As a newly registered charity we are not yet required to have submitted our first annual report to the Charities Commission. We end our first financial year as a charity on March 31st 2021. This is a DRAFT of our annual report and may be subject to change.
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From** 1st April 2020 **Period start date** 31st March 2021 **Period end date**
**Charity name:** Glitch
**Charity registration number:** 1187714
## **Objectives and Activities**
|**Objectives and Activities**|||
|---|---|---|
||SORP
reference||
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The core aim of Glitch is to make the online
space safe for all by raising awareness of
online abuse and its impact especially on
women and those with intersectional
identities.
Glitch’s Objects are:
a) For the public benefit to advance
education in matters relating to the
prevention of online abuse through the
provision of training, workshops and other
resources.
b) The preservation and protection of good
mental health through raising awareness,
providing information and resources and
making recommendations to providers on
the scope of online abuse and its negative
impact on individuals and society.
Our vision is that our online space is a safe
and inclusive arena for all digital citizens to
participate in. The online community is as
important as our offline one, which is why
people, institutions and businesses play their
part in creating a safe online world. We want
everyone to feel confident and equipped to
engage in online and
offline spaces - particularly those
disproportionately affected by discrimination,
including women and girls.|
|||Our mission is to awaken a generation of
digital citizens equipped to create and
demand for safe online spaces for all.
We achieve this via the following strategic
objectives:
1. Champion online active bystanders
2. Increase awareness of digital rights and
responsibilities
3. Establish Glitch as a known credible
thought leader on digital citizenship
internationally
4. Improve access to justice for victims of
online abuse
5. Build Glitch into a sustainable organisation|
|---|---|---|
|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|Glitch’s main activities are the provision of
training and workshops and other activities
that raise awareness and provide information
on the scope of online abuse.
Glitch has 3 key areas of activity:
Awareness, Advocacy and Action:
Awareness: Glitch raising awareness of
online abuse. We launched the Ripple Effect
Report which showed online abuse toward
women had increased during the pandemic.
Advocacy: With both tech companies and
the Government. Recent work has included
being invited to join both Twitter and TikTok’s
Trust and Safety Council and to give
evidence at the House of Lords Digital
Committee on Freedom of Expression and
working with CAG on joint guidance for
candidates ahead of the local elections.
Action: Glitch delivers a range of impactful
educational programmes on digital
citizenship, digital self care and safety.|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The Board confirm that they have complied
with the duty in the Charities Act 2011 to
have due regard to public benefit guidance
published by the Charity Commission.|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||SORP
reference||
|---|---|---|
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38||
||||
||||
|---|---|---|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38||
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|●
Support in researching for
development of resources (Toolkit
2.0 and Resource for Politically
Active Women)
●
Researching potential partners and
clients to approach including
activists, women in politics, women
in STEM etc.
●
Completing literature reviews of
recent research on online
abuse/harassment in the UK in
2019 to use in future resources
and updated workshops.
●
Researching demographic
questions for future post-workshop
surveys.
●
Researching organisational
policies in terms of NDAs and
Terms of Business for new clients.
●
Assisting in finding grant
opportunities
●
Researched and collated a list of
Newham schools for our Digital
Citizenship project.
●
Researching the disproportionate
impact on Black women of
misinformation/disinformation/mal
information.
●
Assisting with the development of
internal programmatic processes.|
|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|Achievements:
Glitch has 3 key areas of activity:
Awareness, Advocacy and Action:
1.
Awareness: Glitch raising awareness
of online abuse. We launched the
Ripple Effect Report which showed
online abuse toward women had
increased during the pandemic.
2.
Advocacy: With both tech companies
and the Government. Recent work
has included being invited to join both
Twitter and TikTok’s Trust and Safety
Council and to give evidence at the
House of Lords Digital Committee on
Freedom of Expression and working
with CAG on joint guidance for
candidates ahead of the local
elections.
3.
Action: Glitch delivers a range of
impactful educational programmes on
digital citizenship, digital self care
and safety.
