## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01/01/2024 Period start date To 31/12/2024 Period end date** ## **Charity name: TAFU** ## **Charity registration number: 1207526** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**TAFU objectives are to advance the**
**education of children and young people**
**in STEM subjects in ways that**
**encourage personal and collective**
**responsibility for the world we live in.**
**TAFU promotes understanding,**
**creativity, and innovation in addressing**
**challenges related to sustainability,**
**conservation, and the responsible use**
**of technology. Through education,**
**outreach, and engagement, TAFU aims**
**to inspire individuals to take informed,**
**proactive, and ethical actions that**
**contribute to the protection and**
**improvement of society and the natural**
**environment.**| |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 the reporting period, TAFU**
**advanced its charitable objectives by**
**engaging young people and the wider**
**public in activities designed to promote**
**responsibility, learning, and sustainable**
**thinking. TAFU worked to equip**
**participants with the knowledge, skills,**
**and sense of accountability needed to**
**contribute positively to their**
**communities and the wider world.**
**Among its key initiatives, TAFU**
**organised the TAFU – BCS Award 2024–**
**2025 and secured partnerships with IBM**
**and BCS for this, inspiring young**
**innovators to apply technology and**
**digital thinking responsibly to real-world**
**sustainability challenges. TAFU also**
**held our annual student and teen**
**photography competition and a Nature**
**Photography and Filmmaking**
**Mentorship Programme was launched,**
**encouraging participants to use their**
**creative talents to spread responsibility**| |||**and love for nature through visual**
**storytelling. Events such as Local**
**Wildlife Day and our Earth Day Concert**
**further promoted collective awareness**
**and community engagement, reinforcing**
**TAFU’s message that meaningful**
**change begins with personal**
**responsibility.**
**In addition, TAFU published an online**
**interview and a range of nature-focused**
**articles to extend its educational reach**
**and highlight the connection between**
**innovation, ethics, sustainability, and**
**responsibility. The establishment of the**
**first TAFU Student Chapter marked a**
**significant step in expanding youth**
**leadership opportunities and embedding**
**responsibility as a core value within**
**educational and community contexts.**
**All of these activities were undertaken**
**for the public benefit, reflecting TAFU’s**
**ongoing commitment to fostering**
**informed, proactive, and ethical**
**engagement among young people and**
**the broader community.**| |---|---|---| |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 guidance published by**
**the Charity Commission on public**
**benefit when planning, delivering, and**
**reviewing TAFU’s activities. The**
**trustees ensure that all projects,**
**partnerships, and expenditures are**
**directed towards the advancement of**
**education, in particular STEM education,**
**the promotion of personal and collective**
**responsibility, and the empowerment of**
**young people to make informed, ethical,**
**and sustainable decisions. Every**
**initiative undertaken by TAFU is**
**designed to deliver benefit to the public,**
**particularly through education,**
**awareness, and the creation of**
**opportunities for responsible**
**participation in environmental and**
**social causes.**| ## **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||| |---|---|---| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**TAFU is a fully volunteer organisation**
**with no paid staff or officers. All**
**activities, administration, and**
**governance are undertaken on a**
**voluntary basis. No individuals receive**
**any form of salary, honorarium, or**
**payment for their work on behalf of the**
**charity.**
**The trustees, Nika Strok Underwood and**
**Julia Strok Underwood, lead the**
**majority of TAFU’s operations,**
**partnerships, and project management,**
**supported by the wider trustee board in**
**official and compliance matters. The**
**charity also benefits from the voluntary**
**contributions of competition jurors, who**
**dedicate time to evaluating submissions**
**for the TAFU – BCS Award and**
**photography competitions, and other**
**volunteers who provide occasional**
**support with initiatives.