Trustees Report 20192021 DIGILEARNING FOUNDATION (no. 1186577) 




## Table of Contents 

01 Introduction 02 The Need 03 Message from our leaders 04 Activities 05 Reach 2021 06 Financials 07 Supporters 08 Plan of Action 09 Acknowledgements 

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## Introduction 

This is the first Trustees Annual Report and covers the period 21st November 2019 to November 21st, 2021. We provide young people (and the leaders around them - parents & teachers) who are brimming with talent, but from challenging backgrounds, the opportunity to learn new skills in the digital space. We also provide individuals with one to one mentoring and a pathway to work or setting up a business. We largely provide short skills course programmes and job positions supported by some of the most qualified individuals and innovative companies in the country. 

We continuously aim to inspire and support our young people along this journey. Our ethos is to implement new programmes and partner with organisations to offer real job opportunities. Everything we do aims to help young people start sustainable careers with the right in-demand digital skills. 

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## The Need 

There is a lack of digital skills throughout the country and in mainstream education, generally society lacks the essentials to access the benefits of the digital world. It is vital our young people are provided with the skills they can excel with for now and the future. It is also important we level the playing field for all young people, particularly from underserved or disadvantaged communities, offering a range of life and digital skills. This will ensure the UK leads the world in having a thriving digital job industry. Jobs in the digital industries are very well compensated but desperately need diversity, people from all backgrounds with good prospects - potential entry to CEO-level candidates. 

We feel we are offering our beneficiaries interesting, future-protected skills, careers and social mobility, mentors and job prospects. Industry is waking up to the disadvantages of their lack of social diversity and many companies are crying out for help to improve their talent pool. Ironically, the working culture with the digital industries is generally inclusive and open-minded, the real barrier is access and basic skills. We have found, there are welcoming homes for Digilearning’s talented cohorts in many industries (digital touches 90% of all working life and industries), brand owners, media and creative agencies, commercial departments in media owners, from design and market research and everything in between. 

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## Message From Our Leaders 

**“Effective leadership and decision-making in a crisis is what we have achieved. 2020 was the year Digilearning rose to the challenge. As the pandemic struck we had to adapt our offerings extremely quickly. As a result, 2020 was a transformative year for all our young people but also our charity. I am extremely proud that we achieved all of our** 

**goals, and exceeded our expectations. We have been supported by some big brands, achieved quality engagement with thousands of young people, created new partnerships and changed the pathways of all the young people we have worked with both in the UK and across the commonwealth.”** 


2020 was a transformative year for all our young people but also our charity 

SARAH WILSON - TRUSTEE 

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## Message From Our Leaders 

**"The world has observed huge challenges and our charity began its infancy at the very beginning of this life changing event, with digital at times being our main lifeline. The world is an ever evolving digital space and our young people must have the right skills and understanding around the opportunities available to them “You cannot be, what you cannot see”. At Digilearning we have done just that. Our aim is to help young people find their superpowers and ensure the industry finds their super heroes. I am delighted with the progress we have made and feel against all the odds we have withstood the storm and built the foundations to withstand any future issues working tirelessly to ensure our young people have the very best skills, mentors, jobs, roles and self development to thrive in their lives and careers."** 


The world is an ever evolving digital space and our young people must have the right skills and understanding around the opportunities available to them “You cannot be, what you cannot see” 

LISA GOODCHILD - TRUSTEE 

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## Activities 

In our first year of operation as a registered charity, we have remained focused on our purpose, but with the COVID-19 pandemic we had to drastically re-think the activities we had committed to, the way in which we would communicate to our young people as well as those around them and how we would deliver our workshops online going forward. 

In our second year we took the research and development of our programmes from the first year, listening to our young people and have improved every part of how our curriculum is delivered. Our key objective for year two was to increase the numbers of young people we engaged with from the UK to internationally as well as reach them with the type of skills that are going to ensure they are the next generation of digital leaders. 



