LA FRATERNITÉ – TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT 2020-21 

## **LA FRATERNITÉ GUINÉENNE** 

**Trustees’ Annual Report** 

01/04/2020 – 31/03/2021 

Charity registration number: 1135690 

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## **CONTENT** 

|A- About La Fraternité|page 3|
|---|---|
|B- Objectives and Activities|page 4|
|C- Achievements and Performance|page 6|
|D- Additional Information & Other Activities|page 8|
|E- Structure, Governance and Management|page 9|
|F- Reference and Administrative Details|page 9|
|G- Declarations|page 10|



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## **A- ABOUT LA FRATERNITÉ** 

For the past few years, we have been conducting various activities in and outside of London, working with various stakeholders within the Guinean and African Community in the UK to raise awareness about the specific issue of Female Genital Mutilations and the broader topic of Safeguarding Children.  We’ve gathered various professionals from the Home Office, the Metropolitan Police, the NHS, Psychotherapists, Religious Leaders, Campaigners from different African countries, and Survivors of FGM.  These activities have been very popular – and we have teamed-up with other organisations to train Community Champions within the Guinean community. 

La Fraternité aims to continue these activities and seek new professional and collaborative work with other organisations. 

La Fraternité Board and Trustees run the charity according to statutory guidelines. 

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## **B- OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES** 

## **a.** Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document 

La Fraternité runs a variety of community activities and events to raise awareness about topical issues affecting the community, support people in need, signpost and facilitate trainings.  In general, our work focuses on: 

1. The advancement of education and training including assistance to find employment; 

2. The relief of poverty, sickness, and distress; 

3. the promotion of good health; 

4. The provision of recreational facilities in the interests of social welfare with the object of improving their conditions of life; 

5. Helping and supporting the return of Guinean graduates and promoting their social and professional integration in Guinea in order to better benefit from job opportunities back there; 

6. Coordinating and consolidating the bonds of friendship, brotherhood, and solidarity between its members; 

7. Advancing education of the public on all aspects of the Guinean history and culture; 

8. Coordinating with other charities, associations and communities living elsewhere while pursuing the same aims; 

9. Using available financial, material, and human resources to help reduce poverty, promote the education of young people and to build sustainable public services; 

10. Helping towards the implementation of humanitarian and developmental projects 

11. Being a link between project initiators and beneficiaries; between Guineans designing social projects of all kinds and the Guinean diaspora who may wish to implement projects of common interest with others. 

- **b.** Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts 

La Fraternité raises awareness about FGM and host workshops on safeguarding children among the Guinean and West African Communities.  During these sessions, a variety of topics are addressed by several professionals from all walks of life: 

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- Health matters and raising awareness about COVID-19, vaccinations and following government guidance, 

- Understanding the laws in the UK 

- Job & Business, 

- Housing issues, 

- Discrimination in the workplace, 

- Immigration matters, 

- Parenting children in the UK 

- Education & home-schooling, 

- Safeguarding children, Child abuse and Female Genital Mutilations 

- How to deal with challenging children, 

- Childcare support, 

- Knife crime and county lines 

- Domestic Abuse and violence against women 

- Support available to women and families 

- And many more. 

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## **C- ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE** 

**a.** Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society 

Guinea is the second country with the highest Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) prevalence around the world according to the World Health Organisation. However, though the campaign to end the practice only gained a momentum until 2015, the Guinean community was not involved in any campaign related to the violence against women and girls.  La Fraternité is the first organisation to kick-start an integration and FGM awareness campaign targeting the Guinean community. 

In 2020, despite the pandemic, La Fraternité hosted several online workshops and provided lots of support targeting hard-to-reach communities. 

