## **STARFISH ALLIANCE**
**______________________________**
## **REPORT AND ACCOUNTS**
**FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] DECEMBER 2020**
**_____________________________________**
**C Management Services 69 Velindre Road Whitchurch Cardiff CF14 2TF**
## **STARFISH ALLIANCE**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] DECEMBER 2020**
## **CHARITY INFORMATION**
|**Trustees:**|Bryan Elliott|
|---|---|
||Misty Elliott|
||Kathleen Winston|
||Christopher Mark Winston|
||Clayton Sandry|
||Judith Sandry|
|**Charitable position:**|Registered Charity number 1182198|
|**Governing Document:**|CIO Foundation Constitution dated 25thFebruary 2019|
|**Address for correspondence:**|Britannia House C1|
||3 Caerphilly Business Park|
||Caerphilly|
||CF83 3GG|
|**Independent Examiner:**|Paul Burnell ACMI|
||C Management Services|
||69 Velindre Road|
||Whitchurch|
||CARDIFF|
||CF14 2TF|
|**Bankers:**|CAF Bank Ltd|
||25 Kings Hill Avenue|
||Kings Hill|
||West Malling|
||Kent|
||ME19 4JQ|
||**CONTENTS**||
|---|---|---|
|||Page|
|Charity Information||2|
|Trustees Report||3-4|
|Independent Examiners Report||5|
|Statement of Financial Activities||6|
|Statement of Assets and Liabilities||7|
|Notes to the Accounts||8|
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## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER 2020**
The Trustees have pleasure in submitting the Report and Accounts for the year to 31st December 2020.
## **Objects of the Charity**
The following objects will be carried out with a Christian ethos:
- 1.1. to advance children and young people in life, in particular looked after children, especially but not exclusively through:
- 1.1.1. the provision of leisure time activities so as to develop their capabilities that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society; and
- 1.1.2. the improvement of the quality of service given to children and others in care (including foster care) by but not limited to, the provision of support, advice and guidance to representatives of services and organisations engaged in providing, improving and advancing foster care; and
1.2. to preserve and protect the physical and mental health of carers of looked after children, principally but not exclusively, by offering a respite service to the children in their care.
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
The Starfish Alliance, a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, is governed by a board of trustees, appointed for a period of no more than three years by a properly convened meeting of the board of trustees. Trustees will meet at least four times per year to make decisions regarding the structure, governance, financial operations, and other relevant business.
The income of The Starfish Alliance is comprised of charitable giving by organisations and
individuals, either by monthly standing order or individual, “one off” donations, and grants from interested entities (be they government, lottery, business, or otherwise).
## **Responsibilities of the Trustees**
Charity law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each accounting year
which give a true and fair view of the state of the charity and of its income and expenditure for the year.
We are required to:
1. Select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently
2. Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent
3. State whether the applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the accounts
4. Prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business
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We are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable
accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable us to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011. We also have a responsibility to safeguard the assets of the charity and to take reasonable steps to prevent fraud or any other irregularities.
## **Our Aims and Objectives**
The Starfish Alliance seeks to promote and establish new camps and mentoring initiatives
for children in care in the United Kingdom. All funding and efforts therein are for the purpose of promotion, training, and advocacy of our camps and mentoring programs.
## **Activities this last year**
All regular camp activities were halted by the Covid pandemic. Through special grants, we were able to launch online mentoring initiatives through which children we have previously worked with were able to meet with camp volunteers through Zoom meetings. We adjusted our training and vetting, and were able to give encouragement and hopeinspiring activities to several children in care.
## **Public Benefit requirement**
In planning the activities the Trustees have applied the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit in December 2008.
## **Financial Review**
Finances are reviewed at each trustee meeting, with an annual review of accounts to be carried out at the end of year and submitted to the Charities Commission.
## **Plans for Future Periods**
The Starfish Alliance will be continuing with efforts to host camps in 2021, with the additional element of directors’ training. We will continue to research and plan for the establishment of mentoring programs for Starfish campers. As the Covid situation changes, we will adjust our service model to ensure that children in care are not left without healthy and appropriate input from Starfish volunteers.
