OpenCharities

This text was generated using OCR and may contain errors. Check the original PDF to see the document submitted to the regulator.

2021-09-30-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period Period start date Period end date a | 1[st] January 2021 31st December 2021 From To ~~ee~~ Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name

Cathie Stankevitch Foundation

Other names charity is known by

N/A

Registered charity number (if any) Po 1169017 Charity's principal address 35 Whernside

Widnes Cheshire Postcode WA8 4YW

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

14

15

16

17

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) a Name Dates acted if not for whole year

TAR

July 2022

1

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser

Name Address

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

John Stankevitch

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Constitution Type of governing document

Charity Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by Executive Board against Charity Board needs Trustee selection methods assessment

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

This report details the progress made by the Cathie Stankevitch Foundation during its fifth year of operation. Trustees have reviewed the Charities policies and procedures as a Trustee Board and have concluded that our documentation is still valid and relevant to our activities. Small amendments have been made where necessary. Charity Founder John Stankevitch continues to manage the day to day running of the Charity on a part time voluntary basis. Despite not being part of the Trustee Board, John is authorised by the Trustees to make decisions in the best interests of advancing the Charities objectives. The current Trustee board in place has been recruited in line with a needs analysis, with the specific need being for Trustees that can play an active role in the Charities activities, through a time

Section C Objectives and activities

TAR

July 2022

2

Summary of the objects
of the charity set out in
its governing document
Summary of the main
activities undertaken for
the public beneft 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 beneft)		 To promote social inclusion for the public beneft by
preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving
the needs of those people who are socially excluded and
assisting them to integrate into society.
For the purpose of this clause ‘socially excluded’ means
being excluded from society, or parts of society, as a result
of one of more of the following factors: unemployment;
fnancial hardship; youth or old age; ill health (physical or
mental); poor educational or skills attainment; poor housing
(that is housing that does not meet basic habitable
standards).
The Cathie Stankevitch Foundation trustees have read the
commission guidance on public beneft and the context of
running a Charity and they have applied due diligence to those
recommendations throughout the past 12 months.
2021 began in much the same way as 2020 ended, with the UK
being in a National Covid 19 lockdown and the Country being
subject to many general day-to-day operational restrictions.
CSF had to adhere to these lockdown restrictions which meant
keeping our ReSport Charity Shop closed as well as closing down
our Mens Shed operation. All other Charity activities continued
to be placed on hold and we were very limited as to what we
could deliver in accordance with our objectives.
In the early months of 2021, we continued where possible to
ofer our household goods gifting program which was still
requested by members of the public living in furniture poverty
and by ofering a non-contact delivery service, adhering to the
'key worker' rules, we maintained relationships and build new
relationship with families across Halton and the wider
community.
As we moved from Winter to Spring, the Charity was approached
by Riverside Housing, a National Social Housing provider, based
locally in Liverpool, with a request to support their tenants who
were living in sparsely furnished accommodation. We recognised
that there was an essential need for us to provide support, but
and recognised that our incoming donations of stock would not
be enough to cover the requests for assistance that we would
likely receive.
We therefore agreed a partnership with Riverside Housing which
would involve us clearing 'Void' properties on behalf of the
Riverside Group, and acquiring all useful household goods from
those properties and ofering them back to other Riverside
tenants.
This operation continued throughout 2021 and activity increased
as the UK Covid 19 restrictions were eased.
In the latter part of 2021, CSF were able to reopen the ReSport
Charity shop and due to the incoming volume of household
goods and bric-a-brac, we were able to open a further retail
operation in Widnes, to clear the household goods and bric-a-

TAR

July 2022

3

brac (including furniture) which would assist us in saving money on general disposal of unwanted goods, which became a very large volume due to the number of property clearances that we were working on.

The Mens Shed program did not reopen unfortunately in 2021 due to members fears surrounding the Covid 19 pandemic and it was the premises that housed the Mens Shed, that was used as our clearance shop. We did manage to retain some volunteers from the Mens Shed, who would support us through volunteering in both our ReSport shop and our household clearance shop.

As we approached the final months of 2021, there was positivity and hope that we could begin to plan for 2022 and delivering what we had done in 2020 and in previous years.

Re-engaging with our volunteers continued to be a struggle, as much of the momentum we had built had been lost through 2020 – 2021 but through our household goods gifting program we had maintained our local reputation for supporting families in need and were still a strong asset to the community.

Donations of goods from the public increased as restrictions were lifted and people were much more comfortable with face to face contact again and we were able to start talking about our Charity again and our plans for the future.

The CSF Trustees are clear about the charities purpose and aims and about the benefits from our work, but owing to the Covid 19 pandemic it has been a very difficult 2 years in which we have been severely hampered in terms of delivery of our Social Inclusion objectives. We hope to be able to look forward to 2022 with optimism and refocus on those objectives where possible.

There have been no personal benefits to any adults linked to the Charity and no current identified risks to our beneficiaries of the public in terms of delivering our work.

The Trustees are diligent in terms of carrying out our purposes for the public benefit and all decision making

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

TAR

July 2022

4

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

As with 2020, our volunteering group was limited in what they could support us with as our activities in the main, ceased due to the Covid 19 pandemic. However, as 2021 progressed from Winter through to Spring and Summer, and we began working closely with Riverside Housing and continued with our household goods gifting operation, our volunteer numbers grew to between 6 – 8 per week, which was substantial, and enabled us to support many more families than would have been possible without their support.

