Trustees' Annual Report for the period Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year ~~a~~ From ~~es~~ 01 ~~es ee~~ 04 2023 ~~Ot~~ To 31 03 2024 ~~Ce~~ Section A Reference and administration details ~~Ce~~ Charity name Reconnection ~~CT~~ Other names charity is known by East African Diaspora Community Network (EDCN) ~~| ne~~ Registered charity number (if any) 1157568 ~~Ce~~ Charity's principal address 141 Greenwich High Road London ~~oo oe~~ Postcode SE10 8JA ~~ee ee Ce~~
| 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 4 5 6 Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for whole year N/A ~~LsOa~~ ~~a~~ ~~esCe~~ ~~asy~~ ~~a~~ ~~es~~ ~~rs~~ ~~asy~~ ~~a~~ ~~es~~ ~~rs~~ ~~aR~~ ~~I~~ ~~a~~ ~~Re~~ ~~———~~ |
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
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Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Constitution as amended on June 2017 Type of governing document
(eg. trust deed, constitution) Unincorporated association How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Trustees are appointed or reappointed annually at the annual general Trustee selection methods meeting held in June.
How the charity is constituted
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(eg. trust, association, company)
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(eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
Induction checklist for staff, Volunteers and Trustees policy
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Training and development policies for staff, volunteers and Trustees have been developed and adopted in January 2019 and reviewed annually.
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relationship with any related parties;
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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
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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:
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a. Informal conversational English groups, with fluent English speakers;
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b. Experiential learning in the community;
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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.
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In planning our activities for the year, we kept in mind the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit at our trustee meetings. Summary of the main The main activities are as follows: activities undertaken for the • Digital inclusion project to tackle digital poverty, public benefit in relation to • the provision of advice and information, these objects (include within • the support of building self-support networks process, this section the statutory • the provision of 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)
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policy on grantmaking;
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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
| Achievements and performance | Achievements and performance | Achievements and performance | Achievements and performance | Achievements and performance | Achievements and performance | |
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| Our achievements, in the last 12 months include: • we continued to beawarded aBusiness Excellence Quality Markfor our commitments to customer service excellence by WorldHost Customer Service Excellence Charter for our easily accessible, effectively managed |
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| and employ staff with | the skills and knowledge to | meet the needs of our | ||||
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| • We successfully run and continue to run our four-year digital inclusion |
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| project to tackle the digital divide our clients | face. | |||||
| • We successfully continued our Coffee-Chat-Shop-Advice to bring |
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| communities together, tackle isolation and promote integration. | ||||||
| We continued to effectively carry out our | theory-of-change principle in | |||||
| challengingbarriers to accessingservices. |
Section E Financial review
N/A Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves Details of any funds materially N/A in deficit Further financial review details (Optional information)
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Our main source of funds this year has been grants restricted to running
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You may choose to include specific projects only.
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additional information, where relevant about: • the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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• how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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• investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. Section F Other optional information
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Section G Declaration
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~~—~~ The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature(s) Ismael Musa
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Full name(s) Asmerom Wold
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Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair Treasurer etc)
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Date 01/12/2024 02/12/2024
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Reconnection also known by East-African Diaspora Community Network
| Reconnection also known by East-African Diaspora Community Network | Reconnection also known by East-African Diaspora Community Network | |
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| Receipts andpayments accounts | ||
| For the period | Period start date To For the period from 01/04/2023 |
Period end date 31/03/2024 |
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Section A Receipts and payments
| Unrestricted funds |
Unrestricted | Restricted funds |
Endowment funds |
Total funds | Last year | ||||||
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| to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | ||||||
| A1 Receipts | |||||||||||
| Brought forward | - | - | 16,786.00 | - | 16,786.00 | 49,483.00 | |||||
| BigLotteryAwards for All | - | - | 5,000.00 | - | 5,000.00 | - | |||||
| Brent Council | - | - | 300.00 | - | 300.00 | - | |||||
| Trust for London | - | - | 22,000.00 | - | 22,000.00 | - | |||||
| Greenwich CommunityCentre | - | - | 1,000.00 | - | 1,000.00 | - | |||||
| Reserve | 6,000 | - | - | 6,000.00 | - | ||||||
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| ~~Sub total~~~~(Gross income for AR)~~ | 6,000 | 45,086.00 | - | 51,086.00 | 49,483.00 | ||||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - - - - - - - ~~Sub total~~- - - - - Total receipts 6,000 45,086.00 - 51,086.00 49,483.00 ~~—————~~ |
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| Salarycosts | 3,500 | 16,700.00 | - | 20,200.00 | - | ||||||
| General runningcots | 2,500 | 11,200.00 | - | 13,700.00 | - | ||||||
| Trainingcosts | - | - | 480.00 | - | 480.00 | - | |||||
| Travel expenses | - | - | 2,310.00 | - | 2,310.00 | - | |||||
| Consultancycosts | - | - | 1,700.00 | - | 1,700.00 | - | |||||
| Overhead costs | - | - | 1,920.00 | - | 1,920.00 | - | |||||
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| **Sub total ** | 6,000 | 34,310.00 | - | 40,310.00 | 32,697.00 |
A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - Project eqipments - Sub total [ - ] - - - - ~~——————~~ Total payments 6,000 34,310.00 - 40,310.00 32,697.00 Net of receipts/(payments) 10,776.00 - 10,776.00 16,786.00 A5 Transfers between funds - - - - - ~~-—— 4KF~~
| A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| - | 10,776.00 | - | 10,776.00 | 16,786.00 |
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
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| to nearest £ | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | ||||||
| B1 Cash funds | B1 Cash funds | - 10,776.00 - - - - - - - - 10,776.00 - Total cash funds ~~SSeS~~ |
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| (agree balances with receipts and payments | (agree balances with receipts and payments | |||||||
| account(s)) | OK | OK | OK | |||||
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| Details | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | |||||
| B2 Other monetary assets | B2 Other monetary assets | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~~===~~ |
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| B3 Investment assets | B3 Investment assets | - - - - - - - - - - ~~ao~~ |
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| B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use | B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Teaching aid and cultural DVDs Memory cards Fax Machine Laptop Camera Books Printer ~~===>~~ |
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B5 Liabilities
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
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| Signature | Print Name Asmerom Wold Ismael Musa |
Date of draft account (approval) |
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| Asmerom Wold | 02 December 2024 | |
| Ismael Musa | 01 December 2024 |
Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Section A Independent Examiner’s Report Report to the trustees/ Charity Name Reconnection members of ~~pn~~ On accounts for the year 31/03/2024 Charity no 1157568 ended (if any) ~~eeee ee~~ 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 ended 31 / 03 / 2024 .
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: 30/11/2023 ~~>~~ Name: Mr. Bekit Remadan Nuir ~~Ce~~ Relevant professional AAT qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: 160 London Road London IG11 8BB
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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 .
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