## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 1[st] April 2023 Period start date to 31[st] March 2024 Period end date**
**Charity name:** Medway African and Caribbean Association
## **Charity registration number:** 1179545
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP
reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document.|Para 1.17|To advance any charitable purpose for the
benefit of the inhabitants of Kent and
Medway, in particular, but not exclusively,
persons of the African-Caribbean
community, in particular advancing
education and/or assisting in the provision
of facilities for recreation and other leisure-
time activities in the interests of social
welfare with the object of improving the
condition of life for said inhabitants.|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17
and 1.19|The main activities carried out during the
year include the following:
1. Senior citizens activities
2. Events, arts, heritage
3. Work with young people
4. Work with partners
5. Fundraising
6. Media
7. MACA development
8. Health and well being|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit.|Para 1.18|The trustees of MACA can confirm that we
had had due regard to the guidance issued
by the Charity Commission on public
benefit We further confirm that all the
activities undertaken are for public benefit.|
|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:|
||SORP
reference||
|Policy on grant making.|Para 1.38|NA MACA does not make any grants.|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment.|Para 1.38|NA MACA does not make any social
investments.|
|Contribution made by
volunteers.|Para 1.38|Volunteers make up a substantial
contribution to the work of MACA.|
All the trustees are volunteers, and all take part in the work of the charity. This includes applying for funding for the charity. Organising events and activities for the public. Attendance at partnership meetings Volunteers also work alongside the senior citizens coordinator to plan and facilitate the weekly senior citizens group. In addition, young people worked with our youth coordinator to plan and develop activities for young people. Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
||SORP
reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|This past year we increased our range of
activities and undertook preparations for
the MACA 40thanniversary. We have seen
an increase in people attending our regular
sessions and events, and more young
people engaging in our activities.
Our achievements for the year include the
following:
**1. Senior Citizens Activities**
The senior citizens programme continues
to grow, with an increase in numbers
attending the weekly drop-in and an
expansion in the range of health and well-
being activities.
Some of the senior citizens took part in
some oral history interviews as part of a
production with “Icon Theatre” for their
Ghost Ships production, they also
supported young people from “Gulbenkian
Theatre” who were working on a production
of Windrush.
Activities over the year included the annual
trip to Margate, A visit to Canterbury and to
see the Windrush play,
visits from a range of speakers on health
and well-being matters, as well as activities
to help keep people active.
MACA received funding to enable us to
recruit an advocacy officer for a few
months, supporting senior citizens with
health and social care needs.
There was a visit to Call the Midwife, paid
for with grant funding from Phillip and
Connie Foundation.|
Kent Police funded a dominoes tournament at the drop in which was enjoyed by all. The drop in continues to be coordinated by Marva Wilson-Harrison, who has continued to do the role as a volunteer when funding has ceased, Marva has also worked with the Chair to identify and apply for other sources of funding for activities. **2. Events hosted and attended.** During the period 2023-2024, we held the following events Windrush 75[th] Anniversary Service, at St Barnabas Church Gillingham. Nearly 100 people attended. Annual Young Black Achievers awards, at Kings School with a special Jaki Graham. We launched our NHS Blood and Organ donor campaign and Healthy Way programme. This project included a media campaign with videos made with volunteer blood donors, a social media campaign and poster campaign. We attended the Press Launch for the Call the Midwife tour at the Chatham Historic Dockyard. We attended and presented at the Creative Schools network. We attended the NHS Kent and Medway AGM, as well as consultation events on the Health and well-being strategy. The chair attended the National Black Police Association AGM in