**To** ## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date 18 07 2019 31 07 2020 **From** ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1184475 Escapeline **Charity's principal address** PO Box 9441 Sherborne Dorset **Postcode** DT9 9EG **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Jane Carr|Chair|23/6/20|| ||Clare Stone|Treasurer||| ||Lisa Morris|PolicyLead||| ||Ann Shaw|SafeguardingLead||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** **TAR** March **2012** 1 ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**||| |**Accountant**|Albert Goodman LLP|Goodwood House, Blackbrook Park Avenue, Taunton,
Somerset TA1 2PX| |**HR, Employment Law**
**and Health & Safety**|Peninsula Business
Services Ltd|The Peninsula, Victoria Place, Manchester M4 4FB| |||| |||| **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** Lisa Hooper – CEO ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) CIO How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by agreement with CEO and Board of Trustees Trustee selection methods - (eg. trust, association, company) (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** Escapeline have the following policies in place, reviewed annually: You **may choose** to include additional information, where Safeguarding Policy relevant, about: Code of Conduct • Complaints Policy policies and procedures adopted for the induction and Confidentiality Policy Data Protection Policy training of trustees; GDPR Policy • the charity’s organisational Lone Working Policy structure and any wider Safer Recruitment Policy network with which the charity Risk Register works; Code of Conduct Policy • relationship with any related Social Networking Policy Whistleblowing Policy parties; Health & Safety Policy • trustees’ consideration of Volunteering Policy major risks and the system Anti-Bullying Policy and procedures to manage Reserves Policy them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** To promote for the benefit of the public in Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire, Devon and Cornwall, in partnership with the police, the protection of people and property from, and the prevention of, criminal acts. 2. To relieve the needs of young people and children who have been exploited by criminal gangs in Somerset and the surrounding counties, in particularly but not exclusively, by the provision of counselling, education and pastoral support **TAR** March **2012** 2 Escapeline provides education and support programmes to children and young people, aged 10-18 years, raising awareness of child exploitation and grooming, teaching them what to look out for and protective strategies. We also provide training to professionals in education, health, social care and the police on child exploitation by county line gangs. **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)** Escapeline offers parents awareness workshops and 1-1 support on county lines and child exploitation, and how to keep their own children safe. We also strengthen community knowledge of, and responses to, child exploitation by running awareness-raising campaigns, working closely with services and providing online resources. We have introduced a 1-1 telephone advice support service for parents of young people who find themselves at risk of exploitation. The service provides confidential, independent and non-judgemental support. ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** Escapeline work closely with a number of volunteers who assist with our parent support programme, overseen by our CEO. You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: We also have a volunteer ex-gang member, who plays a vital role in engaging with young people alongside our CEO, and answering questions about his own experiences, drug abuse and gang life in order to help prevent young people from being drawn into gangs and potential criminal exploitation. - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. **TAR** March **2012** 3 Section D Achievements and performance This is our first year operating as a charity. **Summary of the main** Major achievements include: **achievements of the charity during the year** Launching a website and producing promotional materials and education leaflets to raise awareness Recruiting and training volunteers to support our CEO Developing and producing a comprehensive pack of policies for all staff and trustees Building a reputation with police and local authorities as an expert on County Lines and child exploitation Establishing a telephone support service for parents Adapting to Covid-19 restrictions by creating virtual training courses for professionals and schools Generating fee income from our training courses Receiving a large grant from the Youth Endowment Fund to allow us to adapt / expand our services **TAR** March **2012** 4 ## **Section E Financial review** **Brief statement of the** The Board has considered the charity’s requirements for reserves in light **charity’s policy on reserves** of the risks to the organisation and has established a policy whereby the unrestricted funds not committed should equate to six months of our fixed overhead expenditure. Therefore, our reserves target is £18188 The present level of reserves stands at £2610 The Board aims to continue to build reserves through planned operating surpluses as activities allow, together with careful budgeting and promotion of fundraising activities. Where reserves held are greater than six months overhead expenditure, the charity will seek to use the difference as match funding for projects with which it is involved. The reserves policy is reviewed annually by the Board of Trustees to ensure it reflects any changing requirements of the charity. **Details of any funds materially in deficit** ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** - Our principal sources of funds are grants from the Youth Endowment - You **may choose** to include Fund, Avon & Somerset Police, and Dorset Police, and our fee income. - additional information, where Expenditure of these funds has enabled us to carry out our Education - relevant about: Programme, provide Parent Support Services, Training to Professionals - • the charity’s principal and Detached Youth Work. sources of funds (including This has increased the awareness of the risk of child exploitation by any