**Trustees' Annual Report for the period** **To** Period start date Period end date 1 Jan 2024 31 Dec 2024 **From** ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** Bryn Residents Action Group **Other names charity is known by** BRAG **Registered charity number (if any)** 1158947 **Charity's principal address** 5 Bryn Varteg, Bryn, Port Talbot **Postcode SA13 2RJ** ~~——~~ **Registered charity number (if any)** 1158947 ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** ||**Trustee name**|**Office(if any)**|**Dates acted if not for wholeyear**| |---|---|---|---| |1 Paul Bulmer|1 Paul Bulmer|Chair|NA| |2 Daf|2 Dafydd Bowen||NA| |3 John Thomas|3 John Thomas||Resigned as trustee in September 2024| |4 Dianne Thomas|4 Dianne Thomas||Resigned as trustee in September 2024| |5 James Sullivan|5 James Sullivan||NA| |6 Phil Mor|6 Phil Morgan||NA| **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address** Bank Lloyds 115 Station Road, Port Talbot, SA13 1NR ~~——_———~~ **TAR** March **2012** 1 **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Constitution- adopted 23[rd] October 2013 Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Trustees are elected from and by the members of BRAG during the Trustee selection methods Annual General Meeting. (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** • BRAG are members of Neath Port Talbot Council for Voluntary Service (NPT CVS) and have access to roles and responsibilities information via the website. They also receive regular news bulletins. **TAR** March **2012** 2 ## **Section C Objectives and activities** |**Summary of the objects of the**
**charity set out in its**
**governing document**
**Summary of the main**
**activities undertaken for the**
**public benefit in relation to**
**these objects**|The objects of BRAG are:
The promotion for the benefit of the public of urban or rural regeneration
in areas of social and economic deprivation (and in particular in the
village of Bryn) by all or any of the following means:
(a) the maintenance, improvement or provision of public amenities:
(b) the preservation of buildings or sites of historic or architectural
importance:
(c) the provision of recreational facilities for the public at large or those
who by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, financial
hardship or social and economic circumstances, have need of such
facilities:
(d) the protection or conservation of the environment:
(e) the promotion of public safety and prevention of crime:
(f) Such other means as may from time to time be determined subject to
the prior written consent of the Charity Commissioners for England and
Wales."| |---|---| ||Using a grant from the Big Lottery, we obtained a 25yr lease from NPT
Council for the derelict Tennis Courts area on Bryn Recreation Ground.
During 2023, we maintained these grounds, arranged the annual safety
inspection and organised activities to make full use of these facilities.
Having established a 4-mileHeritage Walk at the edge of the village,
starting in the Bryn Nature reserve picnic area and returning to this point.
The path has been kept clear of fallen trees, undergrowth etc. Further
stones had to be laid in sections to bridge steams and bogs and drainage
ditches dug by hand. Way markers and signage have been maintained or
replaced as required. All this work was undertaken by voluntary members
of BRAG. The route continues to be maintained on a monthly basis.
BRAG also maintains a picnic area and miners memorial located at the
start of this walk.
In the past, we undertook a number of one off activities such as installing
a memorial to the memory of local miners and organising the official
opening of this. The old coal dram rescued from the school closure the
year before was used as part of this memorial. We continue to maintain
this memorial site.
We organise the Beast of Bryn Trail run each year, which bring over 500
runners to the village to take part in this charity run.
We manage the running of the Village Community centre for the village.