Cardiff and was nominated for community champion award. Attendance at this event was self-funded. We continued work with the NHS Kent and Medway and Public health on addressing health inequalities, taking part in the Medway Food partnership. We also had stalls at several local events including the Reed Partnership community event at Chatham Dockside Outlet, The Welcome to Medway event, City Hall event, as well as the signing of the Medway Civic charter. We hosted our first African and Caribbean cultural market at the Corn Exchange in Rochester, we had 12 stalls, and good attendance, such was the popularity of the event we organised one for Easter 2024. **3. Work with young people** Young people took part in the Annual Genfest event and hosted a dance workshop. We had funding to deliver Mixed Martial Arts, Dance, Windrush workshops, and
commenced work with the University of Kent to explore Diversity in the curriculum. The youth programme has been delivered under the leadership of Ola Owolabi, with support from young people of Young People United. Ola has also continued working with the young people on a voluntary basis when funding has ceased and worked with the Chair and young people to identify and apply for funding. We have had in kind support from Medway Council Youth Service, and Medway Council Culture team, also the Chatham Historic Dockyard and Mid Kent College The Young people worked on several funding applications, and have also been working hard to reestablish themselves, and be more involved in MACA activities. They have taken on more leadership roles, including co facilitating dance workshops, and taking part in media projects, and marketing. **4. Work with partners** MACA has continued to strengthen our relationships with local partners, including Medway Council, the chair and vice chair held quarterly meetings the Chief Executive of Medway Council, up until he retired. We have held meetings with the Chief Executive of the Chatham Historic Dockyard and the CDHT team, Medway Council Arts team, Public Health, Kent Police Kent Fire and Recuse and NHS Kent and Medway Chair, as well as regular support from the Leader of Medway Council, the Mayor and Deputy Mayor and local councillors from all political parties. MACA is an active member of Creative Medway. We continue our work with schools, who have been experiencing incidents of racism. MACA is a member of Kent Police Independent Police Advisory Group (IPAG) and over the past year has been supporting members who continue to experience racism. The chair is also an Ambassador for the Chatham Historic Dockyard. The chair was also elected as one of the 5 inspirational women in Medway as part of the Cut of her Cloth project, and members of the drop in contributed to a mural that is to be exhibited at a parade in July 2024.
**5 Fundraising** We have a small number of regular donors, and we are also participating in Medway Lottery. Annual funds from Medway Lottery are in the region of £400 for the financial year. During the period of this report, we received a grant from the NHS Blood and Organ donation project to launch a Blood and Organ donation campaign, targeting African and Caribbean communities. We received funding from Phillip and Connie Foundation, Arts Council England, National Lottery Community Fund, Asda and Coop, as well as regular donations and income from events. **6 MACA in the news** MACA continues to be a regular feature in the local media. BBC radio Kent, KM TV, ITV Meridian SE, BBC South East and Medway Messenger has regularly featured our work, and we have also sourced stories for them. ITV Meridian has covered stories about Windrush, as well as MACA events. The chair took part in BBC Points of View programme and takes part in regular interviews on a range of topics related to local and national issues, as well as MACA projects. The MACA website was refreshed during this period, with in kind support from Panoramic Design, who worked with the young people to refresh the design and content. Our social media followers have grown with nearly 3,000 followers across all of our social media and newsletter subscribers, having a regular media presence has helped to raise our profile, as well as regular social media engagement.
|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
|---|---|---|
|Achievements against
objectives set.|Para 1.41|We set the following objectives last year of
which most of them have been achieved.
**Business plan**
We are continuing to work towards
developing a costed business plan, and
look at long term sustainable funding
opportunities, and services that we can
charge for.
