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## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name THE LEYS RESOURCE CENTRE Other names charity is known by**
**Registered charity number (if any) 1161353**
**Charity's principal address** 25 LEYS AVENUE DAGENHAM **Postcode RM10 9YP**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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OKOJIE||||
||MR FRANK
EBOSETALE
IBHAWAEGBELE||||
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ABIGAIL MWESEKA||||
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**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
**TAR**
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**Name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Type of adviser**|**Name**
**Address**|**Name**
**Address**|
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|**Name of chief executive**|**or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Memorandum and Articles of Association Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable organisation governed by a board of trustees How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Trustees are appointed in accordance with the provisions of the Memorandum and Trustee selection methods Articles of Association.
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
The charity is overseen by its board of trustees, who are responsible for its You **may choose** to include governance, strategic direction and financial oversight. The trustees keep the additional information, where charity's activities, finances and principal operational risks under review to ensure relevant, about: that the centre continues to operate in furtherance of the charity's objects and for the benefit of the local community.
- 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;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
**TAR**
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## **Section C Objectives and activities**
The charity exists to benefit residents of Barking and Dagenham and the surrounding neighbourhood, without distinction, by bringing together residents, local authorities and voluntary and other organisations to advance **Summary of the objects of the** education and provide facilities for recreation and leisure in the interests of **charity set out in its governing** social welfare. The charity maintains and manages a community centre to **document** improve local people's conditions of life and may pursue other charitable purposes in accordance with its governing document. It is non-party political and non-sectarian.
In planning and delivering the charity's activities, the trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit. During the year, the **Summary of the main activities** centre was made available for the benefit of the local community, providing **undertaken for the public** space for recreational, educational and social activities. The hall was used by **benefit in relation to these** local groups and service providers, including martial arts and dance groups, a **objects (include within this** nursery and an after-school club. Outside booked sessions, the centre **section the statutory** remained available for community recreational use. **declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)**
## **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;
- contribution made by volunteers.
**TAR**
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## Section D Achievements and performance
During the year, the charity continued to operate the centre as a community **Summary of the main** resource. The premises supported local martial arts and dance groups, nursery **achievements of the charity** and after-school provision, and wider recreational use when not otherwise **during the year** booked. These activities helped advance education, social welfare and community participation in Barking and Dagenham.
## **Section E Financial review**
The trustees aim to maintain unrestricted reserves equivalent to at least three **Brief statement of the** months' fixed operating costs. The appropriate level of reserves is reviewed **charity’s policy on reserves** periodically, taking account of the charity's commitments, cash-flow requirements and exposure to financial and operational risks.
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
None.
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
- The charity's principal income is generated from hiring the hall to local groups,
- You **may choose** to include organisations and individuals, including martial arts and dance groups, a nursery
- additional information, where and an after-school club. This income is applied towards the costs of operating
- relevant about: and maintaining the centre and enabling it to remain available for activities that
- the charity’s principal further the charity's objectives. 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**
**TAR**
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## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** K MWESEKA **Full name(s)** KEKELWA MWESEKA **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** TRUSTEE **etc) Date** 30/07/2026
**TAR**
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## **THE LEYS RESOURCE CENTRE 1161353 Receipts and payments accounts**
**CC16a**
**For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01/10/2024 30/09/2025
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||
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|**A1 Receipts**
Hall Hire
**41,734**
Other Income
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**41,734**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 41,734**
**A3 Payments**
Rent
Donation
**220**
Utilities
**8,382**
Repairs & Maintenance
Legal & Professional fees
Sundry
**2,122**
Insurance
Rates
**3,915**
Leasepayment
**21,500**
Loan repayment
**7,454**
**_Sub total_ 43,594**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 43,594**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ - 1,859**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**5,105**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 3,246**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**41,734**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**41,734**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**41,734**
**-**
**220**
**8,382**
**-**
**-**
**2,122**
**-**
**3,915**
**21,500**
**7,454**
**43,594**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**43,594**
**- 1,859**
**-**
**5,105**
**3,246**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
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**-**|**41,734**|**33,559**|
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**-**|**- 1,859**|**3,007**|
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Natwest loan
Signature
K MWESEKA
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**3,246**
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**-**
**-**
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**3,246**
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OK
OK
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
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**Cost (optional)**
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**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
1,725
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
KEKELWA MWESEKA
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|
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**Endowment**
**funds**|
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||K MWESEKA|KEKELWA MWESEKA|7/28/2026|
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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees/ members of**
Charity Name THE LEYS RESOURCE CENTRE
30 SEPTEMBER 2025
**On accounts for the year ended Charity no (if any)**
1161353
## **Set out on pages**
(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **30 / 09 / 2025.**
As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the 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 examiner's statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) 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. * _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._
**Signed:**
A.Tembo 29 JULY 2026
AGNES LINDIWE TEMBO
**Date:**
**Name: Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):**
AAT, ACCA
**October 2018**
1
**IER**
**Address:**
61 Hatfield Close
London
SE14 5DW
**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** .
**October 2018**
2
**IER**