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Group’s full name: Nottinghamshire Pride
Other names by which you are known: Nottingham Pride
The main contact address for the organisation: c/o D&G Filters Ltd, Unit G4 Imex Enterpriser Park, Wigwam Lane, Hucknall, Notts, NG15 7SZ
Your charity registration number: And (if applicable) 1165056 Your company registration number:
## Names of all current trustees, (directors)
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Name|
Start date if not serving since the
start of this accounting period
**dd/mm/yy**|Office held (if applicable)|
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|Mr Leigh Ellis|December 2013|Chairperson|
|Mr Craig Martin|December 2013|Vice Chairperson|
|Mr Neil Cropley|December 2013|Treasurer|
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Names of other trustees, (directors) who have served during the period covered by the accounts but are not currently serving. (Continue on a separate sheet if necessary)
Name
Date of resignation/departure **dd/mm/yy**
**The names, job titles and remuneration & benefits paid to your senior management staff**
£0
**The methods adopted for the recruitment and appointment of new trustees** (How are your trustees appointed?) New trustees are appointed for a two year period by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of trustees. No new trustees have been appointed yet and trustees have used their delegation powers to a committee recruited for their skills and knowledge needed for the effective running of the charity
**Objectives and activities**
What are the formal purposes (objectives) of your charity, as set out in your governing document?
To organise the annual LGBT event in Nottinghamshire with the full support of the City and County Council. It is our intention that whilst the Pride event is enjoyable and fun that it also addresses some of the issues that still affect the LGBT+ community such as Sexual Health, Homophobia, Transphobia, Policing and Wellbeing. To attend quarterly meetings with local authorities to discuss issues affecting the LGBT+ community. To be seen as a source of information and respected by local authorities to represent the community.
What are your main activities? (the things you do in order to achieve the objectives) Notts Pride - annual event celebrating LGBT+ diversity in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. Annual LGBT+ Awards
How do these activities benefit the public?
Provides a free to attend event including information stalls, stage and cultural area and an equality march through the city. Increasing LGBT+ visibility, providing vital information to LGBT+ people and a celebration of diversity in Nottinghamshire.
Please confirm that you have considered the charity Commission’s guidance on ‘public benefit’. Click here for a link to this guidance.
## **Summary of the main achievements during the period**
What did you actually do? (You could add some statistics if you like, and give more detail of your activities): We delivered our annual Notts Pride event of which 11000 people attended the equality march and 20000 people attended the Notts Pride event throughout the day. Notts pride attracted an additional 54000 people into Nottingham City. We had 50 information stalls and attracted 15 sponsors, local businesses within the Notts area. We celebrated 2 organisations at our annual LGBT+ awards during LGBT+ History Month.
## **Financial review**
**Please comment on your financial position at the end of the reporting period** (You might for example, refer to the surplus or deficit you’ve made, or the movement in the fund balances. Are you happy? – the choice is yours. )
We started the year with £7,822 in the bank and ended the year with £32,535, the total cost of the event was £44,700. We are very pleased we were able to raise the funds to fund this years event whilst still managing to keep a balance at the end of the financial year.
**What is your policy on reserves?** (Your policy should include: why you need reserves, the target level, your current position, your plans to increase or use your reserves and how often you review this policy. If you do not need reserves you should explain the reason.)
There is no specific reserves policy as such but the trustees continue to review the viability of performing events and will make a judgement on the size of an event based on the income generated from grant providers and the cash available, after taking in consideration future expected costs.
## **What financial risks do you face?**
The charity has a significant risk of not being able to obtain sufficient income in order to perform its events. This is mitigated by the trustees assessing the income that has come in before making a decision on the size of the Notts Pride event. If the charity does not obtain the income it wishes then a “light event “ - low in cost to perform will occur.
## **If any of your funds are in deficit, what are you planning to do about it?**
**Detailed information if you hold funds for 3rd parties** (other groups or individuals): names and their main objects, a description of the assets held, opening balances/ in/ out/ closing balances
We don’t hold funds for a third party.
## **Funds**
**If your accounts include any designated or restricted funds, the notes to the accounts need to include a short explanation of the purpose and of each fund.** For example:
Name of fund: “ _The vehicle replacement fund_ ” Purpose: “ _To build up sufficient funds to replace vehicles on a 5 year schedule_ ”
We don’t have any designated or restricted funds for this financial year.
## **Additional information**
**This is a chance to add any other information to your report.**
For example: if you give grants, what is your policy? Do you want to say anything about your funders or supporters?
We did not give any grants out this Financial Year. Without the help of our funders and supporters Notts Pride would not exist. We are eternally grateful to each and every one of the funders/ supporters and volunteers.
## **Nottinghamshire Pride** (Registered charity, number 1165056) **Financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2024**
|**Page**|**Contents**|
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|2 - 3|Trustees’ annual report|
|4|Independent examiner’s report|
|5|Receipts & payments account|
|6|Statement of assets & liabilities|
|7|Notes to the accounts|
## **Nottinghamshire Pride Trustees’ annual report for the year ended 30 September 2024**
**Full name** Nottinghamshire Pride
**Other names by which the charity is known** Nottingham Pride; Notts Pride
**Organisation type** Charitable incorporated organisation
## **Registered charity number** 1165056
## **Principal address**
Notts Pride, c/o D & G Filters Ltd, Unit G4, Imex Enterprise Park, Wigwam Lane, Hucknall, Nottingham, NG15 7SZ
## **Trustees**
Leigh Ellis Neil Cropley Craig Martin
## **Independent examiner**
John O’Brien, employee of Community Accounting Plus, Units 1 & 2 North West, 41 Talbot Street, Nottingham, NG1 5GL
## **Governance and management**
The charity is operated under the rules of its foundation constitution adopted 6[th] January 2016.
