Promoting Excellence in Broadcasting about Religion, Ethics and Spirituality The Sandford St MartinTrust The Sandford St Martin (Church of England) Trust Annual Report and Financial Statements 31 December 2024 Registered Charity 277370 THE SANDFORD ST MARTIN (CHURCH OF ENGLAND) TRusr Annual Report and FinancÈal Statsments for the year ending 31 December 2024 CONTENTS l Annual Report of the Tntstees 3-22 2 Independent Examinees Report 23 3 Statement of Financial Activttses 24 4 Balance Sheet 25 2&34 THE SANDFORD ST MARTIN (CHURCH OF ENGLAND) TRUST Annual Report of the Trvstees for the year endlng 31 December 2024 The Trustees present their Annual Report and Finanual Statements for the charity for the yÈar ended 31 De￿mber2O24. The finanaal Statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting poliaes set out in Note I to the accountsand compty wtththe Char￿￿5 Trust Deed. rhe ChaTttiesAtt2011 and Accounting and Reporting by CharttEs= Statement of Recommended Prartice applKable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance wrth the Financial Reporting Standard applioble in the UK and Republic of Ireland published on 16July 2014. Objectives and artivttie5 forthe public benefft When theTrustwasestablished in 1978. rts objertswere definEd a5the promotion of the advancement ofthe prindples and practKe of the Christian religion through radio and television broadcasting. films, vLsual aids and othermethodsofvisual and oral communication. Overthe forry-slKyear55in￿. broadcasting and media technology have evofved considerabty-as hasthe face of relEgh)us Brrtain. These changes are reflected inthe parallel evolution of the Tru5Ysfocus, projects and outreachwork whith now includes lobbying and advotscy work at community, industryarÈd legislatNe levels. In keeping. the Sandford St Martin Award5 have grown to include dig￿31 and online media a5 well as entries from traditional broadr3St channels These activit￿$ through which the frust engage5 With an ever-widening Cirde of content-produceT& broadcastet5, policymakers, f3ith8roups and members of the public-provKle and infornithe platForm from which the Trust continues to effettivety advocate for religiou5ty lrterate broadc3Sting which promotes bètter understaThli and awareness of the UK'S dwersefarth cr>rnrTtunities and supports dvalogue between people of all fatths or none. Artivities undertaken bythe Trtjst are deS￿nedt0s￿pp0rt itsioretenets= al belief 15 a prime rnotwator for both individuals and Commun[t￿$. impacting on polrtical. economic, ethical and sotial behaviour, bl religiously Itterate broadcasting and media play a key role in the promoting the public understandingof how religion impacts on human experience and cl better religious litefacy can mttigate the prejudice and bigoty that lead to crime and other 50£￿tal problems, and hinder cooperatNe endeavour at local, national and intemational levels. The tnjstees confirm they have ￿ferred to the Chartty CommissKJn's gt11dan￿ on publK benefit when reviewingtheTrust'saims and objeCt￿e5. in planning futu￿ artNlties. and in the administration of the annual Sandford St Martin Awards competition. Religious programmlng is general￿ considered to be core public servKe broadostin8 IPSBI territory. In common with genres such as history, saen￿. cl￿r￿nt affair5 or children's pro8￿mming, this sort of contert is the delivery of public benefit over commercial profit. And like these other core PSB genres. programmng about relEgion or bel¢ef has fa￿d increasing finanoal. technologjcal and polttKal pressures over the last decade. During 202312024 the growing Influen￿ of social medta and dsgrf(al platforms contributed to wh3t was the steepèstannual decline in broadcast television audiences Sin￿ record5 began. All PSBS have experien￿ a fall irh both their audleft￿ Share and Fn income. .o+rov u edA-ri-ti 1n.kn P1Th*tin￿0fWritiry thewkn6fi8urÈstsr2024 were not ava113ble THE SANDFORD ST MARTIN (CHURCH OF ENGLAND) TRUST Annual Report of the Trustees for the year ending 31 December 2024 Atthe BBC, the Li￿nCe Fee has ￿mained ts largestsource of income; th￿ has declinedyear-on-yearwith ha a million hoLtseholds opting notto pay the annual fee. Anatysi5 by the Voice of the Lsstenerand ViewerlVLV) Indicates this has conrributedto a drop of just LEnder41YX in real terms in BBC public fundingavailable for UK services since 2010. It ￿ estimatedthat approximatefy LI￿ hours of programming have been cut from BBC sihedules to make good th￿ def Kit., In Ortober, Channe14also annoUn￿d lossesafterwhatTtsaKI wasthe wortadvertisin8fall since theflnancial crash Én 21X)8. Following announcemerrts of planned cvts to jo175 and costs associated wtth