2022-03-31-accounts

ame	s ofthe charity truste	s ofthe charity truste	es who manage	the charity
	Trustee name		Office (ifany)	Dates acted if not for whole ear	Name ofperson (or body) entitled to a oint trustee ifan
	Audrey Thomas-			11/09/2017 to
	Constantinou			01/04/2024
	Kerry-Ann	Grange		11/09/2017 to
				01/04/2024
	Keith Ferris
				02/03/2018 to
				01/04/2024
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	Names of	the trustees	for the charity,	ifany, (for example, any custodian trustees)
	Name			Dates acted if not for whole		ear

	Names and addresses of	advisers (Optional information)
T	eofadviser Name	Address
Name ofchief executive or names		ofsenior staff members (Optional information)
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	Description ofthe charity's trusts
	Type of governing document
		Constitution
	How the charity is constituted	Charitable Incorporated Organisation
	Trustee selection methods	Appointed by the existing trustees
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:		The Charity*s focus is for the promotion ofsocial indusion and about people who have social exclusion issues, mainly the working class nationals from the West Indies working in the United Kingdom.
	policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training oftrustees;	The charity desire to build awareness of its vision and to work with organisations providing support for West Indian nationals working United Kingdom.		other in the
~	the charity's organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity	The charity plans to create links between the West Indian the government services within the United Kingdom.	community		and
~	works; relationship with any related parties;	The charity has a long term goal toassist with the smooth transition of West Indians nationals entering the United Kingdom to seek employment by providing useful information and guidance.
~	trustees' consideration of
	major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
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			To provide a local support network group for West Indians working in	To provide a local support network group for West Indians working in
			England.
Summary ofthe objects ofthe			To provide support and signposting for West Indians working in England, to maintain health and wellbeing during emotional dNiculties.
charity set	out in its
governing document
			The charity completed letter on the 21/02/2018 to request referrals from
			social care for any individuals who may need our support in Oxford,
			Oxfordshire and Derbyshire areas.
			Charity flyers being designed for distribution in local areas, such as
			libraries, supermarkets and contact with friends were agreed in	meeting
			on the 05/02/2017.
			Social media utilised by active posting on facebook and twitter	about the
			charity focus and vision.
			Charity website created on the 09/09/2017, so that any persons	can have
			access to our constitution and contact details via the internet.
			Free tickets purchased for Caribbean party night on the 23/11/201 8 with
			future plans to host annual entertainment events for Caribbean	nationals.
			Trustees have agreed to support a local food bank in March, 2019.
Summary ofthe main			Monetary donations given to Salvation Army in Ripley towards stocks for their food bank.	extra
activities undertaken		for the
public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory			Market stall to be booked for the Wallingford Carnival in June, 2019with 100%of the sales to be given to support the work ofthe charity.
declaration	that trustees have		For 2020, the charity will be aiming to support retired Caribbean	nationals
had regard	to the guidance		within community settings, such as homes, recreational centres	and
issued by the Charity			social activities.
Commission	on public
benefit)			The trustees will continue to have quarterly meetings to discuss	more
			effective fundraising events and plans for growing the charity
			membership.
			The charity trustees to continually aim to recruit new members	to help
			support other Caribbean nationals in the UK through social media post
			and direct contact with trustees.
			The charity website was updated in 2022 with agreement by all	trustees
			to facilitate online chats, public donations, direct messages and
			comments from the public. The website is more user friendly with easy
			access to online pages, which is now supported by a specialist	team to
			improve the charity status via online search engines.
			Progress 2023-the charity trustees are encouraged to support their local
			areas due to high inflation and rising cost by direct donations to food
			banks and strangers in need.

Additional	Additional	details	details	ofobjectives	ofobjectives	and activities (Optional information)
						Trinidad and Tobago Association provided some time in their meeting
						agenda on the 09/04/2017 for our charity presentation.
						The Trinidad and Tobago high commissioner made time to have a
						telephone conversation about the charity on the 27/09/2017 and he gave
						his support.
						The Guyanese high commissioner was met in person on the 26/03/2018
You may		choose		to include		to discuss our charity vision and his support was given.
further statements, relevant, about:				where		One of our trustees made a monetary gift aid donation on the 11/09/2017
						to help the charity vision.
~	policy	on grantmaking;
~	policy programme investment;				related	The charity is scheduled to have a presentation meeting with all ofthe Caricom head ofstates in London, still waiting for the booked date.
~	contribution		made		by	The charity has been registered to accept Gift Aid donations from the
	volunteers.					public via HMRC-March 2019.
						All monies received from beauty products sold at the Wallingford Carnival
						in June 2019,were deposited into charity account.
						Virtual charity telephone line was cancelled to save money in 2022.The
						chat option is available on the website, therefore no need for a direct
						phone line.

