## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year **From** 1 January 2023 **To** 31 December 2023 ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** Civic Pride Rossendale **Other names charity is known by** **Registered charity number (if any)** 1182630 **Charity's principal address** C/O Casked 14 Bury Road Rawtenstall **Postcode BB4 6 AA** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** ||1
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |||J A Shutt|||| |||M Jones|||| |||R Thomson|||| |||E M Smith|Chair||| |||C A Hocking|Finance Officer
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**Address**| |---|---|---| |**Finance**|Steve Barton|48-50 Manchester Road Haslingden
BB4 5ST| |||| |||| |||| ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution)[Constitution] How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company)[CIO] Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by)[Appointed by existing Trustees] ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include On appointment a Trustee is issued with the Charity constitution and all additional information, where the policies. relevant, about: The new Trustee is advised to read the information for Trustees on the Charity Commission website. - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and The Finance Officer provides information to new Trustees on the financial training of trustees; position of the Charity, the latest income and expenditure report, the budget setting for the current financial year and details of investments. - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider In addition to the Constitution the Charity has a set of Operational Rules - network with which the charity which set out the responsibilities of the Operations Committee. - works; The Charity has an annual development plan that is agreed with volunteers and Trustees at the AGM. - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** **T** o promote the protection and improvement of the natural, physical and built environment of Rossendale through hardworking volunteers picking litter and regenerating and maintaining public gardens and spaces. **T** o advance the education of the public in the March **2012** **TAR** 2 importance of the physical and natural environment. Civic Pride Rossendale (CPR) has continued to renovate and maintain public gardens and spaces for the benefit of the community. Litter pickers have continued to go out in the Rossendale Valley picking litter. We plant trees, shrubs and flowers, tidy pavements and verges, install planters on pavements, install benches and litter bins, install bird and bat boxes. CPR is supported by the local authority, Rossendale Borough Council. For example, we have worked together to improve the facilities of a small local park and in July 2024 it was awarded Green Flag status. **Summary of the main** We liaise with and work with other like minded organisations and charities **activities undertaken for the** – Incredible Edible, Dementia Society, Youth Zone, White Horse Project, **public benefit in relation to** Rossendale Civic Trust, Rossendale Hospice – as well as local churches **these objects (include within** and schools. **this section the statutory declaration that trustees have** Trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity **had regard to the guidance** Commission on public benefit. **issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** CPR has a Reserves policy and an investment policy. The annual development plan sets out the programme of activities for the following 12 months. You **may choose** to include All the work is carried out by unpaid volunteers. further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. Section D Achievements and performance March **2012** **TAR** 3 Section D Achievements and performance **Summary of the main** In 2023 CPR entered Ratwenstall town centre inro the Royal Horticultural **achievements of the charity** Society Britain in Bloom competition in the North West. The town was **during the year** awarded a gold medal. The RHS invited CPR to also enter the town into the national competition and the town won a silver gilt medal. Working with Rossendale Hospice we raised money for both charities by producing a 2024 calendar. Work was started in a local park, Whitaker Park, to bring the grounds back to life. Formal beds have been planted, wild flower areas created, trees planted and a willow sculpture built. Work