## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** **From** > Period start date **To** Period end date 01 04 2023 31 03 2024 ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** Vietnamese Family Partnership (Gia Dinh Viet) **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1183593 n/a **Charity's principal address**[Evelyn Community Centre] 1 Kingfisher Square, Wotton Road, Deptford London **Postcode** SE8 5TQ ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** - **Dates acted if not for a whole** - **Trustee name Office (if any) year appoint trustee (if any)** - 1 Andy Quach Co-Chair 2 Quynhnhu Nguyen Board member 3 Thoai Nhu Nguyen Board member 4 Tung Nguyen Secretary 5 Van Tim Hoang Board member 6 Yuk Cheng Tran Treasurer 7 Huyen Le Co-Chair Since 18/03/2024 8 9 - 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** **TAR** 1 March **2023/2024** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**||| |
**Independent Examiner**|Andrew McGuire|30 Sandringham Avenue, Dockings, Kings Lynn, Norfolk
PE31 8QH| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** |Type of governing document
(eg. trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted
(eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
(eg. appointed by, elected by)|

Constitution| |---|---| ||
Association| ||
Appointed by The Board of Trustees and approved by quorum| ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** |You**may choose**to include
additional information, where
relevant, about:
● policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees;
● the charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the charity
works;
● relationship with any related
parties;
● trustees’ consideration of
major risks and the system
and procedures to manage
them.|● The Trust is administered by a Board of Trustees that meets six
times a year with additional meetings called when required to
discuss and manage new initiatives or plan events.
● Every Trustee is provided with information about the Vietnamese
Family Partnership’s (VFP) constitution, policies and activities
together with information on the Charity Commission guidance.
● Trustees are offered the opportunity to attend further training
courses should they wish to do so.
● The new Chairperson has been recruited and appointed to join the
Board in mid-March 2024.| |---|---| ## **Section C Objectives and activities** As stated in the constitution document **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** 2 March **2023/2024** **TAR** ||Vietnamese Family Partnership’s (VFP), is a London-based charity that| |---|---| ||aims to bring the Vietnamese community together. We believe that we| ||are stronger together and that understanding our cultural identity is key to| ||fulfilling our life potential. We provide support and advice, Vietnamese| ||language lessons and cultural events for the entire community, such as| ||our flagship Lunar New Year event.| ||Key priorities include:| |**Summary of the main activities**|| |**undertaken for the public**|•Vietnamese Language & Culture School: To provide cultural| |**benefit in relation to these**|education and help people to connect with their Vietnamese| |**objects (include within this**|identity and families| |**section the statutory**|| |**declaration that trustees have**|• Advice & Support Centre: To provide the community with support| |**had regard to the guidance**|and advice and help them to thrive in wider society| |**issued by the Charity**|| |**Commission on public benefit)**|• Community events: To build a stronger sense of community and| ||visibility in wider society. The Trust holds two major events each| ||year; the Mid-Autumn Festival and Lunar New Year, held at| ||Deptford Lounge, a well-known establishment in the Deptford| ||Community.| ||We help people on the journey to connect with their Vietnamese culture| ||and identity to better understand themselves. We welcome and respect| ||people of all ages, backgrounds and beliefs.| |**Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**|| Volunteers supporting our main events increase year on year, we received over 100 applications. They take part in a host of activities such as front and backstage management, meet and greet, food and drinks stalls, raffle management, crowd controlling and activities management. The Charity plans to host an evening with the volunteers later in the year as a show of appreciation. You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: ● policy on grantmaking; ● policy programme related investment; ● contribution made by volunteers. Section D Achievements and performance 3 March **2023/2024** **TAR** Section D Achievements and performance - **Our key achievements this year include:** - **Summary of the main** ● Providing advice and support to 350 individuals. - **achievements of the charity** ● Educating 130 students through VietSchool. - **during the year** ● Organising events attended by over 10,000 people. ● Helping 45 families access the Household Support Fund. ● Collaborating with The Refuge to support 15 domestic violence cases. - ● Establishing a self-sustaining Luncheon Club with 20-25 regular members. - ● Finalising the design for the Non la-Vietnamese Sculpture Installation. - ● We are working to secure a lease for the Vietnamese Mental Health Service office, still in conversation with Southwark Council - We’re currently focused on fundraising for the sculpture and exploring further collaboration opportunities. |**VFP hosted three major events:**|**VFP hosted three major events:**| |---|---| |●|A residential trip for 34 VietSchool students and their families in| ||July.| |●|A Mid-Autumn Festival attended by 2,300 people in October.| |●|A Lunar New Year celebration with 5,400 attendees in January,| ||this is an increase from the prior year with just over 3,000| ||attendees.