RRL The Cornwall County Federation of Women's Institutes (Limited by Guarantee) Annual report and unaudited financial statements For the year ended 31 December 2024 Registered company number 02722754 Registered charity number 1014597 RRL Annual Report l January- 31 December 2024 The Cornwall Federation of Women's Institutes (Limited by Guarantee) Legal and administrative infomiation Name of the charity.. The Comwall Federation of Women's Institutes Company registration number. 2722754 Charity registration number.. 1014597 Governing instrument". Memorandum and artides of association Constitution.. Limited Company The trustees listed below constitute directors of the ￿)MpanY for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006 Principal and registered address of the charity.. Chy Noweth an Conteth Truro Business Park Threemilestone TRURO TR4 9NH.' Tel= 01872 272843., E-mail.. enquiries@cornwallwi.org.uk RRL LLP Peat House TRURO Stephens Scown ST AUSTELL Lloyds Bank PIC 7 Boscawen Street TRURO IndeFendent Examiners". Solicitors.. Bankers.. Chairman's Review Julia Pascoe AdmInIstrat￿e Asslstant Iwlth Flnance) Sophie Mrtthell Administrntrv• Assistant Ke￿nza Nojh Membership Tolal Nutnber of mernber5 as al 31 D￿mber 2024 - 3012 between 106 Insb"tutes Plus 2 Assouate Members Formatyon and Suspgnsions Suspensions- Truro Aftemoon, St. Eme, Lanson & Jacobstow Fomiations- None (For the peri(Kl 1 January 2024 to 31 Decem1￿[ 20241 The Board of Trustees, (hereafter called The Board) is elected biennially atKI consists of a rnaxirnutn of 15 Trustees. who may i nominated by erther Ims or Board membeis. The Board may appoint Trustees to fill any vacanaes that occur. The Board may aL80 ctropt a limited nurnber of additional Trustees. All Trustees are given appropriate training within Board meetings. by means of a Trust Manual, written guidelines for some roles and actiwties, by mentoriNJ arrangements and via speufic training events held. The current Board of Trustees1101 and those who held office durirKJ the 12-month1121 period a￿.. Risk ￿nagement Policy The Board of Trustees considered the principal risks to which the organisation is exposed and implemented poliaes to control these risks where deerned nece55ary. induding rigorou5 financial Gontiols and monttoring, budgetary controls and multiple signatory controls ovei payments. A rewew of the risks confronting the organisation is undertaken on a regular basi5. January- October F•d•ration Chair Helen Kestle Federation Vice Chai Pam Selley & Jane Dover Federatlon Treasurer Rachel Andrews ElectedlAppointed Trustees EIEabeth Baker, Grace Braifford, Wendy Fiander, Margaret Johnson, Penny Picton & Mary Thompson Co-opted Trustee Maga￿t Edgecumbe Ex-offlclo Trustee Yvonne Toms as Chair of Membership Support Sutrcommittee Objècts The objects ol ￿ Federalion are to further the purposes of the Wl movement in Cornwall. The main purposes of the IM are to enable women to improve and develop condrtions of rural life, to advance their educAb"on in (ibzenship, in I￿31, national and intemational public questions. in music. drama and other cultural subjects and in all branthes of agriGullure. handiGrafts. hotne economi￿. health and stiual welfare. It seeks to gtve women the opportunity of working together through the W and of puttiro into practice those ideals for whith it stands. i.e.. truth. justice. tolerance and friendship. From 29th Oetobèr 2024 Federatlon Co4halrs. Liz Baker & Margaret Johnson Vic•Chairs Pam Selley & Mary Thompson FederatlonTreasurer Rachel Andrews El•ctèdlAppoint￿￿rU$ta•S Gra￿ Bradford., Tracey Camps, Wendy Fiander, Avril Pile Co-opted Trustee Margaret Edgecurnbe Ex-OfficioTrust••. Jane Mills as Chair ol Membership Support Sub Committee Staff - Federation Secretary Prineipal Obj•cti¥•s for thè pèriod •nd•d 31 D•canbèr 2024 i. to offer a wide range of opportunities li to furtherthe purpose of the IM movetnent iii to continue to provide supwjrt to Ims wrthin the Federation Achievements and Performance i. Education in all matters of concem to women", in local, national and inlemational public quests'ons. in music. drama and other cultural Subje￿ and in all branthe5 Of agri(ulture. handiuafts. horne economi(s, heahh and soual welfare was piomoted through events, compelitions. day sthoo15 and classe5 organised by the Board of RRL Trustees and by the followir¥J sub-comrnittees appointed. support and monitored by the Board of Tmstees". Membership Support IMA Advisers)., Arts and Leisure,. Cookery and Craft., En￿ronment