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Rise Community Action Limited
Annual Report
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Annual Accounts
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1 December 2022- 30 November 2023
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LEGAL ￿F0
5617122
Chari
Number.
1147332
al Statu
Limited by Guarantee and a Registered Charity
Addres
Halkevi Community Centre
31-33 Dalston Lane
London E8 3DF
road of Direclors
Tntst
David Kakande
Lukiya Kakembo
Amina Nalubega Ssendegeya
Princi
le Staffr.
Janet Murungi - Coordinator (volunteer)
Banker:
Barclays Bank
Moorgate Branch
128 Moorgate,
London, EC2M 6SX

Rise Community Action (RCA) was developed to provide a voice for people living
with HIV/AIDS and to create a bridge between service providers and service users
who we found were not accessing available services. RCA'S work is directed at
improving the quality of life foi individuals who are socially excluded for a myriad
of reasons.
The Board of Trustees of Rise Community Action Limited (IUSE) ("the Chariw)
present their annual report for the year ended 30 November 2022 under the
Companies Act 1985 and the Charities Act 1993, together with the independently
examined financial ststements for that year.
Administrativ• Detslls
Rise Community Action is a registered company limited by guarantee (Company
No: 5617122) and Charity No: 1147332. with its registered office is as shown on
page l.
The Charity is governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association which
were adopted on 9th May 2005. The Board of Trustees is responsible for the
overall governance of the Charity. Trustees are either elected or co-opted and the
total number of Trustees may not be fewer than three and cannot exceed seven.
A co-opted member may retain office only until the next Annual General Meeting
(AGM) and shall then be eligible for re-election. Effective partnership between
Trustees and staff continues to contribute significantly to our success.
Ob'ects and Princi
l Artivities
The Charitys object is for the advancement of education, the relief of poverty and
sickness, and the preservation and protection of good health of women and their
families, especially persons from BME, Refugee and Asylum seekers communities.
and any other person who need assistance. (a) The provision or assistsnce in the
provision of facilities in the interest of social welfare.

Our vision is a world where everyone is given the best Possible opportunities in
life and where a medical condition is not a barrier to an individual abilty to grasp
opportunities and achieve personal fulfilmenL
Our strategic aim is to achieve this by providing high qualty services that is
intended to have a practical and positive effect on the lives of those affected with
HN and their families.
Our Aims
To improve the quality of lives of individuals affected by HIV, FGM or
Domestic Violence.
To create awareness on issues surrounding HIV/AIDS and reduce HIV -
related stigma in the community
To reduce isolation suffered by HIV positive people and promote their
social inclusion.
To better infonn seniice providers on the needs of people living with
Hfknl thus improve the quality of care
To empower our users to make informed choices on access to services
and their lives in general.
Rise Communty Action (RCA) was developed to provide a voice for people living
with HtV/AIDS and to create a bridge between service providers and service users
who we found were not accessing available services. Our first project provided
care and support for individuals living with HP4. RCA services have been extended
over the past decade to include providing. support services and activities for
individuals affected by Domestic Violence and FGM advocacy and empowerment
sessions and sexual health promotion activitie
What We D
RCA activities have been laser focused, on tackling Domestic Violence and Female
Genital Mutilation (FGM). We are supporting an increasing number of victims of
Domestic Violence and survivors of FGM. We a￿ tasked with raising awareness
of the effects of Domestic Violence and FGM in the wider community.
Established to provide information, care and support for women living with
Hf¢/AtDS in London, RCA has been unfaltering in raising awareness on issues

surrounding HIV/AIDS by running workshops, delivering presentations and
stsging community event5 and educating the community about the spread of
HIV. RCA has been responsive to the needs of the community and its activities
have been targeted at reducin9 the damage HIV/AIDS have been doing to its
comrnunrty.
Financial Su
RCA has been reliant on volunteers. chief among the volunteer have been its
volunteer coordinator who continues to perfomi beyond all expectations and
continues to work to ensu￿ we can extend our activities across London by
estsblishing strategic partnership with organisations that seek to impact on
similar areas of need.
The management believes it is important that RCA continues to employ paid staff
to better address the level of need present in our delivery area. If RCA fails to
grow to a point where its infrastructure is not robust enough we are conscious
that RCA will have to take radical action to ensure that it never have to turn
beneficiaries away.
Funders
Life on the edge is very scary and as a direct effect small organisations are being
increasingty marginalised. impacting negatively on their operation leaving an
alarming number of people without a support network and in a city as soulless as
London the consequences are very visible.
RCA continues to work in partnership with a number of local agencies and
charities to ensure that our client group is serviced. these relationships have been
central to delivering our projects.
We have continued to perform an unusual role as the administrator of CAN'S
(Community African Network) Bowd cancer project and Cervical Screening
project. A project funded by City &Hackney CCG which meant that this year
£14,167 was received on behalf of CAN. As the receiving organisation this was
then paid to CAN in our accounts this figure is represent as part of the
organisation's total unrestricted income and is represent in the spending under
the section. activities in the furtherance of the Charity's objects.

