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Charity Registration No. 1111073 Company Registrntion No. 05325917 (England and Wales) ST. JOHNS COMMUMTY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT (A company limited by guarantee) DIREcfoRS' AND TRUSTEES, REPORT ALYD IJNAUDITED FINANCIAL sTATEME1￿s for the year ended 31 Deeember 2023

ST. JOHNS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMKIYT PROJECT (A compauy limited by guardnte£) Contents Ref¢r¢nce and Adminis(rative Inforn)&t Direclorg and Trnste&g R¢p)rt ￿nd¢￿ndeTrt Examinerfs Rq Statement of Financial Artivities Baiancc Sheet Notes to the Finan¢ial StatcnKnts 7-10

sr. JOHNS com￿lum￿ DEVEIA)PMENT PROJE for tbe ¢ar ended 31 December 2023 Charity Name: SL Johns Community Development Project Charity r¢gistration nuntr. 1111073 Comp8ny r¢gistration numltr. 05325917 The trusteas give their time voluntsrily and without remun¢ratioL They We￿ for the tintr under krview: Tn]stees: (reslwd 22.07.2024) Rosalind Borley Juliet Inch Emma MiThi Irene DavipA)n-Allki￿s (appoin*d 12.07.2024) Project CooTdin&tor. Indep¢ndenÉ Exami[￿. Amw IAmg FCA Registered Office and opryational address: SL Jolms Church 386 Claph8m Road IA)ndon SW9 9AR Bankers: HSBC Bank plc 240 Lavender Hill Clapham Junctkon Lmdon SWI I ILH

ST JOHNS COIIMUNFfY DEVELOPMENT PROJE Ttijstees, Report for the ear en(led 31 De￿mber 2023 The Trustees, who are also D&rector5 of the Charity for the PUTposes of the Companies Act 2006, ptEs¢nt their r¢port with th¢ Unaudited fi[w￿l81 ststwnents of St Johns Cornrnunty Dev¢loptnent Projcct for th¢ year ¢nd¢d 31 December 2023. STRucfuRE, GOVERNANCE AND MAN&GEMENr Governing do¢umeBt St Johns Community Dpvclopment Proj¢¢t is a Gharitablc company limited by guaraniee. in￿rPorate￿I on 6 January 2￿5 and T¢gistrred as a charity on 30 August 2(Ki5. The cA)mpany was established und¢r a Memorandum of Asso¢iatlOD which eslablishd the objects a￿1 powers of th¢ ¢baritable company and 18 governed under its Articles of A￿latIOn. In the ivent of th¢ comp2ny being wound up members are required to contribute all amount not exceedtti% £1. Recrnltment and VPOAlltmt•t of Trwstees The Trustees of the Charity are ele£tcd to th¢ Msna8emetEt Committee at the Annual Genernl Meeting or ppointed between meetings by ￿￿tR{M. in accordance with th¢ knicles of A￿￿K1&tIOn. Th¢ number of Committee memiws shall be not less than ttvo shall b¢ subjeLt to a maximum of twelve. Inductlon and tralniry of new TnMt•e8 and Commmtee memb¢r4 Trnstees and committee memFKrs re¢eive an induction briefing and are given ￿ ijxluction pack with details of of the constitution and about the wolk of th¢ charity. Arn8em¢nts ar¢ also mad¢ to visit th¢ Pn)ject to see the ¢harty in 0￿￿tiOn. Objects of Ibe orgauiz¢h•D The objects of the charity are to Supp￿ the l<x81 community in Stockwell and C]apham North a rdnge of supw)rt sery1￿5 and activiti&g reaching to vulnernble groups in these 8reas. Th¢se seryices target p¢ople of 811 ages and in pmrticular. 8¢nior ¢itiY£n4 fami]i¢s and (th facing disadvanta84 90 th th¢ir conditions of lift may improve. li¢view of tb¢ acfivltieg aid future developments Sn setting obj￿tIveS •nd planning our ￿tiVItieS for the year the trustees Iwe 8iven consideration to the Charity Cummission's guidance relating to public knèfit. The w(¥tk und¢rtakeTh, suppNting senior citizens and familie5 continues to ￿ well received by the lo￿1 coumlunity, and supFKTrrt fiThn funders has also b#¢n maintsined over the year. Community outreach Continues to d¢velop at the ProjecL &spe¢ially with senior citiz¢ns and tlKtse who are bousebound. Some of these Se￿10nS itLclude inr-8enerationai work. SeDior Citizeny: We are in the final y￿r of3 y¢ats fimding awarded by th¢ National tArtt¢ry which coveTS our core co*s. We hav¢ been supported by rnemi￿ wwth a￿1Vity fee5 8nd donations and benefaotQTS havt also donated to th¢ projcrt . Ther¢ is a weekty ￿ntact tinK with seniors. This includes thair aerobics followed by lunch and an advi￿ session from B¢k￿ the ¢x￿7$¢ facilitator, on how to avoid falls. keeping fit in the home and S￿la117£d oll¢4￿ advi￿. The si08ing group goes from strength to strength with our tutor Eileen. Th¢ Thursday social gTOUP Contim￿S to flouri& and dw friendships are mad¢. In 2023 St Jolms hts8t￿ an Easter paty, a Christmas and a Kings Coronation Celebr8tioiL W¢ akn took the seniors on a five day holiday in Hayling Island. We were funded by Stoekwell Sirong Fwjd ￿ run a pilot on L¥)St4)f-living thic¢. Digitsl Litcrncy continue5 on Thursdays when senior ¢itiz£ns can get help OD how to access th¢ intemet. use tabkts and their phones and also awor¢ll￿ of onliD¢ fraud M¢mbet3 continue to sUpF￿t the project thD)ugh volunteerin& fimdraising and pmmoting the project. DuTing th¢ yehr thor¢ have be¢D several deaths and fill￿1?1$ which have attended by frlends and ollca8iies.

