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charity set|Summary
charity set|ofthe objects
out in its|ofthe objects
out in its|ofthe objects
out in its|ofthe|Step aims to promote the Christian
faith, teach Christian
truth and uphold
Christian
standards
in secondary schools in the district ofStAlbans and| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |governing||document||||Harpenden.| |||||||In the course ofthe year Step worked
in 15ofthe 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, nan-teaching| |||||||activities,
typically
clubs, caurses and mentoring.| |||||||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-to-one| |||||||mentoring,
encouraging
student-led
Christian
Unions,
leading courses on| |Summary||ofthe main||||leadership,
loss. anxiety,
Christianity
and also running
a wide range of| |activities|undertaken|||for|the|other lunchtime
activities,| |public benefit|||in relation||to|| |these objects|||(include within|||In addition, Step re-engaged
with the local primary
schools, offering 91| |this section the statutory||||||'Step Up' sessions to year 6students
transitioning
ta secondary schools.| |declaration||that trustees|||have|| |had regard||to|the guidance|||Step also expanded
its mental
health work, giving away 750 iMatter| |issued by||the|Charity|||journals
to students
seeking further ways to develop resilience
and self| |Commission
on public||||||worth.| |benefit)||||||| |||||||The charity continued
to take an active part in external
initiatives
where
these complemented
the work in schools, far example the "Feed"| |||||||programme.
This not only benefited those in particular areas ofneed 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 ta the public benefit guidance
published
by the| |||||||Charity Commission.| |Additional||details of||objectives||and activities (Optional
information)| |You may choose to include
further statements,
where||||||The charity
did not make grants to any other organisations
or individuals.| |relevant,|about:|||||The Charity invests
in equipment
not only to run the operation as| |~
policy|on grantmaking;|||||efficiently as possible but also to facilitate lesson delivery,
for example| |~
policy|programme|||related||use ofhand-held
devices and laptops, as needs adise and as funds allow.| |investment;||||||Step's body ofvolunteers
have continued
to play a critically important| |~
contribution|||made|by||role in the delivery ofthe Charity's
programme
has increased
from 20 to| |volunteers.||||||25 active volunteers.| |~
~|e| |---|---| |Summary
ofthe main|Step's achievement
during the year can be summed
up as seeing steady| |achievements
ofthe charity
during the year|demand
in the scape and number ofactivities
run
in local schools
compared to the end of2021 academic year. While schools were fully
open, Step delivered
an average of50 activities with roughly 1000
students
each week. As an indicator ofthe scale of Step's operation,
the| ||total number ofactivities delivered
for 2021/22 was 1,961.The biggest| ||single category was 740lessons and workshops
delivered
alongside| ||other activities as described
in Section C above.| ||As seen by Step and the schools concerned,
the programme
has seen
young
lives changed for the better and their education
enriched.| ||The key indicator used by the trustees to monitor
the charity's
financial| |Brief statement
ofthe|health
is the period oftime over which essential expenditure
could be| |charity's
policy on reserves|maintained
while drawing
on the cash in hand —the "cash cover". The| ||targeted
status is cover of at least three months;
if it is less than this the| ||situation
is progressively
mare closely monitored as cover drops.
A| ||search for cost savings
and/or
further sources af income is| ||correspondingly
ramped
up.| |Details ofany funds materially
in deficit|None.| |Further financial review details|(Optional information)| |You may choose ta include
additional
information,
where
relevant about:
~
the charity's
principal
sources offunds (including
any fundraising);|The principal sources offunding
were:
~
pledged
funding
from local churches
and individuals
sympathetic
to
the Charity's
principles
and objectives;
~
one-off gifts from the same sources, generally
designated
far specific
purposes
or to meet particular
needs made known
by the charity; and
~
grants from charitable
foundations.| |~
how expenditure
has|| |supported
the key objectives|Regular income from individuals
and churches
held up well. The Charity| |ofthe charity;|normally
undertakes
at least one major fundraising
event a year,| |~
investment
policy and
objectives including
any
ethical investment
policy|All expenditure
was on the running
costs ofthe Charity
in pursuit ofits
objectives,
with a majority on staff salaries.| |adopted.|Step does not make investments.| ## |O
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a ments accounts||CC~6a| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||||For|the period|||||||| |||||||||||from|01/Og/2021||||31/08/2022||| |'||-|-||||||||||||||| |~||||s|||.|~|~.||||||||| ||||||||||Unrestricted
funds||Resbtcted
funds|||Endowment
