## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01/04/2023 Period start date to 31/03/2024 Period end date** ## **Charity name: HEART SUPPORT (N Tees)** ## **Charity registration number: 1181551** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To provide support for persons with**
**heart and circulatory conditions and to**
**promote the preservation and protection**
**of their health. This by the provision of**
**Fitness Training sessions and social**
**activities.**
**The benefit of the organisation is**
**predominately in the North Tees area.**| |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|**Weekly Cardiac Rehab exercise and**
**relaxation classes. All the classes are**
**led by a British Association for**
**Cardiovascular Prevention and**
**Rehabilitation (BACPR) level 4 tutor.**
**Classes are currently held at four**
**venues in the North Tees area.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The Trustees confirm that the work of**
**the Charity follows the Charity**
**Commission’s guidance on public**
**benefit by the Advancement of Health or**
**Saving of lives.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**No**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**Not applicable**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Entirely run by volunteers. Support given**
**by the self-employed tutor.**| 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|**Holding weekly Cardiac Exercise**
**classes at four venues.**
**Maintaining regular contact with**
**members to check on physical and**
**mental health.**
**Working with local Cardiac Rehab.**
**Community and Hospital nurses.**
**Receiving referrals from GPs and other**
**professionals.**
**Monthly organisational Committee**
**meetings are held.**
**Annual General Meeting celebrating**
**each year of operation is open to all**
**members and as well as other interested**
**parties. The AGM invite is advertised in**
**the regular monthly newsletter from the**
**Chairman.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|
**Objective:**
**To achieve and continue to be a fully**
**operational and viable organisation.**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**Objective:**
**To achieve the organisation of various**
**Social/ Fundraising events sufficient to**
**boost organisational funds.**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**Not applicable.**| |Other
**Financial Review**||| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Income**
Grant (Nat.Lottery Comm.Fund)
Annual membership fees
Class fees
Fundraising
Donations
Bank Interest
TOTAL
**Outgoings**
Tutor’s Fees
Hall/Room hire (all venues)
Expenses (tutors)
TOTAL
**BALANCE:**|**£**
9000
150
7327
923
2245
23
**£19668**

**£**
11298
3968
584
£15850
**£3818**| |---|---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Any monies held in the Bank Account**
**are held by the Trustees in line with the**
**Governing powers and are applied with**
**the objectives of the Charity or retained**
**until required for the running of the**
**group.**|| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22||| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22||| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24||| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**Inability to obtain funds and/or ability to**
**carry out Fundraising.**|| ## **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|
**Grants and Fundraising:**
**A National Lottery Community Fund**
**Grant of £50k was awarded in 2023 with**
**the first of six instalments received on**
**2nd March 2023. Future instalments**
**follow every six months.**
**Fundraising tops up the Grant to cover**
**the shortfall over the 3 years as well as**
**providing extra funds.**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**None**| |A description of the
principal risks facing the
charity|Para 1.46|**A shortage of tutors trained to BACPR**
**level 4, which is a requirement for the**
**exercising of persons with cardiac**
**problems.**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**CIO Foundation Constitution**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**| |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|**Appointed by Trustees for a term of 3**
**years by a resolution passed at a**
**properly convened meeting of the**
**Trustees. Any person retiring may be**
**eligible for re-appointment.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51|
**Provision of current Constitution**
**document and the Safeguarding Policy.**| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**Affiliated to British Heart Foundation.**
**Member of Catalyst (Stockton).**
**Contact of Hartlepower.**
**Advised by the National Lottery.**| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|**Contact with other cardiac groups.**| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|HEART SUPPORT (N Tees)| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|HEART SUPPORT| |Registered charity number|1181551| |Charity’s principal address|42 Upsall Grove
Fairfield
Stockton-on-Tees
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Mr Michael Dicken|Chair||| ||Mrs Madge
Preston|Vice Chair||| ||Mrs Heather Anne
Bunce|Secretary||| ||Mr Alan Atkinson|Events||| ||Mrs Doreen Hare|Grant applications||| ||Mrs Sheila
Maureen Sargent|Grants proofreading||| ||Mr AnthonyWalker|Events||| ||Mr Neil Fowler|Committee member|October 2023|| ||Arthur Giles
Alexander
Jefferson Young|Committee member|October 2023|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name None** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |**None**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets No funds held on behalf. 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 **None** ## **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)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||| |---|---|---| |||| ||**Michael Dicken**|**Heather Anne Bunce**| |||| ||**Chair**|**Secretary**| ||16/01/2025|| ||16/01/2025||