## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From Period start date 1 January 2023 To 31 December 2023 Period end date Charity name: United in Design Charitable Trust** ## **Charity registration number: 1192413** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The objectives of the CIO are the
promotion of equality and diversity for the
public benefit by; (a) the elimination of
discrimination on the grounds of race or
religion, especially within the UK Interior
Design industry; (b) advancing education
and raising awareness in equality and
diversity; (c) cultivating a sentiment in
favour of equality and diversity.| |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|By providing a graduate apprenticeship
scheme which grants a one-year placement
across four prestigious London-based
companies, welcoming applications from
graduates and young aspiring designers.| |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 issues by the Charity
Commission on public benefit.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference N/A Para 1.38 Policy on grant making N/A Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment N/A Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers N/A Other ## **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|United in Design Charitable Trust exists to
promote equality and diversity to the public
benefit by creating an equal opportunity
pathway for entry into the Interior Design
industry for people from black, Asian, ethnic
minority and socio-economically disadvantaged
backgrounds.
To achieve this aim United in Design initiates a
range of programmes, and training
opportunities.
Subscription fees, grants and donations fund
the work of United in Design.
When signing up to United in Design, we ask
that our partners unlock doors and encourage
others within the industry to share their wealth
of expertise, time, advice and guidance with
those who need it most.
United in Design is a small charity founded in
July 2020, in our third year we progressed and
expanded our framework for the future,
focussing on a range of initiatives including our
flagship Apprenticeship Scheme, our mentoring
programme, work experience, careers
guidance, School Outreach, education and
training partnerships, delivering talks and panel
discussions, and a Jobs Board
**Apprenticeship Programme 2023**
We facilitated six apprenticeship placements
with respected industry professionals. The
scheme secured year long employment
placement opportunities for six graduates.
Round -table events offer the apprentices
additional industry support and training.
Overview:
The scheme gives a United in Design applicant
a full year of broad work experience,
employment and training. The apprentices were
paid a realistic annual living wage of £22000.00
pa.
**Mentoring Programme**
Many of our professional supporters and
partners have been allocated a mentee from
our pool of applicants. The mentoring
programme continued to run through 2023| offering an opportunity for in depth relationships between mentor and mentee to grow and flourish over time. **Education Partnership** We have continued to build on our relationship with KLC School of Design as our School Outreach partners. 2023 saw the launch of the The School Outreach pilot programme. The aim is to inspire and inform, showcasing the accessibility of Interior Design as a career path. The School Outreach encourages interest from a wide range of pupils to help them understand the courses to study at university and the next steps to get a job in Interior Design. Two Outreach days were run in 2023. **Developing Apprenticeship Scheme training and structured support for business** In our third year we have continued build on the good work and foundations that are already in place, continuing to spread the word about the charity and its aims. Promoting equality and diversity via press and PR platforms has been key and encouraging and guiding our professional partners to follow suit. The Apprenticeship Scheme provides a great opportunity to visit businesses and supporting partners to monitor the progress of their apprentice and offer ways to increase inclusion and equality in the workplace. By offering solutions and methods for troubleshooting while at the same time encouraging the work involved in addressing a lack of diversity and inclusion we’ve been able to build a strong network of professional support for the charity. **Business strategy and planning for the future** Education and increased awareness of issues around diversity and inclusion are at the heart of the aims and objectives of the charity and also key to fundraising which remains a priority. There is a continued need to go into studios and businesses to advise participating supporters and members about ED&I we continue to develop strategies for the future to help support businesses to reach their pledges. Our plans for the next 12-18months would include the appointment of a new Charity Director United in Design Trustees have spoken at many industry events, and panel discussions to continue to get the message about the charity out into the wider community. The team at United in Design maintained a presence for the charity at events such as Design Focus, Decorex. In collaboration with United in Design, the Woolwich Contemporary Art Fair offered 1 of 3 spaces to one of one of our apprentices. Giving an opportunity for an emerging diverse talent to showcase her work. Curating a beautiful space to showcase art in a more familiar and inspiring setting. **Recruitment and Career Development Resources and Advice** United in Design provide a resource as a Jobs Board to promote vacant roles of our professional partners amongst our network of applicants and on social media channels. The Resource Hub offers applicants guidance, support, information and advice on how to enter the industry and Simon Hamilton who sits on our Steering Committee has offered CV clinics, advice on interview technique to all candidates and ongoing career advice. **Awards I** n July 2023 United in Design was announced as a winner of a prestigious DBACE Award ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**N/A**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**N/A**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**N/A**| |Other||**N/A**| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|During the period, the charity had income
of £52,596 and expenditure of £60,219.
