||**Trust**|**ees' Annual Report**|**ees' Annual Report**|**ees' Annual Report**|**ees' Annual Report**|**for theperiod**|**for theperiod**|**for theperiod**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**From**|Period start date|||**To**|Period end date||| |||1|January|2023||31|December|2023| ## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** **From** ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name Empower Squash Foundation** **Other names charity is known by** Previously Empower Squash Academy **Registered charity number (if any)** 1185427 **Charity's principal address** 1257 Bristol Road South Northfield, Birmingham West Midlands **Postcode** B31 2SW ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Deon Saffrey|Chair||| ||Lynn Paino|||| ||Dr David Green|||| ||GinnyLee|||| ||Sarah Ann Moore|Treasurer||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** ||**Name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**| |---|---|---| ||N/A|| |||| |||| March **2012** **TAR** 1 |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser**
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**Address**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
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**Address**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
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**Address**| |---|---|---| |N/A||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |N/A||| ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Select invitation from existing trustees based on skills/ experience Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - 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 objects of the CIO are the promotion of community participation in healthy recreation for the benefit of young people across the UK by the provision of facilities for playing squash. March **2012** **TAR** 2 Empower Squash Foundation (‘Empower’ or ‘the Charity’) is the Midland’s first squash, education and nutrition program founded in 2019 and registered in September 2019 as a charity (no. 1185427). The Charity provides an after-school program which focuses on squash, life lessons and nutrition for children from income-deprived families. This program has been adopted based on a successful and proven model used for over 20 years in the United States. **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)** The Trustees have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the Charity's aims and objectives and in planning future activities. In particular, the Trustees consider how planned activities will contribute to the aims and objectives they have set. ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** ## MISSION: Empower Squash Foundation is dedicated to providing a better future to the lives of underserved youth throughout the Midlands with a combined approach of squash, education and nutrition. ## GOALS: You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - To introduce children to a game they would never have been able to otherwise access - To help raise their academic performance - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. - To provide a safe space to those with often unpredictable home life environment - Increase participation to the game of squash - To have a lasting impact on the students in our program March **2012** **TAR** 3 Section D Achievements and performance **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** - Empower Squash programme activities continued to operate at host squash club Edgbaston Priory Club and also began operating from Leamington Lawn Tennis and Squash Club (LLTSC). - The Charity supported students from 2 different schools in localities of deprivation - Lillington Nursery and Primary School and Crockett’s Community Primary School - Highlights throughout the year include: - In June, programme students enjoyed a trip to the British Open Squash tournament event in Birmingham - On 5th July 2023 the students, coaches and teachers from Leamington travelled to EPC to play squash with the EPC Empower group from Crockett’s Community Primary School in a tournament, followed by a swim together, trying out Padel Tennis and having a meal together - Supplementing the routine coaching and nutrition provided as part of the regular programme, these additional experiences had a big impact for programme participants – connecting them to others and the broader squash community – making them feel valued and supported March **2012** **TAR** 4 ## **Section E Financial review** The Trustees have discussed and agreed a reserves policy of **Brief statement of the** maintaining appropriate cash reserves sufficient to fund a minimum of 6 **charity’s policy on reserves** months of programme delivery. This policy will be discussed and reviewed annually. The Charity has not undertaken any fundraising activity in this year as the level of cash reserves is adequate to fund programme activities for more than 12 months. **Details of any funds materially in deficit** N/A ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** Empower is funded entirely through donations, grants and time You **may choose** to include volunteered in kind. additional information, where relevant about: - The Charity operates at and supported by both Edgbaston Priory Club - the charity’s principal and Leamington Lawn Tennis & Squash Club. - sources of funds (including 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)**
**Position (eg Secretary, Chair,**
**etc)**
**Date**||| |---|---|---| ||Sarah Ann Moore|Deon Saffrey| ||Treasurer|Chair| ||21/9/24|| March **2012** **TAR** 5 TAR Maich 2012 **Empower Squash Foundation 1185427 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** 1-Jan-21 31-Dec-21 **To from** |**Section A Receipts and payments**||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**
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**Sub total -**
**Total receipts -**
**A3 Payments**
**1,856**
Costs of charitable activities - IT expenditure
**147**
**1,749**
**1,672**
Othercosts-bankcharges
**60**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Sub total 5,484**
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**Sub total -**
**Total payments 5,484**
**Net of receipts/(payments) - 5,484**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
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**A6 Cash funds last year end**
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**Cash funds this year end - 5,484**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**Sub total**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
Costs of charitable activities - Equipment and
food forprogrammeparticipants
Costs of charitable activities - Participant
transportation costs
Costs of charitable activities - Squash
coaching
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|**to the nearest £**
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**1,856**
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**1,672**
**60**
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**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf
of all the trustees|**Details**
Cash at bank and in hand
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
**Total cash funds**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**16,662**
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Print Name
Sarah Ann Moore
Deon Saffrey
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**funds**
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**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
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**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| |||Sarah Ann Moore|9/21/2024| |||Deon Saffrey|9/21/2024|