## AMURT UK
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## About AMURT UK
Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team (AMURT) UK works with communities to relieve the immediate suffering of those affected by disaster and crises and helps them move on with their lives. Current projects serve vulnerable communities to:
•Relieve food poverty (involving food upcycling)
•Promote healthy food/lifestyle choices
•Engage, train, upskill and coordinate volunteers to promote mental health & wellbeing
We believe every individual has the right to having their basic needs satisfied such as nourishment and being treated with respect regardless of race, gender or social status.
To do this, we work with local communities in London to relieve immediate suffering by delivering projects focused on food and feeding the homeless and vulnerable children, families and households. With the help of local volunteers, AMURT has been preparing and distributing good quality, nutritious meals for homeless and food poverty affected beneficiaries in London for over 10 years through its London Feeding Programme (LFP). At the beginning of the COVID19 pandemic, AMURT received funds to increase the number of meals prepared and distributed, which now total 14,472+ meals since April 2020.
We also run a health-food store, Food for All, in Stoke Newington; its profits are used to support our help for vulnerable and homeless beneficiaries.
Internationally we partner with other AMURT chapters, to respond to the specific needs and challenges of their local areas.
## **BACKGROUND**
AMURT (Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team) is one of the few private voluntary organisations of Third World origin, being founded in India in 1965. Its original objective was to help meet the needs of those affected by disasters that regularly hit the Indian sub-continent. Over the years AMURT has established teams in thirty four countries, creating a network that can meet development and disaster needs in many parts of the world.
In 1985 the global AMURT organisation broadened its goals to include long-term development and in 1986 AMURT was established in the UK.
AMURTEL was formed in 1975 as a sister organisation to respond specifically to the problems faced by women and children. AMURTEL is managed by women and initiates programmes that raise the standard of health and education of women and their children. The programmes also permit women to gain greater selfdetermination and economic independence.
## References and administration
|**Charity name:**|AMURT UK|
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|**Other name charity**|Ananda Marga Universal Relief Team|
|**is known by:**||
|**Registered Charity**||
|**number:**|327216|
|**Principal Address:**|3A Cazenove Road, London, N16 6PA|
|**Trustees:**|Anthony E Lovage_Chair_|
||Pierre Boyde_Treasurer_|
||Jeff Reiter|
||Grace Collins|
||P Elizabeth Driscoll|
|**Chief Executive:**|Position currently vacant|
|**Other senior**|Natasha Horn (Fundraiser)|
|**workers:**|Luis Ventura (London Programme|
||Manager)|
## Welcome from our Chair
2021 was another challenging year for our beneficiaries. In London, Food poverty, financial instability and mental health issues have been rising, particularly due to the long-lasting effects of the pandemic, rising inflation and high energy prices.
According to london.gov.uk, more than 2.3 million Londoners live below the poverty line and 33% of adults have skipped meals to save money so that their children can eat. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported that individuals showing symptoms of depression has almost doubled since the pandemic. 95% of our own volunteers have shared with us that they too experienced mental health challenges over the last 2 years. And that volunteering for AMURT has been a life line for many.
Despite Londons return to semi normality in the middle of 2021 our service user numbers remained high. In August 2021 the community centre where we prepared all our meals went back to their pre-Covid activities and AMURT activities relocated to AMURT's small kitchen at its headquarters, in Cazenove Road. It took some adjustment to move back to a smaller space. However, with a lot of ingenuity and flexibility from volunteers and staff we managed to make the transition a success and were still able to meet the demand for our meals.
Here at AMURT we are acutely aware of the delicate situation we now find ourselves in. Both from a our own financial situation but also at the community level. This year we have been blessed with a generous grant from Hackney Council to continue our core activity of feeding the homeless and vulnerable and supporting the local community to engage in this by volunteering. The funding landscape is precarious for the community sector but we believe whole heartedly in what we do and the impact we have on our community and we continue to look at different ways of diversifying our income.
But more than ever we feel eternally grateful for the incredible volunteers who come back week after week, dedicated to serving the homeless and vulnerable in London and to our very generous donors.
_Photo care of AMURT Nigeria_
**G O V I N D A L O V A G E**
AMURT UK Chair
## Our financial year in numbers
## **These figures include UK and international projects:**
Produced and delivered 8,303 nutritious meals to homeless and vulnerable people in London
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Impacted the health of more than 800 impoverished children through spirulina supplementation in Kenya
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3,320 births attended to at AMURT Assisted Health **3,320** Centres in Ebonyi State, S.E. Nigeria.
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## What we do in the UK: London Feeding Pro gramme
AMURT UK helps to reduce food poverty amongst the homeless and vulnerable children, families and households in Camden, Hackney and Islington.
Between Oct 2020 and Nov 2021 AMURT prepared over 8303 warm nutritious meals and 21,583 protein and nutrient dense snacks – Vita Bites - for the homeless and vulnerable in London. AMURT activities are almost exclusively run by dedicated volunteers. AMURT also filled 940 volunteer slots working with over 160 individual volunteers.
AMURT runs two main programmes; a hot nutritious vegetarian meal service and production of protein 25,000 ~~dense snacks to beneficiaries who have~~ difficulty accessing healthy affordable food.
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1) Hot food Service 18,750 AMURT produces hot, tasty, nutritious vegetarian food on Thursdays. Most of the raw ingredients come from City Harvest or the Felix Project who 12,500 distribute ~~food that would otherwise go to waste.~~
Since Covid-19 struck we had been conducting food prep 6,250 ~~aration activities at Mildmay Community~~ Centre, who had donated the space for use during Covid-19 times. We are incredibly grateful to Mildmay Community Centre for donating the 0 space and all their support. Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep
In August 2021 the community centre went back to their pre-Covid-19 activities and AMURT activities relocated to the kitchen in AMURT’s headquarters, in Cazenove Road.
After relocating AMURT began responding to new demands from two GP surgeries serving the homeless in Hackney and another location on Cazenove Road.
## 2) Vita Bites (AKA Go! Balls)
Vita Bites were first formulated to give much needed sustenance to the homeless and vulnerable when they can’t find a hot meal. They are protein and nutrient dense to enhance one’s health and bolster the immune system and are made from high quality, nutrient rich ingredients.
Our Vita Bites project has gone from strength to strength in 2021. We worked hard to launch Vita Bites as a separate social enterprise making the project more sustainable in the long run. In September 2021 our hard work paid off when we won a start-up grant for the business. The plan is to sell our delicious nutritious Vita Bites to health food retailers, gyms, yoga studios and health centres. For every two Vita Bites sold one will be given away to someone that really needs it through our own and our partner distributions including those of Streets Kitchen, North London Action for the Homeless, St John's Evan 25,000 ~~gelist Church, the Round Chapel and The~~ Margin’s Project.
The new en 18,750 ~~tity, Vita Bites Ltd, was incorporated at~~ the end of 2021 and we are in the process of setting up the business.
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## What we do in the UK: Food for All, London
Not-for-profit vegan health food shop Food for All has served the people of Hackney since 1976. Committed to assisting the local community to achieve optimum health and wellbeing via natural means we stock more than 250 therapeutic/culinary herbs and tinctures. The broad product range includes whole foods **,** superfoods, dry and fresh goods, supplements, body care and household products. Food for All supports new ethical entrepreneurs and stocks locally made artisan products such as soaps, shea butter, preserves and ferments.
The store is renowned for its helpful and knowledgable staff, unique community atmosphere and diverse customer base – some of whom have been shopping at the shop for nearly four decades! It is common to find staff and customers engaged in lively conversation swapping tips about nutrition, health care and local news.
Since the pandemic Food for All has become a community focal point for essential household items and nutritional and immune support and advice.
Profits from Food for All go to AMURT charitable activities.
