The Harrogate & District Round Table Charitable Trust Fund
Trustees’ report and financial statements Registered charity number 1051527 Year ending 31 March 2023
Harrogate & District Round Table Trustees’ report and financial statements Year ending 31 March 2023
Contents
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| Trustees’ report | 3 - 4 |
| Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Harrogate & District Round Table | 5 |
| Community Service Fund financial statements | 6 – 8 |
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Harrogate & District Round Table Trustees’ report and financial statements Year ending 31 March 2023
Trustees’ report
The trustees present their report and financial statements of Harrogate & District Round Table for the year ended 31 March 2023.
Legal status
The charity is a non-corporate registered charity (number 1051527).
Objectives
Harrogate & District Round Table is a member of the National Association of Round Tables of Great Britain and Ireland (“RTBI”).
Harrogate & District Round Table raises money locally and donates to local worthy causes, as determined by the members.
Organisation
Trustees are appointed by the Membership and serve for an indefinite period. The Trust Deed provides for no minimum and no maximum number of trustees.
While the trustees oversee the activities, the management is delegated to Officers, who are appointed at the Annual General Meeting to serve for a one-year term of office.
Trustees
The trustees who served during the year were:
Mr A Fisher Mr M Jordan
Achievements and performance
The trustees are happy to report a steady year to 31 March 2023.
Both the beer festival and the bonfire, which is a community service event for the Harrogate community were able to be held again.
From events and donations received, over £30,000 was raised. This, combined with brought forward cash reserves facilitated over £25,000 of donations to local charities and worthy causes in the year ending 31 March 2023, with further significant donations made after the year-end from funds raised in March at the beer festival.
Running costs and assets
The Community Service Fund consists of income and expenditure relating to its fund-raising activities.
There are no ongoing costs associated with the fund-raising activities. Costs are incurred in relation to specific events and are kept to a minimum to maximise the funds raised. The success of the events is reliant on the Membership giving their time and services on a voluntary basis.
Donations are made from the net proceeds of each event and there are no other financial obligations on the charity. As a result, the balance sheet is always intended to remain positive.
Reserves
The Community Service Fund amounted to £44,216 (2023: £39,075). All funds are unrestricted.
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Harrogate & District Round Table Trustees’ report and financial statements Year ending 31 March 2023
Compliance with statutory requirements
The accounts comply with the current statutory requirements, the requirements of the governing document and of the Charities Act 2011.
Risk
The major risks to which the charity is exposed are identified by the trustees and have been reviewed and mitigating controls have been put in place.
Appropriate insurance cover is arranged for all significant events through the membership of RTBI.
The trustees, who were in office on the date of approval of these financial statements have confirmed, as far as they are aware, that the financial statements are true and fair.
M Jordan Trustee 31 July 2024
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Harrogate & District Round Table Trustees’ report and financial statements Year ending 31 March 2023
Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Harrogate & District Round Table
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Harrogate and District Round Table for the year ending 31 March 2023, which are set out on pages 6 to 8.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 200 (“the Act”).
I 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 I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examiner’s statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or
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the accounts do not accord with those records; or
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the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
S Wright FCA
The Granary Haggs Farm Business Park Harrogate HG3 1EQ
31 July 2024
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Harrogate & District Round Table Trustees’ report and financial statements Year ending 31 March 2023
Community Service Fund Income and expenditure account for the year ended 31 March 2022
| Income Beer Festival Bonfire Donations Expenditure Beer Festival Bonfire Net Surplus for the Year |
2023 £ 84,459 14,198 - 98,657 57,039 11,083 67,889 30,535 |
2022 £ 75,653 15,700 144 |
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| 91,497 | ||
| 49,031 7,036 |
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| 56,067 | ||
| 35,430 |
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Harrogate & District Round Table Trustees’ report and financial statements Year ending 31 March 2023
Community Service Fund Donations and charity activities account for the year ended 31 March 2023
| Net Surplus for the Year Donations and Charity Activities Harrogate Hospital & Community Charity 1st Pannal Scout Group Supporting Older People Christmas Lunch Harrogate District of Sanctuary Christmas Hampers/Food parcels Carer’s Resource Harrogate Homeless C Blunstone Harrogate Cadets Samaritans Forest School Harrogate Hospital & Community Charity Martin House Total Donations Net Movement of Funds |
2023 £ 30,535 - - 141 - 1,548 2,602 5,318 385 1,000 5,000 350 2,050 7,000 25,394 5,141 |
2022 £ 35,430 |
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| 6,684 100 641 240 1,545 1,451 - - - - - - - |
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| 10,661 | ||
| 24,769 |
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Harrogate & District Round Table Trustees’ report and financial statements Year ending 31 March 2023
Community Service Fund Balance Sheet at 31 March 2023
| Community Service Fund Balance at 1 April Net Movement of Funds Balance at 31 March Represented by: Lloyds bank Due in re Beer Festival Beer Festival creditors |
2023 £ 39,075 5,141 44,216 32,385 15,234 (3,403) 44,216 |
2022 £ 14,306 24,769 |
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| 39,075 | ||
| 43,190 2,957 (7,072) |
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| 39,075 |
Note
Of the Balance of £32,385 (2023: £43,190) at 31 March 2023, specific pledges of £8,500 (2023: £8,500) have been made and ring-fenced funds comprise:
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£2,000 for the Christmas Hampers and Older Peoples’ Lunch
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£4,000 towards the Annual Stray bonfire
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£500 for the deposit for the 2023 Harrogate Beer Festival
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• £2,000 Linden Trust funds, to be used as necessary in support of the above projects
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