**30/06/2021** ## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01/07/2020 Period start date To Period end date** **Charity name: ATOM Festival of Science & Technology** ## **Charity registration number: 1176186** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The advancement of education by promoting
interest in science, technology, engineering and
maths (STEM) subjects, amongst children of all
ages and the general public, without any
distinction, in the Parish of Abingdon and
surrounding region (area of benefit), such
promotion to be carried out by supporting local
schools and colleges in their provision of STEM
subjects, on a non-remunerative basis.| |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|The main activity of the charity is to organise an
annual festival over a week in Abingdon. In 2021
the festival was moved to June and the activities
were limited to an outdoor trail of about 30 QR
code plaques with links to on-line talks and
videos on a variety of science subjects. The aim
being to have an outdoor event available to all
that would avoid crowding.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees have had regard to the Charity
Commission guidance.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference The ATOM Festival does not make grants. Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|The opportunity for volunteers to participate
in the 2021 festival was very limited due to
the need to safeguard them from the
pandemic.| |---|---|---| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |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|The main achievement of the charity in 2021
was to hold an event that allowed public
participation while meeting the guidance on
limiting contact during the pandemic.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The charity’s cash balance at the end of the
period was £533 less than at the beginning, with
Accounts Receivable at £600 (since received).| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Reserves are held to allow early expenditure on
festival organisation prior to income from
sponsorship, grants and donations being
received. The reserves also cover any losses
incurredinorganising thefestival.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£10,000| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|None| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|For 2022 the main uncertainty is whether
companies will be in a position to sponsor the
festival sufficiently following the financial impact
of the pandemic.| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|The principal sources of funds are:
a) Grants from local government and
other charities.
b) Sponsorship by local companies and
other organisations both in cash and
in-kind.| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|The charity does not make any investments.| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|The principal risks are:
a) Lack of sponsorship as mentioned
above.
b) Lack of volunteer effort to organise and
run the festival events.| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |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|Appointed by other Trustees| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|The Charity is run by the Trustees. The annual
festival is planned and organised by a
committee, which comprises the Trustees plus
six or seven co-opted volunteers who manage
various aspects of the festival.| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|The charity works with the Abingdon Science
Partnership in arranging school events
during the festival.| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|ATOM Festival of Science & Technology| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|None| |Registered charitynumber|1176186| |Charity’s principal address|34 Norris Close,
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Jennifer Ann Turner|Chair||| ||Prof. Francis Edwin
Close|||| ||Bryan Wyman Brown|||| ||Iain Anthony
Littlejohn|||| ||David Pennington|Treasurer||| ||Jeremy Thomas|Chair of Festival
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Committee||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| 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 ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **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 declaro that they have approved the trustoes, report above. Slgned on behalf of the charlty's trustees Slgnaturels) Full name{sl e¢H￿￿>￿-. Position (eg Secretary,; Chair. etc), Ye LH41 R rE￿$r&￿S Dats **1176186** ## **ATOM Festival of Science & Technology** ## **Receipts and payments accounts** **CC16a** **For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from 01/07/2020 30/06/2021** |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Total funds**
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**to the nearest £**| |Grants|**1,100**||**-**||**-**||**1,100**||| |Sponsorship|**200**||**-**||**-**||**200**||| |Donations incl Gift Aid|**14**||**-**||**-**||**14**||| |Ticket Sales(net of refunds)|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||| |Advertisingand Merchandise Sales|**56**||**-**||**-**||**56**||| |Sponsorship from 2020|**800**||**-**||**-**||**800**||| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**2,170**||**-**||**-**||**2,170**||**-**| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||||| ||||||||||| ||**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||||| ||||||||||**-**| ||||||||||| |Advertising|**1,266**||**-**||**-**||**1,266**||**5,912**| |TicketingCosts|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**1,077**| |Speaker Costs|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**2,928**| |Venue and Event Costs|**891**||**-**||**-**||**891**||**3,916**| |Planning,Management and Insurance|**259**||**-**||**-**||**259**||**2,874**| |Merchandise Purchase|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**492**| |Web Hosting|**288**||**-**||**-**||**288**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**2,704**||**-**||**-**||**2,704**||**17,199**| ||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||| |Badges, lanyards, Poster Holders|||||||||| |Credit for Gazebo Hire for 2021|||||||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||||| ||||||||||**17,199**| ||||||||||| ||**- 534**||||||||**- 17,199**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**10,882**||||||||**-**| ||**10,348**||||||||**- 17,199**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 30/12/2021 1 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Endowment funds lunds funds k+noaves1£ to rbEare5tt to neareste B1 Cash fvnds kALxount 10J49 Total cash Ivnds 10,349 <4rt(¥) Unr¥strict•d R•*trlctsd lun fund b) n•*rtst£ to r*•st£ Endowm•nt fundB to n•ar•st£ leo Account R¢cepAtA88 S F¥rKI towhkh ¢yrwentV41u• D•tails C••t 83 In¥￿tment as••ts lowhkh ¢a•t lopupm ¢yir•ntv4lu• 84 A$8•ts r•taln•d for Iho charlty's own u unl•tsi￿a•j unteiifrtt•J 47 Cai ¢Joor and *np pc4t 172 2 bnnn•r¥ Ur•i•otrd•d 21 Fund to Amoyn¢d Wh•n du• lknna BS Llabllltle• SUJr￿d by one or b¥0 tr￿te88 on behalf of all the trustees Date of roval Sbgnatur• int Name D. Po OL CCXX R2 8¢¢ounts ISS) 30112r2021