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**Central Africa’s Rights & AIDS (CARA) Society (A Company Limited by Guarantee)** 

## **TRUSTEES’ REPORT & ACCOUNTS** _**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021**_ 

**Charity Registration No. 1135610** 

**Company Registration No. 06673504 (England and Wales)** 









Company No. 06673504 - Charity No. 1135610 **-** HMRC No.: XT12788 OISC No. N200500010 – ICO No. **:** Z154587X - Debt Counselling Group Licence No. G900014 

Supported by 



CEN'TRAL Ab RIC.4'.5 RIGIITS & AtD.S (C.41LI) SOCIITY
(A comp4nJ' limited by Gudrnntee)
LEGAL ¢LND AD.MINISTILITTr E INFOILMATIONI
Trnstee¥:
Mr Abdilahi Dahir NLFL DTPSW DA fHoD'&) UM_ Dircvtor
Ir Ndult ma￿￿1 IIBLlhL4- Direclor
fvtr Jean-Louis NGAMLry.4-T.4NIPA. Dk IHLW s Director
Ms Consiantine 14'a}'inu Dnily NGAMA UKW7tUONI- Director
MS Almonda Humi COLE. A,*IHThJ"$l
Secretarv..
C."haritv ￿uMber.
113i610
CompaDV h'umber: 06.6 13504
Rrylstered Office: 18 - 22 ASh￿ill Street
Dalston
Hackney
London
Lfnited Kingdom
Ex 3DL
Bankers:
HSBC.. Bank PLC
312 Sisters Raad
Tr'1nsbi￿l, Park
IA)ndon
N4 2AII'

ICE￿TRAI. ATr"RICA'S RICHTS & _41DS (CARA) SOCIETY
A eompujij limiled bji Guaruntee)
IRU
LS RF.POR I. & ACCOLTh'T8 FOR TIJE I.
R E,VDFf) 31 .VARL'H ?02J
TABLF. OF COiYfENTS
Trus1¢￿. Reporr.....................................................................................
IndependcnÉE.winer's Report....................................................................
Statement of FinAncial ALlivities......-..................
Balance ShLYt.........................................................................................
Notes lu Accounts .
10-13

CeDtrdl Africa's Right.8 & AIDli (CARA) Sociely
IA CowA} Ilmrialbj"
A%'IVLAL REPOR TFOR THE IEAR EIN7)Tr.D SI,1￿cH1O2]
TRUSTF.ES' REPOR T
Directors, Report ffir tbe vear ended 3 1 st 1I1srcb 2021
'lTh¢ Board of Direciors pres¢nts 118 .4tmual RerM)rt and Financi411 Statem¢n￿. for the
end¥il 315t I,larch ?O?l. Ivhicli Lvmpl!. Ni'itb GeneyJll!, AcLepted Acc()unting Pr4Ctice in the
Lnited Kingdom ILK GtL,tP). thL. Sratemenl ol" RecnrotnLnded PrdcliLc: Accounling and
Repnrtin- bv Cl]ariTies (Lh<lritie4 .SORP).. the Clwilies Act 2011 the Comp￿les Act 2006.
Ttsis ducument IS ¢1 summary of uur actiiitics and financcs from April 1 ' 2020 to March 31
?021.
Referellte and,Idminislrdlive I nlormAtioo
L.4RA is a ¢harwtablL compi& 11)" lin11￿￿ bK' %uarantL*. incorporated as a company on 14 AublllSt ?008.
'1 he Cftiiipdni, wa5 osiAbli5hed under a _memorandum vf Associaiinii which estsblished tlie ITrbjects and
the poii'erl of the charitable companN' 8TiII 15 goyerncd ijnder its .4rticles of A4soLl2tion.
C.AIL4 is a reEibler¢d charitt. (uumkr 113561Q) and is constituted as a compan}. limit￿1 by
guaraiitcu (number 06673 £04). Tts obj¢Lts. pnwcrb <md other collstituttonal Matters ar¥ set out in
ilb Memnrandi?o] and Articlcs uk. IlssociatiotL
Registered office: C.,IRA: 18 - 22 ..ISh31￿ Sireei. Dalstoffj IIackne!'. London E8 3DL.
Dir¢ctor%
Thi director8 Ot'ihe company EE￿ its tnJsiee% lor tl)e purw)sc of charit¥ laii" but ihmuiihoijt thts report ar¢
L]IIL¢lii'el) I"efLi to as iije direcrors. "I'h= dTrec¢ors seTriEIL¥ during thL' )-"ear ai)d
"Cl'L as follow5..
>iiiue the year end
Mr Nduli N1arcel_￿1BuIhIA- Director
Nfr .,IMil2hi Dahir N¥l".IL DlPSlI' [1.4 LLAI_ Direcior
Ms ConSi¢￿llne Il"a!"tnu EniilN" N(r.4KIUK4'HUO_M- Director
Mr Jean-IA)uis NGAMiJN.4-TAMP.4. BS.. IH(m sl- Director
Secretary:
M5 Almonda L4utlli CQLE BA EH￿.5
OB.IF.CTS LJT) ACTIN'ITIES
Objectivcs alld aims
The charity's principal vbjectTI-e and actii'iti- 15 to pm&ide legal adTrice to thc our meJnbLTS of
the UK-Mide. Its lundameutal (iinL8 ar¢ to proi'idc free legal aai'ice and represeutalion for ihe
ple live or work in the UK &￿d.,*frlCa.
