## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 03/04/2024 Period start date To 02/04/2025 Period end date**
**Charity name: CHELMSFORD ROUND TABLE NO. 132 CHARITABLE TRUST**
**Charity registration number: 1079149**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP
reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The Trust Deed specifies that the Trustees
may apply the Charities funds 'for such
charitable purpose or purposes according to
the Laws of England and Wales or in
furtherance of an event or events organised
by Chelmsford Round Table for the purpose
of raising funds for such purposes for
distribution in the United Kingdom and
elsewhere and/or to or for the benefit of such
one or more individuals charitable bodies
trusts institutions or organisations
established for such charitable purposes as
aforesaid and in such shares and in such
manner as Chelmsford Round Table in
ordinary meeting shall in it absolute
discretion determine.
Chelmsford Round Table undertakes
activities to raise monies for the Charity and
applies these to charities, needy and good
causes predominantly locally to Chelmsford,
but has discretion to apply throughout the
UK and worldwide.|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17
and 1.19|Main Charitable fund-raising activities
include:
- Chelmsford Fireworks Display
- Santa Sleigh Collection
- Christmas Tree sales and delivery
-Misc. individual fundraising events|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|In undertaking its activities, the Trustees
have had due regard for the guidance issued
by the Charity commission on Public Benefit.|
## **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
including program related
investment|Para 1.38||
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38||
|Other|||
## **Achievements and Performance**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**Chelmsford Charity Fireworks**
This event represents Chelmsford Round
Table's biggest fundraising event and is
the largest charitable fireworks display
held annually in Chelmsford. Donations
were made to a long list of charities.
**Christmas Trees**
At the end of the year we sell and deliver
Christmas trees in the local area. We
use profits to distribute hampers to the
elderly and to vulnerable families in the
local area.
**Christmas Santa Sleigh**
Each year in the run up to Christmas we
undertake door to door collections. We
use profits to distribute various local
charities.|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|---|---|---|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The charity is in a healthy financial position.
We maintained our reserves and continued
to have enough funds to help us put on
fundraising events.|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|A reserve is maintained of £14,000 to ensure
the financial security of the Chelmsford
Firework Event.
A reserve is maintained of approximately
£1,000 for the repair, maintenance or
replacement of the Santa Sleigh.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£15,000.|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|n/a|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|n/a|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|No concerns at all. Healthy membership will
help to drive fundraising events in the
coming years.|
## **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 Para 1.46 social investment policy adopted A description of the principal Para 1.46 risks facing the charity Other
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Trust Deed / Constitution|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Unincorporated Association|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Elected by the members of Chelmsford
Round Table No 132|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|CHELMSFORD ROUND TABLE NO. 132 CHARITABLE
TRUST|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|n/a|
|Registered charity number|1079149|
|Charity’s principal address|Moulsham Mill Business Centre
Parkway
CHELMSFORD
CM2 7PX|
**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)**
1Mark Jonathan
Petty
Trustee
25 April 2025 -
Present
2Ryan James
Trustee
04 May 2024 -
Present
3James Scrivener
Trustee
From 4 May
2024 - Present
4Ashish Dave
Trustee
25 April 2025 -
Present
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Corporate trustees–names of the directors at the date the report was approved|**Trustee name**
**Office (if any)**
**Dates acted if not**
**for whole year**
**Name of**
**person (or**
**body) entitled**
**to appoint**
**trustee (if**
**any)**
1Mark Jonathan
Petty
Trustee
25 April 2025 -
Present
2Ryan James
Trustee
04 May 2024 -
Present
3James Scrivener
Trustee
From 4 May
2024 - Present
4Ashish Dave
Trustee
25 April 2025 -
Present
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Corporate trustees–names of the directors at the date the report was approved|**Trustee name**
**Office (if any)**
**Dates acted if not**
**for whole year**
**Name of**
**person (or**
**body) entitled**
**to appoint**
**trustee (if**
**any)**
1Mark Jonathan
Petty
Trustee
25 April 2025 -
Present
2Ryan James
Trustee
04 May 2024 -
Present
3James Scrivener
Trustee
From 4 May
2024 - Present
4Ashish Dave
Trustee
25 April 2025 -
Present