Milestones:
●
Launched a report on the impact of
Covid-19 on online abuse,_The_
_Ripple Effect: Covid-19 and the_
_Epidemic of Online Abuse_
●
Launched a Black Lives Matter
Online Too campaign and petition
which has led to working with Twitter
to support its users on digital self
care
●
Developed partnerships with
influential organisations, such as
Amnesty International, The
Parliament Project, Change.org, The
End the Violence Against Women
Coalition and the Antisemitism Trust
●
Nominated for a Digital Leader
Impact Award
●
Launched our second Fix The Glitch
Toolkit -a free e-resource for Black
women, non-binary people and allies.
This resource outlines how everyone
can play their part in ending online
gender based violence which has
been viewed by almost 600 people
this year alone.
●
Delivered bespoke workshops on
digital citizenship, self care, safety
and self defence to over 990 people.|
|---|---|---|
## **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|To be added at end of the period|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|3 months worth of expenses is the minimum
balance|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|Between £50-60K|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23||
## **Additional information (optional)**
|**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**|**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|Risk Assessment
Glitch manages risks within the Charity as
part of the regular course of operational
activity. It involves identifying the types of
risk the charity faces, prioritising them in
terms of potential impact and likelihood of
occurrence and identifying means of
mitigating risks. As part of this process the
Trustees review the adequacy of the
charity's internal controls and ensure
compliance with best practice.
The Operations Director is responsible for
identifying and escalating serious
risks and issues to the Board of Trustees.|
|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|CIO Foundation|
|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|Recruitment of new Trustees is open and
skills-based.|
## **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|New Trustees are briefed on the constitution,
policies and procedure, delegation and
authority, recruitment, conflict of interest,
financial performance and risk register.
New Trustees are inducted on their duties as
a Trustee and the Charities Governance
Code.|
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|Glitch’s governing Board of Trustees meet
regularly during the year to devise, oversee
and review strategic direction.
With responsibility for the strategic direction
of Glitch, Trustees delegate management to
the Executive Director who reports on
performance in plans approved by the
Board.
The quorum is three Trustees.
The Finance, Risk, Communications and
Fundraising Committees are made up of
Trustees, Executive Leadership and
Accountants and operate under terms of
reference which delegate certain functions to
the board. When appropriate, the work of the
committees is reviewed by the full board.
The Executive Director reports regularly,
through the Treasurer and Finance
Committee, on the financial position
including regular variance reports.|
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
||||
Other
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Glitch|
|---|---|
|
Other name the charity uses|n/a|
|Registered charity number|1187714|
|
Charity’s principal address|63-66 Hatton Garden
Fifth Floor Suite 23
London
EC1N 8LE|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**
**Name of**
**person (or**
**body) entitled**
**to appoint**
**trustee (if**
**any)**|
|---|---|---|---|
||Siobhan Harley|Trustee|2020 - present
(Glitch became a
registered charity 3rd
February2020)|
||CarlyKind|Chair|2020 -present|
||Raymond Murphy|Trustee|2020 -present|
||Amanda Green|Trustee|2020 -present|
||Lillian Kennett|Trustee|2020 -present|
||Julianne Marriott|Trustee|2020 -present|
||Stephanie Itimi|Trustee|2020 - June 2021
2020 - present|
||Jennifer Sandra
Pepera|Trustee||
||Helen Wright|Chair(Resigned)|2020 - 2 April 2021|
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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**||
|---|---|---|
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**Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets 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)**
|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
|---|---|---|---|
|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**||||
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|**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||||
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## **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) Full name(s)** Carly Kind **Position (eg Secretary,** Acting Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 20/09/21
As a newly registered charity we are not yet required to have submitted our first annual report to the Charities Commission. We end our first financial year as a charity on March 31st 2021. This is a DRAFT of our annual report and may be subject to change.
**REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBER: CE020525 REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1187714**
**Report of the Trustees and Financial Statements for the Period Ended 31 March 2021 for Glitch**
**Ashton McGill Limited 25 Tay Street Lane The Mews DD1 4EF**
**Glitch**
## **Contents of the Financial Statements for the Period Ended 31 March 2021**
||Page|
|---|---|
|Independent Examiner's Report|1|
|Statement of Financial Activities|2|
|Balance Sheet|3|
|Notes to the Financial Statements|4 to 8|
|Detailed Statement of Financial Activities|9|
## **Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Glitch**
I report on the accounts of the company for the period ended 31 March 2021, which are set out on pages two to nine.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity's trustees (and also the directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
Having satisfied myself that the charity is not subject to audit under company law and is eligible for independent examination, I have examined your charity's accounts as required under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act'). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.
