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a|j : 7AR. ISS *J3 Trustees'Period Annual start date Report forPeriod the end period date .
ae A From ist September | 202: To 3 gus 2023
Section A Reference and administration details
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Charity name| St Albans and Harpenden Christian Education Project
Registered charity number (if any) | 1091290
Charity's principal address| c/o Vineyard Church
7 Brick Knoll Park St Albans
## Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
1| Philip Nicholas loannou_| Secretary || 2 | Richard Clarke Treasurer | | SSCS~—S 3 | Will Treasure 4 | Graham Clarke po 5 | Hannah Goatly ee et
Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) [Name|[Daattes][acted][if][ not][ for][ whole] year
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Name Address
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Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Director: Mr Christopher Birch-Evans
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## Section B Structure, governance and management
## Description of the charity’s trusts
Type of governing document] Trust Deed
Trustee selection methods | Selected and appointed by existing trustees
## Additional governance issues (Optional information)
- You may choose to include The induction of new trustees is arranged according to the familiarity they additional information, where already have with Step and the role they are expected to play but to the relevant, about: extent that relevant ground had not already been covered in preliminary .
- e contacts it would include briefings by the Chair of Trustees and the policies and procedures Director. adopted for the induction and = training of trustees; Training is undertaken as necessary to maintain the up to date knowledge :
- e and skills needed for the effective management of the charity. the charity's organisational ; Baneg . structure and any wider Step’s basic organisational structure remains fit for purpose and was network with which the charity unchanged, with the trustees exercising strategic oversight and the works? Director, assisted by the Associate Director, responsible for managing the ae charity on a day to day basis.
- . pi Snip WU amy Fait Step’s wider network in the community included active connections with P 46 local churches, of which 29 provided at least one volunteer to help
- e trustees’ consideration of deliver services to the schools. major risks and the system a . F ; ‘ . and procedures to manage The major risks identified by the trustees fall into two main areas: finance dian : and safeguarding. Financial risk is managed at a number of levels; there are clear processes for approval of individual items of expenditure according to the sum involved and, more strategically, the Treasurer circulates regular reports giving a graphical, month by month summary of income and expenditure and, in particular, cash in hand.
Step’s safeguarding obligations are fulfilled by the practical application of a suite of relevant policies and procedures, in particular the Safeguarding Policy. This is designed to ensure that all members of the Step team who have contact with young people are made clearly aware of their obligations and the appropriate responses in a range of contexts.
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|Section C|Objectives and activities|
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|Summaryoftheobjects ofthe
charityset out in its||Stepaims to promote the Christian faith,teach Christian truthand uphold
Christian standards in secondary schools in the district ofStAlbans and|
|governing document|Harpenden.|
||| In the course ofthe year Stepworked in 15 ofthe 17 secondary schools|
||in the district, contributing to their life through both formal education,|
||typically teaching individual lessons and running halfand whole-day|
||retreats and interactive seminars, and also less formal, non-teaching|
||activities, typically clubs, courses 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||
|theseobjects (include within | In addition, Step re-engaged with the local primary schools, offering 103||
|this section the statutory|‘Step Up’ sessions to year6 students transitioning to secondary schools.|
|declaration thattrustees have||
|had regard to the guidance|Step also expanded its mental health work, giving away 1049 iMatter|
|issued by the Charity|journals to students seeking furtherways to develop resilience and self|
|Commission on public|worth.|
|benefit)||
||The charity continued to take an active part in external initiativeswhere|
||thesecomplemented thework in schools, forexample 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 to the public benefitguidance published by the|
||Charity Commission.|
|Additional details ofobjectives and activities (Optional information)||
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further statements, where|The charity
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grants to any other organisations or individuals.|
|RSIENANCRE|TheCharity invests inequipmentnotonly to run theoperation as|
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policyon grantmaking;|efficiently as possible butalso to facilitate lesson delivery, forexample|
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policyprogramme fulated|useofhand-held devicesand laptops, as needs ariseand as fundsallow.|
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contribution made by|Step'sbody ofvolunteerswhich havecontinued toplaya critically
important role in the delivery ofthe Charity’s programme has increased to|
|volunteers.|38activevolunteers.|
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Section D Achievements and performance
Summary of the main Step’s achievement during the year can be summed up as seeing steady
achievements of the charity demand in the scope and number of activities run in local schools
during the year compared to the end of 2022 academic year. While schools were fully
open, Step delivered an average of 56.5 activities with roughly 1100
students each week. As an indicator of the scale of Step’s operation, the
total number of activities delivered for 2022/23 was 2,204. The biggest
single category was 1,129 lessons 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.
Section E Financial review
Brief The key indicator used by the trustees to monitor the charity's financial
statement of the health is the period of time 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 more closely monitored as cover drops. A
search for cost savings and/or further sources of income is
correspondingly ramped up.
Details of any funds materially
in deficit
Further financial review details (Optional information)
You may choose to include a ; .
additional information, where The principal sources of funding were: a .
;
relevant e pledged funding from local churches and individuals sympathetic to
about: bee aanaat leo ake
¢ the charity's principalae e theone-offCharity’sgifts fromprinciples the sameand sources,objectives;generally designated for specific
niobiciaisalielen (including purposes or to meet particular needs made known by the charity; and
any fundraising); e grants from charitable foundations.
e how expenditure has
supported the key objectives | Regular income from individuals and churches held up well. The Charity
of the charity; normally undertakes at least one major fundraising event a year.
° investment policy and All expenditure was on the running costs of the Charity in pursuit of its
objectives including any objectives, with a majority on staff salaries.
ethical investment policy
adopted. Step holds surplus funds in savings accounts with institutions that are
protected by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
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Section F
Other optional information
## Section G Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Full name(s): Philip Nicholas loannou ee Date: 62.| 202
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(eE-5] CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES|ST ALBANS AND HARPENDEN CHRISTIAN EDUCATION| 1091290
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period To
from 01/09/2022 31/08/2023
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Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
funds funds funds Totnes Last year
tothe nearest £ to the nearest£ to the nearest£ to the nearest£ to the nearest£
Ai Receipts
Bankinterest CC S™C~=“‘“RSC*é‘(’SN(C#NWSC#SALRMGUTT TC TT tems |
GittAidtaxrecevedDesignatedincome——C“‘iLC-(‘UCT |B]| | PT ttt ||A22,842 |
ees |eee | [164,135]
Furoughgrantreceived | TCC PTCTT= |
CTTeeea Os Oe |a |eS ES e aee = Os|NE70
ub total (Gross income for
AR) 362,373 374,641
A2 Asset and investment sales,
‘see table).
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A3 Payments
SalariesandNi
Rent.Cs—‘“‘;‘“‘;é‘~rYSC‘(insurance™—CsSSSCsSSC(SCC OT TC TC tos [1,026|
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WorkatlOficeexpensesschoos__——S=~diCSC~CS~S~S~S=~Sss C(“‘LSCCCCSS| ||ee TT|[|eee 10,525)[12,095] |[8,889 [2,289] |
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Sub total|__222,222, ee
A4 Asset and investment
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Net of receipts(payments)| 140,151] Fo | oe eee 147,841 4,618
A5Transfersbetweenfunds [ —soJ {| [TCC][ ECCS]
A6 Cash funds last year end 107,377] | [34] [Pe] 108,005 103,387
Cash funds this year end 247:522| |S3244 | 255,846 108,005
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
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Signed by one or two trustees on : . Date of
behalf of all the trustees 2Deine ida Name approval
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