
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **From 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021** 

## **Charity name: ROC Taunton Deane** 

## **Charity registration number: 1184549** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP<br>reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|To promote any charitable purpose for the<br>benefit of the community within the<br>administrative area of Taunton Deane Borough<br>Council (as at the date of the constitution was<br>adopted) as the trustees see fit.|
|Summary of the main activities<br>in relation to those purposes<br>for the public benefit, in<br>particular, the activities,<br>projects or services identified<br>in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|The trustees decided to continue to<br>concentrate the charity’s activities  on running<br>a family mentoring scheme for families with at<br>least one child aged 12 or under.  That has<br>been its only activity during the period to<br>which this report relates.|
|Statement confirming whether<br>the trustees have had regard<br>to the guidance issued by the<br>Charity Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees confirm that they have had regard<br>to the guidance issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public benefit.|



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## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP<br>reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to the<br>circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a whole.|Para 1.20|During the period to which this report relates,<br>the trustees successfully continued the<br>charity’s family mentoring scheme (despite the<br>restrictions it faced as a result of the Covid<br>pandemic) and helped a number of families<br>within its area of operation, all of whom were<br>referred to it by other professionals, e.g. health<br>visitors, schools and family intervention<br>workers.|



## **Financial Review** 

|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end of<br>the period|Para 1.21|The charity received a gift from two individuals,<br>some funding from local churches and grants<br>from the Leonard Laity Stoate Charitable<br>Foundation, The Somerset Community<br>Foundation, The Open Mental Health<br>Community Grant and some payments to meet<br>specific needs of mentees from charity Acts<br>435 and the National Lottery Fund.  It held a<br>small balance at the end of the period which<br>was required to fund salaries and other costs in<br>2022.|
|---|---|---|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>statingwhytheyare held|Para 1.22|It had reserves of £3137 at the end of the<br>reporting period.  These were held to help<br>cover costs for 2022.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£3137|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|Not applicable|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|Not applicable|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the charity<br>continuingas agoingconcern|Para 1.23|The charity’s ability to continue as a going<br>concern is dependant on its ability to continue<br>to raise funds to cover costs|



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charityname|ROC Taunton Deane|
|---|---|
|Other name the charityuses|None|
|Registered charity number|1184549|



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|Charity’s principal address|Care of Taunton Vineyard Church, Church Centre, 2A Church<br>Square, Taunton TA1 1SA|
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|**s of the charity trustees**|**who manage the charity**|||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**<br>**whole year**|**Name of person**<br>**(or body)**<br>**entitled to**<br>**appoint trustee**<br>**(if any)**|
|Peter Fox||||
|David Entwistle||||
|Simon Billington||||



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## **Declarations** 

**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** 

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ROC Taunton Deane accounts from I January 2021 until 31 December 2021 

|**Receipts**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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|Date|From||Amount £s||
|05.01.21|Gift from Canon Street<br>Christian Church|||336.00|
|05.04.21|From Acts 435|||150.00|
|10.06.21|Grant from Somerset<br>Community<br>Foundation|||2000.00|
|16.06.21|From Acts 435|||90.00|
|14.07.21|Gift from individuals|||243.50|
|19.07.21|From Acts 435|||150.00|
|23.08.21|Gift from Living Light<br>Christian Church|||1000.00|
|31.08.21|From Acts 435|||275.00|
|12.09.21|Gift from Taunton<br>Vineyard Church|||500.00|
|08.10.21|From Acts 435|||70.00|
|09.10.21|Gift from Living Light<br>Christian Church|||2000.00|
|19.11.21|Gift from Leonard<br>Staite Charitable<br>Foundation|||1000.00|
|01.12.21|Open Mental Health<br>CommunityGrant|||1999.00|
|10.12.21|Gift from individuals|||1,000.00|
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|**Total receipts**|||10,813.50||
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|**Balance carried**<br>**forward from**<br>**previousyear**||||6316.37|
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||||17,129.87||
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|**Expenditure**|||||
||||||
||Payments to Google<br>for email and Google<br>Docs|415.97|||
||Paid to Thirty One<br>Eight for DBS checks|141.25|||
||Salary for Project Co-<br>ordinator plus<br>National Insurance|9705.04|||
||Amounts received<br>from Acts 435 and|610.00|||





||paid out for benefit of<br>mentees||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Monies paid to the<br>Gildead Foundation<br>for the benefit of a<br>mentee|250.00|||
||Safeguardingtraining|219.95|||
||Stationery|12.28|||
||Mentoringtraining|775.00|||
||Information<br>Commissioners Office<br>– data protection<br>registration|35.00|||
||Redeeming Our<br>Communities licence<br>fee for mentoring<br>materials|1250.00|||
||Insurance|578.04||13992.53|
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|**Balance remaining to**<br>**carry forward to 2022**||||3137.34|



