
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From 1[st] October      2021 Period start date To     30[th] September 2022 Period end date** 

## **Charity name:    Wharfedale General Hospital Cardiac Club** 

**Charity registration number:   1155721** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP<br>reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the<br>purposes of the charity<br>as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|The primary objective of the charity is to provide<br>exercise opportunities aimed at preserving, improving<br>and protecting the health and fitness of people who<br>have had a cardiac event or wish to exercise for<br>preventative reasons by offering a regular exercise<br>regime through the provision of exercise classes<br>supervised by professionally qualified instructors.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to<br>those purposes for the<br>public benefit, in<br>particular, the activities,<br>projects or services<br>identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17<br>and 1.19|1. Two exercise classes are provided on every<br>Monday and Thursday evening (save for Bank<br>Holidays).<br>2. Membership of the charity (which allows<br>participation in exercise classes) is open to all<br>members of the public who have experienced cardiac<br>events and/or cardiac surgery or wish to exercise for<br>preventative reasons in order to help protect and<br>improve their health and assist with their rehabilitation<br>and general fitness, providing they are suitable to<br>undertake such exercise, which is normally checked<br>by referral from a health specialist (e.g. their GP) or<br>through referral from a rehabilitation programme such<br>as “Phase 3” Cardiac Rehabilitation.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees<br>have had regard to the<br>guidance issued by the<br>Charity Commission on<br>public benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees confirm that, in all matters relating to the<br>Wharfedale General Hospital Cardiac Club they have<br>had due regard to the guidance issued by the Charity<br>Commission.|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

||<br>SORP<br>reference||
|---|---|---|
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|Not applicable|
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38|Not applicable|
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|Serving as Trustees and/or members of the<br>management committee.|
|Other||Not applicable|





## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|1. Restarting live exercise sessions following<br>restrictions connected with Covid-19.<br>2. Continued provision of four evening<br>exercise sessions per week under continued<br>infection control procedures agreed with the<br>management of the hospital within which the<br>Club’s exercise classes take place.<br>3. Providing live exercise classes via Zoom<br>lead by a professional instructor during a<br>period of months when the normal gym<br>instructor for Monday classes was not<br>available.|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

|**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**|
|---|---|---|
|You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|||
|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41|All activities are designed to fulfil the primary<br>objectives of the charity as set out above<br>and these have been met as set out above.|
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41|The main source of income are the fees<br>which members pay for participating in each<br>exercise class. Reduced attendances<br>following Covid have meant that fees<br>received were not sufficient to break even<br>and consequently a deficit was recorded for<br>the year ended 30thSeptember 2022.|
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41|Not applicable|



## **Financial Review** 

|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the<br>end of the period|Para 1.21|The deficit for the year ended 30thSeptember 2022<br>was due to reduced attendances at exercise classes<br>following Covid.<br>Whilst the charity remains solvent, reserves are only<br>sufficient to support the charity for perhaps two<br>years without further input of funds. At the time of<br>this report (November 2022), the Trustees are<br>working on various applications for grants, which if<br>successful, will secure the longer-term future of the<br>charity.|
|---|---|---|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Reserves are held to cover potential deficits – see<br>Para 1.21 above.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£6570 as at 30thSeptember 2022|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|Not applicable|
|Details of fund materially<br>in deficit|Para 1.24|Not applicable|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a<br>going concern|Para 1.23|Not applicable|





## **Additional information (optional)** 

|**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**|
|---|---|---|
|You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|||
|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds<br>(including any<br>fundraising)|Para 1.47|Whilst occasional one-off, unsolicited donations are<br>received from members and others, the main source<br>of funds are the payments made by members for<br>participating in exercise sessions.|
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46|There is no policy|
|A description of the<br>principal risks facing the<br>charity|Para 1.46|1. Reduced attendances resulting from the impact of<br>Covid 19 resulting in annual deficits.<br>2. The charity uses a gym at a local hospital to<br>conduct exercise. This is entirely at the discretion of<br>the hospital management.|



## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|Election at the Annual General Meeting with<br>the power to co-opt additional Trustees up to<br>a maximum of twelve.<br>One third of Trustees retire by rotation at<br>each Annual General Meeting.|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

Policies and procedures Para 1.51 adopted for the induction and training of trustees The charity’s organisational Para 1.51 structure and any wider network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties 

## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Wharfedale General Hospital Cardiac Club|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|Wharfedale Cardiac Club|
|Registered charity number|1155721|
|Charity’s principal address|c/o Physiotherapy Unit,<br>Wharfedale Hospital<br>Newall Carr Road<br>LS21 2LY|





## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**<br>**whole year**|**Name of person (or**<br>**body) entitled to appoint**<br>**trustee (if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||David Farrow|Chair/Secretary|||
||Benjamin Jordan|Treasurer|||
||Judith Davies|Membership Secretary|||
||John Hammond|Trustee|||



Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** None 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** None 

## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets None held in this capacity Name and objects of the None charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for Not applicable safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

**Type of Name Address adviser** None 

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

None 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **None** 

## **Other optional information** 

None 



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