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2020-09-30-accounts

Keele Community First Responders (Registered Charity number. 1799199) Financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2020 Pago Reference and administrabve detsils Trustees. annual rerrfxt Independent examinerfs feFKKt R￿ipts & payffEnts ay)unt ststement of assets & I￿lI￿¥eS Notes to the acwunts 10

Koole Community First Responder3 R•f•rnnce and administrative detsSls for the year ended 30 S•ptsmber 2020 Full namg Keek8 Communty First Responders R•glstor8d Charky nurnber 1179199 Prfnclpal addM8 Keele UnNersty NewCaSt￿Under￿yn ST5 5BG RK*ard L&vion Wn-Jones Philip Moore Philp Brarrnvell Chair TreaSu￿r Fundraising Bankers Natsvest 75 H￿h Street NeY•tasUe-under-Lyme Staffordshire ST5 1PP Indepondont ?xamlnor Daryl Denson ACMA VAST The Dudson Centre Hope Street Stoke-on-Trent ST15DD

Keele Communlty First Responders Tn￿tees. annual report for the year ended 30 September 2020 The trustees wesent the annual reFxyi tcwjether wilh the financial slatem￿ts of the CIO for the year erKled 30 September 2020. Governan¢• and management The charity is a CIO operated undw the rU￿S of its o)nslÉtutKTh adopted 16 Juty 2018. Once registe￿ with the Charity G(mn￿lS$1O￿. the exisling unregistered charity itThYdiatsly transferred all assets, Itabilrties and assets to the CIO July 2018. Trustees are ele(ed annualty by the mnbers of the dwity. The ¢harty SKle of the group is managed by four Irustees who are el￿ted from members of the group. These trustees take on the role of chair. treasurer. fundtar3er and secretary. Charity members can either be volunteer responders or non-OFrational asxKiate members who participate in fvndraising or trainry ivilies. The organisatJnal stru￿re of the charity ind￿JeS the coordinator of the group {whth at present is the chair trustee) with the group volunteers who fom the OFrational rTEmber5 of the group. The Kee￿ group is ovefseen by an area Ccthinator who is then overseen by West Midlands Ambulance servTh trust who provkle FM)licy and procedures for our Cornmunty First Responders. The charity wntinues to benefft from its rektThships ithin its ne1W￿ The tharrties wider stru¢ture includes a close partnership with Vlest MKIEands Ambulan￿ Selvice (WS). IOIMAS provid8 train8d volunteers Icommunty First Reswndets CFRS) to Keele Communty Fifst Responders. The charity also utilises volunteers from Universty and the bcal communty to meet its ok4'e¢tives. The charity conkn'nues to have a close rdatsonship wilh Keele UnNersity vtho provide frdaliiiès to enable the charity to operate on the university campus. Aim• and obiocttv The relief of sthess the preservation of life in Keele and the surrounding area by prL)viding trained volunteers to attwKI medical effrgen(aes as diTe<Xed by V4tsst Mhllands Ambulan¢e se￿1￿. To advance the educat￿ and training of the in support of Basic Life SupporL Summary d the maln activits￿ undortakon Our Community First Res[￿ [eSF￿nd to 999 Calls from Keele. STr￿erda￿, Madeley and its sumyjnding areas. in partnership wth West M￿landS Ambulan￿ SeNice. The chartty attends 999 calls in a vehicle and provides immedrate assessment and life support trealment before the NHS ambulance arrrves. The charity akn provides kKal tea¢hng of bas￿ life supkm CPR and automated defibrillator use to groups and members of the public. Public Benefft The Trustees of the Charrty are aware of the Gharity Commission's gu￿￿an￿ on public benefft and have regard to it in their administratscffi of the Charity. Summary of the maln achlovements durfng tho p•riod In the financial year of 2019-2020 we gave a total of 867 hours of ￿1ver and in that time responded tr) 100 e￿￿rgencY 999 calls in our reswnse area. The grcwjp gave irtstwcti￿ on 1 Heartstsrt course. In the pwious finanaal yw of 201&2019 we gave a total of 1291 hours of wver and in that we responded to 197 emergency 999 calls in our response area. The group gave instruction on 13

