**==> picture [202 x 51] intentionally omitted <==** ## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01 January 2023 Period start date To December 2023 Period end date** **31** ## **Charity name: Diverse UK** ## **Charity registration number: 1170255** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The object of the CIO:**
**The promotion of social inclusion**
**among autistic adults in the South West**
**of England.**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Provision of activities aimed at**
**improving confidence, employment and**
**making friendships, for example**
**-**
**Writing group**
**-**
**cinema group**
**-**
**club night**
**-**
**arts and crafts activities**
**-**
**festivals and public events**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The promotion of social inclusion for**
**the public benefit of autistic adults is**
**achieved with the activities we provide.**
**Activities are available to all autistic and**
**neurodivergent adults in the Bristol and**
**south west area regardless of**
**background or religion**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|We had over 40 volunteers this year
involved with activities such as social
groups, admin functions and public
events/festivals| Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**The main activities of the charity were to**
**generate funds and to provide**
**activities/social groups.**
**The activities/social groups about for**
**and by autistic people to develop**
**friendships, social confidence,**
**employment and positive mental health**
**using their interests. The aim is to**
**reduce social isolation, so autistic and**
**neurodivergent people feel a better**
**sense of connection and relationship**
**with others.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|
**This year the charity aimed to deliver its**
**objectives within its National Lottery,**
**Tackling Inequalities Funding and other**
**sources. This was to increase the**
**number, type and reach of its social**
**activities.**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**The Charity has achieved the objectives**
**set for the year.**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Income for the period was £122,883**
**Spend for theperiod was £97,580**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Reserves are held to ensure that the**
**charity can discharge its responsibilities**
**in respect of grant funded projects.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£71,934**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**n/a**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**No funds were in deficit**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**The Lottery and Tackling Inequality**
**Grants provides certainty for the Charity**
**for the coming year**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**National Lottery**
**Large public event**
**Grant funding, inc 20k from Bristol CC**| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Fundraising shortfall**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Apart from the first trustees, every**
**trustee appointed must be appointed for**
**a term of three years, by a resolution**
**passed at a properly convened meeting**
**of the charity trustees.**
**In selecting individuals for appointment**
**as charity trustees, the charity trustees**
**must have regard to the skills,**
**knowledge and experience needed for**
**the effective administration of the CIO.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Diverse UK| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|Diverse| |Registered charity number|1170255| |Charity’s principal address|8 Teewell Hill, Bristol, BS16 5PA| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Andrew Gordon
Powell|Trustee|Trustee since 2016|Trustees appointed by Board| ||Eleanore May
Parkinson|Trustee|1stof January 2024|| ||Kay Alison
Robertson|Trustee||| ||Joanne Clough|Trustee|1stof January2024|| ||Frances
McCloskey|Trustee|Resigned 1stNov 2023|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name n/a** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |**n/a**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets n/a held in this capacity Name and objects of the n/a charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for n/a safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**| |---|---|---| |**adviser**||| ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Related Party Transaction** **During the year the charity had a contract with a Trustee, Andrew Powell. The contract is for support in building capability and delivering the services to beneficiaries. The amount paid in the year was £3000. The terms of the contract are beneficial to the charity as they are below market rate.** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Kay Robertson **Position (eg Secretary,** Trustee **Chair, etc)** **Date** 12.10.2024 **==> picture [134 x 28] intentionally omitted <==** Diverse UK 1170255 **Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** 1-Jan-23 31-Dec-23 **To from** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**to the nearest £**
**A1 Receipts**
Donation
**3,213**
Grant
**-**
Fundraising
**-**
Festivals Income
**71,370**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**74,583**
**-**
**-**
**Sub total -**
**Total receipts 74,583**
**A3 Payments**
FundraisingCosts
**-**
Salary
**-**
ER NI
**-**
Pension
**-**
Payroll & HR service & recruit costs
**42**
Sessional wages
**2,704**
DBS checks
**-**
Travel expenses
**427**
Trainingcosts
**-**
Mobile Phone
**-**
Blank
**-**
Subsistence
**182**
Refreshments
**109**
Stationery
**286**
Website costs
**-**
IT costs
**-**
Office Costs
**-**
Venue & Equipment Hire
**1,620**
Awareness/Marketing
**69**
Evaluation
**-**
ConsultancyFees
**23**
Festivals Costs
**34,699**
Festival wages
**17,071**
Festivals
**3,313**
Sessional Expenses
**-**
Insurance
**- 572**
Diverse Co-ordination
**-**
Refund
**-**
Sundry
