## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** ||Period|start date|start date|||Period end date|Period end date|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**From**|Day|Month||Year|**To**|Day|Month|Year| ||1|January||2022||31|December|2022| ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** Chippenham Link **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1067820 **Charity's principal address** 9 Partridge Close Chippenham Wiltshire **Postcode** SN14 6XY ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** ||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person**
**(or body)**
**entitled to**
**appoint trustee**
**(if any)**| ||1|Mrs C Carter|Chair||| ||2|Mrs H Harrison|Treasurer||| ||3|Mrs M Lloyd|||| ||4|Ms S Weeks|||| ||5|Mr N Masters|||| ||6|Mr J Oliver|||| **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** Page 1 of 5 **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of adviser Name Address Independent Examiner** ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document Constitution - (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted Trust - (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods By Trustees (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; Chippenham Link provides a community transport service, it works in line with best practice provided by Community First and Wiltshire Council. The Trustees of Chippenham Link identify, record and manage risks using an industry standard risk management framework. - 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. Page 2 of 5 **Section C Objectives and activities** |||| |---|---|---| |**Summary of the objects of the**
**charity set out in its governing**
**document**|To relieve the poor, sick, elderly and disabled persons living in
Chippenham by the provision or by assisting in the provision of
services calculated to reduce the need, hardship or distress of such
persons.|| |**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)**|Chippenham Link provides a community transport service, helping
people within our community get to their medical appointments. Most
of our users are elderly or have infirmities that make accessing public
transport difficult.
The charity is managed by a small team of Trustees, who meet
regularly to ensure that the charity is operating in line with its
constitution and is meeting the objects set out in its governing
document. The Trustees believe that Chippenham Link provides public
benefit in line with the guidance issued by the Charity Commission.
The Trustees of Chippenham Link do not benefit from the services that
the charity provides.|| Page 3 of 5 Section D Achievements and erformance p During 2022, Chippenham Link undertook 4,006 journeys, transporting **Summary of the main** people of Chippenham to medical appointments, travelling in excess of **achievements of the charity** 82,000 miles. Our 28 volunteers gave an average of 285 hours each to **during the year** support our local community. ## **Section E Financial review** Reserves are held by the charity to allow its operation to remain effective **Brief statement of the charity’s** over the longer term and to smooth out any variances between the **policy on reserves** income it receives and the expenditure it incurs. Any surplus funds, which are not required immediately are placed on deposit. **Details of any funds materially in deficit Further financial review details (Optional information)** - Chippenham Link’s main source of income is donations from the users of - You **may choose** to include the transport service it provides. - additional information, where Its main expenditure is mileage expenses to the volunteer drivers - relevant about: undertaking the transport service. These are paid in line with HMRC - the charity’s principal rates. sources of funds (including Other expenditure is on operational management and governance of the any fundraising); charity. - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. Page 4 of 5 ## **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** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Signature(s)
Helen Harrison
Full name(s) Carolyn Carter
Position (eg Secretary,
Chair Treasurer
Chair, etc)
Date 9 October 2023
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Page 5 of 5 ## **Chippenham Link Transport** ## **Income and Expenditure Report for the year ending 31 December 2022** |**Unrestricted Funds**
