|Reference and Administrative<br>Information||||||
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|Trustees||||||
|Bankers||||||
|Funders<br>and Supporters||||||
|Message from the Chair ofTrustees,|Dr Fran Darlington-|||||
|Pollock|||||7|
|Our vision, purpose<br>and values June 202I]||||||
|Our Vision||||||
|Our Purpose||||||
|Our Values||||||
|Our Charitable<br>Objectives|||||IO|
|Strategic impact<br>in 2021|||||l2|
|Increase public, corporate and political support|||for, and|||
|agency to take action on, dismantling|economic||and|social||
|structural<br>inequalities.|||||l3|
|Use the evidence-base to advocate for policies|||that will|||
|dismantle<br>economic and social structural||inequalities||as||
|athought<br>leader, focusing on solutions.|||||l4|
|Strengthen<br>and support<br>organisations<br>and||individuals||to||
|embed the narratives<br>and practice needed||to dismantle||||
|economic and social structural<br>inequalities.|||||IS|
|Beatrusted<br>and credible authority|on inequalities,|||valuing||
|learned<br>and lived experience, and putting||co-production|||at|
|the heart ofour work.|||||l7|
|Being avalues-led,<br>agile, sustainable|and collaborative|||||
|organisation<br>that seeks to share its power.|||||IS|
|Looking ahead to 2022|||||20|
|Our year in figures|||||23|
|Structure, Governance<br>and Management|||||24|
|Governing<br>Document||||||
|The Board|||||24|
|Trustee Expenses|||||24|





|Recruitment<br>and appointment|Recruitment<br>and appointment|ofTrustees||24|
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|The Charity Governance<br>Code||||24|
|Induction<br>and training ofTrustees||||24|
|Structure, Governance<br>and|Management|||24|
|Organisational<br>Structure||||25|
|Risk Management||||25|
|Financial<br>Review||||26|
|Principal<br>Funding Sources||||26|
|Impact ofCOVID-19||||26|
|Reserves<br>Policy||||27|
|Transactions<br>and Financial|Position|||27|
|Related parties transactions||||27|
|Availability<br>and adequacy of||assets of each|ofthe funds|27|
|The investment<br>policy and|objectives|||27|
|Statement ofDirectors'||and Trustees'|Responsibilities|28|
|Small company special|provision|||28|
|Independent<br>Examiner's||Report||29|





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|||CHARITY|CHARITY|COMMISSION<br>Independent<br>examiner's<br>report|COMMISSION<br>Independent<br>examiner's<br>report||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||FOR ENGLAND<br>AND WALES<br>on the accounts|||||
||Report to the|||The Equality Trust|||
|trustees/directors/|||||||
|||members|of||||
|On accounts||for the year||31 December 2021|||
|||ended|||||
|||||Charity no.:<br>1161545<br>Company<br>no.:<br>6084965|||
|Setout on pages||||30 - 37|||
|||||I report to the charity trustees<br>on my examination<br>ofthe accounts of|the||
|||||Company<br>for the year ended 31 December 2021.|||
|Responsibilities||and basis||As the chadity's<br>trustees ofthe Company<br>(who are also the directors|ofthe||
|of report||||company<br>for the purposes<br>of company<br>law), you are responsible<br>for|the||
|||||preparation<br>ofthe accounts<br>in accordance<br>with the requirements<br>ofthe|||
|||||Companies<br>Act 2006 ("the 2006Act").|||
|||||Having satisfied<br>myself that the accounts ofthe Company<br>are not required||to|
|||||be audited for this year under Part 16ofthe 2006Act and are eligible for|||
|||||independent<br>examination,<br>I report in respect of my examination<br>ofyour|||
|||||charity's<br>accounts as carried out under section 145ofthe Charities Act 2011|||
|||||("the 2011Act"). In carrying<br>out my examination,<br>I have followed the|||
|||||Directions<br>given by the Charity Commission<br>(under section 145(5)(b) ofthe|||
|||||2011Act.|||
|Independent|examiner's|||The company's<br>gross income exceeded 6250,000 and<br>I am qualified|to||
|statement||||undertake<br>the examination<br>by being a qualified<br>member ofthe Association||of|
|||||Chartered<br>Certified Accountants.|||
|||||I have completed<br>my examination.<br>I confirm that no material<br>matters|have||
|||||come to my attention<br>which gives me cause to believe that:|||
|||||~ accounting<br>records were not kept in accordance<br>with section 366ofthe|||
|||||Companies<br>Act 2006; or|||
|||||~ the accounts do not accord with such records; or|||
|||||~ the accounts do not comply with relevant<br>accounting<br>requirements|under||
|||||section 396ofthe Companies<br>Act 2006 other than any requirement|that the||
|||||accounts<br>give a 'true and fair' view which is not a matter considered|as part||
|||||of an independent<br>examination;<br>or|||
|||||.the accounts have not been prepared<br>in accordance<br>with the Charities|||
|||||SORP (FRS102).|||





