Report & Annual Accounts
For the year ending 31 March 2024
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Registered Charity Number 1102814
Contents
Page Foreword from our Chair of Trustees .................................................3 Legal and Administrative Information ...............................................4 Impact Report for the year..........................................................5 - 10 Financial Report of the Board of Trustees ...............................11 - 13 Independent Examiner's Report ....................................................14 Statement of Financial Activities .....................................................15 Balance Sheet ...........................................................................16 - 17 Notes to the Financial Statements ...........................................18 - 24
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Foreword from our Chair of Trustees
This year has been another which has tested the resilience and flexibility of our organisation, and we are proud of our performance in the face of huge challenges for those we work with and for the sector in which we work. The challenges faced by those we work with include increased restrictions on their access to justice and opportunity, along with the ongoing cost of living crisis, and the expected impact of the Illegal Migration Act. In response, we have ensured that we are directing our resources to those who are most marginalised and that we are constantly increasing our expertise and impact.
We recognise the vital importance of building our organisation’s capacity and resilience for the future. With this in mind we focused clearly this year on improving our financial resilience, ensuring the wellbeing of our staff and volunteer team and centring and valuing the expertise of people with lived experience at all levels in our organisation.
IMPACT SNAPSHOT
1137
people directly accessed our services
245
people were supported to move on from street homelessness
201
emergency grants were provided to those who were destitute
I’m involved in SLRA’s Community Leaders programme so I can learn more about other people’s stories and tell them about mine. I like to hear different stories and hear similar ones, similar problems. It relieve stress and problems and we can find out how to help each other.
Ana, Community Leader
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Legal and Administrative Information
Constitution
South London Refugee Association is a company limited by guarantee and a registered charity governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association .
Senior Management
Celia Sands, CEO
Registered Office and operational address
Company number
5001950
The Woodlawns Centre, 16 Leigham Court Road, London, SW16 2PJ
Charity number
Independent Examiner
1102814
Directors and Trustees
The directors of the charitable company are its trustees for the purposes of charity law and throughout this report are collectively referred to as the trustees. As set out in the Articles of Association the Trustee Board comprises the Chair and the Treasurer supported by at least three trustees. All trustees are elected and confirmed in post at each Annual General Meeting. The trustees serving during the year and since the year end are as follows:
Community Action Sutton Granters Community Centre 73-79 Oakhill Road Sutton SM1 3AA
Bankers
HSBC Bank plc 117 Balham High Road, London, SW12 9AS
Lulsegged Abebe Jennifer Brown Laura Harrison — Chair (Appointed November 2023) Margaret Johnston Pratha Mahendran – Treasurer (Appointed March 2024) Habtom Okube ( Appointed March 2024) Mandeep Soor Alex Sutton Alan Wood — Treasurer (resigned March 2024)
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Adult and Family Services
515 people
accessed our advice and casework, education and wellbeing services for adults and families.
411 people
were supported with specialist immigration advice and casework.
137 people
joined our community groups , learning new skills, taking part in creative projects and wellbeing activities.
SIAS: Supporting homeless migrants off the streets
SLRA is leading the GLA funded Sub-regional Immigration Advice Service partnership across South West London. We’re working with South West London Law Centres, with specialist homelessness services and Local Authority homelessness teams across the region to bring accessible, high quality immigration advice to people who are street homeless. Many of those reached by the project have been rough sleeping for years, without access to the advice and support they need in order to move on. We provided vital immigration advice and casework to 213 homeless people in 2023 and succeeded in progressing the immigration cases of 86% of these.
The main issues we supported with during the year were:
Nest Project: Early Intervention to build family and community resilience
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Health
Social Care
Immigration
Destitution
Welfare benefits
Other
Health
Social Care
Immigration
Homelessness
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53 families were involved in our Nest Project, which works collaboratively in four local community settings. The project aims to reach families with the immigration advice and information they need before their insecure immigration status causes them to fall into crisis. The project provides vital immigration casework, as well as building links with communities and increasing the knowledge of staff and volunteers in the settings through training and workshops. The project aims to build community by reducing stigma, increasing knowledge and fostering self advocacy and community organising skills.
