2023-03-31-accounts - Exmouth Gateway Club

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

	Period start date	Period start date			Period end date	Period end date
	01	04	2022		31	03	2023
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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Exmouth Gateway Club Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1145306 Charity's principal address 26 Cedar Close Exmouth Devon Postcode EX8 5NT

Exmouth Gateway Club

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	Mrs Emma Baldwin	Chairperson
	Miss Leonie Hartnell	Treasurer
	Mr Paul Baldwin	Secretary

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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December 2023

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Association How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed Trustee selection methods (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;
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

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December 2023

Social club for adults with disabilities. Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document To enable members to interact with their peers in a safe environment and to help improve life skills 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) Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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December 2023

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

Section D Achievements and performance

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December 2023

Section D Achievements and erformance p

Summary of the main Respite holidays in the UK and abroad achievements of the charity during the year Educational trips Continuation of 3 pan disability football teams (2 male and 1 female)

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December 2023

Section E Financial review

Money held in reserve for future projects

Brief statement of the

charity’s policy on reserves

Details of any funds materially None in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

All sources of funding are raised through grants, fundraising and member You may choose to include subscriptions 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

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Paul Baldwin Full name(s) Paul Baldwin Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Secretary etc) Date 24th December 2023

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December 2023

Charity Commission

Charity Commission Annual Return 2023

EXMOUTH GATEWAY CLUB

Charity registration number: 1145306

Most of the information you give in this form will become publicly available on the Register of Charities. Any field that the Charity Commission will not display will be clearly marked. This document is a record of the information provided in the Annual Return 2023.

Financial period

Financial period start date

01/04/2022

Financial period end date

31/03/2023

Income and spending

Income £

£72,412

Spending £

£80,493

Number of contracts from government

How many contracts (other than grant agreements) did your charity receive from central government or a local authority during the financial period for this return?

Number of grants from government

How many grants did your charity receive from central government or a local authority during the financial period for this return?

Income breakdown

Donations and legacies (excluding Endowments Received)

£25,738

Charitable activities

£46,674

Other trading activities

£0

Investments

£0

Other

£0

Recipients of grants

Please round all figures to the nearest pound (do not enter decimal points or commas).Individuals

£0

Other charities

£0

Other organisations that are not charities

£0

Trustee payments

Excluding out of pocket expenses, for what were any of the trustees paid during the financial period for this return?

⊠ e. None of the trustees have been paid

Did any of the trustees resign and take up employment with your charity in the financial period of this return?

Income from outside the UK

Did your charity receive income from outside of the United Kingdom in the financial period of this return?

Delivering activities outside the United Kingdom

Did your charity deliver charitable activities outside of the United Kingdom in the financial period of this return?

Spending outside England & Wales

Did your charity spend funds outside of the United Kingdom in the financial period of this return?

Trading subsidiaries

Does the charity have any trading subsidiaries?

Charity contact details correct

Is the contact address displayed from the Register of Charities, correct?

Yes

Charity headquarters details correct

Is this the same address that you use as your charity's administrative headquarters?

Yes

Charity contact address

26 CEDAR CLOSE

EXMOUTH

EX8 5NT

Charity Headquarters address

26 CEDAR CLOSE

EXMOUTH

EX8 5NT

Property

Were any of your charity's properties held by holding or custodian trustees on behalf of your charity (excluding the Official Custodian) during the financial period for this return?

Membership type

Is the charity part of a wider group structure with a parent body and subsidiary bodies?

no, the charity is not part of a wider group structure

Employment contract types

People were permanently employed by your charity

People were on fixed-terms contracts with your charity

Self-employed people were working for your charity

Governance policies

Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Yes

Safeguarding policy and procedures

Yes

Financial reserves policy and procedures

Yes

Complaints policy and procedures

Yes

Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Yes

Internal risk management policy and procedures

Yes

Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Not applicable

Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Not applicable

Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Not applicable

Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures

Yes

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Yes

Social media policy and procedures

Yes

Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures

Yes

Safeguarding

Has your charity provided services to children and/or adults at risk in the financial period of the return?

Yes

a. All required standard DBS checks have been obtained

Not applicable

b. All required enhanced DBS checks have been obtained

Yes

c. All required enhanced with Barred List(s) DBS checks have been obtained

Not applicable

d. DBS checks are not required other than Basic DBS checks

Serious Incidents

Has your charity reported all Serious Incidents (including any historical incidents) that the charity became aware of during the financial period of this return?

There were no incidents to report

External risk and impact

Donations,

Negative

Other income - grants

Negative

Other income - contracts

Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable

Other income - investment

Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable

Expenditure on charitable activities

Negative

Expenditure on overheads

Negative

Number of volunteers

Negative

Number of employees

Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable

Number of trustees

Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable

Fundraising activities

Negative

Capacity to deliver services

Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable

Total service demand

Unknown/No Change/Not Applicable

Volunteers

Excluding trustees, provide an estimate of the number of volunteers who carried out charitable activities on behalf of your charity in the United Kingdom during the financial period of this return?

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Declaration

Your role at the charity (select one):

⊠Trustee
Given names	Paul

Family name	Baldwin

Telephone	07866270213
number

Email	paul@exmouthgateway.co.uk

Date submitted	24/12/2023

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