
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From 01/01/2023     Period start date    to 31/12/2023    Period end date** 

**Charity name: DE NORSEMEN KLUB INTERNATIONAL UK (DNKI)** 

## **Charity registration number: 1189176** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the<br>purposes of the charity<br>as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|The relief of poverty of the people who are homeless and rough sleepers<br>in London and surrounding areas by the provision of food, clothes, and<br>other items and services.<br>by the provision of food and clothes<br>by the provision of other items and services<br>by Provision of vocational training, upskilling, and soft skills|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to<br>those purposes for the<br>public benefit, in<br>particular, the activities,<br>projects or services<br>identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17<br>and 1.19|We had another great year, further helping those in homeless and<br>vulnerable situations who seek support and help. With limited resources,<br>we managed to support individuals during the financial period, we<br>distributed food to individuals and charities across the London borough of<br>Lewisham and offered free advice to those in need|
|A statement confirming<br>whether the trustees<br>have had regard to the<br>guidance issued by the<br>Charity Commission on<br>public benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees are responsible for preparing reports and financial statements<br>in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.<br>The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that<br>are sufficient to show and explain the charity’s transactions and disclose<br>with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity<br>and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the<br>Companies Act 2006 and the Charity Act 2011 and the Charity (Accounts<br>and Reports) Regulations 2008. They are also responsible for<br>safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable<br>steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities<br>The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the<br>corporate and financial information included on the company's website<br>where relevant. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the reparation<br>and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in<br>other jurisdictions.|



**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

SORP reference 



|Policy on grant-making|Para 1.38||
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|Policy on social investment including<br>program-related investment|Para 1.38|The trustees have the power to invest in such assets as<br>they see fit.|
|Contribution made by volunteers|Para 1.38||
|Other|||



## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main achievements of<br>the charity, identifying the difference<br>the charity’s work has made to the<br>circumstances of its beneficiaries and<br>any wider benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|This year we raised a total of about £5,170.05 and<br>spent about £2,492.93 to provide support to the public<br>and support our members. We will continue to have as<br>our aim the vision of raising at least £10000 a year to<br>fulfill our charitable aims and objectives by meeting the<br>needs of people who are homeless and rough sleeping.<br>This objective is key to our success and we will<br>continue to go from strength to strength.|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|Achievements against the objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising activities<br>against objectives set|Para 1.41|The Charity depends entirely on membership monthly<br>subscription and donations by members for its<br>incoming resources.|
|Investment performance against<br>objectives|Para 1.41|Currently, the charity holds no investments. The charity<br>hopes to go into low-risk investment soon which will<br>add to the reserves for future developments.|
|Other|||



## **Financial Review** 



|Review of the charity’s financial<br>position at the end of the period|Para 1.21|we solely rely on membership monthly subscriptions<br>and generous donations by individual members and<br>were able to effectively spread out the funds to be<br>used in reaching out to as many people as possible.<br>The charity hope to holds investments primarily in low<br>risk business that will provide a relatively stable<br>stream of income throughout the year. The<br>performance of these investments will be in line with<br>expectations.<br>The trustees will use a risk management strategy to<br>examine the major strategic, operational, and financial<br>risks that the Charity faces and where possible,<br>systems will  been implemented to mitigate those<br>risks and minimise the impact on the Charity should<br>those risks materialise.<br>Thereon to carry out an annual review of risks and act<br>accordingly. A key element is financial sustainability<br>and management of risk by a reserves policy to<br>ensure the retention of sufficient working capital.|
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|Statement explaining the policy for<br>holding reserves stating why they are<br>held|Para 1.22|It is the policy of the organisation to maintain<br>unrestricted funds, which are the free reserves of the<br>charity at all levels that equate to approximately six<br>months of unrestricted expenditure. This provides<br>sufficient funds to cover management administration<br>and support costs and to respond to emergency<br>applications that may arise from time to time.<br>Unrestricted funds were maintained at this level<br>throughout the year.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22||
|Reasons for holding zero reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any uncertainties about<br>the charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23||



|Reasons for holding zero reserves<br>Para 1.22<br>Details of fund materially in deficit<br>Para 1.24<br>Explanation of any uncertainties about<br>the charity continuing as a going<br>concern<br>Para 1.23|Reasons for holding zero reserves<br>Para 1.22<br>Details of fund materially in deficit<br>Para 1.24<br>Explanation of any uncertainties about<br>the charity continuing as a going<br>concern<br>Para 1.23||
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|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:|
|The charity’s principal sources of funds<br>(including any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
|Investment policy and objectives<br>including any social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||





