## **Concrete Jungle Foundation CIO**
Charity Number 1177490
Trustees’ Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 1st April 2024.
## **Table of Contents**
|**Reference and administrative details**|3|
|---|---|
|**Structure, governance and management**|3|
|**Objectives and activities**|4-5|
|**Achievement and performance**||
|Impact|6|
|Locations|7|
|Peru|_7-8_|
|History||
|Activity & programmes||
|Edu-Skate classes||
|Open skate sessions||
|Enrichment activities||
|Homework support||
|Girls skate sessions||
|Infrastructure support for social organisations||
|Educational support||
|Jamaica||
|History|_9-10_|
|Activity & programmes||
|Freedom Skatepark Foundation||
|Morocco|_11-12_|
|History||
|Activity & programmes||
|Edu-Skate classes||
|Open skate sessions||
|Enrichment activities||
|Disability sessions||
|Highlights|12-13|
|Local sustainability||
|Opportunities for PSA apprentices||
|New data tracking system ‘Switch MELon’||
|Edu-Skate Worldwide Network||
|Organizational improvements and achievements|14|
|Reshaping our support model||
|Organization||
|Communications & development||
|Communications & Development|15|
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## **Financial Review**
Receipts and payments Account for the year ended 1st April 2024
Statements of Balances as at 1st April 2024
Statements of assets and liabilities as at 1st April 2024
Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 1st April 2024
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## **Reference and Administrative details**
Charity name: Concrete Jungle Foundation
Other names the Charity is known by: CJF
Charity registration number: 1177490
Principal address:
Flat 2 Down House 22 Broadwater Down Tundbridge Wells TN2 5NR
Website: www.concretejunglefoundation.org
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
Concrete Jungle Foundation was registered as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation on 9th of March 2018 and is governed by Constitution.
Current Trustees (31 March 2024): Alexia Croft (appointed on the 1st of April 2023) Huw Wright (appointed on the 5th of March 2023) Hanifa Blakemore Razaq (appointed on the 5th of March 2023) Eugenio de la Oliva Ramos (appointed on the 5th of March 2023) Harry Gerrard (appointed on the 21st of October 2021)
Resignation of
Wendy Elizabeth Wilson (resignated December 2023) Dr Sita Narayan-Dinanauth (resignated October 2023)
International Staff: Clément Taquet (Executive Director) Tim van Asdonck (Programmes Director) Lisa Jacob (Construction & Outreach Manager) Tom Critchley (Grants and Research Manager) Irene Parra Lopez (Communications & Development Manager)
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## **Objectives and Activities**
Mission: To empower disadvantaged individuals and communities worldwide through fostering and sustaining the positive values inherent to skateboarding.
The objectives of the charity are:
1) To empower disadvantaged individuals and communities worldwide through fostering and sustaining the positive values inherent to skateboarding.
2) To promote community participation by building socially active spaces which provide positive outlets and opportunities for the underprivileged in habitants of those areas.
3) To provide skateboarding facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreational use of individuals who have need for such facilities by reason of their youth, disability, financial hardship or social circumstances with the object of improving their conditions of life and well being.
In shaping our objectives for the year and planning our activities, the trustees have considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and have followed it to the best of our abilities.
The strategies employed to achieve the charity’s aims and objectives are:
a) To construct professional quality skateboarding parks, within impoverished communities, that otherwise lack adequate social and community spaces.
b) To run free-of-charge youth-based programming aimed at personal development to 6-16 years old
c) To employ and provide learning and working opportunities to 16+ years old
d) To provide organizational support to empower local people to manage the facilities.
Putting these strategies in action we are active in 3 countries; Peru, Morocco and Jamaica.
## Morocco:
CJF Morocco currently works at the Fiers et Forts Skatepark, located at the Centre Fiers & Forts children’s home in Morocco, and today offers daily youth programmes to the 36 children living there + for an additional group of 165 children from the surrounding area. The skatepark and youth programmes are managed by local and international staff.