## **Independent Examiner**
Paul Burnell of CMS was appointed as the organisation’s independent examiner during the year.
This Report was approved by the Trustees on 8th November 2021 and is signed on their behalf by Bryan Elliott
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## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REPORT**
## **TO THE TRUSTEES OF**
## **STARFISH ALLIANCE**
I report on the accounts of the Trust for the year ended 31[st] December 2020, which are set out on pages 4 to 7.
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
- to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and
- to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of independent examiner's report**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair view' and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
- to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and
- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act
have not been met; or
(2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
## Paul Burnell
Paul Burnell ACMI 8[th] November 2020
C Management Services (trading name of C Mgmnt Services Ltd) 69 Velindre Road Cardiff CF14 2TF
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## **STARFISH ALLIANCE**
## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[st] DECEMBER 2020**
|Note
**RECEIPTS**
_Receipts from generated funds_
2
_Receipts from charitable_
_activities_
3
_Other receipts_
4
Interest received
Total Receipts
**PAYMENTS**
Charitable activities
5
Total payments
**Net Receipts/(Payments)**
Transfers between funds
Fund balances at 1stJanuary
2020
Fund balances at 31st
December 2020|Unrestricted
Funds
£
Restricted
Funds
£
Total Funds
2020
£
Total Funds
2019
£
3,631
-
3,631
4,599
-
-
-
-
47,919
-
47,919
2,285
-
-
-
-|
|---|---|
||51,550
-
51,550
6,884|
||37,969
-
37,969
5,087|
||37,969
-
37,969
5,087|
||13,581
-
13,581
1,797
-
-
-
-
1,797
-
1,797
-|
||15,378
-
15,378
1,797|
The notes on page 6 form part of these accounts.
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## **STARFISH ALLIANCE**
## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] DECEMBER 2020**
## **1. Fixed Assets**
|The value of assets owned are:
Equipment
**2. Bank & Cash Balances**
Cash at bank and in hand
**3. Other Assets and Liabilities**
_Assets_
Gift aid tax recovery not yet received
_Liabilities_
Unbilled fee for Independent Examination|
2020
15,378
15,378
2020
£
-
100
100|Insurance
Value 2020
£
-
-
2019
£
1,797
1,797
2019
£
-
100
100|
|---|---|---|
|||-
|
The accounts were approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf on 8[th] November 2020 by Bryan Elliott
The notes on page 8 form part of these accounts.
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## **STARFISH ALLIANCE**
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31[ST] DECEMBER 2020**
## **1. Accounting Policies**
The accounts have been prepared on a receipts and payments basis with a statement of assets and liabilities
|**2. Voluntary receipts**
Donations
Tax recovered
**3. Receipts from charitable**
**activities**
Income
**4. Other Receipts**
Grants
**5. Charitable activities**
**a. Direct Charitable Costs**
Employment costs
Projects – Covid & Virtual Mentoring
**b. Support and Administration**
Premises costs
Website and general admin
expenses
Grant consultancy
**c. Grants**
Hardship support|Unrestricted
Funds
£
Restricted
Funds
£
Total
2020
£
Total
2019
£
3,631
-
3,631
4,599
-
-
-
-|
|---|---|
||3,631
-
3,631
4,599|
||-
-
-
-|
||-
-
-
-|
||Unrestricted
Funds
£
Restricted
Funds
£
Total
2020
£
Unrestricted
Funds
£
47,919
-
47,919
2,285|
||47,919
-
47,919
2,285|
||Unrestricted
Funds
£
Restricted
Funds
£
Total
2020
£
Total
2020
£
2,920
10,874
-
2,920
10,874
200|
||13,794
-
13,794
200|
||1,938
-
1,938
412
2,318
19,919
-
2,318
19,919
4,475|
||24,175
-
24,175
4,887|
||-
-
-|
||-
-
-|
## **6. Staff and Trustees**
The charity has one part-time employed member of staff, first employed in July 2020. Its activities are mostly carried out by volunteers
No remuneration or trustee expenses were paid to any trustee during the year, nor to any person connected to them.
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