The Titan Children’s Trust
Annual Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 August 2020
Charity number: 1163736
The Titan Children’s Trust
Contents of the Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 August 2020
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| Trustees’ report | 1 – 5 |
| Accountants’ report and trustees approval certificate | 6 |
| Statement of financial activities | 7 |
| Balance sheet | 8 |
Charity number: 1163736
Trustees’ Annual Report
1[st] September 2019 – 31[st] August 2020
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATION DETAILS
The Titan Children’s Trust 109 Derby Road Duffield Belper Derbyshire DE56 4FQ
Telephone number: 01332 840272 Email address: info@titantrust.org.uk Registered charity number: 1163736
Trustees: Mr Felix Frixou Chair of Trustees Mrs Sharon Frixou Trustee Mrs Gail Cox Trustee Mr Robert Collis Trustee Mrs Jane Collis Trustee Mrs Sarita Buswell Secretary
Acted for whole year Acted for whole year Acted for whole year Acted for whole year Acted for whole year
Voluntary support ended in September 2019
There are no advisers and all trustees provide their services on a voluntary basis and hold the required level of DBS certificate.
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
The structure of the charity is governed by the content in its constitution document, as detailed in the Trust’s Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) document.
This includes how the trust will operate, including appointment of trustees.
In addition to the constitution the trust holds meetings on a two-monthly basis, these are held to review the trust income, potential fundraising events, support provided and planning for future events. Additional meetings are arranged to discuss specific events, this is further support by a “What’s App” group chat. The group chat is used for a variety of reasons, a key one being quick decision making on urgent requests.
The use of the annual business plan is currently under review, on the basis that a lot of the activities are currently short term.
Relationships have been built with Belper and Duffield Services Rotary Club, Derbyshire Children’s Holiday Centre in Skegness, Derbyshire County Council Social Services. Additional relationships are being looked into as the role of social services provision in the UK changes, the outcome is placing more responsibility onto local authority schools.
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
The objects of the constitution are;
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To advance in life and help young people living in Derbyshire and the East Midlands through;
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A) The provision of recreational and leisure time activities provided in the interest of social welfare, designed to improve their condition of life
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B) Providing support and activities which develop their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals.
“We are passionate that across the East Midlands there is an opportunity for all young people to have access to activities, recreation and support.”
Please see a copy of the trustee declaration attached.
No funds were received from grants or contracts from central government, local authority or any other organisation, no funds were invested or received from sources outside the UK.
Contributions are received from a number of volunteer sources, who give their time to arrange, manage and promote the fundraising. As companies are required to have a policy and demonstrate charitable support we are starting to see regular monthly donations from some organisations. In addition to this a range of professionals support the trust by giving their time in supporting fundraising (i.e. dance teachers, sports coaches).
No arrangements or agreements are in place with external professional fundraisers or commercial participators.
An online organisation (Stripe) is used to enable supporters/reviewers of the website to make a donation online, this is currently under review as there is low income from it. Opportunities for fundraising are continually being looked into. The outcome of this is we have registered with an online fundraising organisation (Easyfundraising), supporters register and any online purchases raise a donation for the trust. Support is also provided by the trust for advertising material along with promotion on the trust’s social media platforms.
Pin badges are still being used to generate income and assist in promoting the trust via various platforms including social media. Our Facebook page and website hosts various pictures with the trust supporters (public, sportsman, fundraisers, supporters) pointing to their badges to generate appeal. Pop up banners, posters and stickers are used additionally as marketing material.
ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE
The Covid -19 pandemic has had an effect on our year’s work due to the restrictions placed upon everyone, however, we persevered to identify how we could provide support.
There are a number of activities undertaken through the year, some of which roll on each year. All activities undertaken establish and develop long term relationships with a number of organisations. These provide physical, financial or both support to the trust, enabling these activities to continue;
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One of the rollover projects is the static caravan in Skegness which enables the trust to continually provide a benefit to individuals and families, improving their wellbeing by providing a place of safety away from their everyday environment. All families have their own story for requiring and using this facility from needing a break to develop or rebuild relationships, through to having the first family holiday together. Feedback is sought to ensure we are meeting the needs of the families involved, to date all feedback has been positive. There is also a benefit to the public at the home address as the families improve their social interaction locally. Work is ongoing to further promote its use.
