REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 3O APRIL 2022
SWAN (SOUTHERN WOMEN’S AID NETWORK), Charitable incorporated organization 1188649 (CIO): a CIO is a charity registered as a body corporate under Part 11 of the Charities Act 2011 with the Charities Commission on 19[th] March 2020 and is governed by its constitution.
The charity is non-profit making and its trustees are volunteers.
The trustees present their report and the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 30 April 2022.
The trustees have adopted the provision of Accounting and Reporting by the charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) (effective 1 January 2019)
Reference and administrative Information
Charities registered name: SWAN (Southern Women’s Aid Network)
Charities registered number: 1188649
Charities Principal address:
8 Ryecroft Road, London, SW16 3EG
Trustees: At the date of this report following were the trustees of the Charity:
Saiqa Ali BEM Saman Jung Smaira Wahid Amina Nasreen Khawaja Naheed Nizam Amber Siddiqui
Bankers :
Bank Of Scotland PO Box 23581 Edinburugh EH1 1WH
Independent Examiner & Accountant:
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STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT THE OBJECTIVES AND AIMS:
THE RELIEF OR PREVENTION OF POVERTY AMONGST PEOPLE IN LONDON OR IN OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ABROAD IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME-TO-TIME THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:
PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED
SUCH OTHER MEANS, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT OR SIGNPOSTING TO RELEVANT INFORMATION AND OTHER ADVISORY SERVICES AND THE SUPPORT OF OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO RELIEVE OR PREVENT POVERTY
ACHIVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE
After almost a year of social distancing, lockdowns and furlough – words that would have seemed alien to us before – grassroot charities such as SWAN have had their work cut out for them in helping our society recover from financial hardship, ill health, grief and a host of other social ills.
In dealing with the challenges caused by the pandemic, our beneficiaries and volunteers have demonstrated resilience and creativity, diversifying the ways in which we work to generate funds and serve as many people in need as we can.
Throughout the year the SWAN team and implementing partners abroad have worked tirelessly to stop those already cut off, from starving to death. We followed the world as it become acclimatised to remote working, online meetings and digital progress. We successfully expanded our efforts to two new soup kitchens and new projects abroad.
In recognition of SWAN’s work in the community our Chair of Trustees and de facto CEO Saiqa Ali’s spearheading of our efforts during Covid19 were recognised by the Queen and she was listed on the Honours List 2021 and awarded a British Empire Medal.
London
Foodbank
SWAN Foodbank in Streatham has been running since 2012 by our amazing team of committed volunteers, provides food parcels to the community every Tuesday in Streatham Mosque. Over the past 12 months we have provided food parcels to our database of 690 families every month, including door to door food parcels deliveries. We have teamed up with a number of organisations and receive weekly food donations from Dons Charity, JR Butchers, and Gails Bakery, and Supermarkets such as Lidl’s, Waitrose, M&S, Aldi, and Tesco. We also receive regular donations from our local community, Orchard Primary School and Balham Mosque.
We operated a new foodbank from outside our Community Hub in Croydon every Thursday evening. With a new group of volunteers, we distributed staple food items and fresh produce to struggling families in Croydon every week throughout winter.
Asylum Seekers/Refugee Aid
From 2020 to present SWAN has provided hundreds of Refugees/Asylum seekers with aid including clothes, shoes, coats, baby items, phones, hygiene products, supermarket vouchers and food.
2
The food provided in hostels/hotels is often of a very poor quality and families are desperately in need of nourishment. Our Soup Kitchens provide refugees/Asylum seekers with hot food, fruit and treats.
Soup Kitchens
A Soup Kitchen is a place where a hot meal is offered to those in need of a hot meal for free. Soup kitchens are generally often run by volunteers. There is a rough estimate of 25 known soup kitchens across London, with SWAN running three of them.
SWAN started their first soup Kitchens at Croydon Islamic Centre and Thornton Heath Islamic Centre during the Ramadan period in 2020 and subsequently opened three regular weekly soup kitchens across south London; Monday at Thornton Heath Islamic Centre, Wednesday at Croydon Islamic Centre and Saturday outside the Dudley Hotel in Clapham South - in conjunction with Tooting Community Kitchen - to provide hot meals for free to those who need it. SWAN also provide aid to a soup kitchen run in Central London by AR Food Projects every Sunday afternoon.
