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2023-03-31-accounts

Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31[st] March 2023

A Charitable Incorporated Organisation

Number: 1165804

Website: www.racialjusticenetwork.co.uk Instagram: @theracialjusticenetwork Twitter: @RaceJustice Facebook: Racial Justice Network

RJN Annual Report 2023

Contents

Page
Reference and Administrative Details 1
Structure, Governance and Management 2
Objectives and Activities 3-10
Future Plans 11
Financial Review 12
Accounting policies 13-14
Independent Examiner’s Report 15
Statement of Financial Activities 16
Balance Sheet 17
Notes to the Financial Statements 18- 28

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The trustees of the charity present their Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31st March 2023.

1. Reference and Administrative Details

Name of Charity: Racial Justice Network Charitable Incorporated Organisation Number: 1165804 Principal Office: 15 Queen square Leeds, West Yorkshire LS2 8AJ Bankers: Triodos Bank Deanery Road Bristol BS1 5AS Reporting Accountants: Samuel K. Tsipotey, FCCA Samuel Associates 36 Charcroft Gardens Enfield, Middlesex EN3 7HA Trustees who served during the period to the date of this report are: Dr Laura Teresa Loyola-Hernandez 20.10.2020 served until 10.12.2022 Maureen Andrea Grant 20.10.2020 served until 10.12.2022 Sipilien Birani 01.06.2018 served until 10.12.2022 Simon Mark Murray 01.01.2018 served until 10.12.2022 Dr. John Samuels 10.12.2022 served until 30.08.2023 Yasmin Lewis 10.12.2022 served until 15.08.2023 Camille Lesfores 10.12.2022 served until 09.12.2023 Ishah Jawaid 01.02.2023 Farhat Bi 01.02.2023 Yvonne Howe 15.10.2023 Alexandra Ruhland-Syquia 15.10.2023 Esther Stanford-Xosei 09.12.2023

Chief Executive Officer:

Peninah Wangari-Jones

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2. Structure, Governance, and Management

The Racial Justice Network (RJN) is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) based in West Yorkshire, UK. RJN brings together organisations, groups, and individuals across West Yorkshire and beyond to proactively promote racial justice.

Governing document

The charity is governed by a Constitution, an Association model of a CIO having members.

Appointment and induction of trustees

Trustees have historically been appointed from active members, associates and volunteers within the Racial Justice Network and community. Based on our learning on needing specific skill sets on the Board, and in recognition that our network and community have (in part) shifted online and become more national as a result, we have complemented our previous approach to include open recruitment.

All trustees will be offered a comprehensive induction and training within the first year in post.

Organisation structure

RJN is governed by its trustees and a Chief Executive Officer who are responsible for setting the strategic direction and policies of the charity. The trustees carry the ultimate responsibility for the conduct of the charity and for ensuring that the charity satisfies its legal and contractual obligations. The trustees meet as often as they need to and delegate the day-to-day operations of the charity to the Chief Executive Officer.

Major risks

The leadership (Board and CEO) ongoingly assess and manage risk, ensuring action plans are in place to mitigate them. Plans are afoot to draw a more comprehensive risk register to be monitored regularly. The main risks identified so far include:

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3. Objectives and Activities

Objects

The objects of the charity as stated in its governing document are:

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objectives

RJN continues to inform, influence, train, mobilise, organise, and conduct research within nine current projects. This work was carried out by the CEO, 10 staff members, five trustees, approximately 30 volunteer members and some support from our partners/collaborators. These projects are:

  1. International solidarity

  2. Collective conversation spaces/Black and Brown spaces

  3. Race and Climate Justice

  4. Stop the Scan campaign

  5. Covid-19 response campaign project

  6. Unlearning racism programme

  7. Pastoral support

  8. Research and Reports

Activities

Internationalism and International Solidarity

Our international solidarity work came with the recognition that we cannot fight racial injustice within borders, especially as our siblings in the majority world continue to suffer the effects of colonial legacies that exacerbate multiple injustices.

