AFRUCA- SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN (Company Ilmited by guarantee no. 4306536 registered charity no. 1093027) AFRUCA SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024 AFRUCA- SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN nv Limiie(i bv Guarantee No. 4306536 (Enolandl. registered Charity No. 1093027) REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024 CONTENT-. Page L•gal and admlnlstrative Inforniatlon Trustees. Annual Raport IndeDendent Audltorfs reDor. Statement of flnanclal actlvllles 33 Balance gh•ot 34 esatemont of ¢ash flows 35 Notes to the financlal statements 36 AFRUCA- SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN (Company Limited by Guarantee No.4306536 {England). registered Charity No. 1093027) REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024 Charlty Reg. No. 1093027 Company Reg. No. 4306536 Buslness Offlce Head Office Untt 8 290 ma￿ Street London E8 1HE AFRUCA Centre for Black and Ethnlc Chlldren and Famllles Suite 2 Ground Floor Building 3 Universal Square Devonshi￿ Street North Manchester M12 6JH R•glstered Office Unit 8 290 Mare Street London E8 1HE Chlef Executlve Modupe Debbie Ariyo OBE Trusteès Sudhir Sethi Omolola Adeola-oni Magdalene Usikaro Mamayimbe Sylla Alimatu Dimonekene Chair Audltor Goldwins Limited Chartered Accounlants 75 Maygrove Road West Hampstead London NW6 2EG Bankers Natwest Bank PIC 135 Bishopgate London EC2M 3UR AFRUCA- SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024 STRUCTURE. GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT a. Governlng document The organisation is a charitable company limited by guarantee. incorporated on 17 October 2001 and registered as a charty on 18 Juty 2002. The company was established under a Memorandum of Association which established the objects and powers of the chaiitable company and is governed under its Articles of Association. In the event of the company being wound up members are required to contribute an amount not exceeding £1. b. Recrultmont and Appointment of Management CommStt The directors of the company are also charity trustees for the purposes of Charity law and under the company's Articles ar8 known as Members of the Management Committe8. Under the requirements of the Memorandum and Articles of Association the members of th8 Management Committee are elected to senie for a period of 2 years after which they must be re-elected at the Annual General Meeting. c. Organlsatlonal Structure At the gnd of the financial year, there were five members of the Board of Trustees in post. The position of Treasurer to the Board remained vacant. with efforts being made to fill this position. The Board of Truste8s meet quarterly and is responsible for the strategic direction and policy of the charity. The responsibilty for running the chariVs activities and provision of services rests on the Chief Executive, with the support of members of slaff and volunteers. The Chief Executive is responsible for ensuring that the charity delivers the serwces specified and that key perfomance indicators are met. d. Related party relatlonshlps The Charity has considered the disclosure requirements of the SORP for related party relationships. and believes that there a￿ no ￿lated party relationships other than the Trustees and their close connections. All related party transactions have been reported in the Notes to the financial ststements. OBJECTIVES e. Public benefit The Trustees ensure that the charity carries out its aims and objectives and that these benefit the public; in doing so the Trustees have had regard to Ihe Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit. AFRUCA- SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024 ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE f. Golng Concern The trustees have considered the Charity's reserves and projected income and expenditure. and have a réasonable expectstion that the charitable company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foresee-able future. For this reason. they continue to adopt the going concern basls In preparing the financial statements. 1. Revlew of Actlvitles 1. Summa The charity achieved surplus income for the fourth year running, and significantly increased its income levels cornpa￿d to previous years. We attracled some new grants from a range of Trusts and Foundations in the course of the year to expand our services to reach new beneficiaries. Following last yearfs achievement, yet again. we generated the highest incorne since inception from different activities, induding our new Therapy Servke for Chlldrnn Rotumlng Home Fmm Foster Care. This grovrth in unrestricted income enabled us to implement many positive changes to meet the increasing needs of our staff, volunteers and service users. This was important for us, with the massive shift in grant funding in the charity sector, leading to funding bodies either closing down or making drastic changes in how they operale due to unprecedented dernand for grant funding. Trustees recognise the significant contributions of our stsff and volunteers in meeting our commitments to service users and beneficiaries and helping to increase the charity's financial well-being through income from service delivery. The successes recorded In the course of the financial year were a direct resutt of the hard work and commitrnent of all our staff and volunteers and Trustees are appreciative of their dedication to the conb'nued growth and success of AFRUCA. AFRUCA- SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024 2. Child Protection and Faml ort Sorvlce We delivered our Child Protection and Famity Support service nation-wide to include four key aspects of child protection prevention through our professionals training programme and community engagement programme: earty and crisis intervention through our positive parenting and advocacy service; and rehabilitation. through our new healing and reconciliation service for families whose children are retuming from foster care. These programme have been designed to intersect with each other, ensuring a holistic and wholesome approach to supporting chIld￿n and families. Figure 1,. AFRUCA'S Child Pn)t8Ction and Family Support Service AFRUCA Safeguar¢fing Children CA R•ld¥ilitstion . H•oliry ornl Earfy and Troini Progrnmm• Iroffl Fostsr 2.1 Preventlon Communlty Engagement Programme and Tralnlng Programme for Protesslonals Our staff continued to deliver a range of awaretbess raising and education activities to faith and community groups and schools across England. We worked with over 50 different organisations with over 2500 participants gaining new knowledge and understanding of h¢)w to keep children safe. We worked in different cities across England induding in Middlesborough. Bolton, Bimiingham, Coventry, Doncaster, Chippenham, Peterborough, Manchester and London. Additionally, our volunteer champions continued to deliver our weekly "AFRUCA Talks Safeguarding" on zoom. This ran for 40 weeks in the course of the year. wilh over 1 (KIO direct participants and many others watching the clips on social media afterwards. Some of the subjects we covered as part of our communty programme included: °Intemet Safety and Keeping Children Safe Online", Wttchcraft Child Abuse". 'Altematives To Physical Chastisement" °Impact of Domestic Abuse on Children", °Keeping Children Safe During School Holidays" "What is Child Neglec￿. and °Understanding Safeguarding". AFRUCA- SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024 Our volunteer °Children's Champions. have been instrumental to the success of our community engagement programme. During the year, we had 20 active volunteers who helped to deliver our Saturday "AFRUCA Talks" Online sessions, as well as attended faith and community group events to deliver presenlations to congregants. We received many positive feedback from various faith leaders and congregants. A quote from Pastor Femi Titilayo of Christ Apostolic Church in Middlesborough is poignant when he said: "What AFRUCA taught us has fomied the bulldlng blocks of our famlly Ilfe teachlngs". Based on the success of this programme. we were delighted to have been approached by Hackney Safeguarding Children Partnership. a part of Hackney Council. to deliver a series of child protection training sessions for African and Caribbean faith leaders and workers across the borough. Future Plan - AFRUCA BME Child Protection Neiwork Our child protection community engagement prograrnme has been in place for many years. We recognise the need to develop a structure to enable u8 continue our engagement ￿llth the various faith and community groups we have worked with beyond the one4)ff delivery of training sessions. This would also enable us to have a system to build effective parinerships and collaborations for change in our community. Following a consultstive meeting in February 2024, in the next financial year, we will conclude our plans to establish the AFRUCA BME Chlld Protectlon Nelwork (APRONED to enable us have a framework for effecb've engagement with the faith and communty sector. 2.2 Preventlon- Tralnlng Programme for Professlonals Worklng wlth Black and Ethnlc Chlldren Between July 2023 and June 2024, AFRUCA provided in-house specialist training courses on 8 rang8 of subjects to various local Authorities and health and social care professionals across England. We worked with over 20 agencies. reaching over 600 participants. We delivered a mix of online and face to face in-house training sessions. Unsurprisingly. our most popular training course was on: "Understsnding The Safeguardlng Needs of Children In Black and Ethnlc Communitles" commissioned by 10 agencies. Some of the agencies we worked with in the course of the year include: CAFCASS Cymru. Leeds City Council. Powys County Council. Wigan CSC. VFS in Munich, Germany and a number of schools including Loreto Collage and Grange School both in Manchester. AFRUCA- SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024 Feedback from various commissioners has shown how our training courses have helped to improve skills amongst practitioners, ensuring improvements in how they intervene in families or deliver services for children. Some quotes indude: "Absolutety amazlng tralnlng. It was so Internstlng and I feel Ilke I have leamed a lot" (Soclal Worker, ￿•gan Counci4." ou recently delivernd training to the Greater Manchester Keyworker SeNice in Botton. I thought the training was really wellpaced and very informative, thanks so much for this" (Team Manager, Barnados) "Thank you for dellvering the thm sesslons. Our staff realty enjoyed the sessions and the subjects of tho trainlng gav• a lot to conslder and thlnk about" (P•rtlclpant. CAFCASS Cymru) Future Plans To increase the provision of our specialist training programme to Local Authoritles, NHS Trusts, Fostering agencies, schools, colleges and many other agencies. we started the recruitment of a Training Administrator. Their primary role would be marketing AFRUCA'S range of specialist training courses nationwide, including e-leaming provisions. This is aimed at reaching even more professionals and generating more income for the charlty. 