2020-08-31-accounts

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Summary	ofthe main		During the year BSChas
achievements ofthe charity during the year			Offered and delivered successful Consultancy, Coaching, and Training to churches and church members who are connecting
			with their local schools (and their associated wider communities)
			and heading up different school/community projects.
			These included Christmas and Easter workshops;prayer/reflective
			spaces (both indoors and outdoors); social action projects;
			supporting RE and collective worship provision.
			We have connected with people and churches all over the Bristol
			area, often with one off consultancy advice. We have also
			worked for longer periods oftime with churches in Easton,
			Avonmouth, Bedminster, Stockwood, Shirehampton, Cromhall,
			Wick, Lockleaze, and Clifton.
			We have run various City-wide training events for churches to
			better enable them to connect with their local schools, and also
			smaller bespoke training sessions e.g.fora particular
			church/group ofchurches. This included an event in September
			2019which was well attended —we focused on people sharing
			their stories of how they have been connecting with their local
			schools, and we invited representatives from other organisations
			to present as well. We also ran some 'Prayers Spaces in School'
			training sessions —both in person and online (all were well
			attended).
			We have continued to facilitate a project called Children Just Like
			Me which links schools from very different areas to each other
			and helps to develop relations between the children so that a
			meaningful dialogue can happen. The project involves writing
			letters, hosting trips to each other's schools/local
			community/places ofworship. We have started to work with
			Bridges for communities charity on this project, with the aim of
			them taking ownership ofthis project and developing itfurther.
			BSChas continued to support the team delivering The Space—
			which is a permanent reflective space in a Secondary school in
			Shireham pton.
			We supported St.Francis church, Bedminster as they hosted their
			second Christmas workshop, and as they prepared to deliver
			Easter Space.
			We have continued to have a regular online presence on
			Facebook and have started a Youtube channel.
			During lockdown —all of our support went online. We continued	to
			encourage and support churches to connect with their local
			schools during lock down. This included emails/zoom
			meetings/zoom training sessions/Facebook posts/Youtube story
			videos and training videos, and Assembly video examples.
			During lockdown we worked in partnership with 'Prayer Spaces	in
			School' to produce a resource called 'Transition space' for year	6
			leavers. We encouraged churches to offer this resource to their
			local schools. This was used across Bristol and beyond.
			Networking, connecting and signposting, and promoting other
			organisations/opportunities/resources to enable an increase in
			good Chdistian engagement/support with schools.
			We facilitated churches offering Faraday institute workshops to
			their local schools for Janua 2020.

			~ We have continued to deepen our strategic connections with
			various organisations/networks including: Bristol Diocese; Muller
			Foundation; Together4Bristol; Christ Church Clifton; Alma
			Church; BBAchurch; TLG/Make Lunch; Prayer Spaces in
			Schools; Youth Workers Forum, God and the big bang, and the
			Faraday Institute. We have been able to work in partnership with
			these organisations/networks when appropriate and helpful. We
			have also made good connections with Trinity college and Bristol
			Baptist college and we had training sessions booked in the diary
			for summer 2020. These were unfortunately cancelled due to
			Covid-19.
			~ We had several meetings with key people in the City about how to
			get churches in the Bristol area to connect more with Secondary
			schools. We have been involved with forming ajoint initiative with
			the Bristol Youth Workers Forum.
			~ We have continued to take an active part in the Diocese
			mentoring/coaching scheme —for churches who want to receive
			coaching about how to connect with their local school —Liz and
			Jane are named coaches for churches in 2deaneries in Bristol.
Brief statement		ofthe	BSCwas fortunate to receive initial seed funding from a number oftrusts
charity's	policy	on reserves	and individuals when itwas formed in 2015.
			However, BSCremains reliant each year on financial gifts from
			individuals, trusts and churches within Bristol which can be one-off,
			ongoing or fora limited period oftime. Given this dependency, the
			trustees believe it appropriate to target reserves at approximately six
			months ofongoing expenditure plus the budgeted deficit forthe next year
			before new fundraising. The reserves at31"August 2020 were f23,900The projected
			expenditure and deficit for 2020/21 before new fundraising were F29,000
			and F11,000 respectively giving a reserves target off25,500. Reserves
			therefore represented 94'/o oftarget.
			The trustees consider this level ofreserves reasonable but are actively
			seeking new sources of income in order to reduce the 2020/21 budgeted
			deficit.
			BSCstarted the year with projected expenditure exceeding pledged income byf9,300. We are very grateful to God for the E7,300of
			additional gifts received from individuals following the appeal in autumn
			2019and for the ongoing support from supporters and the PCC ofChrist
			Church Clifton. Total cash receipts were up 25'lo on 2018/19. We did
			not receive any trust grants.
Financial	performance		Together with a small reduction in budgeted activity during the COVID crisis, we were able to break even in the year on a management
			accounts accruals basis. The attached accounts, prepared on a cash
			basis, show a deficit ofE2,900as last year there were accruals ofE3,300
			which have not repeated this year.
			BSChas been able to engage Jane Gillis and Liz Ogborne, our development workers, on an 'as needed' basis as they continue the work
			ofBSC. Total expenditure, on an accruals basis, was up 10'/o compared
			with 2018/19.
TAR

