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|Objecti|v|e|s and|Activ|itie|s||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||SORP reference||
|Summary||ofthe purposes|||of|Para 1.17|To<br>advance<br>ths<br>preservation<br>and|
|the charity|||as set out|in its|||conservation<br>of the Brixham<br>based<br>heritage|
|governing|||document||||sailing trawler "Vigilance BM76"for the public|
||||||||benefit and,|
||||||||Toadvance education<br>for the public benefit<br>in|
||||||||the subject of Vigilance<br>BM76, sail trawlers|
||||||||and the social, industrial,<br>and sailing heritage|
||||||||and histo<br>associated<br>with this.|
|Summary<br>activities||ofthe main<br>in relation to those||||Para 1.17and<br>1.19|Fund<br>raising<br>by the<br>Fundraising<br>team<br>and<br>social committee<br>of Friends of the Vigilance|
|purposes||for the public|||||to provide<br>ongoing<br>finance<br>for the purposes|
|benefit,|in particular,|||the|||of restoration<br>and conservation<br>of the vessel|
|activities,||projects or||services|||Vigilance BM76.|
|identified||in the accounts.|||||After Covid 19 restrictions<br>were eased<br>and|
||||||||our EOI to the<br>National<br>Heritage<br>Memorial|
||||||||Fund was accepted<br>and we were<br>invited<br>to|
||||||||make<br>a<br>full<br>formal<br>submission.<br>This|
||||||||submission<br>resulted<br>in<br>Vigilance<br>being|
||||||||awarded<br>f820K, in May 2022, to rescue the|
||||||||boat and complete a below the line repair<br>in|
||||||||Stirling<br>8<br>Son<br>shipyard<br>in<br>Plymouth,|
||||||||commencing<br>end<br>of<br>September<br>2022.|
||||||||Further<br>substantial<br>funds<br>will be required<br>to|
||||||||complete<br>the<br>full<br>repair,<br>prior<br>to Vigilance|
||||||||being<br>returned<br>to Brixham to resume<br>its full|
||||||||activities.<br>The NHMF has been approached|
||||||||to fund<br>the<br>increase<br>in<br>the<br>repair<br>budget|
||||||||caused<br>by discovered<br>issues 6 decay within|
||||||||the basic fabric ofthe boat.|
|Statement|||confirming|||Para 1.18|All Trustees<br>have<br>had regard<br>and have also|
|whether|the trustees|||have|||received<br>the guidance<br>notes<br>issued<br>by the|
|had regard|||to ths guidance||||Charity<br>Commission<br>on public benefit.|
|issued by||the Charity||||||
|Commission|||on public|||||
|benefit||||||||
|Additional||Information<br>(optional)||||||
|You ma|choose to include||||further statements||where relevant<br>about:|
|||||||SORP reference||





||||||All<br>decisions|on<br>possible|on<br>possible|grants/donations|grants/donations|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||Para 1.38|have<br>been|taken<br>at a|full|meeting<br>of the||
|Policy on|grant making||||Trustees.|||||
||||||N/A|||||
|||||Para 1.38||||||
|Policy on|social investment|||||||||
|including|program||related|||||||
|investment||||||||||
||||||All<br>Trustees|and<br>Members|||are<br>willing|
|||||Para 1.38|volunteers<br>and continue||to|give|of their time|
|Contribution||made|by||without<br>any|remuneration.||It is|notable<br>that|
|volunteers|||||several<br>Trustees<br>and||Officers||have<br>given|
||||||considerable|time<br>and|effort||to<br>our<br>new|
||||||projects<br>and|to the operational|||aspects<br>of|
||||||Vigilance<br>since the C.I.O. took||||ownership<br>of|
||||||Vigilance.|||||
||||||It is also commendable||that|the|contributions|
||||||of volunteer|crew and|has|been<br>significant||
||||||during<br>the|uncertainty||and|restrictions|
||||||imposed<br>by|Covid<br>19 and<br>once<br>COVID||||
||||||restrictions<br>were released.|||||
|Other||||||||||



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|Achieve|men|ts|and Per|formance|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||SORP reference|||
||||||Once support from NLHF was withdrawn,<br>due||
||||||to<br>COVID|period<br>realignment<br>of|
||||||requirements,|other<br>minor<br>income<br>streams|
|Summary<br>ofthe main<br>achievements<br>ofthe charity,||||Para 1.20|have<br>remained<br>steady<br>with<br>the<br>addition<br>of<br>retail income<br>from trading<br>Vigilance<br>and her||
|identifying|the|difference the|||brand.||
|charity's|work|has made to|||Donations<br>in this period to "Vigilance BM76"||
|the circumstances|||of its||have<br>included|receipt<br>of all pledges<br>to be|
|beneficiaries<br>and|||any wider||used<br>for general<br>purposes<br>'safety<br>net'<br>and||
|benefits to society as a|||||has succeeded|in generating<br>the necessary|
|whole.|||||'partnership'<br>funding<br>required<br>by the NHMF.||
||||||The<br>Fundraising<br>strategy<br>has<br>adapted||
||||||several<br>times|over<br>time<br>to<br>maximise<br>our|
||||||efforts<br>and|deal<br>with<br>the<br>changing|
||||||circumstances.||
||||||Trustees<br>have|continued<br>to be proactive<br>in|
||||||this period<br>in encouraging<br>and recruiting<br>and||
||||||training<br>new|volunteers<br>with<br>the<br>requisite|
||||||skills<br>to<br>further<br>achieve<br>our<br>Aims<br>and||
||||||Objectives.||
||||||Much<br>effort|has<br>been<br>given<br>towards|
||||||improving<br>our|structure<br>/ organisation<br>with|
||||||re ard to our|future as irations<br>and for the|





|benefit of all|our|members|and for the|people|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|of Brixham|and|Torbay.|The trustees<br>are||
|investigating|possible||collaborations|with|
|other<br>charities||and|sailing|based|
|organisations.|||||



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|You ma|choose to include|choose to include|choose to include|further statements|where relevant<br>about||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||General<br>objectives<br>were<br>set<br>in the|period|
||||||towards<br>possible<br>avenues<br>of grant|funding|
|Achievements|||against|Para 1.41|and<br>NHMF project targets. A full fundraising||
|objectives set|||||strategy<br>was<br>devised<br>regarding<br>our<br>new||
||||||project targets and was initiated<br>in part during||
||||||this<br>eriod.||
||||||Apart from the major success, during|the year|
|Performance|||offundraising||under<br>review,<br>of receiving<br>the NHMF|award,|
|activities <br>set|against objectives|||Para 1.41|small successes<br>were also achieved<br>this period.|during|
||||||A review ofpotential<br>investment<br>opportunities||
|Investment||performance|||was made and are being pursued||
|against|objectives|||Para 1.41|The majority of charity funds<br>will be required||
||||||to meet our share of Phase<br>1 repairs.||
|Other|||||||





