## **Trustee’s Annual Report 2024**
_Farnham Round Table Charitable Trust Fund_
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Farnham Round Table Charitable Trust Fund 1102040
## **Charity Details**
Charity Name: Farnham Round Table Charitable Trust Fund
Charity Number: 1102040
Address: 36, Talbot Road, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 8RP
Trustees: Mr. Nigel Davison, Chairman; Mr. Alexander Donald, Vice Chairman; Mr Oliver Tobias, Treasurer; Mr. Ian Jacob, Membership Secretary
## **Charity Structure**
Farnham Round Table Charitable Trust Fund “the Charity” is the charitable fund of the Farnham Round Table Club “the Club”. The Club raises money for the Charity through a number of community events.
The Charity is governed by trustees selected from the management committee of the Club. All members of the management committee are elected by members of the Club at its AGM. The Charity is an unincorporated association representing the charitable activities of the Club. Charitable grants and donations are voted on by members in regular meetings, with a simple majority being sufficient to carry the vote. Recipients of these grants are brought to the attention of the Club by its members, or through approaching the Club directly.
Neither the Charity, nor the Club hold any property. There are no custodian trustees for the Charity.
NB. During voting at the 2024 AGM, Mr. Alexander Donald was elected as the new Chairman
## **Activities and Objectives**
There are two core objectives of the Club: to promote fun, fellowship, and personal development; and to provide community service. It is the latter of these that the Charity supports.
The Club runs several key events in the local community. These aim to both raise money for the Charity, and to provide the community with entertainment and reason to get together.
The key Club activities on the calendar were:
- Farnham Charity Bike Ride
- Farnham Fireworks and Torchlit Procession
- Santa’s Sleigh collections
- Informal social gatherings for members
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Farnham Round Table Charitable Trust Fund 1102040
## **Achievements and Performance**
## **Event Roundup**
The Farnham Charity Bike Ride was well attended, and raised over £5,000 for the Charity, which was higher than the previous year.
Santa’s Sleigh continues to bring great joy to the local area, and six routes were covered in line with the previous year. Hundreds of children and families came out to see Santa appearing on their streets. The Charity was delighted to donate 100% of the proceeds - giving over £4,000 to Farnham Food Bank.
Finally, the Farnham Fireworks and Torchlit Procession continues to be the biggest fundraiser organised by the Club. To ensure as many families could afford to attend, ticket costs were maintained in line with previous years, though as costs had increased vs the prior year, the charity raised just under £40,000.
We remain reliant on the dedication of the Club members, to continue to deliver all these events, and have added a few more new members which will help when organising the 2024 events.
## **Charitable Donations**
Including the aforementioned £4,305 donation to the local food bank at Christmas, the success of the Club’s events allowed the Charity to make over £60,000 of donations to local causes, a significant increase on the previous year. This is a source of great pride for the Club members; that they have been able to give back so generously to the community they are a part of.
Notable donations included £3,600 of Christmas food vouchers for local families, £3,500 towards the cost of a new car for a family with a child attending hospital regularly, and £2,000 to fund the cost of a new air track for the local gymnastics club. A full breakdown of all donations can be found in the Financial Review below.
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Farnham Round Table Charitable Trust Fund 1102040
## **Financial Review**
## **Reserves and Debts**
The Charity’s largest risk is the cancellation of the fireworks event. This is due to financial outlay being required far in advance of the event, regardless of whether it proceeds or not. The trustees continue to ensure that a reserve fund of £20,000 is maintained, to smooth cash flow in the lead up to the event, and to ensure that event cancellation will not result in the Charity being unable to meet its commitments. We received one-off funding from a local government grant to the value of £14,300 to fund storage for the milk float used for the santa sleigh. The Charity has no debts.
