CHARITY NUMBER: 1059485
## www.croydesls.org
## **Charity Commission Annual Return**
**Report from Trustees and Annual Report & Financial Results**
**Period: 1[st] April 2022 – 31[st] March 2023**
**Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
**From** Period start date **To**[Period end date ] 01 April 2022 31 March 2023
## Section A Reference and administration details
## **Charity name**
Croyde Surf Lifesaving Club
**Other names charity is known by**
CSLSC
**Registered charity number (if any)** 1059485
**Charity's principal address** Croyde Surf Lifesaving Club Hut Moor Lane, Croyde Devon EX33 1PA
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|1
2
3
4
5|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Elizabeth
Greenaway||||
||Richard Windsor|Hon President|||
||Pete Makepeace||||
||Michael Adrien
Byrom|Chairman|||
||||||
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Club Constitution Document Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Club Affiliated: Surf Lifesaving Great Britain (1015668) How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Elected at AGM Trustee selection methods
(eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
Elected full members
Insurance cover is provided by annual affiliation to SLSGB plus additional marine cover from commercial insurers.
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
The aim of CSLSC is to save life by prevention or rescue from a beach environment, promote water safety, develop beach lifesaving methods, comply with SLSGB patrol, uniform, and regulations. CSLSC works closely with other association connected with our aims and operates at Croyde Beach.
We train adults and children in surf lifesaving skills plus first aid procedures.
We train lifeguard to nationally recognised standards.
We take part in life saving sport competitions.
**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)**
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
We apply for grants wherever possible to assist our aims.
Our cash investments are for long-term projects. eg training and equipment and a proposed permanent club premises.
CSLSC is a volunteer led club with members giving freely of their time and experience.
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
## Section D Achievements and performance
Continuance of our training programme for summer and winter children **Summary of the main** and adults in lifesaving / first aid. **achievements of the charity during the year** Participation in beach, IRB, surf boat, pool competitions. Instructing adults, youths and children to lifeguard / lifesaving standards. Examining adults and children in other associated clubs to national recognised awards. Continued fundraising.
## **Section E Financial review**
We run an ordinary bank account for day-to-day expenses plus a savings **Brief statement of the** account and a project account for new premises. **charity’s policy on reserves Details of any funds materially** None **in deficit**
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
Membership donations are paid annually You **may choose** to include additional information, where Fundraising through raffles and staged events. relevant about:
- the charity’s principal Ongoing programme of grant applications
- sources of funds (including any fundraising); Sponsorship from key local businesses.
- how expenditure has Expenditure is managed regularly at committee and is only applied to
- supported the key objectives projects that meet the aims of the club.
- of the charity;
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## **Section F Other optional information**
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** Ben Lambert **Full name(s)** Ben Lambert **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Treasurer **etc) Date** 30/1/24
## **Profit and Loss**
Croyde Surf Lifesaving Club For the year ended 31 March 2023
|**Account**|**Account**|**2023**
**2022**|
|---|---|---|
|**Turnover**|||
|**Total Turnover**
**Cost of Sales**||**60,103**
**60,796**|
|**Total Cost of Sales**
**Gross Profit**
**Administrative Costs**||**7,049**
**3,435**|
||**Gross Profit**|**53,053**
**57,362**|
||||
||**Total SLSGB Costs**|**9,196**
**9,552**|
||**Total New Equipment**|**452**
**8,748**|
||**Total New Club Hut**|**20,748**
**2,973**|
|||**16,954**
**14,170**|
||||
|||**47,349**
**35,442**|
||**Surplus /(Deficit)**|**5,704**
**21,919**|
CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examinerfs
report on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trusta
mambers of
The Croyde Surf Life Saving Club
On accounts for th• yaar
ended
31 March 2023
Charlty no
(If any)
1059485
Set out on pages
I report to the trustees <)n my examination of the accounts of the above
charity fthe Trusn for the year ended 3110¥2023
Responslbllltles and As the charity Iwstees of tr* Trust. you are resp(sIble for the preparation
basis of report of the accounts in accordan wÈlh the requirements of the Charities AGt
2011 CtrE A).
I report in respect of my examination of the Tfusvs accounts carried out
urKler section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying OLrt my examination, I
have foll¢)wed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
urKler section 145(5){b) of the Act.
I have completed my examination. I confim that no material matters have
come to my attention (other than that disclosed below l in o)nnecti¢>n wlth
the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material
respect.
accounti records were rK)t kept in accordance with section 130 of
the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
Indendent
examinefs statsm•nt
I have no ConmS and have come a(xoss no other matters in connection
with the exarninatton to which attention ShoUj be drawn in order to enable
proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
. Please delete the wvrds in tha brackets rfthey do not appty.
Signed:
Date=
25103r2024
Name:
Rachael Woosey
Relovanl professional
qualificallorrfs) or body
(If any):
MT Membership 10162118 Licen¢e number 11J)0911
AddroS8:
North Devon A¢¢ounts
4 Cross Tree Centre. Caen StreeL Braunton, North Devon EX33 1AA
IER
October 2018
Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32.
Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for
examiners).
Glve her• br1 detalls of
any items that the
examiner wishes to
dlsclos•.
IER
October 2018