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“Hoping you can continue this amazing, life-changing work. One client recently described FCV Dorcas as a ‘pot of gold’ to isolated people. I couldn’t have put it better myself. Thank you for being there for people.” Aimee B (Volunteer)

Finsbury & Clerkenwell Volunteers Annual Report 2025

“I can’t think of any other organisation in Islington which contributes so much with such little financial support.” Yvette Ellis– Voluntary Action Islington

Contact Details:

FCV Dorcas Finsbury & Clerkenwell Volunteers The Community Room 21a Midway House Manningford Close London EC1V 7HP

Tel: 020 7689 1574 Email: hello@fcv-dorcas.org.uk Website: fcv-dorcas.org.uk Registered Charity No. 268511

What FCV Dorcas Volunteers achieved in 2024–2025 3 Chair’s Report 4 Background 5 Our Supporters 6 Accessible Transport Project 7 Lunch Club & Parties 8 Befriending & Carer Support 10 The Telephone Club 11 Outings 12 Assisted Shopping Trips 13 DIY & Gardening 14 Art Club 15 Lucia’s Story 16 VAI Volunteers of the Year 2025 17 Volunteer Summary 17 Statement of Financial Activities 18 The Team 19

WHAT FCV Dorcas (FINSBURY & CLERKENWELL VOLUNTEERS) ACHIEVED IN 2024–2025

This year has seen a rebuilding for all our services. Face to face befriending is taking place, lunch club is meeting twice a week with a return to normal numbers and the ever popular shopping trips are taking place as often as possible.

A brief FCV Dorcas Newsletter goes out to our volunteers every few months to thank them for their hard work, reminding them of the importance of reporting back. We are working with the Council, peer groups and other agencies to ensure we signpost any other helpful services such as Helplines and Guidelines. Our Volunteers know that they can email/call our Volunteer Services Co-ordinator at any time for extra help and support.

The telephone club continues to maintain contact with many of our most isolated clients.

The minibus has been used to take clients to hospital and GP appointments.

Clients have enjoyed Tea Parties at UM, enjoying the roof terrace views across the City. We have had outings to Whitstable and Southend.

In addition, the Art Group has enjoyed a craft workshops making course taking place over half a day once a month. This has been organised by Create Arts Organisation and Ashurst in Spitalfields.

Chair’s Report

After re-establishing our services over the last couple of years we are beginning to grow again. This is most evident in lunch club but also in befriending.

We have also had valuable support from a number of corporates in assisting the delivery of our services. We love the interaction between local businesses and our clients. We are all winners from that support.

I would like to thank all our volunteers however large or small their contribution. It is very valuable and appreciated by our clients. A special mention to Janice and Mandy our regular cooks for a number of years who both retired in the autumn. Many thanks to them. What a contribution they made.

Particular thanks to all those who provided financial support which is our life blood enabling us to continue our work after 50 years to date.

Finding volunteer replacements is never easy but good progress has been made in most areas. A particularly difficult area for us is finding Volunteer drivers. We remain short of depth in this area, and we particularly value the support of those who have contributed during the year. We are very grateful to them. Voluntary Aid Islington has been very helpful through their volunteer hub and Volunteer Fairs

We look forward to the New Year with confidence that we can build on the progress over the last 12 months.

Andrew Thompson Chair

Many thanks also to Izzy Wise who contributed another solid year as Volunteer Services Co-ordinator.

Background

Finsbury & Clerkenwell Volunteers have their roots back in the early 1970s. The Finsbury Area Team Volunteers’ Group, as the organisation was then called, was set up by the then Team Leader of the local area social services team to complement the work of the social workers, with regard to the increasing numbers of isolated elderly people in the area. In many cases, the families of these elderly people had been forced out of the area by the high cost and scarcity of housing.

Early volunteers were service users, people who lived or worked in the area and a group of medical students from Barts Hospital. A Volunteers’ Organiser was appointed to recruit and manage the volunteers and to link with the social work team. The emphasis was on supplying social support and enabling people to lead independent lives, very much part of what the volunteers do today. The organisation was registered as a charity in 1974.

In August 2015 the Dorcas Befriending Project, established in 2002 and based in central Islington, was merged into FCV.

Although Finsbury and Clerkenwell Volunteers is the registered charity, we are now generally known as FCV Dorcas and we continue to operate in Finsbury and Clerkenwell, the central wards and surrounding areas of the London Borough of Islington.

of Islington is the fourteenth most deprived borough in the country and the 4th most deprived nationally on the measure of income deprivation affecting older people. The volunteers work in a neighbourhood that has particularly high levels of isolated older people living in social housing.

The main focus of the work is to offer emotional and practical support to predominantly older people who have become isolated as a result of ageing, disability and other social circumstances. Our aim is to help isolated people maintain and improve the quality of their lives and combat their social isolation and avoid reliance on statutory services.

