ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 2021
Email: mail@awareness-foundation.com Website: www.awareness-foundation.com
Tel: 74865 90393 Address: 134C London Road, London SM6 7HF
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Purpose .............................................................................................................................. 3 Our programmes ................................................................................................................ 4 Achievements 2021 ........................................................................................................... 5 Looking ahead ................................................................................................................. 13 Legal and administrative information ............................................................................. 14 The awareness Foundation .............................................................................................. 15 Statement of trustees’ responsibilities ............................................................................. 15 Statement of financial activities ...................................................................................... 17 Balance sheet ................................................................................................................... 18 Statement of cash flow .................................................................................................... 20 Notes to the accounts ...................................................................................................... 21 Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of the Awareness ................................... 26
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PURPOSE
The Awareness Foundation was incorporated as a company limited by guarantee and registered in England No: 4637942 on 15 January 2003 and was registered as a charity No: 1099873 on 7 October 2003. On 10 October 2019 the Awareness Foundation changed its registration to that of a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO).
The Foundation is an international humanitarian charity driven by Christian values which builds peace through education and training. The Awareness Foundation works to empower Christians everywhere to be a counter force of love and peace to the intolerance and mistrust that now prevail in so many of our communities, and to build understanding between the faiths. We do this through education and encouraging dialogue.
Unlike other humanitarian organisations, we do not provide instant emergency relief. Instead, we provide interventions that address the need for genuine peace-making and reconciliation in the Near East. Focused currently in Syria, Iraq where military and political conflicts, violence and displacement have devastated the lives of millions, our two inter-related programmes “Little Heroes” and “Ambassadors for Peace” aim to equip and empower children and young adults to become agents of peace and reconciliation in their communities. To the best of our knowledge, no other organisation is delivering anything that compares to Little Heroes and Ambassadors for Peace.
Our Royal Patron is HRH The Countess of Wessex GCVO.
The Awareness Foundation continued its mission in 2021 to build peace through education and our work reached hundreds of children and young people in the Middle East through technology and our online programmes. We have been developing new programmes to expand our reach, both are pilot programmes, one to be implemented in London to help vulnerable young adults and another to be implemented in Syria.
As of 2021, the Awareness Foundation has provided support to over 3,956 Little Heroes aged 6 to 12 across Syria, and has taught over 900 young Ambassadors for Peace in Syria and Iraq, showing them how to handle conflict, transform and empower their communities, and how to build bridges with other faiths to promote peace and understanding.
Outside the Middle East, the Foundation helps Christians live their faith fully and faithfully in this diverse, globalized world through education and through work with Christian denominations strengthening community bonds through PAX Videos (over 275,000 views) and numerous activities with other organizations and faiths to foster community harmony.
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OUR PROGRAMMES
The entire region of the middle east has been suffering for years a deep crisis of religious fanaticism, political and military conflicts and devastating violence.
Syria
The unrest and violence in Syria which began early 2011 and has continued to date, caused millions to flee their homes and almost half the population have been displaced. As the violence intensified in 2019 in north-west Syria, thousands of children were kept under "inhumane conditions", and the recorded count of displaced children in the area has reached to more than 300,000 since December 2019 as per UN-appointed investigators. Syrian children and young people are suffering from mental health and psychological disorders due to the increasing poverty, insecurity, and terror that surrounds them. There are over 2.4 million children out of school, and this number increased in 2020 and 2021 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic which exacerbated the disruption to education in Syria. Adding to that the high youth unemployment rates the country has reached.
Iraq
Iraq’s post-2003 political system has been characterized by instability driven by a variety of factors, including but not limited to ethnic and sectarian tensions, interventions by neighboring countries, and security challenges created by terrorist groups, militias and gangs, and the remnants of the previous regime.
According to UNICEF, in mid 2021, Overall, 4.1 million people, including 1.8 million children, continued to need humanitarian assistance.
Due to both COVID-19 and the political and security context, 1.3 million internally displaced people and returnee children face issues include lack of access to education, stress, fear and anxiety, child labour, and violence, abuse or neglect within the household. While more than 86 per cent of people
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in Iraq have access to basic drinking water, only 39 per cent have access to safely managed water services.
