**COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 08727602 CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 1193983**
## **THE OITIJ-JO COLLECTIVE Company Limited by Guarantee Unaudited Financial Statements**
**31 October 2024**
## **M.R ACCOUNTANTS & TAX ADVISERS**
Chartered Certified Accountants 9b The Broadway Woodford Green Essex IG8 0HL
**THE OITIJ-JO COLLECTIVE**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Financial Statements**
## **Year ended 31 October 2024**
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|---|---|
|Trustees' annual report (incorporating the director's report)|**1**|
|Independent examiner's report to the trustees|**4**|
|Statement of financial activities (including income and||
|expenditure account)|**5**|
|Statement of financial position|**6**|
|Statement of cash flows|**7**|
|Notes to the financial statements|**8**|
**THE OITIJ-JO COLLECTIVE**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report)**
## **Year ended 31 October 2024**
The trustees, who are also the directors for the purposes of company law, present their report and the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 October 2024.
## **Reference and administrative details**
**Registered charity name** THE OITIJ-JO COLLECTIVE
**Charity registration number** 1193983 **Company registration number** 08727602 **Principal office and registered** Piazza Unit C, **office** Lighterman House, London, E14 2BE **The trustees** M Anjum R Zuberi R Chowdhury S Slater U Rashid **Company secretary** M Anjum **Independent examiner** M.R Accountants 9b The Broadway, Woodford Green, Essex, IG8 0HL
## **Structure, governance and management**
The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust, and constitutes a limited company, limited by guarantee as defined by the Companies Act 2006.
The charity has adopted policies appropriate to the furtherance of its stated objectives and there have been no material changes in this year.
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**THE OITIJ-JO COLLECTIVE**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
**Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report)** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 October 2024**
## **Objectives and activities**
HAWG actively supports the betterment of the local community of ethnic minority women by providing opportunities for members to access employment skills, education, training and leisure pursuits. The organisation also promotes and distributes information on welfare, health matters and provides quality of life assistance, in particular to combat isolation.
## **Strategic report**
The following sections for achievements and performance and financial review form the strategic report of the charity.
## **Achievements and performance**
HAWG has continued to provide valuable services to Ethnic Minority women in the borough in spite of inadequate resources. The profile of the group has lifted to give a better service to the community. Membership has increased.
Members & Volunteers are supportive. This year we have a more structured voluntary provision. The group has come a long way in empowering women in the community. Several new training initiatives are now underway and as a result of this many women are able to find work in various sectors
The group continue to work with other voluntary and statutory organisations Throughout the year the group was actively involved in arranging cultural celebrations and trips to various part of Britain, which were a huge success and well attended.
This equality and diversity training is designed to provide employers and employees with the information they need to understand the best practice and responsibilities associated with equality and diversity in the workplace. The workshop explains the government's Equality Act, raises awareness of how it can be applied and determined.
We have introduced coffee mornings and general meetings at regular intervals to inform our members of the forthcoming courses and events as well as to obtain ideas from them. We have an open door policy for our membership.
The group continue to operate with full management committee consisting of service users as well as voluntary & statutory organisations representatives. Members of the board have been on a number of courses to raise the profile of the organisation as well as enhancing their personal development.
We are still working on different applications for funding but more strategically according to our business plan. New channels are open to us.
## Working with Partnership
We are working closely with many organisations and we applied for funding to work as partnership and that was successful.
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**THE OITIJ-JO COLLECTIVE**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
**Trustees' Annual Report (Incorporating the Director's Report)** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 October 2024**
## **Financial review**
The committee would report that the income of the charitable company in respect of unrestricted funds was £166,475 (2023 £194,684). The income in respect of restricted funds was £0. (2023 £0). The statements of financial activities show the total resources expended was £155,956. (2023 £179,902.) for unrestricted and £0 (2023 £0) for restricted funds.
## **Plans for future periods**
HAWG has continually supported women locally and within the surrounding boroughs and interesting activities and courses have been arranged for our members.
We have continued to provide and develop a wide range of services to the members, to make a difference to the lives of women by responding to their needs and inspirations and enable them to play a full active part in the community. We were able to work more strategically. We have a business plan and funding strategy in place. This gives the organisation and its members distinct goals and objectives to work to in future.
