## **ROTARY CLUB OF WELLINGTON (SHROPSHIRE) BENEVOLENT FUND**
## **TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS**
## **YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2022**
## **Registered Charity no. 1111143**
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## **Rotary Club of Wellington (Shropshire) Benevolent Fund**
## **Trustees’ Report for the year ended 30 June 2022**
## **Trustees**
The names of the trustees who have served from 1 July 2021 to date are as follows: D Scollard-Kerr (from 1 July 2021) T Taylor (from 1 July 2021) D Lovatt (from 1 July 2018)
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
The charity is governed by a trust deed dated 5 June 2005 and is administered by the Rotary Club of Wellington (Shropshire) (‘the Club’). The trustees are the officers of the Club who meet with the Club Council on a monthly basis. Proposals for fundraising and donations are discussed with the Council and are laid before the members of the Club at its monthly business meeting.
## **Objectives and Activities**
The objects of the charity are ‘the relief of the poor and needy or such other charitable purposes as the Club shall in duly constituted meeting from time to time direct’. The charity’s focus is to raise funds through donations from club members and fund-raising events, and to donate these funds to worthy causes. Regular fundraising activities have included a charity film evening, a sportsmen’s evening and a charity golf day. The fund-raising events were affected by Covid 19 and the lockdown rules. The accounts reflect this reduction in monies raised from events, but this has been replaced by an increase in members donations thus ensuring the Club continued its charitable work.
The club also administers a fund (‘Fairbourne’) arising from the sale of a bungalow, previously used by the charity to provide holiday accommodation for those who might not otherwise benefit from a holiday. The income from this fund is used to provide similar benefits.
## **Achievements**
Charitable donations for the year totalled £35268 (2021-£26093). A summary of these donations is contained in the accounts.
## **Reserves**
The policy of the charity is that expenditure in the year should be approximately equal to funds raised in the year and that, except for ‘Fairbourne’ – see above – and some occasional specific projects, there is no necessity to hold reserves. There are no ongoing obligations of the charity.
Signed by D Scollard-Kerr (Treasurer – on behalf of the Trustees) on
14 Donnerville Gardens, Admaston, Telford, TF5 0DE
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## **Rotary Club of Wellington (Shropshire) Benevolent Fund**
## **Independent Examiner’s report on the Accounts for the year ended 30 June 2022 set out on pages 4 to 6.**
## **Respective responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner**
The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The trustees consider that an audit is not necessary for the year, under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to examine the accounts (under section 145 of the Act), to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Act) and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of Independent Examiner’s statement**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all of the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view, and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **Independent Examiner’s statement**
During my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
- (a) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements to keep accounting records in accordance with section130 of the Act, and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Act, have not been met; or
- (b) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
## **N Phillips**
1 Stewardstone Gate Priorslee Telford, TF2 9SS
Date
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## **Rotary Club of Wellington (Shropshire)**
## **Benevolent Fund**
## **Accounts for the year ended 30 June 2022**
## **Income and Expenditure Account**
|**Income**
Donations
Fund raising
Amazon commission
Profit on Investment sales
Income tax reclaimable
Grant – D1210
Visits Surplus
**Expenditure**
Fund raising costs
Charitable donations
**Net (expenditure)/income**
**Reserves brought forward**
**Reserves carried forward**
**Assets**
Investments
Cash at bank - Barclays
Payment in advance
**Debtors**
- Gift Aid
**Creditors**
- Golf Day|**Total**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Designated**
15859
15859
3624
1318
2306
61
61
2424
2424
4404
4404
997
997
315
315|**2021**
17025
4339
73
450
3214
184
194|
|---|---|---|
||**27684**
**22954**
**2306**
**2424**|**25279**|
||-
35268
22879
2090
10299|502
26093|
||**35268**
**22879**
**2090**
**10299**|**26595**|
||(7584)
75
216
(7875)
82252
5418
555
76279|(1316)
83568|
||**74668**
**5493**
**771**
**68404**|**82252**|
||**Balance Sheet**||
||55921
55921
17100
3846
771
12483
256
256
1851
1851
(460)
(460)|**2021**
68497
12483
-
-
1272
-|
||**74668**
**5493**
**771**
**68404**|**82252**|
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## **Rotary Club of Wellington (Shropshire) Benevolent Fund**
## **Notes forming part of the Accounts for the year ended 30 June 2022**
## **1. Fund raising activities**
|Foundation Raffle
Garden Party
Xmas Raffle|**Income**
**Expenses**
**Net**
1966
1318
340|
|---|---|
||**3624**|
## **2. Charitable donations**
|**Local and national beneficiaries**
**General Fund**
Telford Crises Support
Bursary
Heulwen Trust
Shropshire Supports Refugees
Telford & Wrekin Refugee Support
Tree of Light
Poppy Appeal
Dictionaries4Life
Bloodbikes
Farcroft Xmas presents
Youth Services
CAB
Kids Out UK
Shrewsbury & Telford Hospital Trust
**International beneficiaries**
**General Fund**
Ukraine Appeal
Toilet Twinning
Medic Malawi
Rotary Foundation (Restricted)
Shelter Box
Village Water
RFUK – Annual Fund
RFUK - Polio
Goal for Gambia|6552
1200
500
500
250
150
30
476
1565
500
680
997
350
58|
|---|---|
||**13808**|
||4191
20
650
2090
1430
275
1200
1000
305|
||**11161**|
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## **Local and national beneficiaries**
|**Local and national beneficiaries**||
|---|---|
|**Fairbourne Fund (Designated)**
PODS
Bursary
Telford & Wrekin CVS
Outreach
CAB
Wrekin Riders BMX Club
Driving Lessons
Scout Fun Day
Telford Street Pastors
Age Concern
Talking Newspapers
SNAC
Belmont Community Hall|1100
1200
900
2250
1003
104
263
231
1500
250
348
800
350|
||**10299**|
## **3. Designated Fund (‘Fairbourne’) - Investments**
|**Margetts International Strategy Fund**
**Margetts Select Strategy Fund**|**Cost**
**2021**
5696
6977
50225
61520|
|---|---|
||**55921**
**68497**|
**The value of the units at 30[th] June 2022 was £63,068**
## **4. Telford Tree of Light**
As part of the club’s annual fundraising, it joins forces with the three other Rotary clubs in the Telford area (the Rotary Clubs of Ironbridge, The Wrekin and Telford Centre) to organise a Tree of Light in the Telford Centre. This is done through The Rotary Clubs of Telford and District Trust Fund, a separate registered charity (no. 1109036). During the year ended 30 June 2022 charitable donations of £ 41040 were made by this charity – this amount is not included in these accounts.
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