## ## ## ## ## |||||||~ ~|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Summary|ofthe objects||||ofthe|Step aims to promote the Christian
faith, teach Christian
truth and uphold|| |charity set||out|In its|||Christian
standards
in secondary schools in the district ofStAlbans and|| |governing|document|||||Harpenden.|| |||||||In the course ofthe year Step worked
in 12ofthe 17secondary schools|| |||||||in the district, contributing
to their life through
both formal education,|| |||||||typically
teaching
individual
lessons and running
half and whole-day|| |||||||retreats
and interactive
seminars,
and also less formal,
non-teaching|| |||||||activities,
typically
clubs, courses and mentoring.
Sadly, the impact of|| |||||||the Coronavirus
and National
Lockdown
meant that many schools limited|| |||||||guests' access and Step saw reduced
activity
in schools during
this|| |||||||academic year compared to pre-pandemic
levels.|| |||||||Step continued
to teach topics ranging
from insights
into Christian
belief|| |||||||and practice to contemporary
lifestyle issues and moral, cultural
and|| |||||||social questions.
Informal
education
and support
included one-tonne|| |Summary|ofthe main|||||mentorlng,
encouraging
student-led
Christian
Unions,
leading courses|on| |activities|undertaken|||for|the|leadership,
loss, anxiety,
Christianity
and also running
a wide range of|| |public benefit|||in relation||to|other lunchtime
activities. Much adaption
and flexibility was needed|| |these objects|||(include within|||throughout
the year since many activities transitioned
between
online|and| |this section||the statutory||||in person
with little notice.|| |declaration||that trustees|||have||| |had regard||to|the guidance|||In addition, Step re-engaged
with the local primary
schools, offering 9|| |issued by the|||Charity|||'Step Up' days to year 6 students
transitioning
to secondary
schools.|| |Commission||on public|||||| |benefit)||||||Step also expanded
the use of its App and created 25 online videos|| |||||||which were delivered
through
two campaigns
during
Advent and Lent.|| |||||||The charity continued
to take an active part in external
initiatives
where|| |||||||these complemented
the work in schools, for example the "Feed"|| |||||||programme.
This not only benefited those in particular areas of need|in| |||||||the wider community
but also provided
valuable
learning
experiences|for| |||||||the students,
in particular
opportunities
to put into practice the Christian|| |||||||values ofawareness
and concern for others.|| |||||||The Trustees confirm that in planning
and implementing
these activities|| |||||||they had due regard to the public benefit guidance
published
by the|| |||||||Charity Commission.|| |Additional
details of||||objectives||and activities (Optional
information)|| |You may|choose to include|||||The charity
did not make grants to any other organisations
or individuals.|| |further statements,
where|||||||| |relevant,|about:|||||The Charity invests
in equipment
not only to run the operation as|| |~
policy|on|grantmaklng:||||efficiently as possible but also to facilitate lesson delivery,
for example
use ofhand-held
devices and laptops, as needs arise and as funds allow.|| |~
policy programme
investment;||||related||Step's body ofvolunteers,
who have historically
played a critically|| |~
contribution
volunteers.|||made|by||important
role in the delivery ofthe Charity's
programme
has significantly
diminished
from 40to 20 active volunteers as a result ofCovid changing
many volunteer
practices. This change has reduced the scope ofwhat|| |||||||Ste
was able to offer schools.|| ||~|||| |---|---|---|---|---| ||~|||~
~
~| |Summary
ofthe main||||Step's achievement
during the year can be summed
up as seeing steady| |achievements
ofthe|||charity|demand
in the scope and number ofactivities
run
in local schools| |during the year||||compared to the end of2020 academic year.
While schools were fully| |||||open, Step delivered
an average of30 activities
with roughly 600| |||||students each week, As an indicator ofthe scale of Step's operation,
the| |||||total number ofactivities delivered
for 2020/21 was 905.The biggest| |||||single category was 641 lessons and workshops
delivered
alongside| |||||other activities as described
in Section C above. These included 15Step| |||||Days, 9Step Up Days and 82 individual
sessions as part ofvarious| |||||courses.| |||||As seen by Step and the schools concerned,
the programme
has seen
young
lives changed for the better and their education
enriched.| |Brief statement ofthe
charity's
policy on reserves||||The key indicator used by the trustees to monitor the charity's
financial
health
is the period oftime over which essential
expenditure
could be
maintained
while drawing
on the cash in hand —the 'cash cover". The| |||||targeted
status
is cover ofat least three months;
if it is less than this the| |||||situation
is progressively
more closely monitored
as cover drops.
