## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1[st] January 2024 to 31[st] December 2024**
**Charity name: Pink Champagne Breast Cancer Survivors Dragon Boat Team**
## **Charity registration number: 1172801**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To promote and protect the physical and**
**mental health of those who have had**
**treatment for Breast Cancer, in**
**particular, but not exclusively by, the**
**provision of support, practical advice**
**and recreational activities in Dragon**
**Boat racing.**|
|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|**Organise weekly practices weather**
**permitting, coaching and training**
**sessions for the team. Evening sessions**
**during the summer months. Regular**
**attendance by 20-30 paddlers from a**
**current membership of 45. Paying for a**
**safety boat in the winter months and**
**always having regard to Health and**
**Safety matters on and off the water.**
**Funds raised are used for Maintenance**
**and Storage of the Dragon Boats, any kit**
**which is purchased for the team,**
**payment of registration fees for Dragon**
**Boat Racing events both nationally and**
**internationally. Organising fundraising**
**events and also giving talks - not only to**
**raise funds but also awareness of our**
**Charity’s aims. We use display boards**
**to raise our profile in various locations.**
**Our Charity supports any of our**
**members who become unable to paddle**
**by offering a non-paddling membership**
**in order that they continue to enjoy the**
**friendship and support.**
**There is a Hardship Fund available to**
**allow all our members, if required, to be**
**able to attend UK events.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**As a Charity we have regard to the**
**guidance issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public benefit and seek**
**to continue to carry out our purposes as**
**detailed above. A recent members**
**survey revealed the following personal**
**benefits of membership;“Improved**|
**fitness level; meet likeminded people; It’s something positive to come out of Breast Cancer”, “Social, fitness, ability to discuss worries and fears regarding breast cancer, new experiences”, “Being a member greatly benefits me, both mentally and physically. Being on a team with strong women is very inspiring and motivational. It’s an amazing feeling being part of a team.”**
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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SORP reference||
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**N/A**|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**N/A**|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Our Charity relies greatly on volunteers**
**for its success. The Board of Trustees**
**is entirely made up of volunteers who**
**are also members and have experience**
**of Breast Cancer. Our female helms are**
**also from our membership and**
**volunteers whom we have financed in**
**training. Our male helmsman is a non-**
**cancer volunteer who is also a**
**Coach/Trainer. We benefit from**
**countless hours of help from our**
**families, friends and local businesses**
**who continually support and strengthen**
**our team whether at home or abroad.**|
|Other||**We also benefit from being able to use**
**the Hengistbury Head Outdoor Centre**
**where we store our boats and the Adult**
**Sailors Club who supply us with a**
**Safety Boat during the winter months.**|
## **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 1.20S|**Created two support groups to organise**
**a sponsored marathon paddle; and**
**prepare for Pink October in order to**
**raise awareness of breast cancer.**
**It was agreed with members to increase**
**the focus on training for our paddling**
**technique and stamina. To that end we**
**employed the services of a GB coach**
**who gave members individual feedback.**
**Improvements in performance were**
**evident when two Pink Champagne**
**teams went to the international dragon**
**boat festival in Barcelona and we won a**
**silver medal.**
**In addition, we joined the Bournemouth**
**Outriggers Canoe Club, to provide**
**additional training opportunities for our**
**members and gain experience of**
**paddling on the open sea.**
**In May and June, we had reciprocal**
**paddling sessions with the Swanage Gig**
**Rowing Club. This facilitated us**
**spreading the awareness of undertaking**
**exercise after breast cancer surgery and**
**also providing members with the**
**opportunity to have an alternative**
**paddling/ rowing experience.**
**The above events benefit our members**
**through improved physical fitness and**
**endurance, wellbeing and support for**
**each other as Breast Cancer survivors.**
**In August, we organised a sponsored**
**marathon paddle through Christchurch**
**and up and down the River Stour. It was**
**arranged to coincide with the annual**
**Christchurch Carnival whose committee**
**we worked very closely with and Pink**
**Champagne was selected as one of its**
**chosen charities to sponsor. We also**
**partook of the carnival parade and were**
**awarded first prize for our entry which**
**included towing a dragon boat through**
**Christchurch.**
**In October, we arranged for the**
**following buildings to be lit up in Pink**
**lights: Sherborne Abbey, Wimborne**
**Minster, The Priory Christchurch, the**
**library at Bournemouth University and**
**the Ferris Wheel on the Bournemouth**|
**seafront. We have established a Donations page and increased our profile by setting up an Instagram page and regularly updating our Facebook profile. We have used these fundraising events as an opportunity to raise awareness of breast cancer and the side effects of treatment such as Lymphoedema. Dragon boating helps to reduce the impact of these side effects on our members’ lives.**
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|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**N/A**|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**N/A**|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**N/A**|
