UNJUST C.I.C.

Company limited by guarantee

Company Registration Number:
13142086 (England and Wales)

Unaudited statutory accounts for the year ended 31 January 2024

Period of accounts

Start date: 1 February 2023

End date: 31 January 2024

UNJUST C.I.C.

Contents of the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 January 2024

Profit and loss
Balance sheet
Additional notes
Balance sheet notes
Community Interest Report

UNJUST C.I.C.

Profit And Loss Account

for the Period Ended 31 January 2024

2024 2023


£

£
Turnover: 113,750 69,851
Cost of sales: 0 0
Gross profit(or loss): 113,750 69,851
Distribution costs: 0
Administrative expenses: ( 113,750 ) ( 69,780 )
Operating profit(or loss): 0 71
Profit(or loss) before tax: 0 71
Tax: 0
Profit(or loss) for the financial year: 0 71

UNJUST C.I.C.

Balance sheet

As at 31 January 2024

Notes 2024 2023


£

£
Fixed assets
Intangible assets:   0 0
Tangible assets: 3 1,403 0
Investments:   0
Total fixed assets: 1,403 0
Current assets
Stocks:   0
Debtors: 4 950
Cash at bank and in hand: 42,325 378
Total current assets: 42,325 1,328
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year: 5 ( 897 )
Net current assets (liabilities): 41,428 1,328
Total assets less current liabilities: 42,831 1,328
Total net assets (liabilities): 42,831 1,328
Members' funds
Profit and loss account: 42,831 1,328
Total members' funds: 42,831 1,328

The notes form part of these financial statements

UNJUST C.I.C.

Balance sheet statements

For the year ending 31 January 2024 the company was entitled to exemption under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

These accounts have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

This report was approved by the board of directors on 31 July 2024
and signed on behalf of the board by:

Name: Katrintra Ffrench
Status: Director

The notes form part of these financial statements

UNJUST C.I.C.

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 January 2024

  • 1. Accounting policies

    Basis of measurement and preparation

    These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of Financial Reporting Standard 101

UNJUST C.I.C.

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 January 2024

  • 2. Employees

    2024 2023
    Average number of employees during the period 3 2

UNJUST C.I.C.

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 January 2024

3. Tangible assets

Land & buildings Plant & machinery Fixtures & fittings Office equipment Motor vehicles Total
Cost £ £ £ £ £ £
At 1 February 2023 0 0
Additions 1,403 1,403
Disposals
Revaluations
Transfers
At 31 January 2024 1,403 1,403
Depreciation
At 1 February 2023
Charge for year
On disposals
Other adjustments
At 31 January 2024
Net book value
At 31 January 2024 1,403 1,403
At 31 January 2023 0 0

UNJUST C.I.C.

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 January 2024

4. Debtors

2024 2023
£ £
Trade debtors 950
Total   950

UNJUST C.I.C.

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the Period Ended 31 January 2024

5. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year note

2024
£
Trade creditors 897
Total 897

COMMUNITY INTEREST ANNUAL REPORT

UNJUST C.I.C.

Company Number: 13142086 (England and Wales)