We have continued to learn from, work with and share resources with our siblings across borders in 2022/23. This includes our decolonising efforts involving continued

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engagement with academics based at the University of Nairobi and United States International University (USIU) in the project ‘ Colonialism, resistance and resistance from the colonised perspective ’. This project has engaged with, listened to and recorded communities in rural communities in Kenya about indigenous knowledges, practices and resistances which existed before, during and after colonialism. We have also maintained our relationships with activists, artivists and organisrs in Kenya who have continued to contribute to our projects and thought processes here in the UK.

The education work we began in Kenya in 2019/20 has continued with the guidance and provocations from intellectual giant, elder and professor Ngūgī wa Thiong'o. This has birthed the conceptualisation of and work towards an international symposium to be held in 2023 during which we hope to bring together academics, artivists and activists from Kenya, the USA and the UK to academic and community spaces in the UK.

Our partnerships with activists and community organisers in Salvador, Brazil have continued. Our partners offer pastoral support, mobilising and organising with urban and rural communities affected by environmental catastrophes, including landslides, religious persecution, anti-Black racism, forced displacement from ancestral land, digital divides and the policing and killing of Black youth.

Other international solidarity work has included continued exchanges, resources and knowledge sharing between organisers, activists, community development, workers, unionists, and academics in Kenya, the United States and Brazil. We have also invited international speakers and perspectives to contribute to our talks and podcasts.

All of the work and others planned continues to feed into the decolonial framework made available after the decolonising education Kenya 2020. Our international work ensures the framework continues to be implemented in educational spaces, workplaces, and in the prospective international network. The documentary of decolonise education in Kenya continues to be shared and watched by communities in the UK and abroad.

Collective conversation spaces

Collective Conversation spaces were created to hold community conversations in response to live or ongoing topical issues, bringing a colonial and race lens, with a focus on repairs. Funding from Tudor Trust has supported our originally unfunded Collective Conversation spaces.

Collective conversation spaces like Soul Deep are open to the wider public and cover a range of topics, especially climate justice, solidarity, policing, and intersectional approaches within movements.

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We also have a dedicated ‘Black and Brown space’ which is an extension of the collective conversation spaces. These spaces offer additional nurturing, safer or more intimate spaces for Black and Brown communities in response to ongoing issues whilst avoiding the white gaze.

This year, we have held several workshops, informal and unadvertised spaces covering a range of topics on coloniality, Black women in leadership, Black wellbeing and activism, weaponisation and division in movements, movement capture and much more.

Race and Climate Justice: 13th recommendation

The 13th recommendation was conceived to address the erasure of the Black and global perspectives that RJN took to the Leeds Citizen Jury in 2019. The 13th recommendation highlights the need for an international perspective on climate justice, an intersectional understanding of the interconnectedness of our collective struggles, the interdependence of our movements, and the importance of addressing colonial legacies in all climate work.

In 2022-23, the Race and Climate Justice programme has continued work on three key areas:

1. Holding an online space to continue the embedding of the 13th recommendation campaign

2. External and outreach work on the 13th recommendation

3. Organising and mobilising around climate justice and planet repairs as exemplified by the 13th recommendation.

With support from a dedicated team of volunteers, RJN has continued to hold online spaces and invite different forms of participation including speakers and artists.

We held 17 events in 2022/23 in collaboration with other projects at RJN. During our last round of online events, we refreshed the sessions that we delivered, introducing more collaborative and creative forms of engagement. At the end of the year, we had our first movie screening as well as our first collaboration with Stop the Scan.

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We held the last round of online events from the back of the COVID-19. During this round we innovated with the sessions that were delivered and introduced more collaborative and creative forms of engaging. At the end of the year we also had our first movie screening as well as the first collaboration with Stop the Scan. Overall, it was a useful year to begin the process of returning to in person events.

Working closely with one of our partner organisations, Community Centered Knowledge, we have held ‘Soul Deep’ sessions, a space for deeper and broader reflection on climate and interlinked issues that uplift different knowledge systems and ways of being. We covered a wide range of topics, held film screenings showcasing films from Jamaica and Abya Yala (South America) and co-created poems.

