Hastings Christian Trust
Financial Statement for the year ended 31 March 2021
Includes
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Trustees’ Annual Report
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Independent Examiner’s Report
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Statement of Financial Activities
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Balance Sheet
Hastings Christian Trust - Trustees annual report for the school year from
September 2020 to July 2021.
Operating Name – Christian Schools Worker Hastings (CSWH). Registered Charity number 1024041
Trustees
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Roger Mitchell (Chair)
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Martin Fletcher (Treasurer)
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Thomas Collins (Vice Chair)
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Anne Hanney
Charity governed by Trust Deed. Trustees appointed by existing trustees.
What we do.
Christian Schools Workers Hastings (CSWH) comes under the umbrella of the Hastings Christian Trust and is the operational side of the work. CSWH aims to work with all of the academies and schools in the primary and secondary phases, twenty-one in total, across the towns of Hastings and St. Leonards-on-sea, by offering the following activities that introduce the Jesus to the students:
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acts of collective worship (assemblies)
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Religious Education (R.E.) lessons
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JAFFA (Jesus A Friend For All) Clubs in primary schools
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Hot Chocolate Clubs in secondary schools
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Prayer Spaces
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Year 6 transition days
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Residential experiences for primary and secondary students
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Link Youth – for teenagers to help bridge the transition from in-school clubs to joining a local church.
The work is carried out by an employed part-time worker who works for 0.9 of the week and who oversees a small team of volunteers that assist in enabling the programmes to be effected. The work in schools is overseen by a Management Committee of six volunteers from different backgrounds who bring a variety of skills to help the work in schools and to assist it to operate efficiently and effectively. This Committee reports to the Trustees, four at present, who have a strategic role in the work.
Autumn Term 2020.
Due to the presence of Coronavirus, in-school activities were not permitted to take place so CSWH adapted its practice and, where appropriate, produced virtual resources and made them available to schools on its website and YouTube platform. These included, acts of collective worship, prayer space activities and links to other known and established Christian websites for children and young people. At Christmas, the following online video resources were produced by staff and volunteers for schools:
a Christingle service,
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a three-part Christmas story for the primary age range
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an Advent calendar related to the Christmas story.
A Christingle service was held with a local primary school using video conferencing.
Throughout the term, Link Youth meetings took place via the use of video conferencing.
CSWH did make use of the government’s Job Retention Scheme to place its worker on ‘Furlough’ to access government funds to support the worker’s salary during a time of reduced workload.
Spring Term 2021
The restrictions put in place because of the pandemic meant visits to schools were not possible. Paid staff were supported through the Job Retention Scheme.
Videos were produced for primary teachers to use with their pupils. Parallels between the challenges faced during the current pandemic and those contained in the Bible’s Old Testament were drawn out through animated stories produced on videos. Videos about Easter were also made available to schools through the CSWH website.
Summer term 2021.
In the final third of the school year, CSWH would usually be providing Prayer Spaces in schools and holding whole day year 6 transition days using the Moving On book. As the restrictions on making visits to schools were still in place, the Team Leader produced prayer space activities on the website for schools to use. The Moving On book that is usually handed to every year 6 student was still purchased this year and sufficient copies were delivered to every primary school in the town for each student. The cost of providing these books, over £1000, was made possible through the generosity of a grant provided by Hastings Youth Trust.
Online videos were also produced so that schools could run the transition day activities for themselves, combining the book with the supporting videos. Link Youth continued to be held via video conferencing.
At the end of the year, CSWH would normally publish the number of students it had worked with over the course of the year. However, due to the change in circumstances over the school year, and with so many website activities being posted, CSWH has not been able to track the number of students with whom it has engaged.
Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature
Roger Mitchell
Trustee
17 February 2022
Signature
Martin Fletcher
Trustee
17 February 2022
Independent Examiner’s Report to the trustees of Hastings Christian Trust
I report on the accounts of the trust for the year ended 31 March 2021 which are set out below.
Respective responsibilities of the trustees and examiner:
The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
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Examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
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To follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and
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To state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of Independent Examiner’s report
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required by an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a “true and fair view” and the report is limited to those matters as set out in the statement below.
Independent examiner’s statement
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to by attention:
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which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements
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a. to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and
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b. to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act
have not been met; or
- to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Name – Janet Crawford
Address – 130 Sedlescombe Gardens; St Leonards on Sea; East Sussex; TN38 0YW Date – 21 February 2022
| Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended | Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended | 31 March 2021 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2020 | ||
| £ | £ | ||
| Income | |||
| Donations | 25369 | 32305 | |
| Gift Aid Refund | 2823 | 3986 | |
| IT | 2145 | 0 | |
| IYM | 1161 | see note 1 | 313 |
| Exhibitions | 1500 | see note 1 | 0 |
| Fundraising events | 3631 | 1171 | |
| Soul Survivor | 0 | 1266 | |
| Coffee mornings/teas | 0 | 90 | |
| Link | 0 | 649 | |
| Furlough Grants | 16811 | 0 | |
| Prayer spaces | 0 | 864 | |
| Penny pots | 441 | 1295 | |
| Total Incoming Resources | 53881 | 41939 | |
| Resources used | |||
| IYM | 1142 | see note 1 | 1244 |
| Exhibitions | 0 | see note 1 | 1990 |
| Fundraising events | 0 | 0 | |
| Soul Survivor | 0 | 2581 | |
| Jaffa | 9 | 476 | |
| Prayer Spaces | 0 | 1101 | |
| Link | 19 | 671 | |
| Travel/Entertainment | 0 | 2437 | |
| Printing/Stationery | 308 | 1074 | |
| Telephone/IT | 2582 | 140 | |
| Staff costs | 26003 | see note 2 | 43633 |
| Insurance | 842 | 759 | |
| Sundry Expenses | 1096 | 800 | |
| Total resources used | 32001 | 56906 | |
| Net | 21880 | -14967 | |
| Reconciliation of funds | |||
| unrestricted | restricted | ||
| Brought forward from 1/4/20 | 13031 | 0 | |
| carried forward to 31/3/21 | 33392 | 1519 | |
| Funds brought forward at 1/4/20 | £13031 | ||
| £ 0 | |||
| £13031 | |||
| Surplus for year | £21880 | ||
| Funds carried forward at 31/3/21 | £34911 |
£
Note 1
IYM
| Funds Brought forward Income in year spent in year restricted funds c/f Exhibitions Funds Brought forward Income in year spent in year restricted funds c/f |
0 1161 |
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| 1161 1142 |
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| 19 | |
| 0 1500 |
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| 1500 0 |
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| 1500 |
Note 2
No trustees have received any remuneration.
Balance Sheet
Hastings Christian Trust
31 March 2021
Balance sheet at 31 March 2021
| 31-Mar-21 | 31-Mar-20 | |
|---|---|---|
| £ | £ | |
| Current assets | ||
| Debtors | 2823 | 3986 |
| cash | 0 | 561 |
| Nat West | 32088 | 8484 |
| 34911 | 13031 | |
| Represented by | ||
| Unrestricted fund | 33392 | 13031 |
| restricted fund | 1519 | 0 |
| 34911 | 13031 |
The financial statements were approved by the trustees on 17 February 2022 and signed on their behalf by:
Signatures
17 February 2022