The trustees present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2026.
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the financial statements and comply with the charity's governing document, the Companies Act 2006, FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" and the Charities SORP "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)".
- To maintain, promote and enhance the academic success of the supplementary Albanian classes all over Greater London area and further afield, as required.
- To engage young people in different sport and capacity building activities.
- To provide training, support and confidence-building for Albanian speaking women, including awareness and tackling domestic abuse in the community, training, and academic development, addressing issues of human trafficking and modern day slavery to name a few.
- To create, maintain and develop strategic partnerships with appropriate organisations in the public and private sector in supporting the aims and aspirations of Ardhmeria and the Albanian Community.
- To become and retain the status as the focal point of contact for government and voluntary agencies, both in the UK and abroad, in order to provide sound advice and informed ideas on community development issues. To be an "Ambassador" organisation of the community.
- To promote self-empowerment for refugees and asylum seekers within the Albanian community.
- To raise awareness of legal rights, citizenship, duties and requirements, either as UK citizens, refugees or asylum seekers within the Albanian community.
- To establish and maintain links with other similar organizations that provide support to refugees, asylum seeker communities, including government and voluntary organisations.
- To improve the mainstream educational achievements and the self-confidence of pupils, the majority of whom come from the Albanian community, by providing out-of-school extra teaching in English and Maths.
- To be at the forefront of helping the community further integrate in the British way of life, yet retaining and promoting core Albanian values with which the community is identified and takes pride in.
- To develop capacities within the community and therefore enable it to initiate, develop and implement projects that support the community and society at large. For example, working in partnership with Local Authorities and other responsible bodies to deliver an outstanding social services, housing, environment service etc.
- To provide parents from Albanian-origin families with support for themselves; and to assist them support their children better in mainstream schools.
The primary purpose of the trustees' annual report is to ensure that the charity is publicly accountable to its stakeholders for the stewardship and management of the funds it holds on trust.
The report is prepared to assist the user to make economic decisions in relation to the charity and to assess Ardhmeria's progress against its objectives and to understand its plans in relation to its purposes.
Ardhmeria is not set up with financial management in mind - it is set up in response to a Community need, by founders who have a passion to create change and deliver on a mission. The staff members as well as volunteers have worked hard during the year and have managed all aspects of the work delivered by Ardhmeria such as the Albanian supplementary schools across London, community engagement, development and maintenance of parental skills, communications and many other areas of administration.
Similarly, those who sit on a charity's trustee board, or spend their days working for it, we all become involved because we believe in Ardhmeria's objectives, aims and aspirations - all the trusties' members are particularly financially literate or competent. Yet from the day that we gain our first income, financial management becomes a consideration; a factor impacting upon the charity's success. As the charity has grown, financial issues have become more prominent, presenting challenges, insight, threats and opportunities, and how finance is approached comes to play a key role in the determining the charity's actions, impact and sustainability.
The Financial year 2025/26 was both a challenge and progress for Ardhmeria. The organisation achieved notable success in delivering its programmes and engaging with its community. We would like to thank all those who provided funding and helped us continue, develop and implement our projects, and every one setting up and taking Ardhmeria forward, my fellow directors, our members and everyone who has given us support and guidance over the last year. Without all the Community donation and other funding Adhmeria quite simple wouldn't exist.
Trustees, members, volunteers and staff have demonstrated significant commitment to all of Ardhmeria's service users in developing and implementing projects that support the wider agenda of the organisation.
The financial position of Ardhmeria is set on page 6-7 . In 2025-26 total income was £106,952 (2024-25: £86,294) reflecting strong community engagement, grant success, and partnership working. Funding was primarily sourced from parent contributions, local business donations, the Young Westminster Supplementary School, and Main Grant funding. Total expenditure was £113,491, primarily for teaching, rent, events, and professional services. The organisation reported a net deficit of £6,539, reflecting the investment in program delivery during the year. The trustees remain confident that reserves and future funding are sufficient to support ongoing operations.
We gratefully acknowledge the support of funders, especially Sport England and Young Westminster Supplementary School, whose contributions enabled ongoing delivery of Albanian language classes, cultural events, and integration activities. These included both face-to-face and online learning as well as engagement with over 100 disadvantaged young people through sports, employability, and skills-building activities.
As an organisation, we are committed to staff retention and their ongoing development; all staff are trained on aspects such as such safeguarding children and vulnerable adults, health and safety and first aid and they are encouraged and supported in their attempts for significant relevant Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
Our Charity trustees have a fundamental duty to manage the Charity's assets in the best interests of its beneficiaries, in this case our Community as a stakeholders.
