## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1[st] April 2022 To 31[st] March 2023**
**Charity name: FastAid**
**Charity registration number: 1117114**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference|||
|---|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17||The objective of the Association is to:
1. Provide the relief of injury, sickness and the
preservation of good health to persons in
Birmingham, Solihull and surrounding areas by
providing trained and equipped volunteers to
attend emergencies as directed by West
Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation
Trust.
2. Provide training and education to further the
object and engage with the local community in
health promotion activities.|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19||Activities
1. Respond to 999 calls as directed by West
Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation
Trust
2. Training and supporting other responder
groups, organisations and the general public
3. Increasing public awareness of heart and
general health problems and prevention.
4. Providing Awareness courses to educate
individuals within the community on lifesaving
skills.
5. Supporting other charities & community
events with first aid cover.|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18||The Trustees confirm that they have regarded
the guidance issued by the Charity Commission
on public benefit.|
|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
|---|---|---|
||SORP reference||
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|FastAid does not provide Grants|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|FastAid does not make any social investments
apart from training members of the public in
life-saving skills.|
|---|---|---|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|100% - FastAid is a charity entirely managed by
volunteers, there are no employed or paid
members; all members are Volunteers who
give their time to carry out the charity
objectives of supporting public health,
wellbeing,education & fundraising.|
|Other|||
|**Achievements and Performance**|||
||SORP reference||
|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|Training in lifesaving skills: An average of 1.5
Community Training session were run by our
members per month, training well in excess of
420 members of the community in CPR and
lifesaving skills through the year.
West Midlands Ambulance and other Public
Service initiatives were supported, as
requested, including supporting WMAS Re-
Start a Heart day in schools throughout the
region;
Our members supported the WMAS effort
covering the Commonwealth Games in
Birmingham.
Our responders logged 3060 attendances to
emergency calls, we arrived on scene first in
around 90% of these; so our volunteers gave
over 7080 hours of on-call service.
6 new Community Public Access Defibrillator
sites were set up with our support.|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|16 new recruits joined, were trained, received
mentoring and 10 became operational in the
year.|
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|Fundraising activities were set to cover the
target number of new recruits in our area for
West Midlands Ambulance Service. The
Fundraising team had a successful year with a
clear objective which was met, funding was
obtained to ensure our vehicles could remain
operational and equipment be replaced when
needed.|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
Other
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Financial position as at 31/03/23: £22,422
£12,343 current and £10,078 sub account|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Reserves are held against restricted donations
and to cover one year’s expected financial
obligations relating largely to maintaining and
supplyingscheme vehicles,a critical expense.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£10,078|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|n/a|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|n/a|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|n/a|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|We are grateful for the regular support of
charitable organisations across our districts,
including a number of Lions Groups, Rotary,
Masonic Groups, Balsall Common Festival,
Barston Charitable fund, and others; We receive
ongoing support from many Residents’
Associations, especially Knowle & Dorridge
District, Burton Green, and from Community
events and initiatives across the area. We are
able to support small community/charitable
events with first-aid cover within our scope of
practice, enabling funds to be donated to more
good causes, and we generally benefit with a
donation from the totals raised.
Donations are collected during Community
Training sessions, after talks, during community
fun-days, Public CPR demonstrations,
supporting Public Service open days or from
grants from public or private sector
organisations.
This period we have been grateful for £2000
from ASDA Community Fund and we have
benefited from a £5,000 grant from the Heart of
England Community Foundation, Solihull
Wellbeing & Recovery Fund. This has covered
all expenses relating to running our 3 Solihull
area Scheme vehicles.
Significant donations from the following donors
funded 6 new Public Access Defibrillators:
Belloball Charity fund x3, National Grid x1,
Shirley Parish of St James x1, Dorridge District
Residents Assoc x1.
A c£3000 grant from Browne Jacobson
Charitable Fund covered high quality training
equipment.|
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|---|---|---|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|Economic strain on individuals owing to
worsening economic climate & increased
pressure within healthcare & all public services.
