
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **From 01.04.23 Period start date   To 31.03.24 Period end date** 

## **Charity name: The Arete Foundation** 

**Charity registration number: 1184657** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|To promote social inclusion for the public<br>benefit by preventing people from<br>becoming socially excluded, relieving the<br>needs of those people who are socially<br>excluded and assisting them to integrate<br>into society, in particular, but not by way of<br>limitation, in the North of England and by<br>making grants as the trustees see fit from<br>time to time.<br>For the purpose of this clause ‘socially<br>excluded’ means being excluded from<br>society, or parts of society, as a result of<br>one of more of the following factors:<br>unemployment; financial hardship; youth or<br>old age; ill health (physical or mental);<br>substance abuse or dependency including<br>alcohol and drugs; discrimination on the<br>grounds of sex, race, disability, ethnic<br>origin, religion, belief, creed, sexual<br>orientation or gender reassignment; poor<br>educational or skills attainment; relationship<br>and family breakdown; poor housing (that is<br>housing that does not meet basic habitable<br>standards); crime (either as a victim of<br>crime or as an offender rehabilitating into<br>society).|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|The Foundation (the trustees and<br>executive) used this period to award grants<br>in line with furthering our purposes.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have had guidance on public<br>benefit as issued by the Charity<br>Commission.|





## **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<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|The Foundation has awarded grants for<br>charities operating across the North West<br>in line with our purposes. The grants have<br>all had the focus on providing young people<br>a sustainable future, by offering opportunity<br>to realise potential.|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41|
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
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|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|Yes|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The foundation aims to hold reserves of<br>15% of income received (as a minimum) to<br>support sustainable grant giving and to<br>ensure no grant pledges are unfulfilled.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22||
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|N/A|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|N/A|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|<br>Para 1.47||
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution Document|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees to date have been selected due to<br>their vision and values and their<br>commitment to furthering the objectives of<br>the foundation across the north west. The<br>trustees will actively recruit for further<br>trustees in the future, when appropriate –<br>this will be achieved via an online<br>recruitment process and in-post trustees<br>will have a vote of equal value relating to<br>the recruitment.|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|<br>Para 1.51||
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>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|
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||14 Castle Street|
||Liverpool|
||L2 0NE|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Michael Fletcher||||
||David Ian Moore||||
||Benjamin Hatton||||
||Michael Anslow||||
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## – 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)** 