Other activities include:
•
Helping with the running of the Richard Burton Race, attracting
over three thousand runners and raising money for local charities.| **TAR** March **2012** 3 - Support of social clubs in the village such as a Heritage Club, an over 50’s club, a Bowling Club, a Cricket Team, The Bryn Ukraine Aid group, etc. - Community events such as a Halloween Party, a Christmas Event and an annual Party in the Park. - We also produce run a village website and social media groups. - • Maintaining flower boxes at the entrance to the village from both directions and at the Cenotaph. - Organising the remembrance service at the Cenotaph each year. In planning and delivering all the individual activities and plans for the year the Trustees have considered and had regard to the Public Benefit guidance issued by the Charity Commission. **TAR** March **2012** 4 Section D Achievements and performance **Summary of the main** We have also worked with other organisations to help deliver many other **achievements of the charity** activities for the village such as monthly walks. **during the year** We have worked alongside Afan Environment group to help protect the environment in the surrounding area. We were unable to deliver the village newsletter due to Covid restrictions but it appears that most of the village are now happy to receive information via the website, social media and the community centre notice board. We continue to develop the village website at https://brynporttalbot.wordpress.com/ We delivered children’s events for Easter, Summer, Halloween and Christmas. We had initially installed a Trim Trail in the park and maintained this each year. However, it had reached the point where it needed to be completely replaced. In 2024 we obtained a £10,000 grant from the Lottery Community Fund, which enabled us to do this. A summary of the years events can be found on the website at https://brynporttalbot.wordpress.com/2025/01/26/brag-in-2024/ ## **Section E Financial review** The trustees have considered a reserves policy and felt it is necessary to **Brief statement of the** keep £5,000 to cover any potential damage to assets such as tennis **charity’s policy on reserves** court nets and to sustain BRAG through any short-term drought in grant funding. £5000 would cover running costs such as insurance, lease rents, printing, etc. for about two years. ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** • The organisation had good funding from the Beast of Bryn 2022 event resulting in a £2,000 improvement in our account balance over the year. However, the company managing the race, Run Afan, ceased trading after the 2023 event and failed to pay BRAG the money they took for the event. BRAG took on the full organisation of the Beast in 2024 but did have to purchase many items of equipment that had previously been supplied by Run Afan. After obtaining a government levelling up grant for £7,000 we were able to continue to run the event having made many one off purchases from the grant, which will not be required in 2025. **TAR** March **2012** 5 ## **Section F Other optional information** In future years, we intend to continue the regular activities as listed in this report including: - Introduce Sports coaching on the village playing fields - Organise the annual events such as Beast of Bryn, Party in the Park, Halloween, Christmas, etc. - Work with other groups to deliver sports, protect the environment, deliver supervised walks, etc. - Protect and publicise the local heritage of the area. ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** Dafydd Bowen **Signature(s)** Paul Bulmer (hand written signatures on hard copy in BRAG files) Dafydd Bowen **Full name(s)**[Paul Bulmer ] **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Trustee & Chair Trustee **etc)** Phil Morgan **Signature(s)**[James Sullivan ] James Sullivan Phil Morgan **Full name(s Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Trustee Trustee **etc Date** 12/04/2025 **TAR** March **2012** 6 |**01/01/2024**
**Section A Receipts and payments**
**Bryn Residents Action Group (CIO)**
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**1158947**
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**1158947**
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**Bryn Residents Action Group (CIO)**
**1158947**
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**Bryn Residents Action Group (CIO)**
**1158947**
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**Bryn Residents Action Group (CIO)**
**1158947**
**CC16a**
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**Bryn Residents Action Group (CIO)**
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**funds**|||||**Total funds**|||**Last year**|| ||||**to the nearest**|**to the nearest**
**£**||||**to the nearest £**||||**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**||||**to the nearest £**|||**to the nearest £**|| |**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||||||||||||| |Donation from Richard Burton 10k|||||**297**|**297**||||||||||||**297**|**297**||**259**| |Sponsorship donations received|||||**450**|**450**||||||||||||**450**|**450**||**-00**| |Halloween net receipts|||||**172**|**172**||||||||||||**172**|**172**||**120**| |Christmas event net receipts|||||**345**|**345**|||||||||||||||| |Pitch fees|||||**75**|**75**||||||||||||**75**|**75**||**-00**| |Bryn Residents Act|||||||||**75**||**75**||||||||||| |Community Fund Grant|||||**10,000**|**10,000**|||||||||||**10,000**|**10,000**|**10,000**||| |Grants received|||||**6,999**|**6,999**||||||||||||**6,999**|**6,999**|**2,100**|| |Race receipts|||||**8,530**|**8,530**||||||||||||**8,530**|**8,530**||**-00**| |Deposit return (barriers for race)|||||**300**|**300**||||||||||||**300**|**300**||**200**| |Refund (bouncy castle)|||||**30**|**30**||||||||||||**30**|**30**||**25**| |Adexa refund from storage boxes|||||**25**|**25**||||||||||||**25**|**25**||**38**| |Greenwood Moreland insurance refund|||||**36**|**36**||||||||||||**36**|**36**||**338**| |Just giving and other donations|||||**12**|**12**||||||||||||**12**|**12**||**114**| |Interest earned from deposit account|||||**259**|**259**||||||||||||**259**|**259**||**110**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|_(Gross income for AR)_||||**27,530**|**27,530**|||**75**||**75**|||**-00**||**-00**|**27,185**|**27,185**|**27,185**|**3,304**|| |**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).**
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**75**
