CHARITY REGISTRATION NUMBER 529386 

CLIFF COLLEGE 

CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 



## CLIFF COLLEGE 

## LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE iNFORMATION 

|Trustees|Revd Loraine Mellor (Chair)|
|---|---|
||Stephen Holliday (Vice-Chair)|
||Revd Ashley Cooper (Principal)|
||Revd Christine Dutton|
||Ashiey France|
||Matthew Lee|
||Joan Ryan|
||Revd Paul Smith|
||Revd RogerWalton|
|Charity number|529386|
|Principal address|Cliff College|
||Calver|
||Hope Valley Derbyshire|
||$32 3XG|
|Auditors|Hawsons CharteredAccountants|
||Siaiutory Auditor|
||Pegasus House|
||463a Glossop Road|
||Sheffield|
||$10 2QD|
|Bankers|HSBC|
||Belgravia Branch|
||The Peak|
||333 Vauxhall Bridge Road London|
||SW1V 1EJ|
|Solicitors|Graysons Solicitors|
||Courtwood House|
||Silver Street Head|
||Sheffield|
||$12DD|





## CLIFF COLLEGE 

## CONTENTS 

||Page|
|---|---|
|Trustees’ report|1-6|
|Statement oftrustees’ responsibilities|7|
|Auditor's report|8-10|
|Consolidated statement of financial activities|44|
|Charity statement of financial activities|12|
|Consolidated balance sheet|13|
|Charity balance sheet|14|
|Consolidated cash flow statement|15|
|Notestotheaccounts|16-—33|





## CLIFF COLLEGE 

## TRUSTEES' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 

The managing trustees present their report and accounts for the year ending 31 August 2020. 

The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the accounts and comply with the charity's governing document, applicable law and the requirements of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice. 

## Structure, governance and management 

The charity is governed by two charitable trust deeds, one dated 1903 and a second dated 1930. The managing trustees who served during the year were: 

## Revd Loraine Mellor (Chair) 

Stephen Holliday (Vice-Chair) Revd Ashley Cooper (Principal) Revd Christine Dutton Ashley France Matthew Lee Revd Paul Smith Joan Ryan Revd Dr Roger Walton 

The College Committee is appointed by the Methodist Council. In the appointment of managing trustees to serve on the Committee, the Methodist Church seeks to employ the widest possible range of skills and expertise, and fully bears this in mind when inviting new managing trustees to take up their responsibilities. Each member of the College Committee oversees and supports a specific area of College life and, by doing so, enables an external influence to be brought into the College which hasa significant beneficial effect on the work of the College. All new managing trustees are inducted in briefing meetings with the Principal and senior Siaff members. 

Appointments to the College Committee are for an initial period of three years, with the option to extend for up to a further three years. Thereafter, a member may serve for a further year if the nomination is supported by 75% of the members present at a meeting to consider the nomination. 

The ultimate responsibility for the College lies with Methodist Conference and, as the College is part of the wider Methodist Church, it is governed by Methodist Church standing orders and the decisions made annually by the Methodist Conference. The Trusteeship is held by the Methodist Council which appoints the Cliff College Committee to govern the College. 

The strategic direction of the charity is set by the College Committee which then delegates the day-to-day running of the College to the College’s Executive Committee (an internal management group consisting of the Principal, Revd Ashley Cooper; the Academic Director, Dr Richard Saunders-Hindley; the Global and Learning Innovation Director, Revd Andrew Harper and the Operations Director, Paul Taylor). The College Committee Chair and Vice-Chair receive the minutes of the Executive Committee meetings and attend meetings when appropriate. The Executive Committee reports to the College Committee at each of its meetings. 

The College Committee also receives regular reports from the Board of Directors of Cliff College Outreach Limited, the commercial! trading arm of the College. 

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## CLIFF COLLEGE TRUSTEES' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 

## Objectives and activities 

The College's vision is ‘to be a beacon of excellence for training in mission and evangelism, serving the church, especially in the UK but also internationally’. 

In living out this vision, the College recognises its commitment to the Methodist Church and its heritage in the Wesleyan family; it exists to train people in mission and evangelism, which aims to impact all sections of the church and serve the widest possible constituency. These are achieved through: 

- e arange of validated courses and programmes with mission and evangelism at their core e short courses and Summer Schools to serve the needs of lay people in the church 

- e evangelists to act as a catalyst for mission and evangelism in the church e anannual Festival to deliver a vibrant programme for all ages e the Cliff Year to provide young people with a year of vocational exploration e the conference centre to provide accommodation for individuals and groups e Global partnerships to support lay and ordained training across the globe 

Cliff College exists for the charitable purposes of the advancement of education and of the advancement of religion. All other charitable activities undertaken by the College are to further the attainment of its vision. The trustees have paid due regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission in deciding what activities the charity should undertake. 

## Risk factors 

The managing trustees have assessed the major risks to which the charity is exposed, and are satisfied that systems are in place to mitigate exposure to the major risks. A risk register is maintained by the Executive Committee and the register is reviewed and approved by the Cliff College Committee on an annual basis. The most serious risks to Cliff College's survival and development are identified as: 

- e Impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the College e insufficient student numbers leading to a loss in income e® changes in Government legislation and/or the policies of our partners 

These risks have been managed in a variety of ways: 

The College closed on 20 March 2020, due to coronavirus, following government advice and the introduction of a national lockdown. This impacted the College in a number of ways: 

- e Courses were able to be moved online, using the learning platform that the College had been developing, enabling students to continue with their programmes of studies. 

- « Conference centre bookings were cancelled, and the College successfully diversified with the provision of bed and breakfast accommodation in the summer. 

- e Cliff Festival on-site was cancelled and replaced by an online Festival. 

- e Staff, for whom this was possible, were supported to work from home whilst those with roles based at Cliff were moved onto furlough. 

e The College took full advantage of grants and other financial packages available from the government. e A financial appeal was made to the Cliff supporters which brought a significant cash injection. In terms of student recruitment the new College website was launched in the spring providing much clearer and concise course information, and has provided good links to the College's growing social media presence. Recruitment processes were moved online with the development of new strategies, through the website, including virtual open days. A number of online courses were developed, at both short course and MA levels, and further work is being undertaken to increase the range of courses available. The College was recertified to participate in the US Federal Direct loan programme with the first full-time American students now in their second year at the College. 

The College remains up to date with government policy and maintains good relationships with the Office for Students, with extra meetings scheduled during the pandemic to ensure the College remains in a strong position. The College also maintains strong relationships with its partners, meeting regularly and ensuring that each other's expectations are fully understood. The College has its five yearly revalidation with the University of Manchester in the spring of 2021 and preparations are underway for that process. 