2.3 Early and Crlsls Interventlon - Posltlve Parentlng Serv5ce This serdice is delivered by our team of qualffied Child Protection Social Workers and is the largest source of unrestricted income for the charity. We had a complement of six full kn'me qualified social workers and a community engagement wortier in post. We received 105 referrals over the course of the year wilh the inter￿entIon work either completed, ongoing or awaiting purchase order numbers, while a small number of ￿ferraIS were withdrawn. AFRUCA'S intervention work included completing initial assessments and positive parenting work. We also internally referred some of the parents to our therapeuticlrehabilitation Servi￿ to support the reunification of children returning from foster care with their parents. AFRUCA- SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMEKrs FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024 Demo h of Serrfice Users The vast majority of the parents we supported were from African countries. especially Nigeria. However. we saw an increase in referrals for other ethnic groups induding- China. Jamaica. Syria. Afghanistan. Iran, Sraq, Pakistan. India. FiguTr 2.. Pie Chart Showing Parent's Ethnicities 2023-2024 Count Referral We continued to receive referrals from various local authorities largely from Manchester Children's Social Care (25.6Vo last year and 32.1 % this year) with a reduction noted in relation to the number of referrals received from Lambeth unlike in previous years (10.3% last year and 4.7% this year). However, the number of new referrers has also InC￿aSed comprising local authorities such as: Hackney, Bexley, Enfield. Redcar-cleveland, Kirklees. Lewisham. Sefton, Shropshire, Tower Hamlets, Wigan. Walsall. Derbyshire, Hertfordshire. Wiltshire, Middleborough. Northumberland and Worcestershire. This demonstrates that AFRUCA'S work is being recognised further 8field. The increasing number of r8ferrals from these local authorities could be due to intemal migration of families. an increasing number of new arrivals on various work visa schemes as well as international students. AFRUCA- SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024 Figure 3.. Pie Chart Showing Some Refemng Local Auth017ties 2023-2024 Count Nature of Positive Parentin Work The majority of our referrals continued to be requests for support regarding the use of physical chastisement. However. in the past year, we had worked with families to support them with issues around,. emotional abuse, neglect, domestic abuse. witchcraft branding I spirit possession, honour based abuse and Female Genitsl Mutilation (FGM). The majority of our work took place remotely. There were some positive aspects to this which included, working nationwide whilst being able lo save time and costs in tems of travel and providing families with the flexibilty to attend the sessions. Some of the challenges have included: issues with interpreter8 and challenges accessing Local Authority Social Workers in a timety manner. Makin A Difference AFRUCA'S child protectlon service continued to make a difference in the lives of Black and ethnic children and families acro&8 the UK through supporb'ng pa￿nts to leam positive parenting strategies for raising children in the UK. managing children's behaviour and building the bond and relationship with their children. Through our positive parenting intervenlion. we have supported a number of families where in the last year, 20 children from 7 families have been retumed to parents. care during or on completion of AFRUCA'S parenting intervention. 5 children from 2 families have had their cases stepped down from Child Protection to Chikl in Need (CIN). 1 Child from 1 family has been closed to children's services. At least 5 children from 2 families have had the Interim Care Order (ICO) withdrawn and the children returned to parenfs care. AFRUCA- SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024 As in previous years. we note many parents found it easier engaging with AFRUCA staff. A key reason could be having to engage with someone who understood their race andlor cultural background, hence able to demonstrate empathy towards them. Hence. we noticed many families became less resistance to local authority intervention once they became involved with AFRUCA. We have adapted our AFRUCA'S course materials to include pictures and simplified language as English may not always b8 parent's first language, or depending on the parents cognitive functioning to enable them understand, process and retain inforniation. sues to Hi ht We identified that there is a need for provision of proper Orientation, educalion, training and awareness on safeguarding children to be provided for families intending to move or that have newly arrived in the UK. This is more so in th8 case of Nigerians where we consistently see a higher number of referrals into our service. This is a government policy issue that needed to be addressed. Our work with families in the child protection system pla￿S us in a very unique position to advocate and influence policy at the national level for improvernent in how th6 system operates. Working in partnership with parents to achieve this goal woukl help to create effective change. Feedback In the last year, we received many commendations from parents and social workers. Below Is one of such commendations from the social worker of a family we worked with. here has been positive engagement fn)m par8nts since AFRUCA started to work with th8 parents. Parents are now participating in the child protectson process and making changes, while showing greater understanding as to why children's services are involved and working with them" (Social Worker, London Borough of Newharn). 2.4 Early and Crlsls Interventlon - Child Protection Advocacy Pllol Project We delivered a short pilot advocacy project wilh Hackney Counul as part of their child protection system complaints process. The aim was to prevent the number of complaints progressing to the latter stages by providing complainants with the offer of free, culturally comp8t6nt advocacy. AFRUCA- SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024 As part of this pilot phase, we worked with two parents who had made complaints about services received and who requested for advocacy. We provided advocacy by making email contact and with a number of in-person meetings tsking place at localions provided by the Local Authority. We 8dvocated for the parents so their voices could be heard regarding their complaints, so that they could organise their thoughts. gain a differ8nt pèrsp8th.ve and ptan for their approach at meetings. We supported parents to attend complaints meeting WFth the Local Authcxity. Following this. we supported parents to draft responses for their complaint to be sent lo the Local Authority. We continue to receive communication for parents requesting advocacy support with their ongoing local authority cases. As we currently lack the intemal capacty for this growing work, we will seek to recruit additional staff to help lead this new work area. 2.5 R•habllltatlon - Famlly Heallng and R•¢onclllatlon Servlco We launched our new Psychotherapy Service for Children Retuming Home from Foster Care in London in October 2023 with funding frorn City Bridge Trusl. We recruited a team of independent psychotherapists to help delNer the service by tsking referrals. There was a slow uptake of the se￿l¢e until around March 2024. To help improve tsk8 up by families. we renarned the service as 'Tho AFRUCA Famlly Heallng and Recon¢lllatlon Servlce,. This was to ensure the name of the service reflected its cultural appropriateness for Black and Ethnic children and families. In the course of the year, we received 18 referrals into the service. Some of the families were referred intemally (8) and the others referred extemally by local authorities (10). Some of the referred families had either previously accessed AFRUCA'S positive parenting pwramme or had been referred for parenting sessions alongside the healing & reconciliation service. By the end of June 2024, two families had completed therapy sessions with AFRUCA'S psychotherapist while intervention was ongoing with six families. Five local authorities were yet to have AFRUCA set up on their systems and the other referrals were parents who either started engaging with Ihe service but stopped due to other personal commitments or were yet to engage with the service. Challen We encountered some challenges in getting the service off the ground and engaging families: There were challenges in families taking up the service due to the negative connotations associated with the word Yherapy. or nol understanding the benefits of accessing the service. io AFRUCA- SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024 Parents inability to access the service due lo other competing prioritieslcommitments or other support needs such as housing and lack of provision of an interpreter in a timely manner by the referring local authority. Some parents still had their children in the care of the local authority therefore. they have had to attend sessions alone. The seniice struggled to recruit an Administrator following the post becoming vacant in February. A new administrator was however recruited to stsrt in post at the beginning of September 2024. The service struggled to recruit independent psychotherapists experienced in systemic therapy for both children and families from Black and elhnic backgrounds. Future Plans Our plan is to increase provision of our Family Healing and Reconciliation Service to Local Authorities nationwide. To this end. we have recruited a new Administrator to stsrt in post in September 2024. Their key role would be marketing the service and Ilaising with referring local authorities, psychotherapists and f8milies. We hope to generale additional income for the charity in this way to help us improve our sustainability. We will continue to work with parents to address their support needs and address the barriers to accessing the service, while looking al how AFRUCA can provide support