it5 lineal TV offierin& as rt shifts r(s business focus to digttal prov￿10￿. While in Au8u5t2024, lan KatzChanne14's chief contentoffi￿rto1d an audienceat the Edinburgh TV Festwal that theTVcoMmi55i0ning'eme￿en(rfdedared bythe union Bectu in 2023 was overand commissioning was once more at pre-p3ndeM￿ levels thts has notyet been translated into greater Confiden￿ or eMplOy￿nt amongthose working it) TV. In ju￿ a follow up Bectu surveyfoundthat more than haff of those working in the Tvlfilm industry remain out of work.5 Sirriilar to audience pattern5 for Tvlvideo platform5, record numbers ol radio/audio listersers are also now shifting to online platforms. and pod(35t li5tenership has experIen￿d steadygrowth,. Despite the populaiity of this sector, 2024 saw a ri%È in unèmpjoymertforaudio professionals largely as a resu￿ of restrurturing at the BBC. Followir%gon frorrhcutsto tis local radio output earfierthisyear. the B8C confirmed in Septemberthat It Intendsto cut a further115 edr(orial and productK>n roles in the Nations and Regions as part of ￿5 overall plans tOS3ve £5CKh by March 2026. Laura Davison ofthe NatDnal Union of Journalists INUJI 53id'7hese cuts have (x)me about because of the repeated failure of previou5 governments to property fund the UK'S pubk Servi￿ broadc3ster. LI￿n￿ fee freeze5. making the corporatlon fund free licenses for the over-755, and subsequent 5rnall increases have ￿ft the BBC in a peribus state. How lon& how deep and how feasible a recoveryof the industrywli I be fernainsto be seen. LookingfoNiard tt ￿ re￿vantt0 note that while in 2023. bioadcagt TV channelsaccountedfor62% of long-form programmes, the entryof newvideoon demand (Amazon, Neffiix, DisneY,App￿j and videosharingplatform5lYouTUt￿and r5kTokl meansthis is projerted to drop to overthe next deer 2024 contributingto the public conversath)n and to industry cOnsu￿at￿nSt0 advocate forthe prorninerKE, quantty and qualrty of religiousw literdte content which engages wtth and reflects the UK'S diverse faiths and faith Communit￿5. identrfyin& prornoting and rewatding the best examples of UK broadcast content engaging with religious or ethical themes through the Sandford St Martin Awards- building a network and prowding a forum for inter-communrry diabgue and cooperation around religion and ethics through actNfties such as the Awards but also conferences, meetings, public symposia, stakeholderevents and training forstudents and PfofessK¢nals. The Sandford St Martln Awanls Increasing￿ impattful, the SSM Awards a￿ now an established annual event for which many brDadca5ter5 and content-makers plan. Providing3 showcase 25 they do for the bestbroadcasting in the UK about rel%ion or beltef, they are a key mechanism through which the Tnjst delNers its ￿mr(. Every year hundreds of key stakeholders representing all ￿ve15 of the UK'S broadcasting industry and faith communities come together to recognise and £e￿brate the bestprogramminginthi5genre,andto ShareeX￿rience and expertise. BeyiyKI the Awards. the qualrty of rts shortlistsand winnersserves as a compellinE ar2umentforvalue and viabilty of this kind of content to a wmle aUd￿n￿, encouraging future commi55ionÉng and more prominent provision across a range of formats on tradttxjftal and new broadcasting platforms. To ensure the Awards continue to effertivety contribute to the public berEefit, Trustees review the awards criteria and categories 3nnualty and adjustments are made to reflect trends or technok)eical changes in a rapidly evolving media settor. The Award5 abo benefit UK audiences and the wider publ[( who, research has shown, are invested and interested In good relEious programming-content that ￿flects their own experience, improves their understanding of religion or spirttual i55ue5 andlor brings a ￿ligIouS or spiritual perspectNe to bear on political. social or economic arguments. The Trust invites entries and raise5 awareness of the competrtion through a year-k)ng gutreath and social media campaign - this indudes a partnership with the Radio Times magazi¥Je- a5 well as throuEh directly tsrgeting key broadcasters. content-makers and produttion companies. Enlries are encouraged from programrnes with a strong reSigiou5, 5pifEtual or ethical dimension- for exarnp￿, refletting, investigating or exploring a religious or spiritual approach to lrfe and rt5 meaning, seeking to evoke a relEious or Spir￿Ual response inthe audlence, bringinga religious orspiritual perspeuThie to bearon politKal, soaal and eccinomic arguments, OY explaining a re1￿lOuS or spirttual point of view or an ethical dilemma. In Ofderto encour entr￿S from a wwle ronge of broad£a5teT5 representing all bijdgets arkd 311 