TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT
YEAR ENDING 31 AUGUST 2022
CHARITY NAME: RHOOSE LIFEGUARDS
REGISTERED: CHARITY NUMBER: 1039093
NAME OF PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT:
President: Mr Andy Wall Vice President: Mr Lee Perry
NAMES OF THE CHARITY TRUSTEES WHO MANAGE THE CHARITY: Office (if any) Trustee Name Date held (if not
Date held (if not whole year)
Chair Andy Wall Vice Chair Karen O’Donoghue Harris Club Captain Simon Perry Vice Captain Liz Wong
COMMITTEE MEMEBRS: Trustee Name
Office (if any)
Date held (if not whole year) April 2022
Secretary Lucy Thomas April 2022 Treasurer Catherine Evans Membership Secretary Tina Woods Seniors/Masters Karen O Donoghue Coordinator Harris Junior Coordinator Liz Wong Nipper Coordinator Sarah Braddon IRB Captain Ron Braddon Press Officer Kiera Harris Safeguarding Officer Jamilla Abbott March 2023 Safeguarding Officer David Brewer March 2023
NAME OF ADVISOR
Independent Examiner: Kelvin Grice
Bank: Lloyds Bank Online Treasurers Account
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Type of Governing Document: Constitution, amended November 2019
How the charity is constituted: An unincorporated association consisting of the executive committee and the members.
Trustee selection method: The trustees are the serving officers and committee members appointed or reappointed annually at the AGM held in November.
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
Summary of the objects of the charity:
The object of the charity is to save life, whether by prevention or by rescue from the beach in particular but not exclusively by:
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Promoting the water safety aspect of all beach activity.
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Developing beach lifesaving methods in all their aspects.
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Taking all necessary steps to comply with the basic patrol requirements and regulations of the board of Surf Lifesaving Association of Wales and Surf Lifesaving Association of GB.
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Working in association with bodies and organisations whose aims are conducive to the object of the club.
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Promoting the fitness and lifesaving skills of members by offering them coaching and competitive opportunities and enabling them to participate in lifesaving and affiliated sport.
Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects:
The focus of our activities is training and developing lifeguards for the public benefit. We provide a programme of activities and training in the sport and skills of swimming, surf rescue, first aid, lifesaving, beach and water safety and encourage attainment of NVBLQ Lifeguard qualifications.
We encourage children from the age of 7, young people and adults, regardless of personal background, faith, gender or personal circumstances, to come together, join in, develop lifesaving skills and volunteer a little of their time to help Rhoose Lifeguards deliver a sustainable supply of qualified lifeguards who patrol our beaches for the benefit and safety of all beach users.
We have also embarked on opening activities to those children under 7. Called Sand hopper’s, we slowly introduce them to beach activities and the sea (only runs in the Summer months), this will make them aware off the activities the Nippers and Junior do because they all train on the same beach, and encourage them to go through the ranks.
Our volunteer coaches deliver a comprehensive programme of youth orientated events and activities which benefits young people by developing their selfconfidence and social skills alongside increasing their physical activity, learning invaluable lifesaving skills and encouraging volunteering within the community.
ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE
As a club the focus was to continue growing our post-pandemic membership to the levels before covid stopped all the fun. We have managed to meet that aim. The club is going from strength to strength with the nipper section expanding its coaching team and competition successes. The Juniors, although lacking number in competitions they have had a very successful year with several members being called up to the Wales and Great Britain teams. Two other sections of the club that have grown this year are the Masters & IRB
Patrols
As a Club we ran an ad-hoc patrol schedule this summer season. Something we are working on to improve in 2023 given the popularity of the camping & leisure complex since covid. We still managed to run 10 patrols over the Summer and looked after approximately 500 holiday makers and locals in that time. Patrolling is important for us as a Club when looking for financial support and Grants to extend our facilities. We need to be able to demonstrate our provision of voluntary lifeguard cover and training and development of Lifeguards for the RNLI. Our members supported the RNLI Lifeguard service with twelve members working for the RNLI. We look forward to continuing to work with the RNLI to provide lifeguard cover in the local area.
Competition
A very impressive all-round performance this year.
