Jannaty Women’s Social Society - Trustees Annual Report
For the period: 01 Oct 2023 – 30 Sept 2024
Charity number: 1151143
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Contents
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|Director’s Update 2023 / 2024|............................................................................................................... 3|
|Aim|.......................................................................................................................................................... 4|
|Our Vision & Mission|.............................................................................................................................. 4|
|Our Values|.............................................................................................................................................. 4|
|Our Members|......................................................................................................................................... 4|
|What We Do|........................................................................................................................................... 5|
|Health & Wellbeing Services ............................................................................................................... 5|
|Training & Skills Development: ........................................................................................................... 5|
|Sewing Classes - Anaqaa Sewing to Success ................................................................................... 6|
|Cooking Club Catering ..................................................................................................................... 7|
|Happy Hub....................................................................................................................................... 8|
|Social Events ........................................................................................................................................ 9|
|Charity Shop ........................................................................................................................................ 9|
|Update On Activities Oct 2023 – Sept 2024|......................................................................................... 10|
|Health & Wellbeing Services ............................................................................................................. 10|
|Anaqaa - Sewing to Success .............................................................................................................. 10|
|Members Events & Training .............................................................................................................. 11|
|Tackling Food Poverty ....................................................................................................................... 12|
|MBE - For Services to Ethnic Minority Women|................................................................................... 13|
|Final Thanks|.......................................................................................................................................... 14|
|Independent examiner’s report ............................................................................................................ 15|
|Statement of financial activities|................................................................................................... 16|
|Balance Sheet|................................................................................................................................... 17|
|Notes to the financial statement for the year ended 30 September 2024|.......................... 18|
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Director’s Update 2023 / 2024
This year Jannaty has successfully secured all of our operational spaces (including a dedicated space for an office), meaning we have continued to offer regular services focusing on women’s health & wellbeing, skills development, as well as building relationships with other VCS organisations in the borough to meet the needs of our members.
Jannaty has worked hard to establish our sewing group in our original home at the Finsbury Park Trust. Jannaty continues to offer regular sewing classes for minoritised women who can learn basic and intermediate sewing skills. This is to empower women to move into formal qualifications at local colleges and training spaces. Jannaty continues to offer language support in Arabic and Somali through our trained volunteer team. Our sewing classes are our most popular and in demand classes, we always have a waiting list of members who want to join, and this feedback enables Jannaty to make community led informed decisions about the activities we choose to put on.
We are grateful that we continue to attract dedicated volunteers who become the backbone of the charity, all coming from the diverse community who we serve, speaking a range of languages including Arabic, Amharic, Bengali, Farsi, Pashto, Somali, Tigrinya, Urdu, to name a few. Our volunteers have supported Jannaty to deliver all our activities, be it social events where women celebrate their culture and heritage, summer trips to the beach, sharing health information or befriending and social support at our regular coffee mornings.
Our finances are healthy with core staff roles being secured through funding from the Tudor Trust and new initiatives such as the cooking club raising much needed funds as we have seen a rise in all costs, from renting our training space, hiring halls, phone bills and volunteer expenses. We continue to seek funding to secure Jannaty’s services and core costs through longer-term funding.
In May 2024, I was delighted to have been awarded an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) for services to ethnic minority women. The award is not only for me, but a recognition of the efforts of the community around me, who have supported Jannaty to impact the lives of hundreds of women for more than a decade. To all our supporters I want to say thank you, this recognition is for us all. This achievement is a moment of pride for everyone who believes in equality, opportunity and lasting impact.
Majida Sayam Director
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Aim
➢ To establish a friendly hub for the community.
Jannaty aims to provide a safe space for its members to come together, interact, learn and develop. Our services provide a holistic support hub which supports women with various needs, from delivering health and wellbeing services such as exercise, yoga and culturally sensitive counselling, to organising social events to reduce isolation and celebrate the diverse cultures and identities of our members. We also provide one-to-one advice, signpost to specialist services and advocate on behalf of our members to create change, where we challenge structural and systemic barriers, as well as discrimination and inequality.
Jannaty welcomes women and girls from all walks of life, our Islington community is rich with diversity, and this is celebrated at Jannaty.
