed during the day. Certain of the agreed actions contribute to the operational plan which is reviewed each month and the plan updated accordingly. A community engagement event was held at C3 to engage local people in discussions around their needs and what they would like to see being offered in a new centre.This event was supported by Locality who helped to shape the event and who facilitated the workshop. Locality produced a report following the event and this will enhance the C3 business plan and aligned proposed activities and services to be delivered from C3 following the transfer of the asset. The Advocates for Change service is designed to support mainly people admitted to 6 psychiatric units across the Birmingham and Solihull ICB footprint who are from racialised communities to receive timely culturally appropriate advocacy to address their issues with the service received whist in hospital care. Some support is provided for communities and for people following discharge. This service has recruited people with lived experience, and this supports our view of the power of peer support. **Page 04** **Annual Report 2023 -2024** ## **What the Future Looks Like for SACMHF** Our charity takes seriously our service offer and protective of our ability to maintain and grow levels of service delivery into the future. The future will need to offer a mix of services open to local communities free at the point of use supported by grant funding and fee-paying services to generate much needed trading income. This is what we are working toward. In order to achieve this our infrastructure including governance, staffing and management structure, maintenance of our quality standard and the high levels of involvement and participation from people with lived experience will continue to be strengthened to support the achievement of our overall goal to become sustainable in the long term. Our dedicated paid and unpaid staff team must be thanked for their diligence and commitment demonstrated during the year despite the challenges faced. Their unswerving loyalty to our charity and beneficiaries is commendable and our journey to sustainability would falter without their contributions. Similarly, the people who use our services continue to challenge the stigma and misconceptions associated with mental health. Their challenge to accepted stereotypes and stigma comes from their personal achievements coupled with the work they do to support mental health awareness, volunteering for our charity and peer support. Our charity would mean nothing without them, and I hope they know how grateful we are to them for allowing us a window into their lives and to do the work that we do. The future of our charity and our journey towards sustainability remains a work in progress but we are inching closer. We will continue to take small steps towards achieving our goals and while we navigate the hurdles that will certainly present themselves during the forthcoming year, I ask that you consider taking a look at our website which presents a snapshot of the work we do and the outcomes achieved. Better still use our contact details and come and visit us and see what we do for yourselves, I don’t think you will be disappointed! ## Patricia Johnson ## **Chief Executive Officer** **Page 05** **Annual Report 2023 -2024** ## **Business Development Manager** Over the past year, we have looked at various business developments for the organisation. Work has been put in to establish a housing offer for our service users who suffer from mental health illnesses. It has been recognised that it is difficult for them to find suitable accommodation due to their complex needs. A housing folder has been completed with all the relevant documents such as service charge, signing up documents, occupancy agreement, and many more. Private landlords have been approached; housing viewings continue to be completed in search of suitable accommodation. A suitable house was secured, but unfortunately, the landlord pulled through, which left us back to square one. Relevant connections have been made with Sandwell Council, housing department for the necessary steps to take after securing a house. Organisations have been notified of our upcoming house offer in order to secure tenants, and a potential tenant list has been completed. Following securing a cycling grant from SCVO, storage facilities and bicycles have been purchased. A cycling instructor will be secured through Cycling UK or Sportswork Ltd to provide a cycling instructor to deliver cycling sessions to our service users in the hope that service users will become qualified trainers and can continue to run the group. This service will be open to all our service users. We celebrated Windrush 75 with food, music, entertainment, service users’ participation, drama, and many more. Staff, service users, and other organizations attended this event. **Page 06** **Annual Report 2023 -2024** ## **Co-production** Co-production has been running smoothly, and we continue to increase service user engagement. Service users have expressed a sense of being heard and that we have listened to them, taken action, and provided them with timescales. Recently, during our co-production meeting, service users visited our asset transfer, Charlemont Community Centre, following our strategic day. This was well attended, and service users felt involved and shared their thoughts on the building. ## **Volunteering** As part of the consortium with Communities in Sync (CIS), SACMHF delivered the UKSPF Volunteering Plus project. This was to give our specific communities opportunities to enhance their CVs, gain experience, and become more employable. We had volunteering roles such as Business Administrator, Outreach Support, and Fundraiser. Volunteering Plus was unique as it gave us an opportunity to work with other organisations and signpost volunteers so that they can gain their desired volunteering experience. We promoted this project using our social media platforms, attending and speaking at networking events across Sandwell, attending churches, and more. We hosted a “Calling All Volunteers” event that aimed to raise volunteering awareness within our specific communities. This was insightful for service users as they got to understand what volunteering entails and ask questions. As a result, this raised more interest and service users registered their interest. **Page 07** **Annual Report 2023 -2024** ## **Tech Connect** From this project Tech Connect was relaunched. This project aims to support service users and carers with technical support. Service user Chris Ogidih is volunteering to deliver weekly Tech Connect sessions to his peers. We were awarded laptops through CIS which has been used to deliver this project. Chris Ogidih commented that “Sessions are well attended, and substantial progress has been made by the service users, some service users were able to apply for jobs, upload CVs, fill out application forms online, register for Portway leisure and manage their email accounts. Overall, the users were grateful for the assistance given by the volunteers. This highlights the importance of the Tech connect sessions and I hope we can extend the service to include the wider community.” Tech connect has been successful as we have received positive feedback from service users and there has been an increased attendance and engagement. This project will continue after UKSPF funding has finished. ## **Arts and Crafts** One of our volunteers has delivered Arts and Crafts workshops for our iMatter service. This was well attended and sparked interest with our service users. Service users had the opportunity to tap into their creativity and showcase their creative talents. Another volunteer has delivered and will continue to deliver creative sessions for the Man II Man cohort. This has been a good experience for the volunteer as he expressed that it has increased his confidence and given him a positive exposure to people who suffer with mental health and the support they are given. Also, a well-experienced volunteer has delivered self-care workshops to our carers’ group which has been extend to all our service users. These sessions will continue bi-monthly. Lastly, volunteers have been signposted to organasations such as Sandwell Advocacy and Age Concern for befriending services. ## Summary Overall, SACMHF continues to make progress in securing funding opportunities and building relationships within our communities to support the needs of our service users. ## Melissa Machangara **Business Development Manager** **Page 08** **Annual Report 2023 -2024** ## **Office and Finance Manager** Sandwell African Caribbean Mental Health Foundation (SACMHF) has continued its success in obtaining grants to continue to provide a range of bespoke culturally responsive services. In particular, this financial year, it cannot go unmentioned as part of our success is down to being part of a consortium - Communities In Sync (CIS). The consortium consists of similar organisations that work to improve the well-being of local people, in particular marginalised, disadvantaged and vulnerable people. This financial year CIS has been successful in securing several grants, disseminated between the individual organisations according to their specialism to provide a range of services. This partnership has enabled SACMHF to deliver the following services: ## **COMMUNITIES IN SYNC** **----- Start of picture text -----**
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**BEREAVEMENT WINTER PRESSURES BENEFIT & WELFARE WIDER DETERMINANTS SHARED PROSPERITY SERVICE SMI OF HEALTH FUND (UKSPF)** Due to the success of The Winter Pressures This service provided SACMHF’s staff have Funding for this the partners delivering project is continued volunteering provided help and project was received the Caring for Carers funding from the opportunities along advice in a planned towards the end of the Service previous year to with a role description approach to signpost financial year which is (Bereavement support support Sandwell and training to individuals who have tailored to Sandwell service, covering the residents in need of volunteers within been diagnosed with residents who want to Birmingham area), mental health support. SACMHF or with other severe mental health get active to improve CIS was successful in The Winter Pressures’ local organisations. conditions to get the their and mental and securing further funding ended The programme aims benefits or support physical health. The funding in the form of partway through the where to increase they are entitled to. programme will the Birmingham financial year. This employment consist of walking and Bereavement & Wellservice was delivered opportunities, learn cycling groups in being Service (BBWS). by 7 CIS members, new skills, increase green spaces SACMHF’s BBWS’s SACMHF’s Wellbeing confidence, CV writing including our **‘Time to** Officer continues to & Recovery Workers and training **Grow** ’ gardening provide one-to-one were able to provide a opportunities. This project . The project bereavement support, range of bespoke programme has also aims to tailored to individual interventions to help produced some encourage peer-toneeds. individuals improve success stories where peer support and to their mental wellsome volunteers have help forge friendships. being. secured employment. ## **Big thanks to Communities In Sync Leads:** Nav Rai- Chief Executive Officer Nikki-Dee Haddleton - Operations Manager Luke McCubbin - Project Lead for the Bereavement Service. **www. https://communitiesinsync.info/** For a full details and further insights please see our income and expenditure for this financial year see page 27 for more information **Page 09** **Annual Report 2023 -2024** After being in the hairdressing trade for several years and having my first child, I thought this was the perfect time for a new direction. I went back to college to gain new qualifications in word processing. I had previously completed a BEC Business Diploma when I left school and with new qualifications, I could apply for an administrative position. After successfully gaining new qualifications in word processing, I began working for an employment agency on various assignments. One evening scrolling through the Thursday evening Mail, I came across an advert for a part-time administrative role, working 21 hours per week, providing administration support for an African Caribbean mental health charity. I was instantly inspired by the role. ## **Has it been 25 years already?** I was happy I got short-listed for the role but was so nervous on the way to the interview . I need not have worried; I was instantly put at ease by the friendly panel who interviewed me. I was successful in getting the position and my employment began on 28th September 1998. My role has evolved over the 25 years which has kept my role interesting, including providing outreach support to people who use services (PWUS) where I feel I have made a positive impact on improving their mental wellbeing. This has been so rewarding. Sandwell African Caribbean Mental Health Foundation (SACMHF) has invested in my development over time where I have continued to gain new qualifications which include NVQ level 3 Business Administration, AAT Accountancy level 2 and more recently Level 5 in Leadership and Management. A big thank you to Patricia Johnson CEO for my career development. My favourite memories over the years include the day we got the keys to Boulton Road Clinic which we renamed the Kuumba Centre - (Kuumba is Swahili for ‘Creativity‘), putting our stamp on the place and the first day we opened the doors and the services began. There have been endless day trips, outings including holidays abroad and events which have all been enjoyable and so memorable, seeing individuals going on to either make a full recovery or be able to manage their mental health and make positive progress. A big thank you also extends to Elaine Wilson, Themba Loxolo, Shane Ward, Melva Davis, Joyce Fletcher, Sophie Morgan-Genus & Doctor George Oslo Williams. Donna Campbell **Office and Finance Manager** **Page 10** **Annual Report 2023 -2024** ## **iMATTER** The iMATTER project has continued to provide culturally responsive mental health support for children and young people across Sandwell. Over the last 12 months we have certainly seen a need for us to increase our service offer to provide family support and feedback has been that this is very beneficial to improving their mental health and wellbeing. Included in this support, is a holistic approach towards working with a variety of family members offering them guidance. It has also included the delivery of targeted workshops focussing predominantly on promoting good mental health and well wellbeing. The iMATTER project has seen an increase in cross service interventions such as children and young people accessing our volunteering programme. We are proud to say that as part of our collaboration with Banardos, some of our young people successfully completed a 6-week programme known as ‘Mood Masters’ alongside members from our other services. This programme follows principles of CBT therapy and allows members to share experiences, personal struggles, and their own self-care strategies. At the end of the course, we held a small celebration where young people were able to share their highlights and learning from completing the programme. They were awarded with a certificate, a portfolio of their work and a small gift. Well done guys!!! **Page 11** **Annual Report 2023 -2024** We have seen new members join the service who have benefitted from delivering collaborative workshops with their support workers and peers. A notable event being the ‘iMATTER mental health, Bermuda cultural diversity and health eating habits’ workshop. This was particularly inspirational as it evidenced that our young people felt safe, listened to, valued, and accepted. The event also promoted peer support and peer led interventions. As we continue to grow, we hope to continue raising awareness of good mental health, and promoting resilience, and independence for many more children and young people in a culturally