## **Trustees Annual Report** Period of 1[st] October 2021 to 1[st] October 2022 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 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 is now fully open again after Covid. Through the use of social media and word of mouth the club has gained a number of new members this year. The club has over the last 12 months had a number of Ukranian’s who have moved into the area. They have had taster sessions of which a number have joined the club. The committee have worked hard to meet the clubs objective to guarantee growth and its participation with its 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 still running and in the last year spent most of its time maintaining the boats at the club. There is no current boat build this year. The club was fortunate to be given a grant of £10000 to help us through the Covid pandemic. This was divided into three amounts a third was used to keep our membership costs the same as the previous year. A third was used in the maintenance and up keep of our buildings . And the final third was held in club funds for any emergences. Rowing sessions for the community are held every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturdays using the stable wooden rowing boats and sliding seat boats and continue to be well attended. The club Coach 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. We hope to continue Sundays for competitive events. 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. ## **Membership** The club has succeeded to increase its membership over the last twelve months. The committee and members continue to promote the club and regularly have visitors to the club to try Skiff rowing. 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. ## **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. The verified annual accounts for the club are attached and cover the period of October 2021to October 2022.There are no funds held by custodian trustees. The club retains about £7800 in their account remaining from grant money as membership fees cover most running costs. ## **Grants received this period.** The Club has not received any Grants in this current year ## **Gareth D H Bell** Chairman of Trustees Gateshead Community Rowing Club 22 July 2023 I CHARITY COMMISSION i Independent examinerfs report I FQP gNiri WALES nn thA Af.C.QlifitR SectitsTr A Indepcndelli Exaininer s Report On foTth• y•ar "; Charttyno,, IiEf411 Aty TIL￿ ft*ths Rw.sibi.liti9s aryj k Itp In*. arts Éy IhA- ~ y.eparebw ofthd basts ofieport the Charthes 2011 rthBka'l. uThJ81 ofts2014 ￿ aTrl r. wt my examinati￿. I uThkr 14S5Kbl oflhe A( I ha¥t cunpleted my that Th) matte[9 have (l the Act., or . Ihe atwnts dky Thjt Ihe ihatthe aCC￿pts gNe 3 tue VI￿ Tr)t a Tr7a to tr* flp3wn h th* rewrt. 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