RfGISTf RED CHARITY NUMBER: 1163287 [4 KnightsLowe Charterea Aicouniant> & Busine55 Acjiiisers ort ofthe Trustees and Unaudited Flnandal Ststem•nts for the Year End Knights Lowe Chartered Accountsnts Ido House Kemp50n Way Suffolk Business Pa Bury 5t Edmunds Suffolk IP32 7AR EldoHouse. Kempsonway, SurfolkBuSiness P￿k uTySt E¥knuTrd5. Suffolk. IP327AR 01284 701300 Info@knwJhtsl(Iwe.co.u* é knight5kn.10.uk fDrtt* Year Ended 31 M*£h 2022 I to 4 . Independèrt ExaTrrfs Ilepryt 8 to 14 Is Found lorthe Year Ended 31 Plarch 2021 The trustees present th*r report with the finanoal #atements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2022. The trustees have adopted the prowsions of •)d Repming ty Charitles.. Statement of Aecommended Practlct applicable to chartties preparlng thtir 3ccouDts in thance with the FinènDal Reportiry Standard appltcable in the UK and RePul￿1¢￿f Ireland IFAS 1021 leffecuve l January 20191. OBJEcllvES ANDAcnvmES ObJed¥es and •m% The charity aim5 to empower. enthuse, and ingyire disadvantwl to de*lop lrfe sknlls and raise 35pirations usln8 a range ofrJeatwe medkg ￿ tyderto betterequip themto reach theirfull potential. The objecb¥es ofthe tharity i4 tt¥ enRageMrfth dlsattfdniw peop￿ usw)8 Uta￿ media to: - Teach the attendee5 tethnkal and comrnurx(3tion s*i115 - 8uild confidence Develop team leading skills - Using people who have alrealy completed cwrsesto mwrtor new parti¢pants - To build up the rnentorswth experientt. to be induded in theircvs and portfolios - Can help encoura8e the mefttor into fvrthef education in media courses orinto wor 518nllkarrtadT41Ue5 The prior Year wès affected by the zlobal COVID pandemlc ¥Ath ￿tri￿[or& not all courses coukl take pkice In person and access into sthods wa5 not p0￿bIe. This finanual year the restricttons were lifted meanlng courses were free to tske place a8ain and access into 5cho¢As was wible. The charity en8a8ed with many Coundls and Sthc¢)Is to provide courses mainty acr0&5 the EastAn8li• rryw. The rnain aCtI￿tieS for the year art to provide film cour5e5 to di5ad¥ant4ed peo￿* and thildren, help them build sknlls uselul in a workplatt ¢fi￿ra￿ment a5 wel as eversfyjaylrfe The key xtrons employedto athithtthe Charltys objec￿$ aretry. - Provide freefilm coursesto peoth in dt5th+￿taBed area5 in conju￿tin with Counal5. - Gasn acce55to5chools to also film wortshopy . Invofve previous partt(ipants of the tousses to tome back tp hdp as M•￿Or$ to devdop their skils and experiente further. In doing thlstheTrustees hwe had re8ard to the widÈd bythe Charilles Cfymmlssion on wblic benÈflL ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMAIKE The charity was established on 25 August 2015 as a 00 and this rs the curnent l¢Ym it operates under. However the tharitywas Initial￿ estabtished 2rTh. Paul Press Is the (hlel ExewU¥e of the d￿rIty and 15 in¥thW in runfti￿ mami ol film courses himself. He has many usefvl contacts and has used these well a5 other leajs to generate a gcd level of interest in the ftlm WDTk5hops both from Lc BS£ kn￿hts Lowe Charrered El 11,447 TOTAL FUNDS 139,619 1128.1721 Il447 RELATED PARIY DISCLOSURES There WETe no related party tr￿SaCtiOnsfOTthe￿arended 31 Marth2022. PaBe 14 DeialledStaternentof Fmandal A Iwthe Year Ended ai M•tth 2022 2022 2021 INCOMEANO ENDOWMENrs Donatlons and *ades Donalions fjrants n8 83A31 1,808 41,652 96.159 43.460 rotal th¢+Jmini res0w￿$ 96.159 43.460 EXPENtXTURE Charltable actl¥ttles Media equipmènt putchases r5e wo¥lder5 & contracto 761 65.163 1,740 25.434 77J24 27.174 Suppwt costs Room hire lrtsurance Computer costs P05ta8e and staiianery 315 L144 1,692 187 L297 Sundries Travel and subsistance Plant & mathirery depreoat Substhptlons 1,438 4,614 Accwnlanryand legat fees Total resour¢es expeTrYtd 31,788 riet{expendltsx•)IkKome 11,672 This pa8e does notf¢m partofthe staivtory financial stotements Page 15 ## OFFSHOOT FOUNDATION ## Unaudited Annual Report and Financial Statements ## 31[st] March 2022 ## Charity Number 1163287 pg. 1 |**Contents**||**Pages**| |---|---|---| |Trustees Report||4-9| |Statement of fnancial acLviLes (incorporaLng||| |The Income and Expenditure account)|10-11|| |Notes to the Financial Statements||12| pg. 2 ## **Offshoot Founda1on** ## **Trustees Annual Report** ## **Year ended 31 March 2022** The Trustees present their report and financial statement for the year ended 31 March 2022 |**Registered Charity Name**|Ofshoot FoundaLon| |---|---| |**Charity Number**|1163287| |**Registered Ofce**|19 Kings Hill| ||Great Cornard| ||Sudbury| ||Sufolk| ||CO10 0EH| |**Trustees**|Paul Nicholas (Chair)| ||Ann Cloke (Vice Chair)| ||Sarah Williams| ||Marie Talbot| ||Paul Brown (Treasurer)| |**CEO**|Paul Press| |**Bankers**|Lloyds Bank| ||Birmingham| ||30-90-91| pg. 3 69038768 ## **Offshoot Founda1on** ## **Trustees