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2020-12-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date From 1[st] January 2020 To 31[st] Decembe 2020 r

Section A Reference and administration details Reference and administration details Reference and administration details Reference and administration details
Charity name The Recovery Course
Other names charity is known
by		 RecoveryTwo
Registered charity number (if
any)		 1170792
Charity's principal address c/o Tonbridge Baptist Church
Darenth Avenue
Tonbridge, Kent
Postcode
TN10 3HZ
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
Trustee name Ofce (if any) Dates acted if not for whole
year		 Name of person (or
body) entitled to
appoint trustee (if any)
Rev Bob Street Chairman Reappointed to second
1 term 10thJuly 2019.
Term ends June 2022.
Richard Larcombe Reappointed to second
2 term 18thJuly 2018.
Resigned 13/5/2020
Steve Burnett Reappointed to second
3 term 18thJuly 2018.
Term ends June 2021.
Jules Radford Reappointed to second
4 term 10thJuly 2019.
Term ends June 2022.
Emma Heath Appointed to frst term
5 9thNovember 2016.
Resigned 15/7/2020
Andy Simmonds Secretary Appointed to frst term
6 12thNovember 2015.
Resigned 15/7/2020
Emma Howden Appointed to frst term
13thMarch 2019.

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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

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Name Dates acted if not for whole year
N/a
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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)
Type of
adviser
Name
Address
Banker National
Westminster Bank
plc		 130 High Street, Tonbridge, Kent TN9 1DE
Independent
examiner		 John Pavlou 28 Bramble Close, Hildenborough, Kent,
TN11 9HQ

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

Justyn Larcombe, Chief Executive

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing Effective 17[th] June 2019, the charity was re-registered as a document Charitable Incorporated Organisation, having a foundation (eg. trust deed, constitution) constitution based on the Charity Commission model.

Prior to this, the charity was originally constituted as a company limited by guarantee, incorporated on 29[th] July 2015 and registered as a charity on 16[th] December 2016, and having a memorandum and articles of association.

How the charity is See above. constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods Trustees are selected by the existing Trustees.

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

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Recruitment, induction and training of Trustees

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

During the period, the trustees were also charity trustees for the purposes of charity law. Under the requirements of the Constitution, the Trustees are elected to serve for a period of three years (such that each year one third of Trustees retire) after which they must be re-elected for a second or third term.

All Trustees give their time voluntarily and received no benefits from the charity. Any expenses reclaimed from the charity are set out in the financial statements.

Trustees are selected by the existing Trustees firstly to provide the charity with oversight of its addiction recovery activities through relevant knowledge, experience and involvement, and secondly to provide the charity with oversight and governance of administrative matters through relevant legal and financial knowledge and experience. New Trustee induction includes consideration of Charity Commission guidance (CC3) and completion of a Charity Commission Trustee Declaration, discussion of current issues including the financial position of the charity, and completion of DBS checks. Ongoing training includes access to the network and courses run by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales Charity and Voluntary Sector Group.

Trustees maintain a Trustee Policy Manual which sets out written policies detailing the role of the Board of Trustees, Trustee qualifications, conduct and mode of operation.

Organisational structure

Trustees have appointed Justyn Larcombe, under a written agreement, to act as chief executive and team leader of the charity’s operations including setting vision and policy, representing and promoting the charity externally, building teams to run and supervise The Recovery Course locally, fund raising, and building a network of contacts and agencies that are seeking to run The Recovery Course. The Trustee Policy Manual includes a written job description, and written policies detailing the Chief Executive’s relationship with the Trustees.

Group Leaders on The Recovery Course run by the charity are selected by a nominating group comprising Justyn and those Trustees actively engaged in running the course.

The CEO has appointed an Operational Team consisting of the CEO, Emma Heath (National Partnerships Director) and Kevin Campbell (Communications).

Risk management

Trustees maintain a risk register which identifies 9 major risks under 4 headings: strategic, governance and management; external; operational; and financial. Using the register, Trustees assess the significance and probability of each risk, mitigation, and specific Trustee

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action to monitor each net risk.

