## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From: 7/2/2020 To: 5/4/2021**
## **Charity name: Diversity in Geoscience UK (DiG-UK)**
## **Charity registration number: 1187827**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The purpose of DiG-UK is to promote
equality and diversity for the public benefit
by 1) raising awareness of, and 2) providing
resources to support, access to education
and careers in the Earth sciences and
related disciplines in the UK.|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identifiedinthe accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|Charity activities were severely limited
during the reporting period due to the Covid-
19 pandemic. No activity was undertaken
explicitly for the public benefit.|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|All trustees have been signposted to the CC
guidance 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|N/A|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|N/A|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|The DiG-UK committee is convened from the
charity trustees and voluntary members.
Volunteers undertake specific roles on
behalf of the charity e.g. maintaining social
media accounts and facilitating website
development.|
|Other||N/A|
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|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|Charity activities were severely limited
during the reporting period due to the Covid-
19 pandemic.
Links were established with the following
EDI-related groups:
Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity in
Geoscience (EDIG)
Petroleum Exploration Society of
Great Britain EDI Special Interest
Group
The charity had representation at the
following:
a collaborative bid for UKRI/OfS
funding
the AGU Educational Positional
Statements of Earth and Space
Science Education and Teaching
Climate Change and Evolution
the Geological Society of London
Accreditation review panel|
|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
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|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|N/A|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|N/A|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|N/A|
|Other||N/A|
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|No financial activity took place during this
reporting period.|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
statingwhy they areheld|Para 1.22|A policy for holding reserves will be
established when the charity begins to hold
funds.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£0|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|No fund raising undertaken during this
reporting period.|
|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|N/A|
|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**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|N/A|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|N/A|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|N/A|
|Other||N/A|
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|The charity has a CIO Foundation governing
document.|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|The charity is a 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 elected to post. During this
reporting period one founding trustee
resigned and three additional trustees were
elected.|
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|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|Diversity in Geoscience UK|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|DiG-UK|
|Registered charity number|1187827|
|Charity’s principal address|Geological Society of London
Burlington House
Piccadilly
London
W1J 0BG|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|1
2
3
4
5
6|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Dr Alison Stokes|Chair|||
||Dr Jacqueline
Houghton||||
||Dr Naomi Jordan||7/2/2020 – 17/11/2020||
||Dr Cedric John||From 9/12/2020||
||George Jameson|Secretary|From 9/12/2020||
||Hollie Fisher|Treasurer|From 9/12/2020||
– 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)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|||
|---|---|---|
||Alison Stokes||
||
Chair||
||19/1/2022||
||19/1/2022||