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 Lylircl￿tnI 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 Char￿c% 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 apPr0￿Ch IOO/o. Page I COP*CI.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 ManChe￿Ier 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( 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 SU￿7￿$ 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