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CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1164778

AFRICA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION Financial Statements For the year ended 31 March 2023

AFRICA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION

Financial Statements

Year ended 31 March 2023

	Pages
Trustees' annual report	2 to 10
Independent auditor's report to the members	11 to 14
Statement of financial activities	15
Statement of financial position	16
Statement of cash flows	17
Notes to the financial statements	18 to 28

AFRICA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION

Trustees' Annual Report

Year ended 31 March 2023

The trustees present their report and the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2023.

Reference and administrative details

Registered charity name	AFRICA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION	AFRICA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION
Charity registration number	1164778
Principal office	76 Elmer Road
	Catford
	London
	SE6 2ER
The trustees	E Wassonko
	J Mashatte
	E Mabonga
	M Nsaale
	E Mohamed	(Resigned – 03/05/2023)
	S Jauhar
	B Mushiso	(Appointed - 02/05/2023)
	J Oliech	(Resigned – 30/01/2023)
Chief Executive Officer	A Baziwe
Chair	S Jauhar (Trustee)
Treasurer	E Wassonko (Trustee)
Secretary	J Mashatte (Trustee)
Auditor	Eric & Co.
	Chartered Certified Accountants & Statutory Auditors
	87 Tylecroft Road
	London
	SW16 4BJ
Bankers	National Westminster
	P.O Box 159
	332 High Holborn
	London
	WC1V 7AS
Solicitors	Pothecary Witham Weld Solicitors
	70 St. George's Square
	London
	SW1V 3RD

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Structure, Governance and Management

Africa Advocacy Foundation (AAF) is a charity established in 1996. Until March 2016 it was registered as both an unincorporated charity with Charities Commission (Registration number 1059268) and as a company limited by guarantee (Registration number 5180907) with Companies House.

In December 2015, in order to simplify the structure of the organisation and with the introduction of the Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) status, the trustees decided to cease its previous registrations and incorporate AAF with the Charity Commission as a CIO (Registration number 1164778).

Governing Document:

The legal status of the charity is that of a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) which is subject to its governing document, the Constitution that took effect on 9th December 2015.

Recruitment and Appointment of New Trustees:

AAF governance is the responsibility of the Board of Trustees who are elected and co-opted by members at the annual general meeting in accordance with the Constitution. The Trustees come from diverse backgrounds, skills, expertise, and experiences.

Induction and Training of New Trustees:

AAF new trustees undergo orientation on their legal obligations under charity law, the aims and objectives of the charity, its governing frameworks, decision-making processes, strategic plans, and financial performance. All trustees are issued with a trustee pack and attend in-house and external training relevant to their roles.

Partnerships:

AAF works with a range of partners including community groups, faith centres, voluntary organisations, local authorities, academic institutions, government departments, corporate partners, think tanks and collaborative agencies relevant to AAF aims, mission, vision, and values.

Organisational structure and decision-making:

The organisation is led by the Chief Executive who is appointed by the Trustees to manage the day-to-day operations of the charity. To facilitate effective operations, the Chief Executive has delegated authority, within terms of delegation approved by the Trustees, for operational matters including finance, employment, and related activities. Besides the Chief Executive, there are the Director of Programme and head of various programmes including sexual health, VAWG and European projects.

The Trustees are responsible for setting strategies and policies and ensuring that they are implemented. To ensure that the objectives of the organisation are met and in order to increase efficiency among trustees, each Trustee is assigned to a sub-committee i.e., Service Delivery & Welfare Finance and Fundraising and Policy and Advocacy. Key management remunerations are approved and authorised by the trustees in the trustees’ meeting.

Volunteers:

Volunteers immensely contribute to AAF mission and are a key part of the organisation. We recruit, train, and deploy both local and international volunteers with a diverse range of experience, skills and backgrounds, cultural competencies and lived experiences.

Volunteers support a range of our activities including community outreach and campaigns, support groups, information, advice and guidance, mentoring, facilitating group activities, young people, elderly people's activities, training and policy work.

AAF supports all volunteers in their roles and receive regular feedback on their performance.

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Volunteers are also provided with opportunities for training and are formally recognised with awards at various times including our main charity events.

Risk Management:

The Trustees have a risk management strategy, which comprises:

• An annual review of the risks the charity may face.

• The establishment of systems and procedures to mitigate those risks identified in the review; and the implementation of procedures designed to minimise any potential impact on the charity should those risks materialise.

The Trustees have assessed the risks to which the charity may be exposed with particular reference to those relating to the operations and finances of the charity. Systems are in place to ensure that all risks are recorded for subsequent monitoring and review. In the meantime, the Trustees remain satisfied that all insurable risks have been identified and adequately dealt with and that the charities exposure to other risks is kept at a minimum by good working practice and guidelines.

Objectives and Activities

AAF Mission:

AAF mission is to provide practical, social, training and community support to those who are marginalised, disadvantaged, vulnerable, facing violence, living in poverty and in poor health particularly within black migrant communities primarily in the UK, other parts of Europe and Africa.

We work towards these goals by facilitating appropriate access to services and placing the beneficiaries at the centre of our work and by promoting diversity and choice.

AAF Objectives:

• To relieve poverty and sickness in communities experiencing disadvantage both in the UK and abroad

• To protect and preserve health and to improve the quality of life of those suffering from poor health

• To advance education by providing resources and platforms for learning

• To promote for the benefit of the public the provision of facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation of individuals who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disability, financial hardship, or social and economic circumstances or for the public at large in the interests of social welfare and with the object of improving their conditions of life

• To relieve the needs of the elderly and disabled

Our Values:

AAF is committed to the following values that underpin our standards and determine how we undertake our activities:

• CLIENT-CENTERED: We always strive to ensure that service users’ satisfaction is at the centre of our work

• INTEGRITY & TRUST: We are always committed to the highest ethical standards in our internal and external relationships.

