## **Banooda Aid Foundation** **Annual Report 2019/2020** **398-400 Lillie Road London SW6 7PE** **Charity Number: 1119903** 1 ## **1. BAF administrative information:** **Charity Name:** Banooda Aid Foundation **Charity Registration No:** 1119903 ## **Registered Office** 398-400 Lillie Road London SW6 7PE **Operational Address:** 78 White City Close London W12 7DZ **Telephone number:** 020 8616 2770 **Fax** 020 8616 2770 **Email address:** banoodaaid@yahoo.co.uk **Web:** banooda.org ## **Trustees:** Mr Abdirahaman Ibrahim Mr Yaqub Sharif Ishaq Mrs Fartun Ali Sheikh Mr Nuur Ahmed Mrs Habibo Khayre Chairman vice Chair Secretary Treasurer Women Group **Accountants:** Veritas Business Soluntions LTD Suit 36 The Vale Business Centre 203-205 The Vale London W3 7QS **Account name: Account type: Sort code: Account number:** BANOODA AID COMMUNITY 400321 01674757 2 ## **1. Chair Report** ## **Chair’s Foreword** The trustees present their report and accounts for the year ended 31 August 2020. I am pleased to present the Banooda Aid Foundation’s Annual Accounts Report for the year ended 31[st] August 2020 (2019–2020) to all our members and supporters, during which the Organisation has grown to support a large number of users from diverse communities and has worked in partnership with many organisations that have helped make our work possible The year 2019/20 presented challenges for BAF with funding, however BAF managed to keep projects running with the benefit of excellent volunteers and staff. The workers at BAF are commendable and dedicated to providing professional services despite the difficulties faced in securing funding. The year has also been a very busy, eventful and challenging one at Banooda Aid Foundation. A lot of major and significant developments have taken place. This is evident in the rich variety of work detailed in the following report. It is almost impossible for me to single out one or two sections of BAF’s work because BAF has made a ‘real and significant difference’ to refugee communities within the borough and surrounds areas level, through several open online meetings, fighting knife crime, summer trips, empowering women supporting elderly and proving services for the local communities, liaison, partnerships, forums, income generation sessions, information, and training etc. All these activities done mostly online.… Organisation has carried different projects during this year. Our staffs have worked hard to successfully deliver all the projects that we run this year. I would like to take this opportunity to record our appreciation of the efforts of our local authority the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Community Liaison and Regeneration staff, Awards for All, Active Londoners (mayor of London), Young Hammersmith & Fulham Foundation (YHFF), The British & Foreign School Society BFSS, John Lyon’s Charity and BBC Children in Need for their continuous support to the BAF since its inception to date. This support has empowered and enabled the BAF to meet the unmet needs of BAFs. Finally, I would like to thanks all of BAF’s staff, volunteers, and management committee members. They have all worked very hard to make this year as successful. Most of all, I would like to thank our funders, especiall Young Hammersmith & Fulham Foundation (YHFF), BBC Children in Need, The British & Foreign School Society BFSS, Active Londoners (mayor of London) and Awards for all. I would also like to thank SOBUS, Hammersmith and Fulham Police, Young Hammersmith and Fulham Foundation, HF Volunteer center, Wood Lane Tenant Association, National Resources Center for Supplementary School, London Youth, Masbaro Center, the Hammersmith & Fulham Law Centre, Fulham CAB, and HAFAD and other agencies for their support and good working relationship over the past year. 3 We will continue to demonstrate our commitment to support the community and we will continue to develop the capacity of the Management Committee and the Organisation to respond to a changing sector and to the differing needs of its wider membership. We are, as always, very grateful for the input, support and expertise of members, staff, volunteers and our funders in helping us to move forward with confidence. With these words I will take up no more of your time. Let me thank you all very much indeed and compliment BAF upon its achievements. The untiring energy and perseverance of all our staff, committee members, volunteers and supporters have brought us to our present position from which we can look forward to even brighter and successful future. ## **Chairman** ## **Abdirahman Sheikh Ibrahim** 4 ## **2. Introduction:** BAF has been established to address issues of social exclusion and disadvantage we started in August 2006 and have since been expanding our activities and services to community groups. These include refugees or asylum seeker groups who need our support in facing the challenges of living in today's British society. Furthermore we initiated contacts with organisations in Somalia who will be our partners in development. Banooda Aid Foundation is run by a Management Committee consisting of 5 people, elected annually from the membership of the Association. Full membership is open