2021-12-31-accounts - Alice Ruggles Trust

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Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 1 Jan 2021 Period start date To 31 Dec 2021 Period end date

Charity name: Alice Ruggles Trust

Charity registration number: 1186309

Objectives and Activities

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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. During 2021 we updated and extended our freely available package of accredited materials and lesson plans on stalking and coercive behaviour for Key Stage 4 students (14- to 16-year-olds), adding a third lesson focusing on perpetrator behaviours. The number of police forces whose community support teams are delivering our PSHE lessons in schools in their areas increased during the year to eight, including the Metropolitan Police in London. Durham Constabulary, who first piloted the scheme,have developed videos that take

facilitators through each of the three lessons step by step, which have been found useful by teachers as well as police. Social media . We have continued to expand our social media presence, refocusing our attention on Instagram whose main audience is young people. In order to do this, we collaborated with a social media company to produce regular daily output including reels and videos. Animated video . In December we released a three-minute animated video to raise awareness of stalking and encourage victims to seek help sooner. On launch day, it reached over 17,000 people on Twitter and by the year’s end it had been viewed over 2,500 times through our website and YouTube. Professional training and best practice

Short courses and qualifications for professionals working with young people. Our one- and twoday “SafEE” courses — Ofqual-registered courses developed in collaboration with St Mary’s University, Twickenham, aiming to upskill professionals working with young people so that they recognise stalking and respond appropriately — were rolled out from April. In October we appointed a freelance SAfEE trainer to aid their delivery around the country. In November we added a free two-hour on-line training session aimed at teachers and school support staff, which was successfully delivered to 107 teachers and educators in the London Borough of Wandsworth.

Training and CPD . During 2021 the Trust delivered presentations and on-line or physical training packages—either alone or in cooperation with other agencies and charities— to criminal justice, social care and healthcare professionals and domestic abuse caseworkers in Devon and Cornwall, London, the North East, South Wales, the West Midlands and elsewhere, as well as to the British Transport Police, CPS Wales, the Magistrates’ Association (both nationally and local branches), and criminology students at different Universities. NHS . The Trust worked with the Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys (TEWV) NHS Foundation Trust, which provides mental health services in County Durham, Teesside and North Yorkshire, to develop a range of training materials to educate their staff and service users about stalking. These included staff training webinars and booklets and a stalking awareness leaflet for

		young people using their children and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS). Conference._Our third day-conference, focusing on perceptions of risk in relation to stalking, was held on-line in October. There were 13 speakers across the day and 90 attendees, representing a range of criminal justice, social care and healthcare professionals, as well as academic researchers and educators. _Early perpetrator intervention and safety on university campuses. We have developed plans for a new project (“Care on Campus”) focused on safety on university campuses and a related project investigating effective early interventions with perpetrators. Research We continue to support various student research relating to stalking among young people through our Young People and Stalking Academic Collaboration Group and to facilitate specific projects such as research into the need for KS3 healthy relationship education. Campaigning Following a resolution passed at the October conference, the Trust is campaigning for an urgent and comprehensive independent review of Stalking Protection Orders. 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.

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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

Achievements and Performance

SORP reference Despite the Covid restrictions, during 2021 the Trust significantly increased its impact in raising awareness amongst young people and their Summary of the main Para 1.20 support networks of the dangers of coercive achievements of the charity, control and stalking, both through formal identifying the difference the education and informal engagement. Our PSHE charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its resources were delivered by teachers or community police at several thousand schools beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a around the country; our social media presence whole. continues to expand significantly; and our animated video, released in mid-December, had reached at least 20,000 people by the end of the year.

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 5000 professionals in the criminal justice system (including police from the majority of the 43 forces across England and Wales), as well as in offender management, social care and healthcare. Engagement during 2021 was mostly on-line, at training and CPD sessions or conferences. The impact of Alice’s personal story is at the heart of all our messaging.

