## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 04 May 2021 Period start date To 5[th] April 2022 Period end date** ## **Charity name: GM4Women2028** ## **Charity registration number: 1194315** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the
purposes of the charity
as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**Objects**
**The object of the CIO are, the promotion of**
**equality and diversity for the benefit of the**
**community in Greater Manchester by:**
**a) eliminating discrimination on the grounds of**
**sex;**
**b) advancing the education of the public on**
**the grounds of women and girls’ equality;**
**c) conducting or commissioning research on**
**women and girls’ equality issues and**
**publishing**
**the results to the public;**
**d) facilitating dialogue and creating**
**connections to address the diverse interests**
**of women**
**and girls.**| |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|• **GM4Women2028 worked to help establish**
**the Greater Manchester Mayoral Women**
**and Girls Equality Panel, and continued to**
**engage policy makers in conversations**
**that would progress positive outcomes for**
**women and girls across Greater**
**Manchester.**
• **We then applied for and were awarded the**
**tender to deliver facilitation of the Greater**
**Manchester Women and Girls Equality**
**Panel (https://www.greatermanchester-**
**ca.gov.uk/what-we-**
**do/communities/women-and-girls-**
**equality-panel/).**
• **GM4Women2028 also facilitated hustings**
**for the Greater Manchester Mayoral**
**candidates, with a focus of services for**
**women and girls in Greater Manchester.**
• **On 6th February 2022, we had the annual**
**GM4Women scorecard data reveal, an**
**event held annually that highlights the**
**progress that has been made by and for**| |||**women across the Greater Manchester**
**area. Our report can be found here:**
**https://www.gm4women2028.org/wp-**
**content/uploads/2022/02/GM4Women2028-**
**6th-Feb-2022-Report-9222.pdf**| |---|---|---| |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 Charity**
**Commission’s guidance on public benefit.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers 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|**This was the charity’s first year of**
**function and was spent setting up**
**operational functions including a bank**
**account and PayPal Giving facility. We**
**also prepared a suite of policies and**
**applied for funds.**
**Main achievements include:**
• **The groundwork that**
**GM4Women2028 has done in**
**advocating for the creation of the**
**Greater Manchester Women and**
**Girls Equality Panel has been**
**significant. This panel, and the**
**securing of the tender for its**
**facilitation have enabled**
**GM4Women2028 to highlight the**
**issues faced by women and girls**
**across GM with both local and**
**regional policy makers. This is turn**
**has also enabled us to hold**
**decision makers to account and**
**change policies, practices and the**
**focus of services delivered to**
**women and girls, especially so in**
**the areas of safety, participation in**
**public life, employment, education,**
**and active lives and culture.**
• **Working with the Pankhurst Trust**
**lead organisation, GM4Women2028**
**applied for and was awarded the**
**tender to facilitated the Women and**
**Girls Equality Panel for Greater**
**Manchester Combined Authority.**
• **GM4Women2028 have facilitated**
**dialogue that have resulted in**
**policymakers changing processes**
**in order to be more inclusive of the**
**needs of women and girls.**
• **GM4Women2028 have continued to**
**grow networks across Greater**
**Manchester and highlight**
**obstacles, inefficiencies and better**
**ways of working that will allow**
**public, private and third sectors to**
**work together more cohesively.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41| |---|---| Performance of fundraising activities against objectives Para 1.41 set Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Financial Statements were prepared by**
**the Treasurer and approved by the**
**Trustee Board at the Board meeting on**
**29 November 2022**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The trustees agreed that a reserves**
**policy was not necessary as this was**
**the first year of function without any**
**reserves or relevant spend during the**
**financial year.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**0**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**The Charity was recently registered and**
**did not have any financial commitments**
**or consistent funding.**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**0**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**The Charity was recently registered and**
**was starting to apply for funds.**| ## **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|**During the year 2021 to 2022, the charity’s sole income was**
**donations, as attached, below.**| |---|---|---| |Investment
policy and
objectives
including
any social
investment
policy
adopted|Para
1.46|**Included within our Financial Policy. We would be happy to**
**provide a copy of this if required.**| |A
description
of the
principal
risks facing
the charity|Para
1.46|| Other Income & Ex ndilure Year 10 5 Apnl 2022 DPENTrJG BALANCE RECEIPTS DufiaLion5 Att Hoc Donations Co oiate Donationsl S Indiwdual 59 10 Indudes at events 614.55 Indudes at events 439 00 TBC onsorshi other Fund Raisin Sale of merchandise other Incorne Interest Received 1.01 TOTAL RECEIPTS 1 113.66 PA YIAENTS eaker costs other event costs Meebn ex enses Merchandise costs Piinb'n & Publia Insurance Posla e. stats.one Bank chai e5 & Tele hone TOTAL PAYMENTS Surplus of Income over Expendrture 1.113.66 CLOSING ￿LAlICE ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|
Para 1.25|**Constitution of a Charitable**
**Incorporated Organisation (‘Foundation’**
**model 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|**All trustees are appointed on the basis**
**of the knowledge and experience they**
**hold to discharge the duties of trustees.**
**All, apart from the first trustees, are**
**appointed for a term of three years at a**
**properly convened meeting of the**
**charity trustees. No co-options or**
**appointments of external bodies to the**
**trustee board are permitted by the**
**constitution.**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures adopted Para 1.51 for the induction and training of trustees The charity’s organisational Para 1.51 structure and any wider network with which the charity works **The Board of Trustees oversees all aspects of the charity.** |||**The Operations and Communications Group**
**oversees the day-to-day event planning and**
**communications strategy.**
**The Oversight Committee agrees longer term**
**strategic focus and Business decision making.**
**The ‘All hands’ meeting co-ordinates the five**
**thematic groups that are responsible for the**
**collection of data in the areas of Safety, Participation**
**(in public life), Employment, Education, and Active**
**Lives and Culture.**
**Each of the nine groups includes or is led by a**
**trustee.**| |---|---|---| |Relationship with
any related parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|GM4WOMEN 2028| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|GM4WOMEN| |Registered charity number|1194315| |Charity’s principal address|Elliot House
151 Deansgate
Manchester
M3 3WD| ||**With reference to Para 1.52, day-to-day running of the**
**organisation was conducted by two groups, both of**
**which included Trustees, who would provide strategic**
**steer and report back to the board of trustees. These**
**were the:**
•
**Operations and Communications group, and**
•
**Oversight Committee**
**One trustee, Helen Pankhurst, attended both groups and**
**was able to deliver continuity and alignment across**
**functions.**| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint**
**trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Sofia Higgins|||GM4Women2028
Board of Trustees| ||Tessa Page||01/08/21|GM4Women2028
Board of Trustees| ||Claire Pattison|||GM4Women2028
Board of Trustees| ||Helen Pankhurst|||GM4Women2028
Board of Trustees| ||Omolade Femi-
Ajao|||GM4Women2028
Board of Trustees| ||Caroline Pankhurst|||GM4Women2028
Board of Trustees| ||Sarah Mohammad-
Qureshi|||GM4Women2028
Board of Trustees| ||Clare Plant||19/07/21|GM4Women2028
Board of Trustees| ||Eve Holt|||GM4Women2028
Board of Trustees| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name None** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year **|| |---|---|---| |**None**||| |||| ## **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)** |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**| |---|---|---| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **We did not have any key personnel over the period.** ## **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)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||| |---|---|---| ||Sofia Higgins|Tessa Page| ||
Trustee and Chair|| ||18/01/2023|| ||18/01/2023||