Volunteers have been recruited from local community agencies, colleges, government work schemes, various volunteering websites, local University volunteering services and recruitment fairs, local volunteer introduction services including Hands On and City Action’s corporate employee involvement scheme and by word of mouth.

We have also provided experience and references for many volunteers who have moved on to paid care and related areas of work.

Requests for client services came from a number of sources including social services, health practices, self-referrals, family members and friends. In all, approx. 165 clients received services.

While the area is situated next to the commercial hub of the City of London, the reality, according to Government Statistics, is that the borough

Accessible Transport Project

Our Supporters

One of our most important roles is to provide accessible transport for elderly people with mobility problems, enabling them to take advantage of community services in the borough, go on outings and maintain contact with friends.

We would like to thank the following for all their invaluable support:

Each of our volunteer drivers, all of whom are highly skilled in negotiating the inner city traffic as well as the narrow back roads of the area’s estates, is accompanied by a volunteer escort, who walks or wheels each client to their own front door.

McCarthy and Stone Foundation MUFG (part of the Mitsubishi Group) Old Street Partnership

AHMM

We have continued to provide collection services for clients in necessary circumstances during the year.

Archer Trust

Ashurst

Rotary Club of Islington, Highgate and Muswell Hill

We have made the vehicle available to other organisations when their own transport has broken down or was otherwise off the road. It has always been part of our ‘sharing’ transport policy to help out, if possible, other groups at short notice.

City University

CREATE Charity

St Sepulchre

Humane Association

UM (Universal McCann)

Insurers, Worshipful Company of Islington Community Chest John Lewis, Oxford Street Local Giving

Waitrose

Vehicle running costs came to £7,085 over the course of the year. We thank our regular drivers for continuing their very valuable contribution.

Woolnoth Society

Local Initiatives Fund (contributions from a number of individual Islington Councillors through the Ward Partnership)

Our thanks and gratitude also to all those who made individual donations

Lunch Club & Parties

This has been another busy year for the lunch club. We continue to hold the club on Mondays and Thursdays at the Weston Rise community hall and have welcomed some new members this year.

“It was very emotionally rewarding to engage and help out! The food was tasty too and I would love to go back regularly to make more conversation, give more of me to the elderly there. Definitely happy that I volunteered”

Tamaris (Corporate volunteer)

Our members all seem to enjoy coming. They look forward to the meals, meeting up with friends and playing bingo. One of our members, John, runs a quiz every Thursday, which keeps our brains ticking over! For some of our clients, coming to the lunch club is the only social experience they have. For the rest of the week, they are stuck at home on their own.

The lunch club would not function without the help of a group of loyal and dedicated volunteers who turn up regularly to perform their duties. Unfortunately, our two cooks, Mandy and Janice, who had cooked for us for many years, had to leave us suddenly in May for health and employment reasons; this left a big gap. We have to date been unable to recruit another cook, but despite this, between Liam, Richard, Ginette, Izzy, Felicity and Martin, we have managed to provide meals, some more exciting than others!

We now have a new driver, Galen, who has been able to share the driving with Fred, Stephen and Liam. We have therefore been able to continue bringing in the more disabled and isolated clients

to the club. Robert continues to be the main escort, as well as being our strong man for putting up the tables, ably supported by Ginette.

We had our usual Christmas lunch. Liam managed to produce a delicious meal, largely on his own. Volunteers from MUFG came to help us as they have done for many years. They make a huge difference to the day and are always so willing to do whatever is required of them. They brought along shoebox presents for all the clients. These were beautifully wrapped in scarves, Japanese style, and were much appreciated. Steve Broughton provided the entertainment. He has also been coming for many years. He is extremely popular with our clients and knows exactly what music they like.

We have continued to have the support from various corporates. Universal McCann and Kenvue both hosted lunch club days in the Summer. These days are always very popular with our clients; they enjoy meeting young people. The young corporates are always delightful with and attentive and generous to our clients. Sometimes they bring along crafts such as origami and card making, which the clients can get involved in.

Birthdays are always celebrated. Izzy always makes the most delicious and beautiful birthday cakes which are much appreciated.

We were delighted to welcome the Mayor of Islington, Anjna Khurana, to the party. She seemed to enjoy it and took a lot of time talking to clients and having her photograph taken with them, which was much appreciated.

This year we returned to Whitstable in September for our annual outing. We rented a second minibus so had plenty of room for people. We had fish and chips for lunch in a pleasant little café on the east side of the town. We had been there previously and were well looked after. After lunch there was time to have a wander round the shops in the little town and to have ice creams.

Finally, a big thank you to all the volunteers who help regularly with the lunch club. It wouldn’t run without you!

“All of the volunteers really loved the experience and I’ve heard so many positive comments about it.” Melissa (Corporate supporter)

Befriending & Carer Support

Befriending Project

Our befriending service is in many ways the most direct and intimate way we can help alleviate isolation amongst people, most of whom have enjoyed a full and interesting life. Often their only constraint is through age and for some that can mean they seldom leave their own homes.

