**CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1164778**
AFRICA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION **ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31ST MARCH 2024**
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|Trustees' Annual Report|
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|Independent auditor's
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|Statement of financial activities|21|
|Statement of financial position|22|
|Statement of cash flows|23|
|Notes to the financial statements
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AFRICA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION **Trustees' Annual Report Year ended 31 March 2024**
**Registered charity name** AFRICA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION **Charity registration number** . 1164778 **Principal office** 76 Elmer Road Catford London SE6 2ER **The trustees** E Wassonko J Mashatte E Mabonga S Jauhar M Nsaale B Mushiso **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** Brown & Co Solicitors George House 5 Greenwish South Street Greenwich London SE10 8NW
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AFRICA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION
**Trustees' Annual Report Year ended 31 March 2024**
## **Trustees Annual Report for the Year Ended March 2024**
The Trustees present their report and financial statements for the year ended 31st March 2024.
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in the notes to the financial statements and comply with the organisation’s governing document, the Charities Act 2011 and Statement of Recommended Practice - Accounting and Reporting by Charities (FRS 102).
## **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) on the 9th of December 2015.
## **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.
## **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 heads of Sexual and Reproductive Health, VAWG and European projects, and Long Term Health Conditions.
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 and Welfare; Finance and Fundraising and Policy and Advocacy. Key management remunerations are approved and authorised by the trustees in the trustees’ meeting.
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## AFRICA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION **Trustees' Annual Report Year ended 31 March 2024**
## **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.
## **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.
## **Our Team:**
AAF is supported by a diverse team of skilled, experienced and committed team competent in their respective areas of expertise and have the cultural, faith and language competencies required to effective deliver services to our beneficiaries. The majority also have the lived experiences of the issues we work to address and help shape our service delivery.
## **Volunteers:**
AAF trains and deploys community volunteers some of who have been service users and feel the need to give back to their communities by utilising their lived experiences to support others.
## **Staff and volunteer wellbeing:**
The trustees take the mental health and wellbeing of its staff and volunteers seriously. As such AAF has implemented clinical supervision to support the emotional resilience and cultural competence of our team, demonstrating its commitment to ensuring the professional development and support of AAF staff.
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AFRICA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION **Trustees' Annual Report Year ended 31 March 2024**
## **Our beneficiaries:**
We work with disadvantaged and marginalised individuals experiencing poverty, isolation, those at risk or diagnosed with infection diseases, long term conditions as well as those experiencing human rights violations, domestic abuse, harmful cultural practises, exploitation and other forms disadvantage in the UK and across Europe and Africa.
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES:**
## **AAF Mission:**
AAF mission is to support those disadvantaged and marginalised individuals experiencing poverty, isolation, those at risk or diagnosed with infection diseases, long term conditions as well as those experiencing human rights violations, domestic abuse, harmful cultural practises, exploitation and other forms disadvantage in the UK and across 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.
## **Aims:**
- 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
## **Objectives and Activities** ;
Our core purpose is to promotes better health outcomes, safety and other life opportunities for disadvantaged and marginalised people through practical support, advocacy, campaigns, policy work, information, advice, guidance and training.
We put the individuals and the communities we serve at the centre of heart of what we do; enabling individuals to have a voice and empowering them to influence the decisions on issues that affect them.
## **Our Values:**
AAF is committed to integrity and trust, excellence, inclusivity, transparency and collaborative. Service users’ satisfaction is at the centre of our work and are committed to delivering the highest quality of service delivery and outcomes for the communities we serve. We are open, accountable, and responsive to all our stakeholders and service users.
## **Grant Making:**
Africa Advocacy Foundation does not give grants but accepts donations in furtherance of its aim and objectives.
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AFRICA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION **Trustees' Annual Report Year ended 31 March 2024**
## **Public benefit:**
In setting our objectives and planning our activities all trustees have given serious consideration to the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit and in particular the advancement of health and wellbeing, and social outcomes; sustainable independence, promoting 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.
## **Our Services:**
During the year, AAF delivered projects under the following categories:
1. Violence Against Women and Girls
2. Sexual and Reproductive Health
3. Long- Term Conditions
4. Mi-Health Europe
5. Training
6. International Projects
## **ACHIEVEMENTS AND PEFORMANCE:**
Building on the successes of last year, we have continued to improve our service offer, quality and the positive experiences of our services.
## **1. Violence Against Women and Girls Services;**
The Nuru Project is an umbrella name for AAF VAWG projects supporting those identifying as women and girls in the African diaspora and are experiencing Domestic and/or Sexual Abuse (DSA). ‘Nuru’ is a Swahili word meaning ‘Light’.
The Nuru VAWG Project offers culturally sensitive outreach and emotional and practical support for women and children in South London. We provide a confidential, non-judgmental, and trauma-informed service tailored to each individual’s needs with a client-centred approach. Our team comprises a VAWG Service Manager, a specialist Family Support Worker and Independent Domestic Violence Advocates (IDVAs).
