2021-08-31-accounts - Uturn4support

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Charity Registration No. 1188285

UTURN4SUPPORT CIO

TRUSTEES' REPORT AND UNAUDITED ACCOUNTS

FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020

UTURN4SUPPORT CIO

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Charity number	UTurn4Support
Charity registration number	1188285
Registered office and Operational address	UTurn
	Clacton Coastal Academy
	Pathfields Road
	Clacton on Sea
	CO15 3JL
Charity Trustees	Craig Newnes
	Tom McMahon
	Roger Henderson
	Franki Rodwell-Mitcham
Independent examiner	Simon Garner FCA
	TC Group
	92 Station Road
	Clacton on Sea
	Essex
	CO15 1SG
Banker	Santander UK
	Bridle Road
	Bootle
	Merseyside
	L30 4GB

UTURN4SUPPORT CIO CONTENTS

	Page
Trustees' report	1 – 5
Independent examiner’s report	6
Statement of financial activities	7
Balance sheet	8
Notes to the accounts	9-15

UTURN4SUPPORT CIO TRUSTEES' REPORT

FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020

The trustees present their first report and accounts as a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO) for the charity’s period ended 31 August 2020.

The financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006, the Memorandum and Articles of Association, and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2015).

Structure, Governance & Management

Governance

UTurn4Support is a charitable incorporated organisation, registered on 2 March 2020.

Recruitment

Trustees are recruited based on their skill, knowledge, and experience of working in our field and/or their experience of charity management and governance.

Trustee Induction and Training

New trustees are invited and encouraged to attend a series of short training sessions (of no more than an hour) to familiarise themselves with the charity and the context within which it operates. These are jointly led by the Chair of trustees and the directors of the charity and cover:

Obligations of the trustees.
The main documents which set out the operational framework for the charity including the governing document.
Resourcing and the current financial position as set out in the latest published accounts.
Future plans and objectives.

Risk Management

Trustees and staff carry out regular risk assessments that affect both the operational delivery of our work and the longer-term sustainability of our service delivery. The principal risk to the organisation’s ongoing viability is funding. From our inception the charity has pursued a policy of spreading financial risk by developing a diverse financial model that leverages funding from a wide variety of sources including Essex Police, community fundraising and grant aid from Essex County Council.

Remuneration Policy

All staff work on a full-time basis. Their salaries are based on market rates and reviewed annually.

The board has a remuneration policy which is reviewed annually to provide a framework for all remuneration decision.

The trustees do not receive any remuneration.

The overall objective of the remuneration policy is to offer fair remuneration to attract, develop and retain staff with the right abilities, skills, and competencies to leas, manage, support and/or deliver the services to the community.

In deciding on pay levels for staff, the following factors may be considered. These factors are no exclusive and any decisions will inevitably include an element of discretion on the part of the trustees.

UTURN4SUPPORT CIO TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED)

Operational Structure

UTurn4Support has 4 trustees who meet quarterly to discuss matters relating to strategy, operational management, policy, administration, and fundraising.

The trustees who served during 2020 were as follows:

Craig Newnes Tom McMahon Roger Henderson Franki Rodwell-Mitcham

Objectives & Activities

Our charity’s purposes as set out in the objectives contained in the charity’s governing document are to:

Empower and support children and young people to improve their life opportunities for a positive future and to encourage them to make wise life choices:

(i) to stay in education/employment
(ii) to educate and raise awareness of knife crime, county lines culture and youth violence, and
(iii) to work hard to realise their potential.

The aim of the charity is to develop the growth the lives of young people by the way of providing advice, guidance and supporting actions which advance their knowledge, skills, capacities to facilitate them to contribute to society, representing responsible individuals.

Ensuring Our Work Delivers Our Aims

We review our aims, objectives, and activities every 6 months. This review looks at what we have achieved and the outcomes of our work in the previous 6 months. The review looks at the success of each key activity and the benefits they have brought to those groups of people we are set up to help. The review also helps us ensure our aim, objectives and activities remained focused on our stated purposes. We have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit when reviewing our aim and objectives and in planning our future activities. In particular, the trustees consider how planned activities will contribute to the aims and objectives they have set.

The Focus Of Our Work

Our main objectives for the year continued to be the promotion and prevention of youth related violence and crime and to help young people to develop their capabilities that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society. The strategies we used to meet these objectives included:

Providing a range of services which are reflective of relevant quality standards and address the potential problems related to youth violence and crime.
Working in partnership with other agencies to secure the widest range of services available that best matches the need of the young people.