This will k ￿hle1'ed bi'=
the pi"oi'i.%ion ot-hi.4ii-4u￿Iity specialist Iree le8dl èd¥iLY. intomiail(￿. condDms. fo(hts OT]d i)Iher
¢haritahl¥ 5¢fviL¢5 it) Ihe areas set out in our g(JherninLT documenL'
encouragiiig participatiotL ui giJ¥"ernathce of CAIIA bi" tbe li)￿] OUF rnembeTS'
Inproving our mLrnbers ' knowlLtlftre of their rÈ¥ht5 through ¢du￿10n UKI Tr)licy ￿￿rk-
ens￿ring a Strong and 5UStainable IL¥YI services r(IT members ofihe public-
Iniprn)%'in(T ihe comrnuniTr member%, kno￿le(￿8¢ lif their riJo rt5 through educution and poliLy:
En¢L5uraginu our mctnhers Ot'tbe coitimuniTr to Pllrticipaie in ?O%'Lrnart¢e of CARA..
Where possible brillging lesi cases ihar are capahle of bnnginbv dboui widc5pread c1￿)￿e% ro the
iii.
iv.
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Centr*l Africa's Rights & .4￿S (CAIi.I) Socleh"
IA limiledb) GJ*oNii¢¢eJ
..LI￿￿.4l RtPVftTIOR TI1>. Y&4R E57)ED SI.￿4RcI[2o21
right.% of rnembers ot the loc41 COll￿LIr￿li. and UK.wide:
rat8¥7lin¥ IIMi8e in tor social ￿"elf*t¢ la￿. 2dvite qualiLy 5pccialisl srF%itt5 of
CARA'S staff and v(Trlunfcc
ActiN'ilie5 during the CO* ll￿19 19 PaDdemlt
The priniipal chariiable actii'ity" of CAtL4 is in seeking to ffjvet the above aims. WL deliver our
ser¥ice8 through our vffice in London.
l)uring this trdgic peri￿￿ of the C-ON'ID-19 19 pandemic. CARA cvntinued its charitablc wurk in
¢ollabor<ilion ￿'1th other pm-t>ono lax. [￿rn5, includlng Incal solicitors and charities and all funds
donal￿1 lo CARA'S charttiible piogrdmrnei during ihe l'ear WLIL ciinsistent wEth thc aims set out
in lh¢ Lhari¢N s Strate￿.. Thc co￿"1d-19 pandemic Cre￿ed an additional focus io the charity's
ork. during this period: ￿ Ihe organisation rLspond¢d to ihe specific issue5 fdced by people
ofuur community, including Il'ume￿ childr¢n and young pevple ivith exceplioual healtb nee(Ls.
nd thc familie5 carinE loi thLm
'hile also retaining a foLus on inl'estment itl the corc work
pldnned for Ihe ii'hLrc￿lF FM)Ssibl¢. All the fujids raisld were allocated to..
Thv Lreation of a CARA'8 Covid-19 Di￿￿¢ Response SeTh'ice follow'ing 4upp￿rt rwuests from
LollL¢rned sen'ice-users. poor indivi(Iudls and famili￿ bl providing thetn &ssislaDL¢ with food
dLliv#rivs from superniarkets and volunleer deliveTr groups, IIXKI ￿oucherS and auurss to vital
Pcrsolldl Protectii'e Equipment {PPE). ID addition, thcTe Tr7s also a need to address the liick of
le￿ lidi'ice and guidiince aimcd SPCLificallv at famjlies caiitjg fur i'ulnerable children and young
people, and t￿[.8 to Iiclp witll emotional Th'ellbeing tor paiunts and N'oung pevpl¢. Our serv?ce w As
aiiailable to tatnilics Ihroiighout the l ? months co¥'¥ird bb this report.
s Lajmrtiwiilv he'lth adTriser% Sull IKIrtLd mvr¢ adults, ihildrcii truun¥ people during
thc year IhL <ffects on their ￿'ork du￿ lo Covid-19 V*cre greatly appreciated b> mcmb¢rs vf
our con)Inunilv-
Th¥ cofkliniied deN'elopmeni of CAIL4 sUPPOrt nem.0￿. whicli b￿L￿t a ipjtal sowc¢ of peer-tO-
peer drivtyn infornution emotiondl sUPPOrt during (.oi'id-19 w'as also really apprLLiated by
illcmb¥r¥ of oiir conllnunitTr"'
C'.4RA printed and distributed tTIUfkn Icatltts. resource5. Irilviiiidtion and guid8iic¢ fTDm the
CVOII.UK I"UK goi-cnllnent iY2bsitL) lor f￿. nilie5 to help thcm ll¢1￿1.4atC ihe often LuntlLsing
and t-ast Lh￿￿Ing CoNid-19 pandemi¢ al￿ io suppon their imotional ivellheii)g an
unprecedenl¢d. uncertain and challen*iiig y"LaT"
IN'e have proi'idrd a focus for partnersl)ip aDd iommunily ￿'orking 8nd our response to the Coi'id-
19 pand￿l11L has shown both the ditflfkn￿luC that C.QiL4 can ll￿k¢ when pul to th¢ I¥￿t and the
Str¥n5Yih ot our comTnunities Ln ijling lo the challenee. Ai lh¢ >ame time continuing to keep
CARA on track. deN-Llopingv our charit￿.,s activili¥¥ and eslablishing boih i'cnues at the heart or
the communities M'¢ SCTVV h(￿ been a real achieN'unent. Feedback from 5eri'ice users continiicb to
be 000¢ witli our mcmbers reporting positii'u knfe changes- improvLxI confidence and wellbeing
(physical and Mental) in response to thc acli%itics li'e haye now, been able to deli￿¢[ for our target
gtOUPi.