responsive environment. Below is a Case Study of a young person who regularly engages with our Youth Service. **Funded by:** **Page 12** **Annual Report 2023 -2024** www.reallygreatsite.com ## **Outreach Report** We have continued to provide support for many individuals for the last 12 months. We have worked on encouraging them to participate more actively with our events and various service offers to tackle issues such as social isolation. We also recognise the benefits of our members being able to seek peer support, as this can be beneficial to improving mental health and wellbeing. As such, members have enjoyed events such as the Strategic Development Day at West Bromwich Albion football ground. This event was for our members to share their feelings on our services and how it benefits them with the full staff team and board of trustees. It was also a fantastic opportunity for them to offer contributions on how they would like to see the service develop in the future. ## Gardening Project During the spring of April 2023 and due to the limited green spaces in our local community - Sandwell African Caribbean Mental Health Foundation (SACMHF) adapted to Climate change to improve wellbeing, by securing a small grant to develop a Community Garden at the Kuumba Centre. This allowed service users to learn how to grow flowers, vegetables, and herbs, as well as attract local wildlife to the garden. The garden gave service users the ability to learn what flowers and herbs attract wildlife, understand the sowing periods for vegetables, as well as giving them the sense of wellbeing and encouragement to grow similar plants in their own gardens. Many of our service users have experienced, or have relatives, that have mental health issues. This project allowed our service users to learn about gardening within a therapeutic and calming environment – which provided them with the sustainable skills to grow various plants and vegetables which they can transfer to their own gardens and environments. **Page 13** **Annual Report 2023 -2024** ## Free Welfare Advice The Outreach Support Team supported people who use use services (PWUS) who have a diagnosis of severe mental health condition such as schizophrenia, bi-polar disorder, psychosis,, severe depression or other severe mental illness the opportunity to have a free welfare advice check who may not be receiving the correct benefits or support they may be entitled to. All advice was confidential in a supportive cultural setting to get advice on: Welfare benefits Energy advice Help with budgeting Disability benefits y Welfare grants Debt advice and referral for specialist debt support ## **For people with mental illness** The SMI project was funded by Communities in Sync which had successful outcomes resulting in some service users receiving the correct benefits they were entitled to. This service has not only benefitted our people who use services financially, but also has had a positive impact on their mental health - as they no longer have a financial burden of stress and worry as the cost of living continues to rise. We hope to reach out to as many people as possible who may need that extra support and guidance in terms of knowing their rights and benefits. **Annual Report 2023 -2024** **Page 14** hello@reallygreatsite.com ## **MAN II MAN** The MAN II MAN service in the organisation operates as peer support forum where service users socialise and support themselves while engaging in cultural based activities. The group meets every Thursday and engages in activities like going to theatres, having a walk, telling stories at conducive locations, playing football, having meals in restaurants and sightseeing activities. In-reach and outreach services are offered to members of the group as may be necessary. As part of wellbeing checks, weekly calls are made to them to offer support in their weekly endeavours. We also hold regular workshops to improve their learning about physical and mental health. Self-care workshops are held regularly with members in attendance. Just recently, there was introduction of healthy eating habit workshops. We also follow-up with them to ensure they attend their medical appointments. Within the year under consideration, many members of the group members were given further support and assistance with their benefit assessment and review, housing issues, energy bills, travel passes, cinema passes, We help them apply for leisure passes and encourage them to use the facilities for better wellbeing and healthy lives. Based on the feedback from the member of the group, the resultant effects of the support through MAN II MAN group have been tremendous. Particularly, some members of the group have secured paid employment roles and there are others who have returned to schools. While they undertake these ventures, we still support them to ensure they remain efficient and not slip in their mental health. Inayat Pashtoonmal **Team Leader** **Page 15** **Annual Report 2023 -2024** ## **Operations Manager** In collaboration with two local universities, we have formulated our student placement programme. This allows students to gain knowledge and experiences of working in the voluntary and mental health sectors. Individuals may have a direct interest in these areas or require more knowledge and experience to enhance their studies. Over the last 12 months our student placement programme has offered a number of placement opportunities for over 16 students. These students have been a combination of first year, second year, and master’s students who have worked with us on placement from 3 weeks to 70day placements. The main students our programme has supported are those studying mental health nursing, social work, nursing, and occupational therapy. Our programme consists of direct case management alongside colleagues and members and seeking the opportunity to get involved with all the services we offer. Our students have been the catalyst in designing, leading and facilitating our conditions management workshops, and we have has seen some fantastic workshops being delivered. They have focussed on topics such as, stroke awareness, anxiety and panic attacks, dementia awareness, adult safeguarding awareness, Self-care workshops, PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), raising awareness of the stigma surrounding bereavement and a Fibromyalgia. Our students have shared testimonials of their journey with us, and since returned to visit after completion of their placement. Some even attending our Christmas meal December. We are proud to be able to offer this learning opportunity to many and we have plans to increase this service offer considerably as the organisation continues to grow. Massive thankyou to each and every one our students! Rebecca Gardner **Operations Manager** **Page 16** **Annual Report 2023 -2024** ## **Student Placement** My Journey at the Kuumba Centre has been a very thriving one, I had enjoyed being in the company of every staff member and had fitted in almost perfectly within the team. I had the opportunity to meet great service users and even started to build good relationships with them towards the end. There were many contributing factors as to why this placement was as successful as it was, one of the main reasons being Rebecca Gardner being an exceptional supervisor and ensuring that I get the most out of this placement. Some of the work I had undertaken was completing initial assessments, training, chairing meetings, minuting team meetings and the list goes on. I am studying Social Work; this placement was around 70 days. Before attending the placement, I had preconceived ideas about mental health. When thinking about mental health, negative assumptions such as schizophrenic people are aggressive and violent had instantly came to my head, however this had completely changed as I had the opportunity to meet service users who were the complete opposite. As part of my learning as a student in placement, I read research articles and journals surrounding black mental health and around stigma. This research had ultimately changed my whole perspective on African and Caribbean individuals with mental health and how a labelling of a mental health illness can cause so many disparities within communities. _**I would highly recommend students to complete their placements here as this is an opportunity to learn more about mental health within African and Caribbean communities. There are not many culturally responsive services out there which is what makes SACMHF unique. One advice, I would like to give to all the students, is to be non-judgemental and to accept whoever walks into the centre with no labels and to treat everyone the same.**_ ## **What does the future hold ?** I aspire to be a social worker and to work for a local authority once I qualify as a social worker. In terms of how SACMHF have helped me, they have given me the opportunity to advocate for service users and to complete assessments with them. Learning to communicate with service users is something that will be vital for becoming a social worker as it is something that requires sympathy, empathy all which are Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur humanistic traits. ## Subaan Waheed incididunt ut labore et dolore Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et ## **Student** **Page 17** **Annual Report 2023 -2024** ## **Care For You** This service has continued to thrive with some new member who have joined the service. We have seen in an increase in cross service, user involvement between carers and other services such as iMATTER and our Men’s Group . This has worked well and allowed our members to improve peer support opportunities. Our carers have engaged in several focus groups, workshops, and culturally responsive events. Some significant ones to highlight were; Age Concern UK promoting the benefits of becoming a volunteer, Selfcare workshops including mindfulness practices, a session with a professional reflexologist, creative arts and crafts sessions, Healthy minds workshop as part of our Ujima group which included a segment of exercise delivered by a personal fitness instructor. Additionally, we have focussed on utilising our other services such as the student placement programme to plan and deliver some fantastic workshops on topics that the carers have specifically requested to know more about such as dementia. We are proud to say that as part of our collaboration with Banardos, some of our carers successfully completed a 6-week programme known as Mood Masters. This programme follows principles of CBT therapy and allows members to share experiences, personal struggles, and their own self care strategies. At the end of the course, we held a small celebration where carers were able to share their overall experiences of completing the programme and were awarded with a certificate, a portfolio of their work and a small gift. Well done carers! We recognise the often-difficult roles our carers have and we value them highly. We will continue to provide them with opportunities to gain peer support, enjoy, achieve and to learn. We will achieve this through the continuation of conditions management workshops, which they have stated they have benefitted the most from, and by continuing to evidence how we value their input and participation. ## Rebecca Gardner ## **Operations Manager** **Page 18** **Annual Report 2023 -2024** ## **Well-Being and Bereavement Service** I am the Bereavement and Wellbeing Officer at the Kuumba Centre, and I have been in this role now for more than a year. It’s a service that supports bereaved citizens in the Birmingham area from eighteen years old and upwards. When I first started this role, it was all about supporting bereaved carers in Birmingham. Last year October, the service was changed. Instead of supporting only bereaved carers, we had to support every bereaved citizen based in Birmingham. Since the change of service, the number of referrals received has increased in the last couple of months. My role involves giving one to one support for their wellbeing through regular wellbeing calls and home visits or meetings in the community depending on whichever method they are comfortable with. We also give them extra support by referring and signposting them to other services like counselling and befriending groups if need be. Our service also organises coffee mornings every first Wednesday of the month (though has been put on hold at the moment) so that the carers and citizens can have a chance to go out of their homes and meet other people, talk about whatever they are going through and make new friends. We also do a lot of networking with other constituencies like the NNS Northfield and Edgbaston to be able to know what services which are out there can be beneficial to our bereaved citizens. Since the change of service citizens have not only benefitted from the services we provide, but external help from other organisations. **----- Start of picture text -----**
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**Annual Report 2023 -2024** ## **Counselling** We are thrilled to announce that Sandwell African Caribbean Mental Health Foundation (SACMHF) has successfully secured a grant from the National Lottery, enabling the revival of the Nia Imani Counselling Service. This funding marks a new chapter in our mission to provide culturally responsive wellbeing services to the African Caribbean population and the broader community in Sandwell and surrounding areas. As of February 2024, I am honoured to have been appointed as the Senior Counsellor at Nia Imani Counselling Service. With the support of this grant, we have transformed two rooms within the Kuumba Centre into dedicated therapeutic spaces. These rooms offer a confidential and safe environment where People Who Use Services (PWSUs) can explore their feelings and emotions with the support of trained professionals. Our revamped services are designed to address the unique mental health needs of the African Caribbean community, ensuring that our approach is both culturally informed and sensitive. We are committed to providing high-quality counselling and wellbeing support that is inclusive and accessible to all. We look forward to welcoming individuals from Sandwell and beyond to these new spaces and to supporting their journey towards improved mental health and wellbeing. **Page 20** **Annual Report 2023 -2024** ## re **Benefits of Counselling?** Counselling offers a wide range of benefits, making it an essential service for improving mental well-being and overall health. Here are some key advantages: Improve Mood: Counselling can help individuals manage their emotions, leading to an improved mood and a more positive outlook on life. Treat Mental Illness: Professional counselling can be instrumental in diagnosing and treating mental illnesses such as depression, anxiety, PTSD, and other conditions. Reduce Medical Costs: By addressing mental health issues early, counselling can reduce the need for more extensive medical treatment later, lowering overall healthcare costs. - Improve Communication and Relationships: Counselling often focuses on improving interpersonal skills, which can enhance communication and relationships with others. - Promote Self-Esteem and Resilience: Through counselling, individuals can build self-esteem and develop resilience, empowering them to face life’s challenges with greater confidence. Nia Imani Counselling Service is committed to assessing the impact of their services on the PWSU community by using well-regarded mental health screening tools like GAD-7, PHQ-9, and WEMWBS. These tools, combined with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and other therapeutic approaches, aim to foster mental well-being and recovery through a holistic approach that includes recreational, vocational, and mental health provisions. This initiative aligns well with SACMHF’s existing projects, vision, mission, and values, serving as a vital complement to the social and therapeutic support already provided. The project not only fills a gap but also strengthens the overall support system, ensuring a more comprehensive approach to community well-being. **Funded by:** Jennifer Mcfarlane **Lead Counsellor** ® **Page 21** **Annual Report 2023 -2024** ## **Advocates For Change Birmingham & Solihull** POhWER, Catalyst 4 Change and Sandwell African and Caribbean Mental Health Foundation were successful in securing funding from the Department of Health & Social Care in February 2024 of this financial year. The partnership will work together to deliver the Advocates for Change project, a culturally responsive advocacy service. Advocate for Change is a Mental Health advocacy service primarily for people of African and Caribbean heritage and other racialised backgrounds in the Birmingham and Solihull area. This service is free, confidential and independent from statutory mental health services **.