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## CLIFF COLLEGE 

## TRUSTEES’ REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 

## Achievements and performance 

The College runs taught academic programmes at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, as well as supervising research programmes. All of the College's academic programmes are validated by the University of Manchester, a Russell Group university, which unconditionally revalidated the College for five years from 4 January 2016 with the next revalidation process having been moved to the spring of 2021. Undergraduate programmes include: 

- e Certificate, Diploma and Honours degree programmes in Theology and Ministry e Certificate, Diploma and Honours degree programmes in Mission and Ministry 

## Postgraduate programmes include: 

- e Postgraduate Certificate, Diploma and Masters degree programmes in Mission, with specialist pathways including: 

   - e Biblical Theology and Mission e Children’s and Youth Mission 

   - e Christian Mentoring 

   - e Disability, Theology and Mission 

   - e Leadership, Mission and Renewal 

   - e Literature, Theology and Culture 

   - e Mission and Evangelism e Mission and Global Justice 

   - e Mission and Islamic contexts e Pioneering Ministries/Fresh Expressions e Spirituality and Mission 

- e PhD programme (research) e PhD Missiology programme (professional doctorate) 

The College’s academic team continue to seek to develop and deliver our various courses in effective ways so that the educational and religious aims of the charity continue to be achieved. As part of its Christian heritage, and by provision being built into the learning objectives of accredited programmes, Cliff College students continue to engage in periods of placement and mission. For full-time students these placement experiences significantly increase their employability and a Year in Mission has been developed to enable this. The majority of part-time students remain active in their paid or voluntary church or community roles throughout their time of study at the College. 

The College also maintains two research centres, providing annual lectures and research opportunities on two specific areas: 

- e The Samuel Chadwick Centre: focussing on gathering and disseminating the fruits of research in pneumatology with particular reference to the Wesleyan, Pentecostal and charismatic traditions. 

- e The Bible, Church and Gender Centre: focusing on biblical and practical gender studies and how these intersect and inform the lives of women and men in the contemporary church 

Alongside these validated programmes the College offers a wide range of short courses for those in a variety of ministry roles throughout the church. This growing programme provides learning opportunities for both those new to these roles and those looking for continuing development opportunities and is enhanced by Cliff Local, short courses delivered more locally to those attending, eg. In Devon. 

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## CLIFF COLLEGE TRUSTEES' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 

## Cliff Global Partnerships 

The work of Global Partnerships team has continued to develop and focuses on three main areas: 

- e Incountry training: providing training and support for training, in partnership with local training centres, at a variety of levels to meet the local needs. 

- e Immersion trips: providing experiences of the global church to groups of individuals from the UK, including from Cliff College. 

- e Theology X: providing a learning platform that underpins in country training either via the internet or a ‘Theo’ intranet device. 

The Global Partnerships team work in partnership with the Methodist Church Global Relationships team with developing relationships and partnerships with a number of British Methodist Church partners, including in Nigeria, Kenya, Korea, Sierra Leonne and Uganda. Two other important relationships are with Perkins School of Theology, in Dallas, and the Methodist E Academy. 

## Library 

The library is a valuable resource for students, not only for those attending internal courses but also for others who come to carry out their research activities. The move to online learning has led to a significant investment in the Digital Theology Library, to support the physical resources at Cliff. The archive section continues to grow in size and importance, attracting students wishing to explore Methodist history and heritage in detail; it is a part of one of the largest collections of Wesleyan material to be found throughout the world, located at sites connected to the University of Manchester. 

## Festival 

The Cliff College 'Festival' is a major public event that the College holds each year over the second bank holiday weekend in May. Sadly, Festival was cancelled in 2020 and was replaced by Festival at Home, an online Festival that was supported by Methodist Church partners, the Methodist Church Learning Network and All We Can. Festival at Home was still able to provide a resource for church groups and individuals as well as being an important aspect of our student recruitment activity. 

## CCO (Cliff College Outreach Limited) 

CCO is the trading arm of the College, providing a range of activities that support the charitable aims of the College. There are two specific areas of activity the CCO oversees: 

- e The Conference Centre provides high-quality facilities and modern accommodation options across the site to a wide range of customers. The closure of the College in March led to a number of cancellations but the diversification into online conferences and bed and breakfast continued to provide income. 

- e Theology X Commercial provides space on the online learning platform to a range of other organisations, both in the UK and across the globe. 

Profits from CCO are donated to the College under the Gift Aid scheme. The board of directors continues to actively monitor the financial context in CCO operates in order that appropriate and prompt action can be taken to respond to the external challenges. 

## Financial review 

Froma financial point of view, the College hada difficult year due to the coronavirus pandemic and the closure 

in March 2020. This impacted the financial performance in a number of ways: 

- e University of Manchester validated programmes were moved online and, in order to respond to this expectation, the College invested in both hardware and software to ensure a quality product was available. 

- e Short courses were cancelled from March 2020 and the spring and summer programme was lost. A number of short courses have been moved online and further investment was provided to meet this demand. 

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## CLIFF COLLEGE TRUSTEES' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 

- e The Cliff Year, the College’s gap year programme, completed its first year online with the majority of those involved moving on to further education including two joining undergraduate programmes at Cliff. 

- * The Conference Centre was not able to host any conferences from March and therefore iosit the majority of its season. It was, however, able to diversify through the hosting of online conferences and providing bed and breakfast accommodation to the leisure market over the summer. 

- e The opportunity for the Global Partnership's team to travel was halted and other ways were found to support and enable the work of global partners, particularly through the use of online solutions. 

- e Property rentals remained strong but the College closure required a number of students in rental properties to leave early and therefore there was an overall reduction in income. 

- e In March the College undertooka financial modelling exercise and put a number of strategies in place to minimise the end of year deficit. These included: e the reduction of expenditure to that which was necessary to maintain the College and enable online learning 

   - e the development of online courses to develop new income streams 

   - e the maximisation of government grants and incentives and making full use of the furlough scheme 

e a financial appeal to the Cliff supporters which brought significant extra donations 

Investment in IT systems and hardware was increased to meet the needs of online learning and significant expenditure was required to meet this need. This was funded through a legacy received during the year. 

The College continues to make students aware of their financial responsibilities and to this end all new undergraduate students are provided with information and support in managing their personal finances. Oneto-one 'finance' interviews are held with all residential students, in which they are made aware of the specific charges that they will be required to pay to the College for tuition fees and residential fees; a payment plan is then agreed upon. Most of these UK students are able access loans from the Student Loans Company to finance their studies. Throughout the year, student accounts are closely monitored in order to ensure the minimum of bad debts. Student loans are also available to postgraduate students and, whilst some of our Masters Programme students are funded by their employer, these loans are beneficial to those who are not. 

