## **Citizen Outreach Coalition (COC)** ## **Annual accounts for year ending February 28 2021** ## **Contents** ## **Legal and Administrative Information** Charity Name. **Citizen Outreach Coalition** Charity Registration number **1175281** Company Registration Number **09626486** Registered Office Address **140 Gloucester Road North.** **Liverpool. L6 4DT** ## **Management Committee Members** Vitalis Tanteh Emmanuel Kiven Mrs Clarah Mengot Mrs Yvonne Ebu ## **Main Contact** Francis Niba ## **Bankers. Lloyds Bank** Breck Road Liverpool Branch Lloyds Bank PLC. P O Box 1000 BX 1 1LT Account no. 38840868 Sort Code. 77-17-03 Solicitors. ## **Aims and Objectives** . Our charity’s purposes as set out in the objects contained in the company’s memorandum of association are to; - Providing social and recreational activities involving the local community; - Providing job search skills workshops, life skills training and vocational training in photography skills; - Providing activities that promote the history, culture and conditions of people of African descent living in the Merseyside area. Citizen Outreach Coalition (COC) is a not-for-profit Company Ltd by guarantee. It was created to promote social inclusion for the public benefit, by working with in particular but not exclusively people of African descent resident in Merseyside who are socially excluded or at risk of social exclusion on the grounds of their ethnic origin and their social and economic position, to relieve the needs of such people and integrate them into society, in particular but not exclusively by ## **Delivering our Aims and objectives** We review our aims and objectives each year to make sure we are delivering them as stated. Our review looks at what we have done in the last financial year and how far we succeeded in delivering some of all of our objectives. Evidently, we deliver them on a year to year basis. We follow all Charity commission guidelines in ensuring our aims and objectives are delivering a public benefit. We delivered two projects during the present financial year. We received £9800 pounds from The National Lottery Community Fund at the start of the Corona pandemic to distribute face masks and share preventive information. As part of the project titled “Mask up and get the right information”, we bought and distributed 1700 face masks and shared extensive corona virus preventive measures on our social media pages including facebook, twitter and Instagram and our website We also began delivering our Heritage Lottery History project “The history & Growth of African Pentecostal churches across Merseyside for which we received £46.400 from heritage lottery in the 2019/2020 financial year.. The project is a multimedia project during which we recorded 15 video interviews with pastors, evangelists, university lecturers and church goers tracing the growth of African Pentecostalism, the issues African migrants faced including racism and integrating in a new society far away from home. The project is now finished and will be archived as soon as our key partner, the Central Library in Liverpool reopens for business following yet another lockdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic. ## **Who used our Services?** We distributed 1700 face masks to residents in Toxteth, Edgehill and Tuebrook as part of our Awards for All project “Mask up and Get the right information”. 700 beneficiaries had anything from one to five masks each in cases where they were taking the free masks to give to other family members. Everybody who needed a masks got one as we did not target any particular race or group of people to give them. Most beneficiaries however were from black and ethnic minority groups who are the main residents in the areas we distributed the masks. Our national Lottery Heritage Fund project reached mainly Afro Caribbean migrants across Merseyside as the project was written to record their religious lives, thoughts, ethics and how Pentecostalism played a big part in their lives. One of the researchers was white British but has researched in Nigeria, attended Nigerian Pentecostal churches and written a number of books on African Pentecostalism. The fact that he agreed to take part in the project helped extreme the point of view of white British church goers towards African Pentecostals We completed delivering our Sports England funded project titled “Kick Cardiovascular Diseases Out of Merseyside. The Project was designed to get people mostly from black and minority ethnic groups (BAME) from developing active sporting habits and attending a gym regularly to help reduce the cardiovascular diseases that affected BAME people disproportionately. Because of lockdown measures, the last ten sessions were delivered online (Zoom) by a trained personal trainer. We received a grant of £2500 from the National Lottery Community Fund for a project to help reduce isolation and loneliness among people isolated by lockdown measures. Our volunteers call, talk, befriend and keep in touch with beneficiaries most of them middle-aged or old and either living alone or with an equally vulnerable friend or partner. The project will end on March 31 2021. . ## . **How our Activities Deliver Public Benefit** All our charitable activities continue to aim to help reduce the crime rate across Merseyside. We also aimed to encourage more and more people to be active so they stay healthy and save the NHS money from treating unhealthy symptoms like obesity and avoidable cardiovascular diseases. Our Heritage project promotes the culture and history of African migrants in the UK. ## **Report of Management Committee** ## **Governing Document** **Citizen Outreach Coalition** is a Charitable Incorporated Organization registered with charity commission with charity registration no 1175281. The organisation has internal rules and regulations but its governing document is the model articles of association provided by charity commission which it adopted and tailored to its specific needs. On April 8 2020, Citizen Outreach Coalition company was converted from a company limited by guarantee into a Charitable incorporated organisation with the same charity no 1175281. ## **Management Committee.