## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 01/09/2022 Period start date To 31/08/2023 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Blackpool Schools And Youth Work** ## **Charity registration number:1054585** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To advance the Christian faith and to
advance education in accordance with
Christian principles.
To share the love of Jesus with children in
Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre through school
assemblies, workshops and input into
school lessons as and when invited.| |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|•
**Local primary schools have been**
**visited regularly in order to**
**conduct especially themed**
**assemblies and to take part in**
**worship**
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**Assistance was given by**
**participating in school lessons .**
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**Specialist help was provided**
**through extended periods**
**throughout the school day,**
**particularly preceding Christmas**
**and Easter to provide protracted**
**interactive teaching on specific**
**seasonal themes , these events**
**being described as “workshops”,**
**“journeys”, “Walk through the**
**bible”**
**Local churches were visited to bring**
**presentations of the Trust’s work and to**
**seek support.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The objectives of the Trust are to reflect**
**both their faith and community aims.**
**These objectives and activities are**
**regularly reviewed by the trustees to**
**ensure that they continue to reflect**
**these aims. In carrying out these**
**reviews, the trustees have considered**
**the Charity Commission’s general**
**guidance on public benefit and, in**
**particular, its supplementary public**
**guidance on the advancement of**
**religion for public benefit.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**No grants are made so no policy is**
**necessary**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**No investments are made or pursued so**
**no policy is necessary**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Guidelines have been devised**
**concerning management of volunteers.**
**Volunteers assist with conducting**
**school assemblies and “workshops”,**
**prayer accompaniment, construction of**
**props and formatting and issuing**
**newsletters.**| |Other||**The charity holds and expedites policies**
**concerning reserves of funds, data**
**protection and safeguarding of children.**
**The Trust also pursues its own policies**
**to deal with complaints, grievances and**
**discipline, health and safety and risk**
**management.**| ## **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|**Throughout this academic year, 22**
**different schools were visited to assist**
**with assemblies and worship, involving**
**a total of 7135 children.**
**“Walk through the Bible” sessions (5**
**sessions each of one hour) were**
**conducted at 7 different schools,**
**involving 12 different classes and a total**
**of 360 children.**
**Assemblies focused upon Peace, New**
**Year Challenges, Friends and**
**friendship, Coronation and Resilience.**
**Workshops in the autumn term focused**
**upon An introduction to God, Jesus and**
**the Bible for year 1 in 11 schools**
**(involving 15 classes and 450 children)**
**Year 5 workshops (3 x one hour**
**sessions to 15 classes involving 390**| **children) in the 6 weeks leading up to Christmas focused upon the question, “Why Jesus?” Year 2 workshops embraced the “Christmas Journey” (involving 5 scenes of the Christmas narrative from “creation to the cross”. 19 schools were visited , involving 42 such journeys and involving 700 children. The school term which commenced in January featured a workshop upon “Baptism”, involving 9 schools, 11 classes and 315 children and 2 visits to a local church. Easter Workshops involved 15 year 5 classes and 450 children from 10 local schools. In the summer term, workshops firstly focused upon year 4 classes with “Diary of a Disciple” (a retelling of Luke’s Gospel) – 11 schools, 16 classes and 480 children were visited. Workshops later in the summer term focused upon “It’s your move” (based upon Scripture Union’s handbook to help prospective school leavers prepare for secondary school). 10 schools (14 year 6 classes and 360 children) were visited.** ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**The team engaged at full capacity, with**
**their key contributions being**
**enthusiastically received by all schools**
**visited. Some requests for visits had to**
**be refused as staffing and volunteers**
**were fully stretched. There is always**
**ready opportunity to do more, with**
**increased finances, staffing and**
**volunteers.**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**No fund raising activities have been**
**planned nor pursued**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**No investments have been pursued**| |||**N/A**| Other ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity suffered a deficit of £739.08**
**for the year but a total of £15,268.77**
**remains in bank accounts with £6609.44**
**in the current account and £8,659.33**
**being held in the deposit account as a**
**reserve fund. The charity is committed**
**to using its funds to resource its work**
**and to support those who carry out its**
**objectives.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The trust’s reserve policy is to hold**
**enough funds to meet three months**
**salary and expenses of employed staff**
**and volunteers. This sum is held in a**
**separate account, to be accessed only**
**in the instance of existing funds failing**
**to meet such outgoings. This fund**
**stands in excess of £8,000 (as above)**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£8,659.33**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**No fund in deficit**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**No uncertainties**| ## **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|**Funds are received through donations**
**by local churches, Christian**
**organisations and individuals. Gift Aid**
**payments assist to increase many of the**
**individual’s donations.**| |---|---|---| |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 charity’s greatest risk is that**
**ultimately donations and financial**
**reserves will not prove sufficient to**
**support and honour the charity’s**
**financial commitments.**| |Other||**N/A**| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||**Charitable Trust**| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|
Para 1.25|**Trust Deed**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**As Below**| |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|**Appointment by existing trustees.**
