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|||||SORP reference||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Summary|ofthe purposes||of||To provide grants and donations<br>for such|||
|the charity as set out||in its|||charitable<br>purposes<br>for the public benefit||in|
|governing|document||||Baldock and the surrounding|area as are||
||||||exclusively<br>charitable<br>according to the laws|||
||||||of England<br>and Wales as the|trustees<br>may||
||||||from time to time determine.|||
|Summary<br>activities|of the main<br>in relation to those|||Para 1.17and<br>1.19|The charities<br>main fund-raising<br>consist ofthe running<br>ofbeer|activities<br> festivals and||
|purposes|for the public||||associated events ofvarying|sizes and||
|benefit,<br>in particular,||the|||formats<br>in Baldock.|||
|activities,|projects or|||||||
|services identified<br>in||the||||||
|accounts.||||||||
|Statement|confirming|||Para 1.18|The trustees are fully aware ofthe Charity|||
|whether the trustees||have|||Commission<br>guidance<br>on public benefit and|||
|had regard to the guidance|||||the charities Objects (as stated above),|||
|issued<br>by|the Charity||||fully reflect this understanding.|||
|Commission<br>on public||||||||
|benefit||||||||






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||||SORP reference||
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|||||The charity and the events<br>it organises are|
|||||entirely<br>run by unpaid trustees/volunteers.|
|||||Ordinarily<br>events are run each year and|
|Summary<br>of the main<br>achievements<br>ofthe charity,|||Para 1.20|surpluses<br>are generated<br>which are<br>allocated as the trustees see fit to either:|
|identifying|the|difference the||Reserves, General (donation)<br>Fund or|
|charity's|work|has made to||Hardship<br>(donation)<br>Fund. Each year the|
|the circumstances<br>of its||||trustees<br>make donations/grants<br>to other|
|beneficiaries<br>and any wider||||charities,<br>unfunded/funded<br>community|
|benefits to society as a||||groups/organisations<br>as the trustees see fit.|
|whole.||||Each year the trustees also receive|
|||||requests for donations/grants<br>from other|
|||||organisations/groups<br>and the trustees|
|||||make such grants as they see fit. The trust|
|||||has made such donations/grants<br>in every|
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|||||The charity does not set formal|objectives|objectives|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||on an annual<br>basis but does seek||to|
|Achievements||against|Para 1.41|achieve a certain level offinancial||surplus|
|objectives set||||on its events to ensure that<br>it can make<br>donations/grants<br>on an annual<br>basis. Each|||
|||||event is considered<br>separately.|||
|Performance<br>offundraising<br>activities against objectives|||Para 1.41||||
|set|||||||
|||||The charity does not currently|invest any of||
|||||its funds outside of its current|account with||
|Investment|performance||Para 1.41|its bankers (Barclays)|||
|against objectives|||||||





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|Review ofthe charity's|Review ofthe charity's|Review ofthe charity's|Review ofthe charity's|Review ofthe charity's|Review ofthe charity's|||Para 1.21|The charity was unable to hold any events|The charity was unable to hold any events|The charity was unable to hold any events|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|financial|position at the end||||||||in 2020|or2021 due to Covid restrictions.|It|
|ofthe period|||||||||held a large<br>beer festival<br>in May 2021.|||
||||||||||This event was successful<br>and generated||a|
||||||||||financial|surplus<br>in accordance<br>with the||
||||||||||budget.|Following<br>this event, the charity's||
||||||||||cash at|bank position as at 31/1/23 was||
||||||||||f44,071 (allocated as: Reserve F30,000,|||
||||||||||General|Donation<br>Fund F6,415, Hardship||
||||||||||Fund E7,181,and Expense Accruals|||
||||||||||f1,105|||
|Statement||explaining||||the||Para 1.22|The reserve was established<br>given the|||
|policy for holding reserves|||||||||trustees|concerns regarding<br>the following||
|stating why||they are|||held||||factors:|||
||||||||||1)|The main annual<br>fund-raising<br>event||
|||||||||||is weather dependant,<br>awet||
|||||||||||weather event may give rise to a||
|||||||||||loss.||
||||||||||2)|The costs of running<br>the main||
|||||||||||annual<br>event have risen to the point||
|||||||||||where cash flow immediately<br>prior||
|||||||||||must be managed<br>very carefully,|the|
|||||||||||reserve is integral to that||
||||||||||3)|The charity must find a new location||
|||||||||||in Baldock for its events as the||
|||||||||||historical<br>location has been||
|||||||||||developed<br>and is no longer||
|||||||||||available.<br>At the time offiling this||
|||||||||||report the estimated<br>costs||
|||||||||||associated<br>with moving sites are|iro|
|||||||||||R10k||
|Amount|of|reserves|||held|||Para 1.22|As at 31/1/2023 the reserve isF30,000|||
|Reasons|for||holding||zero|||Para 1.22||||
|reserves||||||||||||
|Details offund materially|||||||in|Para 1.24||||
|deficit||||||||||||
|Explanation||ofany||||||Para 1.23||||
|uncertainties|||about||the|||||||
|charity continuing||||as||a going||||||
|concern||||||||||||