** COC has a management committee of six members who meet when necessary to review the functioning of the organisation. The management committee determines the strategic direction of the company, prepares financial statements, maintaining proper accounting records, selects suitable financial accounting policies and apply them. They make sure the financial policies complies with charity commission rules. The Management committee is headed by Tanteh Vitalis and Emmanuel Kiven is the Secretary General. Members of the Management committee provide their services free of charge. Their reasonable expenses are reimbursed. Members of the management committee who are directors for the purpose of company law and trustees for the purpose of charity law and who served during the year and up to the date of this report are Vitalis Tanteh Yvonne Ebu Tabot Mengot Kiven Emmanuel ## **Main Contact** Francis Niba ## **Volunteers** We want to thank the team of volunteers that helped us during the whole year because without them, we would have done very little work. Special thanks to Abraham Sankoh, Sonny Lavalie, and Francis Langley and all the other volunteers we cannot name here because of space. We will forever be grateful to you and hope we continue working with you long into the future. ## Overseas outreach We have registered Citizen Outreach in Kenya, Sierra Leone and Cameroon but still have to start work there. As soon as we start operating overseas, we will be adding that work to our annual reports. ## **Statement of Financial Activities** ## **Financial Review** COC is still a relatively young charity and getting funding for our activities remains challenging. We received £9800 from National Lottery Awards for All for a COVID 19 mask project and £40.760 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund for a multimedia oral history project on the history and growth of African Pentecostal churches across Merseyside. We will get the £balance of the total amount (£4640) when we deliver the project to the funder. Obviously because of the corona virus pandemic, we didn’t get any donations this financial year. ## **Principal Funding Sources** As outlined above, National Lottery Community Fund and The National Lottery Heritage Fund were our main sources of funding for the financial year. Below is a breakdown balance sheet of our finances. In the Independent Examiners’ report. . Yvonne Ebu. Board Chair **Charity Name** **No (if any)** ## **Receipts and payments accounts For the period** 1-Mar-20 **To from** 1-Mar-20 Peri28 February **To** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds
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Grants from Heritage Lottery Fund & 4,200 45,211 - 49,411
The National Lottery Community Fund - - - -
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4,200 45,211 - 49,411
Sub total (Gross income for AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
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Total receipts 4,200 45,211 - 49,411
A3 Payments
Staff Cost 14,419 - - 14,419
Social contributions 3,509 - - 3,509
Volunteers expenses 3,850 - - 3,850
Organisational running cost 3,400 - - 3,400
Publicity material 1,850 - - 1,850
Equipment/office Admin 1,194 - - 1,194
Advertisement 1,540 - - 1,540
Project Costs 13,577 - - 13,577
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Sub total [ 43,339 ] - - 43,339
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
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Total payments 43,339 - - 43,339
Net of receipts/(payments) - 39,139 45,211 - 6,072
A5 Transfers between funds - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end - - - -
Cash funds this year end - 39,139 45,211 - 6,072
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** ||||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Categories**|**Details**||**funds**|**funds**| |**B1 Cash funds**||**_Total cash funds_**|**to nearest £**
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1 desktop & 3 laptops||General funds
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**-**| |**charity’s own use**|3 Canon Cameras
I projector & other flm props||General funds
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**to the nearest £ 43,275 - - - - - - - 43,275** **43,275** **-** **43,275 - - 43,275** **Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - -** OK **Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - -** **Current value (optional)** **-** **Current value (optional)** **When due (optional)** Date of approval 3/1/2021 Indepandont Examiners. Report 2021 I have examined the financial statements below which were prepared in accordance with the accounting policies of Cilizen Outreach Coalition . Respective responsibilities of trustees and independent examiner The charty trustees are responsible for the preparation of the financial reports. The trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year (under section 144 (2) of the charities (Act 2011) (the 2011 act). It is my responsibilty to: examine the accounts (under section 145 of the 2011 Act; follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charty Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act: and - to state whether particular matters have come to my attention, 8asls of Indopendent oxamln•rfs Teport My examination was carrsed out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a ￿MpariSon of the accounts presented with those records. It also indudes consideration of unusual rteffts or disclosures in the accounts and, seeking explanation from you as trustees conceming any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and ¢onsequenty, I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts. It is my responsibilty to fomi an independent opinion. based on my examination, on those financial ststements and to report on my opinion. Indopandent ExamlnoV8 Statement In connection with my examination, no matter has to my attenlion: 1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements 2) - to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of 2011 Act; and 3) - to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply Wtth the accounting requirement of the 2011 Act have not been met. 4) 2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Balance sheet on February 28 2021 2021 2020 Flxed Assets Tangible Assets £175lXI £153(X) Investments Current Assets Donatlons £15(X) Bank Cash £16(K) £18553.97 Total £19.lQ) £35.353.97 Incorne & Expendlture Account In¢omlng Resour￿$ (Marth 2019-February 20201 Income 2021 2020 Grnnts £49AII £41T15 Donatlons £15( Total Incom• £49AII £42.375 Expendlture (Marth 202￿JanUary 2021 Staff Cost £14419 Soclal Contrlbutlons £3509 Volunteer Expenses £3850 Organlsatkmal runnlng c05t Publlclty Materials £1850 Equlpmentlofflce Admln £1194 Advertlsement £1540 Projert costs £135n Total £43.339 Unrestrlcted fvnd$ £42 Restrlrted funds £W2 ststutory information Cltizen 0￿reach Coalitlon is a Company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales wlth Companie5 House and tharty Commission. Its re8lstered office Is 140 Gloucester Road North L6 4DT 1 Complianc• with accountlng standards This accounts have been prepared in accordance Mfjth the provisions of FRS 102 Section 1A Small Entities. There were no material departures from that standard. 2 Accountlng pollcle8 The principal accounting policies adopted in the p￿paratIOn of the accounts are set out below and have remained unchanged from the previous year. and also have been consistently applied within the same accounts. Basls oApreparotlon The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention as modified by the revaluation of certain fixed assets. Prosentation CuTrncy The accounts are presented in pound sterling Mukong Joseph Accounts Assistant 36 Brook St Huddersfiekl HD5 9DB May 012021