**CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER 1158103**
ACCESS UK
**Financial Statements For The Year Ended 30 April 2021**
_**Raywin P-Cole & Co Ltd** Chartered Certified Accountants ACCA Registered Firm 131 Tivoli Road, West Norwood London SE27 0EE_
**ACCESS UK**
## **Financial Statements For The Year Ended 30 April 2021**
## **Contents**
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|Reference and administrative details|1|
|Trustees report|2 - 3|
|Chartered Accountants' report|4|
|Statement of Financial Activities|5|
|Balance Sheet|6|
|Notes to the accounts|7 - 8|
**ACCESS UK Reference and adminstrative details For the year ended 30 April 2021**
**Status** The charity is constituted as an unincorporated body **Governing document** The charity is established under a model trust deed **Charity registration** 1158103 **Principal address** Enterprise Centre 639 High Road London N17 8AA **Trustees** Nana-Yaw Agyeman Isaac Prempeh Martin Samuda Rodney Grant MBE Chloe Horne **Bankers** CAF Bank Ltd 25 Kings Hill Avenue, Kings Hill West Malling, Kent ME19 4JQ Metro Bank One Southampton Row London WC1B 5HA **Independent examiner** Raywin P-Cole & Co Ltd Chartered Certified Accountants ACCA Registered Firm 131 Tivoli Road West Norwood London SE27 0EE
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**ACCESS UK**
## **Trustees report for the year ended 30 April 2021**
The Trustees present their report with the accounts for the year ended 30 April 2021 which are set out on the annexed pages.
## **Objectives and Policies**
The Objectives of the Charity are to:
The objects of our charity are to address the high levels of youth unemployment within the BME community of London and also assist youths with convictions into employment or training; the advancement of health or the saving of lives; providing relief services to youths who are disadvantaged & experiencing financial hardship; with 1/2 youths from the BME community currently unemployed, the primary aim is to reverse this trend by providing counselling & relief services and also to tackle gang membership through the use of mediation and specifically designed educational workshops which are intended to deter youths from joining or participating in gang activity; the prevention or relief of poverty & the advancement of education by providing employment & career advice to unemployed youths between the ages of 16-24.
## **Trustees**
The Trustees who served during the year and at the date of this report are:
Nana-Yaw Agyeman Isaac Prempeh Martin Samuda Rodney Grant MBE Chloe Horne
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## **ACCESS UK**
## **Trustees report for the year ended 30 April 2021**
## **Review of past activities**
1. Dramaric increase in the number of beneficiaries engaged and supported remotely, 5000 +
2. Transitioned into a fully functional virtual service due to the impact of the pandemic
3. Achieved over 70% service users conversion rate with our beneficiaries moving into Education, Employment and Enterprise
4. Marked increase in collaboration with external partners such as Mind(Mental Wellbeing)
5. Exponential increase in partnerships and donations from public dur to the emergence of Covid-19 and the murder of Gerogr Floyd in America
6. Collaborated with the nationwide charity Barnardos on the delivery of the SEE HEAR & RESPOND programme addressing the disporrionate impact of Covid-19 on BME youth and families.
7. Partnered with Accenture
8. Road Ceo entrepreneurial programmes for disadvantaged youth of Brent fully launched.
The innovative programme aims to divert vulnerable young people away from crime by introducing them to emerging markets like FOREX TRADING, CRYPTO CURRENCIES, NFTs, BLOCKCHAIN and so much more.
## **Future developments**
1. Launch OBE (Operation Black Employment) fundraising campaign to scale our existing operations, increase headcount and address the exponential rise of black youth unemployment in the UK.
2. Recruit a minimum of 20 full time virtual careers advisers who will be tasked with providing culturally bespoke IAG services for young unemployed BME jobseekers across the country.
3. Expand Access UK's geographical reach by providing remote services outside of our usual focus of London.'s unemployed BME youth.
4. Secure central government contracts to address the 50% black youth national unemployment rate.
5. Identify further BME focused opportunities
6. Establish an international recruitment pipeline for the NHS and also support African diasoprans to settle and work in Africa.
7. Ecourage and looby the UK government to fund HGV driving license training programmes which will address the acute lack of qualified drivers in the UK, create job opportunities and simultaneously increase the representation of BME HGV drivers in the UK
Financial policies are in place to ensure the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
The board of trustees receive regular financial reports to enable them to monitor the charity's income and expenditure thus keeping them up to date with the Trust's financial position.
Nana-Yaw Agyeman Trustee 28 February 2022
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## **ACCESS UK**
## **Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees and Members**
We report on the accounts of the Trust for the year ended 30 April 2021 which are set out on the annexed pages.
## **Respective Responsibilities of the Trustees and Examiner**
The Trustees of the Charity are responsible for the preparation of the accounts; and consider that the audit requirement of section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 does not apply and that an independent examination is needed. It is our responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
- to follow the procedures specified in general Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act, and
- to state whether particular matters have come to our attention.
