I'yi F B A":
Waltham Forest Blind Association
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED
315T MARCH 2025
Unit 801, Midland Business Centre
679 Hi8h Road
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Contents
Page
l. Waltham Forest Blind Association....................................-...........................................................
2. Reference and Administration................-.............. .
3. Chair's Report...........................................-..--......--..-............-........................................................
4. Treasurerfs Report......... ..-........................................--......---.........................................................
5.Structure, Governance and Management ..
6. Activities & Services Offered............................................................................................................................
7. Financial Support and Funding during the year..........................................................................................
8. Activities for the year 2023-2024.........................................._--.-............._.-........................-............................
9. Achievements for the year 2023-2024................................................. .
10. Future. Vision and Activities................................................-.....-.....................................................................
11. Risk Mandgement........................................................................................................................
13. Funds and Reserves..................................................-.................
14. Trustee's Responsibilities in relation to the Financial Statements..................................................... io
15. Independent Examinerfs Report.............................................................................................................11
16. Income & Expenditure Account....-...............................................................-..................................12
17. Balance Sheet ................................................-.
.13
18. Notes to the Accounts....................--..---......-..................................................--....................... ..14_17
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on
Mission
To improve the quality of life for Blind and visually impai￿d people in Waltham Forest.
Vision
To promote equality, access and independence through infomiation. awareness of Blind
Culture, advocacy. befriending, social groups. leisure activities and training services.
Minimises physical risks and dangers,
Encourages social interaction. recreational and work settings
Developing latent talents
Promoting intellectual, physical and emotional expression. It encourages blind and
partially sighted person to become personally as independent as possible, helping
providing the vital communication link to the individual by sharing and acting as their 'eyes
Objectives
Tho objective of which are to relieve the needs of the partially blind and blind sighted
people who are residents in London Borough of Waltham Forest and neighbourhood
boroughs through provision of:
Drop In centre activities to alleviate loneliness, sharing knowledge and interacling with
others and learning new skills as part of living a normal life like other people.
Weekly talking newspapers and information on audio tapes.
Outings to various places of interest to relieve isolation and bring happiness.
Advice and case work services at the WFBA office and Out Reach.
Training in mobility and providing music and bringing speakers to talk to the blind people
on issues of blindness,
Blindness awareness through advice and group discussions on blindness awareness at
the centre and sharing blind experience.
Volunteering & befriending relieving isolation.
Increased knowledge of Information Technology/Computers through computer training
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I. REFERENCE AND ADMIMISTRATION INFORMATION FOR THE YEAR
ENDED 31ST MARCH 2025
The management committee members who served during the year were as follows:
Administrative Structure
Mr Tariq Hussain
Mrs Asma Mushtaq
Mrs Naseem YAQUB
Mr Vijay Parekh
Mr Andreas Georgiou
Mr Gary Wiggins
Mr Javed Patel
2025)
Chair
Secretary
Treasure
Vice Chair
Committee. Member
Committee. Member
Committee Member(joined 311101204,left June
REGISTFRFD OFFICE
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Intr(xlui*on
I Vrt￿ld like to begin by expressing my sir￿re gratitude to all memlHs for yt)ur unWaV￿7ng support
throughout the past year. It has LEen an honour to serbE as ycxjr Chair. and l am (x)mmitted to upholding
Ihe trust you have placed in me to ensure Ihis has LEen a prcKludive and FX)sibve period for Ihe Waltham
F(xest Blind Assoc4ation.
(Xjr senfjces play a vital in Supp￿ting bfirKI and partially sighted indiifjcluals, helping to redu
isolab'on and promote Independen￿ at home. We offer dcx)r4oth)ra&s1stan￿, telephone suprjrt and
video calls via ZcK)m, ensuring help Is available knverit is need￿. We Cdalx￿￿e other
organisalions on joirrt projects and make referrals additi(￿al suppcrt is required.
TfrE Trustees ￿ CA)nfi(lent that a rd)ust crfjJ)rate gONernan￿ framewoth is in pl￿. l am to
confirm that fhe (thaity's govemarKE arrarwJements a wde range of regulatory requirements. As
part ofoUrgoveman￿ 5truclure. Ihe AS$(￿lation maintains a)mr￿enSive policies and procedures that
enable eff8dpde iisk management arKI provide assuran￿ regardiro Ihe adequacy and effetheness of
our intemal controls.