fundraising); county line gangs in the South West. It has enabled professionals to - • how expenditure has identify children who are being groomed so that interventions can be made to support them in escaping potential exploitation. We have - supported the key objectives successfully engaged with young people who were being drawn in to - of the charity; county line gangs so that we can support them to move away from - • investment policy and county line gangs and pursue their education. We have supported a objectives including any number of parents and carers whose children were being groomed and ethical investment policy exploited, and supported their local communities in working together to adopted. combat county line gangs. The grant from the Youth Endowment Fund was received just before our financial year end and due to this timing, remained unspent at the year end. However, this grant is restricted and is already allocated to be fully spent in 2020/2021. ## **Section F Other optional information** **TAR** March **2012** 5 **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)**
**Position (eg Secretary, Chair,**
**etc)**
**Date**|Jane Alexander Carr|Clare Stone| |---|---|---| ||Jane Alexander Carr|Clare Stone| ||
Chair|Treasurer| ||07/12/2020|| ||07/12/2020|| **TAR** March **2012** 6 Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees For the Period Ended 31 July 2020 ## **Escapeline** ## **Independent examiners report to the Trustees of Escapeline** I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts for Escapeline (“the charity”) for the period ended 31 July 2020. ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** As the charity trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the 2011 Act”). I report in respect of my examination of the charity’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(5)(b) of the 2011 Act. ## **Independent examiner’s statement** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: 1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the 2011 Act; or 2. the accounts do not comply with these records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. ## **Michelle Ferris FCA** Albert Goodman LLP Chartered Accountants Goodwood House Blackbrook Park Avenue Taunton Somerset TA1 2PX Date: 10/12/2020 **Escapeline 1184475 Receipts and payments accounts For the period** 18-Jul-19 31-Jul-20 **To from** ## **CC16a** |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**2,959**
**2,540**
**7,700**
**484**
**23,855**
**1,900**
**39,438**
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**-**
**-**
**39,438**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**10,950**
**10,950**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10,950**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**2,959**
**2,540**
**7,700**
**484**
**34,805**
**1,900**
**50,388**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**50,388**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Donations Received -Non Gift Aid|**2,959**||||||||| |Donations Received - Gift Aid|**2,540**||||||||| |Fee Income|**7,700**||||||||| |Fund Generation - Fund Raising|**484**||||||||| |Grants|**23,855**||||||||| |Loan|**1,900**||||||||| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**39,438**||||||||**-**| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||||| ||||||||||**-**| ||||||||||| |Outreach Work|**84**||||||**84**||| |Project Expenditure|**1,214**||||||**1,214**||| |Resources for Education Programme|**45**||||||**45**||| |Volunteers expenses|**432**||||||**432**||| |Car Hire|**62**||||||**62**||| |Computer and Software|**1,297**||||||**1,297**||| |ConsultancyFees|**1,441**||||||**1,441**||| |Employers Pensions|**84**||||||**84**||| |Fund RaisingExpenses|**65**||||||**65**||| |Insurance|**268**||||||**268**||| |Mileage Claims|**14**||||||**14**||| |Office Stationery|**583**||||||**583**||| |Postage and Carriage|**377**||||||**377**||| |Printing|**200**||||||**200**||| |Professional Fees|**303**||||||**303**||| |Recruitment Expenses|||**89**||||**89**||| |Rent|**2,400**||||||**2,400**||| |Repairs and Renewals|**15**||||||**15**||| |Staff Salaries|**19,925**||||||**19,925**||| |Staff Training|**1,010**||||||**1,010**||| |Subsistence|**333**||||||**333**||| |SundryExpenses|**53**||||||**53**||| |Telephone and Fax|**178**||||||**178**||| |Travelling|**239**||||||**239**||| ||||||||**-**||| |**_Sub total_ **|**30,622**||**89**||**-**||**30,711**||**-**| ||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||| ||||||||||| ||||||||||| ||||||||||| ||||||||||| ||||||||||| ||||||||||| ||||||||||| ||||||||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)|||||||||| ||||||||||**-**| ||||||||||15/12/2020| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 15/12/2020 |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|**8,816**|
|**10,861**|
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**19,677**||**-**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||**-**
**-**|**-**||**-**| |||||||**-**||| ||**8,816**||**10,861**||**-**|**19,677**||**-**| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 15/12/2020 2 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the**|**period**|| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf
of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|Signature
Clare Stone
Creditors
Net wages
Pension Funds
Loans
**Details**
Current account
**Details**
**Details**
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(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Debtors
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**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**8,816**
**10,861**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**8,816**
**10,861**
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OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**700**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
unrestricted
**1,450**
unrestricted
**1,608**
unrestricted
**133**
unrestricted
**1,900**
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Clare Stone||**Endowment**
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**funds**
**to nearest £**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**When due**
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approval| ||Clare Stone|Clare Stone||07/12/2020| |||||| CCXX R3 accounts (SS) 15/12/2020 3