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2021-01-31-accounts

Alma Group

Trustee Annual Report for the Period: 1[st] February 2020 – 31[st] January 2021.

Aim and purpose

Alma Group aims to advance the conservation and improvement of the physical and natural environment for the benefit of the public in any part of the world by providing capacity building activities, advancing environmental education, raising awareness and carrying out scientific research.

Objectives and activities

During the planning of our objectives and activities for the year, the board of trustees specifically considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit. In particular, the ‘Objectives and activities’ and ‘Achievements and performance’ sections provide a brief summary of the efforts undertaken for the overall aim to improve the physical and natural environment, together with a confirmation that the board of trustees have had regard to our guidance on public benefit.

The primary objectives during this period were to:

Achievements and performance

During the previous year, Alma Group had successfully applied to run this course at a UK Higher Education institution as part of their summer school in June 2020. The course would act as an educational tool that would develop capacity within the UK, but the funds of which would be used for future projects. Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer school at the UK institution was cancelled and no face-to-face courses were run.

This year, we have been successful in establishing a website to raise the charities’ profile. Both website hosting and a domain name (www.alma-org.co.uk) were purchased in November for the period of 24 months. Subsequently, content for the website has been produced and is now live. Further content including a blog on various environmental topics is planned for the next year.

Alma Group also successfully identified the Sierra Leone School Green Club as a potential partner. The Sierra Leone School Green Club is an indigenous Community Based Organization which prioritizes education, agriculture, and protecting the environment and as such, our organisations share common goals and objectives. A Memorandum of Understanding providing a general framework for collaborative efforts for the period of the next 2 years was subsequently agreed to by the board of trustees of both organisations.

On 13[th] December 2020, Alma Group and the Sierra Leone School Green Club applied for the British Council’s open call for creative commissions, in response to climate change and

COP26. The idea for this commission was to produce a radio drama series that directly addresses environmental sustainability. It will explain the impacts of climate change and the mitigation, adaptation and resilience strategies to Sierra Leoneans and get them to react positively to present-day environmental challenges. We have also identified UK Aid Direct’s Small Charities Challenge Fund, as the next project grant application for this partnership.

Financial review

The balances carried forward on the 31[st] January 201 on unrestricted funds totalled £100. Between 1[st] January 2020 to 1[st] January 2021, total receipts on unrestricted funds amounted to £100. This was through a single donation from a private donor.

In order to create a website, a total of £28.78 was spent on the domain name www.almaorg.co.uk for the period of 24 months, and security and protection of this domain for the next 12 months. A further £121.24 was spent on hosting the website for the next 24 months. Between the period in questions, total expenditure was £150.02.

The net result for the year was an excess of payments over receipts by £-50.02.

Adding bank and deposit balances brought forward at the beginning of the year, the balances carried forward on the 31[st] January 2021 on unrestricted funds total £49.98

Structure, governance and management

Alma Group is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation and is governed by its constitution. The board of trustee’s consists of three members who are responsible for making decisions on all matters of general concern and importance to the charity including on how any funds are spent. The method of appointment to the board of trustees is set out within the constitution. The board of trustee’s met a total of four times during this period. During these meetings all trustees were present. In June, during one such board of trustees meeting a resolution was passed to re-appoint Maria Potouroglou as a trustee for a further 2 years.

Reference and administrative details

Charity name: Alma Group

Registered charity number: 1183977

Charity’s principal address: 76 The Courtyard, Castle Brewery, Newark on Trent, NG24 4FF.

Current Board of Trustees:

Alexander Kent

Maria Potouroglou

Samuel Fletcher

Declarations

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

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Signature(s): Full name(s): Alexander Kent Position: Head Trustee Date: 25/06/2021

Signature(s): Full name(s): Samuel Fletcher Position: Trustee Date: 25/06/2021

Signature(s): Full name(s): Maria Potouroglou Position: Trustee Date: 25/06/2021

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ALMA GROUP

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] OF JANUARY 2021

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Alma Group Alma Group Alma Group Alma Group Alma Group 1183977 1183977 CC16a
Receipts andpayments accounts
For the period
from		 01/02/2020 To 31/01/2021
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted
funds		 Restricted
funds		 Endowment funds Total funds Last year
to the nearest
£		 to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Donations 100 - - 100 100
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total(Gross income for
_AR) _		 100 - - 100 100
A2 Asset and investment
sales, (see table).
- - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 100 - - 100 100
A3 Payments
Bluehost.com 121 - - 121 -
Godaddy.com 29 - - 29 -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
**Sub total ** 150 - - 150 -
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
**Sub total ** - - - - -
Totalpayments 150 - - 150 -
Net of receipts/(payments) - 50 - - - 50 100
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds lastyear end 100 - - 100 -
Cash funds thisyear end 50 - - 50 100

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Categories Details Details Details Unrestricted funds Restricted
funds		 Endowment
funds
to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £
B1 Cash funds Current Account Balance 50 - -
- - -
- - -
Total cash funds 50 - -
(agree balances w ith receipts and payments
account(s))		 OK OK
Unrestricted funds Restricted
funds		 Endowment
funds
Details to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £
B2 Other monetary assets - - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
Details Fund to which asset
belongs		 Cost (optional) Current value
(optional)
B3 Investment assets N/A N/A N/A N/A
- -
- -
- -
- -
Details Fund to which asset
belongs		 Cost (optional) Current value
(optional)
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use		 N/A N/A N/A N/A
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Details Fund to which liability
relates		 Amount due
(optional)		 When due
(optional)
B5 Liabilities N/A N/A N/A N/A
-
-
-
-
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees		 Signature Print Name Date of
approval
Alexander Kent 25/06/2021
Maria Potouroglou 25/06/2021

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