Our befriending volunteers are of all ages and come from all walks of life, City lawyers, local workers, retired neighbours, students etc. The service is very well suited to people who work or have other daytime commitments, as weekly visits can be arranged in the evenings or at weekends.

The service can lead to very meaningful longterm relationships for clients and volunteers, who may never otherwise have met each other. It is potentially a very satisfying and rewarding relationship on both sides.

Izzy Wise, our Volunteer Services Co-ordinator helped make this service very affective. There have been around 50 befriending relationships

“I thought I wouldn’t have much time to carry on befriending after I had my first baby…but I started popping in to see my older friend with my new baby and it gave her so much joy that I am still visiting her now with my second child…and they love her too.” Sally (Volunteer)

“I really appreciate the befriending service. I have had two befrienders over the last few years. They seem to match them well and their visits are something to look forward to” Jane H (client)

during the year. The Volunteer Services Coordinator role involves assessing potential clients and volunteers, arranging DBS checks, running induction courses, matching volunteers with clients, monitoring the relationships and, importantly, handling all the additional matters that arise. Their enthusiasm, professionalism and efficiency are greatly appreciated by clients and volunteers alike.

The effectiveness of this project is recognised by the generous financial support from a number of local councillors through the Local Initiatives Fund. The FCV Dorcas Befriending Project is very grateful for the recognition of and support for the service and for all the financial contributions, without which the project could not continue to function.

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“I am really happy that I found this Befriending opportunity with FCV Dorcas through my employer. Since coming down to London, I felt very lonely and miss my family and friends back home…especially my Grandparents but now I have made a new friend. Annie is like my second grandma. I see her every week and she makes me laugh so much.” Angela (Volunteer))

The Telephone Club

The Telephone Club is a highly effective and valuable service, offering a crucial link to isolated or housebound people.

In a normal year our Telephone Club volunteers come into the office or telephone from home making calls in rotation to a membership of 60 people. We are very grateful for the time and commitment put in by our 2 regular and other telephone club volunteers.

The Telephone Club clients have sometimes said that the calls are often the only social contact they have received since the last call. The volunteers give out practical advice as well as social support, helping members to sort out problems they may be experiencing.

“It’s been a pleasure and felt really positive to be calling my 5 ladies during these strange times. Every week the conversations become easier and more open, and they keep me grounded and are a wonderful insight into their lives now and in the past.” Wendy (Volunteer)

“I look forward to the calls. It is my chance to have a chat and exchange news now I can’t get out of the flat very easily.” Karen B (Client)

Outings

For people who rarely go far from home, if they are able to go out at all, there is an obvious benefit in escaping the inner city environment and spending the day with their friends in a countryside or seaside location.

This past year, thanks to Fred, Stephen, Galen and Edward, our wonderful Minibus drivers, our Lunch Club and Befriending members have been able to go on many different outings and monthly shopping trips.

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been able to go on many different outings and
monthly shopping trips.
Special outings have included day trips to
Whitstable and Southend with the volunteer
support of corporate supporters. Universal
McCann (UM) have also generously hosted us
for afternoon tea and lunch at their prestigious
offices opposite The Old Bailey. Special thanks
must go to UM Volunteer, Veronica Moro, who
has helped to facilitate our Partnership.
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Assisted Shopping Trips

Throughout the year FCV Dorcas organises assisted shopping trips to local supermarkets and large shopping centres further afield. These outings are offered to clients in rotation so that everyone who wishes to participate will get an opportunity to do so during the course of the year.

“I really enjoy the shopping trips. It has a practical purpose but it is a nice atmosphere and we often stop for lunch.” Maria M (Client)

Destinations normally include stores in Leyton, Haringey, Holloway’s Nags Head shopping area, Tottenham Hale, Chingford, Elephant & Castle, Old Kent Road, Wood Green shopping city, a garden centre in Enfield and other local markets.

This door-to-door service accommodates wheelchair and shopping trolley users and supplies volunteer ‘pushers’ and carriers where needed. Being able to see and choose food and clothes, rather than ordering via a third party, is much appreciated by the regular and new clients who use this service. It is widely considered an important aspect of remaining independent and feeling in control.

The service allows shoppers to select Christmas, birthday and other presents for friends and family to maintain a personal touch, and also visit larger shops that offer more choice. The door-to-door assisted service means they are not restricted in the amount they are able to purchase. The excursion is also an opportunity to socialise and to have a meal out for those who want it.

DIY & Gardening

We receive many referrals for practical tasks such as decorating, DIY and gardening. Some of these may be passed on to other more appropriate agencies set up to deal with these requests.

It is our general policy not to ask volunteers to take on work that would normally be considered ‘paid’ work.

However, these requests might include simple tasks such as taking down and re-hanging curtains, tidying up gardens or re-arranging furniture. These tasks are way beyond the capability of most of our service users and sometimes they have nobody to turn to. The volunteers have continued to fill that gap.

