AFRICAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
CHARITY REGISTERED NUMBER: 1087936
OFSTED REGISTRATION NUMBER:
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AFRICAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL
31 MARCH 2024
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CONTENTS
Content page
Company Information
Trustees, Report
4-10
Accountsnts, Report
11
Statement of Financial Activities
12
Balance Sheet
13
Notes to the Financial Statements
14
Detailed Incorne and Expenditure
15-16

AFRICAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL
COMPANY INFORMATION
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
Management Cornmittee Trustees
Caroline Anne Hickey...............Chair
Myles Ejegi-Memeh......Co-ChairlSecretary
Joshia Cherry............................Tr6asurer
Amii Louise Mcintosh..................Member
Mary Fasipe.................................Member
Rosalind Joseph
..Member
Charity Registration Nurnber
1087936
Registered Office
African Community School
The Print House
18-22 Ashwin Street, Hackney
London E8 3DL
Bankers
Barclays Bank PIC
Kingsland Branch
P. O Box 3628
London E8 2JX
Independent Examiners
London Accountancy Practice
161 Sumner Road
London
SE15 6JL

AFRICAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL
TRUSTEES, REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
The Trustees present their report and the financial statements for the year ended 31
March 2024.
Chair l Trustee Report
l am incredibly grateful to be able to steer and support The African Community
School through another successful year. Gratitude extended for the continued
support of all funders and donors, without such we would not be able to deliver a
strong prograrnme of supportive and diverse educational programmes. l also thank
the work of our current trustee board and dedicated staff, volunteers and mentors.
We continue to be in a stable position both financially and resourced sufficiently with
our staff team and programmes. We continue to have a solid presence within the
community we serve and work within.
The activities of the Charity during the year continue from strength to strength,
despite challenges facing the charitable sector and pressure on local services, due
to the cost-of-living crisis. Happy that we are able to support parents, carers, children
and young people with practical solutions and supportive learning environments and
experiences.
As an organisation we are dedicated and committed to providing support and
educational activities so that children. young people, their families and carers can
achieve their aspirations and goals.
2024-2025 We look forward to another year of growth through the hardwork of our
eXperIen￿d trustee board and excellent leadership in our program manager Kome
Owuasu and qualified staff team.
Caroline Hickey
Chair African Community School
Prlncipal Activity
The objective of African Community School is to improve literacy among people
living in Hackney in general, particularly to those of different ethnic minorities
thereon.
The main objectives of African Community School are:
a) To advance the academic education of children from the ages of 5 to 16 years
plus through the provision of various out of school education support I
activitieslprojects.
b) To provide teaching support and learning of National Curriculum Subjects.

c) To promote and raise awareness amongst community groups, parents and
teachers on supplementary education.
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
The Charity activities during the yearwere the provision of blended learning Education.
training and encouragement to learn for young people between the ages of five to
sixteen plus via supplementary education support, for adults and family
In addition..
Provided gaslelectricity top-up support (200 families)
Tesco vouchers to families {500 families)
Strengthening Family Community Parenting
Deliver various parent awareness workshopslseminars on educational and
cultural issues
400 children received face to fa￿ support with their curriculum subjects
nglish, Maths and Science
in
Wellbeing creative activities to 200 adults
Non-violent Resistance (NVR) classes for parents to 60 parents
Yo
programmes and mentoring
Family and community learning courses
600 adults gained new skills through the provision of Adult vocational
and non-vocational Learning Courses.. Accredited ICT training, Essential
Digital Skills for Work and Life, Functional English and Mathematics, PC
Maintenance, Launching Online Business. L2 Certificate in Preparing to work
in Adult and Social and Level 2 Certificate in Caring for children and young
children, L3 Diploma Early Years Educator, L3 Certificate in Understanding
Mental Health, L2 Avrfard in Awareness of Dementia, L2 Award in Food Safety
in Health and Social Care and Early Years and Childcare Settings.L3
Emergency First Aid at work.
ACHIEVEMENT, PERFORMANCE AND IMPACT
Between April 2023-24,
One of the key achievements over the year was the continued efforts to ensure that
ACS actively supported children, young people, and families with education activities
in a holistic way, as per our aims and objectives.
ACS engaged with 120 volunteers and worked in collaboration with other agencies in
the community to support families.