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Other Bromley
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Bexley
5.9% Southwark
11.8%
Croydon
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Lewisham
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**Fig1. Breakdown of current VAWG beneficiaries per borough**
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AFRICA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION **Trustees' Annual Report Year ended 31 March 2024**
## **Current Nuru Projects:**
- Hidden Voices: Provides culturally appropriate support for African diaspora women experiencing and at risk of domestic abuse.
- Time2Know: - Supports children affected by domestic abuse.
- Uzima Project - Provides services for unaccompanied girls who are survivors and at risk of harmful cultural practices and trafficking
- FGM awareness, support and awareness– Supports survivors of FGM, raises awareness on the harms caused by the FGM practice
- Cultural Competency Training – Provides training for community champions and frontline professionals working with women and girls affected by FGM
- AAF’s Winter Campaign – Hardship support for women affected by domestic abuse and sexual violence
## **Our main areas of focus have included;**
- Providing culturally appropriate and tailored services support to protect survivors and those at risk of DSA and other forms of violence.
- Campaigning for better systems of support, protection for survivors and those at risk and provided access to justice and for our services users.
- Collaborations with likeminded organisations to improve levels of competencies among professionals working with women and children affected by domestic abuse, and identify and worked to prosecute perpetrators of violence.
- Creation of platforms within black African and Caribbean communities to highlight the impact of violence against women and girls and the short and long-term effects of violence.
## **AAF Specialist VAWG Services:**
We are working passionately towards ending VAWG, dedicated to ensuring that the voices of those in the African diaspora are heard. Our service provides personalised support plans tailored to each service user's needs, including risk assessments (DASH-RIC) and developing safety plans. We work collaboratively with social services, the Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC), and law enforcement to ensure access to safe accommodation and support throughout the justice process, including court procedures, family courts, non-molestation orders, Clare's Law, and the National Centre for Domestic Violence (NCDV) services. Additionally, we assist with legal aid applications including those with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF), provide guidance for divorce proceedings and Domestic Violence Destitution Concession (DVDC) applications and access to legal advice on housing.
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AFRICA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION
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## **Case study: A Step Towards Stability**
DM had lived in a flat with moulds and having a long-term health condition and a child with autism was that she could not cope anymore. She had endured a whole year of sleeping in the living as the bedroom was damp and mouldy and they both suffered a lot health wise resulting in their being in and out hospital. Her complaints were not responded to as the local authority kept promising to relocate her.
Our services provided stability, particularly for her child, whose autism requires a consistent and secure environment. SU’s determination, combined with the collaborative efforts of the Nuru VAWG Project and social services, resulted in a positive outcome after a prolonged period of hardship. trafficking
## _**Feedback on the service received from The NURU VAWG Project**_
_“NURU project staff have been the most amazing people in supporting me through my housing issue and giving me support and guidance in raising an autistic child. I feel much more relieved than before. And I cannot thank them enough for everything they have done and continue to do”._
## **Other community activities:**
16 Days of Action: A call to end Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG)
AAF successfully organised workshops during the 16 Days of Activism availing an opportunity for service users and professionals to connect. These activities also created a space for networking, reflection, and continued learning. Women enjoyed therapeutic yoga sessions, sip and paint with survivors enjoying an afternoon tea and refreshments as they paint, enhanced on our book club featuring black feminine authors and training on key issues for personal development.
These activities also provided an opportunity for AAF to collaborate with other services providers and advocacy groups and support those affected by abuse to voice experiences and campaign for change and to promote their access to the relevant services.
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## **Trustees' Annual Report Year ended 31 March 2024**
## **Outcomes:**
During the year we directly supported a total of 2425 women not counting their children. The breakdown is of services and numbers supported is illustrated by the graph below:
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DSA Awareness
Education/Training
Support Group
FGM Awareness
Housing/Resettlement
Finances/Hardship fund
CYP Support
Mental Health
Counselling
Legal Advice
Immigration
HIV Referrals
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**Fig.2 Numbers of VAWG beneficiaries per service**
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## AFRICA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION **Trustees' Annual Report Year ended 31 March 2024**
## **2. Sexual Health services:**
## **i.Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)**
PrEP is a combination of antiretroviral drugs that prevents HIV from entering the body and replicating by stopping it from making copies of itself. People who are HIV-negative can take to reduce their risk of getting HIV.
AAF PrEP and Prejudice Projects which are commissioned by both Lewisham and Southwark boroughs continue to influence how Black African and Caribbean communities in these localities engage with the use of PrEP as an HIV prevention tool. We provide tailored and culturally appropriate messaging, building capacity, promoting, and enhancing PrEP access in Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham.
These projects build on the successes of many years working with diverse communities and organisations to reduce inequalities in HIV prevention, testing and linkage to care.