Elhi(3 arKJ Q¥wtate ReS￿sibl1ty
Wsltham Forest BlirKI AwJiali(M's reputation for frw, utyiity, arKI eth￿1 prac￿ is one ofour
greatest assets and keyto our(x)ntinued SLhxess. We are (xxnmtsd to legal comtAlan￿ and operating
to the highast standards of int8giity. 80th as an organisaticll indmduals, IIE Slnve to foster
patherships Ihat IXOlTK)te ￿ined gJJncMrnand s(xial pn)gress.
The ongoirKJ sup￿t0f￿r memkH5 is instrumental in diilfjng the succ£ss ofourlocal cAryrate
reswnsibiltylnilialiv￿ within the (x)rnmunitses we sfft.
We remain deeply cxynmitted to promoti￿ Ch￿rsty, fotsiru IrKligenous parficipallon, advancing
hurrran lights, and supwrting initiatives thatwu)urage gerthr equalty.
Condusion
I woukj like to extend my Sin￿[2 thanks to ManaJement Committee, ourdecti(zt￿l staff, and our
invaluable volunteeFS. Most imFX)rtanty, l trH)k ￿JrmEy￿bers, whose resi11￿￿ and ￿x)￿tion habE
b￿n vital throughout Ihis F￿(X1.
Significant prwess has been made bythe Assocaati(n. arKI I would akn fike to take this opp)rhJntyto
thank ourfurKlers and sUpp￿rS fortheirorEt)ing 0]n￿1trn￿t I Icx)k fmrd to cu*inuing thisiourney
togelher as we ￿)Ik toward a Sha￿ kn.
Tariq Hussain.
ChaIrpe￿On
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REPORTFROM THE TREASURER
The statements (x)verthe pericKI 1StApil 2024 to the 31 Marth 2025. The a(￿￿IntS show a defi(it forthe
financaal yearof £881. Forthe year underreview. Ihe AsSc￿la110n'S finar￿jaI perfOnman￿ was". I[￿me
£55,760; Expendilure £56,641 ex(E&s Ofexp￿i￿re over inc£)me £881 and the reserves £16.773,
made of UnrestiNXed £5.595: Resth"(Xed £11,178.
The As￿lationS reserves are slill ligh erKKJgh to suptth investrnents fcrts QHrent year. The
AsS￿latiOn will (x)ntinue to genwate and manage resour￿ effi(ienty, investing n reserves and
diverstyng i& revenue streaffts in al￿rdan￿ wth its goals, accx)rding to Ihe Management Committee's
Strategic Plan, Mthich Kras imple￿Ent￿ wth inwt frcffl staff and adknim.
We are grateful to trE following funders th) suptxjtsl us during hard time of to achieve Ihe charities
aims and objecbves In delibEritKJ Ihe Supp￿ to the wlnetable oldervisually impatred people enaE4ing
Ihem to live irKlependenty and tEtterhealth (xrt(xrn.
SWLS Engknd
City B17dge Fourxjabon . City of L(x
NaI￿al Lottery-A4A
Lloyds FoutxI8
Regardless ofthe diffi(xlbes that lie ahe￿1. we must mantan (xjrfcw.
We will support blind and partiallysghted itKlividuas ttywh all of Ihe thanenges Ihat lie ahead.
La.sty, I want to express my gratitude to everyone WIKI volunteers to help the Asgxiabon. You cx)ntiibute
to the finan(ial health of Ihe Ass(xiation and keep Waltham Forest Blind ASS[￿[all0n ￿nnIng - witryxrt
you, trie A55Lxiation's ([￿ts w)uld sh3nfficanty incxease.
Additionalty, I want to thark the ManagerrEnt C(Thmrttee orKE more fortheirdedi(21ion arKI ha￿1 wo￿,
which helFEd b maintain (x)ntinuty during a tyng and (*￿IlengIr￿ p￿10d.
Na￿M Yaqub
WFBA Treasurer
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12. REPOR T OF TRUSTEES
I. INTRODUCTION
The I￿SteeS pres￿rt finan(2a statements of ts dEtity tr the year 31st March 2025 The
financial statements have IEen tyepared in a]X)rdan￿ Koth trE acxxiunling txJi(ies set (xrt on pages 14
and CC¥n￿ Imth the d￿rit/s and appl￿e law.
