## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 01 April 2021 Period start date To 31 March 2022 Period end date**
## **Charity name: ServePlanet**
## **Charity registration number: 1185910**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To protect and conserve the marine**
**ecosystem and bring an end to the**
**marine litter and plastic pollution**
**through collaborations and to eradicate**
**poverty by providing food, grants,**
**education, training, healthcare and all**
**the necessary support designed to**
**enable individuals to generate a**
**sustainable income, be self-sufficient**
**and/or to integrate in 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|**In planning our activities for the year we**
**kept in mind the Charity Commission’s**
**guidance on public benefit at our trustee**
**meetings.**
**The main activities are as follows:**
*** Project Trawl**
*** Project Organic**
*** Project Underdog**
*** Project Augury**
*** Project Elixir**
**These activities benefit the environment**
**by providing a cleaner, plastic-free and**
**peaceful marine ecosystem which is**
**ecologically healthy and able to nurture**
**life in all its diversity and also provide a**
**better life for people and their families**
**living under poverty.**|
|S t a t e m e n t c o n f i r m i n g
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The Trustee(s) hereby confirm that all**
**the projects and activities planned and**
**carried out by ServePlanet are**
**exclusively charitable activities for the**
**public benefit.**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
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||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**ServePlanet’s grant making policy sets**
**out the principles, criteria and processes**
**that govern how the charity make grants**
**across all fund types across its**
**p r i o r i t i e s . I t c o m p l e m e n t s t h e**
**P r o g r a m m e P a r t n e r s h i p P o l i c y**
**and Ethical Donations Acceptance**
**Policy, which defines the basis on which**
**ServePlanet accepts donations into**
**funds and draws its synergy from the**
**Compliance Toolkit: Protecting Charities**
**from harm, Chapter 2: Due diligence,**
**monitoring and verifying the end use of**
**charitable funds assisting ServePlanet**
**and its Trustees in identifying good**
**practices to carry out its legal duties**
**diligently.**|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**None to report**|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**The volunteers assisted in spreading a**
**word about ServePlanet’s vision and**
**mission.**|
|Other||**None to report**|
## **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|**1. ServePlanet distributed fresh**
**vegetables, meat and bakery items**
**amongst the poor and vulnerable**
**individuals in Sunderland, Blackpool,**
**Grimsby and Salford using publicly**
**available data.**|
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|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**1. ServePlanet distributed fresh**
**vegetables, meat and bakery items**
**amongst the poor and vulnerable**
**individuals in Sunderland, Blackpool,**
**Grimsby and Salford using publicly**
**available data.**|
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**None to report**|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**None to report**|
|Other||**None to report**|
## **Financial Review**
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**ServePlanet financial position is as**
**below:**
**Income: £ 0**
**Expenditure: £ 2000**|
|---|---|---|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**No reserves held as charity did not raise**
**any donations.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**Not Applicable**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**No reserves held as charity did not raise**
**any donations.**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**Not Applicable**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**Not Applicable**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
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|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Since the charity was formed in 2019 and**
**thereafter covid-19 struck and that the**
**Charity is still reeling under various**
**economic crisis, our main source of**
**funds this year have continued to be**
**through private spendings by trustee(s)**
**primarily towards the expenses (website/**
**domain/ email/ annual registration with**
**Fundraiser Regulator/ stationary/ events**
**management/registered office) of**
**ServePlanet.**|
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**We have in place the following:**
**1. Programme Partnership Policy: This**
**policy on partnership outlines the**
**principles and approaches that the**
**o r g a n i s a t i o n h a s a g r e e d a r e**
**fundamental to ServePlanets'**
**programme partnerships**
**2. Financial Management Policy: The**
**purpose of this policy is to establish**
**guidelines for developing financial**
**goals and objectives, making financial**
**decisions, reporting the financial**
**status of ServePlanet, and safely**
**managing its funds.**|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Although ServePlanet survived Covid-19,**
**Brexit and other global economic crisis,**
**h o w e v e r i t d o e s n ’ t h a v e a s e t**
**fundraising target for this year but is**
**committed to doing everything to help**
**environment.**|
|Other||**Not Applicable**|
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**|
|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|*** Apart from the first charity trustees,**
**every trustee must be appointed by a**
**resolution passed at a properly**
**convened meeting of the charity**
**trustees.**
*** I n s e l e c t i n g i n d i v i d u a l s f o r**
**appointment as charity trustees, the**
**charity trustees must have regard to**
**the skills, knowledge and experience**
**needed for the effective administration**
**of the CIO.**|
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|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|**1. Programme Partnership Policy**
**2. Risk Management Policy**
**3. Financial Management Policy**
**4. Code of Conduct**
**5. Anti-Money Laundering Policy**
**6. Ethical Donations Acceptance Policy**|
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**No subsidiary**|
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**Not Applicable**|
|Other||**Not Applicable**|
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|ServePlanet|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|**Not Applicable**|
|Registered charity number|1185910|
|Charity’s principal address|Kemp House 160, City Road London, EC1V 2NX|
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee (if**
**any)**|
|---|---|---|---|
|Alok Bhatia|Trustee|6th. May 2021- Till
date|Not Applicable|
## Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved
## **NA**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|
|---|---|
|**NA**|**NA**|
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
|Description of the assets
held in this capacity|**None**|
|---|---|
|Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|**Not Applicable**|
|Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own assets|**Not Applicable**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Type of adviser**|**Name**
**Address**|**Name**
**Address**|
|---|---|---|
|**Not Applicable**|**Not Applicable**|**Not Applicable**|
|**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**|||
|**Not Applicable**|||
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
**Not Applicable**
## **Other optional information**
**Not Applicable**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature**
**Full Name Alok Bhatia Position Board Trustee Date 21 December 2022**