_Location:_ 25,000 _Food for All, 3 Cazenove Road, Stoke Newington, London, N16 6PA_
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## International projects we work with: AMURTEL Greece
_**There are 171,000+ recognised refugees and asylum seekers in Greece.**_
_**30% are single women or single mothers. One in every five female refugees experiences sexual violence.**_
_**92% women who attended sessions at AMURTEL said they were able to help other women in their community due to what they**_
_**600 refugee and migrant women in Athens attended support groups on infant and toddler care, sexual and reproductive health and gender based violence**_
_**learned at AMURTEL. A small but significant number of women help others in the areas of women’s health and contraception as well as looking at women’s roles in society, women’s rights and gender based violence.**_
_**52% say that they have made friends at AMURTEL whom they continue to be friends with outside of the centre, decreasing the feelings of isolation and depression especially in new mothers**_
_**45% say they feel stronger in their opinions when 700 women received one to discussing matters related one antenatal/postnatal and**_ 25,000 _**to what they’ve learned infant feeding consultations at AMURTEL**_ 18,750 _**1000 plus distribution packs were**_ 12,500 ~~_**shared w**_~~ _**ith women attending the**_ **FIGURE 1.** _**Athens mother and baby center** According to Wikipedia, an_ _**73% of mothers who attended infant including food, diapers, underwear,** annual report is a_ 6,250 _comprehensive report on a_ _**feeding group sessions said their baby kits, condoms and many other** company's activities_ _**breastfeeding improved and 45% basic essentials** throughout the preceding_
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## AMURTEL Greece
At AMURTEL Greece, we believe all mothers have the right and the capacity to maintain or restore their health, well-being, dignity and selfdetermination. We believe that all infants have the right to be protected and cared for in order to foster optimum health and development. For highly vulnerable refugee and migrant populations, these rights are all too often unattainable.
The services we offer aim to mitigate the long term effects of crises on refugee and migrant infants and their mothers by supporting women to be the best possible mothers they can be and thus give their infants the best possible start in life. We do this by creating safe women’s spaces where mothers can have access to midwifery care during pregnancy and postpartum, gain knowledge about infant care and women’s reproductive health, receive support and support each other and make friendships to decrease the often debilitating effects of isolation and loneliness 25,000 ~~. A few of the other services we provide~~ are counselling and support in response to gender-based violence, art therapy support, mother a 18,750 nd baby yoga and also outreach services where they visit women in shelters, camps and their homes etc. in order to provide postpartum care for mothers and infants and also case 12,500 management for particular needs women may have.
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One thing 6,250 ~~that almost all the women have in~~ common, regardless of where they hail from, is pride in motherhood. Being a mother is a primary personal 0 and social role which defines them, both individually and in society. Most of the women Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep agree that they were raised mainly to be mothers and this brings them much joy and a sense of
fulfilment. The shared commonality of motherhood at AMURTEL allows them to gradually open up and be willing to discuss, or at least think about, a variety of topics, even sensitive ones such as sexuality, gender based cultural roles, abuse, and human rights. AMURTEL's aim is that women will become stronger through knowledge, making friends and finding themselves part of a community of mothers.
Covid impacted AMURTEL's services in Greece as it did everywhere. Though the numbers of women we were able to reach decreased due to lockdowns and closures of the centre, the staff rallied to find online ways of continuing the support so that the mothers would not feel abandoned. Whatsapp groups and online appointments were soon adopted as the next best option to in-person meetings. Being unable to physically examine pregnant women and infants, not having blood pressure and other vital measurements as diagnostic tools,
communicating through the medium of often unstable internet connections and knowing mothers needing help could not afford enough data for online consultations or groups were challenges that pushed the staff to rethink how to provide care. The outreach team did what they could visiting mothers at home within the parameters of covid restrictions. 25,000
Via online communication, pregnant women exhibiting signs of possible complications were 18,750 referred t ~~o hospital, several times with life-saving~~ results. Mothers struggling to breastfeed or feeling alone in the newness of infant care found guidance 12,500 ~~and encouragement from lactation~~ consultants ready to be there for them as needed. Mothers with questions and nowhere to turn texted to the online groups and found a 6,250 community of mothers and AMURTEL staff offering support and advice. To this day, this service continues despite no longer being in lockdown 0 ~~and it has also reached women in oher~~ Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec countries. One silver lining of the pandemic!
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_A highly intelligent young woman who had been teaching at_ 12,500 _the university in Kabul, she worked at AMURTEL for one year as the trainer in both the peer and counsellor course and the reproductive health literacy program. Soon, she and_ 6,250 _her_ ~~_bright vivacious daughter will leave Greece for Northern_~~ _Europe. Their challenges are far from over but she trusts that her courage and determination will bring them the best possible life._ 0
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_**The lifetime risk of a Nigerian woman dying during pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum or postabortion is 1 in 22, in contrast to the lifetime risk in developed countries estimated at 1 in 4900**_
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## AMURT Nigeria
AMURT Nigeria started work in S.E. Nigeria in 2010 due to its extremely high Maternal Mortality Rate: 1000 deaths in every 100,000 live births.
