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co￿panY Number". l J820892 Ch4rity Numbey: I19￿41 For the Ye•r E•ded 28 Febnmry 2025

The Windrw8h GeDeratioD lrtAcY AMsoei*(iOD IDdtx 14al and AthniDistraliYe Details &9 io Stst¢mcnt of FllwKi&l Activilies 12-14 Not￿ lo Accounts

The WiNdndi GeDera(ion ￿CY As80¢i4tio aDd Adminlstrntlve Details FraDC¢S Harry Fi8x Khan Derek Medhunt Michael Harry (Ap￿]nted 22 April 2024) Company Number 11820892 Charity Num 1198341 Bankers Starlin8 Bank s Fk)or. L4)ndon Frnit and W￿1 Exchftnge l Duval Square London El 6PW A A Bo&fo- Brewu FCCA MBA Au8UStus & Co Chartered Certifigj Ac￿￿nIan1 374 Ley Street Ilford Essex IGI 4AE Re8iSt¢red 01T￿e 7 Shirley Way CToydon Swrey CRO 8PG Business Address 1036- 1037 Whit8ift C¢ntrc Croydon Surrey CRO ITY

The Wwlr¥sh GellerAlion Ixaey AsKiation DirettoTr' Report The In￿ are pkased their dirtLt(xs' Iriwl together with thc financial ststements of the cherity foT yc¥r end¢d 28 F¢bnwy 2025 which are also prepared to meet ihe requir¢m¢nts Th¢ fiDwKial #anents Comply with the Charities Art 2011. thc Compnies Act 2(m￿ thc Memorandum aDd Articles of ASXKiati(￿ and Accounting and Rerx)rting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities prying their accounts in acCord￿￿e with the Financial Reprrtin8 Standard &ppli¢abl¢ in th¢ UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (eff¢¢tiv¢ l January 2015). The clwity is a charitable company limit￿ by gurntee and w&% sct up on 12 Febrnary 2019 and r¢8iStaed as a charity <)n 23 March 2022. It is 8OV¢TDed by a memorandym and articles of as%)ciation. PrAlldpl Aetlvltkj ObJ¢cll The objectives fw which the CompaDy IS e5tablisbed ar The ￿Va￿eMent of educktson and prevention arml Jrlief of poverty within the Windrush Generation. their fxmili¢5 and members of their commwiit¢4 who h&ve suffered disadvantsge d di5criminalion. which has resulted in a lack of opporttmty. It￿7n8 in many cases to The adv•nC¢1￿ of citiz0￿1P ccffnrnunity within the WindTush Generation. their families and members of their ￿￿munItieS who hftve suffered di5advanlftge and discrimination. which has resulted in a lack of oP￿rty￿ty. leadin8 in mw cL8es to dofKit in the biLity kn gra4) the necess￿ tools lo bcncfrt from citiz£nship and c(xnmunty. The advancemenl of community dev¢lopThenl within the Windrnsh Generation. their familieB and members of their communiti<8 who havc suffered disadvantage and discrimination. which bas result￿ in m￿Y cases with fTagmentalion and disa&w¢iation of community. The advancemcnt of culture within the w1ndn￿h Gcneratiofy their fthmili¢s and or their 0￿mMImItieS WIK) have sufftred disadvantage and discrimination. which bos resulted in a Ixk of IyFM)thity to relale to and benefit from knowled8c and relatsble Appreciation of th¢ The adv#n￿ent of human rights and the womotion of racial harnjony and equal?ty withtn the Windruth Geryernti￿ their familtes and membeT5 of their communities who hav¢ suffer disadvantage and di$￿]MInatIOn. which h&s resuhed in oppression resulting in dcprivatioo of inalienable hinn8D rights and the Iwmotion of racial disharniolly and pe￿ecutiOn. The relief from fm8ncial hardship and other disadvantage within the w1ndn￿h Generation. their farn111￿ and membcrs of their communilies who havc suffered disadvanlage and discTiminalion. which has rcsuhed in a l&k of kn(￿ledge and Opw)rt￿lty for advancement and lack of employm¢ntONX)Ttunitie