** ## **Our Aim** Our aim is to ensure that everyone has access to an advocate when they need one to enable them to overcome barriers, have their voice heard and have their needs met by mental health services. We have successfully recruited for a Peer Advocate and an Engagement and Participation Coordinator to lead on this project and currently we have one other vacant posts available for a Peer Advocate - we are really excited to make a real change to those who need it the most. ## In partnership with... **Page 22** **Annual Report 2023 -2024** ## **Communications Officer** Communications and Marketing are continuing to grow in presence both online and within the communities we serve. Each month we are gaining new followers across social media platforms which highlights the great work we are doing within the mental health sector and how we are raising more awareness from service users and the general public in regards to who we are as a charity and what we do. Social media posts have included: Supporting Black History Month, Calling All Volunteers, Free Welfare Advice, Sandwell African Caribbean Mental Health Foundation (SACMHF) as a Hate Crime Reporting Centre, Tech Connect and ‘Get Moving’ for Mental Health Awareness Week. ## **Mental Health Awareness Week** As part of Mental Health Awareness week SACMHF put together a video campaign to demonstrate a number of short case studies on how SACMHF has helped support service users through using our services. You can watch the video here. ## **Website and Donations** This year again has seen an increase in donations raised through our external website and online charitable funding streams such a Benevity - we are grateful for all of our donors both off and online no matter how big or small the contribution is - you are all paramount in helping us to continue to help those experiencing mental health issues. SACMHF website has had a number of new services added to our web pages including; Make a real difference - Volunteer with us, an update to the Birmingham Bereavement and Wellbeing Service. We have recently added ‘Leaving a gift in your will (Legacy) page to our website which is pivotal for our charity, as this gives those invested in us an opportunity to leave a legacy with us. Our iMATTER (Young people’s service) has also continued to grow and as part of our marketing strategy we have produced some new iMATTER merchandise. This includes personalised iMATTER water bottles, pull string bags and a charging powerbank for mobile phones. . DSSS SSS Suzanne Huynh **Communications Officer** **Page 23** **Annual Report 2023 -2024** ## **User Satisfaction 2024** 100% **THE LENGTH OF TIME I HAD TO WAIT TO START USING THE SERVICE WAS REASONABLE** 100% **I WAS INVOLVED AND INFORMED IN DECISIONS ABOUT THE SUPPORT I WOULD RECEIVE** 100% **THE KUUMBA WELLBEING WORKER LISTENED TO ME** Agree **89%** Not Applicable **9%** Disagree **2%** Agree **92%** Not Applicable **8%** 100% **THE KUUMBA WELLBEING WORKER EXPLAINED THE SUPPORT AND HEALTH ADVICE IN A WAY THAT I COULD UNDERSTAND** **I WAS INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING OF MY RECOVERY/SUPPORT PLAN** **I WAS SEEN IN A CLEAN AND SAFE EXPLAINED THE SUPPORT AND ENVIRONMENT HEALTH ADVICE IN A WAY THAT I COULD UNDERSTAND** 100% 100% 100% fr Per **I WAS GIVEN ENOUGH PRIVACY DURING I WAS TREATED WITH DIGNITY AT ALL ONE TO ONE MEETINGS/VISITS TO THE TIMES CENTRE** **THE KUUMBA WELLBEING WORKER EXPLAINED THE SUPPORT AND HEALTH ADVICE IN A WAY THAT I COULD UNDERSTAND** Agree **91%** Not Applicable **9%** Agree **89%** Not Applicable **9%** Disagree **2%** 100% **THE INFORMATION I RECEIVED ABOUT MY SUPPORT HELPED ME TO UNDERSTAND MY CONDITION/MY FAMILIES HEALTH** **MY FAMILY/CARER WERE INVOLVED BY STAFF IN PLANNING MY SUPPORT (WITH MY CONSENT)** **THE ADVICE/SUPPORT THAT I RECEIVED WAS EFFECTIVE** **GENDER** **AGE** 100% **MY PERSONAL INFORMATION WAS TREATED CONFIDENTIALLY** **Page 24** ## **Statistics** 2023/24 ## **GENDER** **44% of our members are male;** 55% are female and 1% is non-binary **----- Start of picture text -----**
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100% **35** % of our members are aged 11-25 22% **Page 25** # **Some of the comments from people who use our services...** **Kuumba has been a good help to my mental health as a person from Caribbean background. It feels good to be at Kuumba Centre and the support from men’s group leader and other colleagues at Kuumba. It helps me with mental health stability.** **Really enjoyed the arts and crafts classes that have recently begun as we found it very therapeutic..** **Received support from the occupational students who helped to improve my situation.** **I want to give thanks to staff such as the previous youth worker at Kuumba for providing opportunity and support and supporting me to volunteer.** 100% 44% **Respondents felt that they were involved and informed 44% of our members are in decisions about the male; 55% are female and support they would receive. 1% is non-binary.** 100% **Respondents reported that they felt they were treated with dignity at all times.** **Annual Report 2023 -2024** **Page 26** ## **DETAILED INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT for the year ended 31 March 2024** _This page does not form part of the statutory financial statements_ **Page 27** **Annual Report 2023 -2024** **----- Start of picture text -----**
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Sandwell African Carlbbean Mental Health Foundation (A Company Limited by Guarantee) Annual Report and Financlal Statements Year ended 31 March 2024 Charity number: 1082017 Company Number: 4004120 Fettons Chartered Acc4yJntants BirniK7gham B1 3JR Sandwell Afrlcan Caribbaan Mental Heamh Foundatson (A Company Llrnlted by Guarantee) Report and flnancial statements Yoar ended 31 March 2024 Contents Page Referen￿ and admlnistratlve details Report of the trustees IndeperKlent auditorfs report on the financial statements ststement of financial activitses incorporating income & expenditure account 12 Balance sheet 13 Cash flow Stslement 14 Notes fomiing part of the financial stslements, incorporating . Stalement of accounting policies 15 Other notes to the financial stat8rnents 19 The following page does not fomi part of the statutory financial statements: Detailed income arKI expenditure account 25 Sandwell African Carlbbean PAertal Health Foundatlon (A Company Umited by Guarantee) R•f•rnnee and Administrailve Details Chair 81ghop D R W￿¥M5 ReVd G S Bro* R A •kt)on8ld El Musa Puieh Ms M Wils(Y* TfeasuTer (resigned 2 Octob8r 2023) Ch*r Company Secretsry Patriua Johnson Key rtHn89en￿1 persmnel Path'aa Johnsrm Donna Campbdl Rebecca Gardnar Mekssa Machawra Dawn Rekl CEO Office & Fh7ance Manager Youth S6rwI￿ ManagerlC8re Cmrdinator Busff*ss Development Manager Hgafth & Wdlbeing Services Manag Reglstered office Kuuffb8 Centre Boulton Road Wesl MidJarNI8 870 6NW Chafity nwbknr 1082017 Coff¥)any r8g$tsaliC￿ number 4004120 A￿litar Feltons 8 SOvere￿n C￿rt 8 Graharn Street &'nn4ngham B13JR Bankers Unty Twsl Bank Nine Bnndley Place 4 Oozells Square Bi￿Nn9h3rn 81 2HB Solidt(￿s Kapasi a Co 1st IkKY, 17 Street Oldtmjry West MkJL*nds B69 4DT Page 1 Sandwell African carIb￿an Mental H•alth Foundatl¢)n (A Company Limitod by Guarantee) Report of tha trustees Year •nded 31 March 2024 The Tn￿tee¥ present their feport and the financial statorri￿lts of the charity the year ended 31 Marth 2024. The trustees have adop18d the proviS￿lS of the Stslement (Jf Recommended Practice ISORP) "Accounting and ReF(*ting by Charibes- in pr8parin9 the annual rewt and fmancd staI￿nIS of the chanty. The financlal statements have been prepared in accOrdar￿e wrth Ihe accountin9 kthles Set out In notes lo the accounts and wnpiy with the d￿ri￿$ Swning documenL the chan1￿8 Act 2011 and AC￿nt￿g and Reporting by Charrlies.. state￿nI of Re¢ommend8d Practice applicable to charitss preparing thoir a￿Oun18 In accordance with the FInan¢1￿ Reportlng Slandard appIicable in the UK and Republic of Ireknd pUb￿Shed in October 2019 . Trustoes of the d)arity Details of the trustees who seryed durtrKJ Ihe yaar and to the date these accounts tre aprxoved are indimjed in the Referen￿ and Administrative d6tatls on page 1. Oblective* and activitles eharity detlvers ser¥ices predomlnalety iwt not 8xcIusFvety for Black Afrfcan Caribbean peoplè recovering Irorn mentsl illness. thelr famlHes, carers. and the wKler community. In planning the activitFes for Ihe Jear the trustees have Ihe Chanty Ccfflissk)n'$ guidm on wblk benellt. includlng the 9uklance 'publlc benefiL' runnir¥ a dwrty (PB2)'. The str8teg5os wnplo>*d to ￿hleYe ts ch*s atms and obiec&ves are desLYlbed In ￿ Strat￿.C beb*. Strategic R￿ort Achlèvem•nts and perfomiance (Includlng principal rlsks and unc•rtaintle8. dwelopment and perforrnancg and koy perfornmnce Indicator5) Towards Sustsinability We hav8 been F4anning our ioumey Iow8nls 8ustslnabTiIty for Several years now. As a small to medlum stzed chariiable (¥gan￿tIl￿. w8 mad8 the decigion to Introduce trading lo w in(x)me mrx. The reliance on maiorily 9ranl lunding will not serve to SUPFKrt longwly and as such wr plans have engaged and involved beneficiary grDUPS and ottr￿r slakehokler5 to gain an understanding of the changing extemat envlronment and how trading wlti facilttaie Qfoatef fin8n¢ial freedom and ¢)ffer long tenn Sustainabtlty. Support to assist ￿ move toward3 S￿laInab￿[ty was s8aKed from Ihe Social Investment Bu51ness Enterprise Development programme. FUr￿ing was secured to inrxease the Iwjurs of the Business Development Manager lo Increase work on deveioping a hwsing offer. Much progress was maje: and we are rK)w in a prace where we are Iwking to secunng a suitable ￿m￿es. Our Supwrt tsam wiu (lejiver fk)811r4 and tenaw supporL Further to this initiative work has &￿trI￿ad with the move to take rx• a ccrnunlty assel to be transferr8d to us from Sandwell c￿nC#1. The asset in westitin is Charter￿1 Communty Centre (C31. A project team tss been assembled including a firm of architects. A business plan to suppNt the transfer of C3 is in ￿ace and be usod to support and enhance capilal lunding ap￿iCati￿lS to support ttms trangtiffi. Sandwdl African Caribbean Mental Heatth Foundation (A Company Llmited by Guarantee) R•port of the trustees (continued) Year ènded 31 March 2024 Towards Sustainabillty Icontlnued) C3 represenls a ￿81 OPFKYrtunty to Tealise more of our charity, potentsl to work m(￿8 wxlely wrth the local comrnunty in Chwlwnonl and Grove V* ward offeriThJ new swpwxt services alcmgside exislng services currentty being delrvered. Partnernhlps & Networks SACMHF was of the èarly of Communitles in (CIS) consortlum it was Sel up aT￿nd 2016. CIS has been a vehkle through whlch SACMHF have been able lo deliver on projects and s8Mtss that would not have been possible rf SACMHF had lond￿d independenuy. Winter Pre&wres. Wellbeing Bereavernenl, Volunteering, Benefrts & Welfare. Wider Delenninants ol Hedth servKx3 al represent projects and services doltvered in partnetship with other CIS member organisab'ons. Catalyst 4 Chawe works with SACMHF to Contri￿te to the certain of the th dolfvered by the Wesl Midla ComLlned Authority's Menlal Health Commlssion indudirwj the 81ack Thrive Initialive and SACMHF benefKiarie$ C0ntn'￿ted io the Patient Car8r Racè Equality Framework {PCREFI con5uttatts)n piece. We aro also delivering servic6 in partnership with Catalyst and Pohwer Advocacy. This Is the Advocates for Change s8ryice which 18 a (￿lturallY approprlat8 advowi sep4k% delIV￿1￿ acr055 the Binnlngham Solihull Integraled Care Board {IC81 lootprhl. The Race Equalty F¢￿￿atIon regularty wThJuce reFXXts fr(xn research that has induded our beneficiaries. The most recent piece of cotmrfuclod during >rar fproducfK)n meetsTrJs take place warterty and conN)rises ol a majority of benefKiarfes with Slaff wesent in SUpp￿tiVe capacrty. These meethws are minLrtwJ and cl*nts arg invited to present ideas for new services, discuss Issues with Current seNices and gaps in lo(31 servic£ provision. Their views are used to hone our finance and fundraising strattyy and oryaing ￿an$ for future s8rvi￿ defvery to meet their evolving needs. The Biannual Slral8gic Plann•ng Day was held in t)ecember 2023. TNS engag￿rn￿t event vms moved to biarwlual mstead of annual lo *iw suffldenl time between events to ach*ve tho organisatkThl oblectwts discussed and agreed during the day. Certain of tho agreéd aclion5 contribute lo the operatKx]* plan whith is ￿viewed each rnonth and the plan UFxl8ied ac￿1￿1n9ty. A communty ergagement event was held at C3 lo er¥Jage k)c21 Fn discusSi￿S around their needs and what Ihey would like to see being offered in a new centre. This ￿ent was SUPFQrted by L(￿lty who helped to shape the gvent aTha vrt￿ fadlltated the workshop. Localty woduced a report following the ev8nt army this wdl 8nhanGe the C3 business plan and aligned Fyoposed aCtl￿'tieS aTrJ services to be delive￿ fr1￿ C3 fdlowing thÈ transfer of the asset. The AdvoGale8 fw Change servke is designed to support mawTly people &rfmitted to 6 psychiatric units across :h8 Birniingham 8nd Solihull IC8 1(y)tprinl who are from racialised communikn.es to receive timely cuiturally appropriate advocacy to address Iheir issues with the servi¢8 received whist in hospilai care. Sorne support is provided for c(Mnmunitses and for [￿e followTrJ discharge. This serlice has rocruited pwle vAth lived exper1w￿. and Ihis supports our view of the power of p8er suppo Flnanclal r•view {Sndudlng ru•rve5 policy) The finanaal reath ol Sanchveli African Caribbean Mental Heallh Found8tkJn are detsllaj in the followlng pages. It s consmdewl that the finances arg sound and well estab14shed. The principal funding source * a grant from Sandwell MBC. All expendilurp of this income is planned to fulfil the (￿JeC￿1veS and strategks of the charity. During the year ended 31 2024 lotal resoun*s experxled Mwe £429.670 and the defkit of expeThdttur8 over income was £70.815 stated after deprecia1k￿ of £2,516. The trustees conlinualty monitor the r8serrfes of the charrtable cunpany. This process encompasses tr* naturo of incofne and experKliture slreams ar)d the need to mat(* commitments wilh Enco￿ and nature of resefV88. The trusiees regularly review the level of ro$￿Ve3 and aim to mai)tain unrestri(*ed reserves at a M￿￿muM ol £IOO,OW to cover shortlall in funding Ilows. Page 4 Sandwell African Caribb•an h1ental Health Foundation (A Company Llmlted by Guarantee) Roport of Ihe trustees (continuad) Year •nded 31 March 2024 In￿Stment POWqf8 and policy Any sUrP￿S funds are deposited with Unity Trust Bank. Plans for futurn What th6 Futur• Looks Llke for SACMHF Our cl￿rIty takes sericltsly w service olTer and protethvo of our abilty to maintain and levels of service delivery into the future. The future will need to offer a of servths open to loc￿ c(xnmunities free at the point of use SUPF()rted by grant funding and services lo genérate much needed tradin9 income. This Is what we are working toward. In order lo ¥hieve tt¥s our infrastnthre InclLMJing goveTrBn¢*, staffing and management slru¢ture, Maintenar￿ of rjur quality starKlard and the levels of involvement arKI partiopalion Irom peopie Mth liV￿j experterKa will contsnue to be str￿tr*r￿1 to Suppcwt tr* achlevemeni of our overall goal to become sustainab16 In Ihe long tenr. Our dedicatod paid arKI Unpa￿ staff team must be thanked for thetr diligence and ¢(￿nmitMen1 demonstrated during the year