This year we are developing partnerships with other agencies and look forward to working with them.
The trustees' annual report and the strategic report were approved on 26 August 2025 and signed on behalf of the board of trustees by:
R Zuberi Trustee
R Chowdhury Trustee
S Slater U Rashid Trustee Trustee
M Anjum Charity Secret
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**The Oitij-Jo Collective**
**Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of The Oitij-Jo Collective**
## **Year ended 31 October 2024**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of The Oitij-Jo Collective ('the charity') for the year ended 31 October 2024.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the trustees of the company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 ('the 2006 Act’).
Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or
2. the financial statements do not accord with those records; or
3. the financial statements do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act 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; or
4. the financial statements have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).
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.
M.R Accountants Independent Examiner
9b The Broadway, Woodford Green, Essex, IG8 0HL
26 August 2025
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**The Oitij-Jo Collective**
**Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Statement of Financial Activities**
## **(including income and expenditure account)**
## **Year ended 31 October 2024**
|**Note**
**Income and endowments**
Donations and legacies
Grant
Interest Income
**6**
**6**
**6**
**Total income**
**Expenditure**
Expenditure on raising funds:
Costs of raising donations and
legacies
**7**
**Total expenditure**
**Net expenditure and net movement in**
**funds**
**Reconciliation of funds**
Total funds brought forward
**Total funds carried forward**|Unrestricted
funds
**£**
114,705
51,428
342
166,475
155,956
155,956
10,519
25,573
36,092|**2024**
Restricted
funds
**£**
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–|**Total funds**
**£**
**114,705**
**51,428**
**342**
**166,475**
**155,956**
**155,956**
**10,519**
**25,573**
**36,092**|**2023**
Total funds
£
103,477
90,995
212|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||194,684|
|||||179,902|
|||||179,902|
|||||14,782|
|||||10,791|
|||||25,573|
The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year.
All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.
**The notes on pages 8 to 13 form part of these financial statements.**
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## **The Oitij-Jo Collective**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Statement of Financial Position**
## **31 October 2024**
|**Note**
**Fixed assets**
Tangible fixed assets
**12**
**Current assets**
Cash at bank and in hand
**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
**13**
**Net current assets**
**Total assets less current liabilities**
**Net assets**
**Funds of the charity**
Restricted funds
Unrestricted funds
**Total charity funds**
**14**|**2024**
**£**
**39,608**
**3,516**|**£**
**-**
**36,092**
**36,092**
**36,092**
**-**
**36,092**
**36,092**|
|2023
£
-
26,857
1,284|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||25,573|
|||||25,573|
|||||25,573|
|||||
-
25,573|
|||||25,573|
For the year ending 31 October 2024 the charity was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
Directors' responsibilities:
- The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year in question in accordance with section 476;
- The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of financial statements.
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies' regime.
These financial statements were approved by the board of trustees and authorised for issue on 26 August 2024, and are signed on behalf of the board by:
R Zuberi Trustee
R Chowdhury Trustee
**The notes on pages 8 to 13 form part of these financial statements.**
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## **The Oitij-Jo Collective Company**
## **Limited by Guarantee Statement of**
## **Cash Flows**
## **Year ended 31 October 2024**
|**Cash flows from operating activities**
Net expenditure
_Adjustments for:_
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets
Unpaid wages
Cash generated from operations
Net cash used in operating activities
**Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents**
**Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year**
**Cash and cash equivalents at end of year**|**2024**
**£**
**10,519**
-
**2,232**
**12,751**
**12,751**
**12,751**
**26,857**
**39,608**|2023
£
14,782
-
784|
|---|---|---|
|||15,566|
|||15,566|
|||15,566
11,291|
|||26,857|
**The notes on pages 8 to 13 form part of these financial statements.**
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## **The Oitij-Jo Collective**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements**
## **Year ended 31 October 2024**
## **1. Income and endowments**
Funds - £114,705 Grant - £51,428 Interest Income - £342
## **2. General information**
The charity is a public benefit entity and a private company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales and a registered charity in England and Wales. The address of the registered office is Piazza Unit C, Lighterman House, 3 Clove Crescent, London, E14 2BE.
