## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 6[th] April 2023 Period start date To 5[th] April 2024 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 with The Pankhurst**
**Trust applied for and successfully**
**obtained funding to continue to**
**facilitate the Women & Girls Equality**
**Panel.**
• **Our scorecard reveal took place in**
**Streford Public Hall, Trafford,**
**detailing the latest data on the five**
**areas covered by the scorecard.**
• **We delivered engagement events**
**from funding received from the**
**University of Manchester.**| |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 second year of**
**function and was spent engaging with**
**women across the communities of**
**Greater Manchester**
**Main achievements include:**
•
**GM4Women2028 secured the**
**tender to facilitate the Greater**
**Manchester Mayoral Women and Girls**
**Equality Panel for another term. This**
**has enabled GM4Women2028 to**
**continue to highlight the issues faced by**
**women and girls across GM with both**
**local and regional policy makers, and**
**hold decision makers to account,**
**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_. **
**• GM4Women2028 have facilitated a**
**number of civc engagement events**
**across Greater Manchester**
**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
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |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**
**8th November 2024**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The trustees agreed that a reserves**
**policy is appropriate to cover closing**
**down costs.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£2000**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |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 continues to apply for funds**
**to deliver it’s objects.**| ## **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 2023 to 2024, the charity’s income**
**consisted of grant, donations, and fundraising 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|| 11 GM4Women 2028 Income & Ex nditure Year to 5 April 2024 Other OPENING BALANCE RECEiprs 20 612.72 £442 30 Pa al recei TOTAL RECEIPTS 21055.02 PA YMENTS 23 14840 TOTAL PAYMENTS Surplus of Income over Expendityre 23 148 40 2,093.38 CLOSING BALANCE 3,303.35 ## **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|GM4WOMEN2028| |---|---| |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:**
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**Operations and Communications group, and**
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**Oversight Committee**
**The coordinator and named trustees attend both groups**
**to ensure 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|||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||6thApril 2023 - 28th
August 2023|GM4Women2028 Board of
Trustees| ||Eve Holt|||GM4Women2028 Board of
Trustees| ||Francine Morris||24thNovember 2023 – 5th
April 2024|GM4Women2028 Board of
Trustees| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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 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**|**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)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||| |---|---|---| ||Sofia Higgins|Tessa Page| ||
**Trustee and Chair**|**Trustee and Treasurer**| ||30/01/2025|| ||30/01/2025||