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2024-03-31-accounts

AFRICAN REFUGEE COMMUNITY

ANNUAL REPORT OF ACTIVITIES March 2024

African Refugee Community (ARC) is a registered charitable organisation providing confidential emotional and practical holistic support to African Asylum Seekers and Refugees living in the borough of Barnet in particular and surrounding boroughs in general. Our aim is to facilitate the safe integration, relocation and rehabilitation of our service users who often present complex and challenging issues. Our target is to improve the quality of their life and promote their well-being in different aspects of their integration by helping them to reduce health inequalities, social exclusion, poverty and stigmatisation. The Safeguarding promotion of our clients is our priority.

ARC works with individuals as well as families, we closely work with professionals from statutory and voluntary agencies providing additional and appropriate services

What we offer

Our members:

During this financial year 2023-2024, African Refugee Community has registered about 270 African service users from different gender and background attending to our holistic and integration services for different needs. They came from countries such as:

Uganda Sudan Democratic Republic of Congo Algeria Tunisia Rwanda Burundi Angola Togo Gambia Ivory Coast Cameroun Ghana

Many of them have been granted asylum and now in the process of funding permanent accommodation, employment / training and education for a better future.

We have 8 volunteers, academic students and temporary staff members delivering different integration projects.

We run a Drop in sessions every Monday and Friday from 10.00-15.00pm for new service users and existing ones with urgent need for support. We have different activities going on the rest of the days from individual support to group ones. We also organise home visit and accompany many of our service users to their different appointments with statutory or voluntary agencies.

Service covered during 2023-2024

Challenges:

Financial Support received from:

Partner Agencies

General comment

The work of African Refugee Community is based on the slow building of trusting and open relationship between service users , volunteers and staff members. We aim to provide an experience of safety, stability and reality which may be the first time which a new asylum seeker or refugee has known these.

We hold the hope that the holistic and integration support we provide will rebuilt trust and offer thoughtful space where they can begin to make good choices of friendship, study, work and begin to believe in their own strengths. They will become more resilient in the face of the ordinary stresses of life and find a place in the community of exile where they might contribute to the life of the community where they live.

We are hugely grateful to our volunteers, staff members, and trustees in term of their energy, dedication and commitments. We also want to express our gratitude to different donors and partner organisation, which with such generosity support our work.

Life of a refugee is a transitional one and need a lot of support guidance, orientation and trust in order to achieve theoir4 goals.

Bitenge Makuka Operations Manager African Refugee Community 29.10.2025

Where to Find Us

Our address: African Refugee Community Office 3, Friary House Friary Park Friern Barnet Lane London N20 0NR

Our Contacts: Office: Tel/ Fax: 020 8368 9070 Mobile: 07956566573 Email address: africanrefuigeecommunity@acrc.org.uk Website: www.africanrefugeecommunity.co.uk

Food delivery to our participants- Salted Fish WOODS I

Baking session

Healthy Eati ng session 191

Masks to be distributed to our participants

Walk in nature with a group of asylum seekers and refugees

Food distribution during the lockdown - Semolina CAWOO

Food delivery to our participants- Salted Fish

Food delivery during Christmas-

Charity Registration No. 1120861 (England and Wales)

AFRICAN REFUGEE COMMUNITY (ARC) ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024

AFRICAN REFUGEE COMMUNITY (ARC) ANNUAL REPORT AND UNAUDITED ACCOUNTS CONTENTS

Page
Charity information 3
Trustees' report 4
Accountants' report 6
Statement of income and retained earnings 7
Statement of financial position 8
Notes to the accounts 9
Detailed profit and loss account 11

AFRICAN REFUGEE COMMUNITY (ARC) CHARITY INFORMATION FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024

Trustees Bitenge Makuka Ma Mbombo Lukubika Mazuba Makwim Charity Number 1120861 (England and Wales) Registered Office Friary House, Friary Park Friern Barnet Lane London N20 0NR United Kingdom Accountants Accountae Ltd 3 The Quadrant Warwick Road Coventry CV1 2DY

AFRICAN REFUGEE COMMUNITY (ARC) (CHARITY NO: 1120861 ENGLAND AND WALES) TRUSTEES' REPORT

The Trustees present their report and accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024.

