2024-07-31-accounts

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the truste881 members of c.iar l j Nar.e The Carriage Foundation On accounts for the year ended 31 July 2024 Charity no (If any) 1162356 Set out on pages Independent Examiners Report~ 1 ER to 2ER Trustees, Annual Report - TAR1 to TAR5 Receipts and payments ac¢ounts - SS1 to SS2 (renie￿ bei lo ncluts> tm page of adOdion81 sheotsTr I report to the Irustees on my examination of the accounts of the above chanty ("the Trust.) for the year ended 3110712024. R8sponsibilities and basls of report As the charity's trustees. you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Chanties Act 2011 ('the Act.). I report in resped of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under $e¢tion 145 ofthe 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 1495)(b) of the Act. Independent I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have axaminar's statement come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below ') which gives me cause to believe that in, any material resp8d.' the accounting records were not kept in aCcOrda￿e wth $e¢tion 130 of the Charrties Act.. or Ihe accounts did not accord Y￿th the accounting records.. or the accounts did not ¢omply with the applicable requirements Gonceming the fom and content of accounts set out in the Charities {A¢counts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair. view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no GOn￿rnS and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should te drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounls to be reached. Please delete the words in the br8ck8ts rfthey do not apply. Signed: Date: i& Name: l M Hayes Relevant professional qualification{sl or body (if any): FCA Address: Mills & Black. Derwent House IER Oct 2018

141-145 Dale Road. Mallock Derbyshire. DE4 3LU Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32. Independent examinth'on of charity accounts: directions aThJ guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER Oct 2018

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES The cAR￿AGE UNDA Recei tsand ments accounts CC16a from 1.8.23 To 31.7.24 Section A Receipts and payments Unr85trict•d Rntn"¢teql Endowrnent lund8 funds fitnd$ toth• £ tyth• n•Jr••t£ to tt• wirt£ toth• r4•t£ Tot•1 fund8 Last year A1 Recel t• Skndy Tows SbJdy Dw8 Subsciipb'ffis Grants and (A)￿0￿8 HMRC GIft￿d Pu￿￿alK)n8 COIF Interosl tothD nMr•tst 649 2,319 1.476 1.$35 370 137 370 137 254 75 ARJ 6Q812 6Q812 9.439 In Ige tsble . Total ,812 A3Pa mon Study Tow8 Study Days Fèes Publlc4bms Calrfa es ol Brtt•n Project Cffttry 0￿[ 2.1 It2 471 1034 Sub total A4 A••t and InvMtm•nt Sub total 69.880 9.330 Net of recelpts/(paymants) A6 Transfers b•tween funds Afj Cash lunds last year end Cash funds thiTS year8nd 1,068 110 5,352 42 5.352 CCXX Rl a¢fX)unts ISSI 2￿05rd025

ection B Slateii)eiil of assets aiid liat)Ililies at the end of the period Unrostrfei•d Fle¥tr6rted enaowment nd• o￿a.1$ fur 14TI¥ B4 A•••l¥ rntsln•d forth• ¢hirfty'• +y•n u•• Arn CYXR2 •CfWtt IS81

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES Trustees, Annual Report for the period From: 1 August 2023 Perlod start dats Charity name: THE CARRIAGE FOUNDATION Charity registration number." 1162356 To: 31st July 2024 Period end date Objectives and Activities SORP Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in goveming document Para 1.17 ofthe charity are... a) com￿"11n9, rftaintaining and publlshiN4 an onlh)e datsbasg oJntsinkn9 a dth.led h.st of histo￿ trKffse dravm oriage8 th81 aro KJ acc8wbl• aTrJ private thrOU￿Out the UK., Summary of the main thiti'es in relalK>n to those PUfP)ses for the public beneftt. in particular, the a¢ts"vitw, proiects or Se￿[ceS idenb'fied in the accounts, statement confiming whether the trust￿$ have regard to the guidance issued by the Chanty Commission on wblic benefit Publishin at1ides. l)c*)ks and booklets on horstr-drawn carri . th& event$ pmgrnmme i¥ a¥•￿b]e to a Para 1.17 arnl 1.19 e8. . ed￿1￿￿ outreath is ￿[rIed out through Stuty Days and Para 1.18 Th¥ Twst•tss confirm that th•y havo relen￿ to the Charity Chanlls arn and ctiwANes and have taken regard of rt8 Addltlonal informatlon (optlonal) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about SORP r8ferEn Pgrn 1.38 Polbcy on gfant makiTrJ Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contn'bution ffode by vdunteers Parn 1.&1 foundation. .uk. This has resulled in a sut6tanbal arT￿nI ofinformakni b￿.[￿ ma(le avarlable in the public further develop the I￿ ofuych builder3 and 8ssoctated trades. relat&J malters. Other romotin SORP rBf8reN