or slgnpost them to other appropriate agencies. Feedback °The client shared that the sessions have been helpful as he feft heard. not judged, and encouraged 8S at times he felt he had no one to fijlly talk to about what ha h8d been going through. He has bean able to t81k to his son on an emotional level about difficult topics and he feels that he is on the right track." {Feedback from AFRUCA Psychotherapist in respect of Mr O). li AFRUCA-SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024 2.6 Slrengthening AFRUCA'S Chlld Protection and Family Support Servlce Due to the ever evolving child protection landscape in the UK, and in view of the recent change in government. our aim is to position AFRUCA'S child protection serlice as a key player in the UK'S children's social care sector, especially in relation to Black and Ethnic children and families. This will involve.. Increasing our capacity for service commissioning in all aspects of our child protection work (prevention. early and crisis intepdention, advocacy and rehabilitation) by local authorities nation-wide through increased stsffing, marketing. publicity and sectoral engagement. Continuing to support families during and post local authority involvement - for example, through our Famlly Healing and Reconciliation service and our Advocacy Service. Increased engagement in national child protection policy through research, policy advocacy and influencing. Establishing a network of parents who have experienced the child protection system to help inform policy changes. Estsblishing a netrwork of faith and community organisations to help develop a partnership approach to change. Engaging Independent evaluators to evaluate the different aspects of our service delivery. 3. Chlld Ex loitatlon and Youth Vlolence Pro ramme We delivered a range of services as part of our work to address child exploitation, youth violence and modern slavery acAOSS Manchester under a conlract and a range of grant funding from Manchester City Council. We worked with children, young people. families and communities exposed to different forms of exploitation and youth violence from the over 20 organised criminal gangs in North Manchester and other parts of the city. We are thanlrful to the Manchester Cty Council for supporting AFRUCA to build and expand our work on child exploitation across Ihe city. 12 AFRUCA- SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024 Figure 4- AFRUCA'S Child Exploitation and Youth Violence Programme 3.1 AFRUCA'8 Early Help Support For Famllles At Rlsk of Exploltatlon and Youth Vlolence Following two years of grant funding from Manchester Clty Council of successful delivery of our County Lines Trafficking Famlly Support Sèrvice, we were delighted to have won a contract to deliver this service for another two years. This financial year marked the firsl year of our contract providing mix of practical one to one support and peer support for parents as well as mentoring activities for their children at risk of or involved in child criminal exploitstion across Manchester. We worked with over 30 families and their 68 children durlng the reportlng perlod. All referrals to our service undergo an initial assessment. We risk assess all families to ensure they are suitable for our ser4ice and develop a care plan with parents to agree how AFRUCA would support them to meet their needs. We ensure each parent had a safe space to engage with our service. Despite challenges in their personal lives, parents took the time to participate in our one-to-one sessions at our office or in the community, and attended our monthly parentsl forums. Most of our families are in the immigration system with no recourse to public funds. In working with the families. our approach has been very hands-on in supporting them to solve irnm8diate probléms in their lives which if not addressed could put their children at risk of hami, exploitation and gang involvement. In the course of the year. for example. we supported a parent and worked with their lawyer to sort out their application to Ihe Home Office. resulting in the family being granted their leave to remain. We also supported another family who had been granted leave to find and move into a new home, without which 13 AFRUCA- SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMEKrs FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024 they would have remained homeless. We find that parents appreciate these sorts of direct, practical and empathetic support provided by AFRUCA. Aside the support work with parents, we also worked with their children to address issues especially in relation to conduct and perfonnance at school, provided mentoring support and referred others to services not available at AFRUCA. We supported four young people to move to new schools outside Manchester due to risks of gang influence or exclusions. We signposted Iwo families to our Child Protection Service al AFRUCA due to the involvement of Children's Services. We workecl with four young people to retum to mainstream education from altemative provisions. We continued to work with families from a wide range of backgrounds wlth most being of African origin. Countries of origin induded Nigeria, Ghana, Jamaica, Pakistsn, Syria, Congo DR, Portugal. Somalia, Sierra Leone and Malawi. We worked wiiti families of different compositions including tsvo p8rent families, single male headed families and single female headed families. Other Activities In January 2024. we organised a conference in Manchester to discuss strategies for addressing Child Exploitation and Youth Violence, with a focus on Black and Ethnic young people. This initiative directly infom)ed the 8Stabllshment of our new Manchester Network on Serious Violence and Child Explortab'on, emphasising a grass rcM)tlcommunity led approach. We trained over 700 young people at William Hulme Grammar school on signs and indicators of County Lines We facilitated a group session for young black and ethnic girfs and boys on going Missing from home as part of a research project by Missing People and Listen Up We started the process of recruiting a young person as an intem from one of the families supported. This was to enable them have a positive taste of the world of work. gain some work experience and steer them away from the streets. 3.2 The Revive Project- Worklng wlth Young Men and Boys At R5sk of Exploitation We continued our partnership with Manchester Youth Justice to deliver our project with young men and boys at risk of gang violence and exploitation across Manchester. The project aimed to rebuild their confidence, divert them from negat5ve influences. and helped reintegrate them into their communities as positive. contributing members. 14 AFRUCA- SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024 With a new staff member in post. we reviewed the focus of the project to give young people treopportunity and confidence to discuss issues they faced without judgement or prejudice. We utilised the project to help build moretrustbetween statutory bodieslauthority. young people and the community through better education via a range of activities and group sessions. We tsilored the programme to the correct needs of each young person, rather than a standard 10-week project. This was based on leaming from previous year that some of the young people would prefer fewer sessions or just wanted someone to talk to. We worked with 21 young men and boys, with referrals from a range of agencies including the Engage Panels. Youth Justice. People Referral Units and Schools. Many of our young people experienced turbulent home environment which included domestic violence. physical chastisement, poverty and deprivation, immigrations problems including no recourse to public funds. evictions, unsuitable housing or homelessness as w811 as neurodivergence. We found Ihal these are push factors that contribut6 to young people's negative behavlour in school, making them vulnerable to grooming and recruitment by gangs and traffickers and puts them at risks of ham and exploitstion. Additionally, the pervasive dlslrust of the pollce among young people invofved in our project based on their personal experiences means many felt unfairly targeted and harassed. leading to reluctance to seek help or cooperate with law enforcement. Nevertheless, we were able to support young people to achieve the following: Exam les of our intervention Through our one to one mentoring sessions, we supported a young person with ADHD to understand the risks of knrfe crime and youth violence and how to avoid it. The young person is now more gainfully engaged with a Saturday job. His pa￿nts are pleased with progress made We supported a young man who experienced regular domestic violence In his home. Our mentoring sessions provided him with a much needed male role model, supported him to build mor8 Positive interest in music and assisted him to write his CV so he could get a job. The young man now has a job, eaming regular income. 15 AFRUCA- SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024 Feedback From parent: "I really 8ppreu.ate everything youtre been doing wilh my son. I have noticed 8 lot of ¢h8nges in him. Whatever it is you are doing, pbase continu8 bec8US6 it is woth"ng." From young person: "l aAvays knew I was goodat a lot of thlngs but because I never had anyone to direct me and keep pushlng mo, ljust easlly glve up. Wlth you on my case regulaty, I feel Ilke I can do a lot morn, I realty apprwateyou" 3.3 The Phoenlx Project- Worklng Wlth Young Women And Glrls At Rlsk of Exploltatlon Across Manchester The Phoenix Project supports young women and girls age 11-18 years at rlsk of exploitatlon. Funded by the Home Office through Manchester Cty Counal the programrne addresses risks of abuse, coerclve control, identity crisis. gang manipulation. exploitstion and risks assoc18ted wlth dlgital spaces among vulnerable girls and young women. 27 young people in total were referred to the project, each one receivlng up to 10 sessions of tallorad support to address their unique circumstances. These sessions covered topics such as risk awareness, Internet safety. grooming, and healthy ￿lationships. 