|Other||**N/A**|
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**At the end of the financial year Pink**
**Champagne had £33,414 in its bank**
**accounts.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Pink Champagne’s policy is to hold**
**sufficient reserves to cover any**
**unforeseen expenses that may occur**
**e.g. boat replacement, safety equipment,**
**repairs etc.**
**Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole**
**Council (BCP) is likely to transfer the**
**Hengistbury Head Outdoor Centre by**
**means of a community asset transfer to**
**a newly incorporated community benefit**
**society, with which Pink Champagne**
**closely works. Many of the club’s**
**members have become lifetime**
**members of the new society. We**
**anticipate that we will have to contribute**
**to the capital costs of the**
**redevelopment in return for reduced**
**future rental payments. Such a capital**
**contribution will come from reserves.**
**Funds of approximately £400 per**
**member are required to enter the next**
**IBPCC event which is to take place in**
**France in 2026 with 24 members in**
**attendance.**
**Coronavirus has impressed on us the**
**need to maintain ample reserves as we**
**have not been able to hold our Annual**
**Festival, which was our key fund raiser,**
**due to a lack of facilities since the**
**pandemic.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£20,000**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|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|**There are no uncertainties about Pink**
**Champagne continuing to operate.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
**Annual Festival**
**Craft Stalls**
**Marathon Paddle**
**Donations: Going for Bust**
**Wonderful.Org online donation site**|
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|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**Pink Champagne does not have a**
**separate investment policy. All excess**
**funds are kept in a deposit account with**
**instant access.**|
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|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**The greatest risk facing the charity**
**relates to the redevelopment of the**
**Hengistbury Head Outdoor centre which**
**could affect our ability to paddle in the**
**harbour and/or organise fundraising**
**festivals in the future.**|
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## **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**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|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|**Invitation to apply. Nominations to be**
**proposed and seconded by members.**
**Election at AGM if more nominations**
**than positions. Guidance through**
**publications from Charity Commission –**
**Essential Trustee – What you need to**
**Know.**
**All current Trustees available for advice**
**if members are interested in the role.**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51|
**Code of Conduct for Trustees/Copy of**
**Constitution and Annual Report and**
**Accounts. Any other relevant literature**
**from Charity Commission**|
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|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**Currently managed by 6 Trustees. (Min**
**4/Max 10 required). Some members**
**responsible for other activities within**
**the organisation e.g. Travel/Social/**
**Media/Coach, Paddling, PR and Social**
**Media**|
|Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|**None**|
|Other||**N/A**|
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|Pink Champagne Breast Cancer Survivors Dragon Boat
Team|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1172801|
|Charity’s principal address|Hengistbury Head Outdoor Education Centre
The Broadway
Southbourne
Bournemouth
BH6 4EN|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||MaryO’Sullivan|Treasurer|1/1/2024 – 25/3/2025||
||Angie Davies|Team Manager|||
||Ann Scovell|Secretary/
Membership|||
||Irene White|Fundraising|||
||Carolyn Brooke|Welfare/Kit|||
||Nicola Mayhew|Chairman|Appointed 25/3/25||
||Natalie Peevor|Fundraising|Appointed 25/3/25||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets **N/A** held in this capacity
Name and objects of the **N/A** charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects
Details of arrangements for **N/A** safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
Ann Scovell **Signature(s)** Mary O’Sullivan Ann Scovell **Full name(s)** Mary O’Sullivan **Position (eg Secretary,** Treasurer Secretary **Chair, etc) Date** 25/03/25
**Charity Name No Pink Champagne Breast Cancer Survivors Dragon Boat Team 11**
## **Receipts and payments accoun**
Period start date **For the period from To 1/1/2024**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted funds**
**Restricted funds**
## **Endowment funds**
**to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £**
**A1 Receipts** Memberships & Subscriptions **3,602 - -** Donations **516 - -** Kit **264 - -** Fundraising **8,972 - -** Travel Income **13,199 - -** Fees **-** Interest **264 - - - - 26,816 - -** ~~a2~~ _**Sub total** (Gross income for AR)_ **A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - - - -** _**Sub total**_ **[ - ] - -** ~~————~~ _**Total receipts**_ **26,816 - - A3 Payments** Rent **-** Insurance **4,032 - -** Coaching, helming and fitness **1,879 - -** Boat expenses,equipment **587 - -** BDA events, boat and van hire **7,833 - -** Fundraising costs **1,969 - -** Stationery etc **947 - -** Travel costs **8,620 - -** Kit **67 - -** ~~===~~ _**Sub total**_ **25,933 - - A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - -** _**Sub total**_ **-** ~~—~~ _**Total payments**_ ~~———~~ **25,933 - -** _**Net of receipts/(payments)**_ **884 - - A5 Transfers between funds - - - A6 Cash funds last year end 32,857 556 -** _**Cash funds this year end**_ **33,741 556 -** ~~= _== |=~~
## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
