## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01/04/2022 to 31/03/2023** **Charity name: South London Christmas Dinner** **Charity registration number: 1195322** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The object of the CIO is: for the public benefit to
promote social inclusion among young people
aged between 18 and 25 who are socially
excluded from society as a result of their status
within or experience of the public care system in
particular but not exclusively by the provision
events, activities and experiences during the
Christmas period. For the purposes of this clause
‘socially excluded’ means being excluded from
society, or parts of society, as a result of an
individual’s status within or experience of the
public care system and the resulting factors:
unemployment; financial hardship; youth, ill health
(physical or mental); substance abuse or
dependency including alcohol and drugs;
discrimination on the grounds of sex, race,
disability, ethnic origin, religion, belief, creed,
sexual orientation or gender re-assignment; poor
educational or skills attainment; relationship and
family breakdown; poor housing (that is housing
that does not meet basic habitable standards);
crime (either as a victim of crime or as an
offender rehabilitating into society).| |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|South London Christmas Dinner is organised by a
team of volunteers who work together to provide a
special and fun-filled Christmas day, along with a
most scrumptious dinner for young care leavers,
aged between 18 and 25. As well as a Christmas
dinner, guests are gifted presents and treats
along the way**.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have paid due regard to the
guidance issued by the Charity Commission on
public benefit.| |||| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|South London Christmas Dinner is only possible
due to the hard work and huge contribution of the
volunteers who give their time to make the
Christmas Dinner a success.| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |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|In 2022 SLXD again ran 2 dinners, one in
South London and one in Ealing. Each
Dinner ran with its own separate organising
team and volunteers. We were able to
provide 21 Christmas Dinners in South
London and 22 in Ealing. SLXD and Ealing
also gifted presents, food hampers,
handmade quilts, hand knitted items and gift
vouchers to our guests and a further 3
people who couldn’t attend the day, an
increase of 6 on 40 in 2021.
SLXD Organising Team had 6 members.
We were supported by 15 further volunteers
on Christmas Eve. Our Christmas Day hosts
numbered 11, 3 of who were also on the
Organising Team.
Ealing Organising Team had 5 members,
with a further 8 volunteers to support on
Christmas Day.| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|During the year we raised an amazing
£14,739 (2021: £16,020), including grants of
£2,000 from Gold from the Stone
Foundation, £3,000 from The London Mark
Benevolent Fund and £500 from Tesco
Community Grant, with a further £3,187
raised through Gift Aid. SLXD raised
£12,413 (2021: £10,600) as Unrestricted
income for our South London Dinner and
Ealing raised £2,326 (2021:£5,420) recorded
as Restricted income, as it was raised
specifically for the Ealing Dinner.
Across both dinners we spent in total
£13,043 (2021: £12,360) on gifts, food
hampers, Christmas dinner and minimal
running costs. Of this total, unrestricted
expenditure for South London was £11,110
(2021: £10,730) and for Ealing Dinner
recorded as Restricted the expenditure was
£1,933 (2021: £1,630). Ealing was given the
venue, food and many gifts for free.
We finished the year with a small surplus of
£1,696 (2021: deficit of £130) broken down
as £1,304 (2021: deficit of £130) unrestricted
income funds and £392 (2021: £3,790)
restricted income funds. This bring our total
reserve to £8,489 (2021: £6,793) split
between Ealing as restricted income funds of
£4,182 (2021: £3,790) and unrestricted
income funds for South London of
£4,307(2021: £3,003).| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|SLXD holds reserves simply to ensure there
are enough funds to host a Dinner in the
following year.
There are no paid staff or ongoing lease
commitments so there is no need to hold
funds in reserve to cover these costs,
however the Trustees feel it is prudent to
have some funds to give confidence of
continuity.| |---|---|---| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|Unrestricted funds of £4,307 (2021: £3,003)
Restricted funds of £4,182 (2021: £3,709)| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|The Trustees are confident the CIO has
enough funds to ensure continuity as a going
concern.| |||| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Funds are raised from public donations and
fundraising activities. We do seek grant
funding where we can.| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO - FOUNDATION| |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|A minimum of 3 is required by our
constitution. Trustees are invited from
existing volunteers who have completed the
volunteer recruitment process.| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|South London Christmas Dinner| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|SLXD| |Registered charity number|1195322| |Charity’s principal address|48 Lawn Terrace
London
SE3 9LP| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
2
3

