3 ## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From** 13 Nov 2019 **Period start date To** 31 Dec 2020 **Period end date** **Charity name:** Alice Ruggles Trust **Charity registration number:** 1186309 ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To preserve and protect the health and safety of
the public from the dangers of coercive
control and stalking and to bring about
lasting improvements in the management of
perpetrators and the protection of victims
specifically by:
(1) raising public awareness;
(2) ensuring that relevant legislation is effec-
tive and adhered to, and in particular
ensuring that stalking offences result in
immediate action both to protect the
victim and to deal effectively with the per-
petrator. The Trust will achieve this by, for
example, providing education and training
for police, military and other relevant
agencies;
(3) campaigning for improved legal measures
relating to stalking and related offences;
and
(4) supporting research into ways to improve
the protection of victims of stalking and
the management of perpetrators.| |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|**Raising public awareness**
_PSHE relationship safety resource_. This package
of accredited materials and lesson plans on
stalking and coercive behaviour for Key Stage 4
students (14- to 16-year-olds), developed in
2019 and made available nationally by the PSHE
Association, was delivered in over 300 schools
including a systematic roll-out in Co. Durham led
by Durham Constabulary, which has motivated
several other police forces to follow suit in 2021.
_Girlguiding_. In collaboration with Girlguiding
Kent West,we developed a relationships badge| 4 to teach Guides about healthy and unhealthy relationships, managing unwanted behaviour, supporting friends and safeguarding themselves. _Social media_ . we have expanded our social media presence, achieving a doubling in size during the year and so enabling us to reach more people with regular messages about stalking and coercive control. **Professional training and best practice** _Short courses and qualifications for professionals working with young people._ Working with St Mary’s University, Twickenham, we developed an Ofqual-registered suite of qualifications aiming to upskill professionals working with young people so that they recognise stalking and respond appropriately. These are available from April 2021. _Training and CPD_ . Despite the Covid restrictions, during 2020 the Trust — either alone or in cooperation with other agencies and charities— delivered training for social and healthcare professionals and workshops for domestic abuse caseworkers in Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Merseyside, Nottinghamshire, West Berkshire and elsewhere. We commenced work with Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust to produce a comprehensive package of training materials for all their staff relating to stalking and harassment. _Conference._ Our second day-conference, in October, brought together 196 participants (including police from 24 different forces; CPS and judiciary; social, health, youth and probation services; academic researchers and educators; youth ambassadors and students) on-line to explore how best to support stalking victims under 25 years of age. ## **Research** The Trust commissioned a number of student projects from Curtin University in Perth, Australia to inform our work in raising awareness among young people. The overall aim is to create and evaluate effective ways of educating young populations about stalking and related problem behaviours, including coercive control. ## **Campaigning** Following the successful campaign to introduce Stalking Protection Orders we worked to ensure that the provisions of the Domestic Abuse Bill 5 |||will give adequate protection to victims of
coercive control and stalking. The Trust also
continues to lend its support to a campaign led
by Paladin National Stalking Advocacy Service to
introduce a register that would enable police to
pro-actively identify, track, monitor and manage
stalkers.
**National Stalking Consortium**
The Alice Ruggles Trust is a member of the
National Stalking Consortium, formed in 2014,
and attends regular consortium meetings. This is
a collaboration of organisations working in
stalking. Its overall aim is to improve support to
victims of stalking throughout the UK.| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees confirm they have given careful
consideration to the Charity Commission’s public
benefit guidance when setting the Trust’s objec-
tives and planning its activities during the year.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other 6 ## **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|Over the year, the Trust had a significant impact
in raising awareness amongst young people and
their support networks of the dangers of
coercive control and stalking, both through
formal education and informal engagement.
During
2020
our
PSHE
resources
were
downloaded over 6000 times and used in at
least 300 schools. The “UnFollow Me” video had
been watched by over a million young people on
social media, while our own social media
presence doubled in size over the year,
averaging 3000 impressions per day on Twitter,
for example.
We also had a significant impact on training and
procedures around stalking among professional
practitioners, particularly in the police and CPS.
By the end of the year, Trust representatives had
spoken directly to more than 4000 professionals
in the criminal justice system (including police
from more than 20 forces across England and
Wales), as well as in offender management,
social care and healthcare. Engagement took
place both physically (up until March 2020) and
on-line, at training and CPD sessions or
conferences. The impact of Alice’s personal story
is at the heart of all our messaging.| ## **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|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| 7 ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Since our inception (initially as a Charitable Trust
in 2017) our activities have been financed
primarily from fundraising events and donations.
