Abundance Arts
Trustees Report 2022
Written for year ending June 2022
ABUNDANCE ARTS
(A COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE)
REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS / TRUSTEES The directors / trustees’ are pleased to present their report and financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2022.
Legal Status / Reference and Administrative Details
Company Number: 4042960
Charity Number: 1086496
Directors and trustees
The directors of the charitable company (the charity) are its trustees for the purpose of charity law and throughout this report are collectively referred to as the trustees.
The trustees serving during the year and since the year-end were as follows: Giles Rolph (Chair/Trustee), Charles
Structure, Governance and Management
(As Set Out By Memorandum and Articles of Association for a Charitable Company)
Subject to the provision of the Act, the Memorandum and Articles and to any directions given by special resolution, the business of the charity shall be manages by the trustees who may exercise all the power of the Charity. No alteration of the Memorandum or the Articles
And no such direction shall invalidate any prior act of the trustees, which would have been valid if that alteration has not been made or that direction had not been given. The power given by the articles shall not be limited by any special power given to trustees by articles and a meeting of trustees at which a quorum is present may exercise all power exercisable by trustees.
In addition to all powers hereby expressly conferred upon them and without detracting from the generality of their powers under the articles the trustees shall have the following powers namely:
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(1) to expand the funds of the charity in such manner as they consider most beneficial for the achievement of the objectives and to invest in the name of the charity such part of the funds as they may see fit and to direct the sales or transaction of any such investment and to expand the proceeds of any such sale in furtherance of the objects of the charity;
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(2) to enter into contracts on behalf of the charity.
Proceedings of trustees
The trustees may appoint one or more sub committees consisting of three or more trustees for the purpose of making an inquiry or supervising or performing any function or duty which in the opinion of the trustees would be more conveniently undertaken or carried or carried out by a sub-committee: provided that all acts and proceedings of any sub-committees shall be fully and promptly reported to the trustees.
Annual General Meeting
The Charity shall hold an annual general meeting each year in addition to any other meetings in that year, and specify the meeting as such in notices calling it.
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Day to day Management
The organisation is managed on a day-to-day basis by the trustees and Art Director / Facilitator. Who works on a freelance basis, alongside volunteers. The Arts workshops and performance services offered by the organisation are lead by highly qualified freelance artist/tutors brought in according to each project requirement.
Risk Management
The trustees have a risk management strategy, which comprises:
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an annual review of the risks the charity may face;
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the establishment of systems and procedures to mitigate those risks identified in the plan; and annual review
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the implementation of procedures designed to minimize any potential impact on the charity should those risks materialise.
This work has identified a few risks. Attention has focused on financial stability and arising from lack of long term funding support. Other risks such as fire, health and safety of artists and audiences are covered by company health and safety policies, DBS (criminal records bureau checks) and public liability policies as required by law, and good practical quality assurance procedures for voluntary groups and charities put in place by the organisation.
Objectives and Activities
The objects of the charity are:
Abundance Arts aim to advance the education of the public in the arts in particular through workshops and performances. So as to promote the development of public appreciation of rhythm, dance, arts, crafts, the aural tradition and the wealth of the culture of Africa and the Diaspora, and in so doing provide training, skills sharing, improve Wellbeing, cultural exchange and inspire celebration through participation and learning.
ACHIEVEMENT / PERFORMANCE
July 2021 - June 2022
Main Activities Undertaken for the Public Benefit
"Thank you so much for doing this work for our community and giving us a space, outlet..creative side" T's Mum said this during one of our outdoors Community Wellbeing events.
“Thank you for your continued help and support.”
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Abundance Arts have been adapting, Learning developing and expanding our services focusing where most needed, we continue to be community led and community cantered, our work keeps our community connected, increasing individual confidence, improving Physical and mental Wellbeing and learning, for local Children, Families and Elders, especially most highlighted through the challenging pandemic and post pandemic times.
We directly benefit over 1,000 local people each year, Abundance Arts work with our local community in LB Brent, Westminster and RBKC improving mental and physical Wellbeing for families, children and young people and elders, offering Art based programmes and community workshops which develop confidence, cohesion and improve learning and wellbeing.
We are still basking in the wonderful certificate of appreciation awarded to our organisation and other impactful grass roots organisations by the mayor of LB Brent. We continue to develop, providing digital activities outdoors social and learning events supporting our Art Club, the 200 families, over 100 young people we work with in Brent as well as our library community group, SEND Centres, 12 volunteers, Elders and 200 families we now support across RBKC and Westminster.