Over the past year, African Community School has grown in strength and adapted
rapidly to the changes to support the community we serve. ACS also increased
working opportunities for volunteers and nehvorking with other organisations and
agencies within the food nelwork in Hackney and improved strong working
relationships with the local authority.
African Community School has continued to support children, young people, and
families in need through food vouchers and fuel support vouchers, educational support
and emotional support to families.
We continue to work collaboratively with Mercers and the Propel funding
organisations,. We also continued working within the Well-being network to support
holistically children and young people and their family's mental health and wellbeing.
Supplementary education,mentoring, Summer holiday food prograrnme and
Wellbeing programme all year round targeting young people and children for three
hours Iweek morning session reaching 450 children at The Bridge Academy,
Laburnum Street.
Young people were fully engaged with the1-1 and group extra tuition in English,
Maths and Science l Literacy and Numeracy support. They received mostly
educational help with their mainstream work and homework.
• Funding has enabled us to provide experienced, dedicated educatorslteachers
to improve performance for primary and secondary school subjects: KS1 to KS4
along with the holistic and support they needed coping with the situation staying
at home without much support from their family.
Most young people were able to re￿1ve educational and emotional Itherapeutic
support after intep4ention support.
Best you Can Be mentoring supported young people 9-18 years old to be
tnatched with professional mentors for the mentoring schemes supported
individual young people With their educational attainment, social skills and
exploring future plans.
Workshop Provision of holistic support to young people and their families along
with telephone support to help young people mental wellbeing and emotionally
given the opportunity for young people to have someone to talk to about their
concerns.
Ac￿sS to cultural and healthy fresh food, data connectivity, gas and electricity
top-up. Families were supported to aC￿sS additional services and community
support such as Hackney minds for their mental well-being, other services on
the Hackney map, CAB and educational support for their children.
Supported 35 children during the summer holiday programme through the

provision of free holiday activities, free playlsports and hot rneal.,
Projects funded by The Mercers (Propel grant), Hackney and Central Hackney
P8rochial grant, Bamardo's children charity, Hackney HAF fund and Coop,
Adult learning, Parenting and Familylcornmunity Learning Course
Free vocational and non-vocational class for 600 adults focusing on accredited
functional English, Maths, ICT. launching an online business, PC maintenance,
Adult and Social Care and Caring for young children Level 2, L3 Diploma
EYE,Digital skills, CV writing, interview, and digital skills. L3 Certificate in
Understanding Mental Health, L2 Award in Awareness of Dementia, L2 Award
in Food Safety in Health and Social Care and Early Years and Childcare
Settings.L3 Emergency First Aid at work.
60 parents benefited from our Non-violent Resistance Parenting (NVR) funded
CAMHS Alliance & HCVSI Growing Minds Project
30 parents benefited from SFSC Parenting programme funded by the Hackney
council community infrastructure grant
400 families benefited from our online creative arts and crafts, fitness,
mindfulness and wellbeing classes. The courses funded by Hackney Education
and Hackney and City Minds
Tesco food vouchers, toiletries distribution and Christmas glfts to children
ACS provides wrap round services that enabled us to support 4000 families with
toiletries and Tesco vouchers along with wellbeing support.
We are extremely grateful for funding frorn Coop, Hackney Council household support
fund, ELBA and Hackney Giving.
ACS provided Christmas gifts to 100 children in the community with donations from
Ivy Street Family Centre and ELBA
ACS parenting and family programme made the following impact:
Increase digital skills and aC￿sS to online SeNi￿S
Parents are better able to support their child's education and engage in the
school community
Improve the basic skills of 75 % of parents and the early literacy of children
Develop stronger communities leading to increased civic engagement, and
social integration.

Saturday school and holiday programme impacted young people in the
following ways:
Positive attitude towards learning 4 better behaved, more motivated
Reinforce positive cultural identity
Increase in self-esteem & self-awareness
Better understanding of cultural background
Increased educational attainment.

