## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date 31 August 2021 30 August 2022
**From**
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## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** Balloon Circus
|**Other names charity is known by**
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||**Postcode**|**NG9 3ET**|
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||Michelle Harrison|||Trustee on incorporation|
||Miranda Wilkinson|||Charitytrustees|
||Neil Harrison||1 Sep2021 –present|Charitytrustees|
||Chris Wright||21 Dec 2021 -present|Charitytrustees|
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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**
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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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## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
CIO – Foundation Registered 31 August 2016 Type of governing document
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted
Charitable Incorporated Organisation
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Appointed by a resolution passed at a properly convened and minuted Trustee selection methods meeting of the charity trustees. (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include All trustees give their time voluntarily and receive no benefits from the additional information, where CIO. The trustees do not have any relationships with any of the external relevant, about: parties that work with Balloon Circus.
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
All new trustees are introduced to our policies including:
- Risk register
- Conflict of interest
- the charity’s organisational • Safeguarding structure and any wider network with which the charity These policies are updated every year and issues related discussed at works; quarterly meetings.
- 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**
To help young people from deprived backgrounds, especially but not exclusively through leisure time activities, including circus skills, so as to develop their capabilities that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society.
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Balloon Circus has organised and delivered a series of structured play and circus skills workshops led by sensitive and experienced volunteer workshop leaders to young people in orphanages and special needs schools.
The workshops have been carefully designed to:
- Build confidence and self-esteem of participants
- Encourage teamwork
- Engage the left and right side of the body and the brain
- Help participants to confront the unknown, react to the unexpected and plunge into the next challenge with confidence
**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)**
- Bring laughter and joy to young people in a safe and nurturing environment
- Build the skills and confidence of the institution’s staff to help the children to continue to build on the skills after the workshop has finished.
The trustees have had due regard to the Charity Commission’s public benefit guidance when exercising any powers or duties to which the guidance is relevant
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
Due to ongoing COVID restrictions, the planned tour to Japan funded by **Summary of the main** the Sasakawa grant had to be postponed to early in the New Year of **achievements of the charity** 2023. **during the year** Two additional trustees were appointed to extend the breadth of skills and capacity of the Board, and in particular – educational and technological expertise.
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## **Section E Financial review**
**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves**
Balloon Circus operated a zero level reserves policy in 2021/22 on the basis that it does not employ any staff and the risk of unforseen emergency or other unexpected need for funds is small. The charity has no liabilities in terms of premises, equipment, pensions etc and no committed regular expenditure. It does not rely on regular income from grant applications or apply to deliver projects on a ‘matched funding’ basis. There is no cashflow issue - i.e. money is not spent or committed before it has been raised. However the trustees have agreed that the policy should be kept under review as demanded by the risk register and risk management policy.
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
## **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)**
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**Full name(s)** Katherine Walmsley **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Trustee **etc) Date** 14 June 2023
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**Balloon Circus**
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## **Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts**
**Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts CC16a For the period** 31-Aug-21 30-Aug-22 **To from**
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||
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|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
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Donations|**247**||**-**||**-**||**247**|||
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**247**||**-**||**-**||**247**||**-**|
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Web domain and hostingfee|**77**||**-**||**-**||**77**||**-**|
|Grant writing|**360**||**-**||**-**||**360**||**-**|
|Insurance|**148**||**-**||**-**||**148**||**-**|
|Volunteer DBS|**18**||**-**||**-**||**18**||**-**|
|BC Ltd confirmation and filing|**163**||**-**||**-**||**163**||**-**|
|Fundraising platform fees|**10**||**-**||**-**||**10**||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_ **|**776**||**-**||**-**||**776**||**-**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||
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**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**|1
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
All unrestricted funds available
Saskawa Foundation grant for Japan tour|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**5,650**
**-**
**-**
**5,650**|**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**
**2,000**
**2,000**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
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|||**-**|**2,000**|**-**|
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|||**5,650**|**2,000**|0/06/2023
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
|Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|**Details**
(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
20/06/2023
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