## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1/1/2023 To 31/12/2023** ## **Charity name: Goldfinch Charity** ## **Charity registration number: 1186984** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|Goldfinch Academy exists for the public benefit
to advance education in the subject of film
making in the film and television industries with
the aim of producing higher standard of films in
the UK in such ways as the charity trustees
think 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|The charity aims to advance education of film
making in the film & TV industries with the aim
of producing higher standard of films in the UK
by: 1. Awarding grants or bursaries to
individuals for education and project costs 2.
Providing their education across filmmaking,
digital video production, screenwriting, &
financing, through both online on-demand
courses, podcasts, and onsite workshops..| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have had 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|Grants are made to applicants to fund
education and projects costs after
assessment by trustees and experienced
advisors| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|No social investments held| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**The charity relies on voluntary**
**assistance from both trustees and**
**others experienced in the sector who**| Other **wish to support high quality film making. None** ## **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|Donation income is limited, but three grants
have been made to support individuals and
filmmaking.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |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|The charity had £2,664 of free reserves at
the end of the period.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|No reserve policy has been developed yet.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£2,664| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|Grant making will be dependent on
donation income arising, so activity will be
curtailed pending further income being
generated.| ## **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|| |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:||| |---|---|---| |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|Charitable Incorporated Organisation| |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 sought who have an
understanding of the sector and specialist
skills as appropriate| ## **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|| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Goldfinch Charity| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charitynumber|1186984| |Charity’s principal address|Hexham Villa, Egton Terrace, Birtley, Chester Le Street
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||KirstyBell|||| ||PhillipMcKenzie|||| ||Ian Gibbon|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**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 **N/A** ## **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**||| |---|---|---| ||Kirsty Bell|| ||
Trustee|| ||31/10/24|| ||31/10/24|| **Goldfinch Academy 1186984 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **from** 01/01/2023 31/12/2023 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** ||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||||**Endowment**
**funds**|**Endowment**
**funds**|||**Total funds**||**Last year**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**to the nearest**
**£**||**to the nearest**|**£**|||**to the nearest**|**£**|||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest**|**£**| |**A1 Receipts**||||||||||||||| |Donations|**5,269**|||**-**||||**-**|||**5,269**|||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||||**-**|||**-**|||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||||**-**|||**-**|||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||||**-**|||**-**|||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||||**-**|||**-**|||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||||**-**|||**-**|||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||||**-**|||**-**|||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||||**-**|||**-**|||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**5,269**|||**-**||||**-**|||**5,269**|||**-**| |||||||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**||||||||||||||| |**(see table).**||||||||||||||| ||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||**-**|||| ||**-**||||**-**||||**-**||**-**|||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||**-**||||**-**||**-**|||**-**| |||||||||||||||| |**_Total receipts_**|**5,269**||||**-**||||**-**||**5,269**|||**-**| |**A3 Payments**||||||||||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**5,269**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**5,269**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**5,269**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**5,269**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**5,269**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
**5,269**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Donations|**5,269**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**5,269**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**5,269**|||**5,269**||**-**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**|**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||| ||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||| ||||**-**|**5,269**||**-**| |||||||| |Support costs|**460**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**|**460**||**-**| |Grantspaid|**2,145**|||**2,145**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**2,605**|||**2,605**||**-**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| ||**-**||**-**
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**-**|**-**||| ||**-**|||**-**||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| ||||**-**|**2,605**||**-**| |||||||| ||**2,664**||**-**|
**2,664**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**
**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**-**|||**-**||**-**| ||**2,664**||**-**|**2,664**||**-**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 31/10/2024 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
**Details**
Bank account
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
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**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**2,664**
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**2,664**
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Print Name
KirstyBell|**Endowment**
**funds**
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**funds**
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approval| |||KirstyBell|31/10/2024| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 31/10/2024 2