**Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees/** Milton Keynes Community Cardio-pulmonary Group **members of On accounts for the year** 31 July 2024 **Charity no** 1089370 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 3 - 8 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **31 / 07 / 2024** .
**Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).
I 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, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
**Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
**Signed: Date:** 07/05/2025 ~~we [|~~ **Name:** Victoria Jarvis ~~Ps~~ **Relevant professional** ICAEW **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 3 Scott Close Northampton NN5 4DZ
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**Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight 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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## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date **1 August 2023 31**
**July 2024**
**From To**
## Section A Reference and administration details
|**Charity name**|**Charity name**||Milton Keynes Community Cardio-pulmonary Group|Milton Keynes Community Cardio-pulmonary Group|Milton Keynes Community Cardio-pulmonary Group|Milton Keynes Community Cardio-pulmonary Group|Milton Keynes Community Cardio-pulmonary Group||
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|**Other names charity is known by**|||||||||
|**Registered charity number (if any)**
**Charity's principal address**||**Registered charity number (if any)**1089370
Hinton Hall
296a Whaddon Way
Bletchley
**Postcode**
MK3 7GB
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|**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
Ivan Pullen|Chair||||||||
|2
Nigel Robinson|Treasurer|||01/08/2023-20/10/2023||01/08/2023-20/10/2023|||
|3
Ernest Taylor|Secretary||||||||
|4
StanleyKeeves|||||||||
|5
Susan Free|||||||||
|6
Linda Seaton||||01/08/2023-24/07/2024||01/08/2023-24/07/2024|||
|7
Roger Cook|||||||||
|8
Geoff Rayment|||||||||
|9
Patricia Thurston|||||||||
|10
Veronica
Symmonds|||||||||
|11
Jim Gorringe|||||||||
|12
Mark Browning|||||||||
|13
Stephen Halliday||||01/08/2023-10/01/2024||01/08/2023-10/01/2024|||
|14
June Hobden||||01/08/2023-20/10/2023||01/08/2023-20/10/2023|||
|15
Stuart Price|Treasurer|||10/04/2024-31/07/2024||10/04/2024-31/07/2024|||
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
**Description of the charity’s trusts**
Type of governing document Constitution How the charity is constituted Charitable Incorporated Organisation Trustee selection methods Elected by Members, Appointed ~~a~~ 3
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
|**Summary of the objects of the**
**charity set out in its**
**governing document**
**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)**|To promote activities that have a proven beneficial effect on health for
people living within the borough of Milton Keynes and the surrounding
areas who have an established diagnosis of heart disease and/or
cardiopulmonary disease, by providing facilities for condition-specific
monitored exercise in a safe, friendly and supportive environment, so
that members may continue to live independent lives.|
|---|---|
||This year has been a year of consolidation and development.
The management team are now established and have been working hard
to attract funding and to increase the number of members.
The annual review of staff remuneration took place in February. The
Management Committee took into account the high standard of work
carried out by the staff, the resources of the group and the rate of
inflation in making the decision to award a 4% rise in salary. This change
took effect from 1stApril 2024_._
Our two long-standing contracts with the local Integrated Care Board for
transition courses continue. As a result of the funding that was secured
last year an additional Heart Failure transition course started in
September. Also, during the year a new entry pathway to membership,
through self-referral, was approved and adopted. This addition of a
transition course and the new pathway to membership, along with
enhanced recruitment from the two longstanding transition courses,
means that I can report that the numbers of members is increasing.
The staged membership fee increase that was introduced last year has
now been implemented for all members. Given the rate of inflation over
this period the £350 a year for fifty condition-specific, monitored exercise
sessions delivered by appropriately qualified staff looks to be even better
value.
In October we staged a Cyclothon. This was a major fund-raising
success. The final amount raise was over £5500, which has been spent
on gym equipment including a new treadmill.
Other fund-raising events have included a Coffee and Carols afternoon, a
Coffee Morning, a Canal Boat Trip, a Quiz and Raffles. In addition, the
Dickie Ticker Draw has been re-introduced and is proving popular.
We were delighted to receive a donation of £500 from GXO, who have a
large logistics facility in Milton Keynes.
Last year I mentioned that the roof of our building was in a poor state.
I’m now pleased to report that it has been completely renovated.
Although this was a major expense, we have been able to cover it from
our reserves.
We have increased our outreach work mainly by attending Wellbeing
events. We plan to do even more of these, next year. This type of
event helps with community networking and enables us to both
disseminate information about our group, and to meet others.|
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This year has been a year of an award and an application for an award. Many congratulations go to our Deputy Service Lead, Mrs Jos LygoBaker, who was the winner of the Inspirational Community Champion award at the MK Inspiration Awards for 2024. In addition, the group has applied for the King’s Award for Voluntary Service for its volunteers. The application was confirmed in August 2023 and in January 2024 we were visited by Mrs Julia Upton, a Deputy Lieutenant of the County. She met with a number of volunteers and gathered information. Her report on our volunteers was reviewed by her fellow members of the lieutenancy in February and submitted to the Palace in March. The outcome will be announced on the King’s birthday in November. In October of this year our longstanding treasurer, Mr Nigel Robinson, stood down. I would like to pay tribute to his 28 years of service as a member of the Management Committee and his 20 years of service as treasurer. Under his guidance the group has gone from strength to strength in many ways, not least, financially. We are very grateful to him for all the tireless work that he has done for the group. We are very fortunate that Mr Stuart Price has agreed to be our treasurer. He brings great professional knowledge and experience, along with much energy, to the role. As we look to next year our main challenge is to continue to make our very special group accessible to as many people as possible who can benefit from the service that we provide. The undoubted success of MKCCG is down to the hard work of its staff and volunteers. In connection with the Trustees’ Annual Report, I would like to single out for praise Mr Stuart Price. He brings a high level of both professionalism and application to his role as treasurer.
|Section D|Achievements and performance|
|---|---|
|**Summary of the main**
**achievements of the charity**
**during the year**|New, externally funded, Heart Failure transition course started in
September.
