## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1 April 2020 To 31 March 2021**
**Charity name: The Leanne Pero Foundation**
**Charity registration number: 1182365**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**For the public benefit, to relieve the**
**physical and emotional distress of**
**cancer patients and survivors in**
**particular but not exclusively by**
**providing or assisting in the provision**
**of support services, information and**
**practical advice to such persons.**|
|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 have been providing a range of**
**support for, primarily, BAME people**
**living with cancer including online**
**support groups, our Black Women**
**Rising photograph exhibition, a podcast**
**and magazine.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The Trustees confirm that they have had**
**regard to the Charity Commission**
**Guidance on public benefit in directing**
**the work of the charity.**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**The charity does not make grants.**|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**The charity does not receive or provide**
**social investment funding.**|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**We are grateful to our five volunteers**
**who have supported us with facilitation**
**of events and moderating our support**|
|||**groups amongst other administrative**
**roles.**|
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|Other||**N/A**|
## **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|**In the reporting period the charity’s**
**work has increased by 50% we came in**
**to the new reporting year with the**
**launch of our podcast- the untold**
**cancer stories which to date has**
**attracted over 8,000 listeners.**
**We also had further success with the**
**second instalment of our photographic**
**exhibition of portraits of women living**
**with cancer and their bodily scars. This**
**once again received national press**
**coverage and acclaim and raised**
**awareness of important (physical and**
**mental) health and care issues for**
**people living with the impacts of cancer**
**and surgery.**
**Our online support groups for BAME**
**women living with cancer have grown to**
**3 consistent and busy groups-**
**survivors, stage 4, young women.**
**We also got to launch our magazine**
**which became the first magazine for**
**women of colour living with cancer.**
**Our 100 women survey also received**
**lots of media attention and an interview**
**on sky news where it was established**
**that more needs to be done to close the**
**equality gap in cancer care for women**
**of colour.**|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**N/A**|
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para1.41|**N/A**|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para1.41|**N/A**|
|Other||**N/A**|
## **Financial Review**
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**This was the charity’s second year of**
**operation and we raised £89,202 to**
**support our work, we recognised this**
**was largely due the black lives matter**
**movement that took place during this**
**time. We expect out 21/22 figures to be**
**slightly less than this.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The charity’s aim is to build reserves**
**that equate to 3-6 months expenditure.**
**The charity has very low fixed**
**overheads and, therefore, this is**
**primarily to enable cashflow to be**
**managed and services to continue in**
**periods when income is lower.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£18,015**|
|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
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**The charity’s main sources of funding**
**were from donations and some funding**
**from local government as well as a**
**trusts and foundations.**|
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|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A**|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**We are aware that we received lots of**
**donations during this year due to the**
**black lives matter movement and are**
**fully aware this may not be the case**
**next year so its important to manage**
**what we can deliver and sustain**
**finically. We are keeping a close eye on**
**this and have fundraising and finance**
**support that allow us to manage the**
**risk.**|
|Other||**N/A**|
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**CIO 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|**Trustees are identified through**
**advertising in local charity network and**
**each candidate is interviewed and sign**
**an eligibility declaration.**|
## **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|**Trustees receive a Trustee Handbook**
**(including a code of conduct) and**
**copies of all relevant policies including**
**complaints, safeguarding, equalities etc.**
**Where required, training on charity**
**governance is also made available.**|
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|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**N/A**|
|Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|**N/A**|
|Other||**N/A**|
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|The Leanne Pero Foundation|
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|Other name the charity uses|Black Women Rising|
|Registered charity number|1182365|
|Charity’s principal address|65 Cronin Street, London SE15 6JG|
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name N/A**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
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**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|||