I don’t know where I would be wthout SLRA. I think I would still be living on the street at the age of 70 years old! You are the people who helped to move things on for me! I still love coming there whenever I can. Service user
Services for young people aged 14 to 24 years
426 young people
accessed our services during the year.
364 young people
received specialist, holistic one to one casework support for a range of issues iincluding immigration, age assessment, trafficking and criminal exploitation, welfare benefits and social care.
123 young people
attended our weekly Youth Club.
76 young people
Early Intervention Project
. Our Early Intervention Project, funded by Paul Hamlyn Foundation, has seen us developing a collaborative approach to improving outcomes for young migrants who are looked after. We have worked with Merton Council to develop an effective model of early intervention; providing immigration advice and casework, along with training for Children’s Services team members. This collaborative working ensures that young people have access to impactful support and good legal representation as soon as they arrive in the UK or their immigration issue is identified. Evaluation has shown a significant improvement in young people’s experience of the asylum or immigration process and in knowledge and good practice among Children’s Services professionals. Merton Council agrees and has now commissioned this service for the next two years.
took part in trips, activities and events.
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37 young people secured refugee status 73% have increased their
and were able to move on with their plans independence and social
for work or study. activities
69% say they have become
more confident
66% of young people supported have
improved emotional wellbeing
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It was life saving for me and I don't say it lightly. I don't know the country very well; I don't know the language. You can imagine I was completely at a loss, but they were kind, helpful, friendly and taking me to these places and also, I wasn't isolated by participating in activities so it was huge for me. Young Service User
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Policy and Participation
Supporting Local Authorities to adopt the Immigration Support Pledge
SLRA is working with charities across the UK to call on local authorities to sign an immigration support pledge, which commits them to identifying all looked after children and care leavers with immigration and nationality issues. Local authorities that sign up also pledge to connect young migrants with good quality legal support as soon as possible, to take a proactive and informed role in supporting young people through any immigration applications and appeals, enabling those who are eligible to apply for permanent status and British citizenship.
We recognise that there are lots of excellent examples of social care practice in this area across the UK. For these local authorities, adopting the immigration support pledge is an opportunity to build upon this and embed it within local policy and processes.
We also recognise that many local authorities may be near the beginning of a journey to build systems and new practices which meet the specific needs of non-British children. Signing the immigration support pledge is an important first step.
To support the implementation of the commitments in the immigration support pledge, we have co-developed a learning package for local authorities. The package includes a training video developed by young leaders from SLRA and Coram Young Citizens. This resource illustrates why the immigration support pledge is so important, and the difference adopting this kind of good practice can have on the lives of young migrants in care
Local authorities that have adopted the pledge so far:
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City
Southwark
Merton Lambeth Shropshire of
London
May July August September March
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Community Leaders
41 Community Leaders
took part in our program to develop leadership skills and organise to influence the decisions that affect their lives and the lives of people in their communities.
Helping to shape Lambeth Borough of Sanctuary
SLRA Community Leaders who are Lambeth residents have been involved in Lambeth’s successful bid to become a borough of sanctuary, and are now involved in shaping this important initiative.
Four SLRA Community Leaders sit on the Borough of Sanctuary Forum; helping to make sure that Lambeth is a welcoming borough for all sanctuary seekers. Community Leader Imran took a turn of chairing the forum for six months, and is using his experience to support and encourage others to take on roles like this in the community.
No Recourse to Public Funds
NRPF restrictions have affected the lives of many of our Community Leaders and their families. Leaders are continuing to influence locally to improve the support and increase the advice available to families in need. This includes a focus group that will work with Lambeth to improve the information for people with NRPF, and professionals supporting them, provided on their webpage.
Our series of community education videos, coproduced with Community Leaders, about the issues of ‘No Recourse to Public Funds’ (NRPF), ‘Section 17 support’ and ‘Immigration Advice’ are being used by agencies across London to inform and empower.
Legal Aid Crisis
SLRA is partnering with Migrants Organise to campaign for review of the Legal Aid system. Our Community Leaders are learning about the Legal Aid crisis and how this is impacting them and others in their communities. Our Leaders aim to join forces with others across the country to campaign for change. In the coming months our Leaders and other groups plan to take action, starting off with a ‘Take your MP to work’ campaign at the beginning of next year.