Most Primary Health Centres (PHCs) in these rural areas are run by the government, based on a centralized management system. They tend to deteriorate from lack of investment, are chronically understaffed, have erratic opening hours and experience low patronage due to the lack of confidence in and disconnect between the community and the PHC’s. As a result, most women prefer to give birth at home and take their sick children to local herbalists and chemists (Patented Medical Vendors) who often misuse artificial Oxytocin to induce labour, which can result in uterine rupture and sometimes fetal death. Many pregnant women don’t have access to comprehensive antenatal care and if they do, highrisk cases are rarely followed up.
AMURT Nigeria has developed a decentralized model of a 25,000 ~~ddressing the primary and maternal~~ healthcare needs of neglected remote rural populations, putting community participation at the centre of its strategy. The model demands that 18,750 the community initiate, manage and take ownership of the project in partnership with the government. It has been developed over 12 years 12,500 **FIGURE 1.** of daily presence in villages. _According to Wikipedia, an_ AMURT’s strategy has resulted in 11 well managed, _annual report is a_ high functioning PHCs with a guaranteed 24 hours 6,250 _comprehensive report on a_ service. _company's activities_ Given a boost by the successful “Every Life Counts” _throughout the preceding_ fundraising 0 ~~drive concluded in January, we were~~ _year._ able to come to the aid of victims of violence and Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec support the displaced population.
The number of pediatric surgeries sponsored by AMURT doubled. To give each patient the attention and care he or she deserves, the readiness to go the extra mile to save lives; this spirit defines the day-today work of AMURT.
Among 2021’s achievements are two new staff quarters constructed, upgrade of UloanwuHealth Center to emergency obstetric referral center, 30 new village boreholes, two new ambulances, and a new dynamic Adolescent Sexual & Reproductive Health program.
Following are some highlights of the extensive services AMURT Nigeria provides.
## **Improving access to Emergency Obstetric Care:**
AMURT’s primary goal is to reduce maternal and child mortality. In July 2021, Uloanwu Health Center was upgraded with operating theatre. In addition to making emergency obstetric care accessible in the rural areas, AMURT subsidises obstetric emergencies to make cesarean sections affordable. 80% of the 237 cesarean sections in AMURT assisted health centres were paid in full by the patients’ families. referral time delays. 82% of the cesarean sections came from outside our project areas, revealing the gap in access to emergency obstetric services in the rural areas. Only 11 % of
## **Safe Motherhood**
In 2021, the reach of AMURT’s maternal and newborn health services were limited as war forced the suspe 25,000 ~~nsion of services at Akparata and Inikiri~~ Health Centres in Effium, OhaukwuL GA. The number of deliveries in 2021 was 3320 . The percentag 18,750 e of deliveries from outside the project area was 46 %. Mgbalukwu Health Centre was the most improved with an 18% increase in number of births. Only 1.7% of total births, were referred to the 12,500 tertiary hospital due to serious complications. A total of 265 deliveries were done by caesarean section.
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## **Antenatal support:**
AMURT makes Comprehensive Antenatal Care available in all our project areas. The number of 0 women attending ANC in AMURT assisted health Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec centers was 6252.Early identification of women who are at high risk of complications is essential.
## **Quality care of mothers and newborns**
The number of complications and “near misses” (meaning the mother was very close to death) successfully managed in the health centres, or with AMURT support at referral centres, confirm that many lives were saved. AMURT reviews every maternal mortality during monthly medical team meetings to learn lessons and make changes to improve the quality of care.
## **Family planning:**
Women’s access to family planning has been described as the single most important factor in reducing maternal mortality. Accordingly, AMURT identifies women who would be at risk from pregnancy and birth and follow up with home visits by the local family planning persons. The AMURT health centres offer the women a variety of short and long term contraceptive options. Equally important is providing support for natural methods like LAM (Lactational Amenorrhea Method), as they harmonize well with cultural beliefs.
## **Every life counts**
AMURT provides support for obstetric and pediatric referrals from the health centres to the tertiary institutions. AMURT assisted health centres have doctors and facilities to manage most patients. The very serious lifethreatening cases are referred. After referral, AMURT staff makes frequent visits to ensure that the requirements for treatments are available without delay. In 2021 we assisted 48 obstetric emergencies, 94 pediatric surgeries, 75 newborn complications, and over 30 other pediatric cases.
