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

## **From  27/02/2024      To     31/12/2024 Charity name: Southend Essex STEM Club** 

## **Charity registration number: 1207222** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|**To advance the education of the public in**<br>**the subjects of STEM (Science,**<br>**Technology, Engineering and**<br>**Mathematics) in Essex and the**<br>**surrounding areas by establishing and**<br>**operating sessions/workshops for the**<br>**benefit of the local community in Essex,**<br>**England**|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**Science based cultural events**<br>**Online training sessions on Python,**<br>**Blender, computer coding etc.**|
|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|**Followed Charity Commission guidance**|



**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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|**Achievements and Performance**|**Achievements and Performance**|**Achievements and Performance**|
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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|**Held online sessions and hosted physical**<br>**event to celebrate Saraswati puja**<br>**attended by ~100 people from the**<br>**community.**|



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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** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**Due to funded by donation, only small**<br>**amount have been received & spent.**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Net balance is positive at end of financial**<br>**period.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£181**|
|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)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
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|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47||
|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:||**CIO**|
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**CIO governing document**|
|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|**N/A**|



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|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction and<br>training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 


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Charity name  SOUTHEND ESSEX STEM CLUB<br>Other name the charity uses  N/A<br>Registered charity number  1207222<br>Charity’s principal address  24 LITTLE THORPE, SOUTHEND SS1 3RW<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>




**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 


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Dates acted if not for whole  Name of person (or body) entitled<br>Trustee name  Office (if any)<br>year  to appoint trustee (if any)<br>1 Naboneeta Basak<br>2 Saikat Basak<br>Nirmalya  16 Oct 2024<br>3<br>Chakraborty<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<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


– 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 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 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** 

## **Account details on next page** 



|**Charity Commission**<br>**template for statement**<br>**of account**|**Southend Essex STEM Club**|**Southend Essex STEM Club**|**Southend Essex STEM Club**|**1207222**|**CC16a**|
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||**stemclub.org.uk**|||||
||**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||||
||**For the period**<br>**from**|2024-02-24<br>|**To**|2024-12-31||
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|**Section A Receipts and payment**||**s**||||
||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**|**Total funds**|**Last year**|
||**to the nearest**<br>**£**|**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**|
|**A1 Receipts**||||||
|Startingbalance|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|Donation received|**322**|**-**|**-**|**322**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
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||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|<br>**322**|**-**|**-**|**322**|**-**|
|**A2 Asset and investment**<br>**sales, (see table).**||||||
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
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|**_Total receipts_**|**322**|**-**|**-**|**322**|**-**|
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|**A3 Payments**||||||
|Events expenses|**141**|**-**|**-**|**141**|**-**|
|||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
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|**_Sub total_ **|**141**|**-**|**-**|**141**|**-**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**||||||
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
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|**_Totalpayments_**|**141**|**-**|**-**|**141**|**-**|
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|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**181**|**-**|<br>**-**|**181**|**-**|
|**A5 Transfers between funds**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**A6 Cash funds lastyear end**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**_Cash funds thisyear end_**|**181**|**-**|<br>**-**|**181**|**-**|
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**|**Details**|**Details**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**|
|**B1 Cash funds**|||**181**|**-**|**-**|
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||**_Total cash funds_**||**181**|**-**|**-**|
||(agree balances w ith receipts and payments<br>account(s))||OK|OK|OK|
||||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**|
||**Details**||**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**|
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|||**-**|**-**|**-**|
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||**Details**||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**|**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
|**B3 Investment assets**||||**-**|**-**|
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||**Details**||**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**|**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
|**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**||||**-**|**-**|
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||**Details**||**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**|**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**|**When due**<br>**(optional)**|
|**B5 Liabilities**||||**-**||
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|Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees|Signature||Print|Name|Date of<br>approval|
||Sbasak||S. B|ASAK|2025-05-24|
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## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)** <br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**|S Basak|
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||SAIKAT BASAK|
||<br>TREASURER|
||24 May 2025|
||24 May 2025|