The COVID-19 lockdown exacerbated the vulnerability of women and girls. Media and civil society organizations reported an increase in domestic violence. And unemployment exceeded 70%.
This encapsulates the need for Awareness Foundation to focus its efforts in a more concentrated way on the well-being, trauma healing, spiritual and emotional support, and genuine peacemaking and reconciliation in the Middle East.
Awareness Foundation is committed to helping children and young adults in the region and our peacebuilding-through-education vision is translated into three interrelated programmes: Little Heroes (ages 6-12), Pioneers (ages 13-17), and Ambassadors for Peace (ages 18+). These programmes are tailormade to include spiritual, social, environmental, and personal development through activities prepared to build wellbeing, hope, self-confidence, resilience, personal talents, identity, and human relationships while exploring a better life and deepening the children and the young adults’ relationships with God and with each other.
ACHIEVEMENTS 2021
As the pandemic of COVID-19 continues to affect our lives globally, it has been difficult to return to running our programmes, activities and initiatives on the ground East and West. However, the global crises have not stopped us from continuing to reach out to thousands of children and young people East and West with our online programmes and social media engagements.
Awareness Live
Due to enormous success of our programme Awareness Live which we started last year, and responding to the many requests we had from so many people to continue the programme, we decided to start the third season in Lent 2021 and to launch the English version of the programme.
The English first season included speakers from UK, USA, Egypt and the Holy Land and we were delighted to see the programme watched by thousands of people around the world with exciting direct engagements with the speakers.
The Arabic season continued its success and attracted many thousands of viewers and faithful followers. The speakers represented many Christian denominations and important topics e.g., ‘Hope in times of crises’, ‘The church between baptism and the cross’, ‘Was God the Father silent at the cross’, etc.
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We have to celebrate two Easters, the first one according to Gregorian calendar and the second is according to Julian calendar and this year the difference between the two Easters was four weeks. Therefore, we decided to extend the Awareness Live Easter season in Arabic to cover the Lent time in both calendars.
As a result of the latest visit of our Director for the Middle East, Huda Nassar, to Syria and her meetings with the heads of different Christian’s denominations, we were able to renew our partnership with them. All of those leaders welcomed the work with the Awareness Foundation. The Advent season of Awareness Live was one of the fruits of our ecumenical partnerships. We are grateful to all of them for their hospitality.
We are delighted this year to host four different musical events in our new season of Awareness Live during Advent. The first event was led by the Revd Canon Fouad Dagher from the Episcopal Diocese in Jerusalem directly from the Holy Land. The second event was led by the choir of the Latin Catholic church in Lattakia Syria. The third event was led by a choir from the Greek Orthodox Diocese in Lattakia Syria. The last event was led by three young musicians one of them is one of our Ambassadors for Peace in Syria. They ran the event from Damascus Syria. All the musical events reflected the spirit of Advent and Christmas through beautiful singing and meditation.
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This season of Awareness Live would not have been possible without the hard work of our young coordinator for the Middle East Elza Nasra who brilliantly organised every one of them and looked after all the details to make this season a fantastic success. We have been able so far to reach throughout this Advent season thousands of people from all over the world using our different social media platforms.
Awareness Dialogue
We continued working on our Awareness Dialogue programme this year and were able to release two dialogues. The first one was with Dr Ketty Sarouphim, Assistant Professor in Education Psychology at Lebanese American University in Beirut, who spoke about intelligence.
We released the second dialogue as an engagement with the international conference COP 26 in Glasgow with George Kanaan who is the head the Arab Bankers Association in London. George was a graduate of one of the first classes to study climate change in New York.
Awareness Sunday
On Sunday 26 September 2021, we celebrated again: Awareness Sunday. We are very grateful that we could celebrate once more at St Mary Magdalene Wandsworth Common. We really appreciate our link to St Mary Magdalene church, and we would like to express our gratitude for our friend the Revd Philippa
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Boardman for hosting us and making us feel at home at her parish. Our theme this year was “Peace is a Culture”. We also received many supportive video messages from our friends and supporters globally from the UK, the USA, Canada, Italy, Hong Kong, the Holy Land, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria. Many other churches and supporters also used a special Awareness Sunday prayer this year.