to all Somalis who subscribe the aims and objectives of the association. The others who do not fall in this category are associate members. However, one does not necessarily need to be a member of Banooda Aid Foundation in order to be served (i.e. to become client). ## **3. Aims and Objectives** The organisation was founded with the following objectives: The objects of the charity are to: - Advance, provide or assist in the provision of facilities for the education recreation and Leisure time occupation of the inhabitants of London and in particular persons of East African origin, By associating together with the inhabitants, other youth community groups, voluntary organisations and local authorities, with the object of improving the conditions of life for the said inhabitants. - To advance the sports facilities for young ethnic minorities mainly young people from East African origin and their families - To reduce the level of poverty and social exclusion among Young Somalis and Minority Ethnic Community living in the UK, and Internationally. - To advance the education of Somali youth and families by promoting and developing better relations between Somali parents and pupils and schools teachers. - To provide Educational support and Employment Training for young people and their parents who have multiple barriers e.g. refugees, asylum seekers, low income and disadvantaged and language problems - To educate and assist parents & young persons through their leisure time activities so as to develop, stimulate and improve their interest in, and understanding of, education system. - To promote and develop the dissemination of English based education information and materials into the Somali languages and other languages. - To preserve and safeguard the health of its beneficiaries who are in danger of nutritional and other specific afro centric illness so they may grow to full 5 maturity as individuals and members of society and that their conditions of life may improve. - To reduced and prevent anti-social behaviour for young people and their families by providing workshops and activities - To provide service and support for young refugees and asylum seekers mainly those from Somalia and east Africa Origin. - Promote such other charitable purposes as may from time to time be determined. ## **4. The Trustees Responsibilities** The law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year, which give a true and fair view of the Charity's financial activities during the year and of its financial position at the end of the year. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to: - Ø Select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently - Ø Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business - Ø Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent - Ø The Trustees are responsible for keeping accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charity Act 1993. - Ø They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Charity - and hence taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregulaties. 6 ## **5. Current projects:** ## v **Supplementary School** The school has been funded by BFSS, BBC Children in Need and YHFF Young Hammersmith and Fulham Foundation has also supported the project. The school runs online every Saturday and is open to children and young people aged between five and sixteen or 19 years old from Somali and other BME communities. The school is very popular with 100 pupils attending per year. The curriculum covers Science, English and Mathematics but also works to develop the confidence and self esteem of the pupils. Banooda Aid Foundation is a member of the SOBUS Supplementary School Network based in Hammersmith and Fulham which aims to share best practice and learning between organisations and schools and the national resource centre. The school achieved BRONZE quality Mark and the organisation is working towards gaining its Supplementary School quality mark silver. ## v **Somalian Tackling Domestic Violence:** This project funded by Awards For All; this project was educational and support activities on domestic violence to improve minority communities' understanding about the social and criminal implication of the issue. Domestic violence has become a widespread violent attitude in the different communities we work with and this cause separation, divorce, families distortion and breakdown with a negative impact on children and women. The greatest factors fueling this attitude are due to cultural, language barrier, economic hardships and dependence. There were also huge gaps in knowledge and available services for women and children from ethnic minorities who are victims of domestic violence This project was benefited our most families: 1. They were improved level of knowledge and understanding of domestic violence and its implications 2. The reduced level of domestic violence in the communities� 3. The reduced level of crime commissions as a result of domestic violence� 4. They were improved level of families cohesion ## v **Advocacy** An Information and Counselling online Service is provided as usually four days a week Monday to Thursday at 10.00am to 02.00pm for refugees and asylum seekers. Services provided include information and advice on housing, welfare, education and training opportunities. Most of the users of these services are women. Over 320 people have benefited from the service; however, the demand was far higher than the organisation was able to provide. 