**
**Payments are made only to external**
**suppliers for professional services**
**where necessary - such as design or**
**printing - and never to volunteers or**
**trustees. The trustees wish to express**
**their sincere appreciation to all**
**individuals who contribute their time,**
**energy, and expertise to advancing**
**TAFU’s mission of promoting**
**responsibility, STEM education, and**
**sustainability.**| |Other||**N/A**| ## **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|**During 2024, TAFU achieved meaningful**
**progress in advancing its mission to**
**promote responsibility, STEM**
**education, and sustainable thinking**
**among young people and the wider**
**public. TAFU’s programmes provided**
**educational, personal, and ethical**
**development opportunities that inspired**
**participants to take active roles in**
**shaping a more responsible future.**
**Through initiatives such as the**
**Nature Photography and Filmmaking**
**Mentorship Programme and the wildlife**| **photography competition gave young people a platform to communicate ideas about responsibility and conservation through art, helping them connect creativity with social impact. Events such as our Earth Day Concert and Local Wildlife Day strengthened community engagement and built shared understanding of individual and collective roles in leadership for a sustainable future. TAFU’s educational content, including online interview and nature-focused articles, reached audiences beyond its immediate participants, contributing to wider public awareness of responsible action, innovation, and sustainability. The establishment of the first TAFU Student Chapter created a framework for youth leadership and participation, extending TAFU’s long-term impact with youth at the university and paving the way for like future collaborations. Together, these achievements reflect TAFU’s success in translating its values into measurable benefits; equipping young people with the knowledge, experience, and confidence to take responsibility and shape the world around them, whilst learning, growing, and sharing.** ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|
**N/A**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**N/A**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**N/A**| |Other||**N/A**| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**At the end of the financial year, TAFU**
**remained in a stable financial position**
**appropriate to the scale and nature of its**
**activities. The charity’s operations**
**during the year were entirely supported**
**by its trustees, Nika Strok Underwood**
**and Julia Strok Underwood, through**
**personal contributions and interest-free**
**loans made to ensure the continuity of**
**TAFU’s charitable programmes and**
**administrative functions.**
**TAFU did not generate income during**
**the year and had no paid employees or**
**officers. All expenditure related directly**
**to charitable activities and essential**
**operating costs such as materials,**
**outreach, event organisation, and**
**professional services (for example,**
**design or printing). Payments were**
**made only to external suppliers for**
**services rendered, and no remuneration**
**or honorarium was paid to any trustee,**
**volunteer, or officer.**
**TAFU had no outstanding debts other**
**than the interest-free loans provided by**
**the lead trustees as well as the delayed**
**reimbursement to the other trustees for**
**their expenses, which are repayable on**
**demand. These amounts may, at the**
**trustees’ discretion, be converted into**
**donations at a later date. The trustees**
**are satisfied that the charity has**
**maintained sound financial stewardship**
**and that its expenditure remains**
**proportionate to its charitable aims and**
**public benefit.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**TAFU does not currently hold any**
**financial reserves. The charity’s**
**activities are funded directly through**
**voluntary contributions and interest-free**
**loans provided by its lead trustees.**
**Given TAFU’s fully volunteer-led**
**structure, the trustees consider this**
**approach appropriate.**
**The trustees review the financial**
**position of the charity regularly and**
**ensure that expenditure remains**
**proportionate to its charitable objectives**
**and available resources. Should TAFU**
**begin to generate external income or**
**receive grant funding in the future, the**
**trustees intend to establish a formal**
**reserves policy to provide for future**
**stability and the continuity of charitable**| |||**programmes.