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## Digital Workshops & Online Safety Assemblies 

We are a charity dedicated to empowering the safe and secure use of technology. With children spending more time online, it's vital that they know how to stay safe. Our digital safety workshops helped children to understand the opportunities and dangers of the online world. We talk about the sites and apps they use and their online experiences. Discussing the dangers of interacting with strangers online and all the fun stuff too. A way to truly engage with children. We offer these workshops for free and delivered to a number of schools across the country including Harris Academies, Thorngrove primary and Prendergast primary. 



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## PRINCES TRUST & The Ministry of Innovation 

In November 2019 we teamed up with the Barbados government and the Prince’s Trust International to deliver a series of digital skills workshops to young people as part of our DigiHacks programme. 

Working with the young people on the Prince's Trust programme, we introduced them to the digital landscape. The workshops focused on teaching key skills including digital skills, digital reputation, safeguarding, teamwork, mental elasticity and complex problem solving the ability to effectively deal with problems; encouraging research and algorithmic thinking. Our aim was to motivate and inspire self education. 

“Digilearning has been a valuable partner and collaborator in the Ministry’s efforts to increase digital literacy and promote the benefits, threats and opportunities of technology and the Internet.” CHARLEY BROWNE Permanent Secretary MIST Barbados. 

During the programme we worked with over 120 young people equipping the attendees with the right skills to safeguard the digital jobs of now and the future, improving their skills and mindset. 

“Digilearning have created a programme that is relevant to today's world, providing must have skills.” Rosalind O-Mahoney The Princes Trust. 

We also worked with parents and caregivers in Barbados delivering training designed to equip adults with the knowledge to understand the potential risks associated with keeping children and young people safe online. Over the programme we worked with over 85 adults. 


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## DIGIDay 

For Q1 Pre-COVID we were extremely successful holding our DigiDays working with Prendergast School Trust and the Harris Federation delivering panels, fireside chats and masterclass workshops to include sessions on virtual reality, creating content, how to - TikTok, how to build a video game, what is adtech?, being an entrepreneur and many more. 


Our DigiDay’s reached over 1000 young people aged from 5 -14. Our evaluation demonstrated that 86% of the young people thought the sessions helped them understand the scope of digital skills and the roles available in the digital industry. 



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## DIGIFEST 

Digilearning committed to its first DigiFest in March 2020, a digital skills festival for the community. We had hundreds of local children / young people visit a local community centre over two days learning about stem subjects, job roles and new technologies. These masterclasses ranged from talks with experts from the BBC about artificial intelligence to LadsBible introducing virtual reality gaming. 

Young people took part in workshops about online safety, VR gaming, creativity and learned critical thinking skills, which could be fostered through play. Hands-on experiences are valuable because they help children see real-world applications of science, technology, engineering, and maths concepts. A business clinic was offered to older participants that offered career and investment ideas for any budding entrepreneurs. 





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## COVID Pandemic 

We had a number of school programmes/camps and face to face events such as DigiFests and DigHacks scheduled for 2020; this obviously changed once the country went into lockdown. We had to rethink how we could still maintain our commitment to provide digital skills to the masses. 

With schools and universities closed for the majority of students, the lack of access to technology and the widening digital skills gap was highlighted once again. We had to rethink our strategy. Firstly we created a downloadable digital toolkit and activity packs for children no longer able to attend school which was downloaded over 400 times. This was shared through our connections with schools. 

We worked with a number of supporters to deliver computers to vulnerable people and young people without devices and we made moves to create online programmes. 


- Y.R.D. - Young Urban Arts Foundation. Rio Ferdinand Foundation. Digilearning Foundation. 



We responded to the Covid19 crisis in spring 2020 by stepping into partnership with the Rio Ferdinand Foundation and Young Urban Arts Foundation to create Y.R.D. 

https://www.yrdtogether.com/ a short skills online learning platform. As charities we worked together to create a range of short skills courses around leadership, digital, wellbeing and creativity targeted at young people aged 13-24. 298 YRD courses have run in total to date, exceeding the programme target of 150 and reaching over 1200 young people. The courses ran into February 2021. 