Achievements and Perfonnance Summary of the main achEvements ofthe charty. Kjentifying the drfferen￿ the ehanty's work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a ￿Ole. Para 1.20 O¥erthè pa£t 12 CaThiage Foundation has organS$èd a S￿¢ty Tour to Wltshire arKI SrTherset to V￿ carriage colthons and museum$ as weN 88 a st￿ Day based in the Leicestershire MuseLwn Coll￿•￿5 siies. The ft￿nthlY talks and dis(￿$S1on$ via Zoom ha￿ (>ntin￿l throUgh(￿rt Autumn and Winter nK)nlh8 and have wntacts as weil as raising the profde of The Cam4e Foundation. We have provided speakers to dtslNer I￿kS to histoitd grow and Y4xIet￿ and provhled guided tours of The thanty's Tru8te8s have rA)nb"niJed to work dosely Mth muSeLM￿ other organwl%)n8 to assi31 with (k￿Ments￿.0n and public ￿N￿rieS. Mus8￿￿% n(yw 5snd enquiii86 diredy to us to re8p)nd to and we have I￿rking dosely vrith museum slaff not just in the UK trJt worfdwlde. Museum slaff conbnue to expand their thwr ￿re. Sijbwpkns to The CaThlage FWnd8tl￿ remain steady. This has been acwed thmuth fv wobsrte and the dedicated Facebook lit% illl.Tr'.qv 13c.ehook coiiillhecé.r"'aqefou!!GBI,'ui?l as well as Fe￿ from other coiintn'es who are taking an athe inlerest in the work ol Ihts Chanty hdpwig 08mond tr Th& Criage FoundatTh's first major publrati'on'The A to Z of Cam&Jes' ￿nI￿￿e$ aThJ has be￿ ￿11 rei¥Ned. Plans are ntyv set in Pl￿ kn W￿lSh a sénes of in ath11￿n to tho 's txannU￿ ￿tI￿ation Th Ti Addltlonal Informatlon (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant aboirt.. The fwr key Obj￿rIeS jentI￿ for progre$8kA) ift 202W24 have be￿ devebwj as folhjws:. ACh￿leMents against obpthes sel P•rn 1.41 1 lo set UP 8 r8soiiir8 rooftVs81e storage Fty. Carria9e Foundation o)ntinues to axplorè Selting up o room lh￿r O￿leCtI)n8 ¢nto Thè Natlonal Arthive. This indud&s the Sedan Chair Archive, an oxtonsiva colle¢tion of Materi￿ that Worw lo the late Stephen Loft-simson. an 1ntemati0nal￿ rw)wned 8ypert ￿ Sth Ch￿rg. that was fted to Th& Carwiage FOundatiC￿ in 21f23. Th& Carrlago Fwnthab￿ has ten insiTU￿nIal in s￿ring, for the nabon, ￿ aYclMe of intemational signifu￿e rdalkig to the Jath bJild8r Holmè8 ol Derby. This archwe is now In the Ca￿ ol the D￿ShIre Reclird Office. 2. F￿draiSIn .' to exp8fxJ8ThIin￿￿￿ ourfuTrJrni&ing actwths It is anticipated that th8sè will tr￿rne active during 2024125. Th& rrK)nthly Zoom sessions will rosun in O¢totÈi and rwrding rjroxj￿ted afterwards to 8 WKler audience. CoaclvnakeTr of Bnfain prq6cts. The Carriage Founda1￿ is heavily invofved in ￿earch projects wth the Leicestershire Museum and the Royal CorEhwal Museum wilh rds to the 18" centu es in th￿"r eare. There has bean an irvea6e In the number of Intemab"tsnal rnembers erthe re[￿n9 as t￿11 as the wmtr of Facthk regular performan￿ of fundraising aCtivit￿S against obJectives set Para 1.41 Some donati￿ been ￿pied during the year. but a tsrgeted grant a￿￿￿11￿ specific woiects is besng dèveloped by the Prqf£t arKI wim be impr￿n￿j On￿ Furthisir ment sV￿cOmMIttee is in lace.

