||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Trustees' Annual Report**|||||**for theperiod**||| |**From**|Period start date|||**To**|Period end date||| ||01|May|2024||30|April|2025| ## Section A Reference and administration details ## **Charity name** KNOW AFRICA CIO **Other names charity is known by** KNOW AFRICA CIO **Registered charity number (if any)**[1192781 ] **Charity's principal address** 11 Alderman Gatley House Civic Centre Wythenshawe **Postcode M22 5RQ** **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Tabitha Ngabwa|Chair||Founder/Chairman| ||Ruth Vubo|Trustee||Founder/Chairman| ||Rose Jefwa|Secretary||Founder/Chairman| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **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**
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Hondonga|34 Britannia Way Norwich NR5 0UW| **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** **Section B Structure, governance and management** 1 April 25 ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted Constitution Trust (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by founder/chairman Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Section C Objectives and activities** We are a charity based in Wythenshawe, established in 2018. Know Africa is a CIO registered charity dedicated to supporting, empowering and celebrating the wide cultural diaspora of Africa people living in **Summary of the objects of the** Manchester and beyond. We run different activities depending on the **charity set out in its** funding applied but the major activities is the food bank. **governing document** The charity purchase and distribute the food to families most and most of them are referred by the council and the housing association. We also deliver emergency food supplies to refugees especially from the BAME community. We do offer mental health and well being services mostly to women and we do sign posting for the other services. We do invite speaker who deliver events to our members. We are a cultural organisation and we also do cook for classes for the members and teach the local about our cultural food. We do fashion and we currently have an office where we do 14:1 counselling. **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** 2 April 25 ## Section D Achievements and performance **Summary of the main** The charity has continued with its aims of community cohesion and **achievements of the charity** poverty alleviation through activities funded by donations **during the year** ## **Section E Financial review** The charity does not routinely maintain large reserves and utilises its **Brief statement of the** income to further its main aims and objectives. Most income received on **charity’s policy on reserves** a monthly basis is adequate to cover the running expenses of the charity as well as financial support for members of the local community and beyond to alleviate poverty and suffering and to facilitate community cohesion and unity. **Details of any funds materially** No funds in material deficit. **in deficit** ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** 3 April 25 ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** _Ruth Vubo_ **Full name(s)** Ruth Vubo **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Secretary **etc)** **Date** 02/02/2026 4 April 25 |**know africa financial statement**||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||| |**FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30th April 2025**||||| |||||| |||||| ||Notes|**Current Year**|**Last Year**|| |**RECEIPTS**||||| |MCC
Altrincham
Amazon Europe
F/Flow Manchester
Forever Manchester
Hello Venture
Heald Green
Hubbub Foundation
Caribbean & Africa Grant
Food Bank donations
NHS
Main Grant
PCC GM GMP
Food bank
Manchester Active
Manchester Alliance
Manchester City Co
food bank Donation
Autotrader
BME Manchester
Wythenshawe Community|**2**|-|-|| ||**2**|-|721|| ||**2**|37|13|| ||**2**|-|11,738|| ||**2**|-|1,441|| ||**2**|-|-|| ||**2**|-|173|| ||**2**|-|-|| ||**2**|-|-|| ||**2**|3,530|67|| ||**2**|-|-|| ||**2**|-|7,729|| ||**2**|-|-|| ||**2**|-|2,222|| ||**2**|24,993|19,599|| ||**2**|-|-|| ||**2**|4,339|10,867|| ||**2**|-|-|| ||**2**|-|-|| ||**2**|3,500|1,179|| ||**2**|10,593|12,839|| ||||-|| |**TOTAL RECEIPTS**||**46,991**|**68,588**|| |||||| |**PAYMENTS**||||| |Stationery and Administration
Volunteer Expenses
Publication, Publicity and Printing
Equipments and Materials
Cleaning Products
room hire and office rent
Communication
fuel Cost
purchase of caltural approprite food
Trainingexpenses|4|5,282.56
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3,361.63
960.00
5,931.30
4,802.00
5,608.00
12,486.06
2,831.31|7,709|| ||4||5,849|| ||4||6,498|| ||4||5,199|| ||4||1,436|| ||4||6,424|| ||4||7,180|| ||4||8,017|| ||4||18,347|| ||4||3,916|| |**TOTAL PAYMENTS**||**49,427**|**70,574**|| |||||| |Net of Receipts/(Payments)||2,436
-|1,987|| |||||| |Bank/Cash Balance as at 30th April 2024||8,309|10,295|| |||||| |||||| |Bank/Cash Balances as at 30th April 2025|**5**|5,873|8,309|| |||||| |||||| |**FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30th APRIL 2025**||||| |||||| |||||| |**CASH FUNDS**||**Current Year**|**Previous Year**|| |||||| |Cash at Hand||-|-|| |||||| |Cash at Bank||5,873|8,309|| |||||| |**Accounts approved by Board of Trustees**||5,873|8,309|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## **KNOW AFRICA CIO CHARITY NUMBER: 1192781** ## **Date: 02 February 2026** **PUBLIC ADDRESS:** 11 Alderman Gatley House, Civic Centre, Wythenshawe, M22 5RQ ## **Trustees Annual Report for the year ended 30[th] April 2025** I report on the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 30th April 2025. ## **Respective responsibilities of Trustees and Independent Examiner** The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not a requirement for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act), and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility therefore to: - examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act. - to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and - To state whether matters have come to my attention. ## **Basis of Independent Examiner’s report** My examination was conducted in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the financial statements presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the financial statements and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the financial statements present a ‘true and fair view’, and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. ## **Independent Examiner’s statement** In connection with 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 section 130 of the 2011 Act; and **Winsburg Limited; 34 Britannia Way; Norwich ; NR5 0UW Telephone 01603 570668 email: info@winsburg.co.uk Website: www.winsburg.co.uk** - financial statements are prepared which agree with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act: or 2. To which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the financial statements to be reached. Signature: C.N Hondonga Compassion Hondonga MAAT Winsburg Limited, **Winsburg Limited; 34 Britannia Way; Norwich ; NR5 0UW Telephone 01603 570668 email: info@winsburg.co.uk Website: www.winsburg.co.uk**