## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From** 15/11/2021 **To** 30/06/2022
**Charity name:** now-u community
**Charity registration number:** 1196568
## **Objectives and Activities**
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SORP reference
Summary of the Para 1.17 The objects of the charity are to
purposes of the charity promote the voluntary sector for the
as set out in its public benefit, in particular by
governing document providing a user-friendly mobile
platform to match charities and
voluntary organisations with
prospective volunteers and
supporters.
Summary of the main Para 1.17 and now-u community is a CIO that
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activities in relation to matches charities and voluntary
those purposes for the organisations with prospective
public benefit, in volunteers and supporters through a
particular, the activities, user-friendly mobile platform. The CIO
projects or services curates charitable campaigns with
identified in the actions and learning materials in
accounts. partnership with charities to make it
easier for everyone to learn about
social and environmental issues and
to take charitable action.
Statement confirming Para 1.18 The trustees have had regard to the
whether the trustees Charity Commission’s guidance on
have had regard to the public benefit.
guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on
public benefit
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## **Additional information (optional)**
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SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment
now-u community is entirely run by a Para 1.38 small team of volunteers. Contribution made by volunteers Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
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SORP reference
In its first financial year of operation,
now-u community brought together a
team of 15 volunteers from across the
Summary of the main UK and beyond to help further our
Para 1.20
achievements of the charitable objectives. We ran several
charity, identifying the charitable campaigns including a
difference the charity’s campaign to support people affected
work has made to the by the crisis in Ukraine, helping to
circumstances of its connect people with charities and
beneficiaries and any engage them in charitable actions.
wider benefits to society
as a whole. By the end of the period, over 1000
actions had been completed on the
now-u app since its launch, including
volunteering, donating to charities,
signing petitions and learning about
charitable causes, supporting a wide
variety of charities. We also collected
feedback from our users on how we
could enhance their experience with
the platform and increase our
charitable impact, and started work to
address this feedback.
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## **Additional information (optional)**
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Achievements against Para 1.41
objectives set
Performance of
fundraising activities Para 1.41
against objectives set
Investment performance Para 1.41
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agai nst objectives
other
## **Financial Review**
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Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 The charity earned no income and
financial position at the incurred no costs during its first
end of the period financial period. The charity has no
employees and required no
expenditure during this period, but
plans to begin grant applications in
the coming years to fund expanded
activities to further its charitable
purposes.
Statement explaining Para 1.22 The charity has no employees and all
the policy for holding its funds are utilised within the terms
reserves stating why of the constitution of the charity. In
they are held line with the recommendations of the
Charity Commission, the charity will
regularly review its policy for holding
reserves. Currently no reserves are
held as the charity has not started to
earn income, but once over £5,000 of
unrestricted funds have been raised in
a financial period, the charity intends
to hold £100 in reserves to cover any
unforeseen expenses required for the
charity’s operation.
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 £0
Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 The charity currently holds no
reserves reserves as it has not yet earned any
income.
Details of fund Para 1.24 Not applicable
materially in deficit
Explanation of any Para 1.23 Not applicable
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a
going concern
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The charity’s principal
sources of funds Para 1.47
(including any
fundraising)
Investment policy and
objectives including any Para 1.46
social investment policy
adopted
A description of the Para 1.46
principal risks facing the
charity
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other
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
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Description of charity’s Not applicable
trusts:
Type of governing Para 1.25 The governing document of the
document charity is a Foundation Model
(trust deed, royal Constitution
charter)
How is the charity Para 1.25 now-u community is a charitable
constituted? incorporated organisation (CIO)
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)
Trustee selection Para 1.25 In selecting individuals for
methods including appointment as charity trustees, the
details of any existing charity trustees must have
constitutional provisions regard to the skills, knowledge and
e.g. election to post or experience needed for the effective
name of any person or administration of the CIO. When a
body entitled to appoint new trustee is needed, the volunteer
one or more trustees team is informed and notices are
posted on online platforms inviting
applications. A rigorous screening and
interview process is conducted by the
existing trustees, who then vote to
elect the most suitable candidate.
Apart from the first trustees, every
trustee must be appointed for a term
of three years by a resolution passed
at a properly convened meeting of
the charity trustees.
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## **Additional information (optional)**
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Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction Para 1.51
and training of trustees
The charity’s
organisational structure Para 1.51
and any wider network
with which the charity
works
Relationship with any Para 1.51
related parties
Other
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## **Reference and Administrative details**
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Charity name now-u community
Other name the charity
uses
Registered charity 1196568
number
Charity’s principal 2 Granville Road,
address Sevenoaks,
Kent.
TN13 1ER
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Name of person (or body)
Dates acted if not for
Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee
whole year
(if any)
1 Elizabeth Elgar Chair
2 James Elgar
3 Meirion Rees Treasurer
Francesca From 14 [th] March 2022
4
Whalen
5 Sandeep Rana From 14 [th] March 2022
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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
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Trustee name Dates acted if not for
whole year
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets Not applicable held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
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## **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)** Elizabeth Elgar **Position (eg** Chair **Secretary, Chair, etc) Date** 23/04/23
**now-u community 1196568**
## **Receipts and payments accounts**
11/15/2021 6/30/2022 **To**
**For the period from**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total funds funds funds funds**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £ to the nearest £**
## **A1 Receipts**
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Sub total (Gross income for AR) - - - -
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
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Sub total - - - -
Total receipts - - - -
A3 Payments
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Sub total [ - ] - - -
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
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Sub total [ - ] - - -
Total payments - - - -
Net of receipts/(payments) - - - -
A5 Transfers between funds - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end - - - -
Cash funds this year end - - - -
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
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|**Categories**|**Details**||**funds**||**funds**|
|**B1 Cash funds**||**_Total cash funds_**|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
||(agree|balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|OK|OK||
||||**Unrestricted**||**Restricted**|
||||**funds**||**funds**|
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|**Details**||**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
|**B3 Investment assets**|**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||
|**B4 Assets retained for the**|**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**
**-**||
|**charity’s own use**||||
|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
|**B5 Liabilities**|**Details**||**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|
|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|
|Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees||Signature|Print|Name||
||||Elizabeth Elgar|||
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CC16a
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## **Last year**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
## **Endowment funds**
**to nearest £ - - - -**
OK
**Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - Current value (optional)**
**When due (optional)**
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Date of
approval
4/23/2023
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