continued in another park, Sparrow Park, to bring back colour to this town centre area. Flower beds created, planters installed, new benches and the whole area weeded and tidied up. Local businesses and individuals continue to support the charity with regular donations. ## **Section E Financial review** The amount of reserves needed is set by considering the following **Brief statement of the** reasons why they may be needed – the 5Cs. These are set out in **charity’s policy on reserves** guidance by the Charity Commission. - Cash flow – a bill has to be paid before the money to cover it has been received. - Contingency – unexpected expenditure in the event of an emergency. - Commitment – a commitment to occasional significant expenditure which cannot be covered by the annual income. - Conservation – funds which cannot be spent immediately without compromising the legal responsibility to ensure that resources are used necessarily and reasonably in fulfilling the charity’s objectives. - Closure – the charity becomes financially unsustainable and has to be wound up. In setting the reserves level for 2023 consideration has been given to the 5Cs, the financial position at 31 December 2022 and the income and expenditure in 2022, and the amount received in grants for specific projects that has not yet been spent. **Details of any funds materially in deficit** None ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** March **2012** **TAR** 4 You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; Funds are received from regular monthly donations and one-off donations from supporters. Funds are raised through campaigns on JustGiving and Facebook. Funds were raised in 2023 through the production and sale of a 2024 calendar. Grants are applied for. All of the income supports our aims – there are no paid employees. Money has been received in two legacies and some of this money has been invested using the services and advice of a Financial Advisor. - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature(s)**
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**Date**|Charlotte Hocking|Lynn Smith| |---|---|---| ||Charlotte Angela Hocking|Eluned Margaret Smith| ||Finance Officer and Vice Chair|Trustee and Chair| ||5 August 2024|5 August 2024| March **2012** **TAR** 5 |**Civic Pride Income and Expenditure**

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**change**| |||**£**|**£**|| |||||| |Bank balance brought forward||**31,601.77**|**92,042.81**|| |||||| |**Income**||||| |Grants||9,938.00|1,250.00|695%| |Monthlydonations||10,511.00|26,824.62|-61%| |Other donations||8,748.01||| |JustGiving||417.35||| |Sales||462.00|1,521.00|-70%| |Other(incl interest and Gift Aid)||4,266.53||| |**Total Income**||**34,342.89**|**29,595.62**|**16%**| |||||| |**Expenditure**||||| |CommunityAssets||21,723.44|9,441.34|130%| |Equipment||7,826.76|4,438.17|76%| |Marketing||2,208.97|1,981.14|11%| |Contractors||3,539.00|3,025.00|17%| |Administrative and miscellaneous||2,287.71|2,034.59|12%| |Overheads||3,042.68|3,116.42|-2%| |Investment||0.00|66,000.00|-100%| |**Total Expenditure**||**40,628.56**|**90,036.66**|**-55%**| |||||| |**Cash in Bank at month end**||**25,316.10**|**31,601.77**|**-20%**| |||||| |||||| |||||| 2023 totals Page 1 CIVIC PRIDE (ROSSENDALE) INCOME EXPENDITURE ACCOUNTS 01 JANUARY 2017 - 31 DECEMBER 2017 **----- Start of picture text -----**
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|**N**|1.1.23|C J Shepherd|5.00||5.00|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||NJH Wealth Management|150.00||150.00|||||| |||J P Shorrock|5.00||5.00|||||| |||F M Thomson Ltd|150.00||150.00|||||| |||Dr T MacKenzie|25.00||25.00|||||| |||Killelea and Co|50.00||50.00|||||| |||Y Malley|100.00||100.00|||||| |||J Malley|150.00||150.00|||||| |||Venus Resources|1.00||1.00|||||| |||Lyndhurst Shoe Co Ltd|100.00||100.00|||||| |||Beta Group|50.00||50.00|||||| |||Revival Books Ltd|50.00||50.00|||||| |||Chris Chew Design|20.00||20.00|||||| |||D F Evans|10.00||10.00|||||| |||P Boys|40.00||40.00|||||| |||JustGivingdonations|68.07||||68.07|||| |||Meteor interest|315.00||||||315.00|| |||JustGivingdonations|9.50||||9.50|||| |||Donations iro Carol Riley|60.00|||60.00||||GSDS| |||Donation from Celia Edmondson|100.00|||100.00||||Gift aid| ||1.2.23|C J Shepherd|5.00||5.00|||||| |||NJH Wealth Management|150.00||150.00|||||| |||J P Shorrock|5.00||5.00|||||| |||F M Thomson Ltd|150.00||150.00|||||| |||Dr T MacKenzie|25.00||25.00|||||| |||Killelea