C".oiiscqiiLntl)'. Nl'e mostly prnud ofc.4L4'5 iuccekses and ii.hat ￿'e haNe been able to achieve in a
ye31 thal ￿.¥ tould not hai'e predict¥d. Ihe COK'ID-19 1 g pandlmic has Shown our uharity at its
best &5 our uollllnunity- and members camL logether to help and protcci each others. W¢ mostly
proud
of
being
able
to
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Crntral Afrlea's Rights & AIDS (CARA} Society
(A Lirnifterfbr fxuofrt￿1eej
.&4l*l.AL RfpoR TFOR THE IEIK t,TrLIED3l,￿4KcH2o2}
help Coryoidindte this respnnse. workin¥ with our Comiiiunily Outreach i'olunteers. IVI]Ili o
cmeTg¢ncN, distribution of frec F(KKI C￿￿ food %'oucher8 as WL"Il a5 free acce5.5 tn i'ilat Pvrsunal
Pr￿l￿tive Equipment IPPFI l)aN'c been a big part of ￿.hat w'e've 3chiei'ed In y.ear two, we are also
proud to hai'e been ablc lo (ieliN'er a ividcr rangc of aclivitie5 for adults and taruiiies ￿ restrictions
have allowed. LAIL4 hd5 been near its full Capaci1￿ with actii'ities supporting all of our largel
groups ljkc aduli indiTriduals, childien: tamilies and older mcmbcrs 10 ii'hom Th-e distribulL¢I free
vouchers, frett foods: free hand sanilizers (hand h)'gieno bYLI), free goo(Ls obtaiDid from the tn-
Kind Dir¥LI: GiTring World and other donors such hous¢hold cleaning detergents and product.%,
frec condoms sexual hcalih l￿flet$. helping hom¢lcss people to find acconunuddtion as ii'ell
as vther care and 8UPPOrt Sknm'iLes.
sTATE￿I￿,11T OF PLBLIC BENETrI'r
CARA provides publii bvnefii as a chaTirv through all the charitablc programme areas and
dLtivities detailed abo￿￿. The Trustees ha￿e complild ￿1th their duty iii 8¢wrdan¢e iviih the
ch￿11?¢5 Act 2011 to hai'e duL regard lo tbe Charir¥ C.on)mission's guidaiice wbcll rei'iewing Ihe
ckLaritY's aims and objecti￿¢S. approving fi￿dIng for proJeLtb and programnics: and in plannin8
and undertakinq currei)l and future actii'ilies.
Taking the Charity Comrnis4ion's guidance into con5ideratiofy the 'frustccs are satisfied that
our public benefit rcciuirem¢nts hai'e been mci.
STRUCTURE, GOVERNAP%CTr: LYD fvL4N,IGETrIEII
Organisatioual Structure
It ib the Bnai'd's dilly. tf)..
EstabliKh thl guidin¥ piillciplL* and wlici¢s foi the orwi8aliun (djrough ihc decisinll-
making procLTh<5 OUtliiii(I k.luw').
I'v delegaiL TL￿pUnSIbil1Tr and authorAty' li) those ￿.hO are respotL8iblL for ¢nactin8 t
piill¢iplL% anLI p0￿cleS (e.& the Tr￿SIL*s).
Tu monitor LOMP￿.an￿2 will? th051
guiding prillciples and pc)ljrj¢5.
To ensure that and Board 3like held aLC1)Un￿ble for th¢w pertormanL¥.
ThL Bodrd of TnLStees del¢ga1¥5 the dav_to-day management to the C'EO. IndiTriduul arcas of law
prdGticed are.superYiscd bN' suitably qualified Memb￿[5 Ut sfaff.
GoTr'erning Document
C.ARA is a chariiablty cotnpany limited bv g￿rantee. incoTporated ab a rompanj oli 14 August
2008 and re8iStercd a5 Clwity on 21 April 2010.
Tb¢ compan>. was ¢slablished under a fvl¢mordTrdurn of Association w,hich established the ubjects
and the powels of IbL Lharitable company and is governed under its Article5 of A￿sOcIatIon.
Recrnitment And appoinlment of new trustees
The Directors IL8 charity Irusttee5 hai'e contml ol'CAPA and its prnpert). aod fun(L8.