• EXCELLENCE: We seek to attain the highest quality of service delivery and outcomes for the communities we serve.

• INCLUSIVITY: We promote participation and access to services by all beneficiaries and give a voice to those who are marginalised.

• TRANSPARENCY: We are open, accountable, and responsive to all our stakeholders and service users

• COLLABORATION: We work in partnership with a variety of organisations to enhance our interagency work and improve our responsiveness to the multifaceted problems with which we concern ourselves

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Our Strategic Aims and Objectives for 2022-2025:

To develop AAF as a leading community voluntary organisation that can influence service delivery and policy and issues impacting on black and other underserved communities in the UK and across Europe by 2025.

These include:

• To continue to act as champion of change; actively advocating for the rights of and representing the needs of marginalised African people community and policy levels thereby ensuring that their voices and opinions are heard.

• To raise public awareness and understanding and comprehensively engage with partners, local authorities, governments, policy makers, networks key institutions, funders, and other professionals in ensuring that black and other underserved communities achieve the best deal in public service delivery.

• To expand and develop an exemplary and representative portfolio of programme delivery and representation that demonstrates best practise in supporting underserved communities.

To increase the participation of black and other underserved communities in the planning, implementation, and access to services at all levels, particularly in areas of health, education, employment, housing and family safety and support

Grant Making:

Africa Advocacy Foundation does not give grants but accepts donations in furtherance of its aim and objectives.

Last year, however, AAF become an intermediary technical partner of Comic Relief to deliver the Global Majority Fund. AAF distributed grants of between £5,000 and £15,000 to London, Kent and Surrey based grassroots organisations working to address racial injustice, violence, poverty, disability, mental ill-health and other long-term conditions. The grant payments continued this year.

Public Benefit:

The Trustees of AAF are required to comply with the duty in section 4 of the Charities Act 2006 and consider the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit, "Charities and Public Benefits" AAF activities are consistent with national and local strategies and action plans to enhance health and wellbeing, education, and social care services. AAF activities promote positive health and social outcomes sustainable independence of service users and to promote equality and diversity. We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults from harm and isolation. We work to empower and encourage our clients to actively lead on activities and processes that improve their circumstances and positively contribute to their communities.

Achievements and Performance

Our work during the year 2022-23 focused on the following areas: -

1. HIV Prevention, Testing and Linkage to Care

2. Preventing Violence Against Women and Girls

3. Policy and Advocacy

4. Community React Fund

5. Mi-Health HIV Partnership

6. Research

1. HIV Prevention, Testing and Linkage to Care

Improving access to HIV prevention, testing and treatment remains our key priority and defines our continued engagement with mainly black African and migrant communities we work with as well as clinical services, policy makers and other stakeholders.

AAF delivered 4 main HIV prevention and testing activities during the year including the HIV Prevention England, 3 Fast Track London Partnerships projects in London. The organisation is also

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commissioned to provide HIV Peer Support services for residents of Lambeth, Southward and Lewisham.

i. The Volt Project :

The Volt Project is a Fast Track Cities funded project that aimed increasing testing for HIV and syphilis among people who are homeless and within immigrant communities. People experiencing homelessness are among the most vulnerable and isolated in our society, with the poorest health outcomes and very low testing coverage.

We worked with 5 homeless shelters, tested over 300 individuals, and trained 22 shelter staff as community testers. The project demonstrated effectiveness of a partnership clinical community and statutory services in reaching a community that is usually underserved by healthcare.

“Staff at shelters tell us they are now more confident talking with their clients about HIV, PrEP and PEP and what U equals U means. This is a huge change; it just wasn’t happening before we started this project.” – Edwin, Project Worker, AAF

ii. The Champions Project

The Champions Project is another Track Cities funded project in which AAF partnered with NAM AIDSmap to address health inequalities by empowering people from Black and minority ethnic communities share their personal stories, to tackle the false facts and inaccuracies that exist about HIV and increase HIV testing in black communities.

We worked from a group of champions from diverse African communities to talk about their experiences of what it means to be living with HIV and why testing and getting diagnosed early is so important, especially why people from Black communities should feel comfortable getting tested for HIV. By sharing their experiences with their local community, these Positive Champions helped to dispel the myths around HIV, normalising HIV as a topic of discussion, and encouraging more people to get tested. Some positive champions were also featured in short, empowering videos in which they talk openly about living with HIV and encourage others to test. The videos were shared online, on www.hivtesthome.com, www.aidsmap.com, and across social media and have been viewed over 100,000 times.

We delivered over 3,000 in person tests in community-based testing in a range of locations in southeast London, distributed 950 HIV self-testing kits. We diagnosed 8 people with HIV and linked them to treatment.

“We’ve tested 1000s of people from Black communities for HIV. We made eight new diagnoses and helped those people get treatment. All of them are now living normal lives with HIV and can’t pass it on” – Susan Cole, Community Engagement and Marketing Manager, NAM

iii.

The Faithworks Project

The Champions Project is a third Track Cities project that AAF delivered with NAZ Project and the Jewish AIDS Trust. Through the project, we worked with faith leaders to engage them in meaningful conversations about HIV and sexual health. We wanted to ensure that religious leaders to have confidence talking with their communities about HIV, to help reduce the stigma associated with HIV and normalise testing.

We engaged over 100 faith leaders and 3000 congregation members on the project, 80 faith related events were held, over 200 people tested and 2 were diagnosed with HIV and LinkedIn to care.

“We know faith leaders can do a lot towards fighting HIV stigma and improving the lives of people who have HIV and would value their support. We want them to change the way they address sexual health issues within their community and we’re giving them the tools to change attitudes and promote positive health messages.” – Rachel Musomba, Faithworks, AAF

iv. HIV Prevention England AAF as a local activation partner on the HIV Prevention England led by Terrence Higgins Trust

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delivered community-based HIV awareness campaigns and testing through face-to-face engagement within the heterosexual and LGBTQ+ black African and Caribbean communities. During the year we delivered a total of 1455 HIV tests and were able to diagnose 5 individuals who have been linked to HIV treatment and care.

v. Positive Peoples Network

AAF continues to provide HIV peer support, information, advice and guidance, counselling as well as trainings for newly diagnosed residents of Lambeth Southwark and Lewisham Councils as part of a partnership with Metro Charity and Positive Faith Charity.

