## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From: 12[th] March 2024 (Period start date) To: 31[st] Dec 2024 (Period end date)** ## **Charity name: Little Dreams** ## **Charity registration number: 1207416** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|At Little Dreams, our mission is to create a
community of individuals dedicated to
helping others succeed. We connect people
to others who can offer guidance on
academic decisions, personal development
and life skills.| |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|Little Dreams has access to a network of
young professionals who provide 1-on-1
mentoring, or can offer specific advice for
university applications and navigating the
jobs market. Support is focused towards A-
Level and university students, as well as
recent graduates, who have an awareness
of the charity through social media and
word-of-mouth marketing. Wider careers and
university events are also held, in the form of
seminars and panel events.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|All trustees are aware of the Charity
Commission’s guidance on public benefit,
and continually monitor the organisation’s
activities to ensure it serves this purpose.| ## **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** ||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|2024 was a quiet year for Little Dreams due
to the other commitments of the trustees.
However, arrangements were put into place
to setup the charity for success in 2025. A
dedicated group of volunteers was recruited,
who have already managed to deliver a
number of successful events in 2025. This
includes a KPMG networking event, a tour
and lecture of Cambridge university, a
charity hike and an upcoming collaboration
with a Redbridge Youth MP to inspire
schoolchildren in the borough.| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements||where relevant about:| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Funds held at 31st Dec 2024: £0| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|No reserves held.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|Nil| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Zero reserves are held as it is intended that
all cash donations raised can be used for
charitable purposes without restriction.| |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|No uncertainties over the going concern
position of the charity exist.| ## **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|| |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:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution – Foundational Model**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**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 way of**
**resolution at a properly convened**
**meeting of trustees.**| **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|| |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|Little Dreams| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|N/A| |Registered charity number|1207416| |Charity’s principal address|50 Lowbrook Road
Ilford
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Tharsan
Rajendran|||| ||Priyatharsini
Rajendran|||| ||Keval Shah|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name N/A** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |**N/A**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets N/A – No assets held as custodian trustees. 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 **No exemptions applied.** ## **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)**
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**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||| |---|---|---| ||Mr Tharsan Rajendran|| ||
Chair of Trustees|| ||12/10/2024|| ||12/10/2024||