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## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date 01 April 2020 31 March 2021
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## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 279130
Podsmead Community Association
**Charity's principal address**
62 Milton Avenue Podsmead Gloucester **Postcode GL2 5AS**
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**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
**Name Dates acted if not for whole year**
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## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Constitution
Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Association How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Elected by members by AGM held annually. Trustee selection methods
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
To promote the benefit of the inhabitants of the lower output area of Podsmead without distinction of sex, political, religious, or other opinion by associating local authorities, voluntary organisations and local inhabitants in a common effort to provide facilities for social welfare, education, recreation and leisure, with the object of improving conditions for those said inhabitants.
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Through the provision of youth activities, Healthy living and wellbeing, dance, exercise, Art and Creative Craft, Bingo and prevention of food poverty.
These activities benefit the community through social interaction, sharing of skills, communication and improved wellbeing across all age groups social groups, faith or personal circumstance.
**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)**
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
Where legislation change has allowed, we have continued to provide a venue for community activities. This has included safe access to free food, opportunities to meet, talk and improve wellbeing. Covid has continued to provide challenges during the year. However, through the ongoing improvements made both logistically and through policy change we have continued to provide this resource.
Through grant applications and voluntary work we have enabled the ongoing function of the charity and its building to further sustain its longevity post pandemic.
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## **Section E Financial review**
**Brief statement of the**
**charity’s policy on reserves**
The trustees have reviewed the reserves of the charity and their policy is to hold enough funds to meet four months operating costs and community activities. Based on unrestricted funds as of 31.03.21 this equals £5000.00.
**Details of any funds materially** Not applicable **in deficit**
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## **Section F Other optional information**
In 2021/22 the Charity plans to further develop its opportunities to engage with parents and young children through the provision of a stay and play service. This will include the implementation of safeguarding policies, further insurances, play facilities and equipment as well as DBS policy and checking of volunteers.
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
## **Signature(s)**
_Marcus Ridler_
**Full name(s)** Marcus Ridler **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Treasurer **etc) Date** 25/01/22
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PODSMEAD COMMUNITY ASSOCA770PI
ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31STMARCH 2021
Podsm•ad Communty As8ou'abon w o)nsbtuated by Oeed of Trust and Li a regigter•J
chanty, number 279130 Its •Jdress is 62 Milton Avenue, Podsm•ad. GkyJcester, GL12AS
The general ¢ommittee, who vore also th• ¢h•rity trustees for the year, consbsts of th•
honoyry officers ol the associaton, on representath appointed by each affiliated group,
8tstulory authority and section, representstives of the ass¢¢aite members and upto nina
presentatives of fijll members, or such Lryrge numbers as shau Ix •1 to Ihose appointad
by affiliate