MERSEYSIDE SUDANESE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
Registered Charity No. 1175481
TRUSTEES’ REPORT and ACCOUNTS
for the year ended 30th September 2024
MERSEYSIDE SUDANESE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION TRUSTEES' REPORT
for the Year ended 30th September 2024
Charity Information
Name: Merseyside Sudanese Community Association
Charity Registration Number: 1175481
Merseyside Sudanese Community Association is a Charitable Incorporated Charitable structure: Organisation and Registered Charity, number 1175481, registered on 31st October 2017 Address: The Charity’s principal address is: Princes Park Methodist Church Beaconsfield Street Liverpool L8 2UU
Trustees & Principal The names of the Trustees and principal officers of the charity who served Officers: during the year were: Mr Nasreddine Yahya Banda Chairman Ms Aida Hassan Trustee Ms Khadija Haider Trustee Mr Yagoub Mohamed Trustee Mr Mohamed Bilal Trustee Mr Mustafa Mohammed-Ali Trustee Mr Suroor Abu baker Trustee Mr Eng. KHALID IDDRISS Trustee Bankers: Barclays Bank Liverpool Lord Street Branch 48-50 Lord Street Liverpool L2 1TD Independent KHAN ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES LTD Examiner: 76/78 SMITHDOWN ROAD LIVERPOOL, L7 4JQ
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MERSEYSIDE SUDANESE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION TRUSTEES' REPORT for the Year ended 30th September 2024
NARRATIVE INFORMATION
Merseyside Sudanese Community Association is an independent registered charity, structured as a Charitable
Incorporated Organisation (CIO) that works with all the diaspora Sudanese community in Merseyside.
ACTIVITIES
This report covers the second full year of operation. During the previous year we delivered an educational project for our children, which we partly operated from our former premises with the project running in Crawford House - with funding obtained in the previous financial year from the Community Fund’s Awards for All [AfA] programme.
During the year reported on here, we were successful in obtaining a second Community Fund Awards for All grant for a project – desired by and co-designed with our women’s sub-group, Empowering Sudanese Women in Merseyside - within the wider UK society; but unfortunately, we were unable to start this until the end of the period, due to the lock-down rules imposed under the Covid-19 pandemic. The details and success of this project will be reported in our next Trustees’ Annual Report.
Other than the AfA grant, we were successful in obtaining financial support from Liverpool City Council, under
covid-19 arrangements; subs were generally not collected during this period.
The group continued to meet, as far as possible due to the pandemic, to provide support to community members.
FUTURE PLANS
Our immediate plans are to seek further resources for our children and young people, to provide sports and social facilities, that others can sometimes take for granted, whilst they build up their self-confidence to take part in the wider society.
Mr Nasreddine Yahya Banda Chairman 5th June 2025
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MERSEYSIDE SUDANESE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
TRUSTEES' ANNUAL REPORT and FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30th SEPTEMBER 2024
Independent Examiner’s Report on the Accounts
Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of Merseyside Sudanese Community Association
I report on the accounts of the Charity for the year ended 30th September 2024, which are set out on page 3.
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 30th September 2024.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity trustees of the Trust, 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 Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
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the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
Independent examiner's statement
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed:
Name: KHAN ACCOUNTANCY SERVICES LTD Address: 76/78 SMITHDOWN ROAD LIVERPOOL L7 4JQ
Date: 5th June 2025
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Merseyside Sudanese Community Association INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT for the Year ended 30th September 2024
| Income Totals Expenditure Totals Operating (Deficit)/Surplus Subscriptions & Donations Grants Bank interest Other EXPENDITURE INCOME Room / premises hire Staffing costs Accountancy fee Activities & Events Community website Refreshment Transport Stationery, materials, etc |
2024 £ 874 - - - 874 650 1,500 - 823 - 1,187 75 400 4,635 (3,761) |
2023 £ 263 - - - 263 4,190 400 1,760 933 442 - 75 - 7,800 (7,537) |
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Merseyside Sudanese Community Association
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION As at the Year ended 30th September 2024
| Net current Funds Funds B/Forward Operating (Deficit)/Surplus Current assets Cash at bank Creditors: amounts falling due within one year Fixed Assets Tangible assets |
2024 £ - 12,835 (8,463) 4,372 8,133 (3,761) 4,372 |
2023 £ - 16,055 (7,922) 8,133 15,670 (7,537) 8,133 |
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APPROVAL
The trustees confirm that the accounts comply with statutory requirements and with those of the Merseyside Sudanese Community Association governing document.
Mr Nasreddine Yahya Banda Chairman
5th June 2025
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