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2020-12-31-accounts

Company number: 7697173 Charity Number: 1145488

Education Services 2010

Report and financial statements For the year ended 31 December 2020

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Education Services 2010

Reference and administrative information

for the year ended 31 December 2020

Company number 7697173 Charity number 1145488

Registered office and operational address

18 Orchard Avenue Cambridge CB4 2AH

Trustees

Trustees, who are also directors under company law, who served during the year and up to the date of this report were as follows:

Huw Rowland Thomas Chair, Charity contact Andrew Brown John Evans Michael Hansen Simon Jacobson Company Secretary Deborah Patterson Jones Ruth Sawtell Adrian Stenton Ian Tod

Bankers

CAF Bank 25 Kings Hill Avenue Kings Hill Kent ME19 4JQ

Triodos Bank Deanery Road Bristol BS1 5AS

Independent examiner

Paul Cowham FCA DChA Green Fish Resource Centre 46-50 Oldham Street Manchester M4 1LE

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Education Services 2010

Reference and administrative information

for the year ended 31 December 2020

The trustees present their report and the unaudited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2020. Included within the trustees’ report is the directors’ report as required by company law.

Reference and administrative information set out on page 1 forms part of this report. The financial statements comply with current statutory requirements, the memorandum and articles of association and the Statement of Recommended Practice - Accounting and Reporting by Charities: SORP applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with FRS 102.

Objectives and activities

The charitable company was established to further the objectives and activities formerly carried out by the unincorporated association Education Services (charity number 313026) which itself was founded in Cambridge in 1930 by Jack Bellerby and associates. The endowment fund originally established in the 1930s was transferred to the charitable company in 2013 and the unincorporated association was wound up.

The charity’s objects as laid out in the Articles of Association are:

For the public benefit to advance the education of people in the UK and overseas in such ways as the charity trustees think fit, including by:

The charity's activities are the provision of grants to individuals and organisations as detailed above; and occasionally, promoting and publishing research, including on the history of the charity itself.

The trustees review the aims, objectives and activities of the charity each year. This report looks at what the charity has achieved and the outcomes of its work in the reporting period. The trustees report the success of each key activity and the benefits the charity has brought to those groups of people that it is set up to help. The review also helps the trustees ensure the charity's aims, objectives and activities remained focused on its stated purposes.

The trustees have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the charity's aims and objectives and in planning its future activities. In particular, the trustees consider how planned activities will contribute to the aims and objectives that have been set.

Achievements and performance

The charity's main activities and who it tries to help are described below. All its charitable activities focus on grant making and are undertaken to further Education Services 2010’s charitable purposes for the public benefit.

Grants are made to organisations involved in educational work in the broadest sense, both in the UK and in the developing world. Grants to organisations totalled £56,848 during the year (2019: £51,527) the largest being:

£5,000 to Action for Conservation in support of WildWeb, an online engagement programme for young people aimed at supporting them in taking action for the environment during the pandemic and to empower and equip them to build a greener future for the planet.

£3,768 to ReadEasy Cambridge to support the move to online training during the pandemic, providing training sessions with small groups of coaches targeting digital awareness and how to teach readers basic online literacy skills.

£3,500 to the Amos Bursary in support of its programme to help academically able young men of African and Caribbean heritage from London’s inner-city schools, access professional careers.

£3,343 to Trees for Life for to continue to deliver their programme to develop community engagement with wildlife during the pandemic by providing curriculum-linked, fun educational resources including videos, webinars and activity packs.

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£3,000 to Save the Elephants in support of their Elephants and Bees project in southern Kenya, which assists a group of women to to develop sustainable micro-enterprises in order to reduce dependence on income from agricultural produce that is unreliable due to the challenges of elephant crop-raiding and climate change.

£3,000 to the John Muir Trust towards the building of an all-purpose, wheelchair-accessible Gathering Shelter which would expand their capacity to host more volunteers and visitors at their conservation centre at Glenlude in Scotland.

£2,800 to Quaker Bolivia Link to support the running costs of the Internado student residence in Sorata, Bolivia.

Grants to individuals are made, particularly to those of limited means, and pursuing education, training, publication or research. None were made during the year (2019: £5,957).

All grantees, whether organisations or individuals, are required to use their grant funding in accordance with their applications, which need to demonstrate wider benefits to society as a whole, and to report on the outcomes of their work or projects.

Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic

The Covid-19 pandemic has not affected the operation of the charity since its administration is done remotely by email and telephone. Some grantees have asked for additional funding or to vary the terms of grants already made, to assist them with coping with the effects of the pandemic. The only impact on the charity itself has been that the trustees and members have not been able to meet in person, but they have found electronic meetings an adequate substitute. The trustees do not have any concerns that the pandemic poses any threat to the ongoing sustainability of the charity.

Financial review

The charity received £40,287 (2019: 48,322) in investment income and interest during the year, and a bequest of £32,250 was received from the estate of Mari Griffith. Donations from members totalling £350 (2019: £750) were also gratefully received. Grants totalling £56,848 (2019: £57,484) were made.

The charity’s assets stood at £1,468,156 (2019: £1,470,910) at the year end, made up of: ,

Reserves policy

The charity has a large endowment and without premises or employees, has low operating costs. It generally does not enter into ongoing grant or other financial commitments. There is therefore no need to carry substantial reserves. However, the trustees follow a prudent practice of carrying forward unrestricted funds, or accumulated income, at the end of each year loosely approximating to the investment income received in that year. At the end of 2020 the unrestricted fund reserves totalled £49,678 (2019: £36,750).

Investment policy

The charity’s investments are reviewed regularly and the investment policy was discussed and agreed at the Council meeting in July 2020. In accordance with mainstream investment opinion, the policy takes the view that over the long term equities will generally outperform fixed income products and that as a grant-disbursing charity with low overheads, our needs are best met by investing primarily in UK based income bearing equities which also give some exposure to global markets. There is also a preference for avoiding the administrative burden and potential risks involved in moving investments unnecessarily, and avoiding high fund charges. The current portfolio is principally based on three holdings, all of which are low cost and provide reasonable and dependable income. There are in addition some smaller unlisted investments in accordance with the wishes of trustees to express the positive social and environmental preferences of the charity.

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Structure, governance and management

The organisation is a charitable company limited by guarantee, incorporated on 7[th] July 2011 and registered as a charity on 17[th] January 2012.

The company was established under a memorandum of association which established the objects and powers of the charitable company and is governed under its articles of association.

The company is managed by a committee of the directors, known as the Council, who are also the trustees of the charity. The Council are elected by the members of the charity. The Council can co-opt new directors whose appointment is confirmed by the members of the charity at the subsequent AGM. Any new directors are appointed after having first been members of the charity and attended Council meetings as observers to receive induction in the operation and ethos of the charity.

Members of the charity guarantee to contribute an amount not exceeding £10 to the assets of the charity in the event of winding up. The total number of such guarantees at 31 December 2020 was 12 (2019: 13). The trustees are members of the charity but this entitles them only to voting rights. The trustees have no beneficial interest in the charity.

All trustees give their time voluntarily and receive no benefits from the charity other than any disclosed in note 8. Any expenses reclaimed from the charity are set out in note 8 to the accounts.

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Statement of responsibilities of the trustees

The trustees (who are also directors of Education Services 2010 for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the trustees’ annual report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charitable company's website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies’ regime of the Companies Act 2006.

06 / 22 / 2021

The trustees’ annual report has been approved by the trustees on ……………………………and signed on their behalf by:

Huw Rowland Thomas

Council member and charity contact

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Education Services 2010

Reference and administrative information

for the year ended 31 December 2020

Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Education Services 2010 (‘the Company’)

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2020.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity’s trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (‘the 2006 Act’).

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.

Independent examiner’s statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:

  1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or

  2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or

  3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or

  4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities [applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)].

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection 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.

Paul Cowham FCA DChA Green Fish Resource Centre 46-50 Oldham Street Manchester M4 1LE

Date

06 / 28 / 2021

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Education Services 2010

Statement of Financial Activities (including Income and Expenditure account) for the year ended 31 December 2020

Unrestricted
funds
Note
£
Income from:
Donations from members
350
Legacy
32,250
Investments
3
40,287
Total income
72,887
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities
4
59,959
Total expenditure
59,959
12,928
-
7
12,928
Transfer between funds
-
Net movement in funds for the year
12,928
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward
36,750
Total funds carried forward
49,678
Net income/(expenditure) for
the year
Net gains/(losses) on investments
Net income/(expenditure)
before net gains/(losses) on
investments
Endowment
£
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
(15,682)
(15,682)
-
(15,682)
1,434,160
1,418,478
Total funds
2020
£
350
32,250
40,287
72,887
59,959
59,959
12,928
(15,682)
(2,754)
-
(2,754)
1,470,910
1,468,156
Total funds
2019
£
750
-
48,322
49,072
59,129
59,129
(10,057)
235,074
225,017
-
225,017
1,245,893
1,470,910