CJF Morocco reaches around 50 children and young adults per week and runs 3 programmes that promote health and well-being, access to education, community development and economic growth :
1. Edu-Skate programme
2. Open Skate sessions
3. Enrichment activities
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## Jamaica:
Freedom Skatepark Foundation empowers individuals and communities within the greater Kingston area at the Freedom Skatepark, located in 8 Miles, Bull Bay, Jamaica. Working in solidarity with young adults in Bull Bay, the project is run by and for the Jamaican youth who undertake teacher, mentor, and advisory roles at the skatepark and in their communities. With community organizing as the central approach, we invest in improving the quality, relevance, and gender-responsiveness of education so the at-risk youth can receive soft, foundational, and hard skills they need to shape their own futures.
The Jamaican entity ‘Freedom Skatepark Foundation’ took full responsibility of the operations of the facility this year, and reaches an average of 50 children and young adults per week through 7 programmes that promote health and well-being, access to education, community development and economic growth:
1. Edu-Skate programme
2. Get-on-Board programme
3. Community activities programme
4. Homework programme
5. Enrichment activities
6. Girls Skate sessions
7. Community events
## Peru:
CJF Peru empowers individuals and communities within the greater Trujillo area (Northern Peru) through fostering life-skills and values inherent to skateboarding and transferable beyond. Working in solidarity with young adults in Trujillo, the project is run by and for the Peruvian youth who undertake teacher, mentor, and advisory roles at the skatepark and in their communities. With community organizing as the central approach, we invest in improving the quality, relevance, and gender-responsiveness of education so the at-risk youth can receive soft, foundational, and hard skills they need to shape their own futures.
CJF Peru works across 2 locations in Trujillo and has their headquarters at the La Rampa skatepark in Cerrito de la Virgen. CJF Peru reaches an average of 60 children and young adults per week and run 5 programmes to promote health and well-being, access to education, community development, economic growth and gender equality:
1. Edu-Skate programme
2. Open Skate sessions
3. Enrichment activities
4. Girl Skate sessions
5. Homework programme
## Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning (MEL) Framework
CJF evaluated their impact along the lines of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which was adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015. The agenda delivers a common plan for peace and well-being for people and the planet,now and into the future. CJF’s work focuses on the following Sustainable Development Goals in specific:
SDG 3: Good Health and Well Being SDG 4: Quality Education SDG 5: Gender Equality SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth SDG 10: Reduces Inequalities SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities SDG 17: Partnerships for the Goals
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## **Achievements and Performance**
## **Impact**
Total number of participants across all locations: **793 service users**
- Peru: 256 total participants
- Jamaica: 332 total participants (in organized activities)
- Morocco: 205 total participants
Total number of sessions (all programmes) across all locations: **852 sessions** Female participants %: **44.4%**
Number of Edu-Skate life-skills sessions: **368 sessions**
- Peru: 100 sessions
- Jamaica: 89 sessions
- Morocco: 179 sessions
Number of Supervised open skate sessions: **179 sessions**
- Peru: 25 open sessions
- Jamaica: 2,063 participations (get-on-board rentals)
- Morocco: 154 open sessions
Number of Educational Sessions: **112 sessions**
- Homework programme: 57 sessions
- Jamaica: 42 sessions
- Peru: 15 sessions
Enrichment activities: **55 sessions**
- Peru: 25 sessions
- Jamaica: 10 sessions
- Morocco: 20 sessions
Number Girl Skate Sessions: **57 sessions**
- Peru: 42 sessions
- Jamaica: 15 sessions
Number of events organized: **31 events**
Number of Community activities: **23 activities**
- Peru: 1 activity
- Jamaica: 16 activities
- Morocco: 6 activities
Number of excursions: **5 excursions (Morocco)** Number of disabilities sessions: **1 session (Morocco)** Number of people employed: **21**
- Peru: 6
- Jamaica: 9
- Morocco: 6
## **1 skatepark construction**
- Cancas, Peru (independent construction by previous apprentice)
## Edu-Skate Worldwide Network: **666 participants, 171 sessions**
- Greece: 150 total participants - 52 sessions
- Austria: 220 total participants - 74 sessions
- UK: 128 total participants - 30 sessions
- France: 45 total participants - 4 sessions
- Malaysia: 123 total participants - 11 sessions
## CJF Grants: **4 grants given**
- Education Support Peru
- Girls & Educational programming Peru
- Mini Ramp construction Peru
- Educational programming Morocco
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## **Locations**
## **1. Peru**
## **A. History:**
While we now run projects across multiple continents, it all started in Perú in 2017, when CJF built its first community skatepark attached to a school in Alto Trujillo. That original park has since been demolished to accommodate the school’s expansion, but our activity in Perú continues.