## **3. Statement of compliance**
These financial statements have been prepared in compliance with FRS 102, 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland', the 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 (FRS 102) (Charities SORP (FRS 102)) and the Companies Act 2006.
## **4. Accounting policies**
## **Basis of preparation**
The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis, as modified by the revaluation of certain financial assets and liabilities and investment properties measured at fair value through income or expenditure.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the entity.
## **Going concern**
There are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue.
## **Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty**
The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported. These estimates and judgements are continually reviewed and are based on experience and other factors, including expectationsof future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.
## **Fund accounting**
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees to further any of the charity's purposes.
Designated funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the trustees for particular future project or commitment.
Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure declared by the donor or through the terms of an appeal, and fall into one of two sub-classes: restricted income funds or endowment funds.
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## **The Oitij-Jo Collective**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 October 2024**
_**4.**_ **Accounting policies** _**(continued)**_
## **Incoming resources**
All incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when entitlement has passed to the charity; it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the charity and the amount can be reliably measured. The following specific policies are applied to particular categories of income:
- income from donations or grants is recognised when there is evidence of entitlement to the gift, receipt is probable and its amount can be measured reliably.
- legacy income is recognised when receipt is probable and entitlement is established.
- income from donated goods is measured at the fair value of the goods unless this is impractical to measure reliably, in which case the value is derived from the cost to the donor or the estimated resale value. Donated facilities and services are recognised in the accounts when received if the value can be reliably measured. No amounts are included for the contribution of general volunteers.
- income from contracts for the supply of services is recognised with the delivery of the contracted service. This is classified as unrestricted funds unless there is a contractual requirement for it to be spent on a particular purpose and returned if unspent, in which case it may be regarded as restricted.
## **Resources expended**
Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is classified under headings of the statement of financial activities to which it relates:
- expenditure on raising funds includes the costs of all fundraising activities, events, noncharitable trading activities, and the sale of donated goods.
- expenditure on charitable activities includes all costs incurred by a charity in undertaking activities that further its charitable aims for the benefit of its beneficiaries, including those support costs and costs relating to the governance of the charity apportioned to charitable activities.
- other expenditure includes all expenditure that is neither related to raising funds for the charity nor part of its expenditure on charitable activities.
All costs are allocated to expenditure categories reflecting the use of the resource. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs are apportioned between the activities they contribute to on a reasonable, justifiable and consistent basis.
## **Tangible assets**
Tangible assets are initially recorded at cost, and subsequently stated at cost less any accumulated depreciation and impairment losses. Any tangible assets carried at revalued amounts are recorded at the fair value at the date of revaluation less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.
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**The Oitij-Jo Collective**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
**Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 October 2024**
## **4. Accounting policies** _**(continued)**_
## **Tangible assets** _**(continued)**_
An increase in the carrying amount of an asset as a result of a revaluation, is recognised in other recognised gains and losses, unless it reverses a charge for impairment that has previously been recognised as expenditure within the statement of financial activities. A decrease in the carrying amount of an asset as a result of revaluation, is recognised in other recognised gains and losses, except to which it offsets any previous revaluation gain, in which case the loss is shown within other recognised gains and losses on the statement of financial activities.
## **Depreciation**
Depreciation is calculated so as to write off the cost or valuation of an asset, less its residual value, over the useful economic life of that asset as follows:
Office equipment
-
## **Impairment of fixed assets**
A review for indicators of impairment is carried out at each reporting date, with the recoverable amount being estimated where such indicators exist. Where the carrying value exceeds the recoverable amount, the asset is impaired accordingly. Prior impairments are also reviewed for possible reversal at each reporting date.
For the purposes of impairment testing, when it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, an estimate is made of the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs. The cash-generating unit is the smallest identifiable group of assets that includes the asset and generates cash inflows that largely independent of the cash inflows from other assets or groups of assets.
For impairment testing of goodwill, the goodwill acquired in a business combination is, from the acquisition date, allocated to each of the cash-generating units that are expected to benefit from the synergies of the combination, irrespective of whether other assets or liabilities of the charity are assigned to those units.
## **Financial instruments**
A financial asset or a financial liability is recognised only when the charity becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at the amount receivable or payable including any related transaction costs.