In July 2019, the annual Methodist Conference, the governance body of the Methodist Church, agreed a budget which included financial support for the College covering the next three years. Whilst budgets beyond this period have not yet been approved, there are no plans to deviate from this on-going financial support. During the year, the College received income of £2,802,216 (2019: £2,141,727) and had expenditure of £2,661 ,823 (2019: £2,538,207) which after gains of £2,826 resulted in a net increase in reserves of £143,219. 

## Investments 

Supporters of the College, over many years, have donated substantial sums of money by way of gifts and legacies and, as reported earlier, provided significantly increased support during this year. The outcome of this generosity is that many investments have been made to provide an income, some for the specific benefit of the students and some to provide general income for the College. Most of the funds are invested through either the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes (TMCP) or the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church (CFB), and are therefore subject to the Methodist Church's ethical investment policy. Interest rates continue at the low levels experienced in previous years but the College is still committed to moving its investments, where possible, into higher yielding funds without compromising its commitment to a low risk investment strategy as befits a charity. 

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## CLIFF COLLEGE TRUSTEES' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 

## Arrangements for setting the remuneration of key management personnel 

The salaries of key management personnel are set by the trustees, with reference to recommended ministerial stipend set by the Methodist Church for ordained staff, with other salary levels set alongside those offered in the theological college sector (for teaching staff), and general salary levels (for non-teaching staff) with the Living Wage Foundation Living Wage as a benchmark. 

## Reserves policy 

At the 31 August 2020 the College held total reserves of £8,752,440. 

It is the policy of the College that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to between three and six month's expenditure. The level of free reserves at 31 August 2020 of £185,211 is not consistent with this policy. The managing trustees are aware that this is outside of the College’s reserves policy but have agreed a strategy to restore reserves to an appropriate level. They therefore consider that, in the event of a significant drop in funding, they will be able to continue the charity's current activities while consideration is given to ways in which additional funds may be raised. 

## Plans for the future 

The Trustees have recognised that in order to secure the College's long term future several steps need to be taken. In the short term (6-9 months) this will be achieved by selling one of the residential properties owned by the College. This will provide sufficient financial resources for the College to function as well as partly replenishing the reserves. The College has also been taking advantage of all Government grant Schemes (furlough, rent relief, etc.) to ensure it navigates these turbulent times. 

In the medium term the Trustees see diversity in income streams as an essential development and has developed ‘Vision 21’, a five year strategy, to implement these changes. Three key developments are central to this income diversification: 

   - e enhancing the College’s package of courses and programmes including a wide range of online learning options, building on the innovations made in the response to coronavirus 

   - e making the College's learning platform more widely available to other users, to lease space for their own learning packages 

- e developing the site for leisure use at particular periods during the year, following a successful pilot in the summer of 2020 

- This will provide a firm financial foundation on which the College can build and move forward in the long term. 

On behalf of the board of managing trustees, 

Revd Ashley Cooper, Principal and Trustee 

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## CLIFF COLLEGE 

## STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES’ RESPONSIBILITIES 

The trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Report and the accounts in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). 

The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that period. 

In preparing these accounts, the trustees are required to: 

- e select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; 

- e observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP (FRS 102); 

- @ make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; 

- e state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and 

- e 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 enable them to ensure that the financial statements compiy with the Charities Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the trust deed. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. 

The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the charity and financial information included on the charity's website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of accounts may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions. 

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## CLIFF COLLEGE 

## INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF CLIFF COLLEGE 

## Opinion 

We have audited the financial statements of Cliff College (the ‘charity’) and its subsidiary (the ‘group’) for the year ended 31 August 2020 which comprise the Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities, Consolidated Balance Sheet, Charity Statement of Financial Activities, Charity Balance Sheet, Consolidated Cash Flow Statement and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). 

In our opinion the financial statements: 

- e give a true and fair view of the state of the group's and the charity's affairs as at 31 August 2020, and of its incoming resources and application of resources, for the year then ended; 

- e have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and 

- e have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011. 

## Basis for opinion 

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charity in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. 

## Conclusions relating to going concern 

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the ISAs (UK) require us to report to you where: 

- e the trustees’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is not appropriate; or 

- e the trustees have not disclosed in the financial statements any identified material uncertainties that may cast significant doubt about the charity's ability to continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting for a period of at least twelve months from the date when the financial statements are authorised for issue. 

## Other information 

The trustees are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the trustees’ annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. 

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## CLIFF COLLEGE 

## INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF CLIFF COLLEGE (CONTINUED) 

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. 

We have nothing to report in this regard. 

## Matters on which we are required to report by exception 

In the light of our knowledge and understanding of the group and the charity and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Trustees’ Report. 

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 require us to report to you if, in our opinion: 

- e the information given in the financial statements is inconsistent in any material respect with the trustees’ report; or 

- e sufficient accounting records have not been kept; or 

- e the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records; or 

- e we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit. 

## Responsibilities of trustees 

As explained more fully in the trustees’ responsibilities statement set out on page 7, the trustees are responsible for the preparation of financial statements which give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. 

In preparing the financial statements, the trustees are responsible for assessing the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the trustees either intend to liquidate the charity or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so. 

## Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements 

We have been appointed as auditor under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and report in accordance with regulations made under section 154 of that Act. 

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements. 

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## CLIFF COLLEGE 

## INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF CLIFF COLLEGE (CONTINUED) 

As part of an audit in accordance with ISAs (UK), we exercise professional judgment and maintain professional scepticism throughout the audit. We also: 

- e Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting from error, as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal control. 

- e Obtain an understanding of internal control relevant to the audit in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the group's internal control. 

- e Fvaluate the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates and related disclosures made by the trustees. 

- e¢ Conclude on the appropriateness of the trustees’ use of the going concern basis of accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the group's or the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. If we conclude that a material uncertainty exists, we are required to draw attention in our auditor's report to the related disclosures in the financial statements or, if such disclosures are inadequate, to modify our opinion. Our conclusions are based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor's report. However, future events or conditions may cause the group or the charity to cease to continue as a going concern. 

- e Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial statements, including the disclosures, and whether the financial statements represent the underlying transactions and events in a manner that achieves fair presentation. 

We communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing of the audit and significant audit findings, including any significant deficiencies in internal controf that we identify during our audit. 