In May 2005 Ihe of the A￿0￿￿￿ chan￿1 from WalttHn Forest Blind Asians AsscKiation
anged to Waltrwn Forest Bli￿1 AssoLialion to provKle serrf1￿ for all blind pwe liviru in Waltham
Forest
2. Structure. Governance and Management
Governing Document
The Assoc4ation is a th￿itab￿ cKganisakn forrn￿ Ri June 1991 and is govern￿ byits o)nstitution whith
established the 0￿edS and of the tharity dat￿ 12th A￿11 2005, and as amended on 3rd June
2009. It was registe￿ as a charity (￿ 19￿ June 2(X)9.
Membership-FuN membership of the Associalion is aval￿b￿ to ai registered blitKI and partially sighted
eople resident in Waltham Forestand am I1x￿ th) ey4Yess interestand sJrnpathi* vmth, the aims arKI
0￿ectiveS of the Assocxatbm. The Q)mnittee reseNes the ruht to temiinate Ihe membership of any
mernF￿r oftheAsso(iation
Only ftjll mernbers are eluible to vote at the Annual Generdl m*trng IK Ihe
Emergency Gener31 meetiru, Asscxiate arc (￿lY d￿l￿Ae to vote as part of the ojmmrtt
meetings
The Policy and general management: ￿cY and generdl Management of the affairs of the
ASs(xJStic￿ is directed bythe Exeojtive Committee on IEhaltoflhe trErnbe￿. Tr ￿mMrttee m￿ts not
less than four t'm&8 per w. and when cx)mplete C(￿SISt of ￿t less than four memlws and not
mcKe than seven tTEmbers. Full ￿EMtErS shall make up mre than 50 % of fhe (x)mmittee at any time.
There shall be at least I￿) women trEmb￿s on Ihe (L)mmittee at any one lime, one ofthm shall be a
representative of the ￿￿men'S group (as atKI th fomEd)
The rneMb￿ ofthe Cornitt￿ are e￿ at Ihe AG.M. ofthe As&xiation and are eluible to stand for
the re-ele(*on. Ac(wts'ng the F>ra8ident and ComrTMttee members shall hokj Offi￿ uiitil Ihe [￿lple1￿m of
the nextA.G.M., cwbyretTK)valdl&ated tyResolutK)n passed bythe Memb￿SaIthe￿G.m. (xthe E.G.M.,
on a MaJ￿ity vote Of￿ thirds ofthe rne￿￿ yesent and vob'ng
Nominatlons of the Committee members: All members of the Association are eligible to
serve on the Committ￿. Nomnatjons for Ihe committ￿ (xn be in ￿[lIng ￿ made (xally in Ihe AG.M.,
these can tE prows￿ by the of Asscxiati(xi or self-ncxninated. Suth nominatKJns to be
Se(￿ded and ap￿￿ed at the AG.M. methtu
Apwinbnent is on Ihe basis crf te(Ewed frorn memLw ct)ncEmirKJ eligibilty, peTr)nal
0)mpeten￿, specialist skills arKI kKxI availaknlty
Induction and Training of Trustees-Trustees are inducted through training days and
through infonnal and forn￿ meetings wlh establish￿ outw'ng buste&8 arKI we provided wih an
indudion pad( and otrEr relevant materials to fami1rari￿ th￿selveS wth the d￿ri￿S 0￿rat￿￿s.
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3. Activities & Services Offered.
0 1: Drop In Centre (everyTuesday1pm till 4pm)
R￿reatiC￿l Physical Health Acbvitses
ial and Get Together Adrvities
Discussior
Feslival Celebratic
Speakers Talk On Health ArKI BSrKInessA￿areneSs
0 2: Advice and information
Infomiation On Rdated Health AJKI State Beneffts
Fm FillwYJ
Health Awareness worffsh0p￿senrynar
Grant appli(3ti(ms
0 3: Training
ComputerllCT Traini
Job Search
CV Wiiting
rthbilty
/ 4: Leisure And Culture Excursion
Musical Events
d 5: Befriending Service
6: Volunteering ArKI Out ReaGh
7: Women Group
rf 8: Bts"nd Ciicketfor beginn￿3 (everywednesday 11am to 1230)
14. Financial SU￿￿ort aiid Fundin￿dUrIn
._￿theyear
In ordcrto keep ourselvesg)ing and to all(xN us grow. we need as muth supwrtasvdE (3n get. This extra
financial help will alkw us to provide healthy and Iwpier lives for OE partially blirKI and blind for fr￿ or at
a suEEidized, affordable price as as aid us in deVel0F￿ Ihe A88(x#ation fijther to inGreasiThJ blind
people's irKlepend&tt Imng and fulmlng theirp[Aa￿￿.
The thaiity recEived supwxtfrom Ihe followirKJ ￿nd￿5.
