2022-03-31-accounts - Must Be ME

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Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 01/04/2021 Period start date To 31/03/2022 Period end date

Charity name: Must Be Me

Charity registration number: 1179393

Objectives and Activities

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	For the public benefit to advance education in the subject of personal safety and self- defence training and more generally through the development of individual capabilities, competencies and skills.
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	The preservation and protection of health in particular by providing or assisting in the provision of self-defence and personal safety education or training.
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	Para 1.18	The trustees have read and understood all relevant correspondence with regards to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on the public benefit.

Achievements and Performance

SORP reference

Summary of the main 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.	Para 1.20	In the past reporting year, the charity has encountered difficulties in serving its mission due to circumstances and restrictions that had come into effect due to the Covid-19 pandemic. During this time, Must Be Me has continued to conduct research into the way in which it may best serve to benefit the public. In an effort to re-strategise following the pandemic, Must Be Me has begun its efforts towards creating a strong online presence, through which it can facilitate its services to a larger audience regardless of any health and safety-related conditions that may arise again in the future. Although online teaching had been deemed unsafe in the previous year, the team at Must Be Me has researched methodology through which online safety education can be delivered through safe and accurate means. Must Be Me will continue to work on this endeavour, and plans to launch a large-scale teaching platform in 2024.

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Achievements against objectives set	Para 1.41	Due to the unprecedented changes the Covid-19 pandemic has brought to education and teaching styles, Must Be Me has changed its objectives in this reporting year.
Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set	Para 1.41	Due to unpreceded circumstances, Must Be Me ceased fundraising activities for the resporting year. This has been due to the fact that the organisation did not find it ethical to fundraise with no end goal in sight, given its changing objectives.

Financial Review

Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21	The charity is in a competent financial position, with the holding amount of 300GBP being stored in its bank account. The reason for this is that the activation of fundraising efforts has been paused until Must Be Me’s new objectives following changes created by the Covid-19 Pandemic are clearly demonstrated.

Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	The current reserves are held in order to ensure that the CIO has an amount of funds in its account for any emergency use regarding the fees for holding a bank account.
Amountof reservesheld	Para 1.22	300 GBP
Reasons for holding zero reserves	Para 1.22	N/A
Details of fund materially in deficit	Para 1.24	N/A
Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern	Para 1.23	There are no uncertainties about the operations of the charity per se, however there are many surrounding the circumstances imposed by the Covid-19 virus pandemic. Given the change brought onto the world by the Covid-19 Pandemic and following shifts in the economy, teaching, and governance, Must Be Me has found it relevant to strategise to improve its offerings for the best benefit of its beneficiaries.

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The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)	Para 1.47	Thus far, the principal source of funds has solely been the trustees as greater funds have not been required for operations.
Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted	Para 1.46	The funds have not been and will not be invested for the upcoming year; they will be held in the CIO’s account for use on the classes and any external costs accumulated.
A description of the principal risks facing the charity	Para 1.46	The principal risk facing the charity is the changing education landscape brought on by the social and emotional changes that have taken place from Spring of 2020 onwards. To adapt to change and mitigate any risk in providing help to its beneficiaries, Must Be Me will continue to implement current and relevant objectives.

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s trusts:
Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter)	Para 1.25	Constitution

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 founder and chair of the CIO, Mayra Gazel, is the sole person with the ability to elect a new trustee. Other trustees and/or future volunteers may recommend new trustees as they deem fit.

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Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees	Para 1.51	All new trustees must become familiar with the actions and objectives of the charity, as well as its procedures and policies. This will be done through inducting all new trustees, through giving them access to copies of Must Be Me’s constitution, vulnerable persons policy, and media policy. Trustees will be given a copy of the CIO’s latest Trustees’ Annual Report and statement of accounts. Once the new trustees have signed that they have read and understood all of these documents, they will proceed to being briefed on the safety improvement classes being taught by the charity, so that they are familiar and comfortable with all of the procedures.
The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works	Para 1.51	The charity’s organisational structure is hierarchical, in that all final decisions must go through the chair in order to be approved and finalised. Despite this, all of the trustees and/ or volunteers are welcomed to share their thoughts and opinions both verbally and in writing, in order to ensure that all decisions made are for the benefit of the charity. The charity has a lawyer and accountant, who are there to advise on any issues may they be of legal or financial nature. The constitution contains further information on steps to take shall there be any issues with the governance and organisationalstructure of the charity.
Relationship with any related parties	Para 1.51	The CIO maintains positive relations with all charitable partners acquired, to work towards the mutual benefit of fundraising and/or raising awareness; dependent on the agreed-upon outcome of the collaboration.

Reference and Administrative details

Charity name	Must Be Me
Other namethe charity uses	MBM
Registered charity number	1179393
Charity’s principal address	Office T15, Hurlingham Studios, Ranelagh Gardens, London, SW6 3PA, United Kingdom

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)
Mayra Gazel	Chair	Mayra Gazel
Gulsen Eren

– 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 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)

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Type of adviser Name Address




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) Mayra Gazel Position (eg Secretary, Founder and Chair Chair, etc) Date 30/01/2023

Charity Name No (if any) Receipts and payments accounts For the period Period start date Period end date To from 01/04/2021 31/03/2022

Section A Receipts and payments	Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £	Restricted funds to the nearest £	Endowment funds to the nearest £	Total funds to the nearest £ 300 - - - - - - - 300 - - - 300 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 300 - - 300
	300	-	-	300
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	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-
*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	300	-	-	300

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
	-
	-
*Sub total*	-
*Total receipts* A3 Payments
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**Sub total **	-	-	-	-

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
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	-
**Sub total **	-
*Total payments* *Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end *Cash funds this year end*
	300			300
	-			-
	-			-
	300			300

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

30/01/2023

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Categories B2 Other monetary assets B1 Cash funds	Details *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details	Unrestricted funds to nearest £ - - - 300 OK Unrestricted funds to nearest £ - - - - - -	Restricted funds to nearest £
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			-
			-
			-
			OK
			Restricted funds to nearest £
		-	-
		-	-
		-	-
		-	-
		-	-
		-	-

B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use	Details Details Details	Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates	Cost (optional)
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			Cost (optional)
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			Amount due (optional)
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees

Signature

Print Name

Mayra Gazel

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

30/01/2023

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CC16a
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Last year

to the nearest £ 300 - - - - - - - 300

300

300 - - 300

CCXX R3 accounts (SS)

30/01/2023

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Endowment
funds
to nearest £
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OK Endowment funds to nearest £

Current value (optional) - - - - -

Current value (optional)

When due (optional)

Date of approval

30/01/2023

CCXX R4 accounts (SS)

30/01/2023