## Use of our report 

This report is made solely to the charity’s trustees, as a body, in accordance with Part 4 of the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charity's trustees those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the charity's trustees as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed. eroors Hawsons Chartered Accountants, Statutory Auditor Pegasus House 463a Glossop Road Sheffield $10 2QD 

## AN Merch TOU 

Hawsons Chartered Accountants is eligible to act as an auditor in terms of section 1212 of the Companies Act 2006 

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## CLIFF COLLEGE 

## GROUP STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 

||Note|Unrestricted<br>Funds|Restricted<br>Funds|Endowment<br>Funds|Total<br>2020|Total<br>2019|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Income from:||£|£|£|£|£|
|Donations and<br>legacies|2|1,040,535|634,929|-|1,675,464|841,638|
|Charitable activities|3|693,391|8,060|-|701,451|871,458|
|Other trading activities|4|207,881|-|-|207,881|205,694|
|Investments|5|10,145|-|-|10,145|18,082|
|Other|6|207,275|-|-|207,275|204,855|
|Total income||2,159,227|642,989|-|2,802,216|2,141,727|
|Expenditure on:|||||||
|Raising funds||-|-|-|-|4,068|
|Charitable activities|7|1,834,724|284,369|30,000|2,149,093|1,920,193|
|Other||512,730|-|-|§12,730|613,946|
|Total expenditure||2,347,454|284,369|30,000|2,661,823|2,538,207|
|Gains/(losses) on|13||||||
|investments||641|2,569|(384)|2,826|27,855|
|Net||(187,586)|361,189|(30,384)|143,219|(368,625)|
|(expenditure)/income|||||||
|||EE|||||
|Transfer between|||||||
|funds||26,845|(26,845)|-|-|-|
|Net movement in|||||||
|funds||(160,741)|334,344|(30,384)|143,219|(368,625)|
|Fund balances|||||||
|broughtforward||7,864,301|307,506|437,414|8,609,221|8,977,846|
|Fund balances carried|||||||
|forward||7,703,560|641,850|407,030|8,752,440|8,609,221|



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## CLIFF COLLEGE 

## CHARITY STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 

|||Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment|Total|Total|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Note|Funds|Funds|Funds|2020|2019|
|Incomefrom:||£|£|£|£|£|
|Donations and<br>legacies|2|1,040,535|634,929|-|1,675,464|841,638|
|Charitable activities|3|693,391|8,060|-|701,451|871,458|
|Other trading activities|4|-|-|-|-|428|
|Investments|5|10,145|-|-|10,145|18,082|
|Other|6|265,275|-|-|265,275|229,855|
|Total income||2,009,346|642,989|-|2,652,335|1,961,461|
|Expenditure on:|||||||
|Raising funds||-|-|-|-|4.068|
|Charitable activities|7|1,834,724|284,369|30,000|2,149,093|1,920,193|
|Other||381,746|-|-|381,746|360,464|
|Totalexpenditure||2,216,470|284,369|30,000|—-2,530,839|2,284,725|
|Gains/(losses) on|||||||
|investments|13|641<br>2,569<br>NN||(384)|2,826|27,855|
|Net|||||||
|(expenditure)/income||(206,483)|361,189|(30,384)|124,322|(295,409)|
|Transfer between|||||||
|funds||26,845|(26,845)|-|=|2|
|Net movement in<br>funds||(179,638)|334,344|(30,384)|124,322|(295,409)|
|Fund balances|||||||
|broughtforward||8,053,611|307,506|437,414|8,798,531|9,093,940|
|Fund balances carried<br>forward||7,873,973|641,850|407,030|8,922,853|8,798,531|



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## CLIFF COLLEGE 

## CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 


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|Note|2020|2019|
|£|£|
|Fixed|assets|
|Intangible|assets|11|-|&|
|Tangible|assets|12|7,518,349|7,626,617|
|Investments|13|546,777|618,951|
|8,065,126|8,245,568|
|Current|assets|
|Debtors|14|728,169|247,604|
|Cash|at|bank|and|in|hand|458,445|627,168|
|1,186,614|874,772|
|Creditors:|amounts|falling|due|within|one year|15|(303,300)|(287,119)|
|Net currents|assets|883,314|587,653|
|Total|assets|less|current|liabilities|8,948,440|8,833,221|
|Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one|6|(196,000)|(224,000)|
|year|Piiiesiiaalad|eee|
|Net assets|8,752,440|8,609,221|
|Capital|funds|
|Endowment funds|18|407,030|437,414|
|Income|funds|
|Restricted|funds|19|641,850|307,506|
|Unrestricted|funds|General|20|7,703,560|7,864,301|
|8,752,440|8,609,221|
|fly|were approvedand authorised for issue by|the Boardon Nef.|
|Signed|on|behalf|of the|board|of Trustees|

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## Revd Ashley Cooper 

## Trustee 

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## CLIFF COLLEGE 

## CHARITY BALANCE SHEET YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 

||Note|2020|2019|
|---|---|---|---|
|||£|£|
|Fixed assets||||
|Intangible assets|11|-|-|
|Tangible assets|12|7,518,349|7,626,617|
|Investments|13|546,777|618,951|
|||8,065,126|8,245,568|
|Current assets||||
|Debtors|14|918,763|435,130|
|Cash at bank and in hand||427,217|585,184|
|||1,345,980|1,020,314|
|Creditors: amounts fallingduewithin oneyear|15|(292,253)|(243,351)|
|Netcurrents assets||1,053,727|776,963|
|Total assets less current liabilities||9,118,853|9,022,531|
|-—<br>amountsfallingdueaftermorethanone|16|(196,000)|(224,000)|
|Net assets||8,922,853|8,798,531|
|Capital funds||||
|Endowmentfunds|18|407,030|437,414|
|Income funds||||
|Restricted funds|19|641,850|307,506|
|Unrestricted funds General|20|7,873,973|8,053,611|
|||8,922,853|8,798,531|



The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Board ont ea Signed on behalf of the board of Trustees 

## Revd Ashley Cooper 

## Trustee 

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## CLIFF COLLEGE 

## CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 


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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Notes|2020|2019|
|£|£|
|Cash|flow from|operating|activities|21|(168,671)|(239,221)|
|Cash|flow|from|investing|activities|
|Payments|to|acquire|tangible|fixed|assets|(46,989)|(55,390)|
|Interest|received|7,050|12,578|
|Interest|paid|(7,113)|(7,905)|
|Net cash|flow from|investing|activities|(47,052)|(50,717)|
|(215,723)|(289,938)|
|Cash|flow from|financing|activities|
|Disinvestments|75,000|.|
|Bank|loan|repayments|(28,000)|(28,377)|
|Net cash|flow from|financing|activities|47,000|(28,377)|
|Net (decrease)|in|cash|and|cash|equivalents|(168,723)|(318,315)|
|Cash|and|cash|equivalents|at|beginning|of year|
|627,168|945,483|
|Cash|and|cash|equivalents|at|end|of year|458,445|627,168|

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## CLIFF COLLEGE 

## NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNTS FOR YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 

1 Accounting policies 

## Company information 

Cliff College is a registered charity (no 529386). The principal address is Calver, Hope Valley, Derbyshire, S32 3XG. 