STRUCTURE. GOVERNANCE, AND MANAGEMENT
Governing Document
African Community School was established by a constitution on 7 July 2001 and is
registered in England & Wales as a charÈty on 9 August 2001. Registered charity
number 1087936 awaiting to re-register for Ofsted
Recruitment and Appointment of Management Comrnlttee: At each AGM, the
management committee members may retire but are eligible for re-election. All
service users are eligible for nomination as trustees, as are other interested persons.
Trustse Inductlon and Tralnlng
New trustees are furnished with the charity's constitution and other literature relating
to the organisation and its work. They are briefed on their legal obligations under
Charity Law, the committee and decision-making pro￿sses, and the charity's recent
financial performance. Trustees attend an induction evening where they can meet
other trustees, staff etc. They are also provided with a description of their roles and
responsibilities. Trustees are also encouraged to attend external training events
where these will facilitate the undertaking of their role.
Risk Management
The trustees have drawn up a risk register that provides dates and details of action
to reduce the risks faced by the charity. The charity also purchases a range of
insurances. The charity continually reviews the organisation's risk and has a
comprehensive risk assessment policy and prO￿dure.
Financial Review
There is a dramatic increase in the financial position of the school as in previous
year with a surplus of £4,366 in 2024 and £56,166 in 2023. The total funds retained
at the end of the year are £509,659 which include £87,678 of unrestricted funds and
£421,981 of restricted funds.
Reserves Policy
The school has a policy of maintaining reserves of at least 3 to 6 months operating
costs to enable it to cope with any sudden loss of income or adapt to changes with
smooth transitions.

AFRICAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL
TRUSTEES, REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES RESPONSIBILITIES
The Trustees are required to prepare financial statements which give a true and fair
view of the state of affairs of the project and the income and expenditure of the project
for that period.
In preparing those financial statements, the Trustees are required to:
select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently.
make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent.
prepare the financial statements on the going con￿rn basis unless it is
inappropriate to presume that the project will continue in operation.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper records which disclose with
reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the project. They are also
responsible for safe guarding the assets of the project and hence for taking reasonable
steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
This report was approved by the Board on
its behalf by
.2024 and signed on
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INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT ON THE UNAUDITED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS TO THE TRUSTEES OF AFRICAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the African Community
School for the year ended 31 March 2024.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity trustees of the organisation, you are responsible for the preparation of
the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {'the
Act,).
I report in respect of my examination of the Charity's accounts carried out under
section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination. I have followed all
the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of
the Act.
Independent examiner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to
my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in
any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section
130 of the Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form
and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations
2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair view which is
not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the
examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a
proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Sign
Ade Adebambo,
BA, ACM
London Accountancy Practice
161 Sumner Road
Sojourner Truth Centre
London SE15 6JL
, ACG,

AFRICAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTMIIES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
Unr•strlcted
Fund
RestrIct￿ '
Fund
2024
Total
2023
Total
Incomlng R•soure•s
Donations, Legacies aNJ Gra￿5
Incoming Resources from Chanlable Ach"wb"es
Total Incomlng Resourc••
234,933
234,933
244.023
1.627
933
237 301
c￿lItabl• aetivlu
2,120
230,815 . 232,934
189,483
Totsl R•8ourc•g Exp•nd•d
120
230,815
23
934
Net Incomlng R•sourc••
248
4,119
4.366 56.166.07
Balanc•• brought forw•rd
87.430
417,863
505,293
449.127
Fund b•l•nc•• urrl•d foThwrd
87.678
421.981
509,669
605,293
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AFRICAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT31 MARCH 2024
2024
2023
FIXED ASSETS
Tanalbl? Flx•d As••ts
CURRENT ASSETS
Debtors .Rerrt DeposiinwNc Jrs grart
Cash al Bank aThJ In HaThl
511.659
517.
611,669
517,996
CURRENT UABIUTIES
Credith aThJ AccnH15
Accourtancy Fees l Bcthew'vvJ
10,853
12,703
609,669
REPRESENTED BY:
FUNDS:
Unreslnded FUKI
Reslncled F￿1
87.678
421,981
87,430
417,863
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ApprIY￿ ty ttE ma￿gernert COW￿￿ttee on.. .......
arn1 signed on Ils behaw by
..2024
Sign..
.Chair
Treaswei
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AFRICAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024
1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of preparation of Financial Statements
The financial statements are prepared under the historic cost convention and include
the results of the charity's operations which are described in the report of the
Trustees ftrustees all of which are continuing.
The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Statements of
Recommended Practice for charity accounts.
The charity has taken advantage of the exemption of Financial Reporting Standard
No 1 from the requirements to produce a cash flow statement on the grounds that it
qualifies as a small charity
1.2 Incoming Resources
Revenue grants are credited to the Statement of Financial Activities on the earlier
date'of when they are received or when they are receivable, unless they relate to a
specific future period, in which case they are included on the Balance Sheet as
deferred income to be recognised in the future accounting period.
1 . 3 Grants re￿iVed for specific purposes are accounted for as restricted funds in the
Statement of Financial Activities.
1.4 Restricted Funds
Restricted funds are to be used for specific purposes as laid down by the donor.
Expenditure which meets these criteria is identified to the fund, together with a fair
allocation of management and support costs.
1.5 Unrestricted Funds
Unrestricted funds are donations and other incomes received or generated for the
objects of the organisation without further specified purpose and are available for
general funds.
1.6 Designated Funds
Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the Management Committee
for particular purposes.
1.7 Resources Expended
All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been included under
expense categories that aggregate all costs for allocation to activities.
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AFRICAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024 (continued)
CREDITORS 2024
2024
2023
Credit￿$ and Accnja
Accountancy Feesl BookkeepiThJ
10.853
12,703
DETAILED INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
INCOMING RESOURCES
Unr••trletsd
Fund
R••trlct•d
Fund
Total
2024 .
Totsl
2023
Grants, L•gacl•8 and donatton•
Bainado Chiklren cNiiity
Coop Flexib
6,000
1,868
1,001
Hackw Gmro
Hackrey CHB
HCVS . OtsT
Propel FU￿￿.￿g
LB H•ckn•y- HAF Hdiday
Main Grart
UThJer 5 V0￿her
Househokl giart
Erne[ge￿ Fo(*J
Corrpass Welbeir
Famity Adion NVR ParethivJ
ck Start
7.730
1.800
77,502
5.145
26,214
34,111
77.502
5,145
26.214
14.909
14.81)0
5.000
10,784
20.C60
10,784
20,060
6.721
18.000
34.259
10.000
75.003
4.988
10,000
5,000
HackrEy WBN
LoTrJon Communrty F(MMxlab'on
Hackney Adum Leamiru
P8ddiwon Devekprwrt
Hackney Parochial
Central Hackney Paroth'al
Volunteer Cerrtre
Hackney & City Twst
Income frc*m other AcbNittes
Other Survwrer Aclbmbes
Heritage PT(MJram
Give as you Live
It*erest Ear
17,130
17.130
51,395
51,395
10.(M)O
10.0
1.470
1.470
2,000
1,627
1.318
818
231
1.318
818
231
Total Incomlng R•s¢)urc•8
933
237 301
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AFRICAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2024 (continued)
DETAILED EXPENDITURE
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
Unr•8trlct•d
Fund
R•gtrlct•d
Fund
Total
2024 '
Total
2023
OUTGOING RESOURCES
Staff SalaneslENIC
Tutors Feesl Sessicffial Wothers
HMRC
NEST Pensiors
Renv Room Hire
Fo(MJ Parcel l RefrestTherts
VO￿nteerS Expenses
HAF Hohday scherr
Teachw Materials
5 Vo￿￿￿5 I Crecl
SLknscriptions & meFrt)erS￿p
D81a Protection Registratso￿ ICO
Olsted Regislratson fees
Hoxlon Heatth
Blackhawk Netwoik
Hackney Giwng
Te*hone
Stationery & Postage
Bamados ews
Adminl
Sat￿d9Y Sch Refund
Accountancy Fees
uiance
SuThJry Expenses
TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED
105.785
26.270
31.299
3,128
25,233
1,675
113
1.650
16,337
2,880
567
35
105.785
26.270
31,299
3,128
25.233
1.675
113
1,650
16.337
76,559
23.790
17.344
1.637
13,963
1,344
745
6,910
19,089
1.795
35
114
3,015
8.700
7,140
182
458
1.001
3,353
567
35
7.131
7.131
158
1.095
733
2.212
158
1,095
733
2.212
80
1,400
1.014
640
1.41KI
1.250
958
101
1,014
230816
189
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