Our provisions continue to help support the mental and emotional wellbeing of our local community helping people stay connected, feel encouraged through tough times, enjoying a sense of wellbeing and feel less isolated.
These are some of our impactful service provisions, responding to the needs of our local community and some numbers:
☎️ Calling Connecting / Text weekly 80
Sign posting 20 👏🏼 Our Volunteers 15
👥 Connecting families 200
👥 Digital Inclusion We Donated & Loaned Laptops 5
🌐 Referrals 10
🌳 Wellbeing Walks/ Outdoors 12
🏠 Our Art Club/ face to face & Online Creative Activities 40
🏢Schools face to face 2
🔢 Math online Tuition KS2 & KS3 weekly 60
🎨 Art Events, Exhibitions Competitions 6
🖼 Public Realm Art / Collaboration 5
🚣♀️ Kayaking training Children Young People 35
🌳Outdoors Events 12
☃️Festive Events 4
🏢👩💼Partnerships 11 (including Westminster University, 5th Studio Architects, LB Brent, RBKC & Westminster, Change 4 Life, Baraka Community 4 x SEND schools & Centres, Department of Education HAF)
Weekly and Ongoing Services
Online
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Weekly Maths Tuition KS2 / KS3
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Exam Focus Maths KS4
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Digital Stars Awarded for Creative designs through Art Club Parents Group.
Outdoor Learning and Events
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Our Art Club – Painting, Arts and Crafts / Outdoor games and Trips – Kayaking at Brent Welsh Harp
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Art Social therapeutic Sessions – ‘ Painting Under the Westway’
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Community Walks – In the Garden Ent with WAND UK
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Trip to Flip out Trampoline Park – 64 young people and families attending
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Ark Farm Summer visit – Nature studies, therapeutic petting farm
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Kitchen Garden growing Vegetables with WAND Uk at St Charles Community Garden
Events – Activities Special Highlights
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Our Art Club 4 Young People achieved Level 1 Kayaking Certificate
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HAF projects in Westminster and RBKC with SEND young people, through Local Council and DEPT Education
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Mayor of Brent Certificate of Appreciation to Abundance Arts we feel proud of our commitment to community
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Easter Egg Hunt inclusive family fun
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Summer Day Trips - River Brent, Welsh Harp – Kayaking
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Art Club Perfect Pizza Party with prizes for best art work – Shopping Vouchers
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Community POD Cast interview - Old Oak Park Royal Development Corp through Arts Council England
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Public Art – Street Banners Design Art Club young people win local Competition. ‘ Clean Air Clean Environment Theme’ Showcase along Harlesden High-street,( Harlesden Neighbourhood Forum - Partnership)
Continuing Action Points – Plans and Vision
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Continue developing and providing all year Activities as well as Online Tuition and Creative Learning improving Wellbeing for local children and families
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Trustees Unanimous Decision to continue with the same Bank Service currently with Santander Business Banking, and agreement to introduce a bank card for the organisation starting in 2023, in order to improve day to day running of project budgeting and make financing smoother .
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Continue developing more Strategic partnerships
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Continue developing and providing intergenerational sessions focusing on creativity enhancing wellbeing.
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Develop and support youth volunteering towards employment
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Continue developing and providing early intervention Holiday Activities Programme for children in London disadvantaged communities
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Continue strengthening links with the community through partnership work i.e. Volunteer Centre and Local Social Council
Many Thanks
Abundance Arts want to thank our partners for all your support, you have been so great, your support has helped us continue our services benefiting our local community. Each day we work hard serving with joy, commitment and dedication.
Abundance Arts help increase cohesion, learning and wellbeing and reach over one thousand people each year, we very much appreciate all those who kindly support the organisation to reach our aims, serving our local community;
The board, Art director, Volunteers and staffing team look forward to continue developing, benefiting our local community, where most needed, improving wellbeing helping people to thrive.
Thanks in particular to the young people’s foundations , John Lyons Charity, Phoenix Outdoors Centre, Tate Britain, Kensal and Harlesden Library, Social Prescribers Westminster, Queen Elizabeth 2[nd] School. NCVO, WAND UK, Full of Life, Dept of Education, Kensington and Chelsea Foundation, OPDC, NCVO, Wembley Park, Arts Council England, National Youth Agency and Westminster University.
