CHARITY COMMISSION Trustees, Annual Report for the period From 16.12.2019 Perfod start date 15.12.2020 Period end date Charity name: United Borders Charity registration number: 117830404 Objectives and Activities Summary ofthe purposes of the charity as set OLrt in its goveming document Para 1 17 'I'O ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPI.F. THROUGFI". IAITHE PROVISION OF RECREAT]ONAL AND I.EISURE TtME AcfiviTIES PROVIDED IN THF.. Irfft.Rf_ST OTr SOCIAL II'ELFARF.. DESIGNED TO IWROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE: IB) PROVIDING SUPPORT AND AcnviTfF.S WHICH DEVELOP THISR SKILI.S. CAPACITIES AND CIlPABILrrirs TO ENABLETHEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MAI'LQiE AND RC.SPI)W%IBLL INDIVIDU_4LS Online Mentoring- The lock.doivn Tneant we had to find new ways to deliver services and support 'high risk or ai risk. Young People. Our 12 week online course was designed and delivered io Young People during l(Kk.down. Four t￿ntOrS delivered our online music cou]se and we provided mentoring for Young People in crisis or need. Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular. the activities, projects or serVI￿S identffied in the accounts. Para 1.17 aTrJ 1.19 Employabilitv- provided employability sessions to help young people them understand how to format and create QWS. interview preparation preparing them for job Interviews and setting expectations for work Preseniing apprentice opportunities or work based leamin Wellbeing- Cowd-19 has impacted the way that we deliver our services, so our team have been supporting Young People who are isolated by lockdown measures. Vve hold Regular online sessions wrth Young People provsding discourse to support our Young People's mental health. Online Yoga sessions have allowed our Young People to access yoga breathing and stretching tethniques from the secure Spa￿ of their homes. Signposting Young People to councillors and local mentsl health practitioners to aid their mental healih duri the lockdown. Film productior¥ The lockdown led us to shift our normal physical activlties and we created digilal content which supported Young People in short film production. Young People were Irained in film production from expert5, learning how lo research, direcl, produce, edit, upload and mathet their own content. We launched two youtube production based programmes during lockdown. Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidan issued by the Charty Commission on public benefit P8r8 1.18 Our trustees have regard to the guidance issued by the charity commission on public benefrt. Additional inforniation (optional) You ma choose to include further statements where relevant about.. Pars 1.38 Policy on grant makir Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related invesbnent Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other Achievements and Perfomiance SORP refEterx* Contract secured with local council- We re￿nI]Y re￿iVed a grant wrth Brent Council to deliver our ServI￿S to Young People identtfied as 'at risk and high risk.. Brent Youth Offending teams and social ServI￿S teams refer Young People to our charity. We engage Young People wf(h our 12 week music production course. Our servI￿S are delivered to schools in Brent. Summary of the main achievements of the charity. identfying the drfference the charity's work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole. Para 120 Online Music Course-The charity had to invest finance and training to help our services Iransition from physical delivery to online delivery. We created and launched our online serwces during lockdown using tech such as zoom and MS Teams. We successfully supported very vulnerable Young People in the borough throughout one of the most drfficult periods in all of lives wsth the Corona lockdown. All of the Young People we supported online are back on our bus and recording music physicallyl We retrained our team with NSPCC infomied training and up skilled our team on new te(* to support Young