## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From: 6/4/2021 To: 5/4/2022**
## **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
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|Charity activities focused mainly on
awareness raising through presentations on
aspects of diversity in geoscience and
representation on committees. These
activities were mainly undertaken in a higher
education context with no activity undertaken
explicitly for the public benefit during the
reporting period.|
|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.|
N/A
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|DiG-UK continued to grow its presence
during the reporting period, mainly through
continued engagement with higher education
audiences and representation on specialist
groups.
Awareness raising through presentations
and workshops at institutions including:
St Andrews University, University of Galway,
University of Cambridge, Imperial College,
University Geoscience UK.
Representation on groups / projects focused
on diversity in geoscience:
•
Working group for the QAA
Benchmark review for Earth Science,
Environmental Science and
Environmental Studies.
•
Steering committee for the NERC-
funded EQUATOR project.
•
AHRC/NERC Decolonising UK Earth
Science Pedagogy project.
Links established / reinforced with other
organisations:
•
TIDE (Transition by Inclusion and
Diversity for Equity).
•
Mineralogical Society: consultation
for guidance on accessible and
inclusive meetings.|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|N/A|
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|N/A|
|||N/A|
Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives N/A Other
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|A total of £2138.85 is held in the charity
bank account, with a further £10 held in
PayPal awaiting transfer. There were no
spendings during the term of this review.|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Due to the limited funds currently held by
DiG-UK no formal policy has yet been
established.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|Reserves currently amount to £2138.85 (the
total in the bank account). These are being
held until a suitable means to allocate the
funds is identified.|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|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 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 A description of the principal Para 1.46 risks facing the charity Other
## **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. There were no
changes to the five elected trustees during
this reporting period.|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and Para 1.51 training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties 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|
|||
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|1
2
4
5
6|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Dr Alison Stokes|Chair|||
||Dr Jacqueline Houghton||||
||Dr Cedric John||||
||George Jameson|Secretary|||
||Hollie Fisher|Treasurer|||
– 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)** Alison Stokes **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 21/01/2023
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Diversity in Geoscience UK (DiG-UK) 1187827
Receipts and payments accounts
For the period 4/6/2021 4/6/2022
To
from
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds
funds funds funds
to the nearest
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
Lecture services 325 - - 325
IAGD donation 1,814 - - 1,814
- - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
2,139 - - 2,139
Sub total (Gross income for AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total - - - -
Total receipts 2,139 - - 2,139
A3 Payments
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - -
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - -
Total payments - - - -
Net of receipts/(payments) 2,139 - - 2,139
A5 Transfers between funds - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end - - - -
Cash funds this year end 2,139 - - 2,139
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
||||**Unrestricted**||**Restricted**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**|**Details**||**funds**||**funds**|
|**B1 Cash funds**|Cash at bank|**_Total cash funds_**|**to nearest £**
**2,139**
**-**
**-**
**2,139**|
|**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**||||
|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
||||**Fund to which**||**Amount due**|
|**B5 Liabilities**|**Details**||**liability relates**|
|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**(optional)**|
|Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees||Signature|Print|Name||
||||Alison|Stokes||
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CC16a
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**Last year**
## **to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
## **Endowment funds**
**to nearest £ - - - -**
OK
**Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - -**
**Current value (optional) - - - - -**
**Current value (optional)**
**When due (optional)**
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Date of
approval
3/14/2023
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