7 Our refugees and asylum seekers require this assistance in order to enable them to access services they are legally entitled to and to receive emotional support. ## **BAnooda Aid Foundation FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 August 2020 SUMMARY INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT** ||**2020**|**2020**|**2020**|**2019**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**Restricted**|**Unrestricted**||| |**Notes**|
**Funds**|**Funds**|**Total**|**Total**| |**INCOMING RESOURCES**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**| |**Grants:**||||| |London Community Foundation||||| |LBHF Fast Track||||3,500| |BBC Children in Need|4,750||4,750|9,500| |Hammersmith Charity United||||3,750| |John Lyon’s Charity||||4,000| |Awards For All|9,650||9,650|| |Donation and BAF Members Contribution||14,378|14,378|13,025| |Young Hammersmith and Fulham Foundation|(YHFF) 2,500||2,500|2,500| |The British & Foreign School Society (BFSS)||5,010|5,010|5,010| |Actice Londoners (mayor of London)|900||900|3,600| ||______|______|______|______| |**Total Income**
|**17,800**|**19,388**|**37,188**|**44,885**| ||**=====**|**=====**|**=====**|**=====**| All of the above results are derived from continuing activities. There were no other gains or losses other than those stated above. Movements in funds are disclosed in note 4 to the financial statements. 8 Banooda Foundatio Sta¢emeDt of Fi•amcial.4cti%i¢ies for Year emded 31 Al￿St 2020 2020 Total 2019 Total Imrestri¢ted Restiirted Gramts a*d Don3tAtinS 19_388 17.800 37_188 44.885 ResoTArces expe•ded Drect expenses Sa￿Y Youth Th'"ork 14.368 1.920 2_315 1.137 12.866 1,9?0 2_315 1.137 Staff d￿￿0pment and 622 Pren)ises costs: 4.IrfA 4.1 4.164 4.164 10.420 10.520 365 Coach Hite 3.440 3.540 456 tnswattces 558 558 1.500 1. 460 914 1_200 2.1(K) 1.289 314 14.749 2550 2700 620 15SO 2740 500 314 11.824 1. 460 9?4 r&e5hment C05t N'ohjntett Expenses 2.100 1289 314 13.470 1289 Legal andprde5sK¥d costs: 4(K) 13SO 766 35 2.781 Other kgai prdes&crf 140 140 140 <40 41X) 1.689 38.*14 44.692 {deficit) 17.699 -20.714 -3.015 -807 Bala￿e FOr￿ard 16_672 -9_168 7_504 8_311 Balam¢è Carried Fomrd 34J71 -29J82 4,489 ## **Banooda Aid Foundation Statement of Financial Activities for Year ended 31 August 2020** ## **Banooda Aid Foundation Balance Sheet as at 31 August 2020** |**Notes**
**Fixed assets**
Tangible assets
**Current assets**
Cash at bank and in hand
**Creditors: amounts falling**
**due within one year**
2
**Net Current Assets**
**Net Assets**
**Reserves**
Income and expenditure
current year.
3
**Total Funds**|4,990
(1,757)|**2020**
**£**
1,256
3,233
4,489
4,489
4,489|8,882
(2,948)|**2019**
**£**
1,570

5,934| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||| |||||7,504| |||||7,504| |||||7,504| 10 ## **2 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year** |**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
Other creditors
Professional Fees
**Statement of Financial activities**
At 1 September 2019
Surplus for the year
At 31 August 2020|**2020**
**£**
-
-
0
**2020**
**£**
7,504
(3,015)
4,489|**2019**
**£**
2,348
600| |---|---|---| |||2,948| ## **3 Statement of Financial activities** - **4 Grants and Donations** Grants & Donations **2020 £** 37,188 - **5** Transactions with trustees No transactions other than the refund of out of pocket expenses for the trustees of the Charity took place during the year under review ## **Approved by the Management Committee on and signed on its behalf by:** ||**Abdirahman Sheikh Ibrahim**
**Chairperson**
**Signature:**
**On 18th July 2020**|**Nuur Ahmed**
**Treasurer**
**Signature:**
**On 18th July 2020**| |---|---|---| 11 ## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPEORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020** ## **BANOODA AID FOUNDATION** I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 August 2020, which are set out on page 10 to 12. ## **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 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to: Examine the accounts under the section 145 of the Charities Act; To follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act); and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. ## **Basic of independent examiner's report** My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records 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 any examination, no matter has come to my attention: (1) Which gives me reasonable cause to believe that, in the any material respect, the requirements: To keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; To prepare accounts, which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirement of the Charities Act has not been met: or (2) To which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Mr N Mohamed BA MSc Accountant Date: 19th July 2020 Veritas Business Solutions Limited Suite 36, The Vale Business Centre 203-205 The Vale London,W3 7QS 12