## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1.04.2022 To 31.03.2023 Charity name: The Transparency Project** ## **Charity registration number: 1161471** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|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.
2. 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
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.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|Regular reporting on relevant legal issues
through a freely available website and
social media.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|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.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|The project has continued with its core
work throughout the year, including the
Family Court Reporting Watch project.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set Performance of fundraising activities against objectives Para 1.41 set |||| |---|---|---| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Stable| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The charity is a small charity
with limited income from individual
donations and occasional fees received for
specialist services we provide. We do not
hold any significant reserves.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£5,028| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|N/A| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are appointed for a period of three
years by a resolution passed at a properly
convened meeting of the charity trustees.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|The Transparency Project| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|N/A| |Registered charity number|1161471| |Charity’s principal address|5 West Croft, Clevedon, BS21 7TZ| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||LucyReed|Chair||| ||Paul Magrath|||| ||Julie Doughty|||| ||Polly Morgan||From 1 April 2023 for 3
years|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name none** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |**none**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** |Description of the assets
held in this capacity|none| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own
assets|| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **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 Reed **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** _26_ January 2024 ||**The Transparency Project**
**Charity Name**|**The Transparency Project**
**Charity Name**|**The Transparency Project**
**Charity Name**|**1161471**
**No (if any)**|**1161471**
**No (if any)**|**1161471**
**No (if any)**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|01/04/2022
Period start date|**To**||31/03/2023
Period end date||| ||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**1,038**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**

**1,038**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,038**
**596**
**216**
**-**
**4,387**
**-**
**-**
**38**
**-**
**-**
**5,237**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**5,237**
**- 4,199**
**-**
**9,227**
**5,028**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**1,038**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,038**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,038**
**596**
**216**
**-**
**4,387**
**-**
**-**
**38**
**-**
**-**
**5,237**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**5,237**
**- 4,199**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Donations|**1,038**||||||**1,763**| |Grant funding|**-**||||||**-**| |LEF Coordinator Grant|**-**||||||**-**| |Provision of services|**-**||||||**300**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|
**1,038**||||||**2,063**| ||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||| ||**-**||||||| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||| ||||||||**2,063**| ||||||||| |
Accountancy|**596**||||||**785**| |FundraisingCosts|**216**||||||**251**| |LEF Coordinator Grant|**-**||||||**5,954**| |Other Charges|**4,387**||||||**826**| |Website costs|**-**||||||**206**| |Bank charges|**-**||||||**15**| |Travel costs|**38**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**5,237**||||||**8,037**| ||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||| ||**-**||||||| ||**-**||||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||| ||||||||**8,037**| ||||||||| ||**- 4,199**|**-**|**-**||**- 4,199**||**- 5,974**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**9,227**|**-**|**-**||**9,227**||**15,201**| ||**5,028**|**-**|**-**||**5,028**||**9,227**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 10/01/2024 1 |**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**|| |---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
**Details**
Bank current account
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**5,028**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**5,028**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
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Print Name|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
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approval| ||||| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 10/01/2024 2