Company No: 05853520 Charlty No.. 1119365 SPORTING EQUALS (A ¢ompany limited by guaranteè) REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 31 MARCH 2021 COMPANIES HCYJSE AHNN[￿3. 2011112021 Hni IRF SPORTING EQUALS CONTEP¥TS Legal arKI admiruslralive inforMa￿n Directors. and Trustees. retM)rt 2-15 IrbJeperKlenl exarniners, report 16 Statement ol financial actiwties BJance sheet 18 Statement ol cash flows 19 Notgs to the finatKial statements 20-32 SPORTING EQUALS LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Registered Charity Name SFM)rting Equals Company number 05853520 Charity numter 1119365 Trustees and direclors.. Densign While MBE Beverley Mason Lorraine De￿haMp$ MBE Christine Ohuruoju MBE IResip)¥J c*) 01111V20211 Urvas Naidoo Craig Edmondson Vanessa Wallace IAFptynied (xi 20101W211 Yun Hui Teoh Iw"nie4 on 2￿01r2021) Naz Deen (Appc4"ni￿ JJioir2ffdii Barbara Thompson IArwnl•Y m 2N011￿1) Chiel Execulive Arundeep Kang OBE Registered Ollice Ott￿e 8. Wellington House Starley Way Birmingham Inlernational Pa￿. Birmingham 837 7HB 6ar*ers HSBC 46 Old Church Road Chingford London E4 8D8 Independeni Examiners Prime Chartered Aecountants Corner Oak. l Homer Road Solihull 891 30G Page 1 SPORTING EQUALS DIRECTORS, AND TRUSTEES, REPORT Year ended 31 March 2021 The directors arKI trustees have pleasure in presenting their report arKI financial siatements lor the year ended 31 March 2021. Objectlves and aciivlties Sporting Equals is a national charty, wh￿h is at the IoTefroni of ChaMp￿ning Tace equality and promoting ethnic diversty in sport and physical ath.vity across the UK. We are experts in engaging ethnically diverse communities into sport and Ph￿iCal acb.vrty and advising Sports t*xlies on race equality and community engagement. Our mission is to create he￿thIer. fwrer arKI stroroer communities throty3h sport and physical activity. We inform, influence and inspire in order to create a S￿Iety in vthich ethnically diverse communities can partKipale in a￿1 inlluerKe levels ol and physi¢al acts'vity Ilrcwn grassroots to elitel. Sporting Equals ha$ three key oblectives: To raise awareness and understarkying ol the needs ol ethnically diverse communities wilhin the spurt arKI phYs￿al activity seclor to char￿e altitudes arKI i￿reaSe parlKipation. To empower indivhluals and communities to yay a part in this change and achieve theiT lull potential Ihrotjgh playirvj sport aad being acb"ve_ To adwse and support poI￿ymakels and delivery txxlies lo ensure p)li¢ies a￿1 practices are law aThJ offer equalrty ol 0￿M)rtUnity. These objeciives will have been completed when: Elhn￿￿lY diverse communiiies can influe￿e patticipate in ￿1 aspects of sport and phys￿al activity. Ethnully diverse communilies statislically are ryesented al all ￿velS across SFQrt and physical activity The governors and wowders of ¥x)rt and physical aclivity recognise and value a luHy integrated and inclusive society and race equalily is at the heart ol sports governing bodies who recognise, celebcate and iM￿emen1 effethive interventions I(￿ increased involvement of ethn￿allY diverse communities across sport. Our work Includes: Supportirg organisations in becomirwJ more i[￿uSi¥e Promoting sport and healthier living to ethnully diverse comrnunities ResearchirKJ buikjing insight loKally io develop new innovative models ol part¢1paI￿n Empowering ethnically diverse organisalions lo deliver spjrt and tthysical aclivily locally Promoting a￿1 delivering the wider benelits ol SFQrt. Develw"ng ethnic￿lY diverse professionals lo take up p)sitions on national governirKJ Ly)dies 01 sW)rt and other organisations within sport and phyycal activity sect Highlighting the lneqU￿1tY across sport arKI ph￿Cal aciivity and develwrrfJ projects lor change Fiv8 key values gulde our work: Energy. We are passionate arKI comrnitte(S. We inpd and energy into prcyects, getting fully involved and going the exlra mile. Honesly. We work with integrity. We are trusted by the cOmm￿ltieS arKI organisation5 we work with because we are honest. open and accountable. Equality. We believe in equality because law Societ￿ and inclusNe organisalions are those where all can aCh￿ve their lull potential. Leadership. We are ￿OneerS. As the ground.breakers ol our liekl, we sel the agenda. raising standards and wshing the tx)undaries in test practice. Creab"vity. We are agents ol change wlh creativity and flexibility. we deliver innovative. elle¢tsve solut￿n$ Ihat make a real dillerence. Page 2 SPORTING EQUALS DIRECTORS. AND TRUSTEES. REPORT {continued) Year ended 31 March 2021 Sporting Equals, flve key out¢ome$ are: Increasing participation 2. Building cohesive communilies 3. Diversfying the sport sector 4. Improving health arKI lilestwes 5. Growng talent at an elite ￿Ve1 from th"verse communths Sporting Equals has a unkwe reach into 5000 ethnically (*verse (Kganisalions that inclLKles sports dubs, lailh centres arKI communtygroups. We work eh)sety ￿th suppliers and deliverers ol sportj'ng OFPOrtuniDes and elhn￿￿1Y diveTse customers of swrting OFvortunities. We are the go-lo organisalion lor NGBS and sports organisations Ifom communrty brokerage lo board vacancy seNices. We have strory relationships wrth the media Imwnstream, ett)n￿ and laithl and a strong social media presence lo achieve signifwl reach and influence. We have a proven track record and strong empathy with our ambassadors as role mcKleJs to inspiTe influence from wsrcK)ts lo elile chamsyons. We have a successful record of crealing pmoneering projects ￿ludIr￿j the Sporting Equals Race Equality Chartef. the British Ethntc Diversity StKJrts Awards Ithe most diverse event in Ihe sporb'ng calendar). Making Equals la Cofflmunity Cohesion proiecll. LeaderBoard Academy Ithe first ever leadership programme lor b)ard diversity in sport} the Britssh Asians in Sport and Physical Aclivity IBASPAI Network that was launched in November 2018 and the Swrt Moniloring Advisory Panel that monitors the woth ol sp%ts organisaiions in sport part￿lpaI10n ol ￿a¢k communities in the UK. Ensuring our work delivers public benelit Sp¥Mrng Equals provKies publ￿ benefit through creating a society in which ethn￿allY diverse communities can participate and influence in all levels ol sport and ￿YsiCal activity creating healthier. fairer and str￿ger CLynmunities throLKJh s￿rt aThJ physical acbvity. Our work tiis around Ihe following three pollcy areas: Fairer communities - Recognising that many ethnKally diverse communibes are underrepresented across levels in sport physical activity especially in talent pathways and decision-making rK)srtions. in Sen1￿ management. professional coaching. worklorce, leadership and elite sp)rt. Healthier eommunth.es . ReCCgni￿[yj Ihe role that physic￿ activity sport has within publ￿ health - tied inio evidence that some ethn￿allY divefse groups such as Sotjth Asia and Black communiD"es have Ir￿reased rates ol heallh corKlitions. lor example, heart disease, hypertension and diabetes type 2 and h)w levels ol physical activity. Slrongef communities- Recognising the wider beneliis of sport and using sport to tackle issues ol concern around communrty Cohesi￿ and inierfintra-TaciaWaith conflict. In order lo empower ethnically diverse commuftth.es a￿1 buikl stronger communibes locally through the tKJwer ol sport. Sportir@ Equals reviews its mission, objectives and activities each year. We analyse our research and insight and review the results ot ourwork. and the benelils this has brougm io ethnically diverse Feople in the sport and phpcal actNity sector. In particular, we continued wothing in live key citi'es Ihr(MJgh our Breaking Boundaries and Equally Acts've projects in Birmingham, Manchester, London, Sough and Bradtord buikjing stronger and healthier communities locally. We have also recruited and developed professionals to lake up positsons in the boardrooms ol sport lo suFwt better Tnterventions lo engage ethnically dtV8rse commuThlies in srkn1 and physical acb"vtty. We launched our Swrt Monttoring Advisory Panel this yeai to tackle the tnequalilies in swrt Uad£ communit￿$ are lacing. The panel that Consists ol Ma￿le Alphonsi MBE. Ama Agbeze M8E, Fiona