Art Club

Another wonderfully successful year of Creative Projects with CREATE ARTS sponsored and hosted by our generous friends at ASHURST LLB Members who took part in this special monthly opportunity said it was “such enjoyable and fun sessions…

...and the Free lunches (especially the sausage rolls!)” are wonderful!.. the CREATE ARTS Team and Ashurst Volunteers seemed to agree! Our Members love taking part and being able to take their lovely creative projects home to show friends and family and display them proudly! We are all looking forward to more creating in the coming year Thanks to our friends at CREATE ARTS and ASHURST LLB.

Art Group members also join in with the special outings and seaside trips.

“The Ashurst sessions allow me to eat, chat, and create with others. The volunteers also provide a chance for pleasant cross-generational conversations that I rarely get otherwise.” (Client)

Lucia’s Story

Rosaria’s report about Lucia:

Mum was born in East Africa in a place called Asmara in Eritrea, during the Italian colonisation of that part of Africa.

She came to the UK 30 years ago to be with me. She lived in Italy prior to coming to the UK, living with friends

She has four children, two in America, one in Italy and me here, the youngest. Mum also adopted a child which she brought with her to the UK; she is now 36 years of age.

She has always been active, always loved socialising, so the lunch club and in particular the art workshop is a way for her to reconnect with people in a safe and fun environment.

In terms of jobs, she has done a bit of this and that; she has worked in a launderette, been a cashier in different stores but her main passion and income was crocheting young children’s clothing, dresses, hats, socks, jumpers and skirts.

She talks about what she did in the lunch club all the time. She really likes the staff.

Mum has 6 grandchildren, 2 are my lovely daughters of 18 and 20, whom she sees often. The others are abroad.

In the UK she has done a lot of volunteering, in charity shops etc.

Mum is now mostly housebound, she’s not able to take public transport, she doesn’t leave her house alone and is pretty much waiting on someone to prepare her meal and take her out for medical appointments.

Our dad died early on, so she brought us up single-handed, cooking at events etc.

Her Italian dad taught her to cook from a very young age so she used to cook different meals for her family over the years.

Coming to the lunch club gives her some freedom, she doesn’t have to bother (like she says) people to take her out. She gets picked up, a carer gives her medication and she’s ready to go. The lunch club gives her hope, she looks forward to the Mondays and Thursdays.

Unfortunately, after the pandemic lockdown she felt isolated and alone.

She has been diagnosed with dementia, she doesn’t cook any more, she doesn’t see friends as much and her main highlight of the week is coming to the lunch club.

The workshop is her favourite. It has given her confidence, she loves getting rewarded and being told she’s done very well. She can’t wait to show me and the grandchildren what she’s made. She’s also grateful and tells me how hard the staff work.

Since she started going to the lunch club, I feel she has regained a bit of her freedom, a place where she can be herself. She looks forward to the few days a week.

VAI Volunteers of the Year 2025

transport, staffing and various other major and minor crises. She has shown her genuine care by working several hours in her own time and over holidays, calling and visiting the older isolated lunch club members at home or in hospital to chat and to make sure they were fine.

Older Volunteer of the year 60+

Izzy Wise, our Volunteer Services’ Co-ordinator, nominated Felicity Hart for this award.

Felicity has been involved with FCV Dorcas for many years and has been on the management committee and a trustee since her retirement in 2009. She has worked tirelessly to keep our lunch club running every Monday and Thursday, despite many challenges over the years with

Felicity received “Highly Commended” for this award, in recognition of her work with the lunch club and its clients.

Volunteer Summary

Each year we talk to a volunteer to hear their thoughts about their experience with FCV Dorcas. This year we spoke to Galen Troup.

Have you always lived in the area?

to navigate the busy and sometime narrow streets of Islington in a rather large minibus.

I’ve lived in or near London my whole life, but only moved to Islington in 2023, after betraying South London for North.

What is the most challenging aspect of your contribution?

What volunteering do you do?

Avoiding getting too angry at inconsiderate drivers on the roads!

I drive the minibus once a week for the Lunch Club – picking up guests in the morning, and dropping them off in the afternoon. I also help out where I can at lunch – serving teas and coffees, and chatting to the guests.

What do you enjoy most about volunteering

Feeling that I’ve made a difference to the guests’ weeks – particularly those who might struggle to get out and about otherwise.

How did you come to get involved with FCV Dorcas?

Has it made a difference to you?

My dad, Edward, also drives for the Lunch Club – he recommended it when I was looking for volunteering opportunities during a career break. FCV needed more drivers, and I thought it might be quite a fun challenge!

It’s certainly improved my driving, and use of wing mirrors! It’s also brought me in touch with a very diverse and interesting group of people – both the guests and the other volunteers.

Would you recommend the project?

How do you feel about your volunteering experience?

It’s a brilliant project and a great bunch of people – so yes!