Tht Wllmlrttsh GeDerlio lycy Awitio The f￿8￿1￿1 W￿lti¢m of the charity at tbe end of the financial year is #s dctsiled in the attached financial statemeM& Incom¢ for the year was SA1,148. Diret¢or¥ S¢l¢clioJ Method Th¢ BDBYd of TruAees are the governitig ofthe company and are ¢I￿t￿ by rnernt￿. Trustees for the chrity are selected bLYd on their skills that will help oversce the aims of the charity. The skills WGLA IIK for in px)tential tn￿ will be b&5¢d on commercial experienc¢. public sector experie￿% ￿ if tlw ￿e able to utilise their professional eXper1eti￿ qualified members of Choosing a is seneralty bAsed reommend#tion md ￿ initial infornial discussion wbicb might Involve a meeting with each cafylidate ajxl then invitin8 those that are suitabFe and interested to observe 8 board meeting. This is ￿ oppOrt￿lty for them to see how th¢ iwd WOTks and to meet trusttts. Mcmttty of WGLA will make the fmal decision to appoiuL Review of Aetfvltlts: The Windrush GeTheM1￿ iw Association (WGIA) contin￿1 to uphold its mission to honour thc Windrysh Generation and provide culwrnlly rooted ¢ommunity service5 &cro&q Cn)ydon •nd beyond. This r¢p(vting reflects meaningful community engagement. cuhurnl programming, and ¢ontinued development of our oFerntions to ser4e L¥)th ¢ldeT5 and younge¥ 8enerntions and thus eMI￿d firture apweciation of the kgacy. Coffee Mornlllgj aDd L•nch Club During this rcFM)rting the Coffee Mornings and Lunch Club were adftmed due to Mtath¢r, logist￿1[ fa¢torJ And membtT feedlxck. Coffee Mornlngs were run reBU]#rly wrtil the145t three months of the period. when two had to be curtailed i￿USe of l(Thv temtmlwts in the unit. Sinct the of the Tewrting period they have b￿ll reins￿ on a moothty bA5iS. Th¢ Lunth Club conlinued in the UDit until January 2025. and wrr• then pwed for reviewitig optiQtt8 on both danand and tibijity to reinstats th¢m ¢ff¢thivety. Herity Cthre Eveats Black HTJtory Morth A key activity duritig this wiod was WGLA'$ B1￿k Hisw Month w08r8￿4 whi¢h in¢luded.. . A heTita8Prfocus¢d Cxbibition deliver￿1 in tArtnuship with IHG Hotels Group, contributing to culthral edu(*4(￿ and public cngagemenL . Sch￿7 exhibiticm4 ￿ in￿e￿$m￿Y ¢tfecttve (rtrtTeRch mcthl allowing entire schools to Key s￿e￿¥se5 of WGLA'S invofvemeth at Notting Hill C￿lIVaL Aug115t 2024 included: . Collaboration with TransFK)rL ￿n￿)n Fire Brigad4 and Mwlogy Making Carnival

The iifixdrnsh GeneratioA lgacy A&goti4tioD - A parlDerthip with CSEP-Croydon Suppknes)tary F4lucatiOD PD)iecL enabling 511& childreii to Iwticipatc ID Cbilthen's Day at Carnival. . Syiwting ANroxinate]y 30 elthrs tt) atNI and sftfety exwieDCQ the ¢venL During March 2024-February 2U25. examples of WGLA'S coiiab)rations iticlulcd: . Sup&malt UK- through the"Desi8n the C#n- cztalivc competiti( . IHG H(el8 GrThy- ho￿1ng Windnth IKrithgc wpup exhibitK and pArtnerthip5 inc1￿￿ed those with Cn)ydon UniveTW H(witsl NHS 4Dd Loth South Bank Volnleerlnx a•d Coxrn4nlty ERgagenxnlJ#pporily IYGIA s ndsjlon Voluner8 WGLA'S opffalionaj d¢liYery - Black History Month activities - School popup exhibitions - Community ¢v¢nts . Culturnl TKogrammin8 WGLA 8treo8thened: - Its Youn8 Volunleers Policy - Safeguarding prtttdures for under-18 voluDt¢¢rs Awnb. Reeognlilox 4xdMlleo WGIA eontinwd to n￿￿1¥¢ w)sitive Tec(yition for. .. Community en8agan¢nt . Cultural heritAge w￿￿ . Educaion and outywh initiatives d the clthrity achiev￿ the Milesta￿ of lo￿ Instay￿￿ followerj . Limited.edition mcrchandisc - Community events

