## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1[st] January 2020 to 31[st] December 2020** **Charity name: CATALYST (Tavistock)** ## **Charity registration number: 1118950** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To provide a bridge between churches and
schools in the Tavistock area, connecting the
resources of church with the needs of young
people.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Tavistock College:**_(Jan-Mar 2020)_ Mentoring
students; running support groups in Years
7,8,9; Christian Union; assemblies; after-
school games club; Free Tea Friday social
interaction for sixth formers.
**Tavistock College:**_(Apr-Dec 2020)_Virtual
mentoring for some students; some face-to-
face mentoring from September
**Mount Kelly:** _(Jan-Mar 2020)_
Thirsty Thursday
**Primary schools**:_(Jan-Mar 2020)_lunchtime
clubs at Horrabridge, Whitchurch and
Tavistock primaries; mentoring at Whitchurch,
Bere Alston, Tavistock, St Peter’s,
Lamerton/Gulworthy primary schools.
**Impact**youth club/drop-in Friday at TMC open
to all aged 11-18
**Monday night**Bible study & discussion
groups; sometimes online during lockdown.
**Events:** _(Jan-Mar 2020)_
Group residential weekend at Heatree on
Dartmoor. Trip to Woodlands.
**Events**such as Soul Survivor did not take
place in summer 2020, but a national virtual
event, Luminosity, was held and two groups
were able to participate.
**Detached work**with the Catalyst team visiting
communal spaces and parks to engage with
young people in the places they gather was
able to proceed subject to NYA guidelines
during lockdown.
**Online support work:**games nights, prayer
sessions, worship nights, quiz evenings, face-
to-face contact possible from end of July.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|In setting up the charity in 2008 and
subsequently in reviewing the vision of the
charity in 2010 and 2014, trustees have
maintained the central purpose of the charity to
provide a service to young people by providing
support, encouraging engagement and helping
them to fulfil their potential. The vision is
currently being reviewed for 2021.| |---|---|---| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:| |---|---|---| ||SORP
reference|| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|Grants to individual young people are
considered where they would find it difficult to
access Catalyst activities due to financial
hardship.| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|No policy.| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|Our two SWYM (South West Youth Ministries)
trainees are a key part of the Catalyst team:
each of them volunteers from 24 to 34 hours
per week in this placement whilst studying for
Diploma or Degree qualifications.
A significant contribution is made by volunteer
adult mentors who are trained to work 1-to-1
with young people in primary and secondary
schools, supporting students referred for
mentoring by the schools.
Volunteers, with appropriate DBS certification,
sometimes help the team to run other
activities.| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|Catalyst operates by invitation in local
schools, providing clubs, support groups
and 1-to-1 mentoring where young people
are referred for mentoring by school staff,
with parental consent. Senior teachers,
middle managers and key staff all
appreciate the contribution made by
mentors who come alongside young people
to provide support and a listening ear.
Through in-school support groups, students
are encouraged to make positive life
choices with increased confidence.| Other out-of-school activities are open to all, such as **Impact** after-school drop-in club for 11-16 years olds providing a safe space for games, relaxation and social interaction. Following curtailment of close contact activities with Covid-19 lockdown restrictions from late March 2020, activities have been subject to National Youth Agency (NYA) operating guidelines. **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|Using the resources of church to meet the
needs of young people through school
support groups, mentoring, youth events.
Providing a safe and supportive
environment for young people to explore
issues that are important to them. In
normal times the team engage face-to-face
with several hundred young people in a
typical week. From March 2020 onwards,
contact has been mainly virtual with tens
rather than hundreds.| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|Catalyst is supported by voluntary
donations locally from churches and from
individuals who share the charity’s vision.
Additional grants are sought from
appropriate award making trusts as we
seek to fill a gap in funding in order to
maintain the range of activities and team
size in future years.| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|(No investments)| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Balance £11911 on 31stDecember 2020
compared with £8130 the previous year.
This increased balance to carry forward
follows curtailment of face-to-face activities
for most of 2020.
In addition, we carry forward a balance of
£1231 reserved for the staging of The
**Illuminate**event, cancelled in 2020 and
hopefully to be organised when safe to do
so in the future.
Trustees make an annual decision on team
size, depending on the financial forecasts,
which determines the range of activities we| |---|---|---| |||can commit to for the next academic year.