Safeguarding

In recognition that those attending The Recovery Course are vulnerable adults, the Trustees have appointed one Trustee to act as Safeguarding Officer providing a formal point of contact for queries and reporting of concerns, and established a written policy on safeguarding. All Trustees and Group Leaders undertake a DBS check. Group Leaders are briefed prior to the commencement of each Recovery Course, provided with support throughout the course, and de-briefed at the conclusion.

Related parties

The charity works closely with Tonbridge Baptist Church, who provide the charity with rooms to run The Recovery Course and catering, and undertake activities to care and nurture those completing The Recovery Course in furtherance of their own charitable objects. However, the charity is not accountable to the Church in a governance sense.

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

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)

The charity’s object as set out in the Constitution, which is for the public benefit, is the advancement of education by raising awareness of the issue of addiction and the provision of recovery and support services to those affected by addiction.

The Recovery Course is a Christian charity established to reach those suffering from the effects of addictions of all kinds, including alcohol, drugs, gambling, pornography, food, social media and other compulsive habits. The charity does this through enabling, equipping and encouraging churches to run the Recovery Course. The course is suitable for people of faith or no faith; the key requirement for a successful outcome is that course attendees have a desire to overcome their addiction.

Ethos, vision and outcomes

Ethos: Our desire is to see people suffering from the pain and grip of addiction restored to wholeness and a new sense of purpose in life.

Vision: Our vision for the Recovery Course is to see as many people as possible set free from their addiction.

Mission: Our mission is to facilitate recovery from addiction through Christ and to share the good news of hope, freedom and reconciliation with as many people as possible.

Our outcomes , being how we know that we are achieving our vision, is:

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people can be set free from their addictions.

What we do - strategy and activities

We will achieve our vision of seeing The Recovery Course run in every major town and city by:

courses;;
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helping to establish new courses through training and
explaining tried and tested methods;
-
establishing a recovery community where those who need it
can locate the nearest course easily.		 courses;;
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helping to establish new courses through training and
explaining tried and tested methods;
-
establishing a recovery community where those who need it
can locate the nearest course easily.
The development and distribution of TRC resources is key to the
achievement of our goal and forms the tangible product we ofer
for no cost to all those wanting to run courses, so they in turn
won’t charge the guests for participating. The resources include
the following:
- A 400 page course manual including a section on how to set
up and run The Recovery Course;
- Written and flmed transcripts of all the weekly talks;
- A work book with weekly ‘Pause for Thought’ exercises for
the guests;
- A leaders manual;
- A resource section with links to other recovery groups;
- Filmed testimonies of individuals who have found freedom
through the course;
- A Family Programme for those afected by the actions of
addicts
- Leaders notes for group leaders each week;
- Access to training and support on line;
- An annual Recovery Course Conference.
We ofer free training and support to churches and Christian-
based organisations running or wishing to run the Recovery
Course throughout the UK and beyond.

The Recovery Course team are actively involved in running Recovery Courses, as well as supporting new courses with training, leading and speaking. The team also work alongside a number of other addiction-focused charities. Our trustees often speak to the media on issues surrounding addiction, and our CEO speaks regularly to mainstream media specifically on issues of gambling addiction, and has supported national campaigns aiming to include safety-mechanisms within the gambling industry.

Trustees’ responsibility statement

The Trustees have 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 grant making;

Grant making The charity is not grant making. Contribution made by volunteers Justyn, the Trustees, Group Leaders and those involved in running The Recovery Course are volunteers, for which the