**Income**
Donations - Clients
Donations - Covid Shopping
Donations - Other
Concessionary Fares (Wiltshire CC)
Grants from Community First
Interest Received
Other Income
Bequests
Clark Memorial Fund from Bequest
**Total Income**
**Expenditure**
Driver's Mileage Expenses
Drivers Sundry Expenses
Covid Shopping Expenses
Clark Memorial Fund
Advertising & Marketing
Audit & Accountancy Fee
General Expenses
Printing & Stationary
Telephone & Internet
Trustee Expenses
Co-ordinators Expenses
Insurance
IT Software & Consumables
Website costs
Venue Hire
**Total Expenditure**
Excess/Loss of Surplus over Expenditure
Balance Brought Forward from Previous
Year
Balance Carried Forward|45,403.09
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
399.68
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
45,802.77
£
33,145.98
£
119.39
£
-
£
-
£
186.20
£
480.00
£
533.97
£
367.60
£
353.53
£
155.40
£
-
£
326.29
£
486.20
£
1,368.00
£
219.50
£
37,742.06
£
8,060.71
£
120,169.31
£
128,230.02
£
**Year Ending**
**31 Dec 2022**|33,874.33
£
827.60
£
256.73
£
-
£
794.59
£
30.63
£
-
£
56,000.00
£
20,000.00
£
**Year Ending 31**
**Dec 2021**| |---|---|---| |||111,783.88
£| |||27,904.23
£
77.13
£
903.57
£
147.60
£
123.12
£
150.00
£
246.70
£
98.52
£
511.73
£
-
£
-
£
326.96
£
993.38
£| |||31,482.94
£| |||| |||80,300.94
£| |||39,868.37
£| |||120,169.31
£| **Restricted Funds (Social Fund)** |**Income**
Fundraising & Events
Donations
**Total Income**
**Expenditure**
Social Events
**Total Expenditure**
Surplus / Deficit for the Period
Balance Brought Forward from Pervious
Year
Balance Carried Forward
Funds Available
General Funds
Social Fund
**Total Funds Available**
**Represented by:**
Natwest Business Current Account, balance
at 31 December
Scottish Widows Charities Deposit Fund
Barclays Community Account (Social Fund)
**Total £**|-
£
360.00
£
360.00
£
327.50
£
327.50
£
32.50
£
1,257.68
£
1,290.18
£
110,914.59
£
21,462.68
£
132,377.27
£
79,855.66
£
31,058.93
£
21,462.68
£
132,377.27
£|-
£| |---|---|---| |||-
£| |||-
£| |||-
£| |||-
£
1,257.68
£| |||1,257.68
£| |||102,798.05
£
21,257.68
£| |||124,055.73
£| |||92,470.16
£
30,659.25
£
926.32
£| |||124,055.73
£| ## **Signed on behalf of Chippenham Link Transport** **Carolyn Carter Chair** **Helen Harrison Treasurer** Independent Examiner's Report 10 Ihe Thgees of Chl enham Link Trans Year ende£l 31° D I retx)rt on the Accounts of the Chariry for ihe year ended 31" December. 2022 whlch are allached. Respectlve Responsibilities of TTUSteEs and Examiner The Charity's Trusiees are rewnsible for ihe preparaiion of ihe Accounis. The Chafity's stees consithr that an Audil ts noi required for this linder Seciion 144121 of the Chariiies ACI 2011 (the 2011 Acii and ihai an Indqxndeni Examlnailon is needed. 11 Is responsibllity lo.. examine ihe Accounts under ￿lon 14i of the 201 l Act.. 10 follow ihe procedurGs lald down In the general Dtrealons glven by the Charity Commlssion under s￿li0n 145151 of ihe 2011 Act.. and lo sr2ie whether l)arttadar maners have a)me 10 my attendon. Basls of Indepcndeni C￿￿MIner'S Rcport My examlnailon was carried out In accordance ￿th ihe general directions gtvcn by the Charlty COMM￿On. An examlnallon includes a review of the accounting records kepi by the Charlty and a comparison ofihe Accounis presenied with those recor(ts. 11 also includcs conslderaiion ofany unusu¢)I lierns or dLsclosures in Ihe Accounis. and seek]'ng explanailons from you as Trustees concemlng any SLlC.h ma1te.rs. The procedures undertake.n do noi provlde all the evidence Ihat would be requlred in an Audli and conseque.ntly no oplnlon Is given as io ￿1)e(her Ihe Accounts preseni a 'twe and fair view, and the Repon is iiml'ied 10 those matters sei Qui In ihe Siaiemeni bek)w. Indcpendeni Fmither's Siaiement In conneaion wtlh my e￿natIOn. no mailer has (x)me lo my attentlon.. which Ajves me reasonable caL￿e to beJJ"eve ihal In any matexlai respeci the qulremenis". 10 keep re£ords in accordance wilh knlon 130 of fhe 2011 Acr,. and lo prepare Accounts wthlch accord whh the accounitng records and comply wlih the accounttng requirernents of the 2011 Act have not been met,. or 121 to whlch. In my opinlon. altenlion should be drawn In order to enable a property understarKllng of ihe Accounis io be reacheLI. c.r). Waichman F.C.C.A. Chartered Cenified Accountani Watchman Accountants Limited. 48 Thp. C.aiJ%e.way. Chippenham. Wiltshire SNI 5 3DD 23" February. 2023