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

**From 1 Apr 2023                  Period start date   To         31 Mar 2024 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 CIO has been largely dormant over**<br>**the reporting period due to uncertainties**<br>**regarding the future of the Commodore**<br>**building and the project to develop its**<br>**surrounding for off shore energy activity.**|
|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|**Due to the uncertainty mentioned above,**<br>**the CIO believes that awaiting confident**<br>**and positive news about the project**<br>**envisioned for the surrounding land**<br>**would be the best policy.**|



**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 viability study and project**<br>**development work carried out with**<br>**support from the Architectural Heritage**<br>**Fund and The Pilgrim Trust was valuable**<br>**in establishing possible future uses for**<br>**the building (The Commodore) that would**<br>**fulfil the aims of the charity. The further**<br>**funding for development work on the**<br>**project was very useful in producing a**<br>**consultant’s brief, a funding plan and a**<br>**project director’s brief.**|



|**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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|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41||
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Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives 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 charity’s financial position at the end**<br>**of the period is stable.**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**No reserves are held at present**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£0**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**Apart form a few minor donations, the**<br>**charity’s activities have been covered by**<br>**grant funding.**|
|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|**The charity’s future is dependent upon**<br>**the future development of The Port of**<br>**Pembroke and the development of the**<br>**Irish Sea ferry traffic and Offshore**<br>**renewable energy projects. The Charity is**<br>**keen to work with local partners but**<br>**support form local government and**<br>**Milford Haven Port Authority is funding**<br>**critical.**|



**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: **A few minor donations.** The charity’s principal sources of funds (including Para 1.47 any fundraising) Investment policy and objectives including any Para 1.46 social investment policy adopted A description of the principal Para 1.46 risks facing the charity 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.**|



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|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction and<br>training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|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|
|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(if any)**|
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||Adrian Thomas<br>Albert James|Chair|||
||John Gibbs|Secretary|||
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||Derek Howells|Treasurer|||
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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 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 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)** Adrian James **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 27 January 2025 



||**The Commodore Trust**|**The Commodore Trust**|**The Commodore Trust**|**1178576**|**1178576**|**1178576**|**CC16a**|
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||**For the period**<br>**from**|Period start date<br>01-Apr-23|**To**||Period end date<br>31-Mar-24|||
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest**<br>**£**<br>**£72.00**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**72**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**72**<br>**60**<br>**94**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **154**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br>**154**<br>**-                      82**<br>**-**<br>**228**<br>**146**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**9,000**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**9,000**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**9,000**<br>**-                 9,000**<br>**-**<br>**9,900**<br>**900**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**72**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**72**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**72**<br>**60**<br>**94**<br>**9,000**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**9,154**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**9,154**<br>**-                 9,082**||**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Donations|**£72.00**||||||**48**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_|**72**||||||**48**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**||||||||
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|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**<br>**A3 Payments**||||||||
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|HSBC Fees|**60**||||||**60**|
|Modern Print  for Business cards|**94**||||||**-**|
|Piece Regen for Development Grant work|||||||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_ **|**154**||||||**60**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**||||||||
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|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||
||||||||**60**|
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||**-                      82**|**-                 9,000**|**-**||**-                 9,082**||**-                     12**|
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||**228**|**9,900**|**-**||**10,128**||**10,128**|
||**146**|**900**|**-**||**1,046**||**10,116**|



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

29/01/2025 

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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||
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|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**<br>Remainder of AHF Grant . To be spent<br>~~onWork pertaining to the aims of the~~<br>Donations<br>Signature|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**900**<br>**146**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**146**<br>**900**<br>OK<br>OK<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name<br>Adrian James<br>Derek Howells|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

29/01/2025 

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