REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 1083575 rt thr ihL, Tr nt% for Ihe I'¢iar Fnde .1 t5AndP 'ment5 A¢¢ Jlsi Oetoher 2023 pIL'ton Comi
Con leton CommunItgr¢ ort of the Trustees for the Year Endod.11 Octnbcr 202J The ¢rus¢ees pre&eni iheir report wilh ihc receipts and paymcnls a¢¢ounls of the ¢hariiy for the year ended 31 October 2023. OBJECTIVLS AND ACTIVITIES ObJecltVQs and lDh$ The Tcli¢f of pcrsot)s who ore rcgisieTcd with a Mcdical Practice b8¥ed in CoiigleLotJ wlio are in nc¢d by reason of Ihcir ag¢. infirniiiy. or di8alTrility. by thc provision of ll IranspoTI s¢rvice for medical reasons and whkrc th¢ usc uf publi¢ irsnspori would nof be a fealisiic OPLlOn. Publlc bL&ncnt Tlie Iruslees hove considercd Ihc Cliai'ity Cuiiiinis%ion's ¥uid8n¢¢ on public beii¢fii including tli¢ guidance 'public beneftt.. runnin a charily IPB21' ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE Tlic purpo8¢ of the Charity 15 stated above and operate5 in thc following way. Tliere 1$ a specific ielcphonc numbcr10126 270RS3) and peT4ons iwuiriii&? uur a¥SibianLe phonc thi5 pumbcr which will Ilicn b¢ anhwercd an(J ll¢lLYi upon by a Cu-ordinatOT who will ihLn rin&y around Ulllil Ih¢y h8vc found a driver who is both available al thai lime and 1$ willinsr to und¢rtake the journcy. There Bre currenily 6 Co-ordinators wlio iakc it in wrns on a weckly basi.4 10 respond to such reqiic81s. Ettch Co-ordinator will bc on duty Mon(Jay 10 Friday beiweLn Ioain ond 5pm lur ilial WLck. For Ihis reason Ilicy re¢¢ive a sinall honorariuni lo rtfl¢ci ih¢ cornn)lli¢t thi% Involv¢s. The Thumber of drivers is iisually beiwLen 40 and 45 illvsi of wlio al'e of LylircltnI age. Expcricn¢e lias shown Ihai our resoiirces do nui enablc lis 10 handle more Ihan about 12 job.% a day alihoiiuh evcry efton is madc ¢0 en%iire rhat all reasonable requests arc made and if driv¢r& ¥r¢ uvailabl¢ Ihen Ihc 12 job limit cun be and 15 excecded. Jounieys 4r¢ not confined tu Ihe Congleion area bul Lover North Si4ffoTdshire. Ihe Greaier MancliL%lrr arca and FKyortd. DriY¢TY ore L'nLukirllyid io 4?ccompany Iheir clienis th% much po%%ible ond 10 wait until th¢ client 15 reody io return liornl, HowevLY ifiliT8 is likLly to involv¢ a wait of more than 2-3 hourli then lh¢ drivers Can to ¥0 hom¢ Jnd return laier. Drivers urc r¢Loinpen&ed for IhL u&c of their cmr Jiid the rtstt for ihis is 45p pcr mllc. This YCQT Ilic CoiMnihllC¢ fLvicwcd thc Chariiy Coiniiii5sioll's giiidancL 011 makillg a one.off uddi¢ional pllynienl to our voluniecr drivers. Oiir con.giituiion wa% chccked and it was x¥recd thai wc would pay n cxira lop pcr tiiilc iliai drivcrs liad complilld durin¥ iliL bccond 6 monih% ol. Ihc 2021-2022 finuneial ycor. This wa5 poid out of Ihc 2U22-23 finaiicial ycaT accoiinls in NovembLT 2022. Thi8 was di1¢ Ir) thc iiicrcasc in fticl £ost% amid Lonccims Ilial W¢ 14>uld loie even morc drivers Ilidn wc alr¢8dy had liincc Ihc Covidl 9 ¢pideiiiic. Drivcrs are a150 rcconipcn%¢d for light rcfreslimcni% and any paTkinbi Charc% incurred. Tliey g2vc ihcir tiii)e frccly. DrLVCTb arc r¢¢wiied ab far os possiblc by COMMLndhItortS frorn an lxis1in drivcr or Trublcc. WL, do not Lon¥i(J¢r li nL£css4Lry Iu in51SI thai ptttcntial drivers havc 41 DBS chcck bui b¢forc appoinlmcni cacli drivcr is iakcn out for a Short driv¢ accvinpanicd by o very ¢xp¢riLnccd driviiigT in&trueior wlio lll¥o Lhccks drivLf'5 liL¢ns¥, insurdncc cl¢. Th¢.