## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** ||Period start date|Period start date|||Period end date|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**From**|1|Sept|2023|**To**|31
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Dignity and Worth| **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1184299 N/A **Charity's principal address** The Manse, Murcott Road East |1184299|1184299| |---|---| |The Manse, Murcott Road East|| |Whitnash|| |Leamington Spa|| |**Postcode**
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**appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Alister McClure|ActingChair||| ||Mark Rowland|Treasurer||| ||Delyth Liddell|Trustee||| ||Amanda Briggs|Trustee||| ||Pearl Luxon|Trustee||| ||Samuel McBratney|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** Constitution Type of governing document (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** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** - The promotion of equality and diversity for the public benefit regarding the LGBT+ community, particularly but not exclusively among Methodists, by: (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 2023/24 has seen the charity consolidating its activities and continuing to consider questions of future strategy. 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** **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 the charity’s key sources of funds (including objectives around awareness, education and advocacy. any fundraising); - 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,** Treasurer **etc)** Interim Chair **Date** 24 June 2025 **TAR** March **2012** 5 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Dlgnlty and Worth 1184299 Recei ts and ments accounts CC16a For the period 0110912023 3110812024 To Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds Total funds La8t year totho Maro8t £ tolhe neare8t£ to the nearn8t£ tolhe no•ro8t£ to th8 n88rn8t£ Al Recgi Donations sales of materials Events From olher ryganisabons GrftAKI Interest 3,09B 3,098 3,BSII 333 333 32 358 ross income AR) 3.463 3.463 4.324 ss•t an see table . nv•stm•n sa ès, 3,463 3,463 4,324 A3Pa ments Materials Banking charyes Events Postage Publicity SSM Grtnts 37 105 1.513 107 IOT 186 256 Sub totsl 361 361 1,911 A4 A¥¥et and investment Sub totsl 361 361 1.911 Net of receipts/{payments) A5 Transf8rs betw••n funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash fvnds this year end 3,102 3,102 2,41 14,786 17,888 4,786 17,888 2,37 14,7B TAR Mar¢h 2012 |Alister McClure|24 June 2025| |---|---| |Mark Rowland|24 June 2025| **TAR** March **2012** 7