## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 1 Jan 2024 Period start date To 31 Dec 2024 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Conquest Art CIO**
## **Charity registration number: 1171582**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The Charity aims to assist and encourage**
**people with a wide range of health**
**problems and disabilities to overcome**
**adversity through engaging in artistic**
**activities by using their imaginations**
**creatively at their own pace.**|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|•
**To provide groups in various UK**
**locations where members can gather**
**together to produce art in relaxed**
**and friendly surroundings. The**
**groups build members’ self-**
**confidence and stimulate their**
**creativity. They are also able to make**
**friends with those with similar**
**interests within the group.**
•
**To organise annual exhibitions**
**where members can show and, if**
**possible, sell their work.**
•
**To produce magazines and**
**newsletters at regular intervals**
**which showcase members’ work and**
**give information about the activities**
**of the various groups.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The Trustees have had regard to the**
**guidance issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public benefit.**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**Not applicable**|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**An investment policy, effective from 17th**
**January 2023, covers legal requirements,**
**Including an annual review.**|
|---|---|---|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Conquest Art is very reliant on its**
**volunteers i.e. Trustees, Group Leaders**
**and helpers. The Charity Coordinator is**
**the only paid member of staff.**|
|Other||**—**|
## **Achievements and Performance**
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|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**By the end of 2024 15 groups were open**
**throughout the UK. The one in Worcester**
**Park, Surrey had been temporarily closed**
**because of the need to find volunteers**
**and a new Group Leader but towards the**
**end of the year there were plans to**
**reopen it. As always those attending the**
**groups had been very enthusiastic about**
**the benefits they had gained.**
**A number of newsletters and magazines**
**were produced throughout the year.**
**These were circulated, by email and, in**
**hard copy (as appropriate), to volunteers,**
**members of groups and other people**
**connected with Conquest Art (“CA”).**
**The Annual Exhibition was held for the**
**first time at the Horton Art Centre, Epsom**
**from 16th to 26th October 2024. The**
**impressive venue proved the ideal place**
**for CA members to exhibit and also sell**
**paintings, 3D artworks, silk scarves,**
**Christmas cards and blank cards with**
**pictures created by CA members on**
**them. The Mayor and Mayoress of Epsom**
**and Ewell visited the exhibition and were**
**very impressed by the talent on display.**
**They chose their favourite painting and**
**visitors to the Exhibition also voted for**
**theirs as a separate exercise. There was**
**favourable comment about the Exhibition**
**both verbally and on the feedback sheets.**
**During the year the Charity Coordinator**
**organised a number of very successful**
**Zoom meetings where group leaders**
**could discuss various issues with her**
**and with each other. Separate meetings**
**were arranged for the leaders of the**
**groups in the different areas.**|
**Three CA trustees took part in an all-day event in Rosebery Park, Epsom organised by the Rotary Club. Conquest Art was one of a large number of local charities which set up stalls at the event. Some contacts were made with local organisations and members of the public who were interested in joining CA as volunteers or members. Overall the event was an excellent opportunity to introduce CA to the wider community. The Trustees continued to have regular meetings on Zoom to discuss issues related to the running of the charity.**
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|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**In a period of sharply increased costs,**
**especially in rents, the objective of**
**maintaining support of 15 Groups within**
**the charity’s limited means was achieved**
**(deficit only 22% of that budgeted).**|
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**Fundraising exceeded the budgeted**
**target of £20k by £3.6k (18%)**|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**Investments in M&G Charifund and with**
**Hampshire Trust Bank delivered an**
**income yield of over 3.5% with flexibility**
**of access to funds if necessary.**|
|Other||**Income included increases in both**
**donations and funds raised from various**
**events.**|
## **Financial Review**
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**After two years of volatile costs and**
**unpredictable fundraising in 2022 (deficit**
**of £19k) and 2023 (surplus of £7k), 2024**
**considered a successful year with a small**
**deficit of just under £2k achieved on**
**turnover of £53.5k.**|
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|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Reserves equivalent to nine months**
**expenditure (minimum £30k) maintained**
**to meet unexpected circumstances.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£42k of total year end fund balance of**
**£96k**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
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|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**|
|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
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|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Annual grant from Ursula Hulme’s 1998**
**Charitable Trust.**
**Fundraising from other trusts and**
**companies.**|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**The Trustees complete an annual risk**
**assessment. The main risks are loss of**
**income and of rented premises, together**
**with a change of staff.**|
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution dated 10th February 2017**
