Timperley Duke of Edinburgh Award Centre
Annual Report September 2020
TIMPERLEY DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD CENTRE ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDED 30[TH] SEPTEMBER 2020
| CONTENTS | |
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| 1. Introduction | 3 |
| 2. Review of the Year | 4 |
| 3. Financial Report | 6 |
| 4. Participation & outputs | 8 |
| 5. Contact Details | 10 |
| Appendix 1 – Awards Completed | 11 |
| Appendix 2 – Independent Examiners Report | 12 |
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TIMPERLEY DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD CENTRE
1. Introduction & Background
The Timperley DofE Award Centre is a Licenced Organisation of the Duke of Edinburgh Award (DofE). This report covers the year ended 30[th] September 2020.
The Centre is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) governed by a governing document which is available on the Charity Commission website. Its Charitable objects are:
To help young people in the Trafford area by providing opportunities for them to participate in the Duke of Edinburgh Award and thereby to develop their capabilities that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society.
The DofE Award provides a balanced programme of activities that develops the whole person – mind, body and soul – in an environment of social interaction and teamworking. Young people progress through three levels of DofE programmes to achieve a Bronze, Silver or Gold Award. Taking part builds confidence and develops self-esteem. It requires persistence, commitment and has a lasting impact on the attitudes and outlook of all young people who do their DofE. It is open to participants aged between 14 and 24.
Further information concerning objectives of the Award are set out on its website at: http://www.dofe.org/
All participants are registered with the DofE through the eDofE website. This tracks participation in the three elements of the Award which comprise:
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Volunteering – this is about making a difference to other people’s lives. From conservation to youth work to fundraising for charity or caring for animals – there is an extensive list of projects that the members are involved in. Our community is benefiting from over 180 hours per week of volunteering through the Award
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Physical – through this section participants achieve greater physical fitness and become healthier through a wide range of activities both personal or through teamwork.
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Skills – this is all about developing practical and social skills and personal interests. There is an extensive list of skills which the young people may develop
In addition participants take part in expeditions which involve overnight camping for one night for the bronze award, two nights for silver, and three nights for the Gold Award.
A number of adaptations have been made to the Award to address restrictions necessary during the coronavirus pandemic. For more information please refer to :
https://www.dofe.org/dofewithadifference
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2. Review of the Year
We started the year with record numbers of attendees at our Annual Open Afternoon and due to the significant level of demand expanded the number of groups at Bronze to 13, taking total numbers at all levels to 190. 2020 would have been a record year for us were it not for the coronavirus pandemic that took hold just as we were completing the initial training weekends.
We did manage to deliver the Bronze training weekends which worked well at Dunham Massey Village Hall and Antrobus Village Hall. Thanks are due to the Bronze leadership team of Ande Martins, Holly Waddell and Neala Campling. Neala and Simon Campling have joined our team this year and thanks are due in particular to Neala for organising the logistics of arranging 13 Bronze groups.
Bronze Training at Antrobus Village Hall
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During the period of lockdown we took the opportunity to undertake works to the stores, installing an electrical supply which provides background heat and lighting for the winter to protect our equipment and enable the stores to operate in the winter months. Thanks are due to Martin Deighton Brown for undertaking the work and to the Newton Night School Charity for contributing to the costs.
In August we were saddened to hear of the sudden passing of one of our leaders, Alastair Randall. Alastair and his partner Vikki have helped many of our members reach their full potential on DofE expeditions. Alastair and Vikki are pictured here at the finishing line with our 2019 Gold cohort:
In September we prepared additional risk assessments and determined mitigation measures required to re-commence expeditions in a covid secure way. The centre has invested in additional PPE and equipment and we made the decision to progress with Bronze and Silver practice expeditions in accordance with the revised DofE guidelines. However with the rise in cases in October we took the decision to postpone all expeditions to the spring of 2021.
Although a number of modifications have been made to the expeditions to enable them to take place without overnight camping, we feel that whilst this is appropriate at Bronze the camping element forms an important part of the expedition particularly at Silver and Gold. At the time of writing we remain optimistic that it will be possible to deliver modified expeditions in the Spring of 2021.