Our finite resources impact our capacity to meet demand, maintain our relationships with our regional, national and international partners and siblings as well as volunteers for the 13th recommendation campaign and build new coalitions of support. We will revisit our strategy and address the funding deficit for this area in 2023/24.

Stop the Scandal Campaign

Stop the Scan is a campaign to resist the extension of mobile biometrics used in police stop and search connected to Home Office data.

In 2022-23, we welcomed organisers and further developed our community reach. We built coalitions through consultation, input into policy work, knowledge sharing and strategising with people, organisations and communities across the UK to resist the Hostile Environment, particularly from a digital perspective.

Using social media and blog writing as tools, we raised awareness of the campaign and how it intertwines with wider hostile environment oppressions. We continued our strategic research for Stop the Scan to pursue new routes to challenge.

Our partnerships range from local to regional and national organisations and campaigns, including Yorkshire Resists, Big Brother, Antiraids Leeds, PAFRAS, Liberty, Open Rights Group, Black Legal Protest Support, Netpol, Joint Centre for the Welfare for Immigrations, the Biometrics Commissioner and Deputy Mayor of Leeds. We are grateful for their support and hope to continue our collaboration.

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In March, we collaborated with Race and Climate Justice Collective on ‘Stop the Criminalisation of Earth Defenders, a workshop looking at the intersections between biometric policing and the climate emergency.

In April, as part of a ‘Day of Solidarity’ across West Yorkshire, we held an event with local and regional partners to address the ‘Stop the Small Boats Bill’. During the event, participants shared how the new bill would affect their work and how they could support each other in Yorkshire.

Stop the Scan is still the only campaign of its kind nationally, bringing together tactics of researching, writing reports, and building collaborative and strategic partnerships and relationships with individuals and organisations nationally. The funding from Baring Foundation has made this work possible and we appreciate them seeing its importance.

Looking ahead, we hope to expand the campaign to student and scholar-activist spaces within the universities in Manchester, London, Leeds, Potsdam and Cardiff. We also plan to use our work to cross-pollinate with other movements and sectors in the recognition that ours is a collective struggle that requires many strategies and actions.

Unlearning Racism Programme

The purpose of the Unlearning Racism programme is to contribute to and support racial justice work led by the leadership and eldership of Black and Brown people of the global majority. Using movement building methodologies and tools, the programme aims to mobilise white people and communities towards collective action to dismantle structures and systems of white supremacy through political education.

In 2022-23, we delivered two training programmes - one of our eight-week-long flagship courses and an intensive course over a weekend. The weekend intensive was a new format and offering, in response to feedback about lack of capacity to participate in the longer courses. A total of 37 people attended our trainings.

This year marked a period of reflection based on the inherent risks associated with anti-racist education. We incorporated insights from Movement Mentors, Esther Stanford Xosei and Mama D Ujuaje and drew on other outside sources such as Rachel Ricketts, DiDi Delgado, and Ambalavaner Sivanandan. We set about transparently navigating some of these risks, acknowledging where there have been setbacks. The tensions highlighted include a preference for white people learning about white supremacy from other racialised as white, the continuation of silos, the perpetuation of white supremacy in caucused spaces, and the risk of white antiracism becoming a protective "safety net"

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Embracing accountability, the URC tried to grapple with questions of effectiveness in terms of our purpose of supporting Black and Brown-led anti-racist work. The 2022 adjustments reveal a continued commitment to action-oriented content, practical tasks such as the redistribution of wealth and solidarity work (with a focus on relationship building), and a shift from allyship towards more solidarity, by presenting requests and opportunities for action upfront in courses and communications.

This resulted in a practical win for the RJN, as we moved to new office premises, based on a connection which came from a past participant of the Unlearning Racism course.

As we approach the conclusion of the programme’s sixth year in 2024, including the end of the funded period by the Branber’s Foundation, we will conduct a comprehensive review of the programme to either reshape or conclude the programme, depending on what serves Racial Justice Network’s mission to end racial injustice and address colonial legacies best.