May, Chris Ramsey and Devon Makolrn will help monilor SF)￿5 organisations in the prcxJiess they have made after many committed lo more positive action to support the tAack ccxmmunities at all levels in sport. The panel will also showcase best practice within the sector. With regards to publi¢ beneh'i, Sporting Equals, Trustees acknowtethJe their duty in accordance with the UK Charilies Aci 2Q11 and follow the Charity CommisS￿n,$ gu¥Jarte on the operation ol this publ￿ benelil. Page 3 SPORTING EQUALS DIRECTORS. AND TRUSTEES, REPORT {contlnuod) Yea¥ ended 31 March 2021 We are proud to announce thal this year our Chw. Denggn While, was re￿gnIsed in the Queen's New Year's honours list with an MBE lor Ser¥￿e5 io SF#Y1. THE ISSUE IN NUMBERS Ethn￿¥1Y diverse communities are underrepresented in sKMyt al all levels due to many reasons including social, econom￿. Cultur￿ and organisaiional barriers lor example systemic racism. A key area lor us to lttus on through inlluence and advocacy is on the organisatsonal culture ol SFY)rts organisations and tsckling ihe poI￿leS aThJ pr(tesses and unwritten pracbces that lead to inequality across sport. Key slatistlcs include: The 2011 Census data suggest that Ihe ethnically diverse Fviulation is now around 20% 01 the England and Wales population wh￿h includes the white other groups. 12011 Census). Visible minorities make up 14.5% of the pOpUlat￿n. In some urban cities, ethn￿allY diverse pc¥xJlatK)n is over 40Yo and growing. lor example. Leicester154.9%1, Birmingham {46.9%1. ManGhesler140.7%1. LorKk*n155.117AI is Ihe most ethn￿allY diverse area.12011 Census) Ethn￿allY diverse groups as a whole are more likely lo report ill health, and experience ill health earlier than while British peoFAe. Some he￿th variatK)ns are linked to p)verty and wider social inequalities, atthough th8re are a range ol inier-linked and overlapping lactors. Ethn￿llY and health ILon(tr)n, Parliamentary Ollice ol SC￿nCe and Technolo3y. 20071 Some ethnically diverse gTOUPS are underrepresented when it comes to participaiion in sport and physul activity. Only 5Wo ol Asian Feople (excluding Chinese) arKI 57.1Q/o o181ack ethriic grwps undertake the recommended levels ol ￿ysical actiwly per week1150 minutes) eornpared to 64.￿ White Brtish IAcb"ve Lives Aduh Survey. May 191201. Broken down by gender, lowest path"cipatson is among Asiari lernales (excluding Chinese) 148.3%), followed by Black lemales151.3V.I. {Acfive LNes Adult Suryey, May 191201 The Sporting Equals leadership audit identilwl that Igadership proliles within sport lack diversity. 0168 SFQrts t4)ards li￿l￿ding NGBSI only 1 have a CEO Irom an ethn￿allY diverse background. 1 hav8 a Char Irom an ethnically diversp background. A recent audit commissioned by Sport England has shown that board positions have increased by 1% to 5/. England ha5 a sizeable12 fflillionl non-British white Population, many ol whom experience poorer health than the white Brilish- notably the Irish. but a150 Other elhnically diveise groups including Eastern Europeans, Gypsy and traveller communits.es and refugees. Arvong the specilTrc ethnic group5, Pakistani131.1%1 and Bangladeshi119.3Y.I peopfe were rnost likely lo live in the 10% most overall deprived neighbourhoods. Pakistanis are over 3 limes as IA(ely as White Biitish people to live in the most deprsved area5. (English IOD 20191 Ethnically diverse groups generally have worse health Ihan the overall population. allhough s¢)me ethnically diverse groups lare much worse than others. and patterns vary from one heallh condibon io the nexl. EviderKe suggests thai the poorer socio-economic p)Sit￿n ol eihnically diverse groups is the marn laetor dri*irKJ ethfi￿ heajth N)equalilies. (Office ol Science and TechnolcNJy Poslnotel People Ircffl Black ethn￿ groups were most thkely to be diagnosed Covid-19. Death rates from Cowd-19 were highest among Black and Asian groups. Bangladeshi people had around twice the risk ol death than people ol White Brrhsh ethnicty. PeO￿e ol Chinese. Indian, Pakistani, Other Asian, Caribbean and Other Black ethnicity had bety￿en 10% -50Yo hvJher risk ol dealh when compared to White British. {PHE, 20201 73.6% Blad( adulls are 0veN￿1ght or t)bese. Obesity and teiTrJ overweight among all olher ethn￿ gioups, except White British, is less than the nati¢)nal average. IPHE, 20181191 52.5% of children and young peop￿ fr¢Jm hwJh affluent lamilies pa￿'CIpated in an average of 60 rninutes or more ol physul aclivity e(Impared to only 38.1% Irom k)w affluent lamilies. (Active LNes Children and YOUNJ People. 2019120} Page 4 SPORTING EQUALS DIRECTORS. AND TRUSTEES. REPORT (conlinu•d) Year ended 31 March 2021 Obesity was lower amor#J clildren in higher income households, arky higher in households with lower inc(Mnes. Children who were overwewJhVobese were between 22Yo and 250A in the highest three quintiles, compared wilh 32% in the second lowest and 37% 01 th058 in the lowest income quiniile {NHS Dtgilal, Health Survey lor England 20191 Children ol Indian ethnicrty were signif￿llY less actNe overall than all other ethnic groups (Millennium Cohort Siudy- 20121. Obesity in children is highesl in Bangladeshi commurities (National Obesity Ob5ervalory 2011) Apart trom Manchester163.4%1. Spo￿"n9 Equats core areas ol Barkir¥J and Dagenham. Bim)ingham. Slough and Bradford have a significantly loww activity levels than the England average162.8Y.l. Barking a￿1 Dagenham has the lowest proportion ol active people149.4%1. (Active Lives Adult Survey. May 191201 Four in ten I4￿￿) ol ethni¢ally diverse paitipants endure negative experience in sport or physical aclivity setting, m(Ke than (knI￿e that ol while paitripanls. (Sport & RKieation Alliance) Research from the Referees Asscciation indicates that one 0172 referees on the 2018-19 National List was ljack or Asian. 01162 National List assistant ielerees, only a small handlul were ethnically divefse_ IRelerees Association) There were 103.379 hale crimes recorded by the poltce in ErKJland and Wales in 2018119. 76 /è ol hate crirnes were race related. There has been a 10% increase in hale Crime since 2017118; upward trend over the lasi 5 years_ Spkes in hale criffle have ￿CUrred lollovthng certain events such as the EU RefererKlum and the lerrorisl attacks in 2017. (Hale Crime England and Wales 20181191 Segregation between Ihe white Biitish majority and Minorities remans quite high minorities in many towns and cities. tradition￿lY the areas ol settlement for Mm￿rities, are becoming more isolated from white 8ritish peopFe. {Casey Review WE ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE THROUGH RESEARCH AND EOUCATION. INFLUENCE AND ADVOCACY, MARKETING AND COPAIAUNICATIONS. AND COMMUNfTY EMPOWEAMENT AND BROKERAGE. By ¢onducting research ￿th ethnic￿lY diverse ccffnmwmlies. we have been able to inHuence and advwate lor ¢hange. Through m8dia and social media, we have increased the kno￿edge ol the sport sector and ethn￿allY diverse communiiies lo make a ¢harg9. Research Strategy 2020-2023 This Research Strategy provides a framework to guide our insHJhl aTrJ research work lof the next 3 years and contributes to the im￿emental10n ol Sporting Equals 2020-23 Business Strategy. The Strategy builts on our knowledge arKI evh*nce gap5 identified by previous research. strategies ol national partners. loca and national government wioriD"es lor physical activity and other relevant strategies. needs ol IrKal partnerships and a review ol our core projecis and activities. The strategy was updated in February 2021 to Teflect the changes re$￿tIng Ircmn the CovhJ-19 pandemic. Key Research undertaken during 2020121 Includes; Sporting Communities- Coaching lor All Project Sporting Equals, COmrniSSK)ned by Sw)rting Cornmunities. reported on the effectiveness of course materials and participant ex￿rienCe ol the Coaching lor All programme rn Stoke and Derby. This Sport England funded programme enabjed individuals from ethn￿llY diverse backgrounds lo learn new coaching skills, imwove Ihew access lo coachir¥J opportunities and support thelr onguiiiu. development as Coaches. Sporting Equals deswJned leedback surveys and iewrted on each ol the 6 