Introduction of a new entry pathway to membership, through self-
referral.
Over £5500 raised by a Cyclothon event.
Roof completed renovated.
Deputy Service Lead, Mrs Jos Lygo-Baker, won the Inspirational
Community Champion award at the MK Inspiration Awards.
Volunteers nominated for King’s Voluntary Service Award.|
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**Section E Financial review** ~~a~~
The charity has two reserve accounts: **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves Contingency Deposit Fund** : Any operating cash surplus will be transferred into this account: The fund will be used to cover the expected future cost of replacing the Hinton Hall heating system together with other unexpected needs. **Lease Replacement Fund** : This fund is maintained to help with the potential renewal of the Hinton Hall lease when the current lease expires in 2052.
## **Section F Other optional information**
## **Section G Declaration** ~~a~~
## **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s) Full name(s)** Ivan Christopher Hugh Pullen ~~oo~~ **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair **etc)** ~~a~~ **Date** 18/04/2025 ~~|~~
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**Milton Keynes Community Cardio-pulmonary Group 1089370 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period from** 01/08/2023 **To** 31/07/2024 ~~a~~
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
|**A1 Receipts**|**Operations**
**Contingency**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
**Unrestricted Funds**|**Operations**
**Contingency**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
**Unrestricted Funds**|**Operations**
**Contingency**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
**Unrestricted Funds**|**Operations**
**Contingency**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
**Unrestricted Funds**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Subscriptions|**95,597**||**-**|**-**||**95,597**||**82,980**|
|Gift Aid|**16,471**||**-**|**-**||**16,471**||**14,591**|
|Funding|**54,106**||**-**|**-**||**54,106**||**33,604**|
|Donations|**4,189**||**-**|**-**||**4,189**||**7,174**|
|Fundraising|**9,990**||**-**|**-**||**9,990**||**5,967**|
|Social Events|**384**||**-**|**-**||**384**||**2,040**|
|Shop|**293**|||||**293**||**485**|
|Refreshments|**2,233**||**-**|**-**||**2,233**||**224**|
|Interest|**126**||**3,356**|**3,356**||**3,482**||**4,332**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|_(Gross income for_
_AR)_
**183,389**||**3,356**|**3,356**||**186,745**||**151,397**|
||||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**|||||||||
|**(see table).**|||||||||
||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**_Sub total_ -**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|
||||||||||
|**_Total receipts_**|**183,389**||**3,356**|**3,356**||**186,745**||**151,397**|
|**A3 Payments**|||||||||
|Staff Costs
**130,487**
**-**
**130,487**
**100,304**
Administration
**15,512**
**-**
**15,512**
**13,896**
Utilities
**7,685**
**-**
**7,685**
**4,675**
Equipment
**2,179**
**-**
**2,179**
**2,502**
Repairs
**92,048**
**-**
**92,048**
**3,130**
**_Sub total_ 247,912**
**-**
**247,912**
**124,507**
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|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
**Asset Purchases**
**8,595**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 8,595**
**-**
**_Total payments_**
**256,507**
**-**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**- 73,118**
**3,356**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**32,000**
**- 32,000**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**95,760**
**84,952**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 54,642**
**56,308**
=S5E
SS||||||**8,595**
**5,910**
**-**
**8,595**
**5,910**
**256,507**
**130,417**
**- 69,762**
**20,980**
**-**
**180,712**
**159,732**
**110,950**
**180,712**
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
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|Unrestricted|
|Categories|Details|funds|
|to nearest £|
|B1 Cash funds|
|Current Accounts|
|54,642|
|Deposit Account|
|56,308|
|Total cash funds|110,950|
|——|jE|
|(agree balances with receipts and payments|
|account(s))|
|Fund to which|Current value|
|Details|asset belongs|Cost (optional)|(optional)|
|B3 Investment assets|Lease Replacement Fund|Unrestricted|
|Fund to which|Current value|
|Details|asset belongs|Cost (optional)|(optional)|
|B4 Assets retained for the|Hinton Hall Lease and Separation Costs|Unrestricted|-|
|charity’s own use|Lift|Unrestricted|-|
|Lighting|Unrestricted|-|
|Heating System|Unrestricted|-|
|Computer Equipment|Unrestricted|-|
|Roof Safety Rails|Unrestricted|-|
|Exercise Equipment|Unrestricted|-|
|-|-|
|-|-|
|Fund to which|Amount due|When due|
|Details|liability relates|(optional)|(optional)|
|B5 Liabilities|Staff costs|Unrestricted|
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|Signed by one or two trustees on|Date of|
|behalf of all the trustees|Signature|Print Name|approval|
|Ivan Christopher Hugh Pullen|18/04/2025|
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