The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

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Education Services 2010 Company number 7697173

Balance sheet as at 31 December 2020

Note
£
£
Fixed assets
Investments
10
1,418,478
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand
50,278
Total current assets
50,278
Liabilities
Creditors: amounts falling
due in less than one year
11
(600)
Net current assets
49,678
Net assets
1,468,156
The funds of the charity:
Endowment income funds
12
1,418,478
Unrestricted income funds
49,678
Total charity funds
1,468,156
2020
£
£
1,434,160
37,350
37,350
(600)
36,750
1,470,910
1,434,160
36,750
1,470,910
2019
£
£
1,434,160
37,350
37,350
(600)
36,750
1,470,910
1,434,160
36,750
1,470,910
2019
1,470,910
1,434,160
36,750
1,470,910

For the year in question, the company was entitled to exemption from an audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Directors' responsibilities:

These accounts are prepared in accordance with the special provisions of part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies and in accordance with FRS102 SORP, and constitute the annual accounts required by the Companies Act 2006 and are for circulation to members of the company.

The notes on pages 10 to 15 form part of these accounts.

06 / 22 / 2021

Approved by the trustees on …………………………… and signed on their behalf by:

Huw Rowland Thomas

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Education Services 2010

Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020

1 Accounting policies

The principal accounting policies adopted, judgments and key sources of estimation uncertainty in the preparation of the financial statements are as follows:

a Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014 (as updated through Update Bulletin 1 published on 2 February 2016) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.

The charity has applied Update Bulletin 1 as published on 2 February 2016 and does not include a cash flow statement on the grounds that it is applying FRS 102 section 1A.

Education Services 2010 meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note.

b Reconciliation with previous Generally Accepted Accounting Practice

In preparing the accounts, the trustees have considered whether in applying the accounting policies required by FRS 102 and the Charities SORP FRS 102 the restatement of comparative items was required. No such restatement was required.

c Preparation of the accounts on a going concern basis

The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern.

The trustees have made no key judgements which have a significant effect on the accounts.

The trustees do not consider that there are any sources of estimation uncertainty at the reporting date that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities within the next reporting period.

d Income

Income is recognised when the charity has entitlement to the funds, any performance conditions attached to the item(s) of income have been met, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.

e Interest receivable

Interest on funds held on deposit is included when receivable and the amount can be measured reliably by the charity; this is normally upon notification of the interest paid or payable by the Bank.

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020 (continued)

f Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds are available to spend on activities that further any of the purposes of charity.

The endowment fund was established by the original donors to the charity Education Services (number 313026). The capital value of the fund transferred has been treated as an endowment fund within these accounts. The investment income arising from the fund is unrestricted and can be spent to satisfy the objectives of the charity as the trustees see fit.

g Expenditure

Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to make a payment to a third party, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.

h Fixed asset investments

Investments are a form of basic financial instrument and are initially recognised at their transaction value and subsequently measured at their fair value as at the balance sheet date using the closing quoted market price. The statement of financial activities includes the net gains and losses arising on revaluation and disposals throughout the year.

The Charity does not acquire put options, derivatives or other complex financial instruments.

The main form of financial risk faced by the charity is that of volatility in equity markets and investment markets due to wider economic conditions, the attitude of investors to investment risk, and changes in sentiment concerning equities and within particular sectors or sub sectors.

i Cash at bank and in hand

Cash at bank and cash in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account.

j Creditors and provisions

Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due.

k Financial instruments

The charity only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value with the exception of bank loans which are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020 (continued)

2 Legal status of the charity

The charity is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales and has no share capital. In the event of the charity being wound up, the liability in respect of the guarantee is limited to £10 per member of the charity. The registered office address is disclosed on page 1.

3 Investment income

Investment income
Income from bank deposits
Dividends received
Unrestricted
£
71
40,216
40,287
Endowment
£
-
-
-
Total 2020
£
71
40,216
40,287
Total 2019
£
52
48,270
48,322

At the end of the previous year, all the funds shown above were unrestricted.

4 Analysis of expenditure on charitable activities

Grants paid (see note 5)
Governance costs (see note 6)
Unrestricted
£
56,848
3,111
59,959
Endowment
£
-
-
-
Total 2020
£
56,848
3,111
59,959
Total 2019
£
57,484
1,645
59,129

At the end of the previous year, all the funds shown above were unrestricted.