area5 of the settor. entry is free. Full details of the entry criteria and a link to the Awards entry plarfom are available on the Trust's websie htt sandfordaward5.or the-awards At the first stage of judgin& entrie5 are reviewed and Sco￿￿ by selett panek of between 4 and 10 category shortlisters. Shortlister5 are ieirutted for their interest a￿d profe55ional working-knowledge of the categ in whKh they are shortlistin& and for their awareness of the issuesojrrently afferting religiou5 broadcasting and conter*t-makers engaging with these rhemes. THE SANDFORD ST MARTIN (CHURCH OF ENGLAND) TRUST Annual Report of the Trustees for the year ending 31 December 2024 In keeping wtth an initiatrve launthed in 2021 to build iFnpart amongst younger stakeholders working in content-pmductKJn. fDie post-graduate broadcast media students were invited to help shortlist the 2024 awards. Two participants in the BBC'S Future vo￿$ scheme We￿ invfted to judge award categorie> On tt rsight of the awards ceremony. a further seven siudent intem5 from local secondary schools gained work experien￿ of produttion or event-reception. Once a shOrtl￿t of SLY finalists In each category has been Klentrfied, shortlt5ts are f orwarded to final jud8 panels comprised of leading figures from across the broadr2Sting industry. For 2024.. The Tv/Video category wa5 chaired by Tommy Nagra, the award-winning progrdmme-makerwF*& Current￿ the Director ContentforBBC Children In Need. He was joined by Nick Hamer (documentary film maker and a previous SSM Awartt winner), Juliet Riddell Ihead of new forn)ats at the Financial rimesl and Bushra Siddiq ITV and film direttor and prodU￿rI. The Radio andTVdocumentarymaker. Petercurran thairedthe Radio/Audioju*espanel, whtch 3 comprised Remona ljournalist. commentator and broadcaster), Rabbi Laura Janner-KlauyEr Ibroadcasterl and Anna Magnus50n (radio producer and presenter). The YoungAudÈEllce ¢2tegorywas chaired by theTV presenterRadziChinyangarnya,' on h15panel￿re Heenan Bhatti Ifonderof Clockwork Films and a previous￿m Awardw¥nnerl,TalluSah Clark ljournalst and disabiltty actN¢StI and Vanessa Harriss (editor of The Week Juniorf magazine). The journalism tategorywas chaired by thejoumali5t and broadca5terRitu13 Shah with supportfmm Osob Elmi18BC New5and currentaffairs joumalistl. Mark Warburton ITV PrOdu￿rand Director) and Ben Zand Ifilmtnaker, joumalist and producerldirectorl. Profiles and a full list of 2024 judges andshortlistersare published on the Trusys webste: htr sandlordawards.or 2024-.ud es Winning programmes ￿teNed bespoke Sandftrd St Martintrophios and prize money of El,(XK) oathwhich is intended to be shared by membersof the prod￿10￿ team and toencouragethe development and prod￿[￿￿ of future broadcast projetts exploring rel4gion or ethic5. Runners-up and other finalt5ts receve specially commissloned certifKates. Winners in 2024 were 35 follow= TVIVIDEO: "A fime to Die" (True Vtsion for ITVI- Tunner up: "Wrtness - A Child of Gaza" IAlef Medla for Al Jazeer3 Englishl RADIOIAUOIO.. 'The Indestrurtibityof Hope- Christmas in Ukraine- (Worship, BBC Religion & Ethi￿ forBBC Radio 41: runner up-. "Do the Ri8ht Thing.. Follow God, not the Peop￿, Icrvc for BBC Wodd Servicel YOUNG AUDIENCE: "My Life: I Won't Stand for It IfEer Lity 2 forCB8CI- runnerup-"Climate Anxiety" I￿Vc for TrueTube.co.ukl THE SANDFORD ST MARTIN {CHURCH OF ENGLAND) TRusr Annual Report of the Trustees for the year ending 31 Detember 2024 JOURNAUSM.. °In the Name of the Fatherf IBeyond CreatNe Ltd & Reftegade Stories for Storyville. BBC 41,. runner up.-"Heart and Soul=The emerging Muslim man05phere-188C Wortd Servi￿} RADIO TtMES READERS. AWARTr. Yhe Hoty Land and Us- (wan to Wall Media for BBCTwol In 2024 the Trustees. Award was presented by the writer. historian and podca5ter Willlam Dalrymple to.. TOM HOLLAND In recognftK*n of hÈ5 contnbution to the greaterpublic understanding of Teligh)ns and their role Tn contemporary and h￿10T1c31 human experience. The full list of winners and shortlisted programmeswtth links to their websites is published on the Trust's webstte= htt 5and*ordawards.o -uk 2024-award-winnef5 Achievement and performan¢e The benefits of the Tnjst's work are felt through the effectNe 5UPPOrt and advo(3cy for the quantity and qualrty of broadcastcontentand programmesthat e￿age wrth ￿lIgIOn. belief and ethics. Becauseof its reath, broadc3Sting- and public service broadcastingin parricular- is at the frontline of promoting relEiOUS literary.. a key dimension of cukural competence in an Increasing￿ diverse and pluralistic world_ Thi5. in turn, suppor religious-content producers and broadcasters. faith communities and Inte￿sted