## **Urban Lawyers** Annual Report and Accounts for period ended 30 September 2025 Charity no 1165914 ## **CONTENTS** ||**Page**| |---|---| |Charity details and trustees|3| |Trustees’ report|4| |Independent Examiners Report|5| |Statement of financial activities|6| |Balance sheet|7| |Notes to the accounts|8| Page 2 ## **CHARITY DETAILS AND TRUSTEES** for the period ended 30 September 2025 **Trustees:** Tunde Okewale Sara Patel (appointed Jan 2025) Dexter Dash (retired Jan 2025) **Charity number:** 1165914 **Registered office** 34 Warwick Road **and address:** Rainhaml RM13 9XU **Principal bankers:** Barclays Bank Leicester LE87 2BB Page 3 TRUSTEES, REPORTTO THE MEMBERSHIP f¢x the perfod 8ndgd 30 Seplember 2025 Slalus Utban La￿e￿ is a regi%tered challty was inc(Kporoted and regi8fered as a charity on ttie 8th March 2016. Chorllable ObJects and ocMvlNe& The charity'5 objects I'objects'l ore to advonce the edvcation of young people in the criminal jus1￿8 5yStem and the legal profession. Responslblltlles ol the livstees The Iru5tees are responsible foi preparing Ihe twstees. report and financial statements in accordance wth applicable law and Uniled knngdorn Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounltng Practtce}. The low appfjcable to chortlies in England and Wales requkes the Iru5tees to prepare financial statements lor each financial yeor which glve a tnje and fair v4ew of the state of afloir5 of the charlly and ol the incoming resources and opplication of resources of Ihe charity for that peth)d. In preparing these financnl statements. the truslees are requ￿ed to: select svtlable accounttng pokies and Ihen app￿ them consistenty.. . observe the methods and wnciples in the Statement of Recommended Pruclice IAccovnting and Reporting by Charfliesl Ilhe Charilies SORPI: moke judgemenls and estimat65 thaF are reaSona￿e and rxudent: stote whelher appffcable United Kingdom Accounting Stondards have been followed, wbject to any material departures (fisck)5ed ond explained in the financiol stotements,. and prepare the financ￿1 Statements on the going concem ba515 unless inapprowi(Jte to presurne that the charity will continue in operalion. The ITUStees ore responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financ￿1 position of the charity and enoble them lo ensure that the financial 5talem6nts cornp￿ the Charities Act 2011. Ihe Charity (Account5 and Report51 Regulations 2(x)8 and the provision5 or the Iwst deed. They are aLso respon&Ne lor safeguar(fing Ihe assets of the c￿sarity ond hence for taknng reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other rregulortlies. In so far as the dlrectOTS are aware: there is no ￿levant audit information of which the Ch(￿￿S independent examiner is unaware; an(J the direcl(ys have taken oll steps that they ought to have laken to make Ihemsefve5 aware of any relevant audit tnfornalion and to establsh that Ihe ovdrfor is aware of that inlormatS0n. Approved e Board of Twstees DrTu Chair e Okewab OBE an Pa*4 ## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS’ REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF** ## **Urban Lawyers** Year Ended 30 September 2025 I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 30 September 2024, which are set out on pages 6 to 8. ## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner** I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 30 September 2024. As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. ## **Independent examiner's statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or - the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or - the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. 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. **Mark E Freeman ACA, Institute of Chartered Accountants of England & Wales 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden London WC2H 9JQ** ## **15 January 2026** Page 5 ## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES** for the period ended 30 September 2025 ||**2025**
**Total Funds**
**£**|**2024**
**Total Funds**
**£**| |---|---|---| |||| |**Notes**||| |||| |**Incoming resources**
Donations and grants
Large grants
Activities for generating funds:
Fundraising events
Interest and Miscellaneous
**Total incoming resources**||| ||30.150
0|11.335
0| |||| ||0
0|0
0| ||**30.150**|**11.335**| |||| |**Resources expended:**
Charitable expenditure
Governance & Support Costs
Total resources expended||| ||13.719|16.102
540| |||| ||**13.719**|**16.642**| |||| |Net outgoing resources for the year
Total Funds as at 1 Oct
Total funds at 30 September|**16.431**
5.087|**(5.307)**
10.394| ||**21.518**|**5.087**| The notes on page 8 form part of these accounts Page 6 STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL posrrioN As at 30 Sept6mber 20 2024 Notei Flx•d assets Tawibb ffxed ossels Curnnl ass•ts Cash al bank and in horKI 21.518 5,087 Uqblwtej Amount falling dJe vthhn one yec Nal cwr•nl (IlablUll&s) 21.518 5,087 Nel O￿ts l (Itat￿e$) 21.518 5,087 Fvnds (md r•serv•s ReslKted Fund5 Unreslricted Fund5 21,518 5.087 10t￿ lunds and reser￿1 21.518 5.087 The notes on poge 8 form part of Ihese accounts beholf by.. tx. Tvn Okewok OBE Cha￿Man Page 7 **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS** for the period ended 30 September 2025 ## **1 Accounting policies** The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention, as modified by the inclusion of investments at market value, and in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011. Applicable United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice) and the Statement of Recommended Practice "Accounting and Reporting by Charities" (SORP 2010) have been followed in these accounts. ## **(a) Accounting convention** The accounts and notes are prepared under the historical cost convention. ## **(b) Recognition of income** Restricted and unrestricted income is accounted for on an accruals basis. Donations are accounted for gross when received. Grants for immediate expenditure are accounted when they become receivable. ## **(c) Recognition of expenditure** Restricted and unrestricted expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis. Expenditure is allocated directly to the activity of which it relates, including support costs which can be identified as being an integral part of direct charitable expenditure. Management and administrative costs are those costs identified as related to the management of the charity or where it is reasonable to assume that such costs cannot be attributed as a direct charitable expense. Fundraising and publicity costs are those related to general publicity and fundraising if such had taken place. Publicity related to a specific activity of the charity is regarded as direct charitable expenditure. ## **(d) Fund accounting** Restricted funds arise from grants and sponsorship awarded where conditions are related to their expenditure. Income and expenditure is treated as per notes (b) and (c). ## **2 Management and Administration** There were no management or administration costs associated with operating the charity during the year. ## **3 Taxation** Urban Lawyers is a charitable organisation and is entitled to UK tax exemptions available to charities. Page 8