desprte the challenges faced Their unsweryirrfj layatty to chanty and benefKiaries Is (x)mmerKJable and our jOLVfW to Sustsinabiltty would fatter wrthoul their c4>ntnlyJthM. Sirnilaty, t￿ people who use our servtes conlintse to challenge Ihe stym8 and misconceptions assoGiated wlth merrtal heallh. Thèir I￿￿11enge lo accepted stereotw arKI slrgma comes from their personal achievements owpknj wlth the work they do to suP￿rt mental health awareness, volunteerfng for our d￿nty and peer supp)rt Our chan'ty wcMJld mean nothlng ￿thOut them, and l frwe th&y know how grateful we are to them for alknwing us a wlndow into their lfves and to do the work that we do. The future of our charlty and our jOLwney towgrds sustalnabw remains a work in Pro￿S$ but we we inchlng doser. We wll contlnue to take small steps towards &hlevlng our goals and while we navigate the hurdles that wtii t%rtainty present ttwnselves dunng the fc¥thcoming year. l ask you consKler takn'ng a lo)k at our website which pr8sents a snapshot of Ihe w(xk we tjo and the outcomes ach*ve(J. Better sbll use our contact delails and come arKI visit us and see we thj for yourselves, I don't think you wdl be d￿nted1 Stru￿Ure, Governance and Management Govemlng doeument Sandw8JJ Caribbean Mentsl Health Foundavon Is a o)mpany limited by guarantee wv8me(I by ib Memorandum and Ar￿C￿8 of Ass(tiation dated 12 Apnl 2CMJo and is reg5tered as a th￿Y the Charity Commi$sK￿. Thwe are ￿rrendY fve mwrt*rs. 8ach of whom Bgrees to contnbule £1 in the event of the chanty winding up. Appolntment pf tsvslees As set cut in the Arti(*s of Ass0(&9ti￿. the Charity may by ordlnary resohffjon appolnt a person is willing to act as a trustee either to fill 8 vacancy or ag an additml trustee and may ￿s0 delermine Ihe rotation In which any sddilional trustees are to retire. No person may be app)inted as a trustee unless they have attsinèd th• age of 18 years or in ¢ircumsl8nce8 suth that. had they alrea(ty been a truste&. they been dtsquallfied from acting under the above provFSiWtS. Page 5 Sandwell Afrlcan Carfbbean Mental Health Foundation (A Company Limited by Guaranté•) Report of the trustees {continu•d) Year ended 31 March 2024 Tmstee inductton and tralnlng New truslees are briefed on thwr legal obtytrons under tharrty and company l*Af and the Charity Commission guidance on pu￿le benefiL and a￿ infomed of (x)ntent of the MonK￿and￿ffl and Arttclès of A89ociation, the committee and decision-making proc￿Se8, th8 business ￿an and the rec*nl financial perft>rnw￿ of the charity. Organlsation Tha board of trustees administh the t**Tty. The board normally meets six times a arKI there are sut tommrtteas covering business develop￿nt indudiry impxL user satisfaction, finance and fundraisi￿ strategy and the Commun￿atiOnS plan which no￿allY meet rour tirr*s a year. A Chief Execubve is appointed by the trustèes to manage th8 day-to4lay operations of the chanty. To faolitate effecbve operakn'ons, the Chief Executive has delegated auttw. within t￿rn$ of delegation apmved by Ihe trustees. for operath)nal matters indudirYJ finance aThl fundraising. human r88wrces, and I￿sir)eSS devek¥)m8nL R•lat•d parties and CWierath)n th oth•r oryanisatlons None of our tnjstees receive ren￿neration or other from their w(xk charlty. Any coffothon tel*Een a trustee or senior manager of the chanty wrth a dienl or supplky must be disclosed to the full l)oard of ttustees In the same way as ary other cfjnlr8Ctual relat￿nshIp with a related party. Relat8d pty trans8CtiW5 In the current r are doscrbed in notes 8 ar￿ 18 to the accourts. Paypollcy for sonlor staff The board of dtredcKs. who are Ihe T￿￿V5 truste95, and the senlor mana9ement team togethor comprise the key management personnel of Ihe tharity in charge of direth.ng and 0￿￿￿11n9 the trust on a day lo day basis. No director received T8muTwlion in the year arKI detsils of direclor5' expenses and related paty transactions are disclosed in notes 6 and 16 10 tho accounts. The pay o15eni¢Jr Slaff is revi￿d annualty and increased accordance wtlh average 0am￿9S. Risk management The irusleeg hav• a risk management policy bthich comwises ". an annual r8vlw ol the principal risks WKI ￿n￿rtaIn￿e$ thai the dwity la(x: the establishm￿t of pdiaes, sy3tems. and W0c￿Ures lo mitigate ltrw rI￿S identi'fied in the amual rewew" and th8 implementation of pr￿lUreS to or manage any potential impact on the c*arTty strK￿ld those risks rnaleriali8e. This WO￿ has KIentIf￿1 that finandal 5tJstainability is the major financial risk for the ¢hanty. Key elements in t managemenl of finandal risk are a regular review of available liquid funds lo setde d8bls as they fall dug. regular liaison wlm bank, and a¢ilve management of owrdticnal debtor and creditor balances io ènsure suffioent wofking (xpilal by the TrusL Attention has also been fcojsed on nonthnandal rfsks such as fire, heatth and safety, employmenl matters and dala protection. These risks are ￿anaged by ensurng accreditats'on is up to date, having rotxjst poliGies kn place, and regular awaTerw tralning for staff workn"n9 in these Lyeralional aréas. Pago 6 Sandwell African Caribbean Mental Health Foundatlon {A Company Llmited by Guarantee) Report of the tru8tt08 (Gontinued) Year ended 31 March 2024 Trustees. responslbllltlas The Iruslees (vtho are also dIreCt￿S of Sandwell Afr￿￿ ￿bbean Mentaf Health F￿n￿ats.0n for the purrmxes of ccfflpany law} s￿ responsible lor weparing the Tnjstees. knnual Report (induding the Strategic Re￿rt) aThJ the financiaf statements in accordarKe with apP￿"table Jaw and Uniled Kingkn Ac0￿nts.n9 Standards (United Kirodom Gwwalty A￿epted Accounlff)g Practtce). Company law requires the Injstees to ￿epa￿ financtal statements lor each financiat year, whth gve a true and lalr view of the stat8 of affairs of fv charilable company and of Ihe incoming resour¢65 and application of reS￿reeS. Includlffj the Income and 6xper#Jiture, of the (*aritslMe oxnpany far thal penod. In preporovd th88e ￿anCial slatements. Ihe trustoos are required lo: seled sultab18 &(x￿ni1ng F#kn'es and th￿1 aprAy them (x>nsisterrtry, observe the methods and Pri￿1p1a$ in ￿ Charities SORP 2019 {FRS 102)." make judgernents and estimales that are reasrxiablo and rKudenL" state whether apph'cable accounttng standards have been folk)w8d. subjeLt to any malonal depwiurgs dis¢losed and explaine(I In Ihe firbanual statements; prepare tha financial stalements on the g￿n9 0￿Cern basis Lmless it Is Inapwopriat8 to wesume thal the chaiity wll (x)ntlnue In operatic￿. The tnJste68 are reSp(￿Ible for keeping adeqLrate accountmg records that disclose wilh reasmable accuracy at any trmè th6 financial posrtk)n of the charitatk ￿rnpany and erpble them lo ensure that the financial stalements comply wlth the Companies Act 20IlS. They are abo resp(￿sible safeguarding the assets of the charitable o)mpany and hence for taking r&qsonable sw for the preventsm detec￿n of fraud and other irre9ularitleB. In so far as tho trustees are aware: there is no relevant audit Infomlaiion of which the cawitable ¢xwnpanYs atNJitor is unaware,. and the Irustégs have taken all step5 thal trw ought to have taken to make Ihemselves awaro of any releyant audil infonnakn and to establth that the auditor is aware of that infonnatKn. Dlsclosure of inforniatlon to th• audStor W8, th8 dlrectors of the company who held office at date of apwoval of these Financial StateThnts as set out above each confimi. $0 far as are aware, that.. re Is no relevanl audit infomation of whi&1 the ￿r￿an￿$ auaitors are un￿ar8. and we have taken all th8 Steps that we ought lo have tsken Ès directors in order to make wrselv8s aware o18ny relevant audit infornat￿ and lo establish that Ihe crynls auth.tors are awarfy of that Inlormation. In 8pprovlng the Trustees. Annual RewL wa also approve ts Str*egrc Re￿￿ knduded therein. tn (￿r capacAty 88 c¢)mpany directors. On behaN of the board. Bishop D R Williams- Chair D8te ". Page 7 Indopendont Auditoes Rewt to the Trusto•s of Sandwell Afrlcan Caribbean Montsl Health Foundatlon (A Company Llmit6d by Guarantse) Opinion We have audited the financial slatem8nts of Sandwell Afri(3n Caribb8an Mental Health Fwndalion (the 'charilabJe comp8ny') for the year ended 31 March 2024 %thich cornpnse Ihe Slatement of Finanaal Actwities. BalarKe Sheet Iho Slatemerrt of Cash Flow2 and notes to tho financial slatements. 1ndL￿[ng signfficant accountiTh3 Oicies. Tt financia reportlng lrnmawork that has been applied In their prepara'on Is appllcable law and United ￿'ngdoM AccouNir7g Standards. Induding Finan(aal Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Re￿thng Stsndard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ir8land' (Unrted KIngd￿n Generally Atr￿pIed Acc(xmling Pract￿>. In our opinion the finanoal statements . give a twe falr view of the state ol the charrtable i>)rnpanYs affairs as al 31 Marth 2024. and of it8 inL¥￿ing resourGes aTrJ applical￿n ol resoufC68. in(auding its incoma and expendl1u￿, lor the year then have been Ixywly prepared in ￿￿dance *ith United Klng¢kn Generally At￿pted A¢countiw PractiC6', and have been prepared in aC(1)rdan￿ Ihe requirements of the Companies Act 2006. Basis for oplnlon We cuiducted our audit in accordano wlth Intemational Standards on Audiling (UK) (ISAS (UK)) and appllixble law. Our resFx)nsibilities under thc>s8 Standards are further destribed In the Audttorfs reSP￿SibilItieS for the audit of the financial statements section of Thjr re￿. We are Inder￿lent of the charitoble Company in acoxdance the ethical requirements that a￿ refevant io our atKlit of the financial statements in the UK, includin9 the FRC'S Ethical Slandard, and ￿ have f￿rilled our other ethic41 res￿nSibIl[￿aS In accordance with these requirements. We believe Ihal the 8￿jrt evKlance we have obtained is sufficient and arvopnate to provide a basis for our opjnion. Conclusions rnlatlng to golng concern auditing the finarKlal statements, w8 conduded that the tr￿. use of the g￿Trg c(wrem b8818 ol accounting In preparalk>n of the financial slatements15 appropriate. ased on th8 *r)rk wg have performed. we have not Identiffed any material uncertainties relatiThJ to events or conditlons that. Individualty or colledivety, may cast S￿nifI￿nI doubl on the charrtable company's abHIty ¢0 conunue as a going ¢0￿M for a period of at least t**fve m(mths from vthen the financial statements are autlN)rised for issue. Our respC￿[bIllknes and the responsibilibas of the truste8S Wtlh respect to g)fftg concern ar8 described in the relevant sections (4 this report. Other Inforn￿lIon The other infomiation cgxnprlses inforniation Induded in the Iruslees annual rewrl. other than tho financial ststemenls and our audttor's rewt thereon. trustees are respmsibie for the other infomatron ￿)ntain8d wrthin the annual reporL Our opinion on thfj financial stalements does rK￿ cover the other Informab'on ano. 8xcept lo the exlenl otherwise ewicrtly stated In our rerArt ￿ do not èxpress any ft)rni of aSsura￿e (x)ncluslon the￿n. Page 8 Independent Auditorfg Report to the Trustees of Sandwell African Caribbean Mental Heafth Foundation (A Company Llmited by Guarantee) (continued) r responsibility Is to read Ihe olher inlormabon and. in doin9 $0, consider *fiether the other Inf(xMa￿on is materially Inconsistent ￿1th the financial statements or our knth¥ledg8 obtained in tho course of ihe audit or 0￿r￿ls& appears to be malerialty misstAted. If we identify such material inconsistencies lx apparent material rnisstalements. we are required lo datamine ￿ether this gives rfse to a material ￿MS$tatement in the financtal ststements Ihemsefv8s. if. based on the work we have perfcrftnod. rxirKlude that tt*re is a material misstatement of this Lther inffflralion. we are required to report that fact We have nothing to retM)rt in this regard. Oplnlon on other mattera prescribed by th• Compani•8 Act 2006 In our opinlon. based on the work undert8kan in the rx)ur5e of the audit.. the infomiation grven in Ihe Truslees. Reporl for Ihe finanaal year for whith the financial 5talemerns are prepared is LJ)nsistent the financial ststements. and L, Ihe Trustees. Report have been prepared in acccydance with applirAbie legal rewirements. MatterB on whlch we ar• r•qulrod to report by oxcoptlon In the Ilght of our knov41edge and understsnding of the c¢xnpary and its environM￿t obtained In the course of the au¢Jit, we have rmx klenttned mater41 missL2tem8nts in th8 Trustees. Repm. We have nothlrYJ to report in respect of thè following matters tn retstion to whith the CA)mpanies Act ￿ requlres u8 to report lo you if, in our opinion.. r adequate w)unting records havè rM)t been kept. or th8 finandd slatements are not in aJ( eement wrth the aCt￿nting records and retums: or •l cwtan dlsclosures of trustees. remuneraiion sp8cffied by law are not made. or have not reoived all the inf￿10n and explanations we require f(K our audlt: or the trustees V*pre not ontrtled to prepare the finandal statements in acC(￿danCe wtth the small comp8nies regim8 and take 8dvantage of the small companies. exemptior6 in prepariFYJ the Trustees. Report and from the Tequirement to prepare a Strateglc Rep(xL Respon$ibllitios of truste•s Ag explalned more fully In Ihe trustees. resFonsibilities st8t8rnoM (set out on page 5). the truslees l*th0 arè also the dlrectors of the charitable company for the puws of ctynpary law) are respon&Tr>le for Ihe preparatson of the flnancial statements arkj fcrf being satisfied that tr￿Y gNe a true and fair view, and for Slth intemal control as the trustees determine Is necessary to enable the preparalion of financial statements that are tree from mÈierlal misstatemert vthetsr due to fraud LY errar. In preparing thè financ￿ statements. the truslees are responsible for assessing the charitable Company's ability lo continue as a goiNJ concem. disclosing, as aFplicable. matlefs related to going concern and using the going conom basis of accwnting unless the trustees eilher Intend to liquid8te charitable company or to cease Operati￿5. or have no realistic attemative but to do 80. Page 9 Indopondant Audltorfs Report lo the Trustees of Sandwo11 African Caribbean Mental Health Foundation (A Cornpany Llmited by Guarantee) (contlnued) Audltorfs responsiblllties for the audit of the financial $tatrnt8 Our Wectives ar8 to obtain rea5w￿e assurance ab¢)ut whethw finanu.al statements Bs a thle are free from material misststement, vthether due to fraud or error. and io Issue an auditorfs report that includes our Opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assuranGe, but L8 not a guarantee that an audit condLKted in ac¢ordanL% With ISAS (UK) will always detect a material misstatement vthen tt exists. Misstat8ments can arise from fratKI or erTor and are considered material rf, individually or in the aggregate. Ihey could reasonably be expaetwj to Infiuence lh8 ecorK)mlc declskns ol users taken on the basis of these financial slatemenls. Irregularitie8. induding fraud. are instances of nOnthc(¥nplran￿ laws and regulalkjns. We (lesign procethros in Ilno Yéith our resFx)nsibillties. (xrtlined atx)ve. to detect material fnisstatements in res[￿ of irregularib'es. induding Iraud. The specific procedures for Ihis enga9ement and the extent to bthlch these are capable of detec*ing irregulw71i8S, Including fraud is detailed below. We reviewed ts companys control and risk mwent procedures arxl Planned our work based on our assessrrHIt of those ¢￿trOlS and Fmdures; • l Thls reV￿W included an assessment of the risk of malerial mlsstatement duo to errors. fraud and management override of contrds for 811 material areas in the ￿ancIal stalements: We made enqulries of r￿anak￿￿nI and the comptys layrs regarding any actual or w)tentlal li11g￿"0n an(Vor dairns: £ Financial Statern￿ts (f&8dosure5 were r8viawwJ and checked for compliance with applicable laws." ti Detsiled tests.ng was c(XKluded on b*nces and transactions 1ndudti￿ unuwal items and Ihose of IrKINidL￿I signIfican￿ to the finan081 ststements; Data arkilytscs ￿Ere used tn ordpx to Klenbfy unusual IY significant tra￿. Communicatlons with management and those dBrged K4ryth gtrrfemance regarding rel6vanl matters was up.dertaken thr￿￿ul the audit ar￿ on o)mpletion. Because of the inharent limltati0rn5 of an 8udrt. tr*re is a ri6k that wè will r#)t detect apl irregularities. Including Ihose l&ading to a material misstsiement in the flnand81 statwnents or rth-compliance wlth regulalrf)n. Thrs rlsk incre8S85 the more that compliance with a law or reENAlatlon is remov8d from tho events and transactF¢)ns rellected In the financi81 statements, as we wll be less likely to become aware of instances ol r￿n￿¢c￿npllaDC8. Th8 risk is also greaier regarding IrregularitES Oxufring due lo fraud ratrw than err(Y. as fraud Invdves intentional C￿c&81Ment. forgery. collusic￿, omission or M￿re[￿OSen￿￿'on. A furthw descr?ption of our rgsponsibilities for Ihe atAlil of the finanoal slatemenls Is located on the Financial Reporttng Ccmjnol's w*bsite at vhwi.fre.org.uwauditorsresp￿sibl{tss. This descripts)n fonns part of (xw auditorfs Page 10 Sandwell Afrlcan Caribbean Mental Health Foundatlon (A Company Limited by Guarantee) (Gontlnued) Use of our report This report is made sotety to the charilable c(ryny's members. as a bcty. in ￿rdance Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2CKX. Our audrt work has been urKlertaken so that we might state to the chantable C￿7panIS memkrs those mattets we are required to state to them in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent pemiitted by law. we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the Charrtable cornpany and the charitable company's rnembers as a bc*, for ¢)ur audit work, for tm's re￿. or for the opinions we have fomed. VLQL._ Davld W Farnsworth FCA (Senior Statutory Auditor) For and on behalf of Fdtons, Statutory Audrtor 8 Sovereign Court 8 Graham Street Birmingham B1 3JR Date '. Page11 Sandwell Afrfcan Caribbean Mental Hèalth Foundatlon (A Company Llmlted by Guarantee) statement of financlal activitlos for the year ended 31 March 2024 Unrutrlcted R¢strKt•d funds Tolal 2024 2023 Not•s Incomè Grants 8nd donations Income from ch&itable adivitles.. Fund raisin9 SurKlry income Income from tsading 3ctivitie$." Commercial q)erations Renlal in(fJme ar￿ room hire 194.514 137.445 331,959 380,416 148 198 901 4.757 198 26.125 425 26,125 425 Total incorno 221.410 137,445 358,855 386.074 Expendlture Ch8riÈable actmties." Opèrational and suptKJrt a)sts 308.124 121.548 429,670 404.482 Total exp•iMllture 308,124 121.546 429,670 404,482 Not (expenditure) b•for• transfgr8 (86.714) 15.899 (70,815) {18.408) Gross transfers betwwi funds 14 (2.