## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 02/04/2021 Period start date to 01/04/2022 Period end date**
**Charity name: Same Opportunities For All (SOFA)**
## **Charity registration number:** 1190662
## **Objectives and Activities**
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reference||
|Summary of
the
purposes of
the charity
as set out in
its
governing
document|Para
1.17|**To contribute towards the elimination of discrimination on the**
**grounds of gender, disability, sexual orientation or religion in**
**Ghana, to advocate for and raise awareness on educational,**
**disability and human rights in Ghana and to promote social**
**inclusion for the public benefit by preventing social exclusion,**
**relieving the needs of those socially excluded and assisting them to**
**integrate into the society.**|
|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|**There were no activities carried out in this financial year**
**due to COVID19**|
|Statement
confirming
whether the
trustees
have had
regard to the
guidance
issued by
the Charity
Commission
on public
benefit|Para
1.18|
**This is to confirm that the trustees have taken into regards 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||
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Policy on grant making
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Para 1.38||
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Policy on social investment
including program related
investment
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Para 1.38||
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Contribution made by
volunteers
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Para 1.38||
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Other
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## **Achievements and Performance**
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||SORP reference||
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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|
**Due to COVID19 SOFA has not been able**
**to carry out any projects**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
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Achievements against
objectives set
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Para 1.41
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Performance of fundraising|
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|activities against objectives
set
|Para 1.41||
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Investment performance
against objectives
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Para 1.41||
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Other
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## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|**Financial Review**|**Financial Review**|
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of theperiod|Para 1.21|**The charity has had no funding nor**
**donations yet**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
statingwhytheyare held|Para 1.22|**SOFA has no interest in holding reserves**
**for now. This may be reviewed in the next**
**3-5 years**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**0**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**We are a new and small charity and have**
**no use for this now**|
|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|**No uncertainties**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
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The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)
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Para 1.47||
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Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted
|
Para 1.46||
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A description of the principal
risks facing the charity
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Para 1.46||
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Other
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
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|Description of charity’s trusts:|||
|Type of governing document
(trust deed,royal charter)|Para 1.25
|**Association Model 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|**Trustees or members may at any time**
**decide to appoint a new charity trustee**
**who shall retire at the conclusion of the**
**next annual general meeting after the date**
**of his or her appointment.**|
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## **Additional information (optional)**
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Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees
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Para 1.51||
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The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works
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Para 1.51||
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Relationship with any related
parties
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Para 1.51||
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Other
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**Names of the charity 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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||Chelsea Nyantakyi|Chair|||
||Eleni Matsa||Nov 2021||
||Tiwa Kiladejo||April 2022||
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## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charityname|Same Opportunities For All(SOFA)|
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|Other name the charityuses||
|Registered charity number|1190662|
|Charity’s principal address|40 Draycott Close se5 7pd|
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
|none|
|---|---|
|Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects
|n/a|
|Details of arrangements for
safe custody and segregation
of such assets
from the charity’s own assets
|n/a|
## **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)** CNyantakyi **Full name(s)** Chelsea Nyantakyi
**Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc)**
**Date** 29/01/2023
## **Financial Report**
Nothing to report as SOFA has received zero funding and or grants for the financial year 02/04/21 - 01/04/2022
Signed (on behalf of trustees): CNyantakyi. Date: 29/01/2023