N¥w Tn￿te¢S are recruiled via the Annual (Teneral Meetincf
Induction 8nd trainTng of board
mLTibers takes plaLe during the Board of TnL8tees" tn¢Llings. They undergo an uri¢ntation day tn
brief Ih¥m on the le¥al obligatloT15 uuder cbarity and COmPdn> law. the cnnstitutional documents.
making
process¢s.
busiuess
planniiig
and
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Central Afriia's Rlghts & AIDS (CARA) Socie
(A CLwiJpoJxJ' Limiidl bs
.Il'Il'L'.4L REPURTFOR THE YEARE.NDkD 31.VARCH ?¢2J
tiDanLi¢il procedures and P￿r[m￿ance.
Il'e re%ieii' our rLcnLilment of TnLStees l¥%uIarly and in seleclillg new, Trustees, seek to
identify ￿0p1￿ w'ith the releV[￿t eXpcriu￿L¢ for this role who als'o hai'e a personal interest in the
woik olCARA. They must b¢ willing to ￿Olunteer iti sharing the day to da! r¥syL)nsibility for the
CAT￿ti￿¢ n￿nIng of our ¥harily.
The Trustecs arL' saii5ficd that goiiernancc sNstems are in placc, or arrangements arc in hdn(L to
maiiage L.JU14 s riik expo>ure. In partiLilI￿ dppropriale ii)surnnLe w¥'er and ￿11¢11% dre in place,
and tinaaLLs of the charity are kipl under con¢Eant LIDie rcTriknW.
Governanee and
ResponsiblL gnvcmanLL ol. thL compan!, is excrnised through the Iloard uf Trustees ii.ho are dll
directors ofthe Lompanv (the 144)&rd'l. The Board is made up uf independent lay mLmb¢rs who
dT¢ responsible ti)r ibc ionduLt of the charit¥. and for ensuring tliat il salisfies all legal
coiitmcluiil obligations. I'he difftiors ￿ i'oluJt¢ers and are noi remunerated for iheir time.
The Bodrd is rt.%ponsibl¢ for ￿etting tliL blr4t¢Oli direLtioii of ihi LOmp￿V a]id is uliimatcly
,ILLuiinnblc for holi-" etleitll'Llb' Ihe iompany lliLLti thL d..fiTJed aims throiigh direLI charilal)le
activi1￿.
"l-he Bodrd cmploN's executii'e. AdiIiiuibtrdtiNe and OPLfAiional siaff to engagF¥ in
a¢tii'ilics rel(Iled to governance as d￿r￿¥d by SOKP Lfr'KS1021 such as strategiL planning and
direct charitable iviivili¢s such as &d*ice 8er1.1￿'5 to sen'ice users.
The Botsrd IV¥LiS Ill Icast tO&4r t￿￿eS a ye2r. -' hv Boufd delcg8tes lo day i?nsibilily lo th
Lhiif Executivc who is rcquired to attend Board mictin¥s and EO ryport on all operatioiial and
tinancial mallvrs including 8tsff mallvr> and service deliverv.
Related parties
Nv trustees receiNed kmv pa￿inent of moii¢y vr uiher material b¢nefit (whether dircctlv vr
inth'rectlvl Irum the Charity eiLert tor T¥imbursement of rea50￿b]e out of p(Kktyl expenses
per oiir Mcmorandurll and ArtiklLS.
RE4 IryEW' ()F .ACHtEI.'EThIENTS ..IND PFRFO1im￿￿CE
CARA provided free t4￿￿, fuod vouchers. PPE wuipments legal adwTc¢ and represciilaliun in
housing. emploNThent. COtnmunitN' care, asl'lum and imtnigratinn: public la￿. debt and ivclfare
benLfils.
Bcing unfijnded charity. CAL4 bas been stniggling financiallv in order to itq ILL'al advice and
othcr uharitable services lu Clients, especiallN' Ih05e referred by other local advicc dgencies. We
M'¥r¢ able to rnn a niimb¢r of projects for IuLal our membcrs
including those experierkcing
difficulties with dibi. those affected by thL Cuts to *elfarL- benefits proNision and those nccdin
dssistanL% ￿'1th immigration and emplvNrnent rights law.
with
distributLd free condoms and svxual health IcallLls and also assisiLd men)bers ot public
free
foods
and
go(Kls
obrained
from
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Centrnl Africa'$ Rlghts & AIDS (C.I114) S¢Kiely-
%".4'L.".4L REPUR T MR THE IE4R KVDED31 MARCH26t2Z
the In-Kind Dir¢cl. Givin8 l¥'orld and other donors.
PRLNCIPL Tr: IUSKS AND LThCERT.41NTIES
'fhL Comp&nTr' undertakes pcrivdic reNieiis for th"fter¢i)l areas of risk including, insurance coi'cr,
health and iafely pnlicics in tbe woikpl¢ice' ￿orkIng with vuljicrdble peoplc; financial allairs.
personncl prdcuces and inforn)ation technologv. In relatlon lo these mallers, and apart from
rnaltCTS LompletelN' uutside the CL)mpany s Control, the DirLxlvr> covI.sidLr that ihe risks IL) which
tlic Cumpany is subject hai'e bcvn mits"gated Iv a sati<factory l¥vel.
The tn￿teeS liave a ri.sk mandgement 8tral¥gy ￿hiCh comprises:
An ollgtsiny reFiew of the ptincipal risE8 aDd uncertainlies the Iharin. t2CC5.