Siiyts England
Cty Bridge FoundaicTr Cityof LorKk)n
National Lottery -A4A
LI0￿S Foundation
15. Activlties for the
What we provided:
/ Physica FitrEss acbvibes=39 se&gcr
O MenÈl and phyy'caly IEalth =7 sessions
O Raffle- 40 days
O EatiWo(ialtsing outs 4
Outingts(xKsions=1
O Case￿-32
rf Form Fillwig-15
ear 2024-2025
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Beneffts-20
O Grant Funding Supwrt-12
O Housing=10
More than 50 memb￿5 were ￿p￿￿)rted in the (￿lMunty. A key element ofsLPPOrtwas arou￿ mental
health and wellbeing and reduarg is0Lgtic￿. This was being ddivered thr(xuh group meetings.
Emerging Need
WFBA has (￿ntinUOus￿￿￿￿ked wilh cx)mmunibes it supiJ)rts a(xo&s Waltham ForesL This has
enabled it to lick up on respond to emergiru health and wellbeffu needs of the visually impaired
people. The key ar&% of rEed greatersIgnifi(2n￿ are:
mental heafth induding an￿etyar￿1 km nKtxJ
scxial isolalion and loneliness
suppjrt ￿th using duital heath and c3re sepli
Insights into how heath army ￿e11t￿nig needs are lieing met in an equttatle way
It T￿ining restarted.
Mental and physical health.
6. Achievements for the
ear 2024-2025
Independent living and trdining
Mobillty tiaining:
Mobilty arKJ life skills to aV￿d ISJIati￿ iMp￿)ve ￿KIe[Emen￿. It impThaY thersafetyand
(x1nfKlen￿ and affected Iheirfreedom ofmovemenL
Itnproved ￿-este￿n. less ￿121 isolation, and deUea￿ anxietywete all eff￿ i*mobilty trainiThJ.
Digital Access for All..
Assisbve tethnologytraining bEarth suw(xted Use￿ to acxxs counsellirYJ and teth literacy.
Significant (*￿ng0S from a state of dependency to (Me of sdf-reIian￿. enhancth Smxxal (xyinection and
Costof Lmng:
Eaty intervention trainirKJ provided to prevent ￿ls1S. Training tYcmoW indep8nderKt and <J)nfiden
debtavoidancg and S￿ritY. cxxst oflmng lum finandal kr￿￿ge into pradical tool for
nabigatiro daity lrfe a)nfiden￿ and se(￿rIty.
Volunteering: This is (￿)ntir￿A￿￿ to womde SeM￿S needed to ￿Ure tr￿)se Ihat so(ial
Isolat￿ arKI hard to reath are not tsg0l￿ and Ihis is en(x)uraging ￿rfantaSIjC Voluntee￿ to remain
them ￿reVer possible.
Beneficiaries of our services We have referred to the guidarKE (￿taIn￿ in Ihe Charty Commission's
general guidarKE on public benefft ￿en remewing our aims and obiectves arKI in planning c￿r activit]es.
In partIC￿lar, the trustees cx)ntinue to ￿SIder FM)w ￿nned aJi¥qlies (x)ntiilxJte to the aims and
objec*ves are setting.
The (tsty cxw£s cxrt a wde range ofacbvibes in putsuarTr ofits (thaiitable aims. The bustees
consider that ItEse adwknibes provide direct tEnefft to Ihe visuamy impaired people fft) use our support
Se￿1￿, and Ihe widercThnmuty as a whol
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7. Future Vision and Activities
As an ￿niSab"0n ￿at￿2 v¢ant to rnore prcAa(kn in m￿ting needs, and to worf( wtlh stakeholde
in a rn(￿ cmrdinated Wdy. We have seen Ihe value ofow role in suppjting heath and wellbeir¥J wthin
our neightx)utho(xl and are keen to build this forthe thjre. We have had rrDre engagement￿￿th
funders Kthich has been reaNy tKJ&tr/e. forward we JAfdntto WO￿ wih ￿nderS in a more
SS+Stematic way to Ix)nsider.
[•
Howdo we kning t(uetherstakehcqde￿ to Mdentifylhe needs offhe (J)mmL￿[
O How are reX)Ur￿ albc*d?
O supp)rt can be adeqLJatety tE dd1ve￿?
O vknat requires pUb￿C seoknr supp￿. -
H(w do build ￿paC￿￿t0 SUPtxJt partn￿ShIp￿l[VJ?
