WIMBLEDON DISTRICTWOOlKRA￿ FOLK .4N.NU.4L REPORT YEAR ENDED 31ST DECEMBER 2023 Charl¢v rwstration No: 1128760 Our ChaiT of Trustees Rep)rt Forso man) had io bear the d1￿cl challengcs of ihc pandemic in thcir lives, it will always be difficult lo put Covid-19 behind us. Covid-19 has left a nasty legacy of issues that our clients are still dealing with. What makes the Wimbledon Woodcraft Folk Special? We are COwOFwative, wc cncouTage £hildMI and .y04Jng Fwple ¢0 work tog¢ther to share their skills and enthusi&sm. We bclicvc in cqual opponuniti¢s and aLC¢SS for all membe￿. This means being able lo discu&$ and challeng¢ di￿rimInatIon. We are open to people of any religion or none. 'e ¢mpkTher joung wsple to mak.e (lecisions themselves and to tske an active part in the world around them. We are dedicated to the building of a more peacetill future. We promote and understsnd the need to protect our enVironm￿t and the use of the world's resources. We run exchanges with similar organisations throughout the world. Our int¢rnational links help us tt) %pan th¢ world with fri¢n&8hip. On behalf of the chIld￿n and young people, I would like to thank our partners. who help in man.y ways including financial supporL I'c rcally could not s￿￿'1Ve ThithO￿ the suptkryrt of 0￿r Troluntexrs and staff, Vlho dedicate their time and energy inlo working with Ihe children and young people. A, big thanks to all. Tom S¢arl¢ Wimbledon District Woodcraft Folk Chairp¢rson I. REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE D￿.AlLs OF THE CHARtTY AND ITS TRUSTEES Wimbledon District Il'èxrfkraft folk" (WDwf) pr￿ts the followftng rew)rts and accounls wilh the indepcndenl t￿￿MIne[S report for Ihe financial year ending 31° December 2023. THE ORG.4NISATIONAL.4ND DECISION MAKING STRucfuRE. Management Commiltee WDWF TTUStees for the wmxl )23 we￿. Peier Dauncey- T[￿su￿r Claire Weston-Shaw- S¢crelary Melody Weslon•Shaw Joel Winler Sophie Spencer ZuzAnna Chvlarecka Raphel Spencer Charl()tt¢ Boylan Emily Searle Kevin Godding MaT)' SeaTk Franki¢ GoddAng Linda OslK)rn Trustees elect all officeF5 at the Annwil General Meeting. The Management Lommittee can co￿pt members. REGISTERED OFFICE Register￿ Office Addre&s: 66- 72 High Str¢¢L Colliers Wood London SWI9 2BY Opetations: Colliers Wood Community C¢ntr¢ 66-72 High Str¢cL Colliers Wood, London SII'19 2BY St John The Divine (Community Hall) High Path. M¢rton SW19 2 Woodctaft.Patk.Farni Lurgashall. W¢51 SusS¢X GU28 9EU CHARITY STATUS & PUBLIC BENEFIT WDWF is a registered charity (no. 1128760) The truslees have complied with the duty in section 4 of the Charities Act 2006, to have due rd to public benefit guidance published by the Charities Commission. ADVISORS AND STAFF: Woodehips O 10 S years Tom Searle. Peter Dauncey Eifitts (Collien Wotsd) 6 10 9 Rapli¢l Sp¢ii¢¢r. Sophit Spencer. Zu7Anna Chylarecka Elfins (South Wimbledon) 6 to 10 y¢ars Sam Mcllroy, Tom s￿rIe, Anita Coetser. Chorlotte Bo)'l&n Pioneers l O to 12 years P¢t¢r Dauncey. Antonia Daglish. Mags Basson VeDturers 13 to 16 years Joel Winter. Melody WesÉon-Shaw Be Yourself13 to 18 years Claire Weston-shaw, Joel Winter, Melody Weston-shaw Bankers: CAF Bank Ltd Parlners: Colliers Wood Community Centre 'in)bledon Fouihl&tioi) Merton Council Merton Connect C￿￿ GTVUP Jack Petchey Foundation Gol London N￿O￿91"WOo{l¢raft Folk London Youth 2. WDWF'S governing doc.Un￿llt is its ConstitutiOD The go*ErniDg body of the Charity iS1h¥ hlwJag¢mentCQll￿7tiffj Ththicli comprises of trustce Th￿Mbers. All members of th¢ Management Commftttee retire together at ihe end of the ,Innual G¢nerdl Iq¢etlRg but ar¢ l¢gall)' ¢nlitkd to be re-elected or re- appointed. The Commirtee rece,ivos regular reports on £11 &8pec.t.