Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
From Period start date 01/09/2023 to 30/09/2024 Period end date
Charity name: Swindon & Wiltshire Pride
Charity registration number:1182489
Objectives and Activities
| SORP reference | ||
|---|---|---|
| Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document |
C.1 | TO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND IN PARTICULAR THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY. |
| 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 |
INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: (1) RAISING THE AWARENESS OF THE PUBLIC WITH REGARD TO ALL ASPECTS OF DISCRIMINATION IN SOCIETY AND ISSUES AND DIFFICULTIES AFFECTING THE LIVES OF LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANS, QUEER, PLUS (LGBTQ+) PEOPLE; (2) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY IN PARTICULAR THROUGH CELEBRATING THE DIVERSITY OF LGBTQ+ COMMUNITIES (3) ADVANCING EDUCATION IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY WHETHER BY SIGNPOSTING TO OTHER ORGANISATIONS OR SERVICES OR PRODUCING MATERIALS; (4) PRODUCING A LGBTQ+ SUPPORT GUIDE OR UPDATING THE EXISTING ONE, AND COMMUNICATE VIA SOCIAL MEDIA STREAMS AND OTHER MEANS OF COMMUNICATION (E.G. NEWSLETTER); (5) STAGING A RANGE OF EVENTS, FOR EXAMPLE, A MAIN PRIDE EVENT, POP-UP SHOPS, FUNDRAISERS, ATTENDING AND SUPPORTING OTHER PRIDES AND C.2 SUCH OTHER OBJECTS AS ARE CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL AT THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE. |
| Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance |
Para 1.18 | In planning our activities for the year, we kept in mind the Charity Commission’s guidance |
on public benefit at our Trustee meetings. The main activities are summarised below in achievements and performance.
issued by the Charity Commission on 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 | Throughout the 2024 period, the following activities were achieved to enable us to achieve our purpose to promote equality and diversity for the public benefit and in particular the elimination of discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation or gender identity, including in particular but not exclusively by raising awareness, engaging with the community, celebrating the diversity of LGBTQ+ communities and advancing education: SWP successfully organised our main Pride event. This year’s event was held in the new location of GWR Park. After we outgrew the previous location. We had over 1000 people in our pride march and 10,000 people in the park across the day. This year at Pride, we had food stalls, the family circus zone, quiet zone, live entertainment, an LGBTQIA+ info stall and our merch stall to raise much needed funds for our charity. 8 hrs of Entertainment. Inclusion: RevoLOOtion toilet, sign language interpreters, accessible viewing ramp for the main stage and quiet zone ● To celebrate our 16th anniversary, we organised a week of activity on the week of Pride. We organised Pride pottery, Quiz night, film night, rock climbing and a LGBT social night. The focus was to provide extra activity to bring the community together and where possible raise funds for pride. ● Attended local events: Rainbow fest, Wildcats, PGL Liddington, Lainesmead Primary School, Old Town Festival. We brought along our support leaflets, pride merch to sell and raise funds for pride as well as |
| offering advice or signposting to | |
|---|---|
| support groups. | |
| ● | Attended local Prides: Gloucester, |
| Cheltenham, Cirencester and Oxford | |
| ● | We continued to operate our Pride |
| hub: A place to pick up FREE | |
| LGBTQIA+ info, we also have a | |
| seating area that provides a safe | |
| place to come and chat and hang out. | |
| We also sell items to help raise money | |
| for our charity. Providing free period | |
| products, condoms, along with sexual | |
| health information and other leaflets, | |
| promoting increased awareness of | |
| issues and access to support | |
| ● | We use our social media and our |
| website to signpost to local and | |
| national support groups. We post | |
| materials such as awareness days, | |
| information on pronouns and support | |
| groups. |
| ● | Rainbow walk refurbished – the steps |
|---|---|
| were painted by the pride committee | |
| ● | We have a dedicated useful links page |
| on our website, kept up to date and | |
| new support links added of local and | |
| national services, groups and | |
| information pages |
| ● | We have increased our selection of |
|---|---|
| Pride merchandise to include more | |
| identities. | |
| ● | We focused our energy on updating |
| the LGBTQIA+ support guide on | |
| adding in more information on | |
| identities, refreshing useful links and | |
| the information on support groups. | |
| 3000 Pride Guides printed. Pride | |
| Guides distributed across Swindon & |
Wiltshire including: All libraries in Swindon, EE, Out of the can, Swindon hub, LGBTQIA+ Youth Group.
