## Annual General Meeting 20.06.2024
## Chairperson’s Report
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Thank you everyone for attending the AGM. I would also like to particularly thank Sarah for providing a draft of this report which is the first one I have submitted as Chair.
2023/24 has been a busy year for Escape, with plenty going on. I’d like to pass on our gratitude to our hard working team in the office, Sarah, Ange, Kirsty and Debbie. As in previous years we, as a committee, have had to have very little input into the day to day running of the charity this past year, due to the staff’s established roles, individual expertise and teamwork. Nevertheless, committee have been made aware of any more complex situations where support, approval or advice was helpful. Committee are very grateful for the hard work and dedication shown by the team to their work and the member families we serve.
Over the past year the team have continued to work tirelessly to ensure Escape has funds available, to be able to provide the high quality and wide-ranging opportunities to the members that it does.
Ang continues to do an excellent job of keeping on top of the finances, ensuring the accounts are up to date, and members pay all that is owing on time (also thanks to the online booking system). She is the first point of call regarding bookings, and continues to offer support to members as necessary. Thanks must go to Bryce Clark, a local accountant, for his proficiency in verifying the accounts for Escape, and to Chris Pearson, our treasurer, for overseeing them throughout the year. They continue to look very healthy.
Ang has, this year, been able to attend trips due to a change in her personal circumstances. It has been great to see her on the coaches, putting faces to names she has spoken to over the years.
Kirsty continues to be key in maintaining the website, and the introduction of online bookings for trips continues to allow the team to concentrate on other aspects of work. I’d like to thank Kirsty for her commitment to this task as it is looking great, as do all the posters and logos for all the new activities.
Thanks must go to Debbie for her continued hard work in ensuring the healthy accounts remain the way they do, with time committed weekly to grant applications – sometimes a repetitive task, but one that ensures Escape is able to offer the opportunities it does to all its members. As we can see from the statements, this is a role she has excelled herself in, so we thank and congratulate her for that. The Hub Club continues to run on a monthly basis, under Debbie’s management with assistance from Kirsty, thanks to a grant Debbie secured after our Children in Need funds ended. Thanks go to both staff for ensuring the children and families who attend have a varied programme of activities.
Debbie continues to organise and attend the very successful monthly “Strike Out Club” bowling club, especially for siblings/young carers. This has been popular and well-supported.
The Exclusive Swimming sessions continue, and again have specific funding, due to the efforts of the staff to ensure Escape’s founding activity continues.
Debbie and Kirsty have also organised several “Coffee and Chat” events for carers which have been well attended, as well as “Park Meets” in the school holidays for Escape members to pop along and catch up with other members. These have also been a welcome addition to our ESCAPE offer.
Sarah continues to oversee the day to day running of the charity and management of staff. She has ensured that workloads remain appropriate, staff get paid on time, and any issues that may arise are dealt with efficiently, alongside helping organise the trips and activities on offer. We thank her for her dedication to the charity’s organisation.
I would also like to thank our committee for continuing to offer their time to support Escape alongside me, the Chair – Jo (who takes Safeguarding lead),), Chris (Treasurer as mentioned), and Dani, who stepped down as chair earlier this financial year, but continues to offer support as required.
Thanks also go to everyone who has helped fundraise throughout the past year, staff, members and volunteers alike. Without these valuable efforts, Escape would not be able to do what it does so well. Thanks especially to one of our members, Martin, and staff member Sarah, both doing a parachute jump to raise almost £2500, and past member Jo, who did a sponsored triathalon on behalf of Escape, raising over £500. Fantastic efforts all round. To anyone I’ve missed (apologies) I also pass on our thanks.
Finally, I would like to thank all our members and their amazing children who inspire us every day and make the roles in ESCAPE so satisfying for staff, volunteers and committee members. We hope we have made a real difference in their lives.
Over the coming year we look forward to more days out and l hope more memories are made together. I look forward to seeing as many of you as possible at Escape events throughout the coming year.
