## **CHAIR’S  REPORT  TO  THE  ANNUAL  GENERAL  MEETING  OF - - ST DREAM A WAY FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2020** 

## **(PRESENTED AT THE AGM ON MONDAY 23RD AUGUST 2021)** 

## **1. WELCOME** 

**I would like to formally welcome the Trustees, to the Annual General Meeting of Dream-A-Way for the year end 31[st] December 2021** 

**During  these strange times with a Worldwide Pandemic  the trustees have agreed to again hold the AGM following their quarterly meeting** 

**The Management Committee have been contacted for their input or comments regarding this AGM** 

## **2. 2020 SUMMARY** 

**2020 was Dream-A-Way’s 27th year** 

**Generally it was another tough financial year but through the hard work and dedication of the “Dream Team” we continued to make great progress with our fundraising and income, which has reached another staggering total to be announced by our treasurer of** 

## **£106,103 for 2020** 

**Dream-A-Way continue to raise huge amounts of money as we race towards our third million pounds of fundraising** 

**In 1994, our first year, we raised £10,063.18 which just shows how incredibly we have progressed each year** 

**This  achievement  is  even  more  amazing  when  you  stop  to  consider  that everyone  involved  with  Dream-A-Way  remain  happy  to  be true,  unpaid** 

Patron: Sir John S Evans OstJ QPM DL LL.B  |  President: Nigel Mansell CBE  |  Chair / Trustee: Jeff Merrett MBE Trustees:   Gill Freeman  |  Darren Galliford  | Tony Johnson I Paula Stacey 

Charitable Incorporated Organisation. Registered Charity No.1155175 66, Bishops Way EXETER EX2 7PF info@dream-a-way.org   |   www.dream-a-way.org 



## **volunteers,  in  every  sense  of  the  word  …no  honorarium  …no wages ... no expenses but still very professional** 

**Everyone’s hard work has ensured our continued success and this has meant we have been able to support more deserving local people to take an outing, caravan holiday or a grant towards their dream trip.** 

**Our holiday grants and caravan fleet continue to increase and ensure many local people receive the benefit of some quality holiday time** 

**In 1999 we purchased our first caravan at Sandy Bay** 

**By 2020 we owned 9 luxury holiday homes at Sandy Bay – valued at more than £350,000** 

**During the 2020 season our caravan fleet was kept in immaculate condition thanks to our stalwart team of volunteers:** 

**Vicky Roberts, Amanda Reddin, Paula Stacey, Shelley Potter and Karen Jones** 

**On behalf of Dream-A-Way, I would like to formally record our grateful thanks to them all for their hard work, loyalty and dedication** 

**The statistics undoubtedly prove that our caravans are greatly needed and appreciated by our clients** 

**There were 39 guests in our caravan during 1999 but by the end of 2020 510 guests  had  a  week’s break  in one  of our  caravans  which  brings  the  total number of guests to 14,139 in the first 23 years ...and that really is quite amazing** 

**The statistics for  our  holiday  grants are also good  news with a  spend on holiday grants during 2020 of an amazing £7350.49 which is an average of £1470.09 per grant** 

**.…...that is a lot of money, a lot of grants, a lot of caravan holidays and a lot of very happy, local people** 

## **3.  ONGOING STRATEGIC PLANNING** 

**It is a major role of the trustees and management committee of Dream-A-Way to ensure  that we continue to maintain a strategic over  view of both  our fundraising and spending activities.** 

**It is imperative that we regularly look at ourselves and undertake periodic skills audits of our team to ensure that we maintain an efficient and fit for purpose group ...** 

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**From our President and Patron through to our Vice Presidents, Trustees and Management Committee** 

**To progress this we have again added to our team and undertaken several role changes within both the management committee and board of trustees, in an effort to match individual volunteers to roles that fit their experiences and abilities** 

**The  outcome,  I  believe,  is  a  stronger  and  more  transparent  group  fit  to continue to manage Dream-A-Way for both the present and the future** 

