**Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date 01 04 2024 31 03 2025 |A|A|**From **|**From **||||||**To**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |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** ~~—=_——————~~ March **2012** **TAR** 1 ## **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** 1. 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** 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 March **2012** **TAR** 2 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)** March **2012** **TAR** 3 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 March **2012** **TAR** 4 ## 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** March **2012** **TAR** 5 ## **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** March **2012** 6 **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**
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**-**
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**-**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 10/12/2025 1 ## **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**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**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**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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~~—_—~~||||| ||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |**B3 Investment assets**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
~~===~~||||| ||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
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**-**
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~~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)**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
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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