We have similar ￿ we hope to athieve to cleate healthyarKI resilient cx)mmunittes. We will
deliver a ￿￿1[0110 of dis(Tete, holisbc and expert Se[vi￿ for the benefft of old people wth visual
impairment resid1￿ in London B(wh ofwaltrwn F(Kest and transfc¥m Iheir lives. To achieve this, we
ill;
O Support peO￿e vTsual impaiment thrcwh expanding structur&Y or£ to one supwrt and
phone advi￿.
O DeliKwing wactcal da1￿ living, rnjbilty and IT tsining
Launth w mentoring to improve ￿nfiden￿ and reduce isolabon.
O Adv(Late for a(XEssible public serVi￿S and enVirC￿ments.
/ Increase refertals and tecwniti(M IhioLxJh events and partri&ships.
O Inuease staff arKJ admin c•atyto meet n&.
ort for the Members
In orderto address lonellness, fcKKI se￿Irty, ancl trE mui*Fne*d ￿ysical and mental heal￿ oftlM)se
vtho are marginals￿1 and disadwdntaged. we wll 0)n￿ntrate our efforts on Èkn"ng (J)nsistent
••
action. We will pr￿ltsse addressing these indMduaLs' urg&* needs, bul in CKder to fulty address
thallenge that lies ahead. we maywant to rc(x)nsider refoajsing our effots on addressing Ihe di5paiilies
Èh.at have tEen made worse by the ect)rK)mic uisis and .
8. Risk Mana
ement
The major iisks to the ctsrity is exp)sed have b￿n revie￿ arKI s5Stems are beiro establish￿1
to mrtigate those risks. Trust￿ have recogniz￿ Ihat reguk Fundir¥J ft)rmeeting ￿)re C{￿t is a big issue.
Hen￿ thts is a biggest risk our managing nEmb￿S are revknv annually.
9. Reserve
olic
The target minimum level ofgeneral reS￿veS is d￿li￿(X)MMISsKjn'S recx)mmerKled reserve tx)lry of
)veriry 3 m¢Mths d exwdith set to ensure WFBA'S financia Independen￿ and
sustainabilty. takityJ a(xxxJnt of the se￿ilty crf its irrA)rne stream, cash balan￿ and an assessment of
the potentia financial imp&* of risks being fa(Ed. The target mnimum level of general reserves of 3
months is set to ensure Ihat re9)l￿￿ ￿e aN)lied eff￿lI￿ry, balan(ing the cost of ￿ulatiOn Nmth the
qLdty0fServi￿ womded to the serVk￿ usds and trE pu￿￿.
10. Financial Review
The results ofthe (tsrityforthe Year￿ sfrKMn wi trE annual finanaal statements set out on pages 12 to
12
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The tharity had in(x)me of£55,760; (2022r24; £74,965): dired charitalk expenditure and supwrt (x)sts
of £56,641: (2022r24: £Sg.284.). There was a defi(it of ina)Tre over expenditure of (£881) (2022124:
su￿uS £6.681) FurKls canEd f[X￿ard of £16,773 of ￿thIch £11,178 is restiicted and £5,595 unrestiiGted.
11. Funds and Reserves
The unresthcted fvnds indude a Genera Reser￿ fcHward of£4,333. This level of General
ReseDie is r￿Jarded as insuffi(ient by the buste&s Ixrt are c£)ntinuing devdq>ing strategies for
fvndrdisiro.
112. Going Concern
Management has detennined tha there is no mataia uncHtsintylhat (2sts doubt on the entity/s abiltyto
cx)ntinue as a gory (x)rKEm.
Trustee's Responsibilities in relation to the Financial Statements
Lav applicable to tharthos in England arKI Wales requires Ihe bustees to prepare finaniial statement for
eath financial y￿ar whith give a bije ￿ fair view of Ihe state of affai￿ of the chaiity for the period. In
prepartng tI￿e finanaal statern￿. the I￿SteeS ¥e to:
se1t￿t suitable a(xx)unllng wtcies and trEn aFVythem ￿ng{stenty
Makejud3ment and estimates Ihat are tea50r￿l￿e arKJ ￿￿entr.
State knther applicable acajunting standards arKI Ststwnetrt of Rel])mMend￿ Prac1]￿ have b￿n
follcffiNed, subject to any material departurcs disdosed arKI explained in the fin￿cIal statement arKI:
Pre￿re Ihe finarKaal statements on a goirg concem basis.
The bustees ate resFx)rLsible for k￿pIng proper acu)unting rec£)rds, whith d1sdc￿e reasonat
a(xJrncy at any time the finanaal posilion of Ihe chdrity and enable trEm to ensure that the financial
statements ￿)mplY with applicable law. They are resp(￿sIble for safeguarding the assets of the tharity
and hen￿ for taking reasonal￿e steps f(￿ the pre￿lic￿ arKI deteclK)n of fraud and other irregularities.
