
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From    01/07/2021          Period start date   To    30/06/2022  Period end date** 

**Charity name:    Rotary Club of Widnes Trust Fund** 

## **Charity registration number:   1043861** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|To apply both the income and capital<br>thereof to or for such charitable purpose,<br>institute, society or object|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|Proceeds raised are donated to local and<br>international charities.  Funding events can<br>include Race Nights, Gala Dinners,<br>Christmas Floats.|
|~~accounts~~<br>Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|Trustees have regard to the Commission’s<br>public benefit guidance.|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38||
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38||
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38||
|Other|||





## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|Funds raised from various events during the<br>financial year.  These monies are donated<br>to numerous local charities and international<br>charities.|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||



## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21||
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|To hold a reserve to maintain or replace the<br>Christmas float, otherwise donated to<br>charity. (£500 Five Hundred Pounds)|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22||
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22||





|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|NIL|
|---|---|---|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23||



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

The charity’s principal sources of funds (including Para 1.47 any fundraising) Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted Para 1.46 A description of the principal risks facing the charity Para 1.46 Other 

## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br><br>|||
|---|---|---|
|~~t~~<br>~~t~~<br>Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Rotary Charter Certificate and Trust Deed|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Is a member of Rotary International in Great<br>Britain and Northern Ireland - District 1285|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|Election to post by Club Council|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees 



|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|---|---|---|
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Rotary Club of Widnes|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|Widnes Rotary|
|Registered charity number|1043861|
|Charity’s principal address|5 New Barnet<br>Widnes<br>Cheshire<br>WA8 9GR|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**<br>**whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**<br>**entitled to appoint trustee**<br>**(if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|1 <br>2 <br>3 <br>4 <br>5<br>6|Linda Ord|Chair/Secretary||Club Council|
||Clive Beswick|Treasurer||Club Council|
||Stephen<br>Rimmer|||Club Council|
||Dale<br>Kenningham|||Club Council|
||||||
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## **Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved** 


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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)** L. Ord **Full name(s)** Linda Ord 

**Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)**[Chair/Secretary] **Date** 21/04/2023 



Inde
endent examlnerfs
ort to the trustees of the Rota aub Widnes
I report to the trustees on my examlnatton of the accounts of the Rotsry CILEb Wldnes for the year
ended 30th June 2022.
Responsibllities and basls of report
As the charlty trustees of the Trust you a￿ re5ponslble for the preparation of the accounts In
accordan￿ wlth the requirements of the Charldes Att 2011 {the Act'l.
I report In respect of my examlnation of the Trust's accounts carrled out under sectlon 145 of the
2011 Act and In carrying out my examina￿On I have followed all the appliGible Directions glven bv
the Charfjty Commlssion under section 14$15Xbl of the Act.
Independent examlnerfs statsment
I have completed my examinatlon. I conllrm that no materlal matters have come to my atten￿On In
connection with the e￿MInatIOn Bivin8 me cause to belleve that In any materlal respect..
l. accoUn￿nI records were not kept In respect of the Trust as requlred by sectFon 130 of the
Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connertfjon wlth the
examination to which attention should be d¥awn in this report in order to enable a proper
undetstandlng of the accounts to be reached.
6 Bollln COU￿ Wldnes, Cheshlre. WA8 SEA
IY, April 2023

THE ROTARY CLUB OF WIDNES
RECEIPTS AND PAYErfENTS ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30TH JUNE 2022
Bank Balances Blforward
13788
ColleetioN8
District Grants
Ukrnlnc Appeal
Race Nxght
Bonus Ball
FoLMKlation
Subs¢riptions 2021r22
Charter DÈnner
Shoe Boxes
Meats
Mcmillan Nurses
19789
800
Don&tions
16339
Life EducationlS¢hool8 1830
Float Exp¢n4es
234
Fund Raising Boxeg
457
UkT•ine Appeal
1250
Race Night ExF¢nJes
300
Mayors Fw
1000
Bonus Ball
866
Foundation
171
EMn￿ Joncs
500
RIBI Subs
District Subs
1506
2789
3310
1510
719
637
20
207
ri
Sho¢Aid
Shoe Box¢s
Royal British L¢gion
Foundation
tJ)ttery Registration
Web Fee/lntern¢t
Zoom Cosfs
60
50
660
20
79
144
2267
2250
50
946
30
Disaster Aid
M¢MillAn Nur
Meals
Youth Speaks
Bonk Bala1￿ ClfonY8rd 13898
45939
45939

Inde
endent examlnerfs
ort to the trustees of the Rota aub Widnes
I report to the trustees on my examlnatton of the accounts of the Rotsry CILEb Wldnes for the year
ended 30th June 2022.
Responsibllities and basls of report
As the charlty trustees of the Trust you a￿ re5ponslble for the preparation of the accounts In
accordan￿ wlth the requirements of the Charldes Att 2011 {the Act'l.
I report In respect of my examlnation of the Trust's accounts carrled out under sectlon 145 of the
2011 Act and In carrying out my examina￿On I have followed all the appliGible Directions glven bv
the Charfjty Commlssion under section 14$15Xbl of the Act.
Independent examlnerfs statsment
I have completed my examinatlon. I conllrm that no materlal matters have come to my atten￿On In
connection with the e￿MInatIOn Bivin8 me cause to belleve that In any materlal respect..
l. accoUn￿nI records were not kept In respect of the Trust as requlred by sectFon 130 of the
Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connertfjon wlth the
examination to which attention should be d¥awn in this report in order to enable a proper
undetstandlng of the accounts to be reached.
6 Bollln COU￿ Wldnes, Cheshlre. WA8 SEA
IY, April 2023