2023-10-01-accounts - South Northants Community Responders

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Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 01 October 2022 To 30 September 2023

Charity name: South Northants Community Responders

Charity registration number: 1149153

Objectives and Activities

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	To support the relief of sickness and the preservation and protection of good health by the provision of trained first response volunteers.
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	Attend medical emergencies as directed by the East Midlands Ambulance Service, or its successors, prior to the arrival of a rapid response vehicle or ambulance. The provision of first aid & medical emergency cover at public events, and medical emergency training to the wider public
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 they understand the public benefit undertaken by the charity.

Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:

	SORP reference
Policy on grant making	Para 1.38	The charity does not issue grants to other organisations, so a policy is not deemed necessary.
Policy on social investment including program related investment	Para 1.38	Training is provided to Community First Responders enabling their skill set development which can be taken forward into personal & business environments N/A
Contribution made by volunteers	Para 1.38	Our volunteers give their time freely & without return to improve the medical response times & BLS care to the wider public

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	During this accounting period we have: Grown our Community First Responder volunteers from 36 to 43 Attended 2337 patient allocations in support of East Midlands Ambulance Service Provided 20 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) training sessions to a total of 431 members of the local community Provided medical cover at 60 local events Both EMAS and patients have benefitted from faster response times, and the wider community now benefits from a greater number of people capable of performing CPR

Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:

Achievements against objectives set	Para 1.41	2022/2023 sought to increase the size of the volunteer team, enabling the growth in performance by 10% in all areas. This was comfortably met for volunteer numbers, activity levels, the level of income & capital growth. Also, whilst CFR’s will respond to job allocations in their own vehicles, the scheme had run two leased cars at some expense. Our desire to move away from our reliance upon leased vehicles prompted the purchase of two replacement liveried response vehicles and a Medical Treatment Unit enabling us to provide a more professional service at events.
Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set	Para 1.41	The scheme does generate income via medical product sales & event income, which is supplemented by donations & grant income. Income levels increased by 19% (against target 10%). This primarily came from the increase in medical product sales & event income, as our profile grew within the community.
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	Total income £74k Net profit (after depreciation) £29k Equity £97k, comprised of Fixed assets £48k (Equipment/F&F £25k & vehicles £22k) Current assets £51k (Stock £6k, Debtors £6k, Cash at bank £39k) Current Liabilities £2k
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	The timing of the year end reflects receipt of event income at its peak. The additional funds from events, together with the sustained level of donations and grants this year have allowed SNCR to opt for prudence in terms of cash held. This enables us to operate during our lean income periods (winter/spring), whilst also continuing to grow our activities by recruiting more volunteers into rural locations.
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	£29k
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 where relevant about:

The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)	Para 1.47	Events: £21k Sales of Goods: £20k Grants: £12k Donations:£17k
Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted	Para 1.46	The Charity does not currently hold any investments, but the Trustees are mindful that it needs to create an investment policy to set out the parameters for future investment decisions.
A description of the principal risks facing the charity	Para 1.46	The principal risks facing the charity can be split into Operational and Financial. All identified risks are reviewed by the Operational Team with all significant risks reported and reviewed by the Trustees. The Trustees have reviewed both the Operational and Financial elements and

are of the view that the charity is a going concern. The current level of Reserves are perceived to be adequate for the size of the charity. Other

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s trusts:
Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter)	Para 1.25
How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO)	Para 1.25	CIO
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	?? we need to create this

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	Chaity Trustees are selected in accordance with the constitution which states “In selecting individuals for appointment as charity trustees, the charity trustees must have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO”
The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works	Para 1.51	The Charity is managed by an Operations Team who report to the Trustees.
Relationship with any related parties	Para 1.51	Whilst the Charity is independent of the ambulance authority, it does work closely with the Community Response Team from the East Midlands Ambulance Service.
Other

Reference and Administrative details

Charity name	South Northants Community Responders
Other name the charity uses	SNCR
Registered charity number	1149153
Charity’s principal address	The Haddons, West Haddon Road Ravensthorpe, Northampton NN6 8ET

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)
Laura Stanton	Chair	Fullyear	SNCR Trustees
Martin Wilkes	Finance	Fullyear	SNCR Trustees
Sian Bartlett	Secretariat	Fullyear	SNCR Trustees
Lee Attwood	Community Engagement	Full year	SNCR Trustees
Steve Gibson	Fund Raising	Fullyear	SNCR Trustees
Steph Carpenter	Events	Fullyear	SNCR Trustees
MandyLowe	Training	Fullyear	SNCR Trustees
Anne Mason	Responder Liaison	Fullyear	SNCR Trustees
George Clarke	Responder Liaison	Fullyear	SNCR Trustees
David Smith	Scheme Coordinator	Fullyear	SNCR Trustees

– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved

Director name N/A

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity

Trustee name	Dates acted if not for whole year
Ellie Attwood
Sian Bartlett
Martin Wilkes
David Smith
Lee Attwood
Steve Gibson
Anne Mason
Steph Carpenter
Mandy Lowe
George Clarke