## **Ambulance Services Save Lives**
In rural Nigeria, transport is hard to find. AMURT operates subsidised emergency transport services, serving 11 health centres. Eight ambulances with full **-** time standby drivers are based in the rural health centres, deployed exclusively for patient transport.
With the upgrade of AMURT **-** assisted health centres to emergency obstetric care centres, the number of obstetric referrals to the Federal Teaching Hospital in Abakaliki has reduced from 226 in 2018 to only 48 in 2021.
## **Maternal Health Promoters**
In AMURT’s project areas, the women in each village elect a maternal health promoter from amongst themselves. This unique network now extends to 214 villages. They conduct monthly pregnant women support group meetings and work closely with health workers from the health center. As community based volunteers, they ensure that the program is well anchored at the grassroots.
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## International projects we work with: Kenya Spirulina Nutrition Project
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## Kenya Spirulina Nutrition Project
The Spirulina Nutrition Project (SNP) works alongside a project called Free Children’s Clinics (FCC), run by Abha Light Foundation, to target children and mothers experiencing chronic malnutrition in vulnerable communities in Kenya.
The primary goal of SNP is to end malnutrition and address the dietary and nutritional needs of children and mothers through the use of spirulina.
The SNP has found spirulina to be highly effective in impacting the health of children, often with remarkable results. A small daily dose of spirulina dramatically impacts on the micro-nutrient absorption in the body. Within weeks, noticeable changes can be seen in the children’s growth, weight and psycho-social behaviour. Several recent studies have demonstrated the immune enhancing properties of spirulina also.
SNP believes in self-reliant community health and sustainability. SNP grows its own spirulina at its farm loca 25,000 ~~ted in Kambimawe village where there is~~ also a large Free Children’s Clinic.
In 2021 there was a constant production of go ~~od~~ quality sp 18,750 ~~irulina. This can be attributed mostly to~~ the presence of good piped water, which is now available at the farm. Two rooms were also constructed to house production and storage with 12,500 fully connected electricity. This has made the work of SNP become more effective and has raised the standards of quality and production. 6,250
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**Malnutrition** Malnutrition is a serious medical condition marked by a deficiency of energy, essential proteins, fats and vitamins and minerals in a diet. Malnourishment impacts all levels of a child’s present well being and future prospects. In the short term it leads to decreased immunity, making them more susceptible to infectious diseases. This can lead to, for example, poor attendance at school and poor concentration when they can attend. In the longer term it impacts on their physiological and cognitive development, which in turn affects their future productivity and potential.
Malnutrition is the most recognizable and perhaps most outward consequence of poverty in children. The United Nations FAO (Food and Agricultural Organization) recognises that hunger is not just the scarcity of food but also the inability of individuals to access what is referred to as nutritious food. Most families in Sub-Saharan Africa, Kenya included, cannot afford a balanced diet more than twice a week, which is one of the main reasons these vulnerable communities are experiencing such endemic malnutrition.
SNP has found spirulina supplementation to provide a positive solution as it is easy to produce locally and highly nutritious.
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## International relief projects we support
Over the course of this last year we have supported several international disaster relief projects.
This includes relief work after Typhoon Odette in the Philippines. Here the AMURT chapter on the ground ensured survivors received clean water, hot food and help with rebuilding their homes.
We also supported a project in Bihar state in India. Here we helped very poor communities who suffered during the devastating second wave of Covid-19, in the spring and summer of 2021, as a health and welfare crises spread in the local rural areas of India. The local AMURT chapter in coordination with the Ananda Nagar Naturopathy Center held regular medical and education camps which impacted the lives of 1300 poor tribal villagers who also received medicines, vitamins, herbal supplements and sanitation packs.
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## **Volunteers:**
We are very grateful for the contribution made by our volunteers! The London programmes are run almost entirely by volunteers.
## **Surplus:**
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## Structure, governance and management
## **Description of Charity’s Trusts**
**Type of Governing Document : How the Charity is Constituted : Trustee Selection Methods :**
Trust Deed Dated 9th July 1986 Trust By resolution of a quorum of the trustees recorded in the minutes
## **Additional Governance Issues**
All Trustees give their time voluntarily and receive no other consideration or benefits.
AMURT UK works closely with AMURT Global.
AMURT’s global coordinating office is based in the US. At times of humanitarian disaster international AMURT chapters liaise with this office to find out how to best support the AMURT chapter closest to where the disaster has occurred. This support may come in the form of fundraising, sending experts or additional volunteers.