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**27,605**
**3,304**
————~~——~~|||||||||||||||||||||| |**A3 Payments**|||||||||||||||||||||| |Insurance costs|||||**362**||||||||||||**362**|**362**||**284**|| |Race running costs|||||**12,927**||||||||||||**12,927**|||**32**|**32**| |Replacement trim trail play area|||||**9,935**||||||||||||**9,935**|**9,935**|||| |Repairs and maintenance|||||**1,413**||||||||||||**1,413**|**1,413**|||| |Website|||||**72**||||||||||||**72**|**72**||**60**|**60**| |Stationery/computer supplies|||||**152**||||||||||||**152**|**152**||**32**|**32**| |Tools|||||**1,206**||||||||||||**1,206**|**1,206**|||| |Safety inspections|||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**||**78**|**78**| |Cost of netball posts|||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**||**138**|| |Halloween party costs|||||**160**||||||||||||**160**|**160**||**110**|| |Wreath for Remembrance Day|||||**25**||||||||||||**25**|**25**|||| |Donations to local charities|||||**250**||||||||||||**250**|**250**|||| |Christmas party costs|||||**160**||||||||||||**160**|**160**||**110**|| |Christmas Tree costs|||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**||**83**|**83**| |Rent|||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**||**90**|**90**| |Bryn Residents Act|||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**||**75**|**75**| |Support for Ukraine|||||||||||||||||**-**|**-**||**85**|**85**| ||||||||||||||||||||||| |||**_Sub total_**|||**26,662**|**26,662**|||**-**|**-**|**-**||||||**26,662**|||**1,177**|| **A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - -** ES **----- Start of picture text -----**
|||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |-|-|-| |Sub total|-|-|-|-| |———————|Total payments|26,662|-|-|26,662|1,177| |Net of receipts/(payments)|868|75|943|2,127| |A5 Transfers between funds| |A6 Cash funds last year end|16,063|646|16,709|14,582| |Cash funds this year end|==|16,931|721|17,652|16,709| |Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period| |Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment| |Categories|Details|funds|funds|funds| |to nearest £|to nearest £|to nearest £| |B1 Cash funds|Bank and cash|16,931|721| |Total cash funds|16,931|721| |SSS ES| |(agree balances with receipts and payments| |account(s))|OK|OK|OK| |Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment| |funds|funds|funds| |Details|to nearest £|to nearest £|to nearest £| |B2 Other monetary assets|SS|>| |Fund to which|Current value| |Details|asset belongs|Cost (optional)|(optional)| |B3 Investment assets|——| |Fund to which|Current value| |Details|asset belongs|Cost (optional)|(optional)| |B4 Assets retained for the charity’s| |own use| |S$| |Fund to which|Amount due|When due| |Details|liability relates|(optional)|(optional)| |B5 Liabilities|SSS ES| |Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the| |trustees|Signature|Print Name|Date of approval| |Paul Bulmer|25/05/2025| |James Sullivan|25/05/2025| |SS|—_—|—| **----- End of picture text -----**
Report to the Trustees and Members of Bryn Residents Action Group Charities in England and Wales are regulated by the Charity Commission for England and Wales and are subject to the requirements set by the Charities Act 1993. Under section 43 of the Charities Act 1993 an audit for a financial year is required if the: charity’s gross income in that year exceeds £500,000, or aggregate value of the charity’s assets, without deducting any liabilities, exceeds £3.26m and its gross income exceeds £250,000. Charities which are not required to have an audit of their accounts are required to have an independent examination if their gross income exceeds £25,000. In addition for charities with gross income exceeding £250,000 the independent examiner will need to hold a relevant professional qualification. For 2024 Bryn Residents Action Group are required to undertake an independent examination as its gross income is over £25,000 As Bryn Residents Action Group gross income is less than £500,000 and there are no assets the charity is not required to carry out an audit as required by the Companies Act 2006. ## **Terry Filer FCCA** **26-Mar-25** CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examlner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Bryn Residents Action Group On accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024 Charity no (If any) 1158947 Set out on pages 1 to10 I report to the trustees on my examinatlon of the accounts of the above charity {'the Trust.) for the year ended 31112 12024. Responslbllltles and As the charity trustees of the Twst, you are responsible for the preparation basls of report of the accounts in accordance with the requlrements of the Charltles Act 2011 {'the Act.). I report In respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under sectlon 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examlnation, I have followed tha applicable Dlrectlons given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. I have completed my examlnation. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below.) In connection with the examination which gives me cause to belleve that In, any material respect: accounting records were not kept In accordance wlth section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord wlth the accounting records Independent examlnerfs statement I have no concems and have come across no other matters In connectlon with the examlnation to whlch attention should be drawn In order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in thg bTrckets if they do not apply. Slgned: Date: 30 September 2025 Name: Rob Cole Relevant professlonal quallflcatlon(s) or body (If any): Assoclatlon of Chartered Certified Accountants Address: Office 2 Llynfi Enterprise Centre. Heol Ty Gwyn Industrial Estate, Ma8Steg, CF34 OBQ IER October 2018