| Additionally, we supported SVUK in securing corporate sponsorships for their football events, which attracted 700 participants and included a leadership camp. ## **Section E Financial review** The Trustees and CEO continue to closely monitor the charity’s reserves **Brief statement of the** to ensure adequate financial resources are available to support the **charity’s policy on reserves** community and to remunerate staff and pay expenses when they fall due. As at year-end 2024, the charity retained a cash reserve of £92.7k (2023: £75.8k). VFP continue to proactively seek funding for the benefit of the Vietnamese community. **Details of any funds materially** n/a **in deficit Further financial review details (Optional information)** Funding and income You **may choose** to include During the year, the charity received a total of £84.4k (2023: £51.9k); additional information, where driven by event fundraising (£19.6k), UK GLA Untold stories (£20.0k), relevant about: London Community Foundation (£13.7k), National Lottery Community ● the charity’s principal Fund (£10k) and Memberships and contributions (£10.3k). sources of funds (including any fundraising); Event fundraising increased during the year by £4.9k and funding from ● how expenditure has London Borough of Lewisham increased by £6.8k, this reflects the supported the key objectives growing presence VFP have in the Vietnamese community and in its of the charity; borough. ● investment policy and objectives including any Expenditure 4 March **2023/2024** **TAR** ethical investment policy adopted. Expenditure for the year totalled to £67.4k (2023: £46.3k). This is driven by increased staff costs of £44.5k (2023: £38.3k), event activities £15.0k (2023: £2.9k) and office rent of £3.0k (2023: £nil). Staff cost increased by £6.0k during the year towards project management, hiring of artists for the Beneath the Non la project, admin and teaching. The Charity’s independent examiner report and accounts is available on the Charity Commission for England and Wales website. Applications for funding is prepared by the CEO and reviewed by the Trustees to ensure completeness prior to submission. ## **Section F Other optional information** As part of continued personal development, the CEO spent six months during the year attending the Lewisham Fundraising course to gain knowledge and skills in fundraising. Increased funds will allow additional resources to tackle special cases in the advice and support services we provide to the community. ## **Section G Declaration** ## **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** Thi Thu Huyen Le **Full name(s)** Quynhnhu Nguyen **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Trustee Chairperson **etc) Date** 07/11/2024 07/11/2024 5 March **2023/2024** **TAR** ||**Charity Name**
**Vietnamese Family Partnership (Gia Dinh Viet)**|**Charity Name**
**Vietnamese Family Partnership (Gia Dinh Viet)**|**Charity Name**
**Vietnamese Family Partnership (Gia Dinh Viet)**|**Charity Name**
**Vietnamese Family Partnership (Gia Dinh Viet)**|**No (if any)**
**1183593**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**Receipts and payments accounts**|||||| ||**For the period**
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31/3/2024|| |||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||| |**Unrestricted**
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**to the nearest £**| |UK GLA Untold stories|||**-**
**20,000-**|**-**
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**20,000-**|**-**
**6,000-**| |Event fundraising|**-**
**19,641-**|||**-**
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**14,737-**| |London Community Foundation|||**-**
**13,740-**||**-**
**13,740-**|| |Membership fees/contributions|**-**
**10,349-**||||**-**
**10,349-**|**-**
**7,402-**| |National Lottery Community Fund|||**-**
**10,000-**||**-**
**10,000-**|| |London Borough of Lewisham|||**-**
**7,800-**|**-**
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**1,960-**|||**-**
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**1,890-**| |Donations|**-**
**919-**|||**-**
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**32,869-**
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**32,869-**||**-**
**51,540-**|**-**
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**84,408-**|**-**
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**84,408-**|**-**
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**15,651-**||**-**
**28,897-**|**-**
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**44,547-**|**-**
**38,276-**| |Event activities|**-**
**15,009-**|||**-**
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**15,009-**|**-**
**2,917-**| |Office Rent & Hall Hired|||**-**
**3,050-**|**-**
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**3,050-**|**-**
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**237-**||**-**
**1,040-**|**-**
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**1,277-**|**-**
**2,300-**| |Subscriptions & Memberships|**-**
**692-**||**-**
**484-**|**-**
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**1,176-**|**-**
**195-**| |Telephone & Internet|**-**
**573-**||**-**
**339-**|**-**
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**912-**|**-**
**811-**| |Activities & Outings|**-**
**581-**|||**-**
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**581-**|**-**
**1,268-**| |Governance & Accountancy|**-**
**302-**||**-**
**239-**|**-**
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**541-**|**-**
**288-**| |Insurance & DBS checks|**-**
**32-**||**-**
**314-**|**-**
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**347-**|**-**
**304-**| |**_Sub total_ -**
**33,078-**
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**33,078-**||**-**
**34,364-**|**-**
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**67,441-**|**-**
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Date of approval|||| |||Thi Thu Huyen Le||13/7/2024| |||Yuk Cheng Tran||**13/7/2024**| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 20/01/2025 2 ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/** Charity Name **members of** Vietnamese Family Partnership (Gia Dinh Viet) **On accounts for the year** 31/03/24 **Charity no** 1183593 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** (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 **31 / 03 / 2024** . - **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. **Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the 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. * _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ **Signed:** A McGuire **Date:** 04/07/24 **Name:** Andrew McGuire **Relevant professional** AAT Level 3 **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 30 Sandringham Avenue Docking Norfolk PE31 8QH 1 **October 2018** **IER** **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight 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** . 2 **October 2018** **IER**