## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date 11 May 2020 10 May 2021 **From To**
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** ParaCheer International CIO **Other names charity is known by** ParaCheer, ParaCheer International **Registered charity number (if any)** 1161607 **Charity's principal address** 16 Ely Road Prickwillow Ely, Cambridgeshire, Uk **Postcode** CB7 4UJ
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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0|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**|
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||Richard Rodgers|Chair|Whole Year||
||Chantal Epp||Whole Year||
||Levi Martin||Whole Year||
||Lisa Aucoin||Whole Year||
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## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
**Name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser Name Address**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
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## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Type of governing document
Constitution
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted
Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
Elected by a majority vote of existing trustees
(eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
- All new trustees must sign a Conflict of Interest Policy.
- The charity is particularly aware of the risks associated with running sports teams consisting of individuals of different ages and genders, some of whom have a Disability, meaning they fall within the classification of at-risk under any Safeguarding and Welfare policy. The charity has developed a robust Policy and has made a conscious effort to ensure adequate safeguarding training and awareness of coaches and athletes. Trustees are also made aware of these policies.
- Our Chair Rick Rodgers has been appointed to the Athletes and coaches council of both the ICU (international governing body) and ECU (European governing body) of cheerleading to assist in their management of ParaCheer within those events
- Our Founder Rick Rodgers was co-opted onto the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee for the International All-star Federation to be the voice of Disabled people in the All-star community.
- Our Founder and Chair was hired as Development Manager to create and manage resources and workshops, this was approved in writing by Charities Commission.
- Lisa Aucoin is on the sport development and governance committee for Cheer Canada
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
The objects of the CIO are:
1. the promotion for the public benefit of:
1. equality and diversity by the elimination of discrimination on the grounds of disability in the sport of cheerleading (and in such other sports and activities as the trustees may think fit from time to time); and
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
2. the education (including by way of advocacy, counselling, social and physical training, and such other ways as the trustees think fit) of the public in the sport of cheerleading for those with physical disabilities (and in such other sports and activities as the trustees may think fit from time to time); and
2. the relief of those persons with a physical disability by encouraging and promoting the sport of cheerleading for those with physical disabilities with the object of improving conditions of life and to assist their integration into society.
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- COVID-19 seriously impacted our services and delivery within this year
- Erasmus+ project with 5 partners across 4 countries to identify the barriers to Disabled people’s participation in cheerleading activities.
- We began our partnership work with Sports Cheer England to help them in building better structures and policies to support the Disability inclusive National Teams.
**Summary of the main** All of the above activities have been carried out with the awareness of the **activities undertaken for the** Trustees as to the requirements of the charity to meet its purpose for **public benefit in relation to** public benefit and they have had due regard to this, as is their duty to do **these objects (include within** so. **this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)**
**Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
## **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
- Our work with the Finish, Slovenian, and Irish Cheerleading Federations on the Erasmus+ project to identify Barriers to Disabled people’s participation in cheerleading had to go entirely online. We delivered 3 online Seminars and reviews, one each for Finland, Slovenia, and England. (Ireland will be delivered later in 2021). Our estimated reach from these seminars is 180 participants.
- Presented on numerous DEI committee meetings to support the inclusion of Disabled people in Cheerleading activities.
- Presented Disability Confidence training and How to Adapt Stunts and Choreography for Spring CDT’s Virtual conference.
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**Section E Financial review**
ParaCheer International CIO is currently operating without a reserves **Brief statement of the** policy. The trustees recognise the benefits to be gained from having a **charity’s policy on reserves** reserves policy and that it contributes to transparency and good practice. We therefore aim to develop a Reserves Policy for the charity in due course.
