## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 01-04-2023 Period start date To 31-03-2024 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Space Generators** ## **Charity registration number: 1173314** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**1. Establish community centres**
**throughout the UK that focuses on**
**identifying and developing solutions for**
**the sustainable future for people and**
**planet**
**2. Advance education and training for the**
**public.**| |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|**1. Hosted education, training events,**
**workshops, exhibitions and conferences**
**from the community centre we**
**established in Westminster**
**2. Continue to establish and support the**
**development of a UK network of**
**community centres based on sustainable**
**solutions.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**Trustees confirm they have had regard to**
**and understand the guidance issued by**
**the charity commission on public benefit.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference| |---|---| ||Para 1.38| |Policy on grant making|| ||Para 1.38| |Policy on social investment|| |including program related|| |investment|| Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers 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|**1. Increased awareness and**
**communication with public and private**
**entities regarding repurposing of vacant**
**property for community use.**
**2. Maintained Space Generators charity**
**space in Westminster for community use**
**by many people of all ages. backgrounds**
**and ethnicities**
**4. Provided educational, skill share and**
**training workshops to increase the**
**possibility of future employment.**
**5. Hosted cultural and art events and**
**exhibitions for local youth/ elders and for**
**the public's benefit.**
**6. Continued research and development**
**of Eco Solutions.**
**7. Continued to establish, advise and**
**support a network of 20+ UK eco**
**community centres.**
**8. Hosted regular zoom meetings to**
**discuss critical environmental and social**
**issues.**
**9. Updated community centre**
**handbook and training materials.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set Performance of fundraising activities against objectives Para 1.41 set Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity is in a good financial position**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Aim to hold three months unrestricted**
**future funds to provide for ongoing**
**expenses**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**5355 BPS**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**No funds in deficit**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**There are no uncertainties about the**
**charity continuing as a going concern**| ## **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|| |---|---|---| |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|| |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|**Trustees are appointed for a term of 7**
**years by a resolution passed at a**
**properly convened meeting of the charity**
**trustees.**| ## **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|Space Generators| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|none| |Registered charity number|1173314| |Charity’s principal address|2 Archer Street
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Peter Barry|Chair||| ||Linda Lowrance|||| ||Debra Whiteside|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets None held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for 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 ## **None** ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** Peter Barry **Full name(s)** Peter Barry **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc)** **Date** 31-01-2025 CHARITY COMMISSIO FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period from J IivaiLV<¢+ To Section A Receipts and payments Unrestrlcted funds to the nearest Restrlcted funds Endowment fund8 Total funds La$t ygar to ihp nearg8t £ to nBarest£ to the near¢st £ to the nearnst£ A1 Receipts Tumover Bank Interest Donatiosn and gr8nt5 88.276 88.Z16 18.167 12 10.OOQ Sub total (Gross income for AR) 88.Z16 88,276 28.179 A2 Asset and Investment sales, (see tsble). Sub total 88.276 88,276 26.179 A3 Payments Project costs Business rates Volunteers expenses Insuran bank Ch8rge$ IT and SC￿481 medr8 Motor and Travel Office Equipm¢rit Repairs and Maintenance Misc office costs Accountnacy Other consultar Management cosls 3,875 49.518 12.590 3.875 49,518 12,590 7.030 2,S48 216 597 33 1.560 6,092 1.868 6.754 6.092 3.248 È143 2.177 3,04S 6.7S4 690 9,210 690 9.210 750 1.200 Sub total 93.133 93,133 21,252 A4 Asset and inveslmont ur¢ha8•6, (8ee lable Sub total 93,133 93,133 21,252 Net of receipts/(paymentsJ A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash fund$ last year end Cash funds this year end 4,857 4.857 4,927 5,285 10,212 5,355 10,212 5,355 10.212 CCXX R1 ac￿Unts {SS) 3110112025 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period UnrestriGted funds to n￿r•st t Restricted funds to nearest £ Endowment funds to nearest £ Categorfes Detsils B1 Cash funds Tiidos Total Cash funds 5,355 tls11 Unrestrlcted funds to nèargst £ Restricted fund$ to nearest È Endowment funds to naarest£ DetaTIs B2 Other monetary assets Fund to whlch asset belon Cost loptlonaf) Curr•ntvalu• on•1 Detsils B3 Investment assots Fund to whlch assèt ￿lon Detalls CMt loptlonal) Current value onal B4 Assets retained for the charity's own use Fund to t*hlch liabll Arnount due ona W￿n due lonal Details B5 Llabllities Signgd by one or ￿ trustees on behalf of all th8 tmstees Signature Print Name Date of roval Peter ba Peter ba 3110112025 CCXX R2 a¢¢ounts ISS) 31101r2025 okfield Chartered Accountants J A Brookfield B Comm ACA ATII Consultant J E Pickard BA AIIT Independent Examiners, Report Report of the Independent Examiner to the Trustees of SPACE GENERATORS For the year ended 31 March 2024 We report on the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2024 which are set out on pages I and 2 which have been prepared on a receipts and payments basis, disclosing a deficit of Recelpts over Payments of 4857 and cash funds at the end of the year of £5.355. Respective responsibilities of the Board of Trustees and Independent Examiner The Board of Trustees is responsible for the preparation of the financial statements. It is our responsibil- ity to form an independent opinion, based on our work, on those statements and to report our opinion to you. Basls of Independent Examiner's Report An examinatlon includes a review of the accounting records kept by the Charity and a comparison of the ccounts presented with those records. It also indudes consideration of any unusual items or disclo- sures in the accounts, seeking explanations from the Board of Trustees concerning any such matter5. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and con- sequently we do not express an audit opinion on the view given by these accounts. Independent Examiners Statement In connection with our examination, no matter has come to our attention which Elves us a reasonable cause to believe that in any material aspects the requirements to keep the accounting records in accord- ance with the Charity legislation and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting record5 and to comply with the accounting requirements of the legislation have not been met or to which, in our opinion, attentlon should be drawn in order to enable a proper und reached. tobe Signed by J A Brookfield. as senior statutory auditor on behalf of Brookfield & Co Chartered Accountants Registered auditors 18 Concanon Rd /ilzS 18 Concanon Road SW2 STA Tel: 020 87716710 Fax: 020 87718722 e•mail:enquiries@brookfieldaccountants.com London