## **6. Trustee Report**
It has been immensely rewarding for the trustees to witness the continued success of Cambridge Student Community Action (SCA) over the past year, particularly in its flourishing projects and volunteer numbers. While we recognise the increasing challenges in securing grants amid growing competition, we remain steadfast in our commitment to ensuring the charity’s financial sustainability in the year ahead.
Thanks to the dedication and hard work of our employees, Nicky and Laura, alongside the student steering group, SCA has had numerous highlights this year. In June, we were delighted to partner with the Fitzwilliam Museum to host a unique summer party for our young clients, featuring guided gallery tours and a pottery masterclass. Another significant achievement has been the successful relaunch of Betty’s Musical Group. After a prolonged pause due to a lack of a project lead and regular volunteers, this project has been revitalised, largely due to Laura’s unwavering commitment. Strengthening partnerships with local community and charitable organisations remains a priority for us as trustees.
Since our last report, we have welcomed three new trustees: Georgie Perrott, Suparna Dasgupta Ghose and Winny Li-Yan-Hui. Georgie has already made a substantial impact, particularly in employment matters, and we look forward to seeing how Suparna and Winny will contribute to advancing SCA’s strategic mission. At the same time, we were saddened to bid farewell to Dwight Patten, who stepped down as a trustee this year. Since joining the board in 2021, Dwight played a pivotal role, particularly in supporting our Treasurer and Junior Treasurer through the finance sub-group.
I, too, will be stepping down as a trustee following the AGM. Serving on the board of SCA has been an incredibly enriching experience, and I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to learn from and work alongside the charity’s trustees, employees, and steering group. It has been a privilege to support an organisation that empowers students from both Cambridge and Anglia Ruskin University to take on leadership roles and support community building in one of the UK’s most unequal cities. For those considering joining SCA as a trustee, I strongly encourage you to reach outwe are always eager to hear from individuals who share a passion for our mission.
As always, we extend our heartfelt gratitude to our outgoing student trustees, Anoushka, Martin and Lucia. Special thanks go to Anoushka and Lucia, who have been steadfast members of the student steering group throughout their time at university. Their dedication and contributions have been invaluable.
Finally, we wish to express our appreciation to our funders and partners, whose generous support is essential to the continuation of our work in the Cambridge community. As a small charity, every donation makes a meaningful difference to the work we do, and we are eager to explore new avenues for corporate sponsorship and funding in the coming year. We have no doubt that SCA will remain a vital force for good, and we are excited to see how the charity continues to evolve in the coming year. If you are interested in supporting one of our projects financially, please do get in touch.
Frances Ballaster Harriss- Trustee appointed 2022
**Charity Name No (if any) Student Community Action 263361 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01/01/2024 31/12/2024
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**-**
**5 959**
**19 569**
**3 039**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**28 567**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**28 567**
**263**
**-**
**-**
**13 274**
**450**
**605**
**668**
**485**
**-**
**34 485**
**-**
**107**
**60**
**65**
**-**
**-**
**50 462**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**50 462**
**-21 895**
**-**
**56 920**
**35 025**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**11 500**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**11 500**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**11 500**
**-**
**-**
**2 253**
**906**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**5 972**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-2 923**
**-**
**6 208**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6 208**
**5 292**
**-**
**86 449**
**91 741**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**11 500**
**5 959**
**19 569**
**3 039**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**40 067**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**40 067**
**263**
**-**
**2 253**
**14 180**
**450**
**605**
**668**
**485**
**-**
**40 457**
**-**
**107**
**60**
**65**
**-2 923**
**-**
**56 670**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**56 670**
**- 16 603**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|Grants|**-**||||**13 000**|
|Donations|**5 959**||||**4 270**|
|DBS income|**19 569**||||**14 861**|
|Investment income|**3 039**||||**2 592**|
||**-**||||**-**|
||**-**||||**-**|
||**-**||||**-**|
||**-**||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**28 567**||||**34 723**|
|||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||
||**-**|||||
||**-**||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**||||||
||||||**34 723**|
|||||||
|Accountancy|**263**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**241**|
|Legal expenses|**-**||||**2 190**|
|Activities|**-**||||**2 165**|
|DBS Checks|**13 274**||||**10 760**|
|Independent examination|**450**||||**500**|
|Insurance|**605**||||**576**|
|Sundryexpenses|**668**||||**517**|
|Post and stationery|**485**||||**1 069**|
|Recruitment|**-**||||**392**|
|Salaries andpensions|**34 485**||||**36 238**|
|Telephone|**-**||||**44**|
|Training|**107**||||**48**|
|Travelling|**60**||||**1 582**|
|Bank charges|**65**||||**60**|
|Loss/(profit)on investment|**-**||||**- 221**|
|||||||
||**-**||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**50 462**||||**56 161**|
||||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|||
|**A4 Asset and investment**||||||
|**Adjustment to cash basis**|**-**|||||
||**-**|||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||
||||||**56 161**|
|||||||
||**-21 895**||||**- 21 438**|
||**-**|||**-**
**143 369**|**-**|
||**56 920**||||**164 807**|
||**35 025**|||**126 766**|**143 369**|
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
1
## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
Independent examination
**Details**
**Details**
Investments
Bank accounts
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Debtors
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**85 596**
**35 025**
**6 145**
**-**
**-**
**35 025**
**91 741**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**3 250**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
Unrestricted
**450**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**When due**
**(optional)**|
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
|||||
||||Date of
approval|
|||||
|||||
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
2
CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examinerfs
report on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examinefs Report
Report to the trusteesl
members of
Student Community Action
On accounts for the year
ended
31" December 2024
Charity no
lif any)
283361
Set out on pages
1to2
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Ihe above
charity {'Ihe Trust") for the year ended 3111212024.
Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust. you ar8 responsible for the preparation
basis of report of the accounts in accordan with the requirements of the Charities Act
2011 ('Ihe Act.).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I
have followed the applicable DireGtions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145{5}{b} of the Act.
I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have
me to my attention in connection with the examinalion which gives me
cause to believe that in, any material respect..
accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of
the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting re(x)rds
Independent
examinerfs statement
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination lo which attention should be drawn in order to enable a
proper understanding of Ihe accounts to be reached.
Signed:
Date:
2110712025
Narne:
Brendan Chambers
Relevant professional
qualification(sl or body
(if any):
F.F.A.
Address:
4 Hollybush Avenue
St Albans
Hertfordshire AL2 3AD
Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs lo highlight matters of concern (see CC32,
Independent examination of charity aUnIs.. directions and guidance for
examinersl-
IER
October 2018