TheWTvdn￿￿ C7eneralioo Iw¢y AssoL?Ati( . Conlinuing Black Hist(ry Month culturil a￿)VIlleS - Expllnding sclKX)I wpup ¢xhi7)itions - Enhancing youth and elder engagement . Dee￿Ing c(xnmunty prtnerships all￿d with our thuitablc objectives . str￿8th¢￿ID8 opuations aDd infr&8tructh to $uii)ort sustainable growth Since Op￿tng in 2021. WGLA has continued to find its way, str¢ngthen its foundation. ttnd expand its operations. We vw(k Tross gerwdtions-SUFlPOrtin8 elders. engaging young peoplc. and extendin8 our colla￿￿tio￿$ to further the aims and Objectiv￿ of the cbarity. Our journey Tefiects growih, learning, resiliAKe o dewing commitment to culturn] prervation and community servi(. How our adlvltle8 deliver publlc bettfit Our main ¥tiviti¢s Jnd WI￿ w¢ lry to help dosigib￿ itt obj¢clives activilie& All our clwitsble activities f(Kus on these objrxtives to fvrther our ch#ritable purposes for the public brnvfrt. DlrectOTS The following wved &8 directors during the yew covered by these acc(wnts: Franw H•ny FIAZ Kh Dcrek Medhurst Michael Hany (Awinttsl 22 April 21r24) The dIred0￿ at the time the fm•ncial stst¢m¢nts approved are as follows: Fiaz Khan Der¢k Medhuryt Michael Hany Durin8 the year the ASs￿latIon relied on the services of voluotcers in the areas of administrnlio Th¢ di￿1{￿5 rnect ab(Krt (mce every month io ]Yview the w(ye5s of the org8DiSfttiCm And to mak¢ any d￿ls1(￿ that are needed to keq) it in purniit of its obiccliv¢&

The Wmdrnsh Gen¢￿tio￿ 14c)" A&qocilio Dirttlon, ReJponsibilits Tho clwity trustees (who ore akn the diRdoTS f(Y th¢ purpos￿ of corn￿ law) #re reS￿￿sIb￿ r prepJTin8 A t￿￿Ces, annual rep)rt and fujancial sttuncnts in xC0rd￿￿e with appli¢able18w and Unitcd Kingdom A￿OuDling S￿￿lants Iunited Kingdom Genernlty A¢cetsed Accounting Pradicel which give a tn* and fair view of the stste of affai[5 of thc chaTitsble company and of th¢ incorning res0W￿ and aTvIic8tson of resourc￿ In¢]￿]ryg income and ¢xpenditur4 of th¢ charithble ¢omtAny for that year. In wepaTiD8 these fuw)cial sttttern¢nt% the trustees 8re required to: Select suit8ble ?￿O￿￿tIng policies tnd t1￿￿ aN)ly Ihem consislrntty. Make judgements and eAirnates that are re&50nAbk and pnxkn Observe the meth￿S And principles in the ChaTitie5 SORP: Stat¢ whcthtt applicabk UK a¢countm8 5¢andards have been folloThr4 SUbi￿t to material departu￿ disclosed and explain¢d in the fmatscial ststem¢nts: Prepare the fllwKial statements OD th¢ going concern bASiS unless it is inopwopriats to Fyesume that the ¢hArtty will ¢ontinu¢ to Provide seThicts. Thc trust￿& aTC wible for keeping propcr Tm)unting re¢ords that disclose with reasonhble accurxy at any tim¢ tk financifil ￿sitIon ofthe charity and to enable ihcm to ensur¢ Ihal the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. Tlw are also re4wible for safe8uthrding the assets of the charity and I￿¢ tskin8 reasonable steps for the prevention and detect￿ of fraud and other irre8ularitie$. Thc tr¥slccs are resp)Asible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial infom￿tIOn included on the chaTithbk ¢ornpany's websile. Ix8islation in the United Kingdcffn 8overtiing the pwtion and dissemination of finan¢iaJ thtcments may differ from legiylation ID Rtteryes Poli At 28 Febnwy 2025. there ￿$ a defKTt of £31.748 arAd the tnL8tees aTr aclivety t<K&ing for opwrtunilies to rectfy thi The major external risk to which the (wganis8ti(M is is lack of funding. The trust¢e5 are constantly reviewing this area to ¢Dsure the contiDuity of the OTganisation. Internal risks are minimi8ed by th¢ impkmcntation of ￿C￿lUffs for authorisationlapprovgl of all tra1￿ctionS.