4|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee**
**(ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Paminder Phull|Trustee|Appointed 13thSeptember 2021|| ||Emma Thimbleby|Trustee|Appointed 28thJuly 2021 Resigned
26thOctober 2022|| ||Kathleen Moss|Treasurer|Appointed 5thJuly2021|| ||June Diegan|Trustee|Appointed 26thOctober 2022|| ||Vibeke Fussing|Trustee|Appointed 26thOctober 2022|| ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signed** **on behalf of the**|**charity’s trustees**|| |---|---|---| |**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||| ||Kathleen Rachel Moss|| ||
Treasurer|| ||08/01/2024|| ||08/01/2024|| **Charity Name** **No (if any)** **South London Christmas Dinner** **CC16a** **1195322** ## **Receipts and payments accounts** **For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01/04/2022 31/03/2023 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**2,648**
**1,763**
**2,438**
**3,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**49**
**-**
**2,000**
**500**
**16**


**12,414**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**12,414**
**136**
**5,536**
**2,800**
**290**
**1,974**
**55**
**256**
**53**
**-**
**9**
**-**
**11,110**
**11,110**
**1,304**
**3,003**
**4,307**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**350**
**1,226**
**749**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,325**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,325**
**-**
**1,522**
**-**
**117**
**288**
**-**
**-**
**6**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,933**
**1,933**
**392**
**3,790**
**4,182**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||||**-**
**-**
**2,998**
**2,989**
**3,187**
**3,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**49**
**-**
**2,000**
**-**
**500**
**-**
**14,739**
16|| |Fundraisingevent||||**114**| |Donations|**2,648**|||**2,365**| |Online donations|**1,763**|||**11,161**| |Gift Aid|**2,438**|||**-**| |The London Mark Benevolent Fund|**3,000**|||**1**| |EASE|**-**|||**1,500**| |YoungEalingFoundation|**-**|||**400**| |Mottingham CommunityAssoc|**-**|||**250**| |LSEC Santa Dash & Raffle|**-**|||**211**| |EasyFundraising|**49**|||**19**| |Gold from the Stone|**-**|||**2,000**| |Gold from the Stone|**2,000**|||**2,000**| |GftS returned||||**(4,000)**| |Tesco CommunityGrant|**500**|||**-**| |Interest|**16**|||| |||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|

**12,414**|||**16,021**| |||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||| ||**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**|| ||**-**|||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||| ||||**14,739**|**16,021**| |||||| ||||**136**
**7,058**
**2,800**
**408**
**2,262**
**55**
**256**
**59**
**-**
**9**
**-**
**13,043**|| |Insurance|**136**|||**126**| |Gifts|**5,536**|||**6,921**| |Food|**2,800**|||**3,690**| |Arts & crafts|**290**|||**426**| |Taxis|**1,974**|||**-**| |Venue hire - training|**55**|||**-**| |DBS checks|**256**|||**466**| |Peoplesfundraisingfee|**53**|||**333**| |Storage boxes|**-**|||**216**| |Bank charges|**9**|||**8**| |Subscription|**-**|||**12**| |**_Sub total_**|**11,110**|||**12,360**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||| ||||**1 3,043**|**12,360**| |||||| ||**1,304**|**392**|**1,696**|**3,661**| ||||**-**
**6,793**|**-**| ||**3,003**|**3,790**||**3,132**| ||**4,307**|**4,182**|**8,489**|**6,793**| ||**Charity Name**
**South London Christmas Dinner**|**Charity Name**
**South London Christmas Dinner**|**Charity Name**
**South London Christmas Dinner**|**No (if any)**
**1195322**|**No (if any)**
**1195322**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period from**|01/04/2022
Period start date|**To**||Period end date
31/03/2023|| |||||||| |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the**|||||**period**|| |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B1 Cash funds**|Triodos
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
Signature
**Details**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**4,307**
**-**
**-**
**4,307**
OK
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|||**Total**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |||||||**8,489**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**8,489**| |||||||0| |||||||**When due**
**(optional)**| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| ||Signature||Print Name|||Date of
approval| ||||Kathleen Moss|||08/01/2024| ||||||||