## Brixton Wings End of Year Report 2024. Brixton Wings Unit 4, Fairfax House Overton Road London SW9 7JR www.brixtonwings.org.uk Charity No. 1173571 ## **Chair’s Report** Another year of growth and development. 2023-24 was another successful year in which Brixton Wings continued to grow and to reach out to more children, young people, and families. We achieved very positive outcomes, albeit in an environment that remained challenging, both from a funding and resources perspective. However, our heartfelt thanks must go to our funders for the year, without whom we would not be able to provide the high-quality classes and activities we present, not least to Lambeth and the DfE for funding our Holiday Activities (HAP), to the National Grid for funding our Saturday School STEM and chess club, to the Leather-sellers Foundation for supporting our weekly coding and music classes. We thank our long-time and fully supportive partners, most especially Lambeth Sports, Lambeth Sounds and LMS, London Youth Rowing and Leebra productions, and most especially we thank all our supporters, session teachers, volunteers, donors, and others who have contributed so much. The need for our services and after School support has never been higher and the nature of those needs, we are seeing are ever more complex. As ever, our dedicated team of trustees, teachers, inspiring volunteers, and parents are fully committed to ensuring we provide the best possible learning and skills development environment for disadvantaged and underrepresented young people living in the Angell Town and surrounding estates in Brixton. Through their support we continue to provide resources and facilities for Early Intervention and prevention Programs, including weekly after-School group music lessons, a comprehensive Saturday school, and an array of weekly and mid-term sports and digital technology VR and AR activities. Since becoming a registered grassroots charity in 2016, our focus remains in the delivery of individual and group learning and development activities from our Brixton Wings Centre, along with partnering with other organizations such as London Youth Rowing (LYR), Ebony Horse Club, School Ground Sound Sounds (Grounded Sounds), the National Theatre, Lambeth Sounds, Electechlabs, and Millennium Community Solutions. Our centre is specifically designed to facilitate group classroom activities with an array of musical instruments, from two classical baby-grand piano, three electric baby-grands, a host of electric keyboards/guitars, acoustic guitars, amps, and drums, to music workbooks and music production equipment. Our Saturday School continues to flourish and supports students in their pathway from primary to Secondary School or in preparation for their GCSE or A level exams. This year also introduced the start of our Assistant Teachers mentoring programs, where accredited students who participated in our music or rowing classes graduated to becoming assistant teachers for our After School music, coding or rowing sessions. We are particularly proud of those who won sports medals or music awards this year, most especially our Indoor Rowing London Youth Games, gold medalist, Duvar, who was presented an award for Lambeth’s Individual sports person of the year 2024, by the mayor of Lambeth. We are equally so proud of our ABRSM grade 5 music graduates, Natalie and Meso, who now share their skills and experiences in the classroom with the younger children, so they too can aspire to setting and achieving their own goals and learning pathways. This year we worked closely with other local community groups and between us, set up Angell Town Collective (AT Collective). A collective of local groups and individual activists whose aim and objective is to increase local community resilience by way of increased access to assets and resources. We have continued to work closely with Lambeth VCS Asset management and hope that over the coming year we can collectively ensure a greater focus is placed on supporting up and coming individuals and groups who wish to run projects and events in a ‘meanwhile’ dedicated space for local people and the wider community. We are also working and collaborating within First5Lambeth, a consortium of local groups whose aim over the coming year is to advance opportunities and provisions for the Under 5-Year-olds and their families in Lambeth. We continue to seek funding to sustain both our projects and our organization – and have been successful in 2023/24 to have been awarded funding by the following funders, for whom we are immensely grateful, including Lambeth Council, Leather-sellers, National Grid, and our ongoing partners. The Chair and trustees wish to acknowledge and thank all of the above funders and partners without whom we would not