**Endorsement at Annual General Meeting**| ## **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|**New trustees are made familiar with the**
**charity’s deed of trust and the charity’s**
**aims, regular activities and**
**disciplinary/grievance procedures for**
**employed staff. Attention is also drawn**
**to a number of publications made**
**available by the Charity Commission,**
**particularly those providing guidance on**
**charities and public benefit and upon**
**the advancement of religion for the**
**public benefit. This ensures that new**
**trustees are made aware of their**
**responsibilities under the Charities Act.**| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**The charity enjoys a close association**
**with and practical help, advice and input**
**from Scripture Union.**| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|**The charity enjoys a good relationship**
**with local churches**| |Other||**The trustees are responsible for the**
**general control and management of the**
**charity, each giving their time freely**
**without remuneration or other financial**
**benefits. Trustees meet together three or**
**four times a year and are responsible for**
**decisions related to the financial**
**aspects of running the charity’s day by**
**day activities. The trust’s community**
**and religious activities are delegated to**
**to the co-ordinator Sue Richards who**
**(along with a team of two part-time**| **workers and other volunteers) prepares, expedites and leads the trust’s activities. Sue Richards (as the co-ordinator) is employed upon a salaried basis and two part-time workers Jacqueline Tracey and Helen Lewis are each employed on a contract basis.** ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity
name||Blackpool Schools and Youth Work| |---|---|---| |||BSYW| |||1054585| |||32, Heyhouses Court,
Heyhouses Lane,
Lytham St.Annes
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address||32, Heyhouses Court,
Heyhouses Lane,
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**year **|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Stephen Kemp|Chairperson||BSYW Trustees| ||Sandra
Waddington|Secretary||BSYW Trustees| ||Susan Le Dieu|Treasurer||BSYW Trustees| ||Karen Smithey|||BSYW Trustees| ||Amanda
Wooldridge||Appointed 26/09/2022|BSYW Trustees| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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** 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**
**adviser **
**Name**
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**Address**| |---|---|---| |**N/A**||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** **N/A** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **N/A** ## **Other optional information** **None** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** Susan LeDieu **Full name(s)** Sandra Macaulay Waddington **Position (eg Secretary,** Secretary Treasurer **Chair, etc) Date** 3rd January 2024 |**Blackpool Schools and Youth Work**
**Income and expenditure Account**
**Year ended 31 Auust 2023**||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**September**|**October**|**November**|**December**|**January**|**February**|**March**|**April**| |**_INCOME_**||||||||| |Regularstanding orders|558.55|518.55|578.55|538.55|558.55|708.55|768.55|788.55| |Church& Schooldonations|682|278|232|520|1590|458|548|288| |One-offgiftsfrom Individuals|||1495|90|3896.5|270|0|0| |GiftAidHMRC (21/22)|1719.13|||||||| |Other||||||||| |**Total**|2959.68|796.55|2305.55|1148.55|6045.05|1436.55|1316.55|1076.55| |||||||||| |||||||||| |**_EXPENDITURE_**||||||||| |Payroll|2036.61|2049.72|2049.92|2049.72|2049.92|2009.43|2090.21|2227.95| |Motorexpenses|||||326.85|||242.55| |Insurance|69.38|69.38|69.38|69.38|69.38|69.38|69.04|68.99| |Materials|||||||375|128.96| |SUDonation||||||||400| |Christmas Gifts|||89.9|||||| |Miscellaneous||13|146.5||15.5|25||| |**Total**|2105.99|2132.1|2355.7|2119.1|2461.65|2103.81|2534.25|3068.45| |||||||||| |Surplus/Deficit|853.69|-1335.55|-50.15|-970.55|3583.4|-667.26|-1217.7|-1991.9| |||||||||| |**Cum.Surplus/Def for theyear**|853.69|-481.86|-532.01|-1502.56|2080.84|1413.58|195.88|-1796.02| |||||||||| |**Current Account Balance**|8202.21|6866.66|6816.51|5845.96|9429.36|8762.1|7544.4|5552.5| |||||||||| |COIFInterest|11.82|14.34|18.04|21.71|23.84|24.27|27.72|28.32| |COIF DepositFundBalance|8439.3|8453.64|8471.68|8493.39|8517.23|8541.5|8569.22|8597.54| |||||||||| |**Net Worth**|16641.51|15320.3|15288.19|14339.35|17946.59|17303.6|16113.62|14150.04| |**May**|**June**|**July**|**August**|**Year to date**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||| |783.55|803.55|763.55|783.55|8152.6| |378|338|398|813|6523| |2100|200|0|290|8341.5| ||||2634.75|4353.88| |||||0| |3261.55|1341.55|1161.55|4521.3|27370.98| |||||| |||||| |||||| |1822.96|2629.54|2226.15|2226.15|25468.28| ||48.25|||617.65| |68.99|68.99|68.99|68.99|830.27| |||||503.96| |||||400| |||||89.9| |||||200| |1891.95|2746.78|2295.14|2295.14|28110.06| |||||| |1369.6|-1405.23|-1133.59|2226.16|| |||||| |-426.42|-1831.65|-2965.24|-739.08|| |||||| |6922.1|5516.87|4383.28|6609.44|| |||||| |30.67|31.12|34.52|36.84|303.21| |8628.21|8659.33|8669.21|8703.73|| |||||| |15550.31|14176.2|13052.49|15313.17|| Ilf any): Addr888: Section B Disclosure Only complet& Il the examiner needs 10 hisThlighl m8leridl ma:',er5 of conccrn (see CC32. Ind8pendÈnl examination of ¢h8rrty ac(y)unts. directions and gui(JanGe for examiners). Glve hère brfef dtrtalls of any itèms thatth8 oxomlner wl$h8s to di8cIw•. Of￿1￿J& ¢0 IER Oct 2018