## **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)** Alexandra Taliadoros **Full name(s)** Alexandra Taliadoros 

**Position (eg Secretary,** Foundation Director **Chair, etc)** 

**Date** 

16-09-24 



|**Date**|**Item**|**Amount**<br>**Payer**|
|---|---|---|
|31.01.23|Credit Interest|£                                       1.26 Arbuthnot Latham|
|28.02.23|Credit Interest|£                                       1.00 Arbuthnot Latham|
|14.03.23|Donaton|£                                   500.00 D B Remeditaton|
|20.03.23|Donaton|£                                     67.81 Enthuse|
|20.03.23|Donaton|£                                   500.00 ACP|
|21.03.23|Donaton|£                                   500.00 Flue and Ductng Ltd|
|22.03.23|Donaton|£                                   500.00 Langtons Ltd|
|28.03.23|Donaton|£                                   500.00 HD LLP LP|
|28.03.23|Donaton|£                               1,000.00 Artorius Wealth|
|01.04.23|Credit Interest|£                                       0.81 Arbuthnot Latham|
|05.04.23|Donaton|£                               1,000.00 Leonard Curts|
|12.04.23|Donaton|£                               1,000.00 Red Systems|
|13.04.23|Donaton|£                               1,000.00 Sedulo Accountants|
|13.04.23|Donaton|£                                   500.00 T A Forrest|
|14.04.23|Donaton|£                               3,500.00 ACP|
|14.04.23|Donaton|£                                   500.00 Hope Capital|
|14.04.23|Donaton|£                               1,000.00 Dynamis Associates|
|19.04.23|Donaton|£                               1,000.00 Duality Group|
|19.04.23|Donaton|£                               1,000.00 Duality Group|
|19.04.23|Donaton|£                                   500.00 M Broomhaugh|
|20.04.23|Donaton|£                                   500.00 CAF|
|20.04.23|Donaton|£                                   720.17 Enthuse|
|20.04.23|Donaton|£                                   500.00 R M Smith|
|21.04.23|Donaton|£                                   500.00 Fairway Int Travel|
|21.04.23|Donaton|£                               1,000.00 The Propaganda Age|
|21.04.23|Donaton|£                               1,000.00 Tactus Holdings Ltd|
|24.04.23|Donaton|£                               2,000.00 Axon Moore Ltd|
|24.04.23|Donaton|£                               2,000.00 HART M|
|25.04.23|Donaton|£                                   500.00 Leonard Curts|
|25.04.23|Donaton|£                                   500.00 Silverwood CP|
|26.04.23|Donaton|£                                   500.00 Wild Thang Ltd|
|26.04.23|Donaton|£                                   500.00 Cobham Murphy|
|26.04.23|Donaton|£                                   500.00 Gralex Investments|
|27.04.23|Donaton|£                                   482.00 CAF|
|01.05.23|Credit Interest|£                                       1.01 Arbuthnot Latham|
|01.05.23|Donaton|£                               1,000.00 Optmum Cappuccino|
|15.05.23|Donaton|£                                   120.50 CAF|
|19.05.23|Donaton|£                               4,841.48 Enthuse|
|01.06.23|Credit Interest|£                                       1.28 Arbuthnot Latham|
|14.06.23|Donaton|£                               1,000.00 Svella|
|20.06.23|Donaton|£                             12,313.36 Enthuse|
|21.06.23|Donaton|£                                   500.00 Evelyn Partners|





|23.06.23|Donaton|£                             14,600.00 ACP|
|---|---|---|
|01.07.23|Credit Interest|£                                       1.27 Arbuthnot Latham|
|04.07.23|Donaton|£                               1,500.00 Flue and Ductng Ltd|
|17.07.23|Donaton|£                                   200.00 CAF|
|20.07.23|Donaton|£                             11,655.89 Enthuse|
|24.07.23|Donaton|£                               1,500.00 ACP|
|25.07.23|Donaton|£                               2,500.00 HD LLP LP|
|31.07.23|Donaton|£                               1,500.00 Claritas Tax|
|31.07.23|Credit Interest|£                                       1.26 Arbuthnot Latham|
|03.08.23|Donaton|£                               1,500.00 S A D Holdings|
|21.08.23|Donaton|£                                   262.98 Enthuse|
|21.08.23|Donaton|£                               1,500.00 D B Remeditaton|
|22.08.23|Donaton|£                               1,500.00 Hope Capital|
|30.08.23|Donaton|£                               1,500.00 C Hoare|
|01.09.23|Credit Interest|£                                       1.06 Arbuthnot Latham|
|01.09.23|Donaton|£                               1,500.00 Vivify Venues|
|04.09.23|Donaton|£                               1,500.00 Knights Profession|
|06.09.23|Donaton|£                               1,500.00 Leonard Curts|
|06.09.23|Donaton|£                               2,500.00 Tactus Limited|
|08.09.23|Donaton|£                               2,500.00 Axon Moore Ltd|
|11.09.23|Donaton|£                               3,500.00 H M Distributon|
|11.09.23|Donaton|£                                   750.00 Gree Shi Group|
|13.09.23|Donaton|£                                   750.00 RP Constructon|
|15.09.23|Donaton|£                               2,112.27 Square|
|22.09.23|Gif Aid Reclaim|£                               5,028.63 HMRC|
|26.09.23|Donaton|£                               1,000.00 Anwyl Constructon|
|29.09.23|Donaton|£                               3,500.00 Aabyss Limited|
|29.09.23|Credit Interest|£                                       0.85 Arbuthnot Latham|
|10.10.23|Donaton|£                             10,500.00 A B ENG MSD Ltd|
|16.10.23|Donaton|£                               3,500.00 Hope Capital|
|18.10.23|Donaton|£                               3,500.00 Cunlifes Ltd|
|19.10.23|Donaton|£                               3,500.00 Sedulo Accountants|
|25.10.23|Donaton|£                               3,500.00 LA Productons|
|30.10.23|Donaton|£                               3,500.00 Specialist Pro Ltd|
|30.10.23|Donaton|£                               7,000.00 ACP|
|31.10.23|Donaton|£                               3,500.00 Brabners LLP|
|31.10.23|Credit Interest|£                                       0.90 Arbuthnot Latham|
|01.11.23|Donaton|£                               5,000.00 Inspired Energy Solutons Ltd|
|02.11.23|Donaton|£                                   700.00 S L Hancock|
|10.11.23|Donaton|£                               1,400.00 Iafeya Limited|
|14.11.23|Donaton|£                                   700.00 HO LLP|
|15.11.23|Donaton|£                               1,400.00 Corpay|
|16.11.23|Donaton|£                               1,400.00 Cobham Murphy|





