## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date 01 June 2021 31 May 2022 **To**
**From**
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1162810
The Escape Charity
> **Charity's principal address**[21 Holbeck Lane ]
Cheshunt Hertfordshire **EN7 6QH**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**whole year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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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**
**TAR**
March **2012**
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
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|**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|||
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|**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**
Constitution adopted in July 2015 Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods Appointed by Trustees at an Annual General Meeting
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
There is a safeguarding and risk management policy in place.
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: All trustees give their time voluntarily and receive no remuneration or other benefits.
- 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.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
The object of the CIO is the prevention and relief of poverty for the public benefit through supporting the education of young people in disadvantaged communities of England and Nigeria.
**TAR**
March **2012**
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In planning our activities this year, we kept in mind the Charity commissions guidance on public benefit. Subject Tuition We successfully carried out tuition remotely and face-to-face for **Summary of the main** secondary school students. This is for students who need/request **activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to** in preparation for their GCSE examinations. The profit will **these objects (include within** continue to be used for the Scholarship scheme in Nigeria. **this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity** We have maintained the scholarship scheme to support the **Commission on public** education of the poor communities in southern Nigeria by **benefit)** providing the fees required for them to stay in school. Nine students are currently in university, and one student has graduated.
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
A great contribution our volunteers in Nigeria who supported us with advice and organisation of the Scholarship scheme. You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
## Section D Achievements and performance
**TAR**
March **2012**
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Section D Achievements and erformance p
**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** Tuition The subject tuition run for English, Maths, History, Geography and Science throughout the academic year and during holidays. We have been able to provide for students who have not been able to attend school.
**TAR**
March **2012**
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## **Section E Financial review**
**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves**
All income received is kept in our bank to be used for student scholarships. Our policy is to keep in reserves at the end of each year two-thirds of the total amount committed to school fees in the current year. The amount is decided at the annual general meeting based on the amount committed for school fees in the current year. This is to ensure we fulfil our commitment to the students
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
Not Applicable
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- the charity’s principal 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**
## **Signature(s)**
> **Full name(s)** Ijeaku Mezue
> **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)**[Chair ]
**TAR**
March **2012**
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TAR
Mar¢h 2012
**Charity Name No (if any) The Escape Charity 1162810 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 1st June 2021 31st May 2022
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**54,876**
**790**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**55,665**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**55,665**
**30,965**
**-**
**596**
**1,463**
**1,698**
**114**
**34,836**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**34,836**
**20,829**
**-**
**1,284**
**22,113**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**54,876**
**790**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**55,665**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**55,665**
**30,965**
**-**
**596**
**1,463**
**1,698**
**114**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**34,836**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**34,836**
**20,829**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**54,876**
**790**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**55,665**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**55,665**
**30,965**
**-**
**596**
**1,463**
**1,698**
**114**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**34,836**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**34,836**
**20,829**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Sales|**54,876**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**54,876**||**27,900**|
|Donations|**790**|||**790**||**2,065**|
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||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**55,665**|||**55,665**||**29,965**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||
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**-**|**-**|||
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|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||
||||**-**|**55,665**||**29,965**|
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|Wages|**30,965**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**30,965**||**19,325**|
|Overseas BuildingProject|**-**|||**-**||**5,310**|
|Telephone|**596**|||**596**||**1,133**|
|HMRC|**1,463**|||**1,463**||**1,649**|
|Professional Fees|**1,698**|||**1,698**||**2,814**|
|Bank Charges|**114**|||**114**||**247**|
|Insurance||||**-**||**192**|
|IT||||**-**||**450**|
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|**_Sub total_ **|**34,836**|||**34,836**||**31,120**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
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|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
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**20,829**||**- 1,155**|
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**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**1,284**|**-**||**1,284**||**2,439**|
||**22,113**|**-**|**-**|**22,113**||**1,284**|
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
31/03/2023
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## **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
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
Not Applicable
**Details**
**Details**
Not Applicable
Bank Balance
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Not Applicable
**Details**
Not Applicable|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**22,113**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**22,113**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
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**funds**
**to nearest £**|
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**(optional)**|
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**(optional)**|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
31/03/2023
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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
**Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees/** Charity Name **members of** The Escape Charity **On accounts for the year** 31[st] May 2022 **Charity no** 1162810 **ended (if any) Set out on pages 2 PAGES**
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/05/2022.
**Responsibilities and** As the charity trustee, you are responsible for the preparation of the **basis of report** accounts in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act, and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
**Independent** The charity’s gross income does not exceed £250,000, and I am qualified to **examiner's statement** undertake the examination by being a qualified member of The Association of Accounting Technicians _._
I have completed my examination. Apart from consistent accountability, I confirm that the only matters that have come to my attention are as disclosed below, in connection with the examination, which gives me cause to believe that in any material respect:
I have no other matters concerning the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
**Signed: Date:** 31[st] March 202 **Name:** Janet Johnson – Educational Finance Solutions Ltd MAAT **Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 31 Hamilton Crescent Palmers Green, London, N13 5LN
**October 2018**
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**IER**
## **Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
**Give here details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
The advice to the charity is to create some consistency in the accounting and bookkeeping administration.
The basics will be in invoicing, keeping weekly or monthly. Regular cash reconciliation for money transfers.
There was a challenge with digital data for employees on the payroll software. As some information was deleted prematurely. The Charity had hard copy backups, so traceable timesheets and amounts paid could be reconciled. Advice for future accounts will be to reconcile the payroll and a monthly basis with hard copy timesheets, and payroll reports are printed and kept for year-end accounts and auditing purposes.
This is the same with contractors. That all documents as invoicing, are printed and filed with the accounts and an indication of the amount paid.
The payroll and contractors’ payments were reconciled towards the end of the financial accounts.
**October 2018**
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