We directly supported over 374 individuals living with HIV over the past one year on specific HIV interventions and well as providing related support around domestic violence, benefits advice, employment, housing, immigration, mental health, family, sexuality and other needs. Our HIV peer support services run weekly and is accessed by around 20-30 unique individuals monthly.

vi. Mpox Campaign

We delivered a UKHSA funded campaign to create awareness of Mpox to black gay and bisexual men and to encourage vaccination. We delivered a series of 3 online workshops, a training session and developed a campaign video shared on various social media platforms which have been viewed over 3000 times in all of these platforms.

We are grateful to Lambeth Southwark and Lewisham Councils, Fast Track Cities London and HIV Prevention England and UKHSA for the funding provided to deliver these programmes.

2. Preventing Violence Against Women and Girls

Preventing Violence Against Women and Girls remains a key part of our community work. AAF is dedicated to safeguarding women and girls who are at risk of experiencing any form gender-based violence including harmful cultural practices and providing the tools and resources they need to live a fulfilling life.

Our service offer includes domestic abuse and sexual violence; IDVA service; FGM and harmful practises; culturally appropriate counselling; family support services; training key professionals; peer support groups for survivors and related sexual health/HIV support.

(i) Lambeth VAWG (FGM) Project

Under this service we offered a range of support services including domestic abuse and sexual violence; IDVA service; FGM and harmful practises; culturally appropriate counselling; family support services; training key professionals; peer support groups for survivors and related sexual health/HIV support.

164 women from FGM practicing communities engaged and supported to address FGM related stigma, discrimination, and isolation; 129 of the of women and girls supported and offered specialist counselling. 97 frontline professionals were trained and equipped with skills to effectively work with FGM survivors, those at risk and their families. We also trained 21 Community champions and directly engaged a total of 2175 community members from FGM affected communities with FGM information. 2 FGM video presented at 2 community events and FGM awareness leaflets and posters distributed.

(ii) Uzima Project:

The Uzima Project was set up in 2020 to support and empower at least 110 unaccompanied refugee girls aged 11-18 annually, who are victims of FGM and sexual abuse through the provision of tailored age, language, faith and culturally appropriate support, information and practical skills to enhance their’ self-esteem, sense of safety and belonging and confidence to cope and rebuild their lives.

The project was aimed at improving participants' health and wellbeing, creating networking opportunities to reduce isolation, increase access to services, promote their independence, choices,

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integration and ease of their life transitions.

Over the past year, Uzima reached and supported 140 unique young women and girls who identify as migrant, unaccompanied or having had one or more experiences of Gender Based Violence. The project was able to sustain 32 consistent volunteers supporting on workshops and 1-1 mentorship and outreach with project beneficiaries.

A range of activities we delivered over the year including Culturally specific 1:1, Trauma informed counselling, social media engagement, tutoring, Immigration matters, wellbeing boxes, Book Club community Circle, Self-help Journal. Events included National Hate Crime awareness week, Poetry Competition #UnseenShe, Choose to challenge mental health campaign, Safer Nights Initiative, Self-Love event, How Trauma Presents Itself – Instagram Live, Gender Bias Webinar, Women of colour safer community forum, 6 Week Art Project, Art exhibition event among others. Some of the beneficiary comments are included.

“I appreciate AAF and the Uzima Project because whenever I’ve needed advice, help or support at any time no matter how big or small, I’ve never not had someone to talk to whether it is other service users, the volunteers or the project lead. Everyone makes time for everyone and it’s heart-warming”. Ms. D, Age 19

“There have been many good workshops but the self-care one made it obvious where I had been refusing to prioritise myself as a form of self-harm. That paired with the Instagram live on how trauma presents itself have really helped me understand that although my coping mechanisms aren’t obviously destructive, they are still destructive to me.” Ms. K, Age 20

(Iv) Hidden Voices Project:

The Hidden Voices Project created a uniquely accessible trauma informed, VAWG service for Black and minoritised (B&M) undocumented migrant women affected by all forms of domestic and sexual abuse. The project supported 67 undocumented women on spousal visas with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) subject to domestic and sexual abuse. This includes a significant number of young women, including unaccompanied minors and young carers of parents with mental health needs. 21 women accessed community champions training; 11 women were rehoused and have been successful with their claims for indefinite leave to remain. 93% progress in women’s engagement with statutory services (e.g., police, legal advice, immigration clinics).

‘There’s better understanding of domestic and historical sexual abuse and community support for women and girls mainly from African backgrounds and we also advocated to ensure victims reports that had been overlooked by the police were looked into again thus leading to at least 3 perpetrators charged with physical and sexual assault’ - Project Worker.

3. Mi-Health HIV Partnership

The Mi-Health HIV Partnership is a community-led initiative that seeks to address gaps in the HIV cascade of care (CoC) in 10 European countries with a high prevalence of HIV amongst migrants. The project has been generously funded by Gilead Sciences’ Zeroing In: Ending the HIV Epidemic Programme and delivered by a collective of 10 frontline organisations working with migrants in Belgium, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden and UK. Activities have included development of language and context appropriate HIV education resources, targeted HIV testing and linkage to treatment, trainings, and exchange of best practice.

We developed 54 unique materials focusing on U=U, PrEP, and HIV testing in 9 languages including Arabic, English, French, German, Greek, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish. A total of 17,020 materials were disseminated to migrant communities.