|16.11.23|Donaton|£                               3,500.00|M Green|
|---|---|---|---|
|20.11.23|Donaton|£                               7,000.00|HART M|
|23.11.23|Donaton|£                                   700.00|Reculture Recruitment|
|29.11.23|Donaton|£                               2,100.00|Duality Group|
|30.11.23|Donaton|£                                   700.00|Cobham Murphy|
|30.11.23|Credit Interest|£                                       0.57|Arbuthnot Latham|
|01.12.23|Donaton|£                               2,100.00|JA Anslow|
|01.12.23|Donaton|£                               1,000.00|S Lord|
|01.12.23|Donaton|£                               3,949.43|Square|
|04.12.23|Donaton|£                               6,159.95|Givergy|
|04.12.23|Donaton|£                                   717.00|ACP|
|06.12.23|Donaton|£                                   250.00|MR J BRY|
|07.12.23|Donaton|£                               1,169.60|CAF|
|11.12.23|Donaton|£                             29,552.47|Givergy|
|11.12.23|Donaton|£                               3,500.00|Tactus Holdings limited|
|13.12.23|Donaton|£                               3,000.00|ACP|
|18.12.23|Donaton|£                               5,000.00|CAF|
|18.12.23|Donaton|£                                   550.00|Givergy|
|21.12.23|Donaton|£                               6,000.00|Dynamis Associates|
|22.12.23|Gif Aid Reclaim|£                               4,043.00|HMRC|
|27.12.23|Donaton|£                                   337.40|CAF|
|29.12.23|Interest|£                                       1.21|Interest|
||**Total Raised**|**£                           241,846.42**||





## **Key** 


|**Key**|**Narratve**|**Total**||
|---|---|---|---|
||Company Donaton by ACP|£     30,817.00||
||Interest Payments|£             13.38||
||Funds raised from Fundraising events|£  126,949.10||
||Donatons via online fundraising platorm|£     74,995.31||
||Gif Aid Reclaim|£       9,071.63||