Our project explores basic HIV knowledge, perceptions of cultural attitudes towards sexual health, meaning of individual risk and the role PrEP plays a key role in reducing the spread of HIV. Key emerging themes from our community campaigns include:
- Lack of or Limited HIV Knowledge – Misconceptions about HIV transmission, myths and sexual stereotyping.
- Cultural Influences - Expectations of how men should behave versus women, the different roles both men and women play in reproductive health.
- Stigma - Different types of stigmas: Societal, Institutional and Self-Stigma towards sexual health, testing and access to services.
- Sexual Risk - Lack of risk awareness, perceived versus unperceived risk.
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## AFRICA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION **Trustees' Annual Report Year ended 31 March 2024**
## **Examples Feedback from community members about PrEP:**
- _‘I have been introduced to PrEP, used PrEP and I felt in control of my own sexual health and_
- _wellbeing’ Participant age 21_
- _‘I have heard of and/or read about PrEP but the information was not exhaustive, convincing or re-assuring’ Participant age 38_
- _‘I understand the importance of PrEP but I fear the drugs may have underlying health conditions that would further complicate my health if I used PrEP’ Participant age 27_
- _‘I heard of PrEP and understood its importance but did not know how to access it’ Participant age 41_
- _‘Had known about PrEP all along but believed they had to purchase it after obtaining a doctor’s prescription’ Participant age 19_
During the year, we directly engaged a total of 5122 individuals locally London in detailed PrEP conversations through outreach to community venues and events in South and linked over 612 to PrEP services in clinics and online.
## **ii. HIV Testing Campaign**
AAF delivers HIV awareness and community-based HIV testing programmes targeting mainly black communities across London. The activities are delivered as part of the HIV Prevention England and locally commissioned HIV and sexual and reproductive health services.
Our UK focused testing services delivered 133 sessions of community engagement, awareness and screening. Our teams engaged over 5550 individuals and delivered 1402 in person tests in community-based testing in a range of locations in southeast London, distributed 452 HIV selftesting kits. Our testing activities led to the diagnosis 13 people with HIV all of who were linked and retained in care.
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## **iii. HIV Support Services**
AAF Bridges is a partnership supporting the holistic needs of people living with HIV in Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham. Our partnership brings together four long-standing and successful HIV charities Africa Advocacy Foundation (AAF), Positively UK, Catholics for AIDS Prevention & Support (CAPS) and METRO Charity. Through this service, AAF supports over 300 HIV patients through advice and advocacy, family support, counselling, peer support, training for volunteers, peer involvement, co-design and co-production.
AAF works closely with HIV clinics facilitate referrals and signposting but to also provide support around housing, immigration, hardship fund and other long-term conditions.
## **3. Long Term Conditions:**
Black people are more likely to have long-term conditions than other ethnic groups. These conditions can include diabetes, hypertension, depression, and obesity
AAF works with Kings College London and Kings College Hospital on awareness around kidney disease. We are currently working on the HIDDEN CKD study (https://www.hiddenckd.co.uk/) which focuses on identifying chronic kidney disease (CKD) in high-risk communities, particularly among individuals of Black, Asian, and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds. Early data indicates that CKD is often underdiagnosed in these groups until it has progressed significantly. This makes early detection crucial, as it can provide opportunities for more effective management and delay the need for dialysis or
kidney transplants. The study focuses on tests including Urinary Albumin-to-Creatinine Ratio (uACR) which measures protein levels in urine as an early indicator of kidney damage. We also conduct Blood Pressure Monitoring and Body Mass Index (BMI) tests as additional health indicators often correlated with CKD.
We have so far delivered over 60 community events including churches, mosques, community centres, gym and open spaces and reached over 5000 community members.
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AFRICA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION **Trustees' Annual Report Year ended 31 March 2024**
## **4. Mi-Health Europe:**
Mi-Health Europe is an initiative of the Africa Advocacy Foundation to enhance the capacity of migrant health advocates and to foster collaboration between frontline migrant-led organisations in the European region. Launched in June 2021, Mi-Health addresses healthcare access barriers and inequalities experienced by migrant communities in Europe that strengthens participation in service delivery, sharing best practices, and through concerted advocacy influence healthcare policy and practice.
## **Key accomplishments:**
i.Completion of first round of our Mi-Health HIV Partnership programme. We completed the first round of our Mi-Health HIV Partnership during the year. The partnership involved 10 community-led organisations across 10 European countries and addressed gaps in the HIV continuum of care amongst migrants. Building on from the previous year where we tested 2,402 migrants for HIV, finding a 6.4% HIV prevalence rate and linking 1,071 migrants into healthcare, we have initiated phase two of the Mi-Health Partnership in which we are adding partners Ireland, Spain, Luxembourg and Denmark to add to those working with migrants in Belgium, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden and UK.
ii.Collaborations and research: We began a partnership with RTI Health Solutions and Gilead Sciences to analyse data collected by our Mi-Health HIV Partnership on PrEP awareness, healthcare barriers and linkage to care amongst migrants. We also established a collaboration with Maastricht University in the Netherlands to analyse data on the health inequities in the HIV continuum of care and social determinants of health for migrants.
