THE SEWING FAMILY
Charltablg incorporated organiullo
TRUSTEES. REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THEYEARENDED31 MARCH2024
Charity number: 1199744
Company Number: CE029791

CONTENTS
Page
Legal and Administrative Details
Director$. end Trustees. Report
Statem¢ntof Finan¢i8lActfvitie$
8818nce Sheet
10
Notes to the Accounts

THE SEWING FAMILY ICh&ritsble incorporated O￿nIS•tiOn)
LEGALAND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
FOR THEYEAR ENDED31 MARCH2024
Dlreclors and Truste•$
CaroiineGrniiffi- Chair
Chartottejanelllera
Ashirna Kgur
C8le*e l¥yThextOn-Gration
R•8iStered Offic•
19ASHWJRNHAN ROAD
LONDON
SWIOOPG
Comp•ny Numb•r
CE029791
Charity NLtmb*r
1199744

TRUSTEES, REPORT
FOR THEYEARENDED 31 MARCH2024
The Twstees are pleased to present their report includingihe financi81 ststements ¢Y Th8 Sewing Family
CIO Ilh8"Charity"I lortheyear ended 31 March 2024.
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
Sewing Family continues to promote sustsinabl¢ sewingpraciice8 and I￿lUSIv1tywl1bin our cornrnunty.
Sewing FaMilYc￿rdift￿teSW(1hthe loc￿ courtil5rbdvo1untaryo￿lllS0¢IonStOte8ch sthwngan
fashion Skillstodisadvantaged larnilies. adLlts. ch￿￿ren, s8eWsand rofugee5 Wlthin our
comrnunty. To provide traini￿1￿991Men1 construction. intorrnation #NI direciton tsrftjiute ornployment
within thefa$hioD Ir¥Ju5fry.
Sewing Family teachessewng, fgshlon. ponem cutyn6.0e￿￿ artlcu$tomlutlon Inoursewingstudio
space at ourpremisesai 19 Ashburnbam Road. LondonSW10 OPG usngdon8t•J labrie58nd
hgber(18sherythu$ redu¢ing ioxicfashion footprint.
We taught small adult sewing¢i8sso$on Tu6sdayaftomoons8ndWedn6gdty6venin8s olleringpald and
Iree sp8ces.
We delNere(I Sjiuroay morningsewngciass lorchildren. offeringfrne8nd paid¢l8sse&
Wo c￿818￿ 8 stre8ts%*8r*￿rkSh0pIOflo0*ed 8lterehildffjn in cèro eoordinating%%ithSiWhanon.
Enrichment Programmg CoorfinètortorVirtU8lSchoots ol R8KQ LBHF & WCC Coun¢1
PUBLIC BENEFITSTATEMENT
When eon$idering8CtiYill8swknich contribute towarfs1￿ charityswwk, Trustees have Tvgarded section
77151 of thecharities 2011 in relalionto its guldanceon public benefil. Guidance has been
conyidtrred a¢tru$tee meeiingswhen planningprogrnmmes ènd8ciMiies o4erthtreourse of thèyear.
STRUCTURE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Caroline Grationihe Direciori5 entiil•J to appotntthefirst ihree irustee$. T￿Sele￿10n process was
b85ed Bround each trvsiee's understandin801 the charity. their 5Ultabiliiytothe role in ieims ol
experience an¢J their intention ot Input. ThetfU5tees ￿l￿a•n Unchanged in the 5econdyear ol OPefWin8.
Trustee Ashima Kavr-Afgh8n ￿t￿Ree nowworkingasa to¥tile ieach8rin schools
Trustee Charlotio Iller8-Volunteer8t evacuee swng8rDupsand clothing b8nk5
Trustee CelesteThexton Giation-Giaphic De*8ner at The Fin8nGial Times.