In 2021, the community skatepark now known as ‘La Rampa’ was built in Cerrito, a short journey from the quiet surf town of Huanchaco. It is here, in the coastal enclave of the city of Trujillo, that the local CJF Perú team is now based. 2021 also saw the construction of the Lobitos Bowl for our local partners Waves Lobitos, a charity that supports disadvantaged youth through surfing and (now) skateboarding, further north up the coast.
Today, CJF Perú provides regular skateboarding lessons at La Rampa in Cerrito, as well as at the public skatepark known as Santa Edelmira in Trujillo. Alongside teaching our curriculum of ‘Edu-Skate’ lessons, the work of CJF Perú has a particular focus on female empowerment, educational workshops, and community development.
As of this year CJF Peru has also started to support other small skate communities across Peru by providing small community skateparks for these organizations to work at. In March 2024, the Cancas miniramp was built by a team put together by Jhikson Akamine to support the organization Cancas Skate.
At the start of 2024, CJF Peru changed their model towards full responsibility of operations in Peru. Several of the team’s members specialized in a specific project and applied for a CJF grant to execute their projects.
## **B. Programmes in place:**
Programmes in Peru are set up by season. From April 2023 to April 2024, 3 seasons were executed.
a) Edu-Skate classes
This is CJF’s sports-based education programme that utilizes skateboarding to empower youth aged 6-16. The Edu-Skate programme is grounded in the belief that you can learn and practice skills through skateboarding that are not just important in skateboarding, but also in your development as a person in life: life-skills. CJF Peru organizes these free-of-charge skateboarding classes at their headquarter ‘La Rampa’, a skatepark in the community of Cerrito de la Virgen and in the Santa Edelmira skatepark in Trujillo.
- Edu-Skate sessions: 100 sessions
- Edu-Skate Participants: 168 students - 42.86% female participants
- Total attendance: 760 - 43.55% female participation
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## b) Open Skate Sessions - Started in October 2021
Besides the reserved time slots for Edu-Skate classes for the children from the surrounding community, the ‘La Rampa’ skatepark also hosts open skate sessions to the public: everybody is welcome to visit the skatepark.
Number of open sessions: 25 Participants: 104 - 38.46% female participants Total attendance: 274 attendances - 32.12% female participation
## c) Enrichment Activities - Started in October 2021
On Saturday mornings the skatepark is open to the whole community around the skatepark for community activities. Activities like games or art workshops are organized by the CJF Peru team to expose participants to different learning opportunities and bonding experiences. The aims of these sessions are to create a sense of community by working on projects together, for the participants to explore their interests and potential as well as to learn new skills.
Number of community activities: 25 Participants: 74 - 56.76% female participants Total attendance: 215 - 57.21% female participation
## d) Girl skate sessions- Started in April 2021
Besides the girls-only Edu-Skate sessions in ‘La Rampa’, a weekly skate class is organized for girls in the public skatepark ‘Santa Edelmira’ in Trujillo. These sessions don’t have an age limit, are open for any girl to join and are aimed at providing a safe space for women to skate and learn, where girls feel physically and emotionally secure. It is a time where they feel free to openly express themselves in a confidential environment, without fear of judgment or intimidation while building their confidence in skateboarding.
The CJF Peru team brings boards and protection gear to these sessions and provides support, activities and guidance where needed.