Our hot meals are purchased from Biryani House Ltd which allows us to provide a nutritious meal at a budget cost thus enabling us to feed hundreds of people each month across South London.
Community Engagement/Support
Throughout 2021/22 SWAN has facilitated opportunities for the local community to come together to support our initiatives: from donating funds or food, baking for our soup kitchens, packing dates and 0invaluable support to our team. Together we have helped so many families and individuals who have been desperately in need of help. We have weekly rotas where volunteers offer their time and food donations from bottles of water to baked cakes.
Through our SWAN500 project we have supported multiple families in a number of ways; from fixing a ceiling, replacing carpet, buying cookers and fridges, paying off debt and helping the homeless off the streets. The support we have been able to provide has been priceless.
Aid Collections
In 2021/22 we facilitated the collection of clothes, shoes and winter clothes to benefit refugees and homeless people. The response from the local community to our collections is always incredible and we have been instrumental in helping thousands of people with essential items.
OUR WORK ABROAD
Bosnia Border
Bosnia-Herzegovina became the main hub for migrants hoping to reach wealthier European countries after authorities closed the previous migration route through Serbia and Hungary in 2016. Now it's the shortest possible way to access the EU. But the bloc is failing to effectively address the humanitarian crisis unfolding on its doorstep. Meanwhile, Bosnia's poverty, complex political system, corruption, high unemployment — and its people's difficulty in burying the legacy of their past war — all stoke resentment against migrants, creating a crisis within a crisis.
Nearly 70,000 refugees and migrants from the Middle East, South Asia and Africa have passed through Bosnia-Herzegovina in the past three years, according to the International Organization for Migration. Today, some 6,000 live in five main camps run by the United Nations agency in coordination with local authorities scattered across the country, according to the IOM.
3
In response to a plea for help from a desperate family stuck in the snow on the border we first started our relief efforts in Bosnia, when we helped hundreds of families with food, winter clothing, shoes and materials to repair shelters.
Since then, our partner Salam Aldeen of Team Humanity has visited the Bosnian border multiple times and our latest distribution provided foodpacks to families living in horrendous conditions. The situation on the border is unlikely to change anytime soon, with more and more refugees traveling across the route. Consequently, as one of the only charities assisting these desperate and displaced families, it is inconceivable that we can stop efforts to aid and assist as best we can.
Greece
Refugees in Lesvos, Greece have escaped from war zones, crossed hostile borders, and braved the sea, only to end up on the Greek island of Lesvos, where the EU’s racist, xenophobic, and Islamophobic migration policies intensified during the coronavirus pandemic.
The sanitation facilities in Kara Tepe II are inadequate, and refugees are only provided two meals a day, often consisting of rotten, inedible food. Many refugees used to rely on grocery stores outside the camp to supplement meagre rations. But the pandemic has made even this small, autonomous act more difficult as security guards use social distancing measures as an excuse to deny refugees access to stores.
Our bread project in Lesvos has proved to be a lifesaver for countless families and is often the only regular source of food for many weeks. SWAN has consistently provided 1000s of flatbreads to refugees every week.
Lebanon
For over two years, Lebanon has been assailed by compounded crises—specifically, an economic and financial crisis, followed by COVID-19 and, lastly, the explosion at the Port of Beirut on August 4, 2020.
More than half the population is now probably below the poverty line, said the report. The 12month inflation rate has risen to 157.9% in March this year from 10% in January last year. Unemployment has risen to nearly 40% late last year from 28% in February 2020. Access to healthcare has become limited.
We provided food packs, fuel and winter clothing to many families in Palestinian camps suffering from extreme weather conditions in winter.
Pakistan
Pakistan’s poverty rate has decreased in recent years. The government of Pakistan is doing its best to fight both the COVID-19 pandemic and poverty in Pakistan. So far the government has provided many social welfare programs at a scale that they have never done in history until now. However, there is so much more to do in order for the country to defeat poverty.
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected the poverty-stricken citizens in Pakistan. These people consist of women, children, the elderly and people with disabilities. They are far more likely to suffer from malnutrition and their health may be weak. Thus, the virus has spread in poverty-stricken communities faster.
We have been working in collaboration with Global Humanitarian Relief Foundation (GHRF) for six years. We have supported each other's efforts to help as many people as possible. During 2021/22 we have provided the following:
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-
Water pumps for families living in abject poverty.
