2022-12-31-accounts

Registered Charity Number 1170603

IMPACTING COMMUNITIES

(A Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

Report and Accounts 31 December 2022

FP Associates Limited Chartered Certified Accountants 36A Goodmayes Road Ilford, Essex IG3 9UR

IMPACTING COMMUNITIES Report and Accounts

Contents

	Page
Charity information	3
Trustees’ report	4
Independent examiner’s report	7
Statement of financial activities	8
Statement of Assets and Liabilities	9
Notes to the accounts	10

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IMPACTING COMMUNITIES Charity information

Trustees

Mrs Valrie Gittens Mr Andrew Joseph Ms Ruth Pearson

Charitable position: Registered Charity number 1170603

Governing Document:

Foundation Model Governing Document

Address for correspondence: Office 1778 321-323 High Road Chadwell Heath Romford Essex RM6 4AH

Independent Examiner

Fumi Popoola FP Associates Limited 36A Goodmayes Road Ilford Essex IG3 9UR

Bankers HSBC Plc 126 High Road Ilford Essex IG1 1DA

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IMPACTING COMMUNITIES The report of the Trustees

The trustees’ present their report and accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022.

Structure, Governance and Management

Impacting Communities was established as a CIO in June 2016. Its governing document is Constitution of a Charitable Incorporated Organization whose only voting members are its charity trustees. We are required to have at least three trustees. The trustees will meet at least four times in the year. Apart from the first charity trustees, every trustee is appointed by a resolution passed at a meeting of the charity trustees.

Nature of organisation

In pursuance of Christian principles, the main object of the charity is to relieve persons who are in need by reasons of ill health, unemployment, age, disability, poverty, financial hardship, race, ethnic origin, family breakdown, poor education and any other economic or social disadvantage.

The charity will work in co-operation with churches, Christian charities, groups and other organizations to further its objects.

Appointment of Trustees

The initial Trustees were appointed in agreement with our core values, beliefs and following the wider culture sector’s approach to best practice on due care and diligence. This was aligned to the professional operational rigor of the culture sector in order to meet the legal and financial requirements of the constitution of the company.

The procedure for appointment of Trustees in the future is by majority vote from the current Trustees.

The members of the Board of Trustees’ of the Charity during the year ended 31 December 2022 were: -

Mrs Valrie Gittens Mr Andrew Joseph Ms Ruth Pearson

The Trustees as at the date the accounts were approved were: -

Mrs Valrie Gittens Mr Andrew Joseph Ms Ruth Pearson

Income

All Trustees give their time voluntarily and receive no benefits from the charity. Impacting Communities relies on Grants and donations.

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Risk Management

The Trustees have reviewed the risks to which a small charity operating along these lines is exposed. Appropriate procedures are in place to identify, monitor and review these risks on a regular basis.

Organisational Structure

The Trustees are legally responsible for the CIO. The Trustees meet at least four times annually.

Responsibilities of the Trustees

Charity Law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each accounting year which give a true and fair view of the state of the charity and of its income and expenditure for the year.

We are required to:

1. Select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently

2. Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent

3. State whether the applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the accounts

4. Prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business.

We are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable us to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011. We also have a responsibility to safeguard the assets of the charity and to take reasonable steps to prevent fraud or any other irregularities.

Our Aims and Objectives

Impacting Communities is committed to helping to relieve persons who are in need by reason of ill health, unemployment, age, disability, poverty, financial hardship, race, ethnic origin, family breakdown, poor education and any other economic or social disadvantage.

The key aims of the charity are as follows:-

To encourage, support and facilitate the development of sustainable projects in the community To work with other organizations within the voluntary and statutory sector to identify those people who are in need and would benefit from what the charity has to offer.

Activities this last year

We worked with the local safer neighbourhood team and attended theire meetings and met with members of the community.

Our work with a local children’s centre providing food and clothing for local families was curtailed due to the pandemic

We also attended training to learn about running projects providing meals during the school holidays for children on free school meals.

