
## Commentary on the Trustees’ Annual Report and Accounts: 

Period covering: 6th April 2020 to 5th April 2021 

The  Charity’s  income  is  under  £500,000  (and  it  does  not  have  assets  worth  more  than  £3.26  million),  so  a simple report has been prepared and is presented below. 

The  Trustees  have  used  the  ‘Trustees’  Annual  Report  Template  for  smaller,  non-company  chari�es’.  This form  includes  all  the  informa�on  trustees  must  provide  according  to  CHARITIES  SORP  (FRS  102).  The Trustee’s Annual Report is appended. 

regard  to  our  guidance  on  public  benefit  when  planning  the  charity’s  ac�vi�es.  Further  informa�on  is provided in a ‘Summary of the main achievements’. 

The  accounts  have  been  produced  using  the  Receipts  and  Payments  accoun�ng  method  and  are provided together with the Charity’s Annual Trustee Report. The Charity’s accounts are appended. 

Signed: 


**Andrew King** Co-founder & Chief Financial Officer CommuniTech London 

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## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** 

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year **From** 06 04 2020 **To** 05 04 2021 

## Section A                        Reference and administration details 

**Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1177236 **Charity's principal address** 29 Beaver Close 

CommuniTech London 

CommuniTech 

Horsham West Sussex **Postcode RH12 5GB** 

## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 


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Dates acted if not for whole  Name of person (or body) entitled<br>Trustee name  Office (if any)<br>year  to appoint trustee (if any)<br>Andrew King  Chief Financial<br>1<br>Officer<br>Sofie Shackcloth  Director of<br>2<br>Communications<br>Matthew Rea  Director of<br>3<br>Operations<br>Sebastien Le  Director of Services<br>4<br>Fouest<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20<br>21<br>22<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


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**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** 

**Name Dates acted if not for whole year** 


## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

**Type of adviser Name Address** 


## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Section B              Structure, governance and management** 

## **Description of the charity’s trusts** 

Type of governing document 

Constitution adopted 20th February 2018 

- (eg. trust deed, constitution) 

Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted 

- (eg. trust, association, company) 

Appointment of charity trustees: Trustee selection methods (1) Apart from the first charity trustees, every trustee must be (eg. appointed by, elected by) appointed for a term of two years by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees. (2) 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 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. 

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## **Section C                    Objectives and activities** 

The objectives of the CIO are: To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming social excluded, relieving the needs of those people who **Summary of the objects of the** are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society through **charity set out in its** the provision of technology support. **governing document** For the purpose of this clause ‘socially excluded’ means being excluded from society, or parts of society, as a result of being digitally-illiterate or the ‘digitally excluded’ i.e. those who cannot use modern technology. The main activities undertaken by the charity are to host Tech & Tea events. Tech & Tea workshops are relaxed and informal, with the emphasis being to provide a friendly environment and take away the usual stress associated with learning how to use new devices or getting to grips with new ideas. We start our sessions with a Tech Talk, where we introduce technology topics as a chance to learn about something **Summary of the main** new and boost awareness to the dangers or benefits of different **activities undertaken for the** technologies. We then run an open workshop, where anyone can ask any **public benefit in relation to** questions you have about technology. **these objects (include within this section the statutory** Tech & Tea events are held at Battersea Library, Putney Library and **declaration that trustees have** Earlsfield Library. **had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity** In planning our activities for the year we keep in mind the Charity **Commission on public** Commission’s guidance on public benefit at our trustee meetings. **benefit)** 

## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: 

- policy on grantmaking; 

- policy programme related investment; 

- contribution made by volunteers. 


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## Section D                      Achievements and performance 

**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** 

Due to the Coronavirus pandemic face-to-face sessions were cancelled. Operations were briefly suspended before we trialled online sessions hosted via Zoom. Unfortunately due to the audience our activities cater to these sessions failed to gain sufficient traction to make them sustainable. In addition, local grant funding was diverted to more urgent activities meaning that we lost potential funding opportunities, reducing our income and limiting our ability to sustain the increased costs of hosting virtual sessions. As it stands all activities are suspended and we will continue to review the situation as the pandemic progresses to determine if face-to-face activities can be restarted at a later date. 

