2020-12-31-accounts

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T H E P I N K F E S T I V A L G R O U P T R U S T E E ’ S A N N U A L R E T U R N 2 0 2 0

Registered Charity No. 1163298.

A B O U T U S

What we do

Create a safe environment that brings communities together

Offer a fun and diverse experience

Provide a variety of entertainment, art and culture

Offer access to information and support

What we achieve

Raise awareness and promote acceptance by challenging stereotypes

Be visible throughout each year (beyond one-off events) and leave a legacy

How we do it

Offer meaningful opportunities to be involved

Be successful, sustainable and supported

O U R C H A R I T A B L E P U R P O S E

We exist to…

…promote equality and diversity for the beneft of the public, including by:

the elimination of discrimination in particular on the grounds of sexual orientation or gender identification;
advancing education and raising awareness in equality and diversity;
promoting activities to foster understanding between people from diverse backgrounds (in particular in respect of their sexual orientation or gender identification); and
cultivating a sentiment in favour of equality and diversity.

…promote social inclusion for the beneft of the public by:

preventing people from becoming excluded (particularly as a result of their sexual orientation or gender identification), relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded (particularly as a result of their sexual orientation or gender identification) and assisting them to integrate into society.

O U R O B J E C T I V E S A N D A C T I V I T I E S

We are…

Improving health and wellbeing

Supporting better employment

Clearly, by helping people access support for a range of needs there is personal benefit to them and their families. These benefits include reduced isolation, improved health and increased income from employment. This benefit is incidental to the wider public benefit and, indeed, a necessary prerequisite to the realisation of the benefits to LGBT+ people and the public our organisation aims to achieve.

Through volunteering, participation and performance, our events can help increase the skills of vulnerable LGBT+ people.

Building a stronger voluntary sector in the Cambridge

Providing opportunities for communities to come together and to bring about change

The charity’s events aim to bring large groups of people together to help build tolerance and understanding of the things that make us all different.

This is ‘gay pride’ for a modern era aiming to build social cohesion. Our unique family-oriented events make a real difference – especially for people living in the rural East of England – by providing a safe, accessible environment that embraces all aspects of diversity including sexuality, race, age and gender.

We particularly seek to include partners who provide services that meet the needs identified by LGBT+ people in the recent needs assessment, for example health (including mental health), education, safety/crime, employment and tackling bullying and harassment.

We seek feedback from people who attend our events, and the LGBT+ community more widely, to asses which elements they found most helpful, which less so and whether other elements should have been included. Together with the needs assessment and other research evidence, we use that feedback to target specific partners and projects to include within the overall programming for events.

O U R 2 0 2 0 R E P O R T

Event cancellations

At the end of 2019 we began planning Cambridge Pride 2020. The event was expected to have taken place in June 2020 and we had made plans for the event to be similar to the previous year but with some key changes and improvements that took our learnings into account from the first event in 2019.

Although we initially continued planning during the first few months for 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic we decided that it would not be appropriate for us to continue. We cancelled the event due to the uncertainty around safety and financial concerns.

It was our responsibility to protect the funding we would be securing. Due to the uncertainty around the pandemic at that time, we were operating in an environment where we could not make any guarantees.

The pandemic also brought changes to everyday life for our board and volunteers. We took this into account in our decisions to pause any projects we were planning.

Recruitment

We are currently recruiting for a Treasurer.

Looking ahead

We made a decision to hold all events until we could be sure that we were taking the most responsible approach possible and not risking health or finances.

We tentatively considered plans for holding Cambridge Pride in the summer of 2021, but these plans were also put on hold due to the continued uncertainties due to the pandemic. With in-person pride events not taking place, the team began considering alternative approaches to meeting our charitable aims in 2021. We will report on those in our 2021 annnal return.

The cancellation was necessary to ensure the safety of our team and the public.

P I N K F E S T I V A L G R O U P – S T A T E M E N T O F F I N A N C I A L A C T I V I T I E S

Annual accounts for the period 1.1.2020 to 31.12.2020

Note Incoming resources (Note 3) Grants For Services S01 Donations & Gifts S02 Fundraising S03 Facilitation & Training S04 Interest S05 S06 Resources expended (Notes 4-8) Activity Costs S07 Salaries and Associated Costs S08 IT & Communication Cost S09 Property & Office Costs S10 Governance Costs S11 Bad Debt S12 S13 S14 S15 S16 S17 S18 S19 S20 S21 *Total funds carried forward* Total funds brought forward *Net movement in funds* *Net incoming/(outgoing) resources before transfers* Gains and losses on investment assets Gains and losses on revaluation of fixed assets for the charity’s own use Other recognised gains/(losses) *Net incoming/(outgoing) resources before other* *recognised gains/(losses)* Gross transfers between funds *Total resources expended* *Total incoming resources*	Unrestricted funds Restricted income funds Endowment funds Total this year Total last year £ £ £ £ £ F01 F02 F03 F04 F05 - - 29,400 - - 2,624 - - 24,524 - - - - - -
	- - - - 56,548
	107 - 107 48,125 - - - 201 - 201 187 30 - 30 3,142 - - 126 100 - 100 -
	231 207 - 438 51,580 231 - 207 - - 438 - 4,968
	6,406 6,406 - - - -
	6,175 6,613 - - 438 - 4,968
	- - - - - - - - - -
	6,175 6,613 - - 438 - 4,968
	3,244 6,613 - 9,857 4,889
	9,419 - - 9,419 9,857

P I N K F E S T I V A L G R O U P – B A L A N C E S H E E T

Unrestricted funds £ F01 - - -	Unrestricted funds £ F01 - - -	Unrestricted funds £ F01 - - -	Restricted income funds £ F02 - - -	Endowment funds £ F03 - - -	Total this year Total last year £ £ F04 F05 - - - - - -
-			-	-	- -
9,419				- - - -	- - - 100 - - 9,419 10,043
9,4	1	9	-	-	9,419 10,143

					- 286
-				-
9,419			-	-	9,419 9,857

9,419			-	-	9,419 9,857
					- - - -
			-	- -

9,419			-	-	9,419 9,857
9,419 -				-	9,419 3,244 - - - 6,613 - -
9,419			-	-	9,419 9,857

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the trustees

Paul Hyde-Clarke, Chair, Pink Festival Group 31 October 2021

A B O U T T H I S R E P O R T

Our charity

Charity name: The Pink Festival Group

Registered in England as a Charitable incorporated organisation No. CE004417 and a Registered Charity No. 1163298.

Address: Office A, Dales Brewery, Gwydir Street, Cambridge, CB1 2LJ

Structure, governance and management

Type of governing document: Constitution

How the charity is constituted: Charitable Incorporated Organisation

Trustee selection methods: Appointed by board

Our trustees

The following board of trustees managed the charity during this period.

Paul Hyde Clarke Chair Adam Olivant Secretary Alistair Wilson Board member Gordon Bateman Board member Robert Ferguson Board member Tam Blaxter Board member Paul Owens Board member

About this financial return

This financial return is for the charity named ‘The Pink Festival Group’ (a charitable organisation responsible for running the event known as Cambridge Pride), for the financial year 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020.

There are no custodian trustees, advisers to the board, chief executives or senior staff members.

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The Pink Festival Group is registered in England as a Charitable incorporated organisation No. CE004417 and a Registered Charity No. 1163298. Registered Office: Office A, Dales Brewery, Gwydir Street, Cambridge, CB1 2LJ