## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the Period**
## **From Sulaiman Iqbal**
**Period start date February 2023 To Period end date July 2024**
## **Charity name: Team UPside**
## **Charity registration number: 1199166**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To advance the educational prospects of
young people (aged 14 to 18 from less-
advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds)
for the public benefit, particularly through
collaborating with local actors to carry out:
free Maths and English GCSE tutoring;
school workshops; and community revision
workshops.|
|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|Team UPside’s 'Online-Community-School'
approach tackles information and
mentorship gaps in education across the
three landscapes of student learning.
**Online**
Online content serves a nation-wide
audience of young people - providing 1)
concise, 2) comprehensive, and 3) culturally
relatable educational resources, free of
charge.
**Community**
Our Community projects serve a local base
of young people - hosting consistent in-
person mentorship and revision
programmes, led by local volunteers.
**School**
Our assemblies and workshops serve a
regional network of schools, providing
students with practical tools and authentic
advice (based on the lived experiences of
inspiring volunteers) - to help young people
realise and achieve their full potential in
education.|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Team UPside’s trustees have had due
regard to the guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on public benefit||
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## **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|**Online Projects**
Delivered 1500+ hours of free Maths
and English GCSE online tuition
`o`
2021-2022 – 500+ hours
`o`
2022-2023 – 1000+ hours
20,000 + views on our YouTube
`o`
University application advice
`o`
Team UPside Talks Podcast
700+ subscribers to ‘UPside
Updates’ newsletter sharing
educational resources
**Community Projects**
Sixth Form Study Sessions
(2023/2024)
`o`
29 weekly sessions
`o`
Free academic support for
sixth form students across
London|
||Ealing Central Library (2023)|
|---|---|
||`o`
7 weekly sessions|
||`o`
Free GCSE English and|
||Maths support for 40 +|
||students|
|**o**|**ol Projects**|
||Team UPside has delivered|
||assemblies and workshops to over|
||2200+ students since 2020|
||78% of students rated our assembly|
||8/10 or high in terms of**value**|
||`o`
(83/106) respondents|
||84% of students rated our assembly|
||much better or the best assembly|
||they’ve had at school|
||`o`
(66/79 respondents)|
## **School Projects**
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Para 1.41 Achievements against objectives set Performance of fundraising activities against objectives Para 1.41 set Para 1.41 Investment performance against objectives Other
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|For the period of February 2023 to July
2024, Team UPside maintained a strong
financial position. Starting with an initial
balance of £139, the charity generated an
income of £6,215.59 and incurred
expenditures of £2,855. This resulted in a
closing balance of £3,500.29. Throughout
the period, Team UPside operated
comfortably within its financial boundaries
while successfullydeliveringits services.|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22||
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22||
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23||
## **Additional information (optional)**
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|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
|---|---|---|
|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||
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document|Para 1.25|Charity Constitution|
|How is the charity
constituted?|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|New trustees are selected by existing
trustees, by way of a majority vote
Appointment of charity trustees
1.
Apart from the first charity 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.
2.
In selecting individuals for
appointment as charity trustees, the
charity trustees must have regard to
the skills, knowledge and experience
needed for the effective
administration of the CIO.
Eligibility for Trusteeship
1.
Every charity trustee must be a
natural person.
2.
No individual may be appointed as a
charity trustee of the CIO:
(i) if he or she is under the
age of 16 years; or
(ii) if he or she would
automatically cease to hold
office under the provisions of
clause 121(1)(e).
3.
No one is entitled to act as a charity
trustee whether on appointment or on
any re-appointment until he or she
has expressly acknowledged, in
whatever way the charity trustees
decide, his or her acceptance of the
office of charity trustee.
4.
At least one of the trustees of the
CIO must be 18 years of age or over.
If there is no trustee aged at least 18
years, the remaining trustees may
only act to call a meeting of the
charity trustees, or appoint a new
charity trustee.|
**Additional information (optional)**
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|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51||
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|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|Team UPside|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1199166|
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|Charity’s principal address|19 Leeward House
Havelock Road
Southall
UB2 4GE|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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10 11|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee**|
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Sulaiman Iqbal||||
||Rihab El
Hussain||||
||Kazumi Brown||||
||Saadadeen
Monajed||||
||Sahra
Mohamed||||
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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
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets 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
## **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** SULAIMAN IQBAL
**Signature(s)**
Sulaiman Iqbal
**Full name(s**
**Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)**
Chairman, Founder
**Date** 24/07/2024
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COMPANY NAME DIRECTOR NAME COMPLETED BY DATE COMPLETED
Team UPside [1199166] Sulaiman Iqbal Sehrish Mahmood 24 July 2024
BEGINNING BALANCE £ 139.70
[ + ] INCOME
SCHOOL WORKSHOPS £ 150.00
GRANTS £ 6000.00
DONATIONS £ 65.59
TOTAL INCOME £ 6215.59
[ - ] EXPENDITURE
VENUE HIRE £ 1622.00
EQUIPMENT £ 503.95
VOLUNTEER EXPENSES £ 264.94
SUBSCRIPTIONS £ 224.20
INSURANCE £ 161.41
BANK FEES £ 72.00
WEBSITE FEES
TRANSACTION FEES £ 6.50
TOTAL EXPENDITURE £ 2855.00
FINAL BALANCE £ 3500.29
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