## **CHESTER SCHOOLS CHRISTIAN WORK CIO** **Registered Charity No. 1177175** **Annual Report &** **Financial Statements For the year ended 31st August 2021** **CHESTER SCHOOLS CHRISTIAN WORK CIO** Registered Charity No. 1177175 ## **Contents of Annual Report & Financial Statements For the period ended 31st August 2021** **---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------** |**CONTENTS**|**Page**| |---|---| |Charity information|2| |Trustees annual report|3| |Independent Examiners Report|5| |Receipts and payments account|7| 1 ## **CHESTER SCHOOLS CHRISTIAN WORK CIO** ## **Charity lnformation For the year ended 31st August 2021** _______________________________________________________________________ |Charity Number|1177175| |---|---| |Working Names|Chester Schools Christian Work| ||CSCW| |Governing lnstrument:|| ||Constitution registered by the Charity Commission| ||5th February 2018| |Trustees|Su Chester| ||Sue Glover| ||Philip Goss| ||Corentyn Smith (until 31st December 2020)| ||Lucy Metcalfe (from 25th May 2021)| ||Simon Kaye (from 25th May 2021)| |Principal Address|Vicars Cross United Reformed Church| ||Oldfield Drive| ||Vicars Cross| ||Chester| ||CH3 5LL| |Bankers|Bank of Scotland| ||33 Old Broad Street London Branch,| ||PO Box 1000,| ||BX2 1LB| ||Stewardship| ||1 Lamb’s Passage| ||London, EC1Y 8AB| |Independent Examiners|G. Mattocks FCA,| ||18 Mulberry Avenue,| ||Turnstone Business Park,| ||WIDNES,| ||WA8 0WN| 7 2 ## **CHESTER SCHOOLS CHRISTIAN WORK CIO** ## **Trustees' Report for the year ended 31st August 2021** _._ ## **General informa on** The charity is a charitable incorporated organisa on, governed by a cons tu on registered by the Charity Commission on 5[th] February 2018. tu on. Subsequent appointments are made by the trustees. They serve for an indefinite period. The Trust is a ‘Local Mission Partner’ linked to and supported by Scripture Union, a large and worldwide organiza on working with children, young people and families interna onally. By an order of the Charity Commission dated 27[th] June 2018 the Chester Schools Chris an Work Trust Charity Registra on number 1041454 was authorised to transfer its assets to the CIO. A ves ng declara on was made on 1[st] September ves ng all the assets of the Chester Schools Chris an Work Trust in this charity. The charity is carrying on the work formerly done by the trust from 1[st] September 2018. ## **Objects of the charity as laid down by the Cons tu on** To advance the Chris an religion in accordance with the Statement of Beliefs appearing in the Schedule to the cons tu on and in par cular in the city of Chester and the surrounding area and primarily amongst children and young people in the schools and other educa onal establishments in the said area. This has been achieved by raising money to support Chris an workers to go into schools. ## **Review of the Academic Year - September 2020 - August 2021** ‘Inspiring Hope and Unlocking Poten al’ con nued to be the guiding objec ve for CSCW throughout the past academic year. Due to Covid-19 and other extenua ng circumstances, it con nued to be an extremely challenging year for CSCW. Despite the challenges, the team have con nued to support schools and pupils in innova ve and crea ve ways across both primary and high schools. The Trustees have con nued to meet on zoom un l the summer term and in the absence of a permanent chair, have con nued rota ng the role. ## **Autumn 2020** The academic year began like it had con nued throughout 2020 and into 2021 full of uncertain es and responses to Co-vid 19 including in November 2020 a second na onal lockdown and measures imposed over Christmas 2020 and into the new year. ## **Primary** Despite this we were delighted that our primary schools worker could at last go into some primary schools albeit just two schools at first each week leading one 'bubble' in a class worship session. This increased to another school in January 2021 and then more schools began to open up to outside visitors. Other work con nued via video, and he was able to help with online presence at a virtual Schools Ethos Conference as the new year dawned. Every mee Our schools worker con nued to due to the changing Covid guidelines over the first two terms. make videos and put them on our own YouTube channel which led to some great feedback from pupils and staff. Here are just anecdotal comments we received: 3 _'Even though it's only on video, it's s ll one of the highlights of the week for the children. They are so excited when it's me to show the latest episode.'