Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 01 07 2021 To 30 06 2022
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name ATOM Festival of Science & Technology Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1176186 Charity's principal address 34 Norris Close Abingdon Oxfordshire Postcode OX14 2RL
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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| Dr. Jenifer Turner | Chair | |||
| Iain Littlejohn | ||||
| Prof. Frank Close | ||||
| Bryan Brown | ||||
| JeremyThomas | ||||
| David Pennington | Treasurer | |||
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)
Type of adviser Name Address
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Constitution
Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) CIO How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Appointed by other Trustees Trustee selection methods
(eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:
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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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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
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.
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The main activity of the charity is to organise an annual festival in Abingdon. In 2021 the festival was moved to June. Following two years of cancelation and a very limited on-line event in 2021, the 2022 Festival was aimed at reestablishing the festival.
The Festival comprised: A free Family Science Day held in a marquee as part of the Town Council’s Jubilee celebrations with interactive science-based demonstrations and a Planetarium dome.
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)
A free Science Market in the Market Square in Abingdon with family oriented interactive demonstrations.
A series of public ticketed talks in venues around Abingdon on a variety of science and technology subjects.
A free family-oriented talk on the scientific method with emphasis on interaction and fun.
Local schools carried out an air quality monitoring project, sponsored by the Royal Society of Chemistry and DPD UK Ltd, over a two-year period and exhibited their results at the Abingdon County Hall Museum in collaboration with One Planet Abingdon as part of the Festival.
In organising the Festival, the Trustees had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
The number of volunteers involved this year was limited by the timing of the Festival during school examinations, the easing of Covid restrictions on travel with many people going on holiday and continuing reluctance to attend indoor public gatherings.
You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
The main achievement in the year 2021/22 was the re-establishment of the Festival after two years of cancelation in 2020 and very limited activity in 2021. In order to re-establish the Festival the Trustees decided to accept an operating loss in organising the festival, by use of some of the reserves. The outcome was a smaller loss than that budgeted.
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Section E Financial review Reserves are to early exrwidrtute on fesbval {an$SL prior to income from ¥th50r5hp, grants ar¥J donatn5 beThJ r¥. Th8 r8serv8s also covor any 10s$8s itted in the fesbvd. Brlef ststement of Ihe charlty's pollcy on reserves Detalls of any funds matsrfally In deflclt NCA Further financlal revlew detall8 Ioptlonal Infomaiion) The Charty's wncipal sources of fvnds e: Sponsorship by b¢al s¢n¢e & tethnology cm)panies and university departments. A Grant Irom the TOMI c1[. Donat$ from Thlmduals. including this year a swnrficant donation to support the talk by the headline speaker. Other income is defived from ticket sales the tslks and from the sale of FestNal merChdise. You may choose to incde addrtional inf0Mlon. where relevant about.. the charity s principal sources of funds (includ any fundraising); how expendrture has supported the key otyectwes of the charrty; investment poltcy and objectives including any ethical inveslment policy adopted. The expenditure has supp(xted the free events listed above. vthich Nre the largest audCeS lor the Festival adNities and the ticketed public talks. Section F Other optional information Section G Declaration The Irustoes daGlafO thal thoy havo approvod tho trustaaS' f0POrt al)ove. Slgned on behalf of the charlty's trustees Slgnature(s) Full name(s) Posltlon leg Secretary, Chalr. etc) DavMI Pennington Dr. Jennrfer Tumer Treasurer Chair Date ol,.I 20££ TAR March 2012
Charity Name No (if any) ATOM Festival of Science & Technology 1176186
Receipts and payments accounts
For the period Period start date Period end date To from 7/1/2021 6/30/2022
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
Sponsorship 1,800 - - 1,800
Grants 1,200 - - 1,200
Donations 3,010 - - 3,010
Ticket Sales 2,014 - - 2,014
Merchandise Sales 84 - - 84
Sponsorship from 2020 - - - -
- - - -
- - - -
8,108 - - 8,108
Sub total (Gross income for AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total - - - -
Total receipts 8,108 - - 8,108
A3 Payments
Advertising 1,084 - - 1,084
Ticketing Costs 188 - - 188
Venue Hire and Event Costs 2,820 - - 2,820
Speaker Expenses 510 - - 510
Insurance, & postage 491 - - 491
Cost of Mrchandise Sales 32 - - 32
Web Hosting - - - -
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ 5,125 ] - - 5,125
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
2 Credit Card Readers 38 - - 38
- - - -
Sub total [ 38 ] - - 38
Total payments 5,163 - - 5,163
Net of receipts/(payments) 2,945 - - 2,945
A5 Transfers between funds - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end - - - -
Cash funds this year end 2,945 - - 2,945
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Unrestricted | Restricted | |||
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| Categories | Details | funds | funds | |
| B1 Cash funds | Bank Account Petty Cash Total cash funds |
to nearest £ 12,607 177 - 12,784 |
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 Account Receivables |
to nearest £ 1,300 - - - - |
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 Merchandise Stock |
197 Fund to which asset belongs |
Cost (optional) - |
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| charity’s own use | Hi Visibility jackets 2 cash boxes, Badges & keys Car door and lamp post signs Feather Banners Leafet & poster holders Badges & Lanyards Poster Holders |
40 47 172 442 32 157 21 |
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| Fund to which | Amount due | |||
| B5 Liabilities | Details Accounts Payable |
0 liability relates |
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| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |
Signature | Name |
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
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CC16a
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Last year
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to the nearest £
1,100
200
14
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56
800
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2,170
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2,170
1,266 - 891 - 259 - 288 - - 2,704
2,704 - 534 - - - 534
Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - -
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OK
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Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - -
Current value (optional)
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Current value (optional)
When due (optional)
Date of approval