## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year **From** 01 April 2020 **To** 31 March 2021
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** LGBT OUT IN THE BAY
**Other names charity is known by** LGBT OITB **Registered charity number (if any)** 1153064
|**Charity's principal address**|Room 1, 3 Northumberland Street|Room 1, 3 Northumberland Street|
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||**Postcode**|**LA4 4AU**|
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
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||N Elder||Appointed 28/10/20||
||L McCullough||Resigned 01/04/20||
||Ms B Swift||Resigned 01/04/20||
||L Caton||Resigned 01/04/20||
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## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
**Name Dates acted if not for whole year**
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## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Appointed by resolution at a properly convened meeting of the charity Trustee selection methods trustees. (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
To promote equality and diversity for the public benefit and in particular, the elimination of discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity of those living in the Lancaster, Morecambe Bay and surrounding areas.
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The trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit when making decisions.
Activities undertaken include:
- the elimination of discrimination on the grounds of race, gender, disability, sexual orientation or religion,
- advancing education and raising awareness in equality and diversity,
- promoting activities to foster understanding between people from diverse backgrounds,
**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)**
- cultivating a sentiment in favour of equality and diversity, and,
- creating a safe and welcoming environment where people can explore verbally and express their sexuality or gender identity.
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
Activities undertaken during the year, generated net cash funds of £4,777 **Summary of the main** and resulted in total cash funds of £7,950 at 31 March 2021. **achievements of the charity during the year**
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## **Section E Financial review**
To maintain a healthy reserve balance to aid towards future sustainability **Brief statement of the** of the charity. **charity’s policy on reserves**
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
None
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## **Section F Other optional information**
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
## **Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)** Robert Mee **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** CEO **etc)**
**Date** 07/09/2021
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