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Soa’s Story
Paulina’s Story
We received a call from a hospital about Soa, a young woman who had just given birth but couldn’t be discharged because she had nowhere to go. Soa had our number saved in her phone. Someone she met at an antenatal class had given it to her.
Paulina, a 17 year old unaccompanied minor seeking asylum in the UK, approached SLRA as she had been incorrectly assessed as an adult by Social Services and informed that she was to be moved into adult Home Office accommodation in a matter of days. This often happens to young people whose age is incorrectly assessed and means they end up in unsuitable accommodation where they are at risk.
Paulina arrived at our office anxious and distressed. Her SLRA caseworker listened to her worries and explored options with her so they could work out a plan together. They decided to refer Paulina to a Community Care solicitor to get advice on challenging her age assessment and to support her with her asylum claim. Over the following months. Paulina’s caseworker remained a consistent and supportive presence - the only reliable source of support Paulina had when she was moved into hotel accommodation in a new area.
Soa had been trafficked to the UK, after a stranger promised her a chance to go back to school - what she had always wanted to do.
She found herself far from home, working in a house in London, for a woman she didn’t know. When she became pregnant the woman made her leave, she now had nowhere to go and she feared approaching the authorities.
The caseworker helped Paulina register at college and encouraged her to attend SLRA’s youth club. Despite her worries and challenges, Paulina was determined to learn new skills and meet other young people. Soon, Paulina joined our Youth Participation group to speak up on issues affecting young migrants. She even joined a residential trip during the summer. Paulina’s caseworker also applied for grants for her so that she could travel to college and solicitor appointments.
SLRA supported Soa to find a lawyer, and referred her to organisations which provide specialist therapeutic support and practical help with her baby. She has also been recognised as a potential survivor of modern slavery.
After four months in inapprorpiate hotel accommodation, Paulina was moved back into care in South London. She also got the good news that she had been granted refugee status, something that can take much longer without the specialist support Paulina received from her caseworker. Now she has her refugee status, Paulina plans to continue studying alongside working. She says she will build on the skills she gained as a youth particiaption group member to pursue a career in marketing.
Soa is taking every opportunity to study, including joining our ESOL classes, taking part in our Community Leaders workshops and writing letters to her MP. Soa now has safe accommodation, her solicitor is progressing her immigration case and her child, Sami, has just celebrated their first birthday. Sami loves books and dinosaurs.
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Our Finances
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 2024
£995,768 TOTAL INCOME £982,319 TOTAL EXPENDITURE
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With thanks to the funders who supported our work in 2023/24 including
BBC Children in Need Community Justice Fund Eleanor Hamilton Educational Trust Esmée Fairbairn Foundation Henry Smith Charity Impact on Urban Health Jack Petchey Foundation John Swire 1989 Charitable Trust Julia & Hans Rausing Trust
Justice Together Initiative National Lottery Community Fund Paul Hamlyn Foundation Sir Walter St John’s Educational Charity Steel Charitable Trust Trust for London The Walcot Foundation The Wimbledon Foundation
and to the individuals, schools, churches and community groups who ran, shopped, saved and organised events in order to support our work.
All photos by Federico Rivas
Registered Charity Number: 1102814 Company Limited by Guarantee Number: 5001950
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Financial Report of the Board of Trustees
For the year ended 31 March 2024
The Board presents the financial report and statements for South London Refugee Association for the year ended 31st March 2024. The statements appear in the format required by the Statement of Recommended Practice for Accounting and Reporting by Charities (revised March 2005). The report and statements also comply with Companies Act 2006.
Structure, Governance and Management
Governing Document
South London Refugee Association is a Company Limited by Guarantee, having no share capital, governed by a Memorandum and Articles of Association dated 21st November 2013. The liability of the members, who are the Trustees, is limited to £1 in the event of the charity winding up. It is registered as a Charity with the Charity Commission.
Appointment of Trustees
As set out in the Article of Association there can be no less than three Trustees. Trustee vacancies are filled by personal recommendations from current trustees or an advertisement placed for suitable candidates. In both cases, meetings with the Chair of Trustees are held and references taken up, details of the prospective Trustee are circulated and the candidate is invited to attend a Board Meeting. If all Trustees agree, then the candidate is invited to join the Board.