|**WHAT WE DID**|**HOW WE DID IT / IMPACT**|**WHO BENEFITED**|
|---|---|---|
|**COVID-19 Community**<br>**Support**|Providing IT equipment and material to support families<br>with children with no access to a device for schooling|BAME families who are<br>in hardship|
|**Delivering remotely**|Raising awareness about safeguarding children, ending<br>FGM and referring service users for counselling.<br>Supporting families with IT equipment|BAME families who are<br>in hardship|
|**Community Wellbeing**|Workshop sessions via Zoom themed on Community<br>wellbeing with professionals as guest speakers,<br>questions and answers from participants|BAME Families within<br>the hard-to-reach<br>communities|
|**Adults & children’s**<br>**activities**|Raising awareness about safeguarding children<br>focusing on the issue of physical, medial, emotional and<br>educational Neglect of children.<br>Quiz activities via Zoom with families|Adults & children|
|**Community Support,**<br>**interactive Activities**|Sessions via Zoom to get together with parents and<br>people affected by COVID-19 to share ideas on how<br>they are holding it together during the pandemic.<br>Themed sessions on health, schooling, parenting<br>issues, keeping everyone safe, dealing with hardship|Adults and families|
|**Accessing services**<br>**during COVID-19**|Zoom workshop sessions on how to use digital<br>technologies to be accessible and to access services<br>when more of these are movingonline|BAME families within<br>the<br>hard-to-reach<br>communities|
|**Hardship support**<br>(parcels & vouchers)|Sessions on how to get support when in hardship:<br>provision of foods packages or vouchers, baby / toddler<br>essentials|BAME Families facing<br>hardship|
|**Working with women**<br>**who experienced**<br>**abuse**(IKWRO)|Supporting women who have experienced domestic<br>abuse, child marriage, FGM and honour-based abuse|Women and young girls|
|**Clothing and sanitary**<br>**support for women**<br>**and children**|Providing clothes and sanitary kits to women in dire<br>hardship. Supporting new mothers and their children|BAME Families within<br>the<br>hard-to-reach<br>communities|



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|**Partnering with**<br>**Barnardo’s to support**<br>**the community**||Provision of tablets for families to access education,<br>counselling for parents affected by COVID-19 or in<br>hardship, food vouchers, food bank referrals|Adults & children|
|**Responding to**<br>**community needs**||Providing platforms and open sessions where<br>professionals will discuss with and advise directly<br>community members on topics such: supporting the<br>education of children during COVID times, mental<br>health, COVID-19 awareness, vaccination, domestic<br>abuse during COVID times, discrimination in the<br>workplace, how to find a job, effects of COVID on local<br>businesses, Black History Month, Health Support|BAME Families and<br>hard-to-reach<br>communities|



Table 1: Activities achieved by La Fraternité in 2020-21. 

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## **D- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION & OTHER ACTIVITIES** 

## a. Achievements against objectives set 

Throughout our campaigns and activities, our team of volunteers worked tirelessly, making huge sacrifices to serve the community and foster professional relationship with other campaigners, organisations and charities. 

La Fraternité built relationships with organisations such: 

1. Barnardo’s 

2. Forward UK 

3. IKWRO 

4. Dorcas Foundation 

5. Going Home – Health 

6. Family United 

7. Five Foundation 

8. Greater Manchester Guinean Community 

9. Pottal UK 

10. And several other local communities throughout England and Wales. 

## b. Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set 

La Fraternité faced an unprecedented challenge during the entire financial year of 2020-21 as the global pandemic imposed new ways of working with and supporting our communities.  La Fraternité adapted to the situation quickly and adopted the remote working system.  Due to the pandemic, La Fraternité did not initiate any fundraising activity during this financial year. 

La Fraternité will continue to seek funds through similar events and by requesting grants from grant making organisations. 

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## **E- STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT** 

La Fraternité focuses on supporting the community according to our objectives and help with a better integration of people from Guinea/West Africa and raise awareness about topical issues. 

La Fraternité is a registered charity in England and Wales and our governing document is our Constitution – available on our website: www.lafg.org.uk or by requesting it via email: CHANGE@LAFG.ORG.UK. 

La Fraternité selects its trustees by calling on volunteers during meetings.  A shortlist of candidates is considered when there are many volunteers and, following an interview, candidates are selected.  Trustees are selected based on what their experience and what they can bring to La Fraternité. 

## **F- REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS** 

## a. Name and head office 

La Fraternité’s head office is based in London but operates in all parts of England & Wales. 

|**Charity name:**|La Fraternité Guinéenne|
|---|---|
|**Other name the charity uses:**|La Fraternité|
|**Registered charity number:**|1135690|
|**Charity’s principal address:**|1C Edward Street<br>London<br>SE8 5HA|



## b. Charity trustees who manage La Fraternité: 

- Mama Sylla 

- Abraham Diallo 

- Mamadou Saidou Bah 

- Dienabou Kante 

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## **G- DECLARATIONS** 

The trustees declare that they have approved the above Trustees’ Report 2020-21. 