modules delivered over Ihe 12-rnonth period as well as prepariro case studies capturing the leamer journey 017 participants. This SUF¥KXt will enable Sportsng Communrties lo ¢ontinue to develop their programme lo reach aThJ ervJage more potenti￿ and exisknng coaches Iri)m ethnieally diverse communilies. Page 5 SPORTING EQUALS DIRECTORS. AND TRUSTEES. REPORT {c¢ntinuedl Ygar onded 31 March 2021 AloThJsidg this Sp)rting Equals akso supp)rted wilh training and resource developynent. Active Lives Adult Rgport, May 2019120: In 2020121 we analysed the firKlings ol ihe May 2019120 Active Lives Survey wth a specific locus on the responses of adults aged 16+ from ethnically diverse communilies across ErKJland. The lirsi reFQrted on the W￿denIng inequalrties as While British adults showed a sieady increase in part¢cipation over Ihe 12-month period while al other elhnic groups maintainèd a Ilal trend. Once again Asian people (excluding Chinese) were Ihe least aclive153%1 and Asian lemales148.3%1 and Black females151.3%1 continued lo the less physically active of all groups lal least 150 minutes a weekl. This report was shared on Spjrting Equals website ar social media. Actlve Llves Adult Covld-19 Report 2020: This reF()rt constdered the impacl of CovKI-19 ￿ Ihe first national lock-down over the period mMy-M￿h lo mid-may 2020. The rese&ch h￿h1￿hIed people from ethnically diverse communities had lound it much more difficult to stay active in this period. The daia revealed an 1 ￿ drop in actbvity compared lo the same peric*J in 2019 among people from 'Othef' ethnic backgrounds and a 14Y. drop among Black and Asian communities {excluding Chinesel. Although Asian arKI Black rn￿eS arKI females were among the least a¢ts've during the early lockckn¥n period. inactivity increased amoTrJ rn￿es. Larger drops in activity among Asian and Blad( males {20.8% and 19.SYo resFeclivelyl ieduced 9ender imbalances. Tlis report was shaied on Sporting Equals websrte and wial medla. A¢tlv• Llves Chlldren and Young People Report, A¢8demlc Year 2019120 In 2020121 we analysed this report vthich reviewed parDcyation in ￿Y51¢￿ activity over the 2019120 academ￿ year and Ihe impact ol Covid-19 on children Irom ethnically diverse communities. Black children and young peok4e wwe least actsve during ihe 2019120 aca(Jemic year - only 35% did an average of 60 minute or more a day ol p4)ysul activity. Girls from Black. Oiher ethn￿ and Asian backgrounds were most inactsve during this period. (￿eT Ihe summer terrn when the impact ol Covid- 19 was being fell only 31.6Vo Black children did an average of 60 minuies ol activity a day compared 10 58Yo ol White Other arKI 53.8Yo ol White Brrtish children. SKJnilicaM drops in activity ￿cUrred among Black11 Tr/.1, Other ethn￿l9.6%I. Msxed {7.9%1 and Asian13.3V.l Children and young people during Ihe summer term compared to the same period in 2018119. The lindings were shared In a blog on Sportsng Equals website scKial media. A8¢ism in Sport. September 2020: Thi% reFY)rt explored individual a￿1 organisational views aThJ experiences of racism in sport Idlowing the death ol Georgg Floyd in May 2020 aThJ the subsequent prolesis and rise in the pfominence ol ihe Black Lives Matter movemeni. The research was conducied using an online survey be￿een June and July 2020 and engaged individLFals within Sporting Equals nets¥ork and sctial media channels from ethnically diverse backgrounds. The airn ol ihe research wa5 to improve equaity in sport and Promote accountability wthin the SF(Jrt sector. 128 respondents contributed to the research. ol which 104 reswndents 181%) rep)rted some loim ol racism. sometimes overt bul often covert. Incidences ol racism wefe often not reported. and il reported. individuals lacked confKknce that the matter would be addressed. Most respondellts lelt that i￿IdenCeS ol racism had not been re501ved adequately. Golt Foundalion. Increasing Panlclpaiion Amvriy Young People Report. Novcmbor 2020: This repnrt wa.8 r.i)mmissioned by the Goll Foundation and involved a small research study about the percepb'ons ol golf and the ch￿lenge$ in erwaging young people liom ethnically diverse communitiès in fhis sport. The research findings are now being used by the Goll Foundation lo (each a more diverse audience and develop more reswnsive and I￿L￿s1¥e acitvities aThJ programmes. In total 143 people from ethnically diverse communities contributed lo Ihe research invofving 113 young people, 20 parents arKI 10 Stskehoklers Irom Ihe spNi sector. Page 6 SPOATING EQUALS DIRECTORS, AND TRUSTEES, REPORT (contlnued} Year ended 31 March 2021 Sport England- 10 Year Stratégy Consultation, October 2020.. This research was conducted to holp support and inform the Sport Eryland's new 10-year strategy, Shayng Our Fulure, Sporting Equals was c0rnrnlss￿ned lo consuh with iThJNkJuals workiTrJ wth elhnioally diverse communities lo ¢denlify priorities lor devel¢Jpment Ircrfn an inclusion. equality and diversity perspective. Sptsrting Equals invited people from a wide range ol backgrounds aThY eXperIe￿e to take part in the research. 19 individuals shared their wews in a series ol locus groups and interviews. including heads ol organisations. senior managers. team leaders. coaetrÈs and those working at a grassroots level. Terminology Research. Oclober 2020: S￿ling EquJs exFYored views about the term 'BAME' and alternab.ve lefminology lo e￿oUrage a more targeted aw)roach lo worf(ing with ethnically diverse communities. Throughout Octoter 2020. Sporbng Equals distributed an online survey to 217 member organisations ￿preSentIng over 1 $0.000 sw¥￿e users and nearly 4,000 volunteers and received a 66% response rate. Two thirds ol respondents were uncomfortable with U)e term 'BAME' and approximately a quarter were undeci¢Jed or indiflerenl. The research is contributing lo ongoing debate and helFxng to chaThJe w1￿Y and practice n the SFQrt sector. Stakeholder Engagement Survey. September 2020: Sk*Ming Equals consulled wth stakeholders and partners over the summer of 2020 lo obtain leedbaek on engagemeni and quality ol the support prov￿ Trn the previous 12 months. As this period included the national lockdown due lo the Covhd- 19 pandemic and the rise in the Black Lives Matter movement. leedback was also sought on ihese issues. 55 respondenis completed Ihe online survey. hair ol which were Nab"onal Governing Bodies ol Sport. The liriding5 have inlorrned the development ol the Partner aT¥J Stakeholder Engageme Strategy lo ensure we continue to work ettectr¥ely with all Stakeh￿ders. Marketing and Communications Our Marketing and Communutions worf( lor 2020121 centred on 5UPPOrting a(fvocacy and influencing acb.vity as well as Sho%￿sing talent and good pyacb.ce when rt comes to sp￿1 arKI physical activity and ethnKally diverse Communit￿S. Key e￿￿entS include the loll¢)wing'. Leadership Target Campalgn - In June 2020 Sportiro Equals conducled a call lo aclion to Ihe sector leading the way with a call lor 20Vo ethnically dNerse leadership larget to be implemented in a revision to the Code lor Sports Governance. We have been campaigning fci 20Yo elhThcally diverse leadership laroels as diversity ol thought is Crucially needed at the top ol the secior in Order for change to be felt ai a grouThJ level and participation level. OLtr C￿1$ lor 20% largel rwSi￿S were SUFWrted by Impact ol COVID-19 on DCMS secrors. FFrsl Rewrt and endorsed wNlely by the UK sport and physical activity sect￿. This included a letter ol Tecommendation from the Minister for Sport lor a revision ol the Code to UK Sport and Sport England. whr¢h is ¢iJrrently being wnsulted on. spO￿.ng Equals ouraged ils n7embership base lo reskyyNJ to ihe consulta1￿)n and provided wniers lor responding. Termlnology Campalgn- In Cktober 2020 Sportiro Equals opened a survey up regarding terminology to its network ol Asscciate Members wh￿h at the time consisted of 187 organisab"¢)ns represent 18,284 memtws arKI 88,343 service users. An overwhelming majority ciled theif Iruslrations with the use ol Black, Asban and Minority Ethnic as an urnbre1￿ ierm ar￿ athocated low a approach. Our nelworf( highlighted instances where ethically