## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From Period start date 01/06/2023 To 31/05/2024**
## **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:**
**To promote equality and diversity**
**To raise awareness and educate**
**the public**
**To celebrate the diversity of the**
**LGBTQIA+ community in a**
**positive and inclusive way.**
**To promote community**
**integration**
**To promote the provision of**
**information, advice and support**
**to members of the LGBTQIA+**
**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|**We were able to hold our annual main**
**event, plus many activities throughout**
**the year.**
**The message of Pride was**
**communicated through social media**
**and face to face talks in the following**
**areas:- music, art, poetry, history, sport**
**and film, and it brought a positive**
**atmosphere to our town.**
**We continued to support local**
**LGBTQIA+ groups. Started new projects**
**and collaborated with other community**
**groups, businesses and schools.**|
|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
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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 foundation 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:
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Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising|||
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|activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
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|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|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|**Income and expenditure were almost**
**identical leading to a near net zero**
**impact on funds held.**
**We left 2023 well placed to finance**
**MaccPride event in 2024 with anticipated**
**support/sponsorship from local**
**businesses and community groups and**
**Local Community Grant from**
**Macclesfield Town Council.**
**We have devised sponsorship packages**
**following requests from local and larger**
**businesses, which also serves to meet**
**integration objectives of the charity.**|
|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 should there**
**be a poorly attended, or last minute**
**cancelled, main event (for example due**
**to adverse weather)**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**None**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**Bank holdings are sufficient but not**
**large enough create a reserve amount at**
**this time**|
|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)**
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The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including|
Para 1.47|
**Main sources are:**
**Sponsorship**
**Grants**|
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|any fundraising)||**Fundraising**
**Sale of merchandise**|
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|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**none**|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**None. Activity is maintained within such**
**bounds and controls so even if**
**sponsors or grants ceased we are able**
**to we have sufficient funds in the short**
**term to continue.**|
|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|**Current Trustees were discussed and**
**then voted on at AGM 14/11/2023. All**
**Trustees remain responsible for**
**upholding the conditions of the role of**
**Trustee. They will be reviewed at each**
**AGM and changes made if required and**
**as elected.**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works
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|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
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|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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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Susan Armitt|ActingVice Chair|||
||KayLomas|Treasurer|||
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||George Smith||||
||Sophie Armitt|Founder|||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name**
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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 Not applicable 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**
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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**
_K.Lomas_ **Signature(s)** _S A Armitt_ Kay Lomas **Full name(s)** Susan Ann Armitt **Position (eg Secretary,** Acting Vice Chair Treasurer **Chair, etc) Date** 06/06/2024
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