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## Outcomes Evidence: 

• 98% of all 168 respondents described something positive they are taking away from the course. From confidence, self-awareness, skills, friends, creativity to attitude, optimism and next steps. 

- 96% of all respondents reported at least one positive life outcome from participating 



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## WHAT PARTICIPANTS SAID: 


“I ENJOYED BEING ABLE TO COME TOGETHER ON ZOOM AND DEVELOP IDEAS WITH STEF AND ALL THE OTHER PARTICIPANTS. IT WAS REALLY FUN AND I ENJOYED WORKING ON A PROJECT.” AMMI, 12, OCTOBER 2020 

“[I MOST ENJOYED] THE ADVICE GIVEN AND ALSO THE FEEDBACK I WAS GIVEN DURING THE SESSION.” ALFIE, 16, YUAF SONG-WRITING, SURVEY OCTOBER 2020 

## CONCLUSION 

During this time the Digilearning team took part in safeguarding training and developed comprehensive safeguarding for our young people and the people who volunteer for the charity. Y.R.D, with YUAF leading the grant bid, applied to the national lottery as a group and were awarded £92,000, Digilearning were awarded £22k for facilitators, website creation, social media and evaluation. We are now driven to help even more people as well as to develop a sustainable and scalable model based on the proven evaluations over the last 12-18 months. 

Working together we have ensured a very successful programme reaching thousands of young people at a time, during COVID, when it was very much needed. We built key relationships with the charities and the young people ensuring and extending even more possibilities and opportunities for each other. We also learned some very valuable lessons on how to improve the future of our programmes and what our young people want from what we are doing as a charity. 

“[I MOST ENJOYED] HOW THE TEACHER BROKE DOWN THE PROCESS ON HOW TO ACHIEVE OUR VISION BOARDS, WAY TO HANDLE OUR OBSTACLES IN LIFE. TODAY'S SESSION WAS FANTASTIC, I ENJOYED EVERY MOMENT.” O.M. 24, DIGILEARNING VISION BOARDING, 2020 

“THE BEST THING I’LL TAKE AWAY IS THE VENNGAGE TOOL THAT GIVES ME TEMPLATES AND EXAMPLES OF PITCH DECKS. ALSO, ABOUT NDA'S AND TALKING TO INVESTORS.” I.O. 16, DIGILEARNING HOW TO MAKE THE PERFECT PITCH DECK, SURVEY 2020 

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## PILOT 2020 October 

Based on our research, proven evaluations and learnings from Y.R.D, as well as speaking directly to our young people who were adamant they needed more in terms of pathways to work and being prepared for those pathways. We looked at ways in which we could deliver something exceptional on a larger scale over a short period of time, Digirise was born - our 12 week programme, targeted at girls and boys aged 16-24. Our first pilot was extremely successful and below will provide a snapshot of some of those successes. 



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Our girlrise pilot was based on the previous success of Digirise, targeted at females aged 16-24 from underserved and marginalised communities. You can see below the impact we have had with our girlrise programme. 



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## MENTORING 

Our young people are each provided with a mentor as part of our award winning programmes from our vast professional network, typically digital and business leaders with between 4-10 years’ experience in premier league positions. In this period, mentors from Virgin Red, TikTok, IBM and Sage Accounting amongst others have supported our mentoring programme. 

Mentee E was introduced to the Digilearning Foundation via the YRD courses, in partnership . Mentee E attended a short skills session in August 2020 and she then signed up for the 12 week DigiRise programme. Mentee E attended the programme in September, and, in December, was offered a permanent role as a researcher in the Sheffield office of a global company. The activities of the charity with regard to Mentee E cover two reporting periods. 

