**The Bridge to Cross Charitable Trust** Reg. Charity 1090166 Annual Report for 2022–2023 In presenting this report, the Trustees are aware of the requirement that the charity’s activities should be for the public benefit. They are satisfied that the activities, available through the Centre, including the provision of work-experience placements, meet this requirement. They also always seek to ensure that volunteers and staff are able to take advantage of suitable training opportunities. ## **Core activities** The resources of the charity are specifically directed to maintaining and developing the 7Corners Centre*, the Hot Spot Outreach, and various other outreach activities in Abergavenny. - The long term impact of the Covid 19 pandemic continues to impact on the Bridge to Cross Charitable Trust’s normal activities over the last 12 months. Ange and the volunteers, through ingenuity, continued to keep in touch and offer support with our core group – the Young People. - The “Starfish” Mentoring programme, in KHS is progressing. - Film Night/Chip Night continues to be popular and utilises much of the produce collected via the FareShare scheme. - Sunday Diners has yet to be resumed after the pandemic, pending volunteer help. - Café, we are seeing a diverse group of Young People, trusting relationships with staff are being forged and deepened. - HOTSPOT activities ie Detached Youth Work continues with pot noodles and hot chocolate being ever popular. We are also able to keep in touch with ‘older’ Young People who no longer access the Centre based work. - IYE Festival, this annual event was attended by unprecedented numbers last year, Young People are becoming more involved in the planning and execution. - FareShare food donated by Waitrose and Tesco are, due to collaboration between 7 Corners and the Saint Vincent De Paul (SVP) organisation, making weekly collections/deliveries providing support to both Abergavenny and Ebbw Vale regions. - Raising the profile awareness of 7 Corners has been a major aim these 12 months. This included redesigning the website, posters, leaflets, etc. **The Bridge to Cross Charitable Trust** Reg. Charity 1090166 Annual Report for 2022–2023 ## **Finance** We have continued to receive generous support from the many individual donors in the local community, who support the charity through regular giving. We have also continued to receive financial support through Donor Grants, Gwent High Sheriff’s Fund, and the Local Authority. Since Covid 19 it has become more difficult to obtain these Grants, but we have been successful due to the efforts of our Administrator. We finally received our corporate credit card in June 2022 for ease of purchasing goods and services. This has been successfully used since that date. Usage has been monitored and analyzed by the Treasurer, and included in his reports. ## **Trustees** The Bridge to Cross Charitable Trust Chair continues to be Peter Nuttall, ably supported by Alison Stroud as Deputy Chair, Alan Freebury as Treasurer, Michael Marsden as Secretary, and all the other actively supporting Trustees, including Sandy Greenslade, Mary Kennedy, Dr. Huw Morgan, Caroline Woollard, and Andrew Willie. Nick Pryor of the Salvation Army has continued to provide much appreciated support and advice as Chaplin, sadly, will be moving to greener pastures in July 2023. A Resolution has been passed by the Trustees to alter the charities Governing Document with regards an increase in the number of Trustees. This proposed change has been forwarded to the Charity Commission. ## _**Payments to trustees**_ There were no payments to Trustees during the year. ## **Employees** Mrs Julie Sussex continues, efficiently and effectively, to support us in the role of Administrator, giving excellent backing to the Centre Manager, Chair, and Treasurer. Her efforts have continued to ensure we have obtained financial support from a variety of donors in these current hard times. We are also extremely grateful that she continues to volunteer for some of the activities of the Centre **The Bridge to Cross Charitable Trust** Reg. Charity 