Current assets and current liabilities are subsequently measured at the cash or other consideration expected to be paid or received and not discounted.
Debt instruments are subsequently measured at amortised cost.
Where investments in shares are publicly traded or their fair value can otherwise be measured reliably, the investment is subsequently measured at fair value with changes in fair value recognised in income and expenditure. All other such investments are subsequently measured at cost less impairment.
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**The Oitij-Jo Collective**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 October 2024**
## _**4.**_ **Accounting policies** _**(continued)**_
## **Financial instruments** _**(continued)**_
Other financial instruments, including derivatives, are initially recognised at fair value, unless payment for an asset is deferred beyond normal business terms or financed at a rate of interest that is not a market rate, in which case the asset is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument.
Other financial instruments are subsequently measured at fair value, with any changes recognised in the statement of financial activities, with the exception of hedging instruments in a designated hedging relationship.
Financial assets that are measured at cost or amortised cost are reviewed for objective evidence of impairment at the end of each reporting date. If there is objective evidence of impairment, an impairment loss is recognised under the appropriate heading in the statement of financial activities in which the initial gain was recognised.
For all equity instruments regardless of significance, and other financial assets that are individually significant, these are assessed individually for impairment. Other financial assets are either assessed individually or grouped on the basis of similar credit risk characteristics.
Any reversals of impairment are recognised immediately, to the extent that the reversal does not result in a carrying amount of the financial asset that exceeds what the carrying amount would have been had the impairment not previously been recognised.
## **5. Limited by guarantee**
The Company is Limited by guarantee.
## **6. Donations and legacies**
Income and endowments
## **7. Costs of raising donations and legacies**
||Unrestricted|**Total**|Unrestricted|Total Funds|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Funds|**Funds 2024**|Funds|2023|
||£|**£**|£|£|
|Expenses|155,956|**155,956**
|179,902|179,902|
## **8. Net expenditure**
Net expenditure is stated after charging/(crediting):
||**2024**|2023|
|---|---|---|
||**£**|£|
|Depreciation of tangible fixed assets|**-**|-|
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## **The Oitij-Jo Collective**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 October 2024**
## **9. Independent examination fees**
|**Independent examination fees**|||
|---|---|---|
||**2024**|2023|
||**£**|£|
|Fees payable to the independent examiner for:|||
|Independent examination of the financial statements|**500**|500|
## **10. Staff costs**
The average head count of employees during the year was 9 (2023 - 1). The average number offull-time equivalent employees during the year is analysed as follows:
|Number of staff - type 1|**2024**
**No.**
2023
No.
**9**
1|
|---|---|
No employee received employee benefits of more than £60,000 during the year (2023: Nil).
## **11. Trustee remuneration and expenses**
No remuneration or other benefits from employment with the charity were received by the trustees.
## **12. Tangible fixed assets**
|**12. Tangible fixed assets**||
|---|---|
|Equipment
£
**Cost**
**At 1 November 2023 and 31 October 2024**
**_**
**Depreciation**
At 1 November 2023
_
Charge for the year
_
**At 31 October 2024**
_
**Carrying amount**
**At 31 October 2024**
_
At 31 October 2023
_
**13. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
**2024**
**£**
Accruals and deferred income
**500**
Wages and salaries
**3,016**|**Total**
**£**
**_**|
||**_**
**_**|
||**_**|
||**_**|
||_|
||2023
£
500
784|
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## **The Oitij-Jo Collective**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 October 2024**
## **14. Analysis of charitable funds**
## **Unrestricted funds**
|**14. Analysis of charitable funds**
**Unrestricted funds**|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|General funds
General funds
**Restricted funds**
Restricted Fund 1 - desc in a/cs
Restricted Fund 1 - desc in a/cs
**15. Analysis of changes in net debt**
Cash at bank and in hand|At
1 Nov 2023
£
25,573
At
1 Nov 2022
£
10,791
At
1 Nov 2023
£
-
At
1 Nov 2022
£
-||Income
£
166,475
Income
£
194,684
Income
£
-
Income
£
-
At
1 Nov 2023
£
26,857||Expenditure
£
(155,956)
Expenditure
£
(179,902)
Expenditure
£
-
Expenditure
£
-
Cash flows
£
12,751|**At**
**31 Oct 2024**
**£**
**36,092**|
|||||||At
31 Oct 2023
£
25,573|
|||||||**At**
**31 Oct 2024**
**£**
-|
|||||||At
31 Oct 2023
£
-|
|||||||**At**
**31 Oct 2024**
**£**
39,608|
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**The Oitij-Jo Collective**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 October 2024**
**Trustees’ annual report (including Directors’ report) for the period**
**From: Period start date – 1[st] November 2023 To: Period end date – 31[st] October 2024**
**Charity name: The OITIJ-JO Collective Charity registration number: 1193983 Company number: 08727602 Objectives and activities**
||SORP
reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes
of the charity as set out in
its governing document|Para 1.17|To promote and share awareness,
understanding, appreciation and
development of Bengali arts, crafts and
cultural heritage in all forms of their
expression, for the general benefit of the
people of the United Kingdom, and
especially of communities or districts
associated in any particular manner with
the south Asian region of Bengal.