## INVESTMENT IN SUBSIDARY
AMURT owns ninety-nine £1 ordinary shares in Food For All (London) Ltd, constituting a 99% shareholding. All shares in Food For All Ltd. are fully paid up and allotted. No dividend was paid. There was no change in the value of the shares in the year.
The activities of Food For All Ltd., which trades as a whole-food retailer, are entirely separate from those of AMURT. Its accounts have not been consolidated into the accounts of AMURT as its activities are unrelated to those of the Trust.
Profits from Food For All Ltd. are covenanted to the Trust, this amounted to £50,076 in this financial year.
The accounts of Food For All Ltd. are audited as per the requirements of the Companies Act 1985/2006.
## Financial Review
**Brief Statement on the Charity’s Policy on Reserves:**
AMURT UK’s cash reserve policy is to keep £10,000. This amount is necessary to: service any unexpected, emergency expenses for AMURT UK projects including the London feeding program and to respond quickly to international emergency appeals if funds are needed before AMURT UK can deliver a fundraising campaign
**Details of Any Funds** Not Applicable. **Materially in Deficit:**
## **Declaration**
The Trustees declare that they have approved the trustees report above.
**Name:** Pierre Boyde **Date:** 22.07.22 **Position:** Treasurer
**Name:** Govinda Lovage **Date:** 22.07.22 **Position:** Chair
**Charity Name No (if any) AMURT UK 327216 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from Nov-20 Oct-21**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**|**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**
**100,315**
**-**
**32,275**
**603**
**-**
**4,200**
**3,569**
**43**
**1**
**141,006**
**-**
**141,006**
**-**
**-**
**141,006**
**7,538**
**73,814**
**641**
**14,602**
**-**
**2,830**
**293**
**775**
**29,101**
**589**
**400**
**1,915**
**132,498**
**132,498**
**-**
**132,498**
**8,508**
2020
**-**
**83,149**
2019
**91,657**
2020
102,712|
|Voluntary Donations for Specific Projects incl. (Stripe & Paypal, Facebook,
Global Giving)|**50,076**
**1,730**
**-**
**-**
**3,331**
**37**|**105,636**||**105,636**|**100,315**|
|Internal Grants for Homeless feeding Project||**-**||**-**|**-**|
|Donations to AMURT Romania Homeopathic appeal||**-**||**-**||
|Covenanted Profits from Food For All HealthFoods||**-**||**50,076**|**32,275**|
|General Donations through Virgin MoneyGivingand other Bank deposits||**-**||**1,730**|**603**|
|Reclaimed Expenses & Refunds||**-**||**-**|**-**|
|Rent Received from Made in Hackney||||**-**|**4,200**|
|HMRC Refunds||||**3,331**|**3,569**|
|Other Income including Interest||||**37**|**43**|
|Cash over/under||**1**|||**1**|
|**Subtotal Other AMURT UK Receipts**|**55,174**|**105,637**||**160,810**|**141,006**|
||**133**|||||
|Other Income (Fx)||**-**|**-**|**133**|**-**|
|**_Sub total for all AMURT UK including MIH_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|
**55,307**|**105,637**|**-**|**160,943**|**141,006**|
|**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).**|**-**|||||
||||**-**|**-**||
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||
||**55,307**|**105,637**|**-**|**160,943**|**141,006**|
|||||||
|||||||
|**Other AMURT UK Projects**|**-**|||||
|Cost Of Sales|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2,417**
**527**
**22,428**
**-**
**-**
**362**|||**-**||
|Purchase of Goods for Overseasprojects||**-**||**-**||
|Support to Local Projects||||**-**|**7,538**|
|AMURT/EL Global Disaster relief||**-**||**-**||
|AMURT/EL implementing partnerprojects(international)||**34,444**||**34,444**|**73,814**|
|Project Motor Expenses London feedingProgram||**1,022**||**1,022**|**641**|
|Project Consumables - London FeedingProject||**20,721**||**20,721**|**14,602**|
|Project Mileage Claims||**-**||**-**|**-**|
|Bank Charges, property&premises & Council Tax||**72**||**2,489**|**2,830**|
|Computer and Software & Comunications||||**-**|**293**|
|Advertisingand Marketing& databases||||**527**|**775**|
|Fundraiser Wages, Consultant expenses, Salaries incl securitycosts||**47,298**||**69,725**|**29,101**|
|Volunteer Expenses||**1,792**||**1,792**|**589**|
|Project Expenses Liverpool Breakfast club||**807**||**807**|**400**|