ST JOHNS COMMuNifY DEVELOPMENT PRoJ￿r for the ear ended 31 DMnber 2023 Many thanks to Sheen4 Mariffj Pe￿, Jov•t4 Crni& Che. B¢ko and Elle￿ and to Ro4 also to a host of Volunteers for their un5tintino WO￿ and d¢dication to the Droi¢cL Th8nks also to Futal￿. the Nati￿al IA)ttery. Mccarthy Stothll Strong Fund and the City Bridge TrusL Furtu￿ pla#8 Th¢ charity wish¢s to ¢rntinue to wovidc similar &tivities sn the fLYth¢(xning years and continues to WOAL hard to secure fimdin8 for the Project aNI its &ivitics. Reserves poli The Charity wntinues to seek furthw fimding for its imwtant work and has a long twm aim of building g¢neJal reselves (￿n￿trIct¢d fimds) to a lev¢1 qual to six months Tunning cost& in order to protect itself from any un¢xpectd fall in inwne. Fittatt¢il Review Th¢ results of th¢ yearfs oFrntion are set out in the attached fmancial statement& The t)utt]ow of unrestri¢t¢d funds amounts to £2.878 (2022: itiliow £5,112). Unrrstricted re5er¥es ￿ 31 December 2022 total £3.522 (2022: £6,399). The restricte￿ Tes¢ryas balance rtp￿ents one month's grnnt from National Lottery, as th¢ funding 18 fmm 1FCtffu￿ 2023 to 31 January 21r24. S¥tement of TYstees' respoD8ibllili¢8 The Trustt%s ar¢ responsible for pr¢kM￿ the Truste¢g' Annual R¢port and the financial ststements in cordance with appli¢abl¢ law5 and rcgulations. Cojwy jaw Tequires the trust￿$ to prepare financi statements for each financial year. Under that ]aw they are requird to ly¢p￿r the fsnancial statements in ac¢ord8nce with UK Aw)unting Standards and applicable law (UK Genernl Acceoed Accounting Prdctice). including FRS 102 Th¢ Financial Reporting Standards applicabl¢ in the UK and Republic of Ireland. Und¢r ¢ompany l&w the Tn￿ must not approve the finan¢ial unless th¢y are Satisfied that they giv¢ a Irue and fairf view of th¢ of the sLgt¢ of affairs of the cbariitsble company a￿1 of the exc￿8 of income ovor exp¢ndityr¢ for that p¢riiML In wep3ring thes¢ fllLncI￿ statements the Tntstees are requir￿ to: • select suitsbl¢ ￿ountIng p)lici¢s and Ihen apply them ¢(￿lstentI￿, ' make judgements and estimates that are Teasonoble and prndent. and • state whether applicabl¢ UK Accounting Stsndards ha￿ be¢n follorf subje¢t to aoy material departures di$¢losed and explain¢d in the fw8nctal StateM￿ty and fllwKial &atementy Ind ' prepare the financial statemeDts on thc" goithg ￿nC¢th iwi8 Unl￿ it is inappwat¢ h) PTesume that the organization will continue its activiti¢s. Th¢ Trustees are rosponsible for keeping uale ac¢outh8 records that are sutTK¢nt to show and explain the charitabl¢ compangs traosactions and disclos¢ with reasonabk ￿Ur&¢Y at any time the financial posilion of the charitable wmkmny and enable thern to ensur¢ that th¢ fin8nGi&l ststements ￿MplY with the Companies Act 2006. llw hav¢ genernl Yesp)nsil)le for laking sllch steps &8 arc reasonably open to them to saf¢ouard 8ssets of the charitable companv and prevent and d¢tect of fraud and other irr¢swlariti¢s. The Trustees ¢onfirni that th¢ financial statsments have prepartyj in ac￿rd8￿C￿ with the accounting policies set out in th¢ notes to th¢ accounts and comply with th¢ charity$ govcrning do¢um¢nt, th¢ Charities Act 2011 and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Re￿￿￿ended Practice appkicablc to charities PTeparin8 their acrounts ID acwrthrte with FRS 101 Ths Financial Reporting Stsndard applicable in the UK and Republic of lfflandpublisld on 16 Juty 2014. This rep)rt approved and authorised for i&8uo by the TTh￿ on 20 Aiigiist 2024 and siwjed on its behalf by: Rosalind Borley

