Charity Number: 1180952
## Redbridge Rainbow Community
Trustee Report For the period ended 31 March 2022
Redbridge Rainbow Community
## Contents
For the year ended 31 March 2022 Reference and administrative information .................................................................................... 1 Trustees’ annual report ............................................................................................................... 2
Redbridge Rainbow Community
## Reference and administrative information
For the year ended 31 March 2021
Charity number 1180952 Country of registration England & Wales
Registered office and operational address Parish Centre, 326 High Road, Ilford, IG1 1QP
Trustees Trustees, who served during the year and up to the date of this report were as follows:
Rita Chadha Chair Judith Garfield
Staff None Bankers HSBC 126 High Road, Ilford, Essex, IG1 1DA Unity Trust Bank PO Box 7193, Planetary Road, Willenhall WV1 9DG
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Independent examiner’s report
The trustees present their report and the independently examined financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2021.
Reference and administrative information set out on page 1 forms part of this report. The financial statements comply with current statutory requirements, the memorandum and articles of association, and the Statement of Recommended Practice - Accounting and Reporting by Charities: SORP applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with FRS 102.
## Structure, governance & management
The organisation is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation and registered as such in 2018. The company was established under a constitution which established the objects as being To promote equality and diversity for the public benefit by:
3.1 The elimination of discrimination in relation to lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex, queer, questioning (LGBT) and allies and associates living within the London borough of Redbridge and its environs;
- challenging homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, or any associated negative attitudes and behaviour within society;
- working with partners and organisations, public and private, in developing initiatives that will enhance and safeguard LGBT people's lives, ensuring their inclusion in all aspects of life, and that their human rights are protected; and by
- advancing education, raising awareness and promoting a culture based on equality and diversity. 3.2 to promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex, queer, questioning people (LGBT) and allies and associates from being socially excluded from society on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity; and.
3.3 to advance the interests of LGBT+ individuals and communities through such means as the trustees think fit in accordance with the law of charity ("the objects").
All Trustees give their time voluntarily and receive no benefits from the charity.
## Objectives and activities
The aftermath of the pandemic has continued to cause disruption to the resumption of services. The trustees working alongside a freelance colleague for 2 months have invested some significant time in exploring options for the future of the organisation, including gathering interest in the development of a localised steering committee.
## Charitable Activities during 2021/2022
Considerable behind the scenes work has taken place, including discussions around PRIDE in 2022, unfortunately due to an absence of staffing and trustee capacity at the time we were unable to play a full part in PRIDE activities locally or regionally. The organisation has become once again active in reacting to requests for information and advice from strategic partners locally. Queries have been referred onto partner agencies best placed to support issues connected to mental wellbeing.
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## Internal environment
Consideration has been given to the recruitment of a staff member, a job description has been drafted.
## Our priorities for the coming year 2022/2023 and beyond
- To recruit a member of staff
- To relaunch the organisation with a new website and branding
- To develop a focus on health inequalities
- To welcome and celebrate more members of the LGBTQA+ community and allies into the organisation
- To expand the work programme and embed it within Redbridge
- To strengthen the organisation’s infrastructure with new and additional trustees and a parttime staff member to deliver a resident led work programme
- To become the go-to organisation for anybody needing advice and assistance on LGBTQA+ matters.
## Financial review
Monies this year have been used to pay for freelance and reboot the organisation’s website and admin systems. In the absence of a functioning bank account, one trustee had made payments on behalf of the organisation, some of which was paid back during this financial year.
## Reserves policy and going concern
Redbridge Rainbow Community has no formal reserves policy, but aims to maintain an operating balance in its accounts at all times. The charity is operated on a going concern basis
## Statement of responsibilities of the trustees
The Trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
Charity law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of the year and of the surplus or deficit of the company for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the Trustees are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business;
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- state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity. They have general responsibility for taking such steps as are reasonably open to them to safeguard the assets of the charity and to prevent and detect fraud and other irregularities.
This report has been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice – Accounting and
Reporting by Charities (FRS 102 - 2019a).
