**Established: 2007 - Registered Charity 2008 (Charity Number 1124725**
## Ileys Account 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 - Face book: https://www.facebook.com/Ileys community Twitter: https://twitter.com/ileyscommunity
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Ileys Community Association (ICA) is an independent community organisation established in 2007 and incorporated as a registered charity in 2008. Based in Cape Hill, Smethwick, within the Sandwell area of the West Midlands, ICA supports migrant communities, refugees, and asylum seekers living in Smethwick and the surrounding areas of Sandwell and Birmingham.
## **Vision and Purpose**
Our vision is to relieve poverty, suffering, distress, and sickness among disadvantaged communities, enabling individuals and families to build fulfilling, independent lives in the UK.
ICA is committed to advancing the rights, wellbeing, and social inclusion of migrant and refugee communities by empowering them to access essential services and opportunities. We support individuals in overcoming key barriers including:
- Limited English language skills
- Health inequalities
- Inadequate housing
- Financial exclusion and debt
- Low educational attainment
- High unemployment
- Involvement in crime or anti-social behaviour
## **Community Need**
Many of the communities we serve experience multiple and complex disadvantages, including racial inequalities, poor health outcomes, high levels of poverty, lack of UKrecognised qualifications and work skills, no recourse to public funds, fear of deportation, displacement, isolation, and loneliness.
These challenges are often compounded by language and cultural barriers and limited understanding of British society and welfare systems. As a result, many nonEnglish-speaking residents struggle to access mainstream services such as healthcare, housing, education, and employment, with migrants, refugees, and lowincome families disproportionately affected.
## **Our Work**
ICA delivers a range of programmes and services designed to address the social, health, and economic needs of individuals and families. Our core objectives are to:
- Improve English language proficiency
- Build self-confidence and personal resilience
- Enhance wellbeing and reduce social isolation
- Increase awareness of welfare systems and human rights
- Improve access to essential local services
- Develop employability and vocational skills
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- Promote community integration and social cohesion
- Deliver after-school clubs and youth services
## **Access and Support**
ICA staff and volunteers welcome new contacts and recent arrivals for an initial assessment at our centre. Our team speaks 8 languages, enabling us to:
- Understand individual needs
- Provide advice on benefits and income
- Deliver English language courses with crèche support
- Offer employment and skills training
- Signpost clients to appropriate specialist services
## **Impact and Reach**
According to our Charity Log Database (2024–2025):
- ICA supports over 30,000 visitors per year
- Services include advice, training, employability support, youth and children’s services, and health improvement activities
- Support is delivered in over 35 languages, representing 18 different ethnicities
- 78% of service users are women
## **Volunteers and Added Value**
ICA is a **voluntary organisation** , with activities primarily delivered by volunteers from the local community and our service users. Our services are only possible due to the dedication of our volunteer team:
- Volunteers contribute between **10 and 40 hours per week**
- **6 core volunteers** contribute an average of **35 hours per week**
- Total annual volunteer hours: **10,080 hours**
Based on an average value of **£11.09 per hour** , this represents an added social value of approximately **£111,787** , equivalent to **nearly six full-time staff members** .
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_**Case Study: Digital and Health Literacy;** Mrs X is a African woman in her 40s who has been living in the UK for over five years. She is the mother of a daughter with epilepsy and has often struggled to access health services online without support from her family. Motivated by her desire to better manage her daughter’s health, she began attending digital literacy sessions to improve her confidence and skills in using online health services. Through the sessions, she learned how to;_
- _Create and use an email address_
- _Log in to and manage online accounts_
- _Make and manage health appointments online_
- _Access her local pharmacy digitally_
- _Navigate key NHS services and health-related websites_
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## **ILEYS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 March 2025**
|**Notes**
**Incoming resources**
**_Incoming resources from generated funds_**
Voluntary Income
Sports Project & Donation
Activities for generating funds
**_Incoming resources from charitable activities_**
**Total incoming resources**
**_Costs of generating funds_**
Costs of generating voluntary income
**_Costs of charitable activities_**
**_Governance costs_**
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**Total resources expended**
**Net incoming resources**
**before transfers between funds**
**Net incoming resources before**
**Other recognised gains and losses**
**Other recognised gains and losses**
**Net movement in funds**
**Reconciliation of funds**
**_Total funds brought forward_**
**Total Funds carried forward**|**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Total Funds**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**Total**
**2025**
**2025**
**2025**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
-
-
-
29,756
3,254
-
3,254
-
182,976
9,000
191,976
122,877
-
13,980
13,980
139,232|
|---|---|
||**186,230**
**22,980**
**209,210**
**291,865**|
||1,200
-
1,200
1,800
92,776
13,486
106,262
165,886
76,593
25,121
101,714
120,516|
||170,569
38,607
209,176
288,202|
|||
||15,661
(15,627)
34
3,663|
||15,661
(15,627)
34
3,663|
||15,661
(15,627)
34
3,663
30,634
-