Principal activity

ANNUAL REPORT OF ACTIVITIES March 2024

African Refugee Community (ARC) is a registered charitable organisation providing confidential emotional and practical holistic support to African Asylum Seekers and Refugees living in the borough of Barnet in particular and surrounding boroughs in general.

Our aim is to facilitate the safe integration, relocation and rehabilitation of our service users who often present complex and challenging issues. Our target is to improve the quality of their life and promote their well-being in different aspects of their integration by helping them to reduce health inequalities, social exclusion, poverty and stigmatisation. The Safeguarding promotion of our clients is our priority.

ARC works with individuals as well as families, we closely work with professionals from statutory and voluntary agencies providing additional and appropriate services

What we offer

Trustees

The following Trustees held office during the whole of the period:

Bitenge Makuka Ma Mbombo Lukubika Mazuba Makwim

Charitable and Political donations

No poliical donations were made or received during the financial year

AFRICAN REFUGEE COMMUNITY (ARC) (CHARITY NO: 1120861 ENGLAND AND WALES) TRUSTEES' REPORT

Statement of Trustees' responsibilities

The Trustees are responsible for preparing the report and accounts in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

Charity law requires the Trustees to prepare accounts for each financial year. Under that law, the Trustees have elected to prepare the accounts in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under Charity law the Trustees must not approve the accounts unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Charity and of the profit or loss of the Charity for that period. In preparing these accounts, the Trustees are required to:

The Trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the Charity's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charity and enable them to ensure that the accounts 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.

Financial Support received from:

Small Charity provisions

This report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to small companies within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.

Signed on behalf of the board of Trustees

............................................................................

Bitenge Makuka Ma Trustee

Approved by the board on: 10 December 2024

AFRICAN REFUGEE COMMUNITY (ARC) ACCOUNTANTS' REPORT

Accountants' report to the board of Trustees of African Refugee Community (ARC) on the preparation of the unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024

In order to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Companies Act 2006 the charity commission law, we have prepared for your approval the accounts of African Refugee Community (ARC) for the year ended 31 March 2024 as set out on pages 7 - 10 from the Charity's accounting records and from information and explanations you have given us.

This report is made solely to the Board of Trustees of African Refugee Community (ARC), as a body, in accordance with the terms of our engagement letter dated 17 October 2021. Our work has been undertaken solely to prepare for your approval the accounts of African Refugee Community (ARC) and state those matters that we have agreed to state to them, as a body, in this report. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than African Refugee Community (ARC) and its Board of Trustees as a body for our work or for this report.

It is your duty to ensure that African Refugee Community (ARC) has kept adequate accounting records and to prepare statutory accounts that give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit of African Refugee Community (ARC). You consider that African Refugee Community (ARC) is exempt from the statutory audit requirement for the year.

We have not been instructed to carry out an audit or a review of the accounts of African Refugee Community (ARC). For this reason, we have not verified the accuracy or completeness of the accounting records or information and explanations you have given to us and we do not, therefore, express any opinion on the statutory accounts.

Accountae Ltd

3 The Quadrant Warwick Road Coventry CV1 2DY

10 December 2024

AFRICAN REFUGEE COMMUNITY (ARC) STATEMENT OF INCOME AND RETAINED EARNINGS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024

AFRICAN REFUGEE COMMUNITY (ARC) STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS AT 31 MARCH 2024

For the year ending 31 March 2024 the Charity was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies and charity law. The members have not required the Charity to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The Trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime and in accordance with the provisions of FRS 102 Section 1A - Small Entities.

