Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 01 04 2020 To 31 03 2021
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name The Transparency Project Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1161471 Charity's principal address 5 West Croft Clevedon North Somerset Postcode BS21 7TZ
The Transparency Project
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole **year ** |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) |
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| Ms LucyReed | Chair | |||
| Dr Julie Doughty | ||||
| Mr Paul Magrath | ||||
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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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
Description of the charity’s trusts
Type of governing document
Constitution
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
Charitable incorporated organization How the charity is constituted
(eg. trust, association, company)
Every trustee must be appointed for a term of three years by a resolution Trustee selection methods passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees. (eg. appointed by, elected by)
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 organisational structure and any wider network 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
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To advance the education of the public in the subject of family law and its administration, including the family justice system in England and Wales and the work of the family courts, in particular but not exclusively through the provision of balanced, accurate and accessible information about the work of family courts and the facilitating of public discussions and debates which encompass a range of viewpoints.
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To promote the sound administration and development of the law in England and Wales, in particular, family law, by encouraging and contributing to the transparency of processes in the family
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justice system, contributing to public legal education concerning family law and matters of family justice, enhancing access to justice in matters of family law and by such other means as the trustees may determine.
The trustees confirm that they have complied with the requirements of section 4 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission for England and Wales.
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)
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
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You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
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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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Section D Achievements and erformance p
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
The Transparency Project was primarily funded by a grant from the Legal Education Foundation, sponsorship and individual donations. The project has continued with its core work throughout the year, including the Family Court Reporting Watch project.
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Section E Financial review
Brief statement of the
charity’s policy on reserves
The charity is a small charity with a single grant and limited other income from individual donations and sponsorship. We do not hold any significant reserves.
Details of any funds materially in deficit
Further financial review details (Optional information)
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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
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) Lucy Emma Reed Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair etc) Date 2 Sept 2021
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Charity Name No (if any) The Transparency Project 1161471
Receipts and payments accounts
CC16a
Period start Period end date For the period from To 01/04/2020 31/03/2021
Section A Receipts and payments
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 3,261 1,000 - - - - - 4,261 - - - 4,261 1,073 216 455 - - - - - 1,744 - - - 1,744 2,517 - 11,773 14,290 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - 5,000 - - - - - 5,000 - - - 5,000 - - 5,550 - - - - - - 5,550 - - - 5,550 - 550 - 1,461 911 |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ 3,261 1,000 5,000 - - - - - 9,261 - - - 9,261 1,073 216 5,550 455 - - - - - 7,294 - - - 7,294 1,967 |
Total funds to the nearest £ 3,261 1,000 5,000 - - - - - 9,261 - - - 9,261 1,073 216 5,550 455 - - - - - 7,294 - - - 7,294 1,967 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| Donations | 3,261 | 5,575 | ||||
| Grant funding | 1,000 | 20,000 | ||||
| LEF Coordinator Grant | - | |||||
| SponsorshipIncome | - | 4,000 | ||||
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| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
4,261 | 29,575 | ||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| Sub total | - | - | ||||
| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| 29,575 | ||||||
| Accountancy | 1,073 | 1,022 | ||||
| FundraisingCosts | 216 | 332 | ||||
| LEF Coordinator Grant | 21,668 | |||||
| Other Charges | 455 | 35 | ||||
| Printing& Postage | - | 126 | ||||
| WorkshopCosts | - | 3,587 | ||||
| Travel Costs | - | 184 | ||||
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| **Sub total ** | 1,744 | 26,954 | ||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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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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| 26,954 | ||||||
| 2,517 | - 550 | - | 1,967 | 2,621 | ||
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| 11,773 | 1,461 | - | 13,234 | 10,614 | ||
| 14,290 | 911 | - | 15,201 | 13,235 |
| Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | |
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| Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets |
Details Details Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details |
Unrestricted funds to nearest £ - - - 14,290 OK Unrestricted funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates |
Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - 911 OK Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Amount due (optional) - - - - - |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| OK | ||||
| Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| When due (optional) |
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
Signature
Print Name
Date of approval