2020-12-31-accounts

Names	ofthe charit	y trustees who m	anage the charity
Trustee	name	Office (ifany)	Dates acted ifnot forwhole year	Name ofperson lor body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany
Anthon	H Mann	Chair
Susan	P Mann
Colin Brown
Waclaw	KZablocki	Treasurer

			cause a potentially serious breach ofdata protection.
			Safeguarding ofvolunteers meeting clients
			We do this by meeting clients in formal/'public' spaces (ke. church
			premises, community hubs and by having safety plans for
			evacuation from a situation. We also have a strict policy for visiting
			clients at their homes or away from a public space.
			Safeguarding vulnerable adults
			We do this by having strict rules about meeting clients and contact
			with clients
			Financial stability
			We do this by predicting future expenditure and seeking
			subscliptions from participating churches, as well as ad hoc grants.
			We will also accept donations from non-participating churches	and
			individuals
		tCAS has been setup for the relief ofthose in need, by reason of, age, ill-
		health,	disability, financial hardship, problems with housing, employment
		or other disadvantage.
		tCAS aims to offer quality advice for everyone regardless oftheir colour,
		creed,	sexual orientation, culture or religion.
Summa ofthe ob acts ofthe e'. . I' e' charity set out in its governing document		tCASwlllhelppeopletoflndawayfor ard, bygivingthemthe information, advice and support they need. We aim to do this through groups ofvolunteers from church congregations.
		tCAS	will also endeavour to share the Christian faith with
		clients that give their permission and show an interest in
		having what we are calling a Faith Friend.

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		keenness to get involved at a local level, other than making donations
		(tithing to charities). Hope Church will be a beacon in this respect and probably a 'model' for other churches joining tCAS.
		PUBLICITY
		We have developed our website and plan to:
		create video clips explaining what we do and how we do it
		publicising tCAS through Linkedln, targeting roles, job titles	and
		functions (i.e. Pastor, Minister, Vicar etc)
		do some Facebook activity
		get articles published
		We will be careful in doing any direct 'marketing' or 'selling' (horrible
		words in the context ofGod's work) because it is in essence
		confrontational. Proposing that a church become a tCAS subscriber		is not
		an easy concept to present. It would be better ifthe church itself
		responded to opportunities presented through Linkedln etc.
		FAITH FRIENDS
		Perhaps one ofthe most exciting and successful aspects oftCAS in		2020
		has been the emergence and development ofwhat is now called: Faith
		Friends. These are individuals who commit to support an individual	client
		by phoning them, Zooming with them, contacting them, walking out	with
		them (when permitted under Covid safe rules). We now have seven		of
		them and the desire (from clients) for a Faith Friend continues to grow
		and outnumbers the available volunteers. This is where tCAS needs		to
		engage with churches in Colchester and Ipswich and around the country
		to encourage individuals to become a Faith Friend.
		The feedback from the Faith Friends is positive, they value the
		opportunity to serve God and it seems to add to their sense of purpose			in
		God.
		We will be running our first training course for Faith Friends developed the evangelist in Kingsland church starting in late February and we will			by be
		seeking to help them to interact with each other and leam from each
		other's experience.
		CREATIVE THERAPIES
		In the autumn of2020, the CEO ofthe Food Bank enthused over the		idea
		of providing craft activities for people who have lost their confidence		and
		sense ofself worth because of DV or mental illness. His enthusiasm
		encouraged the one ofthe Trustees to start to develop a series ofcraft
		activities that could be done online (i.e.through Zoom) and face to face			in
		a group setting (Covid regulations permitting).
		They are currently being tested and will be piloted in early March and live in March 2021 under the banner of 'Creative Therapies'.		go
		It will be overseen by tCAS and run in conjunction with it but funded
		separately.
		It will run using the same safeguarding procedures as any tCAS activity.

Briefstatement ofthe	Briefstatement ofthe	tCAS does not intend to invest reserves as it keeps all excess funds on its account with CAF Bank in case income does not cover expenditure	tCAS does not intend to invest reserves as it keeps all excess funds on its account with CAF Bank in case income does not cover expenditure	tCAS does not intend to invest reserves as it keeps all excess funds on its account with CAF Bank in case income does not cover expenditure	at
charity's policy on reserves		any given time.
Details ofany funds	materially
in deficit
Further financial review details		(Optional information)
You may choose to additional information,	include where	tCAS has clear strategic priorities for the advancement of its services: 1.Making it easier for people to access services by increasing the
relevant about:		number of church groups that offer them
~ the charity's principal		2. Ensuring that there is a range ofweb apps that enable advisors to
sources offunds	(including	deliver good quality advice.
any fundraising);		3.Enhancing the skills and expertise ofadvisors	to meet a wide range		of
~ how expenditure	has	issues facing clients
supported the key objectives		4. Delivering services through a wide range ofchurch congregations
ofthe charity;		5. Developing strategic and local links with specialist organisations		to
~ investment policy	and	support expertise and deliver support and advice to clients
objectives including any		6. Enhance the use ofthe Case Note web-based	software system
ethical investment adopted.	policy	7.Developing the data protection infrastructure that holds confidential client information	to suit a growing charity
		7.Develop a financial support model to fund the	service (e.g. Church
		giving, grants)

Q CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES			tCAS - The	Christian	Advice Charity	Advice Charity	Advice Charity		1187344	1187344
			Receipts and			a	ments accounts				CC16a
		Forthe period from		01-Jan-20			To		31-Dec-20
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		Unrestricted funds		Restricted funds			Endowment funds		Totalfunds		Last year
A1 Recei ts		tothe	nearest 5	to the nearest		6	tothe neamst	5	tothe nearest t		tothe nearest 5
			7,500							7,500
ub total( ross income or
AR)			7,500							7,500
A2 Asset snd investment sales
see table .
Total receipts			7,500			-		-		7,500
A3 Pa ments
Databases 'ucensed			1,009							1,009
DWP			58
Equipment &Software Removals Internet, Zoom 6Website Subscr/iptions 8ank Charges			607 100 292 558 40							607 100 292 558
Sub total			2,664							2,664
A4 Asset and investment
Sub total
Total payments			2,664			-		-		2,664
Net ofreceiptsl(payments) A5 Transfers between funds			4,836							4,836
A6 Cash funds last year end
Cash funds this year end			4,836

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											Unrestricted			Restricted		Endowment
	Categories				Details							funds		funds		funds
												to nearest 6		to nearest	k'	to nearest	6
Bi Cash	funds					CAF Bank account							4,636
							Total		cash	funds			4,836
					(sgtse	balances	with receipts snd			payments
									scccbttt(s))
											Unrestricted			Restricted		Endowment
												funds		funds		funds
					Details							to nearest 6		to nearest	6	to nearest	6
B2Other	monetary assets
					Details						Fund a et		towhich baton s	Cost (optional)		Current value o onal
B3Investment		assets
					Details						Fund asset		towhich baton	Cost (optional)		Current value 0 tlonal
B4Assets retained for			the
charity's	own	use
											Fund		to which	Amount due		When due
					Details						iiabil'		rota	o idbat		o onal
B5Liabilities
Signed by one or two trustees behalf ofall the trustees			on			Signature							Print	Name		Date of a rov	I
					i	m--							Anthony	H Mann
																01-Jan-21
													Waclsw	KZablocki
CCXXR2 accounts (SS)																09/02/2021