funds|Total|funds|Last year| ||||||||||tothe|nearest
f|tothe nearest||6|tothe nearest r.|tothe|nearest 8|tothe nearest F| |A1 Recei ls|||||||||||||||||| |Bank interest|||||||||||||||||| |Designated
income|||||||||||||||||3,167| |Gilt Aid tax received||||||||||22,842|||||||9,378| |Undesignated
gift|income|||||||||164,135||||||164,135|156,082| |Furlough
grant received||||||||||6.735||||||6,735|49,371| |Could st8lutory sick||pay|||||||||||||||| |u
ta||ross|income||||or
AR)|||193,876||||||194,512|218,902| |A2Asset and|investment|||||sales|||||||||||| |see table .|||||||||||||||||| ||||||u||ota||||||||||| |||r»r»r||||||~»|||||||||| |AS Pa ments|||||||||||||||||| |Salaries and Nl||||||||||164,803||||||164,803|149,005| |Rent||||||||||3,600||||||3,680|8+80| |Insurance||||||||||1,926||||||1,026|| |Team development||and training||||||||2,027||||||2,027|365| |Oflice expenses||||||||||7,551|||39|||TA90|5,938| |Workeschools||||||||||6,757||1/I02||||8A59|| |Communication||||||||||2,289||||||2,289|| |||||Sub total||||||188,053||1,841||||189,894|169,297| |A4Asset and|investment||||||||||||||||| |||||Sub total|||||||||||||| |||Total|payments|||||||188,053||1,841|||-|189,894|169,207| |Net ofreceiptsl(payments)||||||||||5,817||1,199||||4,618|48,795| |AS Tmnsfem
between funds
A6 Cash funds last year end
Cash funds this year|||||||end|||101,554
107371||1,833||||103,387|54,592
103,387| |~|||~|~|~||~
~|~||~ ~|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||Unrestricted||Restricted||||Endowment|| ||Categor(ee|||||funds
to nearest 6||funds
tonearest 8||||funds
to nearest f.|| |81Cashfunds||||Business Reserve Account|||35,083||||||| |||||Current Account|||72,288||||634||| |||||Total|cash funds||107,371||||634||| |||||(agree Calancev urn recnptr and pslmenlr|||||||||| ||||||acccunl(s))||||||||| |||||||Unrestricted||Restricted||||Endowment|| |||||||flnllls|||funds|||funds|| |||||Details||to nearest f.||to nearest|||8|to nearest|6| |82Other|monetary assets||||||||||||| |||||Details||Fund
asset|to which
helen s|Cost||(optional)||Current value
o 'nal|| |83Investment||assets|||||||||||| |||||Details||Fund
asset|to which
helen|Cost||(optionag||Curmnt value
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na|| |84Assets retained for the|||||||||||||| |charity's|own|use|||||||||||| |||||||Fund|to which|Amount due||||When due|| |||||Detaiis||liabrm|relates||o|'onal||nal|| |85 Liabilities|||||||||||||| |Signed by one ortwo trustees on
behalf ofag the truslees||||Sig ature|||Print|Name||||Date of
a
rov|I| ## |Report to|the trustees/
members of|the trustees/
members of|the trustees/
members of|The StAlbans and Harpenden
Christian
Education
Project| |---|---|---|---|---| |On accounts||forthe year||31/08/2022
Charity no
1091290| ||||ended|(lfany)| |Setout|||on pages|1| |||Respective||The charity's trustees are responsible
for the preparation
ofthe accounts.| |responsibilities
of||||T'he charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required
for this year| |trustees and|||examiner|under section 144ofthe Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an| |||||independent
examination
is needed.| |||||It is my responsibility
to:| |||||~
examine the accounts under section 145ofthe Charities Act,| |||||~
to follow the procedures
laid down
in the general Directions given by the| |||||Charity Commission
(under section 145(5)(b)ofthe Charities Act, and| |||||~
to state whether
particular
matters
have come to my attention.| |Basis of|independent|||My examination
was carried out in accordance
with general
Directions given| |examiner's||statement||by the Charity Commission.
An examination
indudes a review ofthe| |||||accounting
records kept by the charity and a comparison
ofthe accounts| |||||presented
with those records.
Italso includes consideration
ofany unusual| |||||items or disclosures
in the accounts, and seeking explanations
from the| |||||trustees concerning
any such matters.
The procedures
undertaken
do not| |||||provide
all the evidence that would be required
in 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 set out in the| |||||statement
below.| |Independent||||In connection
with my examination,
no matter has come to my attention:| |examiner's||statement||1. which gives me reasonable
cause to believe that in, any material respect,| |||||the requirements:| |||||~
to keep accounting
records
in accordance
with section 130ofthe| |||||Charities Act; and| |||||~
to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting
records and| |||||comply
with the accounting
requirements
ofthe Charities Act| |||||have not been met; or| |||||2. to which,
in my opinion,
attention
should be drawn
in order to enable a| |||||proper understanding
ofthe accounts to be reached.| ||||Signed:|Date:
14
November 2022| ||||Name:|lan Michael LaRiviere| |Relevant|professional|||| |qualification(s)|||or body|BSc,DMS.| ||||(ifany):|| ||||Address:|141 Park Street Lane, Park Street, StAlbans, Herts. AL2 2AX| ||Only complete|ifthe examiner needs to highlight|material|problems.| |---|---|---|---|---| |Give here brief details of||||| |any items that the||||| |examiner wishes to||||| |disclose.||||| ## ##