Annual Report** ## **Year ended 31 March 2022** ## **Structure, governance and management** ## **Governing Document** The organisaLon is a Charitable Incorporated OrganisaLon registered on 25[th] August 2015. ## **Recruitment and Appointment of Trustees** The Trustees are shown on page 3 and held office throughout the year. The charity aims to recruit trustees with a wide range of business and sector experience from which the charity will benefit. ## **Trustee Induc1on and Training** New Trustees are provided with: - The Charity’s ConsLtuLon - The latest accounts of the charity - Details of the Charity Commission guidance notes CC3 “The EssenLal Trustee” In addiLon, all Trustees are encouraged to read Charity Commission and other newsleeers and to aeend courses designed to keep them abreast of their duLes and responsibiliLes pg. 4 ## **Organisa1onal Structure** The Offshoot FoundaLon is managed on a day-to-day basis by Paul Press, Chief ExecuLve. He reports to the Board of Trustees at their quarterly meeLngs. The Trustees are responsible for the strategic direcLon and overall policies of the charity. There is a fundraising sub-commieee who meet bimonthly. Paul Press is the lynch pin between the Trustees, the sessional workers and the young people, as well as being the representaLve for the organisaLon with other professionals. ## **Risk Review** The Trustees have conducted a review of the major risks to which the charity is exposed, and systems have been established to miLgate those risks. ## **Offshoot Founda1on** ## **Trustees Annual Report** ## **Year ended 31 March 2022** ## **Objec1ves and Ac1vi1es** ## **Mission Statement** The **Offshoot Founda1on** aims to **empower** , **enthuse** and **inspire** disadvantaged people to develop life skills and raise aspiraLons using a range of **crea1ve media** in order to beeer equip them to reach their full potenLal ## **Aims of charity:** - Engage with disadvantaged people using creaLve media to - Teach them technical skills and communicaLon skills - Build confidence - Develop team leading skills pg. 5 - Using people who have already completed our courses to mentor new parLcipants - This will build up the mentors work experience, to be included in the CVs and porholios - Can help to encourage the mentors into further educaLon in media courses or into work ## **Review of the Year** During the last year the charity has been badly affected by the knock-on effect of Covid – 19. Several workshops were cancelled, and funding was very difficult to obtain. As a result, we worked with our lowest number of young people than ever before on a smaller variety of projects. ## **Ac1vi1es currently offered:** Throughout the year we have worked with over 155 young people on a variety of projects. A summary of projects follows: ## **Gorseland Primary School, Ipswich, Film Workshop** Our 12[th] year working at this school, this project involved working with 60 children aged 10-11 years, over a 8-day period to make films based on wriLng from the young people. We made in total 13 films. ## **Devonshire Infant Academy, Sandwell, West Mids. Film Workshop** Following a break for a year due to covid re returned to conLnue working with 90 Year 2 pupils, making 3 films over a two-week period. ## **Summer & Christmas Norfolk Healthy Ac1vity Fund Film Workshop** We ran free school meal workshops over seven weeks in the summer and Christmas holidays of 2021. Numbers were sadly low but hopefully these numbers will increase as we conLnue to work in these new locaLons in Norfolk. During the 4 days each week we worked 10-2 each day on movie trailers, music videos and animaLons. ## **Offshoot Founda1on** ## **Trustees Annual Report** ## **Year ended 31 March 2022** ## **Enfeld Music Video Workshop** We returned in 2021 to Enfield and ran a music video workshop, a voiceover workshop and a 4-day film making workshop. The voice-over workshop was the least successful and needs rewriLng for the future, but the other two were a great success as ever. ## **Befriending Scheme** Following our film last year, we sought funding from the NaLonal loeery and were successful in funding a 10-day workshop where the adults with learning difficulLes made a film, taking on all the roles except ediLng. They loved the project and want to conLnue to work together. pg. 6 ## **Royal Shakespeare Company** Sudbury Ormiston who we have a good relaLonship with asked us to make a film that will be then put into a larger film for the company. We had assistance from 5 young people and the acLng was all young person led. ## **Gainsborough’s House** As the rebuild conLnues we were asked to film material for friends of the house. ## **The Name on the bag Film** We managed to seek funding to make a film about a flight bag belonging