## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01[St] April 2023 To 31[st] March 2024 Charity name: Darwen Community Foundation** **Charity registration number: 1171787** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**Promotion of any charitable purpose for**
**the benefit of the community in the area**
**currently known as Darwen and its**
**immediate**
**neighbourhood**
**and**
**in**
**particular the advancement of education,**
**the protection of good health, but**
**physical or mental, and the relief of**
**poverty and sickness.**| |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 raise funding for local charitable**
**causes in line with the objects.**
**To distribute grants to local charities and**
**community groups in line with the**
**objects.**
**To deliver charitable projects that benefit**
**the Darwen community.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**Trustees have taken due regard to the**
**guidance**
**issued**
**by**
**the**
**Charity**
**Commission on public benefit and all**
**activities supported are for public benefit**
**that benefit the community of Darwen.**| ## **Achievements and Performance** **----- Start of picture text -----**
SORP
reference
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|**Achievements and Performance**|**Achievements and Performance**|**Achievements and Performance**| |---|---|---| |SORP
reference||| |||| |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|**The charity was inactive during the period. The**
**charity holds funds worth £77 at the end of the**
**period.**
**There are plans to support the Darwen community**
**in future years.**| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity has £77 held as cash at the**
**bank at the end of the period.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**We currently do not have a reserves**
**policy as we have no recurring liabilities.**
**All funds raised are free to be spent on**
**supporting charitable causes.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£77.**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**We have no recurring liabilities.**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**Not applicable.**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**No concerns.**| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document|Para
1.25|**Set up as a CIO on 27th Feb 2017.**| |How is the charity constituted?
(e.g unincorporated association,
CIO)|Para
1.25|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**| |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|**Trustees are appointed by Blackburn**
**with Darwen Council for Voluntary**
**Service.**| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|**Darwen Community Foundation**| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|None| |Registered charitynumber|**1171787**| |Charity’s principal address|Jubilee Tower Credit Union
10-11 Market Street
DARWEN
BB3 1AZ| ## _**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**_ _Garth Hodgkinson (ex-officio)_ _All trustees are appointed by Blackburn with Darwen Council for Voluntary Service._ ## **Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved** Garth Hodgkinson ## **Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity** Not applicable. ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Not applicable. ## **Declarations** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Jeremy Garth Hodgkinson **Position (eg Secretary,** Trustee **Chair, etc) Date** 01st November 2024 **----- Start of picture text -----**
Name No (if any)
Darwen Community Foundation 1173212
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period Period start date Period end date
To
from 01/04/2023 31/03/2024
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Donation 100 - # - 100 100.00
0 - - 0 -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total (Gross income for
AR) [ 100 ] - - 100 100
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 100 - - 100 100
A3 Payments
Bank Charges 96 - - 96 96
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total [ 96 ] - - 96 96
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments 96 - - 96 96
Net of receipts/(payments) 4 - - 4 4
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 73 - - 73 69
Cash funds this year end 77 - - 77 73
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 01/11/2024 1 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**the end of the period**|| |---|---|---|---| |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
**Details**
Cash held at the Bank
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**77**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**77**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Garth Hodgkinson|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**When due**
**(optional)**
Date of
approval
01/11/2024| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 01/11/2024 2