*6) Not movoment In funds 189.680) 18.865 (70,815) (18.408) Reconciliatlon of lunds Total funds brought forward 14 109.638 44.238 153.876 172,284 Total funds Garrled forward 19.958 63.103 83.061 153.876 All Income arKI expenthiure derive continuing actF¥ikn. The statement of financial activitRs indude3 all galns and losses recognlsed duriNJ the year Page 12 Sandwell Afrlcan Carlbbean Mental Health Foundatlon (A Company Llmtted by Guarantee) Company Number . 4004120 Balance sheet as at 31 March 2024 I Charlty number: 1082017 2024 2023 Flxod a$s•ts Tangiblo assots 10 10, 10,909 Currènt assets Debtors Cash al b￿￿ and In harKI 11 65.179 51.530 116.709 66.979 103,468 170,447 Credltor*: •mounts falllng due withln orh• >Tar N•t Gurrent as¥•ts 12 43,714 27,480 72.995 142.g67 Net assets 83,061 153,876 Fund8 of th• Gharlty: Resfficted lunds General fur#J 14 63.103 44.238 unr0strl￿•d fund8 14 19.958 109,638 19.958 109,638 Total fund* 83.061 153.876 8moll ctynp8rl••. Th8 ￿t@S 15 10 24 fami p•rtol Ihg8e ac¢auxts. beham ty. Blshop D R Wllams (Chaf) Page 13 San(Iwell Afrlcan Caribbean Montal H6alth Foundatlon (A Company Llmited by Guarants•) Statem•nt of ca8h flows for the year ended 31 March 2024 Notes 2024 2023 Cash fiow from ¢)POfatlng actjvitl•8 Net ¢ash Ilow from operatlng actlvld•• 17 <50,265) (64,367) 50.265 (64.367 Cash Ilow from Investlng acuvhl Paymonts to aGquifB tangible fixed assets (1,673) Nol cash flow from invgsting actlvttios (874) 1.673 874 Net Sncrea$e l (dgcrease) in cash and cash equivalents Cash and cash equivalents at 1 2023 Cash and cash oqulval•nts at 31 March 2024 (51,938) (65241) 103.468 168.709 51.530 103.468 Page 14 Sandwell Afrlcan Carlbbean Merrtal Health Foundatlon (A Company Limlted by Guaranto0) Not•8 to tho financial 8tatements for the year onded 31 March 2024 l. Art¢ounllng polleles a) General Infomwllon aThl bas1• of preparatlon Sandwe51 Afrfcan Caribbean Mental Heallh FcyJnda1￿ is a charitat4e company limfted by guarantee . In Ihe event of the charity being wound up. the liabilty In rBspect of the guaranlee 1$ limited to £1 per member of the charity. The address of Ihe regist￿ed office ts gtven In the charity inf0m￿tiOn on page 1 of th&%e financial ststements. The nalure of the charitys OperalK￿ and pnnopal activities Is the delivery of se[vi￿S predominately but not exdusivety for Black Afr￿an Cwibbean recovenng frrxrl mental ilkness and th8ir famlues. carers, and the widèr ￿Mmunrty. The charity 1X￿$titUteS a public benefil entsty as defir*d by FRS 102. The finantsal statements have been epared In accordan￿ with Acc￿Jntin9 and Reporting by ChantJe$'. Statement of Recommended Practico apF￿'Cab[e to charitses preparmg their 8cc(MJnls In accordance wlth the Financial Rep￿lIng Stand￿d appIl￿ble In the UK and Republic of Ireland ￿SUed in October 2019. the Finandal Reportsng Standard applicable in the United lfjngdc¥n aTKI Republic of IrelwKI (FRS 102). the Ch8rfti88 Act 2011. the CL￿npan￿$ Act 2006 and UK Generally Attepl&J Accounting Practi￿. 8igntfiwt accounting policie8 8pplied In the preparation of these finan(aal stalements are sel (Krt beknw. These policies have been a￿SIstenty aPpI￿ad to all years presented unloss otheThvise stat b) Golng ¢oncem The financial stalements h8ve bwi prepared ty) a going corwn bÈsis a5 the tnjslees believe that no materwl uncertainties exisl. The tr￿leeS have C￿S￿lere￿ the level of funds he&J and the exp6Cted level of income and expenditure for a peri(yJ of 12 months frorn the date of authorising these financlal stst6ments. The dg8ted irK>Jffle and eX￿d{tur8 Is suffKient wth the level of Teseryas for th9 chanty to be able to continl as a golng concern. C) Funds Unreslrthd ftJNls are ava￿able frK use at the dixretFon of the trustees in furtherance of thè genoral (*e¢tsves of the cknarty arbj Wffiich have been deskjnated for olher purpLWS. Desw3nal8d furth compnse unresIr￿tad funds that have begn set askle by the Iru5tee5 for wtilwl purKws. The aim ar￿ use of each designated fund is sel out in the rK>tes to the financial slalements. Restncted funds are lunds whlch are to ￿ used in accud8nu with specific restrKlk¥ns Imwsed by ttonors which have been raised by the chanty for particular purpose5. The ¢J)St of raising and adminlslering su fvnds arg charged againsl Ihe speafic furKI. The aim aTKI use of each restncted fijnd is set ￿ in the notes io the fr￿n(la1 Stat￿ts. d) Income recogn￿On All Incomiffj resources are induded in the Slalement of Financfral Activities {SoFAI when the dBrtty Is legawy enbtled to the income after any performance condrtKm$ have bo￿ met, the 8IMunt ¢8n b8 measured reliably and it is probable that the inc(xne r￿1ve(L Page 15 Sandw•ll Afrlcan Caribbean Mentsl Hoalth Foundation {A Company Llmited by Guarantee) Noles to the financlal statements for tho year ended 31 Alar¢h 2024 (contlnued) 1. Accountin9 pollcies (conllnued) d) InGomo recognftion (contlnuod) Grants are included in tha Stat8ment of Financial ActNiti8s ￿ a recavable basis. The balance of incom8 re￿}Ved for Srxofic wrpw but not exp8nded during the Feriod is shown in the rdevant nds on Ihe balanc• sheet Where Inc(￿r* Is receNed in advance of entiuemenl of rwipl Its r8COWition is deferred and induded in creditors as d￿err8d inCw￿. w￿re entltlement occurs befLYe income is ￿1v￿￿. the income ts a(>Ju&J. Donatlons Donations are reccgnised on a re￿Nable basis where there Is ¢ert&nty ol receipt and amount dn be rel￿blY m8astsr&l. If there are mndrtsons attact*d lo the dOnat￿n and ihis requlres a level of perfoTmanc* belor8 enlrtlement can be obtsined then In(m s deferred until those ￿nditIons are fully met or the fvifim8nt of those Lx)ndillons 18 Within the c[￿trC4 of the c*7arrty ané tt is probable that they be fulfilled. Donated servic•9 and gifts in klnd Donaied facilities and donated professional seNces are recognised in al their la"r Val￿ when their economi¢ benefrt Is prdiab$8. it can be measured reliabty and the charfty has control over the Item. Fair value is detem)inod on the basFS of the value of tr18 gtft to tr19 charity. For exampb the amlwnt the charlty would be wfjS1ing to pay In the open market such faciltties *KJ Servi￿S. A corre$For￿tr￿ arn￿nI is r￿Jgri￿ in experKlture. Glftg In kind F￿ed asset gifts in klnd are when receivable and are irKluded at fair value. They are rnt deferr￿1 over the lrfe of the a55eL Intor•st rec•lvabl• Interest on funds held on deposrt 15 Ind￿8￿ Wtr￿ r8caNablo and the amount can be measured rBlIa￿Y by the charity, this is normally utKY) notsfic*ion of the intere51 paid (¥ payable by the bank. Other Incom• Olher incom&, Including the htre of facJltts6s. Is recognised In the peri(xl it Es re¢efvable and Io Ihe Ytent the goods have boen provided or on QJY*tion of the sorvKe. e) Ex￿ndIture reco9nilton l expendilur8 ts accounted fof ￿ an accruas &%is aTrJ has been dassified under headlngs thal aggregate atl cosls related to Ihe cat8gyy. Expenditure is recognised where there Is a lega or constructive Obligati￿ to make payTnents lo third parues. 11 Is probablo that the settlement wlll be requtred and the amount of the oblwation can be measured reliabty. tt is ￿egc￿Sed urKler the fdkming headiffjs: Costs of generatlng lunds These are costs incurred In attra￿ing voluntary irKX)me. and Ihose wit￿￿8d In tradirwJ adiviti08 that raise fvrKIs. Pag9 16 Sandw¢ll African Carlbbean Mental Health Foundatlon (A Company Llmft•d by Guarants•) Notes to tho financlal 8tatsrnents for the ended 31 March 2024 (contlnued) 1. Accountlng pollciH (Contlnu •) Exp•ndltur• rqcognitlon (contlnued) Charltablo actMtI•s These afe rx)sts Sncurred in a(atvrties IV￿￿￿ken to lurthèr Ihe pUrpL￿eS of the d)arfty and tt*ir assoc¢ated supp)rt costs. Govemance costs These include the costs attrfbutable to the trusvs Complian￿ with constitutional aThJ ststutory requirements. irKILhYing Strateg￿ managemenl and trustees. meebn9s and reimbursed expenses. I￿e{X)Y￿able VAT is charged as an ew8e agairtst activty ts Ythlch ex[w￿rtUre arose. fj Allo&ition of support ￿$ts Support costs are tPw)se that assist work of the charity but do not dIr￿Y rewes8nt charll8ble 8Ctivrties and Include office costs, govarnan(% CO8t5 and administrative Pa￿￿1 costs. Where support costs cannot be ectjy Bttributed to parLrular headings tw have been 811ocated to cost of rai&ng funds and 8xpendllur• on charliable a¢ttvrti88. The bases on which support tx)sts have been alkKaied are sel nole 6. g) Tanglble fix•d atsets Tangible fixed assels are stated at C05t Ifx deemed cost) or valuatKm loss ac￿MUlated deprecjalion XYJrnLJlated impainnent 10&8e5. Cost iThJudes costs directly attributable to making the asset capable ol operab'ng as intended. DepreciatKMI is provided on all tsngble fixed assets, at rates calculated to write off the co< less esllmated residuBI value. of vath asset on a syst8matlc basis over rts exp8Cted useful life as lollows.. Offic4 0qU￿>M•￿t - 20% per arwwrn (YJ a re￿￿￿19 bal¥￿ ba&.8 h) Debtors OFef81ional and 0th8r debtors are recogntsed at the seltlemenl ar￿Unt du8 after any trad8 di9￿)Unt offere Prepay￿￿nts are valued at the amount prewd net of any trade discounts due. i) Cash at bank and in hand Cash at bank arKI in hand indudes cash and short teryn highly IiquKI inVestm￿ts a short matudty of three months or less from the date of acquisition ¢y ownlng of Iho dep￿lt ty sunilar accajrrt. Paga 17 Sandwoll Afrlean Caribbean Mental Health Foundatlon (A Company Limited by Guarantee) Notes to the fir)anclal statements for tho year ended 31 March 2024 (contlnuod) 1. ACc￿ntIng poli¢les (continued) J) Uabllltle5 Liabifibes recognised when there Is ￿ th1lgatic￿ at the balance sheet dale a5 a result of a past event. it is probable that a transfer of ewiomic bw*fil ￿11 b8 required in settlement, and t￿ amount ol the settlement can be estimated relietty. Liabikties are recognised al thè amount that the charity antiC4pales it will pay to sott10 the debt or the anwrt tt has recwed as advanc8d paymeftts for the goods or Son￿Ge5 il must provklo. k> Oporatlng lèas Rentsk payabte under operatlng teases are c*8rged lo the SOFA on a strAight line Ws over the period of the le8se. l) Ta&2tlon The chanty is an gxempt ch&ity within tho meanirvj of schedulè 3 01 the Ch8M6es Act 2011 arKI is considered to pass thé tests set OLrt in Par8graph 1 Schedule 8 Finance Act 2010 and therefore It meets the definrt￿n of a charllable ccwny for UK (Y)rF￿kn tax purpws. ml Penslon b•neffts The chanly OF4ral8s a defined contribution plan ky the ber*fft of rts emplo￿￿5. conlrt1￿tlons are expwbsed as they become payable. Page 18 Sandwell AfrIGan Carfbbean Mental Hèafth Foundauon (A Company Llmlled by Guarantee) Not08 to Ihe financlal ststgments for the year ended 31 March 2024 (continued) 2. Prior y•ar Statem•nt of Finanelal Athllles (year •nd 31 March 2023) lknrEsththd R•5trfct•d funds funds Tt)t•l 2023 Grants ana dffiationB Income from chanlable adlvlbe Fund raisirYJ Sundry inccv Totsl incom• 313.758 380.416 9)1 4.757 319.416 4,757 386.074 ExpènpendibJre) is staw after thargiThJ .' Total 2024 Totsi 2023 Depreciallon ￿ langrtjle frxed assets Operating lease rents Premlses Auditcys remunwatton . audit lee 2.516 2,727 12.955 5.400 11.133 5,100 Sandwell Affican Carfbbean Mental Health Foundatlon (A Company Umlted by Guarantee) Notss to the flnanclal statem•nts for the y•ar •nded 31 March 2024 (continued) . Trustees and k•y managern•nt p•rs<>nnd remun•ratlon and expenJ•s The IF￿leaS nellher rece￿￿ rnr walvad any remufwation durirKJ the year (2023- £nil). On& trustae12023 . 2) rBimbursed expenses thjriryd t1￿ of £489 (2023- £363}. The Trust oJnsh*ers its key management pOrn￿n81 cNnwse the wior Managem￿1 team as Ilst&l on p8ge 1. The total amount of empk)yee benefts lincludirvJ employer pen8ion contnbutsons and ￿nplOyer nats(xo1 insurance contributions) received by key management Wsoind was £187.116 (2023 - £171.667). 9. Analy815 of staff co8ls and numbers Staff eosts '. Tot•1 2024 Total 2023 Wages and s&rios Sccial security ujsts Define(I rA￿lnbUt1r￿ Pen￿On schem88 259.516 23,391 7,703 290,610 233.837 22,180 6,074 262.091 No employ88s received total •mpbyo8 benefts of nyjre than £eo.Tr)o. Stsff numbers . The average monthty numter of employees and lull time eq¢Jivalents during the year vds as fdlows.. 2024 2023 Numb•r 2023 FfE Numbaf Ch8rllable a¢bwl Manag8ment f1 10 10. Tangible flxed usets •qulpm•nt Totsl Cost At 1 Awil 2023 Additions Al 31 March 2024 52,684 1.673 54.357 52.684 1,673 54,357 Dopreelallon At 1 Apnl 2023 char￿ for the year Al 31 Marth 2024 41.775 2.516 44,291 41,T15 2.516 44.291 Net book valu At 31 March 2024 10,066 10.066 Al 31 March 2023 10.9)9 10.909 21 Sandwell African CarSbboan Mental H￿1th Foundath>n (A Company Limited by Guarantee) Notes to the finanelal slatements lor th• year ended 31 klarch 2024 (continuedl 11. Doblors Total 2024 T¢>tal 2023 Det4￿5 from 0￿rab"On$ Prepayments and accnjed ino)m8 Olher debtor5 2.DJO 979 64,OCM) 66,979 65.179 65.179 12. Cr•dllors - amounts falllng du¢ within one yeaT T¢Aal 2024 2023 Cr8dilor5 from operattons TaxatTron and soca81 $8curity Acenjals and deferred income Other credrtors 6,965 8.561 19.253 8.935 43,714 4,638 8.721 5,1 9.021 27.480 Dof•rrnd in¢om• DfrferTed IrK￿me at 1 April 2023 Resources deferred h the year Amounts released from provk)us y Deferred irKm at 31 March 2024 13,853 22,843 13,853 Ai ihe balance sheet dale the (*arity funds r￿e1Ved in advatKx frorn Black NHS Partnership TNst for Ihe Vlk*r D8lem)rwts of H8alth prw and fr(xn Sandwdt Counc41 for a cydirKJ proJe(X. 13. Commltrn•nl• und•r operatlna l&•s•s At 31 March 2024 the tharity w88 ¢onwnitt8d to making the foHowing payments undor non- eancellabte opèratwy ieases '. Total 2024 Total 2023 Within year WFthin to fivè yearn incknrrfe 13.362 16,314 13.362 29,676 29.676 43.038 Page 22 Sandwell African Carlbb•an Montal Health Foundatlon (A Covnpany Limlted by Guarantee) Not•s to tho ffnanclal ststements for tho ￿ar •nded 31 March 2024 (contlnued) 14. Anafy•ls of fvrmts Balane• at 1 April 2023 Balance at 31 March 2024 kwming Ro•owco8 Ipwrc•s expgnd6d Transfw8 Restrict￿ funds Henry Smith Bimingham Cty Coundl Big Lotto 2 Others 37,1)50 7.188 37,050 7.187 56.692 36,516 137.445 {85.879) (17.341) (9,511) 28,815 8a1 2.966 47.181 7,701 63.103 44.238 Unrestrlctod ￿ndS Gonerdl furMI 109.638 109,638 221,410 221,410 308.124 308.124 19.958 19.95B Total funds 153.876 429.670 83.061 Nam• of fund Dgscrtptlon. natur• *nd pun)08e of lund Rutrlct•d g•rnral Money givan to the charity bthere tho donor rewires that a grant or donatlon be spent for a Sp0cff￿ U￿r￿trIcted general fund The froe reser4ts of the c+l￿ty are not designated for particukr purpose8. 