##
##
|Objecti||es anti|||Activiti|es||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||SORP reference||
|Summary||ofthe pu||poses of||Para 1.17|The GCR's objectives are outlined as|
|the charity as set o
governing
docume||||t in its
t|||followed
by the constitution:
"3.The GCR's objects are the|
||||||||advancement
ofeducation
ofStudents|
||||||||at Ustinov College for the public benefit|
||||||||by:|
||||||||3.1 promoting
the interests
and welfare|
||||||||ofStudents at Ustinov College during|
||||||||their course ofstudy and representing,|
||||||||supporting
and advising
Students;|
||||||||3.2 being the recognised
representative|
||||||||channel
between Students
and Ustinov|
||||||||College and any other external bodies,|
||||||||including
the DSU and Team Durham;|
||||||||3.3 providing
social, cultural, sporting|
||||||||and recreational
activities and forums|
||||||||for discussions
and debate for the|
||||||||personal
development
of its Students;|
||||||||3.4 promoting
intercultural|
||||||||understanding
among Students,|
||||||||informed
by the College motto|
||||||||Diversitate
Valemus;|
||||||||and 3.5 promoting
ecological awareness|
||||||||among Students,
and encouraging|
||||||||sustainable
and environmentally-|
||||||||friendly
behaviour,
with the aim of|
||||||||improving
the environment
in which
Students
live, both locall
and
loball ."|
|Summary
activities||ofthe m
in relation||jn
to those||Para 1.17and
1.19|This year's objectives and activities
have primarily
revolved
around|
|purposes||for the pu||blic||||
|benefit,|in particula|||,|the||For this academic year, Ustinov has|
|activities,||projects|||||been functioning
as a college with 2|
|services||identified|i||the||sites: Sheraton
Park and Dryburn
Court,|
|accounts.|||||||however at the beginning
ofthe|
||||||||academic year 2019/20 another
building|
||||||||at Dryburn
Court was added, having 34|
||||||||students
extra. This raised some issues|
||||||||concernin
the su
ort students
et|
||||||from College and University
which the||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||GCR has been engaged
in helping to||
||||||solve. Another issue was the||
||||||relationship
with the local c,'ommunity|at|
||||||Sheraton
Park, which has increased||
||||||ovei the academic year, ensuring
that||
||||||st0derlt experience
and safety'is||
||||||considered.||
||||||t||
||||||Activit es to keep students
informed||
||||||about
ssuey that will affect them have||
||||||continued
by participating
irl different||
||||||subcorrlmittees,
from the university.
The'||
||||||GCR has,.furthermore
providecf||
||||||representation
fop students
at university||
||||||executive
level, siltting on seve'ral||
||||||commItteej'
regarding
the Business||
||||||Process Review version 2„wider student||
||||||experience',
and International
afire||
||||||student welfare with regards to the||
||||||process for inconiing
Students
during||
||||||the COVID-19 s'ituatioh, these ip order|to|
||||||ensure that the views of our students||
||||||are taken' into 'account;||
||||||In addition to formal events such as||
||||||general meetings,
social events
have||
||||||also been the focus: ofthe GCR. Weekly||
||||||pub quizzes,
film 'nights
and welfare||
||||||drop-'i'n sessions occur throughout
the||
||||||year for the benefit of 'our' community.|In|
||||||addition,
the GCR runs regular office||
||||||hours. 'for two ho~rs every day (except
Fridays') i' the evening. Soc'ial events||
||||||have also included
forrnal dinners,
.||
||||||parties, open-mic
nights, :music nights,||
||||||and o'nlIne
'activities
during the||
||||||lockdown.||
|Statement||confirming||Para 1.18|||
|whether|the trustees||have||||
|had regard||to the guidance|||||
|issued|by the Charity||||||
|Commission||on public|||||
|benefit|||||||
||||Para|1.38|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Contribution|made|b|||
|volunteers|||||
|Other|||||
##
|||||||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||||Engagement
with the GCR has been|
||||||||increased
compared
with last year,|
||||||||while trying to give support
and|
|in
e charity,
Summary
ofthe mq
achievements
of th||||||Para 1.20|activities for those students
in the new
building
at Dryburn
Court, ensuring
to|
|identifying|the|differ|||ence the||deliver proper student experience
over|
|charity's|work|has|made to||||the two sites.|
|the circumstances||||of its||||
|beneficiaries
and a||||ny wider|||Attendance
at GCR social events has|
|benefits to society|||as a||||been well attended
despite restricted|
|whole.|||||||access to only 200 of our members.
