Registered Comp&Dy number: 06560853 (England and Wales) Charlty Registratlon Nun)ber: 1135522 Kingston Raee and Equalities Council (A Compally limited by gllarantee) Report of the Trustees and Unaudiited Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2024 Kingston Race and Equalities Council Company limited by guarantse Company number: 06560853 Charlty R￿A￿tratiOn Numb¢r: 1135522 Contents of the Finaneial Stat¢ttients St For the y¢ar end¢d 31 March 2024 Page R¢ference and Athninistrative details Trustees ￿port Independent ExamAners' rew)rt staten￿nt of fjnancial aotiviti¢s Balance sheet 10 Notss to the financial statsments 11-14 Kingston Race and Equalities Council (A Company limited by guarantee) Reference and Administrative details for the year ended 31 March 2024 TRUSTEI ES Javed Rafiq (Chair) Jolm Farmer (Vice-chait) David Sk¢lton (Treasurer) Prabha Shety H¢ather Buchanan Dr Victor Olisa Fleur Standring Prof Evanthia Lyons Andrew Bessant Kanagasabai Ilankovan Macille To Ben Rowe Rfi GISTER￿D OFFICE Neville House 55 Eden Street Kingston Upon Thames KTI IBW REGLSTERED COMPANY NUMBER 06560853 (England and Wal¢s) RKGISTERED cHAR￿y NUMBfi R 1135522 INDEP￿NDENT EKIMINER Masood SIMhid ACA FCCA Chartered Accountant Falcon House 257 Burlington Road, New Malden KT3 4NE BANKERS Metro Bank 64-66 Clarence Street Kingston London KTI INP Virgin Money Kingston Race aDd Equalities Council Company Ilmited by guarnntee Company number: 06560853 Charity Registration Number: 1135522 Report of the Trustees Year Ended 31 March 2024 The trustees who are also directors of the charity for the purpos¢5 of the Companies Act 2006, present their report with the f￿ancIal statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2024. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practi¢¢ applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordanc¢ with th¢ Financial Reporting Standard applicabl¢ in the UK and R¢public of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective l January 2019). KREC Objectives and attivities To work towards the elimination of racial discrimination and associated inequalities To promote equality of opportunity and good relations between persons of different racial groups. To address the Human liights and needs of all communities In order to achieve th¢5e aims KREC ￿leS out the following main areas of WO￿ in fiutherance of its public benefit duties: Undertakes case work specific to race and 8ssociated inequalities. Supports local stakeholders in developing and monitoring equality policies. Raising public awareness through educational and cultural events. Helps to develop and support local ethnic community organisations. During the year KREC has held one General Council meeting> an Annual General Meeting and a number of consultations and has publicised its activities as widely a5 possible through conference participatio￿ on its own web site and in the media. Th¢ TTUStees consider that the activities undertaken, offered at no or minima] cos¢ provid¢ benefit to the public and LM)nfinn that in exercising their powers and duties. they have complied with their duty to have due regard to the guidance on public benefit published by the Charity Commission and have complied with their duties under Section 17 of the Charities Act 2011. Achievements and performanee In addltion to providing a comprehensive c&sework service to our clients within the region. a number of events and projects have been undertaken. I)uring the year KREC: has undertaken a total of 349 cases and enquiries which are at various stages of development; worked Ivith Kingston Safer Neighbourhood Boart Met Police SW BCUIKingston Poli¢¢, South Thames College Group/KingsÉon College, Kingston University and severdl Secondary Schools including Tolworth Girls, Southborough Fligh School, Coombe Girls and Coombe Boys S¢hool4 Richard Challoner School, Holy Cross School and the Kingston Academy to raise awarerAess on Hate Crime. knife and violent crime among young people. a Member of the Tolworth Girls School and Southborough High School Governors Board se¢n by RBK and the Voluntary and Community Sector as the local Strategi¢ Partner iKad for BlacL Asian and Minoritised Communities and Refilgees in Kingston and continued to work as a member of the Kingston Partnership Boar(L the Inclusive Kingston Borough