|||||||The principal<br>risks facing the charity are|The principal<br>risks facing the charity are|The principal<br>risks facing the charity are|The principal<br>risks facing the charity are||
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|||||||deemed to be:|||||
|A description|||ofthe principal||Para1.46||1)|Not being able to find a suitable|||
|risks facing||the charity||||||location at which financially|||
|||||||||successful events can be held|in|the|
|||||||||future|||
||||||||2)|The reserve is reduced to a point|||
|||||||||which has a negative<br>impact on|||
|||||||||cash flow immediately<br>prior to large|||
|||||||||events|||
||||||||3)|Other events<br>in the town which|||
|||||||||conflict (date wise) and which|||
|||||||||restrict the trustees<br>ability to stage|||
|||||||||financiall<br>successful events|||
|Structur|e,||Governance||and Management||||||
|Description|||of charity's||||||||
|trusts:|||||||||||
|Type of governing<br>document|||||Para 1.25|Trust Deed|||||
|trust deed,|||ro al charter||||||||
|How is the||charity|||Para 1.25|Charitable<br>Incorporated<br>Organisation|||(CIO)||
|constituted?|||||||||||
|(e.g unincorporated|||||||||||
|association,|||CIO||||||||
|Trustee selection methods|||||Para 1.25|The only constitutional<br>provisions<br>are:|||||
|including|details ofany||||||1)|Every trustee must be a natural|||
|constitutional|||provisions|e.g.||||person|||
|election|to|post or name||of|||2)|No individual<br>may be appointed|as a||
|any person|||or body entitled|||||charity trustee<br>ifhe or she is under|||
|to appoint||one or more||||||the age of21 years or disqualified|||
|trustees||||||||from acting|||
||||||||3)|In selecting an individual<br>for appt||as|
|||||||||a charity trustee, the charity trustees|||
|||||||||must have regard to the skills,|||
|||||||||knowledge<br>and experience needed|||
|||||||||forthe effective administration|of|the|
|||||||||CIOs|||
||||||||4)|Apart from the first charity trustees,|||
|||||||||every trustee must be appointed||for|
|||||||||a term of3years by a resolution|||
|||||||||passed at a properly<br>convened|||
|||||||||meetin<br>ofthe charit<br>trustees|||
|Additional||information||(optional)|||||||
|ou ma|choose to include further statements|||||where relevant<br>about:|||||
|Policies <br>adopted|and <br> for||procedures<br> the induction||Para 1.51||||||
|and training|||oftrustees||||||||
|||||||The charity has a network ofcontacts|||with||
|||||||other organisations<br>in Baldock who|||||
|The charity's<br>organisational<br>structure<br>and any wider|||||Para 1.51|organise<br>and run events<br>in the town. The<br>trust may from time to time lend its|||||
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|network|with|which the||trustees<br>often volunteer<br>to assist|with the|
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|charity|works|||running<br>ofthose events||
|||||There are no formal relations<br>with other||
|||||parties however,<br>several trustees|are|
|Relationship||with any|Para 1.51|members<br>ofother organisations|that run|
|related|parties|||events<br>in Baldock and one trustee is||
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|Charit<br>name||The Inde<br>endent Baldock Beer Festival Charitable|The Inde<br>endent Baldock Beer Festival Charitable|Trust|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses||Baldock Beer|Festival (BBF),Baldock Community|Charitable|
|||Fund|||
|Re istered charit|number|1163540|||
|Charity's<br>principal|address|18Pembroke|Road, Baldock, Herts SG76DB||