94.4% of the young people referred actively engaged with the programme, attending weekly or bi-weekly sessions that included one-on-one mentoring, arts and crafts, and physieAI a¢b'viti8s. Notably. the project worked directly wrth schools in Manchester and other cornmunty organisations like Powerhouse and Hideaway in Moss Side to ensure high engagement. The team adapted its strategy to address barriers such as financial hardship and transportation issues, offering services within schools and accessible community centres. This flexibility resulted in a h￿h engagement rate, with many participants stating they only attended school when they had Phoenix Project sessions. The project has also helped participants improve school attendance and emotional regulation, fostering positive relationships and building a self-confKlent and improved s8lf-85teem. 16 AFRUCA- SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024 The Phoenix Project has also seen marf(ed success in its monthly group work initiatrves. Creative sessions, such as DIY crafts, were delivered at monthly group event. The group sessions have also organically started to build positi've peer friendships. In preparation for summer holidays in 2024, we started organising special activities for the young people. These induded indoor rock climbing and snowboarding with the aim supporbng the young people to have fun, socialise and engage in physical activities during their school holidays. Pro'ect Im act and Future Goals The nurnbers clearty demonstrate the project's impact. Out of the 27 young people referred, 94.40/0 showed consistent engagement throughout the sessions. Looking ahead, the Phoenlx Project has ambitious goals for its future. Plans include strengthening ties with other organisations and increasing its capacity to support a broader group of young women and girls across Manchester. The project staff is actively working to ensure thal their outreach continues lo address the evotving challenges faced by vulnerable young women, especialty in te￿S of online safety and the risks posed by social media. Collaborations with local youth justice and safeguarding organisations will play a key role in this expansion. 3.4 Manche8tsr Network on Serfous V5olence and Chlld Exploltatlon The idea of a grass-root, community led neiwork on serious violence and child exploitation in Manchester was developed from insights at AFRUCA'S round table evenl held on 30 January 2024. AFRUCA held a follow up consultative meeting on 22 March 2024 at our office in Ardwick Manchester bringing together representatives from 10 communty and stslutory organisations who work to addr8SS youth violence and child exploitstion cross the city. The primary aim was to explore the benefits and importance of creating a grassn)ot led. Manchester-wide Networt( to challenge critical issues affecting young Black people at risk of serious youth violence and exploitation. At the consultative meeting. our discussions highlighted several key reports that underline the urgent need for this Network. We identified sNJnfficant gaps in data conceming the exploitation of young women and girls, as well as a general lack of understanding of the vulnerabilities that young people face, particularly those from black and ethnic minorty backgrounds, in the context of criminal exploitstion. We also noted the pressing need for more resources dedicated to extracurricular activities for young people, a lack of cohesive collaboration between ststutory agencies and affected communities. and an alarming misunderstanding of adultification bias amongst professionals. 17 AFRUCA- SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024 We explored the benefits and purposes of such a Network, induding promoting joint-working and collaboration between affected communities and statutory agencies. Participants agreed such a Network would play a big role in bringing together affected communities. youth groups, faith organisations and statutory agencies. We are delighted Manchester Cty Council is happy with our idea of a communty led Network and is working with us to deliver this project through the provision of a small grant and senior level representation on the Network. We are working to ensu￿ the growth and expansion of the Network in the next financial year. 3.5 AFRUCA'S Chlld Exploltatlon and Youth Vlol•nc• Programme - An Integrated Approach Our integrated approach to addressing child exploitation and youth violence across Manch8St8r ensured over 100 children and their parents at risk benefitted from the range of activities and services in the course of the financial year. The services were also fully complemontary, ensuring no duplication with service users directed to the appropriate AFRUCA intep4ention that best met their needs. Hence there was a lot of synergy among8t Ihe different projects, sometimes with different members of each family accessing a different part of the programm8. Aside, our staff worked together to conduct outreach in schools, colleges and communities. Through the monthly leam Newsletter, we regularly reached over 700 wider cohort of partners and stskeholders across Manchester each month, promoting different element of our work and ensuring all projects had adequate coverage and publicity. Altogether. our staff conduded over 20 face to face events at agencies, schools and colleges across Manchester. including Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service in Bury, Connell College. Loreto College, Vamar Primary School, Grange School. Sacred Heart Primary School and Didsbury High School. Through the face to face events and our newsletter, we regularly reached 5000 individuals, bringing awareness of our work to them. In the next financial year, we aim to continue lo deliver our rarKJe of child exploitation and youth violence projects across Manchester so we can continue to impact on the children, young people and their families. We are aware of the need to dNerstfy funding for our work in this area and not continue to be dependent on Manchester Cty Council for funding as this is unsustainable. Hence, in the next financial year, wo will explore other incom8 streams to fund our across the i?ty. 18 AFRUCA- SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024 4. Addressln ual and Inclusion in the UK Modem Slave Sector.. The UK BME Antl4lave Network BASNE We continued to grow the membership ofour Netrwork, The UK BME Anti-slavery Ne￿Ork in the course of the financial year with a membership of 50 Black and Ethnic community organisations and 48 Associate members all spread out across the UK. Notsbly. our efforts in promoting membership through initiatives such as the BASNET Open Day have played a crucial role in this growth. Sadly, we also lost 8 member organisations who ceased trading due to financial difficulties. Our members. work and interests covered different spectrums of the modem slavery and human trafficking sector - from labour exploitation, sexual exploitation. child criminal exploitation and county lines trafficking. Some of our members had niche service users and audiences - from focusing mainly on anti-trafficking work with black and ethnic minoiity families. to young boys. young girls, survivors, asylum seekers. LGBTQI, woman and specific age groups. The work of our membèrs helped to highlight the gaps ignored or unidenkn'fied in national discourse around modem slavery and human trafficking issues that specifically affects ethnic minority communities. In the course of th8 year. we worked with our members and sector partners to undertake a range of programmes and events to highlight equality issues In the sector. To foster collaboratlon and sector teaming, BASNET facilitated Six Full Members rneetlngs during this period with one hybrid meeting. These meetings serrfed as platfoms for sharing expertise, enhancing coop&ration, and drlving innovation within the sector. 4.1 BASNET Projects. Events and Actlvitios We were delighted to launch our research report in July 2023: "Equallty. Dlv•rslty and Incluslon In Publicly Funded Modern Slavery Research In the UK" in partnership with St Mary's University, Twickenham, Sheffield University and Notts'ngham Universty and wtth funding from the UK Modem Slavery Policy and Evidence Centre. This piece of work is also a fulfilment of BASNET Race Equality, Diversity and Indusion Action Plan Theme on Research which called for research on EDI within the wider modem slavery research sector. to understsnd the challenges and barriers stopping people from all backgrounds from being able to participate effectively and make recomrnendations for improvements. To ￿lebrate Black History Month in October 2024. we held a unique online event focusing on Organ Trafficking - a subject not much discussed in the human trafficking space. Our range of intemational speakers explored the complex issues of organ trafficking. organ harvesting and illegal organ transplant and the intersections with race. migration, poverty and other vulnerabilities. 19 AFRUCA- SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024 We engaged in a number of collaborative projects and advocacy efforts with our members. We supported six member organisations to organise and host advocacy events addressing crits'cal issues such as child criminal exploitstion. online exploitstion. and the impact of re￿nt legislative changes on vulnerable groups. Members we worked with induded Music Relief Foundation, Salaam Project, Blossom Foundation, Wonderfully Made Woman. WODIN and House of Rainbow. Following these joint events, we supported some rnembers to appty for further funding for their advocacy work. with I￿0 successfully obtaining grants totslling £40,000. Based on increasing concems raised by our members about the exploitstion of workers in the UK'S health and care sectors, particularly under govemment visa Schemes, in February 2024 we wrote a letter to the Home Secretary, co-signed by over 40 BASNET members and partners. We emphasised the pressing need for immediate aclion. framing the issue as a significant race-related problem requiring mprehensive solutions. Our letter outlined many instances of fraud, debt bondage. financial abuse and exploitation and proposed specffic recommendab'ons, including enhanced vetting for recruitment agencies and better support systems for victims. We asserted that the failure to act promptly may breach equality laws and exacerbate the already dlre situation for migrant workers. We received a response to our letter from fomer Home Office Minister Tom Pursglove. Unfortunately election purdah in May and June 2024 meant we were unable to tske forward work in this area before the end of the financial year. To mark Intemational Women's Day in March 2024, we organised a follow up conference on the back of our letter to the Home Secretary focusing on th8 Exploitation of Migrant Female Workers in the UK Health and Social Care sectors. The event served to underscore the racial dynamics. gender Inequality and migrant rights issues involved in what was now being referred to as "stste enabled. exploitation and modem slavery of migrant workers in the UK. The highlight of our year at BASNET was the release of our powerful, ground-breaking r8POrt: "The Safe House Is Not Safe" on 18 March 2024. The rnport highlighted the harsh realities faced by survivors of modem slavery and human trafficking in govemment-funded Safe Houses across England. Based on first-hand experiences from 13 survivor-experts residing in these shelters, the report exposed inadequate accommodation and discrimination rooted in race, sexual orienlation. gender, nationality, and ethnicity. 