2021-08-06-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 07/08/2020 Period start date

To 06/08/2021 Period end date

Charity name: Lebe Trust

Charity registration number: 1190779

Objectives and Activities

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	For the public benefit, the relief of sickness and the promotion and protection of good health amongst BAME (Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic) individuals suffering from diabetes and who are also multimorbid or are at risk of becoming multimorbid, through: • the provision of support groups and such other activities, services, advice, and information as the trustees deem fit with the aim of facilitating the best possible care of such persons. • the undertaking and funding of research into multimorbidity, including research in how to detect multimorbidity, and research into treatments or interventions for multimorbidity, the useful results of which will be published for the public benefit; and • the development of evidence-based tools to support research, or help raise awareness of, detect, and/or prevent multimorbidity in BAME patients.
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 has focused on promoting biomedical animation and other creative content in student research on diabetes and related illnesses in ethnic minorities. We offer access to premium biomedical 3D animation, motion graphics, and other creative content ,for a limited number of university students preparing PowerPoint presentations or research dissertations that focus on diabetes and related illnesses in people from ethnic minority groups. Such creative content can make a striking impact on an audience, helping to better convey findings from research in this important area,

		while also boosting student confidence.
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	Para 1.18	Trustees are familiar with the Charity Commissions guidance on public benefit and are aware of the charity’s goals in this regard.

Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements	Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements	where relevant about:
	SORP reference
Policy on grant making	Para 1.38	Not applicable
Policy on social investment including program related investment	Para 1.38	Not applicable
Contribution made by volunteers	Para 1.38	In Spring/Summer 2021 the charity offered research-based eHealth work placements. We recruited tech savvyvolunteersto use social media to promote published research findings that help improve the lives of BAME people living with diabetes and other chronic illnesses. These volunteers were highly motivated UK university undergraduates. Most placements entailed working from home (WFH), and typically involved eHealth activities, meaning using information and communications technologies to promote health, by raising awareness. Most volunteers were involved in developing anonymised audio-only YouTube videos (no name or face, for privacy) that report published research findings relevant to the charity’s objectives. These anonymised voice over videos were created using Microsoft PowerPoint, supported with footage Images available for free from websites like Pixabay and Pexels.
Other		Not applicable

Achievements and Performance

SORP reference

	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 continues to promote the use of biomedical animation and other creative content to support student research on diabetes and related illnesses in ethnic minorities. Starting September 2021 the charity supported who students completed dissertations identifying cultural factors hampering health service use in ethnic minorities, and health beliefs contributing to antibiotics misuse in diverse populations. This academic 2022/2023 (starting September) the charity is looking to support up to five dissertation students at undergraduate level, and at least one student at Masters level. As before, the charity will offer these students access to premium biomedical 3D animation, motion graphics, and other creative content.

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Achievements against objectives set	Para 1.41	Achieved
Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set	Para 1.41	Not applicable
Investment performance against objectives	Para 1.41	Not applicable
Other		Not applicable

Financial Review

Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21		By the end of the current financial period (07/08/2020 to 06/08/2021) the charity’s finances looked healthy. On 20 May 2021 the charity received a £1000 customer donation fund from the Cooperative Bank, to support the charity’s work promoting diabetes research, especially on social media. By the end of the current financial period only £27 of this money had been spent (mainly on email & Zoom services). Some additional financial information is reported below, which falls just outside the current financial period (07/08/2020 to 06/08/2021). Further details will be included in the 2021-2022 annual report. Starting September 2021 the charity took a more targeted approach, launching a 3-year program offering up to three students from Liverpool John Moores University access to premium creative content (e.g., 3d medical animations), via online platform Envato Elements, to support research projects that focus on diabetes or related topics in diverse populations. The programme was to be funded by a £1000 Community Grant provided by Cooperative Bank. The projected costs are shown below: 3-YEAR PROGRAMME (Started Sept 2021 to Ends Sept 2024) Sponsor 3 students first two years (471 USD total) Sponsor 2 students in third year (367 USD total) Total cost = 958 GBP The charity has now funded the first year of the programme, in Sept 2021- Sept 2022 (actual cost in GBP = 405.44 GBP) and currently has sufficient funds in the bank to fund another year of the programme, in 2022/2023 (subscription renewal cost for the programme via Envato Elements is EUR393 [339.26 GBP], while the current balance on the Charity Account as of 1/07/2022 is £566.34, after subtracting monthly Titan email subscription charges and cost of a Zoom call account).
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22		Current funds/reserves may be used to either (a) fund another year of the creative content programme, or (b) launch a student’s small grant scheme to support qualitative research projects on diabetes in ethnic minorities.

Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	£998 (for the current financial period 07/08/2020 to 06/08/2021)
Reasons for holding zero reserves	Para 1.22	Not applicable
Details of fund materially in deficit	Para 1.24	Not applicable
Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern	Para 1.23	It is not clear at this stage if there will be sufficient funds to cover a second or third year of the Envato programme (2023/2024). The charity is considering providing other forms of support to dissertation students researching diabetes in ethnic minorities (e.g., making small research grants), with whatever funds are available at the time. This will be subject to approval by the board of trustees.

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The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)	Para 1.47	Donations from large organisations (e.g., banks)
Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted	Para 1.46	Not applicable
A description of the principal risks facing the charity	Para 1.46	Lack of future funding
Other		Not applicable

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s trusts:
Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter)	Para 1.25	Constitutional document (Foundation model)
How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO)	Para 1.25	Charitable Incorporated Organisation
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 appointed on recommendation and expertise. Appointments are made by the Chair of the board of trustees.

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Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees	Para 1.51	All new trustees are sent induction information, including links to relevant charity commission webpages for new trustees
The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works	Para 1.51	The charity is managed by a board of trustees
Relationship with any related parties	Para 1.51	Not applicable
Other		Not applicable

Reference and Administrative details

Charity name	Lebe Trust
Other name the charity uses	Not applicable
Registered charity number	1190779
Charity’s principal address	14 Elliot Drive, Liverpool, L32 9SS.

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)
		Dr Kanayo Umeh	Chair		Not applicable		Dr Kanayo Umeh
		Dr SundayAdaji	Vice-Chair		Not applicable
		Corporate trustees–names of the directors at the date the report was approved Director name Not applicable
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Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity

Trustee name	Dates acted if not for whole year
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Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

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

Additional information (optional)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

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

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Exemptions from disclosure

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

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Other optional information

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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) Kanayo Umeh Position (eg Secretary, Chair, board of trustees Chair, etc) Date 1/07/2022

Lebe Trust

No (if any) 1190779

Receipts and payments accounts

Period start date Period end date To 8/7/2020 8/6/2021

For the period from

Section A Receipts and payments

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Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds
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A1 Receipts
Grant from Co-operative Bank 1,000 N/A N/A 1,000
Support from a Director 25 - - 25
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Sub total (Gross income for AR) 1,025 N/a N/A 1,025
A2 Asset and investment sales,
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N/A N/A N/A #VALUE!
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Total receipts 1,025 #VALUE! #VALUE! 1,025
A3 Payments
Email Subcription & Bank charge 13 - - 13
Zoom subscription 14 - - 14
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Sub total 27 - - 27
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
N/A N/A N/A N/A
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Total payments 27 N/A N/A 27
Net of receipts/(payments) 998 N/A N/A 998
A5 Transfers between funds N/A N/A N/A N/A
A6 Cash funds last year end N/A N/A N/A N/A
Cash funds this year end 998 #VALUE! #VALUE! 998
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

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B1 Cash funds	Grant from Co-coperative bank Start up Fund from a Director Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))		1,000 25 - 1,025 Agreement Error		N/A - - N/A #VALUE!
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B5 Liabilities	Details N/A		N/A liability relates			(optional)	- -
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees		Signature		Print	Name
				Obiageli Ikeme Umeh

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Date of approval

7/8/2022