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|ame|s ofthe charity truste|s ofthe charity truste|es who manage|the charity||||
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||Trustee name||Office (ifany)|Dates acted if not for whole<br>ear|Name ofperson (or body) entitled<br>to a<br>oint trustee<br>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<br>of|advisers<br>(Optional<br>information)||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|T|eofadviser<br>Name|Address||||
|Name ofchief executive or names||ofsenior staff members<br>(Optional<br>information)||||
||~<br>s|4<br>~ 0<br>0<br>r<br>r<br>~<br>r<br>e ~||||
||Description ofthe charity's trusts|||||
||Type of governing<br>document|||||
|||Constitution||||
||How the charity is constituted|Charitable<br>Incorporated<br>Organisation||||
||Trustee selection methods|Appointed<br>by the existing trustees||||
|Additional<br>governance<br>issues (Optional<br>information)||||||
|You may choose to include<br>additional<br>information,<br>where<br>relevant, about:||The Charity*s focus is for the promotion<br>ofsocial indusion<br>and about<br>people who have social exclusion issues, mainly the working class<br>nationals<br>from the West Indies working<br>in the United Kingdom.||||
||policies and procedures<br>adopted<br>for the induction<br>and<br>training oftrustees;|The charity desire to build awareness<br>of its vision and to work with <br>organisations<br>providing<br>support for West Indian nationals<br>working<br>United Kingdom.||other<br>in the||
|~|the charity's<br>organisational<br>structure<br>and any wider<br>network<br>with which the charity|The charity plans to create links between the West Indian <br>the government<br>services within the United Kingdom.|community||and|
|~|works;<br>relationship<br>with any related<br>parties;|The charity has a long term goal toassist with the smooth transition<br>of<br>West Indians nationals<br>entering the United Kingdom<br>to seek employment<br>by providing<br>useful information<br>and guidance.||||
|~|trustees'<br>consideration<br>of|||||
||major risks and the system<br>and procedures<br>to manage<br>them.|||||
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||||To provide a local support<br>network<br>group for West Indians working<br>in|To provide a local support<br>network<br>group for West Indians working<br>in|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||England.||
|Summary ofthe objects ofthe|||To provide support and signposting<br>for West Indians working<br>in England,<br>to maintain<br>health and wellbeing<br>during<br>emotional<br>dNiculties.||
|charity set|out in its||||
|governing<br>document|||||
||||The charity completed<br>letter on the 21/02/2018 to request<br>referrals<br>from||
||||social care for any individuals<br>who may need our support<br>in Oxford,||
||||Oxfordshire<br>and Derbyshire<br>areas.||
||||Charity flyers being designed<br>for distribution<br>in local areas, such as||
||||libraries, supermarkets<br>and contact with friends were agreed<br>in|meeting|
||||on the 05/02/2017.||
||||Social media utilised<br>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<br>and contact details via the internet.||
||||Free tickets purchased<br>for Caribbean<br>party night on the 23/11/201 8 with||
||||future plans to host annual<br>entertainment<br>events for Caribbean|nationals.|
||||Trustees have agreed to support a local food bank in March, 2019.||
|Summary ofthe main|||Monetary<br>donations<br>given to Salvation<br>Army<br>in Ripley towards <br>stocks for their food bank.|extra|
|activities undertaken||for the|||
|public benefit in relation to<br>these objects (include within<br>this section the statutory|||Market stall to be booked for the Wallingford<br>Carnival<br>in June, 2019with<br>100%of the sales to be given to support the work ofthe charity.||
|declaration|that trustees have||For 2020, the charity<br>will be aiming to support<br>retired Caribbean|nationals|
|had regard|to the guidance||within<br>community<br>settings, such as homes, recreational<br>centres|and|
|issued by the Charity|||social activities.||
|Commission|on public||||
|benefit)|||The trustees<br>will continue to have quarterly<br>meetings to discuss|more|
||||effective fundraising<br>events and plans for growing the charity||
||||membership.||
||||The charity trustees to continually<br>aim to recruit new members|to help|
||||support other Caribbean<br>nationals<br>in the UK through<br>social media post||
||||and direct contact with trustees.||
||||The charity website was updated<br>in 2022 with agreement<br>by all|trustees|
||||to facilitate online chats, public donations,<br>direct messages and||
||||comments<br>from the public. The website is more user friendly<br>with easy||
||||access to online pages, which is now supported<br>by a specialist|team to|
||||improve the charity status via online search engines.||
||||Progress 2023-the charity trustees are encouraged<br>to support their local||
||||areas due to high inflation and rising cost by direct donations<br>to food||
||||banks and strangers<br>in need.||





