Trustees’ Annual Report
For the period
| For the period | For the period | For the period | For the period | For the period | For the period | For the period | For the period |
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| From | Day | Month | Year | To | Day | Month | Year |
| 24 | 02 | 2020 | 31 | 03 | 2021 |
Reference and Administrative details
Charity name femSTEM Other name the charity uses
Registered charity number 1188139
Charity’s principal address 32 Ormskirk Avenue, Manchester, M20 1HF
Names of the trustees who manage the charity
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| Charity name | femSTEM | |||||
| Other name the charity uses | ||||||
| Registered charity number | 1188139 | |||||
| Charity’s principal address | 32 Ormskirk Avenue, Manchester, M20 1HF | |||||
| Names of the trustees who manage the charity | ||||||
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any) |
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| Alice Kelly | Chair | |||||
| Helen Macadam | ||||||
| Catherine Greenfield | ||||||
| Additional information | ||||||
| The charity had no corporate trustees for this period. | ||||||
| The charity had no custodian trustees for this period. | ||||||
| The charity owned no property for this period, therefore no trustee held title to property belonging to the charity. |
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| Names and addresses of advisers (optional information) | ||||||
| Type of adviser | Name | Address | ||||
| Bank (small business manager) | Barclays Bank PLC | Barclays, 51 Mosley Street, Manchester, M2 3HQ |
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| Charity CEO | The Girl’s Network | |||||
| Former employee | Charity Commission | |||||
| Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (optional information) | ||||||
| Alice Kelly |
Exemptions from disclosure
Reason for non-disclosure of Not applicable for this period. key personnel details
Funds held as custodian trustee on behalf of others
Not applicable for this period.
Structure, Governance and Management
Description of charity’s trusts
Type of governing document Constitution (24 February 2020)
How is the charity constituted? CIO
Trustee selection methods Trustees are appointed or reappointed annually at the
including details of any Annual General Meeting held in November. constitutional provisions Additional information (optional)
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Not applicable for this period.
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Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees
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The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works
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Relationship with any related parties
Objectives and Activities
| Objectives and Activities | Objectives and Activities |
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| Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document |
To promote the education in STEM (Science, Tech, Engineering and Maths) for girls and young women under the age of 19 years in the UK, in particular those from disadvantaged backgrounds, by providing information, guidance and opportunities to connect with relevant networks and women role models. |
| 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. |
In planning our activities for the period the trustees kept in mind the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. The main activities for this period were: • Developing an online presence through a website and a range of social media platforms • Starting to build networks with other similar or potential ‘partner’ charities, organisations or people • Researching/requesting the most up to date information and statistics on girls/young women and STEM With the closure of schools and universities due to the Covid- 19 pandemic from 23 March 2020, the charity’s planned activities had to be substantially revised and limited to online/virtual only. These activities can be considered as the ‘buildingblocks’ necessaryfor the operation of the charity |
post-pandemic, which has only accelerated STEM becoming an increasingly significant feature in of all our lives. Therefore it has benefits to the futures of the girls and young women themselves (who are missing out on fulfilling, challenging and rewarding jobs), their schools, STEM industries (who are missing out on a huge amount of untapped potential – only 24% of the core STEM workforce in the UK are women) and wider society as a whole if STEM fields become more diverse and gender balanced as soon as possible.
Additional information (optional)
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Not applicable for this period.
