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 |
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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
Dates acted if not Name of person (or body) entitled Trustee name Office (if any) for whole year to appoint trustee (if any) 1 Alice Kelly Chair
2 Helen Macadam
3 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.
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) | |||
| 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: • Continuing to establish ‘partnerships’ with local schools, in particular those with a higher proportion of students from disadvantaged backgrounds • Continuing to plan and coordinate the Workshop & Speaker events in schools • Continuing to recruit volunteers via the University of Manchester volunteering programme, including attending their annual Volunteer Fair • Continuing to train volunteers for the Workshop & Speaker events in schools through a training/preparation session • Continuing to build networks with other similar or potential ‘partner’ charities, organisations or people • Maintaining an online presence via the website and social media |
- Starting to explore new sources of income such as grants and fundraisers
Additional information (optional)
You may choose to include further statements Not applicable for this period. where relevant about:
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Policy on grant making
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Policy on social investment including
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program related investment
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Contribution made by volunteers
Achievements and Performance
Summary of the main Volunteer Recruitment & Training achievements of the charity, We continued to promote the charity volunteering identifying the difference the opportunities to university students: charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its • online via Manchester University’s Volunteering Hub beneficiaries and any wider • in-person via Manchester University’s Volunteer Fair benefits to society as a whole.
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online via Manchester University’s Volunteering Hub
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in-person via Manchester University’s Volunteer Fair
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Applications considered were followed up with a one-to-one online meeting and potential volunteers for femSTEM invited to a preparation/training session, which involved:
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collaborating on the development of workshops based on their university STEM subject studies
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discussing sharing their personal experiences as women in STEM
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school-specific safeguarding awareness
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health and safety awareness
Workshop & Speaker Events
We continued to promote the charity Workshop & Speaker events to local schools, with events planned to run in two parts:
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1) Speaker currently working in a STEM job – a short presentation followed by Q&A
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2) Workshops delivered by the student volunteers – a number of ‘stalls’ where pupils had some hands-on experience of studying different STEM subjects, along with hearing the students talk about their own inspiring journeys so far in STEM
At the end feedback forms were completed by the pupils and feedback given by teachers, providing valuable reflections and ideas for improvements for future events.
Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths are becoming an increasingly significant feature in of all our lives, even more following the Covid-19 pandemic. 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 26% 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: • Achievements against objectives set
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Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set
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Investment performance against objectives
Financial Review
Review of the charity’s Cash in the bank on 31 March 2023 was £73 in unrestricted
financial position at the end of funds. the period
Statement explaining the Sufficient funds are held to cover the annual cost of
policy for holding reserves maintaining an online presence/communications and
stating why they are held recruiting/training volunteers. This will be reviewed at the next Annual General Meeting.
Amount of reserves held £50
Reasons for holding zero Not applicable for this period. reserves
Details of fund materially in Not applicable for this period. deficit
Explanation of any Not applicable for this period. uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern
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
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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 2024
| Charity Name femSTEM |
Charity Name femSTEM |
Charity Name femSTEM |
No (if any) 118139 |
No (if any) 118139 |
CC16a | |
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| For the period from |
Period start date 01/04/2022 |
To | Period end date 31/03/2023 |
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| Section A Receipts and payments | ||||||
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricte d funds to the nearest £ 233 233 - - 233 158 44 129 75 406 - - 406 - 173 - 246 |
Restricte d funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Endowmen t funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ 233 233 - - 233 158 44 129 75 406 - - 406 - 173 - 246 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
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| Donations | 233 | 250 | ||||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) | 233 | 250 | ||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see **table). ** |
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| - | - | |||||
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| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| 250 | ||||||
| Website(incl. hosting) | 158 | 122 | ||||
| Domain(incl. security protection) | 44 | 44 | ||||
| Microsoft 365 Online Business Essentials |
129 | 129 | ||||
| Public LiabilityInsurance | 75 | 75 | ||||
| Sub total | ||||||
| 370 | ||||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| - | ||||||
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| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end |
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| 370 | ||||||
| - 173 |
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- 120 |
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| 246 | - | - | 246 | - |
Cash funds this year end
120
73
73
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Unrestricte Restricte Endowmen d funds d funds t funds Categories Details to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ B1 Cash funds Cash at bank 73 - - Total cash funds 73 - (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 - - 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 - Signed by one or two trustees on behalf Date of of all the trustees Signature Print Name approval Alice Kelly Alice Kelly 31/01/2024