We explored ways of shifting some of our activities from face to face to meeting on zoom. We ran Parent Support groups. We also run a foodbank in partnership with a local church

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Public Benefit requirement

In planning the activities, the Trustees have applied the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.

Plans for Future periods

We plan to develop a strategic plan for the organization. To provide sound planning as to our strategic direction

To work closely with churches, other voluntary and statutory organizations in order to pursue the charity’s objectives.

We plan to recruit volunteer helpers in assisting with communications and social media.

Independent Examiner

Fumi Popoola of FP Associates Limited was appointed as the charity’s independent examiner for the financial year.

This report was approved by the board of trustees on 31 October 2023 and is signed on their behalf by:

Mrs Valrie Gittens

Date: 31 October 2023

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IMPACTING COMMUNITIES Independent Examiner’s Report

Report of the Independent Examiner to the Trustees’ on the accounts of the Charity for the year ended 31 December 2022

I report on the accounts of the CIO for the year ended 31 December 2022, which are set out on pages 11 to 12.

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner

The Charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The trustees consider that the audit requirement of section 144(2)) of the Charities Act 2011 (the Act) does not apply, and that there is no requirement in the governing document or constitution of the Charity for the conducting of an audit. As a consequence, the trustees have elected that the financial statements be subject to independent examination.

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(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and

• To state whether particular matters have come to my attention.

Basis of Independent Examiner’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 presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items of disclosure in the accounts and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no 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 statement

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:

1. Which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:

2. to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and

3. to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act

have not been met; or

1. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Fumi Popoola B.Sc(Econ) FCCA CTA FP Associates Limited 36A Goodmayes Road Ilford Essex IG3 9UR

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IMPACTING COMMUNITIES Receipts and Payments Account for the year ended 31 December 2022

	Unrestricted	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total
		Funds	Funds	Funds
	Notes	£	£	£
Receipts
Receipts from generated funds		-	-	-
Grants		9,820	-	9,820
Other income	2	282	-	282
		-----------	----------	---------
Total incoming resources		10,102	-	10,102
Costs of raising and generating funds		-	-	-
Net incoming resources available		----------	----------	----------
for charitable applications		10,102	-	10,102
		----------	----------	----------
Payments
Charitable activities	3	242	-	242
Support costs of activities		-	-	-
Governance costs	4	360	-	360
		----------	---------	---------
Total resources expended		602	-	602
		----------	---------	---------
Net incoming/(outgoing) resources
before revaluations and		9,500	-	9,500
Transfer between funds	-	-	-
		---------	---------	---------
Net movement in funds		9,500	-	9,500
Total funds brought forward		243	-	243
		----------	---------	----------
Total funds carried forward		9,743	-	9,743
		----------	---------	----------

The notes on page 10 form part of these accounts

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IMPACTING COMMUNITIES Statement of Assets and Liabilities for the year ended 31 December 2022

£ Fixed assets The value of assets owned are: - Equipment Bank & Cash Balances Investments - Cash at bank and in hand 9,743 Other Assets and Liabilities Assets - Liabilities Due for Independent Examinations 360 Expenses to be reimbursed -

The accounts were approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf on31 October 2023

Mrs Valrie Gittens

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IMPACTING COMMUNITIES

Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022

1. Accounting Policies

The accounts have been prepared on a receipts and payments basis with a statement of assets and liabilities.

2. Voluntary receipts

Donations Grants 3. Charitable activities Public liability insurance 4. Governance Costs Independent Examination	Unrestricted Funds 282 9,820 10,102 180 180 360 360	Restricted Funds - - - - - - -	Total Funds 282 9,820 10,102 180 180 360 360

5. Staff and Trustees

The charity does not have any employed staff. Its activities are generally carried out by volunteers. They also engage the services of a Consultant for certain projects.

No remuneration or trustee expenses were paid to any trustees during the year, not to any person connected to them.

6. Funds

There were no restricted funds in the year ended 31 December 2022.

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