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||oIe|Unrest <br>Funds|5IcIed|Restricted<br>Funds|Total<br>2021|Unrestricted<br>Funds|Restricted<br>Funds|Total 2020|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|income|||||||||
|Donations<br>and grants|2||107,462|144,195|251,657|138,057|165,925|306,9&5|
|Charitable<br>activity fees|||68,721|3,070|71,701|10,776|750|11,525|
|Other trading activities|||||||||
|Investments:<br>Bank interest|||170||170|392||392|
|Total Income|||176,353|147„265|323,618|149,225|169,678|31&,903|
|Expenditure|||||||||
|Raising funds|||2,523||2,523|0,539|535|10,074|
|Charitable<br>Activities|3||185,031|159,535|344,566|140,408|165,229|305,637|
|Total Expenditure|||1&?,664|159,535|347,0&9|149,947|165,764|3'l5,7'l1|
|Net income/(expenditure)|||(11,201)|(12.270)|(23A?1)|(?22)|3,914|3,192|
|Transfers<br>between funds||||||(1,961)|1,961||
|Net movement<br>in funds|||(11,201)|(12.270)|(23,471)|(2,683)|5,875|3,192|
|Total funds brought<br>forward|||92,943|100,347|193,290|85,626|94„472|190,098|
|Total funds carried forward|||81,742|88,0?7|169,819|92,943|100,347|193,290|



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|Current Assets||||||||
|Investments||||69,006||69,736||
|Stock||||392||448||
|Debtors||||13,373||20,118||
|Bank and cash||||102,086||161,208||
|||||185,757||251,510||
|Creditors: amounts||due within one year||||||
|Creditors||||||58,220||
|Net Current Assets|||||169,819||193,290|
|Total Net Assets|||||169,&19||193,290|
|Represented<br>by:||||||||
|Restricted|Funds||||88,077||100,347|
|Unrestricted|Funds|||||||
|Designated||Funds|10||15,000||57,128|
|General|Reserves||||66,742||35,815|
|TotalFunds|||||169,&19||193,290|



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|The E ualit<br>Trust<br>0<br>S 0<br>FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER2021|The E ualit<br>Trust<br>0<br>S 0<br>FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER2021|The E ualit<br>Trust<br>0<br>S 0<br>FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER2021|The E ualit<br>Trust<br>0<br>S 0<br>FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER2021|The E ualit<br>Trust<br>0<br>S 0<br>FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER2021|The E ualit<br>Trust<br>0<br>S 0<br>FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER2021|The E ualit<br>Trust<br>0<br>S 0<br>FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER2021|
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|The Equalily Trust is a charitable<br>limited company<br>registered<br>with Companies<br>House<br>in England<br>and Vurles ab Resource|||||||
|for|London, 365 Holloway<br>Road, London,<br>Ny 6PA.||||||
|1.|Accounting<br>Policies||||||
||The principal accounting<br>policies adopted, judgements<br>and key sources ofestimation<br>and uncertainty||||||
||in the preparation<br>ofthe financial statments<br>are as follows.||||||
|a|Basis ofpreparation||||||
||The financial<br>statements<br>have been prepared<br>in accordance<br>with the charity's<br>governing<br>document,|the Companies||||Act|
||2006 and "Accounting<br>and Reporting<br>by Charities: Statement<br>of Recommended<br>Practice applicable to charities||||||
||preparing<br>their accounts<br>in accordance<br>with the Financial<br>Reporting<br>Standard<br>applicable<br>in the UK <br>Ireland (FRS102)(effective 1 January 2019)".|and Republic|||of||
||The chartity meets the definition<br>ofa public benefit entity as defined<br>by FRS102.||||||
||Assets and liabilities are initially recognised<br>at historical cost ortransaction<br>value, unless otherwise|stated|below.||||
||The trustees<br>consider that there are no material<br>uncertainties<br>about the charity's<br>ability to continue|as a going||concern.|||
||The charity has taken advantage<br>ofthe provisions<br>in the SORP for charities<br>applying<br>FRS102Update||||||
||Bulletin<br>1 not to prepare a Statement<br>of Cash Flows.||||||
||The financial statements<br>are prepared<br>in sterling, which isthe functional<br>currency ofthe charity.||Monetary||||
||amounts<br>in these financial statements<br>are rounded<br>to the nearest E.||||||
|b|Funds||||||
||Restricted funds are funds which must be used<br>in accordance<br>with specific restrictions<br>imposed<br>by|the donor||or the|||
||terms ofa specific appeal.<br>Expenditure<br>which meets this criteria is drawn<br>from the fund.||||||
||Unrestricted<br>funds are those funds which can be used for any purpose<br>in furtherance<br>ofthe charitable<br>objects.||||||
||Unrestricted<br>funds include designated<br>funds where the trustees<br>have, attheir discretion,<br>temporarily|set aside|||||
||resources for a specific purpose.||||||
|c|Income||||||
||Income ls included<br>in the accounts once the charity has entitlement,<br>the amount can be measured|with|||||
||sufficient<br>reliability<br>and there is the probabiliiy<br>ofreceipt.||||||
||Earned income is included<br>in the period In which the service is provided,<br>ifany performance<br>conditions attached||||have||
||been met orare fully within the control ofthe charity.||||||
||Donations are included when given, together with an estimate ofthe related gft aid due thereon.||||||
||Donated services are included<br>in the accounts when received, at the value ofthe gift to the charity|provided<br>the value|||||
||ofthe gift can be measure<br>reliably, where the donated service would otherwise<br>have had to be purchased||by the||||
||charity. The equivalent<br>amount<br>is recognised as an expense<br>under the appropriate<br>category.||||||
||Legacies are included<br>when the date ofprobate<br>is ascertained<br>and the amount<br>receivable can be reliably||estimated.||||
||Income which is subject to conditions<br>that the charity has yet to fulfil, crwhich is specifically for use|in a future|||||
||accounting<br>period,<br>is treated as deferred income.||||||
|d|Expenditure||||||
||Expenditure<br>is included<br>on an accruals basis when incurred,<br>that is when<br>a legal or constructive<br>obligation||arises, and||||
||includes<br>related irrecoverable<br>VAT. Future liabilities are included at the best estimate ofthe amount|required||to settle|||
||them.||||||
|e|Pensions||||||
||The charity makes corrb'ibutions<br>to an employer<br>defined<br>contribution<br>scheme for eligible employees,|which|are included||||
||in the accounts when they become payable, and agocated to the related staff activity costs.||||||
|f|Financial<br>instruments||||||
||The charity has elected to apply the provisions<br>ofSection 11'Basic Financial<br>Instruments'<br>and Section 12||'Other||||
||Financial<br>Instruments'<br>ofFRS102to all of its financial<br>instruments.||||||
||Financial<br>instruments<br>are recognised<br>in the charity's<br>balance sheet when the charity becomes party to the||contractural||||
||provisions<br>ofthe instrument.||||||
|g|Retirement<br>benefits||||||
||Payments<br>to defined<br>contribution<br>retirement<br>benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.||||||






