Charity Begins at Home
Report and Unaudited Financial Statements
For the year ended 31 December 2020
Charity number: 1111079
Charity Begins at Home
Unaudited Financial Statements For the year ended 31 December 2020
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| Charity information | 1 |
| Report of the Management Committee | 2-4 |
| Report of the Independent Examiner | 5 |
| Statement of financial activities | 6 |
| Balance sheet | 7 |
| Notes to the financial statements | 8-11 |
| Detailed income and expenditure account | 12 |
Char Be ins at Home Company information Charity Number.. 1111079 Registered Address: 1st Floor loa Station Road Hayes Middlesex U63 4DA Members of the management committee who served asTrustees during the year to 31" December 2020. Nadeern Ahmed Subrinah Ran A¢countantlExarniner Delta Accouniancy Ltd 6 Homer Street Marylebone London WIH 4NT Bankers Metro Bank Unit 8 Hayes Bridge Retail Park Southall U84 ORH Pfesldent To be ¢Jppointed Approved by order of the Board of trustees . And si8ned on the behalf by.. Nadeem Ahmed.............. 2811112021 Subrinah Rana - 2811112021
Charity Begins At Home Report of the Trustees For the Year Ended 1 October 2020
The Trustees present their report with the charity's financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2020. The Trustees have adopted the provisions of the Accounting and Reporting by 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 (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015)
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
In its governing document, the charity's objectives are to provide food and hospitality to impoverished individuals living in the central London area by running a weekly food bank every Friday and distributing pre-cooked meals directly to the street every Wednesday. All these activities are carried out to address poverty in society. We also help people in need in the Essex, Bedford, Birmingham and Manchester regions through our supporters and volunteers as part of our commitment.
Friday Food Distribution
Charity Begins at Home's (CBAH) weekly food distribution runs every Friday since the charity's inception without a break. We run this session from 5 pm to 7 pm, with the help of volunteers to over 200 guests (homeless and needy). The unique objective of CBAH is to treat the guests who depend on the food provided with utmost dignity and respect. Volunteers trained in the approach to ensure total commitment to this goal. Rather than serving a single meal option that may not suit all guests' tastes, a range of high-quality food items is provided, and guests may choose the things they prefer. This includes bottled water, yoghurts, fruit, vegetables, sandwiches, ready meals and warm meals, as well as coffee and snacks when available. This approach means less food is wasted, and guests have higher levels of satisfaction.
Charity Biker Project
Every Wednesday, we run our Charity Bike Project; we were providing more than 50 hot meals donated by Fleming Mayfair Hotel through our volunteer bikers on the streets of London for those in need. This high-quality food is the best food delivered by any charity in the UK. This unique partnership allows London's homeless to taste and enjoy the highest food quality, reflecting CBAHs commitment to guests' wellbeing.
Mobile Food BANK
Through this project, we have provided food and other life-essential items to the families in need at their doorsteps without compromising their pride. We served hundreds of families, especially during the most challenging times in the pandemic.
Smart Food Bank
This is one of the unique projects that any charity has introduced supermarket prepaid gift cards. When we hand out a gift card to a family, they can go and do their little shopping, and no one knows who has provided them with this card; hence we keep their pride and dignity at the highest level. It’s the future of Food Banks where we have been operating bypassing, staffing, logistics, warehousing, collection and delivery, transport to make it a direct tool to deliver to families in need.
ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE
Charitable Activities
The importance of CBAHs services during the pandemic has been indisputable, as London's impoverished population has grown due to economic challenges. The food bank has played a vital role in sustaining the guests' nutrition and other coats where possible.
CBAH helped provide a sense of comfort and community during these challenging times for the vulnerable people and motivated and empowered the volunteers to look after these people in need as responsible British citizens.
Through CBAHs unique hospitable approach, participating volunteers and guests continue to enjoy frequent friendly interactions. This environment provides an occasion for participants to socialize and interact, despite the quick and efficient throughput of guests, allowing the project to touch the lives of hundreds of guests every week.
FINANCIAL REVIEW
The Charity's revenue for the year was £36,278 compared to last year when we collected only £9,885. This significant change happened thanks to the strong support of one of our corporate donors, who made a substantial donation. We also found numerous new supporters of our Charity who generously made decent donations. These new funds helped the Charity improve and enhance our services, and we are also planning to extend our services and strengthen our donor base, which will allow us to be a more efficient organisation.