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Summary ofthe main achievements ofthe charity during the year		Acar boot sale was held on the 19/11/2017 to sell second hand items from the trustees to raise money for the charity, minimal revenue gained but everyone worked very hard to make it happen.
		There is an online car boot sale via shpock and gumtree with a part of
		sales proceeds going towards the charity which are ongoing.
		First quarterly meeting held on the 30/09/2017 with discussions on
		fundraising events, financial report, charity flyers, charity website and
		adverts in local newspaper.
		Second quarterly meeting held on the 21/02/2018 with discussions on
		online sale of items, financial report, updating of charity website, letter to
		social care, advert in local newspaper, flyer distribution and new trustees.
		Third quarterly meeting held on the 14/04/2018 with discussions on
		online sale of items, financial report, updating of charity website, letter to
		Caribbean high commissioners dated 29/04/201 8, flyer distribution,
		counselling course and new trustees.
		Fourth quarterly meeting postponed on the 14/07/2018 and rescheduled
		for the 11/08/2018. Further discussions on online sale of items, financial
		report, and fundraising raffle event for 8 different hampers put on website
		for Christmas period at the cost off1 per ticket.
		To follow up the Guyanese high commissioner about Caricom head of
		state meeting in the 2019.
		Charity's two free tickets for Caribbean night on the 23/11/2018 were
		taken by visitors on facebook who attended the Bromley Court Hotel
		event.
		Due to the pandemic, AmazonSmile was joined on the 11~ September,
		2020 to facilitate donations of5%towards the charity when clients and
		friends visit the amazon website.
		UK Caribbean worker podcast commenced on the 26'" July, 2020 to
		create awareness and inspire Caribbean nationals when they visit the
		charity website.
		Social media posts via facebook to share favourite Caribbean songs on the 29'" November, 2020 with ¹caribbeanpeople, ¹UKcaribbeanworker,
		¹edithfamilyfoundation to build continued awareness due to lockdown
		measures.
		Improved charity website- user friendly, stories and activities can be
		updated, more secure (managed by website builder} to protect personal
		data.
		Charity received a cash donation towards food bank via social media
		(facebook).
		Trustees to continue to support charity and be part of its ongoing work to
		the UK public.

Section Achievements and performance TAR March 2012

Brief statement ofthe	There is no reserve policy, but our aim is to maintain sufficient funds to meet the needs of our charity vision, at least 400to 500pounds.	There is no reserve policy, but our aim is to maintain sufficient funds to meet the needs of our charity vision, at least 400to 500pounds.	There is no reserve policy, but our aim is to maintain sufficient funds to meet the needs of our charity vision, at least 400to 500pounds.
charity's policy on reserves
Details of any funds materially	None
in deficit
Further financial review details	(Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where	Our main source offunds are through donations and fundraising activities.
relevant about:	Our aim isto provide monetary support when needed through		donations
~ the charity's principal	and fundraising activities.
sources offunds (including any fundraising); ~ how expenditure has	As a new charity, our expenditures have been covered by trustees making donations through their savings and their personal finances.
supported the key objectives ofthe charity;	Our financial aim is to limit the running cost of the charity, so that the monetary funds will directly support the needs of the public
~ investment policy and
objectives including any
ethical investment policy
adopted.
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							Receipts			and	payments		accounts			CC16a
							Forthe period
							from			01/04/2021				01/04/2022
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							Unrestricted funds		Restricted funds			Endowment funds		Total funds		Last year
							to the nearest K		to	the nearest 0		tothe nearest 8		to the nearest	8	to the nearest	8
A1 Receipts
Balance brought	forward								25							314
Fundraising																	40
Private Donations
Online sale
ArnaooSrniie
Gift Aid
Sub total	(Gross income for AR)								185
A2 Asset and		investment		sales,
(see table).
			Sub		total
		Total receipts
A3 Payments
Printing
Stationery
Charity website																	84
cash box
Telephone line											25				25		30
Social Media
Foodbank
Postage
Microsoft Ofhce									80								80
			Sub total								125					184
A4 Asset and	investment
purchases, (see table)
			Sub total
		Total	payments					100
Net ofreceipts/(payments)
AS Transfers	between		funds
A6 Cash funds		last year end
Cash funds this year					end