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2022-09-30-accounts

Keele Community First Responders (Registered Charity number: 1799199) Flnancial statements for the year ended 30 September 2022 Pago Contents Referer￿8 and admini8trive d8tails Trustees, annual rep￿t Independent examinerfs report Receipts & payments account Statement of assets & lii1th05 Note8 to thè a(tounts

Keele Community First Responders Reference and administrative detsils for the year ended 30 September 2022 Keele Communty First Responders Full name R•gtsterod Charity number Prfnclpal addrn 1179199 Kè* UnNersity ST5 5BG Chair Trustees R￿ard Lawton Alice Gwyn-Jon8s Philip M¢)ore Philip Bramwell Treasurer Fundrai%ng nkorn Natwest 75 Hoh Street Newcastle-under-Lyme Stsffordshi STS 1PP Independtrnt •xamlner Daryl Dentth ACI VAST The Duds￿ Centre Hopè Street Slokeaon-Trent ST15DD

Keele Community First Responders Trustees. annual report for the year ended 30 September 2022 The trustees present the annual w)rt topther wtlh the fina￿￿91 statements of the CIO for the year ended 30 September 2022. Govomanco and managèment The charty is a CS0 operated under the ru￿ of ts consbttrthx &JopbJ 16 Juty 2018. Once ragistered with the Charty C¢Jnmission. the exists.ng unregistered charity immediatetry transferr&J all assets, lio￿.1111es, and assets to the CIO in Juty 2018. Method8 adoptsd for tho r•cruitin•nt arbd appointment of now trustO08 Tru3tees are eleded annualty by the ffemtjers of the thanty. Tho charlty's oryanlsatlonal structure and wlder ngtwork The charity side of the groLP is managed by four tru$le8s who are el8cted fr(m members of the group. These tfuslees take on the ro￿ of chair. treasurer. luTrJr8iser and secretary. Charity memberscan either bo voluntser responders or non4yrat)nal as￿late memb8rs who parbtspate in fuThYr8i$in9 or training ackn'vitres. The organisational structure of the chanty indud8s tha ￿¢￿thnator of the group (whth at present is the chair trustee) wth the group volunteers who fomi the operatsonal members of the group. The Keele s¢heme is overseen by West M￿land$AmbUlance servi￿ TNst who promde policy and procedures for our Communrty First R•sFrf)nders. The charity continLbes to benefft from its relal)nships wrthin its nehyowk. The chariiies, wider structtjre includes a ctose pwtner5hip wth Vkst PAKlla)ds Ambulance Seryice IWMAS). WNAS provth tralned volunteers IC¢¥nmunity First ResFondèrs CFRS) to Kee￿ Ccffimunity First Respondar8. The thanty a180 utilises volunteersfrom Keele University and tho h)cal community to meet its obj8Ctive$. The charty continues to have a ¢bse Telationship with Keele Universty who provKle facilitses lo enable the charity lo operate on the unpnrsity cwnptts. Alm8 and obJoCtIv• The relief of sicknes¥ and ￿ prv38fvation d life in Kee￿ and the surrounding area by providing trained volunteers to attend medKal anergencies as directed ty West M￿landS Ambulance Serviee. To advance the edUcalK￿ and trainiThJ of the publ￿ in supptyt of Bac Ltfe Support. Summary of th• makn actlvltl8• undortak•n The chanty mefflbers indLth th8 trustees and vduntw cc¥nmunty responders {CFRsl. CFRS a trained by and operala under the govwnarKe of Vk8t klKlland8 JrthLgnco IWMASI and respond to 999 em￿nCY calls within the kcal thmmunty. This volunteer actsvity involves a period of 'on call" time whereby the CFRS are available to be dispatched to 999 emergency calls by WMAS. The scheme owns and ub"1ises a scheme ambularte resrxsnse car to attend emergency calls and for charity activit￿. On arriwal al emergenc￿, CFRS a(kninister fitsl and basic lrfe supwt. Tr aim of CFRS attending local emergencies is to reduce the resp)n5e time of NIIMAS to lrfe threakning emergencEs and to provth Itfesaving irrtOTrEntKJns and the￿bY improve the survNal of pth'ents. The chanty also aims to improve fitst kn￿lAedge in the o)mmunty by assistr.ng in pmllding.basic lrfe support awareness. Volunteers are the heart of the ctsnty. They provide the coverage and response 10 999 calls. The volunteers re¥thd to calls. maintsin training. train olher members, and raise funds at local events. The volunteers also host community training coutses where they teach basic life supp)rt tethniques to members of the communrty tlw seprfe. Publlc Benefft The Trustees of the Chanty ¥e aKaTe ofthe Chanty CcmvnissM)n's gu*Jance on benefrt and have regard to it in their thini5tratM)n of the Chanty.

