## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 01/04/2020 Period start date To 31/03/2021 Period end date** ## **Charity name: SPARK SUPPORT** ## **Charity registration number: 1179746** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The charity’s purposes are: To provide**
**and manage an online Peer Support**
**group for people suffering with mental**
**health problems, and to promote**
**removing the stigma of mental health.**| |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|**True to our purposes, we have run the**
**online Peer Support Group, and helped**
**our members through the extreme**
**uncertainties of COVID-19, trying to help**
**our members navigate the guidelines and**
**access the services that they need.**
**We have tried to be much more active on**
**public social media channels, as there**
**has been a massive uptick in mental**
**health issues arising from isolation and**
**uncertainty.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**All trustees have had regard to Charity**
**Commission guidance on public benefit.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**All of the Spark Support team are**
**volunteers. This means that the charity**
**could not exist without the contribution**
**of our volunteer team. On average, we get**
**210 hours of volunteer time per week,**
**and we would like to take this opportunity**
**to publicly thank every single person who**
**has given us time this year.**| ## **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|**This year has been incredibly challenging**
**to all of the Spark team, as well as our**
**members. We have refocused our efforts**
**on our core offering of the peer support**
**group and our public social media**
**channels, to ensure that we can provide**
**the best service that we can to our**
**members.**
**Fundraising efforts this year were**
**severely hampered by the COVID-19**
**situation, as this meant we were unable**
**to run any external events. However, we**
**were incredibly lucky to receive a**
**sizeable donation from the Harrogate**
**COVID Cooperation group, which enabled**
**us to maintain services.**
**One of the highlights for this year was**
**our digital Christmas market, run by our**
**Chief Community Officer, Emma Broxton.**
**This brought members of our creative**
**maker community together, and gave**
**them the chance to show off and be**
**proud of their wares.**| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity remains in good standing**
**across our finances.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The charity aims to hold £200 minimum in**
**reserve, to ensure that, should we have**
**any major fundraising issues, we are able**
**to keep the core service running.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**We currently hold the full £200 minimum.**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**Whilst COVID-19 has hit our fundraising**
**efforts hard, because of the low**
**outgoings of the charity, we have no**
**concerns.**| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**The charity is governed by a constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**The charity is constituted as a 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|**A position would be advertised, and**
**potential trustees would be interviewed**
**by existing trustees, and the best**
**possible candidate would be selected**
**from the applicants. Provision would be**
**made for none of the applicants to be**
**hired, should none of the applicants be of**
**a standard.**| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Spark Support| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1179746| |Charity’s principal address|8 Dawson Terrace
Harrogate
HG1 2AW| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
2
3|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if**
**not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Gareth William Molyneux|Chief Executive Officer||| ||Emma Louise Broxton|Chief CommunityOfficer||| ||Rachael Woodman|Engagement Officer||| ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||| |---|---|---| ||Gareth Molyneux|| ||
Chief Executive Officer|| ||20/12/2021|| ||20/12/2021|| ||**Spark Support**|||||**1179746**|**1179746**||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**Receipts and payments accounts**||||||||**CC16a**| ||**For the period**
**from**||01/04/2020||**To**||31/03/2021||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||| ||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**| ||**to the nearest**
**£**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**| |**A1 Receipts**|||||||||| |Sales|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**259**| |Donations|**2,483**||**-**||**-**||**2,483**||**2,819**| |Other(incl. Gift Aid)|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**890**| |Cash in Bank(Tide)|**2**||**-**||**-**||**2**||**113**| |Cash in Bank(Yorkshire Bank / Virgin|**245**||**-**||**-**||**245**||**231**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**2,730**||**-**||**-**||**2,730**||**4,312**| ||**Spark Support**|**Spark Support**|**Spark Support**|**Spark Support**|**Spark Support**|**1179746**|**1179746**|**1179746**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**||01/04/2020||**To**||31/03/2021||| ||||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||| |**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**A1 Receipts**|||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**2,483**
**-**
**2**
**245**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Sales|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**259**| |Donations|**2,483**||**-**||**-**||**2,483**||**2,819**| |Other(incl. Gift Aid)|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**890**| |Cash in Bank(Tide)|**2**||**-**||**-**||**2**||**113**| |Cash in Bank(Yorkshire Bank / Virgin|**245**||**-**||**-**||**245**||**231**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**2,730**||**-**||**-**||**2,730**||**4,312**| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**-**|||**-**||**-**||**-**
**-**||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**2,730**
**A3 Payments**
SaaS Services
**1,120**|||||||||| ||**2,730**||**-**||**-**||**2,730**||**4,312**| ||||**-**||**-**||**1,120**
**144**
**330**
**12**
**240**
**440**
**97**
**-**
**-**||| |
SaaS Services|**1,120**||**-**||**-**||**1,120**||**-**| |Bank Fees|**144**||**-**||**-**||**144**||**-**| |Volunteer costs|**330**||**-**||**-**||**330**||**-**| |Cost of Sales - Goods|**12**||**-**||**-**||**12**||**-**| |Member Interaction Trials|**240**||**-**||**-**||**240**||**-**| |Training|**440**||**-**||**-**||**440**||**-**| |Marketing|**97**||**-**||**-**||**97**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**2,383**||**-**||**-**||**2,383**||**-**| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
**-**|||**-**||**-**||**-**
**-**||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**2,383**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**347**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**-**
**_Cash funds this year end_**
**347**|||||||||| ||**2,383**||**-**||**-**||**2,383**||**-**| ||||||||||| ||**347**||**-**||**-**||**347**||**4,312**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**347**||**-**||**-**||**347**||**4,312**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 22/12/2021 1 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
Virgin Money / Yorkshire Bank
Tide Account
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**245**
**102**
**-**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |||**245**||**-**||**-**| |||**102**||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**||**-**| |||**347**||**-**||**-**| |||OK
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**funds**
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**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
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**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
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**asset belongs**
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**liability relates**
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**(optional)**
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Print Name
Gareth Molyneux||||OK| |||||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**Current value**
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approval| |||Gareth Molyneux||||20/12/2021| |||||||| |||||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 22/12/2021 2