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2024-03-31-accounts

RL%ist¢red ChaTitv No- 1197.309 Caribbean Social Forum Trustees, Report and Accounts For the Year Ended 31 March 2024

CON'TENTS PAGE Legal and Adn]inistrdtive Details Trustees, Repon Indcp¢nd¢nt Exiuniners. Rcport StateEnent of FinanLial Activities Balance Sh¢et Notes to the AcLounts 21Poge

RF.FERENCF. AYD ADIIINISTRA TITrT DET.4ILS OF THE CHARITI." 175 TRLTSTEE% AN ADVISERti fr"OR"rH: YE.4R .10￿.D 31 .41ARCII 2024 Trustee l. Pamela Franklic ? Euston C.opeldnd Charl(%. rytsrtd.Nuoiber l)atr of Charitble Re%i5tr4tion 30. tkcetnkr 2n2J Princip•l The T¥amshtd Lolldon S118 6EU llldvpeudent examinen Bankers -Ac¢ouTEtir.g.4spi8t Ltd Clo G(Kd t(1 Giv¢ Ltd Barclays Bank Pic

TRL:.8TF.F.S' REPORT FOR TIIE E%I)ED JI MARC5J 2024 The Board of Tr1￿¢¢$. who 3rL ￿. tnxsreL'S lor charity law pww.. sub￿1[ Ih¢iT aonual report and the financial statnents ot Caribbean Social Forum Lor tht s'ear ended J l Llarch 2044. The Bo&rd of Trustee5 Ci?iifirni% thdt the rewrt dnd in￿ne￿al %tateii]rnts oi the Chaiih, Lomplv Myth c[￿llr 5tatul(Irv requirements: IhL rcquirtxnents vf th<, Charit￿ s go¥cming dncurneni and Ih Ihe StateniLmt ol'R¢coll]m¢nded Praciice. (S(IRP) '.4eeounling and Reporting by Chariiies (rei"E.4ed 2Q051. L prok'TNivns or StnFdvr¢. g•vtrJJ¥D¢e mange4Beul The 3 Trnstees are- l. Pamela FtaDKlin 2. EusEOU Copcland 3. Sonia.Mclniosb lli¢ TrnstL.5 play a priman. mle in ensurtng oiKJd goV£rnan￿ and functioning ofthe Soundatiu￿ The Boal'd's rolc: ftu]Ltion¥ an(1 resFxJnsibilitlC% (ttc qLilc clearli, defined. I'he C.hariiy:ufftntly work iith 8 of UK I)￿an1$allO￿S and Pattners ￿.hO helps secure fmancial supw and eontnllute to ibe fvture plawiing of the or£anisation. C0Trerninx Dncumrlltr. C.aribMn 8octal Forum rc¥i8ter¢d as a C"IU Rceistraiion (-harity 3fi Deecmb¢r 2021. The LOIISTitUtioii Jated l). Decembcr 9021. C.ap.btun .SoLiat b'owm operate(J prciuusl> as an unincoqM)ratLYI Lharildblc ktssociaiion. StrUct￿re, CoTrernAnce abd Jl#rya%enTrent: The Trust¢es who haie 5¢Th'ed durin- the wear ser out page 3 and meer on a ￿gUlar basis. The tIllSEr¥.% ultiin¥te cimlrol ober all th¢ ttffairs. of the cbaTitv. Ob3Ltves, Aetiiiti¢5 od Publit Bellefffti." 'Il>e objultives vf th¢ cbarity are-. "I'o promnte 50L'ial inclusion for the publii FK"nefit bv WOTking ￿7th pLxJple ivhn ar¥ SOLially excludid Im the gtDimds of the&r ettiftic origia (in partlcular. meEti￿r$ of th¢ CaribbcaD commiipAit5"I ￿ rLlii'e the need.% 01-5u¢h wl¢ and &8ist ihan to integrale irTrlo socit!}'. in part]"Llllar by. At) Provtdiiig a loial lig1H￿rk group thar encouragc.q and maiibers io partJC1￿itC more eft"ectiYdv with the wI￿r conimtujiti. b) Proi'idino rLYreaiioDJl actii-itics, training and Icigurc 8ctiTriti¢s. outii?gs. ei'enls. s￿la1 irips including tran5POrt refreshments, progrwns of rylucaioD. i17lJ)% nbi .sk'ill d¢i'clopnk'nr Ihai contnljuti to their l?LalEh. ￿'e11￿cIng and &vLlopmL'nt. infonTt&lion. 3dYiL and ￿7]danCe and iJittsrn)alioii iechiiologv at home to enable therD to aLLess rhe 3nt¢Yncl. 2. T(Tr pri)vide or a55iSt in the provision of fociliti¢S iii the Énterest of soLial We1fd￿ for r￿.￿ration or other IiisLire lime nceupalion of l￿di￿]dL￿1b m.ho hai i neLd olsuck facRlitit> bJ'_rason or Ibeir youth. age. infErnltt)' OT disability.: finan¥ial hardyhip or xL"ial iir¢un15tdllC¢% Wlth the object of improvtTl¥ thLif Coiiifirion of lifL'.