1.1. Accounting convention 

The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102. 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 (FRS 102), the Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006 and United Kingdom Generally Accepted Practice. 

The financial statements consolidate the accounts of Cliff College and Cliff College Outreach Limited (a company limited by guarantee, registered company number 02331438). 

The financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis under the historic cost convention, modified to include certain items at fair value. 

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the main functional currency of the charity and rounded to the nearest £. 

The significant accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all years presented unless otherwise stated. 

## Going concern 

The current Covid-19 pandemic has given rise to an unexpected level of uncertainty for the charity. The charity has taken a number of actions to manage its cash flow. After due consideration of all relevant factors the charity's income and cash flow forecasts and projections indicate that the charity should be able to continue to operate for the foreseeable future. 

The trustees therefore have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. 

## 1.2 Charitable funds Endowment funds are subject to specific conditions by donors that the capital must be maintained by the charity. 

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of their charitable objectives unless the funds have been designated for other purposes. 

Designated funds comprise funds which have been set aside at the discretion of the trustees for specific purposes. The purposes and uses of the designated funds are set out in the notes to the accounts. 

Restricted funds are subject to specific conditions by donors as to how they may be used. The purposes and uses of the restricted funds are set out in the notes to the accounts. 

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## NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED) YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 

- 1.3. Income recognition Grants are accounted for on a receivable basis. 

For legacies, entitlement and recognition is the earlier of receipt of the legacy or where it is probabie that it will be received. 

Donations received towards student fee sponsorship may be deferred for use in later years. The disbursements from this fund vary according to student needs. 

Incoming resources from endowment funds are unrestricted and are transferred to unrestricted funds at the end of the financial year. 

Student fees invoiced in advance are treated as deferred income. 

## 1.4 Expenditure recognition 

Resources expended are recognised in the year in which the liability is incurred. 

Costs of raising funds relate to the cost of bookshop stock, of providing conference facilities and other fundraising activities. 

Expenditure relating to charitable activities includes all the costs, including support costs, relating to the running of the college as an educational institution. 

Governance costs are those incurred in connection with administration of the charity and compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements. 

## 1.5 Intangible fixed assets 

Intangible fixed assets are capitalised and recognised when future economic benefits are probable and the cost or value of the asset can be measured reliably. Intangible assets are stated at cost less accumulated amortisation and provision for impairment. Amortisation is provided on intangible fixed assets at rates calculated to write off the cost of each asset over its expected useful life, as follows: 

## Computer software 

## 33.3% straight line 

## 1.6 Tangible fixed assets and depreciation 

Tangible fixed assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses. 

Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases: 


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|Property|refurbishment|Straight|line|over|15|years|
|Computer|equipment|33.3%|straight|line|
|Fixtures,|fittings|and|equipment|20%|straight|line|
|Motor vehicles|20%|straight|line|
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The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is recognised in net income/(expenditure) for the year. 

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## NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED) YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 

1.7. Investments Investments are recognised initially at fair value, which is normally the transaction price excluding transaction costs. Subsequently, they are measured at fair value with changes recognised in net gain/losses in the SOFA, 

A subsidiary is an entity controlled by the charity. Control is the power to govern the financial and operating policies of the entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities. 

## 1.8 Impairment of fixed assets 

Assets not measured at fair value are reviewed for any indication that the asset may be impaired at each balance sheet date. If such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset, or the asset's cash generating unit, is estimated and compared to the carrying amount. Where the carrying amount exceeds its recoverable amount, an impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss unless the asset is carried at a revalued amount where the impairment loss is a revaluation decrease. 

- 1.9 Pensions The pension costs charged in the accounts represent the contributions payable by the charity during the year. 

The charity participates in a multi-employer defined benefit scheme, as the proportion attributable to the charity is not separately identifiable, the pension schemes are accounted for as defined contribution pension schemes in the accounts. Following the closure of the defined benefit pension scheme the charity contributed to a defined contribution pension scheme. Further details are included in note 17. 

## 1.10 Cash and cash equivalents 

- Cash at bank and in hand includes cash and short term highly liquid investments with a short maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition or opening of the deposit or similar account. 

1.11 Financial instruments Financial instruments are classified and accounted for, according to the substance of the contractual arrangement, as financial assets, financial liabilities or equity instruments. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences.a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities. Where shares are issued, any component that creates a financial liability of the company is presented as a liability in the balance sheet. The corresponding dividends relating to the liability component are charged as interest expense in the profit and loss account. 

## 1.12 Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainties 

In the application of the charity's accounting policies, the trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates. 

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods. 

The trustees have based their estimate of the value of the land and buildings of the charity on a valuation completed by a professional valuer and on one prepared by the Estate Manager looking at similar properties in the location near to the charity's properties. The accuracy of these valuations couid therefore have a material adjustment to the carrying amount of assets and liabilities. 

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## CLIFF COLLEGE 

## NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED) YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 

|2|Donationsand legacies||Group and|Charity||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
|||Fund|Fund|2020|2019|
|||£|E|£|£|
||Donations and gifts|100,935|-|100,935|37,863|
||Legacies receivable|471,889|-|471,889|223,210|
||DMLN grantfrom the Methodist Church|377,489|-|377,489|378,252|
||Global Partnership income|-|115,929|115,929|110,537|
||Other grants|90,222|519,000|609,222|91,782|
|||1,040,535|634,929|1,675,464|841,638|
||For the yearended 31 August2019|619,325|222,313||841,638|
|||||2020|2019|
|||||£|£|
||Legacies receivable/(repaid)|||||
||Unrestricted funds|||||
||A Moden|||252,000|-|
||DAshworth|||145,415|-|
||E Coggins|||37,132|-|
||S Taylor|||17,742|-|
||DGammon|||10,000|-|
||D Erdwin|||6,100|-|
||S Drew|||2,500|-|
||M Stoves|||500|-|
||M Smaje|||400|-|
||A Baxendale|||100|.|
||K Connor|||-|257|
||E Hopkins|||-|(913)|
||M Porter|||-|201,907|
||N Porter|||-|5,628|
||E Blears|||-|8.452|
||H Davis|||-|5,000|
||D Baker|||-|1,000|
||| Smith|||-|4,006|
||E Spetch|||-|479|
||B Haggis|||-|400|
|||||471,889|223,210|



