## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 1[st] October 2022 To 30[th] September 2023**
## **Charity name: Derby Pride CIO**
## **Charity registration number: 1184683**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The promotion of equality and diversity**
**for the public benefit across Derby and**
**the surrounding area.**
**Promoting and staging an annual**
**LGBT+ festival with additional smaller**
**events throughout the area of benefit**
**with the support of the local LGBT+**
**business and volunteer community.**
**Cultivating a sentiment in favour of**
**equality and diversity in particular**
**through celebrating the diversity of the**
**LGBT+ community.**
**Uniting the LGBT+ community, together**
**with their families and friends, so they**
**can feel safe, welcomed and proud to be**
**themselves.**
**Advancing education and raising**
**general awareness among the public**
**about the issues and challenges facing**
**the lives of the LGBT+ community.**|
|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|**Organised an LGBT+ Pride march in**
**Derby, to promote equality and diversity**
**whilst celebrating LGBT+ culture.**
**Organised an LGBT+ day festival in**
**Derby, celebrating LGBT+ culture and**
**bringing together LGBT+ people and the**
**wider community.**
**Organised several smaller fundraising**
**events and activities for the benefit of**
**the community.**
**Throughout the year we continued to**
**utilise social media to keep in contact**
**with the community and to educate and**
**inform the general public on LGBT+**
**related issues.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**When planning activities for the period,**
**the trustees took into account the**
**Charity Commission’s guidance on the**
**public benefit and considered how**
**planned activities would contribute to**
**the aims and objectives of the charity.**|
## **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**
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|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 primary achievement of the charity**
**was planning and organising the Derby**
**Pride day festival, which celebrated**
**LGBT+ culture and brought together**
**both the LGBT+ and wider communities.**
**Included in this were:**
**1. A market area with stalls providing**
**support and information to the LGBT+**
**community, and an outlet for**
**independent LGBT+ owned local**
**businesses.**
**2. A dedicated family area, providing a**
**safe space for children.**
**3. A main stage with various artists and**
**performers, providing entertainment**
**and a platform for local LGBT+ artists.**
**4. With more than 6500 people**
**attending, there was also an economic**
**benefit to the City of Derby as a whole.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Please refer to the Financial Statements**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Derby Pride aims to maintain a general**
**reserve of unrestricted funds (“free**
**reserves”) sufficient to meet its**
**financial, legal and moral obligations to**
**its service users, volunteers and to all**
**relevant authorities**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£15045**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23||
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|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:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution dated 30th July 2019**|
|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 are appointed by the existing**
**trustees**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Derby Pride CIO|
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|Other name the charity uses|N/A|
|Registered charity number|1184683|
|Charity’s principal address|25 Curzon Street
Derby DE1 1LH|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
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||Martin David Carter|Chair|||
||Toni Jacobs|Treasurer|||
||Gareth Quantick|Secretary|||
||Sharrene Sidhu||||
||Richard Groves||||
||Sarah Costain||||
||Morgan Josiah
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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 charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for 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**|
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|**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)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|||
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||Martin David Carter||
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Chair||
||30thMay 2024||
||30thMay 2024||
## **DERBY PRIDE CIO**
## **CHARITABLE INCORPORATED ORGANISATION FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**
## **FOR YEAR TO**
**30[TH] SEPTEMBER 2023**
**Charity Number 1184683**
## **Derby Pride CIO**
## **Statement of Assets and Liabilities**
|**at 30th September 2023**|||
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||**£**
|**£**|
|**Fixed Assets**||0|
|**Current Assets**|||
|Cash at Bank (Current Account)
|13976||
|Cash at Bank (General Reserves)
|15045||
|Cash in Hand|0||
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||29021||
|**Creditors**|0||
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|**Net Current Assets**||29021|
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|**Total Assets**||**29021**|
## **Derby Pride CIO**
## **Receipts and Payments Account**
## **Financial year ended 30[th] September 2023**
||**£**|
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|**RECEIPTS**||
|Fundraising and events|38928|
|Donations and grants|8055|
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|**TOTAL RECEIPTS**|46983|
|**PAYMENTS**||
|Cost of fundraising and events|25855|
|Rent|1040|
|Insurance|1093|
|Telephone|10|
|Computer and software|253|
|Equipment|2406|
|Grants and donations paid|300|
|Printing, postage, and stationery|436|
|Uniforms and clothing|73|
|Miscellaneous expenses|320|
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|**TOTAL PAYMENTS**|**31786**|
|**NET OF RECEIPTS LESS PAYMENTS**|**15197**|
## **Derby Pride CIO**
## **Notes to the financial statements**
## **Financial period ended 30[th] September 2023**
**1.** The financial statements cover the period from the 1[st] October 2022 to the 30[th] September 2023.
## **2.**
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**3.** The financial statements have been prepared by the directors and independently examined by Ascentant Ltd.
**4.** Derby Pride aims to maintain a general reserve of unrestricted funds
obligations to its service users, volunteers and to all relevant authorities.
CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trusteesl
members of
Derby Pride CIO
On accounts for the year
ended
301h September 2023
Charity no
lif any)
1184683
Set out on pages
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity {"the Trust") for the year ended 3010912023.
Responsibililies and
basis of report
As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of Ihe
accounts in accordan with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011
{"Ihe Acl")
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I
have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145{5)(b} of the Act.
Independent
examiner's statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material mallers have
come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that
disclosed below ') which gives me cause to believe that in, any material
respect..
the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130
of the Charities Act., or
the accounts did not accord wilh the accounting records., or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements
concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities
(Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement
that the accounts give a 'true and fair, view which is not a matter
onsidered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in
order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
Signed:
Date:
05
£02ty-
Name:
Daniel Wilks
Relevant professional
qualification{sl or body
lif any)".
NIA
Address:
Ascenlant Ltd, Suite 5. Keynes House, Alfreton, Derby, DE214AS
Oct 2018
IER
Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material mallers of concern
{see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and
guidance for examiners).
Give here brief detsils of
any items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose.
IER
Oct 2018