Independent Examiner's Report ST. JOHNS COmMUm￿ DEVELOPMENf PRoJKcr I r¢port on the fU￿nCIal statunents of th¢ P￿)j￿t for the year ended 31 December 21y23 which ar¢ set out on pages 5 to 10. Respe¢tive re8poJysibilitie8 of Tr#stees aDd eumlner The who are atso the diT¢Ctors of St JOlU￿ C4)mmunity D¢v¢loprnffit Project for th¢ purposes of company law. and thc board of trustees for the PUTWS of ¢F￿rIty law. res￿)￿S1b1e for the pryation of the fmancial statements. The Tn￿￿5 consider that an audit is not rquired for thi5 y¢ar under section 14412) of th¢ Cl￿rIticS Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an Inde￿ndent ¢xaminatiorA is n¢¢ded. Having satisfi¢d myself tbat the cl)arity is Ewt subicrt to audit unts Company law and is eligibl¢ for indepcnd¢nt eXami￿at]0￿ it is my reswnsibility to: ¢xaminc the accounts under sertion 145 of the Chariti¢s Ac¢ to follow the procedur¢s ]aid th)wn in the gcrtral Directi￿ given by th¢ Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Acl" and to stats whdber particular mattevs have C4Mne to my attentio B#si$ of indepeDdellt examinerfs report My examination WLS Carri￿ out in xc¢)rdance with th¢ Gene￿1 Dir¢¢tions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination include5 a revivw of the accounting records k¢pt by the Charity and a comparison of the accounts Pr￿￿tea with those rccords. It al￿ in¢lud¢s consid¢ration of any unusual It￿￿$ of di￿10$ureS in the accowits 8nd 5e¢king expla￿allODs from you as In￿CeS ci>nLwing any matt¢rs. The procedurey undertaken do not provide all th¢ evidence that vlould required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whetherth¢ wxounts PT¢s¢nt a and fair view- awl the rewt is limited to those matters s¢t out in the statement below. llld¢pelldent eJamitterfs statement J hav¢ wmplet¢d my examination. I confirm th8t no tnaterial matlers hav¢ cmie to my attention in Connection with the examination which gives me cause to b¢li¢ve that in. any material raspecL' • th¥ a¢counting records wcre not kept in accordanGe with 5gCtion 386 of thg Companies Act 2006. an( . the acGouDts did not with the accounling Tert ry)mply with th¢ accountin8 wuirements of wtion 396 of the Compani¢s Act 2006. aTrJ • the ac¢ounts did not comply with 4ppli(*bk requirements concerning the forni and cont¢nt of accounts set out in the ChaTities (A¢counts a￿1 Kq￿s) Regulations 2008 other than than any requiremortt thut th¢ accounts giv¢ a aThJ fair. view which is a matter ¢onsidered as part of an independ¢tit exarnination. I have no ¢on¢¢rns and hav¢ co￿¢ across no other I￿￿tte[S ill coJMKtion with the examination to whiGh ttention should be drdlvn in this reijirt in ordw to enabl¢ a prow Under￿l￿g of the acwunts to be reac Mr% V An￿ Long FCA M¢mb¢r of the Institute of ChartKed Accountants in Englarnl & Wales- 6349687 47 HambAIt Road London SW4 9EQ Date: 20 August 2024