audiences through raising awareness of what constttutes bertpractKe= indudingquestiorsaround howtocreate engaging content, 8(xxI journalism and content produrtion. and how to disseminate religious lrf(erdCy. Through thi5 work we widen the conversation around the compEex roles ￿lIgIonS or beliefs can play in the public and priv*e Spa￿ and create opportunities for dialogue between ourdifferent stakehokler groups. In addr(ion to our3wards durinE 2024, ths WO￿ induded= Dr3fting and lobbying for proposed Amendmentsto the Media Bill As a ￿p1a￿ment for the 2LX)3 Communications Act. the Media Bill set out the basis for how broadcasting in the UK is regulated and the social corstratt bet￿een broadc8sters and audiences into the future. It was Ssmfs position that the proposed new legislation lacked sufficient detail regardinE the Public Service Broadcasting IP5BI remit. whi￿ the 20J3 legislation clearly identified specific genres- induding religion- as core PSB territory, the new proposab only required PublIcServi￿ Broadcasters to provide 'a tange of appropriate genres, without specrfyingwh3t these genres are or what quantity or quality constitute 'a range.. SSMT began 2024 continving to k)bby Government. the ￿g¥JIatOr and industy to amend the Bill so that it would Irel include the retention of the ReTthian value5 as part of the definrtion of PSB named PSB genres induding education, arts, Scien￿ and religton quotas or requirements forthese 8enres detailingwhat quantity of PSB loriginall content 15 consldered 'appropriate' requirements to make sure PSB content in these genre5 ￿ mains unNersalW available and easily dbcoverable li.e. PSB genres should not be'ghettotsed to online orsecondary p13rfomisl THE SANDFORD ST MARTIN (CHURCH OF ENGLAND) TRUST Annual Report of the Trustees for the year ending 31 December 2024 Artivities and impact indL4ded.. On January 3Cth, durirhg the Biifs Reportstage. John MtDonnell MP proposed an amendment based on Ssmfs COn￿mS and crted Ssmfs work in the House of Commons io On February 22nd SSMT co-hosted an event atthe House of lords wlth the VLV and sponsored by Lord Tony Hall aimed at briefing Parfomentarians on key amendmentsto brief key peer5 Sothey can speak in supporr of PSB when the Bill reached the upper house. SSM Trustee Aaqil Ahmed lobned 3 panel of four speakers about the need to amend the PSB remit to be much more explicrt about the social value of religiou5 and eth￿31 broèdcasting and the need forofcom to have powers to ensure PSBS meettheir obli8atkJns in respect of these Benres. Also on February 22, . Anna McNamee. Ssmfs ExecutNe Direttor dlscussed the Medla Bill and acces5 to public service broadcasting on Roger 8olton'$8eeb Watch podcast . Additional interview5 weredone with Trans Worfd Radio. Premierchristian News and Unfced Christian Broadcasters Radio. On 27. February, an open letterdrafted by SSMT and signed by a coalition of relwdiOU5 and interfaith aders was published in The fimes newspapercalling on legislators to'specify religion as a kev component of the public service broadcastin8 remtt. and to prorect in Its Media Bill programmes explorin8 ￿lIgIon and belief, It was signed by Allya Azam. interfaith co-ordinator, Al-Khoei Foundation,. Simon Barrow, direttor. Ekklesia,. Steve Clarke, editor, re￿vision Magazine, Royal Televislon Society,. Rabbi Warren Elf, co-thair, Far(h Network for Manthester,. the Rlght Rev Sally Foster-Fulton. moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland- Dr Edwayd Kessler, director, Woow Instrtute; Katle Mccolgan. chair, Interfarth Council for Wales.. the ￿ght Rev Bevertey Mason, bishop of Warrin8ton.' Chine McDonald, direLtor, Theos,. Marllyn Pblday. Community House Presbyterian Church of Wales., Drshaunaka Rlshi Das, dirertor, Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies.. Elizabeth Slade, chief officer, General Assembty of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches,. Profes50r Tony Stoller, chairman, The Sandford St Martin Trust.. the Most Rev Marf¢ Strange, Primus, Scottish Episcopal Church,. the Most Reverend Leo Cushleyi Archbishop of St Andrews & Edinburgh. A publlc petltlon #Belief Matters callin8 for the same gained Wsignatures.12 vi. Followin8 the House of Lords event and one-to-one meetings and briefing sessions with various peer5. Ssmfs amendments were proposed again durlng the second readin8 of the Bill In the House of lords on February 28th by a 518nific3nt number of peer5 including Baroness Foster. The Lonl Blshop of Leeds, Baroness Kldron. Baroness Fraser. Vlscount Colville. Lord Hall, Lord Foster and others.13 men (tirnt code 13.'34..501 n4 LJ ht THE SANDFORD ST MARTIN (CHURCH OF ENGLAND) TRUST