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








|||a<br>a<br>a<br>~<br>~ a<br>~|
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|Summary ofthe main<br>achievements<br>ofthe charity<br>during the year||Acar boot sale was held on the 19/11/2017 to sell second hand items<br>from the trustees to raise money for the charity,<br>minimal<br>revenue<br>gained<br>but everyone<br>worked very hard to make<br>it happen.|
|||There is an online car boot sale via shpock and gumtree<br>with a part of|
|||sales proceeds going towards the charity which are ongoing.|
|||First quarterly<br>meeting<br>held on the 30/09/2017 with discussions<br>on|
|||fundraising<br>events, financial<br>report, charity flyers, charity website and|
|||adverts<br>in local newspaper.|
|||Second quarterly<br>meeting<br>held on the 21/02/2018 with discussions<br>on|
|||online sale of items, financial report, updating<br>of charity website, letter to|
|||social care, advert<br>in local newspaper,<br>flyer distribution<br>and new trustees.|
|||Third quarterly<br>meeting<br>held on the 14/04/2018 with discussions<br>on|
|||online sale of items, financial<br>report, updating<br>of charity website, letter to|
|||Caribbean<br>high commissioners<br>dated 29/04/201 8, flyer distribution,|
|||counselling<br>course and new trustees.|
|||Fourth quarterly<br>meeting<br>postponed<br>on the 14/07/2018 and rescheduled|
|||for the 11/08/2018. Further discussions<br>on online sale of items, financial|
|||report, and fundraising<br>raffle event for 8 different hampers<br>put on website|
|||for Christmas<br>period at the cost off1 per ticket.|
|||To follow up the Guyanese<br>high commissioner<br>about Caricom head of|
|||state meeting<br>in the 2019.|
|||Charity's<br>two free tickets for Caribbean<br>night on the 23/11/2018 were|
|||taken by visitors on facebook who attended<br>the Bromley Court Hotel|
|||event.|
|||Due to the pandemic,<br>AmazonSmile<br>was joined on the 11~ September,|
|||2020 to facilitate donations<br>of5%towards the charity when clients and|
|||friends visit the amazon website.|
|||UK Caribbean<br>worker podcast commenced<br>on the 26'" July, 2020 to|
|||create awareness<br>and inspire Caribbean<br>nationals<br>when they visit the|
|||charity website.|
|||Social media posts via facebook to share favourite Caribbean<br>songs on<br>the 29'" November,<br>2020 with ¹caribbeanpeople,<br>¹UKcaribbeanworker,|
|||¹edithfamilyfoundation<br>to build continued<br>awareness<br>due to lockdown|
|||measures.|
|||Improved<br>charity website- user friendly, stories and activities can be|
|||updated,<br>more secure (managed<br>by website builder} to protect personal|
|||data.|
|||Charity received a cash donation<br>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<br>ofthe|There is no reserve policy, but our aim is to maintain<br>sufficient funds to<br>meet the needs of our charity vision, at least 400to 500pounds.|There is no reserve policy, but our aim is to maintain<br>sufficient funds to<br>meet the needs of our charity vision, at least 400to 500pounds.|There is no reserve policy, but our aim is to maintain<br>sufficient funds to<br>meet the needs of our charity vision, at least 400to 500pounds.|
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|charity's<br>policy on reserves||||
|Details of any funds materially|None|||
|in deficit||||
|Further financial<br>review details|(Optional<br>information)|||
|You may choose to include<br>additional<br>information,<br>where|Our main source offunds are through<br>donations<br>and fundraising<br>activities.|||
|relevant about:|Our aim isto provide monetary<br>support when needed<br>through||donations|
|~<br>the charity's<br>principal|and fundraising<br>activities.|||
|sources offunds<br>(including<br>any fundraising);<br>~<br>how expenditure<br>has|As a new charity, our expenditures<br>have been covered by trustees<br>making donations<br>through<br>their savings and their personal finances.|||
|supported<br>the key objectives<br>ofthe charity;|Our financial<br>aim is to limit the running cost of the charity, so that the<br>monetary<br>funds<br>will directly support the needs of the public|||
|~<br>investment<br>policy and||||
|objectives including<br>any||||
|ethical investment<br>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<br>funds||Restricted<br>funds|||Endowment<br>funds||Total funds||Last year||
||||||||to the nearest<br>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<br>AR)||||||||185|||||||||
|A2 Asset and||investment||sales,||||||||||||||
|(see table).||||||||||||||||||
||||Sub||total|||||||||||||
|||Total receipts||||||||||||||||
|A3 Payments||||||||||||||||||
|Printing||||||||||||||||||
|Stationery||||||||||||||||||
|Charity website|||||||||||||||||84|
|cash box||||||||||||||||||
|Telephone<br>line|||||||||||25||||25||30|
|Social Media||||||||||||||||||
|Foodbank||||||||||||||||||
|Postage||||||||||||||||||
|Microsoft Ofhce|||||||||80||||||||80|
||||Sub total||||||||125|||||184||
|A4 Asset and|investment|||||||||||||||||
|purchases,<br>(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|||||||||||||






