Cltlzen Outreach Coalitlon (COC) Annual accounts for year ending 3010412024 Legal and Admlnlstratlve Informatlon Charlty Name. Citizen Outreach Coalition Charity Registration number. 1175281 Reglstered Office Address. 140 Gloucester Road North Liverpool. L6 4DT Management Commlttee Members Mrs Yvonne Ebu Vitalis Tanteh Mrs Clarah Men8Ot Emmanuel Kiven Project Manager Francis Niba Bankers. Lloyds Bank INTRODUCTION Citizen Outreach Coalition (COC) is a Liverpool based charity registered with the charity commission. It was created to promote social inclusion for the public benefit, by working with in particular but not exclusively people of African/Caribbean 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
Aims and Objectives. Our chariWs 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. Providing support to improve physical and mentsl health of residents Dellverlng our Alms and objectlves 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 deliverlng a public benefit. During the year under review, we recelved funding from two sources, The Energy Industrial Voluntsry Redress Scheme continued funding our energi savings awareness campaign and funded our activities amounting to £57.212. The scheme is administered by the Energy Saving Trust The Project will end in September 2024 The project involves advising vulnerable people across Merseyside on how to reduce their energy use and offering support to those facing self- disconnection. The support include home visits. telephone advice and holding or participating in community events We received £9950 from the Home Office for a Windrush awareness campaign to encourage people from Asia and Africa to apply to the Windrush
Documentstion and Compensation schemes. This was the second time we were delivering a Home Office funded project to raise awareness around Windrush with particular emphasis on communities that many did not know were also affected by the Windrush crisis. We received small donations totslling £3400. Who used our Services We reached 560 people with our energy advi sessions during community events face to face meetings and home visits. We also reached more than 300.000 people through social media publicity and community meetings Wlth pour Windrush awareness campaigns. We produced three videos and provided publicity material that was distributed to people How our Acthiltles Dellver Publlc Benefft All our charitable activities continue to aim to help improve support people In vulnerable situations to reduce the effects of the cost of living crisi5 in their lives. Our energy savings advice campaign 15 SUPPOrting beneficiaries to learn tips to reduce their energy consumption smartly and so reducing their energy bills. Our Windrush awareness campaigns reached people who were encouraged to were eligible to apply to the two schemes the Home Offlce was running to resolve the Windrush crisis. Report of Management Commlttee Governlng Document Cltlzen Outreach Coalltlon is a Charitable Incorporated Organization registered with charity commission with charity registration no 1175281. The organization has internal rules and regulations but its governing document is the model articles of association provided by charity commission which we adopted and tailored to our specific needs. On April 8 2020, Citizen Outreach Coalition company was converted from a company limited by guarantee into a Charitsble Incorporated Organization (CIO)
Management Committee. COC has a management committee of four members who meet regularly to review the functioning of the organization. The management committee determines the strategic direction of the charity, prepares financial statements, maintains proper accounting records, selects suitable financial accounting policies and apply them. They make sure the financial policies comply with charity commission rules. The Management committee is headed by Yvonne Ebu and Emmanuel Kiven is her Secretary General. Members of the Management cornmittee provide their services free of charge. Their reasonable expenses are reimbursed. Members of the management committee who are trustees for the purpose of charity law and served during the present financial year. (See list of management committee members above 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 all the volunteers who are still offering their services to support the delivery of our different projects and who are always available at short notice. We will forever be grateful to you and hope we continue workin8 With you long into the future. Overseas outreach We have registered Citizen Outreach in Kenya, Sierra Leone and Cameroon. Our pilot Homeless project for which we received a small grant last year from The Eleanor Rathbone charitable Trust has now ended. We want to thank the trust immensely for the support.
Statement of Financial Activities Finandal Review Like all small charities, getting funding for projects in the present financial climate remains the biggest challenge we face. However, we recognize the present cost of living still affects the most vulnerable people in society and we work round the clock to provide the services and support we get to reduce the daily challenges they face. That is why the two projects we are presently delivering (Energy savings advice and Windrush awareness campaign) are being delivered to communities facing disproportionally from the cost of Living crisis. ReseNe Pollcy We have a fit for purpose reserve policy that has set aside at least £5000 to protect our charity from sudden drops in income and also help us take advantage of any new opportunities that may arise. Our present unrestricted funding is £9000 Our trustees decided our reserves can be spent on any of our aims. Our reserve policy wlll be reviewed annually. Our reserves can cover continuity, restructuring fund, and dissolution Prlndpal Fundln8 Sources Our primary funders were The Energy Industrial Voluntary Redress Scheme administered by the Energy Savings Trust and the Home Office. Income & Expendlture. 202312024 Total Income. £70.562 Expendlture £65.500 Unrestricted Funds. £9C Re5trfrted Funds. £3295
Notes. Full breakdown of income and expenditure in the receipts and payments excel form. Statutory Informatlon Citizen Outreach Coalition is a registered charity With charity registration no 1175281 Compllance wlth accountlng standards This accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of FRS 102 Section IA Small Entities. There were no material departures from that stsndard. Accountlng polldes The principal accounting policies adopted in the preparation 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 of preparatlon The accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention as modified by the revaluation of certain fixed assets. Presentatlon Currency The accounts are presented in pound sterling 2010512024 Mrs Yvonne Ebu. Chalrperson
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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustees Citizen Outreach Coalitson On accounts for the year 3010412024 Charlty no (If any 1175281 8•t out on pogos IrwneT,ètrf TO:.ICludY 11- acè Dlirybets of addilion81 sliee.tsi I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charty Trusf) for the year ended Rospon8lbllltle8 and bas18 of rnport As the charrtys trustee8. you are r08pon8ible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance wrth the wuirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Acr). I report in respect of my examination of the TnBt'8 accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the appticable Directions given by the Charty Commi88ion urKler 8e¢tion 14515}(b) of the Act. Independent fThe charity's gr088 inMme exceeded £250,000 and l am qualtfied to •xamlnerfs statement undertake the examination by being a qualffied meml)er of linsert name of applicable listed body]]. D8lete [ ] rfnot applicable. I have comwed my examination. I confim that no material mattern have come to my attention in oneCtIOn.lth the examination {other than that disclosed below.) thich gives me cau8e to believe that in, any material respect.. the accountiNJ record8 ere nol kept in acrdanCe wbth 8ection 130 of the CharitTres Act,. or the accounts did not accord ith the aCunting records,. or the accourrts did not comply ryth the applicable rg]uirernents conceming the fomi and content of accounts set out in the CharFtie8 (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts grve 0 Irue and fair. view which is not a matter considered a8 part of an indeperKlent exarnination. I have no concems arKI have come am8 no other matters in connedion with the examination to which attention should b8 dravm in this report in order to enable a proper undèrstanding of the accounts to be reached. ' Please delete th8 words in the brackets rfthey do not 8ppIy. Signed: Name: Relevant professlonal quallflcation(s) or body IER Oct 2018