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The relationships developed by the trust have also bought other opportunities which has enabled one of the trustees to work directly with individuals and families during their free time on a voluntary basis. A local charity (Children First Derby) provide support to children, young adults and families in the local area. Our trustee works with identified families helping them to develop a range of life skills to manage and improve the household. These range from maintaining a clean home, healthy meal preparation, good hygiene, parenting along with budgeting to maintain the family home enabling it to be a positive calming environment for the family. This support to underprivileged families improves the health (physical & mental), wellbeing of the household which has a follow on effect into the local community.
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The 2018 used bike appeal is still ongoing though on a smaller scale, due to time restrictions. However, we continue to provide bikes to individuals when required. The bikes are still given a safety check and repaired as required. We are helping environment, recycling usable items and helping children lead a healthier lifestyle.
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A local organisation holds a yearly Harvest Festival with funds raised being donated to the Trust, the company’s owner is a passionate supporter of the Trust and the relationship continues to develop.
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In November 2019 a Thank you event was arranged, this objective being to show all our key supports where the funds raised had been spent and the benefits which followed.
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The East Midlands office of a national company nominated the Trust as their charity of the year. Funds raised were split between xmas presents and an adventure day for older children. Additionally employees were given a day to provide charity support, the Trust arranged for the whole team to support the Salvation Army xmas present appeal. During the day they picked presents for the identified families which were distributed at a later date.
These activities appeared on various social media sites and appear on our website.
FINANCIAL REVIEW
Please see the attached documentation for the detailed analysis of accounts.
All funds are unrestricted and no funds are materially in deficit.
All funds are from donations, fund raising events and sponsored activities.
Just Giving were used to aid collecting of monies. Links for donating through Just Giving were situated on our Facebook page and website.
DECLARATION
The Trustees declare that they have approved the Trustees’ Annual Report.
Signed on behalf of the Trustee’s who approved the above report via email confirmation.
Signature: _____ Full Name: Robert Collis ________ Position: Trustee _________ Date: 15[th] June 2021 ____________
The Titan Children’s Trust Charity number: 1163736 For the year ended 31 August 2020
Accountant’s report to
The Titan Children Trust
In accordance with instructions given to us we have prepared without carrying out an audit the annexed financial statements from the accounting records of The Titan Children’s Trust and from information and explanations supplied to us.
Cedar + Co. Chartered Certified Accountants The Greenhouse 106-108 Ashbourne Road Derby DE22 3AG
Date:………………………………………
Trustees Approval Certificate
We approve the financial statements and confirm that we have made available all relevant records and information for their preparation.
Mr F Frixou – Chair of Trustees
Date:………………………………………….
The Titan Children’s Trust Charity number: 1163736 Income and Expenditure For the year ended 31 August 2020
| Donations Bank Cash Expenditure JustGiving Fees Fundraising Expenses Computer Expenses Equipment Donations and Activities Miscellaneous Expenses Trustees Expenses Bank Charges Surplus for year |
7,112 2,253 |
Total 2020 £ 9,365 3,991 |
12,276 1,050 |
Total 2019 £ 13,326 6,601 |
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| 0 667 0 100 3,112 112 0 0 |
7 485 12 0 6,090 0 7 0 |
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| 5,374 | 6,725 |
The Titan Children’s Trust Charity number: 1163736 Balance sheet as at 31 August 2020
| Current Assets Cash at bank and in hand Creditors Total Assets Represented By Retained Surplus B/F Surplus During Year |
2020 2019 £ £ 66,971 61,597 |
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| 66,971 61,597 |
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| 61,597 54,872 5,374 6,725 |
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| 66,971 61,597 |