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 10 December 2024 and were signed on its behalf by

Bitenge Makuka Ma Trustee

Charity Registration No. 1120861

AFRICAN REFUGEE COMMUNITY (ARC) NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024

1 Statutory information

African Refugee Community (ARC) is a Charity, registered in England and Wales, registration number 1120861. The registered office is Friary House, Friary Park, Friern Barnet Lane, London, N20 0NR, United Kingdom.

2 Compliance with accounting standards

The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of FRS 102 Section 1A Small Entities and charity law. There were no material departures from that standard.

3 Accounting policies

The principal accounting policies adopted in the preparation of the financial statements are set out below and have remained unchanged from the previous year, and also have been consistently applied within the same accounts.

Basis of preparation

The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention as modified by the revaluation of certain fixed assets.

Presentation currency

The accounts are presented in £ sterling.

Tangible fixed assets and depreciation

Tangible assets are included at cost less depreciation and impairment. Depreciation has been provided at the following rates in order to write off the assets over their estimated useful lives: 5

Computer equipment

Computer Equipment

Government grants

Government grants in relation to tangible fixed assets are credited to profit and loss account over the useful lives of the related assets, whereas those in relation to expenditure are credited when the expenditure is charged to profit and loss.

Turnover

Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, excluding discounts, rebates, value added tax and other sales taxes. Turnover from the sale of goods is recognised when goods have been delivered to customers such that risks and rewards of ownership have transferred to them. Turnover from the rendering of services is recognised by reference to the stage of completion of the contract. The stage of completion of a contract is measured by comparing the costs incurred for work performed to date to the total estimated contract costs.

AFRICAN REFUGEE COMMUNITY (ARC) NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024

4 Tangible fixed assets
Cost or valuation
At 1 April 2023
At 31 March 2024
Depreciation
At 1 April 2023
Charge for the year
At 31 March 2024
Net book value
At 31 March 2024
At 31 March 2023
5 Debtors
2024

£
Amounts falling due within one year
Accrued income and prepayments
28,840		 Computer
equipment
£
At cost
20,174
20,174
12,240
3,968
16,208
3,966
7,934
2023
£
11,924

6 Average number of employees

During the year the average number of employees was 3 (2023: 3).

AFRICAN REFUGEE COMMUNITY (ARC) DETAILED PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024

This schedule does not form part of the statutory accounts.


Turnover
Grants
Donations


Administrative expenses
Charitable Activities
Staff and Volunteers training
Travel and subsistence
Rent
Project Costs
Telephone and fax
Stationery and printing
Bank charges
Insurance
Equipment expensed
Depreciation
Sundry expenses
Accountancy fees
Consultancy fees
Management fees
Advertising and PR
Other legal and professional
Operating profit
Funds on ordinary activities		 £
£
Restricted Income
Unrestricted
Income		 £
£
Restricted Income
Unrestricted
Income		 2024
2023
£
£
Total Funds
Total Funds		 2024
2023
£
£
Total Funds
Total Funds
57,272
10,500
67,772
43,944
6,799
6,799
-
57,272
17,299
74,571
43,944
24,450
3,560
1,450
4,800
2,490
1,600
897
380
480
4,359
3,968
2,500
450
850
370
670
3,179		 24,450
2,489
3,560
3,400
1,450
2,870
4,800
3,300
2,490
-
1,600
1,450
897
645
380
260
480
480
4,359
3,500
3,968
3,968
2,500
2,350
450
450
850
850
370
-
670
350
3,179
12,500
51,653
4,800
56,453
38,862
18,118
5,082
18,118 5,082

Independent examiner's report on the

accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ AFRICAN REFUGEE COMMUNITY members of ~~ee~~ On accounts for the year 31[st] March 2024 Reg 1120861 ended ~~ee ee~~ Set out on pages 3 to 16 Of the financial statements ~~Pe~~ I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31st March 2024

Responsibilities and As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of 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 all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent I am qualified to undertake the examination by being a part qualified examiner's statement member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Date: 10/12/2024 Signed: ~~_~~ Name: Mamadou Bah ~~oO~~ Address: 109 Poppleton Close, Coventry, CV1 3BN ~~oo~~

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