- Number of sessions: 42
- Unique participants: 77
- Total attendance: 242
## e) Homework Programme- Started in September 2023
As it became clear that a lot of the participants to CJF Peru activities didn’t receive the necessary support with their schoolwork due to illiteracy among parents, CJF Peru started providing homework support sessions, to support the participants with their educational development.
- Number of sessions: 15
- Participants: 62 - 51.62% female participants
- Total attendance: 156 - 53.21% female participation
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## **2. Jamaica**
## **A. History:**
In 2019, Concrete Jungle Foundation was approached by Flipping Youth to join as a founding member of what is now the Freedom Skatepark Foundation.
In March and April 2020, CJF built the Freedom Skatepark, in July 2020, the Youth Center was finalized and following the COVID restriction from the Jamaican government, the skatepark opened unofficially to the public on July 15th of 2020. The programmes started in August 2020. In October 2021, the operations of the project was completely handed over to the local team and is now 100% locally run, while supported and supervised by CJF’s international staff. 2023 signified the first year where the Freedom Skatepark Foundation was able to fund their programming activities at 100%.
## **B. Programmes in place:**
Programmes at the Freedom skatepark are set up by season. From April 2023 to April 2024, 4 seasons were executed.
## a) Edu-Skate classes
This is CJF’s sports-based education programme that utilizes skateboarding to empower youth aged 6 - 16. The Edu-Skate programme is grounded in the belief that you can learn and practice skills through skateboarding that are not just important in skateboarding, but also in your development as a person in life: life-skills. Registration is required for this programme.
- Number of sessions: 89
- Participants: 217 - 27.65% female participants
- Total attendance: 862 - 24.83% female participation
## b) Open Skate Sessions
Besides the reserved time slots for Edu-Skate classes, the Freedom Skatepark is open to the public every day of the week: everybody is welcome to visit the skatepark. Supervisors from CJF Jamaica are present to ensure a safe and positive environment. No data on public visitations is collected.
## c) Get-on-Board Rental Programme
This is the boardloan programme the Skatepark has in place to facilitate people that would like to skate but don’t have a skateboard. Anyone can access the programme for free if they help with small jobs around the skatepark or participate in Community Activities. Board and/or protection material can also be rented for $100 JMD each. The rental money is 100% reinjected in the skatepark.
- 998 total registrations
- 2,063 skateboard loaned
## d) Community Activities
Every month a community activity is organized to strengthen the community cohesion of the people engaged in the skatepark, as well as a ‘trade-off’ for free board rentals. The participants are a mix of Edu-Skate students, parents and local skateboarders.
- 204 voluntary jobs executed through the year
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## e) Homework Programme
With a focus on personal development, the skatepark should not be a distraction from the education of the children we engage. For this reason, the Freedom Skatepark provides a free of charge programme to support our children with their homework and education.
- Number of sessions: 42
- Participants: 46 - 6.52% female participants
- Total Attendance: 135 - 8.89% female participation
- f) Enrichment Activities
In order for our youth to explore their interests and potential, the Freedom Skatepark offers a wide range of different activities. These activities can be 1-off workshops, a short lesson series or a continued lesson series.
- Number of activities offered: 10
- Participants: 46 - 15.22% female participants
- Total Attendance: 76 - 15.79% female participation
- g) Girl skate sessions
These sessions were started to create and maintain a skateboard community for women in Jamaica. The sessions allow a recurring weekly space at the skatepark that welcomes women in a safe space.
- Number of sessions: 15
- Unique participants: 82
- Total attendance: 215
- h) Events
11 community events were organised throughout the year at the Freedom Skatepark, ranging from a community health fair to skateboard contests.
## **C. Freedom Skatepark Foundation**
FSF is a non-profit organisation that was set up during the creation of the Freedom Skatepark. The different partner organisations involved in the Freedom Skatepark work together by combining their efforts and expertise to get the most potential (social impact) out of the Freedom Skatepark. The Freedom Skatepark Foundation serves as the central platform for funding, communication, decision-making and planning around the Freedom Skatepark.