-
Sewing machines and vocational training.
-
Microfinance grants for people to set up businesses.
-
Food and practical aid to widows and orphans.
Gaza
A major outbreak of violence in the ongoing Israeli–Palestinian conflict commenced on 10 May 2021, though disturbances took place earlier, and continued until a ceasefire came into effect on 21 May. It was marked by protests and police riot control, rocket attacks on Israel by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), and Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip. The crisis was triggered on 6 May, when Palestinians in East Jerusalem began protesting over an anticipated decision of the Supreme Court of Israel on the eviction of six Palestinian families in the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. Under international law, the area, effectively annexed by Israel in 1980, is a part of the Palestinian Territories; Israel applies its laws there.
The crisis lasted 11 days during Ramadan and affected countless already struggling families in Gaza. SWAN responded to the crisis by working with directly with Great Mosque in Gaza to provide food and essential aid to families. Since Ramadan 2021, SWAN provide food packs to some of the most vulnerable and struggling families and we have started a home refurbishment project. Whereby we renovate one inhabitable home to a livable standard every month. We also organised a book collection for the Samir Mansour Bookshop in Gaza which was destroyed in the bombing.
Seasonal Campaigns
Ramadan 2021
In London
SWAN felt it was imperative to ensure struggling individuals and families had access to nutritious and wholesome food during fasting. Therefore, we together with Tooting Community Kitchen provided breakfast (suhoor) and dinner (iftar) meals during the month of Ramadan to all three of our soup kitchens throughout Ramadan as part of our #1000 meals a day campaign.
We successfully provided the following:
9200 hot meals 4350 breakfast packs 211 food parcels 342 supermarket vouchers. Essential clothes and mobile phones to 50 refugees
Abroad:
During Ramadan 2021 we provided the following:
200 food packs in Bosnia 250 food packs in Pakistan 100 food packs in Yemen 16000 flatbreads in Lesvos, Greece 3000 meals to orphans in The Ivory Coast
Dhul Hijaah/Qurbani
In 2021 we organised
5
15 qurbanis and 100 food packs in Bosnia
18 Qurbanis in Greece and
9 Qurbanis and 25 food packs in Yemen.
- 4 cows (28 qurbanis) and 100 food packs and 100 Eid gifts in Gaza.
Charity Statement of Financial Activities for the year ending 30[th] April 2022
Under charity law, the trustee is responsible for preparing the trustee’s annual report and accounts for each financial year which show a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the excess of expenditure over income for that period.
In preparing these financial statements, generally accepted accounting practice requires that the Board of Trustees:
-
selects suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently
-
makes judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent
-
states whether the recommendations of the SORP FRS 102 have been followed, subject to any material departures
-
disclosed and explained in the financial statements
-
states whether the financial statements comply with the trust deed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements
-
prepares the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue its activities.
-
The trustee is required to act in accordance with the trust deed and the rules of the charity, within the framework of trust law.
-
The trustee is responsible for keeping proper accounting records, sufficient to disclose at any time, with reasonable accuracy, the financial position of the charity at that time, and to enable the trustee to ensure that, where any statements of accounts are prepared.
-
The trustee has general responsibility for taking such steps as are reasonably open to the trustee to safeguard the assets of the charity and to prevent and detect fraud and other irregularities.
Signed on behalf of the Board of Trustees:
Name: Saiqa Ali BEM (Chair)
Date: 13[th] January 2023
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Receipts and payments accounts
For the period from 1 Maay 2021 to 30 April 2022
| Income and endowments from Donations Grant Expenditure on Charitable activities |
£ 392,587.21 9,107.00 |
|---|---|
| 401,694.21 326,667.31 |
|
| NET OPERATING INCOME Administrative expenses Travel and subsistence Motor expenses Rent Telephone and fax Accountancy fee Advertising and PR Other legal and professional Printing, Postage and Stationery Office/General Administrative Expenses |
75,026.90 63.67 2,151.33 9,000.00 918.62 1,020.00 2,958.17 1,936.25 3.83 2,374.53 |
| 20,426.40 | |
| NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE) | 54,600.50 |
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SWAN (Southern Women's Aid Network) Balance Sheet As at 30 April 2022
| As at 30 April 2022 | |
|---|---|
| Current assets Cash at bank and in hand Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 4 Net current assets Net assets The funds of the charity Unrestricted income fund Total Charity funds |
2021 £ 87,861.19 (1,020.00) |
| £86,841.19 £86,841.19 |
|
| 86,841.19 £86,841.19 |
Notes on the accounts
1 Accounting Policies
Basis of preparation
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
The accounts (financial statements) have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued in October 2019 and the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011 and UK Generally Accepted Practice as it applies from 1 January 2019.