TrUSTEES' REPORT
FOR TrIEYEAR ENDED 31 MARCH2024
CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY VOLUNTEERS
Sewng Family conitnuesto beneliifromihe help ol¥olurrte8rs wthoaffj actr¥ein ourwoikshops.
ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE
W8 continue io provideworkshopsgt 19Ashbumham Road. LondonSWIOOPG. li¥sl acqvi¥ed on
December 91h 2023.
The premises belonged to a*rmenswear ccrfnpatycall￿ KaiherineHooker. Tltere 1$ an old $evAngroom
in the basement a showroom and an otticevrth8 small gardertontheground floor. The ty8sÈmen¢ Is
very dilapidgtedwith darnp i55ue$. twjt Kathertne H¢)oker Lid don8ted a signrfi¢8nt arnount ot industri81
So￿nI machines. an ironing pre55. labiics and haberdashery. We've used theshowroom 8S 8 ground
floor studio. kept theollice as an olliceihot could doublevp 8$ an ouxikn'8ryteaching loom. Th8 ba$8mont
sewing room is use(1 tostore don8tod fsbri¢$ Unti1tt￿ 48mp¢an be addrg88ed. The intention isio make li
an addition8158wng¥oom.
Sewing Familyb websitew•sde$lgnod built ty¢)n801 ourTrusteèS CeleswTh&*ton GTrtion ot nocharye
to thechariryiwww.$e￿DsI8m1lY.oTli-
We contacted designers. lashion brandsand the widercommunitywhoare mostly based ￿thIn 8 3-mil?
radius OISe￿ngFam1ly. we hthbg¢n80 appreck8tNeoltheIrg￿roS1ty.
Companles who'vo Donated
Celinn
Vaar8
Suzènnah
Xaiherinè Hookgr
Anna Ma50n
Clinton Lotter
Annie Officiel
Th? V8mpire's Wle

TRUSTEES. REPORT
FOR THEYEAR ENDED 31 MARCH2024
Activities
We¢kly Classes
SewnR Family held adult and childrenbcla5s¢sonTuesday. Wednest18yand Saturday mornirvgs
attraciingthe Ioc81 community andwe employed a Sewi￿ teacher called Rachel Morris on 8 Ireel8nce
ba$i$. Rachel had an enhanced aml a degiee in lashion d8$i8n.
Workshop#
Sewn8 F8mily Created a lour-d8yStreet%￿r￿TkS1￿pt0r looked 8fter childffjn in Care. ¢hildr8n with
Itarning di58bilitie$. refugee and asylum children coordinatingwtth Si Wharton, Enrichment Programmo
Coordinator lorvirtual Schoo15 01 ABKC. LBHF &WCC C￿1￿ClI5.
The empha$is w05 on exploring personal Kler¢tily and sell.expiessionand creating8 Streetwear oulfit
using design, pattern Cutting. 5ewingand customisatiorb thcttniques. The youngpeople attendinKran8ed
from 10- 18. Everyone learned basic sewngantl pattern cuningtechniques 8nd g8ined an insight intoth8
fashion industry. Theyallcreated an ov¢lir that represented Ihoir interpreration of streetwear.
Day 1. Wo took to Sa8tchi GalleryLondon SW3to see'Bryond TheStre¢ts'pJhibition. The children
learned about the historyof selt.expression on thestreets. 8r4ffiti artists, protest and p8St Stree￿Ie8r. The
galleryts èwaltsole di5tancethus reduein8e8rbonfootprintfvrther.
Day 2. The daywas Spent hamè$singthechiidren$ inspiraiitsn post ayhibition ihroughde8lanin8
teaching thern howto sew on Jan¢yne DC230 sewingm8chine$.
Day3. Lgamlng basic pattern eutting s*ill&AdaptIng￿￿1Th8p8￿8MSto creat? newghapts and dgt811s.
St8rt sewtngg8rments.
Day 4. Continuation ol sewing and textile iKhnw4ues forslogans 8nd self.&¥pr•ssion throu8h appliqué
and fabric p8intin& Finalisation olgarments. pr98¢n￿lon and phoioshoot
Aehlevem•nis agalnst obl¢￿[￿e$ $•t
Sewing Family iemains a sm8llch8r*iy andweconiinuetodevelop Iniyjr soeond yeatol operating. We
feel our achievements met the rnajorrtyolouf obje¢¢Ne5.
With the leas6on ouiworkshop secure lor ihedurntion otthe ￿l1¢xl our fc¢us h83 been on e¥pandingour
connectionswithin the borough gnd reachingmowe participanis thatwouid bendittrom ourclasses.
Grant5
Sewing Family continues ioapplylor luodingfrom both Statutory sources and corporate lunders wr(h
turnover increasing by almost 250% v8isusye8r on&