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main
achievements of the		 During 2020, the impact of Covid19 meant the charity had
to change its approach from running “in person courses”
charity during the year to an online course as well as cancelling any planned
conferences.
The charity developed and ran a national online course
and continued to respond to enquiries received through
online links and personal recommendations and resource
packs were sent to churches expressing an interest in new
recovery courses. In addition to enquiries from the UK,
support is being ofered to contacts around the world.
The Charity is still focussed on the strategy of seeking
clusters of local churches wishing to coordinate local
recovery courses such that each church runs a course
once a year, but arranged consecutively such that
individual delegates may be directed to a course starting
within the next term.
Section E Financial review
Brief statement of the
charity’s policy on		 In summary, the charity received £24,468 (2019 £22,821)
in unrestricted income, and spent £28,523 (2019 £24,206).
The balance of unrestricted funds at 31stDecember 2020
reserves was £7,730 (2019 £5,632).
In order to continue and expand the work of the charity,
the Trustees will seek further gifts and donations. In view
of its continued early stage of development as a charity,
and the absence of any fxed costs such as salaries, the
Trustees have not yet identifed any level of reserves
which they consider will need to be maintained.
Details of any funds
materially in defcit		 None
Further fnancial review details (Optional information)
Youmay chooseto Fundraising
include additional Since the Charity does not charge churches for providing
information, where The Recovery Course materials, it is dependent on gifts
relevant about: and grants from supporters and grant-making trusts to

the charity’s principal		 continue meeting its objectives.
sources of funds During 2020, the continued to avail of the services of
(including any Emma Heath, a trustee(resigned as Trustee on 15/7/2020
fundraising); but continues fundraising), for one day a week to pursue

how expenditure has		 grant opportunities. This appointment was carefully
considered and approved by other trustees.

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supported the key objectives of the charity;  investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section G Declaration

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

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s)

Full name(s)

Robert Street

Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)

Chair

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Date 2911012021 TAR March 2012

Charity Name No (if any) The Recovery Course 1170792

Receipts and payments accounts

Period start date Period end date To 1-Jan-20 31-Dec-20

For the period from

Section A Receipts and payments

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Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds
funds funds funds
to the nearest
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
Grants, gits and donations 24,371 - - 24,371
The Recovery Conference - - - -
Tonbridge Recovery course 50 - - 50
Speaking & engagement income 39 39
Bank interest 8 - - 8
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
24,468 - - 24,468
Sub total (Gross income for AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total - - - -
Total receipts 24,468 - - 24,468
A3 Payments
Faithworks Wessex - seconded staf - 6,153 - 6,153
The Recovery Conference - - - -
Speaking and engagements 276 - - 276
Tonbridge Recovery course 102 - - 102
Publicity and marketing support 19,084 - - 19,084
Fundraising 2,197 - 2,197
DBS checks 120 - - 120
Trustee expenses 74 - - 74
Tyne Valley - support 502 502
Bank charges 15 15
- - - -
Sub total [ 22,370 ] 6,153 - 28,523
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - -
Total payments 22,370 6,153 - 28,523
Net of receipts/(payments) 2,098 - 6,153 - - 4,055
A5 Transfers between funds - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 5,632 6,153 - 11,785
Cash funds this year end 7,730 - - 7,730
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Unrestricted Restricted
Categories Details funds funds
B1 Cash funds Natwest Current a/c
Natwest Investment a/c
Total cash funds		 to nearest £
7,731
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7,731


to nearest £
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(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))		 Agreement Error OK
Unrestricted Restricted
funds funds
B2 Other monetary assets Details to nearest £
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to nearest £
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B3 Investment assets Details Fund to which
asset belongs		 Cost (optional)
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B4 Assets retained for the Details Fund to which
asset belongs		 Cost (optional)
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charity’s own use






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Fund to which Amount due
B5 Liabilities Details liability relates



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(optional)
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees		 Signature Print Name
Jules Radford Mr Julian D Radford

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CC16a
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Last year

to the nearest £

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32,069
1,312
327
12
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33,720
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33,720

7,514 902 2,207 2,867 15,732 1,100 145 814 440 - 31,721

31,721 1,999 - - 1,999

Endowment funds

to nearest £ - - - -

OK

Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - -

Current value (optional) - - - - -

Current value (optional)

When due (optional)

Date of approval 6-Feb-21