Annual Report of the Trustees for the year ending 31 December 2024 March 3, . SSM Chair of Trustees DrTony Stoller appeared on BBC Radlo Wales'AII Things Considered. to speak about the proposed amendment5 tg the Bill. SSMTwès still actwety engaged in lobbying whenon May 22nd an eaty UK elertionwa5 announced and as is the protocol, the Media Bill wa5 rushed through the final stages of k61slat￿n without fvrther debate. To ensure passage of the Bill. the Government made an l1th-hourcon￿sSi0n on public service broadc35ting, and accepted one of the amendments SSMT had been lobbyingfor which ensures thatthe Reithian principles to inform, educate ondentertoin remains an explicit part of publicservice broadta5ting remit. Unfortunately, however, despite what had been whlespread sUPPOrt in both Houses, the Government did not accept SSMfs amendment which would have seen key public gen￿5 like programmes about religion or belief, suence, art. history or internat￿nal affairs induded in the public service broadcasting rem￿. Goin8 forward, SSMT is focussing on the implementation of the new Media Art and is liaising with broadcaster5 and the new Government with re8ard implementation of the Act and partkularly around PS8 obligations. B. The Sandford St Martln 2024 Awards Held at Southwarkcathedralon the eveningof 17June. two hundred guestswerewekomedby thevery Re¢d Dr Mark Oakley. Dean of Southwark. who paid tribute to content-makers saying: These Awords ore 0150 importont becouse they celebrute work thot helps people understond the philosophKal historKol. politAcoI ondemotionalintricoaes 0fre1￿￿n andethKs. Agoin, thereis much around ot the moment thot wouldpreferdishonestsimplKity to un honest ￿mplexIty, but the work we ucclalm this evening refuse5 that impatlent remptotion, creotln9 Insteod Jccessible opproaches into undersrond*)g h humon being5 make 5ertse of this life ond novigQte themsefves through 1¢ through our w0￿d'S￿oiths ond through eth￿oISeriOUSneSS.lCUn'thelP thinking thotourd¢7y-rtrdoylanguageincontemkvn7rysocietyls muth more se¢ulorthon weartuolfy a￿, butwe haveno notNeorshoredlonguogeforthesoul. Your workhelps to tran51ole ot such o time. und, 05 1 say, I not onty wont to congrotulote the shortlisted tOn￿ht, but to thank them very deepfy. Tonight moy be even more important thon we reali5e. The teremony featured speethes and award presentations across fourcategories, interviews with winner5, the presentation ofthe 2024 Trustees, Award, and V￿e0 showcases featuringexamples of the besr religious and ethical broadcasting content from the last year and content-makers talking about their work. The ceremonywas attÈnded by approximatety 2￿people ￿presentIng broadcastand fabth communit￿5 frpm across the UK. Those unableto attend in pe¥son were able tofollow Iwe updates on social media (Twitterand Instagraml induding Irve announcemerts of the results, video dips from winning programmes and eXCe￿ts from judges, speeches. As per custom, the Radio fime5 Readers. Awardwas launched online and via newsstandcopiesof the Easter edition ofthe magazine. Through its partnershipwiththe RBdioTimes, theTrust ha5worked toactivelyeng4f the public in signrficant policy debate5 as well as the consideration of the range and value of religious and ethical programme content available. Readers voting in the competTtion those the newly tOPKal documentary'The HO￿ Land afid U5" in whÉch Rob Rinder and Sarah Khan explored theirfamilies, histortes and connections wtth Israel and Palestine. 10 THE SANDFORD ST MARTIN (CHURCH OF ENGLAND) TRUST Annual Report of the Trustees for the year endlng 3 l December 2024 C. BBC Thernatic Rewew of Portra al and Re resentation October 31 In preparation for the next Chaner renewal. the BBC announced new creatThie dwersrty targets 2nd invited SSMTto contribute to a 'thematic revie￿ looking into how accur3tÈly and authentKally the BBC portrays and ￿PreSents dtfferent groups and communities a(xoss the UK. Over recent de￿deS the UK has become increasinEty religious￿ dwerse. SSMT ha5 long argued that understanding what these dwerse farth communtties believe and how this arferts their world view i% a crttical civic and Social skill. Thi5 15 the approach we took in responding to the BBUS Review. D. Research ProJect: Providing an Ewdence-Base for UK Media Policy {University of Leeds). September 2024 - August 2025 The UK'S public Servi￿ broadcasterslPSBsl have specrficremitsto provide a wide range of programmes that infomi. edutste and entertain UK cf(izens aftd support demotracy. The Media Act. passed in May 2024, enables all the U K's PSBS to fulfil thèir Obl￿atIonS acr055 their video-on-demand IVODI services as well as their