Charity Number: 1048025
Pro-Tem Trust
Report and financial statements
for the 9 months period ended 5th April 2023
Pro-Tem Trust
Reference and administrative information
for the 9 months period ended 5th April 2023
Charity number 1199548
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Registered office and operational address Finlay House, 607 Wilmslow Road, Didsbury, Manchester M20 3QJ
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Trustees the date of this report were as follows:
Gillian James
Annabel Roberts Mike Smith
- Bankers Santander UK plc
2 Triton Square, Regent’s Place, London. NW1 3AN
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Pro-Tem Trust
Trustees’ annual report
for the year ended 5th April 2023
The trustees present their report and the unaudited financial statements for the 9 months period ended 5 April 23.
Reference and administrative information set out on page 1 forms part of this report. The financial statements comply with current statutory requirements, the charity’s trust deed and the Statement of Recommended Practice - Accounting and Reporting by Charities: SORP applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with FRS 102.
All counsellors continued to operate through the original Pro-Tem Trust, charity number 1048025, therefore to date no counselling has been undertaken through this charity.
Objectives and activities
The Charity’s key objectives are summarised as follows:
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To provide Christian pastoral counselling and spiritual direction for those who seek help in personal difficulties.
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To support growth in Christian discipleship through group interaction, individual counselling,
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conferences and seminars.
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To provide training and supervision for others involved in pastoral counselling.
The trustees review the aims, objectives and activities of the charity throughout each year. This report looks at what the charity has achieved and the outcomes of its work in the reporting period. The trustees report the success of each key activity and the benefits the charity has brought to those groups of people that it is set up to help. The review also helps the trustees ensure the charity's aims, objectives and activities remained focused on its stated purposes.
The trustees have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the charity's aims and objectives and in planning its future activities. In particular, the trustees consider how planned activities will contribute to the aims and objectives that have been set.
Achievements and performance
Without counselling being undertaken within the CIO there is nothing to report in this section.
Beneficiaries of our services
Protem offers counselling for those experiencing a wide range of mental health issues, to people who come, principally, from across the North of England. These include depression, anxiety, loss of all kinds (this has been significant during the pandemic), trauma, abuse, conflict within family/ friend/ marital relationships.
Throughout 2021/22 the Trust has continued to deliver public benefit by providing its established counselling services through its original Trust to a wide range of adults, locally and wider afield; online counselling has enabled several individuals working for missionary organisations overseas to receive counselling, as well as clients in other parts of the UK.
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Pro-Tem Trust
Trustees’ annual report
for the 9 months period ended 5th April 2023
Financial review
Not applicable during this period.
Reserves policy
The Trust's longer-term reserves policy is to retain an accumulated surplus to enable the expansion of its activities.
Plans for the future
The Trustees are committed both to expanding the range of services offered and helping a greater number of people; Protem has a healthy waiting list. To this end, Protem will continue to offer online and telephone counselling, alongside some in person counselling, currently under the initial charity.
Structure, governance and management
The Trustees meet regularly throughout the year both to consider formal matters concerning the management and governance of Protem and also to hear about and help with some of the day-today issues which arise. This enables the Trustees to be better informed and decisions made to be more relevant to Protem’s needs. To this end, non-Trustees are usually present at the Trustee meetings to give this wider perspective.
New Trustees are appointed following consideration by the current Trustees and wider members of Protem. The organisation is a charitable incorporated organisation and was constituted under a deed dated 4 July 2022. The trustees are members of the charity but this entitles them only to voting rights. The trustees have no beneficial interest in the charity.
All trustees give their time voluntarily and receive no benefits from the charity.
Remuneration policy for key management personnel
Currently there are no personal with the charity but the part-time Counselling Manager will move to the CIO at the appropriate time, she is the only key management person who will receive any remuneration, on an hourly basis.
Risk management
Protem identifies the risks that it faces in a systematic way recognising that risks can impact all parts of the charity including those associated with the following areas: Governance risks – including strategic and leadership.
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Operational risks.
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Financial risks.
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External risks.
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Compliance with the law and other regulations.
The Trustees periodically monitor risks to Protem as an integral part of conducting Trustee meetings and consideration of the issues which arise. Typically, risks are managed according to the following recognised hierarchy:
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Pro-Tem Trust
Trustees’ annual report
for the 9 months period ended 5th April 2023
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Seeking to avoid the risk altogether, which may mean the charity scales back, or even stops
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altogether, its work in certain areas.
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Accepting the risk where it is judged to fall within acceptability criteria, understanding that not all risks can or should be completely avoided.
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Transferring the risk or its impact to a third party, e.g. through the use of insurance. However, in some situations, the trustees may consider the outsourcing of certain activities to more specialist providers.
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Seeking to mitigate or control the risk.
Approved by the Trustees on and signed on its behalf:
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Pro-tem Trust
Receipts and Payments Accounts for the 9 months period ended 05 April 2023
| Receipts Grants and gifts received Other receipts Receipts from charitable activities Total receipts Payments Payments in furtherance of the charitable activities Direct costs Total payments Net receipts / (payments) for the year Bank and cash balances at start of year Bank and cash balances at end of year Voluntary receipts |
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Pro-tem Trust Statement of Assets and Liabilities as at 05 April 2023
Note 2023 £ Fixed assets - 2023 £ Bank and cash balances -
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