upReach Annual Report 2023-24 - Report - Page 35
Trustees’ Annual Report (Continued)
For The Year To 31 July 2024
The Trustees present their annual report together with the audited 昀椀nancial statements of the
group and the charity for the year 1 August 2023 to 31 July 2024.
Governing Document
The charity is governed by Articles of Association which lay out the charity’s objects and powers,
as well as setting out its governance structure. The charity is constituted as a Company Limited
by Guarantee with charitable status and governed by the Board of Trustees.
Board of Trustees
Trustees who served during the period were as follows:
E M Astle
A J Chaudhury – resigned 25 July 2024
A Dicketts
T I Fosh
K Ingle
L P Kinsella
A J B Marshall – resigned 31 October 2023
V Quintero Rodriguez – resigned 25 July 2024
O Service
C Twine – appointed 31 October 2023
V S Ward
A L Y Wong
T Bingham-Roberts - appointed 25 July 2024
J Moore - appointed 25 July 2024
Objectives and Activities
The objects of the Charity are for the public bene昀椀t to relieve charitable need and to advance
education, particularly, but not exclusively, by providing advice, training, guidance, mentoring
and support to undergraduates and graduates who are in need and/or disadvantaged by reason
of their social background and consequently in relative disadvantage in relation to professional
opportunities to improve their potential access to and success in professions in the 昀椀elds of
Accounting, Advertising, Business Intelligence, Civil Service, Education, Engineering, Fast
Moving Consumer Goods, Financial Services, HR, Insurance, IT, Journalism, Law, Management
Consultancy, Marketing, Media, Pharmaceutical, Property, Public Relations, Publishing,
Recruitment, Research, Third Sector, Utilities and such other 昀椀elds as the trustees may determine.
Our mission is to create the conditions for undergraduates from less-advantaged backgrounds
to access and sustain top graduate jobs.
upReach’s professional development programme aims to close the employability skills gap,
by providing personalised intensive support to students, in partnership with universities
and employers.
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