## **THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF FIREFIGHTERS CHARITABLE TRUST** 

_The Worshipful Company of Firefighters Charitable Trust, a charitable incorporated organisa;on, a registered charity in England and Wales (number: 1182241) whose principal office is at 3rd Floor, Wax Chandlers Hall, 6 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7AD._ 

## **TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT** 

## **For the Period 1[st] October 2020 to 31[st] August 2021** 

## **SecEon A: Reference and administraEon details** 

The Worshipful Company of Firefighters Charitable Trust. Registered Charity No: 1182241. 

## **Principal Address** 

3rd Floor, Wax Chandlers Hall, 6 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7AD. 

## **Names of Trustees** 

G J Maltby QFSM – Chair of Trustees B Hoad BEM – Vice-Chair of Trustees S Sanders – Honorary Treasurer JW Beech CBE QFSM SBStJ R Murray C LiveV BEM M Heaster OBE* T Johnson* H Myers+ Dr D Crowder 

- Re[ring Trustees, available for re-elec[on from 1[st] September 2021. 

- +   Re[red from the Board of Trustees on 1[st] September 2021 

## **SecEon B: Structure Governance and Management** 

The Worshipful Company of Firefighters Charitable Trust is a Charitable Incorporated Organisa[on (CIO) whose only vo[ng members are its Charity Trustees. The charity has the “Founda[on” model cons[tu[on. New Trustees are recommended by the Board of Trustees to The Worshipful Company of Firefighters Court of Assistants for approval, in accordance with the Cons[tu[on. Three Trustees re[re each year at the end of their terms of office and may stand for re-elec[on for a further term of three years, acer which they must re[re for a minimum period of one year before being eligible to stand for re-elec[on. 

Trustees normally meet at least four [mes a year and all decisions pertaining to the governance and management of the Charity are taken at those mee[ngs. However, due to 

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the Coronavirus Pandemic and the restric[ve measures necessarily imposed by HM Government during the term of this report all mee[ngs were held  on-line. In view of the small size of the Charity, the Trustees have chosen not to delegate any of their powers to sub-commiVees. The Charity does not employ any staff. 

Administra[ve support to the charity is provided by the Clerk of the Worshipful Company of Firefighters for which a charge is made in accordance with the Terms of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Trust and The Worshipful Company of Firefighters. 

## **SecEon C: ObjecEves and acEviEes** 

The objects of the charity set out in its governing document are as follows: 

a) The advancement of public educa[on in fire safety maVers and in furtherance thereof to award scholarships or bursaries or prizes for people involved with or associated with firefigh[ng rescue or fire safety who in the opinion of the Trustees would benefit from the scholarship, 

b) To establish and support a museum and/or to accept gics or loans of equipment and artefacts, and 

c) To support such chari[es and charitable purposed as the Trustees shall decide. 

This is the second full year of opera[on of The Worshipful Company of Firefighters Charitable Trust as a CIO. The CIO was registered by the Charity Commission on 27[th] February 2019, having been established in order to receive the assets, liabili[es and func[ons of the previous unincorporated Charity of the same name, (Registra[on No:1000562) with effect from midnight on the transfer date of 30[th] September 2019. 

On 31[st] May 2019 the Charity Commission made an Order under sec[on 105 of the Chari[es Act 2011 which authorized the Trustees of the previous unincorporated Charity to transfer all of the Charity’s assets and liabili[es to the CIO, notwithstanding their conflicts of interest. The CIO duly received the assets, liabili[es and func[ons of the previous unincorporated Charity on the transfer date, and formally began its work on 1[st] October 2019. The previous Charity has now been wound up and unregistered as an opera[ng concern. 

## **SecEon D: Achievements and performance** 

Like many small Chari[es the applica[ons for Grants that meet the Charitable Objec[ves have significantly reduced since the Coronavirus Pandemic and no Grants were awarded from September 2020 to August 2021. 

The CIO con[nues through Trustees ac[ng as “Ambassadors” to support and monitor Grant Awards by the previous Charitable Trust to: 

1. Greater Manchester Fire Service Museum – Former Rochdale County Borough Fire Sta[on 

2. Essex Fire and Rescue Service – Firebreak Cadet Scheme 

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Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic annual Awards for the London Fire Brigade Cadet Achievement were not pursued although three Fire Related Research Awards to University Post Graduates with a sum of £1,000 for further research did occur.  It was not possible to present Cer[ficates of Achievement to the Post Graduates and this will completed at the event where 2021-22 awards is to take place. 

## **SecEon E: Financial review** 

During the period under report, gross income from various sources was £19,305. Expenditure amounted to  £10,541. Including the balance of cash carried forward, the yearend total financial assets were £517,119 from £99,716 in revenue and £417,403 in capital investments. 

Income was received predominantly from three main sources – 

1. Worshipful Company of Firefighters Member Charitable Giving -        £  6,975 

2. Worshipful Company of Firefighters Charitable  Fire Lecture Giving - £  3,679 

3. Income from the Capital Investment Account -                                        £  7,103 

Gic Aid accounted for a further £1,548 of income for the accoun[ng period. 

The Charity has a Capital Investment Account managed by JM Finn which at the [me of the accoun[ng period is valued at £417,403 

The Receipt and Payment Account has been independently examined by Colin C Mackrill, FCCA. 

There was no Annual Charity Fundraising Dinner (known as The Worshipful Company of Firefighters Charitable Trust City Dinner), for the second year running with an es[mated loss of income of approximately £19,000 

The Charity’s bank accounts are held at Metro Bank, 1 Southampton Row, London. WC1B 5HA. A/C 34833397, 23-05-80. 

The Charity has no funds materially in deficit. 

## **SecEon F: Other opEonal informaEon** 

There are no further maVers to report. 

## **SecEon G: DeclaraEon** 

The Trustees declare that they have approved this report. 

## **Signed on behalf of the Charity’s Trustees** 


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## **Graham John Maltby QFSM Chairman of Trustees** 

**Date:** 10[th] March 2022 

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|||||0|||||||
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|Audit Fees||||1,602|||||I,602||
|Collection Fees||||8il|||||83||
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|GDPRRegi*ation||||35|||||35||
|LegalFees||||634|||||634||
|Postalredirection||||537|||||5:t7||
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|||||0|||||||
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|||||0||0||0|||
|||Sub||0||0||0||0|
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