We performed at total of 2,402 HIV tests performed over 322 with 68 community champions involved

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in outreach in the community. We diagnosed 154 migrants (6.41% prevalence rate) over this period and kinked them all to care in various countries and local clinics.

“This partnership program is one of the most well-organised and professionally designed programs we have ever participated in”. - Project Partner.

“This partnership has given us the tools, capacity and confidence to identify, highlight and find solutions to the challenges we experience as frontline organisations working with migrant communities”. - Project Partner.

4. Community React Fund

AAF continued to distribute a further £26,000 as part of the Community React Fund programme funded by Comic Relief’s Global Majority Fund. During the past financial year, AAF had distributed £200,372 in grants to 32 frontline community organisations to relieve the impact of Covid-19 on racially minoritised communities and especially migrants, particularly those migrants with no recourse to public funds.

AAF also delivered capacity building support to the grantee organisations to enable them to strengthen their governance, financial management and fundraising including grant application surgeries, matching grantees with fundraisers and providing grant updates.

AAF is grateful to Comic Relief and its partners Barclays Bank, The National Emergency Trust, Esmee Fairbairn and Clothworkers Foundation for the support.

5. Policy and Advocacy:

AAF launched a new initiative, Mi-Health Europe, in mid-2021 as a policy and advocacy collaborative that strengthens the capacity of European migrant communities to engage with services and to influence healthcare policy and practice. Through a Policy and Research Working Group, Capacity Building activities, a Resource Database and a Community of Practice, Mi-Health is working towards a healthier, more equitable Europe for all migrants.

a. Mind the Gap Summit

AAF held a highly successful summit on HIV and Migration in Brussels, Belgium on 2nd and 3rd November 2022, bringing together migrant-led organisations, stakeholders and supporters from 21 countries into direct conversation with one another to address the common challenges we all face across Europe. https://www.mindthegaphivsummit.com/

The two-day summit including partners from Mi-Health HIV Partnership, migrant- and community-led organisations, those living with HIV, academic researchers, medical practitioners, sex workers, representations from UNAIDS, WHO, The European Commission (GD Sante), IAPAC, policymakers, representatives of pharmaceuticals and commissioners under the theme of “Mind the Gap.” Day one highlighted the expertise from the community-level and day two consisted of a high-level policy roundtable chaired by Elizabeth Kuiper of the European Policy Centre. Together, the 59 participants on Day One and 73 participants on Day Two attended the Summit at which the following was addressed.

• Key challenges and gaps in the HIV cascade of care.

• Data and research gaps in HIV

• Prevention, testing and treatment guidelines for migrants, including access to biomedical interventions such as PrEP and messaging like U=U

• Broader inclusion in healthcare and health equity regardless of ethnicity or origin

• Practical ways of addressing the immediate HIV-related needs of migrants, especially from conflict areas

Through the many conversations and sessions, summit delegates ultimately pointed towards various

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gaps in Prevention and testing, access to treatment, data on migrants, stigma and discrimination as well as a policy. A position paper on HIV and migration is being drafted to be launched later this year as a direct outcome of the summit.

b. Nobody Left Outside Initiative

AAF continues to be a key partner of the NLO Initiative, a collective collection of organisations representing people in some of the most marginalised communities in Europe, who are underserved with respect to healthcare. These communities include homeless people, LGTBI people, people who use drugs, prisoners, sex workers and undocumented migrants.

This year we delivered a successful seminar at the European Health Forum Gastein focusing health in all policies. We are grateful to MSD Europe for the education grant to deliver the initiate and to Dentons Global Advisors for the strategic support.

6. Research

AAF is continuing its collaboration with University College London and Kings College London on research. This year we are running the CovAfrica study to assess experiences of Covid-19 on black African community members living with HIV. The study is also looking at the impact of intersectional factors including race gender, immigration, age and HIV status.

We are continuing with our study of the demographic, clinical, social and biologic risk factors for the development of chronic kidney disease (CKD), diabetes mellitus (DM) and multiple long-term conditions i.e., diabetes, cardiovascular disease [CVD: coronary heart disease, peripheral vascular disease and stroke]) and their relationship with mental health in black African/Caribbean people diagnosed with HIV infection.

Our HiDDEN CKD project with Kings College London to create awareness and promoting screening in within black communities including faith.

Financial review

Reserves policy

The Finance Committee of the Board of Trustees review the reserve policy of the organisation annually. Their decision on the level of reserve depends on the level of unrestricted funds available. For this year they decided that the current level of reserve should be maintained at least at a level equivalent to approximately three months' expenditure. The trustees consider that reserves at this level will ensure that, in the event of any significant drop in the organisation's funding, they will be able to continue AAF's current activities while consideration is given to ways in which additional funds may be raised.

The amount of total funds held as at 31 March 2023 was £1,080,631 (2022: £999,004). The amount of restricted funds held as at 31 March 2023 was £318,427 (2022: £312,541).

Principal funding sources

Funding was obtained from a variety of sources, as detailed in the report, with a mix of both statutory and non-statutory donors and supporters. The charity’s statement of financial activities is set out on page 16 and shows total incoming resources of £1,336,942 (2022: £1,125,321). For the year, there was net income resources of £81,627 (2022: £77,000). Resources expended £1,255,315 (2022: £1,048,321). All AAF's assets are held for the furtherance of its objectives and are adequate and sufficient to meet its objectives.

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The trustees' annual report was approved on 22 January 2024 and signed on behalf of the board of trustees by:

S Jauhar

Trustee – Chair

E Wassonko Trustee - Treasurer

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Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of AFRICA ADVOCACY

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Year ended 31 March 2023

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of AFRICA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION (the 'charity') for the year ended 31 March 2023 which comprise the statement of financial activities, statement of financial position, statement of cash flows and the related notes, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including FRS 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:

• give a true and fair view of the state of the charity's affairs as at 31 March 2023 and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for the year then ended;

• have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice;

• have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011.