to a USSAF pilot who died defending our country, wrieen by a local historian and filmed and edited by some of young filmmakers. ## **Har1smere school workshop** We ran a two-day film trailer project with a mix of ages and had great feedback with a request to work at the school in the future. ## **Sinfonia & Orchestra Live Filming** Following on from previous projects we worked with sinfonia and OL and several projects working with young carers and adults with Alzheimer’s across the East of England. ## **Mid Sufolk Crea1ves flming** Due to our good relaLonship with the council, we were asked to film short lectures from people in the creaLve industries. ## **Apex Half Term Workshop** We returned again to the Apex to work with 30 young people on short films that they wrote, filmed, acted and edited. ## **Coronavirus Fund Workshops – Sufolk County Council Funding** We were successful in gaining a large grant to run workshops across Suffolk as well as producing a 45-minute film with some of our ex-students who now work in the film and TV industry as well as purchasing new cameras. ## **Offshoot Founda1on** ## **Trustees Annual Report** ## **Year ended 31 March 2022** ## **– Coronavirus Fund Workshops Babergh & Mid Sufolk Funding** We were successful in gaining funding to run a workshop in Babergh and Mid Suffolk working with 60 young people on a 4-day workshop as well as purchasing PPE and a subscripLon to designing somware. ## **Plans for the future** - To work in addiLonal schools pg. 7 - To conLnue our holiday workshops - To extend our reach to work within the heritage sector - To develop our workshops to focus on certain aspects of the filmmaking industry - To work in new areas such as Essex and Cambridgeshire - To train further facilitators to run workshops - Targeted parLcipants include: - Young people living in disadvantaged areas (to be idenLfied in Suffolk through the Hidden Needs report), youth organisaLons and schools will be contacted in order to promote the workshops - NEET young people up to 24 yrs, areas to be idenLfied amer consultaLon with Careers office, Suffolk County Council and Youth Workers - Young people with disabiliLes, to be idenLfied through schools and AcLviLes Unlimited - Pupil Referral Units, working with disengage young people - Young offenders - Young people in care - Young carers ## **Financial Review** Incoming resources amounted to £96,159 Amer incurring costs of £96,384 the net incoming resources for the year amounted to £11,672. The Trustees consider the year-end financial posiLon to be saLsfactory. ## **Principle Funding Sources** The principal funding sources for the charity are grants to enable it to meet its charitable objecLves. During the year these grants were chiefly from Norfolk County Council, Suffolk County Council, Enfield Borough Council, Babergh & Mid Suffolk District Council, Unity Schools Partnership, Parents, Academies, Vitec, Gorseland School, Devonshire School (Victoria Academies), HarLsmere School, Souter Charitable Trust, The Astor FoundaLon, Royal Shakespeare Company, Befriending Scheme, DC Moncrieff, Lord Belstead Charitable Trust, NaLonal Loeery, Quay Theatre, Suffolk Community FoundaLon, The Annie Tranmer Trust, The Fieon Trust. We are extremely grateful to these organisaLons for supporLng us during the year. **Offshoot Founda1on** pg. 8 ## **Trustees Annual Report** ## **Year ended 31 March 2022** ## **Reserves Policy** Our reserves policy is set to meet the day-to-day operaLng requirements of the charity for a minimum of 6 months, currently this amounts to approximately £12,000. At year end the free reserves amounted to £9,855.00 ## **Signed on behalf of the Trustees** **Paul Nicholas Chair** **Statement of financial ac1vi1es (incorpora1ng the income and expenditure account** pg. 9 DtsMIIDIISAmLEIAtsS 11ni 41YJ Gw4 Xl17 Okntr*lCNMII UnttySthtsts&P4rt** 6031 ThEAp 3,175 25n DcM0￿ CT ff•lk ThpFrlilwTrn pg. io IIKOMEAMD EIIDOTN*MIS Ilonatlomand le4ail•i Doiatiom 12,ni 41M2 95,1 95,159 EXPENDifuRE ChwltalA¢•dfvttl 12,761 .163 1.740 Zl,174 &¥port ca l1aiag￿Qrt Room hlr• ra C•mpth¢o 31$ 1,144 2113 3,135 187 1297 P*Trl & mclknerydwellth 15,46• W4 GonrMnEq cosb A¢¢oinlancy*d *le N•1 lexpe￿￿)I1￿offl 11N12 pg. li ## **Offshoot Founda1on** ## **Trustees Annual Report** ## **Year ended 31 March 2022** Trustee responsibiliLes: The Trustees have not required the charity to obtain an audit of its financial statements for the year in quesLon in accordance with secLon 476. The Trustees acknowledge their responsibiliLes for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounLng records and the preparaLon of the accounts. These financial statements were approved by members of the commieee on 13[th] December 2022 And signed on their behalf by: Paul Nicolas Chair pg. 12