Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date 01 July 2023 30 June 2024
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Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name ATOM Festival of Science and Technology Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1176186 Charity's principal address 39 Belsyre Court Observatory Street Oxford Postcode OX2 6HU
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 (if any) |
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| Stephen Clarke | Chair | |||
| Peter Williams | Secretary | |||
| James Duckitt | Treasurer | |||
| Will Selby | ||||
| Professor Russell Foster | ||||
| Bryan Brown | ||||
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)
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Name Address |
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| 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) Trust How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Elected Trustee selection methods
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
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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
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| 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) |
ANY DISTINCTION, IN THE PARISH OF ABINGDON AND SURROUNDING REGION (AREA OF BENEFIT), SUCH PROMOTION TO BE CARRIED OUT B SUPPORTING LOCAL SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES IN THEIR PROVISION OF STEM SUBJECTS, ON A NON-REMUNERATIVE BASIS. |
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| The ATOM Festval of Science & Technology runs an annual week-long festval in March comprising a series of public talks, free public events (interactve displays and demonstratons) for families, and school actvites for students of all ages open to all local schools. The festval, organised with local companies, academic organisatons and schools, takes place in Abingdon, Oxfordshire. |
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.
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
ATOM Festival allows communities to discover world-class science and technology through Education/training: Arts/culture/heritage/science. 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.
| Section D | Achievements andperformance |
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| Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year |
ATOM Festval in March 2024 atracted large numbers of the local and natonwide community. The events staged for children (4 -18 years of age) in partcular were very well atended and encouraged children to explore science further. Fame-Lab was implemented this year and was successful in that a larger event will be enacted in 2025. Talks in various subjects by prominent scientsts were exhilaratng and again atracted high numbers of atendees. |
Section E Financial review
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Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves
The Trustees are mindful of the level of reserves and regularly review these to ensure the charity’s continued operation.
Details of any funds materially in deficit
Further financial review details (Optional information)
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the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
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
Signature(s)
Full name(s) James Duckitt Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Treasurer etc)
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Date 1010412025 TAR Maich 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 7/1/2023 6/30/2024
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| Section A Receipts and payments | ||||
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| A1 Receipts Grants, Sponsorship& Donations 5,800 Ticket Sales 2,651 Gift Aid 1,005 Merchandise sales - - - - - 9,456 - - Sub total - Total receipts 9,456 A3 Payments Advertising 1,594 Event costs 2,274 Management Charges 1,981 Speaker Costs 888 - - - - - Sub total 6,737 - - Sub total - Total payments 6,737 Net of receipts/(payments) 2,719 A5 Transfers between funds - A6 Cash funds last year end 8,551 Cash funds this year end 11,270 Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ Sub total(Gross income for AR) A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Restricted funds |
to the nearest £ Endowment funds |
Total funds to the nearest £ 5,800 2,651 1,005 - - - - - 9,456 - - - 9,456 1,594 2,274 1,981 888 - - - - - 6,737 - - - 6,737 2,719 - 8,551 11,270 |
Last year to the nearest £ |
| - | 5,800 | 9,160 | ||
| - | 2,651 | 3,147 | ||
| - | 1,005 | - | ||
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| - | 9,456 | 12,534 | ||
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| - | 9,456 | 12,534 | ||
| - | 1,594 | 3,620 | ||
| - | 2,274 | 4,770 | ||
| - | 1,981 | 4,811 | ||
| - | 888 | 3,389 | ||
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| - | 6,737 | 16,590 | ||
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| - | 6,737 | 16,590 | ||
| - | - | 2,719 | - 4,056 | |
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| - | - | 8,551 | 12,607 | |
| - | - | 11,270 | 8,551 |
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 |
Details Bank account Details Details Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) |
to nearest £ 11,270 - - 11,270 OK to nearest £ - - - - - - Unrestricted funds Unrestricted funds Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates |
to nearest £ - - - - OK to nearest £ - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Restricted funds Restricted funds Amount due (optional) |
to nearest £ Endowment funds |
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
| Signature | Print Name James Duckitt |
Date of approval |
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| James Duckitt | 4/10/2025 | |