## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 01 April 2024 Period start date. To 31 March 2025 Period end date.**
## **Charity name: The Epee Club Charitable Fund**
## **Charity registration number:1159346**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The promotion of the Olympic sport of fencing
through financial assistance.|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|The Charity’s main activity is grant-making and
the provision of financial assistance to promote
the sport of fencing, in particular epee fencing.|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The Charity Trustees have had regard to the
guidance on public benefit issued by the
Charity Commission when exercising any
powers or duties to which the guidance was
relevant.|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|As guided by the constitution and relevant
Policy documents.|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|As guided by the constitution and relevant
Policy documents.|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|As guided by the constitution and relevant
Policy documents.|
|Other|||
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|The Charity has confirmed with British
Fencing (BF) our continued support
up to and beyond the completion of the
Paris Olympic cycle (August 2024).
A payment of £25,600 was made to British
Fencing to conclude the support for the
Paris cycle. Some over-run of claims may
be expected.
The Charity has continued its work in
providing funding throughout the financial
period to support GB Epee coach
development along with travel expenses for
team coaches to travel to World Cup
events to support our fencers directly and
World Cup Entries for Senior Epee Teams
in 2024
Following the completion of the Paris
Olympic cycle the charity, along with BF,
has decided to concentrate its use of funds
by focusing our support for British epee
fencing on coaching development.
This will include domestic training camps -
hall rental - coaches and equipment hire.
Epee Coach Development Courses (L2-L3,
L3– L4).
The Charity demonstrated its support for
athletes who required hardship funding by
making an award of £2000 to Cador
Beautyman, whose family circumstances
had significantly changed.
The outcome of which was Cador was a
member of the Junior Men’s Epée team
that won the Gold Medal in the Junior
Men’s Epée team event at the European
Championships in Antalya on Monday 3rd
March 2025. The first team in British
Fencing history to win a major
championship.|
## **Additional information (optional)**
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|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The Charity is in good financial health with
zero liabilities|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The Charity maintains a level of reserves to
service its completion of support for its work in
providing funding throughout the financial
period to support GB Epee coach development
along with travel expenses for team coaches to
travel to World Cup events to support our
fencers directly and World Cup Entries for
Senior Epee Teams in 2024-25|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|50%|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|N/A|
|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
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|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Epee Club Members|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|As guided by the constitution and relevant
Policy documents.|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
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trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Appointed by the Epee Club|
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|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|The Epee Club Charitable Fund|
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|Other name the charity uses|ECCF|
|Registered charity number|1159346|
|Charity’s principal address|58 Blaisdon, Yate, Bristol. BS378TJ|
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
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**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
|**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (e.g. Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|R. W. Brooks|Lawrence Burr|
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||Robert William Brooks|Lawrence Burr|
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Administrator, Trustee|Trustee|
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**Charity Name No (if any) The Epee Club Charitable Fund 1159346 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01 April 2024 31 March 2025 ~~rr~~
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
|||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**|**Restricted**||**Endowment**
**funds**|**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**||
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**£**|**to the nearest**|**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**|
||**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||||
||Donations|**2,240**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**2,240**||**2,210**||
||HMRC Gift Aid|**564**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**564**||**557**||
|||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||||**-**|**-**|
|||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||||**-**|**-**|
|||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|
|||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|
|||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|
|||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|
||**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**2,804**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**2,804**||**2,767**||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
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**-**
**-**
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**_Total receipts_**
**2,804**
**-**
**-**
**2,804**
**2,767**
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||**A3 Payments**|||||||||||||
||Epee Club Cup|||||||||**-**||**1,000**||
||British Fencing|**25,600**||||||||**25,600**||**-**|**-**|
||Mrs S E Beatyman,Hardship grant.|**2,000**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**2,000**||**-**|**-**|
|||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|
|||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|
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_**Sub total**_ **[ 27,600 ] - - 27,600 1,000**
**A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - - - -** _**Sub total**_ **[ - ] - - - -** ~~—~~ _**Total payments**_ ~~——=—~~ **27,600 - - 27,600 1,000** _**Net of receipts/(payments)**_ **- 24,796 - - - 24,796 1,767 A5 Transfers between funds - - - - - A6 Cash funds last year end - - - - -** _**Cash funds this year end**_ ~~SS~~ **- 24,796 -** ~~SS~~ **- - 24,796** ~~=~~ **1,767**
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
R. W. Brooks
**Details**
**Details**
Held at bank
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**53,113**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**53,113**
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Agreement Error
OK
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**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
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**-**
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**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
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Print Name
Robert William Brooks|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
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||R. W. Brooks|Robert William Brooks|12/08/2025|
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