15. Anatysls of not asMt* b•t**on funds Fund balan(w al 31 March 2024 are represente¢J by: Unrestrlct•d Restricted lunds fun(ts Total fund¥ Tanglble fixed ass8ts Curr8nt ass81s Current liabtlil lo,￿6 53.037 10,066 116,709 (43.714) 63.672 (43,714) Total assets 19.958 63.103 83.061 Page 23 Sandw•ll AfrI￿n Coribbean Mental Health Foundallon {A Company Limited by Guardntee) Not06 to the financlal slat•monts for th• year ended 31 March 2024 (contin￿d) 16. Capitsl commilrn•nts Tfwe *pr• no witBI commitments al 31 M￿) 2024 {2023- ￿￿1). 17. Roconclllallm of net InGomel(•xp￿d1ture) to n•t eash flow from oporaung athltlej Totsl 2024 Total 2023 Net ￿￿￿1{8Xp￿diturej for the year Depr￿atIOn (Incroagel I decreasa in debtor5 Increase I Idecrna6e) In credito (70,815} 2.516 1,800 16.234 (18.408) 1727 (30.319) (18,367) N•t cash flow from oporating actlvltl 50265 64,367 18. R•lated party transactlons No relaled paty Iransact4)ns t(M)k pkce ￿ the peritsj of 8¢e4xnL Page 24 Sandwell Afrlcan Carlbbean Mental Hèalth Foundallon DETAILED INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT for th• yaar ended 31 March 2024 1024 INCOMING RESOURCES Grants Sandwefl MBC Oak Foundation Henry Smith Bi8 lotto 2 Lloyd5 Bank Foundath Clty Of Bimilngham Winter Pressu BBW85 Entefpd5e Development Fund Shared Prosperity F4md Others Donations 135.460 64.0 37,050 56,692 135.4 110,8 75 51.1(x) 43,083 15.558 17,506 7.187 10.826 3,650 l.S94 331,959 148 198 26,125 425 3,599 3,235 380,416 901 4.757 Fund raising Sundry income Commercial operation5 RentAI incorne and riK>m hlre 358,855 386.074 STAFF COSTS WaBes and salaries 2￿.610 262,091 SUPI￿RT COSTS Rent and rate5 Insurance I3,t￿l 1,750 12,692 6.113 1.143 5.344 11.133 1,574 7,562 13.016 713 2.103 701 13.815 3,538 14.885 215 19.614 17.532 28.146 Hèa¢118ht and water Telephone and communkations Postage and siationery Athert¥sl Sundries Aepalrs and renewals Travel and 5ubsiStence Offi"ee èxpenses Volunteer eJ(penses TraininE and recrurtment Compuiers and IT Legal and professional Bank charges and inierest Oepret*alion- office equlpmeni 2,473 3,961 11,743 17.653 20,867 33.732 212 2516 2,727 GOVERNANCE COSTS Auditor's remuneratlon Other 424270 399,369 5.100 13 5.113 NET IDEFICITI/SURPWS FOR THE YEAR 170.81SI Thts K#7ge doe5 notfornipartuf the sfvtuWfv￿cltil$1oIernent& Page 25 Sandwell African Carlbbean Mental Health Foundation (A Company Limited by Guarantee) Annual Report and Financlal Statements Year ended 31 March 2024 Charity number: 1082017 Company Number: 4004120 Fettons Chartered Acc4yJntants BirniK7gham B1 3JR Sandwell Afrlcan Caribbaan Mental Heamh Foundatson (A Company Llrnlted by Guarantee) Report and flnancial statements Yoar ended 31 March 2024 Contents Page Referen￿ and admlnistratlve details Report of the trustees IndeperKlent auditorfs report on the financial statements ststement of financial activitses incorporating income & expenditure account 12 Balance sheet 13 Cash flow Stslement 14 Notes fomiing part of the financial stslements, incorporating . Stalement of accounting policies 15 Other notes to the financial stat8rnents 19 The following page does not fomi part of the statutory financial statements: Detailed income arKI expenditure account 25 Sandwell African Carlbbean PAertal Health Foundatlon (A Company Umited by Guarantee) R•f•rnnee and Administrailve Details Chair 81ghop D R W￿¥M5 ReVd G S Bro* R A •kt)on8ld El Musa Puieh Ms M Wils(Y* TfeasuTer (resigned 2 Octob8r 2023) Ch*r Company Secretsry Patriua Johnson Key rtHn89en￿1 persmnel Path'aa Johnsrm Donna Campbdl Rebecca Gardnar Mekssa Machawra Dawn Rekl CEO Office & Fh7ance Manager Youth S6rwI￿ ManagerlC8re Cmrdinator Busff*ss Development Manager Hgafth & Wdlbeing Services Manag Reglstered office Kuuffb8 Centre Boulton Road Wesl MidJarNI8 870 6NW Chafity nwbknr 1082017 Coff¥)any r8g$tsaliC￿ number 4004120 A￿litar Feltons 8 SOvere￿n C￿rt 8 Graharn Street &'nn4ngham B13JR Bankers Unty Twsl Bank Nine Bnndley Place 4 Oozells Square Bi￿Nn9h3rn 81 2HB Solidt(￿s Kapasi a Co 1st IkKY, 17 Street Oldtmjry West MkJL*nds B69 4DT Page 1 Sandwell African carIb￿an Mental H•alth Foundatl¢)n (A Company Limitod by Guarantee) Report of tha trustees Year •nded 31 March 2024 The Tn￿tee¥ present their feport and the financial statorri￿lts of the charity the year ended 31 Marth 2024. The trustees have adop18d the proviS￿lS of the Stslement (Jf Recommended Practice ISORP) "Accounting and ReF(*ting by Charibes- in pr8parin9 the annual rewt and fmancd staI￿nIS of the chanty. The financlal statements have been prepared in accOrdar￿e wrth Ihe accountin9 kthles Set out In notes lo the accounts and wnpiy with the d￿ri￿$ Swning documenL the chan1￿8 Act 2011 and AC￿nt￿g and Reporting by Charrlies.. state￿nI of Re¢ommend8d Practice applicable to charitss preparing thoir a￿Oun18 In accordance with the FInan¢1￿ Reportlng Slandard appIicable in the UK and Republic of Ireknd pUb￿Shed in October 2019 . Trustoes of the d)arity Details of the trustees who seryed durtrKJ Ihe yaar and to the date these accounts tre aprxoved are indimjed in the Referen￿ and Administrative d6tatls on page 1. Oblective* and activitles eharity detlvers ser¥ices predomlnalety iwt not 8xcIusFvety for Black Afrfcan Caribbean peoplè recovering Irorn mentsl illness. thelr famlHes, carers. and the wKler community. In planning the activitFes for Ihe Jear the trustees have Ihe Chanty Ccfflissk)n'$ guidm on wblk benellt. includlng the 9uklance 'publlc benefiL' runnir¥ a dwrty (PB2)'. The str8teg5os wnplo>*d to ￿hleYe ts ch*s atms and obiec&ves are desLYlbed In ￿ Strat￿.C beb*. Strategic R￿ort Achlèvem•nts and perfomiance (Includlng principal rlsks and unc•rtaintle8. dwelopment and perforrnancg and koy perfornmnce Indicator5) Towards Sustsinability We hav8 been F4anning our ioumey Iow8nls 8ustslnabTiIty for Several years now. As a small to medlum stzed chariiable (¥gan￿tIl￿. w8 mad8 the decigion to Introduce trading lo w in(x)me mrx. The reliance on maiorily 9ranl lunding will not serve to SUPFKrt longwly and as such wr plans have engaged and involved beneficiary grDUPS and ottr￿r slakehokler5 to gain an understanding of the changing extemat envlronment and how trading wlti facilttaie Qfoatef fin8n¢ial freedom and ¢)ffer long tenn Sustainabtlty. Support to assist ￿ move toward3 S￿laInab￿[ty was s8aKed from Ihe Social Investment Bu51ness Enterprise Development programme. FUr￿ing was secured to inrxease the Iwjurs of the Business Development Manager lo Increase work on deveioping a hwsing offer. Much progress was maje: and we are rK)w in a prace where we are Iwking to secunng a suitable ￿m￿es. Our Supwrt tsam wiu (lejiver fk)811r4 and tenaw supporL Further to this initiative work has &￿trI￿ad with the move to take rx• a ccrnunlty assel to be transferr8d to us from Sandwell c￿nC#1. The asset in westitin is Charter￿1 Communty Centre (C31. A project team tss been assembled including a firm of architects. A business plan to suppNt the transfer of C3 is in ￿ace and be usod to support and enhance capilal lunding ap￿iCati￿lS to support ttms trangtiffi. Sandwdl African Caribbean Mental Heatth Foundation (A Company Llmited by Guarantee) R•port of the trustees (continued) Year ènded 31 March 2024 Towards Sustainabillty Icontlnued) C3 represenls a ￿81 OPFKYrtunty to Tealise more of our charity, potentsl to work m(￿8 wxlely wrth the local comrnunty in Chwlwnonl and Grove V* ward offeriThJ new swpwxt services alcmgside exislng services currentty being delrvered. Partnernhlps & Networks SACMHF was of the èarly of Communitles in (CIS) consortlum it was Sel up aT￿nd 2016. CIS has been a vehkle through whlch SACMHF have been able lo deliver on projects and s8Mtss that would not have been possible rf SACMHF had lond￿d independenuy. Winter Pre&wres. Wellbeing Bereavernenl, Volunteering, Benefrts & Welfare. Wider Delenninants ol Hedth servKx3 al represent projects and services doltvered in partnetship with other CIS member organisab'ons. Catalyst 4 Chawe works with SACMHF to Contri￿te to the certain of the th dolfvered by the Wesl Midla ComLlned Authority's Menlal Health Commlssion indudirwj the 81ack Thrive Initialive and SACMHF benefKiarie$ C0ntn'￿ted io the Patient Car8r Racè Equality Framework {PCREFI con5uttatts)n piece. We aro also delivering servic6 in partnership with Catalyst and Pohwer Advocacy. This Is the Advocates for Change s8ryice which 18 a (￿lturallY approprlat8 advowi sep4k% delIV￿1￿ acr055 the Binnlngham Solihull Integraled Care Board {IC81 lootprhl. The Race Equalty F¢￿￿atIon regularty wThJuce reFXXts fr(xn research that has induded our beneficiaries. The most recent piece of cotmrfuclod during >rar fproducfK)n meetsTrJs take place warterty and conN)rises ol a majority of benefKiarfes with Slaff wesent in SUpp￿tiVe capacrty. These meethws are minLrtwJ and cl*nts arg invited to present ideas for new services, discuss Issues with Current seNices and gaps in lo(31 servic£ provision. Their views are used to hone our finance and fundraising strattyy and oryaing ￿an$ for future s8rvi￿ defvery to meet their evolving needs. The Biannual Slral8gic Plann•ng Day was held in t)ecember 2023. TNS engag￿rn￿t event vms moved to biarwlual mstead of annual lo *iw suffldenl time between events to ach*ve tho organisatkThl oblectwts discussed and agreed during the day. Certain of tho agreéd aclion5 contribute lo the operatKx]* plan whith is ￿viewed each rnonth and the plan UFxl8ied ac￿1￿1n9ty. A communty ergagement event was held at C3 lo er¥Jage k)c21 Fn discusSi￿S around their needs and what Ihey would like to see being offered in a new centre. This ￿ent was SUPFQrted by L(￿lty who helped to shape the gvent aTha vrt￿ fadlltated the workshop. Localty woduced a report following the ev8nt army this wdl 8nhanGe the C3 business plan and aligned Fyoposed aCtl￿'tieS aTrJ services to be delive￿ fr1￿ C3 fdlowing thÈ transfer of the asset. The AdvoGale8 fw Change servke is designed to support mawTly people &rfmitted to 6 psychiatric units across :h8 Birniingham 8nd Solihull IC8 1(y)tprinl who are from racialised communikn.es to receive timely cuiturally appropriate advocacy to address Iheir issues with the servi¢8 received whist in hospilai care. Sorne support is provided for c(Mnmunitses and for [￿e followTrJ discharge. This serlice has rocruited pwle vAth lived exper1w￿. and Ihis supports our view of the power of p8er suppo Flnanclal r•view {Sndudlng ru•rve5 policy) The finanaal reath ol Sanchveli African Caribbean Mental Heallh Found8tkJn are detsllaj in the followlng pages. It s consmdewl that the finances arg sound and well estab14shed. The principal funding source * a grant from Sandwell MBC. All expendilurp of this income is planned to fulfil the (￿JeC￿1veS and strategks of the charity. During the year ended 31 2024 lotal resoun*s experxled Mwe £429.670 and the defkit of expeThdttur8 over income was £70.815 stated after deprecia1k￿ of £2,516. The trustees conlinualty monitor the r8serrfes of the charrtable cunpany. This process encompasses tr* naturo of incofne and experKliture slreams ar)d the need to mat(* commitments wilh Enco￿ and nature of resefV88. The trusiees regularly review the level of ro$￿Ve3 and aim to mai)tain unrestri(*ed reserves at a M￿￿muM ol £IOO,OW to cover shortlall in funding Ilows. Page 4 Sandwell African Caribb•an h1ental Health Foundation (A Company Llmlted by Guarantee) Roport of Ihe trustees (continuad) Year •nded 31 March 2024 In￿Stment POWqf8 and policy Any sUrP￿S funds are deposited with Unity Trust Bank. Plans for futurn What th6 Futur• Looks Llke for SACMHF Our cl￿rIty takes sericltsly w service olTer and protethvo of our abilty to maintain and levels of service delivery into the future. The future will need to offer a of servths open to loc￿ c(xnmunities free at the point of use SUPF()rted by grant funding and services lo genérate much needed tradin9 income. This Is what we are working toward. In order lo ¥hieve tt¥s our infrastnthre InclLMJing goveTrBn¢*, staffing and management slru¢ture, Maintenar￿ of rjur quality starKlard and the levels of involvement arKI partiopalion Irom peopie Mth liV￿j experterKa will contsnue to be str￿tr*r￿1 to Suppcwt tr* achlevemeni of our overall goal to become sustainab16 In Ihe long tenr. Our dedicatod paid arKI Unpa￿ staff team must be thanked for thetr diligence and ¢(￿nmitMen1 demonstrated during the year desprte the challenges faced Their unsweryirrfj layatty to chanty and benefKiaries Is (x)mmerKJable and our jOLVfW to Sustsinabiltty would fatter wrthoul their c4>ntnlyJthM. Sirnilaty, t￿ people who use our servtes conlintse to challenge Ihe stym8 and misconceptions assoGiated wlth merrtal heallh. Thèir I￿￿11enge lo accepted stereotw arKI slrgma comes from their personal achievements owpknj wlth the work they do to suP￿rt mental health awareness, volunteerfng for our d￿nty and peer supp)rt Our chan'ty wcMJld mean nothlng ￿thOut them, and l frwe th&y know how grateful we are to them for alknwing us a wlndow into their lfves and to do the work that we do. The future of our charlty and our jOLwney towgrds sustalnabw remains a work in Pro￿S$ but we we inchlng doser. We wll contlnue to take small steps towards &hlevlng our goals and while we navigate the hurdles that wtii t%rtainty present ttwnselves dunng the fc¥thcoming year. l ask you consKler takn'ng a lo)k at our website which pr8sents a snapshot of Ihe w(xk we tjo and the outcomes ach*ve(J. Better sbll use our contact delails and come arKI visit us and see we thj for yourselves, I don't think you wdl be d￿nted1 Stru￿Ure, Governance and Management Govemlng doeument Sandw8JJ Caribbean Mentsl Health Foundavon Is a o)mpany limited by guarantee wv8me(I by ib Memorandum and Ar￿C￿8 of Ass(tiation dated 12 Apnl 2CMJo and is reg5tered as a th￿Y the Charity Commi$sK￿. Thwe are ￿rrendY fve mwrt*rs. 8ach of whom Bgrees to contnbule £1 in the event of the chanty winding up. Appolntment pf tsvslees As set cut in the Arti(*s of Ass0(&9ti￿. the Charity may by ordlnary resohffjon appolnt a person is willing to act as a trustee either to fill 8 vacancy or ag an additml trustee and may ￿s0 delermine Ihe rotation In which any sddilional trustees are to retire. No person may be app)inted as a trustee unless they have attsinèd th• age of 18 years or in ¢ircumsl8nce8 suth that. had they alrea(ty been a truste&. they been dtsquallfied from acting under the above provFSiWtS. Page 5 Sandwell Afrlcan Carfbbean Mental Health Foundation (A Company Limited by Guaranté•) Report of the trustees {continu•d) Year ended 31 March 2024 Tmstee inductton and tralnlng New truslees are briefed on thwr legal obtytrons under tharrty and company l*Af and the Charity Commission guidance on pu￿le benefiL and a￿ infomed of (x)ntent of the MonK￿and￿ffl and Arttclès of A89ociation, the committee and decision-making proc￿Se8, th8 business ￿an and the rec*nl financial perft>rnw￿ of the charity. Organlsation Tha board of trustees administh the t**Tty. The board normally meets six times a arKI there are sut tommrtteas covering business develop￿nt indudiry impxL user satisfaction, finance and fundraisi￿ strategy and the Commun￿atiOnS plan which no￿allY meet rour tirr*s a year. A Chief Execubve is appointed by the trustèes to manage th8 day-to4lay operations of the chanty. To faolitate effecbve operakn'ons, the Chief Executive has delegated auttw. within t￿rn$ of delegation apmved by Ihe trustees. for operath)nal matters indudirYJ finance aThl fundraising. human