TRUSTEES. REPORT
FOR THEYEARENDED31 MARCH2024
Factors Outside the Charity's Control
Ken5in8ion and Chelsea Councilstopped housinRAfRhan Relugees in botels8nd arranged lorthem
to be rehoused out ofthe borough. This meantthat we ceased our swngworkrooms unril Ihere Is a new
influx of refugees.
FINANCIAL REVIEWAND RESERVES POLICY
Swn8 Family's in¢cvnewa$ m•Je ourd ￿￿nrtIc8n1￿0￿*i0￿$troM
LB Harnmersmllh& Fuihom
Sumrn•r F88hlon School Ltd
Th• Fashlon S¢hool London CIC Ltd
This¢tr￿￿ed our 8UPPOII COSIS 8nd chJritsble8ctfvit*&
Incorne forthe yearw8s£23.681 12023.. £9.887) and &¥ponditurew8s É24.35012023= £9.1031 gmng usa
deficit lorthtryoarol Ée6912022: £7841.
The Trustees hovèrtrvithved the charw ne8dsfor reseMs in line%wthlheguidan¢e t55ued by ihe
¢haritie$ Comrnission and produced a resoive5po1icy￿ich requires reservesto bodeyeloped to8
reasonable l¢Yel toensure the ¢hartycon nJn efticientlyand tnsurethecofflinuaiton of core 8CtNities
during a period of unforeseen difficulty.
We airn ro hold 8 miTrirnurn ofone monlht OP8r8tingco8TS. AI 31 March 2024. our r•soNè$were £115 and
we will lookto build thisover thecomingyear.
Explanation of any une•rtainti•s aboutthe ch¥rlty continuing as a golngcone•rn
Uncertsintles incI￿le a ch8ngBin lrtBI relu￿ stwus. avaithbl8gi8n15 and hord to tind sewing8iaff
Ilingtocome in to tvach for short arnounts oltimtsonwr ¢iasse8.

TRUSTEES, REPORT
FOR THEYEARENDED 31 MARCH2024
TRUSTEES. RESPONSIBUTIES IN RELATION TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The Trustees are responsJbl¢forpreparingthe DirECtors'8nd Trustees. Report Ihelinancial
statements in accor(lancewiih appbcable lawand Uniied KingilomAccountingStand8rd5.
Ctsrnpany Law reqvires the Trusteesto prepare financi81sthtementstoreachlinancial y88rwhieh w.￿a
true and lair wew of the$tate th the Charity's financ&8.
In preparingthe linancigl staternenis. theTrusteesare r4uired to..
- select SLlltable accountingpoii¢les 8ThJthen 8pplyth8m ¢onsistently.
- observethe methc*ls and p¥incipl¢8ln ihecharities Stat8rn8nts of Rec(¥nm¢rKled ol Recommended
Pr#¢ti58.
- make judgernenisond esTimaiesthat are re8$0nable and prudent.
- stale whetherapplicable UKA¢countingSiaTrJard$ have been follo**d. subjea toany mat&rl81
departures disclo￿ oxplained in th*financi81 ststement5- and
- prepare tho linanc¢al stolements onihegolngconeorn bwsis unless r(issnappropriate io pr8SUrn?that
Ihe Char¢ywilleonlinue in bu$lness.
The Trustees are responsible lor keepingproperaccountingrecords th81 di5closewith reasonaoie
ccuracy at 8Thytimethgfinaneial position ofthe Ch8flty8nd enablethem io ensure thai thefinaneial
stsiements cornplywrth the CompaniesAct 2￿6. This ￿pOrt has been prepared in accordancewith the
special prowsions reL8ttngto $mallcL¥nponieswithln Part 1501 IheC¢)mpaniesAct 2(#J6.
APPROVED 8YTHE BOARD 0FTRU￿ESA￿D SIGNEDON ITS BEHALF BY
Cofollne Gratlon (Chalrl
Dote
24