**| |---|---|---| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**TAFU currently holds no reserves.**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**As a fully volunteer-led organisation**
**funded directly by interest-free trustee**
**loans, TAFU’s operating model does not**
**presently require reserves. All activities**
**are funded on a project basis, with**
**expenditure aligned to available**
**resources.**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**No funds were in deficit during the**
**reporting period.**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**The trustees are satisfied that there are**
**no material uncertainties about TAFU’s**
**ability to continue as a going concern.**
**The lead trustees continue to provide**
**financial support as necessary to**
**ensure the ongoing operation of TAFU’s**
**activities.**| ## **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|
**TAFU’s principal source of funds during**
**the reporting period was voluntary**
**financial support from its lead trustees,**
**Nika Strok Underwood and Julia Strok**
**Underwood, who provided personal**
**contributions and interest-free loans to**
**enable the charity’s operations and**
**activities. No external fundraising or**
**grant income was received during the**
**year. All income was acquired and**
**applied for charitable objectives,**
**including educational programmes,**
**community engagement, event delivery,**
**and outreach.**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**The trustees maintain ongoing oversight**
**of risks associated with the charity’s**
**operations. The principal risks identified**
**relate to the current reliance on trustee**
**funding and volunteer capacity. These**
**risks are mitigated by prudent financial**
**management, low operating costs, and**
**careful planning of activities in line with**
**available resources. The trustees**
**continue to explore opportunities for**
**sustainable external funding and**
**partnerships to strengthen TAFU’s long-**
**term resilience.**| |Other||**N/A**| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||**TAFU is a Charitable Incorporated**
**Organisation (CIO) governed by its**
**constitution, which sets out its**
**charitable objects, powers, and trustee**
**arrangements.**| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**CIO Foundation Model**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**TAFU is constituted as a Charitable**
**Incorporated Organisation (CIO) under**
**the Foundation model. The trustees are**
**the only voting members of the charity.**| |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 in accordance**
**with the charity’s constitution. New**
**trustees are nominated and approved by**
**the existing board based on their skills,**
**experience, and commitment to TAFU’s**
**objectives. There are no external bodies**
**entitled to appoint trustees, and all**
**appointments are made internally by**
**resolution of the current 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|
**As a tightknit team, TAFU does not**
**currently operate a formal trustee**
**induction or training programme. New**
**trustees are introduced to the charity’s**
**constitution, policies, and ongoing**
**projects by the lead trustees and are**
**supported through ongoing mentoring**
**where appropriate and active**
**participation in governance and**
**programme delivery.**| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**TAFU operates under the oversight of**
**its Board of Trustees. The charity works**
**collaboratively with partner**
**organisations on various initiatives and**
**maintains less formal links with**
**community and educational partners to**
**support its programmes.**| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|**During the reporting period, the lead**
**trustees provided financial support to**
**the charity through personal**
**contributions and interest-free loans**
**made to fund operational and charitable**
**activities. No trustee received any**
**payment, salary, or other financial**
**benefit from the charity. All transactions**
**were made in accordance with the**
**charity’s constitution and recorded**
**transparently in the accounts. TAFU has**
**no other source of funding.**| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|TAFU| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|None (formerly Teens and Friends United)| |Registered charity number|1207526| |Charity’s principal address|CAPITAL OFFICE
TAFU, 124-128 CITY ROAD
