## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
**From**
Period start date Period end date 1st 2021 31st December 2021
January 2021
**To**
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** THE SOCIETY OF SHOEFITTERS **Other names charity is known by** SSF **Registered charity number (if any)** 1178413 **Charity's principal address** C/O 61A High Street Kintbury Hungerford RG17 9TL
## **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 Elspeth Dickins Chair
2 Robert Hardy Vice Chair
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7
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## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
**Name Dates acted if not for whole year**
March **2012**
**TAR**
1
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser Name Address Accountant** Jane Long Ltd 45a Norwich Road, Dereham, Norfolk, NR20 3AS
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
**Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Type of governing document
Constitution
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
CIO How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company)
Council of voluntary members Trustee selection methods
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
March **2012**
**TAR**
2
## **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
To preserve and protect foot health for the public benefit by rising awareness of the need for footwear to be correctly fitted and the benefits of professional shoe fitting through the provision of education.
Ensuring that professional Shoefitters are appropriately trained and maintain high standards of current knowledge, professionalism and practice at all times.
To continue to educate the general public of the importance of shoe fitting and the benefit it has on the whole body, not just feet. Ensuring footwear sold by our members fits the foot and is of the quality to ensure the foot is supported throughout the life of the shoe. By offering advice and information, our members continue to ensure the customer has the best possible fitting shoe for the circumstances. Feet stay healthy and free of symptoms by wearing quality footwear that has been fitted by trained professionals.
**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)**
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
March **2012**
**TAR**
3
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
Section D Achievements and performance
March **2012**
**TAR**
4
## Section D Achievements and performance
**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
We have continued to educated health professionals and shoe trade workers and members of the public.
## **Section E Financial review**
March **2012**
**TAR**
5
**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves**
The Trustees ensure there are reserves to continue the education of footwear retailers and support available to the general public.
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
N/A
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## **Section F Other optional information**
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
## **Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)** Ellie DIckins **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 27th October 2022
March **2012**
**TAR**
6
## **The Society Of Shoe Fitters - Charity Number 1178413**
|**Charity Income & Expenditure Account31.12.21**
**for the Year Ended 31st December 2021**
**£**
**Income**
Subscriptions & donations
21,015
Correspondence course fees
7,786
Sale of gauges
845
Gift aid
1,700
31,346
**Other Income**
Bank account interest
2
31,348
**Expenditure**
Tutor fees
1,262
Secreterial & ofce facilities
19,883
Telephone
484
Post & stationery
3,401
Advertising
360
Travelling
176
Insurance
485
Ofce maintenance & storage
4,000
Sundry expenses
32
Accountancy
300
Promotions & exhibitions
125
Computer expenses
728
31,236
**SURPLUS Income over expenditure**
£112|**31.12.20**
**£**
21,760
11,525
1,270
0|
|---|---|
||983
15,250
440
4,310
504
58
462
0
293
300
1,027
728|
|||
34.555
372
34,927
24,355
£10,572
## **The Society Of Shoe Fitters**
|**ASSETS**
Bank account no 1
Bank account no 2
Represented by
Cash Funds last year
Income over expenditure
Cash funds at year end|**31.12.21**
**£**
39,116
30,045
69,161
£69,161
69,049
112
£ 69,161|**31.12.20**
**£**
54,049
15,000|
|---|---|---|
||||
69,049
£69,049
58,477
10,572
£ 69,049
CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's report
on the accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to tho
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THE SOCIW OF SHOE FITfERS
On accounts for the year
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31° Decembèr 2021
Chartty no.:
1178413
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Company for th8 year erthl 31112r2021
Re•pon8lbllltl•g and
basss of report
As the d)ariVs trustees of the Company {vtho 8ro also the dlrec*ors of the
company f th• purpose8 of company18ot). you are responBibl8 the
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Companies AGI 2008 (fr 20 kl.).
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to be audited for this year under Part 16 of the 2Crf)6 Act and are eligible for
Independenl examInath, I report in respect of my examination of your
¢harft<$ accounts as carried out under sectK)n 145 of the Charities Act 2011
(Ihe 2011 Arf). In carying out my examinatbn, I have folh)wed thè
DireCtif8 given ty the Charity CommiBsion (under 8ectlon 14¥5llbl of thè
2011 Act.
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undertake the exarr¥nat*)n by belng a qualffled ffember of [In¥8rt narng of
applicab lisled bcY. Delete l J rf not applicable.
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to ry attentTr (other than that dtsdosed below") which gNe$ m8
CAuse to b81e thal:
' accounting records were not kept in arLordance with sectk)n 388 of the
Companies Act 2006., or
• the ac(¥)unts do not accord with SLKh records,. or
. the a0)nts do not cornpty with relevant ac%ountlThJ requirements under
80ctn 396 of Ihe Companies Act 20(E other than any requlremènt that the
accounts gNe a and fairf v1 vthkh is n(rt a matter conswjered as part
of an independent examin8tk)n" or
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SORP (FRS102).
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October 2018
I have no 0)nL8 and have come acToss no other matters in connection
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order to enable a proper urthrstanding ol the armunts to b8 reached.
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