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The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees'		report	above.
Signed on behalf ofthe charity*s trustees
Signature(s)
Full name(s)
ANTHONY	CROFTON MILES
Position (eg Secretary, Chair,
etc) CHAIRMAN			TRUSTEE
Date 1"October	2020

							Bristol Scho	Bristol Scho	ols Connection (BSC)	ols Connection (BSC)	ols Connection (BSC)	1162067	1162067
			For	the period fl'Om Period start date 1stSe t2019 To Receipts and payments			Pened end date 31stAugust 2020 accounts		For the period Period start date from 1stSe t2018 To Receipts and payments			Pened end date 31stAugust 2019 accounts
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			Unrestricted funds		Restricted funds	Endowment funds		Totalfunds	Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Endowment funds		Totalfunds
			to the	nearest	to the nearest 5	tothe nearest 6		lothe nearest k	tothe nearest 6	to the nearest 5	to the nearest r.		tothe nearest 6
A1 Receipts Donations from Individuals				15,925				16,825	11,702				11,702
Donations from churches acd other charities Fess Gift Aid rocovsra bio				5,000 2,604				2,504	5,000 630 2,607				2,607
Sub totai(Gross income	for			25,113				25,113	'I8,930				18,5SS
	AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales
(see table).
Sub total
Total receipts				25,113				26,113	ta,asa				19,938
A3 Payments Development workers Insurance				23,573 t,e07				23,573 1,507	20,333 1,787				20,333 1,787
Wsbsils aud other				2,233				2,283
Sub tots!				27,953				27,963	23,004				2S,064
A4 Asset and Investment
purchases, (see table)
Sub total
Total Payments				27,983	-		-	27,963	23,064	-		-	23,064
Net ofreceiptsl(payments)				2,860				2,860	3,126				3,125
A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year	end			26,757 23,60?				28,757 23,907	29,882 Z6,757				29,882 26,767

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									Unrestricted			Restricted								Unrestricted		Restricted
	Categories				Details					funds			funds		Details					funds			funds
										to nearest	k	to	nearest 6							to nearest k'		to nearest 6
81 Cash	funds				Bank account					23,607					Bank account					26,767
						Total cash funds				23,$07								Total	cash funds	26,767
					(agree balances	with	receipts	and payments acccvnt(s))	OK			QK			(agree balances			with receipts snd payments scccnnt(s))		OK		OK
									Unrestricted			Restricted								Unrestricted		Restricted
										funds			funds							funds			funds
					Details					to nearest	6	to	nearest 6		Details					to nearest f		to nearest 6
B2Other	monetary		assets		Gift Aid recoverable						160				Gift Aid recoverable						37
					Details
B3Investment		assets
					Details				Fund to which asset helen s			Cost (optional)			Detags					Fund to which
B4Assets retained			for the
charity's	own	use
									Fundtowhlch			Amount		due						Fund to which		Amount		due
					Details				)lab)lit relates				o tlonal		Details					liabilit relates			0 tional
B5Liabilities															Outstanding		Development		worker expenses	1280
															Donation	received		in advance		2000
Signed	on behalf		of all the	trustees				Date									Signature			Pnnt		Name
								1st October		2020										Anthony	Miles,		Chair