## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 01.01.2023 Period start date To 31.12.2023 Period end date**
## **Charity name:Gun Control Network**
## **Charity registration number: 1080791**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|
**The Advancement Of Health Or**
**Saving Of Lives**|
|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|**We collect, analyse and publicise data**
**about firearms misuse in the UK. We**
**support those affected by gun violence,**
**We liaise with police, MPs, government**
**agencies, journalists and the general**
**public to highlight deficiencies and**
**loopholes in current firearms legislation.**
**We campaign for gun licensing reform**
**and tighter control on lethal and**
**lookalike weapons in the interests of**
**public safety.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**We confirm that the trustees have had**
**regard to 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 Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers
Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|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|We have continued to capture and log
details of reports relating to gun incidents
which come to our attention from media
sources published in England Scotland and
Wales. We extract data from these, identify
trends and publish monthly reviews for
Members of Parliament, the media, Police
and Crime Commissioners, Councillors and
others. We have continued to raise
awareness of public health and safety
issues relating to gun misuse and have
provided support, advice and networking
opportunities to victims of gun misuse and
their familie. We have responded to
requests from members of the press,
students, film makers, those affected by
gun misuse and the general public for
comments, interviews and information. We
have provided support and advice to
community groups and individuals
requesting help regarding objections to
planning applications for shooting ranges
and concerns regarding safety of shooting
events. We thank colleagues for their
willingness to meet these requests, often at
short notice. We note an absence of
information in the public domain regarding
the status of guns used in crime. The lack
of transparency in relation to guns used in
suicides prevents comprehensive data
collection. We have engaged with the
Home Office, MPs, Police, charities, and
other groups and organisations regarding
high profile shootings and armed domestic
violence. We continue to redirect, as
appropriate, intelligence received from
concerned members of the public relating
to the behaviour and health of gun owners,
governance and membership of gun clubs,
and risks to the public during ‘organised’
shooting activities. Our activities over the
year have also involved working towards
changing the name of our charity, updating
our Objectives, developing a new website,
and considering the appointment of new
Trustees. We continue to work in the
interests of public safety, to prevent gun
violence and save lives.|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41||
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|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||
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**To advance the activities of the charity**
**in the forthcoming year.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£4786**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23||
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47||
|---|---|---|
|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
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|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|**Apart from the first charity trustees,**
**every trustee must be appointed by a**
**resolution passed at a properly**
**convened meeting of the charity**
**trustees.**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51||
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|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|Gun Control Network|
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|Other name the charity uses|GCN|
|Registered charity number|1080791|
|Charity’s principal address|11 Cloves Hill
Morley
Derbyshire
DE76DH|
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
## **Director name**
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)** Christine Hall
**Full name(s)** Christine Hall
**Position (eg Secretary,** Coordinator **Chair, etc)**
**Date**
11[th] October 2024
|**Charity Name**||**No (if any)**|||
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|**Gun Control Network**||**1080791**|||
|**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||**CC16a**|
|**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
**01/01/2023**|Period end date
**To**
**31/12/2023**|||
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**15,000**
**5,000**
**66**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**20,066**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**20,066**
**11,981**
**10,501**
**2,160**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**24,642**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**24,642**
**-**
**4,576**
**-**
**9,362**
**4,786**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**15,000**
**5,000**
**66**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**20,066**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**20,066**
**11,981**
**10,501**
**2,160**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**24,642**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**24,642**
**-**
**4,576**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
|Trust Donation|**15,000**|||||**-**|
|Individual Donations|**5,000**|||||**-**|
|Book Royalties|**66**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|
**20,066**|||||**-**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||
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|~~**_Sub total_**~~|
**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||
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|Freelance Co-ordinator|**11,981**|||||**-**|
|Freelance Data|**10,501**|||||**-**|
|Website/IT|**2,160**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**24,642**|||||**-**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
||**-**||||||
||**-**||||||
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
|||||||**-**|
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**4,576**|**-**|**-**|**-**
**4,576**||**-**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**9,362**|**-**|**-**|**9,362**||**9,362**|
||**4,786**|**-**|**-**|
**4,786**||**9,362**|
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Funds held at bank
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**4,786**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**4,786**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
MICHAEL NORTH|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|
||||**-**|
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**funds**
**to nearest £**|
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**-**|
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approval|
|||MICHAEL NORTH|10/10/2024|
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