Signed behalf of TnJst9es by.
* 4H64ty/1
Tariq Hussain........--.....-..........................-
Chairman
..Dated."
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Independent Examiner's Report
Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of Waltham Forest Blind Association
(WFBA)
I rekK¥t on the aonjnts ofthe chaiity forthe year end&J 31st ￿25. set OLrt cn pages 12
to17.
7e>pective responsibilities of trustees and examiner
c tharws trustees are resFX)nsible fcythe prEparalion oftFE The tharivs trust￿ cx)nsider
tr)at an aud￿ Is not requir&Y thts year U￿lers￿l￿ 144(2) ofthe Charib&s Act 2011 (the 2011 Acl) or
Und￿ R￿ulats?n 10(1Xa) to (c) of the CJBribes AccrNJnts (SoknrKI) R￿ulatIonS 20C%S
Regutations) and that an i•nt exami￿￿ is TrE c*aiity is prepaiing acxyued 2cmunts
aThd l qUcifffBJ to urMa￿take eXamInatK￿ by being a qL&91ffi&I memtEr of [naFTrJ lJ)dy].
It is my resForEibilty to."
examirE ts ao))unts uryJer*ion 145 ofttE Chantses 2011 and urKJer Secti￿ 44(1Xc) ofthe
Chartbes and Trustee Iiivestrnent (ScotsrKJ) Act XQ5 (ttE 2(K)5 Acl)
to f01b￿￿Tr tKcrwJures laKI dcwn in thc g￿r￿ D1￿Ctior6 gtven by Ihe Charity Cc¥nmtssion urxler
ion 14g5Xb) of the 2011 Act
. to state ￿ partKJJ* rykqtters have Ixxne to my att￿rtIC
Basis of independent examiner's report
IAY examination was t2￿[&1 (xrt in aOX)rda￿ with gwal DI￿10nS grven by the Chatity Commi&st(
d is ill dG(X)rdan￿ wth Regulabcfi 11 of the chalitt￿ AAThJnts (&x)darMJ) Regulati(xE 2Th. An
iriatinn indudes a revraw ofthe aLxrxJnting recDrds kept by ihe tharty and a cx)mparEon of ttE
aJJ)un"s presented wth tho* re(xrds. It ak) incknles c£MsKleratrn ofany unusual ttems or disdosures in
Ihe ac£aJunts, and sed(ry exFlanatuE frun you as bustees o)ncemiThJ any suth matte[5. The prc￿XIureS
U[KI￿ken do not FNr)Mde all the ev1dW￿ that wryjkl r4illr￿j in an audit cxJtwuty no opinion is
given as b whettErthe a)xunts pres￿ a arKI and IEF(Yt is Imtted to trK6e matter5 ￿t out
in trte next statement
Independent examiner's statement
In conn￿*￿￿ my exgmlnatK￿, no mth IES Im to my att￿￿￿¥1.
(1) whith gives ￿ rea&JE￿e (2U* to tElieve UEt in any nEterial resKEd the r4uirements:
to keep a(r£unting recotds in a0]Ydan￿ 130 ofthe 2J11 Ao* and sectron 44(1Xa) of
the2005Actand Regu￿*￿￿ 4ofthe 2C06PdXtkJnts R•nsand
. to prepa￿ a{x￿r￿S wtth the aCt￿nt[ng r￿)rdS arKJ Ixxnplywith the aox)unting
requIrem￿S ofthe 2011 Ad and ￿tion 44(1Xb) ofthe ZK15 Acl and R￿Ula￿l 8 ofthe
2o06A(X￿JntS Re3ulati￿S
have rTr)t met or
{2) to ￿lCh. in my opinion, alterikn sFvJJkl ￿ drawn in (xderto erngtk a urKJthdiro Of
the a(xx)unts to be readE
ne
Milambo ACMA BACC,
25 Watershipdown House,
Cambridge Paffrf Road, London E112PY
Date..