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Corporate trustees–names of the directors at the date the report was approved|
|---|---|---|
|**Director name**|||
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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|n/a|
|---|---|
|Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|n/a|
|Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own assets|n/a|
## **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
n/a
## **Other optional information**
n/a
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** ~~a~~ **Full name(s)** Ryan James ~~ee~~ **Position (eg Secretary,** Treasurer **Chair, etc)** ~~pO~~ **Date** 02/01/26
**Chelmsford Round Table 132 Charitable Trust**
**1079149**
**Recei ts and a ments accounts p p y For the period** 03/04/2024 02/04/2025 **To from** ~~ee ee ee~~
## **CC16a**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|
|**A1 Receipts**||||||||||
|Fireworks|**67,194**||**-**||**-**||**67,194**||**61,789**|
|Christmas Trees|**12,311**||**-**||**-**||**12,311**||**12,032**|
|Santa Sleigh|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**5,759**|
|Other Donations|**719**||**-**||**-**||**719**||**1,605**|
|Interest|**246**||**-**||**-**||**246**||**442**|
|Good Times Song|**1,261**||**-**||**-**||**1,261**||**1,598**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**81,731**||**-**||**-**||**81,731**|**83,225**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**_Total receipts_**
**81,731**
**-**
**-**
~~————_— ~~|||||||**-**
**-**
**-**
**81,731**
|**-**
**-**
**83,225**
~~=~~|
|**A3 Payments**|||||||||
|Cost of Fireworks|**34,639**||**-**||**-**||**34,639**|**38,284**|
|Cost Of Christmas Trees|**7,816**||**-**||**-**||**7,816**|**9,992**|
|Cost Of Santa Sleigh|**1,178**||**-**||**-**||**1,178**|**350**|
|Other General Expenses|**6,397**||**-**||**-**||**6,397**|**5,163**|
|Donations|**27,251**||**-**||**-**||**27,251**|**20,364**|
|Cost Of Good Times Song|**5,710**||**-**||**-**||**5,710**|**4,219**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|
_**Sub total**_ **[ 82,992 ] - - 82,992 78,372 A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - - -** _**Sub total**_ **[ - ] - - - -** ~~—~~ _**Total payments**_ ~~————~~ **82,992 - - 82,992 78,372** _**Net of receipts/(payments)**_ **- 1,261 - - - 1,261 4,853 A5 Transfers between funds - - - - - A6 Cash funds last year end 73,568 - - 73,568 68,715** _**Cash funds this year end**_ **72,307 - - 72,307 73,568** ~~===>~~
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
01/02/2026
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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**||**Endowment**|
|**Categories**|**Details**|**funds**
**funds**||**funds**|
|||**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|
|**B1 Cash funds**|**57,286**
**-**
**-**
**15,021**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**72,307**
**-**
**-**
Charity & Savings Accounts
Reserve Account
**_Total cash funds_**
~~SSS=~~||||
||(agree balances with receipts and payments|(agree balances with receipts and payments|||
||account(s))|OK
OK||OK|
|||**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**||**Endowment**|
|||**funds**
**funds**||**funds**|
||**Details**|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
~~—_——~~||||
||**Details**|**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|**B3 Investment assets**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
~~——=—~~||||
||**Details**|**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
~~a~~||||
|||**Fund to which**
**Amount due**||**When due**|
||**Details**|**liability relates**
**(optional)**||**(optional)**|
|Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Date of
approval
02/01/2026
Print Name
Ryan James
Signature
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01/02/2026
~~on~~||||
## Foy! CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
## Independent examiner's report on the accounts
## Section A
## Independent Examiner’s Report
Report to the trustees ChaCrity Name CHELMSFORD ROUND TABLE NO. 132 CHARITABLE TRUST On accounts for the year| 02/04/2025 Charity no| 1079149 ended if an Set out on pages |Attached by separate spreadsheet file (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
| report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 02 / 04 / 2025.
Responsibilities and basis As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the of report accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act”).
| 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, | have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
- Independent examiner's | have completed my examination. | confirm that no material matters have statement come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- e the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
- e the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or e the accounts did 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.
| 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.
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## Section B
## Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose.
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IER
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