Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
From 01/01/2022 Period start date To 31/12/2022 Period end date
Charity name:YORKDEVELOPERS
Charity registration number: 1177591
Objectives and Activities
| SORP reference | ||
|---|---|---|
| Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document |
Para 1.17 | To advance education for the public benefit in the subjects of literacy and software engineering through the provision of events and meetings in the city of York and throughout the Yorkshire region to help improve access to IT and the software engineering sector for all age groups. |
| 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 |
Support of volunteers and promotion of activity of volunteer groups within the non- profit tech community. For example funding of systems to facilitate registration of attendees to events. Provision of a larger event named as YorkTechFest to appeal to a larger catchment area of the software engineering sector for all age groups from 16+ |
| Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit |
Para 1.18 |
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 Supported several technical community meetups in and around the City of York Summary of the main Para 1.20 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.
Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
| Achievements against objectives set |
Para 1.41 | |
| Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set |
Para 1.41 | |
| 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 | |
| Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held |
Para 1.22 | The charity aims to hold reserves of between £50 and £5000. The reserves are primarily intended to aid with cashflow when organising events such as our annual conference. |
| Amount of reserves held | Para 1.22 | £1324 |
| Reasons for holding zero reserves |
Para 1.22 | |
| Details of fund materially in deficit |
Para 1.24 | |
| Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern |
Para 1.23 |
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: |
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|---|---|---|
| Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter) |
Para 1.25 | |
| 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 | The trustees are elected each year at our annual general meeting or sooner in the event of a trustee resigning. |
Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and Para 1.51 training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other
Reference and Administrative details
| Charity name | York Developers |
|---|---|
| Other name the charity uses | |
| Registered charity number | 1177591 |
| Charity’s principal address | Arabesque House, Monks Cross Drive, York YO32 9GW |
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Betteridge | Treasure | |||
| Daniel Woolfson | Chairman | |||
| Chris Maughan | Secretary | |||
– 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
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) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date
York Developers Annual Accounts – 2022
Overview
Similarly, to the previous two years we have been deeply impacted by Covid. The main activity of the charity is to provide local in-person technical related events. These are comprised from either monthly “meetups” or our yearly conference. Unfortunately, neither of these in-person activities were possible during 2021 resulting in events only taking place online (i.e., virtually) and it has taken time for people to return to evening events.
Summary for 2022 Accounts
| Summaryfor 2022 | Accounts |
|---|---|
| Opening Balance | £1,373.42 |
| Paid in | £0 |
| Paid Out | £48.57 |
| ClosingBalance | 1,324.85 |
Bank Account
As per the previous year, the charity has a bank account with Lloyds bank and any withdrawals requires the approval of two trustees.
Gift Aid
We have not registered for Gift Aid, but we could consider doing this in the future.
Income
The charity received no income during 2022.
Total: £0
Expenses
The expenses for the year are shown below
| Expense | Amount |
|---|---|
| MeetupFees | 0(waived due to Covid) |
| Domain Name and Email | £48.57 |
Total: £48.57
Bank Balance
Our closing bank balance for 2022 was £1,324.85
Hosting Costs
Our websites are hosted either in GitHub for free or use services offered by the Microsoft Azure platform. As a charity we receive $5000 of credits for Azure per year.
Meetups
The majority of the YorkDevelopers community groups used meetup.com in order to advertise and allow people to sign up to the events.
Some of the groups (such as .net York) get their meetup accounts from their parent foundations.
Other groups such as YorkCodeDojo, CodeAndCoffee and YorkGamesDev are being funded by the charity.
Due to Covid the charge for our meetup account was waived this year.
Affiliated Groups
At present the YorkDevelopers charity hasn’t taken any income or funded the local groups. It is our aim that in the future that the charity will be able to provide some resources such as projectors or video recording equipment.
David Betteridge
Treasurer, York Developers. david@yorkdevelopers.org