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## **Section E                    Financial review** 

Reserves equivalent to 3 months operating costs are required as part of **Brief statement of the** our Reserves Policy to allow the charity to continue operating while **charity’s policy on reserves** additional funds are raised. 

**Details of any funds materially in deficit** 

No funds materially in deficit. 

## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: 

- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); 

The charities primary source of income this year has been donations as we were unsuccessful with a number of grant applications. 

Due to the suspension of our activities our expenditure has reduced significantly, however our administrative costs continue and without hosting any sessions we have been seen reduced donations over this period. 

- how expenditure has For activities to restart following the pandemic, additional funding would 

- supported the key objectives need to be secured, through grants or other fundraising activities. 

- 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)** Andrew King **Position (eg Secretary,** Chief Financial Officer **Chair, etc)** 

**Date** 03/04/2022 

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**Charity Name No (if any) COMMUNITECH LONDON 1177236 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 06/04/2020 05/04/2021 

## **Section A Receipts and payments** 


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Unrestricted  Restricted  Endowment<br>Total funds Last year<br>funds funds funds<br>to the nearest<br>to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £<br>£<br>A1 Receipts<br>Donations (See Note 3)                          189                              -                                -                             189                           3,272<br>Grants                               -                              -                                -                                -                             1,000<br>                              -                              -                                -                                -                                   -<br>                              -                              -                                -                                -                                   -<br>                              -                              -                                -                                -                                   -<br>                              -                              -                                -                                -                                   -<br>                              -                              -                                -                                -                                   -<br>                              -                              -                                -                                -                                   -<br>Sub total  (Gross income for<br>                         189                              -                                -                             189                           4,272<br>AR)<br>A2 Asset and investment sales,<br>(see table).<br>                              -                                -                                -                              -<br>                              -                                -                                -                              -                                     -<br>Sub total                                -                                -                                -                              -                                     -<br>Total receipts                      189                            -                            -                           189                       4,272<br>A3 Payments<br>Operating Expenses                          990                             23                              -                          1,013                           8,843<br>Administrative Expenses                          234                              -                                -                             234                              643<br>Exceptional Expenses (See Note 2)                               -                           200                              -                             200                              572<br>                              -                              -                                -                                -                                   -<br>                              -                              -                                -                                -                                   -<br>                              -                              -                                -                                -                                   -<br>                              -                              -                                -                                -                                   -<br>                              -                              -                                -                                -                                   -<br>                              -                              -                                -                                -                                   -<br>Sub total [                      1,223 ]                          223                              -                          1,446                         10,058<br>A4 Asset and investment<br>purchases, (see table)<br>                              -                                -                                -                              -<br>                              -                                -                                -                              -<br>Sub total [                              - ]                               -                                -                              -                                     -<br>Total payments                   1,223                       223                            -                        1,446                     10,058<br>Net of receipts/(payments) -                 1,034  -                    223                          -    -                 1,257  -                    5,786<br>A5 Transfers between funds                           -                          -                           -                                -                              -<br>A6 Cash funds last year end                    1,566                       223                          -                      1,789                      7,575<br>Cash funds this year end                      532  -                        0                          -                        532                      1,789<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||
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|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>_(See Note 1)_|**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Bank Account<br>Cash in hand<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**<br>Signature<br>**Details**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**437**<br>**95**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**532**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>Andrew King|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|
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||||OK|
||||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Current value**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Current value**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**When due (optional)**<br>Date of approval<br>02/04/2022|



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## **Section C Notes to the accounts** 

|**Categories**|**Details**|
|---|---|
|**C1 Note No.**||
||All equipment purchased is assumed to have a retained value of zero and as|
|**1.**|such is not counted as an asset owned by the charity|
||Return of unspent cash as per the conditions of acceptance of the Wandsworth|
||Grant Fund. This was included in the liabilities shown to be due at 31st March|
|**2**|2020 in the accounts at 5th April 2020|
||Including £3.23 donation unaccounted for in FY 19/20|
|**3**||



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