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charity in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. The trustees are responsible for the other information. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements, or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude

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that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the charity and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the trustees' report.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Charities Act 2011 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

• the information given in the trustees' report is inconsistent in any material respect with the financial statements; or

• adequate accounting records have not been kept; or

• the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or

• we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.

Responsibilities of trustees

As explained more fully in the trustees' responsibilities statement, the trustees are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charity or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

• We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory requirements applicable to the charity. We considered that the most significant are those that relate to the reporting framework being FRS 102, Charities SORP (FRS 102), Anti-Money Laundering and Charities Act 2011 rules and regulations

• We obtained an understanding of how the charity complies with these requirements by making enquiries of management and seeking representations from those charged with governance. We corroborated our understanding by reviewing supporting documentation.

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• We inquired from management and those charged with governance as to any known instances of non-compliance or suspected non-compliance with laws and regulations. We designed our audit procedures to identify instances of non-compliance throughout the audit and remained alert to instances of non-compliance throughout the audit.

• We assessed the susceptibility of the charity’s financial statements to material misstatement, including how fraud might occur by considering the risk of management override of internal control and by designating incoming resources recognition as a fraud risk. We performed journal entry testing by specific risk criteria, with a focus on journals indicating large or unusual transactions based on our understanding of the business. We tested completeness of income through substantive tests performed, analytical review procedures and cut off tests on the incoming resources recognised.

• Where incoming resources were received from overseas, we requested supporting documentation to ensure that sufficient anti-money laundering documentation was in place.

• The charity is a regulated entity under the supervision of the Charities Commission. As such, the Senior Statutory Auditor considered the experience and expertise of the engagement team to ensure that the team had the appropriate competence and capabilities.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.

As part of an audit in accordance with ISAs (UK), we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional scepticism throughout the audit. We also:

• Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.

• Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the internal control.

• Evaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by the trustees.

• Conclude on the appropriateness of the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor’s report to the related disclosures in the financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor’s report. However, future events or conditions may cause the charity to cease to continue as a going concern.

• Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements, including the disclosures, and whether the financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.

We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned

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Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of AFRICA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2023

scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal control that we identify during our audit.

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charity's members, as a body, in accordance with section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and regulations made under section 154 of that Act. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charity's members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the charity's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Eric Ashong (Senior Statutory Auditor)

For and on behalf of Eric & Co. Chartered Certified Accountants & Statutory Auditors 87 Tylecroft Road London SW16 4BJ

Date: 24/01/2024

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Statement of Financial Activities

Year ended 31 March 2023

			2023		2022
		Unrestricted	Restricted
		funds	funds	Total funds	Total funds
	Note	£	£	£	£
Income and endowments
Donations and legacies	4	11,028	–	11,028	54
Charitable activities	5	548,391	775,101	1,323,492	1,125,212
Investment income	6	2,422	–	2,422	55
		---------------------------------	---------------------------------	-------------------------------------------	-------------------------------------------
Total income		561,841	775,101	1,336,942	1,125,321
		=================================	=================================	===========================================	===========================================
Expenditure
Expenditure on charitable activities	7,8	486,100	769,215	1,255,315	1,048,321
		---------------------------------	---------------------------------	-------------------------------------------	-------------------------------------------
Total expenditure		486,100	769,215	1,255,315	1,048,321
		=================================	=================================	===========================================	===========================================
		---------------------------------	---------------------------------	-------------------------------------------	-------------------------------------------
Net income and net movement in	funds	75,741	5,886	81,627	77,000
		=================================	=================================	===========================================	===========================================
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward		686,463	312,541	999,004	922,004
		---------------------------------	---------------------------------	-------------------------------------------	-------------------------------------------
Total funds carried forward		762,204	318,427	1,080,631	999,004
		=================================	=================================	===========================================	===========================================

The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

The notes on pages 18 to 28 form part of these financial statements.

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Statement of Financial Position

31 March 2023

		2023		2022
	Note	£	£	£
Fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets	15		320,650	331,967
Current assets
Debtors	16	52,314		81,708
Cash at bank and in hand		1,025,292		1,615,512
		-------------------------------------------		-------------------------------------------
		1,077,606		1,697,220
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year	17	317,625		1,030,183
		-------------------------------------------		-------------------------------------------
Net current assets			759,981	667,037
			-------------------------------------------	---------------------------------
Total assets less current liabilities			1,080,631	999,004
			-------------------------------------------	---------------------------------
Net assets			1,080,631	999,004
			===========================================	=================================
Funds of the charity
Restricted funds			318,427	312,541
Unrestricted funds			762,204	686,463
			-------------------------------------------	---------------------------------
Total charity funds	20		1,080,631	999,004
			===========================================	=================================

These financial statements were approved by the board of trustees and authorised for issue on 22 January 2024, and are signed on behalf of the board by:

E Wassonko Trustee

The notes on pages 18 to 28 form part of these financial statements.

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Statement of Cash Flows

Year ended 31 March 2023

	2023	2022
	£	£
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income	81,627	77,000
Adjustments for:
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets	11,317	11,820
Other interest receivable and similar income	(2,422)	(55)
Interest payable and similar charges	243	348
Accrued income	(92,656)	(14,086)
Changes in:
Trade and other debtors	80,108	(80,108)
Trade and other creditors	(670,616)	508,403
	---------------------------------	---------------------------------
Cash generated from operations	(592,399)	503,322
Interest paid	(243)	(348)
Interest received	2,422	55
	---------------------------------	---------------------------------
Net cash (used in)/from operating activities	(590,220)	503,029
	=================================	=================================
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of tangible assets	–	(1,449)
	---------------------------------	---------------------------------
Net cash used in investing activities	–	(1,449)
	=================================	=================================
Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents	(590,220)	501,580
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year	1,615,512	1,113,932
	-------------------------------------------	-------------------------------------------
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year	1,025,292	1,615,512
	===========================================	===========================================

The notes on pages 18 to 28 form part of these financial statements.