LONDON
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Julia Strok
Underwood|Secretary|N/A|N/A| ||Nika Strok
Underwood|Chair|N/A|N/A| ||NickyBishop||N/A|N/A| ||Aaron Thorne|Treasurer|Served until 09/04/2024|N/A| ||Neil Ellis|Treasurer|Appointed 08/05/2024|N/A| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – 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
held in this capacity|N/A - TAFU does not hold any assets in a custodial
capacity on behalf of other organisations or individuals.| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|N/A - TAFU does not act as a custodian trustee for any
other charity or entity.| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own
assets|N/A - No custodial assets are held.| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and**|**addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser**|**Name**
**Address**|| |**N/A - The**
**charity**
**did not**
**engage**
**any**
**professio**
**nal**
**advisers**
**during**
**the**
**reporting**
**period.**||| |||| |||| |||| **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 – The charity has no paid staff or key management personnel. All activities are undertaken by volunteers and trustees.** ## **Other optional information** **TAFU continues to strengthen its position as a volunteer-led organisation promoting** **personal responsibility, STEM education, and sustainability across communities particularly in young people. The trustees express their appreciation to all volunteers, partners, and supporters whose dedication has enabled TAFU to deliver meaningful initiatives and inspire positive action throughout the year.** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** Julia Strok Underwood **Signature(s)** Nika Strok Underwood Julia Strok Underwood **Full name(s)** Nika Strok Underwood **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 30/10/2025 Approved by all trustees at an online meeting on the 30/10/2025. |Name
Date
Cost
Barbican Centre Car Park
11/21/2024
11.49
Barbican Centre Car Park
10/29/2024
14.08
Q Park Mayfair Car Park
10/29/2024
32.4
Parking on Gainsford Street
10/8/2024
26.94
Parking on Hanworth Close
9/10/2024
11.54
Fuel to Conferences
Various
100
Excel London Parking
Various
25
Olympia parking
30/04 & 01/05/2024
71.5
Digital Geoscience Tickets
10/29/2024
110
Capital Ofce Trading Address
6/8/2024
54
Capital Ofce Trading Address
9/8/2024
40.5
Capital Ofce Trading Address
12/7/2024
43.2
Capital Ofce Trading Address
3/8/2024
35.1
Instant Print
Various
260.08
Porton of Rent
Monthly
250
Porton of Internet
Monthly
8
Porton of Electricity, Gas & Heatng
Monthly
23.8
LinkedIn Job Ads
Various
135.52
NSPCC Charity Trustee Training & Safegu
9/16/2024
120
Statcounter
Monthly
16
VPN
Yearly
78
Adobe
Monthly
66.49
1st Prize Amazon Voucher
5/27/2024
150
2nd Prize Book
5/20/2024
15.99
3rd Prize Amazon Voucher
4/24/2024
30
Circular Cups
7/2/2024
515.38
Website and Server costs
Anually
251.77
Gamma
Monthly
16|Name
Date
Cost
Barbican Centre Car Park
11/21/2024
11.49
Barbican Centre Car Park
10/29/2024
14.08
Q Park Mayfair Car Park
10/29/2024
32.4
Parking on Gainsford Street
10/8/2024
26.94
Parking on Hanworth Close
9/10/2024
11.54
Fuel to Conferences
Various
100
Excel London Parking
Various
25
Olympia parking
30/04 & 01/05/2024
71.5
Digital Geoscience Tickets
10/29/2024
110
Capital Ofce Trading Address
6/8/2024
54
Capital Ofce Trading Address
9/8/2024
40.5
Capital Ofce Trading Address
12/7/2024
43.2
Capital Ofce Trading Address
3/8/2024
35.1
Instant Print
Various
260.08
Porton of Rent
Monthly
250
Porton of Internet
Monthly
8
Porton of Electricity, Gas & Heatng
Monthly
23.8
LinkedIn Job Ads
Various
135.52
NSPCC Charity Trustee Training & Safegu
9/16/2024
120
Statcounter
Monthly
16
VPN
Yearly
78
Adobe
Monthly
66.49
1st Prize Amazon Voucher
5/27/2024
150
2nd Prize Book
5/20/2024
15.99
3rd Prize Amazon Voucher
4/24/2024
30
Circular Cups
7/2/2024
515.38
Website and Server costs
Anually
251.77
Gamma
Monthly
16| |---|---| |Total|| Approved by Trustees in an online meeting on the 30/10/2025. |Number of Times||Total|| |---|---|---|---| ||1|11.49|| ||1|14.08|| ||1|32.4|| ||1|26.94|| ||1|11.54|| ||21|2100|| ||9|225|| ||1|71.5|| ||1|110|| ||1|54|| ||1|40.5|| ||1|43.2|| ||1|35.1|| ||1|260.08|| ||12|3000|| ||12|96|| ||12|285.6|| ||1|135.52|| ||2|240|| ||12|192|| ||1|78|| ||12|797.88|| ||1|150|| ||2|31.98|| ||2|60|| ||1|515.38|| ||1|251.77|| ||4|64|| |||£8,933.96|| |||||