2020-12-31-accounts - City Of Opportunities

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 23 12 2019 31 12 2020

From

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name City of Opportunities

Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1187112 Charity's principal address 5 Moor Lane, Flat 2212

Postcode EC2Y 9BA London

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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Name of person (or body)
Dates acted if not for
Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee
whole year
(if any)
1 Ivo de Wit
Elizaveta
2
Shaforostova
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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year Ivo de Wit Elizaveta Shaforostova

March 2012

TAR

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

Constitution

(eg. trust deed, constitution)

Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) How the charity is constituted

(eg. trust, association, company)

Appointed 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

March 2012

TAR

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

The objects of the CIO are to advance education by funding research on the subject of urbanisation and its impact on people’s quality of life and the environment ensuring the useful results of such research are published.

Our work was impacted by COVID uncertainty
- We worked on the business plan
We researched academics and their works
- We clarified research gaps that we want to focus on
- We worked on the market positioning and target audience

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)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

March 2012

TAR

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

Section D Achievements and performance

March 2012

TAR

Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

Business plan was finalized and clarified
A list of target academics has been created
- Research gaps have been identified
- Market positioning and target audience has been determined

Section E Financial review

March 2012

TAR

Cash reserves are in the bank account

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Details of any funds materially in deficit

No deficits

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

the charity’s principal 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) Ivo de Wit Position (eg Secretary, Chair Chair, etc) Date 19/09/2021

March 2012

TAR

Charity Name No (if any) City of Opportunties

Receipts and payments accounts

For the period Period start date Period end date To from 12/23/2019 12/31/2020

Section A Receipts and payments

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Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds
funds funds funds
to the nearest
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
Donations (28/2) 2,000 - - 2,000
Donation (05/04) 5,750 - - 5,750
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
7,750 - - 7,750
Sub total (Gross income for AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total - - - -
Total receipts 7,750 - - 7,750
A3 Payments
Card Setup Fee Bank 18/02 69 - - 69
TLT LLP X1231198 (03/03) 1,747 - - 1,747
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ 1,816 ] - - 1,816
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - -
Total payments 1,816 - - 1,816
Net of receipts/(payments) [ 5,934 ] - - 5,934
A5 Transfers between funds - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end - - - -
Cash funds this year end [ 5,934 ] - - 5,934
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Section B Statement	of assets and liabilities	at the end of the period	at the end of the period	at the end of the period
		Unrestricted		Restricted
Categories	Details	funds		funds
B1 Cash funds	Bank *Total cash funds*	to nearest £ 5,934 - - 5,934		to nearest £ - - - -
	(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))	OK	OK
		Unrestricted		Restricted
		funds		funds
B2 Other monetary assets	Details	to nearest £ - - - - - -		to nearest £ - - - - - -
B3 Investment assets	Details	Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional) - - - - -
B4 Assets retained for the	Details	Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional) -
charity’s own use				- - - - - - - -
B5 Liabilities	Details	Fund to which liability relates		- - - - - Amount due (optional)

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

Signature Print Name Ivo de Wit

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CC16a
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Last year

to the nearest £

Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - -

Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - -

Current value (optional)

When due (optional)

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Date of
approval
9/19/2021
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