Stillwaters: We started with the mini league series which is a whole club effort. We would highly recommend all members in the junior, master & seniors to take part. Welsh – Youth 7th, Seniors 8th, Masters 7th. (No nippers in 2022). GB - Nippers 13th, Youth 12th, Seniors 11th
Rhoose Ski Race: In the sea we held the 41st running of the Rhoose Ski Race. It was a tricky race with the cans in the middle of the channel, but those who raced competed well. This is a massive fundraiser for the club so a big thank you to all who provided support.
Welsh Ocean: In the Welsh championships there was some great competing by all, but more importantly a great team spirit and comradery on the beach. Nippers – 9th Juniors – 3rd Seniors – 2nd Masters – 2nd We also managed to win back the Ski aggregate trophy, an award we last held in 2016 and the 8 years before that. Overall – 2nd
GB Ocean: The GB competitions were held in Branksome Chime, a pleasure for most parent as the tide didn’t move there was no long trips with the craft. Nippers 23rd, Youth 6th, Masters 15th, Open 13th. Results were lower due to smaller teams at the event, but we hope we can have more next year
FINANCIAL REVIEW
The Trustees remain committed to keeping membership subscriptions low. In response, membership fees for 2022 remained the same as we saw what
activities were to take place as we came out of the pandemic. The membership fees willbe reviewed again before the next renewal period.
Total income was £39,960.48 and Total expenditure was £36,398.03. There were a number of larger expenses contributing to this, namely a new IRB and Surf Ski as well as repairs to existing equipment – which were paid for from a grant we were successful in gaining, with additional spend input from the club. And also £5,018.40 swimming pool fees – some from the previous year, paid for from the membership fees.
We had membership income £11,839.50. Competitions fees income £3,428.50 and spend of £4,636.75, but as a club we pay the team events so not all costs are covered by the individual fees, this is something the club is happy to cover from the membership fees.
The £2,054.44 fundraising was obtained from being able to run our annual Ski Race again, assisting the local Round Table Santa Sleigh at Christmas and being part of the Amazon Smile project. Gift Aid from HMRC continues to be obtained from members in the club.
New in 2022 to assist club fundraising was the introduction of the 100 Club – a Small Society Licence Lottery, run monthly and drawn at the Friday training session – 50% of the monthly lottery money is given as prizes with the remainder being reserved for contributing to the purchase of a Surf Ski for the club – Funds raised for this period are £970.
Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves
The club’s reserve account holds £13,158.75 cash at bank.
DECLARATION
The trustees declare that they have approved the Trustees’ Report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees:
Signature: ........................................................................................ Full Name(s): ........................................................ Position within the charity: ............................................. Date: .............................................................................
Rhoose lifeguards
No (if any) 1039093
Receipts and payments accounts For the period 01/09/20201 31/08/2022 To from ee ee ee ee
~~Pe~~ Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total funds funds funds funds
to the nearest £
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
| A1 Receipts | Total funds to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds to the nearest £ |
|---|---|
| Membership Clothing Hoodies / Merchandise Fund Raising Fund Raising - 100 club Award Book Payments Equipment Refund SLSA Membership Refund Interest Competition Fees Grants Swimming Pool Fees 100 club prize money transfer from a/c 100 club transfer for equipment unknown Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
11,839.50 - 11,839.50 1,098.00 - 1,098.00 2,054.44 - 2,054.44 1,388.00 1,388.00 165.00 - 165.00 105.00 - 105.00 - - - 0.07 0.99 1.06 3,428.50 3,428.50 15,719.00 15,719.00 918.50 918.50 - - - 3,058.48 3,058.48 - - - - - - - - 36,716.01 3,059.47 - 39,775.48 (Gross income for AR) |
| Equipment Sale 20.00 - 20.00 Flipper Deposit 165.00 - - 165.00 Sub total 185.00 - - 185.00 A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). ——~~———~~ |