## **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

Mama Sylla Chairwoman **La Fraternité** 

Date: 20/12/2021 

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## LA FRATERNITE GUINENNE 

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR END 31st MARCH 2021 



## CONTENT PAGE 

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|INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT<br>BALANCE SHEET<br>BASIS OF PREPARATION<br>ACCOUNTING POLICIES<br>INCOME NOTES<br>GOVERNMENT GRANT<br>EXPENDITURE<br>TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS<br>DEBTORS AND PREPAYMENTS<br>CREDITORS AND ACCRUALS<br>CASH AT BANK<br>TRANSACTIONS WITH TRUSTEES|1<br>2<br>3<br>4-6<br>7<br>8<br>9-10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15|





|**Charity Name: La Fraternite Guineenn**|**Charity Name: La Fraternite Guineenn**|CharityNo<br>**e**|1135690|1135690||
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|Annualaccountsforthe period||||||
|Period start date|**Apr-20**|**To**|Period end<br>date|Mar-21||



## **Section A   Statement of financial activities (including summary income and expenditure account)** 

|**Expenditure (Notes 6)**<br>**Expenditure on:**<br>Tax payable<br>Net gains/(losses) on<br>investments<br>**Extraordinary items**<br>Other gains/(losses)<br>**_Reconciliation of_**<br>**_funds:_**<br>Gains and losses on revaluation of fixed assets for the<br>charity’s own use<br>Charitable activities<br>Separate material expense item<br>**_Total funds carried forward_**<br>**_Total_**<br>**Net income/(expenditure) after tax**<br>**before investment gains/(losses)**<br>**Net income/(expenditure)**<br>**Transfers between funds**<br>**_Net movement in funds_**<br>Total funds brought forward<br>**Net income/(expenditure) before tax for**<br>**the reporting period**<br>**_Total_**<br>**Income (Note 3)**<br>**Income and endowments from:**<br>Donations<br>Charitable activities<br>Other trading activities<br>Raising funds<br>Grant<br>Other<br>**Other recognised** **gains/(losses):**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**income**<br>**funds**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>F01<br>F02<br>F03|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**income**<br>**funds**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>F01<br>F02<br>F03|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**income**<br>**funds**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>F01<br>F02<br>F03|**Total funds**<br>**Prior year**<br>**funds**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>F04<br>F05|**Total funds**<br>**Prior year**<br>**funds**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>F04<br>F05|
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||41,708|-|-|41,708|27,900|
||41,718|-|-|41,718|27,900|
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||4,665|-|-|4,665|5,900|
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1135690 

**Charity Name:  La Fraternite Guinee** Charity No 

## **Section B                      Balance sheet** 

|**Fixed assets**<br>**Intangible assets            (Note 15)**<br>**Tangible assets              (Note 14)**<br>**Investments                    (Note 17)**<br>**_Total fixed assets_**<br>**Current assets**<br>**Debtors                           (Note 19)**<br>**Investments                    (Note 17.4)**<br>**Cash at bank and in hand  (Note 24)**<br>**_Total current assets_**<br>**Creditors: amounts falling due within**<br>**one year              (Note 20)**<br>**_Net current assets/(liabilities)_**<br>**_Total assets less current liabilities_**<br>**Creditors: amounts falling due after**<br>**one year                (Note 20)**<br>**Provisions for liabilities**<br>**_Total net assets or liabilities_**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**income**<br>**funds**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**Total this**<br>**year**<br>**Total last**<br>**year**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>F01<br>F02<br>F03<br>F04<br>F05|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**income**<br>**funds**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**Total this**<br>**year**<br>**Total last**<br>**year**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>F01<br>F02<br>F03<br>F04<br>F05|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**income**<br>**funds**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**Total this**<br>**year**<br>**Total last**<br>**year**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>F01<br>F02<br>F03<br>F04<br>F05|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**income**<br>**funds**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**Total this**<br>**year**<br>**Total last**<br>**year**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>F01<br>F02<br>F03<br>F04<br>F05|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**income**<br>**funds**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**Total this**<br>**year**<br>**Total last**<br>**year**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>F01<br>F02<br>F03<br>F04<br>F05|
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_**The Charity was entitled to exemption from audit under s477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.**_ 

_**The members have not required the Charity to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.**_ 

_**The board of trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Charity Commission with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.**_ 

_**These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to small companies subject to the small companies regime and in accordance with FRS102 SORP.**_ 

Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees 

Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees 

Date of Name approval Signature Date 

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## **Section C                                            Notes to the accounts** 

Note 1 **Basis of preparation** 

## **1.1 Basis of accounting** 

These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts. 