Charity Begins At Home Report of the Trustees For the Year Ended October 1 2020
The Trustees continuing aim is to retain sufficient cash funds within Charity's bank account to provide adequate working capital to sustain day-to-day operations, provide funding for the continuation of food distributions and Food Banks (Mobile and Smart). Furthermore, ensure that CBAH can extend its services with new offerings. These form the general reserves of the Charity. As of January 1, 2020, Charity's cash reserves were below a couple of thousand pounds, including all the restricted funds.
Governance and Management
Charity Begins at Home is subject to an August 6, 2005, Declaration of Trust. It is a standard charity serving in London, Essex, Bedford, Manchester and Birmingham areas. The charity is controlled by its governing documents that constitute the charity. An appointed president heads a team of dedicated volunteers who oversee the overall management and control of the charity.
Charity Begins at Home Chairman's Report Year Ended 1st October 2020.
Last year was very challenging for the whole charity sector, where charities were struggling to operate, and most of them decided to stop working. WE, as a charity, not only continued our services but also encouraged other charities to resume their operations. It was challenging to continue our operations to care for vulnerable and needy people on the streets of London and families in difficulty in their homes.
It was terrific as the luck favors the brave we continued our operations, and as a result, we found so many new and more amazing volunteers who are the backbone of this charity to progress. We helped hundreds of vulnerable (Homeless) and needy people and families and distributed over 30,000 hot meals with the same amount of water, drinks, juices, yoghurts, bread, fruits, snacks, sandwiches, crisps, clothes, sleeping bags, tents, socks, undergarments, jackets, hygiene packs with love and warm hospitality.
We have also raised decent funds for our much-needed operations. Although our charity is a volunteer-based organisation with no paid staff, even then, we helped thousands of people in need and made a difference in their lives with our commitment, hard work, dedication, and outstanding skills.
I want to thank all of my exceptional and talented volunteers who have worked hard and achieved excellence in our service to the community. I must thank the trustees for their continued support over this past traumatic year. Since we are in a much better position, we aim to improve the level and quality of our customers' services.
We helped many of them to bring them out by providing jobs and work. We also conducted corporate volunteering sessions where many prestigious organisations like the Home Office, International Trade Department and private companies and organisations came forward and worked with us. They appreciated the experiences of working with us and received tremendous feedback from them.
We worked hard with our phenomenal team, and we are very confident that we will serve our community better in the next year and bring many of those less fortunate (homeless) back on their feet by providing them with jobs, work, and training. Let us hope 2021/2022 is a better year for us all, and we continue to make a difference as we always say that; together, we are making a difference ad we will continue to make a difference.
Muhammad Saleem Awan
Chairman
Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
Report to the trustees/ Charity Name members of Charity Begins at Home On accounts for the year 31/12/2020 Charity no 1111079 ended (if any) Set out on pages (5 – 12)
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31 / 12 / 2020 .
- Responsibilities and basis of As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of the report accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examiner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
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the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
- Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
Date: 28/11/2021 Signed: Name: Faisal Sultan Relevant professional CPAA qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: Delta Accountancy Ltd 6 Homer Street, Marylebone London, W1H 4NT
| Charity Begins at Home | Charity Begins at Home | Charity Begins at Home | Charity Begins at Home | Charity No | 1111079 | ||
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| Annual accounts for the period | |||||||
| Period start date | 01/01/2020 | To | Period end date |
31/12/2020 | |||
| Section A Statement of financial activities | |||||||
| Recommended categories by activity |
Notes | Unrestricted funds |
Restricted income funds |
Endowment funds |
Total funds | Prior year funds |
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| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |||
| Incoming resources (Note 3) | |||||||
| Income and endowments from: | |||||||
| Donations and legacies | 36,278 | - | - | 36,278 | - | ||
| Charitable activities | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Other trading activities | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Investments | - | - | - | - | |||
| Separate material item of income | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Other | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Total | 3 | 36,278 | - | - | 36,278 | - | |
| Resources expended (Note 4) | |||||||
| Expenditure on: | |||||||
| Raising funds | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Charitable activities | 10,084 | - | - | 10,084 | - | ||
| Separate material item of expense | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Other | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Total | 4 | 10,084 | - | - | 10,084 | - | |
| Net income/(expenditure) before investment gains/(losses) |
26,194 | - | - | 26,194 | - | ||
| Net gains/(losses) on investments | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Net income/(expenditure) | 26,194 | - | - | 26,194 | - | ||