The trustees consider the current level of reserves appropriate, given the support from funders and continued donor engagement. Ardhmeria does not currently aim to hold significant reserves but ensures sustainability through careful financial planning and stewardship
The report provides a summary of the charity's plans for the future, including its aims and objectives and details of any activities planned to achieve them. We continue to benefit from long running consistent funding and voluntary support in the community and do not foresee a material risk on the ability to continue as an organization on an ongoing bases. There are a number of challenges we will focus on for the year ahead and future years, as summarised below:
- Change management - we believe that the past is for reference not for residence. We learn from the past but live present and plan for the future. This is a statement, we know, but it defines that we are recipient to change.
- Continue to strengthen and broaden our supplementary Albanian language classes this year. We currently run 27 supplementary Albanian language classes and we are in the process of identifying areas with a significant number of Albanian children of the 5-16 group age and will then working with Local Authorities and schools directly and parents to secure premises and school attendance for at least a further 15 schools this year.
- The Board will regularly review the five-year plan for the organisation ensuring it is current with the community needs. The chair of the board is responsible for coordinating this by each year and ensuring Board approval.
- Create new opportunities for development and activity, focusing on:
- Services for young people, work in partnership with Local Authorities and other agencies to provide support to unaccompanied Minors from the community
- Cooperate and work closely with Local Authorities to enable them to deliver statutory services such as fostering, kinship care and adoption services by recruiting suitable candidates from the community.
- Find ways to provide services to other young people from the community including identity, sports, drama events, home work groups etc.
- Services to the older people in the community; continue the research to inform the numbers and need for services to this client group and then identifying ways of developing and implementing. An example is exploring the possibility to become a sheltered housing enabler/provider, to give access to supported, sheltered or extra care housing provision.
- Be the leading organisation amongst the Albanian community to engage and develop a cohesive approach to our community work. Be the focal point of contact for government and voluntary organisations for the benefit of the community.
- Become an advisory organisation to relevant organisations on issues affecting the Albanian community in the UK. Work closely with bodies delivering statutory services such as Local Authorities, Police Service.
- Work closely with the governments of the UK, Albania, Kosova as well as relevant other organisations in order to continuously improve the services to the community. We aim to build further on the success we have had with all three government agencies but take it a step further this year by establishing working relationships especially with British government agencies / departments to address issues such as illegal migration, people trafficking and other issues affecting the community.
The Director and the Board aims to have a target driven organisation, with high calibre outputs and standards. Our approach will be SMART to everything we do for the organisation and its service users. We will continue to review the needs to ensure that the mother tongue and other activities remain appropriate for our service users development.
The trustees are confident in the charity's ability to continue delivering high-impact, community-led programs in the coming years.
As outlined above, in our professional opinion and assessment, the organisation is solvent and well managed financially.
The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust, and constitutes a limited company, limited by guarantee, as defined by the companies act 2006.
The trustees, who are also the directors for the purpose of company law, and who served during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were:
The trustees' report was approved by the Board of Trustees.
I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Ardhmeria Limited (the charity) for the year ended 31 March 2026.
Having satisfied myself that the financial statements of the charity are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006 and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s financial statements carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011. In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act 2011.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 386 of the Companies Act 2006.
the financial statements do not accord with those records; or
the financial statements do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the Companies Act 2006 other than any requirement that the financial statements give a true and fair view, which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
the financial statements have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their financial statements in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the financial statements to be reached.
The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.
Ardhmeria Limited is a private company limited by guarantee incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Standard House, 107-115 Eastmoor Street, London, SE7 8LX.
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the charity's governing document, the Companies Act 2006, FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" and the Charities SORP "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)". The charity is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102.
The charity has taken advantage of the provisions in the SORP for charities not to prepare a statement of cash flows.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the charity. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
At the time of approving the financial statements, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of their charitable objectives.
Restricted funds are subject to specific conditions by donors or grantors as to how they may be used. The purposes and uses of the restricted funds are set out in the notes to the financial statements.
Cash donations are recognised on receipt. Other donations are recognised once the charity has been notified of the donation, unless performance conditions require deferral of the amount. Income tax recoverable in relation to donations received under Gift Aid or deeds of covenant is recognised at the time of the donation.
Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to transfer economic benefit to a third party, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement, and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.
Expenditure is classified by activity. The costs of each activity are made up of the total of direct costs and shared costs, including support costs involved in undertaking each activity. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs which contribute to more than one activity and support costs which are not attributable to a single activity are apportioned between those activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources. Central staff costs are allocated on the basis of time spent, and depreciation charges are allocated on the portion of the asset’s use.
Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.
Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:
The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is recognised in the statement of financial activities.
At each reporting end date, the charity reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any).
Cash and cash equivalents include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.
The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received.
Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the charity is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits.
The average monthly number of employees during the year was:
The remuneration of key management personnel was as follows:
The charity is exempt from taxation on its activities because all its income is applied for charitable purposes.
The restricted funds of the charity can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objectives of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
The unrestricted funds of the charity can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
There were no disclosable related party transactions during the year (2025 - none).