2025-03-31-accounts - Connect Talent CIO

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 01 04 2024 31 03 2025

A	A	From	From
Section A Reference and administration details	Section A Reference and administration details	Section A Reference and administration details	Section A Reference and administration details	Section A Reference and administration details			Section A Reference and administration details
			Charity name		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	Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
	Trustee name		Office (if any)			Dates acted if not for whole year			Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
1 John Bradbur	1 John Bradbury
2 Kell	2 KellySamuel
3	Adegboyega Arogundade
4 Olubunmi Adeleke	4 Olubunmi Adeleke
5 6	Osas Efe Asemota- Amadi 6 ~~=~~
7	7
8	8
9	9
10	10
11	11
12	12
13	13
14	14
15	15
16	16
17	17
18	18
19	19
20	20
	Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)	Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Section A Reference and administration details

Name Dates acted if not for whole year ~~—=_——————~~

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

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

To promote social mobility and access to better life opportunities for students of African and Caribbean descent.

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

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.
The target group are students in higher education who feel that they are not given suitable opportunities to achieve their full potential. The

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hope is that, as a result of our support, these individuals will realise their true potential and become leaders within their chosen field

Our main work this year has been to continue supporting people with their claims for settled status, E-visa registrations, and basic digital skills training. We have supported 95 in total.

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)

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All of our work is currently supported by two part-time staff members, 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.

Section D Achievements and performance

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main 95 people have been supported through the settled status process, E- achievements of the charity visa registration and basic digital skills training. during the year

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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 source of income this year has been through donations, grants and You may choose to include ~~oO~~ the Digital Assisted Service for work supporting 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) Full name(s) John Bradbury Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair etc) Date 30/11/25 TAR 6 March 2012

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Connect Talent CIO 1169975 Receipts and payments accounts For the period Period start date To from 01/04/2024 ~~ee ee ee~~ Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds

CC16a

Period end date 31/03/2025

	Unrestricted funds		Restricted funds	Endowment funds	Total funds	Last year
	to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Grants	24,248		-	-	24,248	-
Sales	6,775		-	-	6,775	-
	-		-	-	-	-
	-		-	-	-	-
	-		-	-	-	-
	-		-	-	-	-
	-		-	-	-	-
	-		-	-	-	-
*Sub total*(Gross income for	(Gross income for
AR)	AR)31,023		-	-	31,023	-
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - - - - - - - ~~*Sub total~~- - - - - Total receipts* 31,023 - - 31,023 - ~~SS555~~
A3 Payments
Charitable Activities	1,954		-	-	1,954	-
Equipment Costs	1,320		-	-	1,320	-
Rent	2,252		-	-	2,252	-
Volunteer Costs	227		-	-	227	-
Staff Costs	4,140		-	-	4,140	-
Website Costs	236		-	-	236	-
	-		-	-	-	-
	-		-	-	-	-
	-		-	-	-	-
**Sub total **	10,129		-	-	10,129	-
A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total payments 10,129 - - 10,129 - ~~——————~~
*Net of receipts/(payments)* 20,894 - - 20,894 A5 Transfers between funds - - - - A6 Cash funds last year end 2,812 - - 2,812 *Cash funds this year end* 23,706 - - 23,706 ~~=SSS~~						- - - -	- - - -

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

10/12/2025

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

			Unrestricted Restricted	Endowment
Categories	Details		funds funds	funds
			to nearest £ to nearest £	to nearest £
B1 Cash funds	23,706 - - - - - - - - 23,706 - - *Total cash funds* Current Account ~~<=>~~
	(agree balances with receipts and payments	(agree balances with receipts and payments
	account(s))		OK OK	OK
			Unrestricted Restricted	Endowment
			funds funds	funds
	Details		to nearest £ to nearest £	to nearest £
B2 Other monetary assets	- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~~—_—~~
	Details		Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional)	Current value (optional)
B3 Investment assets	- - - - - - - - - - ~~===~~
	Details		Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional)	Current value (optional)
B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use	- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~~aan~~
			Fund to which Amount due	When due
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities CCXX R2 accounts (SS)	liability relates (optional) (optional) - - - - - Date of approval 28/11/2025 Details Print Name John Bradbury Signature 2 10/12/2025 ~~mu~~

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examlner's Report Report to the trustees Cl)arily Name Connecl Talent CIO On accounts for the year endgd 31 March 2025 Charity no (if any) 1169975 Set out on pages 1&2 Ire¥rie.Inber to include Ilie page riiirnbÈrs ol adrjilional sheelsl I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the ebove charity ( the Trust.) for the year ended2,11) i IJZ 2DI£ As the charity's trustees, you are responsib16 for the preparation of Ihe accounts in accordance wilh the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (°the ACY,). Responsibllltles and basls of report I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's 8ccounls 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(5Xb) of the Act. Independent he charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 and l am qualified to examiner's statement undertake the examination by being a qualified member of [insert name of applicable listed body]]. Delete [ ] rf not appllcable. I have completed my examination. l Gonfirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below ") which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: the accounting records were not kepl in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records., or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requiremenls concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fairf view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. 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. Pleas8 delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Signed: Date: Name: Relevant professlonal qualifiG*ion(s) or body IER Oct 2018

(if any): Address: Section B Disclosure Only Complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independenl examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). Glve here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER Oct 2018