WEST AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT
(WAD)
ACCOUNT AND TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT
2021/2022
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Registered No: 1132899
DETAILS
Name: West African Development (WAD)
Register Number : 1132899
Address 1: 6 Brookdale Avenue Ashton under Lyne OL6 7UD
Address 2 : Unit D, 1[st] Floor Jannat Business Centre, Good Hope Mill, 98 Bentick Street Ashton-Under Lyne, OL6 7SS
Website: www.wad.org.uk
Email: admin@wad.org.uk
Tel: (+44) 0161 327 3095
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wad.westafricandevelopment
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WADCommunity
West African Development (WAD) have 9 people in the Committee who deal with the decision making under our constitution and average 25 volunteers who are giving their time to support our work and also sharing the ideas for the progress of WAD and the BAME communities in Tameside and Greater Manchester.
WAD committees members meet regularly to ensure we are reacting to the needs of the local community. We are a registered charity (No 1132899) and we are up to date with our information with the Charity Commission in England and Wales. West African Development (WAD) providing the following services:
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General Charitable Purposes
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Education and Training
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Immigration and Benefits Advice
The prevention or Relief of Poverty
- Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
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Arts/Culture/Heritage
Amateur Sport
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Social Activities & Wellbeing
• Crime Prevention
We were set up to work with those of West African origin, but not exclusively. West African Development (WAD) services benefited:
Children/Young People
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People of a Particular Ethnic or Racial Origin
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Other Charities or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind
2021/2022 Report
West African Development (WAD) aim to improve the quality of life of African’s and other ethnic minority people living in Tameside and elsewhere. Due to a financial crisis, this has had huge impact on our community and the services and the activities we provide for our service users. There been a number of challenges in our community over the last 12 months which has included social isolation, digital exclusion and the mental health, unemployment and the lack of education and training.
For minority groups, it is important that our people living with a basic and essential for living and in suitable accommodation, it is constantly battling marginalisation and proving that their lives are worthy too, in housing, health, education, and criminal justice and so on. It is important, now more than ever, to consciously break down barriers to equality in the context of employment and beyond.
The following activities are what we delivered over the last 12 months to tackle on some of these issues and barriers.
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Provided support and access to digital access via internet and resources for those who are digitally disconnected.
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Provided signposting and basic support to refugee and asylum seekers living in Tameside on where to connect for support.
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Provided support to local communities on how to remain safe.
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Translation advice and support to communities
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Supported on health improvement information and support to BAME communities living in housing provided by local authority.
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Consultation with the community to identify and understand housing needs.
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Prevention of Race Hate Crimes and domestic abuse - Many BME people lives are effected by undermining their self-confidence and willingness to access services or become involved. WAD can provide support improving selfconfidence via workshop and community related projects.
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Rolling out and supporting communities through winter pressures and support to most vulnerable during this season. During the cold winter months West African Development have worked with our vulnerable community to ensure they stayed warm and had the basic necessities to get through these difficult times. A lot of the communities
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we serve and supported had either lost jobs some were made redundant which impacted on their financial situations. Many of them were experiencing poverty. Many of them were reliant of food banks and other support agencies where English was a second language this was a problem for many of them.
WAD actions for the short term:
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1) Continue to provide one to one support sessions for families and individual who need support in Tameside to continue to thrive socially and economically.
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2) Develop set up and support of ESOL provision to ensure local communities develop a sense of belonging and community inclusion.
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3) Development of relationship with key service providers in Tameside.
Other activities have included :
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Voluntary Opportunities Placement Opportunities
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Faith Program Multi-faith Chaplaincy support
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Basic Advisory and Counselling Services
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Women and Youth Empowerment Program
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Online Children and school holiday activities.