## **Balances**
|**Balances**|||
|---|---|---|
|**Account**|**Opening Balance**|**Closing Balance**|
|Charity Account|£55,604.55|
£44,775.25|
|Reserve Account|£20,037.35|
£20,260.16|
|**TOTAL**|**£75,641.90**|
**£65,035.41**|
## **Annual Accounts**
|**Annual Accounts**||
|---|---|
|**Revenues**||
|Bike Ride|£7,793.69|
|Fireworks|£83,408.45|
|Santas Sleigh|£4,791.38|
|Local govt grant|£14,300.00|
|Interest|£222.81|
|Other (donations etc)|£1,080.37|
|**Total Revenue**|**£111,596.70**|
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Farnham Round Table Charitable Trust Fund 1102040
|**Expenses**|||
|---|---|---|
|Charitable Donations||£67,353.82|
|Christmas Trees|£555.00|£555.00|
|Fireworks|£12,700.00|£12,700.00|
|General|£49,793.32|£49,793.32|
|Santas Sleigh|£4,305.50|£4,305.50|
|Expenses||£54,849.37|
|Fees|£31.32|£31.32|
|Christmas Trees|£4,678.80|£4,678.80|
|Fireworks|£42,356.05|£42,356.05|
|Santas Sleigh|£7,783.20|£7,783.20|
|**Total Expenses**||**£122,203.19**|
|**Net income for Period**||**(£10,606.49)**|
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Farnham Round Table Charitable Trust Fund 1102040
## **Donation Detail**
|**Description**|**Amount**||
|---|---|---|
|Fireworks|||
||Scouts|£ 3,200.00|
||Tangent|£1100.00|
||Potters Gate|£ 750.00|
||St Andrews|£ 75.00|
||Abbey School|£ 150.00|
||St Mary's Frensham|£ 75.00|
||Tootsies|£ 440.00|
||Bourne Green Sports Clubs|£ 2,320.00|
||Hale Community Centre|£ 440.00|
||Youth Choir|£ 750.00|
||Park Ranger|£ 250.00|
||Cricket Club|£ 1,500.00|
||Bryan (FCSRG)|£ 250.00|
||Max Leward|£ 200.00|
||41 Club|£ 250.00|
||Phylis Tuckwell|£ 300.00|
||Guy competition2nd Farnham Scouts|£ 50.00|
||Guy competitionBadshot Lea Infants|£ 50.00|
||Guy competitionEclipse Allstars|£ 50.00|
||Guy competitionFarnham Hygiene Bank|£ 50.00|
||Guy competitionFarnham Youth Choir|£ 50.00|
||Guy competitionFolly Hill Infants|£ 50.00|
||Guy competitionGirlz Club|£ 50.00|
||Guy competitionHale Community Centre|£ 50.00|
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||Guy competitionRowledge volunteers|£ 50.00|
||Guy competitionSt Andrews|£ 50.00|
||Guy competitionSt Mary's Frensham|£ 50.00|
||Guy competitionThe Abbey School|£ 50.00|
||Guy competitionTootsies|£ 50.00|
||**Total For Fireworks**|**£12,700**|
|General|||
||William cobbett donation|£911.00|
||Farnham 41 Club Chain Repair donation|£458.00|
||Spotlight UK Show a little love donation|£1,000.00|
||W Sadowska donation|£300.00|
||Potters Gate CofE Primary School Trips donation|£1,093.00|
||R Morris donation|£1,000.00|
||Farnham Youth Choir Donation|£1,300.00|
||B J BLENCOWE Donation|£600.00|
||I Choose Freedom Charity Donation|£200.00|
||Surrey Drug and Alcohol Care Donation|£500.00|
||Air track donation|£2,000.00|
||D Harper Donation|£1,000.00|
||Southampton hospitals donation|£500.00|
||Mccoll Flooring donation|£900.00|
||H Weller Donation|£1,000.00|
||Farnham RUFC donation|£600.00|
||Woodlarks Camp Site Trust Pantry donation|£1,000.00|
||Carl Tardif Donation|£533.46|
||Brightwells Gostrey Centre donation|£1,000.00|
||Hale Community Centre Fridge replacement|£840.00|
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||Air Ambulance Charity|£1,000.00|
||Skip for family donation|£227.70|
||Friends Of Potters Gate Sensory Garden|£1,500.00|
||Badshot Lea Community Association Pumpkin day|£250.00|
||New car donation|£3,500.00|
||Poppy donation|£100.00|
||Carpet donation|£625.00|
||All Saints C Of E Infant School sensory garden|£380.00|
||Weydon Multi Academy Trust Safeguarding donation|£500.00|
||Christmas School vouchers|£3,600.00|
||The Woodlarks Centre Chair donation|£500.00|
||CHURT GIRLS FOOTBALL CLUB Donation|£530.00|
||PCC of Rowledge Preschool donation|£325.00|
||St Peter's School PFTA Books donation|£1,000.00|
||Christmas family vouchers|£1,875.90|
||SFET Highfield donation|£2,400.00|
||Hale Community Centre Santa bus|£200.00|
||Kids Cancer Charity|£500.00|
||Farnham RUFC U18GTour|£500.00|
||Hale Community Centre New dishwasher|£876.31|
||H Weller Donation|£500.00|
||Friends of folly hill new iPads|£1,000.00|
||Waverley Abbey C of E Junior School Residential funds|£550.00|
||William cobbett Year 6 residential|£1,835.00|
||Step By Step Donation|£2,000.00|
||Potters Gate CofE Primary School Trips donation|£875.00|
||The New Ashgate Gallery Trust Ltd Lift repair|£500.00|
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||Potters Gate CofE Primary School Family fridge|£350.00|
||I Choose Freedom Charity Clothing Donation|£200.00|
||Hale football donatio|£142.95|
||Hale Community Centre Training donation|£420.00|
||Fleet Phoenix Donation|£500.00|
||Friends Of Potters Gate Books donation|£1,000.00|
||Chloe And Sophies Special Ears Fund Epic day donation|£500.00|
||40Degreez Games Donation|£1,975.00|
||Hive Helpers Cic Donation|£320.00|
||**Total For General**|**£49,793.32**|
|Santas Sleigh|||
||Farnham Food Bank donation from Santa's Sleigh event|£4,305.50|
||**Total For Santas Sleigh**|**£4,305.50**|
|**Grand Total**||**£66,578.37**|
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Farnham Round Table Charitable Trust Fund 1102040
## **Independent Examiner**
I have carried out a review of the records of the Farnham Round Table Charitable Trust with this and the explanations given to me and can confirm that the attached Statement of Financial Activities and Balance sheet give a true representation of the accounts.
Reviewed by
Name: Matt Chisnall Address: Hillcrest, 15 School Hill, Wrecclesham, Farnham, GU10 4QD Signature:
Date: 27th January 2025
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