People. We Launched two youtube programmes (Rona Report and BusDownBars) We supported some of our most vulnerable and isolated Young People by training them to Produ￿ and direct their own mini series. Rona Report was filmed and delivered by one of our United Borders ambassadors who graduated from our programrne in 2019. Our Young Person interviewed professors. local counsellors, mental health practitioners. music prOdU￿r$ and other vulnerable Young People during lockdown to help other Young People feel connected during an unprecedented time in the UK. We also launched a music based programme which took pla￿ on our bus called BusDownBars. The creator was on bail (owing to covid) and we challenged him to create a music series whilst on bail. We teamed up wth new film graduates from the MET school and they taught Young People from deprived communities film production. The results were pretty spectacular! The show managed to secure a top 10 artist and an artist who reached number 1 in the album charts too. Wellbeing- Young Peoples wellbeing has been our main priority under lockdown because the isolation left many Young People feeling depressed, suicidal or anxious about their futures. We introduced Young People to other Young People and we delivered online Yoga sessions with one of our partnets. We signposted young people to mental health services in the local area and mentored Young People who have home challenges. Covld-19 impacted black people disproportionately - The community I serve in 'church road NW10' experienced the highest disproportionate deaths from covid. Black People were also fined disproportionately under covid lockdown fines and were stopped and searched more than white counterparts. These events were felt particularly from our Young People who often raised Iheir voices about stop and search practices. We created a podcast around their realities and channel 5 contacted us to hear how our Young People felt aboui these practices. Two of our Young People were brave enough to speak about their experiences on national Additional inforniation (optional> You ma choose to include further statements where relevant about: We didn't expect that our Young People would be involved in raising their vol￿5 to speak out against systemic racism at a time when the world was battling against a pandemic but we were proud that our Young People were able to speak out on racist praCtI￿S online and for National Television. Many Young People complained about the fines and being stopped and searched by police daily (Black people were fined 8x more under lockdown fines and searched 9x more than vthite people in the UK) we were very proud that they were able to articulate their feelin s on a national television station. Covid meant were were unable to do any fundraising events in 2020 and currently in 2021. Achievements against objectives set Para 1.41 Perfomance of fundraising activities against objectives set Para 1.41 We invested in extra equipment to support Young People at home isolated, extra laptops to support our staff members, online training for our staff members, NSPCC training and bus servicing. Investment performance against objectives Para 1.41 Other Financial Review Review of the charity's financial position at the end of the enod stalement explaining the policy for holding reserves statin are held Amount of reseNes held Reasons for holding zero reserves Details offvnd materialty in deficit Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concem Para 1.21 stable Para 1.22 Reserves held to cover commitments and basic running cost for the charity Pata 1.22 Para 1.22 12.000 Para 1.24 Parn 1.23 Additional inforniation (optional) You ma choose to indude further statemerrts where relevant about: The charity's principal sources of funds {induding any fundraising) Para 1.47 Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted Para 1.46 A description of the principal risks facing the charty Pata 1.46 Other structure, Governance and Management Description of charity's trusts: Type of goveming document ,afLeri Pata 1.25 Articles of association How is Ihe charity constr(uted? je g Lin5n=orporated Para 1.25 cio Trustee selertion methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body enlitled to appoint one or more trustees Pata 1.25 Additional infomiation (optional} You ma choose to include further statements where relevant about. Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees Para 1.51 The charity's organisational structure and any wder ne￿ork with which the charity works P8fH 1.51 Relationship with any related parties Par8 1.51 other Reference and Administrative details United Borders Chari name Other name the cha uses Registered charity number Charty's principal address 1178304 21 Helperby Road London London NW10 9DU Names of the charlty trustees who manage the charity r>ates acted rf not fOr**￿Ie ar T￿￿tee name Office lif any) Name of ￿r$On lor body) entitle(I Int truste* If an Justin Finlayson Jerome Anderson Samantha Phillips 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Cor orate trustees- names of the directors at the date the re Director name ortwasa roved Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity T￿￿tee nam• Dat*s act•d if not for Twhole ar Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others Description of the assets NIA held in this capacrty Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity's objects NIA Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity's oym assets NIA Additlonal infonnation {optlonal) Names and addresses of advisers (Optional Infonnatlon) Type of Name Address adviser Name of chief executive or names of senior staff membets Ioptlonal Inforniation) Exemptions from disclosure Reason for non-disclosure of ke rsonnel detsils Other o tional information Declarations The trustees declare that they have approved the trustées. report above. Slgned on behalf of thè charity's trustees Signature(s) Full name(s) Positlon {eg Secretary? Chair. etc) Joro(n tR￿STEi De 2 E- Dats ILk-3-2oLI CC171 Perk)J end Pwi(*J d* 16.12.2019 To ststsmentoffrna￿1II •thibeJ 1S.112020 Se¢bon A ReeommÈnd•d ¢at•gori•s by a￿vIty anatysts nds Jnd5 Incomkng r•s￿rC•S INot•¥ FOI F02 F03 F05 le￿￿tsd furwjs S03 otherlrKomkng reswrc•s sos 60 3.815 ifL¢tyII¢ F￿rai•￿t>￿r￿jc Sl1 S13 t39m1 - 132.133 S14 Nt*g 1 &$1sofpryabDTr . Ac￿ur￿lry Ro ceptf0FtrEfdl￿I .Tick4$4pwopna 12 Change ITh baSi*ofacc¢￿ntiNA Therehag been Notos lo Che accounts +Joto2 countln9 I￿1[1￿ INCOMING RESOURCES EXPENDITURE AND LIA8ILmES Lithlmyfewnltton Cond￿0￿8 ASSETS In¥t¥lin•n Note 3 Thib fftr I*JUSCQ1.2WG8 w￿￿1175•7TFR Tc1* c(wixittY LAM)& F £￿￿74￿ £2.498. £J.JJJts) È10.(KKity) t1.fffj9.95 £2.518.95 £8,W) £1.428.* 2.(XULVJ £)).((o £452.15 £23.19IU £&rs).4> THE LEtrWXtrIW4Y £ity.wo. £1D.LUF.OD £21.2W. lorymthjng El5)m E¥enthiite £110m Inve51ment income Toial Incom￿# resou¥etsfr¢Mn ion&)D BoroLyhof Hxlj NatK)nal BUS É1.2LIJ.LK) Other Incomin8 RÈS0￿ceS justin 8oxpark Vo Bn*ol £474.01 £2,WX(L) £5￿.74 £1￿1￿j £1Q Total £161.764.r £1M.10U4 Section C (cont) Note 4 Wthl$ wwfdhelptho rè*rof theaccowtt year La8twr Costs of g•nerailng voluntary In¢oEne 13739.00 128200 1123B.01 & Markth 597.OD 5919.88 Total 6516.88 26259.00 Funttrar&ingtradlng 9tS9. AdNvb&ng & Matkeb 855.￿) 749200 3946.59 4344.50 17506.00 Investment managemprrtco•ts charllabloacUvft￿$ 5170. 14B7.65 4229.79 1817S.07 2412.26 1238.88 18110.00 440. 5170.OD 3116. OFEraiing Lease Ptym•t 2Z493.C Fo Saiar*s Charfty& wlitKaldMatA Repairs &MainÈw4ir 4￿3.65 30719.00 ¢>ivwnance costs 18217.13 6688.73 11888. 4301.00 7241.72 Pos*. Pnntry & Ststionwy min Expenses A￿lre&Ar¢oUntsrVffees StrffTrainnir SubxriptK>n5 Te￿￿% lTrter $4tsiie5 Ba)k fees& Intere 43.LKS 65.09 1850.00 15175.ts) 1312.00 2124.70 1889.3fj 24165.00 T*Jtal 7854S.55 1￿76.00 GtsndTotsl 139070.67 9Y920.U) Section C Notes to the accounts Note 5 Support Costs Please complete this note rf the charity has analysed its expenses using un rdising oveman¢* activity Aclivity Activity Total Cost Support cost type Professional & Legal Fess Insuran IT Software and Consumables Payments General Expenses Admin Expense Motor Payments £33.393.00 £6,689.00 £33,393.00 £6,689.00 £7,242.00 £7.242.