Ambassadors for Peace Walk – 29 September 2021
The walk was an initiative to support young people lives in war zones especially in Syria, Iraq and Lebanon and help them to get over the consequences of war and violence. We took advantage of being able to gather outdoors in this critical time of pandemic to organize a sponsored walk to support our Ambassadors for Peace programme.
The walk took place between Windsor Castle and Bagshot Park, the home of our Royal Patron. 21 people took part in the walk and all of them worked hard to promote the walk among their families, friends, and networks to raise the maximum funds they could.
We were deeply touched by the amazing care and help we received from the team of the Crown Estate office at Windsor Great Park headed by Nicholas Day and also the police who secured the busy road for us to cross safely, and of course from the team of Bagshot Park especially our friend Annabelle Galletley.
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It was indeed a fantastic opportunity to raise funds and at the same time promote the work of the Foundation to new groups of people through the participants. The team of the Crown Estate accompanied us the entire walk of 12 miles to protect and direct us.
We had such an exciting and great time walking through the park, the villages, and the forest before we met Her Royal Highness the Countess of Wessex. She was incredibly generous in her hospitality and time. We met her at the end of the walk for tea at her home.
HRH took the time to speak with all participants and thank them for everything they had done and encourage them to continue their friendship with the Foundation.
We would like to thank wholeheartedly Jamie Storer for his creative work of designing the lovely picture that was printed on our T-shirts we wore during the walk. We would like to thank also Iyad Kanaan and his company KNI Printing for donating the T-shirts and printing the picture on them. Our gratitude goes also to all the participants who worked tirelessly to spread the word to and to raise funds. We are blessed by every person who donated and supported our work. The total fund that we raised for the Ambassadors for Peace Walk 2021 was over £20,000.
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Ambassadors for Peace- Lattakia, Syria – November 2021
Despite the difficult time globally due to the pandemic, the Director for the Middle East was able to visit Syria to continue the work, and be with the Ambassadors for Peace and Little Heroes team there on the ground. Although it was not possible to run our programmes as usual, she still could gather the Ambassadors for Peace for a full day programme in open air to assure them that they were still able to explore their gifts and talents and be a positive influence in their communities even in the hardest of times.
We were glad to welcome Monsignor Anthony Deeb and the Revd Salam Hanna at the open day of the Ambassadors for Peace. We were also blessed by the contribution of Dr
Kherallah Atallah who gave a very interesting session on how to be influential as young Ambassadors for Peace wherever they go. The session was interactive and exciting for the young people who engaged with the speaker, and that created a good discussion.
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The theme of the day was “I am influential” and the young people were able to express themselves in creative ways through different small projects in photography, writing, music, drama, and public speaking. The Ambassadors came from different part of Syria including Idlib, Qamishli and Aleppo.
Some of the previous Ambassadors who helped in leading the day gave the group some life testimonies about the influence that the Ambassadors for Peace programme has had on them and their lives. It was moving indeed to hear those young leaders testifying to the work of the programme in their lives. That has given the new group a lot of encouragement, positive spirit, and hope that they could make a difference, by the grace of God, in their lives as well as in the life of their broken communities.
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Annual Christmas drink – 13 December 2021
A gathering of the Awareness Foundation friends took place after almost two years to celebrate Christmas together, to say thank you for their friendship and commitment and to share with them the achievements of the Foundation for the last two years since the beginning of the pandemic.
Little Heroes
The team of Little Heroes programme in Syria led by Elza Nasra, our Middle East Coordinator, could not meet for months due the pandemic, but now they are working hard on preparing a
brand-new module which we hope to use in 2022. The team has been with Awareness Foundation in Syria for many years and has run many Little Heroes modules in Syria.