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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Funds|Funds|2021|2020|
|INCOME|||||||
|2. Donations<br>and Grants|||||||
|Grants (see below)|||37,000|144,195|181,195|222,960|
|Donated services||||||189|
|General donations<br>including||Gift Aid|70,462||70462|83,836|
||||107,462|144,195|251,657|306,985|
|Grants:|||||||
|Tudor Trust|||2,000|25,000|27,000|50,000|
|HT &LBCharitable<br>Trust||||||2,000|
|Enterprise<br>Development|Programme|||||21,000|
|Alex Ferry Foundation||||17,000|17,000||
|Barrow Cadbury Trust||||17,500|17,500|17,500|
|John Ellerman<br>Foundation|||35,000||35,000||
|Joseph Rowntree<br>Charitable||Trust||58,195|58,195|59,182|
|Friends Provident<br>Foundation||||||46,028|
|Trust for London||||26,500|26,500|25,000|
|Fight Inequality<br>Alliance||||||2,250|
||||37,000|144,195|181,195|222,960|
|EXPENDITURE|||||||
|3. Charitable<br>Activities|||||||
|Project costs|||6,636|7,932|14,568|33,049|
|Media and communications|||11,664||11,664|8,721|
|Staff employment<br>(see note||4)|123,662|140,245|263,907|214,083|
|Staff travel and training|||4,433|1,284|5,717|2,993|
|Rent and service charges|||13,209|8,487|21,696|20,723|
|Finance and professional|fees||13,542||13,542|14,571|
|Office costs|||6,327|1,587|7,914|5,563|
|Othersupport<br>costs|||2,954||2,954|3,318|
|Governance|||1,481||1,481|1,616|
|Independent<br>examination|||1,123||1,123|1,000|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|4.|Staff Costs||||f|6|
||Salaries||||210,017|183,200|
||Social secudity|costs|||16,876|15,085|
||Pension contributions||||14,782|12,923|
||Other stair costs||||22,232|7|
||||||263,907|214,083|
||The charity had an average of7.00||employees|during the year, (2020 - 540).|||
||No employee|received remuneration|in excess|of580,000p.a.|||
||Remuneration|ofkey management|personnel:||||
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||In 2020: 4truste|es r|eceived expens|es<br>in respect of|board meetings<br>and events|amounting|to a total of03|85.|
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|6.|Investments||||||||
||UK bank and building||society deposit|accounts|||||
||||||||69,906|69,736|
|7.|Debtors||||||||
||Trade debtors||||||2,575|8,999|
||Prepayments||||||9,057|9,378|
||Other debtors||||||||
|&.|Creditors||||||||
||Trade creditors||||||3,265|5,889|
||Other creditors|||||||10|
||Taxation and social security||||||5,179|3,082|
||Accruals||||||7,494|5,739|
||Deferred income||||||||
||||||||15,93&|58,220|
||Deferred income|in 2020 comprised||grants received|in 2020 and fully expended|in 2021.|||



|Deferred income is|included<br>in the financial|statements|as follows:|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Creditors|||||43,500|
|Movements<br>in the year||||||
|Deferred income at|1 January 2021|||43,500||
|Resources deferred|in the year|||||
|Released to Statement ofFinancial Activities||||||
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