Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
From: January 1[st] 2024 Period start date To: December 31[st] 2024 Period end date
Charity name: Otley Christian Resources Hub
Charity registration number: 1169443
Objectives and Activities
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| Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document |
Para 1.17 | The object of the CIO is the advancement of the Christian religion for the public benefit in the Diocese of Leeds by: promoting and nurturing a vision for children’s and young people’s ministry; supporting, encouraging and enabling volunteer leaders in their work with children and young people; and facilitating good practice by devising, supplying and advising on relevant materials and resources for such work, so as to be a source of encouragement, inspiration and creativity to churches in their ministry to children andyoung people |
| Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts. |
Para 1.17 and 1.19 |
OCRH undertakes a number of activities in support of its aims. These include: • Supporting member churches with schools’ work through providing resources, training, and ongoing support • Providing suitable resources, training and networking opportunities for those involved in children’s ministry across a variety of contexts. • Remaining responsive to the particular needs of our churches and seeking to provide for these. • Keeping up to date with current good practice and new developments nationally. |
| Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit |
Para 1.18 | In planning and conducting activities at OCRH for the year the Trustees have considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit. |
Additional information (optional)
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| Policy on grant making | Para 1.38 | N/A |
| Policy on social investment including program related investment |
Para 1.38 | N/A |
| Contribution made by volunteers |
Para 1.38 | Our project supports local churches with their children and family ministry. As such most of our service users are volunteers, who access our resources and training to add value to the work they are doing in their own setngs. In 2024, approximately 120 volunteers used our resources, accessed our training or atended a networking event. Staf and trustees want to acknowledge the brilliant job they do. |
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Achievements and Performance
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| Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole. |
Para 1.20 | Work with Schools Our work with schools centres around two main projects, Open the Book and What’s the Story? Open the Book In 2024 we supported 11 Open the Book teams going into 19 schools. Teams deliver assemblies on a weekly, fortnightly or monthly basis, so every month we contnued to reach around 3000 children . In May we ran a training event to introduce the new Open the Book programme. Forty fve storytellers atended and feedback from the event was really positve. In September we transferred all the teams |
on to the new programme to bring us in line with Open the Book / Bible Society’s requirements. Implementing the new programme has been a very big piece of work involving relabelling 30 existing sets of props stories, significantly altering another 30 and creating 30 new stories from scratch. During the year there were six meetings with makers producing prop and costumes for the project. This work will continue into next year with the full programme finished by December 2025. We are really grateful to our Open the book teams for working so flexibly with us during the transition. We would also like to thank The Bramall Trust for providing some funding to help with the cost and our small group of makers who have worked really hard to produce new costumes and props.
What’s The Story ? What’s the Story is a seasonal project running at Easter and Christmas giving primary school children an opportunity to visit a church and hear the Biblical stories surrounding these festivals. At Easter, 9 organisations ran the project reaching 540 children and families. At Christmas 5 churches ran the project reaching 325 children. Godly Play The Hub continues to organise and support the Leeds and Bradford Godly Play network. The Network met 3 times during the year and two churches are regularly using Our Godly Play resources. In addition staff attended two network meetings with Godly Play UK.
Out of the Box
Staff continue to be involved with out of the box storytelling and organised a storytelling day in September with the intention of creating a network to meet three or four times a year. Due to illness only three people attended ( 6 had booked). It was a very positive day but given reduced staff hours it was decided that further events were not a viable use of staff time.
Children’s Ministry We continue to support wider children and family ministry and are always happy to meet with children’s leaders to offer advice , recommend resources etc. We continue to offer a drop in without appointment slot once a week . Over the year 10 organisations borrowed other resources from the hub ranging from Giant Christingles to storybaskets and badge makers. . Communication The hub produces quarterly newsletters, has a Facebook page and a website. Staff and trustees would like to thank Paul Cayton for the continued maintenance of the website and other IT support. Governance The trustees and staff met 6 times in 2024 (five in person and once on Zoom).
