|||**Trustees' Annual Report**|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**for theperiod**|**for theperiod**|**for theperiod**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||**From**|Period start date|||**To**|Period end date||| ||||01|04|2022||31|03|2023| ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** Connect Talent CIO **Other names charity is known by** **Registered charity number (if any)** 1169975 **Charity's principal address** St James’s House Pendleton Way Salford **Postcode M6 5FW** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||John Bradbury|||| ||KellySamuel|||| ||Adegboyega
Arogundade|||| ||Olubunmi Adeleke|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** March **2012** **TAR** 1 ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of adviser**|**Name**
**Address**|**Name**
**Address**| |---|---|---| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |Oladimeji Ojerinola||| Oladimeji Ojerinola ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by Trustees Trustee selection methods - (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** 1. To promote social mobility and access to better life opportunities for students of African and Caribbean descent. 2. Although our services are primarily for the students of Black African and Caribbean descent, where there is spare capacity, we will not exclude students from other minority ethnic groups who are facing barriers to progression post-university. 3. The target group are students in higher education who feel that they are not given suitable opportunities to achieve their full potential. The hope is that as a result of our support these individuals will realise their March **2012** **TAR** 2 true potential and become leaders within their chosen field Our main work this year has been to continue to support people with their claims for settled status. We have supported 24 people in total. Our work in partnership with the Connect Institute means that we have signposted people to other opportunities where Connect Institute was not appropriate or additional support was required. **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** All of our work is currently supported by volunteers and trustee members. You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. March **2012** **TAR** 3 ## Section D Achievements and performance **Summary of the main** 24 people have been supported through the Settled Status process **achievements of the charity during the year** March **2012** **TAR** 4 ## **Section E Financial review** Our policy is to hold three months reserves. **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** **Details of any funds materially** None **in deficit** ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** Our sole source of income this year has been from the Digital Assisted You **may choose** to include Service for work done to support visa applications. additional information, where relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature(s)**
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**Date**||| |---|---|---| ||John Bradbury|| ||Chair|| ||8/11/2023|| March **2012** **TAR** 5 ||**Connect Talent CIO**
|**Connect Talent CIO**
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|**1169975**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
4/1/2022|**To**|Period end date
31/03/2023|| ||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |**A1 Receipts**
Grants
**-**
Sales
**2,150**
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**-**
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**2,150**
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**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 2,150**
**A3 Payments**
Website costs
**828**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 828**
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**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 828**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ 1,322**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
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**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**1,326**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 2,648**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
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**(see table).**
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**purchases, (see table)**||**to the nearest £**
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**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**2,150**
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**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
Current Account
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
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**Cost (optional)**
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Print Name
John Bradbury
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**funds**
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**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
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**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| |||John Bradbury|11/8/2023| |||||