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A 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) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date
	Martin Wilkes
	Trustee - Finance
	31/07/2024
	31/07/2024

South Northants Community Responders

Profit and Loss

For Period Ending 30 September 2023

Account	Account description	1 - 31 Oct 22	1 - 30 Nov 22	1 - 31 Dec 22	1 - 31 Jan 23	1 - 28 Feb 23	1 - 31 Mar 23	1 - 30 Apr 23	1 - 31 May 23	1 - 30 Jun 23	1 - 31 Jul 23	1 - 31 Aug 23	1 - 30 Sep 23
number
	Sales	300	1,812	135	847	6,490	803	1,005	2,276	4,559	12,047	6,954	4,698
4000	Sales - Products	-	292	-	647	6,100	600	435	198	2,359	5,507	1,190	3,100
4010	Sales - Events	300	1,520	135	200	390	203	570	2,078	2,200	6,540	5,764	1,598
	Other Income	585	1,039	4,760	903	2,367	4,382	9,499	2,556	929	2,128	2,808	511
4101	Donations: Corporate	53	46	33	58	-	44	-	330	68	24	35	54
	(Coop/Recycle)
4102	Donations: Gift Aid Recovery	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-
4104	Grants (Ring Fenced)	-	500	250	250	1,000	1,000	-	-	-	-	-	-
4105	Major Grants (non Ring-Fenced)	-	-	3,334	-	400	1,750	4,061	-	-	-	-	-
4106	Donations: Regular Givers:	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-
	Individuals - Gift Aid
4107	Donations: Regular Givers:	10	10	10	10	10	20	10	10	10	-	10	-
	Individuals - Non Gift Aid
4108	Donations: Regular Givers:	50	88	43	44	62	51	72	128	70	42	126	44
	Organisations (Local Lotto/Amazon)
4109	Donations: Collection Boxes/Sumup	2	-	-	-	150	10	30	20	-	-	-	-
4110	Donations: Events	-	149	-	-	60	-	115	1	5	805	205	80
4112	Donations: Non-Regular Givers:	167	20	859	110	80	848	4,615	793	-	-	2,062	29
	Individuals (Just Giving/The Big
	Give)
4113	Donations: Non-Regular Givers:	153	25	-	250	300	400	75	65	177	-	30	-
	Organisations (Parish Councils)
4114	Donations: EMAS	141	182	208	153	225	226	288	291	289	310	248	239
4115	Donations: DONATE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	156	283	-	10
4200	Sale of Assets	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	850	-	-	-	-
4900	Other income	-	-	-	-	50	-	189	-	99	610	40	-
4906	Interest Received	9	19	23	28	30	33	44	48	55	44	52	55
	Total Sales	885	2,851	4,895	1,750	8,857	5,185	10,504	4,832	5,488	14,175	9,762	5,209
	Direct Expenses	-	466	1,015	263	128	688	368	540	753	509	8,423	650
5000	Cost of Sales - Goods	-	253	462	129	107	126	356	446	451	338	8,285	125
5020	Cost of Sales - Materials	-	-	127	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5060	Other Direct Expenses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	50	-	-	-	-
5100	Carriage on Purchases	-	6	25	30	21	2	6	29	12	9	25	7
7804	Medical Consumables	-	207	401	104	-	560	6	15	290	162	113	518
	Gross Profit /(Loss)	885	2,385	3,880	1,487	8,729	4,497	10,136	4,292	4,735	13,666	1,339	4,559
	Gross Profit /(Loss) %	100.00%	83.65%	79.26%	84.97%	98.55%	86.73%	96.50%	88.82%	86.28%	96.41%	13.72%	87.52%
	Overheads	1,305	4,310	1,193	267	1,434	505	757	1,198	2,541	898	621	15,936
6000	Marketing	-	-	-	-	-	179	-	-	-	-	-	-
6001	Advertising	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	192	-	-	-
7100	Rent	96	96	96	120	-	120	120	120	120	350	-	240
7300	Vehicle Fuel	-	7	84	56	279	155	298	381	196	191	183	285
7306	Vehicle Leasing	-	-	-	-	-	-	298	-	-	-	-	-
7310	Vehicle Repair and Servicing	-	37	697	57	498	71	-	173	120	238	34	147
7320	Vehicle Licences	-	135	-	-	-	-	-	-	320	-	(213)	-
7330	Vehicle Insurance	-	1,055	-	-	110	-	-	75	-	-	-	-
7340	Miscellaneous Vehicle Expenses	218	1,141	107	-	512	(36)	-	342	244	35	-	-
7430	Entertainment	375	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7500	Printing	-	-	-	-	-	-	32	-	-	-	55	16
7510	Postage and Carriage	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-
7520	Office Stationery	27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	51	-	-
7530	Telephone	22	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	18	-
7550	Computer & Software	20	-	200	-	-	-	-	-	36	-	-	36
7630	Business Insurance	515	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	411	-	-	857
7900	Bank Charges and Interest	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	16	7	5	10	2
7901	Card payment fees	-	-	5	-	5	5	5	1	6	2	1	2
8020	Plant and Machinery Depreciation	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6,014
8030	Office Equipment and IT	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	168
	Depreciation

