2022-03-31-accounts - The Congolese Association Of Merseyside

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Legal and administrative information
Trustees' report		2-5
Independent auditor's	report
Statement offinancial	activities
Statement ofTrustees'	Responsibilities
Balance sheet
Notes to the financial	statements

Legal and administrative	Legal and administrative	Legal and administrative	information
Charity Name			THE CONGOLESE		ASSOCIATION OF MERSEYSIDE
Charity number			1157149
Office Address			Suite 4- Kingspark	Business Centre
			97Stanley Road
			Bootle
			LIVERPOOL
			l20 70A
Registered	Oflice		Suite 4- Kingspark	Business Centre
			97Stanley Road
			Bootle
			LIVERPOOL
			L20 7DA
Secretary			Petronelle K Moanda
B Operation		Manager
Management		Committee	Lesley Ann Armstrong
			Charles Lemba Matondo
			Moacir Paulino Medeiros
			Michel Makunsa Ndofunsu
Accountants			Whiffield Accounting		&
and Independent			Integrated Services	Ltd
Examiner			Wavertree Business	Village
			11Tapton Way
			Wavertree
			Liverpool
			L1310A
Bankers			Barclays Bank pic
			Great Crosby Branch
			18-22Liverpool Road
			LIVERPOOL
			L2355F

Our monitoring data shows that people who recently accessed our services required more support with:	Our monitoring data shows that people who recently accessed our services required more support with:	Our monitoring data shows that people who recently accessed our services required more support with:	Our monitoring data shows that people who recently accessed our services required more support with:
1)Information, Advice, Guidance, referrals and sign postmgs.
2) Benefit daims.
3) Housing and homelessness support
4) Immigration and settlement advice
5) Domestic violence and cnme help.
Our key services were:
~Dro -in (remotely), then faceto face - Beneficiaries continued to access multilingual information, advice			and guidance
sessions remotely through an open telephone line and on social media platform;
Emotional and mental health wegbeing support, mnstant connection with most	vulnerable beneficiaries
providing telephone support/fdiendsiop (Emails, phone calls, Group WhatsApp,	Facebook or develop
online activies to help reduce isolation)
1session / 2hrs/week -for support, sign postinp, guidance/referrals to professionals for urgent problems			if
they come up during phone or Zoom conversations.
Financial Indusion -We provided practical help to people who were struggling financially, help with
completing bench't claims, report change in circumstance, including gurdance on	benefits and entitlements
available and debt advice.
Advocacy; We continued to enable accem to professional help to enable beneficiaries tofeel more
confident about their legal rights and the asylum applicaton prpcess, leave to remain, biometric residence
permit and citizenship applications.
We continued the provision and delivery food and essential supplies (Food/care	package delivery to families - drop shopping
permit and dtizenship applications.
Provision and delivery food and essential supplies (Food/care package delivery to families - drop shopping
medication, ifnecessary / for vulnerable people self-ib elating.
Facebook page update with signposting references for support with key services	and in an emergency.	For
example, food banks, domestic violence support, urgent mental health support, benefits and debt advice.
We supported a Rising number ofdomestic violence and homeless providing them with essential
ranging frm (emergency food parcel, utility: heating, electricity and travel costs, emergency accommodation,
items ofclothing and bedding, rehousing the homeless.

Statement of Financial Activities	Statement of Financial Activities	Statement of Financial Activities
forthe year ended 31March		2021
					Unrestricted	Restricted	2022	2021
					funds	funds	Total	Total
				Notes	E	6	E	6
Incoming	resources
Incoming	resources from generated		funds
Voluntary	income:
	John Moores Foundation
	Barka Foundation	(Poland)			4,195
	John Moores Foundation				5,000			5,000
	Ag Church Trust: Hope		Beyond					10,650
	LCC Care Grant							3,500
	LCC Liverpool				1,250			1,250
	Cloth Workers Foundation				3,500
	Arnold Clark				1,000
	Big Help				750
	National lottery				2,500			8,164
	Albert Hunt				1,000
	Power for Change							9,673
	Donal Forester/Grant				5,000			2,500
	P H Holt Foundation				5,000
	Garfield Weston Foundation				5,000
	Members' contribution							120
	Other donations				8,626
	Neighbourly							400
	Donations: Leverhulme		Group &Chds	Kassongo				149
	Hemby Trust Grant							1,500
	Vinci							1,340
	Barrow Cadb ury							6,650
Total incoming resources					42,821		42,821	50,896
Resources	expended
Charitable	activities				(44,508)		(44,508)	(49,108)
Governance costs
Totalresources expended					(1,687)		-1,687	1,788
Netincoming/outgoing resources
before transfers
Gross transfers between funds				10
					(1,687)		-1,687	1,788
Reconciliation offunds
Total funds	brought forward						5,418	3,630
Total funds	carried forward				(1,687)		3,731	5,418
Approved	by the trustees on .......		06/12/2022

			2022		2021
		Notes	6	E
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
Current assets
Debtors
Cash at bank and in	hand		3,731		5,418
Creditors: amounts	falling
due within one year
Net current (liabilities)/assets				3,731
Net assets				3.731
Income funds
Unrestricted funds:	b/fd		3,541		3.541
Restricted funds	b/fd		1,877		1,877
Surplus/Deficit for the year			(1,687)
Total charity funds				3,731

						2022	2021
						E	E
6.Debtors
Other debtors
7.Creditors: amounts	falling due					2022	2021
within one year						E	E
Other creditors
Accruals
6.Restricted funds				INFORMATION	ONLY
The income funds ofthe		charity include restricted		funds
comprising
There were no restricted		funds during the year were
	Balance at		Incoming	Resources		Transfers	Balance at
	1	April 2021	resources	expended		'31March 2022
			E		f	E	E