The accounts have been prepared in accordance with: 

the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014 

the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) 

- and with the Charities Act 2011. 

The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102.* 

## **1.2  Going concern** 

_**there are no material uncertainties related to events or conditions that cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern,**_ 

_**The charity has enough funds to continue as a going concern**_ 

_**The accounts have been prepared basis on the going concern concept**_ 

## **1.3 Change of accounting policy** 

The accounts present a true and fair view and no changes have been made to the accounting policies adopted in note 

## **1.4 Changes to accounting estimates** 

No changes to accounting estimates have occurred in the reporting period (3.46 FRS102 SORP). 

## **1.5 Material prior year errors** 

No material prior year error have been identified in the reporting period (3.47 FRS102 SORP). 

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**Section C                                            Notes to the accounts                                                        (cont)** 

|**Note 2**|**Accounting policies**|
|---|---|
|**2.2 INCOME**||
|**Recognition of income**|These are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) when:|
|| the charity becomes entitled to the resources;|
|| it is more likely than not that the trustees will receive the resources;|
|| the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability.|
|**Offsetting**|There has been no offsetting of assets and liabilities, or income and expenses, as<br>required or permitted by the FRS 102 SORP or FRS 102.|
|**Grants and donations**|Grants and donations are only included in the SoFA when the general income<br>recognition criteria are met (5.10 to 5.12 FRS102 SORP).|
||In the case of performance related grants, income must only be recognised to the|
||extent that the charity has provided the specified goods or services as entitlement to|
||the grant only occurs when the performance related conditions are met (5.16 FRS 102|
||SORP).|
||Legacies are included in the SOFA when receipt is probable, that is, when there has|
|**Legacies**|been grant of probate, the executors have established that there are sufficient assets in<br>the estate and any conditions attached to the legacy are either within the control of the|
||charity or have been met.|
|**Government grants**|The charity has not received government grants in the reporting period|
||Gift Aid receivable is included in income when there is a valid declaration from the|
|**Tax reclaims on**|donor.  Any Gift Aid amount recovered on a donation is considered to be part of that gift|
|**donations and gifts**|and is treated as an addition to the same fund as the initial donation unless the donor or|
||the terms of the appeal have specified otherwise.|
|**Contractual income and**|This is only included in the SoFA once the charity has provided the related goods or|
|**performance related**|services or met the performance related conditions.|
|**grants**||
|**Donated goods**|Donated goods are measured at fair value (the amount for which the asset could be<br>exchanged) unless impractical to do so.|
||The cost of any stock of goods donated for distribution to beneficiaries is deemed to be|
||the fair value of those gifts at the time of their receipt and they are recognised on|
||receipt.  In the reporting period in which the stocks are distributed, they are recognised|
||as an expense at the carrying amount of the stocks at distribution.|
||Donated goods for resale are measured at fair value on initial recognition, which is the|
||expected proceeds from sale less the expected costs of sale, and recognised in|
||'Income from other trading activities' with the corresponding stock recognised in the|
||balance sheet.  On its sale the value of stock is charged against 'Income from other|
||trading activities' and the proceeds from  sale are also recognised as 'Income from|
||other trading activities'.|
||Goods donated for on-going use by the charity are recognised as tangible fixed assets|
||and included in the SoFA as incoming resources when receivable.|



Gifts in kind for use by the charity are included in the SoFA as income from donations when receivable. 

**Donated services and** Donated services and facilities are included in the SOFA when received at the value of **facilities** the gift to the charity provided the value of the gift can be measured reliably. Donated services and facilities that are consumed immediately are recognised as i ith i l t t i d d th i t 

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income with an equivalent amount recognised as an expense under the appropriate heading in the SOFA. 

## **Support costs** 

The charity has not incurred expenditure on support costs. 

The value of any voluntary help received is not included in the accounts but is **Volunteer help** described in the trustees’ annual report. 

