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Established: 2007 - Registered Charity 2008 (Charity Number 1124725 Summary Report Ileys Community Association Victoria Park Skill Centre, Corbett Street/Suffrage Street Smethwick, West Midland, B66 3PU.UK Tel: 0121 448 3940 info@ileyscommunity.org

www.ileyscommunity.org

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Ileys Community Association (ICA) was borne out of the collective will of the local Easter African Community (Somali community) to address these issues and provide tailored services for the community. ICA Community is based within the Soho/Victoria Ward in the town of Smethwick in the Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands. This part of Sandwell is one of the most deprived areas of UK… 55.9% of Smethwick’s population are from ethnic. Most of the local BME lives within this area

ICA is led by Somalis but is not an exclusively Somali organisation. We are supporting service users from African diaspora and migrants from Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Eastern Europe, and the South Asian communities to access services which help progression, integration, and resettlement into Sandwell community environment.

In 2018, ICA secured a 10-year lease at peppercorn rent for Victoria Park Skill Centre from Sandwell Council. In 2023, ICA’s Lease extended 25 year because recognition of the contribution ICA makes to strengthen the communities in Sandwell and Birmingham

ICA has been delivering one to one and (family) group support sometimes using more than one support person as members may find it more comfortable to speak alone and explore issues and accept gentle challenges to their perspectives as a community centre

Ileys Community Association has been supporting people in the local community for ten years. Much of their work helps new arrivals in the UK to develop English

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language and employability skills, but they also support children and young people as part of their holistic support to families.

ICA’ Staff and volunteers invite new contacts and arrivals to meet them for an initial assessment at the centre. Staff & Volunteer speaks 7 languages. This allows them to:

This approach gains them a high level of credibility and strong relationships with the individuals and families they support.

Our service and support is a lifeline disadvantage and low income people where people impacted by cost of living crisis, challenged by lack of disposable income, and experiencing severe poverty feel able to approach us without fear of being judged. We fill service gaps by bring services to local people rather than service users self-navigating access to local services and vocational training provisions. Our purpose built centre offers clean rooms, logistics, timely access to local services delivered by partner agencies, and childcare provision. Whilst accessing our array of local services staff and volunteers with lived migration experiences also crucially offer additional support to service users in formats of being a listening ear, encouraging and facilitating communication between service user and service providers. English is not always their first language, and too often service users do not have the confidence to talk openly with professionals’ better position to support and alleviate their individual concerns.

ICA works collaboratively with many partners in ways which enables all parties to use their unique competence to produce great value and outcomes for service users. Our role is to not only be a direct delivery of services, but also a conduit enabling services users access to local services ensuring they are designed with local people in mind. We support service users by signposting them to other services ensuring the expert partner imparts value in delivery of its package of services

To deliver our projects and services that reach local people throughout Sandwell and Birmingham communities we work alongside the following partner agencies:

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Ileys Community Association was set up with the objective of offering the community a thorough referral service which helps service recipient’s access mainstream service delivery in areas of housing, health, education, employment, volunteering, wellbeing, and advocacy. We also aim to promotes community cohesion and assists the smooth integration of recent immigrants from Africa and other migrant communities into British society

Our support services include:

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According our Database (Charity log) from 1.4.2022- 31.3.2023, ICA has over 20,000 visitors per year, and we are well known for providing support more than 35 different languages with 18 different ethnicity….…. 65% are women

ETHNICITY GROUP

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Total Arab
Asian Or Asian British -
Bangladeshi
Asian Or Asian British - Chinese
Asian Or Asian British - Indian
1.11%
1.52% Asian Or Asian British - Pakistani
1.82% 0.20%
Black Or Black British - African
2.22% 4.14%
6.36% Black Or Black British - Caribbean
Black Or Black British - Other
24.85%
Black Background
Mixed - White And Asian
Mixed - White And Black African
10.51% 39.39%
Not Stated
Other Asians
1.11%
Polish
4.44%
0.20% 0.61%
Romanians
0.30% 0.20%
Somalis
0.81%
0.20% Unknown
White - British
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Total
Employment
3.32%
Support
4.10% 0.20% 0.00% Energy Savings
ESOL
16.99%
EU Settlements
6.25%
31.05%
Information &
11.72% Advice
School Holiday
Activity
SHIP Project
9.18%
17.19% Volunteer
Management
Warm Hub
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Count of Gender
Female 46.36%
Male 35.45%
Unknown 18.18%
Grand Total 100.00%

Total

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18.18%
46.36%
Female
Male
35.45%
Unknown
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We deliver services without any attached timescales, in community languages understood by the migrant Diasporas, and at a pace conducive to help meeting address these communities immediate, short, and long term needs. We have learnt the importance of adapting delivery of courses and service provision so that they align with local communities’ culture needs. This approach secures engagement and effective results with people who others say are hard to reach, support, or develop.

