Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date 01 April 2023 31 March 2024 From To Section A Reference and administration details ~~a~~ Charity name podium.me Other names charity is known by ~~po~~ Registered charity number (if any) 1160250 ~~[|~~ Charity's principal address 46 Devereux Road London Postcode SW11 6JS
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
Dates acted if not for Name of person (or body) entitled Trustee name Office (if any) whole year to appoint trustee (if any)
1 Jane Barrett
2 Camilla Byk
Louise Sargeant
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Jonathan Paterson
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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
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser Name Address
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Section B Structure, governance and management
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Description of the charity’s trusts
Foundation model constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Trustees are appointed by consensus of the existing trustees acting in the Trustee selection methods best interest of the Charity and with due consideration of any skill sets (eg. appointed by, elected by) owned by potential trustees that would benefit the Charity.
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
Podium provides training and a health and safety policy to all interns and You may choose to include volunteers that assist the charity. additional information, where relevant, about: Podium produces podcasts that contain rights belonging to a number of different people, including younger people. To address the issues of using the voices of ● policies and procedures young people, Podium operates a consent policy to ensure that no content is adopted for the induction placed online without the original author's consent (or that of their parent guardian if applicable) and a take-down procedure to quickly remedy any and training of trustees; potential issues with the podcasts. The copyright for the final podcast is retained by Podium.me
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the charity’s
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organisational structure If Podium creates content for third parties, it operates under contracts to ensure
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and any wider network all obligations are clear. with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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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 act as a resource for young people by providing support and activities which develop their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals.
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P odium.me provides mentoring and training opportunities to a wide range of young people across the UK. We provide young people with a voice via a platform that allows them to share views, personal experience and expertise, and Podium provides the opportunity, training and platform for young people to contribute to media and find jobs and further their careers in the media. Podium has a no-selection no-rejection policy therefore providing maximum benefit to the public.
Young people who are interested in any aspect of journalism, feature production, news, drama, music, or podcast production can apply to do an unpaid internship with podium.me.
Internships are arranged with schools and universities as well as individuals.
Freelance producers where necessary are paid for project work.
An internship can be done either at the Pod, (headquarters in Devereux Road London) or remotely by communicating online.
Internships generally last from one week to one month, and occasionally longer if forming part of a university course requirement.
Regular workshops take place with visiting speakers to give training on production skills and drama writing skills. These take place either independently or at festivals at the invitation of universities or schools.
Regular training days and workshops help to create a community eg. ‘Writing for audio drama’ group which draws together new writers to create monologues and audio dramas which can be produced with the support of podium.me The stories told are often based on the personal experiences of the young people involved.
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)
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Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
Podium is well known for its high-quality training days which bring together industry professionals and young people in an atmosphere of collaboration and useful networking for all. You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about: ● policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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● contribution made by volunteers.
Section D Achievements and performance
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Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
Organisations worked with: Radio Academy Festival L Kassova International Journalism Festival Y Stark WISER conference Police Cadets Wempower I Biancacci Oliver Wyman Forum The News Movement Media Partner at the Audio Production Awards Radio Academy Festival BBC Disability forum Vorboss podcast RAMP mentoring scheme S Appar….
Links with schools and education
Global Academy curriculum advisory group Global Academy H Jones curriculum board Bankfest festival Dorset - R DePelet Sheffield sixth form King Ecgbert SFX Sixth form college
Work Experience placements:
O Castro J Wichman K White A V Som…. V Jenn….
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Section E Financial review
The balance sheet consists only of reserves that represent surplus income received. The Brief statement of the charity’s trustees confirm that at the year end the CIO did not have any outstanding guarantees to policy on reserves third parties nor any debts secured on assets of the CIO.
Details of any funds materially There are no funds held as custodian trustee in deficit
Further financial review details (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:
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the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
Section F Other optional information
2023-2024
The charity continued to make an impact on young people by offering bespoke career opportunities in the media sector, both through work experience, internships and school and university workshops.
Section G Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s)
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Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date
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| Charity Name | No (if any) | No (if any) | ||||||||||||||
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| Podium.me | 1160250 | |||||||||||||||
| Receipts and payments accounts | CC16a | |||||||||||||||
| For the period from ee |
Period start date 1-Apr-23 ee |
To ee |
Period end date 31-Mar-24 |
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| Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds Total funds Last year ~~ee~~ |
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| to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | ||||||||
| A1 Receipts | ||||||||||||||||
| Fees | - | -- | - | -- | - | -- | - | 150- | - | 2,463- | ||||||
| Donation | - | -- | - | -- | - | -- | - | -- | ||||||||
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-- - Sub total (Gross income for AR)
- - - 1502,463-
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - -- - -- - -- - - - - -- - -- - -- - - - - -- Sub total [-] -- - -- - -- - - - - -- — Total receipts ~~—————~~ [-] -- - -- - -- - 1502,463A3 Payments Insurance/compliance -- - - - - - 1,2201,180- Contractor cost -- - - - - - 2,730- ——— Online storage -- ee - - - - - ees 363304-
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| Training/Events | - -- |
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| Travel | - -- |
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| Marketing | - -- |
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| 21C Fox Workshops | - -- |
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| Sub total - -- A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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- 5,391- |
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| Sub total - -- Total payments - -- Net of receipts/(payments) - -- A5 Transfers between funds - -- A6 Cash funds last year end - -- Cash funds this year end - -- |
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- 31,969- |
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- 29,952- |
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| Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | |||||||||
| Categories B1 Cash funds |
Details bank balance |
Unrestricted funds to nearest £ - 29,952- - -- - -- |
Restricted funds to nearest £ - -- - -- - -- |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| bank balance | - 29,952- |
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| Total cash funds | - 29,952- |
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| (agree balances with receipts and payments account (s)) |
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Unrestricted | Restricted funds | Restricted funds | Endowment | |||||||||||||
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| Categories | Details | funds | funds | |||||||||||||
| to nearest £ | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | ||||||||||||||
| B1 | Cash | funds | bank balance | - | 29,952- | - | -- | - | -- | |||||||
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| Total cash funds | - | 29,952- | - | -- | - | -- | ||||||||||
| (agree balances with receipts and payments account (s)) |
OK |
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| B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use |
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B5 Liabilities
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
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