Trustees are inducted into the service; spending time with the CEO, learning about the organisation and meeting staff and volunteers. New Trustees receive an information pack including latest audited annual accounts, Memorandum, Articles of Association and most recently published service reports.
Financial Review
Income
The results for the year end and financial position of the Charity are shown in the annexed statements. The Charity's total income for the year amounted to £995,768 (2023- £911,577) against which £982,319 (2023£913,881) was expended during the year, leaving net income of £13,449. The result for the year was a surplus of £13,449 which, combined with our funds brought forward of £284,516 gives us total funds of £297,965 at 31 March 2024. Out of these funds £46,535 are restricted for specific purposes set by the donors while £251,389 represents our unrestricted reserves. Since the Balance Sheet date no significant changes have taken place.
Our accounts reflect the careful budget setting and regular monitoring which the CEO, Treasurer and Trustee Board carry out regularly. This has allowed us to maintain our income at the level planned and to continue to steadily increase our unrestricted reserves. This in turn has allowed us to continue to work towards our aims and strategic priorities.
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Income ( Cont.d)
SLRA continues to secure grants from Trusts and Foundations to fund activities and services. The Trustees are confident that these grants will continue to be available for the valuable work the Charity is doing with the local refugee, asylum seeker and vulnerable migrant population. The Trustees are, however, continuing to take steps to diversify the Charity's income in order to ensure long term sustainability. We have achieved progress with this already with a substantial increase in the proportion of funding received from local and national government sources and from community donors.
During the year the Charity Trustees and CEO have monitored the financial position of the service to ensure that the Charity's funds, both restricted and unrestricted are correctly applied and accounted for. The Trustee Board regularly reviews the use of our resources in light of changing needs, and with a view to the long-term sustainability of the organisation.
Our Future Plans
Our strategic plan focuses on ensuring that we continue to provide and develop our accessible and effective frontline services while developing the capacity of those we work with to participate in decision making and to influence the decisions that affect their lives. We plan to continue to deliver vital specialist services to meet the complex needs of our service users while further developing our areas of expertise, particularly in relation to working in cross sector partnership, providing specialist legal advice in community settings and working with local authorities to improve the outcomes for young migrants in their care.
We will continue to develop the resilience of our organisation and build while sharing our expertise through the provision of training and development of partnership with non specialist community organisations.
We are clear that in order to create long-term change for the people we support, we must achieve changes to the policy and practice that affects their lives. We will continue to invest in our policy and influencing work, drawing on our front line experience and the evidence we collect in order to do this. People with lived experience of the immigration system will continue to be at the heart of this work.
Reserves Policy
The Charity's Trustees aim is to have cash reserves to keep a minimum of three months operating costs, building to a maximum of six months when funds allow. The Reserves Policy is reviewed annually by the Trustee Board. At 31 March 2024 unrestricted reserves were £251,389. In the financial year 2024/25 we plan to focus on increasing our unrestricted funding for the year add to these reserves in order to increase current reserves levels.
Grant making Policy
SLRA does not provide grants directly as a method of furthering its charitable objectives. The Charity applies for and distributes hardship payments according to need and the criteria of the donors. We are particularly grateful to ACTS 435, Positive Action In Housing and generous individuals who have contributed to our hardship funds. We also provide hardship payments to destitute residents in our housing projects. In 2023/24 we distributed a total of £20,780 in individual hardship grants.
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Trustees Responsibilities
Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the financial activities of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period. In preparing those Financial Statements the Trustees are required to select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently; make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to assume that the company will continue in operation.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements 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.
Independent Examiner
Community Action Sutton was appointed as Independent Examiners of the charity at the Annual General Meeting which took place 16th April 2024.
Pratha Mahendran
Laura Harrison
Pratha Mahendran (Dec 11, 2024 20:25 GMT)
Pratha Mahendran (Dec 11, 2024 20:25 GMT) Laura Harrison (Dec 10, 2024 18:54 GMT) Pratha Mahendran (Treasurer) Laura Harrison (Chair)
Date: 9th December 2024
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Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of South London Refugee Association
I report on the accounts for the year ended 31st March 2024 which have been prepared under the accounting policies set out below.
Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner
The Charity’s Trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The Charity’s Trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 and that an Independent Examination is needed.
