Keele Community First Responders (Registered Charity number: 1799199) Financial ststements for the year ended 30 September 2021 Referen and athninistralive detsts Truslees. annual rep Independ8nt examinerfs rep(xt Receipts & payments account Statement of assets & liabilities 9-10
Keele Community First Respond6rs Reference and administrative detsils for the year ended 30 September 2021 Keth C(Ynrnunty First Reswnders Full name Registered Charity numb•r 1179199 Prlncipal address Horwood I Keele Univer ST5 SBG Trustoes Chair Secretsry Treasurer FundrdiSitvJ Philip Mcmye Philip Bramwell Bankers Natwest 75 High Slreet Newoslle-undwlj SkffCd5h1le ST5 1PP Indapendent examlner Daryl Denson ACMA VAST The t)uds( Centre Hope Streel StokewonpTrent ST15DO
Keele Communlty Flrst Responders Trustees. annual report for the year ended 30 September 2021 The trustees present the annual rew1 tofftr with the finan(ial statements of the CIO for the year ended 30 September 2021. Governance and management The charity is a CIO operated under the rules of its t£IllU1 16 July 2018. registered with the Charity C(xnmission, the estIr0 unregistered ch81ity imediately transferred all ats, lia'11t and assets to the CIO in July 2018. Methods adopted for the recruitinent and appointsnont of new tfustees Trustees are elected annually by the members of the charity. Tho charity's organI&10nal struclure and wlder netwth The charily side of the group is managed by four trustees who are ele(aed from members of the group. These trustees take on the rcAe ofchalr, treas4JreT. fiJThJTaiserand seuetary. Charty members can either bé vdunt8ar r8sporKlers non-rwatw)nal associate members who partirapate in fuNlraising or training adivrti8S. The orYJanisational structure of the charity inthdes the c(KKdinaiord the wup (which 8t psent is the chair ttusteel with the group volunteers who fomi the operdtK)nal members of the group. The Keele group is overseen by an area cdinal0r Wt is then overseen by Wesl Midlands Ambulanc6 servlce trust who provide policy and procedures for our Communty Fyst Respcmders. The charity continues to benefrt frC its relatlonships wf(hln Ils network. The ¢harilies wider structure indudes a close ptsiership West Midlands AJnilanCe Sefvice {WMAS). WMAS provide trained volunteefs (Communty Fksl Resp CFRS) to Keel8 Ccrfnmunty First Responders. The tharity also utilises volunteers from Keel8 Universty and the l(Kal COMMlty to meet sts objectNes. The charity ¢ontinuos to hav6 a close relationship wth Keele Unwersity who provide facilitS to enable thg charity to OP8rats on the universty campus. Alms and obJodlv•g The relf of sickness and Ihe preservation crf lrfe in Keele and the surrounding area by provKJing trained volunteers to atsnd ndI¢* ernen(eS as dÉrected by West Midlands Ambulance Servic8. To adce the educalion aThJ trainiTr3 of the public in SUPFMYt of Basic Lrfe SupporL Summary of the maln actlvltles und8rtakon Our Community First ResporKleF5 respond to 999 calls from Keel8. Slverdab. Madeley and its Surrounding areas, in partnership wilh West MlandS AmbularK> SON'(. The dBrity attends 999 cal in a vehicle and provKks immediate assessmenl and lrfe suptx)rt treatment before Ihe NHS ambulance arrives. The tharity also provides local teachThJ of bas lrfe supwt, CPR and automated defibrillator use to groups and rnemb8rs of the publi Publlc Benefrt The Trustees of the Charity are aware ofthe Chwity Coffmissh)n's guNJance on public benefft and have regard to it in their administration ofthe Ch. Summary of the maln achlèvemènts durfng the perfod The charity has continued to operate and SUFWrt the NHS dwlng ts global covMI 19 pandemic. Our CFRS have dedi(xted themsefves to restK)nding to 999 emergencies through ts various lockdowns and additional measures indudiTrJ to co¥id-19 pwbve palwts. This is an extraordinary achwmnent for the dBrity and tls ¥Dlunteers by itself. The tharity'r8cnJited' three new CFRS during the summer of2021 to expand our active responder team With the 12 rrItt of this report our reSFKX 0Vd 780 hou of rA)NEr and resF#JMled to 103 emergency 999 (alls.
