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Registered number: 08615826 Charity number: 1153280 DERWEN COLLEGE GOVERNORS' REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019 DERWEN COLLEGE CONTENTS Page Reference and administrative details of the College, its Governors and advisers 1 - 2 Governors' report 3 - 25 Independent auditors' report on the financial statements 26 - 28 Statement of financial activities 29 Balance sheet 30 Notes to the financial statements 31 - 51 DERWEN COLLEGE REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS OF THE COLLEGE, ITS GOVERNORS AND ADVISERS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019 Governors Mrs K Kimber, Chair Cllr K L Childs, Wrexham Council Nominee Mrs B L Court Mr M Cowan Mrs H V Cox Mr D P Evison Mr P D Jones (resigned 12 March 2020) Lord L Kenyon (resigned 16 May 2019) Cllr D P Milner, Shopshire Council Nominee Mr J Morten (resigned 16 May 2019) Mrs H C Owens Mrs G P Richards (resigned 25 April 2020) Mrs H Smith Mr J E Ward, Vice Chair Company registered number 08615826 Charity registered number 1153280 Registered office Derwen College, Whittington Road, Gobowen, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY11 3JA Telephone : 01691 661234 Website : www.derwen.ac.uk Principal operating office Whittington Road, Gobowen, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY11 3JA Page 1 DERWEN COLLEGE REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS OF THE COLLEGE, ITS GOVERNORS AND ADVISERS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019 Patron H.R.H. The Duchess of Kent Independent auditors Whittingham Riddell LLP, Belmont House, Shrewsbury Business Park, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2 6LG Bankers LLoyds plc, 28 Regent Street, Wrexham, Clywd, LL11 1SE Solicitors Lanyon Bowdler, 39-41 Church Street, Oswestry, SY11 2SZ Clerk to Governors and Company Secretary Mrs C Thompson Senior management team Mrs M Green, Principal Mrs N Bellis, Director Human Resources and Estates Mrs K George, Director Clinical, Care and Therapy Mr A Smith, Director Business and Finance Mrs R Thomas, part time Strategic Advisor (resigned October 2019) Page 2 DERWEN COLLEGE GOVERNORS' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019 The Trustees (governors), who are also the directors, present their annual report together with the audited financial statements of the College for the year 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019. The Annual report serves the purposes of both a Governors' report and a directors' report under company law. The Governors confirm that the Annual report and financial statements of the charitable company comply with the current statutory requirements, the requirements of the charitable company's governing document and the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) (effective 1 January 2015) as amended by Update Bulletin 1 (effective January 2015). Carol Thompson Clerk to the Board of Governors During the year: • John Morten resigned on 16 May 2019 as he moved from the area. • Lord Lloyd Kenyon stood down on 16 May 2019 for health reasons. • Jackie Ridge co-opted to Business & Finance and Estates committees resigned on 10 October 2019 • Kay Eaton was co-opted to Standards and Effectiveness Committee from 4 April 2019 We record our thanks to all governors and co-opted members for their commitment and work. We particularly acknowledge the enormous contribution made by John Morten, who has left the area, and extend our sympathy to the family of Lord Lloyd Kenyon following his death. Page 3 DERWEN COLLEGE GOVERNORS' REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019 Objectives and activities a. Policies and objectives The objectives of Derwen College – where learning comes to life. The College is a specialist residential college. It is a nationally renowned centre of excellence for the training and development of students with learning difficulties and disabilities. Our Mission: To educate, inspire and empower young adults to lead the lives they choose – transforming lives. Our Vision: A world without barriers for people with SEND The current context and challenges The unprecedented challenges of recent years continued throughout 2019. The College recognises that the principal risks and uncertainties facing the charity concern the regulatory frameworks within which the College operates. The impact of reductions in public spending are being felt across further education and have certainly had a significant impact on national specialist colleges. Funding constraints in England and Wales are both tighter and more unpredictable than ever before. Decision making by local authorities means that students are frequently finding it harder to secure residential placements, as increasingly cash-strapped authorities are seeking to keep people in their home area. This has resulted in a continued reduction in the number of residential students in the College, with the number of day students not fully compensating for this loss. However, after three years of significant decline in numbers the probability of a little more stability is perceived as the next group of leavers will come from a smaller intake cohort. Page 4 DERWEN COLLEGE GOVERNORS' REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019 Objectives and activities (continued) There is no lack of interest or applications. The Admissions Team are handling contact with 140 families looking for 2020 and 2021 entry. The residential recruitment target for 2020 is 35. These trends have been fully recognised and have been the main catalyst in the strategic planning undertaken. However it is evident that nationally the focus is on limiting the development and training of students with learning difficulties and disabilities to their home area. The Children and Families Act, the SEND Reforms and the SEN Code of Practice are still being implemented with varying and inconsistent patterns of practice and procedure across the country. Provision for people with high need learning difficulties and disabilities is not as easily secured as the legislation intended. Considerable time is spent lobbying. The College remains at the leading edge of discussions about specialist provision In setting objectives and planning for activities, the Governors have given due consideration to general guidance published by the Charity Commission relating to public benefit, including the guidance 'Public benefit: running a charity (PB2)'. b. Employee involvement, employment of the disabled and volunteers Employees have been consulted on issues of concern to them by means of the Staff Forum, staff meetings and a confidential & anonymous web-site link. They have been kept informed on specific matters directly by management and through the regular Staff Newsletter. The College carries out exit interviews for all leaving the organisation, carries out an annual staff survey and has adopted a procedure of upward feedback for the Governors and 360? feedback for senior managers. A specific focus on staff well-being continues to characterise much of the work and the implementation of the Staff Engagement Plan is closely monitored. The Gender Pay Gap return and the review and production of policies have been discussed in detail by governors. The changes necessitated by the General Data Protection Regulations have been rigorously enforced. Detailed policies in relation to all aspects of personnel matters have included: - Additional payments policy - Staff well-being policy - Eye test policy and there has been a particular focus on professional development and qualifications and a FUN Fund has been set up, for activities by teams of staff. In accordance with the College's Equal opportunities policy, the College has long established fair employment practices in the recruitment, selection, retention and training of disabled staff. Full details of these policies are available from the College. Volunteers contribute to the College’s operation and receive an induction process and are DBS checked. Page 5 DERWEN COLLEGE GOVERNORS' REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2019 Objectives and activities (continued) c. Main activities undertaken to further the College's purposes for the public benefit The Objects of the charity are: - to provide education, training and work experience to people with learning difficulties and/or disabilities; - to obtain or provide employment for people with learning difficulties and/or disabilities; - to provide accommodation for people with learning difficulties and/or disabilities (with or without their immediate family or dependents) And who are in need of such services because of their learning difficulties and/or disabilities. The achievement of these objects is reviewed annually through the College Self-assessment process and subsequent report and Quality Improvement Plan, and through the Governors’ Annual Report and the annual statutory accounts. The Self-Assessment Report is available to Ofsted and CQC. The Governors’ reports are published on the College web-site and to the Charity Commission and Companies’ House. There are now regular news letters to parents/carers and stakeholders’ surveys. The quality of provision is inspected by Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission. The successes of former students continue to demonstrate that College programmes provide students with the skills, inspiration and motivation to achieve in their transition from College. The high level of staff expertise is a key element of the College’s management of learning, student support and innovation. The Board believes that