(M) £41.587.00 £41,587.00 £9,866.00 £9,866.00 £1,650.00 £18,175.00 Total £11.516.00 £18.175.00 £88,911.00 £118,602.00 Note 6 6.1 Trustee expenses Please pmvide details of the amount of anypayment or reimbursement of Details of certain items of expenditure Thls year Last year Number of trustees who were paid expenses Reimburse ment & Renumerat ion Reimburse ment & Renumerati on Nature of the expenses Total amount paid 6.2 Fees for examination or audit of the accounts Please provide details of the amountpaid for any statutory external scrutiny This year Last yoar £19,264.00 £24,968.00 Independent examinetrs or auditorn. fees for Other fees (for example: advice, consultancy, 900 2500 750 2500 Section C Notes to the accounts Icontl Note 7 Paid employees Please compl8t• this note rfthe chaiity IMS any wWoy8• 7.1 Stsff Costs This year Last Gross wage5. salaries and benefrts in kind Employe￿$ National Insurnnce costs Pgnsion costs Tolal staff costs 7.2 Avaragg numbar of full-tim• aqulvalent •mployees in tho Last This year Numb•r year Number The ￿rtS of the charity in which the omployee$ work Tolal 7.3 Oefined contribution pension scheme Please complete rfa defifted¢ontiylwtion pension scheme is operated. Brief details of thg schemg This year Last The costs of the Scheme to the chafity for the year The amount of any contrtbutlons outstandln9 at the yearend The amount of any contributions prepaid atthe year end Sectioii C Notes to the accounts Noto 8 Grantmaking -1 Total Val￿ of Grantsto Instlluuo Total arnourt £ Grarts to indivwlua15 Total amount £ forwh*h 8.1 Grdrbtmaking costs Supportcosts of grartm*l Ilthtr Tolal amount of rnnts id£ Section C Notes to thè aCCOLlnts Note 9 Tangib18 fixed ass•ts 9.1 Cost orvaluauon Ptym•rfs on acc(￿ntand Total & Wldlrys dhvJ5 Ba13n(z brouuht fowttl Additions Revaluatiot Diswjsals Trartsfers" Balance L%tned forward 92 A￿UMula￿ 4gprwc14th>n and vnpairrnent prOV￿lOn$ SLorRB 20.680 1.477 20.680 1.477 22.157 22,157 RB SLorRB SL￿RB SLQTRB Balance brought fcThRrd Depreciation tharyJe for year ImpaitrTTrenl proviSK)n5 Revaluations Olsposals Transfer5" 8alan(E Carri￿J foThYdf 5.720 5.170 5,720 5,170 10.89) 10.890 9.3 Net book value Brought fonvard Carried forward 14. 11.267 14.96 11.267 9.4 Revaluatlon Section C Notes to the accounts Icontl Note 10 Please complete this note rfthe ¢harityhas *Jy inves￿asSet& 10.1 Fixed assets investments Carrying Imarketl value at beginning of year Ad(I: additions to inveStm￿ts at cost Less.. diswsals at Calrylng value Addlldeductl- net gainlllossl on reW￿L￿tI)n Carrying Imarketl value at end of year Pl•as• pro¥id• ￿￿0￿. 10.2 A brnakdown ofth8 markot b•lu88 of 1nWstn￿ shown al)o¥e agreelng wlth the balance sheet row BO3. 10.3 A l)reakdown ofthe Income from in¥eslments agreeiry with SOFA row SO3. Analysis of Investments 10.2 Market value at 10.3 Income from investrnents for th8 vear Imièstmbnt proFwti•s Inv8Strn8nts list￿ on a recogni8￿1 stock gxchange or hgkl in common Investh7ents In subsldSary or connected undertaklngs and companles Securities not listed on a recognised Stock Exchange Ca¥h held as part of the In?￿1￿￿ portfolio Other investments Tolal 10.4 Material iTrvoStment holdings If any single In¥￿•ment is material in tern￿ of ils value Ilorexample represents more thaTr S per cent of the Investment held Market Value Section C Notes to the accounts Icontl Note 11 Debtors and prepayments Please eomplets thts note rfthe chartyhas any (lebtors or Analy¥i$ of debtor¥ Amounts falling due This year Last year Amounts falling due after This year La$t year Trade debtors Amounts (lue from subsldiary and assoclated undertakings Other debtor5 Prepayments and accrued income 3,31X).O Totsl 3,3LKI.O Note12 Creditorn and accruals Please complete thls note rfthe charity has arty crnoytots oraccma 12.1 Analysis of crpditors Arrw)unts falling due This year Last year Amwnts tslling due after This year L35tyear Loans and overdrnftg Trnde credltors Amounts due to subsldlary and assoclated undertakings Other credltors Aeeruals and defèrred incm 10,547 Total 12.2 Security over assets If an loan, overdTrft or ¢knercre<&torholds a cha orotheTSeCU assets of th• cha Section C Notes to the accounts (conti Note13 Endowment and restricted incorne funds Pleas• complete thls section rfthe charity has any endowment orrÈstiYeted Ineom funds. 