Having satisfied myself that the Charity is not subject to audit under company law and is eligible for independent examination, it is my responsibility to:
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Examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Charities Act;
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Follow the procedures laid down in the general directions given by the Charities Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act; and
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State whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of independent review
My examination was carried out in accordance with general directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the Charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently, no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a “true and fair” view, and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
Independent Examiner’s statement
In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe, that in any material respect, the requirements have not been met:
• to keep accounting records in accordance with section 386 of the Companies Act 2006; and
• to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records, and comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the Companies Act 2006 and with the methods and principles of the statement of Recommended Practice; Accounting and Reporting by Charities; or
(2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Name: Dunstanette Kuti FCCA MCSI
Position: Community Accountant, Community Action Sutton
Granfers Community Centre, 73-79 Oakhill Road, Sutton, Surrey SM1 3AA
Signature:
Dunstanette Kuti (Dec 11, 2024 13:50 GMT)
11/12/2024 Date:
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Statement of Financial Activities
for the year ended 31 March 2024
| Note | Unrestricted Funds £ |
Restricted Funds £ |
Total Funds 2024 £ |
Total Funds 2023 £ |
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| Incoming resources | |||||
| Income from | |||||
| Charitable activities | 7,644 | 943,385 | 951,029 | 956,818 | |
| Voluntary income | 44,739 | - | 44,739 | 34,759 | |
| Total | 2 | 52,383 | 943,385 | 995,768 | 991,577 |
| Resources expended | |||||
| Expenditure on | |||||
| Raising funds | 360 | 31,441 | 31,771 | 32,206 | |
| Charitable activities | 14,627 | 935,891 | 950,5459 | 881,675 | |
| Total | 3 | 14,987 | 967,332 | 982,319 | 913,881 |
| Net income/(expenditure) | 37,396 | ( 23,947 ) | 13,449 | 77,696 | |
| Transfers between funds | 14,132 | ( 14,132 ) | - | - | |
| Net movement in funds | 51,528 | ( 38,079 ) | 13,449 | 77,696 | |
| Total funds brought forward | 199,861 | 84,655 | 284,516 | 206,820 | |
| Total funds carried forward | 251,389 | 46,576 | 297,965 | 284,516 |
The charity has no recognised gains or losses other than those in the statement of financial activities. Therefore, no statement of total recognised gains and losses has been prepared. All the above amounts relate to continuing activities.
The notes on pages 18 to 24 form part of these accounts.
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Balance Sheet
As at 31 March 2024
| Note | 2024 £ |
2023 £ |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current assets | |||||
| Debtors | 8 | 86,295 | 45,700 | ||
| Cash at bank and in Hand | 376,009 | 360,766 | |||
| Total current assets | 462,304 | 406,466 | |||
| Current Liabilities | |||||
| Creditors: amounts falling due within one year | 9 | 10,059 | 1,400 | ||
| Deferred Income | 10 | 154,280 | 120,550 | ||
| Total current liabilities | 164,339 | 121,950 | |||
| Total assets less current liabilities | 297,965 | 284,516 | |||
| Total net assets | 297,965 | 284,516 | |||
| Funds of the Charity | |||||
| Unrestricted - General | 251,389 | 199,861 | |||
| Restricted | 46,535 | 84,655 | |||
| Total funds | 11 | 297,965 | 284,516 |
The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 March 2024.
The members have not required the charity to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2024 in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The Directors acknowledge their responsibilities for:
a) ensuring that the company keeps accounting records which comply with sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and
b) preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company as at the end of each financial year and of its surplus or deficit for each finaancial year in accordance with the requirements of sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Company Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the charitable company.
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The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies and the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities 9 effective January 2015).
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees on 9th December 2024 and signed on its behalf by:
Laura Harrison
Laura Harrison (Dec 10, 2024 18:54 GMT)
Laura Harrison ( Chair )
Pratha Mahendran
Pratha Mahendran (Dec 11, 2024 20:25 GMT)
Pratha Mahendran (Treasurer)
The notes on pages 18 to 24 form part of these accounts.
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Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2024
1. Accounting Policies
The following accounting policies have been used consistently in dealing with items which are considered material in relation to the financial statements.