We have applied for funding to help us
further develop the business plan.|
|**Increase our fundraising activity:**We|
|---|
|have been successful in receiving funding|
|for several projects, to enable us to deliver|
|key activities during the year.|
|These funds include|
|•
Kent Community Foundation|
|•
Medway Council Culture Team and|
|Youth Service, (cash and in Kind)|
|•
Public Health Medway|
|•
Ideas Test|
|•
University of Kent|
|•
Kings School Rochester|
|•
Mrs Baker Medway Theatre|
|company|
|•
CVS Medway|
|•
Engaging Kent|
|•
Arts Council England|
|•
National Lottery Community Fund|
|•
Kent Police|
|•
Coop|
|•
Phillip and Connie Foundation|
|We also receive in kind funding from|
|•
The Chatham Historic Dockyard|
|•
Medway Council Arts team and|
|Youth service|
|•
The University of Kent|
|•
Public Health|
|**Objectives for 2024-25**:|
|1. increase longer term sustainable|
|funding.|
|2. Engage support to assist with|
|funding and develop a funding|
|strategy aligned with the business|
|plan.|
|**Volunteer recruitment**|
|We have manged to increase the number|
|of volunteers, who have assisted with our|
|activities throughout the year, and|
|commenced a recruitment process for new|
|trustees.|
|We have developed a new volunteer|
|recruitment pack.|
|**Trustee recruitment**|
|We also recruited 2 new trustees; however,|
|one has since resigned in 2024.|
|MACA reviewed and revised policies on|
|safeguarding, financial controls, equality|
|and diversity, risk assessments, GDPR,|
|Reserves.|
|||**Objectives 2024/25**
Strengthen the infrastructure of MACA,
which includes having in place staff to run
MACA on a day-to-day basis, aligned with
the business plan.
Strengthen the working relationships
between the board, project staff, young
people and those who access MACA
services.
Succession planning for the board, to
ensure that MACA is sustainable into the
future.|
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set.|Para 1.41|We have been successful in our fundraising
activities for projects we have delivered as
well as secured other income streams from
donations and Medway lottery and
donations.|
|Other||We have made progress in strengthening
and growing the skills of the board.
We have increased engagement with
schools, strategic partners, our offer to
senior citizens and young people despite
limited resources.
We have increased our visibility online and
in the media.|
## **Financial Review**
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Balance carried forward.
Closing balance 2022/23 £43,988.06
Income
£101,428
Expenditure
£78,826
Closing balance 30/3/2024
£66.592.32
The income for 2023-24 was a significant
increase compared to 2022-23, the
increase was mainly from grants received,
we also saw an increase in payments for
senior citizens although it should be noted
that a lot of this income was to cover the
costs of specific activities such as Margate
and the Christmas meal, where there was
no cost to MACA as fees covered the
costs. We received income for the MACA
market, which was used to cover the costs.|
|---|---|---|
||||There has been an increase in the number
of small donations and grants unrestricted
during the financial year.
We previously banked with Barclays and
now bank with Lloyds.
We also have an online market place with
Sum up which enables us to sell tickets for
events and we have access to a card
reader so we can take online payments at
events.|
|---|---|---|---|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held.|Para 1.22||MACA's reserve policy is to maintain a
minimum level of reserves equivalent to
two months of its average annual
expenditure, unrestricted funds, based on
the average expenditure the previous 3
financial years. This is based on an
assessment of the risks and uncertainties
that MACA faces, such as fluctuations in
income, changes in demand for services,
unexpected costs, and legal obligations.
MACA's reserve policy also considers the
availability of other sources of funding,
such as restricted funds, designated funds,
and loans. This figure is reviewed annually.
Purpose of Reserves
Reserves are essential for providing
financial stability and flexibility to the
organization. The primary purposes of
reserves within MACA are:
a. Financial Stability: To safeguard the
organization against unforeseen financial
challenges, economic downturns, or
unexpected expenses.
b. Strategic Investments: To support the
implementation of strategic initiatives and
projects that align with MACA's mission and
goals.
c. Operational Continuity: To ensure the
uninterrupted delivery of programs and
services even in the face of funding
fluctuations or short-term financial
constraints.
Types of Reserves
MACA recognises the need for different
types of reserves to address various
financial needs. The following are the key
categories:
a. General Reserves: Unrestricted funds
set aside to cover day-to-day operational|
|||expenses, mitigate financial risks, and
address unforeseen circumstances.
b. Designated Reserves: Set aside for
specific purposes, such as capital projects,
program expansion, or other strategic
initiatives, as determined by the Board of
Trustees.
c. Restricted Reserves: Funds earmarked
for a particular project or purpose, in
accordance with donor restrictions or
specific fundraising campaigns.|
|---|---|---|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£66592.32|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Not applicable|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|Not applicable|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|NA|
## **Additional information (optional)**
|**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**||
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|You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:|
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|The majority of the funds received during
the year derived from the following sources.