**Details**
**B1 Cash funds**
Current Accounts
Savings Account
Petty Cash
(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
**Details**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**Details**
**B3 Investment assets**
**Details**
dragon boat
New dragon boats
GoPro camera
New laptops with Secretary and Fundraiser
New boat
2 trollies
Printer for Secretary
**Details**
**B5 Liabilities**
Signature
**_Total cash funds_**
**B4 Assets retained for the charity’s**
**own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the
trustees|**Unrestricted funds**
**to nearest £**
**6,144**
**27,524**
**73**
**33,741**
OK
**Unrestricted funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print N
**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**
**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**
**Fund to which liability**
**relates**|
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**o (if any) 172801**
**nts** Period end date **12/31/2024**
## **CC16a**
**Total funds Last year to the nearest £ to the nearest £**
|**3,602**||**3,033**|
|---|---|---|
|**516**||**794**|
|**264**||**643**|
|**8,972**||**261**|
|**13,199**||**13,797**|
|**-**||**1,053**|
|**264**||**286**|
|**-**||**-**|
|**26,816**||**19,868**|
|**-**||||
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|**-**||**-**||
|**-**||**-**||
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|**26,816**||**19,868**||
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|**-**||**-**||
|**4,032**||**1,170**||
|**1,879**||**1,427**||
|**587**||**4,405**||
|**7,833**||**2,863**||
|**1,969**||**50**||
|**947**||**1,359**||
|**8,620**||**15,230**||
|**67**||**2,842**||
|**25,933**||**29,347**||
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|**-**|||**-**||
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|**25,933**|||**29,347**||
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|**884**||**-**|**9,479**||
|**-**|||**-**||
|**33,414**|||**42,892**||
|**34,297**|||**33,414**||
## **Restricted funds**
## **Endowment funds**
|**to nearest £**
**556**
**-**
**-**
**556**
OK
**Restricted funds**|**to nearest £**|
|---|---|
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||**-**|
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||**-**|
||OK|
||**Endowment funds**|
|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**to nearest £**|
|---|---|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|---|---|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
|**Cost (optional)**
**5,200**
**9,168**
**448**
**864**
**8,354**
**1,044**
**80**
**-**|**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|---|---|
|**5,200**|**-**|
|**9,168**|**-**|
|**448**|**-**|
|**864**|**-**|
|**8,354**|**-**|
|**1,044**|**-**|
|**80**|**-**|
|**-**|**-**|
**Amount due (optional)**
**When due (optional)**
**-**
Name
Date of approval
Sullivan
covell
Independent Examiner’s Report for Pink Champagne Breast Cancer Survivors Dragon Boat Team
## Report on the Financial Statements for the year ended 31.12.2024
To the members of the Pink Champagne Breast Cancer Survivors Dragon Boat Team,
I have examined the financial statements of the Pink Champagne Breast Cancer Survivors Dragon Boat Team (the “Team”), which comprise the statement of income and expenditure, balance sheet, and the notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31.12.2024
This report is made solely to the Team’s members in accordance with the terms of our engagement. My examination has been conducted in accordance with applicable standards, including the relevant procedures and requirements for independent examination, and it is my responsibility to report on the financial statements. This report is solely for the benefit of the Team and should not be used for any other purpose.
## Responsibilites of the Team
The members of the Team are responsible for preparing the financial statements in accordance with applicable guidelines and regulations, and for ensuring that the financial statements present a true and fair view of the Team’s financial position and activities for the year. They are also responsible for maintaining adequate accounting records and safeguarding assets.
## Basis of Independent Examiner’s Report
My examination has been carried out in accordance with the applicable standard for independent examinations. This includes making inquiries, examining records, and reviewing the accounting policies and practices adopted by the Team, as well as other relevant information. I have not carried out an audit and, therefore, I do not express an audit opinion.
## Independent Examiner’s Statement
In the course of my examination, I have not come across any material matters which would suggest that the financial statements do not provide a true and fair view of the Team’s financial position and its results of operations for the year.
I confirm that:
- The financial records and statements have been prepared in accordance with the applicable guidelines.
- The statements reflect the income and expenditure for the year accurately.
- The statement of assets and liabilities provides a true and fair representation of the Team’s assets and liabilities.
Based on my examination, I believe the financial statements provide a true and fair view of the Team’s financial affairs.
Conclusion
I am satisfied that the financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the applicable regulations and provide a true and fair view of the financial position of the Pink Champagne Breast Cancer Survivors Dragon Boat Team for the year ended 31.12.2024. No further matters have come to my attention that would require additional disclosure.
This report is prepared for the sole use of the Team’s members. No other person should rely on it.
Signed:
Susan Josey
17.03.2025
4 Rufford Gardens, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH6 3HX