Basis of preparation of Accounts
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with the Companies Act 2006 and the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities (SORP 2015), effective January 2015.
Fund Accounting
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of the charitable objectives of SLRA.
Restricted funds are made up of grants received for the specific projects including salary payments and may only be applied for this purpose. Any changes to the agreed budgets must be agreed with the funders considered before being actioned.
Incoming Resources
All incoming resources are included in the Statement of Financial Activities when SLRA has entitlement to in the income and there is a certainty of receipt, and the amount is quantifiable. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income:
Voluntary income is received by way of grants, donations and gifts are included when receivable. Grants, where entitlement is not conditional on the delivery of a specific performance by the charity are recognized when the charity becomes unconditionally entitled to the grant.
Interest receivable is included when receivable.
Resources Expended
Expenditure is recognized on an accrual basis as a liability is incurred.
Costs of generating funds comprise the costs associated with attracting voluntary income.
Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities and services for its beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such actives and those costs of an indirect nature to support them.
Governance costs include those costs associated with organisational administration and compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements.
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Notes to the Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 March 2024 (continued)
2 Incoming Resources
| Unrestricted Funds £ |
Restricted Funds £ |
Total Funds 2024 £ |
Total Funds 2023 £ |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charitable Activities | ||||
| Grants | - | 943,385 | 943,385 | 956,818 |
| Charitable Activities | 7,644 | - | 7,644 | - |
| 7,644 | 943,385 | 951,029 | 956,818 | |
| Voluntary Income | ||||
| Donations and legacies | 44,739 | - | 44,739 | 34,759 |
| 52,383 | 943,385 | 995,768 | 991,577 |
3 Expenditure on Charitable Activities
| 2024 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | |
| Direct Costs (Note 4) | 191,293 | 168,303 |
| Staff Costs (Note 5) | 699,713 | 643,469 |
| Support Costs (Note 6) | 87,620 | 97,710 |
| Governance costs (Note 7) | 3,693 | 4,399 |
| 982,319 | 913,881 |
4 Direct Costs
| 2024 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | |
| Fundraising | 31,771 | 32,206 |
| Charitable Activities and Events | 159,933 | 136,097 |
| 191,293 | 168,303 |
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Notes to the Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 March 2024 (continued)
5 Staff Costs
| 2024 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | |
| Wages & Salaries include SS & Pension costs | 602,523 | 555,126 |
| Employer's NI Costs | 51,567 | 21,815 |
| Employer's Pension Costs | 29,869 | 50,693 |
| Staff Training | 13,845 | 14,905 |
| Other Staff Costs | 1,909 | 930 |
| 699,713 | 643,469 |
6 Support Costs
| 2024 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | |
| Professional Fees | 15,716 | 24,854 |
| Accounting Costs | 192 | 852 |
| Office Expenses | 66,310 | 68,315 |
| General Expenses | 5,402 | 3,689 |
| 87,620 | 97,710 |
7 Governance Costs
| 2024 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | |
| Insurance | 2,318 | 3,224 |
| Expenses | 25 | - |
| Independent Examiner Fees | 1,350 | 1,175 |