West African Development Trustees Annual Account for year 2022
| West African Development Trustees Annual Account for year 2022 | West African Development Trustees Annual Account for year 2022 |
|---|---|
| Income: | £85.232.00 |
| Expenditure: | £68.306.73 |
| Funds bought forward frompreviousyear: | £17710.14 |
| Funds on 31st March 2022: | £34.635.85 |
| Asset: | £24.000.00 |
| Liabilities: | £0 |
Approved on the 29[th] October, 2022
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West African Development
(WAD)
FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st MARCH 2022
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Income:
| 31st MARCH 2022 www.wad.org.uk |
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| Community Fund - Main Grants | £9850.00 |
| Action Together CI Grant | £1000.00 |
| Action Together CI Grant | £1898.00 |
| Action Together CI Grant | £470.00 |
| Action Together CI Grant | £14987.00 |
| Action Together Grant Tuye | £497.00 |
| Action Together Grant | £9.975.00 |
| Tameside MBC Winter Emergency Fund | £9.900.00 |
| Jigsaw Housing | £250.00 |
| Lloyds Bank Foundation | £25000.00 |
| Member Contribution & Public Donation | £11.145.00 |
| Drumming | £260.00 |
| Total | £85.232.00 |
Expenditure:
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| Liability insurance | £551.76 |
| One Insurance | £1007.32 |
| Coordinators | £11.015.00 |
| Admin | £4992.00 |
| Sessional Workers | £2870.00 |
| Room Hire | £4500.00 |
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West African Development
(WAD)
FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st MARCH 2022
| 31st MARCH 2022 | |||
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| www.wad.org.uk | |||
| Maintenance / Repair | £3170.00 | ||
| Equipment & Materials | £10.435.00 | ||
| Immigration Advice OISCL | £900.00 | ||
| London School | £570.00 | ||
| Publicity &Web Design | £760.00 | ||
| Voluntary Expenses | £4370.00 | ||
| Stationary/Artwork & Postage | £1028.90 | ||
| Refreshment | £2690.00 | ||
| ASDA Gift Cards | £3246.75 | ||
| Currys Ashton | £2000.00 | ||
| Fuel | £2940.00 | ||
| Call Expenses | £660.00 | ||
| Humanitarian Aid | £10.200.00 | ||
| Accountancy- Greengate Business Centre Oldham | £400.00 | ||
| Total cost | £ 68.306.73 |
Balance sheet:
| sheet: | |
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| Funds bought forward from previous year Funds on 31st March 2022 Asset |
£ 17710.14 |
| £ 34.635.85 | |
| £24000 |
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West African Development
(WAD)
FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st MARCH 2022 www.wad.org.uk
Liabilities
£0
Alade Sanni (Trustee/Chair) Michel Gnonkonde (Treasurer) Approved October 29th, 2022
Every little helps, your support is needed and any further ideas would be most welcomed. WITH MANY THANKS
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ACCOUNTANCY Reference.. WAD121109 Date: 24th January 2023 Re.. WestAfrican Development (WAD) In a¢cordan¢e with the engagement letter dated I" April 2020, and to assist you to fulfil your duties under the Charities commission, we have reviewed the financial statements of the entity that has been prepared by your office and from the accounting records and infomiation and explanations you have given to us. This report is made to the Trustees in accordance with the tenns of our engagement. Our work has been undertaken to prepare for approval by the Trustees the financial statements that we have been engaged to review and the prepared accounts by your offLce, to report to the Trustees that we have done so, and to state those matters that we have agreed to state to them in this report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent pemiitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyolle other than the Trustees for our work or for this report. You have acknowledged that all on the Financial Statement for the year ended 31, March 2022 your duty to ensure that the "West African Development (WAD)" has kept proper accounting records and to prepare financial statements that give a true and fair view. We have not found any material differences and can confimi that the income and expenses have been recorded against each project income. We have not been instructed to caLry Out an audit of the financial statements. For this reason, we have not verified the accura¢y or completeness of the accounting records or information OFFICE and explanations you have given to us, and we do not, therefore, express any opinion on theHead Offic financial statements. Clemèncy Buslnesscent 354A HoIlinw)d Aveni Greatermanchesi Date: 2410112023 T..01616220 Broadway House 74 BroaaY Street 0harn OL8 1LR ve H Accountancy Broadway House Registered Offl¢ Broadway Hou 748roadway stre Oldha OL811 74 Broadway Street, Oldham, OL8 ILR M..07805 199 1,. E.. InfD ha(Louniancy.Ix).I W..w¥w.hacCancy.¢o.l OOKKEEPING-VAT- PAYROLLSEftVICE-FINANCIALACCOUNTS- MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTS-TRUST ACCOUNTS- PENSION ACCOUNTS PERSONAL TAX-CORPQRATIONTAX- CAPITAL GAIN5TAX - INHERITANCETAX - CASH FLOWSTATEhlENT5 -RE-FINANCING BUSINESS PLANS-COMPANY SECRETARIAL-WORKING FAMILIESTAX CAEDIT HAoUntalsthE1d9 namÈ0tHAttot1ficYLtd.RO9rÈ1fiEnQIand&Wal¢scOrnpaVRglstral No065BB709.Alirto*partnEr5rAnbeobtalnedfromEheIStP[eoKlce