Keele Community First Responders Trustees. annual report (Continued) for the year end￿ 30 September 2020 Flnanclal r•viow The results for the year are set out on paJe 6. The principal sources of funts are from collections at e¥￿ts atlended by the charity. ColiectLin pots are also plxed in local l)u$inesses whth are co1￿¢￿j regularly. Donalions are py￿1¢alty made to the charity. Grants have teen awarded in FWW)us finartial years. usualty wTrth a speufic purchasing goal of a new piece of equipment Expenditure suprrf)rts the running and O￿ational abilty of the charity. EquipnEnt and vehicle servicing and upkeep maintain$ the operational abilty of the charity. No investrRnts are mle by or ￿ behalf of Ke Ccrfnmunty F¥st ResFonders. Tho organisation's pollw on rns•rves The charity ams to keep a reseEve of £1,0￿ to C¥)mknbly cover rreintenance arKI wnning of the charity Vehic￿ and essential expeThJthre. At 30 September 2020 the chanty held reseNes of £2,397 12019: £3,051) Main Risks and impact of Covid-19 Risks include a lack of fvndraising opportunities. Currenuy during the Covid-19 pandemic the opwrtuniltes to fundrase are limited. As a group we have tried to ensure that the backup fijnds in the ac￿Unt we ad4uate lo maintain Ihe group's okHalv)nal abilty. The freqw of training pro¥Kled by th8 ambUL2n￿ seprfK has limited our n8w volunteers over the past 3 years however new ￿U[seS ate n(hv becoming avalable and our current volunteers are maintaining cover. Covid-19 has also provbjed owational changes vthich the group have adapted to. SvJned on be￿f ofthe Trustees: SNJr Date R￿hard L*on Chair

Independent examinerfs report to the Trustees of Keele Communlty First Responders for the year ended 30 September 2020 I report to the chanty trustees on my examinatM)n of the ofthe chanty for the period ended 30 September 2020 whth are set out on p>385 6 to 8. Respectlve responsibilities of Intsteos and examlner As the charitys tnjstees of Kee￿ Communty First ResFonder5 you are responsible for thé preparaK)n of the accounts in &COrdan￿ with the requirements of the Charilies Act 20111.the Acr). I report in respect of my examination of the Keel? Communty First Responders, accounts carried out under seclion 145 of the 2011 A£t and in carrying out my examinatK¢n I have followed all the applicable Dire(ons gt¥en by the Chartty cr￿M￿s1on urthr seckn 145(5Mb) of the Act. Indopondont examlnevs stat•m I have ¢oryleted rny examinati￿. I confinn that no r￿la1 matts have corne to my attent￿￿ in connection with the examIna￿n which gNes cause to beli8ve that in, any material respect accountiry re￿rdS were not kept in a)x)rda￿e sethn 130 of the Act or the ac<x)unts do not accord wtth ￿lUntIng records I have no con￿M$ arNJ have C￿ no other matters N connection with the examination to which attention should be dr￿1 in tyder to enab￿ a tKoper understanding of the &counts to be reached. Signed 0111212020 Daryl Denson ACMA VAST

Keele Communlty First Respondorn Receipts & payments account for the year ended 30 September 2020 2019 Total Fund8 Total Funds Funds Re¢elpts Funds tra￿e[red from Keele C￿lmLmty First Respjndws unregstered charity Fundraising Hearts￿ training m￿e8ge r￿mbUr8emert Total receipts 2,901 1.072 2￿ 1.072 250 2,297 400 522 6.120 1,711 Payments Medical e¢wipment Uniform Fuel Car manrtenarKe Ir6uran Fundraising costs Website costs SuThJries Total payments 1,065 130 214 1,704 89 174 48 130 214 1,704 89 174 425 2W 2J65 3,069 Net re¢elptsl(payments) Cash ￿￿19 al start ofthis F￿a Cash funds at end of this period 6541 3,051 2J97 3,051 3,051 2J97 3,051

Keele Community First Responders Statement of assets and liabilities at 30 Septembor 2020 2019 Bank ACc￿nts 2.397 1397 3.051 3,051 Liablllti•s Accrjal for 2019 Inde[￿ Examwws fee Acuual for 21f20 IrMle[￿lt Examw*s fee 240 240 240 Non Mon•lary Assets hold fDr Charftys U¥¢ These include tre follMvJ: Response equipment Trdirmng equynwrt Uniform These financial ststements are ￿ ¢)n behalf ofthe tharity by: Signed R￿hard Lawton Chair

Koele Community First Responders Notes to the accounts for the period ended 30 September 2020 1. Tr￿lI•s. remuneration and reL*d pa￿ trdnsactknns No remuneration or ex￿SeS were paid to Trustees or any relat8J party during the year.