| 3,693 | 4,399 |
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Notes to the Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 March 2024 (continued)
8 Debtors and prepayments
| 2024 | 2023 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | |||
| Accrued Income ( 8.1 ) | 86,295 | 45,700 | ||
| Other Debtors | - | - | ||
| 86,295 | 45,700 | |||
| 8.1 | Accrued Income | |||
| London Borough of Lambeth | - | 5,500 | ||
| Paul Hamlyn Foundation | - | 40,200 | ||
| London Borough of Lambeth (DfE) | 300 | - | ||
| Justice Together Initiative | 20,967 | - | ||
| London Borough of Merton | 5,000 | - | ||
| LBL Mentoring | 56,923 | - | ||
| Coram Children’s Legal Centre (JTI) | 3,105 | - | ||
| 86,295 | 45,700 |
9 Creditors - amounts falling due within one year
| 2024 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | |
| Accruals | 10,059 | 1,400 |
| 10,059 | 1,400 |
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Notes to the Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 March 2024 (continued)
10 Deferred Income
| 2024 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | |
| Coram Children’s Legal Centre (JTI) | - | 8,650 |
| Forrester Family Trust | - | 40,000 |
| Henry Smith Charity | - | 24,452 |
| John Swire 1989 Charitable Trust | - | 20,435 |
| London Borough of Lambeth (DfE) | - | 335 |
| London Councils | - | 3,018 |
| BBC Children in Need | 3,008 | - |
| Esmee Fairbairn Foundation | 25,616 | 3,960 |
| Justice Together Initiative | 19,756 | 12,177 |
| London Borough of Lambeth Resettlement | 2,000 | - |
| Paul Hamlyn Foundation | 58,000 | 1,296 |
| The Blue Thread | 20,900 | 6,227 |
| Trust for London | 20,000 | - |
| Walcot Foundation | 5,000 | - |
| 154,280 | 120,550 |
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Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2024 (continued)
11 Movement of Funds
| B/F at 31 March | Income | Expenditure | Transfers | C/F at 31 March | C/F at 31 March | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | £ | £ | £ | 2024 | |||
| £ | £ | ||||||
| Unrestricted Funds | |||||||
| CAF Resilience Fund | 7,155 | - | - | - | 7,155 | ||
| Small Unrestricted Funds | 13,340 | 7,644 | ( 7,377 ) | - | 13,607 | ||
| General Fund | 179,366 | - | - | 14,113 | 193,479 | ||
| The Albert Hunt Trust | - | 7,000 | ( 7,019 ) | 19 | - | ||
| Donations and legacies | - | 37,739 | ( 592 ) | - | 37,148 | ||
| Total Unrestricted Funds | 199,861 | 52,383 | ( 14,987 ) | 14,132 | 251,389 | ||
| Restricted Funds | |||||||
| BBC Children in Need | - | 25,872 | ( 21,240 ) | - | 4,632 | ||
| Community Justice Fund | 4,010 | - | ( 4,010 ) | - | - | ||
| Cycle Scheme | - | - | ( 2,400 ) | 2,400 | - | ||
| Eleanor Hamilton Educational Trust | - | 12,000 | ( 11,992 ) | ( 8 ) | ( 8 ) | - | |
| Esmee Fairbairn Foundation | 12,315 | 86,994 | ( 95,658 ) | - | 3,651 | ||
| Forrester Family Trust | - | 41,760 | ( 40,000 ) | - | 1,760 | ||
| Hardship Funds | - | 1,860 | ( 1,308 ) | - | 552 | ||
| Henry Smith Charity | 238 | 54,452 | ( 54,701 ) | 10 | - | ||
| Individual Grants | 2,296 | 18,558 | ( 17,335 ) | - | 3,519 | ||
| Jack Petchey Foundation | 14,255 | 11,920 | ( 26,246 ) | 72 | - | ||
| John Swire 1989 Charitable Trust | - | 20,435 | ( 20,493 ) | 57 | - | ||
| Justice Together Initiative | 13,475 | 115,340 | ( 121,579 ) | - | 7,236 | ||
| London Borough of Lambeth (Resettlement) | - | 12,300 | ( 12,668 ) | - | ( 368 ) | ||
| London Borough of Lambeth (Warm Spaces) | - | 2,000 | ( 2,031 ) | 31 | - | ||
| London Borough of Lambeth (DfE) | - | 52,759 | ( 62,851 ) | 10,092 | - | ||
| London Councils | - | 283,018 | ( 269,634 ) | - | 13,384 | ||