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| Total receipts A3 Payments BT Phone Bill Club Craft insurance Marine Property Insurance Quad Bike Insurance Mole Water Front Insurance Membership Fee GB Affiliation SLSA Wales Club Affiliation Membership Awards Expenses Membership Book Expenses SLSA Membership Club House Maintenance Swimming Pool Hire Fees Health & Safety Clothing Embroidery Misc Maintenance Misc Bank Charges for Equipment Clothing Hoodies / merchandise Membership Refund Competition fees RLSS Membership Small Society Lottery Licence Transfer into 100 club account 100 Club prize Money transfer from **Sub total ** |
36,901.01 3,059.47 - 39,960.48 - - - - 1,209.40 - - 1,209.40 - - - - 424.99 - - 424.99 396.00 - - 396.00 150.00 - - 150.00 140.00 - - 140.00 588.50 588.50 - - 2,315.75 2,315.75 - - 5,018.40 5,018.40 - - - 140.00 140.00 1,021.08 1,021.08 - - 856.31 856.31 50.75 50.75 4,636.75 4,636.75 68.00 68.00 40.00 - - 40.00 - 342.00 342.00 - - - - - 17,397.93 - - 17,397.93 CO)Ce SES) |
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A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
Equipment - Surf / Pool 1,373.47 - - 1,373.47
Equipment - IRB 177.57 177.57
Grant Spend 17,449.06 - - 17,449.06
Sub total 19,000.10 - - 19,000.10
Total payments 36,398.03 - - 36,398.03
Net of receipts/(payments) 502.98 3,059.47 - 3,562.45
A5 Transfers between funds - 5,004.86 5,004.86 - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 9,097.37 5,094.43 - 14,191.80
Cash funds this year end 4,595.49 13,158.76 - 17,754.25
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Unrestricted | Restricted | |||
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| Categories | Details | funds | funds | |
| B1 Cash funds | Lloyds Current Lloyds Saver Reserve 100 Club Total cash funds |
to nearest £ 3,625.40 970.09 4,595.49 |
to nearest £ 13,158.75 13,158.75 |
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| (agree balances | with receipts and payments account(s)) |
OK | OK | |
| Unrestricted | Restricted | |||
| funds | funds | |||
| B2 Other monetary assets | Details | to nearest £ - - - - - - |
to nearest £ - - - - - - |
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| B3 Investment assets | Details | Fund to which asset belongs |
Cost (optional) - - - - - |
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| B4 Assets retained for the | Details Ski Equipment |
Fund to which asset belongs |
Cost (optional) - |
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| charity’s own use | Training Equipment Gym Equipment IRB Quad Trailer Clubhouse Fixtures and Fittings |
- - - - - - - - |
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| Fund to which | Amount due | |||
| B5 Liabilities | Details | liability relates | - - - - - (optional) |
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
Signature
Print Name
Cath Evans
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CC16a
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Last year
to the nearest £
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11,020.00
285.00
322.70
382.51
1,044.35
250.00
0.46
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13,305.02
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13,305.02
450.48 260.20 579.64 268.03 504.00 150.00 115.00 697.50 270.00 818.00 6,360.00 3,000.40 1,337.55 916.00 339.52 151.78 15.00 124.25 134.20 - 16,491.55
3,953.98 393.32 4,347.30 20,838.85 - 7,533.83 - 21,725.63 14,191.80
Endowment funds
to nearest £ - - - -
OK
Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - -
Current value (optional)
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Current value (optional)
When due (optional)
Date of approval
CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examinerfs report on
the accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trte
members of
On accounts for the year
August 2022
Charity no
(rf anyl
103YJ93
Set out on pages
Respective responsibilitiesThe tharitrfs treeS are restK)nsible for the preparation of the accounts in
of trustees and exaM1rrdcrn %Mlh the thrities Act 2011 ALn.
The tharitys trusiees ccmsider Ihat audit is t required for this year under
It is my responsibilrty to:
eAnine Ihe ac(x)unts under section 145 of ts Charities Act.
to foll¢M the applicable Directx)ns given by the Charity commiss (under
Secti( 14515)(b) of the ACL
examinefs $tatentbY the Charity Commission. An examination indLNJes a review of the
acCntI1g recon1s kept by the drity armj a u)mparison of the accounts
presented NTlh tt)ose recor
Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: 42 Porthkerry Road RHOOSE CF62 3HD Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to hwlight matters of cOnM (see CC32, Independent examinatKm of drity &(%nts. directions and guidance for ex1[5). IER May 2018
Give here details of any items that the examin wishes to disclose. IER May 2018