**To** ## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date 1 April 2023 31 March 2024 **From** ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** Storrington Community Partnership **Other names charity is known by** Storrington & Sullington Community Partnership (old name) **Registered charity number (if any)** 1123409 **Charity's principal address** April Cottage, Greyfriars Lane, Storrington West Sussex **Postcode RH20 4HE** ~~—~~ **Registered charity number (if any)** 1123409 **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled Trustee name Office (if any) year to appoint trustee (if any)** 1 Martin Breeze Members & Trustees 2 Andrew Castle Treasurer Members & Trustees 3 Suzanne Ewers Members & Trustees 4 Louise Hayton Chairperson Members & Trustees 5 Bernie Iles Members & Trustees 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ~~Oe~~ **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for whole year** **TAR** November 2024 1 ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**||| |**Accountants**|Kreston Reeves LLP|A2 Yeoman Gate, Yeoman Way, Worthing, West Sussex,
BN13 3QZ| |**Bankers**|The Cooperative
Bank|PO Box 250, Delf House, Southway, Skelmersdale, WN8
6WT| |**Solicitors**|Mayo Wynne Baxter|24-26 High Street, Storrington, RH20 4DU| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Charitable Incorporated Organisation (Association Model) Constitution Type of governing document dated 3 December 2019 (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted - (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed and elected by members and trustees (see section 13 of the Trustee selection methods Constitution) (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; Storrington Community Partnership became a Charitable Incorporated Organisation at the beginning of April 2020. The Partnership has been a registered charity since December 2007 and until April 2020 was a Company Limited by Guarantee. Membership of the Partnership is open to anyone who is interested in furthering its purposes. A member may be an individual, a corporate body, or an individual or corporate body representing an organisation which is not incorporated. - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** To develop projects and to obtain resources (human and financial) for the benefit of the inhabitants of Storrington and Sullington and surrounding communities, to advance education, relieve poverty and to provide facilities, for social welfare, recreation, and other leisure time occupation with the objects of improving their conditions of life. **TAR** November 2024 2 Storrington Community Partnership is a membership organisation of people working together to help improve and sustain Storrington and surrounding neighbourhoods for the benefit of local people. All Trustees of the Partnership have signed the Charity Commission Trustee Eligibility Declaration confirming they adhere to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit when reviewing the charity's aims and objectives and in planning future activities. **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** The Partnership has the general aim of bringing together all who are interested in and committed to working to ensure a lively, lasting, and enriching future for our village and neighbouring communities. Community Partnerships have the role of bringing together local individuals and groups in an inclusive way to develop and deliver community initiatives through an action plan. Working alongside the statutory bodies and other local groups, Community Partnerships can: - Bring together individuals and groups with a shared interest in their local area under a common action plan, planned and delivered together - Deliver improvements to their local communities which may not happen in any other way - Offer a community-based perspective in relation to local issues and concerns - Raise funds for their local area from charitable and other sources unavailable to statutory bodies ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** The Trustees manage the affairs of the Charity and direct the work of the Partnership to address identified concerns and needs of those who live and work in the community. Several Partnership volunteers provide administrative support to the Trustees. Partnership members work on the projects in furtherance of the objects of the Trust. You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; The Trustees have revised and approved relevant operational policies, including Health & Safety, First Aid, Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults for Projects, and Fire & Premises. All administrative procedures are discussed with our volunteers. All may be inspected in the files in the Registered office, and are subjected to a regular compliance review by the Trustees. - contribution made by volunteers. **TAR** November 2024 3 Section D Achievements and performance **The Chairman’s Report Summary of the main achievements of the charity** The policy for providing a bank hosting service to small and embryo **during the year** groups within the village is being reviewed because there is increasing demand for the service, and there is a requirement for on-going support in some cases. This facility is