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

**From  1[st] April 2023 Period start date To 31[st] March 2024                      Period end date** 

## **Charity name: Pioneer Family Partnership** 

## **Charity registration number: 1199967** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|To further or benefit the residents of Slough<br>and the Royal Borough of Windsor and<br>Maidenhead and the neighbourhood,<br>without distinction of sex, sexual<br>orientation, race or of political, religious or<br>other opinions by associating together the<br>said residents and the local authorities,<br>voluntary and other organisations in a<br>common effort to advance education and to<br>provide facilities in the interests of social<br>welfare for recreation and leisure time<br>occupation with the objective of improving<br>the conditions of life for the residents.<br>Pioneer Family Partnership’s mission is<br>to reconnect people with their<br>communities, foster good relationships<br>and allow personal thriving by providing<br>a safe, connected and inclusive<br>environment.  People can meet and<br>participate in social and physical<br>activities, support groups, volunteering<br>and learning, with the aim of enhancing<br>community spirit and overall quality of<br>life.<br>Our community hub is a place for social<br>cohesion where people from different<br>ethnic, religious and social backgrounds<br>benefit from mental health workshops,<br>fitness classes, education, employability<br>skills and much more.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|The Pioneer Family Partnership seeks to<br>offer a range of sporting activities for the<br>Foxborough ward to improve the quality of<br>health and fitness which is one of our key<br>objectives.|





|services identified in the<br>accounts.||These activities were delivered through our<br>partnership with The Slough Hub, The<br>Sport Collective and Full Court<br>Connections:<br>The Slough Hub:<br>•<br>After School Club: Dance and<br>Movement for children (5-11) – 1<br>hour session for 13 weeks<br>•<br>Weekend Multi-Activity Club for<br>Children – 2 hour sessions for 13<br>weeks (indoor and outdoor<br>activities)<br>•<br>Yoga for Beginners – adults – 1<br>hour sessions for 13 weeks<br>•<br>Aerobic for Beginners –adult– 1<br>hour session for 13 weeks<br>The Sport Collective:<br>•<br>Gymnastics Sessions – 2 Hours a<br>week for 13 weeks<br>•<br>Boxing Sessions –2 Hours a week<br>for 13 weeks<br>Full Court Connections<br>•<br>Basketball 1.5 hour sessions -(13<br>weeks)<br>Young Leadership Programme<br>Qualifications – gymnastic level 1|
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|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|Trustees had regard to the guidance issued<br>by the Charity Commission on public<br>benefit.  This is reflected in the charity’s<br>board meeting minutes.  The trustees<br>ensured that the charities purpose provides<br>benefit.<br>The activities were offered to the<br>community and a range of individuals<br>benefitted from these free activities.<br>Foxborough ward is a socio-economic<br>disadvantaged area and many people<br>cannot afford these physical activities.  By<br>providing these activities children and<br>adults have enjoyed the sessions, built<br>positive relationships with the community<br>and improve overall wellbeing and fitness.|



## **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||
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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|Over 220 people registered with the charity<br>for sessions.  164 participated in the<br>physical activity sessions offered over the<br>course of 13 weeks (Feb-May 2023).<br>The Slough Hub, The Sport Collective,<br>Thames Valley Cavaliers delivered 13<br>weeks of sessions from: 30th January -<br>22nd May 2023 (not including two weeks<br>for Easter break and Bank holidays).<br>The impact of the range of physical activity<br>sessions delivered to the community<br>(adults) has:<br>•<br>Built confidence and improved<br>fitness<br>•<br>Built positive relationships among<br>participants and friendship groups<br>•<br>Encouraged participants to attend<br>regularly (friends attending<br>together)<br>•<br>Supported ladies to attend free<br>(cost of living)<br>•<br>Encouraged the coach to pursue a<br>career in this field<br>•<br>Supported the elderly and new<br>mums<br>•<br>Improved overall health (GP advice)<br>•<br>Encourage younger children to be<br>healthy and active<br>•<br>Supported mums with childcare by<br>allowing children to attend<br>•<br>Built positive relationships with<br>diverse group<br>•<br>Improved the quality of life – mental<br>health<br>•<br>Improved confidence and motivation<br>to attend the sessions|