| London Borough of Merton EIP | - | 5,000 | ( 4,710 ) | - | 290 | ||
| Migrant Help Community Grant | - | 5,000 | ( 5,084 ) | 84 | - | ||
| NLCF Cost of Living Fund | - | 48,298 | ( 48,297 ) | ( 1 ) | ( 1 ) | - | |
| Paul Hamlyn Foundation | 1,018 | - | - | - | 1,018 | ||
| Paul Hamlyn Foundation (Core) | - | 12,000 | ( 15,659 ) | - | ( 3,659 ) | ( 3,659 ) | |
| Paul Hamlyn Foundation (Youth) | - | 29,629 | ( 21,350 ) | - | 8,279 | ||
| Room For Refugee Grants | - | 1,300 | ( 1,700 ) | 400 | - | ||
| Sam & Bella Sebba Charitable Foundation | 32,804 | - | - | (32,804) | - | ||
| The Blue Thread | 4,246 | 15,827 | ( 19,919 ) | - | 154 | ||
| Trust for London | - | 40,000 | ( 34,920 ) | - | 5,080 | ||
| Walcot Foundation | - | 10,000 | ( 9,989 ) | - | 11 | ||
| Wimbledon Foundation | - | 12,550 | ( 11,489 ) | - | 1,061 | ||
| Coram Children’s Legal Centre (JTI) | - | 24,514 | ( 30,068 ) | 5,554 | - | ||
| Total Restricted Funds | 84,655 | 943,385 | ( 967,332 ) | ( 14,113 ) | 46,535 | ||
| Total Funds | 284,516 | 995,768 | ( 982,319 ) | - | 297,965 |
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Notes to the Financial Statements
for the year ended 31 March 2024 (continued)
Expenditure list
| Unrestricted Funds |
Restricted Funds £ |
Total Funds 2024 |
Total Funds 2023 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adult Casework Salaries | - | 218,147 | 218,147 | 172,907 |
| Adult Policy Salaries | - | 6,311 | 6,311 | 156,878 |
| Bank Charges | 169 | - | 169 | 174 |
| Book-keeping/Accounts Preparation | - | 1,542 | 1,542 | 2,027 |
| Consultancy | - | 2,000 | 2,000 | 19,512 |
| Core Salaries | 3,522 | 187,265 | 190,787 | 157,991 |
| Destitution Fund | - | - | - | 830 |
| Development | - | 333 | 333 | - |
| Food Bank | - | - | - | 1,595 |
| Fundraising | 360 | 31,411 | 31,771 | 32,206 |
| Governance | - | 25 | 25 | - |
| Immigration Advice Supervision | - | - | - | 4,000 |
| Individual hardship grants expenditure | 67 | 20,513 | 20,580 | 14,851 |
| Insurances | - | 2,318 | 2,318 | 3,224 |
| Interpreting | -180 | 11,004 | 10,824 | 5,342 |
| IT equipment/data for clients | - | 37 | 37 | 121 |
| IT Equipment/mobile phones | 78 | 899 | 977 | 3,279 |
| IT support/website hosting | 852 | 8,309 | 9,160 | 10,177 |
| Materials and Equipment | - | - | - | 270 |
| Men's Group | 70 | 1,146 | 1,216 | 1,379 |
| Office Maintenance/cleaning | 733 | 4,369 | 5,102 | 4,535 |
| Office Rent | - | 27,960 | 27,960 | 29,710 |
| Office Supplies | 220 | 172 | 392 | 2,159 |
| Other Professional Services | - | 893 | 893 | - |
| Payroll Expenses | - | 1,418 | 1,418 | 1,409 |
| Phone Costs | 273 | 7,107 | 7,380 | 7,165 |
| Printing, Postage and Stationery | 867 | 3,373 | 4,240 | 3,802 |
| Project Activities General | 1,019 | 3,442 | 4,461 | 16,535 |
| Specialist Advice Services | - | 151,953 | 151,953 | 114,081 |
| Recruitment | - | 1,764 | 1,764 | 1,989 |
| Staff Training and Supervision | 2400 | 11,446 | 13,845 | 14,905 |
| Staff Travel and Subs | 999 | 909 | 1,908 | 930 |
| Subs, accreditation | 1,086 | 6,515 | 7,601 | 3,838 |
| Telephone | - | 110 | 110 | - |
| Travel and Accommodation | - | - | - | 257 |
| Trips and Events Volunteer Costs Women's group |
262 190 - |
5,140 468 409 |
5,401 659 409 |
2,762 2,513 1,741 |
| Youth Casework Salaries Youth Policy Freelance Workers Youth Policy Salaries Youth Club Reconciliation Discrepancies |
- - - - - |
222,278 3,505 2,310 14,693 - |
222,278 3,505 2,310 14,693 - |
95,878 4,325 - 17,915 670 |
| Freelance workers (general) | - | 5,640 | 5,640 | - |
| Supervision Individual grants |
2,000 | - 200 |
2,000 200 |
- - |
| - | ||||
| 14,987 | 967,332 | 982,319 | 913,881 |
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