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|Financ|ial<br>Review|ial<br>Review|ial<br>Review|ial<br>Review|ial<br>Review|ial<br>Review|ial<br>Review|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Review|of the charity's|||||||||Pare 1.21|At the<br>end<br>of this<br>period<br>of operation<br>the|
|financial||position at|||||the|end|||Charity's<br>financial<br>position is considered<br>to be|
|ofthe period|||||||||||satisfactory. This is due to an accumulation<br>of|
||||||||||||granted<br>funds secured<br>for general<br>purposes|
||||||||||||but earmarked<br>for project expenditure.<br>The|
||||||||||||present<br>challenge<br>is to raise sufficient<br>funds|
||||||||||||to meet the increased<br>costs of the<br>repair.|
||||||||||||Both labour<br>rates<br>and<br>material<br>costs<br>have|
||||||||||||increased<br>since<br>the<br>boat<br>entered<br>the|
||||||||||||shipyard,<br>and discovered<br>issues which<br>have|
||||||||||||to be<br>addressed<br>have<br>taken<br>the<br>budget|
||||||||||||considerabl<br>over the ori<br>inal fi ure.|
|Statement|||explaining||||the|||Pare 1.22|At the present time the Trustees have agreed|
|policy for||holding|||reserves||||||that<br>a<br>prudent<br>reserve<br>to<br>cover<br>any|
|stating|why||they are||||held||||unforeseen<br>contingencies<br>of<br>at<br>least|
||||||||||||F10,000.00should be maintained<br>in the Bank|
||||||||||||Accounts ofthe CIO.|
|Amount|of||reserves||||held|||Pare 1.22|810,000.00|
|Reasons||for||holding|||zero|||Para 1.22|N/A|
|reserves||||||||||||
|Details <br>deficit<br>concern|of fund materially||||||||in|Para 1.24|N/A|
|Explanation||||ofany||||||Para 1.23|Our current<br>situation<br>operationally<br>is that we|
|uncertainties||||about the|||||||have committed<br>funds to support the original|
|charity|continuing|||||as a going|||||budget<br>of Phase<br>1 'Below the Water<br>Line'|
||||||||||||repair works. Funds are required<br>to complete|
||||||||||||the new work identified,<br>and mandated<br>by our|
||||||||||||Marine Surveyor,<br>for repairing<br>up to the sheer|
||||||||||||line.<br>Receiving<br>further<br>funding<br>will<br>be|
||||||||||||imperative<br>to<br>allow<br>the<br>decking<br>work|
||||||||||||necessary<br>to<br>complete<br>the<br>full<br>repair<br>to|
||||||||||||secure Vi ilance's future.|
|Additional||Information||||||(optional)||||
|You ma|choose to|||||include|||further statements||where relevant about|
||||||||||||In this period<br>of the CIO sources<br>of income|
||||||||||||have continued<br>to originate<br>from fund raising|
|The charity's<br>principal<br>sources offunds (induding||||||||||Para 1.47|activities<br>in the local community,<br>open to all<br>members<br>and the general<br>public.|
|any fundraising)|||||||||||Also<br>specific<br>pledges<br>have<br>been<br>received|
||||||||||||resulting<br>from<br>successful<br>funding|
||||||||||||applications.|
||||||||||||Income related to Torbay Lottery and use of|
||||||||||||Virgin<br>Money<br>Giving<br>&<br>Just<br>Giving<br>in|
||||||||||||conjunctions<br>with events was also received.|
||||||||||||Trading<br>income<br>is now one of the charities|
||||||||||||main streams.|
||||||||||||The<br>main<br>funding<br>success<br>during<br>the year|
||||||||||||was the NHMF award.|
|Investment<br>objectives||policy <br> induding|||and<br>any|||||Para 1.46||
|social investment|||||policy|||||||
|adopted||||||||||||





||||The charities<br>main commercial<br>asset|The charities<br>main commercial<br>asset|The charities<br>main commercial<br>asset|will|will|not|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||be<br>fully<br>operational|without<br>further|||major||
|A description|ofthe principal|Para 1.46|sponsors to support|the balance ofPhase||||1 &|
|risks facing|the charity||Phase 2 repair work,|during 2023/24.|||||
|Structure,|Governance|and Management|||||||
|Description|ofcharity's||||||||
|trusfs:|||||||||
|Type of governing<br>document||Para 1.26|Charity<br>Commission|Model Constitution|||and||
||||dated 30th March 2016.||||||
|How is the charity||Para 1.25|Charitable<br>Incorporated<br>Organisation|||with||a|
|constituted7|||maximum<br>ofseven Trustees.||||||
|Trustee selection methods||Para 1.26|The present<br>Trustees<br>have<br>been||selected||||
|including<br>details ofany|||with a view to a wide|ranging<br>and professional|||||
|constitutional|provisions e.g.||background,<br>in<br>order<br>to<br>complement|||||and|
|election to post or name of|||enhance<br>the<br>aims|and<br>objectives|||of|the|
|any person|or body entitled||organisation.||||||
|to appoint one or more|||At present the board|if made up of 6|trustees||||
|trustees|||||||||



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|ou ma||choo|se to include|furth|er statements|where relevant<br>about|where relevant<br>about|where relevant<br>about||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||All new Trustees<br>have|||been provided|with|a|
|||||||copy<br>of the<br>Constitution,<br>the<br>Institute|||||of|
|Policies <br>adopted|<br>|and procedures<br> for the induction||and|Para 1.51|Fundraising<br>guide<br>and||Handbook,<br>policy|the Essential <br>documents|Trustee<br>where||
|training||oftrustees||||appropriate.||||||
|||||||The charity||is made up ofTrustees/||||
|The charity's|||organisational|||Directors,|officers and||project teams.|||
|structure<br>network||and <br>with|any wider<br> which the||Para 1.51|There are|3|official offices, Chair / Sales &||||
|charit|works|||||Marketin|/ Treasurer||&Secreta|||
|Relationship|||with any related|||||||||
|parties|||||Para 1.61|||||||
|Other||||||||||||