The resources expended on administration totslled £2,450 during the year. This
represents 5.08% of the total resources received a level of expenditure that the
Trustees consider to be appropriate for the charity. These figure means that we
are keeping a firm grip on our administration and management costs and this
continues to allow us to direct a much g￿ater percentage of our resources to
assisting our beneficiaries.
Material Intan
ible Incomi
A number of professionals gave their time as volunteers. As there is no financial
cost to any third party, this intangible income has not been included in the
Statement of Financial Activities but we put a value on it in excess of £2S,000
annually.
This report communicate the value of RC& and it will, we hope strike a chord
and inspire you and others to join us in trying to make difference in the lives of
those most in need.
RCA is driven by the ambition to bring comfort to those affected by Domestic
Violence and FGM. We are happy that we have witnessed real changes in the lives
of many victims. RCA continue to Work in partnership with local charities as we try
to maximise the reach of RCA in the face of ever decreasing resources a situation
which was very evident as we existed in the middle of a pandemic which claim
nearly one hundred thousand lives.
Quick-thinking and adaptability has made RCA a critical force over the past three
years. RCA ability to respond to extraordinary crises should not be
underestimated or ignored for it is dear that this charity is more responsive than
many had imagined having tested in an unusual manner.
We continue to try and foster constructive relationships with statutory
organisations. When the local authority resources overstretched RCA continues
to step to the plate, and our collaboration is becoming one of the great positives
in these times.
Post-covid, RCA clearly requires a seat at the table, a commitment of support
from the public sector is more important than ever. We are conscious that RCA is

in danger of being driven out of operation as it is the larger charities who attracts
90 plus percentage of the available fundiry and micro charities of RCA who
deliver over 90% of the activities in the sector at a local level, is seen as a mere
after thoughL Corporate England does not see us.
Msaada Volunteer Support
The Projert was funded to improve the skills and confidence of volunteers so they a
better able to organise and deliver health awareness sessions to local communities in the
London borough of Hackney. Training and volunteer skills are the two main component
of this project Participants have gained better skills and improved confidence to continue
doing better their volunteer role. while serving the community in Hackney.
Condom DistrilMrti¢)n project
Administered by Communty African Network. the project distfibutes free condoms and
information to targeted communities in Hackney with the aim of reducing incidences of
HIV and other sexually transmitted illnesses. The activty mainly happens at places where
Africans congregate.
positi￿ East -Harambe- pr￿nt Proi¢rt
The Project raised awareness of PreP and promoted HIV &STI testing alongside the
condom distiibution project.
Ubuntu H￿fvh and W•llb•ing Projert
Ubuntu Health and Wellbeing 5UPPOrted 50 y￿rnen who have experienced FGM.
Domestic Violence arKl/or are living HIV to improve their physical. emotional health
and wellbeing through massage. dance sessions and support groups.
The funding has enabled Rise to Provide Massages. support groups and Zumba session
while working in partnership with the Hoxton Health to provide free massages sessions
to women.
The Zumba classes have helped participants to exercise and improve fitness thus
improving their physical wellbeing.
The support groups have been very beneficial to our service users as they created a
space for them to share their feelings and leam from each other about developing
coping mechanisms, reduced isolation and build confidence among participants
Massage
Our service users have told us for years that massage is a treatment that they are
generally unable to access - some have a lot of shame about their bodies, some do not
wish to disclose their HIV status. or when they do. find that practitioners refuse to treat

them, or wear gloves. Our service user5 were happy to have this now available, arKI
have fed back some of the benefits.
Some typical feedback
-Hadlots ofbackpain due to nerve damage causedby Herpes & Long co￿d. After ffr5tmassage
felt nTore connerted to body& more balanced ￿th walking Can definitely feel the improvement
after3 treatments butlam leeling anxftx￿ ￿th myfree avwlable treatment coming to an end-.
Jhave been verystressedandoften 5thwgle to sleep. After the massage Ifeltso relaxedafter
the tre3tmentlwished there wa5 a iydin the npassage room When 19Qthomelhadthe best
sleep Ihave hadinyeats"
"The massage was b1onderfullft￿aMYhe1ped with myknots andthe uncomfortable t￿htnessI
lettallovermybody.-
7normally have lots ofpain alloverbut the treatment has ￿UCed thepain andlam definitely
sleeping much better-
Serlin Famlty Foundation
This project addresses the challenges of cost of living while tackling food and hygiene
poverty for women afferted by t)omestic abuse, FGM or HDI and their families. We have
been able to support the most vulnerable and those suffering the scourge of poverty
due to the cost of living crisi& Our service users have benefited:
Receiving free food vouchers
support ￿llth utility bills
school uniforrns for their children
shared hot rneal in a safe environment
Afrlcan Health Network - Safe hand5
Helped to address the cost-of-liwng crisis. It was used to pay for
A- Utility bills for some of our service users
B - White goods -washing Madiine replacement as original one has broken down and
freezers
The safer hand project came about to continue supporting individuals that a￿ high hit
by the cost-of-living crisis. Safe hand5 SUPPOrted the most vulnerable rnembers of our
charity the 50+ and living with disabilities
Sign postSng Project
One of the key roles of a community base charity is for those with knowledge to
share it with those that do noc this how grass roots engagement develops.