Our strengths also lie with maintaining strong credibility with local communities. People feel able to approach us for support without fear of being judged and will turn up in high numbers to access services or attend training/ community event. We have a large spacious building which makes it easy to deliver accessible community services overseen by a large committed staff and dedicated bank of volunteers

Local people are involved on our work by volunteering their time as advice workers, running youth activities, coffee mornings and physical activities (Zumba), and tutoring children and young people in Arabic and Somalian languages. Volunteers also act as weekend caretakers opening and closing community building facilities for external provider usage.

Feedback and Consultation : Others have a say in how services are developed and improved by regularly participating in consultation exercises using video recordings, in-person discussion focus groups, or completing surveys. We consulted more than 30 service users regarding advice and coffee morning who fed back:

Ms X said Without Ileys: ‘I wouldn’t survive’ ‘My days would be longer and harder’. ‘Life would be difficult’. ‘We would have no community or local services’. ‘I stay at home and feel lonely”.

Mr Y Said Currently: ‘Energy bills are killing me’. ‘It’s tough to put food on the table and this is causing me stress and anxiety’. ‘Stressed as its difficult to make money stretch right now’. I look forward to coming to the centre because: ‘I can access services, socialise, and meet friends. ‘I love the atmosphere’. ‘Staff is helpful and friendly’. ‘I feel safe’.

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Ileys CA have been funded and /or supported & worked in partnership with

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Total
Unrestricted Restricted Funds Funds
Funds Funds Total
Notes 2023
2023		 2023
2022
£
£		 £
£
Incoming resources
Incoming resources from generated
funds
Voluntary
Income 48,177 - 48,177 24,326
Sports Project & Donation 2,891 16,305 19,196 -
Activities for generating funds 75,953 19,949 95,902 127,263
Incoming resources from charitable activities - 35,490 35,490 60,209
Total incoming resources 127,021 71,744 198,765 211,798
Costs of generating funds
Costs of generating voluntary income 1,000 - 1,000 -
Costs of charitable activities 71,229 34,066 105,295 117,856
Governance
costs 5 42,753 32,346 75,099 124,675
Total resources expended 114,982 66,412 181,394 242,531
Net incoming resources/(net outgoing
resources)
before transfers between funds 12,039 5,332 17,371 (30,733)
Net incoming resources/(net outgoing resources) before
Other recognised gains and
losses 12,039 5,332 17,371 (30,733)
Other recognised gains and
losses
Net movement in funds 12,039 5,332 17,371 (30,733)
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward 16,231 48,141 64,372 (88,232)
Total Funds carried forward 28,270 53,473 81,743 (118,965)

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Income and Expenditure Account
for the year ended 31 March 2023
2023
£
Turnover
198,765
Direct costs of turnover
106,295
Gross surplus
92,470
Governance costs
75,099
Operating surplus/(deficit)
17,371
Surplus/(deficit) on ordinary activities before tax
17,371
Surplus/(deficit) for the financial year
17,371
Gift Aid Payments
-
Retained surplus/(deficit) for the financial year
17,371
Statement of Total Recognised Gains and Losses
for the year ended 31 March 2023
2023
Excess of Expenditure over income before realisation of assets
17,371
Loss per Profit and Loss account
17,371
Net Movement in funds before taxation
17,371
Movements in revenue and capital
funds
for the year ended 31 March 2023
Revenue accumulated funds
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Funds
Funds
Funds
2023
2023
2023
£
£
£
Accumulated funds brought forward
40,632
48,141
88,773		 2023
£
198,765
106,295










2023
17,371		 2022
£
211,798
117,856
92,470
75,099		 93,942
124,675
17,371 (30,733)
17,371 (30,733)
17,371
-		 (30,733)
-
17,371 (30,733)

2022

(30,733)
17,371
(30,733)
17,371
(30,733)
Last year
Total
Funds

2022

£

6,240

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Recognised gains and losses before
transfers
Closing revenue accumulated funds
Designated revenue funds
At 1 April
At 31 March
Summary of funds
Revenue accumulated funds
Revenue designated funds
Total funds		 12,039
5,332
17,371
(30,733)
52,671
53,473
106,144
(24,493)
52,671
53,473
106,144
(24,493)
Total
Last year
Funds
Total
Funds
2023
2022
£
£
-
81,992
-
81,992
Designated
Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Last Year
Funds
Funds
Funds
Funds
Total
Funds
2023
2023
2023
2023
2022
-
52,671
53,473
106,144
(24,493)
-
-
-
-
81,992
-
52,671
53,473
106,144
57,499
-
52,671
53,473
ILEYS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
Balance Sheet
as at 31 March 2023
Notes
The assets and liabilities of the charity :
Fixed assets
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand
Net current assets
Total assets less current liabilities
Creditors:-
amounts due after more than one
year		 17,374 2023
£

