2021-03-31-accounts

Registered Charity number 1082190

ABORIAN COMMUNITY CENTRE

Report and Accounts

For the year ended 31 March 2021

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Charity Information

Trustees

Nashwa Ali Ahmed Ibrahim Nihal Ali Nafisa Abdullahi

Charity Number 1082190

Registered office

20 Dawes Road LONDON SW6 7EN

Accountants

Anderson Pierce and Co Accountants 14 Alexandria Road West Ealing, London W13 0NR

Bankers

Metro Bank Kensington Branch W8 7RG

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ABORIAN COMMUNITY CENTRE

Report of the Trustees

For the Year Ended 31 March 2021

The trustees present their annual report and financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2021. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in the Charities Act 2011 and Accounting and Reporting by Charities Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard.

Objectives and activities

The purpose of the charity is to promote the benefit of the residents of the London and beyond without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, race or of political, religious or other opinions, by bringing people together to improve education, relieve poverty and to provide facilities for social welfare, leisure time and recreational interests with the aim of improving conditions of life for the people:

The main activities are:

The Aborian has become a catalyst for a broad variety of community-led and focused activities. These include digital courses, training and educational opportunities, unemployment advice and many voluntary led community activities mainly aimed at women. We have delivered the followings:

1. We delivered good parenting courses for 62 women from West London

2. We delivered digital courses for 80 women from disadvantaged background groups in London

3. Worked with ONS to run a campaign on census and to create greater community awareness on Census.

4. We worked with department of health across 13 local authorities to promote vaccination intake and dispel myth and conspiracy theories associated with vaccination.

5. We delivered strategic consultations between our service users and decision makers on Covid-19 impacts.

A review of our achievements and performance:

How our activities delivered public benefit Our organisation provides an open, user friendly, fully accessible and all-inclusive community, facility providing a wide range of services and activities for all sectors and ages to address the needs as identified by the community. This includes establishment of new Initiatives and projects to assist in social, financial and economic inclusion; accessing funding to support new initiatives and groups, networking sharing best practice, information and resources, developing the capacity of local people to take an active rale in their community, influence decision makers; volunteer development and working in partnership with other community voluntary and statutory providers of community services and activities. Aborian is a key source of skill and personal development also providing a volunteer development programme with capacity building of individuals an integral element of the aborian's philosophy. Centre staff has strongly contributed to the regeneration of the area addressing financial inclusion, environmental sustainability, enterprise development, education, health, unemployment, community safety and community cohesion. We link our activities and projects with regional and local priorities ensuring that local people have access to initiatives that will

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support their development and improving conditions of life. Enabling disadvantaged people to reach their full potential and have access to the relevant support mechanisms and agencies.

The main achievements during the year were delivering Digital inclusion courses from 4 different cohorts, supporting 80 people to become digitally included. We continue to run digital courses a daily basis which range from absolute beginners up to Advanced sessions and we are being recognised as leading and effective community organisations delivering impactful digital courses to improve mental health, employment access, keeping young people safe and offer lifelong skills to residents. We are working in partnership with number of local and national providers to deliver our projects to tap into the current assets of our community to identify and connect participants to opportunities.

Public benefit statement

In shaping our objectives for the year and planning our activities, the Trustees have considered S.17 of the Charities Act 2011 and the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit, including the guidance ‘public benefit: running a charity (PD2). The achievements and activities above demonstrate the public benefit arising from the charity’s activities.

Reserves Policy

Aborian Community centre policy is to maintain a level of unrestricted and undesignated reserves equivalent to Six months' expenditure.

Risk Management

The trustees have assessed the major risks to which Aborian Community Centre is exposed and are satisfied those systems are in place to mitigate exposure to the major risks including maintaining a risk register, which is reviewed annually.

Investment Policy

The charity does not produce a sufficient surplus to invest, as priority must be given to building our unrestricted reserves.

Plans for future periods

We have put in place a range of mechanisms to ensure we can continue to secure institutional income from private sector, individuals, and grant-making institutions to ensure the sustainability of the charity.

Independent Examiners

The Charity appointed Anderson Pierce & Co Ltd as our independent examiner. The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the accounts and comply with Aborian Community Centre Articles of association, and the Statement of Recommended Practice "Accounting and Reporting by Charities", issued in March 2005.

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This report was approved by the Board on 01/10/2021 and signed on its behalf by:

Ahmed Ibrahim Chair

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Balance sheet R•gtrlcthd Unr•8trlct•d funds Endowm•rht funds Toial th1 year Totsi la81 yo•r funds Flxed assets lnt8n9QJ￿ 0$s2ts TotalfixFd8S5ets CuThent assets Cash at bank and n haTh Debtors Inv8Stments N3 1.000 TolaI¢ur￿t8$sOls 9.0 1.000 Currant Liabiliti88 N6t curreN>l 8ssè1s1(liabBk￿s) Totalas5et5 less currenl Iabths 1.000 Net Assets Réstrit8d i)com& funds Unrestr￿ted fiJnd8 NS 9,000 9,000 1,000 Total Charfty fund8 9,000 The directors acknO¥v1ed￿ their rÈspMsblthÈs for comptyiig wkh requlrements ofthe Compan￿$ ￿LtWth rè&p8ctto Thèse accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provi%K)ns appliab￿ trj small comp8ns subiectto thé smal compan￿$ regim8 and in accordanc8 wrfh FRS102 SORP. S￿ned on behaff of all the trustee Ahmed Ibrahyn 01110r2021

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT

To the trustee of Aborian Community Centre YEAR ENDED 31 March 2021

I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Aborian Community Centre (‘the charity’) for the year ended 31 March 2021.

