## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From 1[st] October 2024 To** 

## **30[th] September 2025** 

## **Charity name: Tech4all** 

## **Charity registration number: 1054041** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|**Relief of poverty in any manner which is**<br>**charitable according to the laws of**<br>**England and Wales, including (but not**<br>**limited to) through the use of technology**|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**Tech4all currently runs the Innovation for**<br>**All Award, an open annual competition**<br>**for projects that use technology to**<br>**reduce poverty. This is operated in**<br>**partnership with the Worshipful**<br>**Company of Engineers. In addition to a**<br>**cash award to the winner or winners,**<br>**Tech4all also provides mentoring**<br>**support and can consider follow-on**<br>**contributions. Alongside this, Tech4all is**<br>**partnering with the charity Centre for**<br>**Global Equality (CGE) to identify and**<br>**support projects that use technology to**<br>**reduce poverty.**|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|**The Trustees have had regard to the**<br>**guidance issued by the Charity**<br>**Commission on public benefit**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

||SORP reference|
|---|---|
||Para 1.38|
|Policy on grant making||
||Para 1.38|
|Policy on social investment||
|including program related||
|investment||



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Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|**Recent winners of the Innovation for All**<br>**Award include the Chimneys for Africa**<br>**project, which is successfully tackling**<br>**smoke pollution, a major form of health**<br>**poverty, in the Massai communities, and**<br>**having a profound social impact on the**<br>**culture by bringing men and women**<br>**together. Another recent winner is**<br>**working on a project to allow farmers in**<br>**low-income communities to bring fresh**<br>**produce to market using small, portable**<br>**refrigerated units operated by solar power.**<br>**Meanwhile the collaboration with the CGE**<br>**has allowed masters students at a leading**<br>**UK university to develop a project to**<br>**reduce transport poverty in the UK**<br>**through intensified use of shared vehicles.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||



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|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
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|Other|||



## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**Income was £14,607 and there was a**<br>**transfer of £35,000 from the flexible**<br>**endowment fund held. The expenditure of**<br>**£20,238 was principally due to paying two**<br>**previous Award winners £10,000 each.**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Reserves are held sufficient to meet**<br>**expected short to medium term**<br>**commitments. These are higher than**<br>**before due to delay in paying out winners**<br>**of the new competition**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£44,143**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**Not applicable**|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**None**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|**No concerns apparent.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

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|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Investment income from a flexible**<br>**endowment fund**|
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||



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Other 

## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed,royal charter)|Para 1.25|**CIO – Foundation conversion document**<br>**dated 17**<br>**thMay 2019**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|**Trustees are selected to meet the skills**<br>**required for the operation of the charity**<br>**and are elected by the existing trustees**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and Para 1.51 training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other 

## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charityname|Tech4all|
|---|---|
|Other name the charityuses|None|



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|Registered charitynumber|1054041|
|---|---|
|Charity’s principal address|70 Bedford Gardens London W8 7EH|



## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body)**<br>**entitled to appoint trustee(if any)**|
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||Giles Keating|Chair|||
||Peter Heit|Hon Treasurer|||
||Nerys Jefford||||
||Stefan Kukula||||
||LucyRogers||||
||LucyGarrett KC||||
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Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

**Director name None** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for wholeyear**||
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|**None**|||
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

|Description of the assets<br>held in this capacity|None|
|---|---|
|Name and objects of the<br>charity on whose behalf the<br>assets are held and how this<br>falls within the custodian<br>charity’s objects|None|
|Details of arrangements for<br>safe custody and<br>segregation of such assets<br>from the charity’s own<br>assets|Not applicable|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Type**|**Name**|**Address**|
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|**of**|||
|**adviser**|||



## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **Not applicable** 

## **Other optional information** 

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## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

## **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature(s) Full name(s)** Giles Keating ~~ee~~ **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc)** ~~ee~~ 

**Date** 23 March     2026 

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**No 1054041** 

**Tech4all** 

## **Receipts and payments accounts** 

Period start date 

Period end date 

**For the period from** 

**To** 01/10/24 

30/09/25 

## **CC16a** 

**Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total funds Last year funds funds funds to the nearest to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ A1 Receipts £** Investment Income **14,551 14,551 14,088** Bank Interest **56 - - 56 59 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -** _**Sub total** (Gross income for_ **56 - 14,551 14,607 14,147** _AR)_ ~~a ba~~ **A2 Asset and investment sales, - - - - - - - (see table). - - - - - -** _**Sub total**_ **-** ~~———~~ _**Total receipts**_ **56 - 14,551 14,607 14,147 A3 Payments** investment fees **504 504 504** Bank fees **60 - - 60 63** Expenses **178 - - 178 42** Awards **20,000 - - 20,000 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -** _**Sub total**_ **20,238 - 504 20,742 609** ~~__aeeSe~~ **A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) Additions to investment balances - -285,762 - 13,584 - - -- -** _**Total payments Sub total**_ **20,238--** ~~**-285,762504 20,742**~~ **14,193 13,584** _**Net of receipts/(payments)**_ **-20,182 - 14,047 -6,135 46 A5 Transfers between funds 35,000 - -35,000 0 - 29,324 - 349,698 - - A6 Cash funds last year end** _**Cash funds this year end**_ **44,142 - 42,983 87,125 -** ~~-[ae]~~ Tech4All 2024/25 1 23 Mar 2026 

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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

**Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Categories Details funds funds funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ B1 Cash funds** Cash on hand **44,142 - 42,893 - - - - - -** ~~===~~ _**Total cash funds**_ **44,142 - 42,893** (agree balances with receipts and payments OK OK OK account(s)) **Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds Details to nearest £ - to nearest £ - to nearest £ - B2 Other monetary assets - - -** ~~|eee eee |~~ **Current value Fund to which Cost (optional) (optional) Details** Managed fund share portfolio **asset belongsFlexible - B3 Investment assets Endowment 3,117,203 - - - - - - - -** ~~===~~ **Fund to which Current value Cost (optional) Details asset belongs (optional) - - B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use Fund to which Amount due When due Details liability relates (optional) (optional) B5 Liabilities -** Signed by one or two trustees on Date of behalf of all the trustees Signature Print Name approval Giles Keating 23 Mar 2026 SB KCAZF ~~———~~ 

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