## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period:**
**From 04/02/2024 Period start date To 03/02/2025 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Pride in Ely CIO**
## **Charity registration number: 1170817**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**We are a community based charity for LGBTQ+ individuals in**
**Ely. We have created a safe place for people to meet in Ely. Our**
**first Pride in Ely event was held in August 2018 and this has**
**been well supported within the City. For 2024 we held our 5th**
**Pride in Ely event. Our ultimate aim is to be able to offer more**
**support by working with other organisations and in particular**
**to educate around diversity and inclusion and provide more**
**safe-space events and social opportunities in addition to our**
**main Pride Day.**|
|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|**Fundraising via stalls at community events throughout the year**
**of 2024. Organising and operating the 2024 Pride Day event in**
**August. In particular our own merchandise and beer stalls, plus**
**revenue from donations and stall pitch fees.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees have read the guidance and it is in keeping with**
**our aims and objectives.**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
SORP reference **N/A** Para 1.38 Policy on grant making **N/A** Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment **N/A** Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers **N/A** 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|**We’ve identified the following as our principal achievements**
**this year:**
●
**We have been unable to expand on our pool of**
**trustees this year and we do need to address this**
**head-on for our next year and significantly enlarge our**
**team so that we can better achieve our Charitable Aims**
**and reduce the overload load/stress on individuals.**
●
**We were able to organise and host more non-Pride Day**
**events, providing more safe-space opportunities,**
**opportunities to socialise and fundraising for the**
**charities**
●
**We achieved an attendance of approximately 6000**
**people on the day, this was up significantly on the**
**previous year**
●
**We coordinated with the District Council’s Markets**
**Team, who branded and ran a Pride-themed “Foodie**
**Friday” event on the day before Pride, expanding our**
**fringe festival aims for Pride in Ely. This included**
**decorating Ely’s market place with Pride flags and**
**bunting, helping to raise awareness of and spread a**
**message of usualisation and acceptance of the**
**LGBTQ+ community.**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**Due to our low number of trustees, we were not able to achieve**
**as much progress in our education and outreach areas,**
**however we were able to provide a highly successful and**
**expanded Pride event, with excellent turnout and a true safe**
**space for learning and self-expression for the LGBTQ+**
**community and beyond.**|
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**Due to a low number of trustees and volunteers, much of the**
**time which should have been dedicated to fundraising and**
**sponsorship was used to ensure the main Pride Day event was**
**possible.**
**Our fundraising was limited to event revenue along with a**
**modest number of small donations (including those given on**
**the main Pride Day event)**
**We were unable to attend external events and host a Pride stall**
**for this period, which also represented a loss compared with**
**the previous periods.**|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**Our investment in infrastructure, stock and consumable items**
**was high this year, but it was in service of expanding our ability**
**to maximise main revenue streams on Pride Day and at other**
**events we will run, present and into the future.**
**The results ably demonstrate that our expanded footprint,**
**ability to newly take card payments and to operate our own bar**
**were worth the investment and we end the period with stock in**
**hand plus infrastructure to increase earnings in subsequent**
**years.**|
|Other||**Again due to the pressures with low numbers of trustees,**
**following multiple resignations last year in our CIO’s leadership**
**team and another this year, we were unable to meet all of our**
**set qualitative or quantitative objectives for this year.**|
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|We close the year with £5,543.09 in the bank, a decrease of