be able to continue to provide the resources and facilities we do. Thank you! Lil Sullivan, Chair, Brixton Wings 2 BRIXTON WINGS Report of Accounts 30 June 2024 BRIXTON WINGS Chartered Accountants, report to the board of directors on the preparation of the accounts of BRIXTON WINGS for the year ended 30 June 2024 In order to assist you to fulfil your duties, we have prepared for your approval the accounts of BRIXTON WINGS for the year ended 30 June 2024 which comprise of the Income and Expenditure Account, the Balance Sheet and the related notes from the accounting records and from information and explanations you have given us. As a practising member firm of the InstitLtte of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, we are subject to ils ethical and other professional requirements which are detailed at www.icaew.comlenlmembershandbook. Our work has been undertaken in accordance with AAF 2110 ag detailed at icaew.comlcompilation. WSMantz&Co Chartered Accountants 29 October 2024 BRIXTON WINGS Profit and Loss Account for the year ended 30 June 2024 2024 2023 Turnover 44,344 48,972 Administrative expenses (46,492) (44,580) Supus l (Deficit) (2,148) 4,392 Surplus l {Deficit) on ordlnary activitles before taxation (2,148) 4,392 Tax on profit on ordinary activities Net Surplus l (Deficit) for the financial year 2,148 4,392 BRIXTON WINGS Balance Sheet as at 30 June 2024 Notes 2024 2023 Fixed assets Tangible assets 9,948 8,564 Current assets Cash at bank and in hand 52,974 55,828 Creditors.. amounts falling due within one year (1,403) (725) Net current assets 51,571 55,103 Net assets 61,519 63,667 Capital and reserves General reserve 61,519 63,667 Trustee's funds 61,519 63.667 Signed Signed Signed BRIXTON WINGS Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 30 June 2024 1 Accountlng pollcles Basis of preparation The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (effective April 2008)- Turnover Turnover represents the value, net of value added tax and discounts, of goods provided to customers and work carried out in respect of services provided to customers. Depreciation Depreciation has been provided at the following rates in order to wrtte off the assets over thelr estimated useful lives. Musical Instruments & Office Equipment 25 /0 reducing balance 2 Tangible fixed assets Office Muslcal Equipment Instruments Total Cost At 1 July 2023 Additions 8,314 15,624 4,700 20,324 23,938 4,700 28,638 At 30 June 2024 8,314 Depreciation At 1 July 2023 Charge for the year At 30 June 2024 3,993 1,080 5.073 11,381 2,236 13,617 15,374 3,316 18,690 Net book value At 30 June 2024 3,241 6,707 9,948 At 30 June 2023 4,321 4,243 8,564 3 Creditors: amounts falllng due within one year 2024 2023 Trade creditors 1,403 725 BRIXTON WINGS Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 30 June 2024 4 Movement On General Reserve 2024 2023 Opening General Reserve Net Surplus / (Deficit) 63,687 (2,148) 59,275 4,392 Principal activities Brixton Wings is a grassroots char5ty (1173571 } operating in Brixton, South London whose main purpose and objective is to provide early inteNention programmes, includlng muslc Instrument learning, sports activities and remedial teaching, for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. BRIXTON WINGS Detailed profit and loss account for the year ended 30 June 2024 This sGhedul& does not fom7 part of the statutory accounts 2024 2023 Income 44,344 48,972 Administrative expenses {46,492) (44,580) Surplus l (Deficit) (2,148) 4,392 Surplus l (Deficlt) before tax 12,148) 4,3g2 BRIXTON WINGS Detail8d profit and loss account for the year ended 3D Junè 2024 This schedule d09s not form part of th8 statutory ticcounls 2024 2023 Incomg Donations Grants L.B Lambplh SLA L.B Lamb*lh Grant L.B Soulhw'arf( Grant Topaz Club UK Grant Ground Work London TFL National Grid Local Giving Ecosyslems Grant Gemini Europ¥ Grant Lealher Sellers Foundation Grant M Lipton Grant- Angel Delight Pct&r Min&1 Trust Grant 5,680 700 4.850 500 15.000 10,722 19,105 2,499 1.000 2,000 10,360 1,500 8.000 5.000 1,400 5,000 48,972 44.344 Administrative gxpenses Employee c051s'. Tuition Fees Projènt Manager Work Exp*riénce Travel and subsistence 14,394 4,500 540 1,964 21,398 12.505 4.000 1,393 Premi¢#s costs.. Hire of Venue Rates Insurarikne Light and heat Cleaning R¥fUrbish￿4￿nI 3,500 236 1,313 1,012 138 88 8,287 3.250 231 834 1,395 113 245 6.008 General administralive eRpsnsèS- Telephone and Intemet stationery and PTinling OfFicE EX￿￿￿n5-S Event Cnst Subscriptions Insurance London Youth Rowing Exhibition c051s Gemlni Programme Deprèciation HAP Programme Gam¥S E.4[b￿n5￿$ Volunloer Expens￿5 809 112 1,683 2.600 776 176 1,462 3,156 120 615 814 319 3.711 2,855 4.385 894 760 608 3,316 5,830 150 1.680 18.242 1,700 20,089 Legal and prof&