ST. JOHNS com￿[UNt￿ DEVELOPMENf PROJECT Statenwit of Financial Activities (L￿1￿￿n8 Income & Ex￿￿lture A￿Ullt) for the end￿ 31 DeC¢M￿ 2023 UnrB5tricted Funds RestricteAI 2023 Total 2023 Total 2022 la¢ome fmm: Donations and legacie5 Charitable adtviti&8 501 501 500 10,734 71I041 80.775 88,108 Income 11235 70.041 81.276 88.608 Expendure on: Raising fvnds 238 238 298 Clwitabk adivities Governance costs 13,862 250 69.803 83.665 250 82,934 263 Total Expendure 84.l53 83.495 N¢É Income l (expendltmre) Recon¢h114tion of fDnd8 Total funds brought forward (1878) (o) (1878) 5.112 6J99 11239 6.127 TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD 13 8J62 a9 Th¢ notes on pages 7 to 10 fonn an ititewl pHrt of these fillancial statements.

ST. JOHNS COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PR(ME (company limit￿1 by guaTrnte¢) Balan￿ Sheet as at 31 December 2023 2023 2022 CurreAt A&4ets Debtors and Prepayments Cash at Bank and in Hand 10,862 10,862 11,489 11,489 Credltors: amo•nts falliog due within one year l2 151K) 250 Net Curvent A%8ets 8.362 11239 Represented by Ro8trieted f¥nds 13 4,840 Unrestricted Funds: G¢n¢Tal Funds 3,522 6.399 &362 11,239 The fllmnciat ststemthits have Ixn in with section415A of the Companie$ Act 2006 relatin8 to small companies attd FRS sectic￿ I ThE ¢hari¢able company is eAtI￿ed to exempt￿ from a￿111 wJd¢r section 477 of the CornpaDT¢S Act2006 for the yw ended 31 DwlKr 2023 al￿ the M¢mbus have ￿tTe4￿￿￿j the clwitabl¢ company to obtain an audit of its fmanctal 8thtemellts th¢ year 31 DwadKz21Y23 wllknsection 476 ofthe Compani Act 2006. Th¢ ruw￿181 stateTWts wwe apiKovol a￿1 for i&￿tr. by theTrnstees on 2D August2024 wjd St￿*d OD th¢it behalf by. Ros￿]￿d Borky Chair