**when the charity was set up as a**
**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Members agreed to accept constitution**
**and transfer assets from Conquest Art to**
**Conquest Art CIO at an SGM on 30th**
**March 2017. Transfer deed dated 30 June**
**2017.**|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Nomination by a Trustee, visits to**
**groups, attendance as an invited guest at**
**Trustee meetings, checks of eligibility,**
**references and potential conflicts of**
**interest before agreement of appointment**
**by all Trustees. During the latter part of**
**2024 Trustees did discuss whether new**
**members should be appointed to cover**
**particular roles (e.g. finance or IT).**|
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|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|**New Trustees are encouraged to learn**
**from Charity Commission circulars**
**including ‘The Essential Trustee’,**
**documents on Conquest Art policies and**
**procedures, minutes of meetings and**
**accounts.**|
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|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**Conquest Art has one part-time**
**employee, the Charity Coordinator. This**
**person is responsible for all routine**
**administrative tasks, general support and**
**visits to groups.**|
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**None**|
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## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|**Conquest Art CIO**|
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|Other name the charity uses|**Conquest Art**|
|Registered charity number|**1171582**|
|Charity’s principal address|**Room 2, SMC Centre,**
**Stoneleigh Crescent,**
**Stoneleigh, Epsom**
**KT19 0RT**|
**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**for whole year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (if any)**|
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||John Gumbel|Chairman|||
||Brian Tanner|Treasurer|||
||Anne Bland-
Botham|Vice-President|||
||Robert Jones|Secretary|||
||Charlotte Atkinson||||
||Jennifer Farthing||Appointed 7
February2024||
||Christine Loizou||Appointed 26
March 2024||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name**
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Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in this capacity Nil Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the Nil assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and N/A segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
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|**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|||
|**Legal**|**Helen Harvie**|**1, Oak Place,**|
||**(H3 Solicitors)**|**Rosier Business Park,**|
|||**Coneyhurst Road,**|
|||**Billingshurst, West Sussex, RH14 9DE**|
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
N/A
## **Other optional information**
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## **Declarations**
## **The Trustees declare that they have approved the Trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s Trustees**
|**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|**Signature(s)**|_Signature on file_|_Signature on file_|
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||**Full name(s)**|John Ernest Gumbel|Brian Derek Tanner|
||**osition (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**|
Chair|Treasurer|
|||30thApril 2025||
|||30thApril 2025||
BALANCE SHEEr
BALANCES AT 31ST DECEMBER 2024
Bank Balances
HSBC Current Account
M&G Charifund (see Note l)
Trojan Ethical Fund
Hampshire Trust Bank
2024
25942
40000
30001
95943
FUND BALANCES
General Fund
Restricted Funds (see Note 2)
Designated (Groups Support) Fund
28829
4573
62541
95943
Notes to Accounts
l. The total value of the investment in the Charifund Account with M&G as at 31st December 2024
was £41,782; the unrealised gain of £1,782 is not reflected in these Accounts.
2. Restricted Funds comprise the unspent balances of amounts received from donors for spending
on, or following closure of bank accounts:
Ashtead - £2,002
Carshalton £100
Cheam- £315
Halesworth - £300
Kingston - £355
Malvern - £472
Reigate Park - £1,029
3. In addition to these accounts, each of 15 local groups have small amounts for day to day
expenditure.
I certify that the Accounts shown above and on the preceding page agree with the books as
shown and explained to me.
C A Wandless
Date
CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's report on the
accounts
Section A
.Indepèndent Examiner's Report
Report to the trustees
CONQUEST ART CIO
On accounts for the year
ended
31 DECEMBER 2024
Charity no
(if any)
1171582
Set out on pages
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
harity ("the Trust") for the year ended i i/ 1 1/2L"LLk
As.the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ("the
Act"}.
Responsibilities and
basls of report
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I
have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent
examiner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have
come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than Ihat
disclosed below ') which gives me cause to believe that in, any material
respect..
the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130
of the Charities Act., or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records., or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements
concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities
(Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement
that the accounts give a 'true and fair, view which is not a matter
considered as part of an independent ex8mination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connedion
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in
order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
Signed:
Date:
Ao.
Name:
CAQuLshJL AN L¢SS
Relevant professional
IER
Oct 2018
quallficatlon(s) or body
(if any):
Address:
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Section B
Disclosure
Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concem
(see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts". directions and
guidance for examiners).
Glve here brlef details of
any items that the
examiner wishes to
dlsclose.
IER
Oct 2018