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Notes to the Financial Statements

Year ended 31 March 2023

1. General information

The charity is a public benefit entity and a registered charity in England and Wales and is unincorporated. The address of the principal office is 76 Elmer Road, London, SE6 2ER.

2. Statement of compliance

These financial statements have been prepared in compliance with FRS 102, 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland', the Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (Charities SORP (FRS 102)) and the Charities Act 2011.

3. Accounting policies

Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis, as modified by the revaluation of certain financial assets and liabilities and investment properties measured at fair value through income or expenditure.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the entity.

Going concern

Given the charity’s financial position at the year end, the trustees consider that the charity has sufficient resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and believe that there are no material uncertainties that call into doubt the ability of the charity to continue as a going concern. The charity therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparation of the financial statements.

Disclosure exemptions

The entity satisfies the criteria of being a qualifying entity as defined in FRS 102. As such, advantage has been taken of the following disclosure exemptions available under paragraph 1.12 of FRS 102: (a) Disclosures in respect of financial instruments have not been presented.

Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty

The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported. These estimates and judgements are continually reviewed and are based on experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees to further any of the charity's purposes.

Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular future project or commitment.

Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure declared by the donor or through the terms of an appeal and fall into one of two sub-classes: restricted income funds or endowment funds.

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Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2023

3. Accounting policies (continued)

Incoming resources

All incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when entitlement has passed to the charity; it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the charity and the amount can be reliably measured. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income:

• income from donations or grants is recognised when there is evidence of entitlement to the gift, receipt is probable and its amount can be measured reliably.

Resources expended

Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is classified under headings of the statement of financial activities to which it relates:

• expenditure on raising funds includes the costs of all fundraising activities, events, non-charitable trading activities, and the sale of donated goods.

• expenditure on charitable activities includes all costs incurred by a charity in undertaking activities that further its charitable aims for the benefit of its beneficiaries, including those support costs and costs relating to the governance of the charity apportioned to charitable activities.

• other expenditure includes all expenditure that is neither related to raising funds for the charity nor part of its expenditure on charitable activities.

All costs are allocated to expenditure categories reflecting the use of the resource. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs are apportioned between the activities they contribute to on a reasonable, justifiable and consistent basis.

Tangible assets

Tangible assets are initially recorded at cost, and subsequently stated at cost less any accumulated depreciation and impairment losses. Any tangible assets carried at revalued amounts are recorded at the fair value at the date of revaluation less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.

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Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2023

3. Accounting policies (continued)

Tangible assets (continued)

An increase in the carrying amount of an asset as a result of a revaluation, is recognised in other recognised gains and losses, unless it reverses a charge for impairment that has previously been recognised as expenditure within the statement of financial activities. A decrease in the carrying amount of an asset as a result of revaluation, is recognised in other recognised gains and losses, except to which it offsets any previous revaluation gain, in which case the loss is shown within other recognised gains and losses on the statement of financial activities.

Depreciation

Depreciation is calculated so as to write off the cost or valuation of an asset, less its residual value, over the useful economic life of that asset as follows:

Freehold property - 2% straight line Equipment - 25% straight line

Impairment of fixed assets

A review for indicators of impairment is carried out at each reporting date, with the recoverable amount being estimated where such indicators exist. Where the carrying value exceeds the recoverable amount, the asset is impaired accordingly. Prior impairments are also reviewed for possible reversal at each reporting date.

For the purposes of impairment testing, when it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, an estimate is made of the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs. The cash-generating unit is the smallest identifiable group of assets that includes the asset and generates cash inflows that largely independent of the cash inflows from other assets or groups of assets.

For impairment testing of goodwill, the goodwill acquired in a business combination is, from the acquisition date, allocated to each of the cash-generating units that are expected to benefit from the synergies of the combination, irrespective of whether other assets or liabilities of the charity are assigned to those units.

4. Donations and legacies

		Unrestricted	Total Funds	Unrestricted	Total Funds
		Funds	2023	Funds	2022
		£	£	£	£
	Donations	11,028	11,028	54	54
		============================	============================	==============	==============
5.	Charitable activities
			Unrestricted	Restricted	Total Funds
			Funds	Funds	2023
			£	£	£
	Project activities grant received		548,391	775,101	1,323,492
			=================================	=================================	===========================================

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Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2023

5.	Charitable activities (continued)
			Unrestricted	Restricted	Total Funds
			Funds	Funds	2022
			£	£	£
	Project activities grant received		204,365	920,847	1,125,212
			=================================	=================================	===========================================
6.	Investment income
		Unrestricted	Total Funds	Unrestricted	Total Funds
		Funds	2023	Funds	2022
		£	£	£	£
	Bank interest received	2,422	2,422	55	55
		========================	========================	==============	==============
7.	Expenditure on charitable activities	by fund type
			Unrestricted	Restricted	Total Funds
			Funds	Funds	2023
			£	£	£
	Charitable Activity		411,989	636,262	1,048,251
	Support costs		74,111	106,953	181,064
	Grants Awarded		–	26,000	26,000
			---------------------------------	---------------------------------	-------------------------------------------
			486,100	769,215	1,255,315
			=================================	=================================	===========================================
			Unrestricted	Restricted	Total Funds
			Funds	Funds	2022
			£	£	£
	Charitable Activity		103,949	607,566	711,515
	Support costs		24,049	112,385	136,434
	Grants Awarded		–	200,372	200,372
			---------------------------------	---------------------------------	-------------------------------------------
			127,998	920,323	1,048,321
			=================================	=================================	===========================================
8.	Expenditure on charitable activities	by activity type

