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2021-03-31-accounts

SectionD Achievements andperformance
Summary of themain
achievements of thecharity
duringthe year
TheCoker Rope&Sail CIOwasregisteredonMarch1
2017totake
over many ofthepurposes and activities oftheolder Coker & SailTrust
(Charityno.1120031),theprimaryaimbeingtoprotect trusteesfrom
potentiallylargepersonal liabilities. Ourtrustees arelocal peoplewhoare
closelyinvolvedwiththeproject.TheaccountsoftheolderTrustwere
closed, andthefunds transferredtothe ClO. The CIO alsonowclaims
GiftAidinstead of the Trust.
TheCIOholdsallthreesiteleases-themain factory site,thevisitor
centre site, and the stripoflandto thenorth owned bytheneighbouring
Windsor family.
Previousyears weredominatedbytheLotteryHeritageFunded
restoration of the Victorian Twineworks.Wesubmitted our25thandfinal
report and claim on scheduleonMarch30th,202A.having completedall
theessential andvirtuallyall the desired elements oftheproject.
Theonsetofthepandemicbroughtcancellation,oratleast
postponement,ofvisitsbookedbygroups andexternaltalks(which
usually lead tovisits)by our Chairman, Ross Aitken.
WewereunabletohostOpenDays until late Junewhenrestrictions were
easedandwehad requestsfromlocal clubs(W,bellringers etc)tovisit
our outsidespacetomeet. Many of these people, being older, hadbeen
'shielding' orinselfisolationfor somemonthsanditwasgoodto seeour
community space used andvalued.Wewereabletoservetea,coffee,
cakeetc.
Later,wecouldresumeopen days and tours,giventhatallourold
building rooms have an outsidedoor.\Aleallowedone'bubble'intoeach
room.We were not abletoopen the visitorcentretopeople,butwedid
serverefreshmentsfromit,andwe didmove objectsandexplanations
outside,andwe did runmachinery havingset upasecondworking
treatmentrun.
Working withintherules,we successfully hostedaweddingreceptionfor
alocal couplewhomanagedtomarry between lockdowns.
Everythingended in lateSeptemberwith thesecond lockdown, andwe
remained closeduntilApril2021.
lnspring2020itwassuggestedthatweapplyfora'hospitalityand
leisure' grant fromSSDCtohelpcover our complete lossofincomeand
ourongoing expenses (heating, insurance, waste treatment,firealarms
etc). Ourapplicationwassuccessful,andwehave hadtwofurther
supplements.Toqualifyforthegrants,wehadtobeonthelocal
business ratesregister-anissue never addressed followingtheSSDC
compulsory purchasein2005.Fortunately,we were given not onlythe
80% rates discount duetocharities, but alsotheremainingdiscretionary
20o/o.
Duringlockdownourhistorian, Richard Sims,hasbeen workingona
monograph coveringtheuseofCoker Canvasfor theAmerica'sCup
yachts, andwe were lent andcopiedan18thcentury sailclothstamp
foundlocally.
Lookingfonrardto stagedre-openingfrom April to June2021 as allowed
bythegovernment'stimetable, we employed professionallandscapers to
cut back andtidyalmostawholeyea/sgrowth of grass,bushes, weeds
andtrees.The siteisnowveryneatandismanageablebyour
volunteers.Avolunteer'workday'sawalltheoldbuildingsswept,
cleaned and tidied-ready for theAprilopenday.
Our groupvisit diaryis beginningto fillagain, and sowehopefor abetter
year.

SectionE
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CRST (RegCharity No1120031)wasawarded a grantof€404,000bythe
Heritaget-ottery Fund in September2016.Thiswas transfenedtotheCRS
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sources offunds(including
any fundraising).
lntotatweclaimed.9403,973againstthelimit off404,000.The
payment off19,070wasreceivedbytheCRSCIO thisyear'
last
.howexpenditurehas We successfullyreclaimedt1,305.74inGift Aidfor FY19-20 and FY 20-
supportedthekeYobjectives 21tromHMRC.
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objectives includinganY Wehave received 819,431in grantsfomSSDC.
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CHARITY
FOR ENGLAND
ANDWALE TheCoker Ropeqnd Ropeqnd SailCIO 1,,,,0,, 1,,,,0,,
Receiptsandpaymentsaccounts CCl6a
Fortheperiod
from
01-Apr-20 To 31-Mar-21
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Endorrment
funds
Totalfunds Last year
to the nearest
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A,I
Donations 2,353 2,353 5,937
Grant Payments 38,501 38,501 57,026
Transfer from CRST 4,260
Repayments HMRC VAT & GiftAid 'r,306 1,306 't0,428
Book Sales 230 230
lnterest - Business lnstant AccessA,/C 2 2 1
income
AR) 42,392 42,392 77,652
A2Asset and investment sales,
(seetable).
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Totalreceipts 42,392 I
az,ggz I
77,652
A3
Admin 1,146 1,16 2,952
Proffessional Fees 25 25 4,245
Visitor Centre Fiftings 329 329 61,449
Visitor Centre Caf6 Costs 583 583 1,339
Activities Preps & Materials 1,893 1,E93 5,063
Utilities 747 747
Subtotal 1,723 4,723 75,048
A4Asset andinvestment
purchases,(seetable)
Subtotal
Total payments 723 4,723 75,048
Netofreceipts/(payments) 37,669 37,669 2,6U
A5Transfersbetween funds
A6Cashfundslast year end 't 1,386 11,386 8,782
Cashfundsthisyearend 49,055 49,055 1t,386
Unrestricted Restricted Restricted Endowment Endowment
eategerries funds funds funds
to nearest € to nearestf to
BiCashfunds CIOTreasurefsAccount 9,052
Business lnstant Access A,/C 40,004
Total cashfunds 49,056
(agree balanceswithreceipts and payments
account(s))
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
funds funds funds
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84Assetsretainedfor the
charity's ownuse
Fund towhich Amount due Whendue
relates
85 Liabilities Auditors Fees Unrestriced 275 01July2021
Signedbyone ortwotrusteeson
behalfof allthe trustees
Print Name Dateof
RossNeilAitken 01-May-21