Within RCA this sharing of information is done through our drop-in seprfice once
a week on a set day at a permanently accessible venue with a dedicated
volunteer who provide information and signpost clients. This service is free,
friendly, confidential and independent and is delivered through. I to 1 meetings,
telephone or email contacts, we provide lnf0ny￿t10n to clients about where to
get help in relation to health, social care OT personal wellbeing. Issue5 identified
beyond our scope are referred to appropriate advice agencies. We communicate
with individual clients in languages that they are comfortable in communicating
Our project is a gateway to service providers and a way to identify clients. needs
and help them to access services or resources to meet their identified needs.
Thank you All
The Trustees would like to express their thanks to our funders, the beneficiaries,
volunteers and casual users, to all those who continue to help RCA to deliver its,
services. The inspirational work of our volunteer coordinator continues to define
our activities and enhance our reputation. We are so please that all of our
volunteers following her lead. RCA will continue to work tirelessly to ensure we
can extend our activities to all in the city.
Thank you.
Amina Nalubega
Trustee/Director
Signed 12/8/2024 4-vp.

Dirertor5' Responsibilities
Company law requires the Directors to prepare financial statements for each
financial year that give a true and fair view of the charitsble company and the
surplus or deficit for that period. In preparing these statements. the Directors are
required to:
Select suitsble accounting policies and then apply them consistently,
Make judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent
State whether applicable Accounting Standards have been followed. subject
to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
and prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is
inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in operation.
The Directors are responsible for maintaining proper accounting records that
disclose with Teasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the
charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements
comply with the Companies Act 1985. They are also responsible for safeguarding
the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the
prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularitie5.

Inde
ndeDt Examiner Re
ort
For the Year eDded 30 November 2023
I ryOTt on the ac¢ounts of Rise Community Action Limited for the year ended 30
November 2023. which are set out on the following pagcs.
Respective responsibilities of trnstees and examlner
The trustees (who are also directors for the purpos￿ of company law) are responsible foT
the preparation of the accounts. The clwity's truste￿ Consider that an audit is not
required for this year under section 43 {2) of the Charities Act 1993 (the 1993 Act) and
that an ind¢pend¢nt ¢xamination is needaL
Having satisfied myself that the cbarity is not subjert to audit under company law and is
eligible for independent examinatio￿ it is my responsibility to:
examine the accounts under section 43 of the J 993 Act.
to follow the procedures laid down in the Generdl Directions given by the Charity
Commissioners (under section 43(7Xb) of the 1993 A¢¢). and
to state whether matters have COD)e to my attention.
B*sls of Independent eX*n￿ner'S report
My examination was carried out in acconlaDce with the General Directions given by the
Charity Commission. An examination includes a Teview of the accounting records kept
by the cllarity and a comparison of tbe accounts presented with those records. It also
includes consideration of any unusual iten]s or th'sclosures in the accounts. and the
seeking of explanations from you as tn￿te¢S concerning any such matters. The
procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit
and, consequently, no opinion is ￿Ven as to whether the accounts present a "true and fair
view" and the retM)rt is limited to those matters set out in the statement below..
Independent examiner's statement
In connection with my examinthorL no matter has come to my attention:
which gives me reasO[￿le cause to believe thaL ill any material respeth. the
requirements
(a) to keep accounting records in accothcc with 386 of the Companies
Act 2(Ki6" and
Ib) to pteparc accounts which accord with the accountiog records and to
comply with the accounting requirements of the Companies Act 2006
and the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended
Practic¢: Accounting and Ryrting by Charities (revised 2005) have not
been meL or
to which. in my Opinio￿ attentioD should be dTawD in order to enable a proper
understanding of the accounts to be ￿¢be
J N Beugren Accountants
5 Stuart Plaw St. Albans, ALI IAU
1610712024