Lower volunteer availability, higher attrition &
loss of interest in the role / less time to commit.
This is a volunteering activity which makes great
demands for its volunteers’ time in terms of
CPD, recreditation, evidenced learning,
fundraising, community engagement and active
service.
Meetings were largely virtual, a large
geographical coverage & high proportion of
healthcare shift workers making face-to-face
challenging.
Frequent rotations in key positions in recent
years has led to an overall loss of continuity and
experience in some key roles. Governance and
communication suffered. Unfortunately it has
come to light that financial transactions were
not scrutinised adequately, compounded by
virtual meetings & lack of availability of key
personnel. Overarching trust meant financial
irregularities over the year were not identified,
resulting in lack of auditability and possible
financial losses. Control was re-established. A
full SI disclosure was made to the CC & financial
governance reinforced. The matter was
reported to the Police. Professional oversight of
finances is now in place.
There was a significant influx of new recruits
needing volunteer support for mentoring, this
further stretched available volunteer resources.|
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:||None|
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Charitable Constitution|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Incorporated Charity|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are elected by the membership; posts
have a 3 year rotation. Trustees have the right
to appoint replacement for a mid-term vacancy
until the next AGM when that post is up for
election.|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|Trustees are referred to the Charity
Commission’s guidance. Trustee Declarations
are signed.|
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|The Charity is managed by an elected
Committee including Chairman, Vice Chair,
Secretary, Equipment Manager, Events
Coordinator, Training & Recruitment Manager;
Clinical Governance & oversight is provided by
West Midlands Ambulance Service. Local Area
Coordinators maintain contact in their local
area taking responsibility for mentoring and
reporting.|
|Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|Arrive Alive Charity fundraises to provide
Emergency Responder Scheme Vehicles for use
by Community Responder groups within the
West Midlands Ambulance Service Area. Their
vehicles are on loan but fully maintained by the
user group. The charities are otherwise not
affiliated.|
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|FastAid|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|FastAid Birmingham & Solihull|
|Registered charity number|1117114|
|Charity’s principal address|Arden Storage, Friday Lane, Barston, Solihull, West Midlands
B92 0HY|
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2|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee**
**(ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Simon Moss|Chairman||Whole membership by
election|
||Mike Smith|Secretary|||
||Matthew McNally|Events Coordinator|to 13 Feb 23||
||Alfie Bartlett|Vice Chair|to 14 Nov 22||
||Jon Harrison|Treasurer|to 13 March 23||
||Alice Hawkins|Treasurer|from 13 March
2023|Committee vote until
AGM|
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
## **Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**||
|---|---|---|
|**None**|||
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets None held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s) Full name(s)** Mike Smith Alice Hawkins **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)**[Secretary ] **Date** 28/01/2023
## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
|**Report to the trustees**
**On accounts for the year**
**ended**
**Set out on pages**
**Responsibilities and**
**basis of report**
**Independent**
**examiner's statement**
**Signed:**
**Name:**
**Relevant professional**
**qualification(s) or body**
**(if any):**
**Address:**
|Charity Name
Fastaid|Charity Name
Fastaid|Charity Name
Fastaid|
|---|---|---|---|
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||31stMarch 2023|**Charity no**
**(if any)**|1117114|
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||3 and 4 attached
(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 / 03 / 2023**.
As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation 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 all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have
come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that
disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material
respect:
•
the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130
of the Charities Act; or
•
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
•
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements
concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities
(Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement
that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter
considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in
order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Martine McAuliffe
**Date:**31/01/2024|||
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||Martine McAuliffe|||
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||Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS)|||
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||62 Redhouse Road, Wolverhampton, WV6 8SP|||
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**Oct 2018**
**IER**
## **Section B Disclosure**
|**Give here brief details of**
**any items that the**
**examiner wishes to**
**disclose**.|Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern
(see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and
guidance for examiners).|
|---|---|
||I have completed my examination. As part of the preparation of these accounts,
you as trustees identified and reported to me as independent examiner, and the
charity commission (CC), material expenditure that had no audit trail by a
previous treasurer. The trustees have reported a Serious Incident disclosure to
the CC, with details of how financial control has been sufficiently re-established.