My role is to state whether any material matters have come to my attention giving me cause to believe:
1. that accounting records were not kept as required by section 386 of the Companies Act 2006; or
2. that the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. that the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the Companies Act 2006 and with the methods and principles of the Charities Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland; or
4. that there is further information needed for a proper understanding of the accounts.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
I have completed my examination and have no concerns in respect of the matters (1) to (4) listed above and, in connection with following the Directions of the Charity Commission I have found no matters that require drawing to your attention.
Ashton McGill Ltd 25 Tay Street Lane The Mews DD1 4EF
Date:
**Glitch**
## **Statement of Financial Activities**
## **for the Period Ended 31 March 2021**
|**of Financial Activities**
**riod Ended 31 March 2021**||||
|---|---|---|---|
|Notes
**INCOMING RESOURCES**
**Incoming resources from generated funds**
Investment income
2
**Incoming resources from charitable activities**
Glitch
**Total incoming resources**
**RESOURCES EXPENDED**
**Charitable activities**
Glitch
**NET INCOMING/(OUTGOING) RESOURCES**
**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**
**Total funds brought forward**
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**|**31.3.21**
**Unrestricted**
**fund**
**£**
**-**
**100,518**
**100,518**
**51,246**
**49,272**
**-**
**49,272**|**31.3.21**
**Restricted**
**fund**
**£**
**-**
**163,884**
**163,884**
**89,946**
**73,938**
**-**
**73,938**|**31.3.21**
**Total funds**
**£**
**-**
**264,402**|
||||**264,402**
**141,192**|
||||**123,210**
**-**|
||||**123,210**|
## **Glitch**
|**Balance Sheet**
**At 31 March 2021**
Notes
**FIXED ASSETS**
Tangible assets
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Debtors
6
Prepayments
Cash at bank
**CREDITORS**
Amounts falling due within one year
7
**NET CURRENT ASSETS/(LIABILITIES)**
**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES**
**NET ASSETS**
**FUNDS**
8
Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
**TOTAL FUNDS**|**31.3.21**
**Total fund**
**£**
**-**
**3,400**
**1,264**
**128,688**|
|---|---|
||**133,352**
**10,142**
**-**|
||**123,210**|
|||
||**123,210**|
||**123,210**|
||**49,272**
**73,938**|
||**123,210**|
The charitable company is entitled to exemption from audit under Section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 for the year ended 31 March 2021.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2021 in accordance with Section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for
- (a) ensuring that the charitable company keeps accounting records that comply with Sections 386 and 387 of the Companies Act 2006 and
- (b) preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company as at the end of each financial year and of its surplus or deficit for each financial year in accordance with the requirements of Sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the charitable company.
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to small companies subject to the small companies regime and in accordance with FRS102 SORP.
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees on _____________ and were signed on its behalf by:
Helen Wright - Chair
**Glitch**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements**
## **for the Period Ended 31 March 2021**
## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
## **Accounting convention**
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK & Republic of Ireland (FRS102) issued on 16 July 2014, the Companies Act 2006 and the requirements of the Statement of Recommended Practice, Accounting and Reporting by Charities.
## **Incoming resources**
All incoming resources are included on the Statement of Financial Activities when the charity is legally entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy.
## **Resources expended**
Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
## **Taxation**
The charity is exempt from corporation tax on its charitable activities.
## **Fund accounting**
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.
## **Glitch**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Period Ended 31 March 2021**
## **2. INVESTMENT INCOME**
**31.03.21 £** - Interest receivable - trading **3. NET INCOMING/(OUTGOING) RESOURCES** Net resources are stated after charging/(crediting): **31.03.21 £** - Depreciation - owned assets - Other pension costs
## **4. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS**
There were no trustees' remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 March 2021.
## **Trustees' expenses**
There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31 March 2021.
## **5. STAFF COSTS**
|Wages and Salaries
The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:|**31.03.21**
**£**
13,839|
|---|---|
||13,839|
||**31.03.21**
3|
No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.