% of WDWF'.8 work and meets fonnally at least three times a year. A General Purposes Sul Committee meeting is called at any time to consider urgenl matters of business. Th¢ main responsibility of the Management Committee is to fomiulate WDWF'S business and skntegic plans along with the annual budget and regular fimncial monitoring. Inlernal Controls The Trustees hai'e oi'erall rewnsibility, for ensuring that WD￿ has an appropriate system of controls and also responsible for ensuring that the funds belonging to Ihe Charity are applied only in furthering lh¢ objecliv&s of WnWF. r)iJring Ihe. year, Ihe Manag¢menl c.ommittee have received ￿gular financial and management reports from the Co-ordinator and an annual review of WDWF:s ￿lie1¢S and procedures. AIMS & OBJE￿IVEs obJ￿"tIVeS Wimbledon District Il'oodcraft folL is a cowtive children and voung p¢opl¢'s movemenl. We run ¢du￿tion groups in Merton and West Sussex where young people ot all ages meet to play games, make friends and learn alx)ul big ideas from climat¢ change lo soLial juslice thFough C{￿￿11Ve ftclivities. The obiecls of the organisation are the advan¢em¢nt of education and tbe ¢mpow¢rnTht of children and young people for Ihe public benefit by: • enwuraging ¢hildr¢n and young peopl¢ to participate in society, improving their lives and others through active citizenship. and • promotin8 th¢ interests and welfare of Children and young ￿0p1¢. GENERALP.ERFORMANCE Key ketivities Summer trip to Finland to camp with th¢ Finnish organisation c¢lebrating their ARRiveTsary. Wimbledon Woodcraft Folk offered a weekly programm¢ of social education for about 125 local children and young people in Merto Wimblth Woodctafi Folk organised A Rights of camping and residential aclivities Received fundlng from Ihe Mayor of London's Gol London Fund for Sporting Activities. During terni time we provided a safe friendly environment for young people lo meet on Mondav. Wednesdav and Thursday ¢venin?s. Finland Trlp- 16 young p￿PIC helped to make ih¢ summer of 2023 meniorable Togetherl The international Nuoret Kotkat Falcon camp brought together children and young people from different coui)tries in a scenic finnFgh fi)resl. They. enio)'ed makiftg friend5 in the Ikxulif outdoors with fun aLtivili¢s. Plus a short slay in Helsinki. Co• London - During ihe year we were one ot'only thirty groups in London to be successful at receiving a grant for two year fundtng towards running sporting activitie& including the climbing wall and running a group on Friday evenings, This is aimed at r￿chIng the 13 to 18 year olds who find It ditricult to join th¢ maAnstream clubs. Camping C8mping is our lljost important activity. C'amping is a symkx)li¢ expression of living Couoperatively. At camp all young people are equal. Young pei)ple from all backgmunds eal, live. play and work together. 3-day May Bank Hollday Camp at Lur%ashalL This camp was organised and run joinily with the groups from Colliers Wood Woodcrnft Folk. It was great to see 15 and 16 year olds act as role models tor lh¢ younger one& encoutaging cooking skills, setting up games in the woods and being consistently positive and ¢Rthusiastic. S-dav Sumw£r call￿ at LuryasbalL This Call￿ was planned by the young people4t the previous May Bank holiday camp. We were delighted to receive a small group from Southwark Woodcraft Folk to join our camp. One of the main highlights of th¢ camp was a visit to Thc V¥'cald & Downl&od Livillg Museuni. Other Opportunities Wimbledon Woodcraft also offered oiher opportunities: All Night Ice skating Farni workdays Visit to Airhop Trampoline Park One Sleepver Plus Monday evening roller blading for young children J*ck Petchey Awards DurAng 2023 six youno people received Jack P&chev achft¢v¢m¢nt awards. The Leaders Award was given to Peter Daunw. Arthur Starke. Edith Sharman. C'.owperscripps, OJitAr Brent, S)'li'ie Fulford-jones ,IIAi8ie (iahot4 ¢iingh. Arthur %tArke Reason for award: .4rthur is a modest. kii)d and exceptionally l)elptiil nieniber of ilie Wimbl¢don District Woodcraft Folk aiid all¢iiding activilies on a regular basis. A keen musician. Arthur plaj's boili ilie drum5 aiid tlie piano. i￿hAch liL is inaking gr￿1 proLyress in. H¢ is also keeii fooiballer and a regular participaiit at ColliLrs Wood Liiile Le¢igue, 'ere IITJ Icaiii iiere leaguL ¥liaiiipioiii iii ili¢ £1-22 *eas1)n. Ni ol i)Iil J thx ArtIILir speiids IiiucS1 of his Irec tinie .