Pastoral support

The Racial Justice Network offers pastoral support to move ideas, through the cocreation of strategy, into actions.

As an organisation focusing on racial justice, there is a steady flow of communication from people seeking support to further this within their contexts, individually, organisationally or collectively. Themes within this relate to experiences of or issues with racism in housing, employment, policing, health institutions and more. We are not able to support everyone who makes contact with us, but, where possible, we ensure that we respond, signpost and practical support.

If we notice a pattern of support requests, we address this via one or more of our current programmes, joint advocacy or signposting. For example, we have had several people within organisations and institutions reach out requesting training and consultancy support which has fed into our Unlearning Racism programme.

This year, we have offered one-to-one support to organisational leads, listening to their needs and strategising with them. We have also resourced some organisations who previously received donations to support their projects.

Our Pastoral Support work has led to the creation of coalitions and consortiums, with one such consortium including RJN, Free2BeMe, Unity Builders, Maangamizi Education Trust and RJN applying for joint funding. We also work in partnership with Keeping it Real 247, Bradford Congo Campaign, Conflict Resolution Bradford, Community Centered Knowledge, Migrant Action and Vumi Central.

Research and Reports

RJN conducted research and published several reports, articles and blogs in 20222023 that have gone on to impact practice:

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Public and media engagements

In 2022-23, we saw an overall 40% increase in engagement levels on social media channels (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, LinkedIn), newsletter via Mailchimp and a 15% surge in website traffic. Our significant initiatives, such as the Stop the Scan Campaign reached diverse audiences and achieved meaningful results involving various communities both in person and through digital channels, to address and raise awareness of the ‘Stop the Boats Bill’. Partnerships with groups such as Leeds Black Feminist Society significantly broadened our influence, enhancing the resonance of our message.

While celebrating these achievements, we faced challenges in navigating evolving social media algorithms, prompting us to diversify content and adjust posting schedules.

Our key public engagements this year include:

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emphasising the urgent need to address the environmental consequences of being the world’s second-largest polluter.

Moving forward, we aim to refine our Communication Strategy, optimising information exchange both internally and externally. This will ensure that our communication remains nimble, impactful, and aligned with RJN's mission and the community's evolving needs.

Other activities

A big focus for RJN this year has been the development of our internal infrastructure to support our bold mission. This was made possible by core funding from the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, Lankelly Chase Foundation, Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Baring foundation and donations from individuals who see and support the value of our work.

We have offered more in-depth support for the team from regular learning and reflection spaces to the creation of a values-based framework to anchor and guide our internal processes.

New members joined the Board in December 2022 and early 2023 and we hope to work closely with them to take RJN from strength to strength. We also concluded a recruitment drive for four new team roles and will welcome them at the start of the next financial year.

We are grateful to our volunteers across different programme areas, funders, donors and partners without whose support we would not be able to do the highly impactful work that we do

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4. Future Plans

RJN’s future plans include:

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5. Financial Review

Financial Position

Incoming Resources in the year amounted to £281,473 (2022- £132,574) of which £230,095 was restricted.

A surplus of £59,279 (2022-£28,543) was made in the year. At 31st March 2023, total funds amounted to £262,582 (2022-£203,303) of which £114,254 (2022-£76,353) was restricted.

Reserves Policy

The trustees are required to ensure that free monies are available in each financial year to meet any reasonably foreseeable contingency. The charity will maintain a projection of income for at least one year ahead and will ensure that this continues to be derived from as wide a variety of sources as possible. They will take all necessary steps to ensure that at no time within this period would it be possible for the cessation of one or more funding streams to present so serious a challenge to the future of the organisation that it could not be managed so as to continue to provide a best value service.

In reviewing the potential costs that could arise should a significant reduction in income be suffered, the trustees have determined that ‘free’ reserves should be maintained equal to 12 months of unrestricted total operating expenditure. Free reserves are defined as total unrestricted reserves less unrestricted net fixed assets. This is equivalent to £145,078 (2022-£124,297) for the year. The trustees regard this as adequate for the following year.