and Public Affairs., and the Events Team Ifornierty the Exhibrtions Su Committee). The Floral Art and Gardening Suthcommittee suspended in 2023 has now been relomied as 'Flowers & Gardens. I thank all the Members of our sub￿rnM1ttees for their hard work over the past year. They have certainly wotked so haid for our members. and Ihe roorn buzzed wtth friends old and new greeting each other. This event is held annualty. tts raise funds to help with the expenses involved with our presen￿ at the Royal Comwall Show so we are ahyays gratefvl for the support we get from our members. June arrived and with it our biggest and busiest event olthe yearfinally took centre stage ihe Royal Cornwall Show once again at the Showground at Wadebridge. MorKlay moming arrived and with it the Events Team to transfom an empty marquee into our W showcase, fft to display our wares and to promote ourselves to members and the pUl￿1C who are ahyays ready to sample the retreshmenl area. On again, the marquee proved a popular place to wsrt and we had ￿enty of help on hand to answer questions orgenerally chat with our wsitors. These events do not happen ovemight. there are a great many people working many and long hours iEfoie and during the event- our thanks go to all fortheir supporL To foster good relations between 5utrrcommittee members. Ihey aTe encouraged to hold joint events where appropriate. Al actnrities organised by or through the Board, its sutrcommittees and Wls prowded opportunib'es for irnproving and developing conditions fc women. ii. Opportunities for working together pemeated all actNitses. Friendship and social acb*ib'es were prowded through buffevcounty lunches other events and travell. FdlowirvJ the Royal Comwall Show we aLso have a presence at both the Stithians and Launceston Shows and both provide another opportunity to meetwrth both members and general public to talk about l and what you can get from being a member. Continued support to Wls was maintained by the Membership Support Sub-Gornrnittee through their planned training pr(KJramme arKI responding to requests for help and adwce from Wls," by Board of Trustee members le.g., by attending speual meetings, publishir County News, reaching out through social media and tl Chai¢slChairs' wsrts to IMS)", and by the staff at Chy Noweth an Conteth le.g., by dealing wrth telephone, mail and trmail e￿ulneS from Ws and members). At the Winning of JU￿, we final￿ managed to hold the Retro Lunch at our Federation Office. Chy Noweth an Conteth, on a lovely sunny day 68 members arrived in various fomis of 1950's attire. they were treated to 3 3 course lunch wrth the emphasis on the year in quesb"on, wrth a quiz to baffle Ihem. Good company, good food, all went home happy. Futur• Cornwall Federation of Women's Institutes will continue its work in furthering the purposes of the Wl movement in Comwall and. to that end. will continue to plan a fvll programrne of appropriate events. Our vision is the same as that of the National Federation of Ws INFW}, namely, to connect. support and empower women, while remainitvJ bold arKI inspiring. growing and relevant. induswe and Ilexible. By reaching out to women who have not tradition￿ty been ￿ members, it is hoped we can expand our membership and futurtrproof the Federation. Towards the end of July, a coach filled wrth eager W members from across Comwall set off eatly to travel across Dartmoor to Ydverton to sit Ihe GaT¢Jen House at Buckland Monachorurn - first stopping off at Endsleigh Garden Centre fot Goffee and lof cout5el retail therapy. After whith as if this wasn't enough, they travelled to Tavistock for yet more tea shops and ￿tall therapy before returning to Comwall and home. August is usually our 'quiet' monlh when we recharge our batteries.if only this were true! At the end of the month, we took part for the second yearwith a presence at Gomwall Pride. An exciting event with song, colour, (*owds and many, many happy festival goers, one which gives us the opportunity to talk with other stall holders, members of the puiAiG and protnote our wonderful oiganisation. IM Ev•nts 2024 This year was marked by a positive upswing in the number of members in Cornwall as we read￿d 3000 members for the first time in many years. Summer holiday over and we reach September to start Autumn planning and the first major event is our Lrterary Lunch which was held at the presb"gious Cattyon Bay Hotel on 3rd October. a fabulou5 aftemoon enjoyed by some 120 members where we were joined by