Keele Communlty Flrst Responders Trustees, annual report (continued) for the year ended 30 September 2022 Summary of thg maln achlov•monts durlng th• ￿rIOd The ￿ntinUeS to operate arnj meet ils obj'ectives. The th¥ity 'recruited' 86¥en CFRS durin9 the Slmmw of 2022 to expand our acts.ve responder tearn to el8¥en. the 12 months of th￿ repjrt our resFonders provided 898 hourn of ￿Ver and responded to 179 emergency 999 calls. Flnan¢ial roVi8W The resutts for the year we set on page 6. The principal SOL5r￿s of funds are from collections at events attended by the ¢hanty. Colle¢lion pots are also placed in Irxal buwnesses Wh￿ a￿ ¢ollected regularly. Donat￿nS are periodically made lo th¢ charty. Grants have been awarded in previous finanual years, usually with a 5r¢ryfiG purthasing goal of a ngw ￿ece of eqUiFxnent. Expenditure supwrts the running and operatK)nal ability of tha tha[￿￿. EquiF¥nent and Veh￿ fJeTvicing and upkeep maintains the Operat￿nal )Ilily of the charity. No investrnents are m by or on behaff of Keele Community Fwst RespoTrder8. The oryanl8•llon'8 pollcy on rM•Th08 The charity aims to keep a resfft of £1.1)CM) to ￿MIc1￿bIY cover maintenance and running of the tharrty V8h￿e and essential eypendibjre. At 30 September 2022 the charity held reserves of £11,553 of wthich £9,999 was restricted and £1,554 unrestricted (2021.. £1.3981. sign￿ on bèhalf of th8 Tru8tau'. Signed Date C) i o& RKhard Lawton Chair

Independent examinerfs report to the T￿￿tee5 of Keele Community Flrst Responders ft>r the year ended 30 September 2022 I report io the charity trustees on my eXan￿al￿ of the ￿0)unts of the tharity for the perKd ènded 30 September 2022 wthich are sel out on pages 6 to 8. Rospoctlve rn8POll8ibllitlo8 of tfU8to88 and examiner A$ thé charity's trustees of Keele C￿nmunity Fi￿t Re5p)fKl8ts. you we reskKJnsible for the preparat of the accounts in accord￿ wth the re(wiremenis of the Charities kt 20111'the Acf). I report in re8pe(A of my eX￿Ination of the Keele Ccffimunty FI￿ Responder8' accounts carried out under seCt￿n 145 of the 2011 A¢t and in Car￿n9 out my examinatKJn I have followed all the applicable Directions gNen by the Chanty Cc¥nmi88ion under sect)n 145(51(bl of the Act. Indepondent examine￿¥ •Lèm&nt I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have ￿)rn0 to my attention in connection wrth the ex￿InatIon which gives m (3us8 to LlIe￿ that in, any matèrial r8SPeCt.' accounting re(x)rd8 were not kept in accordance wth 8ectKn 130 of the Act or the accounts do not aoxrd wilh the ac￿un{l￿ record8 I ha￿ no cx)ncoms arKI have come ac¥o88 no other matter8 in cOnn￿tIon with the examination to which attenlion 8hwkJ be in ￿der a proper und8rstandir¥J of the aLuunts to bo reached. &'gnod 2910312023 Daryl Denson ACPA4 VAST

Keele Community First Responders Receipts & payments account for the year ended 30 September 2022 2022 Total Funds 2021 Total Funds Funds Funds Re¢¢ipts Fundraisiryj Grant Mileage rein)urserrnt Total rnceipts 1,965 9,999 619 12,S83 1,039 619 279 1,318 Paymfrnts Medical equiwwl Unifom Fuel Car rroinlenance Insuranc Fundrai%ng ¢))sts Accounts costs Totsl payThnts 15 420 210 253 811 128 480 2,317 565 534 565 534 354 880 95 2A28 Not recolptsllpaymèntsl Cash funds al start of this Cash fund• at ènd of th65 wlo 156 1.398 1,554 10,155 1,398 11.553 9991 2,397 1,398 9,999

Keele Community Flrst Responders Statement of assets and liabllities at 30 September 2022 2022 2021 Bank Accounts 11,553 11.553 1.398 1,398 bil￿ Independ&nt Exa￿￿neS fge 252 252 240 240 Ilon Mon•tary A•••ts for Ch•rW¥ Own U•• The thwity holds varicws assets w8re th)naled to th8 CIO by the unregistsred charlty, These include the foll(MiThJ'. Anknlan(x car and associated lighling •nd ewiFrnI Response equip￿￿1 Training equit#1￿)f Unrfomi Various spare8 and TrM8¢¢11arous iten These fironcial statements are ¥cepted on t*half of ts chanty by." S￿ned Dated O i oc Richard Lawton Chair

Keele community First Responders Notes to the accounts for the period endad 30 September 2022 1. Tru8toos' remun•rntlon and r•latod party tr•rt•actiw• No rernunerat￿n or expenses were paKI to Twstees or any re￿knj Forty thring the year. 2. Grants 2022 2021 Nalic4181 Lottery 9,999