**REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: 1109842 (England and Wales) REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER:** **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 FOR SYLVIA LANKA FOUNDATION** NJ Accountants Ltd 53 Edgefield Avenue Barking IG11 9JL **SYLVIA LANKA FOUNDATION** **CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025** ||Page| |---|---| |Report of the Trustees|1| |Independent Examiner's Report|2| |Statement of Financial Activities|3| |Balance Sheet|4| |Notes to the Financial Statements|5 to 6| |Detailed Statement of Financial Activities|7| **SYLVIA LANKA FOUNDATION** ## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025** The trustees who are also directors of the charity for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025. The trustees have adopted the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities' issued in March 2005. ## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Company number** 1109842 (England and Wales) ## **Registered Charity number** ## **Registered office** No 33 Sandymount Avenue Stanmore HA7 4UA ## **Trustees** ## **Company Secretary** ## **Independent examiner** NJ Accountants Ltd 53 Edgefield Avenue Barking IG11 9JL ## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Governing document** The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust, and constitutes a limited company, limited by guarantee, as defined by the Companies Act 2006. ## **Risk management** The trustees have a duty to identify and review the risks to which the charity is exposed and to ensure appropriate controls are in place to provide reasonable assurance against fraud and error. Page 1 ## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF SYLVIA LANKA FOUNDATION** I report on the accounts of the company for the year ended 31 March 2025, which are set out on pages three to six. ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** As the charity's trustees (and also the directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. Having satisfied myself that the charity is not subject to audit under company law and is eligible for independant examination, I have examined your charity's accounts as required under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act. My role is to state whether any material matters have come to my attention giving me cause to believe: 1. that accounting records were not kept as required by section 386 of the Companies Act 2006; or 2. that the accounts do not accord with those records; or 3. that the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the Companies Act 2006 and with the methods and principles of the Charities Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland; or 4. that there is further information needed for a proper understanding of the accounts. ## **Independent examiner's statement** I have completed my examination and have no concerns in respect of the matters (1) to (4) listed above and, in connection with following the Directions of the Charity Commission I have found no matters that require drawing to your attention. Page 2 **SYLVIA LANKA FOUNDATION** ## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025** |||31.3.25|31.3.24| |---|---|---|---| |||Unrestricted|Total funds| |||fund|| ||Notes|£|£| |**INCOMING RESOURCES**|||| |**Incoming resources from generated funds**|||| |Voluntary income||26,796|21,910| |**RESOURCES EXPENDED**|||| |**Costs of generating funds**|||| |Costs of generating voluntary income||30,803|48,900| |**NET INCOMING RESOURCES**||(4,007)|(26,990)| |**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**|||| |**Total funds brought forward**||4,204|31,194| |**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**||197|4,204| The notes form part of these financial statements Page 3 **SYLVIA LANKA FOUNDATION** ## **BALANCE SHEET AT 31 MARCH 2025** |||31.3.25|31.3.24| |---|---|---|---| |||Unrestricted|Total funds| |||fund|| ||Notes|£|£| |**CURRENT ASSETS**|||| |Cash at bank and in hand||197|4,204| |**CREDITORS**|||| |Amounts falling due within one year||-|-| |**NET CURRENT ASSETS**||197|4,204| |**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES**||197|4,204| |**NET ASSETS**||197|4,204| |**FUNDS**|||| |Unrestricted funds||197|4,204| |**TOTAL FUNDS**||197|4,204| The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 March 2025. The members have not required the company 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 trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for - (a) ensuring that the charitable company keeps accounting records that 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 financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the charitable company. These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to charitable small companies and with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (effective January 2015). The notes form part of these financial statements Page 4 **SYLVIA LANKA FOUNDATION** **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025** ## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES** ## **Accounting convention** The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (effective April 2008), the Companies Act 2006 and the requirements of the Statement of Recommended Practice, Accounting and Reporting by Charities. ## **Incoming resources** All incoming resources are included on the Statement of Financial Activities when the charity is legally entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy. ## **Resources expended** Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources. ## **Taxation** The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities. ## **Fund accounting** Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees. Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes. Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements. ## **2. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS** There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 March 2025 nor for the year ended 31 March 2024. ## **Trustees' expenses** There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31 March 2025 nor for the year ended 31 March 2024. This page does not form part of the statutory financial statements Page 7