13.1 FurKls held Ple￿e give o brief dés¢riptlon of any of thè followlng type of funds held lry the chariir. pennanent erKlowmtnt funds IPEI. expendable endowmentfunds IEEI" and restrlcted Income funds, including special InBts, of the charity IR}. Typ• PE. EE Purpose and Restrictions Fund Name 13.2 Movements of major funds Please give detsits of the Tr￿ve￿er￿ of Ihe m Fund lance broug forward rfunds summaiys•dffft r•stil￿and0￿doWMent Fund balances carried forwar(I Incoming resources (Mgolng GaIT￿ and losses resources TTrnsfer¥ Fund names 13.3 Transfers between funds Pl￿* glv• d•talls ofany ￿nSfer$ between fvnd& From FurMI IName To Fund (Namel Reason Amount Section C Notes to the accounts Icontl Note 14 Transactions with related parties If the cha￿haS any tsansactlons wlth relaiedwties (other than the t￿St￿ •xpons•s •xplalnedln note 6) 1&1 Rernurteration and benefits Pl•as• glv• lh• amount ol. andltyalauthorlty for. anyr8mun•rniiort ort)Ilwb•n•fitspaidto a Irusteè or Legal authorlty (eg order. governing document) ounts paid or benerrt value This year Last year Name of tnMtee orconnected paty 14.2 Loans Pl•as• gfv• detalls olandamounts owNng to orfmm Ihe ¢harttys orotherrelatedparties by the N¥m• oftrust¢e or eonneet8(I paity Amount owin ThT$ year La¥t y￿r Ltyal •uthwFty Due to tru8tèe¥ and related partfies Due from trustees and related parties 14.3 Other transa¢tionlsl with trustees or related parties Please ive details olan transaclion undertaken b (oron bel& Relatlonshlp to D•seription of thè cha tr4nsacllonlsl the Cha In whl¢h a trust•• or rnlat8d This year Last year Name ofthe tNstee or related Section C Notes to the accounts {contl Note 15 Additional Disclosures The following are significant matters which are not covered in other notes and need to be included to provide a proper understanding of the accounts. If there is insufficient room here, please add a separate sheeL TO￿l￿tY1* FOI F02 £18.￿7.00 - Fckl £18.987.C £44 453.44 £10 547.39- £10.547. B11 B12 B13 B14 B15 FundsofthèCi￿ttY B16 817 Curr*ttYeèrwtr Retsined Earnlre5 3.41 28199.64 2W.41 2￿99.64 1769.7 26429.94 B18 819 Slgn•d by ¢wor Iwo trustw on behamolas Flint Name t)ate of a al JkJSI Ir4 -()- ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/ members of** Charity Name UNITED BORDERS **On accounts for the year** 15/12/2020 **Charity no** 1178304 **ended (if any)** **Set out on pages** I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity United Borders for the year ended 15/12/2020 **Responsibilities and** As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the **basis of report** accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011. 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 all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. **Independent** The charity’s gross income exceeded £25,000 but did not exceed £250,000 **examiner's statement** and I am qualified to undertake the examination by being a qualified member of Association of Accounting Technicians. 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: - the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or - the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or - the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. **Date:** 31/07/2021 **Signed: Name:** NATASHA SOKI **Relevant professional** Association of Accounting Technicians **Oct 2018** **IER** 1 ## **qualification(s) or body (if any):** **Address:** 206 Webheath Netherwood Street London, NW6 2JU ## **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . **Oct 2018** **IER** 2