Our website and social media channels show some of our apprentices in action at https://digilearning.co.uk is our main website. We also have our programme websites for young people to sign up to https://digilearning.co.uk/digirise and //  DIGILEARNING https://digilearning.co.uk/girlrise 

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## OPPORTUNITIES AND CAREER PATHWAYS 

Once our young people have attended our programmes they become part of our alumni community and are continually presented with opportunities (including paid) to build their personal profiles. We work with events including MADFEST, a digital marketing conference attended by some of the biggest brands in the world. In 2021 our young people got to experience the two day event and participate in panels as well as take part in delivering a live brief with brands such as Natwest. The young people were set briefly and presented their ideas on a stage in the main event space amongst leaders from the technology space. Our young people were so successful they were asked to pitch their ideas to the c-suite at Natwest. 

We also work with other industry events such as the AOP and our young people have participated in numerous industry panels. This has enabled them to build confidence as well as their digital and professional footprint. 



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## Activities Continued 

## Digital Parents Platform 

This year we launched a beta version of DigiParents, our online safety hub that offers advice for parents and caregivers, from nudes to online games to parental controls. The hub comprises a set of simple videos that give tips, advice, guides and resources to help keep children safe online. We also provide downloadable family agreements. 

The need for parents to understand the pitfalls and possibilities of the online world is essential. As a parent or carer plays a key role in helping children to stay safe online hence launching our platform in 2021. The videos offer practical tips to help minimise the risks children might face. 


## Youth Advisory Board 

Made up of 12 incredible young people aged 16-25, the Board works closely with our leadership team and staff from across the organisation. The board's goal is to ensure we amplify young voices and stay true to holding young people's goals and wants at the heart of everything we do. 

We have given our young people the opportunity to have their voices heard and to be seen as positive role models by shaping our current and future programmes and giving them access to media opportunities. 

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## DIGILEARNINGS Impact 

## Outcomes: 100% successful and 100% exceeded expectations 

We determine our impact by the successful completion of our courses, jobs being gained and businesses built or other mechanisms offered by us. We view our impact to have exceeded our expectations this includes if individuals employed or assisted by us gain a role in a high-quality organisation following a period of completing one of our programmes with us. In our programs, we are not only keeping young people safe while they are having fun, we are also creating a safe space for them to learn new skills, and develop different life skills like resilience and mental wellbeing. 

We evaluate all of our workshop sessions and have had a 98% satisfaction rate for our Digilearning programmes. Our young people often face bigger obstacles than their more affluent counterparts. They very rarely have the opportunities presented to them that our programme provides and if they do get the opportunities presented they often have to compete with young people who attended the right school, have the right connections and know how to play the career or business ladder game. We can see from our results and from our own lived experience a sizeable focus and levelling of resources, job opportunities and networks are essential to ensure our beneficiaries gain life and career skills to secure a fairer chance at a career they can prosper in. 

We were awarded two international awards for our online career programmes. “Best International Skill Institute 2020 and 2021 from Global Wire - Corporate Vision. 


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## Reach 2021 

Despite the limitations imposed by COVID-19 restrictions, our adaptations in programme delivery allowed us to engage with 1,462 young people through our online courses and workshops. We have also educated 220 parents and caregivers about safety online. 


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## FINANCIALS 

|FUNDRAISING||
|---|---|
||to the nearest £|
|Financial Times|12,000|
|Takumi International|24,000|
|Lottery|21,516|
|Grant|9,900|
|Misc - Paypal Donations|1,231|
|Sub total(Gross income for AR)|68,647|
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|COSTS / OUTGOINGWS||
|Consultancy Fees|24,415|
|Social Media|10,913|
|Printing,Postage and stationery|68|
|Travelling expenses|2,000|
|IT computer Expenses|3,395|
|Insurance|107|
|Accontancy fees|2,000|
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|Sub total|42,898|



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## Supporters 

We have had a number of organisations recognise our work and support us since our launch. 

Influencers agency TAKUMI signed up to support us when we launched our pilot DigiRise project back in September 2020. Acknowledging the challenges we faced as a new charity and funding options they committed to supporting our programmes even supplying work experience opportunities. 