A| |||||search for cost savings
and/or
further sources ofincome is| |||||correspondingly
ramped
up.| |Details ofany funds
in deficit|||materially|None.| |Further financial review details||||(Optional information)| |You may choose to include
additional
information,
where
relevant
about:||||The principal sources offunding
were:
~
pledged
funding
from local churches
and individuals
sympathetic
to| |~|the charity's
principal
sources offunds (including
any fundraising);|||the Charity's
principles
and objectives;
~
one-oif gifts from the same sources, generally
designated
for specitic
purposes or to meet particular
needs made known
by the charity; and
~
grants from charitable
foundations.| |~|how expenditure|has||| ||supported
the key||objectives|In addition,
some income was received
from the Government's| ||ofthe charity;|||Coronavirus
Job Retention
Scheme due to staff being temporarIly
placed| |~|investment
policy|and||on furlough
as necessary
between
September
and August.| ||objectives
including
ethical investment
adopted.||any
policy|Regular income from individuals
and churches
held up well. The Charity
normally
undertakes
at least one major fundraising
event a year however
this did not prove possible due to Covid restrictions.| |||||All expenditure
was on the running
costs ofthe Charity
in pursuit ofits| |||||objectives,
with a majority on staff salaries.| |||||Step does not make investments.| |('ttAtttfy|('ttAtttfy|('ttAtttfy||fpMjgt55tpft|fpMjgt55tpft|fpMjgt55tpft|fpMjgt55tpft|fpMjgt55tpft|fpMjgt55tpft|STALsna»ao ~PENDEscnmsma|STALsna»ao ~PENDEscnmsma|STALsna»ao ~PENDEscnmsma|STALsna»ao ~PENDEscnmsma|E»can» p«mm|E»can» p«mm|1091290||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |FOR|ENGLAND||||ANO|||WALES||||||||||| |||||||||||||Recei|ts and|a|ments accounts|||CC16a| ||||||||||||For|the period||||||| |||||||||||||from|01/09/2020|||31/08/2021||| |~|r|||||~||||~|~|||||||| ||||||||||||Unrestricted
funds||Restricted
funds||Endowment
funds|Total|funds|Last year| ||||||||||||to the|nearest
r.|tothe nearest|f|tothe nearest t|tothe nearest 6||tothe nearest 6| |A1 Recei ts||||||||||||||||||| |Bank Interest||||||||||||||||||| |Designated
income|||||||||||||3,167||||3,167|| |Gilt Aid las received||||||||||||9,378|||||9,378|10,T38| |Undesignated
gilt income||||||||||||156,082|||||156,082|172,497| |Furlough
Grant Received||||||||||||49371|||||49,371|14,558| |u
tots||ross income|||||||or
AR)|||214335|3,167||||218,002|197,801| |A2Asset and|investment|||||||sales||||||||||| |see table .||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||u||oa|||||||||| ||||Total|||receipts||||||214.835|3,167|||-|218,002|197.801| |A3 Pa
ents||||||||||||||||||| |Salaries 5 Nl||||||||||||148,955||50|||149,005|155,718| |Previous years liabilities||||paid||||||||||||||| |Rent||||||||||||8280|||||8,280|8,212| |insurance||||||||||||900|||||900|| |Team Development||and||Training||||||||365|||||365|| |Once Expeenses||||||||||||||53|||5,938|5,571| |Work at Schools||||||||||||3,056|1,260||||4,316|5,214| |Communication||||||||||||403||||||1+06| ||||||Sub total|||||||107244|1,363||||169,267|177,682| |A4 Asset and investment||||||||||||||||||| ||||||Sub total|||||||||||||| |||Total payments||||||||||167.844|1,363|||-|169,207|177,682| |Net ofreceiptsl(payments)|||||||||||||1,804||||48,795|20,069| |A5 Transfers|between||||funds|||||||||||||| |A6 Cash funds||last year|||||end|||||54,563|||||54,592|| |Cash funds|||this||year||||end|||101,554|||||103,387|54,592| ||||||~|~|~
~|~|~|~||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||Unrestricted|Restricted|||Endowment|| ||Catoqor)cg|||Dccnils|||funds||funds||funds|| ||||||||to nearest r.|to|nearest 6||to nearest 6|| |Bt Cash|funds|||Business Reserve|||36,878|||||| |||||Current Account|||66,476|||1,833||| ||||||Total|cash funds|101,554|||1,833||| |||||(agrcc balances|with receipts aod payments|||||||| |||||||cccoool(o))||||||| ||||||||Unrestricted|Restricted|||Endowment|| ||||||||funds||funds||funds|| |||||Details|||lo nearest 6|to|nearest 6||lo nearest 6|| |B2Other|monetary assets|||||||||||| |||||Details|||Fund to which
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