£  241,846.42 



|**Date**|**Item**|**Amount**|
|---|---|---|
|10.01.23|Grant Funding Actvites|£                     1,500.00|
|16.01.23|Operatonal_Consultancy|£                     1,000.00|
|07.02.23|Fundraising Actvites|£                     1,000.00|
|08.02.23|Operatonal_Consultancy|£                     1,500.00|
|16.02.23|Fundraising Actvites|£                     1,700.00|
|07.03.23|Fundraising Actvites|£                     1,500.00|
|09.03.23|Operatonal_Consultancy|£                     1,000.00|
|13.03.23|Grant Funding Actvites|£                     1,000.00|
|13.03.23|Grant Funding Actvites|£                     5,000.00|
|14.03.23|Grant Funding Actvites|£                     1,000.00|
|16.03.23|Fundraising Actvites|£                        500.00|
|13.04.23|Fundraising Actvites|£                     1,999.00|
|17.04.23|Operatonal_Consultancy|£                     1,000.00|
|20.04.23|Fundraising Actvites|£                     2,300.00|
|24.04.23|Fundraising Actvites|£                        299.88|
|04.05.23|Operatonal_Consultancy|£                        100.00|
|04.05.23|Fundraising Actvites|£                     5,088.18|
|11.05.23|Operatonal_Consultancy|£                     1,500.00|
|19.05.23|Grant Funding Actvites|£                     1,000.00|
|22.05.23|Design_Digital|£                        360.00|
|26.05.23|Grant Funding Actvites|£                     7,500.00|
|01.06.23|Fundraising Actvites|£                        400.00|
|02.06.23|Fundraising Actvites|£                        250.00|
|13.06.23|Operatonal_Consultancy|£                     1,000.00|
|28.06.23|Fundraising Actvites|£                     1,500.00|
|28.06.23|Grant Funding Actvites|£                   10,000.00|
|28.06.23|Grant Funding Actvites|£                   10,000.00|
|30.06.23|Fundraising Actvites|£                        202.00|
|12.07.23|Grant Funding Actvites|£                     1,000.00|
|12.07.23|Grant Funding Actvites|£                     5,200.00|
|24.07.23|Fundraising Actvites|£                     2,040.00|
|24.07.23|Operatonal_Consultancy|£                     1,000.00|
|24.07.23|Fundraising Actvites|£                     8,000.00|
|25.07.23|Fundraising Actvites|£                        175.00|
|31.07.23|Fundraising Actvites|£                     2,798.40|
|08.08.23|Grant Funding Actvites|£                     5,000.00|
|14.08.23|Operatonal_Consultancy|£                     1,000.00|
|21.08.23|Fundraising Actvites|£                        250.00|
|22.08.23|Fundraising Actvites|£                        480.00|
|23.08.23|Fundraising Actvites|£                     2,940.00|
|05.09.23|Fundraising Actvites|£                        516.20|
|05.09.23|Fundraising Actvites|£                        933.32|





|06.09.23|Fundraising Actvites|£                        640.00|
|---|---|---|
|13.09.23|Fundraising Actvites|£                        750.00|
|13.09.23|Operatonal_Consultancy|£                     1,000.00|
|14.09.23|Fundraising Actvites|£                           85.00|
|15.09.23|Fundraising Actvites|£                        160.00|
|15.09.23|Fundraising Actvites|£                        300.00|
|18.09.23|Fundraising Actvites|£                     5,772.30|
|18.09.23|Fundraising Actvites|£                     1,000.00|
|22.09.23|Accountancy_Legal|£                           35.00|
|03.10.23|Design_Digital|£                        600.00|
|16.10.23|Grant Funding Actvites|£                   29,950.00|
|17.10.23|Fundraising Actvites|£                     1,195.00|
|17.10.23|Fundraising Actvites|£                     1,000.00|
|19.10.23|Operatonal_Consultancy|£                     1,500.00|
|25.10.23|Fundraising Actvites|£                     1,000.00|
|26.10.23|Fundraising Actvites|£                           20.20|
|30.10.23|Design_Digital|£                           20.00|
|30.10.23|Fundraising Actvites|£                     8,160.00|
|30.10.23|Fundraising Actvites|£                   16,000.00|
|30.10.23|Fundraising Actvites|£                     1,920.00|
|10.11.23|Fundraising Actvites|£                        500.00|
|13.11.23|Operatonal_Consultancy|£                     1,000.00|
|13.11.23|Operatonal_Consultancy|£                        989.10|
|17.11.23|Operatonal_Consultancy|£                     1,400.00|
|27.11.23|Fundraising Actvites|£                     2,545.25|
|30.11.23|Fundraising Actvites|£                   16,499.76|
|30.11.23|Design_Digital|£                        900.00|
|04.12.23|Accountancy_Legal|£                        500.00|
|05.12.23|Operatonal_Consultancy|£                     1,000.00|
|07.12.23|Fundraising Actvites|£                   17,000.00|
|07.12.23|Operatonal_Consultancy|£                        700.00|
|08.12.23|Fundraising Actvites|£                        500.00|
|11.12.23|Accountancy_Legal|£                     7,621.55|
|14.12.23|Fundraising Actvites|£                        204.00|
|23.08.23|Fundraising Actvites|£                        175.00|
|24.08.23|Fundraising Actvites|£                        393.51|
|30.08.23|Grant Funding|£                   12,500.00|



