**1**
Trustees’ report and Financial Statement for the period ended 31 March 2023 for Women’s Voices
Registered Charity number 1198758 Company number CE028890
**2**
## Women’s Voices
Index to the Financial Statements For the period ended 31 March 2023
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|Index to the Financial Statement|2|
|Organisation Information|3|
|Report of the Trustees|4|
|Statement of Financial Activities|5|
|Balance Sheet|6|
|Notes to the Financial Statements|7-9|
|Accountants’ Report to the Members|10|
**3**
## Women’s Voices
Organisation Information For the period ended 31 March 2023
|TURSTEES:|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Sahra Yusuf|||(Chair)|
||Abdirizak Nor|||(Treasurer)|
||Zundus Said|||(Trustee)|
||Najad Daauud|||(Trustee)|
|Web:|www.womenvoices.org||||
|Email:|info@womenvoices.org||||
|REGISTERED OFFICE:|||||
|37 Chapel|Street||||
|London|||||
|NW1 5DP|||||
|BANKERS:|HSBC||||
||25 Notting Hill Gate||||
||London W11 3JJ||||
**4**
## Women’s Voices
## **Report of the Trustees**
## **For the period ended 31 March 2023**
The Trustees of the Organisation present their report and statement of financial activities of the Organisation for the period ended 31 March 2023
The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the accounts and comply with the charities governing document, the Charities Act 2011 and Statement of Recommended practices —Accounting and Reporting by Charities revised 2015.
## PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY
The principal activity of the Organisation in the year under review was that of the provision of advice and guidance and community events in line with the principle of the organisation, that of promoting community cohesion and integration.
## TRUSTEES
Trustees during the year under review were:
Sahra Yusuf (Chair) Abdirizak Nor (Treasurer) Zundus Said (Member) Najad Daauud (Member)
## STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES’ RESPONSIBILITIES
Organisation law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Organisation and of the profit or loss of the Organisation for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the Trustees are required to
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Organisation will continue in operation.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Organisation and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Organisation and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES:
Sahra Yusuf Abdirizak Nor Chair Treasurer Dated: 15.01.2024 Dated: 15.01.2024
**5**
Women’s Voices
## **WOMEN'S VOICES**
## **Statement of Financial Activities for the period ended 31 March 2023**
|**INCOMING RESOURCES**
**Grants and Donations**
Grants and donations 7
**RESOURCES EXPENDED**
Charitable Activities
Travel and subsistence
Motor expenses
Wages
employer NIC
Governance Costs
Rent & rates
bank charges
Light and heat
Cleaning
Support Costs
Phone and Internet
workshop and training
Stationery and printing
Events & refreshment
Insurance
Depreciation
Legal and professional costs:
Accountancy fees
Advertising and PR
Resources expended
**Surplus/ (deficit)**
Balance brought Forward
**Balance Carried Forward**|**2023**
**Total**
**£**
37,070
-
-
21,768
-
21,768
80
86
-
-
166
144
964
33
100
781
1,142
3,164
400
962
1,362
26,460
10,610
27,707
**38,317**|**2022**
**Total**
**£**
29,715
915
305
16,399
537
18,156
1,200
18
180
192
1,590
-
5,114
1,390
1,000
-
1,142
8,646
400
101
501
28,893
822
26,885
**27,707**|
|---|---|---|
**6**
## Women’s Voices
**WOMEN'S VOICES Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2023**
|**Notes**
**Fixed assets**
Tangible assets
3
**Current assets**
Debtors
4
Cash at bank and in hand
**Creditors: amounts falling**
**due within one year**
5
**Net current assets**
**Net assets**
**Reserves**
Unrestricted funds B/F
2
Income and expenditure
current year.
Net Funds|
1,041
35,241|
|**2023**
**£**
2,435
35,882
38,317
27,707
10,610
38,317|
-
26,756|**2022**
**£**
3,577
24,130
27,707
26,885
822
27,707|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||36,282
(400)|||26,756
(2,626)||
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Approved by the Board of Trustees on 15 January 2024
Sahra Yusuf
Chair
Dated: 15.01.2024
Abdirizak Nor
Treasurer Dated: 15.01.2024
**7**
## Women’s Voices
Notes to the Financial Statements
For the period ended 31 March 2023
## 1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES
## **Accounting Convention**
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, with the exception of investments which are included at market value and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (effective April 2008), the Charities Act 2011 and the requirements of the Statement of Recommended Practice, Accounting and Reporting by Charities.
## **Tangible Fixed Assets**
Depreciation covered in this financial for the period ending 31 March 2023
## **Interest Receive**
The Organisation did not receive any interest in the accounting period.
Fund accounting
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes
||particular restricted purposes|||
|---|---|---|---|
|**2**|**Operating Surplus**|**2023**|**2022**|
|||**£**|**£**|
||This is stated after charging:|||
||Depreciation of owned fixed assets|1,142|1,142|
|**3 Tangible fixed assets**
**Cost**
At 1 April 2022
At 31 March 2023|**Plant and**
**machiner**
**y etc**
**£**
5,711|
|---|---|
||5,711|
**8**
|**Depreciation**
At 1 April 2022
Charge for the year
At 31 March 2023
**Net book value**
At 31 March 2023
At 31 March 2022
**4 Debtors**
Other debtors
**5 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
Other creditors
Professional Fees
**6 Statement of Financial activities**
At 1 April 2022
Surplus for the year
At 31 March 2023|**2023**
**£**
1,041
**2023**
**£**
400
**2023**
**£**
27,707
10,610
38,317|2,134
1,142|
|---|---|---|
|||3,276|
|||2,435|
|||3,577|
|||**2022**
**£**
-|
|||**2022**
**£**
2,626|
|||
|
**9**
## **7 Grants and Donations**
|BBC CIN
Hopscotch
RBKC
Big Lottery Awards For All
People's Health Trust
Total grants and donations
|£
10,011
3,600
7,827
9,980
5,652
37,070|
|---|---|
- **8** Transactions with trustees
No transactions other than the refund of out of pocket expenses for the trustees of the Charity took place during the year under review
## GRANTS
Grant and donations are accounted for on accruals basis. All grants have been brought into account in the period to which they relate.
The grant received during the year was to fund the main objects of the organisation.
**10**
## **Independent Examiner’s report to the trustees of Women’s Voices**
We report on the accounts of Women’s Voices for the period ended 31 March 2023.
Respective Responsibilities of the Trustees and Examiner
As the Project’s Management Committee you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts; you consider that the audit requirement of section 43(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the Act) does not apply and that an independent examination is needed.
It is our responsibility to examine the accounts under section 43 of the Act, to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 43(7)(b) of the Act, and to state whether particular matters have come to our attention.
## Basis of Independent Examiner’s Report
Our examination was carried out in accordance with General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the Project and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as Management Committee concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaking do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently we do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.
## Independent Examiner’s Statement
In the course of our examination, no matters have come to our attention:
- 1) Which gives us reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect the management committee has not met the requirement of the requirements to ensure that:
- a) Proper accounting records are kept in accordance with section 41 of the Act; and
- b) Accounts are prepared which agree with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Act; or
- 2) To which in my opinion; attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
............................................. 15 Jan 2024
Anderson Pierce and Co Accountants and Business Advisers 14 Alexandria Rd London W13 0NR