broadcast channets forthe first time. It a￿0 simplrftes those oblgations by removing specrficgenre requirement5, such as forarts, educatlOFI. Science, reltgton. and matters of international slgnrf1¢an￿, many of which are 501ely or primarily proV￿￿ed by the UK'S PSBS. Th45 has led to concerns that the dtver5ty of prov*sion for UK ert￿en5 will decline. Thi5 projert overseen by Catherine Johnson, Professor of Media and Communication at the Unwersty of Leeds. and in collaboration wtth the Intemation31 BroadcastingTru5t, and the Campaign forthe Arts will develop methods for mtsnrtoring the provision of public servicè gen￿S onthe VOD servicesofthe UK'S PS8s. This will prOV￿e an eViden￿-baSe for the implementation and ongoing evaluation of the impact of thè Media Act on UK publK Sery1￿ media IPSMI and infomi f uture media policymaking. E. Ofcom meetin& 31 Ortober Following passage of the Media Att. Ofcom will be undertaking a two-phase PSM Review in eBth 2025. SSMfs ExecutThfe Dirertor Anna McNamee attended this meeting between Ofcom's leade￿ of the review nd otherrepre5ent3twes of the PSM Forum. to reviewand respondto Ofcom's prop05edframewrxk and to respond to research they have already undertaken. F. Faith in Labour Interfaith Re￿ptiOn. House of Lords. 14 November H05ted by Sir Stephen fimms MP, thi5 re￿ptIOn was dttended by the Labour Party'5'Faith Champions, and representatives from fatth groups. It wa5 an opportunity to ￿lebrate thÈ work of religious communities in the UK and to reflect upon whateffertive collaboratK)n coukl looklike goingforw3rd. SSMTw3s rep￿sented by tts Chair, Prof Tony Stoller and his fèllow Trustee Bridget Cass. G. Meetjngwth Stephanie Peacocl Under-secretay of State for Depanmert of Culture. Media and Sport, 25 November As part of the PSM Forum, the Executive DFrettor met with the new Under-secretary of State for CU￿ure to di5CU55'. how to support and enS￿￿the delTrieryand prominence of a ranEe of PSM content genres including arts. religion, children's, science and interrÈ3t￿nal content and a sustainable funding model for PSM. THE SANDFORD ST MARTIN (CHURCH OF ENGLAND) TRUST Annual Report of the Trustees for the year ending 31 Drfember 2024 Monitorin achievement In order to improvè prattl￿ and efftcacy, the SBndford St Martin T￿st use5 a range of qUal￿atiVe and quantttative measures to asse55 need. inform strategy and track the organisatKJn's proBress. These include regular interview5Wtth key stakeholdersandthe collection and anatysis of feedbackfromthose who interact with the TfUSt. Quantitative impxt assessment ofthe Sandford St Martin 2024Awards: Numberof awards entrÈes: There was 3 total of 167 entries across four categories for the 2024 Awards. This is the highest nurnber of entries across regular categories,. receNed Sin￿ 2017. This yeara150 saw the greatest number of entri￿ li the Radio/Audits Category ever recorded- anawsis of the entries suggests this rise was a dirert result of r￿ entrdnt5 from the podcasting settor. However. while the calib￿ of the entries ￿(eNed has remained htth, thetot31 numberof entries in both the youngAUdien￿ Bndthe Journalism categoTies rerrbainscomparatively low. wtth entr*s in the latter otegory having dropped by approximately 31Y% since 2023. A review by the executsve and informal discussions wtth stakeholders suggest the decline is a reftect￿n of a series of facto induding cutsto staff and output- indudin8the closure of many local stations-at the B8Cand continued financial and production pressures on the chiklren's sertor as those aUdIen￿S move Int￿25[nE1Y online. Generally,theTrusteesare sati%fied thatthe Awardscontinue to attractentries from a w¥de range of content- makèrs however. going forward Trustees will artNely monf(or the impatt audien￿ trends and the rise of digital and VOD platForrns have onthe quality and quanitityof theentries receivedwÉth avtewto whethertt award tategories remain relevant. Detalls of Sandford ATKdrd entriesfrom 2014- 2024 Year RadiolAudio Televisionlvideo Young Audiencè 15 Othe Journalism Total 2024 93 167 2023 67 32 12 22 133 105 2022 51 28 17 2021 57 37 47 li 14 207 163 164 158 2020 2019 2018 2017 71 37 13 16 35 24 18 133 120 2015 2014 73 L4The 2021 cofflrÈttsth featL*ettt￿ spe¢iJ (atggODE5degsDedtorewgn￿t1￿e￿trR)Th￿. work done b¥ broadcèster5 iontent-m3ker5 in rewnsg tothÈcDVID-19 P2r￿em￿.E￿tr￿sWgreIOVit*lfr￿r.. Cont￿1{fi￿brDadCa$tm8rh￿e￿td￿tyl-hÈ1fiWaLl of COIqD Or lockdown ihrou8h a religiDU51ETrsland CrmmLnty IfDr bfoadiAllir8Oe4na4tosupportormaw)>nreb8Th50rbeldcOttrry￿￿￿Sdvri￿ lorkdDwnl Entrie5 in thE two onex)ff cate8ories etstry numbersthat year. 12 THE SANDFORD sr MARTIN {CHURCH OF ENGLAND) TRUST Annual Report of the TrusteÈs for the year ending 31 December 1024 In 2021 entries and nominations were invited forthe Twstees. Award. The Joumalism category was introduced in 2019,- previousty, between 201&2018. the foLtrth category was for Interviews. In 2014, the categories induded the -LocallCommL¢nity/Online Broadcasting Award.. Audience en8aBement: Following 2023's special awards ceremony in Manchester. 