	Activities
	undertaken	Grant funding	Support	Total funds	Total fund
	directly	of activities	costs	2023	2022
	£	£	£	£	£
Charitable activity costs	1,048,251	–	163,737	1,211,988	828,929
Governance costs	–	–	17,327	17,327	19,020
Grants awarded	–	26,000	–	26,000	200,372
	-------------------------------------------	----------------------------	---------------------------------	-------------------------------------------	-------------------------------------------
	1,048,251	26,000	181,064	1,255,315	1,048,321
	===========================================	============================	=================================	===========================================	===========================================

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Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2023

9. Analysis of support costs

	Analysis of
	support costs	Total 2023	Total 2022
	£	£	£
Staff costs	88,445	88,445	72,270
General office	41,871	41,871	15,710
Finance costs	243	243	348
Governance costs	33,178	33,178	29,086
Support costs	17,327	17,327	19,020
	---------------------------------	---------------------------------	---------------------------------
	181,064	181,064	136,434
	=================================	=================================	=================================

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Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2023

10. Analysis of grants

	2023	2022
	£	£
Grants to institutions
Action for Community Development	–	9,000
Addington Afro-Ethnic Health Promotion Group	–	5,000
African Equality Foundation	–	7,000
African Women's Care	–	5,000
Aymara CIC	–	4,900
Catholics for AIDS Prevention	–	5,150
Centre for All Families Positive Health	–	6,000
Chinese Information & Advice Service	–	7,000
Dadihiye Somali Development Organisation	–	4,934
EKpoma Okpa Association UK	–	5,000
French African Welfare Association (FAWA)	–	7,744
Gye Nyame Development Foundation	–	6,000
Hawa Trust Ltd	–	5,000
House of Rainbow	–	10,000
Humanity Concern Project	–	6,000
Iteso Welfare Association	3,000	5,000
Kunsaka	–	4,974
Mabadiliko CIC	–	7,920
Moon Academy	–	5,000
Organisation of Positive Men	–	5,000
Out & Proud African LGBTI	–	5,900
Parents Skills 2 Go	3,000	3,000
Positive Impact Community	–	4,094
Red Ribbon Living Well	–	3,000
Riana Development Network	–	15,000
Skillspool Training	–	5,000
Sophia Forum	–	10,000
The Ernest Foundation	–	6,000
Ultimate Counselling Training & Support Services	3,000	7,500
Umuzi CIC	–	13,556
Waltham Forest Migrant Action	–	5,700
Urban Dandelion	12,000	–
AAEGRO	5,000	–
	----------------------------	---------------------------------
	26,000	200,372
	----------------------------	---------------------------------
Total grants	26,000	200,372
	============================	=================================

These grants were part of the Community React Fund programme funded by Comic Relief’s Global Majority Fund. They were awarded to London, Kent and Surrey based grassroots organisations working to address racial injustice, violence, poverty, disability, mental ill-health and other long-term conditions.

11. Net income

Net income is stated after charging/(crediting):
	2023	2022
	£	£
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets	11,317	11,820
	============================	============================

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Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2023

12. Auditors’ remuneration

Fees payable for the audit of the financial statements

2023	2022
£	£
5,500	5,000
========================	========================

13. Staff costs

The total staff costs and employee benefits for the reporting period are analysed as	The total staff costs and employee benefits for the reporting period are analysed as	follows:
	2023	2022
	£	£
Wages and salaries	321,460	274,841
Social security costs	29,793	21,355
Employer contributions to pension plans	10,026	9,230
Other employee benefits	8,159	3,016
	---------------------------------	---------------------------------
	369,438	308,442
	=================================	=================================

The average head count of employees during the year was 9 (2022: 10). The average number of full-time equivalent employees during the year is analysed as follows:

	2023	2022
	No.	No.
Total number of staff	9	10
	==============	==============
The number of employees whose remuneration for the year fell within the following		bands, were:
	2023	2022
	No.	No.
£60,000 to £69,999	2	1
	==============	==============

14. Trustee remuneration and expenses

There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 March 2023 nor for the year ended 31 March 2022. However, trustees were paid out of pocket expenses to attend meetings and events. Details of these payments are disclosed in the financial statement for the year.

15. Tangible fixed assets

	Land and
	buildings	Equipment	Total
	£	£	£
Cost
At 1 April 2022 and 31 March 2023	420,114	53,796	473,910
	=================================	============================	=================================
Depreciation
At 1 April 2022	91,787	50,156	141,943
Charge for the year	8,402	2,915	11,317
	---------------------------------	----------------------------	---------------------------------
At 31 March 2023	100,189	53,071	153,260
	=================================	============================	=================================
Carrying amount
At 31 March 2023	319,925	725	320,650
	=================================	============================	=================================
At 31 March 2022	328,327	3,640	331,967
	=================================	============================	=================================

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Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2023

16. Debtors

	2023	2022
	£	£
Prepayments and accrued income	52,314	81,708
	============================	============================
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
	2023	2022
	£	£
Accruals and deferred income	306,565	1,020,294
Social security and other taxes	9,345	8,285
Pension payable	1,715	1,604
	---------------------------------	-------------------------------------------
	317,625	1,030,183
	=================================	===========================================
Deferred income
	2023	2022
	£	£
Amount deferred in year	293,024	964,811
	=================================	=================================

17. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

18. Deferred income

Deferred income: Funds received from the donors in the current year but were related to next year's charitable activities.

19. Pensions and other post-retirement benefits

Defined contribution plans

The amount recognised in income or expenditure as an expense in relation to defined contribution plans was £10,026 (2022: £9,230).