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WFBA ACCOUNTS 2025
WAL THAM FOREST BLIND ASSOCIA nON (WFBAJ
STA TEMENT OF FINANCIAL A CTIVITIES (INCOME AND EXPENDITURE) ACCOUNTS FOR
THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH 2025
Un Restricted Restricted
Funds
Funds
Total
2024/25
Total
2023/24
INCOMING RECEIPTS
Incoming Receipts Fmm
Generated Funds
- Voluntary Income
- Activities For Generating Funds
Notes
53,948
53.948
74,217
Chantable Activities
-OtherActivity Income
Banklnterest
1,812
227
430
97
T4.965
1,812
1.812
53,948
55.760
Chantable Payments
-R8crgation Programme6
56,091
56,091
67,732
Governan￿ Coslb
550
550
550
550
56,091
56. (>41
68,282
Surplus /(Deficit) for tho Year
1.262
(2. 143)
(881)
6.683
Transfer Between Reserves
Net Fund Movement
1,262
(2, 143)
(881)
6,683
Funds Brought Forward 1/4/2024
4,333
13,321
17,654
10.972
Fund Balances Carried Forward 30/3r2025
5.595
11,178
", he results for the year shown above are derived from Gontinuing activities.
16.773
17,655
WFBA Flnancial Statement 202&2025
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WFBA ACCOUNTS 2025
Y/AL THAM FORESTBLIND ASSOCIA TION (WFBA)
BALANCE SHEET AS A T31STMARCH 2025
Notes
2024/25
2023124
TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Office EquipmenVCDmputers
CURRENT ASSErs
Prepayment & Accrued Income
Bank & Cash at Hand
630
61.533
62,163
5,630
67.178
72,808
Creditors
Amounts Falllng Due withln one year,"
reditors and accnials
28,616
38.380
Ivet Current Assets
33.5d7
34,428
Amounts Falling Due More than one year..
Incomc Received in advance
16.773
16, T74
Net Assets
16.773
55
FUNDS
Unrestricted
-Gen8rai Funds
5.595
4,333
Restricted Funds
'.Revenue Revenue
Capital Fund
5,595
11.178
11.178
16,773
13.322
17.655
.Joproved for and on behalf of Trustses on..
i-
..2026
MR TARIQ HUSSAIN
CHAIRMAN
MRS NASEEM YAQUB
TREASURER
WFBA Financial Statèment 2024-202S
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WFBA ACCOUNTS 2025
Notes to the Financial State￿￿nts for the year ended 31st March 2025
f; Gcounting policies
l (a) Basis ofpreparation
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost conversion and in
accordance with applicable Accounting and Financial Reporting Standards and the charities
SORP 2005 and Charitys Act 2006 and 2011
(b) Fund-accounting
Unrestricted funds are funds available for use or retention at the discretion of the Board of
Directors in accordance with the chariws objectives.
Designated funds comprise funds which have been set aside by the Board of Directors for
specific purpos8s. They are set aside to ensure that redundancles and closure costs can be met at
any one time to allow coping with unforseen Clrcurnstan￿s.
Re5trlcted funds are funds subject to specific restrictive con(Jitions imposed by the donors or by
tho declared purposes
{ c) Incoming resources
Income is recognised when th8 charity has entitloment to the funds. any peifotmance conuitions
atlaGhed to the item(s) ot income have been met, it is probable that the incottle wlll be received
and the amount can be measuigd ieliably.
Income from grants, vthether 'capital' grants or 'revenue' grants is recognised when the
charity has entitlement to the fund8, any perforinance conditions attached to the grants
have been met, It is probable that the income will be r8ceived and the amount Gan be
measured reliably arKI is rK)t deferred.
Income received in advance is recognised in the period to whicti they relate
i expenoiiure Is accouniea Tor un accruals Dasis wnere Incurrea oirecciy Iv rurLner ifle
charrtys charitablc objeGtves is shown under the heading of direct charitable exp8nditure
(e) No amounts are inclucled in the financial statements for services donated by volunteers.
(g Tangible fixed assets- Tangible fixed assets are depreciated as follows:
Computers straight line (25% of cost)
Equipment Straight line (25Yo of cost)
Assets costsng £500 or less ar8 caprfalised in the year ofpurchase.