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Achievements against objectives set. |
Para 1.41 |
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| Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set. |
Para 1.41 | |
| Investment performance against objectives |
Para 1.41 | |
| Other |
Financial Review
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| Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period |
Para 1.21 | An overall defcit of £(3,385) was recognised in 2024 (2023: defcit £(4,473)). This represented general (unrestricted) funds only. There were no restricted fund transactons in 2024. (2023: Nil). The charity had total reserves at the year- end of £19,977 (2023: £23,862) |
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| Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held |
Para 1.22 | It is the trustees’ policy to hold unrestricted funds which equate to three months’ expenditure. These reserves are held to meet the day-to-day running costs of Otley Christan Resources Hub and to help fnance signifcant projects as and when required. |
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| Amount of reserves held | Para 1.22 | Total available reserves are £19,977, of which £3.8k approx. are held according to the reserves policy (see paragraph above) |
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| Reasons for holding zero reserves |
Para 1.22 | N/A | |
| Details of fund materially in deficit |
Para 1.24 | N/A | |
| Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern |
Para 1.23 | The trustees have considered the fnances of Otley Christan Resources Hub and have no reason to believe that the charity has any going concern issues as at the 31 December 2023. |
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The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) |
Para 1.47 |
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| Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted |
Para 1.46 | |
| A description of the principal risks facing the charity |
Para 1.46 | |
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Structure, Governance and Management
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| Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter) |
Para 1.25 | Constitution |
| How is the charity constituted? (e.g. unincorporated association, CIO) |
Para 1.25 | CIO |
| Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees |
Para 1.25 | The trustees are drawn from the churches and organisations we work with. They are identified through volunteering, advertising, or recommendation. |
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Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees |
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| The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works |
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| Relationship with any related parties |
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Reference and Administrative details
| Charity name | Otley Christian Resources Hub |
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| Other name the charity uses | N/A |
| Registered charity number | 1169443 |
| Charity’s principal address | The Chestnuts Burras Lane Otley LS21 3HS |
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) |
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| Peter Willox | Chair | |||
| Anne Cayton | ||||
| Lizzie Reynolds | ||||
| Cayte Norman | ||||
| John Holdsworth | ||||
– 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
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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)
Full name(s) Peter Willox
Position (e.g. Secretary, Chair, etc) Chair
Date
17/09/25
| Charity Name No (if any) CC16a Otley Christian Resources Hub CIO 1169443 Receipts andpayments accounts Period start date To Period end date 1 January2024 31 December 2024 For the period from ~~=a~~ |
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| Section A Receipts and payments | |
| Total funds Last year Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds |
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| to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ |
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| A1 Receipts | |
| Donations 6,624 - - 6,624 10,489 Sale/hire of resources 2,644 - - 2,644 2,063 Subscriptions 1,000 - - 1,000 875 Grants - - - - - Training - - - - 320 Other income 868 - - 868 769 - - - - - - - - - - 11,136 - - 11,136 14,516 - - - - - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total receipts 11,136 - - 11,136 14,516 Sub total(Gross income for AR) A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). ~~======~~ ~~=SSS==~~ |
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| A3 Payments | |
| Costs ofgeneratingfunds - - - - 120 Costs of charitable activities 1,676 - - 1,676 2,381 Staff costs 10,006 - - 10,006 13,541 Administration costs 3,339 - - 3,339 2,932 Sundrycosts - - - - 15 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sub total 15,021 - - 15,021 18,989 ~~SB aaae~~ |
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| - - - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total payments 15,021 - - 15,021 18,989 Net of receipts/(payments) - 3,885 - - - 3,885 - 4,473 A5 Transfers between funds - - - - - A6 Cash funds last year end 23,862 - - 23,862 28,335 Cash funds this year end 19,977 - - 19,977 23,862 A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) ~~SS~~ ~~===~~ |
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B5 Liabilities B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |
Details Current account Deposit account Details Details Details Details Signature Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) |
to nearest £ to nearest £ 5,581 - 14,396 - - - 19,977 - OK OK to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Print Name Peter Willox Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) |
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| Peter Willox | 17-Sep-25 | ||