Despite the challenges resulting from the Covid-
19 restrictions during 2020, the generous
quantity of donations received during the first
two years of our existence relative to the
modest costs of the Trust’s activities to date has
left us in a relatively strong position even as we
work to scale up the charity’s activities.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|A funding model based largely on personal
donations is unsustainable as the charity grows.
At the same time, in growing the charity we face
many uncertainties, quite apart from the
additional challenges posed by Covid-19
measures. We have therefore built up an
equitable reserve that we intend to maintain at
a level where it will sustain the current level of
activities for at least 12 months following any
unforeseen circumstances.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£ 40,000| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|None| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|No uncertainties in the foreseeable future| ## **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|| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| 8 ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|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|Apart from the first Trustees, every Trustee must
be appointed (for a term of 3 years) by a
resolution of the Trustees called at a special
meeting of the Trustees.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Alice Ruggles Trust| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1186309| |Charity’s principal address|Fargate House
Main Street
Tur Langton
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Alexia Garbett||from 4 Apr 2020|| ||Kelda Henderson||from 13 May2020|| ||Susan Hills|||| ||Maria Mellins||from 13 May2020|| ||Clive Ruggles|Chair||| ||Emma Ruggles|||| ||Nicholas Ruggles|||| ||Catriona Sibert||from 13 May2020|| ||Leonard Smith||from 7 Dec 2019|| ||Rachael Wheatley||from 13 May2020|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – 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** 10 ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets 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)** Victoria Charleston — Strategy and Development Manager ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** 11 ## **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)** Clive Lance Neville Ruggles Susan Elizabeth Hills **Position (eg Secretary,** Secretary **Chair, etc)**[Chair ] **Date** 31 March 2021 |**Charity Name**|||**No (if any)**|| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Alice Ruggles Trust**|||**1186309**|| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||**CC16a**| |**For the period**
**from**|13/11/2019|**To**|31/12/2020|| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
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Transfer of funds from existing charity
1175316|**62,289**||**-**||**-**||**62,289**||**-**| |Donations|**3,666**||**-**||**-**||**3,666**||**-**| |Fundraisingevents|**8,844**||**-**||**-**||**8,844**||**-**| |Gift aid|**1,512**||**-**||**-**||**1,512**||**-**| |Fees for conferences and trainingevents|**14,175**||**-**||**-**||**14,175**||**-**| |Grants|**290**||**-**||**-**||**290**||**-**| |Reimbursements of expenses|**1,129**||**-**||**-**||**1,129**||**-**| |Sales of merchandise|**70**||**-**||**-**||**70**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**91,975**||**-**||**-**||**91,975**||**-**| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||||| ||||||||||**-**| ||||||||||| |
Staffingcosts|**21,480**||**-**||**-**||**21,480**||**-**| |Costs of training and awareness-raising
activities|**6,146**||**-**||**-**||**6,146**||**-**| |Costs of fundraisingactivities|**1,246**||**-**||**-**||**1,246**||**-**| |Trustee expenses|**302**||**-**||**-**||**302**||**-**| |Insurance|**345**||**-**||**-**||**345**||**-**| |Stationeryetc|**85**||**-**||**-**||**85**||**-**| |Bank fees|**317**||**-**||**-**||**317**||**-**| |Administration costs|**88**||**-**||**-**||**88**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**30,009**||**-**||**-**||**30,009**||**-**| |**A4 Asset and investment**||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||| ||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**-**| |||||||||||| |**_Total payments_**|**30,009**||**-**|||**-**||**30,009**||**-**| |||||||||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**61,966**||**-**|||**-**||**61,966**||**-**| |**A5 Transfers between funds**|**-**||**- **||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**_Cash funds this year end_**|**61,966**||**-**|||**-**||**61,966**||**-**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |CCXX R1 t SS
**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**|1
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
Bank account
PayPal account
Cash|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**55,707**
**5,856**
**403**
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**to nearest £**
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**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||**55,707**|**-**|**-**| |||**5,856**|**-**|**-**| |||**403**|**-**|**-**| |||**61,966**|**-**|2/08/2021
**-**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) |Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
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Signature
Staffing costs payable
PSHE resource updates
Training not yet delivered|OK
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**funds**
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**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**4,029**
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**2,847**
Unrestricted
**5,875**
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**1,196**
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Clive Ruggles|OK| |---|---|---|---| ||||**Endowment**
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