The accounts (financial statements) have been prepared to give a ‘true and fair’ view and have departed from the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 only to the extent required to provide a ‘true and fair view’. This departure has involved following 21 Charity Commission, Charity reporting and accounting: the essentials, 2016 Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued in October 2019 rather than the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice effective from 1 April 2005 which has since been withdrawn.
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SOUTHERN WOMEN’S
The trustee considers that there are no material uncertainties about the ability to continue as a going concern.
The Covid-19 pandemic has had an impact on the charity’s fundraising income for although this was partially offset by the generous donations made by members of the public in the first lockdown and a grant given by the Lottery commission.
Resources expended and irrecoverable VAT
All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to each category of expense shown in the Statement of Financial Activities.
Expenditure is recognised when the following criteria are met:
All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to each category of expense shown in the Statement of Financial Activities.
Irrecoverable VAT is charged against the category of resources expended for which it was incurred.
Debtors
Debtors are amounts owed to the charity. They are measured on the basis of their recoverable amount.
Creditors
Creditors are amounts owed by the charity. They are measured at the amount that the charity expects to have to pay to settle the debt.
2 Related Party transactions
There are no related party transactions
3 Income from donations and legacies
Donations from individuals are gifts from members of the public. The charity received £9,107.00 grant from The Joseph Rowntre UK.
4. Creditors
Creditors have been fully paid post year end.
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 3O APRIL 2022
SWAN (SOUTHERN WOMEN’S AID NETWORK), Charitable incorporated organization 1188649 (CIO): a CIO is a charity registered as a body corporate under Part 11 of the Charities Act 2011 with the Charities Commission on 19[th] March 2020 and is governed by its constitution.
The charity is non-profit making and its trustees are volunteers.
The trustees present their report and the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 30 April 2022.
The trustees have adopted the provision of Accounting and Reporting by the charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) (effective 1 January 2019)
Reference and administrative Information
Charities registered name: SWAN (Southern Women’s Aid Network)
Charities registered number: 1188649
Charities Principal address:
8 Ryecroft Road, London, SW16 3EG
Trustees: At the date of this report following were the trustees of the Charity:
Saiqa Ali BEM Saman Jung Smaira Wahid Amina Nasreen Khawaja Naheed Nizam Amber Siddiqui
Bankers :
Bank Of Scotland PO Box 23581 Edinburugh EH1 1WH
Independent Examiner & Accountant:
1
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT THE OBJECTIVES AND AIMS:
THE RELIEF OR PREVENTION OF POVERTY AMONGST PEOPLE IN LONDON OR IN OTHER PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ABROAD IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME-TO-TIME THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:
PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED
SUCH OTHER MEANS, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT OR SIGNPOSTING TO RELEVANT INFORMATION AND OTHER ADVISORY SERVICES AND THE SUPPORT OF OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO RELIEVE OR PREVENT POVERTY
ACHIVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE
After almost a year of social distancing, lockdowns and furlough – words that would have seemed alien to us before – grassroot charities such as SWAN have had their work cut out for them in helping our society recover from financial hardship, ill health, grief and a host of other social ills.
In dealing with the challenges caused by the pandemic, our beneficiaries and volunteers have demonstrated resilience and creativity, diversifying the ways in which we work to generate funds and serve as many people in need as we can.
Throughout the year the SWAN team and implementing partners abroad have worked tirelessly to stop those already cut off, from starving to death. We followed the world as it become acclimatised to remote working, online meetings and digital progress. We successfully expanded our efforts to two new soup kitchens and new projects abroad.
In recognition of SWAN’s work in the community our Chair of Trustees and de facto CEO Saiqa Ali’s spearheading of our efforts during Covid19 were recognised by the Queen and she was listed on the Honours List 2021 and awarded a British Empire Medal.
London
Foodbank
SWAN Foodbank in Streatham has been running since 2012 by our amazing team of committed volunteers, provides food parcels to the community every Tuesday in Streatham Mosque. Over the past 12 months we have provided food parcels to our database of 690 families every month, including door to door food parcels deliveries. We have teamed up with a number of organisations and receive weekly food donations from Dons Charity, JR Butchers, and Gails Bakery, and Supermarkets such as Lidl’s, Waitrose, M&S, Aldi, and Tesco. We also receive regular donations from our local community, Orchard Primary School and Balham Mosque.
We operated a new foodbank from outside our Community Hub in Croydon every Thursday evening. With a new group of volunteers, we distributed staple food items and fresh produce to struggling families in Croydon every week throughout winter.
Asylum Seekers/Refugee Aid
From 2020 to present SWAN has provided hundreds of Refugees/Asylum seekers with aid including clothes, shoes, coats, baby items, phones, hygiene products, supermarket vouchers and food.
2
The food provided in hostels/hotels is often of a very poor quality and families are desperately in need of nourishment. Our Soup Kitchens provide refugees/Asylum seekers with hot food, fruit and treats.
Soup Kitchens
A Soup Kitchen is a place where a hot meal is offered to those in need of a hot meal for free. Soup kitchens are generally often run by volunteers. There is a rough estimate of 25 known soup kitchens across London, with SWAN running three of them.
SWAN started their first soup Kitchens at Croydon Islamic Centre and Thornton Heath Islamic Centre during the Ramadan period in 2020 and subsequently opened three regular weekly soup kitchens across south London; Monday at Thornton Heath Islamic Centre, Wednesday at Croydon Islamic Centre and Saturday outside the Dudley Hotel in Clapham South - in conjunction with Tooting Community Kitchen - to provide hot meals for free to those who need it. SWAN also provide aid to a soup kitchen run in Central London by AR Food Projects every Sunday afternoon.
Our hot meals are purchased from Biryani House Ltd which allows us to provide a nutritious meal at a budget cost thus enabling us to feed hundreds of people each month across South London.
Community Engagement/Support
Throughout 2021/22 SWAN has facilitated opportunities for the local community to come together to support our initiatives: from donating funds or food, baking for our soup kitchens, packing dates and 0invaluable support to our team. Together we have helped so many families and individuals who have been desperately in need of help. We have weekly rotas where volunteers offer their time and food donations from bottles of water to baked cakes.
Through our SWAN500 project we have supported multiple families in a number of ways; from fixing a ceiling, replacing carpet, buying cookers and fridges, paying off debt and helping the homeless off the streets. The support we have been able to provide has been priceless.
Aid Collections
In 2021/22 we facilitated the collection of clothes, shoes and winter clothes to benefit refugees and homeless people. The response from the local community to our collections is always incredible and we have been instrumental in helping thousands of people with essential items.
OUR WORK ABROAD
Bosnia Border
Bosnia-Herzegovina became the main hub for migrants hoping to reach wealthier European countries after authorities closed the previous migration route through Serbia and Hungary in 2016. Now it's the shortest possible way to access the EU. But the bloc is failing to effectively address the humanitarian crisis unfolding on its doorstep. Meanwhile, Bosnia's poverty, complex political system, corruption, high unemployment — and its people's difficulty in burying the legacy of their past war — all stoke resentment against migrants, creating a crisis within a crisis.
Nearly 70,000 refugees and migrants from the Middle East, South Asia and Africa have passed through Bosnia-Herzegovina in the past three years, according to the International Organization for Migration. Today, some 6,000 live in five main camps run by the United Nations agency in coordination with local authorities scattered across the country, according to the IOM.
3
In response to a plea for help from a desperate family stuck in the snow on the border we first started our relief efforts in Bosnia, when we helped hundreds of families with food, winter clothing, shoes and materials to repair shelters.
Since then, our partner Salam Aldeen of Team Humanity has visited the Bosnian border multiple times and our latest distribution provided foodpacks to families living in horrendous conditions. The situation on the border is unlikely to change anytime soon, with more and more refugees traveling across the route. Consequently, as one of the only charities assisting these desperate and displaced families, it is inconceivable that we can stop efforts to aid and assist as best we can.
Greece
Refugees in Lesvos, Greece have escaped from war zones, crossed hostile borders, and braved the sea, only to end up on the Greek island of Lesvos, where the EU’s racist, xenophobic, and Islamophobic migration policies intensified during the coronavirus pandemic.