_ ## **Secondary** This second half term was one of real encouragement for the high schools work. Despite the local lockdown, there were increasing opportuni es to work more closely with high schools, both in person and via online technology. We con nued to ensure that all our work met recent guidelines to ensure we minimised risk as much as possible, whilst serving the needs of the school communi es and young people. **RSE -** Our 2 high school workers delivered RSE lessons in person in one high school in November to Year 11 groups. **Mentoring / Chaplaincy / Independent Listener** 1:1 mentoring has developed also in the second half term with addi onal weekly mentoring at another High School. ## **on and Prayer spaces / Assemblies** schools. This included a variety of formats, all offering essen al opportuni es for young people to be mindful, to reflect, as well as an op onal development to tryprayer. This term we have provided a short reflec on for use at one high school as part of their ‘Soul Sessions’ series and delivered an introductory assembly to 160 pupils and teachers at another school. Online interac on had its challenges but there were also advantages. We were able to collate immediate anonymous feedback from our online assembly when the pupils were asked to rank 6 items in order of what would be most beneficial for them. By far emo onal wellbeing, rela onships and mentoring came out on top of the list. Throughout the whole term we were also able to host online trustee and prayer mee ngs for schools on a regular basis, a ended by trustees, staff and supporters. We also thanked and said goodbye to one trustee Corentyn at the end of this term. ## **Spring 2021** There was a real sense of hope and expecta on as we reached the new calendar year of 2021 but once again, we had to ensure that all our work met recent guidelines to ensure we minimised risk as much as possible. The team con nued to support, encourage, and facilitate many young people in our schools. Despite everything, including another na onal lockdown and strict measures in place it was a really encouraging term with lots of opportuni es. Ini ally only a small percentage of our work was s ll face to face, but the technology used actually enabled us to reach more young people and to achieve things we could not otherwise have done! Another posi each of the schools in Chester including regular monthly prayer mee ngs on Zoom and also 'prayer walking' all of the schools. ## **Primary** During the Spring term, our primary school worker spent two a ernoons each week in one village school helping out with the key worker/vulnerable children that were s ll physically a ending school rather than home-schooling. A weekly collec ve worship video was sent out and we had a really posi ve uptake with even more people watching them than in the first 'lockdown'. We had 4 a great response from the schools themselves - this is one piece of feedback we had; _‘The children have enjoyed watching the videos and they are of an ideal dura on for an assembly or even to be used as part of a lesson. They are vibrant, show interes ng props with a mixture of dialogue and various genres, e.g. stories, a quiz as in this clip and the graphics are interes ng and colourful. Which child could not like the topic of ‘smelly feet’!?’_ ## **Secondary** online RE lessons. One of the highlights this term was an RE lesson for one of our schools en tled 'Chris an Beliefs and Prac ces'. Topics included faith, bap sm, the power of prayer and the fact that Chris anity is about a rela onship with Jesus. ## **Growing Young Leaders** by helping them set up and run groups to demonstrate and share the love of God to others – whether interest groups, Chris an Unions, or safe prayer spaces. We were encouraged at the way this con nued via ZOOM. - **1:1 Mentoring** This has con nued on a small scale during this term. **RSE** A full programme of support was planned at one high school, including a 2-week block in January in 2021 for Years 8 and 9 with further dates arranged for years 7 and 11 in February. Due to restric ons this didn’t take place during