STATEMENT OF FINANCIALACnVITIES
ncorporatin88n Ineome and experKlhure ac¢ountl
FOR THEYEARENDED 31 MARCH 2024
Uniestwbcted ReStrtc￿ Totslfunds Totalfvnd$
lunds 2024 funds 2024
2024
2023
Note
Income From:
Donations
Charitable aetmues
In￿s￿MenT Incor
a681
23.681
9.887
Totsiincorne
a681
23,681
9.887
Expendlture on:
Ralsingivnds
CharttableaciMttes
24,350
24.3x1
9.103
Totalexpenthtuwe
24WO
9,lOJ
Net lexpendiiureylncomefortheyear
Tran5fw5beiweenfun(Is
Net movement In
Aeconcluaiion of Iwds:
Funds broughtfoma
Totalfunds ¢arfed lO￿ard
All ol ¢heabove re5ullsaredeiN*d from coniinwngacim1￿$. Thwewereffto￿her recognised ￿Se3
otherthan those staiedabo*. Iheattached ThJ*s1￿mpart0fthtseI￿ancts1Stslerne￿ts.

The Sewlng Family
BALANCE SHEET
FOR THEYEAR ENDÈD 31 MARCH 2024
2024
Noit
Flxedassets
TaTrglblea5sets
CuThent assets
Oeblor$
Cash at bankln hafvj
115
Llabluiie
Ciediiors.. amounts lallingduevlthlno
Ne1cUrre￿aSsets
Toi•lnetassets
115
Fund5
Resiilcted lurid5
Unresliicted lun¢Js
115
Totallund$
Forihefin8nci81year•r¥Jed 31 M8rch2024. theCIO w85enirtied towmptionfrorn a￿1¢1 un¢ersection
477 01 Ih#CompaniesAct2(threiotlngtosmall¢omp4ni8&
The mernbers not requiredthecomponyto obtain* audit of itsacc4)urrt5 forth&year inovestion in
8c¢ordan¢owith section 476.
Thg trusteesacknowiedge theIr￿Sp￿￿1tsI￿.14e51Of¢omp￿￿g￿*1th ihBrequiremenis olthe Ath wr(h
re5pecr ro 8CCOllrning records a￿1 Irmtheprepal￿IoThol accounts.
Approved tytheirusiee5 tsn....
.bnd signed on theirbth8lf ty.
Caroune GiatiOFb
Chalr
companyie81stratlonno. CE029791
The atlached notes lorm panol rhe Ilnancial Ststsmenis
10