2024 sawthe Ce￿MonY returnto London whère it was held at Southwark Cathedral. Qualitative assessrnent based on stskeholderfeedbaci. In orderto monrtor and improve the impact of the Trusvs work. st3keholder5 and those who attend or partiapate in Sandford 5t Martin events are reguLady consulted for fèedback and their corllments on our work and effectweness. Some of what the￿ve said is collated bek)w'. The Sandlord St Martin Awards= Short videoswtth some of ourAward winnersspeakingaboutthe impart of winning an award feature on our website- htt sandfordawards.or 2024-awards-ceremon Awards ftnalist are B150 sent a follow-up survey in which they are asked about the impart of being inVo￿ed and how this has affected their work- Carotyn Bade - Dirertorlprodutèr W Llfe= I Woft't Stand for It, Ifiger Ltty 2 for CBBCI. 2024 Young AudTence winner. How has I how wil winning a 5ondlord St Mwtin Award wThtribute posilNely to you or toyour Pfoduttion £ompanV5 business ￿dIOT rep￿atkn? This is su£h ts prestigious we ore immensety proudof. it reinfvKe5 our mission to prndu￿ meoningfvltontent rhcf explores importtsnt subje¢rts thotrtftrt oursoa.ety tod￿. How has winning an Award influenod eltl*r w own lor your roNeagues'1 idea5 about how religiou5 or ethical ontent ffts into the larger broad43rting ecosystem? Idon t think the oworLI win hus infltsenced my views burmther reinfvrtrd howthi5 kind of corttsnt hu5 un importtsnt place in and public dixourse. In this chomengirjg brne fDrovr ¥￿rtd tsrjdformedio production, content thot thollenges notiorts explo￿ e(hA￿. fvsknyng di5CUSsion ond ￿tht7nge5, ore $0 importonL Whar w¢￿Id you say the Breatest Impart of winning an 4ward has been? Ihope ir's given o second lift to thefi1￿ roised iiitere5t in 1¢ und hq51edrnore people. young Gndold. to How mWIt you spend ihe prize money. It will bespent on thédeveloprnenr of Fjew thought-prowoking pmiects. Dominic WelLs- PrOdU￿r %ytd and Beyond, (BBC Radio 312024 W￿lA￿dID firtali5t How has participating in the Awards fftfven￿d either your own lor your L•mprfsl about how Tell￿0￿$ or ethical content ffts trkto the larger t*roathastlng ec05yStem? IYS mode me Fnore uwore oAiu5thowNmportont these vuiiou5 ethicol i55ues and howtheyfteed o home bmJdco5ting if they ore ro be inteffogated p￿pe￿. News stories, importont though they are. ure limlted by tirne. THE SANDFORD ST MARTIN (CHURCH OF ENGLAND) TRUST Annual Report of the Trustees for the year ending 31 December 2024 wheRos thepmgrommes thotfeotured in these owanls htsd thE time and resourw to look into these issues morg depth. Ifelt tThly privileged to be ￿ttIng along5￿e$￿th Dtromplftshed radio Yvpmdutrfrs. BTiO# Woods- EKeartive ProdLKer'A fime to 0￿. rrrue Vtslon for ITVI 2024 TVIVideo winner How h251 will winning a SarKlford St Martin Award rortribute to you ortoyour produttlon CoMp￿Y'S business andlor reput*ionP Wehove olreody hud emoil of mngrETlululTOFJsfrom Lygo. theheod of ITV. To pur thi5 in ￿ntert WÈ dldn't get one when we the for The Missin9 chr1d￿l yeors ogo :_} Mony people htrve noted thot thefilrn hosbeen ￿gnised in thi5 Way. (Jftd rtis still on ITV Player, 50 1 hope this hos 0150 broughto new audien￿ to thefjlm. low has wlnnln8 an aw¥d 1ftnuer￿d eiiher your o¥rtn lor your o4leagues'l Hlea5 htsw relleb)us or ethi[31 tontent ffts iDtt>the larger broal(35tirw ètosystem? We were olfft¥ody very committed ttj induding ethiojl 0ndre1w￿￿$ ￿ntent ond l om pffjud tosoy thts is ourseLvncJ Sandfo￿5t Mortin, hGvNng utso 4vonfor My Son theJiht7di. ondbeen nominutedfvr5evewl otherfilms. However. this undoubtedty reinfvyres thv¥3ble Bank in¢ere5t 31.775 31.775 946 712 712 2&030 2&030 31487 32.487 Totsl Income 2&1n 26.172 31950 32.950 29 THE SANDFORD ST MARTIN (CHURCH OF ENGLAND) TRUST Notes to the Financial Statements for the year endFng 31 December 2024 EXPENDITURE Unrestricted Restrlcted Endoviment Fund Fund Total 2024 Totsl 2023 3.1 Raising funth 1,384 1.384 1.788 1.384 1.384 1.788 Awa¥ds'. R2dio & Tdevtslon Aw3rd5 Ouueach- Chvrth & Media Conference Er*tert3inmendhospitslity Public RdatiDn5 & CommunicaTSonk" Show rEds & ￿de03 Wobsite Marketing 65.936 65,936 66.668 317 317 65 90 818 1.131 627 627 Trustets. n)ee¢tng5 Independent examiner fee Advlsw Groups Consul￿￿tr 3,564 1.158 9n 1.303 71 1.158 lJ40 45,735 