## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date 10 June 2022 09 June 2023 **From To** ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** The Black Society **Other names charity is known by** 1194762 **Charity's principal address** Mainframe Consulting Ltd 23 Finsbury Circus London **Postcode EC2M 7EA** **Other names charity is known by** **Registered charity number (if any)** 1194762 ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Samuel Glean|||| ||Nicholas Martin|||| ||Carl Reid|||| ||Rachel Glean|||| ||Dylan Gordon|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**|||| ||**Name**||**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |||||| |||||| March **2012** **TAR** 1 ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of adviser Name Address** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) association How the charity is constituted - (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods Appointed by - (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** the prevention or relief of poverty in England and Wales by providing: grants, items and services to individuals in need and/or charities, or other organisations .Focusing on families living in an area of social deprivation, who may lack education, employment opportunities, care for vulnerable or dependent elderly relatives, or children with learning difficulties. ‘poverty’ includes households living on less than 60% of median income who go short in some unacceptable way. March **2012** **TAR** 2 Working in partnership with charitable organisations and community groups to co-develop and co-deliver targeted initiatives and programmes to support underserved communities and individuals. This includes aligning black-led organisations to better use resources in an efficient way. Providing opportunities for young people to be exposed to greater opportunities within employment, peer-to-peer networking and mentorship. Supporting community leaders by amplifying their work or message to those considered harder to reach. **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** We also host Allyship sessions for the wider community to develop a greater understanding and get involved with some elements of culture that they may not understand or have experienced. We help to identify and create targetted support from allies. ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. March **2012** **TAR** 3 Section D Achievements and performance **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** Partnering with UK Black Business Week As part of our Same As Me Foundation we provided access for young people across the week to attend events covering business, finance, tech, mental health, and more. Young people were also given the opportunity for one day of paid voluntary work during the week. Same As Me Foundation also delivered Career Inspiration Days at multination corporations. Through our Black Society Assembly sessions we hosted monthly meetings, bringing together community leaders and changemakers to discuss key challenges, priorities and our approach to supporting the organisations and people in underserved communities. The Black Society Launch event also took place, which was a huge success. - **50+ Black-led organisations engaged** - **~200 unique participants, 20% under the age of 25yrs old** - **Growing corporate partnerships** March **2012** **TAR** 4 **Section E Financial review** **Brief statement of the** Reserves are that part of a charity’s unrestricted funds that is freely **charity’s policy on reserves** available to spend on any of the charity’s purposes. There are thresholds for approval of spending at different amounts. Excluded from reserves are the following; - programme-related investments those held solely to further the charity’s purposes - designated funds set aside to meet essential future spending, such as funding a project that could not be met from future income ## **Details of any funds materially in deficit** ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** S.Glean **Full name(s)** Samuel Glean March **2012** **TAR** 5 **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair **etc) Date** 14/06/2023 March **2012** **TAR** 6 ## The Black Society ## Financial Activities ## 10 June, 2022 - 9 June, 2023 ||TOTAL| |---|---| |Income|| |Donations and legacies|143.72| |Grant Funding Received|5,000.00| |**Total Income**|**£5,143.72**| |TOTAL|**£5,143.72**| |Expenditures|| |Advertising/Promotional|437.60| |Charitable Contributions|543.50| |Charity Events|6,666.00| |Computer Costs|350.00| |Insurances|60.00| |Office/General Administrative Expenses|584.96| |Other Professional Services|1,500.00| |Travel and Accommodation|60.00| |**Total Expenditures**|**£10,202.06**| |NET OPERATING INCOME|**£ -5,058.34**| |Other Income|| |In-Kind|16,385.00| |**Total Other Income**|**£16,385.00**| |NET OTHER INCOME|**£16,385.00**| |NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)|**£11,326.66**| **1/1** **Accrual Basis Tuesday, 23 April 2024 12:53 am GMT+01:00**