Thi L%tabli.Ehn*ol tsf rrf)liiie5. >￿51￿1[￿￿ ar.d IlftX4xlurLS t() mttlDal¢ ￿￿￿e ftsks sd¢EJtifJL
lTre imp1effjl￿tatlDrt of prtwjures desig￿￿1 Lo minimr%e or aiiy ikntellliMI Jwct on t
cbarity slM)ulrt tt105e risks Etutvial*s¢.
This WOTk has identiliLQ that financial sustainabiliti. is ihe majnr fiivancial risk for the charity. .4
key LILmenz in the management ol IiD¢UILial risk is a l¢bTular rn'jLW of a￿'ailabl￿ inconiittg
fiu]ds'.
FIN"ANCIAL RETr I l¢.Il'
CARA'S principal activi11￿ are the provision of a range of lit¢-changing servi¢e5 to
Uiid¢rpri￿'1Ieged communities lii'ing In some of London and Britain's SQ¥l<illv depnNed arcds. As
Slich, and becauic ol. lack of _eranl al local or national lei'el. Tre rbli. on our menibcrs dnd the
generosity" of rnembers of the publii '.0 contr.nkne ¢o".nip.u in af It14￿￿ lit iie¢d of v.ur services
IhL UK and .4frica. As prefviotLgly dvslribed in this repurl. CAlbl ha5 made excelleiit prugress
against most of its objecrii'es for thL JV4ir. haie provided our ckLaritJ s service users ￿ryth
sori'ice5 that meet Ihvir needs: iYiEh(s and wants during thi.s challenging pLriod of the Cok id-l9
pand¥￿ic. We are Currentl￿ exploriiig ways 10 revie￿. our business plaD¥ as ￿,¢11 as n¢w
fundraising strntegies lo ¥nable us tD conlill￿ with our 5Cfi'iLYS. And althoubyh the fuwicial
silion of the charity is not beller than aniiLipate& ive are graicfill to our fundcr5: donors and
other stakeholdeis
nolabli. Come Correct (01 Ccard) Scheme. Brook. Ihe Conkn]Junity African
N￿twork (CAM. N1rs Amanda Lei"ete, tlic H￿￿kn￿￿ Afncan Fotutn (HaAFO), Aii'ards for All
HaLkney Councils, Haikn¢s' PCT, Hacknei. B ￿$[nesS Linl Nliddle¢ex Legal C¥ntTe, C,ISA LK
Adliceb￿ and OISC for their colliributiuns and inN"aluablL IUPUT for C.WA's ¢je￿.¢10pment
Please nolc that in addition lu £50,000 Inan, our iharity"'s toral mLvme for the ￿eAr ii'(1S UP to
£92,872 from £82.1.S0 tor last Nrar while tolnl V.X￿nditUre for tliL I'car f l.?7.¥V2 Lumpared to
£80:871 for the prvi'ious l'ear. ii'hich mcan5 that C.4K.4 had a deficit during the y¢ar of £44.lJ iu
(?020 - £2.773 surylws). .,I total of £92.8;2 unrestricted iiicotne w'a5 receii'ed during the year froni
donallnng Itom the general niembcts uf the publiL. Frci rcs¥Tres ithat i.s, funcls which are neiilier
restricted nor designated) decreascd from ££, i i_l to (£42.157) at 31 l*L￿CH ?0? l. Apart from
the lO￿L our rharilJ's major sour¢c of income received during the )'eai c8mc from online
donations from m¥￿be[S of the public.
CARA is in the proc¢ss uf restNcturing ils s¢Trices and its fiiianLCS to create a mvre
sUstrd￿blC
odcl.
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Central Africa's Rights & AIT).S (CARA) Society
(A Cnjrywn). LJHMEedbJ' ￿￿r¢￿ie¥l
WI)ITAL RFIYPRTFOR THE YL4X *.'hDED JI.VARCH2O21
Ro8erve6 puliry
It is the ChariTh s poLicv tu hold free Tescr¥'es at a lei'el wtiich can coi'¢r up to 6 months
expenditurc on unrestricted funds not including fixcd assels. to allom, for unseen contillgcncies.
Futurc plans
The C.haritj Thill Lontinue to protridc seTrices in the arc&s that it mainly coiiers and is 3imin¥ to
iIicre<ise its M'ork in specialist leoal adi'icc. in housino: employment and iullnigrdtion laiv w,bcre
the demand is highe8t.
Going forward raisino fimds will a irjtal. alld increasingly Im￿rtant part of CARA'S
operations. Duc to the challenges broughi by the CoiYd-19 Pandemic and the restrictions around
fundraising e￿.enL$ and public gatherings. the pressures faLing individuals ivho mai. I
Slruggting financially in the>e diffieuli times, our charits also need to s¥cure long tem
funding from public and prii'ate bodies u5 H'ell &s other t-undino IK)dies. L.ARA is cuffentlTr in the
process ol. ¢xpanding its funding strdtegies, impD)i'ing our websile s(y that V*e can be enabled to
raise more donations, <ts these Mill ensurc ihal ii-'e continue to meet the ei'er tncr¢asing denmnds.
on our S¥-TrIL¢5. We M'nuld catnpaign ill the near future io engage m¥mkrs of the public and
enLvurage them to oncc again be generous in their SUPFM)rt of our charit¥ s worL as they haTre
PTei'iously be¢n.
