**Trustees' Annual Report for the period** ||Period start date|Period start date|||Period end date|Period end date|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**From**|1|January|2022|**To**|31|December|2022| ## Reference and administration details Section A **Charity name** Bright Start Education and Mentorship Programme **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 119305 Bright Start UK **Charity's principal address**[Clarence Centre for Innovation and Enter][p][rise ] 6 St Georges Circus London **Postcode SE1 6FE** **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Charles Anthony
Pringle|Chairman||| ||Zilla Margaret
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Stekhoven|Secretary||| ||Andre Strydom|Treasurer||| ||Katherine Roslyn
Kelly|Trustee||| ||Andrew George
Porton|Trustee||| ||Jill Yvonne Heyes|Trustee||| ||Wendy Theresa
Garrard|Trustee||| ||Amy Iris von
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Schoenheyden|Trustee||| ## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** 1 ## **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**
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The trustees have therefore decided to maintsin enough reserves to coverany possible bank charges. Atthe end of the year. the funds available cover the 3nnual bank charges paid during 2022 more than 13 times. The re5er¥es are therefore Sufficient at this stsge. Should opefations expand to such a degree that more fixed overheads are required. the reserye poliry wll be reviewed by the board of trustees. Detalls of any fvnd5 materially in deffdt No defi(itto ￿pOrl Further financial revlew detslts (Optional inlormationl The principal source of funds will be donation5 from the public through varlous fvnd raising initiatives. You may choose to indijde additional information, whe relevant about.. the charitls prlncip81 sources of funds lincludin8 any fundraisingl,. how expendi￿re has supported the key objectives of the charity.- investment policy and objective5 including any ethical investment policy adopted. Section F Other optional information Section G Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustee< report above. Slgned orb behalfofthe tharws trustees Slgnature{s) Full fiamels} Charles Anthony Pringle Andre S P¢￿1100m le8 Se¢retsry, Chalr. Chairman Treasurer 1910912023 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES BRIGHTSTART EDUCATION AND MENTORSHIP PROGRAMME Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period frorn To 0110112022 3111212022 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds to the neare Restricted funds Endowmentfunds Total funds Last yèar to the nearest £ tothe nearest £ to the nearest £ tothe nearest £ Al Receipts Donations rÉcÈivÈd 17 042 17 042 1211 3373 3373 Sub total (Gross incomefor AR) 20 415 20 415 1211 A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). Sub total Total receipts 20 415 20 415 1211 A3 Payments Bank chÈrgÈs Grants awarded iio iio 20 20 000 60 Sub total 20 110 20 110 60 A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) Sub total Total poyments 20 110 20 110 60 Net of receipts/(paymentsJ A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash fund5 this year end 305 305 1151 1151 1151 1456 1456 1151 CCXX R1 a¢¢ounls ISSI 2023109106 Section B Statement of assets and Itabililies at the end of the peiiod fund5 81 C4th knds fvnds Oethi BS UibIll￿$ all¢￿inAte¢S rtstÈof approval Clwle$Ant￿ty P￿n￿￿ I ChJinTran oy 19109123 dre 5trydom l T￿*sUrer CCKX P2 acc¥Mxts IS8}