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

**From Feb 2024                   Period start date   To Period end date March 2026** 

## **Charity name:   ACT2 AID** 

## **Charity registration number:1206855** 

## **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 run free drama workshops for kids in**<br>**the UK on low income and to children**<br>**abroad in care**|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**Drama Workshops**|
|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|**All confirmed read and understood**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

SORP reference **N/A** Para 1.38 Policy on grant making **N/A** Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment **Zero** Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers **N/A** Other 



## **Achievements and Performance** 

SORP reference **Free Theatre and drama for kids** Summary of the main Para 1.20 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. 

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

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41|**N/A**|
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41|**N/A**|
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41|**N/A**|
|Other||**N/A**|





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**Done**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|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|**Comedy Club Parent donations Bake**<br>**offs and Donut challenges and a % from**<br>**Holiday clubs**|
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A**|
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Low Risk**|
|Other||**N/A**|





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:||**ACT2 Aid One Stage at a Time**|
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Trust deed**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|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|**Ethos with Children**|



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

|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|Para 1.51|**N/A**|
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51|**Working with Kids**|
|Relationship with any<br>related parties|Para 1.51|**Family, Friends, Co workers**|
|Other||**N/A**|





## **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 (if any)**|
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||Laura Lennon||2024|ACT2 Aid|
||Louise Potterton||2024|ACT2 Aid|
||Justine Stayley||2024|ACT2 Aid|
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|Corporate trustees–names of|the directors at the date the report was approved|the directors at the date the report was approved|
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|**Director name**|Amanda Goodwin|**March 29th 2026**|
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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 £4324 held in this capacity Name and objects of the Funds raised for equipment and training for teachers for charity on whose behalf the kids’ drama camps assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for A treasury 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** 

**Signature(s)** A .Goodwin **Full name(s)** A. Goodwin **Position (eg Secretary,** Secretary **Chair, etc) Date** 29/03/26 