iii.Conference participation: We attended the AIDS Impact Conference (Stockholm, Sweden; June 2023) and organsied a symposium at the Fast-Track Cities Amsterdam, Netherlands; September 2023 where we presented data and results from our Partnership. We also presented at the EACS (Warsaw, Poland; October 2023) and HepHIV 2023 (Madrid, Spain; November 2023).
iv.Awards: We were thrilled to win both the Impact and People’s Choice Awards at the Gilead Community Awards in November 2023 in Spain. The judges and our peers recognised our multipronged approach to addressing the health inequities facing migrants and for our comprehensive data collection efforts.
v.Technical assistance: In February 2024, we engaged with Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) for strategic planning and fundraising strategy support as part of a technical assistance programme offered to winners of the Gilead Community Awards.
vi.EU advocacy: We contracted DGA, a secretariat in Brussels, in March 2024 to ensure AAF’s involvement in EU decision-making, advocating for inclusion and equity for migrants in health and other relevant policy areas.
vii.Tech partnership: We began a collaboration with Intellishore, a Danish tech consultancy, to enhance our PowerBI reporting capacities for our HIV outcomes research from our Mi-Health HIV Partnership in April 2024.
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## AFRICA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION **Trustees' Annual Report Year ended 31 March 2024**
## **5.Training**
AAF provides cultural competence training tailored to mainstream service providers and frontline health, education and social care professionals to enhance their capacity and ability to deliver appropriate services. The trainings enable frontline professionals to effectively engage and work with individual and families from diverse cultural, faith and ethnic backgrounds. AAF also trains individuals including those with lived experiences as Community Champions to lead community engagement efforts across various projects. During the year, we trained 423 frontline professionals and 46 community champions in South London.
## **6.International Projects**
AAF Kenya was registered in Kenya in 2017 and had been working with local NGOs and partners to deliver activities including;
- Sexual Reproductive Health including HIV/AIDS
- Addressing Violence Against Women and Girls Addressing Teenage Pregnancy Maternal Health (including nutrition) Health Systems Strengthening (pilot on Cancer care.
We have a great strength in mobilising both local communities, professionals and stakeholders and employ tried and tested approaches that empower individuals and those with lived experiences to lead and become active voices for change through mentorship, training and culturally competent interventions.
We have a formal partnership agreement with the Lake Region Economic Block (LREB) counties for the next 4 years to support the Health Pillar. One of the initiatives we are working on is the development of a Cancer Care Dashboard.
The organisation also has good connections with the national government, the Ministry of Health, The Council of Governors for LREB counties which is essential to implement any interventions focusing on policy and systems change.
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## AFRICA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION **Trustees' Annual Report Year ended 31 March 2024**
## **What AAF hopes to achieve for the next financial year 2024-2025**
1. Continue improving the quality of services we provide, sustain existing programmes and open services in new areas of need.
2. Deliver on the work currently being undertaken on a health equity framework for migrant communities and continue to advocate for for equity in healthcare delivery and access.
3. Improve our digital platforms, so we can share impactful stories, statistics and information about our work to further raise awareness, and reach wider audiences.
4. Continue to build and sustain fundraising initiatives to support the growth and development of our services and our capacity to innovate.
5. Enhancing our support networks and partnerships to improve the effectiveness of family support services in combating violence against women and girls.
6. Continue on our work to reduce stigma and improve access to vital services for our community and ensuring that survivors and their families receive comprehensive, sustainable, and culturally sensitive support.
7. Continue empowering women and girls as formidable voices on issues affecting them including access to mentorship programs, quality education, employment and/or training.
8. Create supportive environments for disadvantaged members of our community especially women and their families, where their unique cultural experiences and needs are recognised, heard, and addressed.
9. Strengthen our work on multiple long term conditions in order to improve the quality of life our community members who are disproportionately affected and are experiencing poor health outcomes.
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AFRICA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION **Trustees' Annual Report Year ended 31 March 2024**
## **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 2024 was £1,098,645 (2023: £1,080,631). The amount of restricted funds held as at 31 March 2024 was £312,682 (2023: £318,427).
## _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 21 and shows total incoming resources of £1,233,043 (2023: £1,336,942). For the year, there was net income resources of £18,014 (2023: £81,627). Resources expended £1,215,029 (2023: £1,255,315). All AAF's assets are held for the furtherance of its objectives and are adequate and sufficient to meet its objectives.
The trustees' annual report was approved on 29 January 2025 and signed on behalf of the board of trustees by:
S Jauhar Trustee – Chair
E Wassonko Trustee - Treasurer
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## **AFRICA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION**
## **Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of AFRICA ADVOCACY**
**FOUNDATION** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 March 2024**
## **Opinion**
We have audited the financial statements of AFRICA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION (the 'charity') for the year ended 31 March 2024 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 2024 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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## **AFRICA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION**
**Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of AFRICA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 March 2024**
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**
We have been appointed as auditor under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and report in accordance with the Act and relevant regulations made or having effect thereunder.
