
## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** 

Period start date Period end date 10 June 2024 09 June 2025 

**From** 

**To** 

## Section A                        Reference and administration details 

**Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1194762 

The Black Society 

**Charity's principal address** 50 Westmoreland Road 

London 

**Postcode SE17 2GA** 

**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**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** 

## **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** 

Type of governing document[Constitution ] 

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(eg. trust deed, constitution) 

How the charity is constituted 

association 

(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. 

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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 targeted 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. 

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Section D                      Achievements and performance 

This year the charity and it’s trustees have been focused on planning and **Summary of the main** prioritisation. New processes have been embedded with a plan for further **achievements of the charity** recruitment in 2025-2026. **during the year** Our trustees have supported voluntary advisory positions with our partner organisations, with a maintained focus of increasing our own offering and delivery in future. 

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## **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<br>additional information, where<br>relevant about:<br>•<br>the charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising);<br>•<br>how expenditure has<br>supported the key objectives<br>of the charity;<br>•<br>investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>ethical investment policy<br>adopted.|||**10 June 2024 - 09 June 2025**|**10 June 2024 - 09 June 2025**|
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||||**Total Income**|**£         0**|
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||||**Total Expenditure**|**£         330**|
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## **Section F                     Other optional information** 

## **Section G                    Declaration** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

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**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary, Chair,**<br>**etc)**<br>**Date**|||
|---|---|---|
||Samuel Glean||
||<br>Chair||
||30/06/2025||
||30/06/2025||



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