OAKS MARTIAL ARTS FOUNDATION TRUSTEES REPORT YEAR ENDED 30 NOVEMBER 2023
The trustees submit their report and the financial statements of Oaks Martial Arts Foundation for the year ended 30 November 2023.
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
The objectives of the trust are to promote community participation in healthy recreation by providing or assisting in the provision of facilities for martial arts and kick boxing.
The trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and are mindful to ensure that the charity remains adherent to the guidance.
ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE
The charity has now returned to normal activity levels and consider the result for the year to be satisfactory.
FINANCIAL REVIEW
The charity has retained adequate resources to continue in the future.
The general fund remaining amounted to £20,594 at 30 November 2023, (2022: £23,694) which is considered prudent, and sufficient for the charity’s anticipated future requirements.
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
The charity is a charitable incorporated organisation, registered charity (number 1151252), founded by Trust Deed in 2003.
Trustees are appointed by the Board of Trustees and serve for an indefinite period. The Trust Deed provides for no minimum or maximum number of trustees.
The trustees determine the general policy of the charity, and agree the broad strategy and areas of activity for the trust, including consideration of reserves and risk management policies and performance.
The Board keeps the skill requirements for the trustees under review and in the event that a trustee permanently retires or additional new trustees are required, the board seeks new trustees from persons known personally to them, or from a list of persons recommended to the Board by donors or sponsors. The ultimate decision on selection is, however, a matter for the Board of Trustees.
The induction process for any newly appointed trustee comprises an initial meeting with the Chair and the Board, followed by a series of short meetings with the chair on investments, the grant making process, powers and responsibilities of the trustee board. The welcome pack includes a brief history of the Trust, copies of relevant Board minutes, a copy of the latest annual reports and accounts, a copy of the governing trust deed and a copy of the Charity Commission’s guidance ‘The essential Trustee: What you need to know’.
TRUSTEES
The trustees who served during the year are as follows: Mrs Alison Longhurst Mr Martin Johnson Mr James Turner
PRINCIPAL ADDRESS 28 St. Johns Way Edenbridge TN8 6GA
RISK
The major risks to which the charity is exposed as identified by the trustees have been reviewed and systems have been established to manage those risks.
The Trustees who were in office on the date of approval of these financial statements have confirmed, as far as they are aware, that the accounts are true and fair.
James Turner
Trustee
12 September 2024
INDEPENDF.Nr EXAMENER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF OAKS MARTIAL ARTS FOUNDATION I repoTI on th¢ receipts and paymcn(s accounts of the ¢harity for the year ended 30 November ?023 wliich are sel oui on Ih¢ attached pages. Rcbpective responsibilities of truslees and examiner The charity's tnLSlccs are responsible for the preparatioll of the accounts. Tlie clwity's Irustces constder that an audit is not required for this yeat under secLion 14412) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Ac(} and that an Independent cxamii)aiion is needed. It is my responsibility to.- examine the accounts under Scction 145 of the 2011 Aci: to follow the pro¢edurcs laid doThm In thc general Direciions given by ihe c.harity Commission under section 145{5)(b) of the 2011 ACE- and to statr whether particular matters have come to my allentton. Basis of independent Qxaminefs reporl My examination w&% carried out in acconlance with the general Directions gii'cn by the Chari(y Commi&sion. An examination includes a rei'iew of the a¢¢ounting records kept by the ¢harity and a comparis¢)n of the accounts presented with Ihose records. It also includes consideration of any uousual itms or disclosures in ihe accounts, and seeking explanaiions from you as trustees con¢eming any such matters. The procedures undertakcn do noi provtde all the evideiice that would be requir¢d in an audii and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a'true and faiT view. and the report is limited to those matters set out iii th¢ 8latem¢nt below. Independent examinews slneI In connection with my examinats"on. no maiter h15 come to my atntIon.. ( l ) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material Tc5Pt the requirements: to keep aecouniing record% in accordance V4ith 8ection 130 of the 2011 Act; and to piware a¢counrs which accord with the accountsng records and comply with the accounting requirements ofthe 2011 Act have not been met" or {2) 10 which. in my opinion. attenlion should be ID order lo enable a proper undersianding of the accounts to be reached. James Bell R¢ldenn Limiied Townend Flouse 8 Spiingwell Court Leeds LS12 IAL 28 AugSt 2024
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INDEPENDF.Nr EXAMENER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF OAKS MARTIAL ARTS FOUNDATION I repoTI on th¢ receipts and paymcn(s accounts of the ¢harity for the year ended 30 November ?023 wliich are sel oui on Ih¢ attached pages. Rcbpective responsibilities of truslees and examiner The charity's tnLSlccs are responsible for the preparatioll of the accounts. Tlie clwity's Irustces constder that an audit is not required for this yeat under secLion 14412) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Ac(} and that an Independent cxamii)aiion is needed. It is my responsibility to.- examine the accounts under Scction 145 of the 2011 Aci: to follow the pro¢edurcs laid doThm In thc general Direciions given by ihe c.harity Commission under section 145{5)(b) of the 2011 ACE- and to statr whether particular matters have come to my allentton. Basis of independent Qxaminefs reporl My examination w&% carried out in acconlance with the general Directions gii'cn by the Chari(y Commi&sion. An examination includes a rei'iew of the a¢¢ounting records kept by the ¢harity and a comparis¢)n of the accounts presented with Ihose records. It also includes consideration of any uousual itms or disclosures in ihe accounts, and seeking explanaiions from you as trustees con¢eming any such matters. The procedures undertakcn do noi provtde all the evideiice that would be requir¢d in an audii and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a'true and faiT view. and the report is limited to those matters set out iii th¢ 8latem¢nt below. Independent examinews slneI In connection with my examinats"on. no maiter h15 come to my atntIon.. ( l ) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material Tc5Pt the requirements: to keep aecouniing record% in accordance V4ith 8ection 130 of the 2011 Act; and to piware a¢counrs which accord with the accountsng records and comply with the accounting requirements ofthe 2011 Act have not been met" or {2) 10 which. in my opinion. attenlion should be ID order lo enable a proper undersianding of the accounts to be reached. James Bell R¢ldenn Limiied Townend Flouse 8 Spiingwell Court Leeds LS12 IAL 28 AugSt 2024
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