## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01 January 2024 To 31 December 2024** ## **Charity name: Chiltern Compass** **Charity registration number: 1181490** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**For the public benefit, for the relief of**
**those in need of end-of-life care and**
**their families in the Amersham and**
**Chesham area of Buckinghamshire by**
**providing or assisting in the provision**
**of workshops, advice and information**
**on end-of-life planning.**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|•**Organising workshops to provide a**
**supportive and safe environment for**
**people to discuss their worries and start**
**planning.**•**Visiting community**
**organisations and societies to talk and**
**encourage them to understand the**
**issues and how to support each other.**•
**Doing presentations for professional**
**and caring groups to help them**
**communicate and address end of life**
**issues for those they care for.**•**Provide**
**booklets and manuals as a framework to**
**guide people through the practicalities**
**of preparing for the end of life.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The Trustees have had regard to the**
**guidance issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public benefit.**| **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** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**We continue to offer advice, guidance and**
**signposting to other organisations through**
**our website. Sales of our “My End-of-Life**
**Plans” workbook have been steady. We**
**attended an open day at the local**
**crematorium in July 2024 where the charity**
**had a stand. Feedback was very positive.**
**We ran a staff briefing at a local GP surgery**
**in Beaconsfield to encourage discussions**
**with patients about end-of-life planning. We**
**also met with one of the GP partners of the**
**practice to look at ways we could pilot**
**advanced care planning amongst the**
**Practice’s patients.**
**The charity has also liaised with a separate**
**project “In My Own Bed Please” (IMOBP),**
**with similar objectives. The charity has**
**agreed to work with IMOBP to revise and**
**reprint their literature and forge closer**
**alliances.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set Performance of fundraising activities against objectives Para 1.41 set Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Cash at Bank as at 31.12.2024 was**
**£927.99.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Having regard to the fact that the**
**charity's expenses and overheads were**
**relatively minimal, the Trustees have**
**concluded that it has not been**
**necessary in 2024 to hold any reserves**
**against potential loss of income or**
**specific projects. The need for reserves**
**will be kept under review for future**
**years.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**nil**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**Having regard to the fact that the**
**charity's expenses and overheads were**
**relatively minimal, the Trustees have**
**concluded that it has not been**
**necessary in 2024 to hold any reserves**
**against potential loss of income or**
**specific projects. The need for reserves**
**will be kept under review for future**
**years.**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**Nil**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**Nil**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Fundraising has primarily centred**
**around individual donations and the**
**sale of “My End-Of-Life Plans”**
**workbooks, as well as a small amount of**
**donation income in the year.**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**
**(CIO)**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Trustees are appointed for a three-year**
**period at a meeting of the existing**
**Trustees.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Chiltern Compass| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charitynumber|**1181490**| |Charity’s principal address|43 Whielden Street
Amersham
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Nicola Husbands|||| ||Brynmor Neal|Chair||| ||Parveen Haynes|||| ||Tim Barnard||01 Jan 24 – 19 June
2024|| ||Lyn Jenkins||24.09.24 – ongoing|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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 None 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)**
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**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|_Brynmor Neal_|| |---|---|---| ||Brynmor Lloyd Neal|| ||
Chair of Trustees|| ||29.08.2025|| ||29.08.2025|| |**Charity Name**|||**No (if any)**||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Chiltern Compass**|||**1181490**||| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||||**CC16a**| |**For the period**
**from**|1st January2024
Period start date|**To**|31st December 2024
Period end date||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**170**
**20**
**-**
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**190**
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**190**
**116**
**144**
**144**
**190**
**-**
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**594**
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**594**
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**funds**
**to the nearest £**
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**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**170**
**20**
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**190**
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**594**
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**to the nearest £**| |Donations|**170**|||||**-**| |Web sales|**20**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
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**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**
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Web Hosting|**116**|||||**-**| |It Support|**144**|||||**-**| |PPS|**144**|||||**-**| |Insurance|**190**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**594**|||||**-**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
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**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| |||||||**-**| |||||||| ||**- 404**|**-**|**-**|**- 404**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**1,333**||**-**| ||**- 404**|**-**|**-**|**929**||**-**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 06/09/2025 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
**Details**
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**Details**
**Details**
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**funds**
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approval| ||||| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 06/09/2025 2