Responsibilities and basis of report

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the charity are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.

Independent Examiner’s Statement

I have completed my examination; I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:

1. Accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act: or

2. The financial statements do not accord with those records; or

3. The financial statements do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or

4. The financial statements have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK (FRS102).

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drown in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Mr A Abdullah BA AFA/MIPA Accountant Date: 01/10/2021 Anderson Pierce & Co Accountants 14 Alexandria Road London W13 0NR

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Notes to the financial statements Year ended 31 March 2021

1. General Information

The Charity is a registered charity in England & Wales. The address of the registered office is Dawes Road Hub, 20 Dawes Road LONDON SW6 7EN

2. Statement of Compliance

the Statement of Recommended practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK (FRS 102) (charities SORP (FRS 102)) and the charities Act 2011.

3. Accounting policies

Incoming resources

Voluntary income and donation are included in incoming resources when they are receivable except when the donors specify that they must be used in future accounting periods or donor’s conditions have not been fulfilled, then income is deferred. The income from fundraising ventures is shown gross.

Donated services and facilities

Income from donated services and facilities is included in incoming resources at a valuation, which is an estimate of the financial cost borne by the donor where such a cost is quantifiable and measurable. No income is recognised when there is no financial cost borne by a third party.

Resources expended

Resources expended are included in the statement of financial activities on an accruals basis, inclusive of any VAT, which cannot be recovered. Expenditure, which is directly attributable to specific activities, has been included in these cost categories, where costs are attributable to more than one activity, they have been apportioned across the cost of generating funds on a basis consistent with the use of these resources.

Cost of generating funds includes salaries, direct expenditure and overhead costs of the staff who promote fundraising including events. Governance costs are those incurred in connection with administration of the charity and compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements.

Funds

Restricted funds are to be used for specific purpose as laid down by the donor. Expenditure, which meets these criteria, is charged to the fund together with a fair allocation of management and support costs. Unrestricted funds are donations and other incoming resources received or generated for the charitable purposes.

Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the management committee for purposes.

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Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis, as modified by the revaluation of certain financial assets and liabilities and investment properties measured at fair value through income & expenditure.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the entity.

Going concern

There are no material uncertainties about the charity’s ability to continue.

Disclosure exemptions

The entity satisfies the criteria of being a qualifying entity as defined in FRS 102. As such, advantage has been taken of the following disclosure exemption: No cash flow statement has been presented for the company.

Judgements and Key Sources of Estimation Uncertainty

The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported. These estimates and judgements are continually reviewed and are based on experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees to further any of the charity’s purpose. Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for future project or commitment. Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure declared by the donor or through the terms of an appeal and fall into one of two sub- classes: restricted income funds or endowment funds.

Incoming resources

All incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when entitlement has passed to the charity: it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the charity and the amount can be reliably measured. The following specific policies are applied to categories of income:

• Income from donations or grants is recognised when there is evidence of entitlement to the gift, receipts is probable, and its amount can be measured reliably.

• Legacy income is recognised when receipt is probable, and entitlement is established.

• • Income from donated goods is measured at the fair value of the goods unless this is impractical to measure reliably, in which case the value is derived from the cost to the donor, or the estimated resale value can be reliably measured. No amounts are included for the contribution of general volunteers.

• Income from contracts for the supply of services is recognised with the delivery of the contracted service. This is classified as unrestricted funds unless there is a contractual

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requirement for it to be spent on a particular purpose and returned it unspent, in which case it may be regarded as restricted.

Resources expended

Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is classified under headings of the statement of financial activities to which it relates:

• Expenditure on raising funds includes the costs of all fundraising activities, events noncharitable trading activities and the sale of donated goods.

• Expenditure on charitable activities includes all costs incurred by a charity in undertaking activities that further its charitable aims for the benefit of its beneficiaries, including those support costs and costs relating to the governance of the charity apportioned to charitable activities.

• Other expenditure includes all expenditure that is neither related to raising funds for the charity nor part of its expenditure on charitable activities.

All costs are allocated to expenditure categories reflecting the use of the resource. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs are apportioned between the activities they contribute to on a reasonable, justifiable and consistent basis.

Tangible Assets

All fixed assets are initially recorded at cost.

Defined contribution plans

Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as an expense in the period in which the related service is provided. Prepaid contributions are recognised as an asset to the extent that the prepayment will lead to a reduction in future payments or a cash refund.

When contributions are not expected to be settled wholly within 12 months of the end of the reporting date in which the employees render the related service, the liability is measured on a discounted present value basis. The unwinding of the discount is recognised as an expense in the period in which it arises.

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Section C Notes to the accounts (clntl Nots2 Pakl ompknyees Please complete thls note If the charftyhas any employees {trdnsactlons wfth Trnstees deatt wlth In Note 28) 11.1 staff Costs This year Last year Salaries and wages Soclal securfty costs Penslon Costs (defined contdbullon scheme) Otheremployee bènefits 15,(MX) Total staff costs 15,CKK) Notes to the accounts Note 2 Details of certain types of expenditure Fees forexamination of the accounts This year Last year Independent examlnerfs fees 1,000 400 Assurance seThices otherthan independent examination Notes to the accounts (cont Note 3 Cash at bank and In hand This year Last year Short temi rA$h (le$$ than 3 months maturlty datel 1,000 Tolal 1,000 12