TRI",£TF.F.S' RF.PORT FOR THF. I'F.4R F.h4DED 31 IIARCII 2024 3. To adkance edu¢ation for the public b¢trfit in Carib￿an art. culwre and her&tage. 4. The ￿lief of finattcial h3rdskn"p. eithLY geneEally o- indii tduall), of people li)-ing in fjrcatet London by making of mon61." for providino orpaying for such items, seryicrs or racilities as ihc Ints1ces deem appropriaie. Fin2neial revie￿.: IncomL ytid EX￿nd]￿lre durin¢ The amou[1t￿ to È162:839 & £9).676 respcctil'ely. The attached fmancial 8talLmLnt the cwteni state of the c]]drity"s fi[th￿e Rv5erve Poltth'- The I't7￿[ee5 hai'e revie1￿ed ihe r￿Sen'eS of ihe charitj. This re¥iew cnconipassed ihe nature of tlie inLome and ¢¥pcn<liturc stre4m5. Eli¥ march v7tFablL itwme fixed ¢ommitmenl% and the naiure ofihc re8¢n-CS. Risk Mgnagtmeot: The TnLsiecs conthias its own rei'Rew of niajorr.sks to w.hich the chan.ty 1£ cxp)%ed. Thc$ prOCed￿e5 are w]odiLally Teviewed ID ensure th]t thc%' stil.. mcet the nteds olthe Ch￿11!, dud aTe 85 lollow's= An &inu81 re￿ieW of the ribks whtch the charitv may face. The establishtnent ofgysi£ms pn)eedUK￿ to Mill￿(5 le those risk.% identified The impl=.mentav.on of pr￿eth]reS deSI￿d to miniDiisc ank trf)ientFal &mpacr on the ch81ity 8hould any of ihe ri.sk maierRaliFc. The TrEL￿￿5 (who art atso dircctots orc￿lbI￿an .&xial Fornm the pro￿seS of coinp2llv la￿. (are FC5P)nsiblc lor pt¥)arittg the ITV8Tees report and the f]nancial st31em¢nt in aLLordanc¢ 74.ith app5iL3ble lam, and U'nit¢d Ktngdom ALtounting Sidndards. (United Kinq4*n Geneially Accewcd Accow)tsng Prdciii¥l. Compallv lttw rwuires tr￿￿[Ce5 to prepwe financial SthLeTtient for ea=h fiadDLi31 ￿"hICh gil'e a true md lair yiciy uf thc stdiv ofthL affd. irs ot-the chbr1lab1￿ company Of￿ outgoin£ resourc¥5 dnd dpplicatioii nf TY50urre%. InL.ludtng thc Fncoine and e4K'iidiiure of the charits.- fui p¢iiod. Iii prepurtng these finan¥ial statements ihc trubtecs arc requircd to. Select suit3ble accountitig policie5 aiid thell applN them LonsÈstentlv. Ob8¢m- thL mctho(i aiid piinctple in ihe Charitie.q SORP_ Make judgemenLS and estitnates th￿ arr reasonablc and prudeDI. w￿h¢r applicable UK ALcountino St21Mlaids' h2N'e been tollowed subjcct to ￿￿Y mai¢rial dLpanuTrx d"tscloscd and cxplaiiiLsd in the Firk￿lia[ .Ststemciit. Prep￿￿ the financial stat¢mtnE on the conicrn basis EEnlcss li is itlapproprialc to Plisiiiiie tbat the clwitsblc Lompany ￿ Ill (￿ntinue itt busin￿￿. The ￿1sTLeS ar¢ tcsponstrble for kecpin¥ woper aLcounting records that ai8fylo5o with rc&wlliJblt accui'acj at the. tTme thkn ￿n￿￿ela] wsilion of the chan.ty companv and ¢￿ble theni to enbuTL thai the tinanci&l Sialement Compl￿ the CompaniL4 Act ?006. TheN' are also reiponsible for s￿¢gUardIng the assets oEthe chan.tv cotnpallv alld hence for tsking rea.s￿￿ble steps for the pRI'entiou and delection offraud and other itrcgularities.

