Enhancing Qualification and Social Development (EQSD) Annual Report – Period 2021-22 

## Overview 

The Trustees are presenting their Annual Report including current financial position for the period 01/04/21 to 31/03/2022. The report is an overview of the activities for the period. For the purposes of this report, we are providing a statement of income and expenditure under the heading Finance Report. All other annual Charity Commission EQSD legal or administrative information has been updated online therefore separated from this report. Details can be viewed by visiting the Charity Commission website. Our Charity Incorporated Organisation (CIO) registration status means we only have to submit our annual report with the Charity Commission. 

## Objectives and Activities 

EQSD strives to do everything possible to increase social inclusion and life opportunities of disadvantaged active and inactive individuals by providing services that enable their whole well-being growth and development such as; education, employment skills/jobs/ training, economic, heath, community and social support services thereby making individuals living in Leicester City and Leicestershire more competitive, contributing and achieving in their community and social life. 

## Public Benefit, Achievements and Performance 

The 2021-22 year, was for the best part slow but during the latter part, as we emerged out of Covid lockdown, we began to engage with the public manly by way or word of mouth, meetings and focus groups to re-affirm need for our services.  We found that those engaged agreed we should continue. Post we had meetings with local councillors and consulted on various public reports around poverty, jobs and economic growth. Through these forms we prepared to reach out to target groups especially in specific areas where there is concerning indices of poverty and low take up education or well-paid and secure employment.  We are now at a point of completing funding applications to help kick start our profile and connection with the community post the Covid lockdown era albeit in an environment where we stay Covid cautious as well as understanding that we are competing against well-established providers who have had no break during the pandemic period. Notwithstanding our beneficiaries have continued to receive services within our affordable means in their quest for jobs, education (particularly online) and poverty among other things impacting their whole well-being such as being well worried to more severe panic about debt, income and employment, especially personal confidence coming out of lockdown, to those experiencing labour relations issues within their workplaces and zero contract sector not offered any work  Amongst our competition we have silently worked and now preparing ourselves to compete and grow through using a variety of approaches. 

## Financial Report 

During the period there was no significant expend or fundraising. Therefore, the income and expenditure balance statement for year reads as follows. 

FINANCIAL STATEMENT INCOME AND EXPENDITURE STATEMENT FOR PERIOD 20212022 

|2022||
|---|---|
|**Income**|£|
|QDS Legacy (CFWD 2021-22)|4332|
|Bank Charge refund and interest|20|
|**Expenditure**||
|CAF Bank Charges|60|
|**Balance**||
|CAF Bank (CFWD 2022-23)|4352|



Rashpal Singh Chair of Trustees Dated: 01/07/2022