## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 01/04/2020 Period start date To 31/03/2021 Period end date**
## **Charity name: LEEDS MODEL RAILWAY SOCIETY**
## **Charity registration number: 1178071**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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SORP reference
Summary of the Para 1.17 To advance public education, and
purposes of the charity foster a general interest in model
as set out in its railways, protype railways and
governing document allied pursuits, and to encourage
a high standard of railway
modelling – particularly amongst
members of the society
Summary of the main Para 1.17 and The society provides facilities to
1.19
activities in relation to develop skills and knowledge to
those purposes for the construct working railway models
public benefit, in and to research prototype
particular, the activities, railways. It provides educational
projects or services instruction on the methods and
identified in the tools that can be used in
accounts. construction of the models.
The society organises a model
railway exhibition to promote and
encourage public interest in
model railways.
Talks on aspects of model railway
construction and operation of
prototype railways are open to
members of the society and
interested members of the public.
Members of the society support
other model railway
clubs/societies by taking model
railway layouts to exhibitions or
providing demonstration of skills
and activities in model making.
Statement confirming Para 1.18 The trustees have had due regard
whether the trustees to the guidance issued by the
have had regard to the charity commission on public
guidance issued by the benefit.
Charity Commission on
public benefit
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SORP reference
Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
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The Covid pandemic restrictions
during the year 2020-2021, have
prevented the society from
Summary of the main holding it’s regular Wednesday
Para 1.20
achievements of the evening meetings. The
charity, identifying the restrictions also prevented the
difference the charity’s Society from holding the Annual
work has made to the Model Railway Exhibition which is
circumstances of its the most important way the
beneficiaries and any society has of engagement with
wider benefits to society the wider public and model
as a whole. railway fraternity. This has had a
significant impact on the
Society’s finances, as we have
had to continue paying rent for
clubrooms. Members have made
some generous donations during
the year. The Society has also
been unable to hold Open Days at
the Society clubrooms.
The Society organised online
meetings through Zoom enabling
members to keep in touch with
one another and share both their
railway modelling interests and
also how they were coping with
the restrictions and difficulties
that the Covid virus was causing
in their and family/friends lives.
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**Zoom meetings have also enabled members to take part in meetings with other clubs, often geographically remote (for example Australia) leading to wider interchange of ideas and experience in railway modelling.**
**Many members have found the model railway hobby, that can be undertaken individually as well as in a group, has been a great benefit during the Covid ‘lockdown’ period.**
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The Covid pandemic measures
prevented the Society from
Achievements against Para 1.41 achieving its usual activities, but
objectives set has been able to meet its aims
through different methods, as
indicated in the previous section.
The inability to hold the Annual
Model Railway Exhibition has had
Performance of a significant impact on
fundraising activities Para 1.41 fundraising.
against objectives set The recognition of the Charity by
HMRC for tax purposes has
enabled Gift Aid to be claimed on
donations made during the year.
Investment performance Para 1.41
against objectives
Other
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## **Financial Review**
Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 financial position at the end of the period Statement explaining the Para 1.22 policy for holding
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reserves stating why
they are held
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22
Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22
reserves
Details of fund materially Para 1.24
in deficit
Explanation of any Para 1.23
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a
going concern
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The charity’s principal
sources of funds Para 1.47
(including any
fundraising)
Investment policy and
objectives including any Para 1.46
social investment policy
adopted
A description of the Para 1.46
principal risks facing the
charity
Other
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
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Description of charity’s
trusts:
Type of governing Para 1.25
document
(trust deed, royal
charter)
How is the charity Para 1.25
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)
Trustee selection Para 1.25
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
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Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction Para 1.51
and training of trustees
The charity’s
organisational structure Para 1.51
and any wider network
with which the charity
works
Relationship with any Para 1.51
related parties
Other
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## **Reference and Administrative details**
Charity name Other name the charity uses Registered charity number
Charity's principal
address
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Name of person (or body)
Dates acted if not for
Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee
whole year
(if any)
1 Andrew Ross Chairman
2 John Aldrick Treasurer
3 Barrry Oliver
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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
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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
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
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## **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**
**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)** Richard John Aldrick
**Position (eg** Treasurer **Secretary, Chair, etc)**
**Date** 07/12/2021
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LEEDS MODEL RAILWAY SOCIETY 1178071
Receipts and payments accounts
For the period 3/31/2020 3/31/2021
To
from
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds
funds funds funds
to the nearest
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
Member subscriptions 1,539 - - 1,539
Donations 4,234 - - 4,234
refreshments - - - -
Exhibition Income - - - -
HMRC Gift Aid 780 - - 780
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
6,553 - - 6,553
Sub total (Gross income for AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total - - - -
Total receipts 6,553 - - 6,553
A3 Payments
Rent 9,000 - - 9,000
Insurance 160 - - 160
Electricity - - - -
Exhibition Expenditure - - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ 9,160 ] - - 9,160
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - -
Total payments 9,160 - - 9,160
Net of receipts/(payments) - 2,607 - - - 2,607
A5 Transfers between funds - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 19,764 # - - 19,764
Cash funds this year end 17,157 - - 17,157
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
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|**Categories**|**Details**||**funds**||**funds**|
|**B1 Cash funds**|Bank Account|**_Total cash funds_**|**to nearest £**
**17,157**
**-**
**-**
**17,157**|
|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
||(agree balances|with receipts and payments
account(s))|OK|OK||
||||**Unrestricted**||**Restricted**|
||||**funds**||**funds**|
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|**Details**||**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
|**B3 Investment assets**|**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||
|**B4 Assets retained for the**|**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**
**-**||
|**charity’s own use**||||
|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
||||**Fund to which**||**Amount due**|
|**B5 Liabilities**|**Details**||**liability relates**|
|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**(optional)**|
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
Signature Print Name John Aldrick
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CC16a
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**Last year**
## **to the nearest £**
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859
2,432
291
10,809
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14,391
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**14,391**
**6,750 160 73 8,651 - - - - - 15,634**
**15,634 - 1,243 - 21,229 19,986**
## **Endowment funds**
**to nearest £ - - - -**
OK
**Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - -**
**Current value (optional) - - - - -**
**Current value (optional) - - - - - - - - - When due (optional)**
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Date of
approval
12/6/2021
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