Notes to the Fwwicial Ststements for the yearended 31 tkGpJnber 2023 I. ACCOUNTING POLICIES 1.1 Aeeomnllng convenlion st or transackion Val￿ unlw (ther￿Se ststed the relevanl notes to these The f￿￿￿La} state4nenls hve be￿ prepared ID accith with the State1)￿th of R￿￿Mmgnd¢d Practicc: Accounting 8nd R¢porting by Charitics Frfepwing their xc(wnts llna￿ with the Finaticial R¢porting Standard applicable inthe UK and Republic of Itrknd (FRsiill) iS8￿d ￿ 16 July 2014 alld Financi81 Rep)rting Standard applicable in the Unit&l Kttwdom and Retthtic of (FRS 1021 the Ch8ritie5 Act 2011 th¢ Companffies Act 2(￿. St. Jithn$ Community Developm￿￿ Ptoiect is acom￿Y limited by guaran1￿ In the eV￿t of the ChaTity being WOW￿ up, the liability in of the W￿18ntee F5 to £1 w mernber of the Charity. 1.3 P8bllebeMefitenihy The charitabk company medsth¢ defmition of bu￿fil ￿lity &4 defitKd by FRS IIY2. 1.4 In¢omereupgMithpn income t5 r¢cognis¢d when the Cb8rity has entidanejrtto it is woFAbl¢ that the ]Du￿e will receiv￿, ond the amount can be n￿SL￿￿1 r¢liably. Income from gran￿ ￿ether.Capitar or knfeau¢ grdnt4 is recwi5ed Wh￿ the charity has entitlementto th¢ conditions allach￿ to ￿ 8raDts have Ixen ￿ it is wolmblethat the will bcrectived arLd th¢ amowit Can be reliably gnd is Mt dcfurryl. Th8 value of services provided by Yohuffttts notlKLT inclw]ryJ ac4MU 1.5 EwndlthretMdlrreaJver4ble VA T Expenditure is TeLYJgnised once there is 4 le8al or ¢(#￿ve obligation to n]akepAyment to athird it 18 wobable th Sdtlem￿1 will beTqUi￿l a￿1 the amount of the obliwion be measured Teliably. All ¢xpenditur¢ is xcounteAI for on an accnwls bL8is. All expenycs incl￿J1￿g sutvort Costs and governan eosts are allocthd to the app1]￿ble he¥li EX￿Id]￿￿e iNludes VAT8lld IB tqxthj a5 fthrt ofts ¢x￿￿]tille to whith 1¢ General fiJ]th are unrestrthd fimds whicb arc avai14)le for use at the di84¥etion of th¢Thkn in fithrats￿ of the grytral objects of the CharIty￿d which havc notbeen desi￿￿￿5 for other purp(1￿8. Designated funds are unre%tri(tsd futth that have bern Sd &4ide by the TDJSteis forp9rtiadar pUr￿5t￿. ROstriCt￿ fuT¥Js are fuNJs wbich ar¢ to bE us&1 in acc(¥d￿￿1th spe¢ifK restrictio￿% imposed by dono whith have be￿ rnised by the Charity forpartkiilar The ¢y)st of raising such fimds are charged against the specific fimd. The aim use of each rtstricted fiind is in the ￿trte5 to the f￿￿la1 Statetnc￿ts. 1.7 TangihleJZtrd45sets omddeprtel All c4)sting more than £lJtK) are capit81isro1 Tangible fixed &ss&s aTe stskd at cost Iss accjjmulatcd depreciatioL Dqwi4tion is proviikd at rates ealculated to writs off the (xxt of eath 8*t ovty ils Us¢fi￿ lik whith it) all c4se5 bs estiTnatcd at 4 1.8 Cash Ilowstatemert The financial statemo)ts do not include a osb flow because th¢ charity. Ls a smajl reporting entity. ts exempt froTn the wulTan￿1$ toprepar¢ #udh astat¢th￿t uttder FinaD¢id R¢portin8 Standard IU2 03 amended by Update Bull&in l.

ST. JOHNS COMMUNITY DEVELOPME1￿ PROE Notes to the FinancSal Statsm8nts forthe yew ended 31 De¢en¥)er2023 I VOLUNfARY INCOME 2023 Total Funds 2022 Total Funds 501 501 501 501 500 5(10 3. CHARITABLE AcfiviTIFS 2023 Totsi Ful￿$ 2022 Total Funds Funds contr￿￿tiOnS for adivilic Charitsbl¢ giving Holiday c4Xrtribution8 1,183 1561 1.183 1561 7.990 10,734 3.584 2271 5,855 REsfRICTED INCOLWE FROM CHARrfABiZ ACTIVITIFS 2023 2022 Total Funds Funds Cty of Lmdon- City Bridge Tnkst National Lottery stock￿11 ¢omnwnity 818nt Awards for All Ithdon Community FowMlation.Jubik¢ 10.0( 58.088 1,953 10.000 58.088 .953 10,867 58.088 9.425 3.873 81253 70.041 3 Total IDcomt from Cb￿￿tab￿ Aellviti KAISJNG FUNDS 2022 Funds Fuud5 Funds 238 238 238 238 298 298 CHARITABLE EXPENDITURE 2023 2022 Total Funds Funds SENIOR CITIZENS Staff costs Session01 workers Resour(xs & activities Holiday and trips Staff trailling AlloGation of supp(cAk8ts 46.671 9.104 46.678 11242 4.064 7.979 43.198 18,841 6240 1138 3.164 575 13.862

