## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1[st] April 2024 to 31[st] March 2025** ## **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 University 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 University NHS
Foundation Trust
2. Training and supporting organisations and
the general public
3. Increasing public awareness of heart and
general health problems and prevention.
4. Providing Awareness courses to educate
groups and 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 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 2
Community Training session were run by our
members per month, training well in excess of
700 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 responders logged 2496 attendances to
emergency calls, we arrived on scene first in
around 90% of these.| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|23 new recruits joined, were trained and
received mentoring 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|N/A| |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 31/03/25: £59,596| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|We have sufficient funds and therefore don’t
currently hold a separate reserve fund| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|n/a| |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|**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 able to support small
community/charitable events with first-aid
cover within our scope of practice, 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 extremely grateful to
receive a large grant from the Arconic
Foundation and a very generous donation from
Eversfield prep school. We also received
donations from the Heart of England CCSW
fund, Solihull 41 club, Solihull Round table,
Warwickshire Masonic foundation, Castle
Strength and Crossfit, as well as grants from
Costco and LoveBrum. Moseley and Kings
Health Lions donated funds for us to purchase a
new monitor for our Moseley responder car,
and Knowle and Dorridge Lions donated us new
kit bags for the cars.| |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 volunteeringactivitywhich makesgreat| demands for its volunteers’ time in terms of CPD, reaccreditation, evidenced learning, fundraising, community engagement and active service. 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|**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. 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| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
2
4|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee**
**(ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Hiran Patel|Trustee|From January
2025|Committee vote at
AGM| ||Mike Smith|Secretary||Committee vote at
AGM| ||Toby Saunders|Trustee|From January
2025|Committee vote at
AGM| – 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**||| |||| ## **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)** Hiran Patel **Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary,** Trustee **Chair, etc) Date** 24/11/2025 ~~fF~~ CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Faslaid On accounts for the year ended 31" March 2025 Charlty no (If any) 1117114 Set out on pages 12-13 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charily ('Ihe Trust") lor the year ended Responsibllltles and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you ar8 responsible for the preparallon basls ol report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('Ihe Acl"). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 01 the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Cornmission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. I have completed my examinalion. I confim that no material matters have come to my attention in conneciion with Ihe examination which gives me causa to believe that In, any material respect: accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 ot the Ath or the accounts do nol accord with the accounting records Independent examiner's statement I have no concerns and have come across no olher matters in conneclion with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts lo be reached. Slgned: Date: 2711112025 Name: Mike Slater Relevant professlonal quallflcatlon(s) or body (If any): Address: Avoncroft, Binton Road Welford on Avon Warwickshire, CV37 8PP IER October 2018 ## **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** No matters of concern noted. **any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . **October 2018** 2 **IER** **Fastaid** **1117114** ## **Recei ts and a ments accounts p p y** Period start date Period end date **For the period from** 01 April 2024 **To** 31 March 2025 ## **CC16a** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**|**Restricte**
**d funds**
**to the**
**nearest £**|**Restricte**
**d funds**
**to the**
**nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**|**Total**
**funds**
**to the**
**nearest £**|**Total**
**funds**
**to the**
**nearest £**|**Last year**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**1,858**
**-**
**13,591**
**4,189**
**179**
**19,818**
Check
-
**-**
**-**
**19,818**
**1,328**
**2,683**
**412**
**4,166**
**4,242**
**337**
**2,114**
**589**
**2,749**
**18,620**
Check
-
**18,620**
**18,620**
**1,197**
**-**
**22,422**
**23,619**
Check
-| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |CPAD Funding|**4,130**||**-**||**-**||**4,129.54**||**1,858**| |Funded Equipment|**2,407**||||||**2,406.52**||**-**| |Donations|**59,783**||**-**||**-**||**59,782.62**||**13,591**| |WMAS Fuel cost recovery|**6,331**||**-**||**-**||**6,330.80**||**4,189**| |Bank interest received|**196**||**-**||**-**||**196.00**||**179**| |**_Sub total(Gross income for AR)_**|**72,845**||**-**||**-**||**72,845.48**||**19,818**| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see**
**table). **|||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||||| |Consumables|**1,005**||**-**||**-**||**1,005**||**1,328**| |CPAD Purchase|**3,871**||**-**||**-**||**3,871**||**2,683**| |Equipment|**1,077**||**-**||**-**||**1,077**||**412**| |Funded Equiptment purchase|**9,988**||||||||| |Fuel|**7,102**||**-**||**-**||**7,102**||**4,166**| |Insurance|**4,349**||**-**||**-**||**4,349**||**4,242**| |Other costs|**1,533**||**-**||**-**||**1,533**||**337**| |Storage facility|**2,194**||||||**2,194**||**2,114**| |Uniform|**1,988**||||||**1,988**||**589**| |Vehicle costs|**3,763**||**-**||**-**||**3,763**||**2,749**| |**_Sub total_**|**36,869**||**-**||**-**||**36,869**||**18,620**| ||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see**
**table)**|||||||||| |Trainingequiptment|**-**||||||||| ||**-**||||||||| |**_Sub total_**|**36,869**||||||||| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||||| ||**35,976**||||||||**1,197**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**23,619**||||||||**22,422**| ||**59,596**||||||||**23,619**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
Account 1
Account 2
**_Total cash funds_**
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**to nearest £**
**49,142**
**10,453**
**59,596**
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
OK
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**| **B2 Other monetary assets** ~~——~~ **Fund to which Cost Current value Details asset belongs (optional) (optional) - - - - - - - - B3 Investment assets - -** ~~= FE~~ **Fund to which Cost Current value Details asset belongs (optional) (optional) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use - - Fund to which Amount due When due Details liability relates (optional) (optional) - - - - B5 Liabilities -** Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the Date of trustees Signature Print Name approval Hiran Patel 24/11/2025 ~~aoe~~