Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date 01 April 2024 31 March 2025 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 Trustee name Office (if any) whole year
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)
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1 Jane Barrett
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2 Camilla Byk
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3 Louise Sargeant
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Jonathan Paterson
5 Sarah Bowen (joined in September 2025)
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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)
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Section B Structure, governance and management
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)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s
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organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
Every new intern is met with or has an induction phone call to explain the way that Podium operates, all interns are volunteers and are aged 16-25
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 young people, Podium operates a consent policy to ensure that no content is 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 potential issues with the podcasts. The copyright for the final podcast is retained by Podium.me
If Podium creates content for third parties, it operates under contracts to ensure all obligations are clear.
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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 in person (meeting in a cafe or local facility) 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 bringing together industry professionals and young people in an atmosphere of collaboration and useful networking for all.
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You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about: ● policy on grantmaking; ● 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:
Big Creative College Mental Health Week Radio Academy Mentoring Programme Wempower (Ilaria Bianacci) IJF International Journalism Festival Amplify (Tamsin Clements) Confetti Sonica Recording Studios Clapham Bankfest (Dorset) The Conversation Cabinet The Galleries Group The ‘Otherwise’ group
Links with schools and education
King Ecgbert sixth form Sheffield University of Sussex University of Nottingham Trent (East London Campus) CMA Community Media Association Chestnut Grove Academy St Mary’s Calne Careers
Work Experience placements:
Mitali Karkiu Leo Cecelia Katanyani Aaliyah Ethan Joshua Angus Ifrah
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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.
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Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date
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Charity Name No (if any) CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Podium.me 1160250
| CHARITY FOR |
Podium.me 1160250 CHARITY COMMISSION ENGLAND AND WALES |
Podium.me 1160250 CHARITY COMMISSION ENGLAND AND WALES |
Podium.me 1160250 CHARITY COMMISSION ENGLAND AND WALES |
Podium.me 1160250 CHARITY COMMISSION ENGLAND AND WALES |
Podium.me 1160250 CHARITY COMMISSION ENGLAND AND WALES |
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| Receipts and payments accounts | CC16a | ||||||
| For the period from |
Period start date To 1-Apr-24 |
Period end date 31-Mar-25 |
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| Section A Receipts and payments | Section A Receipts and payments | ||||||
| Unrestricted funds |
Unrestricted | Restricted funds |
Endowment funds |
Total funds | Last year | ||
| to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | ||
| A1 Receipts | |||||||
| Fees | - | - | - | - - |
- 180 |
180 | 150 |
| Donation | - | - | - | - - |
- | - | |
| - | - | - | - - |
- - |
- | - | |
| - | - | - | - - |
- - |
- | - | |
| - | - | - | - - |
- - |
- | - | |
| - | - | - | - - |
- - |
- | - | |
| - | - | - | - - |
- - |
- | - | |
| - | - | - | - - |
- - |
- | - | |
| - Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
- | - | - - |
- 180 |
180 | 150 | |
| A2 Asset and investment sales, | |||||||
| (see table). | |||||||
| - | - | - | - - |
- - |
- | ||
| - | - | - | - - |
- - |
- | - | |
| Sub total - | - | - | - - |
- - |
- | - | |
| Total receipts - | - | - | - - |
- 180 |
180 | 150 | |
| A3 Payments | |||||||
| Insurance/compliance - |
- | - | - - |
- 1,359 |
1,359 | 1,220 | |
| Contractor cost | - | - | - | - - |
- | - | |
| Online storage | - | - | - | - - |
- 373 |
373 | 363 |
| Training/Events | - | - | - | - - |
- | ||
| Travel | - | - | - | - - |
- - |
- | - |
| Marketing | - | - | - | - - |
- 88 |
88 | - |
| 21C Fox audio drama production costs - |
- | - | - - |
- 5,750 |
5,750 | 550 | |
| - | - | - | - - |
- - |
- | - | |
| - | - | - | - - |
- - |
- | - | |
| Sub total - | - | - | - - |
- 7,569 |
7,569 | 2,133 | |
| A4 Asset and investment | |||||||
| purchases, (see table) | |||||||
| - | - | - | - - |
- - |
- | ||
| - | - | - | - - |
- - |
- | ||
| Sub total - | - | - | - - |
- - |
- | - | |
| Total payments - | - | - | - - |
- 7,569 |
7,569 | 2,133 | |
| Net of receipts/(payments) - | - | - | - - |
- - 7,389 |
- 7,389 | - 1,983 | |
| A5 Transfers between funds - |
- | - | - - |
- - |
- | - | |
| A6 Cash funds last year end | A6 Cash funds last year end - |
- | - | - - |
- 29,952 |
29,952 | 31,268 |
| Cash funds this year end - | - | - | - - |
- 22,563 |
22,563 | 31,572 |
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Restricted | Endowment | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Categories | Details | funds | funds | funds | ||
| to nearest £ | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | ||||
| B1 Cash funds | B1 Cash funds | 22,563 | - | - | - |
| - | - | - | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | ||
| Total cash funds | 22,563 | - | - | |
| (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) |
45,126 | |||
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Endowment | ||
| funds | funds | funds | ||
| Details | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | |
| B2 Other monetary assets | - | - | - | |
| - | - | - | ||
| - | - | - | ||
| - | - | - | ||
| - | - | - | ||
| - | - | - | ||
| Details | Fund to which asset belongs |
Cost (optional) | Current value (optional) |
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| B3 Investment assets | - | - | ||
| - | - | |||
| - | - | |||
| - | - | |||
| - | - | |||
| Details | Fund to which asset belongs |
Cost (optional) | Current value (optional) |
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| 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 behalf of all the trustees |
Signature | Name | Date of approval |