**The workloads remain  high, yet all of  the Trustees, the management committee, volunteers and supporters continue to work tirelessly as a united team,  on  all  aspects  of  Dream-A-Way as  we  continue  to  develop  and consolidate** 

## **4. 2020 HIGHLIGHTS** 

**There were once again, too many exciting highlights during 2020 to list them all here, but I would just like to mention a few** 

**Dream-A-Way has been so proud to continue as charity partner to the fantastic HMS DEFENDER one of  Britain’s top warships.** 

**Our association with the Captain and Ship’s Company was further strengthened  during  another  successful  year  and  we  all  look  forward  to working with them all for years ahead** 

**I am also delighted that Dream-A-Way has again been chosen as one of the designated charities supported by the Exeter Foundation which has helped increase our profile and allow us to share in the terrific success of the Exeter Chiefs** 

## **5. THE DREAM-A-WAY FUTURE** 

**The future is definitely bright as we enter 2021 .... our 28th year and lots of exciting plans ahead** 

**The Chairman’s report to the Annual General Meeting usually includes thanks to many volunteers and supporters for their dedication throughout the year but once again I am going to break slightly with this tradition** 

**I ask each and every one of you to look at what WE have ALL achieved during the years of Dream-A-Way** 

**ALL of you have helped to make Dream-A-Way the success it is today** 

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**Together we will continue to improve and strengthen to ensure that we help even more local people to enjoy holiday experiences they could not afford without our help** 

**Dream-A-Way Volunteer Team continue to secure their rewards from the miles of smiles of those we help** 

**It has been an honour to be the Chair of Dream-A-Way over the first 27 years and to be in the position to try to make a difference and believe me, what we all do, is appreciated by a large number of people throughout our community.** 

**We really do make a huge difference** 

## **….and finally** 

**I will be honoured to continue as the Chair of Dream-A-Way CIO …not only officially the Best Loved Charity in Exeter but probably the Best Charity in the World!** 

## **Into our 28th year -** 

**I will again ensure  that we maintain  our high  standards and  build on our already  established strong  position  throughout  Devon, as we continue  the progress of   Dream-A-Way - Charitable Incorporated Organisation 1155175.** 

**I  will  continue  to  lead  from  the  front,  as  we  take  Dream-A-Way  forward together  for  another  year,  with  imagination,  vision  and  ambition,  whilst maintaining a smile and a sense of humour** 

**I will endeavour to help more families and individuals to enjoy that special outing, caravan holiday at the Devon seaside or offer grants towards their dream  holiday  throughout  the  World,  above  all  I  will  continue  to  do  this and .........** 

## **Keep smiling** 

## **Jeff MERRETT MBE  Chair** 

## **23[rd] August 2021** 

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|IndependentExaminer's Report|2|
|StatementofFinanciaiActivities|3|
|Balance Sheet|4to5|
|Notesto theFinancialStatements|6to8|
|Detailed StatemeotofFinancialActivities|9to10|





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|MrsPStacey|-appointed 8/5/2A21|
|lndependent examiner||
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|INCOMINGRESOURCES||||
|Incomingresourcesfromgenerat€dfunds||||
|Investmentincome||118|722|
|lncomingresourcesfromcharitableacaivitiec||||
|General Fundraising||104,313|119,521|
|otherincomingresources||1,,612|6,710|
|Total incomingresources||106,103|126,231|
|RESOURCESEXPENDED||||
|Charitableactivities||||
|General Fundraising||8s,699|178,487|
|Gov€manae costs||400|400|
|Otherresourcesexpended||||
|Totalresourceserqended||86,099|118,887|
|NETINCOMINGRESOURCES||20,004|7,466|
|RECONCII.UTTION OFFUNDS||||
|fo€lfunds broughtforward||4L3,002|405,536|
|TOTAL FUNDSCARRIEDFORWARD||433,006|473,002|





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|Deposit account interest|118|L22|