The Se￿n¥FaMIlY
Notes io the financial statements
For theyear ended 31 Maich 2024
l Ac¢ouniinipollcles
al 8asls olprepawiiion
The linar￿la[ Stsiemems havebeenprepared inaccordancewihkcountiTrgand Reportlr*dbyCharil+es'.
siaiemenl ol Recommended Pwacticeappltabletocharrties weparing Iheiraccounts inaccorrfancewilh
Ihe Financlal Reportin8Standaid applicablein the UK a￿1 RepublK ol lie¢aTh1 IFRS 102- elleclwe l January
20151-Cbairtles SORPIFRS 102larbJ thtCompan*skl 21
The chartiable¢omparymeeis ihedefiniwjnol a public benehtentstyurKJ￿FRs 102.Assets and l￿bI￿lIeS
are lnltlallyrecogn15edaibisiowtalc0st￿Irar￿C￿￿Va￿*￿nles$ol￿tseStsIed In theie(e¥affl
accountlngpollcyor note.
bl Golngconcern
The irusiees con5k1erthat Ihereaie mattrfal Mcertalni*s abwtlhechariiable companys abllltylo
coniinue3s a goingconcein. Thetiusteesdo noicon51derlhal Ihereaie any50ui¢es of esiimaiion
uncertalntyat the reponin$daleihat a slgnttKani r￿kOlCau￿r1a marertaladju51rnenttothe carmng
amoun15 01 asseis aTrJ ltsbil*tieswilhinthenexrreportlnKpwlod.
¢1 Income
Income is ￿0g￿LSed￿hen 1￿charItyba$ eftttttementto the lunds, arryperformancecondrtlons attached 10
Ihe Incorne havebeen mei,11 I$pfobab￿tha1Ihe￿c0rne￿1Itse recefvea anothai iheamount can be
measured reuably
dl Dona￿0￿5011￿rt$, seThlc¢s •ndf¥dUtles
Donaied prolessional se￿¢¢$0￿ dor*ie(I lacrfffts arerecwisedas Incomewhen ihecharityhasconirol
over Ihe Ilem OJ received Ihe Se￿ICe.a￿CQ￿1It1Onsas$OCVdIe0WI¢hlhedOn8fd0n have been met, Ihe receipt
ol economlc benelii liom ihe usebythecharityof theiiem is probableandinareconomlcbenefitcan be
measur￿1 reliably. Inaccordan¢ewrthtTheCharttlesSORP (FPS I￿￿1.¥01Un￿r1mÈL1 r*)1￿08n￿td so
referto Ihelru5tees'aMualieportlormore Informaii(maboutihelrcontritsullon.
On recelpt, donaied grfts, proressh￿alseNces3r￿d0￿afel1ta¢￿Itlesare recwised on thtrbasls ol the
walue ol Ihegirtlo Ihe charitywIT￿Thls Ihe amwntthecbaiitywoutrf habtbeen wlllingtopay ioobtaln
seryKesor lacilrties olequNaleniecoTrJmK benefil 011 Iheopenmathet.. a cNrespoThJlngarnouniis then
recognlsel In expen(liiure In the pe￿0 oliecdpt.
el InteieMrecel¥abie
Iniere51 on fun05 heldondeposirLs IrKluded*thenrecefvabteand theafflounicanbeffleasu￿d rellat*lyby
Ihechaiity. INS ts rThmallyupM ￿)Irficat￿OIthethleles1pahj orpayabietytheban
11 fyfid a¢¢ountin¥
Uniesiiicied lundsarexdilablelospeTh1 on aclmiies Ihatfurtheratyofthe puwes rlchatty. Designaied
lund5are unreslricled lurxjs ol Ihechaiitywhich the Iruslees ha%tdeckled at Iheli dIsci￿lDn io setasldeto
uso loi a specilic purpose. ResirKied lundsaredonaiion5 wh￿h Ihedonor ha5 specified aieto besolely
used lorpanicuiar3reasol Ihecharivswortorlorspecrfic pro1ectsbd￿uThjertaken bythechairty-