**Income from interest,** This is included in the accounts when receipt is probable and the amount receivable **royalties and dividends** can be measured reliably. **Income from membership** Membership subscriptions received in the nature of a gift are recognised in Donations **subscriptions** and Legacies. Membership subscriptions which gives a member the right to buy services or other benefits are recognised as income earned from the provision of goods and services as income from charitable activities. 

Insurance claims are only included in the SoFA when the general income recognition **Settlement of insurance** criteria are met (5.10 to 5.12 FRS102 SORP) and are included as an item of other **claims** income in the SoFA. This includes any realised or unrealised gains or losses on the sale of investments and **Investment gains and** any gain or loss resulting from revaluing investments to market value at the end of the **losses** year. 

## **2.3 EXPENDITURE AND LIABILITIES** 

Liabilities are recognised where it is more likely than not that there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out resources and the amount of **Liability recognition** the obligation can be measured with reasonable certainty. **Governance  and support** Support costs have been allocated between governance costs and other support. **costs** Governance costs comprise all costs involving public accountability of the charity and its compliance with regulation and good practice. 

Support costs include central functions and have been allocated to activity cost categories on a basis consistent with the use of resources, eg allocating property costs by floor areas, or per capita, staff costs by the time spent and other costs by their usage. **Grants with performance** Where the charity gives a grant with conditions for its payment being a specific level of **conditions** service or output to be provided, such grants are only recognised in the SoFA once the recipient of the grant has provided the specified service or output. **Grants payable without** Where there are no conditions attaching to the grant that enables the donor charity to **performance conditions** realistically avoid the commitment, a liability for the full funding obligation must be recognised. 

**Redundancy cost** The charity made no redundancy payments during the reporting period. 

**Deferred income** No material item of deferred income has been included in the accounts. 

The charity has creditors which are measured at settlement amounts less any trade **Creditors** discounts A liability is measured on recognition at its historical cost and then subsequently **Provisions for liabilities** measured at the best estimate of the amount required to settle the obligation at the reporting date The charity accounts for basic financial instruments on initial recognition as per **Basic financial** paragraph 10.7 FRS102 SORP.  Subsequent measurement is as per paragraphs 11.17 **instruments** to 11.19, FRS102 SORP. 

## **2.4 ASSETS** 

**Tangible fixed assets for** These are capitalised if they can be used for more than one year, and cost at least **use by charity** 

They are valued at cost. 

The depreciation rates and methods used are disclosed in note 14. 

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The charity has nointangible fixed assets, that is, non-monetary assets that do not have **Intangible fixed assets** physical substance but are identifiable and are controlled by the charity through custody or legal rights.  The amortisation rates and methods used are disclosed in note 15. They are valued at cost. 

The charity has no heritage assets, that is, non-monetary assets with historic, artistic, scientific, technological, geophysical or environmental qualities that are held  and **Heritage assets** maintained principally for their contribution to knowledge and culture.  The depreciation rates and methods used as disclosed in note 16. 

||They are valued at cost.|
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||Fixed asset investments in quoted shares, traded bonds and similar investments are|
|**Investments**|valued at initially at cost  and subsequently at fair value (their market value) at the year<br>end.  The same treatment is applied to unlisted investments unless fair value cannot be|
||measured reliably in which case it is measured at cost less impairment.|
||Investments held for resale or pending their sale and cash and cash equivalents with a|
||maturity date of less than 1 year are treated as current asset investments|
|**Stocks and work in**|Stocks held for sale as part of non-charitable trade are measured at the lower or cost or|
|**progress**|net realisable value.|
||Goods or services provided as part of a charitable activity are measured at net|
||realisable value based on the service potential provided by items of stock.|
||Work in progress is valued at cost less any foreseeable loss that is likely to occur on|
||the contract.|
||Debtors (including trade debtors and loans receivable) are measured on initial|
|**Debtors**|recognition at settlement amount after any trade discounts or amount advanced by the<br>charity.  Subsequently, they are measured at the cash or other consideration expected|
||to be received.|
||The charity has no investments which it holds for resale or pending their sale and cash|
|**Current asset**|and cash equivalents with a maturity date less than one year.  These include cash on|
|**investments**|deposit and cash equivalents with a maturity of loss than one year held for investment|
||purposes rather than to meet short-term cash commitments as they fall due.|



They are valued at fair value except where they qualify as basic financial instruments. 