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## **3. Morocco**
## **A. History:**
In the spring of 2022, Concrete Jungle Foundation realized its sixth international project: the construction of a skatepark and implementation of youth programmes at a children’s home located in Tameslouht, Morocco. A local team was formed to manage the community skatepark and the activities that take place there, supported by an international programmes manager. In 2023, the project significantly increased its reach by opening up to the children from the surrounding village. This reach amplified even more after the earthquake that hit Morocco September 2023, and dozens of affected families settled in tents in the area around the skatepark.
As of 2024, the project is fully locally managed, without international programmes managers.
## **B. Programmes in place:**
## a) Edu-Skate programme
This is CJF’s sports-based education programme that utilizes skateboarding to empower youth aged 6-16. The Edu-Skate programme is grounded in the belief that you can learn and practice skills through skateboarding that are not just important in skateboarding, but also in your development as a person in life: life-skills. Registration is required for this programme.
- Number of sessions: 179
- Participants: 178 - 39.33% female participants
- Total attendance: 2,412 - 35.86% female participation
## b) Open Skate Sessions.
Besides the reserved time slots for Edu-Skate classes, the Fiers et Forts Skatepark also hosts open skate sessions. Like the Edu-Skate sessions, these sessions serve as a socialization opportunity for the children of the children’s home and the children from the village, but without organized activities.
- Number of sessions: 154
- Participants: 154 - 38.96% female participants
- Total Attendance: 2,321 - 35.07% female participation
## c) Enrichment Activities
Activities like Arts and Crafts, Music and Gardening will be organized by the CJF Morocco team to expose participants to different learning opportunities and bonding experiences.
## - Number of activities offered: 20
- Participants: 107 - 33.64% female participants
- Total Attendance: 321 - 36.76% female participation
## d) Disability sessions
CJF Morocco started to partner with a youth center for people with disabilities at the start of 2023, providing weekly skate sessions for a handful of youth as a form of physical therapy.
- 1 session organized (4 participants)
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## **Highlights**
## **Local sustainability**
From the inception of any project, the aim is for it to become self-sustainable, and able to function independently from CJF. This normally depends on 3 factors:
- 1) Organizational capacity
- 2) Operational capacity
- 3) Financial capacity
Significant progress has been made by the projects CJF supports towards achieving selfsustainability:
## 1. Jamaica
In 2023, the Freedom Skatepark gained the financial capacity to manage their activities independently from CJF.
As of 2024, they also reached the organizational capacity to manage themselves: the Freedom Skatepark Foundation is now a fully autonomously functioning foundation in Jamaica.
## 2. Peru
In 2023, CJF Peru got officially registered as a charity organization in Peru. This in combination with no longer having a need for an international programmes manager, left CJF Peru with the organizational and operational capacity to manage themselves.
## 3. Morocco
CJF Morocco works in partnership with Centre Fiers et Forts, who support them in their organizational capacity. Up until 2024, there was always an international programmes manager present to support the operations of the project. By expanding the local team at the start of 2024, the team no longer had a need for an international programmes manager, fulfilling the necessary operational capacity autonomously.
## **Opportunities for PSA apprentices**
The most dedicated participant of CJF’s Planting Seeds Apprenticeship programme was able to benefit from several learning opportunities with other organizations around the world to build on his experience in skatepark construction. He participated in a construction project in Ecuador with the NGO Wonders Around the World, and in Cambodia with the NGO Skateistan.
## **New data tracking system ‘Switch MELon’**
After months of development, CJF launched their new data system at the start of 2023. The Switch MELon platform was created to make it easier for staff on the ground to log their work, as well as to make data output and analysis easier and more extensive.
Besides the projects in Peru, Jamaica and Morocco, 7 other social skate organizations have started using the platform to track their social impact (Edu-Skate Worldwide Network partners).
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**Edu-Skate Worldwide Network**
## **A. History**
In 2020, a collection of tools and resources to facilitate the implementation of the Edu-Skate Programme were created. The toolkit includes a theoretical background of the programme, how to prepare for implementation of the programme (including teacher trainings), the full Edu-Skate curriculum and a reporting guide.