Alliance, the Kingston Hospital's Equalities Diversity and Inclusion Committee and the South West London NHS ICB tnequaEities Board. continues to be a Champion for Saftguarding Children's and Adult's issues within the Black. Asian and Minoritised Communities, Faith and Refugee communities" support the Kingston Faith and B¢lief Forum collaborated with th¢ Royal Borough of Kingston to promote the Black Lives Matter campaign" maintained the Black Asian Minoritised and Refugee (BAMER) Voice to give these communities a forLml to campaign worked with RBK on Black History Month, Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender History Month and International Day of Disabled People's and Holocaust Memorial Day events. on a renewed and extended funding contract to March 2026 as a strategic organisation to deliver agreed outcomes with the Royal Borough of Kingston. has provided perfOrnIan￿ tnonitoring and evaluation reports to our fimders. preparation for and successful delivery of Kingston Carnivavsmall F¢stival 2024 with an increase in audience participation: working with tbe Home Office and the Ministy of j￿$tiCe through the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for grdnt fi￿dIng for a Race Hate Crime project and seeking fimding for a National Race Equality Alliance proje¢t A fuller account of KREC'S activities and opening houts can be found on the KREC website: www.kin stonrec.or Kingston Race and Equalities Council Company limited by guarAntee Company number: 06560853 Cbaiity Registration Number: 1135522 Report of the Trustees Year Ended 31 March 2024 JMPORTANTEYEN13 DURING 2f123124 Th¢ annual Kin&stort c￿nIv￿1 was held again in 2023. The annual Bike Across Cultur&8 2023 organi8ed in Partnership with Multiculturnl Ridmiond at Richm(md Park ton Gate was positively Support￿ by attend￿9 and oth¢r Agencies such as RBK and SW BCU Polico. KREC Chief Executive John Azah continues to be a m¢ml*r of th¢ Home Office and the Millisty of Justice and Crown Prosecutlon knico Hate Crime Indepondent A(Ivisory Group which advises the Goven)ment, National Police Chiefs Coun¢il and A88(￿l&tIOn of Police and Crime Commis5ioner8 on Hate Critn¢. KREC Chief EX¢￿tiVe John Azah continues lo bo an Advis¢r to the H￿11¢ Office and the Met￿pOlItan Police Service (￿trnach Team in dig¢u55ions with the H(me offi￿ on trust and wnfidence ISSU￿ und the reoruitment Tetention and progression of Black and Minoriti8¢d peopl¢ into the MetrO￿lItan Polic¢ Sorvice. KREC Chief Exe¢utlv¢ John A7Ah continues to be a member of th¢ Metropolitan Poll￿ Service Race Indep¢¥KI Advisory Group ÈUMI to advise Police on how to engage Black Asian and Min￿ltiSed c4)mmunities and provide a communty ￿Spe¢tive on crimes. KRBC Chlef Executive John Azab continues to be a memlv of the London Race Acilon Plan Board of the M¢tropolit&n l)ollce Service. KREC Chief EXec￿1ve John Azah continues to a Memb￿ of th¢ National Police Chiefy Council Race Religion gmd Be]i¢f Strat¢gi¢ Grnup. KREC Chief Exeattive Jolm Alth continues to be a m¢mber of tho Kingston Safrr Neighbow'hood Board (KSNB). This BoaTd hokls lo¢al Poli¢¢ Offi(ws to ac¢ourt and puNies local Poll¢ing prioriti￿. KREC Chief Executive John Azah continW￿ as a Governor of the South Thames Col Group/Klngston Coll¢8e KREC ¢(*rtAnu¢s to ￿lIal￿)￿tE with the Royal Borough of Kingston and sllpp￿t Kingston Black Network events on Let's Talk Alx)ut Race Equalty. KREC works with RBK to pron]ote Kingston Black N¢twork and fy the BLM Flag on ￿ Guildhall. KREC collaborated with the Crown Prosecution Seryice, Kingston Polic¢ alld eight Secondary Schools to hold a Fiv¢-a-Side Football Townam¢J)t to rais¢ awareness on Race Equality as part of Race Equdity W¢ek 2023 and Hate crime￿ as part of National Hate Qime Awareness W¢ek 2023. Blad( History Month 2023 actIvitie5 and ¢v¢nts held in sel¢ct¢d Secondary School& Communty Outreach talks giv¢n in the Kingst(m A￿lMY School Financlal revlew FJNANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE YEAR The results fortho year are as shown in the Accounts. Dth'ing the yew. 8Tant funding was re¢¢ived from the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. 