2022-06-05-accounts - Afrocats

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Charity Number: 1173334

Afrocats

Report and financial statements For the year ended 5[th] June 2022

Afrocats

Reference and administrative information

for the year ended 5[th] June 2022

Charity number 1173334 Registered office and operational address 83 Ducie Street, Manchester, M1 2JQ

Trustees Trustees who served during the year and up to the date of this report were as follows:

Reina Euphemia Jukon Yaidoo Chair Linzi Jane Stirrup Secretary Ruth Alison Bellhouse Trustee

(Ruth left in July 2022 due to medical reasons and was replaced by Pauline. We are looking for two trustees with a financial and law background.)

Key management Magdalen Bartlett

Chief Executive Officer

personnel

Bankers Lloyds

42-46 Market St, Manchester M1 1PW

Independent Examiner Catherine Hall FCCA DChA

Slade & Cooper Limited

Beehive Mill, Jersey St,

Manchester, M4 6JG

Afrocats Trustees’ annual report

for the year ended 5[th] June 2022

The trustees present their report and the unaudited financial statements for the year ended 5[th] June 2022.

Reference and administrative information set out on page 1 forms part of this report. The financial statements comply with current statutory requirements, the charity's trust deed and the Statement of Recommended Practice - Accounting and Reporting by Charities: SORP applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with FRS 102.

Objectives and activities

The promotion of social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society.

For the purpose of this clause, 'socially excluded' means being excluded from society or parts of society, as a result of one or more of the following factors: unemployment; financial hardship; youth; ill-health (physical or mental); discrimination on the grounds of race, ethnic origin, religion, belief, creed; poor educational and skills attainment.

Our programmes

Natives of the World

Natives of the World is our programme of work for adults from marginalised backgrounds. Through our activities, everyone can feel included and part of society. Our aim is for the adults we work with to access volunteering and creative activities to improve their well-being and employability skills.

The adult refugees and asylum seekers we work with often experience complex health and social care needs. We have seen an increase in offering support for newly granted stay, low-wage or unemployed adults who suffer from low self-esteem and confidence, and those that have poor mental health.

Youth of the World

Youth of the World is our programme of work for young people so they can broaden their horizons. We work with children and young people aged 8 to 18 who do not have access to activities and education support. Without this, young people have low aspirations and limited future employment opportunities.

Children and young people We work with economically disadvantaged children and young people from different backgrounds, including young refugees and asylum seekers. Home-schoolers Children from low-wage households: Many children and young people care for their parents or other family members.

The trustees review the aims, objectives and activities of the charity each year. This report looks at what the charity has achieved and the outcomes of its work in the reporting period. The trustees report the success of each key activity and the benefits the charity has brought to those groups of people that it is set up to help. The review also helps the trustees ensure the charity's aims, objectives and activities remained focused on its stated purposes.

The trustees have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the charity's aims and objectives and in planning its future activities. In particular, the trustees consider how planned activities will contribute to the aims and objectives that have been set.

Afrocats Trustees’ annual report

for the year ended 5[th] June 2022

Achievements and performance

The charity's main activities and who it tries to help are described below. All its charitable activities focus on work with refugees, asylum seekers and young people from diverse backgrounds. Creative and cultural activities, health and wellbeing workshops and community and food initiatives were undertaken to further Afrocats' charitable purposes for the public benefit. We were able to engage with;

96 adults (90% of which were women)
127 children and young people
65 volunteers

Provided the following;

1 Christmas food drop that benefitted 17 people
17 face-to-face wellbeing sessions
5 mindfulness sessions
52 movement, fitness and dance sessions
10 outdoor community experiences
5 poetry sessions
48 face-to-face creative sessions
3 performances
1 film
2 cultural visits
Volunteering opportunities for 31 adults and 16 young people we support

Financial review

We have secured over £79k funds from Reaching Communities to build Afrocats as an organisational structure and hire freelance and staff to build on Afrocats' reach.

Afrocats has developed a strong profile and is finding a place in the cultural, creative and well-being sector to work in partnership to establish a commission stream to contribute funds and build a reserve pot.

We are working on a fundraising plan to maximise our income from January 2023. Should I mission this here?

We are confident that we will attract more significant, long-term grants for our organisation to grow financially and to deliver our much-needed work to service users.

Reserves policy

Our reserve policy stipulates that we aim to have enough unrestricted cash to cover operating expenses for three to six months' expenses. However, we are a new small charity, and we run on a grant by grant basis at the moment.

Afrocats Trustees’ annual report

for the year ended 5[th] June 2022

Structure, governance and management

Afrocats Structure

Two trustees places are missing

Management

Board of Trustees

A board of three trustees governs Afrocats who are passionate about the issues that affect pockets of Britain whose lives are disadvantage.

The charity was founded by Magdalen Bartlett and managed by the trustees, and the majority vote makes decisions. The trustees specify who can become a director, call the Board's meetings, and how the Board elects the charity officers. The trustees are volunteers and don't share in any operating surplus.