In 2021, researchers from Glodsmith’s University of London conducted a study on the impact of the Edu-Skate programme on beneficiaries at the Freedom Skatepark in Jamaica.
In 2021, a trial phase started to implement the Edu-Skate Programme in contexts outside of CJF’s project locations. Skateboard Club Vienna and Free Movement Skateboarding took part.
Finally, in March 2022, the Edu-Skate Worldwide Network (ESWN) was launched.
## **B. The Network**
The Network aims to connect social skate projects and exchange knowledge and ideas on the implementation of life-skills focused skateboarding classes (The Edu-Skate programme), in order to support each other in delivering high quality skateboarding sessions for our beneficiaries.
The following organizations took part in the Network this year: Skateboard Club Vienna (Austria) All Boards Family (France) Free Movement Skateboarding (Greece) JRSkates (Malaysia) Skate Nottingham (UK) CJF Peru Skate Haven CIC (UK) Freedom Skatepark (Jamaica) Skaid (Austria) CJF Morocco
## **C. The 2023 Report**
The Network offers a space for exchange that allows us to analyze the impact from a multilateral perspective. This not only guarantees more effective monitoring of the collective work as a network but is also an opportunity for learning and mutual support between the partner organizations in the network.
- 443 Edu-Skate sessions executed
- 66 coaches worked with the programme
- 1,113 children engaged with the programme
- 8 countries
- 13 different locations
- 6 different languages
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## **Organizational improvements and achievements**
## **Reshaping our support model**
With the progress made at the projects we support towards self-sustainability, an adjustment was needed in Concrete Jungle Foundation’s support model.
As operational and organizational capacity are locally managed at all projects, the following changes were made in our model:
CJF’s support changed to the form of a grant system: as financial self-sustainability is still difficult to achieve at most locations, but operations are managed by the locally registered entities, from the start of 2024 they can apply for funding with CJF.
Applications are reviewed and discussed with CJF. Upon approval, the local entities execute their activities autonomously, and report on them afterwards.
With this model, the capacity needed on the international level in the sense of management and organization is significantly reduced. For this reason, the international staff of CJF was dismissed. Most of the staff members moved into a board member position instead, and fulfilled responsibilities in a volunteer capacity since.
## **- Working Environment (2023 2024):**
Team meeting: - Weekly online team meeting
AGM: - 6th, December 2023
Project based (Morocco): - Tim van Asdonck from May 2022 in Morocco
## **- Human Resources (2023 2024):**
Employing International Staff: 3 full-time 2 part-time Employing Local Staff: Peru: 6 in total 1 full-time staff Jamaica: 9 in total 1 full-time staff Morocco: 6 in total 4 full-time staff International Volunteers: 0 in Jamaica 5 in Peru 1 in Morocco Local Volunteers: Peru: - Jamaica: - Morocco: -
Notes:
**Between January 2024 and March 2024, the organisation phased out all international staff positions.**
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## **Communications & Development**
## **Fundraising Events:**
- Events CS31 (Toulouse)
- Finland (Rumble the Jungle)
## **Newsletters:** 2
## **Conference & Talk**
- Skate Holders (Czech Republic) - Panel talk on education and skateboarding
- Tim van Asdonck
**Blogs:** 7
## **Documentary**
- ‘A Place to Skate’ by Jago Stock
- ‘Cerrito’ by Christian Fisher
**Merchandise** : £1,419
## **Campaign**
- ‘Ride, Learn, Thrive’ - December 2023 - January 2024 - Goal: $21,000 - Success: £7,101
## **CJFamily**
- 105 active plan on April 1st of 2024 - £13,233
Grants - The Skateroom - New Line Skateparks - Vans France - Skateboard GB - CJF USA - EA Skate
## **Achievements:**
Successfully fundraise £86,292 over the course of the financial year
## **Press:**
01.08.2023 | Skatejawn Magazine 05.02.2024 | Desert in Bloom magazine
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## **Financial Review**
|**General Fund**|**General Fund**|**Restricted Fund**|**Total 2024**|**Total 2023**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**Total Receipts**|83,835|2,458|86,293|150,342|
|**Total Payments**|102,848|11,384|114,232|144,177|
|**Surplus/defcit for the year**|**(19,013)**|**(8,926)**|**(27,939)**|**6,164**|
Concrete Jungle Foundation held unrestricted funds of **£5,075** at the year end. Concrete Jungle Foundation held restricted funds of **£0** at the year end.