Our Vision & Mission
➢ To remove barriers.
Jannaty’s vision is to enable women and girls from disadvantaged and minoritised backgrounds to become capable, strong and independent individuals who can improve their quality of life and those around them.
Our mission is to support their growth through our services, providing skills for life, making lasting connections, improving their health and wellbeing and connecting women to a wider community to improve their prospects and open up opportunities.
Our Values
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➢ Empowerment - harnessing the power of women and their innate ability to nurture and grow themselves and those around them.
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➢ Independence – being a helping hand, not a holding hand, so women can become selfdetermining.
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➢ Celebration of culture – respecting diversity, be that race, faith, culture, heritage and individual differences.
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➢ Authenticity – created by women for women, in their view of what they need and how they should be supported.
Our Members
Jannaty has more than 400 members and approximately 1,000 service users in a year.
Our members are women from minoritized communities facing multiple disadvantages, due to their gender, ethnicity, disability, faith or immigration status. Many have been victims of hate crime. Our members often experience social and economic exclusion and live in deprived areas.
From our last survey, our members describe their ethnicity as being Arab 42%, Somali 31%, Bangladeshi 3%, Mixed-White & Black African 2%, Other Asian background 5%, African 5%, White other 2%, Turkish 2%, European 2%, Black or Black British 2%, Moroccan 2%, Afghani 2%.
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Some have health needs, in our last survey 5% stated they have a disability, 29% have a long-term health condition, meaning 34% have medical issues.
Our members are more than just the statistics. While many are affected by disadvantage, more than a third of our members have a degree, master’s or post-graduate qualification, from their native countries. They are ambitious, hardworking and resilient, our job is to help them reach their full potential.
What We Do
Health & Wellbeing Services
- ➢ Wellbeing workshops.
Jannaty delivered a digital skills session with Healthwatch Islington called ‘How to Manage your digital footprint' in the Finsbury Park Trust open space (Oct 2023).
Women were offered support to learn about the following:
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NHS app.
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Repeat prescriptions.
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GP Appointments.
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Health apps such as Patient Access and Doctor IQ.
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Explained how to request a Linkage key to access multiple platforms.
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Nominating a pharmacy for repeat medications.
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Adding family members to your account.
Training & Skills Development:
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- ➢ Empowering women with the tools to change their lives and break into different sectors.
Sewing Classes - Anaqaa Sewing to Success
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Cooking Club Catering
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➢ Jannaty’s cooking club has evolved into a small community catering service. We have registered with Islington Council as a food business, and they have awarded us with a L5 Food Hygiene Rating from our first food hygiene inspection which we are delighted about.
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➢ The cooking club continues to cater for local charities and organisations and orders are received through word-of-mouth recommendations within the borough.
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➢ We have now grown our team to 7 members (from 4) who are active members. 3 of these members have already started their own catering businesses as a result our support and business coaching.
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➢ These catering orders help us to raise vital funds to help cover Jannaty’s core costs, rent, rates, staffing and volunteer costs.
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➢ Some of the organisations we have catered for include Islington Council, LIFT Programme London Borough of Islington, Islington Town Hall, Plan for Holloway and Creative Ops.
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Happy Hub
- ➢ Jannaty has been delivering free weekly skills sessions within our Happy Hub (funded by Cloudesley) to help women learn a range of skills and reduce isolation through a safe social gathering. Our Happy Hub activities have included Upcycling old wedding dresses, flower arranging, creating gift hampers, making traditional sweets and head and neck massage sessions using traditional healing techniques, candle making, facial taster sessions, making essential oils, crochet and embroidery.
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Social Events
- ➢ Celebrating culture and building connections.
Charity Shop
➢ Affordable clothing for the local community.
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Update On Actvites Oct 2023 – Sept 2024
Health & Wellbeing Services
Healthwatch Research:
We continue to work with Healthwatch Islington to deliver a number of research projects including; Health Inequalities research for the North Central Lodon (NCL) Clinical Commissioning Group which involved interviewing 70 residents from minoritised backgrounds about breast cancer, cervical and bowel cancer and provided information about local services. We conducted one-to-one interviews speaking to members about breast cancer, cervical and bowel cancer and provided information about local services.