I’ve found it very rewarding – it’s been fun getting to know all the guests, and learning how

Statement of Financial Activities for year ending 31 March 2025

The Team

Trustees and Executive Management Committee 2024-2025

Income

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||| |---|---| |Grants|33,356| |Donations|1,726| |Fundraising|724| |Services|6,080| |Interest|506| |Miscellaneous|0| |TOTAL|£42,392|

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Expenditure

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||| |---|---| |Staff Costs|7,945| |Volunteer Expenses|819| |Ambulance Costs|7,085| |Lunch Club & Activities|6,214| |Other Support Costs|3,192| |Governance|2,320| |Other|594| |TOTAL|£28,169|

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Martin Crookston

Andrew Thompson (Chair) Felicity Hart (Vice Chair & Secretary) Lesley Tadman (Treasurer) Richard Betts

Liam Denning (Management Committee only) Peter Muswell (Trustee only)

Staff

Izzy Wise (part time Volunteer Services Co-ordinator)

Volunteers

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FINSBURY & CLERKENWELL VOLuNfEERS FINANCIAL AccoiiNrs 31 MARCH 2025 Register1 Charity No 268511

FINSBURY & CLERKENWELL VOLUNTEERS REFERENCE AND ADMtMSTRATtVE DETAttS OF THE CHARITY YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 Nme of Organisation FiA8bwy & Clerkenwell Voluntee Rwstsred (lrn¢e Tr CoTtununity R(A)m 21a Midsrdy House Manningford Cl(tse tAJThlon ECIV7HP Trustees Andrew Thompwn Chair Felicity Hart Vice Chair & Secretary Lesley Tadman Treasurer Richard Be Peter Mu5well M#agement Committee Felicity Hart L£sley Tadman Richard BeLs Martin Crrx)kston Vice Chair & Secretary Bankers CCLA 80 CheaFGide EC2V 6DZ CAF Bank Ltd 25 King5 Hill Aven Kings Hill Kent ME19 4TA 2of16

FINSBURY & CLERKENWELL VOLUNTEEILS TRUSTEKS REfoRT YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 The tsustea8 present th¢Rr r¢rM)rt ac£ounts foryear eThled 31st March 2025. have compiled with guidan(Y issued by the Chty CLMnmiSsiI srRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT The Management ComTnittee meel at six weekly intervals whtte ye[S are heard from the Trwurer and the part.time Volun*er Servic48 c(thin. CutT¢nt aj firturc athiviti¢s are discuss adapttng ¥licy as nwary. The tsustees meet quarterly. TnLqtees are elethed at the Annual Genuai Meeting (AGM). Thjstees may be cfropted d]ng the cowse of yeaT but sEaThl for ¢l¢¢tion at the ncxt AGM when exe¢utiv¢ officers including the Chair. Secrew and Treasurer are aptx)intsJ. Isabella Wise was the part-time Volunte¢r Servi¢es c)rdInatorTgp0rtin8 to metnbers ofthe Management Committee from May 2019. Accounts are subject to all amlual indeFtndent exami owEcrivES The constition'S objeettve is to relieve those in the aTea of trthefit th are in circumstsnces of need, hardship and distress as a result of ag4 disability or otherwise by reavitll placing swwyising a lea of volunte¢rs to Tnaintain and improve their qulty of lifr. The services provided to maintain the alx)ve obj¢cliv&% are detaileAJ elsewhere in the Annual R¢pK)rL They inclu(k befriendin& a(%sIble tratisim lunch club kiliti&% telephone ttsellin assisted shopping trAP& 0ing4 holidays and practiul tkn. FINANCIAL REVIEW The statement of Financial Activitie5 shows a t4)tal irKome for the y¢ar of £41392 and ¢xp¢nditure of £28,190. TesLLlting in a profft of £14.XJ2 the year. The wua%tricteAJ funds w&s £29,528 by the ¢nd of the year. FirruRE PLANS There is an ongoing plan to increase free resuves in (a8e of problems ow existing fimding streams thi¢h need to be monitOTed and mainlaiTRt 3of16

FINSBURY & CLERKENWELL VOLUNTEERS TRUSTEES REPORT YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 IUSK MANAGEMENT The trustees have a risk manwent strategy. ithich comprtses OF. An annual Tevi¢w of th¢ risks the charity may face: The esxablishment of WettLS & Éo mitigate those risks identified in the plan: & * The implemenratson of pr(re3 designed to minimise any tM)*fflial impact on the charit should those risks rnaterialise. RESPONSIBILrriES OF THE TRUSTEES statements are required by law to gdve a twe and fair view of the stafr of affairs of the charity and of the surplus or deficit of the charity for that riod tog¢th¢r with its assets & liabilities at the end of the peri(Nl and adequately dI]ngUish any material special tru51 or othu restricted fund ofthe charity. tn preparing these financial sttteM, the trustees aTe required to: ' select suitable ac¢y)wiling poli¢i¢s and then apply them cotL8iStently> * make JIg¢ts and estinhates that are Yeasonable and prudenL ' prepare the fitwicial Statements on the going corn basls unless it is inappropriate to The trust$ are resrx)L8ible for keeping proper accounling which disclose with reasonable accwacy at any time the fttmncial position of the charity and which enabl¢ them to ensu that the financial statements ¢omply with the SORPS isgjed by the ChaTities Commission. The trustees are also responsible for safr8uardin8 the of the charity and for tsking YeOnle steps for the prevenlion and detection of fra] aT¥J other irregularthes Ap&Ved by the trsteeS on 11.11 . i< and signol on its half by-.- Andrew Thompsot4 Chair 4of16