In|
||||||||general„ this is a sign ofstrong|
||||||||engagement
and successful
event-|
||||||||running
on behalf ofthe GCR.|
||||||||The GCR, represented
by two ex-officio|
||||||||representatives,
the GCR President
and|
||||||||the Vice-President,
have ensured to|
||||||||smooth the relationship
and views from|
||||||||the neighbours
at Sheraton
park, by|
||||||||participating
continually
on events and|
||||||||activities
with the Sheraton
Park|
||||||||Resident Association
executive|
||||||||committee,
who can liaise with residents|
||||||||and forward issues on to the|
||||||||responsible
party within College or|
||||||||within the GCR. In addition, the GCR has|
||||||||engaged
with the wider local community|
||||||||within the Neville's
Cross Area.|
||||||||This has resulted
in several joint events|
||||||||with local residents
and helped to|
||||||||engage Ustinov students
with local|
||||||||residents
through
events such as our|
||||||||Children's
Halloween
party, combining|
||||||||our students
with families
living at|
||||||||Dryburn
Court with the Sheraton
Park|
||||||||community.
Dog Day where we invited|
||||||||the Wag
N Wheel Newfoundlands|
||||||||Working
and Fundraising
Group to|
||||||||come to Sheraton
Park so our|
||||||||community
and local residents
enjoy a
stress free day. The GCR hosted an|
||||||||afternoon
tea
art
at t,he be
innin
of|
|the academic year in order to introduce|
|---|
|local residents
and students
from|
|Ustinov College.|
|A new campaIgn
was promoted
as part
ofthy Road Safety Week 2019organised|
|by Brake the rojd safety c)prity, with
the objective to increase the awareness|
|of roid safety.|
|Thy number oftrips within the UK which
haye the objectijeto introducp
students|
|to PK culture and heritage weie affected|
|by tPe COVIP-59, wIhich reiulted
in|
|some dIsappointrlient
from our|
|members".Further local events- to|
|bonfi're
night celebrations,
pancake day,|
|Chinese
Nevy Yt,*ar-decorations,
and|
|Diw@li celebrations
have afi,taken place|
|to promot'e
intercultural
understanding|
|and not'only
celebrate British culture;|
|Further
large sc'ale events such as|
|indu'ction
week (two-weeks
of daily|
|daytime'arid'
night-time
events) and our|
|first Virtual
Coll'ege' Day (re'placing
the|
|Ustinov' Summer
BBQ'du'e to|
|restriction's
on gathering's)
have been|
|planned. Those that have taken place|
|were well attendant
'with high|
|engag6rnent.
,|
|Achievements
against|Para 1.41|
|---|---|
|objectives set||
|Performance
offundraising||
|activities against objectives|Para 1.41|
|set||
|Investment
performance|Para 1.41|
|against objectives||
|Other||
##
|Financ|ial|Revieew|Revieew|Revieew|Revieew|Revieew|Revieew|Revieew||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Review|of|the charity's|||||||||Para 1.21|The charity managed
to make a f22,791||
|financial|position|||at||the|||end|||surplus,
which was designated
by|the|
|ofthe period||||||||||||Treasurer of19-20to help the Executive||
|||||||||||||committee
during the unprecedented||
|||||||||||||times ofthe COVID-19 pandemic,
due to||
|||||||||||||planned
reduction
ofcomposition|fee|
|||||||||||||receipts and unpredictability
of||
|||||||||||||membership
receipts. The financial||
|||||||||||||situation
ofthe charity, therefore,||
|||||||||||||remains stable.||
|Statement||explainin||||g the|||||Para 1.22|The charity's
reserves are maintained||
|policy for holding||||re||serves||||||such that any complication
with the||
|stating|why||they|ar|e|||held||||GCR's relationship
with the university||
|||||||||||||would not result
in deficit ofthe GCR's||
|||||||||||||accounts. This effectively
results
in a||
|||||||||||||reserve ofone year's income, assuming||
|||||||||||||that any dispute would be quickly||
|||||||||||||resolved.