The W7Ddrosh GeAern¢ioD AMoeiatiop Indepondent EsamSAAtS0 The dire￿orS PrnFOSe to ￿ 1P￿nt the curyenl ￿tsUn￿nt to undeth the Indep￿dent examintttion in the following yw. This Teport Ibas been weiwrd ID accord￿ with the w)vIsi(￿S applicable to comp￿LeS subject to the small o)mp•ni¢s' rc8Hne. This was •F4Yoved by the b(*Td on 29 De¢ember 2025 signed on its by. Franee# HArry (Cb4lrpprffjoa)

The Windnwh GeRerAtioB Iqxey Association IDdepeudeDt EX•wiK￿l Ileporl to the DireelorJ Dd trustec45 ofThe Wfindrush Ce#ertlon Asso¢fiath)D I r¢port to the kn]stee5 (who ar¢ also DIrect￿S for the pllrpO￿ of c(￿panY law) my examination of the fuwn¢ial Statern￿ts of The w1ndn￿b Gen¢ralion Legftcy A&8ociation (Ihe charitsble company.) for th¢ year ended 28 Fe&uary 2(r25 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activitie& thc Bala￿< Sh¢¢t relate•J notes. This Tep(t is malk sol¢ty to the charity's trustee& as s Ixxty. in accordance with section 145 ofthe Chariti¢& Act 2011. My work has been undertaken $0 that I might st&te to the charity's trnstees those matters l am rniuired to st•ts to thcm in this rel￿ 8nd for ￿ other PUTFKtt. To the full¢sl ¢xtcnt nilled by l&w. l th n(rt accept or assume r¢sponsil)ility to anyone other than the charity and the charity's tn￿ ￿ a b￿y. for my thi8 repoli or forthe opini(x)s I hve fonnd. ReJponJibUiile8 Ad b¥sls of re￿rt As tbc trustees of cFwitable compw y(w arc reSp(￿s11)le fly the Pwtion of the fllw)cial stal¢ments in ac¢ixdance with the requlrements of the Companies Act 2006 {'the 2006 Act,). Having sAtisfJed myself the fin￿￿18] *ataneots of the ¢haTitsbk ComF￿Y aTe not Tequired lo i auditcd under Part 16 of the A¢t WMI art eligiblc Inde￿ident exAminatioo I T¢￿rt in respecl of my examinalion of the chwitable company's fwancial ststements carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act.) and in carrying Out my examin￿lon I havc followed all th¢ app]i￿ble Directi￿￿ given by the ChArity Commission under section 145{5Xb) ofthe 2011 Ad. An ijxkpend¢nt examinalioD does not invohe gathering all the evidence that woyld be rcquired in an audit and consequently does noi cover all the matters that an auditOT COn5idcrs in giving their opinion on the financial Statements. The planning and conduct of ttn wtil g(Ks beyond the limil¢d ￿￿OnCe that an independent exJmin4lion can provide. Consequently l express no opinion Is to whether the financial statements wesent a 'true And fair, vi¢w •hd my rep)rt 18 limited to those specific matters set out in the indepfflthnt eXornin¢rfs slatemenl. Imdeptndenl examiller's statement If the charitable company's gn)ss income exceeds £250.000 your examiner must bc R member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 ACL The income foT the year ￿loW this threshold. I confirn) th￿ i am qU￿1r￿d kn undethe the eX￿nination beca￿ I a member of ACCA. which is ODC of the listed bodies. I have completed my exomination. I confmn that no material matters have c(Kne to my Èttenlion in ¢onncctiw with the examination givin8 me cawse to iKli¢ve thal in any mateTial res￿1. a¢c(Mmtin8 records were Dot kept in res￿ of the ¢h￿l￿Ne company ￿ r4uired by se¢ti¢yn 386 of the 2006 ACL or the financi￿ slatcments do not acc(rd with those recoth: (

the #at￿ents do n( t(￿PIY with the wuircmcnts of section 396 of the 2006 Act otlKr than any TVqUtTunEtt that the financial ststemeDts give a and fair view which is a matter consmlered as of an indw¥J¢nt eXamir￿10n. or the financial statements hgve PTyr¢d in ac¢oTdance with the mdhods and principles of the Statement of Recomu￿ded Practic for accounting and rcwting by charities applicable to charits prcparmg their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reprting Standard 8wlicabic in thc UK and Repub]ic of ]re]aThl (FRS 102).

