Company Registration No. 09792264 Charity Registration No. 1187744 ACRONYM COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT (ACE) (Charitable Company Limited by Guarantee without share capital) ANNUAL REPORT and FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 30th September 2024 Illlllllllll 4AE24FDIL* OW0512025 COMPANIES HOVSE
Company No. 09792264 Charity No. 1187744 ACRONYM COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT [ACE] (Company Limited by Guarantee without share capital) TRUSTEES. ANNUAL REPORT for the Year ended 30th September 2024 Company and Charity Infom)ation Name: Acronym Communty Empowerment [ACE] Company Registration Number: 09792264 Charty Registration Number: 1187744 Goveming Document: The organisation is a regISted Charity and Company Limited by Guarantee, governed by Memorandum & Articles of Association, adopted 18th August. registered on 23rd September 2015; revised 2nd October 2019 and 16th January 2020. Charity registration agreed on 4th February 2020. Registered Office: 36 Marfborough Road Liverpool L138AX Directorsrustees serving during the year Moses Uwaomah Ndukwe Jacqueline Dallas Azarias Luke Morri5 Nuha Abdalla Esra Mohammedal Marlena Magda Yousaf to 1 March 2024 from 3 March 2024 Bankers.. Barclays Bank Liverpool South 8ranGh 164 Allerton Road Liverpool L18 2DH Independent Examiner- Jan Brooker CDC Finance Seprfices 40 Arundel Avenue Liverpool L17 2AU Jackie, ACE'S Chair. sadly passed away during the period of this report. RIEP page1 of9
Company No. 09792264 Charty No. 1187744 ACRONYM COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT [ACE] TRUSTEES, ANNUAL REPORT for the Year ended 30th September 2024 The Charity's Trustees. who are also DI0[$ for the purposes of the Companies Act, have pleasure in presenting their fourth Annual Report and Financial Stalements, for the financial year ended 30th September 2024. LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Governing Instrument The Company is constituted as a charitable company limited by guarantee, not having a share capital and is governed by Memorandum and Articles of Association. After the financial period covered by this report, the Company's Objects were revised, as below. Membership Membership is open to interested individuals interested in promoting the Objects of the Charity and accepted into membership by the Trustees. TrusteeslDirectors The Company's day-to-day work is delegated by the members. to a Board of Directors who are also the charity's Trustees, who are elected by. and report to, an Annual General Meeting [AGM], that receives an Annual Report and the Financial Statements IAc¢ountsl of the organisation. One third of the DirectOrsrUsteeS stand down at each AGM, in rotation. by length of service, but are eligible for re-election. The Trustees meet as required to manage the business of the Company. Beeen AGMS the Twslees are responsible for overseeing the running of the Company - govemed by both Company and Charty lawlregulations - and for obtaining funding, running projects and allocating resources. Collectively, they are responsible for the overall management of the operations of the Companylcharity. Having reached the income and expenditure level required in the previous financial year. for charitable registration. the company successfully applied for charitable status. Objects of the Company The objects of the Charity are. to advance the education of the public in the subject of in particular but not exclusively English, Maths. Science. CV writing and reading and writing skills. Board of Directors l Trustees There were no changes to the Board during the financial year. Marlena Yousafjoined the board later. after the sad death of our Chair. page2of9
Company No. 09792264 Charity No. 1187744 ACRONYM COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT [ACE] TRUSTEES, ANNUAL REPORT for the Year ended 30th September 2024 REVIEW OF THE YEAR Projects carried out In this period MPAC HAF Holiday Activity Fund Sutton Croft HAF Holiday Activity Fund Alder Hey NHS Healthy Weight (Phase 2- 4 CFM- Digital training and Spring Forward community gardening CABI Feeding Liverpool Household Support Fund Sefton Borough Council Multiply Numeracy & digital skills Development During this period, we delivered several health-based initiatives, events and programmes focusing on reducing health inequalities, developing new partnerships with health organisations and agencies. We also focused on improving everyday literacy and numeracy skills, supporting leamers to improve IT and digital skills, and support with writing CVS, personal statements and job search to access employment or continuing adult leaming courses. We continued our fifth year of delivering HAF school holiday activities, and have established a pool of volunteers and facilitators who help to deliver a variety of exciting activities for all children to participate in, including 'Spring Forward, gardening and beekeeping programme - with the support of Community Foundation Merseyside. Our beneficiaries for Children and Young People's [CYP] activities that support children and young people eligible for free school meals, SEN. refugees and asylum- seekers. and those who are vulnerable or at risk. The Healthy Weight project collaboration with Alder Hey NHS Children's Hospital and Liverpool City Council Public Health promoted community health champions and organised family and