The sanitation facilities in Kara Tepe II are inadequate, and refugees are only provided two meals a day, often consisting of rotten, inedible food. Many refugees used to rely on grocery stores outside the camp to supplement meagre rations. But the pandemic has made even this small, autonomous act more difficult as security guards use social distancing measures as an excuse to deny refugees access to stores.
Our bread project in Lesvos has proved to be a lifesaver for countless families and is often the only regular source of food for many weeks. SWAN has consistently provided 1000s of flatbreads to refugees every week.
Lebanon
For over two years, Lebanon has been assailed by compounded crises—specifically, an economic and financial crisis, followed by COVID-19 and, lastly, the explosion at the Port of Beirut on August 4, 2020.
More than half the population is now probably below the poverty line, said the report. The 12month inflation rate has risen to 157.9% in March this year from 10% in January last year. Unemployment has risen to nearly 40% late last year from 28% in February 2020. Access to healthcare has become limited.
We provided food packs, fuel and winter clothing to many families in Palestinian camps suffering from extreme weather conditions in winter.
Pakistan
Pakistan’s poverty rate has decreased in recent years. The government of Pakistan is doing its best to fight both the COVID-19 pandemic and poverty in Pakistan. So far the government has provided many social welfare programs at a scale that they have never done in history until now. However, there is so much more to do in order for the country to defeat poverty.
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected the poverty-stricken citizens in Pakistan. These people consist of women, children, the elderly and people with disabilities. They are far more likely to suffer from malnutrition and their health may be weak. Thus, the virus has spread in poverty-stricken communities faster.
We have been working in collaboration with Global Humanitarian Relief Foundation (GHRF) for six years. We have supported each other's efforts to help as many people as possible. During 2021/22 we have provided the following:
4
-
Water pumps for families living in abject poverty.
-
Sewing machines and vocational training.
-
Microfinance grants for people to set up businesses.
-
Food and practical aid to widows and orphans.
Gaza
A major outbreak of violence in the ongoing Israeli–Palestinian conflict commenced on 10 May 2021, though disturbances took place earlier, and continued until a ceasefire came into effect on 21 May. It was marked by protests and police riot control, rocket attacks on Israel by Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), and Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip. The crisis was triggered on 6 May, when Palestinians in East Jerusalem began protesting over an anticipated decision of the Supreme Court of Israel on the eviction of six Palestinian families in the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. Under international law, the area, effectively annexed by Israel in 1980, is a part of the Palestinian Territories; Israel applies its laws there.
The crisis lasted 11 days during Ramadan and affected countless already struggling families in Gaza. SWAN responded to the crisis by working with directly with Great Mosque in Gaza to provide food and essential aid to families. Since Ramadan 2021, SWAN provide food packs to some of the most vulnerable and struggling families and we have started a home refurbishment project. Whereby we renovate one inhabitable home to a livable standard every month. We also organised a book collection for the Samir Mansour Bookshop in Gaza which was destroyed in the bombing.
Seasonal Campaigns
Ramadan 2021
In London
SWAN felt it was imperative to ensure struggling individuals and families had access to nutritious and wholesome food during fasting. Therefore, we together with Tooting Community Kitchen provided breakfast (suhoor) and dinner (iftar) meals during the month of Ramadan to all three of our soup kitchens throughout Ramadan as part of our #1000 meals a day campaign.
We successfully provided the following:
9200 hot meals 4350 breakfast packs 211 food parcels 342 supermarket vouchers. Essential clothes and mobile phones to 50 refugees
Abroad:
During Ramadan 2021 we provided the following:
200 food packs in Bosnia 250 food packs in Pakistan 100 food packs in Yemen 16000 flatbreads in Lesvos, Greece 3000 meals to orphans in The Ivory Coast
Dhul Hijaah/Qurbani
In 2021 we organised
5
15 qurbanis and 100 food packs in Bosnia
18 Qurbanis in Greece and
9 Qurbanis and 25 food packs in Yemen.
- 4 cows (28 qurbanis) and 100 food packs and 100 Eid gifts in Gaza.
Charity Statement of Financial Activities for the year ending 30[th] April 2022
Under charity law, the trustee is responsible for preparing the trustee’s annual report and accounts for each financial year which show a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the excess of expenditure over income for that period.
