## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1 July 2024 Period start date To 30 June 2025 Period end date Charity name: Rotary Club of Northwich Benevolent Fund** **Charity registration number: 1026529** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The provision of funds and services for**
**the benefit of the poor and needy or to or**
**for the benefit of such charitable**
**institutions, societies and charitable**
**objects as the Club may direct.**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Fund raising and public service, in**
**particular in the Northwich area, by**
**holding sponsored events such as the**
**Swimathon and the Dragon Boat Racing**
**day.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees have taken due regard to the**
**guidance issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public benefit**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference| |---|---| ||Para 1.38| |Policy on grant making|| ||Para 1.38| |Policy on social investment|| |including program related|| |investment|| ||Para 1.38| |Contribution made by|| |volunteers|| |Other|| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**During the year 2024-2025 the charity has**
**provided funds and equipment locally for**
**schools, people suffering from dementia**
**and in nursing homes, nationally for the**
**Rotary Foundation and internationally for**
**international emergencies and major**
**Rotary projects such as Polio elimination.**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The closing balance on 30 June 2025 was**
**£26700 which is £4500 more than at the**
**end of the previous year. This was**
**primarily due the success of our**
**Swimathon event and the River Festival a**
**new fund raising event – the Scooter**
**Rally.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Our policy is that we would normally**
**retain about 12 month’s income as**
**reserves**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£15,000**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**none**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
**Swimathon, Beer Festival, River Festival**
**and Scooter Rally**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**The charity has a trust fund invested with**
**the CCLA**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**The weather**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||**Haslehurst Trust Fund**| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Trust Deed**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Unincorporated Association**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Has to be a member of the Club**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|
Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Rotary Club of Northwich Benevolent Fund| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1026529| |Charity’s principal address|5 Cartledge Close, Cuddington, Northwich CW8 2PU| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||James Sloane|||RotaryClub of Northwich| ||Bernard Keogh|||RotaryClub of Northwich| ||Nicholas Marsh|||RotaryClub of Northwich| ||Rupert Adams|||RotaryClub of Northwich| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** James F Sloane **Full name(s)** James F Sloane **Position (eg Secretary,** Trustee **Chair, etc)** **Date** 1 April 2026 ## Rotary Club of Northwich Benevolent Account Receipts and Payments Account Year 1st July 2024 to 30th June 2025 , **==> picture [472 x 390] intentionally omitted <==** **----- Start of picture text -----**
|||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |2023/24|Receipts|2024/25|2023/24|Payments|2024/25| |Specific|Income|Specific|payments| |£1,016.00|Swimathon|£7,849.70|£6,290.00|Swimathon|£5,566.50| |£1,060.00|River|Festival|£3,000.00|£0.00|River|Festival| |£0.00|Beer|Festival|£1,500.00|£0.00|Beer|Festival| |£6,250.00|Bonfire|£6,500.00|£0.00|Bonfire|£750.00| |£0.00|Scooter|Rally|£4,000.00|£0.00|Scooter|Rally|£1,500.00| |Other income|General|payments| |£0.00|Youth|£0.00|Youth|£348.23| |£0.00|Foundation|£2,370.00|Foundation|£2,534.00| |£335.00|Polio plus|£1,035.00|Polio|£50.00| |£0.00|Comm & Voc|£4,792.02|Comm|& Voc|£4,893.10| |£1,666.00|International|£2,949.00|International|£2,600.00| |£3,016.91|General|£350.00|£0.00|Emergencies| |£175.29|Interest|£133.42|£845.00|Presidents|£1,710.00| |£0.00|Friendship|Cafe|£744.12|Friendship|Cafe| |£0.00|Other|£4,511.90|Other| |£1,338.63|Gift aid HMRC|£736.80|General|£322.62| |£620.00|Members donations|£0.00|school|awards| |£798.00|Haselhurst Trust|£576.50|£2,866.91|Transfer|to|Benev|acct| |£2,421.23|Endowment|Acct|£2,550.58|£1,358.00|Endowment|Acct|£1,733.07| |£18,697.06|Total|Receipts|£26,460.20|£28,498.75|,|Total|Payments|£22,007.52| |£32,063.10|Opening|balance|£22,261.41|Closing|balance|£26,714.09| |————|£10,074.58|Capital|reserve|£10,208.00| |£8,556.20|Current|account|£12,057.95| |£3,630.63|Endowment|Acct|£4,448.14| |Error| |£50,760.16|£48,721.61|£50,760.16|£48,721.61|£0.00| |ES|————|acento| |DateExamined15th FebruaryBy Christopher 2026Lawton(., ZL.|Ke| **----- End of picture text -----**
| ## * CHARITY COMMISSION Independent examiner's‘ FOR ENGLAND AND WALES report on the accounts ## SectionA ## Independent Examiner’s Report Report to the trustees/ yt members of | Rotary Club of Northwich On accounts for the year |June 2025 . Charity no | 1026529 ended (if any) - | report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust’) for the year ended 30/06/2025. - Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act’). **==> picture [499 x 212] intentionally omitted <==** **----- Start of picture text -----**
| report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, |
have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent | have completed my examination. | confirm that no material matters have
examiner's statement come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with
the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material
respect:
e accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of
the Act or
e the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
| have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a
proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
* Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
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