Our priority in 2021 will be to complete the expeditions for our current members. We have launched our 2020/21 season and will take a limited number of new members to give us the capacity to complete the backlog of expeditions. We will take advantage of the amendments to the Award that enable Silver practice expeditions to count as Bronze qualifying expeditions, and similarly at Silver / Gold if possible.
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3. Financial Report
| 3. Financial Report | |||||
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| Timperley DofE Award Centre | CC16a | ||||
| Receipts andpayments accounts | |||||
| For the period from |
01/10/2019 Period start date |
To | 30/09/2020 Period end date |
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| Section A Receipts and payments | |||||
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ |
Total funds to the nearest £ |
Last year to the nearest £ |
| Donations & other sundry income | 345 | - | - | 345 | 400 |
| Expedition fees | 34,135 | - | - | 34,135 | 32,735 |
| Grants | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kit hire | 10 | - | - | 10 | 20 |
| Registration fees | 6,640 | - | - | 6,640 | 7,479 |
| Bank interest Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
11 | - | - | 11 | - |
| 41,141 | - | - | 41,141 | 40,634 | |
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). | |||||
| - | - | - | - | - | |
| Sub total | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| 41,141 | - | - | 41,141 | 40,634 | |
| Accommodation | - | - | - | - | 504 |
| Campingfees | 495 | - | - | 495 | 4,227 |
| Expedition trainingdays | 250 | - | - | 250 | - |
| Expedition food & beverages | - | - | - | - | 194 |
| Per Diems | - | - | - | - | 920 |
| Registrationpacks | 3,471 | - | - | 3,471 | 3,807 |
| Supervision fees | - | - | - | - | 7,180 |
| Transport | - | - | - | - | 952 |
| Approved ActivityProvider(AAP)fee | - | - | - | - | 500 |
| Admininstration support | - | - | - | - | 80 |
| Bank charges | 94 | - | - | 94 | 35 |
| Equipment & Gas | 438 | - | - | 438 | 1,601 |
| General expenses | 246 | - | - | 246 | 587 |
| Hall rental | 1,000 | - | - | 1,000 | - |
| Insurance | 645 | - | - | 645 | 602 |
| IT & software | 214 | - | - | 214 | 436 |
| Leader training | 520 | - | - | 520 | 2,855 |
| Licence fees | 1,320 | - | - | 1,320 | 1,272 |
| Maps | 21 | - | - | 21 | 385 |
| Printing, postage & stationery | 69 | - | - | 69 | 218 |
| Refreshments | 165 | - | - | 165 | 284 |
| Repairs | - | - | - | - | - |
| Telephone & Internet | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tents | - | - | - | - | 3,765 |
| **Sub total ** | 8,948 | - | - | 8,948 | 30,404 |
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| Storage container | 852 | - | - | 852 | 4,098 |
| **Sub total ** | 852 | - | - | 852 | 4,098 |
| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| 9,800 | - | - | 9,800 | 34,502 | |
| 31,341 | - | - |
31,341 | 6,132 | |
| - | - | - | - | - | |
| 12,766 | - | - | 12,766 | 6,634 | |
| 44,107 | - | - |
44,107 | 12,766 |
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Categories Details funds funds funds
to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £
B1 Cash funds Lloyds bank current a/c 2,096 - -
Lloyds bank savings a/c 42,011 - -
Total cash funds 44,107 - -
(agree balances w ith receipts and payments
account(s)) OK OK OK
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
funds funds funds
Details to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £
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Details asset belongs Cost (optional) (optional)
B3 Investment assets - -
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Fund to which Current value
Details asset belongs Cost (optional) (optional)
B4 Assets retained for the charity’s Storage container 852 - -
own use - -
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Details liability relates (optional) (optional)
B5 Liabilities -
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The accounts show that the centre made a cash surplus of £31,341. The majority of expedition fees had been paid in March 2020, prior to the implementation of coronavirus restrictions and postponement of the expeditions.
The accounts are prepared on a cash basis in accordance with Charities Commission guidelines. There are a number of accruals and liabilities which must be taken into account to fully understand the financial position. The table below shows the underlying financial performance:
| Surplus on cash accounting basis / cash position Defer 2020 expedition fees received Defer 2020 equipment deposits received Hall rental relating to prior period Underlying (shortfall) for the period / net assets |
Transactions in the year ended 30th Sep 2020 |
Net Assets at 30th September 2020 |
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| 31,341 (31,595) (2,220) 1,000 |
44,108 (31,595) (2,220) |
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| (1,474) | 10,293 |
We are fortunate to have accumulated sufficient reserves to address the potential need to invest in further equipment to maintain social distancing on camping during expeditions. A final decision on our approach will be taken when we have more certainty next year.
