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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

	Period start date	Period start date			Period end date	Period end date
	6th	April	2021		5th	April	2022
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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name

The Matt Robinson Fund

Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1151962

2 New Barns Oast

146 Lavenders Road West Malling Kent Postcode ME19 6HR

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)
	Nazim Bunting	Chair	To 24 April 2021
	Julia Bunting	Treasurer	From 25 April 2021
	Nicholas Robinson
	Rebecca Robinson Hugill	Secretary

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

Name	Dates acted if not for whole year
None

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser Name Address
None

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

None

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

Foundation Constitution

(eg. trust deed, constitution)

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Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted

(eg. trust, association, company)

Trustee selection methods

All current trustees are volunteer Founding Trustees.

• (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.

The establishment of The Matt Robinson Fund was initiated when Matthew Robinson, brother of Nicholas Robinson (Founding Trustee) was involved in a traumatic accident. Rebecca Robinson Hugill is Nicholas’s wife, Nazim and Julia Bunting are married to each other, and are friends of the Robinson family with appropriate skills within the business and charity sectors to participate in the governance of the charity. In line with the CIO Naz Bunting stepped down as Chair Trustee on 24[th] April 2021 having served three consecutive terms. Julia was reappointed as a Trustee for a three year term starting on 25[th] April 2021. Nick Robinson was appointed as Chair from 25[th] April 2021.

The charity is a small stand-alone organisation with very low running costs. The charity is mainly a grant-giving organisation so the trustees believe the major risks associated with the organisation relate to: a) Potential for fraudulent/ inflated grant applications: this risk is managed by requiring applicants to provide i) evidence of trauma (where appropriate) and ii) auditable estimates for any equipment to be grantfunded. Applicants are also requested to submit receipts for grant-funded purchases.

• b) Secure funds management: Money is held in a charity current account and a charity deposit account with a national high street bank regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the charity treasurer is a qualified accountant working within the charity and not-for-profit sector.

c) Risk of Misuse of Funds by Trustee

Trustees aim to meet at least once a year where bank statements are reviewed to ensure appropriate expenditure of funds.

Section C Objectives and activities

The objective of the Matt Robinson Fund is “the relief of sickness and preservation of health for those affected by traumatic limb loss, in particular but not exclusively by the provision of grants”. The focus of Summary of the objects of the support is on those who are not well-supported through other means charity set out in its (such as personal accident insurance or armed services support). governing document

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The trustees are aware of and have had regard to the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit in this eighth year of operation.

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)

From personal involvement with a family member who suffered a double traumatic limb loss incident, the trustees became aware of the need for additional support for those in such situations who are not well supported from other sources. As such those who can benefit from the charity are mainly limited to those with the ‘protected characteristic’ of a disability specifically arising from a limb-loss trauma. As part of the process of when the charity was established, the trustees considered practical ways in which ‘benefits’ could be achieved for those affected by traumatic limb loss. It was determined that given the anticipated small size of the organisation, the most appropriate way to achieve the goal of ‘benefits’ would be to set up a system for the application and consideration of grants. The trustees initially determined there may be three types of grants applied for: a) those to cover short term expenses following a limb-loss incident b) medium term grants to cover items to enhance the quality of life posttrauma (anticipated value £200 - £500) c) major grants to cover expenses associated with longer term needs Over the first seven years of operation, the charity has made eight grant awards, three in category b) and five in category c). During the first year of operation (May 2013 to April 2014) the charity built up a reserve of grant funds through concerted fund raising initiatives. At the beginning of the second year of operation, a supporter kindly volunteered to undertake a sponsored fundraising event. Following careful consideration, the trustees felt that the funds generated by this event, together with existing reserves and an anticipated GiftAid claim, were of a sufficient level to meet the anticipated level of foreseeable need. However, it was agreed by the trustees that should they become aware of a potential grant application for a substantial amount consideration would be given to initiating significant fundraising activities. Small amounts of income are still being achieved through passive fund raising via the Easyfundraising website and through occasional one-off donations or sponsorship events.

Any applications for grants which have been received for consideration have been evaluated according to whether they fall within the specific charitable object of the Matt Robinson Fund.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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

• policy on grantmaking;

• policy programme related investment;

• contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

• Summary of the main The main activities of the charity during the year are as follows:

• achievements of the charity • As the period of the report includes periods of COVID 19

• during the year difficulties, the Trustees mainly maintained regular contact through phone and email and held one Trustee Meeting on 2[nd] October 2021.

• • There was one grant approved for one category c) grant request for the value of £8,350.

• • A small number of non-specific requests for funding were received from other charities who were advised to reapply giving more details should they be supporting any individuals covered by the object of the Matt Robinson Fund. No further correspondence was received.

• During this year the Trustees kept in contact with one family in particular regarding potential grants applications for the benefit of an child who would be covered by the charity’s remit.

• • Fundraising was limited to passive fund raising based on donations from Easyfundraising . A very small amount of income was received through interest payments on funds held in the charity’s deposit account.

Section E Financial review

Although the Trustees acknowledge the running costs of the charity are Brief statement of the extremely low, a minimum reserve of £2,000 will be maintained in the charity’s policy on reserves charity’s current bank account.

Details of any funds materially

in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include 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.

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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)

Rebecca Robinson Hugill Full name(s) Nick Robinson Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Founding Trustee etc) 1 February 2023

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The Matt Robinson Fund

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Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts

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Section A Receipts and payments

A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £	Restricted funds to the nearest £	Restricted funds to the nearest £	Endowment funds to the nearest £	Endowment funds to the nearest £	Total funds to the nearest £	Total funds to the nearest £	Last year to the nearest £
Donations	41		-		-		41		520
GiftAid Claim	-		-		-		-		-
Matched Funding	-		-		-		-		325
Deposit Fund Interest	3		1		-		4		100
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Sub total(Gross income for AR)	44		1		-		45		937.00
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
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Sub total	-								-
Total receipts A3 Payments
									937
Charitable Grants	7,520		830		-		8,350		-
FundraisingEvents	-		-		-		-		-
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**Sub total **	7,520		830		-		8,350		2,687
A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
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Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end
									2,687.00
	- 7,476		- 829						- 1,750.00
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	29,408		13,429						44,587.92
	21,932		12,600

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

CCXX R1 accounts (SS) Categories B1 Cash funds	1 Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Cash at Bank	Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 28,478 - - 21,932 OK	Restricted funds to nearest £ 16,110 - - 12,600 OK	Endowment funds to nearest £
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				05/02/2023 OK

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use	Details Details Details Details Signature	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name R L Robinson Hugill N Robinson	Endowment funds to nearest £
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			Date of approval
		R L Robinson Hugill	04/02/2023
		N Robinson	04/02/2023

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

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