# **ESSEX COUNTY PROFICIENCY TESTS COMMITTEE FOR AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE (CHARITY NO 271390)**
# **TRUSTEES REPORT 1 SEPTEMBER 2020 TO 31 AUGUST 2021**
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The Essex County Proficiency Tests Committee for Agriculture and Horticulture is a Registered Charity (No 271390)
The principal address of the charity is:
EPTC Sayers Farm Bovinger Ongar Essex CM5 0NE
## **Trustees**
The charity’s trustees during 2020-2021 were:
Mr Robert Patmore Mr Robert Gemmill Mr Robert Gunary Mr Steve Warr
Trustees are appointed by the committee.
## **Object**
The object of the County Proficiency Tests Committee shall be the advancement of education by means of collaboration with City & Guilds Land Based Services in the administration and assessment of Certificates of Competence in practical land based and related subjects within the County.
## **Main Activities**
- The Committee shall be responsible for managing the assessment process for appropriate Certificates of Competence according to the Quality Assurance requirements of City & Guilds Land Based Services. It shall submit an annual report to interested bodies and will receive recommendations from participating bodies.
- It shall seek to promote and publicise Certificates of Competence.
- It shall arrange facilities wherever possible for assessing Certificates of Competence for any person or persons who may require them.
- It shall issue results of test activities for review by the Committee.
- It shall appoint a Chair, Vice Chair and Secretary/Treasurer plus other officers as appropriate.
- It shall submit to City & Guilds Land Based Services such information as may from to time to time be required.
## **Achievements and Performance**
There was a increase of 39 tests from the previous year. Total number of tests for this period 325
The above report was formally approved and adopted by the Trustees on 9[th] February 2022.
Signed on behalf of the Charity’s Trustees.
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## **Independent Examiner's Report**
|**Report to the trustees/**
**members of**
**On accounts for the year**
**ended**
**Set out on pages**|Essex Proficiency Tests Committee|
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||31stAugust 2021
**Charity no**
**(if any)**
271390|
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**Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of **basis of report** the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 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 all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
**Independent examiner’s** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **statement** come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records.
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.
|**Signed:**
**Name:**
**Relevant professional**
**qualification(s) or body**
**(if any):**|**Date:**|10thOctober 2021|
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||Philip Myers||
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||Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy||
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**ESSEX PROFICIENCY TESTS COMMITTEE**
## **RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR 1 SEPTEMBER 2020 TO 31 AUGUST 2021**
## **CASH SUMMARY**
|**2019/20**
**Payments**
12,825.00
Examiners’ Fees
2,275.25
Examiners’ Travel
8,737.00
City & Guilds
11,520.00
Secretarial
251.96
Postage/Administration
237.76
Office Facilities/Telephone
-
New IT Equipment (Laptop)
147.80
Insurance
350.00
Audit
390.00
Miscellaneous
**36,734.77**
Total Payments
-7,754.67
Net Payments
**28,980.10**|**2020/21**
13,770.00
2,255.55
9,536.00
11,520.00
203.39
144.98
935.95
244.41
380.00
336.57
**39,326.85**
-6,681.48
**32,645.37**|**2020/21**
32,638.00
7.37
**32,645.37**|
|---|---|---|
**2020/21 Receipts 2019/20** 32,638.00 Registration & Fee Income 28,921.00 7.37 Interest on Premium Account 59.10
**28,980.10**
## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS (BANK BALANCES)**
|**1 September 2020**
Community Account
Business Premium Account
Net receipts|2,525.60
Community Account
34,597.78
Business Premium Account
-6,681.48
**30,441.90**|**31 August 2021**|1,686.75
28,755.15
**30,441.90**|
|---|---|---|---|
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**ESSEX PROFICIENCY TESTS COMMITTEE**
## **ASSET, LIABILITIES AND OTHER DISCLOSURES FOR THE YEAR 1 SEPTEMBER TO 31 AUGUST 2021**
Related Party Transactions
During the year three trustees received remuneration and reimbursement for travel in relation to carrying out assessments: Ray Gemmill - £3,822.30 Robert Gunary - £2,569.35 Robert Patmore - £8,682.30
## Assets held by the EPTC
The EPTC has previously acquired or leased equipment consisting of a number of laptops, a printer and photocopier, and other office equipment. The current value of these items is not considered to be material. A new laptop was purchased in 2020/21 with a value of £935.95.
## Amounts owed to the EPTC
The Trust has assessed that at the 31 August 2021, there was £2,570 (£3,950 31 August 2020) of outstanding fees still to be paid in respect of the year.
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**Ind**
## **Independent Examiner's Report**
|**Report to the trustees/**
**members of**
**On accounts for the year**
**ended**
**Set out on pages**|Essex Proficiency Tests Committee|
|---|---|
|||
||31stAugust 2021
**Charity no**
**(if any)**
271390|
|||
||Pages 2 and 3|
**Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of **basis of report** the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 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 all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
**Independent examiner’s** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **statement** come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records.
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.
|**Signed:**
**Name:**
**Relevant professional**
**qualification(s) or body**
**(if any):**|**Date:**|10thOctober 2021|
|---|---|---|
||||
||Philip Myers||
||||
||Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy||
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**ESSEX PROFICIENCY TESTS COMMITTEE**
## **RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR 1 SEPTEMBER 2020 TO 31 AUGUST 2021**
## **CASH SUMMARY**
|**2019/20**
**Payments**
12,825.00
Examiners’ Fees
2,275.25
Examiners’ Travel
8,737.00
City & Guilds
11,520.00
Secretarial
251.96
Postage/Administration
237.76
Office Facilities/Telephone
-
New IT Equipment (Laptop)
147.80
Insurance
350.00
Audit
390.00
Miscellaneous
**36,734.77**
Total Payments
-7,754.67
Net Payments
**28,980.10**|**2020/21**
13,770.00
2,255.55
9,536.00
11,520.00
203.39
144.98
935.95
244.41
380.00
336.57
**39,326.85**
-6,681.48
**32,645.37**|**2020/21**
32,638.00
7.37
**32,645.37**|
|---|---|---|
**2020/21 Receipts 2019/20** 32,638.00 Registration & Fee Income 28,921.00 7.37 Interest on Premium Account 59.10
**28,980.10**
## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS (BANK BALANCES)**
|**1 September 2020**
Community Account
Business Premium Account
Net receipts|2,525.60
Community Account
34,597.78
Business Premium Account
-6,681.48
**30,441.90**|**31 August 2021**|1,686.75
28,755.15
**30,441.90**|
|---|---|---|---|
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**ESSEX PROFICIENCY TESTS COMMITTEE**
## **ASSET, LIABILITIES AND OTHER DISCLOSURES FOR THE YEAR 1 SEPTEMBER TO 31 AUGUST 2021**
Related Party Transactions
During the year three trustees received remuneration and reimbursement for travel in relation to carrying out assessments: Ray Gemmill - £3,822.30 Robert Gunary - £2,569.35 Robert Patmore - £8,682.30
## Assets held by the EPTC
The EPTC has previously acquired or leased equipment consisting of a number of laptops, a printer and photocopier, and other office equipment. The current value of these items is not considered to be material. A new laptop was purchased in 2020/21 with a value of £935.95.
## Amounts owed to the EPTC
The Trust has assessed that at the 31 August 2021, there was £2,570 (£3,950 31 August 2020) of outstanding fees still to be paid in respect of the year.
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