We feel enormously blessed to have a such committed, talented and highly creative team and we are so grateful to them for all their work they have done so far. We look forward to more exciting ideas and opportunities to change the lives of more children in need.
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The pandemic is still causing a lot of suffering to the people in Syria. Therefore, we decided to give the children a gift that could draw a smile on their faces specially in this cold winter. Our gifts are a hat, a scarf and some stationery. We have already distributed 500 gifts to those who are in disparate need for help.
Our overall performance:
1. Sustainability: Our programmes have been relevant up to today for the last 7 years at least and our programmes have been making a very lasting difference.
2. Adaptability: Our team have the time and skills to look and plan ahead, and build new relationships and innovate new programmes. We keep an open-minded outlook and embrace change by staying focused and motivated.
3. Relevance and lasting impact, strategic leadership. The board and our staff team regularly analyse how relevant and impactful our programmes are and what is needed to be done to make sure that Awareness Foundation continues to be successful and fruitful .
LOOKING AHEAD
While it is difficult to predict what the next year will bring, and despite the uncertainty and disruption the pandemic has brought, our goals and objectives remained highly relevant.
The following goals provide a framework to help us assess our progress and adjust where needed to ensure moving smoothly towards 2023.
Our Goals
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Raise funds for current and new programmes, and for long term financial sustainability
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Increase partners and deepen our relationships with our existing partners
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Focus on outreach to new communities affected by war in the region especially Syria and Iraq
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Continue to raise awareness about the relations between East and West in the west based on peacebuilding and constructive dialogue
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Demonstrate the value and impact of volunteering
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Operate effectively in this digital age and especially after Covid-19
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LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
THE AWARENESS FOUNDATION
(Registered Charity No: 1099873; CIO No: 04637942)
ROYAL PATRON HRH The Countess of Wessex GCVO PATRONS The Rt Revd and Rt Hon The Lord Williams of Oystermouth Earl Cadogan KBE DL His Eminence Archbishop Angaelos of London The Most Revd Paul Kwong The Most Revd Kevin MacDonald KC*HS The Rt Revd Christopher Cocksworth Ethelbert Cooper Bendu Cooper Dr Chan Woon Tong, Joseph
TRUSTEES James Appleyard (Chairman) The Revd Alan Scotland (Vice-Chairman) Christopher Bunting Keith Brockbank Richard Smart Carina Dingemans Revd Joseph Sams Moesel
DIRECTOR The Revd Nadim Nassar INDEPENDENT EXAMINER Maram Naffouj ACCA BANKERS CAF Bank Limited 25 Kings Hill Avenue, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent ME18 4JQ REGISTERED OFFICE and PRINCIPAL ADDRESS 134C London Road, Wallington, SM6 7HF
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THE AWARENESS FOUNDATION
The Trustees, who are also the directors for the purposes of company law, present their report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2021.
The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the accounts and comply with the charity’s governing document. They also comply with the Companies Act 2006 and the Statement of Recommended Practice “Accounting and Reporting by Charities” issued in March 2005.
None of the trustees has any beneficial interest in the charity (or its wholly owned company).
All of the Trustees are also members of the charitable company and guarantee to contribute a maximum of £10 in the event of a winding up. The Trustees have assessed the major risks to which the charity is exposed and are satisfied that the systems are in place to mitigate exposure of the major risks.
The charity owns and controls a company limited by guarantee. All activities are conducted by the Charity itself; the company does not trade.
Significant external risks to funding are covered by the strategic plan which addresses the need the need for the diversification of funding and activities. Internal risks are addressed by procedures for the authorisation of all transactions and projects which also aim to ensure consistent quality of delivery for all operational aspects for the charity’s activities. These procedures are periodically reviewed to ensure that they remain appropriate to the evolving scope of the work conducted by the charity.
STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES’ RESPONSIBILITIES
The Trustees, who are also the directors of The Awareness Foundation for the purposes of company law, are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Report and the accounts in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
Company law requires the Trustees to prepare accounts for each financial period which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs for the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period.