Afrocats has a team of volunteers and creative freelancers; Afrocats organises team meet-ups consisting of a board member, one or more staff and groups of volunteers. Afrocats orient teams toward specific tasks or projects to form a network that allows people to efficiently move into and out of the organisation.

Afrocats elect trustees to be board members through advertisement and invitation. Each individual has to go through an interview and then be selected by most attending Board members and the CEO.

Staff

Afrocats has not got paid staff yet, but CEO Magdalen Bartlett provides freelance project Management and coordination voluntarily or through intermittent funding support. Afrocats works with a team of volunteers and a freelance creative team.

Magdalen Bartlett manages the staff and volunteers. Volunteers take on various roles and responsibilities such as fundraising, administration, managing sessions, supporting artists and drivers. Once core funding is received the Board of trustees will hire part-time staff.

Afrocats Trustees’ annual report

for the year ended 5[th] June 2022

Operations

Afrocats CEO oversees the day to day operations with project management, managing volunteers, finance and budgets, and reporting to funders and the trustees.

Magdalen Bartlett does this with support from volunteers and freelance project assistants.

Ali Gunn provides Marketing support on a voluntary and freelance paid basis.

Magdalen Bartlett reports to trustees at monthly meetings with the Chair to ensure the smooth running of the charity's aims and finances according to our constitution and newly completed business plan.

Any surplus Afrocats has is reinvested into our charity.

The organisation is a charitable incorporated organisation, registered as a charity on 08/06/2017 in England and Wales.

The charity is constituted under a trust deed date. The trustees are members of the charity but this entitles them only to voting rights. The trustees have no beneficial interest in the charity.

All trustees give their time voluntarily and receive no benefits from the charity. Any expenses reclaimed from the charity are set out in note 6 to the accounts

Approved by the Board of Trustees and signed on its behalf by:

9/1/2023 Type text here ..................................... Reina Euphemia Jukon Yaidoo (Chair).............................. Date

Afrocats Trustees’ annual report

for the year ended 5[th] June 2022

Statement of responsibilities of the trustees

Law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the charity's financial activities during the period and of its financial position at the end of the period. In preparing financial statements giving a true and fair view, the trustees should follow best practice and:

Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently
Observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP
Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent
State whether applicable UK Accounting Standards and statements of recommended practice have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements
Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operation

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charity's website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

Independent examiner’s report

to the trustees of

Afrocats

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the charity for the year ended 5th June 2022 which are set out on pages 8 to 13.

Responsibilities and basis of report

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 charity's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 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 matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
the accounts do not accord with those records

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.

Catherine Hall FCCA DChA

Slade & Cooper Limited, Chartered Certified Accountants Beehive Mill, Jersey Street Manchester, M4 6JG

Date

Afrocats

Receipts and Payments Account

for the year ended 5 June 2022

Unrestricted funds Note £ Receipts Donations 1,691 Grants 3 3,939 Commission 12,675 Total receipts 18,305 Payments Project Management - Website, Marketing and Publicity 509 367 Freelance Artists 450 ACCESS Costs 1,548 Overheads 342 Research costs - 30 Venue Hire 90 Food Parcels 108 Freelance Fees 9,737 - 169 Translator costs - Refreshments 17 Awards for all - Gift Vouchers - Telephone and Internet - Subscriptions - Volunteer costs 206 Trainees - Training - Administration - Project Slip 200 Other 1,255 Total payments 15,028 3,277 Transfer between funds - Surplus/(deficit) 3,277 Postage, Print and Stationery Travel Information Technology Equipment and Materials Net receipts/(payments)	Restricted funds £ - 34,213 - 34,213 9,438 2,929 913 16,005 1,468 40 - 413 1,375 750 6,243 133 2,498 180 1,554 - - 2,389 - 685 - - 720 - 610 48,343 (14,130) - (14,130)	Total funds Total funds 2022 2021 £ £ 1,691 888 38,152 51,414 12,675 -
		52,518 *52,302*
		9,438 9,500 3,438 2,061 1,280 4,681 16,455 3,910 3,016 - 382 - - 300 443 637 1,465 441 858 3,876 15,980 - 133 43 2,667 600 180 174 1,571 300 - 1,671 - 75 2,389 1,913 - - 891 330 - - - 63 720 1,000 200 1,865 905 63,371 32,480
		(10,853) *19,822* - -
		(10,853) *19,822*

Afrocats

Statement of assets and liabilities as at 5 June 2022

Unrestricted Restricted funds funds Note £ £ 15 37,303 3,277 (14,130) 3,292 23,173 Reina Euphemia Jukon Yaidoo (Chair) Approved by the Trustees on //2022 and signed on their behalf by: Cash funds Bank and cash balances at start of year Surplus / (deficit) shown on receipts and payments account Bank and cash balances at end of year 28 12	Total funds Total funds 2022 2021 £ £ 37,318 17,496 (10,853) 19,822
	26,465 37,318

Afrocats

Notes to the accounts for the year ended 5 June 2022

1 Basis of accounting

These accounts have been prepared on the Receipts & Payments basis.

2 Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds are available to spend on activities that further any of the purposes of charity.

Restricted funds are donations which the donor has specified are to be solely used for particular areas of the charity’s work or for specific projects being undertaken by the charity.

3 Grants received

Albert Hunt Trust Arnold Clarke Arts Council England Awards for All BBC Children in Need Community Arts North West Community Fund Didymus Duchy fund D'Oyly Carte Event Brite Forever Manchester Global Fund 1 Greater Manchester Mental Health GMCVO Local Network Fund Manchester Alliance Market St Manchester Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester Wellbeing Fund Phoenix Global Fund Reaching Communities School Workshops Southway Housing The Charity Service This Girl Can Walk the Plank	Unrestricted £ - - - - - - - - - - 142 - - - - - 920 390 1,358 - - - 385 - - - 744 3,939	Restricted £ - 1,000 1,500 - 9,998 990 4,400 2,000 - - - - - 3,000 - - - - - - - 2,300 - - 1,000 8,025 - 34,213	2022 £ - 1,000 1,500 - 9,998 990 4,400 2,000 - - 142 - - 3,000 - - 920 390 1,358 - - 2,300 385 - 1,000 8,025 744 38,152	2021 £ 1,000 - 3,802 1,671 9,993 - 9,290 500 3,000 - 7,288 3,000 - 2,540 2,500 - - - 1,830 5,000 - - - - - -
				51,414

Afrocats

Notes to the accounts for the year ended 5 June 2022 (continued)

4 Receipts from charitable activities

Donations Commission	Unrestricted 1,691 12,675 14,366	Restricted - - -	2022 1,691 12,675 14,366	2021 888
				888

5 Trustee remuneration and expenses, and related party transactions

No trustees or other persons connected with them received any remuneration during the year .

Trustees received travel and subsistence expenses during the year of £nil (2021: £nil).

No trustee or other person related to the charity had any personal interest in any contract or transaction entered into by the charity, including guarantees, during the year.

6 Analysis of movements in restricted funds

Total Global Fund 1 Forever Manchester D'Oyly Carte Duchy fund Didymus The Community Fund Community Arts North West BBC Children in Need Arts Council England Arnold Clarke Albert Hunt Trust Reaching Communities Southway Housing The Charity Service This Girl Can Manchester Wellbeing Fund Greater Manchester Mental Health GMCVO	Balance at 6 June 2021 £ 965 - 10717 12,231 - 1,351 - 178 3,000 4,938 3,000 - 2 825 - 96 - - 37,303	Receipts £ - 1,000 1,500 9,998 990 4,400 2,000 - - - - 3,000 - - 2,300 - 1,000 8,025 34,213	Payments £ (894) - (11,725) (13,049) (975) (1,727) - (178) (2,900) (4,938) (3,000) (859) - (825) (1,520) (96) (200) (5,457) (48,343)	Transfers £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Balance at 5 June 2022 £ 71 1,000 492 9,180 15 4,024 2,000 - 100 - - 2,141 2 - 780 - 800 2,568
					23,173

Afrocats

Notes to the accounts for the year ended 5 June 2022 (continued)

Name of fund

Description, nature and purposes of the fund

Albert Hunt Trust

Arnold Clarke

Arts Council England BBC Children in Need

Community Arts North West

The Community Fund

Didymus

Duchy Fund D'Oyly Carte

Forever Manchester Global Fund 1 Greater Manchester Mental Health GMCVO

Manchester Wellbeing Fund Reaching Communities Southway Housing The Charity Service

Manchester Libraries of Sanctuary This Girl Can

To provide access and project management for our Natives of the world programme

Arnold Clarke funds Afrocats to provide travel expenses and refreshments for our Natives of the World Programme The £1500 was a percentage that Arts Council England retained until the completion of the project

Three-year fund to support our Youth of the World programme to support creative activities

Contracts to contribute to creative activities in Manchester with children and young people

To Support our food and creative activities To support our creative activities with our children and young people

To support our creative activities with our children and young people

To provide essential items for women and their families To support core costs and Afrocats development as a Charity To provide creative and well-being activities for women

To provide creative activities for participants in our Natives of the Wold programme

To provide creative and well-being activities for women Three-year funding to support our core costs To provide cultural dance classes

Afrocats engaged with women, children and young people across Manchester to visit cultural and social interest places such as local parks, museums, art galleries, and events and festivals

To provide cultural dance classes online and Face-to-Face To provide cultural dance classes online or face-to-face with women and girls

Afrocats

Notes to the accounts for the year ended 5 June 2022 (continued)

7 Analysis of movement in unrestricted funds

Grants Donations Commission	Balance at 6 June 2021 £ 15 - - 15 Restricted General Total	Receipts £ 1,691 12,675 3,939 18,305	Payments £ (1,523) (10,715) (2,790) (15,028) 23,173 3,292 26,465	Transfers £ - - - -	As at 5 June 2022 £ 183 1,960 1,149
					3,292