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|**Section C**|**Notes to the accounts                                                        (cont)**|**Notes to the accounts                                                        (cont)**|**Notes to the accounts                                                        (cont)**|**Notes to the accounts                                                        (cont)**|**Notes to the accounts                                                        (cont)**|**Notes to the accounts                                                        (cont)**|
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|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**income**<br>**funds**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**Total funds**<br>**Prior year**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>Donations and gifts<br>10- -10       9,203<br>GiftAid<br> - - - - -<br>Legacies<br> - - - - -<br>General grants provided by government/other<br>charities<br> - - - - -<br>Membership subscriptions and sponsorships<br>which are in substance donations<br> - - - -<br>Donatedgoods,facilities and  services<br>-               -                -                 -               -<br>Other<br>-               -                -                 -<br>**Total** 10             -                -                10       9,203<br>10-                -                10 9,203<br>**Note 3                           Income**<br>**Analysis of income**<br>**Donations**<br>**and legacies:**<br>**TOTAL INCOME**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**income**<br>**funds**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**Total funds**<br>**Prior year**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**Income**<br>**Analysis of income**||||||
||Donations and gifts|10|-|-|10|9,203|
||GiftAid|-|-|-|-|-|
||Legacies|-|-|-|-|-|
||General grants provided by government/other<br>charities|-|-|-|-|-|
||Membership subscriptions and sponsorships<br>which are in substance donations|-|-|-|-||
||Donatedgoods,facilities and  services|-|-|-|-|-|
||Other|-|-|-|-||
||**Total**|10|-|-|10|9,203|
||||||||
|||10|-|-|10|9,203|



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## **Section C                                            Notes to the accounts                                                        (cont)** 

## **Note 4                       Analysis of receipts of government grants** 

|**Government grant 1**<br>**Government grant 2**<br>**Government grant 3**<br>**Other**|**This year**<br>**Last year**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**Description**|**This year**<br>**Last year**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**Description**|**This year**<br>**Last year**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**Description**|
|---|---|---|---|
|||-|-|
|||-|-|
|||-|-|
||National LotteryFund|41,708|27,900|
||**Total**|41,708|27,900|



## _**All conditions attached to the grant have been fullfilled**_ 

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## **Section C                                            Notes to the accounts                                                    (cont)** 

## **Note 6                           Expenditure** 

|Fundraising agents<br>Operating charity shops<br>**Total expenditure on charitable**<br>**activities**<br>**TOTAL EXPENDITURE**<br>**Total expenditure on raising funds**<br>Operating a trading company<br>undertaking non-charitable trading<br>activity<br>Cost of obtaining investment advice<br>Investment administration costs<br>Advertising, marketing, direct mail and<br>publicity<br>Start up costs incurred in generating<br>new source of future income<br>Rent collection, property repairs and<br>maintenance charges<br>Operating membership schemes and<br>social lotteries<br>Staging fundraising events<br>Database development costs<br>Other trading activities<br>**Analysis of expenditure**<br>Intellectual property licencing costs<br>Incurred seeking grants<br>**Expenditure on**<br>**raising funds:**<br>Incurred seeking legacies<br>Portfolio management costs<br>Investment management costs:<br>Incurred seeking donations<br>**Expenditure on**<br>**charitable**<br>**activities**<br>**FGM Event Organisation**|**Analysis of expenditure**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**income**<br>**funds**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**Total funds**<br>**Prior year**<br>**£**<br>**£**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**income**<br>**funds**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**Total funds**<br>**Prior year**<br>**£**<br>**£**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**income**<br>**funds**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**Total funds**<br>**Prior year**<br>**£**<br>**£**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**income**<br>**funds**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**Total funds**<br>**Prior year**<br>**£**<br>**£**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**income**<br>**funds**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**Total funds**<br>**Prior year**<br>**£**<br>**£**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Incurred seeking donations|-|-|-|-|-|
||Incurred seeking legacies|-|-|-|-|-|
||Incurred seeking grants||||||
||Operating membership schemes and<br>social lotteries||||||
||Staging fundraising events||||||
||Fundraising agents||||||
||Operating charity shops||||||
||Operating a trading company<br>undertaking non-charitable trading<br>activity||||||
||Advertising, marketing, direct mail and<br>publicity|-|-|-|-|-|
||Start up costs incurred in generating<br>new source of future income|-|-|-|-|-|
||Database development costs|-|-|-|-|-|
||Other trading activities||||||
||Investment management costs:|-|-|-|-||
||Portfolio management costs|-|-|-|-|-|
||Cost of obtaining investment advice|-|-|-|-|-|
||Investment administration costs|-|-|-|-|-|
||Intellectual property licencing costs|-|-|-|-|-|
||Rent collection, property repairs and<br>maintenance charges|-|-|-|-|-|
|||-|-|-|-|-|
||**Total expenditure on raising funds**|-|-|-|-|-|
||||||||
||**FGM Event Organisation**|37,053|-|-|37,053|22,000|
|||-|-|-|-|-|
|||-|-|-|-|-|
|||-|-|-|-|-|
||**Total expenditure on charitable**<br>**activities**|37,053|-|-|37,053|22,000|
||||||||
|||37,053|-|-|37,053|22,000|



