## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01/05/2020 To 30/04/2021** **Charity name: ETHNIC HEALTH FORUM (EHF)** ## **Charity registration number: 1123223** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The main aim of the charity are:

To provide services in the health
and social care sector for the BAME
communities in Manchester and the
UK.

To support and work in the field of
research around BAME
communities in the UK| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|The main activities of EHF are:

Welfare and advice support

Employment support

Volunteering

Mental health support

English Language Conversation
Club

Digital Skills Enhancement

Digital Inclusion Activities| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Trustees confirm that the charity has
followed the guidance about public benefit
in all their services and activities, as
required and guided by the Charity
Commission.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference **Not Applicable** Para 1.38 Policy on grant making **Not Applicable** Para 1.38 |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment||| |---|---|---| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Not Applicable**| |Other||Safeguarding and Risk Assessment in line
with government guidelines due to Covid-
19 pandemic circumstances.| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|EHF, like anyone else, has seen
unprecedented circumstances of a
pandemic due to the spread of the Covid-
19 coronavirus. Society has been
completely locked down since 23rd March
2020 to counter this deadly virus's reach
and safeguard the people. Therefore,
Ethnic Health Forum had to adopt new
challenges with respect to staff working
and clients’ visits to our office as soon as
possible.
Immediately we had to shut down our face
to face services with immediate effect as
per government guidelines. The trustees
and the Chief Officer started the
consultation as to how best we could
continue offering our services to people in
dire need. The locked-down put
communities into many difficult situations
based on loss of jobs, closure of
businesses and issuance of government
guidelines regularly.
Thanks to the grant-making bodies and
funder, who opened up the opportunity for
a small organisation like us to react and
empower with digital inclusion skills and
resources. Ethnic Health Forum was able
to procure laptops and mobile phones for
our frontline key staff, thus enabling them
to continue to work from home. Our central
statistics reflect the surge in clientele by
May 2020, which reflects excellent
Governance and reflexivity on the part of
the Board.
Under the social distancing and face to
face restrictions, Ethnic Health Forum was
enabled by direct, immediate grants and| reserves to acquire PPE and build a partnership with Trinity Community Centre, Rusholme, to hire a bigger working space to carry out face-to-face meetings and the client work which was highly needed. Ethnic Health Forum staff and Board feel satisfied with how the organisation reacted to this pandemic. The staff continued to provide IAG services in welfare rights, English language, and IT skills enhancement. The digital program focused on enabling clients to access online services, meetings, and training opportunities. Moreover, EHF has played a crucial role in developing partnerships with other local VCSE organisations in Manchester. Forging small partnerships due to this pandemic has improved the internal capacity and capability to achieve UN sustainable growth goal number 17, emphasising collaboration and teamwork. This is a considerable achievement, and as a result of this improved culture within the organisation, the Ethnic Health Forum board is inclined to work in partnerships which are evident in our successful subsequent funding applications. Whilst making efforts to keep our essential services, Ethnic Health Forum also played its community engagement role by contributing to academic research targeted to minority ethnic communities and Covid19 (University of Manchester) or its vaccination (University of Aberdeen). In doing so, we achieved objects 2, 3 and 4 of our governing documents for the public benefit. We delivered services covering support for the unemployed, people with mild to moderate mental health issues, and fighting against hate-related crime in the local area. **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|Improved sense of satisfaction and
achievement the way organisation reacted
during this pandemic.
The organisation made a significant impact
in its endeavours towards digital inclusion.
Ethnic Health Forum provided most of its
services remotely using a cloud-based
system following GDPR and other IT admin
risks.
Ethnic Health Forum developed and
implemented the idea of its service-based| |---|---|---| |||mobile Application in response to this
pandemic where its clients’ could continue
to access our services remotely.
The presence of digital devices and the
capacity to organise Zoom based meetings
was another area of development where we
could coordinate online sessions with our
target communities.| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against the
objectives set|Para 1.41|The response from the Government and
other grant-making bodies to combat the
impact of the pandemic was highly
remarkable. Ethnic Health Forum
appreciates and praises this collective
response by the VCSE sector.
Ethnic Health Forum responded quickly to
counter the changing demands in the third
sector service provisions. Thanks to the
fantastic idea development of its staff and
trustee, Ethnic Health Forum was able to
attract funding against its brilliant digital
inclusion and empowerment project ideas,
recommended/acknowledged by funders
with their successful funding streams.
Ethnic Health Forum has now set its course
to enter into the era of digital inclusion with
more confidence and improved capacity
and capability.| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The organisation delivery of the services
complies with financial requirements. The
organisation had a successful year
financially based on the VCSE response to
the pandemic. Therefore, Ethnic Health
Forum raised expected funds to carry out
its activities and develop some new
