## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 31[st] December 2021 Period start date To Period end date 31[st] December 2022** ## **Charity name: Bridging Barriers** ## **Charity registration number: 1196973** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**Bridging Barriers is a registered charity**
**focused on improving the personal and**
**professional development of young**
**people from ethnic minorities and low**
**socioeconomic backgrounds.**| |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|**The charity aims to help young people**
**through various programs including**
**mentoring, insight days, workshops,**
**work experience and skills sessions.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**Yes, as an organisation we are aware,**
**and we utilise the guidance in regard to**
**the delivery of our services**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**We didn’t compensate our volunteers**
**for their time or travel to engage in our**
**programme because it was conducted**
**virtually so we didn’t have to. We had**
**150 volunteers who dedicated 1 hour a**
**month over a six-month period, helping**
**200 young people.**| 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|**In the year of 2022, Bridging Barriers**
**was able to support 200 young people,**
**an increase of 25% from the previous**
**year 2021 before formal registration,**
**when we helped 150 young people.**
**We provided 1-1 mentoring to young**
**people aged 18-25 from disadvantaged**
**backgrounds by connecting them with**
**industry professionals who work in their**
**field of interest, and they were able to**
**support them to enhance their career**
**prospects.**
**From our end-of-program survey, the**
**following findings were captured: 82%**
**reported an increase in career**
**knowledge, 87% reported an increase in**
**employability skills and 100% reported**
**an increase in confidence applying for**
**job opportunities.**| ## **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|**During this year, we wanted to develop**
**our fundraising knowledge so we**
**received fundraising training during this**
**period in Q2 of 2022 to enhance our**
**skills and knowledge around**
**fundraising to ensure we are effective**
**fundraisers.**| |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|**We are currently in the process of**
**developing core systems around our**
**charities finance and fundraising**
**activities. We are receiving training**
**around this to start bringing in funds by**
**the end of next year. We have signed up**
**to a course called Avocado+ which has**
**taught us the key skills around**
**governance, fundraising and finance**
**and this should help us over the next**
**few years.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**0**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**As limited fundraising activities took**
**place, we held £0 in reserves due to a**
**lack of fundraising knowledge and**
**limited engagement with funders. We**
**aim to address this going forward**
**through training.**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**| ## **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|
**The principal sources of funds came**
**from donations by the directors to**
**ensure that we had things in place that**
**provide presence for our organisation to**
**be seen, for example a website and**
**social media platforms.**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**A lack of funding is a major risk for the**
**organisation. However, we are**
**mitigating this by engaging with**
**corporates to sponsor our activities, we**
**are submitting funding applications and**
**continuing training and development**
**around fundraising activities.**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**CIO Foundation model**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**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|**The majority of the charity trustees have**
**signified agreement to the resolution in**
**a document or documents which has or**
**have been authenticated by their**
**signature, by a statement of their**
**identity accompanying the document or**
**documents, or in such other manner as**
**the charity trustees have previously**
**resolved, and delivered to the CIO at its**
**principal office or such other place as**
**the trustees may resolve**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Bridging Barriers| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|N/A| |Registered charity number|1196973| |Charity’s principal address|BB,
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Andrea Charles
Fidelis|N/A|Whole year|Kevin Osei| ||Michael Adesite|N/A|Wholeyear|Kevin Osei| ||Folayemi Ojo|N/A|Wholeyear|Kevin Osei| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved – N/A **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity – N/A **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)** Kevin Osei ## **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)** Adesite **Full name(s)** Michael **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 25/09/2023 **Bridging Barriers No (if any) Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** 1-Jan-22 31-Dec-22 **To from** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** **Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds** **Total funds Last year funds to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £** **to the nearest £** **to the nearest £** ## **A1 Receipts** |Individual donation||||**600**|||**0**|||**0**||**600**|||**0**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Training programme||||**50**|||**0**|||**0**||**50**|||**0**|| |||||**0**|||**0**|||**0**||**0**|||**0**|| |||||**0**|||**0**|||**0**||**0**|||**0**|| |||||**0**|||**0**|||**0**||**0**|||**0**|| |||||**0**|||**0**|||**0**||**0**|||**0**|| |||||**0**|||**0**|||**0**||**0**|||**0**|| |||||**0**|||**0**|||**0**||**0**|||**0**|| |||||**650**|||**0**|||**0**||**650**|||**0**|| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_||||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**||||||||||||||||| |**(see table).**||||||||||||||||| |||||**0**|||**0**|||**0**||**0**||||| |||||**0**|||**0**|||**0**||**0**|||**0**|| ||**_Sub total_**|||**0**|||**0**|||**0**||**0**|||**0**|| |||||||||||||||||| ||**_Total receipts_**||**650**|||**0**|||**0**|||**650**||**0**||| |**A3 Payments**||||||||||||||||| |Website||||**550**|||**0**|||**0**||**550**|||**0**|| |Promotional material||||**50**|||**0**|||**0**||**50**|||**0**|| |Training programme||||**50**|||**0**|||**0**||**50**|||**0**|| |||||**0**|||**0**|||**0**||**0**|||**0**|| |||||**0**|||**0**|||**0**||**0**|||**0**|| |||||**0**|||**0**|||**0**||**0**|||**0**|| |||||**0**|||**0**|||**0**||**0**|||**0**|| |||||**0**|||**0**|||**0**||**0**|||**0**|| |||||**0**|||**0**|||**0**||**0**|||**0**|| ||**_Sub total_**|||**650**|||**0**|||**0**||**650**|||**0**|| |||||||||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**||||||||||||||||| |**purchases,(see**|**table)**|||||||||||||||| |||||**0**|||**0**|||**0**||**0**||||| |||||**0**|||**0**|||**0**||**0**||||| ||**_Sub total_**|||**0**|||**0**|||**0**||**0**|||**0**|| |||||||||||||||||| ||**_Total payments_**||**650**|||**0**|||**0**|||**650**||**0**||| |||||||||||||||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**||||**0**|||**0**|||**0**||**0**|||**0**|| |**A5 Transfers between funds**||||**0**|||**0**|||**0**||**0**|||**0**|| |**A6 Cash funds last year end**||||**0**|||**0**|||**0**||**0**|||**0**|| |**_Cash funds this year end_**||||**0**|||**0**|||**0**||**0**|||**0**|| |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|| |---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
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Michael Adesite
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