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## NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED) YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 

|||Group||Charity||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|3|Charitable activities|2020|2019|2020|2019|
|||£|£|£|£|
||Student fees and accommodation|691,581|716,102|691,581|716,102|
||Festival Income|1,810|105,509|1,810|105,509|
||Evangelism|8,060|49,847|8,060|49,847|
|||701,451|871,458|701,451|871,458|
|||Group||Charity||
|4|Othertrading activities|2020|2019|2020|2019|
|||£|£|£|£|
||Conference income|207,881|205,694|-|428|
|5|Investment income||Group and Charity|||
|||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
|||Funds|Funds|2020|2019|
|||£|£|£|£|
||Central Finance Board Funds|7,050|-|7,050|12,578|
||Other investment income|3,095|-|3,095|5,504|
|||10,145|-|10,145|18,082|
||Fortheyearended 31 August2019|18,082|=||18,082|
|6|Other income|Group||Charity||
|||2020|2019|2020|2019|
|||£|£|£|£|
||Rental Income|82,037|183,756|165,037|203,756|
||Otherincome|125,238|21,099|100,238|26,099|
|||207,275|204,855|265,275|229,855|



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## CLIFF COLLEGE 

## NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED) YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 

## 7 Charitable expenditure 

|Charitable expenditure|||Group and Charity|Group and Charity||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment|Total|Total|
||Funds|Funds|Funds|2020|2019|
||£|£|£|£|£|
|Staffcosts|709,301|-|-|709,301|586,886|
|Methodist Church stipend|76,631|-|-|76,631|84,990|
|costs||||||
|Student course costs|289,839|60,540|30,000|380,379|227,697|
|Festival costs|22,990|-|-|22,990|134,348|
|Global Partnership costs|-|121,743|-|121,743|127,147|
|TheologyX Platform costs|-|102,086|-|102,086|26,845|
|Other|117,729|-|-|117,729|127,121|
||1,216,490|284,369|30,000|1,530,859|1,315,034|
|Share ofsupport costs|618,234|-|-|618,234|605,159|
|(see note 8)||||||
||1,834,724|284,369|30,000|2,149,093|1,920,193|
|Forthe year ended 31|1,680,485|239,708|-||1,920,193|
|August2019||||||
|Allocation ofsupportcosts|||Group|and Charity||
||||||Total|
|||Charitable||Other|2020|
|2020|||£|£|£|
|Governance|||28,053|9,351|37,404|
|Finance|||47,937|15,979|63,916|
|IT|||80,425|26,808|107,233|
|Property costs|||92,417|30,806|123,223|
|Depreciation|||116,443|38,814|455,257|
|Office costs|||75,986|25,329|101,315|
|IrrecoverableVAT|||62,977|20,992|83,969|
|Other|||113,996|29,332|143,328|
||||618,234|197,411|815,645|
|2019||||||
|Governance|||20,212|6,737|26,949|
|Finance|||37,829|12,611|50,440|
|IT|||72,058|24,019|96,077|
|Property costs|||113,703|37,901|151,604|
|Depreciation|||116,821|38,940|155,761|
|Office costs|||40,162|13,387|53,549|
|IrrecoverableVAT|||63,309|21,103|84,412|
|Other|||141,065|47,022|188,087|
||||605,159|201,720|806,879|



## 8 Allocation of support costs 

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## CLIFF COLLEGE 

## NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED) YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 

## Support costs have been allocated based on the relevant proportions of income. 

Governance costs includes audit and accountancy fees for the year of £21,583 (2019: £10,800). 

## 9 Trustees and key management remuneration 

Cliff College is controlled by The Methodist Council, whose members are the Trustees of Cliff College and appoint the Cliff College Committee to serve as the governing body of the college. 

The college considers its key management personnel to be its Executive Committee which comprise the Principal, the Academic Director, Operations Director, and Global and Learning Innovation Director. The total amount of benefits received by key management personnel is £183,148 (2019: £149,359). 

Other than the Principal who is part of the Executive Committee, no other members of the Cliff Committee received any remuneration during the current or previous year. During the year six (2019: six) members of the Cliff College Committee were reimbursed a total of £901 (2019: £1,057) relating to travel expenses. 


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|10|Employees|Group|
|2020|2019|
|Number of employees|Number|Number|
|College|42|33|
|Group|
|2020|2019|
|Employment|costs|£|£|
|Wages|and|salaries|975,115|796,039|
|Social|security|costs|85,624|75,209|
|Other|pension|costs|52,520|48,144|
|Total|staff costs|1,113,259|919,392|

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There are no employees whose annual emoluments were £60,000 or more 

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## CLIFF COLLEGE 

## NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED) YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 

## 11 ‘Intangible fixed assets 

|‘Intangible fixed assets|Group|
|---|---|
||and Charity|
||£|
|Cost||
|At 1 September 2019|18,420|
|Disposals|(18,420)|
|At 31 August 2020|:|
|Amortisation||
|At 1 September2019|18,420|
|Eliminated on disposal|(18,420)|
|At 31 August2020|"=|
|Net book value|.|
|At 31 August 2020||
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## NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED) YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 

## 12 Tangible fixed assets 

## Group and Charity 


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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Land|Plant|Fixtures|
|and|and|Computer|Fittings &|Motor|
|Buildings|Machinery|Equipment|Equipment|Vehicles|Total|
|£|£|£|£|£|£|
|Cost|
|ee|8,780,405|45,104|284,715|432,934|19,700|9,532,858|
|Additions|:|-|36,564|10,425|.|46,989|
|pebs|August|8,780,405|15,104|321,279|443,359|19,700|9,579,847|
|Depreciation|
|oe|1,260,374|11,049|244,073|380,405|10,340|1,906,241|
|Charge|for the|87,037|3,554|32,521|31,677|468|155,257|
|year|
|eke|August|1,347,411|14,603|276,594|412,082|10,808|2,061,498|
|Net|book|value|
|sie|August|=—_7.432.994|501|44,685|31,277|8,892|‘7,518,349|
|ale August|7,520,031|4,055|40,642|52,529|9,360|7,626,617|

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## CLIFF COLLEGE 

## NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED) YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 

|13|Fixed assets investments||Group and Charity||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||CFB|CFB||
|||Managed|Managed||
|||mixed|fixed||
|||fund|interest|Total|
|||£|£|£|
||Market value at<br>1 September 2019|138,450|480,501|618,951|
||Disinvestments|-|(75,000)|(75,000)|
||Change in value in the year|(2,442)|5,268|2,826|
||Marketvalueat31August2020|136,008|410,769|546,777|



The custodian trustees are the Trustees for the Methodist Connexional Funds (Registered) and the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes. The market value of the investments has been provided by the Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes (TMCP). 