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Racial Justice Network Financial Statements for the year ended 31st March 2023 Notes to the accounts

6. Accounting Policies

The principal accounting policies are summarised below. The accounting policies have

been applied consistently throughout the year and the preceding year.

a) Basis of Preparation

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention in accordance the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP): Accounting and Reporting by Charities, issued in March 2005.

b) Charity Status

The Charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)

c) Fund Accounting

Unrestricted Funds comprise accumulated surpluses and deficits on general funds that are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of the Charity’s objects and that have not been designated for other purposes.

Restricted Funds are funds subject to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms of an appeal.

d) Incoming Resources

Recognition of Incoming Resources

These are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) when

e) Resources Expended

Recognition of Expenditure and Liabilities

Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out resources.

Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis as a liability is incurred.

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Costs of Charitable Activities

These comprise those costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities and services for its beneficiaries. They include both costs that can be directly allocated to the charity’s activities and costs of an indirect nature necessary to support these activities , shown as support costs in the accounts.

Governance Costs

These are the costs associated with the governance arrangements of the charity. They include the costs of the preparation and examination of statutory accounts, trustees’ meetings and the costs of any legal advice given to trustees on governance or constitutional matters.

All costs are charged between the expenditure categories of the Statement of Financial Activities on a basis designed to reflect the use of the resource. Costs relating to a particular activity (or project) are allocated directly; others are apportioned on an appropriate basis .

f) Volunteer Help

The value of any voluntary help received is not included in the accounts but is described in the trustees’ annual report, where material.

g) Fixed Assets

Tangible Fixed Assets for charity’s own use

These are capitalised if they can be used for more than one year and cost at least £1,000. They are valued at cost or, if gifted, at the value to the charity on receipt.

A fixed asset acquired fully or partly from a restricted grant is included at its full cost of acquisition without netting off the grant proceeds and the grant reported as an incoming resource. Where the use of the asset such acquired is not restricted by the grantor, an amount equal to the grant is transferred into a designated fund to be written off over the useful life of the asset in accordance with the recommendations of SORP 2005, paragraph 111.

h) Depreciation

Tangible Fixed Assets are depreciated so as to write off their cost less any estimated residual value over their useful lives at the following rates:

General equipment 15% reducing balance. Other fixed assets 15% reducing balance.

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7. Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of Racial Justice Network

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the CIO for the year ended 31st March 2023 which are set out on pages 6 to 17.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees of the CIO, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).

I report in respect of my examination of the CIO’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act. In carrying out my examination I have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.

Independent Examiner’s Statement

The charity’s gross income does not exceed £250,000 and I am qualified to undertake the examination by being a qualified Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).

I have completed my examination and can confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that, in any material respect:

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Samuel Kwasi Tsipotey, FCCA Samuel Associates 36 Charcroft Gardens Enfield, Middlesex EN3 7HA

28 November 2023

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8. Statement of Financial Activities

(Incorporating an Income and Expenditure Account)

Notes
Income and endowments from:
Voluntary income
2
Charitable activities
3
Total
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities
4
Total
Net income/(expenditure)
5
Net movement in funds
Reconciliation of funds
10
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Total
2023
Total
2022
£
£
£
£
11,487
-
11,487
54,239
39,891
230,095
269,986
78,335
51,378
230,095
281,473
132,574
30,000
192,194
222,194
104,031
30,000
192,194
222,194
104,031
21,378
37,901
59,279
28,543
21,378
37,901
59,279
28,543
126,950
76,353
203,303
174,760
148,328
114,254
262,582
203,303

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8. Balance Sheet as at 31st March 2023

Notes
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
7
Current assets
Total current assets
8
Current liabilities
Creditors: Amounts due within one year
9
Net current assets
Net assets
Funds of the Charity
10		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Total
2022
£
£
£
£
3,250 -
3,250
2,653
165,760
114,254
280,014
211,308
20,682
-
20,682
10,657
145,078
114,254
259,333
200,651
148,328
114,254
262,582
203,304
148,328
114,254
262,582
203,303

The financial statements were approved by the Trustees on 28 November 2023 and signed on their behalf by:

…………………………………………………………….