The Financial Times partnered with us providing financial support and also pathways for our young people in January 2021. Supporting the pilot GirlRise programme. 

We have had the adtech company MiQ commit £10,000 for 2022. We have also had a donation commitment from The Channel Factory a leading adtech company with a focus around Youtube. Due to this being our two years as a charity and the devastating effects of COVID we were unable to commit to our planned face to face activities. All activities are now online, which has enabled us to reach more young people in more remote places in the UK and other places more far afield. 

Our ambition is to increase our programmes and reach over the next year as well as supporting a more bespoke industry lead programme that can ensure people are trained with the right skills and industry are filling the skills shortages throughout the technology spaces. We will also run an association for our beneficiaries past and present to enable them to continue with their learning and development. 

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## Plan of action 

## DigiDays 

Introducing our DIGIDAYs, a revolutionary way to teach young people about the world of work and the opportunities digital has to offer. Our Career days will be a perfect duo of face to face activities to get young people engaged with the real world of work and experience opportunities in the digital space, with a combination of career talks and a fun networking event. 

## GirlRise and DigiRise 

We will continue to deliver our online career and mentoring programmes online reaching more young people with digital skills and career pathways. Pathways is becoming an important area of the charity’s work, empowering young people to take a lead on shaping their lives and realise opportunities that can further their own personal development and improve their well-being. 

## DigiHacks 

Face to face events in schools, colleges and universities will be back in 2022 and we already have a number of planned activities, workshops and masterclasses scheduled with our partners. 

## DigiFest 

Once we receive funding we will be bringing our community immersive technologies events back to local communities. Teaching people about the benefits of tech and showing them a world of opportunities tech can offer. 

## 4,645 

We have helped 4,645 people with digital skills, workshops, opportunities, equipment and knowledge. 

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## Plan of action 

## DigiOwls 

Creating a new series of digital skills training for older people. Our plan is to help older people make the most of the internet. Our technology classes will be designed specifically for older people allowing them to work at their own pace with whatever support they may need. 

## DigiDiverse 

Digilearning is partnering with Mencap Bromley to pilot a social media training programme for young adults. Our social media training will have a particular focus on issues such as online etiquette, online safety the Do's & Don'ts, comments, trolling, sexual exploitation & more. We want to empower students and turn disadvantage into advantage & opportunity. 

## More Mentoring & Coaching 

From our work with young people it has highlighted a massive need for further one to one support in terms of helping young people to achieve good mental health and wellbeing. We have often had to pay for third parties counselling for our students in order to help them realise their potential and this will be a key focus on our work going forward. 

## PATHWAYS 

We have observed a massive need for young people to have a route to market, this could be via work experience, attending an event or event building ones network. Our aim over the coming year is to build upon the power of pathways to work and to creating a business. 

## 100% 

of our participants feel happier taking part in our programmes 

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## Acknowledgements 

Checked and agreed. 

Signed by: 


Date: 25th Feb 2022 

Name: Sarah Wilson 

Position: Trustee 

We thank you for your continued support in our efforts 


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**Digilearning www.digilearning.co.uk info@digilearning.co.uk @digilearningHQ** 

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## **A1 Receipts** 


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Financial Times                      12,000                               -<br>Takumi International                      24,000                               -<br>Young Urban                      21,516                               -<br>Main grant                        9,900                               -<br>Misc - Paypal Donations                        1,231                               -<br>                               -                               -<br>                               -                               -<br>                               -                               -<br>                     68,647                               -<br>Sub total (Gross income for AR)<br>A2 Asset and investment sales,<br>(see table).<br>                               -                                 -<br>                               -                                 -<br>Sub total                                 -                                 -<br>Total receipts                  68,647                             -<br>A3 Payments<br>Consultancy Fees                      24,415                               -<br>Social Media                      10,913                               -<br>Printing,Postage and stationery                             68                               -<br>Travelling expenses                        2,000                               -<br>IT computer Expenses                        3,395                               -<br>Insurance                           107                               -<br>Accontancy fees                        2,000                               -<br>                               -                               -<br>                               -                               -<br>Sub total [                     42,898 ]                              -<br>A4 Asset and investment<br>purchases, (see table)<br>                               -                                 -<br>                               -                                 -<br>Sub total [                               - ]                                -<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>