r88wrces, and I￿sir)eSS devek¥)m8nL R•lat•d parties and CWierath)n th oth•r oryanisatlons None of our tnjstees receive ren￿neration or other from their w(xk charlty. Any coffothon tel*Een a trustee or senior manager of the chanty wrth a dienl or supplky must be disclosed to the full l)oard of ttustees In the same way as ary other cfjnlr8Ctual relat￿nshIp with a related party. Relat8d pty trans8CtiW5 In the current r are doscrbed in notes 8 ar￿ 18 to the accourts. Paypollcy for sonlor staff The board of dtredcKs. who are Ihe T￿￿V5 truste95, and the senlor mana9ement team togethor comprise the key management personnel of Ihe tharity in charge of direth.ng and 0￿￿￿11n9 the trust on a day lo day basis. No director received T8muTwlion in the year arKI detsils of direclor5' expenses and related paty transactions are disclosed in notes 6 and 16 10 tho accounts. The pay o15eni¢Jr Slaff is revi￿d annualty and increased accordance wtlh average 0am￿9S. Risk management The irusleeg hav• a risk management policy bthich comwises ". an annual r8vlw ol the principal risks WKI ￿n￿rtaIn￿e$ thai the dwity la(x: the establishm￿t of pdiaes, sy3tems. and W0c￿Ures lo mitigate ltrw rI￿S identi'fied in the amual rewew" and th8 implementation of pr￿lUreS to or manage any potential impact on the c*arTty strK￿ld those risks rnaleriali8e. This WO￿ has KIentIf￿1 that finandal 5tJstainability is the major financial risk for the ¢hanty. Key elements in t managemenl of finandal risk are a regular review of available liquid funds lo setde d8bls as they fall dug. regular liaison wlm bank, and a¢ilve management of owrdticnal debtor and creditor balances io ènsure suffioent wofking (xpilal by the TrusL Attention has also been fcojsed on nonthnandal rfsks such as fire, heatth and safety, employmenl matters and dala protection. These risks are ￿anaged by ensurng accreditats'on is up to date, having rotxjst poliGies kn place, and regular awaTerw tralning for staff workn"n9 in these Lyeralional aréas. Pago 6 Sandwell African Caribbean Mental Health Foundatlon {A Company Llmited by Guarantee) Report of the tru8tt08 (Gontinued) Year ended 31 March 2024 Trustees. responslbllltlas The Iruslees (vtho are also dIreCt￿S of Sandwell Afr￿￿ ￿bbean Mentaf Health F￿n￿ats.0n for the purrmxes of ccfflpany law} s￿ responsible lor weparing the Tnjstees. knnual Report (induding the Strategic Re￿rt) aThJ the financiaf statements in accordarKe with apP￿"table Jaw and Uniled Kingkn Ac0￿nts.n9 Standards (United Kirodom Gwwalty A￿epted Accounlff)g Practtce). Company law requires the Injstees to ￿epa￿ financtal statements lor each financiat year, whth gve a true and lalr view of the stat8 of affairs of fv charilable company and of Ihe incoming resour¢65 and application of reS￿reeS. Includlffj the Income and 6xper#Jiture, of the (*aritslMe oxnpany far thal penod. In preporovd th88e ￿anCial slatements. Ihe trustoos are required lo: seled sultab18 &(x￿ni1ng F#kn'es and th￿1 aprAy them (x>nsisterrtry, observe the methods and Pri￿1p1a$ in ￿ Charities SORP 2019 {FRS 102)." make judgernents and estimales that are reasrxiablo and rKudenL" state whether apph'cable accounttng standards have been folk)w8d. subjeLt to any malonal depwiurgs dis¢losed and explaine(I In Ihe firbanual statements; prepare tha financial stalements on the g￿n9 0￿Cern basis Lmless it Is Inapwopriat8 to wesume thal the chaiity wll (x)ntlnue In operatic￿. The tnJste68 are reSp(￿Ible for keeping adeqLrate accountmg records that disclose wilh reasmable accuracy at any trmè th6 financial posrtk)n of the charitatk ￿rnpany and erpble them lo ensure that the financial stalements comply wlth the Companies Act 20IlS. They are abo resp(￿sible safeguarding the assets of the charitable o)mpany and hence for taking r&qsonable sw for the preventsm detec￿n of fraud and other irre9ularitleB. In so far as tho trustees are aware: there is no relevant audit Infomlaiion of which the cawitable ¢xwnpanYs atNJitor is unaware,. and the Irustégs have taken all step5 thal trw ought to have taken to make Ihemselves awaro of any releyant audil infonnakn and to establth that the auditor is aware of that infonnatKn. Dlsclosure of inforniatlon to th• audStor W8, th8 dlrectors of the company who held office at date of apwoval of these Financial StateThnts as set out above each confimi. $0 far as are aware, that.. re Is no relevanl audit infomation of whi&1 the ￿r￿an￿$ auaitors are un￿ar8. and we have taken all th8 Steps that we ought lo have tsken Ès directors in order to make wrselv8s aware o18ny relevant audit infornat￿ and lo establish that Ihe crynls auth.tors are awarfy of that Inlormation. In 8pprovlng the Trustees. Annual RewL wa also approve ts Str*egrc Re￿￿ knduded therein. tn (￿r capacAty 88 c¢)mpany directors. On behaN of the board. Bishop D R Williams- Chair D8te ". Page 7 Indopendont Auditoes Rewt to the Trusto•s of Sandwell Afrlcan Caribbean Montsl Health Foundatlon (A Company Llmit6d by Guarantse) Opinion We have audited the financial slatem8nts of Sandwell Afri(3n Caribb8an Mental Health Fwndalion (the 'charilabJe comp8ny') for the year ended 31 March 2024 %thich cornpnse Ihe Slatement of Finanaal Actwities. BalarKe Sheet Iho Slatemerrt of Cash Flow2 and notes to tho financial slatements. 1ndL￿[ng signfficant accountiTh3 Oicies. Tt financia reportlng lrnmawork that has been applied In their prepara'on Is appllcable law and United ￿'ngdoM AccouNir7g Standards. Induding Finan(aal Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Re￿thng Stsndard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ir8land' (Unrted KIngd￿n Generally Atr￿pIed Acc(xmling Pract￿>. In our opinion the finanoal statements . give a twe falr view of the state ol the charrtable i>)rnpanYs affairs as al 31 Marth 2024. and of it8 inL¥￿ing resourGes aTrJ applical￿n ol resoufC68. in(auding its incoma and expendl1u￿, lor the year then have been Ixywly prepared in ￿￿dance *ith United Klng¢kn Generally At￿pted A¢countiw PractiC6', and have been prepared in aC(1)rdan￿ Ihe requirements of the Companies Act 2006. Basis for oplnlon We cuiducted our audit in accordano wlth Intemational Standards on Audiling (UK) (ISAS (UK)) and appllixble law. Our resFx)nsibilities under thc>s8 Standards are further destribed In the Audttorfs reSP￿SibilItieS for the audit of the financial statements section of Thjr re￿. We are Inder￿lent of the charitoble Company in acoxdance the ethical requirements that a￿ refevant io our atKlit of the financial statements in the UK, includin9 the FRC'S Ethical Slandard, and ￿ have f￿rilled our other ethic41 res￿nSibIl[￿aS In accordance with these requirements. We believe Ihal the 8￿jrt evKlance we have obtained is sufficient and arvopnate to provide a basis for our opjnion. Conclusions rnlatlng to golng concern auditing the finarKlal statements, w8 conduded that the tr￿. use of the g￿Trg c(wrem b8818 ol accounting In preparalk>n of the financial slatements15 appropriate. ased on th8 *r)rk wg have performed. we have not Identiffed any material uncertainties relatiThJ to events or conditlons that. Individualty or colledivety, may cast S￿nifI￿nI doubl on the charrtable company's abHIty ¢0 conunue as a going ¢0￿M for a period of at least t**fve m(mths from vthen the financial statements are autlN)rised for issue. Our respC￿[bIllknes and the responsibilibas of the truste8S Wtlh respect to g)fftg concern ar8 described in the relevant sections (4 this report. Other Inforn￿lIon The other infomiation cgxnprlses inforniation Induded in the Iruslees annual rewrl. other than tho financial ststemenls and our audttor's rewt thereon. trustees are respmsibie for the other infomatron ￿)ntain8d wrthin the annual reporL Our opinion on thfj financial stalements does rK￿ cover the other Informab'on ano. 8xcept lo the exlenl otherwise ewicrtly stated In our rerArt ￿ do not èxpress any ft)rni of aSsura￿e (x)ncluslon the￿n. Page 8 Independent Auditorfg Report to the Trustees of Sandwell African Caribbean Mental Heafth Foundation (A Company Llmited by Guarantee) (continued) r responsibility Is to read Ihe olher inlormabon and. in doin9 $0, consider *fiether the other Inf(xMa￿on is materially Inconsistent ￿1th the financial statements or our knth¥ledg8 obtained in tho course of ihe audit or 0￿r￿ls& appears to be malerialty misstAted. If we identify such material inconsistencies lx apparent material rnisstalements. we are required lo datamine ￿ether this gives rfse to a material ￿MS$tatement in the financtal ststements Ihemsefv8s. if. based on the work we have perfcrftnod. rxirKlude that tt*re is a material misstatement of this Lther inffflralion. we are required to report that fact We have nothing to retM)rt in this regard. Oplnlon on other mattera prescribed by th• Compani•8 Act 2006 In our opinlon. based on the work undert8kan in the rx)ur5e of the audit.. the infomiation grven in Ihe Truslees. Reporl for Ihe finanaal year for whith the financial 5talemerns are prepared is LJ)nsistent the financial ststements. and L, Ihe Trustees. Report have been prepared in acccydance with applirAbie legal rewirements. MatterB on whlch we ar• r•qulrod to report by oxcoptlon In the Ilght of our knov41edge and understsnding of the c¢xnpary and its environM￿t obtained In the course of the au¢Jit, we have rmx klenttned mater41 missL2tem8nts in th8 Trustees. Repm. We have nothlrYJ to report in respect of thè following matters tn retstion to whith the CA)mpanies Act ￿ requlres u8 to report lo you if, in our opinion.. r adequate w)unting records havè rM)t been kept. or th8 finandd slatements are not in aJ( eement wrth the aCt￿nting records and retums: or •l cwtan dlsclosures of trustees. remuneraiion sp8cffied by law are not made. or have not reoived all the inf￿10n and explanations we require f(K our audlt: or the trustees V*pre not ontrtled to prepare the finandal statements in acC(￿danCe wtth the small comp8nies regim8 and take 8dvantage of the small companies. exemptior6 in prepariFYJ the Trustees. Report and from the Tequirement to prepare a Strateglc Rep(xL Respon$ibllitios of truste•s Ag explalned more fully In Ihe trustees. resFonsibilities st8t8rnoM (set out on page 5). the truslees l*th0 arè also the dlrectors of the charitable company for the puws of ctynpary law) are respon&Tr>le for Ihe preparatson of the flnancial statements arkj fcrf being satisfied that tr￿Y gNe a true and fair view, and for Slth intemal control as the trustees determine Is necessary to enable the preparalion of financial statements that are tree from mÈierlal misstatemert vthetsr due to fraud LY errar. In preparing thè financ￿ statements. the truslees are responsible for assessing the charitable Company's ability lo continue as a goiNJ concem. disclosing, as aFplicable. matlefs related to going concern and using the going conom basis of accwnting unless the trustees eilher Intend to liquid8te charitable company or to cease Operati￿5. or have no realistic attemative but to do 80. Page 9 Indopondant Audltorfs Report lo the Trustees of Sandwo11 African Caribbean Mental Health Foundation (A Cornpany Llmited by Guarantee) (contlnued) Audltorfs responsiblllties for the audit of the financial $tatrnt8 Our Wectives ar8 to obtain rea5w￿e assurance ab¢)ut whethw finanu.al statements Bs a thle are free from material misststement, vthether due to fraud or error. and io Issue an auditorfs report that includes our Opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assuranGe, but L8 not a guarantee that an audit condLKted in ac¢ordanL% With ISAS (UK) will always detect a material misstatement vthen tt exists. Misstat8ments can arise from fratKI or erTor and are considered material rf, individually or in the aggregate. Ihey could reasonably be expaetwj to Infiuence lh8 ecorK)mlc declskns ol users taken on the basis of these financial slatemenls. Irregularitie8. induding fraud. are instances of nOnthc(¥nplran￿ laws and regulalkjns. We (lesign procethros in Ilno Yéith our resFx)nsibillties. (xrtlined atx)ve. to detect material fnisstatements in res[￿ of irregularib'es. induding Iraud. The specific procedures for Ihis enga9ement and the extent to bthlch these are capable of detec*ing irregulw71i8S, Including fraud is detailed below. We reviewed ts companys control and risk mwent procedures arxl Planned our work based on our assessrrHIt of those ¢￿trOlS and Fmdures; • l Thls reV￿W included an assessment of the risk of malerial mlsstatement duo to errors. fraud and management override of contrds for 811 material areas in the ￿ancIal stalements: We made enqulries of r￿anak￿￿nI and the comptys layrs regarding any actual or w)tentlal li11g￿"0n an(Vor dairns: £ Financial Statern￿ts (f&8dosure5 were r8viawwJ and checked for compliance with applicable laws." ti Detsiled tests.ng was c(XKluded on b*nces and transactions 1ndudti￿ unuwal items and Ihose of IrKINidL￿I signIfican￿ to the finan081 ststements; Data arkilytscs ￿Ere used tn ordpx to Klenbfy unusual IY significant tra￿. Communicatlons with management and those dBrged K4ryth gtrrfemance regarding rel6vanl matters was up.dertaken thr￿￿ul the audit ar￿ on o)mpletion. Because of the inharent limltati0rn5 of an 8udrt. tr*re is a ri6k that wè will r#)t detect apl irregularities. Including Ihose l&ading to a material misstsiement in the flnand81 statwnents or rth-compliance wlth regulalrf)n. Thrs rlsk incre8S85 the more that compliance with a law or reENAlatlon is remov8d from tho events and transactF¢)ns rellected In the financi81 statements, as we wll be less likely to become aware of instances ol r￿n￿¢c￿npllaDC8. Th8 risk is also greaier regarding IrregularitES Oxufring due lo fraud ratrw than err(Y. as fraud Invdves intentional C￿c&81Ment. forgery. collusic￿, omission or M￿re[￿OSen￿￿'on. A furthw descr?ption of our rgsponsibilities for Ihe atAlil of the finanoal slatemenls Is located on the Financial Reporttng Ccmjnol's w*bsite at vhwi.fre.org.uwauditorsresp￿sibl{tss. This descripts)n fonns part of (xw auditorfs Page 10 Sandwell Afrlcan Caribbean Mental Health Foundatlon (A Company Limited by Guarantee) (Gontlnued) Use of our report This report is made sotety to the charilable c(ryny's members. as a bcty. in ￿rdance Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2CKX. Our audrt work has been urKlertaken so that we might state to the chantable C￿7panIS memkrs those mattets we are required to state to them in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent pemiitted by law. we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the Charrtable cornpany and the charitable company's rnembers as a bc*, for ¢)ur audit work, for tm's re￿. or for the opinions we have fomed. VLQL._ Davld W Farnsworth FCA (Senior Statutory Auditor) For and on behalf of Fdtons, Statutory Audrtor 8 Sovereign Court 8 Graham Street Birmingham B1 3JR Date '. Page11 Sandwell Afrfcan Caribbean Mental Hèalth Foundatlon (A Company Llmlted by Guarantee) statement of financlal activitlos for the year ended 31 March 2024 Unrutrlcted R¢strKt•d funds Tolal 2024 2023 Not•s Incomè Grants 8nd donations Income from ch&itable adivitles.. Fund raisin9 SurKlry income Income from tsading 3ctivitie$." Commercial q)erations Renlal in(fJme ar￿ room hire 194.514 137.445 331,959 380,416 148 198 901 4.757 198 26.125 425 26,125 425 Total incorno 221.410 137,445 358,855 386.074 Expendlture Ch8riÈable actmties." Opèrational and suptKJrt a)sts 308.124 121.548 429,670 404.482 Total exp•iMllture 308,124 121.546 429,670 404,482 Not (expenditure) b•for• transfgr8 (86.714) 15.899 (70,815) {18.408) Gross transfers betwwi funds 14 (2.*6) Not movoment In funds 189.680) 18.865 (70,815) (18.408) Reconciliatlon of lunds Total funds brought forward 14 109.638 44.238 153.876 172,284 Total funds Garrled forward 19.958 63.103 83.061 153.876 All Income arKI expenthiure derive continuing actF¥ikn. The statement of financial activitRs indude3 all galns and losses recognlsed duriNJ the year Page 12 Sandwell Afrlcan Carlbbean Mental Health Foundatlon (A Company Llmtted by Guarantee) Company Number . 