|||**Trustees' Annual Report**|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**for theperiod**|**for theperiod**|**for theperiod**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||**From**|Period start date|||**To**|Period end date||| ||||1st|MAY|2021||30th|April|2022| ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** GLOBAL VILLAGE ACTION **Other names charity is known by** N/A **Registered charity number (if any) 1178320** **Charity's principal address** 62 Seymour Court Road MARLOW Buckinghamshire **Postcode SL7 3BE** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||CYRIL PITCHER|CHAIRMAN||| ||JOHN OKONKWO|Overseas Liaison||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** ||**Name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**| |---|---|---| ||DOUG WILLIAMS|| ||STEVE ARMAH|| |||| March **2012** **TAR** 1 ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of adviser**|**Name**
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**Address**| |---|---|---| |NONE||| |||| |||| |||| |**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 (eg. trust deed, constitution)[Constitution] How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company)[(CIO) Charitable Incorporated Organisation] Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by)[Voluntary foundation trustees] ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: Global Village Action is a small charity which is run by voluntary trustees additional information, where domiciled in London and the surrounding suburbs. There were limited relevant, about: activities in the current year due to the disruptions created by the SARS  policies and procedures COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the passing away the previous year of the adopted for the induction and Operations Liaison trustee and other elder trustees continuing to shield training of trustees; against the continuing effects of the pandemic, limited the ability of other trustees to meet or run the core programmes of the charity. In addition,  the charity’s organisational fundraising objectives continued to be suspended. 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** Prevention and relief of poverty and the advancement of Christian evangelical religion by providing access to food, clothing, shelter, skills training, pastoral counselling, internships, exchange programmes, and evangelical outreach. March **2012** **TAR** 2 Continuing awareness of the SARS COVID-19 virus and it’s variants were negatively impactful on activities in the current year. GVA’s limited activities were focused on maintaining the charity’s operations backbone and potential partnership. - Evangelical outreach programmes; - Feeding programmes; - Selecting / training a pioneer star trainee; **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)** - Continue with the design concept /developments, drawings and models for the future live-in facility for indigent persons. The charity trustees have complied with the duty in section 4 of the Charities Act 2006 to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission. ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** There were no grants, investments, or structured contributions made by volunteers. You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. March **2012** **TAR** 3 Section D Achievements and performance ## **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** 1 Evangelical outreach programme; 2 Feeding programme; 3 Selecting / training pioneer star trainee; 4 Continue with the design concept / developments, drawings, and models for the future live-in facility for indigent persons. The charity trustees have complied with the duty in section 4 of the Charities Act 2006 to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission. March **2012** **TAR** 4 Section D Achievements and performance March **2012** **TAR** 5 Section D Achievements and performance **Section E Financial review** March **2012** **TAR** 6 ## **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** As a small charity with no employees, limited funds, negligible overheads, and flexible programmes, GVA aims to keep less than 5% of raised funds in reserve to meet its public interest programmes and for emergencies. **Details of any funds materially in deficit** None ## **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); GVA received limited cash donations in the amount of £300.61 from private sources in the financial year. Donations were applied to support backbone activities outlined above. Trustees continue to work to raise meaningful funds with which to accelerate the intervention programmes outlined above. - 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** None ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature(s)**
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**Date**||| |---|---|---| ||CYRIL PITCHER|JOHN OKONKWO| ||CHAIRMAN|TRUSTEE| ||28/08/2022|| March **2012** **TAR** 7