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**appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Samuel McBratney|Chair||| ||Mark Rowland|Treasurer||| ||Delyth Liddell|Trustee||| ||Amanda Briggs|Trustee||| ||Pearl Luxon|Trustee||| ||Alister McClure|Trustee||| ||Ben Riley|Trustee||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** **TAR** March **2012** 1 ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document Constitution - (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) How the charity is constituted - (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by the trustees Trustee selection methods - (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: The charity has non-voting members, as provided for in its constitution, who join so as to support its work and be kept informed of developments. - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** The promotion of equality and diversity for the public benefit regarding the LGBT+ community, particularly but not exclusively among Methodists, by: **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** - (a) advancing education and raising awareness in equality and diversity - (b) providing activities and information to foster understanding between people from diverse backgrounds and cultivate a sentiment in favour of equality and diversity; - (c) the elimination of discrimination against LGBT+ people. **TAR** March **2012** 2 The year 2022/23 has seen the charity consolidating its activities and begin to consider questions of future strategy, including holding an away day for the trustees to consider this in detail. It has continued to advance its goals by the provision of information and guidance on its website (including a map of Methodist Churches registered for same-sex marriage) and by making available grants to cover the cost of registering churches for same-sex marriages. **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. **TAR** March **2012** 3 Section D Achievements and performance Continuing to develop the map of churches registered for same-sex **Summary of the main** marriages and to support them through the provision of small grants **achievements of the charity** covering the registration fee. **during the year** Holding a successful and well-supported fringe event at the Methodist Conference. **TAR** March **2012** 4 **Section E Financial review** The trustees have considered the need for reserves. At present, the **Brief statement of the** charity does not have ongoing liabilities (eg staff costs) and is in a strong **charity’s policy on reserves** financial position. The trustees will keep the fund balances under review, mindful that the funds are there to be used in furtherance of the objects. **Details of any funds materially in deficit** ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** The charity raises the majority of its funds by donations from non-voting You **may choose** to include members and supporters. The trustees work on the basis that all future additional information, where income will be from donations and any charges made for events. relevant about: - the charity’s principal The majority of the charity’s expenditure has been on materials to support sources of funds (including its work on the charity’s key objectives around awareness, education and any fundraising); advocacy. - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Alister McClure Mark Rowland **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Interim Chair and Trustee Treasurer **etc) Date** 24 February 2025 **TAR** March **2012** 5 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Dignity and Worth 1184299 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period from 0110912022 31108r2023 To Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds Total funds Last year to thp nearest to the neawt£ til the neare¥t £ to the n¢are•t £ to the nearest A1 Receipts Donations Sale5 of materials Events Frotn otherorganisalion$ GrftA Interest 3.850 3,850 3.851 70 92 92 358 358 24 403 ross income or AR) 4.324 4,324 789 A2 Asset and investment sales. {see table). Total receipts 4,324 A3Pa ments Materials Banking charge5 Events P051age Publicity SSM Gran15 37 105 1.513 37 105 1,513 104 162 33 189 128 256 256 Sub total 1,911 1,911 3,954 A4 Asset and investment urchases see table Sub total 1,911 1,911 3,9S4 Net of receipts/(paymentsJ A5 Transfer5 between funds A6 Cash funds lastyear end Cash funds this year end 2,41 2,413 835 14.786 14.786 12.373 TAR Mar¢h 2012 |Alister McClure|24/02/2025| |---|---| |Mark Rowland|24.02.2025| **TAR** March **2012** 7