Any reserves must be used towards CJF operations and programmes worldwide.
Approved by the trustees on **XXX** and signed on their behalf by:
C. Taquet Clement Taquet (Mar 18, 2026 21:24:10 GMT+1) Clement Taquet ~~D~~ ate 18/03/26
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## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF**
## **CONCRETE JUNGLE FOUNDATION**
## **CHARITY REGISTERED NO.1177490**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the receipts and payments accounts of the charity for the year ended 1 April 2024 which are set out on the following pages.
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Act and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
- to follow the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Act, and
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention
## **Basis of independent examiner’s statement**
My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **Independent examiners' statement**
In connection with my examination, no material matters have come to my attention which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act or
- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
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.
James Wheelan FCCA James Wheelan Accountancy Limited Chartered Certified Accountants Minshull House Stockport SK4 2LP
Date: 19/03/26
## **Receipts and Payments Account for the year ended 1st April 2024**
||**Receipts**
Donations
Independent donations
Monthly donations
Fundraising activities
Fundraising - Donorbox
Individual fundraising events
Gift Aid repayments
Merchandise sales
Cashback
Crypto currency
Grants
New Line Skatepark
THE SKATEROOM
VF Vans France
Clown Skateboard
Sandals Foundation
Skateboard GB
The Fore
Moomin
HELP Jamaica
Stichting Concrete Jungle F
Other
CJF USA
EA Skate
British Moroccan Society
Paypal Giving
Voluntees contribution
1,631
13,233
7,101
1,618
-
1,419
144
-
11,985
23,939
4,250
-
-
4,000
-
-
-
-
-
6,480
7,994
-
41
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
200
-
2,258
3.772
18,207
8,366
5,116
-
7,530
80
-
16,161
29,972
4,400
1,709
10,980
-
10,000
8,800
14,301
880
3,000
-
-
-
-
7,067
1,631
13,233
7,101
1,618
-
1,419
144
-
11,984
23,939
4,250
-
-
4,000
-
-
-
-
-
6,480
7,994
200
41
2,258
**General Fund**
**£**
**Restricted Fund**
**£**
**Total 2023**
**£**
**Total 2024**
**£**|
|---|---|
||**Total Receipts**
**83,835**
**2,458**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
**150,342**
802
5,391
126
4,974
937
460
12,935
3
9
55
211
537
1,326
11
2,021
474
1,900
**86,292**
-
1,058
598
-
-
321
8,233
10
15
37
221
80
61
5,229
-
720
1,515
-
1,058
598
-
-
321
8,233
10
15
37
221
80
61
5,229
-
720
1,515
**General Fund**
**£**
**Restricted Fund**
**£**
**Total 2023**
**£**
**Total 2024**
**£**
**Payments**
Organisation_(1/2)_
Fundraising and awareness
Fundraising expenses
Merchandise
Postage
Events
CJFamily
Administration UK
Shop Online
Salaries
Bank accounts fee
Paypal fee
DonorBox fee
Money exchange
Fixed Cost
Equipment
Other
Training
Accountant
Currency fuctuations|
The notes on page 20 form an integral part of these account.
