
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From 15.01.2020 To 31.03.2021 Charity name: Youth Forward Initiative** 

## **Charity registration number: 1187390** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|The objects of the CIO are:<br>(a)<br>the prevention or relief<br>of poverty<br>(b)<br>the advancement of<br>education<br>(c)<br>the advancement of<br>health<br>(d)<br>the advancement of<br>citizenship or community<br>development|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|In furthering its objects the<br>CIO shall make grants to<br>organisations which pursue<br>the following charitable<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit:<br>(a)<br>to promote literacy,<br>education and<br>technical training for<br>disadvantaged<br>persons;<br>(b)<br>to prevent or relieve<br>poverty by providing<br>grants, items and<br>facilities to individuals<br>in need (and not for<br>any private benefit), or<br>by making grants to<br>charities working to<br>prevent or relieve<br>poverty;<br>(c)<br>to advance good<br>health for|





|||disadvantaged<br>communities, to train<br>medical staff, improve<br>health care and<br>hygiene practices; and<br>(d)<br>to advance citizenship<br>or community<br>development by<br>reinforcing the<br>capacities of<br>organisations from the<br>civil society so that<br>they are able efficiently<br>to meet the needs of<br>disadvantaged<br>communities (and not<br>for any private benefit)<br>- in such countries as the<br>charity trustees may<br>from time to time<br>designate.|
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|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|In setting our objectives and planning our<br>activities our Trustees have given careful<br>consideration to the Charity Commission’s<br>public benefit guidance.|



**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other 



## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|During this financial year, the Trustees have<br>met frequently to complete the following<br>activities:<br>1. Discuss and agree key grantmaking<br>principles<br>2. Create policies for the management<br>of risk, data, conflicts of interest and<br>the safeguarding of beneficiaries<br>3. Establish an agreement (MOU) with<br>a partner organisation for future<br>collaboration in furtherance of the<br>aims and objectives of the CIO.<br>Due to the impact of the pandemic on the<br>UK banking system, the CIO has not yet<br>been able to distribute grant funding due to<br>delays in opening a bank account.|



|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
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|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|The CIO is not yet operational, pending the<br>opening of a bank account.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The reserves policy will be set once the CIO<br>is operational.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|0|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|The CIO is not yet operational, pending the<br>opening of a bank account.|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|N/A|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|N/A|



|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
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|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are selected through nominations<br>of the existing group of Trustees. New<br>Trustees will be provided with key<br>information regarding the activities and<br>policies of the CIO and must satisfy the<br>requirements of the CIO constitution section<br>10 regarding the appointment of Trustees.|



|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
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|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction and<br>training of trustees|Para 1.51|-<br>Conflict of Interests<br>-<br>Risk Assessment<br>-<br>Safeguarding<br>-<br>Data Protection|
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Youth Forward Initiative|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|YFI|
|Registered charity number|1187390|
|Charity’s principal address|10 FONTARABIA ROAD<br>LONDON<br>SW11 5PF|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Mr Alexis Vincent<br>Desclee de<br>Maredsous|Chair|||
||Sir Tom Richard<br>Vaughan Phillips<br>K.C.M.G.||||
||Mrs Ishtar Thérèse<br>Méjanès||||
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## – 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 N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A 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 Name Address adviser** 

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

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **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)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**|||
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||Mr Alexis Vincent Desclee de<br>Maredsous||
||<br>Chair||
||16.11.21||
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Signature|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**0**<br>**0**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**0**<br>**0**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**0**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**0**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**0**<br>Print Name<br>**Alexis Vincent de Maredsous**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|
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