20. Analysis of charitable funds

Unrestricted funds

Unrestricted funds
				At
	At			31 March 20
	1 April 2022	Income	Expenditure	23
	£	£	£	£
Unrestricted Fund	610,096	13,449	–	623,545
Elton John AIDS Foundation	3,263	–	–	3,263
Estee Lauder	964	–	–	964
Gilead Sciences UK - Peer
Support	–	42,080	(39,541)	2,539
Healthy London Partnership -
Champions	16,075	54,612	(57,297)	13,390
Healthy London Partnership - Faith	2,453	35,500	(37,232)	721

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Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March	Year ended 31 March	2023
Healthy London Partnership - Volt	20,779	86,500	(90,571)	16,708
Kings College London	6,219	28,321	(34,429)	111
Lambeth Council	11,696	30,000	(16,886)	24,810
LSL Councils	7,057	51,870	(32,147)	26,780
Fast Track Cities London	1,389	–	–	1,389
Open Society Foundations 02	–	128,516	(123,782)	4,734
HIV Prevention England – It starts with
me	–	32,243	(16,028)	16,215
Lewisham Council – PreP and
Prejudice	–	52,800	(29,688)	23,112
Other miscellaneous funds	6,472	5,950	(8,499)	3,923
	---------------------------------	---------------------------------	---------------------------------	---------------------------------
	686,463	561,841	(486,100)	762,204
	=================================	=================================	=================================	=================================
				At
	At			31 March 20
	1 April 2021	Income	Expenditure	22
	£	£	£	£
Unrestricted Fund	609,987	109	–	610,096
Elton John AIDS Foundation	–	10,000	(6,737)	3,263
Estee Lauder	–	10,000	(9,036)	964
Healthy London Partnership -
Champions	–	27,306	(11,231)	16,075
Healthy London Partnership - Faith	–	7,398	(4,945)	2,453
Healthy London Partnership - Volt	–	27,500	(6,721)	20,779
Kings College London	–	10,230	(4,011)	6,219
Lambeth Council	–	30,000	(18,304)	11,696
LSL Councils	–	11,870	(4,813)	7,057
Fast Track Cities London	–	5,000	(3,611)	1,389
Open Society Foundations 02	–	50,516	(50,516)	–
Vodafone Limited	–	5,000	(5,000)	–
Other miscellaneous funds	–	9,545	(3,073)	6,472
	---------------------------------	---------------------------------	---------------------------------	---------------------------------
	609,987	204,474	(127,998)	686,463
	=================================	=================================	=================================	=================================
Restricted funds
				At
	At			31 March 20
	1 April 2022	Income	Expenditure	23
	£	£	£	£
Restricted Fund	311,534	–	–	311,534
BBC Children in Need	–	5,000	(5,000)	–
City Bridge Trust - OVN	–	65,367	(65,103)	264
Comic Relief - Global Majority Fund	–	47,000	(47,000)	–
Comic Relief - VAWG	–	76,026	(76,026)	–
Gilead Sciences Europe - Mi-Health
HIV Partnership	–	240,719	(235,213)	5,506

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Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2023

20. Analysis of charitable funds (continued)

London Community Foundation -
MOPAC	–	31,196	(31,196)		–
National Health Service (NHS)	1,007	9,980	(10,987)		–
National Lottery Community Fund	–	150,540	(149,417)	1,123
VIIV Healthcare	–	88,067	(88,067)		–
Best Beginnings	–	30,000	(30,000)		–
Merck Sharpe & Dohm - Mi Health
Europe	–	31,206	(31,206)		–
	---------------------------------	---------------------------------	---------------------------------	---------------------------------
	312,541	775,101	(769,215)	318,427
	=================================	=================================	=================================	=================================
					At
	At			31 March	20
	1 April 2021	Income	Expenditure		22
	£	£	£	£
Restricted Fund	311,534	–	–	311,534
Barrow Cadbury Trust	483	–	(483)		–
BBC Children in Need	–	23,844	(23,844)		–
City Bridge Trust - OVN	–	25,000	(25,000)		–
Comic Relief - Digital	–	117,900	(117,900)		–
Comic Relief - Global Majority Fund	–	252,000	(252,000)		–
Comic Relief - VAWG	–	87,584	(87,584)		–
Gilead Sciences Europe	–	17,217	(17,217)		–
Henry Smith Charity	–	48,950	(48,950)		–
Lloyds Bank Foundation	–	39,799	(39,799)		–
London Community Foundation - DCT	–	18,957	(18,957)		–
London Community Foundation -
MOPAC	–	47,978	(47,978)		–
Merck Sharpe & Dohme Mi-Care
Training	–	28,186	(28,186)		–
National Health Service (NHS)	–	10,000	(8,993)	1,007
National Lottery Community Fund	–	98,316	(98,316)		–
Open Society Foundations 01	–	47,572	(47,572)		–
VIIV Healthcare	–	15,081	(15,081)		–
City Bridge Trust - VAWG	–	32,690	(32,690)		–
Merck Sharpe & Dohme - PROMs
Project	–	9,773	(9,773)		–
	---------------------------------	---------------------------------	---------------------------------	---------------------------------
	312,017	920,847	(920,323)	312,541
	=================================	=================================	=================================	=================================

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Notes to the Financial Statements (continued)

Year ended 31 March 2023

21. Analysis of net assets between funds

	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total Funds
	Funds	Funds	2023
	£	£	£
Tangible fixed assets	319,925	725	320,650
Current assets	580,549	497,057	1,077,606
Creditors less than 1 year	(98,575)	(219,050)	(317,625)
	---------------------------------	---------------------------------	-------------------------------------------
Net assets	801,899	278,732	1,080,631
	=================================	=================================	===========================================
	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total Funds
	Funds	Funds	2022
	£	£	£
Tangible fixed assets	328,324	3,643	331,967
Current assets	699,525	997,695	1,697,220
Creditors less than 1 year	(341,386)	(688,797)	(1,030,183)
	---------------------------------	---------------------------------	-------------------------------------------
Net assets	686,463	312,541	999,004
	=================================	=================================	===========================================
Analysis of changes in net debt
			At
	At 1 Apr 2022	Cash flows	31 Mar 2023
	£	£	£
Cash at bank and in hand	1,615,512	(590,220)	1,025,292
	===========================================	=================================	===========================================

22. Analysis of changes in net debt

23. Related parties

There are no related party transactions or balances during the year.

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