Financial Review
| Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period |
Para 1.21 | Cash at bank at 30/09/2024 was £73,778in unrestricted funds. The Charity finished in a strong position at the end of the period. Fundraising was mainly driven via merchandise and added suggested donations upon pride event ticket sales which has proved extremely worthwhile as this generated a good income for our charity. Retaining the main sponsor for the event from 2023 gave SWP the financial stability going into 2024 as well as securing funding through other sponsors. We also received a National Lottery grant. |
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| Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held |
Para 1.22 | N/A |
| Amount of reserves held | Para 1.22 | N/A |
| Reasons for holding zero reserves |
Para 1.22 | During 2024 the Trustees with support from the Treasurer have identified fixed costs that will be placed in the reserves for 2025. |
| 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 | 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 | Swindon & Wiltshire Pride Constitution |
| How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO) |
Para 1.25 | CIO Foundation |
| 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 | All new Trustees will be made aware of the responsibility of becoming a Trustee, via the SWP Trustee Eligibility Form. The AGM was used to recruit further Trustees. However, advertisements for Trustees ran throughout the year. |
Reference and Administrative details
| Charity name | Swindon & Wiltshire Pride |
|---|---|
| Other name the charity uses | SWP |
| Registered charity number | 1182498 |
| Charity’s principal address | 1 John Street Swindon SN1 1RT |
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 0 |
Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Stewart | Chair | From 27 July 2022 - | |
| Denise Dymond | Until 01/01/24 | ||
| Phoenix Stewart | Until 26/06/24 | ||
| Cecilia Segantini | 01/01/24 – 25/10/24 | ||
| Neil Reeves | From 29/08/24 | ||
| Amy Norris | From 18/09/24 | ||
| Thomas Leiper-Durrant | From 18/09/24 | ||
Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others
| Description of the assets held in this capacity |
N/A |
|---|---|
| Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects |
N/A |
| Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets |
N/A |
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) Paul Stewart Full name(s) Paul Stewart Position (eg Trustee Secretary, Chair, etc) Date 25/07/2025
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Charity Name No (if any)
Swindon & Wiltshire Pride 1182498
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period Period start date Period end date
To
from 01/09/2023 30/09/2024
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Merchandise Income 13,385 - - 13,385 12,379
Stalls Income 7,935 - - 7,935 3,080
Funding Income 978 - - 978 919
Sponsorship Income 40,000 - - 40,000 26,544
Grant Income 25,942 - - 25,942 -
Programme Income 5,083 - - 5,083 5,732
Sales Income 91 91 -
Other Revenue 1 1 -
Event Income 9,593 - - 9,593 16,524
Interest Income 1,363 - - 1,363 157
Sub total (Gross income for
AR) [ 104,371 ] - - 104,371 65,335
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
Op Balancig Adjustments - - - - 1,892
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - 1,892
Total receipts 104,371 - - 104,371 67,227
A3 Payments
Storage 5,495 - - 5,495 2,629
Insurance 2,876 - - 2,876 2,323
Equipment Hire 20,741 - - 20,741 13,211
Health & Safety 875 - - 875 643
Entertainment 18,765 - - 18,765 13,180
Advertising 3,020 - - 3,020 6,553
Merchandise 13,385 - - 13,385 9,100
Travel 575 575 1,221
Licences 1,440 1,440 -
Consumables 2,539 - - 2,539 6,206
Misc 8,709 - - 8,709 3,207
Sub total [ 78,420 ] - - 78,420 58,273
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
Fixed Assets 5,607 - - 5,607 3,466
Op Balancing Adjustment - - - - 894
Sub total [ 5,607 ] - - 5,607 2,572
Total payments [ 84,027 ] - - 84,027 60,845
Net of receipts/(payments) 20,344 - - 20,344 6,382
A5 Transfers between funds 368 - - 368 -
A6 Cash funds last year end 53,066 - - 53,066 -
Cash funds this year end 73,778 - - 73,778 6,382
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
31/07/2025
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| Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B1 Cash funds |
Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Current Account Savings Account Cash Details Details Details Signature Paul Stewart |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 11,377 - 61,995 - 406 - 73,778 - OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name Paul Stewart |
Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - |
| - | |||
| OK | |||
| Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - - - - - When due (optional) Date of approval 30/07/2025 |
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
31/07/2025
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Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
Report to the trustees/ members of
Charity Name Swindon and Wiltshire Pride
On accounts for the year ended
30[th] September 2024
Charity no (if any)
1182489
Set out on pages
1 of 1
(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
Responsibilities and basis of report
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 30/ 09 / 2024,
As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examiner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
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the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed:
Date:
Name:
12/07/2025
October 2018
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IER
Keith Trevor Andrews
Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):
Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (Membership no. 16367)
Address:
Flat 3
72 Auckland Road, Upper Norwood
London SE19 2DH
Section B Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .
October 2018
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IER