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||40,192
17,525
-
1,079
-
-
8,926
-
-
-
-
21,634
-
-
88
-
255
-
-
-
-
-
505
-
2,166
-
3,370
255
139
-
**114,232**
**(27,940)**
-
-
-
-
-
-
66
-
-
-
-
11,318
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
**11,384**
**(8,926)**
40,192
17,525
-
1,079
-
-
8,860
-
-
-
-
10,316
-
-
88
-
255
-
-
-
-
-
505
-
2,166
-
3,370
255
139
-
**102,848**
**(19,013)**
34,032
10,464
529
586
132
427
13,135
(66)
5,968
364
3,146
21,239
(201)
18
-
1,414
-
150
28
831
5,759
659
-
-
7,761
6,007
-
-
-
(2,663)
**144,177**
**6,164**
**Payments**
Organisation_(2/2)_
Loan Administration NL
Salaries
Programmes Management
Postage NL
Accountant
Bank fee
Project - Jamaica
Volunteer Expenses
Overweight luggage
Programmes
All programmes
Unspent currency
Project Manager
Shipping/clearance
Volunteer House
Project - Peru
Programmes
All programmes
Unspent currency
Overweight luggage
Project Manager
Volunteer House
Documentary
Construction
Donation (Cusco)
PSA programme
Project - Morocco
Construction
Plane tickets
Materials (Tamesloht)
Others
Maintenance
Unspent currency
Programmes
All programmes
Project Manager
Grant
Shipping/clearance
Communications
Unspent currency
**Total Payments**
**Surplus/defcit for the year**
**General Fund**
**£**
**Restricted Fund**
**£**
**Total 2023**
**£**
**Total 2024**
**£**|
|---|---|
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The notes on page 20 form an integral part of these account.
**Statement of Balances as at 1st April 2024**
||**Funds at start of fnancial year**
Bank balance at start of year
Currency at start of year
Total funds at start of year
**Funds at end of fnancial year**
Bank balance at end of year
Currency at end of year
Total funds at end of year
21,224
2,865
**24,089**
5,076
-
**5,076**
8,860
66
**8,926**
**-**
**-**
**-**
30,084
2,931
**33,015**
5,076
-
**5,076**
**General Fund**
**£**
**Restricted Fund**
**£**
**Total 2024**
**£**|
|---|---|
## **Statement of assets and liabilities as at 1st April 2024**
||**General Fund**|**Restricted Fund**|**Total 2024**|
|---|---|---|---|
||**£**|**£**|**£**|
|**Cash at the end of the year**|5,076|**-**|5,076|
|**Other monetary assets**||||
|THE SKATEROOM|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|Deposit Volunteer House Peru|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|Loan/Grant|58,796|**-**|58,796|
|**Liabilities**||||
|Accountancy fees|498|**-**|**-**|
The notes on page 20 form an integral part of these account.
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**Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 1st April 2024**
## a) Nature and purpose of funds
Unrestricted funds are those that may be used at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the aims and objectives. The trustees maintain a single unrestricted General fund for the day-to-day running of the charity. Restricted funds may only be used for specific purposes. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are received for specific purposes.
## b) Restricted fund
## **Project - Jamaica**
- In January 2024, all financial management was transferred to The Freedom Skatepark Foundation. CJF donated the remaining funds, £8,860 from the NCB account and £66 in cash.
## **Project - Peru**
- The £220 deposit for the volunteer house was returned by the landlord and used to support programme activities in Peru.
## **Financial year 2023-2024**
- THE SKATEROOM fulfilled its grant agreement and donated the remaining balance of £23,559.
- The loan of £45,743 from the previous financial year 2022 to 2023 to the Dutch Stichting has been cleared. The CIO donated the full amount to the Stichting.
## c) Related party transactions
None of the trustees receives payment of remuneration.
## d) Currency use
Concrete Jungle Foundation manages 6 different currencies (GBP, EUR, USD, PEN, JMD, MAD). The currency exchange rates used to create this Annual Return are as followed:
- USD-GBP: 0.8 (2nd of April 2024)
- EUR-GBP: 0.85 (2nd of April 2024)
- PEN-GBP: 0.21 (2nd of April 2024)
- JMD-GBP: 0.0052 (2nd of April 2024)
- MAD-GBP: 0.079 (2ndof April 2024)
Approved by the trustees on **XXX** and signed on their behalf by:
C. Taquet Clement Taquet (Mar 18, 2026 21:24:10 GMT+1) Clement Taquet Date 18/03/26
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