Grants: this constituted over 80% of the
income.
The remaining income was from donations,
and income from events**.**|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted.|Para 1.46|NA|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|MACA has developed its business plan and
sustainability plan; we are working with
partners to undertake a feasibility study to
secure long term funding for our own
building and our long-term objectives.|
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:||NA|
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|
Para 1.25|Constitution|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g. unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Individuals who wish to be a trustee need
to submit a written application, the form of
which is available on the MACA website.
Applicants are then interviewed by existing
trustee members which include the
Chairperson, a board member, a
representative of the senior citizens and
young people’s group.|
|---|---|---|
|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
|---|---|---|
|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees.|Para 1.51|Safeguarding policy
Data protection policy
Privacy policy
Trustee recruitment pack
Financial controls procedure
Reserves policy|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works.|Para 1.51|MACA has a board of trustees who are all
volunteers.
We engage staff on a self-employed basis
when we receive funding for specific
projects.
Our strategic partners include Medway
Council, Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust,
Mid Kent College, The University of Kent,
Medway CVS, Public Health Medway, Kent
Police.|
|Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|None|
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Medway African and Caribbean Association|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|MACA|
|Registered charity number|1179545|
|Charity’s principal address|CO
The Sunlight Development Trust
105 Richmond Rd
Gillingham
Kent
ME7 1LX|
|||
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|1
2|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee**
**(if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Carol Stewart|Chairperson|2018-2023|MACA trustees|
||Patricia Gayle|Vice Chairperson|2018-2023|MACA trustees|
|3
7
8
9
10
11|Jane Brown|Treasurer|2023-2024|MACA trustees|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Amanda Halpin|Trustee|2018-2023|MACA trustees|
||Wendell Henry|Trustee|2018-2023|MACA trustees|
||Patricia Cooper|Trustee|2018-2023|MACA trustees|
||Carol Valentine|Trustee|2020-2023|MACA Trustees|
||Michelle Mclarren|Trustee|2023-2024|MACA Trustees|
– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved.
**Director name NA**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**||
|---|---|---|
|**NA**|||
||||
||||
||||
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|**Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others.**|||
|Description of the assets
held in this capacity.|NA||
|Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
fall within the custodian
charity’s objects.|NA||
|Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own
assets|NA||
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**|
|---|---|---|
|**adviser**|||
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details NA
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
|**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (e.g. Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|||
|---|---|---|
||Dr Carol Stewart|Trish Gayle|
||
Chairperson|Vice Chairperson|
||22/1/2025||
||22/1/2025||
**Medway African and Caribbean Association**
**1179545**
## **Receipts and payments accounts**
## **CC16a**
**For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01/04/2023 31/03/2024
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**7,629**
**15,671**
**-**
**-**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**27,000**
**7,000**
**200**
**10,000**
**2,100**
**7,500**
**1,000**
**578**
**22,750**
**-**
**78,128**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**78,128**
**- 7,065**
**- 350**
-
**- 19,467**
**-**
**- 16,886**
**- 7,804**
**- 3,124**
**- 54,696**
**-**
**-**
**-**
1|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**27,000**
**7,000**
**200**
**10,000**
**2,100**
**7,629**
**15,565**
**7,500**
**1,000**
**578**
**22,750**
**-**
**101,322**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|Arts Council England(restricted)|||**27,000**||||**-**|
|Active Kent|||||||**4,853**|
|Youth Music|||||||**2,837**|
|Kent Community Foundation Young
People ( Restricted)|**-**||**7,000**||||**10,000**|
|
Kent CommunityFoundation Jubileegrant|||||||**10,000**|
|Medway Council Childrens services (
restricted)|||**200**||||**-**|
|National Lottery Awards for All (
Restricted)|**-**||**10,000**||||**-**|
|Medway Council arts Grants|||**2,100**||||**2,000**|
|Senior citizens subscriptions|**7,629**||||||**4,665**|
|Donations, other grants and event