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Policy on grant making
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Policy on social investment including program related investment
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Contribution made by volunteers
Achievements and Performance
| Achievements and Performance | Achievements and Performance | Achievements and Performance | 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. |
Website & Social Media • Creating, developing and publishing a website has given the charity a significant online presence • Setting up channels for donations (via the website) and fundraising (via a charity crowdfunding campaign) • Creating profiles on a range of social media platforms to target different groups: - Twitter to engage with similar people/organisations and raise awareness of the charity’s objectives - LinkedIn to build a STEM network - Facebook to raise the charity profile and promote potential fundraising events - Instagram to connect more directly with girls and young women themselves • Regularly posting on social media with relevant news, articles, resources, events, links etc., in particular via Twitter where we are now followed and regularly retweeted by a number of prominent people and STEM organisations Networks • Starting to actively build networks by taking part in well- publicised events (such as International Women’s Day), seminars and meetings, from which a number of potential partnerships have been formed and a small amount of funds have been raised • Researching/contacting potential ‘partner’ schools, universities and other similar charities and organisations |
Research
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Collating a number of articles, research papers and other documents which highlight the benefits of greater diversity and gender balance in STEM
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• Requesting the most recent statistics (eg from the Department of Education) for STEM subject uptake at GCSE and beyond, and the STEM workforce in the UK
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You may choose to include further statements The Covid-19 pandemic has had a significant where relevant about: impact on the charity’s ability to start • Achievements against objectives set operating as outlined in its charitable • Performance of fundraising activities against objectives. In particular, the following work objectives set was either prohibited by law or severely
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• Investment performance against objectives limited for the whole period due to: • School closures and school visitor restrictions – no workshops or speaker events were able to go ahead
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• University closures – unable to recruit speakers or STEM student volunteers
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• Employees furloughed – limited ability to pursue links with other organisations or submit funding requests/applications
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Our focus will shift back to these activities as Covid-19 restrictions are lifted so that we can start to have a more direct impact on the circumstances of the charity’s beneficiaries.
Financial Review
| Financial Review | Financial Review |
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| Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period |
Cash in the bank on 31 March 2021 was £435 in unrestricted funds. |
| Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held |
Sufficient funds are held to cover the annual cost of maintaining an online presence and continuing the work carried out virtually during this period. This will be reviewed at the next Annual General Meeting. |
| Amount of reserves held | £300 |
| Reasons for holding zero reserves |
Not applicable for this period. |
| Details of fund materially in deficit |
Not applicable for this period. |
| Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern |
Not applicable for this period. |
| Additional information (optional) |
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
- The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)
For this period the only source of funds was donations. The principal risk facing the charity is grant requests not being accepted or a lack of further fundraising funds.
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Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted
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A description of the principal risks facing the charity
Other optional information
Declarations
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature Alice Kelly Full Name Alice Kelly Position Chair Date 31 January 2022
Charity Name No (if any) femSTEM 1188139 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a Period start Period end For the period date To date from 24/02/2020 31/03/2021
| Section A Receipts and payments | Section A Receipts and payments | Section A Receipts and payments | |||||||
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| A1 Receipts | Restricte d funds to the nearest £ - - |
Endowmen t funds to the nearest £ - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ 730 730 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| Donations | 730 | - | |||||||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) | 730 | - | |||||||
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| Sub total | - |
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| Total receipts A3 Payments |
730 122 44 129 295 (see table) |
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730 122 44 129 295 |
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| Website(incl. hosting) | 122 | - | |||||||
| Domain(incl. security protection) | 44 | - | |||||||
| Microsoft 365 Online Business Essentials |
129 | - | |||||||
| Sub total | 295 | - | |||||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, | |||||||||
| - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Sub total | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
295 435 - - 435 |
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295 435 - - 435 |
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| 435 | - | - | 435 | - | |||||
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| 435 | - | - | 435 | - |
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
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Unrestricte Restricte Endowmen
d funds d funds t funds
Categories Details
to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £
B1 Cash funds
Cash at bank 435 - -
Total cash funds -
435 -
(agree balances with receipts and
payments account(s)) OK OK OK
Unrestricte Restricte Endowmen
d funds d funds t funds
Details to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £
B2 Other monetary assets
- - -
Fund to which Cost Current value
Details asset belongs (optional) (optional)
B3 Investment assets
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Fund to which Cost Current value
Details asset belongs (optional) (optional)
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use - -
Fund to which Amount When due
liability relates due (optional)
Details (optional)
B5 Liabilities
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf Date of
of all the trustees Signature Print Name approval
Alice Kelly Alice Kelly 31/01/2022
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