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Achievements against objectives set	Para 1.41

Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set	Para 1.41
Investment performance against objectives	Para 1.41
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Financial Review

Financial Review
Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21	While our sole source of income in 2021 remained fundraising events and individual donations, these (together with Gift Aid) exceeded £30,000 during the year, thanks largely to the success of our “24 For Alice” initiative. Despite significant outlays during the year on the production of the animated video and on expanding our social media output, this has left us in a strong and sustainable position from which we can seek to continue to expand our activities going forward.
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	We recognise that a funding model based largely on personal donations is unsustainable as the charity grows. Given the uncertainties that we face in doing this, we have built up an equitable reserve that, after taking into account staffing commitments, 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

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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

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.

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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 LEICESTER LE8 0PJ

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year
Alexia Garbett
Kelda Henderson
Susan Hills	Secretary
Emma Kay		from 8 Jan 2021
Maria Mellins
Clive Ruggles	Chair
Emma Ruggles
Nicholas Ruggles
Catriona Sibert
Leonard Smith
Rachael Wheatley

– 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 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

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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
	Clive Lance Neville Ruggles	Susan Elizabeth Hills
	Chair	Secretary
	19 March 2022
	19 March 2022

Charity Name			No (if any)
Alice Ruggles Trust			1186309
Receipts andpayments accounts				CC16a
For the period from	01/01/2021	To	31/12/2021

Section A Receipts and payments

A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £	Restricted funds to the nearest £	Endowment funds to the nearest £	Total funds to the nearest £	Last year to the nearest £
Transfer of funds from existingcharity1175316	-	-	-	-	62,289
Donations	12,418	-	-	12,418	3,666
Fundraisinginitiatives and events	15,870	-	-	15,870	8,844
Gift aid	2,622	-	-	2,622	1,512
Fees for conferences andprofessional training	7,313	-	-	7,313	14,175
Grants	-	-	-	-	290
Reimbursements of expenses	310	-	-	310	1,129
Sales of merchandise	-	-	-	-	70
*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	38,533	-	-	38,533	91,975

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
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Staffingcosts	24,806	-	-	24,806	21,480
Informative materials	18,848	-	-	18,848	-
Costs of trainingand awareness-raisingactivities	817	-	-	817	6,146
Costs of fundraisingactivities	415	-	-	415	1,246
Trustee expenses	155	-	-	155	302
Insurance	346	-	-	346	345
Sundries (stationery, postage, phone, software licences)	234	-	-	234	85
Platform fees	403	-	-	403	-
Bank fees	1	-	-	1	317
Administration costs	-	-	-	-	88
**Sub total **	46,025	-	-	46,025	30,009

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
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*Total payments* *Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end *Cash funds this year end*
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	54,474				61,966

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

CCXX R1 accounts (SS) Categories B1 Cash funds	1 Details *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Bank account PayPal account Cash	Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 50,089 4,182 203 54,474 OK	27/06/2022 Restricted funds Endowment funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - OK OK	Endowment funds to nearest £
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use	Details Details Details Details Signature Staffing costs payable	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) Unrestricted 1,094 - - - - Print Name Clive Ruggles	Endowment funds to nearest £
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			Date of approval
		Clive Ruggles	March 19, 2022

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

27/06/2022

SectionA	IndependentExaminer'sReport
Report to the trustees of	IAlice Ruggles Trust
On accounts for the year	~=====-=-==============~======~===========; 31December 2021 Charityno 1186309
ended	(if any)
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	1report to the trustees on my examinationofthe accountsofthe above
	charity ("the Trust") for the year ended31December 2021.
Responsibilities and basisofreport	Asthe charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011
	("the Act").
	Ireport in respectofmy examinationofthe Trust's accounts carried out
	under section 145ofthe2011Act and in carrying out my examination,I
	have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
	under section 145(5)(b)ofthe Act.
IndependentI have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have
examiner's statementcome to my attentioninconnection with the examination which gives me
	cause to believe thatin,any material respect: