## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 29/07/2019 Period start date To 31/12/2020 Period end date** ## **Charity name: The Arete Foundation** ## **Charity registration number: 1184657** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To promote social inclusion for the public benefit
by preventing people from becoming
socially excluded, relieving the needs of those
people who are socially excluded and
assisting them to integrate into society, in
particular, but not by way of limitation, in the
North of England and by making grants as the
trustees see fit from time to time.
For the purpose of this clause ‘socially excluded’
means being excluded from society, or
parts of society, as a result of one of more of the
following factors: unemployment;
financial hardship; youth or old age; ill health
(physical or mental); substance abuse or
dependency including alcohol and drugs;
discrimination on the grounds of sex, race,
disability, ethnic origin, religion, belief, creed,
sexual orientation or gender reassignment;
poor educational or skills attainment; relationship
and family breakdown;
poor housing (that is housing that does not meet
basic habitable standards); crime
(either as a victim of crime or as an offender
rehabilitating into society).| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|The Foundation (trustees and executive) used
the period 29/07/2019-31/12/2020 to establish
compliance and governance policies relating to
conflict of interest, due diligence, fraud and risk
management – as well as to confirm the grant
programme objectives and strategy.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have had guidance.| **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** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|The Foundation (trustees and executive) used
the period 29/07/2019-31/12/2020 to establish
compliance and governance policies relating to
conflict of interest, due diligence, fraud and risk
management – as well as to confirm the grant
programme objectives and strategy (including
fundraising plans, executive appointments and
financial controls implementation). (You’ll see our
bank account was established in May 2021 and
we aim to formally launch the foundation (and its
grant programmes) by the end of 2021.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set Performance of fundraising activities against objectives Para 1.41 set Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Yes| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The foundation aims to hold reserves of 15%
of income received (as a minimum) to
support sustainable grant giving and to
ensure no grant pledges are unfulfilled.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|N/A for this period as no income was
received (bank account was established in
May 2021).| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|N/A| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: The charity’s principal sources of funds (including Para 1.47 any fundraising) |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution document| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees to date have been selected due to
their vision and values and their commitment
to furthering the objectives of the foundation
across the north west. The trustees will
actively recruit for further trustees in the
future, when appropriate – this will be
achieved via an online recruitment process
and in-post trustees will have a vote of equal
value relating to the recruitment.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|The Arete Foundation| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1184657| |Charity’s principal address|First Floor
14 Castle Street
Liverpool
L2 0NE| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Michael Fletcher||Whole Year|| ||David Ian Moore||Whole Year|| ||Vanessa Haworth||Whole Year|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – 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 N/A 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)** **Type of Name Address adviser** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** Alexandra Heather Taliadoros ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature(s)**
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**Date**|ALEXANDRA TALIADOROS|| |---|---|---| ||ALEXANDRA TALIADOROS|| ||
Foundation Director|| ||29/07/21|| ||29/07/21|| Charities Act 2011 Statement on accounts for period 2910712019- 3111212020 The Arete Foundation cio Charlty number: 1184657 At a meeting of the members of the above-named CIO, duly convened and held vlrtually on: 29, June 2021.. It was conflrmed there are no flnanclal accounts available attached to thi5 period, as the bank account for the Arete Foundatlon was established in May 2021. Slgned: (Trusteel Dated.,