1(REC also iEc¢ived the South West LondoD NIIS Integrated Care Board as part of a pffltnership to develop an anti-racj8t health and Lwe 8yStem. This woA( Start￿ in 21Y23r24 howev¢r, it h proved difficult to i'e¢ruit apJKopriately skill¢d statyand the project will now ¢omplet¢ in 2024125, KREC has also been generousty supported by donations. As rery>rt¢d in the 2022123 accounts, whilst KREC deliveY¢d a Successf￿ Kn]gston Carnival in Sq)tember 2022, it r¢p(irted & sIgnifi￿ntIO55 of arnund £18,(KIO arising froftn thc ¢venL Al the time ofpr¢paring the ￿COunts it Was uncl¢aLwh¢ther.athnan¢ial.commitmellt.ofuplo.£20,OtM).mudfrby-RBkbofore.thtrCamivaltould.be"honoured-. - We are pl¢as¢d to report that following further dis¢ussions with the Coun¢il thi$ payment was iEceived dwing 2023r24. Overdl KREC madc a surplus from ils unrethi¢ted a¢tivitia8 of£17233 in 2023124 although as described above this reflects the Kyeipt of the additional financial support for the 2022 Kingston Camival offsets the ￿¢￿￿ed d¢f￿1t of £18.535 from 2022123. Kingston Race and Equalities CouncRI Comilany Ilml*ed by guarantee Company number: 06560853 Charity Registration Number: 1135522 Report of the Trustees Year Ended 31 March 2024 RESER YESPOLICY The aim of the Trustees is to ensure thllt I(REC holds adequato reserves for working capital purposes and has sufficient funds sly)uld it be fwced to creat¢ redundancies. OvernlL this is now &stimated to be the equivalent of S￿lle £40,000. As at 31 Ma￿h 2024, unrestricted reswves bad increased ¢L) £47,175, and is considered adequate ￿. purp08es. Strncturfy %0ve1￿￿e and management CONsfllvTION Th¢ Kingston Ruce and Equaliti¢s Coullcil (KREQ was incorporated on 9 April 2008 as & ¢ompany limited by gUarall￿ wilh its govern￿8 document boing its M¢mornndum and Artick INDUCTIONAND TRANDtG OF 7RUSTEES All Trustrt8 of the Litnited Compony (KREC) are also Trustees of th¢ Charity Kingston Race and Equaliti&8 C.owwil. The Council has a programme of tr&ining and inductirA] for Trustees. A major feature of keeping Trustees up to date with th¢ Work of KREC is ¢ovoEd by regular updates against the WO￿ programme and the RBK PerfOrn￿ monit￿1ng RO￿L ORGANISA TIONS7RUCTURE OFKRECAND DECJSIONAIAKING PROCESS The operational responsibilities of KREC ore delegated to the Chief Executive Officer who in turn delewes vari￿8 duties to Staf£ AS of 319tMarch 2024, KREC directty employed one m¢Jnbor of Staff based at its Offi￿ ill Kingston, Surrey, with one vacancy untilled at the lime. ief Ex¢¢utiv¢ Officer: John A7Ah Offi(* Manw: Vacant RISKSAMD INTERNAL CONTROL The Trustees have ov¢rall r¢wx)n8ibility for ensuring that KREC has appl￿prIat0 Syth]s of contml both finan¢lAI and opeTationo1. Th￿e systems are desi8ned tsp provido tEa8onabl¢, but not absolute, assuranc¢ against materAal misstalem¢Dt or loss. During th¢ yeth., the Trustees continued to review the major fimicial and opthYti(MMI risks facing KREC and continue to monitor on a r¢gularbasis the implementstioll of any changes necessary to ensure tha( as far as is reasonable, ¢ontrol$ are in place to prote¢t KREC, its member4 its staff. the genernl public and other 5taktholders. STR4TLIGJC DE YELOPMENT es with"lThn plan a strate￿¢ ameWO￿ which was approved in 2021 and iyviewed in 2023 by the T￿L9t￿& Th¢ fiv¢ areas covered by th¢ business plan are Policy Development and bnpIeMe￿at10n, casewo￿ and sUp￿rt foi. Victims ofFlate Crimo 4nd discriminalion, Community Development, Engagement and Cohesion, Public Education ￿ Awtw¢n¢ss Yaising and Capacity Buildin& Consultancy, Trainin& Reseath and Developme￿. To &¢hieve these aims KREC engages with a wide range of stakeholdo'4 promotag g￿)d management and g￿d govoyJan¢e and supports KREC m¢mb¢rs. Killgston Race and Equalities Council CompaRy limited by guarantee Company number: 06560853 Charity Registratlon Number: 1135522 Report of the Trustees Year Ended 31 March 2024 ststement as to digelosure of lllfornthllon to Independent ￿￿MIller In 80 far as the thsttts are awtwe: - theT¢ is no relevanl aLxlit informatlon of whichtbe COM￿ty8 Independent Examin￿ is unaware. and - the Trustees havo tthen all steps that they I)U￿rt kn have takm to make themselves awar¢ of any i'elevant audit infornlation and to establish that the Independent Examiner is aware of tbat infomiation. Statement of T1'ust￿, re8poMslbillties The Th15t¢es ftre r&qpon8ible for prwrAng thc rqjort and accounts An ucc(rdanc¢ with applicable law and wlations. Company law requiras the Trustees to prq)are accounts