|||Group|||Charity||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|14|Debtors|2020|2019|2020||2019|
|||£|£|£||£|
||Trade debtors|162,085|197,722|134,674||148,306|
||Amounts owed bygroup undertakings|-|-|218,005||238,178|
||Other debtors|508,057|8,979|508,057||8,979|
||Prepayments and accrued income|58,027|40,903|58,027||39,667|
|||728,169|247,604|918,763||435,130|
||£203,500 ofother debtors are receivable in greaterthan one year.||||||
|15|Creditors: amounts falling due within||||||
||one year|Group|||Charity||
|||2020|2019|2020||2019|
|||£|£|£||£|
||Trade creditors|128,329|165,226|124,660||138,689|
||Tax and social security costs|24,738|30,338|23,160||22,377|
||Other creditors|42,886|34,714|37,086||34,714|
||Bank loan|28,000|28,000|28,000||28,000|
||Accruals and deferred income|79,347|28,841|79,347||19,571|
|||303,300|287,119|292,253||243,351|
|16|Creditors: amounts falling due after|2020|2019|2020||2019|
||more than one year||||||
|||£|£|£||£|
||Bank Loan|196,000|224,000|196,000||224,000|
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## CLIFF COLLEGE 

## NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED) YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 

## 17 Pension costs 

The College is a participating employer of the Pension and Assurance Scheme for Lay Employees of the Methodist Church (“the Scheme’), a defined benefit scheme. A valuation of the Scheme for the purposes of these disclosures was carried out at 31 August 2020 by an independent actuary. The major assumptions used by the actuary, together with those used in the previous year, were:- 


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|2020|2019|
|%|%|
|Discount|rate|18|+8|
|RPI|inflation|rate|3.1|3.2|
|CPI|inflation|rate|2.2|22|
|Rate|of|increase|in|pensionable|earnings|2.2|2:2|
|Rate|of|increase|in|pension|payments|2.1/3.0/5.0|2.2/3.1/5.0|

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The major categories of the Scheme's assets as a percentage of the total Scheme assets, were as follows: 


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|31|August|31|August|
|2020|2019|
|%|%|
|Equities|62|=|
|Corporate|bonds|5|5|
|Property|9|7|
|Cash|9|9|
|Liability|driven|investment|20|20|
|Annuities|5|5|

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The following amounts at 31 August 2020 were measured in accordance with the requirements of FRS 102. 


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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|£|million|
|Total|market|value|of|assets|81.5|
|Present|value|of|scheme|liabilities|95.4|
|Net Defined|Benefit|Liability|(13.8)|

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## CLIFF COLLEGE NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED) YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 

## 17 ___ Pension costs (continued) 

The Scheme operated by the Methodist Church is a defined benefit scheme. However, the College is not the only participating employer in the Scheme and it is unable to determine its share of the underlying assets and liabilities on a consistent and reasonable basis. This is because contributions paid into the Scheme are not invested separately to those paid by other employers participating in the Scheme. As such no separate fund is identifiable in respect of the College. In order to determine a current fund for each participating employer it would be necessary to separately account for contributions, benefit payments and investment returns for each participating employer. 

Under the terms of the Scheme, the assets and liabilities are pooled amongst the participating employers. If a participating employer were to cease to participate then that employer would be required to pay a debt to fully fund their share of the Scheme's liabilities. The College would not be liable for another employer's debt but has an option to assume responsibility under an apportionment arrangement. 

The Scheme closed to new entrants and the future accrual of pensionable service with effect from 31 May 2019 and therefore regular employer contributions ceased on that date. 

A full actuarial valuation of the Scheme was carried out at 1 September 2017 by the Scheme Actuary. The valuation disclosed a past service deficit of £3.5m. It was agreed that the shortfall revealed at 1 September 2017 should be eliminated by contributions to be paid from the Pension Reserve Fund of the Methodist Church to the Scheme as follows: 

- e £650,000 per annum each August, starting August 2018 up to and including August 2022; and 

- e Between £0 and £447,000 each December, starting December 2018 up to and including December 2022. The precise amount payable will be determined by the Scheme Actuary having regard to Scheme experience. 

The employers’ share of the cost of providing future service benefits on 1 September 2017 amounted to 34.6% of Pensionable Earnings. This was higher than the employers’ contribution rate of 24.1% of Pensionable Earnings that was paid up to 31 May 2019. However, this shortfall was incorporated into the Pension Reserve Fund core contributions and therefore employer contributions remained at 24.1% of Pensionable Earnings until 31 May 2019, when the Scheme closed to future accrual. 

An update of the funding position as at 1 September 2019 was carried out by the Scheme Actuary. This showed that the past service deficit had increased from £3.5m to £8.8m. 

The next full actuarial valuation is due as at 1 September 2020. 

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## NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED) YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 

## 17 Pension costs (continued) 

The College contributed to a defined contribution pension scheme on behalf of its employees. The employer contributions paid to the Scheme during the year totalled £85,624 (2019: £58,188). 

## 18 Permanent 

## Group and Charity 

## Endowment funds 

||Balance at|||Investment|Balance at|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||1 September|||gains/|31 August|
||2019|Income|Expenditure|(losses)|2020|
||£|£|£|£|£|
|General|10,929|-|-|(147)|10,782|
|Library|3,508|-|-|31|3,539|
|Ministerial|11,826|-|-|110|11,936|
|Perpetuated|3,288|.|.|31|3,319|
|subscriptions||||||
|Student fees|255,042|-|(30,000)|1,702|226,744|
|Studentfees (34|126,080|-|-|(2,224)|123,856|
|party interest)||||||
|Student prizes|18,035|.|-|32|18,067|
|Trekkers|8,706|-|-|81|8,787|
||437,414|-|(30,000)|(384)|407,030|
||Balance at|||Investment|Balance at|
||1 September|||gains/|31 August|
||2018|income|Expenditure|(losses)|2019|
||£|£|£|£|£|
|General|10,828|-|.|101|40,929|
|Library|3,327|-|-|181|3,508|
|Ministerial|11,182|-|-|644|11,826|
|Perpetuated<br>subscriptions|3,109|-|-|179|3,288|
|Student fees|247,235||.|7,807|255,042|
|Studentfees(3<br>party interest)|124,536|-|.|4.544<br>.|126,080|
|Student prizes|17,373|-|-|662|48,035|
|Trekkers|8,232|-|-|474|8,706|
||425,822|-|-|11,592|437,414|



