# **THE WORSHIPFUL THE MAYOR OF ROYAL GREENWICH COUNCILLOR JIT RANABHAT** **MAYOR’S CHARITY APPEAL 2024 - 2025 Registered Charity No: 282789** ## **ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS** ## **INTRODUCTION** The Mayor of Royal Greenwich Appeal Fund was set up by a Trust Deed on 18[th] May 1981 and aims to further such exclusive charitable objects as the Mayor may from time to time in writing appoint. In 2024-2025, at the beginning of the Mayoral year, May 2024, the Mayor of Royal Greenwich, Councillor Jit Ranabhat, chose to support Commonwealth and Gurkha Garden Project and Bowel Cancer UK. ## **ACTIVITIES DURING 2024-2025** A programme of fundraising activities was organized by the Mayor’s Office. The programme was approved by the Mayor, Councillor Jit Ranabhat. There was a wide range of activities, such as The Big Half Marathon, London Marathon, Golf Day, Coffee Morning, Business Awards, Carol Concert, and Charity Dinner Also, there were donations made both directly to the Mayor’s Office or by Just Giving. ## **OUTCOME OF FUNDRAISING** The total raised was £44,182.19. Councillor Ranabhat would like to discuss how the monies raised should be shared between the two causes at the Trustees meeting. ## **COMMONWEALTH AND GURKHA GARDEN PROJECT** ## £ 30,182.19 This is being organized and based at the St George’s Garrison Church Trust in Woolwich, SE18. The Royal Borough of Greenwich has many communities with commonwealth connections, including those from West Africa, the Caribbean, South Asia and our substantial Gurkha Community. The Trust are connecting with these links to bring the project fruition. The garden will be on the land to the north of the church, Juliet Sargeant is a celebrated British Garden designer of British/Tanzanian parentage bringing her skills and experience to the project. Her design concept is based on the “Fault Lines” of conflict and reconciliation with sympathetic planting of glasses, flower and shrubs, enhanced by artwork and artefacts drawn from the constituent peoples of the commonwealth & Nepal. ## **BOWEL CANCER UK** ## £ 14,000. Bowel Cancer UK is the UK’s leading Bowel Cancer charity. They are determined to save lives and improve the quality of life of everyone affected by Bowel Cancer. Their vision is a future where nobody dies of the disease. - Provide expert information and support to patients and their families - Campaign for early diagnosis and access to best treatment and care - Support and fund research to help people dying of bowel cancer - Educate the public and professionals about the disease Bringing people together – patients, families and friend, doctors and nurses, scientists and researchers, politicians and campaigners and everyone fundraising for us to create a future where nobody dies of the disease. ## **CURRENT POSITION** The figures presented in the Audited Accounts for the Mayor’s Charity Appeal 2024/2025 are for the period 1[st] June 2024 – 31[st] May 2025. Transactions occurring after this have been included in that Mayoral year’s accounts and noted in the cash book as being received after 31[st] May 2025. As at 17[th] June 2025, the bank accounts show a total balance of £44,182.19 to donate to the The Commonwealth and Gurkha Garden Project, and Bowel Cancer UK. ## **NAME OF TRUSTEES** The name of all the Charity Trustees on 10[th] February, 2026, when the Annual Report was approved are as follows;- - The Mayor of Royal Greenwich, Councillor Linda Bird (ex-officio) (Chair) - - The Chief Executive of Royal Greenwich, Debbie Warren (ex-officio) Past Mayors Cllr Jit Ranabhat, Cllr Leo Fletcher, Mick Hayes and Janet Gillman are the Nominative Trustees appointed by the Mayor to serve for one year. ## **ACCOUNTS** The Annual Accounts for 2024-2025 (1[st] June 2024 to 31[st] May 2025) have been audited and have been found to give a true and fair view of the Mayor’s Charity Funds as at 31[st] May, 2025 and of its income and expenditure for the year. ## **DONATIONS** The Mayor’s Charity received £44,182.19 during the 2024-2025 Mayoral year. ## **PAYMENTS** No payments were paid out during 2024-2025 (1[st] June 2023 to 31[st] May 2024). The accounts were audited in November 2025 by Audit Service, Bromley Council. Mayor’s Office, Royal Borough of Greenwich, Town Hall, Wellington Street, Woolwich, SE18 6PW Tel: 020 8921 5023, email: mayor@royalgreenwich.gov.uk THE WORSHIPFUL MAYOR'S CHARITY ACCOUNTS Balance Sheet As at 31st M THE WORSHIPFUL MAYOR's CHARITY ACCOUNTS
Income and Expenditure Account