17,374
17,374
-		 64,372 2022
£

64,372
64,372
-

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Net assets including pension asset /
liability
The funds of the charity :
Unrestricted income funds
Unrestricted revenue accumulated
funds
-
Net revenue funds
17,371
Unrestricted capital funds
Designated fixed asset funds
-
Restricted revenue accumulated
funds
-
Total charity funds		 17,374

40,632
-
24,401

-

48,141
17,371		 64,372
64,372

Mr Ahamed Sirad Trustee Approved by the trustees on 21 January 2024

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ILEYS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION Schedule to the Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 March 2023

Incoming Resources
Donations
Grants, legacies and donations
Sports Project & Donation
Other voluntary income
Census
Sponsorship income
Total other voluntary income
Total Voluntary Income
Activities for generating funds
National Express
Reaching Community
Lloyds Foundation
Walsall Council
Murray Hall & National Grid Community
Sandwell Consortium
Innovation SCVO
Total of activities for generating funds
Incoming resources from charitable
activities
HMRC JRS Grant
Sandwell Council
Award for All Sport
EU Settlement
ESF
charitable activities
Total Incoming Resources
Costs of generating funds
Costs of generating voluntary income
Cost of fundraising activities
Total costs of generating voluntary income		 Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Prior
Period
Funds
Funds
Funds
Total
Funds
2023
2023
2023
2022
£
£
£
£
(2,891)
(16,305)
(19,196)
-
-
-
-
3,920
48,177
-
48,177
20,406
48,177
-
48,177
24,326
48,177
-
48,177
24,326
-
-
-
10,000
-
-
-
68,255
25,000
-
25,000
-
4,484
-
4,484
-
-
19,949
19,949
10,896
19,262
-
19,262
25,487
27,207
-
27,207
12,625
75,953
19,949
95,902
127,263
-
-
-
12,088
-
35,490
35,490
20,523
-
-
-
8,910
-
-
-
3,932
-
-
-
14,756
-
35,490
35,490
60,209
124,130
55,439
179,569
211,798
1,000
-
1,000
-
1,000
-
1,000
-
1,000
-
1,000
-

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Charitable expenditure
Employers' NI - Charitable activities
Salaries,pensions & NI recharged to other
organisations
Volunteers' Costs
Tutor Costs
Event Cost
Marketing and publicity
Employee costs:
Training and welfare
Premises Costs
Rates, water and service charges
Insurance
Light and heat
Premises repairs and renewals
General administrative expenses:
Telephone and fax
Stationery and printing
Petty Cash
Information and publications
Database
Equipment expenses
Subscription
Advertising and PR
Other costs
Professional fees in support of charitable activities
Accountancy fees other than examiners/auditors
Consultancy fees
CBR Check
Other support costs
Monitoring and Evaluating
Total Support costs		 4,927
1,850
6,777
-
2,550
1,696
4,246
-
2,200
2,300
4,500
3,500
4,300
3,240
7,540
13,079
5,500
4,000
9,500
4,400
1,516
-
1,516
3,045
20,993
13,086
34,079
24,024
2,000
1,900
3,900
4,320
2,000
1,900
3,900
4,320
2,580
-
2,580
2,559
800
-
800
765
13,196
-
13,196
14,226
3,800
4,750
8,550
34,720
20,376
4,750
25,126
52,270
4,200
2,900
7,100
4,716
1,346
3,300
4,646
6,414
3,814
1,200
5,014
-
-
-
-
4,800
3,000
-
3,000
1,187
1,600
-
1,600
7,900
1,500
1,300
2,800
-
3,000
1,700
4,700
-
1,500
250
1,750
3,565
19,960
10,650
30,610
28,582
3,200
1,080
4,280
2,360
1,500
900
2,400
2,700
1,200
300
1,500
1,100
5,900
2,280
8,180
6,160
2,000
1,400
3,400
2,500
2,000
1,400
3,400
2,500
71,229
34,066
105,295
117,856

Total Expended on Charitable Activities

71,229 34,066 105,295

117,856

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Governance costs that are not direct management functions inherent in generating funds, service delivery and programme or project work (including management and administration costs)

Specific governance costs
Salaries - Administrative staff
Pension Contributions - administrative staff
Employers' NI - Administrative staff
Total governance costs		 41,749
31,636
73,385
113,051
-
-
-
4,750
1,004
710
1,714
6,874
42,753
32,346
75,099
124,675

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