The SewlngFamlly
Noies to the Iinancial statements
Forthe year ended 31 March 2024
A¢¢•vrWngpolJcle5lcontlnuedl
Kl EXpendItu￿and1lrÈ¢OYeIab1evA1
Expendituie is re¢ognised oncethere isa ieKaItycon5u￿￿*obbga￿l1omaX¢a pawneniioa Ihlrd paty.
Ills probableth3isettieffleniwillbeiequlred. andtheamouTrtoltheobligatk)ncanbemeAswed ietiably.
Expen￿￿Ure is cla55rfied urvjerihef￿1O￿nK3¢lwitybead1ngs'.
Costsol ralslngiurKlscom￿1seol tyadln8cosisaThJ the c05tslncurred
byihechaiiLibiecfynpanyln Irwjucingthiid parties to make ￿luntary
contribuiionstoll.asweUas Ihecosrof arryaciMiie5 with a lundraislng
pU￿oSe.
EyndttuieonchamableaciMl*s Includes thecosts ofdelwerfng
semces to lurthwihe purposes ol the charityand Ihelrassociaied
SIIPP¢YIC05ts.
Olhere¥pendrtur¢ representsthoseiiems not lalts'nglnto anyother
l*adlng.
I￿ecON￿ra￿levATls ¢haigedasacostagalnsitheaciMtyftwvthch the expenditurewa5 InCU￿¢d.
hl Allocation of supportcosty
Suppon c051s are Ihosefunc¢ionsthalas515ttI*kn￿I￿ of1￿charltyb￿￿o rntdthtly undertakechariiable
actNSlles. Support Costs inciu(ge bac*-olfice Costs. linance3￿ 8Lhtmancec051SV4hich supporttntTru5t$
¢hairtaDieactMties. Thesecosts h3¥ebeenaliocaied be1We￿ cos101 ralslngiunos arwj experyjjiureon
cbariiableathr¥i¢*S.
11 Tanwbleftxedassets
Items ol equipment arecapltall$e(l%%thwe Ihe puithasewktexceeds £l.(Ki). Depreclaiion Ispio￿at￿ #t
raies calculated towriiedmw rhe costol eachassetto its eslknated re5klualv0l￿tr￿rtt$ expeeied useful
Iile. 1hedeprec1al￿n rale5 InU5earea5 lolluws..
FLYtuies andlmllr
Corr¢l￿ere0UIp￿¢m1
stra￿[ Ilne basis 0￿r5Yea
sva￿1 ttnebas15 o¥er 3years
11 Debtois
Tiadeand other debloisare recwised althe setllemenlornwnidueèlteranytradedlscouTrtoffered.
Piepaymen15aievaiued aitheamount prepald neiolaty lradedisc0￿ts due.
kl Cash at bankandln hand
Cash al bankandcash in haNI Incr￿les(as￿ arxl short iemi hlghlyllquld In￿StmentS￿l1h a short maiurity
ol Ihreernonihs Nles51rom thedate olacqu151tlonoropenthgol the deposii orsitniiaraccouni.
11 Crediiorsand pioNlslons
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The Sewlng Famlly
Notes to the financial statements
For theyear ended 31 March 2024
2 Incomelwom donatk*n$andyant5
Unrestricted Restrb¢ted
Tolal
2024
2024 202A
Total
2023
Dotwiions. luTh1ralsiwaNI 5mallwants
PRIMARK LID
Summer Fashion School Ltd
The Fashlonschool LOndOnC￿ Ltd
LB Hammersmlth& Fulham
1.491
1.491
387
16,770
16.770
3.BXI
3.870
681
24681
9087
3 Analy51501 exptrndttire
Charttable Support
acll*lles
¢¢+$ts
Tothi
Total
2024
2023
thertlsln8& Markeihig
Bank Fee5
Insurance
ITSollwart aTrlConsmtsi•S
Legal Expense5
Lighl. Poww. HeaJr
Piole551orolfees
Rates
745
745
li
241
li
241
23S
192
1.384 1.384
1,947
1.245
1,245
IQ7W I8.7￿)
461
1.947
459
3,400
Rent
Totolexpen¢Jllure2024
1770 24350
9.103
Totaleipendltur•2023
478
8.625 9.103
9.103
4 Staff numbers
Tneèveiage nuntrrol eDWo>te5lhead￿rrfbasedOnnUTr￿olsw enylo>edldurfrqthes*arwasO
12022-01
5 Taxation
The Chariiable Incorporated olgan15al￿Trts exemptfrom¢orporaUon thxasallrts Income ischaritabie
and isapplied foichariiable puiposes.
13

The5ewlne FamlLy
Notes io the linatlcial siatemenis
Forthe yeaf er¢ded 31 March 2024
6 Analyslsof¢ashand¢ash equlvalents
Atthe
siart
olthe
year
Cash
Other At the end
of Ihe
year
harys
Cashalbankand Inhand
115
Tota1cashandcasheq￿¥l1el)ts
115
14