2023-03-31-accounts - Reconnection

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		From		Period start date					To	Period end date
				Day 01	Month 04			Year 2022		Day 31	Month 03		Year 2023

Section A				Reference and administration details

				Charity name		Reconnection

	Other	names charity is known by				East African Diaspora Community Network (EDCN)

	Registered charity number(if any)					1157568

	Charity's principal address					141 Greenwich High Road
						London

						Postcode						SE10 8JA

	Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
	Trustee name		Office (if any)				Dates acted if not for whole year					Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)
1	Asmerom Wold		Chair
2	Ismael Musa		Treasurer
3	Gimja Adhanom		Secretary
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	Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
	Name						Dates acted if not for whole year
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser Name Address




Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

TAR

October 2021

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

Constitution as amended on 15 May 2014

(eg. trust deed, constitution)

How the charity is constituted

Unincorporated association

(eg. trust, association, company)

Trustees are appointed or reappointed annually at the annual general Trustee selection methods meeting held in May.

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;

Induction checklist for staff, Volunteers and Trustees policy

Training and development policies for staff, volunteers and Trustees have been developed and adopted in January 2019 and reviewed annually.
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system Generic risk register policy adopted in January 2019 and reviewed and procedures to manage annually. them.

Section C Objectives and activities

To relieve and prevent poverty among members of all ‘newly arrived communities’ and their dependents living in Greenwich, Brent, Bexley and surrounding areas by providing advocacy/signposting/general advice/translation and interpretation services

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

To promote social inclusion for the public benefit among members of newly arrived communities who are socially excluded on the grounds of their social and economic position in particular by providing:
a. Informal conversational English groups, with fluent English speakers;
b. Experiential learning in the community;
c. Support and advocacy.

In this clause ‘newly arrived communities’ means those coming to live and settle in the UK from other countries, particularly those who do not speak English, predominantly refugees and migrants.

TAR

October 2021

In planning our activities for the year, we kept in mind the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit at our trustee meetings. The main activities are as follows:

Summary of the main • Health and well-being programmes, activities undertaken for the • the provision of advice and information, public benefit in relation to • walking and cycling programme, these objects (include within • the support of building self-support networks process, this section the statutory • the provision 0f interpreting and translation service, declaration that trustees have • the development of volunteering opportunities. had regard to the guidance These activities benefit refugees and migrants by developing their self– issued by the Charity confidence, social skills and life skills, improving their ability to access Commission on public available services and providing opportunities for refugees to become benefit) volunteers themselves. We welcome all refugees and migrants of all ages regardless of personal background, faith, gender or personal circumstances

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;

We continue to be grateful for the many hours, volunteers with lived experiences and experts by experience who have spent listening to and encouraging our service users. Without this valuable contribution of time, energy and expertise we would not have been able to achieve so much.

contribution made by volunteers.

Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

Our achievements, in the last 12 months include:

• we continued to be awarded a quality mark against the Advice Quality Standard provided impartially and with equal access to all service users at the advice-only level by demonstrating that we are easily accessible, effectively managed and employ staff with the skills and knowledge to meet the needs of our clients.

We successfully completed our three-year walking and cycling programme.
• We successfully continued our Coffee-Chat-Shop-Advice to bring communities together, tackle isolation and promote integration.
We continued to effectively carry out our theory-of-change principle in challenging barriers to accessing services.

Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves Details of any funds materially in deficit

N/A N/A

Further financial review details (Optional information)

TAR

October 2021

Our main source of funds this year has been grants restricted to running You may choose to include specific projects only. additional information, where relevant about:

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Ismael Musa Full name(s) Asmerom Wold Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair Treasurer etc) Date 19/09/2023 20/09/2023

TAR

October 2021

Reconnection also known by East-African Diaspora Community Network

Recei ts and a ments accounts cc16a p p y For the period Period start date Period end date To from 01/04/2022 31/03/2023

Section A Receipts and payments

Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Restricted funds to the nearest £ 25,113.00 3,000.00 1,000.00 20,370.00 - - - 49,483.00 - - - 49,483.00 20,292.00 5,333.00 260.00 1,892.00 - 1,920.00 - - - 29,697.00 - 3,000.00 3,000.00 32,697.00 16,786.00 -	Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Total funds to the nearest £ 25,113.00 3,000.00 1,000.00 20,370.00 - - - 49,483.00	Last year to the nearest £
Brought forward	-				67,239.00
Groundwork London	-				-
The Granville Centre	-				-
Trust for London	-				-
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	-				-
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*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	-				67,239.00

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
	-			-
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*Sub total*	-			-	-
*Total receipts*
					67,239.00

Salarycosts	-				-
General runningcots	-				-
Trainingcosts	-				-
Travel expenses	-				-
Consultancycosts	-				-
Overhead costs	-				-
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*Sub total*	-				42,126.00

A4 Asset and investmentpurchases, (see table)
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Project eqipments	-
*Sub total*	-				-
*Total payments* *Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds
					42,126.00

	-	16,786.00	-	16,786.00	25,113.00
	-	-	-	-	-

A6 Cash funds last year end *Cash funds this year end*	-		-		-		-		-
	-		16,786.00		-		16,786.00		25,113.00

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets

B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use

Teaching aid and cultural DVDs Memory cards Details Fax Machine Laptop Camera Books Details Details *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details Printer	Unrestricted funds to nearest £	Restricted funds to nearest £	Endowment funds to nearest £
	-	16,786.00	-
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	-	16,786.00	-
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			Endowment funds to nearest £
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			Current value (optional)
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			Current value (optional)
Printer			-
Fax Machine			-
Laptop			-
Camera			-
Books			-
Teaching aid and cultural DVDs			-
Memory cards			-
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When due (optional)

Fund to which liability relates

Amount due

Details

(optional)

B5 Liabilities

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

Date of draft account Signature Print Name (approval) Asmerom Wold 20 September 2023 Ismael Musa 19 September 2023

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A	Independent Examiner’s Report	Independent Examiner’s Report
Report to	the trustees/ members of	Charity Name Reconnection

On accounts for the year		31/03/2023	Charity no		1157568
	ended		(if any)

Set out on pages
		(remember to include the page		numbers of additional sheets)
		I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the
		above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended31 / 03 /		2023.

Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the basis of report preparation of the 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 the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

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

accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records

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

Signed: Date: 02/09/2023 Name: Mr. Bekit Remadan Nuir Relevant professional AAT qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: 160 London Road London IG11 8BB

Section B

Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .