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
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## 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.
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## **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.
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## **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.
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## 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
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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.
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## 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:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
2. 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
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## 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_**|
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## 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**|
|||
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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_|
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## 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|
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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 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
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## 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|
|||||||
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