Trustees' Annual Report for the period
From
Period start date Period end date
To
01 January 2020 31 December 2020
Section A Reference and administration details
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Charity name
Chiltern Compass
Other names charity is known by
Registered charity number (if any)
1181490
Charity's principal address
43 Whielden Street
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Amersham
HP7
Postcode
HP7 0HU
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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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Nicola Husbands Chair
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Timothy Barnard Governance Lead
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Bryn Neal Treasurer
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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)
Section B Structure, governance and management
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Description of the charity’s trusts
Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution)
Constitution
How the charity is constituted
(eg. trust, association, company)
Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)
Trustee selection methods
(eg. appointed by, elected by)
Trustees are appointed for a three year period at a meeting of the existing Trustees.
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:
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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.
The Trustees oversee the day-to-day running of the charity in collaboration with the Chiltern Compass Project Board.
Chiltern Compass has a Safeguarding Policy and all Trustees are required to complete Safeguarding Training.
All Trustees are required to undergo a DBS check.
Trustees are required to complete a Register of Interests upon election and are required to declare any conflict of interest at the commencement of each Trustee Meeting. All are recorded in the minutes of each meeting.
All Trustees give their time voluntarily and receive no remuneration or other benefits.
Section C Objectives and activities
Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document
For the public benefit, for the relief of those in need of end-of-life care and their families in the Amersham and Chesham area of Buckinghamshire by providing or assisting in the provision of workshops, advice and information on end-of-life planning.
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)
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Organising workshops to provide a supportive and safe environment for people to discuss their worries and start planning.
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Visiting community organisations and societies to talk and encourage them to understand the issues and how to support each other.
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Doing presentations for professional and caring groups to help them communicate and address end of life issues for those they care for.
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Provide booklets and manuals as a framework to guide people through the practicalities of preparing for the end of life.
The Trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
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.
We are grateful to all our volunteers who give their time freely to assist in the pursuit of the Charity’s objects.
Section D Achievements and performance
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Section D Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
2020 proved a challenging year for Chiltern Compass, as it did for the country as a whole. Face to face activity planned for the year was severely curtailed as the country experienced two lockdowns.
We began the year running two successful volunteer training sessions, involving speakers from a local solicitors, Citizens’ Advice Bureau, a local advocacy organisation and a grief counsellor. The second session focussed on active listening. These sessions ran in January and February 2020.
Later in January we ran our only Face-to-face workshop of the year, to a local Church group which attracted over 40 people.
Thereafter, all of our activity was remote, involving editing our website to take account of the pandemic and responding to enquiries via our website. Our website reflected the current difficulties people were facing and offered advice and support during this difficult year. We were pleased to have seen excellent traffic to and around our website at this time.
Section E Financial review
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Cash at Bank as at 31.12.2020 was £4351.04.
Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves
We applied to change the purpose of the grant from Heart of Bucks during the year, when it became clear that our original budget, to fund face-to-face events was no longer realistic. We therefore successfully applied to re-purpose the grant to pivot our work online and employ the services of an IT service provider. However, we retained the contingency in the sum of £500.00 to account for any unforeseen expenditure in the year.
Having regard to the fact that the greater part of the charity's planned activities in 2020 did not materialise and therefore the charity's expenses and overheads were relatively minimal, the Trustees have concluded that it has not been necessary in 2020 to hold any reserves against potential loss of income or specific projects. The need for reserves will be kept under review for future years.
Details of any funds materially in deficit
Further financial review details (Optional information)
Fundraising has primarily centred around the sale of “My EndYou may choose to include Of-Life Plans” workbooks, as well as a small amount of donation additional information, income in the year in the total sum of £1675.00 (unrestricted where relevant about: funds).
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the charity’s principal sources of funds It was agreed with the Heart of Bucks fund, that the spend from (including any the grant we were awarded in 2019 in the sum of £3650.00, fundraising); could be carried over for a further six months (restricted funds).
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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 G Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s)
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Nicola Husbands
Full name(s)
Nicola Husbands
Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)
Chair 05.10.2021
Date
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Chiltern Compass 1181490
Receipts and payments accounts
For the period Period start date Period end date
To
from 1/1/2020 12/31/2020
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds
funds funds funds
to the nearest
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
Donations 1,625 - - 1,625
Book sales 50 - - 50
Heart of Bucks Grant - -
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1,675 - 1,675
Sub total (Gross income for AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
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- - - -
Sub total - - - -
Total receipts 1,675 - - 1,675
A3 Payments
DBS Checks 10 - 10
Trustee Insurance - 191 - 191
Advertising - - -
IT Support - 603 - 603
Stationery - 48 - 48
Book keeping - 66 - 66
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Sub total [ - ] 918 - 918
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - -
Total payments - 918 - 918
Net of receipts/(payments) 1,675 - 918 - 757
A5 Transfers between funds - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end - - - -
Cash funds this year end 1,675 - 918 - 757
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
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| B1 Cash funds | 757 | |||||||
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| Total cash funds | 757 | - | ||||||
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| B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use |
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Amount due (optional) |
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| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |
Signature | Print Name | ||||||
| Brynmor Neal | Brynmor Lloyd Neal | |||||||
| Nicola Husbands | Nicola Husbands |
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Date of approval 10/4/2021 10/5/2021