## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date 01 01 2022 31 12 2022
**From To**
## Section A Reference and administration details
## **Charity name** BritCits
**Other names charity is known by**
**Registered charity number (if any)** 1154949
**Charity's principal address**
169 Elm Park
Reading Berkshire **Postcode RG30 2HU**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|1
2
3|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Sonel Mehta||n/a||
||Steven Green||n/a||
||Stuart Adams||n/a||
**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
||**Name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|
|---|---|---|
||N/A||
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Type of governing document
Foundation Constitution
(eg. trust deed, constitution)
Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
Appointed by other trustees.
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
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## **Section C Objectives and activities**
|**Summary of the objects of the**
**charity set out in its**
**governing document**
**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)**|To promote human rights (as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
in particular but not exclusively Article 16 and subsequent United Nations
conventions and declarations) by such charitable
means as the trustees see fit including:
1. Monitoring abuses of human rights;
2. Obtaining redress for the victims of human rights abuse;
3. Relieving need among the victims of human rights abuse;
4. Research into human rights issues;
5. Providing technical advice to government and others on human rights matters;
6. Contributing to the sound administration of human rights law;
7. Commenting on proposed human rights legislation;
8. Raising awareness of human rights issues;
9. Promoting public support for human rights;
10. Promoting respect for human rights among individuals and corporations;
11. International advocacy of human rights;
12. Eliminating infringements of human rights.|
|---|---|
||Following activities undertaken by the trustees on behalf of the
organisation, having regard to the guidance issued by the Charity
Commission on public benefit:
•
Campaigning to raise awareness of UK’s divisive family
immigration rules, including spouse/partner migration rules and
adult dependant relatives
•
Plight of refugees
•
Providing advice and support to those seeking information on
family reunification, including through the use of free movement
rights|
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include further statements, where Our thanks to our volunteers and members for their support in helping us relevant, about: reunite families.
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
## Section D Achievements and performance
**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
- Continuing to raise awareness of the UK family immigration rules and their impact on British citizens in particular
- Working with other groups to raise awareness and undertake research on family migration and role of carers
- • Helping families reunite
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## **Section E Financial review**
N/A
**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves Details of any funds materially** N/A **in deficit**
## **Section F Other optional information**
N/A
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** Sonel M **Full name(s)** Sonel Mehta **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Trustee **etc) Date** 10/10/2023
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