**Total Expenditure £                228,067.65** 



**Payee** 

Grant to Liverpool FC Foundation Canvas Philanthropy Ltd Challenges Un Limited Canvas Philanthropy Ltd Challenges Un Limited Panoramic 34 Limited Canvas Philanthropy Ltd Merseyside Youth Association Newton Le Willows Lifeshare Ltd Blundells Hill Golf Club Mr Giggs and Mr Edelson Canvas Philanthropy Ltd Challenges Un Limited Mike Anslow Keith Price Panoramic 34 Limited Canvas Philanthropy Ltd Mike Anslow Playmaker The Prince's Trust DJ Thompson Challenges Un Limited Canvas Philanthropy Ltd Chester Race Company Ltd Youth Federation Cheshire Rotunda Inclusive Hub Mike Anslow Sean's Place Wirral Youth Zone Liverpool City Council Canvas Philanthropy Ltd Creative Artists Agency S M Boryslawska Callaway Customs The Joshua Tree Canvas Philanthropy Ltd Longridge GC Bandtube Limited Givergy Red Events Creative The Good Racing Co 

**Key Receipt Key** 




Golfstation UK LTD Ellie Keegan Canvas Philanthropy Ltd ICE2U Ltd Jamie Sutherland Graeme White Blundells Hill Golf Club Tales and Tender Ltd ICO Playmaker Variety the Children's Charity Radisson Hotels Management Longridge GC Canvas Philanthropy Ltd TBC TBC Playmaker Liverpool City Council Creative Artists Agency Bandtube Limited Hennessey KM Canvas Philanthropy Ltd Mike Anslow Mike Anslow Red Events Creative Chester Race Company Ltd Direction Forward Ltd Pleo Financial Services Canvas Philanthropy Ltd DJ Thomspson Cobham Murphy P Kapoor Pleo Financial Services Liverpool City Council 

Saxophonist Golf day wine Princes Trust patronage 2023 




||**Key**|**Total**|
|---|---|---|
||Fundraising Actvites|£  110,692.00|
||Operatonal_Consultancy|£     16,689.10|
||Accountancy_Legal|£       8,156.55|
||Design_Digital|£       1,880.00|
||Grant Funding Actvites|£     90,650.00|



£  228,067.65 



**The Arete Foundation - Charity No. 1184657 Annual Accounts 01.01.2023 - 31.12.2023** 

**£** 

**£** 

|**Income**<br>Sponsorship and donations<br>Fundraising events<br>Bank interest<br>**Expenditure**<br>Fundraising activities<br>Consultancy costs<br>Charitable donations<br>Marketing and website costs<br>Bank charges<br>**Net Profit**<br>Opening bank balance as at 01.01.2023<br>Closing bank balance as at 31.12.2023|114,884<br>126,949<br>13<br>**241,846**<br>118,849<br>16,689<br>90,650<br>1,880<br>0<br>228,068<br>**13,779**<br>31,168.10<br>44,946.87|114,884<br>126,949<br>13|
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