|•<br>Established positive relationships|
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|with the community and diverse|
|groups|
|The impact of children’s physical sessions|
|delivered to the community has:|
|•<br>Improved children's wellbeing and|
|enjoyment|
|•<br>Enhanced children co-ordination|
|•<br>Built confidence and motivation|
|•<br>Created community cohesion -|
|brought people together|
|•<br>Improved children’s co-ordination in|
|the sport|
|•<br>Fostered inclusivity meeting the|
|needs of every child|
|•<br>Students qualified as coaches|
|•<br>Established positive relationships|
|with individuals|
|•<br>Built team working skills|
|•<br>Improved overall fitness|
|In December 2023, the charity partnered|
|with the local councillor to support the Give|
|& gift Christmas appeal.  Through fund|
|raising and donations, we bought|
|Christmas gifts for the local community and|
|invited adults/children to collect a|
|Christmas gift.  The Christmas fair was held|
|on 9thDecember at Foxborough Primary|
|school with many community members|
|attending with their families to enjoy|
|Christmas activities, Santa grotto and|
|collect a Christmas gift.  The event was a|
|huge success and brought joy to many|
|children and adults who cannot afford gifts|
|at Christmas.|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||





Other

## **Financial Review** 

|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|At the conclusion of the current reporting<br>period, it is noted that the charity's total<br>income amounted to less than £25,000.<br>The current cash funds at year end were<br>£3911 and we owe Pioneer Educational<br>Trust £524.<br>Despite this, it is imperative to<br>acknowledge the prudent financial<br>management and resource allocation<br>exercised by the organisation in navigating<br>through this period. The team has<br>demonstrated resilience and adaptability in<br>delivering on its charitable objectives<br>amidst challenging financial circumstances.<br>Moving forward, a strategic focus on<br>diversifying income streams and optimising<br>operational efficiencies will be pursued to<br>enhance financial sustainability and further<br>support the mission of the charity."|
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|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The reserves policy for our charity aims to<br>ensure financial stability and sustainability.<br>It is designed to provide a safety net for<br>unforeseen financial challenges, support<br>strategic opportunities and maintain<br>operational continuity.  For the purposes of<br>Pioneer Family Partnership, this equates to<br>two months’ runningcosts.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£3387 – this is what is left for us to use for<br>the deliveryofphysical activities.|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|n/a|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|n/a|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Our charity's primary source of funding<br>predominantly relies on successful bid<br>writing initiatives. Over the past reporting<br>period, a significant portion of our income<br>has been secured through the diligent<br>efforts of our team in crafting compelling<br>grant proposals and funding applications.<br>This strategic focus on bid writing<br>underscores our commitment to<br>diversifyingrevenue streams and tapping|
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|||into external funding opportunities to<br>support our charitable activities. Through<br>meticulous research, effective<br>communication, and strategic partnerships,<br>we have been able to successfully secure<br>grants and funding allocations to sustain<br>and expand our programs. Moving forward,<br>we remain dedicated to enhancing our bid<br>writing capabilities, identifying new funding<br>prospects, and cultivating relationships with<br>funders to ensure the continued growth<br>and impact of our charitable endeavours.|
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|<br>Para 1.25|CIO constitution|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|Trustee selection methods are detailed in<br>the charity’s constitution as shown below.<br>9. Charity trustees<br>(1) Functions and duties of charity trustees<br>The charity trustees shall manage the affairs<br>of the CIO and may for that purpose<br>exercise all the powers of the CIO. It is the<br>duty of each charity trustee:<br>a. to exercise their powers and to perform<br>their functions in their capacity as a trustee<br>of the CIO in the way they decide in good<br>faith would be most likely to further the<br>purposes of the CIO; and<br>b. to exercise, in the performance of those<br>functions, such care and skill as is<br>reasonable in the circumstances having<br>regard in particular to:<br>(i) any special knowledge or experience that<br>they have or holds themselves as having;<br>and,<br>(ii) if they act as a charity trustee of the CIO<br>in the course of a business or profession, to<br>any special knowledge or experience that it<br>is reasonable to expect of a person acting<br>in the course of that kind of business or<br>profession.<br>(2) Eligibility for trusteeship<br>a. Every charity trustee must be natural<br>person.<br>b. No individual may be appointed as a<br>charity trustee of the CIO:<br>if they are under the age of 16 years; or<br>if they would automatically cease to hold<br>office under the provisions of clause<br>[12(1)(e)].<br>(3) Number of charity trustees<br>a. There must be at least 3 charity trustees.<br>If the number falls below this minimum, the<br>remaining trustee or trustees may act only<br>to call a meeting of the charity trustees, or<br>appoint a new charity trustee.. The<br>maximum number of charitytrustees is 12.|