Evidence Islington is a partnership between Islington council, community groups (Healthwatch Islington and their Diverse Communities Health Voice (DCHV) partners, and two universities; the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and University College London.
The council’s ambition is to create a more equal future in Islington where everyone is able to thrive. For this strategic aim Islington is working with partners to collect evidence, by listening to local people – individuals, groups, and communities. Jannaty met with the Director of Housing and Public Health researchers to provide feedback on the council’s engagement strategy on behalf of residents to raise concerns, share experiences, help identify problems, and test solutions in a structured way. Healthwatch Islington Workshops
Our Healthwatch Islington partnership continues to help us provide women in Islington with important health and wellbeing information and to conduct research to inform policy and local NHS services. This year we took part in the following research:
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Breast Cancer awareness and screening
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Menopause awareness
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Diabetes awareness
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Wellbeing workshop
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Parenting and Autism awareness
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SEND workshop
Working with UCL, Jannaty held a focus group for women to learn about breast cancer awareness. They provided leaflets in different languages such as Somali and Arabic and English which was really valued by those that spoke these languages.
Anaqaa - Sewing to Success
Jannaty’s sewing classes have been in great demand again this year and we had a waiting list of 24 individuals when we started in the autumn term. Women from disadvantaged backgrounds have been learning basic sewing skills, supported by volunteers offering interpretation in Arabic, Somali and Afghan languages. Jannaty has secured funding from The National Lottery to help us with this project.
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Members Events & Training
In September 2023 we held an open-planning day with our members before the start of the new term to hear their voices and understand what activity they would like us to deliver in the coming year. 63% women responded to our survey and 67% attended our in-person brainstorming session. Our membership continues to be diverse; we have members from Afghanistan, Somalia, Yemen, Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Syria, Ethiopia, Italy, Netherlands and Turkey.
We understood from our members that:
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64% are interested in Jannaty offering social events which celebrate their culture and identity.
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40% want to join sewing classes (most responded they are beginners).
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22% would like to take part in cooking classes.
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50% would join trips and outdoor activities.
More than 50% of women surveyed are mothers to young children which prevents them from working, other women shared that English language and self-confidence were barriers to work.
Ramadan & Eid Mubarak Events
We held our yearly Ramadan and Eid events to celebrate this special month for our members. 50 women attended each of the events, where they shared stories of how they celebrate this month in their countries.
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Tackling Food Poverty
Jannaty continues to support this need in Islington by working with the Finsbury Park Trust to deliver a community food bank. We have distributed food from the Felix project, cooked hot meals for local people and organised gatherings sharing traditional meals to address food insecurity. We invited members to join us in preparing cooked meals, offering isolated women the opportunity to take part in activities to support the community, this helped us create some delicious and diverse meals including Somali rice and chicken, Egyptian stew, Pakistani biryani and Italian pasta.
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MBE - For Services to Ethnic Minority Women
We are incredibly proud to share that our Director Majida Sayam was awarded an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) for services to ethnic minority women in May 2024. This prestigious honour is a powerful recognition of Majida’s unwavering dedication, vision and tireless work to empower and uplift women from diverse and disadvantaged backgrounds. Majida’s leadership continues to inspire us all, and this achievement is a moment of pride not just for her, but for everyone who believes in equality, opportunity, and lasting impact.
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Final Thanks
Thanks to our wonderful supporters this year:
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Independent examiner’s report
I report on the accounts for the year ended 30 September 2024 set out on pages 17 -18 which have been prepared under the accounting policies set out on page 19.
Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner
The Charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 and that an Independent Examination is needed
Having satisfied myself that the charity is not subject to audit under company law and is eligible for Independent examination, it is my responsibility to:
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Examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Charities Act;
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Follow the procedures laid down in the general directions given by the Charities Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act; and
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State whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of independent review
My examination was carried out in accordance with general directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees 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 given as to whether the accounts present a “true and fair” view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
Independent examiner’s statement
In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe, that in any material respect, the requirements have not been met:
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to keep accounting records in accordance with section 386 of the Companies Act 2006; and
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• to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records, and comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the Companies Act 2006 and with the methods and principles of the statement of Recommended Practice; Accounting and Reporting by Charities; or
(2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Name: Dunstanette Kuti FCCA MCSI Date: 07/07/25
Position: Head of Finance
Community Action Sutton Granfers Community Centre,
73-79 Oakhill Road, Sutton, Surrey, SM1 3AA
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Statement of financial activities for the year ended 30 September 2024
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | Total | ||
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| Funds | Funds | Funds | Funds | ||
| 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2023 | ||
| Note | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Income: | |||||
| Charitable Activities | 2 | 25,116 | 75,569 | 100,685 | 103,546 |
| Investments |
- | - | - | - | |
| Total Income | 25,116 | 75,569 | 100,685 | 103,546 | |
Expenditure: |
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| Charitable Activities |
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22,559 | 76,828 | 99,386 | 108,768 |
| Total Expenditure | 22,559 | 76,828 | 99,386 | 108,768 | |
Net Income / (expenditure) |
2,557 | (1,259) | 1,298 | (5,222) | |
| Transfer between funds | (20,340) | 20,340 | - | - | |
| Net movement in funds |
(17,783) | 19,081 | 1,298 | (5,222) | |
| Total Funds brought forward |
24,384 | 11,502 | 35,886 | 41,108 | |
| Total Funds carried forward |
6,601 | 30,583 | 37,184 | 35,886 |
The notes on pages 18 to 21 form part of these accounts.
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Balance Sheet
as at 30 September 2024
| Note | 2024 | 2023 | ||||
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| £ | £ | £ | £ | |||
| CURRENT ASSETS: | ||||||
| Cash at bank and in hand | 42,291 | 40,993 | ||||
| 42,291 | 40,993 | |||||
| CREDITORS: | ||||||
| Amounts falling due within one year |
6 | 5,107 | 5,107 | |||
| NET CURRENT ASSETS: | 37,184 | 35,886 | ||||
| NET ASSETS | 37,184 | 35,886 | ||||
FUNDS: |
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| Restricted Funds | 30,583 | 11,502 | ||||
| Unrestricted Funds | 6,601 | 24,384 | ||||
| 7 | 37,184 | 35,886 |
The financial statements were approved by the board on _01/07/2025__ and signed on its behalf by:
Asli Hassan Kinzi (Chair) Asmaa Rezki (Treasurer)
The notes on pages 18 to 21 form part of these accounts.
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Notes to the financial statement f or the year ended 30 September 2024
1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES
a) Accounting convention
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention as modified by the inclusion of investments at market value and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for
Smaller Entities (effective March 2000). In preparing the financial statements the charity follows best practice as laid down in the Statement of Recommended Practice “Accounting and Reporting by Charities” (SORP 2005).
b) Donations’ legacies and similar income
These are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) when the charity becomes entitled to the income and the trustees are reasonably certain they will receive it.
c) Tax reclaims on donations
Tax reclaims are included in the SOFA at the same time as the gift to which they relate.
d) Investment income
Investment income is accounted for in the period in which the charity is entitled to receipt.
e) Resources expended
Expenditure is included on an accruals basis. Grants payable are charged in the year when conditions attaching to the grant are fulfilled and a properly completed claim has been received by the charity.
Support costs relate to costs of processing grants and applications and general office expenses.
f) Fund accounting
Details of the nature and purpose of each fund is set out in note 5.
