ROTARY CLUB OF WINSLOW TRUST FUND
CHARITY NUMBER 1121197
TRUSTEES REPORT
FINANCIAL YEAR 1[ST] JULY 2022 TO 30[TH] JUNE 2023
OVERVIEW
The Rotary Club of Winslow is part of Rotary of Great Britain and Ireland which in turn is part of Rotary International and as such both the Rotary Club of Winslow and its Trust Fund are run under their guidance and are subject to their rules and regulations.
GENERAL
The Rotary Club of Winslow Trust Fund was set up to collect and distribute funds mainly to the local community of Winslow and its surrounding villages although a proportion of the funds collected is donated both Nationally and Internationally according to circumstance.
REPORT
Not only did the lifting of the final Covid restrictions in July 2022 enable fund raising activities to return to near normal levels but the funds raised have also risen by 28% against the previous year . Donations made locally included a payment towards the repair of the roof of St Laurence Church, Winslow, repairs to Winslow Guides’ Hall, support for improvements to the Winslow Croquet Club, Winslow Bowls Club, support for locally based Ukrainian and Afghan refugees, support for dementia patients and hampers for the vulnerable and elderly.
Internationally, we focused on providing responses to both war and natural disaster including donations towards a housing project in Ukraine, relief for the victims of the Syrian/Türkiye earthquake, to both Shelterbox and Medecins sans Frontières. Other international donations
supported self-help projects in Nkruringo, Uganda, Moshchun, Ukraine and the Rotary International End Polio Now campaign.
There was an excellent response to the Christmas Float appeal in December 2022 which enabled the Trust to make payment of significantly increased amounts to various causes in the local villages as compared to the donations of earlier years.
The Trust paid out significant donations in excess of 35 individuals and organisations amounting to a record of over twenty seven thousand pounds.
Rtn Charles Gardner Chair of Trustees
Rotary Club of Winslow
Income & Expenditure Accounts year 1st July 2022 to 30th June 2023
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Year to Year to
June June
Charity Account 2022/ 2023 2021/ 2022
Net Income
Christmas Float 9206.55 8599.33
Christmas Float Gift Aid 2315.78 2285.31
FOV 5196.03 3030.60
Christmas cards 150.00 305.00
6 Nations Rugby 370.00 350.00
Dementia Dinner 754.67
Classic Car Run 23 3962.35
Classic Car Run 22 3081.12
Riveria Travel - Donation 505.80
Foundation - Giving (Subscriptions) 780.00 780.00
Foundation - Giving (Subscriptions) Gift Aid 227.50 265.00
Foundation - Polio (Red Chilli) 662.68 205.00
Other 34.05 123.00
Smile donation 18.41 5.00
District Grants 1000.00
Winslow Show 3100.00
Total Income 26529.15 20784.03
Expenditure
Donations - Local Individuals (612.00) 200.00
Donations - Local Organisations (18359.45) (9975.00)
Donations - National 0.00 (315.00)
Donations - International (3420.00) (5530.00)
Youth (RYLA) 145.00
Youth (Technology Tournament) (200.00)
Christmas hampers (965.29) (698.45)
Foundation
Annual giving (2007.50) (780.00)
Polio Campaigns (1668.48) (864.00)
Use of Web site (50.00)
Other (Card Charges & Equipment (284.40) (0.41)
Total Expenditure (27372.12) (18012.86)
Surplus /(Deficit) for the year (842.97) 2771.17
Brought Forward at July 2022 9656.57 6885.40
Charity Account C / F at 30th June 2023 8813.60 9656.57
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ROTARY CLUB OF WINSLOW
Independent Examiners Report of the accounts of Rotary Club of Winslow Trust
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Rotary Club of Winslow for the year ended 30 June 2023.
As the charity trustees of the Trust 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 giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
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Accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or
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The accounts do not accord with those records; or
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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 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.
Graham Wylie
Accountant, 8 Wrights farm lane, Brackley, NN13 7FE
Date: 1[st] September 2023.