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
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## **AFRICA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION**
## **Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of AFRICA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 March 2024**
- 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.
- 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.
Due to the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation. However, the primary responsibility for prevention and detection of fraud rests with both management and those charged with governance of the company.
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.
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## **AFRICA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION**
## **Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of AFRICA ADVOCACY**
## **FOUNDATION** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 March 2024**
- 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 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 trustees, as a body, in accordance with Part 4 of the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. 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: - ][29/01/2025]
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## **AFRICA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION**
## **Statement of Financial Activities**
## **Year ended 31 March 2024**
||||**2024**||2023|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Unrestricted|Restricted|||
|||funds|funds|**Total funds**|Total funds|
||**Note**|**£**|**£**|**£**|£|
|**Income and endowments**||||||
|Donations and legacies|**4**|218|–|**218**|11,028|
|Charitable activities|**5**|468,267|757,610|**1,225,877**|1,323,492|
|Investment income|**6**|6,948|–|**6,948**|2,422|
|||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|**Total income**||475,433|757,610|**1,233,043**|1,336,942|
|||=================================|=================================|==========================================|==========================================|
|**Expenditure**||||||
|Expenditure on charitable activities|**7,8**|430,222|723,473|**1,153,695**|1,246,719|
|Other expenditure|**11**|21,452|39,882|**61,334**|8,596|
|||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|**Total expenditure**||451,674|763,355|**1,215,029**|1,255,315|
|||=================================|=================================|==========================================|==========================================|
|||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|**Net income and net movement in**|**funds**|23,759|(5,745)|**18,014**|81,627|
|||=================================|=================================|==========================================|==========================================|
|**Reconciliation of funds**||||||
|Total funds brought forward||762,204|318,427|**1,080,631**|999,004|
|||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|**Total funds carried forward**||785,963|312,682|**1,098,645**|1,080,631|
|||=================================|=================================|==========================================|==========================================|
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 24 to 33 form part of these financial statements.**
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## **AFRICA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION**
## **Statement of Financial Position**
## **31 March 2024**
|||**2024**||2023|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Note**|**£**|**£**|£|
|**Fixed assets**|||||
|Tangible fixed assets|**15**||**316,131**|320,650|
|**Current assets**|||||
|Debtors|**16**|**122,422**||52,314|
|Cash at bank and in hand||**1,152,489**||1,025,292|
|||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|
|||**1,274,911**||1,077,606|
|**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**|**17**|**492,397**||317,625|
|||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|
|**Net current assets**|||**782,514**|759,981|
||||------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|**Total assets less current liabilities**|||**1,098,645**|1,080,631|
||||------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|**Net assets**|||**1,098,645**|1,080,631|
||||==========================================|==========================================|
|**Funds of the charity**|||||
|Restricted funds|||**312,682**|318,427|
|Unrestricted funds|||**785,963**|762,204|
||||------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|**Total charity funds**|**20**||**1,098,645**|1,080,631|
||||==========================================|==========================================|
These financial statements were approved by the board of trustees and authorised for issue on 29 January 2025, and are signed on behalf of the board by:
J Mashatte Trustee
**The notes on pages 24 to 33 form part of these financial statements.**
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## **AFRICA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION**
## **Statement of Cash Flows**
## **Year ended 31 March 2024**
||**2024**|2023|
|---|---|---|
||**£**|£|
|**Cash flows from operating activities**|||
|Net income|**18,014**|81,627|
|_Adjustments for:_|||
|Depreciation of tangible fixed assets|**10,179**|11,317|
|Other interest receivable and similar income|**(6,948)**|(2,422)|
|Interest payable and similar charges|**238**|243|
|Accrued expenses/(income)|**11,497**|(92,656)|
|_Changes in:_|||
|Trade and other debtors|**(53,858)**|80,108|
|Trade and other creditors|**147,025**|(670,616)|
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|Cash generated from operations|**126,147**|(592,399)|
|Interest paid|**(238)**|(243)|
|Interest received|**6,948**|2,422|
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|Net cash from/(used in) operating activities|**132,857**|(590,220)|
||=================================|=================================|
|**Cash flows from investing activities**|||
|Purchase of tangible assets|**(5,660)**|–|
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|Net cash used in investing activities|**(5,660)**|–|
||=================================|=================================|
|**Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents**|**127,197**|(590,220)|
|**Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year**|**1,025,292**|1,615,512|
||------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|**Cash and cash equivalents at end of year**|**1,152,489**|1,025,292|
||==========================================|==========================================|
**The notes on pages 24 to 33 form part of these financial statements.**
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## **AFRICA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements**
## **Year ended 31 March 2024**
## **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**
There are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue.
## **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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## **AFRICA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 March 2024**
## **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.
- legacy income is recognised when receipt is probable and entitlement is established.