The Cathie Stankevitch Foundation didn’t adopt a specific grant making policy during 2020, but through engagement with local families and other volunteer led local organisations, the Charity donated many items of household furniture, free of charge, to families living in furniture poverty.

Section D Achievements and performance

TAR

July 2022

5

Section D Achievements and performance

During 2021, the Cathie Stankevitch Foundation supported over Summary of the main 400 families across Halton, Knowsley, St Helens and South achievements of the Liverpool, with donations of household goods such as beds, charity during the year wardrobes, sofas, tables/chairs, washing machines, cookers, fridge freezers. Equating to well over 1000 individual items plus an extensive number of bric-a-brac type goods such as kitchen utensils, lampshades, cushions etc...

Our estimation is that over 5000 items would have left our warehouse for free across 2021 and we were able to achieve this with over 8000 supported volunteer hours, on collection and delivery alone, which is a phenomenal achievement for a small local charity during a National Covid 19 lockdown.

The positive impact on the families that we supported was enormous and the feedback provided by those families was fantastic to hear and read and provided further motivation to continue to support people in our community. The Charity also worked closely with Riverside Housing throughout 2021 and they were able to identify specific tenants who were in need of additional living support, such as with support to clean their properties.

Our volunteers spent over 250 hours cleaning bathrooms and kitchens for people struggling with mental health issues and physical disability issues.

Our retail Charity shop activities, including both ReSport and our household clearance shop, continued to provide us with a visible presence and gave us further opportunities to support volunteers through staffing those shops. Volunteer hours in the shop premises equated to approximately 7600 hours across a 4 day week, volunteering for upto 8 hours across the opening days for the 2 shops. Another incredible amount of support that cannot be overlooked in terms of keeping the Cathie Stankevitch Foundation operational.

Not only was the household goods shop in particular, a source of funds, it was also a way in which the Charity was able to keep down disposal costs and provide cheap clearance items for struggling families. Much of what was sold in the shop was too good to be disposed of.

ReSport reopening in the latter part of 2021 was also a great asset once again to the Charity and the shop continued to support not only local families, but also local sports clubs, who had been closed throughout the Covid 19 pandemic. ReSport donated footballs, rugby balls, football boots shin pads, and general sportswear and equipment back into the community and assisted approximately 25 local sports clubs and their members.

Private donations to local families and in particular, young children, re-commenced also, with the gifting primarily of shorts, t shirts and football boots, to enable children to begin

TAR

July 2022

6

Section D Achievements and performance

participating in sporting activities once again.

Section E Financial review

TAR

July 2022

7

The Charity has some small reserves.

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

The Trustee Board will meet to identify the best use of funds to enable the Cathie Stankevitch Foundation to recover and move forward from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

No funds in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

The Cathie Stankevitch Foundation main sources of income in 2021 was from Riverside Housing through payments and donations received to cover costs for clearing properties on their behalf.

All funds received were used to cover costs such as disposals, wages, fuel, insurance and any activities that advanced our work to gain stock volume of household goods, which then enabled us to support more families through household goods gifting.

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

Kerry Metcalf Signature(s) John Stankevitch Kerry Metcalf Full name(s) John Stankevitch Position (eg Secretary, Founder Trustee Chair, etc)

TAR

July 2022

8

Date 07107122 TAR July 2022

Cathlo 5tank•Yltch R r•tlon Tlo. 118W17 RegSsl•rqd Addruu-. CATHII STANKEVITry Flnanclal Statemont for thv ￿r0nd•d 31)fA12021 Ti ,49J.07 2.Gran¥ 10.14JThl 3. 01¥4h F• IMIQ.84 J251Jt 2A6365 H•¥& 4W7 57 4Jn42 31 7MC¢J T•¢4 R•c IiU•J.07 Il•bJA• Tot¥1 R•¢•l Totsi p Toial lun¢¥ brou ht fofwart from ￿$1 T41 urrlKblrywir¢ Ilb t11232.59 ¢17204.55 ,442.14 •rAI ¢•iN• Fowl•t stat•m•nt ola8￿t and Ilabllh¥ at th• >w•nd 3110V2021 CATHIE STANKEVITPH T4 Coxh fun PgKyC45h 442.t4

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLANO ANO WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the Irusteesl members of Cathie Stankevitch Foundation On a¢¢ounts for the year ended 31 August 2021 Charity no {If any) 1169017 Set out on pages I report to the trust8es on my examination of the accounts of the above charity 1.the Twst") for the year ended 31 August 2021. Responslbllities and As the ¢harity trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basls of report accounts in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 {'the Acri. I report in respect of my examination of the Twst's acujunts carried out under section 145 ofthe 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(51(bl of the Act. Independent examlner's statement I have completed my examination. l ￿nfirrn that no material matters have come to my attention ( ') in connection wth the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect,: the accounting records were not kept in accordance with sects'on 130 of the Act. or the accounts did not accord the acrK>unting records,. or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements conceming the fom and content of accounts set out in the Charilies (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concems and have come across no other matters in ¢onne¢tion with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understsnding of the accounts lo be reached. Please delele the worrls in the brackets if thay do not apply. Signed: Date: 22 June 2022 Name: lan Robe Relevant professional qualification{s) or body (if any): Chartered Institute of Taxation" Association of Taxation Technicians IER October 2018

Address". Queensway House Queensway Trading Estate Waterl¢J) Road, Widnes WA8 OFD Section Disclosure Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlight matters of con￿r￿ (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). Glve here detalls of any Items that the examlner wishes to disclose. NIA IER October 2018