Roz Swarbrick continues to perform the role of Treasurer and thanks are due to Roz for her hard work in keeping track of growing numbers of subscriptions and expedition / operating expenses. We are also grateful to Deborah Chalcraft for conducting an independent review of the accounts.
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4. Participation & outputs
Participation
Although Timperley is a relatively affluent area the Centre places great emphasis on taking an ‘everyone welcome’ approach which encourages participation from a range of children from varying socio-economic and ethnic groups. The Centre is an Open Award centre promoted throughout Trafford. Most members are drawn from local schools and come from the Altrincham area.
Participation by ethnic background, gender, disability and school attended is set out below. This is based on eDofE system data for registered participants. As a result the number of registered participants at 190 is higher than the snapshot of places allocated by school.
| Any other Asian background | 4 | Bronze | Unknown | 2 | |
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| Bangladeshi | 2 | Male | 38 | ||
| Indian | 22 | Female | 58 | ||
| Pakistani | 4 | Total by Level | 98 | ||
| Chinese | 5 | ||||
| Prefer not to say | 3 | Silver | Male | 29 | |
| Any other Mixed/Multiple ethnic background | 5 | Female | 29 | ||
| White and Asian | 7 | Total by Level | 58 | ||
| White and Black African | 1 | ||||
| Any other ethnic group | 1 | Gold | Unknown | 1 | |
| Arab | 2 | Male | 16 | ||
| Not Specified | 3 | Female | 17 | ||
| Scottish/English/Welsh/Northern Irish/British | 127 | Total by Level | 34 | ||
| Any other White background | 2 | ||||
| Irish | 2 | Total | 190 | ||
| 190 |
Headcount by disability
I do not have a disability |
182 |
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| I have a disability (as defined by the equality act 2010 and DDA) |
3 |
| Not Specified | 3 |
| Prefer not to say | 2 |
| Total | 190 |
| Offers by school | Total | Bronze | Silver | Gold 2020 | Gold 2021 |
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| Altrincham Grammar School for Girls | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Altrincham Grammar School for Boys | 21 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 4 |
| Altrincham College of Arts | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Blessed Thomas Holford CC | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sale Grammar School | 89 | 44 | 22 | 12 | 11 |
| St Ambrose | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Loreto | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Wellington School | 13 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Other | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 164 | 75 | 45 | 26 | 18 |
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Award Completion
Unfortunately we had to cancel our Annual Awards Presentation Evening this year. Coronation Street actress Sally Dynevor had kindly agree to present the Awards for us and we are hoping that sometime next year we can have an even bigger celebration and more certificates for Sally to present.
A full list of members who completed their Bronze and Silver Awards in 2019/20 is set out in Appendix 1. Nationally the proportion of DofE participants who complete their expeditions and go on to finish their awards is 52%. We set ourselves a target to achieve in excess of 80% and achieved over 95%.
A large part of this success is down to the encouragement our eDofE mentor team provide to participants to ensure they sign off on the Award sections. This team is lead by Emma Deighton-Brown supported by Fiona Buckley, Charlotte Skitterall, Michelle Ball and Liz Stagg. Steph Carter from the Bowdon Church DofE Centre continues to be very supportive and performs the role of independent verifier.
Volunteering and community outreach
This year members have undertaken 2,912 hours of volunteer activity during the period 1[st] April 2019 to 31[st] March 2020 with a social value of £12,667.
The impact that participants have on their communities through volunteering activity is viewed by the Centre as an important output of the programme. Bev Stackhouse has coordinated volunteer activities and has provided support for members by working with local charities to signpost opportunities. Bev has performed this role for a number of years and is now handing over responsibility to Sarah Newton. We would like to thank Bev the time she has put into this role and welcome Sarah to the team.