Commun
Action Limited
co
Account
nt of Financial Artlvltles for the
ended 30 November 2023
2022 - Total
Incomin
Resources
Unrestrirted
Restricted
2023 - Total
Note
32,512
Grants, Awards.
46,303
46,303
Donations
Generated Income
320
Other
1.932
1.932
32,832
Total Income
48,235
48,235
Resources Ex ended
Cost of
generating funds
Activities in the furtherance
50,009
40,514
ot the Charitys objects
3,263
Management &
Administration
2.450
30,746
Total outgoing resources
42,964
42,964
2,086
Net surplus/deficit
5,271
5,271
2,853
Balance brought forward
Balance carried forward
1,050
3.889
4,939
4.939
1.050
9,160
10,210

mmuni
n Limited
Sheet as at 30 November 2022
Fixed
2022
23
Intangible A55ets
Tangible Assets
Total Fixed Assets
Current Assets
Debtors
Cash at bank
Total Current Assets
Liabilities
Creditor
1.754
1.754
1.589
1.589
4.939
6.693
10,210
11.799
Assets less liability
6,693
Total Net Assets
11.799
Represented by .
6.693
Un/restricted .
Free reserves:
Fixed Assets:
10.210
6.693
1.589
1,050
Total unrestrirted
funds
Restricted funds
Total
1,050
10.749
11,799
5,643
6.693
For the year ending 30th November 2023 the company was entitled to exemption from audit
under section 477of the Companies Aci 2006 relatin9 to small companie5.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the
year in question in accordance with sect￿￿ 47
The dirertors acknovledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of
the Act with ￿SpeCt to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
These accounts have been p￿Pared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies
subjert to the small companies 'regime'.
The board of Directors approved these accounts on 2 108r2024. and signed on their behalf by.
Treasurer- David Kakande
Signatur
12 10812023

1. ACCOUNTtNG POUCtES
la)
BASIS OF ACCOUNTING
The financial statements are PTepared under the historical cost conventiorL They cornpty with the
Charity Commission's StsteThent of Recommended Pfartice on Accounting by Charities (SORP
2C￿5} and all applicable Accounting and F•nancial
REPORTING STANDARDS
Ib) INCOMING RESOURCES
General donations, legacies and subscriptions are brought into account when received.
Donations and grants given for specific purposes are treated as income in the year of r￿elPt.
Unspent restricted income is irKluded U￿je[ re5trided funds as it ￿ fully committed.
Icl RESOURCES EXPENDED
The re50urces used are cla5yfied under the charity's functional categories of expenditu￿ rather
than the type of expense in order to provide more useful information.
Resources expended in each functional tategory comprise dirett expenditure including dirert staff
costs attributsble to the actwty. Where costs cannot be directy attributed thty have been
allocated to activtties based on time spent by stsff on those activitie&
Id) TANG18LE FIXED ASSETS AND DEPREaATION
Tangible fixed assets are included at cost Depreciation is (alojlated annualty at 25%
{el OPERATING LEASES
Operating lease rentals are charged to the income a￿j expenditure account as they become due.
Ifj FUND ACCOUNTING
General fvnds comprise the acwmulated wrplus or deficit on the income and expendtture
account. They are available for use at the discretion of the Directors in furtherance of the general
obj'ertives of the company. Restricted fvnds are fijnds subject to specific restricted conditions
imposed by donors.
{g) EXPENDrruRE CATEGORIES
Expenditure is allocated to one of three fvnctional cate9ories that reflert the charitsble activities
of the company.
Cost of generating funds
Artivities in the furtherance of the Charity's objects
Management and Administration

Actlon Lim
rants Doriations & Ex
re Ana
is
2. Grants l>onation and fees .
2022
Sources
Unrestricted
Restrirted
2023
Total
Total
27.572.
NHS North East London
14.167.
14.167"
2.356
National Lottery
lo,(￿)
10,000
2.253
African Heath Policy
CAN(Public Health LBH)
2.253
2.584
2,420
2,420
London Borough of
Hackney
10,463
10463
Serlin Family Foundation
7000
320
other
1.932
1,932
32,832 Tota
48.235
48,235
2022
Resource5 ex
ended:
2023
Fundraising and training
Activities for Beneficiaries (including
staff costs. Rent Volunteer cost)
40.514**
Support and advice
Management and Administration
30.746 Total
2,450
42.964
.£14. 167of thts Incom• was rn¢￿ on behalf of CAN {CommunityAfrkan
Network) for its ¢•rvical and bowel Cancer in City and Hackney proiert
** £14.167is for funds pald to CAN (CommunityAfrican Network) which was
receivedcervi￿l and Bow•1 Cancer in City and Hackney pmiect