
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**1[st] October 2019 to 30[th] September 2020** 

## **Charity name: Turn Around** 

## **Charity registration number: 1112832** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

|**Objectives and Activities**|||
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||**_SORP reference_**||
|**_Summary of the purposes of the_**<br>**_charity as set out in its_**<br>**_governing document_**|**_Para 1.17_**|**The advancement of education among the**<br>**inhabitants of the London Boroughs of**<br>**Lewisham, Bromley and surrounding areas in**<br>**Greater London**|
|**_Summary of the main activities_**<br>**_in relation to those purposes for_**<br>**_the public benefit, in particular,_**<br>**_the activities, projects or services_**<br>**_identified in the accounts._**|**_Para 1.17 and 1.19_**|**By the provision of a Centre for the exchange**<br>**of educational publications and materials and**<br>**facilities for tuition in literacy, basic skills**<br>**and life skills. This is supplemented by**<br>**Outreach services provided in four other**<br>**locations and by remote support to students**<br>**using appropriate technology. In addition,**<br>**wherever we can, we assist our students to**<br>**access other educational opportunities and**<br>**overcome problems which are barriers to**<br>**learning, especially by “signposting’ other**<br>**agencies.**|
|**_Statement confirming whether_**<br>**_the trustees have had regard to_**<br>**_the guidance issued by the_**<br>**_Charity Commission on public_**<br>**_benefit_**|**_Para 1.18_**|**The trustees have had regard to the guidance**<br>**issued by the Charity Commission on public**<br>**benefit.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## _**You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:**_ 

|**_You may choose to includefurther_**|**_statements where_**|**_relevant about:_**|
|---|---|---|
||**_SORP reference_**||
|**_Contribution made by_**<br>**_volunteers_**|**_Para 1.38_**|**All tuition is provided by our wonderful team**<br>**of more than thirty volunteers. They are**<br>**heroes!**|
|**_Other_**|||
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## **Achievements and Performance** 

||**_SORP reference_**||
|---|---|---|
|**_Summary of the main_**<br>**_achievements of the charity,_**<br>**_identifying the difference the_**<br>**_charity’s work has made to the_**<br>**_circumstances of its beneficiaries_**<br>**_and any wider benefits to_**<br>**_society as a whole._**|**_Para 1.20_**|**Our research suggests that more than 90% of**<br>**our students feel that they achieve their**<br>**objectives, whether this be to learn to read, to**<br>**learn basic maths, to improve their skills so**<br>**as to enable them to benefit from college or**<br>**school lessons in order to pass school,**<br>**university or professional examinations or to**<br>**improve their skills to get employment or**<br>**secure advancement.**<br>**We work closely with people referred to us by**<br>**the DWP or various other organisations to**<br>**help them enter or re-enter the world of work.**<br>**Our students flourish in a supportive, non-**<br>**judgmental environment, completely focused**<br>**on the individual (thereby ensuring total**<br>**regard for equal opportunities); in this way**<br>**students gain self-respect and become better**<br>**able to engage with society. Not a few come**<br>**back to us to volunteer.**<br>**We contribute to both social and economic**<br>**inclusion.**|



## **Additional information** 

||**_Achievements against objectives_**<br>**_set_**|**_Para 1.41_**|**Our target is a 100% success rate. We’ve not**<br>**got above 98% yet.**|
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## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|**_Review of the charity’s financial_**<br>**_position at the end of theperiod_**|**_Para 1.21_**|**Net cash assets are £22,828**|
|**_Statement explaining the policy_**<br>**_for holding reserves stating why_**<br>**_they are held_**|**_Para 1.22_**|**Our income from donations is inherently**<br>**“lumpy” so, if possible, we always aim to**<br>**assure continuity by having enough cash to**<br>**cover outlays for the next year. In most years,**<br>**sadly, this has not beenpossible.**|
|**_Amount of reserves held_**|**_Para 1.22_**|**Net cash assets in our thinking are all**<br>**reserves.**|
|**Additional information (optional)**<br>**_You may choose to includefurther statements where_**||**_relevant about:_**|
|**_The charity’s principal sources_**<br>**_of funds (including any_**<br>**_fundraising)_**|**_Para 1.47_**|**Turn Around has received considerable sums**<br>**over the years from The Garfield Weston**<br>**Foundation, The London Community**<br>**Foundation, The Trusthouse Charitable**<br>**Foundation, Benevity, Waitrose Community**<br>**Action and local branches of Rotary, amongst**<br>**others. We have held successful fundraising**<br>**events in previous years and had planned**<br>**more thisyearpre-Covid.**|
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|**_A description of the principal_**<br>**_risks facing the charity_**|**_Para 1.46_**|**The principal risks are that we cannot attract**<br>**enough donations or volunteers to do our job.**<br>**While state education fails so many millions**<br>**of Britons, students will not be lacking.**|
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## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|**_Description of charity’s trusts:_**|||
|---|---|---|
|**_Type of governing document_**<br>**_(trust deed, royal charter)_**|**_Para 1.25_**|**Trust Deed**|
|**_How is the charity constituted?_**<br>**_(e.g unincorporated association,_**<br>**_CIO)_**|**_Para 1.25_**|**Unincorporated Association**|
|**_Trustee selection methods_**<br>**_including details of any_**<br>**_constitutional provisions e.g._**<br>**_election to post or name of any_**<br>**_person or body entitled to_**<br>**_appoint one or more trustees_**|**_Para 1.25_**|**New Trustees are appointed by the Trustees**<br>**to fill vacancies as they arise.**|