receipts|**15,671**||||||**13,582**|
|
Philip And Connie Phillips Grant Seniors
Restricted|||**7,500**||||**-**|
|Paramount Sticks And Stones Restricted|||**1,000**||||**-**|
|Rush Musical Restricted To Pay Costs|||**578**||||**-**|
|Sport England|||||||**6,240**|
|NHS Blood and organ project/healthy way
Restricted|
**-**||**22,750**||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**-**||**-**||||**-**|
||**23,301**||**78,128**||||**54,177**|
||**-**
**-**
**-**|||||||
|**A2 Asset and Investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||||
||**-**|||||||
||**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**
**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|**-**||||||**-**|
|||||||||
||**23,301**||**78,128**||**101,428**||**54,177**|
||**-**
**-**
**- 5,331**
**- 6,125**
**- 12,674**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**- 24,130**
**-**
**-**
**-**||||**- 7,065**
**- 350**
**- 5,331**
**- 6,125**
**- 19,467**
**- 12,674**
**- 16,886**
**- 7,804**
**- 3,124**
**- 78,826**
**-**
**-**
**-**|||
|Active Kent/Sport England|**-**||||||**-**|
|Kent Community Foundation (Youth )|**-**||||||**-**|
|Senior Citizens|**- 5,331**|||||||
|MACA Operational Costs|**- 6,125**||||||**- 2,757**|
|NHS BT Blood and Organ project /Healthy
Way|||||||**-**|
|
project activites and events|**- 12,674**||||||**- 21,121**|
|National lottery and Arts Council|**-**||||||**-**|
|Phillip and Connie Seniors|**-**|||||||
|Sticks and Stones|**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**- 24,130**||||||**- 23,878**|
|||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||||
||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|||
||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|||
|**_Sub total_ **
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)|**-**||**-**
1|**-**|**-**||**-**
22/01/2025|
|**_Total payments_ **
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_ **|**- 24,130**
**- 829**
**-**
**37,826**
**36,997**|**- 54,696**
**23,432**
**-**
**6,163**
**29,595**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**- 78,826**
**22,603**
**-**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||**- 23,878**|
|||||||
||||||**78,055**|
||||||**-**|
||||||**-**|
|||||||
|||||||
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
22/01/2025
2
|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**the end of the period**||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
None
Bank balance at 01/04/24
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
None
**Details**
**Details**
None
ICT equipment and resources
**Details**
**Details**
minibus
music equipment|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**36,997**
**29,595**
**-**
**£36,890.00**
**29,595**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**0**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
0
**-**
Children in Need
Children in Need
Youth Music
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Carol Stewart
Patricia Gayle|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
|||||
||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
|||||
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
|||||
|||||
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|||Patricia Gayle|**22/01/2025**|
CCXX R3 accounts (SS)
22/01/2025
3
Funds carried forward from 22/23 plus other grants and income Used surplus from other unrestricted funds ) Had funds carried forward from Phillip and Connie grant 2122)
Used some of the Medway Council grant
CCXX R4 accounts (SS)
22/01/2025
4
CCXX R5 accounts ISSI
2210112025
CCXX R6 accounts ISSI
2210112025
## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
Charity Name
**Report to the trustees/** Charity Name **members of** Medway African and Caribbean Association
|**members of**|Medway African and Caribbean Association|
|---|---|
|**On accounts for the year**
**ended**
**Set out on pages**|31stMarch 2024
**Charity no**
**(if any)**
1179545|
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||(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)|
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **DD / MM / YYYY** .
**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 (“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 all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
**Independent** [The charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 and I am qualified to **examiner's statement** undertake the examination by being a qualified member of [insert name of applicable listed body]]. _Delete_ [ ] _if not applicable._
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below *) 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.
- _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._
|**Signed:**
**Name:**
**Relevant professional**
**qualification(s) or body**|**Date:**|13/01/2025|
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||ICPA 010 BRP||
**Oct 2018**
1
**IER**
## **(if any):**
## **Address:**
## **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**
2
**IER**