## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year **From 01 10 2023 To 30 09 2024** Section A Reference and administration details **01 Charity name** AIM INFORMATION MATTERS CIO **Other names charity is known by** AIM GROUP FOUNDATION **Registered charity number (if any)** 1178244 **Charity's principal address** 6 Hoffmans Way Chelmsford **89c Rayleigh Avenue, Leigh-On-Sea, England, SS9 5DL Postcode CM11GU**
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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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**
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## **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**
Memorandum and Articles of Association Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) CIO How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) In selecting trustees for appointments as charity trustees. We appoint with Trustee selection methods skills, knowledge and experience needed for administration of the CIO (eg. appointed by, elected by)
- (eg. trust, association, company)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
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- 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.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
To provide support and guidance for individuals looking for work and apprenticeship. Providing apprenticeship advise and guidance across Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridge. Educating teachers on apprenticeship routes.
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Pre employability skills Apprenticeship advice and guidance Charity Placement service Career Guidance Schools support on soft skills for students leaving schools Teacher CPD
**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public 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
Providing apprenticeship guidance to 50,000 16- 18 years olds virtually **Summary of the main** following the pandemic. **achievements of the charity during the year** Provide CPD session for teachers across target areas educating on apprenticeship guidance Working with local employee’s to support young people into work.
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## **Section E Financial review**
**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves**
**Details of any 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);
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives 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**
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Signature(s)
Full name(s) Lewis Mazdon
Position (eg Secretary, Chair,
Managing Director
etc)
Date
29th July 2025 18th July 2022
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AIM INFORMATION MATTERS 1178244
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
01/10/2023 30/09/2024
For the period from To
Section A Receipts and payments
Endowment
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Total funds Last year
funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Product Sales - -
Contract Sales - -
Grant-Essex Community Foundation - -
Grants (Other) - - -
Donations 25,123 25,123 73,189
Other Income - -
Bank Interest - -
- -
Sub total (Gross income for AR) 25,123 - - 25,123 73,189
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see
table).
New loan - - - - -
vat not yet repaid - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 25,123 - - 25,123 73,189
A3 Payments
Cost of goods sold - - -
Marketing and Advertising 600 600 600
Website costs - -
Employee Wages and Salaries 18,947 18,947 63,382
Rent 1,454 1,454 3,392
Electricity - -
Vehicle expenses - -
Travelling - -
Hotel and Accomodation - -
Entertainment - -
Printing, postage and carriage - -
Stationery - -
Telephone & Internet - -
Computer & Software - -
Repairs and renewals - -
Subscriptions - 1,731
Insurance - -
Training Costs - -
General expenses - -
Bank Charges and Interest 60 60 84
Legal fees - -
Consultancy & professional fees - 1,500
Sub total [ 21,062 ] - - 21,061 70,689
A4 Asset and investment purchases,
(see table)
Asset purchases - -
Repay Loan 4,259 4,259
vat payments not yet recovered - -
Sub total [ 4,259 ] - - - 4,259
Total payments 25,321 - - 21,061 74,948
Net of receipts/(payments) (198) - - 4,062 (1,759)
A5 Transfers between funds - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 434 - - 2,193
Cash funds this year end 236 - - 4,062 434
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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**
Signed by two trustees on behalf of all the
trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B1 Cash funds**|Signature
**Details**
Trade Creditors
PAYE /NI
Pensions
Other Creditors
VAT
**Details**
Computer and Office Equipment
**Details**
(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
**Details**
Recoverable Grants
Trade Debtors
**Details**
Bank Account
**_Total cash funds_**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**236**
**-**
**236**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
Unrestricted
**9,499**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
Unrestricted
**-**
Unrestricted
**-**
Unrestricted
**-**
Unrestricted
**10,859**
Unrestricted
**12,387**
Bridget Mazdon
Print Name
Andrew Binns
Zoe McCraken||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**|
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**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**9,499**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**When due (optional)**
Date of approval|
## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
## **Section A Independent Examiner's Report**
|**Section A Independent Examiner's Report**|**Section A Independent Examiner's Report**|**Section A Independent Examiner's Report**|
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|**Charity no (if any)**
**Date:**
**Address:** 89C RAYLEIGH AVENUE LEIGH ON SEA ESSEX SS9 5DL
**Name:** SARAH WALKER
**Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):** FCA
**Signed:**
29.07.25
**Independent examiner's statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters
have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me
cause to believe that in, any material respect:
accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity
as required by section 130 of the Act or
the accounts do not accord with those records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in
connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in
this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to
be reached.
**Responsibilities and basis of report** As the charity trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011
(“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the charities accounts carried
out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my
examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the
Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
**Set out on pages** one to two
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity for the period ended**30 / 09 / 2024**.
**On accounts for the period ended**
30 September 2024
1178244
**Report to the trustees/ members of** AIM Information Matters|||
|**Section B Disclosure**|||
|**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner**
**wishes to disclose**.|Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern
(see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and
guidance for examiners).||
## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
|**Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**|**Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**|
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|**Report to the trustees/**
**members of**
**On accounts for the year**
**ended**
**Set out on pages**
**Responsibilities and**
**basis of report**
**Independent**
**examiner's statement**|Charity Name
AIM Information Matters
30thSeptember 2024
**Charity no**
**(if any)**
1178244
One to Two
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended**30/09/2024**
As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011
(“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I
have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have
come to my attention in connection with the examination
I have no concerns and have come across no matters in connection with the
examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to
enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.|
**Date:** 29/07/2025 **Signed: Name:** Sarah Walker **Relevant professional** ICAEW **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 89C Rayleigh Avenue, Leigh on Sea, Essex, SS9 5DL
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## **Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
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