currently being used by two groups. We provided advice and support to the newly formed Storrington Traffic Group. Storrington Community Website continues to be well used with 127,000 visits over the year, a growth of over 15% from the previous year. Website development is entirely carried out by Partnership volunteers under guidance of Andy Castle which allows us to be responsive and keep costs very low. Following the major structural changes required last year to ensure that the website interfaced with the growing social media and communication systems we are now putting more attention into how we work with social media promoting local community driven news items and events. In addition, the residents page has been updated and now includes a number of the local issues such as the high volumes of traffic through the centre of Storrington and the subsequent pollution along with new housing developments and the Rampion 2 project. The social media aspect has focussed on local Facebook groups with our own page dramatically increasing to over 1,000 followers. The page focuses on news and events from local groups, along with posts that keep the community updated on key local issues. The vastly improved relationship between SCP and the Storrington and Sullington Parish Council has led to a request for Andy Castle to look at their website and provide recommendations with the intention of reducing duplication and the workload. The SCP stand at the Storrington Queen’s Platinum Jubilee event featured the Community Website, displaying screenshots and information. Invitations were distributed to local groups and businesses to encourage them to be included in the Website Directory. SCP are continuing to provide administrative support to the Storrington Business Network Two newsletters were produced during the year providing updates on the activities of the Partnership and information relevant to our activities were sent to members and other interested parties. This could not have been done without Judy Palmer our editor. Logistical issues meant that we were unable to hold a Storrington on Show, volunteer fair, in 2023 but did confirm the event, booking the venue, Chanctonbury Leisure Centre, for 21[st] September 2024. **TAR** November 2024 4 ## **Section E Financial review** Reserves are that part of an organisation's unrestricted funds that is **Brief statement of the** freely available to spend on any of the organisation's purposes. **charity’s policy on reserves** For its operating costs, Storrington Community Partnership relies on income from grants occurring on an annual basis. There is a high level of uncertainty about the income (e.g. whether grants will be available). A grant for operating costs was only available for two out of the last five years. For this reason, it is prudent to keep several years running costs in reserve. In addition, there are potential costs for replacement or repair of equipment and unpredicted acquisition of new equipment. It is prudent to keep sufficient funds in reserve to be able to replace this equipment and acquire such equipment which may be necessary for its on-going activities in future. . **Details of any funds materially in deficit** None ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** **TAR** November 2024 5 Section G Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above. Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees Signature(s) Full name(s) Posltlon (eg Secretary. Chair. etc) Louise Hayton Andrew Paul Casue Chairperson Treasurer Date 11 November 2024 TAR November 2024 (HARIIY (OMMISSION FOI ENGLAND AND WALIS Storrington Communlty Partnershlp CIO Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period from 01-Apr-23 To 31-Mar-24 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds Total fund8 Last year tt* wre•t £ to th• n•arnst£ to Ilw n￿rnSt£ lo th• n•ar8st £ to tho ng•re8t £ A1 Receipts Donatsons Web Advertisement Interest deFX)5rt alc Membership fees Buy Christmas IHosbJl Storrington Community Fund IHostedl High Street Busness supph￿l IHostgd) HDC EDC grant 130 4,483 ross income or AR) etan Isee table). nvgstment 8a es, Total r•celpts A3Pa ments Administration expenses Govemance Proj C¢mmunic8tions Iwebsrtel Stomngton Cornmunity Fund IHost8Jl Buy Local Christrnas IH05tedl High Street Busness sUp￿t IHost&YI 1S4 265 169 169 1,095 1.099 130 Sub total 1.281 1,TT1 A4 Asset and Investment urchases see table Sub total 323 1.281 1.771 Net of receipts/(payments) AS Trdnsfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end 17 6,381 5.37 6.236 11.608 CCXX R1 accounts {SS) 0910912024 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted funds to nwrost£ Restricted fvnds lo n￿rn8t É Endowment funds to nèarnst É Categories B1 Cash funds Current * 5.372 rotal cash funds S,372 6.236 Restricted funds to near•Jt£ Endowment funds to n•arost£ funds to ngarest £ Details Fvnd to whlch CUT￿nI v•luo onal Details Cost {optional) Fund to whlch I￿1 belon Cufrgnt valu• onal Dplails Cost {opUonal) B4 Assets retsined for the charlty'8 own uso Fund to which Amourrt d onal Whèn du• onal Deiails BS Liabilities z4aa Svjned by one or tsvo trustees on behalf of all the tnjstees Signatu Print Name Date of roval l¥J￿reW Paul Castle 0910912024 CCXX R2 a(xounts (SS) 0910912024