The WittdnL¥h Ccntr4Ii￿ Iw Assodation I have cO￿e￿S and Imve com¢ no (rther matta5 in Com￿￿oR With the examination lo which atl¢ntion slK)uhJ be drawn in this repyfft in ordcr to eDabJe a undersltnding of the financial sta ments to k teached. A A knffrBrewu (FCCA MBA) 374 Ley Stre¢t Ilford Essex IGI 4AE Augiistus & Co Dat￿. 30 Decanbcr 2025

Tbe WIBdrll5h G¢aeTo1ion 14ary knoentio SfatemeDI of Fillanehl Acliyilies OnelHdiAg Ineomt & E4￿Ddi￿re Aceopnts) Year ended 28 FebrB8ry 2025 2025 Total Jvome: gentrted f￿hd$. Voluntsry income: Donatio 27220 13.928 41.148 27,220 13.928 41,148 J9,784 5.192 24,976 Total Jn¢om¢ Expendlts Charithble xtivilies Total Expe•dltvt 41,148 41.148 41,148 41.148 42,650 42,650 Net Incomel{expettdltllrn) and oel movemtot l• fuDd8 for th¢ year -17.674 RttoDcIIIAtloD ofhxds Total FuNts Brought F{￿Wan1 * 01103r2024 Totsl Fwmts Cwri¢d F(Kward at 28ffjZQ025 -31.748 -31.748 -31.748 -31.748 -14,074 -31.748 The nos on pagcs 12 to 14 Iwi of these fioBncial slAtemeDts. io

The Gebtrlllon Iwey As50tkntt Ba]•RLY Sbeel At 28 Vebrnary 2025 4.339 19.639 19.639 5J39 CrEdlton: fthg d¥¢ owyo•r 51 Jt7 51 37387 37287 C•rrnit Assets -31.748 -31.748 -31.748 -31.748 -31.748 -31.748 -31.748 -31.748 -31,748 -31.748 476 of the CoJnpwi¢J ALl2(K￿. its by Ms Fr•uces H￿ry R¢￿tratI￿a m¥mber. 1182•m

Note (o Att￿nts I'ejr ended 28 Febrfiar). Re￿￿11¢ of ITC1￿￿ IFRS 102) (¢ffK¢iv¢ l J4nu•ry 2015)- {ChtiritiES SORP (FRS I(12). knia] Re• Stattdd in thE UK •r•J Repthli¢ of Ireland IFRS 102) attd ikn AL 2W6. n¢Jth(w atkd th¢ ilurfs) of b¢th it IS PTrknbl¢ th•t tho Deprtciatititi is s¥ovided * rtts calculated to write off the c(t (ff VdultK￿ ]x• e511Th￿ r¢Sid￿l value of each ￿et over the expecled useful life as folkw: Furniture fittin -20% strAi8hi lirn 1.4 RestrkI￿ F•# IJ ilmreth*ted by I￿￿￿¢d inwAN¢. 12

Thc WiJbdr4sh GeDenlioM IxtKy Asso¢i*tio N•les to Acrounts Year ended 28 Febr￿ry 2025 Totsl Tol41 13.928 13 13.928 S.IY2 Tfjtsl 21124 2•2J 19.797 426 1261 19.711 426 1261 100 312 16,163 312 1,167 13 61 10.711 Hi Events 930 1.814 1.025 light and Ile&t Busine￿ Rat¢s 1.814 1474 Frtclance 591 591 166 1.139 1.139 Staff ljnifw S¢atsonay Prinlin8 TrnvellinB 8￿j SU￿131¢￿¢¢ yohmtL￿ ExpL 45 rJ6 20 205 42.650 . GoverMoe• 2025 550 29 LThedit fe• 1.139 965 13

r4ote5 t• Aetti￿ts Yur emétd 28 F•bru•ry2ts25 21125 Stsff l&163 19.797 16.163 7. D•bt• 4J26 4J26 h1• •wyer 2025 P¥y¢ & N•Jkul 47 11621 31719 51.3 Cftdilt 37287 372ri -31.748 -31.748 -31,741 -31.741 l•X IW •ftht t&Artty The ¢lty IJ aciwDw rllnI￿d ty gwartte ¢4)ityl. Ih thc evffit ofthc charity ing the liability • MF¢d 8WWrtee is Ixmitedkn £1 w nKmTr¢rof ihe ¢Fity 11. corporatioDT￿tl0￿ The chwity 15 txtrnF4 frcffj lay (m tiK(¥tiethlgaiM fallY4withirA s¢th 505 ofts Tax¢y Ad 1988 12. Rlated prty trw 14