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|Chari|name|||Friends of the Vi ilance|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Other name the chari|||uses||
|Re istered char'||number||1168570|
|Charity's|principal|address||13Deep Dene Close,|
|||||Brixham,|
|||||Devon,|
|||||TQ5 ODZ.|





|mes ofthe charity|trustees<br>who manag|trustees<br>who manag|e the|charity||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Trustee name|Office lif sny)|||Dates acted <br>ear|Ifnot for whole|
|Neil Murray|Chair/Trustee|||Appointed|07/09/2020|
|Nigel Gooding|Treasurer,|Secretary||Appointed|07/09/2020|
||&Trustee|||||
|Clive Robson|Sales, Marketing||&|Appointed|07/09/2020|
||Trustee|||Resigned|22/08/2023|
|Peter Milligan|Trustee|||Appointed|21/03/2023|
|Colin Mawbey|Trustee|||Appointed|13/06/2023|
|Heather<br>Keeling|Trustee|||Appointed|17/07/2023|
|Carolyn<br>Brown|Trustee|||Appointed|17/10/2023|







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|||||2023|2022|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Rece/<br>ts:||||||
|Grants-Culture<br>Recovery|Fund||||11,000|
|Grants-<br>NHMF||||166,139||
|Grants- Council &Community||||5,000||
|Grants-Corporate||||60,650||
|Donations,<br>Sponsorship|& Events|||6,011|3,665|
|Missin Tackle Concert Donations|||||1,115|
|Torbay Lottery||||926|1,458|
|Sailing Bookings||||550|12,661|
|Merchandise<br>Sales||||2,072|3,401|
|Amazon<br>Smile Donations||||69|68|
|Bank Savings Interest Received||||197|12|
|Sundry income||||92||
|||||240,606|33,380|
|Pa ments||||||
|Repairs<br>& Maintenance||||248,678|12,638|
|Repairs<br>& Maintenance<br>20/21|||||346|
|Insurance||||7,002|5,464|
|Mooring Fees and Harbour||Dues||4,150|1,400|
|Running<br>costs||||88||
|Purchase of Merchandising||Stock||1,650|1,409|
|Event Costs||||477|715|
|Purchase of Equipment||||914|387|
|Galley & refreshment<br>supplies||||190||
|Professional<br>Fees &Consultancy||||4,729|3,055|
|Sage Accounting-Finance|Package|||180|15|
|Lottery Fund Bids Consultancy|||Fees||1,050|
|Independent<br>Examination|Fees|||450||
|Postage,<br>Printing,<br>Stationery|||&Telephone|830|1,038|
|Marketing<br>& media||||1,568|879|
|Internet,<br>website<br>&software||||969||
|Travel<br>&subsistence||||483||
|Bank charges||||386||
|Miscellaneous<br>Subs &Fees||||185|100|
|||||272,157|28,496|
|VA7 Adjustment||||||
|Recoverable<br>VAT||||952|695|
|Recovered<br>VAT from Prior Period 20/21|||||1,150|
|||||271,205|28,041|
|Net Surplus/(Deficit)<br>for the Period||||30,599|5,339|
|Bank Balances<br>at start of the|year|||138480|133,141|
|Bank Balances<br>at end ofthe|year|||107,881|138,480|





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|||||2023|2022|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Assets:||||||
|Fixed|Assets:|||||
||Vigilance|Heritage|Trawler|||
|Cash|Funds|||||
||Nat West|Current|Account|3,194|1,772|
||Nat West|Savings|Account|86,082|123,555|
||CAF Bank|Current|Account|1,184|1,044|
||CAF Bank|Savings|Account|16,631|9,001|
||PayPal Account|||745|3,108|
||Petty cash|||45||
|Total|Cash Funds|||107,881|138,480|
|Debtors||||||
||VAT Recoverable||||695|
|Total|Debtors||||1,150|
|Liabilties||||||
||Creditors|||||
||Accrued expenses|||450|960|
|Total|Liabilties|||450|960|





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