How Our Activities Deliver Public Benefit

All our charitable activities focus on the safety and wellbeing as they are important to people in all communities. Having access to education, employment, initiatives for social change and safety are paramount. The priority for our communities is to increase the resilience of the young people themselves and their commitment to making the community a better place to live.

UTURN4SUPPORT CIO TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED)

Who Used And Benefited From Our Services

The charity positively develops the lives of young individuals aged between 10-18 years old by increasing their skills and abilities to enable them to make decisions that equate to them functioning as responsible members of society. Young people learn to have an increased awareness of the dangers and consequences of being involved in violent crime. In addition, the young people are educated on the benefits of staying in education and attaining gainful employment as to reduce offending for the purpose of financial gain. Furthermore, providing a safe and confidential resource for young people to share their experiences of violent crime and gain advice and information on support that is available.

Achievement & Performance

Crucial Crew

Crucial Crew is a multi-agency event organised by Tendring Community Safety Partnership in conjunction with Tendring District Council. Every primary school within the Tendring area is invited to spend a morning or afternoon session at a chosen location (Clacton Town Hall), with the aim of delivering essential and life-saving safety messages to year 6 children. Each topic has a specific message and safety warnings which are there to help prevent injury and lower risk. This is carried out through a series of real-life scenarios related to personal safety, in a fun and creative way

Operation Shield

Operation Shield was a pilot project in joint enterprise between Essex Police and UTurn. It was designed to provide early support, advice, and information to knife related crimes whereby the victim did not feel as though they could support police with a prosecution

The Impact Youth Project

The Impact Youth Project (TIYP) is designed to provide early support, advice and information on county lines and knife related violence.

The project was produced as a result of an increase in the number of students indicating risk factors towards being involved in county lines and knife related crime.

The project is to help young people develop their understanding of being involved in county lines activity and knife crime – the effects of it – and create measures to assist in preventing victimisation and potential offending.

UTurn 2 Staying Safe

The UTurn 2 Staying Safe initiative is to help young people make safe, kind, and responsible choices.

We are committed to working with partners to help keep young people safe and informed. We have developed a youth engagement initiative called UTurn 2 Staying Safe. This will be a fun and interactive way for UTurn to engage with young people.

Our UTurn 2 Staying Safe initiative is an extremely useful way of encouraging young people and providing them with an opportunity to express their feelings about youth violence and knife crime to showcase their work in a positive way.

Youth Violence Intervention Project

The youth violence intervention project (YVIP) has dedicated UTurn youth workers to provide one-to-one mentoring sessions to work with the young people aged between 10-17 years of age. The project was designed to help and support young people develop their understanding of county lines culture, knife crime, the effects of it and create measures to assist in preventing victimisation and potential offending.

UTURN4SUPPORT CIO TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED)

Financial Summary and Review

Total income: £87,110 Expenditure on Charitable Activities: £52,430

During the year, the charity made a surplus of £34,680.

Reserves Policy

The trustees were pleased to meet the aims of our reserves policy by securing unrestricted reserves equivalent to three months running costs for the first time. By the year end we had £1,741 in free reserves which we believe is consistent with our level of risk and contingency. The reserves are designed to enable us to manage an orderly closing of the charity if necessary or to provide financial contingency in other circumstances, for example, between major grants. The reserves will be used for the following specific purposes: -

Accountancy, audit and other professional costs
Short term contingency costs between major grants

Restricted reserves at 31 August 2020 totalled £32,939 (2019: £nil),. The restricted reserves are to be used for specific projects as detailed in note 15 to the accounts.

Future Plans

2021 will be a pivotal year for the charity in developing new services and securing the right investment to ensure the expansion and sustainability of our service delivery. Our priorities for 2021 will therefore include:-

Securing investment from statutory and voluntary funders to underpin the delivery of our projects
To continue to promote UTurn branded merchandise
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UTURN4SUPPORT CIO TRUSTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED)

FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020

Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities

The charity trustees (who are also the directors of the Reaching Families Limited for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing a trustees’ annual report and financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Company law requires the charity trustees to prepare financial statements for each year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are required to:

select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
state whether applicable UK accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;
prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business.

