
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From 1 Apr 2022                  Period start date   To   31 Mar 2023 Period end date** 

## **Charity name: The Commodore Trust** 

## **Charity registration number: 1178576** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|**1)**<br>**THE PRESERVATION,**<br>**IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE**<br>**FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE**<br>**FORMER COMMODORE HOTEL IN**<br>**PEMBROKE DOCK, A LANDMARK**<br>**BUILDING OF HISTORICAL, CULTURAL**<br>**AND SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE, AS A**<br>**HERITAGE AND COMMUNITY BUILDING**<br>**IN A WAY THAT CELEBRATES THE**<br>**WELSH CULTURE.**<br>**2)**<br>**THE ADVANCEMENT OF**<br>**EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT**<br>**BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE**<br>**PROVISION AND MANAGEMENT OF A**<br>**HERITAGE AND COMMUNITY BUILDING**<br>**THAT WILL FACILITATE LEARNING IN**<br>**THE HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, CULTURE,**<br>**ARTS, AND ENVIRONMENT OF LIFE IN**<br>**PEMBROKE DOCK AND SURROUNDING**<br>**AREAS.**|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**The trust applied for a development**<br>**grant, and was glad to receive on 31**<br>**March 2023 the sum of £9,900 to carry out**<br>**development work on the project. £9000**<br>**of this was used to produce a project**<br>**consultant’s brief and a project director’s**<br>**brief. A funding  and fundraising brief**<br>**was also prepared. These were produced**<br>**by Tim Morris of Piece Regen. The remain**<br>**£900 was to be spent on updating the**<br>**trust’s web site.**|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|**The trust paid due regard to the guidance**<br>**issued by the Charity Commission with**<br>**regard to the public benefit of the project.**|





## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|**The trust was awarded grant funding by**<br>**the Architectural Heritage Fund to**<br>**develop planning for the project. This**<br>**took the form of three documents**<br>**covering funding and fund raising, a**<br>**consultants’ brief and a project director’s**<br>**brief.**<br>**This began the process of setting out the**<br>**future path of the project.**|





## **Additional information (optional)** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**The trusts financial situation at the end of**<br>**the period under review is stable.**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**No reserves are held at the present.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£0**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**The activities of the charity have been**<br>**supported by grant funding at this stage**<br>**in its evolution.**|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23||



|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
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|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Grant funding form the AHF and Pilgim**<br>**Trust to carry out viability study and**<br>**business development work.**|
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46|**Nil**|
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**CONSTITUTION OF A CHARITABLE**<br>**INCORPORATED ORGANISATION**<br>**WHOSE ONLY VOTING MEMBERS ARE**<br>**ITS CHARITY TRUSTEES**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|**Trustees selected at startup by common**<br>**interest.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction and<br>training of trustees|Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name||The Commodore Trust|
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|Other name the charity uses||Save the Commodore!|
|Registered charity number||1178576.|
|<br>Charity’s principal address||17 Ridge View Close<br>Pennar<br>Pembroke Dock<br>SA72 6RB|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Adrian Thomas<br>Albert James|Chair|||
||John Gibbs|Secretary|||
||HayleyWood||||
||Derek Howells|Treasurer|||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

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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 

**Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**|
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**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)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**|||
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||Adrian James||
||<br>Chaiir||
||19 Oct 2024||
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