2021-10-31-accounts - Sky Autism Support

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 01 Nov 2020 31 Oct 2021

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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1180954

SKY AUTISM SUPPORT

Charity's principal address 47 Alexandra Rd Malvern Postcode WR14 1HE

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year
Simon Macaulay	Chair
Christina Walker		9/5/21
Rebecca Salvatierra		9/5/21

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)

Ruth Wharton

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted

Constitution

CIO

(eg. trust, association, company)

Elected 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:

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
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

1.1 The promotion of social inclusion among people in Malvern, and the surrounding area who are socially excluded from society, or parts of society, as a result of their autism and assisting them to integrate into society, in particular but not exclusively by :

a) providing education, information and opportunities to

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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)	support and enable autistic people to maximise their potential; b) raising public awareness of the issues affecting autistic people, both generally and in relation to their social exclusion; c) providing support groups, forums, advice, advocacy and general support for autistic people and their families/carers.
	Main activities 1. Parents support group 2. 10-17 social skills group for those with ASD 3. Over 18 social group for those with ASD 1.2 Functions and duties of charity trustees The charity trustees shall manage the affairs of the CIO and may for that purpose exercise all the powers of the CIO. It is the duty of each charity trustee: a) to exercise his or her powers and to perform his or her functions in his or her capacity as a trustee of the CIO in the way he or she decides in good faith would be most likely to further the purposes of the CIO; and b) to exercise, in the performance of those functions, such care and skill as is reasonable in the circumstances having regard in particular to: (a) any special knowledge or experience that he or she has or holds himself or herself out as having; and (b) if he or she acts as a charity trustee of the CIO in the course of a business or profession, to any special knowledge or experience that it is reasonable to expect of a person acting in the course of that kind of business or profession.

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)

support and enable autistic people to maximise their
potential;
b) raising public awareness of the issues affecting autistic
people, both generally and in relation to their social
exclusion;
c) providing support groups, forums, advice, advocacy and
general
support
for
autistic
people
and
their
families/carers.

Main activities
1. Parents support group
2. 10-17 social skills group for those with ASD
3. Over 18 social group for those with ASD
1.2
Functions and duties of charity trustees
The charity trustees shall manage the affairs of the CIO and may for
that purpose exercise all the powers of the CIO. It is the duty of
each charity trustee:
a)
to exercise his or her powers and to perform his or her
functions in his or her capacity as a trustee of the CIO in
the way he or she decides in good faith would be most
likely to further the purposes of the CIO; and
b)
to exercise, in the performance of those functions, such
care and skill as is reasonable in the circumstances
having regard in particular to:
(a)
any special knowledge or experience that he or
she has or holds himself or herself out as having;
and
(b)
if he or she acts as a charity trustee of the CIO in
the course of a business or profession, to any
special knowledge or experience that it is
reasonable to expect of a person acting in the
course of that kind of business or profession.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

Section D Achievements and performance

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Section D Achievements and erformance p

The charity ha over 130 famillies who are members of the charity Summary of the main We have a closed Facebook page with over 80 members achievements of the charity during the year Each week we run our 10-17 group- 3-6 attendees Each week we run our over 18 group -6-15 attendees Every 2 months we run our parents group- 6-12 attendees.

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Section E Financial review

Aim is for £10,000 reserves- 4-6 months running costs

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Details of any funds materially No deficit at this time in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

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the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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) SKMacaulay Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair etc)

Date 26/7/22

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CHARITY COMMISSION- FOR ENGLAND AND WALES -.ni Siipiioit MAlve.In Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the perlod from To 01.11.2020 31.10.2021 Section A Receipts and payments unstrICted fund8 to tho n8ar08t Restrlcted funds Endowment funds Total funds Last year to the nearest £ to the ngareBt£ to the nearest £ to the nearost £ A1 Recel Grants Donations 11 le group subs 200 Sub total (Gross income for ARJ 6,619 21.842 28.461 20.303 A2 Asset and Investment sales, Is•è table). Sub total 6,619 21,842 28,461 20,303 A3Pa ments Stsff costs A¢iivitie&rtrip5 ZoDm fee6 and guest Rent Insurance DevelopmenVm8rkelingltundralsing Young Solulsons subs alld DBS fee5 Training Resources 22.512 22.512 85 540 588 327 1,$32 282 287 12,675 277 291 126 327 1,232 110 e8kers 568 327 282 2B7 Sub totsl 2,681 23,472 26,153 15,038 A4 A8Jet and Investment urchases, see table Sub total 2,681 23.472 26,153 1S,038 Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end 3,938 1,630 2,308 5,265 21,353 19,723 21,353 23.661 21,353 26.618 3.938 CCXX R1 accounts ISSI 3010612022

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unre5¢ricted funds to nearest £ Restrlcted funds Endowment funds to nearest £ Lategories Details to nearest £ 81 Cash funds Bank balance 3,938 19.723 Total cash fun¢ts 18grte balances with recelpts and payrn8n15 accountlsll 3.938 19,723 Unrestrictod funds Restrl¢t¢d tunds Endowment lunds Dotalls to nearest £ to near85t £ to neare$t £ 82 Oth•r monetary a888ts Fund to whlch asset belon Details Cost loptlonall Current value ional B3 Inve8tmont a886t8 Fund to whlch asset belon Current value lonal Dptall$ Cost loptlonall B4 A$sots retained for the charlty's own uso Fund lo whlch Amount due tlonal When due tional Detail$ BS Llabllltles Slgned by one or iwo trustees on behalf of all the Iru5tee5 Signalure Prfnt Name Date of roval CCXX R2 accounts ISSI 3010612022

SKY Autism Su ort Malvern INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF SKY Autism Support Malvem I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of SKY Autlsm Support Malvern (the Trust) for the year ended 31 October 2021. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity Iruslees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 I'the Acl"}. I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145{5llbl of the Act. Independent examinerfs statement I have Completed my examination. I can confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause lo believe that in any material respect.. accounbng records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act., or the accounts did not accord with the accounting CordS. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination lo which attention should be drawn in this report in order lo enable a proper Ljnderstanding of the accounts lo be reached. David Ducle Bsc FCA Wrlgley Partington Chartered Accountants Sterling House 501 Middleton Road Chadderton Oldham OL9 9LY 27th July 2022