STATEMEh I. A% TO DISCLOSURE ()F INTrOK￿LITT0ry 'fi> INDEPEYDENT F.X￿m1￿￿￿
Eauh ol.the per8(pn8 w'bo are directors ai the itlllle i¥"hen thi% report is 4wproi.ed collfirm5 thai:
(a) 50 for as Lach dTector is aware. th¢re is no releN•nt audTt inform&ion of W￿"Ch the
coiJpatty'5 audttor is unau'are: and
(bl to the of their knowkLue and bclief. each direthor ha5 tskLn all the step5 thai ought to hawe
been iakgn as a dirtcior, Incll￿ln&V making approprÈdlL L￿qUirieS ot. fellow direcrors and of the
L(*Tripan￿'s audttor for thai pu￿￿Se. In order to thL'mKlves aware of inforniatiou iiteJLd
the company s uudit(Ir in ¢OTmtctioD i%iih pr￿panIs¥
the Compan￿,5 auditor 1.% ¥warE of that infom)ation.
its rewyn
and io ￿ablish UiiLL
Indcpcndent Examiners
rcwlution to r¢-ap￿in[ (ilvbal Services I.td ILS lh¢ companls indwendent F.xaminer has
been put forw'"ard to the fonhconiin¥ Annual CJener81 Meeliug..
I"hL di[￿'t0rS hai'e preparknd thib [c￿)rt in accordance wilh the wial provisi0Tr8 relatiug to
small Lompanieb within part l -
- ot"thL Companies Act 10(16.
The Tru5teeq re￿rt ￿aS approl'ed by the Board ot" Tn￿tees.
Mr Jean-Louis NG.￿I￿lINA-TAMP.1. Rsc I}k￿)- Chair
Dared.. 18 Dccernber 20?1
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CL.YTRAL .4FRiCA'S RIGEtrs & AIDS (C.AIL,I) SOCIETY
(A L¥miled b). Guoraniee)
Ih'DEPE.VDEN'T EX&VI.N"LR'J REPOR TFOR THE YEAR I,*DED 31,VARLH 2021
Rtspeeth"c responsibilitles of t￿$t￿l and exAwiner
ThL tnistees 1w.bo arL dlso the of the Lompatty for tbe pu4KTr￿ of Company l.aw) are
rcsponsible tor IhL pr¢paralion of Ihi aLCOUQts. -rhe ¢onsÉd¢i thal an audit is llol rLquired f
this year L￿d¢r section 144 of the C'bariiies ALI 2011 (th¢ Charitics Actl and Ihdt an independcnt
c.xatninalion 15 DeedLd. l am qualitid tD undvrtake the examinanon by bEiug a quahfied meinbLr of the
JllStilut¢ ot Chart¢red Secrklalftts and.4dml￿stra¢￿r5.
Ha￿ing salisfjcd myself that the charit). 15 not subjecl to audit un(kr company law and is cli¥ible for
iDdependLllt examinaLion. it is TnN' responsibility io..
examin¢ the ac¢ounts UtKiT section 144 of thE ChArilies Acti.
t(J fDlloll' lh¢ procedurL* laid do￿Tr in the CTLnerxl Dirertions 8iven by the Charity Commi55lOn
ullder section 14<1 < Ilb} ot the Charifyes Act: a￿1
to state whether parti¢ular matter5 have Lome to my attellti(￿.
Bxyi5 of Indepcndent ExamlDer'5 ￿￿Jrt
My exaEnindrion w'as Carried (Trut ID accordance with the GcDeral Di[￿CtionS giN'eA by ibe Chan'ty
ConllntSSiOlL .,kn examiTVdtion includes a rei.jl￿ of the accouniinbw record5 kepl by rhe charity and d
comparison of ihL &EULL)unts pr¢sented wilh ihose te¢ord5. It al¥v illcludcs con8i(leration of an). unu￿1.￿1
itL7ns or disLlosures in the accounts, alld seeking explAnAtio￿ from hou as In￿lee$ ¢oncernin¥ any such
matters. 'lli¢ prOcL￿ur¢￿ undert2k¢D do nol prol'ide all eNidLnLf. that i¥'ould bL' reqwred in an auilit,
and cnnsL4u¥nllv no opinion is gyjl'kll a5 to w,hether the aiix)unrs preseni M -Irue and tair VkLit and the
f￿￿(bAl li* LJMttersset oul itt ilie Sidlemerti klow.
Independcnt F.iaminer's qualif￿d ¥tstement
In Lonnection ￿1th tny cxamination, niattm have come to my aiitntion:
wbtch gil'es me rn8ftndhle c?U5e to beLie¥L in matetial rLSp¢cI. the requ￿emLnl¥'.
ro keLP arcoiinting rffords iu aLLvrd2nce M'ith secti()n l JO of the C]wiliLS Aet. and
tr) Pr￿Pare acLoiint5 whiLIi dLLord iiith the acLciunting reLords and Lumply with the
accounting reqLUFLments of the ChariliLY .4Lt have not beert InL*,' or
2. to whic14 irt mv opinion. attention should be drdwn in order Iv enable a proper undcrstanding
ot'ihl a￿￿unt$ TO b¢ reached foi th¢ }rar cnded 31 IlarLh 2021.
