
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From  1[st] January 2021 to 31[st] December 2021** 

## **Charity name: The Charitable Travel Foundation** 

## **Charity registration number: 1189531** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|(a) The prevention or relief of poverty or<br>financial hardship for the public benefit in<br>disadvantaged communities worldwide<br>where tourism is significant to the local<br>economy, in particular but not exclusively<br>through the provision of grants.<br>(b) The relief of sickness, injury, disease<br>and other suffering for the public benefit in<br>disadvantaged communities worldwide<br>where tourism is significant to the local<br>economy, in particular but not exclusively<br>through the provision of grants.<br>(c) The advancement of vocational<br>education and training for the public benefit<br>in disadvantaged communities worldwide<br>where tourism is significant to the local<br>economy, in particular but not exclusively<br>through the provision of grants.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|The primary activity of the charity in this<br>first period since registration has been, with<br>limited resources, to build infrastructure<br>ensure compliance, to commence<br>marketing and communication, and to start<br>fundraising to ensure funds are available to<br>deliver the public benefit, also outreach to<br>beneficiary parties.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have had regard to the<br>guidance issued by the Charity<br>Commission in respect of the public benefit.|



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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|The trustees developed a policy of grant<br>making that complies with the approved<br>objects of the charity and was submitted to<br>the Charity Commission in approved<br>application for registration.|





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|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38|Social investment does not form a material<br>part of the charity activities in the view of<br>the trustees.|
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|The charity was entirely run and<br>maintained by volunteers in this report<br>period.|
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## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|Given the continued impact of the<br>COVID19 pandemic on the principle<br>potential corporate and individual donors,<br>who have struggled with their own income<br>and survival during the crisis, the charity<br>continued through 2021 operating on<br>limited resources and continued to rely on<br>volunteer support. In 2020 and in 2021 we<br>focused on building the necessary<br>infrastructure to ensure long term success<br>in delivering the public benefit.<br>Despite these challenges we supported<br>two projects, one in Cambodia granting<br>money to a local NGO providing food aid,<br>and the other in Guinea working with a<br>charity providing seeds, tools and training<br>to pivot to subsistence farming to a group<br>of women whose customer base in tourist<br>hotels and restaurants cancelled orders<br>and created significant hardship.|



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|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||





Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other 



## **Financial Review** 

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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|£8,721.00|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Not applicable to the period.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£8,721.00|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|Not applicable to the period.|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|Not applicable to the period.|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|There are no concerns held by the trustees<br>about the charity continuing as a going<br>concern.|



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|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|The principal source of funds will be<br>corporate and individual donors connected<br>with the travel and tourism industry.|
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46|Not applicable to the period.|
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|The principal risks to the charity is the<br>continued impact on the principle source of<br>funds from donors connected with the<br>travel industry as we emerge from the<br>COVID19 pandemic. The trustees would<br>stress that these do not jeapardise the<br>charity but do delay impact fullness.|
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## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Governing Document.|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|As per the Governing document the<br>appointment of charity trustees -<br>(1) Apart from the first charity trustees,<br>every trustee must be appointed for a term<br>of three years by a resolution passed at a<br>properly convened meeting of the charity<br>trustees.<br>(2) In selecting individuals for appointment<br>as charity trustees, the charity trustees<br>must have<br>Regard to the skills, knowledge and<br>experience needed for the effective<br>administration of the CIO|



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|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|Para 1.51|These are defined in the governing<br>document as being the provision of<br>(a) a copy of the current version of the<br>constitution/governing document; and<br>(b) a copy of the CIO’s latest Trustees’<br>Annual Report and statement of accounts<br>The trustees recognise that further policies<br>and procedures are required to be<br>developed.|
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51|The charity currently has a board of six<br>trustees. One trustee currently volunteers<br>to support the day to day running of the<br>charity without remuneration. There are no<br>other volunteers or paid staff members.|
|Relationship with any<br>related parties|Para 1.51|There are no relationships with any other<br>parties.|
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## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|The Charitable Travel Foundation|
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|Other name the charity uses|The Charitable Travel Fund|
|Registered charity number|1189531|





|Charity’s principal address|Contingent Works<br>Broadway Buildings<br>Elmfield Road<br>Bromley<br>Kent<br>BR1 1LW|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (if any)**|
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets NOT APPLICABLE held in this capacity Name and objects of the NOT APPLICABLE charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for NOT APPLICABLE safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

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## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

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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(s) Full name(s)** CHRISTOPHER LEE **Position (eg Secretary,** CHAIR **Chair, etc) Date** 31/10/2022 

