**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** From 01/09/2021 Period start date To 31/08/2022 Period end date **Charity name: Black Star** ## **Charity registration number: 1186565** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||**SORP reference**|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND
DIVERSITY AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF
EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF
YOUNG PEOPLE OF AFRICAN, CARIBBEAN
AND DUAL HERITAGE, IN SUCH WAYS AS
THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT| |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|A) PROVIDING A PERSONAL, SOCIAL,
ACADEMIC, CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND
MENTORING PROGRAMME SO AS TO
INCREASE THEIR EMPLOYMENT
PROSPECTS.
B) DEVELOPING PARTNERSHIPS AND
COLLABORATIONS WITH BUSINESSES,
NOT-FOR-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS AND
CHARITABLE FOUNDATIONS IN THE
UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE,
WHOSE AIMS INCLUDE ADVANCING THE
EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE OF
AFRICAN AND CARIBBEAN HERITAGE
C) AWARDING SUCH PERSONS
SCHOLARSHIP, MAINTENANCE
ALLOWANCES OR GRANTS TENABLE AT
ANY SCHOOL, COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY
WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND
ELSEWHERE D) PROMOTING THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE SCHOOL SECTOR
THROUGH THE PROVISION OF
RESOURCES AND EQUIPMENT FOR
EDUCATION AT THE SCHOOLS.
CONDUCTING AND/OR PROMOTING
RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN FOR THE
PURPOSES OF TACKLING THE
PARTICULAR DISADVANTAGE FACED BY
YOUNG PEOPLE OF AFRICAN AND
CARIBBEAN HERITAGE.
2) TO PREVENT OR RELIEF POVERTY OF
CHILDREN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND
ELSEWHERE, BY PROVIDING ITEMS,
GRANTS, AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS
IN NEED AND/ORCHARITIES OROTHER| |||ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT
OR RELIEVE POVERTY.| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission onpublic benefit|Para 1.18|I confirm that the Trustees have had full
regard to the guidance issued by the Charity
Commission on public benefit| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|No update to report| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|No update to report| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|No update to report| |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|Due to the outbreak of Corona Virus, the
charity regretfully was unable to carry out its
main activities**.**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|No update to report| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|No update to report| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|No update to report| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of theperiod|Para 1.21|No financial update to report.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
statingwhytheyare held|Para 1.22|Not Applicable| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|Not Applicable| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Not Applicable| |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)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal sources
of funds (including any
fundraising)|Para 1.47|No update to report| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any social
investment policy adopted|Para 1.46|No update to report| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|No update to report| |Other||| ## **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 Foundation| |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|The charity advertises Trustee roles through
professional social media to ensure that we
secure high quality Trustee Board members.
All potential Board members go through a
robust recruitment and selection process.| ## **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|No update to report| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|No update to report| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|No update to report| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charityname|Black Star| |---|---| |Other name the charityuses|Black Star Foundation| |Registered charitynumber|1186565| |Charity’s principal address|137 ST JAMES CRESCENT
LONDON
SW9 7HX| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
2
3
4
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6|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled to**
**appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Lisa Hepburn|||| ||Ian McIntosh|||| ||Niaomi Collett|||| ||Jackie Ballard|||| |||||| |||||| Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name Not Applicable** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for wholeyear**|| |---|---|---| |**Not Applicable**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** |Description of the assets held
in this capacity|Not Applicable| |---|---| |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)** |**ames and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**ames and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**ames and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **Not Applicable** ## **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**|Lisa Hepburn|| |---|---|---| ||Lisa Hepburn|| ||

Secretary|| ||25/06/2023|| ||25/06/2023||