I have reviewed both the submission and the outcome from the CC and am
satisfied that this issue has been sufficiently dealt with.
I confirm that no other matters have come to my attention that are giving me
cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by
section 130 of the Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the
form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports)
Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and
fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent
examination.
I confirm that there are no other matters to which your attention should be
drawn to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.|
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**Oct 2018**
**IER**
||**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**Charity Name**|**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**|**CC16a**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**For the period**
**from**|01/04/2022
Period start date|**To**||31/03/2023
Period end date|||
|||||||||
|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**-**
**7,478**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**7,478**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**7,478**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**65**
**2,203**
**1,894**
**236**
**13,479**
**2,078**
**-**
**-**
**19,955**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**19,955**
**- 12,477**
**-**
**23,603**
**11,126**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**8,195**
**-**
**3,624**
**5,000**
**5,000**
**4,002**
**-**
**-**
**25,821**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**25,821**
**2,823**
**8,195**
**2,050**
**-**
**4,002**
**2,338**
**-**
**495**
**2,164**
**22,067**
**2,535**
**-**
**2,535**
**24,602**
**1,219**
**-**
**10,034**
**11,253**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**8,195**
**7,478**
**3,624**
**5,000**
**5,000**
**4,002**
**-**
**-**
**33,299**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**33,299**
**2,823**
**8,195**
**2,050**
**65**
**6,205**
**4,232**
**236**
**13,479**
**2,078**
**495**
**2,164**
**42,022**
**2,535**
**-**
**2,535**
**44,557**
**- 11,258**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|CPAD Funding|**-**||||||**-**|
|Donations|**7,478**||||||**-**|
|Donations Equipment|**-**||||||**-**|
|Grant Equipment|**-**||||||**-**|
|Grant Vehicle maintenance|**-**||||||**-**|
|WMAS Fuel cost recovery|**-**||||||**-**|
||**-**||||||**-**|
||**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**7,478**||||||**18,321**|
|||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||||
||**-**|||||||
||**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||||
||||||||**18,321**|
|||||||||
|Consumables|**-**||||||**-**|
|CPAD Purchase|**-**||||||**-**|
|Equipment|**-**||||||**-**|
|Fees|**65**||||||**-**|
|Fuel|**2,203**||||||**-**|
|Insurance|**1,894**||||||**-**|
|Other costs|**236**|||||||
|Unauditablepayments /losses|**13,479**|||||||
|Storage facility|**2,078**||||||**-**|
|Uniform|**-**||||||**-**|
|Vehicle costs|**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**19,955**||||||**22,143**|
|||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||||
|**Training Equipment**|**-**|||||||
||**-**|||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||
||||||||**22,143**|
|||||||||
||**- 12,477**|**1,219**|**-**||**- 11,258**||**- 3,822**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**23,603**|**10,034**|**-**||**33,637**||**-**|
||**11,126**|**11,253**|**-**||**22,379**||**- 3,822**|
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**the end of the period**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
|Signature
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Text|||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**11,126**
**11,253**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**11,126**
**11,253**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Alice Hawkins
Mike Smith|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||||**-**|
||||||**-**|
||||||**-**|
||||||**-**|
||||||OK|
||||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||||**-**|
||||||**-**|
||||||**-**|
||||||**-**|
||||||**-**|
||||||**-**|
||||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||||**-**|
||||||**-**|
||||||**-**|
||||||**-**|
||||||**-**|
||||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
||||||**-**|
||||||**-**|
||||||**-**|
||||||**-**|
||||||**-**|
||||||**-**|
||||||**-**|
||||||**-**|
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**(optional)**|
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||||||Date of
approval|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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