20 AFRUCA- SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024 On 23 March 2024, we organised a sector-wide briefing to discuss the reporvs findings and recommendalions, emphasising the voices of suryivors and urging systemic change. Key stakeholders. including the Independent Anti-slavery Commi&sioner, representatives from organisations like The Salvation Army and the Care Quality Commtssion, and survivors themselves, participated in the di8logue. Based on the complaints by some serrfice providers that °only 13 people took part in the research., we decided to organise a follow up conference in October 2024 working with survivor leaders as co-producers and helping to provide wider recommendations to inforni change. In May 2024. we organised our second three day residential capacity building programme in Manchester with 14 BASNET Anti-Trafficking Innovators in attendance. This year, we invited an Associate Member of BASNET from Nigeria. Betty Abah from CEEHOPE Nigeria to join the delegates. This was aimed at helping us gauge the appetite and need for such a programme rf we were to deliver it outside the UK. We were delighted to have a range of experts in charity management and anti-trafficking join the three day session to help impact new knowledge to our participants. These included: James Clarry, CEO of Justice and Care, Vic Hancock Fell. Founder and Director of Fair Collective and Advita Patel of Comms Rebel who deliverad a session on Communicating Impact. Yet again, we received positive feedback from the CEO-participants about the impact of the residential programme on them and their work, including.. "I feel partlcularlyprivlleged to have had the opportunity to attend thls important tralnlng and I promise to step it down to my staff. volunte8rs and communlty contacts here in Nigerla." Betty Abah - Executive Director. CEE-HOPE 'This was a gre8t18aming experience that will help our organisation going forward" Mackenzie Lunga - Founder, Mesheba CIC 4.2 BASNET Expandod Fundlng and Staffing We were very delighted to have received new funding from three different funders Foundation, Paul Hamlyn Foundation and AB Charitable Trust. This substantial funding meant we could recruit additional staff and expand our work with our members and survivor leaders. The new grants also ensured we would be in a strong positive to continue our work for next three years. We are exceptionally grateful to our four funders for the support for BASNET. Samworth 21 AFRUCA-SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024 4.3 Future Outlook and Strategic Expansion Looking ahead. BASNET is committed to expanding our work to better meet the needs of our members and the wider modem slavery sector. Our future plans include the development of a series of Masterclasses to ensure continuous skills-building and the sustainability of anti-trafficking efforts by our members. We also aim to launch the BASNEf Research Residenb'al Programme, designed to enhance the research capabilities of Blad( and Ethnic leaders and those with lived experience of modem slavery. We aim to expand BASNET Intemalionally by setting up an intemational Coalition of Anti-Trafficking Organisations. We also aim to explore the feasibility of extending both the Research Residential and Capacity Building Programme to our international members ones the coalition is estsblished. Our strategic focus will remain on fostering a more industve and effective anti-trafficking sector. By building on our existing inrtiatives and introducing new programmes, we aim to continue driving systemic change and addressing inequities within th8 sector. 5. Natlonal Partnornhl and External Llalson We were quite fortunate lo have worked with a range of partners locally, regionally, nationally and internationally during the course of the financial year as part of our various projects and services as detailed above. The aim of our partnership work was to raise awareness of the work of AFRUCA and our ne￿ork 8ASNET. contribute to ongoing research, policy and advocacy efforts and help to prevent abuse, hann and exploitation through increased engagement with others. We are delighted to have bullt strong partnership with colleagues at St Mary's Universty Bakhita Centre for Research on Slavery, Exploitstion and Abuse and University of Nottingham. Both relationships have seNed us very well at AFRUCA, enriched ourjoinl research programmes and helped to boost our profile in the modern slavery sector. We continued to participate in the work of a number of Home Office Modem Slavery Policy Forurns, through attendance at meetings and putting forward our position on key govemment policies, reflective of BASNET members, viewpoints. We celebrated Black History Month in our London office. focusing on historical practices in the upbringing of children in Black communities. The event titled: "Barrel Children. Famied Children." Explorlng Hlstorlc Black UK Child Rearing Prdctlces'was a captivating historic exploration of these two practices and how to impact on children who are today's parents. 22 AFRUCA- SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024 We also held other impactfijl events drawing participation across the chlkl protection section. These include our event on "Enhancing Protecbon for Children in Black Faith Organlsatlons" held in February 2024 and "Equality, Diversity and Inclusion for Black and Ethnic families in the UK Child Protection System.. There is scope to follow up on these iwo aclivities in partnership with others. We also continued to sit on the Manchester Childr8n and Young People Board, providing strategic advice to the Board especialty in relation to Blad( and Ethnic children. We recognise how much tihed our strategic work has been on modern slavery and in Manchester. Hence in the coming financial year, we aim to strengthen our strategic work on Child Protection and become more active across London and nationally. 6. Flnanclal R•vlew 6.1 Summary The Charity's results for the financial year erKled 30 June 2024 are shown In the Statement of Financia Activities and the relevant notes. The Charity's financial results shows a robust totsl revenue grovAh of 14.51 % this year to £860,396 compared to £751,370 in the previous year. Of this £615,541 (2022-2023: £528,591) represents restricted income and the remaining £244.855 (2022-2023- £222,770) unrestricted income. The Charity executed an expense efficiency prograrnme proactively to control costs and ensure business growth. In line with the growth in the Charity's operations, total expenditure increased by 5.310/0 to £763,832 {2022-2023: £725.304), of which £ 554,676 (2022-2023: £514.698) came from restricted funds and £209.156 (2022-2023: £210.606) was unrestricted expenditure. We spent £742.970 this year {2022-2023:£706,741) on charitable activities in supported projects across the UK which had a profound impact on the lives of children. young people and families in the communities we support. As a result. the Charity recorded an overall surplus (net income) on operating activities of £96,564 for the year (2022-2023: n8t income £26,066). The overall surplus record8d this year included a surplus on unrestricled funds of £35.699 (2022-2023: £12,173) and a surplus on restricted funds of £60,865 (2022-2023: £13.898). 23 AFRUCA- SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024 With the funding secured this year, the Chaiity was able to expand and deliver vital services to the communities and maintain the financial slabilty of the organisalion. This demonstrates the Charity's commitment to driving sustainable business growih in challenging times. Figure 5.. Income and Expenditur8.' 2023-2024 and 2022-2023 6.2 Grants and Contract Income The principal fundlng source for the Charity continued to be from grants and contracts. Grants and contracts income increased this year by 16.45% to £615,541 (2022-2023: £528,591). which accounted for 71.54¥0 (2022-2023: 70.35%) of the overall income of the Charlty. The increase in grant income was largely due to new funding secured this year from Paul Hamlyn Foundation, AB Charitable Trust and Samworth Foundab'on for the work of our Network. The UK BME Anti-slavery Network as well as continuation funding frorn Esmee Fairbaim Foundation. We also received continuation funding from The Henry Smtth Charity for our Child Protection Community programme in Manchester. Trustees are grateful lo the following funders who supported the work of the Charity in the course of the financial year, ensuring our continued abilty to deliver services - Henry Smith Charity, Samworth Foundation, Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, AB Charitable Trust, Manchester City Council, Manchester Youth Justi￿ Board, City Bridge Foundation. National Lottery Community Fund and the National Instttute for Health and Care Research. 24 AFRUCA- SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024 Figure 6.. Total Grant 8nd Contract Income 2023-2024 6.3 Fund Analysls As at 30 June 2024. the Charity held total funds of £447.970 in reseNes (2022-2023: £351.406). Our restricted funds caThied forward at the end of the year and eamiarked for projects specffied by donors were £207.666 (2022-2023: £146.801 } and our unrestricted funds at the end of the year were £240,304 (2022-2023: £204,605). The total unrestricted funds were made up of designated funds of £21,807 (2022-2023: £21,807) and general unrestricted funds of £218,497 (2022-2023: £182.798). Our unrestricted fvnds continues to benefit from the grovrth and income generated from our child protection support service. These funds are needed to help finance the working capital required to operate the Charity and build reserves to a level that will increases our resilience and stabilty and mitigale any future risks. The trustees will continue to explore ways to manage operating costs efficientty and generate more income through promotion and fundraising. On this basis, the Trustees are of the view that the Chaiity is a going concem because it continues to be able to meet its obligations as thèy fall due. Note 13 to the financial staternent shows a more detailed breakdown of the movement of funds. which includes a breakdown of restricted funds attributable to each funder. 