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Our Annual Report THE OUTWARD BOUND TRUST (COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE) Trustees’ Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 30 September 2020 Company Number: 6748835 Registered Charity in England and Wales (1128090) and in Scotland (SC040341) The Outward Bound Trust is extremely grateful to the following donors and supporters for their generous support over the course of the year: All major donors and supporters of our Friends Programme HSBC Bank PLC All our dedicated challenge event participants The Hutchinson Charitable Trust All our generous alumni supporters The Ingram Trust All our volunteer Outward Bound Associations Intu Properties PLC All supporters of our Scotland’s Next Generation project The Johnnie Johnson Trust All supporters of the Mark Scott Leadership for Life Award The Sir James Knott Trust All supporters who remembered the Trust in their wills John Lyons Charity All trusts and foundations supporters Make My Day Better Accord Energy Solutions Ltd Masonic Charitable Foundation AkzoNobel UK Sir Robert McAlpine Annington Management Ltd The Midcounties Co-operative Ltd Bacon Foundation Limited Mondrian Investment Partners Ltd Major Matthew Bacon Legacy Fund Mowi Scotland Baillie Gifford North Lancs Training Group Ltd Robert Barr’s Charitable Trust North West Young Peoples Development Trust Barratt Developments PLC Northwood Charitable Trust TP Bennett Patersons of Greenoakhill Berghaus Ltd Persimmon Homes Building Futures Fund Briggs Equipment PF Charitable Trust Bulkhaul Ltd Provident Financial The W A Cargill Fund RAM Building Consultancy Ltd Champio X Technologies The Derek Raphael Charitable Trust The Chartley Foundation Rathbone Investment Management Clarion Solicitors Reisser Ltd CNOOC International Rothschild & Co Charitable Giving John Coates Charitable Trust The Scott (Eredine) Charitable Trust The Community Foundation for Tyne & Wear & Northumberland The Mark Scott Foundation Credit Suisse Scott Group The Peter Cundill Foundation The Scottish Children’s Lottery Deltec International The Scottish Government DHL UK Foundation/DHL SEGRO plc The Dulverton Trust SGN The Education Endowment Foundation Siccar Point Energy Ltd Equip UK (RAB & Lowe Alpine) Souter Charitable Trust Esri UK Springford Charitable Trust Evans Property Group Ltd Standard Life Aberdeen Forbo Flooring Systems Ltd The June Stevens Foundation Hugh Fraser Foundation The Stevenson Trust Fraser Memorial Trust STV Children’s Appeal Gapuma Swagelok Scotland Glasgow City Council The Taylor Charitable Trust The Sandy and Zorica Glen Charitable Settlement The Thompson Family Charitable Trust GMAC-RFC Ltd The Constance Travis Charitable Trust The Mike Gooley Trailfinders Charity The 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust Halewood International The Vandervell Foundation Hammerson PLC VF International SAGL (The North Face) The Hands Trust Virgin Balloon Flights The Andrew Harris Charitable Trust Wakefield and District Housing Ltd The Hearth Foundation The Jo Walters Trust Hemraj Goyal Foundation The Waterloo Foundation Henry Schein UK Ltd The Watson Foundation Wax Chandlers Charitable Trust West Coast Foundation WeTransfer Garfield Weston Foundation THE OUTWARD BOUND TRUST FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2020 CONTENTS PAGE Reference and Administrative Details 1 Trustees’ Report (incorporating the Strategic Report) 2-12 Independent Auditors’ Report 13-14 Statement of Financial Activities 15 Balance Sheet 16 Cash Flow Statement 17 Notes to the Financial Statements 18 -32 THE OUTWARD BOUND TRUST REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2020 REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS BACKGROUND and STATUS: The Outward Bound Trust was established as a charity in 1941 and incorporated as a company limited by guarantee on 27 February 1946. Following a reorganisation of the group in April 2009 the assets and liabilities of The Trust were transferred to a new company which was incorporated on 13 November 2008 and registered as a charity on 14 February 2009. At the date of the transfer the new company was renamed The Outward Bound Trust and the old company became Outward Bound Global. GOVERNING DOCUMENT: The Trust was established under a Memorandum and Articles of Association which establishes the objects and powers of the charitable company. COMPANY NUMBER: 6748835 CHARITY NUMBER: 1128090 and in Scotland SC040341 REGISTERED AND Hackthorpe Hall Website: outwardbound.org.uk OPERATING OFFICE: Hackthorpe Email: [email protected] Penrith Telephone: 01931 740000 Cumbria, CA10 2HX Fax: 01931 740001 DEPUTY PATRONS: The Lord Kirkham CVO Sir Chris Bonington CVO CBE TRUSTEES: Charles Philipps – Chairman ** Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice of York Ian Ashman * Andrew Cartwright Nick Gair MBE *** Leo Houlding