**Charity Registration number 1149910**
## **ARRIVEALIVEAPPEAL CHARITY**
**Annual Report and Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025**
## **ARRIVEALIVEAPPEAL CHARITY**
## **Contents of Annual Report and Financial Statements**
||**Page(s)**|
|---|---|
|Reference and Adminisrative Details|1|
|Trustees' Report|2 to 4|
|Independent examiner's report|5|
|Statement of financial activities|6|
|Balance Sheet|7|
|Notes to the financial statements|8 to10|
## **ARRIVEALIVEAPPEAL CHARITY**
## **Reference and Administrative Details**
Charity name ArriveAliveAppeal Charity Working name Arrive Alive Charity registration number 1149910 Correspondence address PO Box 17209 Birmingham B32 9JN Trustees Mr Peter Armitage MBE MstJ (Chairman) Mr Robert Edward Johnston Miss Melissa Samuel Bankers CAF Bank 25 Kings Hill Avenue West Malling Kent ME19 4JQ Independent Examiner T&W Accounts Ltd 19/21 Hatchett Street Hockley Birmingham B19 3NX ICO Registration ZB741244
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## **ARRIVEALIVEAPPEAL CHARITY**
## **Trustees' Report**
The Trustees present their annual report together with the unaudited financial statements of Arrive Alive Appeal Charity ('the charity') for the year ended 31 March 2025. The Trustees confrim that the annual report and finacial statements comply with current statutory requirements, the charity's governing document, and the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) Accounting and Reporting by Charities (March 2005).
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
## Governing document
ArriveAliveAppeal is a Registered Charity formed at a meeting of the Trustees in November 2012. The charity is governed by its Trust Deed dated 16 November 2012, as amended on 7 October 2013, 11 February 2019, and most recently 11 May 2022.
## Appointment and induction of new Trustees
New Trustees are appointed at the Annual General Meeting. All new Trustees receive an induction covering their legal obligations under charity law, the content of the governing document, and the charity's recent activities and performance.
## Organisational structure and decision making
The Board of Trustees oversees the running of the charity on a day-to-day basis. Operational decisions are made at regular Board meetings held throughout the year.
## Risk management
The Trustees have assessed the major risks to which the charity is exposed and are satisfied that appropriate systems and procedures are in place to mitigate those risks.
## Complaints & Governance
No complaints were received or reported during the year. Arrive Alive has continued its membership with the Fundraising Regulator, ICO, and the Institute of Fundraising, reinforcing its commitment to high standards of governance and fundraising practice.
## **Objectives and Activities**
## Summary of objectives
The Charity's purpose is to relieve sickness and preserve health among communities in England and Wales by providing suitably adapted medical response vehicles and equipment approved by ambulance services. These vehicles and equipment are used exclusively by medically trained Community First Responder (CFR) groups, trained and dispatched via 999 calls by their local ambulance service.
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## Achieving objectives
Arrive Alive is the UK's only registered charity of its kind directly supporting West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS). Entirely Funded by public donations, the charity provides lifesaving vehicles and equipment for CFR volunteers who attend life-threatening 999 calls.
An Arrive Alive vehicle can reach a medical emergency in those critical seconds or minutes before a road or air ambulance arrives due to its localised community presence. All vehicles operate on the same radio network as WMAS ambulances, enabling immediate dispatch and real-time communication.
Demand for our operational fleet has continued to rise significantly. There remains an urgent need for additional voluntarily operated vehicles and equipment across communities.
## During the year :
1. 16 operational vehicles supported WMAS across Birmingham, Solihull, Wolverhampton,the Black Country, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, and Herefordshire.
2. Vehicles arrived on average nine minutes before a road or air ambulance.
- 3.Publicly accessible defibrillators and bleed kits were funded and installed.
4. Members of the public received free CPR training delivered by medically trained volunteers funded by Arrive Alive.
Charitable income during the reporting period was allocated to funding additional lifesaving vehicles, equipment, and community defibrillator provision.
The trustees extend their sincere gratitude to all supporters, donors, and sponsors for their invaluable commitment to helping the charity save lives.
## Public benefit
The Trustees keep the charity's objectives and activities under regular review to ensure they continue to deliver public benefit. In doing so, the Trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit.
## **Financial Review**
## Reserves policy
The Charity aims to build and maintain a sufficient level of reserves to ensure the continuity of its operations and the ability to respond to further needs.
## Principal funding
During the year, the charity raised £105,763 in voluntary donations before charitable expenditure. expenditure.
## **Plans for the Future**
The Charity will continue to raise funds in support of its aims and objectives, with a focus on expanding its fleet of voluntarily operated lifesaving vehicles, increasing access to publicly accessible defibrillators and bleed kits, and delivering further community CPR training.
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## **Statement of Trustees' Responsibilities**
Charity law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which show a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and its financial activities for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to:
select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
state whether applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended practice have been followed, subject to any departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in operational existence.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the charities Act 2011. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets if the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Approved by the Trustees on 12 December 2025 and signed on their behalf by:
**Miss M Samuel Trustee**
**Mr P Armitage MBE, MstJ Chairman & Trustee**
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## **Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of**
## **ARRIVEALIVEAPPEAL CHARITY**
I report on the accounts of the Trust for the year ended 31 March 2025, which are set out on pages 6 to 9.
## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner**
The trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
- 1) examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
- 2) follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and
- 3) state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of independent examiner's report**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a true and fair view' and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statements below.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
- 1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
- to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act,
- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act have not been met; or
- 2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
**T&W ACCOUNTS LTD 19-21 Hatchett Street 12 December 2025 Birmingham, B19 3NX**
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## **ARRIVEALIVEAPPEAL CHARITY**
## **Statement of Financial Activities for the Year Ended 31 March 2025**
|**Unrestricted**
**Total Funds**
**Funds**
**2025**
**Note**
**£**
**£**
**Incoming resources**
Incoming resources from generated funds &
Donations
105,690
105,690
Deposit account interest
74
74
Total incoming resources
105,763
105,763
**Resources expended**
Telephonists & payroll
35,863
35,863
Funding raising activities
22,287
22,287
Premise expenses
1,084
1,084
Administration
3,735
3,735
Telephone & media
11,192
11,192
Motor (inc, lease)
7,615
7,615
Governance cost
1,410
1,410
Other professional
507
507
Bank and other charges
121
121
Depreciation
26,605
26,605
Total resources expended
110,419
110,419
Net movement of funds
(4,655)
(4,655)
**Reconciliation of unrestricted funds (excluding transfers between funds)**
Total funds brought forward
107,253
107,253
Total funds carried forward
102,598
102,598|**Total Funds**
**2024**
**£**
**Reinstated**
68,843|
|---|---|
||68,843|
||35,863
2,654
2,453
5,203
10,511
4,359
1,410
2,852
95
25,408|
||90,808|
||(21,965)
129,218|
||107,253|
All incoming resources and resources expended derive from continuing activities.
The charity has recognised no gains or losses for the year other than the results above.
The notes on pages 8 and 9 form an integral part of these financial statements
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## **ARRIVEALIVEAPPEAL CHARITY**
## **Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025**
|**2025**
**Note**
**£**
**Tangible Fixed Assets**
4
Motor vehicles
106,039
Fixtures and equipment
380
**Current Assets**
Trade debtor
Cash at bank and in hand
33,574
33,574
**Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year**
Trade creditors
332
Accruals
5
1,290
Social security & other taxes
692
**Net Current Assets**
**Net Assets**
**The funds of the charity:**
**Funds**
Restricted funds
6
Unrestricted income funds
6
**Total Charity Funds**|**2025**
**2024**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
101,158
475
106,419
101,633
43,062
43,062
332
1,290
739
31,260
40,701
137,679
142,334
10,000
35,081
127,678
107,253
137,678
142,334|**2025**
**2024**
**2024**
**£**
**£**
**£**
101,158
475
106,419
101,633
43,062
43,062
332
1,290
739
31,260
40,701
137,679
142,334
10,000
35,081
127,678
107,253
137,678
142,334|
|---|---|---|
|||142,334|
|||35,081
107,253|
|||142,334|
Approved by the Board on 12 December 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
**Miss M Samuel Trustee**
**Mr P Armitage MBE, MstJ Chairman & Trustee**
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## **ARRIVEALIVEAPPEAL CHARITY**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025**
## **1) Accounting policies**
## **Basis of preparation**
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities (SORP 2005)' issued in March 2005, applicable accounting standards and the charities Act 2011.
## **Fund accountancy policy**
Unrestricted income funds are general funds that are available for use at the trustees' discretion in furtherance of the objectives of the charity.
## **Incoming resources**
Donations are recognised where there is entitlement, certainty of receipt and the amount can be measured with sufficient reliability.
## **Resources expended**
Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to the expenditure. All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to the category.
Costs of generating funds are the costs associated with attracting voluntary income.
Charitable expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the charity in the delivery of its activities and services for its beneficiaries. It includes both costs that can be allocated directly to such activities and those cost of an indirect nature necessary to support them.
## **Governance costs**
Governance costs include costs of the preparation and examination of the statutory accounts, the costs of trustee meetings and the cost of any legal advise to trustees on governance or constitutional matters,
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## **ARRIVEALIVEAPPEAL CHARITY**
## **Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025**
## **2) Governance costs**
**Unrestricted Total Funds Total Funds Funds 2025 2024 £ £ £** Accountancy cost 1,410 1,410 1,410
## **3) Trustees' remuneration and expenses**
No trustees received any remuneration during the year.
## **4) Fixtures and equipment**
|NBV - bought forward
Additions
Depreciation
Net book value as at 31 March 2025
**Motor vehicles**
NBV - bought forward
Additions
Depreciation
Net book value as at 31 March 2025
**Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
Accruals|**2025**
**£**
475
95
380
**2025**
**£**
101,158
31,391
26,510|**2024**
**£**
594
119|
|---|---|---|
|||475|
|||**2024**
**£**
101,674
24,773
25,289|
||106,039
**2025**
**£**
1,290|101,158|
|||**2024**
**£**
1,290|
## **5) Creditors: amounts falling due within one year**
|**6) Analysis of funds**
**General Funds**
Restricted funds
Unrestricted income
fund
Totals|**Transfers**
**At 1 April between**
**Incoming**
**Resources**
**At 31 March**
**2024 funds**
**resources**
**expended**
**2025**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
35,081
(25,081)
-
-
10,000
107,253
25,081
105,763
110,419
127,678|
|---|---|
||142,334
-
105,763
110,419
137,678|
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## **Movement between funds**
|**Name**
**Type**
**Purpose**
Asset
Restricted
Asset
purchase
**Total funds**|**Balance**
**Income**
**Expense**
**Transfer**
**Balance**
**B/f (£)**
**(£)**
**(£)**
**(£)**
**C/f (£)**
35,081
-
-
(25,081)
10,000|
|---|---|
||35,081
-
-
(25,081)
10,000|
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