|Professional Fees|||**-**|**-**|**1,915**|
|Minor balance reconciliation||||**362**||
|**Subtotal Payments other AMURT UK Projects**|**25,733**|**106,155**||**131,889**|**132,498**|
|**_Sub total all AMURT UK_**||||||
||**25,733**|**106,155**|**-**|**131,889**|**132,498**|
|||||||
|**A4 Asset and investmentpurchases, (see table)**|**18,000**|||||
|IT and Capital equipment(purchase of van)||**-**|**-**|**-**||
|||**-**|**-**|**18,000**||
|**_Sub total_**|**18,000**|**-**|**-**|**18,000.00**|**-**|
|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||
||**43,733**|**106,155**|**-**|**149,889**|**132,498**|
|||||||
||**11,573**|**- 518**|**-**|**11,055**|**8,508**|
||**- 16,987**
**64,290**|**16,987**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|||**27,367**|**-**|**91,657**#|**83,149**|
||**58,876**|**43,836**|**-**|**102,712**|**91,657**|
|||||||
## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
**Categories**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
## **B3 Investment assets**
## **B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use**
## **B5 Liabilities**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
|**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|
|AMURT Transferwise EUR Account||**46**|**-**|
|AMURT Triodos account|**58,876**|**5,000**||
|AMURT Transferwise GBP account||**10**||
|Petty Cash|||**-**|
|Unity account||**24,160**
**14,620**||
|AMURT Transferwise USD Account||||
|(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**|**58,876**|**43,836**|**-**|
||OK|OK|OK|
||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||**-**||**-**|
|AMURT Cash Reserves||||
|**Details**|**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**|**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|||**-**|**-**|
|**Details**|**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**|**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|||**-**||
|||**-**|**-**|
|**Details**|**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**When due**
**(optional)**|
|||**-**||
|Signature|Print|Name||
||||Date of
approval|
||Pierre|Boyde|22.08.2022|
|||||
a) Virgin Money giving includes gift aid reclamation, gift aid is reclaimed separately from HMRC for donations where it is appropriate to do so in line with HMRC guidance.
Notes
CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examinerfs
report on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner s Report
Roport to the trustwsl
membern of
AIAURT UK
On accounts for the y•ar
•nd•d
2021
Charfty no
(If any)
327216
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On•
I rewi to the trustees on my exambnation of the acUnts of ts above
chanty (Ihe Tfu8fi for the year ended 3111012021.
AWlbIllI1Q1 •nd As It thanty trustees d th• Tfust. you arn rnsponsitle for the preparation
b0* of r•port ol the a(£ounts in )rdar% with the r0qu1reftnt8 of the Chafities Act
2011 fthe Acr).
I report in respect of my examinalion of the Trujfs xc¢unts carrl•d out
under seclion 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I
have Ic41¢)wed the applicable Diredions given by the Charty Commi8Ji
under sethon 145(5)(b> of th8 Ad.
I hm ¢>)mpl8ted my oxanwna1i¢xi. l ¢y)nfimi that no maierial mattors h
come to my attention {other than thai disdowl beltrw ') in W1ntion T*lth
Ihe examinat which givos mo cause to believe that in. any material
Ind•p•ndont
•xamlnerf• •tat•m•nt
accounting r&xYdi ¥Mre nol kept in a[danc9 th lan 130 of
theAdor
the accounts do ncé cOrd *ith the alyxwnlno rrdS
I have no contxms have come w)ss no othor matters in connection
with the exarninalion to whith attenb'on should drawn in order to enable
proper und•rstarMJing of th• )unt$ to be rea(*d.
' Fyease d&ele the in lh8 brnc&ets rfthey do not apply.
Slgn•d:
2110812022
Nam•:
Murnll Ramaswamy
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{If any):
Addr•M:
IER
O¢tobor 2018
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Disclosiire
Only comF4ete rf the exarr#ner red$ to hhlIght matters of o)ncem (see CC32.
Indendent 8xaninalion d thanty wx4nt$: direclions and Guidance for
examiners).
Gfvo h•r• brlof detalls of
any Itoms that tha
examlnor WISh to
d18cI¢)u.
IER
October 2018