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In preparing these accounts, the Trustees are required to: select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP; make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and prepare the accounts on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the accounts comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The company is entitled to the exemption from the audit requirement contained in section 477 of the Companies Act 2006, for the year ended 31 December 2021 and no audit has been carried out. An Independent Examination of the accounts was completed. No member of the company has deposited a notice, pursuant to section 476, requiring an audit of these accounts under the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for ensuring that the company keeps accounting records which comply with section 386 of the Act and for preparing accounts which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of the financial year and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for the financial period in accordance with the requirements of sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to accounts, so far as applicable to the company.
The accounts were approved by the Board on DATE 24/01/2022.
James Appleyard Keith Brockbank Trustee Trustee
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| Statement of Financial Activities (including summary income and | Statement of Financial Activities (including summary income and | Statement of Financial Activities (including summary income and | Statement of Financial Activities (including summary income and | Statement of Financial Activities (including summary income and |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| expenditure account) for the year ended 31 December 2021 | expenditure account) for the year ended 31 December 2021 | |||
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | 31 | |
| funds | income funds | funds | December | |
| 2020 | ||||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Income (Note 3) | ||||
| Income and endowments from: | ||||
| Donations and legacies | 119,399 | 5,351 | 124,750 | 139,057 |
| Charitable activities | 27,242 | - 27,242 | - 27,242 | - |
| Investments | - | - | - | 9 |
| Total | 146,641 | 5,351 | 151,992 | 139,066 |
| Expenditure (Note 4) | ||||
| Expenditure on: | ||||
| Raising funds | 26,918 | - | 26,918 | 27,944 |
| Charitable activities | 81,208 | 9,861 | 91,069 | 108,826 |
| Total | 108,126 | 9,861 | 117,987 | 136,770 |
| Net income/(expenditure) | 38,515 | (4,510) | 34,005 | 2,296 |
| Reconciliation of funds: | ||||
| Total funds brought forward | (685) | 12,655 | 11,970 | 9,674 |
| Total funds carried forward | 37,830 | 8,145 | 45,975 | 11,970 |
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Balance sheet at 31 December 2021
| Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Restricted | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| funds | income | 2021 | 2020 | |||||
| funds | ||||||||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | ||||
| Fixed assets | ||||||||
| Tangible assets | ||||||||
| (Note 7) | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Total fixed assets | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Current assets | ||||||||
| Debtors | ||||||||
| (Note 8) | - - | - - | - - | - | - | - | - | |
| Cash at bank and | ||||||||
| in hand | 49,643 | 8,145 | 57,788 | 23,783 | ||||
| Total current | ||||||||
| assets | 49,643 | 8,145 | 57,788 | 23,783 | ||||
| Creditors: | ||||||||
| amounts falling | ||||||||
| due within one | ||||||||
| year | ||||||||
| (Note 9) | (11,813) | - | (11,813) | (11,813) | ||||
| Net current | ||||||||
| assets/(liabilities) | 37,830 | 8,145 | 45,975 | 11,970 | ||||
| Total assets less | ||||||||
| current liabilities | 37,830 | 8,145 | 45,975 | 11,970 | ||||
| Funds of the | ||||||||
| Charity | ||||||||
| Restricted | ||||||||
| income funds | ||||||||
| (Note 10) | - | - | 8,145 | 8,145 12,655 |
12,655 | |||
| Unrestricted | ||||||||
| funds | 37,830 | - | 37,830 | (685) | (685) | |||
| Total funds | 37,830 | 8,145 | 45,975 | 11,970 |
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The company was entitled to exemption from audit under s477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to small companies subject to the small companies regime and in accordance with FRS102 SORP.
Signed by one or two trustees/directors on behalf of all the trustees/directors on DATE
James Appleyard Keith Brockbank
24/01/2022
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Statement of Cash Flow for the year ended
31 December 2021
| 2021 | 2020 | |
|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | |
| Net income / (expenditure) for | 34,005 | 2,296 |
| the period | ||
| Depreciation charge | - | 1,189 |
| Decrease / (increase) in | - | - |
| debtors | ||
| Increase in creditors | - | 727 |
| Cash generated / (used) by operations | 34,005 | 4,212 |
| Purchase of tangible fixed | - | - |
| assets | ||
| Cash at 1 January 2021 | 23,783 | 19,571 |
| Cash at 31 December 2021 | 57,788 23,783 ~~TT~~ |
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Notes to the accounts
Note 1 Basis of preparation
These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts. The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice:
Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014.