intergenerational sports activtties to address childhood obesity enabled inclusion of children who were ineligible for free school meals support. but were living in households struggling financially, and we were able to have a wider impact and increase the diversity of our service users. Other successes were achieved in partnership with LCVS and Cheshire & Merseyside Cancer Alliance Sisterhood health promotion initiatives that we aim to establish as an annual event. We also W0ed in Sefton Borough, with Sefton Council Adult Learning Services, to delivering numeracy and digttsl activities training workshops for Bootle and Southport residents Funded by the Department for Education workshops, teach including hosling monthty community food bazaar, to bring women who are isolated together - supported by Feeding Liverpool and the CAB. P•3e3of9
Company No. 09792264 Charrty No. 1187744 Capacity buildingltraining Training and Development.. strengthening our ability to respond to safeguarding issues or concerns. All staff underwent several training offers including Health & Safety Risk Assessment, PREVENT and FGM Awareness. We also participated in Autism training, and Good Food Standards and Good Food for the Holidays, Level 2 food hygiene, risk assessments. safeguarding children and vulnerable adults, first aid and IT courses were completed throughout the financial year. keeping up to date with the diverse needs of service users. Consultation. beneficiaries and feed-back We held regular consultations with stakeholders. gathering feedback to ensure that our seNices align with services that families and children want. These were carried out at beginning. mKI-temi and end of session reviews to evaluate delivery impa¢t on beneficiaries and wider community, identify additional needs and insights of support priorities required by service users to feed into developing and improving our services. During this financial year, we continued delivery of HAF Children & Young People's holiday activities meeting the growng demand among beneficiaries. The Healthy Weight family programme tackling childhood obesity" community gardening food project, IT. digital and Multiply numeracy training enterprise lemployability programmes including ESOL, cooking classes and improving literacy were influenced by the challenges facing families due to the costthof-lrving crises and the negative impact the families we work are eXpernCIng. Underpinned by gathering infornation Ihrough consuhing with our beneficiaries. ACE'S funding strategy will focus on capacity building staff, and growing our volunteers nelwork and resources to strengthen our ability to continue to deliver the core services we offer. Marketing The organisation promotes its work on its own website, which can be found at: htt s:Ilem owemientace.or Facebook: htt s.11w¥.faCeb0Ok.C0mIeM owennentace Instagram: @acronym¢ommempower.a¢e Azarias Luke Morris Diredor page4of9
Company No. 09792264 Charrty No. 1187744 ACRONYM COMMUNI EMPOWERMENT [ACE] TRUSTEES. ANNUAL REPORT for the Year ended 30th September 2024 AUDIT EXEMPTION STATEMENT For the year ending 30th September 2024. the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies. The members have not required the company to obtsin an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordan with section 476. The directors acknowledge their responsibililtes for cornptying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts. These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies. regime. RESULTS FOR THE YEAR The results for the year are set out on the finance pages following this report. RESERVES The balances at 30th September 2024 amounted to £14,586. taking into account the value of fixed assets in use Iwhich were for practical purposes have been written down to zerol by the Company. FINANCIAL REVIEW During the year funding was received from a range of sources, as in the Projects report, and shown below in the Grants received section. Income for the year decreased to £95.783 [2023 £105.418J while Expenditure also decreased. by a slight greater margin, to £91,184 [2023 £112,144] THE FUTURE New Initiatives We will develop more visible engagement activities and opportunities to promote our work at events, communty markets. media appearances, and work with our neOrk of support organisations and community businesses. We will offer young people practical workshops to enable them to be more aware of employment and training opportunities available in the aa- to have a better understanding about job applications and how to fill them, helping them through their inteNiew process- helping to develop soft skills and ¢onfiden¢e building. We aim to introduce STEM skills to young people in a creative learning to develop environment awareness, wrth growing food activities and recycling and upcycling workshops and beekeeping proje¢ls to protect the natural environment and increase biodiversity in urban landscapes. Signed on behalf of the Board of Trustees on 15th April 2025 Azarias Luke Morris Oirector pa9e5of9
