## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## |Objec|ti|ves and|activiti|es|| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||SORP reference|| |Summary||ofthe purposes of|||Toadvance the education ofthe public
in the| |the charity as set out|||in its||history ofpublic road passenger
transport| |gQvel'ning||document|||and in particular the history ofthe Devon
General Omnibus 5Touring Company
and| ||||||its successors through: a) establishing
and| ||||||preserving
for posterity a representative| ||||||collection ofpassenger service vehicles| ||||||formerly operated
by the Company
and its| ||||||successors
in the county ofDevon and the
area covered by the South~t of| ||||||England,
b) facilitating
public access to the| ||||||collection by providing
opportunities
to view| ||||||and travel on the vehides and thereby| ||||||experience an earlier era ofpublic transport| ||||||in the county of Devon, c)providing afocus| ||||||for retention, develops
and training
for
students
ofall ages in the traditional
crafts| ||||||and specialist skills required forthe| ||||||restoration
and maintenance
ofthe vehicles| ||||||and associated relics, and d) enabling
the| ||||||raising offunds forthe above purposes.
ln| ||||||doing so, the chanty must riot I'8lse 8ny| ||||||substantial
permanent
tradin
activit .| |Summary||ofthe main|||2021/22 has seen some semblance ofour| |activities||in relation to those|||normal
activity return. The easing ofCovid| |purposes||for the public|||restrictions
during the Spring of2021| |benefit,|in particular,||the||enabled us to resume our volunteer
work| |activities,||projects or|services||sessions at Knowstone and from July 2021| |identified||in the accounts.|||the trustees resumed
meeting
in person| ||||||rather than on Zoom.| ||||||Although
the lockdowns
over the preceding| ||||||year have inevitably
slowed progress
with| ||||||the restoration
ofour collection, we were| ||||||able to resume taking our buses to public| ||||||events
in 2021.| ||||supporter.
The trustees are taking a risk|| |---|---|---|---|---| ||||averse view about safeguarding
these funds|| ||||whilst we consider how best to use them,|| ||||and we have accordingly set up a Charity|| ||||Deposit Platform
with our bank, CAF Bank,|| ||||which
wiH see lump sums distributed
around|| ||||interest-bearing
accounts, each protected
the FCAf85,000compensation
scheme.|by| ||||Communicating
via social media with our|| ||||supporters
and the general public continues|| ||||to be a key activity. Gur Facebook page now|| ||||has 865followers,
and our Twitter feed 215|| ||||followers. These enable us to reach out to|| ||||our audience even ifthey are unable to|| ||||make ittosee our buses at events.|| ||||We are also committed to presenting
a|| ||||professional
and informative
facetothe|| ||||woi'kl via oui' website. Slllce July 2021—|| ||||when we started to receive website analytics|| ||||data —over 1,600users have seen our|| ||||redesigned
website.|| ||||During the year we joined the 'Amazon|| ||||Smile' campaign
to widen the range ofways|| ||||in which supporters
can donate to the Trust.|| ||||This sees Amazon donate 005'k ofthe net|| ||||value ofa shopper's
spending
at no cost to|| ||||the shopper and has added asteady if|| ||||modest quarterly
flow offunds to our|| ||||InConle.|| ||||We are grateful forthe continued
generosity|| ||||ofour trustees and other interested
parhes|| ||||who support our work, including
the Devon|| ||||General Society.|| ||||We remain indebted to one ofour trustees|| ||||who has placed his own vehicle on loan to|| ||||the Trust.|| |Statement|confirming|Para 1.18|The trustees are fully aware ofthe|| |whether the trustees have|||obligations
imposed
upon them by way of|| |had regard|to the guidance||the Charities Act and Charities
(Accounts|| |issued by|the Charity||and Reports) Regulations 2098 and the|| |Commission
on public|||extent to which the trust is fulfilling
its|| |benefit|||chantable
objectivBs Is reviewed at Bach|| ||||trustees'
meeting. These obligations
remain|| ||||paramount
when planning
acbvities forthe|| ||||forthcoming
period and considering
mearis|| ||||by which the trust's other central objectives|| ||||can be met.|| ||||||N/A| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Policy on
including|social investment
program
related|||Para 1.38|| |investment|||||| ||||||The trustees
readily acknowledge
the huge| |Gontribution
volunieers||made|by|Para 1.38|contribution
made by our volunteers.