Trustees' Responsibilities
Trustees’ responsibilities in relation to the financial statements
Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements that give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity at the end of the financial year and of its surplus or deficit for the financial year. In doing so the trustees are require to:
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Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
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Make sound judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and
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Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is appropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business.
The trustees are responsible for maintaining proper accounting records which disclose with
reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enables them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the companies Act 1985. The trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
In accordance with company law, as the company’s directors, we certify that:
- so far as we are aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company’s auditors are unaware; and
• as the directors of the company we have taken all the steps that we ought to have taken in order to make ourselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the charity’s auditors are aware of that information.
REGISTERED NUMBER: 04042960 (England and Wales)
UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2022
FOR
ABUNDANCE ARTS
Morgan Reach Chartered Certified Accountants
1st Floor | 239 Kensington High Street | London | W8 6SA | UK
ABUNDANCE ARTS (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04042960)
| FIXED ASSETS CURRENT ASSETS CREDITORS Amounts falling due within one year NET CURRENT ASSETS TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES RESERVES NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
BALANCE SHEET 30 June 2022 30.6.22 £ 7,716 (1,188) |
BALANCE SHEET 30 June 2022 30.6.22 £ 7,716 (1,188) |
11,423 £ 4,895 6,528 11,423 |
30.6.21 £ 29,905 (714) |
£ - 29,191 |
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| 29,191 | |||||
| 29,191 | |||||
1. STATUTORY INFORMATION
Abundance Arts is a private company, limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales. The company's registered number and registered office address are as below:
Registered number: 04042960 Registered office: Canalside House 383 Ladbroke Grove London W10 5AA
2. AVERAGE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES
The average number of employees during the year was 3 (2021 - NIL).
The company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 30 June 2022.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2022 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for:
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(a) ensuring that the company keeps accounting records which comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and
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(b) preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of each financial year and of its surplus or deficit for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the company.
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ABUNDANCE ARTS (REGISTERED NUMBER: 04042960)
BALANCE SHEET - continued
30 June 2022
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the micro-entity provisions.
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on and were signed on its behalf by:
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.......................................................................... Rachel George - Director/ Trustee
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ABUNDANCE ARTS
DETAILED INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT for the Year Ended 30 June 2022
| 30.6.22 £ (190) 47,734 65,127 (39,900) (5,648) (6,676) (4,897) - - - - (4,922) (1,860) - Depreciation NET (DEFICIT)/SURPLUS (1,034) Income Donations and legacies - Grants ** OtherIncome Expenditure on Charitable Activities** Staff & Volunteers Performance Cost Admin Premises Governence - Accountancy Independent Examiners fees Depreciation of tangible fixed assets Art Materials Equipment |
£ - 17,395 |
30.6.21 £ - 55,982 - 8,600 100 - - 300 19,350 12,500 - - 714 - - |
£ 55,982 8,600 |
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| 47,382 400 |
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| 47,782 32,564 |
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| 15,218 1,338 |
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| 13,880 |
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ABUNDANCE ARTS
DETAILED BALANCE SHEET for the Year Ended 30 June 2022
| 30.6.22 | 30.6.21 | |
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| £ | £ | |
| FIXED ASSETS | ||
| 4,135 | - | |
| Computers / Arts Equipment | 760 | - |
| CURRENT ASSETS | ||
| 4,895 | - | |
| Cash and Bank | ||
| CREDITORS | ||
| Amounts falling due within one | - | 4,795 |
| yearOther creditors | - | |
| - | 25,110 | |
| Accrued expenses | ||
| 7,716 | 29,905 | |
| NET CURRENT ASSETS | ||
| TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT | ||
| LIABILITIES | ||
| - | (714) | |
| (1,188) | - | |
| RESERVES -Other reserves | (1,188) | (714) |
| Independent Examiners fees | ||
| 11,423 | 29,191 | |
| 11,423 | 29,191 | |
| 11,423 | 29,191 | |
| - | 4,723 | |
| - | 10,588 | |
| 11,423 | 13,880 | |
| 11,423 | 29,191 |
This page does not form part of the statutory financial statements
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ABUNDANCE ARTS
CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the Year Ended 30 June 2022
Balance Sheet
Income and Expenditure Account Detailed Balance Sheet