## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From 1[st] January 2022 To 31[st] March 2023** 

**Charity name: Youth: Action for Mental Health Support (Y:AMHS)** 

**Charity registration number: 1197713** 

## **Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document:** 

_“To preserve and protect the mental health of young people between the ages of 10 and 18 within the Borough Council area of Crawley, West Sussex and the surrounding areas, by providing funding for treatment where this has not been possible within the local public services, raising awareness, campaigning and providing information and support for parents and carers.”_ 

## **Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts.** 

- Fundraising in order to fund the treatment of mental health issues for children and young people in our area. 

- Setting up a parent and carer support group to provide a safe space for parents of children with mental ill health to be able to talk, gain support and signposting to other services which may be able to offer assistance. 

The trustees have noted and paid due regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. 

Our policy on grant making is set out in our Priority Criteria, which is available to the public on request, but which sets out a maximum amount of funding that each family can be allocated in any 12 month period.  We wish to make this funding as generous as possible, to account for the range and length of treatment that may be required in order to make significant impact on a child or young person’s mental health and to allow them to engage with activities that are developmentally appropriate and necessary.  Our Priority Criteria has not been needed in this financial year, due to the small number of applications so far received, so that all applications have been met with some funding allocation, with the exception of one which did not meet our eligibility criteria. 

In the second year of the Charity’s inception, it’s first as a registered charity, we were able to enlist further ad-hoc support from volunteers, who assisted with our fundraising and awareness activities. We have continued to work hard to recruit further volunteers, and have sought support from local organisation, Crawley Community Action to help us with this. 




## **Achievements and Performance** 

We have been grateful in this year to have received more than £24000 in donations, either directly through our own fundraising efforts or through the efforts of local organisations. A special mention must be made for Reigate Heath Golf Club who raised more than £12000 for us through various events that they ran throughout the year. Over £1200 was also raised for us by the Church of Latter Day Saints in Crawley at their Christmas concert and this support has put us in a good position to be able to increase our offer throughout the next financial year. 

We have also been running our own fundraising activities, with an Ultra Run in September raising over £200 and our Christmas Quiz raising over £400.  The Christmas Quiz was a hugely popular event and we have taken some learning from feedback on the format with a view to running this again next year.  We have been fortunate to have had the support of St Francis of Assis Primary School Choir on several of our visits to Crawley County Mall and their beautiful voices have helped raise awareness of our charity  - we are so grateful to all of the children and their music teacher, Mr Symsyk. 

We have also been promoting our regular donors scheme, ‘Y:AMHS Champions’ and have been able to recruit 9 regular donors. We hold a quarterly prize draw for our regular donors and are grateful to local businesses such as the Hawth and Kingscote Vineyard, who have provided prizes for this. 

In this financial year, we were able to offer over £7000 in funding for mental health support for young people in our area, and as knowledge of us grows, we look forward to this amount increasing as applications increase. Feedback from young people and their carers tells us that this support really is making a difference. Young people who have received our support have told us they are feeling heard, listened to, understood and that they are having fewer thoughts of self-harm and suicide and feeling more able to manage their anxiety.  Feedback included : “This charity is a life saver to our children…”, “receiving such early support was vital…”, “I am starting to think I will be able to get through it…”, “I feel a bit more hopeful.” 

This year we also continued to run our Parent Support Group, but with numbers starting to dwindle, we looked to a different venue in the town centre in the hope that this might be more accessible. However, this continued to be a struggle, with many weeks seeing no parents at all, so the decision was taken in March to end the weekly drop in sessions and look to provide some regular events for parents around mindfulness and self-care. 

Feedback from parents told us that they felt some sort of support group for young people would be helpful and so during this year, we have been working on a project to run a small group for young people where they will feel comfortable to come along and mix with others. We launched a SurveyMonkey to gain the view of young people in our area on what they thought the group should look like and were encouraged by the large number of replies we received. We then started to plan using this feedback. We were fortunate to be able to 




recruit some volunteers to run the group and were looking to launch it at the YMCA’s YAC centre in the Crawley Town Centre.  However, two of our volunteers subsequently withdrew and concerns were raised around whether we had enough of a framework in place around safeguarding.  We have since spent time reviewing all of our policies and procedures around this group and have been able to put in place a robust framework to protect both our young people and our volunteers. We are currently looking to recruit further volunteers for this project and hope to be able to run a pilot session of this group in the next few months. 

## **Financial Review** 

At the end of the financial year, the charity held £13,650 in cash funds in the current account, with a further £442 in the savings account. £442 of our funds are reserved for the purposes of funding the parent support group over the remainder of the calendar year, in line with the stipulations of the grant offered to us by Sussex Community Foundation. A further £1020 will remain ring-fenced for the purpose of funding our liabilities in relation to our website and mobile phone contracts.  This leaves a total of £12,630 with which we can currently continue to run our services. 