%amc pcrson J150 ¢h¢ck% tIic5c do¢uin¢nts onnually al tlic AGM. Thc scrvtce w¥ offcT is much appr¢¢intcd by OUT clienls soiilc of whom hav¢ bccn witli u5 for Tnany y¢irs. W£ inak¢ no chttiBc for oui. serviccs but encouragc donations. TIic5c are given fr¢¢ly and the donor r¢¢¢ive5 an official rcccipi. In the year cndcd 31, Oclobcr 2023, Ihc nurnber of complclcd Journ¢y% wJ5 2,226 and tlie toial dis14Lncc ¢overed w&% 61.470 milcs, of whicli some 24.955 miles14OD/Il wcrc oncs for whi¢li assisiance from Ihe NHS wa% i'ecciv¢d. Th¢ Icvcl of sutisfaction ¢XPT¢*4cd by our clicn15 is exir¢incly hi8h. We make no atl¢mpt 10 quanlify this but il will apPr0Ch IOO/o. Page I
COPCI.F.TON' C.Ollli ILYICAR (Irr thc'l'riistcc r L'ndcd.I l O¢tobcr 2023 We obtain some financial assistance from the NHS. This is confin¢d io journeys in the Greater ManCheIer area and beyond. It 15 uwrenily al a ralc ot 35p per iDile atld is carefully scnJiinis¢d by the NHS Trusi belore payment is auilioTisd. Without ihi5 support it would not be po&sible 10 undertake many of the lollgerjourney5. W¢ also receive donations froTD private individual donors, churches. and oiher hodies. Thcsc fluctuaie markedly from year to year. Conglcion Coinmunicare i& appropriately insured vi BHIB Insurdnce BTok¢rs willi a Charily Assured Choice provided by Aviva. FINANCIAL REVIEW Rt$erves Polky Thc ChaTlty hA% no physical asset% Rnd is ttot Lliercfore necesyary to allow for any cxpecied replaccmeni$. However. Ihc in¢ome. which we receive frotn the NHS, is viial. We have a written l year conlra¢i with Ihem which is reviewed annuolly. Éhe curreni one eKpirc¥ on 3 March 2024. Wc huye no reasoii 10 bc15<v¢ ihal Lhis financial suppon niiuhi bc withdrawn ai short notic¢ or an uncxpecled dcloy in ow payment occur. however, we consider )t CS5Clltial that sufficient monie5 are reidily ac¢e&sible to enoble lis io coniinuc to offer OUT prescnt level of servicc whil$t gliernaiive financial Hnxngements can be made. We consider ihai this would tikt in excess of12 inonth5. There 15 eutrenily no rethson to b¢lieve that the Chnrity canThol coniinuc as a goiD8 concern Ai least for ihc for¢seeable ture. A indi¢8red above ihis miglil involv¢ some curtailmen¢ of longer joiirncy$. On 31 Ociober 2023 the eh8rity lield Tcserve¥ of£48.741.50 {£42.390.87 on 31 Ociober 2022} STRUCTURE, GOVERANCE AND MANAGEMENT Governlng d•¢um¢fftl The charity is an iinincoTporated ossociation rcgistered with the Cliarity Commis8ion' Con$iituiion adopted 12 Novembcr 1984 Aniended S Septeinbcr 2000. AppoIntmeI of Truitees The TrustCC5 arc made up of Chairman, Secrct&ry, Trea$ur¢T and Co.ordinaiors, In addition o number of the mor¢ Lxpericnccd drivcrs $¢rvc. Thcrc ili no limit 10 how long A Trustcc may sCe bui 011 h&vc to siand for re-clccliot) ai Ihc AGM. Wc Ore v¢ry con5ciou.4 Ihot Il)¢r¢ are no dcpulie5 for lh¢ posiiions of thc threc kcy offic¢rs bul in common with tnany oih¢r voluntary bodies we rind li difficult to rcpla¥¢ su¢h officer5. Page 2