25 AFRUCA- SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024 Figure 7.. Grant and Contract Income Vs Self-Generated Income and Donations." 2023-2024 and 2022- 2023 4ntlJK¢wne • sdifArnThled IrKorThp • t4y4tlons 6.4 self￿On•rated Income The bar chart below demonstrates the aclivities the Charity engaged in to generate funds internalty this year, moving forward to accomplish our objective to grow and increase the support we offer to children, young people and their families. Total funds generated intemalty from deltvery of these activities this year were £238,034 (2022-2023.. 219.532) and made up 28.5% of total income (2022-2023.. 29.650/0). Referrals into our child protection service continues to increase steadily and we are seeing referrals from more local authorities across the country. We have also completed setting up our Psychotherapy Service for Children Retuming Home from Foster Care and have built in a fee charging mechanism into the service. This strategy will enable the charity to generate regular income and build an element of suslainability into the service delivery when the Cu￿ent grant funding for the service expl￿$. Trustees are sincerely grateful for the effort and contribution of our staff and volunteers in a variety and often innovative ways that has enable us to continue our work. 26 AFRUCA- SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024 Figure 8.. Seff-GeneTrted Income." 2023-2024 251XiXlI•J 2CO)JO. 1S1)XO.10 IOLtsJOAO 6.5 Achlevlng 8u8talnablllty The Charrty's financial outlook remains bright as long as it can continu8 to caprtalise on its specialism to develop and expand its range of income generating streams outside grant and contract funding. Self- generated funding must grow in line with grant funding to ensure the charity can remain sustainable. This is critical as the wider charity sector faces significant and endemic shortage of grant funding, impacting significantly on many small charities like AFRUCA. 7. Staffln IT Infrastructure and O ratlons We had fifteen full time stsff members and one part time staff in post at the end of June 2024. Due to the growing staff strength and attendant challenges of managing a growing team across two office locations, we recruited a new Human Resource Advisor who started in January 2024. The Human Resource Advisor's role included helping to address the Charitys day to day staffing matters, support staff recruitment, vetting. induction and onboarding. appraisal. training and leaming. disciplinary. staff policies and procedures etc. 27 AFRUCA- SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024 We continue to operate a hybrid work system with staff working from both Ihe office and from home and rolled-out Zoom and of Microsoft Teams across the organisation to become our primary communications tool for staff. Our twice monthly staff meetings continued as before. Staff in different cohortslteams hold weekly peer leaming sessions to help work and share leaming. Our social workers have additional practice supervision by an extemal clinical supervisor In July 2023, we made changes to staff salaries and junior staff salaries were reviewed and increased, to support staff cope with the °cost of living. crisis, but also to enable us attract good quality staff. This meant stsff members had salary increases based on their longevity and perfonnance in post. We made similar changes to seniorstaff salaries in January 2024 to reflect going market rates for similar positions. In December 2023. we held the first Well-Being Day for all stsff. These practices are becoming morg common and entrenched in other workplaces. We are also exploring additional benefits we can offer our staff to improve health and w811-being and make AFRUCA a more attractive place to work. We installed a new leased line in our Manchester office and our staff now have good intemet connection to work with, hold meetings. communicate with other team Members in London and deliver online services to our users. We have also installed CCTV for the Manchester office to strengthen security to deter unauthorised access. 8. Reserves Poll The Trustees have reviewed the Charity's reserves policy and deteThined that the minimum required level of unrestricted reserves or Yree reserves" held are 25% of the current yearfs expenditure. This level of unrestricted reserves is designed to ensure financial security that will enable the Charity cope with setbacks and provide working capitsl during the year particularly In times of funding hiatus when there is a lag between expenditure and associaled income. or to take advantsge of opportunities. Th8 Charity's policy remains continuing to increase the level of unrestricted reserves while taking a cautious approach to increasing expenditure, so as not to endanger our abilty to deliver core services in sustainable way. 9. Risk Mana ement The Trustees have established a register of the Major strategic, business. financial and operational risks to which the Charty is exposed. and confinn that the control systems designed to respond to the risks were assessed and reviewed regularly during the year by the Board of Trustees. The Trustees believe that by monitoring the level of reserves. ensuring controls exist over key financial systems, and by regularly examining the operational and business risk faced by the Charity, they are satisfied that risk management is being undertaken appropriately and that effective systems and procedures are in place to mitigate those risks. 28 AFRUCA- SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2024 10. Plans for the Future: Financial Year 2024-2025 We are very mindful of the drfficult terrain in which many small chartties like AFRUCA operate and the challenges many face in relation to sustainabilty. We are strengthening otjr efforts to increase our capacity to expand our income from both intemally generated and donor fvnding to meet the needs of more children, young people and families in our communities. This calls for an aggressive approach to identfying and developing new work areas while strengihening current services. 11. Audltors Golthvins Limited Chartered A¢￿untsnts and RegiSte￿d Auditor will be proposed for reappointment in a¢¢ordan¢e with Section 485 of the Companies Act 2(K)6. 12. Statement of the Tru8tee•' rn8pon8lbllltle8 The Twstees are responsible for preparing the report of the Twste8s and the financial stat8ments in accordance with applicable law. Company law r8quires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources. including the income and expenditure. of the charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements. the Trustees Board whlch Is supported by the Trustees Finance and Audit Committee is required to: 881ect suitable accounting polrcies and then apply them consistently make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent. state whelher applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disdosed and explained in the financial stalerrièiilb. and to prepare the finaneAal statements on a going concem basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue to operate. The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time th8 financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements compty with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company. As far as the Trustees are aware: There is no audit infomiation of which the charitable company's audilors are unawa￿. They have taken all reasonable steps to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the audttors are aware of that information. The Trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integnty of the corporate and financial information induded on the charitable company's website. This report has been prepared in accordance with the Slatement of Recommended Practice,. Accounting and Reporting by Charities and in a¢¢ordan¢e with the special provisions of the Companies Act 20C6 relating to small entities. 11 roved by the Twstees Board on ...... . and signed on their behalf by: r Sudhir Sethi Chair of the Boanl of Truste68 29 Irbdependent auditors. report to the trustees of AFRUCA- SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN Opinion We have audited the financial statements of AFRUCA - Safeguarding Children (the 'charitable company.) for the year ended 30 June 2024 which comprise the Ststement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet statement of cash flows and notes to the financial statements. including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Stsndards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102: The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). In our opinion, the financial statements: give a true and fair view of the state of the charitable company's affairs as at 30 June 2024 and of its income and expenditure for the year then ended; have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice: have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. Basis for oplnlon We conducted our audit in accordance with Intemational Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAS (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charitable company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK. incjuding the FRC'S Ethical Standard and we have fvlfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. Concluslons relatlng to golng concern In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the twstees, use of the going concem basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have perfomied. we have not identffied any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that. individually or collectively, may cast signFficant doubt on the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concem for a period of at least tsvelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue. Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of Ihe directors with respect to going concem are described in the relevant sections of this report. Othar Inforniatlon The trustees are responsible for the other infonnation. The other infomiation comprises the infomiation included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditorfs report thereon. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other infonnation and. except to the extent otherwise explicitly ststed in our report, we do not express any fotm of assurance conclusion thereon. In connection with our audil of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other infomiation and, in doing so. consider whether the other infonréation is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or othepwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other infomiation. If, based on the work we have perfomied, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other infomation. we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard. 30 Independent auditors. report to the trustees of AFRUCA- SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006 In our opinion. bas8d on the work undertaken in the course of the audit: the infonnation given in the trustees. report {in¢orporating the directors. report) for the financial year for which the financial staternents are prepared is consistent with the financial statements. and the trustees. report (incorporating the directors. report) have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements. Mattars on whlch we are required to r•port by •xc8ptlon In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the charitable company and Tts environment obtained in the course of the audit. we have not identified material misstatements in the Trustees. Annual Report. We have nolhing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you rf, in our opinion: adequate accounting records have not been kept or retums adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us: the financial ststements are not In agreement with the accounting records and retums; certain disclosures of trustees, remunerdtion specffied by law are not made; or we have not obtsined all the infomiation and explanations necessary for the purposes of our audit. Responslbllltl•8 of tho trustees As explained more fully in the trustees, responsibilities statement. the trustees are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they gtve a true and fair view, and for such internal control as they detennine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement. whether due to fraud or error. In preparing the financial ststements. the trustees are responsible for assessing the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concem, disdosing, as applicable. matters related to going concern and using the going concem basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charitable company or to cease operations, or have no realistic altemative but to do so. Our rosponslbllltles for th• audlt of the financlal statements Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to frdud or error. and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance. but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with TSAS (UK) will always detect a material rnisstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material rf, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to infiuence the econom￿ decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial ststements. Irregularities. induding fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities. outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities. including fraud are set out below. In identifying and assessing risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations. our procedures included the following: We enquired of management. which included obtaining and reviewing supporting documentation, conceming the charitable company's policies and procedures relating to.. Detecting and responding to the risks of fraud and whether they have knowledge of any actual. suspected, or alleged fraud; 31 Independent auditors. report to the trustees of AFRUCA~ SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN The intemal controls established to mitigate risks related to fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations. We inspected the minutes of meetings of those charged with govemance. We reviewed the financial statement disclosures and tested these to supporting documentation to assess compliance with applicable laws and regulations. In addressing the risk of fraud through management override of controls. we tested the appropriateness of journal entries and other adjustments. assessed whether the judgements made in making accounting estimates are indicative of a potential bias and tested significant transactions that are unusual or those outside the normal course of business. 8ecause of the inherent limitations of an audit. there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularilies, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment. forgery. collusion, omission or misrepresentstion. A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at: [www.frc.org.uklauditorsresponsibilities]. This description forms part of our auditorfs report. Us• of our rnport This report is made solelyto the charitsble company's members. as a body. in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state lo the charitable company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fijllest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company's members as a body. for our audit work, for this report. or for the opinlons we have fornied. Anthony Ept Senlo for and on behalf of Goldwins Limited Statutory Auditor Chartered Accountants 75 Maygrove Road West Hampstead London NW6 2EG Statutory Audftor) 31 oJ.Ls 32 AFRUCA- SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTMTIES (Incorporating Income and Expenditure Account & Statement of Total Realised Gains and Losses) For th• yaar anded 30 June 2024 Unrestricted Unrestricted Restricted General Designated Funds Funds 2024 2024 Total Total Funds 2024 Funds 2024 Funds 2023 Note INCOME FROM Donations Grants and Contracts Charitable Activities Investment Income 2.850 615,541 528,591 238,034 219,532 2,177 397 615,541 238,034 2,177 TOTAL INCOME 860 396 751,370 EXPENDITURE ON: Raising Funds 20,861 20,861 18,563 Charitable Activities: 188,295 554,676 742,971 706, 741 TOTAL EXPENDITURE 209,156 554,676 763.832 725 304 Net Income 35,699 60,865 96,564 26,066 NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS 35.699 60,865 96.564 26,066 RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS 13 TOTAL FUNDS AT 1 JULY 2023 182,798 21,807 146,801 351,406 325,340 TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 218,497 21,807 207,666 447,970 351,406 All of the above results are derived from continuing activities. There were no other recognised gains or losses other than those stated above. The attached notes form part of these finanaal slatements. 33 AFRUCA - SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN BALANCE SHEEr As at 30 June 2024 2024 2023 FIXED ASSErs Tangible Assets 10 17,346 24,924 CURRENT ASSErs Debtors Cash at Bank and in Hand 11 130.243 338,714 175,386 181,860 468,957 357.246 CREDITORS: amounts falllng duo wlthin one year 12 138.333} (30, 764) NET CURRENT ASSETS 430,624 326,482 TOTAL NET ASSETS 447,970 351,406 FUNDS Restricted Funds 13 207.666 146,801 nrestricted Fun Designated Funds.. General Unrestricted Funds.. 13 21,807 13 218,497 21,807 182, 798 240,304 447,970 204,605 351,406 TOTAL FUNDS The financial statements were approved, and authorised for issue, by the Board of Trustees on 11 October 2024 and signed on their behalf by:" Dr Sudhlr Sothl Trustee Company reglstratlon no. 04306536 The attached notes fomi part of the financial statements. AFRUCA- SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS For the year ended 30 June 2024 Note 2024 2023 Cash flows from operats'ng activities: Net cash provided by l (used in) operating activities 15 159,500 24,044 Cash flows from investing activities: Salel (purchase) of fixed assets (2,646) (19.905) Cash provided by l (used in) investing activities (2,646) (19,905) Change in cash and cash equlvalents in the year Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the sear 156,854 181,860 4,139 177,721 Cash and cash equivalents at the year end 16 338,714 181,860 35 AFRUCA- SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For th• year ended 30 June 2024 ACCOUMTING POUCES The principal aco)untlng polktes are 8ummarlsed bek)vr. The &￿untkn9 Iwe bew applie(I consistenuy throughout the year and preceding year. Basts of prop•ration olffn•nckl stst¢m•nts The financial statements hav8 b86n pffjpared in 8ccord8nc8 wih Accounting and Roporting ty Charities.. Slatement of R8commend6d Praclice applicable to charibes preparing the accounts in accordance with the Finan(aal Repo￿ng Stsndard appllcable In the UK and Republic of ITel8nd IFRS 102- offfj¢tive 1 January 20151- (ch¥￿￿8 SORP FRS 1021 and the Cornpan￿ Ala 2006. Publlc benefit entity The charitable ¢¢￿panY meets the deflnltkjn of a ber￿11 enlty under FRS 102. Golnq conc•rn The Irusl8es o)n81der that thgro arg no malgr181 urKgrt8inti8s aLKxrt the ch8riWs abilty to £￿tinue a5 a going concom. Incomo In￿m• is recognised when the charity has enli118m8rrt to tha funds.. thk8 is lthen any performance condition8 attached to thè income have been mel. tt Is proba￿• that ￿ k)come will be recelved. ond that the am0￿1 can bg m8asurwJ roliabty. Income Is onty defgrred when.. The donor spedfies that lh8 gr8nt or d¢￿et￿ mu8t (mty b8 used In fulure gcLy)untJng p8rfods', or for performance related grants. where these are receNed in advaneè of the ￿rfO￿anCeS or 8pedfk event to vthlch thgy relate. Interest rn¢efv•ble Interest on funds held on deposit B indu¢Jed tpthen roceivablè and th8 amthmt Can be measured reNabty by Ihg charity,. thlg 58 nomialty up)n nolificalion of the interest paid or p8yat40 by thg bank. Fund ac¢oundng Rgslricted funds are to be u8ed for purpo885 os ￿￿j by the donor. Expendi￿re whlch meets these crtt8rt818 charged to the fund. Unreslrfcled fund8 8ro donakns ar￿ other inc¢)ming resourtss recelved or ger￿ated for the charllable pJrpose8. DeS￿nated lunds are unrèslricled funds eam7arked by the tr￿1888 for particular purposes. Deslgnaled fund8 hav8 been Set askle oul of unfostriclad by ts trustees for the pur[￿8 of r￿asIng a propety for th6 chadty In M8nchgsler. Exp8ndlturn and Irr6¢over•ble VA T Exp9nditur9 Is re￿niSed once there a ￿81 or u)nstrucllv8 0￿19alK)n to makg o payTngnt to a third paty. it is probabl8 that sotU8m8nl will be required and the ornount of the oblvjation can b8 mea5ur&J reliabty. ExperNliture (x)nshJered all to reLqle to charitable 8Ctivllies arsd Includes the costs of deliverlng seryices undertakgn to fvthr thg wrFW$ ofthe charity and their a5￿clated support C08ts. Allo¢*tlon of support costs Support and governance costs h8ve been ￿tween t*alilab￿ actMll8s based on staff time. The aloCa￿On of support and govem8nce costs Ss analysed in note 5. Operntlng le480S Rentsl charges are charggd on a strawJh14ine basis over the temi of the leaBe. AFRUCA- SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the year ended 30 June 2024 Tanglble ffxed assets arid Tangible ￿ed assets (excluding inveslmentsl ore staled at cost ￿ dewecokn. assets wrth an expected lite of more than one year are induded 8t cost and depredated over four D•bto Trade and other debtors are recognised al the setdement ¥nount du8 after any trad8 disr*JJnt offered. PrepayTrents are valuod at the amount prepaid net of any trade disuyunts due. Cash at bank and In hand Cash at bank and cash in harK6 indudes ￿$h and short temi Ibjuid investments with a short Ma￿lity of thr90 months or less from tho datg of acquisition or opening of the depostt or Sim￿ar account Credltorn 4ndprovlslon8 Credltors ar￿ pro￿810n$ are recognlsed wher6 the charrty has a present (￿)1￿3a1k)n resulbi¥J from 8 Past event that wlll probably result In the transfer of funds to a third party ar￿ the amount du8 to sethe the oblwdotion can be ma8surthJ or estimated re16ably. Creditors and provlsions ar8 normalty recognlsed 01 th8tr 8ottlement am(ytht aftw alk)¥￿ng for any trnde di5&￿￿ts du8. The chanty onty has financial assets and fmancial liamltles of a klnd that qualrfy as basic financial instruments. Basic financlal instrumen18 are initially rgcognised 8t transaclion valuo and subsequ8nty mea8ured al Iheir settlemenl value with the 9￿Ption of bank108n8 which aro subsequenty mea8ured at amortlsed o)8t Uslw the effedp48 irrterost method. 