The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102.
Note 2 Accounting policies
Recognition of income
Income is included in the Statement of Financial Activities when: the charity becomes entitled to the resources; and it is more likely than not that the trustees will receive the resources; and the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability.
Liability recognition
Liabilities are recognised where it is more likely than not that there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out resources and the amount of the obligation can be measured with reasonable certainty.
Creditors
The charity has creditors which are measured at settlement amounts less any trade discounts
Tangible fixed assets for use by charity
These are capitalised if they can be used for more than one year, and cost at least £1,000. Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost less depreciation.
Depreciation is provided on fixtures, fittings and equipment at 25% per annum, straight line basis.
Debtors
Debtors (including trade debtors and loans receivable) are measured on initial recognition at settlement amount after any trade discounts or amount advanced by the charity. Subsequently, they are measured at the cash or other consideration expected to be received.
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Note 3 Income for the year to 31 December 2021
| Analysis of income | Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | Year to 31 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| funds | income | funds | Dec 2020 | ||
| funds | |||||
| £ | £ | ||||
| Donations | 69,543 | - | 69,543 | 73,327 | |
| Grants for core | |||||
| activities | 49,856 | 5,351 | 55,207 | 65,730 | |
| Donations and gifts | 119,399 | 5,351 | 124,750 | 139,057 | |
| Courses, lectures, etc. | - | - | - | - | |
| Fundraising events | 27,242 | - | 27,242 | - | |
| Charitable activities | 27,242 | - | 27,242 | **- ** | |
| Total | 146,641 | 5,351 | 151,992 | 139,057 | |
| Note 4 Expenditure for the year to 31 December 2021 | Note 4 Expenditure for the year to 31 December 2021 | Note 4 Expenditure for the year to 31 December 2021 | |||
| Analysis of | Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | Year to 31 | |
| expenditure | funds | income | funds | Dec 2020 | |
| funds | |||||
| £ | £ | ||||
| Expenditure on | Incurred seeking | ||||
| raising funds: | donations | 26,918 | - | 26,918 | 27,944 |
| Total expenditure on | |||||
| raising funds | 26,918 | - | 26,918 | 27,944 | |
| Expenditure on | Courses | - | - - | - - | - |
| charitable activities | Middle East activities | 50,786 | 9,861 | 60,647 | 66,242 |
| PAX | - | - | - | - | |
| Administration | 30,422 | - | 30,422 | 42,584 | |
| Total expenditure on | 81,208 | 9,861 | 91,069 | 108,826 | |
| charitable activities | |||||
| TOTAL EXPENDITURE | |||||
| 108,126 | 9,861 | 117,987 | 136,770 |
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Note 5 Details of certain types of expenditure
| Year ended | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| 31 | ended 31 | |
| December | Dec 2020 | |
| 2021 | ||
| £ | £ | |
| Independent examiner’s fees | - | - |
| Note 6 Staff costs | ||
| 31 | 31 | |
| December | Dec | |
| 2021 | 2020 | |
| £ | £ | |
| Salaries and wages | 92,769 | 104,670 |
| Social security costs | - - | - - |
| Pension costs (defined contribution pension | ||
| plan) | 9,956 | 9,760 |
| Statutory redundancy costs | - | - |
| Total staff costs | 102,725 | 114,430 |
The average number of employees during the years to 31 December 2020 amd 31 December 2021 was 3.
There were no employees whose annual remuneration was £60,000 or more in either financial year. The charity contributes to The Church of England pension scheme for one employee and previously also to an independent defined contribution plan for one former employee. Contributions are charged in the accounts as they become payable.