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## **Section C                                            Notes to the accounts** 

## **Note 10                           Details of certain types of expenditure** 

**Note 10.1  Fees for examination of the accounts** 

|**Note 10.1  Fees for examination of the accounts**|||
|---|---|---|
|**Tax advisory fees**<br>**Other fees (for example: financial advice, consultancy, accountancy services) paid**<br>**to the independent examiner**<br>**Independent examiner’s fees**<br>**Assurance services other than independent examination**|**This year **<br>**£**|**Last year**<br>**£**|
||300|300|
||||
||||
||||



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## **Section C                                            Notes to the accounts                                                        (con** 

**Note 14                           Tangible fixed assets** 

## **14.1 Cost or valuation** 

|**Freehold land**<br>**& buildings**<br>**Other land &**<br>**buildings**<br>**Plant,**<br>**machinery**<br>**and motor**<br>**vehicles**<br>**Fixtures,**<br>**fittings and**<br>**equipment**<br>**Total**<br>Prior year<br>funds<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>At the beginning of<br>the year<br>-                      -                      -                1,080              1,080     1,080<br>Additions<br>-                      -                      -                      -                      -<br>Revaluations<br>-                      -                      -                      -                      -<br>Disposals<br>-                      -                      -                      -                      -<br>Transfers *<br>-                      -                      -                      -                      -<br>At end of the year<br>-                      -                      -                1,080              1,080     1,080<br>**** Rate**<br>20%<br>At beginning of the<br>year<br>-                      -                      -                   432                 432        216<br>Disposals<br>-                      -                      -                      -                      -<br>Depreciation(Straight<br>line)<br>-                      -                      -                   216                 216        216<br>Impairment<br>-                      -                      -                      -                      -<br>Transfers*<br>-                      -                      -                      -                      -<br>At end of the year<br>-                      -                      -                   648                 648        432<br>Net book value at the<br>beginning of the year<br>-                      -                      -                   648                 648        864<br>Net book value at the<br>end of the year<br>-                      -                      -                   432                 432        648<br>**14.3 Net book value**<br>**14.2 Depreciation and impairments**|**Freehold land**<br>**& buildings**<br>**£**|**Other land &**<br>**buildings**<br>**£**|**Plant,**<br>**machinery**<br>**and motor**<br>**vehicles**<br>**£**|**Fixtures,**<br>**fittings and**<br>**equipment**<br>**£**|**Total**<br>**£**|Prior year<br>funds|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||-|-|-|1,080|1,080|1,080|
||-|-|-|-|-||
||-|-|-|-|-||
||-|-|-|-|-||
||-|-|-|-|-||
||-|-|-|1,080|1,080|1,080|
||-|-|-|432|432|216|
||-|-|-|-|-||
||-|-|-|216|216|216|
||-|-|-|-|-||
||-|-|-|-|-||
||-|-|-|648|648|432|
||||||||
||-|-|-|648|648|864|
||-|-|-|432|432|648|



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## **Section C                                            Notes to the accounts                                   (cont)** 

## **Note 19                         Debtors and prepayments** 

## **19.1     Analysis of debtors** 


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## **19.2     Disclosure of debtors recoverable in more than 1 year (included in debtors above)** 

|**Total**<br>**Trade debtors**<br>**Prepayments and accrued income**<br>**Other debtors**|**This year**<br>**£**|**Last year**<br>**£**|
|---|---|---|
||-|-|
||-|-|
||-|-|
||-|-|



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## **Section C                                            Notes to the accounts                                     (cont)** 

## **Note 20                         Creditors and accruals** 

## **20.1 Analysis of creditors** 

|**Accruals for grants payable**<br>**Bank loans and overdrafts**<br>**Trade creditors**<br>**Payments received on account for contracts**<br>**or performance-related grants**<br>**Accruals and deferred income**<br>**Taxation and social security**<br>**Other creditors**<br>**Total**|**Amounts falling due**<br>**within oneyear**|**Amounts falling due**<br>**within oneyear**|**Amounts falling due after**<br>**more than oneyear**|**Amounts falling due after**<br>**more than oneyear**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**This year**<br>**£**|**Last year**<br>**£**|**This year**<br>**£**|**Last year**<br>**£**|
||-|-|-|-|
||-|-|-|-|
||560|-|-|-|
||-|-|-|-|
||-|-|-|-|
||-|-|-|-|
||-|-|-|-|
||560|-|-|-|



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## **Section C                                            Notes to the accounts                                    (cont)** 

|**Other**<br>**Short term deposits**<br>**Cash at bank and on hand**<br>**Total**<br>**Note 24     Cash at bank and in hand**<br>**Short term cash investments (less than 3 months maturity date)**|||
|---|---|---|
||**This year**<br>**£**|**Last year**<br>**£**|
||-|-|
||-|-|
||5,310|670|
||-|-|
||5,310|670|



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**Section C                                            Notes to the accounts                                                        (cont)** 

## **Note 28                         Transactions with trustees and related parties** 

## **28.1 Trustee remuneration and benefits** 

**None of the trustees have been paid any remuneration or received any other benefits from an employment with their charity or a related entity** 

|**Name of trustee**|**Legal authority (eg**<br>**order, governing**<br>**document)**|**Amounts paid or benefit value**|**Amounts paid or benefit value**|**Amounts paid or benefit value**|**Amounts paid or benefit value**|**Amounts paid or benefit value**|**Amounts paid or benefit value**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**This year**|||||**Last year**<br>**£**|
|||**Remuneration**|**Pension**<br>**contribution**|**Redundancy**<br>**(including**<br>**loss of**<br>**office)/ex**<br>**gratia**|<br>**Other**|**TOTAL**||
|||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**||
|||||||||
|||||||||
|||||||||
|||||||||



## **28.2 Trustees' expenses** 

_**The charity has not paid trustees expenses for fulfilling their duties, details of such transactions should be provided in this note**_ 

**No trustee expenses have been incurred** 

|**Type of expenses reimbursed**|**This year**|**Last year**|
|---|---|---|
||**£**|**£**|
|**Travel**|||
|**Subsistence**|||
|**Accommodation**|||
|**Other (please specify):**|||
||||
|**TOTAL**|||



## **28.3 Transaction(s) with related parties** 

**There have been no related party transactions in the reporting period** 

|**Name of the trustee**<br>**or related party**|**Relationship**<br>**to charity**|<br>**Description of the**<br>**transaction(s)**|**Amount**||**Balance at**<br>**period end**|**Provision for bad**<br>**debts at period end**|**Amounts**<br>**written off**<br>**during**<br>**reporting**<br>**period**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||**£**||**£**|**£**|**£**|
|||||||||
|||||||||
|||||||||
|||||||||



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**accounts** 

## **Section A                        Independent Examiner’s Report** 

**Report to the trustees/ La Fraternite Guineenne members of** ~~a~~ **On accounts for the year** 31[st] March 2021 **Reg** 1135690 **ended** ~~eeee eee~~ **Set out on pages** 3 to 16 Of the financial statements ~~pt~~ I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31st March 2021 

**Responsibilities and** As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the **basis of report** accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). 

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. 

**Independent** I am qualified to undertake the examination by being a part qualified **examiner's statement** member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) 

I have completed my examination.  I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: 

- the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or 

- the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or 

- the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. 

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 

**Date:** 29/11/2021 **Signed:** ~~|~~ **Name:** Mamadou Bah ~~OO~~ **Address:** 109 Poppleton Close, Coventry, CV1 3BN ~~oS~~ 

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