**180**
**-**
**Sub total 60,153**
**-**
**-**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Sub total**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||**to the nearest £**
**800**
**47,500**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**48,300**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**48,300**
**-**
**14,948**
**774**
**731**
**492**
**9,937**
**240**
**441**
**93**
**-**
**-**
**1,284**
**526**
**80**
**95**
**-**
**-**
**3,667**
**940**
**-**
**3,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**179**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**37,427**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**4,013**
**47,500**
**-**
**71,370**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**122,883**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**122,883**
**-**
**14,948**
**774**
**731**
**534**
**12,641**
**240**
**868**
**93**
**-**
**-**
**1,466**
**635**
**366**
**95**
**-**
**-**
**5,287**
**1,009**
**-**
**3,023**
**34,699**
**17,071**
**3,313**
**-**
**- 393**
**-**
**-**
**180**
**97,580**
**-**
**-**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**27,603**| ||||||**2,176**| ||||||**2,300**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**32,079**| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||| ||||||**32,079**| ||||||| ||||||**-**| ||||||**18,455**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**337**| ||||||**448**| ||||||**13,107**| ||||||**174**| ||||||**1,669**| ||||||**37**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**592**| ||||||**416**| ||||||**781**| ||||||**714**| ||||||**117**| ||||||**142**| ||||||**6,170**| ||||||**2,183**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**3,000**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**380**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**126**| ||||||| ||||||| ||||||**48,848**| ||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|| ||**Sub total -**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||||||| ||**Total payments 60,153**||**37,427**||**-**||**97,580**||**48,848**|| |||||||||||| ||**Net of receipts/(payments) 14,430**||**10,873**||**-**||**25,303**||**- 16,769**|| |**A5**|**Transfers between funds**
**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| |**A6**|**Cash funds last year end**
**6,870**||**39,761**||**-**||**46,631**||**63,400**|| ||**Cash funds this year end 21,300**||**50,634**||**-**||**71,934**||**46,631**|| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**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**
IT Equipment
Sensory Equipment
Fetsival Equipment
**Details**
Signature
**Total cash funds**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**21,300**
**50,634**
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**-**
**21,300**
**50,634**
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OK
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
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**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
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Print Name
Andrew Gordon Powell
Eleanore May Parkinson
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**funds**
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**funds**
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**funds**
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**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
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Fund
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**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
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**funds**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
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approval| |||Andrew Gordon Powell|23-Oct-24| |||Eleanore May Parkinson|23-Oct-24| |**Independent examiner's report on the**
**accounts**
**Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees/**
**members of**
Diverse UK
**On accounts for the year**
**ended**
31 December 2023
**Charity no**
**(if any)**
1170255
**Set out on page**
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**Responsibilities and**
**basis of report**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/12/2022.
As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the
Act”).|**Independent examiner's report on the**
**accounts**
**Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees/**
**members of**
Diverse UK
**On accounts for the year**
**ended**
31 December 2023
**Charity no**
**(if any)**
1170255
**Set out on page**
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**Responsibilities and**
**basis of report**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/12/2022.
As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the
Act”).|**Independent examiner's report on the**
**accounts**|**Independent examiner's report on the**
**accounts**|**Independent examiner's report on the**
**accounts**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||| ||||||| ||Diverse UK||||| ||||||| ||31 December 2023||**Charity no**
**(if any)**|1170255|| ||||||| ||1-2||||| ||I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/12/2022.
As the charity's trustees, 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 Trust’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** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** 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 kept 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 requirements 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 fair’ 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. |**Signed:**
**Name:**
**Relevant professional**
**qualification(s) or body**
**(if any):**
**Address:**||21/10/24| |---|---|---| |||| ||Emma Hounsome|| |||| ||ACA (ICAEW no. 3217917)|| |||| ||Sunnycroft, Farmhill Lane|| 1 Stroud, Gloucestershire GL5 4BS ## **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). **Give here brief details of** None. **any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 2