Independent Examiner. The C.harilYs Ind￿£t￿¢n[exaMEner. AtEum Hasw FC.C.'A of A￿o￿lting.4$SISl Ltd Clo Good to LAive LtsL have I￿[((￿1cd iheir willingness to otTer thcmselY¢s for ap￿￿￿(Me￿L This rqyort waq atY)roYed by the Tru5tecs and s1￿Cd on their bebaifby: Signdture.. 61page

IPIDEPENI)EI%T EX..Iw.ER's REPORI FOR THE I'L.4R E%DLD _Il hlARCH 2024 P4DF.PEYDEI)T EXAMINF.R'S RF.PORT TO TFIF. TRL'STEES OF CARIBIIEAY SOCIAL FORL'hl. I report onihe fin8ncial stat LmeTrt> ofihe - h.drilw iiic >ear ended JI fvfarn.h ?0?4 which i>mprise Ihe Statement of FintLrKial ALtiYitiLF and 13al4th¥e Stv"ei wilh ￿￿(￿]&1¢ llotL￿. This report is made solely to ihe charifv b Tn￿[ce5. as a Imxly. in ac£o-idallce u'2th ectioD 145 of ihe CharÉlies Acl ?01 l resvlations ii'thdc under SLLjon 154 ul"tFffiai Act. Nl¥' work heell undenakL 50 that I might stale to the rbarity'5 Trust¢s those matters l am reqiiired to state io in an indcpendenl LxJmin¥ls and for no oiber purpl￿. To ihe full£st c.Etent pirnjiiied h), laH'. I do not aLxciil L>f.2SSUTllL restK)iliibilit)' to all)-"OT]e oihknf Thall lh¥ Lharitj. dnd the Lhdritv'"s Trn%tee¥ as body. for my examination ￿ork. RESPEcfiN E RESPOWSIBILfNES OF TXUSTEFS AYD EX.4MIYER The chatily s Trusrces resporLsible lor Ihc prepardtion fifr-the fI￿}ne￿al stsiemenw thcv COGsider that an atsdit is niit required for Ihis v￿[ ¥LCtioll 144(?) of tile C.barit1￿ Act 2011 (the -4ct) ¥nd that independent oiamTRation is needed. li is respon.siBilily to= Exainine thL aC￿￿niS ILtndLr Seciivn 145 of the Chariti¢￿ Act}- To foll()￿. tETrc pr(xedurLS latd dowm in the (leneral Direction& gji-en by the Chanty omfflis5100ets (under Seeiion 14i15Xbl of th¢ Chan"lieb.4eil: I1￿1 To stsle whether ptrticul8r Tnatter5 hae come lo altcniion. Basis of Independent E.x4miner's report My exarnTnation was carri¢d out in 1( c£ordanee u-ItF (len￿al DirtrtiOn5 gtl'en bv the Charity CommissionLrs. ¢xamrnation in¢l￿tL.5 a TL4-tLW' Ot-lhe ac£ountlnb recor(k kcpt bi the CIrouD'Disttibf and a LLltupati%on ot the acLouDts i)rLsented Thith Ihose rcL"ords. li ulso inLlude8 consid Ifdtitso (Jfany TJnusL￿l iienRb UF discl()5ure% ill the accoun15 and SCLkn.-,g L'xplandiions fn)m yo &£ 1rUsle￿ conLL'ming such matteF%. Tb¥ pr(Icecures undLakLn do pms'Tdc all ihe evidLnce Ihat would bL' rwuiiLlÈ in an audiL and CVEiwucntiy no upinion is ￿1".￿n us to'.I,het&er the accounts pre%cnt a "Irne atKI fait. Niew and the reFK>rt is limited to thfW nwièTS Set 04rt in th¢ statcmeni belo￿.. Imdeptndent Ex8DJlner's statement Ill conn<Llion w'ith my cxaminatior, ￿ 11)attcr bas come t(J MY atleniion." l) Trhi¢h 8i¥'es me re&wnable co￿￿e io tEli¢i'e thaE in materi81 respect the reqU￿¢m￿t5. ) kecp accoLtnring records iti accordance R'ith ￿￿￿1) l JO oftht Acl: and to preparL' fi4allLldl stsr£m￿ts whi¢h accord ￿11￿ tbe a¥i'0￿1t11￿g records and comply ith the aCc￿U￿(la8 requirements ofrhe Act hai'L not tK'cn mL"I: or to which, 111 mv QPTJ]ion. litt￿ltiOn 5hoL.Iti be dra￿￿ order to enablc 8 proper undet3randing f the iinaDcial stat¢tnenits t(1 be Raihe si￿1ed.. D￿ted. 2111012024 Anum Hassan: FCCA OII l)ehilt rJfAccountingAs-51St Ltd

