## Trustees Annual Report Period of 1[st] October 2019 to 1[st] October 2020 Gateshead Community Rowing Club Charitable Incorporated Organisation Registration Number 1165971 Gateshead Community Rowing Club (the club) is based at Derwenthaugh Marina, Blaydon on Tyne, Gateshead. NE21 5LL ## • **The trustees are:** Gareth D H Bell – Chairman of Trustees Janet Bell Martin Wrate The following trustee retired during the reporting period. Carol Croft Charlie Parker The trust meet quarterly to review the growth and performance of Gateshead Community Rowing Club. ## • **Activities and Objectives** The objective of the Trust is: The promotion of community participation in healthy recreation, in particular by the provision of facilities, encouragement and instruction in the sport of rowing, for the benefit of the inhabitants of Gateshead and surrounding areas. The trust meets to ensure that Gateshead Community Rowing Club meets this key objective and the objective remains the focus of both the Club and Trust. The Trust can report that Gateshead Community Rowing Club has like every other organisation had a difficult year because of the Covid 19 Lockdown making it impossible to open up for its members, however the committee has insured the survival of the club through Covid 19 Grants and the retention of its members. Only two members have left through the pandemic. Due to the hard work of the committee the club will continue to meet its objective growth and its participation with these key activities and objectives. The club continues to be committed to the provision of community sessions for disadvantaged groups, particularly those with learning disabilities and mental or physical health problems. A boat building and maintenance session is run on Mondays. We are continuing building a second 3 person wooden Dory rowing boat that is light and stable which will be used by the group after the build is complete. The build has been delayed due to lockdown but is very close to completion. We continue to encourage the involvement of young people in team work and shared objectives, improving their spans of attention. The Dory will provide future crews with similar opportunities as they work together to take her on the water. Rowing sessions for the community are held every Thursday using the stable wooden rowing boats and continue to be well attended. Through the addition of a new Head Coach we will be able to continue to cater for both able body and adaptive rowers of all levels the club being the main club on the Tyne supplying adaptive rowing in both Skiff and Sculling boats with an ongoing training Program. When allowed the Club will recommence all sessions. Monday maintenance, Tuesday evening row, Thursday lunch time row with meal and Saturday as main coaching session. We hope to continue Sundays for competitive events when they recommence. Also Recreational rowing remains very popular and in particular the coastal rowing sessions in the St Ayles skiff boats, where we occasionally join with other Northumberland Coastal Rowing clubs and are looking forward to that in 2021. The Club also welcome back Brian Forbes and his Veterans Group to be part of GCRC. They have aprox. 15 to 20 members and currently are refurbishing a sailing boat as their own project on a Thursday. Brian has joined the committee to represent the Vets and has also encouraged a number of them to take up rowing. • **Trustees** Over the period we have had two Trustees step down. Charlie Parker who was Chair of the Trustees and Carol Croft who has also resigned from the club. We thanked both Charlie for his time as Chairman and are very happy that he remains a hard working member of the Club and his continued lead in the current boat build. We also thanked Carol as a former founder of the Club and Head Coach for everything she has done to get the Club to were it is today. We welcome Martin Wrate onto the Trustee board as Club Treasurer. We are also looking for at least one more Trustee to join. ## • **Financial Report** The club has a community account with Barclays Bank, there is no overdraft or credit facility meaning that the club is unable to get into debt. In addition two signatures are required to draw funds. The club has two income sources: grants and membership fees. ## • **Grants received this period.** Lottery grant of £1129. Covid19 grant from Northern Rowing toward PPE. £250 Emergency grant of British rowing to replace lost income £1854. A small business rate relief / charity grant of £10000 from Gateshead M B C. Our Membership fees during the reporting period continue to be significantly lower than all other local British Rowing affiliated clubs, with adult membership at £72 per annum and £36 for juniors. Unwaged adults £60 and the club also awarded free membership to persons suffering financial hardship. The verified annual accounts for the club are attached and cover the period of October 2019 to October 2020.There are no funds held by custodian trustees. Gareth D H Bell Chairman of Trustees Gateshead Community Rowing Club 05 April 2021 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of On accounts for the year ended 30 Cae/6mO&t L?£0 Charity no Ilf any) Sel out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity llhe Tnjst") for the year ended Responslbilltles and As the charity trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the ba51s of report accounts in accordance with the Chartbes Act 2011 (Ihe Act"). I report in respect of my examination of the Trusvs accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrwng out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity CommiSs￿n under section 145(5)Ib) of the Act. Independent ￿he charity's gross income exceeded £250.000 and18m qualrfied to examinefs statement underlake the examination by being a qualified member of linsert name of applicable listed bodyll. Delete [ ] if nol applicable. I have completed my examination. I confim) that no material matters have come to my attention I ') in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe Ihat in, any materFal respect,: the acrAxJnting records were not kept in accordance wth section 130 of the Act" or the accounts did nol accord with the accounting records,. or the accounts did not comply wilh the applicable requirements conceming the fom and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement Ihat the accounts give a 'true and fairf view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent exarnination. I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection with the examinats.on to which attenbon should te dravffl in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets rfthey not apply. Slgned: Date: 3i tsLI Name: 111 m¢ &£aA Relevant professional qualification(sl or body (rf any): IER October 2018 Address: y,4bl AÉ li oHpl Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concem (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Glvo here detalls of any Items that the examlner wlshes to dlsclo80. 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