Similarly, this would allow the||
|||||||||||||GCR to continue functioning
were|our|
|||||||||||||receipts to substantially
change within||
|||||||||||||the period ofone year. Reserves stand||
|||||||||||||atf84,748, with an annual
receipts|of|
|||||||||||||f70,000, and is currently
at the required||
|||||||||||||level.||
|Amount|of|reserves|||||held||||Para 1.22|f84,748||
|Reasons for holding||||||||zero|||Para 1.22|Not applicable.||
|reserves||||||||||||||
|Details|offund
materially|||||||||in|Para 1.24|Not applicable.||
|d||||||||||||||
|Explanation|||of any||||||||Para 1.23|Not applicable.||
|uncertainties|||about|||'the||||||||
|charity|continuing|||a's||||a going||||||
|concern||||||||||||||
|Additional||information|||||||(optional)|||||
|Vou ma|choose to include|||||||||further statements||where relevant
about||
|||||||||||||Principal sources offunding
include the||
|||||||||||||yearly composition
fee granted
by|the|
|The charity's
principal
sources offunds
(including|||||||||||Para 1.47|University
and levies paid by the
charity's
members.||
|any fundraising)||||||||||||||
|Investment
objectives||policy an
including|||||d
any||||Para 1.46|||
|social investment||||po|||licy|||||||
|adopted||||||||||||||
|A description|||ofthe|||principal|||||Para 1.46|||
|risks facing|||the chaIity|||||||||||
|Other||||||||||||||
##
|Structure,|Structure,||Gov|Gov|Gov||rna|nce|and Manag|ement||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Description|||ofchari||||y's|||||
|trusts:||||||||||||
|Type ofgoverning
tltI
-.1.I~.i «I
I
ir''||||||'|ocument
-1 Ir",
t||Para 1.25|Constitution
and Standing
Orders||
|How is the||charity|||||||Para 1.25|Unincorporated
Association||
|constituted?||||||||||||
|Trustee selection|||||||ethods||Para 1.25|Student Trustees and the GCR officers||
|including|details of||||||ny|||are elected at the Annual
General||
|constitutional|||||provi||ions|e.g.||Meeting
in the beginning
ofsummer|by|
|election|to|post or|||||arne|of||the wider membership
in an election||
|any person|||or body||||entitled|||process. The alumni
and external||
|to appoint one or|||||||re|||trustees are both appointed
by a simple||
|trustees||||||||||majority vote of Board ofTrustees||
|||||||||||provided
that the appointment
ofeach||
|||||||||||Alumni Trustee is ratified
by a two thirds||
|||||||||||ma'orit
vote ofa
eneral meetin
.||
|Additional||informa|||||ion (optional)|||||
|You ma|choose to|||||i|ciude further statements|||where relevant
about||
|||||||||||New trustees
receive training
from the||
|||||||||||elected chair ofthe trustee board.||
|Policies
adopted|and
for||proce
the ind||||ures
ction||Para 1.51|||
|and training||||oftrus|||es|||||
|||||||||||The trustee board is currently||
|||||||||||comprised
offive officer roles||
|The charity's
structure
and|||||organ
any||sational
ider||Para 1.51|(President,
Vice President,
Chair, Welfare Officer,||
|network|with|||which|||he|||and Treasurer). Along with being||
|charity works||||||||||members
ofthe Trustee board, these||
|||||||||||officers also sit on the executive||
|||||||||||committee
and head the general GCR||
|||||||||||committee
which governs the day-to-||
|||||||||||day activities ofthe GCR.||
|||||||||||The Trustee board also has space for up
to three alumni trustees ofwhich two||
|||||||||||positions are filled. There is space for||
|||||||||||up to three external trustees ofwhich||
|||||||||||we also have two. There are also||
|||||||||||positions for up to two student ofwhich||
|||||||||||we have 0.The trustee board meets as||
|||||||||||needed or at least once
er term.||
|||||||||||The trustee board also meets before|the|
|||||||||||AGM ofthe GCR each year to approve||