This
manifests
in avaiiety ofways: undertaking| ||||||ihe physical work in preparing
and restoring| ||||||our historic vehicles; assisting us when we| ||||||attend events; assisting us in organising| ||||||events; preparing
and delivering| ||||||presentations
to interest groups and the| ||||||general
public; and assisting
with the| ||||||governance
ofthe CiO.| ||||||During 2021i22 our volunteers
contributed| ||||||1,270 hours oftheir time at our Knowstone| ||||||base.| ||||||Skills retention
continues to rest with a| ||||||relativel
small
rou
ofvolunteers.| |Other|||||| |Summary|ofthe main|ofthe main|Para 1.20|The trustees believe that the main|The trustees believe that the main| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |achievements||ofthe charity,||achievements
ofthe Trust during the year|| |identifying|the|difference the||fAay be sufAmcKised as|| |charity's|work|has made to|||| |the circumstances
ofits||||We were able to display our vehicles at|| |beneficiaries
and any wider||||public events, which isthe|main way for| |benefits tosociety as a||||us to deliver our charitable|objective of| |whole.||||educating
the public about|the history of| |||||road passenger
transport.|| |||||We improved
our financial|base| |||||significantly
thanks to the|receipt ofa| |||||large legacy.|| |||||Nle continued
to receive a|steady flow of| |||||donations
from our supporters
and|| |||||daimed
Gift Aid thereon.|| ||||||||We completed a successful fundraising|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||campaign
which enabled us to add a|| ||||||||fifth bus to ourcol~ion. Thiis bus was|| ||||||||a particularly
significant
example of|| ||||||||Devon General*s policy in the 1950Sof|| ||||||||rebuilding
old vehicles forfurther use.|| ||||||||We camed out further significant|| ||||||||restoration
work on our vehicles.|| ||||||||We continued to maintain
links with|| ||||||||other groups where relationships
can be|| ||||||||of mutual
benefit.|| ||||||||We continued
our good relationship
with|| ||||||||the DevoA Gellefal Society, BAsUAAg|| ||||||||that they remain
fuNy supporbve
ofthe|| ||||||||trust's activities (the DGS has 200+|| ||||||||members,
aN ofwhom share a common|| ||||||||interest in the Devon General company|| ||||||||and its activities). The work ofthe Trust|| ||||||||is independent
ofthe Society, but itis|| ||||||||important
that good relations are|| ||||||||nlalfltaIAed
The Society Is sUppoftive|of| ||||||||the Trust*s objectives and assists on a|| ||||||||regular basis by keeping members|| ||||||||informed ofour activities and publicising|| ||||||||forthcofAIAg events|| |||||||~|We expanded
our social media|| ||||||||presence and used Facebook and|| ||||||||Twitter to inform foHowers (and the|| ||||||||wider community)
ofprogress on our
festoratIOA activities, u~ing
8'veA'ts,|| ||||||||etc.|| ||||||||key personnel
within Stagecoach South|| ||||||||West (the modern-day
successors of|| ||||||||Devon General) who are fully|| ||||||||supportive
ofour aims and objectives.|| |Adclltionat||tAformatlon||(optional)||||| |YGU fAa|choose to lnclUde||||fUfthef statemeAts|whef8|IelevaAt about:|| |||||||N/A||| |Achlevefflellts|||against||Para 141|||| |objectives|set|||||||| |||||||Objective ofraising F20,000to purchase||| |Performance|||offundraising||Para 1.41|ETT|995met.|| |activities|against objectives|||||||| |Se't||||||||| ## |Amount ofreserves held||Para 122|E380,000as at5April 2022| |---|---|---|---| |||Para 122|N/A| |Details offund materially|in||N/A| |deficit|||| |Explanation
ofany||Para 1.23|| |uncertainties
about the|||| |charity continuing
as a going|||| |concern|||| ||||N/A|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |The charity's|principal|Para 1.47||||| |sources offunds {including||||||| |any fundraising)||||||| ||||Our investment||pohcy sets out the|likely calls| |Investment|policy and|Para 1.46|on our funds over the short, mediufn and
long terms and takes a risk-averse
approach|||| |objectives including
any|||to matching|them with investments||in| |social investment
policy|||interest-bearing||accounts.|| |adopted||||||| ||||N/A|||| |A descnptlon|ofthe pnnclpaI|Para 1.46||||| |risks facing|the charity|||||| ||||N/A|||| |Description
ofcharity's|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |trusts:|||||| |Type GfgovefnlAg
docufnent:|||||| |for example, trust deed,|||||| |memorandum
and articles of|||||| |association etc.|||||| |How is the charity|Para 1.25|CIG.|||| |constituted' ?|||||| |for example
limited company,|||||| |unincorporated
association,|||||| |CIO|||||| |Trustee selection methods|Para 1.25|Potential new|trustees are identled||by the| |including
details of any||existing trustees||in accordance with|Charity| |constitutional
provisions e.g.||Commission|gufdance.||| |election to post or name of|||||| |any person or body entitled|||||| |to appoint one or more|||||| ## ## ## ## ## ## |||||||Unrestricted|Restricted|Restricted|Restricted|Endowment| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Categories|||Detaiis||funds|funds|||funds| |||||||to nearest F|to nearest||6|to nearest 6| |81 Cash|funds|||CAF Bank Account||199,727||1D,808||| |||||CAF 60Day Notice Account||6,000||||| ||||||Totat cash funds|208,727|10,808|||| |||||(agree balances|with receipts and payments|||||| ||||||account(s))|||||| |||||||Unrestricted||||| |||||||funds||||| |||||Details||to nearest E||||| |82Other|monetary assets|||Debtors||||||| |||||Details||Fund to which
asset belon s|Cost (optional}|||Current value
o tional| |83Investment||assets||||||||| |||||Details||Fund towhich
asset belon s|Cost {optional}|||Current vaiue
o tional| |84Assets retained for|||the|Vehicle - 503RUG||Restricted||||| |charity's|own|use||Vehicle - YDV798||Unrestricted|||5,000|5,000| |||||Vehicle - VDV817||Restricted|||8,500|8,500| |||||Vehicle - NTT661||Restricted||12,000||12,0DD| |||||Vehicle - ETT995||Restricted||20,000||20,000| |||||Details||Fund to which
liabili
relates|Amount due
o tional|||When due
o tional| |85 Liabilities||||Creditors||N/A||||| |||||Loans||N/A||||| |Signed by one or two trustees
behalf ofall the trustees|||on|i|nature|Print|Name|||Date of
a
roval| |||||||P RJenkins||||01-Jul-22| |||||||6Bailey||||00-Jul-22| ##