## BOUAKE DIASPORA UK
**Annual Report and Accounts**
**2024- 2025**
## **LEGAL INFORMATION**
|Name of charity:|**Bouake Diaspora UK**|**Bouake Diaspora UK**|
|---|---|---|
|Correspondence address|: Flat 1 Tynwald House, Sydenham Hill||
|||LONDON|
|||SE26 6AG|
|Contact person|:|BAMBA DRISSA|
|Charity number|:|1209553|
|Management Committee|:|2024-2025|
|BAMBA DRISSA|:|Chair|
|YEKILI THIO|:|Vice-Chair|
|OSSAMA AMELIE OUATTARA|:|Secretary|
|NAGBOHON JEAN KONEY|:|Vice-secretary|
|MASSITA COULIBALY|:|Treasurer|
Banker : Barclays Bank Plc
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## **Management Committee Report**
## **BOUAKE DISPORA UK was established in 2022 as voluntary organization and registered as CIO in August 2024**
The organization aims to provide relief to migrants and those granted refugee status in the UK, in particular but not exclusively to people from the Bouake region by the provision of training facilities and support services so as to advance them in life and assist them with the adaption within a new community, with the objects of: -
1. Advancing their education and training; and
2. Relieving them from financial hardship and unemployment.
## **Activities for the period 2024-2025**
1. We have provided advice, information and referral services on education, debt, welfare benefit and housing. The service helped about 21 people make informed choices and improve their lives.
2. We have delivered befriending activities for 17 isolated older people to improve their loneliness and mental health.
3. The organization provided training for employment and employment related advice that benefited about 8 unemployed women and 11 men. This helped them improve their employability chances and 09 of them have been able to secure part- and full-time employment.
4. The organization’s recreational activities benefited 34 local people and this strengthened community tights and improved social cohesion.
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## **Plan for 2025-2026**
1. We will continue to deliver more employment sessions to support local people back into work this year. We anticipate helping about 23 unemployed women and young people.
2. The organization will increase its advice and referrals sessions to be able to support about 33 users in need of education, training and welfare benefit entitlement.
3. We will seek more support to deliver activities for the elderly to help them be less isolated and improve their health.
4. We will undertake supportive homework activities this year to improve about 15 children and young people and children’s school performance specifically those who will be preparing their GCSEs
5. The origination will continue to deliver basic English skills to improve 26 refugees’ job prospect and their integration into the wider community.
6. We will support 22 senior residents through befriending and social events to reduce their isolation and improve their mental health.
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## **Trustees’ responsibilities**
Charity law requires trustees, to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of the affairs of the company and of the results of the company at that period. In preparing those financial statements, the directors are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
- make judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any materials departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
- prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to assume that the company will continue on that basis.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable it to ensure that the financial statements comply with the charity Act.
They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps and detect fraud and other irregularities.
Chair - Chairperson
12 /09/ Signed: ----------------------- Date:-----------------------2025
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## **Statements for the year ended 31 March 2025**
## **Incoming Resources**
|**Sources**
Donation & Foundraising
Fees
Membership
**Resources Expended**
Hire of venue
Facilitators cost
Travel & volunteer expenses
Telephone & Internet
Printing and administration
Accounting & examination
Publicity
**Resources Expended**
**Net surplus / Deficit**
**Fund B/F**
**Fund C/F**|**Unrestricted**
6200
1900
1740
**9840**
3100
2800
860
250
120
60
**7190**|**Unrestricted**
6200
1900
1740
**9840**
3100
2800
860
250
120
60
**7190**|**Restricted**|**Restricted**|**2025**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||6200
1900
1740|
||||**0**
**0**||**9840**|
||||||3100
2800
860
250
0
120
60
**7190**|
|||||||
|||**2650**|**0**||**2650**|
||||||0|
||||||**2650**|
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|**Balance Sheet**
Note
Fixed Assets
Tangible assets
Current assets
Cash at bank
Creditor
**Total net assets**
**Funds**
Unrestricted
Restricted
**Total**|**Balance Sheet**|**as at 31/03/ 2025**|**as at 31/03/ 2025**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||
**2025**
0
2012
**2012**
2012
0
**2012**|
|||||
|**Funds**||||
|||||
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## Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025
## 1 . **Accounting policies**
- a) Basis of accounting policies
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, as modified by the inclusion of fixed assets investments at market value, and in accordance with applicable accounting standards and follow the recommendation in the statement of recommended Accounting and Reporting Practice by charities.
## b) Grants
Grants are recognized in the statements on accrual basis following the satisfaction of any pre-conditions
c) Expenditure
Expenditure is recognized on accruals basis
## d) Reserve policy
The organization reserve policy is to retain 2 to 10 % of its unrestricted fund beyond its financial year to keep the organization running. This depends on the financial condition of the organization.
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## **Independent Examiner’s report to the Trustees**
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice, Accounting and Reporting applicable Accounting Standards and the Charity Act 2011
## Responsibilities of the Trustees
The trustees and the Management Committee are responsible for the preparation of the accounts and that you consider the audit requirements of the charities Act 2011. It is my responsibilities to state on the basis of procedures specified in the directions given by Charity Commissioners whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## Basis of my examination
The examination of the accounts was carried out in accordance with the general directions given by the charity commissioners. The examination includes:
- A review of the accounting records kept by the charity
- A comparison of the accounts presented with those records made available
- Consideration of any unusual items and disclosures in the accounts
- Assessment and significant estimates and judgments made in preparation of the financial statements
- Examination of evidence relevant to the amount of disclosures in the financial statements
I planned and performed my investigation so as to obtain all the information and explanations which I consider necessary in order to provide me with sufficient evidence to give reasonable assurance that the financial statements are free from material misstatements whether caused by fraud or irregularity of error. In forming my opinion I also evaluated the adequacy of the presentation of information in the financial statements.
## **Opinion**
In my opinion the financial statements as prepared give a true and fair view of the charity state of affairs as at 31st of March 2025 and the incoming resources and their applications in the year ended have been properly prepared in accordance with general directions given by Charity Commissioners.
## **J-Accountancy & Consultancy Limited**
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14/09/ Signed: ----------------- Date: ------------------- 2025
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