|Relationship||||with a|||y||Para 1.51|the accounts before they are presented||
|related parties||||||||||to the GCR body and ratified
by a two||
|||||||||||thirds majority. Trustees are recruited||
|||||||||||through
the election or through
being||
|||||||||||previously
involved,
in some way, with||
|||||||||||GCR activities. Alumni trustees were||
|||||||||||typically
heavily
involved
in the GCR||
|||||||||||activities
durin
their time at Ustinov.||
||Usually
alumni trustees
and external||
|---|---|---|
||trustees
are sought out by the trustee||
||board.||
|Other|The majOr Challenge
facing the trustees
this year has' been managing
the impact||
||on the GCRy finances from the rejluced||
||number ofstudent
memberships
this||
||year. This is a consequence
ofa,||
||regucqd
number ofstudents
living||
||within tfie College this year:compared|$o|
||lakt yea~r
arid a grange
in the ievy||
||co lection System imposed'Qy
the||
||un' ver5it, ,||
##
##
|Charit
name||Ustinov|Colle e Graduate|Common|Room|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Other name the charit
uses||Ustinov|Colle e GC|||
|Re istered charit
Charity's
principal.|number
address|1164865
UstinojCollege GCR
Usfirioy College||||
|||Sheraton|Park|||
|||Durham|DH1 4FL|||
|ofthe charity truSt|ees who manage the|charity||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Trustee name|Office (ifany)|Dates acted if not for whole
ear|Name of
to a|person (or body) entitled
oint trustee
ifan||
|Diana Martinez|President|From beginning
to end||Student|Body|
|Alex Hampton|Chair|Beginning —6/20||Student|Body|
|Connor Armstrong|Vice-President|Beginning —6/20||Student|Body|
|Connor Armstrong|Chair|6/20- End||Student|Body|
|Treasurer|Vera Bieber|Beginning —6/20||Student|Body|
|Bryony Rogers|Welfare Officer|Beginning —6/20||Student|Body|
|Jake Brooker|Welfare Officer|7/20 —End||Student|Body|
|Nicholas Cresswel|Alumni Trustee|Beginning —End|Board of||Trustees|
|Tom Briton|External Trustee|Beginning —End|Board of||Trustees|
|Ray Mumford|External Trustee|Beginning —End|Board of||Trustees|
|Thorn
Addinall-
Biddulph|Alumni Trustee|Beginning —End|Board of||Trustees|
|FUnds held as GUstodlBn|FUnds held as GUstodlBn|'trUstees|on l3ehBIf ofothers|
|---|---|---|---|
|Description
ofthe assets||Not applicable.||
|held
in thiq capacity||||
|Name and objects ofthe||Not applicable.||
|charity on whose behalf|the|||
|assets are held and how|this|||
|falls within the custodian||||
|charity's
objects||||
|Details ofarrangements|for|Not applicable.||
|safe custody and||||
|segregation
ofsuch assets||||
|from the charity's
own||||
|assets||||
##
|Namep an|d addresses
ofadv|isers
(Optional
information)|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Type of|Name|Address|||
|adviser|||||
|Name of|chief executive or names ofsenior staff members||(Optional|information)|
##
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|Signed|on behalf of
the|charity's
trustees|
|---|---|---|
||Signaturee (s)||
||Full name||
|Position|y~
c)
(eg Secretar
Chair, et|' V&e~ihe~A|
||Dyte|2 "lt / ~~~~ I~c21|
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AND WALES|O
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AND WALES|O
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AND WALES|O
(.HApi Ty (.pMgiggipg
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AND WALES|O
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AND WALES|O
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AND WALES|O
(.HApi Ty (.pMgiggipg
FOR ENGLAND
AND WALES|USTINOV COI LEGE GRADUATE COMMON
ROOM
Receipts and payments|USTINOV COI LEGE GRADUATE COMMON
ROOM
Receipts and payments|USTINOV COI LEGE GRADUATE COMMON