FINSBURY & CLERKENWELL VOLUNTEERS INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 have examined the acwunts ofth¢ charity for the year ended 31st March 2025. which are sei oul on pa8es 5 to 12. RESPECTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE TRUSTEES AND EXAMINER As the tru51ees of the Charity. you are responsible for the preparatson of the accounts J you consider thai the audit rquirement of section 43(2) Charities Act do&5 not apply. It is my responsibility to state, on th¢ bgsis of pro¢edur¢s specified in the Generdl directs.ons given by the Chariry Commissioners under s¢ction 43(7Xb) ofthe ACL whether particular matteT5 have come w my notice. BASIS OF EXAMINER'S REPORT This report is in respect of examinaiion carried out in a¢cordan¢¢ with The Genernl Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includc5 a T¢view of the accounting rerdS kept by the organisation and a cornparison of the accounts with those iecord%. ki also includes a considerntion of any unusual items or disc105ures in the accoun and seeking explanations from you &5 tru5tee5 concerning any such m&tters. The procedures undertaken do not constitrAe an audiL EXAMINER'S STATEMENr Based on my ex8minalion, no matter has wme to my 8ttention which gives me reasonabl¢ Cause to believe that in any material respect ac¢ounting re¢ords have not bttn kept in attordance with se¢tion 41 of the ACL or that the accounts present¢d do not a¢¢ord with those records or comply with the Accounting requirements of th¢ ACL No matter h&$ come to my attention ift connection with my examination to which. in my opinion. attention should be drawn to enable a propKr understanding of the accounts. DNA Associates I l Merlins Court 30 Marg¢ry Street London wclx OJG Date 05 02r 5of16

FINSBURY & CLERKENWELL VOLUNTEERS STATEMEKf OF FINANCIAL ACllVITIES ONCORPORATING THE INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUND YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 Unrestricte( Rt5trieted Totsl FuDds Funds Fullds 2025 2025 Total Funds 2024 2025 Note INCOME FROM Donations and legacies Income from charitsblc ¥¢tiviti¢s Other trading activiti&8 Investment income 35.082 35.082 6,804 25.670 8,157 S(kS 42J92 785 34.612 TOTAL INCOME 41392 EXPENDITURE ON Cost of rnising fun&q Chayitable aclivities TOTAL EXPENDITURE (82) 28.108 28,190 (82) 28,108 0 (28.Ig)) 38.174 (38,174 NET INCOMEI(EXPEI¥DrfuRE) 14202 E4202 (3,563) RECONCILIATEON OF FUNDS Totsi fimds brought forward 15.326 15J26 18,888 TOTAL FUNDS CARIUED FORWARD 29.528 29.528 15.326 The Statement of Fina181 Activtties incluts all gal* and Ie$ rwised in the year All of the abov¢ amounts relth to continuing activiti¢s. Th¢ notes Lm Foges 7 kn 12 fonn Fmrt of thtse financial stateTnents. 6of16

FINSBURY & CLERKENWELL VOLUNTEEILS BALANCE SHEET YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 2025 202S 2024 2W14 Nots FIXED ASSETS Tangible FIX Ass&s CURRENT ASSETS Cash at Bank and in HaTrl Debt015 31.436 820 32256 17.187 820 18,008 CREDITORS: Amounts falling due within one year io 2.729) 2.682 NET CURRENT ETs 29.527 15.326 T(yfAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES 29.527 15,326 NET ASSETS 29.527 15.326 CHARrrY FUNDS Unrestricte4 Income Funds Designated ItKom¢ Funds Restricted Income FwxLs li 12 13 29.528 15,326 TOTAL FUNDS 29,528 15,326 The acCOts have been prepared iti accordw ththe Financial ReFK)rting S12Nlard 102 Ll ts) L 5- Andrew Thompson (Chair): Felicity Hart (Vi¢¢ Cbair): The Th)tes on pages 8 to 13 form pth of these financial statem 7of16