Our fundraising strategy for the coming financial year will include seeking local partners to assist and sponsor us financially.  We are grateful to have been made the Charity of the Year last year at Reigate Heath Golf Club, and were also sponsored by it’seeze Horsham, who offered to sponsor any events we choose to hold. We also have sponsorship of our blog page by local company AIP Exhibitions, for which we are hugely grateful.  The trustees are in agreement to try and build on this model and actively seek out further corporate and organisational support, as well as expanding our regular donor base and continuing to run our fundraising activities where we can. 

## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

The charity is a CIO, governed under our constitution, which is available to the public through our website. 

There are four trustees who have founded the charity and who will remain in position for a varied number of years to ensure consistency of governance. 

New trustees may be appointed thus: 

“Apart from the first charity trustees, every trustee must be appointed for a term of two years by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees. 




In selecting individuals for appointment as charity trustees, the charity trustees must have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO. 

The charity trustees will make available to each new charity trustee, on or before his or her first appointment: 

(a) a copy of the current version of this constitution; and 

(b) a copy of the CIO’s latest Trustees’ Annual Report and statement of accounts.” 

The charity trustees currently undertake the roles of secretary and chair, with the treasurer role being jointly undertaken by the chair.  The trustees continue to seek to fill the position of treasurer separately and have carried out various advertising campaigns locally. This is one of the set objectives for the coming financial year.  Additionally, we were sad to lose one of our trustees, Shamilla Sheridan, due to her moving out of area, but would like to extend our heartfelt thanks for all she has done to help us in establishing the charity, and we wish her and her family well in their new home. 

Trustees will all be required to have a DBS certificate and will be given basic safeguarding and Prevent training each year. Further training may be given where deemed appropriate and relevant.  Our safeguarding policy and procedures include further detail on the training that both trustees and volunteers are offered and are expected to undertake.  The charity continues to review these policies and procedures to ensure they match the activity of the charity’s trustees and volunteers and the needs of their beneficiaries. 

## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Y:AMHS|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|Youth: Action for Mental Health Support|
|Registered charity number|1197713|
|Charity’s principal address|27 Barber Close<br>Maidenbower<br>Crawley<br>West Sussex       RH10 7LU|






## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body)**<br>**entitled to appoint trustee**<br>**(ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Rachael Colbran|Chair|||
||Shereen Jenkins|Secretary|||
||Helena McGill||||
||Shamilla Sheridan||Jan 22- Jan 23||



## **Declarations** 

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

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature(s)** 

**Full name(s)** 

**Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** 

**Date** 



SOMALI INTEGRATION & DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023
CHARITY REGISTERED NUMBER 1167198
LONDON ACCOUNTANCY PRACTICE
SOJOURNER TRUTH CENTRE
161 SUMNER ROAD
LONDON SE 15 6JL

SOMALI INTERGRATION & DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
FIANCIAL STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023
REPORT AND ACCOUNTS
Page
Contents
Administrative Inforniation
Report of the Trustees
Independent Examinerfs Report
Statement of Financial Activitles
Balance sheet
Notes and Financial Activities
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Detailed Income & Expendilure
11

SOMALI INTERGRATION & DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
FIANCIAL STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT
Ibrahim Deria..........................................Chaimian
Amal Ahmed Ali .
..Secretary
Well Farah...........................................Tre8surer
Abdulahl All Shelkh Aden.........................Member
Edil Essa...............................................
..Member
Omar MohamLKI Yusuf...............................Member
Islr Abdisemed....... ...........
..Member
CHARITY NUMBER
1167198
FORMAL ADDRESS
Unit 50
Camberlvell Business Centre
99-103 Lomond Grove
London SE5 7HN
BANKERS
National Westrninster Bank PIC
70 Denmark Hill
LorKlon SE5 8Th.
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER
London Accountancy Practice
Sojoumer Truth Centre
161 Sumner Road
London SE15 6JL

SOMALI INTERGRATION & DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
FIANCIAL STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
The Trustees present their report together with the independently examined accounts of Southwark
Somali Refugee Council ft)r the year ended 31 Mard) 2023.
OBJECTS AND PRINCIPAL ACTNITIES
The object of Southwark Somali Integration and Development Association continues to be the relief
of poverty for members of the public in the London Borough of Southwark and in particular for the
members of the public who are Somalians or of Somalian descent who are in need by reason of
poverty. sickness and distress. by advancing education and by providing and assisting in the
provision of facilities for recreation and leisu￿ time occupation. in the interests of social welfare. and
with the object of improving the conditions of lrfe for those persons for whom the facilities are
provided.
Also, for the relief of poverty of refugees and asylum seekers from Somalia and elsewhere who are
resident or are intending to reside in the London Borough of Southwark, by providing such persons
with free and confidential advice, assistan￿. representation. counselling, translating and interpreting
services in matters such as asylum. immigration, money, debts, welfare benefits, housing, health,
education. training and employment.