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||||Equipment||
|||Caravans|and fixtures|Totais|
|||L|L|L|
||cosT||||
||Atllanuary2020|372,507|7,300|319,801|
||Additions|49,464||49,464|
||Disposals|(36,713)||(36,713)|
||At 31 December2020|325,198|1,300|332,498|
||DEPRECIATION||||
||AtlJanuary 2020|105,307|3,504|108,811|
||Chargeforyear|29,223|193|30,016|
||Eliminatedondisposal|(22,981)||(22,981)|
||At31 December2020|111,549|4,297|115,846|
||NETBOOK VALUE||||
||At31 December 2020|213,649|3,003|216,652|
||At31 December2019|207,200|3,196|31o,es9|
|5.|DEBTORS:AMOUNTSFALUNGDUEWTHINONEYEAR||||
||||31/72/20|31/12/19|
||Otherdebtors||I!89|f<br>54,842|
|5.|CREDITORS:AMOUNTSFALUNGDUEWITHINONEYEAR||||
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|ProvisionforFAReplacement||tt]243||]e9|
|MOVEMENTINFUNDS|||||
|||Net|||
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|Unrestricted funds|||||
|Generalfund|413,042|20,004||433,006|
|TOTALFUNDS||20,004||433,006|
|Net movementin funds,includedintheaboveareasfollows:|||||
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|Generalfund|106,103|(86,099)||20,4o4|
|TOTAL FUNDS|||||





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||31,/12/20|31,/12/19|
||f|L|
|INCOMINGRESOURCES|||
|Investtlentincome|||
|Deposit accountinterest|118|122|
|lncomingresourcesfromcharltable activities|||
|Caravan receipts|34,977|48,069|
|Collectionboxes|5,654|6,826|
|Caravansite feedonation|20,000||
|Giftaid|7,149||
|Sundrydonations|20,956|58,767|
|ExeterFoundation|15,637|5,859|
||104,373|1L9,52L|
|Other incomingresources|||
|Gainonsaleof tangible fixedassets|L,612|6,710|
||1,,612|6,710|
|Total incomingresources|106,103|L26,231|
|RESOURCESEXPENDED|||
|Charitableactivities|||
|Caravanrunningcostsand site fees|43,112|59,153|
|Outings||1,135|
|Sponsored event costs|1,535|1.986|
|5undrydonations|6,005|]4,296|
||51,372|82,570|
|Governance costs|||
|Accountancy|||
||400|400|





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||31,/L2/20|3L/L2/\9|
||L|,|
|SuPport costs|||
|Othet|||
|lnsurance|3,788|3,742|
|Office supplies|403|185|
|Repairsandrenewals||299|
|Bank charges|180|252|
|Depreciationofcaravans|29,223|30,416|
|Depreciationof equipmentand fixtures||1,023|
||34,387||
|Totalrcsour€ese)eended|86,099||
|Net income|20,004|7,466|





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|Reportof theTrustees|1|
|IndependentExaminer's Report|2|
|StatementofFinanciaiActivities|3|
|Balance Sheet|4to5|
|Notesto theFinancialStatements|6to8|
|Detailed StatemeotofFinancialActivities|9to10|





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|EX27PF||
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|Mrs GFreeman||
|DGalliford||
|Mrs T Kingdom|rcsigned19/9/2020|
|Alohnson||
|PRoberts|-resigned19/9/2020|
|MrsPStacey|-appointed 8/5/2A21|
|lndependent examiner||
|SPFAccountancyLtd||
|10OaktreePlace||
|MatfordSusiness Park||
|Exeter||
|Devon||
|EX28WA||