lustiliable the ￿raSeS ethnic￿lY drverse Communities oi diverse ethnic communitves can be used. Our work in a(fvocab'rvJ lor the removal ol'BAME' wh￿h included a terminology resource oulliniThJ inaccuraleloutdaled lerms. ralionak and suggestions on what to use instead.. highlNJhted a huge appe￿e tor change to ensure respectlul and relatable language use that can and shoukl be re￿￿ated across sKlors. We have seen mass sutport and uptake from the UK sport and phYs￿al activity sector and recendy the governmeni has been advised by the indepeftdent Racial Dispartties Commiss¢on to retr.re their use ol the term 'BAME' hohlighling the widespread sU￿e$S ol our terminology campaigniThJ. Pag8 7 SPORTING EQUALS DIRECTORS. AND TRUSTEES. REPORT leonlinued) Year ended 31 March 2021 Race Equality Event - On Ihe 23 March 2021 Sporting Equals heky Iheir Race Equalily Event wh￿h served to share the latest available data regarding the state ot the UK sport secior. As part of this session. we hKJhlwJhted persistent disparities ihal existed lor ethnically diverse communities within the spjrt and physical activily sector wilh over 500 indivKluals registered lo attend. MKhelle Moore hosied the event, there were addresses from Densign White M8E- Chair ol Sporting Equals. Nigel Hu(kJleston MP Minister lor SpK)rt- Department lor DigitJ, Culture, Media and Sw)rt. Sir Peter Bottomley MP, Ama Agbeze MBE - Alhlele, Tim Hollingsworth - Chief Executive Sport England, Viveen Tawor - Director ol Equality, Diversity and Indusion Sport England. Arun Kang OBE Chief Executive of Sportiro Equals. Prolessof Emerilus Kevin H￿10￿. Pasha Shah - Head ol Community Engagement Ministry ol Housing, Communilies a￿1 L￿al Govemment, Rachel Choong - International Para-Badrninton Player, Yunus Lunat SO1￿ltOr Ison Harrison and Aspire Sporls Resolution, Yashmin Harun BEM Chair Muslimah SkN)rts As$(￿latIon, and Isa Guha Presenter and Commentator Media oullets that featured SpJrting Equals ryo1￿t$ arKI pro3rammes includg 88C Sport. The Telegraph, The Metro. The Evening Standard. Popsugar Newschain. Our Social Media presence was amplilied in 2020121 arhj we saw an increased engagement and profile rate. Communlty Ernpowormont and Brokorage In 2020121 we have lur1her lom)alised our connecD"on wilti Ihe ethnically diverse Ihwd sector through our Assctiale Membership scheme. We now have over 2S0 Associate Members with over 100.000 service users. Srxxtir¥J Equals believes a unrled v0￿e ¥￿11 trAJikl a strong, planned aF¥)roa¢h lo influence national and loc￿ pOI￿Y work towards more resources and orportunities availabl8 10 ethnically diverse and faith organisations nationally. regionJly and IrKally. Our experience and expertise in inclusion. irKluding our flagship projects, on diversity in boardrooms ol sport ILeaderBoard Academy). our Swrting Equals Charter, our flagship Awards, r&siro the 8ritish Asian agenda In sport and pf¥y&cal activily IBASPA Athisory Board), SFrf)rt Monitoring Advisory Panel and grant ¢J"siributK)n means we now have the mechanisms to empower ethnically diverse organisalions and help lo enswe ih•r needs and ¥0￿$ are heard. Dekils on our grant distribution are provided below. PROJECTS AND EVENTS ACROSS 2020121 INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING: Equally Aciive We have coniinued our work on Ihe Equally Active projecl lurKled by the London Marathon Charitable Trust, a pilot project io tackle low ethnteally diverse participation in sFx)rt and physical activity by engaging with our target audiences throu9h Iheif rdigious beliels and habits. We are working with 10 laith cenires in Barking & Dagenham. Slough. Birmingham. Manchester and Bradlord. QualiPiojecls have been commissioned lo urnlertake an independent and r(*)usi evalualK>n ol Ihe projeci in order to provide evid￿8 ol the outcomes achieved arKI lo draw out recommendations lor the rying development ol Ihe projecl and Ihe impact il is making. Through 2020121 we have SJPFQrted farth centres to move to digital deliverydue fo the impact ol Ihg national lockdowns. Most faith cenlres have adapied lo the changing circumsiances rjaying a more social fole thr¢)￿h loodbanks, e¢Jnmunrty med￿lne}presCriptIOn services, lunder. bereavement. ounselliThJ semces. We have been sengtive io these need5 but have encouraged lailh centres to continue the physical acts.vily messages and enable eilliw uriliiie activity or low risk activitie9 Such a3 walking lo keep communities acb've. e.g. Khizra moswe wred up their cycling group with iaking sleeping bags ar*J clothes to the homeless. We have found Ihat many ol the faith cenlres have discovered that doirvJ online physical acliwty sessK)ns have removed barriers to pthcipation lor some groups ol people. Page 8 SPORTING EQUALS DIRECTORS. AND TRUSTEES. REPORT {contlnuedl Year ended 31 March 2021 England Hockey: A rilol woject with EngLaThJ H￿keY proje￿ is underway desig￿ lo eroage elhneally diverse people th the supwrt of3 hockey clubs I￿ted near elhnicallydiverse community and faith organisations." Wallham Forest Hockey Club. Plashet Hcckey Club and Tower Hamlets Hockey Club. We have been working ￿th the three clubs to ereate delivery plans in 2020, however due lo the pandemtc, delivery was not started bul the clubs were engaged in a trainiThJ needs analysis and eommunutions iiaining through Sporting Equals learn. We are now supporting the clubs io roll out delivery wh￿h will Ictus on attracting a more iliverse range of ¢ommunities. LTA Serves: Sporting Equals have¢ontinued to delrver the LTA SERVES Programme in Manchester, Bradlord, Bimiingham. Leicesler. Barking & Dagenham and Slough. The project has two outputs- lo support the existsng sites lo deliver regular SERVE sessions IrKally io ethnically diverse communities and surport the new sites to arrange thwr activator trainiro and gei their sessions up and running. The project has a tota 0132 SERVE sites at Ihe eThJ ol December 2020. The prqect was pul on hold lor much of 2020 due to the national thkdown however Sporting Equals continued lo mainlwn relationships wilh the SERVES siles a￿1 ￿11 restart Ihe projecl in May 2021. Sportlng Equals Charter: The Sporting Equals Charter has been designed lo support organisations in the sport and physul actwity sector to become inclusive of ethn￿allY diverse communities at all levels. 11 is a simF4e and effe¢iJve framewort( that will enable us collectively to work towards a sport and phYs￿al activity sector that is representative and inclusNe ot the entire UK populalion. This year has seen 44 organisations become signaiones to the Charter wtlh The LTA , Swim England, Gdl Foundation. London Marathon Events, England Lacrosse and The British Equestrian Federation all developing specific actKJn plans to SUFPOrt greater race equality- Spirit of 2012 - Breaklng Boundaries Project: Breakirrfj Boundaries is a three-year programme 12018 -20211 funded by Spiiit 012012, supported by the Er¥Jland and Wales Cricket Board IECBI and Thè Insiitute ol Community cOhe￿On Ilcocol. It aims to socAlly connect young people, their families and communtb'es iogether through regular ¢T￿et engagement, lostwing rnutual respeci and friendships by playing. spectab.ng and volunteering. It is being delNered in 5 cities.. Bradlord, Birmingham, London (Barking & Dagenhaml. Manchester and Stjugh. The project is led by ihe Youth Sport Trusl in partnership with Srxjrting Equals and a consorbum of organisab'ons irKltJding Crickel Trusts Foundations. Local Authorilies and Community Organtsations. Sporting EqU￿S have provided training, delivery and rnart(eling supwrt. From March 2020 the Breaking Boundaries project moved to digital delivery ￿th Ihe training trxing delivered throLKJh digital plalfofms. In the summer 012020. some ol the cities were able to start up outdoor actNi(ies 7hthilsi ihe CovKI-19 rates were low. Our ieam continued to work with community organisations 10 lind innovaiive ways ol social mixing. However, the Spirrt Board decided in December 2020 to pause Kyoject lor a quarter due the nalional lockdown. During the pau&ng ol the wojecl SrK)rting Equals ¢￿tinUed the communications elemenls and continued to share blog posts on the St￿1ng Equas website and post S￿la1 media content. This has enabled key pariners, community organtsatins arKI ¢tty teams lo rernain connected. We are hoping to reslart the wqect in June 2021. Unified knlion - Youih LeaderBoard: In Novemlxr 2020 our proF#)sal with Youth Sport Trust io the Ministry ol Housing. Communities and Local G0Vemme￿ IMHCLGI was sueeesslul and we embarked ￿ deliveriro a project completely online due to the lockdown restrictions. The purpose ol Unified Acbon was to promote shared values among pe¢wle ol all backgrounds through sustainable social integration and meaningful eiwc participation. This Kyoject has been desoned to promote understanding and shared values be￿een arKI within larth and ethn￿ communities, and other communities wh￿h form a part of civil soelety. We workecl wrth Youth Sport Trust to deliver online traning and support C¢)mmunity mentors and young pets￿e as part ol S￿la1 action. Page 9 SPORTING EQUALS DIRECTORS, AND TFIUSTEES. REPORT (continued) Year ended 31 March 2021 As part of the ￿0ject Sporting Equds V￿rked with Maven Search lo delNer the Youlh LeaderBoard Aeademy. The Youth LeaderBoard was tailored to eroagp a younger audience and four modules were delivered online in partnership wilh Maven Search. The young people were involved in action planniThJ to help build their thins and one to one sessi￿5 have taken place to support personal developmenl and mentoring. Grant Distribution: Sporting Equals has worked aloroside Comic Relief l National Emergencies Trust INETI and Srx)rt EThJland to deliver key SUFWrt lo community organisations within the SFJYI arkl physical activity sector lo althale arKJ distribute emergency lunding as a result of the impact ol Covid-19. Comic Relief l NET: A5 0131 March 2021, we have SLW•rted 60 organisakn.ons and distributed £273.069.27 01 funding with COM￿ Relief l NET emergency ￿lie1 funding. The purposeol this funding is to support and sustain organisat'ons to continue servtes and enable communities to engage with sport and physical activity or4)ortunilies. This projeet is conts"nuing until the end ol September 2021, and we continue to support organisations with guidance and lundiTr3. Sport England Tackllng Inequalllles Fund {Ph8se 1 and 2).. As of 31 March 2021, we have supported 50 organisatsons and distributed £184.131.32 of funding with the Sport ErKJland Tackling Inequalities Fund. The wrpose ol this lunding is to 5UPPOrt grassroots organisations lo prov4de sport and phY￿eal adivrty opportunities lor It%al ¢ommLtnities. This prqect was due to end in June 2021. .but we were successful in our appI￿allOn tor Phase 3 SUPFQrt lor addikn.onal lunding lo distribute which includes an afjditional specific ILKUS on more support lor susiainatx.lity to take this project to March 2022 HNANCIAL REVIEW 202012(r21 Summary During Ihe year 202012021. Sporting EqU￿S recetved Ir￿me of £701.439 an increase of £23,128 13%) Irorn 201912020. Sport England have once agwn been Ihe largest source ol fur￿l￿J. During the current year Sporting Equ￿$ have continued io work to reduce reliance on Sport England funding by conlinuing to IrKrease funding IrL￿) other ateas including growirg the amount ol unTestricied funding r￿eNed. Spofling Equals eonD"nues to dwersily its income sources and going lowward the managemeni team iniend io keep this mc*nenlum in order lo diversify further. Resources expended during the year 202012021 amounted to £626,688 a decrease of £60.772 from the previ¢)us year (rell￿ting the la¢k ol travel and other costs that were not expeThJed due lo Covid Testri¢l￿nSI. As with previous years. 100% 01 expenditure was S￿nI on charitable xtivi119S. Reserves The Trustees regularly review the Charty's need lor reserves'we have a reserves wlicy in line with the guidarKe issued by Ihe Charity Commission. In April 2020. in light the global pandemt. lo add further financial security the Board ol Truslees voled lo i￿reaSe the maximum arnount ol reserves lowed from 3 - 6 months ol operalirrfJ costs 10 6 - 12 months ol operakn.ng cos15. The reserves pOI￿Y was updated accordingly. The general reserve shows a balarte of £351 k atthe end ol the year". equNalentto just over 6 months ol eurrent opefaiing costs. Investment Pollcy The Trustees are empowered by the MemorarKlum arKI ￿tiCleS ol Assc¢iation to invest the Charity's funds as they see lit. The invesbment wli¢y requires that suryAus funds, not required lor working Capital puiposes. shoukl be invesied to prowde maximum return at minimum risk io the ofganisation. All lunds that ale su￿lUS from ts.me io ttme are invested on a short- Of medium-term lixed interest basis. To minimise the risk to lunds. invesiments are dery)stred bwth many banking inslilulions who are regulated by the Fina￿1￿ se￿e$ Authority and are members ol the Fina￿la1 SerV￿es Compensahon &heme. The Charrtls investrnent is reviewed on an anrMJal basis. Page 10 SPORMNG EQUALS DIRECTORS. AND TRUSTEES, REPORT (continugdl Year ended 31 March 2021 GOVERNANCE Code for Sports Govemance Sporting Equals are committed to hNJh starvjards ol goveMw￿e and across 202012021 cmstantly reviewed our governance to ensure that we continued lo meet Tier 3 01 the Code lor Sports Governance (which we were proud to have achieved formal COMFI￿nCe againsl in August 20181. Mainlaining compliar￿e is ongoing as part ol our goc*J governance. Legal Structure and governing document Sporting Equals is registered as a charity in England and Wales111193651 and is registered with Companies House as a PrNale Limiled Company by guaranlee {05853520I. SFOrting Equals thereltxe does not have a share caplal. Ihe liatmlity of members is limited, and details ol their guarantee *e given in the notes lo the linarKial statement5. Swrting Equals is governed by ihe rules aThJ regulations within lis Memorandum arKI Articles ol Association. Swrtiro Equals Memorandum ol Association states that the charrtls obj.ecls are.. -To promole equality and divef%ty in sp)rt for the public benefit in the United KIr0￿M by a) workin9 iowards the elimination ol discrimination on the grounds of race- bj promots.ro the paflicipation and integration of membeTS of ethnic minorty. migrant and ielvgees. Communiiies in spon". c) advancing ed￿tIOn and raising awareness in equality and diversity., d) cOnd￿lir¥j or commissionir¥J research ol equalily aThJ diversily issues a￿1 publishing the Tesulis lo the Pu￿1¢,. and e) pfomoling eth￿al standards ol conduct and compliance with Ihe law in relation lo race relations and racial equalilf. Sportlng Equals. Trustees (Dlrectors) and other volunteers Sporting Equals is governed by a Board ol Trustees (Direclorsl. As Sporting Equals is both a fegistered charity and private company limrted by guaranlee, Sporting Equals, Trustees are also company Directors and therelore tehok*n to t￿th charity and company law. The Board ol Trustees meets lom)ally al least loui times a year Itogether wth the Chief ExecLrtive and Oiher senior managers as required) as well as $￿clI￿ sub committees which are detailed below_ The Board ol Trustees is resp￿Sib￿ f¢Y the strategic direction and gOVerna￿e ol the Charity. The Board ol Trusiees ddegaies responsibility lor the delivery ol the business plan and ovision of Se￿e$ lo the Chiel Executbve. Sporting Equals, Board ol Trustees currenlly includes ten Trustees (with Ihe Arts'cles ol AssocRtion allows a maximurn of Iwelve Tw5teesl. Trustees are elected lor a Ihiee-year terrn and may nol serve more than three consecuiive terrns ol thiee years {￿th a break ol at least four years required before standing lor re*lectionl. Sportir¥J Equals. Board ol Trustees has four sub- committees where trustees with SpeCrf￿ skills and experience can l¢xus on priorty governance areas in more detail (Finance, Audit, HR & Remunerationsl. Due to the small size of the Board, the Board currently acts as the Nominat￿n Committee. Sporting Equals. Trustees are volunteerg who txing valued experience to Sporting Equals Ir¢)m a range ol backgrounds. Sporbng Equals. Trustees do not receNe remuneration lor their time Dr services as Twstees and only diiedy imJried expenses are reimtxjrsed Iwth any