## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 01 Apr 2021 Period start date To 31 Mar 2022 Period end date Charity name: Interconnected UK Charity registration number: 1187605** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**Charitable Objectives :**
**1) To relieve the charitable needs of**
**intersex people, their carers and**
**their families in such ways as the**
**Trustees may from time to time**
**decide.**
**2) To promote the equality of**
**intersex people in such ways as**
**the Trustees may from time to**
**time decide.**
**3) To promote the human rights of**
**intersex people (as set out in the**
**Universal Declaration of Human**
**Rights and subsequent United**
**Nations Conventions and**
**Declarations).**| |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 Trustees’ focus has been to develop**
**a Strategic Plan for the next five years, in**
**order to ensure the long-term success of**
**the Charity.**
**The Plan identifies priorities, and**
**resourcing needs in the short and**
**medium term. ICON’s strategy and good**
**governance for a small charity has**
**supported the continued success of**
**raising of Grant Funding for the Charities**
**works.**
**This has enabled ICON UK to :**
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**deliver safeguarding &**
**governance training to Trustees**
**and the Management Committee**
**members**
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**hosting virtual ‘meet-ups’ for**
**intersex people**
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**delivering two webinars with**
**specialist speakers on the**
**subjects of ‘Accessing Mental**
**Health Services’ and ‘Sexuality &**
**Relationships’**
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**arrange the provision of fully**
**funded counselling sessions, in**
**blocks of four sessions, for**
**intersex people, carers & families**
**with qualified psychologist and**
**therapists**
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**supporting research & production**
**of guidance on “the reproductive**
**and psychosocial needs of people**
**with variations in sex**
**characteristics” conducted by the**
**Wellcome Centre for Cultures and**
**Environments of Health,**
**University of Exeter.**
-
**continue to develop website with**
**digital content**| |---|---|---| |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 fully complied with**
**the requirements of the Charity**
**Commission’s guidance on public**
**benefit.**| ## **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|| |---|---|---| |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|**ICON UK has furthered the objectives of**
**the Charity to :**
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**relieve the charitable needs of**
**intersex people, their carers and**
**their families by hosting ‘meet-**
**ups’ and funding therapy**
**sessions.**
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**To promote the equality and**
**human rights of intersex people**
**through representations to NHS**
**England**| ## **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|Para 1.41||| ||against objectives|||| ||Other|||| |||||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Income totalled £17,207**
**ICON UK received two grants to further**
**the Charities objectives :**
**1) Astraea Lesbian Foundation For**
**Justice USD $5,000 (£3,515.12) – a grant**
**for ‘general support’**
**2) Saturday Hospital Fund £2,000 -**
**towards Psychological support for**
**intersex people in the**
**UK.**
**A further £100 was received in**
**donations.**
**Expenditure totalled £11,410**
**The largest item of expenditure being the**
**funding of therapy sessions £4,320.**
**Within expenditure was a refund of**
**£2,000 of Grant monies to METRO**
**Charity as per the conditions of the**
**Grant application.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**It is expected that future plans for an ‘in-**
**person’ Community Gathering &**
**continued support of therapy sessions**
**will mean that reserves will be utilised in**
**the coming year.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**The General Fund £3,873.**
**The Restricted Fund “Psychological**
**Support” £1,280 includes monies**
**remaining from The Hospital Saturday**
**Fund grant.**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**None**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**None**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: The charity’s principal sources of funds (including Para 1.47 any fundraising) |||||| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Investment policy and|||| ||objectives including any|Para 1.46||| ||social investment policy|||| ||adopted|||| ||||**The size of the Charity means that**|| ||A description of the principal|Para 1.46|**financial risks are minimal, however**|| ||risks facing the charity||**‘safeguarding’ is of principal concern for**|| ||||**all those attending events, those**|| ||||**benefitting from the funding of**|| ||||**Psychological Services, and others**|| ||||**connected to the Charity.**|| ||Other|||| |||||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Charity Commission Scheme**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**| |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|**Any Trustee appointment must be**
**agreed unanimously by existing**
**Trustees**| ## **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|**All Trustees are required to undertake**
**Safeguarding Training as approved by the**
**Charity.**| |---|---|---| |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|**Expenditure included payment of :**
-
**£360 to S. Gillingham (member of**
**Management Committee) for initial**
**set-up of the Accounting System,**
**Management Reports, Annual Reports**
**and financial procedures. This**
**payment was below market rates.**
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**Fees paid to Trustees for co-hosting &**
**being panellists on the Webinars**
**(compensation commensurate with**
**similar Charitable events)**
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**M. Rakita £150 (both Webinars)**
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**Dr L-M Liao £75**
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**A. Soni £75**| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Interconnected UK| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|ICON UK| |Registered charity number|1187605| |Charity’s principal address|International House
64 Nile Street
LONDON
N1 7SR| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** ||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
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