FINSBURY & CLERKENWELL VOLUNTEEILS NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 i. AccouiYriNG POLICIFS: Basis ol pr¢pargtion Th¢ Charity Constitutes a public benefit eniity as defined by FRS I2. The financial statements have Ien prepara in accordamce with A¢coimting and ReportÉng by CltieS. Stskment of Recommended Pra1¢¢ applicable to charities preparin8 their accounts in accordance wth the Financial Rwrting Standard applicable in the UK and Republtc of Irel issued in Octottr 2019. the FAtiaDcial ReFwtin8 Stsndard applicable in the United Kingdom and Reptthlic of Jreland ffRS 102). The Ckwities Act 2011 and UK Generally Ac¢ept¢d Accounting Prncti¢e ID¢otne All in¢ome is rwised once the Clty has en11demt tothe income. it is wssible that the income will I reLYived and th¢ atnowits of inwie receivable can be me&sured reliably. Fund a¢counting Restricted fund5 are grant4 doni(ms and other irKoming resou which are to be for slf1¢ purposes a5 laid down by the donor. Expenditure whith meets these criteria is to the fuTrJ. Unrestricted funds are grants. donations and otFr incomtng resOurS Te£eivabl¢ for the objects of the charity without specthed purFK)se and are available general fth. Res0ree$ expended All expenditurc is inCled on an bL8is. inclusive of8ny VAT. thich wfflot be [er Expenditure is all(ted to specific activities wh¢T¢ the cost r¢12t&8 directly to that. I DONATIONS AND LEGACILS: UDrestrirtrf R&8tricted Totsl FuDds Fund5 Funds 2025 2025 2025 Totsl FuDds 2024 Donations Ordllt5 1.726 33J56 35.082 1.726 33,356 35,082 2.170 23,500 25.670 8of16

FINSBURY & CLERKENWELL VOLiJNfEERS NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR EfrfDED 31 MARCH 2025 2& DONATIONS: U•restric¢e£ Restric1 Total Funds Funds Fulld5 Totsl Z025 2025 2025 2024 L4)eal GivÉng John Lewis PIC Ics Ebay Sales Wel8on BoniF&¢ PM UM Impact Day <3 Nickn1&8 Meldram Fo¢u$ 4 U Limited Mark Soph Donation Ronald Bennett BACS 2412027261CF CAF 76 76 252 775 i(K) 108 5(Kl 150 5(Kl 150 1,726 1.726 2.170 2b. GRANTS: Tot*1 Funds 2024 Funds 2025 Flld$ 2025 Ftrttds 2025 Worshipfvl Co Insurers Ics City Bridge Comrnunity Chcst Make it HapFn Local InitiatÉve Fund Denvent Loftdon Foyle Foundation The Foyle FouDdation 2,5(K) 10.156 10.0 10.156 10.(M)O 15,500 450 3250 450 3,250 5.(K)O 23.500 33J56 33.356 3. INCOME FROM CHARITABLE AcrivrriES: Totsi Funds 21)24 Funds 2025 FuDds 2025 21)25 Grants Other Incolne 8.157 8.157 6.804 6,804 9of16

FINSBURY & CLERKENWELL VoLUrEERs NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 3& GRANTS: Unres¢rlele( Restrfcted Totsl Funds Funds Fmnds 2025 2025 2025 Totsl Funds 2024 LtF 3b. OTHER INCOME: Umrestiith Restri¥d Total Fwttds Funds Fnnds 2025 2025 21125 Totsl Funds 2024 Fund Raising Lunch Club Shopping Trips Mis(zllaneou5 724 5.780 724 5,780 3iY) 853 130 6.804 6.804 8,157 4. OTHER TRADING ACTivrriES: Unrestrldu Restii¢te41 Total Funds Fvnds Funds 2(r25 2025 2025 Total Funds S. INVESTMENT INCOME: U#reytriete( Restrided Totsl Funds Funds Funds 2025 2025 TotAI Funds 2024 2025 Bank interest received 51 51 506 5( 785 785 cosrs OF RAISING FUNDS: To¢1 FuDds 2025 Tots] Funds 21n4 Fundrnising 82 Ioof16

FINSBURY & CLERKENWELL VOLuwfEERS N(yr£s TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEF4TS YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 7. cosrs OF CHARITABLE AcrtvrriES: Totsl Funds 2025 Funds 2024 Staff Costs Support Costs Direct Project Expenditure Governance 13.405 7,163 15.429 2,177 38.174 4.523 13.299 1320 28,108 7& STAFF COSTS: Tot*1 Fvnds 2024 Funds 2025 Stsff S&laries Payroll Liabilities Pension 7.8 13,(M 405 13,405 The average number of employees during the year was one: 7b. SUPPORT COSTS: Total ds 2025 Totsl Fulld$ 21)24 Volunteer Expenses Computey EXn$¢$ & Website Telephone Hcat & Light Insurdnce Office suppli¢s Bank Charges Miscellaneous 819 2.780 1.146 724 1.080 2.(ffJ5 777 972 594 4,523 7.164 7L DIRECT PROJE EXPENDfwRE: Totsl Funds 2025 Total Funds 2024 Minibus Running Cc6ts Outgoings & Activities Lunch Club 7.085 6,722 6214 13299 8,707 15.429 llof16

