## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 01.12.2019 Period start date To 30.11.2020 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Bristol Autism Support** ## **Charity registration number: 1186287** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The object of the CIO is: The preservation and
protection of good health for the public benefit
among children and young people with autistic
spectrum disorders, their families and carers in
Bristol and the surrounding areas, in particular
but not exclusively by: (A) providing specialist,
in person, online, email and telephone support,
advice, guidance and informal counselling,
information and support to the parents and
carers of autistic children; (B) advancing
education of autistic spectrum disorders and the
care of autistic children by providing training
and specialist information for parents and
carers of autistic children, organising
conferences, meetings, workshops and events
and providing web -based resources. (C)
promoting volunteering opportunities within the
charity to persons with autistic spectrum
disorders with the aim of building their individual
capabilities, competencies and skills.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|Drop in coffee mornings, evening support
meetings, and BAS’ What Do I Do Now course
have continued to be provided online.
Telephone support has continued. Support via
web content and facebook has been continually
added to and refreshed.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees believe that Bristol Autism
Support has undertaken the delivery of services
in line with its objectives and that those
objectives are aligned to the public benefit.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Not Applicable Para 1.38 Policy on grant making |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |---|---|---| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|BAS relies upon its volunteers to provide all of
its parent support via telephone, email, and
other virtual means. Volunteers also carry out a
great deal of our administrative work.| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|BAS continued to offer all of it’s face to face
activities, though these transitioned to Zoom
from March 2020.
Key sessions included 6 week parent courses,
one being delivered each term and generally
themed for parents of boys or girls, specifically
themed weekly meetings and general drop in
meetings also on a weekly basis. BAS has also
continued to provide bookable 1 hour support
phone calls and a mentoring programme where
a volunteer is paired with parents new to autism
for 6 weeks. Rather than face to face meetings,
this also has become virtual for 2020. Parents
also derived support from the monitored
facebook groups and frequently updated web
pages. Children’s Zoom activity sessions were
run over the summer.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| ||Para 1.41|| Investment performance against objectives Other ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|BAS was financially strengthened during 2020
by the availability of grants to adapt to online
delivery and fund staff costs during the
pandemic and has ended the year with
sufficient cash to meet current planned
expenditure.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Not Applicable| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|None| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|The charity’s receipts are being spent on
delivering the charity’s objectives.| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|Not Applicable| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|Not Applicable| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Friends of BAS, local charitable donations by
small firms and associations, grants| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|Not Applicable| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|Ultimate unpredictability of donations and
grants.| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|By its Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Potential trustees are invited to apply with
references, are interviewed by a serving trustee
and director and invited to a Trustees meeting.
The trustees will collectively agree to the
induction of a new trustee.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Bristol Autism Support| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|BAS| |Registered charity number|1186287| |Charity’s principal address|24 Perrett Way
Ham Green
Bristol
BS20 0HX| ||| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Stephen Clift|Treasurer & Chair||| ||Laura Collins|||| ||Ingrid Vlam|||| ||Jane Walton|||| ||Jason Thorne|||| ||Jade Page|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets Not Applicable held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** Kate Lane-Toner ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** Steve Clift **Full name(s)** Stephen John Clift **Position (eg Secretary,** Treasurer **Chair, etc) Date** 24.02.2021 |**Bristol Autism Support**|**Bristol Autism Support**||**No (if any)**|| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Receipts and payments accounts**||||**CC16a**| |**For the period**
**from**|01.12.2019|**To**|30.11.2020|| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**2,904**
**1,566**
**4,833**
**259**
**19,806**
**868**
**-**
**-**
**30,237**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**30,237**
**1,996**
**1,305**
**2,706**
**1,586**
**2,122**
**1,940**
**1,004**
**201**
**-**
**12,860**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**12,860**
**17,377**
**-**
**-**
**17,377**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
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**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**2,904**
**1,566**
**4,833**
**259**
**19,806**
**868**
**-**
**-**
**30,237**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**30,237**
**1,996**
**1,305**
**2,706**
**1,586**
**2,122**
**1,940**
**1,004**
**201**
**-**
**12,860**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**12,860**

**17,377**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Donations via PayPal|**2,904**|||||**-**| |Event Tickets|**1,566**|||||**-**| |Cash Donations|**4,833**|||||**-**| |Sale of Merchandise|**259**|||||**-**| |Grants|**19,806**|||||**-**| |Other|**868**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**30,237**|||||**-**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||||**-**| |||||||| |
Venue Hire|**1,996**|||||**-**| |Office Rent|**1,305**|||||**-**| |Office Expenses|**2,706**|||||**-**| |Volunteer Expenses & Training|**1,586**|||||**-**| |Freelance Staff|**2,122**|||||**-**| |Printing& website costs|**1,940**|||||**-**| |General Expenses|**1,004**|||||**-**| |Insurance|**201**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**12,860**|||||**-**| |||||||| |**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_**||||||| |||||||**-**| |||||||| ||**17,377**|**-**|**-**|
**17,377**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**17,377**|**-**|**-**|**17,377**||**-**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 02/03/2021 1 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**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**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
**Details**
**Details**
Cash at bank
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**17,426**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**17,426**
**-**
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**funds**
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**funds**
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approval| ||||| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 02/03/2021 2 I report to the trustees on my evamlnatknn of the accountsof the Bristol Autism Support (the Trust) for the year ended 30 November 2020. Responslblllties wxl ￿51$ of rep￿( As the charitytrvstee5 of the Trustyou are forthe preFxration of the aw>uDts in accordance with the requirErnents of the ChaTitie5 P£t 20111*he ACV). I reFJOrt in respect of my examination of the Trusvs accounts carTied out undersectTron 145 of the 2011 Art and in carrylrq out mvexaminat￿n I ha￿ followed all the applTrble Directions glven by the Charity Commission ur¥Jer sectlon 14515)(b) of the ACL Independent ex•nlMrfs 51*¢ment I have completed my examinatlotL I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examlnation 8ivirq me cause to believe that in any materlal respert: a¢countlng Yecords were r¥rt kept in respert of theT￿￿ as requlred by section 130 ofthe 2. the accounts do ￿t accord with I￿se record& I have concerns and have come across no other matters in o)Trnectk)n wlth the examination to whlch attention sh)uld be dra¥m in this reF￿rt in orderto enable a pn)per understarvjing of the account5 to be reached. Signed: Name: Katy Kefley MAAT Addre￿. 45 Pathfield. TDrriryton. Dew)n, EX38 7BX Date: 25 January 2021