Investment performan ainst o Paro 1.41 Other Financial Review Review of the charty's financial itK)n at the end of the Statement explaining the Policy for holding reseNe5 Stats'ng why the are held Amount of reserves held Reasons for holding zero Pwa121 The Charity has (£inued to operate ￿ a breakeven basls. The Chanty cons￿er$ rt prudent to ￿taIn sufficient reseNes to cover rts annual operational costs. A Reserve Fund of £2.5(KJ is therefore held in a CCLA COIF De it Fund. £2.500 NIA P4v8 1.22 Parnlf2 Para 1.22 Detsils of knnd materially in deficit ExplanatK•n of any urwiaintEs about the charity c¥m￿"nU￿￿ as a going con￿rn Parn 1.24 WA Paw8 123 Twstees are aJare ttAt there * a reliance on income from Ihe subscnptKin base and is t1Wefc￿e seeknng to raise specthc funding from ¢hantable trusts to enable new projects to be deve Addltlonal infornlatlon (optional) You ma choose to indude further slatements wthere relevant about.. The charity's principal sources of funds lincluding any PaN1A7 Principal sources of fvnding are subscTipts'ons, Gfft Aid, Stuty fijndraisin Day fees. donations and grants. Investrn8nt poltcy and obJeC￿S including any soclal investn￿l ado ted A d8SCriPtK)n of the principal ri$k8 facing the charity P•rn 1.46 p￿1.46 and assesses the following risks.. Fln•ncial {¢ash and worklng captsll., OpeY•llon•l (bu&ness L¥)nts'nuty. 1068 or wolonged absence of key pefsonnell, Strat•glclgov0rnanc• Isucttisw pknning: ongoNw o)mpliance 7Mth Ct Commission regul*onslchaTty law).. Reputstlonal (risk of being associated with unsuitable or failed projects} The Trust￿ o)ntinue to hold their meelings on a hybrid basis lo enable Part￿lpa￿.0n both in person and via electroni¢ rrnans {in accordan￿ wth the Ch¥ity's goveming dcrf)j￿nt). The Trustees remain ot the (pinK)n that the charity will LThtinue as a g(Mng Co￿eM for the next 12 rMnths on a break-even bas￿. Other Structure. Governance and Mana Descr￿1 tion of cha 's trusts.. Type of goveming document ement Para 1.25 Constitution How is the charity constltuted? Para 1.25 cio

TNstee selection methods induding deta'is of any constitutional provi&on$ e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entr.lled to app)int one or trustees Para 1.25 Apart from the first thanty tnJees. every tsustee must ￿ appointed for a le￿￿ (to be by Ihe trustees) by a re￿lUtiOn passed at a In the apwntrnent of new trustees. a Fotsnb"al nominee is invited to attend at least tr￿￿ meetw oftrustees as an'ObseNetr. This iliates a ￿Trway [￿￿TS5 ena￿Ing l)oth ihe Obsrn arKI existing twustees to more al)￿rt ther befor& any appcnthxnt is forM￿lsed. indud*s informaknn 8boul The Carrlagè Fwndation, a copy of the Consbtulion of Ihe Charitable In￿rporated Organisakn"m, the latest Essentsal Tru5tee'. hB8 been made. Addltlonal Inforniatlon {optlonal) You ma choose to include further statements where relevant about". Policies and procedures adopted for the inductKffi and Parn 1.51 training of Iruslees The chanty's OrganisatK￿al structure and any wider netsvo with which the charity works Para 1.51 Relalb)n$hip with any related Para 1.51 Reference and Administrative details Charit name Other name ts cha istered charit number Charity's pnncipal address The Carriage FOunda￿n 1162356 The Cairtage Foundation Red House Stables Cmd Roaj Oadey Dale MaUock shire DE4 2ER Names of the charlty tru$teos who manage the charity Tru8t•• nam• Offic• {If any) Dates act•d if not for wholo Chairm Name of person lor body) enlitlod to a int trust•0 cO￿n HeTrJer3 Ifan Amy Bracey Prciect Curator Alastair Gordon Andr￿ Dertryshire Medina Dicks

wa$ Name of trustees hoJ th to Funds hold a8 Custodlan trusto08 on bghalf of others . Descript￿Jn of lh¢ 8•8ti2 tie￿ in iiws Name ¢￿ets ol IM Chwty whose behamthe a¥•ts ar• lld ¥#1 how thlg fau$ wilhin th¢￿tC41VaTr chan Detad5 01 arr¥ngwwnt• ts lats tyJstr• , d 4gr•gatK)n dsuL from .' charity's ry•m 88sets Addlllonl Informth lopdon•ll Nam•s and addr•u•• of advlws I1rf￿￿kn Addrn•s 141.14S D Roaf. klalbx DE4 &U Emminer ,'P£cwnlants Nam• olchhl •x•CUt￿• ov nmM ￿ ••nkn •laff m•mlJ•rn IOptlon•l InfrMm*tlonl Ex•mptton8 from d18c1￿Ule Reason for n￿d￿￿o$u￿ of ke nddth Other o tional inforniation Declarath)n8 S￿n•d on b•h•if otth• ch•rfty'• tru•t••s SIgTha￿￿¢$) Full nam•(•) Positlon l•q S•cr•tary• Chalr. •tcl D•t•