In preparing these financial statements, generally accepted accounting practice requires that the Board of Trustees:
-
selects suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently
-
makes judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent
-
states whether the recommendations of the SORP FRS 102 have been followed, subject to any material departures
-
disclosed and explained in the financial statements
-
states whether the financial statements comply with the trust deed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements
-
prepares the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue its activities.
-
The trustee is required to act in accordance with the trust deed and the rules of the charity, within the framework of trust law.
-
The trustee is responsible for keeping proper accounting records, sufficient to disclose at any time, with reasonable accuracy, the financial position of the charity at that time, and to enable the trustee to ensure that, where any statements of accounts are prepared.
-
The trustee has general responsibility for taking such steps as are reasonably open to the trustee to safeguard the assets of the charity and to prevent and detect fraud and other irregularities.
Signed on behalf of the Board of Trustees:
Name: Saiqa Ali BEM (Chair)
Date: 13[th] January 2023
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Receipts and payments accounts
For the period from 1 Maay 2021 to 30 April 2022
| Income and endowments from Donations Grant Expenditure on Charitable activities |
£ 392,587.21 9,107.00 |
|---|---|
| 401,694.21 326,667.31 |
|
| NET OPERATING INCOME Administrative expenses Travel and subsistence Motor expenses Rent Telephone and fax Accountancy fee Advertising and PR Other legal and professional Printing, Postage and Stationery Office/General Administrative Expenses |
75,026.90 63.67 2,151.33 9,000.00 918.62 1,020.00 2,958.17 1,936.25 3.83 2,374.53 |
| 20,426.40 | |
| NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE) | 54,600.50 |
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SWAN (Southern Women's Aid Network) Balance Sheet As at 30 April 2022
| As at 30 April 2022 | |
|---|---|
| Current assets Cash at bank and in hand Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 4 Net current assets Net assets The funds of the charity Unrestricted income fund Total Charity funds |
2021 £ 87,861.19 (1,020.00) |
| £86,841.19 £86,841.19 |
|
| 86,841.19 £86,841.19 |
Notes on the accounts
1 Accounting Policies
Basis of preparation
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
The accounts (financial statements) have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued in October 2019 and the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011 and UK Generally Accepted Practice as it applies from 1 January 2019.
The accounts (financial statements) have been prepared to give a ‘true and fair’ view and have departed from the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 only to the extent required to provide a ‘true and fair view’. This departure has involved following 21 Charity Commission, Charity reporting and accounting: the essentials, 2016 Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued in October 2019 rather than the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice effective from 1 April 2005 which has since been withdrawn.
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SOUTHERN WOMEN’S
The trustee considers that there are no material uncertainties about the ability to continue as a going concern.
The Covid-19 pandemic has had an impact on the charity’s fundraising income for although this was partially offset by the generous donations made by members of the public in the first lockdown and a grant given by the Lottery commission.
Resources expended and irrecoverable VAT
All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to each category of expense shown in the Statement of Financial Activities.
Expenditure is recognised when the following criteria are met:
All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to each category of expense shown in the Statement of Financial Activities.
Irrecoverable VAT is charged against the category of resources expended for which it was incurred.
Debtors
Debtors are amounts owed to the charity. They are measured on the basis of their recoverable amount.
Creditors
Creditors are amounts owed by the charity. They are measured at the amount that the charity expects to have to pay to settle the debt.
2 Related Party transactions
There are no related party transactions
3 Income from donations and legacies
Donations from individuals are gifts from members of the public. The charity received £9,107.00 grant from The Joseph Rowntre UK.
4. Creditors
Creditors have been fully paid post year end.
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Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
| Report to the trustees/ members of On accounts for the year ended Set out on pages |
Charity Name SWAN (SOUTHERN WOMEN'S AID NETWORK) |
Charity Name SWAN (SOUTHERN WOMEN'S AID NETWORK) |
Charity Name SWAN (SOUTHERN WOMEN'S AID NETWORK) |
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| 30thApril 2022 | Charity no (if any) |
1188649 | |
| (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 30 04 2022 . 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:
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the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
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the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
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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: Date: 06/02/2023 Name: Manisha Kalair Relevant professional AAT qualification(s) or body
Oct 2018
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(if any):
Address: Profile West 950 Great West Rd Brentford TW8 9ES
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
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