initiatives.| |A statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Very few grants cover some of our ongoing
invisible but actual costs like business rates
and rent. Therefore raising reserves will
allow us leverage to pay off such essential
costs.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£33234.00**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Not applicable| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|Not applicable| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the|Para 1.23|Not applicable| charity continuing as a going concern ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|An increase in the number of staff, though
part-time, has raised concerns for Human
Resource issues that charity needs
attention.| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|
Para 1.25|**Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|We are a registered charity with Charity
Commission, England and Wales.| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are elected through the Annual
General meeting members voting.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works |||| |---|---|---| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|ETHNIC HEALTH FORUM| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|112332| |Charity’s principal address|City View House, 5 Union Street, Manchester. M12 4JD| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Waqar Abbasi|||| ||Usman Akram|||| ||Hamid Zafar|||| ||Zainab Yusuf|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Not Applicable Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year **|| |---|---|---| |Not Applicable||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets Not Applicable held in this capacity Name and objects of the Not Applicable charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for Not Applicable safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
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**Address**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details Not Applicable ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature(s)**
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**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||| |---|---|---| ||Usman Akram|Hamid Zafar| ||
Secretary|Treasurer| ||06 February 2022|| ||06 February 2022|| ## **ETHNIC HEALTH FORUM Annual Accounts 30th April 2021** Charity No. 1123223 City View House 5 Union Street Manchester M12 4JD ## **ETHNIC HEALTH FORUM Receipts and Payments Accounts For the year ending on 30th April 2021** ||||Amount (£)| |---|---|---|---| |**Receipts**|Grant-A4All|9,998|| ||Grant-CAST|500|| ||Grants-4Ever Mcr|3,490|| ||Grants-CF_Covid 19|21,593|| ||Grants-Charities Aid Foundation|18,750|| ||Grants-Community Fund|55,465|| ||Grants-GMCVO|675|| ||Grants-Good Things Foundation|2,500|| ||Grants-LCFT NHS|1,516|| ||Grants-Lloyds Bank Foundation-DCMS|24,460|| ||Grants-MACC|1,000|| ||Grants-MCC|2,000|| ||Grants-One Mcr|4,850|| ||Grants-Salford CVS|2,500|| ||Grants-University of Warwick|800|| ||Grants-WEA|4,975|| ||Income-CHAC|7,906|| ||Income-Egality|200|| ||Income-MUARG|2,000|| ||Income-NHS MCR|1,000|| ||Income-Trinity House|4,880|171,058| ||Income-Non project|0|| ||Big Life Partnership|10,000|10,000| ||**Total Receipts**||**181,058**| |**Payments**|||| ||Staff costs|75,232.00|| ||Rent|17,082.00|| ||Equipment Purchases|3,958.00|| ||IT Consultancy|3,500.00|| ||Office Expense|2,169.49|| ||Venue Hire|1,800.00|| ||Training|756.50|104,498| ||**Non Project Expenses**||| ||Depreciation|758|| ||Other Expenses|214|| ||Fee Paid for services|2,385|3,357| ||**Total Payments**||**107,855**| |**Liability against Projects**|||**66,560**| |**Excess of**|**Receipts or (Payments)**||**6,643**| |**Management Costs on Projects**|||**24,912**| ## **ETHNIC HEALTH FORUM Statement of Assets and Liabilities As on 30th April 2021** ||||Amount (£)| |---|---|---|---| |**Assets**|Cash at Bank|113,844|| ||Fixed Assets|3,033|| ||**Total Assets**||**116,877**| |**Liabilities**|Accrued Expenses|0|| ||Other Liabilities|0|| ||Liabilities against restricted funds|83,643|| ||**Total Liabilities**||**83,643**| ||**Surplus of Assets over Liabilities**||**33,234**| ||Reserves|1,679|| ||Addition for the year|31,555|| ||**Net Reserves**||**33,234**| ## **ETHNIC HEALTH FORUM** **Notes to Receipts and Payments Account As on 30th April 2021** Payments for rents and rates have been paid partly out of receipts and partly from resereves ## **ETHNIC HEALTH FORUM** ## **30th April 2021** We approve these accounts and confirm that we have made available all the relevant records and information for their preparation. We certify that these accounts reflect the true and fair picture of the affairs of the business of the organisation. Signed Usman Akram - Secretary Signed Hamid Zafar - Treasurer Date: 19/08/2022 **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** |**Report to the trustees/**
**members of**
**On accounts for the year**
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**Set out on pages**
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**basis of report**|ETHNIC HEALTH FORUM|ETHNIC HEALTH FORUM|ETHNIC HEALTH FORUM| |---|---|---|---| ||||| ||30/04/2021|**Charity no**
**(if any)**|1123223| ||||| ||1 to 5||| ||I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 30/04/2019.
As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the
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** [The charity’s gross income exceeded £25, 000 and I am qualified to **examiner's statement** undertake the examination by being a qualified member of Institute of Financial Accountants (IFA) _._ 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: - the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or - the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or - the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. 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. |**Signed:**
**Name:**
**Relevant professional**
**qualification(s) or body**
**(if any):**
**Address:**|**Date:**|| |---|---|---| |||25/08/2022| |||| ||Iftikhar Mian, AFA|| |||| ||Membership No. 244768
Institute of Financial Accountants,|| |||| ||1C Selworthy Road, Manchester M16 7UG|| 1 ## **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . Nil 2