STATEI¥IF.h'T OF FIP'ANCIAL_4CTivrriF.S Ilticorpoiing Incomc 2nd ¢Xp¢ndlrU￿ 8CCOLini) FOR THE YEAR F.IYDFD 31 IL4RCH 20J? L,￿restriC1￿ TglAI F¥ods Total Fvttds 2024 2024 2013 24.1 73Jn ¥ ru?uretr3 6&124 31TrJ34 79.42 C-oMJf Cieb¢iztiug ￿0J]￿ar5 Il484 Fiir:draT4iog mlTr%'. 49J38 Actiyiiw. 3594 3594 273 (th¥rn3ll~ 9.L4 41076 214 213lll 11?1S3 C2m￿￿ IOThaTd J2L15J 59214 187J6 Notes to Aceounts The a¥Lounls were p¥L'pa￿d on InL￿ne rtyuurcts attd r£8ources ixpended bHsTS unly." therefore. no aeeiTrunt was tak¢n o1.accrL￿1S afMI"nr prL"yaNinents.

BAI.AYCF..SHV.F.T .4S AT JI IIARI'H ?024 21124 Nore nxv.D ASSETS TaDglhIea￿ts i CEFRRENT.wYrs Dcbfoix 3J23 3.589 L'osh at bauk IW116 1¥2.106 112.153 .. CRLDJ"foR&" atDthVllts J311 jno duc WTthin Q1i FfAT 939 J.080 T CUllR¥D4T Lssrrs 181.167 111.Q73 .NYr &SSETS li{ CJLIRITY FL.ID% Linre%tri¢led run(ts RÈ%tncted fuod5 li 211,452 1.137 fnTAL •-I.'NIXS 18S29 114,fi63 Thc tLnanciaE sratemcnts wrre. approi'cd bv tk Trustees on and swi¢xl on thcir bel￿]1.. by: PRfNTN.4ME............................ ........................... . The Notes on p8ge 10 to 1.1 fonn part of these xcOU￿5.

