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2023-01-31-accounts

Alma Group

Trustee Annual Report for the Period: 1[st] February 2022 – 31[st] January 2023.

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

This year, Alma Group continued to support the $80,000 project entitled Ba Nyamo Tanko following the successful application to the International Coral Reef Initiative Small Grants Programme in 2021 to its completion.

Following the successful establishment of a dedicated webpage for the project (Ba Nyamo Tanko — ALMA (alma-org.co.uk)) and a twitter page (Ba Nyamo Tanko (@BaNyamoTanko) / Twitter), content has been regularly uploaded and shared via these platforms. This has included training workshops with students and local fisher folk.

Alma Group has assisted in the analyses of the monitoring data and the end of project report for the funder. We also assisted the project coordinator present the project at the Blue Forest webinar organised by the Norwegian Blue Forests Network in late November 2022 and have supported an application for further representation at the Final Scientific Symposium of the MAVA Foundation, which operated in the Mediterranean and West Africa providing funding to environmental projects since the early 1990s, in May 2023.

Alma Group has also been looking for further funding for a continuation of Ba Nyamo Tanko or additional projects, and we are planning to submit an application to the Global Environment’s Facility Inclusive Challenge Program in May, 2023.

Financial review

The balances carried forward on the 31[st] January 2022 on unrestricted funds totalled £49.98. Between 1[st] February 2022 to 31[st ] January 2023, total receipts on unrestricted

funds amounted to £463.00. These funds were obtained through a donation of £370 from one of the trustees on the 12[th] of October, and another donation of £88 from another trustee on the 12[th] of November. A further £5.00 was donated through the Amazon smiles scheme on the 9[th] of May.

A total of £494.00 was spent on the hosting of the website by Bluehost, and the website template through Squarespace Inc. Between the period in question, total expenditure was £494.00.

The net result for the year was an excess of receipts over payments by £31.

Adding bank and deposit balances brought forward at the beginning of the year, the balances carried forward on the 31[st] January 2022 on unrestricted funds total £18.79.

Structure, governance and management

Alma Group is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation and is governed by its constitution. The board of trustees 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 seven times during this period. During these meetings all trustees were present. In July, during one such board of trustees meeting, Samuel Fletcher submitted his resignation to the board. This was subsequently accepted. In October 2022, trustees unanimously agreed to reappoint Patricia Arenas Gonzalez to the board for an additional period of 2 years.

Reference and administrative details

Charity name: Alma Group

Registered charity number: 1183977

Charity’s principal address: 147 Manor Drive North, York, YO26 5SD.

Current Board of Trustees:

Alexander Kent Maria Potouroglou Patricia Arenas Gonzalez

Declarations

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

Signature(s): Signature(s):
Full name(s): Alexander Kent Full name(s): Maria Potouroglou
Position: Head Trustee Position: Trustee
Date: 29/08/2023 Date: 29/08/2023

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Signature(s): Full name(s): Patricia Arenas Gonzalez Position: Trustee Date: 15/11/2023

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ALMA GROUP

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] OF JANUARY 2022

Alma Group Alma Group Alma Group Alma Group Alma Group 1183977 CC16a
Receipts andpayments accounts
For the period
from		 01/02/2022 To 31.01/2023
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
Private Donations 458 - - 458 100
Amazon Smile 5 - - 5 -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total(Gross income for
AR)		 463 - - 463 100
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
**Total receipts ** 463 - - 463 100
A3 Payments
Bluehost 259 - - 259 121
Squarespace Inc 235 - - 235 29
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
**Sub total ** 494 - - 494 150
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
**Sub total ** - - - - -
**Totalpayments ** 494 - - 494 150
Net of receipts/(payments) - 31 - - - 31 - 50
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds lastyear end 50 - - 50 -
Cash funds thisyear end 19 - - 19 - 50

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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 19 - -
- - -
- - -
Total cash funds 19 - -
(agree balances with 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 - -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Details Fund to which
asset belongs		 Cost (optional) Current value
(optional)
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use		 - -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Details Fund to which
liability relates		 Amount due
(optional)		 When due
(optional)
B5 Liabilities -
-
-
-
-
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees		 Signature Print Name Date of
approval
Alexander Kent 29/08/2023
Maria Potouroglou 29/08/2023

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