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**Redbridge Rainbow Community 1180952**
## **Receipts and payments accounts**
**For the period** 4/1/2021 3/31/2022 **To from**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total funds funds funds funds to the nearest to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ £**
**to the nearest £ to the nearest £**
## **A1 Receipts**
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London Borough of Redbridge 3,750 - - 3,750
Trustee Loan (restated from prior year) - - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
3,750 - - 3,750
Sub total (Gross income for AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total - - - -
Total receipts 3,750 - - 3,750
A3 Payments
Freelancers 1,380 - - 1,380
Expenses 1,098 - - 1,098
Repayment of Trustee Loans 1,683 - - 1,683
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ 4,161 ] - - 4,161
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - -
Total payments 4,161 - - 4,161
Net of receipts/(payments) - 411 - - - 411
A5 Transfers between funds - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 58,201 - - 58,201
Cash funds this year end 57,790 - - 57,790
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
||||**Unrestricted**||**Restricted**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**|**Details**||**funds**||**funds**|
|**B1 Cash funds**|Cash at Bank (HSBC)
Cash at Bank (Unity)
**_Total cash funds_**||**to nearest £**
**57,790**
**-**
**57,790**|
|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
||(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))||OK|OK||
||||**Unrestricted**||**Restricted**|
||||**funds**||**funds**|
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|**Details**||**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
|**B3 Investment assets**|**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||
|**B4 Assets retained for the**|**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**
**-**||
|**charity’s own use**||||
|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
||||**Fund to which**||**Amount due**|
|**B5 Liabilities**|**Details**
Loan from Trustee||**liability relates**|
|**125**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**(optional)**|
|Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees||Signature|Print|Name||
||||Rita Chadha|||
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CC16a
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## **Last year**
## **to the nearest £**
**1,808 - - - - - - 1,808**
**1,808**
**1,275 408 - - - - - - - 1,683**
**1,683 125 - 58,076 58,201**
## **Endowment funds**
**to nearest £ - - - -**
OK
**Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - -**
**Current value (optional) - - - - -**
**Current value (optional)**
**When due (optional)**
Date of approval 20.12.2022
Charity Number: 1180952
## Redbridge Rainbow Community
Trustee Report For the period ended 31 March 2022
Redbridge Rainbow Community
## Contents
For the year ended 31 March 2022 Reference and administrative information .................................................................................... 1 Trustees’ annual report ............................................................................................................... 2
Redbridge Rainbow Community
## Reference and administrative information
For the year ended 31 March 2021
Charity number 1180952 Country of registration England & Wales
Registered office and operational address Parish Centre, 326 High Road, Ilford, IG1 1QP
Trustees Trustees, who served during the year and up to the date of this report were as follows:
Rita Chadha Chair Judith Garfield
Staff None Bankers HSBC 126 High Road, Ilford, Essex, IG1 1DA Unity Trust Bank PO Box 7193, Planetary Road, Willenhall WV1 9DG
1
Independent examiner’s report
The trustees present their report and the independently examined financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2021.
Reference and administrative information set out on page 1 forms part of this report. The financial statements comply with current statutory requirements, the memorandum and articles of association, and the Statement of Recommended Practice - Accounting and Reporting by Charities: SORP applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with FRS 102.
## Structure, governance & management
The organisation is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation and registered as such in 2018. The company was established under a constitution which established the objects as being To promote equality and diversity for the public benefit by:
3.1 The elimination of discrimination in relation to lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex, queer, questioning (LGBT) and allies and associates living within the London borough of Redbridge and its environs;
- challenging homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, or any associated negative attitudes and behaviour within society;
- working with partners and organisations, public and private, in developing initiatives that will enhance and safeguard LGBT people's lives, ensuring their inclusion in all aspects of life, and that their human rights are protected; and by
- advancing education, raising awareness and promoting a culture based on equality and diversity. 3.2 to promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex, queer, questioning people (LGBT) and allies and associates from being socially excluded from society on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity; and.
3.3 to advance the interests of LGBT+ individuals and communities through such means as the trustees think fit in accordance with the law of charity ("the objects").
All Trustees give their time voluntarily and receive no benefits from the charity.
## Objectives and activities
The aftermath of the pandemic has continued to cause disruption to the resumption of services. The trustees working alongside a freelance colleague for 2 months have invested some significant time in exploring options for the future of the organisation, including gathering interest in the development of a localised steering committee.
## Charitable Activities during 2021/2022
Considerable behind the scenes work has taken place, including discussions around PRIDE in 2022, unfortunately due to an absence of staffing and trustee capacity at the time we were unable to play a full part in PRIDE activities locally or regionally. The organisation has become once again active in reacting to requests for information and advice from strategic partners locally. Queries have been referred onto partner agencies best placed to support issues connected to mental wellbeing.
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Independent examiner’s report
## Internal environment
Consideration has been given to the recruitment of a staff member, a job description has been drafted.
## Our priorities for the coming year 2022/2023 and beyond
- To recruit a member of staff
- To relaunch the organisation with a new website and branding
- To develop a focus on health inequalities
- To welcome and celebrate more members of the LGBTQA+ community and allies into the organisation
- To expand the work programme and embed it within Redbridge
- To strengthen the organisation’s infrastructure with new and additional trustees and a parttime staff member to deliver a resident led work programme
- To become the go-to organisation for anybody needing advice and assistance on LGBTQA+ matters.
## Financial review
Monies this year have been used to pay for freelance and reboot the organisation’s website and admin systems. In the absence of a functioning bank account, one trustee had made payments on behalf of the organisation, some of which was paid back during this financial year.
## Reserves policy and going concern
Redbridge Rainbow Community has no formal reserves policy, but aims to maintain an operating balance in its accounts at all times. The charity is operated on a going concern basis
## Statement of responsibilities of the trustees
The Trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
Charity law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of the year and of the surplus or deficit of the company for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the Trustees are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business;
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- state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity. They have general responsibility for taking such steps as are reasonably open to them to safeguard the assets of the charity and to prevent and detect fraud and other irregularities.
This report has been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice – Accounting and
Reporting by Charities (FRS 102 - 2019a).
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