To this end we produce accounts which
differentiate between**core**funding for the
employment and activities run by Director
of Youth Work and**SWYM**funding to
support trainees whilst studying.| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Catalyst holds no investments and holds all
funds in a single charity current account.
We aim to hold a minimum of 3 months
salary of the key worker who is our sole
employee. Reserves can temporarily dip
below this threshold if income projections
show secure funding for the academic
year..| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£11911 at year end 2020. This is reviewed
by trustees monthly. During the course of a
year this sometimes temporarily dips below
the reserves policy desired balance of
£5000| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|n/a| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|n/a| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|Catalyst is dependent on local giving to
sustain its work, which centres on the
employment of one full-time Director of
Youth Work supported by a team of
trainees (currently 2) studying courses with
South West Youth Ministries (SWYM**).**This
structure could be reviewed if necessary**.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Donations from local churches.
Committed monthly payments by standing
order from individual local supporters.
Occasional grants from award making
trusts.
One-off fundraising events run by
volunteers and supporters, curtailed in
202/21 due to Covid-19| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|We do not hold and do not anticipate
holding any investments| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|•
Decreased funding and increased costs
would lead to the reduction in size of
the SWYM team.
•
Catalyst relies on a positive relationship
with local schools and their leaders.
Schools would lose confidence in the
charity if volunteers were untrustworthy
or unreliable.
•
Lack of suitable applicants for key roles
could be a risk. This includes trustees| willing and able to take on the responsibility of office. Other ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document|Para 1.25|Deed of Trust 2004| |How is the charity
constituted?|Para 1.25|Charitable Trust| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are recommended by Tavistock
Area Christians Together (TACT) churches
and appointed by the body of trustees.
From among their number, trustees appoint
a chair, treasurer,secretary and
safeguarding officer.| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|Catalyst reports to Tavistock Area
Christians Together (TACT)
We are a recognised mission partner of
South West Youth Ministries (SWYM)| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|CATALYST (Tavistock)| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|Catalyst| |Registered charity number|1118950| Charity’s principal address c/o 8 Deer Park Crescent Tavistock Devon PL19 9HQ ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Trevor Atkinson|||||| ||Duncan Bird|(Chair)||Currentlynot able to officiate||| ||Ross Mitchell|||||| ||Geoff Orton|Treasurer||||| ||KathyPalmer|Safeguarding||||| ||Sue Savage|||||| ||Tim Shobrook|||||| ||Catherine Stoate|Secretary||||| ||Rob Weston|||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| ||Corporate trustees–|names of||||| ||**Director name**|||||| |||||||| |||||||| ||**Trustee name**||**Dates acted if not for whole year**|||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets n/a held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** _G C Orton_ **Full name(s)** Geoffrey Charles Orton **Position (eg Secretary,** Trustee/Treasurer **Chair, etc) Date** _9th March 2021_ CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner s Report Report to the truste8sI members of CATALYST (favistock) On accounts for the year ended 31" December 2020 Charity no (rf any) 1118950 Set o(rt on pages Page 3 I rewjrt to the trustees on my examination of the ac￿Unts of the above charity (Ihe Trusf) for the year ended 31/121201Q. Responsibilities and As the charity tnjstees of the Trust. you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordan￿ with Ihe requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (Ihe Acr)- I report in respect of my examination of the Trusfs accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in caryng out my examination. I have followed the applicable Directions gÉven by the Charity Commission under section 145{5)(bl of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attention ) in connection with the examination which give5 me cause to bel￿e that in. any material respecL' aC￿)Unting records were not kept in aC￿)rdan￿ wth section 130 of the