Resulting in an in year balance of-£7623| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The charity does not currently have a
formal reserves policy (to be addressed by
trustees going forward), however, a £10k
cash reserve would be the current ideal
level.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£22444.46| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|No funds are in deficit| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|No uncertainties about the charity
continuing as a going concern. The charity
has sufficient funds to operate for the
foreseeable future.| ## **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|N/A| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|N/A| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|N/A| |Other||N/A| ## **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|Charitable Incorporated Organisation (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|Every Trustee must be appointed for a term
of two years by a resolution passed at a
properly convened meeting of the Trustees.| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: N/A Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees N/A The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works N/A Relationship with any Para 1.51 related parties N/A Other ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|United in Design Charitable Trust| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|UID| |Registered charity number|1192413| |Charity’s principal address|23 Caxton Street
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||S G K Ashby|||| ||Prof. G J Brooker|||| ||A L Dauley|||| ||I Nwaku|||| ||B Ahmed|||| ||L Findlay|||| ||C Mensa|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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**|| |---|---|---| |N/A||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **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**||| |N/A||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |N/A||| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details N/A ## **Other optional information** N/A ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** S Ashby **Full name(s)** Sophie Ashby **Position (eg Secretary,** Trustee **Chair, etc) Date** 23/10/2024 **United in Design Charitable Trust** Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees For the Period Ended 31 December 2023 ## **Independent examiners report to the Trustees of United in Design Charitable Trust** I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts for United in Design Charitable Trust (“the charity”) for the period ended 31 December 2023. ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** As the trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the 2011 Act”). I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act. ## **Independent examiner’s statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: 1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the 2011 Act; or 2. the accounts do not comply with these records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. **Michelle Ferris** BSc (Hons) FCA DChA Albert Goodman LLP Goodwood House Blackbrook Park Avenue Taunton Somerset TA1 2PX Date: 28 October 2024 ||**United in Design Charitable Trust**|**United in Design Charitable Trust**|**United in Design Charitable Trust**|**1192413**|**1192413**|**1192413**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|01/01/2023|**To**||31/12/2023||| ||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**26,750**
**6,484**
**15,000**
**4,362**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**52,596**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**52,596**
**4,266**
**3,648**
**49,995**
**-**
**-**
**336**
**1,974**
**-**
**-**
**60,219**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**60,219**
**- 7,623**
**-**
**30,067**
**22,444**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
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**-**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**26,750**
**6,484**
**15,000**
**4,362**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**52,596**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**52,596**
**4,266**
**3,648**
**49,995**
**-**
**-**
**336**
**1,974**
**-**
**-**
**60,219**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**60,219**
**- 7,623**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Subscriptions|**26,750**||||||**5,500**| |Donations|**6,484**||||||**22,447**| |Grants|**15,000**||||||**-**| |Raffle|**4,362**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**52,596**||||||**27,947**| ||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||| ||**-**||||||| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||| ||||||||**27,947**| ||||||||| |Advertising &Marketing|**4,266**||||||**3,304**| |Accountancy/bookkeepingfees|**3,648**||||||**-**| |Consulting|**49,995**||||||**-**| |Entertainment|**-**||||||**205**| |General Expenses|**-**||||||**1,762**| |Subscriptions|**336**||||||**-**| |Event costs|**1,974**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**60,219**||||||**5,271**| ||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||| ||**-**||||||| ||**-**||||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||| ||||||||**5,271**| ||||||||| ||**- 7,623**|**-**|**-**||**- 7,623**||**22,676**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**30,067**|**-**|**-**||**30,067**||**7,391**| ||**22,444**|**-**|**-**||**22,444**||**30,067**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 28/10/2024 1 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**the end of the period**|| |---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**|**Details**
Treasurer's account @ Lloyds Bank
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
Sponsorship debtors
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Accountancy Fees
Consultancy Fees
Travel
Signature
S Ashby|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**22,444**
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OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**5,750**
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**Fund to which**
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**Amount due**
**(optional)**
Unrestricted
**1,140**
Unrestricted
**1,567**
Unrestricted
**112**
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Print Name
Sophie Ashby|**Endowment**
**funds**
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**funds**
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**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
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approval| ||S Ashby|Sophie Ashby|23/10/2024| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 28/10/2024 2