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← Movement For Justice And Reconciliation

2025-03-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period start date Period end date
From 1st April 2024 To 31st
March		 2025

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name

Movement for Justice and Reconciliation

Other names charity is known by MJR Registered charity number (if any) 1161441

Charity's principal address

115 Preston Hill

Kenton, Harrow Middlesex Postcode HA3 9SQ

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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10		 Trustee name Office (if any) Dates active if not for whole
**year **		 Name of person (or body) entitled
to appoint trustee (ifany)
Revd Alton Bell Chair
Keith Cottrell
Clive Ireson
Sarah-Jane Adejei
Khareem Jamal

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Constitution and Governance Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) CIO How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by resolution in properly constituted trustee meeting Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

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January 2026

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

During the year, the Trustees have reviewed and ratified current policy and strategy documents. These include: 

  - Trustee responsibilities and Financial Procedures Policy

  - Data Protection Policy

  - Structure and Working Groups Policy

  - Safeguarding Policy

  - Reviewed our aims and objectives

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the
charity set out in its
governing document
Summary of the main
activities undertaken for the
public benefit in relation to
these objects (include within
this section the statutory
declaration that trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit)		 1.To advance the education of the public in general on the subject of colonial
slavery and industrial exploitation in the 18thand 19thcenturies and the effect it
has had on today’s society, in particular but not exclusively by raising
awareness and providing information about how this era of our nation’s history
is impacting on British society today, and by promoting research in all aspects of
this subject and publishing the results.
2. To develop the capacity and skills of members of socially and economically
disadvantaged communities in such a way that they are better able to meet
their needs, identify problems and to be able to participate more fully in
society.
3.Such other purposes as are exclusively charitable in accordance with the laws
of England and Wales as the trustees may from time to time deem fit.
The Movement for Justice and Reconciliation operates in accordance with the
Constitution and Governance document submitted to the Charity Commission
in April 2015.
The trustees are satisfied that the charity is complying with the terms of this
governance document and have complied with their duty to have due regard to
the guidance on public benefit published by the commission in exercising their
powers and duties.
In particular, MJR are continuing to conduct research relating to legacy issues
with the view of organising wider projects focussing on the findings. These
projects will be undertaken in collaboration with academic institutions, various
local community groups and faith-based organisations in Britain & Ireland.

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January 2026

Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

1. Research

In 2022, MJR have produced and are actively promoting our documentary film, ‘After The Flood’ throughout the UK and beyond. Copies for Individual hire or purchase are available on our website, www.mjr-uk.com. We are now developing a virtual reality project in conjunction with partners, to depict life of a slave from capture on the shores of West Africa to the horrors of transportation during the ‘middle passage’, and finally to the seasoning period before life on plantations in the Caribbean.

2. The Film ‘After the Flood’

The film is both educational and redemptive. And achieves the following:

3. MJR Manchester

In addition to the legacy of enslavement, MJR is also investigating the legacy of industrial exploitation. Our ‘Proving Legacy’ research on educational achievement across the board, showed that poverty affects achievement levels among the white working classes more than any other group. Our lead on this issue stepped back in 2023/2024, therefore the programmes of Manchester MJR will be incorporated into the overall programme of MJR UK.

The Nazarene Theological College, Manchester, are advisors to MJR, and continue to host a social justice course there.

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January 2026

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

These is no formal policy on reserves. Current fixed costs are minimal and Trustees are confident of the charity’s financial security. The policy on Minimal Reserves is to always keep the equivalent of at least six months expenditure available.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

n/a

Section G Declaration

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

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) APBell Full name(s) Alton P Bell Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair etc) Date 28/01/2026

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January 2026

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Movement for Justice and Reconciliation Movement for Justice and Reconciliation Movement for Justice and Reconciliation Movement for Justice and Reconciliation Movement for Justice and Reconciliation 1161441 1161441
Receipts and payments accounts
To
For the period
from
1st April 2024
31st March 2025
~~a~~
~~ee~~
~~ee~~		 CC16a
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted
funds		 Restricted
funds		 Endowment
funds		 Total funds Last year
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Donations 31,778 - - - 31 31,778 65,075
- - - - - - -
- - - - - - -
- - - - - - -
- - - - - - -
- - - - - - -
- - - - - - -
- - - - - - -
Sub total(Gross income for (Gross income for
AR) AR)31,778 - - - 31,778 31,778 65,075
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Sub total -
-
-
-
-
Total receipts
31,778
-
-
31,778
65,075
~~—————~~
A3 Payments
Trustee Expenses - - - - - - 635
Office costs 2,400 - - - 2 2,400 123
Research work - - - - -
Zong project - - - - -
Manchesterproject - - - - - -
- - - - - - -
- - - - - - -
- - - - - - -
- - - - - - -
**Sub total ** 2,400 - - - 2,400 2,400 758
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Sub total -
-
-
-
-
Total payments
2,400
-
-
2,400
758
~~——————~~
Net of receipts/(payments)
A5 Transfers between funds
A6 Cash funds last year end
Cash funds this year end		 29,378
-
-
29,378
64,317
-
- -
-
-
-
- -
-
12,659
29,378
-
- 29,378
76,976
~~—_—=S=S=>~~

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

29/01/2026

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

Categories
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
B5 Liabilities
B3 Investment assets
B2 Other monetary assets
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use
B1 Cash funds		 Manchester
Details
None
Details
Total cash funds
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
None
Unrestricted
Zong
Research
Details
Details
None
Details
None
Signature
APBell		 Unrestricted
funds
to nearest £		 Unrestricted
funds
to nearest £		 Unrestricted
funds
to nearest £
31,778 -
-
- -
- 2,000
31,778 2,000
APBell Alton P Bell

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

29/01/2026

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