37 AFRUCA- WEGUARDING CHILDREN NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For tho year •nd•d 30 Jun* 2024 2. DONATIONS. GRANTS.CONTRA Total Fund$ 2024 Total Funds 2023 Funds Funds 2024 Donatio 644 2.850 Grants and Contracts: Award$ for All: Compsjler Coding lor County LSnos Traffithng Preveri Mancho$tsr Clty Coun¢ll'. Earfy Help Parenting Support for Black. AS￿n arKI Fknxed Horibge Famlues impacted by County ￿nes. Exploitatm aThJ Ywlh Vk Manchest•r Clty Coun¢ll: The Phoenix Project- Protecting Y¢xw Glrts at RL8k of kn Man¢hg$t¢r Youth J￿tI￿ Board: Earfy Help Inl8rventicn on Youth VKsien¢e In lthCh8￿0r Mancho8t•r Clty Councll= Ne￿ork on Sariou8 VioL*nc8 & Child Exploiialion E•m•• Falrbalrn Foundatlon.. The UK BME A￿t￿SlaVery Network- to Support Communlty 0ryanlsalh￿9 worklng on Humon TraffKking and Modom Slavery Esmffi F•lrbalrn Found•tlon: Emotional Wellbeing Grant Tho Henry Smtth Charlty.. Child ProteCt￿n Support Progrnmme Afrkan Familles kn Gl Manchest Th• Henry Smbth Ch•rlty'. Improvin9 Lives and Strongthening C(Nnmunlilo8 Clty Brldg• Trust: Culturally appropdale Therapy Swhce for Chldm beiThJ reunified with Iheir lrth Parents after a perb)d kn the c8re Natlon)l Lott•ry Fund.. Safeguarding 81ack arKI Min￿lty Ethnlc Chthjrgn Aryoss LorKh)n Samworth Found4tlon'. Core Funding f¢y BASN Paul Harn1￿ Foundatlon.. Modern Slaverylmigralion EDI Policy and Researth Pwrammè AB Charltsbl• Tru•t: Modern Slav6rylMigraknon EDI Pofiw and Rgsoarch Programme Natlon•l In•tttute for He¥lth #nd Carn Re•e*rch (NHIR).. Public H8alth P8rticipalory Research in BME Ccrfnmuniligs 8arnardo'•: Evslualion of Rgquislto Parentlng Oxfam.. 'We move summst" to prom¢)ts the BA$N￿ RaGe EDI Actbn Pknn Modem Slavery PEC.. EDI Research in M￿lem Slgvery Prolecl Chur¢hlll Foundation.. R8sidentsal capauty-buildlng progT3mme for BlaCkmn￿ EthnkJDwKn Anli-Traffi¢king Innovators from across the UK 9.980 79.996 79.996 76, 107 37.168 37.168 38,901 30.552 52,655 3,000 66,000 66.000 62.100 62,100 5T,500 39.400 39,700 70.63S 70,635 9,865 104990 104,990 104,911 30.000 80,000 20,000 6,700 6,700 8,632 4,982 37.T53 23,605 615.541 620,185 531,441 38 AFRUCA- SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the year ended 30 June 2024 3. INCOME FROM CHARrrABLE AcniimES Unrn#trlct•d R•¥trf¢ted Funds Funds 2024 Total Funds 2024 Total Funds 2023 Income from Service DelN8ry 238.034 238.034 219,532 4. INVESTMENT INCOME Unrostrlct•d R•strlctod Fund¥ Fund• 24 2024 Totsl Funds 2024 Tol81 Funds 2023 Intgr8St receivable from: UK bank ac¢*unts 2.1TI 2.177 2,177 2.177 39T 39r 5. ANALY818 OF EXPENDiniRE c•￿Ilabl Co•t of Ralslng Fund• h&tfviu Gov•rnanc• Co•ts Support Costs Totsl 2024 Tot812023 Stsff Co8t8 20.197 542.397 11.530 11.021 585.145 551.915 Direct Project Costs Prgmi¥es Costs 63A56 63.4S6 58.650 71.671 71,671 69,312 IT and Communic81ions Costs 22,380 19,945 Audlt Cost8 3,500 Olh8r Costs 16.623 17.180 21.983 Totsl 20.197 716.527 16,087 11,021 763,832 725,305 Support Costs Governance Costs 270 394 10.751 15.693 {11.021) {16,087) Totsl for the Yeor 2024 20,861 742,971 763,832 725,305 Totsl for the Ye8r 2023 18,$63 706,741 725,304 or thè lotsl expendlture of £209,156 1202& £210,606) was urKe8trict&J oxpendiiurn, and £554.676 {2023 - £514.698) w8$ reslriclgd expendtture. AFRUCA- SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the ytsar ondod 30 Jun• 2024 6. NET INCOME I {EXPENDrruRE) 2024 2023 Net income l {exwditure} is stated after charging:" Audit fee 3.333 10,224 3,167 8,875 DepreciatkJTr on owned assets 7. STAFF COSTS AND NUMBERS Totsl Funds 2024 Tol81 Funds 2023 Salary costs Wages 8nd sa18ri8s Social security costs Penslon costs 514,173 47,664 23,308 585.145 482,829 46.514 22,5T3 551,916 The average wgokty numbgr of staff ￿ a head count basls was 18 {2023- 16). The average numbar of staff on a full time ￿LE1Valent basis wa81712023- 151. The total employBe bènefits IndudOn9 empWrf8 pensi(M a￿1 nthwl InsurarK• (>)nthbutKrflS of the iwo key managemgnt p8r80nnel wero £134,76212023- £127.1421- 8. TRUSTEES. REMUNERATION A14D EXPENSÉS Nono of th8 trL* reCe￿j any rèmuneration ft>r athng as trusto9120Tr thg $8mg). arvj ncrn of ts tsu8tg8s r￿￿ed any payments for 88rvSces rendered to the charty12023- thg S9￿1. Ourlng the year. no trustee was relmtxysed out of wx*et expen8es {202> NID. 9. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIOIIS There are no related paty transacUon8 to dl8ck)8e for 202412023- rmè). AFRUCA- SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For th• yoar ondad 30 June 2024 10. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS Flxturo$, ffttlngs, and computsrs offl •qulpment Total Cost Al 1 Juty2023 Additions Oisposals At 30 Juno 2024 62.021 5,657 67,878 6.053 58.614 1,614 4,043 7,667 62,657 Dopr•clatlon At 1 July 2023 Charge for the year On disposals AI 30 June 2024 38.720 9,703 6.053 42,370 4.034 521 1,614 2.941 42,754 10,224 7,667 45,311 Net book valu• AI 1 JLtly 2023 AI 30 June 2024 23,301 16.244 1,623 1,102 24,924 17.346 11. DEBTORS 2024 2023 Duo wlthln on• y• Trade debtor8 Rent deposlt Prepaym8ni8 106,729 14.401 9.113 130,243 157,468 14.401 3,517 175,386 12. CREDITORS.. AMOUNTS FALUNG DUE YThIN ONE YEAR 2024 2023 Trade credrtor8 Soclal se¢ur5ty and ¢)ther tax88 Accruals Other creditors 12.S30 15.287 12,219 10,836 4,450 3,259 4982 38,333 30, 764 41 AFRVCA- WEGUARDING CHILDREN NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For tho year end•d 30 Juno 2024 f3. STATEMENT OF FUNDS Brought Irbcome & Expenditurn Forwanl galns &1¢)$608 Transfars Carried Fornfard RESTRICTED FUNDS Th• UK BME An11￿lay•ry N•twork- to Support Communlty organ￿atIonS Y40￿1n9 on Human Tr•ftl¢klng and Modorn Slavory Emotlonal W•llbelng Grnnt 41797 167.9731 40,824 (2,ODD) 3.000 Chlld Protectlon Support Progrwnm• for Afrlcan Famlll•s In Gt. Manchester 267 62.100 {47.441) 14.920 Improvlng Llv•s and Slrnnght•nlng Communltl•s Early Hélp Parantlng Support for Black. Aslan and Mlx•d Horltag• Famlllos Impaetsd by County Llno8. Exploltatlon and Youth Vlol•ne• Tho Phoenlx ProJoct- Prot•ctlng Young Glrt• at Rhk Irf Exploltatlon In Manche*t•r Earfy H•lp Int•Th•ntlon on Youth Vlol•nc• In M•nch••t•r {40.128) (73.711) 9,254 19,160 11875 37,108 (37.168) 30,552 132,449) 9.125 (3.000) Netwo￿ on S•rlou¥ VIol•n￿ & Chlld Explolta M*xl•m Sla¥•ry Communlty Engag•m•nl and Support Programm• for Vlctlm• Safoguardlng Black and Ethnlc Chlldr•n ACTW London Cultur•lly •pproprfato T￿rnpy 8•r¥lc• for Chlldr•n b￿￿9 rn• unlllod wlth tholr blrth Par•nts •ft•r • prlod ol C•r• Ev•lu•tlon of Roqulslto P•renllng (6.654) 55.021 1110274 149.235) 49,737 21,400 70.635 3,811 (3.841) EOI R•8•arch Sn Modorn Sl•v•ry ProJ•ct Corn Fundlng for BASNET Modom SIAv•rylMlgr•tlon EDI Pollcy •nd RM••rch Programmo Modern Slaverylmlgrntlon EDI Pollcy and RM•arch Programm• Publlc Health Partlclpalory Ros••r¢h In BME Communlll•* 14.342) 119,0051 IN352 10,99S 23,048 5.597 1(71XII 141801 61S.541 554.676 207,666 UNRESTRICTED FUNDS Desonated Fund5 Gener81 Unrestrlcted Furv Total Unr•strlct•d Fun 21.807 182.798 204,605 21,807 218,497 240.304 244855 244,855 209.156 209,156 Totsl Fund• 351.406 860.396 763,832 447,970 Purpose of re•trfct•d fund• Restricted fijnds are funds generated in th8 fomi of donations and grants to carry out the th of a specific project. The use of these ftjnds ar8 subject to reStr￿110nS on their expendituro Thpos&J th8 dwr or through the IMMS of the appeal. Purposes of r8strictad funds are given alongside the name5. D9signatod funds have boen set as*le out of unrestridgd funds by the trusia8s for tha purposo of purthasing a prop8ty for the chartty in Manchester. 42 AFRUCA- SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the year endod 30 Jun• 2024 1& ANALYSIS OF NEf A3SEfs BETWEEN FUNDS Unr•¥trl¢t• Unmtrlct d Funds Funds Dwlgnal•d G•naral Funds Fund¥ R8strl¢ted Funds Total Funds Tangiblg fixod assets N8t current assets 11.321 207.176 8.025 201.641 17,346 430.624 21.807 21.807 218.497 207.666 447.970 15. RECONCILIATION OF NEf INCOMEI(EXPENDilliRE) TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTMTIES 2024 2023 Net In¢om• l {•xp•ndltur•} lor th• r•portlng p•rfod la• por statement of fln•ncl•l 4¢U¥ltlMI Depr8ciation Ilncre88eydacroa8e In deblo incrooselldecrease) in creditors N•t u•h provlded by l u•od In) Iy•ratlng xtl¥lt 96,564 26.066 10.224 45.143 8.875 (10.044) 853 24.044 159.500 16. ANALYSIS OF CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS At 1 July At 30 Jung 2024 C88h flow8 Other charg88 Cash at bank and in haThl 181.860 156,854 338,714 Total ca•h •nd c•8h •qufv•lents 181.8 156.854 17. OPERATING LEASE COMMrrMENT3 2024 2023 Annual commltmerrt for opwalng18as88, wllh rgspgcl to rgnt of oftlx sp￿. 8ndlng:" Not later than l year - L8tsr than 1 y88r and not t8ter th8n 5 yp8rs 49.998 7,652 59,694 62,049 57.6SO 127, 743 18. LEGAL STATUS AND OTHER INFORMATION AFRUCA - Safeguarding Children is a Charitab￿ (xrfn￿nY Imited ty gu8rantee. registered In Effjland with regIstra￿On number 4306536. Its registered office 8ddre8s is UnR 8. 290 Marg Stre8t. L￿kn. E8 1HE. Tha accounts are presented in GBP rounded lo £1. Each member 18 liobb lo contribute a sum not exceeding £1 in the ev*rt of the charity t*wYJ up. 19. TAXATION The charitable company k% exempt fnxn tax as all is chalilab￿ 8ThJ is appliod for ¢haritsble purposes.