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2021-04-05-accounts

Blank Canvas Flnandal Stat•m•nts for th* Year ended 31 March 2021 General Recelpts and Payrnents A¢count Receipts Notes 2020121 2019120 Donations 3,921 1.377 765 6,025 Glft Ald Grant5 Sales Other 1,000 648 5,658 L387 Total Receipts 12,369 8,412 Payments Wages Admlnlstratlon/insurance/Tralnln8 IT Projects 11,226 1,022 9,402 1,689 1,070 325 53 Total Payments 12,301 IZ486 Surplus of fecelpts over payrnentsl Excess of payments over Recelpts 68 -4.074 Bank ac¢ounts and cash at l Aprll Bank ac¢¢)unts and cash ai 31 March 14.813 14,881 18,887 14,813 St•tement of Assets and Ll•bllltl•s at 31 M•rth 2021 2020121 2019120 Cash Funds as at 31 March Nat we￿ Accotsnt 14,881 14,813 Represented by Cash Fund5 as at i Aprfl Barclays Blank Canvas IECBCI Nat West Account 18,887 14.813 14.813 18,887 Surplu5 of receipt5 over payments/ Ex￿55 of payments over Receipts 68 14,881 -4,074 14,813 Approved at a meetlng of Blank CanvasTrustees on 8 July 2021 which authorised the following Tru5tee5 to Sign on their behalfr. Mr Mark Hubbard (Chairman) Mrs Elizabeth Gibson (Treasurer)

Blank Canvas Flnancial Statements for the Year ended 31 March 2021 Note5 to the Financl#l Statements Accountln8 Pollde5 Basls of the finandal stat•m•nts The financial statements of Blank Canvas have been prepared in accordance with sectlon 133 of the Charities Act 2011 using the Re￿iptS and Payment basis. Flxtures. fittlng5 and equlpment The furniture, fittings and other iterns of equiprnent are held on the premlses of Redcar Baptist Church formerly known as East Cleveland Baptist Church. It is unlikely that anything has si8nificant market value. No asset register is maintained. Grant Incon Furlough -Job Retentlon Scherne 765 othèr Incom* Included in other income 15 an amount of £4,983 clalmed In advance from HMRC to cover the costs of Statutory Maternity Pay payable to an employee from 6 Aprll 2020. The ernployee'5 maternity leave spanned two years- 2019120 and 2020121. A Tax refund 01 £658 was also received from HMRC for an employee as we were unable to offset the amount against normal monthly paymènts to HMRC.

Blank Canvas Anan(i41 Statemenlsfor the Yeaf ended 31 March 2021 Report on Financtal Mana8em•nt forY•ar 2020121 Inlroductlon The General Receipts and Payments Account and the Statement of Assets and tiabilities summarise the flnances for the year and disdose the financial position at the end of the year. Reports were pmduced for the TIu5tees on a regular basis whlch enabled them to monttor recelpts and payment5. Revlew ol thè Fln•n¢ The prlnclpal polnts to be made are as follows: Donations of £3,921 have been re¢elved durin8 the year. Blank Canvas is thankful for those that support the charlty. Our first Blft aid dalm was made and recelved In May 2020 on donations recelved In the previous tax year. Due to the covid pandemlc t)ur prolects Workspace and Gather were put on hold. 'Lets Talk Covld, a 12 week course was written to help young people reflert on and process the Impact of covld on thelr Ilves. Thls has been made available to the general publ1¢ and sales of the course In the financial year 2020121 were £648. The Trustees of Blank Canvas 8 July 2021

Annual Report from Abi (CEO) Staff Transltlon$ David Latham Iworkspace lead) was furloughed on 20 April 2020 until 14th September 2020 as a result of the Covid Pandemic. Abi Hed8e5 ICEOI came back to work following maternity leave on the 8, December 2020. th Workspace Pre-covid restriction5 coming into place, Workspace was in a really exciting place with 4 team members and 4 committed young people, and our hope was to expand, opening the group up for more young people to receive support. At the beginning on this financial year, the UK was in lockdown due to Covid-19 which meant that Workspace sessions had been stopped. To continue our support for young people during this time, we used OLtr website to signp05t to some resources that could help young people wlth their learning whi15t dolng 'school' at home. The trustee's dSscus5ed the possibility of re-opening Workspace in September 2020, this wa5 dependent upon a Completed rlsk assessment, team members comfortable to ttend In-person and a general feellng that we're able to keep everyone safe. However, Case5 began to rise again in the North-East and the majority of our team did not feel comfortable to re-open. Workspace has been paused for the whole of this tlnanelal year and we hopg to bg able to reopen in Sépt 2021. Levs Talk Covld David was brought back to work in September to begin developin8 a 12-se55ion course to help young peoplè reflect on and process the Impact of Covid-19 upon thelr Ilves. Abl and Jonny Hedges wrote a course overview and commissioned Dave to begin creatin8 content and fleshing the course out. Abl and Dave worked together throughout December and January, extendin8 Dave's hours to get the course completed. Leys Talk Covld went'llve, for sale on 8th February. Abi has run Leys Talk Covid locally with two groups of young people in Redcar and Is in conversation with Sacred Heart and West Redcar Outwood about running Courses for their students In September 2021. The feedback from young people has been really encouraging. Here's a few quote5 from them... 'Let'5 Talk Covid has been really usefvlfvrme to help me navigate my emotions durAllg these tOU9h times and not internallyjudge myselffor howl amfeeling. l am eternallygratefulfvr the tools ondstrategies I've learned., 'It all helped me see that I wasnt the onlyonefeeling this wayand mixed emotions, 'Myfuvourite part wa5 the quotes ot the end of each session. They really inspired me.,

Giving We've been really grateful for all of the regular and one-off donations we've recefved thls year. Looklng Fo￿ard We look forward to this next year with hope and look fomard to new growth, Ove￿Orning challenges and more young people reached, sUPPOrted and impacted. Abi Iledge5 ICEOI