## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 01/09/2019 Period start date To 31/08/2020 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Macclesfield Pride**
## **Charity registration number: 1182231**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The purposes of the charity are:**
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**To promote equality and diversity**
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**To raise awareness and educate**
**the public**
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**To celebrate the diversity of the**
**LGBT community in a positive**
**and inclusive way.**
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**To promote community**
**integration**
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**To promote the provision of**
**information, advice and support**
**to members of the LGBT+**
**community**|
|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|**Despite Covid restrictions, we were able**
**to hold our annual main event, but this**
**was held online. The message of Pride**
**was still communicated through talks,**
**music and film, and it brought a positive**
**atmosphere to our town at such a**
**difficult time. We also utilised social**
**media to run challenges, competitions**
**and discussions to keep on contact with**
**the community during lockdowns.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**We can confirm that the Trustees**
**understand the guidance on public**
**benefit**|
## **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**
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|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|**Since its inception in 2018 and**
**registration in 2019, Macclesfield Pride**
**has worked alongside Macclesfield**
**Town Council and local agencies,**
**businesses and supportive individuals,**
**to promote equality, inclusion and**
**acceptance of the LGBTQ+ community,**
**in our town and local area. The**
**Trustees, through a working Committee**
**and utilising volunteer help, have held**
**one major annual Pride event each year**
**and also many other smaller events to**
**fulfil our various objectives. Through**
**the work of Macclesfield Pride, attitudes**
**have changed, people have been**
**educated and lives have been enhanced**
**by the freedom and more inclusive**
**atmosphere that has resulted.**|
## **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||
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Investment performance against objectives Other
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**There was limited financial activity**
**during the year due to COVID19 impact.**
**Income and expenditure were almost**
**identical leading to a near net zero**
**impact on funds held.**
**We leave 2020 well placed to finance an**
**expanded MaccPride event in 2021 (as**
**originally planned for 2020), with**
**anticipated support from a return to**
**holding fund-raising events, a Local**
**Community Grant from Macclesfield**
**Town Council, and sponsorship from**
**local business**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**No specific reserves are held. However**
**sufficient positive balance funds are**
**maintained at a level to ensure an ability**
**to pay all annual event costs. This**
**ensures financially stability in the event**
**of a poorly attended, or last minute**
**cancelled, main event (for example due**
**to adverse weather)**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22||
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22||
|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|**None**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
The charity’s principal sources of funds (including Para 1.47 any fundraising) Investment policy and objectives including any Para 1.46 social investment policy adopted
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
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|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|**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|**Initial Trustees still in place, except for**
**one. The replacement Trustee was**
**invited by the other Trustees after**
**discussion with the Committee which**
**has been formed as an executive arm of**
**the Trustee body.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Macclesfield Pride|
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|Other name the charity uses|MaccPride|
|Registered charity number|**1182231**|
|Charity’s principal address|c/o 'The Hub', 33 Great King Street
Macclesfield
SK11 6PN|
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Denise Hartley-
Dickens|Chair|||
||Mark Dyson|Treasurer|||
||Rachel Hartley-
Dickens|Secretary|||
||Susan Armitt|-|||
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– 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)**
|**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**|
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|**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**|D.Hartley-Dickens||
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||Denise Hartley-Dickens|Mark Dyson|
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Chair|Treasurer|
||06/11/2021||
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|**Macclesfield Pride - End of Year Financial Statement**|**Macclesfield Pride - End of Year Financial Statement**|
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|**Financial Statement for the 12 Month Period ending 31st August 2020. Income & Expenditure Account**||
||**£**
**31st August 2020**
**Current Year**|
|**Receipts**
Grants
Sponsor
Donations
Fundraising
Merchandise
Stalls
Misc Receipts|963
595|
|**TOTAL**|**1,558**|
|**Payments**
Advertising
Banners
Donations
Entertainment
Electric Supply
Equipment
First Aid
Insurance
IT
Prizes
Raffle tickets & Licence (Printed)
Refunds
PA System
Stage
Training
T-Shirts
Website|13
133
300
82
152
100
49
632
99|
|**TOTAL**|**1,560**|
|**Surplus (Loss) for the year**
**Brought Forward from previous year**|-2
**6,480**|
|**BALANCE CARRIED FORWARD**|**6,479**|
|**Represented by: Petty cash**
**Cash at bank**|75
6,404|
|**BALANCE**|**6,479**|
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