To advance education and training in
knowledge and skills relevant to the
commercial practice of specific domestic
crafts including but not restricted to
creative work with foods and with fabrics,
in particular among British Bengali
women and young people|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to
those purposes for the
public benefit, in particular,
the activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17
and 1.19|OITIJ-JO is dedicated to celebrating
Bengali arts and crafts while fostering a
sense of community, collaboration, and
engagement. Operating out of Tower
Hamlets, the organisation focuses on
supportingunderemployed women,|
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## **The Oitij-Jo Collective**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 October 2024**
particularly from the British Bangladeshi community, by providing valuable training and creative opportunities. Key Areas of Focus 1) **OITIJ-JO Arts & Crafts** The organisation also facilitates workshops, exhibitions, and talks, creating spaces for artists and participants to connect, exchange skills, and share cultural insights. 2) **OITIJ-JO Kitchen** Launched in 2019, this training initiative in catering and hospitality, equips minoritised women, especially British Bangladeshi women, with the skills and support needed to secure flexible, paid employment. 3) **OITIJ-JO Design Studios** This project centres around sustainable design, training women creative techniques in upcycling and crafting with recycled materials while offering collaborative platforms for skill-sharing and co-creation. 4) **Strategic Engagement** OITIJ-JO actively collaborates with various stakeholders and networks. Highlights of its initiatives include a 2023 report with the Craft Council, 'Wow! I did this,' the "Stitching Lights" project, which formed part of the Canary Wharf Light Festival, OITIJ-JO supported artist winning the East London Art Prize, 2025 and most recently, being invited to be the community partner with Whitechapel Gallery for the Summer 2026 Biennale. Through these core activities, OITIJ-JO continues to make a tangible impact, empowering communities and providing
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## **The Oitij-Jo Collective**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
**Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 October 2024**
|||platforms for creativity to nourish for all in
the community.|
|---|---|---|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the
guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on
public benefit|Para 1.18|Through the four core activities, as
stated previously, OITIJ-JO makes a
tangible impact, empowering
communities and providing platforms for
creativity to nourish for all in the
community. And thus, contribute to public
benefit.|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||SORP
reference||
|---|---|---|
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|N/A|
|Policy on social
investment including
program related
investment|Para 1.38|N/A|
||||
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## **The Oitij-Jo Collective**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 October 2024**
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|We have volunteers and volunteering at
the heart of OITIJ-JO’s work. Feedback
from our 2024 survey of users and
activity participants and supporters was,
people wanted to support OITIJ-JO’s
work through volunteering. Gain more
knowledge and understanding of the
work and give something back. All our
projects and activities allow for
volunteers.|
|---|---|---|
|Other|||
## **Achievements and performance**
||Summary of the main
achievements of the
charity, identifying the
difference the charity’s
work has made to the
circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any
wider benefits to society
as a whole.|Para 1.20|**OITIJ-JO Activities: Nov – Dec 2023**
Workshops – 5 / Open Days – 1
Attendees - 70
**OITIJ-JO Activities: Jan 2024 – Feb**
**2025**
65 workshops involving:
Events / Talks x 12 : 453 attendees
Exhibitions / Panel Talks / Book Launch x
4: 380 attendees
Community Mela (Fair / Fete) x 4
Catering Events 80 - 90% in Tower
Hamlets|
|---|---|---|---|
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**The Oitij-Jo Collective**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 October 2024**
Trainees for OITIJ-JO Design Studio and OITIJ-JO Kitchen – 40 – residents of Tower Hamlets Kitchen Team Members joining after – 40 - residents of Tower Hamlets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||||
|---|---|---|
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of
fundraising activities
against objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
||||
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**The Oitij-Jo Collective**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
**Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_
**Year ended 31 October 2024**
|Other|||
|---|---|---|
|**Financial review**|||
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the
end of the period|Para 1.21|£166,475|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|At present, all unspent unrestricted funds
are moved to the Savings Account.