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Notes to the financial statement for the year ended 30 September 2024 (Continued)
2. INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
| Unrestricted Restricted | Unrestricted Restricted | Total 2024 |
Total 2023 |
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| £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Grants and Contracts | - | 75,569 | 75,569 | 80,350 |
| Donations | 1,246 | - | 1,246 | 820 |
| Shop sales | 21,826 | - | 21,826 | 20,849 |
| Other Income | 2,044 | - | 2,044 | 1,527 |
| 25,116 | 75,569 | 100,685 | 103,546 | |
| Grants received, included in the above, are as follows: |
| Grants received, included in the above, are as follows: | ||
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| 2024 | 2023 | |
| £ | £ | |
| Anaqaa Apparel Sales | 348 | 2,416 |
| Cooking Club | 6,746 | 4,930 |
| Healthwatch Islington – Strategy Meeting | 200 | - |
| Healthwatch Islington Ncl Cancer | 6,000 | 7,654 |
| Healthwatch Islington Community Research 23/24 | 4,748 | - |
| Tudor Trust No1 – Rent Increase | 3,000 | 3,000 |
| Healthwatch Islington Community Research 23/24 | 528 | - |
| Richard Cloudesley - Cloudesley | 10,000 | - |
| Tudor Trust No1 – Core Costs | 44,000 | 44,000 |
| Healthwatch Island Car/Cldsly/Ncl2 | - | 5,750 |
| Main Grants- National Lottery | - | 10,000 |
| Healthwatch Islington Cloudesley | - | 2,600 |
| 75,569 | 80,350 |
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Notes to the financial statement for the year ended 30 September 2024 (Continued)
3[EXPENDITURE ON CHARITABLE ] ACTIVITIES
| Charity | Shop | Total 2024 | Total 2023 | |
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| £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| Direct charitable costs | - | 11,072 | ||
| Staff costs (note 5) | 46,507 | 9,455 | 55,962 | 57,965 |
| Temporary Staff Salaries | 1,721 | 900 | 2,621 | 6,209 |
| Rent | 11,863 | - | 11,863 | 24,394 |
| Events & Courses | 4,278 | 234 | 4,512 | 3,682 |
| Activities | 7,074 | 102 | 7,176 | - |
| Training | 46 | - | 46 | - |
| Travel | 1,320 | - | 1,320 | 1,584 |
| Phone | 510 | - | 510 | 757 |
| Insurance | - | - | - | 691 |
| Governance costs (note 6) | 2,941 | - | 2,941 | 820 |
| Office costs | 568 | 11,868 | 12,435 | 1,594 |
| 76,828 | 22,559 | 99,386 | 108,768 |
| 4 | STAFF COSTS | ||||
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| Charity | Shop | Total 2024 | Total 2023 | ||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | ||
| Wages and salaries | 42,378 | 9,455 | 51,833 | 47,508 | |
| Social security costs | 1,913 | - | 1,913 | 7,539 | |
| Other pension costs | 2,216 | - | 2,216 | 2,917 | |
| 46,507 | 9,455 | 55,962 | 57,964 |
The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:
| The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows: |
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| 2024 | 2023 | |
| 3 | 3 | |
| 3 | 3 | |
| The number of employees whose emoluments fell within the following | ||
| bands was: | ||
| 2024 | 2023 | |
| £60,001 - £70,000 | - | - |
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Notes to the financial statement for the year ended 30 September 2024 (Continued)
5 GOVERNANCE COSTS
| 5 | 5 GOVERNANCE COSTS |
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| Charity | Shop | Total 2024 |
Total 2023 |
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| £ | £ | £ | £ | ||||
| Legal and professional fees | 1,987 | - | 1,987 | - | |||
| Independent Examiner’s fees | 880 | - | 880 | 820 | |||
| Support costs | 74 | - | 74 | - | |||
| 2,941 | - | 2,941 | 820 | ||||
| 6 | CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR | ||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | ||||||
| £ | £ | ||||||
| Other creditors | 4,287 | 4,287 | |||||
| Accruals | 820 | 820 | |||||
| 5,107 | 5,107 | ||||||
| 7 | MOVEMENT IN FUNDS | ||||||
| B/F at | Incoming | Resources | Funds | C/F at | |||
| 1/10/2023 | resources | expended | transfer | 30/9/2024 | |||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |||
| Unrestricted funds | |||||||
| General fund | 24,384 | 25,116 | (22,559) | (20,340) | 6,601 | ||
| Restricted funds | 11,502 | 75,569 | (76,828) | (76,828) 20,340 |
30,583 | ||
| Alms Fund | - | - | |||||
| Interest Fund | - | - | |||||
| 11,502 | 75,569 | (76,828) | 20,340 | 30,583 | |||
| TOTAL FUNDS | 35,886 | 100,685 | (99,386) | - | 37,184 |
The Reserve fund represents the unrestricted funds which the Trustees are free to use in accordance with the charitable objects.
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