## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1[st] October 2023 To 30[th] September 2024** ## **Charity name: St Albans Half Marathon** ## **Charity registration number: 1176191** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The promotion of community**
**participation in healthy recreation for**
**the benefit of the inhabitants of St**
**Albans and the surrounding area by the**
**provision of a half marathon, fun run**
**and such other sports as the trustees**
**may in their absolute discretion deem**
**appropriate.**
**To support such general charitable**
**purposes as the trustees in their**
**absolute discretion may**
**determine by**
**the provision of grants in St Albans and**
**the surrounding area.**| |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|**St Albans Half Marathon provide a one**
**day, annual event on the second Sunday**
**of June. Entrants to the numerous races**
**help to fund the hosting of the event and**
**all profit is then donated to local**
**organisations and charities who help us**
**marshal the event. The races available**
**are:**
**St Albans Half Marathon**
**Walking Half Marathon**
**Wheelchair Half Marathon**
**5k**
**Fun Run**
**To increase our reach we also hold a**
**public vote to select a Main Benefiting**
**Charity. This years charity was Herts**
**Domestic Abuse Helpline . We offered 50**
**free running spaces to the charity which**
**they could use for fundraising. We also**
**promoted their work heavily in the build**
**up and on the day of the event.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance|Para 1.18|**Public benefit is at the forefront of St**
**Albans Half Marathons goals.**
**As a charity the public benefit is 2 fold.**| |issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit||**1) We provide a large event to**
**promote the importance of**
**community as well as the**
**promotion of health and an active**
**lifestyle.**
**2) To raise and distribute funds to**
**help support local organisations**
**and charities from St Albans and**
**the surrounding areas. (eg. PTA**
**groups, small charities, sports**
**and leisure clubs etc)**
**Trustees focus on the above two points**
**to help lead how the charity is governed**
**as a whole.**
**The Trustees confirm that they have had**
**due regard to the guidance issued by**
**the Charity Commission on public**
**benefit.**| |---|---|---| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:||| ||SORP reference|| |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|**St Albans Half Marathon benefits greatly**
**from the help of volunteers on race day.**
**We have the help of hundreds of**
**volunteers each and every year who**
**help to make the St Albans Half**
**Marathon a success. The Trustees are**
**very grateful to those who give up their**
**time to help.**| ## **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|**This year was the 42nd Year of the St**
**Albans Half Marathon.**
**This year Active Training World**
**organised the event for the charity. ATW**
**then made a donation to our charity.**
**This was the only way we saw it**
**possible for the event to continue to**
**exist.**
**ATW**| |||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**At the end of the period we had £4181 in**
**our bank account. This was the amount**
**carried forward to future years races**
**and to make donations to local**
**organisations and charities.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The run industry appears to be picking**
**up as of January 2024, the charity aims**
**to build its reserves as the industry**
**grows.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£4181**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**n/a**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**None**| Explanation of any Para 1.23 **n/a** uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: **Entry fees from race entrants paid via ATW** The charity’s principal sources of funds (including Para 1.47 any fundraising) ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**CIO - Foundation model 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|**Apart from the first charity trustees,**
**every trustee must be appointed for a**
**term of 3 years by a resolution passed**
**at a properly convened meeting of the**
**charity trustees.**
**In selecting individuals for appointment**
**as charity trustees, the charity trustees**
**must have regard to the skills,**
**knowledge and experience needed for**
**the effective administration of the CIO.**
**There must be a minimum of three**
**trustees and a maximum of 12.**| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charityname|**St Albans Half Marathon**| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charitynumber|**1176191**| |Charity’s principal address|**St Albans City and District Council Offices,**
**St Peters Street,**
**St Albans,**
**AL1 3JE**| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||AndrzejJuraszek|||| |2
3
4|Katie Foweraker|||| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Phil Gibson|||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name none** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year N/a** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets No funds are held as custodian trustees held in this capacity ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of**
**adviser**|**Name**
**Address**|**Name**
**Address**| |---|---|---| |**Bank**|Lloyds Bank|36 Chequer Street, St Albans, AL1 3YQ| |||| |**Accountant**
**s**|WMT|Verulam Point, Station Way, St Albans, AL1 5HE| |||| **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** Martin Day – Project and Race Director ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** Katie Foweraker **Full name(s)** Andrzej Juraszek **Position (eg Secretary,** Trustee Trustee **Chair, etc) Date** 15/07/25 **St Albans Half Marathon** **1176191** ## **Receipts and payments accounts** 10/1/2023 9/30/2024 **For the period from** **To** **CC16a** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**Section A Receipts and payments**||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**
**Donations**
**-**
From SAHM nor forprofit organisation
**-**
**Charitable Activities**
**-**
Race Donation
**9,000**
Race Sponsorship
**-**
Other income
**74**
Council Grant
**-**
**9,074**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 9,074**
**A3 Payments**
Manpower
Marketing
**368**
Pre Race Setup
**-**
Equipment
**-**
Services
**70**
Prizes
**-**
Sundry
**-**
Donations to Marshals
**8,525**
other
**_Sub total_ 8,963**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 8,963**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ 111**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**4,069**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 4,180**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**9,000**
**-**
**74**
**-**
**9,074**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**9,074**
**368**
**-**
**-**
**70**
**-**
**-**
**8,525**
**-**
**8,963**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**8,963**
**111**
**-**
**4,069**
**4,180**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**9,000**|**5,500**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**74**|| |||||| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**9,074**|**5,500**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**||**5,500**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||| ||||**368**|**299**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**70**|**84**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**8,525**|**9,400**| |||||| ||||**-**|| ||||**8,963**|**9,783**| |||||| |||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|**-**| |||||| |||**-**|**8,963**|**9,783**| |||||| ||**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**111**|**- 4,283**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**4,069**|**8,345**| ||**-**||**4,180**|**8,456**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
Bank Balance
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
A.Jurazek
K. Foweraker
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**4,180**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**4,180**
**-**
OK
OK
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
A.Juraszek
K.Foweraker
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| ||A.Jurazek|A.Juraszek|7/15/2025| ||K. Foweraker|K.Foweraker|7/15/2025|