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5. Further Information
For further information please call 07342 122 144 or contact:
Membership Enquiries All general enquiries membership@dofetimperley.org.uk Member contacts: Bronze Award neala.campling@dofetimperley.org.uk holly.waddell@dofetimperley.org.uk andrea.martins@dofetimperley.org.uk Silver Award ben.morgan@dofetimperley.org.uk Gold Award andy.allan@dofetimperley.org.uk eDofE Mentoring emma.db@dofetimperley.org.uk Andy Allan Centre Manager andy.allan@dofetimperley.org.uk Roz Swarbrick Treasurer roz.swarbrick@dofetimperley.org.uk Sarah Newton Community & Volunteering sarah.newton@dofetimperley.org.uk
The eDofE team registering new members at our 2019 Open Evening
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APPENDIX 1 – AWARDS COMPLETED
Silver
Bronze
Adam Byrne Alex Shackley Ailsa Stewart Amaar Idrees Aimee Needham Andrew Domville Akanksha Sashikumar Annabel Wright Ali Mohammed Charles Brownsell Anya Lloyd Charlie Caine Arjun Jay Daniel Farley Benjamin Huntley Daniel Harrison Charlie Mitchell Eleanor Margaret Holt Charlie Singer Ellie Budenberg Chloe Hale Emma Wilson David Amata Erica Hazlewood Elijah Darling Fintan Malthouse Ellie Newton Geordie Bryce-Clegg Flo Stagg George Abraham Georgia Kerr Joe Board Grace Wareing Joshua Spinks Holly Hazelhurst Kirsty Weir Honor O'Leary Laaila Ali Jack Chappell Leo Stevens Jake Townson Leo Tomlinson James Gadd Lucy Heck Libby Day Luka Harrison Lorna Hope Malayeka Rafiq Louis Hart Millie Royle Luke Chinoy Nathan Maybury Madelaine Byrne Niamh McAuley Malaika Ali Pyper Gill-Morris Manahil Syed Ruby Pearce Miranda Beatty Ryan Sinclair Burns Molly Beverley Samuel Bennett Olivia Bradley Sidarth Surya Sami Kishawi Thomas Morgan Samuel Parkin Toby Barrington Scott Swarbrick Waneya Rafiq Theo Armstrong William Bushnell Tom Parkinson William Geddes Tomas Bradley Martinez Varun Batra William Bourke Zoe Bowyer
Gold
Aaron Thomas Abbie Newton Aditya Unnithan Alexandra Wilson Conor Fitzgerald Ellie Hughes Flora Bailey Hannah Maybury Hannah Wildman Leo Swarbrick Luke Braithwaite Omay Chaudhry Reuben Mathew Ritvik Rao Tadiwa Mativenga Thomas Bourne
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APPENDIX 2 – INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT ON THE ACCOUNTS
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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Indepeiident Examiiier's Report Report to the truste8sl membors of fiHPieLE b ce cerf6 On accounts for th• y•ar ondod Ch•rlty no (If any) &)1712020 11&1067 S•t out on p•g•s l rnport to the trustees on my ex8minats.on of the accounts of the alx)ve charity (Yhe Trust.) for the year ended R••ponslbllttl•• and As the chaiily tru8tee8 of the Trust, you are respon81b for the preparation bo•1• of r•port of tho actount8 in accordanoo With roqulr•mt)nt8 of th• CharFli Act 2011 {h0 Act.). l rnport in respect of my oxamination ol tha Trust'8 aets)unt8 carrrod out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under sadon 145(5){b) of the Act. I have c¢ynWed my eXaMinatn. I confimi that no material matter8 have come to my attention (other than that disdosed below ') in connedion wrth the examination which gives m• cause to believe that in. any material respect.. accounting rocords Ire not kepl In accordance with section 130 01 the Act or the accounts do not accord wrth the accounting records Ind•pend•nt oxaffllner'• statement I have no cOnmS and have come across no other matters in connection wfth the examination lo which attention shoukl be drawn in order to enable proper understanding of the account8 to b8 reachod. ' Pl84se delete the words in the brackets rfthey do not apply. Slgn•d: Date: Nam•: Relevant profe•slono1 quallficatlonls) or body (If anyl: Addrn••: IER October 2018
Section B Disclosure Only cOmete rf the examiner needs lo highlight matters of wncem (see GC32. J:- Independent exarnination of chaiity accounts.. dlreL%ions and gUIdarr for examiners). ' Glve here brlef d•talls of any Items that the examlner wlshes to dllclose. IER October 2018
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