Farhat Bi

Treasurer

CIO number: 1165804

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Financial Statements for the year ended 31st March 2023

Notes to the accounts

2 Voluntary income

Donations and legacies
Grants receivable
Total
General fund
Unrestricted		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Total 2023
2022
£
£
£
£
11,487
-
11,487
54,239
39,891 221,283
261,174 -
51,378 221,283
272,661
54,239
Donations and
legacies
Grants
receivable
Total 2023
2022
£
£
£
£
11,487 39,891
51,378
54,239

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Financial Statements for the year ended 31st March 2023 Notes to the accounts

3
Charitable activities
Grants receivable
Black and Brown Organiser
Restricted
Black and Brown Trainer
Restricted
Covid project
Restricted
Collective Conversations
Restricted
Infrastructure
Restricted
International Solidarity
Restricted
Legacy
Restricted
Race and Climate
Restricted
Research and Reports
Restricted
Stop the Scan
Restricted
Unlearning Racism
Restricted
Total restricted
Grants receivable
Training fees
Total		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Total 2023
2022
£
£
£
£
-
16,667
16,667 -
-
15,506
15,506 -
- -
- -
- -
- -
-
18,334
18,334 -
-
40,000
40,000
5,000
-
20,000
20,000 -
-
7,764
7,764
5,000
-
20,000
20,000 -
-
52,000
52,000 -
-
31,012
31,012
17,916
-
221,283
221,283
27,916
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Total 2023
2022
£
£
£
£
39,891
221,283
261,174
62,919
-
8,812
8,812
15,416
39,891
230,095
269,986
78,335

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Financial Statements for the year ended 31st March 2023 Notes to the accounts

4
Direct expenditure on charitable activities
Direct salaries, NI, and pension
Direct project support expenses
Consultancy fees
Facilitators' and mentors' fees
Expensed equipment
General direct costs
Trainers mentors fees and expenses
Internet, phones and credit for communities
Interview & speakers' fees
Meeting & miscellaneous expenses
Total direct expenditure		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Total 2023
2022
£
£
£
£
30,000
27,914
57,914
68,562
-
17,483
17,483
1,286
-
22,439
22,439
-
-
5,596
5,596
-
- - -
3,189
-
5,193
5,193
14,844
-
4,587
4,587
2,007
- - -
175
-
900
900
-
-
367
367
266
30,000
84,479
114,479
90,329

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Financial Statements for the year ended 31st March 2023 Notes to the accounts

Note 4 (continued)

Funds
General fund
Restricted funds
Covid project
Infrastructure
International
Solidarity
Race and
Climate
Stop the Scan
Unlearning
Racism
Total direct
expenditure		 Direct
salaries,
NI, and
pension
Direct
project
support
expenses
Consult
ancy
fees
Facilitat
ors' and
mentor
s' fees
General
miscellan
eous
costs
Trainers
mentors
fees and
expenses
Total
carried
forward
£
£
£
£
£
£
£
30,000
-
-
-
-
-
30,000
-
7,807
-
-
58
-
7,865
-
-
22,439
-
352
-
22,792
-
4,282
-
-
-
-
4,282
7,859
-
-
-
1,665
2986.8
12,510
10,028
5,394
-
-
79
-
15,501
10,028
-
-
5,596
3,039
1600
20,262
27,914
17,483
22,439
5,596
5,193
4,587
83,212

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Financial Statements for the year ended 31st March 2023 Notes to the accounts