New trustees are appointed for a two-year period by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of trustees. No new trustees have been appointed yet and trustees have used their delegation powers to a committee recruited for their skills and knowledge needed for the effective running of the charity.
## **Objectives and activities**
To promote equality and diversity for the public benefit and in particular the elimination of discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity, including in particular but not exclusively by:
- (1) Raising the awareness of the public with regard to all aspects of discrimination in society and issues and difficulties affecting the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) people;
- (2) Cultivating a sentiment in favour of equality and diversity in particular through celebrating the diversity of LGBT communities;
- (3) Advancing education in equality and diversity whether by signposting to other organisations or services or producing materials;
- (4) Producing publications, lectures, media and other means of communication;
- (5) Staging an annual LGBT festival; and 2. Such other objects as are charitable under the laws of England and Wales as the trustees shall at their absolute discretion determine.
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## **Nottinghamshire Pride**
## **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit**
Notts Pride - annual event celebrating LGBT+ diversity in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. Annual LGBT+ Awards.
Provides a free to attend event including information stalls, stage and cultural area and an equality march through the city. Increasing LGBT+ visibility, providing vital information to LGBT+ people and a celebration of diversity in Nottinghamshire.
## **Public benefit statement**
The Trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty in section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit, 'Charities and Public Benefit'.
## **Summary of the main achievements during the period**
We delivered our annual Notts Pride event of which 11,000 people attended the equality march and 20,000 people attended the Notts Pride event throughout the day. Notts Pride attracted an additional 54,000 people into Nottingham City. We had 50 information stalls and attracted 15 sponsors, local businesses within the Notts area. We celebrated 2 organisations at our annual LGBT+ awards during LGBT+ History Month.
## **Financial review**
We started the year with £7,822 in the bank and ended the year with £32,535, the total cost of the event was approximately £44.7k. We are very pleased we were able to raise the funds to fund this year’s event whilst still managing to keep a balance at the end of the financial year.
## **The charity’s policy on reserves**
There is no specific reserves policy as such but the trustees continue to review the viability of performing events and will make a judgement on the size of an event based on the income generated from grant providers and the cash available, after taking in consideration future expected costs.
## **Financial risks**
The charity has a significant risk of not being able to obtain sufficient income in order to perform its events. This is mitigated by the trustees assessing the income that has come in before making a decision on the size of the Notts Pride event. If the charity does not obtain the income it wishes then a “light event “ - low in cost to perform will occur.
Without the help of our funders and supporters, Notts Pride would not exist. We are eternally grateful to each and every one of the funders/ supporters and volunteers.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees:
Signed _____________________________________________ Date __________ Neil Cropley, Trustee
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## **Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Nottinghamshire Pride for the year ended 30 September 2024**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Nottinghamshire Pride (the charity) for the year ended 30 September 2024.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’).
I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed _________________________ Date ______________________ John O’Brien MSc, FAIA, FCIE Employee of Community Accounting Plus
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## **Nottinghamshire Pride Receipts & payments account for the year ended 30 September 2024**
|_2023_
£
**Note**
**Receipts**
37500
Sponsorship & donations
**2**
3390
Stall hire
2215
Fundraising
-
Sales & fees
43105
**Total receipts**
**Payments**
7395
Stage acts & events performers
12644
General events costs
8280
Equipment hire
6338
Health & security personnel
3397
Printing: leaflets, posters & flyers
777
Event insurance
8831
Telephone & website
122
Room hire
47784
**Total payments**
(4679)
**Net receipts/(payments)**
12501
Cash funds at start of this period
7822
**Cash funds at end of this period**|**_2024_**
**£**
53507
4700
7277
4000|
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2667
9277
12995
2010
983
1234
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7822|
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## **Nottinghamshire Pride Statement of assets and liabilities at 30 September 2024**
_2023_ _**2024**_ £ **Cash assets £** 7822 Bank accounts 32535 7822 **32535 Assets retained for the charity’s own use** General equipment. **Liabilities** (840) Creditors - Independent examination (840) (840) **(840)**
These financial statements are accepted on behalf of the charity by:
Signed ___________________________________ Date ___________ Leigh Ellis, Trustee
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## **Nottinghamshire Pride Notes to the accounts for the year ended 30 September 2024**
## **1. Receipts & payments accounts**
Receipts and payments accounts contain a summary of money received and money spent during the period and a list of assets and liabilities at the end of the period. Usually, cash received and cash spent will include transactions through bank accounts and cash in hand.
## **2. Sponsorship**
|Sladen Estates
Nottingham City Council
Capital One
Boots
Pendragon
EON
Multiplayer Group
Manchester Airport
Maersk
Nottingham Building Society
Potter Clarkson
DHP Family Ltd|**£**
25000
10000
2000
2000
2000
2000
2000
1500
2000
2000
1850
1157|
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## **3. Trustees’ remuneration**
Trustees received no expenses, remuneration or benefits in this period.
## **4. Related party transactions**
There were no related party transactions during the period.
## **5. Glossary of terms**
**Creditors:** These are amounts owed by the charity, but not paid during the accounting period.
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## **Annual accounts 30 September 2024 report to the management committee**
Nottinghamshire Pride C/o D&G Filters ltd Unit G4 Imex Enterprise Park Wigwam Lane Hucknall Nottingham NG15 7SZ
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