## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From Apr 1, 2024 To Apr 30, 2025**
## **Charity name: The Reconnect Project**
## **Charity registration number: 1162637**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To promote social inclusion for the public
benefit by preventing people from becoming
socially excluded, relieving the needs of those
people who are socially excluded and assisting
them to integrate into society. for the purpose of
this clause ‘socially excluded’ means being
excluded from society, or parts of society, as a
result of one of more of the following factors:
unemployment; financial hardship; youth or old
age; ill health (physical or mental); substance
abuse or dependency including alcohol and
drugs; discrimination on the grounds of sex,
race, disability, ethnic origin, religion, belief,
creed, sexual orientation or gender re-
assignment; poor educational or skills
attainment; relationship and family breakdown;
poor housing (that is housing that does not
meet basic habitable standards; crime (either
as a victim of crime or as an offender
rehabilitating into society)|
|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|1. Support socially excluded persons identified
locally and internationally
2. Support educational programs leading to the
empowerment or reconnection of secluded
persons into the wider society
3. Advocate for the inclusion of secluded
persons into available services beneficial to the
wider/general public|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Trustees regard the guidance for the guidance
issued by the Charity Commission on public
benefit|
## **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**
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|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 Charity made some significant progress
and achievements (mainly around
organisational focus/priorities) across
communities wherein it operates. Some of these
achievements includes:
1.
Reassessing its activities (for
efficiencies) across the communities of
engagement with the intent to be more
2.
Prioritising programs and activities to fit
within this reassessment
3.
Identifying partner organisations for its
next-phase of activities/prioritised
programs|
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Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
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Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|£0 (expenses)
£0 (income)|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22||
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22||
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23||
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The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47||
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|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:|||
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|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|**Election to Post**|
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Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51||
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|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 Reconnect Project|
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|Other name the charity uses|RCP|
|Registered charitynumber|**1162637**|
|Charity’s principal address|121 Foundry Mill Street
Leeds. LS14 6FJ|
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name N/A**
## Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity
Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects
Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
**N/A**
## **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)** PAUL OKHUOYA **Full name(s)** PAUL OKHUOYA
**Position (eg Secretary,** CHAIR **Chair, etc)**
**Date**
07/10/2026