for each financial year. Under that law the Trustees have el¢ct¢d to preparc the acLX)unls in awordanoe with United Kingdom Gellttally A¢ceptsd Accounting Practice (Unit¢d Kingdorn Accowrting Standards and applicable law). Under company law the Tn￿ must not approve ihe a￿￿￿t8 unless they are satisfi¢d that tlw glve a tn* and fair view of the ststo of affairs of the ¢ompany and of the swplus or d¢fi¢it of the c(ympauy for that period, In preparing tEw¢ accLKmts, the Trnstees are required to: sekrt suitable acwnting pN)licies and then apply o)nsistently' make judgements and estimates that are r¢asonabl¢ and ￿udenl. Prepare the accoimts on the going concern basi8 unless it is inapwopriate to presume thatthe ¢ompany will continue in business The Thistees are rnsw]sibl¢ for keeping adquate a¢counting records that 4r¢ sufficifflt to show and explain the company's tsynsadlons and diyclose with reasonable Rcuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the aLrounts compty wlth the Companies Act 2006. Th¢y ar¢ also respon8ibl¢ for 8af¢guanling the assets of the company and hence for taking re[￿Onable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and Oth￿ irregulwities. On behalf of tho boayd J Rafiq Trustee D Skelton Tru8lee Kingston Raee and EquAlities Couneil Compatty limited by gurdrantee Company numb¢r: 06560853 Charfrty RegistratAon Numb¢r: 1135522 REPORT OF THE IIYDEPENDEINT EXAMINER TO THfi TRUSTEES ov IaNGSTON RACE AND QUALITIES COUNCIL I report on the acaRmt5 of the charty for the year ended 3 1st March 2024, which set out on pages 9- 15 Respoetlve r¢spollslbllities of Irustee8 xnd eximlner The trustees (who ar¢ also directors of Kingston Race and Equallties Coun¢il for the pury)os¢s of Company law) are responsli )1¢ for the preparation of the accounts. The twstees considw that an audit is not wuired for this ye4r under s¢¢tion 144(2) of the Charlties Act 2011 (Ilie 2011 Act) and that an Alldep¢ndent examination is ne¢d¢iL It is my ro4)ollsibillty lo examine th¢ a(Younts under ￿¢tion 145 of the 2011 Aot follow procedures laid down in the Gelleral Dir¢¢tions given by th¢ Charity Cojnmission section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 A¢t and to state whether parti￿la'Mattern have come to my att￿tiOn. Basls of Ind¢p¢ndent ¢Xamine￿$ rLy>rt My oxamination was caffled out in u￿rdance with tho genffal directions giv¢n by the Charty Conm]i58ion. The examination incIude8 a review of the aLYollnt ircords kept by the dwity and a comparison of the accounts prcsented with thos¢ records. It also Included consideration of any unusual itenLq th dAs¢losures in th¢ 8¢counts and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning such matters. The p￿d￿leS undertaken do not provide all of the evidence that woukl be required in an audii and consequently no opinion is gfven as to wheth¢r the accounts ￿Esent a 'trne and fair vi¢W and the report so limitd to those matters sot out in the statem¢nt b¢low. Independent examIne￿8 $thlement In cornection wlth my examination. no matter Ik9& come to Any att¢ntion: (A) whl¢h gives me rea80nable caiw to belI￿e that in oThy material req)ect the requirements: - to keep a￿O￿nting records in accordan(% with section 386 of the Compani&5 Act 2￿6 and - to prepare a￿OUnts which accord wÈth the accountll)g records. Comply with th¢ a(¥ounting requiments of section 396 of the CompanAe8 Act 2006 and with the methods and prin¢ipl¢s of tho Statanent of ReLX)mmended Practice: Accounting and Reporting ty Charities have not beffl met or (li) to wtii¢l in my opinion, &ttartion should ￿ drawn in ord¢r to enable a proper underSta￿lIng of the aCLX)Wrt8 to be rea¢hed Mas(x)d S id ACA FCCA KAMP Ch red Acg)unianls Falcon House. 257 Burlingkn Koad New Malden K13 4NE Kingston Race and Equalities Council Company limlted by guarantee Comp4ny number. 06560853 Charity Registration Number. 1135522 Statement of financial activities for tb¢ year ended 31 March 2024 Notes 2023r24 Total 2023124 Total 2023n4 Total 2022123 Total Restrided Unrestrieted Income from Donations Charitabl¢ activities Oth¢x adivities Bank int¢rn& Itceivabl¢ Tolal in¢omAHg AwoMr¢e8 1.000 69,952 15.770 44 3&0 49,237 50A26 84337 50,426 134 727 Expenditure on; Charitable actlvities Oth¢r Aetivitie5 1fi$86 42,775 39,719 59J61 39.719 46.620 33,823 Tothl yosourees exp¢nded Gro￿ Intomittgl