the local author Lvz Fenwick, who gave us an insight into her life as a wtfe. mother and aulhor. She followed her talk with a Q&A session when members could ask quesb.tsns and satisfy their curiosity as to how sl* comes up wrth her stories. A somewhat slow start to our actiwties this year as the schedLled Retro Lunch had to be slotted into OUT calendar later in ts year. However, we made up for this disappointment in March with our aftemoon at Penventon Hotel in Rednrth where we celebrat￿1 Intemational Womens. Day - wth just over 100 members - and after enjoying afternoon tea we listened to an inspirational address by our guest speaker Kaihryn Billing. Comwall's Chief Fire Officer. who spoke about the Challenges of being a wornan in suth a hig1￿pI0￿1e position and the importance of indusion for all. Her talk was enjoyed by all as we listened dosely to all she said. Hot on the heel5 of suth a fabulous afternoon we weie gathering 8t the Hall 4 Corrnall on 23rd October for our Annual Counal Meeting wherewe leamed what is happening around the Federation, marvelled at the members who had won trophies and certificate5 and sal back and enjoyed listening to Bryers Boys who entertained us with Folk and Sea Shanb"es, heard from Matthew Kenworthy Gomez about his life and involvernent in Pride and then finally sat back and enjoyed an aftemoon wtth Esrnee Young - who iegaled us wth tales of her lrfe from being a student at art College through her years working within the fashion industry to her involvement with the TV Show - Great Btillsh Sewing Bee. April saw members from across Comwall gatherirrfJ at our Federation Office to listen to prospectNe speakers who weie audib"oning for indusion in our Speakers, Directory, it is then their views whith determines whether they are accepted for the Ghance of I￿1r￿ invtt to speak at Wl meetinJ%. Later in the month the first in a 5erie5 of Roadshows - to discuss the current Resolutions up for selection to take forward to the NF yeady appeal - took place. These Roadshows were a joint event organised by Membership Adwsers and Ihe Environment & Public Affairs Sub-Cotnittee5 with the Board of Trustees joinir¥J in to pro￿de refreshments and our thanks go to them for organising these events. In November was a shopping trip o Clarke's Village, beset with ISSLie5 on the road. long holdups on the way owing to a serious awdent on the A30 then again long holdup5 on the way home as the intb.al problems hadn't been solved during the day. A very long day for everyone. one that couldn't be avoided but spirits remained hiqh and they had all had a good day and were pleased to finally be home safely. The popular Chairfs Coffee Moming was held at Ihe beginning of May al The Shire House Suite in Bodmin. various Sub Committees tnanned tables and highlighted their activities, plenty ol refreshments on offer RRL Also. in November Lil Baker lone of OUT new CTrChair51 and Avril Pi la new Trustee) represented us at the Remembrance Day Parade in Truro and laid a wreath on our behalf. Assistant A ￿hly18t. Mary Venn S•eond-Hand B¢)oks Coordinator. Fam Selley Royal Comwall Show Cowordlnatlng Team: Margaret Johnson, LYI Baker. Pam Selky. Mary Thompson, Tratey Camps Royal Comwall Show Caterlng Cowordlnator: Tra￿Y Camps Stithians Show Cowordinators: Margaret Edgecumbe, Avril Pile At the end ofthe month CFW were represented at 1he Wnler Fayre at the Wadebridge Showgrouund where both LYZ Baker and Pan Selley spent the day looking after our exhibts and telling peWe about the VW. Ourthanks trK) to all members who have ￿presented CFIM in dealing with other organisations. The Board of Trustees thanks you most sincerely for your brne and commftment. The SulFCommtttee reports, as you will ￿ad, show a great diversty of activities offered to our members through workshops and events throughout the past year. Chy Noweth an Conteth conlinues lo be well-used by our sub- committees for their acb"vrties and also by outside organisations who make use of our Conferen￿ room and kitchen. raising exira funds and helpiThJ to maintain the car park. Very grateful thank5 go to our hard- working staff who support all our members but most particularly the members ol the Board of Trustees. and to Gareth Williams who continues to give his time and support to our Accounts Administrator. I would also like to give thanks lo former AGGount5 Adrninistralor Sue Martin who ahhoLKJh ￿tl￿d at the end of 2022, continues to offer assistance on a part-time basis in the office. Finally. I would