C. Ndoro. FCC.,I. AC.18, TrIBL {urLisa)
G'lobalco ServiLLN I,imited
65 BickiiollLr Road
Entield
Ebl 3N
DY4te'.
18th day of D&'ttmber 2021
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CEhTIi4L ATrRIC.4'S RIGH IS & AIDS {C..tIL4) SOC.1 F.TY
(A Cvmpany Limiied bj, Guqranlee)
STA TE.,VE.VT OF FJ.P4ALI'CI.41..4CDF.7llk"3 FOR THE JL/JR EII'DED AI.1£4RCH 2021
Nores
LInT￿tricted
"UDd5
Restricted
Funds
2021
Tutal
Fund5
2020
Tot
Funds
In¢omiug Rv¥uurces
Frvm Generattd Fuiid
Voluntaty InLY)me
92*72
91￿?2
82,150
her iniome
Total Incuming
R¥¥vurce5
91872
92.872
82.150
Resources Ex
end¥
Cost of (ieneralinbF Funds
Cost cif¥¢neratitig
oluntsrv illcome
2924
2.924
,Y35
Ch#rAtable A¢ti%ities
129J05
129J05
76,596
CTOi'LrnJnce Coffls
5573
Total rewurces
expeDded
137,802
137J02
80.781
et In¢omc (Lth48) Ivr
the Icor
Ll nivvemLbllt in fvnds
(44.9.10)
(44,Y30)
1,369
Fun(1 Wces broughi
foni'&rd
1773
2,773
1.404
Balllnces CArried
forward
(42.157)
(41157)
2.773
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cE.￿lL￿L AFWCA'.S IUGH'fs & AtDS (CARA) SOCIETY
(A Compan} Llmiltd bj Guoran￿￿)
BALAJICF SJILÈTASA T31 JVARCH 2021
2V21
2V20
Flxed ￿8￿ts
Tangiblc r￿ed aSS¢TS
1,463
Current a55ets
c.ash 4lt b2nk and ID
Creditors:
Amounts falling thi¥ With￿ one
517
1,510
2011
et Lufrent a5seL8
Crcditurib
Amounts falling due atier tsnL vear
1,826
1.310
{43:9¥5)
et assils
{42,157)
2.773
Funds
L,￿rL￿￿ttlCted fi￿(L8
(42,IqD
2.773
(42.157)
2.773
The company is entirled to eximption from audii under section 477 {2) of the CollJpani¥5 Act 2(4J6 tor
the yw ended ) l March 2021.
The member8 hav¢ not requirixl thc (x)mFmy to obl￿n an audit of its finaactxl slatement% for die y
end￿ 31 Nl8fLh 2021 in accordanLY with section 476 of the Compani¢5 Act 2006.
The dircL"lurs acknow,ledge thLir r¢sp)nsibilit¥ for=
(a) Ensuring that ihkn Lonipany k¢ep5 accounti￿11 records wlu.ch comply with Section .386 of the
Companies Act 2(Klfi and
(b} Prcparing t-LnanLial &tsiemcnts ￿th1¢h gsvi a trne and f￿ %'iew of the state ot affair4 irf the
LomparE!' at ihe end (Jf cRch financial l'ear and ils profit and Ios> acLY)unt for the fInanCI￿ )'
in accordanc¢ w'idi l￿- rLquirements ot" SLLlJnn .49_7 and ￿hl￿-b othcr￿1Se compl) N"ith ihL
ri4llirements of the Compxnies Act 2006 relating iu Lompany a¢cow)LS. so far as applirable lo
thc ¥ompany.
Th￿L accol￿ts hal'e been p￿¥￿ed itt accor(lthce V*ith th¢ provision5 appliLdble to Companie5 sthjLLt
io ihc Small Companies. rcgiinL.
Th¢ fU￿ncl81 ￿￿tements iY¢re approvLxI by th¢ board of thttctors vn
and &iginLd on the￿ LK"IMIt bTr'
Mr j￿n-Ll1]S NGAIL IUNA-TANfPA- Director
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CE%TK4L .4fiRtCA'b RAGHTS & AIDS (CAIL.i) SOC￿￿.
(A Compunj Limiled bj CTudf4n14e)
I%'OTES TO THE FlI%AIl'CIAI. STA TE,IIE.P¥TS b'OR THE YEAR E.NDED 3J_IURCH 2021
l. Arruunting Pollcles
1.1 Basis of pr¢par3tioD
The accoullts haN'c b￿.n prepared ur]dcr thL historic c¢)st coni"enrion.
Thc Lharil), has taken a¢hwArage of th¢ ciemption in FinanLial Report￿8 Standard No. l frorn the
reqU￿ement to pr￿ce a c&sh IIOW 5111t¢m¢nr on ih¢ ground5 thai it is a smdll Lharity.
The accounts have been prepared m ￿.￿rd#￿e with appIl￿ble KCOUllting 8tandaTds: the Stat¢mcnt
of liewEllmellded PwtilL. "ALLuunting and Rcpornllg by C]Jarit]es"
jKsu¢d in Nlarch 2(K>5 and tlie
Ctsinp2niLb Act 2006.
