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

**From  05/04/2024                   Period start date   To    04/04/2025 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|We have continued to maintain and update<br>the charity’s website. We co-operated and<br>advised through our Artistic Directo on two<br>projects with young people initiated and<br>funded by other organisations:-<br>1. Place 4 Hope (Rosetta Life|





|||2. Mosaic Landscapes (Exeter College<br>Oxord)|
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|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.|



**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<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|1. Maintenance of the website has<br>kept resources developed from<br>projects prior to the granting of<br>charity status available free to the<br>general public.<br>2. Advice through our Artistic Director<br>on the two projects listed above<br>which we did not initiate or fund<br>ourselves -<br>a) Place 4 Hope – the project<br>centred around the importance<br>of water and involved young<br>people in UK and also in the<br>Middle East, including Gaza and<br>Syria<br>b) Mosaic Landscapes – involved<br>cross cultural musical work with<br>young people in UK, increasing<br>mutual understanding|



**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 against objectives Para 1.41 Please refer to statements above Other 



## **Financial Review** 

|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 again only a little different from that at<br>the end of the previous year. Small<br>expenses were related to maintenance of<br>the bank account. The two projects on<br>which we collaborated did not involve any<br>outlay by the charity other than time<br>donated by trustees and the (unpdai)<br>sArtistic Director. Donations were received<br>from the Chair in order to maintain the bank<br>account and he also paid for website<br>maintenance expenses.  We also received<br>one additional donation of £95.85 net<br>during the year.|
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|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|£371.80|
|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|We have made tentative steps towards re-<br>engaging in activities during the year<br>through association with the two projects<br>mentioned, though this has not involved<br>raising funds and our reserves remain low.<br>The same three trustees have been re-<br>appointed in order to maintain the charity,<br>but all aim to pass on their responsibilities<br>to a new board as soon as is possible.|



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

|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
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|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
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## **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 aim to appoint<br>suitably qualified new trustees with a view<br>to appropriate diversity as soon as this is<br>possible and new activities are planned|



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|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)** 

|**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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|**Type of**<br>**adviser**<br>**Name**<br>**Address**|||
|**Artistic**|Asha Parkinson|21A Gibson Street, London SE10 9AD|
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**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** 

There are at present no personnel involved other than the current trustees and the (unpaid) artistic adviser. 



## **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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