|A description of the principal risks<br>facing the charity|Para 1.46||
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|Other|||
|**Structure, Governance and Management**|||



|Descriptionofcharity’s trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|CIO registration-23 April 2020- It has stated objects<br>and powers under its Memorandum of Association<br>and is governed under its Articles of Association.|
|How is the charity constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated association, CIO)|Para 1.25|The organisation is a charitable incorporated<br>organisation (CIO), having been incorporated on 27<br>October 2019 and gained charitable status on 23 April<br>2020.|
|Trustee selection methods including<br>details of any constitutional provisions<br>e.g. election to post or name of any<br>person or body entitled to appoint one<br>or more trustees|Para 1.25|Upon a vacancy, arising, current Trustees will discuss<br>suitable candidates and then invite a member of the<br>Society to become a Trustee(Appointed by agreement<br>of the existing trustees)|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|Policies and procedures adopted for<br>the induction and training of trustees|Para 1.51|There is little formal training required, as the decision-<br>making process of the Society is relatively simple.|
|The charity’s organisational structure<br>and any wider network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51|The Trustees are responsible for all decisions affecting<br>the charity.|
|Relationship with any related parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charityname|**DE NORSEMEN KLUB INTERNATIONAL UK (DNKI)**|
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|Other names the charity uses|Britannia MMP|
|Registered charitynumber|1189176|
|Charity’s principal address|72 Lee High Road<br>London<br>SE13 5PT|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee(if any)**|
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||Mr Tonye Alagoa||||





2 Mr Ruff Ukalike 3 Mr Nkem Njoku 4 Mr H Emeka Akubeze 

## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets held in this capacity 

Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects 

Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

**Additional information (optional)** 

**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

**Type of adviser Name Address** 

**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

**Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **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)** Ruff Ukalike **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** Trustee 

**Date** 31/12/2023 



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||**For the period from**|**1/1/2023**|
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||
|**A1 Receipts**|||
|**New Member Registration fees**|**30.00**||
|**Membership Monthly subscriptions**|**3,840.00**||
|**Voluntary Receipts**|**200.00**||
|**Loan repayments received**|**100.00**||
|**Contributions- Bereavement Support**|**1,000.05**||
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**5,170.05**||
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).**|||
||**0.00**||
||**0.00**||
|**_Sub total_**|**0.00**||
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**|||
|**Charitable Activities**|**873.00**||
|**Bereavement Support/**|**1,042.00**||
|**Printing, postage, stationery**|**30.00**||
|**Loan to members**|**500.00**||
|**Domain Renewal**|**47.93**||
|**_Sub total_**|**2,492.93**||





## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

## **B1 Cash funds** 

**Categories Details** Cash+Bank _**Total cash funds**_ 

(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) 

## **Details** 

## **B2 Other monetary assets** 

**Total Debts recoverable @ 31/12/2023** 

## **B3 Investment assets** 

Details Details 

**B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use** 

**Details** 

## **B5 Liabilities** 

**Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees** 


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## **DNKI)** 

## **payments accounts** 

## **CC16a** 

**12/31/2023 To** 

|**Endowment funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**|**Endowment funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**30.00**<br>**3,840.00**<br>**200.00**<br>**100.00**<br>**1,000.05**<br>**5,170.05**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**5,170.05**<br>**873.00**<br>**1,042.00**<br>**30.00**<br>**500.00**<br>**47.93**<br>**2,492.93**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**2,492.93**<br>**2,677.12**<br>**0.00**<br>**2,055.36**<br>**4,732.48**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**|
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Unrestricted funds  Restricted funds  Endowment funds<br>to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £<br>999.10 0.00 0.00<br>999.10 0.00 0.00<br>OK OK OK<br>Unrestricted funds  Restricted funds  Endowment funds<br>to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £<br>3,733.38 0.00 0.00<br>Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) Current value (optional)<br>                                               -                                                       -<br>Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) Current value (optional)<br>                                               -                                                       -<br>                                               -                                                       -<br>Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) When due (optional)<br>                                               -<br>Print Name Date of approval<br>Ruff Ukalike 12/31/2023<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