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Notes to the accounts (cont)
| Note 7 Tangible fixed assets | Note 7 Tangible fixed assets | Note 7 Tangible fixed assets | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost or valuation | |||
| Fixtures, fittings and | Total | ||
| equipment | |||
| £ | £ | ||
| At the beginning of the | |||
| year | 21,012 | 21,012 | |
| Disposals | - | - | |
| At end of the year | 21,012 | 21,012 | |
| Depreciation and impairments | |||
| At beginning of the year | |||
| 21,012 | 21,012 | ||
| Disposals | - | - | |
| Depreciation | - | - | |
| At end of the year | 21,012 | 21,012 | |
| Net book value | |||
| Net book value at 1 January 2021 | Net book value at 1 January 2021 | - | - |
| Net book value at 31 December 2021 | - | - |
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| Note 8 Debtors and prepayments | Note 8 Debtors and prepayments | Note 8 Debtors and prepayments | |||
| 2021 | 2020 | 2020 | |||
| £ | £ | ||||
| Trade debtors | - | - | - | ||
| Prepayments and accrued income | Prepayments and accrued income - |
- | - | ||
| Other debtors | - | - | |||
| Total | - | - | |||
| Note 9 Creditors and accruals | Note 9 Creditors and accruals | ||||
| Amounts falling due | Amounts falling due | ||||
| within one year | |||||
| 2021 | 2020 | ||||
| £ | £ | ||||
| Trade creditors | Trade creditors | - - | - - | - - | |
| Accruals and deferred income | - | - | - - |
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| Taxation and social security | - | - - |
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| Redundancy payment | 11,813 | 11,813 11,813 |
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| Total | 11,813 | 11,813 11,813 |
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| Note 10 Restricted income reserves | Note 10 Restricted income reserves | Note 10 Restricted income reserves | |||
| Balance at 1 | Income | Expenditure | Expenditure Balance at |
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| January | 31 | ||||
| 2021 | December | ||||
| 2021 | |||||
| £ | |||||
| Activities in | |||||
| the Middle | 12,655 | 5,351 | (9,861) | (9,861) 8,145 |
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| East | |||||
| Total | |||||
| 12,655 | 5,351 | (9,861) | (9,861) 8,145 |
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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE AWARENESS FOUNDATION
We have reviewed the accounts of Awareness Foundation for the year ended 31 December 2020, which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities (including summary income and expenditure account), Balance Sheet, Statement of Cash Flows and notes to the accounts including a summary of significant accounting policies. The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014.
Trustees’ Responsibility for the Accounts
As explained more fully in the statement of trustees’ responsibilities, the trustees, who are also the directors of Awareness Foundation for the purposes of company law, are responsible for the preparation of the accounts and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view.
Accountants’ Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express a conclusion on the accounts. We conducted our review in accordance with International Standard on Review Engagements (ISRE) 2400 (Revised) to review historical accounts. ISRE 2400 (Revised) requires us to conclude whether anything has come to our attention that causes us to believe that the accounts, taken as a whole, are not prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014. ISRE 2400 (Revised) also requires us to comply with the ACCA code of Ethics and the FRC’s Ethical Standard.
Scope of the Assurance Review
A review of the accounts in accordance with ISRE 2400 (Revised) is a limited assurance engagement. We have performed procedures, primarily consisting of making enquiries of management and others within the charity, as appropriate, applying analytical procedures, and evaluating the evidence obtained. The procedures performed in a review are substantially less than those performed in an audit conducted in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK). Accordingly, we do not express an audit opinion on these accounts.
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Conclusion
Based on our review, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that the accounts have not been prepared:
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so as to give a true and fair view of the state of charity affairs for the year ended 31 December 2020 and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for the period then ended;
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in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
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in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 and FRS 102.
Use of our report
This report is made solely to the charity’s trustees, as a body, in accordance with section 43 of the Charities Act 1993 and regulations made under section 44 of that Act. Our review work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charity’s trustees those matters we are required to state to them in a reviewers’ report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and its trustees as a body, for our review work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
Maram Naffouj ACCA Chartered Accountants
172 Ewell Road
Surbiton
Surrey KT6 6HG
Dated: 24/01/2022