2021-07-31-accounts - Escapeline

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

	Period start date	Period start date			Period end date
From	01	August	2020	To	31 July	2021

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name ESCAPELINE

Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1184475

Charity's principal address PO Box 987 Taunton Somerset Postcode TA1 9QB

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year
Jane Alexander Carr	Chair
Clare Stone	Treasurer
Ann Shaw	SafeguardingLead
Lisa Morris	PolicyLead
Kirsti Nelson	Education Lead	Appointed 01/05/2021

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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March 2012

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, TA1 2PX
HR & Employment Law Consultant	Peninsula Business Services Ltd	The Peninsula, Victoria Place, Manchester, M4 4FB

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

CEO – Lisa Hooper

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 has the following policies in place, reviewed annually: You may choose to include Safeguarding Policy additional information, where Code of Conduct relevant, about: Complaints Policy • Confidentiality Policy policies and procedures Data Protection Policy adopted for the induction and GDPR Policy training of trustees; Lone Working Policy • the charity’s organisational Safer Recruitment Policy structure and any wider Risk Register network with which the charity Code of Conduct Policy works; Social Networking Policy • relationship with any related Whistleblowing Policy Health & Safety Policy parties; Volunteering Policy • trustees’ consideration of Anti-Bullying Policy major risks and the system Reserves Policy and procedures to manage 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

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March 2012

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 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 works 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:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

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March 2012

Section D Achievements and performance

Major achievements in our 2[nd] year operating as a charity include: Summary of the main achievements of the charity Developing resource packs and workshops for primary and secondary during the year schools, providing longer term support for groups of at-risk children. Developing a Parent Resource Pack to provide advice and support to parents. The pack can be emailed to parents via the schools we work with. Developing business and community flyers and circulating these in towns throughout the region to increase awareness of the signs of exploitation and how to report suspicious activity. Improving our monitoring and evaluation process using Survey Monkey feedback forms for all services. Receiving grants from high-profile funders including Children in Need, Comic Relief and the National Lottery. Recruiting and training a youth mentor with lived-experience who has an excellent rapport with the young people we support. Appearing on a major BBC news report on County Lines, raising Escapeline’s profile and reputation, nationally. Offering a flexible service of virtual or face to face training and support, to continue to adapt to the Covid-19 crisis. Expanding the Board of Trustees, to include Kirsti Nelson, as an education specialist. Developing a Business Plan to improve governance and a Social Media plan to increase awareness. Received the High Sheriff of Dorset Award in recognition of our work in the county.

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March 2012

Section E Financial review

The Board has considered the charity’s requirements for reserves in light Brief statement of the of the risks to the organisation and has established a policy whereby the charity’s policy on reserves unrestricted funds not committed should equate to six months of our fixed overhead expenditure. Therefore, our reserves target at 31[st] July 2021 was £44,905 The actual level of reserves at 31[st] July 2021 stood at £ 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 fee income from training and
You may choose to include workshops, donations from the public, and grants from the following:
additional information, where Youth Endowment Fund
relevant about: Avon & Somerset Police
• the charity’s principal The Woodward Charitable Trust sources of funds (including The Leathersellers Company Charitable Fund any fundraising); Somerset Community Foundation
• how expenditure has Quartet Community Foundation Dorset Community Foundation
supported the key objectives The Weavers Company Benevolent Fund
of the charity; Comic Relief via Groundwork UK
• investment policy and The National Lottery objectives including any Tesco Community Grant via Groundwork UK ethical investment policy Children In Need adopted. Expenditure of these funds has enabled us to carry out our Education Programme, provide Parent Support Services, Training to Professionals and Detached Youth Work.

This has increased the awareness of the risk of child exploitation by county line gangs in the South West. It has enabled professionals to identify children who are being groomed so that interventions can be made to support them in escaping potential exploitation. We have successfully engaged with young people who were being drawn in to county line gangs so that we can support them to move away from county line gangs and pursue their education. We have supported a number of parents and carers whose children were being groomed and exploited, and supported their local communities in working together to combat county line gangs. A number of grants received during the year ended 31[st] July 2021 had not yet been spent but are fully allocated to be spent to meet specific costs in the subsequent financial year.

Section F Other optional information

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March 2012

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	C Stone	J Carr
	Clare Stone	Jane Carr
	Treasurer	Chair
	24/01/2022
	24/01/2022

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March 2012

Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees For the Year Ended 31 July 2021

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 year ended 31 July 2021.

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:

accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the 2011 Act; or
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 BSc(Hons) FCA DChA

Albert Goodman LLP Chartered Accountants Goodwood House Blackbrook Park Avenue Taunton Somerset TA1 2PX

Date: 28 January 2022

1184475

Escapeline

Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period 01-Aug-20 31-Jul-21 To from

Section A Receipts and payments	Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 60 4,160 - 395 1,759 5,202 5,880 - 17,456 - - 17,456	Restricted funds to the nearest £ 89,987 89,987 - - 89,987	Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - -	Total funds to the nearest £ 60 4,160 - 395 1,759 95,189 5,880 - 107,443	Last year to the nearest £
Donations Received -Non Gift Aid	60				2,959
Donations Received - Gift Aid	4,160				2,540
Fee Income	-				7,700
Fund Generation - Fund Raising	395				484
Gift Aid received	1,759				-
Grants	5,202				34,805
Services	5,880				-
Loan	-				1,900
*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	17,456				50,388

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
	-			-	-
*Sub total*	-			-	-
*Total receipts* A3 Payments
					50,388

Outreach Work				-	84
Marketing& Website costs	-	600		600	-
Project Expenditure	-	1,276		1,276	1,214
Resources for Education Programme	-	-		-	45
Volunteers expenses	175	315		489	432
Bank Interest received	0	-		0	-
AccountancyFees	1,200	-		1,200	-
Bank Charges	34	-		34	-
Car Hire	190	-		190	62
Computer and Software	867	1,121		1,989	1,297
ConsultancyFees				-	1,441
Electricity	141	-		141	-
Employers Pensions	708	-		708	84
Fund RaisingExpenses	219	-		219	65
Insurance	889	129		1,018	268
Mileage Claims	585	2,456		3,041	14
Office Stationery	40	147		187	583
Postage and Carriage	198	-		198	377
Premises Expenses	-	15		15	-
Printing	-	316		316	200
Professional Fees	973	234		1,207	303
Recruitment Expenses		272		272	89
Rent	1,578	711		2,289	2,400
Repairs and Renewals	-	-		-	15
Wages Expense	2,188	61,296		63,484	19,925
Staff Training	186	90		276	1,010
Subsistence	74	181		255	333
SundryExpenses	195	-		195	53
Telephone and Fax	321	407		728	178
Travelling	5	915		919	239
Website costs	335	202		537	-
				-	-
**Sub total **	11,100	70,683	-	81,783	30,711

A4 Asset and investment purchases (see table)
,				-
**Sub total **	-			-	-
*Total payments* *Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end *Cash funds this year end* CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
					30,711

				25,660	19,677
				-	-
				19,677
				45,337	19,677
					28/01/2022

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Details Details Details *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Debtors Current account Details Details Pension Accountancy J Carr Signature C Stone	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 11,569 33,769 - - - - 11,569 33,769 OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 85 - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) unrestricted 139 unrestricted 1,200 Print Name Clare Stone Jane Carr	Endowment funds to nearest £
		-
		-
		-
		-
		OK
		Endowment funds to nearest £
		-
		-
		-
		-
		-
		-
		Current value (optional)
		-
		-
		-
		-
		-
		Current value (optional)
		-
		-
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		When due (optional)






		Date of approval
C Stone	Clare Stone	24/01/2022
J Carr	Jane Carr	24/01/2022

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

28/01/2022