CONC.I.F.TON CUIIIIU'NICIIRE orl of thc'l-ru%tcos tlIL, Year endLid.11 October 2023 REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRAVIVE DETAIiS Reg15terrd Ch•rlty P4umber 1083575 Pri•cipl Addreil 18 ALkins Close Congleton Cheshir¢ CW124WJ Trustees Mr5 Janei Eaion Mrs Sartdrth While Mrs Gillian Wal%haw Mr Ray Booih Mrs Janffl Whilewri&Thi Mr Michael Tin¥le Mrs Rita Pcnttingion Mr5 Mary Tuimer MTS Betty Alvarez MTS Ruth Garner Mr¥ Dianne SinLlair Chair Tru51c¢ Trusie¢ Trusc TTU5tee Tru51te TTU&tce TTU&tee Tni¥lce TNsle¢ Ttu$tee B*mktri The ROYAI Bank of Scotland ICon8leton Branch closed- physical bu$ines8 conductcd via Natwesl Bank) 46 High Sir¢¢t Conbtl¢ion Ch¢shirc CW12 IBE Indtpendent Examln¢r HAminond McNuliy LLP Bllnk HousL MgTkei Squarc Congleion Cheshire CW12 IET Approved by order of the board of Trusl¢¢s on 121b FcbTuary 2024 and 3i8ncd on its b¢holf by.. Mrs Janci Eaion- Chair p¢3
Ind¢ nt Liariiint'l'5 Ri orl lo the Tr Con IL'toii Ctsn)InuntiJrc sii'es or Independent eXmIne report to the Trustees of Conglelon CommuDicare I report to thL chslriiy TrUSe% oil my exAmination ofilic aCniS of Congleton Communicaie (the Trns11 for the y¢Br ended 31 Octobci 2023. Responxlbllltlei and b5is of report As Ihe Cliarily Trustees of Ih¢ charity. you aTe T¢spDnsibl¢ for the preporation of the finttDci81 siaieincnl% in accordantt wilh lh¢ requirements of the Charbiies Aa 2011 I'the A¢i'). I repurl ITh respe¢1 ofmy exa1InatIOnS ofthe charity's accounls cgrri¢d out undcr section 145 of Ihe Act and in c3rryinB out my examinaiions I have followed Bll applicable directions giv¢n by Lhe Chafily Comin5SSton undEr $e¢iion 14515llbl ofihe Aci. Imdependent examlner5 StatEm¢n¢ I hav¢ ¢oinpleied Iny exainina¢ion. l eonfimi th&t no m&ierial matter5 have Ctsme to my 8ttet)tiun in conneetioth wilh Ilie exomination giving me c#us¢ to believe that in any material rcspeci.. Accouniing rrfords were not kept in reypeci of the Tn¢st as required by 5eciion 130 of the Act; or 2. The 8¢eounis dD not accord with thos¢ recoTd5', or 3. Th¢ u¢¢ounl8 do nol eomply wi(li the dppliLable rcquirem¢nti concerning the foTrn and wnlenl of aeeounts sct out in the Ch8rilic$ (Aeeounrs and Reponsl Regulaiions 2008 other than requirement Ihai rhe llccounis give a true knd fair view which i¥ llol a inaiier con5idercd a% pdrt of an indcpendcnl ¢x&minalion. I h&ve no concerns and have come acmss no oih¢r matters conn¢ciion wilh the ex&ininaiion to whi¢h atienlion should be drawn in this rcport in order lo enable u PToper undei'¥thndiii8 of ihe acLounls lo be reached. AmBnda Grint FCCA. FMAAT Halnmond McNulry LLP Bank House Markct Square CoDgl¢ion Chesliire CW12 IET 12 Fcbnjary 2024 Page 4
Co leton CorHmiinltare Charits" 108.1474 Stgtemcnl of Ri'LL'I Is P# 'm¥nts for the I'l#r ended 31st ()rtob¢r 202.1 CElm 2112212 Unrestri¢i¢d Fund5 32,411.35 611.54 8,734.25 246.33 Unrestricied Funds 27,685.60 950.18 7.390.95 20.76 62.00 J6.109A9 Clients Donations Other DonAiion$ Eg$1 Cheshire NHS Tnjsi et¢. Inter¢5t AGM 53.00 42.1156A7 TOTAL YMENTS Travcl Expensc5 Parking Rcfrc8hm¢nts Tclephone Posthy¢ Printin¥ and Stationcry Honoraria Insuranc Id¥'pendent Exaininer f¢es Other AGM 27,661.27 96.44 959.57 672.41 12.94 24,940.93 112.70 620.611 473.42 14.55 441.66 1.075.00 230.29 240.00 5,367.73 sis.00 34.031.96 2.077.53 247.20 1.275.00 252.02 240.00 3,880.74 408.25 3*705.84 6J50.63 TOTAL NET SURPLUS Pw5
Con leton CO6¢#r Charits. tll¥.1475 St#temeiit i>( Assols #nd l.iabilitles .115t ()cioher Z02.1 -1111012023 121122 UnreBtricted Funds 42.390.87 6.350.63 4l741.5(1 bnri%iricled F-lind¥ BAlantt bmghi forward SU7$ for the year TOTAL FUNDS 40..111 34 ?.1177 41 42.IYO.N7 C85hlChcques in Hand RBS Loek United B.S. CURRENT ASSETS 665.86 474.95 26.436.47 15.479.45 42J90J7 32S96.19 15479.45 4&741JO Page 6