- income from donated goods is measured at the fair value of the goods unless this is impractical to measure reliably, in which case the value is derived from the cost to the donor or the estimated resale value. Donated facilities and services are recognised in the accounts when received if the value can be reliably measured. No amounts are included for the contribution of general volunteers.
- income from contracts for the supply of services is recognised with the delivery of the contracted service. This is classified as unrestricted funds unless there is a contractual requirement for it to be spent on a particular purpose and returned if unspent, in which case it may be regarded as restricted.
## **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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## **AFRICA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 March 2024**
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|**2024**|Funds|2023|
|||£|**£**|£|£|
||Donations|218|**218**|11,028|11,028|
|||==============|==============|============================|============================|
|**5.**|**Charitable activities**|||||
||||Unrestricted|Restricted|**Total Funds**|
||||Funds|Funds|**2024**|
||||£|£|**£**|
||Project activities grant received||468,267|757,610|**1,225,877**|
||||=================================|=================================|==========================================|
||||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total Funds|
||||Funds|Funds|2023|
||||£|£|£|
||Project activities grant received||548,391|775,101|1,323,492|
||||=================================|=================================|==========================================|
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## **AFRICA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 March 2024**
## **6. Investment income**
||Unrestricted|**Total Funds**|Unrestricted|Total Funds|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Funds|**2024**|Funds|2023|
||£|**£**|£|£|
|Bank interest received|6,948|**6,948**|2,422|2,422|
||=======================|=======================|=======================|=======================|
|**Expenditure on charitable activities**|**by fund type**||||
|||Unrestricted|Restricted|**Total Funds**|
|||Funds|Funds|**2024**|
|||£|£|**£**|
|Charitable activity costs||361,511|611,917|**973,428**|
|Support costs||68,711|111,556|**180,267**|
|Grants Awarded||–|–|**–**|
|||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|||430,222|723,473|**1,153,695**|
|||=================================|=================================|==========================================|
|||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total Funds|
|||Funds|Funds|2023|
|||£|£|£|
|Charitable activity costs||411,989|636,262|1,048,251|
|Support costs||70,498|101,970|172,468|
|Grants Awarded||–|26,000|26,000|
|||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|||482,487|764,232|1,246,719|
|||=================================|=================================|==========================================|
|**Expenditure on charitable activities**|**by activity type**||||
||Activities||||
||undertaken|Support|**Total funds**|Total fund|
||directly|costs|**2024**|2023|
||£|£|**£**|£|
|Charitable activity costs|973,428|170,088|**1,143,516**|1,209,402|
|Depreciation charge|–|10,179|**10,179**|11,317|
|Grants Awarded|–|–|**–**|26,000|
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
||973,428|180,267|**1,153,695**|1,246,719|
||=================================|=================================|==========================================|==========================================|
|Analysis of Charitable activity costs|||||
||||**2024**|2023|
||||**£**|£|
|Staff costs|||**306,440**|280,993|
|Partnership activity costs|||**70,772**|284,652|
|Other direct project activity costs|||**596,216**|482,606|
||||---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
||||**973,428**|1,048,251|
||||=================================|==========================================|
## **7. Expenditure on charitable activities by fund type**
## **8. Expenditure on charitable activities by activity type**
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## **AFRICA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 March 2024**
## **9. Analysis of support costs**
||Analysis of|||
|---|---|---|---|
||support costs|**Total 2024**|Total 2023|
||£|**£**|£|
|Staff costs|87,712|**87,712**|88,445|
|General office|49,834|**49,834**|39,285|
|Finance costs|238|**238**|243|
|Depreciation charge|10,179|**10,179**|11,317|
|Other support costs|32,304|**32,304**|33,178|
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||180,267|**180,267**|172,468|
||=================================|=================================|=================================|
|**Analysis of grants**||||
|||**2024**|2023|
|||**£**|£|
|**Grants to institutions**||||
|Iteso Welfare Association||**–**|3,000|
|Parents Skills 2 Go||**–**|3,000|
|Ultimate Counselling Training & Support Services||**–**|3,000|
|Urban Dandelion||**–**|12,000|
|AAEGRO||**–**|5,000|
|||--------------|----------------------------|
|||**–**|26,000|
|||--------------|----------------------------|
|Total grants||**–**|26,000|
|||==============|============================|
|**Other expenditure**||||
||Unrestricted|Restricted|**Total Funds**|
||Funds|Funds|**2024**|
||£|£|**£**|
|Audit Fees|2,478|4,022|**6,500**|
|Meetings and conferences|305|495|**800**|