like to thank all members of the Board of Trustees for theii constant hard work, friendship and support to us- as together we tske on this new challenge - arKI to Comwall Federation of Wls throughout the past. Lil Baker & Margaret Johnson And so we reach De￿mber and all that the month brings, 2 Christmas lunches. one at Penmorvah Manorthe other at Bowood Golf Club. both venues were well attended with lovety menus enjoyed by all bolh venues were dressed in theirfestNe finery aswere the dit*rs- another success The Christmas activth.es drew to 3 dose with OUT aftemoon of Lessons and Carols held this year in the delightful church on the Lanhydrod( Estate - small but beautifvlty fomied where we re￿iVed a wam) welcome by the wcar Rev Roger May who let the programme run wilh simply welcoming us announang the carols and fjnalty giwng the blessing. So 2024 draws to a close and we wart to see what 2025 has in store for us. R•tir•mènt and N•w Trust8•s. We would like to ad(nowledge and sincerety thank Helen Kesl (retiring Chairl, Jane Dover and Penny Picton for the years of hard work and sUPPOrt that they have given to the Board of Trustees duri their tem of office, they will all be sorely missed. We would also like to extend a wam welccffle lo both Tracey Camps and Avril Pile as they join the Boartl of Trustees and we look fopwatd to working with them. Treasurer's Statement (For the period 1 January 2024- 31 December 20241 Reserves Policy The Federation airns to maintain 5uffiThent uniestrided reserves lo ovei possible future deficits whith may OGGUI due lo fludualions within activitie5. You will ￿ad of many other events listed under the vaiFOUS Su Committee entnes that follow Resolution Roadshows- April 2024 Venues - Millennium House. Pensifva.. Connoi Downs Wl Hall.. arKI Chy Noweth an Conteth. National Resolution.. Dental Care can Save Lives NFVW Annual Meeting- May 2024 Venue-The Royal Albert Hall Federation Representative.. Federation Chair Helen Keslle Organiser- Kathy Reed .' In attendan￿- Lrz Anderson CFVW Annual Council Meeting- 0¢tO￿r 2024 Venue- The Hall for Comwall, Truro Attended by Councillor Carol Swain, Mayor of Truro Moming Guest Speaker.. Matthew Kerworthy Gornez- Pride Entertainment." Bryer Boys Aftemoon Guest Speaker." Esme Young - Broadcaster National Council hleeting- October 2024 Held virtualty. attended by Federation Co-chairs Lil BakeT & Margatet Johnson & Federation T￿aSurer Ra(thel Andrews Acknowledgements.. I would like to acknowledge and thank the folowing fortheirv¢Auntary work on behalf of the Comwall Federation". All sub-committè• mambèrs and thèir advis•ts County News Editor: Wendy Fiander Media Officer. Avril Pile lfrom October) Assistant Mèdia Officèr= Sheila Goklsworthy Year Book Edltor.. Liz Anderson Speakers, Directory Editor: WerKly FiarKler Health and Safety Officer.. ￿Z Baker Bulb Seh•m• Organisèr: Grace Bradford IFE Administrator: Jane Mills Pooling of Faros Oryaniser. Jane Mills ACIDIW R•prns•ntstiv•: Amanda Penk Ifrom May) Resolutlons Coordlnator: Card Matta {from June) MCS Representstive.. Lvz Anderson Safoguarding Offi¢gr= Jill Tiew Ifrotn January 20251 200+ Club Organis•r= Lil Bakerlmargaret Johnson As at 31sl DecernI￿r 2024 uniestricted reserves stood at £342.402. Investment Pollcy Undei the memorandum and artides of associab"on, the company had the power to make any invesbnenis whid) the trusteesfinvestors see Rlsk PAanagement The Trusteesldirectors have considered the risks to which the company may be exposed and are satisfied that systems are in place to mitigate exposure to major risk. Comwall Federation of Women's Institutes will continue its work in fvrtheriTrJ the purposes of the Wl movement in Comwall. and to that end will continue to plan a fvll program of appropriate events. Wl Events 2024 CFVW was able at to tun a full range of events in 2024 with tnany oversubscribed and having to go to a ballot, or a second event added. Financial R￿laW The finanoal outcome forthe year 1st January 2024 to 31st December 2024 is a surp1￿ of £31.91712023.' £15.728 deficitl which is due to the one off event of us having a disused Wl Hall to sell at auction which far exceeded our expectslions. and brought in some v8lu8ble cash to increase our reserves. Income In most areas income has in¢￿aSed and Tmstee events raised £3,163 12023.. £5.7591, we are gratefijl to the members who supported these events. Subara Corbett W Ad￿Ser tr> Nov 2024 Helen Kestk Adviser from Nov 2024 Visits Organiser 2025 and 2026: Lrz Anderson Wl Adwiserto Nov 2024 Yvonne Torns IM Ad￿Se1 frorn Nov 2024 Poollng of Fares: Jane Miles W Adviser- Position removed Nov 2024 Chief Steward: Yvonne TO￿ts Wl Adwser plus Jill Trew from Nov 2024 Natlonal Federatlon AM Organlser.. 