Keelè Community First Responders Trustees, annual report (continued) for the year ended 30 September 2021 Flnanclal review The results for the year we set 1 page 6. The wn(ipal sources of fijnds 8re from collections al events attended by the tharity. Collection pots are also placed in local businesses which are collected regulaTly. DCallonS are periodically mado to the charity. Grants have bew awarded in previws Ilnancial yw. usualty with a s[fiC purchasing goal of a new piece of equipment. Expendrtur8 supFMyts the njnning arKI o[rntlaI abilty ofthe rity. Equipment and v8hid8 servicing and upkeep maintains th8 operalb)nal abty of the char?ty. No investments are made by or M bknlt of Keele cornnnty Frst Rest#JMlern. Tho oryanl8atlon's pollcy on resorvos The charity aims to keep a reserve of £1.0 to wmfcxtsbly ¢xwer Maintenan and running of the Charity vehid8 and essential expendilure. At 30 September 2021 the iarity hekl reserves of £1,398 (2020.. £2.397). Maln Rl8k$ and Imp•cl of Covld-19 Lack of abilty lo fundraise - This has boon ro¢•nty exrHienc8d by the tharity tSJe to the covid 19 lockdown. A Larye amount of Ihe fuTrJraising happens at scKial events and lockdowns have challenged that. The (tharity maintains a protected bank balance to cover the groups expected expenses for one year. Damage to the thrity respo car-The Ch rgligs m its vehid8 to achieve the wps obj'ectives. The loss ol tho vehide would result in the cessab.on of tharity objedivos. $0 members are monitored for risky behavUl and in the past memtws have bean expelled from tho tharity duo to risky driving behaviour and breachos of the NHS Trusl driviw policy. Injury to 8 mernber of th8 putrJic- Memb8rs have lo go to an exien81ve trainiThJ programme IludIrj manual handling arK1 volunteer safety. Tr tharity also has a public liabilty ingjrance Fmjlicy to [tect the thanty from tssues around inry to the publc. A lack of volunteers- the charty relies on the NHS Trust to proVe recruitment 8nd tr8ining for CFRS. Should existing CFR numbers redu withxrt CFRS p)ining lh8 stheme chariws ability lo maet its objectives would reduce. Signed on beFolf of Ihe Tntstees.. Signed Richard Lawtc Chair
Independent examinerfs report to the Trustees of Keele Community Flrst Responders for the year ended 30 Septsmber 2021 I report to the chaiity trustees on my examinallon of the ac¢wnts of th• d)arity for the pericJ ended 30 September 2021 whith are set oul cffi paJ8s 6 to 8. Respocllve rosponslblltths of tntees and oxamlner As the charity's trustS of Keeie Community First Responders you are responsible for the prepardtion of the accwnts in acoythce with the requirwnonts of lh8 Charitss Ad 20111.the Act,). I rewt in resp8d of my exarnin8t of the Keele Communty First Responders. actInts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in Calng (Mjt my examination I have followed 811 the applicable Direcknons given by the Charity C(Mnmiss¥)n under seckn 145(5Xbl of the Act. Indepgndont oxamln•rfs •lat•n* I have compleled my examinalion. I confirm that no material rnatiers have come to my 8ttentlon in connects.on wth the ex8minats.on which gNes me cause lo believe that in. any material respect.. accounting records re not kept in a(xaxdan¢e wtlh Secti 130 of the Act or whlch attenlion be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of th8 aoJ)unts to be reached. SvJned 0810212022 Daryl Denson ACMA VAST
Keele Community First Responders Receipts & payments account for the year ended 30 September 2021 2021 Total Funds 2020 Total Funds Unrestricted Funds RKolpts Fundraising Heartstart Iraini Milee reimbuTrement Total ro¢8lpts 1.072 250 389 1,711 279 1.318 279 1,318 Payments Medical equipmenl Unifonn Fuel Car maintenaKe Insurance Fundraising costs Websile o)sts Accounts costs 15 420 210 253 811 128 15 420 210 253 811 128 130 214 1,704 89 174 Net rnc•lptsllpaymnts) Cash funds al stsrt of thLs perKxI Cash fvnds at •nd ot thls pwlod 999) 2,397 1.398 654> 3.051 1397 2,397
Keele Community First Responders Statement of assets and liabillties at 30 September 2021 2021 2020 Cash asvts Bank knounts 1.398 1.398 2,397 2,397 Liabllltles ACtt for 2019 & 2020 IrKIerKknt Exanynafs Ac4yual for 2021 IndeFenI Exanirws fee 240 240 480 Non Monetary Asmls hold for Charftys Own U•0 Th8 charity holds various assets dona to th8 CIO by th8 unreglstered ¢*adty. These Indude the fol10vng'. Ambulanc8 car and assrKiaW IwhtirvJ and equiw Response equinI Training equIprrt Unrfomi Varlous spareg 8fKI 19(11$ it0 These finanual statemerrts are apIed on behalf of the chanty by: Signed Rthard Lavrton Chair
Keele Community First Responders Notes to the accounts for the period ended 30 September 2021 1. TTUStgos' remungtation and rglatgd party transaGlions No remuneration or expenses to or any reted party during the year.