FINSBURY & CLERKENWELL VOLuKfEERS NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMEiYYS YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 21ll5 7d. GOVERNANCE: Totxl Funds 21125 Totsl Funds 2024 Independ1 Exarninknon Payroll SetViC45 A[U81 ReAGm 1.2(K> 1.2(M) 654 2,320 569 2.176 CASH AT BANK AND IN HAND: Totsl Funds Totsl FuDds 2024 CCLA 9.875 20.475 1,086 31.436 9.409 7.560 218 17.187 Petty Cash 9. DEBTORS: Total ds 2025 Tot•l Funds 2024 Other Debtors. Payroll HMRC refimds 2019120 aThl 2ff20r21 Payroll HMRC refunds 2023124 480 340 820 820 12of16

FII¥SBURY & CLERKENWELL VOLUNTEERS N(yrES TO THE FINANCIAL ATEmENTs YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 21)25 10. CREDITORS: Amounts fallimg due withi• otte yeAr Total Funds 2025 Total Funds 2024 Indevent Examination Other Credttors- pension NET Wagas HMRC Payroll Li#bli ities 12(M) 242 1287 1.200 189 1.293 1729 2,682 11. UNRESTiucfED INCOME FUNDS= Bttl#we¢ It Inconng Olllgolng fransfer. Balance al l Apr 2024 Resources Resollrce5 Inl{out) l Apr 2025 G•)eral 15,326 15.326 41392 {28,190) 41392 (28,190) 29,528 29.528 12. DESICNATED INCOME FVNDS: Balanct at ltt¢omlng Outgoing fransfev. Balance at l Apr 2in4 Resourca Ruourct5 IDI(out) l Apr 21)25 13. RESTRICTED INCOME FUNDS: BalDee at Ineoming Owtgoivg fr•xsfep. Balance at l Apr 2024 Resowrces Resources IDI(out) l Apr 2025 I& SUMMARY OF NET ASSE18 BY FUNDS URrc4tricteiDesigntedR¢stricted Total Totsl Funds Funds Fllnds Funds Funds 2025 2025 2025 2025 2024 Fixed Ass¢ts Net cTrt Assets 29.527 29.527 29,527 0 29,527 15,326 15,326 13of16

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FINSBURY & CLERKENWELL VOLuwfEERS DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL AcfiviTIES YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 2025 21)24 INCOME FROM DONATIOIYS AND LEGACIES Donations .726 2,170 Grants WorS"pful Co insurers Ics Ciry Brid8e Community Chest Make it Happett Local Iniliativ¢ FUT Derwent London Foyle Fouthioo The Foyle Fouthtion 2J 10,156 10,(KJO 15,500 450 3250 35,082 25,670 INCOME FROM CHARITABLE A1VITIEs Grnnts LIF Otber ltttom• Fund Raisin8 Lunch Club Shopping Trips Miscellafteous 853 6,994 130 5.780 31x1 6,804 8,157 OTHER TRADING A]VITIEs INVESTMENT INCOME Bank Interest Received 506 785 TOTAL INCOME 42J92 34,612 Worshipfvl Co Insurets Ics City Bridge Community Chest Make it Happen Inilialive Fd DetTrvent London Foyle Foundation The Foyie Foutylation 15of16

FINSBURY & CLERKENWELL VOLUNTEERS DETAILED sfATEMEKf OF FINANCIAL AcfMTIES YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025 2025 2024 EXPENDrruRE COST OF RAISING FUNDS Fundrdtsing 82 82 CHARITABLE AcfivmES Staff Costs Staff Salaries Pension 13,0(K) 405 Support Costs Volunt¢¢r Expenses Computer Expenses & weilIe Telephone Fleat & Light Insurdnc¢ otTi¢¢ supplies Bank Charges Miscellaneoths 819 2.780 1.146 724 1,080 2,IB5 777 972 594 Direel Projett Costs Minibus Rurtrting Costs Oulgoings & Activities Lunch Club 7,085 6214 8.707 Governance Costs tndependent Examinati(Jn Payroll Services Annual Rew>rtlAGM 12 407 569 38.175 654 28.108 TOTAL EXPENDITURE 28,1 38.175 NET INCOMEI(EXPENDITURE) FOR THE YEAR 14202 3,563 16ot16

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WHAT FCV Dorcas (FINSBURY & CLERKENWELL VOLUNTEERS) ACHIEVED IN 2024–2025

Chair’s Report

Background

Accessible Transport Project

Our Supporters

AHMM

Lunch Club & Parties

Befriending & Carer Support

The Telephone Club

Outings

Assisted Shopping Trips

DIY & Gardening

Art Club

Lucia’s Story

VAI Volunteers of the Year 2025

Older Volunteer of the year 60+

Volunteer Summary

Have you always lived in the area?

What is the most challenging aspect of your contribution?

What volunteering do you do?

What do you enjoy most about volunteering

Has it made a difference to you?

Would you recommend the project?

Statement of Financial Activities for year ending 31 March 2025

The Team

Trustees and Executive Management Committee 2024-2025

Income

Expenditure

Staff

Volunteers