this term. ## **on Video** ons in school were developed giving an opportunity for space and reflec on, ## **Summer Term 2021** We were delighted to appoint two new trustees at the start of this term, who bring a wealth of legal administra on, youth and also school experience with them. In June we said a sad farewell to our administrator of many years. Despite adver sement and interview we have s ll to appoint a suitable replacement. The term held lots of expecta on that we would return to some kind of normality as restric ons in schools were relaxed. There was s ll a huge sigh of relief when the team could finally begin to start to go back into schools. ## **Primary** The main focus of the summer term, as usual, was the **Moving On project** with Year 6 pupils. Working in partnership with churches across the city, for the first me ever we provided lessons and books for over **1000 pupils** ! We were also able to get into 2 new schools this year. A new part of the session was ge ng some wri en feedback from the pupils themselves. When **over 80%** asked if they felt more confident about going to High School as a result of the lesson, **said yes** , 15% were unsure (although a significant number of these were already feeling very confident about the move) and less than 5% said no. **It was great to work in partnership with local workers and their churches** in this way and we are con nually very grateful to the individuals and churches who gave money to cover the cost of the Its Your Move books. Our primary school 5 worker also got the chance to speak at two Year 6 Leavers Services this year ## **Kintsugi Hope Programme** The launch of our Kintsugi Hope wellbeing groups in school has been a huge success and met a really key need for young people in the current climate. We ran **11 groups** over the term for years 7-13 - each group has 6 sessions looking and discussion various mental and emo onal health elements needed for a full and abundant life. **Over 90% reported they found the group suppor ve and helpful, that they had learnt tools to help them cope with issues they were facing and that they would recommend the group to others** . Here are just a few comments from some par cipants: "It has really helped me with my anxiety and anger" "I love this group; it has been so helpful". "I feel I now have a voice". ## **Rela onship and Sex Educa on** We have been able to provide essen al RSE support for schools and pupils this term to around **1000 pupils** , covering various topics that surround healthy rela onships for young people. Our aim was to encourage young people to make sound choices so 66they can be all that they have been made to be and to provide them with informa on, skills, and confidence to make those choices so that they can reach their full poten al. ## **on Video** We had the privilege of suppor ng a physical prayer space at one high school this term and our reflec on/prayer videos are now available to all on our YouTube channel. One teacher emailed: ## **ons. They are going down** **really well."** - it is always great to receive encouraging feedback! ## **1:1 Mentoring** input into the lives of young people whose struggles have been magnified through the challenges of the year. We are so proud of each mentee who has worked through these sessions with real determina on. ## **investment Policy** The charity’s policy is to deposit surplus funds with Stewardship to seek a reasonable interest rate. ## **Fund raising** The charity relies on dona ons from individuals, church organisa ons and other charitable trusts. ## **Restricted Funds** Funds are held by the charity for seven restricted purposes: - Resilience, Primary work, purchase of “Its Your Move" booklets, prayer spaces, projector and PC, purchase of a laptop and chocs for teachers. These are accounted for through the relevant Restricted Funds. ## **Reserves** The Trustees regularly review the reserves of the Charity and future forecasts of receipts and payments and have concluded that the reserves are at a sufficient level to enable the CSCW CIO to con nue working at its current level for at least another 24 months from 31/08/21. During the year the unrestricted ‘General Fund’ reserves of the charity decreased from £34,908 to £33,296, and restricted reserves increased from £1,823 to £6.007. 