SOMALI INTERGRATION & DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
FIANCIAL STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023
MANAGEMENT COMMIThEE REPORT
FINANCIAL REVIEW
The results of the yearfs operation are set out in the attached financial statements. The net
movement in funds for the year amounted to £6,566, and -£24,470 in 2022 resp8Ctively. The relained
reserves al 31 st March 2023 amounted to £38,843 and £32,277 in 2022.
RESERVE POLICY
The Charity Commission requires charities to detemiine and explain their policy for free reseNes.
The trustees have reviewed the Organisation's free reserves policy and have tumed its entire
unreslricted fund into an emergency reserve to enable Somali Integration & Development Association
to meet its obligations in the event of a shortfall in income or sudden uptum in expenditure.
RISK MANAGEMENT
The trustees have examined the major risks which Somali Integration & Development Association
faces and believe that maintsining their free reserves at a reasonable level, combined with thelr
annual review of the controls over key financial systems will provide sufficient resources in the event
of adverse conditions. The Irustees have also examined other operational and business risks which
they face and confirm that they have established systems to mitlgate the signfficant risks.
TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
The organisatlon has no fixed assets
FUNDS AVAILABLE
The present level of funding is adequate to support the wntinuation of the charity operations for the
medium term, and the trustees G)nsider the financial position of the charity to be satisfactory.
VOLUNTEERS
Somali Integration & Devek)pment Association recognises the significant contributions made by the
volunteers.

SOMALI INTERGRATION & DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
FIANCIAL STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023
STATEMENT OF MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE RESPONSIBILITIES
The Management Committetr are required to prepare financbal statemerbts which give a true and fair
view of the state of affairs of the project and of the income and expenditure of the project for that
period. In prepariro these financial statements. the management committee are required to..
select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently.
make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent:
prepare the financial statements on the going concem basis unless it is
Inapproprlate
to presume that the project wlll continue in operalion.
The Managemènt Committee are responsible for keeping proper records whith disclose at any time
the financial position of the project. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the
organisation and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and
other Irr6gularltle6.

SOMALI INTERGRATION & DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
FIANCIAL STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT
TO THE TRUSTEES OF SOMAU INTEGRATION & DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
ONTHE ACCOUNTS.
Respectlve responslbSlltles of trustees and •xamlMr
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees
consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144{21 of the Charities Act 2011 (the
2011 Act> and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to..
examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity
Commission under section 145{5Xb) of the 2011 Act., and
to state whether panicuiar matters have come to my attention.
Bas13 of Indopondent exam5n•r's report
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity
Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a
comparison of the accounts presenled with those records. It also includes consideration of any
unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as Irustees
concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would
be required in an audit and consequently rK) opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a
'true and fair view. and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
Independent examiner's report
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attentlon: which gives me reasonable
cause to believe that in any material respect:
The accounting records were not kept in accx)rdance with the section 130 of the Charities Act;
or
The ac￿Unts did not accord with the accountiT¥J records: or
The accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements conceming the fom and
content of the accounls set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008
other than any requirement that the account give a 'twe and fair, which is not a matter a matter
cx)nsidered as part of the independent examination.
I have no concems and have come across no other matter in connection wilh the examinatlon to
which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of ihis
account to be reached.
Sign.....
Ade Adebambo, MBA,
London Accountancy Practice
161 Sumner Road
London SE15 6JL

SOMALI INTEGRATION & DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION ISIDA)
STATeMeNT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023
UnrHtrl¢led R••trSct•d
Fund
2023
Fund
2022
Total
Incomlng Resources
Voluntary Income
Donation8
Totsl Incomlng Resources
80.230
80,230
2,775
83.005
56,000
235
146,238
83,006
Cost of generatlng funds;
Charitabl• activities
76.439
76,439
80,705
Total Resources Expended
76
76.439
Net Incoming Resources
-24.470
Balance brought for¥vard
18.665
13,612
32.277
95,747
Balances carrled forward

SOMALI INTEGRATION & DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (SIDA)
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 MARCH 2023
2023
2022
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash at Bank and in hand
40,199
33,533
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Credrtors and Accruals
NET ASSETS
1,356
REPRESENTED BY:
Restrictsd
Unrestricted
13,612
25,231
'1.4,fi'12
18665
Approved by the Manag•ment Committee on .
. 2023
and sign•d on pts behalf by .
. Ch￿F￿(son
Treagurer