**Details of any funds materially** The Charity does not currently have any funds in deficit. **in deficit**
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include • The primary source of funds have been from delivery of workshops, and purchases of our training and team support packages through our additional information, where website. relevant about:
- This year we have been funded through our participation in an
- • the charity’s principal Erasmus+ project
- sources of funds (including any fundraising);
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## **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**
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Signature(s)
Full name(s) Rick Rodgers Chantal Epp
Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair Trustee
etc)
Date
8th March 2022
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**1161607**
## **ParaCheer International CIO**
## **Receipts and payments accounts**
**CC16a**
**For the period** 11/05/2020 **To** 10/05/2021 **from**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
887
_166_
_1,753_
206
**3,013**
150
**150**
**3,163**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
887
_166_
_1,753_
206
**3,013**
150
**150**
**3,163**|**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**
-
_-_
-
-
**-**
-
-
**-**
**-**|**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**
-
_-_
-
-
**-**
-
-
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
-
_-_
-
-
-
**-**
-
-
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
-
_-_
-
-
-
**-**
-
-
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
887
-
-
_166_
_1,753_
206
-
-
**3,013**
-
150
-
**150**
**3,163**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
887
-
-
_166_
_1,753_
206
-
-
**3,013**
-
150
-
**150**
**3,163**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
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Workshops given (fees for services)|887||||||||387|
|Access Audits|||||||||-|
|Memberships|||||||||278|
|_Sales of Merchandise (trading to_
_generate funds)_|_166_||||||||_1,538_|
|Grant Funding|_1,753_|||||||||
|Donations received|206||||||||1,466|
|Expenses Payments (from workshop
clients)|||||||||42|
|Postage of goods|||||||||11|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**3,013**||||||||**3,723**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see**
**table).**||||||||||
|(Directors) Loan to Charity|||||||||-|
|Harlequin Floor Sale|150|||||||||
|Disbursements Paid In|||||||||1,267|
|**_Sub total_**|**150**||||||||**1,267**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||||||
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**Cost of charitable activities**||||||||||
|Education for staff and Volunteers|||-||-||-||241|
|Travel expenses|||-||-||-||827|
|Stationery|||-||-||-||-|
|Hotels|||||||_-_||_572_|
|Flights|||||||_-_||_1,857_|
|Venue Hire|67||||||67||_85_|
|Car and Van Hire|||||||_-_||_139_|
|**General Expenses**||||||||||
|Subsistence|||-||-||-||500|
|Bank Charges|5||-||-||5||65|
|Hosting Fees and IT Consumables|462||-||-||462||563|
|Admin / Transcription Services|-||-||-||-||-|
|Miscellaneous expenses|||-||-||-||107|
|Merchandise purchases|_-_||_-_||_-_||_-_||_-_|
|Postage and Carriage|||_-_||_-_||_-_||_61_|
|Marketing and Sales Promotions|||||||_-_||_30_|
|P.R. (Literature & Brochures)|-||_-_||_-_||_-_||_-_|
|Legal Fees|-||_-_||_-_||_-_||_-_|
|Subscriptions|280||_-_||_-_||280||_31_|
|Clothing Costs|-||_-_||_-_||_-_||_-_|
|SuspenseAccount|||||_-_||_-_||_463_|
|Staff Salaries Paid|3,001||1787||_-_||4,788||_8,213_|
|Insurance|952||_-_||_-_||952||_440_|
|Consultancy Fees|425||_-_||_-_||425|||
|**_Sub total_ **|**5,192**||**1,787**||**-**||**6,979**||**14,193**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||
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Laptop Computer (asset)|-|||||||||
|Disbursements Paid Out|-|||||||||
|Loan Repayment (Directors)|-||||||||-|
|Harlequin Dance Floor (asset)|-||||||||-|
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||||**-**|
|CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||||
||||||||||**14,193**|
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||**- 2,029**||||||||**- 9,204**|
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||**4,891**||||||||**-**|
||**2,863**||||||||8/03/2022
**- 9,204**|
## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf
of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B1 Cash funds**|Signature
**Details**
Directors Loan repayable
**Details**
Nuvo Uniforms
Carpet bonded Foam Matts (2)
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
Current Account
Petty Cash
Paypal Account
Post Office Travel account ($18 USD)|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
2,805
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43
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15
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**2,863**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
-
-
-
-
-
-
**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
Restricted
**-**
Unrestricted
600
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
Unrestricted
102
Print Name
Rick Rodgers
Chantal Epp|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
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||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
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||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
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**(optional)**|
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**(optional)**|
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||||Date of approval|
|||Rick Rodgers|8th March 2022|
|||Chantal Epp|8th March 2022|
08/03/2022
CCXX R3 accounts (SS)
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