expenses reclaimed as set out in nole 6 lo the lina￿la1 statemenisl. Sporting Equals has a Trustee Conflict of Interest policy a￿1 register. where all Trustees tjeclare any conll¢t ol interest. New Trustees undeigo induction trainir*J lo brief them their legal obtigalions under both charity and Company law, Ihe content ol the Mernorandum and Articles ol Associahon, the Charity's structure and decision-making prrxess. the charity's recent ￿rfOrManCe lincluding the most recent Annual Report and Accountsl ￿ the charity's strategy I1￿￿UdIng the charity's current business an). ApproFxtate rndemnity rnsurance cover is hekl for Ihe Trustees ol the Charity lin line with Sporting Equ￿$. Artic￿$ ol Association). Sporting Equals also continues lo engage special a(Ivtsers who, a voluntary basis, provide addilional advre io the board a￿1 olfttrs ¢)n matters such as researth. business develoFxnent and income dWer&I￿titm. Page11 SPORTING EQUALS DIRECTORS. AND TRUSTEES. REPORT (contlnugd) Year ended 31 March 2021 Sportlng Equals. Trustees land appointment dates) Densyn Whrte MBE - Chair123 Apn'l 2012} Deverley Mason - Senior Independent Director {27 January ￿15) Naz Deen120 January 20211 Lorraine Oeschamps MBE115 February 2016} Craig Edmondson127 February 20191 Urvasi Naidoo110 January 20191 Yun Hui Teoh120 January 20211 Barbara Thornpson120 January 20211 Christine Ohuruogu MBE119 January 2017 and reswJned on 01110120211 Vanessa Wallace120 January 2021) Sporting Equaly. Stall Stall at the erKI ol March 2021 comprised.. Chief Executive. Arull Kang OBE Director ol Development, Nik Trive(fi Director ol pro1￿ts, Shaheen Bi Senior Administration Manager. Marie Bagley Policy and Engagement Manager. Emily Carter Nation￿ Programrnes Manager. Amy HeppIngSt￿l Marketin9 arKJ ComMun￿at￿$ Managgr. Jas Kaur Project Support Otticw, Hafzah Pervez Research Manager, Santosh Rai Executive Assistant, Sue ￿n0 Marketing Assistant, Aliya Hu$s￿n Business Oevel¢went Assessmenl, Camille Charles Key managemeni Per￿nnel Following are the key managernent ol the charity during the year end ol Maich 2021: Chief Executive. Arun Kang OBE Director ol Development, Nik Trtvedi Oireclor ol Piojecls, Shaheen Bi Risk Managemenl The Board ol Truslees Klentir￿S ar￿ reviews risks ai every Board meetllVJ Using a lomial risk register - lo ensure that key risk5 lacing the organisalion are ￿entifIed and appropriate actions are put in pla¢e lo rnitKJate those risks. As part ol the Charily's risk management process, the Truslees a¢knovAedge Iheii reskN)nsitMlity lor the Charty's $￿tern ol internal control and reviewing ils elle¢tiveness. Risk is also a regular item on the Senior Management Team rneeling agendas. vrrith risks iden11f￿d and escalated up to the 8oard ol Trustees as apprcpriate. We have detailed below the key areas ol risk Ihal have identified and our approach to miluation. overall the CovKJ-19 pandemic arKI the response lo this has affecled all areas ol our work and each areas ol risk has ￿en reviewed with this lens. Fundlng & Fundraising - risk that Sportlng Equals does not ggnerate enough Income to eover It's commltment$ The Covid-19 Pandern￿ has impacted on the linance ol our lurKlers and ts Cancellation ol some events that we generate lundrwsing from. Budgets and forecasts have been kept undgr review to tske account of ts lalesl undgrstanding ol the financial 8nvironment. We have continued to ¥¢ess new lurKJing streams and work Closely with our existing Contr￿tUd commitments. We worked with fU￿le[S lo either rtrprolile or redesign activity in ord9r to deliver the vast maiorty of pr¢>3rammes wthin expected timescales. Page 12 SPORTING EQUALS DIRECTORS. AND TRUSTEES. REPORT (con￿nued) Year ended 31 March 2021 In April 2020. in light the global pandem￿. lo athy lurther fina￿la1 security the Board ol Trustees voted to i￿reaSe the maximum amount ol reserves allowed liom 3- 6 months ol ￿erath'ng wsls lo 6- 12 months ol operating costs. The reserves polty was updated accordingly. Looking to the krture the man fin￿￿la1 impacts ol Covid-19 are likely yel lo c¢cur. We wll continue lo maintain goc*J lelat￿nShipS fwKlers arKJ seek io thersity lurther oui income generation portfolio. Stalfing rlsk Ihat Sporting Equals has inadequ•ie slaffing resourcès to deliver Ils eontractual comm5tmènts Sporting Equals has Ictus on retenlKsn and staff develcpmenl, wrth staff having regular 1".1s. performance reviews, in-house training awKJ developmeni in pla￿. Role rnap￿ng has been com￿eted ar￿ a skills matrix develor*d lo use in ￿nI￿￿tiOn wlh appraisals and development to assess organisational strengths and areas ot devdopmenl. A stall-led wellbeing group was established during Ihe pandern￿ to offer a lurthgr sale space lor stalf lor open di￿￿Ssion this is in a¢JdrtJ"on io an anonymous staff survey sysiem. Covid-19 preveniion measures with respect to staff wellbeing have been imFAemented in line wilh government Covid Secure guIda￿e. Swrting Equals staff continue to work from home and Iwking to the lulure S￿rtIng Equ￿$ are exploring hybrhd mcthLs ol workir¥J th stall well-beirNJ being the tcp priority lor ways ol working_ Data ProtKtion ~ risk Ihat Sportlng Equals or Its partners inadvertently dlsclose pgrsonal data A Data Protection & ReCc￿S Management Policy is in place. ak)ngsMle ass¢xialed Prot￿oIS. Revvews ol IT security as well as GDPR protocols are completed annually. Sporting Equals has cloud-based systems, which enthes managerial oversighl and allowed lor minimal disTuplion with the move lo wotl(ing Irom home during the pandemt. IT securily and Daia Proiection training was completed witt) all stall during 2020121 to reduce the fisk ol inadvertent breaches by indmduals and ￿$0 lom)s part ol the inducts'on lor new staff. As part ol our governance and werab.ons Continu￿ review we also regularly recewe and review upxlates Irom the 1nfomab.on Commissioner's Oftice to ￿enillY any areas ol good practice I trxeaches Irom other ¢xganisab"ons that we can leam fr¢Jn. Goveman¢e- risk that the governance arrangemen1$ of Sporting Equals do not meet b￿1 practice Corporale governance structures systems are in place to meet all *al requrements, together with governar￿e requirements ol lunders. Complia￿e with Tter 3 requirements of the C(MJe of Governan￿ for Swrt has been achieved is regularty reviewed. Sporting Equals also regularly engages wrlh the SF>Jts Goverrtar￿ Academy as part ol c(￿tinual review, sharing good pracThce and developfflent. Salegu8rding - risk that a malor Incldent takes place at • Sportlng Equals event or funded aclivity Saleguarding remains a constant area of fl￿5. t#)th in terms of SporknrFg Equals int￿nal delivery and the Provi￿on ol any delivery pathers. Sp)rting E(DJals have rIsk-baS￿ approach ￿ cheekiry aThJ challengir¥J our safeguarth.ng poI￿Y and practsce lo ensure Ihe well-being ol all. Page 13 SPORTING EQUALS DIRECTORS. AND TRUSTEES. REPORT {¢onlinuedl Year ended 31 Aqarch 2021 All stafl take part in an annual review ol the safeguarding kK)I￿Y and are invofved in regularly reviewiThJ any F)Otentsal risks to well-being with regards lo any ol the work ol Sporting Equals and putting mitwJation in place. this is done quarterfy and when any new work is being p￿￿ned. Sporting Equals are currenlly in the wc¢ess up UKthiing our safeguarding Foliey to bettei iellecl our holistic and wo-active cullure on saleguarding. PLANS FOR FLITURE PERIODS Sporling Equals are pioneering on many Ironts to tad(le inequality in the sport sector related 10 ethnically diverse communities. We Ltse ￿10t projects. carnpaHJns arml case studies to make a changè in Ihe sport and physical activity sector. In 2021122 we intend to locus on Ihe key inequalilies in the sport Fthysical activity sector and work to tackle systemic T￿l$M that limit Ihe c%)portunities ol ethnically diverse communth'es. We wll conbnue to deliver local projects to ensure communities are he￿thIer and strorvJer and rnore empx)weied locally. We wll continue lo camwgn through events and media oppNiunitigs and showcase I￿al sporting ethnically diverse projects and present and lealure ethnically diverse chaM￿OnS utilising our events to help break down