SOMALI INTERGRATION & DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
FIANCIAL STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
1. AccoupifiNG POLICIES
Basls of Preparatlon of Flnanclal Ststements
The financial statemenls are prepared under the historic cost convenlK)n and include the resuAs of the
charity's operations which are described in the Management Committee's Report and all of which are
continuing.
The accounts have been pr8par8d accordance viith the Statements of Recommended Practice for
charity acKounts.
The charty has taken advantage of the èxemption of Financlal Reporting Stsndard No 1 from
the requirements to woduce a cash flow ststement on the grounds that it qualifies as a small ¢harlty.
Incomlng Resourc•8
1.2.1 Rèvènu8 grants are credited to the Statement of Financial Actlvities on the earfler date of vthen Ihey
are received or when they are receivable. unless they relate to a specific future period, in whlch ca8e
they are Included on thé Balance Sheet as deferred IrKomè to be recogni88d In the future accounting
period.
1.2.2 Grants recelved for Specif￿ purFrf)ses are accounted fot as restricted funds in the Statement of
Fin8ncl81 Activltles.
Restrlct•d Funds
R8Stricted funds are lo be used for spgcific purposes as laKI down by the donor. Expendlture whlch
meets th888 criteria is iden1ff￿ to the fund, together a fair all￿atiOn of management and support
Unrestrlcted Funds
Unrestricted funds are donatlons and other Incomes receNed or generated for the obl￿ts of the
organi8ation without further Srecffied purrKJ8e and are available for general funds.
Deslgnated Funds
Designated funcls are unrestrlci8d funds eamarked by the Management Comrnlttee for particular
purposes.
Tanglbl• Flxed Assèts
All expendrture that related to eqvlpment has been charged to the Stat￿nant of Financial Actlvitie$ ln
the year of acquisition. A register of assets is maintaineo.
CREDITORS AND ACCRUALS
2023
2022
Accountancy fees
Other Creditor
1.200
156
1100
156
1256
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SOMAU INTEGRATION & DEVELOPMENT A&8OCIAIWJM {SIDA)
DETAILED INCOME AND EXPENDITURE
FOR ThE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023
unrestrIc￿ Restrlcled
Fund
Fund
2023
Total
2022
Tolal
Incomlng Resources
Donatlon8, Grants & L•gacl••:
London Borough of Southwa
United st Sawours
Po8t¢odo soci•ty
MG Training
Donation$
Total Incomlng re•ourc
66.788
2.000
20,441
1.000
2.775
0 56 788 56.000
2,000
0 20,441
1,000
2,77S
23S
0 83 005 50 235
Unre•trfcted Rutrlcted
Vund
2023
Total
2022
Total
Outgolng Re•ourc••
Charltable expendltures:
S•lari•s
Famil1•• Proi•ct
HMRC
P•nsion Contribution
Volunl••rs Expenses
S••¥ionil work•rnl training
Aclivitw• •nd Proj•¢t• Co•t•l c￿1￿ 19
Donotyon•
Advic• Proj•ct
M•mb•T•hiplSubKrip*'on•
Fir• S•f•ty IR•n•w•l
Wofk•hop
Sub¢onlr•¢lor Co•t•
Hall hir•
MS T••m•
R•ntl Rat••
Printiwvlstst￿D•ry & Po•t•g•
Offic• Equipm•nt I IT Equipw•rt
Tr•v•l Exp•n•••
FcodlR•lr••hm•nt•
T•l•phon•
Th•r•p•utic tr•otm•rrt
Pub1icrtylW•￿rt•
Office co•t8
Cl••ning •xp•ndituf••
TruJt•o •xp•ndrtur••
Sputhw•rk workshop
M••ting •xp•ndilur••
Softwar•
P•yroll SO￿￿•*
Photocopi•r
Cvnsultsncy
PPEI Cl•aning
In•urance
Accourrtan¢y Foe
Committ•• M••ting
Sundry Ex￿￿￿4
Total Re•ources expended
30.811
0 30,811
26,556
3.711
3.841
770
3.319
3.319
100
636
100
635
11,063
1189
1.464
258
1.189
1,454
1.293
122
100
100
1,438
1.108
341
20.314
2,008
120
341
0 20.314
2,008
120
0 3.886
18,184
931
4.282
383
520
3.867
520
3,887
1,911
388
975
108
76
106
258
350
2.731
300
2.400
31)0
0 2.400
1.031
1,031
1.200
948
1,100
70
0 70.439 80 705