For the year ending 31st May 2025
£ Income £
2023/24 2024/25
22,571 Donations 44,182
0 Interest 0
0 Charities Aid Payments 0
0 Adjustments 0
0 Just Giving 302
3,930 RBG Contributions - Management/Admin 4,068
0 - Cost of Holding Events 0
26,501 48,553
£ Expenditure £
2023/24 2024/25
0 Grants Paid and Event Costs 0
0 Just Giving 302
3,930 RBG Contributions 4,068
0 Bank Charge(s) 0
3,930 4,371
22,571 Surplus/(Deficit) 44,182
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||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**_THE WORSHIPFUL MAYOR's CHARITY ACCOUNTS_**|||||||| ||**_Balance Sheet_**||||||| ||**_As at 31st May 2025_**||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| |**_2023/24_**|||||||**_2024/25_**| ||||||||| |**£**|||**_Current Assets_**||||**£**| ||||||||| |_22,571_|||||||_44,182_| ||||||||| ||||_Cash at Bank_||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| |**_22,571_**|||||||**_44,182_**| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||**_Represented by:_**||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| |0
_22,571_|||_Fund Balance b/fwd_||||0
_44,182_| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||_Surplus/deficit_||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| |**_22,571_**|||||||**_44,182_**| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| |**_Debbie Warren, Honorary Treasurer._**|||||||| ||||||||| ||**_THE WORSHIPFUL MAYOR, COUNCILLOR Jit Ranabhat_**|**_THE WORSHIPFUL MAYOR, COUNCILLOR Jit Ranabhat_**|**_THE WORSHIPFUL MAYOR, COUNCILLOR Jit Ranabhat_**|**_THE WORSHIPFUL MAYOR, COUNCILLOR Jit Ranabhat_**|**_THE WORSHIPFUL MAYOR, COUNCILLOR Jit Ranabhat_**|**_THE WORSHIPFUL MAYOR, COUNCILLOR Jit Ranabhat_**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**_THE MAYOR OF GREENWICH'S APPEAL FUND_**||||||| ||**_CHARITY: The Commonwealth and Gurkha Garden Project and Bowel Cancer UK_**||||||| ||**_Draft Receipts & Payments Account_**||||||| ||**_From 1st June 2024 to 31st May 2025(12 Months)_**||||||| ||||||||| ||**INCOME**||||||| |||||||**£**|| ||Annual Memorial Tree Event - 13.08.24|||||30.11|| ||Business Awards - 07.02.25|||||1,850.00|| ||CAF Donation|||||200.00|| ||Diwali Reception - 15.11.24|||||441.02|| ||Donation|||||817.42|| ||Just GivingFee Reimbursement|||||302.40|| ||LMA Annual Walk 02.03.25|||||891.50|| ||London and Kent Mayors Visit to the CuttySark Shipand the Painted Hall - 28.04.25|||||720.00|| ||London Mayors Assoc - Annual Whittington Walk - 02.03.25 - Donation|||||320.00|| ||London New Year Parade|||||5,000.00|| ||Mayoress TeejFestival - 31.08.24|||||4,435.87|| ||Mayor's Carol Concert,Charlton House,06.12.24|||||1,440.00|| ||Mayor's CharityGolf Day- 10.10.24|||||4,005.00|| ||Mayor's End of Term CharityDinner - 10.05.25|||||10,802.71|| ||The BigHalf - 01.09.24|||||3,523.56|| ||The London Marathon 27.04.25|||||9,324.20|| ||VE80 DayCommemoration Service - 08.05.25|||||380.80|| |||||||**44,484.59**|| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||**RBG Cont to cost of events**||||||| |||Management Fee|||||4,068.34| ||||||||| ||**TOTAL INCOME**||||||**48,552.93**| ||||||||| ||**Less EXPENDITURE**||||||| ||||||||| ||Cost of Holding Events met by RBG:||||||| |||Management Fee||||(4,068.34)|| |||Just GivingFee||||(302.40)|| ||||||||| ||**TOTAL EXPENDITURE**||||||**(4,370.74)**| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||**EXCESS OF INCOME OVER EXPENDITURE**||||||**44,182.19**| ||||||||| ||* The costs of holdingevents above,were met byRBG. Donations from external bodies of non-monetaryvalue,have not been identified for this exercise.|||||||