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charitable company’s website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

Signed on behalf of the board on the 30 January 2021

Franki Rodwell-Mitcham Trustee

UTURN4SUPPORT CIO

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT

TO THE TRUSTEES OF UTURN4SUPPORT LIMITED

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the financial statements of UTurn4Support for the period ended 31 August 2020 on pages 7 to 16.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity’s trustees of the charitable company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (‘the 2006 Act’).

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the charitable company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.

Independent examiner’s statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:

accounting records were not kept in respect of the charitable company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or
the financial statements do not accord with those records; or
the financial statements do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination; or
the financial statements have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Simon Garner FCA Independent Examiner

TC Group 92 Station Road Clacton on Sea Essex CO15 1SG

Dated: 4 February 2021

UTURN4SUPPORT CIO

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT)

FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020

		Unrestricted	Restricted	Total
		funds	funds	2020
	Notes	£	£	£
Income from:
Donations and grants	3	5,521	66,120	71,641
Investment income
	4	1	-	1
Other income
	5	15,468	-	15,468
		───────	──────	──────
Total income		20,990	66,120	87,110
		───────	──────	──────
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities
Furtherance of Charity's objectives	6	19,249	33,181	52,430
		───────	──────	──────
Total expenditure		(19,249)	(33,181)	(52,430)
		───────	──────	──────
Net income/(expenditure) for the year/
Net movement in funds		1,741	32,939	34,680
Fund balances brought forward		-	-	-
		────────	──────	──────
Fund balances at 31 August 2020		1,741	32,939	34,680
		═══════	══════	══════

The statement of financial activities also complies with the requirements for an income and expenditure account under the Companies Act 2006. All income and expenditure derives from continuing activities.

UTURN4SUPPORT CIO BALANCE SHEET

UTURN4SUPPORT CIO BALANCE SHEET
*AS AT 31 AUGUST 2020*		2020
	Notes	£	£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets	10		901
Current assets
Cash at bank and in hand		35,633
		──────
Creditors: amounts falling due
within one year	11	(1,854)
		────────
		───────
Net current assets			33,779
			────────
Total assets less current liabilities			34,680
			════════
Income funds
Restricted funds	13		32,939
Unrestricted funds			1,741
			────────
			34,680
			════════

The company is entitled to the exemption from the audit requirement contained in section 477 of the Companies Act 2006, for the period ended 31 August 2020. No member of the company has deposited a notice, pursuant to section 476, requiring an audit of these accounts.

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for ensuring that the company keeps accounting records which comply with section 386 of the Act and for preparing accounts which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of the financial year and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for the financial year in accordance with the requirements of sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to accounts, so far as applicable to the company.

These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the special provisions relating to small companies within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006.

The accounts were approved by the Board on 30 January 2021

Franki Rodwell-Mitchell - Trustee

UTURN4SUPPORT CIO NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS

FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020

1 Statutory information

The charity is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales. In the event of the company being wound up, the liability in respect of the guarantee is limited to £1 per member. The registered office and other statutory information can be found on the legal and administrative information page of these accounts.

2 Accounting policies

2.1 Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) (effective 1 January 2015) – (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) and the Companies Act 2006.

Uturn4Support meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note(s). There are no material uncertainties about Uturn4Support’s ability to continue as a going concern.

2.2 Income

Income is included in the Statement of Financial Activities when the charity is legally entitled to the income, the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy and there is certainty over the receipt of the income.

2.3 Expenditure

Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis. The charity is not registered for VAT and accordingly expenditure is shown gross of VAT.

Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities and services for its beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those costs of an indirect nature necessary to support them. Following a review of the split between direct and support costs the comparatives have been restated for comparability.

Governance costs include those costs associated with meeting the constitutional and statutory requirements of the charity and include independent examination fees. These costs are included within support costs.

2.4 Tangible fixed assets and depreciation

Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost less depreciation. Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost less estimated residual value of each asset over its expected useful life, as follows:

Fixtures, fittings & equipment

25% reducing balance

UTURN4SUPPORT CIO NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED)

FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020

3 Income from donations and grants

Income from donations and grants
	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total
	funds	funds	2020
	£	£	£
Restricted funds
Essex County Council	-	14,988	14,988
Essex Community Foundation	-	4,365	4,365
Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex	-	25,000	25,,000
Essex Violence & Vulnerability Partnership	-	12,000	12,000
Big Lottery Fund	-	9,767	9,767
	────────	────────	───────
	-	66,120	66,120
Unrestricted funds
Essex Police	3,000	-	3,000
Other donations	2,521	-	2,521
	────────	────────	───────
	5,521	-	5,521
	────────	────────	───────
Total	5,521	66,120	71,641
	════════	════════	═══════
Income from investing activities
	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total
	funds	funds	2020
	£	£	£
Bank interest	1	-	1
	───────	────────	────────
	1	-	1
	═══════	════════	════════
Other income
	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total
	funds	funds	2020
	£	£	£
HMRC CJRS income	15,468	-	15,468
	───────	────────	────────
	15,468	-	15,468
	═══════	════════	════════

4 Income from investing activities

5 Other income

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UTURN4SUPPORT CIO NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED)

FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020

6 Expenditure

Expenditure
	Staff	Depreciation	Other	Total
	costs		costs	2020
	£	£	£	£
Charitable activities
Furtherance of Charity's objectives
		-
Activities undertaken directly	43,930		2,075	46,005
Support costs	-	191	6,234	6,425
	──────	────────	───────	──────
	43,930	191	8,309	52,430
	══════	════════	═══════	═══════

7 Support costs

	Furtherance of Charity’s
	objectives
	2020
	£
IT, communication and maintenance	165
Insurance	633
Miscellaneous costs	1,846
Depreciation	191
Governance costs	3,590
	────────
	6,425
	════════

Governance costs includes £1,700 which relates to independent examiners’ fees.

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UTURN4SUPPORT CIO

NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED)

FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020

8 Trustees

None of the trustees (or any persons connected with them) received any remuneration during the year.

9 Employees

Number of employees

The average monthly number of employees during the year was:

	2020
	Number
Charitable activities	2
	═══════
Employment costs	2020
	£
Wages and salaries	43,930
	═══════

There were no employees whose annual remuneration was £60,000 or more. The Key Personnel of the charity comprised the project manager and the operations manager whose emoluments totalled £43,356.

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UTURN4SUPPORT CIO NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020

10	Tangible fixed assets
		Fixtures,
		fittings &
		equipment
		£
	Cost
	At 1 September 2019	-
	Additions	1,093
	Disposals	-
		───────
	At 31 August 2020	1,093
		───────
	Depreciation
	At 1 September 2019	-
	Charge for the year	192
	Eliminated on disposal	-
		───────
	At 31 August 2020	192
		───────
	Net book value
	At 31 August 2020	901
		═══════
	At 31 August 2019	-
		═══════
11	Creditors: amounts falling due within one year	2020 £
	Other creditors	154
	Accruals	1,700
		───────
		1,854
		═══════

12 Control

The charity is under the control of the board of Trustees.

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UTURN4SUPPORT CIO NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020

13 Restricted funds

The income funds of the charity include restricted funds comprising the following unexpended balances of donations and grants held on trust for specific purposes:

			Movement in funds	Movement in funds
	Balance	Incoming	Resources	Balance at 31
	brought	resources	expended	August 2020
	forward
	£	£	£	£
Operation Shield	-	12,000	(6,022)	5,978
The Impact Youth Project	-	23,720	(11,904)	11,816
Youth Violence Intervention Project	-	15,400	(7,728)	7,672
UTurn 2 Staying Safe	-	15,000	(7,527)	7,473
	───────	──────	───────	───────
	-	66,120	(33,181)	32,939
	═══════	══════	═══════	═══════

Operation Shield is a pilot project in joint enterprise between Essex Police and UTurn. It was designed to provide early support, advice and information to knife related crimes whereby the victim did not feel as though they could support police with a prosecution.

The Impact Youth Project (TIYP) is designed to provide early support, advice and information on county lines and knife related violence.

The Youth Violence Intervention Project has dedicated UTurn youth workers to provide one-to-one mentoring sessions to work with young people aged between 10-17 year of age. The project was designed to help and support young people develop their understanding of county lines culture, knife crime and the effects of it and create measures to assist in preventing victimisation and potential offending.

The UTurn 2 Staying Safe initiative is to help young people make safe, kind and responsible choices.

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UTURN4SUPPORT CIO NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020

14 Analysis of net assets between funds

Analysis of net assets between funds
	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total
	funds	funds	2020
	£	£	£
Fund balances at 31 August 2020 are represented by:
Tangible fixed assets	901	-	901
Current assets	2,694	32,939	35,633
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year	(1,854)	-	(1,854)
	───────	───────	───────
	1,741	32,939	34,680
	═══════	═══════	═══════

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