**Trustees' Annual Report for the period** 


**From** 

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year 1 11 2022 **To** 31 10 2023 

## Section A                        Reference and administration details 

**Charity name** The Titchfield Bridge Club **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1165836 **Charity's principal address** 3a Hill Head Road Fareham Hampshire **Postcode PO14 3JH** 

The Titchfield Bridge Club 

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

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||John Wilson||||
||MandySmith||||
||Keith Goldie|Chair|||
||PhilipDownham|Treasurer|||
||Roger Johnson||||
||AntonyBlunt|Secretary|||
||Michael Kempster||||
||Roz Reid||||
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## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** 

**Name Dates acted if not for whole year** 

March **2012** 

**TAR** 

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

**Type of adviser Name Address** 

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

## **Section B              Structure, governance and management** 

## **Description of the charity’s trusts** 

Approved Governing Document and Constitution Type of governing document 

- (eg. trust deed, constitution) 

Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) How the charity is constituted 

- (eg. trust, association, company) 

Elected by Members at Annual General Meeting Trustee selection methods 

(eg. appointed by, elected by) 

## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: 

- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; 

- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; 

- relationship with any related parties; 

- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. 

## **Section C                    Objectives and activities** 

The advancement of amateur sport by promoting the game of bridge for the benefit of the residents of Titchfield and the surrounding area; 

**Summary of the objects of the** the provision of facilities for the learning, teaching and playing of bridge **charity set out in its** for the benefit of the residents of Titchfield and the surrounding area and **governing document** for the benefit of visitors to Titchfield and the surrounding area with the object of improving the conditions of life. 

March **2012** 

**TAR** 

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In 2023, the Charity undertook a full schedule of events and competitions. 

**The Trustees declare that due regard has been given to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on Public Benefit.** 

**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** 

**Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: 

- policy on grantmaking; 

- policy programme related investment; 

- contribution made by volunteers. 

March **2012** 

**TAR** 

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Section D                      Achievements and performance 

**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** 

The charity has implemented a full schedule of Bridge competitions including the organisation of fund-raising events for Children-in-Need and Hampshire Air ambulance. Attendance remains significantly lower than that of the pre-pandemic era but new members are still being recruited. However, the Charity remains viable and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. 

March **2012** 

**TAR** 

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## **Section E                    Financial review** 

Any reserves of unrestricted funds are available to provide discretionary **Brief statement of the** funding for projects in support of the Objects of the charity and to provide **charity’s policy on reserves** a buffer against rising costs. 

**Details of any funds materially in deficit** 

None 

## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: 

- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); 

- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; 

- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. 

## **Section F                     Other optional information** 

## **Section G                    Declaration** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

## **Signature(s)** 


**Full name(s)** John Garth Wilson **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Trustee **etc)** 

**Date** 23 June 2024 

March **2012** 

**TAR** 

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CHARITY COMMISSION
, FOR E￿LAND AND WALES
Independent examinerfs report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner'5 Report
TITCHFIELD BRIDGE CLUB
31st OCTOBER 2023
(if any)
1165836
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I rerMNt to ts trustees ￿ my examinati￿ of the aCc￿nts of the above
c*Jarity llhe Trusll f(Y tr￿ year 31;'10 23
Responsibilities and
basis of report
accounts in acCts)rdan￿ requirements Charities Act 2011
(Ihe Acr).
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have f￿k7￿Ed all the a￿A￿ble DireclKns given by the Chanty
under se(#ion 145(5Xb) d the
Independent
examinerfs sLtsment
the acrwnts did not comFty *ith the requirements
(Acoyjnts ar¥J Re￿ts) RegulatxMs 2(X)8 cther than any requirement
thal the a(xJ)unts gwe a Irue aThJ fairf vknid) L8 Tr)t a matter
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IER
Oct 2018

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Address:
7,NETLEY CASTLE
NETLEY ABBEY, SOUTHAMPTON
S0315FA
Se¢tion B
Disclosure
Onty com ￿ete rf the examinef needs to h￿hINjht matersal matters of con￿rn
gU￿Jan￿ ftir exAminers).
Glve here brief delails of
any items that tho
examiner wishes to
disclose.
IER
Oct 2018