Funds
General fund
Restricted funds
Pastoral support
Covid project
Collective Conversations
Infrastructure
International Solidarity
Race and Climate
Research and Reports
Stop the Scan
Unlearning Racism
Total direct charitable
expenditure		 Total b/f
Interview &
speakers'
fees
Meeting &
miscellane
ous
expenses
Total
2023
2022
£
£
£
£
£
30,000
- -
30,000
-
-
- -
-
9,667
7,865
7,865
20,683
-
750
125
875
15,174
22,792
- -
22,792
-
4,282
- -
4,282
7,003
12,510
120
242.06
12,872
9,277
-
- -
-
4,313
15,501
30
15,531
13,070
20,262
- -
20,262
13,128
83,212
900 367
84,479
92,314

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Financial Statements for the year ended 31st March 2023 Notes to the accounts

Note 4 (continued)

Support and governance costs
Support staff salaries, NI and pension
Independent examination fees
AGM expenses
General consultancy
Trustees' travel and meeting expenses
General governance expenses
Accountancy and payroll fees
Bank charges
Expensed equipment
Miscellaneous expenses
Rent and rates
Travel and subsistence
Staff training and well-being
Telephone & broadband
General admin & HR expenses
Depreciation charge for the year
Team meeting expenses
Website, software and internet
expenses		 Governance
costs
Support costs
Total
2023
2022
£
£
£
£
-
66,417
66,417
0
3,000
-
3,000
6,000
3,021
-
3,021
-
1,500
-
1,500
-
909
-
909
351
1,397
-
1,397
-
-
6,556
6,556
804
-
187
187
60
-
1,957
1,957
-
-
2,235
2,235
1,249
-
4,208
4,208
654
-
3,594
3,594
-
-
3,068
3,068
356
-
1,217
1,217
565
-
6,362
6,362
293
-
573
573
468
-
1,019
1,019
206
-
493
493
710
9,828
97,887
107,715
11,716

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Financial Statements for the year ended 31st March 2023 Notes to the accounts

Note 4 (continued)

Restricted Projects
Black and Brown Organiser
Black and Brown Trainer
Pastoral support
Covid project
Collective Conversations
Infrastructure
International Solidarity
Legacy
Race and Climate
Research and Reports
Stop the Scan
Unlearning Racism		 Percentage
share
based on
income
Governance
costs
Support
costs
Total
support
and
governance
costs
Direct
charitable
expenditure
Total
charitable
expenditure
2022
£
£
£
£
£
£
7%
712
7,090
7,802
- 7,802
18,454
7%
662
6,597
7,259
- 7,259
21,737
0%
- - -
-
- -
0%
- - - 7,865
7,865 -
0%
- - -
875 875 -
8%
783
7,800
8,583 22,792
31,374
8,292
17%
1,708
17,017
18,725 4,282
23,008
11,776
9%
854
8,508
9,363
- 9,363
10,566
3%
332
3,303
3,635 12,872
16,507
5,016
9%
854
8,508
9,363
- 9,363
14,358
23%
2,221
22,122
24,343 15,531
39,874
13,832
17%
1,701
16,942
18,643 20,262
38,905 -
100%
9,828
97,887
107,715 84,479
192,194
104,031

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Net income is after charging:
Depreciation
Media equipment		 2023
£
573		 2022
£
468

Stafff costs including key management personnel and trustees' remuneration

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Financial Statements for the year ended 31st March 2023 Notes to the accounts

  1. Staff costs including key management personnel and Trustees' remuneration

  2. 6 Staff costs were as follows:

Staff costs were as follows:
Wages and salaries
Social security costs
Pension costs		 2023
£
87,659
5,438
1,235
94,332		 2022
£
64,078
3,560
925
68,563

The average number of employees during the year was 3.0 (2022 -3.0)

No employee's remuneration exceeded £60,000.