36,049 133 10.776 46.275 44.273 410 6.879 5.025 45.735 36,049 733 12.768 4.742 Sraff S3laits Trwning Office Premise5 Office Cornputers De￿e0￿00Th Admir¥strntio 11768 4.742 2.632 1632 2.686 174.754 317 175.071 187.441 Totsl Expendr¢ure 174.754 317 1.384 176.455 189.229 3.3 Staff Costs 2024 2023 Wage$ 2nd s31arie5 Social se¢uftry cosrs Other pwsion tosrs Terrninatyon wymert 35,347 34.563 702 710 9.000 36.049 44.273 The Trust currendy has 2 employees. who both w¢)rk part-rim No employee received more than £60.000 in employee bpmefifs. No employee left employment in the year. The term¥nauon payment VQ5 p￿d to one employee 3S compensarion. due to the cÉrcumstances ol their le2ving the Trust's employmenL12023.' one person left employmen£) 30 THE SANDFORD ST MARTIN (CHURCH OF ENGLAND) TRUST Notes to the Financial Statements for the yw endlnz 31 December 2024 EXPENDITURE {contlnued) 3.4 Key Management Personnel The Trustees consider the boardof Trustees and the {p¥r4ime) ExeoJtNe Secretaryas comprising the key management personnel of the charity in charge of directing and conErollingthe eharity and runni and ¢¥erating the chariry on a day-t*>day basis. All Trustee5 we of their time freety and no trust remuneration was paid in the year. Details of Trustee expense5 are shown in Note 4 and related patv transactions are shown in Note 9 in the accounrs. of key man4tmen¢ per50nneJ remunemi is aiso covered on page 18 of the rrus[e￿. reporL TRUSTEE INFORMATION Noneof the trustees received or waivedemolumen¢s in the currenror prccedingyear. Duringthe year four tru5tees12023: three) received reimbursed expenses of £1.39412023.. £1.160). All reimbur5• expenses related to travel, subsisrence or accommodarion costs. There were no dcnari¢)ns from Crustees (2020: nll). TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS Computer equlpment Cost At 1 January 2024 Additions DisPOsals At 31 December 2024 6,975 6,975 Accumulated depreclatlon At 1 January 2024 Charge for year 6,975 At 31 December 2024 6,975 Net book value at 31 December 2024 at 31 December 2023 THE SANDFORD ST MARTIN (CHURCH OF ENGLAND) TRUST Notes to the Financial Statements for the year endin8 31 December 2024 FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS 2024 2D23 At 1 january 2024 AcqulsrJon5 ar cost Sales proceeds of disposals Re31i5ed g￿n1(h￿s) on disposal Unrealised raiAllloss) ￿ re￿lUatiOn 625.701 810,855 11Q),5071 20.531 2,775 1201.8361 33,857 117,1751 At 31 DecEmber 2024 548.5C(I 625,701 Cash h•ld lor inwsun*rt 442 51,419 548.942 677.120 Hlstork cort Ar 31 Decem￿r 2024 427.595 507,571 Compr151n8: Multivasser Funds [tr￿[l¥eS- Property Cash hdd for in¥esungn¢ 32 THE SANDFORD ST MARTIN (CHURCH OF ENGLAND) TRUST Notes to the Financial Statements for the y&v endÉng 31 December 2024 DEBTORS 2024 1013 T&¥ refund5 recoverab Accrued ￿ncOlne Taxation *)d 50cd sec￿rity Prepaymenrs 43 43 4S6 3.765 381 8,364 Financi￿ assets are measured at amorti5ed cost They comprise the tax refunds recoverdble 3nd accrued income baknces included in Nore 7. CREDITORS 2024 2023 Trade creditors Accru￿5 Taxition and socd Sec￿iLY Orher creditors 5.317 8.9C() 19.247 4,443 195 14.629 23,885 Financd liabilitÉes are M￿ured at amrried COSL Thty comprise the trade creditors and accruals batances inclLtded in No* 8. RELATED PARTIES There were no related party tr3ns2rtK)ns in 2024. or in 2023. 33 THE SANDFORD ST MARTIN {CHURCH OF ENGLAND) TRUST Notes to the Financral Statements for the year ending 31 December 2024 10 FUNDS Net GaÈns Income Expendlture Transf•rs (Losses) Batanc• 1.1.24 ance 31.12.24 un￿$t￿tted Fut)d Resti7cted Fund&" Dulverron TNSE EndowtTrenr BJnd 26.1n 1174.7541 1317> 1317) (1.3841 148.582 1.971 1.971 551.324 679.984 {148.5821 23.306 68UT2 2&1n (176.4551 23.306 555,295 The unrestricted fitnd is a gener￿ fijnd held lor the gened objects (Athe Trust's work The reStriC￿d funds represent don8￿￿5 tQW3rds the COSE of dlvebping the Trust's charrtrab accbvit*s. The expendable endowmen¢fund represents theTnJst's Cap￿￿. Income from invesDnenrs and sh term deposrt5 is avatknle for unrestrictedgeneral purposes of the Trust The trustees have absolu d￿Crets0nary power to appty the expendable endowment of the Trust for ￿5 charffable purpos Amounts are transferred to the unrestricted fund to 511PPOrt the chariry'5 activitte5. I I ANALYSIS OF ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS 2024 Total Unrestrlrted Restrlcted Endovm*nt Fixed Assets Investment Assets curre￿ Assets 548.5fy) 4.824 548.500 6.795 1,971 1.971 553.324 555.295 2023 Total Unrestricted Restrrcted Endowment Fixed Assets Investment A55ets Net Current Assets 625.701 54.283 625.701 5&571 1288 1288 679.984 681272 34