## **POIEMA FOUNDATION**
## **TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30[th] JUNE 2025**
## **CHARITY NUMBER 1209497**
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## **POIEMA FOUNDATION**
Room 89, 6[th] Floor 2 Lakeside Drive Park Royal London NW10 7QF
## **INDEX**
**TRUSTEES & ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS ......................................................................... 3 STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES........................................................................... 4 BALANCE SHEET ............................................................................................................ 5 TRUSTEE’S ANNUAL REPORT (TAR) ................................................................................ 6**
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## **TRUSTEES & ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS YEAR ENDED 30[TH ] JUNE 2025**
## **CHARITY NAME**
## POIEMA FOUNDATION
## **CHARITY NUMBER**
1209497
## **CHARITY ADDRESS**
Room 89, 6[th] Floor 2 Lakeside Drive Park Royal London NW10 7QF
## **GOVERNING DOCUMENT**
CIO-FOUNDATION CONSTITUTION Registered on 20 March 2024
## **TRUSTEES DURING THE YEAR**
Mariza Gabriela Oliveira Sousa Cardoso Francine Rocha
Geiciene Gomes Maia
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER**
VERBO Consulting Ltd 122 Fairbank House 13 Beaufort Square London NW9 4FJ
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## **POIEMA FOUNDATION**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30[TH] JUNE 2025**
|**Income and endowments from:**
**Donations and legacies**
**Investments**
**Total**
**Expenditure on:**
**Raising funds**
**Charitable activities**
**Total**
**Net income/expenditure**
**Reconciliation of funds**
**Total funds brought forward**
**Total funds carried forward**|**2025**
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## **POIEMA FOUNDATION**
## **BALANCE SHEET AS OF 30[TH] JUNE 2025**
|**Current Asset:**
**Cash at bank and in hand**
**Net current assets**
**Total assets less current**
**liabilities**
**Net assets**
**The funds of the charity:**
**Unrestricted income funds**
**Total funds**|2025
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**POIEMA FOUNDATION**
# **TRUSTEE’S ANNUAL REPORT (TAR) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30[TH ] JUNE 2025**
## **1. INTRODUCTION AND CHARITY DETAILS**
Charity Name:
## POIEMA FOUNDATION
Charity Registration Number: 1209497
Charity Registered Address: Room 89, 6[th] Floor
2 Lakeside Drive Park Royal London NW10 7QF
The trustees of the charity at the end of the financial year are:
Mariza Gabriela Oliveira Sousa Cardoso Francine Rocha Geiciene Gomes Maia
## **2. STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT**
The charity is governed by a CIO – Foundation Constitution registered on 7[th] August 2024. The charity is governed by a board on which the trustees are represented. It meets regularly to review, plan activities, and monitor the financial position.
## **3. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
The object of the organisation is to advance the Christian evangelical religion for the benefit of the public in accordance with the statements of belief appearing in the schedule hereto in the London borough of brent and in such other parts of England as the trustees may from time to time think fit, by means of broadcasting Christian messages of an evangelistic and teaching nature, through the holding of prayer meetings, lectures, public celebration of religious festivals, and producing and/or distributing literature on Christianity to enlighten others about the Christian evangelical religion.
## **4. PUBLIC BENEFIT STATEMENT**
In line with the Charity Commission guidance, the trustees confirm that our activities provide a clear public benefit. However, the organisation did not hold services throughout the year due to financial restrictions
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## **5. FINANCIAL REVIEW**
Unfortunately, the charity had no income or expenditure during the first financial year. There were no restricted funds, grants, or donations received during the year.
## **6. FUTURE PLANS & OBJECTIVES**
The charity was originally established to operate as an evangelical church, providing regular worship services and biblical teaching. Following a change in the board of trustees, the charity’s purposes and strategic direction were reviewed and subsequently refined. The organisation now places a greater emphasis on the promotion of equality and human rights, with a focus on preventing discrimination and advancing the social inclusion of vulnerable individuals and groups, particularly women, children, young people, and older people.
In the forthcoming period, the trustees will prioritise the establishment of the charity’s core administrative, financial, and governance structures to ensure full operational readiness and compliance with the requirements of the Charity Commission for England and Wales.
A key objective is to open and maintain a dedicated charity bank account in the name of the organisation, enabling the implementation of appropriate financial controls and ensuring transparency and accountability in all financial matters.
In parallel, the charity has been actively seeking suitable premises from which to deliver its activities. The trustees consider the identification and securing of an appropriate space to be essential to the effective development of the charity’s social programmes and community-based initiatives, particularly those aimed at promoting equality, advancing human rights, and supporting the social inclusion of vulnerable groups, including women, children, young people, and older people.
Subject to the successful establishment of these foundational elements, the trustees intend to commence small-scale pilot activities designed to benefit the local community, while continuing to build partnerships with relevant stakeholders and exploring sustainable funding opportunities to support the charity’s long-term objectives.
## **7. RESERVE POLICY**
It is the policy of the Charity to maintain unrestricted funds, which are the reserves of the charity at about 3 months of unrestricted expenditure. This provides sufficient funds to
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cover any emergency expenditures that may arise from time to time. The charity will seek to achieve this level throughout the next financial years.
## **8. GOVERNANCE & RISK MANAGEMENT**
The charity has assessed all the major risks to which the charity is exposed, in particular those related to operations and finances of the charity and is satisfied that systems are in place to mitigate exposure to major risks.
- Financial Risks – the charity is looking for different fundraising options so we can mitigate financial risks.
- Operational Risks – to be managed by staff training & policies.
- Safeguarding Risks – to be monitored through DBS checks & policies.
## **9. STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES’ RESPONSIBILITIES**
Under the Charities Act 2011, the trustees are required to prepare a statement of accounts for each accounting year which gives a true and fair view of the state of the church. They are required to:
1. Select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently.
2. Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent.
3. State whether the applicable accounting standards have been followed.
4. Prepare financial statements on an ongoing basis.
They are responsible for keeping proper records which disclose with reasonable accuracy the finances of the church at any time and to ensure that such accounts comply with the Charities Act 2011. They also have a responsibility to safeguard the assets of the church and to take reasonable steps to detect fraud or other irregularities.
The trustees confirm that they have:
- Ensured proper financial records are maintained.
- Complied with Charity Commission requirements.
- Reviewed risks and internal controls regularly.
Approved by the Trustees on 28[th] Abril 2026 and signed on their behalf by:
Mariza Gabriela Oliveira Sousa Cardoso
Chair
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