ST. J￿N$ COMMUNITY DEVELOPMEirf PROJECT Notss to the FinaFKid Statements for the yearended 31 tknmber2023 GOVERNALYCE cosrs 2022 Fund$ Funds Indq>¢ndent Ex9ml￿S fee coM￿nY House chpr849 250 250 250 13 263 250 250 7. RLSOURCES EXPENDED 2023 Funds 2022 S¢nior Citszais Direct charitable expty￿1tiuE Costs of 8cnetatin8 fwML4 Oovernance costs SuptxKt costs 57.920 57.920 13.703 13.703 75ffl7 75,687 238 250 82,934 298 263 238 250 13.703 18 13.703 ELATED PARTIES The Chair. until July 2024. of the St Johns Community Project W&8 alw th¢ Incumburt #nd Viw of Christ CThurth gnd St joh￿ claph￿n- The a¢tivities of tkn Proj￿t tske pla￿ iothe Churth Hau at St John's. The running costs ofthe bu1￿1n8 are paMI fv by the ￿urCh wl¥) rstimate £S.OIMI w ￿uM rel8te di￿lY to the Proj& UPPORT COSTS 2023 2022 12.(KKI ii(M>o 12,(KJO 1,125 88 705 349 364 Offire ULuipme£rt Postag¢ & stati( Telephon¢. mobiles & int Bank Charges Oth¢r office rosts Subs￿lPt1Ons & M1￿fi 14 38 698 148 245 52 783 203 335 330 55 91 330 575 13.128 ID STAFF COSTS & TRusfEFS' RKMUNKRATION 21Y23 2022 Salaries Sessional workers 46.678 11242 57,920 43.198 18,R41 62.039 The avtrag¢ lluntherof time staff in theyear was4 (2022: 4). s￿lOnal w￿￿er8 assist with variws adiviti&sof th¢ Pwie I p￿IngYear. amounted tts £17.W8.

ST. JOHNS COMhlUNITY DEVELOPIAEiif PRCXIECT tss to the Finanday stolem￿ts forlht year 31 Decembw 2023 11. DEBTORS 2023 2022 12. CREDITORS.. falHng d•¢ wlthift one ytAr 2023 Sundryerditors & thyllals 250 250 13. sfATEMENT OV FUNDS Balan 31-Dcc-13 01-Jart-23 Restritted hnd5 SthTrior citizens 4,840 of the ch8rity¥ a¢tivits. Balanee 31-D￿23 OJ-J8Tr.23 Resowc48 Summary of futsds G¢neral funds R￿trICted funds 6399 11235 (14.112) 0.041 84.153 3.522 4,840 8J62 81 14. ANALYSIS OF NET A&SEIS BETWEEN Fuf4DS Totsls 2021 10.862 10,802 CuTTent liabilities 15. CORPORATION TAXATION Project is a registettd dwrity is exemFrf frryntsx on and gain5 fallingNvithÉn seetiott 505 of the Tax&s Act 1988 or seLtton 252 of tho Taxation of CJw8eable G&itt8 Art1992 to the cxtcnt th* these are applied to its dwitabl¢ activitiss. 16 GOING CONCERN was a small deficit in the yearof Q878 which has veducd the Surp1￿ loNard to £3.522. The ch￿tty (xyntinue to I[￿k¢ applications lo pteDtial fimdus. The Trugtees consider that d¢bts will ntinue to be paid as tlw fall and that suffi(tnt fundTrtgwJll be rett1V￿ to meet th¢ Charity's costs of io