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|INCOMINGRESOURCES||||
|Incomingresourcesfromgenerat€dfunds||||
|Investmentincome||118|722|
|lncomingresourcesfromcharitableacaivitiec||||
|General Fundraising||104,313|119,521|
|otherincomingresources||1,,612|6,710|
|Total incomingresources||106,103|126,231|
|RESOURCESEXPENDED||||
|Charitableactivities||||
|General Fundraising||8s,699|178,487|
|Gov€manae costs||400|400|
|Otherresourcesexpended||||
|Totalresourceserqended||86,099|118,887|
|NETINCOMINGRESOURCES||20,004|7,466|
|RECONCII.UTTION OFFUNDS||||
|fo€lfunds broughtforward||4L3,002|405,536|
|TOTAL FUNDSCARRIEDFORWARD||433,006|473,002|





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|Deposit account interest|118|L22|





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|4.|TANGIBLEFTXEDASSETS||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Equipment||
|||Caravans|and fixtures|Totais|
|||L|L|L|
||cosT||||
||Atllanuary2020|372,507|7,300|319,801|
||Additions|49,464||49,464|
||Disposals|(36,713)||(36,713)|
||At 31 December2020|325,198|1,300|332,498|
||DEPRECIATION||||
||AtlJanuary 2020|105,307|3,504|108,811|
||Chargeforyear|29,223|193|30,016|
||Eliminatedondisposal|(22,981)||(22,981)|
||At31 December2020|111,549|4,297|115,846|
||NETBOOK VALUE||||
||At31 December 2020|213,649|3,003|216,652|
||At31 December2019|207,200|3,196|31o,es9|
|5.|DEBTORS:AMOUNTSFALUNGDUEWTHINONEYEAR||||
||||31/72/20|31/12/19|
||Otherdebtors||I!89|f<br>54,842|
|5.|CREDITORS:AMOUNTSFALUNGDUEWITHINONEYEAR||||
||||3U1"2/24|31/!2/19|
||||t|{|
||Other creditors||i41e|z9gq|





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|PROVISIONSFORTIABIUIIES|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||3L/72/2A||37/t2/19|
|ProvisionforFAReplacement||tt]243||]e9|
|MOVEMENTINFUNDS|||||
|||Net|||
||AtU1./20|movementin|Ar 3L/L2/20||
|||funds|||
||f|L||t|
|Unrestricted funds|||||
|Generalfund|413,042|20,004||433,006|
|TOTALFUNDS||20,004||433,006|
|Net movementin funds,includedintheaboveareasfollows:|||||
||Incoming|Resources|Movementin||
||resources|expended||funds|
||t|L||L|
|Unrastict€dfitnds|||||
|Generalfund|106,103|(86,099)||20,4o4|
|TOTAL FUNDS|||||





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||Year Ended|Year Ended|
|---|---|---|
||31,/12/20|31,/12/19|
||f|L|
|INCOMINGRESOURCES|||
|Investtlentincome|||
|Deposit accountinterest|118|122|
|lncomingresourcesfromcharltable activities|||
|Caravan receipts|34,977|48,069|
|Collectionboxes|5,654|6,826|
|Caravansite feedonation|20,000||
|Giftaid|7,149||
|Sundrydonations|20,956|58,767|
|ExeterFoundation|15,637|5,859|
||104,373|1L9,52L|
|Other incomingresources|||
|Gainonsaleof tangible fixedassets|L,612|6,710|
||1,,612|6,710|
|Total incomingresources|106,103|L26,231|
|RESOURCESEXPENDED|||
|Charitableactivities|||
|Caravanrunningcostsand site fees|43,112|59,153|
|Outings||1,135|
|Sponsored event costs|1,535|1.986|
|5undrydonations|6,005|]4,296|
||51,372|82,570|
|Governance costs|||
|Accountancy|||
||400|400|





||Year Ended|Year Ended|
|---|---|---|
||31,/L2/20|3L/L2/\9|
||L|,|
|SuPport costs|||
|Othet|||
|lnsurance|3,788|3,742|
|Office supplies|403|185|
|Repairsandrenewals||299|
|Bank charges|180|252|
|Depreciationofcaravans|29,223|30,416|
|Depreciationof equipmentand fixtures||1,023|
||34,387||
|Totalrcsour€ese)eended|86,099||
|Net income|20,004|7,466|