2 trustees claimed travel expenses totalling £546 (2022-£351)

7
Fixed assets
Cost
At 1 April 2022
Additions
At 31 March 2023
Depreciation
At 1 April 2022
Charge for the year
At 31 March 2023
Net book value
At 31 March 2023
At 31 March 2022		 Media
equipment
Office
equipment
Total
£
£
£
3,672
-
3,672
-
1,170
1,170
3,672
1,170
4,842
1,019
-
1,019
398
175
573
1,417
175
1,592
2,255
994
3,250
2,653
-
3,823

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Financial Statements for the year ended 31st March 2023 Notes to the accounts

8
Current assets
Bank current account balance
Paypal account balance
Cash at bank and in hand
Custodian funds paid in advance
Total current assets
9
Current liabilities
PAYE
Accrued expenses
Pension creditor
Total
10
Funds of the charity
Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
Total funds		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Total 2023
2022
£
£
£
£
132,727
114,254
246,981
183,319
23,033
- 23,033
27,989
155,760
114,254 270,014
211,308
10,000
- 10,000
-
165,760
114,254 280,014
211,308
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Total 2023
2022
£
£
£
£
14,953
-
14,953
632
3,800
-
3,800
9,000
1,929
-
1,929
1,025
20,682
-
20,682
10,657
As at 1 April
2022
Incoming
Outgoing
As at 31
March 2023
£
£
£
£
126,950
51,378
(30,000)
148,328
76,353
230,095
(192,194)
114,254
203,303
281,473
(222,194)
262,582

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Financial Statements for the year ended 31st March 2023 Notes to the accounts

Restricted funds
Black and Brown
Organiser
Black and Brown Trainer
Collective Conversations
Covid Project
Infrastructure
International Solidarity
Legacy
Race and Climate
Research and Reports
Stop the Scan
Unlearning Racism
Pastoral Support
Total		 Balance
1 Apr
2022
Incoming
Outgoing
Net
movement
in the year
Transfers
Balance
31 Mar
2023
£
£
£
£
£
£
-
16,667
(7,802)
8,865
-
8,865
-
15,506
(7,259)
8,247
-
8,247
24,497
-
(875)
(875)
-
23,622
10,215
-
(7,865)
(7,865)
-
2,350
-
18,334
(31,374)
(13,040)
13,040
-
(13,295)
40,000
(23,008)
16,992
-
3,697
-
20,000
(9,363)
10,637
-
10,637
(2,531)
7,764
(16,507)
(8,743)
11,274
-
(3,868)
20,000
(9,363)
10,637
-
6,769
32,825
52,000
(39,874)
12,126
(24,314)
20,637
23,755
39,824
(38,905)
919
-
24,674
4,755
-
-
-
-
4,755
76,353
230,095
(192,194)
37,901
-
114,254

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Detailed income and expenditure account

for the year ended 31st March 2023
Incoming resources
Grants receivable
Donations and legacies
Training fees received
Total income
Direct Salaries, NI and pension
General direct project costs
Expensed equipment
Training
Consultancy
Facilitators' fees
Mentors' fees
Project support
Speakers' fees
Venue hire
Donations to community
Total direct charitable expenditure
Support salaries, NI and pension
AGM expenses
Consultancy - General
General Governance Expenses
Independent examination fees
Trustee meeting expenses
Trustee travel expenses
Total governance expenses
Motor expenses
General admin expenses
Promotions
Meeting costs- general staff
Bank charges
Depreciation charge for the year
Community phone credit
Bookkeeping and accountancy fees
General sundry expenses
Payroll charges
Software subscriptions
Communications
Staff welfare
HR costs
Telephone and broadband
Staff training
Travel and subsistence
Rent
Total administration expenses
Total expenditure
Surplus/(Deficit) for the year		 2023
£
261,174
11,487
8,812
281,473
57,914
5,435
1,957
400
22,439
5,596
4,187
17,483
900
125
-
116,436
66,417
3,021
1,500
1,397
3,000
363
546
76,245
1,023
3,392
-
1,019
187
573
-
5,994
3,524
562
416
-
1,651
1,758
1,217
1,417
2,571
4,208
29,513
222,194
59,279		 2022
£
62,919
53,759
15,896
132,574
68,563
14,844
2,007
2,000
-
-
-
-
-
-
3,189
90,603
-
-
-
-
6,000
-
351
6,351
-
2,011
1,419
-
60
468
175
804
-
-
-
566
356
-
565
-
-
654
7,078
104,032
28,542

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