## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1 April 2023 Period start date To 31 March 2024 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Justify UK Foundation**
## **Charity registration number:1188873**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**For the public benefit, the prevention or**
**relief of financial hardship among**
**people in the UK by assisting with the**
**funding of the provision of legal advice,**
**services and advocacy which they could**
**not otherwise access through lack of**
**means.**|
|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|**The Charity will provide the following**
**functions:**
**Advice**
**Education**
**Research**
**Paralegal activities**
**Funding**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The Trustees have had regard to the**
**guidance issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public benefit.**|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference
|SORP reference|SORP reference|SORP reference|
|---|---|---|
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**The policy on grant making is available**
**on request but a summary is available on**
**the website**
**(https://justifyfoundation.org/about).**|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38||
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Support and advocacy is primarily**
**provided by volunteers including the**
**running of the charity, therefore they**
**provide a substantial contribution to**
**both the running of the charity and the**
**support/advocacy provided.**|
|---|---|---|
|Other|||
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|**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.|Para 1.20|**The charity has assisted numerous**
**individuals and parents over the course**
**of the year including;**
**1. Letter before action and Pre**
**action protocol on behalf of a**
**child to ensure the provision of**
**their Education and Healthcare**
**Plan is provided.**
**2. LBA for EHCP provision.**
**3. Successful Judicial Review.**
**4. Application for appeal (Child in**
**Care).**
**5. Secured an Independent Review**
**into Local Authority**|
|**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|**This year the charity has achieved a**
**number of aims including:**
**1. Legal Training completed covers both**
**Paralegal Certification and GDL (Law**
**Degree Conversion Course).**
**2. Further internal training on Law and**
**SEND law is ongoing.**
**3. We have been involved/assisted in 5**
**cases of Advocacy.**
**4. Successful Judicial Review of a matter**
**of public interest/policy**
**5. Independent Review**
**6. Of the 3 strands (Education,**
**Empowerment, Enforcement) we are**
**working with partners to advocate for**
**children with SEN**|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**The charity does not actively fundraise,**
**but look for partners/individuals willing**
**to fund particular initiatives that are in**
**line with the mission of the charity.**|
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|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|**Income £7.28 and Expenditure £0.**
**Surplus £7.28.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**New charity and reserves are not**
**required at this point.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£186.73**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**See above.**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**None.**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**No uncertainties.**|
## **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|**Donations**|
|---|---|---|
|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||
|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**|
|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|**The charity looks to appoint members of**
**the community and those that are**
**legally trained or in training.**|
## **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||
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|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**
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Charity name Justify UK Foundation
Other name the charity uses JustifyUK
Registered charity number 1188873
Charity’s principal address 91 Woolgrove Road
Hitchin
Herts
SG4 0AU
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
1 Nick Whiteley
Attila Angus Aziz
2
Kent
3 Anna Fiorentini
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10
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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**
## **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)**
|**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**||
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||Nick Whiteley|
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Chair|
||20/05/2024|
||20/05/2024|