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## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
Leanne Pero (Chief Executive)
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
N/A
## **Other optional information**
N/A
## **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**|||
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||Sharon Green||
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Chair||
||23rdJanuary 2021||
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## **THE LEANNE PERO FOUNDATION**
Charity Number: 1182365
**FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDING 31 MARCH 2021**
## **THE LEANNE PERO FOUNDATION**
## **CONTENTS**
## **FOR THE PERIOD ENDING 31 MARCH 2021**
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|Receipts and payments account|1|
|Assets and liabilities|2|
|Notes forming part of the financial statements|3|
|Independent examination report|4|
## **THE LEANNE PERO FOUNDATION**
## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING 31 MARCH 2021**
|**Notes**
**Income**
Donations
Grants
**2**
Fundraising
**3**
Other Income
**Total income**
**Expenditure**
Advertising
Costumes
Subscriptions
Exhibitions
Food and refreshments
Fundraising expenses
Insurance
Miscellaneous expenses
Office expenses
Postage
Project expenses
Rent & rates
Telephone
Travel
Wages
Professional fees
**Total expenditure**
**Net income**
**Transfer between funds**
Total funds brought forward
**Total funds carried forward**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**2021**
**£**
71,167
3,000
-
375
**74,542**
3,743
263
344
1,726
908
535
96
1,552
2,207
1,394
14,517
1,120
70
1,100
25,485
1,470
**56,530**
**18,012**
-
3
**18,015**|**Restricted**
**Funds**
**2021**
**£**
-
14,660
-
-
**14,660**
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1,000
150
2,350
-
-
-
1,500
-
**5,000**
**9,660**
-
-
**9,660**|**Total**
**Prior Year**
**Funds**
**Funds**
**2021**
**2020**
**£**
**£**
71,167
392
17,660
10,332
-
808
375
-
**89,202**
**11,532**
3,743
5,324
263
71
344
180
1,726
2,810
908
-
535
550
96
-
1,552
-
3,207
765
1,544
86
16,867
-
1,120
-
70
-
1,100
727
26,985
236
1,470
780
**61,530**
**11,529**
**27,672**
**3**
-
-
3
-
**27,675**
**3**|
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The notes on page 3 form an integral part of these financial statements.
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## **THE LEANNE PERO FOUNDATION**
## **ASSETS AND LIABILITIES ACCOUNT AS AT 31 MARCH 2021**
|**Notes**
Cash at bank and in hand
**Represented by funds**
Unrestricted funds|**2021**
**£**
27,675
**27,675**
27,675
**27,675**|**2020**
**£**
3|
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## These accounts were approved by the trustees:
|||**26/01/2022**|
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|Signed||Date|
|By:|Sharon Green||
**2**
## **THE LEANNE PERO FOUNDATION**
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDING 31 MARCH 2021**
**1. Accounting Policies**
## **Basis of the preparation of the accounts**
These financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and applicable accounting standards.
## **Incoming resources**
All material incoming resources have been included on a receivable basis i.e. they are included if the date receivable falls within the period covered by these accounts.
## **Resources expended**
These have been analysed using a natural classification.
## **Going Concern**
The charity is operating on a going concern basis.
|||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|||
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|**2.**|**Grants**|**2021**|**2021**|**2021**|**2020**|
|||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
||Southwark Council|-|5,000|5,000|766|
||Big Lottery Community Fund|3,000|9,660|12,660|42|
|||3,000|14,660|17,660|808|
|||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|||
|**2.**|**Fundraising**|**2021**|**2021**|**2021**|**2020**|
|||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|
||T shirt sales|-|-|-|766|
||Events|-|-|-|42|
|||-|-|-|808|
**3**
## **THE LEANNE PERO FOUNDATION**
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021**
I report on the accounts of The Leanne Pero Foundation for the year ended 31 March 2021 which are set out on pages 1 to 3.
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
The Charity’s Trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The Charity’s Trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year (under section 144 (2) of the Charities Act 2011 (The Act) but that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to:
- Examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
- To follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and
- To state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of independent examiner’s Statement**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the Charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes considerations of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
In the course of my examination, no material matters have come to my attention which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
- the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
- the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of the accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair' view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I 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.
Shelley-Marie Rudling FMAAT AATQB for and on behalf of: Community360
Winsley’s House, High Street, Colchester, Essex
Date 27th January 2022
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