OITIJ-JO is working to have a robust
Reserve Policy reflecting its everyday
working.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|To be decided|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|OITIJ-JO has a new board of Trustees /
Director from June/ July 2025. They are
getting familiarised with all the policies,
and system and intends to review and
set the new guidelines for the new
financial year – 1stNovember 2025.
Previous Trustees / Directors attempted
to set appropriate policies and
procedures in place. OITIJ-JO, lost its
original Trustees / Directors, in 2022/23 –
two of them passing away within a month
of each other. This made it very
challenging for the Charity and
something that the previous Trustees
were working through to set everything
up.|
|Details of fund materially
in deficit|Para 1.24|N/A|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the|Para 1.23|N/A|
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**The Oitij-Jo Collective**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 October 2024**
charity continuing as a going concern
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the
principal risks facing the
charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||
## **Structure, governance and management**
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## **The Oitij-Jo Collective**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 October 2024**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing
document: for example,
trust deed, memorandum
and articles of association
etc|Para 1.25|Articles of Association|
|How is the charity
constituted?
for example limited
company, unincorporated
association, CIO|Para 1.25|Company Limited by Guarantee|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions
e.g. election to post or
name of any person or
body entitled to appoint
one or more trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are selected and referred by
other Trustees and OITIJ-JO Director.|
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## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|---|---|---|
|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s
organisational structure
and any wider network
with which the charity
works|Para 1.51||
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**The Oitij-Jo Collective**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 October 2024**
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|---|---|---|
|Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and administrative details**
|Charity name|The OITIJ-JO Collective|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity
uses|OITIJ-JO|
|Registered charity number|1193983|
|Charity’s principal address|Unit 3, Lighterman House, 3 Clove Crescent, London
E14 2BB|
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|
|---|---|---|---|
||Muna F Anjum|Chair|June 2025|
||Rana Chowdhury||July2025|
||Rumana Zuberi|Treasurer|June 2025|
||Sian Slater||July 2025|
||UshaRashid||July2025|
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**The Oitij-Jo Collective**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 October 2024**
13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
|**Director name**||
|---|---|
|Muna F Anjum|27thAugust 2025|
|Rana Chowdhury||
|Rumana Zuberi||
|Sian Slater||
|Usha Rashid||
|||
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|
|---|---|
|**N/A**||
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
|Description of the assets
held in this capacity|Project delivery funding|
|---|---|
|Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf
the assets are held and
how this falls within the
custodian charity’s objects|Paraa, Bangladesh
January 2023 – May 2025
“ …… working with training, developing, exhibiting the work of
artists, designers and neighbourhoods in Bangladesh and the
UK”.|
|Details of arrangements
for safe custodyand|Partnership Agreement|
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**The Oitij-Jo Collective**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_
## **Year ended 31 October 2024**
segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
**Names and addresses of advisers (optional information) Type of Name Address adviser**
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (optional information)** – Maher R anjum Director and Company Secretary
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The company has taken advantage of the small companies’ exemption in preparing the report above.**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report (including directors’ report) above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees/directors**
**Signature(s) Full name(s)** Maher Anjum **Position (for example** Secretary **Secretary, Chair, etc) Date** 27[th] Aug 2025
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## **The Oitij-Jo Collective**
## **Company Limited by Guarantee**
**Notes to the Financial Statements** _**(continued)**_
**Year ended 31 October 2024**
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