Act or the ac(x)unts (k) not accord wilh the accounting records Independent examinerfs statement I have no COn￿mS and have cc¥ne a(xoss no other matters in (x)nnection wwth the examination to whith attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the acLX)unts to be reached. . Please delete the words in the brackets rfthey do not apply. Signed: Date: Name". Graham Stoate Relevant professional qualification(s} or body {rf any): Address: 24 Church Lea. Whitchurch Tavistock, Devon PL19 9PS IER October 2018 Section B Disclosure Only complete rf the examiner needs lo highlight matters of concem (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wlshes to disclose. IER October 2018 Summary of accounts 2020 tst January 2020 to 315t December 2020 Income 2020 1105tyeur20191 Expenditure (lost￿r?019) Core funding Churches Individuals other donations Gift Aid Govt JRS scheme £7,5(K).(KI £10.418.98 £14,970.09 £22.160.56 Salary Empk)yer N.1. Pension contributions Events IFNP/SSI Expenses for actrvities Employee travel+phone Insurance £22,960.30 £24.048.12 £O.L £729.06 £454.98 £1,604.49 £963.25 £516.78 £1.755.93 £627.95 825.74 £262.40 £295.65 £394.29 £3.109.54 £6,671.85 £3.941.ffl £524.61 Webhosting + printing Employee training DBS & mentor training £340.94 £358.77 £466.69 Additional SWYM funding Churches Special events £8,405.37 E6.082.95 £7.168.37 Pocket monev Expenses Inc. trave SWYM fees offi￿ costs Hosting £3.360.1XJ £1.034.62 £6.450.iKJ £37.93 £4,410. £1.666.12 £7.525. £6(￿.00 £0. £30.34 £40.656.85 £49,771.86 £36.875.59 £45,368.37 ReCO￿lI1at10n Bank start of year £8.130.57 add Income £40,656.85 less Expenditure £36.875.59 Balance of Catalyst hjnds £11,911.83 add Illuminate donations £1,231.28 Total £13,143.11 DI/OU2020 Bank end of year £13.143.11 31/12/2020 Treasurer. G C OYtD 0910112021 Independent examiner. G D StD Zckl PAGE 3 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner s Report Report to the truste8sI members of CATALYST (favistock) On accounts for the year ended 31" December 2020 Charity no (rf any) 1118950 Set o(rt on pages Page 3 I rewjrt to the trustees on my examination of the ac￿Unts of the above charity (Ihe Trusf) for the year ended 31/121201Q. Responsibilities and As the charity tnjstees of the Trust. you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordan￿ with Ihe requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (Ihe Acr)- I report in respect of my examination of the Trusfs accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in caryng out my examination. I have followed the applicable Directions gÉven by the Charity Commission under section 145{5)(bl of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attention ) in connection with the examination which give5 me cause to bel￿e that in. any material respecL' aC￿)Unting records were not kept in aC￿)rdan￿ wth section 130 of the Act or the ac(x)unts (k) not accord wilh the accounting records Independent examinerfs statement I have no COn￿mS and have cc¥ne a(xoss no other matters in (x)nnection wwth the examination to whith attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the acLX)unts to be reached. . Please delete the words in the brackets rfthey do not apply. Signed: Date: Name". Graham Stoate Relevant professional qualification(s} or body {rf any): Address: 24 Church Lea. Whitchurch Tavistock, Devon PL19 9PS IER October 2018 Section B Disclosure Only complete rf the examiner needs lo highlight matters of concem (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wlshes to disclose. IER October 2018 Summary of accounts 2020 tst January 2020 to 315t December 2020 Income 2020 1105tyeur20191 Expenditure (lost￿r?019) Core funding Churches Individuals other donations Gift Aid Govt JRS scheme £7,5(K).(KI £10.418.98 £14,970.09 £22.160.56 Salary Empk)yer N.1. Pension contributions Events IFNP/SSI Expenses for actrvities Employee travel+phone Insurance £22,960.30 £24.048.12 £O.L £729.06 £454.98 £1,604.49 £963.25 £516.78 £1.755.93 £627.95 825.74 £262.40 £295.65 £394.29 £3.109.54 £6,671.85 £3.941.ffl £524.61 Webhosting + printing Employee training DBS & mentor training £340.94 £358.77 £466.69 Additional SWYM funding Churches Special events £8,405.37 E6.082.95 £7.168.37 Pocket monev Expenses Inc. trave SWYM fees offi￿ costs Hosting £3.360.1XJ £1.034.62 £6.450.iKJ £37.93 £4,410. £1.666.12 £7.525. £6(￿.00 £0. £30.34 £40.656.85 £49,771.86 £36.875.59 £45,368.37 ReCO￿lI1at10n Bank start of year £8.130.57 add Income £40,656.85 less Expenditure £36.875.59 Balance of Catalyst hjnds £11,911.83 add Illuminate donations £1,231.28 Total £13,143.11 DI/OU2020 Bank end of year £13.143.11 31/12/2020 Treasurer. G C OYtD 0910112021 Independent examiner. G D StD Zckl PAGE 3