||Trustee name|Office (ifany)|Dates acted ifnot forwhole<br>ear|Name <br>toa|ofperson (or body) entitled<br>oint trustee<br>ifan|ofperson (or body) entitled<br>oint trustee<br>ifan|
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||Brent Copsey|Treasurer|||||
||Stuart Johnston||||||
||Mathhew Geere||||||
||Paul Edwards||||||
||Dr Duncan Stacey|Secretary|||||
||Kathryn Stacey||||||
||Tara Geere|Chair|||||
||Katharine<br>Copsey||||||
||Donald McKenzie||||||
|10|Robin Brough||||||
||Alastair Willoughby||||||
|12|James Willoughby|Trust Officer|||||
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|Income &Expenditure<br>a/c<br>Final 31/1/23||2022||1/2/2022|- 31/1/2023|||
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||||||2022 Notes|||
|Total income|||||MinH'|Gross operating|surplus|
|Total Wet sales (BBFw/e)|||||63,035|||
|Total Food sales (BBFw/e)|||||8,303|||
|Total sundry sales (BBFw/e)|||||29,515|||
|Pitch fees rec'd|||||1,400|||
|Festival glass sales|||||8,939|||
|EcoCup Sales (Post event)<br>Entrance fee|||||1,020<br>16,130|||
|Public Cash donations<br>childrens area|||||307|||
|Other donations<br>/raffle/tombola|||||1,154|||
|Other post event sales (car show etc)|||||65|||
|Donation to hardship<br>rec'd|Stmarys (Fireworks)||||500|||
|Total operating<br>expenditure||||||||
|(excluding cap ex)<br>GinWi~z|||||1,825 '<br>2,266|||
|Cidei ~|||||3,420|||
|Beer (ale)|||||8,648|||
|Foreign Beer (Keg)|||||7,482|||
|Marquee/gene/electrics/chairs/tablles|||etc||7,349 net ofdeposit|||
|Marquee<br>prepaid deposit|||||2,888 previously|shown as a current|asset in 21|
|Gene hire inc 360 Ifuel (separate 2022|||||832|||
|Chair hire (seperate 2022|||||535|||
|Toilet hire (separate 2022)|||||2,678 inc prepaid|deposit shown as|an asset 2021|
|Event Insurance|||||1,171|||
|Plastic glasses/wine<br>glasses||||||||
|Stationary/print/advertising|||||645|||
|School<br>Hire|||||560|||
|Licence fee|||||295|||
|Garage Rent and Insurance||(Brandies)||||||
|Skip Hire|||||126|||
|Web Site costs||||||||
|SRM - security|||||3,245|||
|HSS Cooler Hire||||||||
|Consumables/sundries/spares|||||1,153|||
|Tshirts/fleeces|||||555|||
|Cai~orth<br>Herts||||||||
|First ~esponders|||||840|||
|HERAS fence hire top field||||||||
|Fuel (vane/heaters/gene)|||||1,072|||
|Fire prevention|||||139|||
|Face painting||||C&B|700|||
|Bouncy Castle||||S12|255|||
|Magician||||C&B||||
|Staff/volunteers<br>subsistence||(during)||S8|155|||
|Staff/volunteers<br>subsistence||(post)||S8||||
|PAT testing|||||184|||
|PPL/PRS licence inc back|duty||||962|||
|Bands||||C&B|2,710|||
|Sound engineers|||||1,610|||
|Covid secure related expenditure||||||||
|SUM UP costs|||||383|||
|SUM UP Card transaction|fees (1.69)||||1,599|||





|Sum Up test discrepancies/costs<br>Wrist bands|Sum Up test discrepancies/costs<br>Wrist bands|Sum Up test discrepancies/costs<br>Wrist bands|Sum Up test discrepancies/costs<br>Wrist bands||14<br>177|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Children wages (running<br>BBQrelated food/gas|stalls)|||F1|4,801|
|Kids stall||||F2||
|Festival glass||||S2|6,264|
|EcoCups<br>Web Site costs (1 & 1 internet|||via paypal)||1,896<br>159|
|Garage Rent (Settle)|||||701|
|Donations<br>year end 31/1/2022|||(see seperate tab)|D1|17,102|
|Total capital expenditure||||||
|Balance sheet||||||
|Assets||||||
|Current assets: cash at bank|||||44,701|
|Prepayment||||||
|Current assets: DVs Ecocup sales|||||620|
|Fixed assets: cy expenditure||||||
|Fixed assets: b/f||||c/f|18,293|
|Heras panels etc||||b/f|190|
|Containers<br>at Brandies<br>Co~ top chiller<br>Gorier shelves||||b/f<br>b/f<br>b/f|5,152<br>150<br>120|
|Lager dispense<br>kit||||b/f|2,637|
|Steins||||b/f|4,834|
|Strong Box||||b/f|169|
|Commando<br>splitters||||b/f|73|
|Drum<br>Kit partial replacement||||b/f|195|
|Mono laser printer||||b/f|125|
|Glass washer||||b/f|840|
|Floor fans||||b/f|90|
|Lighting<br>kit (trans/leads/tower|||lights)|b/f|569|
|Bravilors||||b/f|40|
|Chest Freezer w/o 31/1/23||||b/f||
|Bins/barrels||||b/f||
|Gas cylinders<br>w/o 31/1/23||||b/f||
|Green Crates||||b/f|229|
|Exit signs 50%w/o 31/1/23||||b/f|57|
|Drum kit and stool||||b/f|280|
|Drum kit fittngs 2017||||b/f|124|
|Floor safe (gym cupboard)||w/o|31/1/23|b/f||
|IceCream Freezer||||b/f|175|
|Barfittings||||b/f|375|
|Griddle||||b/f|370|
|Stag||||b/f|450|
|Water Softener||||b/f|95|
|Tower Lights||||b/f|267|
|Lager Dispense||||b/f|443|
|Liabilities||||||
|REPRESENTED BY:||||||
|Accumulation<br>fund<br>b/f 31/1/22|||(full a/c's)||50,420|
|less asset w/o|||||-263|
|Gross operating<br>surplus|2022||||13,457|
|Prepaid income (food vendor pitch fees)||||||
|Expense accruals<br>Balance c/fwd|||||MAi4|





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