|Trustees' expenses|515|835|**1,350**|
|Repairs and maintenance|14,337|28,333|**42,670**|
|Travel expenses|3,817|6,197|**10,014**|
||----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
||21,452|39,882|**61,334**|
||============================|============================|============================|
||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total Funds|
||Funds|Funds|2023|
||£|£|£|
|Audit Fees|2,311|3,189|5,500|
|Meetings and conferences|160|220|380|
|Trustees' expenses|55|75|130|
|Repairs and maintenance|1,087|1,499|2,586|
|Travel expenses|–|–|–|
||-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
||3,613|4,983|8,596|
||=======================|=======================|=======================|
## **10. Analysis of grants**
## **11. Other expenditure**
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## **AFRICA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 March 2024**
## **12. Net income**
Net income is stated after charging/(crediting):
|Net income is stated after charging/(crediting):|||
|---|---|---|
||**2024**|2023|
||**£**|£|
|Depreciation of tangible fixed assets|**10,179**|11,317|
||============================|============================|
## **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:|
|---|---|---|
||**2024**|2023|
||**£**|£|
|Wages and salaries|**342,864**|321,460|
|Social security costs|**31,220**|29,793|
|Employer contributions to pension plans|**11,561**|10,026|
|Other employee benefits|**8,507**|8,159|
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||**394,152**|369,438|
||=================================|=================================|
The average head count of employees during the year was 9 (2023: 9). The average number of full-time equivalent employees during the year is analysed as follows:
||**2024**|2023|
|---|---|---|
||**No.**|No.|
|Total number of staff|**9**|9|
||==============|==============|
|The number of employees whose remuneration for the year fell within the following||bands, were:|
||**2024**|2023|
||**No.**|No.|
|£60,000 to £69,999|**2**|2|
||==============|==============|
## **14. Trustee remuneration and expenses**
There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 March 2024 nor for the year ended 31 March 2023. 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.
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## **AFRICA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 March 2024**
|**15.**|**Tangible fixed assets**||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Land and|||
|||buildings|Equipment|**Total**|
|||£|£|**£**|
||**Cost**||||
||At 1 April 2023|420,114|53,796|**473,910**|
||Additions|–|5,660|**5,660**|
|||---------------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
||**At 31 March 2024**|420,114|59,456|**479,570**|
|||=================================|============================|=================================|
||**Depreciation**||||
||At 1 April 2023|100,189|53,071|**153,260**|
||Charge for the year|8,402|1,777|**10,179**|
|||---------------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
||**At 31 March 2024**|108,591|54,848|**163,439**|
|||=================================|============================|=================================|
||**Carrying amount**||||
||**At 31 March 2024**|311,523|4,608|**316,131**|
|||=================================|============================|=================================|
||At 31 March 2023|319,925|725|320,650|
|||=================================|============================|=================================|
|**16.**|**Debtors**||||
||||**2024**|2023|
||||**£**|£|
||Prepayments and accrued income||**68,564**|52,314|
||Other debtors||**53,858**|–|
||||---------------------------------|----------------------------|
||||**122,422**|52,314|
||||=================================|============================|
|**17.**|**Creditors:** **amounts falling due within one year**||||
||||**2024**|2023|
||||**£**|£|
||Accruals and deferred income||**436,599**|306,565|
||Social security and other taxes||**9,910**|9,345|
||Pension payable||**2,168**|1,715|
||Other creditors||**43,720**|–|
||||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||||**492,397**|317,625|
||||=================================|=================================|
|**18.**|**Deferred income**||||
||||**2024**|2023|
||||**£**|£|
||Amount deferred in year||**395,311**|293,024|
||||=================================|=================================|
## **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 £11,561 (2023: £10,026).
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## **AFRICA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 March 2024**
## **20. Analysis of charitable funds**
## **Unrestricted funds**
|**Unrestricted funds**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**At**|
||At|||**31 March 20**|
||1 April 2023|Income|Expenditure|**24**|
||£|£|£|**£**|
|Unrestricted Fund|623,545|8,747|(42,601)|
**589,691**|
|Elton John AIDS Foundation|3,263|–|(3,263)|
**–**|
|Estee Lauder|964|–|(964)|
**–**|
|Gilead Sciences UK - Peer|||||
|Support|2,539|–|(2,539)|
**–**|
|Healthy London Partnership -|||||
|Champions|13,390|–|(13,390)|
**–**|
|Healthy London Partnership - Faith|721|–|(721)|
**–**|
|Healthy London Partnership - Volt|16,708|–|(16,708)|
**–**|
|Kings College London|111|54,228|(54,339)|
**–**|
|NHS NEL CSU (FTC) - Stigma Project|1,389|–|(1,389)|
**–**|
|The London Borough of Lambeth|24,810|75,570|(58,502)|