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## CLIFF COLLEGE 

## NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED) YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 

## 19 Restricted funds 

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

||Balance at|Income|Expenditure|Transfers|Investment|Balance at|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||1 September||||gains/|31 August|
||2019||||(losses)|2020|
||£|£|£|£|£|£|
|Global Partnership|62,513|115,929|(121,743)|.|-|56,699|
|Bursary Fund|55,486|-|-|(27,029)|265|28,722|
|Welfare Fund|27,845|-|-|-|-|27,845|
|World Mission Fund|6,371|-|-|-|-|6,371|
|support|||||||
|The Story Project|37,141|8,060|(15,540)|.|.|29,631|
|TheologyX Project|.|519,000|(102,086)|(26,845)|-|390,069|
|Evangelistic Funds|96,583|-|(45,000)|27,029|2,103|80.715|
|Other|21,597|-|-|-|201|21,798|
||307,506|642,989|(284,369)|(26,845)|2,569|641,850|
||Balanceat<br>1 September|Income|Expenditure|Transfers|Investment<br>gains/|Balanceat<br>31 August|
||2018||||(losses)|2019|
||£|£|£|£|£|£|
|International|||||||
|Learning Centre|54,129|25,000|-|(79,129)|-|-|
|Global Partnership|-|110,531|(127,147)|79,129|-|62,513|
|Bursary Fund|71,876|-|(16,390)|-|-|55,486|
|Welfare Fund|27,845|-|-|-|-|27,845|
|Planned Preventative|||||||
|Maintenance|32,692|66,782|(66,782)|(32,692)|-|-|
|World Mission Fund|||||||
|support|6,371|-|-|-|-|6,371|
|The Story Project|-|46,500|(9,389)|-|-|37,111|
|Evangelistic Funds|84,063|-|-|-|12,520|96,583|
|Other|21,597|20,000|(20,000)|-|-|21,597|
||298,573|268,813|(239,708)|(32,692)|12,520|307.506|



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## CLIFF COLLEGE 

## NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED) YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 

Globai Partnership receives funding from the Methodist Church to arrange mission trips to developing countries. 

The Bursary Fund exists to provide support to students who need help paying for their course fees. 

The Welfare Fund exists to provide support to students who are in general financial difficulties. Disbursements are made according to need. 

The Planned Preventative Maintenance Fund comprises funds provided by the Methodist Church to assist with repairs of the. buildings 

The World Mission Fund support comprises funds provided by the Methodist Church to enable engagement with the global church in patterns of mutual engagement and enrichment. 

The Story Project is a national partnership involving the Methodist Church's Evangelism and Growth Team, Cliff College and the Regional Learning Network. It's aim is to give people both the platform and confidence to share their story. 

The Theology X project comprises funds provided by the Methodist Church to aid the development of an online learning platform, Theology X. 

Evangelistic Funds exist to encourage and enable Christian outreach through training, support and missional activity. 

Sufficient resources are held in an appropriate form to enable each fund to be applied in accordance with any restrictions placed upon it. 

Transfer between funds include the transfer from restricted Bursary fund to the Evangelistic Fund after a full reconciliation of investments highlighted an discrepancy with their opening balances together with a transfer of surplus funds arising from the termination of the International Learning Centre following the establishment of the Global Partnership department. 

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## CLIFF COLLEGE 

## NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED) YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 

## 20 Analysis of net assets between funds 

||Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment|Total|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Funds|funds|funds|2020|
|Charity|£|£|£|£|
|Tangible fixed assets|7,518,349|-|.|7,518,349|
|Investments|69,390|187,534|289,853|546,777|
|Netcurrent assets|482,234|454,316|117,177|1,053,727|
|Creditorgreaterthan one|(196,000)|.|-|(196,000)|
|year|a||||
||7,873,973|641,850|407,030|8,922,853|
|CliffCollege Outreach Ltd|||||
|Netcurrent assets|(170,413)|-|.|(170,413)|
|Group|7,703,560|641,850|407,030|8,752,440|



## Analysis of net assets between funds continued 

||Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment|Totai|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||funds|funds|funds|2019|
|Charity|£|£|£|£|
|Intangible fixed assets|||||
|Tangible fixed assets|7,626,617|-|.|7,626,617|
|Investments|68,751|229,964|320,236|618,951|
|Net current assets|582,243|77,542|117,178|776,963|
|Creditor greaterthan one|(224,000)|-|.|(224,000)|
|year|||||
||a<br>8,053,611<br>307,506<br>437,414<br>8,798,531||||
|CliffCollege Outreach Ltd|||||
|Netcurrent assets|(189,310)|.|-|(189,310)|
|Group|7,864,301|307,506|437,414|8,609,221|



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## CLIFF COLLEGE 

## NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED) YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 


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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Group|
|21.|Reconciliation|of net|(expenditure)|to|net cash|flow from|2020|2019|
|operating|activities|£|£|
|Net|income/(expenditure)|for|the|year|143,219|(368,625)|
|Interest|receivable|(7,050)|(12,578)|
|Interest|payable|7,113|7,905|
|(Gains)|on|investment|(2,825)|(27,856)|
|Depreciation|on|tangible|fixed|assets|155,257|151,877|
|Amortisation|of|intangible|fixed|assets|-|4.625|
|(Increase)|in|debtors|(480,565)|(28,663)|
|Increase|in|creditors|16,180|34,094|
|Net cash|flow from|operating|activities|(168,671)|(239,221)|

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## 22 Operating lease commitments 

At 31 August 2020 the charity has had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases, which fall due as follows. 


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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Group|
|2020|2019|
|£|£|
|Within|one|year|800|3,709|
|Within|two|to|five|years|1,067|1,867|
|Total|1,867|5,576|

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## CLIFF COLLEGE 

## NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED) YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020 

## 23 ~=Related parties 

Cliff College has a subsidiary company, Cliff College Outreach Limited. Cliff College Outreach Limited is a company limited by guarantee whose members are made up of the Cliff College Committee. 

Cliff College Outreach Limited was set up in 1988 in order to serve the College in the building of the Broadbelt and Eagles buildings and to act as the vehicle carrying out the trading activities of the charity as provider of conference accommodation to third parties during times when the buildings were not being used by the College for housing students. 

The activities of Cliff College Outreach Limited are in line with the policies and strategies of Cliff College, and indeed occupy the same premises and complement the overall charitable activities and financial strength of the charity. 

Details of the subsidiary company's assets at 31 August 2020 and results for the year then ended are as follows: 

||CliffCollege|
|---|---|
||Outreach Ltd|
||£|
|Turnover|207,881|
|Cost ofsales|(60,676)|
|Gross profit|147,205|
|Administrative expenses|(153,308)|
|Other operating income|25,000|
|Profitfortheyear|bicaedd|
|Debtors|27,411|
|Cash atbank and in hand|31,228|
||58,639|
|Creditors|(229,052)|
|Netliabilities|(170,413)|



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