**-£2,039.18**on the previous period.|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The current account balance is maintained to ensure the ability**
**to hold a new Pride festival each year and to allow us to invest**
**in new programmes for outreach and education.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£5,543.09 as per current account.**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**The bill for the previous period’s staging provision was**
**presented very late due to a dispute we raised and so is**
**reflected on this period. Without this £3,000 the accounts**
**would have reflected a modest increase of £960.82**
**Additionally due to the illegal actions of a supplier who had**
**contracted to provide a bar service with a significantly**
**favourable profit split, we did not run our own bar. Ultimately**
**this turned out to be materially different just days before the**
**event when it was too late to make changes (including due to**
**the inability at that short notice to serve a Temporary Event**
**Notice to enable the sale of alcohol). Instead of an 80% share**
**of revenue, we took under 20% of the provider’s revenue and**
**this represented a loss of as much as £4000-4500 to us.**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Fundraising**
**Donations**
**Merchandise**
**Wet sales**
**Stall pitch fees**
**Ticket sales**|
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A**|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|•
**Trustee churn.**
•
**Leadership issues.**
•
**Political risks/climate**
•
**Due to our small team, relationships with stakeholders**
**may easily be affected by personal interactions and**
**lack of time to maintain working relationships.**
•
**Ongoing national health concerns.**
•
**Poor state of the national economy.**|
|Other||**N/A**|
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:||**N/A**|
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Association**|
|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|**We continue our process of inviting potential trustees to join**
**the CIO in a responsible junior role (Associate Director),**
**undergoing a period of probation for a year (to include one**
**Pride Festival) before inviting them to become a full Trustee.**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|**Junior members will perform their roles under the supervision**
**of at least one full Trustee.**
**Junior members will sign a code of conduct, outlining their**
**responsibilities and obligations to the CIO.**|
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**We have an executive committee who oversee governance and**
**urgent matters.**
**General Trustee committee who oversee general matters and**
**the actions taken by the executive committee.**
**General committee which includes all of the Trustees and**
**Associate Directors.**
**Sub-committees for specialised areas who report back to**
**senior committees.**|
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**Unofficial relationships with local organisations and governing**
**bodies.**|
|Other||**N/A**|
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Pride in Ely CIO|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|Pride in Ely, Cambridgeshire. Ely Pride.|
|Registered charity number|1170817|
|Charity’s principal address|Office 10
Centre E Community Hub
24 Barton Road
Ely
Cambridgeshire
CB74DE|
## **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 (if**
**any)**|
|---|---|---|---|
|Kiera Delaney|Co- Chair|||
|Sherrie Halls|Co- Chair|||
|Simon TimothyPittock|Treasurer|||
|Andrew David White|Trustee|||
– 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**||
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
|Description of the assets
held in this capacity|N/A|
|---|---|
|Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|N/A|
|Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own assets|N/A|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
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**Name**
**Address**|**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|
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||**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional**
**information)**|||
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## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
**N/A**
## **Other optional information**
## **N/A**
## **PRIDE in ELY CIO Financial Report - February 4th 2022 to February 3rd 2023**
|**RECEIPTS**|**AMOUNT**||**ACCT**|
|---|---|---|---|
|Donations|£1,192.68|NatWest||
|Pride Events’ Revenue|£8,716.71|NatWest||
|**TOTAL**|**£9,909.39**|||
|**PAYMENTS**||||
|Misc Supplies|-£129.81|NatWest||
|Event Supplies|-£129.81|NatWest||
|Storage Fees (Stock / Equipment)|-£160.00|NatWest||
|Web Hosting|-£182.41|NatWest||
|Vehicle Hire|-£252.00|NatWest||
|Invoices: Performers|-£1,098.33|NatWest||
|Sundries|-£511.12|NatWest||
|Event Insurance|-£841.53|NatWest||
|Event Room Hire|-£598.80|NatWest||
|Event Floats (Cash)|-£500.00|NatWest||
|Stock: Other Pride Events|-£571.85|NatWest||
|Equipment Purchases|-£462.01|NatWest||
|Event Advertising|-£80.00|NatWest||
|Event Supplier/Service Invoices|-£6,645.50|NatWest||
|Stock: Pride Day|-£285.40|NatWest||
|**TOTAL**|**-£11,948.57**|||
|**SURPLUS/DEFICIT**|**-£2039.18**|||
|Opening Balance|**£7,582.27**||NatWest|
|Closing Balance at 03/02/2023|**£5,543.09**||NatWest|
## **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)** Mr Simon Timothy Pittock Mr Andrew White
**Position (eg** Treasurer, Trustee Trustee **Secretary, Chair, etc)**
Date
December 2nd°. 2025