-INOTES TO THE FI).4ThCI.4L 5T,ITEI¥IENr I-OR THE I"E.4R ENDLD.11 ￿l4￿CH 2024 I. ACCOUNITINfc POLICIES Basis of preparali4)n ol fiR4neil st•temeuts t￿￿￿¢101 s1￿cli}eLl ha8 betn prcpared whEb tlie SialknmL-ni of ￿roTh￿￿ended PraLtice ISVKP) Ac£o￿nin1￿.¥lld Reporting bv L.hartties published in ,March 21)05 and oth¥r applI￿b{c accouY&tinX SO￿d￿rds. Fund ecountfkg Restrici¢4 lI￿dS those ￿hICh are to he Us￿1 fEJr ihe K￿lfied purpose as laid dowtt b!" the dom)r. [l￿ndItUre M'hich mee[% tlhx criterta is all{￿aled in thc appropriatc fund. Unrestricted ar¢ (kTrnation% alld othtt iiiLI)me receIv￿j or generated tor the fi3rrh¢raIice ot"tli¢ objLXts of ihe ilwitvwithout specificd purtA)se a12(L iherLlore, ¢4re aV81lable a.% gLrneIal tunds. lllcomill% resources "olur&tary in¢omc by 7ay" of (lonations and gifis io the clmriry is iniludcd 3n in the st￿lte[ne￿I of fiDancial aCti￿ltieS w.hwi rerp.ii'eil liitxnyvible intOD3e is not 1￿clUded unle&s il r¥pf¥scni> ¢Troods 01 sen'iiC5 11.hkcn M'ould oihirwisc been purchased. Grnrtts GrLots intluth.ng granls for the purch&8e or rixcd asseis. are [¥younfftsed ID full in the statcment ot"financial ￿tIl.1t1￿4 in y￿r in 44thich the, 8rc Ticeivable. Resourfes Expended RLsourc&¥ eKpLiidcd arL' reCogni￿d irt the ￿*1(￿1 in whi¢h thL}' incurrcd. R£3Our￿5 expe.nsed are alloL&ted to the. parti¢ulat actil'lty wheTe the Cost rel￿b direct]y to thnt artiTrity. All cnils include value added w'here applieable. ioi

NOTE,8 TO THE m.IriCi,iL STA TEhlENT FOR I'HE I'EAR ENDLD 31 .}1.4RCU 2024 {ebATrlivued) IThCOME RESDITr('ES VOLiryfAR Y INCO.1 2024 2U9 4. INCUME FRO.%1 CFI.4RI'T.I8LF. Anii"InE8 Ftyud5 2fi24 EktonthlLveJ -1&422 ospitsITry 2¥J￿& 7L171 5. OTHbk ThfoME REsouRfES Rtstrkkd 59.lu 39J 6@124 6. TUI'AL RF..8Ob'ltCL% LXPEYDFD Fundtaisiu%TrathN2 2024 7*941 p]knrf uf Irjtsil As￿ Pur¢b• 3.H 91676 94676 111., age

OTES TO THE FLY.4NCI.4L ST_4TEIILYT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 .MARCH 2024 (eobtinued) BREIcK￿￿Tr OF COST.S S( C• 21124 VIB Ill 11.920 •&0( 133 Q8F . (rhe G'&TtM} 2&608 133 C%F_(L&G CSF- ¥%tM Marliljue (SF- Uf)G (La￿r51t)"o(Crteorn1th} CSF- I'(KJllH.41 IBktk Mrnkil H¢ahh) L￿Y R#btslr Lamp￿¥> CSl_ Mrfctr {ProFMtEd SptAd} 1797 2A&S iio CSF-T4AMSFIKD COSTS OF GF.PERATtNG I'OL[￿, 'TARI' IP4CO.M Att&rJLThthllott-TrT6htd 4392 1.92• Retyt&_4C￿mITr•da1ju£1 Tn¥el LJptTrses H06Pit•knh. 2_444 IJL4 CIIARIT4HI.E ACTITr-ITJES= SIIPPORT 0> I.OC.41. LONI_WLI ji'ri- 3J94 lJ44 3S1 3594 344 121P3ge