## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01/05/2024 Period start date To: 30/04/2025 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Jacobs Academy** ## **Charity registration number: 1200101** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**Jacob’s Academy exists to advance**
**education and foster community**
**engagement by providing accessible**
**learning opportunities, skills**
**development, and enrichment activities**
**for young people in disadvantaged**
**communities. Our governing document**
**outlines our commitment to promoting**
**social inclusion and supporting creative**
**and vocational progression.**| |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|**During 2024–2025, Jacob’s Academy**
**delivered a range of educational and**
**creative activities, including our annual**
**entrepreneurial expo, tuition programmes**
**in English, Maths, and Science,**
**vocational workshops in trades and**
**business, and a series of community**
**engagement events. Our public benefit is**
**evidenced by increased participation,**
**skills acquisition, and improved**
**confidence among attendees.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees confirm that they have had**
**due regard to the Charity Commission’s**
**guidance on public benefit when**
**planning and delivering the charity’s**
**activities throughout the year.**| ## **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|**The Academy does not currently**
**undertake social investments, but**
**reviews opportunities for programme-**
**related investment annually to ensure**
**compliance with charitable objectives.**| |||| |---|---|---| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Volunteers contributed over 2,500 hours**
**during the year (spread across 30**
**volunteers), assisting with tuition, event**
**management, and outreach. Their**
**involvement remains vital to our**
**operations and community impact.**| |Other||**The Academy launched new community**
**plans for following year, including**
**outreach to local schools and**
**collaboration with other youth**
**organisations.**| ## **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 2024–2025, Jacob’s Academy achieved**
**record participation in its Fashion &**
**Beauty Expo, attracting over 700**
**attendees.**
**Tuition programmes that positively**
**influenced academic outcomes for**
**several students, with a majority**
**reporting progress in their core subjects.**
**Workshops in entrepreneurship and**
**creative arts provided practical skills to**
**over 60 participants.**
**Community outreach initiatives fostered**
**social inclusion, and feedback indicated**
**increased confidence and aspirations**
**among beneficiaries.**
**Our Neighbourhood Sanitation Drive**
**fostered environmental stewardship and**
**promoted engagement in sustainable,**
**green initiatives among younger**
**participants.**
**The charity’s work contributed to wider**
**societal benefits, including enhanced**
**employability and strengthened**
**community bonds.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**We delivered 2 new vocational**
**workshops, expanded our tuition**
**services to include financial literacy for**
**children, and improved our outreach.**
**Participant feedback and independent**
**evaluation confirmed progress against**
**targets.**| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**Fundraising events generated upwards of**
**£7,000 from core activities and outreach.**
**All fundraising complied with charity**
**regulations and best practice.**| |||**No investment activities were undertaken**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**in 2024–2025. The Academy focussed**
**resources mainly on our core charitable**
**academic activities.**| |---|---|---| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Jacob’s Academy ended the period with a**
**positive balance just under £2,000,**
**reflecting prudent management of limited**
**resources. Expenditure was carefully**
**monitored to ensure alignment with the**
**charity’s objectives.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The Academy holds reserves to cover**
**contingency operating costs, to ensure**
**continuity in the event of unforeseen**
**circumstances or funding delays.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**Reserves at year end totalled £1,000.**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**Not applicable.**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**No funds were in deficit during the**
**period.**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**There are no uncertainties regarding the**
**Academy’s ability to continue as a going**
**concern.**| ## **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|**Principal sources of funds included**
**direct donations and fundraising events.**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**No investments were made during the**
**year; the policy is reviewed annually and**
**remains focused on cash management**
**for operational needs.**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Principal risks include potential funding**
**shortfalls.**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||**Jacob’s Academy is governed by a board**
**of trustees in accordance with its trust**
**deed.**| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Trust Deed**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**
**(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|**Trustees are appointed by vote of the**
**existing board, with provision for election**
**to post as outlined in our constitution.**| ## **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|**New trustees receive a comprehensive**
**induction pack, which includes the**
**charity’s governing document, recent**
**annual reports and accounts, Charity**
**Commission guidance, and key policies.**
**An induction meeting is held with the**
**Chair and senior staff to discuss the**
**charity’s mission, values, and strategic**
**priorities.**
**All trustees are encouraged to attend**
**relevant external training sessions and**
**webinars. Ongoing training needs are**
**reviewed annually, and trustees are**
**supported to develop their knowledge in**
**areas such as charity law, safeguarding,**
**and financial oversight. The board also**
**holds periodic workshops to review**
**governance best practice and reflect on**
**lessons learned.**| |---|---|---| |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|**Jacob’s Academy**| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|**Jacobs Academy**| |Registered charity number|**1200101**| |Charity’s principal address|**167-169 Great Portland Street**
**London**
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Nathan Israel|Executive Director||| ||Olatunbosun
Sadare|Director, Operations||| ||Darryll
Owusu-Agyeman|Director, Marketing||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – 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 **None** 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)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **N/A** ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signed** **on behalf of the**|**charity’s trustees**|| |---|---|---| |**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||| ||Darryll Owusu-Agyeman|| ||
Director|| ||23-02-2026|| ||23-02-2026|| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: