## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From** 05/12/2022 **Period start date To** 28/04/2024 **Period end date**
## **Charity name: Bridging the Future**
## **Charity registration number: 1201227**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|Through our programmes, we aim to:
●
upskill young people from low
socioeconomic and/or forced
migration backgrounds in English
and STEM subjects;
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support young people in their
educational and career pursuits.|
|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 main charitable activities for the public
benefit were:
●Running summer schools, relating to
the teaching of science, technology,
engineering and mathematics
(STEM).
●Operating mentorship schemes for
our student cohorts.|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Yes|
## **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**
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|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|Within the timeframe of this report, from
December 2022 until April 2024, Bridging the
Future supported 17 students from low
socioeconomic and/or forced migration
backgrounds for a 2 week summer school,
introducing students to concepts in Physics,
Chemistry, Biology, Computing and
Mathematics.
Subsequently, 10 students were supported
through an online mentoring scheme for a|
total of 112 hours of teaching, with help from 10 volunteer tutors and 7 session moderators. Our students have benefited from tailored teaching and extra-curricular support on applications to higher education institutions.
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|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|N/A|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Within the timeframe of the accounts, no
reserves were held in the charity bank
account.|
|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:
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The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47||
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|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
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution|
|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|(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.|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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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||
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Para 1.51 Relationship with any related parties Other
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Bridging the Future|
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|Other name the charity uses|BTF|
|Registered charity number|**1201227**|
|Charity’s principal address|Batford Mill, Lower Luton Rd, Harpenden AL5 5BZ|
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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 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)**
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**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
Dr Safe Khan, Ms Muslihah Albakri, Dr Massimiliano Ramsay
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
N/A
## **Other optional information**
N/A
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature(s) Full name(s)** Nick Nicolaou **Position (eg** Chair **Secretary, Chair, etc) Date** 24/2/2025
**Charity Name No (if any) Bridging the Future 1201227 Receipts and payments accounts**
## **CC16a**
**For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 12/5/2022 4/28/2024
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total funds Last year funds funds funds**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £**
## **A1 Receipts**
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|**A5 Transfers between funds**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**A6 Cash funds**|**last year end**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Cash funds this year end_ **||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
## **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**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
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**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
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Print Name
Nick Nicolaou
Jack O'Neil
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**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
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||||Date of
approval|
|||Nick Nicolaou|2/10/2025|
|||Jack O'Neil|2/14/2025|