1090166 Annual Report for 2022–2023 Ange Sampson continues to manage all aspects of the Centre, Hot Spot Outreach, and various other activities with her customary sensitive care and dedication. The negative effects of Covid 19 shut down’s have made her close work with the young people particularly challenging in these last 12 months. ## **Volunteers** We continue to be extremely grateful to all our volunteers and helpers who have supported Ange in the various outreach activities and at the Centre. ## **Patron** Our long standing Patron, Andrew Tuggey, the Vice-Lord Lieutenant for Gwent, due to his appointment as High Sheriff, has stepped down after many years providing active support and advice at our Trustees’ meetings. His dedication and commitment to the Bridge to Cross Charity have been most welcome and appreciated, and we wish him well in his new role. We also welcome our new Patron, Dame Claire Clancy, Deputy-Lord Lieutenant of Gwent, who succeeds him. Dame Claire has visited the Centre and attended our Trustee Meetings, with the same enthusiasm as her predecessor. ## **Data protection** The Centre does not retain information about casual Centre users. Appropriate data is retained for employees, volunteers and gift-aid donors in accordance with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulations. ## **Conclusion** Despite the continued turbulent times we live in, the charity has continued to fulfil its role, albeit in different ways, in providing a safe place where young people can gather in safety, receive support and guidance and, as opportunity offers, be encouraged to develop life and practical skills. P. J. Nuttall MBE, TD, JP Chair of Trustees Bridge to Cross Charitable Trust **The Bridge to Cross Charitable Trust** Reg. Charity 1090166 Annual Report for 2022–2023 _*The 7Corners Centre is a project funded by the Bridge to Cross Charitable Trust and is dedicated to offering hope and hospitality to all young people and to meet the mission statement of providing ‘a centre where young people can meet in safety, find help for personal development and support if in crisis.’_ Bridge to Cross Charitable Trust Accounts Year ended 31 March 2023 8RIDGE TO eR088 CHARITABLE TRLISY YEAR ENOED 31 IAARCH 2023 RepNito Ihe of 8rKlge to Crow Chwilat4E Trust on ts accounts fc¢lhe Year8￿&1 31 20YJ Rr3pettiYe vupon8ybilitiea Df trustcu and examincr The tru¥tees are wn%b￿fUthV preparatkn ofth• accounts. Th? tharfiY8 truBt888 0)rddef blat an a￿jtt L% not qu*ed fDrttrf5 >war L￿jer 88cUon 144 of tsChar6ts$ A(12011 (rh8 Charfl¢sAO. 11 L5 my reSpon￿bIl￿ to . ex8￿n& th9 0¢¢>)unts ￿¥j￿ge¢￿0￿ 145 ofthe CAgTttiesAct. -toloknthe pwocedures Lgld drthn In the Gen¥81 Dwedon$ ty the Chanly Gm)m16$1m {undw 145151(bl Ort￿ Ch8rW ACL 8ThY - 10 State wthelher parUAJlormatters have to rny9tt￿ffj0D. B*sts of Indepekd¢nt ¢x*Miw¢r's report y exam¥whon was c¥rried wt ln ￿￿rdance tho Gen8Tal tXreL*ons gh examIn0t￿Tr Inc*Ae% a rev*w ￿ tnÈ arthun￿r￿j racords kept by a ilh those records. 11 aL80 vYJLxles t￿￿delation of4*y unu¥ual hem$ of d*bsures In tIE accwn15. and 5eeklny Éwanatiorv from Y￿ as cMcethTrJ wry SLth rnatters. The pro￿￿re3 uTr1ertaken do not pro¥Me al ewdenca Ihat be reqvired In an audit, *xl corwthnlly ￿p￿lon is gwen as towhetherts a￿oUnts present a *ue 8rKI f•"rf Ihe Charfty Commls*)n. Indep¢DdeD¢ Jtstement In rny examkwODn. no matter has 0￿8 to my allenu￿.. 1. %*hlth gives me reasonable ¢auseio tha¢ In any matsrlal wpertthe requiremeFIIS.' ) to keep 8(*Oth)tywJ reeords wlth 8ecUon 130 Chathw Art. 8n¢J Irj to prep&re acCo￿tI accord *llh 8c£(thlng raccED NET LNCO￿lI￿GI1OlryCOING) RESOLRCES -17J91 610 -16,781 -10.868 TOTAL BROL'Girr FORWARD 60.827 6,881 67,708 78,576 TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD BRIDGETO CRO&S CHARrrABI.V. TRUST ST.ITF.MENT OF ASSETS Af*D LIABILITIES ASAT31 MARCH X123 20Z3 Ullrestrlcted FuThd$ 2023 2023 Totsl Furtds 21J22 Restrlcted F￿d8 FIXED ASSETS Sports equiprnent 1.104 C'URRENT ASSETS HSBC CwreJrtAceoiittt Alt"JnDative D4M￿lIBO￿d far Ch￿11¢$ HaThJ J5.567 15.567 35,426 81 51.073 33269 34,746 89 69208 81 £1.073 CURBEPiT LIABILITWS -146 -1.500 TOTAL NET Cb'RREliT ASSETS FUliDS OFTHE CHAIUTI" RESTRICTED IfiCOME FU￿T)s 7,491 7.491 6.881 UNIIESTRicfED INCOME FUNDS 43.436 43.436 60.827 TOTAL CHARrrY FUNDS Note: Freehold Propeity The ehwity pur¢ha5ed the freebold propety 1-3 Seven Corners Lane in 2002. The pw¢hase of this propen is not reflccted in th¢ accounts. Nthe '. R¢stri¢t¢d Fund Th¢ restricted fund relates toth¢ following graDts r¢¢¢iv¢d and not y¢t spentr. Police & Commissioners for G￿nI Abergayenny Council of Chu￿1 N & S Jone$ l.td Gwent High Sh¢riff5 Cornmunity Fund BRIDGE TOCRO&S CHARITABLE TRliST NOYESTOTHeFtP4AYCJALsfATLMI¥TS YEAR KNDED31 MARCH20ZJ Fu I.GRANfs RECKJVED Millenium s￿]lUMI￿n￿)ItTO 2JOO G*￿t HI￿ ShBrffPs ¢ryrfflurfty F￿d 5.0 i.niNDR4ISJN 427 417 427 437 3. OTHERINCOME 144 144 2.199 E4UiPDMfjI fixDJre9 Ryit5totsJilth 2.019 2.019 3.931 MAYAGEIIEhT.4NDADkntSflL4TIO. 91$ 175 1281 1258 1.462 146 485 1.026 613 1.403 19)] 1.894 1358 1.462 198 Tdephone WgtrrchAr 53 DJWortsknp 5tK> SW 87 7242 2.177 9.932 Cat6supplies 458 458 J94l 3.94t 458 3.941 4J99 Bridge to Cross Charitable Trust Accounts Year ended 31 March 2023 8RIDGE TO eR088 CHARITABLE TRLISY YEAR ENOED 31 IAARCH 2023 RepNito Ihe of 8rKlge to Crow Chwilat4E Trust on ts accounts fc¢lhe Year8￿&1 31 20YJ Rr3pettiYe vupon8ybilitiea Df trustcu and examincr The tru¥tees are wn%b￿fUthV preparatkn ofth• accounts. Th? tharfiY8 truBt888 0)rddef blat an a￿jtt L% not qu*ed fDrttrf5 >war L￿jer 88cUon 144 of tsChar6ts$ A(12011 (rh8 Charfl¢sAO. 11 L5 my reSpon￿bIl￿ to . ex8￿n& th9 0¢¢>)unts ￿¥j￿ge¢￿0￿ 145 ofthe CAgTttiesAct. -toloknthe pwocedures Lgld drthn In the Gen¥81 Dwedon$ ty the Chanly Gm)m16$1m {undw 145151(bl Ort￿ Ch8rW ACL 8ThY - 10 State wthelher parUAJlormatters have to rny9tt￿ffj0D. B*sts of Indepekd¢nt ¢x*Miw¢r's report y exam¥whon was c¥rried wt ln ￿￿rdance tho Gen8Tal tXreL*ons gh examIn0t￿Tr Inc*Ae% a rev*w ￿ tnÈ arthun￿r￿j racords kept by a ilh those records. 11 aL80 vYJLxles t￿￿delation of4*y unu¥ual hem$ of d*bsures In tIE accwn15. and 5eeklny Éwanatiorv from Y￿ as cMcethTrJ wry SLth rnatters. The pro￿￿re3 uTr1ertaken do not pro¥Me al ewdenca Ihat be reqvired In an audit, *xl corwthnlly ￿p￿lon is gwen as towhetherts a￿oUnts present a *ue 8rKI f•"rf Ihe Charfty Commls*)n. Indep¢DdeD¢ Jtstement In rny examkwODn. no matter has 0￿8 to my allenu￿.. 1. %*hlth gives me reasonable ¢auseio tha¢ In any matsrlal wpertthe requiremeFIIS.' ) to keep 8(*Oth)tywJ reeords wlth 8ecUon 130 Chathw Art. 8n¢J Irj to prep&re acCo￿tI accord *llh 8c£(thlng raccED NET LNCO￿lI￿GI1OlryCOING) RESOLRCES -17J91 610 -16,781 -10.868 TOTAL BROL'Girr FORWARD 60.827 6,881 67,708 78,576 TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD BRIDGETO CRO&S CHARrrABI.V. TRUST ST.ITF.MENT OF ASSETS Af*D LIABILITIES ASAT31 MARCH X123 20Z3 Ullrestrlcted FuThd$ 2023 2023 Totsl Furtds 21J22 Restrlcted F￿d8 FIXED ASSETS Sports equiprnent 1.104 C'URRENT ASSETS HSBC CwreJrtAceoiittt Alt"JnDative D4M￿lIBO￿d far Ch￿11¢$ HaThJ J5.567 15.567 35,426 81 51.073 33269 34,746 89 69208 81 £1.073 CURBEPiT LIABILITWS -146 -1.500 TOTAL NET Cb'RREliT ASSETS FUliDS OFTHE CHAIUTI" RESTRICTED IfiCOME FU￿T)s 7,491 7.491 6.881 UNIIESTRicfED INCOME FUNDS 43.436 43.436 60.827 TOTAL CHARrrY FUNDS Note: Freehold Propeity The ehwity pur¢ha5ed the freebold propety 1-3 Seven Corners Lane in 2002. The pw¢hase of this propen is not reflccted in th¢ accounts. Nthe '. R¢stri¢t¢d Fund Th¢ restricted fund relates toth¢ following graDts r¢¢¢iv¢d and not y¢t spentr. Police & Commissioners for G￿nI Abergayenny Council of Chu￿1 N & S Jone$ l.td Gwent High Sh¢riff5 Cornmunity Fund BRIDGE TOCRO&S CHARITABLE TRliST NOYESTOTHeFtP4AYCJALsfATLMI¥TS YEAR KNDED31 MARCH20ZJ Fu I.GRANfs RECKJVED Millenium s￿]lUMI￿n￿)ItTO 2JOO G*￿t HI￿ ShBrffPs ¢ryrfflurfty F￿d 5.0 i.niNDR4ISJN 427 417 427 437 3. OTHERINCOME 144 144 2.199 E4UiPDMfjI fixDJre9 Ryit5totsJilth 2.019 2.019 3.931 MAYAGEIIEhT.4NDADkntSflL4TIO. 91$ 175 1281 1258 1.462 146 485 1.026 613 1.403 19)] 1.894 1358 1.462 198 Tdephone WgtrrchAr 53 DJWortsknp 5tK> SW 87 7242 2.177 9.932 Cat6supplies 458 458 J94l 3.94t 458 3.941 4J99