**Glitch**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Period Ended 31 March 2021**
## **6. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**
|**S: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**||
|---|---|
|Trade Debtors
**ORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**
Trade Creditors
Taxation and social security
Other creditors|**31.03.21**
**£**
3,400|
||**30.4.20**
**£**
6,616
2,911
615|
||10,142|
## **7. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**
**Glitch**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Period Ended 31 March 2021**
## **8. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**
|**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**Restricted funds**
Grants
**TOTAL FUNDS**
Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
**Unrestricted funds**
General fund
**Restricted funds**
Grants
**TOTAL FUNDS**|**At 03.02.19**
**£**
-
-
-
**Incoming**
**Resources**
**£**
100,518
163,884
264,402|**Net movement**
**in funds**
**£**
49,272
73,938
123,210
**Resources**
**expensed**
**£**
51,246
-
89,946
-
141,192
-|**At 31.03.21**
**£**
49,272
73,938|
|---|---|---|---|
||||123,210|
||||**Movement**
**in funds**
**£**
49,272
73,938|
||||123,210|
**Glitch**
**Notes to the Financial Statements - continued for the Period Ended 31 March 2021**
## **9. MOVEMENT IN RESTRICTED FUNDS**
|**Fund**
**Purpose**
Association of Progressive Communication
Development of resources, new training and translation to the Africa
disapora
National Lottery - Awards for All
Delivery of free Digital Self Defence and Self Care grants for women
and minortised communities across the UK
Fawcett Society
Research project on the impact of the global pandemic on online
gender based violence
Girl Deramer
Research project on the impact of the global pandemic on online
gender based violence
Paul Hamlyn Foundation and Fawcett Society
Research project on the impact of the global pandemic on online
gender based violence
Comic Relief
Delivery of digital self care and self defence workshops to equip
women who are apprehensive in actively participating in democracy
Luminate Workshop
Grant to develop scoping research the impact of online abuse on Black
women and training for women in politics
National Lottery - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
Delivery of free Digital Self Defence and Self Care grants for women
and minortised communities across the UK
Open Society Foundations
Grant to support Glitch's core and sustainability needs
UnLTD
Grant to support Glitch's core and sustainability needs
Unbound Philanthropy and Lankelly Chase
Grant to pilot new progammatic activity with Jewish Justice Centre|**Balance**
**b/fwd**
**Income**
**Expenditure**
**Balance**
**c/fwd**
-
3,736
3,260
-
476
-
9,790
7,038
-
2,752
-
2,000
-
2,000
-
500
-
500
-
20,000
7,551
-
12,449
-
7,500
7,500
-
-
-
9,924
8,829
-
1,095
-
23,200
22,500
-
700
-
56,640
5,787
-
50,853
-
19,444
19,444
-
-
-
11,150
8,037
-
3,113|
|---|---|
||-
163,884
89,946
-
73,938|
**Glitch**
**Detailed Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 March 2021**
|**INCOMING RESOURCES**
**Investment income**
Interest receivable - trading
**Incoming resources from charitable activities**
Sales - Workshops
Other Donations
Grants
Public Speaking
Consultancy
Other Revenue
**Total incoming resources**
**RESOURCES EXPENDED**
**Charitable activities**
Direct costs
Wages and salaries (use database for trustees)
Travel and Subsistence
Accountancy
Bank charges
Entertainment
Professional fees
Sundries
Insurance
Computer consumables
Postage and stationery
Donations
Rent
Training
Professional subscriptions
Telephone
**Support costs**
Finance
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets
**Total resources expended**
**Net Expenditure**|**31.03.21**
**Unrestricted**
**fund**
**£**
-
30,925
15,106
35,418
6,484
8,436
4,149
100,518
100,518
27,879
3,850
18
2,534
80
241
12,015
555
-
1,511
388
1,779
235
25
78
57
51,246
51,246
49,272|**31.03.21**
**Restricted**
**fund**
**£**
-
2,000
10,190
151,694
-
-
-|
|---|---|---|
|||163,884|
|||163,884|
|||55,640
9,989
-
3,016
-
-
16,300
200
1,379
3,167
6
-
-
240
-
10|
|||89,946
-|
|||89,946|
||||
|||73,938|