%upportiiig and pla)iiiig fc)otball Nwith liis c)Id¢r brotlier. wlio lias %peLial needs. Edith Sharman Reason for award: Editli is an enthusiastic and coinmitted meinbeT Ot'the group. ,%he is a kee.n qporLSi￿Drnan and ha.s partiCiPi?led in miiltiple borough-ii'ide touriiamenls in netball. liock"o' and tootball. Edith has tsk'en on a responsibilifv for liclping the vounger cliildreii il'idi tlieir readiiig aiid aiiother for runi)ing li¥r sLliools SnaLk ShaLk. Laura C.'owperscripps Reason for award: l.aiirn is a ikalii¢d aiid regular in¢inber c)f tlie gTOiIP acting as a kccn tLani n￿nibcr at our Spring C'amp iii preparino a mcal and cooking for 32 people. Laura M'as inspired by lier grandfatlier s successt.ul battle iyith cancer. lo tiindraise t"OT C'ancer Rescarch. b). partlClPnsidered by Committee And $i￿￿d by the Chair. Thomos Searle (Chair, TA￿tee) l October 2024 CHARITY COMMISSIO FOR ENGLAND AND WALE Iilfrto Receipts and payments accounts CC16a Forth8 p•riod To 01101121Y23 31112r2023 Section A Receipts and payments Total funds L•st A1R Go London Ctroo Commu Fund J8c* P61ch8y Four¢d8 indmdual DO[￿1)r NvlVVeslTh1T￿ Events Soj&r PanneL8 Banklnterest Sub tolal{Gross incoTh lor AR) 4.147 11 4147 11 1.960 19J48 10208 10308 750 750 SJJJ 1,607 25 17A13 25083 26,411 sset a see table Sub tolal Totsl rncelpts 17.313 26.411 Renl Insurartee 2,178 1,296 1,861 S332 1.391 S.628 1.973 6.7$2 staff Cost 1.973 1•5 Sub lotal 17 A4 A88et and Investmenl Sub total Not ofrncwpts/(paynwits) 8.541 19. A6 Cash fvnds last year end Cash funds this yearend 279 Cf.XX R1 acmiJnl$ fy*S! fQj1O12￿4 Unrestricted Restricted funds funds Endowment funds to n￿reSt £ to nearest £ to nearest £ B1 Cash funds Total cash funds payments￿t0￿$>I Uftres•*icted Res•p.ctsd Endoiyment furKIs funds fund$ to tt¢a¥tst £ --44#4 Fund to which 4sset belon Co51 loplionall Current valu• tlon81 W0ts1craiipaiK Fann 86JJoo Fund lo which asset belon Cumnl valu• tional Costloptlonal 84 Assets retained for the charlty's own use Fund to whlth tates duè When due lional B5 Llabllltles CCKK R2 accounts ISSI 0211012024 &gned by one trustees *Jn b¥h#Wof *1 the Date of Print Name PeTÉKWh/QE / CEL WINfEE CCXX R3 •¢fg)unts {SSI 0211012024 ludependent ExamiAer's Rcport to the Tntsttts iDTIAedoD Distriet"W'uudcraft Fulk I report lo the trustees on m). ekqmination of the accounts of Colliers Wood Woodcraft Folk for the year ending 31" Decents 2￿23 Responsibillties amd bASiS of report As th¢ chan'ty trusttts of th¢ I'rusL you ar¢ r¢s￿nsIble for the prq)arntion of the accounts An accordance WAth the reqUireM￿ts of the Charities Act 2011 (the 'Act: I report in of my c￿￿MinatIon of the Ttusi's accounts (xrries oul under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in Lzrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable directions gilen b). Ihe Charity. Conimission under section 145(5Xb) of the ACL IDdepeDdent eiamiDer's ststeme•t have completed my examination. l L7)nfimi that no mat¢rial matters hav¢ wm¢ to my attention in connection wilh the examination £iving me cause to believe that in any matetial rcspect l. Awouiitiiig I'￿I.d5' w¢r¢ wt kept ill ￿4P¢￿t of t1￿ Tru>t as wuir¢d by seclion 130 of the A¢" or 2. The accounts do not acc(Kd with th(ts¢ Te£ord& 3. 1 have no concerns a¥MI have cotne across no other T￿tterS in conneclion with ihe examination to which atteirtion should be drawn in this report in order Tep)rt in order to enable a protKr understsnding of th¢ a¢￿￿nIS to be r¢ach¢d. Si￿¢d. Name: Jacqul Lewis 66-72 High Street Colliers Wood LONDON SW192BY 31yh September 2024