## **Basis of Independent Examiner's Report**
Our examination was carried out in accordance with general directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes 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 we do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **Independent Examiner's Statement**
In connection with our examination, no matter has come to our attention:
- 1) Which gives us reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements
- to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act;
- and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have not been met;
or
- 2) To which, in our opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
## _**Raywin P-Cole & Co Ltd**_
_Chartered Certified Accountants ACCA Registered Firm 131 Tivoli Road, West Norwood London SE27 0EE_
> 28 February 2022
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## **ACCESS UK Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 30 April 2021**
|**Incoming Resources**
Donations
**Resources Expended**
**_Charitable activities_**
Travel & Subsistence
Personnel Cost
Printing, stationery & postages
Telephone & Fax
Rent & Rates
Insurance
Publications/Advertising
Development Programme
Depreciation
**_Governance costs_**
Accountancy
**_Total Resources Expended_**
**Net incoming resources**
Transfers between funds
**Net movement in funds**
**Total funds brought forward**
**_Total funds carried forward_**|**Notes**|**Unrestricted Restricted**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**2021**
**£**
**£**
**£**
460,074
-
460,074
1,682
-
1,682
133,383
-
133,383
2,684
2,684
3,485
-
3,485
6,588
-
6,588
2,512
-
2,512
2,668
-
2,668
6,780
-
6,780
7,112
-
7,112
**166,894**
**-**
**166,894**
600
-
600
**600**
**-**
**600**
**167,494**
**-**
**167,494**
**292,580**
**-**
**292,580**
-
-
-
**292,580**
**-**
**292,580**
159,492
-
159,492
**452,072**
**-**
**452,072**|**2020**
**£**
252,186
9,756
129,408
4,387
1,492
15,840
3,795
2,754
6,216
1,416|
|---|---|---|---|
||**5**
**1**
**2**
**1**|||
||||**175,064**|
||||500|
||||**500**|
|||||
||||**175,564**|
||||**76,622**
-|
||||**76,622**
82,870|
||||**159,492**|
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## **ACCESS UK Balance Sheet as at 30 April 2021**
|**Notes**
**Fixed assets**
Tangible assets
**2**
**Current assets**
Cash at bank and in hand
**Creditors: amounts falling due**
**within one year**
**3**
**Net current assets**
**Net assets**
**Funds of the charity**
Unrestricted funds
**_Total funds_**|**2021**
**£**
28,448
424,223
(599)
423,624
**452,072**
452,072
**452,072**|**2020**
**£**
5,662
154,779
(949)
153,830
**159,492**
159,492
**159,492**|**2020**
**£**
5,662
154,779
(949)
153,830
**159,492**
159,492
**159,492**|
|---|---|---|---|
|||||
||||**159,492**|
||||159,492|
||||**159,492**|
These financial statements were approved by the Trustees on 28 February 2022 & signed on their behalf by:
Mr Nana Agyeman Trustee
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**ACCESS UK Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 30 April 2021**
## **1 Accounting policies**
## _**Basis of preparation**_
The Financial Statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities and Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) "Accounting and Reporting by Charities".
## _**Incoming resources**_
Unrestricted Income comprises donations and is recognised on receipt basis. Restricted Income relates to donations raised for specific purposes and is recognised on receipt basis. However, the donors have agreed that that once the primary purpose has been satisfied, any surplus funds remaining will be used for the running of the Charity's ordinary activities.
## _**Depreciation**_
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over it's estimated useful lives based on reducing balance method.
Equipments 20%
## _**Resources Expended**_
## **Charitable Activities**
These comprise all expenditure directly relating to the objects of the Charity. Support costs are an integral part of the expenses incurred in carrying out those charitable activities, which the Charity was established to perform.
## _**Governance Costs**_
Governance costs comprise the costs of running the charity, including strategic planning for its future development, also includes accountancy & legal fees and all costs relating to consnstitutional and statutory compliance.
## _**Rent & Rates**_
Rent & rates is currently based on an operating lease agreement which is subject to annual renewal.
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## **ACCESS UK Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 30 April 2021**
## **2 Tangible fixed assets**
|**Cost**
**At 1 May 2020**
Additions
**At 30 April 2021**
**Depreciation**
**At 1 May 2020**
Charge for the year
**At 30 April 2021**
**Net book value**
**At 30 April 2021**
**At 30 April 2020**
**3**
**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
Accountancy
Other creditors
**4**
**Analysis of net assets between funds**
Equipments
**Current assets**
Cash at bank and in hand
**Creditors: amounts falling due after one year**
**At 30 April 2021**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**£**
28,448
28,448
424,223
424,223
(599)
**452,072**|**2021**
**£**
600
(1)
**599**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**£**
-
-
-
-
-
**-**|**Equipments**
**£**
9,750
29,898|
|---|---|---|---|
||||39,648|
||||4,088
7,112|
||||11,200|
||||28,448|
||||5,662|
||||**2020**
**£**
950
(1)|
||||**949**|
||||**Total**
**£**
28,448|
||||28,448
424,223|
||||424,223
(599)|
||||**452,072**|
## **5 Personnel costs**
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## **ACCESS UK Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 30 April 2021**
Personnel cost represents allowances given to volunteers. Other than that, no remuneration was paid to any of the trustees and their expenses also not borne by the Trust.
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