2024 Kathy Reed Wl Adwser to Nov 2024 Helen KeS￿e W Adviser from Nov 2024 Training Oflicer= LE Andetson VVI Adviserto Nov 2024. Proposeil that this is to be held in abeyan￿ due to training changed from Nov 2024 Resolutions Advisor. Carol Matta IFE Administrator: Jane Miles Wl Adwser ￿uS Ann Dyke from Nov 2024 Observer: Margaret Edgcumbe IVW Adwser from Nov 2024} Number of sub-committeg mgetings: 9 Damd Chapman has once again been totalty involved in our activth.es and meetirKJs, kindly offeritYJ to lead a February birdwatching event along the Helston Boating Lake, followed by lunch and a nature walk in August along the Bissoe Valley. followed by lunGh. An extra d8y was organized due to the event's POPLJlanty. In May, there was a good ￿SpOnSe to an aftemoon boat trip along the River Fal with members taking the opportunity to relax with frieTrJs. We a￿ fortunate to have an excellent committee, induding our Adviser Dawd Chapman, who work so hard to prowde interestirrfJ events for membe[5. We continue to ask for new tnetnbers to join us as new ideas are a￿ayS welcome, especialty regarding the Arts. Cookery and Craft Chalmian: Alison ￿111$ Board L￿lsOn. Margaret Johnson Ito Nov 241 Margaret Edgecumbe (from Nov 241 Secretary.. Sue Martin Appointed members.. Alison Gribble, Roz Ross. Ann Haverly, Advisors: Pat Mallett & Dol Rogers Numbèr of mèètings: 4 This Su￿00￿￿rttee comprises all Ad￿Ser5. traineil by NFWI. members in trained and helpers. Training is Gartied out within the Federation initial￿, with those in training being encouraged to atteTh1 as many meetings and events as possible with Wl Adwsers. On trained all adwsers are encouraged to join regulai NFW onlir forums in order to keep up to date with changes and to share infomiation and ideas with Advisers from other Federations. In recent years much of NFVW iraining has been offered on4ine bLrt VVI Adviser training wasn't available in thi5 forrnat until 2024. Since then. we have welcomed Margaret Edgcumbe and Mary Thompson as new Advisers but three Advisers have retired after many yeaf5' service- Liz Andetson. Barbara Corbett arKI Kathy Reed. Due lo various (ircumstance5. we weie not able to offer many events in the earlier part of the year, but we did hold a couple of dressmaking workshops whith were very well supported and we're hopirvJ to t￿ able lo make this a regular occurrence in 2025. We held three stained gla55 workshops as the event was heavity ove15ub￿ribed and in order not to disappoint any of the members de(ided tts add more dates. We have also held two lino-printed textile embellishment workshops as again this was over-subsuibed. Our ever-popular trolley events also excelled themselves this year as we had over 130 people attending over the two days. The subject of 'should I put an air-tyer in rny trolley, was ft>r the tnost part the draw. this was the last demonstration for Pat Mallett and Alison Gribble. However, a new ad￿SOr has joined and it is hoped that the Committee will be able to come up with idea5 for other cookery type of events in 2025. Wl Adwsers aim to wsit each Wls Annual Meeting every fouryears. are responsible for forrning new Vvls. promoting the W. inforrning and encouraging Ws, keeping the Federab"on infomed of activities and opinions, researchirKJ areas for new Wls. planniNJ and running training sessions for Wl members. enlarging Ws and suspending IMS. We try to make sure members know all that is available to them and to help them to get value lor their subscriptic￿. We travel extensively around the county doing our best to promote the Wl at all litnes. IM Advisets are Gontinually looking for opportunth.es to open new Wls. Ideas or suggestions are atways most welcome. Unfortunately. the Craft taster days did not fare so well as fv40 of the three events had to be GanGelled due to insufficient interest. Three craft day dates have already been booked for May so we are hoping all ol these will go ahead, plus a'decorate a simnel cake, dass in February. Arts and Leisure Environment and Public Affairs Chaimian.. Sandra Buck Vic•-Chaimian = Lynn Griffiths Board Liaison= Jane Dover Ito Nov 241", IAvril Pile from Nov 241 Secretary.. Penny Picton Ito Nov 241., Jane Dover (from Nov 241 Appointed members.. Marion Collins. Margaiet Lugg. Anne Matthews Chairman: Jude Wood e