p8r¢eplions and ultirnately Trnspire the nert generab.on ol ethnically diverse talent and local projects. To meet our key objectives. we will continue to tackle the unfair lack ol diver&ty in leadership Fosilions Ihal are ultimalely resw)nsible lor the decisions an organi5ation makes and ensure these are more accurate arKt w)sitively impactful lor ethntally diverse groups. We will continue to CaMpap￿ lor a 20% target ol ethn￿lY dNerse tx)ard members lor nation sports organisations and we wtll work to retire ts term Bl¥k. ￿lan Minority Ethnic IBAMEI. Key ambltlons for 202112022 Includè.. This year we will increase our research activity to lorm the basis io all our WOTk especially to support our inlluerKe and advocacy work. We will use akwropriaie research methodologies lo build a robust evKlerKe base, meei the KPIS ol lunders and ensure that research support is provided lo colleagues to achieve their specific proje¢ls aims. For eXam￿e. the Charter and consUla￿Y oller ol Sportirg Equals Mll include research as a basis lo unders￿ding the challenges prior to developirYJ an action plan. The overall ambitions for the year include.. Dislribute grants io ethnically diverse communities includFr¥J our Asscciate Mernbers 10 support them in the chamenges they have Ixed due to COVID-19 a￿1 supprxt in SFth and physical actiwty Iccajly. Increase the number of swatories to wr SFth'ng Equals Charter and lurth9r prornote its etreeliveness. Conlinue lo deliver the Cofflmunity Cohesion project called Breaking Boundaries. in partnership with the Youth Sport Trust. Increase our work through faith centres paitularly through Ihe Equally Active project lunded by the London Marathon Charitable Trust. To work towards bYentiiwr¥3 corporate sF￿nsors lo help deliver more community projects on the ground. Raise the issues ol Tacism in the swrt sector through a t￿CaSt that leaturgs the lived experiences ol ethnic￿lY dNef$9 indNkduals in sport or F*ysi¢al actiwty. Continue working with our key partners on key wojecls lo increase elhnically diverse participation in sport in local communities le.g. LTA- SERVESI. Deliver the seventh annual SwrtiNJ Equals Ethn￿ Diver%ty Awards io showcase tal8nl and grassroots projects and volunieers. monit￿ the work ol swrt and phystal actNty organisatk)ns that have committed through a slalemenl to SUK4)Ort black communities %wth OP*￿I￿n[lIeS in the sector. Promote through events and me(fja thè lack ol Brilish Asian men arKI women in prolèssional sport at all levels. Increase Sporling EqU￿s. fina￿1￿ sustainability through I￿rne thver%lutson - lo fund key projects thal meei the mi&sion and outcornes ol the ch￿rty. Deliver a raee equality confere￿e lo ensure the inequdity in sport and phy￿¢al ¥livily is raised Ihe hNJhest level. Page 14 SPORTING EQUALS DIRECTORS. AND TRvsfEES' REPORT {contlnued) Yèar ended 31 March 2021 Odiver LeaderBoard andlor Youth LeaderBoard to ¢ontinue raising the profile of the lack of ethnic diversity in the worklorce arKI in the boardrooms ol srN)rt. Please go to www.sportingequals.org.uk for fvrtIEr detwls of the work ol Sporting Equals. Statemenl of trustees, re$ponslbililiès The irustees (who are also di[￿10￿ lor the purposes of eompany lawl are responsible lor preparing the Directors, and TTUStees' Rwrt and Ihe financial St￿ementS in aecordanee with applicable law arKI United Kingdom Accounting Starbjards (Unrted KiTrJ(bm Generally Accepting Aecounling Praclieel. Company law requires the directors lo prepare financi￿ statements lor each fina￿la1 year wh￿h give a true and lair view ol the State ol affairs ol the charitable company and ol the incoming resources and application ol resources, including Ihe income and expenditure, ol Ihe charrtable company lor that period. In prepaiing these financi￿ statemerts. the directors are required to.. select sui&th acwjnting wlicies and then apply them consislenlly.. observe the methods arK4 priwples in the Charilies SOFIP: make judgernenls and estimates that are reasonable and prudent., slate whether applicthe UK accounting standards have been followe¢J, subject lo any material departures disclosed and explaine(l in the financial statements.. and prepare the financial statèments on the going concern basis unless il is inappropriate lo presume that the charitable company will continue in business. The directors are fesFonsitle f(v maintainirKJ proper aceounb"NJ records which disclose wth reasonable accuracy at any time the hnancial posi)"on ol the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply wilh the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets ol the charilabje company and the group and hence lor taking reasonable steps for the prevention aThJ detects.on of fraud and other irregularities. In so far as the directors are aware thai they are reSpOns￿le for the mainienance and integrity of the corporate and financi￿ infomaD"on included on the charrtable Company's website. Legislation in the Uniied Kingdom wveming the preParat￿n and dissemination of financial slatemenls may differ from legislation in otherjurisd￿tiOAS_ Independent Examiner The basic audit threshokl is £1 Mill￿n. No audit is required loi the year ended 31 March 2021. This will be the case for the following year therefore quotes for the Independent Examiftalion lor the year endiro 2022 will be obiained after which the Independent Examiners will be proposed for the ar4xsinlmenl in accordance wrth the Charity Commission. The financial slalemenls have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to company s subject to the small companies, regime wlthin Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006. AFwoved by the Board on and s*3ned on its behalf by.. Denslgn Whlte Chair Page 15 SPORT￿ EQUALS Indep￿d•￿t Ex•mSn•r's r•ports YMr •nd•d 31 Alarch 2021 l Tep¥Nt on tr* ￿0￿nts of the ctsmpany lor thè l Awl 2020 to 31 March 2￿21. wh¢h ¥e s o￿onp￿171O32. R•sponslbllllle$ and b•fAs ol report As the charilys trusiees la￿1 also the dirKt¢ys lor the FW#)ses rf wroary Iw*l are responsible lor the prepar•w ol Ihe a¢￿￿nts in x¢ordaw vrilh the r¢w¥ements ol tho Comp¥ies Acl 2￿6. Havry sali51¢ed myself thai Ihe than.ty is not subj'ect lo a￿thI urAler eompany law i8 81*3ible lor 8xwninabon. I havè 8xamiw*d chai11￿5 acCo￿ts as r4uwed Ljnder se¢th"on 145 01 ihè Chw"rties Ad 2011 I'the kri. In carrying wl my eyaminathjn I have lollowed the DirectK)ns given by the ChatTrly comm￿S1C￿ undw 14951(bl ol ts 2011 kl. My role is to state wlthr any material matlffs have C￿e lo rny alIgnt￿n gr¥ing m¢ causg to t4ieve.' l. that ac¢tyJniuYJ r•ccffd$ were noi kèpl as r•JU￿ad by stttton 386 01 Ihe Compari•s Act 2(hJ6: or 2. ihat the accounls do not acccid I•￿th those records.. 3. that Iho accounts do not comF4y th8 accounbng requiremthits ol SeCiKM 396 d thg Companies Acl 2006 with the metrK¥ts arnj ol the Chan"1￿5 Swemeni ol Ae¢omm8nded Pra¢ty¢e io ¢hant*s pr¢For1￿ their attounts in actordarre wlth th• Fuiartial Starnjard 4Wieat4e w the UK and RepL*ll￿ of IrelaThl: LY 4. Ihat there is IL¥lher in10￿nallJn n•8ded Icff a ol ￿tOunts. Indep•nd•nl examln•rf$ S￿1•mont s.￿e your charws gross i￿ome exceeded £250.1))O exarntrw fflusl be a m¢yMbgf ol a fist¢d brjjy. I can confirm Ihat l am quahfied to vndèrtak• th8 •xaminab"on because l arn a régistered manbw ol ICAEW whth is ￿ c4 Ihe Isi•d ttsyies. I have COmF4oied my examination and have no cowKems respect ol ihe mattels If) to141 listed above aTrS. in connection wilh Ic41owng the Oirèctions ol lh8 Charty conThss￿ I have four￿ rK) matters Ihat T￿1￿ dra￿ft9 yc)ur allenbon. J¢r•my Kitson FCA ICAEW Prime Chaitered knounlanls Cwnef Oak l Homer Road Solihull B913QG D*e:....... Pa9e 16 SPORTING EQUALS STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (Incorporating the Income and expenditure account) for th• yèar ended 31 March 2021 Unr•strlcted Funds Restricted Funds 2021 Totsl Funds 2021 Total Funds 2020 Incoming r•sourtes DOna￿On$ 9,399 5.792 Charilable aclivities 159.539 532,320 691.859 672,356 Inv85lrnents- inieiest recwve(J 181 181 Tolal incoming re50UfC•S 169.119 701,439 678811 Exp•ndltui• on- Gharilable aclivilie5 101.CK19 525.679 626.688 687,460 Totsl rèsoureès èxpended 101.009 525.679 625N8 687.460 Net In¢orningl loutgoing} re%wrces before transfefs being ne¢ incomel lexpenditlbrel for the 68.110 6.641 74,751 19.1491 Transfers beMeen fu￿$ Ne¢ movement in funds 110 6.641 74.751 19,149 Aèconciliation of funds Tolal funds broughl lo￿ard 37.028 333.311 342.460 Tolol lunds carried fO￿ard 364J93 408,062 333.311 The statement of h'nar￿1￿ actNithes irtludes dl gains losses in the year. All incoming resrAJrces a￿1 resources exFWtJed derive Irom continuing activilies. The notes on page 20 to 32 fom part ol these lina￿1￿ slatemenls. Page 17 BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MARCH %121 Tangibleffix•J assets 143.na 641￿5 189.595 Za9.T31 785.108 Credltors: amc4Jntsl8llThJ duo wllhln {3￿.