5 Grants paid

Grants paid
Grants to organisations
Grants to individuals
2020
£
56,848
-
56,848
2019
£
51,527
5,957
57,484

Grants to organisations

These are to organisations involved in educational work in the broadest sense, both in the UK and in the developing world. The largest grants made in 2020 were:

£5,000 to Action for Conservation to support an online engagement programme for young people aimed at supporting them to take action for the environment during the pandemic £3,768 to ReadEasy Cambridge to support online training during the pandemic, training coaches to assist readers with digital awareness and online literacy skills

£3,500 to the Amos Bursary for its programme to help young men of African and Caribbean heritage from London’s inner-city schools, access professional careers

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020 (continued)

Grants to organisations (continued)

£3,343 to Trees for Life for their programme developing community engagement with wildlife during the pandemic by providing curriculum-linked educational resources £3,000 to Save the Elephants in support of their project in southern Kenya assisting women to develop micro-enterprises and reduce dependence on precarious agricultural £3,000 to the John Muir Trust towards building an accessible Gathering Shelter to expand capacity to host volunteers and visitors at their conservation centre at Glenlude, Scotland £2,800 to Quaker Bolivia Link to support the running costs of the Internado student residence in Sorata, Bolivia

Grants to individuals

These are made to people, particularly those of limited means, pursuing education, training, publication or research. No grants to individuals were made in 2020.

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Analysis of governance costs
Council and meeting expenses
Professional and legal fees
Independent examination
Bank charges
Net income/(expenditure) for the year
This is stated after charging/(crediting):
Independent examiner's fee
2020
£
108
2,323
600
80
3,111
2020
£
600
2019
£
972
13
600
60
1,645
2019
£
600

8 Trustee remuneration and expenses, and related party transactions

Neither the trustees nor any persons connected with them received any remuneration during the year, except that:

A relative of one of the trustees was paid £2,310 (2019: nil) for providing administrative and secretarial services to the charity as a contractor. The contract for these services was agreed without the trustee concerned taking part in the decision.

One trustee received administrative and travel expenses during the year of £108 (2019: 2 trustees received £221).

Donations of £350 were received from members and trustees of the charity (2019: £750).

No trustee or other person related to the charity had any personal interest in any contract or transaction entered into by the charity, including guarantees, during the year, except as described above.

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020 (continued)

9 Corporation tax

The charity is exempt from tax on income and gains falling within Chapter 3 of Part 11 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 or Section 256 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 to the extent that these are applied to its charitable objects. No tax charges have arisen in the charity.

10 Fixed assets: Investments

Fixed assets: Investments
2020
£
1,434,160
Add net gain/(loss) on revaluation
(15,682)
1,418,478
Investments at fair value comprised:
Listed investments
1,319,425
Other investments
99,053
1,418,478
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2020
£
Other creditors and accruals
600
600
Market value at the end of the year
Market value at the start of the year
2019
£
1,199,086
235,074
1,434,160
1,336,243
97,917
1,434,160
2019
£
600
600

11 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

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Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2020 (continued)

12 Analysis of movements in endowment funds

Total
Previous reporting
Total
Endowment income
funds
Endowment income
funds
Balance at 1
January
2020
£
1,434,160
1,434,160
period
Balance at 1
January
2019
£
1,199,086
1,199,086
Income
£
-
-
Income
£
-
-
Expenditure
£
-
-
Expenditure
£
-
-
Revaluation
£
(15,682)
(15,682)
Revaluation
£
235,074
235,074
Balance at 31
December
2020
£
1,418,478
1,418,478
Balance at 31
December
2019
£
1,434,160
1,434,160

Description, nature and purposes of the fund

The endowment fund represents the capital value of the permanent endowment of investments transferred from the unincorporated association Education Services (charity number 313026) to the charitable company. The income earned by these investments is unrestricted income to be applied to the charitable objectives of the company.

13 Analysis of net assets between funds

Fixed asset investments
Net current assets
Total as at 31 December 2020
Previous reporting period
Fixed asset investments
Net current assets
Total as at 31 December 2019
General
fund
£
-
49,678
49,678
-
36,750
36,750
Endowment
funds
£
1,418,478
-
1,418,478
1,434,160
-
-
Total
£
1,418,478
49,678
1,468,156
1,434,160
36,750
1,470,910

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