
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **From 01.01.2023 Period start date   To     31/12/2023 Period end date** 

## **Charity name: Art History in Schools CIO** 

## **Charity registration number: 1164651** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|For the public beneft to advance educaton in<br>the feld of Art History, in partcular but not<br>exclusively by providing training, support,<br>curricula and materials to those teaching in<br>schools, colleges and other educatonal<br>insttutons.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|In planning our actvites for the year, we kept<br>in m ind the Charity Commission’s guidance on<br>public beneft at our trustee meetngs.<br>However, due to increased pressures on<br>schools in terms of staf commitments and<br>contnuing post-Covid catch up requirements,<br>AHiS trustees were unable to carry out any of<br>the regular annual events.<br>The website with free online materials was<br>maintained. AHiS received a porton of the<br>SmartHistory grant from Ampersand to write<br>A-level curricular resources on Black Britsh<br>artsts.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|We have followed the Charity<br>Commission’s guidance.|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment 



including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|AHiS trustees attended the Association for<br>Art History conference “The Future of Art<br>History” to discuss a way forward to<br>preserve the subject and retain access and<br>understanding of visual culture in the<br>context of EBac and STEM.|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

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|<br>Achievements against<br>objectives set|<br>Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||





Other

## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|We hold cash in the bank of £25,000,<br>£2300 of which is earmarked for producing<br>A-level curricular resources on Black British<br>Artists.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|We aim to retain £10,000 in reserve.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£25,000|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23||



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|<br>Para 1.47||
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution adopted 2ndDecember 2015|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Foundation Charitable Incorporated<br>Organisation|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are appointed at a quorate<br>meeting for a period of 3 years.|



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|<br>Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|<br>Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Art History in Schools|
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|Other name the charity uses|AHiS|
|Registered charity number|1164651|
|Charity’s principal address|Counterculture Partnership<br>Unit NH 204<br>E1 Studios<br>7 Whitechapel Road<br>E1 1DU|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Trevor Horsewood|Chair|||
||Katherine Fisher|Secretary|||
||Allison Murdoch|Treasurer|||
||Rebecca Thomas||09/03/2020 to<br>09/03/2023||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

## **Director name** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** 



## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets held in this capacity 

Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects 

Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

**Type of Name Address adviser** 

## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

## **Other optional information** 



## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

**Signature(s)** Allison Murdoch **Full name(s)** Trevor Horsewood 

**Position (eg Secretary,** Chair Treasurer **Chair, etc) Date** 13/07/2024 




**Art History in Schools CIO** 

**Art History in Schools CIO No (if any) Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 1/1/2023 12/31/2023 

## **Section A Receipts and payments** 

|**A1 Receipts**<br>SmartHistory<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                              -**<br>**_Total receipts_                           -**<br>**A3 Payments**<br>Administration wages<br>**450**<br>Teachers' bursary<br>**592**<br>Website hostingand Vimeo<br>**776**<br>**_Sub total_**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                               -**<br>**_Total payments_                           -**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_                           -**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**-**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**-**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_                           -**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest      £**<br>**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_<br>**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**<br>**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**|**to the nearest £**<br>**2,306**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**|**to the nearest £**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees|**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Signature<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))|**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>Trevor Horsewood<br>Allison Murdoch<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**|**to nearest £**<br>**Endowment**<br>**funds**|
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||||Date of<br>approval|
|||Trevor Horsewood|7/13/2024|
|||Allison Murdoch|**7/13/2024**|