|**A5**|**_Total payments_                  42,898**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_                  25,749**<br>**Transfers between funds**<br>**-**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|
|---|---|---|---|
|**A6**|**Cash funds last year end**<br>**-**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_                  25,749**||**-**<br>**-**|



## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the** 

**Categories** 

## **Details** 

## **B1 Cash funds** 

Cash at Bank 

## _**Total cash funds**_ 

(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) 

## **Details** 

## **B2 Other monetary assets** 

## **Details** 

## **B3 Investment assets** 

## **Details** 

**B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use** 



## **Details** 

## **B5 Liabilities** 

Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees 

Accruals 

Signature 



**No (if any)** 

## **yments accounts** 

## **CC16a** 

Period end date **To** 4/30/2021 

**Endowment Total funds Last year funds** 

**to the nearest £** 

**to the nearest £ to the nearest £** 


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Unrestricted  Restricted funds  Endowment<br>funds  funds<br>to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £<br>                     27,749                               -                               -<br>                             -                                 -                               -<br>                             -                                 -                               -<br>                 27,749                           -                            -<br>Agreement Error OK OK<br>Unrestricted  Restricted funds  Endowment<br>funds  funds<br>to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £<br>                             -                                 -                               -<br>                             -                                 -                               -<br>                             -                                 -                               -<br>                             -                                 -                               -<br>                             -                                 -                               -<br>                             -                                 -                               -<br>Fund to which asset  Current value<br>Cost (optional)<br>belongs (optional)<br>                             -                               -<br>                             -                               -<br>                             -                               -<br>                             -                               -<br>                             -                               -<br>Fund to which asset  Current value<br>Cost (optional)<br>belongs (optional)<br>                             -                               -<br>                             -                               -<br>                             -                               -<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>





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                             -                               -<br>                             -                               -<br>                             -                               -<br>                             -                               -<br>                             -                               -<br>                             -                               -<br>Fund to which  Amount due  When due<br>liability relates (optional) (optional)<br>2000                              -<br>                             -<br>                             -<br>                             -<br>                             -<br>Print Name Date of approval<br>Lisa Goodchild 25.02.2022<br>Sarah Wilson<br>25.02.2022<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>




CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examinerfs report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trusteesl
membors of
On accounts for the year
onded
L A£￿L J£)Jl
Charity no
(if any)
Set out on pages
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
chartty (Ihe Trusf) for the year ended
Responsibilities and
basis of report
As the chanty's trustees. you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordan￿ wtth the requirements of the Charitie5 Act 2011
{ the Acf).
I report in respect of my examinab.on of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination. I
have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent
gxaminer's statemont
I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have
Come to my attention in connection with the examinalion (other than Ihat
disclosed below "I which gives me cause to believe that in, any material
respect."
the accounts.ng records were not kept in accordance with section 130
of the Chartlies Act,. or
the accounts did not accord wth the accounting records", or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements
conceming the fomi and content of accounts set out in Ihe Charities
(Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement
that the accounts give a Xrue and fairf view which is not a matter
considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to which atterrtion should be drawn in this report in
order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
. Please delete the wollts in the brackets rfthey do not apply.
Signed:
Date:
Name:
Relevant professional
qualificationls) or Ix)dy
IER
Oct 2018

(If any):
Address:
119
rnflJOitsci 8b
Section B
Disclosure
Only complele if the examiner needs lo highlight material matters of con￿rn
(see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and
guidance for examiners).
Give here brief details of
any items that the
examiner wishes to
disc105e.
IER
Oct 2018