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|**_Charity name_**|**Turn Around**|
|---|---|
|**_Other name the charity uses_**|**The Exchange **|
|**_Registered charity number_**|**1112832**|
|**_Charity’s principal address_**|**25 High Street**<br>**St. Mary Cray**<br>**Orpington**<br>**Kent BR5 3NL**|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|**_1_**<br>**_2_**<br>**_3_**<br>**_4_**<br>**_5_**|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled to**<br>**appoint trustee(if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Michelle Paul MBE**|**Chair**|||
||**Elaine Andresier-**<br>**Robinson**||||
||**Deanne Beevers**||||
||**Veronica Lee**||||
||**David Paul**||||





**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

_**Lynn Bird**_ 

## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature(s) Full name(s) Michelle Paul MBE Position (eg Secretary, Chair Chair, etc) Date 17th November 2020** 



**Turn Around 1112832 Receipts and payments accounts** 

**CC16a** 


**For the period** 1st October 2019 30th September 2020 **To from** 

## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**|**Restricted funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Restricted funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|<br>Donations|**26,491**||**0**||**0**||**26,491**||**19,945**|
|Sales|**105**||**0**||**0**||**105**||**83**|
|Bank interest|**12**||**0**||**0**||**12**||**5**|
|Events|**(3)**||**0**||**0**||**(3)**||**245**|
|Income from services|**0**||**0**||**0**||**0**||**0**|
|User charges|**1,210**||**0**||**0**||**1,210**||**2,220**|
|Business supportgrant|**10,000**||**0**||**0**||**10,000**||**0**|
||**0**||**0**||**0**||**0**||**0**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**37,815**||**0**||**0**||**37,815**||**22,498**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**||||||||||
||**0**||||||||**0**|
||**0**||||||||**0**|
|**_Sub total_**|**0**||||||||**0**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**||||||||||
||||||||||**22,498**|
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|<br>Payroll|**14,590**||**0**||**0**||**14,590**||**10,744**|
|Other administrative costs|**851**||**0**||**0**||**851**||**2,029**|
|Utilities|**2,530**||**0**||**0**||**2,530**||**2,629**|
|Insurance|**1,051**||**0**||**0**||**1,051**||**952**|
|Prioryear expenses|||**0**||**0**||**0**||**0**|
|Training|**320**||**0**||**0**||**320**||**60**|
|Maintenance|**1,933**||**0**||**0**||**1,933**||**2,530**|
|Books and stationery|**926**||**0**||**0**||**926**||**853**|
|Assistance to students|**0**||**0**||**0**||**0**||**0**|
|**_Sub total_**|**22,201**||**0**||**0**||**22,201**||**19,797**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||
|**Equipment and furniture**|**0**||||||||**634**|
||**0**|||||||||
|**_Sub total_**|**0**||||||||**634**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||||
||||||||||**20,431**|
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||**15,614**||**0**||||**15,614**||**2,067**|
||**0**||**0**||||**0**||**0**|
||**7,214**||**-**||||**7,214**||**5,147**|
||**22,828**||**-**||||**22,828**||**7,214**|



## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|CCXX R1 accounts (SS)<br>**Categories**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|1<br>Arbuthnot Latham & Co<br>Trustees loan<br>Petty cash<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**23,538**<br>**(858)**<br>**148**<br>**22,828**<br>OK|19/11/2020<br>**Restricted funds**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**0**<br>**0**<br>**0**<br>**0**<br>**0**<br>**0**<br>**0**<br>**0**<br>OK<br>OK|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**0**|
|||||**0**|
|||||**0**|
|||||**0**|






|Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**|Signature<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Equipment<br>Fitting out shop<br>Furniture<br>**Details**<br>**Details**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**0**<br>**0**<br>**0**<br>**0**<br>**0**<br>**0**<br>**Fund to which asset**<br>**belongs**<br>**Fund to which asset**<br>**belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>Print|**Restricted funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**0**<br>**0**<br>**0**<br>**0**<br>**0**<br>**0**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**0**<br>**0**<br>**0**<br>**0**<br>**0**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**4,774**<br>**70,860**<br>**884**<br>**0**<br>**0**<br>**0**<br>**0**<br>**0**<br>**0**<br>**Amount due (optional)**<br>**0**<br>**0**<br>**0**<br>**0**<br>**0**<br>Name|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**0**|
|||||**0**|
|||||**0**|
|||||**0**|
|||||**0**|
|||||**0**|
|||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
|||||**0**|
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|||||**Current value**<br>**(optional)**|
|||||**0**|
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|||||Date of approval|
|||M R Paul||25.11.20|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

19/11/2020 

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Independent examinerfs report to the trustees of Tum Around on accounts for the year ended 30
September 2020
I report to the trustees on my examination of the receipts and payments accounts of Turn Around
Icharity number 11128321 I'the charity") for the year ended 30 September 2020, as set out on
pages CCXX Rl and CCXX R2 together with the notes attached to those accounts.
Responsibilities ond basis of report
As the charity's trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with
the requirements of the Charities Act 20111'the Charities ACVI.
I report in respect of my examination of the charitws accounts carried out under section 145 of the
Charities Act. In carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the
Charity Commission under section 14515llbl of the Charities Act.
Independent examinerfs statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in
tonnexion with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
l accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the
Charities Act,. or
2 the accounts do not accord with those records.
I have no concems, and have come across no other matters in connexion with the examination, to
which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the
accounts to be reached.
J H Kellas
Chartered Accountant
South Croydon
5 December 2020