Year Ending: 31 January 2024

Company activities and impact

Gangs Matrix Legal Settlement – Monitoring the Conditions of the Metropolitan Police Since Awate Suleiman and UNJUST brought a legal challenge against the Met over the discriminatory use of the GVM (“Gangs Violence Matrix”), with the help of the human rights organisation Liberty, there have been continued efforts to ensure that the MPS (“Metropolitan Police Service”) properly adheres to the GVM case settlement conditions. This includes corresponding at lengths with the MPS to persuade them against their initial decision to delete all the matrix data three months after dismantling the matrix (the proposed deletion date was 13 May 2024, the new date is 13 February 2025), and scoping for arguments (that the data should be retained for longer and green nominals who were on the GVM should be notified) that we could use to influence or lobby other public bodies (who might be more responsive than the MPS) and who could put pressure on them to change their position. Alongside this, UNJUST and Liberty have been encouraging individuals and legal representatives of anyone who thinks they may have been on the GVM to make a subject access request to the police: first, to find out if they were on it; and second, to find out how their data was used and what action was taken as a result. Further, Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) requests have been made to the Met to obtain more information about the GVM and its replacement, the Violence Harm Assessment (“VHA”), to ensure that the MPS properly adheres to the GVM case settlement conditions and monitoring the VHA. Erase the Database Campaign UNJUST, Tottenham Rights, and The 4Front Project, along with researchers and lawyers, formed a collective campaign called ‘Erase The Database’. In November 2024, the campaign launched, and we hosted a public event at Lush Headquarters in Central London. The event enabled people to hear about community resistance to racialised gang narratives, UNJUST’s journey undertaking strategic litigation, and understand how they can determine if they were on the GVM via subject access requests. Public Engagement Following the Parliamentary event with Release in January 2023, we developed relationships with drug policy activists internationally and visited Washington DC to attend the National Cannabis Festival. It was a great learning experience as the cannabis discussion is at a national level in the USA which elected officials recognising the need for reform. Cannabis Europa invited UNJUST to speak at their London 2023 event hosted at The Barbican. Director, Katrina Ffrench was part of a main stage panel and arranged for a joint panel session with Release in The Greenhouse Space. UNJUST conveyed its perspective that racial equity and social justice principles are needed within drug policy and the cannabis industry. Drug Science invited UNJUST to participate in a drug policy panel discussion at the We Are Out There Festival 2023. Although the audience was not UNJUST’s usual constituent base, sharing our work with people with little knowledge and understanding was insightful and informative. We were able to challenge their perspective and UNJUST received a scholarship to attend the Drug Policy Alliance Conference in Phoenix, USA. At the conference, Release, Cranstoun, and UNJUST hosted a community session on the drug policy landscape in the UK. The session was well attended, and many left more aware and better informed about the racialised nature of UK drug policing. Participating in the panel session Cannabis Europa, led to the Health Tech 2024 conference organisers inviting UNJUST to participate in a panel on drugs in Warsaw, Poland. Although the conference was not a traditional space for us to be present within, we raised awareness about the principles of racial equity and social justice within drug policy and the emerging industries for recreational substances. UNISON National Black Members Conference, UNJUST attended this conference in Edinburgh, we hosted a stall and provided information about our work. The Director also gave a speech to the attendees on racial disparities within policing. HIT Hot Topics Conference, UNJUST was a guest speaker, we shared a presentation on the impact of drug policing on racialised communities. Manchester University hosted an event ‘Policing the Crisis Reloaded: Stop and Search, Gangs Violence Matrix, and Structural Racism’ UNJUST was invited to speak about the legal case and was part of a panel discussion. Oxford Christopher Stone, Professor of Practice of Public Integrity, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford to invited UNJUST to deliver a 'Met Police Stop and Search' case study workshop as part of Operation Black Vote’s Pathway to Success Programme. Cumberland Lodge Policing Conference UNJUST spoke at the Police Foundation Conference ‘What we do and how we do it: delivering policing in the 2020s’. We raised the issues that the Casey Review outlined to and UNJUST x Black Thrive - Stop and Search Data Dashboard Consultation We facilitated a community and civil society workshop for Black Thrive to test a data dashboard. UNJUST Director, Katrina Ffrench, was invited by Doughty Street Chambers to speak at their International Women’s Day event, the session was Women Change Makers using the Law. Katrina shared her journey of launch a judicial review of the Gangs Matrix. Leadership Development Ubele Interview Mek Wi Chat - participating project that seeks to explore what effective leadership in/for the black community might look like in 15-20 years. The project will utilise art and storytelling to stimulate visions in the public imagination about the future of black leadership in Britain and to create new narratives about the future of Black Leadership Awards In May 2023, UNJUST won The Shelia McKechnie Campaigner Award for Best Use of The Law for the Gangs Matrix case.

Consultation with stakeholders

Researchers, campaigners and community-focused lawyers were consulted about the community activism activity following the Gangs Matrix legal settlement UNJUST negotiated with the Met Police. The consultation led to the development of The Erase The Database Collective. UNJUST is part of the Harm to Healing Collective; we have shared our work with the other voluntary and community organisations in the Collective and their contributions are shaping our strategy for 2025 onwards.

Directors' remuneration

UNJUST Executive Director, Katrina Ffrench, was renumerated for her services as outlined in the accounts. Aside from this, there were no other transactions or arrangements in connection with the remuneration of directors, or compensation for director’s loss of office, which require to be disclosed.

Transfer of assets

UNJUST donated £1,000 to The Chris Kaba Campaign

This report was approved by the board of directors on
31 July 2024

And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Katrintra Ffrench
Status: Director