6 In order to 8lve sorne Indlcauon of the Trusys Ilablllty for statutory redundlw IF It e¥•r became necessary, calculated that If every member of staff who conllnued eMpkn￿￿ent after 31" August 2021 had been made redundant by the Tnut on 31st A¥u5t 2021 the In15Ys Illblllty for ststutory redundancy *￿Uld ha%* been - £3.592. Responslblllty for th to day runnln8 Iles ￿ the Team Leader who WO￿ vthln Iwdget constralnts set by the Trustees to meet the pollcy obJecUve$ 88reed at the Trustee¢ meetfvws, and who Is accountsble to the Tru5tee& Th Tearn Leader arml hls team are tr* major 8enerntor5 of fu￿re and dlre¢thffj wlth the Tnmtees erwrfn8 that the Tru**from**||1st September||**To**||31st August||| ||||
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**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**| ||**to the nearest**||**to the nearest**||**to the nearest**||**to the nearest**||**to the nearest**| |**A1 Receipts**|||||||||| |Gifts and donations from Churches|**15,475**||**2,718**||**-**||**18,193**||**18,120**| |Gifts and donations from individuals|**16,066**||**910**||**-**||**16,976**||**17,636**| |Othergrants and legacies|**17,000**||**5,000**||**-**||**22,000**||**17,000**| |Tax repayments|**1,133**||**37**||**-**||**1,170**||**4,743**| |Itsyour move donations|**-**||**958**||**-**||**958**||**1,380**| |Sundryincome|**13**||**-**||**-**||**13**||**190**| |Bank interest|**69**||**-**||**-**||**69**||**170**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**49,756**||**9,623**||**-**||**59,379**||**59,239**| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||| |**_Total receipts_**|**49,756**||**9,623**||**-**||**59,379**||**59,239**| ||||||||||| |**A3 Payments**|||||||||| |**Salaries**andpension|**45,884**||**3,325**||**-**||**49,209**||**43,575**| |Other staff expenses and costs|**538**||**-**||**-**||**538**||**671**| |Gift on termination of employment|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**400**| |**Office costs**|**2,505**||**-**||**-**||**2,505**||**2,147**| |**Project expenses**|**224**||**-**||**-**||**224**||**428**| |Its Your Move|**105**||**1,058**||**-**||**1,163**||**1,321**| |Project expenses RSE|**99**||**-**||**-**||**99**||**323**| |**Fundraising**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**42**| |**Training**|**105**||**-**||**-**||**105**||**65**| |**Other -**Gifts|**113**||**43**||**-**||**156**||**136**| |Scripture Union|**500**||**-**||**-**||**500**||**500**| |Insurance|**530**||**-**||**-**||**530**||**511**| |Staff computers and video software|**392**||**1,013**||**-**||**1,405**||**-**| |Refreshments dinners and hospitality|**108**||**-**||**-**||**108**||**-**| |Accounts examination|**240**||**-**||**-**||**240**||**240**| |Miscellaneous|**25**||**-**||**-**||**25**||**73**| ||||||||||| |**_Sub total_**|**51,368**||**5,439**||**-**||**56,807**||**50,432**| ||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||| |**_Total payments_**|**51,368**||**5,439**||**-**||**56,807**||**50,432**| ||||||||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**(1,612)**||**4,184**||**-**||**2,572**||**8,807**| |**A5 Transfers between funds**|||||**-**||**-**||| |**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**34,908**||**1,823**||**-**||**36,731**||**27,924**| |**_Cash funds this year end_**|**33,296**||**6,007**||**-**||**39,303**||**36,731**| ||||**8**
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*||||||| Scctioii B Statement of assets kind lii4 bilities 6lt the end of tlie period d• fimd• B1 C••h nd• D•tsl b•h•Kol￿1 Int N• 11 |**Section C Notes on accounts**|||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||||| |**C Movements of restricted andgeneral funds**|||||||||| ||||||||||| ||Opening||Receipts||Payments||Transfers||Closing| ||Balance||||||||Balance| |**General Fund**|||||||||| |Undesignated funds|34,908||49,756||51,368||||33,296| ||||||||||| ||||||||||| |**Restricted funds**|||||||||| |Resilience|-||5,000||-||||5,000| |Primarywork|-||3,325||3,325||||-| |Its Your Move|0.00||958||1,058||||(100)| |Prayer spaces|810||300||-||||1,110| |Chocs for teachers|-||40||43||||(3)| |Projector and PC|263||-||263||||-| |Laptop|750||-||750||||-| |Restricted Totals|1,823||9,623||5,439||-||6,007| |Overall totals|36,731||59,379||56,807||-||39,303| ||||||||||| |Note that
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