WF8A Financia Statement 2024-2025
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WFBA ACCOUNTS 2025
Notes to the Financialstatements for the year ended 31st March 2025
Incoming resources
2. (a) AnalY￿S of Incoming ReSoUr￿S
Grants/Donations Activity
Income
Income
Other
Income
2024/25
Total
2023/24
Total
Welfare Pmgrammes
53.948
1,812
55. 760
74,965
53.948
1.812
55, 760
Unrestricted Restricted Total
74.965
Total
Grants
Sports England
National Lottery Communty Fund-A4A
City Bridge Trust-city of London
London Communty Foundation
Groundwo
Lloyds Foundatlon
Foyles Foundation
7h8 Will Charilable Trust
The Archer Trust
WG Edwards Chan"lable Foundation
Total Grants Income
13,948
10,000
5.000
13,948
10,000
14,999
10,000
9,986
3, 732
25,000
3,000
5.000
1, 500
1, 000
74,217
25,000
25,000
53.948
53.948
Otherlncome
Donalions
Other income
Bank Interest
227
91
318
430
Fundraisin.q
1,812
1,812
Total Income
1.812
53.948
55. 760
3(a) Resources expended as shown in the Statement of Financial Actlvlties
74,965
Direct
Costs
Support
Costs
2024/25
Total
2023/24
Total
Welfare Programmes
Total
Governance
Total Costs
3( b) Governance Costs includes the following
Independent examination
Profes&onal & Consuiltancy Fees
40. 720
13.871
54.591
63. 784
40, 720
13.871
2,050
15.921
54,591
2,050
56,641
63, 784
4. 500
68.284
40, 720
550
1,500
2.050
550
3, 950
4.500
VblFBA Financial Statement 2024-2025
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WFBA ACCOUNTS 2025
Notes to the Financial statements for the year ended 31st March 2025
3 (c) DIRECT COSTS
2024/25
2023/24
Dmp In Acgivities
Travel & Outings
Staff Costs
Sessional Staff
Exercise￿learth & Well being
W8bsite, Publicity & Advertising
Volunteers
Cost of Living
Capacity Building
Training
Quality Mark
Food Vourchers
P￿MiseS /Venue Hire
Equipment-
5.565
2,009
8. 190
8,083
2,530
235
746
5,952
4,300
7,320
4,060
1,338
685
1,296
2.854
2,450
3,320
970
3,331
3, 780
821
42,477
3.450
2,321
4,030
3. 560
3(dJ Support Costs
InsuranGe
Audit & Accounting
Legal & Profesional
Subscriplions
Stationery
Telephone
Ineomg Generating
sur1drie￿GonSurnableS
Premises Rent
ght & Heating
' Bank Charges
Travel & Me8tings
40,720
1,016
753
550
3.950
1,500
1,060
115
263
8,014
528
2, 700
315
103
307
15.921
56,640
69
293
12.090
642
5.850
324
72
1,214
25.807
68.284
Other Current Assents
AGGrued Revenue
Prepaid Expenses- Rent Deposit
Cash and Bank Balances
5.000
630
5,630
630
630
Bank Balances
Current Account-Barclays
Premium Accounts-Barclays
Current Account-unity Trust
Petty Cash
Unrestrlcéed Res￿'cted
Total
Total
10,395
10,000
20,395
23. 853
30.010
11
40.415
11,117
41.127
43,310
15
67.177
5 Creditors
Creditors falllng within one
Accruals
Income Received in advance
21.117
61.532
4,016
14,600
18.616
4,016
24,600
28.616
10.000
10.000
3.780
14,600
18,380
Creditors falling more than one year
Income Re￿iVed in advan
16.773
16.773
16.T74
WFBA Financial Statement 2024-2025
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WFBA ACCOUNTS 2025
hjotes to the Flnancial statements for the year ended 31st March 2025
Surplus/Deflct
Surplus/Defict is after charging..
D8preciation
Independent Examination
2024125
2023/24
350
350
350
350
7 Analysis of Movement in funds
Restricted
As@
01/04r2024
Incomlng outgolng
Trfs
As
31/03/2025
Sports England
City Bridge Tmst- City of London
National Lottery -A4A
Lloyds Foundation
3.549
13.948
(11.450)
(5.000)
(10,000)
(29. 642)
(56.092)
6.047
10,OQO
25,OQO
53.948
9. 773
13.322
Unrestricted
General
5, 131
11,178
4.333
4.333
17.654
1.812
1,812
55, 760
(550)
550
(56,641)
5,595
5,595
16, 773
8 Flxed Assets
Computors &
Equipment
Total
As at 0110412024
Addltions
As at 3110312025
9.168
9,168
9.168
9.168
Depreciation
As at 0110412024
Charge for year
As at 3110312025
9,168
9.168
9.168
9.168
Net Book Values
As at 3110312024
As at 3110312025
Capltal Funds
Caprtal funds ￿presents grant funded assets {computer cost balances after depreciasted) purchased.
10 Employees
Avarage Employees During Ihe Year
Full Time Equivalent
10 Contlgent Llabllitles..
In the opinion of the trusteos. at 31 March 2025, there were no contigency liabilities or t￿tractual
commitment other than rental payments.
WFBA Financlal Statement 2024-2025
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