and Co|50.00||50.00|||||| |||Y Malley|100.00||100.00|||||| |||J Malley|150.00||150.00|||||| |||Lyndhurst Shoe Co Ltd|100.00||100.00|||||| |||Beta Group|50.00||50.00|||||| |||Revival Books Ltd|50.00||50.00|||||| |||Chris Chew Design|20.00||20.00|||||| |||D F Evans|10.00||10.00|||||| |||P Boys|40.00||40.00|||||| |||Rossendale Borough Council|608.58|||608.58||||| |||Queen's Bistro|100.00|||100.00||||Gift aid| |||Raffle donations|190.00|||190.00||||GASDS| Total Income Page 2 CIVIC PRIDE (ROSSENDALE) INCOME EXPENDITURE ACCOUNTS 01 JANUARY 2017 - 31 DECEMBER 2017 |||HMRC|1694.03||||||1,694.03|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||J Allcock iro market donations|31.00|||31.00||||GASDS| Total Income Page 3 ## CIVIC PRIDE (ROSSENDALE) INCOME/EXPENDITURE ACCOUNTS 01 JANUARY 2017 - 31 DECEMBER 2017 |**Cheque**
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**ors**|**Admin **|**Overheads**|**Investment**|**Total**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||01/01/23|J Allcock|Bulbs|40.53|40.53|||||||40.53| |||A Dixon|Bulbs|4.95|4.95|||||||4.95| |||Fuel Shell|Fuel|14.40||||||14.40||14.40| |||D Smith|Gift|30.00|||||30.00|||30.00| |||C Blomerley|Compost|21.94|21.94|||||||21.94| |||Zurich|Car insurance|3.00||||||3.00||3.00| |||Mailchimp|Subs|19.07||||||19.07||19.07| |||JustGiving|Subs|18.00||||||18.00||18.00| |||C Hocking|Stamps|7.60|||||7.60|||7.60| |||A C White|Plants|17.00|17.00|||||||17.00| ||01/02/23|A Dixon|Tea set|4.99||4.99||||||4.99| |||A Dixon|Plants|55.84|55.84|||||||55.84| |||Fielden Factors|Soil|463.75|463.75|||||||463.75| |||A Dixon|Plants|62.82|62.82|||||||62.82| |||D Smith|Postage|8.16|||||8.16|||8.16| |||D Smith|Buffet|115.00|||||115.00|||115.00| |||R Shuttleworth|Equipment|368.40||368.40||||||368.40| |||Orbital|Leaflets|122.00|||122.00|||||122.00| |||R Shuttleworth|Gift|48.44|||||48.44|||48.44| |||Fielden Factors|Gravel|208.85|208.85|||||||208.85| |||R Shuttleworth|Plants|177.30|177.30|||||||177.30| Total Expenditure Page 4 CIVIC PRIDE (ROSSENDALE) Accounts 31 December 2023 IINOEPENDENT EXAMINERS RÉPORT ON THE ACCOUNTS REPORT TO THE TRUSTEESIMEMBERS OF avK PRIDE ROSSENDALE ON THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31" DECEMBER 2023 CMARITY NUMBER: 1182630 I report to the trustees on my e¥amination of the accounts of the above charity 1.the trusfl for the year ended 3111212023. Responsibllltles and basls ol report As the charity trustees of the Trusl. you are respjnsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requ1￿Ments of ihe Charities Act 20111.the Acfl. I report Sn respert of my examination of the Trusfs accounts carrled out under sectbn145 of the 2011 Act and in carryin8 Out my examinatlon. I have followed the appllcable DirertSon5 g￿en by the Charity Commission under section 145151{bl of the Act. Independent •xamlnerfs stat•rnent I have completed my examlnatvJn. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examinatlon ¥thlch iNes me cause to believe that in. any material respect.. Accounting ￿CordS were not kept in accordance with settk>n 130 of the Act or The account5 do not accord with the accountlng recor(Is The accounts not comply with the applicable requirement5 concernin8 the form and content of accounts set out ￿ the Charit*s Ikcounts and Reports) Re8ulatSons 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts 8lve a.true and falr vith< which Is no a maiter con&dered as part of an independent examination. I have no conceTn5 and have come across ot￿r matters in connection with the examination to which attentlon should be drawn In order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. SIGNED: DATE: 121C*12023 NAME: Michael Howarth RELEVAKf PROFESSIONAL QUAUFICATIONIS) OR BODY: HOWARTH & CO 225b Bacup Road, Rawtenstall. BB4 7PA CIVIC PRIDE (ROSSENDALE) Statement of Receipts and Payments for the ￿ar ended 31 Docombgr 2023 2023 Grants Donation5 Sales and Other Total Incom• Paym•nts Community Assets (plants et¢} Equipment & Materials M8rk81irvJ Contractiys Overheads & Admin Expenses 9,938 19.676 4,729 21.723 7.827 2.209 3.539 40.628 N•t IPaym•nl•yRgc•lpts 6,285 CIVIC PRIDE (ROSSENDALE) Statement of Assets and Liabilities as at 31 Dec&m￿r 2023 2023 FIX￿ assets Investments Cufr•nt a¥sots BanhJbull(Jing sociely balan￿$ 25.317 Not curr•nt a•s•t8 25.317 Not assots 91.317 Capltal account Balance al start of perh)d Nel kn88 97,802 16,285) 91,317 Signed by Or￿ or bilslees on behaff of dl the Iruslees Signatu Print Name ... Signatur Print Namè