# **ROTARY CLUB OF TAUNTON VALE TRUST FUND** 

## **Trustees’ Annual report for the Year Ended 30[th] June 2025** 

## **1. Administrative Details** 

The Rotary Club of Taunton Vale Trust Fund (‘the Fund’) is a charity registered with the Charity Commission under number 1005550. 

The registered address is 14 Court Hill, Taunton, Somerset TA1 4SX 

The Trustees at the date of this report were: 

K Robinson-Burge (President – appointed 1[st] July 2024), W Tregillus (Secretary – appointed 1[st] July 2024) and A R Janes (Treasurer – appointed 1[st] July 2023) 

Other organisations relevant to the Fund are: 

- a) The Rotary Club of Taunton Vale (‘the Club’) 

- b) Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland 

- c) HSBC Bank plc, 17 North Street, Taunton – the Fund’s bankers. 

## **2. Structure and Governance** 

The Fund is an unincorporated association, its governing document being a Trust Deed dated 31[st] December 1983 

The Trustees are appointed annually by the members of the Club. 

All Trustees give their time voluntarily and received no remuneration or other benefits. 

## **3. Financial Policy** 

It is the Trustees’ policy to aim to hold only a small reserve balance for emergency situations. Some specific projects are ongoing and of a longer-term nature, and in such cases funds may be held until such time as the Trustees deem it appropriate to release them. 

## **4. Objectives** 

The objectives of the Fund are to apply both the capital and income for general charitable purposes, with consideration for the general objects of Rotary, as the Club 

shall from time to time direct. The Club keep in mind the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit when considering which causes to support. 

## **5. Achievements in the Year** 

As the accounts for the year ended 30[th] June 2025 indicate, through the efforts of the members of the Club, total income (net of associated expenses) for the year totalling £24,943 was raised. This enabled a number of projects and causes to be supported, as detailed in the Income & Expenditure Account. In particular, donations totalling £17,741 were paid out during the year, and expenditure of £1,526 was incurred in supporting initiatives driven by the Club for the benefit of the local community. 

The Club and its members also support a number of other good causes through the giving of their time and experience. 

On behalf of the Trustees 

K Robinson-Burge (President) 

A R Janes (Treasurer) 

Approved by the Trustees on 1[st] April 2026 

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**Rotary Club of Taunton Vale Trust Fund** 

## **Income & Expenditure Account for the year ending 30th June 2025** 

|Income<br>**Event Income**<br>Golf Day<br>7,999<br>Moonraker Challenge (incl Gift Aid)<br>20,100<br>Quiz Evening<br>1,156<br>Join in Somerset & High Sheriff Awards<br>2,500<br>31,755<br>Other Income<br>Members' Donations for RFUK<br>861<br>Gift Aid on RFUK Donation<br>211<br>Interest<br>604<br>Fund raising/donations for Libya/Morocco (inc Gift Aid)<br>Hinton Skittle Comp<br>Taunton Flower Show<br>750<br>Travel Affinity Scheme<br>Other member donations<br>30<br>Raffle at Thai RIFE evening<br>160<br>District Subs Refund for Foundation<br>350<br>Other income<br>24<br>2,990<br>**Total Income**<br>**Expenditure**<br>Rotary Fun Day/Kids Out<br>Less grant<br>Net Rotary Fun Day/Kids Out<br>Deposit for Speaker Dinner<br>Children's Concert<br>Website costs<br>Bank and fundraising platform charges<br>Misc costs<br>**Donations**<br>RFUK Polio Fund<br>RFUK Annual Fund<br>Shelterbox (for Morocco)<br>RIGBI Disaster Recovery Trust (for Libya)<br>Brain Tumour Research<br>TV Inner Wheel Rotary Shoebox Scheme<br>Ups and Downs<br>CHARIS<br>Reminiscence Learning Together in Sport<br>Somerset Counselling Centre<br>Rotary Club of Taunton Charity Trust (Libya/Morocco)<br>Arc<br>Escape Support Group<br>Polden Bower School Panto visit<br>Sequal Trust<br>Total expenditure/donations<br>Excess of income over expenditure|**2025**<br>Expenses<br>Net<br>2,636<br>5,363<br>4,544<br>15,556<br>247<br>909<br>2,375<br>125<br>9,802<br>21,953<br>2,990<br>**24,943**<br>900<br>(530)<br>370<br>420<br>356<br>367<br>13<br>1,526<br>473<br>948<br>500<br>7,500<br>7,500<br>500<br>320<br>**17,741**<br>**19,267**<br>**5,676**|Income<br>8,737<br>18,353<br>1,260<br>28,350<br>1,117<br>228<br>488<br>929<br>171<br>650<br>586<br>55<br>-<br>4,224|Expenses<br>3,420<br>4,004<br>235<br>7,659<br>2,514<br>1,110<br>-<br>1,404<br>300<br>14<br>338<br>**2,057**<br>638<br>706<br>258<br>258<br>500<br>150<br>1,000<br>1,000<br>500<br>15,000<br>413<br>500<br>**20,923**|**2024**<br>Net<br>5,317<br>14,349<br>1,025<br>20,691<br>4,224<br>**24,915**<br>**22,980**<br>**1,935**|
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