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South Northants Community Responders

Profit and Loss

For Period Ending 30 September 2023

Account	Account description	1 - 31 Oct 22	1 - 30 Nov 22	1 - 31 Dec 22	1 - 31 Jan 23	1 - 28 Feb 23	1 - 31 Mar 23	1 - 30 Apr 23	1 - 31 May 23	1 - 30 Jun 23	1 - 31 Jul 23	1 - 31 Aug 23	1 - 30 Sep 23
number
8040	Fixtures and Fittings Depreciation	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	196
8050	Motor Vehicles Depreciation	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5,670
8200	General Expenses	-	-	-	30	11	4	-	-	702	15	20	24
8220	Clothing Costs	-	1,828	-	-	13	-	-	86	-	-	-	2,279
8230	Training Costs	32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	158	-	500	-
8240	Refreshments	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	13	-
	Other Expenses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Taxation	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Total Overheads	1,305	4,310	1,193	267	1,434	505	757	1,198	2,541	898	621	15,936
	Net Profit /(Loss)	(420)	(1,925)	2,687	1,220	7,295	3,992	9,379	3,094	2,194	12,768	718	(11,377)
	Net Profit /(Loss) %	(47.46%)	(67.52%)	54.89%	69.71%	82.36%	76.99%	89.29%	64.03%	39.98%	90.07%	7.36%	(218.41%)

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South Northants Community Responders

Profit and Loss

For Period Ending 30 September 2023

Account number	Account description	YTD 1 Oct 22 - 30 Sep 23
Sales 4000 Sales - Products 4010 Sales - Events Other Income 4101 Donations: Corporate (Coop/Recycle) 4102 Donations: Gift Aid Recovery 4104 Grants (Ring Fenced) 4105 Major Grants (non Ring-Fenced) 4106 Donations: Regular Givers: Individuals - Gift Aid 4107 Donations: Regular Givers: Individuals - Non Gift Aid 4108 Donations: Regular Givers: Organisations (Local Lotto/Amazon) 4109 Donations: Collection Boxes/Sumup 4110 Donations: Events 4112 Donations: Non-Regular Givers: Individuals (Just Giving/The Big Give) 4113 Donations: Non-Regular Givers: Organisations (Parish Councils) 4114 Donations: EMAS 4115 Donations: DONATE 4200 Sale of Assets 4900 Other income 4906 Interest Received 41,926 20,428 21,498 32,467 745 20 3,000 9,545 10 110 820 212 1,420 9,583 1,475 2,800 449 850 988 440
Total Sales 74,393
Direct Expenses 5000 Cost of Sales - Goods 5020 Cost of Sales - Materials 5060 Other Direct Expenses 5100 Carriage on Purchases 7804 Medical Consumables 13,803 11,078 127 50 172 2,376
Gross Profit /(Loss) 60,590
Gross Profit /(Loss) % Overheads 6000 Marketing 6001 Advertising 7100 Rent 7300 Vehicle Fuel 7306 Vehicle Leasing 7310 Vehicle Repair and Servicing 7320 Vehicle Licences 7330 Vehicle Insurance 7340 Miscellaneous Vehicle Expenses 7430 Entertainment 7500 Printing 7510 Postage and Carriage 7520 Office Stationery 7530 Telephone 7550 Computer & Software 7630 Business Insurance 7900 Bank Charges and Interest 7901 Card payment fees 8020 Plant and Machinery Depreciation 8030 Office Equipment and IT Depreciation 81.45% 30,965 179 192 1,478 2,115 298 2,072 242 1,240 2,563 375 103 13 78 78 292 1,783 44 32 6,014 168

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South Northants Community Responders

Profit and Loss

For Period Ending 30 September 2023

Account number	Account description	YTD 1 Oct 22 - 30 Sep 23
8040 Fixtures and Fittings Depreciation 8050 Motor Vehicles Depreciation 8200 General Expenses 8220 Clothing Costs 8230 Training Costs 8240 Refreshments Other Expenses Taxation		196 5,670 806 4,206 690 38 - -
Total Overheads		30,965

Net Profit /(Loss)		29,625
Net Profit /(Loss) %		39.82%

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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Charity Name members of South Northants Community Responders On accounts for the year 2023 Charity no 1149153 ended (if any) Set out on pages (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended DD / MM / YYYY .

Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report 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 the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
the accounts do not accord with the accounting records

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.

Date: Signed: Name: Kieren Cooper Relevant professional FCA qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: Bay Tree House, 2 Church Hill Ravensthorpe Northampton NN6 8EP

IER

Year End 2023

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 any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

IER

Year End 2023