1.2 IneTrming resuurces
All incolning resoLifce5 ar¢ refiecred iti ttie aLLuunL% %Flien the companv is le8ally enlitlcd to the
rncome and the amount &3n be qualliificLI wiLh rLdbonxble accurydC¥.
1.3 Restsurces expended
All expenditute i5 aKLounied flir an aLLnldl basis h&s becn ¢1&sfiliLd iirKlcr headings that
aggre¢<lte all co%lb rLlJred lo the category. l¥her¢ cannoi hL dirLcil}' attributcd to particular
hL'ailin&b they bafv'e been allocaied tv ￿￿11-It1&S on a basi5 ￿n5￿tent to the ot-IliL rLsLiur¢e.
1.4 Fixed and depreciation
Fixti(1855ets are slated at cosi less dq)reciaii(Jn. Ikyreciallon is provided at iat&s ￿k¥U13t¢d to write
off the cost oi'er ihc l￿rUI li(L ofihe assets as follow>'.
Comput¢r LNuipinent- OVLY two J￿r5.
1.5 Fund accounting
Llnre5tricted futi&% arL ¥xpeDddble al the di5crelion of the direci(iTS in furtherance ot the objLxly of the
org2Jll%Aliun. The fiLnd comprises the accumulatL(I surplu5¢5 3nd d¢fici15 Ot'unr¢qiriLted income and
expenditure.
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CENTRAL AFRICA'S RIGFrrs & AIDS (CARA) SOCIErY
IA Comwny Limited by Guoront8eJ
NofE5 TO THE FINANCLAL STA TEMEKfSFOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH20211continuedJ
2. Incomin¥ ResourcL
Reslrii*ed
Unrethirirted
Total
2021
Tutal
2020
Volun13Th' income
Other income
92*72
92,¥72
.150
92.872
92072
3. Resources ¢xp¥oded
Printing
Publisbing &
dislrihution
Publicity
'I'elephonL
R¢nt & Rates
Accountanci.
Statio￿￿ &. Posta¥e
Trai'¢1 & sub5t8lLn¢
lediLaL fee
Conthim Itistribution
olunteer training &
'elfare
SubscriptlQn5
82
122
286
327
¥17
446
116
62
1.053 2.979 3.181
233
817
817
12.1
432
432
3.511
¥.503
2.33.1 ? 786
A,234 5,539
201)
100
2811
572
2.747 2.325
6,710 5,<n4
117
72
200
34
34
135
68
66
611
1.185 824
6.710
238
537
12:29R R,198
20,496 9,372
2,7
2.764
222
18.1126 10,530
18,826
Advttac5', AdviLL
OUDselling
OihLr ddministrdtion
CO8ls
Insurancc
D¢precialiun
Hardship ￿lueN'latIOn
Foreign CoJJllnnnM'Lalth
Oftice
Fuod distributio
Total re5011rces
expended
lJ47 3.051 3,Oil 14.493 10,679 1.517 35J18 24.$97
24
224
2.972
1.462
28.191 7,580
494
6iO
814
214.191
¥54
122
494
240
2.-41
1.496
.*.?fA
2.9?4 23.545 46,473 49,919 11.019 i.513 137,802 80,871
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CENTRAL AFRICA'S RIGHTS & AIDS (CARA) SOCIETY
(A Company Umited by Gutsronteej
NOTE5 TO THE FINANCIAL STA TEMEhTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED31 MARCH2021 {conNnuedJ
4. Stgff ¢ost5
The companty" had no paid sl&trduring the jear. Th¢ aNrragc number of i'vlunteer5 dwm8 the year
'as .10.
-$. .4naly"si$ uf a55ets beh5.een funds
Restrici
L'nreslrlcted
Tolal
FundLS
2021
Totsl
'unds
2020
517
1,509
(200)
1,510
1.46)
(200)
kix¢d asseis
CurrLnt liabiliries
Long t¢rni babilities
1.51J9
(200)
43,9115
42.147
{42,157)
6. Trunds
-41 31
Nlarch
(kntgoing
Rc50urce5
Transfers
At31
larrh
2aZi
liesource
RLslricred timds
Ujjrestricied fimds
2.773
9?J72
(137Jlkl)
(42,157)
92.¥72
117.803)
7. Credltor5 falllng dut 4•ithill QDe Trear
,*t 31
-I1greh
2021
Ai31
2020
A¢¢Yuals and other
200
2W
8. Crtdttor% fklllng dlle after morc th¥n l'ear
At31
f8rih
ZlJ21
-Ilarch
2020
Llank loan
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CENThAL AFRICA'S RIGKTS & AIDS ICARAI SOCIErY
(A CompanyLlmlted by Guqrantee)
NOTES TO THE FINANaAL STA TEMENfs FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH2021 fcontlnuedj
9. fixed Assets
Ofnce Equipment
2021
20?0
Cost
Ai the start of ihL yrar
13,174
I I,)14
Additions during ihL >.
3,019
1.860
r)i&trf)sal in the ye8r
16.19.1
Depreciutioj)
Ai ihe start iTrf the year
11.711
10,249
Charg¢ fur the vear
2.973
1,462
Disposal in the year
14,684
Net book value 31 Marth 2021
1509
1,463
Net bwk YAiuc 31 March 2020
1.463
1.06
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