Philippa Kramer ** Jonathan Lewis * Fasha Mahjoor Louise Makin DBE * Colin Maund */** Terence Mordaunt * Member of the Audit Committee Caroline Sellar (Resigned 23 june 2020) ** Member of the Remuneration Paul Voller and Nominations Committee Christine Walker*** *** Member of the Operational Guy Williams *** Risk Management Committee SENIOR EXECUTIVES: Nick Barrett Chief Executive Alan Bolchover Director of Fundraising Martin Cooper Director of Learning and Adventure Victoria Cooper Director of Marketing (Resigned 30 November 2020) Martin Davidson Director, Scotland and Innovation Natalie Harling Director of Business Development Kim Parry LVO Director of Finance and Resources William Ripley MVO Director of Acquisitions (Resigned 31 October 2020) COMPANY SECRETARY: Kim Parry LVO AUDITORS: Haysmacintyre LLP BANKERS: Barclays Bank Plc 10 Queen Street Place Level 27 London 1 Churchill Place EC4R 1AG London, E14 5HP THE OUTWARD BOUND TRUST REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2020 OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES The Trust is driven by the words of its co-founder, Kurt Hahn: “We are all better than we know. If only we can be made to realise this, we may never again be prepared to settle for anything less”. The mission and values of The Outward Bound Trust are as follows: The Outward Bound Trust mission: To inspire young people to defy their limitations so they become strong, resilient and curious, ready for the challenges of life. The Outward Bound Trust core values: · A belief that we all have undiscovered potential. We aim to create moments when everyone can see and believe in themselves as never before and to translate such moments into lessons for everyday life. · A belief in the power and intensity of learning through adventure. A means of bringing out the best in people. · A deep appreciation of the balance between risk, reward and responsibility. We want people to have intense experiences with real consequences and powerful, positive and memorable outcomes. · A spirit of respect and compassion. We aim to stretch people both physically and mentally. In doing so we act with care, concern and generosity towards people and the natural environment. The year under review is highly unusual and has been completely overshadowed by the Covid-19 pandemic. For the first six months of the year it was very much “business as usual” and The Trust delivered a wide variety of personal development courses for young people in line with its mission and values. The majority of these courses were aimed at young people at school or on apprentice development programmes and were around five days in length. In late March, in response to the national lockdown measures aimed at curbing the spread of Covid-19, Outward Bound closed all its centres and furloughed 90% of its staff. The impact of the pandemic and The Trust’s response to this is detailed in a later section of this Report. All Outward Bound® courses share the same distinctive features. These can be characterised as follows: The mountains, sea, rivers and lakes The Trust sets out to provide direct and dramatic experiences in inspiring and unfamiliar settings. Our competence lies in using the mountains, seas, rivers and lakes as the classroom. The Outward Bound instructor The Trust’s instructors have the technical skills to take young people into the wild. However, of paramount importance are the facilitation and mentoring skills that enable an instructor to translate the events of an adventure into lessons for life. Experiential learning People learn best by reflecting on an experience, planning to do better the next time and then acting on that plan. Over the years we have evolved a standard pedagogy which we call What It Means to Be Outward Bound and it is the essential development tool we use with participants on courses. “Impelling” into experience The Trust sets out to encourage people to go out and do things they at first believe to be impossible. Journey The concept of a journey is fundamental to the Outward Bound experience and the journeying metaphor is important to us. Courses involve physical journeys but are also journeys of development and discovery for the individual and the team. The individual, the team and the environment Anyone attending an Outward Bound course participates as an individual and also as a team member, working alongside the same instructor for the duration of the course. The Trust’s courses focus on the development of the individual, the team and the interface of both with the natural environment. Even before one considers the impact of the pandemic, the world had changed hugely since The Trust was founded during the Second World War with a view to teaching physical and mental survival skills to young merchant seaman about to serve as part of the North Atlantic convoys. However,
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