Signed ……………………………… Aas . Position …………………………….. Date …………………………………. peje d54 202K
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||Section A Receipts and payments|||||||||||||||
|||||Unrestricted
funds||||Restricted funds|||Endowment
funds||Total funds|Total funds|Last year|
|||||to the nearest £|to the nearest £|||to the nearest £|||to the nearest £||to the nearest £||to the nearest £|
||A1 Receipts|||||||||||||||
||Membershipfees|||5,079||||-|-||-||5|5,079|5,852|
||Bank interest|||380|380|||-|-||-||380|380|69|
||Own fundraising|||6,027||||-|-||-||6|6,027|12,359|
||Grant income|||-|-|||33,167|||-||33|33,167|44,298|
||Donations|||11,558||||-|-||-||11|11,558|7,530|
||Gift aid|||1,287||||-|-||-||1|1,287||
||Membershipcredits|||-|-|||40|40||-||40|40||
|||||-|-|||-|-||-||-|-||
||Total income|||24,331||||33,207|||-||57|57,538|70,107|
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||Member contributions to trips & events|||-|-|||26,900|||-||26|26,900|27,277|
||Member contributions to carer's trips & events|||-|-|||2|2,375||-||2|2,375|3,884|
||Member contributions to swimming|||-|-|||598|598||-||598|598|581|
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||Total membershipcontributions|||-|-|||29,873|||-||29|29,873|31,742|
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||_Sub total(Gross income for AR)_|||24,331||||63,080|||-||87,411|87,411|101,849|
||A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
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_Sub total_-
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_Total receipts_ 24,331
63,080
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87,411
101,849
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||A3 Payments|||||||||||||||
||Trip& event costs|||-|-|||51,026|||-||51,026|51,026|56,236|
||Strike out club salary/pension|||-|-|||1,096|1,096||-||1,096|1,096|-|
||Carer's trips & event costs|||||||3,801|3,801||-||3,801|3,801|6,823|
||Swimmingcosts|||||||1,681|1,681||-||1,681|1,681|1,248|
||Hub club costs|||||||1,817|1,817||-||1,817|1,817|2,860|
||Hub club salary/pension|||||||1,911|1,911||-||1,911|1,911|2,255|
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||Total activitycosts|||||||61,332|||||61,332|61,332|69,422|
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||Fundraisingcosts|||1,786|||||||||1,786|1,786|4,449|
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||Rent|||||||6,200|6,200||-||6,200|6,200|5,400|
||Electricity|||||||417|417||-||417|417|503|
||Staff salaries|||||||32,134|||-||32,134|32,134|29,363|
||Employers NI & tax|||-|-|||1,039|1,039||-||1,039|1,039|394|
||Employerspensions|||-|-|||1,014|1,014||-||1,014|1,014|628|
||Phone / mobile / broadband|||-|-|||661|661||-||661|661|598|
||Stationery|||-|-|||11|11||-||11|11|125|
||Office costs|||-|-|||652|652||-||652|652|159|
||Insurance|||||||746|746||-||746|746|649|
||Training|||||||48|48||-||48|48||
||Sundryexpenses|||||||- 338|- 338||-||- 338|- 338|0|
||Computer & IT fees|||||||434|434||-||434|434|410|
||Staff / committee expenses|||||||433|433||-||433|433|309|
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||Total core costs|||-|-|||43,450|||-||43,450|43,450|38,539|
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||_Sub total_|||1,786||||104,782|||-||106,568|106,568|112,410|
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A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see
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|_Total payments_
_Net of receipts/(payments)_
A5 Transfers between funds
A6 Cash funds last year end
_Cash funds this year end_|1,786|104,782|-|106,568|112,410|
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41,673
64,203|- 41,702
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58,198
16,510|-|- 19,157|- 10,561|
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||||-|99,870|110,432|
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## Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
|Categories
B1 Cash funds
B2 Other monetary assets
B3 Investment assets
B5 Liabilities
B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own
use
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the
trustees|Details
RBS Bank Account
Santander Current Account
Santander Reserve Account
Santander Savings Account
(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
Details
Details
Details
Details
Signature
_Total cash funds_|to nearest £
4,566
11,944
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16,510
Unrestricted
funds|to nearest £
Restricted
funds|to nearest £
Endowment
funds|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||1,200
4,487
22,877
35,639
64,203||
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-escape
Support Qroup
Escape Support Group
Treasurers Report
2022123
Openin
Balances
2023124
17,610.08
45,455.94
45,632.42
1,733.17
110,431.61
Santander Reserve
Santander Current
Santander Savin
RBS
22,662.82
38,640.79
35,534.72
3,032.04
99,870.37
112,410.09
101,848.85
Escape Expenditure
Esca
e Income
98,715.86
79,558.77
10,561.24
Net Income l Expenditure
19,157.09
99.870.37
Closin
Balances
80,713.28
22,662.82
38,640.79
35,534.72
3,032.04
99,870.37
Santander Reserve
Santander Current
Santander Savings
RBS
22,877.10
16,430.91
35,639.29
5,765.98
80,713.28
INDEPENDENT VERIFIER
SIGNED.
DATE
TREASURER
SIGNED ..
DATE