## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 01/04/2023 to 31/03/2024**
**Charity name: South London Christmas Dinner**
**Charity registration number: 1195322**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|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.|
|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.|
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|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**
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|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 2023 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
23 adults and 4 children with Christmas Dinners in South
London and 23 in Ealing. SLXD and Ealing also gifted
presents, food hampers, handmade quilts, hand knitted
items and gift vouchers to all our guests, and a further 11
people who couldn’t attend the day (5 South London & 6
Ealing).
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
14 volunteers to support on Christmas Day.
We had a lot of other volunteer support with fundraising,
making Christmas decorations and decorating the venue.
A special thanks to Greenwich 40thCub Scouts and a
lovely local family who made delightful decorations to
ensure we had a jolly space to enjoy on Christmas Day
and to the crafter who stitched and filled the handmade
Christmas stockings for each guest.
We also extend our thanks to Q4CL for the beautiful
handcrafted quilts gifted to our guests and to the lovely
knitters of Leeds who knitted hats, scarves and gloves for
our guests. Our guests enjoyed choosing from the lovely
selections and were immensely touched by the hard work
gone into handcrafting such lovely gifts for them to enjoy.|
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|During the year we raised an amazing £14,742 (2022:
£14,739), including grants of £2,000 from Gold from the
Stone Foundation for each Dinner, £3,000 from The
London Mark Benevolent Fund with a further £7,694
raised through donations & Gift Aid and £48 interest.
SLXD raised £11,843 (2022: £12,413) as unrestricted
income for our South London Dinner and Ealing raised
£2,899 (2022: £2,326) recorded as restricted income, as
it was raised specifically for the Ealing Dinner.
Across both dinners we spent in total £16,021(2022:
£13,043) on gifts, food hampers, Christmas dinner and
minimal running costs. Of this total, unrestricted
expenditure for South London was £12,211 (2022:
£11,110 ) and for Ealing Dinner recorded as restricted
the expenditure was £3,810 (2022: £1,934). Ealing was
given the venue, some food and many gifts for free.
SLXD benefited from a free venue with some donated
food and gifts. Both received donated microwave ovens
from John Lewis Partnership and food hampers from
Waitrose.
We finished the year with a small deficit of £1,279 (2022:
surplus £1,696) broken down as deficit of £368 (2022:
surplus £1,304) unrestricted income funds and deficit of
£911 (2022: surplus £392) restricted income funds. This
brings our total reserve to £7,210 (2022: £8,489) split
between Ealing as restricted income funds of £3,271
(2022: £4,182) and unrestricted income funds for South
London of £3,939 (2022: £4,307).|
|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 £3,939 (2022: £4,307)
Restricted funds of £3,271 (2022: £4,182)|
|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.|
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|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 Trustees are 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(if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Paminder Phull|Trustee|Appointed 13thSeptember 2021||
||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**
## **Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)** Kathleen Rachel Moss
**Position (eg Secretary,** Treasurer **Chair, etc)**
**Date** 1st Sept 2024
**Charity Name No (if any) South London Christmas Dinner 1195322 CC16a Receipts and payments accounts For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01/04/2023 31/03/2024
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted Restricted Total funds Last year funds funds to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £**
## **A1 Receipts**
|**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||
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|Fundraisingevent|||**-**||**-**||**-**||||
|Donations||**3,260**|||**-**||**3,260**||**2,998**||
|Online donations||**1,860**|||**594**||**2,454**||**2,990**||
|Gift Aid|||**490**||**5**||**495**||**3,187**||
|The London Mark Benevolent Fund||**3,000**|||**-**||**3,000**||**3,000**||
|Colfe's School PAFA||**1,185**|||**-**||**1,185**||**-**||
|St Benedict Ealing|||**-**||**300**||**300**||**-**||
|EasyFundraising|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**49**||
|Gold from the Stone||**2,000**|||**2,000**||**4,000**||**2,000**||
|Tesco CommunityGrant|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**500**||
|Interest|||**48**||**-**||**48**||**16**||
||||||||**-**||**-**||
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_||**11,843**|||**2,899**||**14,742**||**14,740**||
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**|||||||||||
|**(see table).**|||||||||||
||||**-**||**-**||**-**||||
||||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
|**_Sub total_**|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
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|**_Total receipts_**||**11,843**|||**2,899**||**14,742**||**14,740**||
|**A3 Payments**|||||||||||
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|Insurance|||**272**||||**272**||**136**||
|Phone|||**100**||||**100**||**-**||
|Zoom|||**144**||||**144**||**-**||
|Gifts||**5,168**|||**1,980**||**7,148**||**7,058**||
|Food||**3,050**|||**658**||**3,708**||**2,800**||
|Activities|||**117**||**-**||**117**||**408**||
|Taxis||**2,826**|||**1,154**||**3,980**||**2,262**||
|Venue hire - training|||**50**||||**50**||**55**||
|Volunteer expenses|||**67**||||**67**||||
|DBS checks|||**300**||||**300**||**256**||
|Peoplesfundraisingfee|||**56**||**18**||**74**||**59**||
|Facebook|||**50**||||**50**||**-**||
|Bank charges|||**11**||||**11**||**9**||
|Subscription|||||||**-**||**-**||
|**_Sub total_**||**12,211**|||**3,810**||**16,021**||**13,044**||
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|**A4 Asset and investmentpurchases, (see table)**|||||||||||
||||**-**||**-**||**-**||||
||||**-**||**-**||**-**||||
|**_Sub total_**|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||
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|**_Total payments_**||**12,211**|||**3,810**||**16,021**||**13,044**||
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**||**-**|**368**||**- 911**||**- 1,279**||**1,696**||
|**A5 Transfers between funds**|||||||**-**||**-**||
|**A6 Cash funds last year end**||**4,307**|||**4,182**||**8,489**||**6,793**||
|**_Cash funds this year_**|**_end_**|**3,939**|||**3,271**||**7,210**||**8,489**||
|**Charity Name**||**No (if any)**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**South London Christmas Dinner**||**1195322**|||
|**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||**CC16a**|
|**For the period**
**from**
01/04/2023
Period start date|**To**|31/03/2024
Period end date|||
|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the**|**period**||
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|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B5 Liabilities**|Signature
**Details**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
Triodos|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**3,939**
**-**
**-**
**3,939**
OK
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**||**Total**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|||||**7,210**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**7,210**|
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0|
|||||**When due**
**(optional)**|
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||Signature|Print Name||Date of
approval|
|||Kathleen Moss||1st Sept 2024|
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