4004120 Balance sheet as at 31 March 2024 I Charlty number: 1082017 2024 2023 Flxod a$s•ts Tangiblo assots 10 10, 10,909 Currènt assets Debtors Cash al b￿￿ and In harKI 11 65.179 51.530 116.709 66.979 103,468 170,447 Credltor*: •mounts falllng due withln orh• >Tar N•t Gurrent as¥•ts 12 43,714 27,480 72.995 142.g67 Net assets 83,061 153,876 Fund8 of th• Gharlty: Resfficted lunds General fur#J 14 63.103 44.238 unr0strl￿•d fund8 14 19.958 109,638 19.958 109,638 Total fund* 83.061 153.876 8moll ctynp8rl••. Th8 ￿t@S 15 10 24 fami p•rtol Ihg8e ac¢auxts. beham ty. Blshop D R Wllams (Chaf) Page 13 San(Iwell Afrlcan Caribbean Montal H6alth Foundatlon (A Company Llmited by Guarants•) Statem•nt of ca8h flows for the year ended 31 March 2024 Notes 2024 2023 Cash fiow from ¢)POfatlng actjvitl•8 Net ¢ash Ilow from operatlng actlvld•• 17 <50,265) (64,367) 50.265 (64.367 Cash Ilow from Investlng acuvhl Paymonts to aGquifB tangible fixed assets (1,673) Nol cash flow from invgsting actlvttios (874) 1.673 874 Net Sncrea$e l (dgcrease) in cash and cash equivalents Cash and cash equivalents at 1 2023 Cash and cash oqulval•nts at 31 March 2024 (51,938) (65241) 103.468 168.709 51.530 103.468 Page 14 Sandwell Afrlcan Carlbbean Merrtal Health Foundatlon (A Company Limlted by Guaranto0) Not•8 to tho financial 8tatements for the year onded 31 March 2024 l. Art¢ounllng polleles a) General Infomwllon aThl bas1• of preparatlon Sandwe51 Afrfcan Caribbean Mental Heallh FcyJnda1￿ is a charitat4e company limfted by guarantee . In Ihe event of the charity being wound up. the liabilty In rBspect of the guaranlee 1$ limited to £1 per member of the charity. The address of Ihe regist￿ed office ts gtven In the charity inf0m￿tiOn on page 1 of th&%e financial ststements. The nalure of the charitys OperalK￿ and pnnopal activities Is the delivery of se[vi￿S predominately but not exdusivety for Black Afr￿an Cwibbean recovenng frrxrl mental ilkness and th8ir famlues. carers, and the widèr ￿Mmunrty. The charity 1X￿$titUteS a public benefil entsty as defir*d by FRS 102. The finantsal statements have been epared In accordan￿ with Acc￿Jntin9 and Reporting by ChantJe$'. Statement of Recommended Practico apF￿'Cab[e to charitses preparmg their 8cc(MJnls In accordance wlth the Financial Rep￿lIng Stand￿d appIl￿ble In the UK and Republic of Ireland ￿SUed in October 2019. the Finandal Reportsng Standard applicable in the United lfjngdc¥n aTKI Republic of IrelwKI (FRS 102). the Ch8rfti88 Act 2011. the CL￿npan￿$ Act 2006 and UK Generally Attepl&J Accounting Practi￿. 8igntfiwt accounting policie8 8pplied In the preparation of these finan(aal stalements are sel (Krt beknw. These policies have been a￿SIstenty aPpI￿ad to all years presented unloss otheThvise stat b) Golng ¢oncem The financial stalements h8ve bwi prepared ty) a going corwn bÈsis a5 the tnjslees believe that no materwl uncertainties exisl. The tr￿leeS have C￿S￿lere￿ the level of funds he&J and the exp6Cted level of income and expenditure for a peri(yJ of 12 months frorn the date of authorising these financlal stst6ments. The dg8ted irK>Jffle and eX￿d{tur8 Is suffKient wth the level of Teseryas for th9 chanty to be able to continl as a golng concern. C) Funds Unreslrthd ftJNls are ava￿able frK use at the dixretFon of the trustees in furtherance of thè genoral (*e¢tsves of the cknarty arbj Wffiich have been deskjnated for olher purpLWS. Desw3nal8d furth compnse unresIr￿tad funds that have begn set askle by the Iru5tee5 for wtilwl purKws. The aim ar￿ use of each designated fund is sel out in the rK>tes to the financial slalements. Restncted funds are lunds whlch are to ￿ used in accud8nu with specific restrKlk¥ns Imwsed by ttonors which have been raised by the chanty for particular purpose5. The ¢J)St of raising and adminlslering su fvnds arg charged againsl Ihe speafic furKI. The aim aTKI use of each restncted fijnd is set ￿ in the notes io the fr￿n(la1 Stat￿ts. d) Income recogn￿On All Incomiffj resources are induded in the Slalement of Financfral Activities {SoFAI when the dBrtty Is legawy enbtled to the income after any performance condrtKm$ have bo￿ met, the 8IMunt ¢8n b8 measured reliably and it is probable that the inc(xne r￿1ve(L Page 15 Sandw•ll Afrlcan Caribbean Mentsl Hoalth Foundation {A Company Llmited by Guarantee) Noles to the financlal statements for tho year ended 31 Alar¢h 2024 (contlnued) 1. Accountin9 pollcies (conllnued) d) InGomo recognftion (contlnuod) Grants are included in tha Stat8ment of Financial ActNiti8s ￿ a recavable basis. The balance of incom8 re￿}Ved for Srxofic wrpw but not exp8nded during the Feriod is shown in the rdevant nds on Ihe balanc• sheet Where Inc(￿r* Is receNed in advance of entiuemenl of rwipl Its r8COWition is deferred and induded in creditors as d￿err8d inCw￿. w￿re entltlement occurs befLYe income is ￿1v￿￿. the income ts a(>Ju&J. Donatlons Donations are reccgnised on a re￿Nable basis where there Is ¢ert&nty ol receipt and amount dn be rel￿blY m8astsr&l. If there are mndrtsons attact*d lo the dOnat￿n and ihis requlres a level of perfoTmanc* belor8 enlrtlement can be obtsined then In(m s deferred until those ￿nditIons are fully met or the fvifim8nt of those Lx)ndillons 18 Within the c[￿trC4 of the c*7arrty ané tt is probable that they be fulfilled. Donated servic•9 and gifts in klnd Donaied facilities and donated professional seNces are recognised in al their la"r Val￿ when their economi¢ benefrt Is prdiab$8. it can be measured reliabty and the charfty has control over the Item. Fair value is detem)inod on the basFS of the value of tr18 gtft to tr19 charity. For exampb the amlwnt the charlty would be wfjS1ing to pay In the open market such faciltties *KJ Servi￿S. A corre$For￿tr￿ arn￿nI is r￿Jgri￿ in experKlture. Glftg In kind F￿ed asset gifts in klnd are when receivable and are irKluded at fair value. They are rnt deferr￿1 over the lrfe of the a55eL Intor•st rec•lvabl• Interest on funds held on deposrt 15 Ind￿8￿ Wtr￿ r8caNablo and the amount can be measured rBlIa￿Y by the charity, this is normally utKY) notsfic*ion of the intere51 paid (¥ payable by the bank. Other Incom• Olher incom&, Including the htre of facJltts6s. Is recognised In the peri(xl it Es re¢efvable and Io Ihe Ytent the goods have boen provided or on QJY*tion of the sorvKe. e) Ex￿ndIture reco9nilton l expendilur8 ts accounted fof ￿ an accruas &%is aTrJ has been dassified under headlngs thal aggregate atl cosls related to Ihe cat8gyy. Expenditure is recognised where there Is a lega or constructive Obligati￿ to make payTnents lo third parues. 11 Is probablo that the settlement wlll be requtred and the amount of the oblwation can be measured reliabty. tt is ￿egc￿Sed urKler the fdkming headiffjs: Costs of generatlng lunds These are costs incurred In attra￿ing voluntary irKX)me. and Ihose wit￿￿8d In tradirwJ adiviti08 that raise fvrKIs. Pag9 16 Sandw¢ll African Carlbbean Mental Health Foundatlon (A Company Llmft•d by Guarants•) Notes to tho financlal 8tatsrnents for the ended 31 March 2024 (contlnued) 1. Accountlng pollciH (Contlnu •) Exp•ndltur• rqcognitlon (contlnued) Charltablo actMtI•s These afe rx)sts Sncurred in a(atvrties IV￿￿￿ken to lurthèr Ihe pUrpL￿eS of the d)arfty and tt*ir assoc¢ated supp)rt costs. Govemance costs These include the costs attrfbutable to the trusvs Complian￿ with constitutional aThJ ststutory requirements. irKILhYing Strateg￿ managemenl and trustees. meebn9s and reimbursed expenses. I￿e{X)Y￿able VAT is charged as an ew8e agairtst activty ts Ythlch ex[w￿rtUre arose. fj Allo&ition of support ￿$ts Support costs are tPw)se that assist work of the charity but do not dIr￿Y rewes8nt charll8ble 8Ctivrties and Include office costs, govarnan(% CO8t5 and administrative Pa￿￿1 costs. Where support costs cannot be ectjy Bttributed to parLrular headings tw have been 811ocated to cost of rai&ng funds and 8xpendllur• on charliable a¢ttvrti88. The bases on which support tx)sts have been alkKaied are sel nole 6. g) Tanglble fix•d atsets Tangible fixed assels are stated at C05t Ifx deemed cost) or valuatKm loss ac￿MUlated deprecjalion XYJrnLJlated impainnent 10&8e5. Cost iThJudes costs directly attributable to making the asset capable ol operab'ng as intended. DepreciatKMI is provided on all tsngble fixed assets, at rates calculated to write off the co< less esllmated residuBI value. of vath asset on a syst8matlc basis over rts exp8Cted useful life as lollows.. Offic4 0qU￿>M•￿t - 20% per arwwrn (YJ a re￿￿￿19 bal¥￿ ba&.8 h) Debtors OFef81ional and 0th8r debtors are recogntsed at the seltlemenl ar￿Unt du8 after any trad8 di9￿)Unt offere Prepay￿￿nts are valued at the amount prewd net of any trade discounts due. i) Cash at bank and in hand Cash at bank arKI in hand indudes cash and short teryn highly IiquKI inVestm￿ts a short matudty of three months or less from the date of acquisition ¢y ownlng of Iho dep￿lt ty sunilar accajrrt. Paga 17 Sandwoll Afrlean Caribbean Mental Health Foundatlon (A Company Limited by Guarantee) Notes to the fir)anclal statements for tho year ended 31 March 2024 (contlnuod) 1. ACc￿ntIng poli¢les (continued) J) Uabllltle5 Liabifibes recognised when there Is ￿ th1lgatic￿ at the balance sheet dale a5 a result of a past event. it is probable that a transfer of ewiomic bw*fil ￿11 b8 required in settlement, and t￿ amount ol the settlement can be estimated relietty. Liabikties are recognised al thè amount that the charity antiC4pales it will pay to sott10 the debt or the anwrt tt has recwed as advanc8d paymeftts for the goods or Son￿Ge5 il must provklo. k> Oporatlng lèas Rentsk payabte under operatlng teases are c*8rged lo the SOFA on a strAight line Ws over the period of the le8se. l) Ta&2tlon The chanty is an gxempt ch&ity within tho meanirvj of schedulè 3 01 the Ch8M6es Act 2011 arKI is considered to pass thé tests set OLrt in Par8graph 1 Schedule 8 Finance Act 2010 and therefore It meets the definrt￿n of a charllable ccwny for UK (Y)rF￿kn tax purpws. ml Penslon b•neffts The chanly OF4ral8s a defined contribution plan ky the ber*fft of rts emplo￿￿5. conlrt1￿tlons are expwbsed as they become payable. Page 18 Sandwell AfrIGan Carfbbean Mental Hèafth Foundauon (A Company Llmlled by Guarantee) Not08 to Ihe financlal ststgments for the year ended 31 March 2024 (continued) 2. Prior y•ar Statem•nt of Finanelal Athllles (year •nd 31 March 2023) lknrEsththd R•5trfct•d funds funds Tt)t•l 2023 Grants ana dffiationB Income from chanlable adlvlbe Fund raisirYJ Sundry inccv Totsl incom• 313.758 380.416 9)1 4.757 319.416 4,757 386.074 ExpènpendibJre) is staw after thargiThJ .' Total 2024 Totsi 2023 Depreciallon ￿ langrtjle frxed assets Operating lease rents Premlses Auditcys remunwatton . audit lee 2.516 2,727 12.955 5.400 11.133 5,100 Sandwell Affican Carfbbean Mental Health Foundatlon (A Company Umlted by Guarantee) Notss to the flnanclal statem•nts for the y•ar •nded 31 March 2024 (continued) . Trustees and k•y managern•nt p•rs<>nnd remun•ratlon and expenJ•s The IF￿leaS nellher rece￿￿ rnr walvad any remufwation durirKJ the year (2023- £nil). On& trustae12023 . 2) rBimbursed expenses thjriryd t1￿ of £489 (2023- £363}. The Trust oJnsh*ers its key management pOrn￿n81 cNnwse the wior Managem￿1 team as Ilst&l on p8ge 1. The total amount of empk)yee benefts lincludirvJ employer pen8ion contnbutsons and ￿nplOyer nats(xo1 insurance contributions) received by key management Wsoind was £187.116 (2023 - £171.667). 9. Analy815 of staff co8ls and numbers Staff eosts '. Tot•1 2024 Total 2023 Wages and s&rios Sccial security ujsts Define(I rA￿lnbUt1r￿ Pen￿On schem88 259.516 23,391 7,703 290,610 233.837 22,180 6,074 262.091 No employ88s received total •mpbyo8 benefts of nyjre than £eo.Tr)o. Stsff numbers . The average monthty numter of employees and lull time eq¢Jivalents during the year vds as fdlows.. 2024 2023 Numb•r 2023 FfE Numbaf Ch8rllable a¢bwl Manag8ment f1 10 10. Tangible flxed usets •qulpm•nt Totsl Cost At 1 Awil 2023 Additions Al 31 March 2024 52,684 1.673 54.357 52.684 1,673 54,357 Dopreelallon At 1 Apnl 2023 char￿ for the year Al 31 Marth 2024 41.775 2.516 44,291 41,T15 2.516 44.291 Net book valu At 31 March 2024 10,066 10.066 Al 31 March 2023 10.9)9 10.909 21 Sandwell African CarSbboan Mental H￿1th Foundath>n (A Company Limited by Guarantee) Notes to the finanelal slatements lor th• year ended 31 klarch 2024 (continuedl 11. Doblors Total 2024 T¢>tal 2023 Det4￿5 from 0￿rab"On$ Prepayments and accnjed ino)m8 Olher debtor5 2.DJO 979 64,OCM) 66,979 65.179 65.179 12. Cr•dllors - amounts falllng du¢ within one yeaT T¢Aal 2024 2023 Cr8dilor5 from operattons TaxatTron and soca81 $8curity Acenjals and deferred income Other credrtors 6,965 8.561 19.253 8.935 43,714 4,638 8.721 5,1 9.021 27.480 Dof•rrnd in¢om• DfrferTed IrK￿me at 1 April 2023 Resources deferred h the year Amounts released from provk)us y Deferred irKm at 31 March 2024 13,853 22,843 13,853 Ai ihe balance sheet dale the (*arity funds r￿e1Ved in advatKx frorn Black NHS Partnership TNst for Ihe Vlk*r D8lem)rwts of H8alth prw and fr(xn Sandwdt Counc41 for a cydirKJ proJe(X. 13. Commltrn•nl• und•r operatlna l&•s•s At 31 March 2024 the tharity w88 ¢onwnitt8d to making the foHowing payments undor non- eancellabte opèratwy ieases '. Total 2024 Total 2023 Within year WFthin to fivè yearn incknrrfe 13.362 16,314 13.362 29,676 29.676 43.038 Page 22 Sandwell African Carlbb•an Montal Health Foundatlon (A Covnpany Limlted by Guarantee) Not•s to tho ffnanclal ststements for tho ￿ar •nded 31 March 2024 (contlnued) 14. Anafy•ls of fvrmts Balane• at 1 April 2023 Balance at 31 March 2024 kwming Ro•owco8 Ipwrc•s expgnd6d Transfw8 Restrict￿ funds Henry Smith Bimingham Cty Coundl Big Lotto 2 Others 37,1)50 7.188 37,050 7.187 56.692 36,516 137.445 {85.879) (17.341) (9,511) 28,815 8a1 2.966 47.181 7,701 63.103 44.238 Unrestrlctod ￿ndS Gonerdl furMI 109.638 109,638 221,410 221,410 308.124 308.124 19.958 19.95B Total funds 153.876 429.670 83.061 Nam• of fund Dgscrtptlon. natur• *nd pun)08e of lund Rutrlct•d g•rnral Money givan to the charity bthere tho donor rewires that a grant or donatlon be spent for a Sp0cff￿ U￿r￿trIcted general fund The froe reser4ts of the c+l￿ty are not designated for particukr purpose8. 15. Anatysls of not asMt* b•t**on funds Fund balan(w al 31 March 2024 are represente¢J by: Unrestrlct•d Restricted lunds fun(ts Total fund¥ Tanglble fixed ass8ts Curr8nt ass81s Current liabtlil lo,￿6 53.037 10,066 116,709 (43.714) 63.672 (43,714) Total assets 19.958 63.103 83.061 Page 23 Sandw•ll AfrI￿n Coribbean Mental Health Foundallon {A Company Limited by Guardntee) Not06 to the financlal slat•monts for th• year ended 31 March 2024 (contin￿d) 16. Capitsl commilrn•nts Tfwe *pr• no witBI commitments al 31 M￿) 2024 {2023- ￿￿1). 17. Roconclllallm of net InGomel(•xp￿d1ture) to n•t eash flow from oporaung athltlej Totsl 2024 Total 2023 Net ￿￿￿1{8Xp￿diturej for the year Depr￿atIOn (Incroagel I decreasa in debtor5 Increase I Idecrna6e) In credito (70,815} 2.516 1,800 16.234 (18.408) 1727 (30.319) (18,367) N•t cash flow from oporating actlvltl 50265 64,367 18. R•lated party transactlons No relaled paty Iransact4)ns t(M)k pkce ￿ the peritsj of 8¢e4xnL Page 24 Sandwell Afrlcan Carlbbean Mental Hèalth Foundallon DETAILED INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT for th• yaar ended 31 March 2024 1024 INCOMING RESOURCES Grants Sandwefl MBC Oak Foundation Henry Smith Bi8 lotto 2 Lloyd5 Bank Foundath Clty Of Bimilngham Winter Pressu BBW85 Entefpd5e Development Fund Shared Prosperity F4md Others Donations 135.460 64.0 37,050 56,692 135.4 110,8 75 51.1(x) 43,083 15.558 17,506 7.187 10.826 3,650 l.S94 331,959 148 198 26,125 425 3,599 3,235 380,416 901 4.757 Fund raising Sundry income Commercial operation5 RentAI incorne and riK>m hlre 358,855 386.074 STAFF COSTS WaBes and salaries 2￿.610 262,091 SUPI￿RT COSTS Rent and rate5 Insurance I3,t￿l 1,750 12,692 6.113 1.143 5.344 11.133 1,574 7,562 13.016 713 2.103 701 13.815 3,538 14.885 215 19.614 17.532 28.146 Hèa¢118ht and water Telephone and communkations Postage and siationery Athert¥sl Sundries Aepalrs and renewals Travel and 5ubsiStence Offi"ee èxpenses Volunteer eJ(penses TraininE and recrurtment Compuiers and IT Legal and professional Bank charges and inierest Oepret*alion- office equlpmeni 2,473 3,961 11,743 17.653 20,867 33.732 212 2516 2,727 GOVERNANCE COSTS Auditor's remuneratlon Other 424270 399,369 5.100 13 5.113 NET IDEFICITI/SURPWS FOR THE YEAR 170.81SI Thts K#7ge doe5 notfornipartuf the sfvtuWfv￿cltil$1oIernent& Page 25