ROOM
Receipts and payments|USTINOV COI LEGE GRADUATE COMMON
ROOM
Receipts and payments|USTINOV COI LEGE GRADUATE COMMON
ROOM
Receipts and payments|USTINOV COI LEGE GRADUATE COMMON
ROOM
Receipts and payments|USTINOV COI LEGE GRADUATE COMMON
ROOM
Receipts and payments|1164865
accounts|1164865
accounts|1164865
accounts||CC&63|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||||||For|the penod||01i09»019|||To||31/08/2020||||
|||||||||||from|||||||||||
|l||4|~||||||||||||||||||
|~||||||~|~|~|~ ~||||||||||||
||||||||||Unrestricted
funds|||Restricted
funds|||Endowment
funds||Total|funds||Last year|
||||||||||to the|nearest|K|to the nearest|K|to the nearest E|||to the|nearest|K|to the nearest E|
|A1 Receipts|||||||||||||||||||||
|UNIVERSITY GRANT||||||||||14|927|||||||14|927|14,112|
|INTEREST EARNED|||||||||||78||||||||78|93|
|GCR LEVIES||||||||||||10|320|||||10320||13332|
|RECEIPTS FROM ACTIVITIES||||||||||||18|456|||||18|456|41,228|
|TRANSITIONAL
FUND||||||||||||13|617|||||13|617||
|OTHER INCOME||||||||||||3|304|||||3|304|2 000|
|Sub total (Gross|||income for
AR)|||||||15,005||45,697||||||60,'702||70,765|
|A2 Asset and investment||||||sales,|||||||||||||||
|(see table).|||||||||||||||||||||
||||||Sub||total||||||||||||||
|||Total||||receipts||||15,005||45,697||||||60,702||70,765|
|A3 Payments|||||||||||||||||||||
|CLUBS AND SOCIETIES||||||||||3,068||||||||3,068||3,077|
|COMMON
ROOM||||||||||2,315||||||||2,315||4,337|
|ADMIN AND WELFARE|||||||||||326||||||||326|1,225|
|INDUCTION
WEEK||||||||||3,067||||||||3,067||3,847|
|TVAND RADIO||||||||||2,979||||||||2|979|4,378|
|LICENSING AND INSURANCE||||||||||2,632||||||||2|632|1,828|
|ACTIVITIES||||||||||||23,272||||||23|272|52,838|
|MERCHANDISE|||||||||||||252||||||252|1,415|
|EQUIPMENT||||||||||||||||||||239|
|TRAVEL COSTS|||||||||||||||||||||
|ACCOUNTANCY||||||||||||||||||||354|
|DONATIONS|||||||||||||||||||||
|BANK CHARGES|||||||||||||||||||||
||||||Sub||total|||14,387||23,524||||||37,911||73,538|
|A4 Asset and investment|||||||||||||||||||||
|purchases,
(see|table)||||||||||||||||||||
||||||Sub||total||||||||||||||
||Total|||payments||||||14,387||23,524||||||37,911||73,538|
|Net ofreceiptsl(payments)|||||||||||618|22173||||||22,791||(2,773)|
|A5 Transfers
between||||funds|||||||||||||||||
|A6 Cash funds last year||||||end||||39,968||21,989||||||61,957||64,730|
|Cash funds||this|||year end|||||40,586||44,162||||||84,748||61,957|
|~|e
W|||~|~|~||~|~||4|~ 4|~|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||||||Unrestricted||Restricted|||Endowment|
||Categories||||Details|||||funds|||funds||funds|
|||||||||||to nearest 8||to|nearest 8||to nearest E|
|B1Cash|funds||||CURRENTACCOUNT|||||{7,848)||||41,970||
||||||SAVINGS|ACCOUNT||||48,434||||||
||||||CASH IN HAND|||||||||2,192||
||||||||Total||cash funds|40,586||||44,162||
||||||(agree balances||with|receipts and paymenu||||||||
||||||||||accouni(a))|||||||
|||||||||||Unrestricted||Restricted|||Endowment|
|||||||||||funds|||funds||funds|
||||||Details|||||to nearest E||to|nearest S||to nearest 8|
|B2Other|monetary assets|||||||||||||||
|||||||||||Fund to which|||||Current value|
||||||Details|||||asset helen
s|||||o tlonal|
|B3Investment||assets|||LOAN TO|UNIVERSITY||||UNRESTIRCTED||||1,500||
|||||||||||Fund towhich|||||Current value|
||||||Details|||||asset belon
s|||||o tlonal|
|B4Assets retained for|||the|||||||||||||
|charity's|own|use||||||||||||||
|||||||||||Fund to which||Amount||due|When due|
||||||Details|||||llabill
relates|||o tional||o tlonal|
|B5Liabilities||||||||||||||||
|Signed by one or two trustees
behalf of all the trustees|||on|||Signature||||Print|Name||||Date of
ap
roval|
|||||||||||1||||||