￿) {104.1031 404,153 333J11 10 10 10 351.393 13.0(X) D6%gnalod 13.( 37.028 Total lun The Charflable Company is •ttiUed to aKIt urKl8r 477 of the Companles Act 2006 lor year ended 31 March 2021. (alEnsuriThJ that the ¢haritthe c4xnpany keops xcA)urtiro recordsthat comrAyTh*h Secdons 388 387 of CompwM8s kt 201A Iblweparing lInar￿la1 statem•ts. glve atrue arnl falr view of th? state of affak8 of the charlty as at tho end of each financlai year. arKI of Ils suWus or defi¢ll lor thqch flnandal r in accordarKe with tho rewirwnonts of Se¢tion$ 394 arKI 395 and *thich 0th8Twise comFAy*71h the rewirements ol the Companies P 5.935 47.405 3.754 JJ,2 Equipmenl Maimeimo Comm 8 PLhl: Legal A PrOtess￿n 21 ic6 Dyect Dyect B.n3 19.240 1571 7.214 ppcrt CQGlS •ll¢xaied lOa¢tlvi1kn5 Offte expenses ITexwnses Irwar Property costs 4.137 6.610 7,1 10.ZJ3 13,325 4.702 %use ol le5￿￿S 2.16 %u5e ol re60W( 1.88l 4.fy)7 28.942 J*.115 •3.SM *.aZ7 626.61J W,4 c¥*trtorél•XPWObJw 2021 £626.fj8#proo. £687.49)). £IOI.CQ3 (aio. fr4.w￿&T￿lw￿$￿r￿ kutharvJ£525.6Y9(aY). £¢12.7401 Mtaiod io residci￿ lthts. P•3• 26 lAe¢w￿Y by#uar•th•l NOTESYO ThE FWIANOAL STATEMEpifsi¢wUrwdl 1019 TDtIi Siattcos siatthEYa Agèncyststt rra¥el & sutsE&IWC* Diie¢t IOJ74 13.772 64.S57 8.752 37T,89D 297,567 2,2S4 37,918 3S,824 6fY) 3,ie8 43,826 J74 696 2t,142 1.951 75 SF .193 6D32 310 4.955 75 s?￿47 28.797 Direct 15.217 749 Dwe DYttt DK•¢t 47 ).(W 31.19) PToieth expBnses BartAthaig•s 18.941 11733 3.751 22M87 797 3.754 33 Cor6uIIWKyCOSIS Equipmwi arkeithg CorTrn S BJn." Leaa & Prof0$$K%￿l 1.781 12 8.?34 19240 8,465 21,692 Oyect 2.è)7 1.575 Svpport •lloB•ted lo Siatt costs %ot SLAM ting 0￿￿+*Xp8n4e$ Use ol rEStyJItsS ITeyewe5 %uS• ol i•StyJKes 9. Insurance ¢4 r*s￿[c*S 4.017 22,396 14,518 6S1 2.937 3.421 iOR92 13J 313 6.225 39.452 542 2.217 307 399.la7 I4￿37 s5￿7 45,1 11635 46,251 la7410 560,062 (M the kntal ex[WWJi￿r* W7.WO)19. £566th4.t74.rn)(X)19. t44.Fag)rfthY ES12.7401￿1g- ES*.3rJi to stn#*O tu￿$. SPORTING EQUALS NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS tor the year ended 31 March 2021 Net incoming resou￿￿¥ tor the yèar Net irKoming Testhjces l¢y the year are stated after Charging: Independent examiner's lee- current year Depreciation 1.740 4,179 1,740 3.754 Employ9• Inlormatlon Staff costs Wages and salaries SOCI￿ security costs Other pension eosts 374,395 34,307 22.284 329.624 31.576 16,690 430.986 377,890 2020 No. Average number ol em￿oYeeS emF4oyed durwig the year. Administration 10 The number ol eM￿oYeeS whose anrwal emoluments weie £60.0￿ or more were". 2021 £60,000 . £70,000 £70,000 - £80.000 £80.000- £90,000 £90,000 - £IOO,OIx) £100,000 - £110,000 Above £110,000 Key Management PerS￿ne1 ol ihe Charity comprise of the Senior Executive ieam which includes Chief Executive Officer. Director of Developmmenl and Director ol Projects whose total salary and benefits are £232.74612020.. £221.7481. Key management pe¥sml a￿ out in the directors, and Trustees. Rewrt at Page 12. No Trusiees rec*ved remuneralion durir¥J the year12020'. £nill. No exFenses were pa•J lo trustees in ihe year. Page 28 SPORTING EQUALS NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL sTATEMEP￿s for Ihe year ended 31 March 2021 Tangible lixod asSoIS IT Equlpment Total Cosl At 1 AFyd 2020 Additional during the year 13.732 13,732 Al 31 March 2021 13,732 13.732 Depreciation At 1 Awil 2020 Charge lor the year 5,644 4,179 5,644 4,179 At 31 March 2021 9.823 9,822 Net book value At 31 March 2021 3,909 At 31 March 2020 8.088 D8blor$ Trade debtors Other debtors Prepayments Accrued Income 125,912 10,750 2,551 4.500 173,169 4.000 2.093 10.333 143,713 189.595 Creditors: Amounts falling dug within ong year 2021 2020 Trade Creditors Credit card Pension payable ACcru￿S Oelerred irKome Other credilors 2,571 4,020 4,32S 5.701 26,740 45.417 17.900 2,016 1.740 5.417 369.157 380.955 104.103 SPORTING EQUALS NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 March 2021 10. Reconclllatlon of movemenis In funds 1 April Incoming Outgoing 2020 resources resources 31 March 2021 Transfers Unrestrlcted iunds 283.283 169,119 1101.009} 351,393 Designated funds 13.000 13,000 Restricted funds Sport England Spirit LMCT 403,000 78,653 50.667 1403.000} {83,5641 139.1151 20,632 16,396 15,721 27,948 37,028 532.320 {525.6791 43,669 Tolal funds 333.311 701,439 (626.688) 408.062 10a. Reconciliation of movements in funds 2020- Comp•rntives 1 April Incoming 2019 resources Outgoin9 re$our¢e$ 31 March 2020 Transfers Unreslricted fund$ 283.6S3 74.350 174.7201 283,283 Oe$ignat•d funds 13.0 13,000 Re$trlcted lunds Sport England Spirit LMCT BEDSA 399,687 86.941 72.333 45.000 1399.6871 1112,1161 155.937) {45.000} 45.807 20.632 16.396 45.807 603.961 1612.740) 37.028 Tolal funds 342.460 678,311 {687.460) 333,311 Page 30 SPORTING EQUALS NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS tor thg year ended 31 March 2021 Deslgnated lunds The designated fund is a lund the Trustees have agreed to riry-lence in order to cover any lutufe redundancy costs in the event the charrtable company was to cease its operations. Restricted funds Sport Engla￿1 rMovNles grant fuNJing lor a￿d Ou￿Uts under its national partner rxogramme. Spirit 012012 - funds sp￿J'ng Equals a￿1 Youth Swrt Trust as National Delivery partners lo deliver the Breaking Boundaries project whth uses crid(ei as a catalyst for social cOhes￿n within live locations in ErvJlaTrJ.. LorKlon Marathon Charitsble Tnjsl - has provKled fu￿lIng financiJ year 202110 help suprxjrt a lailh centre m(>Jel suFporting communilies to bec(me phys￿l1Y activ8. Analysls of n8t awts fvnds General Dèsignated Rostrlcted funds funds lunds Total Fund balances at 31 M￿h 2021 are represènted by: Tang1t￿e li¥ed assets Current assets Current lith'lities 3.909 728,439 (380.9551 3,9)9 785, 108 1380,955 13.000 43.669 TotJ net assets 351.393 13.0(W) 43.669 408.062 11a. Analysis of Thot assets between funds 2020- Comparnlives General Designated Reslri¢ted funds funds tunds Total Fund balances at 31 March 2020 are ropresent8d by: Tangible lixed assets CuNenl assets Curreni lA￿litieS 8.089 379.297 1104.1031 8.089 429.325 {104.1031 13.000 37,028 Total net assets 283,283 13.000 37,028 333,311 Page 31 spoimNG EQUALS NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for Ihe year end￿ 31 Mar¢h 2021 11 Rfjwnciliation ot not incomo 1 {expendiluffel to net cash flow from oporaling activities 2021 2020 Net income lor the year Inleresi receivable Depreciatson and irnwm)enl of tangble fixed assets Decrease I Ilncr8asel in deblors Increase I (Decreasel in creditors 74,751 {181} 4,179 45,883 276,851 19,1491 11631 3,754 12,7481 68.352 Nel cash flow frorn yrating ￿lIvItieS 401,483 60.046 13. Controlllng party The charitable company is urKler the control ol the Board ol Trustees. 14. Penslon contrlbullons There was a cre(liioT of £2.016 {2020". £5,701) al Ihe year-eThJ. 15. Company 81atu$ The company is limited by guaramee and th)es rnt have any share caFMtal. Every memiw of the company un(Jeriakes to contribute to the assets ol the company in the event ol its beings wound up while he is a member or wrthin one year after cea&ng to be a member, lor paym)ents ol the debts and liabilith.es ol the company ¢ontra¢led before he ceased lo be a member, and the costs. ehaiges and expenses ol winth'ng up. lor the adjustment ol the rights ol the Contri￿￿"0ns among themselves such amount as may be required, not exceediNJ £1. Page 32