30,634
(88,232)|
||**46,295**
**(15,627)**
**30,668**
**(84,569)**|
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## **ILEYS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION**
**Schedule to the Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31 March 2025**
||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Total**|**Prior Period**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Funds**|**Funds**|**Funds**|**Total Funds**|
||**2025**|**2025**|**2025**|**2024**|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**Incoming Resources**|||||
|**Donations**|||||
|**Grants, legacies and donations**|||||
|**Sports Project & Donation**|3,254|-|**3,254**|**-**|
|**Other voluntary income**|||||
|Sponsorship income|-|-|**-**|**29,756**|
|**Total other voluntary income**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**29,756**|
|**Total Voluntary Income**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**29,756**|
|**Activities for generating funds**|||||
|Room Hire|50,633|-|**50,633**|**-**|
|Lloyds Foundaion|27,500|-|**27,500**|**25,000**|
|Sandwel Consortium|104,843|-|**104,843**|**97,877**|
|Innovation SCVO|-|9,000|**9,000**|**-**|
|**Total of activities for generating funds**|**182,976**|**9,000**|**191,976**|**122,877**|
|**Incoming resources from charitable activities**|||||
|National Lottery|-|-|**-**|74,804|
|Sandwel Council|-|13,980|**13,980**|17,898|
|Award for All Sport|-|-|**-**|10,000|
|Easy Housing (SWEB)|-|-|**-**|27,400|
|Sport (Postcode)|-|-|**-**|9,130|
|**charitable activities**|**-**|**13,980**|**13,980**|**139,232**|
|**Total Incoming Resources**|**182,976**|**22,980**|**209,210**|**291,865**|
|**Costs of generating funds**|||||
|**_Costs of generating voluntary income_**|||||
|Fundraising publicity|-|-|-|1,800|
|Cost of fundraising activities|1,200|-|1,200|-|
||**1,200**|**-**|**1,200**|**1,800**|
|**Total costs of generating voluntary income**|**1,200**|**-**|**1,200**|**1,800**|
|**Charitable expenditure**|||||
|Salaries,pensions & NI recharged to other organisations|-|-|-|11,735|
|Volunteers' Costs|1,500|700|2,200|4,600|
|Tutor Costs|5,600|2,800|8,400|12,099|
|Event Cost|-|1,300|1,300|2,500|
||**7,100**|**4,800**|**11,900**|**30,934**|
|**_Employee costs:_**|||||
|Training and welfare|2,500|1,100|3,600|3,400|
|Refreshment|2,180|2,200|4,380|3,300|
||**4,680**|**3,300**|**7,980**|**6,700**|
|**_Premises Costs_**|||||
|Rent Payable|20,324|-|20,324|17,503|
|Rates, water and service charges|4,473|-|4,473|8,819|
|Insurance|500|-|500|1,350|
|Light and heat|14,235|-|14,235|15,200|
|Premises repairs and renewals|7,444|-|7,444|10,000|
||**46,976**|**-**|**46,976**|**52,872**|
|**_General administrative expenses:_**|||||
|Telephone and fax|9,800|-|9,800|7,981|
|Stationery and printing|1,800|421|2,221|4,507|
|Petty Cash|1,000|500|1,500|1,800|
|Information and publications|3,620|365|3,985|4,800|
|Database|1,500|500|2,000|2,600|
|Equipment expenses|2,900|-|2,900|8,907|
|Hire of equipment|3,000|500|3,500|3,100|
|Health and safety costs|-|-|-|350|
|Admin costs|500|900|1,400|-|
|Advertising and PR|4,600|1,300|5,900|3,500|
|Other costs|300|-|300|-|
||**29,020**|**4,486**|**33,506**|**37,545**|
|**_Professional fees in support of charitable activities_**|||||
|Accountancy fees other than examiners/auditors|1,800|500|2,300|7,280|
|Consultancy fees|3,000|-|3,000|6,090|
|CBR Check|200|400|600|1,130|
||**5,000**|**900**|**5,900**|**14,500**|
|**_Other support costs_**|||||
|SWEB Project|-|-|-|9,900|
|Support costs (4)|-|-|-|13,435|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**23,335**|
|**Total Support costs**|**92,776**|**13,486**|**106,262**|**165,886**|
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## **ILEYS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION**
## **Appendix 1**
**Analysis of Total Incoming & Outgoing Resources by Activity for the year ended 31 March 2025**
|**_Incoming resources from generated funds_**
Members contributions
Donations
Investment Income
**_Incoming resources from charitable activities_**
**_Other Incoming Resources_**
**Total Incoming Resources**
**_Costs of generating funds_**
Costs of generating voluntary income
Fundraising trading - costs of goods and other costs
Investment management costs
**_Costs of charitable activities_**
**_Governance costs_**
**_Other resources expended_**
**Total resources expended**
**Net Incoming Resources by activity**|**2025**
**2024**
**Fundraisin Other**
**Activity 2**
**Activity 3**
**Activity 4**
**Activity 5**
**Total**
**Total**
**Activities**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
29,756
-
-
-
-
-
-
195,230
122,877
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
13,980
139,232
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|
|---|---|
||-
-
-
-
-
-
209,210
291,865|
||-
-
-
-
-
-
1,200
1,800
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
106,262
165,886
-
-
-
-
-
-
101,714
120,516
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|
||-
-
-
-
-
-
209,176
288,202|
||-
-
-
-
-
-
34
3,663|
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## **ILEYS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025**
|**Notes**||**2025**||**2024**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**£**||**£**|
|**_The assets and liabilities of the charity :_**|||||
|**Fixed assets**|||||
|**Current assets**|||||
|Cash at bank and in hand|30,668||30,634||
|**_Net current assets_**||30,668||30,634|
|**_Total assets less current liabilities_**||30,668||30,634|
|**Creditors:-**|||||
|amounts due after more than one year||-||-|
|**Net assets including pension asset / liability**||30,668||30,634|
|**_The funds of the charity :_**|||||
|**Unrestricted income funds**|||||
|Unrestricted revenue accumulated funds|30,634||17,374||
|Net revenue funds|34||13,260||
|**Unrestricted capital funds**|-||-||
|Designated fixed asset funds|-||-||
|**Total charity funds**||30,668||30,634|
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|Mr Ahamed Sirad
**Trustee**
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|**Approved by the trustees on 20 January 2026**|||||
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