| Extraordinary items | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Transfers between funds | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Other recognised gains/(losses): | |||||||
| Gains and losses on revaluation of fixed assets for the charity’s own use | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Other gains/(losses) | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Net movement in funds | 26,194 | - | - | 26,194 | - | ||
| Reconciliation of funds: | |||||||
| Total funds brought forward | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Total funds carried forward | 26,194 | - | - | 26,194 | - |
Charity Begins at Home Balance sheet 31 December 2020
| Notes | Unrestricted funds |
Restricted income funds |
Endowment funds |
Total this year |
Total last year |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| Fixed assets | ||||||
| Intangible assets | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Tangible assets | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Heritage assets | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Investments | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Total fixed assets | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Current assets | ||||||
| Stocks | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Debtors | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Investments | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 26,194 | - | - | 26,194 | - | |
| Total current assets | 26,194 | - | - | 26,194 | - | |
| Creditors: amounts falling due within one year |
- | - | - | - | - | |
| Net current assets/(liabilities) | 26,194 | - | - | 26,194 | - | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | 26,194 | - | - | 26,194 | - | |
| Creditors: amounts falling due after one year |
- | - | - | - | - | |
| Provisions for liabilities | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Total net assets or liabilities | 26,194 | - | - | 26,194 | - | |
| Funds of the Charity | ||||||
| Endowment funds | - | - | - | |||
| Restricted income funds | - | - | - | |||
| Unrestricted funds | 26,194 | - | 26,194 | - | ||
| Revaluation reserve | - | |||||
| Total funds | 26,194 | - | - | 26,194 | - | |
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Notes to the Unaudited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2020
Accounting policies
Basis of preparation
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) Accounting and Reporting by 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 (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015); Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland ' and the Companies Act 2006.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention with the exception of investments which are included at market value.
The financial statements are prepared in pounds sterling which is the functional currency of the charity. Monetary amounts in these statements are rounded to the nearest £.
Preparation of the accounts on a going concern basis
At the time of approving the accounts the Trustees have considered that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue. Thus, the Trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the accounts.
Grants are recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities in the year to which they relate. Generally, grants have conditions attached that create a service requirement that must be met by the Charity and accordingly are included as incoming resources from charitable activities.
Resources expended are recognised in the period in which they are incurred. Resources expended include attributable VAT which cannot be recovered.
Resources expended are allocated to the particular activity where the cost including staff salaries relates directly to that activity.
Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost of each asset either over its expected useful life which is estimated to be at 5 years (3 years in respect of computers) or over the period covered by the grant receivable which may be three years or less.
Unrestricted funds are other incoming resources receivable without specified purpose, budgetary conditions or contracts and are available as general funds.
Restricted funds are to be used for specific purposes as laid down by the grantor.
Expenditure which meets these criteria is charged to the fund, together with a fair allocation of management and support costs.
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Notes to the Unaudited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2020
Net incoming resources for the year
| Net incoming resources for the year | |
|---|---|
| 2020 | |
| £ | |
| This is stated after crediting and charging | |
| Bank deposit interest received | |
| Depreciation | - |
| Impairment of Assets | - |
| Accountancy and independent Examination | 350 |
| Trustees expenses | - |
| Incoming resources | |
| Charitable Activities | - |
| Grants | - |
| Donations | 36278 |
| Other | - |
| Investments | - |
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Notes to the unaudited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2020
| Expenditure Expenditure on charitable activities Premises Repairs General Administration Depreciation |
2020 £ - - 10,084 - £10,278 |
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- No Trustee received any remuneration during the year or in the previous year Trustees are not reimbursed for travelling costs.
| 6.Tangible fixed assets Cost | |
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| £ | |
| Brought forward | - |
| Additions | - |
| Disposal of Asserts | - |
| Impairment of Assets | - |
| Carried forward | - |
| Depreciation | - |
| Brought forward | - |
| Charge for the year | - |
| Adjustment for disposals | - |
| Carried forward | - |
| £ | |
| Net book value | |
| At 31st December 2020 | £ - |
| 7. Debtors | 2020 |
| £ | |
| Amounts falling due within one year | |
| Contract income receivable | - |
| Accrued Income | - |
| Prepayments | - |
| £ - | |
| 8. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year | |
| 2020 | |
| £ | |
| Income received in advance | - |
| Accruals | - |
| £ - |