
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From  05/04/2022                   Period start date   To    04/04/2023 Period end date** 

## **Charity name:  Beyond Divisions Education Trust** 

## **Charity registration number: 1183661** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|1. The promotion of religious and racial<br>harmony for the public benefit by:<br>(a) Promoting good relations between<br>persons of different racial groups, co-<br>operating in shared musical and other<br>artistic activities.<br>(b) Enabling persons to understand the<br>religious and cultural beliefs of others<br>and to explore peaceful, tolerant values<br>held in common.<br>2. To advance in life and help people<br>through:<br>(a) The development of their musical<br>and other artistic creativity, skills and<br>understandings<br>(b) Raising their awareness of differing<br>religious beliefs and practices, enabling<br>them to explore peaceful, tolerant<br>values held in common|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|Whilst we have continued to maintain the<br>charity’s website, the charity itself remained<br>inactive during this financial year. No<br>projects were initiated and no funds were<br>collected.|





|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees confirm that we continue to<br>have regard to the guidance on public<br>benefit.|
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|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:|
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38||
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38||
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38||
|Other||We have not been able to develop nor<br>continue the activities of this new charity<br>and continued the suspension of activities<br>during the financial year in question.|



## **Achievements and Performance** 

SORP reference 



|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|The charity has not been able to benefit<br>any project participants during this period<br>because of inactivity. Maintenance of the<br>website has kept resources developed from<br>projects prior to the granting of charity<br>status available free to the general public.|
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**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other||Please refer to statements above|





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|The financial position at the end of the year<br>was once again only a little different from<br>that at the end of the previous year owing<br>to the lack of activity described. Small<br>expenses were related to maintenance of<br>the bank account. Donations were received<br>from the Chair in order to maintain the bank<br>account.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|A small cash reserve is held over in the<br>bank account to cover website<br>maintenance and minor expenses. The<br>charity has no other assets at present|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£326. 00|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|It remains the intention of the trustees to<br>recommence the activities the charity was<br>set up to pursue, following successful<br>community projects prior to the granting of<br>charity status. We have experienced some<br>difficulties in re-establishing momentum in<br>the wake of the pandemic.|



**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||





A description of the principal risks facing the charity Para 1.46 Other 



## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|<br>Para 1.25|CIO governing document|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|The board of trustees will appoint suitably<br>qualified new trustees when activities<br>recommence, with a view to appropriate<br>diversity.|



**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||





Other 

## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Beyond Divisions Education Trust|
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|Other name the charity uses|Voices Beyond Divisions|
|Registered charity number|1183661|
|Charity’s principal address|27 London Road,<br>Tonbridge,<br>Kent TN10 3AB|
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Mr Robert William<br>Parkinson|Chair of Trustees &<br>treasurer|||
||Dr Ruth Gillian<br>Herbert||||
||Dr Owen Richard<br>Lloyd Davis||||
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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 Nil 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)** 

|**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 

**No other personnel at present** 

## **Other optional information** 

Because the charity is new and has still not recovered from the impact of the pandemic, there are at present no personnel involved other than the current trustees. 



## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**|||
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||Robert William Parkinson||
||<br> <br>Chair||
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