The charity trustees may not appoint any charity trustee if as a result the number of charity trustees would exceed the maximum. (4) First charity trustees The first charity trustees are as follows, and are appointed for the following terms Gurminder Kaur Khutan [for 5 years] Eddie Neighbour [for 5 years] Antonia Spinks [for 5 years] 10. Appointment of charity trustees (1) Apart from the first charity trustees, every trustee must be appointed for a term of 3 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. 

**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 Para 1.51 charity works Relationship with any related parties Para 1.51 Other 

## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Pioneer Family Partnership|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charitynumber|1199967|
|Charity’s principal address|Common Rd, Langley, Slough SL3 8TX|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Antonia Spinks|Chair|||
||Eddie Neighbour|Trustee|||
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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**|
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|**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)** Antonia Spinks **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 24.07.2024 



||**Charity Name: Pioneer Family Partnership**|**Charity Name: Pioneer Family Partnership**|**Charity Name: Pioneer Family Partnership**|**Charity Name: Pioneer Family Partnership**|**No : 1199967**|**No : 1199967**|**No : 1199967**|**CC16a**|
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||**For the period**<br>**from**|Apr-23<br>Period start date||**To**||31/03/2024<br>Period end date|||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**<br>**2,952**<br> **2,952**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**2,952**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**51**<br>**1,525**<br> **1,576**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**1,576**<br>**1,376**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,376**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**7,598**<br>**-**<br>**7,598**<br>**15,196**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**15,196**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**7,598**<br>**2,952**<br>**7,598**<br>**-**<br>**18,148**||**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Get Berkshire Active||||||||**-**|
|Donations|**2,952**|||||||**-**|
|Get Berkshire Active||||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|||||||||
|||||||||**17,216**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**|||||||||
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|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**|||||||||
|||||||||**17,216**|
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|<br>The Sports Collective|**-**|**1,625**||**-**||||**-**|
|Full Court Connection|**-**|**661**||**-**||||**-**|
|The Slough Hub|**-**|**1,582**||**-**||||**-**|
|The Sports Collective|**-**|**1,438**||**-**||||**-**|
|Full Court Connection|**-**|**661**||**-**||||**-**|
|The Slough Hub|**-**|**1,582**||**-**||||**-**|
|HSBC chargers|**51**|**-**||**-**||||**-**|
|Salaryand equipment||**15,767**|||||||
|Other Expediture|**1,525**||||||||
|Insurance<br>**_Sub total_ **||**157**<br>**23,472**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**23,472**<br>**-                  8,276**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-                  8,276**|||||||
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases (see table)**|||||||||
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|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||||
|||||||||**6,929**|
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||**1,376**|**-                  8,276**||**-**||**-                  6,900**||**10,287**|



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

24/07/2024 

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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**|Signature<br>total<br>Pioneer educational trust (Gifts for<br>~~Christmas Appeal)~~<br>Pioneer educational trust (Zurich<br>~~Insurance)~~<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Bank<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**3,911**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**3,911**<br>**-**<br>Agreement Error<br>Agreement Error<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**367**<br>**157**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**524**<br>Print Name<br>Gurminder Khutan|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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|||Gurminder Khutan|24/07/2024|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

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