Company No. 09792264 Charity No. 1187744 ACRONYM COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT [ACEI STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES for the Year Ended 30th Soptember 2024 Restrlcted Unrestricted Res¢rirted Unrestricted Funds Funds Funds Fund$ 2021-22 2021-22 2023.24 2023-24 Totals 2023-24 Notes Incomin Resources Grants 105.418 95,408 95.408 Misc t)onalions Contra payments Bank Interest 375 375 Total Incoming Resources 106,008 95.783 95,783 Resources e nded Charitab expenditure Contras 112.144 91.559 13751 91,559 Support Costs Total resources expended 13751 91,184 112.144 91,184 Nel incomin resources 16.136) 4.599 Net Movement in Furthjs Total funds brought forward Unaccounted for surplus Ishortfalll Total lunds carriod forward 16,381 10,082 {1631 10,082 {95) 14.586 14.586 Ail activilies of the C1panY are continuing. Note 1 Restricted funds Restricted funds are funds whh have been given for paitular purposes and projects. The purpose of the tricted funds currently estsblishe(l are as 'Sted. Unrestricted funds Unreslricled funds are don3lions and other incoming resources receivajle or 9eneraled for the objects of the Clynpany without further specrfied purpose and are avai&ble as general funds. page6of9
Company No. 09792264 Charbty No. 1187744 ACRONYM COMMUNtTY EMPOWERMENT [ACEJ BALANCE SHEET asat 30th September 2024 3010912024 Notes Current assets Cash at bank and in hand 14.586 Total curyent assets 14,586 Credito. amounts falling due within one year Net current assets (liabilities) 350 14.236 Total assets less current liabilities 14,236 Provision lor grants yet to b• expended [prepaymentsl Accruals and d¢Tr8d in¢om• Totsl net assets (liabilities) 14.236 Capltal and reserves Capital assets Other reserves Surplus and deficit account Total funds 14,236 a. For the year ending 30 September 2019 the company was entrtled lo exemption from audit under SeCtn 477121 of the Companw 2006 relating to the small companie5 regime. b. The members have not required Ihe company to obtain an audit of in aceordanee wth $tion 476 of the Companies Act 2006. c. The directors acknowledge their responsibility for.. il ensuring the company keeps accounting recorts whh ccthpty with Section 386,. and ill preparing accounts whh give a true and fair view of the stsle of affairs of the company as at the end of the financial year, and of it5 profrt or loss for the financial year, in accordance with the requiremenls of section 393. and which otheise comply with Ihe requirements of the Companies Act relating lo accounts. so far as appl¢able lo the ¢c¥npany. d. These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject lo the small ¢panIeS wime. Approved by the Board on 15th April 2025. and signed on their behalf by: Moses Uwaomah Ndukwe Director Azarias Luke Morris Director page7of9
C¢)mpany No. 09792264 Charty No. 1187744 ACRONYM COMMUNrrY EMPOWERMENT [AC NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS for the Year Ended 30th September 2024 Restricted Funds 2023-24 Unrestricted Funds 2023-24 Totsl 2023-24 2. Voluntary Income MPAC Sutton Croft Citizen's Advice Liverpcd Sefton M8C Community Fc¥Jndai)n Alder Hey Liverpool CVS LCRCA l MerseraVe1 DonK)ns. etc 7,200 18,465 3.158 13,166 7,0¢ 37.280 9,514 7,200 18.465 3.158 13,166 7.CQO 37.280 9.514 95.783 3. Investment ineome Interest on UK baJ deposits Charitable Expenditure Sessional staff Office costslroom ar venue hire ete Equipment Food, supplies & refreshments Travel, Training. Trips. Events etc Stationery, post. etc Misc. costs Exceptional item Ilega Admin, Finance 8 Accountancy 66.767 4.550 7.374 3.024 4.365 1.113 327 300 66,767 4,550 7.374 3,024 4.36S 1.113 327 300 740 88.560 740 88.560 5. Support Costs 6. Trustèes. Expènses No remuneration was paid lo the trustees.. outd-p)d¢el expenses lY are reimbursed, of whh £nil. 7. Debtor6 2024 Grants Due Gfft Aid Recoverab 8. Creditots: amounts f11rj due wrthin ce year Other Credrtors page8of9
Cc*mpany No. 09792264 Charity No. 1187744 ACRONYM COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT (ACE) TRUSTEES, ANNUAL REPORT and FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDEO 30th SEPTEMBER 2024 Independent Examinerfs Report on the Accounts endent Examinerfs Re ort to the Trustees of Acron m Communi Inde ACE Em owerffent I report on the accounts of the Charity for the year ended 30th September 2024, which are set out on pages 1 to 8. Respectlve responsibillties of trustees and examiner The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year (under section 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993 (the Act)) and that an independent examination is needed. res onsibili to.. examine the accounts (under section 43 of the Act. as amended). follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners (under section 43(7)(b) of the Act. as amended); and state whether particular matters have come to my attention. Basis of independent examlner's statement My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the a¢¢ounting 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 I do not express an audit opinion on the accounts. Independent examiner's statement In the course of my examination. no matter has come to my attention.. (1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect, the trustees have not met the requirements. to ensure that= proper accounting records are kept [in accordance with sectTron 41 of the Act]: and accounts are prepad which agree with the accounting records and comply with Ihe accounting requirements of the Act" or (2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached (but see amended Note 4]. Signed: Name.. Qualifiealions". Address.. Jan Biooker.. c7)mUn Dwebpmenl Consultsrty B.A. (Hons.) Architecture.. R.l.B.A. Ilntermedialel 40 Arundel Avenue, Liverpwl L17 2AU Date.. page9of9