## **Trustees’ annual report (including Directors’ report) for the period** **From: Period start date 01-06-2023** **To: 31-08-2024** **Charity name: Maddy’s Mark** **Charity registration number: 1200071** **Company number: 14095028** ## **Objectives and activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To promote positive mental health and**
**wellbeing in young women, through the**
**sport of rugby**| |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|**1.Education projects. Our education**
**projects will engage children and young**
**women in sports activities. Maddy’s Mark**
**will partner with professional rugby clubs**
**and specialist training providers to help**
**young people manage a variety of**
**challenges including unemployment,**
**social stigma, lack of confidence and low**
**self-esteem. Through rugby we teach**
**young people multiple skills that increase**
**their resilience, self-reliance, and**
**confidence. Our projects aim to help**
**broaden a young person's perception of**
**their own capabilities, encourage**
**ambition, and ultimately help young**
**people back into work, education or**
**training.**
**2. Community Projects. Such as**
**recruitment festivals at clubs, developing**
**women/girls’ development.**
**3. We may sponsor an individual on their**
**rugby journey. We only provide bursaries**
**to charitable organisations who support**
**the individual.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**All our trustees have regard to the**
**commission’s public benefit guidance**
**when exercising any powers or duties to**
**to be a charity, to operate for the public**
**benefit and to report on our charity’s**
**work.**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference |Policy on grant making||| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making||**We can grant money to charitable**
**organisations to provide a bursary to**
**individuals if they are proposed to us by**
**charitable organisations and after**
**assessment by the trustees. We also can**
**grant money to charities for specific**
**projects**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**NA**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**We recognise the great benefit of using**
**volunteers for helping in various projects.**
**We are unable to place a numerical value**
**on their time**| |Other||**NA**| ## **Achievements and performance** |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|**Through our various partnerships with**
**premier rugby clubs, we have supported**
**many young women and girls (aged from**
**8 to 16years old) by engaging them in**
**rugby and that sports values of**
**resilience, discipline, teamwork, and**
**physical health.**
**By concentrating on more challenging**
**areas and more vulnerable girls, we strive**
**to improve their mental and physical well-**
**being. We believe that rugby is an ideal**
**sport to promote the best values, as it**
**needs so many different body types and**
**characters; it provides a world free of**
**stereotypes and expectations that social**
**media places on youngsters today, it is a**
**place where you belong, where your**
**shape, size, skills, strengths can be**
**celebrated. We want to offer this**
**opportunity to those who would not**
**normally be exposed to rugby or have the**
**means to participate.**| |---|---|---| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**Our fundraising has been varied in its**
**activities. However, we have had no clear**
**idea how much we would be able to raise.**
**We are content with our performance**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**Our fundraising has been varied in its**
**activities. However, we have had no clear**
**idea how much we would be able to raise.**
**We are content with our performance**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**NA**| |Other||**NA**| ## **Financial review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**At the end of our financial year, we have**
**£210,388.12in the bank. We have received**
**£144,087.91 in donations and fundraising**
**and have donated £50,176 to good**
**causes**| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Through agreement with the trustees, we**
**have decided to have reserves, held to**
**give us a years’ worth of supporting**
**projects**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£50,000**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**NA**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**NA**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**NA**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: **NA** Para 1.47 The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) |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|**Concern of physical risks of playing**
**rugby.**
**Crisis of consumers’ confidence**| |Other||**NA**| ## **Structure, governance and management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document:
for example,trust deed,
memorandum and articles of
association etc|Para 1.25|**Articles of Association**| |How is the charity
constituted?
for example limited company,
unincorporated association,
CIO|Para 1.25|**A company limited by guarantee and**
**having no share capital**| |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 Charity is governed by its Articles of**
**Association. These provide that the**
**Charity shall be overseen by the Trustees**
**who are both the only full members of the**
**Charity and its directors. Together, the**
**Trustees comprise the Council.**
**New Trustees are appointed by the**
**Council which seeks to ensure that there**
**is a broad range of relevant skills and**
**experience on its body. All Trustees retire**
**every five years but are eligible for re-**
**election at the Annual Council Meeting in**
**May**| |||| |**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|**To Be Agreed**| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**NA**| **N** Para 1.51 Relationship with any related parties **NA** Other ## **Reference and administrative details** |Charity name|**Maddy’s Mark**| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|**NA**| |Registered charity number|**1200071**| |Charity’s principal address|**York House, Mill Lane, Petersfield, Hampshire, GU32 2AJ**| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Simon Lawrence|Director|NA|NA| ||Karen Lawrence|Director|NA|NA| ||Janine Gillard|Director|NA|Na| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name Simon Lawrence Karen Lawrence Janine Gillard** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**| |---|---| |**NA**|| ||| ||| ||| ||| ||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** |Description of the assets
held in this capacity|NA| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|NA| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own assets|NA| ## **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 company has taken advantage of the small companies’ exemption in preparing the report above.** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report (including directors’ report) above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees/directors** **Signature(s)** S C Lawrence **Full name(s)** Simon Crispin Lawrence **Position (for example Secretary, Chair, etc)** **Date** Director 14/03/2025