**41,878**|
|Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham|||||
|Borough|26,780|63,410|(53,417)|
**36,773**|
|Open Society Foundations|4,734|68,516|(73,250)|
**–**|
|HIV Prevention England- I Test|16,215|24,677|(23,892)|
**17,000**|
|The London Borough of Lewisham|23,112|60,000|(60,072)|
**23,040**|
|The London Borough of Southwark|–|99,000|(21,419)|
**77,581**|
|UK Health Security Agency|–|21,285|(21,285)|
**–**|
|Other miscellaneous funds|3,923|–|(3,923)|
**–**|
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||762,204|475,433|(451,674)|
**785,963**|
||=================================|=================================|=================================|=================================|
|||||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|
|Healthy London Partnership - Volt|20,779|86,500|(90,571)|
16,708|
|Kings College London|6,219|28,321|(34,429)|
111|
|NHS NEL CSU (FTC) - Stigma Project|1,389|–|–|1,389|
|The London Borough of Lambeth|11,696|30,000|(16,886)|
24,810|
|Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham|||||
|Borough|7,057|51,870|(32,147)|
26,780|
|Open Society Foundations|–|128,516|(123,782)|
4,734|
|HIV Prevention England- I Test|–|32,243|(16,028)|
16,215|
|The London Borough of Lewisham|–|52,800|(29,688)|
23,112|
|The London Borough of Southwark|–|–|–|–|
|UK Health Security Agency|–|–|–|–|
|Other miscellaneous funds|6,472|5,950|(8,499)|
3,923|
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||686,463|561,841|(486,100)|
762,204|
||=================================|=================================|=================================|=================================|
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## **AFRICA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 March 2024**
## **Restricted funds**
|**Restricted funds**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||**At**|
||At|||**31 March**|**20**|
||1 April 2023|Income|Expenditure||**24**|
||£|£|£|**£**||
|Restricted Fund|311,534|–|1,148|**312,682**||
|BBC Children in Need|–|–|–||**–**|
|City Bridge Trust - OVN|264|140,884|(141,148)||**–**|
|Comic Relief - Global Majority Fund|–|4,000|(4,000)||**–**|
|Comic Relief - VAWG|–|–|–||**–**|
|Gilead Sciences Europe - Mi-Health||||||
|HIV Partnership (1)|5,506|120,359|(125,865)||**–**|
|Gilead Sciences Europe - Mi-Health||||||
|HIV Partnership (2)|–|194,890|(194,890)||**–**|
|London Community Foundation -||||||
|MOPAC|–|–|–||**–**|
|Merck Sharpe & Dohme|–|27,645|(27,645)||**–**|
|National Health Service (NHS)|–|–|–||**–**|
|National Lottery Community Fund -||||||
|UZIMA|1,123|50,180|(51,303)||**–**|
|ViiV Healthcare Europe - Mi Health||||||
|Europe|–|86,710|(86,710)||**–**|
|Best Beginnings|–|–|–||**–**|
|Merck Sharpe & Dohm - Mi Health||||||
|Europe|–|–|–||**–**|
|Comic Relief - Winter Fund|–|132,942|(132,942)||**–**|
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||318,427|757,610|(763,355)|
**312,682**||
||=================================|=================================|=================================|=================================||
||||||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 (1)|–|–|–||–|
|Gilead Sciences Europe - Mi-Health||||||
|HIV Partnership (2)|–|240,719|(235,213)|
5,506||
|London Community Foundation -||||||
|MOPAC|–|31,196|(31,196)||–|
|Merck Sharpe & Dohme|–|–|–||–|
|National Health Service (NHS)|1,007|9,980|(10,987)||–|
|National Lottery Community Fund -||||||
|UZIMA|–|150,540|(149,417)|
1,123||
|ViiV Healthcare Europe - Mi Health||||||
|Europe|–|88,067|(88,067)||–|
|Best Beginnings|–|30,000|(30,000)||–|
|Merck Sharpe & Dohm - Mi Health||||||
|Europe|–|31,206|(31,206)||–|
|Comic Relief - Winter Fund|–|–|–||–|
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
||312,541|775,101|(769,215)|
318,427||
||=================================|=================================|=================================|=================================||
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## **AFRICA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 March 2024**
## **21. Analysis of net assets between funds**
||Unrestricted|Restricted|**Total Funds**|
|---|---|---|---|
||Funds|Funds|**2024**|
||£|£|**£**|
|Tangible fixed assets|311,523|4,608|**316,131**|
|Current assets|527,669|747,242|**1,274,911**|
|Creditors less than 1 year|(53,229)|(439,168)|
**(492,397)**|
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|**Net assets**|785,963|312,682|**1,098,645**|
||=================================|=================================|==========================================|
||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total Funds|
||Funds|Funds|2023|
||£|£|£|
|Tangible fixed assets|319,925|725|320,650|
|Current assets|540,854|536,752|1,077,606|
|Creditors less than 1 year|(98,575)|(219,050)|
(317,625)|
||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|**Net assets**|762,204|318,427|1,080,631|
||=================================|=================================|==========================================|
|**Analysis of changes in net debt**||||
||||**At**|
||At 1 Apr 2023|Cash flows|**31 Mar 2024**|
||£|£|**£**|
|Cash at bank and in hand|1,025,292|127,197|**1,152,489**|
||==========================================|=================================|==========================================|
## **22. Analysis of changes in net debt**
## **23. Related parties**
There are no related party transactions or balances during the year.
**- 33 -**